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General "Walthall, who succeeds
Mr. Lamar as United States Senator j
irom Mississippi, IS a uaiut \'i imvux
mond, Va. "
Wisconsin and Maine, after testing
the plan of life imprisonment for murderers,
have conclnded that hanging
is the proper way to dispose of them.
R. Hoe & Co. have just finished a
new press for the New York World,
which has a capacity of 24,000 papers
per hour. Such a press would certainly
be a masterpiece of machinery.
Some Httle discussion arose in the
Senate the other aay on me power ui
a Governor of a State to fill a vacancy
in that body. Similar cases have arisen
before, and it has been decided after a
fall discnssion that Governors of States
had that power.
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Democratic Congressmen claim that
they are satisfied to endorse President
Cleveland's civil service ideas so far as
the Departments at Washington are
concernad, but they urge I hat there
should be a general overhauling of the
Federal State officers. !
Russia has 15,231 doctor?, and mainI
tains universities at Kazan, Kiel, Crakow,
Moscow, Warsaw, Helsiiigfors
andDoroat. The professional men
flock to the cities. In * Use country
thousands of.people die for want of
medical and surgicalailennance. . I
The President has sent to the Senate
the name of Chas. S. Fairchild to succeed
Judge French as assistant secretary
of the treasury. He has also
nominated John C. Black, of Illinois,
to be commissioner of pensions. Both
of these men are prominent in Demo* !
cratic politics and are in sympathy
with the reform administration.
Mr. Arthur gave his boss cook such j
a good recommendation that President I
nioTTolanf? to retain hin iu his I
service- The cook had a pretty bnsy
time trader Mr. Arthur, as the habitues ^
of the White House straggled into
meals whenever they were ready, but
he anticipates an easier time now, as
the rule is to hare meals at regular
hours, and the Presidential household
is expected to be ready for breakfast
promptly at 8 o'clock.
Tek new Attorney General was
formally presented to the United States
Snpreme Coart by his predecessor on
s * - on the 9th inst. Mr. Garland acknowledged
the kindness of Mr. Brewster in
presenting him to the Court, :utd addressing
that body said that he would
use every posrfble exertion in the discharge
of his duties, and so to demean
himself as to merit the respect and
... confidence of the Court.
Italian papers are bewailing the extent
and intensity of the emigration
fever among the peasantry. They say
that the ship-loads of emigrants who
are taken from Italy to America are
draining Italy of its most productive
factors. The tide of emigration, they
say, is assuming proportions "which is
calamitous to the State, and they instance
the feet that one prefect alone
issued last year sis thousand passports
for emigrants to America.
A promtsext Senator has jnsl appeal
to the President in behalf of
* the candidates who are remaining in
YYasmugton at neavy expense , lor
some uiore definite exprwsion as to
the offices. Mr. Cleveland's reply was
that be had nothing add to his
views and intentions, as expressed and
declared in "his letter to George William
Curtis and bis inaugural address.
He thought be bad made his position
plain enough, and there was no excuse
for any doubt on anybody's part on the
subject.
The five Central American Republics
of Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Guatemala,
Honduras and San Salvador
were once a part of the Mexican monarchy,
when the Spaniard was expelled
from the halls of the Hontczumas. j
"When the Republic was formed in
Mexico, however, the Central Ainer
ican States fell away under a govern?
ment of their own, which tliey have
since, in tarn, broken by becoming independent
and sovereign States. The
scheme of Barrios to reunite them
tinder one head has failed before, but
this time more inglorious!}* and ignominiouslr
than ever. Pablic sentiment
and public opposition in the States
around Guatemala seem strong enough
to block Barrios, without the aid of
Mexico or of the United States.
The scramble for office reminds the
New York Tribune's Washington cor
respondent of a persistent office-seeker
who had gone from bad to worse in
the unavailing qnest. He wanted to
be watchman in the Treasury. One
day, while crossing the canal bridge,
at Seventh street, he discovered a man's
body floating in the water. On examination,
he found that the dead, man
was none other than a watchman in
the Treasury whom the scry day
before-he had seen about the building.
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VjrlVlLlg & uoslv uiai iii uc ian iu tuc
Treasury and rushing breathlessly
into tbe presence of the Secretary he
demanded an appointment to the
vacancy "Why, my friend," said the
Secretary, "the place has already been
filled." "filled," shrieked the mad
man, Mby whom? Why, I just saw his
dead body pulled out of the canal !"
"I don't donbt," said the Secretary,
"bat the place is filled, nevertheless.
T Koto inef ffiVn it to l:he man who
saw him fall in."
It is reported that Secretary Whitney
has already discovered some recent
transactions in the Navy Department
which demand searching investigation.
Among these developments are two
payments for alleged inventions which
are held to be wholly unauthorized by
law and which arc -believed to have
been made to supply election funds in
aid oi tac iaie ijrana uia uepuuncau
party. Ben Butler is reported to have
received a grant of between forty and
; fifty thousand dollars nominally for a
wood preserving process, but actually
! for a Blaine preserving process. The
| Chief of the bureau of construction
and repairs received $12,000 for the
! use of an apparatus for ventilating
| vessels. Doubtless uianv such transj
actions will be unearthed in Bill
! Chandler's recent office, and they will
| of course be pushed by the new Secre*.
I foi-i' ?r? thnf fh<> mnnev. if ini
properly and corruptly applied, may
be recovered by tbe government. .
The committees which had charge
of the financial part of the inaugural
celebration are now hard at work footing
up their accounts. It is estimated
by the members of these committees
that the total expenses incurred will
not fall short of $45,000, which is
$10,000 more than was calculated at
the start. The greater part of the
additional expense was incurred in
patting the wooden roof on the ball
room, this item of cost being $7,400.
Then the committee guaranteed 4,000
suppers to the caterer, and as only
abont 2,400 took supper the committee
will hare to make up the deficit on
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expense was $25,000 expended on the
ball room, $2,900 for music, $1,800 for
lighting the ball room, $5,500 for
decoration?, $3,500 for fireworks and
$1,000 for calcium lights. The amount
of the receipts canuot yet be definitelyfixed,
but it is thought by some members
of the executive committee that
f/vmA nanf Af fKa cnKcr^n?nfmn ffinfl
OVUIV ^>ai U V4 tliv SUW^ViiyviviJ AMWVt
will have to be used in meeting the
liabilities incurred.
A leading exchange of the State
gives what will prabably be the course
of the new President in the appoinfcmeut
to fill vacant offices:
We believe it to be the determination
of the President to remove no
person holding a business office under
the Government until the term for
which he was appointed shall have j
expired, unless that person shall be
found to be incompetent, or to have !
degraded his office and declared his:
own unworthiness by playing the part
of the partisan politician. The officer
who has attended quietly to his business
and appointed proper subordinates,
and has not in any way used the
influence of his office, i. e., the Government,
for partisan poroses, will
not be disturbed. Bnt when his term
of office shall have expired, a sturdy,
straightout Democrat will be appointed
in his stead. There is no doubt about
this. It may be difficult to induce him
to turn out officeholders whose terms
have not yet expired, but the President
will, without hesitation, appoint a
| -Uemocrai to mi every vacancy mat
occurs.
This is certainly what the people
expect of him. Whare two men of
equal co-i.^etency, ouc of which is to
be appointed, of course the party expect
that a Democrat shall be preferred
to a Republican. In our own State
we will have no sncli difficulty, as
most men who are competent are Democrats
in politics, and will no donbt be
appointed.
Thk amount of business transacted
bv the Washington office of the Western
Union Telegraph Company during
the week ending March 7 last was
greater lhan that of any previous inauguration
week in the history of the
office. In the week of the inauguration
of 1881 the number of words of
press matter sent was 600,080, and of
private messages 72,300. In the recent
inaugural week the number of words
of press matter handled was 817,270,
and of private messages 87,910, an increase
of more than 217,000 words of
press matter and nearly 16,000 words
in messages over the corresponding
week in 1881. The greatly increased
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tion of the inauguration of President
Cleveland, as compared with that of
President Garfield, is shown by the
fact that 255,000 words of press matter
were sent from the Washington office
on March 4th, 1885, as against 196,000
in 1881, an increase of nearly 60,000
words. This immense volume of business
was handled under direction of
Manager Morean with a promptness
and accuracy never before attained.
"During the week which followed the
aoeaooiii<?iiv;ii v/i x igoiu^iib uciu IUC
amount of press matter sent from the
Washington office was somewhat larger
than that sent during the recent inauguration
week, but the volume of
general business was much smaller
ttUU LUC UgglCgUt^ UI WUllk UUilU <JUII?
siderablv les?.
&ot long ago we wrote a short editorial
in which we tried to discnss the
wealth which we conld gain by utiliz
lug toe woods lound m our btate and
preparing it for the manufacturer. A
correspondent of the News and Courier,
from Ridgeway, who has had an
opportunity to see and know the value
of the woods found on the Wateree,
gives bis views iu a letter to this paper.
All we need for the development of
tills industry is some energetic, push- j
ing business man who will take hold
of the work and determine to make
something. The correspondent says
that upou the banks of this river can j
be found nearly every specie of wood
used bv manufacturers?some of them
from six to eight feet in diameter. He
says that there is enough of hictory in
these swamps to mafee all the bnggies
in the Union. Not only are the swamps
filled with valuable woods, bnt the
land is not surpassed by any Texas
prairie in fertility. In concluding his
letter, be shows how easy it would be
to utilize the resources of wealth found
here:
A tramway or railroad from the
river to the high lands would onlv be
three miles in length and could be ruu
on a perfect level, and no grading
would be necessary. The nver is
twenty-five feet deep at its very banks.
There is a splendid place here for a
wharf. Steamboats go np to Camden,
and Hae Government is now cleaning
the river of snags and other obstructions,
and a first-class saw-mill could
do an immense business iu sawing the
j great oaks to be foand here into ship
and wagon timber, and right at hand
is the Sand Hills with millions of the
finest yellow pine. What an opportunity
for some man of energy! The
West can offer no better, if as good, i
and it seems to me that these lands j
would have been utilized long ago if it j
had been known that they were here.!
The tract contains several thousand
acres and is covered by an old grant
from King George. Previous to emancipation
Col. Joseph Black made year
ly from 12,000 to 15,000 bushels ot
corn and 300 bales of cotton on this
land. Now less than 100 bushels of
corn and not exceeding four bales of
cotton are raised here. If some of our
friends from the North?those bineeyed,
red-headed men, with grit and
indomitable will and energy?could
onlv sret hold of these lands what a
change there would be.
Why not let some of cur own business
take hold of these lands and reap
the wealth instead of waiting for our
more industious Northern friends.
Civil Service Keform.
Governor Thompson has forwarded
Wachinirtnn }\p rtalivprpd ffi
President Cleveland, the resolutions
adopted at the last session of the Legislature,
respecting civil service reform.
In 1880 our Legislature adopN
ed a concurrent resolution requesting
our Senators and Representatives "to
nrge Congress to take such measures
as may be expedient for the reformat
tion of the civil service so that the
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tenure ot office unaer rue uenerai
Government may 110 longer be de^
pendent upon party success, nor subject
to levy by means of forced pecuniary.
contributions to any political
party, and so that capacity and character
shall be the test of fitness for office
and the sole but certain guarantee of
its tenure." At the last session the
Legislature, iu view of the change
about to be effected in the national
administration, re-affirmed the principles
set forth in the former resolutions,
and directed this action to be communicated
to the President.
If President Cleveland will adopt
the standards indicated in these resolu
I/mic?Mrwinih'^nnhodv
in South Carolina will have canse for
complaint. Bnt these terms?character
and capacity?must be taken in a
very broad sense in order to make the
Federal administration in South Carolina
respectable in the eyes of decent
men. In looking into the character of
incumbents we must snrely inquire
whether, in their official conduct, tnev
ever sacrificed considerations of dntv,
to serve their political ends. Adopting
this standard, it is rather safe to saythat
no Republican office-holder in
this Stale deserves to retain his place.
In estimating the capacity of officials,
we should look beyond the mere
ability to discharge the duties of office.
AT 1 1,?
iXlUi al ClJftlttUlCl Hi lieL UC HCiU IU 1JC |
essential to that degree of fitness which
shall entitle any one to retain his place.
Here, too, it will be extremely difficult
to find any South Carolina Republican
who ought not to go. This is not saying
that every South Carolina Republican
is a corruptionist or a thief. It
is true, nevertheless, that no man
could actively affiliate with the Repufc
lican party, as here constituted, without
soon losing his self-respect and
before long having his moral sense
seriously blanted. The man who votes
once or twice for a thief like Moses or
Scott or Cass Carpenter cannot long
remain free from the practices to which
tVtnea WAPtKine nnrl tHoii* f/^UrtWPrC
were constantly given. Moreover, in
order to keep in the favor of the party
here it was necessary for every officeholder
to do much more than merely
cast his vote for the nominees of the
party. He must have actively aided
m the accomplishment 01 tnc party's
mission?the plundering of oni; people
and the perpetuation of negro rule.
The men who have furnished such aid,
however feebly or rarely, ought to be
very promptly remanded to private
life.
Two propositions, respecting officeholders
in South Carolina, will both
hold good, and they should be rigidly
applied by the new administration.
These are:
1 aA>i/va
X. JL licit tuc UUlUlllg VJL aill viuvv I
nnder the Federal administration in
Sonth Carolina ispm?3-/acieevideuce
of nnworthiness. Proper inqniiy will
easily disclose the few cases which
form the exceptions.
2. That affiliation with the Radical
party in Sonth Carolina at any time of
its existence is conclusive proof of unfitness.
These tests, properly applied, will
retain the few incumbents who are
worthy, and furnish an easy way of
getting rid of the dirty crew who now
control the Federal administration in
this State.
The truth is, there is too mnch foolish
gush about civil service reform. It
may suit the condition of the Xortb,
but to apply it in the South would
tend to degrade the public service, and
reward those who have been the worst
enemies of the people. "To the victors
belong the spoils", however the statement
may shock the sensibilities of^the
civil-service-relormers is a doctrine
that must be rigidly enforced in the
Sonth. "Tarn the rascals out", embodies
a doctrine to which all good
citizens will heartily subscribe. Yet
this precept will do no more than
accomplish the changes incident to the
enforcement of that other doctrine
which includes the pnblic offices in the
spoils of political victory..
THE HALLE GOLD 3LLVE.
What a Resident of Bock City Saw on a
Trip Over In Lancaster.
[Letter to Major T. W. Woodward.]
Haile Gold Mine, March 8.?I left
Lancaster about nine o'clock Tuesday,
and after a drive of twenty-one miles
it . ? . 1 T T
over me rougnesr roaa i ever saw, i
arrived at the gold mine shortly after
twelve o'clock. I was surprised at the
place, for after coining through such a
wild country for twenty-one miles,
and suddenly driving into a village j
where the houses are well built, and j
evervthinjr looking comfortable, was I
something I did not expect to see.!
Everything here is built in a good, j
substantial manner. They arc making
great improvements here, not only in
machinery but railroads, laying water
pipes, bniiding, etc. The old crusher
now in operation here crushes thirty* |
fire tons of ore per day. The calcu
laiions arc mat uiu new uhc, wucu i
they get it .working, tviil crush two j
hundred tons per day. The building !
that the Jiew crasner ana engiue occupy
contains three hundred and fifty
thousand feet of lumber of the finest
kind, and it is pnt up in tfoe most substantial
manner. The lumber was all
sawed by the Gold Mine Company on
the ground. Tliey also burnt all the
brick used in the foundation for the j
engine, and for the boiler room. They
are of a poor quality?in fact thev are
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tno oiuy poor tiling useu in tne construction
of the building. Now, all
this machinery, stone, and in {act
everything used here, with the exception
of what they make here, has to
be hauled over this road from Lancasto
the miue at an expense of thirty
two cents per hmulrcd-weight?s<?yoa
can see what a big item the hauling
has been. The engineer in charge
thinks that it will take about a thousand
tons of machinery, stone, iron, ?tc., to
equip the new crusher. They are now
building narrow-gauge roads from all
the shafts to the new crusher. When
these are completed, they are going to
have a small engine to nam the cars.
They have about a mile of piping laid
to carry water to the new mill. It is
made of sheet iron. They are now
sinking a new shaft, from which the
ore will bring on an average about
fifteen dollars to the ton. I was down
ill the longest shaft on the place. It is
one hundred and fifteen feet deep, and
fherp are drifts ninnin? from it in two
different ways, One of these is abont
two hundred feet long, it i? not a
very pleasing sensation for a person
not accustomed to it to go down in a
mine. I was rather nervous all the
time I was down there, and was.well
pleased when I once more set my feet
on open ground. The Company" have
tneirown macninesnops, wueeiwngnt
shops, horse shoeing, etc.?in iact,
they try to do everything here thai is
required for the general work of mining.
I had no idea that ore had to go
through so many processes as it does
before they get the gold from it. I
hear from good authority that the
improvements making here will amount
to over two hundred and fifty thousand
dollars.
I gave your piece of ore to Mr.
Spilsbury, but have not vet bad a re%-v/vA?/\m
{f
pui i 11 KJkLA il
The stone for the engine bed which
came from your qnarry gives, general
satisfaction and is pronounced by experets
here to be tl>e best stone for
general purposes in the United States.
Jno. E. Connor.
[The ore alluded to was from the
old George Hasscn mine between
Rockton and Jlock City, and assayed
$2 25 gold per ton?not an unfavorable
outlook for the surface.?T. "W. W.l
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SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.
?Peach and plum trees are in full
bloom in Williamsburg county.
?'Twenty-three hundred liens hare
been filed in Barn weir county.
?The work of improving the.Waccamaw
river is progressing favorably.
?A fine steamboat now navigates
Waccamaw Luke, for the benefit of
excursionists. . -r
?It is expected that the "A'sheville
and Spartanburg Railroad will te
completed by the first of July.
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citizen of Hall township, Anderson
county, died last Saturday night, aged
71 years.
?Many Darlington farmers give a
more hopeful report of the oats crop.
It is not so badly killed oat as was
thought.
?The money for building the new
Catholic Church at Abbeville is all in
hand and the work of construction will
begin at once.
- Rev. A. B. Estes, a distinguished
Rantiat divine, died at his residence in
Old Allendale on the 4th instant, after
a protracted illness.
?B. Doschc-r, a news, agent in
Charleston, was sent to jail last week
for selling the Police Gazette and the
Police News.
?Judge Aldrich has discharged the
rule against J. T. Nix, the Greenville
lawyer, to show cause why he should
UUl UlQUdMVU* [
?'The old Sober house at Kinard's,
Newberry county, was burned on the
oth inst." Loss about $2,000, no insurance.
?The oats crop in Oconee county
has been seriously damaged by the
cold weather. The wheat crop i's in a
bad condition.
?In a game of baseball at Sumter,
Miller Mayrant accidentally Jet loose a
bat wnicu strucx a youtu namea iaivis
in the eyes and destroyed his sight.
?In Union county, a few days ago,
two colored children named Good nan
were burned to death by an explosion
of kerosene oil while attempting to fill
a lighted lamp.
?James Gordon Bennett, owner of
the New York Herald, arrived" at
Charleston Thursday on his palace
yacht Namouma. He will sail for the
West Indies.
?R. W. Boone, Postmaster at Newberry,
has tendered his resignation to
President Cleveland, althongh his
term of officc does not expire under
two years. He has been an efficient
officer.
?ty\ W. Bntler, a son of Senator
M. C. Butler, has recently moved from
London to Bordeaux, the great Allantic
seaport of France, where he is now
diligently mastering the French lan
guage.
?Under the stock law portions of
Berkeley and Charleston counties have
voted to exempt themselves from the
operation of the law, two-thirds of the
voters of the township having voted
that wav.
?In an altercation at a party near
Easlev, Pickens connty, last Saturday
nightj Tnrner Snoddv shot one Add:n?ton
in the side with a pistol. The
ball was extracted and the wound i?
not dangerous.
?In the Court ol Sessions for Oconee
comity, Ernest Abbott, seventeen
years old, pleaded guilty to the charge
of horse-stealing and was sent to the
penitentiary for two years. This was
his second offense.
?An extensive deposit of asbestos of
the purest quality was recently discovered
on the farm of MattLott. uear
Trenton. Mr. Lott lias sent samples
to New York, and he is in communication
with several parties with reference
to his coming bonanza.
?Mrs. Coleman, Lnla Hurst's rival
in the chair and billiard eae game, is
exhibiting her alleged wonderful
powers to the people of the Piedmont
section. The Seneca Free Press pronounces
her exhibition at Walhalla
the other night a humbug. >
?Snrrm >rson noared kerosene oil
on a lot of forty-five* rosin barrels on
the depot platform at Leesville Friday
night and set fire to it, bat he failed to
accomplish his evident purpose to fire
the town, as the fire refused to bnrn.
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?fouroi iue prisoners onraucu m
the Williamsburg jail made their
escape last Sunday night. They first
cut through a plank wall an inch and
i
mami??afa?n^aia
a quarter thick, then through tw61
t>rick Walls, and lowered themselves
to the ground with blankets.
?persons wishing to make experi-:
iuents nr iiit; uuim auuu ui ica iu>??
obtain ^plants by addressing the
"United States Tea Farm, Smnmeryiiie,
South Carolina." The applicant
-most state the number of plants
desired and pay the cost of transportation.
?James J. Willard, a young farmer
of Oconee, while pursuing and al tempt-1
i?g to arrest a party of negroes who j
had stolen sixty-five dollars frotn him, j
was struck, over the head with an axe j
by a nesrro woman. His skull was j
crushed In and he is in a precarious j
condition.
?The Orangeburg- Times is reliably
informed that the liev. A. "Webster j
has written to Congressman Dibble
asking to be retained as Postmaster at
that place. This is certainly the sublimest
exhibition of cheek ever heard j
of, and is enough to make the tradi- j
tional government' mule blush for
shame.
?On Friday last a diffiulty occurred
mi -T. B. Cornwall's olanlation. dies
ter county, between' "William Pratt, i
white, and Thomas Rassell, colored,
which resulted in the former striking
the latter on the head with ashovei.
Russell died next day. Pratt made
hi3 escape and has not yet been arrested.
?William Pendergrass, a colored
boy thirteen years old, went hunting
in Clarendon county one day last week.
He climbed a stump to shoot a rabbit
when the hammer of his gun strnck
against the stump aud the load of shot
was discharged, entering below the
ribs on the right side, and killing him
instantly/
?Kingstree has a sharp erowo of
negro boys who do a brisk business at
the depot on the arrival of the night
trains at that place, by selling pods of
cotton to Northerners. These coons
get the old empty bolls and fill them
with lint cotton, and thereby deceive
the passengers with the belief tliat the
cotton gresv thus.
_ ? On last Monday afternoon, Mrs.
j Charlotte I-ong, wife ot dosepn u.
[ Long1, who resides in Marion town
l ship, Anderson county, was burned to
death while helping her husband burn
I off some new ground. She left her
! husband to look after another part of
| the burning, and, staying longer than
i he expected, he went in search of her
and found her dead, with her clothes
entirely burned up and her flesh terriKKr
/>Ko .
! ?The Greenville flews slates that
i Prof. Boiichcr, the agent of the French
' Government, who proposes to settle
: 2,000 French immigrants in this counI
try, is still diligently inspecting lands
aronnd that city and will remain for
| several days. After his departure he
will visit other points in this State and
elsewhere to select a suitable tract.
He requires a large body of cheap !
land, and there are fears that he will j
not be able to obtain it in Greenville |
onnnfv no nrtppc nrfi fro.n!*Al 1V tOO I
! high.
What They do In New Orleans Now-a-Days.
The great crowds in New Orleans,
at the Exposition, liberally contributed
to the audience present at the 177th
Grand Mouthlv Drawing of The Lou*
isiana State Lottery, on Tuesday, Feb.
10th. The sum of $265,500 was fairly
placed by the hand of fortune where it
probably will do the most good. As
sample bricks, how the goddess treats
her votaries, we note that Ticket No.
28,600 drew the First Capital Prize of
$75,000, and was sold as a whole to a
.resident nf-San Francisco. Cal.. and
wuilectefl IfuoujjlJ-tfte-Nevada J&wuc-jut
that city. Tiftket No. 88,414 drew the
Second Capital Prize of $25,000, and
was sold to a party in New Orleans,
La., visiting1 the Exposition probably.
Ticket No. 1,730 drew the Third CapN
tal Prize of $10,000, and was sold in
1 T?_l CO v?
niuis, one to xieuytfu uuci, u- imuuivc
St., Lynnr Mass.; another collectcd
through First National Bank of Birmingham,
Pittsburgh, Pa. Nos. 70,929
and 98,476 drew each $6,000 and was
beldin New Orleans ana Cincinnati,
Ohio, &c., &c. The whole thing will
be repeated again on April 14t'n, next,
of which M. A. Dauphin, New Orleans,
La., will give all information on
application. *
Utilizing the Oyster Beds.
Baleigh, March 10.?The General
Assembly yesterday adopted a resolution
of a very important nature. It
provides for a thorough survey of the
oyster waters of the State, and that at
me en a 01 two years, u? iuc ujccliu^
of the next General Assembly, a report
shall be made as to the extent of the
waters and location. Steps are then
to be taken for the sale of the lands by
the State, by which they are owned.
In his last report the State superintendent
of fish and fisheries called attention
to the fact that the waters of
this State,are the natural home of the
oyster, and that possibilities of their
culture are very great. Lieut. Winslow,
United States Navy, has been
i * j
here by request ana appearea Deiure
the legislative committees. His testimony
as aa expert was that the waters
of the eastern sounds and bays were
the best on the coast for oyster propagation.
Longing for Liberia.
Raleigh, March 12.?Some time ago
many colored people from Anson
Mntifv loft in 7wJips fer Arkansas.
News has been received here to the
effect that the colored people in Bancombe
county are having weekly
meetings to consider the question of
migrating to Liberia. Quite a number,
embracing some of our influential
colored citizens, have consented to go,
are indeed leading the movement,' and
quite a hegira of this population will
take place some time this year for that
"halcyon land" in Africa.
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Commercial Failures for a Week.
JTew York, March 13.?The business
failures occurring throughout the
country during the last seven days, as
reported to R. G. Dun & Co., number
for the United States 238 and for Canada
44?total 282, against 277 last week,
and 283 the week previous. Failures
seem to be on the increase in Canada,
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our. Ill X'NCW JLUJiv ail'l iu?j uaoibiH
States thcv are below the average.
The Soul l>eri? and Western States furnish
about' tvvo-thirds of the number
in the United States.
A Fatal Fight.
Atlanta, Ga., March 14.?To-day
some reveune raiders had their prisoners
in a hotel aL Highlands, near the
North Carolina line, when a rescuing
party of miners attacked the party, and
Wm. Ramsey was shot and killed.
The raiders were not hurt.
? The extraordinary popularity of
Ayer's- Cherry Pectoral is the natural
?-?'* -?<" I?r intnllinronf nonnlp
ICbllltlVi uct. KfJ liiivtiigvu* J^vwr.v ,
for over forty years. It has indisputably
proven itself the very best known
specific for all colds, coughs and pulmonary
complaints. *
TW.,* A Qovconavilla in the
JL<HVU 9 iijui owii>? ? >
spring of the year to purify the blood,
invigorate the system, excite the liver
to action, and restore the healthy tone
^ ":~A" *!"> tr-Xnln rvlu'c!(>al munh.l. I
1 <11111 VIgUi \J 1 nit ?T iiVlV. J/IMW4VMI M.VV? I
nism. *
A LOST MIKE,
Untold Treasures "Waiting In the Bowels <St
the Earth for the Lucky Finder.
Aaron Leopold, besides his marine 1
interests, is a large investor in Lake
Superior mining properties. It was his
good luck to be one o the men who
neld Calumet and Heeia stock before 1
the Agassiz process for reducing copper
ore was discovered, which discovery
increased the value of copper mine
stocks live hundred fold, and placed
nnH TTnolfi nmniicr tho arpnf.nst
O ? " :
wealth-producing shafts ever dug into
mother earth.
In conversation with a reporter a
day or two ago he told the following
fascinating story: "Copper is undoubtedly
a good thing. No man who
was lucky enough to get into some of
the Michigan mines on the ground
floor can gainsay that, but silver s a
better thing, for all that, and as sure
as my name is Leopold, some time or
other the e will be one of t:.e bigg st
strikes of silver made on the north
shore of Lake Superior ever heard of in
America. It will outdo the Rocky
Mountain finds just as our copper gets
away w th the Arizona mines. Of
course, you know that where copper
occurs, silver s likely to be also found,
and that this is more than theory, the
frequent discovery of silver in northern
Michigan, and es" ecially on the north
shore, proves. You k::ow there is an
island on Lake Superior called Silver
island, on which silver is very profitably
mined. Did you ev er hear the storv of
the lost silver mine?"
"Never/' said the reporter.
"Well, it is good enoguh to print,"
said Mr. Leo old. "It is a current
tradition at Ontonagon, Hancock,
Houghton, and especially at Duluth,
and while you can hear it a good many
ways, I have looked into it very often,
and I believe you will lind this to bo
about the truth of it. About sixty years
ago all the country north of Duluth
was a wilderness. There were a few
Hrirl?nn h:?v* t-nnmnnv's nnrts scattered
about the l:ike.-> and m ors up there, and
the rest of that part of British America
was the homo of roving Indians and
nobody clso. The story was current
then that somewhere down along the
northern shore of the lake there was a
mine where virgin silver was to be
found in lumps. One day a party of
Indians?this is the cold truth, which
you can lind on record in books printed
years ago? one day a party of Indians j
I . > L-r> YV inn'mAfr Hut. I
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instead of lurs they had solid ingots of
silver. Every one of the party was
provided with bricks worth hundreds
of dollars. You may believe, this
caused a sensation. It proved that the
rumors current so long had some foundation.
The Indians were strangers at
the post. They belonged to a diifercnt
tribe from any ever seen there before,
and they pointed out vaguely in a
southeasterly direction, when asked
whence they had come. Of course,
they had the usual carouse, and at last
they loaded up with guns, calicoes,
beads and whisky and started for home.
l'wo ?rencnmea wno were at ine pose
trackei them across the wilderness,
shadowing them like a pair of detectives,
and after about one hundred
miles further than from St. Louis to
Chicago?through incredible hardships
and suflerings?they at last tracked
them to earth. According to the story
the home of these Indians was in the
range of hills between Crooked lake
onH Snnnrmr. soulh of Pi<?eon river, in
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what is now the state of Minnesota.
They did more than this, they found
the Indian mine, and its wealth was beyond
all the stories told of it. In a
grotto of rotten rock the virgin silver
was to be seen wining the s des in
Bvery direction. The two men marked
down the position of the mine as closeAy?as
-coukL
marks, so that there could be no mistake.
The mine stood at the head of a
long serpentine ravine, which trended
sontheasL Then thev loaded UD with
all the silver they could carry and started
lack. A 1 this time the Indians
knew nothing of their visits. Well,
they toiled along for days and days,
borne down by the weight of metal,
and at last one of them sickened and
died on the road. Winter \va< coming
on and the remaining explorer struggled
onward after burying his companion
and now and then stopping and
cacheing some more siiver, until at last
^^ Urt/kl" f/\ v?A^f 'I1, A nrAi*lr on/1
Lie gut LU LUC pvov. JLi.V nvia ?*<?%? j
the exposure were too much for him,
however, and in a couple-of days he too
sickened and died. He gave the most
Bxplicit instructions to his companions
at the post as to how the mine was to
be reached, and you muy believe that
the search ma-.ic the next summer was
an exhaustive one. The body of the 1
other explorer was found, so was also
the silver hidden on the road, but the j
mine ifcAlf wis not onnift nnon. There !
is an old Canadian that everybody calls
Leon, who is occasionally to bo seen in
Duluth, where be comes to buy stores,
who is the son of one of the men that
were at the post when the survivor of
the two first finders got back. This
Leon has done nothing all his life but
hunt for that mine. He has got old
papers describing its location as close-'
ly as possible, but ho has never found
it, although there is not a ravine in
those hills that he has not examined. I
He will keep up his hunt until he dies,,
of course, and he may liml it, stranger'
things have happened." ?'
"Do you believe the story?" ;
. "Certainly I do. It may be exag-'
gerated, but that the Indians knew of
some srreat silver deposit, nobody who>
has frequented the north shore has any j
doubt. I suppose 1,000 men have at j
one time or another been at work look-i
ing for that mine. You can't help believing
a story that brings along as
evidence the actual ingots of silver, and
of these ingots the records are too
plain and sure to leave any doubt." !
"It seems as though these Indiana
would hardly be satisfied with taking
one lot of silver out of the mine?"
"They are not satisfied- There are
hundreds of stories afloat of trades
made by the Indians wherein solid ingots
of silver were bartered off for a
* - - *
coupie 01 yaras 01 uaiiuo. oumo ui
them, I suppose, are false and others
true; but as to their appearing at Winnipeg
with the silver, nobody who will
take record evidence for any fact caa
ioubt It is as sure as anything can.
be." j
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Terra-Cotta for House-Fronts.
So far as my experience goes, thepubIic
generally are unaware of the real
advantages and merits of terra-cotta
for facing street fronts. When properly
burned, it is absolutely inpervioua to
smoke, and is unaffected by acid fumes
of any description; it is about half the
weight of the lightest building-stones,
and its resistance, when burned in solid
blocks in compression, is nearly one
third greater than that of Portland
stone; it is not absorbent?a great desideratum
when damp has to be considered?it
is easily molded into any
shape, for strings, cornices, or windowsills
and architraves, and can be easily
molded for figure or other enrichment.
It ran be got in good warm yellow or
o n f? \rliAn }"iA
produced in almost any tones of soft
browns, greens, reds, or yellows; and
its strength, durability,and imperviousness
to all the destructive influences of
town atmospheres, to my mind, recommend
it as the building material
most adapted for facing street frontages.?
Popular Science Monthly for January.
The Ottoman Empire is about to
take a een us, and oddly enough,
proposes to let the job out to the lowest
bidder. . <
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Vegetable Sicilian
HAIR BENEWER
was the first preparation perfectly adapted to
cure diseases of tho scalp, and the first successful
restorer of faded or gray hair to its
*?AnfV<nl ,
I WiVi, V/ kl UU| UUU jvuuuw* . , j
It has had many imitators, bat none hare so
j fully met all the requirements needful for
the proper treatment of the hair and scalp.
Hall's Haie Bent-twee has steadily grown j
in favor, and spread its fame and usefulness
to every quarter of the globe. Its unparalleled
success can be attributed to but one
cause: the entire fulfilment of its promises.
The proprietors have often been surprised
at the receipt of orders from remote coun- <
tries, Trhere they had never made an effort for
its introduction.
The use for a short time of Hall's Haib
Ssseweb -wonderfully improves the personal
appearance. It cleanses the scalp from
all impurities, cures all humors, fever, and
nnd tlm<* nrevents baldness. It
stimulates the weakened glands, and enables
thorn to push forward a net? and rigorous
growth. The effects of this article are not
transient, like those of alcoholic preparations,
but remain a long time, which makes
its use a matter of economy.
BUCKINGHAM'S DIE :
FOE THE J 1
WHISKERS
"Win change the beard to a natural brown,
i or black, as desired. It produces a permanent
color that will not trash away. Consisting of
a single preparation, it Is applied without
trouble.
PREPARED BY
I. P. HAIL & CO., Mi, N.E.
Sold by all Dealers in Medicines.
tlOB ALL TEE POfiMS
Scrofulous, 3Iercnri.il, and
Blood Disorders,
the best remedy, because the
most searching and thorough
blood-purifier, is
Ayer's Sarsaparilia.
| Sold by all Druggists; $1, sis bottles, S3.
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Make a Little of it Buy |
LOTS OF
goods
OUR STOCK IS OPEN AND READTr
for "all comers."
EVERY DEPARTMENT FULL, AND
Goods CHEAPER than they have been for
years.
OUR GOODS HAVE BEEN BOUGHT
as LOW as anybody can buy them and we
INTEND TO SELL THEM.
COiTE AND EXAMINE OUR STOCK
before you buy; and we guarantee you
will LOSE NO MONEY BY IT.
McMASTEE, BRICE & KETCH IN.
spMNG
ANNOUNCEMENT!
MY STOCK OF SEJSOXJBLE
GOODS IS COMPLETE !
I HAVE A FULL STOCK OF STAPLE
ANI) FANCY GFOCEKIES.
CANNED GOODS IX GREAT VARIETY
I invite .1 trial order of my parched. Rio
Coffee. I sell you any quantity you want
inri weigh it when you buy it, and you
ion't have to pay for the raper it is
wrapped in.
A full supply of fnniiirscr utensils.
PI >ws, Plow-Stocks, Haines, Tra.'? s. BarkBan's,
Haine-Strin<rs, Spades, Shovels,
Fork?, Hoes, both Brades and II..n?"!f.l,
Grain Cradles, Grass Blades, IL'c!-S<*tt \vs,
Lap-Rin ;s, Repair'ng Links, etc-., etc.
Ci) ce Tennessee Flour, Roller Patent
a id Family Grades.
Supir cured Ilams, Meal and Grit-.
Wheat Bran, Garden Seeds, Seed Irish
Potatoes.
A share of the trade respectfully solicited.
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M\? .TJB SIl J'jS.
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A FHESH SUPPLY OF
m a \rnvi) tiyfs
x. jry. v/ a j-.
?ANDEXTRACT
OF LOGWOOD
Just received and for sale at the Drugstore
W. E. A1KEX. j
GlflfflS if COST
U i!.U ?? o. V W TO
CLOSE OUT.
is
IHAYE determined to close out all my
Groceries, and v.iii, till alt are sold,
put them at eo^t for
CASH OXZ.Y.
Sugars.
Coffees,
Teas,
Canned Peaches,
Apples,
Pears,
Pineapples.
iratctl rmeapp.e,
Preserves,
Tomatoes,
Com,
Ofcra and Tomatoes,
Peas,
Gelatines, j
Roast Beef, 1
Corned Beef. ? ndm
English Brawn (nice), H
Gilt Edge Cheese. Jtk
JUST OPF.XED.
A tub of Gilt Edge Butter, 00c.?cost.
Lard, Molasses, Rico. Salt, Spices, Extracts.
etc. Stoves, Tin and Woodenware,
md House Furnishing Goods?a nice line
\t reasonable prices.
J. H. CUMMINGS.
LEMINGTON,JR.
J %5SJ5?4-\ /-.ti-: \
v,/"1 | mm
The young Horsy, LEHIXGTOX, Jr.,
will stand the ensuing spring season at his
stable in TVinnsboro. Service, Ten Dollars,
paid in advance. Every care will be taken
to prevent accidents, but r.o liability will
ba assumed for any that may occur.
n rvr *? TT>TTfl
LEM3XGT0X, Jr., is a beautiful brown
color, nine years old, fifteen hands three
inches high, and is handsomely formed.
A. WnXIFOHO
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FRF,$H GKOC'E-KIES ! !
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FLOURS?Luxury. Patent Cream.
MOLASSES?New Orleans, Muscovado
ar.d Sugar Drip.
MACARONICOFFEES?The
Celebrated Momaja, Old'
Government Java and Graded Rics.
TEAS?Green and Black.
MOIR'S CIIOW-ClIO'?V, Mixed Pickle.
- ?J " ? ?*A1! n coA^4i?ii r'^niwwl
Goo<l?
TOR THE LAUNDRY?French Starch,
enameled. Try it. ^
Call and examine before buying ?-?lse
where,
2>. 25. FL?mKE3>.
GOOD, ~~~ 1
BETTER AND BEST
Our entire stock of Whiskies consists of"
nothing hut
<;OCD, BETTER AND BEST!
To those who favor us with their patronage
we guarantee to always give them
their money's worth both in quality and
quantity. Try the
HOTEL BAR, 1
and be convinced of the fact that you al- }
ways get the best in the market.
HAF^EK Jt??.JNi?KJLX.
THE CE033Y INSTITUTE,
Gives model courses of
in all the Common School ar|M
giatc Branches, including bookkeoflM
vocal and instrumental music. i^H
eight elaborate recitations; with i<H
daily. Teachers. exy>erienced; tmiluj
handsome: location. ;:eau:;Hu auu >
ous; church facilities. p;)od. S?h;>olH
supplied wit!i charts, maps, globes,
board surface. patent desks, etc., cte.^Mj
Rending Iloom, always open and
all, has a choice election of currant litera-.
tare. Hates of TIT1TION and BOARD tc.
suit the*s'rimr*:nt times. The conditions,
of a mind and proper application lxdng:
given. Satisfaction saj?txv ocahan.TiiEt>.
For further particulars send for n>
circular to ^
i). 13. KUSl>r. A. Ml; Principal Jl
Oetlti ' Halselhiiie, S. C M
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Don:est:? Acid. - j
Kninit.
The Cell brati-u Josti's dir.
poll I'd. Jflj
Also r.uuic-rou , othor brands vMk
ed by the I)ome>tic Fcitiiizin^H
Columbia, S. C. J||
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Bananas, CocoanujH
Apples, Lemons,?
Cabbages, Onion
nuts. aM
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