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MKMBIBH PKny I ^ instruction, and then the companies were . reviewed by Col Phisterer. The guard I mount of the Thirteenth was well per- J fennel. Dinner hour found a nungry six hundred. The pies were there ana each rian had a whole one. One of the men remarked after dinner: "What sur. > prised those fellows in the restaurant? They said we ate more pie than any other regiment that has ever been here. They cell us the pie-eaters." By far the most important event of the day was the religious service. It was known far and near that Bev. T. De Witt Talmage, the chaplain of the Thirteenth, was in camp and would preach. The ^woo CaI of ^ a'aIaaV in XI(JUX tut DCirivo tiao uvu imv w v wvu, the big Y. M. C. A. tent. Superintendent Caruthers wanted to trice it up in order that it would be more airy and permit people on the outside to see the popular preacher and hear his sermon. In order to effect this it was necessary to throw a lasso over the ridge pole. Mr. Caruthere failed in every attempt. Just as he was about give it up in despair a young cowboy happened along, fortunately. He grabbed up the rope, made some artistic loops in it, swung it aroand his head several times and then threw it It de scribed & graceful curve in the air and settled neatly around the desired place. Mr. Talmage did not know when he delivered his eloquent disoourse later on, that if it had not been for this cowboy be would have been obliged to preach outside. ' There were certainly 1,800 people seated under the big tent and around it on the smooth, green grass when services began. This included the members of the regiment and people from the surrounding country. Some put the number at 2,500. There were 215 carriages ana three stages by actual count. Harry Brown, the popular organist of the Tabernacle, who was overcome by the heat on Saturdav, was entirely recovered and presided at the organ. Ac three o'clock the organ pealed out the notes oi: "Lord of Ail," and the audience arose and joined in the singing. Mr. TSahnaga then offered a prayer, after _ _ winch he wad the story of the Prodigal * 'SS^inlierpolathig remarks of his own which "were intended to explain the chapter moriJ fully to his hearers. In's^eak?isaaad: 4<Whenwe leave home, we leave then alluded to the excellent " arrange nent made by the Y. M. C. A. for the services and thanked the man a ' gera. "Jeeus, Lover of My Soul" was then siing, and the words never sounded better ihari they did when coming from that great assemblage of people, imong : the audience were many pretty girls in ' gayeostumes, who gazed admiringly' at the soldier boys and carried the singing. One of them, a noticeably pretty young woman, with a stunning costume of terra delta and black with hat and plume to match, had a fine soprano voice. After the singing Mr. Talmage announ -eed his text, fromTthe eighth chapter of Jofihaa, part of the seventh verse: "Then shaD ye arise up from, the ambush and seize upon the city." The preacher told j the story of Joshua and his men starting out to capture the ancient city of Ai. How Joshua divided his army up into two divisions, one of which he hid in ambush; the other he led in person. There were 80,000 swarthy warriors marching in silence and without lights. There was nothing to betray their pres. enoe, no clanking of armor nor clashing of arms. The people of Ai were totally unconscious of the presence of Joshua and his hosts. When the morning sun arose over Ai the inhabitants saw Joshua and ijjs men on the plain without. The troops 1U DiOiWU iVAIW KV UUU VVDUUO* AMV entire population followed them, saying: 'Let us make short work of Joshua.' Whan Joshur saw the troops of Ai com ing toward him, he led his own in re. treat, followed by the foe. Those of his men in ambush watched this movement with breathless interest and awaited a - signal from Joshua. Soon Joshua paused in his flight and, mountain a slight - eminence, pointed his spear direct at the city of Ai* His men in ambush understood the signal, and, rushing into the empty city, pat it to the torch. "When Joshua's men saw the burning city there arose- a?great shout. They comprehended the great stratagem of their leader. Then ; Joshua pointed his burnished spear a second time at the burning city and Hrvntzw^ Vera mA-~- "TaTca if fatft if, BOWl" The moral which. Dr. Talmage drev from this text was that it is better to re. treat when necessary to accomplish vic tory. He spoke of oar Savior retreating . from the throne of God to the manger in . Bethlehem. From that to the cross, and thenoe to the grave, only to arise again in glory, and, pointing toward the great .hosts of crime and wioiedness, cor-maud the hosts from above and his converts from on earth to charge upon the foe and conquer it. He made use of many historical events to prove that many of the greatest victories had been aocom yilPiiW WjJ 4UDV AVWVaVAMgt MV MUUVtNSVl io Washington's manoeuvre of having camp fires hghted at night on the hilltops .to deoeive the British into the belief that a vast army was encamped up there, whereas there were but three men to attend the fires. He urged his hearers to retreat when tempted to do wrong. He advised them not to read books that would shake their belief in Christianity. He said: "Man will give fifty oents to have his faith destroyed. I would t?ve $100 to save it. A man is no oeraer lean tne company ne seeps, no better than the bocks he reads." He alluded to some of the well known religions skeptics and said that all of them would eventually be saved. A man standing chin deep in argument trying to prove there is no God, will be converted bj a three-year-old child putting its arms J around his neck and asking questions , about God. He made an appeal to the members of the regiment: "Men of the ] Thirteenth Regiment, take aim for God. - we have great need of is practi- j e?l Christanity." i J>T. Talmage was frequently applauded : cveland to | ^^RTsaid, had brought po^^ zSncipation which was felt by no l^^nore than the negro, and they had honesty and courage to meet Grovtr Cleveland's administration half way. An Ohio delegate cried out: "Why not meet Thur man"the other half?" which brought out prolonged cheers and the waving of bandannas. At the close of Turner's address he introduced Charles H. Shelton, of Evansville, Ind., as temporary chairman. Noah Plummer, of Massachusetts, was made temporary secretary. A resolution endorsing Cleveland and 1 uurilia.il WHH auuptcu UJ a uuauiuxuuo viva voce vote. The balance of the session was occupied in a noisy and heated wrangle, during which the chairman was unable to restore order, over the formation of the committee on permanent ornanization. Whe the confusion was at its worst, Prof. Clark, of Cincinnati, took the floor and succeeded in restoring order for a few minutes. In the midst of this confusion the chairman announced the appointment of the committee on permanent organization and then de* 1 r - J-- ..??n o ciarea me uonieienue aujuumeu uum o o'clock. A letter was read from Geo. T. Downing, of Newport, R. I, in which he declares for the division of the colored vote. The committee on permanent organization submitted a majority and a minority report. The majority suggested Prof. Peter H. Clark, of Ohio, for permanent chairman and Thomas Fortume, of New York, for permanent secretary and E. A. Payne, of Illinois, sergeant-at-arms. Joseph H. Ouser, of Illinois, presented the minority report, which named J. Milton Turner for permanent chairman. A motion to substitute the minority for the majority report brought two-thirds of the delgeates to their feet and pandemonium reigned. After much confusion the roll was called and a tie was announced?32 to 32. This announcement was the signal for an uprising that for a moment bid fair to overwhelm and trample in the dust the half dozen reporters at the press table. There was a wild rush toward Plummer, and cries of "Fraud!" "Fraud!" "Thief!" and "You're a liar!" were roared from all sides of the hall. Finally W. T. Scott, the Cairo, editor, who was conspicuously endeavoring to protect and defend Plummer, was struck in the face by some one. Scott drew a revolver from his pocket and selected Mail Agent Ogilvie, of Columbus, Ohio, as his victim. Mattars were now at white heat, and local spectators, both white and black, at tne sight of the pistols, made a mad rush for the door and tumbled uell-mell down stairs. Meanwhile Ogibie and othere had drawn their firearms and bloodshed seemed imminent, when a colored police officer rushed in, and, with assistance, shoved the strug gling combatants into the directors' room in the rear, where they ineffectually tried to shoot one another Scott and Ogilvte were placed under arrest, but the officer was prevailed upon to release them, declaring that he did so chiefly because be was a colored Republi-! can. Many delegates fled duriDg the fracas. Chairman Shelton finally secured order and announced that he knew Secretary Plummer's figures to be incorrect. The true vote was 32 for Clark and 30 for Turner, ana he, therefore, declared Peter H. Clark, of Ohio, the permanent presiding officer of the Conference, which then adjourned, amidst confusion, until 10 o'clock tomorrow morning. A largely attended mass meeting was held in the basement of the court house tonight. Addresses were made by Peter H. Clark, J. Jordan Street of Boston, Ex-Minister Taylor, T. T. Fortune and several others. Ixdiaxapolis, Ind., July 26.?The Democratic Negro National Conference reassembled this morning at 10.30, with Prof. Peter H. Clark, of Cincinnati, in the chair as permanent president. The animosities engendered by yesterday's heated contest over the permanent organization had apparently been forgiven and forgotten during the night, for harmony and fairly good order prevailed at todav's session until iust prior to the final adjournment this evening when, the Conference, tired out with a long session, got into a wrangle over a motion to adjourn sine die, which finally prevailed. In opening the Conference Chairman Clark called upon Elder J. R. ilcDaniels, delegate from" Illinois, to offer prayer. Elder McDiaiels was conspicuous in yesterday's session for the persistence with which he would maintain his ground in debate. When called on for prayer he insisted that the delegates should first join with him in singing a hymn. Objections were raised to this suggestion, whereupon the elder said: "If you won't sing, I won't pray," and he left the hall for a short time. The Rev. Mitchell, of Michigan, then offered a prayer. J. Milton Turner and his supporters, snsfainpH rlpfp.p t. vpstprrlsv rrarlp nn effort to challenge the accuracy of the vote on the permanent organization. Chairman Clark opened the proceedings with an address, giving his reasons why the negro should become a Democrat. He said that a care::ul study of the principles set forth in the Democratic and liepublican platforms will convince any man that the contest for the Presidency is to be carried on this year in lines of thought new to this veneration. The Renublicans de clare in favor of a free ballot and a fair count, but tbey know full well that the evils of wbicb they complain cannot be controlled by Federal action. The decisions of the Supreme Court have repeatedly shown that fact. One wonders why the Republicans do not follow the path so plainly pointed out by the events of the past twenty years and why tbey do not resort to State action, tD State agitation, for the establishment of tny rights that are now denied them. The truth is. few of the evils of which complaiut is made are political in their nature, and not many can be cured by political action. The policy of denunciation and hate has been fully tried. ' Let us try the opposite course. j The chairman's address was frequently applauded. , i Tlolocrofo Tlinmac Vnrtnnfl nf *\7Q-r* I York, alluding to the reports thai were ; circulation about a lack of harmony, called upon J. Milton Turner to say how much truth there was in these reports. Turner responded at length and said tnat he had been beaten in an open fighi and he lccepted his defeat with the upmost satisfaction. [Applause.] Turner moved the J ippointment of a committee on resolu :ions 1 md address, and the Chair appoin'-ed a 1 ^an. jpKtoyd of Massachusetts, ^^District of Co^PS?n of Pennsylvania W TQ tQM H?E W Farmer Accuttett mi Old AVoM K man of Sorcery. Hprom the New York Sun ] ^^ford, Wis., July 26-.?William m^mris is a well-to-do farmer of Princeton, |Kmall yillage near here. He cultivates something over 105 acres of iand and has a [wife and four children. Across the road kfrom his farm lives a wrinkled old German woman named Albright! Iler home is a little old cottage, and though a resident of the place for many years she is unable to speak or understand a word of English. Since last Christmas Mr. Roberts asserts that his family and his house have been be witched, and he swears to any number of as onishing occurrences, which cannot be well accounted for by ordinary means. His entire family corroborates him in a se /vP moot cnrnricincr Statements. Gradually the man came to a belief that the witch who was exerting such occult influences was his little old German neighbor. He gaye her on two separate occasions due warning that she must cease casting her evil eye over him. The manifestations did not stop, and so the other day he took his gun and started out to kill her. He announced his intention to some of his neighbors, and they induced him to postpone the slaughter. He insisted that her death alone could dispel the evil charm, and vowed bej fore an awe-stricken throng that he would ! become her executioner, saying that even were it his own father who had so tormented bis family he would kill him. It became evident that Mr. Roberts should be placed in custody lest he murder the supposed witch. He was therefore arrested and placed on trial, and thus the witchcraft disclosures came about. A book on the Occult lay at 'Squire McConnell's elbow yesterday, and it was evident that the 'squire had been preparing himself for the novel trial of consulting the authorities on witchcraft. When called for the defense, Mr. Roberts went to the witness stand. He swore that as long ago as last Christmas things at his home began to act very queerly. "The first he noticed was a spot of blood on the sheets of his bed. He slept alone, and it frightened him. The sheets were changed continually, but in a short time the bloody spot would appear. One morniDg about 11 30 he lay down on the outside of the bed to await the call for dinner. When he arose there was a large pool of blood beneath him. He was terribly frightened, and took of his coat and shirt to see if there was any blood on his back or garment, but there was none. Mrs. Robertson said that many a time she has put the meals on the table and stepped to the front door to call the rest of the family to dinner, and when she turned again she found the table nearly stripped of its contents. The bread and meat had disappeared, and plates, knives, forks and saltcellars had absolutely vanished as if by magic. Sometimes they would be found in an out-oi-uie-way place, unaer ine wagon house, in the corn crib, out in the garden, and often they were never discovered. These queer demonstrations and many others were sworn to by Mr. Roberts and his wife in the most honest and solemn manner, and no amount of crossquestioning could divert them from their straightforward story. The wife testified that many times when the dishes disappeared there was positively no one else in the house. Roberts averred that he was kept busy most of the time searching for missing articles which had disappeared almost under his eyes. He was using a hammer on one occasion ituu jjuu 11 uuwu au mo iccw. iuiuw his eyes away for a moment and then reached down for it, when lo! it was gone. His jackknife, hoe, shovel, and innumerable other things all acted in the same peculiar way. Both the children, Anna ami JohD, were placed on the stand, and they told, in a frank and artless manner, the same and many otber equally astonishing occurrences. A ring had suddenly disappeared from Anna's finger. She had seen dishes come sailing out of the cupboard when no one was near, and settle .sof tiy down on the floor without breaking. Both she and the boy had seen the clothing thrown off the beds, and coats and dresses pulled from the walls and hurled across the room, A married brother, named Edward Albright, and his wife, who were here on a few weeks' visit, were called to testify. They both had similar unaccountable tales to re late. On the witness stand the family told now iney naa summoned we pansn priest, and asked him to dissolve the charm, and he had confessed to them that it seemed as if supernatural agencies were at work, and he would have to consult the bishop in" order to obtain the interposition of the church in the afflicted family's behalf. ^ The evidence was concluded on Friday, ' and, thoroughly at a loss what to do, the justice continued the case for three weeks. It is the all-absorbing topic for mile3 around, not only among the country folk, but among the guests in the summer hotel. During the three weeks intervening a diligent effort will be made by physicians, county officers, and a number of prominent people, who have become interested in thft nflfip- to arrivp. at dome intelligent conclusion. A Remarkable Scotchman. There was a remarkable old gentleman among the immigrants who were quartered in Castle Garden yesterday. He is Roderick Morrison, a Scotchman, 94 years old, and he has had some strange experiences. Fifty years ago he came to this continent and settled in St. Johns, Canada. He was the first man on this side to engage in smoking herring, and from this business he managed to acquire a fortune of over $100,000. The great fire in St. Johns seme years ago destroyed all his property and almost ruined him. Witii the little money that he had left he journeyed to Glasgow to visit his son. He remained there a short time, and just ! as he was about to boaid the steamer Cir- : cassia for this country he was knocked . down and robbed of everything but his passage ticket and $6 in money. The old ' gentleman did not have time to go back to j his son for more money, so he was compelled to sail as he was. Yesterday he said that he had a little , money coming to him from the insurance , companies, and if he could manage to get back to St. Johns he would go into busi- n ness again. The clerks made up the old j man's fare and he dashed off for the rail- . road depot more like a young colt than a ; man of 94.?N. Y. Star, July 26. Immigration Frauds. New York, July 27.?Robert Marzo, \ manager of the Italian Society, resumed ] his testimony this morning before the Cou- t gressiotial committee as to the methods of i ,:bosses" in bringing his countrymen to jthis country and swindling them. He sub- a mitted a list of "bosses" who changed c Lheir names and residences every few days. ^ The witness said he had known immigrants t to he brought here under contract with v these "bosses," to go through the hands of half a dozen of them, and payiDg a com- ? mission to each, and to be discharged from lie work guaranteed them as soon as they t aad worked out whatever was due for their j, massage money, which was sometimes a ;wice collected. t( SteveTB^^PiRf "hell's mills." They strongly ^Relieve in the Republicanism Qf norriann -K-hn voted tf) flonrf the COUP try with Chinese. They strongly disbelieve in the Republicanism of Morton, who actually imported contract laborers from Europe. They discredit, too, the Republicanism of the railway attorneys, the land sharks, and the monopolists who conducted the Chicago Convention. And they do not believe * in cheap whisky and dear clothes, as inculcated in the Chicago platform. There are 10,000 colored citizens in New York city. According to the most conservative estimates, they will cast 4,000 votes for Cleveland and Thurman. According to the estimate of the most sanguine colored Democrats, they will wheel * * - rr AAA -fnr* fKn nomn/?rQtiV ID 10 lllie l,WV DUUUg iVl U1V ticket. The colored citizens of the metropolis are now forming a Democratic County Committee, and are organizing a Democratic colored club in every Assembly district of the city. The movement is a political exodus from the Republican party. The colored voter is shaking off the chains of political bondage. He refuses to be the chattel of monopoly and free rum. A reporter of the Star called yesterday on Counselor T. McCants Stewart, a leading colored lawyer, formerly of Columbia, S. C There are four colored lawyers in the city. Two of the four conduct large and important cases. Mr. Stewart's practice is chiefly in the Supreme Court, and among the distinguished lawyers who J VI- - J. -rrv?,? moved 1113 UUlLU3:iiUU lu J_?i iwic ntn, Algernon S. Sullivan and the Hon. A. M. Kelly, "who was nominated Minister to Austria. He was born in South Carolina, and first practiced with success in the courts of that Democratic State, where he earned a high reputation as a lawyer and as an eloquent advocate. Mr. Stewart if a Democrat and a member of the Democratic club of the Twentieth ward, but he is a man who wouldn't accept an office and is as independent as George William Curtis. Mr. Stewart was asked if there would be a large withdrawal of the colored vote this year from tbe Republican party in New York city. He said: "i estimate mat zo percent. 01 me eutire colored vote of the metropolis will this year be cast for the first time for the Democratic party. Fifteen per cent, of the colored men of the city are already Democrats, and so 40 per cent, of the colored citizens of New York will vote for Cleveland and Thurman this fall." "What are the reasons for this great change?" "The colored people have for many years been restless because they have been largely ignored in the councils of the Republican party. They feared the Democratic party, K*** q r? < } 'q Txricr> lihuaral UUli x VlW?V*wuu w t?*wv ??vv.Vf. Administration has dissipated that fear. The policy of the Democrats in the Northern and Western States during the past few years has been so liberal as to create the feeliDg amoDg colored voters that they could safely co-operate with the Democratic party. For example, in Massachusetts the Democratic Governor appointed a colored citizen, Mr. R. G. Ruffin, Judge. The Democratic Mayor of Boston appointed a colored man, Mr. Edward Walker, to the very responsible office of Assessor. Mr. Walker was first appointed Judge by the Democratic Governor, and the Republican Council refused to confirm the nomination. Then Ihe Democratic Mayor appointed him Judge, and ihe Republican Council again refused to confirm the nomination. "The Democrats of Rhode Island passed a Civil Rights bill for the benefit of the rif Qtofo TVio Horrr\ V/U1U1CU ^lU6CUO Ui ubaiv, XUV i/tuxvycrats of New Jersey, under the leadership of the Democratic Governor, Leon Abbett, did the same thing. The Democratic Mayor of Philadelphia made colored men officers of the police force. Governor Hoadiy, the Democratic Governor of Ohio, appointed a colored man. Mr. Peter H. Clark, one of the regents of the State University. When Mr. Clark resigned, Foraker, the Republican Governor, appointed a white man to take the colored man's place. In contrast to this, tt e Democrats, under the leadership of Hoa-ily, showed the greatest liberality and generosity toward the colored neoDle in resoect to their school rights and their civil rights. "Governor Davis, the Democratic Chief Magistrate of Rhode Island, appointed a colored citizen, Mr. George P. Downing, member of a commission to examine the public irstitutions of the State. "President Cleyeland'3 appointments have been as liberal to the colored citizens a3 appointments were under the Republicans, and ht-: is regarded as being as free from color prejudice as any President who who has ever been in Washington. "The Rer ublicans of Rhode Island persistently refu.ied to give the colored people representation in the State Legislature. The Demoorals nominated a colored man and triumphantly elected him. These, on/^ rrwn!v aronorniiQ ?r?t.a nn tho part of the Democratic party have liberalized the feeling of the colored people, and account in large measure for the tendency to co-operate with the Democratic party. But more than this, the colored peopk have discovered that the negro questions no longer an issue in American politics; that the problem of discussion now is purely the tariff policy of the country. As far as the suffrage policy in the South is concerned, no party is equal to the application of a remedy." The one and only remedy lies in the division of the white and the colored vote, as in Virginia.''" "Are there many yourig colored iaen who -will bt citizens for the first time this fall?" "There are many, aod these young colored men are studying the tariff. They are going to vote !>>r the Democratic party because they are in favor of tariff revision. They favor cheap clothes and not iree whisky. They want to vote as they please. They consider the worst slavery to be the slavery of the mind, and they contend that if a man is not free to vote as his judgment tA i r/i^tn So o elorrn uujac 10 a iuvatcvi. "How many colored voters are there in New York?" "The colored population of the city is about 60,000, and there are between 12,000 and 15,000. The colored vote of the State is about 30,000. To show how largely that will be Democratic, let me cite a case in point: The Southern Beneficial League of New Yc-rk City is a benevolent society organized by colored people and has 1,300 members. Mr. Thomas C. Jarret, the president, was recently a candidate for reflection. He was opposed by some Republican members as a Democrat because he roted the Democratic ticket last fall. The election was fought on strict party lines. \Ir. Jarret and his entire ticket were elected jy a sweeping majority. More than half ;he colored men endorsed the Democracy >f Mr. Jarrett." Mr. Stewart is very independent, and hough a Democrat, he criticises evenshortcoming of the party with courage md freedom. He said that he was in pubic life as an American citiwn, and wishful o be treated by his fellow voters as an American citizen. The Republican party lad always treated the colored vote as an ! innex, a sort of kitchen. He wanted no ' :olor line in politics, and if the Democrats lid not treat the colored citizens better Vion tVio T?onnViHr>Qnc hoH trpnt/n"? thorn it ! rould be like jumping out of the frying- ' >an into the fire to leave one party for the ither. I The reporter had an interesting conversa- i ion with Mr. Charles W. Holden, a very otelligent colored citizen. Mr. Holden aid that the black regiments were rallying < o the Democratic party, and predicted that 1 Ift * ^ 1 A Variety of Happenings in the Great Metropolis. New York, July 23.?An air of jubila tion has pervaded the Democratic National -n?i?* :? u - ?" "f \rnif iieauquuriers &iihjc mc ?.?i wv .w.ww bill on Saturday. While the result was not unexpected, it had been thought that ?he alleged Democratic opposition would reduce the majority to a bare margin. All day long Chairman Ik ice has been receiving politicians from various points and the talk is all about what will become of the bill in the Seuate. Opinion is about equally divided us to whether the Republican majority there will offer a substitute, refuse to accept the bill as it comes from the House or ameud it in such a manuer as to kill it. The feeling at headquarters is that it makes little difference whfch course may be pursued. With singular unanimity the Democracy has put itself on record through its Representatives in tavor 01 cutting down a taxation that takes from the people's earnings $0,000,000 a month more than is necessary to meet the obligations of the government. No one supposes that the Mills bill can become a law at the present session, but it makes the record and draws the lines sharply and distinctly. Banker Morton has just about as much as he can attend to explaining his alleged partiality for Italian laborers at $1 a day. Some of the smart labor agitators here have dug up a chapter in_the millionaire candidate's career more oiiensive to worKingmen than the "guano" experience. The charge is that for his own work he has habitually employed imported "pauper" labor. It comes into particular forcc now that Congress has taken what seems to be the preliminary step toward checking the overwhelmingly filthy influx of padrone immigration. The labor people say that Uncle Moneybags as an encourager of Italian labor at $1 a day is even more obnoxious as a candidate than Gen. Harrison with all his Celestial vagaries. In JNew l'orfc. ana me large ciues nereabouts, the Italian labor question has got tb be quite as formidable as ever was the Chinese question on the Pacific slope. Last month, for instance, 38,000 dirty, ragged half-starved Italians poured into this city aione, through Castle Garden. These people have no better ideas of the duties of citizenship than the Chinese. They live comfortably, and more or less contentedly, in places where a well-bTed dog would die from nausea. They herd together, twenty men women and children to a room, in the filthiest of squalid tenements, and fish out their dinners from ash barrels and garbage receptacles along the streets. They are hired by shrewd leaders of their own nationality for from twenty to fifty cents a day, and are relet in droves for from seventy-five cents to a dollar a day. The individual workman is so insignificant a factor that he is only known to his employer by number. It is very much the same with the mass nf immigrants of other nationalities. t>ar ticuly Polish, Hungarian and Russian. While some good citizen timber comes in the riff-raft drift, the bulk of it is the veri table scum and dregs of Europe, pouring into Castle Garden at the rate of several thousand a day. After months of keenest agony New York's only convicted murderess got word today of the commutation of her sentence to imprisonment for life. The woman is Chiari Cignarale, and her case has attracted wide-spread attention and sympathy. She was convicted of murdering her husband by shooting. It was rather conclusively shown that the crime was instigated by a man who professed to be Chiari's cousin. No one doubted the woman's guilt, but the public conscience revolted against the repetition of the very distressing spectacle of two years since?a woman dangling from a gallows for murder of an admittedly brutal husband. XT tn /tm rr V?rr t"hr* TTTQTT TTnll CAAn O XlAU^iUg, *JJ '? wj % ?? m OVVM P^V ** thing of the past in New York State. The last Legistature made a law substituting electricitry as the death agent. This was accomplished through the agency of several humane societies which have now formed committees to approach the Legislatures of the other States with a view of making this reform general. Honoring American Authors. London, July 25.?Professor James Biyce, M. P., presided at the banquet given here this evening in honor of American authors. In proposing a toast to "Her Majesty the Queen and President Cleveland," Professor Bryce said that all felt pleasure in coupling these names as typical of the unity of sentiment existent between the two great branches of the English race, j Consul General Waller, responding to the j toast, mentioned that President Cleveland favored the adoption of a copyright law, believiDg that every man w&s entitled to the fruits of his own labor. Professor Eryce, in proposing "Literaturt /' expressed the hope tint the present gati.ering would be the first of a series of similar gatherings. James Russell Lowell, who had suffi ciently recovered from his indisposition to hp ship to attend the bannnet. was received with the greatest enthusiasm upon rising to speak. In the course of his remarks he said that if there was anything in his life to which he looked back with satisfaction it was the fact that he himself had in some degree contributed to the good feeling existing between England and America. The Chicago A??aftsiBH. Chicago, July 26.?It is stated today that since the arrest of Hronek, the chief would-be assassin of Judges Gary aod Grinnell and Inspector Bonfield, the police have made an important discovery by working upon the fears of Hronek. Surprisingly little dynamite was found at Hronek's house at the time of his arrest. The bulk of the contraband goods consisted of bombs in various stages of completion. The police were convinced that he had access to plenty of dynamite, and when the subject was properly presented to Mrs Hronek she led the way to the basement of the building in which Sevic's shop is, and to the delight of the ofiicers who allowed her to do the searclnng, she returned toine open air with a market basket, full of halfpound sticks of stuff. There were l'ully ten pounds of it, enough to have blown the whole neighborhood skyward. It is said that the testimony before the grand jury shows that Sevic, as well as Eronek,-- knew where the dynamite was concealed. A Brute of a Husband. ] Jackson, Miss., July 26.?On Monday 1 last Roderick Lowrey, nephew of Governor j Lowrey, went to the residence of Mayor Henry, where his wife had gone for pro- ' tection. He gained access to his wife's room, and on bis wife refusing to listen to ' the pioposals for reconciliation made by Lowrey, he seized her by the throat and ? choked and bit her in a most tieerish man- 1 i * -t v _i_ r ner. ne men sei/.eu a water pucuer wjuicn he baoke over lier head, and continued , striking her in a most savage manner as long as a fragment of the pitcher remained. He then seized a quart bottle and broke that also on her face. This was supplemented by savage kicks as the c woman was lying on the floor. Leaving c tier for dead, Lowrey fled to the swamps, t A. posse of forty men have so far failed to f irrest the fugitive. Mr3. Lowrey's condi:ion today is somewhat improved. ^ Mrs. Lowrey is described as a fair young ' jirl, who has been married scarcely four 1 aonths. 0 It is said lightning can be seen two hun- h Ired miles by reflection; but as a rule " ightning gives but little time for reflection. nto Jpl^^recognized or of the older portions of the country, where pedigrees can be traccd and the "family tree" has become an institution. Here habits are not so well fixed, nor do the currents of thought run so regularly in worn channels. New ideas take root more quickly in this soil, and parties and factions of parties known only by name outside become frequently factors of sufficient importance to influence the results of the elections. State and national in a manner incomprehensible to those who have not considered the causes. majority. In 1SSS w hile the result showed a plurality for the Republican candidate on the State ticket of 11,957, he lacked 8,270 of a majority. The Republican plurality in 1884 was 19,260, but tbe candidate was short 0,450 of a majority. Again, in 1S86, though the plurality of the candidate was 13,718, he lacked 19,333 of receiving a majority of the total vote. In 1880 the Republican tide set in strong for the national ticket, and Garfield carried the State by a clear majority of 21,790. hut the ebb came in 1834, and the Republican majority dwindled to 2,428, and Blaine's plurality over Cleveland was only 14,680. This falling off was to a considerable extent due to the Mugwump feeling, which took deeper root in this section than anywhere else in the West, and was based less on personal objection to Blaine, and more upon opposition to the attitude of the party on the tariff question, than in the Eastern States. Those who either failed to vote at all, or voted tor Cleveland on that issue, can all, in tbis c-invass, be counted for Cleveland, notwithstanding the fact that the great Thaddeus C. Pound has flopped back into tbe Republican pond, and em ^ a?. ffiiK o enloc-lilnfp on/) {J11U31&CU IliC HWj/ ?Tim u. opittoiiiuc, splutteriDg altogether out of proportion to the importance of tbe act. It is impossible to fix numerically the strength of this element of opposition to Republican rule, but the returns of the State election of 1880 demonstrate to a dot that of the Prohibition aud Labor parties, respectively, and show very clearly that a combination of the Democrats with either would wrest the j StaJe from the Republicans by a very handsome majority. In that year the vote of the Prohibitiouists was 17,U8U aud that of the Labor party 21,4G7. In the event of the renomination of Gov truer Rusk by the Republicans, which is probable, a coalition of the Labor men, with whom Rusk is extremely unpopular, and the Democracy is quite probable, and therein chiefly lies the hope of Democratic victory ou the one hand and fear of Republican defeat on the other in the minds of the men who manage things political in this State. TALKING TO TILLMAN. He Says the "iSaverttlropping" Scribe Must Have Been Roasted. A Record reporter tapped on the door of room No. 15 at the Grand Central Hotel this afternoon, and aftt-r a vigorous "Come in" was clicited, he opened the door and found Captain B. K. Tillman stretched comfortably on a bed, enjoying the breeze and taking mental notes from a red-back book. After a pleasant interchange of salutations, in which the reporter remarked that we are having a great deal of weather now-a-days, and to which the Captain replied that we would probably have some more before the day ended, the scribe was allowed to see the mysterious book, after having promised to let it hp namplpss tr> flirt nnhliV TIip prefers to shoot bis ammunition himself. "Well, Captain, I see from some of the morning papers tnai jcu J^rrrzl up' on the day after your last meeting in the hotel." ' "That's where you are wrong. You must see through a glass darkly. I knew those fellows would have something and I know how it was gotten. Why, the reporter went into that vacant room across from us and listened. It was thundering hot and I know he must have roasted in that little cage. (Here the Captain laughed so that he had to jam the pillow in his mouth to stop himself). He earned his little money that night, and don't you forget if. I heard people passing constantly, but I didn't try to stop anybody as this is j a free country. I'm sure we ought to be auie 10 iioiu a uieeuug wiiuoui people iry- | ing to listen. The next time I'll appeal to his gentility. If a man forgets he is a gentleman, if he ever was one, and goes to eavesdropping, that's goiDg beyond decency. The Captain then went on to say that the reporter o>- reporters had unkr owingly done him a favor, as it was.in print that he had opposed being sent to the State canvass, and that was a sufficient answer to the statement in the Register today that he had thrust himself there. He said too that the insinuation about there beiug a split between himself and Norris showed that the insinuator had hold of the end of his row. In answer to a question, Capt. Tillman said that he had enough reliance in him self and his cause to feel that when Capt. Dawsou jumped on him the flaying would not be one sided?there would be as much skin and wool pulled off on one side as on the other. He was eager for the fray, and f'sntftin Dnwsrm wnnlH hnr-k nn ihp waning fortunes of his friends at the meetings. lie hoped he would be at all of them, as be (Tillman) certainly would. He said he was going to the meeting in Charleston if he .had to crawl tbeie. The Captain said a great many more interesting things not intended to be put in print. He will remain here uutil tomorrow, when he will leave for Chester, where the speaking will take place on Monday. Mrs. Lockwood's Campaign. Mrs. Belva Lockwood, the Presidential candidate of the Equal Bights parly, opened the campaign in Brooklvu last evening, at. Everett Hall, in Fulton street. The little ball was filled to the doors, t be audience being composed largely of the gentler sex. Miss Linda C4ilbert, Mrs. Cynthia Leonard aud Mrs. Emma Beekwith were among the prominent, members of the party who sat on the stage. The latter presided. Mrs. Lockwood was dressed plainly in a black dress, relieved at the neck and sleeves by bits of white trimming. She wore ber glasses throughout the evening, as she read her sneech from manuscript. She sooke in the dear, argumentative tone;; of a lawyer, without any attempt at eloquence. Mrs. Leonard won the warm plaudits of the audience when she alluded to the Presidential candidate as a good mother, a good wife, a good cilizeu and a good woman. Mrs. Lock wood's address was a strong plea for the recognition of women in politics as well as in social life. The great parties of the country, she said, had freed ;he slaves, and it was alwut time that wonen were regarded in some other light ;han as petted dolls on the one hand and iomestic drudges on the other. Slio cnnlrA fnr nn Imnr ?nrt ulthr.iirrh 1K0 tir in the stuffy little hall was almost suffocating, the greater part of the audience renained until the orator had rlostfl. Speeches were also njarV by .Mu-i Linda Jilbert, Mrs. Beckwith and 3frd. Leonard. -N. Y. Star, July 27. There is an impression that the rulers if Germany and Russia held their recent aeeting to divide the world between hem. If this is the case the two will ind that thev have a big job on hand. The electric arc lights in the United * itates now number nearly two hundred housand, and the ineandescents number ver one million. "Hoodlum" comes from the German -J udler, meaning a loafer, or idler; so r bummer" from the German bummler, a r rord of similar import. pw-mucjt n,uuw chan to slap. I'm not afraid to drop down into a hundred acres of dudes and not a thing to fight with except six shooters [Laughter.] The tendency of the nineteenth century is to iludeism. You dress a young buck out, part his hair in the middle, put on an eye glass, give him pants which look as though his legs had been melted and poured into 'em, put on toothpick shoes, and every girl in town admires him. [Prolonged merriment] God help you girls; I'd mi her see my daughter dead to-mght than sitting in a parlor talking to ? dude. [Applause] The good Bishop of New York save the confessional shows that nineteen out of twenty girls meet their downfall in the ball room. In all my observation I never knew a poor ruined woman who did not go to ruin through the ball room and the theatre. A woman who has lost her character has lost all, but the boy is lionized by society. If there's one deeper, blacker hell than any other, it's foi the man who crushes purity and virtue under his unhallowed feet. [Applause] The only LLLLJJ? ILL tUC WU11U tVUiVU UCCCI VCG O. double-barrelled shotgun and load of backshot in such a man. A round dance is an ante room to damnation. I never want to see the arm of a lecherous man around the waist of my wife or daughter. I ape no man. I'll be myself, be true to myself, and true to truth. All I want to do is to stand on the barrel, knock the bung out, and let nature cat her capers. [Applause and laughter.] I may be an idiot and a fool but you'd better think of these things. The Kide to the Sparkliug Catawba. The ride from the railroad to the Sparkling Catawba Springs is a very pleasant one- made especially so by the fact that Messrs. Brannon Bros, have -.-stabiiahed a regular hack line from Conover, N. C., the nearest station, to the Springs. In buying tickets and checking baggage, remember that Conover is the station and that Brannon Bros, will supply comfortable transportation at reasonable figures. Greenville's Gala Week was a grand success in every respect. The entire programme was carried, out vitnoux ine slightest jar or mishap. There were many hundreds of people in attendance from every section of the State. The military encampment, under General Huguenin, of Charleston, was a leading feature of the occasion. All the Volunteer Troops acquitted themselves most handsomely. Once on a time, the mountains ^were considered inaccessible except by a stage coach. Now you can go, by rail, within two miles of a notable mountain, near which are the All-Healing Springs. PRIVATE BOARD. Visitors to Columbia will find it tc their advantage to stop at the "WILLIAMS HOUSE," Northwest Corner Plain and Sumter Streets. Transient board a specialty. House open all hours day and ."light to suit incoming trains. MRS. WINTHROP WILLIAMS^ _ dul^5!ne^works. A COMPANY HAS BEEN FORMED that are now operating these works, manufacturing the Celebrated TOZER PATENT AGRICULTURAL AND STATIONARY ENGINES, noted for their great durability, simplicity and economy in fuel. Excellent workmanship and design. Tnhnl^r T^\iloro a cmrwottlfrrr Also Saw Mill Shafting and boxes. Most convenient shop in the State for having yonr repairs done. All work guaranteed. Foundry work in Iron and Brass. Write us for estimates. W. P. LESTER, Superintendent. THOENWELL MoMASTER, Business Manager. DESKS, OFFICE FURNITURE AND FIXTURES. Ask for Illustrated Pamphlet. TEKKY SHOW CASE CO.. Kaabville. Tena PITTS CARMINATIVE! FOB. INFANTS A.\D TEETHING CHIL DEEN. An instant relief for colic of infants. Cures Dysentery, Diarrhoea, Cholera Infantum or any diseases of the stomach and bowels. Makes the critical period of Teething safe and easy. Is a 6afe and pleasant tonic. For sale by all druggists, j and for wholesale by Howard, Whxbtj i & Co., Augusta, Ga j TAKE THi N 0 fUT C A R /O A n,,HV ^ Ii [ t * \|C A TX ^ P D i 5 I* r?i>ra-rLtcTf>D7yrr rut.eo.itx , UEE MOUNTAIN VIEW LOCATED AT THE ALL-HE A Tliw elegant Summer Resort is now Lccommo Jation? equal to the best Eiev? easonabie. Send lor illustrated circular i ates. Respectfully, All-Hes r refunded. Large bottle 50 cents. It M tout merchant has not Jersey Fiats send to G. BARRETT & CO., S Augusta, Ga. H. H. P. is guaranteed to cure Sick Headache in 20 minutes. Relieve any " case of constipation. Relieve all Dis- 9 orders of the Bowels. H. H. P. guaranteed to please or money refunded by 3. BARRETT & CO.. AUGUSTA, OA. I Saw Hill, Ginning and Agricultural fl MACHmERY. SPECIAL ATTENTION! Being agent for almost the entire State for Liddell & Co., of Charlotte, N. C., I jfl am in a position to offer close figures on -^j their Variable Feed Saw Mills. New Era H Boilers, Boss Presses, Straight Line ] Engines, Shafting, Pulleys, &c. Their H engine, of which I have sold a number, V is the most satisfactory I have ever handled, and I earnestly recommend a H consideration ol its merits to ail prospective purchasers. Van Winkle, Pratt H and "Winship Gins will be offered as cheap as manufacturers' discount to M dealers will allow. The Improved Deering Mower with its dnrable and Unbreakable Steel Pitman Connections, in one of its three I sizes?one-horse, two-horse and giant? and the Thomas Imperial Qay Bake and Plant and Cultivator should be on every m farm. Don't forget that you will nee&fi fl Barbour Cotton Seed Crusher in the fall?^"? Wind Mills, Force Pumps, Brick Ma chines, Planers, etc., for sale. Write for descriptive catalogue. -^fl W. fl. GIBBES, Ja, -*fl Successor to McMaster & Gibbes and V.fl W. G. & L. D. Childs, COLUMBIA, S. C. [ j ; CHARLOTTE ^FEMALE INSTITUTE. 11 No Institute for Young Ladies in the \ I South has advantages superior to those ' I ofieredherein every department?Col- 1 legiate, Art and Music. \ 1 Only experienced and accomplished <" fl Teachers engaged. The building is ^ ? lighted with Gas, wanned with the best fl wroueht-iron Furnaces, and a Hot fl Water Heater, has Hot and Cold ^ , Water Baths, and first-class appointments as a Boarding School in every respect?no School in the superior. JEST FALL &E33ION BEGIM For Catalogue, iSH8W@g^ticnla]* address "T* Bev. Wm. R. ATKINSON, fl Charlotte, N. C.M PEACE INSTITUTE,9 m hsls m ? IMSH RALEIGH, N. C. The Fall Session opens on the firaH Wednesday (5th day) of September anfl closes first Wednesday in June, 1889, ; Every department of instruction fillecH by accomplished and experienced toach-^ era. Building one of the largest. kuuH best equipped in the South. Heated byaH steam. Gas and electric light. Water? throughout -whole building. Special rates for two or more from same family, fl r!nrrA<rrw-mrtanoA T^nr AimntAV and catalogue address ?? Rev. R. BURWELL & SON, Raj.tjgh, N. C. V SPARKLING CATAWBA SPRINGS, ^ CATAWBA COUNTY, N. C. Newly fitted up with new Hotel and Furniture for over 400 guests and the proprietors would be glad to see all their old and many new frends here. The medical properties of the water are unrivalled for Dyspepsia, Rheumatism, Liver, Kidney and Urinary diseases, n i _ 3 ___ . vrcuera.1 ueuuuy aim nervous prostration. Healthier location not to be found. Much new furniture is being added. V BATHS COMPLETE. Cool, Shower, Warm and Hot Sul phur, Hot Air and Vapor Baths. Fine Band of Music and all amusements kept at first-class Watering Places. Write for Catalogue. M DB. E. 0. ELLIOTT & SON, Proprietors. ~T~ 1 * U t '-ui?o2nt?m- f R LO TTE EAUKG /? ... ,.^j 7AISPAVMj^ /south I /* j***3Lancaster vjTo U NA I \ MAP M Y> &7io*rir>g ZocaiioTV \ cfthcFamaus ygm V ALL YjEALl NG | V? MINERAL SPRING. ^ NORTH CAROLINA.. HOTEL AND COTTAGES 1 XING MINERAL SPRINGS. J """ || open with many new Improvements. .-JjB iticn 2,000 feet above sea level. Bates- .'oil md special prices, with list of railroad COZZENS & THOMAS, J ding, Gaston County, North Carolina.