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h M1U m&wi ftttroirax TO THK CON low, ' ■ It Ward* r»V«r-AiT»lff* Party la Tmm ^' In racponae to rMolotioiu pre sented to bim IVom the National Dem ocratic QenewUon, Sannel J. Tilde» tenders tils thanks. He says the great national want Is reform in the Ra tional Oorernmcnt, which can only be aceompHshed by Demoeratic adminis tration. He says the Republican party is largely made np of lho.se who live by their wits, while the Democratic party consists of^hosc who live by the work of their hand*, and the indis- > ponsnblo necessity of, our time is a change of administration. The following is Mr. Tilden's letter in full: ' Qravstonk, October C, 1884. Mr. Chairman and Qentlenun of the Committer: 1 thank yon for the kind terms in which yon communicated the resolution cbucerning me, adopted bv thie late democratic NatlonnrConven- tion. I share yoor conviction that reform in the Admiiiistration of the Federal Government— which U our great national want, and is indeed es- , seutial to the restoration and preserva tion of ffovwrumont itself—can only be achieved through Uie agency of the Democratic party, and by installing its _ representative hi the Chief Magistracy ^’oftbe United States. The noble his torical traditions of the Democratic party, the principles in which it was educated and to which it has been in the wain faithful; its freedom from corrupt inflnencos—which grow up in prolonged possession of power—and the nature of elements which consti tute it—all contribute to qualify it for that mission. The opposite character istics and conditions which attach to the Republican party make it hopeless to expect that that party will be able to give a better government than tho debasing system of abases which, dur ing its ascendency, has infected official and political life in this country. The DeqMeratic party bad its origin in the efforts of the morn advanced G triots of tbo'jfovernmont from the :al contemplated by the people. Among its conspicuous founders were Denjainihi Frankln and Thomas Jeffer son: Samuel Adams and John Han cock, of Massachusetts; George Clin ton and Robert R. Livingston, of New York, and George Wythe and James Madison, of Virginia. From the elec tion of Mr. Jefferson as President in 1800, for sixty years, the Democratic mainly directed our imtioMlfMvt party m icy. It extended the boundaries oft be Republic and laid the fonndations of all our national greatness, while it pre served the limitations imposed by the Constitution and maintained a simple and pure system of domestic adminis tration. On the other hand the Rcpub- Paris, October 9.—GcncnWBrlcrc do LTsle has telegraphed to tno gov ernment ooufirmTng tho report an nounced in the dispatch from Hanoi yesterday of tho engagement between tho French and the CUnesc in the valley of the Loo Cbnan rivor in Ton- quiu. The encounter took plaoo on Monday last. The Chinese were at tempting to execute an offensive movement on the upper Loo Chuan' river. They lost 10,00§ men. Captain Doynet, of tho French Foreign Legion, was killed and Lieut. Bataillo wound ed. General Negrler’s column has gone up the Phnlang river to cut off tho retreat of the Chinese. A dispatch received to-night states that General Ncgrlcr’s column had an engagement at the village of Kep with 6,000 Chinese regulars, who occupied entrenchments around tho central re doubt. The Chinese commenced the attack at 9 o’clock in the morning, by trying to surround the French and the fighting lasted until 2 o’clock in the afternoon, when the retreat of the Chi nese toward the frontier of China was cut off. The Chinese troops then fled in tho direction of Doognan, pursued by I lie French. The Kep garrison do- TeirdetT their position bravely, compel ling the French to surround the re doubt and carry it at tbo point of the bayonet. Tiic Chinese loss in tho vil lage alone was six hundred killed. The French troops fought with spirit and decision. They captured all of the enemy’s war material, mules and horses. A Frenofecaptuiuaiid twenty men were killed and llftoy officers and fifty men were wourfflgdb General Negrier was slightly wommikl. Gen eral Briero de LTsle has started for Kep to assist General Nogrier’s forces. Paiiis, October 11.—Admiral Cour bet telegraphed from Keluug as fol lows: “lam creeling defenses for the troops to occupy at the nort and mines. They will take several clays to complete a landing. Parties from Admiral Lespcs’ squadron at Tamsni rcconuoit- ered the porta from which the Chi nese torpedoes were fired. They found that the posts were defended by a largo number of infantry, who were ambushed in dense tiiickets. An en gagement took place. Members of the recoiiiioiteriug parties were killed, in eluding a naval lieutenant. The har bor is defended by a line of torpedoes only. The shallowness of the water prevents tho approach of large vessels. The torpedoes are close to the shore, and this renders dragging for them dangerous. I am making an effective blockade at Tomsui. I am also block ading Tai Wan, Foo and Ja Kan Kan on the west coast. Formosa is the only point available on the Island for the landing of reinforcements.” 4ican party has always been dominated principles which favor legislation by principles which for the benefit of particular classes at the expense of the body of the people. It ba» been deeply tainted with the abuses which naturally grow up dur ing a long possessiou of unchecked power, especially in a period of civil war and false finance. The patriotic and virtnons elements in it arc now unable to emancipate it from the sway of selfish interasls which subordinate public patv to persona) greed. The most hopend-ef: the best citixens it cootaius despair of its amendment, ex cept through its temponiry expulsion from power. It has becii boastingly a ill 1 asserted by nodern Massachusetts statesman, struggling to reconcile hhn- ollowen self and his followers to jtheir Presi dential candidate, tiiat the Republican party contains a disproportionate share of the wealth, culture and intel ligence of tho county. The anpritici- ( led Grafton, when taunted by James L, with his personal want of con science, answered: "That is true, but I belong to a party that has a great deal of conscience.” Such rcasoners forgot the same claim hvs been made in ail afcs and countries by tlie defend ers oi old wrongs against new reform. It was alleged by the. tories of the Amoricau Revolution against the palri- 1 ots of the day— It was repeated against Jefferson ami afterwards Ja«k- son. It is alleged by tho Conserva tives against those who in England arc now endeavoring to enlarge tho popu lar suffrufo. __ AM history shows that reforms lu government must not be expected from those who sit serenely on sociai monntain tops enjoying the benefits of the existing ordes of things. Even the divine author ot our religion found his followers, not among the self-complacent Pharisees, but among the lowly minded fishermen. Tho Republican party is largely made up of t.boee who live by their wits. The Democratic party consists largely of those who live by tho work of their hands and whose political action is governed by their sentiments or im&g- {nation. , It results that the Demo- itic cratic party, more readily than the Republican party, can be moulded to the support of reform measures, winch involve the sacrifice of selfish interests. The indispensable necessity of our times is a change of administration in the great executive offices of the coun try. This, In my judgment, can only bo accomplished oy the election of the Democratic candidates for President and Vice-President, Samukl J. Tildkn. To R. H. Henry£if?hairmaii, B. B. Smalley and owfbrs ot the Special ^ Committee of the Democratic ” tionai Convention. Na- Tn EPISCOPAL CONGRESS. Aa AabMted DUcomIo* of th« Sntycotof A BIRD’S-EYR VIEW OFTUK FIELD. Cleveland Certain of gnreeae In Hla Mtate—Hlalne'e Clrcua Makes a Heron Tour of Ohio. [letter to the Ntirt and Vourirr.] Washington, October 9.—A faithful worker for the success of the Demo cratic cause, who has just returned from New York dropped into the I- rooms of the Democratic Congression al Committee a few days ago” and en tertained those present with most encouraging information from the Empire State. Ilojnadc no boasts or brags, but simply “ated what he saw and heard there. He predicts that New York will certainly give her elec toral vote for Cleveland and Hen dricks. The Democrats inlliat State are making a most vigorous canvass, and their campaign organisation is as near perfect as can be. The same means and methods which were em ployed to carry the State tor Mr. Til- den, when he was actually elected to tho Presidency, arc now at work for Governor Cleveland. Canvassers are visiting personally almost every voter in the State, and even now a fair esti mate of the vote that will be cast can be figured out. n This geuUemau attended several of the big political meetings field in New York City. At each meeting he met a great many of the same people, so that one cannot fairly judge the real strength of the respective candidates by tbe enthusiasm exhibited at a public meeting. Sumo.of.thfi men who yelled themselves hoarse for Blaine turned around and did the same thing for Cleveland, and [Letter to the Avfftuia fjkromde.] Columbia, S. C., October 7.—The address of the Republican Statp Exec utive Committee, Mgnod by Kray ton, Chairman, ban just been given to the press. It contains very tittle more then tbo usnsl stereotyped misrepre sentations of the Democratic party. Ail manner of "charges” against the Dem ocracy are made and everv effort is pat forth to arouse tbe colored voters. The address declares that the Republi cans of Hontli Carolina enter the cam paign of! 1884 with nnbroken ranks. "In spite of tbe malignant oondnet of their adversaries in this State they stand togetlier united and determined to do their utmost to defeat at home the organization which, having stolen power in !876, has by misrule, injus tice and oppression failed to stifle tbe convictions or silence tbe protest of those people who, through compul sion, yielded to a minority of more than 30,000.” Tho address declares that tiie only reason that Repnblicans have not resorted to other means than the ballot to recover posseuiou of the Govomment, is because "any soch efforts as was necessary to obtain our rights and right onr wrongs woald re sult in conflicts and consequences so disastrous and unequal that wc coaid not do otherwise. Surprise is ex pressed that the "loyal people of the country” are so indifferent to the poor meek, long suffering South Carolina Republican*. **Wo hail with satisfoc- tion tho bright prospects of Repiiblh can success in those |>orlions of the country wlitre IhoVbaBot is free, the count is iipnest and- intimidation does not prevail, and feel thankful to God that the malign rule orthc solid .South is not to be extended.” , .' Congress is called npdn to enact such laws "as we areconfidtfnt Presi dent Blaine will recommend toovci* conic the travesty on free, popular gqy* eminent at the South,” and the address goes on to say, "if there bo not the constitutional power to legislate so as to give all citizens equal rights in State elections, then wc demand that in Fed eral elections the registration, as well as the management of the election, shall be under the supervision of the general Government.” Then follows a long attack on the registration and election laws of the State, and an at tempt is made to prove that these laws were made solely to keep Republicans from exercising llieir rights as citi zens, ami the claim is made to prove that these laws disfranchise 30,000 Republicans. The laws are declared to lie unconstitutional, and the Gov ernment is asked to test the question in the courts. The usscrlion ts made that on ~ac count of its management of public affairs the "Democrats find themselves brought to a reckoning and numeri cally weaker to-day, after nearly eight ^ years of power, Ilian ITfCV were in 1876 for, besides utter failure to break the con solid Republican phalanx, their party has been reduced by the withdrawal of a large number of men who feel be trayed and are disgusted with the per fidy, intolerance and misrule ot those who, with ppwer to do so much for the whole people, have proven false and incompetent and become thorough ly bourbouized.” The "large number” alluded to here, is McLane and about a dozen others, whites and blacks, who lately held a "largo and enthu siastic” convention in this city. The alliance of the Republican party with the "Independent” crowd is officially announced, and it is stated that the electoral ticket to be voted for by Republicans will be composed of five * -I>i«*«to in twirtefe reported from Maryland. —ThePrmtdent retnmed to Wash ington front How York on Monday. —There (a a marked decline in tbe ravages of timeholera hi Europe. —A Caban filibustering expedition from New York has landed at Las Yillaa. , ■—Tire masked robbers entered a honse at Edenbuiv, Pa., last week and stole over #6,000. —Diphtheria has become epidemic at Aston*, L. I, there Were fifty cases and five deaths last week. —A new volcano has been discover ed at Four Mountains, near Seventy- two Pass, Alaska. —Throe men were drowned by the capsizing of a sailboat In the harbor of Halifax, N. 8., last week. —A fire at Richmond, Ky., on Wednesday night caused $125,000 damage. —The new steel cruiser Atlanta was successfully launched at Roach’s ship yard at Chester, Pa., last week. —There were seven deaths from yellow fever in Havana dnring the past week. —Tho Hampden Mutual Fire Assur ance Company, of Springfield, Maas., has decided,to close np^business. —The Grand Opera House at Bethle hem, Pif., with several adjoining build- ings, was destroyed by fire last week. — A French man-of-war lias been ordered, it i* said, to occupy Tajoorah, a seaport in thAGulf of Aden. —An indignipit husband at New- llled his wife and a Monday. Bed HUI, Ms way _ mass meeting »» thrown from his horse and killed, neck was broken. ——Mr. Blaine gives Ms autograph to theeffnaire young yoang persons who are anxious to preserve a souvenir of bis visit to Ohio. Thus they can bow tho sj^nature of the atook-jobbing Speaker of the House appegm on mm lugeit the famous Mulligan letters'. —The steamship Enropa, from Glas- w, for Malaga, and the Roseville, .‘rora Taganrog, for Glasgow, came in collision on Saturday in tbe river Clyde, near Greenock. The Europe sank and her captain and five of her crew were drowned. —Chas. W. Butler, one of tho most noted criminals in the State of Ohio, son of George Butler, a worthy phy- exccuted—iast Friday at was emo Columbia City, Indiana, for the mar- — rvu nit wagifn, Mich male board ton gun the use- vesjcls Or nt lias cabled igld steamer don relief ex- , ...... again for Butler. The Democratic managers are working as Tl they never did work before. They appear to know where the most work is needed; and they are receiving sub stantial assistance from persons who were not expected to coins and lend a helping hand. The quiet Totcrs of New York arc going to have a great deal of weight in the present contest, amilhiais the very class that tho Cleve land managers are making most con verts from. There are cerlainj New York merchants who have pledged themselves to vole forGovernoV Cleve land ami have contributed to the cam paign fund. Their names if published would Create a political sensation. They are easy-going business indn who were captured on a still hunt, with the understanding that their names should be kept secret. i ven the Republicans in this city are beginning to realize that Governor Cleveland is slowly but surely gaining in popularity and strengh all over the Union, by the manly and dignified course he is now pursuing. Two weeks ago many heads were turned bv the shouts and hurrahs which were rc- ported to be greeting Blaine wherever he exhibited himself Now the repoit conics that the Plumed Knave did not perforin his task properly in Ohio, and he has been compelled to retrace his footsteps and try to do tho work mapped out for him more satisfactori ly. On all sides it is admitted that the Republicans must be badly fPiglitened about Ohio, otherwise they would not Detroit, Mich., October b.-Tho Amon morning session of the third day’s meeting of the Episcopal Congress was devoted to the discussion of the topic "Tiie Confessional.” A paper was read by tbe Rev. J. H. HonkiW of Williamsport, Pa- snstainio^be confessional. The Rev. C. George Currie, Of Philadelphia, feared the oonfiMstonal becase it became compul sory In the end. Tbe Rev. Edward W- Oriwti, Of Boston, said he was a bettors* in the confessional. He dtUaed that tbo whole senee and feel ing of tbe church bolds that confes sion and absolution are needful and lairfli!. Tbe Bov. Leighton Parks, of Boston, odd that the confessional was of pare origin, bet had degenerated. Other gentlemen discussed tbe subject F liti Hall W parade Blaine over the State twice, i age of their bnilding the sporting fraternity, how ever, Uhio is looked upon as sure to go Republican, but they will take all the two to one bets they can get that it will not giTe 20,000 Republican major ity. There seems to be no doubt about West jBrginia going Democratic. The ReMbHcans made a big bluff in claiming Chat State, hoping to distract attention from Ohio. The Democratic managers are wide-awake and are ching every move their nnooiienUi it »i »»» * _ —onts of well-known Blaine papers admit that Cleveland's election now seems proba- We-, The damaging evidence which Ij^y.i**** brought oM against Mr. BisiutjMitiot bat have a disas trous efimStM his campaign. . watching every move their oppon attempts to mak*. Correspoudon indoor, of Norfolk, Va. 4 stationery. Liabilities $79,000 —A RttMKkn named Dentobe has been sentenced to thirteen years penal SMTitode in Siberia for throwing snl- pbnrle add ovar M. Goronovicb, a Republicans and four Independents. Ti he hope is expressed that notwith- sanding the present power of the Democrats the Republicans may soon regain control of the State. Strangely enough it is admitted that the "white people of the State honestly favor taxing themselves to educate the masses.” The address concludes: "Whatever be our discouragements, or the misrule afflicting ns, wc should stand firm and steadfast and, do our utmost for the triumph of the grand principles of the great Republican party,” Ac. SWEPT BV THE WIND. it A ^Shanty With Fourtean Men In late Lake Michigan. .,, Chicago, October 8.—Tiie storm on Luke Michigan last night blew away a small shanty on sills in Lake Michi gan a mile "from shore in which the laborers employed in the inlet to the lake were housed. There were 16 men in all thus employed and the car rying away of the shanty left them clinging to stringers and beams in a most perilous position. One man came ashore on a plank near South Chicago this a. tn., and it is feared others have teen drowned. A life saving crew has gone to the rescue. The life saving crew shortly before noon succeeded throwing a line to the frail pier from which tiie shanty had been blown. Tho rescue of what re mains of the party is now certain, unless they t^onld in the meantime die from exhaustion and cold. Eight figures can be distinguished through the field glass clinging to the piers which together with the one who floated ashore leaves seven unaccount ed for, and it is feared thev have been lost. Latkr.—Tho life saving crew has succeeded in rescuing four pertons and it is now known that ten of those who were on tho frail pier when tbe storm burst upon it are now drowned. The storm was of great fhry. It blew up very suddenly and the work of destroying tiie temporary stracture was quick and complete." The mw had Ho means of escape beyond Oti small boat which is supposed to have gone adrift when the storm first struck the pie. Tho unfortunate men were carried Into the lake with the wreck- and were coui- lled to battle for their lives with iltle to aid them beyond stray pieces of floating timber in the blackness of the night. But few facts are obtaina ble at tliis hoar and only the outlines of the disaster are known. Th« Episcopal Coax re**. Detroit, Mich., October 7.—Tiie ninth Episcopal Congress of the United States mot this morning in this city, the first service being the commooien at St. John’s Church, after which the regular aesaions began at Whitney’s Opera Honse, Bishop Harris presided and delivered Uie welcoming address, after which the Congress adjourned nntil 7 o’clock this evening. —At Alexandria, Egypt, the PKa d’Alexandre (newspaper) has suspended by the antboritias for months for advocating tbe restoration of the ex-Kbediro Ismail boarder •a—Expert j*LS|>czzia Wfsness of forts. *- Bri 'to Ottawa, captains to joinjl pedition. • ' ) —The slenmPTTallapoosn Is now in E«]gnr4own harbor and is now compar atively safe front the (Effects of gales and the ocean swell. —The commissioners on Sooth American commerce calloil on General Grant at his residence in New Y'ork on Thursday, and listened to his views on the subject. —The faculty of Vassal- College lias ordered the girls to discontinue pistol practice, on the ground that it makes their. Iioid and brazen. —Curran Battle, a prominent farmer of Warren county, Ga., aged sixty, was killed in his steam gin last Satur- day. —The business failures for last week in the United States, were 196, and in Canada 24—making a total of 220, as against 217 the week before. —The citizens of St. Louis are mak ing preparations for a grand celebra tion of tiie fonr hundredth anniversary of the lauding of Columbus. —Lieutenant Grecly leaves Ports- roouth, N. II., for Washington about November 5. His health is slowly improving. —The schooner Arabia, with 20,000 bushels of corn, sank at tbe entrance to Georgian Bay during a heavy gale recently. —On Thursday last a Philadelphia young lady threw ajiottle vitriol at a gentleman who hanneglected licr for another. —Mr. D. A. Brown, of San Francis co, while at Pescadero, picked up on the beach a perfect opal with a mova ble drop in the centre. —The Massachusetts Humane Socie ty has presented a medal to Commo dore Schley for bis services in rescuing the Grecly party. —During a game of Imll in the rear of a tenement in New York on Sunday a row was started and three Italians were seriously if not fatally stabbed. —At.Fond dn Lac, Minn., last Tues day, a portion of a freight train was thrown from the track into the St. Louis River, three train hands losing their lives. —Several challenges have recently been exchanged between nrominent people in Paris. Several uncls been fought and others pending. —Two men, one a flagman, were killed near Foxborough. Mass., by the breakingof a dump-trein on the Bos ton and Providence Railroad on h&t Saturday. —At Ottawa, Ont., it is feared tiiat a large herd of cattle, Which was be ing driven from Montana into Canada, has been appropriated by Piegan In dians. v> - -— —fflie citizens of Salmas, Mexico, revolted against tbeir tyrannical Alcalde and killed him and his chief of police, after toeing thirty of their num ber, on Friday. —Sergeant Kelly, of the JJnitod States army, on trial at Portland, Me., for tiie killing of yonng Smith at Fort Popham, claims accidental shooting as his defence. —Recent'rejioAs from St. Domingo it Fi-tOll have are reported der of Abbie Butler, his young wife, at Pierceton, Ind., on September 29, 1883. —A late dispatch reports the arrest of the husband and two sons of Mrs. Henderich, of Evansville, Ind., whose decapitated body was found on Wed nesday in a cistern, tbe head being bidden in some bushes. Great excite ment prevails. Lynching was at tempted, but the lynchers were foiled —The tot at visible supply of cotton for the world is 1,686,165 bales, of which 1,021,365 bales are American, against 1,800,132 bales and 1,225,832 bales respectively last year. Receipts of cotton at all interior towns 109,840 bales. Receipts from plantations 223,- 924. Crop in sight 822,243.' —Secretary Lincoln will leave Wash ington in a few days for Illinois, where he will make a, number of 8|>eeches in support of the Republican candidate for • President. lie will probably* make bis first spesch at Mat- toon. Secretary Teller will enter the campaign in Colorado this week. — Prof. George Hubbard, principal of a seminary iu Madison, Ind., last week administered a slight punish ment to Emma Stanley, aged fourteen, for persisting in whispering in class, andscnt-lier home temporarily sus pended. Tho girl’s father, Harry Stanley, went to the school, knocked Hubbard down ami horsewhipped him. Papers are out for Stanley’s arrest. Chicago, October 7,—The following will be iooed to-morrow: Prohibition Headquarters, ) Chicago, III., October,7,1884. $ . To the peoplaaf the United States: Iffriew of the Misery and crime re- snlting from alcoholism* and of tbe gnilt fastened npon tbe people by the R ivenimeuts, municipal, State and atlooal, by permitting and fcven licensing the trafle in poisonous drinks, the executive committee of tbe Prohibition party call upon all the people of this country to observe Wednesday, Ootober 29,’ as a day of fasting, humiliation and confession, and iu view of tbe taoc that many all over thfe land are aroused and realize the enormity of the liquor crime and are willing to be at cost and pahis to “ Chrisl pul it away, we call npon ail Christian believers to unite in prayer tp p! Almighty God that his aid may be given to measures which will result in tiie speedy putting away of this guilt and the suppression of the traffic in alcoholic drinks. ~ John B. Finch, Chairman Malarial Polaaa. Romk, Ga., May 23, 1883. In 4880 I came from the • North to CROPS IN SEPTEMBER. The Regular Monthly Report of the State Department of Agriculture. Tiie State I>cpartmeiit of'Agricul- tnre furnishes Uie following crop re- l»ort, compiled from returns from township correspondents, October 1. The report covers every county in the State: t COTTON. was greatly injured of the indicate that Frdi«B looks with, trust on thfiJiegotjations between Republic aflmthe. United States for a special treaty of commerce. —Two stee^| escaped from the cen tral stock yftrfflBta. Arwy City last Saturday and rea Wia&y through sev eral street*, crcSiua. intense excite ment amiiiijalliigmM al peraous. —Hon. Gaorge Irvine, Q. C. t of Quebec, has been appointed by the Lords Commissioners of the Admiral ty andagumrid by tlw Dominion gov ern meuEsJndge Of the Vice Ad miralty Court at Quebec. # —For the quarter ending with Sep tember there were seventy more ru- K >rted cases of contagions diseases in ew York than last year. Tbe crease is moat marked in cases of diphtheria and of typhoid and malarial fevers. . —The Republic of Nicaragua is tbe only Latin American country that •wes no foreign debts, while its do mestic indebtedness can be extinguish ed at a moment’s notice by tho nse of tbe surplus funds in tbe national treasury. —Members of the Tammany Society met in Tammany HaH or Monday evening to bold their regular monthly meeting. After a siege of waiting they determined that no qMtnm could be obtained and adjourned nntil tbe 8th of-November. —Judge Galt last week delivered t in Toronto* in the suit of . Phoenix Lodge I. O. O. F. f ies received dnring the cere- . 'of initiation in favor of the tiff for $580 damages. —Mr. Sheridan Holmes, living - i plain- Cotton drooght tiiat prevailed over nearly the entire State during the mQntb.of Sep tember. The plant was attacked by the rust, tbe bolls opened prematurely, and a larger part of the "top crop” was lost. The bolls are much under the usual size and lint i« very shot. A correspondent in Newberry comity says that instead of yielding one pound of lint for three of seed, the usual outturn, it requires, of the present crop, 1,300 pounds to gin out 400 pounds of lint. In the lower counties there was a heavy rainfall between the 1st and 10th of September, followed hot, dry and cool nights, proving very injurious to the crop. A correspon dent in Berkeley county esti nates that on his own farm he will make 300 pounds of short cotton per acre and 160 pounds of long cotton, and his immediate neighbors will possibly realize even better results, but that in bis opinion the crop generally will not exceed sixty pounds of long cotton and 150-pounds of short cotton per aero. The correspondent on Janies Island estimate* the yield of cotton at 200 pounds per acre. Many of tbe correspondents believe that the crop will be gathered by the 1st of Novem ber at the latest. The weather has been exceptionally favorable for pick ing. The iydicated yield nt this time In upper Carolina J48 pounds of lint per acre; middle Carolina 144 pounds per acre, and in lower Caro lina 165 pounds per acre. Average for the State 152 pounds, against 130 pounds last year. ^ . CORN. The yield of corn per acre- is esti mated as follows: Early planted bot tom corn 37 bushels; replanted on bottoms 16 bushels; early planted up land 10 bnshels; late planted upland 5 bushels."* — take charge of the gas works in Rome, as superintendent, and after tho over flow, which occurred in the spring following, I was very much exposed to malarial poison, and in 1882 found my blood so contaminated with the poison that I was forced to give up business. I was treated by tiie Rome physicians without relief, they advis ing me to go North, which I did. The doctors North told me that my onl hope was to return to tiie milder cl: mate, and accordingly I came back to Rome, cotnplely broken down ant nearly a skeleton. My trouble finally determined iu an abscess of the liver, and nearly every one, (myself includ ed) thought I was doomed to die within a few days. In this condition I was advised by u friend to take Swift's Specific, and I took it just as a drowning man would catch at a straw, but as soon as iny system gof^under Uie influence of the remedy, the ab scess came to a point and burst, pass ing off without pain. Iu fifteen days after this I was up at my work, and have since enjoyed excellent health. Every snfferer from malarial poison should take Swift’s Specific. C.G- Spencer, Supt. Rome Gas Light Co. Treatise on Blood ami Skin Diseases mailed free. The Swift Specific Co., Drawer 3, Atlanta, Ga., 159 W. 23d St., N. Y., and 1205 Chestnut St., 1’hila. * TROUBLED sex? If so, to you we brings tidings of com fort and great joy. Yon can BLCURED and restored to perfect health by wing BradMd’s Regulator! It is a special remedy for all diseases pertaining to the womb, and any intelli gent woman can cure herself by following the directions. It is especially efficacious in cases of suppressed or painful menstrua- fefnedy to be used during that critical period known as “Crange of Life,” this invaluable preparation lias no rival. RAYED HER LIFE! . Kidoe, McIntosh Co., Ga. I)n. J. Bradfield—Dear Sir I have taken several bottles of your Female Re; lator for falling of the womb and other diseases combined, of sixteen standing, and I really believe I am cured entirely, for which please accept my heartfelt thanks and most profound gratitude. I know your medicine saved my life, so you see I cannot speak too highly in its favor. I have recommended it to several of my friends who are suffering as I was. Yours very respectfully, MRS. W. E. STEBBINS. * A JudaeV Wife Burned to Death. Washington, Oct. 7.—Mrs. Clarke, wife of Justice William T. Clarke, was bni ned to death near Vienna, Fairfax county, Virginia, yesterday. While trying to hum out a wasp nest in the house with a torch the flames tonched an oil can hanging in the room and tiie explosion which followed set fire to her clothing. Merafala. Are any members of your family thus afflicted?' Have they scrofulous swellings of the glands? Have they any scrofulous sores or ulcers? If so, ami it should be neglected, the peculiar taint, or poison, may dep<Mit itself in the suhstaofce of the lungs, producing consumption. Look well to the condition of your family, and if thus afflicted, give the proper remedy with- out delay. Hut use that wniehiuakes abso lute cures in the shortest space of time. The unerring finger of public opinion points to B. B. B. as the most wonderful remedy for Scrofula ever known. You need not taks our word—you need not know our names— merit is all you seek. Ask your neighbors, ask your druggist, ask or write to those wiio give their eertifieates and be convinced that jt. H. B. is the quickest and most per fect Tilood Purifier ever before known. • FALL OPENING. Desportes & Edmunds, COLUMBIA, A C. o DRESS GOODS, SILKS, PLUSHES, Satins, Laces, Corsets, Gloves, White Fine SMALL GRAIN. The small grain crop, wheat and oats, was one of the largest, if not the largest, ever gathered in the State, but the harvest season was very un favorable, and the crop, oats particu larly, was damaged in the field after being cat. The yield per acre of oats is estimated at 15 bushel? and of tyheat 9 bushel* per^uwe.'"Tiie quality of- *e grain is rejiorted by about one-half of the correspondents as the same as last year, one-fourth regard it as bet ter, and the balance think it inferior to last year’s crop. RICE.. The itonfiS and nigh tides damaged Ifta rice crop. The tides ran over the banks ami backed on tiie rice, injurin; Goods, Table i)amask. Ladies’, <*>ents’ -and Children’s Shoes, Boots and Bootees. * Also, Gents’, Youths’, Boys’ and Misses’ Hats. Also, Gents’ Underwear, Carpets and Millinery. — .ST. JOHN’S SEWING. inCOTSte. Orders bv mail Uvited. DESPORTES A EDMUNDS, Columbia, S. C. July 23-l6hi slow IN USE—36,989. mg that which had been cut and stacked in the fields, causing it to sprout, and will blast the heads of such young rice as had licaded out. The Joss from the tides is estimated in the different local ities at from ten to twenty-five per cent. A correspondent in’ George town says tiiat the losses are less than in average years. Another corres pondent says: "On tho 10th of Sep tember tiie wind blew hard, the rains were very heavy, continuing for sev eral days, the rivers were speedily filled, and tiie water meeting the high sea tides flooded most of the vice lands, damaging the crop at least twenty-five in ' per cent. A considerable portion of the June planting was caught iu the blossom, but it is too early to estimate the damage to that part of the crop. An early frost would bo fatal.” OTHER CHOI’S. The condition of Irish potatoes is reported at 90; sweet potatoes 80; sorghum 84 and sugar canc 78. To anybody who has disease of throat or re wifi lungs, we for Consmn plaints gs, we will send proof that Plso’s Consumption has cured the same in other r casm. Address, Cure com E. T. H AZKi.tiKE, Wwren, Pa. % 1 A Negro Lynched by Negroes. New Orleans, October 11.—A spe^ cial to tbe THmei-Democretf from Vicksburg reports the lyncl Dock Martin, colored, who E. N. Peasants, ooloced* at Rolling Fort, Miss. A mob of colored men overpowered the guard and hanged tbe prisoner from a bridge. 8g of killed »f roods a _f*»iir * iwnrovosl Keller Poatttrc - t d and Krrtifisla* Drill and oar a' the beat, and can •’Tied. Cimdnyami ~ We can he add as cheap. All are wnr* RHEUMATISM Although s practitioner of Bear twenty yssrs, my mother Influences Am to procure B. to B. tar her. She had been confined to her bed seven] months with Rheumatism which hnS stubbornly resisted nil Within twenty-four home after B. B. B. I observed marked relief. She has just commenced her third bottle and Is nearly m active aa ever and has been In the front yard with i“roM in hand,” rtecnagup. Her improvement Is truly womUrfwt end Jmmrnsely gratifying. C. H. MONTGOMERY, M. D. JockaoavtDe, Ala., June t, MM. KIDNEY TROUBLE For ever six yean I have been a sufferer fram a troebtaeoSM todney complaint, forth# relief of which I have spent evertm without benefit; the remedies proving Minn* The hm of one gle bottle of B. B. B. hns i giving men relief than all combined. It la a quick curs, Whfls others, If me at Ml, an tothe ' C. H. ROBERTS, Scrofula. Dr. L. A. Gnlld, of Atlento, who owns a and vineyard, hasaiafien cured of a of Jk &'B»‘ the ease. Our Treatise on the'“Health and Happi ness of Woman” mailed free. BRADFIELD REGULATOR CO., Atlanta, Ga. 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