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HffOL. XLIY. WINNSBORO, S. C., WEDNESDAY, MAY 23, 1888. NO. 43. | ^ ~ EE STATE CONVENTION. We in South Ct RCE, BUT FAST MOVING BODY the Democracy. OF DEMOCRATS. differences as to cies must have e ite? Elected to the National Conven- fpr ft primary el .8aT?ntl Tmnorfcant Matters Con- tl!6 people to gSklered?The State Primary K*j. cted by them tiieir ng BBS Heavy Vote?A Fall Account of the represents Soul ^^^roceedinKs. " tMt it may be a ^Spnxsaant to the call of the State Ex- Sen^dS?d |ative Committe, the Convention of the dozen men who llpocraiic party in South Carolina as- ?J?cl themaelve Kblea in the hall of the Honse of ?>resentatives, Columbia, on Thursday jjc discussion is B 17th insi masses. Our p< havebeentied awafrecisely at tnree minutes 01 r<j o ciock, . wLj. W. Moore, Chairman of the Stale circumstance 01 Ifcutive. Committee, called the meeting Badic^governi Rrder. Secretary Wilie Jones then read necessity for mr Bcall of the Convention. lasted so iODg ti jffihairman Moore proposed the Hon. Y. people are abso] ?8g ope, of Newberry, as temporary chair- able fco assert th ^ of- the Convention. It had been gen- Mien into the a: Hy expsc^ed thal ex-Governor Sheppard is even putrefa Hid be presented fortEe "temporary chair- they have been < aHi^feship. but for reasons best known to "Talk about H Executive Committee, it was decided When I thinV oi Sferwise. Mr. Pope was unanimously been committed BB^aStec, and addressed the Convention as to enumerate. B>ws: tion of the Con\ MB. POPE S BKitABZS. in ^en Hentlemen of the Convention: lhave not comptroller gen ^Hds at mv command to express my the State Goven K' this unexpected distinction at vear, and yet wi ** ^ r "i.*8 D?mocrat.ic form they are xj oath Carolina has made up its the work cutout for the Con -~T1, 2d no words at my hands are j^P^t >ring your minds to a thorough ?Pail<r on of the work before you. ??ce s^all co,me iking you for your kindness, I them face to *ac Convention ready for business. wp7 reform has C. E. Sawyer, of Aiken, and sofc say anyl xlaze, of Orangeburg, were which has been retaries of the Convention by of the people in i. lege. I will not ientials of the delegates from subject The-5 it counties were presented. This now in voting d< ed by the roll call, finding 30<J pie, but they aj ro,Ipnt tho waters Tw Whe Chairman accordingly declared that is a full b HIfempomy organisation had been per- ^toTe the ?ood Mk ?n motion, the temporary orgam- m j , c j ^by the'? HRticn and thanked it in gra<?* iv???"There are, HBthis additional exhibition of its kind- nearly thre< mm- The duty of the Democratic party ^ e?ery ~ck*?"v.o: BBSpSouth Carolina was so plain that he felt resentatives of t? BHHwouid be trenching upon the lime of man from Edgefi ?|?Convention by referring thereto. with floods and ? HjlBpie proceedings of the Convention were Mr. Tillman: ' graned with prayer by the Rev. W. R, anybody with a \ WKichardson, of Columbia. were standing on Hp VICE-PKESEDKKYS ELECTED. Mr. 8y The Chairman announced that in order heard what he h? Ko complete the oiganization it would be { ^ou have heard i fcftcesArv to elect one Vice-President ?f 1 have jost heard 1 gj? Convention from each Congressional warn you that 13 Strict. The following were elected by South Carolina, HBglamalion: " resent will hurl Hsiemy" A. Meetze, C. J. C. "Hutson, S. place unless you ROrr, T. W. Woodward, R. T. Mockb^e, .that I represent 1||S. McCall and J. P. Blanding. wrongs that they HLapfcain Wilie Jones, of Columbia, was overwhelm von " Knimously elected Treasurer of the Con- - ]yv. Tillmn: " ? sent anybody bul DELEGATES AT LARGE. Jfe. Haskell:. ' BK&miaating the delegates from the man that his par 1orou tr> "National Convention clad to hear 3 I. Auilfno spee<&& -were allowed, come to my -way 8f Jbwing were elected by acclamation: and applause. 4 James F. Hart, York; Capt. F. W. here year after y >Wsoa Charleston; Capt. Wilie Jones, of South Carokc lumbia; Hon. C. A. "Wood, Marion. 0f Richland, sitt teniates?T. M. Raysor, Orangeburg;- people of Richla] SL Ruth, Hampton; S. P. McCravy, county had a artanburg; J. F. Rhame, Clarendon. j g^y the same oi committee on resolution. of eveip . 4. That the people The following Committee on Resolutions ^ select them ; e appointed, one from each county: ^ ^ 2 W.TBradley, E. B. Murray,Johnson -v gggagooa, M. A. M. smite, t*. u. jsuist, >y. BiHf. Saunders, W. J. Hanna, H. D. Elliott, Carolina as the j K S. Land, C. C. Tracy, E. E. Evans, B. field is. He says R Tillman, John Eratton, J. H. Read, at home, and it i Bw- H. Perry, ?L B. McSweecey, T. W. has. He says th Bjlaggett, W. M. Shannon, C. T. Connors, crease of a quart ?>hn R. Smith, G. Leaphart, S. A. Dur- expenses since 1 Bun, W. D. Evans, George Johnstone, J. data and it will < Br- ?*7 J. F. Izlar, W. A, Clvde, John positive as I doHkHaskell, D. K. Duncan, R D. Lee, D. nlansfi 1 T. M. Gaillard. V fA number ofresoluuobs^ere offered that the expendii Hmd at 2 o clock the Convention took a re- -,oo7 _Qfi . ; jigeess for 30 minutes, to enable the corns:*- 10700 , Kee to consider and report upon the resolu-j^f - ^ * 6 - Igs, and for the Congressional delegations "present nominations for 'district dele- . ^r* Hasfceli: * tes. tively. [Applafe district delegates. man is driving at On re-assembling the following gentle- ^ ^79 there wa m were presented by the respective Con- treasnry^ ana the t>?<rional delegations as district delegates appropriations h Ro St. Louis: w ~ because mat srrr] f First District?F. "W. Wagener, of Char- used in addition Beaton, and G. T. Graham, of Lexington, made. There is BUternates: L. Arthur O'Neill, Charleston, levy and an appx |fcnd Dr. A. S. Hydrick, Orangeburg. what you collect, H Second?M. B. McSweeney, of Hamp- collected less in Iftpn, and A. S. Seigler, of Aiken. Alter- because we i Hates: W. R. Kelly, Barnwel], and W. L. which had been Hwurst, Edgefield. ^ is a fact, sir, tha TV, of dewberry, Qoi increased ms 0 0e??-n have been pretty 0conee' ^ * D' ^ appropriation Si Hl^ourth?Col. John T. Sloan, Jr., of Co- which car Kmbia. and N. B. DM, of Laurens. Al- ^*5? Ornate: L J. Browning. ^ch J^e &*&* BIB Fifth?Leroy Springs, Lancaster, and docks are Hfr- Lu T. Prince, Chesterfield. Alternates: himself. Hi. D. Springs, York, and J. D. Means, there has Deen n HShesler. expenditures of Hff&ixth?B. W. Edwards, Darlington, and charges, and I sf ||L L. Buck, Hony. Alternates: A. ?. heard here as fai ^Hristow, 3ttarii>oro, and J. E. Jarnegan, any primary ele( ^ ^ a mary election wi ?win. j^wou, x>eauior?,, auu opportunity lor Bitamont Moses, Sumter. Alternates: core a fair reprei Ksiah Doar, Georgetown, and James P. plurality system Edams, Richland. pie will rarely HR At seven minutes to 3 o'clock the Con- bonor and trust. Btention adjourned until 5 o'clock. system, the peoj Tito Evening Session. repeated el m Major Buist, as chairman of the com- enjoy thechanc* Bftittee on resolutions, reported unfavor- that they now d H&ly on the following resolutton: xiot do, Mr. Chj BUffResolved, that the State constitution body of men like Baft iii amended the renresentati" IHmocratio pai by tA, ?! m1? ? I; that all nominations lor ?>taie om xa mncll ngai to i n be made by primary election. from Edgefield! The committee on resolutions recom- mw'n to snfler' ended that this resolution should not the' State as On motion of CoL John C. Haskell it whik^andhi is voted that in the discussion of reso- 0f 5^^ tions no member should be allowed to Thongs, te eak more than twice. A proposition pie are really s limit the speeches as. to time was made ^d help the g< iutmthdrawa. 1 but it won i ac The primary system was urged by tions, to char# 0asH ?lhn&n' people resultii fp_ge^2to. Cannon, of Laurens. which fe?L J. C. Haskell, of Bichland, Major Sygtemofmak - B. Murray, of Andersou, and Mr. do ^ ,?w teiest Gary, of Edgefield, opposed it. wfco ^ <j0I1( The most animated discussion was lie- State to a high Rreen Capfc- B. JS. Tillman and Co), and who will 1 ohn 0. Haskell. terests, with tl Capt. Tillman said: "I shall not tres- misfortune sr ass upon your patience, gentlemen, will not do to fTTI MAnAvallilPC Sgbut ft very few moments. j. ma qucowuu HHpf a primary election, in my opinion, is They are here HHBthe most important one surronnding the [Applause.] HjDemocracy of South Carolina to-day. At the clos BBRWe in this State occupy an abnormal Capt, Tillmas position. We are in possession of this there were c HGovemmens because we are a unit We tion!" BBare standing over a volcano, gentlemen, Mr. Tillma: Hthat may any moment sweep everything the top of hi' jHHbafore it. i stand here representing the here, "but I ' ^people of South Carolina, who cry out people." BHPor reform. Tou say we don't need any ~ Several del nHfrpfbrm. That is the eternal cry of the Tillman be ] politician. If I had time I Tillman were t we should have a differ- of the hall. After some heeifcai filiations in the State. Tillman walked into the middle irolina, in other words aisle and spoke as follows: of Sonth Carolina, have "Gentlemen of the Convei policies, and those poli- thank you for this courtesy, an XDonente. This demand try and not impose on your gooc action is a demand from I want merely to answer some the politicians to give points made by some of the f hts. This Convention The gentleman from Anderson is h Carolina. I suppose to save the dear people trouble aid that this is a body of has been the cry of all tyrant "? r\ r t> ? ifl.TfHimfl.ngj ana yet tnese ox xvuissia bttves iub pcuj^ic i by clubs of ten or a ble, except the trouble of payii in nine cases out of ten and stopping bullets. There hs s to the Convention, such outrages perpetrated in thif j practical discussion be- hesitate to name them, and mu by the candidates. Pub- of them with bated breath. Ch the great educator of the stands here to-day with ten rep aople for" twenty years tivep, which she is not entitled t hand and foot by one Constitution had not been fa L 1 "PiAVilon^ llQD , SDiOIQQr^ liXbb Uy bUU UUUCA iwi/j <uiu -Lnuiimu.x amq v. nent and next by the than she is entided to, while t ity, and this slavery has who did the brunt of the figh tat in many places the 2876 are disfranchised by the ent lately helpless and nn- perpetrated by the Legislature, air rights. They have came here and took an oath at tl pathy of death. There to support the Constitution; bi ction in some sections, they got here they were bam bo lead so long. affected in some way by Columb no need for reform, or whiskey or by Charleston?wl : the outrages which have I call it?brain? Charleston in this hall I shudder catches on her feet. If she is tri I want to call the atten- the House, she catches on her fe< rention to one fact, that Senate; and if tripped in the Johnson Hagood was she turns up all right in the erai, the expenditures of [Laughter.] While we poor fan ament were $750,000 a carried around by the dozen ud ,Wl all tne pledges 01 re- anas ui sauu luku as u?j ixxcu iow nearly $1,000,000 a Charleston, (Buist,) [Laughter/ pie know these things have a bright boy and send hi to know them, and they to this College "he gets switd ) candidates for public None but the fools come home. ) before them and see ttrhy we want an agricultural cc e, and explain to them give us brain on the farm. The i gone the wrong way. I of you here don't represent the iking about the injustice of South Carolina. You repres done to a certain class litical cliques and rings in your c . their educational col- counties. I won't attempt to say a word upon that maDy details that I would like to >oliiicians may succeed the time." )wn the right of the peo- Mr. Haskell here produced tl re only damming back utes and showed that in round r o years from now, when the expenditures in 1879 had bee " - - r\r\r\ x- T. - -T ad on, you will be swept uuu ana in icwu 5/ou, uuu, 10 wmci [Applause.] ' be added about $70,000 to balar laskell was next recog- rect appropriation to the Peniter hairman. CoL Haskell of that amount in 1879, still lea' penditures for 1886 about $7,1 Mr. Chairman, in this than 1879. Amid the applause I i hundred men who are lowed Mr. Haskell's remarks, 3d t the word as true rep- man was heard lo say: "I will p: tev^eople as the gentle- falseness of those figures bef eld, whb~ .threatens us people." volcanoes." On the question of adoptr 'I have not threatened Tttttii nj^ 1 jiii 1 to reject the com 'olcano, I only said we report anJ^Rsci^^i^gjTmarj one." for State nominations, thevoTewa continuing: "I have by yeas and nays, ana resulted is said, Mr. President, lows: Yeas 83, nays 207. So the rfiat lie has said. You ry system was rejected. rim say in substance: 'I . ? represent the peopleof The people that I rep- ^uist presented the fol you politicians out of resolution, offered by Senator H give us our way. Those ^tli the favorable report of the c< are harboring their *ee: may break forth and Resolved, That it is the sense < [Laughter.] convention that the candidates ic 'I said I did not repre- 6rnor ^ Lieutenant Governor t myself." be afforded an opportunity form F ATlAfi tre-ntiA. I address the people of the State ty was in his hat, and I the election of delegates to the nc aim admit that he has "^convention in each election j of thinking. [Laughter the end that their views upon The people who come Questions may be known in adva: mrr are representatives nominations, and to that ei a. The eighteen men constitution of the Democratic p ing here, represent the SoTlth Carolina be and the same i ad, and every man in amended by adding thereto tl i voice in their selection, -lowiug section, to wit: : York, and of Ander- *sThe State Executive Committ t county in the State. ^ each year in wnich an elects ? select their delegates Governortmd Lieutenant Goveri as they will, and I say curs appoint at least one public n - nAT>m?nccinno.l T^iofinAf. lere to-day are as true *" ~ , f the people of South shaH be pubHcly announced one gentleman from Edge- before the day for holding the that he has left his data sha11 not more than three i s good for frnm that he a?r than one month befo at there has-been an in- meeting of the State nominate er of a million dollars of mention, at which all of the can 879. Lei him get hip for Governor or Lieutenant Gc rive him an answer as expected to address toe ] -that it is not so." [Ap- the State Executive Commits make such arrangements for thes< "Do you dare say, sir, ** toe7 ma7 deem proper." .ure of this government The committee recommende 5247,000 more than in adoption of the resolution and tl on to denv it" FAd- constitution of the party be amei provided for. The convention a 'I do dcDy it most posi- the rePOrt ?f ihe committee and 3e.J What the gentleis very easily explained. ^ lowing resolution was r s a fund of money in the on the unfavorable report of th< Legislature did make mittee: irgelv less than in 1887, Resolved, That all persons sins in the treasury was Dames are offered for nomination ' to the aporooriatiors Democratic State Convention will a difference' between a pected to address said conventi< opriation. The levy is a&swer questions asKea Dy me m , and the reason why we thereof, before a vote is taken < 1879 than in 1887 was nomination. n the treasury a surplus unfavorable report was mi previously collected. It the resolution offered by Mr. C t the expenditures have Abbeville providing for the elec Aerially, and that they members of the State gxecutiv much the same. The at the Pre8ent State Cony Us upon cur statutes are and ^ convention adopted the u mot make mistakes, and able report; so the resolution wt proofs than the data cokgbessionaii axd jcdicix man has left at home. The following resolutions, pr ~ mb 1 nr_ xrm:_ /i a k UC1C) SfcLLU. XU.J yy ilLi. r?-*?i?y U. \JlJLOJ UUU VI I say right here that was reported on favorably by tl o such increase' in the mittee and adopted by the con-? the government as he after some discussion and an atte ij that the people are fix the date at issue at August 1st rly as they are heard in .Resolved by this convention, T >tion. I say that a pri- constitution of-the Democrat p 11 be subversive of every South Carolina be amended by b the whole State to se- out the second proviso of the las sentation. If we have a graph of the thirteenth article t , the choice of the peo- -which is in these words: P. get into positions of father, that no election, either f" If we have a majority gates to a convention or under- * >le will be so worn out plan, shall be hereafter hf^ Pnc ectionsthat they will not first day of September i*-11 every 3 > Oi secuxujg uuur unuiuo o. [Applaus9.j It will e^doesing ciiEyelam)*-^15 taeifi airmail, in an intelligent The following reflections, off - this, wlio come here a3 Major Buist of Cb^^ton, were res of the people with as mouslj adopted oqf tho recomm< Spa-is fi^ntleman of the committeev^ppointed: ; men who dare to do atft Roe<sOuv?ct 1st, Tnat the De: as much and are as true party of the State of South Car he or his ever have been, State Convention assembled do l with being politicians express their unqualified approl is are the true Democracy the administration of Presided 1 "* """ frir his Tt [Applause.] Tell us or auu wu itUOM UWM.V ,- . _ . ll us of evils that the pec- tion and re-election. offering, and -we will try Resolved 2nd, That in Preside sntleman to relieve them; land the Denocracy of South ?to' make vague accusa- recognize an exalted type of 1 3 all the sufferings of the manhood, inasmuch as he is m tg from the war and the official responsibilities, fearless followed upon the mere action and steadfast in the fac ing nominations. It will portunity. ge the people cf the State Resolved 3d, That President C 5 so much to bring up the in his public life, exemplifies t er condition of prosperity, liciiy without parsimony, the .;kvo PTfilTisiveness. whicl >6 ever umuiuiviuu -- ae responsibility of every- mark ths character and condt iffered by the people. It who is higher than all other indulge in such glittering being the embodiment of the Come down to the proofs, majesty of more than 60,000,00 i. Let him produce them." Resolved, 4th, That the eno: c ss of public revenue over the e of Mr. Gary's remarks and proper public expenditi t again rose to speak, and itself a startling evidence of ne ries of "Question! ques- therefore unjust taxation. Tb so withdrawn from trade and a thereupon called out at are barren of legitimate fruit, > voice: "You may gag me themselves a menace to the t will meet you before the the whole countiy. Resolved, 5 th, That the i egates then moved that Mr. President Cleveland, advoca heard again, and cries cf duction in the revenue, by lo b^flrd froni dlfforQnt pfirts tftystiop QP D6068sfiri6s o ;ion Mr. the raw material of manufacture, meets i of the with our hearty and thorough approval as a statesmanlike and practical way in ition, I which the overburdened people can be T d I will relieved without injury to labor or dan- [nature, ger to capital. , of the The sixth resolution was rejected upon peakers. the unfavorable report of the committee, anxious It is as follows: ' j. That Eesolved, 6th. That, recognising the ( is. The necessity for concession in order to Belli trou- cure a liberal measure of tariff reform, tg taxes we give to the tariff bill, reported by the di ive been Committee on Ways and" Means and >, - ? H T " 4-1+s-s. Kill An? On. i 1 im I JL ft UU W11 Of) tmc 1UI110 UiU) UUl WAUMVt . st speak proval, and urge the Democracy of- the arleston country to accept it as a measure which resenta- will make life easier to the people at th o if the large, increase the opportunities of , rampled manufacturers, and maintain the present f. 70 more high position of enlightened American he men labor. T1 iting in On motion, Major G. L. Baisfc, of >rmities Charleston, was called to the chair. A . They resolution of thanks to the President for [lis desk his courteous and efficient discharge of Ci it after his duties was unanimously adopted. qj ozled or CoL Pope responded in a brief but earnia water est speech, which was loudly applauded, lat shall The Convention then adjourned sine an olfrot?e rlifl C** TT I*J kj V4AV* ;pped in ^ st in the MORRISON IN THE FIELD. RpTifttp 1 ja TT ' lie Is Willing to be Cleveland'* Running Mate vr H Se- TbI. Fall. ? ners are ^ ider the Quixcy, 111., Msy 15.?The following T1 id from 'etler has been received by prominent wJ 1 If we Democrats of this city: h'f in here Washington, May 3.?I assume that w< , , ? you haye seen some newspaper guesses as to A0U OXf? ?**!>? lilrA ?A Via r\r\ 1 Ko firtlvit tot?K rpi . - WJ Y* 1A\J WUUIU 11A.C W yc vu UJV viva-wv ni?u j-q i.cat is Cleveland. A reported interview with me cr 'n ttie Chicago Times of March 16, which _i uajority jOU may have seeu, to the effect that 1 people would like to have the place, but think ent po- there is slight probability of any one from . liferent our State getting it, is substantially correct. P go into The same reasons which gave it to Indi Vi if I had ana three times are likely to take it there the fourth. Much is said of divisions, etc., le Stat- in that State, but the same is true of every eil * T T_J: _!?i? PI lumbers outie.. .fl.t jeass a expect jiuumus iu gioiui w n ?908 - l^e place, and she will" hardly be refused w< 1 should ft 1S s^d the tariff measures will hurt us an ice a di- *a Connecticut and New Jersey, if any- an itiarv of w^e,e- ^ so> Indiana is more than ever ev vim? ex- cecessary our success, and the request he 500 less l^e delegation *rom l^at State is likely yy to control the Convention. True, it can co be otherwise, and some one from our State ^ may have a chance. However slight this j rove the chance may be, I do not want to be cut off ore the from it, as I would be if the State instruct- ' ed for some one else. So I would be glad _ Qg Mr. J tf oar friends would co-operate and send mittee's an uninstructed delegation. This cats out xt ^system [ nobody, and leaves other States free to se- ^ ss taken"riect from our State, while with instructions" th as any one, all not instructed for would ba prima%Bpb reductionT^ttaifc^jjbeing uppermost, fo: thMlltuation is favorabletfcspwjjap with my VP re*tions to the question, unless om^arty's pc lowing n#e3sities require an Indiana man, asm^vin turray, projbably do. Fl?e Dmmit- Rlease act on these suggestions as far as ar youl think right and practicable. plc .r xi-:- Respectfully yours, t Gov- }' ' W. R. Morrison. s should \ ? a t illy to | THE 8WAMP ANGEL. ' before I in' iminat- Ger* Davis's Account of the *_ ear, to ? r?mo?sB^ry. - ^ public ' To the Editor of The News and Couri- otl ace of er: The enclosed account of the "Swamp ful ad the An gel batteiy, by Gen. W. W. EL Davis, th< arty of Unptod States Army, commanding _bu shere- trod>ps on James and Morris, islands No lie fol- during thfe year 1864 and 1865 and now ho pennon agent at Philadelphia, may be Cri " r < ? * 'woo OW-Jl nt Wa Wof/iw r>f hri btJSJUttU JLUUUO* ?/?rv v* W H.?w^ w. MA, 3ii for the l$4th Pennsylvania regiment, and eoi Lor oc- to a certain extent settles the fact as to coi leeting the battecy, which a writer in your paper go which of last waek claimed was a matter of an< month fiction. J oh same, "The mlost famous battery used by jec nonths our forcesL in the operations before fas re the CharlestonWras that which has since be- wil g con- come historic under> the name of the wi) dictates j 'Swamp AnAel.' sta > vera or j "Theie was never a reality for the stU people, name it achieived, except in the fact that it 2 je shall the shells froia its guns were thrown a up 3 meet- greater distance than ever before from air a battery on allevel, or nearly so, with er d the the point of attack. thf lat the "It was determined early in the siege rec ided as to bnild a battery cafr in the marsh be- , dopted tween Morris aid^pies islands in the ^ passed hope that shells! coOld be thrown into +jG Charleston. \ ^ ejected "The epot selected was about a mile jg. 3 com- from Morris Island and south of a line ^ running from oixr left battery to the- frc whose city, on the edge a deep creek, which ^ in the made a good wet Glitch. It was in the ^ I be ex- midst of a Tpurah, Jmd a pole could be ar< )n and run down sixteen ?eet before coming to ve trnjuerH oottom. ? :>n said "The active pal"t of the work was ^ assigned to a lieutenant of engineer*, ^ ade on who, npon being shm>wn the place where ue Jary of the battery was erected, said the t>fcion of thing was imposs^Ba The Colonel ree Com- plied that there no such word as _ ention, impossible in the ^Bfcter and that the he nfavor- battery must beBftilt where he had is lost, pointed out. JV ^ l. "To encourageth^doubting lieuten- m. esented an^ **e was be lliad permission to ^ /?oii fnr a-n-vthincr f.Thft* he reauired for ^ le com- wor^- Tb? nexi day this officer ^ ention, ma^ea requisition oni the department ^ mpt to quartermaster for ome hundred m^fn ^ eighteen feet high, to w?3e through mud ^ X'o! "^^4*?> want ? Jriiing She oonldspiu^fi^n'^ m t para- inen if they were furnished Mm. ? th "Tnis piece of pleasantry cost ,, nc lieutenant his arrest, which, how oJ~ primary did not last long, and the battery^ -J /'ATtRfxnftted bv men of ordinary sta^J^ <3< rga, "It was bruit mostly of sand F1""* w, and General Gillmore told me that;>a?8' 5( sefokm sand, labor and bags cost the Go? as ered by ment $5,000. " m i nnani- "It was begun on the 4th and finl^, , p] sndation on the 19th of August. A 200-pour^ ^ Parrott was mounted on it. r <3, mocratic "The distance from Charleston i) I ulina in straight line was (8,800) eighty-er,* jq., hereby hundred yards, and for the projectile!: Dation of reach its destination the gun had to '.w, ; Cleve- fired at an elevation of thirty-five (3? p inomina- degrees. wth?o,V.Ana -fird wifTi ft cicce cli*f " ~ JL JJLXOO OUCUOj rit Cleve- port fire, fell in the streets of CharleJft12 Carolina .ton, bnt the strain on the gun was s?? American great that it burst at the tiiirty-fourtjSp indful of or thirty-fifth discharge, W in official 1 'Two mortars were afterwards mount-tt e of im- ed in the battery and remained there? through the winter. Jleveland, "Sergt. FuHe^-Company A, New 1 he simp- York volunteer Engineera^?has? i dienitv ^onor ?f suggesting the historic nam \ cl i should the battery bears." ictof one w V rulers, in Electricity m a Motive Power. ? \ sovereign With 130 miles of electric railroad1^. <0 people, operation in the country and 150 mere ?1 nnous ex- process of construction, the probfaflo? necessary the economical application of electriflhf ire is in a motive power is far from sg^e^MRcx?: ediessand ci"e' question lies betw&flHOH^K^ ie millions system and the runni^fid^^^^^^H^^^^Hh|g industry ?rom. i is cnticisfl0BH^^Hi^^^^^^Hfl L^sage oi\as a ATHEISM AS A TRAGEDY. I ''Baton, ?eg atheists, on! T. heaven. There 4XMAGE PICTURES THE EXTIRPA- *"11 hon of christianity. "1?n "*ej " the walls of hea thev blow tid th Oman's Condition Under the Sway o:f ..A. . ? Ltheism and Infidelity-Where and What Examples May be Found?Horrors , P" , >f the Old World?The Awfnl End. *1 JL1J.CV V'UUiU taa.c The Bev. Dr. Talmage preached Sun- place i;he Fathi ly morning upon "Obscuration" taking Ghost. 'Down e test from Acts ii., 20: "He shjill b : ^Down^tbHin rned into darkness." He said: right! Helsno "What the destruction of the sun in to sit there. D< e natural heavens would be to our with Christ' lysical earth, the destruction of Chris- ^ithouta king, mity would be to the moral world. Fatherless galas IA dethroned Jet AO CULL L'lLLllCTU UliV uaiauu?? our time is considered a grea"t joke. ^ ef ij^eare jraople who rejoice to hear will have, if the iristianiiy caricatured, and to hear they can. Civil: .irist assailed with a quibble and quirk sem-barbamin, , , ,? driven back mi id misrepresentation and badinage wheel Qf ^ id harlequinade. way, and turned WI propo^ ^ 'morning to take in- The clock of the lelity a?.^_JIfc?sm out of the realm 01 ^"(^m^frieE sularity'into one of tradedy, and show such a nefarious >u what they propose and what, if which infidelitey are successful, they will accomplish, planned. We w +V>/-vqq in oil nnr nnmmnnih'pK o?n nf +1 UkV UUVOV + ? V OI^V IlAA^UOV WA ?J iio would like to see the Christian re- the Parliament I jion overthrown, and who say the if infidelity and i irld would be better without it. lwant attempt, they \ show you what is the end of this Let them have tl ad, and what is the terminus of this world will be usade, and what this world will be rooms?a habitc ien atheism and infidelity have tri- rooms: the one ? ophed over it, if they can. _ lazaretto, the o "In-the first place, it will be the com- These infidel bai ete and unutterable degradation of just begun their ^manhood. I will prove it by facts only been string id arguments which no honest man I to-day put b< li dispute. In all communities and programme from iies and States and nations where the In the theatre tl iristian religion lias been dominant, and the farce aft> Jinan's condition has been ameliorated fidel drama of < d improved, and she is deferred to first and the tr id honored in a thousand things, and in the former th ery gentleman takes off his hat before laugh and mock, ir. Himself will lauj "Now compare this with woman's so: {I will(laugh ndition in lands where Christianity mock when theii a made little or no advance?in China, "Prom such j Barbary, in Borneo, in Tartary, in. national, worldjypfc, in Hindoostan. The Burmese j Oh, young men, II wivas find daughters like SO ftVrnsm I Ynn sap my sheep. The Hindoo Bible mikes xny sermon. I v disgraceful and an outrage for a wo- j that road leads. Muto listen to music, or to lopk out of f>hftprrt of ruin." e window in the absence of her hus- ' ? ind, and gives as a lawful ground for solid fc vorce a woman's beginning to eat bare her husband has finished his meal. Some soand Sens* hat mean those white bundles on the Democn >nds and rivers in China in the morn- <From the Si a?' Infanticide following infanticide. Hon. Smith M maft^si^dr^Ldeetroyed becauso they is-registered at tl s female? _W0Mni2harneesed to a He is accompani >w as an" ox. WomanVtailed and bar her younc; lady f aded, and in all styles of crn&S^cln-1 prominent New n. Her birth a misfortune. Her tfi&Jj^der of the Em orture. Her death a horror. Hew^a Govern( 'The missionary of the cross to-day 'man,aM^ea b hs^ihen lands preaches generally to4 war^ personalfr o' OTbttps?a group of men do as theyi land, ; . . tase and sit where they please; the a Sun report ler group, women, hidden and care- ceived by the Net ly secluded in a side apartment, where and found no dif ij may hear the voice of the preacher, rery desirable int fc may not be seen. No refinement. > liberty. No hope for this life. No (tr finor>0 nie pe for the life to come. Ringed nose. aated b? vour oa imped foot Disfigured face. Em- ?Undoubtedly. itea soiL Now compare those two toyer Cleveland ?tow faltotward S* ktter that he earned N 2U1UU11 biinb ? opcon. ui wuiuu vrviuou i 900 000 It tp if Christian influence were withdrawn jj -' fVlQ 1 Christianity ware destroyed. It is .^^d ? ty a qnestion of dynamics. If an ob- t<H' t be lifted to<a certain point- and not YnrV fywU-p?" tened there, and the lifting power be ?<r tiiinwiie t thdrawn, how long before that object election ^ ^ I fall down to the point from which it Vm-v k rted? It will down, and it will go II farther than the point irom which + SSd. Christianity has lifted woman tr0e' from the yery depths o? degradation ?How abont tt aost to the skies. If tnat lifting pow- i? w < Ka mifVi^rawn eh ft falls clear back to _ T-.-. x , ; r.~T~ r" ; " :m me i_nsii vok ; depth from which she was resur- ,-g^ ^ igg^" 'What about B 1 'If infidelity triumph and Christianity York ?" overthrown, it means the demoralize- "Blaine has soi n of society. The one idea in the in New York Stal ble that atheists and infidels most hate 0f weakness, whi< the idea of Retribution. Take away not possess. Ti 3 idea of retribution and punishment <jans, however, w >m society and it will begin very scon vote in New Yo disintegrate, and take away from the Gresham and Mi nds of men the fear of hell and there Miller) would p] ) & great many of them who would strongest vote in irwr oiMin trim t.his wrtrlfl into a hell. le majority of those who are indignant ainst the Bible because of punishment ' "hat about ( 3 men whose lives are bad or whose . "Depew is gov arts are impure, and who hate the from New Y ble because ?f the idea of future pun- You will find the lment for the same reason that crimi- !"w?en Blaine a Is hate the penitentiary. Oh, I have judgment is that ard this brave talk about people fear- mD> and unless 1 g nothing of the consequences of sin *no^ wanting the ] the next world, and I have made up terms than in his y mind it is merely a coward's whist- 35 ^ w^ 1 g to keep his courage up. I have seen motion meets, it en flaunt their immoralities in the fr^ds that he w ee of the community, and I have neard xa^"? d'^4j j em defy the judgment day and scoff at eidea'of any future consequence of "Would John eirsin; but when they came to die candidate in Nev ey shrieked until you could hear them * don t r nearly two blocks, and in the sum- mftn would poll i er night the neighbors got up to put ct^e e windows down because they could ? "What do you >t endure the horros. General Alger, o 'I would not want to see a railway train \-?tT:v^v ith 500 Christian people on board go X^^eti >wn through a drawbridge into a ,3eIltaare made/ atery grave. I would not want to see K) Christian people go into such a dis- oleyel iter, but I tell you plainly that I could "Will there ore easily see that than I could for any Cleveland?" rotracted time stand and see an infidel "None whate\ ie, though his pillow were of eider nated on the firs awn and under a canopy of vermillion. "Will the Son have never been able to brace up my land?" erves for such a spectacle. "Yes, solid as "The mightiest restraints to-day b? a?v?te in t] jainst theft, against immorality, against ITr ~ , oil cnrfo ?^fa(srid' ons of eternity Men know that they m escape the law, but down in the r~ , Sender's soul there is the realizati jn of _ ' . H ?vef^ they ^not escape God. "Forward, march! je great army of ,(m . r"" ifidels and atheists. And first of all . on win attack the churches. Away <*38?, agam+st, kfK f.hn?, hnnsflH of worahio! They Itamonnfa i give been standing there so long deKing the people with consolation in was ne ^ k; bereavements and sorrows. All the cl je churches ought to be extirpated; ?tt -Vm** have done so much to relieve the t.Tri 1004 t. iMfcd bring home the wandering, and -..-r.i f ?vea,W held op the i& of \?l rest dtojha this x<)ted {?r -?lai lft?7er' ^ VTt! there existed, a ( Wins and the temples and tabeina- ife ^rotjer ai * clubhouses. Away with those ^ to the Pres |JpP66, of the fmancia' Howard, march! ye great army of .Many of this island atheists, and nest of all they Blaine voted f< fthe Sabbath schools, the Sabbath that the countr wHlled with bright-eyed, bright- will largely ii BHB little ones who are singing songs among what olc aft^mnnn and cfitticcr in- to call the inde Kwhen they ought to be on the J other hand, _C. ners playing marbles or swear-1 votes in the 2ai & commons. Away with them I?tariff question reat army of infidels aud in Connecticut, but I think we wfl] hey will attempt to scale As to Indiana, I am in doubt, as I are heights to be taken, very little about that State." and Pelion upon Ossa, bandall and the gebbians. about Sam Bandall an ven. Op and on until friendsr X JtKS "Bandall is a11 right. ' He and ?h~'- t?fLn? are having a personal fight in thei they aim for the throne State However. BandSl is as gc veth forever and ever. Democrat as lives in the Bepnbliii ) down from then high ' "iui lif* * "What party will getiheGermai with them they ray. this year inNew York?" i from the throne! they I<The jn my stBt [)^v?r* rP0^ - give20,000 votes to the democratic ti 6 God. He hss no nght |hosc QemMas who ^ jwajs . ,'Wn with Him. Down Republican ticket are now witl ... party. They think that drinking a ont a head, a universe 0? even on Souday, is not a c Orphan conateilatioDS. although the Republican party t les. Anarchy supreme. ^ ? lovah. An assassinated , regicide, deicide. That ArrGOOD W0BD F0B ** cmLua in. That is what they ^You believe in Cleveland?" y can, if they can, if l^Mo^jaroredly. "Hejsa^mc - * ' T lrriA?r him O.O TPP? 1 ftfi 1 izafcion buried bsc* into "* ~ "? ~ and semi-barbarism Crovenor Tilden. Hew one of th ? Hottentot savagery. men ^ ^ world who would nc jgress turned the other what he thougntto be wrong .o bed toward the dark ages. President. Throughout the lengtl centuries put back two breadth of the land the people ac his pluck and independence, and i ids, there has never been well of him. If there was not the h: plot on earth as that and hurly burly of a campaign, if Y and atheism have were no brass bands nor speechas. ere shocked a few years would receive an unprecedented le attempt to blow up 6:0111 4110 common people. It is tn looses in London; but makes nustakaes. Everybody does atheism succeed in their but wonder is that he has not i rill dynamite a world. more mistakes tnan ue nas." ieir foil way and this the new yobk pbess, a habitation of three "What New York newspapers ktion with jost three support Cleveland?" i madhouse, another a 44The World, the Times, the Sfcai ther a pandemonium. News, the Post, the Herald, andprt ids of music have oply the Sun. Brother Dana may mom concert?yea, they have a month or so, but he will come ar png their instalments. all right. The newspapers of New jfore you their whole are a great, power, and then again beginning unto close, are not. Look at the recent Fe] tie tragedy comes first fight. I tell you there is no eleme erward; but in this in- dangerous as to get the crowd enia$ leath, the farce comes "Will fhft New York societies fi Off^kT?T27Qr/3 Arifl rflA?9AlAn^O" J "*,v> linn IU1 VlCVCJAUUi e atheists and infidels 4'Yes, all the will stand sfcri but in the latter God in the coming fight. There will 1 ;h and mock. He says trouble, and New -York State will at their calamity and Grover Cleveland a big vote. B fear cometh.' and Cleveland will be the two opjx i chasm of individual, candidates, and in my opinion the wide ruin stand back. fj0m Maine will be defeated the se stand back from that time." i the practical drift of Mr. Weed leaves for the East on 1 rant you to know where nesday night. Stand back from that mm - - ~ PIC-XLC AT MOXT1CELLO. >k Cleveland Jlessrs, Editors: It was mv foi " _ . to attend the school pic-nic at M s from One of the Ablest r 1(8 of New York. cello about ten days ago, and s< an Diego Daily !?nn) no published account of it X . Weed, of New York, endeavor to give yon some tie Hotel del Coronsdo. of how things passed oft *??. ?* ? York politician and a ofMr- Kirkland was' thronged .pire State Democracy, vehicles of ail kinds from which al >r Tilden's right hand e<j the coung maidens gleesome ?<* >>? aged with frosty locks er was pleasantly re- her attendants' It was not long v Yorker this morning, fore tbS column could be seen errie? ^ ? tanmiS a proacbing; the festooned arbor S 8ENOMDJATION. Pared th& W0?dS f?r the ?CC^ veland will be renomi- The children moved along with as rty?'' a step as ever old Stonewall's 5^?* ^noved into battle. Miss Lizzie K . in 1884: was the fact . , , ~ , ew York State by near- land' was crowned QaeeD, and acc is a foregone conclu- ted herself well in responding to t he would be nomi- testimonies of allegiance from ^ ^ rrrK/vm ti ,, , . v UJilCl cut OUUJGVl/O, OLUUUg nuvui I an s strength m ew Misses Arnett, Hamiier, McMee ^resident's chances on Hammond and others, from the ne year for carrying New borhood. Handsome little Miss 3j 0 even better than on ertj froro dewberry, also bowed i ^7 He will lose some <3ieDce to her Sovereign Queen, but he will gain many maje characters were Master Wt T ., , n? Kirkland, Johu Davis, Eddie Ov le Irish vote? and others. so much dissatisfaction Suffice it to say that evervthing this vear as there ex- ^ *Q'OB*a ^ * lailliUg tv 111^ ^AWAVIOVO VA ? . , , ,. . ? gratifying as Miss Davis, the teac flame ri strength in New c0nld have wished. i i. f i iv - Tbe jeople of Monlicellohave t ne elements of strength favore(j ;n getting the services of s ^ some elements aQ intelligent lady to traia their < 3n other <?naidates do ^ren. She evidently knows her I lere are. few Republi- negSi for t^e 5uccess 0f that day g ho conld poll a larger ampje p^of. All praise is die" ai] rk. Such a ticket as tjjjnjj all accord to her well done. Upon the grounds also were s robably bring out the visjturs from iVinnsboro ? Mei New York fetate. Seigler, Williford, Gaillard and Ell ; and depew. accompanied by three of the 'Be yhauncey M. Depew?" fair damsels?Misses Gerig, Hans ig to have the delega- and Dwight. "Rfainp Well rtinsier was arinAnnfiftd. delegation divided be- we one and all repaired to tbe t nd Depew. My own which was bountifully filled with Blaine>iid not want to stantials, dainties, etc. Every! le signifies himself as seemed to enjoy the day hugely, < domination in stronger the visitors. more axo , recent letter, and if he in the Republican Con- items fromnoyticello. will be taken by his ill consent to run. In Montlcello is. as ever, true to I points to Blaine s nomi- ocrajjc principle, ami hence I Sherman be a strong mentiou that our club reassemble 7 Yorkz" due form on the 5th inst. and elc think that John Sher- following officers: President, H is large * vote in New Zealy; v.ice-president, S. D. G r so-called candidates." , " ' ' / m u u j * New Yorkers know of 5 secretary,T. B.Hodge. A t Michigan?" Davis was re-elected member ol unknown quantity in Executive Committee. Candidates are not so numeroi muer xrom wiiiuu x i.oai- ... , ... ? present. We suppose they will i their appearance in due season a>*d a>d hilii. their lamps trimmed and ban be any opposition to smiles as broad as one side of th< meeting-house, kind words and < er. He will be renomi- pliments to the good housewives, t ballot without dissent." ten thousand kisses for the babies, th be solid for Cleve- Some propose to give the candi( a big dinner when the canvass oj a rock. There will not fcut I am of the opinion that the tie Convention against effective way to get rid of them make six days of each week da d not regard Governor fasting and prayer until the camf , is over. ~>T Hill has never been a Snmonf the hovs have monntec le of his friends and a loaded aD old wash-pot preparata ds enemies have tried the coming onslaught, and in cast ng out a boom for Hill, js declared old Monticello will i ling in it. a gne showing the first shot, t tne lnvest^ation of After a long dry spell we have Governor Hill. _ blessed with fine rains which to nothing. Hill raised badly needed, but came almost to bnt forthe grain crop, which will t ong committed. entire failure in this section. eveland boom. bardol .he independent vote?" ;re were many shrewd, Deab Mr. Editob:?Won't you ] en, who were not politi- tell your male readers that $3 will snse of the word, who strong and serviceable pa ine. Among this class pants, made to order by the N. Y. lecided feeling whether dard Pants Co., of 66 University ] id tiafe to elect a Demo- New York city? By sending 6 cei idea-ial chair on account postage stamps to tne above nrm I and business outlook, will send to any address 25 samp] class who did not like cloth to choose from, a fine lines Dr him. Now they see measure, a full set of scientific me p is safe, and this fact ment blanks and other valuable inf i crease Cleveland's vote tion. All goods arc delivered by i Governor Tilden used through the U. S. Mails. A nove pendent votes. On the practical idea. Advise your read* feveland "will lose some try the firm. They are thorough 3tern States owing to the liable. Tours truly, It will be a close fight * William Vandebe I win. YIELD OF CROPS. fcnow , . Messrs. Editors: In response to your request I give the yield of a few a hi? crops on my land in this neighboroood. In 1885 I sowed twelve acres in wheat Scott an(j reaped (by actaal measurement) icd^a one haudred and seventy-five bushels, and a In 1887 my wages hand?, with one <v\o/ta rm K<Q loo Af MittAn. ^lVUgUj utauc uiuv Mb?4vw vfc i vote sixty bushels of com, seventy-five e will Dashels of wheat, one haijdred bushels ickefc. potatoes, and about eighty bushels voted of oats. I planted one pound of mami our fxioth Duncan cotton seed, and gathnlme, cre<* one hundred and seve^y-four hints pounds of seed cotton. ^ | Coof Thompson, a tenant, pade, > I with one plongh, thirteen bales cot- ? * ?; ..... J.- firm ona hwarl _). 5f: ca&te&es^' :i: _rU Urfnl sides wheat, oats, pot&fcoesStfd peas^ . L did -this, too, without the use of fertilizers. ^ i efew I believe with proper cultivation the . ,fc <*? old hills of Fairfield are as productive eutea as any other part of the% Slate. Iu i and other words, there is more in the culliiire tivation than in the land. brink Buckhead has soch model farmers as Miah Capt.T. M. Lyles, Mr, L. B. Fee, and there nthows Tfirfhu nf irnifAtiou. We ilitut ? ke have Mrs. Ladd to take lessons l'roui S*gi vote in horticulture aud pomology?(hose *? * sc^euces that add so much to the com jg fort of home. made Jacob Feaster, deceased, made ou one acre over twenty-four hundred pounds of seed cotton after Dr. Cloud's trill mode of cultivating cotton on some of the Buckbead lands. *, the This is a desirable part of the counjbily ty, and only needs good settlers with n for means to develop its resources. onnd We wish yon success in your efforts Vnrh i to build no old Fairfield. c. they Buckhead, S. C., 15 May, 1888. [lows ? Dt 80 . CEOS BYT ILL E ITEMS. jed." kii in We have had good rains which makes everything look more cheerfal. Gar"8^ dens are looking well, and the late gjye rains are bringing ont the spring oats. * S laine The late planting of cotton is coming >singr up good stands, while the early plant- M ing is a very bad stand. A good many are planting over. Cora is looking fifed- well. Everybody has plenty of work io^e-ftowr""~? Mr. J. D. Smith, from Mississippi^*.*^ is in this part of the county organizing . ' tune Farmers' Alliances. He organized an v onti-1 Alliance at Beaver Creek church with ieiug some thirty or forty members, and will one at Cool Branch with twenty-two idea- members. All seem to be well pleased At with it and think it will work out Tove much good for the farmers. with Dr. B. W. Coleman has made aright rangements ro move in the "Corner," 1 ancj and Dr; G. W- Hill has also made ar? _ rangements to move in-the "Corner." . J a,i ] I am afraid -we will have* a predeal _ L^W)i-s"iHKiies?- -loo many doctors to beA be- bealthy. B ap_ Oar school at Cool Branch will closefl ^ in aboat two weeks and will take sfl fre" vacation for a month or two. ion. Work has began on che G. C. & firm itaiiroaa between unester ana i>roa(Hn^H .line River- c. ? Henry W. Ford, of No. 120 Wythe avejj ine nne, Williamsburg, -who cut his throat? her with a razor Saturday, died yesterday. ThejEfl|H9BHH vere suicide -was employed until' a few weeks? fc. ago in the cooperage of Lowell M. Palmer? f ? at North Fourth street and Kent avenue, jfl jgb- Since his discharge he found it impoasM? tick- hie to secure employment, and in order to? purchase bread for his family was com-? pelled to sell his little household e?fects.|HflflHBfl[ fue On Saturday the family parted with the? llter last of their furniture and they are now inn pens distressed circumstances. This so preyed? upon Ford's mind that he determined tow per- end his life in order that his family might? ?* receive the small insurance upon his life to9 he *3 keep them from starvation. Before com-M mining his rash act he wrote this letter tofl :een his wife in a small account book: qch "Bbookltjt, May 12. fl Deabakd Beloved Wife?I must take? S ias my life in order that you can get the in-? surance on- it. I lost my health in the? T +A TaVCAO /Vtrr fA1.nHL_ i j j UiliZiltU WUCU i. ncub w uviowj V4wj . Mr. Palmer's interest, and he paid me wellM for my services. True to his interest, onDe asked for $13 to tide over my misfortune, 9 ssr?. an(j jjg refuged to help me, knowing vhat I raj lott, was a temperate and steady man and would 9 >ro s pay the last cent that I owed anybody, If fl ihao he had given me the money I would be a J happy man, struggling to make my family? an d happy, but he chose to do otherwise, and 1VB able must die that you and my children may gj satn live. Bury me with my little daughter in fl jody a very cheap coffin, and may God blessS iyeil you. You were the best woman 1 ever saw.H * ? loved you unto death. "Hxkby W. Fobd. HHraB "P. S.?Loved by_your h#igfcanduntoH death, lived for yotK^(d^a^clma!S9!^q|M can't stand the agony oFmy soul at seeing S >em- you suffer. Kiss my children, and mayfl^^^HHB will God comfort them. Yours in death, fl ?tt?nr j: o n n tmvin n. x vw It is not known whether the widow wffl M receive the insurance money.?New York M . M. Star, 15th. ood- ? m " A Great Ea4or*em?ot. . E. H c- |Vg Roscoe Conkling expressed himself ia H private conversation to a friend thus con cerning the political situation, which re* ns ?,? mains unchanged: "To judge of the call- 9 nake bre men now leading the Republican w ith party, you need only to read John Sher- V ? man's speech attacking the President's mes- 8 " sage. la tbe first place, the message is 2 0 0 criticised by these Republican orators onfl com" the ground that it is free trade, a ridiculous? and and fallacious and deceptive criticism, Every disinterested citizen knows only too iates well that of all the statesmanlike utterances S sen's, of the past sis months the President's mes- H most sage takes the first place. The pronuncia-M is lo mento that followed it from a wonderfulS y s o f Ajnerican statesman in Paris was buncotn be Sj )ajou and Mr. Sherman's effort was no bettei^H ? In the second place, Mr. Sherman can finfl i ai]d only one other ground on which to abu^M \n the message?the President recommendflf . economj 1"?Buffalo Courier. jB \ W dl fl| make A Very Tough Boy. fl been About two weeks ago, Charles Angl J| were of Eagle Mills, North Carolina, a boH o late about seven years old, was leading H >e an cow? having the rope tied by a slip kn<S to his arm, when the cow ran awaj^Mj PQ him. He was bagged headiong rocks and stunrs, his body dielo<&?tS . large rocks from the ground and sosffl ?iease times not striking the earth for a ^ * tance of ten feet. The cow ran ?, ot she got into a wheat field, where? pi " got the rope aronnd a stamp, the bagel riaoe, gead against the stamp, when she pnSfl lt? 1X1 until she broke the rope and freed feefi ' ^ self of her harden. The boy was brnBwl le^ 01 from head to heels and his face and hero were gashed all over, but no bones irdH asxlre" broken and in a few days' time he orma- - u ffQOd shaoe as ever. them " *~m 'm 1 and "Weights for window sashes are no? 318 made oat of old tin cans and scraps of ti9 ly re- from the manufactories, and consequents old tin has risen in price from nothing SSS h<t. seven dollars per ton. v .