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* 0 - 1k C A___ ~~,Uhri* irhrus uru:tturi. __ a - - __________________________________ _____________r-t~--------- --~c:r~- -__________ VOL. ~ PLOKENS, S. (5., THURSDAY, MARdI 29, 1894. NO, 28. FINANCIAL DEPKE1iSSION. THE STANFORD LAND LOAN PLAN BE ING TALKED ABOUT AGAIN. The Govermenit' Money I'ovlley 8d Much to do wil, the ]Present Oondition of Aftira--A Plea tor the Agricultural Clmasse. WASInNGTON, D. C., March 22.-The depression < the times, the general tightness of money, the gloomy future outlook has again revived interest in h plan suggested by the late Senator d tanford, of Colifornia, looking e tellef of the agriultural classes. This in brief was that the United States government ought to loan money on cultivated lands up to one-half of its assessed value at a rate of interest not over 2 per cent. a year. A staunch advocate of this plan, and one who was a warm friend of Senator Stanford, is Col. J. K. Rickey, of Mis 80111. Col. Rickey is now in this city. Ho has given more than passing study to the general questions 6bf finance and is an authority on its complications. 1 asked, the Colonei today what in his opinioA has caused the great depres mion which now exists'in this and other countries. "The causes are many," he ans wered, "but i will discuss only one. The fl. itancial policies of ' the government, since the demonetization of silver, have contributed more to this depression than all other causes combined. From 1861 until 1872 there were ample mon ey to do the business of the country and every branch of trade was pros porous. "When the policy of contraction en sued, depression set n and has con tinued, until we are ow on the eve of bankruptcy. Our financial and tariff legislation, whether intentional or not, has placed burdens upon the preducing and farming classes to such an extent that at least 80 per cent. of the taxes of the country is born'e by them. A steady decline in the price of farm pro ducts has followed, until now there is scarcely a commdity produced on the farm which is not produced at a loss Wheat, which sold during and after the war at from $1.50 to 82.50 a bushel is, now piled up in warehouses and eleva tors and finds no market at more than 60 cents a bushel." "Colonel," I said, "most authorities on finance theorize; can you dwell on the subject of taxation in a practical way?" - "I think so," added Colonel Rickey "The people of the United States have paid since the war 830,000,000,000 for Federal taxation, and, from the very best statistics obtainable, there are nowv 880,000,000 of interest-bearing bonds iru existence upon which the people are paying 6 per cent, or more interest, besides the individual indebtedness, statistics of which are not obtainabic but whicA must be many millions more. The interest tax upon our people is greater than all the other taxes com bined. As 97 per cert. of the business of the country was done on credit last May, when the panic set in, and confi. May, was shaken, this cre41it, which was used as money, began to disappear like snow under a warm sun and in less than sixty days money could not b had for any kind of security whatever -not even ffr government bonds. Ihid we been doing business with cash in stead of crediL, the paDic would never have occurred and the want and misery and the untold shrinkage in the value of property occasioned by the panic would have been averted. "According to the report of the Sec retary of the Treasurv we have a littl( over 82,000,000,000 in money in thu coutry Wile we were prosperous and credits answered the purposes o1 money this would have been a sufflcien cy, but when the first breath of doubl spread over us this pittance of circula tion was little bettor'than nione at all Money is a tool; the medium of cx change. - o nation or individual car i' Jrive Without it. "Who will question King Solomoni When he asked for wisdom from God to govern his people it was given him One of his first acts was ?o make 'sil -ver and gold as plenteous as stones (II Chronicles, I.) 'This proves how im portant money was in the days bofore the Saviour was born. Ilow much more important now, when the world is linke'd togethier--when t rade and comn merce, which require money to transaci is greater than ever before ? Wiho evol contends for reducing money questiomi the wisdgm of Solomon? All employ ment and labor depends npon it. Ne development, either pubhr or private can be prosecuted without it. The gov ernent reserves to itself the right tC make money, to say what is 'money Gold and silver coin is' not money uin til the stamp of the government i Placed upon it. As there is not a sufli cienoy of the two metals, nor car * enough be found in the earth for th uses of money, it is clearly the duty o the government to adopt some othe standard than gold and silver. "In the popular mifid great prejudic ex~sts against fiat money which comes from the lack of knowledge of the fac * that all money is fiat." "What would you propose asen'reme dy for the evils of which you speak ? "In my opinion, which i's abared b' .many others, the great prottucing class es of the country have got to be relieve< They possess the most universal, thi most permanent, the moat indestructi ble and the best security in the worl< --cultivated lands. -1f this great gov emrnent would extend to the farinn and producing elements the sami rights and privileges which it has giver for the last ~thirty years to the bondi holders the depression, want and pov erty which now prevail could never hav4 existed. The holder of government bonds car take his securities to the Treasury anm draw 90oper cent. of their face value it national bank notes without interest, These bonds are placed upon the landi and the labor, and would be worthleei without the basis. When the farmei a sks the government for a loan upor his land, for which he is willing to pa~ * a reasonable rate of interest-say 2 pei cent-it is denied him and the men 01 class 'who have made this plea .for the oppressed producing classes has beer cauled acran k, a Populist an anarchist etc, "it 25 per cent, of the credit which has heretofora been used as money was displaced by actual money guaranted bthe government and ma de receiva. bltr all debts, public and private, the in41'idual land of the borrower beinR Ing with it the indorsement of the peo plo of the United States, in my opinion this money would be good for every purpose for which money can be used. The 2 per cent. which the government wopil receive for the use of this mon ey from the borrower would pay all the expense of the government, thereby taking this enormous tax of $1,000,000, 000 a year off the people at once,besides reduciug the interest tax'several hun dred millions a year." "But this money which you propose to issue on lanis would be irredeema ble, would it not?" "Certathly. Why should money be redeemable? We should have but one kind of money in this country. We now have less than $100,000,000 of gold in the Treasury and there are.$2.000, 000.000 outstanding to be redeemed. According to the report of the Secre tarv of the Treasury, we have nine different kinds of money issued by the government,amounting to over $2.000, 600,000. According to the construction of the Administration, these nine va rieties of money can be presented to the Treasury of the United States and gold demanded. low absurdI It is an absolute impossibility to redeem 82. 000,000,000 with less than $100,000,000. As stated above, since money is only a tool and a convenience for the people, why should one kind of money be re deemed with another?" "But," I said, "Colonel, people think you Utopian. What nation or city ever prospered on the idea of irredeem able money ?" "For 600 years," said the Colonel "Venice maintained a financial syBtem, the best the.world has ever known, up on an irredeemable paper money. Her paper issues commanded a premium over gold. Although only a little island with only 150.000 people, she Was desig nated as the mistress of the world com mercially. If that could be done cen turies ago by a government whose pop. ulation was not so great -as the capital of this nation and as money * has be come more essential th'an ever before in the history of the world, who will question that our government, with 70,000,000 of people, cannot maintain a financial policy based upon the doctrin es laid down? It is ridiculous to at tempt to trantact the business of this country upon a gold basis when there is not enough gold in the world to do the business of New York City alone if it were done upon a relatively cash basis. Cities do not need as much money per capita as the rural districts, because the banks are sufficient in number for the convenience of busi ness and checks are used as money. Among the farming and producing classes these conditiohs do not exist. They need actual money with which to make their exchanges. The withhold ing from the people of a sufficiency of money for the purpose of making their exchanges by the government is as wicked and cruel as for a parent to re fuse to give suflicient food to nourish a child. A sufliciency of money to the body politic is as assential as healthy blood to the human system. No gov ernment. has ever tried to find out how much money these people need, and why should money be limited?" "I wouid Inquirp, Col. Rickey, if this plan you suggest is original with you ?" "No sir; attention was first called to it by a bill introduced it the Senate by the late oenator Stanford, uf Calif6r nia. I was so much impressed with it, knowing that it wouli have a benefi cient effect upon the people of the United States, if. adopted, that I was led to investigate it. The more I think of it the more I. am convinced that it is the solution of gqvernment. "I asked .Senato' Stanford how he came to. adopt this idea, as he was a very rich man, and the general impres sion was that it n ould make money so cheap that its potency would lost. Is reply was that while he wvas living in Sacrameonto ther-e was numberless projects and ent'erprises he would like to engage in, and he thought profita bly, but he had not the money nor cojld he obtain it. Hie then began tc inquire why money was so limited; and after many years of careful thought and study he ,evolved what is known as th~e 'land loan plan,' that is for the governmenst to loan monev directly tc the people upon -their lands. Blefore retiring, on the night he diled, he wvas reading a book upon finance and he re. quosted his secretary to place two other books upon the same subject on his ta ble where he could consult them in the morring. His last thought upon earth theref ore, were upon this subject, and he believed that the adloption of hisi idea wouldl be the greatest blessing that~ could be conferred uplonl tihe coun try." "What Is your opinion of Senator Stanf ord'?" "It has been my privilege and my pleasure to meet seome of the great men of the day. To m y mind Senator Stan ford was truly grea.. lHe was deeply concerned in the welfare of his country and was a true philanthropist. Could he have been spared a fewv years I be lieve-lhe would have seen his last noble -effort of lisa life enacted as a law. One of the principal obstacles In placing thiai matter before the peopleis that the metropolitan press refuses to discuss it, andl the politician never takes an adlvancedl position, content to follow in order to hold his 'job', but the people, from whom all great r-eforms emanate, take iit up aucd discuss it until It is thoroughly understoodi, wvben its adlop I ion will be certain to follow. 1"I will briefly enumerate the beneflt's -to bed8erlved from the passage of sumch "1. The government to loan upon cultivated lands, at one-half of thieir asseseed value, at the rate of 2 per cent, per annum. Thereby providing good money at a low rate of interest. "2. The money derived by the gov ernment from the loan of its credit tc the people, assuming that 820,000,000.. 000 would be borrowed, would' pay all tihe expenses of thle governmnent, there. by relieving tihe people of $,000,000,00C .which they are now annually paying iri the w ay of Federal taxation. "8, Tile saving to the people in in. tereat would amount to $1,000,000,00C or inore. "4. it would restore to the lande something of the value they possessed before this last 80 years of iniquitous legislation was placed upon our staltute books, "5 It would compel the men who possess colossal fortunes, whlich have been made possible by lesislation friend. ly to them, to invest their money in the developmevnt of labor. "Unless a bill similar to this Is pas sed and that quickly, in my opinion brnkruptcy is cetrtain to follofr." W. C. MAnn. COXEY AND 118 CREW. WASHINGTON TO BE INVADED BY 600,000 UNEMPLOYED. * There i Dmger Lurkwsg in Stch ain Army -The MArch Must I- -j SIippos or B3lod .e.hied May tesult-Daugfi of Revoin tion. WASHINGTON, March 17.-The capI tal will soon be invested with 500,000 unemployed if steps are not taken to stop Coxey in his mad intentions. The army which' he threatenened to raise is not a myth, and there is some agitation visible on the usual calin exterior of the city which l'Enfant so carefully laid out to prevent revolutions. This army to be composed of cranks, anarchists ant tramps is fast being formed. It contemplates starting for Washington Easter Monday with the purpose of demanding from Congress the issue.of $500,000,000 of non inter est bearing bonds. Little attention was paid at first to Coxey's fulminations, his proclamations and general orders. Ile was simply regarded as a man with wheels, commonly called a crank. These wheels have evolved faster and more effectually than Lamont even Imagined possible, and the great fear now is that with a nuclus started, every vagabond tramp and desperate charac ter in the country will swarm down upon Washington and the movement will get beyond control of the officers of peace. What is feared most is that the mob will fall a prey to red handed anarchists who would welcome such an uprising. To such a .mob they would ap ply the torch of their inilammatory speeches. Dynamite and nitroglyce rine would do the rest. No civil - au thorities could cope with a great army of desperate and reckless men under such leaders. Once the standard of anarchy was raised much destruction of propertv, and probably loss of many lives, would follow before the disorder could be put down. If the route marked -out by *Coxey is followed it will be through the region around Pittsburg where there are thousands upon thousands of Poles. Huns and other non-English speaking people, most of whom at present are unemployed, and all whom are by na ture revolutionists and enemies of law and order. They are the material from which Coxey's recruits would naturally come Should the army start and swell intc alarming proportions the authoritiet here would of course expect the Gover nor of Pennslvania to call out troops, it necessary, to disperse them. But if n< violent demonstration were made n( legal means could be used to dispel - peaceful gathering and some line morn ing in the letter part of April, the wholi vast nondescript concouse, headed bj Coxey and his crew,. might march int< Washington. Long before they could reach here, however, the National Capi tal would have becomne the paradise for rag-tag and bob-tail ot the country. It by a miracle, the leadeis are able to prevent riot, bloodshed arson and rob bery enroute, all control woild be lost when the army balked at its failure to force Conwress to isiue $500,000,000 for their benellt, without funds, driven to the walls, would in its despair and des peration become the easy prey of anarch istslandibo mb-throwers. The leaders it they counciled peace, if there were any would be swept aside, and the army would become a 11 uning, furious mob howling for blood and plunder. The awful scenes of the French revolution and the reign of terror might be re enacted in the enlightened capit-al of the American Republic. Coxey little dreams, in his Don Quixotic scheme to furnish employments for all those with out work that he may be ineiting a re bellion, that may shake the lttepub'lic from turret to fonuidation stone. 1 t is wvorthy of comment that Coxey in the organiza~ton of' his army has followedJ closely the plan of the French revolu tion. Ihis divisions, commune and can, teer. are those of the French revolution lie has even gone to the extent of bor rowing the little "citizen and cetizeene,' which obtained in l'aris in the darl days when the victims of the revolutor were carted over the cable stones01i guillotine by the hundred, when a pros tituite was enthironed as the goddess o reason !md all the monarchs of E'uropu gasped and trembled in horror at the sight. That was a revolt of oppresiori against roy alty and caste, this might bE a revolt of poverty against entrenched wealth. Wore such an unfortunate state of affairs to be the result of Coxey's sense less descent upon the capital, no city in the count ry is so well situated to stamn out such a riot as Washington. The city wvas laId out by L'Enfant a French engineer employed by W ash. ington with the special object of defonce in view. From several central poInts, the Capitol, the White IHouse, Dupont Circle, and Scott Circle, broad avenuet radliate in every direction. From these central points cannon and Gatling guns could command the entire city. L'Eni. fant who experienced all the horrors of thme French revolution with all its countless barracades in long crooked narrow streets, drew the map of Wash ington with an eye to prevenmting aI repetition of such horrors here. At Fort tiHeyer, on A rling ton Heigh ts, op posite Washington there are several regiments of cavalry and infantry which could be thrown into Washing ton at a moment's notice, andi at the Marine barracks are quartered a thous and trledl and trained marines. With cannon, gun and sabre they could play sad navoc with Coxey's army, andI the Congress of tihe'United States, besieged in its citadel, wvould niot hesitate to au thorize the use of every mnan and gun at Uncle Sam's conimandl to put down anarchy and lawlessness. The general impression here is that the State of Ohio, where this incipient rebellion Is being nursedl arnd cradled to be sent out on its work of blood( anid deC vastation, owes it to itself to stamp it out with an iron heel. Secretary Lamont has rceivedl a communication from Genm. Frye, sayingw that he had organized an army of 800 men at Los Angles, and proceede~d tc serve notice on the Secretary of Wax that the armywas ready to malirch onl Washington, and dounanded transpor tation and rations. While this bluff was being played another interesting episode was occuring about the capital Represen tative Sweet, of Idado1, had been appealed to Persistently to intro duce a bill of financial relief. Coin C from a silver prod ucing state andl desi rou o , aghs. people Mr we agreed to offer the bill. A few days ago it was handed t o him. Expecting to find something looking to the fur ther coinage of sliver he was astonished to find in it a demand of the most ex travagant nature. Having promised to present it lie did so, but wrote the om inous words, "by request" on the back of the bill. After numerous sections about bond issues, the bill ended with this significant sentence: ' "And all citizens making applica tion for labor shall be employed.' -Au gustp. Chronicle. Widesproad Ruin. ] MMlniis, Tenn., March 20.-The damage to property in the Mississippi . Valley by storms and floods during the past forty-eight hours is beyond calcu lation. Bridges have been washed away, houses wrecked, railroad tracks displacad. farm land has been flattened C out, especially In the bottoms, and crops that have been promising are ruined. During the two days the pre- ir cipitation at Memphis reached about a eight inches. There are eleven rail- t< roads entering Memphis, and every one cl of them has been subjected to washouts. 2 Two miles of the track of the Chesa peake, Ohio and Southwestern Railroad was swept away at the Hatchie river, seven miles north of Memphis. The St. Louis and Southwestern and the S Tennessee Midland each report five h washouts, while the track of tWe form- ci er is submerged for several miles in c, White river swamp. The storm in Ar- a, kansas was accompanied by high winds d and more damage was done in that State than in Tennessee. A dispatch t< from Helena, Arkansas, says that a cy- o clone struck that place last night, un- a roofed houses, uprooting trees, blowing down fences, splintering telephone u poles and doing other damage. The roofs were blown off two stores. Scores y of trees were uprooted and innumera. ble fences blown down. A row of ne- P gro shanties located on the levee near the Mississippi Valley depot was com- I pletely demolished. Great excitement 81 prevailed among business men who b were cut off from their homes by the a fury of the storm. So far as can be ft learned there was no loss of life in the n city. The country a few miles south ti of helena was greatly damaged, as the n storm seemed to have been more furi ous down tle river than in the city. A dispatch from Chattanooga, Tenn., says the tail of a cyclone struck that place this afternoon and wrecked a J number of buildings. The wind was followed by a terriflc rain and hail c storm, which flooded the streets and ( smashed windows and sky-lights. In t the vicinity of Popular Grove and ( Marvel, Ark., the cyclone wrecked a 1 dozen or more farm houses and scat tered the debris over the country for miles around. The cyclone crossed the river into Mississippi near Helena, Ark, spreading ruin in every direction. Tel egraph wires are prostrated and details are slow coming in, but no loss of life Is repprten so far. A Mothor'a Von geaco. NORFQLK, Va., March 21.-Fred Watts was shot and killed today at Lg's Store, about two miles from this e city, by Mrs. Henry Hlugo. Watts is a young man of about eighteen years of age, residing in the conutry, near the scene of the tragedy. Some time in January, it is claimed, Watts went to t the residence oflthe family (lugo)whlile t they were in the city, and finding Edith t liugo, the sixteon-years-old daughter t alone, threatened her with death if she t did not comply with his desires. The girl, it is stated, in fear of her life. s gave way to him, and he accomplished a his purpose, swearing her to secrecy t under threats of kiling her if she re vealed the crime. As a result of this crime, lie transmitted a loi.thsome dits ease to the girl, who was taken ill, and g~rowing rapidily worsue, her parents senut her to friends in town for treat- 1 mnt, not kn . wing what her diseaise il was. She didl not get beOtter, (and she c wvas sent to the St. Vincent,'s llospital, dI where at last the attending physicans a discovered the real nature of her dia- c ease, wvhich was then made known to 'l her parents. Mrs. inugo went to the store today where the tragedy was enacted, under pretence of making a purchase. WVatts was standing in the dioor with his back to her, when she sudidenily whipped out a revolver and I iredl. Watts called to a colore~d boy to - keep her oif, but; Mrs. inugo rushed at 1im, pressed him dlown and lired two more shots at him, only one of the t shots taking effect in his back<, result- c. ing in death in ten minutes. A fteir I. IMrs. inugo had ceased iring, she threw r a liquid in his face. Mr. and Mrs. Hungo came to town and reported the case to .Justice A. H. Hawkins, who summoned a jury of inquest. They render ed a verdict that Watts caime to his (loath by a pistol shot, fired by Mrs. Ihenry Inugo. Mrs. Hugo is abouti thirty-eight years old. She is perfectly calm and quiet tonight. She has given herself up and is now at a filendi's re sedonce in this city, but under police c serveillancs. 't___ A Mad Love. lDURANoO, Mexico, March 21--There C is much excitement among the people a of the little town of Cacaria, situated b about sixty miles North of hero, over a a terrible tragedy that has just been en- I' acted there. The perpetrator of the I cdeed was a well known man of the I town named Rafial Lopez. lie was en- y gagedl to marry Miss ioorina, the pretty e (laughter of Martin Parenza, a wealthy i ranchero of that section. hanving re cently heard reports very leg ratory toi the character of LOp~ez, the young lady I wrote him a letter breaklig their en gagement. Shortly aifter he received 0 the, letter, Lopez called upon her and V pleaded to be reinstated in her affec- " tions, but she refused. The father of c the girl, with true Spanish hospitality, I) iinvited the discarded lover to remain y for dinner and the invitation vwas ac- a cepted .The three sat dlown to eat and c Lopez, ina seceret manner, put poison t in several dishes of f ood and then par- 1, took of' the fatal mixtures also. Ina ~ few minutes all three were taken deathly ill and all died before a physi. C cimcouldi be summoned.C A Dluge, LITll iE llocic, A RK, March 21.-- d The greatest flood in the history of t S'uth, Central Arkansas ia now on, and c that part of the State is raplily ap proachuing an inland ocean. Ih has rained a almost mncessantly all over the State c and in the Indian Territory for four clays. ltiilway communication since Mond!ay I has boon almost, entirely cut off from the a shouth to Texarkana, and from recent re- r ports It is not improbable that the same r lacte awaits the country north and west and posnibly the ast REPRESENTA'fIVE S1ELL kNALYZES THE POLITICAL SITUATION IN THISSTATE. to le After No Olee, but Wishen the Ra form Movemont to Go On Successfuliy and Honorably--Hot Ilenunciation of Hi Dotnmnre. CoLUMIA, S. U., March 21.-Capt. . C. Allen, chairman of the committee n invitation for the Spartanburg meet ig, has received the following letter 'om Congressman Shell in resvonse to a invitation to speak at that meeting, if he were a candidate for Governor!'' apt. E. C. Allen and Others o! the Committee, Spartanburg, S. C. Gentlemen: Yout favor without diate, viting "all candidates for Governor ad for Congress in the Fourth District attend a mass meeting of Rteformers died for Snartanburg Cmunty on the Vi inst.," was duly received. Why this invitation was addressed to to I can hardly imagino, becanee it is ell known to every intelligent man in auth Carolina that I had declared my Itention to retire fron politics, ancI I mnnot conceive how I could make it malstent and accept an invitation to Idress a mass meeting, either as a can date for Governor or Con.:ress. It would have given me muzh pleasure have met with my Spartanburg friends 2 that occasion and had accorded me i opportunity of defending myself mainst the contemptible miarepresenta ons constantly made against me, but our invitation is so environed with coa tions that I cannot easily accept your cof'ered kindness. There may be a me in the near future, however, when will seek an opportunity of sayin )mething to the good people of Spartan arg County on matters and things of y own choosing, and when I do, my Lure abpirations and intentions will :A be misunderstood. I have an ambi on not satistled, but, if health will per. Lit, I yet hope, 0 secure the luliill innt of my heart's desire, and when ecomplished all the decent people in outh Carolina and elsewhere will re ice in its c)usummation. When properly informed of my cou net, our people will have no just c use f complaint against me and my action a a public servant. Indeed, there Is no bjection, except on the part of those ho are diseased with "politicai lepro y," and tilthy henchmen employed to Io their bidding. The political situa Ion in our State is well understood, and Ne are marching with rapid strides to .he end of our journey. The Rlform arty was inanurated, with rare ex ,eptious, with pure latentions, and hould have been as lasting as the "rock I ages," but its existence is now threat ned with dire calamity, which sooner r later, unless rescued from the despoil re, will bring it in disrepute and finally 3 wreck and ruin. The people, ho .v ver, are alive to the situation and kno v ull well who assisted in bringing about lie revolution which resulted In alving bem a goyernment of te peolpo, by be people and for the people." It is rue some of tioBe who were earliest >ilers in the IWfrmu vineyard, and who Ive their time and money treely f.r its access, have been ignore,] and neglecLed von by those who have shared most in i grand speculation for spoils ani lunder. We hear no complam!, or ex. ressious of o(lsratisfaction on the pArt I those neglected and abused, but, on de contrary, the bowlings and mutter igs of the craving maicontecnis can be eard throughout the land:. They are lsimoroiis and savage for reform, ll of esperation and dlenrouncingv everythin.! nd everybody who do not, yield quick bediencel to their will and dictation. 'he impatience of those who feed on the assions of the people shows that they now fall well their only possibility of access dlepends 6n the amount of racket nd confusion they can create and the 'lantity of fifth they can dlisgorge. T1here is nothing wrong with the lt >)rm Movement, it will be kept intact y the patriotic influences that, dominate be Sl ate, regardless of seltish dlictation r imnported hIrelings, who are prosti ites to princieuple, and are always for ale cheap to the highest bidder. It ,ould be exceedingly mortifying it I b~ought all these years or toil and trou Jle had been sp~ent in vain, but relying 1)on the loyalty and wisdom of the p)eo ile, a consciousness of security tranqil us the mind, and we have no fears but thaut at last the consummation dlevouitly rished for will be realized. Revolutions seldom go back warda, b)ut tlimes go dlown from the weight of im ecility and burden of mistakes, hut loet s hope that the latter condition will not btain, or discourage those who are onestly endeavoring to (10 their /uty, ut persevere on relegating to the rear, 11 whose sellish ambition is paramount, the general good 3f our common coun y, The situation Is critical enough at esL, without supplemnenting our dlangers 'ith ridiculous propositions and do0gm as >O exigger atedl to attract a ser~sible ought. We are a part and parcol of ie greatest nation on earth, and are ex ected to contrIbute our share to haS realth, honor, proserity and its remot et destinies. TO accomliish these things re must be0 In symp)athy with all its In Ltutions and progress, otherwise, we annot, expect to inherit alny of the imu iflcenco or dlistributioni of Its limenise realthi. We are already suspacted ndI charged with heing. in league with) onespirators to un derm ine andl destroy bie public credIt. Of course there is no )undation for this charge, for the 1t). rmers are as jealous of the p~ublic redit, both State and national, as any lass of citizens in the country. This lettor has been extended beyond 1y expectation, but I trust you will par on its length, as It Is intended to define1 ie situation as I view It, and as son isely as po0ssible. P'lease accept. for yourtself and others succiatedl with you my thanks for the omplimenit paid, and your kind atten on, and if my public dutes will permit, may possibly attend your meeting as a pectator to see and hear what others iay have to say on that occasIon. Very espectfully, your obedient servant. G. W. SH[ELL. Washintn. Marh 19.. TARIFF BILL PAESENTED. Mr. Voorhoom Gilveu Notice That it Will be Vallod ui April I". WASHINGTON, March 20,-Soon aftei the reading of yesterday's journal Mr. Voorhees,chairman of the finance coin. mittee, reported the tariff bill to the Senate. .Mr. Morrill, one of the lRepublican members of the committee, stated that so far as tile Republican members of the committe were concerned, they did not object ts the reporting of the bill. They were opposed, however, not only to the incoie tax feature of the bill,but to the change from specific to ad valo rein duties,and to the great bulk or the provisions of the bill. Mr. Voorhees moved that the bill be printed and placed on tle calendar; and ho gave notice that on the 2nd of April--a week from next Monday-he would call up tile bill for consideration by the Senate. The motion to print and place on the calendar was agreed to. Mr. Mandcrson asl(ed Mr. Voorhiees whether there was any written report for the bill. Mr. Voorhees-Thore is not. Mr. Manderson-Will there be any statement submitted by the comminittee on Ilnance? Mr. Voorliees-'l'hore will be, when the bill Is called up for action. ir. Manderson-Which will show the changes mado In this bill from the existing law? ir. Voorhees-There will bW a full statement and explanation when the bill is called up for consideration. This will be ready in printing oi the 2nd of April. I expect to make a statement myself at the same time. Tncro will be a comparative statement, accessible to the Senators. Mr. Manderson-l made tihe inquiry because of the fact that the main change in the bill is the change from specilic to ad valorem duties; and that it would rcquire an expert to show the effect of the changes. Mr. VToorhers-An explanation will be speedily alforded to the Senate and to the Senators. Mr. McPherson, a member of the finance committee, said he had assasnt ed to the report just made by Mr. Voorhees, justifying his action by the, belief that, whether wise or unwise in all its provisions, the3 bill was the best compromise obtainable in a cominmittee whose members differed so widely in their views oi economical questions, and on the effects of the bill on the prosperity of the country when om bodied Into law. lie said that lie would find no difficulty tit supporting in the Senate the colleagues with whom he had served on the committee in enacting into law as much of the proposed legislation as would yield to the government, all tihe revenue needed when econonicilly admiistered. liW yond that just and proper limitation he must not expect to go. Tbere were two subjects in the bill which had received much public attention, and le would state to the Senate, as lie had done to the committee, his viewis 1up31 them. First, he disagreed with his colleagues of the cammifttee oi the income tax section of the bill. Ample provision having been made in the bill for reve nue, the presence of an income tax in the bill was unnecessary. An income tax was unamuerican, undemuocratic,and lie thought uinwise; and lie should, at the proper time, move to strike it from the bill. .Secondly, he disagreed wiEui his colleagues on the committee in re gard to the sugar schedtile as it appear ed in the hill;and he sho'-Od feel inipell ed to offer an amendment to that schedule, believing that tihe option to custom olliwers to elect, whether to tin p0os dut iesr by the Polaiscol~e test or by the "'Ib)tch t iamndardi" test was a datngerouis po')wer. lie tr' sted, however, that ihe Iimrmeu comititee would on f urtheri (consi leralttion adopt that view anri would olffer an amend mont to re st riet th test of' all stigar, raw and re liinetd, to I lie p)olaiscope alone. Mir. Allison, another Republicanm mnenmbi'r of the fi nance comm iittee, sug n ested tlhatt it, would h a a great coni venienicei to have a paimphet prinited of the bill, showing in paragraphs the ex lsting law, the H ouse bill and the coin inu tteei's hill; and Mr. Voorhers naid that t here would be nO trouble about lix i ng ump that miiatter. Alr. I hoar iude an inqluiry as to tihe pariamiinent ary atti tudl ofi the birl, anid was in formed biy I lo Vice I 'r('sidenit that, it utid Itrone to thet calhend ar. Mr. l~i f'e gave notice thiat lie would move as a suibslt tot for I th tarIff bill tne 01n0 w.hiich hr. hvtd inutroducred last week. Mr. G eorge the in a:hIr'esedn tire Senr ate oni the~ legal aspects of the I ltwa ilan (lurestion. lie spokde for about two hours, dlevoting most, of h is argu menit, to the suptl~It cf thre I'reshdent,'s righ I to atppolint, Mr. liult as comiflmissionm Cr pairamouti withoutt the necesity of coniirmatioii by the Senate. After a short executive seifion the Senate, mat -1.30, alj oiurned it il tomio r row . WV H A nT'ON, '.Iexts, Mirch 20.-11. U Biuldin, a weal thy plattri last year purrchiased several lirgo bodies of landl in Matatgor county. On this land no grous were imp fortedl from Alabama anid were colonuizedt. Failing to do their work lioulin roprimtnded thomn. Late yestrdlay a mob of 50 negroes wvent to his house an11( shot, him to dleath. Only One white man residles within miles of liudin's place. i~e soon1 organized a posse. They first se cured thie dead1 mantl's rentinis andl sent them under escort to thre rilroaid sta tioni for shipment, to Chappedll11. Constable lieartt, of Wharton, ratised a posse andl reports tonight that sixteen of the mob have been captured aind lodged in Matagordla. TIhie excite. merit is intense and a race conflict may occur as there Is every indfiation that the Mtagorda j ill will be stor med arid the assassins taken out and put to death . JA CKSONN ILE., March 21.-A. Spec ial to the Times Union f'romn Jarlow, Fia., says: .hpluaca110 is greatly ox citedl over thre mysterIous dlippe0ara~nce of Aauronr Ferguson, assistant clerk of the Circuit Court. Hie dis1l~appeare yes terdlay, leavyng a note stating thai a conspiracy existed to destroy hris charac ter. Bearching parties haive scoured thes country itlut, findlingr a trace of him and It is feared lie. has cornntted .sutide. Hie handled large suims of public money, but lila accounta are Bald to bA cori-ect. CYCLONE IN TEXAS. A LARGE FAMILY ALMOST EXTERM INATEO. Balls of Ice Wolghtng 18 Ounees poll, Roos Penetrateti, 0aW8 Kild and Pra pIrty Dnamaod by tle Uoproaadented Hall. LONGVIIinv, Tex., Mlarch 18.-A cy clone swept over this place at 1 o'clock this morning, accompanied by hail stones of Immense size. The greatest fury was six miles east of here, where it struck the large country home of .1lhn Cain, lately occupied by a large family of negroes. The house was - in an ancient grove of oaks, twenty in numier. E very one of them were torn up and piled up in terrible confusion with (lead fowls, dogs and cows, and live dead, and eight badly wounded niegroes. Old man Alexander Lester was found fifty yards away entirely nu:Je and dead. His wife, Sarab, was pinned under a tree, mangled and dead. Alt xander Lester, Jr., was mangled, and is dead. Robert Lester, nine years old, was found near a- tree without mark of violence, dead. Jasper Collins was pined under a large oak, snuggi ly covered, his head crushed and his liubs broken, dead. Beside him crawled painfully out, his young wife, Mollie Collins, with an ugly hole in the centre of her forehead. She will recoyer. Sissy Lester, infant, was found In a fallen tree top with legs and arms crushed, dead. Silas Johnson, who was visiting, was bruised from head to foot but no bones broken, will recover. Frank )izor, also visiting, leg broken below the knee, may recover. Dock Simmons, who was in bed with Alex ander Lester, Jr., had his head bruised and will (lie. O'Dassa ~ L3ster, four years of age, leg and bothx arms broken, will (ie. 61io was found :many yards awaty in the ilelds. Arthur Lester, six years old, leg broken in two places above and below the knee and other wise badly bruised, and will die. Willie Lester, live years old, slightly hurt. Says he woke ~up a long way's from home in a Ileld, suffering from hall and rain. Mr. ]ten Hope, a white man near by brought as3istance immediately, and the dead and dying were taken to a one-roon house belonging to E. C. Ed wards, a son in-law, where they were laid In bed in strange confusion, dead, unconsious, suffering side by side. The correspondent of teh mistaking living for the dead. Mrs. Hall and Wilson wore attending the worst hurt, while the wounded who were able, hob bled, painfully bleeding about theyard, in the rain, bemoaning the fate of their relatives and friends. llalt a mile south of this house, the house of Mr. 1)avis, a white man, was completely demolished, but with the exception of a few painful bruises, all escaped death. John fluffett's wagon, near by, was blown away and much of It has not been found yet. The grain cry of Nick Harris, two miles east, was unroofed. The house of Sallie Jones, colored, was wrecked and her four year-old daughter, Lorlila, was perhaps fatally wounded by hail stones. A passenger train passed just as the cy clone swept by, narrowly escaping it. All previous accounts of immense hail stones and wind dwindle into in. signiflcance. Many of these blocks of ice weighed from fourteen to eighteen ounces, while others found as late as 9 o'clock, after a warm rain and warm weather, were larger than a goose egg. i'wo of thess missiles passed through the roof of 0. E. Thornton's residence, inaking a hole like a cannon ball, while fowls roosting in the trees were killed by theo hundreds. A cow belonging to Frank Lawson was killed, and stock boar many marks from these ice stones. A bout 300) window lights were broken inI this place. Farm fences and fruit trees were prostrated for miles around. How They Loved 11im. W ASHIriNUTON, March 22.- "Gen. itobert 10. Lee once told me an ova Lion he received that touched him more than any demonstration ever made in his honor," said the venerable Judge WhTuite, of Virginia,to a postman at the National. Following closely *on the surrender of tihe Southern army, the comnmander-in-chief of the Confedera cy went to pases a season at the home of hlis particular friend, E. IR. Cooke, who last November ran as the Populist candidlate for Governor against Co1. O'Ferrll. After a few weeks of the most hospitable and elegant entertain. mnt Glen. Lee wais called to the presi den'Jcy of tile Washington and Lee U niversity. Bidding his kind friends adieu01 he startedl for Lexington on horse back and alone, Hie had gone some mtiles and was passing through a fath er dIreary stretch of wooded country, when ho espied a plain old country mnan miounted on a sorry nag com lng toward him11. As they passed each otner both bowed as is the fashion when stranigers meet in out of the way places, but the old farmer in the home spun11 salt stared hard at the soldierly lirure as though not quite certain of recognition, lie wont his way a little further, then turning his horse around cantered baak and soon came up with the General again. "I beg your pardon, sir, but is this Glen. Itober t Lee. Did I ever meet you before, my friend'?" "Then the old Confedrate grasped the chieftain's hand and with the tears streaming down his face said: 'Gen, L~ee, do you mind if I cheer you. The General assured him that be did not indl~, andi there on that lonesome pine bordered highway with no one else in siight, the old rebel veteran with swing ing hiat lifted up his Voice in three ringing rounds of hurrahs for the man that the Southland idolized. Then both went their way without another word being spoken ."-P'ost, shot. J AOIKsONVI L LE, March 19.-A special to The Times-Unionfrom Fernandina, Fl'a., says: This morning Chief of Po lice Livingston shot and killed Jack Itippart, .Jr., and mortally wounded .Jack Ilippart, Sr. The IHipparts are negro desperadoes and were resisting arrest at the time. They had been i using indecent language in the presence of ladies and ChIef Livingston was summnned to arrest them. They at tacked tile chief, beat hinm over the hleadl in a terrible manner, and he was forced to shoot to save is life. The negroes are terribly excited over the affair and tonight a large numnber of sp~ecil olilcers are on duty in order to promptly quell any riot.