Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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-.S-' ->rL llPillivI THE NEW SOUTH. SOUTHWAED THE STAB OF EMPIRE TAKES IT WAY. South Carolina the EI Dorado of America? ' An IndeMTuJent Editor's Eiccesili lot ! Events in Dixie. [-4. K. McClurt'* Letter to the PlnlaitlpUia Columbia, S. C., January 10.?The New South! We have heard that expression many times during the last twenty years, but it never had the meaning that it has to-day. We had a New South when the war closed; a South with slavery violently abolished and with poverty, desolation and widespread despair the heritage of her people, and a South unschooled in " progress, save as tlie severe necessities of war had impressed their lessons. We talked of the New South again wucu ivcuuuburuuuuu u?u tunij/icivu jus work in tbc tempest of partisan and scctional passion, bnt it was tbc greatpr y er sweep of desolaiion of peacc that followed the desolation of war. Then came the New SoaQi when intelligence, mtegrityand property gained the mstery in lecal government It - was achieved ouly after many years of bewildering debauchery and waste in authority, and of wanton hnmiiiation to all who refused homage to ignorance and theft; bnt it came with the first bright silver lining to the dark ctaa^ofr.war and; reconstruction, and it dated the beginning of the deliver: ance oftheSotmi from the fearfully retributive frnits of causeless civil war. The Sonth is often censored for its ready submission to the memorial .electoral crime of 1S76; but had all the interests of home, of property, of peace and seiffffltejajh appealed to "the Sonth, rSPhfcn th^Sr?-GoTeniinents o?Sonth. Carolina, Florida and Louisiana trero !b~led in the balance of fraud, there would "have been quite as prompt submission to a fraudulent Presidential title north of the Potomac as there was sonth of its historic banks. And when it is remembered that to have refused submission would have been stamped as a supplementary rebellion . against authority under color of law, and against the army with Grant at its head, there was sound discretion, in the submissive South. That monstrous electoral fraud fixed its own infamy indelibly in the annals of the nation, " .!" by jeeognizing the Democratic Governors elected on the same lickct with Tilden hi the three States that were despoiled of their electoral vote.-, and there is a measure of historic justice in the re-election of Vice-President Hen-:s dricks that would have been rounded oat in the grandest completeness, had ' not the infirmities of time dimmed the lustre of achievement in the life .of. Samuel J. Tilden. The New South:of to-day woold have dated eight years earlier had not the decisive judgment; of the nation been overthrown in crime; bat there is new vastly riper fitness for improving all the logical advantages of the disenthrahoentofthe South than there could have been i:i 1877. There are few even among the more intelligent people of the North, who can justly appreciate the New Sooth of 2886. Only those who have freely mingled with the Southern people do ring the last-fifteen years, and carefully : noted their condition ami the restraints and obstacles whirli con?*onted them in every effort at manly progress, can understand the fall meaning of the words, the New South, as they are understood to-day. They have a practical meaning that only the Suth can understand, and yet they inspire no single hope or wish to undo that which has been done. The Southern eye, brightens and the Southern _ -_; : ^&^_heams with hope as the future of Cati>K /?ic/?neear{ Krif ni% turning with wistfnl eyes to the theories of the past. The" Old Sooth - is dead. It has passed away ; it is buried; it is forgotten, save as" old memories and pride cast their fitting shadows over the better present and brighter . future. I have heard no Southern man talk of the past as a guide for the future. A new generation has come from the cradle to manhood since Sumter was lired upon, and they with the surviving Southern .soldiery understand the irrevocable arbitrament of the sword. And they understand, also, that it would be midsummer mad. ness to turn back to the theories of the Old South, if it were within the limits of possibility to do so. Even South Carolina would not now return toslavery if it could. A large majority of her white leaders and an overwhelm ing majority of the white people would i vote and battle agaiust the restoration of black bondasre. Thcv wonkl be glad to limit their prerogatives -of ^ . citizenship as would the people of Pennsylvania under like circumstances, but their inherent pride of State forbids it, although fully possessing the power, because it would dwarf the Commonwealth in the councils of the nation and rank her with the insignificant States of the Union. In the-tree mingling with' the representative men of the Carolinas, including white and black, I fcave heard no hope or wish or - ?- fcar expressed as to reactionary movements in those States. In this State where secession was part of school eduction more than half a- century ago, nnd where*the'stern patriotism of a Jackson was needed to prevent nullification from breeding sectional war before many of the actors of the late war were bora, there is no shade of a shadow of reactionary movement; and the man who attempted it would be hopelessly overthrown. To assunie that they'have forgotten their love for their lost cause, their veneration for its heroes, their reverence for its dead, and their sorrows for its failure, would be to assume that they are more or less than human; but .that they are thoroughly assimilated with the new duties that new occasions have prescribed, and are in sincere and hearty accord with the new hopes and new achievements which now invite them,, is the honest truth. It can uo longer be a matter of speculation, as the revolution innational power will thoroughly test the aims and efforts of the . Southern people, and they will put to shame-reckless demagogues who have fanned die embers of sectional strife long years after the defeated and impoverished South has been struggling only for the right to retrieve its countess misfortunes. WHAT SOUTH CAROLINA HAS DOXE. But the Palmetto State has made the grandest progress during the last eight years, and, omitting the wealth reckoned for slaves, she is richer to-day than ever before, and with abundant evidence that the era of development, of intelligent business progress and of rapidly multiplying wealth, is just beginning its great work. Ic is naturally the richest State of the whole Union, without any exception. It has the best soil, with every advantage for its most profitable cultivation, of any part of the South; and the people who have been'born upon it and who have lived in the Inxnry of superabundance and agaiu ielt tbe poverty 01 ncipiess- j ness, are just now mastering1 the problem that a Yankee, compelled to lie awake at night to invent a method to get his pork and beans or pompkin pie, would have mastered in an hour. There is no other part of the South where so little labor will produce so much, bnt with the richest uplands skirting the Blue Ridge, and with J thrce-fonrtbs of the State .adapted to corn, South Carolina has ever been a buyer of bread, She should have five times hgr present population and be able to feed it from hor own fields without impairing her more valuable crops of cotton and rice, and every pound of her cotton could be more profitably spun and woven on her own superabundant water powers, than any other place on the continent. The New South whispers of these achievements, and that is wbv the sister Carolinas are more hopeful and more prosperous to-day than at any time sinee they summoned the angel of sorrow to shadow the land. TRYING TO PROVIDE FOB GRANT. The Senate Passes the ?111 to Place Him on the Retired X.iet of the Army. In the United States Senate, on the 14th inst., Edmunds, calling Frye to the Chair, took'the floor and called up the bill offered by him, providing that the President may appoint to the retired list one person who has occupied the position of General commanding the army or armies of the United States, or General in Chief of the United States army. Be moved to amend it by adding, "with; the rank and full pav of such General or Geni - ? Xl 1.^ erai ill i^mei, as iue case may ue. The amendment was agreed to." Cockrell desired to record his vole against the bill, not knowing whether the yeas and nays would be called on it. "The retired list was not the place for private citizens. It -bad- beenci*eated tor officers who, being still in' service, had been j^ndered mi fit for doty. There;iwas' neither justice nor propriety in "placing private citizens , on sueh a list. General Grant was now enjoying the receipt of $15,000 a year, which was enough for the support of any American citizen. The b>ll \vas passed after a very short debate, yeas 49, nays 9. :-> v Edmunds spoke strongly and feelingly in favor of the bill.-; Among the Democrats, Maxey, Voorhees, George, Gibson and Jonas spoke also in its. fevor. The Senator who voted nay were:?; Beck, Cockrell, Coke, Harris* Pe/s^ dleton, Saulsburv, Slater, Yauce and-1 Walker. " Edmunds said he concurred in the general principle laid down bv Cockrell as to the retir&d list, that it was not the place for private' citizens, lie ; (Edmonds) was, on that point, a ator and a citizen he was glau- of die opportunity to ask the passage-of this bill. .General Grant had served hisconntry feithfnlly aud gallantly iii the Mexican war while a vooiug: Lieutenant. Be became a^ain connected with, the army of the United. States.. on an occasion of very considerable: import tance and interest. " Edmunds was , stating It mildly, in order not to excite^ 'the temperament of anybody on the other side of tht^cbamben " General Grant, had -been removedfrom the office: of (General of al^ Armies of-the United States, from whick he would have been retired when hexeacbed the proper ageand put ontbis very list, -toassume again;-the commando* the armies oftbeUuited States-and Uemihander-inChief under itsiConsti tution. He had not sought' it. He b&d obeyed the call of duty. That removed him from the technical place that he had held in the army to s higher place, as Constitutional Commander - of the armies of the United Staterunder the law. When his term expired he became a private citizen. -In-that state of the ease and under eircamstances which all knew, and in view of the honor, respect, gratitnde and duty that we owe bis fas primus in illustrlis in the history-of thi3 coe-ctry, Edmunds would be glad to have a unanimous vote for the bUL Maxey said he had beretofofe opposed efforts of tins character, being Q]fcc posed to placing private citizens on the retired listv but the' circumstances of this case were exceptional. As. Southern man who had opposed the course of General Grant, he (Maxey) could not but recognize that when tbe.; supreme hour came to the Southern Stetes, when they had to yield up alf save their honor, bo man bad ever acted with more magnanimity and generosity than TJlvsses* S. Grant did. Not only* did Maxey remember that, feet, but the people among whom he" lived remembered it, and be did not; believe that there was to-day a mani in. the South:'who would begradgera reas.-_ onable and&ir auuoortlor Grant'in bis declining years.? Maxeyaddedthat he had known Grant forforty year* and believed that hi? recent troubles: arose entirely from Grant's supreme! confidence-in his friends. Gibson said that while the form of the bill might not commend itself to his jadgment, its object did. "He-sym-; patbized with the people of the country, who desired to testify t heir-appreciation of General Grant's services. As a Senator from Louisiana, he feltit incumbent on him to vote for the. bill to show the good will and tympatby of the people of that State for; Grant. j ^ George said be wits here as a Senator from Mississippi in the restored. Union. On being, commissioned: by his people to come here, he had made a covenant with himself that in his votes in the Senate, on all questions that did not affect the honor of his people, he would vote exactly as if he had worn the Federal instead of the Confederate uniform. He believed the people desired the passage of the proposed measure. .Tnnes said he had onnosed a similar measure when proposed some years ago because he had not approved certain acts of Grant*? administration and because Grant did not need aid. Under the present circumstances of the General he, however, lavored the bill. Vooriieessaid thai CockrelPs refer-, ence to Genend Grant's income might create a misapprehension in the popular mind. When the guaranteed term should expire six years hence, the investment income would prove of little value. Voorhees added that if he were a Southern m%n be would strongly favor this measure. He recalled the fact tliafc Secretary Stanton wanted to arrest a:>dirapi-kon General Robert E. Lee after the the surrender at Appomattox, and-that General Grant had told Stanton thai Lee wai his (Grant's) paroled prisoner, and -a hair of bis head should not be molested. He toalso fimnt.'s fpflrlAss acknowledgment of his responsibility in the Fitz John Porter matter. The bill was then read the third time and passed by yeas 49, nays 9. Georgia Justice. . Augusta, January a-L?In the Richmond County Superior Court to-day, in the case ol the State against George P. Curry, banker and broker, who failed last year, the jury returned a verdict of guilty of larceny after trust and the Judge sentenced Curry to five years In the -penitentiary, the full extent of the law. Bonds were placed with Curry for safe keeping and he converted them to his own use and ladled to produce there when demanded Several indictments similar to the one ?r*kinK ViA man imoA QM non<?inf? IIUU^I tTIUV/ll AIV H ao against him. In fhe case to-day the motion for a new trial was made and bond given. ? Avers Sarsaparilia, being' highly concentrated, requires a smaller apse", and is more effective,-dOse-for <3ose than any other blood- aaedicine? r?It is the cheapest, because :tbe hest .Reality and not quantity should be considered. ABBS ACTS OF TBI GENERAL ASSEMBLY. Testimony Before Masters aDd Referees. Au;Act to goaend tUe ^ode of Procecter^n Elation ?toytbe Taking and Bw>or{iiig^f Testimony, by Masters Section 1. TW ma?ters and referees to whom causes maybe referred, whether to hear and decide the whole issues or to ret>ort noon anv SDecific matter of fact, or upon the facts generally; shall hear and decide any objection which may be made to the competency, relevancy or admissibility "of any testimony which may be offered; and in ease, upon hearing such testimony, the master or referee shall decide the same inadmissible., he shall take the.samesubj^to socfcobjection, but shall ^- incoi^^te^jjach testimonv~Bo~hete?ixy; Inm"/Inadmissible with the rest of"1he "tpsmppny iit the body ^OfjH&xrejiOct, bnt "shall append the kme separately at the end of his report. Sec 2. That the master or referee, at the.request of any party to acausc j who may tender the necessary expenses incident thereto,-may employ a competent stenographer to take testimony in such case: Provided, that such expenses shall not be taxed in the costs or included in the disbursements of the cause. Completing the Staie-Hoase. An Act tor provide for the completion of the main building of the State -iloose.. V vS?rnp?l. Thattbesum-of seventy- j 5ve t^K>us?uid dolkn-s be, and the sarne is hereby, appropriated5 forsthe pur- | poscof-defcayicg-ihe^ixpepses of contin ningthe -construction of the State Bouse for the year48So. SEC. 2. Th^pppropr^ojy||JU>nly be used imJ^npleting^mdflP^E uction of the main building, ^n^shall not be used for am* portion of the -work not absolatelynecessary for the preservation of the*said main building, and for the lighting, heating and sewerage of the baildh)?-. Sec. 8. That the governor, Secretary of State./attd- Comptroller General -ije, and they are hereby, appointed a ^commission to let- out the work herein authorized, to make all necessary contracts, including" the employment of an architect, and to see that said work is completed according to contract. Sec* 4.,That the superintendent of the penitentiaryvat the request of said i commisston^shaH furnish as much buildingmaterial and convict labor as the-said comroissio 11 may deem necessary in tlie work herein authorized to b&done. - -Sec. 5. That of the ; amount hereinbefore appropriated*- the- -sum of $30 ,600 aaay betaken and used from the amount the Governor and the State treasurer are authorized to borrow under the provisions of Section 15 of ^.'An Act to: raise supplies and make appropriations for the fiscal year commencing November 1, 1884." Exemption from Jary Duty, An Act to.amend Section 2,240 of the General Statutes of South Carolina, relating to Exemption from Jury Duty. ... Section 1. Thafc-Sectiou 2,240 of the 1 vxezserux oialines oi OUULII vaniium uc, and the same is hereby, amended, by striking- oot,of?said "section, on the ninth line, thereof, the words: "And members of boards of trustees," and by strki?|* ont oif the eleventh line of said section fihe -words: "Members of township boards of assessors," and by striking out the words: "Millers carrying on-thai business at the time," in the seventeenth and eighteenth lines thereof, atid;Snserting instead thereof: "Millers actually engaged at the time in grinding grain for the public." So that saia^etion when amended shall read as follows: ? .^Sec. 2*240. The following persous shall be exempt frore serving as jurors, 46 -witivThe- Governor, LieutenantiGovereor, attorney-general, comptrolfer-general, State "treasurer, secretary of State, superintendent- of education, sommi^ioher of agriculture, members and ofScers. of tl te Senate and House Of Kepreseiirtatives during the sessions of the Situate and;Heuse- of Kepresenta trves of the ;United; States, judges "and -fhcfif?Ac t\f nnv fni?rf tnomh^rs of the State board of examiuers appointed by theGovernor raembersof county boards o?examiners appointed by the State -boards of examrners, county cornmis:sl?Her&? rcoanty -auditors and treasurers,: clerks- of -Courts, -registrars of foesne conveyances, sheriffs and their deputies, - coroners, constables, the marshals of ths United States and their ^deputies, and all the other officers of Qje-Uuited States, counsellors and attorneys^at-law, ordained ministers of the Gospel, officers of colleges, preceptors and teachers of academies, practicing, physicians and surgeons generally licensed, licensed pharmacists, apothecaries or druggists who carry on; and conduct the business of such occupation, cashiers and tellers;of iDcorporate<l banks, editors, and printessof newspapers, constant ferrymen, -minors.. aMmiHV ontrocrpd sit. the time in -grindicggrain for the public, and all men actually employed aysuch, per-sons who are more than sixty-five years old, and the following officers and employees of railroads: The chief engineer, assistant engineers, commissioner or superintending officer, secretary and auditor or treasurer or directors, keepers of depositories, guards stationed on road to protect it from injury, not exceeding one man to every five miles, and such persons as may be actually employed iiKworking locomotive engines, travelling with cars for the purpose of attending to the transportation of passengers and goods, not exceeding one engineer and assistant to each steam-engine, and one person to each passenger ear, and to every five cars for transporting goods, while j such persons are actually employed; I iuid telegraph operators * and all officersandroembers of the Fire Department of Charleston." : New Orleans, January 17.?The clear,:cold weather.to-day brought out Aii imnwiisfi attendance at the World's Exposition, giving the'grounds andbuildings ait appearance of life and animation* equalled only by the scene on the inauguration day. The openl?g. of the.diary-division of the agricul-; ^ttrai deparfttient wasoneof the special features of the day. . Cheap Bates to the Exposition. Chicago, January 14.?The Times says: Almost a panic exists in the traffic to the New Orleans Exposition, scalpers being enabled to "procure tickks.atsnch figures that the prevailinp'ronndtrip rate through their office to New Orleans and retnrn is $12, while the regular agreed rate is $*20. The prospect is favorable for a general break np of the New Orleans rates, notwithstanding the iron-clad covenants to maintain tnem. The Cotton Supply. New York, .Tatmary 17.?The total visible supply of cotton for the world is 3,140,7% bales, of which 2,667,496 bales are American, against 3,354,166 bales, and 2,806,166 bales respectively last year. The receipts at all interior towns are 66,537 bales; receipts from plantations 115,025 bales. The crop in sight Is 4,717,153 bales. To anybody who has djsease of throat or longs, we will send proof that Piso's Cur? for Consumption has caredtbe same com plaints in other cases. Address; * E. T. Hazeltese, Warren, Pa GENERAL NEWS ITEMS. ?The Springer .Committee has returned from Ciuciuuatito Washington. ?Edmond About, a distinguished French author and journalist, died at Paris o? Saturday. . | Senator Z. B. Vance has been renominated-by the Democratic caucus by acclamation. ... ? Schuyler Colfax, who was Speaker of the House, and then Vice-President under Grant, died last week. '?The Republican caucus of the Pennsylvania Legislature nominated for re-election Senator J. D.Cameron. ?A irame uuiiaing was burnt xn Mobile on Saturday night. Two ladies | perished in the flames. ?There is quite a contest expected over the will of Mrs. Myra Clark Gaines, the famous female litigant of New Orleans, who died recently. ?The grand jury of Chicago have indicted al! the parties concerned in the election fraud at the 18th ward poll in that city. ? James C.. Luttrel (Dem.), was .elected mayor ojf Knoxville, TeniK, on Saturday." The council stands 15 Democrats and 3 Republicans. ?A street fight occurred in New Orleans on Saturday between J. A. Schreedel and F..B. Renton. Schreedel was killed. Both men were policemen. ?T;o body of Charles B. Brady, of the St LouisRepublican, who died last Friday, was incinerated iu the crematory" at Lancaster, Pa., with Masonic honors. ?Oliver- Bros. & Phillips, aud the Oliver IJoberfe Wire Company*, both of Pittsburg, Pa., failed on Thursday, the liabilities being estimated at three to five, millions of dollars. ?The Republican Senators and Representatives of Kansas in cancus on Friday, at a- late-iwury -ntianunonsly nominated John ingalls for re-clection to the United States Senate. -Win. Phelps, a well known fanner of Campbeii conntv:, Va , a -few miles irou^i?y?cnottnr, was round-fleaa near his" home on-.'Friday morning-, with a ballet-hole behind the ear. ?At the special election tn fill the vacancy in Congresscansed by the resignation of Governor Scale?, of North Carolina, scattering retnrns in-^ dicate the election of Mr Reid. ?Lettie Jones, of Petersburg, Ya.y aged 110 years, was accidentally-burnt to death on Saturday. She was stand-; ing before the fire place, and her dress caught from.Hie flame. ?The steamer Admiral Moor sou collided with an American ship bet. tween Dublin and llobvhead on Friday, and sankiiiva-jfew'minates. Siccv teen persons, including two women, were drowned. ?Owing to the- demands; of his official duties,. President Arthor wifl not be able to attend the New Orleans Exposifion in his official capacity.He expects to go after Cleveland's inauguration. ?An unknown whitewoman was found dead in the. Augusta canal, on Saturday. The body had evidently been in the water -three or fonr daysShe was about forty years of age. There is no clue as to her identity. ?T. S. Wellborne and wife, a young couple from South Carolina, were accidentally browned Tuesday while-fish*, ing from a boat "on Lake Minolay near Aftoona, Ala. The bodies were re-/ covered. .. . ?AVicksburg -special says: t ?an." Carnahan, colors, last Tuesday beat,; choked and outraged a young lady livino- with her mother, five miles from here. It -has be?n redorted that he was -captured by some citizens and executed. . :, ?Quite a warm debate arose in the Senate iast week over a motion, by Hawley, to. pFitttrCCrtajn* paper* submitted by tJeneraf Sherman, touching his controversy' withthe Hon. Jefferson Davis. After two days* debate the motion was adopted.. . .v..' : r -r-Schuyler Colfiax - was buried at Washington on Saturday .a-- iheavy -storm, whh the mercury about zero, and all the trains carrying the mourners were-delayed several hours. The. hour of the ftmeral was Axed- at 10 a. m., but the body was not placed in the vault until 5 p. m. .. . . ?A report is just receiyed :ihat a party of cowboysvisdted the^store and ranch of JamesDavi3,at Sand: Creek, Wyoming, and attempted ta run the place, but tnet-more than tlieir match. Davis turned-loose a six-shooter, killing three of the rustlers, and- escaping injury himself. No further particulars yet... ?The business failures thronghout the couutrv during-last week, as reported to R. G. Dun & Co., nnmber for the United States 882 and for Canada 38- tnfcil 420. as coroDared with 457 last week, showing' a decrease of 37 fail ares. The figures are, however, still unusnallv heavy in the Western, Sonthern and Middle States. ?George Traviss was hanged in jail at WellsborOj Penn., on Friday for the murder of Martha Svtvia, in "Charleston, Tioga county, *Penn., April S,. 1883. He afterwards burned the remains in a vacant barn to conceal the | evidence ot crime. He also drove all her cattle awav, claiming to have bought them. Traviss was convicted on.circnmstaujial evidence alone, ?The Virginia Midland Kailroad: Company offers-Ihefoflowiiigrates for ronnd-trip tictots topersons attending the Inauguration; "From Seneca,-South Carolina, $21.85^ an4$14.'GreenviIle, So nth Carolina, $20 and $13- Spar antMiiw Sit !tu/1 Arnrtiafa $20.85 and $15.15. Columbia, $17.85 and $13. Tbelower rate is, for soldiers, in companies; the higher for single tickets. ?King Alfonso at Alham^, Spain, gave each injured child or maimed person and each poor widow twentyfive dollars. The. sfitfererswere greatly delighted at thegenerosifcy of their King. " He was often obliged to dismount and enter the villages ^n .foot over the ruins. Some of the inhabitants raised loyal cries, while others fell on their faces, sobbing and moaning, "Save us, we have nothing left." ?A little strip of sidewalk, about five feet wide, in front of the United. States Gonrt House in Boston, is constcn^y the refuge of the street peddlers of bouquets who wish to evade the payment of the license fee which the city ordinances require. As the strip is the property of the United St?>i, they can there bid defiance to the police, "bnt it not unfrequently happens that their eagerness io sell" lures them out, and then, if caught, they are brought to court and fined. ?A meeting was held at Birmingham, England, on Friday which was I C AAA mienueu vy ii,wvr jrciwus? ?yiiu areai present out of employment. A resolution was passed asking the corporation of the city to furnish them with employment. Alter the meeting a procession wes formed which marched through the streets. It halted before a bakery and shouts of "break in" were heard. An artisan stole a loaf of bread from a shop and was promptly arrested. Much excitement exists among the working classes and it is feared that violence will be resorted to nnless their condition soon improve. its SffisM AT1AXTA AHEAD. $120,000 "Worth of it. B. K. Sold lo One House?TJie Heaviest Transaction liver Made in the I'nited States in tlie Sale of a Patent Jledioine. [From, the Atlanta Journal.] For several days past a Journal mail has heard the ruinor that the Blood Balm Company of this city had sold the enormous sum of one hundred and twenty thousand dollars worth of their famous blood and skin remedy to one man. The report was hard to believe, and determining to investigate the matter and leam the truth, the reporter called at the business office ol the company. On entering the office the Journal man was confronted by Dr. J. P. Dromgoole, the manager of the Blood Balm Co., to whom the reporter made known the object of his visit. ' Yes, sin" replied the doctor, as a smile illuminated his face, "the report is true." "Graciousi" ejaculated the scribe. "The contract is signed." "Who buys it?" -v?-- . "Mr. J. W. Holman, of Denver, Colorado." "Doctor, how many gross for that contract?" "Over two thousand. The freight alone will amount to over ?33,000." "Do you pay fieight?" "No, sir; the party pays his own freight bills." "Tellme something about the gentleman whe bought the medicine." "He is a thorough business man, and a t capitalist of large mrans, of Denver; Col\ orado. Hearing of the wonderful efficacy ! on/i fim mmnti/i c?. '/K svf TV T5 T5__ and UfLAKi. being a,gentleman o: keen business sense, he conceived the plan of buying at a stipulated price aud controlling seven of the Northwester States v.vA territories, including Colorado. lie visited Atlanta several weeks ago, and propositions have been so shaped that we have closed the contract, which we presume is the largest patent medicine sale ever made in the United States." * "It is no commission arrangement?" *No,> sir;-a square, -straightout sale. Every bottle to be paid for before being shipped." "Do your sales continue to increase?" "Yes, sir; B. B. B. sells right along; the demand Tspidly increasing at points where airly tested. At many points it has simply wiped-out ali otlter blood remedies. Our cures are simply wonderful, and one great ^feature Is, the Blood Balm Company is not compelled to denounce other remedies as frauds in order to vindicate our own. We claim there is room for all, while ours is the BEST." "Your big sale would suggest that its reputation is becoming world wide!" "We have not used any large amount of money to push our remedy, and although only seventeen months old, it is now known far and wide and keeps us hump[ ing to supply the demand. When it comes to-MERIT alone, all opposition is a mere I 'puff of wind.'" I It Amr onartiol /Mim< lfltAlv?" I 0|>0viiu VW4\" . "Every day we get letters from parties I who enclose certificates of its wonderful cures of Scrofula, Rheumatism, Catarrh, Kidney troubles, Blood Poisons^ Skin Diseases, etc., in an incredibly short time. :Look at flese- certificates received this j morning. It is impossible to publish all of them. The skeptical'.and doubting i Thomases are invited, however, to call at our.office.and examine the originals, which ; wekeepon file."" r-1-And still Atlanta leads the van, and the Journal is proud of feet- enterprises. A FEARFUL EXPLOSION. . " Dynamite Fiends Hoisted frith Their Own Petards. . Somerset, PAi, Jannary 14.?At the Somerset Chemical Works, two miles east of-this place, where nitro-glycerine and ali grades of high explosives ure manufactured, five men were at work in the packing ;house to-day, when dynamite was ignited from a red hot j poker with which one of the men was goring a hole in the door. In a second UIC CUIUC UUIIUIH^ ?? U.O AUtlMVC the men- with their clothing afire, | started to run and were but a short | distance from the building when 500 j pounds of dynamite, packed ready for I shipment, 4ving ontside of the building exploded with a terrific noise. Two of the men were found about sixty rods away, burned to a crisp. The other men were not seriously injured. The shock wa^so great that peoole in this townjran into the street, thinking their I houses were falling down. Window glasses were broken iii: houses half a mile from the scene of the accident. A Well Known Attorney. i Eroxswick, Ga., June 26, 1884.? Editors Constitution: I desire to ( make-public, through your columns, my experience with a remedy which is made in your city. In the early part of February last, after a three week's visit north in-inclement weather, I was attacked' with inflammatory Rhenmatism of severe type?m> first serious :Hlness (with the exception of yellow fever In 4876) in fourteen years. When-taken T was in robust health, weighing 162 pounds, but somewhat worn and weary with overwork. I was treated first* with acids, then with alkaline remedies ?each furnishing temporary partial relief from pain, -which returned with increased severity at the-slightest change in the weather, ^and each new attack .was preceded by a chill and followed "by a hot. fever. ^Bad' -no appetite nor strength, and 'was growing weaker each day. In three-weeks my weight was red need to 180. - pounds> I continued changing medicines, and was finally 'advised by physicians, after seven weeks of con;tanued treatment, that my only hope of ' speedy recovery was to visit the White Sulphur Spring in Florida?a trip which f business and other considerations did not permit Tn the Savannah News I saw an article from Jilajor Sidney Herbert, stating that he had been relieved of Rheumatism by Swift's Specific, and I at once commenced to take it. In thre? days I began to iinl prove, and in three weeks I was free | from disease and attending to business, i My appetite returned and I rapidly re gained the lost flesh. I have waited[ this long to be sure that my relief was ; permanent.- Should any of your readers be suffering from like mental and physicial prostration, ara De induced by" my experience to find relief, I should; be gla<l. x Yours respectfully, C. P. Goodyear, Attorney at Law. Our Treatise on Bllood and Skin Diseases mailed free to applicants. The Swift Specific Co., Drawer 3, Atlanta, Ga. New York Office, 159 W. 23d St., between 6th and 7th Avenues. Philadelphia Office, 120o Chestnut St. . . * Disaster at the Phosphate Works. "* Charleston, January 14.?A pile of commercial fertilizers at me woi-ks oi Wilcox, Gibbs & Co., near this caved in * his morning, crushing two colored laoorers to death and injuring a third. ?Aver's Pills cure constipation, improve "the appetite, promote digestion, restore healthy action, and regulate every function. They are pleasant to take,-gentle iu their operation, yet iherougb, searching, and powerful'in subduing disease. -v.. - . ; i. 5 ??^?a? ??b?? Labors of the Monk. For health's sake and for variety's sake 1 as well as for the dignity of manual la- j bor itself, and to keep" the monk in i memorv of his vocation to penance and 1 to self-denial, the hand must work as 1 well as the head. In the "monaster}'" i proper no servants are allowed; eaen j 1 monk, from first to last, must be his i own servant, even to the making of ' his bed, sweeping of his cell, and clean- ] ing of his shoes. Besides this, cloisters must be swept, and staircases and dormitories, and there are many things to 1 be done outside in the garden and oth- 1 er parts of the inclosure, whether it be i weeding walks or digging or planting 1 trees and flowers. ( All this is attended to by the monks, < who generally have special portions of 1 such work allotted to them, and cer- 1 tain hours of the day assigned to4'man- i ual labor." So the day slips by, in ? calm and happy activity?no, not a ] "fugue." for there is no Jagging of one J part behind the other, or hurry orclash 1 or wild movement, but a gentle har- ( mony on a very simple theme, with a t solemn accompaniment of tolling bells 1 and processions and hymns of praise, i varied with the bright smile and the f cheerful laugh and the merry joke of a 1 recreation hour, or the weekly ramble i in true family style, father and sons, ] all together, along the glens or up the 1 hills, or in the sweet green-wood; and beneUh all, the deep, firm base of prayer and self denial, and the uncompromising war against the devil, and the flesh, and the world. This is a monastic life of the nineteenth century, and it is remarkably like what it was in the thirteenth. There are many differences, indeed, but they are the differences of the age and not the monastic life that exists an it, and if a monk of the thirt' cnth century could come upon the earth again he would recognize his brethren. A reasonless clinging to mere forms and a wooden persistence in propping up what is dead and rotten is something so completely foreign to the Benedictine rule that where such thipgs exist decay must be inevitable. "It is the spirit that vivifys," and while I so anxiously maintain that the spirit of the thirteenth century still lives in the monasteries of the nineteenth, I am equally concerned to state and to prove, if ir.ay be. that the spirit has never come nigh either the Carlton or the Athenaeum.? Nineteenth Century. All Made From Smoke. The old saying that nothing is wasted or lost to nature is true in regard to the smoke from the furnace of Elk Rapids, Mich. In this furnace are manufactured fifty tons of charcoal per day.. There are twenty-five charcoal pits, constructed of - brick. Each pit is filled with one hundred cords of hard wood and then fired. The vast amount of smoke from these pits, which was formerly lost in the air, is now utilized. Works have been erected to convert thp. smoke into chemicals and acids. These works are a curiosity. First, they have a circular tube, made of wood, with pine staves, sixteen feet in length, bound together with heavy iron hoops. This tutTe is placed directly ovo?- the pits in a horizontal position, with an opening from each pit into the tube. At the end nearest the building there is a large drum containing a rotary fan propelled by machinery, the power of which is gas. That acts as a y\v? Aymnf*" +] */> cniAl"A \JL Ciiaxv iut tuv DU.WUV, Is conveyed into fire-stills filled with copper pipe two and one-half inches in diameter. The boxes in which the pipes are situated are twenty feet square, eight feet deep, made of"heavy pine, and filled with, cold water; they are all connected by copper pipes; they are connected with the main still, 1Q0 i feet in length, 10 feet wid-e, and 8 feet deep, filled with copper pipes 21 inches 1 in diameter, in horizontal position, I surrounded by cold water; from this conveyed to a*purifier, from which runs what is called pyroligneous acid, which is as clear as amber,with an unpleasant odor. . From the acid is produced, first, acetate of lime; second,alcohol; third, tar; i fourth, gas, which is consumed under the boilers. Each cord of wood contains 28,000 cubic feet of smoke; 2,800,000 feet of smoke handled every twenty-four hours, producing 12,000 pounds of acetate of lime, 200 gallons of alco- J hoi, and twenty-five pounds of tar. These products have a commercial value in the manufacture of various articles. The smoke from 40,000 cords ' ^ t OX WOOd consuuieu JJCI ;uiiiui?i 13 fcuiio J made a source of much v profit, as the works are automatic, and require no workmen to run them.?Boston Journal of Commerce. The Potomac Aqueduct. The Potomac aqueduct, which carries the Chesapeake and Ohio canal acrQSS the Potomac river at Georgetown, was commenced in 1833. The opinion of the engineer as to the mode 1 of construction was overruled and an i attempt made by certain contractors to build circular coffer dams in which to sink the piers. The failure of this plan, having its effect on an intelligent board of directors, placed the engineer, Maj. William Turnbull, of the corps of topographical engineers, in the position he afterward held with such advantage to ' the work and honor to himself. It was not till the year 1S34 that it was in his power seriously to commence opera- < tions, and.he was then beset by every difficulty growing out of the novelty of the work, the restricted means of the company, and the natural obstacles to be encountered. This aqueduct springs over the Potomac river at Georgetown, J and conveys the water of the Chesapeake and Ohio canal into the Alexandria canal. It consists of two abut- t ments and eight massive slonepiers, at t the distance of one hundred feet apart, ' supporting a wooden trunk, which su- c pergtructure, as was originally designed, also should have been of stone, t The foundation of the pier is on the rock at the bottom of the river. Twenty feet of mud and twenty feet of water were in some places to be penetrated to reach this rock. The task of boring the rock of this superincumbent mass and keeping it dry called out the highest qualities of the engineer. When everything looked the fairest, and the -? bottom was nearly reached, a sudden irruption of mud and water would take place from some unseen cause, and the work be thrown back to its original condition. But skill and perseverance c triumphed over all, and the work now q stands a monument of the proficiency of the present age in the art of engi- S neering. As a hydraulic work it ranks number one, and"may be boldly pointed I ixrltl* onvztllinfrof: flftmA tu m WlU|/iV iovu .?? ivu M* -. or abroad.?Ben. Pcrley Poore in the <? Boston Budget.' An umbrella loan society has been organized in Berlin. Offices will soon be opened in various parts of the city, where members of the society, "for a moderate deposit and a trifling fee," may procure an umbrella at any time. The price of natural gas has been re- ' duced in Pittsburg from 40 cent to SO i ceuts per thousand feet, with a rebate ^ of 10 cents for prompt payment. This reduotion is said to make the cost about " equal to the cheapest coal that can be t DOUghL A benevolent society called a "Mouth ful of Bread," has been started in Par- *? fAmnAMmr id? Aid uujc\;u w iguuv& j assistance to those who are out of j, work. A lump of bread and a glass of j J water flavored with vinegar are given j j to all who ask for relief. (li i ?L mmfli itirrt^fffm*tt"^t?*^ri -t-" -*-* riimtfffftirmibint Bread Enough and to Spare. Washington, January 16.?'The aumal report of the Department of Agriculture, now in press, makes the ecord of corn production of the year 1884 $1,795,000",000 bushels; that of nrbeat nearly 513,000,000, and oats >83,000,000. * The aggregates are the argest ever recorded. The rate is ?5.8 bushels for corn, 13 for wheat and 27.4 for oats. These are figures for permanent record. ?Ufnei jnsnce unaries u. j-zrase, 01 ;he Conrt of Claims, "Washington tvhose resignation has been accepted, is nearly 74 years of age, and will retire from "the bench with the fall salary, $o,X)0, appertaining to the office. In explanation of his action lie says he :hought best to retire before his men:al powers began to decay and advancing years rendered him unfit for the irdnons duties of office. Justice Drake tvas a Senator of the Ijjpited States from Missouri from 1867 to 1871, when he tras appointed Chief Justice of the 2ourt of Claims, and has served cojfinnously since that date. He has Decn eligible for retirement since 1881, is the law prescribes that a United States Jadge may retire when he shall mve reached the* age of 70 years and' shall liave served continuously for ten fears." IYER'S Cheny Pectoral. 2Jb other compl ?.i nta are so insiri iocs in tfceic attack as those affecting the throat and hmgr none so trifled with by the majority of sufferers. The ordinary cough or cold, resulting perhaps from a trifling or cnconseioca expos3!<j,is sickness. Ayex's Cheesy FzcroKAL-has veil proven its emcacy aa zorsyyears ugu* with throat and lung disease, and should be taken in all cases without delay. A Terrible Conch CarftL --"In 18571 took a severecold,whiehaffected my lungs. I had a terrible cough, and passed night after night wilhontaliepT nKwtti gave me up. I tried Ayee's Cheesy Pec- :: toeal, which relieved my lmgs,induced sleep, and afforded me the rest necessary for the recovery of my^Strenjth. By the continued use of the Pectoeae a penaa^ neut cure was effected. I am now 62 yean * old, hale and hearty, and am satisfied your Cheeey Pectoral saved me. Eoeace Faibbeoteee." BocMngham, Vt^ July 15, ]?82* Croup. ?>A Mother's Tribute* ""While in the country last winter my little boy, three years old, is-as taken ill with-crotip; it seemed as if he would die from strangulation. One of the family suggested the use of Ayee's Cheesy Pectoeae, a bottle of which was always kept in the house. This was tried in small and frequent doses, and to our delight in less than half an hourthe little patienWasT^eathing easily. Tho doctor said tharthe Cheesy PEcroEAEhad saved my darling's life. Can yon wonder at our gratitude? Sincerelyyours, ' 31es. Esqia GEDSET." 159 West 128th St., New York, May IS, 1882. "i have used Ayee's Cherry Pectoeae in my family for several years, and do not hesitate to pronounce it the meet effectual remedy for coughs and colds we have ever tried. - A J. C&asx." Lake Crystal, Mfcrn.j March 12,1682.. ... " I suffered for eight years from BrcmcMti*, and after trying many remedies with no'snocess, I was cured by the use of Ayee's Cheeey Pectoral. Joseph Waldex." Byhalia, Miss., April 5,1882. - . ^ *-* m ... r "I cannot say enoagu m -praiw w. amn. 0 Cheesy Pectobal, Delievmg as I do that bat for its use I should. lonzsmce hare died from lung troubles- xL BBJU&XUT.** Palestine, Texas, April 22,1B82. No ease of an affection of the threat-or .. longs easts which cannot be greatly rtitared by the use of Ayeb's Cheeky Pectoeal, and it vill alaays cart -when the d&ease is not already beyond the control of medicine. pbepabed by DrJ.C.Ayer&Co., Lowell, Msse. Sold by all Druggists. MOTEEES' I ? ' " ^ ? ri J-'"1 *-* - . 5T0 More Terror! This invaiuabie prep* aration is truly a. tnumph of sdenttfic No More Pain i ever bestowed on the ir... t mothers of the woriu. no Mors Sanger! ^ It .DOt only shortens the time of labor and lessens the AU intensityof pain, but, better than all, > it. lr a m.1, greatly diminishes the. XLOtiier or Chilu? danger to life of both mother and child, and leaves the mother in a condition highly faThc Dread of jvorabietc speedy rejcoveryr aud far less ^ . {liable to flooding, 001. Motherhooajvulsions, and oilier alarming symptoms Incident to lingering Transformed to ' j and painful labor. Its ... | truly wonderful effica" cy in this respect enHA "O "H titles the Mothebs' U XT Triexd to be ranked. as one of the life-saving appliances given " * >to the world by the ?nd discoveries of modern, science. j From the nature of -t- v r~ ithe case it will of ]|| V j coarse be understood J \J JL . that we cannot publish certificates- con iceming this Remedy j without woimding the Safety and oi sue ii tesuiiiouiius on tele, and no mother ~T0? who has once used it will ever again I be _ _ . __ without it ip her tune jnffenng woman of trouble. A prominent physician lately remarked o the proprietor, that if it were admissible o make public the betters we reeefve; -the 'Mothers' Friend" would out sell anything ?n the market Send for our Treatise on "Health and lappiness of Woman," mailed free. Buamteld -Recvulatok Co., Atlanta, Ga. FALL OPENING. 3ESP0RTES & EDMUNDS COLUMBIA, S. C. DRESS GOODS, SILKS, PLUSIIES iatins, Laces, Corsets, Gleves, White kxxls. Table Damask. - - Ladies', Gents' and Children's Fine 'hoes, Boots and Bootees. Also, Gents', Youths', Boys' and Misses' lats. f , Also, Gents' Underwear, Carpets and lillinery. >T. JOHN'S SEWING MACHINES. Orders bv mail iuvited. DESPORTES& EDMUNDS, * Columbia, S. C. July 23-L6m ScBTtonae. A certain enre. Koiexpeastve. Thraa Santos* treatment in om package. Good tot Gold a the Head, Headache, Dtzxlness, Hay Paver, Ac. i Fifty ceafc, B? aU Protect*, or by patl. - - E. T. ha^eltzsX warren. Bfc JNxCWo AiiH,JN^X. t - 5UBSeEfETK>3TS received for ail Newsiapers, PeriodicaJs-and Magazines at Pubisliers' prices. Information on application. Dec9fxtf DuBOSE EGLESTOK NEW A0VEKI1SEICBNTS. f G0NSUMPJION, / I bira a potltlTw renied* for tie Sie ve ilsoaso; by tu / t:i? thoQ??ni?*of caxos ol tha worn uiJ>4.&nd?* km? / ?-.*B<gagliiy.o"b<jt?t cafod.1 aaatd. ?q *i u li&f* KIT tkiai / IfftU&gtcacy^Qiat twin timdTTO BOTTlXS-fBEg. / to-tiaertrttlfa YXtXjLBT.ETKgXTTSt on ttltn.rttn? / to aaj offeror. 'GtyaaxvraMa&dr.'O.'adilrm. - f A. Pure Family Medleine That Sever Intoxieatgs. ... .. ? '-If you are a lawyer, minister or business man exhausriedby mental strain or anxious cares do not take' Intoxicating stimulants, /bat use Parser'S Tonic. / If you are a mechanic or farmer^ worn out with overwork, or a mother run down by lamlly r? v' or household duties try Parkke's t*osic. If you have Dyspepsia,. Rheumatism. Kidney or Urinary complaints, or If yoji ape: troubled with any disorder or the lungs, stomach, howels, blood or nerves you oar-' be cured by .-.Si Pakkb's Tonic. j If you arc wasting away frem aje, dissipation or any disease or weakness and reqmre-a stimulant take PARKER'S TONIC 8t once. It will invigorate and build you up from the first dose bet will never Intoxicate./It lias saved hue- ? dreds or lives, it may save yours. ^ CAUTION!?Reruse afl substitutes. Farter's Tonic is composed of the best remedial agents jfl| in the world, and is/entirely different from vBf preparations of ginger alone. Send lor circular. f EHHAISAM The" best, cleanest and most economical hair dressing. 3tfv?-r rails to restore the youthful co'ortoeray Mir. 'Tills elegant dressing is prererred br those "Who have nsed it, to any similar ajtlcle, on account or -its superior cleanliness and purity. It contains'materials only thajtare beneficial to.the.scalp and hair. Parker's Hair Balsam ts finely perfumed and lsvranftnted to prevent falling or the ha'r and to remove dandruff and itching. __ 50c. *nd sizes, at all dealers- In medicine. Great saving in baying dollar size. Janr-uw TO THE ? Where yon can j?t Grpat Uarcains in Clothing, Hats and Gents' Furnishing -Goods, Trunks and everytlnng kept at a PIRST-CiASS ESTABLISHMENT. PHILIP EPSTIN. 1?JTAIK STKEET, OLmOHA, S. C. ' .. . . -yjy; I have introduced-this season-the novel enterprise of ^distributing1,000 of the most beanfifnfc PAINTINGS to all my customers who- will favor me with the purchase of a Sni&jtf.ClotheSr.at yojir own price, will .be. entitled .to <*ne. handsome Painting, which, will make your home cheerful, fiee j of charge. In my BOY'S DEPARTMENT 1 of Readv-Made Clothing* of the best ; manufacture, the latest styits, and .best qualities are always on hand in large variety; and to every Boy and3fetrfcb:s"' Suit sold tie purcliaser will be entitled to ^9 a handsome pair of Skits regardless of the price you agree to pay for it Yet- those handsome and valuable gifts are distrfbut- j I atT in everv ntirchaser. Remember I-jniar- - *8 j antee every article sold to be as. represent- |8jfl I ed, and the prices lower than any boose North or South, or the money wiil be reSince.the introduction; of tJw above en1 terprise-I have bad a great rush for those 'beautiful Paintings, and the boys is determined to learn how to skate, especially jH when itrcosts them nothing. Send4^.yoor j^g order for a suit if you can^t come; .yourself gWi and I wili send.yon a suit, C. 0. - with the beautiful painting or the pair of skates attached, with the privilege to exaxnfs# the suit before paying for-it AH xhsitors to tbe Capital are respectfully invited to call at my store r.r.d examine my Art Gallery of Handsome Paintings. lil.lM.'P! !*: Ofthci^ev York CIoi&iBg Store, _ 148 MAIN ST., COLUJCBIA, S. C. j Novl2xc6m . j ^yS^?c*Ba?^BLy?agJOq>aMBHrW>.it.'ISiYnrfc | SALE I And feed stables. i . : ... .... : = JTTST RKfiErVED AXD FOR SALE. Sf.rJm EIGHTY. HEAD aLJTegteni Horses and : -r Mules, among them sorse Brood ilares. Also some Fony Horses and Mares and. FORTY good yousg Mules from 14 to 15% bands high, and soine HEAVY TCSPEXTINE and TIMBER MULES, which we will sell low down for CASH or. on time until next fall, for satisfactory papers. . Persons wishing to purclia.se stockof any kind would do well to call on us before purchasing elsewhere. * ytim Gar STOCK GUARANTEED as repre-19 sented. ^8? A. WIXXIFOSD A SckSc Winnsboro, S- C., January 5, i885. SPOT CASH ?AND NOT? TO-M()EROW SPAY IF. YOU WANT FIRST QUALITY Groceries at reasonable prices, brins the | money and bay from me. Spot cash is 1 better than to-morrow's pay. j: -... D. a! HENBRIX. || JUST RECEIVED, J One Carload Prime White Com and Twenty-five Barrels Flour. All sold cheap E^Xadies'trade solicited.