The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1893-04-28

Ink COLUMBUS CARsyELs ArRryx A.
HAMPTON RokDs.-Fortrees Monroe. April
1.-THE three Cslunbus earavels arrived
here - haif-psst 10 clock this morning. in
TOW Of thrts Spanish war ships, and was
resolved with great thunder Of saiutes aud
2 display OF asgs ef the countries represented
y the hees, and dropped anchsr at IN. --a
"ss- A.----.~~u IIns or vessels.
The day could not have teen mere bsaut;-
fui or the scene more impressive a. they
came in the Rsads, decorated rom iit boom
to tsdrail, with the fsgs of CASTLE and Ar
sgon aid Queen Isabella staudiue cut and
huiteiins In the gentle breeze The little
hees were tumb'ed about OF the virginis
eosst yesterday in q lively fashion BY the
northwest wind that blew al day, but they
managed to make the capes early this morn.
ing, and after taking pilots aboard pro-
ceeded in.
AT the head Of the feet was tho unpro-
teeted cruiser Iufsnia Isabel, towing the
4agsbip Santa Maria, which displayed the
dag Of an admiral. Behind aud q mile
sstsrn came The torpedo vessel Neuva Espa-
m, with tho>Niua as her charge, and in tho
latter's wake was the big back protected
cruiser Reius Regsute, wl'h the Pioia
They were towsd by at least a quarter of q
mile Of hawser, aud looked like so many
Of their tails plucked.
When off the fort, the Stars and Stripes
were broken out aud salutsd by the leader.
the fort quickly responding. Before the
Santa Maria was abreast Of the Philadslphia,
the Dutch frigaie Vau Speyk ran up the
Spanish colors and ssluted them with thir-
teen rounds. Then the Russiar ship GEN
eral AdE,iral commenced to sa ute, and later
every flagship IN the barber boaored these
curious lookiA kcrafts and the country they
came from.
ALMOST A LYNcHiNa.-Denmark,B Barnwell
Co., s. c., April 2l.-hspry Williams, tho
suspected negro rapist, has been spared.
The excitement has abated, aud tho blood
thirsty crowd that have thronged the streets
during the past TWO days are gone. Last
night an attempt WAS made to lynoh him
The n oh broke open the guard house aud
started him in the direction of the place
where the outrage was committed, but were
dissuaded from carrying out their pur pose
by cooler heads. While Miss Baxter WAS
Satisfied that he was the man, he sid he
could prove his innocence, and he was
spared until today to give. him an oppor-
tunity 10 do so. lie said he had worked for
Mr.. Alexander Sally, of Orangeburg county,
on Thursday, and fer Mr.. CAN'T of the
same county, on Friday morning Aen were
dispat ched last night to bring these meu
here and they arrived today about noon.
They were examined, and testified pos lively
that Henry Williams, the prisoner, had
worked for them on the days stated BY him.
This proved that he did not commit the deed,
and that he WIS not even in this county that
morning. He was gwen an impartial trial
before Judge Lynch and his jury and ac
quilted.
But Notwithstanding that fact, numbers of
the crowd still believe that he is guilty, and
had it net been for tho advice and counsel
Of cooler aud wiser heads, he would in oil
probability have been ushered into eternity
before this. There is now no danger of his
being lynched.