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VOL. XXIPICKENS, S. C, HRSDA AU GUsT 1893.N WANTS A STINER BASIS. MR. L. W. YOUMANS'S ID.AS OF NA TIONAL FINANCF. He 1elieven Siver t) twn R MAoro Ciorret Slatdartt ar Valuoto iiaan ftod. ataI Theref.)ra lefire ts tosama Eventually top a Mlver 11asip. To the Editor of the News and Cour ier: In retiondiuIng to your editoral of July 15 you say thitt I took ip the state mentin question without any reference to what halt preceded it. I have care fully read your editoral alluded to and still think that I noted the only two prominent propositions in it, to wit: That you favored the free inintaVe of sil ver, provided that a (-Yol dolar'si worth of bullion should he coined in the silver dollar and that the farmer, by the irce coinage of silver, would lose in the dis posal of his crop the dfll'erence between the commodit.y value of gold and a silver dollar. In %our editoral of July 31 you say: "We stated that the farmer who received as a dollar a silver coin contain ing only 65 cents' worth of silver in ex chbnge,er a dollar's worth of cotton or other pt -duce was cheated to the extent, of 35 cents." And agaa that the sil ver minur would eain 35 cents. Thee propositionm are impossible, either under present condit,lons or under the free coinage of silver. Under present condi lions the farmer may not only receive a silver dolltr with a commodity value of 65 cents, bit t pali-er dollar which, as a commodity, is wort.aless and not he cheated at all, for the stiiple reason that neither of' them are commodities, but money, an( interconvertible with gold at their stamp value. Undj,r the tree coinage of silver it wo.ld be impossible for the hullion hol der to make 35 cents while the r<ceiver lost 35 cents. For instance, when the bullion holder voes to the mint with 65 cents' worth of silver, it it is worth only 65 cents after it is coined, lie wold make nothing. I i lie shout ,ain 35 cents the coin would he worth one dollar, and the farmer or any-one else wi would re celve it would lose nlothin. I did not attempt in my article to controvert your statements that "a farmer who takes 65 cents worth ot si'ver For a dollar's wort,h ofcotton must lose 35 cents,'' but your statement that "the farmer who de mand.,.the free eoin-age of 65 cents dol lars is demandiig that he shal receive lor his labor and preducts one. third less than they are worth." I dil not deny vour statement that a farmer who takes 65 cents' worth of silver for a dollar's worth of cotton must base 35 cents, because I do not, think you can find anybody over ten years old outside of a linat'c asylum who wc-uld denv that a farmer who took 65 cents' worth of' silver, or of anything else, for a dollar's worth of cott.mi or ot i.ny other product, would lose 35 cenis. Alter admitting the validity of my rcply to N (ur statement, that the fiarmr W< uld lose a third of"~ his product. by t.he Itee coinage of 65 cents (ollars, you satv, "But, when Mir. Y oumnas p oceeds to show how the farmers are to lie beoetitU,d b. b1gIpi,!! the silver miners he Ives his whole cr.se away in his very first. pro Imsition." liesaw: "We would opvn a mal ket tr all Wtstern silver.'' How, and wIiijN? I w(-ubl like to remiark en passant that, while their Imterest, to a certain I :tent may ie parall- 1. 1te fal. mls are not stimulatel Iy all\' special dalsire to advance the interest of the sil vetr miners, but to help tli( iselves. llow would we open the market for all Western silvem? Ilow was the market op)enedI for it, in Indtia? B1y free anid tin limittcd ca)ninage. In the same way free and unlimited co1)iage ini t.h United States would opien it for al' WVestern sil ver. "Whi3?" This is a big quesiona, and r<qumres a can'v 's of the whole subh ject ol silver. A question ( i a it. natunre was i.sked hay the Coltimbia 'ait-, In its iss-ue o)1 July 31, mi Ih Ichllowinig langcuage: 'Lt, wouldh be Lentir3 ing it (;ur Poipuliss.ie Ii leals shtd 'awnii M"a~siogne1 reason wh o,., vei she uald tie vo'nod ait the rat in IIf 1 to 1.* * The P'oiatlists and thiir ai ns cont end that the inist insic value ot the metal hats nothaing to dso with its value as currenacy." *In ainswlrnL yoir (meiat ion we have to dal t wi silver, not, otil y as a "omt 'a edit y, butt as mnet.cy, for, dee pit e thle tiact. that. it has bee itus d mi-i age by tall th lgr ~ eat, commerrciail na: ians for t ec pas5t, twent-y 3 earis, it still conistitutes as ailly .ne- half o(It (lri mta'tllic miontey, and sn-upphea the circuilating mieditum of tharte-fout h8 oft lie world. ' all sub j'ctsa involving humian attion thitt ot mon~ey is the niost, comph)I x To comii j.rehenid, to inivestiga te andh t.o demonai at rate thle leadingr trtths at a comleax I ilahy ct. ra <ires ai catn til e'xami liai ion (ot all tbe lemtsif whoase se'p'rate or comn lined action p)rodutces t i-e phenoamena.'' TJheo il ii ent haniiding of th~ie friver he, anch(4 ofitiance ra qulires a knowle ge oat the~ functions e l niai.onv, of t 1.e chiat ta of t radle and1 the value of' the iieci (,us me3(talP, relatIvely sad othierwise in t hie><htIckrent ecCtionsi ot the v'lohe. Money, icceording to) the~ acceptet iiu ib.hi tat a, is a micdIiumt of a xchneea. a re;. resenatative of' yalt s, and a standard for dlefet re1d pay mtsit. A medlitim oft ex-. change, it as the instt rment o)f t.ade and( meta pi ably tllhed with comnmerce. Prev ious to the iidbhig of the 4 :atpe (if Good Iliope by Vaisco di ( anansa in 1497 ihe great ctirrntis 1of tiamIiad centred on tIle shores of the I .evat,~ aamai caoa. sisted of ri e ( xchianges het.ween the Eatst and t he West or the trallic hetwee n ECu lindt Northerni Afric-tiand Asia. In I these 4 xchiages the preen tis metatla took a patonhnenat part. Na',a Mr. .Jacobhs: " The proportionate value oit gold to sil ver was less mt AsIa thtan ini Etiropie. At all t.ames a proilt, might he gait ed fby ex chataging onei for the ot her.'' T1he Ty rian marinora ('xchanu.ed the:ir auipplies lt allver fronm Spa with the Per'sijma taor L'lda otunce for Iltnect, iand as late as 1850 Engt~lish and Ametr:can trtader5 ex chait gs-d silver with the .Japanese for 'olld at the ratio of 3) LIo I. Tihe clim ate oaf thew East its so miild as to render its people well ili independent ol clothmng ana houses. Trhe soil produces two or more crops during the year, and the seasons are so uniformly warm and iteady ls to render hmltila i I Xbhr etlect. ve all the year routid. Tnese various 1du,trial advaitaes havec i sed a peo pe whose wants are but tow and simple Lo export larLely more titan they huy ience the balance of trade is ill wavs gainst the West and requires a con tlint and extended supp!V of silver to liquidate it. Thle clieaper this silver can bie obtaimed the vtreater tle prolit o: be m-ent thiat effects thesw ex.hanges, as the purchasing power #A silver has not [leclinled in the orient. Whatever iOWn or c)uu try became the prime fact.or or mercantile intermediary n conduciting tieso exclanes hIs 'rown opulent and powerful. Tie Llo rv and magnificence ot Tadmoor, Tyre, Venice and Gencia attest the truth of Jhis asserLion. After the doubling of the Caps by the Portutusse and the con luest of E,ypt by the ' urki which ren lered unsae the caravan trade across he country to the Levant, Lisbon be ame the disbursnv centre of these ex. Ab11un1L)s and enjoyed all the grandeur md mauniticence or her predecessors. rhe Dutch succeeded the Portuguese as Lie masters of Oriental trade and Hol and became in its turn the richest coun trv in Europe. The lait transfer of Oei 3antail trade has been from the Dutch tr Lhe English, who still enjov it, with th Freat aditional ad%rantate of an ample mpply of clieal) silver from the West to ian ipulat it. The situation, I think. hai already ,een made eutllctentily plain why Eug anlld should advocate the degredation of siiver. But whv should the larmei s, iiore than any other class, obiect to l-land's use of' this silvei? Western iuroe furnishes a i irket atnou.illy fCor )ver two hundred million bushels of wheat and about two thIrds of the co' Lon crop. The farme s of the Unitd it,es compete with silver standard -ountries for this market. Enland so nanpulates cheap silver in her E tst,rn Lrade as to make a profit of the decline n silver. She ies not eveu pity out iixLy live dot lard in gold for one hundred Jollars worth of silver, blt, sattle- the Jebts of the United States in the East, with her miatiutacturel Iwares. That, is As the United Slates are ptirchases of the Est. Enelaid receives lft th. Unit,cd States sixty live dhllars worth ol'silver bullion and s t.l0s t.h dz-.ht,I ot the United States inl the East,to that,ex tent, with her matiuactured wares. Then she tokes the bullion and buys ene hun(red dollars worth of wheat, or cotton, which places the farmer of the United Stales at a disadvantagh of 35 per cent. This disc-uit is not contined 'o i xlorts, but as the surplus dismosed of in the neutral marketi of the world fixes the price, it eitially alrects the whole volume, bth at Lome and abroad This situa',ion ha,is not been the result of natural causes, oI economic forces -per atig upon the choice of indivifuil ir (ducers and exchangebs-it has bisen wholly a work of uan's accoiplishing ms it wits ofr man's desiring. Enaland 1141 not, Iccomplithl uiaided this great linancial lact. which not ony lurnished reildy to her handl chea ) silver inl ample vo:nie, to manIipilate, at increased profits. three tour(Il1is it IIr commine-cO. mut, ahd 51) per cetil, to the vahlie it her 11 minre in Australia an,l 50 per cent, Lo .tbe valite of her vist, cretlit.-. She h13d an :ll.y-r-ttl 10i- Aern p)ortion oi* these Jni ed States, a section thich has alwavs enl-erainled business idvas wt the pIrme4ip, us idl i .ted by ULvernor li Morris a-A earily as ift (3 onsti lutiial C'umvenliln ot 17S7, when ie laiW: "'I-operty is the lmin ohj,Ci otio. Iiety. he Sava e State is imi-e Ctvor lde to liberty thanl the civil ZNI, and wits only renionne"(d tar- the siake ot protierty."' A00tit twunty years aufter wairds the same idea was advanced by Jotsiah Qunincy, when, m1artinr under the restrictien of! Presidfent, Jfferson 's p)roclamlationi ot embart)igo, lhe sati, "'But, pat.riotistm, to) say the ieat.t, was a vetry Inactive assisgant, to the men o1 New Eniglaund, whlo sa1w theIr profit,s andt their caial 1va'Sishinig utn)der a policy [)f Fedleral gov,-r, itl mrt,." Thcis sect.ion tppears to have atlwaty, regairled te Un ion as a lucra tive ai r'acnIment h. L'euln the Stales to be sacritice[d or rnaintatinedl by aurms, as t.heir interest, 'ii ctaccd. Perhaps nt- other section with '1s II w naitural :edvant ages iiluder ai poi1s Lo establ.qh ce, It-.o,. ote the gene, ii well are and secure the b)lessinig ot lib - art.y lias ever sc) enirichedl and a !granid zedil it t the pubbei eIx pens~ 1,hroughb the mysterisis agenic y ot legsl ativye div Availing itself of t he skill and valor 4f the Sout h t.o be treedl from the colon tail Poliey of (Great Britaun, it nio soon 3r toillid itself' tree thian it enflorcedl the very samel shack lee on t he other States8. The aggravation of this Policy tainyi r blen chetcketI by the nui llitica tion of South Carolina in d3, wais suspended un'i,t i the wi thra wal of' the Cotton States frrom tfthe U ion an 18l1 0 when t,his section assumed full govy erinental Control. During th li our yea.rs of war it, legislateut ni arty ~tal of the onitstantdinrg obligations of thb n a tion into its piocket. The face value at these obligations wats about, 38 per Benit. D)espit the fact that the'se otii gations were legislat,ed to par v'alue In 30tn-- -a schemie which wvas stoutly op. posed by A. TI. Tfurinan, vot,ed against by every D)emocrat and dfenounce'd at Lhe tim,e by (Garret,t Davis, anid second ~d by 'Thomas F. Bayard, as a piiulic rob)bery of f900,000,000-this very see ion had already been plottng with the inikers of Western Europe by the die nonietization of silver to dlotilble them turain. \You said1 in your issiun oif Junme 28: "T'he gold hige of (Vall itreet Cannot be charged with the de iionetj-zat.ion of siver. If silver were worth int.rInsically s miaich am gold bhey would all be silver bugs. rThere Sa n senit,iment In WVall street." You aid something else: "There Is no Ig iorance so hopeless as the ignorance )f the mant whol thinks he knows it all." Let usc iliuluire whol led this first fighit igainst silver? The AmerIcan dele rate to the international Monetary Jonference at "aris in 18i;7, one Sam .iel B. Ituggles, an act,ive member 01' he Chamber .. Commerce of New i ork cit,y, mentIoned, as the records Nitt show, by .John Sherman, (a man who entered public fife 1n moderate ',ircutmstances andI Is now worth mil tons,) and coached, as lie hImself ac cnowledges, by Michiel Chevalier, the milnion andi mouthpiece of the money sower of Europe: "If alIver were worth intrinsicalny as much as gold they would all be silver bigs." Silver was at a premium of 3 per cent. Was Wali street sentimental im the person of its representative, Mr. liggles ? Read the report of his let.tori to Mr. Seward, and thwn judge. This Conl'er enc' assembled in response to an invi tation from the Emperor Louis Na polhou for the purpose of arranging for a uniform coinage of gold and sil ver that would circilate international ly among the civilized nations. This meritorIous undertaking of the French Emperor, however, was coil veited into an opportunity by capital ists to reduce the metallic basis of money by one half and give to the bankers a practical monopoly of the currency. The powers of linance sa%% their opportunity, delegations of cap talists flocked across the channel from London and Liverpool, a side meetilg was hold and the scheme of demoneti zation and contraction was pressed with vigor and ability. luggles, in a speech I efore Ihe Con ference, alarmed the capitalists by leading them to be lieve that, the mines of th e I Tutled States would soon inundate the world with the precious metals. Speaking of this country he said: "Its annual product., now nearly one hundred mil lions of dollars, may eventually reach three or four hundred millions. The money of the world must be unilied now or never." The resolution dis carding silver was palsed and thus tihe most colossal scheme of pluinder ever devised by man put, cleverly under way. Thus was projected tihe finan cial poison which is to-oay conresting the world's liver. Demonetization of sil ver and dearth of gold are paralyzing industry and causing the wheels of commerve to screak; trade is crippled and prodiict ion halts; the weight of existing obliga tions is being doubled and the world's activitiei are heing compressed into half their existing scope. It means to consign the nlneteenth cenitry t,) a pauper's grave and to lay the heavy hand of paralysis on the cradte of t lie twentieth The prediction ot lHis marck, that the gold basis would be like several men trying to cover with a small blanket-when one pulled the other would be exposed-hias been veri lied. Itussia pulled this gold blanket and we had panic and react ion. A ls trian Hungary pullett and our business men have failyd and banks broken by the hundreds-the sweet results of be ing on a scant ii -tancial basis comminon tWI Europe. New England and 01 i Engluidwere inl a kind of conspiracy agains, tie Sou,h and West ini 1811, notwithstand Ing the fact that the war was being waged for the protecLion of Nort.heast ern seamen and New England mari time rights, and what might have transpired had not further proceedings been cut short by the treaty of I1hen-K no one knows. William Loyd Garri son and Exeter Hall accolplished the dream of Sir Robert Peel when he al va-cated the appropriation of twenty million rounds for the liberation of the West India slaves, claiming that it would be an entering wedge between the North and South and a long stride towards the freving of Southernii slaves, hoping thereby to revive Atmericin ag ricrilture to beat down commerce in the West where England had competi tion, and buiid it up in the East where Mhe enjoyed a muonopoly. ItL was left., however, for the Nort.heast., t.hrough tie agency of S. B. 1 tiggles, to formi a pairtnership wit,h ,iohn i n to douihle the war obligations of t.he itttion which she had amassed by the tariff and (overnmilent soecilationl and Lad already nearly t rebbl-d by the fundirg and specie paying Acts. lPor I Iis hiere Rluggle.s abi.ued, public colilidelce ail betrayed the na'ion he was ap pointedt to repre,eit. lIe led the con spiracy to) cit, ohf silver from thre mint,s and cast it into lie sea of coinmodaties. Thu,s did the nation which rises 5i0 per cenit of the silver anti produces but 7 per cent beguile the niat,iorn which p)roduLces 50 per cent into st riking do wn one-half ot it,s vulue. Tlhe nation which is the greatest Importer of wheat in the world inveiglel the natlion which is the greatest, exporter of wheat, in the world int.o a finaincial and( commeitrcial dead fall, where 50) per cent was t,aken from thre price or her wheat. 'Thie nia t,ioni wvhioe looms woulId be idle amid wvhose people would lie hungry and whose Goverriment would lie iiinilp. hieavial uipon the storm or rnot it, w ithi out a suipply oh' Americaii coll on, de eeived the nrationi which is the greatest p)roduicer of cotton into striking 50) per ent from it4 value. Verily, it appears as though dJohn hlull was bunco st.eerer and U ncleu Sam t,he genrtlemanl from t,he rural dlistrict. Western Eiirope, large consuimers of' importedi cott,on, hreadstruhfs andi ot,her agricuiltural produmcts, ha;s irot, beun slow to learii thrrough the med iumi oh' dlepreciated siIlver it is eiiabled to pl%v thle agricultumral prodructs 01 the E't 1 aigainist. those of t he Uniiited St at,es at a prolt marked by the dets,lineo in srilver. C2onise<muentl y every sribise<lmerit Inter national mnoni.tary confereiice cal led by the Uniiteid States to iundo the d isas trouis and treacherous worik led byV Sniermanu andlI luiggles, in regard t'o which saidl Sir Itot. N . Fow ler, M. 1'., L ondoni banker and( E lLord Mayor, at a mreet.inrg ot the lI rrtian an d Coloniil chambiers ofi coumimerce held im L,ondlo "'that the effect of tihe depreciat ion o, silver mulst ii .ally be fthe r ur 01 thle wheat anid couion inidustries of Amneri - ca arnd lh thre dlevelopmat, of I rdma,'' has been a miserable failure and thet Amieriean delegates regarded as lilttle better thian potor unfortrina it* , w hose' natIon had 1 riile.l away it.s hbirhright. The q inestion ist.anrty occrrrs, wiry did the Nor theast ativoicate su chi ac tion ? Simipily bee iir.e her Interest, wa.s similar t.o that of EMigiand. She occi pied t.he posit,Ion of credhitor arnd( bank er for tire Souith anid West arid pur chased largely of their agricuiltuiral produicts, benee lien int.erest to errhianice the~ valure of nmoniy and( depress thre prce .of agricuili.oral p)rol inc. Th'lis view is nowv enitertairnhri regardi .0 our II nancral sithuatrin by theu hodlers of' realized wearlth, such as st.ocks, bonds, and various other se-urnit it's, the Sxchanrges in the arteries of t rade, those whose fee's are hi xe'd by larw or custom and all arnrnotanrts anid t iplen. [laries, f'or the very III min and simple reason thrat, as the p)roceeds ol labor Elechine, their irruomes remiaiimng t.he same, they can live easier anrd imore rsouttrtably. IIlencei the disposit,ion throughout the United States t.) regard the farmers, who are b)eing groun<d be tween the upper and nether mil1l stone by the commercial and ilnancial polIcy of the Federal Government, as a set of oreheads andt naisy deagogue.s. who MITH)FI{ WILL OU. \SENSATIONAL CHARLESTON CASE CLEAREb UP I 4-irl Conesr? That Shot ioioneul i11or Fat il e'r aii %31-ter ati the I no4tigatlont ot Illor h CA1teiet ter-I atstetN .h u' CiIA i: 1 .'NTON, S. C., A.1g. iO.-The nystery whici surrotinded the siudeni ind pectliar death of Isa ac Atitechell nd his datighter, Ada, has at, last been olved, and the facts tas they stan d out o view present a case of diaboeh;Ial reachery and Imitrderous malice sel low. seen on the records of crime. Sarah Mitchell, the fou rtit i-year-old latiiiter of Isatc Iitcliell, fias con essed haviiig poisoned hor father and ister by giving them Riogh oin Nts, mld claims tha'. shep did -o at, thp slig. restion and by the direet,ioni of l. I man stepmnot hier. Isaac Mitchell Was a very respe, t )le colored longshoreman, who live at \o. 103 Coming street. Illis Io ily -onsisted of his wife, Maria, and two laighters, Ada aged 18 and Sarah aget -I. There they had lived peaceably to. ,ether, and Mitchell by dint of hard ,ork and evonoiical mianage nent had contrivetd to I.tv il) a little noney for a rainy day. As far as was cnown his relations with all his famli y had always been of the warmest. nd -losest kind. A bout the last of .lly MIitchell re !eived an anonymouis letler piirporting A have bei nwritten bly a "dear riend." As to its contels there is loluie doubl. Cert.ain it is, however, hat, the Ietter contained news that was irnything bit, PlIasit'. It, was t o the ,eneral efftect, that the writer int.ended vonoe to the houise and make a deal )f t robtilde, and furt.hermore that, Mit. :hell and his ehlest datghter would be oisoned. lie did not, think imuch of he iatt.er, howover., and carelessly ,hrew the letter aside. ''his was When Mitelll wetit. hone to dinner thoit 2 o'clock on 'ueslay, .1 illy II. lie uspected nothing wrong. h'lie diiner ad heen prepared by his yoiger lalighter, Who had always beotn inl the iabit. of cooking the ineal.i for t he fam ly. So he sat. down to dine with Ithat, iense of perfect se'cturit y which is nat aral with a inant in his own house sor rounded by hi,s family. At, t table were the family and another colorii woman named Emily Ilamiftl . 'I'Tie unial consisted of beef, rice, t omat oes, bread and watermeloii, all to all up pearance all at e out of 1 tie mune d ishes. Inmediately after dinner Isaac aid Ada were taken violently ill. beig sick at. the stomach arid voliitling. 'le I'lamilt,on woman later became ill, anl Maria Mitchell was to all appearales so sick that she was tiable to attend to the wants of her Iusband and step daughter, who were soon in a (ying r!onditioin. Dr. IV. 1). Crum was called In, an dld all he colild for the muffer .,rs, bit they were already too far gone Vien he was sent for, and the father tird daughter died ill a few ioirs. 'T'it deathis of two iienibtrsi of oe ailily at Itie san1 t,imiit' anid lil s, t,range a mianner natiriliv artsed mspicion, ati Coroner C. I[. I ver1s V-as notilied. Ih! at. (oe ! iMik Fti' tii.it er iii charge i hi+eii imi %,1rt over he holies. )r. C. It. L e., per. orined t.i posl-tir ein --x tuiiatioin. \ ft.er a careliii di ios of tlim ca Iw .aVP as his Wtet480ion,1l opiilo hat it was A CAsE' l. iNsiC. 1'is,iNlN4-. Beyond tIlhis lit) litjg coilut lit'learli!'ed ' houl, t. cmiust of th1e deat.hls. Int. 'ironer i{v.-rs al, Chiief -e I'edict .ittne thit ernti to tunraLvel the mtyst.er'y Lltd bing tee u001' y piart.it's to just ice. I'ti.' -it leaSt. Ih otlv be'lievecl tainti r Thle iiive.stigat,ioni was carriedi on i fIt fl iihe utist, carte iitni thgenlt'e, an.4i' to twt tlici.ils coutld poitibly harve I nle muore t.cian thet enuel ani coroer Sitt. ITitey 5tearched the hotuise t.im i;can ugaini feor cliu's, aieh evterythiung wteh otikei tike a cotmnectinug lin1k inI rthe A t,i Clnt. thelant iltnl wran ii -lut. Tit-y hade b)eenl uiietr tneee ttirvt'ilb;ttce all I lie whiil', tilit e'vers wvhere the'y wt'nt I hey we're iio tily <jpt ini sight, by tatl ciyes ,Iohiin ii. Lian andit .Iaints liller. Ar rthis titie tne' u'oti'i.r, wvho had enlk-t'el n'toigh 'vidi'ie'e on wich to base a hl'it'f thaict. tria arid Sarah at. le'ast. had conisier thtle kiit wli'dge ot t lie alf uir, tlacedt flit' woin inr ,Jaii. A ii inr vest igati ion w as bhitlt tt.htIe St at.iont I hoist', allul t.he prnisonie'rs were clostety qjutestioetlet. Tlhiey stiltlibelt otut. that thity knew niot,hig o iZtf thle affair, thtough thei r steor 05 dtilfered' greatly iti s'verat part ict. la rs. Sinic' t.hat ime the chief anid Cor'en-i 'r it'ivers hoive been workinig eluietly ..t faithfuelly, ariii ini coriseqeince of' heir e'xcelienit plans. skulli lly carrnie'n mtt, by )i'tect,ive's N! i !'r atnd IIlogi n, lhe whole thiing has t' noi tutt, arid airuty reveal tractr el of rseiit, and sot he uliattIer was refIerre.I tot NIr. .l. Itiss l laniahian, nie of I het rnos, skill eel aniat yticatl cheit'its iln the cty. II is re' tort was as foillows: C1l1A ltlm.iT,N, S.( ,, Aougust. 7, I it: C. II. Hiveris. I:or ,riir, Chau,rlest im S. .- I )uar Sir: Entctoseed is flit resutlt, of ny iinvt's igationilti upo ihe stomach tf >f Isaac I1. *Alitchitll. A part, trorni t his I iil say tht, as ii seinis oxitde (the Miispected poison1) is ontly sItgh t.iy sol . >ti', i t. 18 possi lelt that, at poisont of thiis intutre ceotld hiave' b'e'en ej ecteed from he st.ontchi by v hhioent vitrnitinrg, hence ISalpresencu (:oti I i b die'teted i ni the 'omiti.edi inatter. As thits St.Omatch coil alined litt le of the food suispectted, It v ubhi bte atd v Isable ftr yotu t) have the ioitiedf iniat.l.ir t'xamiineid. Yloturs truily .1. itoss Ihaninahian, Anlalytical Chtemist. ('ii A lit.1-:sTON, S. C., A igtust 7,189a C. 1i. lI ivers, Cortoner, Chiarle'ston, S, l.-)ear Sir: t'tirsutat, to your requlest o deotect, if possible', t.he presetnce of mty poison in t,he stomach oft Isaac it. ditcheti, deliveredt tm by t)opnity Joronuer Sin kler, I have analyzed same. lindI no poisont, eit.her Inorganic or or anic. The stomach was very empty, con alninir very littla food mater. t h.a seem hent, on doing it great deal of mischief. 1lut it should be remembered that the wheat and cotton growers of the Irite(l States have to pay '. per cent for the imioney ised in the ciit.ivat ion of their crops; that owing to restrict ive legislation, which preventis cqrgoes from shipping this way they have to pay dotible freuilits to European muar kets when across the ocean; that they have to compete in the neutral markets of the world with the pauper labor of creation, the present. labor of t he Med iterrailean, the fellahs of 1gypt, the coolles of China and the ryots ol India and, by this very silver legislation, at a (isadvantaie of 35 per cent: that when their prodice is sold they are not al lowed by the laws of their country to avail themselves of the advaitages of this cheap labor against which they have to contend at a disadvaageit of 35 per cent, buti must take t his money back home and pay a bounty of over ;0 per cent to home Ianti facturers. If not, they inms. pay to a ITniltedl States I custom receiver 60 per cent, not only i oin first cost, but also oii all ex penses to I land it at ai A merican custom house. These unjust hardships imposed upon American farmers seem calculated to have called forthi a disorderly growl from old .Job hiiself. I have answered your questions dis cursively. I will now do so categori cally. In doii so, however, I shall proceed upon t lie supposition that they are asked inlependent, of and irrelev ant to party sirroundoigs. Of course, as I am a Democrat, 1 am in favor of carrying out. the party platform. To announce a set of principles, go before Lhe people, and after haviiig now the ollices upon them to disregard them, t would ble bilt, to perpetrato a fraud up on the public. Speaking independent, ly ot party enviroinents, in reply to your <Itestion-whal, has any farmer to gaini by the free coinage of silver? - I I pointedly declined to commit myiell 1 to the propriet y of any such uinndiate action, for two reasons: Ist. iecause such ac.ion wouild transter tie henelit of. the signioratte from the Govern ment to the bullion holler. 2d. lie. cause of' an apprehension I W-it the out llow of gold would cause a temporary coitraction. Now, ai to your <iiestion, how we would olpn this inarhet? First, this appreheded cont.raction should be pro vided against by the repeal of the 1l per cent, tax oin each St,tte's share of one billion dollirs of loc;,d issues pro rated to the Statos according to their population. with the special require muent that each State should so pro rat,V It according to counties. The rea sons for this reqiuiremelt are obvious ard conclisive. We aresi f1 fering more from ai ill distrillt.ed than from a re scricted vohume of curreiny. As sooi as lo:al banks were ini operation I would recommend not free coinage, but tile free and unlimited ptirchase of silver oil te plan' of the Snernan bill int,il the vahle of tiie dollar iit sunk to the level of ,he bulion value, -1121 grains stanlArd silver, and then open the ilmints to free and unlimited coin age at the rauio of 16 to 1. Tl''his policy woutid drive the voluime of gold to IErope, ald tholigh tile mints might, remaini open to it t len ats now, would practically pit lis up,n a silver basis. Of the advantages we wouIld gain, alnd t' dangers aud isist ers we ! Wotul.1 avoi<, Space does not permit mie to dwell. Why shouill we alopt, the ratio o1 IW to I ? Por t.he siluple reason I that sil ver wai Alowil it.self to bo time I inost, reliable nw asure of values. t Mloney is nUt oily a inedittin of ex change, but, a represelitative of values I an<l a huindard flr dtferred ji,tynents. 1 Thes. two it.tter ivat ires reipure t hal1 its volmint SllthI iaiitain a rat.io uni iform with thl vouime of commodities, i so that, its purchasinig power wotild re- ( pari ty bet.ween tile two meLtaIds has beenci caused bly a1 rise ini gold, a1rn1 not, by3 a decli ne ini silver. F"ollr hundlred anli t,welve ai1nl a1 ha31l grainis of standeltrd silver ini l-'ebru i 28, 1871, iaedlll i ree feet ini cow miod I ties. ,i lIst t,wently y ears 31ft er wolt, in 1893, it mneasuire<l the saIlUe Ioree feet ol clunlildIlit'S. Thie gold .ldl ,r inl I873 I lck(cd a1 I ract.illn ofi un-asu5lrinIIg I hiee fceet iici 11111 ioit les. Now it ieaCCsures foulr a1111 a1 half1 feet. WhIichl is ihle hone Ist yara.lic1.k ? Wniiich is the. best. represeniitatiee of va;lueIIs, thle mo(st, rel ianI( Se 1 It.antir Ior defesrred pa1y mlents? 7 conita.ineltd t,hesei prmop ,si t.ions in live rjiti sl.ins wvhiich 1 a1sked you albout, t,wo ye.lrS ago whieni you were dishionrest. dollar,<ii l'st.ionis whlIi you1 (c0111( n1ot. anisw er. The ph rase, "A rise in valule ofi gold,"' are words of ha t)pi ness and well atre of inanLIkin d. It: mleanls i hat 50i peIr ce:: t has been'1 add1 ed| t.o the burdensb- of all11 delbts ainli taIxes, and1( that, t,het houirs of t.he Ilboring manll shaCll In' ended f rom (ighlt, to I. welvye. It, means t.he saicrIli ce of t he latalhloider t.o tile bondhlolder and( 11he Iir'eIehld(1r of p roilut i ndu V'i11lst,ry to) uniiprodu lctivye weaIlh, a1nd1 signlIs thle vi atory of tin-d(Iron' I o lver the be'es, It nicanls t hi.t til h d)e I ill seli'-me cry Stahz ed at1 I 'ariis inl 1I7, inl whiichi 'Chermnr and1 l lggles atol' the 10Lolnion aCnI Liperplool bankel((rs liglire'd SI) >n the de'iioiit i/il 11on ol silver has gi ven to ilh' banhkers t ire contrl oh thle voIinil of moneyi'1 ainttil t thtIle igils trial world to-d.y is wril lung ini their grasp.l Mloney I ii'h great moel(frn power; whvloeve'r ('ont rols it, contls polMllit.iCs a1i01 soicie'ty. Thell bankerlls hiavi' mad(e world. IA W. V'an'i 'uNs. Fa irfaCx, S, C.., A ligust .. li'NIlinlN, l'cnin,, Aug. l.-TIi(, ICarmellrs in ill' owe'r emlI of this counit.ry areO iln iisp1am r ovt'r ile gri.liat. 1(oss they have 81ustain Il Ib y an ivastonl of g rass hoppers. TIhe inrsects haCve' appeared in COIuntlhess S wariiis aiiil Clr dtrtoy ig every growing thing ini their path. Tlhey halve ruIIine'd tilund Ireds of' tons of1 hi:y and tihl ent,ire crop) of Timothy seed. Now tihl j'ests haveyt att.acked wuhiat few growing vegetables halve suirvivedI tihe protracted dfrought. Sr'AiCTANi1Irua, S. C, Aulg I. -(. I' I t1rrett was arrested today13 by Uinit.edl StaIte Matlf:rshlal liirby for tcamnpern us4 wvI i. tile miflh. 'hiere ari' I wo charge-' algaini%.t himIl, aInd Coininissliner I alg vert Iixed thbe bond in each case at $1, Si *. A postollice delteict,iv has b101eeni here two weeks workinih upl thIls and. other cases. Barrett had not gIven bond at sunset. Marshal Kirby has him in af keeping.i evidently suffered depletion from vio lent vomiting. I am yours tuly, J. Ross liannahan, Analytical Chemist. As far as the aDalysis was concerned there was no evidence to warrant con viction; nit as it was indicated by the dietective.s that Sarah had become pen itent and wantedI to make a clean breast of the whole story, Chief Martin, Coro ner livers, Deputy Coroner Sinkler, D>etect.ive James Miller and Detectivq -lohn Iloian went to the .Jail yesterday morninz, and in their presence Sarah Mitchell made the following solemn deposition t SARAII 3IIT'lELL'S (ONiESSsON. t 1, Sarah Mlitchell, make the follow- % ing confession of my own free will and b accord: (I Ttipiesday morning, Jitil 11, I8%1, c my stepinother, Maria Mitchell, told n me that she wanetd me to write a letter A forher. The letter was written about i three weeks before the polsoning by ini14. Riiley (that's what. 1 call MIaria tj Mitchell) tolI me to write it. It was in ihe let ter I hat MIaria is goinz to poison .1 Youl and yotirit.wo daughters, parti cii larly yot aid your eldest daughter. Iti- N Ivy told I me to sign Ada's nane. but s not. to sigt her whole name, but j .ust , wit ". 1." The letter was written to s my fat her, ls::ac ittchell. I read it to o lilley after I finished writing it. Itiley a gave me the paper and envelope to write it with. liley gave ie two e cent.4 to hm a stittmt Irom I)r. Almar, sl which I dilI and mailed the letter. 1: lIIley told me, jist before I sat (lown r: to write the letter, t.hat she heard that s my pa was engaged, and before any a other woman shouild have him that she b wolllhl pthit in hI isgrave. V MIonday atternoon before t hey were ta ken sick it. was raining, and Itiley said it she was sorry, because she wanted to 't send tie out. IL s!acked 1up) rainini and .4 sie( told mle to go u0pst airs and chIanige ti my clothes, anl when I caime down- e stairs she toll me tnat she wanitel tine to go to the doctor shop, She gave me s, fifteenl enitls, and old ml e to buly her a a iox of "tighi on Iats." I went. to j I)r. 1Iornham's in K ing -t reet, and got, it it. I mean the "liough on k its." I t br-ight. it. back an gave it. to Ii 1ev. e When I fir.4 came back she was staid ing in the street door, and as I caine tip s she went in aud I gave it. to her, aid weill. tip-s'airs aid chanued iny clothes I did not see t.he box again 1t1nt.i0 Iules day. When I was cooking dhinis' on Tiles day Hiley tol mlle to take that thiig 1 off the shelf. It. was then in a hottlein a t.in box ot the shelit'. Iiley told ) me 1.o 1:1t it. In the ticee. I villpteI it. ouit, of the ott le iit a cooking spoon. The big spoo.i was nearly H,11. I thenl pit it in the riev bevaulse leiIhy 1old io to do it,. When i uimt it, ill the ric, I knew it waA "Iloigh on I[its." I aM certln that Iiley told me t.o put It. iI t hv rice. There was a plate of cold rice le t from Nlonday'i dinner, which I put n)!I the table oti Tuesdlay at, dinner with I ie other dlinner, bit Lhis cohl rice was separate fron the hot. rice cooked that day. My pa, Aa a mid iss IHimilon ate the hot, rice uhat. I c4vked I li.if. do.i Alo and Ril-V drid not e-t a.ny uft ith- i,r rice that day; we aLe tile cold rice lei from \fI.lays dinner. I Iley helpte d my ill tite and hers. A fer dilner L omnsa HIrice and] Sarah t Willtinan mnixedtipgsomnef.hintr for Ili I ley to take. Neitwhr IUiley nor mne was t stck that, day. (in Wednesday morning when N ir. Iivers, the coroner, anti NIr. s Sinkler. the deluity coroner, ainith te I dovtor wert, tipst. rs, I was (nIt the pi 'Izza. IUiley call 1e in the front. r"oom Io h1"r and sa;id[: ".\ind, hO Patr- L ticbilar ht()%ow vot I alk. If I hey ask you t w hat .5 pt [lil n i thf. rive hill theilI that, youl hd nol. put anything ill t'ere b,ut salt.' w s I st.arted, to tell abouiit it wheni I wvas g wei're uiere al so, wheltheIi' chsitf of ol 4 li aske' I me what my~ ointiont wats iabot.t1 tIs po~iion.'. Ib~'it I got scaredl anil waIs afrid to do it then'. Th'e kinl (if xlil in is itn thia botx (t.hre'e bo'xes t of1IIt diin Varl ieiis '1t --Riuh on I Uats' wire! shown.v i he'r ) is what I puit ini thIe rice4. Itley tobi mue that alter th1is wats (over she wai~s un i to~I). -lkson.ivile Ic FlortidIa, au-il wouihl Lake tme with her. h Wh'lI eiakinig the awliil cotnfessioni c of haiving~ uniirdetred he' larthler and1( sis imailmer iuil dtemonsixtrated that, sIit was i telihi. wlcit sIhe khiew abou,it thed cas'b wit.honi.:ihny..ontstr,jint whatn1oev'er, IIler steint.heru. A.tria NIliI.h(i!, waos I. vitgorourisly dIedniedc all that wa:s s il. Thetit':v WI .%tien luil hseen keptd itn dillfer enut tills ini the .h:tl. ()iterwise the treni New's intil ('o uier, Stl m .,rt0.1 S . i , A,, t).'.i (' . , result. of he arlev-l rby Tllm,iani cotn Iro versy. Ves-t rdatv afte rimi.on he4 It. orally wine tuhe5' groturn,lill with the. tit ing tn the ( outiose 51 opsN whieni CaXpt. Tlillinint walked up to htima ai acroisti'd hutn ,onceirnuiing a portl un tof. I ih recenrt ..colrrespo ndnhuce hsa vinig refer ' enite to Ihe' part. whterelin Shlon 1411Iigiures. T'huey enIgaiged a iinuite4 or t.wo in a ' p1rela.y It, cont11roversy, whiini Tillmiani cha~lleniged Shtelton)1 t.o walk down thle I roadt aitti light. it outt. Thte chal le g wa s a4'(ept ed . Wh len hev reiachiedI a lust int ft rout of at ol stale ah ti lIthree' I hmit retd yards do wnI the publIc' ro)ad rirom the4' Cousrt, Ilouis' Tillman 1.51rited 1t) .Sheltont andI said: "fere is aboth as goodi a phicEl as aniy. I ons a rinted, and( ilI y'>i are we can light, it, 4)u t, Shet1lton." Shelton said lie was nlota armwed, andI therefore' Tl'lm nanu made nso e ltor. to tdraw his5 uiitol, but ste'pp)ed up) closer to Shelton, andi on bei ng given thiie d d lie by Sheltoni he gave him the' reguslai' cornbinationi Corbitt-Suillivani' lick untder the chini, which sent Shelton to the grouind. TIillman jumped on top tof him and( was puniishing him pretty severely whena the policemtan of theI towng c'amie up anid separatedl them. lioth parties wIas fined two dIollare by the towli allt,boi it.ies.--News an(t Cja.. rier. - t'iii,i Muardeared. aLt'i-"h i.ltoe':, Ark., Aug. 71.-The mutilated body of a man supposed to be a detecti ie was touind hidden in the woodis near a railroad tie ('amp in Craighead Cosmtry to-day. The man had apparently beena watchIng the1 camp ior a fugitive from justice. Illsi throat was cuit, and his bodv was rid-. died with bullets. Thtere was nothing on his body by which he could be iden tiled. -II 'fTE Wi,IKEY WAR A BLIND TIGER RUN DOWN OVER IN SUMTER. Dingraeftul Treatnoit of t ite Ofineerit They are Albuiedi and 4 is.et --One of Them 31 stde a Target for Ilee'ayeel 1-:gge In the IIand-1 of fl1e Is )y. SUMTE n, S. C., Aiig. I.--1. irly yes 3rday morning four strangers mivle hieir appearance on our streets and -ere quickly spotted as State consta los. Thh presence in our city of As stant Attorney General Buchanan milrned the suspicion of a raid to be ide. A warrant was sworn out by Ir. F'. Mims Pitts against Mr. Dave [orri.i and the names of.some eight' or n (if oiar -olllzens were named as ma ,rial witnesses In the warrant. All necessary p-ipers were issued by a(lhre Fraser aril at 2:30 Constables M. W(st ;uv C. \IcCarthy arrested Mr. [orris and wont, with hii to make a arch of the t I-ilding on court house juare in whict. Nlorrii l1rothers had ored the remn tnt of their stock left ver when thev closed their saloon in eordatice with tue I)ispensary law. Mr. Nlorris unlocked his roomsand K)osed everything to view. The con .ables searchel t.O two rooms in the uulding and found the whole of Mor s liro's stock, most of which was aled. IBy this time a large crowd had isembled on the green in front of the ailding and guyed the constables 'henever tHey showed themselves. Mr. INorris sent for his att.orney, Ma >r M. \Iois-, atid in the presence of -iends n tmhinited gracefully to the .irch, even .mdihu hov showing every ling. A iter the se rdli was complet I Air. Lorr' :skedo .vIi it, fiirthwr they roposedl doing, and as they did not ,pill to know, le got, tired of' thecrowd id.l. W. Ilolloway was posted at'the I)or to keep ouit all but ollicials and ewsp.mer men who were given every weility to get, at. acts by A ttorney liu liallalli. T'I se'coit door whilh lea is into the tore room was ni)t. so s isily opened nd Const able \leCart hv who, it is said vas i till of corn1 or som4s other such uti, e:citi-idly in:t( vain elorts to >pen the door wit.l a hoo. a tool that e handled very skillftilly, showing hat some farmer has lost a good hoe iand while ie State has gained a man vlio undoubtedly makes a good olicer. N,ot being able to secure a tool to open he door, the rear winldow was partly >pened, by which time the large mastiff ) Mr. Alorris went trotting up the i1eps, causing the constalbles to make a r pitat e ret real to ,ie front room. Wlen the votist,ables maile their ap earaice on t,h' urvon the b besIgan o tunmercittilly guy t.emi. The crowd ieemed t.o think I hat t here was to be not.her act, inl the comaedy and lingered iroid, Fresh recruits arri ving at every oiment, until a large crowd was as fiib d il a short timeo these two 't w. I s retini (I with Assistant At'.r e .ii (Y. teril 3ichaninan aId J. W. lowivay, a a- he a iir-i!'i ou of t.he It.torney, who now av-smiotj ciarge of he afilfai'. M. S. West k icKell in the ront. dfoor of the building. Flinally a atchet. was fountid and the door was pened, and gleefilly tie constables t, t.o work to roll out(. the barrels, bot les, etc. All the conriscat.ed stock was placed n t.he piazza and then the contables egan to nitive it throtugh the dense irong to the sheriff's oflice, accomupa ied by l)epuity Sheril l. E. Gaillard, lo weit, to and I ro with them to r(.t eet. t hIn. The crowd at one time ot. so close that, Mr. (aillard was inve-d uiponi McCar-tiy, who resented ,which enine near resualiing in a dif 'em ty between himn and M r. Gaillard. AIer I his AlcCarthy was ilieetly sent >the rear' unt-.Iilie excitement abated, >r his 1intoxieated conaditiomn wats liable a stir lit p onne st rife. The whiskey 'as 1 akenr to ihe j cii, where it h.as been .(oredt to await ih trial. lI y b his iime, I 13, thae crowd began to aic out11, and1( a rain comlinrg tip drove I em oil Ir t.he alcove at the* coutrt eiiist where ihe conistabl tes wer'e. TIhe rowd1 be'ganr to mlake' it 8o unleaanft >r 1the' teehat they left, but 1 t.he crowd >llo witheme uip il dli street' a short lis ance, whle're ai go-a1s-you-~please light 'gan, and( AlcCarthy receie 'd several lotws, oiie o)f which ecut his lip very thly, anri but,for the interference thi'el ioce I ngh.lt hv ended1(0( serious .lihe witnie'sses we're all bound over > appeartl at. theii prehu inary11i hearing on e'xt Meuriay. A ru nor 'en lie si reett th at Governor 'ill nan lia-I be'e'n tel'egraphed for to (one4 over cauIsed( a ruish t.o the Atlantic o.asl h,inie deepot and shortly before the rrival of the Iran i some one yelled I lere e'omtie's whiskeri!" and soon a roIwd of boysV ran some distance up the -irk to mneet IIol loway, who had taken circuiltouis rouite to the (depot to teae ihe boys; but ;be was5 in it good il for hal11f an hour the boys amused ie'iiselves guying him, and he was reick several times with rotten eggs. IIleolloway btecenme very much excited ad driew'. his pistol, but, diet not terrify cc' boys, as they kept, the sport up un the traim puliled out. While our ti7atns nateirally feel indignant, they i not)1 approFv41 of t he boys carrying niogs ina t.he iianner' they did and re ret that, the constables were treated as icy we're, not through any sympathy >r them however. All the' genttlemien named as material ltnIesse's are reputtable citizens and hat they say can be relied upon our corre'spaondent interviewed all but #o who are not in the city, andl they 11 say they know nothitig about any lIcir. sales by Mr. Morris or others. Ir. Mo--ris has condlncted himself very redlit.ably throughout the whole atlfair nis 1d(esilois of a thorough investiga ion. Olliclal information is to the effect hat other raids wvill be made shortly ossibly today. The Srtate claims to ave a good case againts Mr. Morris, nd he as positively declares his irano once. WVe (deemi it butt justIce to say hat Mr. Ituchianan stnowed every ourtesy to memibers of the press and Lidled in every way to give t.he papers a Aleouet a Womeuean a lay in Lakevillage, Ark., across the iver from this city, there was a shoot ng scrape between ,Joe Frame and perry Labson, two young men of this ,Illage, in whIch Lasson was instantly cIlled and Frame seriously wounded. l'he trouble was about a woman.