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CONVENTION REASSEMBLES. '#.\4 ABSOLUTIONS OF RBSP?OT TO -r .> ^ ?? ? ? ? - ' ? * ; ?- ? j j , ? j The Memory of a Deoeased Blothbor, ?br. J. O. Byrd, of Flor^be. ( ^The Constitutional convention reas aemblod Tuesday pursuant to the re* ?olutioif providing for the recess. The ?convention was oalled to order a little "Carlier'than wsuhI. But there was no working day ahead of the convention, '?f k* bt>dy>had jiwt gotten through with tile routiuo preliminaries, when atten fi_ ?_ tipn was oalled to the death of Dr. J. O* Byrd, one of tba members of tho convention, and the convention at once adjourned ty>r tj?e day "out of re apectjo his uiemory after ^passing r? fMUttone in regard to tbo sad occur rence. "When the convention was called to order, tho proceedings of the day were opeued with prayer by the Rev. Mr, Aha ay. There were exadfty 65 mem* bars in their geate when the body was rapped to order, but in a short time - mcrc^oRnje in and before tho sudden ^djoiu unieut oamo, 83 out of the 100 ^nembers were in the hall. Mr. MbOoivn roso and stated that tt'vras his sa&^rijNty to inform the con vention of raj* Jch^^ of one of the members of the Florence delegation, Dr. ?T. O. Byrd, which occurred dur ing the rccetfs. Ho then sent up the following preamble and resolutions, which were proiaptly adopted: Whereas, it has pleased the All Wise Ruler and president of theAsonvention omnipotent to remove from our midst our friend and co-laborcr in the work of this convention, O. Byrd, -del^g?t? from conntyr nnd," > re cognizing aafv appreciating his in domHabta. energy, sterling worth and KfiaBor in the effort to secure jflfcent results ? r good Consiitiv iifln?thereiortf, be it resolved, : Resolved, That in the death of Dr. , James O. Byrd,"' who departed this life suddenly ou tho aHeruoon of the 18th * inst. , at his homo in TimmonsviUe, 8. C., this convention has sustained a se rious ^>sa and the State is deprived of a valuable citizcn a ud able legislator. Second. That we, his friends, while submissively bo.wingjto the will of Him, will cherish his metnory and mourn 1hh departure, our loss,, and sympathize with- his family. . Third. ' a at a page of the proceed ings of tins convention he dedicated to his memory. Fourth". That a copy of the forego in# preamblo and resolutions be suit ably engraved under tho supervision of the clerk of this convention and ' gixca the delegation from Florence, coUnty .to* be by them transmitter to hia ?wife and family. -As a further mtfrk of 'respect in honor of hia memory, "'I movu that this convention do now ad journ and that an hour on Thursday.^ tuo 22 d, at 11 o'clock a. m. be set ~i impart for "the consideration of the above resolution. - When the^ resolutions were passed ^ the .conV^n tiou Rtyod adjourned. 'rjtm odad, f HR, WOK 1)8 ? ^KORO BLOOD. - Thep Cause Considerable Debate-^A ytte*olullbii of TUlman Dofented. Y_Oii" W inrflcitlftyi ? tiifi t ?xr+i fcy-fOUltfa I ae&<?iou of the Constitutional Conven-' tion wrangled -over three honrs on . . aeveral .iimall ainendm^pits. of several i- sections of Die legislative articles "$ela y , ting to the abolisUingjof special lvgi? r Iatiohtbr fife incorporation of cities, towns, etc. Senator Tdlman presented " ^ Section providing that tho Legisla- , tnr/f should, in the year 1898, submit to the .people the question of holding a'contfitutioual convention And like wise dvery twentieth year thereafter, allowing if majority vote to call the V convention. It was voted down by a votd of 65 to 47. Before the recess, ? . the convention adopted a seotion pro A fii biting the inter-marriage of a white person having any negro blood what ever. The matter was re-opened and ?Z Jndjre Frazer offered tp further amend by adding -the words * 'to maintain the status of many families in this State tainted with negro blood." Some -itrong speeches were made and finally, i o section with the amendment was committed to the committee. George Til)man made a * powerful speech yn^intaining that instead of thephraso *'a?y negro blood" tho" words' "ono ?igluh negro blood" should be used. The convention took t\p the legisla tive article and completed it save two important sections, the discussion of one of which . will consnme nearly an ?ntire sew* ion. The article on penal and charitable institutions was also practically completed. . riLLMAN s?Ml ?HEPPABD D*?ATB * rH? Voavutloa Sprat Tfcur?d?f, to >r W1^ j-lot ? bom??W?d tar. 8*? lUlnn and Oov?n?or Shepptrd -tlp| tpeeohM op too Mb' vbct* wm of ? higher of*#* tbtd#t*t<? thu* tat: At U bj ? vote of 82 to U, tl? ?trait out dl tbr tb?? ction > t??? ction jtrtpyrtM, infWMift MMm fiViVI ^WPf,' ^iiaaala lis further debate oa the homestead sec tiou. Many email amvndtneuu considered and acted ou It is im- I pcssibjfr ae yet to give any Idea as bow th$t homestead provision will go tbibugh- t'* will go through nil light, however. j Senator Tillm?uK near the eud ot the eftaaion, got the door and stated that the votes UKen duriug tb? day | had ihown that at "least oue-fourth of the "people's representatives" were not in attendance upon the oonvon I tiQtt. Those men wore all drawing their pay (row tlio State, and <were ? doi#g nothing, whilo those here were j bearing the responsibility of acting on j vital natters. He moved that all leaves ?<>! absence be resoiuded and j that all the absentees be notified to j return at onoe unless they could pro* j duce phjaician's certificates that they j were ill. This was adopted and the .clerk was instructed to notify the ab sentees immediately . The article on jurisprudence was presented at a late hour. The chairman of the oommittee In? dividually presented the -.following, antidynoh law eectiou: "Section 6. tu the oase of any prisoner lawfully in theoharge, ouetody or oontrol of any officer, State, county or munioipat, buiug seized and taken from jaid offi cers by force or strategy, by a mob or other unlawful asHemblage of pexaons, i ^and *t their hauds Buffering hddil.y ! violence or death, the aaid officer bhull ! be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, ; and upon a true bill fouud shall bo de- | posed from hiB office pending hid trial, j nd upon his conviction hUull iotieit ' bis office and unless pardoned by the \ Governor shall bo ineligible to hold ! any offioe of trust or profit within this ' State. It shall be the duly of tUe ' prosecuting attorney^ within whose dm- j triot or conn, ty* the offem?o may be committed, to forthwith institute a prosecution against aaid officer, who shall be indicted und tried in such ctjunty, other than the one in which tho offetice was committed, as the At torney-General^ may elect. The fee* and diileage 91 all material witnesses both for the Stat*) apd for the deleus* shall be paid by the State Treasurer in such manner ats may bo provided by law." u - ? to FOR AN INCOME TAX. The Section Regarding Taxation Dis cussed anil Amended. On Friday, the 2.6th day ot' tho con stitutional convention, tho article on penal and charitable institutions pass ed its tlyrd reading oftor the killiug of the. aeetion providing for a board of public charities. The following sec tion of the article on finance and taxa tion was Adopted after o long discus sion and~after eeveral amendments had beeo pi\t in : The General Aaaembly shall provide bj law for a uniform and equal rate of. assessment and taxation, and shall prescribe euch regulations as shall se cure a just valuution for taxation of 'all property, reaj^pereona^andppsse* ' saVy, exoe?Vnrf^sfetld mining Olaimp, . the proceeds of .which alone shall be tox*d,and Wo ?uoh ~ prqper ty a* nJay be exempted Dy'law for municipal edu cation, literary/ scientific, religious or charitable purposes; provided, how ever, that' the General Assembly may impose a capitation tax on auph domes tic animals as from their nature and habit# are destructive of ot^fr prop General Assembly/ may provide for a~{ graduated tax on incomes and* may provide for graduated lioensee on oo cttpations and- business." ' An effort by Senator Tillman to pro vide for a 81 poll tax1 on every dog ip the State, the proceeds to bn devoted to the achool fund, after a rich debate, wee killed by a vote of 102 to 20. An effort to impose a municipal tax on the capital etodk of all banks in the State failed. The night aesaion of the constitu tional contention waa a long and tedi ous one. The convention still dtplt ! with the report of the committee otI finance and taxation and it took Several J hour* to adopt the two sections. Tho ^irat seotion fixes ae a minimum Mr tho ! bonded debt of any counjy, township, otty or town 8 per cent, of the assessed ! value of all the taxable property there- ? iu. The most important action taken to-night waa to paas a section prohibit ing a county or township from levying ? tax or iattuing bonds to aid in tho building of < new railroads Or lor any j Other pnrpoae eave educational and or dinary State and tfounty purposes. ? A resolution wqe adopted aleoOfclt State bonda ahould not be iaaued for a ; period of leae than 20 yeara or more than 40 yeara. The convention, atyer voting aeveral tifnee to limit tho speeches from this time on to 10 minutee each, aavo on j the discussion of the enffkage article, ' finally refined to pat on mi y limit 4 a* all. { " -? fHB TWEWTY-SEVKNTM 8E88IOX. i Depsrtarent pf add Bssdi Omf . ? Saturday'a aeeaion of the Cbnstitn* < tiooal convention, so fai M making headway wflh the farming of the Cou - alltntlou ia oooceroed waa of leaa mo- j MeetlSlB M7 day's work since the convention reconvened, but there were ; aome inter eating fights and lively 4e-_ bate* The debate om the 4n?tter'of | the ttiM State bonds should be *1 lowndjo rna waa particularly inter eat- j lag, and thai on Mr. MoM* ban's ordi- 1 1 nance to establish n department of xMriraaAiotMby ?aa anitskv^j. In Hktmonlmg the womHIm omi' ? tU/d One of l ho most important amend ments w?h one that provides that nb county, township of. municipal prop erty, uulr*s used exclusively lor pub no puTpotH'5 unci 4,?st for revenue," blmlf be exempt from taxation. This watt adopted with the qi^stiou about the Columbia city lull* property in vu>w and the * ft eot is that the city will have to pny taxes ou h?r city hall if she reuts her opera house or any of her stores. '1 n? amendment allotted the night proviou^-to allow Stt^bonda to run not less than twenty nor more thau forty years was reconsidered and after a long debate the mibimum proviso was stricken out. / There were lively timea^vheu Mr. MoMahan'rt ordinimc^-furovidiug for the establishment of a department of roads and forestry was taken up and discussed. The convention was in* cliued to carry it through, but finally killed it. All aerhools, colleges, institutions of learning, charitable institutions such as asylums, ctff., the profits from which do not go to private gain were exelnptcd from taxation. ? t THK*NK\V COUNTY QUESTIO N. An Amendment. Proposed to the Suf? fvugo Section Makes a State War ou Municipal Control. In the constitutional convention Monday, the 28th day, the article on county and county government whs token up. It cauo into the conven tion in minority and majority form. The first is under consideration. The section providing for tbo formation of new counties, with smaller areas, whs undcP discussion all . da^.1 Mr. Sheppard moved to limit the total number of counties to 50. Senator Tillman wanted 62 and Ge6rge D. Tillman, of the committoe, wants to oleavo out all restrictions except as to aoreage limitation. Mr. George D. Tillman was iri the niiiUl of an elaborate argument when the hour for recess arrived.-, Th,fe de bate on the new county question wob continued at the evening session until after It o'clock, when a vote on Sena tor Tillman's nmendmcnt to limit the whole number of counties iu the Stat^ to 02 was voted down, 90 memb^ftf' voting % against him. Elaborate attru mcnts were mado by Gebrge D. Till man, Senator Tillman, George John stone and W. C. McGowan. The suffrage committeo met in the afternoon alhl made some changes in | the article reported to the convention. } The 1'ir e>t section now reads: "AU I elcclioiiH l?y tho people shall be by t ballot and the elections shall never be I, held or tlur ballots counted in secret." Another change nllows "minister^* formerly reading "ministers />6f u the gospel'-' and "teachers of p*ib lie schools" to vote, if otherwis. qualified. Another importaut amend ment makes section Yfr read thuH - " Electors in inTrtiieipal fdectiom ahull powiew all the qnalifloation* herein prescribed, and the General Assombly fcliall provide for a/SpacisI ^registration of voters for each munici pal flection, provided the governo' shidl -appoint mnnicipal registratioi officers." Thfc last. clause of this mean a declaration of war on municipal eel) . euiiiruL ? *?- ? . -T_- _ i. - CAROLINA IN ATLANTA. A Warm Welcome to the Preat of the State by tlae' South Carolina ''"Society. wlnty, Vnamhem of the Routt) Carolina Press Association wore ex tended a reception by the 8outh Caro rfna Socjety_fif. Atlftpy^JJbLiiriday night, and notable addresses ware made by President Calhoun, of the South Carolina ?focirfty; President Aull, of the Press Association; Thoa.'B. Cobb, Col. J. A. Floyt, J. G. Garlington, Judge Wilkes, tfol, Franz Melchers, Col, James G. Bacon* Eb. Williams, Commissioner Roche and others. The welcomo was hearty, and punch and eloquence flowed- unrestrainedly for two hours. THIS KtliLINOOFAfOSELEY. Tho Crime Plxed Upon Tom Peterson Brother of the N?Kro Lynched at Denmark. L> A special to the State from Green wood says: The coroner's jury h*\ found a verdiot in the oaee of the kitt, ing of Constable Moseley and the pm port of it was proclaimed to a larg crowd on the square by Foreman C. A C. Wafter, fixing tho crime on To* Peters, alias Tom Peterson, a brotln of the person lynched at Denmark ' Peterson has confessed to the killhn and while the jury bad a volume of in formation and evidence, nothing *? given out nntil the fonr toagroes a rested were safely landed in Abbevili jail, being taken there by a squad o ^militia, NO EXTORTION 1* ATLANTA, P/eeident Coll let of the Kxposltjpnfe ?um ? Card to the Public/ On Friday President Collier of th^Cottoi States Exposition* at Atlanta, furnished th .?allowing card about the charges of ex^oi jionsjED* Incomplete condition of the exp? tfitlon for tba. press: ? V : "Unfounded rumers have been o)reulat?< to -the effect that the Cotton States and In curnational expotfniou la not oomplete. > Joe? it my duty to make aa official an<riu thorttaUve announcement that the expos. tfc>n ta complete and ready fori the eloeef scrutiny. The reports thai extortion is be in* practiced upon frtoftor* and charge# | -?erased are untrue. Seasonable prices an -. h*f?ed la erery iostaoce. ptgoed) CouL-if, President," A. Yortville writer any a: Daring th. pest few weeks, u4 (Mgioniag aboo : the line tkattbe new eotfton erop com1 tt??f?oed to be merkeled, .there ba . '7^ -m. " GOVERNMENTS k vfT\ n ROADlMrUOVKMKNTANAI^BD. Mr. Nt<*n?oe's Address to !*? Hoad Congre?5i Tbo following add r ess delivered I be fore the recent South Carolina K<>?d Cougrena held in Columbia by Mr. Fiauk Nierusee, gives eouio intsreht ing information in r^ard to roadeof the i?U *nd oottt?iue>me 8ugge?tioni as to tho improvemeut of the roads of tho present period that seemed to strike tho oouveutiOn favorably; "From tho rime of Moses thoro have been royal roads. Kirsl tho Egyptians, tha Israelites and then the Greek* callud Shelr lines uf travel that w?re uot uaed lor ;C" K'srrss s&i 3"-.\ Str?wereuot the best of the " It was reserved lor a coniiuerol ?i City, age, to build tho ftrst paved roads. lhe Bo nfnAa followed tho example ot tho Lartna Sssr 8?f? v uaU> srt" !~-,jsir?K oalzadadel-dlablo u t wS built bv tho Cartbagonians, and th* sswwsrs? ijv; most anolent lloman m>ad outside ?* ^j1 * fgsasrxix ~"rT,fe:i ami tad actoastto Alpa ? B?f ' w? traveled 1 by ?ta jWj- V.r K?" roaJs tW eomptawd. ?">? tho roaus i u f qoramun hVa auccessors to do than to oaro for tho roads already conatruetefl. Qfhto BueceMor^ Traian wan the moat zealous, as Is shown various luseri otious, in preserving the public ElS?nd' in con,l.ueUu? others. fH.a example was followed by ot >?* ? deellu EirHSa^s Kt?o "rnibinry lll8.n.w"y,"'vlM 1 "' Tb/btt ?? ?SHr4f#s?i ESPttjTtSlSSS&S jj^-sfJS sss>-. ?Kv- Uo^iw hv tho irovernmant and partly S.H==' sp& A tt?.Tho*mJSf " roUMst"^ M SSSj problems, that 6tr^y and potoat have been ouo ot the^i sroja j ?? v contributions oev,iwj ^ orad the success or th? ~nwi * ?tho Prle|t?? "Stl-lburion of wealth See tho key ensuing dutriDu?o?" WOnder?ul financial ""tob. ntony tbo roada are alao under g?'f?ESg'?n?<r"b? turnplk. ?*???? {$< abolished. Tn y j1i-|lWftys upon the ??" ^"'Tl Jwteb ?Dd l" manned by ttoPr bifbway ?w?W0r SSomffo" wjoif", K3S^rs3.ro? by the road W^Tn?Lrc? Vid In t>o action Is in 'b? S 1 K0t,etles davflted to several BUtos thsr? are feoucu r|1 thca0 road ??Pi?^?;rtnS^reS^Se <l?y when tho intarastad should hasten^" ^ joine<l different P*j^? _aLt *$W?h ways, inn-ead of by ?^? t ^!C.* ^tw^n sloughs of roads that rtQgt There ts mud and almo?l t~l-- J'" qJ goutji Carolina no reason wb y t a,u who roads laaooditlou should not h*** harp . b y Jn tb0 to compare f*T0?Wytw# jow country Onltod .. \?' Jd la tbow the - ground w lev -?.aii and good l?"2r Th? WdJl aid Dort^n. lK.rtio? 'Ts.rfoitis^'^ upon cut roads and (hen ro?M ^ chW(> but*, -oat ducablo one. opro Yemen t a* a:e Uid *eai|a#w4j ??. ite and ?*tlon ar? botb garner ? by Uxj blghiraye open to faU traasporta riMJf ItM y?*r; VtOpGTtf totdUDMd: ?i fanner* are dacourajred to Viake islaaae ee!f-eu?tafc>iatf, II not largely rofltabfo, The Aertafta time and r? rarj (npoftaat Jteene Is kwentng L?&anducil oa. Tba uxiinmnlw ol InKm, aleo ?Mtl7 bea?MI?l. : rrwP irrinliellnM* UMaM the riMa aiMM aad tfce mmm mm of'J rii tho uui vocally doplorablo condition *.?! I lis publlo highwaya uad lawr u *y?t04U which will provldo for ihelt imnutuuc i m provemeut uudoi tho control of t iio statu S^ov eminent. Tito legislature should ap? itofltt a commissioner of highway*, who in turn Khon I I hit ^ it Itlrt 1 u> vy tt r (W h?kvt th-# nu^on !sui.s from e.t h Comity oud tho con victs should bo made t<-> work upon t iio roads -s^LLho count v from which they wore con victed. Tim road question Is u??w fully agitated by most ol the States and mauy |?W UOW constructing roads of thQ beat ^V?^?mluiou. Tho lUxiu. Kiaio Jersey, w h lahTSjJio t h i unlike tnVtflTST of oVtr Swue, expondttviw-tsflloii road Improvements tho (turn' ol #9i,ClJ(i.03. Iu tbo State of Now York it has uoou proposed to raise tho ourn of ?iQ,Md,000 by a tiiato loan, payable ii\J i7 yea "a at u low rato of interest and dovotWr H?o flntiro sum to tho Improvement of Ufo rtovmty. roads. It would bo attfllcloutt^Con , itrtict an averygo of 60 miles of wnendld |/foada lu every couuty of the 8tofc?nu?l tho / entire assessment upon a farin^Jt tho valuo of $10,000 would bo less tlumk'2. "Our adjoining Sta^; North Carolina, has made excellent progress iu puollo road Improvement nud Wus now gome as lino roads a# will ho fou/d anywhere. Tho first Important atop w<Urto secure from tho Stato legislature aulh/Jty to levy a road tax ol from 1 to 20 mlllj/ou a f 100 worth of taxable valuation. The/>rate at preepnt levied la about 15 m 1 1 Id. f hieb yields silmo $!1G,000 a I year. Next tro passage was secured by law, f authorizing tl J> county oommlsslouor to take ! i hurge of all /ouvlcta sentenced by tho city and county </>mt*, tho punishment for.fnany > | offenses behag a Hue or so many days work i I on the public road a, It Is thu belief in this 1 J' country that this I* tho bent possible dis position that can bo made of the convicts, as i they are not then brought Into dii*ot oom ! petition with honest, free labor, while thelp I j work Inures to tho direct bouoflt of tho puby i ut\ Tho work of building, reconstructing j and repairing streets and roads la Moeklen | burg is now iu progress in threw depart ments. , j " irat, lu tho cjty of Charlotte, under tho i ? directum of tbo oity oounoil, by tho mayor, i ' city xhuineer and supervisor of streets. The work isypald for out of tho city treasury. "'Second, tlfo county at largo, under tbo j direction of/the county comjuUwloner, a ! board of flv$ Mooted lAinualiy oy a vote of ' ail the magistrates lu tho county, by tho j i county engineer and tho superintendent of ! I tho convict camp. <^llalf tho proceeds of tho road tax is disbursed bv this board, j " 'Each towuship, through Its board of trustees, expends for local work In road ' building, one-half tho proceeds of the road j tux raised within the township. Tho cost ! of feeding, clothing and guarding couvtcta during the first five months of lbft.1 amount* ed to 20W cents per day, tho avorago nuin I ber cared for being 91 per month; during t)i?5 iirst uifHr-iVtOltths of AO H\6i'ftgo ,pf 00 convicts moved 86,247 cubic yards of eart h on the roads aud crushed and placed 7,381 lineal yards (four and h half wlW) "f macadam 18 feet wide.' I quote largely from different Htate and government reports and Mr. D. A. Tompkins on rouda in Meck lenburg county, N. C. "WfWt is most Imperatively needed is to educate^Jio people uud espeolally those who aro placed In cnurgo of tho roads how to proceed and that road making and repairing is tin art und trmlo that needs careful Btudy and euro to successfully carry out, and tho sooner tho Idea and practize that any ouo who can haul a load of mud or eod from wlicre tho <}iteh ought to be and dump it into tho road, is a fit person for road repairing la abandoned, tho better. At tho outset, an en gineer shouhf bo not only consulted, but ein* ployed, because he has made a study of roaiL building under all possible conditions an J hence is able to not only advise you what/o do, but Ofton what is equally important, what nit to do." SEVEN HUNDRED HOMELESS, An IivnciHllury Eire Daatroya 220 Houses in Alglcra?Ii089 $400,000. A Are broko out In Alglors a suberV of Now Orleans nt 2 o'clock Sunday morning nod continued to burn until 9 o'olock, when It was got under control because very little also wu* left to buru. Two hundred and twenty houses were burned in all. The tiro was confined utmost entirely to the residence portion of tho town, tho owners of which nto people in moderate circumstances. The insurance is said to be very light and the loss is thoreforo aiinostrtotul. It fa estimated that tho loss is fully ?400, 000, but it will uu several days before It can be accurately stated. The lire orbfnatad In on Itailfiii'a COQ feutionery and fruit store, and everything seems to proved was incendiary. A subscription for the roilof nftho home* lcsa people who number about 70U, has been stalked u ud hog tifiio liberally pen ponded to. TnO public school building ha<a been thrown 0}>en to them a^id matiy. be ve found . shelter I there \ ( Algiers, though'sitnated on tho west side < f tho river, is a part of tho municipality of. New Orleans, huvlng been Incorporated as the * Ifth district una Fifteenth ward on tho 13.h of March, 1870. ' Tho fire w ? the most disastrous that over visited the city In the numoer of buildings burned, no less than 14 blocks having boon swept clean away. The flro was eon lined to residences, not a storo In tho busmuas por tion of the town being among thn number destroyed,/ One general store was burned, i that of Patrick Hirtnott. Ills loss of stock j and building wni amount to ?15,000; nearly i fhdy insured. Tho property ot tu? South | orn Paoilic Railroad was not* Injured, as tho I lire did not get near tbelr buildings. Among ' tho principal losses tho eonrt houso heads ] ? llio list, I'l'Vas aeotlt ?40,000. Dr. RiieVV i residence and furniture, valued at ?:j6,000; j ! insured lor two-third's. Statu Senator Turn- > i bull, pf Jefferson parish, house and lurid- j j tufe, $16,000, aud City Councilman lianas, [ i 815.000. hou.se and (urniture, both nearly^ eov^ved with insurance. Tiro subscription for the relief oi the w?f- j I fcrois by tho flro amounts so far to BJ-JfUG. ; i 50, oi which amount the city of New Or- j i leans subscribes ?5,000, Mayor Fiuputri.'u j j ?800 .and Thomas Piculer, owner of the : j Oauul at root ferry, ?i>00. ? A careful estimate makes tho number of ) buildings destroyed of ali'kinds about 280. i M 8t.?f th<a>? wero small wooden structures . and.bifrned like match wood. Tho ^pss by breakage and otherwise dam age to household eflfocta cannot be estimated. Tho scene fa altfiost Indesorlbable. Tile* j of nmoulderlag. ruin#, gauot chlmuoy*, masses of household eflrecjs piled indiscrimi nately. here and tbero In roadway and on levee crest, men and women gazing with heavy he{irts.on the smouldering bribers that marlOho.epot tbey once called homo? such was^tgiers on MOnday. , THE PKIZK-FIOIIf OFF, 1 The Representatives of Corbett knd ; Fitnlmmoni Could Not Oct .To gether op to Date. A special from Rot Springs, Ark., s?yss The Corbett-Fitwimmons fight ha* been de clared off by the Florida Athletic Club. Corbett and Brady were willing, to postpone the fight to November 11th, hut Julian, as y*itzi- liaisons' reproeenUtlve, was not and the ' club thaa declared the match off. The ne gotiations ware brief and not in the best torn per. Each aide charged the other with ou attempt cither to get tbo better of ther bargain 6r to kill tho fight altogether. ? - ^ j ? ? A illi'lljaw Ti?fW The village of BireraHU, XM., * mmII I as ?? s j* ? ? ? cr w ? PALMETTO PENCILLIHGSJ IM I UI SI INO KKOM ALL i OVKK TIIE HTAIti. prosperous York County, Wo believo that York bounty ia In a bettor condition to-ilay than ebo han boon in bi-foro at any tune eiuoo the war. While it may bo true that the cotton crop will ahow up lenfe than half of an average, it waa made with agrt-at ileal Ickm otpnuHo than any previous crop, a ml whilo during fortun years it ha# takeu auywhero {totu 60 to 90 p#r cent, of all that. wa? nnMe to pay for a plies, thin your the auppliea have ufnade at home, uuil fro'U CO to 00 per cent, of all that has been produced repromiuta prolita. ? Yorkviilo Eu quiror. LAW Ol^ TUN LAWLESS. Win. Uiako, fuller LI to Scntenee, TakttuProm Court and Hanged. At HamuAtfi, Wm, Blako, Sr., Jason Blake, Prnwo Graves and William j Frasitr werfc fonvioted Thursday evun< ; ing oF the murder of Mr. Raymond ! Meares ou (ho 9th of August lubt. Wm. BUIce, Sr., was recommended tu tho mercy of tho court, and hi* nent euW> was life imprisonment. The other throe wi-ro sentenced to bo ?hanged ou tho 7th of -December next. After tho prisuffbrs were, sentenced it was evident Uyit thero was dissatis faction it tho jufcy'e reoommondation tavmercy of Win. Blake, Sr.,audsoino persons wero heard to Hay that Blako would nover reaoii tho penitentiary. Tho couvieted persons, us soon as court adjourned, about half-past 7 p. m., were h.mdcutied and taken out of tho court room. On their way to tho jail, tho sheriff and his constables wero ovorpowered by a number of men, and Wm. Blake, Sr., and William Frasior, who wero hondoull'ed together;* were Forced from the custody of the constables and takon off into the woods. Tho handcuffs wore unlocked in some way and Frasier wKs retuiuod to tho custody of tho jailor. Tho erow^y -numbering about fifty men, proceeded <to u dense pieeo of woods abb nt oue-imw Kiilo thu courL hoiiHo and hung Wm. Blake, Sr., with a plow line, to the limb of a large pi no tjtfe. Several shots were tired into his body and the crowd dispersed. The coroner's jury returned a ver /diet that Wtn. Blake, Sr., came to his /death at tho bauds 'of parties uuknown } to tho jury. ' CAKOMN^S CROW N OF GLORY. Tli? Girls State Colit'KO at Rook Hill Opeue<J? Tuentlay marked a gi oat day in tho history oi Itouk Hill and of tbo Statu. In tho morniug, amid applause, Gov s ernor Evana, iu behalf of the board of trustees, formally delivered to Presb dent Johnson and tho faculty-itha building and pupils of tho Wiuthrop Norninl and Industrial* Uyllego and bado them VGod. speed." Tho exorcises wer* opened by the Bingjng of "Praiso God, from- whom ull ^Ujessings Flow," led by Prolfv. Brown on ttio piano, all tho audience joining. After thin, the Rev. HoB. Moselv read Psalm GV, and prayer wna offered by tbo Rev. Alexander Splint. Then tbo audience waa fa? * VoTed with a fliiperb retiditlou ol Faure's Sau?a-Muria, Jiy:Mra. Brown, wife of Piof.VBrown^ Tho other num ; bi*ro of. the musical progratnwwworo a piuuo^dtfet overture, Zatapa, by Her* old^Tlns waa giveu by Miss Waddell fiud Prof Brown. The third number waa MrUidfBii'Cautu," u vocal solo by Miss Soutlu*k Lrtct of all oamo tho Hinging of "Tho Coronation." 'these mu6ical performances were interspersed through the programme of thg morning. The exeroieea were o'oojft by the benediction pronounce^ by tho Rov. (}eorgo T. Harmon. Gov. Evans, Senator Tillman and Mr. YV. J. Roddy, were the principal speaker a. ??? , HIGH PRICKS IN DARLINGTON. / Cotton ih-inKR <> Cents and Tobacco* *10 to 80 Cents. ? It was hi?h water maik for cotton and tobacco at Darliugton last week, [/both iu price unjJ quantity. Several hundred bales of cotton wore Hold in one day, 0 Cent's being tho highest prico paid. AI>out thirty-live thous and pounds of tobacco were Bold, prices ranging from 10 to 30 cents per jioiiuiI, ti iid HO cents per pound on the tegular market. No "break." This il>t w us splendid iu every respect, and \^ill gu to Atlanta. ... .???. South Carolina and Ohio. South C'iroliua is the only JHate of the Union which refuses to givwlivoroe on nny grounds whatsoever? and in this regard her record, when compared with that of other far more wealthy nnd progressive Stiitof, is particularly bmbt. Here iiV Ghio, forjastaao^ 6,516 suitis for divorce w dm Uguu "TTurTuglhe year ending September 1, and of theto 2,497 were granted, a;;niufet 070,' which w?r? refused th* r- maimler of the oaa<*a aiill rexnatuiog untried.? Cincinnati SoUth-West the Vlftlbla aoPPlv. The total vUJble supply of aotton lor the worM ?? 7MU4M U?lv*. of i.mI' ? are American, Agataat 2,704, JM bako And 2,315.25# bale# r**pecU*?ly la#t yaar. Ifoo?lpt? of cotton (hfo wtofc-ftt su Interior town* 231.674 bale*. Rjceipta Iroji tM plantations 315,096 balds. Crop fa fltffet l,Ma,477W*. TI1IC HILL OK mourn. J'ho w hole of tbu Hill of Rights wa? ndoptod at tho night session Wedne?* day with tho c&Cu4>tlou ol tllutWdttoS on tn?l by jury, which was passed to uwuit tho judiciary report, th?i seotioun on clootious, which wur? over by a vote, and tho scction whjph pro vides us to lines ftud bail, which has iu it tliut "tho power to punish for con tempt shall not in .any oaso oxt?'nd to to imprisonment iintho State Peuiton tiary," was passed oyer by ^e<juest 01 Mr." Mower, who bud tho repoK^jn ohurgo as ohairttwn of the sub-oowmifc'--. tec that reported tho proposed ai tioUv Tho article na adopted, with only three suction? loft pending, i?. follows: t Section 1. Alt polUioal-powsra are vested it. a ud dwlvod from the people only. There-. , fore, t hoy have the right at all times to mod tfy their 'form of government whoa the pub- \\ llo good demands. ? . , ... Section 2. All powers not herein dolegated; r o reserved to tho poo le; nor ?h*U . tho enumeration of certain rights herotn be eon- ^ atrued l>> deny $r dUpurago others retained by tho people./ ? '""v . 8 ?ctloii 3. ^presentation lu the Houee ot , ll pros mtntlws shall bo apportioned aceor- v dinjj'to population. ? Boot ion 4. The Goneral Assembly ought frequently to assemble for the redrew 0" grievance* and for waking, new laws 89 the oominon good may require. ^ Soot ion 5. The G^oral Assembly shall make no law respecting an ostebliahment ?? rellglouer prohibiting tho free oxorolsether? of or aorldging tho freedom of speech or of the press or tho right of the people jpeaoe?" bly to assemble and to; petition the Oovftn ment. or uny depftrtdlent thereof, for\- red-t ress <>f Krluvancej. ?+* ? ? Soot lun 0. Tho privileges and lAninni Hop of citizens of this State and of th? united States, under this Constitution, shall not be abridged, uor shall any person.be deprive^, of llfo, liberty or property without due proV cess of lnw, nor shall uuy porsou be denied tho equal protection of tne laws. Section 7. All property subject to taxa- . tlon shall ho taxed In proportion to Ita value.4 Soctlou 8. No tax subsidy, charge^ impost tax or duties nhull be established, fixed, laid or levied under any protoxt whatsoever without the cousoul of tho people or their representatives lawfully assembled. Section H. No bill of ettetnder, ?xpost - fu.to law Jin pairing tho obligation of con tracts, nnf law grnutlugany title of nobility or hereditary emblement .shad be passed and i no conviction shallVwork corruption of i blood or for !eli uro ot Estate* Sootlou 11. Tho right of *uffrag?as reou- : luted tn this Coustltutlou'shall be protoctedr by hi wb icKulptitfg elootlonsurtd prohibiting, * under adequate penalties, all undue Influ ence from power, bribery, tumult- or irapro* pOr conduct. .. . . Section 14. Temporary absence from tho State 'shall not forfeit a residence once ob tained. '? ' tr-nrrion rorrno powur oriiTSponding tbd laws or tho execution ol the luws shall only bo exercised by the General Assembly or by itn authority In plirtloulur cases expressly provided fofty It, s-i. tiuii 1C. In tho Government of this Slnto, the Legislative, executive and Judicial . povvors of tho Government; shall be forever, Crated and distinct from ea<.'b other, and no persojii or itersyns exorcising the functions ? ?l ono of said depart tiiyuU njhall assume or litiohiirgo.tlio dutlw orSrriy otber. i Section 18. All Ooiirtsshi^ll be public, and every person shall tiuve speedy remedy thefCi' ;" in fo'r wrongs sustalued. Si, "?Hon i!). Tho right of the people to be soour? in their persons, houaes, papers end niToots against unreasonable searches and set '.urcs shall not ba violated and no tfarriWrtf duall Issue but upon probuble^eee euptKrrt?T'" cd by outh or ufflrmatl6nt and parUcularly. - descrlbluK the place to be aearoned and twv person or thliiK to be soloed; V .'J-ZKh 2t. fn ntl criminat the licensed shall enjoy the right to tk uud public trial by aa impartluf * ? bo fully Informed or the nature rtro -itwrnsntfotr to'r'fttrcoilWWl wltueKs Hgulnst him ? to have process for obtaining witnesses and to bo fully heard in b(s dOfi._,_ ? ?edf or by his counsel or by both. S^u*.tion 22, Excessive bail shall apt b? re quired nor exoesslve floes linpoeed, nororthrt ? uor^MHisual punlsbmenta lufliet?d, nor shall wltih'HSCS be Unreasonably detaiaed, Oor. no real puulshmeet shall not be Tho power to punish for contempt shait aor fit any eaie extend lo DRpmppB^HH 8tS'X'/l^iJl^PtAl^per?oaaj>ifaaii befqry oi&y, vlotlou be oaliaole by suffli'ieut eurMMM* cept for cupfqii offenow, wpwi U?a pr00< 4?~" ovllent or the presumption graat. Suction 24. In all ludietmeaia or pro MH&jb. tions for libel the truth of aUeNnd Ultel may be given In evldeut-o and iholttty Shall he the Judges of the law and the tacts. Section 2w Treason against . th? State shall consist alone iu ievyiiur war or ing aid and comfort o. eoer*'"^ " State. No pereon shall b? ? _ . treason except upon testimony 'ol -two witnesses to the same overt aet, eon fessiou In opeu Court* S ection 26. The privilege of tlul hnl corpus shall not 0? SUSpSid?d lialMf wh<*n in case of Inxurreeiion, Nbiritloa W'tt' vaxlon, the pubilo safety may reqvlr? U. / S ?-tion 27. No person shall b? imprt?oaT od/orydetji^except In oases of fraud, t H- ' n 28\ The right of trial by)a#ystu|k _ U _ ^ -(irr be preserved inviolate. , . Section 29/ A well regulated ibflltla-MlSr oe^?usnry to the security of a fr?? RtMtfi tae right^jf the people to keep and bear ana* shall not ho infringed. As in time* ot pn^a? annle? are duim?wUs to IfBerty", they sball uot b& maintained THtbout ooa???^ of tlf|n^,f General Axsembly. The military power of tho State hIiiiM always be held in subordfni?\v. tlon to tho civil authority and b? governed by It. No soldier bhall In time of peaoo h? ~ quartered In anv house Wlt.tout oonseat of the ownor nor Iq time of;*ar? hot la maooer . to bo p ?s?oribed by la*. . , b'V.Uoii 30. No person shall fft any eaty* " be 6i/t>Ject to martial law Ot to ?ny pains or ^ftenaitiw by vlttue of that law ?w employed In tho arnjy and aaey of I states and exoeptthe militia io actual I , but t?y tho suthprity of th? General A??* bly. ? /C b??etIon 32. All navigabl? .. forovor rcunln pubilo highways, fro?, to eltf/.vns of theStato arttl Uhited State?, wl tax, 4a>fwst er-tell imposed/ ttfrtTf toll; ImpoB/or wbArfage shall ^ritt| deman?M!R)Wrec0iT0<t from th? or au^moreh^Kliso or e^rmoiodRy" theshoref rir ny wharf erected < io or ovfl thd waters o? any aa-T un'9^?M??jebe tlon shall.be t?k?nr _ to bo mandatory si?4 merely directory, exeept where mad? directory or perm Istory by *rwt. . - .