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Sv- -." a?Pt i .,gr rrr*Mgj3Wfflr^TvTiw?M^^ A LEXTEB FEOM GK5. LEE. - .- I He Writes to the Confederate President, i 1 r: ?v. Favoring a Union with the Peace Party of i the North. ? The following letter purporting to i t hare been, written by Gen. Robert E. i ? iiee to the Hon. Jefferson Davis, and j r dated "Headquartes Army of Northern | Virginia, June 10, 1893," is published \ in the New York Herald of Sunday: ! ] "Jfr. President'. I beg leave to t bring to yonr attention a subject with I reference to'which I have thought tFiat the course pursued by writers and ] :spjpakers among us has had a tendency t to interfere with onr snccess. I refer i to the mauuer in which the demonstra- j i tion of a desire, for peace at the North j t has been received in onr country. ; ? "I think that there can be no doubt j that journalists and others- at the: c South, to whom the Northern people ! 'naturally look for a reflection of our 11 opinions, have met these indications in j such wise as to weaken the hands of < the advocates of a pacific policy 0:1 the ] partfof the"Federal government and t give much encouragement to those ] who urge a continuance of the war. < "Recent politijal movements in the j United States and the comments of 1 influential newspapers upon them have i attracted-my attention particularly to ] this subject; r/hich I deem not un- l worthy of the 'consideration of your j Excellency nor inappropriate to pe ad- < verted to me in view of its connection i with. the. situation of military affairs. i "Conceding to onr enemies the supe- ] priority claimed by them hi numbers, ] resources and all the jneans andap-- ; piiances for earning on the war, we : Jiave no right to jook for exemption 3 ' from the military consequences of the vigorous use of these advantages, ex- i ' cept bt spch deliverance as the mercy "of Heaven, mav accord to the courage of oar soldiers, thejastice of oar cause : _ and the constancy and prayers of our people. While making th'c most we can of the means of resistance we possess and gratefaily accepting the measure of success with whtcfc God has blessed our efforts.as an earnest of ' his approval aud favor, ifc is nevertheless.-tbe part .of-wisdom to carefully i measure and husband our strength, and not "to expect from it more than Jn the ordinary coarse of affairs, it is "capable of accomplishing1. We should snot, therefore, conceal from ourselves that our resources in men are constantly diminishing, and the dispi*oportion.in.this respect between us and onr enemies,, if they continued in their efforts to subjugate ns, "steadily augmenting. The decrease of the aggregate in this army, as disclosed by the j.v returns, affoi'ds an illustration of the fact. Its effective strength -varies from time to time,, bat the falling off in its aggregate shows that its ranks are growing weaker and that its losses are hoi supplied ov recraus. "Under these % circumstances we should" neglect no honorable means of dividing and weakening our enemies, - that they may feel some of the difficul tiesexperieuced by ourselves. It seems to me that the most effectual mode of accomplishing-this-object, now within our reach, is to give all tiiaencouragement we can, consistently with truth, to the rising peace party of the North. Nor do I think we should, in this connectio?i make nice distinction between those who declare for peace unconditionally and those who advocate it as a means of restoring the Union, however much we may "prefer to the form. "We should bear m mind that the friends "of peace at the ICoi ih must 'make concessions to the earnest" desire - that- exists in "the minds of fftefr conn. *try for a-restoration of the Union, bird ikaf fn Knl/? nnf en(>li <> vosrlf 51c nn Jr? IUUV WV VlftW W\kWM M * vvw>< dncement is essential to the snccess of their party. Should the belief that pe^ce will bring back the Union become general the war would no longer be supported and that, after all, is what t ?we arc iiueresuiu in urmgiug udobit" :r^. " : -When peace is proposed to us it will be time enough to discuss its terms, * and it is not the part <jf prudence to spurn the proposition in .advancc merely because those who wish to make it . I>elieve, or affect to believe, that it will result in bringing us back to the Union. We entertain no such apprehensions, nor doubt that the de-i sire of our people for a distinct and ^ -v independent national existence will prove as steadfast under the infnencc of peaceful times as it has shown" itself in the midst of war. "If the views I have indicated meet the approval o? roar Excellency, you will best know how to give effect to then.* Should yoa deem them inexpedient or impracticable, I think yoa will nevertheless agree with me that v wc should at least carefully abstain from measures , or expressions that tend to discourage any party whose purpose is peace. ? Wifh. the statement of mv own opinion on tie subject, the length of I which you will excuse, I leave to your I better judgment to dctcruiiue the i higher course to be pursued. - ' i ?I am, with great respect, vour obedient servant, & E. Lee, General." jtestkkfs's effective chaege. Four Mexican 31 otineerg Killed and Twelve ] Captared in Short Order. Washington, January 27-.?Secretarp Lincoln has received .a telegram from Ma|or-General Pope, commanding the department of Arizona, forwarding a telegram from Lieutenant McDonald* dated January 25, in rejjard to ins engagement with Mexican mutineers' on the Mexican froniier, on the 20th inst. He says that his troops were in ambuscade" when the leaders came along, and-the man in front made a.break with his revolver, which caused the troops to fire. A charge was then madeby Lienienant Jenkins, and four ; mutineers were killed and twelve captured in. about fifteen niiuntes. The ; mniinonrc TVOni crattpiwl olnoor tho road for a long distance. The da)' ' after Lieutenant McDonald left the 1 field the Governor of Lower Crlifor-1 nia came along with about thirty armed men, claimed to liave been i picked np from the ranches, and gath- 1 ercd'.in nine others who were still in ' hiding, half-starved and frozen. In- 1 diau runners informed Lieutenant Mc- 1 Donald that -more mutineers were 1 coming to water at Pilot Knob aud 1 were anxions to fight the troops.- No 1 attention was paid to the challenge : and the two parlies marched away to- 1 gether until they had passed a few 1 - hundred yards into Lower California, j Instructions are asked as to dealings 2 with the Governor 'of Lower California and the party who crosscd the line-j 1 at Indian Wells. Lieutfenent McDon- i 1 / nkl is very indignant at the conduct of | tho Governor and protest* strangly j against turning the prisoners over to ; him. ? i mm } A Wol3?Manas:?d Fire. 'Isdiaxepoeis, January 27.--A fire' :?> the Insane Hospital here this morning was got under control after de^troyingihe engine room and tiie laundry and bakery, and some smaller aparimeote located-in a rear building j connected with the main structure by j.' a. Jarsre three-story building containing ' the- kitcheu, sleeping rooms for em- j pk>ya?, the chapel of-the institution, j' finished onlv last sprint; and the drv ; i m.: ? - _ 1^1 o-r" i:uu$;y. Aue luss is esuiimiyu ;IL C< j ^ 000." No insurance. There was 110 j j panic among the 1,700 patient?, most! t oF;wfiom watched the fireVsuid no one : c was ipjared. v t ? i fcjk. - ?The widow of Tom Thnmb wauis c Mjjjj^ to many. . I BHHBW^ rr nri i ffrtiiBdMBttMMM "if 1 i>r^wv5vaa -THE LATE CONGRESSMAN' EVIXS. , ["ribatcs to hl? Memory, Delivered in the , Hotise of Representatives. ; Iirthe House of llepresentatives on . he 20th January, Mr. Brat ton, of < >onth Carolina, offered the following < csolntions: h Resolved, That this House has heard j i vith profound sorrow of the death of , ion. oonn u. jCiVins, iate a nepresen- | ative f*orn the State of South Caro- j i ina. . . I < liesolced, That the business of the ' louse be now suspended, that fitting ' ribnte may be paid to his memory. { liesolved, That,* as an additional' nark of respect, the House shall, at' he concinsion of these ceremonies, ' j tdjourn. liesolved, That the Clerk communi- ; ;ate these resolutions to the Senate. Touching these resolutions Mr. Brat- ( on spoke as follows: Mr. Speaker, these resolutions, arc >ffercd for the consideration of the Elouse, that we may perform a sad duty :o departed worth; that we may do lonortoone who has occupied a seat >n this floor for several successive :erms. His career in this House is :>est known to the honorable gentlelien who were associated with him acre, and is confidently intrusted to their care. Iu the exercise of the melincholv privilege claimed by myself 311 this occasion, I speak necessarily rather from the standpoint of the constituents of my distinguished and lamented predecessor, of those who knew him as boy and man at home, MfUrt offKtr 3?1IU TT UV wiuviVit VJ repeatedly returning him to this truly important field of service. John Hamilton Evins was born in Spartanburg- district, Sonth Carolina, on the 18th day of July, 1830. His father, Samuel*Evins, being a man of ample means, gave "his son the benefit of a good academic and collegiate course. Mr. Evins graduated at the South Carolina College in the class of 1853, and at once began the study of the law, his chosen profession." In December, 1856, he was admitted to ihe bar and entered npou tho practice of his profession in the town of Spartanburg. He continued to be so engaged until he was called by his State to "leave this quiet pursuit "and serve her in another field. He joined the first company that was organized in his county for military duty in the war between the States; was elccted lieutenant; afterward became captain, and served the cause he had spoused with faithfulness and gallantry until disabled for field service by a wound received at the battle of Seven Pines. Though retired from the field he was promoted to the rank 5f lieutenant-colonel and assigned to light duty ingthe rear. While thus employed he was called upon by the people* of Spartanburg to represent them itothe State Legislature, which he did to their entire satisfaction. At the cic?e of the war Mr. Evins reopened his law office.in the town of Spartanburg, and devoted himself closely and successfully to his profession until 1876, when he was called to a higher sphere of honor aad nsefuliicss. "He entered the Fortv-fifth Con gress as the Representative of the fourth Congressional district of South Carolina, and served in that capacity, with faithfulness to his immediate constituents and fidelity to the whole country, until stricken dowu by disease. His death, though sudden, was not unanticipated by himself aud his friends. Bis health had been declining for a year prior to his demise; and, after consultation with eminent physicians, he became satisfied that his disease was incnrable. This conviction did not turn him aside from the path of duty;'he entertained it with calm, Christian resignation, aud moved forward in the discharge of his public duties as undisturbed as if no shadow of death was impending oven.him . Oh tlie ^2Uth 01 October last, at his home in Spartanbtrrg?.in the bosom of his, family, at 11 o'clock in the forenoon, while seated in a chair, the messenger came to call him across the river. Me was not iouua unprepared tor the summons. In early life he had made a profession of religion and attached himself to the Presbyterian church, the church of his fathers. In 1867 he was chosen one of the deacons of the Spartanburg Presbyterian church, and in 1870 was called to be a ruling elder in the same church. From 1868 to his entrance upon his career as a member of Congress he vwas superintendent of the Sunday School of his church, and devoted himself to this work with characteristic earnestness and singleness of purpose. Suchp Mr. Speaker, are, as it were, the stations which mark the course of the life- which has passed away; the: prominent events which, in the lives of men as of nations, are the hill-tops and mountain summits seen from afar and affording a general idea of their progress or decay, but no definite L-nArrlflrlnrA AT +\\n non C.ID AIIV tl Vi UUUOUd there, nor any intimate acquaintance! with their real history. They are but points of observation from which the thread of the real life may be traced, from which the real character may be read, and the fall history studied and learned. Subjection to such scrutiny is necessary to bring out the true force and merit of Mr. Evins. From this, the highest plane of public service to which he attained, the track of his life down through its fields of usefulness to his State, his county, his town, his church, and into the privacy of his family circle, glowed j with the same lights and wag-characterized by a constant and consistent uprightness born of high principle.! His cultured and highly developed! moral sense kept him ever"alive to the j dntv of the hour.- whether it led him ' to the mountain-top or through the i lowly vale, whether it called him to | positions of distinction and honor or along the hnnjbie walks of true charity i among the weak, the poor, and the j needy. | In that great conflict between the j principles of good and evil which j seems to be the heritage of humanity,! and of which this world seems to be j Lhe battle-ground, the life of this pure- j minded gentleman, guided by sound principles of morality and true Chris- !* rtan sentiment. has made for itself no : uncertain record.' As a man, as a citi-: sen, as a neighbor, in (he conduct of his private and professional business, in the service of his.State in both peace j md war, in every -relation of life, his : influence was efevating and for good.' And when, at a critical period in the j history of the State to which T belong,! while "the weight of aspersion and mis- j represenifttion am} of misapprehension ' svas bearing upon us with ruinous j pressure; we succeeded in sending Mr.1 Evins here as our representative and j exponent, ii was with the expectation ( that the puritv and sincerity of his' ^..A KZr> vn/VIU: :uiiicii/ici aitu 3wiic uuuwu ui jus puwu ;al sentiments would vindicate us from . :he one and relieve ns from the other, i From the earnest expressions of regret i br his loss with which 1 have been .: rreeted. since mv entrance upon this i ioor by gentlemen of both political par} i ;ies and from all sections of this conn- ] ry, I now venture to indulge the hope hat oar expectations have been real- i zed; that his influence here, as else- i vhere, has been for good, has been a >otent contribtion toward the reatora- ^ ion of those relations of respect and ' :onftdencc between the members of 1 his "indissoluble Union" which is so ] leccssary to the fall enjoyment by any ] >f the blessings which our incoaipara- " ?le system of government was de- i I??aa? ?mmb??a?JMM signed to secnre to all. In the death of Mr. Evins we have lost one with a character for honesty so high that slander could not reach it, i merit so modest that envy never assailed it, a public spirit so uniform that suspicion of self-interest never impugned it, a Christian consistency so unassuming that it escaped the sneers of the scoffer, and one whose moderation and wisdom in his public life, nnmoved by partisan or sectional purposes, were doing much to close the sjap of estrangement between the two srreat sections of this Union which happily for the good of this whole country is every day becoming narrower and narrower, and will soon, I hope, be a thing of the past. Speeches were also made by Messrs. Dibble and Tillman, of South Carolina, Browne, of Indiana, Hardeman, of Georgia, George, of Mississippi, Dowd, of North Carolina, and Lanham, of Texas. The resolutions were then unanimonslv ndonfed. and the House ad journed. THE EXPOSITION. A Good Day's Attendance?Hanging: of the Bell-?Enlarging Exhibits and Spacc? Iowa and her Batter. New Orleans, Janaan* 29.?There was a large attendance at the Exposition to-day. Visitors are rapidly arriving. Most of them are to remain mi til after Mardi Gras. In the main building all exhibits are in place, and in a few days the sound of the saw and hammer will be nnheard except in tbe way of improvements. In this connection many exhibitors having gained confidence by the favorable tarn in the tide of affairs, are enlarging their spacc where it is admissable or beautifying the displays which had heretofore been deemed complete. In the government building very little remains undone. Commissioners of various states are looking" forward to their respective days when excursion parties, now in processor arrangement, Will arrive from different States. . It was the original intention to place the liberty bell on a platform in the centre oT the* government building, but this evening it is learned that the committee having the matter under discussion have decided to place itjust as it hangs on the car in the main building near the Mexican silver nugget. This locality is ons of the mostconspicuous points'on the grounds and its selection would not involve the handling of the bell, which would otherwise be necessary in placing it upon a platform in the government building. Itis further .understood that the final locating of the beli will take place Wednesday next, with appropriate ceremonies. Iowa was awarded the gold medal and sweepstakes for the best butter made in the world. She was also given the first premium for the largest and best display of potatoes and other vegetables, and the first premium for fruits from Northern States. Premiums in corn, wheat and other grain will be awarded to-morrow. Newt Orleans, January 31.?The weather to-day was bright and balmy, and the Exposition grounds were crowded with Northern visitors, having really their first experience of a true Southern climate. Newly planted trees have revived under the genial warmth and make glad the hearts of! horticuJturalists. Orange.trees bear-! ilig limb uuu viuuuiiug jjiaius <nc icaiares which impress the visitor by their novelty. Among" the arrivals to-day were a carload of excursionists froxn Iowa who, by special arrangements, will make a ten days stay here, living during their visit in their sleeping cars. They came in over the Southern Pacific route. Ka-Wi: vor.w i.a?xub. Tlie Thrilling Experience of Two Girls Attacked by a Band of Burglars. Ekie, Pa.., January 31.?'Two young" ladies, the Misses Idalie and Jeanne Guthrie, living a few miles east of Erie, last week had a thrilling exper rience with a band of masked burgjursThe sisters had been left in charge of their home, their parents, Mr. and Mrs. Elisha Guthrie, having been decoyed to Jamestown, 2f. Y., bv a spnrious dispatch, and soon after dark four masked men knocked at the door aud demanded admittance. The house being strong aud well secured, owing to its lonely situation, Ujggirls resolved to stand the siege. Tfrejr barricaded the doors and windows with furniture, a precaution almost unnecessary owin^ to the strength of the locks, bolts ana and bars with which the Lower part of the house was secured. The burglars tried every horrible threat that suggested itself to induce the young ladies to surrender, bat the heroic girls held out resolutely. The men commenced to file away the staples or tars of a lower window, which'had the effect of greatly terrifying though not of subduing the fair defeuders. Their younger brother, Jlenrv, was absent at the home of a schoolmate named Higgins, between whose house and ?.be Guthrie home was telegraphic connection, the two boyg having fixed the wires and batteries for the purpose of studying telegraphy. Miss Jeanne, who had also acquired a knowledge of telegraphy, rushed to her brother's room and frantically cai'eu him up, in the hope of transmitting intelligence of their danger, and obtaining help from the Higgins folks. But to their disraav there was ne response to their calls, and it was evident that Henry had left, and was 011 his way home, which was the case, his friend accompanying him part of the way. In the meantime the burglas? had succeeded in partially cutting away the fastenings and the girls begau to lose all hope. In fcbe distance they could see the light of their young brother's lantern as he came across the fields, a circumstance that intensified their, terror, believing the villains would fejjl him. In their telegraph studies they had practiced signaling or conversing* in many ways with flags and lights. With a small magic lantern light, placed in an upper window, they succeeded in attracting Henry's at ten? tion ana in making known their peril. The bov hastened back for help and two of the rnfllans were captured, one n v _ t ? J 11 a. 1 - _ I. I oi *vnom lias cuiue*s>uu umiuie scneme to rob the house was planned by the nephew of Mr. and Mrs. Guthrie, one Ed. Camper, who had manufactured thedccov telegram. Proposed Return of War Taxes*. Washington, January 30.? The House Committee 011 Claims decided to-day, by a vote of 9 to 4, to report the bll} providing for the refunding of the tax imposed by the Government on the States and Territories as a war tax nndcr the Acts of Congress of August 3th, 1SG1, and June 7th, 1SG2, and reteasing tho?e States which yet owe the tax- The following table shows the imonnts due the United States and released under this b'fll? Alabamaimposed $529,313, due $5,20,822; Florida? $77,523 and $33,993; Georgia ?$584,367 and $512,960; Mississippi? $413,095 and $338,S42; North Carol:* !U'.-^-$576,195 and $190,000: Tennessee ?$669,498 aud $2S1,776; Virginia? 5729,071; South Carolina?$363,571 L'he Fote of the committee was; Yeas? Dockery, Price, YanAlstine, Tillman, Brown, of Pennsylvania, Ray, of New Hampshire, Ochiltree, Snyder and Wood; Nays?Warner, Love, Dowd md McMillin. { ABOUT THE OFFICES. ( Faithful Officers -will ?erwj ont their 1 Terms?There -will be few Changes at Present, [Speciat to th? Philadelphia Tim&t.] Washington, D. C., January 29.? Ex-Representative Joseph Powell, of l the Fifteenth or Bradford Congres- v sional District of Pennsylvania, is in i: this city, taking in the situation in a view of the change of Administration about to take place. Ex-Re^re^enta- s tive Powell is a Democrat and was a fc member of Cougress about ten years c ago. In order To post himself on the a general situation from first source?, f Ex-Representative Powell visited Al- i! ban v_ very quietly about two weeks t: ago and called on his old friend, c Lieutenant-Governor Hill, now Gov- n ernor of New York. The Lieutenant- t Governor introduced him to the Pres- o ident-elect. It was under these most s favorable auspices that the genial, t dignified and handsome but somewhat a frosted ex-Representative from Brad ford approached the next Chief Mag- fc istrate of the nation. s At Mr. Cleveland's request Mr. s Powell gave him such information as fc he possessed concerning politics in the i: Northern Tier, after which the Presi- d dent-elect said: "I" presume your people begin to talk about the offices and ,h are making their plans for a sweeping and a summary change?" "Yps. T think :i crnneral c.hano-ft in a the offices," said the ex-Representa- e tive, "is expected. The Democratiq r party has control of the Administra- f tion* and its members waht the patronage." ' t "Do they understand-," said Mr. t Cleveland, "that where an officer has been} faithful and efficient he %w>,ll 4 be allowed to serve Out the term of his commission at least, whether it be onej C two or three years? To make an efficient Administration we need expc- C rienced officers. There will be few changes at present at least. The de- C tails of administration should go on, and the chauges whichare made should t be made in" the. regular sequence of a business. Then there will be no em- i barrassment to the transaction of busi- c ness nor sudden disturbance of the Government. This can be accom- S rlished bv takiny no such individual i questions" as they arise." J Mr. Powell said that he had heard r that snch would probably be the posi- t tion of the new Administration, bnt that he did not know how true the t declarations were. s "Yes, that is correct,*7 said the Pres- i ident-elect, "and. I wish it understood ( where an officer has been faithful I do i not think it good policy to tnrn him < out. This will apply in a political as well as administrative sense." t "But, Mr. President, where the 1 I parties have meddled" in political af- t fairs?where they have been bitter s partisans?" " v ' 1 "I intend." replied .m Cleveland, : "to move very carefully in filling the 1 offices. 1 shall not muke "many changes, s and particularly not until I am thor- '< | oughly posted. I must rely on my J frijendsto aid me in this." " i tne conversation inus couuuueu ior about half an bonr, the President-elect i indicating very clearly that he would be glad to see his friends and hear ] what they had to say, but that he J would have more important matters < to deal with than the sirnplo doling out of patronage. Mr. P-oweil. says that he was struck with the statesman-like i view of the President-elect takes of 1 the situation and the future, and he believed if the Democratic party "knew 1 its interests it would not seek to em- . barrass him, but abide his own time in all matters affecting party conti-ol and interest. " 1 i Skin Diseases. I have a little daughter seven years jOldL,. wlx> far ilifi. last fhnr yAarn has ' been afflicted with a pecuiiar skin eruption on the face and. one hand. I haye tried seven or eight physicians, ; ?>nnn? tliom tlx* iii fljilifirvrnift and in this province, but to. no purpose. I The child kept growing worse. For- j innately, I saw a statement in a St. < Paul, Minn., paper, of a care of a < disease similar to that of my chjjd. It was effected by Swift's Specific. I i secured- six bottles and commenced giving it to my little girl. In less than < one week this terrible disease, which i had baffled all the known remedies i within reach, began to disappear. She i has been taking" it three months?is i perfectly well, and her skin is as clear i as wax.* G. A. Smith, i Trenton, Ontario Province, Canada. 1 March 28, 1884. ] What a Minister Says. Extreme weakness ?nd general deI bility, produced by exposure and over- ] wdrk attendant upon my duties,, were gradually developing i"jS5? an utter prostration of my system. Adopting: | the suggestions of intimate friends, . who had experienced relief in similar cases by taking Swift's Specific, i now find myself restored to a perfect condition of health and strength. Accept my fervent wishes for your continued prosperity in your well chosen and successful method for relieving those who suffer. 1 Rev. B. Stockton, D. D., Stillwater Place, Stamford, Conn. Treatise on Blood and Skin Diseases mailed free. The Swift Specific Co., Drawer 3, Atlanta, Ga. ] ] pi.ot ro blo sv vp the ca pitol. ? t A Woman In the State Department Said to Have Discovered Sach a Scheme. Washington, January 2!).?It is reported hereon excellent authority that a piot to blow up the capitol banding has been discovered and is now beinginvestigated. The matter, is oilyknown to a few government officials, and is being investigated. The story, is in brief, that a woman employed as translatorin the State Departmentthade this discovery some days before the London explosion and communicated it to a Democratic member of Congress. lie talked with a few friends if lotrinrr oc chp hnrl 2 ft wilt ilj ill ? I^p vuv fuww v??v ?'"v? them before "them ami they decided to \ put it in the hands of the State Depart ment for investigation, which has been c done. What the details are cannot \ now be made known. 1 n, c The End of a Cincinnati Hurrah Party. t Cincinnati, January 28.?Early this c morning: four men were found .in a 1 sleigh in the western part of the city, c but one of whom was able to speak. r One was dead and *.he other two so ? drunk and so nearly frozen as to be 1 rmnnnsnions. The dead man's name 1 was Petro Gerber. The party had [ been on a spree from early last* even- ! ing, and had they not been discovered J all wonld soon have perished from cold. J c Cunningham Photographed. ^ Loxdon, January 30.?Cunningham, [ the man charged with causing the cxplosion at the Tower of London last e Saturday, has been photographed by the police and copies of his photograph have been sent to New York and Paris for the purposes of identification, there , still being some doubt as to his identi- c ty. r f -We do not sound a needless alarm a when we tell you that the taint pf scrofula is \u yonr hlootj. Inherited a or acquired, it is there, and Ayer's c Sarsaparilla alone will effectually cradr "\ icate it. c V . . J\. ; I' "> . . ?i'ji'j-.u- '-;..if"i-j >UR EXHIBIT AT XEW OBLEAXS. iVhat a Discriffiinatins: Correspon- E dent Says of the Showing of Soulli Carolina. [L tt-er to the Augusta Chronicle.] Readers of the Chronicle in South ;arolina will bo glad to knew that f>>r o ariety of products and skill and taste G a their display she will not be behind I ,ny of her sisters. b Son'h Carolina has about 10,000 qnare feet of space in the Government n wilding. One third of this, beginning t< m the west side, is devoted wholly to r gricultural products. A pavilion, ^0 a eet square at the base and 40 feet high S' s the conspicuous object of this secion. The roof is decorated with n ereals, and in the midst of them is the s< lame, "South Carolina," in large let- c ers formed of timothy. The columns o if the pavilion are decorated with c talks of maize, millo-maize (lately in- I reduced into the State,) doura corn s: ,nd cotton-stalks. tl In the lower part of the pavilion will I ie placed on stands 900 jars of pre- a erved fruits and 400 vases containing C amples of grain. There will be ex- s< tibited also at this point bales of sea a sland cotton. Then comes the rice f< liSplav. , o The'centre piece of the whole cxtibit is I THE PYRAMID OF PHOSPHATES, ^ .botit 30 feet high. It is entirely cov- o red with phosphates?both hind and t< iver rock?30 tons being used for the mrpose. v Each of the four sides of the pyramid bears one of the following insefip- I ions, viz: # ii Annual shipment of phosphate rock, n XD0,000 tons. t Fertilizers manufactured, $3,000,- s 00. t Annual product of mines,' $2,500,- o 100. f Annual shipments of fertilizers, 155, p >00 tons. r Jars are ranged around the face of p UC j^iauiiu ^lUUMU iv>V/iV 1 md ingredients used in manufacturing v t into feililizers. There are also bags a >f prepared fertilizers. o The value of the phosphate mines in d south Carolina is said to exceed in o ralue the gold mines in any Southern t State. The display is certainly the t nost unique in the whole Exposition s md is attracting much attention. On the east of the pyramid comes Jie display of naval stores. No out- j ;ider believed that South Carolina voulddare enter the lists in an exhibit )flhis product with her "tar heel" y lamesake and neighbor, but she is ioing so in very creditable sfr'le. The exhibition of fossils is the largest in the United States. That of 1 Indian relics is also fine, all of the lat- f, ?r coming from Chester county, and , supposed to have belonged to the Catawba tribe. The display of building material is ? rery complete. It consists of granite, i. K1 ~ _ rnr ,..,A \ iuaspioue, uui; ute, ivc. liiuc ;iiu ^ ilso specimens of gold- and iron ore. * The Hai!e Gohl Mining Company has c i case of special exhibits, among j which are imitation gold bars showing \nnual output of mines. . Among the commercial fisheries dis- r play is a trout that weighed fourteen * and a half pounds, several large carp, 2fc-5., jmd an alligator killed by Gov. , rhompson. t There is a superb display of the natural history of the State from the . Charleston museum. Two huge lumps of chalk are shown , one from the McNamer company, of . Aiken country; -the other from the , Davies mi*e. There arc on exhibition manufactur- ^ ed goods from the following mills, viz: The Vaucluse. Graniteville, Lang- . ley, Charleston Manufacturing Company: Pelzer Manufacturing Compa- , iiv Pifrimrmf FTncrm>nr?f\ Ptx?iYifcw? Falls, Clifton Mills and the Columbia ] hosiery.mill ? The Palmetto State is in the front also as a hay-producing State, there < being on exhibition, bales of Bermuda ! hay from the Ha^ood farm, Johnson . ^rass from the Cfcilds farm, besides , crab grass, peavines, &c., from various j contributors. Timber and naval stores are special j features of the display. For the Exposition to bring 'the neatest practical and immediate benefit to States so far from here as Georjria ^ and South Carolina, there ought to be reduced return rates by rail through ( ihose States. Then visitors here from | the North and Europe would be led to , return by way of those States and sec for themselves in bulk what is here , presented in detail. >" ( THE PLANTERS' ASSOCIATION. [t Meets in New Orleans Febrnary 10? j A Card Frojn President Morekead. Vicksburg, Miss., January 31.?In- i Formation received at the headquarters ; )f the National Cotton. Planters'- Asso- i nation in this city to-day is to# the ( effect that delegates have been appoint- c id by the governors of nearly all the > Jotton States and many Northern States to the World's Industrial Conrention, which meets in the grand hall 1 >f the Exposition, February 10, thus ? nsuring the. success of the Convention, i some of the most distinguished special- s sis 111 America ana Europe nave ac;epted invitations to make addresses, ^.tnotig the most prominent speakers nvited are Senators Harris, Bayard, Blackburn, Vest, Jonas, Garland and [ngaMs, Speaker Carlisle and Congressmen Ellis and Brcckenridge, Gen. John B. Gordon, CapL Eads, Capt. Bedford Pim, Patrick Calhonn and Jeorge L. Wright. 'Many railroads throughouttbe Union lave redaced tlieir present low >-ates. President Morehead, of the National Planters' Association, arrived here o-day to attend a meeting of the extcutive committee next Monday. The ixecutive committee is composed of epresentatives from Arkansas, Louisinift. Mississinrii. Alfth.imn. Tpjiupsspp md Texas, ail deeply interested in the jrogress of the South. This commitec,-.it will be remembered, located the iVorlu's Exposition at New Orleans md appointed half the board of tnanigement thereof by Act of Congress, rhe Planters' Journal, the official >rgan of the Association, just issued 'or February, says: "Since the entry uto the industrial arena of the South me hundred years ago no event lias rauspired of such momentous signifi;ance to Southern agriculturalists a? he Universal Cotton Convention to sonvenc on February 10, in the grand nusic hall of the World's Industrial md Cotton Centennial Exposition at ?ew Orleans. This is a cotton centenleal exposition inaugurated by the )lanters and the Universal Cotton Convention to begin Februan 10. It las been determined upon as one of he means whereby t!ic planting comnunity may realise the best benefits | rom their own enterprises. The asso- j intion has strong hopes that Presilent-elect Cleveland will accept the | nvitation w hicli has been extended to i uin to attend tne meeting. a special ar has been placed at his disposal." Commercial Failures for a "Week. New York. January CO.?The busiicss failures occurring throughout the ounti'y during the last seven days, as eported to It. G. Dun & Co., number or the United States 317 and for Can,da 37?total 354, against 411 last week ,nd 420 the week previous. There is i decrease in every section of the ountry, though the failure's in the Vest a'nd South are still very numerous, ' ' . ' . .-I*?' : THE THEOX.OGIC.vL SE3IINAKT. | lleclion of Professors to Fill Two Vacant! Chairs?The Perkins Professorship to he l Filled ?xt May. [ From the Columbia Jleffi-stcr. ] The Board of Directors of the The- ;' logical Seminary inet in Augusta,!, Ja., on the 28th instant, the entire ' >oard being present?thirteen in nam-! er. ' : The principal purpose of the special lontinn- ivic tlirv !r\'i ni' nvnfncsnvc > fill the vacancies caused by the j esignations of Professors Hemphill I; nd~Boggs and the removal of Profesor Wood row. 1 The Rev. Dr. J. A. Lftfevrc, of Haiti- , lore, Md., one of the (incst Greek eholars on the continent and an acomplished teacher, as well as an elouent preacher, was chosen to till the hair of Biblical Literature. Dr.iefevre haefbeen on a previous occaion (in 1874) chosen to fill a chair in lie Faculty of the Seminary?when )r. Adger resigned on account of the ction of the General Assembly in Jolumbns, Miss. There is good reaon to believe, however, that he will ccept. this lime, a^ he has a preference Di* the chair to which he was chosen n Wednesdav last. The Rev. Dr. J. D. Tadlocfc,' of Bristol, Tenn., who has been professor ii Washington College, and who has di* a number of years been president f King College, Tennessee, was chosen o fill the chair of Church History. The election of the above professors ras made unanimous. The election of a professor for the 'erkins chair was deferred to the meetng to b3 held in this city in May iext. Many in the church think that he duties of the Perkins Professorhip are too limited to occupy the enire time of a professor. The- reports f the Board to the contro?Iing Svnods or the past three years show that the irofessor in this chair oniv gave two ecitations a week, while the other irofessors had lrom eight to twelve ecitations a week, and the feeling is ery strong against making this chair lmost a sinecure. There is a desire n the part of many to 'expand its luties so as to include the whole field f Christian apologetics, especially-as his was the wish of Judge Perkins, he generous founder of the professorhip. THE LIBERTY BELL. 'he Old Relic is Apostrophized by the ExPresident of the Confederate States. When the train bearing the Liberty Jell drew up at Beauvior, Miss., Mon[ay, among the. crowd assembled at he station was Varina Davis Hayes, , little grand-child of Jefferson Davis, ^.s soon as the train stopped a gentienan caught the child in his anns and ifrcd her to the bell, which she warmly Jasped and reverently kissed, exclairntig, "God bless the dear old bell.'* Che incident was greeted with cheers, vhich had not entirely subsided when klr. Davis himself drove up with an iscort of gentlemen who had been ient for him. Upon his arrival Frank Sacon, United States Commissioner of ian.sas and President of the Com mi tee, greeted him and invited him to Lccompanv the bell to the Exposition. >r.. . mr. jltslvis iL-jmuu. "I feel most deeply" complimented )y this reception and the expressions ,liat accompany it. I was sick in bed vben this notice reached me, and I mmediately rose when f heard that he glorious old bsJll was at the station. [ thank you and vonr associates, and :rust that your anticipations of" the larmonizing tendencies of this journey )f the old bell across the States of the Union, some of which had not sprang nto existence when its tones first filled ;he air, may in every respeet be fully ealized. 1 think the time has come, svlicu reason should be substituted for passion, and when men' who have fought in support of their honest conrictions should do justicc to each other. Fon, sacred organ that gave voice to :he proudest declaration that a handful of men ever made when they faced :he greatest military power on the *lobe, when a handful of men declared :o all the world theirinalienable rights md staked life, liberty and prosperity u defence of this declaration, then it ivas with your clear tones' you sent loticc to all who were willing to live )i* die for liberty, and felt that the day Evas at hand when every patriot must lo a patriot's duty. Glorious old bell, he son of a Revolutionary soldier bows in reverence to you, worn by ;ime, but increasing in sacred memories. Mr. President, accept my thanks, vliich are heartfelt ai:d sinccrelv giv>11." ' ?Hall's Vega table Sicilian Ilair Renewer imparts a fine gloss and Veshness to the h?ir, and is highly ecommended by physicians, clergynen and scientists, as a preparation iccomplishing wonderful result?. It s a certain remedy for removing laudrulf, making ihe scalp white and ;lean, and restoring gray hair to its onthful color. ?Charlotte, X. C., has been desiglatcd by the Signal Service Bureau as i cold wave station, and the service vill begin next week. AVER'S Cherry Pectoral No other complaints are so insidious in their attack as those affecting the throat and lungs: none so trifled with fcy the majority of suffer ers. The ordinary cough or cold, resulting | perhaps from a trifling or unconscious ex- | posure, is often but the beginning of a fatal sickness. Ayee's Cueef.y Pectoeae has well proven its efficacy in a forty years' fight with throat and lung diseases, and should be taken in all cases without delay. A Terrible Cough Cured. "In 18571 took a severe cold, which affected my lungs. I had a terrible cough-and passed right after night without sleep. The doctors gave me up. I tried Ayee's Chebby Pectobal, which relieved my lungs, induced sleep, and afforded mo tho rest necessary for the recovery of my strength. By tho continued use of tho Pectobal a permanent cure was effected. I am now 62 years old, hale and hearty, and am satisfied your Cheesy Pectobae saved me. Hobace Faibbeotheb." Rockingham, Vt., July 15,1882. v Croup. ?'A Mother's Tribute. ""While in the country last winter my littlo t>oy, three years oi a, was taKen liiwitn croup; i it seemed as if he would die from strangulation. One of the family suggested tlie us? of Ayer's Cherry Pectoral, 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 hour tho little patientjvas'breathing easily. The doctor said that" the Cherry Pectoral had saved my darling's life. Can you wonder at . our gratitude ? Sincerely yours, Mrs. Ejlma Gedsey." 159 West 328th St., New York, May 1C, 1S82. "I have used Ayer's Cherry Pectoral in my family for several years, and do not hesitato to pronounce it the most effectual remedy for coughs and colds we have ever tried. A. J. Craxe." Lake Crystal, Minn., March 13,1882. " I suffered for eight years from Bronchitis, and after trying many remedies with no success, I was cured fcy the use of Ayer's Cues- i ry Pectoral. Joseph Waldex." Byhalia, Mias-^April 5,1cS2. "I cannot say enough in praise or ateb's Cheeky Pectoral, Delievihg as I do that but for its use I should longsince liar a died from lung troubles. JE. bragd02t." Palestine, Texas, April 22,1662. Ko case of an affection of the throat or lungs exists which cannot be greatly relieved ! by the use of Ayer's Cherry Pectoral, j and it will alicays cure when the disease is | not already beyond the control of medicine, j prepared by Dr.J.C.Ayer&Co.,LoweI?3Mas$. j Sold l)j all Druggiste. fa , ... .. '-.-S-iSs ~ ""7.-1 * - s*? -"X-y??~??**"v. <K ' - .N ? ' "" , N. .' mottttcb i ARE YOU TPHTTRT 77 "Pi With any disease pe1XIU L lJljLilJ euliar to your gentle ?c:v? If so, to you we brings tidings of comfort and great joy. You can Be CUBED and restored to perfect heallh by using Bra&ield's Female T5 It is a special remedy for alt diseases pertaining to the wombj and any intelligent woman can cure herself by following the directions. It is especially efficacious in cases of suppressed or painful menstruation, in whites and partial prolapsus. It affords immediate relief and permanently restores the menstrual function. . As a remedy to be used during that critical period known as "Chaxge of Life," this invaluable preparation has no rivaL SAY?DHEEL1F?! Ridge, ilcixtosn Co., Ga. Dk. J. ? kadfield?Dear Sin I have taken several bottles of your Female Regulator for falling of the womb and other diseases combined, of .sixteen standing, and I really believe I amN cured entirely, for which please accept my heartfelt thanks and most profound gratifcudel I know your medicine saved my life, so you see 1 cannot speak too highly in its favor. I have recommended it to several of my friends who are suffering as I was. Yours very respectfully," , MRS. W. E. STEBBINS. Our Treatise on the "Health and Happiness of Woman" mailed free. BRADFIELD REGULATOR CO., Atlanta, Ga. SeplSfxLly *. Groceries aid Sloes. T?le attention of CASH BUYERS is called to my stock which is complete. GROCERY DEPARTMENT. Sugars at greatly reduced prices. Coffees?all grades. Syrups and Porto Rico Molasses?'very fme. Shelf Goods in great variety, and fresh. Try ray TENNESSEE FLOUR, Bagging and Ties, Salt Bacon, Lard, &c. "OLD DOMINION HAMS." Nos. l, 2 and 3 Mackerel, in kits and yA barrels. SHOES FOR EVERYBODY. A large stock of Boots and Shoes thai MUST be sold. Profit no 'object?as I de sire to turn them into money. Jeans, Plaid and Brown Homespuns. Wcodenware and Baskets. All I ask is a call before purchasing. -N< goods charged at my reduced prices. All persons knowing themselves to b< indebted to me will settle prior to the firsi of November next. K. ?. HUEY. NOTICE. P flOPOSALS for the building of tw< additional Cisterns of Twenty '(23,000] Thousand Gallons capacity each will b< received by the Town Council of Winns boro up 10 o'clock & m., February 15,188? Contractors will be required to warrant th| work-, and for that purpose to enter into bond with approved security. Counci reserve the right to reject any and all bids Txv or/lor O./umfil r. N. WITHERS, Clerk. DISSOLUTION. rrHE partnership heietofore existing be J. tween McDom'd & Douglass hoi been this day dissolved by mutual consent so far as the same relates to the practice o: crimini! law. 17th December, 1884. J. E. McDON?LD, : C. A. DOUGLASS. v # NOTICE is hereby given that the under signed have this day formed a partnershi] forihe practice of law in civil eases undc: the firm name of McDonalds & Douglass Their offices may be found in Lav Range. December 17,1S84. J. E. McDONALD, C. A. DOUGLASS, W. L. MCDONALD. NOTICE is hereby given that the under signed have this day formed a partnershi] for the practice of criminal law, under th< firm name of Douglass & McDonald. Office in Law Range. December 17, 1SS4. C. A. DOUGLASS, W. L. McDONALD. Dec20tf iTuW F? lluHUJUlLU llUiiiii. I'lIE U5TDERSI6NE J TAKES PLEAS 1. in informing the p of Fairfie'c County and the (ravelin: nubile that he !u;s taken charge of t:ie WINNSBORC HOTEL, and ii now prepared to rcceivc both pernianent and transient boarders. The building has just been repainted and put in fkst-rate condition throughout The table will be supplied with the besl that the local and neighboring markets afford, and no pains will be spared to insure the comfort of guests. A Sample Room is provided, conveniently arranged for the use of Commercial Travelers. TERMS REASONABLE. A share of the public patronage is respectfully solicited. A. F. GOODING, PrnnrlnfAP Colnmtiia I BRANCH OF LUDDEN MUSIC PIANOS AND ORGANS SOL! SMALL INSTRUMENTS ANDSHEE TWENTY PER CENT. SAV PTAVOfi AXD ORGAN'S DELIVER! FREE OF AGENTS WANTED C Write for Terms and Catalog N. W FcbiLOm * \ i TUTT'S PILLS OS VFARS IN fl??_ X&e Greatest*3fedi^Jtemgi of the Age I r; SYMPTOMS OF A TORPID LIVER. iioss of appetite, Bowels costive, Pal a in the bead, with a doll censation in the back part* Fain under tlio shoulderblade* Fcl!ness after eatins, with adis- inclination to exertion of body or mind. Irritability of temper* Low spirits, with afeeling of having neglected somedaty, Weariness* Dizziness* Fluttering rxthe ' Heart. Dots before the eyes, Headache .." 5" over the right eye* Restlessness, with fitful dreams. Highly colored Uria., and CONSTIPATJOMo TUTT'S PJtlXS are especially adapted to such cases, one dose effects such a change of feelingas to astonish the sufferer. They Increase the Appetite,and canse the body to Talce on Flcshithns ?he system Is nourished. and By their xo&fc Action on tkelMgestiveOrcaas,Secular Stoolsare i TtlTTS EXTRACT SfiBSAPfiRtLLfi | . Benovates the body, mates healthy flesh. *r^! strengthens the weafc, repairs the wastes of - ; the system with pure blood and hard muscle; Tjja tones the nervous system, invigorates the *? flR I brain, and imparts the vigor of manhood. WB $1. Sold by druggists. _ * OFFICE 44 Murra^St., New Yo^c, ^ TO THE CITIZENS V ' ' ... ; -OFFairfiiiifflesief. Where yon can get Great Bargains in> Clothing, Hats and Gents' Fnmisbipg. Goods, Trunks and everything kept at a FH5ST-CLASS ESTABLISHMENT. PHILIP EPSTIN, 148 MAIN STREET* COLUMBIA, & C. ; -V --V. . I have introduced this season the novel enterprise of distributing 1,000 of the ir.cst m ' beautiful PAINTINGS to all my customers who will favor me with the purchase of M a buit of Clothes, at your own price, will be entitled to . or.e handsome Painting". which will make your home cheerful, rice v, :3of charge. In my BOY'S DEPARTMENT ' of Beady-Made Clothing, of ihe best / manufacture, the iatest styles, and best , qualities arc always en "hand in large. variety; and to even* Boy and Youth's , Suit sold the purchaser will be entitled to ' a handsome of the price you agree to pay for it Te?tk6$c-^ . ' handsome and valuable gifts arc distrifcE^"-1" ' -ed to every purchaser. Ben-ember I guarantee everv article sold to be as represent- - [; ed, and the prices lower than any house . North or South, or the money will be reunded. Sincc the introduction of tlw above enterprise I have had a great rush" for those beautiful Paintings, and the boys is deter' mired to leam how to skate,' especially when it costs tuem nothing. Send in your 5 order for a suit if you can't come yourself t and. I will send you a suit, C. O. D., witli -jB the beautiful painting or the pair of skates' attached; with the privilege to exam ^ the suit before paying for iL-. All visitors to the Capital are respectfully invited to call at my store and examine v my Art Gallery of Handsome Paintings. 1 PHILIP EPSTO', iropnewp I Of the Sew York Clothing Store, i 148 MAI2sT ST., COLUMBIA* S. C. | ]Sbvl2xc6m . , . SEW ADVERTISEMENTS. COiSHMPTSel; I haro a posltlro r? medy f or the abovo dlaoasa; 5y 1 ts cue thousands of cisesolthofront krndandoflor.:; sCtnuintfhaTo bcea eared. Indeed, j-ostrotijrlirrayfal:!*. , la l:itoC?cr.ey.that I rriri ?cod TWO BOTTLES FREE. B together vivas. Y.VT.".VBI.ETEEJ.TISE on thisdlsoss? . S to acj es2>rcr. Ci oxprrss *tu! X*- O. niir-j". r : v." , DK.T. A.SIX>Cl.T?,"lSlPe?WSfc, Kow York, ' mmeliiir H B 'I01-- Ab- Mese^e who 111 UgSSSXTfeflSS HE BS WB nVv&iid crrred mom esses any ofcberkving physician. His snccess has simply been astoniaimjg;^re have heard of cases of overaj - ywuniihinrlrng cured by hia. Hegaarasteesacrae.'* 5 bottieaad Treatise 3ent tec. Give P.O. and ?X!DIQ68 tO A r Dr. AB. aiESEEOLE, Ko. 96 John St,,New Yodc, f\ ? : . Paror'E Tiio, . A Pare Family Medicine Tliat Kever Intoxicates. Ii yen arb a lawyer, minister or business many exhausted by mental strain or anxious cares <S/> . > nor, take intoxicating stimulants, but usC\ i Parser's Toxic. Ifyoaare a mccbanic or firmer, vrorrc out wir.b overwork. or a mother run down by family r-i or bonsehoid duiies try Parker's Toxic. It you bar-? Dyspepsia, libeumatLsm.' Kld^?y A or Frinary complaints, or it' y-">a ar* wttb any di#wierthe lar.^s. sfomach, bowels. "oI'.'Cl r>r n. r.vs you ean be cu.-th1 by Parser's Toxic. C-\rTfON.'~itcruse* nil substitutes. J'ar.'rcr's Tonic u coropospJ oi :.Ji2 best remedial agents ill ,i:ie >v .ri'j, :i:iu ;.s cnureij' u:u?-r<-u; uuiu preparations or jjiajrer alr-ne. Scr.d ror eJrcnIi you arc wasting away from ?crc. dlssfctttica or any disease or weakens and" reQuuv ? sfim?ulant tnfccrPAI.'KRirS TONIC <X 1-r- will . Invigorate a ;i*l bull i yaa up r-om i':y Sirs- Urjse1 bctwlilTjp.v^rioCi?lc:YT*' 1* Jias sivc.i h?n?' " ! dreds or lives. it ?any save yours. !}' HISCOX&CO., 16S TTOliam Strcftl, Sew Ycrk. ' 50c. md si siz.'s, st alt dea>rs in is^ScWii Great saving lubuvl::^ dollar size. ; F.-05-UW HAVE YOU A GARDEN? And will trial the HOftt at the feast money. Then i lay new Seed Catalogue will surprise yon. Mo matter where yon hare been dealing- ii trill taxe money. It is ptilei Free to aU, andyou ougtit to hare It ; before baying anywhere. I WM. H. MAULE. ^ 139 & 131 'rout St., Philadelphia. Jfl isic lie, o_ t> a rrrO COT'T XJ 17 "D XT ^ (X L>.?1. JL JLjO kjvu x fl HOUSE. J d ox easy instalments. :t music constantly in stock m ed by buying from us. jh :d at any depot in the state n charge. m )n liberal terms. j| ICS <0 . TRUMP, Manager, fl 126 main st., columbia, HH