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ess ESTABLISHED 1865. NEWBERRY, S. C., THURSDAY, JUNE 21, 1888. IN THE NAME OF THE ALMIGHTY. A Solemn and Impresaive Scene at the White House. A Republic reporter was talking with Mr. W. C. Connor, mayor of Dallas, Texas, and secretary of the Texas dele gation to the recent Convention, on 4th .treet yesterday afternoon, when a tall, well built, fine looking man in clerical black v alked out of the Plan ters' House and turned southward. "There's a man you ought to know," said Mr. Connor. "He is the Rev. A. P. Smith, and one of the most promi nent clergymen in Texas, and can tell you a very interesting story regarding a recent experience with the President, if he will." The reporter immediately approached Mr. Smith and said: "I understand that you recentiy enjoyed a very in teresting experience with President Cleveland. Are you willing to relate it for the benefit of thie epublie's read ers." "You are :'ditly inforlmed, sir. I re cently had an experience with the President that was not only extreneiy interesting, but to me it was one of the most solemn episodes of my life, and an occasion never to be forgotten. I have been for the past three weeks in attend ance on the Southern Presbyterian as sembly at Baltimore and the Union Conference at Philadelphia. On my re turn I stopped off at Washington and called on. President Cleveland. I was re ceived with a frank courtesy I can never forget. I was immnensely surprised at the intimate knowledge of Texas displayed by the President. Ie possesses wider and more accurate information regard ing the State than half of its residents, and I confess I felt considerably chagrined when more than once I was obliged to confess my ignorance in re ply to his questions. I also enjoyed the honor of a presentation to Mrs. Cleveland. I have met many charm ing and beautiful women in my day, but never one more attractive than she. I do not think the newspapers have exaggerated her charms of manner and person an iota-in fact, I do not think the English language affords a term that can over-paint the virtues and at tractions of a thoroughly good and beautful woman. But I am forgetting what I was to tell you about ! As I leaving the White House the President came graciously forward to shake hands with me, and while I still grasped his hand a messenger entered in with a telegram, which, with an apology to me, he presented to the President. Mr. Cleveland opened, read it at a glance, and, without the quiver of :. muscle in his face, continued his conversation with me. I imagined the dispatch related to some unimportar.t piece of State business, but, as I was leaving him, he handed it to me with a smile and said : "Perhaps you will be pleased to be among the first to know this piece of news -?" "I cannot describe to you my feelings when I read on that little slip of paper the announcement of the President's renomination ! I could not offer stere otyped congratulations to a man se grandly calm and so wonderfully sel: possessed, and as I 'ooked at his strong, commanding and impassive features, I feit th'e inspiration of the hour and the man's singular and slendid !fate, and I S knew that he was the creature of a will even stronger than the will of the peo pie, which had called him to the high pilce he so magnificently fills, andl would maintain him there until his mission was ended. Lifti.' my hands - above his head, I blessed nimn and his Administration, in the name of Al mighty God, and gave him cheer for the tight to comei. He received miy blessing with bowed head anid re mained an instant in the same posi tion ; then, with a gesture and a word, he thanked mec anid moved away. It was an impressive moment, and 1 do0 not believe there wvas a p)erson in the room who did not feel a solemn eon viction that he was looking upon the next President of tihe United States, beyond the power of mere partisan op position to make otherwise." mperor William bquated tothe Hall of Glory at Berlin the sword which he carried from 1810J to 1834; the sword he carried in the battle of Koeniggraetz, July 3,- 1866, and all through the Austrian and Franco-Ger man wars, its blade having the names of the principal b)attles engraved upon it; the sword carried by himn on parades; theswvord inherited from his brother, King FredIerick William IV; all his decorations for military merit, together with the presenlts received on his mili t ary jubilees, and his gold and silver laurel wvreaths; and finally, the sword carriedl by his father in the unlucky days of 1506 and( during the Napoleonic wars, which during the Emperor's life-tinme alwvays stood by his writing desk in thme historic corner room of the Royal Palace. As a souvenir the Lichterfelde corps of cadets received the swvord presented to the Emperor at St. Petersburg in 1834, and carried by him until the morning of the day of Koeniggraetz. Finally, the Emperor ordered the uniforms of all the regi mxents of which lie was the honiorairy c~ommnander to be distributed to the~ respective regimnents. Too Big a Strain. [From i the Courier-Journal.] The Rochester woman who had not looked into a mirror for t wenty years, died. The feminine system is sure -to give w:iy under a long strain like that STANFORD'S UNIVERSITY. Its Objects as Explained by the Senator Himself. Just before Senator Stanford left Washington city for Europe heexpress ed himself as follows with respect to the objects and purposes of the Lelaid Stanford, .Jr., University of California: Generally the objects of the iustitu tion are set forth in the articles of en dowment, but there are, of course, ninutie not set forth in them. I niay say that I propose that the institution shall have steadily in aim the possibili ties of humanity and how to realize them. In this institution I desire that the students shall be made to appreciate the evil eolseuuences of the liquor traluie. There are probably in Califor nia to-day more adult males engaged in selling distilled liquors than there are engaged ill tilling the soil, and I am satisncd, taking the country at large, that with the waste of tilne of the null her of people engaged in the selling, and the waste colsekluent by the consulers, there is a loss to the country in general fully equal to 25 per cent. of the power of production. I want the education of the students to be such as shall give them a realizing sense of the impor tance of temperance. I desire every student to have the opportunity prac tically to learn how to cultivate the soil for every branch of agriculture. Par tieular attent:in will be given to co operation. i walt ill this. school that one sex shalt have equal advantages with the ot:er, and I want particularly that the women shall have open to them every elmploynent suitable to their sex. I believe by doing so that they will be stronger physically and mentally and better fitted for wives and mothers, and I believe that if the vocations of life are thrown open to them, without their engaging in anything unsuitable to their sex, they can add another 2.> per cent. to the power of production to the country, and this will go far to ward realizing the possibility of giving comfort and elegance toall. As I desire this institution to deal particularly with the welfare of the masses it will be open to the poor as well as the rich, and the price of tui tion will be so moderate as to be within the reach of most people. The few very rich can get their education anywhere. They are welcome to this institution if they will come, but the object is more particularly to reach the multitude and the people who have to consider the expenditure of every dollar. The hope is to care for orphans ; they may be sent there, provided for com fortably, and will be looked after. Free scholarships will be provided for meritorious young people who are un able to pay for their education, and such students will be given an oppotunitv to earn money to help them through their college course. There will be a machine shiop and a department to en courage inventions. Religious teach ings will be provided for, but-sectarian ismn will be prohibited. The Qnestion of State Rtailways. [Atlanta Constitution.] Not satisfied with the ownership of all the telegraph lines in the kingdom, the British government is now seriously conlsideri ng the exped iency of purchai~s ing~ all the railways. Th poits mad.e in favor of tile scheme show that unider the existing system of privat --wnership English railways are both expensive and op pressive. Transportation charges are about eighty-five per cent higher than they arc in Belgium, where the govern nment owns nearly all of the railways, and about sixty per cent higher than those of Germany, another country where state ownership is thme rule. The terminal charges, also, ini England are about double those of the other coun tries mentioned. lt is, therefore, claim edi thaIt the plurchlase of tlhe railways by the British government would enable the ant horities to p)rescribec a system of lower and more eqlual rates, to the mlanifest advantage of the connmnere a:~try of the country. On the other hand, the opponents of the proposedi chanige say that the peo le would merely be substituting onie burden for another. It would cost six billion dollars to buy the railroads, and thlis suml borrowed at three per cenit would increase the annmual amount rais ed by taxation fully one hunidred and eighty mlillionl dollars. Und(er tihe expected reduction inl charges the net earnings of tile roads would not pay this money inlto tIle treasury, nlor any conlsiderable part of it. It is also charg edI that (on the conitinient, under the state systeml of owniership, there is a stronig disinclination to adopt aniy mo dernl impnIrovemnents amnd new inv.en tionsl. Red tap)e doinates thle whole thing, and the government ofticials are satisfied to run their railways from generation to generation without at tempting to improve them. Thue remedy for the tranlsportation evils ini Enlgland has been suggested by several thoughtful students of tile probleml. It is s;imply to build coin p)etinlg linIes, and a good many of them, and leave them under tile control of private ownlershlip. Doubtless, this is thle best suggestion that hIas been made. The only thing that will effectually smash a railway monopoly is comnpeti tion, and private enterp)rise may be trusted to build new railways whenever and wvherever there is a tempting de mlanld for them. It is almost umnneces sarv to say that this view of the rail way situation across the water is very largely applicable to the transportation HILL TALKS OF CLEVELAND. Words Indicative of Democratic Harmony in New York. Governor Hill, of New York, in his speech at the big, Tainmany ratification meeting on Tuesday, said of Cleveland, referring to Ingalls' attack on him: It is true that our candidate comes from the plain people, and we do not attempt to palliate it. A poor boy, the son of a humble clergyman, he fought the battle of life alone, courageously, 1 pluckily, and successfully, retarded by poverty, hardships, and adversity; and it is to the honor of the Democratic party that it delights to elevate such candidates, and that with open arms it welcomes to its places of leaderships those who have risen from the ranks of the people by their own exertions and their own abilities. The time was when the Republican party also sought its candidates from other ranks than those of the million aires. Monopolists were at least kept in the rear, and were contented with the pecuniary benefit that high taxation have them. Now they seek both the benefits and the honors, and these men are the controlling force in the Republi can party to-day. Then such men as Lincoln and Greely and Sumner and Phillips and Seward and Wilson were there represen tatives. Then Lincoln [Applause], the man of obscure origin and of unknown antecedents could aspire to the Presi dency, even as Cleveland has aspired to it and attained it once and will achieve it again; and all the mechinations and. eflorts of the monopolists who control the Republican party, and the venom ) and denunciation of their apologists and defenders, will not avail against him. The most bitter partisan cannot deny that the President is an honest and sincere man. For over three years the country has had the benefit of a wise, i economical and successful administra tion of public affairs, and the Democra cy may confidently appeal to the people for the continuance of our party in power. I concede that neither the President nor his administration has escaped criticism. But Jefferson was criticised, Monroe was assailed, and Jackson was abused. History repeats itself. Thomas H. Benton, in one of his famous speeches in the United States Senate, thus describes the attack upon President Jackson, and the pre dictions made by his opponents con cerning his administration of public affairs. Benton said: Never had a man entered upon the chief magistracy of a country under such appalling predictions of ruin and woe; never had anyone been so pursued with direful prognostications; never had anyone been so beset by a powerful combination of political and moneyed confederates. History has been ran sacked to find examples of tyrants sufficiently odious to serve to :llustrate him by comparison. LangL ge has been tortured to find epithets suffi ciently strong to paint him in desc&p tion. Imagination has been exhausted in her effort to deck him with inhuman and revolting attributes-tyrant, des pot, usurper; rash, ignorant, imbeeile; destroying domestic prosperity; ruin ing a 11 industry, all commerce, all manufactures; delivering up the streets of p)opulous cities to grass and weeds, and the wharves of commercial towns to the encumbrance of decaying vessels: depriving labor of all reward; depriving industry of all employment; destroying the currency; plunging an innocent and happy peop)le from the height of felicity to the depths of misery, want, and despair. Then, comparing the piredictions wi .h the facts, and inquiring wvhether these calamitous prognostications had been vo'rified by events under Jackson's D)emocratic rule, he said: Domestic industry is not paralyzed; confidence is not destroyed; factories are not stopped; workmen are not men dicants for~ bread and employment; eredit is not destroyed; prices are not sunk; grass is not growing in the streets of populous cities; the wharves are not cumibered with decaying vessels; col umns of curses, rising from the bosoms. of ruined and agonized people, are not ascending against the destroyer of a nation's felicity and prosperity. On the contratry, the reverse of all this is true, and true to a degree that astonishes and bewilders the senses. The predictions concerning a Demo cratic administration in 1832, and sub stantially re-echoed in 1884, are ain swered amid refuted in 1888 as success fully as they were in 1836. The promises our party made in 1884 have been fulfilled so far as it has been in our power to perform them. -The public credit has been maintained; the p)ublic debt is lessening; our navy has been strengthened; we are at peace at home and abroad; and there is an earniest effort to reduce taxation. 'We favor freer trade but not free trade. The Democratic platform, while not in every respect as some of us might desire it, sufficiently expresses the prin ciple of tariff reform to which we are all committed. (Cheers.) If I thought that our platform favored free trade I should not be here to-night. (Renewed cheering and applause.) I believe in an intelligent, fair, and honest revision of the tariff, a revision in the interest of the people and not of monopelies. I believe in protecting labor in every legitimate arnd proper way, but un necessary and unjust burdens upon commerce do not afford any assistance or protection to working men. (Cheer ing and applause.) Cyrus Field owns an English title, CAN GOULD GO TO HEAVEN. )uestions Discussed in Wall Street-what Ingersoll Says. NE:w Yox, June 10.-The reported llness of Jay Gould has been the ,veek's topic for gossip in Wall street. A story told there with much positive less was that Jay Gould had not only nade a special study of the Biblical )arable of the camel and the needle's ye, but had consulted with his pastor, he Rev. John R. Paxton, on the sub ect of a rich man's chance of getting nto the Kingdom of Heaven. It was old with a circumstantiality that aused general belief that Mr. Paxton iad, in consequence of Gould's anxiety, ,reached a sermon setting forth that ;he Bible teaching was not that a iresus was inadmissible to Paradise. Jf course, such atale faded slowl' out avhen investigated with a view to writ ng it truthfully. A visit to Dr. Paxton, n whose 4.d street Presbyterian(h I rebI he Gould family occupy a pew, yiehl d a prompt denial of the whole story. "It is true that Mr. Gould and I have .ad many casual social ieetings, "said SIr. Paxton, "and our conversation hms een to some extent on religious sub Iects, but surely he never consulted me is to his wealth shutting him out. of Eeaven. That is preposterous." "Is Mr. Gould a Christian." "It is not for me to either form or ex ?ress a definite opinion as to any indi ridual's Christianity. Mr. Gould is ,ot a member of any church, and there bore is not an avowed Christian. He is t quiet, reticent gentleman, who would >e apt to keep his religious experiences argely to himself, in any event. His vife is a Presbyterian and a good one, ontributing of her money and time reely to the church and philanthropie )bjects." The sermon preached by Dr. Paxton vas general in its nature, and in (oc ,rine was that a rich man could get into aeaven as easily as a poor man if he ised his riches properly. But Gould ;as a listener to this discourse, which lid not seem to apply more particularly ;o his case than to that of Russell 'age, f. D. Rockefeller, the Standard Oil ;hief, or to any other of the score of very wealthy men in the congregation. Col. Robert G. Ingersoll said: '".a:, 3ould could no more go to Heaven, if he Bible be true, than could t.he devil aimself, and he knows it. Moreover, Tay Gould never talked with Paxton, yr anybody else, on the subject, except )y way of diversion, because he is a total unbeliever in orthodox Chris tianity. I know this fora positive fact, because I have more than once had ronversation with him on the subject. Naturally, as I am a conspicuous pagan, people are quick to speak to me n religious subjects. Sometimes they tacitly assent to my unbelief without really agreeing with me, and sometimes they assail me fiercely; but Mr. Gould is what I call a reasonable unbeliever. lust as there are millions of p)rofessed Christians who have no absolute views of their own, and do not know why they are Christians at all, so there are unbelievers who have not brought themselves to that profession by any course of reasoning. But Mr. Gould is a calm, deliberate agnostic-that is to ay, a man who has thought the whole thing over, and haS come to the fonlut sion that he knowvs as much as any body else about a future state, and( that is justnothing at all. Mr. Gould i:s a student. He devotes more time tii people imagine to reading, and that oni ubjects entirely disconnected with anance. Christian ity received for m any years his careful, searching attention, and the result of it all is that he stand:s to-day in agnostic." CLEVELAND'S NEW CHAIR. [t s Made to~ Order In Boston and Is 1leaii tiful and Strong, BosTOx, MASS., .June :'.-It is not often a newspaper mia has the honor of filling the Presidential chair, but a Trav-eller reporter had that privilege yesterday. 'That is to say, he sat in the new office chair that is soon to be occu pied by President Cleveland in the Executive Mansion at Washington. It would hardly be proper to say that the reporter filled it, for it is very large hair, as benefits the 280-pound Presi dent of this great nation. The chair was made to the order of Mr. Cleveland by Messrs White, Hol man & Co, of this city. It is a massive iwivel and tilt-back structure of quarter ed oak and cane, its total weight being ixty-two pounds. Tihe seat and back are square in shape and( are made of the very finest quality of cane. The former is twenty-three inches wide between the arms anxd the latter is thirty-five inches high. The general design of the chair is antique, and tihe legs, arms and framework are elegantly carved in fern and other patterns. The oak is highly polished, and the whole efibet is one of great finish and beauty. Aside from its olegance the remarkable width and height of the chair are its distinguish ing characteristics. It took a month to complete it, and the cost will, of course, be quite heavy. Some 1,700 feet of the finest cane were used in its construction. The arm-pieces are broad and set on carved spindles. It was niade from original designs, and the measurements were furnished by Mr. Cleveland. Bos ton workmanship has constructed fur niture for Kings as well as Presidents.1 The latest "victim of tobacco' is a sad case. He is seventy years old, has smoked for sixty years, and last week he married a woman forty years his senior. Tobacco-smoking affected his bhain. RIVES-CHANLER. The Marriage of the Authoress and Mil lionaire Conies Off Privately and Rather Uncxpeetedly at the Bride's Ancestral Home. [Special from New and Courier.] CIIA itl.<rrn:bsVII.I,:, VA., June 14. Miss Anielie Rives, the authoress of "The Quick and the Dead" and other works that have recently attracted attention in the literary world, was married this afternoon. The groom is Mr Joh n Armstrong Chandler, of New York, a wealthy grandson of John Jacob Astor. The anticipation of the time for this event as at first arranged caused a great deal of surprise in social circles. Some weeks- ago it was authoritatively an nounced that the marriage of this cou ple would take place early in the fall. The sensational stories of newspapers and persecutions fron this source de teriinel Mr. (handler and his fiance upon an ininiediate and strictly private iarriage. The license was proIred from the county clerk here on Monday, and that official was bound to secrecy. The matter, however, leaked out, and for the past three days society about here has been in a flutter of expectancy to learn when the wedding was to come off. At 2 o'clock this afternoon in the spacious drawing room of Castle Hill, the home of the bride's parents, Amelie Ilives and .1olin Armstrong Chandler were married. The persons present were Mlrs. Rives, the mother of the fair writer of weird stories, Misses Gertrude and Daisy, her sisters, an uncle, "Mr. Vim. Cabell Rives, of Boston, who gave the bride away, Miss Lou Pleasants, of Itichnond, and several cousins. The bride's gown was white silk, cut high in the neck with long sleeves. She wore diamond ornaments. The sisters also wore white and the mother was attired in black. The ceremony was very simple and was performed by the Rev. Mr. Good wyn, the rector of the little Episcopal Church three miles away from Castle IIill, where the bride h worshipped since her early childhood. The ring was not omitted in the ceremonials. The only absent link in the happy, bright famiily circle was the father of the bride, Col.A. (. ives. This gentle man is in Panama, where he is en gaged as general manager of a railroad project. His presence at home on this interesting occasion was almost impos sible. A cablegram portrayed the scene to him. After the brief ceremony the guests sat down to a bounteous din ner, many of the dishes of which were prepared in the old ante-bellum South ern style, now almost unknown. The young married couple will spend their honeymoon beneath the bride's ancestral roof. This is a spot to which the little lady clings with the tenderest affection. After remaining there a fewv weeks MIr..'and Mrs. Chandler will probab)ly sail for Paris, where they will make their future home. A WONDERPU~L BANK. Which Pays Dividends of 150 Per Cent Per Annum. The Chemical Bank of New York city is probably the strongest financial institution in this country, and, its p)rosperiity and success have been a nmarval in business and financial circles. A New York letter gives the following interesting points in reference to this wonderful moneyed institution: Ten shares of the Chemical Bank stock were sold the other day on the Stock Exchange at $3,000 a share, with out the hi-monthly dividend of 2.5 per cent. This is the hihest that this sto,ck has yet sold for, and it has long b,een nlotedl as commanding the highest premiium of any bank stock in the world. First National Bank stock comnnands $2,000 per' share, the Fifth Avenue Bank $800 per share, the Bank of Ireland $27.5 and the Bank of Eng land $350. Thie dlividenlds of the Chemical Bank have for a long time been at the rate of 5 per cent bi-mionthly, with an addi tionai ldividendl of 10 per cent some timie during the year or an even 100 per annlum. Thme dividenid declared for the first of MIarch andI to lie continued thereafter is 25 per cent hi-monthly, or 150 per cent per annum. Last year the b:mnk paid $3,000,000 in dividends, equal to thie amount of its capital stock. It is v'ery~ seldonm this valuable stock finds its way to the market, and then only in the settleimnt of sonme old estate, and when a sale takes place it attracts great attention. John B. Manning was the purchaser at tihe sale. In 184:3 or 18414 David Wolfe, the father of Catherinie Wolfe, bought 200 shares oif Chiemical Bank stock at par, or for $20,000. To-,da~y that same stock, at the price commanded, would be wvorth $720, (000, and( has paid more than $l,00.1x0 in dividendls since tile day it wats purchased. He.avenly Imminigration Conventions. [Fromi the Chicago News.] The people in the southern states have become so dleely interested in the sub ject of attracting settlers from abroad that campmetings in that section are called "heaven ly imighration conven t ions." To the Unfeeling Editor. [From the Somerville Journal.] The unfeeling editors really ought not to talk so much as they do about the red-headed girl and the white horse. It makes the red-headed girl feel bad, and it must make the horse wish that he h.ad never been born. GRANT'S LUCK. How the Hero Narrowly Escaped Sellng His Book for 810,000. [From the Chicago Times.] Leonard Swett told an interesting story the other day illustrative of Gen eral Grant's traditional good luck, as well as his lack of what is called shrewd ness in commercial dealings. When Grant was engaged in writing his memoirs the Century company, which had been publishing some of his war articles in the Century Magazine, offered him $10,000 for the manuscript of his book. Webster, the publisher, also had his eye on the alert for the forthcoming work, and one day called on the general to inquire about it. Grant was seated at his desk, about to attach his signature to the Century com pany's contract, which lay before him. It had apparently never occurred to him to ask more for his literary pro duction. Webster intimated that he would like to make an offer. "If it would not be impertinant," he said, "I would like to inquire how much the Century company agrees to pay you?" "Ten thousand dollars," General Grant said. "Then I wouldn't sign that contract just yet," said Webster. "Why not?" "Because I will pay you $50,000." General Grant opened his eyes in amazement. It had not occurred to him to set so high a value on his work, he had not thought of dickering beyond the first order. But he did not sign tie contract. Afterward Mark 'twain, Webster's relative and business partner, called and told the general that none of the publishers had offered him what his manuscript was worth. "I will give you $100,000 and a royalty," he said. So Webster & Co. became Grant's pub lishers. The firm has grown rich out of Grant's book and Grant's family has been paid overS500,000. The Inter-State Farmers' Association. This body was organized by the Inter-State Convention of Farmers which met in Atlanta, Ga., in August, 1887. It was a magnificent body of broad-minded, patriotic, representative agriculturists of the ten cotton States. The Association was-born of necessity. The peculiar and Ianguishing- condi tion of agriculture, especially in the South,. is a matter of intense interest and profound concern. To reach a just conception of our environments and to devise the wisest methods for relief, is the great and grand object and purpose of the Association. In all departments of industrial enterprise in the South except in the great field of Agriculture. we witness and feel the invigorating pulsations of quickened life and energy. There are causes which have unbal anced the industries of the country. They must be readjusted so as to secure to agriculture (the greatest of all) a fair showing in the race. To this end the Inter-State 2Farmers' Association was organized. Its next meeting will be held in the city of Raleigh, N. C., on Tuesday, 21st day of August next. It will be composed of delegates ap pointed by the Vice-Presidents of their respective States-five delegates and their alternates, from each congression al district. Of course, all who may come will be welcomed, but the vote is limited by the- constitution of the Association to five for each congres sional district. The Southern Passenger Association has established a 'schedule of summer excursion rates from all points South to various points in North Carolina, which are good from June 1st to Octo ber 31st. Parties attending the conven tion and desiring to bring their families to our charming summer resorts in our mountains or on the seashore, will find these excursion tickets convenient and cheap. Special rates will be secured and furnished to those who may desire simply to attend the convention and return. VICE-PRESIDlENTs. The Vice-President's elected by the Association for the various States are as follows: Alabama, R. F. Kolb, Au burn; Arkansas, L. P. Featherston, Forest City; Florida, G. R. Fairbanks, Fernandina; Georgia, A. Tr. MclItyre, Thomasville; Louisiana, Jno. Dymond, Belair; Mississippi, M. N. Burke, Co lumbus; North Carolina, D .McN. Mc Kay, Averysboro; South Carolina, E. R. McIver, Palmetto ; Texas, J. A. Rumsey, Georgetown. Our State authorities-our whole people, andl especially the citizens of our beautiful Capitol city, will cordially welcome the visitors from our sister Southern States. L. L. POLK, Pres' t Inter-State Farmers' Association. Raleigh, N. C., June U, 18&S. The New Convert. [From the Chicago Tribune.] "PIll do the best I can sir," said the new convert humbly to the good pastor, "but you mustn't expect too much of me at first. I've been an auctioneer for the last twelve years." That Jonah Whale. [From the Courier Journal.] Science is not clear as to whether the whale had hind legs at the time it swallowed Jonah. After that feast, however, it became so very sick that it was generally conceded in submarine circles that the monster was on its last lnes GRESIIAM'S ATLANTA WOUND. How the Posible Republican Nominee Fell Near Atlanta. [1 [Philadelphia Press.] is] In the spring of 1864 Gresham was Co relieved froim duty at Natchez and m ordered to the commond of a division Pa in the Seventeenth corps of the Army n of the Tennessee, to take part in Sher- ur mai's campaign against Atlanta. Gen- di eral J. B. McPherson commanded the ta array and General Francis P. Blair the corps, and with both Gresham became P3 a favorite officer. He was at the head w of his division in the battle of Kenne- m saw mountain and in all the engage- to ments until the army arrived in front ri' of Atlanta. Then, in the battle of ar Leggett's hill, July 20, 1864,- he was riding in advance of his men with a nE view of locating a position for a battery. w As he halted on an eminence and lil raised his field-glasses to his eyes his w tall firure attracted the attention of the ' Confederate sharp-shooters, and he fell g with a bullet below the knee. The limp which yet affects his walk is a hi result of that wound. McPherson gave tb his personal attention to his transpor- bx tation to the nearest railway station, fo where he laid several days before a train started for the North. Placed them in fo a, freight car at night, the light of a s lantern revealed near him a long box. s over which two soldiers were standing th guard. It contained the corpse of Mc- " Pherson, who had been killed the day o after they separated. Gresham was fo taken to his home at 'New Albany, ei where for more than a year he lay tl prone upon his back, nursed by his g faithful wife. Several times the sur- rt geons thought the limb should be am- P1 putated and so advised, but just as < often the General objected. He saved the leg, but was compelled to go on w crutches for several years. w Sam Jones on Dudes. Listen : When that girl began the O giddy whirl of the dance in the ball- I room, that was the time to get scared. r When you found your boy spending more money than you ought, that was b the time to get shocked. al Sow cards and reap gamblers. I know I'm called a transcendentalist and called a Puritan, but God save my S family from cards and profanity, and whiskey and dances, and let the world h call me what it will.h Sow parlor-dances and reap ball rooms. Sow ball-rooms and reap round b danecs. Sow round dances and reap <ludes and dudines. Sow dudes and dudines and reap half a thimblefull of b calves'-foot jelly. (Applause and laugh ter renewed again and again.) .I wish h you wouldn't laugh any more to-night, for I never ielt so solemn in my life. . For God's sake hear me with a solemn ity and earnestness worthy of the cause But you say I say so many funny things. If you only knew how many I have to keep back you wouldn't0 blame me for the few which ereep out.s Hear me, boys, girls, young ladies oft Kansas City ! I used to dance. I've t danced many a night with the girls,of s my town. Hear me. If I was a fair,a average dancing man, and I think I was, then no pure girl can go out on0 the floor aind dance another set. (A voice, "Hurrah !") Young woman, if you could but follow the young man, after he has seen you home, to somet bar-room or -elub and hear the discus a sion of your form and person and your virtue itself, you'd never lose your re-e spect and go on a ball room floor. [Sen sation.] The dudes get mad at me in sonic places and talk about wanting to slap niy jaws. [Laughter.] But I say, to their credit, they know better than to slap. I'm not afraid to drp down into a hundred acres of dudes and not a thing to fight with six shooters. [Laughter.1 The tendency of the Nineteenth cen tury is to dudeism. You dress a young a buck out, part his hair in the middle, a put on an eye glass, give him pants which look as though his legs had been melted and poured into 'em, put on tooth-pick shoes, and every girl in the town admires him. [Prolonged merri ment.] God help you, girls ; I'd rather see my daughter dead to-night than sitting in a parlor talking to a dude. [A pplause.] Thue good Bishop of New York says the con fessional shows that nineteen out of twenty girls mieet their d own fall in t he b'all-roomi. in all my observation I never knew a poor, ruined woman who did not go to ruin throughzl the ball-room and the theater. A woman who has lost her charaicter has lost all. but the by is lionized by society. If there's one t deeper, blacker hell:mnthan other it's for the man' wh~o crushes purity and v-ir tue undher his unhallowed feet. [Ap plause.] Thme only thing in the wvorld which deserves a double barreled shot gun and load of tmekshot is such a man. t A round dance is an aLn-terooml to ~ damnation. I never want to see the t arm oi a lecherous man around the waist of my wife or daughter. I ape nD> man. FIl be myself, be true to myself, and true to truth. All I want to do is to stand on the barrel, knock the bung ~ out, and let nature cut her capers. [Ap plause and laughter.] I may be an idiot andha fool, but you'd better think of these things. Mrs. Henri Labouchere, wife of the v editor of London Truth, has been mak- tl ing speeches in behalf of the Glad- a stonian cause. She was Henrietta t< Hodgson, the actress, and her elocution a: is something of a treat to the .English ti voters. Mr. Laboucher is an eloquent si speaker and with his talented wife iw mesa a strongr political team. ixH How to Manage Boys. ty M. Quad, in Detroit Free Press.] If I had a boy who had read of green ands and wrecked sailors until he uld shut his eyes and see parrots and Dnkeys and cocoanuts and waving llms-if he had firmly made up his ind that lie could never be happy til cast away on an island and re- - ced to a goat-skin over-coat, I shodld ke him out behind the barn and say: "My son, I see that you are not hap you evidently hunger for something I hich my,limited means will not per it me to give you. I think you want be wrecked. Very well. There's the 7er and an old skiff, and you can find i i land a few milesddwr.e Y' ree pieces of tarred rope, a plug of Lvy tobacco and a fish hook, and goon ith the wrecking business. If you :e it, come home at the end of- a :ek, and I'll send you out to the - Lcific, where the mosquitoes are big r and the cannibals more numerous." If the boy went I should look- for m back next morning-certainly at .e end of two days, and when he got ~ Aek the subject should be tabooed rever. It is natural for every boy to yearn r the deep blue sea and the life of a ilor. He hasn't the least idea that a ilr has anything to do butgit around le captain and spin yarns and answer, kye! aye! sir!" when the captain calls it the name of Jack Brace. Hethere re desires to go to sea and visit for gn countries and come home with-, .e bronze on his face and a roll to his Lit. Don't give your boy a chance to n away. When the signs become' ain have your plans all perfected and ready to say: "James anybody could tell by the ay you handle a clothesline that you ere born for a nautical cut to your , and it is plain enough that the >unding billow is your true elementi have arranged for you to make a trip i the lakes, and will then help you- to~ ,t a berth on an Indiaman. Be al ady to-morrow morning, James." I'd put him on board a schooner >und, say, from Oswego to Chicago, id I'd forward money to Chicago for im to come home by rail. If the money asn't there he'd come home on foot. ith the dark, damp forecastle-the a 'sickness--the curses and rope's end-' gs from the mate-the pulling and"A tuling-grease and tar buckets, he'd. nd in Chicago feeling that it would a a privilege to live on turnip at-home id sleep in the garret on a straw bed. f ve been right there, and I'mow. No father should be surprised- If his y develops a yearning to become a ; ighty hunter. There is something ighly fascinating in the ideaof knoek g over buffaloes, tigers, elephants and .raffes, and of successful encounters ith alligators and boa constrictors. _ Thaen the signs begin to crop out the ther should be ready. Take the boy ft and sit down on a log with him and "James, it's a burning shame for me-i i keep you around home here and yoil your whole future. I came across bar of led, half a pound o f salt and a af of bread which you secreted in the - it bin yesterday as a starter for going a fest. There's no need of any slyness ry son. I want you to go. I shalt be roud of you if you become a great unter. P'll lend you the shot gun and ohreblankets and a frying pan, st pieee of woods. If you'll stay there iree days and three nights, then P'l t you out and send you to the Black [ills.' He'd be almost certain tocome sneak ig into the back door before bed time, ut if he put it off until morning so mech the better. He'd have the whole ight in which to turn pale, look about ith wild eyes, shiver at every sound, old his breath at the hoot of an owl, nid to promise himself over and over gain: "Just let me live 'till morning and I ope to die if I ever leave home~again!" :xamination for Peabody Scholarships. [Columbia Rtegister.] There are four beneficiary Peabodyn :holarships in the Nashville Normal ollege to be awarded to applicants ~om this State, and the competitive ,xamination therefor will be held in ie office of the State Superintendent f Education on Thursday, July 12, at ) a. m. The applicant for a scholarship must e at least 17 years of age, present to ie President of the college a certificate f irreproacbable moral character, gen emauly or lady-like habits, presumed ood health, declare his or her inten on to make teaching a profession, must give a pledge to remain at the >lege two years if the scholarship is >ntinued so long, promise to submit tieerfully to all its requirements in 1e public schools of his or her own tate at least two years if there is oppor mnity. The amount of the scholar 2ip isS$200 ayear. Applicants who fail to obtain sebol eship, but pass satisfactory examina ons, will be admitted to the college ee of all charges for tuition. second the Amendment. [From the Sumorville Journal.] Another walking match has ended, 'ith no profits to the contestants or to ie public. These walking matches 'ill never do any good until the con ~stants are put in a row at one end of a ocean pier, with their faces toward ie boundless sea, and made to.walk - raight ahead until they get there, idows and orphans to divide the gate oney. -