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VOL. XXIV- LKXINOTON. S. ( .. W HUNKS DAY. Al/OFST 2!?. 18114. NO. 41. THE SILVER QUESTION. A VERY ABLE ARGUMENT FROM THE FREE COINAGE SIDE. A Oalet Mj*ii "Who Haa Smhlenly Imprefaert Hiumll I'pon the Public? A Presentation of the (Juration that la Well Worth Resrftng. Greenville, S. C., Aug. 23.?"Joe" Johnson, as everybody in Laurens eails bun, made a quiet canvass for Congress in tbis district in 1802. lie strictly toted his own skillet, but received very little more than the Conservative vote because he frankly avowed everywhere that he was not a Tillman roan and did not intend to vote for Tillman. This year he is making another quiet canvass, speaking often to small gath eriDgs at country places. The people, however, have suddenly waked to the conclusion that in this comparatively little talked of candidate they have a very "able man and the one who knows more about the all important linancial question and talks better about it than anybody else. The following is a synopsis of Mr. Johnson's speech on free coinage which was declartd by Governor Tillman to be the ablest, clearest and strongest talk on the currency question lie had I ^4 UVU1U VI ivUV4. Upon the proper solution of the financial problem depends the future prosperity arid happiness of our people. That solution demands thorough knowledge of all the principles underlying money. Money is not only a medium of exchange but a measure of value. Sugar, coffee or nail3 give so many pounds for a dollar, so that the dollar measures all human labor and sacrifice. Money has its price and is bought and sold In the markets. The rule that prices are lixed by supply and demand applies to money as well as to other commodities. If money Is abundant dollars must be cheaper; if it is scarce dollars must be k high. John Stuart Mill says that the L price of money moves in reverse ratio r toother commodities?that it rises as ' they fall uDd falls as they rise. If that be true the proposition follows that when money is high more labor and sac-ritice are required to get a dollar than when it is low. 1 n 1870 the salary of the Governor of South Carolina was $3,500. When the tax payers went to market to buv that ?3,o00 to pay their governor with they carried thirty-live bales ol cotton for it. 1 n 18031 he g'?v ernors salary was still i?3.."j?X),but when the tax payers went to huy those dollars they had to carry over a hunched bales of cotton to get them, representing three times ;.s much labor and sacritice as in l?7o. All political economists have recognized this principle as the true one on which to base financial legislation. The trouble of having limited money or contracted currency arises from the fact that where one man has money to sell ninety-nine are trying to buy it. Legislation which increases the value of the dollar belonging to the ona man who had it to sell must decrease the value of the other commodities, the labor and the sacnlice with which the remaining ninety-nine men must buy the dollar. To show that tlie volume of money controls the prices of commodities the familiar course of wheat may be considered. In 1SS2 the wheat crop of the woild was oOO.OOO.OCO bushels more than the crop of 181*3 and the surplus brought into 1882 was greater than the surplus brought into 18P3. Thn Anmdr. -.4 .. K/.nf 1 UW'O . e. J nc: vn wiirtil/iu lOO- v\ II viUdreds ot millions of bushels more than in ISM; the population of the world had increased enormously from 1882 to 18M. Vet with a lessened supply and an increased dera md the average price of wheat in New York in 1S1>3 was <'/.? cents a bushel against SI.Ill in 1882. This cannot be txulained on the over production theory because there was less wheat in ISMthan there was in 1882 and more people to buy it. The one fair and reasonable explanation is that between 1882 and 18M dollars increased in value so that the man who carried wheat to market to buy dollars had to carry more of if to get them with. .So it wvs with cotton anu all other commodities, for there is a gen eral range ot piicts which in the first instance are lixed by the supply of money, or in other words, by the average amount of sacrifice m all lines of business that is re (mired to get a dol lar. The ell'ect upon the country of a constantly contracting currtncy is a constant tall In the price of labor and its products. People have fixed liabilities to meet which require so much more of the results of thtir labor to satisfy that nothing is left for comforts or luxuries or to meet current, indebtedness. Iu this country since IST.'t there has been a persistent' fall m the price of commodities so that the people who depend on the sale of those commodities for their livings have been unable to meet the debts they had contracted and have been sold out. The census statistics show that many thousands of people who were land owners ten years ago are now tenants. These facts rouse in the people the spirit of discontent, and unrest, such as we have had in south Carolina. They seek to apply local remedies for a general trouble and by .State legislation and changrsto remove evils which are as potent and as patent in Nebraska, Louisiana, Texas and Kansas as in South ( arolina makes it low m .Mississippi and the same causes make cheap corn and wheat in Kansas aid Nebraska. Another t fleet of the increase of the value of commodities and property is that it prevents men from investing in and developing enterprises and Indus tries. The tact, that money 13 steadily gaining in value induces those who have it to hoard it and lock it up. It is withdrawn from the chamois of trade and the laboring man is denied the opportunity to e;iru support.. That makes hard times. All commercial history shows that whenever lor a series ot years theie has been a constant fall in the price of commodities hard times have come. Kogland had an il Institution rtt thi? ulit n in 1X10 site demonetized si I vtr. She hud then Ido,000 real estate owners. Ten years Jutcr she bad but oft/jyu. The jecph* were sold out,ruined in the steady rise ;n Ih?price of money. A great deal is said tibou* "howst money." The only honest money is money which always measures the same average n quiremeut ol lunar or sacrifice to obtain if. A money to he honest roust keep pace with the in- j crease in busiuts* and population. With any other kind of momy there must he contraction. In this country I whenever a railroad is built luc to i ry constructed or a mine opened the! money t(? pay for the work must be laseri irom some omer jmt* 01 misiuess i and thereby contraction results. As business Increases the facilities lor do- j ing business should increise. .John C. Calhoun taught that i! the country had ten billions of property and a given quantity of money and the property was doubled, unless tho was a c.or responding increase ot the money sup ply the money value of the property would not be increased. iMaekstone one of the greatest thinkers of modern j times, said that a horse might, sell lor ten pounds at one time and twenty pounds at .another time, the difference in price resulting from the difference in the amount of money in the kingdom. if a man give his obligation to another lor one thousand bushels of corn and the government should afterward change the bushel measure so as to require 112 pounds instead of ."i; to the [ ushei to discharge the obligation, I paying the enlarged bushels would ! place upon the debtor a burden he never contracted for and give to the creditor an advantage that he was not entitled to receive. The principle Is not . different when the obligation is ex pressed in dollars. A striking example i o? this unearned prolic appears upon investigation of the public debt of the t.'nited States. That ? debt in 18U5 amounted to -S2 s >3,000,U,)i) ' and 14,000,000 bales of cotton i would have paid the entire debt. We have paid on the debt in principal, in- < terest and premium more than $5,000,- < 000,0a). YVehave reduced the priaci- < pal to $<535,000,000. Today the balance ; due calls lor more cotton, more ilour. i more labor and sacrilice than the entire ' debt would have commanded in 18*55. < The burden has grown no lighter. i < >ae of the most eminent bimetal!ists ] of the country in the earlv parr, of i 18TU, before the I'nited s'ates and Ger- ; many demonetized silver, wrote that, j in case any country of importance i adopted the gold basis, a persistent de- j cline would set in in the prices of com- . modities, money would appreciate; t that times would grow harder, a spirit t of unrest and dissatisfaction would j manifest itself and would result in i strikes, idle workingmen seeking em f ployment, Set. The history of the past i twenty years could be no more cor- i rectly written. This prediction was t followed by another, in almost the r same paragraph t o this effect; Various \ causes will be assigned such as, im l proved machinery, new inventions, t and over production; some will aiso j Claim inai railing price ami naru nines i have resulted from local causes, but * few people will realize that the true i cause of the appreciation of money and ; the depreciation of property, o ir own 1 experience and observation that all 1 these causes have been laid hold of p during the last lew years. s The remedy, however, is the impor- * taut question. The Democratic party i both by its platform end by its tradi- p tion is pledged to the restoration of i silver to the mints. That platform i says: "We hold to the use of both gold c and silver as the standard money ot the j country, and to tlie coinage of both i gold and silver without discriminating 1 against either metal or charge l or mint - ; age.' At the time of the adoption of t this platform in the House of Rep re* ; sentatives ol the l uito l Matos seven \ representatives to one had v >t,ed in fa- ] vor of free silver and eight to one in i the senate. Whenever a proposition is made to ; restore silver to the mints various ob- t jections are urged against it.. For in ;; stance, some people claim that the in- p tnnsic value of the silver in a dollar is \ not worth a dollar. There is no such t thing as intrinsic value, intrinsic c tnp?n? ta lip in Silver hux nronerties. r such as hardness, which accompany it * wherever it goes. Value is not a prop- r erty; value is a conception of the mind, it is something that resides in the mind \ of the person and not in the object t s-ughi. If a man was on an uninhab- c ited island and had no hope of ever get t ting ci'f he would prefer a bushel of , wheat ro a bushel of gold. So what ? the intrinsic value advocates reallv ] mean is commerci-d value. The corn- i mercial value of gold or silver is al wavs t equal, at least to the coinage value. It ( t:;e mints of the United States weie J open todav for the coinage of silver at a the rate of 412}* grains to the SI. that t would 1)0 its value for all other pur- \ poses, because if a man had sliver c enough at that ra?e io coin one hun- s area silver dollars, that silver cnuu not c be purchased for less than one hundred $ dollars, for so lone: as the purchaser did e not offer the owner as many dollars as i the silver could coin the owner would ( j 11st make dollars out ol it. r There has never been a time wh^n t the coramernel value of a money metal -c fell below the coinage value when the 1 mints were open to it. Twelve of the ablest men in Great Britain after a t most thorough investigation reported j to the British government that France ( had kept the commercial value all over ( the world at li>H to 1 for a period of i seventy years, and that France, Fug- i land, Germany, I'nited States, or any j other leading country could main- t tain the value of silver at < whatever rates it might es- < tablish. If value is a conception of the \ mind, it may be asked whether it can ; tie created by law. No it can not. l)e- ; mand, however, may be created by law, and that makes the value. To illustrate, suppose the I 'nited Stales government. should prohibit by law the I use ot any kind of horses in this conn- ' try except yellow horses, the result of i j such legislation would be to destroy the demand for all other kind of horses < and their value would go down, oa ; the ether hand there would be a largely < increased demand for the yellow horses. That is precisely what the I 'ntted States and other countries have done when they have declared by law that the peo pie COU1U uiliy list* liU' YCilOW III CI ill for money. If is to "he observed that all references to t lie repeal fail in price of silver never go nick on isT.'t when its value was de strove:! by legislation. To put white horses on an equality with yellow horses, the law prohibiting ihe use of white horses must be repealed. To put silver on a parity with g >1<1, the la v prohibiting lis use as money musr.be repealed. Another objection urged to the coinage of silver is its cost of production. A few silver mines have yielded their owners fabulous lortun.es and in those rare instances, i.o doubt, silver has been mined at a small cost, but that proves nothing, for suae fanner lortunately circumstanced may produce corn at a very low cos*, but that would not prove that ail farmers in the United States produce corn at thes line price. These alleged statistics of the cheap production of stiver are I Ii? JMilMU i lltf, IK'Causr Mirjr u<j m/i. tarwr-j into account tii" tensol thousands of silver miners who are working at a loss I! you ask why tlif.se tens ofthousamis of silver miners are working a' a loss the answer is that. ' hop-* springs eternal in the human breast," the mining business is pecuiiirlv fascinating and every miner in the K >cky inoiuitatns expects to strike a fortune to m >rrovv. I he truth is f!i it. the value ol silver in a dollar does not dep-nd upon the cost, of production, but it depends upon the amount of <-? it*rili ?e necessary to gor the dollar. Common i i'o uers in ISiS and lw,l'.? made Sh to sbt per montii in mining gold, but the commercial value ol gold r?iii lined at the mintage valu *. it is argue 1 that if silver were coined free, the world would be H ooded wi-h cheap money. What, is cheap money but t he opposite ot dear money ? What is lidl it ion but t he opp >uf ool co.it r to tion ? Trie i! >ods will n >t com?, for it ad ih?? gol l and silver in the world were c dried into money a'. lbo 1 them would not b * a per capita circul ?'i ?:i of $ >. It is also claimed that we would he the dumping ground for the silver of all countries. K the silver were brought. here the n'-opie would hardly give i!. to us, and they could not leave it. with-us in exchange for property we wanted to stl!arc! where would be tlie lossy When it is claimed that a silver dollar will buy as much sugar in any store in the 1'iiited States as a gold dollar, the gold basis advocates admit it; but they insist that it is the credit of the silver dollar. If it is the credit of the government that sustains the silver dollar, why such apprehension oi the government coining a tew hundred millions of silver dollars ? At the close of the war we owed two billion eight hundred million; we have now doubled in population and ipiardrupled in property; we would certainly b able to ll >at a debt of three billions live hundreds millions. There is but three billions live hundred million of silver in the world, so that the United Suites is able h> its credit to lloat ail the silver in the world. It is a remarkable fact, however, that those who are so apprehensive of the government injuring its credit by putting its stamp on silver ire verv anxious to have the govern mentbonds. What is the difference? J'he bonds draw interest; silver lo;-s not.. The bonds prevent an ncrease in currency,and keep products low. while the silver if coined into money would increase the currency, ind make products higner. Every arif anient that is now used against free silver has bean used against free gold. In 1848 to 1Sol) when the gold mines of .\ustralia were yielding large ijuanti- ; ues of gold, it was then claimed, that diver was the staple metal and the ' people's money. In 185bGermany actually demonetized gold upon the itrengfTi of such arguments. The truth s t hat bet ween the men who have dol- ( ars to sell and those who have dollars ' ;o buy there is a conilict of interest. ; Those who have money to sell wish to ' nake dollars scarce. Taat is the underying principle from which either m al is kept out of the mints. Everybody ' u Congress claims to be a bi-metalist 1 mt nothing tliat is done or proposed ' ver meets the approbation of the gold ( jasis advocate nor does he ever suggest 1 mything except international bi-metal ism. International bi-metallism is an mpossibility. Mr. Gladstone in a 1 ipeech before the house of commons ! raid that the world owed England ' ?1U,000.000,000. on which the annual nterest is ?59,001)000. He further " itatert that any step which would in reuse the volume of money and there- 1 jy depreciate t he value of England's 1 daim against the world would lie op- ' jost-d by any English govermenf. hav 1 ?-? r* /lno row J rsl 11\ t ) I LA i n t uvua: %1 n f f | 1 A ^ "S English people. The statesmanship : aid diplomacy of the world unite in ' he conviction that no valid or binding igr^ernent on currency cm be made ( .vithout. the friendly co-operation of I England, the world's greatest co miner ' iai power. A distinguished international bimet- ! illist has defined very accurately and 1 listinctly when international hi met- ' illism will be possible. 1: will come, he ! :aid, by the world's common consent, ' vhen the world is uniting in an effort ! 0 extricate itself from universal and ' iverwhelrumg ruin, produced by persis- s ence in tlieelTort to do business with ( m indexible and inadequate supply of 1 nonev. * Another remedy promised by the I)e ' nocratic platform is the repeal of the f en per cent, tax upon the State banks 1 if issue. Some people oppose this on he ground that they want a money ' vhich will be good all over trie world. 1 dy check for SIO would ba as good in 1 /rurensas gold. it would nor be good : u London, Liverpooll or Milwaukee, 1 >ut that fact would not lessen its value ? ?r its use as a circulating medium at * /aureus. The people want not so much ' 1 currency to enable them to transact < heir business an J move their crops vithout going to the great money enters. A national money naturally j eeas national ceutcis. j.ue o ate noun :urrtDcy would be local in i's character ; md there might be a money center in very county which would decentralize ' noney. There are d.OOO banks in the Jnited Srates, all with deposit ac:ounts in New York and with their )asis of credit depending on their aver ige deposits. The banks South and West have to keep balances of from 1 ? 10,00*J to *20,u0o~in New York, concen- ] rating an enormous amount and de- ! jriviug their home customers. A local 1 curency supply would obviate the ne- ' cessity for these concentrations. There 1 vouid be no fear of wild cat banks ,vith the railroads and telegraph wires 1 seeping the l'aciiicand Atlantic coasts 1 wd every coroner of the country in 1 dose contract, with exact advices of commercial conditions everywhere in 1 die country accessible everywhere else it almost any minute of the day.?The News. Tli?y Died together. NT:w York, Aug. 21.--At 7 o'clock i,his morning, 1'ark (>ilieer Thomas I'lynn while patrolling in the ramble in Central I '.irk between the E ist and West driveways and opposite Seventyeight street, discovered the bodies of a young man and young woman lying dead on the grass near the pathway. The man was .Juiious J>e Marcus, who is supposed to live at No. East Broadway. The woman was Juliette Founder of No. TjJ South Fourth street, Brooklyn. Marcus had a bullet wound through t he centre of his fore head, lie was lying prostrate across the woman who was shot directly in the centre of the breast. Mircus held a ravolor in his hand. Two of the chambers were empty and three were still loaded. The bloo I from his lead run down and stained the fa te and clothes ot the woman, whose body was still warm. It was evident that the man had lirst shot t he woman and then killed hitnsell. The mm was about thirty year;- old ami the woman seven teen. .vie naa marriea ner mine ami was unhappy with him. She and l)e Marcus Ii;k1 been lovers previous to her marriage, so they made up t heir minds to die together. Letters round on their ladieslshowed that their net had bt-en carefuly pl tuue I to the I n'd !. A llufr:l?!? ! iikI. I'i i T.-nrioi. l'a., Aug. 21.?Thorn is ILimsol Kaplenborough returned today Iroiu Mount (Vnieiis where tie had been tor his health, lie round his home closed and after considerable troub'e broke in. He found t he dead and de composed l)i??ly of his wile on the bed, and !>v her siilt* .slept. t Iic-ir t wo children aged :! and 1 years respectively. Tiie wo:u:tu died last I'iiursUy trom hemorrhages and 'he bed was saturated with blond. The neighbors supposed that, the family whs away. Tie children are in a precariouseonuition from l c k ?il food and breathing the contaminated n! mosphere so long. HtOVV (I t > I'ifOtN. lirri ai.o, N. Y., Aug. ~1'.\?.Joseph ihssinger was driving along draco street, this afternoon with a hu i of ammonia used for making ice in hrcwr-ries. () ie.of the tanks containing the stuff exploded with a loud report., hurling llissiuger twenty fro', throwing him through th>* h >ws of a tree, whica overhung ihe streets, lie came down on the opposite s.dJ of the street. !hs hands and leet. were torn oil tiy t.hr e<piosion in his Might through the tree, lie was instantly killed. No reason for the explosion is known. i TIIK TEST CASE AT LAST. THE 1893 DISPENSARY LAW TO BE DECIDED ON. The Aiken C;h*p A;;ree?l On for the Purpose hikI the Supreme Court to be ( -tiled lti Kxtrn Spealon?The Point* to be ArJcued Agreed On. Colump.ta, S. C . Aug. 23?The Aiken case is to no the one which will decide the lS'.i.'l dispensary law and which will forever settle I he cors'.itutionality or unconstitutionality ol the famous law unless it can he gotten into the I nitea urates supreme uourr. The State and the city authorities of Aiken hav3 made an agreement that this ease shall he the test case before the State Supreme Court. The agreement, was made in Aiken on Tuesday while Assistant Attorney General limber was in that city. Of course everybody will want to know when the case can get before the court. The truth is that Governor Tillman has requested, and Attorney General Jiuchanan has joined in the request, that Chief Justice Mclver call an extra session of the court as soon as possible. ' The request was sent to The Chief .Justice a few days ago and his : answer is expected today or tomorrow. If the request is acceded to the extra < session will lie held the last of this I month or the lirst of September. The court will consist of Chief .Justice Mc I Ivor and Associate .Justices 1'ope and i Mil gene Gary. The case is to go to t he court, on ex- ] ceptions to the decision of Judge Al- I Jrieh and the points to tie argued have ; d-io been agreed upon. They are ay fol- ; lows: KKCKPTIONS OK TIIK KKLATOUS. I Toe relators except to and appeal to i lie Supreme Court of South Carolina I from the decree rendered and made Herein by his Honor .Indge.James Al- < Irieh on t.lie 18'h day of August, 18'Jl, . upon the ground that his Honor erred ( is follows: 1. In holding t.liat the respondents, a J municipal corporation.could set up and ; plead that the Dispensary Act of 18113 ;s in violation of sections 1. - and II ol i Article 1 of the Constitution of the -irate of South Carolina. 2. In holding that it is competent, for the respondent, to set up and plead that die Dispensary Act of 18112 is in violadon ot the -lih, 5th and 14th amendments to and of section 8 of Article 1 if the Constitution of t he United States ind also in conillct with the inter-State uommerco law. 2. In holding that, the Dispensary Act. if 18H2 is an amendment of the Dispensary Act of 181 id and unconstitutional. 1. In holding that, the said Act, constitutes a monopoly in thesile of intoxicating liquors and is therefore /oid; whereas he should have heid that die exclusive sale by agents of the State s a proper police regulation regularly passed by the liegislature in its wisdom n furtherance ot its judgment that inch a measure was a necessary reluirement for the regulation of the iquor trailic, to protect the health,raorils and welfare of the people: and that :iie execlusice control by the State of >uch a recognized subject of police supervision is constitutional and valid. 5. In holding that the said Act is j inconstitutioaal in providing lor the 1 jxclusive sale by agents of the State s md forbidding all other persons;where- t is he should have held that said Act ( providing for such sale exclusively by 1 igents cf the State is a constitutional ( xurci->e of the police power of the ( State over a recognized subject matter 1 of police supervision. ? (?. In not holding t hat the Dispensary ,\ct of ISM is a valid law and in no 1 wise violates the Constitution of the 1 ['niied States or that of the State of j South Carolina. < Os>irs:i> W. Bcoiianan. 5 Yftorney General, for Relators appel- 1 lant. EXCEPTIONS OF UECONDENTS i The following are tne exceptions of t die respondent?: j 1. .Because it is respectfully submit- 1 ted tnat the relators herein had ample 1 remedy at law for the correction of any ( grievance of which they complain, anil ] therefore they were not entitled to the } writ of prohibition and his Honor the Circuit .1 udge erred in not so deciding, i 2. Because the said Act of the Gene- : rai Assembly 01 this State violates sec- i tion 8 of Article 1 of the Constitution 1 of the United States and also violates the Act of the Congress of the Ur.ited States regulating commerce between the States and is therefore null and ( void. * '< 3. Because the said Act of the Gen- ' eral Assembly of this State violates the ' 4th, 5th and 14:h amendments of the 1 Constitution of the United States and is therefore null and void. 1 4. Because it is respectfully submit ted that, the ordinance ot the city ot 1 Aiken referred to in the return herein is authorized by section 1737 of the j General Statutes of this State; that the same is lawful and of binding force 1 within the corporate limits of the city of Aiken and his Honor, the Circuit .! ndge, erred in not, so deciding. "). rtiat Ins Honor erred in granting the writ of prohibition and deciding that, the respondents should piy Ihe costs ot the proceedings herein. (I. W. CKOKT, M. B. W?>OI>\VAI:I?, Attorneys for Hespondents. tiik A<.I:KI;MI;NT. We agree that th^ foregoing shall constitute the "cits-?" up )ti which this cause shall be heard in t he Supreme Court of South Carolina and that a copy t la-roof shall bo used in lieu of a return in thooili re ot the clerk of said ( OH I I. ( >. W. Krcif anaxt, Attorney <1 -neral tor Relators, (i. W. Ci:?"?kr, M. II. W<?oi?\v.\KI>, Attorneys tor Respondents. N\V -?l>)?r<l WlVftl. I'axa, Ills, Aug, 22.?.Judge William Price married Mrs. Mlsie Harrison, aged 2d, to ]<Mward Monday, aged 4t?, and Miss Id/zio McDermot.t, aged 22. to Thorn is Edison, aged at. Hie re speedive homes of the hride.s. And hehtml this pros tie announcement. there is a story. Monday's present wife was the former wile ot Edison, and Kill soil's wife was the former wife of Monday. Ellison was legally divorced from his first, wife last Wednesday, and ot. t lie same day the new Mrs. Ellison was divorsed from Monday and restored to her maiden name. The contracting parties are all upon the hest of terms, and are, in fact, intimate asso ciates. The present Mis. l.lii.son made the wedding gown of the new Mrs. Monday, arid vice versa, and the wed dinars were ail planned o-fmo (tie divorces were obtained. A New !>*?};?ar. .11:1 i 1:1:-<\ 1 i.i.i:, lud., Aug 2.1 ? iiVinan I'arks, tweut.y years old, son of Dr. I hoad Thomas, Director of the Indiana prison S mth, lost his eyesight yesterday through t he explosion of the peiieuniatie tire of his hieycle. I',arks whs an route toCorydon, when in some manner t lie air t uhe of his wheel exploded. After having adjusted a new one, I'arks commenced t.? ml! ate thej tube, and this ton exploded. 1 1 he editors adjourn. I'r^idfnt Aull--. O her New Ottirern ? K-eolu' Ion of TliHDk". I 'a wi.kv's Island, Aug. IS.?The second day's meeting of the South Carolina state JTess Association and T in fact the last session of this meeting convened in the lbarracks ])romptlv at, 10 o'clock this morning. All the journalists present on tfm Island were in attendance. After some routine business was transacted Mr. X. (J. (Ion/ales of The ^ State, made a motion whici was carried e that the address that had been appoint- ii ed :o be delivered by several of the ,t editors be postponed until the next . meeting of the Association on account of the absence of several of those who r,( were to speak on the different, themes. Following this the place of the next annual meeting was decided upon. Mr. Gonz lies gave the Association a most ol heartly invitation to come to Columbia U again, while Mr. Osteen of Sumter in- il vited them to meet there. As Coinm- pi bia had been the place of meeting last f, year several of the editors thought Mr. jj Osteen's invitation should be aceepttd, which was done. Then came the election of oilicers for ^ the ensuing year. The following were | unanimom'y elected: K. II. Aul! pre- j* aident. II. M. Ayer lirst vice president, Lt II.<i. Osteen second vice president, C. rt U. Laugston secretary, F. Mtlchers treasurer,hSidi II. Jlrowu chaplain, and 111 Messrs. Gonzlies, Clarke and IJrowue, ol the three members if the executive al committee. b; After the election of ollicers had been hi proceeded with Mr. H. M. Ayer oueren a, the following resolutions which were jn adopted after which the Association 9t adjourned subject to call: . In appreciation of the courtesies ex- !. tended this association on the occasion )f this, our twentieth annual meeting, Ci; !>e H I'1 Resolved, That we express a vote of as jordial thanks to Vice 1'resident A. B. ?' Audrews, of the Southern Railway w [Company, General Passenger Agent to l". M. Kmerson, of the Atlaniic Roast at Line, YV. .I. Craig, of the P<)rf. R>yal di md Western Carolina Railway, K. P. <>i McSweeny, of the Charhston aild Si (j /annah Railway, and other railroad 'p Mlicials for transportation generously ?f granted on their roads for the editors j" ind their families, to Capt. 11. S Jor les and other oilicials ot the South .D< Carolina Steamboat Company, and lf L/apt. J. T, Hubbard of the steamer hPlanter, lor their generosity in alfjrd- P' ng tis transportation and unusual cc . curtesy shown us, to make the trip si oy sea as thoroughly enjoyable as Jay t?) in their power. T That our thanks he extended through cr his resolution and through our brother rc Josiah Dour in person, to the hospita- |M de people of Georgetown, and especi- rc illy to Capt. Springs of the tug CongIon, for their attention and for the Measure afforded us during our stay in ( ?ne beautnui nine city 01 ueorgeiown. y That especial recognition is due by (" is to the hotels oi" Georgetown for their ca exertion in our behalf and the eDter- P< :ainment given us. ca That thanks be extended the Mani- L ?ault Light Dragoons for the use of se ;heir comfortable hall for our meetings. K That we recognize by special vote the [ .hanks due to Mrs. Winthrop Williams ,(I ;or her kindness and courtesy to the ce issociation, which has made this meetng so delightful to us all and that we ihalJ be equally generous in spreading ,o the public at large such reports of >ur treatment here and the natural ad- 01 vantages of this re30"t as will convince cc ithers that Pawley's Island is the ce hoicesr. of all summer resorts, and that pr Mrs. Wlliams is a q ieea am >ig host- ut isses. di That a copy of these, such part or T parts, of these resolutions as effect a .hose who have contributed to our t,1( pleasure be drafted by the secretary :nd sent in the name and under the seal of the association to those to whom we are so much indebted. ^ Resolutions were also adopted lookng to lurther agitation of the impor- aJ :auce of these meetings and the proper 811 preparation for profitable work by the nembers and to the securing of more SI learty co operation of the entire press tc H. -> C-.ito A lar? pojnl 11 tiAn<I Al" tin. it. JL LilC OtatU. XklOV ivyoviuuivuu v? ?^ preciation of Mr. C. II. I'rlnce's work w is.secretary. Also the following: at Resolved, That the thinks of the pj issociatien he extended to the people of ei Sumter and Columbia for their cordial 0j nvitation to us to hold our meetings with them. ffi Tillman Spaaka, tC Columbia, S. C., Aug. 20.?By re- ai juest Gov. Tillman delivered to-night te in address on Main street to about three al hundred people, about half of whom w were reformers. He was well received, L} though at times he received manv jeers, lie spoke 01 the city of Columbia in a caustic way and ridiculed its management as being under the domination of T rut-n who were antagonistic to the a) whole of tne rest of the state. He said ^ he proposes to criticise I 'resident Cleve- ,j land as often as he violates the Demo cratic platform which he had spit upon. . That Cleveland had betrayed bis party L. and had baulked the Democratic sena- . tors and representatives in Congress 111 1C rr.eir desire to carry out party pledges. a; That Cltveland was in league with the & powers of the northeastern section of si the country who were intent upon h keeping the volume of currency as g small as possible. That he thanked God o that lie would leave Columbia In a lew p, months, but that his place would be j, tilled by a man who would keep the j, people down as he h id tried to d >. Shot II lilt !???<!. St Li i ki\t, Tex., Aug. lit ?Yesterday evening about 7 o'clock the engine on I the State road was running irom a a station called Wells to the coaling camp n about is miles from here. About, a h mile anil a hall liom Wells the engineer observed ;i pile of trees acro-s the track. lie reversed Ids engine and ail on board jumped. Among the party S was Dr. Dreweny, ot Husk. As he r, alighted <?.i the ground a masked man -N stepped out. from the brush and shot, t him dead. Holding the others off with 9 a pistol he robbed .the h idy of the dead it doctor, obtaining S'i" in cash, a check o on the lhrst National Hank 01 Husk h for and a gold watch and chain, b Che rohlinrft evidently UlOIierllt tflt'V t) were wrecking the pay oar which was <1 to pay oil at. the mines. Uugs from e the convict, camp ret used to take the n trail. The county is being scoured for e the uyri.is.sin. i n t\ FHtHl I.rA|). J l?n iim<?\'!?, \'a, Aug. 2T? Col. J. M. e W Mislead, president, of t he riedniop.t, e and the Peoples' hinks of (Jreensboro, ij N. ('., committed suicide here this h morning l?y jumping from one of the (J balconies on tlm City Hall near the tl clock tower. The plunge was one of ninety live feet and the body was iin* 1 -- * ? -otl.i,,. rPh/i /?n IIOQ paiea on nu iron Iannis. i 11it i.nuoc of the act is not known here. When e Mr. Winstead got the k^y to the tower, J' lie showed no sign of nervousness or I excitement. He was about sixty years t of age and married, i{store jumping c he throw his cine and shoes down, tl Colonel Winstead's nenhew arrived 1 here from Danville to nignf. ami d stated that there was no reason why s nis nncle should have committed hoi S cicide. 11 APPEAL TO CHARITY. Ii IX THOUSAND SOULS AT PULLMAN IN NEED OF BREAD. S< lie Governor of Illinois Appeals to Ihe S'eople or tin* State for Contributions to ri O Keep Women ami Children from Starv ?| 0! tujr. ti Chicago. Aug. 21.?After making a n i rough investigation ot the i: nidi lions jesting among the ex-employes ot the r; ullniau Company. who participated in P ie recent boycott and "trike, Governor c' Jlgeld, tonight isnied the following P slid appeal: To the people ot the late ot Illinois and especially to those jj 1 the city ot Chicago: ? Tiiere is great distress growing < til a] [the want of food in and around the n )wn ot Tullman. More tiian 1,000 fam- n ies, or m the neighborhood of 0,000 !i eople are utterly destitute. j\ eariy a >ur tilths ot theru are women au?l chil- It ren. TV men have endeavore 1 to ^ et work, but were unable to do so. I ^ hvb mads a personal examination of , te county and learn from the (ilijers r the Pullman Company, that prior to ^ le strike they had 3,200 names on the .1 >11, Yesterday they had 2,320 people L worK, but over COO of them are new len, so that they have only about 1,G00 ft i their old employes aUwork, leaving tl ooui 1.CG0 that have not been taken o ick. Several hundred ot these have lell, tl at the remainder are unable to go away 1 ;d have nothing to eat. i dud that h timed lately alter the begiunmg ot the ri .rike a relief association was formed to ^ rovide for the needv and the books ot lis associatious shows that 2,4G3 appli- . itious were made hy the Pullman em- j1! loyes, mostly heads ol families to this sj isociation fir aid. In ftct, nearly all \ the employes, except the lew hundred jr lio left have been supported hy charity it r nearly three months. As a rule they tl - .. -i - i' i i. ~ I ~ ^ | ? e a superior 01 iau mug peupic m* iu isirlous, capable and stead/, and some ni them have worked tor the PuUman P ompany for more than ten years. ,r liose who have been given work can 3| it food, but are still in such an itnpovjr " hed condition that they can't help their sighbors it they would. Ueliel society unable to net more supplies. O.i last a, iturday it gave to each family two jq )uuds of oat meal and two pounds ot >rn meal and having nothing left, it tl ispended operations, leaving the peo- p< e in an absolutely helpless condition, ai he county commissioners ot Cook vi iunty as overseers ot the poor have w ndered some assistance, but owing to ?1 nitcd appropriations, they can furnish lief tor a short time on.y. We cannot *?' op to inquire the cause ol this distress. ^ he good people ot this State cannot al- ^ w women and children hy the hun- je ed to perish by hunger. 1, therefore, j, ill upon all humane and charitably dis- a, >sed citizens to contribute what they p m toward giving relief to these people, h; am satislied that anv contributions si nt to the Pullman Itellef Committee at n: ensington will be judiciously distributed T liud their treasurer has given bond to T'c operly account for all moneys relived. (Signed) John P. Alto eld, (Governor. ? The Governor also 3ent a comn uni- ^ itlou to the commissioners ot Cook j luuty, appealing to them a3 theolli* p] irs upon whom devolved a duty ot e; oviding for cases ot this kind to the bi most in their power to lurnish Imme ate assistance to the people in distress, tt he correspondence between Governor ir ltgehi and George M. Pullman, in rela- V( on to the destitution in the town was al ven to the press by the Governor. It igan last Sunday, when the Governor " iQt a telegram to Mr. Pallmau from QJ iringtield, in response to a number of ipeals made to him by strikers for as- ^ stance. In this dispatch, the Governor ^ lis Mr. Pullman that although the g .ate of Illinois has not the least desire > meddle in the affairs of the company, cannot allow a whole community ithin it8 borders to perish of hunger, id informs the president of the coinin y that uuless relief comes he would v Lher have to call a special session t the Legislature to make an appropria- S on or else issue an appeal to the hu o lane people ot the state to give oreaa a ) the company's former employes. He o Ids: "It seems to me vou would prer to relive the situation yourseif, G3peci- f ly as it has lost cost the Stale up- 11 'arils nl $50,000 to protect yc ur proper . Another IIu^e Strike. O Ni'\v I>ki>koki>, Mass., Aug. 20.? his morniug the cotton operatives in- ?' jguraled a general strike and nearly t]1,000 a^e idle. The machinery ot but 0 ve of the twenty-seven mills, in this ^ ty is in motion, and it is thought that c ie3e mills will soon he shut down with le others. Manufacturers have noth- u ig to say, but notices of reduction, ti gainst which hei[) rebel are still posted, e ecretary I >83 ot the Spinners' Union, h Lated this morning that the members of d is union liave lined up for a long s'rug- a le and coDlideutly expect that it will be 2 1 six months duration. The strike . romises to be the most important that as ever r?- turred in the textile irulustry i Massachusetts. The manufacturers t lUnt light perfectly organized unions, ^ r>m? (>[ which are fairly wealthy. Nota- ti le in this particular is the Spinners' a 'nion, which has a fund in its treasury a ggrei.?atieg at least $10,000. The spin- s ers have voted, however, not to touch nv ot this money tor a month. r Kvmis Will lio 0|i|i'iieil. j, Nk\vbi:i:i:v, A'ifiriist21. liecau.se J)r < ainpson 1'ope has withdrawn from the a ace for Governor is no reason wliy a ,'ewherry is not to furnish a man lor h hat position. Mr. Frank Moon, a turdy farmer of this county and a ti ian ,vho has never sought nor held v Mice, told me this afternoon that he ad made up his mind to enter the race e or Governor. He had not decided un- a il he saw that Dr. Fope had wit.hrawn, though lie does not propose to o lifer the primary. He is going to a lake Ins light at the general lection in .November. He, too, was at o ne time a Reformer, but proposes to t.i lake the light as a protest against f ing rule and bossism. He lain dead ii arnesl and will Issue his manifesto r ally next week, and will stay in to the ti nl.sh, if he only gets one vote. He is uilt of sticking stuff and is a graduate 1 the South Carolina College ludure lie war.?State. c Suicide at S?h. jj Moi'-ili:, Ala, Aug. 2i.?Now3 reach- n d here this evening of the suicide, by |, umping overboard at sea of Mrs. Ida 'otter, wiie ?d' Capt. John I'otter of he Schooner lllointden. The deed ocurred on Saturday last about two or c liree hundred miles olT Moble bar. c .'he steward and a sailor of the lilomi- n en jumped overboard and tried to re J cue the unfortunate lady, but failed, d he was deranged from a prolonged c llness. |c i"CP : PASSES THE PRIMAKY. ii Ml* OMIrlwl I.Mt^r Ho T.-?]k? A Iixj' King* I/.k* h SkiUnl .1 jw.'It, C < ?i.i*Mr.iA,S. C.. Aug. 21.?Dr. Simp3ii Pope, after surprising the I reformrs and all others by not going into the cent Reform primaries, now cmues nt with another surprise. He also delines to stand as a candidate lor <! nTrnor in the general Democratic pri niry next Tuesday, on aceiunt of the ivstic power of "the ring." In withdrawing from the primary ice. Dr. Dope has also withdrawn his ledge to the Democratic executive ommiltee to abide the result of that, rimary, which appears very signiiiant, inasmuch as lie need not have one to this trouble, unless he had an lea of makinir a licrfit in the romimr eneral election. The Doctor also urges 11 voters to decline to participate in le primary at all. as far as the gulv-r atorial race i3 concerned. Dr. Tope's tends says he has no idea of making light in the general election, but it k ks now as if there is a very good nance of such a light being made. >r. Tope does not say, in any instance, lai he will not lie a candidate for overnor of Sv.ith Carolina. Here is Dr. Tope's letter of witlirawal: 0 the Democratic voters of South Carolina. 1 am in receipt of numerous letters om citizens of diiT-rent. counties in lis State, notifying me that hundreds f Reformers desire to vote for me, but lat no ticket has been gotten out. he truth is, the machinery of the lieirm movement is in the hands "of the ng,"and voters are s > much afraid of le party lash that, whilst ttiey are illing and anxious to v >te lor me, ley are afraid to allow their names to ppear on a ticket. This is a deplor.t le s ate of affairs and only goes to low ho a' despotically they are ruled, nder this state of thing, it. will be npossible lor me to get out a tiexer i the majority of the counties, and lerefore, it will be foolish .'or me to mger continue in the race for Coveror. I have this day withdrawn my ledge from the Statu executive one -tni) tulrt* 11 -i nmmrt unit v to I ly that I will not be a candidate at le primary. Forty thousand Reformers and thirr-two thousand Conservatives are virlaliyidisfranchised,ami iourteen thousld riugsters dictate who shall hold le oflices. 1 saw the danger of this, and when le Conservatives, in a desire to peratuate white supremacy in this Slate 3d to conciliate the maj >rity with a iew to peace, proposed tliat if they ere allowed to cast their vote lor one f the lour Reformers running, that ley would he satisfied, i thought it a lir and honorable proposition and one hich <lid them great credit and advo ited its acceptance. Their oll'^r was dused at the dictation of a few blind aders, who were pulled up with their nportance without regard to the peace nd general welfare of the whole peole. The Conservatives, 1 must say, ave shown in this, and in gracefully lbmitting since 181KJ to the rule of ih'e lajonty, a spirit worthy of emulation, heir treatment has been simply outigeous and was enough to drive them ) desperation. In retiring from this canvass, I dere to thank those friends, who have ood by me all over the State,especial those in Darlington who had the lachood to come out and endorse me. cannot forget the members of the res3 whose treatment of me, with the xception of three or four weeklies,has een magnanimous in the extreme. In conclusion let me sav to the l'ortv lousand Reformers who did not vote 1 the late so-called primary, if you ote, refrain from voting: for Governor t the primary on the 2Sth inst., and ius put your seal of condemnation pon the ring methods which have unemployed. Cut oil that portion f the ticket embracing the names of le delegates, or run your pen through leir names. You have a right to lis, and only vote for members of the eneral Assembly and county ollicers. Very respectfully, Sampson I'ojm:. August 23rd, 181M. lintes for the St*te K<*!r. Columbia, S. C., August 22?It is ery hard to imagine what Mr. Siaugh?r, assistant commissioner of the outhern Passenger Association,or any f the roads in the association, has gainst Columbia.and against the State f South Carolina and its annual State air. Last year the discrimination of :ie association against the State fair, l the matter of granting rates, was so agrant that the commissioner receivJ just censure on all sides. The commissioner would not, under any kind f pressure, announce any rate at all Ill the very lust minute, and then gave uch a rate that the fair was practical7 killed, the announcement being lade only three days belore the fair pened. Competitive attractions at liferent points were allowed much heaper rates. Now the commissioner, while he lakes the announcement?so far as ime is concerned -all right, has delib rately gone to work and quoted a rate or an attraction, which has always rawn thousands of people, that is ex ctly what any cross roads,or any other athering can obtain lor its delegates. Jut here is the announcement, which as just been sent out by the fair soiety, and it speaks for itself: "Secretary llollowav begs to inform he public through the press of the rate, that as to rates of passage lor he Srate Fair, November 1-th to Pith, lr. M. Slaugnter, assistant commis ioner of the Southern i'assengei Asocial ion, writes as follows: "'Janes interested having agreed ates of one fare for the rounl trip Ins o(i cents admission coupon, from oints in South C irolina aud Angus-a, '.A :iml frnrn ('hurlotfe. Wilmington. nd intermediate points, to Columbia, nd return, tor the above oeeasion, are ereby approved. "Tickets to I)? sold November 1 i T: o loth inclusive, with tiiutl limit Noember 17th, IS'.'i. "'Tickets may be sold to bona tide xhibitors and help Novemh-r St.ii, !?'h nd 10,hf 1WI ' " 1'lie press of the St t?e will greatly blige all interested by publishing t ne bove Information." '1 he members of the Columbia board f trade, who were just taking s;eps a provide unusual outside attrae'ions or the coming lair, are very outspoken u their criticisms, am sty that such a ate cannot but seriously affect the atendance at the lair. Five ."Men Prow rjpd. Oi.ymi'IA, Wash., Aur. 20.?A a of ia! to tue Lidger from ') :osta si\s that alurday ruoining wh !e making a lamljg through the surf at .Joe Creek, liltrcn iiles ,\ ?rui <>! li ray's nam )r, me wu i.e oat and crew ol uine men in c >nmau! t J/eutenanl Freeman II. Cr>sby, Milled .Svftte Navy, <1 United S ate-: oust survey steamer McArthur, was aps'ztd ami live men are nii?din aniel>: J/eul. Crosby, John Fre?e<\ olm (,'udminis, William Nelmi, Alexvi- ' er Smith. At present lull particulars j annot he ascertained mvsiii; to the d:lii ; ultyol i,'ett!mt news irom that locality.< V A SERIOUS CHARGE. MADE AGAINST DR. BYRD, OF FLORENCE COUNTY, Hp N ArciscR by Mr. C?p*r? of Colmu1?'8, of ! nvltlnj; Candlrtatrtt to HI* House for J)lnr?r, nnii thrn Searching their 1'c.rUet*. ('oT.rMr.TA, !S. C., Aug. 24?A copy of the following card addressed to the editor of the Register, was yesterday given to the press lor publication. The card is rather sensational In its nature and makes very racy literature: Columbia, S. C., August, 21,18111. To the Kiitor of the Register: 1 have noticed your coup d'etat in a recent issue of your paper and your editorial comments thereon, in which you publish a personal letter written hv me to the Rev. Ii. I). Riss. on dune 27. Mr. Diss was at that time a Jiutler candidate for the State Senate and the letter, cont lining', as it did, some suggestions and information from "Jiutier headquarters," as you express it, was made much of by you and your political sagacity and activity, as demonstrated in securing the letter, was emphasized to commend yourself and your paper to the movement. Now, Mr. E iitor, in the lirst place It is due Mr. liass to say that in a letter received from him recently he says: "1 was never more surprised than when I saw the publication ot your letter to me of June 27 .h. J regret it and assure your that I am innocent of the thine being made public." So much for Mr. liass. A high and honorable gentleman, by the wey, who smarts under even t he shadow of inference that he would break confidence in the way indicated in your comments and by the publication of the letter. Uuthere, Mr. Editor, is the part of your great political and sagacious activity, which I want to make public, i ani reliably informed that very recently, Dr. liyrd of Florence county (anex legislator from that county) has spoken more than once, on the streets of Florence of having found (?) a letter written Mr. liass, and that in iis publication lie. Dr. liyrd, would make h ten strike, l am further informed that when the public speaking took place at Timmonsville, in Florence county, that this astute Dr. liyrd asked a number of candidates to his house at that place to dinner. That at the suggestion of the host tne guests took of their coats in the bed room and retired to the sitting room, alter dinner to smoke. Mr. liass had the letter you have published in his pocket when he went to Dr. Jiyrds house, it was "out of sight" when he left. The letter, 1 am informed and believe, was sent you by Mr. McCall of Florence, and was given him by Dr. liyrd (our hospitable host). In your editorial comments you say: "l'heleiter has been sent to us bv one of the most active and vigilant Reformers In the eastern part of the State." Allow me to suggest that this "activity and vigilance" is taking a very dangerous turn and this very "active and vigilant" individual and host may have been down into .Mr. Bass's pockets for piper of more commercial value for all we know. Not tinding that, he seem3 to have taken everything else In sight and let his lind of political paper act as the next best thing. You are welcome, Mr. Elitor, to all letters gotten at the houses of people from the pockets of their guests, when ^ coats, by invitation, are hung in an adj lining room and the gueit3 lured away by a cigar, are out of sight. I have written Bro. iji3s to take warning himself and to memorize the fol- < lowing lines and repeat them for the protection of hi3 people: j Will you walk into my parlor? said the ' spider to the lly. Well, hardly, said the insect, and he winked the other eye. You parlor has -.n entrance, but of an exit it is shy. So I'll stay on the outside and remain a little "lly." This communication is written on the supposition that Mr. Bass and myself are correct in "placing our men." it we are wrong, let him make an honorable disclaimer. All names desired will be given on application audthe undersigned is personally responsible for every line of this communication. Very truly. John (J. Caceiu. Three I.yncheU. .] a< k-onvir.t.k, Fia., Aug.22.?News has reached here from Mayo. Fla., to the effect that three, instead of two negroes, were lynched for the rape of Miss Pert, last Tuesday. After the two, who confessed that they had committed the assault, had been strung up, another negro was found in the vicinity by the avengers. Tnis negro was suspected of complicity in the crime, and the suspicion was coniirmed by strong circumstantial evidence, and he shared the late of the other two. The three negroes were unknown in this I neighborhood. They were tramps /r and claimed to be from Georgia. \ There is no doubt that they ' ' - ? - C - - ? r\ ,1 If /vr* A f i OCJ were guilty 01 me assauii, uu Mian I'ert. It is said that, alter the bodies ot the negroes had hung a while, they were cot down and burned by the lynchers. Incitement over the affair is running high, and rumors of other lynchings are in circulation, but it is impossible to secure particulars. The people here regret that it has become necessary to take the law into their own hands, but they are determined to make an example of every man who lays violent hands on a woman. Miss Pert is sfili in a pitiable condition. She may never recover from her injuries. NewbrjlO'd Ktpulftft. !).\;:uN'?.T<>xtAug. 21.?Trial .Justice rioyd hH l a preliminary examination in The east? oi the p irties charged with tiring into the tram on the day of the 11 * Uisuensiry irouuit*. .v ouiuweu ui witnesses w^reex immed but the evidence wa3 so slight, that t he trial j istice dismissed the cas \ Tie'names .of those charged with the offenseare as follows: S. Ni't ;k-s,.J. C. Willcox.W. C. liyrd, s. II. Wilds, 0. s McCtillough, K. Mc lwr Williamson, L. M. Norment and 1'. !'. Ivlvv.rds. The accused were represented !>? Ii ?y?i and Drown, and the sr.-ite by W. F. Clayton of Florence. I he result of the ex amination was a treat disappointment to Detective .Newhold, and he is very much crest f diet' at Ins failure to make out a case. Su?K?r UtKKlag.. | New Yoi:k, Aug. 21 ?Many letters j having been received by the Cotton Kx; change both for and against the use of sugar bag clot'n lor n iilin.or cotton, tiie boaul 01 managers, after a fail dis| cussion of the matter, have passed the following resolution: Unsolved, 'i'liat many of tlie inquiries having been received by the New York Cotton exchange as to whether or not the use of what is kno wn as sugar bag cioth m covering cotton is contrary to tiie rules of the exchange, the secretary be instructed to advise the Southern exchanges and others interested In this m liter of the fact that cotton covered by such b egging constitutes a good de livery under The rules ot fills exchange.