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Show Infl-nlttaflon lu "initli C arolina. Coi.r.MiiiA, I'ec. 13. -A warrant has been sworn out by a new spnpcr man against Attorney-General Hope. The attorney-general discharged from his department Thomas Butler, a clerk who in tho late election acted with the Haskell bolters, informing him thai while he (Hope) was attorney general no independent would be retained iu oflioe by him. The general statutes provide a fine of from ."() to $loo) and imprisonment for three months to one year for intimidating any citizen because be-cause of his political opinions, or for the discharge of any officer without just cause. |