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VOL. XJL1I. WIXNSBORO, S. C., WEDNESDAY, MAY 26, 1886. NO. 43. ?r>? ' " mil iiJit i 4 m ??mma THE :-(>lTKEK.V .VEOKO. | dense JTUlglt .\ot!ceab!f Lo< k <>f Proofs* in r!ir Black Men or res U hrrr I n;-iiei:::il,oiv<l !?y li'.e White*. Months late: 1 lie American negro is an anomalv, danger tlien says a John's Island, South Carolina, a '^^Eger, o lp< correspondent of the Chicago Times. ^ea^> so d I ri housands of volumes have bet-n written ^()-S* the j about him and many ten thousands known a ma of editorials and magazine articles, and one ni?ht's ( the more we stndy liim the more we | dents on the - 1 i.;? | near the swa rdOll t KHOW auuui suaic ux mo . ....... .ties. And low, after seeing the free ot" ^Ide negro in the North, the slave negro in til^e a grain the South, and the freeman and?freed- from % t< uian both North and South, and after caused hy th coining to some conclusions in regard to Cuun^y fevc them, I lind on this coast and these ^ever>"<-snu islands an entirely new variety of the cont^uing i ?euus, necessitating a new theory. break; at th To the best of my knowledge every C0^1Psc'j sjn rproptfCv ever made a!?out the American | ^??s toward negro has been completely falsified by Ganges its n Suets. I do not, just now, remember ^rom Charles *>ue guess, even by the wisest, tliat has man is ucv^>r proved correct, whether the guesser was on oue ?f * ?' friend or foe. In the firs-t place, there j 0CC"^i"nalIy j -?.vre those in England and the colonies I ^.lon mus v. ho said the negro would wither away !>ine *? tJle w "I the next swar in bondage; but, unlike every otiier race ; c-n tlie globe, and imlike his own race in 0 m s s a * other countries, the negro in the United ^ ><^C" ??C' states Nourished in slaverv and multipli- 1C rrt,? c? , ,, , twoon them it ed as no other race has. ,, , that it is bnd IDEAL NEGKO SOCIETY. , , horse-shoe. Here the colored people own the land j0^n>s n(yvv. and hold the elective offices. They have ^rom all the churches heart could wish, and -qq pC * at least three preachers to the square 5 qqq colored j.iile. They have perfect social equality, ' if there be such a thing, for they have Terrible Lo?*?; all the society there is. The whites are Major D. A] j-x> isolated that they have none. In United States short, the negroes have the land, a ment headqua c:imate to suit them, the offices, the an extended tj stores, the schools, the churches, perfect Texas, as fa; ' 1:1munity from white oppression, and Presidio com f :. jc course to run and be glorified. And tlie centre of v. ich all this, what progress? Well, you section of Tex have to set stakes and take sight to see ble drought pi * Jl - <- -n T.? ? 3 /i . ?:iai nicy are moving at iui. v ui:u ^rvcA^n < i ;-iand presents them at tlieir best on tlie embrace an ar coast; John's is noticeably worse than acreage of the James; Wadmalaw is worse than John's, fortnight age and cach successive island from here to country had n l-.avannah, so the whites tell me, is worse rain for eighte ihan the last, although I find this hard rain proves to to believe. The exact progress since the as the earth war I, of course, cannot measure, as I water, instead it l - 1"!_ -L - /? *1 ___ was not nere men xo ias.e a pomt ui ue- aim reservoirs parfcure; but this I insist upon, that the burning prairi 2>oorer class could not have lived worse for many miles py than now and lived at all. The gain has reach, the com Pr 1 een by those who got land, and the not even weed: poorest renter in Indiana lives far better small streams * than the best of them on John's and water, even foi Wadmakw. And now, with all this ingiy dealt out evidence, lots of people are prophesying lates several in as confidently as ever all sorts of good his observatio: and evil for the negro's future. Instead effect of the dr of following tliis rash example, will pre- On the Meyerl ?cat the facts of my trip to this point? cattle, 3,000 ha the reader may do his own prophesying, month, and th< Yesterday xuurjuliijj I lerc xne nospira- witn gaunt c. r ble home of the well-to-do black brother, myriads of hug George Brown, and traveled straight ranch 3,000 sh< south to Legare point. All the fields of the largest ?ivia/?ir lal-wirprs. a few pelled to kill 5. \> C1C UVI.ICU OJLIJL* 7 _ __ A plows were running, but nearly all tlie boring herder' work was done with hoes as large as an their mothers i average spade, in the hands of brawny ration to afforc men and women. For many hundred describes the s: * ? yards at a time the cabins lined the way- country as ten si;le thick enough for an ordinary vil- Hie shepherds lage, but all were empty?the whole fell shortly eve r - family were back in the fields. The mestic animal women handled these heavy hoes quite vacate that di as deftly as the men, and xidging for north of Texas cotton was in rapid progress. In a last - year's cotton patch, where the ridges _ e">nii were nearly two feet above the furrows, . OMBST?:N"E> the boys and girls went first with heavy J arrived at 1 askc-ts c? "swamp trash,"?half rotted ^ leaves and grass raked up at low tide? ^ a e. ?* ? -x t ^ &mDTiscsiu.c by ana scauerea n m xue iurruws, iut , . jnen came next witli hoes and dug do"vvn a a . ? , the grass and loose stuff from the ridges, ronfmo,? with earth enough to cover it and the be^s_ out _ "trash," and then the men with plow ashingto; & and hue put enough fresh earth on it to , fi6ne .i W make the middle ridge as high as the old A ^ '.sa^.' one. In this the cotton is planted, and a^ the first plowing throws what is left of ? rac _er?n^ last year's ridge to the growing plants. in?' a "It takes capturing cam Indians some XI6*EB m THE H0E tains, Mexico, to make the Sea Island cotton," is the five miles fro r proverb of the whites. Many of them canon, he wi have tried machinery to do this work, hours, lost t' ' *- j-j rx nri. ? _ JP^ |)UC 112>V6 CU.SCaXU.tJU. Ilr. JL lACJr JU\JXLVZ if \Y UXlU.eVA, auvi made suitable for it. Every tiling i s rai sed mules. Here in ridges on the islands?even those strong, and se vegetables we plant on a flat in the troops are in < North. tiles. It is in In the abandoned cabin during work- number of ho: h)g hours you will find no one, if the troops and t ^ weather is mild; if it is cold you "will see them five tim there from three to ten children, with days, althouc one girl big enough to be trusted with a not without lc fire?if there is any. Very often there quires nine-tt is none, and the little darkies crouch on hold in check ? /*r>V>iv> tliA-i-r lil'io- r.n rACAwaHrsT ILLKJ >??! 11 lijr OXV.4.^ VJL liiV V/fc*. JUUk, VJ-. -? gray-brown tees showing, like goose- settlements. feet, the effects of chilling winds. There is generally a water-bucket with a gourd, Chances a cooking pot or pan, perhaps a dozen The friends dishes of various kinds, a rude table or highly gratifi a box, and in perhaps half the cabins a made in conn * rude bedstead. Such luxuries as rnir- olution refer rors, window* curtains, stoves or pictures patch. Nose you will find only among the well-to-do, satisfactory r< and a carpet I have yet to see in a negro get fair play i cabin. All their habits show that they receive favoi expect to live and take their pleasure in Morrison, Ea the open air; the house is merely a place ^-ho are oppc to retreat to in rainy or extremely cold -win prevent i K ^ weather. Southward the island gets toiy tactacs 1 ^ ^ lower till it terminates iu a "boggy Hat; resentative 1 but one ridge nins out to within a half intended thai mile of the Stono, and the black boy shown by th who cabins on the end or the ridge rows contains. If the traveler out along a narrow creek. one appropr Tliis boy can talk ^uiglish?that is, sum; left it to be English as I can understand; but his States by the -r father and mother might as well talk attempting t Hebrew as far as my knowledge of their text books oi speech goes. The Stono river (they call for it, but th all these passes rivers or creeks) is more expect it nor than a mile wide and navigable for large ? vessels, and on the opposite shore is ?The Hoi buncombe landing, ciary has un; and the headquarters of the great Sea- man Tucker f brook plantation. The fine mansion was to authorize burned during the war, and near its ruins Board of C( stands a small frame house, now occupied to what exte by the family. legally <t eq Sharks are beginning to come up the due by the & rivers, and a month from now alligators of the equita ***' ^"*11 appear along the creeks. There is States to bo] also a troublesome plenty of foxes and States and t k wildcats on this island, for John's lias account of t" ' . three or four times as much timber as ginia qualify James; and much of the woodland is a States Supr< j. In these woods one may the a.\arciii*ts i\ rn;cAGO. amzrk C with impunity now, two Char^ins ihe Grind .Jury an to Th?*ir Duty ii: The Fir*t Xaiioi r the white man is always in Regard to the Keceru Riot*. if i, and a night in them is, to When the Chicago grand jury, whose The Nation ihnost equal to a sentence of duty it will be to consider the Anarchist the first the v. eadh is the malaria. My cases, was called together, the court- States have ev )as-t night tells me he has room was crowded with people. Com- the annex of t n to die from the effects of roent was freely made on the appearance building, Was ;xposure; and even the resi- 0f the jurors who responded to the call States were re j highest and dryest lands 0f their names. Tlie impression was that Alex W. Parse mps do not escape. Many they were an intelligent body of men. temporarily. >t white natives habitually Judge Eodgc-rs made his charge substan- officers of the of quinine oefore each meal tially as follows: sociation of th ) November. The disease "We hear a good deal latelv of what Charles A. We ese jungles is called "low constitutes freedom of speech.' There is elected preside >r, or "twenty-one days' no constitutional right for men to assem- Florida, secr( my instances are known of ble and engage in -wild liarrangues and Aiken, S. C., i ;wenty-one days without a incendiaiy speech. These men must be the National "V e end of that ^time comes held responsible for what thev incite One of the ]. icope and death. As one others to do. That is the spirit of the vention is the the mainland the disease law. It is only your province to deal pounding of sc ame, but all along the road with crimes?with acts that have been cals, which o] ton to Savannah the white committed. Nevertheless, the history of disgrace Ameri safe except in a pine forest the last few days will make it necessary jure the inter nose sandv ridges, which | for me to advert to other matters than growers, who i put out to the shore. Even the actual commission of crime, as well the production t have quite a stretch of as the commission of offences against the "wines. indward. between him and Law. The bill of rights of the State of The Convent up. Illinois incorporates the general princi- Hon. Norman . nd is in shape much like ples of the Constitution of the United of agriculture, and \Y admalaw Island is States. Men may assemble and discuss fitting paper, d ming in from the west; be- these matters, that is the constitutional of confounded i Church creek, so narrow right of freedom of speech, but they are the health of cc ged near the points of the held responsible for what they say. If American indus Despite its large area, men are incited to riot, arson and other ally to the dish' here more than seven miles unlawful acts the men responsible for in this and fore e to tide; but it contains this may be held answerable for the re- carefully prepa] :oplf? and something over suits. Mere spectators, mere lookcrs-on figures showed are not the only ones, but the men who and France to I 1X1 advised commission of orimes are guilty ishing the worlc ' Lift? Anions Sheep and Cattle. ?n rrv - 1:1? t - yoauva o.o WOU. 1UU pi'iuiupit's OI 1UW ^ imu t [. Bash, paymaster in the incuicate the doctrine that they who The question: Army, returned to depart- teacil riot> wll0 ^cite unlawful gather- vention are pn .rters last ednesday from jng<. to incendiary acts are responsible bght upon the { dp throughout Southwest for the effects of these rantings. The branches. ^ Grei r west as Foil Davia, in rej uag ig a public mcnaoo. It is an em- isg made in the ity. He passed through emblem that no quarter will be given, food, as medicii the great sheep grazing The police have a right to suppress those commerce. Ev< as, and reports that terri- pe0piej tQ prevent the commission of grape-growing i revails in. Presidio, Pecos crime They have the right to quell all infancy, is fast \ ;ounties. These eounties sueii disturbances,. and the police and ous interest and ea somewhat exceeding the cllief magistrate of the city did their States. There State of Maine. Until a duty w^en t]ie time came an(i acted like that there is abi > the larger part of this men> the noblest work of God." South Carolina ot been visited by a heavy Before quoting the law on the subject advance in vitici en months, and the recent Jud dodgers adverted to the recent The show of p 1 ,1 3 ? ? iiitve uuiiu very uiuu goou, labor troubles. He said: brandies by"the P*ro*ic^ J^at "They have attracted the notice of the being over two ' of txlang Jie small streams country at larg6j but j don-t waut to ^ pies on exhibit* , was soaked up b\ the the trouble to any one nationality. It is ^otas ye^ repr( 3S. Major Bash sa\ s that not nationalities, but individualities who lon' _ 5, as far as tne oy e can are to blame. It is not the Irish or Ger- Ireland thr Qtry is bare of %egetation, mans or Bohemians, As nationalities all > growing Hundreds of these love peace. Men have the right to V^rei^ToTsnn' isP's^r sfcri'fe" They W ** rigLt to quit The Orangem . Iivin0 purpi ses, is .par ^VOrk if thev please. But when they go ArTr,?fri, Trpi.)r, at the ranches. He re- 011e stcr> further and sav that ntbprs ? ' f stances that came under not the rigM to TOrk7ttcy'violate" tte ^Scp^os^ oxxXt Leplm\ tt\e and m be punished. It is not only govcmm(!nt It ou?ut onsneepanci cattle. the principals that may be lield respon- rwT,i _n TTl?f# uutr nmch out of 6,000 accesorii aa well. He or '^^^j^teraUv an a; arcasscs, suauouuea uy equally to blame with the principals. the Shannon. ;e buzzards. On another The Orangemc Dep have died, while one Sensational War Rumors. offering their aid flock masters "was com- There is some excitement throughout belonging to th ,000 lambs, and a neigh- pnlssja over the alleged immense milita- and one liundre killed 1,200 lambs because preparations of France, and the inti- force, have offeri vere too weak from star- ma^on these are made with a view ^ the field by U 1 them nourishment. Bash ^ a Ayar 0f revenge against Germany, home rule. Tlw ituation in this far vy est r^e present scare was begun by the pub- offer to equip th' rible beyond description. ^cation ^ France of the sensational Ulster's cause wi told him that unless rains ?^vant la Battaille," which aimed long as their se sry human being and do- show that France was amply prepared British Orangen TL7 r?nmt">pllpd to i _ * ? ?? ' - - - . 1 for another ana successiui war agum&u noki a mass nice istnct ai.d move to the Qermany> Within the last few days, the auspices of " however, the official papers, including the purpose of h m^Thinity lor Gore. Prince Bismarck's organ, the North Ger- the protection oi Aeiz., May 18.?A courier man Gazette, have taken up the ~ry and pire." General Miles' headquar- are daily printing an assortment of small The meeting :>rmation that six of Cap- venomous extracts from "Avant la Bat- i^g a preliminar 5 men were killed in the taille." The fact is that this war scare a title and agree the Indians. It is feared is simply a little farce played annually ^hich the missi< he country is contemplated "by Prince Bismarck, hut forgotten when to he devoted, s band, and couriers are the next year comes round. ^ Its object protestant Loya to warn the settlers. is always to assist the military budget Qne of the purf r, May 18.?A dispatch through the Diet. This year the gov- ke> jt is declared Miles, dated Nogales, Ariz., ernmentisnot only asking for an Tin- ment of men i usual amout for military purposes, but The Standard cc rtfield's Fourth Cavalry the Pension Din will aiso ue a large au- for an Adjutant no's camp yesterday morn- ditional burden upon the War Office. Owing to this irst was quite successful, ? ? . things, the Belfi p and horses and driving The p^pidemic ?f Strikes. "The time has a distance in Conona Moun- "Beats all the way dese working peo- ists to prepare t About noon, in moving pje strikin','' said the porter; "'pears disperse them. m camp through a deep ^ ^ ^ey was never satisfied. They Nationalists an is attacked, fought twc i T>.ants all dey can see, an den go kickin' Ulster. Althou nro soldiers killed, three ?0> mo\? , their Protestant many of his horses anu "That's all right," said a ruddy-faced of Ulster will n< :ports the Indians seventy passenger, who another man said was a by men armed i veral were killed. Other ia\,or agitator; "that's all right, porter. . ^ vpii. ?lose proximity to the hos- Every servant is worthy of his hire, or rrn ^ ipossible to give the exact skouldbe. A workingman is entitled to ' stiles with Geronimo. Our sometliing in this world besides a bit to * *. * A he Mexicans ha\c fought eat and a place to sleep. If he doesn't , , ? es within the last twelve stan(j Up for rights nobodv will, and ?ntj r? , ' >h at some disadvantage, the only thing he can do when he wants fn<^ >ss to the Indians. It re- aa improvement- in his condition is to u^au a? 10 S mths of tbe command to strike; strikes are all right, I tell j-ou." h'f, ii.- -?? ,, , ? ' buch offers of i txic iuiyc "UV.UW vx "(jrliess mat s so, doss: guess luui o su. c,.^ ? is and to protect exposed Erusli you off, sah? Is this your hat? ^Xc fcJrtum All right, sah; seventy-five cents, please." q{ ;oisoning tl 7 "Seventy-five cents?" Tllc number of or tn? Educational Bin. "Yes, sah; we's on strike fo' higher , ~pr~a<.pfi > of the educational bill are vrages. Seventv-five cents, or the , indfre ed with the showing they deepm' call po'tahs will blacklist an' ection with the O'Neill res- boycott yo'; an'then yo' might as well +ilfi went Scotc red to in a previous dis- travel in a stock car. Seventy-five cents rrn ? vol JTff v. s have been counted with a bright, sah-thanks."?Chicago Herald. ? Bsult, and if the bill can ^ ? numerouss suite in the House, it is likely to The g.ory which McwvcU Tells. ^ntlewoman^ able consideration. The Tlie St. Louis Post-Dispatch prints a ,* *, - -j-n , , 1 tt -?r uornotKl " ><UU2iil tlliVL H iiWliVii* ? *,-? , .T^'NrvTiT |-?t- ,.. , . , ' statement u\ n. m. ulw^ -<xu.tu> *uha iirmr> tivit n >smg it, declare that they wen, on trial for the murder of Arthur t from coming up, if dila- prc]ler, which will constitute the defence L,- ' * lave to be resorted to. Eep- 0f Brooks and which will be urged to "t^ 0* f Tillman says it was never the utmost by his attorneys in the trial. " I1' ' , -i. , : the bill should pass, as is The substance of the statement is that . , ,, e objectionable features it prener needed medical treatment, which ,' the bill only provided for ^axweU proposed to give him and iation of the money, and ^hich involved the necessity of giving ? "wsuij, or s expended in the various chloroform. Preller consented and , r ^ ' State authorities, without took the chloroform willingly, but died r a ;o force a certain class of frorQ its effects. Brooks, or Maxwell, aZC ' i the people, lie would vote became frightened at the situation he ?The Senat e framers of toe bill do not was ^ disposed of Preller's body in tho I135 voted to do they ant it to pass. manner so well known and next day left House Mexica for the Wast. A good many of his Port as a subst ise Committee on the Judi- actions he explains is the result of his tions of the bi inimously instructed Chair- being constantly drunk after the death of by Senator IV to report adversely the bill friend until some time after he left These are sub: ?:j?a o ox t sion bill passe I lie JL IV u JLiUlUO* >mmissioners to investigate ,m o? sion. Tlie co at the United States may be ?The grand jury at Belleville, Illinois, service pensio uitably liable for the debt List week, returned their report to the dependence ar State of Virginia, the extent Circuit Courts after having refused to fications of a ] lioln'lifv of tlio United find true bills against the deputy sheriffs ?Seven j\J VAV j ^ _ idholders, citizens of other who fired upon a mob in East St. Lonis Utah began :o foreign bondholders on during the recent railroad strike and Fayette City lie State government of. Vir- killed six of their number. An order many convert.' ing decisions of the United was made for their release, and they de- off by a mob, ?me Court. parted to their homes. from a Magis ?n?a?nmamoammm wwjiw.i ? , imu m? bb? ? ? masm ? m mpcco bob aaooe ::.V.\ VIXE-CRO vYEJtS. SCHOOLS OF COOKERY. THE Hi ru?i Vitimitural Convention in Differing Theories of Frei oh and English Election of Fi le United State#. Cook?Art and .Nature. these Officii al Viticultural Convention, Cooks are philosophers. A certain fat Conference ine-growers of the United butcher in Jefferson Market knows a deal reconsider tl er held, met last week in about French and English cooks, and he on the board he agricultural department says they will each take a piece of beef important cli hington. Only about ten and go to work upon it with the widest ments. Acti presented at the opening, possible aims in view. "Batiste Dutoit, poned. The m, of New York, presided chief at a leading hotel, for instance," "eration of th< The election of permanent says he, "would take that roast of beef, ers whose co] National Yiticultural As- or in fact any solid meat, and subject it hensible and e United States was held, to a long though gradual, action of heat, reported aga itmore, of California, was so that all the fibrous parts would be the subject. ;nt, and B. F. Clayton, of thoroughly cooked. That would leave The report itary. J. J. Lucas, of but little work for the digestive organs lishing inter* vas elected a member of to perform.' An English cook, on the that the book 'iticultural Council. other hi nd, would build a roaring fire, any advertis irime objects of the Con- and would roast the beef only on the friendly to an suppression of the com- outside, leaving the inside rare. He thought that i-called wines from chemi- allows only a little time for br >iling or was necessary jerates, it is claimed, to roasting, because his theory is that any The follow can products and to- jn- oth or process.destroys the genuine flavor The Eev. Dr. ests of American wine- of the meat. The point of flavor is the South Carolir ire leading the world in one on which the two cooks split, and Galloway, of -C 11,^ .1 1 A Al- f XI. - 1 "I 1 * * 1 I T? T-> uac jjuieao v-nu. luureiuru uieir pnnosoprues run wiue J^ugene nus.sc apart. Dr. Joseph I ion was addressed by tlie " 'Xo flavor can be invented,' says the The Bishops < J. Coleman, commissioner Englishman, 'which can approach that Thursday eve: who, in a very full and of meat. The flavor of meat must not On Wedne etailed the direful effects be meddled with. Whether the dish is Prottsmeer, o: i bogus wines, both upon to be of beef or lamb or mutton, that Conference, p msuniers and upon honest process is best which can keep the flavor as a substitute stry. He pointed specific- of each meat distinguishable above any mittee. The onest methods practiced sauce or condiment that may accompany word "South ign countries, and in a it.' Church, and red statement of facts and "-Nothing, in the Englishman's notion, "Methodist E America to be in the lead can equal the flavor of the juice oozing Methodist." r. )e falling behind in furn- from a nicely roasted joint or rib when and the report l's supply of -wines, both sliced. The Frenchman?my friend changing the : [uantity." Dutoit?can make an endless variety of J- E. Edward 5 discussed by the Con- flavors from the same meat, in neither of resolution that ictical and throw much which will that of the original meat be reading the Di jrape industry in all its recognized. That idea, enlarged upon, congregations, it developments are be- makes the difference between the two whether they c utilization of grapes as methods of cooking. For my part, I be not asked ai le and as an article of think the Englishman is nearest right, ence. After a erything shows that the He likes nothing artificial. The only tioipated in bj ndustrv. while vet in its thin*? in favor nf +hr> Frr-rtr-li nnnV i? life the Oonf<rrpn<v becoming one of enorm- economy. He wastes nothing. His joctal. Dr. K L results to tho United ingenuity and skill transforms what the Tennessee, offe are reasons that show Englishman would throw away into tasty ing the establi> .mdant opportunity for dishes. A combination of both forms of China and Era: to step forward in the cooking would make the best system." ize ownership < Uture. Here the fat butcher cut off a piecc of tries. Keferre< iure American wines and smoked ham and ate it raw, wliich natur- The Confers Convention is fine, there ally interferred with any further discus- portion of Th hundred excellent sam- sion. cussing the rep >n. South Carolina is missions The rented in the Conven- ah Girl. increased to tw About five o'clock on the afternoon of were maje ex^ eatexed with war. tto 15tl* of kst month, says the Wash- was referre(1 tc ington Critic, even- one who passed the ^ t ndns 10 Resist Home Rui'?- corner of Seventh street and New York d Volunteers in London. ila tr*r\+ iL.ru in iorCi^ en of Lur?an Countv afnJie noticed a jnan ipng at the foot Pressed the C en 01 Kurgan, countj of a p0st on the corner of Mount t f1 d, arc enrolling t lem- yemon Sqnare> The unfortunate slave < R Winfipli r associations organized of the cup was a war department clerk. He had received his ludf month's pay ^'the mZ >r rebellion a Loyalist ^ m stcd mudl of ? m mam of Missn re uclliou aj^oyailb t fl-ian ntnm.1 -re-no ?ah-?m r\f h-i-TW Ikv rewj" "?sa?KS5IBr "Iff i^agoine, manly appearance and ele- Virginia, and ol rmy of observation on dress. None stopped, however, to s^ion of unifica lend him a helping hand, and he seemed discussion was 1 ;n in England are also doomed to the inevitable policeman s preset session. Three thousand men .,~i, flic ?lmmo nf ? at.at.irm- ?, , > > e London "V olunteers, ^0use cell. Help came at last and lie committee's rei d officers of the same was gpare(j the additional disgrace ^ sj jd to join any army pu tlirough tlie commiseration and courage ^ ? o ] lster in rebellion agaanst of a pretty young lady, who had a res volunteers, it is s te > marbible but none the less creditable 4/4 r>vwi-f emse ves and to fight m conception of her duty. She was also thout pay or rewarc so an empi0yee 0f the government and em- t>-1' , , rvices may be needed. a. n?M -Bishops took p] len are called upon to pbycd ^ the government printing office, immense cong tin-in London under never saw the prostmte form before. delivered b rvi,iv> fnr approached the helpless man she the consecratio: ^^7]^ to !"* ret*a mh aTrePr001 "T r ed i" aceora^mc E the "unity of the "em- ^roale eompaB.on In response to her dpliE, J questions he said he could not walk rj^e f0i20wrLa. ..... , , , ? , without assistance, and that he lived at frmr -r-J mil be devoted to effect- *- ? v ' _ . . lour Jjisiiops e. . ,. . .. 2So. ? New York avenue. Braving the r<fJnproi n<mfr>T y organiza ion, a op g pU^]jc gaze, and worse than this, the mon(i ya. ^?|0ri 6 ?- ^ speculations and remarks of the crowd, mv ' r> w >n of the organization is { . . ,, . . , , - , , , ,. ' lnc ttev- vvCatholic as well as s1?0 assisted hun to nis feet, and, taking bom Decembe lists are invited to join, ^ arm m heK, helped him to Ins home, burg county, ^ , while her companion deserted her in dis- q p >oses of the league will , \ ,, , , vxmege, ?. u, . . ? n the door he learned her name, y p * I, to "secure the enroll- b , ? . . , , ,. ?irginia u>nie. accustomed to service" and tlie foUowuiS cveDin? he and preached very j , ,. , wife called on her to express their grati- ,, r rntains an advertisement , , , , . , , ,1 . ,. b oeio\ea as a p to the league tude and hlS strons determmatlon never elected profess. warlike abearance of to make it necessary for any one to lift science in Wofl LsHlnd N: s- fro-the fitter in ttefntnre. tatataffl, rrived for the National- Bi*Major*fori* President. ^ liiscapacity o meet the enemy and Un to the 18th inst., the President had ^ It is a fiction that the -n aji ai>ont 2,100 nominations for e m the mmonty m cW1 offices t0 the Scnate. 0? these Carolina. He ghweU disposed toward ,-00 ^ Wcn collfirmtJ nnd onIv prciching pow : brethren, the Catholics tMlten Tho rcmaini 400 lanty. His eh 5t submit to be massacred -hit if* 1 .vote was a sr ? , -c ,, will be disposed of in a comparatively -n , ,vith Snvder rifles." , , 1 , , ,, J, Duncan srepu _ J short time, and it is not exDected that . ' . .... r , the narrow co 3 oiTer^ or Marriage. the proportion of rejections will be in- Dunca 1 offers of marriage which creased. The Pennsylvania nominations, rokus| ^ Bartlett is said to have it had been anticipated, would meet with ?00(j for the last week, including much objection; but of the entire 150 ?r Q^arles gyman, merely illustrate sent in all have been confirmed but two ?oscjngto) -y i argument of Buckle that or three, and these are still pending and an^ wag e'juc. are as much subject to will go through. Nearly all of these g^te cn^c* the courses of the stars, nominations were made at the instance fcrence ^ narriage, always includ- of Mr. Randall, and Senator Don Came- ujar 7mstorai v 1 ^i-.4/-? ? < *c?f i-n 11o\~i71 rr ? clergyman, <xic tnc in? ron ud mu^u hxlvxvov jui??^ ^ ; of Indies who are accused tliem confirmed as if they were liis own ^dvocate^Hi leir husbands or lovers, -personal and political friends. -u- , ,/ , tti" ?>isiiop the 31< seventeen lias probably -? -a? ti t> tenfold by this time, if The Lat 1 Frivol">'- ~ if Kev* J i by the recorded experi- ^ honeysuckle ball is to be one of the L,>. -L>->^vvas 'jc ine Smith, the heroine of fashionable frivolities of the coming sea- 17>. 18f7> h poisoning case of 1858. son-. Last year it was roses; now the University in dv accepted one of her Pass^on for novelty drives us from the l?Slcal Semin ;rs (the clergyman, we be- garden to the hedgerows, and women ioined ^ s to this day a prosperous and walls alike v. ill be decorated with serred 0n mk in the immediate neigh- bailing branches of the sweetest of our Pr"sl.dencv edford square. Let?us English flowers. A primrose ball was tllc 1 Bartlett may be recom- suggested a short time ago, in aid of the *le accompan: ?fni. i,or 1V|{.+ funds of the League: but as it could not travels round lJl'J U.XJ.A.KJXJL AVI lias the matrimonial ad- take place in Lent or during the Easter ?? 3ie thousands of pounds recess, it has been abandoned, and some o^no an acc< telling pair of eyes. She thne between Ascot and Goodwood the ^1C ^ev. J< itive and experienced sick honeysuckle ball will come off. I hope ^:XS ^orn *^3 xperiences of the dangers that on this occasion no pretty young Emory Colleg )form are sufficiently pain- ladies will be excluded, as the three well- entered the G r from practicing with that known beauties were from the rose ball anc* has been icond husband.?Pall Mall hist year.?London World. Methodist iti ?? - - missions, stat .. ?Lord Salisbury's solution of the in"-elder in d ? committee on pensions Irish question is simple and direct. He oHhe South postpone indefinitely the "wants to take part of the money with was appointet n pension bill and to re which it was proposed to buy out the cal Conferenc itute the first seven sec- Irish landlords and use it in assisting the tennial Conf< 11 introduced in December Irish to emigrate, mis is a stneuy was pruviueu litchell, of Pennsylvania. Tory view of the matter. Why consider ing either, itantially the Mexican pen- the natural wishes of Irishmen when the The report d by the Senate last ses- basis of the whole Tory theory is that the hymn be mmittee is opposed to a the Irish have no right to Ireland? If the two pape: n and insists upon making the Irish persist in refusing to be hired ordered to be id inability necessary quali- to leave their homes, we suppose the Ferren, of T< pensioner.* " next step in Lord Salisbury's programme agent, receh m;ccV^ri? from would be to evict the whole eight mil- cas+ I. G. I a series of meetings near ^ons them. Secretary of last Sunday. Tliev made ?Jefferson Davis is recovering from place of K. A 5. Tlaey were finally driven tlie nervous prostration which attacked former Seer and had to seek protection him after his return to his Beuuvoir Louisville, t trate. home. the Board of L'H.MOXD COXFEREXCE. A VIRGIMA TOWX RtX MAD. our IJIsiiops?Brief Sketches of A Uloody Fight With .Shocking Ret>ulti ?ls?Other Matters of Interest. Man Killed, Several Dangerously Woue s adopted a resolution to Martinsville, Va , May 17. le action of the committee greater tragedy ha? occurred in Yir . of missions, looking to an in a decade than that -which fills ange in its financial arrange- town with gloom and excitement to-n on on the subject was post- In a fight this evening on a cio1 committee having consid- street many shots were fired, and 2 subject concerning preach- result Jacob Terry, a young farmer, aduct in general is repre- cold in death, and the life blood oi who don't pay their debts, two brothers is fast ebbing away, inst further legislation on P. D. Spencer, a prominent bus man and manufacturer; Tarleton Br< of the committee on pub- proprietor of Brown's tobacco v ?sts affirmed the principle house; B. L. Jones, a saloon keepe ; agent should not decline clerk in a hotel and a negro are all ement that may not be gerously wounded. All the parties iy patron of i riodicals, but prominent in the business life of no additional legislation place and well known in southern ginia. On Saturday night an anon ing Bishops were elected: ous circular was issued and posted u; Wm. Wallace Duncan, of over town. It seriously reflected ta; the Rev. Dr. Charles B. W. K. Terry, a young business man Mississippi; the Bev. Dr. son of the late William Terry, a pr< til Hendrix and the Bev. nent citizen. I. Stanton, of Kentucky. This morning Terry telegraphed elect were consecrated on bis brothers, J. K. and Ben Terry, li1 tiing. at Aiken station, twenty miles av sday the Bev. W. M. They arrived at 1 p. m., and afte f the Southwest Missouri brief consultation went to the prinl resented an elaborate paper office and demanded the author of : for the report of the com- card. The proprietor told them it substitute eliminated the Col. P. D. Spencer, a member of " from the name of the town board and one of the leading b transposed the words ness men of the town. This eveni Episcopal" to "Episcopal soon after the tobacco factories 3 Hie substitute was rejected closed for the day and when the str< of the committee against ^ere filled with operatives return name was adopted. Dr. from tlieir work, the Terry brotl s, of Virginia, offered a started in the direction of Spencer's i ; ministers be excused from tory. "When about half way they "n scipline rules annually to Diet by Spencer with his brother i and that the question several friends. W. K. Terry addres lid or did not read them a few words to Spencer, who told 1 t the quadrennial confer- not to shoot. Just then some one fi: lengthy discussion, par- a pistol and the scene that followed b ' prominent members of gars description. Forty shots were firi i, the resolution was re- a^d the following is a list of the kil elly and Judge Tyler, of and wounded: red a resolution authoriz- W. K. Terry was shot from the re iliment of conferences in the ball entering near the spine a zil, and authority to lecral- lodging: in his richt breast. .T?l-p Tpi jf property in those coirn- shot through the abdomen and f 1. " dead. Ben Terry, another of the brol -JCC consumed flic greater ere> sbot through the neck and ursday's session in dis- J?1?4?- Spencer was shot ortof the committee on the ^P- Tarleton Brora, Spence hoard of missions was tasmess partner, received two balls entv-five, and the Bishops the groin and is thought to he fatal fficio members. A paper mounded B. L. Jones, a saloon keep. , the board of missions seriously hurt. E Gregory, clerk at t s towards unifving Metli- Lee Ho?> seriously hurt. Sandy Mf n field.,. Bishop Koner a,c?lo?d mechanic, senously km Conference in opposition ** hy stmy bal Drs. .1. F. Cox, of Texas, r?!5's ^tro? m ?la md J' 1 of Arkansas E E known ^ lrginia family, and occupy ln< nia, and others' also op- ^f1 V^on. None of them are rm ire. Drs. M. B. Chap- d. It, m a* STpp^-ri^- JjWaAftV, vji ^ +ov W11 nocc.^ +V,a +rt-nm "knoWl tiiers favored the propo- . " 1 "J , . ,tion and comity. The which Spencer was a member. It d Hie most earnest of the popular opmon, tte ca: which followed it at mgiit and whi< ision of the debate the brought on the tragedy. port, recommending no Peacock Vanitvta Women, tatusof our foreign mis- Doesthe modern woman of fashic adopted by a vote of 106 Relieve that there is one man in t< thousand who knows the difference < 11 the afternoon the con- can app^^te the relative value of he four newly eiected g0wn that has cost 200 or 50 guinea lace m the presence of an ^yomen may dress to please themselve rogation. TOe sermon or t0 cut out other women, or to 'as. y Bishop McTyeire, and nate the men, but they make a desp< a services were conduct- ate ^take if they imagine that thi :e -with the Book of Bis- secure the favor of one man by tli< ? peacock vanity. The extravagant ; is a brief sketch ?f dressed woman of society is the ov< tected by the Methodist aresse<i TOman. It k ^ prMege ence in scssson in Eieh- Enslisllw<)men to bnrlealue the 01 _ _ ^ rageous designs of modern Paris. T L imT'- 'tu 'i costume of modern Paris, with : ^ ,ir^ ?en," Eugenie to direct it, is monstrous a: a., graduated m Wofford enough. ^ a mod(m Pa m . an ,e caricatured by a modem Kegent strt reucein 18o9, where he isalmost feeble. Witness the hi acceptably, and was much j^ts or bonnets smothered with flow, ; , * , e" and vegetables that make the wearer ?r ?* ^enuu mor^ eaeli more hideous than the last fashic :ord College. This pos>- The obje<,t q{ foahiombly ^ . e presen e. woman jg f^i^te; the result is ,, T ,i!f ^ There can he nothing that on he has traveled through womanly, really attractive, rea m even- part of South J J. , , ,, , ,, pure, or approximately noble, in one s developed considerable f, f . i- . ." , . ,T -i , , these fantastic popinjays, who, m th er and gained great popu- , ... v-i 7-l -~x ,. i , ? n J desperate times, while their sisters i action by such a nattering , c. , ,, , , ,. , * ,i , t\ starving around them, cover their boa ibstantial proof that Dr. ,0,, , , , , ,. , , . ,, , -with clothes whose cost does not at< tation had reacned beyond - ,, . , , , , ~ . cT, , for their hideousness, and who Know er ntinos of Inq mm Statfi. . , , . mormncr wnen tney nse, ana eacn mi u is in Ins best years, of , ,, it in -n i when tney rest, that tliey are as una le, and doubtless will do , , * , . , . ' ,, ,, ,. , . to pav for their frivolity as tlie saddei his church. \ \ , ,, % , -n , . wretch who, maddened "with hunj . ' ?^- a^w as orn in s^ais a ]oaf or fiQgers the till, and g iss., September 1, 1S49. , . , . , , ,, e , ' . . ' ; to prison for a crime not half so mors ited m the university of f, ,, ,,, . , , ,, . . t, reckless as the one that women of edt red the Mississippi Con- ,. , , - , 1 i . tion commit and women of acuter I"108' foster.?Paris Letter to the Lon. ,'ork till 1882, when he was ^ ,, the New Orleans Christian 111 * 111 2 is probably the youngest _Tlie President will leave Washi ithodist Church has had. ton on Sunday evening, 30th instant, Eugene Russell Hendrix, Brooklyn, where he will review the I >rn in Fayette, Missouri, oration Day parade the following mc graduated at the Wesleyan and will review the parade in ? 1867, and at Lnion Theo- York city in the afternoon if possi" ary, New York, in +869; ^ any rate, he will attend the exerc ssouri Conference in 1S69, ^he Academy of Music. He will sions, stations, and in the ^ to "Washington Tuesday morninj Central College, Missorui, _prince Bismarck,s birt]lday co *ttor pufeon since 18,8. sp0U(lence is a Bedma item in & vej 1 Jin ^ onrr w?rk, for every single congratulatory ue \\una iu ioiu uuu ion, ^ or message is studiously answe: r0 l;ml;u a T0111116 and the replies have occupied ncnr? >nnt of his tour moEth This year fte ^ TiF i coq D ?n i i i '' creased that the Prince wrote a gen ~ ' fTr^d^ted 1 rem answer to the majority in chemical : ,e' ,x?r ' a*' ^ ' his letter being mech anicallv reprodn corgia Conference in 1849, _ ? in the regular work of the ~HeE?' ,C0J ' neracy ever since, filling P~P ions and serving as presid- o the amount of $16o,000 He le istriets. He is a member fte Te 40 1118 fe> *""* f hef 4 Georgia Conference. He twenty-five per cent goes to his relah 1 delegate to the Ecumeni- he remainder to be eqaaUy mvided * in London, and the Cen- tweeE whlte 81113 colored clior srence in Baltimore, but and schools. Some of the leading ^ daily hindered from attend- men 01 ine C1CF ?The guns sent to Governor For of the special committee on used against any rioters in Cii >ok was recommitted, and na^ are a magazine arm, made at "W rs on the same subject were s01"* Conn., especially for riot "w : printed. Dr. J. B. Mc- contain five charges of buckshi mnessee was elected beok the magazine, besides one in the cl ing 107 out of 209 votes ^ rloans, of Texas, was elected ?A marble statue, the Confed* the Board of Missions, in soldier on guard, recently received ! .. Young, of Tennessee, the Italy, was unveiled at New Orlean etary. D. E. Martin, of Thursday, it was presented to tne ras re-elected Secretary of sociation of the Army of Tennessee Church Extension. the late Charles T. Howard. SPEAKER CARLISLE'S MISTAKE. i?One H1j Constituents Seriously Wrangling Over idcd. City Postoflice. ?So Cincinnati, May 22.?Speaker Joh ginia G. Carlisle lias made a mistake which this may cost him his political life. The ight. Democrats of Covingtou, Ky., Mr. Cartvded lisle's home, and the principal city in his as a Congressional district, are indignant be1?t W.nsfl lift Tiak oansp^ Va/TIpt fn : his appointed their postmaster. ItischargCol. ed that Mr. Nodler is not a working in ess Democrat, and that the Sneaker's recomDwn, mendation to the President was made rare- after he had directly promised the office r; a lo other friends in Covington- The dan- startling fact is also brought to light that axe Mr. Carlisle deceived his constituents in this this matter. Further, it is said that Yir- Carlisle was induced to select Nodler ,vm.-_ .through the influence of Captain W. G. p all "Terrell, a former Republican politician ? . on in Covington, and the man who killed and the Hon. Harvey Meyers, Carlisle's op>mi ponent in a Congressional race many years ago. Terrell is a very unpopular for man in Covington, and the suggestion rtV/v f.liof TrtOTT 1\A . ..1^ ^ uv uc uua;um^ varixtue B acsray. tions has greatly incensed the public. :r ? These facts have resulted in an almost ting unanmous movement among the Demothe crats of the district to defeat Carlisle for was Congress next fall and retire him to prithe vate life. Even his most trusted home usi- friends seem to be interested in this deng, termination. To-day the Covington had Commonwealth, the Democratic organ, jets publishes a sensational attack on the ing Speaker, charging him -with, falsehood, ters deceit, and party treason in the postfee office appointment The Commonwealth, ere wmcu nas always been Carlisle's strong md friend and supporter, will lead the resed volt, and promises to publish Carlisle's n'm immoral record, which has heretofore red been jealously guarded. Carlisle is exeg. peeted home in a few days, but it is sd? feared that nothing can save him. Led ? A DRUNKARD RUXb AMCCK. ar> While Firing His Pistol in the Streets He n<^ Kills a Little Girl. TV ell Pearl Crawford, a lovely, innocent little Ji- girl, eleven years old, was killed atBechtels in Ohio, Saturda7, by a drunken brute named m w*wge r>raaiey. israaiey was on a spree, r'g made the rounds of all the saloons this in morning, and was put oil a Hoking Valley Uy train for drunkenness and ruffianly conduct. Jr After this he walked to Bechtel, and while ^ standing behind the company's store was ir_ approached by a former friend, George Heidres. With the remark that he "didn't ' allow any man to look at him," he ^ drew his revolver and fired. e The ball missed Heidner and struck little ? Pearl, the daughter of George Crawford, Lr" the engineer at the Hessenger furnace, who, ig coal house for some coal, and, attracted by of the quarrel turned her head just in time to " id receive the fatal bullet directly between rd the eyes. It passed clean through hei ;h head, causing instant death. The screams of the other children brought the father to the spot, and, frenzied by the sight of his dead child, started in pursuit of the slayer, )n and no doubt would have killed him had 5n he not sought the protection of the police or by surrendering himself. Justice Lane a started with him for Snow Fork J unction s<> to catch the train for Nc-lsonville, followed by Bradley's two brothers, ana at a distance by an angry mob bent on lynching ~r him. No precautions whatever were taken against an attempted escape, and at a lonely e7 place in the road it was an easy matter for Jir the two brothers to grab Lane and hold ^ him while the prisoner took to the brush to ir~ hide. ?* A party of about 200 men searched all ^ day, but the ground is so broken that no trace of him could be found until late in QO the day, when he was captured and lodged ad in jail. ns ?.? iet THE PRESIDE\TS MARRIAGE. rrj} -?? __ ? Mr. Cleveland Verv Much Amused at Wh*t Ihe JXS Papers Say. The Washington correspondent of the News and Cornier says that the President finds considerable amusement in reading g some of paragraphs that are daily print22 ed concerning "his approaching marri0? age." At first he was inclined to be inecQ dignant, and expressed himself in posing tive terms to several of his journalistic Ugg friends. He realizes that even an executive order cannot stop the gossips' ^ tongues, especially -when speculating on ^ a Presidential marriage, so ne taKes an that is said on the subject good-natuxedled ^ne the clerks at the "White rer House has undertaken the task of keep'Qel ing a scrap-book containing all the allusions to the aSair which appear in the tc^_ newspapers that are sent to the Executese ^ve ^ "Western correspondj0D ent sent a paragraph to his paper stating that the President desired all papers j printing anything on the subject to for- Jk ng_ ward a marked copy of the paper to the for White House. This statement has been )ec- extensively copied, and the newspaper ,m- mail for the President is now something Je-sv enormous. "Whenever anything of a blc. real witty nature is produced it is handises ed to the President and he reads it with tc? apparent relish and returns it to tho r, clerk to be filed among the archives. rre- * irly ?Col. A. K. McClure, of the Philalet delphia Times, "will deliver the cornred, mencement address before the literary y f s^"">ties of "Washington and Lee Uniin versity, Lexington, Ya., on the 16th of eral June. ?Bartley Campbell, the actor, has recs^' cently lost his mind. Ho is in a most 111 pitiable condition as he is utterly helperty less and totally destitute of funds. His aves- friends are endeavoring to raise money to have him properly taker ^ire of at a v?s> private asylum. clies ?The grand jury at Hillsboro, Mo., j^te week considered the cases of the late railroad strikers, fifty-nine of whom _ ajjer were indicted. Many of these escaped before warrants could be served upon them. indork. ?Dr. Dio Leuis, the noted author and ot in reformer, died at his home in Yonkers, vr T7 "t? : j JL lifcfcu x nuttj uiumui^, ou illness of two days, from erysipelas. He srate vas in his sixty-fourth year. from ?Charle3 H. Reed, who acquired some 3 on notoriety as counsel for the assawin As- Guiteau, was lodged in Ludlow street 3 by jail the other day, for misappropriating about $1,500 of a client's money.