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Cl', lo livos oti Court, strt-et, jest at. the AiJ'uni and of the bnJ:e, looking from ihe rvar winlovs of his lor and house, saw two ffiualn,.Cjarfntly yonn laciics, sitting oa tncniihurn shore uf the river, on the very Tfcr of West Pitch. Mr. Cobb'i dansliter -also f noticed tbo girls, and thought it very straugo that they hou)d he sitting bo near a very dangerous place, jne niore Douceaote. bocame the fact, when she sav them jatnp " rip and trip lightly and carvlt-ssly down the 1 irvJrtoa! ,' rocky, aul slipjiery bank, where . ' s 1 m t Ks w . iS it tr rri rirMnt a t i - OJib thei. aU to ber faUier that U IkIIL .t'W. rgt,d """ Velr. B,1 v J'j " Ihey u.l.tated lru'iui.g "tireUistlves and so UP .lho JPj0 T'0", VSOt he - 4 jHicl with this idea washe that she rn- imiIvcI to Ktilt watch them ami see whit they were rrifig to d. After removing tlwir ' cuter garnietiU iiiciading their hats, ahe kiw the girN return to thj i sjtot where they had iHHMijsitting Alul resume their seats. , , In, a few moment, not far fiom 1" oYlock, tfc train fn(U Ilangor came thundering liy, the track leirii; lut two or three hundred feet frtM wlivre theynnt. Colb says .Uint uhiie the train ua pas.iiig that Hiut she :iv the uirN Vi.e, each throw her arm around the otln-r's. waist, and in this endiraeu thev, GENERAL SEWS. theolosrian and ex I'nrlwir' lrttt WM "a veiieruute twatiig, uusiib ; 1 1 ; . 1 . . w itli flaming beard, and large ' infroseclive f tnURSDAY MORNING, N0VE3IBETI ?8, 187L e3'es, a Greek student, and a sort ot j JVlormoti Matthew Henry. The natty and flowery Ur. Newman of ashington, who csrae out here with six Hebrew roots carefully committed to memory. exrcctmr to demolish Ursoti with them, found Uie 'old fellow td be cana Me of talkini? Hebrew with Moses or Daniel There was Joseph Young, President of ' the Seventies, a lean f aoe and long f orehoad, with a mouth like Abraham Liucolu s -elder broth er of Jlriham Younjr. I These and others, baited, dry in the furnace "of old Mormon dangers which they-now ac count their glory, gave counsel to jUrighani Yuuiigas to his duty. , Almost unna'uimously mmseir to be' convicted, whether he forbade thein or no. Their counsel was to cut the irrigating ditch es, bnru every . Mormon settlement in the Territory. " leave the valley of Salt Lake in desolation, and march across Arizona with tlicir herds and iortables to Mexican soil ; these were their own, and they bad a riht to annihilate! the proierty they had created. lirighnni X oung, huelf in the condition of an old lion, not uncertain that his prowess was not now a part of his nature and religion. urged that he was promised sale conduct ami fair treatment. To this old John " lavlor re tortcd : "So ' was Joseph I I saw I the safe hore into the falls. : 3Iis Cobb'tun.ed to i.er treatment they gave him in jail ! Ihcre was .father: -J ath.T,thcv have jumwiHl together a general exclamation of deep, feeling ;and into k!.r falls!- Mr. Cobb, who ajnoment be- t,ryf Vy this, and I am writing no f,.re .al will them sitting on the shore, look- f:i,K'y kIttd, statement of two attor- t,l aC H,ce out of the w indow, ounmanding ,u08 , ho were present. .Lrigham himself . f..fl view of die scene. No -iris were to be deeply moved. Perhaps the recollection ..i-noil.m.r l,.,tl M of his more youthful Ciptamcy of the Mor- left iu the bhore Tlie fact sHfIily Invame known and crowds gathered in the vicinity "f the scene of the terribly trageily, but nothing could be "dis covered but the.gannents. bearing silent, and ' t thj- same time sad, -witnes of the tragedy?, The clothing ua.i ditiurtly visible to crowds who gat In led on the new bridge. Police- man ("Washhnrn f inliirn was the first to reach the scene of the melancholy .event, lie fonnd !ic elothhig on a plr of. the ledge, about 'poile the main plunge of the West Pitch, f ll'was not roiled up carefully, but M-ctiied to have been laid down, each article a iti had been removed from the person. The f-luthing, which consisted of their hats, a waterproof cloak, a shawl, and a black over kirt, with a mast, of false hair, was of rilher indiflcKitt ipiuliiy, "yet apparently tidy, - It as taken in charge by Officer 'Washhunt, md left at 3I.ivor LitllofieM'.s ofiice for iden- inon rolns across thu alkali plains inspired him with enthusiasm. To the urgent state ment of the Civil tiles th;U he. could, not bold out a week, again-1 the Un;teu states, the old man retorted with' a strange, almost chijdisli confidence, that if he were disposed to resist, the ally of 31ses,-of Gideon, and of David would ippear upon his sidt . Tlteii after i minute, Iirigharu closed his great square i louth and jaw, and said calm yt Go! is in cmrts as well as' in battles and marches. There will be rio resistance. I shall obev the summons." In due time he dismounted from his buggy before the little old squalid .tone stable, where jthe .Uuited States Court nieets, climbed the creaky out side stairs, and at his colossal, .venerable ,ap tcarance the whole Court unconsciously arose, bar nml, audience.-" lie was' the over-' sh'adowiug presence there, and When he an swerel "not guilt v," Judge Mclveau's elpcii- tification.- Pium d into the waterproof was tu,n 1'w ou,t ',Ua be 0I"0t Um" A br.:h of so,i,e black stone, with a niedall- ! lily to hi dnunatio. : ; : IT ion fure in white in the center of stone the whoh'scl in gold. Pinned to tlo ribbon of the Iiat were two ten-cent bill;.. j Au ,exaiuiuatori of the premises bv Mr. A Telling Eebuke to Southern Arrogance. Hon. I. 1L li!l of Georgia, in a recent' ad' drrJ before i the Alumni of the State "Uni- Cubb.-whos.iw the movements of the -iris. I ver.ty, nil. i.k-.l To the evils which j had Oeeii .unUby one 6r two gentlenuti, who noticl ' '"-ought upon jtne South by slavery, and as, a . t...r.. i -.f !... -w.l iw. l.i. iV. I em.se.iaeiHv, a large larl of the' Georgian In Jitimore,f :otjTuesday of last week Frank , Washington; diedT He had neglected his wile, and had been jnthnate with! Miss Chinu. .Miss CL prepared the bocry for burial at her house, and JiIra W. thooght6he ought to have charge of it. A fight ensued. between the two women. I The pusio of Miss Chinn was something farf uLMrs. W. got out hey marrirge certificate, and with thi':weaport In Baltimore, on Mondav fast, Mrs. Catlia- rine Borneman committed suicide by shooting herself. Insanity is assigned as the cause. At Montgomery, Alx, Judge Basteed has Lhe finaiiv t possession of her dead bust granted an prder declaring the Alabarna and fond'a body and buried him. : The agony of Uhaitanooga Jtauroaa .uompeny oajiKrupt, Miss Chinn thereat is said to have been and has appointed a receiver. . j ! On the 8th inst., in, Boston, Mass.i Frank Winslow, of the Journal j published u that i-ilv whilA n,-mtincr fnr aim train was! Kt.rimt by juiother and killed. men than thtse Spartanburg Kukl 16 871 NO. 20. " ux. better understood the nineteen cau in- descnbable." 'Frederick LidemSall, late Colonel of tho Sixth Legion, says the Jrans Libertei is now; in a mad-house ,at Camden-town, London. This singular gentleman, wbal Qas l$75,000 a f At Montgomery, Alan on , Monday High t, year, .was " in Pans . when j the insurrection during a IJepublicau . mass-meeting, 'an anvil,; broke out, and gottiimself presented to Gen. being used as a cannon, exploded, killing two' Cluseret by his cook,' wbo made him a Lieos- 1 ' 1 ' . I -.u Jl mi.' . s-i i t! t1 . n . i ' ' ' 't meu aim . moriauj injuring iwo otuer. iue i lenani-VyOionei. Jjiaennau iook part in several catastrophe put an end to Uie meeting. combats, and h hen the Versailles troops en- ! "On Monday morning last the steamboat- tered was aiblo to make his i escape wij;h his Wade Hampton sprung a leak and sunk at English passport - However, the terrible Donaldsonvjlle, La. No lives were' Ipst, and events through which be had passed troubled tt is believed the cargo can be saved in a bis brain, and his, family had to shut him up damaged state and the vessel raised- The The strangest part of tbo affair is that when boat was valued at C 0.000. 1 1 1 ; liuenuail went maa , he tanciea nimseu a ., 7 . . . I - . , -i i . . i , The news of the disaster to the f Pacific Frenchman, and took to speaking the French whalinrr fleeet has advanced the' nrice of whale oil in Boston from! sixty cents' to one The troubles ot the saints in TJtah do not dollar per gallon; It is said the Aew Bed-, prevent accessions io , ineir iqio.. x ne ew ford insurance offices lose millions by the York, Standard feays that on Friday six , car disaster, but can! pay and liavo a surplus left. -ads;of Mormouj converts! left JerseV City lloston offipis had littlft rJ no risk. J; I for Utah over the 'New Jersey, railroad J Most On th.,n,Vht.nf th 4th. a mrtv4f mm of them were from j Wales, Deamark, and the s ........ , r , . I 1 ; " l.AL . . u . L t -it -I '-i uoriueru jEiurope wiiiiies. auu- wave oeeu coi- iernt. nt frx?n ni:nt. nif hpnr liiM-nm.! Iml : ,, . . , r k . ' , , ., . i I .i ii . Meeting m Aeff' iork for some time past, finil irhili vitii rmnrr lirvrvtA tlirtA rr r horn at I 9 . I , down on the railroad track to wait for the others. They soon fell asleep, apd the ex7 .'.1 . iL ii .mi . i i Jr press iruiu coming aiong iKineu one ui mem 1 ! j . J named John Grcar, and badly injured jmother named lruce Kobiuson. ' . . j l - I : i A gentlemen connected with the iub-Ku- ilux Committee, of' which Senator! Pratt is . li S . 1 chairman, writes from Livingston. Ala., toi 1 1 They numbered two hundred and sixty, and were accompanied by the missionaries Junder whose labors they; have been converted. These disciples did not bear a very intellec tual appearance, but seemed thrifty and well- to-do in the world., "... : . . , In Philadelphia, pn -..the night of the 5th, James Lyons, living in Christian street, was Tr 1 aroused during the night by a 'burglar in his nfiliinrrfrtri iinilni ilrifo rif ttio ill ct.' nit. . Li 9 t rnnm wlir nvnpntm ft iiitrl nnil t.hrpntpnnn Sv flint alioiif, ISO witnpfisna had hrh pvnmJ r 7 J T i . 1...... . I T : joyous eeiuu iried ; that ; Sumter and Choctaw we the worst counties in the' State, and tha't tliere was some trouble in serve subpoenas.' procuring deputies to of Their ignorance Will ' be when I state that 6i.eeh o :.u i :i S ! .They say that the came 'in- sod - gave up liecanW they were ti iid of the ' business, and btjcausejthey could not fight the whole United States army, which they understood had been sent into South Carolina.. They seem to re4 jjard the State as having been invaded by a second General Shernknl armv;, and that death was their portion jf they, jdid not sur render. ,Th"ey trv to shaft the responsibility pf their operations for the past po, years iipoh prominent Demopats of I Spartanburg coanty, whom they accuse of putting them up vi uuijr ui b, uiiu !uiTiug I mem aiuug. They acknowledge to an ''alliance" between the Democratic party j and themselves, but complain that all d.he heavy, work fell upon them. T Tbey saw that lyhert a campaigjt was going on, they wero kept so busy that . they had no time to attena to crops.' None of them own land,' and whatiarming they', do is on the tenant systemi They affirm the object of the Knkliix organization to. bo to either dri ve the negroes out of the country or to kill them. They I did not I propose to go into wholesale slaughter; ! but only killed one now and then.1 so as to aid ' matsriallr in I scaring others off. They mostlpositively declare tab tho prominent Democrats of ; Spartanburg county were at the bottom of the diabolidpil business, and they propose to "blow'f Ion trk whole thing, giving names and all when the proper time comes. I This accounts for thd stampede of "influential citizens" from tbat country., j ' i; ; : ... I - : . 1 weut Up to the Capitol soon after arriving to see Governor Scot,; and get his views about the interference of the Federal authori ties with his subjects, jit is understood that he is opposed, to the proceeding, andiadvised strongly against it. At the Capjtol I! learned jthat the Governor was in New York, and would not be back before Mjnday. The Lieutenant GovernorItansier, (cplored,) was also gone, and so was Cardozo Secretary of State. ; Attorney Gfeneral Ch4mb!erlain I found. 3IrJ Chamberlain is a mcderjite Re publican, and accounted one o the few thoroughly honest carpet-baggers at I present iiuuniuatei iuij owie .auaiis. x vKei Jiiiu what he thought about Grant's coue in de- i eery keepers, retail dealers, or other persons wh shall open their stores, ! groceries, or places of busiuess, with intent to offer their goods, wares or merchandise for sale, or who shall actually sell the same, or who shall offer any goods, wares, or sale, traffic or barter, Buy other property, for or actually sell the same on the streets of Murphy, or within the cor porate limits of , the town c f Murphy, or wbo shaU carry or any other business or avoca tion, on the Sabbath 'or Lord's day,' except in case of necessity, to I be judged of by the Mayor of the towni sliall be, 'subject to a fine o from one to ten dollars, at the discretion of the Mayor, for each: and every such of A ilTEBAEY ASD POLITlCAA. JOUESiX, ISSUED iJEVEBY TllCRsriAY MORNING TERM.i OF 8TJBSCIUmON. TwqDollaa Year; Owt Dollar for Six Month., Club SnbucriUirs: Fire copies, one year $8 75, and a copy of the AmfHcn block Jwrnal Payment to be Invariably in advance. I . - i I J . PI50E1 E0LLHT3, , '. . 1 I Editor sod Proprietor - II .1 . J - ' I I en 10. conect tue aame within twent after that timet , i Adopted November 1st, A, Pv 187 I days 1 . ! , , CHAITEU XV. . ".' Ordinance relating to lUta.il Dculert. The Commissioners of hb town of Murphy do ordain : . . , ; j i Skc, lj That any and all persons 1 (drug gists, .ud Apothecaries excepted retailing or selling ..liquors, or winesi, of the nieasuro of a quart, or lewy within the corporate limit of the tows of Murphy, shall be subject to a tax of, fifteen. lollirs payable annually on or vuwiv uiu jibl uiay oi jiay in cauu, ycat! teuse.on conviction thereot betoro the Mayor Crowded, boweveri That ahy and all persons vm. u"" wuttauiD j.i i , w u euauicvui nuuyrs, or wines, oi Wio mcas- hereby authorized and, required to arrest any 1 uro of a quart or iLss. without koonin - rrrm. and all persons so off ending, and to bring the J lar store Or grocery within the town of Mur same before theMavor of the town of Murohri I nhv. shall be Kiiblci t tn & tLnoltv .a VAnX. Sec. 6; That if any person or persons . shall I five dollars fof each and rery such offence. net money, property, or xitner ining oi vaiue. i ana, saia penally, snaif oo uuo at ' t&o Uroo on any game of cards, (checkers, drafts, chess, of committing sach act. " 1 ' " ' I ; backgammon, dominoes, crack-loo,' or any ' ; Adopted November, 2nd, A. D., 1811. othersrame whatsoever, or anv horse rade. ' r '!'' ' '"fv---; . ,y i M , -; cock fight, or. shooting match, within the cor-1 1 f j ' CHAPTER! VI porate limits of the town of Murphy, or shall I Ordinance rdatinq to build in q (t-CSdaboote play it any game on which money, property, I ' The Commissioners of the own of Murphy or other thing or value is bet, or it any per- do ordain i 1 1 ; son or persons shall knowingly permit orai-r .oectiox l. inat the - town constable is low any such game to be played in 'his or hereby authorized to contract for the buUdinjr their j dwelling, storehouse, grocery, barn, of a calaboose (or place oj confinement for stable, or other building, or ' on- his orr their delinquents) for the town of Murphy, of such premises,: any and ! all persons so offending dimensions as he may think fit, and at the shall be subject to a fine Of from one to hve dollars each, at the discretion of the. Mayor, on conviction thereof: before tho Mayor of the town ; and the town Constable is hereby (.authorized and required to" arrest all such ersons otrending in any or all oi the above ianqted particulars, and to. bring' the same tore the Mayor of tho town of Murphy. Sec 7.1 That any and all persons, who shall rule or drive a horse, mule, br other, animal ortanimals through tho streets of the town of Morphy, t an inmoderate or dangerous gate, 11 be subject to a fine of hot more than first money in thi bands of A 3 ll 'j-- J .1.1.1 ( J -11 ..I A . . I . J I ' claring martial law. "I am sorry it had to 1 be done,' h$ j replied, "but there seemed to be no oth'f way to cuecK. uie growing erune oi ivuKiuxm. ,ine ev il had assumed enormous proportions. , In SfKirtanburg ami Yor: counties e'speciallv The civil authorities j seemed powetless to check the crime. 1 regret that opr State government is a confessed failure in this them whcirtliey trnfTTnTXalseli-up, estiiblish cl that the two suicides asthey. seem tb liavv leaped fnn, the point vvhero they first, jut down threw t!einselves from the flat roe,k which forms a level platform close th the vtUrs edge, near the foot of the first decent of Wot Pitch, which, a everybody ierea!oats knows consists of two falls. The i first f :i wight plunge upon a (table rock, : . then a light full for a hundred feet, more .or less; then a great cataract, with, at present, a fearful fall if water, rolling down a chiisn", i . " many feet from the base of the first fall. I' Here; just U-y om 1 the base of the first fall, ! . 1 hey seen i to hat c thrown themselves Jido the river. It nust have been a headlong leap with the current. Miss Cobb kiw them no inure. Tiiey fell aiiil were plunged into the ' torrent ami out of ihe world in a tnomeiit. ' t Siuce writing the above, Miss Starbird of . Aiituru, and others, identify the clothing as . Indongiiig to Ada Brown, of Bufkfield,and Anua Wtd, of Hartford, young girls J six , teen ainl fourteen ) ears of age. Miss Starbird ays that both girls were at her home on Hampshire street. Auburn, Thursday evening, ( ml aj)eareil Jo Ik; in excellent spirits.- Anna Wodd left N".4 Bates Block on Thursday, where she had been since Saturday. When ' hi left she said she was going to work ill ,a bentlemairs f inily in this cityj The land l Jady paid her iighty-trec cents, her due, when hhe left- Ada) B:own has Wirked in the AndroscoggiiiiAIill, and has Wen of late at 't No. 2 Bates Croralioiu While Miss WimhI was at No. 4 Ad.i Brown called frequently,; and Mis Brown and herself went out together several eveiticgs. 3Iis I'rou n came here thrcf week since. Ilt-r father, John Brown, is a jfarmer residing in Buekfield. , lltr landlady say's that Mi-s Woo.J ap prari'd ehecrhd when she left her lnmsi ,tloiipi he Bad coiuilaiuel of sickness cansil by eating Iol.Tu-r. It i.s not yet cer - tain 'where the jgirls sH-it the night. TlA'y , were situ pa.sUig up Court strit t, Aubnrti, at yl. M. Ap ouugnnn recognized t!w pin j k, as one he gaveroiie of the girls. Iia Foster i , , mvs Uo saw both on the street at 0 o'clovk , . this knorniug. iMiss Brown's older wsterlias , been at woik io Uie city, and is frantic .with grief at the juJ.tragedy. t Shelef this after . iion to carry the sJd news to her parents, j t Miss Wood'l father is dead. Her tnolher . Is notf'.in Massachusetts. Both girls' had an I . a1orntinentto meet the older Miss Brown j this inonuiig, but their failure ,to meet it caused her to go oat to look for them. . . A party of lumlermcn have beeu out in a boat thi.s afternoon, dragging the river for .r the bodies at the foot of the falls, but at h . IV M, theV had discovered no traces of them. More than likely they may vet rernain in tlie Wei Itoli. " " j ' Wc remember several year since that' the bolv of a Ikjv drowncl in the same locatitv was not discovered till ik-veral months after the event, but possibly the" nldn-s and cur . rent may tlirow out the bodies of tho victims li titU sad cvcnL pros opened upon him the u( imncintionsT This led Mr. Ilill U . - Ike Indictment cf Brigham .Young.! A 'correspondent of The Cinciunatti Con ffrcA, w riting from Salt Lake Citv on the Mormon troubles there, describes in a lively manner a meeting of the leading Saints,, iu kvhich their coerce of action was determined There were gathered together in the Lion House Brighani' chief counsellors: Old Joha Taylor, who tood by Joe Smith when he was ihot iu Carthage Jail, and was himself Itfun Ieil, and would rather take his chances To the ojvtt air than go ta a GcntUe jail again .a a'U good-looking, severe mart, w ilh gray Iwir.' There was George A. Smith, cousin to Joseph, nd, next to Young, the highest Inanjii the Church, also a witness of the sack of Nanvoo, a polygauiist, but with few wires 7-a fat, nged, good humored and rather weak ' Saint There . was Orson PratJ, the chief. : ost violent Ue- to write a letter, in which apears the following paragraphs: "With evert ingredient more abundant at home, we send to the original barren North for, fertilizers (to give life to our .originally fertile, now deadened soil ; with Ithe finest ores and exhaustless coal beds peeping at us from our own bill-sitls ; with therichest land on the continent, we sena .Norm lor oread to feci! our children ; with the noblest trees that ever lifted tlieir tops toward heaven, if we waiit a finer church in which to worship or a more convenient residence in which to live, we send North for the plan, for thej architect, and for the builder ! We spend millions of dollars sending our children to tho! Nocth to le educated,1 and refuse the. smallest pittance for the endowment of universities at home. Our physicians and surgeons send North for their medicines to heal, and for, the tools that secure skill m their deltcato art ; our preachers send North for the books 111 which to learn. the rule of justice. for our people; our preachers send North for commentaries on the Bible to teach their flocks the way of salvation ; our editors semi .North for type to print their 'papers ; and lawyers, preachers und editors, j make long speeches,, say long prayers, ami fill whole columns, thanking God for supperior Southern genius, purity and learning ! And our politicians, ah ! shades of Demosthenes and Cicero, bend !down and hear tho matchless periods of true patriotic eloquence. Our politicians, strut like conde cetiding Juplters to the hustings, with North ern hats on their heads. Northern shoes on their feet,' and Northern coats on their backs, ami prove to' gaping crowds their unequalled fitness for office in straining their lungs as the thundergust doth the : yielding clouds with noisy denunciations of Northern weak ness and j gteed and climactic eulogies on Southern power and imlpendence t 4- A Hissing Will Recovered A Dying Con federate General's Estate. Ilcnrv Dillon, ex Union soldier,! proprietor of a newspaner stand at .Montgomery and Hudson streets, Jersey City, yesterday re ceived a check for $500 from the daughter of the late General Stegman,of the Confederate army. The circumstances under i which the money was paid are romantic." During the war Dillon served in the 2nd New Jersey cavalry. He accompanied his regiment on Gricrs'on'a famous raid through Mississippi, and while on a scouting expedition one day encountered ! Gen. Steginau j and one of his staff officers. Shots were exchanged, and the rebel (General fell from his j saddle mortally wounded.j The staff officer fled, but was overtaken! ud captured by a comrade of Dill ion's, j In .his dying moments -General Stegman requested his slayer to 'take from ene'of his inside pockets his will, bequeathing all his property to his wife and daughter, and a life insurance to'wy for $40,000. lie asked Dilloi to keep them ahd send them to hUfamily.' . - - f ' ? ; ' After the war Mr. Dillon advertised in vain for the bwners, and he resolved to retain to fire if any alarm: was made. the pistol, and a desperate struggle ensued, during which both rolled down two flights of stairs and out into the street,: Lyons keeping ptntticular; but it so. Organized cribb. hav- A letter from an ofiicer of tho Senate, now . , . i- j i it .- .iJ. 'I JfJig te partial sympathy at least tlitlmass r i , t cuai geu, woiiuuiiig iiiiw luvyuai ui cui ' Wftf i, -;i : .. , , t jr., . i i" . - i. wji luc n iiiiu v;l;ltc, nniiu .not OfcJ.euye ! - 1 U tJ.. J 1. r. .. - I . i tr Atlanta, G:u, states that hourly one Hundred . . , i ' T ..L .-i.. . ' ' j I. , j j capiureu iLe ourgiar. joyous was seriously wif nr'S nnvi ifn iV!ii)iinmi nnd tHnt. nvoi- . .. . t ' . . : . . ! 1 .. ...... , ... , , and two tos of his foot were broken tu n tlinns.liid mrKiri!i' l-if Iwn ri-ln -frmii I I i i with the rural districts to tle ;itv bv the the proof of which is iu the hands Committee. i Kuklnxj of thd : The negro Mack Colbert, who not long since tied his step-son to the raiIroa4 track, near AVavefly, Va., whili he went J to the woods to get switches flog him, and iii which was soon after run over b fatally ininred: was cohvictcd of Imurder before the .late county court of Sussex, and .sentenced to seven vears confinement in the M l on the 5 tb, states tlat Victorj Hugo had made a second! visit to President Tliiers j to (procure a parjon for Henri j Bochefoitt. The (President- received penitentiary.' j i I A dispatjcli from Paris Kansas City, was was broken up on the night of the 4th, and. John Riley and Thomas Bal lard were arrested. 1 Hairy Cole and John D. Myer, the latter tbe leader of the gang, were arrested, but escaped .while the officem were examining the house. The officers captured one $1,000 National Banknote plate, and one 2 National Banknote nlite. two 10-Natiod- t l)assin5 n al Bank note plates, four; 50c nMes. two sets jmur er j Qf cngraver's tools ten transfer' rolls and bed pieces, two transfer and five printing pjresses, S,500 of counterfeit bills,; and a quantity; of silk fiber paper, the same as used by the Gov ernment. . . ; The District ! Attorney for the Western with which to position tne boy 4 .1 him kindlv,-but declined to interfere with the course of law in Bochefort's case. This Com munist Quesuel'has been jtried and convicted or bring buildings in l ans, and the court I'l VIIOUUWVI S.t OVUbVUVb WA. UVUbll t it t.J. "r J tA u weo kiiowu TAoiinvn ! I ,f ' r ver, October 31st, says: !, writing from Sea- Brother 'Brigham arrived here this morning! anl after a rest of about five hours left for southern boundary of the St. George Jon the District of Arkansas has ?addressed a letter to the Solicitor of the Treasury, requesting to be informed as to the status of the "i Creek negroes," respecting their accountability to the laws of the United States, and the (power o f the government to hold them indictable for their violation. These; negroes ? have for Territory, ille was escorted . bv twelve mounted men of the ' . I - .-I: ' i j Nauvoo Legion. . " I am told, says Ithe let ter writer, 'f that hq,has bidden a fin:l adien to Salt Lake City. This movement of Brother Brigham H greatly agitatating the! minds ,the people hereabouts.? i f .' 1 i j - : t ' Ou Monday of last week Thomas Carroll, residing in llichmond, Ya., visited the bar- elIaltix,No' 2233 room of Isabi and demanded to see his daughter, Who for some time ljas been an occupant of the house. On being informed that had left tljo place, Mr. Carroll; became so enraged that ho drew a pistol and firetl through a door leading into a rooni occupied by several females, for tunately inflicting no damage. , ( , ' ; One of Charles Dickens's friends f Directs the attention of the promoters of the proposed memorial at Portsmouth, to this extract from the author's will : "I enjoin , my friends, 'on noj account, to make me jthe subjectlof any monument, memorial, or testimonial whatever. I rest my claims to the remembrance, of my country upon my published works, Snd the remembrance of my frieiicls upon the r expe rience of me in addition thereto.". : j ! , I ' - ' i' ' At Christiana. Village: near ATilmmgton, Del.,; a school-teacher, named Charles E. Woolsey, was shot dead by a justice of the Main street, years been held in bondage by the Creek Indians, and while in their country have com mitted many depredations iii; the Indian ter ritory against the above tri he as well as the ftpnernl Government. The Solicitor has noti fied the district attorney, in reply, thatj these negroes must be -held amenable to tpe law and prosecuted f for all .-offenses, committed with the same rigor as carried out against other rtces for like violations I: I i . " i . 1 At a recent Republican meeting at Artesia Miss., a man named Loe; residing at jEnter- prise, was killed junder the following cprcum stances: Y hue a Itepublicau, candidate. was speaking Leo used, insulting language, then fired a pistol at him,! and ran through with bv the State authoritiei.. Militia was tried, but that only made matters worse. The militia were killed and .heir.arms taken way. The authorities were finder the feet oS the .midnight raiders. No :man more -than re grets . to see martial jlaw in force bit it seemed to be the only (remedy. The causes which led to so much Crime it is not neocs--sary to discuss. Ii acknowledge.- they wre great. I acknowledge, khere is much; in " -jut present State govern tbl condemn and m;kc war upon. But-tlsat dbes not justifyj whole sale whippings and ' rirarder. The outragis upon the blacks had become so numerous th, the canse of humanity! jalone demanded th;t some vigorous steps be-speedily taken to supi press this carnival of crjime. Martial; law wa- a last resort, and while I deplore the fact; that it had to be resorted to, yet I am.satisfied that it will do good, arid rid tho country of sh fiveVdollara and not less' than one dollar, at the yiscreltion of the Mayor; and the Consta-1 ble ii hereby authorized and- required to ar rest iay and all . persons no offending, and to bringthe same before the Mayor of .the town ot Jufai pby. smallest cost to the town practicable." Sec, 2. That the said calaboose shall' bo : built on such site, as is most suitable, which i the Commissioners shall designate.' i okc 3. lhat I the expense of building, I said Calaboose shhll bo paid out of the - first. : money of the town, coming into the hands of the Board of Commissioners. I ' ' -t - . , the said Calabooso shall If 1 with such articles as, tho ; leem absolutely necessary t ; all bo paid for out of tho the Commission 1 SecJ4. That furnished ' insula Constable shall which article, r ers not otherwis appropriated. Adoj)ted November '2nd .CHAPTER Ordinance relating to tne feet of toxen ojheert. The Commisioncrs of tho town of Murphy do ordain that the fees of) the Mayor, town Constable, and Clerk Of the. Board of Four A. D., 1871. ,VL ' CHAPTER II.' An Offlinanee relating to the Street; Public Square. Alleys, &c.,'in Vie town of Murphy. I Commissioners, shall be as follows i The Commissioners of the town of Murphy Section 1. Tho". fees of (the Mayor of the doordaiW:! '.!.:.' i r . . town of Murphy shall be the same as those now Section 1. That it shall be the duty of the f allowed by law to a J ustic of the 1 eace, and own Cans table to notify each and every I besides these, one dollar extra in each case. person wHo has erected or placed any build- Sec. 2. The town Constable shall rccuivo ing, fenceupaling, wood-pile, or any thing else J a salary of three hundred dollars per annum, which tends to obstruct any street, alley, or to be paid quarterly; and bo shall, further public square' iu - the town of Murphy; or more receive the fees now jallowcd bylaw to wno owns any property siiuaicci. or oemg ou i a rMienii. j ; any of the sUe-walks, streets, alleys or public - Skc. 3. The fees of the Clerk ofthe Board squares of ;tbe town ; of Murphy, to remove of Commissioners shall be twenty cents for the, -same jwithin five days after said notifica- every oojy 6heot of a hundred words, and tion : and if such person or persons shall fail two dollars per diem wheii he acts as Clerk to remove such obstructions after hve days of the Board of Commissioners. from the day of notification, he or they shall be subject to a fine of five dollars for each and every day's continuance-' of the same, after the expiration or the five days as afore said. J ." I ."! ' i . ' ." ' "'. Sec. 2,1 That if the person owning the premises, t buildings, lence, paling, wood-pile or other thing be not a resident of the town of Murphy, a notification to his agent, tenant, or lessee, shall be deemed and held sufficient withing the meaning of: this Ordmauce. I Sec. 3 j That the Town Constable is hereby created superintendent and overseer, of the said .isideWalks; ''.alleys' public squares and streets of the town of 'Murphy, with power Adopted November 2d, v. D., in. VII, . 1 tfte valuation of the Kuklux. There will be many instances 'to summons all the able bodied males living of individual hardship which are tp be de-jwithin the .'corporate limits of : the town &t- :plorel, but in the main the result will be beneficial." M ! j s ORDINANCES OP THE the crowd m pursued, fired order to t escape.' on those who He was followed him. the ; fire wrts returned, arid Lee was Bh6t dead. His friends telegraphed to Columbus for some prominent lawyers to cbme down with a force. A large party ot armed men did so, and, hnding no one to resist, resoivea themselves into an inquest jury, and returned a verdict that Lee; came to his deathj by a baud of armed rioters under the control of Messrs. Bliss and Lewis. 'I These gentlemen have beeu arrested for murder: and ! bail re- fused. ;. I - .'; Casten, arly on pe?ice named Stephen II Sunday monyng last. . It appears tlat they had qeen carousing together all night, and at four o'clock' in tho morning begaii tojquarrel, when Woolsey attacked Casten with a;butcher rfSc..sion of the papers untu some inquiries knif& Casten ,ieft the room, and returning should be made for them. Recently an ad-n . , ti , . ,.i , t i : viaKo.n r.orsiwith a shot-gun, fired a load into Woolsey s vertuement appeared in the Alabama paer8j ( .... 0 , . , j . offeriu"' 5Q0 reward for the missing will.; breast, killing him instantly. Casten is now Dillon answered it and Gen. Stegman s-Jn lad at New Castle. V(irr4i.lHl 11 VIII VVUtlt.ll Ak UAAOy ; AW 1 tlj A. I'ryor. i She related the particulars of the long search for the w ill, the; difficulties that had been encountered, the production of a forged w ill by her father's relatives, and their Mobile 'lawpaiu. She expressed deep grati tude to Mr. Dillon for the recovery of the will, and said that through it her mother and herself would be enabled to regain possession of , their extensive Alabama and Georgia estates. The estates are valued at, $3uu,wu, Dillon is to be sosixrnaed as a witness in the wh suits of their restoration .to the rightful ,! secreted treasure in vaalu. The laborers the '8th insti, says thq day! before as; laborers were at work cutting a new road through' ' a hiirknowri as Hang Hollow, they excavated a sack containing $1 2,000 in gold and silver money, hidden there eightoon years ago by a miner, wher'ruurdored a comrade, a Califor nlan, and said he had hidden the money nuder a slump , m this hollow, but refused to tell here. Jlany - persons have hunted tor this owners, Air 3 Sun v 4 I shartd the booty equally. THE SOUTH i CAROLINA KUKLUX. t ' - . il ; - 1 ' t 'V ' s Ji ' i ' An Interview with the Attorney QeneraL ' The following pen picture of South Caro lina Kuklux is by II. V. R, of theCineiniiati Commercial who is at ; , Spartanburg1, and writes from actual observations , ! . I . i - T i - l- - - '- ' ' f -1 ' ' i "In the cells OnF the lowerfloor are some bona fide Kuklux.: Tner9 -are nineteen of them, and it is the1 gang that has beeri com mitting all the mischief m that unfortunate county for the past two years. '-They came in, gave up their arms, and 6urrenderedj. even before one ot them was captured. , I , . Their cells mien into l a narrow hall, and this hall is "fenced in" at each 1 end by a heavy iron grate. As we; approached this grate, they all swarmed out of their cells, and came to it. There are nineteen pf theni, aD' all but three have made a full confession. The remaining three are mumi doubtless thinking that, whatever may' be theit fate, nothing can be gained by a confession of crime ; sq' they are sullen and silent. : Tha rest, however, are quite talkative, and "give iii their experjjonce" in rough, ungrammatical language. ; j , As thuv swarmed out toV.the.'giate,;-'!; thought I had never seen a more unnrepos- KAssiiKf net of men.'! They are' all young, be low medium size; and of the lowest grade of poor, whites." U hey are tne 4ower ttpe the lowest class of Southern ; poor WhtLes at ran- Yon may pick up' a gang of negroes, s dora, and you will have a better fop.kmg set of M CHAPTER I An Ordinance for the better govertiment of the town of Murphy, j ( The Commissioners pf the town ofj Murphy do ordain : : j , i i Sectiox li That anv and all persons who, by loud and vulgar noises, profane sjwearing, using obscene and indecent language, of making other loud, vulgar, obscene, blasphe jmous or immoral noises ''.or disturbances, with or without drpnkehness, ; - or lying on the street in : a fdrunkeu or 'intoxica ted condition, shall disturb the peace and good order of the towjn ; or, who shall f cpm mit any act oi acts tejnding to disturb fthe eace and good order of the towr he or they shall be arrested by the town Constable and brought before the Mayor of the town of JUurphy, and upon conviction inereor: eacn and every person guilty of such offensesj shall be subject to a fine of not more than ' ten dollars, and not less than one dollrr, at . the the discretion of Mayor : Provided. always, That the Mayor of 'the town of Murphy shal not take cognizance ofj any such act or acts unless the same be committed within; the cor porate limits of the' town of Murphy. . .. ;Sk:c. 2. That any person or. persons i who, without leave from the JJlayor, or without sufficient excuse, -to be judged of by the Mayor, shall discharge a gun, pistol, rifle, or other tire-arm,:'-with orj without intent to kill or do other bodily harm, within the Corporate limits of the town of JVlarpby, shall; be I sub ject to a fine of not niore than five dollars. and not less than one uoiiar, at tne discretion of. the Mayor, upon conviction thereof before the Mayor of the town; and the town ; Con stable is hereby authorized and requireil to arrest any and all persons so offending and to bring the same before the Mayor ot the town of Murphy, j j , . ! . Sec. 3. That any person who shall display his privacy member or nakedness On or in view of , any of the public streets or alleys Of the said town,shall,upon conviction thereof before the Mayor of thf said town, be subject to a "fine of from one to five dollars, at the discrection of the May4r ; and the. town Con stable is hereby authorized and required to arrest any and all such persous so offending, and to bring the same! before, the; Mayor of the town of Murphy.: , i j Sec 4. .That any and all persons jvho, by public or private fighting, or by , offering or seeking or attempting fto ; stir up orj incite a public or private fight between any persons willun the corporate-; limits of the' town of Murphy, shall disturb i the I peace and good order of the town, shall be Subject to a fine of from one to, ten 'dollars, at the dsoretioq of the Mayor,- upon conviction thereof before the Mayor of the town ( and the town Con-, stable i hereby; authorized and required to arrest any and all persons so .offend ingi and .. U .i. . ' . ' i r -r j liu uring me same ue town of Murphy,. :'-Spc, 5, That Any ari Murphy, between the ages of island 45 years, Jiclusivejtb work on said side-walks, streets, jiubli.e squares and alleys ofj the town of Iurphj-, at such tisae as he shall deem most ft.and convenient, aud for as many days as h shall deem necessary to keep sanl streets, aleys, side--walks aud public squares in. good oi-er and j condition ; I Jrromdea, lhat trie tinjefor which each and every male so suin- moaed is required to work bo equal: Pridedtfurther, That this section shall not apuy to s(ny person, unless Ue has been an ..ii .t i.J r t nr....vt... 'on actiai resilient oi mc wwh ui xtAui-jujr w day i previous to the time ho is reqqirod to CIIA1TER Ordinance providing for all property in the town oj Jlurjihy. The Commissioners of tho town of Mur phy do ordain : I i , t Sec l.That J. W. Patt6n, J. Ill Ilcnnteea, and F. P. Axley be, and tlio same ire horvby nj pointed a Board of Asi'ssors to asess all real estate and personal property situated or being within the corporate 1 i uu U of the town of Murphy ; and tho said Board, after having been duly sworn and qualified, shall proceed ; at once to execute tho duties of their Office. ; SecL 2. That the sail Board of Assessors! shall give fivo days notic! of their time and j place j of meeting, winch shall bo in the j court-house of the town of 'Murphy; and all J persons owniiig property within thetown of j Murphy, or , theit agents, shall come forward ! and give hi a list of their taxable property uiler oath.. - - . i Mi ; Sbc 3. Tliat all personii shall bo all&wod two days to give in their taxes, and all prop erty not listed within said two days shall be subject to double tax.' 1 , v SecL 4., That the said loaril of Assessors shall furnish tlw Mayor of the town" of Murphy with a list of all property vsubject to. ia. wiiiuii me corporate uiims oi tuu town ; u-nr) nnrl tn nprsnns who have coma inside f of IMurnhv. and the valuation of the same as tho t-irnokatfl limits of the town for the pur- assessed by them, within ten days- from thoM pose if boarding and attending School within date of their appointment. the otporate limits of the town of Murphy. . Sec, 5. That the valuation to be laid on ll SecA4.' That the suramons required in sec- hprOpe-rty shall be its actual cash value On the; tion 33, must be. ji personal o:al sumiAons first day of November, A. D., 187 lj I ! to the 'jnatii ; whose work is ve juired, or a e4 0. That the amount of ( provisions ; writtftTisiinamons left at his d we ling or place necessary for the, support of seach man's of busiipss, to be given1 threo days prior to family for the current yeai, and two hundred i the timithe labor is reqnired. ' - dollars worthi or Household and kitchen lur- i Sec. i That if any person ;8o summoned niture are hereby exempted from taxation". Adopted -November 2, A. ipll. : i ( CIIAITER VIII. . I Ordinance pet mining CoAitalle to employ the town force- in erecting 1 jx Lalaboo$e. Hie Commissioners of the town of Murphy dbl'ordain: ' ' f ' "',- ' I ' : ' I ! 'Sue! 1. Ttiat Wm. M. Manchester be per-. to work on any of the j streets, alleys, side walks or'public squares as aforesaid, shall furnish! agood hand (to be judged of by the Constabhl to Work iu Lis stead, or if he pay one dollai per day in lieu thereof, he shall not be required, to work, i Sec. 6. That any and all persons owning property bl any of thef main ' streets of, the town olSri nhv. or actinf? as ab-ent for' anv mittod to tmploy the hand liable to work person owntig property on any of the maiii j oh lho streets of Murphy; as prbvidcd in streets of tn town of Murphy, shal' nnd ' the same are heby required to set out shade- trees in from of the said property, at the edge of the side-walk next to the public street, which said shade-trees shall be set out at the section 3rd of nn Ordinance, entitle! Ani Or-! di nance In relation to the Street. Publio Sa dares. Alleys. vc. of the town of 3Iofimr.! ! passed by this Board on the first day of November, 1871, in the crootionof, or assist- 4ii(i riy umhii w cv-s vuw qf uv i ( ' j ' distance of ttyenty feet apart ; and if any ing to erect a Caiaboosd, unard-house, or such liersdn br persons owning property fhce of confinement, the erection of which within the tovin of Murphy, at ithe agents o"f i Wdained in section first of an Ordinnnco " I . ' i i a m S ft ML .I.A1 . - - enillicii, jvn nuuance, reiaiingxio uuiuung any such persons owning property as afore said, shall fan to set out shade-trees as re quired by this Wdinance on or before the first day ofApi, 1872, each and every per son so failing fiiali be subject to a fine of twenty 'dollars, bo collected as the law pro vides for the colection pf fines and penalties Prodded, Tliat this section shall not apply to such property is already .has a srfficient number of trees j'iauted on it, to meet th0 requirements ot tlis section. . Adopted soveniber 1st, A,- U., 1' i CHAPTER in. ' Ordinanceirelatini to keeping. Hogs within the totoA of uUurpty, a Calaboose i froi'iaca, lhat he shall no corinpol any one man to Jabor mora than ono day at said occupation. Adopted November 4thJ A. D j 11 IX 871. CHAPIEIt Ordinance fixing the time irun me Onli nance ' af the town ofMurjthy thall le. in three. I : 1 , The Commissioners of the town of Mu do ordain : 1 ! Sectiox X. iThat all ordinances, resoln riohs, rules, regulations nnd by-laws,, pussetl by the Board of Commissioners of the town of Murphy, for the government of the town. irphy ore the Mayor of the d all ; merchants, The Commissioners Of the town of Murphy ?WnJ IT? a rdain ' " V I ' f -: ; effect'-Rafter tho expiration of twenty days S 1. J Thatahy i and ' all persons frcmitbe day of their adtibn or ratifies, being within the corjlonfte limit, of the town ff f t'.r adoption or Wt,hc.ton ... - .i. ..ii u . ..-i.w. being included, 1 Skc. 2. That It shall bo the duty of tho !' ' - t : J vm ' A t aog apioe, out every uog u toWn Constable to enfarc al, ,ttoh OI inaBCC ' Kept oy any o ,e per or o., . .y-, - rei,olut,on) - rqleJI re3htions -and by-laws tax of ono dollar is hereby levied, t bo, pan '., t ' .? J , ,"' . m i i yr", ... . . after the said twenty days, after tho Ir witifica. I 1 1. I J 1 Ul LlUlltM I . w - ' r ' - annually ry, the owner of the lot or premises i j i . . . . Tvv i ' l . in. tion or adoption shall have expired., nn ii'Hich t ip ilnrr nr r nr nrc Kent. . t . . . . . .. . " nn which the dor or dorrs are kept, T '-O. - O ' . j Sec, 2, , That the tax of one dollar levieu on . every, dog, more taan one kept by any ( one person,! or oa any one lot, is hereby de- . clart-d due (in the first dv of January, 1872, and on the first dav bf I every January there- grq-.' after, aud the town coasuble is hereby direc- Adopted rovomber 4th,( A. D., 1871, S..W. DAVIDSON, Mayor. y M , M. C. KING, ' V . IJOBT. AKIN, , . f Commit SAM'L HENRY, ' Mioncr&. 1 nniTnV'U'pt'po '
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