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CALL AN Jl EXAMINE OUR STOCK AND PRICES. - B NEW GOODS ! w 4 TT?a Jnra, in annniincinsr IV urn uiu-iwuu 9 i customers that he is again m BOOJNJb,, at ms 1 rA a r.HMVT iVTVa STOCK of NEW and fliri n n KI.MIIU H1V1IW rJ,TTT i-lTa -rrtnciRtinor. .in Dart, 01 Vi BJ5AU 1 lr urwvx'kj, o' ffiiLOCKS, IbLOCKS, ROCKERY, In varinn. .t.vl',:fl IWd colors. ' SHIRTS, of various; grades Prices, CollaW all styles and colorsCa goods and prices before'buying elsewhere, and it wdl paou . i- . . Vi v j.. alrAn n exchange for, gooasaL nehiehest market nnces. t o) mm K 9 (Carrying NEW GOODS! th NORTH a full line of NEW PRICES J . . a in part, AAmO i. InJAUDWARE DlOOTS, and ; , 1 . . - :. TWEY iiHil TEE B0DTH OiBOlMl POimOAl TiilAM. V,. CHxrledtm (8, C.) News and Courier.' ' , The United States Circuit! Court began the trial of the election cases on Weanesday, April 5th, and sus pended the further trial of such cases on Thursday. May 4th. During the, month devoted to the trials only five cases were tried. ' There ; was one verdict of not guilty, a in three cases the jury failed to agree.k In the fifth case a' sealed verdict of guilty on one single count, coupled j with a recommendation to mercy, was about to be rendered, when two of the jurors announced that such was . not their verdict, and the verdict will, it is expected, be set aside. This is everything that Mr. Melton I has to show, except the plea of. guilty by the county canvassers of Sumcer, and to secure that plea, Mr. Melton abandon- L ed3 the'ycharge that they"had acted corruptly, and without wrongful intent there could be and was no crime. The cases tried were as follows:', I. The first case was that of Bates and others, managers of election at Acton precinct, in Richland county. They were charged with stuffing the ballot box and obstructing the United States supervisor. District Attorney Melton discontinued the proceedings against Mr. Chreitzberg, one of tbe defendants, as there was no evidence whatever against him. Mr. Melton then packed tbe jury, so far as he was able, by "standing aside every juror wh6u he knew to be a Democrat, and likely, therefore, to be freefrom prej udice. The jury as empanelled Con sisted of nine Republicans and three Democrats. The case was given to the jury on Friday. April 14, and the next evening it was reported that a verdict had been agreed upon. Upon the opening of the court-on Monday morning the foreman presented a sealed verdict, whereupon two of the jurors rose and informed the court that they had been under duress, and were misled, and that they did not agree to the verdict about to be announced. The court decided that it was too late to make rejections. There is no doubt, however, of the right of a juror to change his mind at any time before the verdict- has been published and recorded. Notice of a mot' on to set aside the verdict was given, and will be argued on Wed nesday. ' II. The next case was that of Car roll and others, managers of election at Mayesville precinct in Sumter county .charged with stuffing tbe ballot box and obstructing the Bupervisor. Mr. Melton dropped the charges against -Mr. Carroll, one pt the dei fendants, having, no proof against him. He exerted himself to the ut most to obtain a solid government jury, and thought he had done so. One Democrat, escaped his notice. The jury were kept together from the time thai the case began, on Tuesday, April 18, and on Friday retired to consider their verdict. On, Monday, April 25, they came into court and said they, were unable to agree, and a mistrial was thereupon entered, III. The third case was against Jos. Bates, of Barnwell; for! voting' jnore than once. As tenor eleven of Mr. Melton's trusty jurors were still irV! the 1 jury room in chai ge of the Mayesville . case, Mr. Melton could not get the sort of jury ho wanted, and the jury' as empanelled consisted of ien Democrats and two Republii cans. Afl alibi was proved concki si vely. and - it was showia that the government witnesses had testified falsely straight through. ; The case was given to the jury without argu ment, and a verdict of not guilty was promptly rendered. IV. The fourth case tried was that of John; T. Hogg,' and, forty .three others, pbarged with conspiring.. to obstruct' and bjnder qualified voters from voting at Bu ford's Bridge. In Barnwell county. Tbe grand jury ahrew out the indictments against five of the defendants ; the other thirty nine weire pot on , trial; 'Enough gov ernment jurors were out -of court In another case to -prevent Mr, Melton from 'packing tbe Jury to his liking, so be did not attempt it. - The-jury "stood ten Democrats and two Repub licans. lAt the close of the evidence :Mr Melton.droppcd the proceedings. as to ten ' 6r the defendants, ' and then claimed a verdict of guilty against the remaining 29 The jury went out on Saturday, April 29. at 3 p. m., and at 1 .o'clock on Monday last; having failed to ; agree upon a verdict, they were discharged and a mistrial entered. V. The fifth case was that of Nixon and others, managers of election in Hope Engine 'house in Charleston. Mr. Melton bad so arranged his plans as to ensure, he thought, a solid gov. eminent jury, and nothing prevented him from getting it but the proof that one of his jurors had perjured himself in declaring that he had formed no opinion as to the guilt or innocence of the accused, when, in fact, he had sworn that he saw the accused in the act of stuffing the ballot box. Mr. Melton counted without his perjurer. One Democrat, was put upon the jury, despite Mr. Melton's protests and scheming. The evidence was con flicting, the witnesses for the govern ment being contradicted flatly by the witnesses for the defence. A fair minded jury would, under such cir cumstances, look at the character of the witnesses, and measure their credibility by their general and spe cial reputation To do this, however, was to compelja verdict of not guilty. Mr. Melton did not claim a verdict against Mr. Maguire, one of the de fendants, but said that he would not object to such a verdict. The jury were unable to agree, and yesterday a mistrial was entered. The defeat of Mr. Melton and the attorneygeneral is ignominious and complete, and they have no one but themselves to thank for it. Had Mr. Brewster confined himself to his offi cial duties, without singling out South Carolina as a target for scorn aud reprobation, bad Mr. Melton done only his duty, there would have been no political excitement in the State, aud no talk of Democrat or Republi can in the court bouse or jury room. But the attorney general swallowed whole the one. sided testimony which Mr. Melton submitted to him, and, to relieve his mind, indited the letter to Mr. Sanders which showed the white people of South Carolina that the government had prejudged them and had condemned them in advance. Additional counsel for the government were engaged. The whole1 power and influence of the government was set in motion to ensure convictions. Mr. Melton was a pliant tool. Not content with taking such juries as the law gave, be lost no opportunity to over ride the law, In the endeavor to stuff the jury -box as a remedy . for stuffing the ballot box. Trickery unworthy o one of his standing at the bar aud of his official position marked the action of the district attorney throughout the proceedings. It had been assev erated that the evidence in every case had been carefully examined, and that proceedings had been instituted only where, the proof was such as to make convictions probable. Yet in the Acton case, the Mayesville case and the Barnwell case, he was obliged to confess, in open court, that there was no evidence against ' sixteen of the defendants, and in the Charleston case he virtually told the jury that oue of the defendants was not guilty. For tbe agitation, tbe pertubation, tbe illi feeling in the State, Mr. Melton is responsible; but be deserves to; be forgiven for the sake of the incalcula- ..'- ft- ble good he has done in awakening the white people to the danger of dis. 8ensions and the need of absolute union. Mr. Melton has' injured him self and the republican party. South, while strengthening -and solidifying the Democracy, The campaign from which so much was expected ends in discomfiture. Mr. Melton fails equally as lawyer and as politician. What a pity it is that one so gifted should turn aside from the pleasant paths of an honorable profession to' snatch at the prizes of politics, and be willing to make the blighted reputation and ruined fame of hia former friends and neighbors bis titles to profit and pro motion 1 There is. a comical side to it too In - the game that Mr. Melton -plays,' tbe hunter to.day is the hunter to morrow. We can safely leave him io what is left of his party. - v . ,Wo have no .means of telling wheth er any more political cases will be taken up at the present term of the court, as. for some reason, the district attorney declines to say what he in tends to do.' It is very important, therefore, that every man remain at bis post. The report goes that Dem ocratic jurors were excused yesterday and allowed to go home, while Re publican jurors were told to stay awhile longer. This has an ugly look, and may, or may not, mean that a new conspiracy is afoot to get, next week, a solid government jury. ; THE ASSASSINATION OF LORD CAVENDISH AND HIS SECRETARY. Baltimore San. The horribly brutal mnrders com mitted in Phoenix Park, Dublin, Saturday evening, exceeding in at roc ity and barbarous detail the feats of any assassins of which modern his tory gives account, may rest lightly upon the consciences of the four per sons who committed them, but they are of a character which it is but logical to suppose will entail momen. tous consequences for both England and Ireland. The universal indica tion such a crime mut excite can hardly fail to tell against the cause in behalf of which it was apparently, committed. Doubtless there was no more connection between the assassi nators of Lord Frederick Cavendish, chief secretary for Ireland, and the land league, or any other representa tive Irish society, than there was between Booth, the murderer of Mr. Lincoln, and tbe people of the South; Yet every one will remember how that act of an irresponsible individual affected the unthinking masses of the victorious section, and converted to bitterness a policy which might oth erwise have been one of kindly rec onciliation ; paralyzing the efforts of the conservative democrats of the. North and throwing all power into the hands of the rabid, anti, southern faction of the republican parly. Similar results may perhaps be antic ipated as between England and Ire land. The act of a few madmen has spoiled, perhaps irretrievably, the policy of conciliation, from which the Irish people had everything to hope. Of this policy the appointment of Lord Cavendish was the first slep. It was also a necessary condition, since by it alone was Mr. Gladstone able to enlist Lord Hartington, the brother of Lord Cavendish, in favor of his new departure, and retain in his cabinet other moderate liberals and whigs. Mr. Forster had his supporters while: ia the cabinet and doubtless his views in favor of continued coercion were shared to some extent by mem Jbers who did not follow him in his resignation. Hence it was that the appointment of Lord Cavendish, as being a compromise in the interest of ministerial harmony, suited nobody, and was denounced alike by the Irish and English press. What the former "wanted was an advanced radical . of the Birmingham school Mr. Cham, berlain, for example whose hos tility to supposed vested rights is well known. But such an incident as the assassination of two of the chief officers of the Irish government must put a new face upon affairs, combining against Mr. Gladstone' administration all moderate liberals and whigs, as well as tories, and leaving to support him only the radicals of the extreme or Birmingham type creating, in a word, for the present, two new parties, the Irish and tbe anti.Irlsh. The fate of the ministry under such circumstances is too obvious to need discussion. Its fall and the accession to power of the conservative party would be next to certain. This would mean dfVstic and uncompromising measures for Ireland.' The killing of Mr. Glad stone's missionaries of the gospel of peace having discredited the policy ef relentless repression - would take its place. I; Bayonets would be oppos ed to diggers and army riflos to shotguns. It is difficult to see now ' Mr. Gladstone can retain office tn the face of the total failure of the only great measures with which the present government has1 had to deal ; Still " . , j . . ' --.,. such is the curious hold lie has upon, the rather sentimental and visionary element of the ' English and r Scotch people, ind through them upon - par- iiamentary votes, that it i not impos sible that if the great liberal leader should choose to whip around : again in favor of strong coercive measures his majority wold faithfully follow him. HOW THE CHINESE 00. Napa (CaL) Reporter. The Examiner publishes a dispatch dated Martinez, April 29tb, of the following purport : "Signs have been apparent here tor seme days that vigorns measures would be token by pur citizens to rid the town of the Mongolians located in our midst, and this feeling has been intesiQed by the recent employment of Chinese in the local canneries to the exclusion of white labor. The climax was reached this evening, when, as if by common, understanding and with one mind, the citizens, turned out en mas se, and assembling in the vicinity of the house occupied by the Chinese, demanding that they should vacate the 'premises. The Chinamen were slow lo obey these orders when a gen eral onslaught was made, and the building wa9 completely demolished, the (Jeiust als fleeing in all. directions. The Chi ness wash houses were also visited and the Mongolians compelled to decamp. Resistance was offered in many cases by the Chinamen, and the report of firearms was frequent. At this hour (9 :30 o'clock p. m.) it is reported that three have been killed and several wounded. Trie voice of Martinez is the "Chinese must go,-' and the most -effectual means have been adopted to enforce the unani mous verdict. A NARROW ESCAPE. Cliarlotte Otaer er. ' A report rvas going about yesterday of an accident on the Western North Carolina railroad last Friday, in which GeWge Paine, who is. well known, nere -as a former road master of the Air Line, together with his little son, had been killed. On getting atthe bottom of the affair, it proved to be not so bad. at least for George and his son. They had a hair lifting experience and a narrow escape from utter de tnolishment, but no worse. George is road master of the mountain section of the Western North Carolina and on last Friday be and his little son were spinning dowu the road from Swananoa tunnel on a crank car. George knew that a construction train was coming up, but calculated on reaching a certain point before it did. He slipped up on this, however, v and just as he was turning a cuve and getting on one of the long high tres tles, he saw the engine of. the coo stuction train coming to meet him. Both were going slow and tbe vigor ous application of brakes saved the life of Mr. Paine and his son. The crank car butted gently against the engine, directs in the centre of the trestle, but did not leave the track. It was what may well be termed a narrow escape. FIRESIDE FUN. What is a zebra, Tom ? ' asked a geatleraan ot his son. A horse with his ribs on the out side, was the wittj reply. Who made the world? a teacher asked a teacher in a tone calculated to frighten the boys. I did, said a self accusing little fellow ; but I'll never do it again. A gentleman recently asked a mite of a girl how old she was. Old 1 exclaimed the ' child, lifting her eyebrows in surprise. Old 1 I am not old at all. I'm quite new. Grad ma is old. A little boy, whose parents fire quently moved from one bouse to anr other, was asked by the teacher: Why did the Israelites move out of Egypt? Because they couldn't pajr. their rent I reckon, was the reply. Where is the island of Java situs ted. asked a teacher to a rather forlorn looking lad. '. ' ) I dun no, sir. 4 Don't know I Why, my boy, where does your coffee come from." We borrow ours, ready parched from our next door neighbor." Thkke hardly an , acquit person livingHit I sometimes troubled with kidney difficulty, which is tha most , prolific and dangerous cause of all dieasev ; There Is no sort of need to have any form of kidney or : urinary trouble if Hop Bittcw are taken occa sionally.
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