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j XLVI ' WIXN'SBOKO,, S. C.. WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 8, 1890.
" ii uiNWELIi LYNCHING.
FURCHER PARTICULARS OF TtlE
TR VGI- AFFAIR.
'* li?- vi*n'- ?fiiT Iu?- Occnrrrnc'?Feeiini:
in ilif VsciiiiJy? sctiou of {??vi>rm?r
Klcbn <Non.
The Governor has oflered a reward
of $200 ea :h for tha capture a ad con
vi i ??? "f 'io Bir^vveil lyu-.;h rs.
. T ? ~]' --. J correspondent of The
News and Courier writes from Barnwell:
The safety of the town depends, it
its said, on the fact, that two hundred
alined white men svill rendezvous on
vrtu-jrw lit. t.ho verv first note of im
pendi j: danger. Phis was c nsi <rel
this inoruiug a t? ?'?2 position to
assume wbe.i it is o<?;isi(Jeri-:l that
there is probably <tu equd uum*)e'
whites arid negioes in the town
And especially as a movement against
the village might be conducted al
A night by the hordes oi negroes in the
^9 districts beyond the t >wn. Pa;s ilia
Isi >2t vvonid, however, he !?oo:? dispel- j
led by a glat ce at the faces y! ihc r-e-1
sjroes w o cace ioto I he town froai
the interior today.
rbe*e was?: strange fascination for!
heia in i be?"er;e ?_?t* the l_\ncbing. I: j
was the objt-clive poiut of mauy a
ioug pi'griuiag- hj* ;ho colored f ilks
Iromall parts of the cvuu'y. Thev
tooked'iua dazed, stupid ai-uuor at
the trees of execution, but they would
not go l?> sec the bodies where they
lay in che town at a very public
morgue. The correspoudeut of The
News aud Courier succumbed <o the
spt;11 or desire to see it-e blood-sinioed
traces of t e crime. The iaudsoape 1
has alread\ t>et-n described as it was <
left by the red hauded artists. The
idace of extvu ioa was otl either side
of a narrow part of the road leading i
from Barnwell 10 Aiken. Slender .
while oak trees and pice saplings grew
on eit; er side.
The prisoner^ were divided into'
significant groups; the men accused of
the< intir<fr r of Martin on the right,
the'murderer and his accomp ice iu '
the Heflernan cast5 on tne left. The
question is asked. Were the
? ?- - ?-;i i - J -i ? .
jyncners who Kiiieu ou<;>u v
two from Barnwell, and w. re the i
lynchers who slew Martin's murder- t
ers from Martin's Station? Be this as i
it may, the scene was one of unquali- i
lied horror, more like a picture from c
the inferno than anything that has oc t
curred since the death of Dante. The i
first view of the victims after the trag- i
edy was obtained by the high sheriff (
of-ihi* county, Ohief Marshal Swan e
and Mr. A. T. Woodward. There i
o-'oro civ in orift rnw E
"V4V " 7 *
with faces still transfixed iu the throes 1(
of their last agony. First one and
i then another appeared to view as the 1
lantern held by the marshal! revealed 2
each dreaaful picture in turn One of t
these was shocking in the extreme, s
Five of the dead Degroes had been tied e
tightly around the waist to the trees p
wita ropes. But in the death struggles t
of one the rope slipped from around c
his waist and he fell to his knees. His s
arms were outstretched and his mouth ?
and glassy eyes, fixed in death, were s
wide open, i nose wno saw ims nor- i
' rible vision eay they will never forget
it, nor those who read of it, so terrible p
is it in ghastly suggestivenesy. The H
heaus of the others had fallen nearly 1
down to their breasts. On some of t
their faces the blood had been congest- ^
ed by the chilly morning air and there
it remained in clotted masses. Oco 3
passing by such a spectacle might in- voluntarily
recall the sides of a road s
marked by the affixed bodies of cruesi- fc
fied soldiers in tfce olden time. t
h
WHAT THE GOVERNOR SATS. x
I;
The Governor, when interviewed by t
h representative of the jSews and Couri- 1
er i:j regard to the lynching at Bam- r
well, said that he had done all that it i
vi n possible for him to do in the
matter until the guilty person shou'd be h
arnsted. This wa3 the conclusion p
which he bad reached after discussing ii
The matter with Assistant Attorney Gen- h
1 " t
ciut uauuuiab. ?
Tbe lynching, he said, could not be t
too strongly condemned by all law abid- t
n?ii citizens. It was a most unfortu- a
uiic occurrence, and be would have v
. ?.vcq a great deal to have been able to f
p'c-vent it. We could not judge at this b
oi'tance, he said, of the agg?avation to
the perpetration of the lynching, but no
? Hiaiter bow greit that was, there could
be no excuse for so gross a violation of
law and order. t
When asked if he did no: consider the ?
whole affair?the murders of white men
by oegroes and the terrible retalliation v
?as an additional evidence of the neces- 0
si iv <>f separating the races, the Gover- 0
nor replied he did
' Unquestionably," said he, "the two t
racrs cannot live together in peace (
while both are aspiriDg to supremacy,
T?ie uegroes, if left to themselves, would j.
not create friction by ambition and r
j -atousies against tne whites. It is tne ^
. utsiie ioflueoce which leads them tb s
oppose the whites and keep alive race g
hu a^onism. Tbey loot to Congress to g
give theui control of the South, and v
irtia -Aggravates the gravity of the j
race issue- I am wholly in faVor of the c
txp.Mtation of negroes in sufficient num- j
tx;rs to relieve the present unhappy situ- ?
?ti ?:i. and at the same time I believe it
vv utd prove a benefit to those who go }
as well as to those who remain. Look- 1
:;ig this question of race antagonism ,
<-quarelyin the face, it is obvious that a j
>?-piratioa is the only solution of our ,
ti u^les We should, however, be kind i
t.^ people and do all for them ;
which >t is possible for a superior i
i,icc to do for an inferior."
ALL QUIET NOW. ;
rtio following additional information ,
- furnished by the Barnwell corresponof
the Kews and Courier:
This community is now very quiet,
? ?.> %vill remain quiet if alarmists and
tin btends are controlled and repressed.
H i-eless rumors are circulated and useless
iogs are called, whereas, if the peol>
would attend to their ordinary duties
i i :ii ordinary way the excitement would
?;i? ??ut itself. Barnwell is amply able
i.? ;-iicare of herself. This is the seniiiiic-a&of
the most sensible people as geni
r * -y expressed to day.
Puere was a cock and bull story circuit
c-l last night that an invasion of the
,?r
I ' ?V: i OV pidV/Co uiwvu v i
s v-j;.ty miles io the country, was imminent,
and otber rumors of a similar nature
Hit', have done hd^m. T&e town council
t:ei a meeting this morning to consider
> he .Mtuation. They decided that the
ml ?>k is serene and everytlflhg as quiet
:?? en be expected, and that no extarorui
mry measures are necessary for any
R 'Se.
his meeting considerable dissatisB
& was expressed at some of the
newspaper reports, and ia view of this
fact I will interview some of the prominent
citizens of the town and send you
ihe result later.
ihnnf TrfiOUS.
L*s>t Dighi Governor Richardson re- :
ceivcd the following startling dispatch]
the Sheriff of Barnwell:
Ba unwell, December, 30.?J. P.
R churdsoD, Governor, Columbia. S. C.
T.'i.'tf.tii of attacking some towns iu the
county on Weduesday night. Cannot
ca!! tor county troops to le^ve their
home Send us a company to morrow
Columoia and forty stand of txtra
..i-jrl ammunition on the next traiu
witho :: fail.
Wishing to allay the excitement you
tri' rt quested to prevent the publication
f i'! .nutter pertaining to 'ae.
J. W. Lancaster, Sheriff.
Tne Governor was willing, of course,
o -nplv with these requests if he evuld
br sstie i tbat so grave and important
ii ? ? > a< sending troops to Barnwell was
oar< f.-ir fJio nrp?:T?aiinn <if nrHpr
.. f J
bin he determined not to act without
fuii'.*r information. He accordingly telegraphed
to Gen. Johnson Hagood and
C"!. I? >bert .A Id rich, askiog if they eoncur-eii
in the shenff'a view. The telear.ipii
offices at Blackvjlle aod Barnwell
v. r: closed at the hour of forwarding
the h.quiry, aua thi telegram c^uld not
re.Hch its destination last u'ght.
At ibo;;t 15.20 A >1., a dispatch ^as
received frt-iu Gen. Hagood sajiug that
;c ts-ti just arrived in iSarowell and
telegraph immediately upon ascertain;^?*
ttie scute i?f affairs This eve
aaoiher dispatch vaj received from
Gen llagood as follows:
Barnwell, December 31. ?Governor
J P Ricb^rdsou, Coluaibia: There is
no ejircbly use for rr.?ops This is my per
f i;;ui opmiuo. I', is alio that of a coofescuce
held with the inteudaut aud
loading citizens. Reporls upon which
the sheriff-sent telegram have been as
terraioed to be sensational.
Johusoa liaiiood.
AN AWFUL MOMENT.
Embijrrassii!^ i'ropusiiiou of u !>c:iiciit< :?
Spinster iis fharcit.
Middlston, Conn , Dec. 31.?A
/ery queer woman is Miss M. L. (
Moore, the people of Bridgeport think. (
yiiss Moore, weli-dres.-ed and demure ;
>f mariner, came to thai town and be- j
laved admirably at the Atlantic Ho- <
el, where s-he slopped one night. The ,
lext da3* was Suudav, and Miss Moore, .
n fashionable apparel, went to the j
mate St. Paul's Episcopal Church, in
he eastern part of the city. She sat t
n a rear pew intentlj' listening to the ^
lev. Millidge Walker's sermon on ?
JhHstmas, in which he pleaded path- f
itically for v_hrstmas charity, beseech- j
ng his p irishioners to remember all :
>oor people with pecuniary benevoence.
He bad just about attained "third t
y" in his diseourse when the devout r
liss Moore a;ose and rustled down ,
he aisle to the pulpit front, where r
be halted, her bauds crossed, and face s
loquent of self-sacriliee. and sym- ^
iathy. In a few words in clear tones, ?
bat were beard distinctly all over the t
hurch, she said that the spirit of the L
eraiou had touched her heart, and c
he was ready, eager. to give all that r
he possessed to the poor; she was wil- [
ing to give even her own appare! for t
sweet cbarity," and auxious and pre- v
>ared then and there to take oil', all
Per clothes and pas- them over to the r
lev. Mtiledere Walker. He could place t
hem where they would do the most
;oad. (
A more astounded clergyman than
dr. Walker probably never was inter- ^
upled in the midst of a Christinas
ermoa on theoretical charity; his face <
tecame pale and then purple, when
he young lady proposed disrobing
iprsslf in thft nrpsftne.ft of tbft oonr'ree'a
r r?" -or (
ion, anc then he tried to say a few
rords to her. But she interrupted c
tim, talked incoherently for seve- ~
al moments, then hastily quit the i
louse. j
She returned to her hotel and be- ^
laved in a ladyiike manner uutil sup- ^
er time, when she caused excitement
a the dining room by springing from ^
:er seat at a table aod hugging and
:issing the colored heac^ waiter, She *
ben delivered a rambling address to *
he guests. Late that evening men as t
rrived in to-.vu, and she went away c
riih them on an express train bound j.
or the west. No cue in Connecticut
;n?ws her story. * g
v
(
ile Uus; liis Own (;rnvr. 2
Something unique in mortuary mat- c
ers occurred recently in McCalmont I
ownship. Jefferson County. Pa-, Solo- i
aon Hirnes, an old citizen aod a some- c
^hat dissolute ma';, who spent, most i
'f his time in the woods with dog and i
;un, became alarmed about two weeks c
.go on account of the prevalence of :
yphoi l rever in the neighborhood. <.
)r>.e of his old neighbors succumbed
o the disease, and Himes made up I
*V?ot nij tnvn wnnlH r?r.mf! f
LIO JJLIXAXtuav AJig b ui T v v> < w ?? ?
text. Accordingly he armed himself
vith mattock and shovel, selected a (
pot on his larua which he thought ]
uitable i'or his eternal resting-place
md proceeded to dig his grave both t
vide aud deep. After this he talked 1
na nonchalant manner about the obse. 1
piies, sapiug in his d awling way that 1
le really would have preferred to live .
l little iou<rer. because, as he expres- <
id it, "'a mail h<ts such a gul danged j
ongtim-s to be dead." As Hiwes
yas an exceedingly robust man, >
weighing over 200 pounds, his neighDors
laughed at his eccentricities and
ivhispemi around that ''Sol iiimt-s
tvas geltiu' a iiitle out of his head.''
But in the course of a week Himes
was do vu with typhoid lever, and
when the doctor came he said, "There
ain't no use of running up a doctor's
bill waeu a man knows he's goin' to
die," and uot a morsel of medicine
would"he permit to pass his lips. Id
a few days more he was a corpse, and
he is probably the arst man on record
to perform the melancholy tusk of
digging his own grave.
The Edsefield }liirdercrK No! Caught.
The Governor has been notified by
Sheriff Outz?, of Eigetie.d, that after
startiag for Vrkacsas to bring back to
justice Murreli and Carpcuter. the condemned
murderer." of Younce, he received
on the way a. telegram from that
State suymg that it was a case of mistaken
identity, and he had therefore
abandoned his trip and returnad to
Edgefield. He states that he is unable
f<-v tru- numerous and con
dieting statements be has received from
Arkansas. He was was first notified
that the men were arrested at Brinkley,
aud afterwards tLiat they had been
taken to Helena, and he was puzzled by
the cour*e of ibe Arkansas ofSciils.
There is certainly something fishy in the
affair. !
ADEFENCEOF THfcSOUTH
THE LAST ESSAY OF PRESIDENT
JEFFERSON DAVIS.
Auitcrno!.vi|]?* ni:<l Other War Prison*?
The Relative Mortality Am one tlie
Federal nnd Confederate 1'risoner*--A
Cru?liinff \UHwer to the Charsre* of
Inhumanity Preferred Asain.nt the
Sonth.
From the Belford Company.
One of the las- '-ssays from the pen
of Jefferson Davis was on "Andersonviile
and o'her War Prison." Tf- was
written !a>i summer for the -Nw: i.h
American iicview, bat in consequence
of what Mr. Davis characterized as the
mutilation ot his reply go Lord vVolse
ley by the editor of the Review, he
withdrew* if from that periodical and
gave it tu iJelford's Magezine, 111 ike
January member ot which the first
part ol it appears. It is a remarkable
paper and will attrac wide attention.
"Neail.v a quarter of a century has
laps ed," writes Mr. Davis, "iince war
betweeu the States ceased. Has the
prejudice led ou the pa>Mo?: of that
period icase-i with the physical strife?
Shall it descend form sire to son,
hardened by its transmission? Orshall
it be destro\ed by the full develop*
mftn t of the truth, the exposure of
the guilty aud the vindication of ihe
innocent."
Believing, a-? ilr. Davis without a
doubt did believe, that lie, personally,
and the C m federacy as a community,
were not respou.-'Ne for ihe needie-s
sufferings and i rtality of prisoners
at AndersouviiW., it is ua:urui that be
should have writa-n with earnestness
and warmth, even without bitterness i
in defence of his own lecord and his
people. The facts thit he inroduces i
ia. his paper divide themselves into
trrAii:.? ThA first ornnn fir? rip. i
"" ' vv n*v ? r>- - ?c ?. |
signed to show, while no attempt is i
made to deny the existence of great ?
lad heedless sufferings, yet that they :
were not owing to any fault, of the i
Confederate authorities, and that,, j
contrary to trie comtnou belief at the i
>7>.<rih, neither the sufferings nor the j
noituiay, a.inoni; the Federal captur- 1
id soldiers in < onfederate prisons \
bvere so great as the sufferings and \
nortality among confederate prisoners j
u Federal prisons. t
This Jiusi, assertion win seem so as-, j
.oundii'g to Northern readers that,
luless tortilied, the rest of Mr. Davis's s
iriicle will excite no attention. There- 1
ore. although it is one of his last points s
a the order of presentation, we quote r
t first: J
'Tt must be conceded that th j North- t
iru State* are more generally healthy 3
iiau the Southern. Then, with equal s
neans and care in providing for the s
>risoner.;. it follows that the rate of t
nortfllif.v should have been as the i
alubrity of the country. It may be j
resumed that all were "on duty"
vhen captured, and the average of ?
he wounded among the prisoners about \
he .same;' therefore that all were in a 1
ondition to be benefited by rest and r
>roper treatment in a favorable local- \
ty. What was the result? According s
o the reports of the United States v
var department the relative num- s
>ers of prisoners and death were in e
ound numbers:
Jnited States prisoners held by the
C!onfederacv. 270.000
Confederate prisoners held by the
United States ' 220,000 <
Jnited States prisoners died in Confederate
hands, 22,000 J
CoQiederale States prisoners died in
United States hands 26,000 ?
"From this appears that the Confederates.
with an excess of 50,000 prison- c
:rs, bid 4,000 f9\ver deaths." This a
;hould not have been the case if the r
aeans of providing for them had been t
;qual; but, *n every material respect? j
n surgical instruments, and all which t
ree commerce contributes?the North t
lad greatly the advantage. Only one t
dement remains to account for the
?Imto -fr>T* t.VlA ri A f.ftl A.SS f
w* v vuw ? ,
,od this, in the depths of our destitu* c
:oa, never ceased, as the world will i
:ppreciate whenever impartial his- s
ory shall render the justice which
son temporary prejudice and passion a
lave deined." -. v
Nr. Davis insists that the needless r
"* *"*? - - J
ufl'ering at Andersonvnie was causea u
>y the inhuman refusal of the Federal t
> .vernment to exchange prisoners, v
ind declaring medicine^ contraband c
?f war, even after it knew that the y
Jonfedera e Government was unpro- e
;i<ied with food enough or medicine to t
:are properly for the prisoners in its fc
i?.iids. "It was not starvation," he e
writes. '"but acclimation, unsuitable j
iiet and despondency which were
he potent agents of disease and p
ieathV' a
lie stops in his argument to defend f
>oth General Winder and Major Wirz f
romthc charges of cruelty to prison- a
irs, and tells this astonishing anec 1
lote about Wirz, on the testimony of t
Father Boyle among others: j
' On the evening before the day of
.Ire execution oi Major Wirz a man
wished, on the part ofa Cabinet officer,
;o inform me that Major Wirz would
pardoned if be would.implicate
Jeiierson Davis in the cruelties at Aniersonville.
Upon my refusal to take
iny action in the matter he went to: *
Mr. Schade, counsel for Wirz, with the
a me pumose and with a like result.
f
When I asked Major Wirz the next *
morning be told ine that the same proposition
nad been made to liim and t
br.d been rejected with scorn. The
Mr-jor was very indignant, add said ]
that, while be was innocent of the <
charges for which be was about to suf S
fer death, he would not purchase bis (
liberty by perjury and crime, such iio :
bad "been made the consideration of <
bis freedom." i
ilr. Scbade confirms this astound- <
ing statement. I
\t>. riavic hrif>Hv reviews the difier
ent and earnest efforts he made to exchange
prisoners, and even to permit
the medicines needed io treat Federal
soldiers to be introduced, solely for
their use and in charge of Federal
agents, who should distribute . them; j
and he tells how every offer was re- j
jected?even the petition of a com-!
r 4 .. J 'vv..,: 1 1 ^ wKa !
mittee 01 auucisuuvhio ...
were patolled to go to Washington
to present their complaints, nt the request
of til* prisoners themselves.
The article is temperate in tone, and !
will be sure to be widely discussed;!
for its statements, however, familiar i
they may be to Confederate historical'
students, have the sensational q >al-j
ity of absolute novelty to Northern !
ears.
This essay is Mr. Davis's final plea :
! for his people. His recent death will
| give it a larger and a moreunprejudic
ed audience than it woAl have com
msudecl during his life. Its importance
as a contribution to ihe history
of the war can hardl. be overrate!.
The present generation has no inures!
h; giving credence to the prejudice^
opinions of the generations tb.ir, fought
the war. Confederates and Federals
have disappeared; only Americans re
main. And it is due to the fair fame,
of our America that the real authorsof
any cruelties that have marred osu*
national b story should be^ondemned,
on whichever side they foughtand that
injustice should he done to no man,
whether he wore the blue or the
gray. . , . ,
* * " BLIND
OHAPLA.1 N; >[ TLBCRN'. ''
The (irnhij 5 ccU It ho Viuxpt'or
i5ic
The social veins ami .arteries of our
Deautuu: city &re ir nig- ias;, says a
Chieag* News Waslii::& ;?;i letter, it's
curreut of lift) i? quu-kenii'jg to a rush,
an the u<iti'.*ual Ht-a.i t tii.n l?e?-?i: .it's
functions on Monday at th*C"capital
already leu.ts s;? .-.loffaiiiy ihat au
agi-.ated session i-. counted Upon.
This will meait-ii-iit liule, however,
it the members udjusl uii I heir difficulties
as happily as ; hey did the first?i
the filling of the chaplain's Ih-ii-?' r
even the ifieti n ho Had pe!. e-AUTiiGates
,.e *.i ..r, .... ;
Ul IUCII KJW Li i UI UiC lU^lUildi JUU
of ?be famous "tMiad chaplain" whose
uobie li?*ad tiM'S tearbss ht>a<*i?' h-tv'e for
so mai-y ye.sr-iift-a kiiumi a?id loved
by the law-makers, aud whose prayers
have at time?' produced such startling
sensations ia the House. .
Dr. iJilbiirn is o.' me'.ium height,
somewhat rotund iu figure, eye* cloud-,
ed to op.uiueuess, a good fUir.ipg
nose, a pleasant. mout'i aud weii-r.'uaded.chili,
i :-5 e: tiiely coyc&ilvd f>y a
neuily truiii ie-i bear-i ai'.-i ul* us ac/je,
and a voices-> ? ?ria?/ii-o'}< xr. i p'eas
aat, au iutcreti. aud sym^a- liy >:o i > ad y
and genuine, u cheerftduess so uiit riy'
uualiected. ubat every home -he
r'irs with 1, s fV"..-urchin n/1 &x-z>r\ :.dh: I
eriug io which ne adds nis \veic?n6
presence is the happier undT brighter
tor it.
Some of his friends call, him their
clerical tatiic. and-rejiJiy it is a gooil ;
Qamfc i'ur hiia. He oouuts4ns intisfrates
imong all en tdb scd deu-o mi nations 1
md is a warm eacoura^er of every in- 1
aocent amusement ihat yourh craves; ]
is a consequence of these last he' J
noves about in a cloud of young peo- -J
ale, and: it is interesting to see what
rce utuo ucujuugmeuij an uas vrou uis =
vay to the very hearts of a host of i
,'oung men, aud holds them in a corn.-. 1
>anionship so entertaining that i
,hey forget to go into less good eom>any.
, i
'"Hang it all," one of them suid wkh t
i puzzled frown between his eyebrows '1
'if he wasn't so good, down-to^the- t
jround-and-all-arouud good, I .would <
lever remember he is a min ister. He'll (
augh and joke with you, he won't v
nrow pious duck oats at you ween i
rou're down, and heisirt all the time }
hooting you full of morals. ..But i
omehow or auother he get* there all r.
he same, and makes you so ashamed <
f you $.re not on the square that? you t
ust hustle till you are." <
I had the pleasure of meeting him <:
irst at Mr. Springer's home, and it J
: T ,1.5 <
vac >uluc uiiuutca wciuic x wuiu ica c
ize that the genial centre of the mer- f
lest group in tbe room, the gentleman t
vho turned so alertFy from speaker to 1
peaker, was the ''blind chaplain" i
phom for years I had pictured as t
itting in the darkness and in the
--i : -1- i -i i ^ : ^ jj ^ u ,
aeiancooiy mat sucn uarKuebs upiugs. *.
THE WAR ON TFJE THUS IV ,(
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Cover*?: lie Alliance iloldinzitM Own. ^
Jews and Courier. ' 'c
Persistence iu any cause is to be ad- J
aired, but when the cause is a .good .
>ne admiration rises to a height far ?
,bove ordinary. During the past two
oonths very little has been said about
he Jute Trust and cotton baeginsr.
?he cotton men have ceased to fear ?
rouble across the water, and t he plan- :s
er, irrespective of tare or no tare,'-has '-g
o the best of his ability tabooed the J
product of the trust, aad has stuck 1
lose by Alliance bagging whtre:'he <
ould get it, and when the supply " at t
lis own town was exhausted has used. I
heeling. I
A glaftc? at the drays on ' he. ^tijeetV
.tic* cotton in me compress sneas orri
warehouses, wi'M show; there "has^b'-'ea >;i
10 very greaf diminution of the arnouA^
if Alliance baling used, and despite s
he fact that so much apprehension \
v&s caused by its use iu the early ,'bart 4
?f the season, no harm to any one ^has i
et resulted. The shippers hav# had
10 cotton refused on the oilier side^ of t
he water, and while some has Sua to *i
>e recovered, the cases were nut-more i
lumerous than ordinarily occur "with " s
u:e. J
The indications, judging froart<h#re- 1
>orts from various parts of the Sfcite. s
.re that the Alliance is "lying low" s
or the trust and as scon as the season 1
or 1S90 begins the farmers wfll'lcpock <
l hole irf it us big as a barn door- aod 1
ike McGinty it will go/'down -to' the
otiom of the well," dressed in'its best- s
uit of clothes. ' ' "" I
A MILLIONAIRE'S PALACE.-- 1
t'oiitigftieorze \V. ;Ynr.tIr rbjIi\s Park .Ai !
A?liv-lS<*vN. I'.? Ground* Tliht Cover j
Fire Tbottsana Acre%t^s j
L-hville Lc'ter In Philadelphia Ti;Kf-s. ' V"'
George W. Vanderbilt-, the yoirug- ;
ss of the sons of the late William E.
Vanderbilt, is determined, in ad'difion <
:o his well-known ' palace . in New <
ifork, to have the most magnificent ;
private park and the lordliest country ,
sstate in America. To that end he :
aas recently bought at a cost of $310,- :
J00 nearly 5,000 acres lying just outside
of this town?a tract of lan^full^ r
Dne-third larger than your magnifi-.
cen Faiimount part, about one-third,'
oi x.ue acreage 01 wuicn nes uuaer
Schuylkill and the Wissahickon His
landscape gapdenCr is already at work
laying out and beautifying these extensive
grounds at an expense of$300,000
more. His architect is busy preparing
the plans for a lordly pleasure
house, like an old style French chateau,
which will cost an additional
$400,000. *. '*
His model staples, which will be
scattered over the o-,000 acres, fur the
purpose of housing thousands of' houses
and cattle.of the very bluest of
blue bovine bloo'dr'will co3t, 'it is said, 1
at least $200,000.,mare . So ;you see I
that the estimated cost' already foots :
up to the magnificent sum of ?1,200,- j
000. The shortest yuhstanes-from the
stately en: rauce gates to the still statelier
mansion of the lord of this vast
estate will be four mites by a magnificent
roadway sixty feet wide,'"' and ' it
is said that there will: be more than,
fifty rifiles of macadamized roads within
the grounds. : '
! A HEADLESS'GHOST.
ISoutli of Eni:l?inc5.
; About thirty miles south of London,
! on one of the prettiest parts of Euglan i
: is a village called Shalford. Adjoining
'it is a large common or public pasture
There are a fev: houses (routing on it,
prominent among which there was,
about twenty years ago, a rather singular
looking edifice known to the
village folks as the "Black House."
The name was apparently ill-cbosen.
for the bricks were white and the tiles
;a bright red. But there was a gocd
reason for the name, as any local gos'siperw^s
pleased to explain. The house
had bfen built by a farner named
isomers, for the reception <-f a young
i lady ofgDod position who was shortly
! to become his bride. Tne weddiug
day had bten fixed. But a few day be J
fore the i ne fixed for the wedding day
the bride disappeared, and a lew hour*
after her departure a farm hand in the
efejph*} of S einers was also sought for
and found not.
It u in or coupled the two names and
the disHpimirrted bridegroom started
oU iu hot baste in pursuit. For several
months the house remained untenanted,
but one night lights were observed
iu the windows. The next day there
was much speculation as to. v\ h^th^r
Somers had returned or whether he
had rented. But there were no signs
' J ? ? - ? L? .. ?. ? ?> *- KS XV H f 1% A f-11 A/tnflf] _
c? mo uuriug nit; ucai nui i;uo
:d^ day, and finally it was thought
advisable to force an entry. Accord
ingiy the local blacksmith and So raters'
farm bailiff broke opo:i thetV >
The house v/as found exact'; as :eft
by Somers when he started out on his
tour of revenge, nor -vas there any explanation
lo :.e 'ie! acted of the lights
seen at uight.
Thai, eveuing thf- windows were
u"bright, and for^e- n-a! successive
nights'the phenomenon whs repeated.
Finally :: committee of three was appoju'td
;o investigate. The members
oi. the c 'jnmiite'i were the blacksmith,
ice pa nth clerk and an oid skeptic
wh-> Ivl cved in no one but himself.
Alter ea'.ing a hearty supper^t the vilage
ifii), the triu set cut on their task.
The <;lt i k was nervous, the blacksmith
dehaht and the skeptic sarcastic. The
door was forced cpen and the men
proceeded to invistigare. They made
i tour of ali the rooms, but discovered
noilii-g. The cierk became reassured,
he blycks:-'ith signe i' for some one or '
something to tight and the skeptic
:nrew in an i toia 3*011 tfcere was
jotbiog,"- every two or three minltesl
Bui shortly before midnight the
iglit of the lanterns carried by the in- '
;repid investigators was supplemented
)y a bright illumination, which seemid
to have no natural source. The *
;ierk looked at the..blacksmith, aad^*
iven the skeptic felt .himself at faulty ,
uddenly the first named sprang to his
eet and rushed headlong out into the
jassa^e along it to the front door,
md through it on to the pasture.
Phe blacksmith-and the skeptic turnid
and decided to follow his lead as
;hey qo.ul'^ For standing in the far
>orn^v.was a figure so weird 'that not
;ven "die skeptic could control his fears,
it was the figure of a young woman, t
ibsolutely headless and enveloped in
i shroud of surpassing brilliancy. From i
,his.unnatural clothing th^ mysterious <
ight seemed to emerge. The two i
nen got away safely and corroborated j
;he parish-clerk's description of the t
;ceuc. The story was not generally j
credited, but again and again was the }
louse reDted, only' to be vacated by j
ach succeeding teuant after one day's 5
>ccupation. iNeittier sobers nor Ms ,
'alse lady lova ever reappeared at j
ihalford., and when your correspon- ,
lent last saw it the black house was |
still unoccupied and was gradually (
alliug into ruins. I
. negkoesdcTsneeze. j
'bilatlciphiaiMtyxicinng Explode a i'opu- :
' ' !nr Superstition. I
Philadelphia, December 31,?The '
neeziag part of the system of influenza '
;ives rise to a lemarkable question.
\ staiemeui/ uas ueeu pumuucu iu a
eading New York paper, that a negro '
:aouot sneeze. With a view of ascer- (
ainiug ' the opinions of prominent 1
)b\siciaRs. on tins subject, ~several of I
,he leading doctors of this city were '
e< n -'by a Dispatch correspondent to- 1
lay. Here -are a-few of their opin- *
Dr. p.. T. jKewgarden; of the JefTer>on
Medical hospital, staled that he
,V2S certain negrces could 'sneeze. He
md both heard them and teen -them
rtauy.a time.-- '
Dr. Joseph Hoarn was equal3y posiive.
.He said he had been practicing
nedicine f?T eighteen years, and du iDg
all ttiat time negroes had been (
>nee"zing"the same as white people. Dr. '
[)a?Cosla,and Dr. J. William White ^
.vere rather son-committal. "I can't }
jay," ::aid the t onner. "as I have never t
>een any report on the question," j
syhHeDr. vVhite remaiked that no j
~ * ilk A/^l ?
Ui i'UV iViLiU. JLi.au. CVCi VUUii/ uuuw -j
lis personal experience. <
. .Mr. Howard, a colored man. is a }
^riidua' e -of: Harvard and a regular <
licenced practitioner. He said that if (
a is visit or had come two minutes ear- j
lier, He would bave had the pleasure j
iif seeing and hearing a full-blooded ne- \
gro sneeze. Dr. Howard added that
it present, hb is treating two cases of 3
influenza among colored pat ients, and ,
that they sneezed constantly. Dr. |
Pottef, ar.oAer colored practitioner, (
agreed fully with the opinion express
ed by his colleague." He stated that
he.had ah old mother, a c.tf, and a
dog, and that all of tnese naa Dees ,
observed to sneeze, both in chorus
and solo parts. If the og sneezed
first, the cat scon followed, and his
mother was sure then to sneeze herself.
Gilbert A'. Ball, the well-known colored
statesmafc, was nextcallei upon.
Me* sa'ftl: '"The raees-are now so closcly
blended together that there is vory
lifctle difference. If the colored peo~
pie as ajace really do sneeze it perhaps
comes easier to them on account of the
1 J VvTl f
Druau, upcn auayc ui tucii uvouxic, v?aw
again the question now naturally arises
does a sneeze afford them the same relief
as it-- does a sharp, hatchet-face,
gimlet-nose white man?"
A :>Iy?ierion* AMsnsKinaiion.
James F. Woodward died in Atlanta
Sunday evening. Thursday night Woodward,
who was a well-known business
man, was walking out Marietta street,
when somebody stepped in front ?of him
and asked if he was Jim Woodward,
lie answered in the affirmative, and the
t.ap pushed ft pistolto Woodward's breast
ann^tired. . Woodward walked to his
u milo nr innrp awav and
CiSIC o C
t'.ld the story as here given. He treated
the matter lightly aud it .vas thought he
woufd get "well, but a relapse Sunday
pjougct death. The police have kept
the shooting as quiet as possible, hoping
to catch the perpetrator.
ONE OF WATTERSON'S STORIES.
'i lie Speech of Abrn.ui Jasper in ibe
Virginia Campaign.
To point an argument the CourierJournal,
revives a speech made by
Abram Jasper to the colored picnic at
Shaulytown, in the late Virginia campaign:
Fellow freemen, says he, you
all know me. l are A Dram Jasper, a
republican from way back. When there
have been a work to do. I has done it.
When there has been votin' to do, I
has voted early and ofcen. When there
hac been any fightin' to do, I has been
in the thick of it. I are above proof,
old line, and tax paid. And x has seed
many changes, too. I has seed the republicans
up. I has seed the democrats
up. But I is yit to see the nigger up.
'Tother night I had a dream. I dreamt
* U . 4- T JJ 4. i. ~ TT. - TXTU
Luai/JL uieu uuu went tu CLCiivtsii. vyiicii
I got to cle pearly gates, ole Salt Peter,
he says.
"Who's dar?:' say? he.
"Abram Jasper," says I.
' Is you mounted, or is you afoot?"
j says he.
"I is afoot," says I.
"Well, you can't git in here," says
hp_ "N"nhr>f]v's 'lnwprl in hprp
them as come mounted,'-' says he.
"Da'.'s? bard on me," says I. ' arter
comin' all di* distance." But he ueber
says nothinJ mo' and so I stirt-3 back,
au' about half way down de hi] 1 who
dees I meet- but Genera! Wiliom- Mahone.
"Whar is you gwine, general?"
says I.
gwine to Heaven," says he.
,yhy, gen"), says I,'taint no i se.
l's iust beer up daran' nobodv's 'low
ed to^et iu 'eept (ley coiues mounted,
an' you's afoot?"
"Is <lat so?" &ays he.
"Yes it is," says I.
"vVrll, '"'t: iren'l sorter scratched his
head, au' urter awhile ht says, says he:
'Abraia. 1 tell you what Jet's do. You
is a llKeiy lau. suppose you gn uowii |
on all fours an' I'll mount and ride
you in, and dat way we kin both git
in.
. "Gsn'l"?ays I, "do you think you
could work it?" 1
"I know I kin." says he.
"So down I gits on all lours, and de 1
* TJ!. ._1 -
gen'lgiw a-sirauuie, an we amoie;
up de hill again an' prances up to the
gate, and oie Salt PetT savs." *
"Who's dar?" '
"Geu'l Wiilotn Mahone of Virginey," !
says he. :
"Is you mounted or is you afoot?"
savs Peter. ]
"I is mounted," says gen'l.
All right," says Peter, "all right,"
says he; "jest hitch your hoss outside, *
^en'l, and come right in." <
i
LITTLE CHILD POISONED.
flic .->011 of Mr. W. C. Bradley Poisoned
; and Killed With Concentrated Live.
-Columbia Becord. ,
Yesterday, though seemingly a very
jjrifet Sabbath, witnessed a horrible,
ieath from poisoning in this city, and .
h? case is doubly borrifyiDg, * from the
'hC, t hiit the ooison mav have been ad
ministered, though how the child re- ^
:eived the deadly poison is yet a mys- s
cry. <]
The child was-phying in a back room t
nrith its Durse, who was a small colored e
jir!, about 12 years old, the whole of g
yesterday morning and was as well and f
lappy as it had ever been. It is a little fc
joy, about one year and a half old, and c
o t h/i CAn r\f \T* W P Rro/^loTT "NT
O v. U Cv^U \JK +JX I T f V/. CfcVU XWIU"
ug u'sasual happened until the mother
ica-fi a scream from the child in the
pun about 1 o'clook, and rushing into
.he room where it was playing, she
iouod it on the floor, with its lips and
nuu'.h horribly swollen and uttering aean
rending cries. She at once made
jvery effort in her power to alleviate the t
itile one's sufferings, quickly summon- q
ng physicians. In a very short while j
Drs. Talley and Sylvester arrived and ^
nade every effort known to medical j
science 10 save iuc me ui iue nine wy, f
:>ut their efforts were in vain, for the ^
:hild died just before 2 o'clock, after
suffering most intensely. c
There was no concentrated Ije in the f
room, so the mother states, and the only a
;)ox in the bouse was locked up in a a
iloset in the room, cictirely out of the j
each of the little one. Hence, suspicion ^
!> ?inr-i to the nurse, as she was the only j
>ue iu the room with the boy at the c
:iny, and whea the scream was heard ^
:be was outside. There was no lye j
' -5 U? - ? * J 4 4- *!
ujuu uu I Li uauug, n. uu it pivv/ui^u n
:hc'- deadly stuff is yet a mystery.
M m r
A STRANGER IN TOWN. *
t
A Chrifltiiinn Siory From the Fur West ^
That Read* itliitlity bine. ?
Tex ark ana, Tex., Jan. 2.?On
Christmas day two noted desperaders, \
'Red Lindell" and "Choctaw Pete," f
oad into the town of Tissawa. They c
iad been drinking, and immediately 1
;ook possession gf the main street, fir- -t
>nrr to5r rav<-?1 uf>rs rPP.klesslV a.nd dfiv- f
ng everybody within doors. While a
.his was going cn, a well mounted f
stranger with a veritable arsenal I
iround his waist arrived. The new- t
;omer was supposed to be a comrade I
:>f the outlaws by the inhabitants. But c
it turned out he was a stranger. When \
he went to hitch his horse Lindell cut
i.hp. lonthi r. The stran'ser protested,
whereupon Pete covered him -with a 1
revolver andcalled upon ''Red" to t
iisarm hiin. The stranger waited until i
the latter was close to him, wnen he
drew his revolver and shot Licdell i
through the heart. He then opened s
fire on "Choctaw Pe;e" and sent two :
bullets into his heac., killing him instantly.
The stranger ottered to give himself ]
up, but finding no one willing to ar- I
rest him, rode leisurely off. His idenity i
nwlrwAnrr
to UU&UV ?T JJ.
Faith Healer* in Trouble.
Lovixgtox, III., Jan. 2.?Great excitement
prevails here over the attempt
of the rcale members of the Pentecost
band to decoy Miss .May Whitman and
Miss Eldorado .\Miiou, tw> highly respected
girls, from their home#. There
wa9 ainiott :i ii-.i .ic ?lie depot when the
Faith Healers tri*".i i?> take the girls with
them against the wishes of their friends;
aod knives ami revolvers were shown.
The girls were finally perstuicd not to
j-.) or: tiie trai;-. Imk iramt.oia'eiy left
town in buggies in-rojnpariy with cnetnbera
of the hand Thfy ^ere overtaken
arid carried back ; > L >vicgt<>:; Mi.-s
Million escaped, arm !ctt lorTuscu" last
evening. Two brother* of the giil persued
her to Tusca!-?. Feeling against u e
Faith Healers rims very
C
?Alex. Hamilton, oe? of ih<* ablest
lawyers of NewYurk.and grandson of the
great statesman whose 'saint: he bears,
died Monday at thu H;i ??i':?- u <*>ta;e
pear Irwing?.on, of ifjirt (i:>eusi, a' the
age of 72 years. H-iuiiltou rat.he<i a* a
TTT^t-h OYIfinuer. Dauiel
ion vci ? ? j
Lord and other leaders of the bar.
THE FARMERS' ALLIANCE.
fit* Power and Influence Iuci*caniae it.
Alabama.
From the Xew York Times.
Montgomery, December 31.?The
political situation in Alabama to-day
is exceedingly interesting.. The Democratic
leaders and papers are w.igiog
vigorous war on the Farmers' Aliiauce.
The war has been brought in the
platform of confederation between
the Farmers' Alliance and the Knights
of Labor adopted some days agu at
the National Convention in St. Louis,
i The Alabama delegation was compos
cu u; uuiv;c ugxutio auu lucj
been openly denounced for their action
in approving the platform and
charged with misrepresenting the people
and the Alliance in this State.
Several county Alliances have adopted
resolutions condemning the action
of the State delegatiou and pronouncing
the platfosm as rotten, undemocratic,
and dangerous.
The platform demands the'abolition
of national banks, endorses the Green-back
party, has a plea for aa uniimi'
ted issue of greenbacks, and demands
v.,i I /lo on/1 tolon r?o ta Vj linoc
Uiau iug A iiiu uauo auu
of the ecu: itry shall be owned and operated
by the Government It also
contains a stat< a resolution to elect
men who will carry out the principles
of the Alliance and stand by its interest-},
independent of and uninfluenced
by party caucus. This latter c:ause is
especially obuoxious to the people of
Alabama, frr here the compact organ
ization of the Democratic parry and
the ruie and supremacy of the white
people can only be maintained by a
strict, adherence to party principles
1 ! 1*. 'Pi,^
awu l *\1iw iuc uai v . <c. juiic
selection and nomination of candidates
by party caucus and convention
amount to election, because the people
abide by the c:.oice made iii this
way. ,
n The Hon. 1'. F. Kalb, State agriclutural
commissioner of Alabama, is a 1
candidate foi*Governor, aud the chosen :
candidate of the Alliance. He has
publiey announced that he will not
seek nor accept the nomination except <
by the S'ate Democratic Convention, ]
but, his political opponents charge that j J
he is the head and front of a political ! I
movement whieh, if necessary to ac- i
compiish his election, will go to almost i
any length. He was a delegate to the i
National Convention, and did not op- ]
pose the platform of confederation. - s
The State Alliance lecturer, A. B. i
Brassel, recently delivered a public <
speech, in which He advised the larm J
srs to attend the meetings and primar-11
es. and then, ir necessarv. to work I <
lor and elect men to public office wko j i
jan'Hbe depended cn to carry out ihe j i
)rinciples of the AMiance, independent
>f the Democratic or Republican par- i
ies. The Alliance men, as a rule, will e
>ppose an independent political move- f
nedt, which would mean the grave t
or Democracy and white supremacy.
Phe Democratic leaders will make a
Lesperate effort to prevent any division
>f the white vote. <,
Many Alliance men declare they V
?ill leave the Order rather than fol<ovr j
m independent political movement, r
The next State Democratic Conven- ?
ion wtti fee-held next'April, and tht *
ilection in August folio^ingr- .uCk | '
ire four avowed Democratic candidates
or Governor and doubtless thero wil: ?
>e several others in the field before the
invention meets. j?
GRATITUDE. J
Vhy Ge crnl Jose* Loved JefTersou Da a
*
VIS. v
Tew York Tribune. r
Many people are speculating as to a
he reason which induced the Hon. ^
I
Jeorge W. Jones, ex-Senator from <j
oto, to travel South so hurriedly, at p
lis advanced age, to visit the late c
efierson Davis berore his death. A e
riend of mine thinks he can furnish <3
tie reason. - c
When Mr. Jones, he says, first r
;ame to Washington, as Senator-elect \roi?
Iowa, he found himself although' c
, man of means, to be what is known q
5 "landpoor" fjr a brief season, hav- t
ng a good deal of money tied up in p
emporary unproductive lands. Hear- ?
ng that Mr. Davis was in town he <
- 11?1 /vl/^ \Tr? Dd
miitu. t" SCC VIU 111VUU. - Q
ris received the Senator-elect most t
:indly. Ia the course of conversation
Ur. Jones mentioned his temporary ^
imbarraisment, stating that he had a D
icte for $10,000 to meet, and that he s
hought his host, being better acquain- s
2d in Washington than he, could in- u
roduce him to some broker from D
vhom? having good security to offer? (j
ie could secure a loan at short date. g
To his visitor's amazement Mr. Da- ^
ris whipped out his pocket book, took v
rom it a blank check, which he Siled
tut for the $10,000, and handed it to ^
iim with many expressions of pleasire
that he was able to oblige a 1
riend. Thereupon Senator "Jones.
-i-!- i?^ ;?- ?
Liter tn&Di?lB?J HIS vci v nailuij
or his generosity, asked for a sheet of f
>aper, wrote out a note of hand for a
ho amount at 6 per cent, interest, and s
)ayable to Mr. Davis "or bearer" on fc
iemand. This he handed to ais friend c
rho asked, somewhat sharply:
"What is this?" e
"Reac it," replied (ho visitor, which a
Oavis did with great deliberation, and r
,hen with equal deliberation tore it ?
nto smaJl pieces, observing. ' c
uAr T vy lien tKis }
Wi CUUI'ac X uavc uu uce iuu, ,
md if anything should happen to me <
suddenly, it might cause you some t
slight temporary embarrassment." ]
"Gratitude," said tay informant :
svith a smile, "is said by some to be a !
plant of slow and uncertain growth, 1
t)ut it seems still, at least, to flourish <
in Iowa." . i
Csmpelled to Foreaco .iilk Puncli, i
A special dispatch trom Leavenworth, 1
Kansas, says: At the bauquet given to
Judge Brewer ia?t night by leading citi
zens of Leavenworth, in honor of his :
elevation to the Supreme Cuurt of the
United States, the committee of arrangements,
for the banquet had prepared to
provide its guests with milk puncb. In
sotne way this fact reached the ears of
the Police Commissioners, and the pro*
? - * A
jK'.etors !>I IRC flUU^e were >Ya:ucu uy
Comanss-ioatT Lowe tlm if any liquors
were s-ervi d they would b-.* arrested u
auch infor^unticu The bmquet committee
yave ordei> l<> pay uo heed lo
tiiis ilirs'n*. C? snmissioners Lowe *r.d
Abertiathy heard ??f ihi-, and declared
that if the pur.ch w?.i served the police i
would cetaiuly enter the p!ace during!
the banquet au'l couti>ca e the iiqiuirs j
Rather thau have disturbance, the!
committee eobsentc-l ( > forego 'hej
f)U'!Cr), iirju i:jc uui* i. j
ic=iSv. wu'.?i tea. collet, milk aiu:
lat? j
?The Frence government
to enforce the legal penalty against
300 priests convicted of meddling with
elections.
SOJIE NEW LAWS. ?
| Important ^latctM t'assed at the Late
Sfgsios ottbe Lezlilaturr.
Below will be fctfed the text of
j some of tbe Acts of public interest,
| passed at the re ent session of tbe
Legislature:
THK CIGARETTE LAW.
An Act to prohibit the sale, or furn;chiug,
or giving, or providing to certain
minoi s of cigarettes, tobacco, or
fitfaret.ter,ar.>er. oranv substitute there
for, and to provide penalties for the
same.
Section 1 Be it enacted etc., that f
from and after the passage of this Act
it shall not be Jawful for any person
or perec::?, either by himself or them- ??
selves, lo sell, furnish give or provide
any miner or minors uLd<-p the age o
is years w in cigarettes, tor>acco, or
cigarette paper, or any substitute
therefor.
Section 2. That any person or persons
violating the provisions of the
preceding section, either in person, by
agent or in any other way, shali be
ht-Id'and deemed guilty of a misdemeanor,
and - upon indictment and
conviction therefor shali be punished
by a nne not, excteimij: s>100 nor less
than $25, or by imprison meet for a
term of not inore than one, year nor
less than two months, or both, in tho
discretion of the court; one-half of tti?
fine imposed to be paid to the informer
of the offense and the other half
to be paid to the treasurer of th?
county in which.su.ch conviction shall
be had. /
THE STATE FARM."
An Act lo amend the law in regard
tn f.hfi iftasino^ and hiring out. nf <v*n
victs ana io provide for th? purchase
01 a state farm or fafms and for the
employment of the convicts thereon.
Section 1. Be it enacted, etc., that *
the board of directors of the State penitentiary
be, and they ai e r.ereby, authorized
and empowered to purchase
out of the surplus earnings of the penitentiary
a suitable farm or farms to be
worked and planted by convicts under
the superintendence of said board of
iirectors; provided, that the price
paid therefor shall not exceed $40,000
and tne said board is authorized to retain
in its hands and apply to such ;
purchase all surplus money received
oy it from the operations of said institution
during, the past fiscal yearprovided
further, that no farm or farms
shall be purchased ia whfch said directors
or any of them shall or may be
iirecily or indirectly interested.
Section 2. That no contracts for
easing or hiring out convicts to be
employed in phosphate mining or
ailroad building shall hereafter be
nade by said board of directors. .
Section 3. That snid f<irm provided
or in Section 1 shall have sufficient
jlevation to prevent - the same from
loods and overflows a? ue.ar as pracicable.
LABOE CONTRACTS/-.,
An Act lo amend Section 2034, Tile
VII., Chapter LXXVHI, of General
statutes of this State, relating jto la or
contracts* ,?
Section 1, ,Be it enacted, t^at
lection 2084 of the General Statu te&of
his State, relating to violation otf
ogJteacigjgbe, and the same is hereby,!
imendeiJ b^triking^out said sectionwjl^^^
.nd inserting u*t>m^thereof Uie.
owing: "Section 2US4. Whenever '
uch contract or contracts are viola
ed, or attempted to be violated or
ircken, or whenever fraud is practiced
ir attempted to be practiced, by eith1
party to such contract or contracts
,t any time before the conditioes of
be same are fulfilled and the parties
eleased therefrom, either in keeping
,ny account or accounts between him,
ier, or them, and the other party or
arties to such contracts, or in the
iivision of the crop or crops, or the
taymenf. of money or other valuable '
onsideration, or if it be a disinterest* ?
d party chosen to make a division or
[ivisjions of crops hereinbefore proviled,
he, she, or they shall be liaole to
irosecution as for a misdemeanor, or
q failing wilfully and without just
&use to give the labor reasonable re
uired of him, her, or them by the
eras of such contract, or in other respects
shall refuse to comply with the
onditions of such contract or con- racts,
or.shall fraudulently .jnake use
f or carry away from the place where
he crop or crops he, she, or they may
e working are planted,, any portion
f said crop or crops;' or'afcything connected
therewith or belonging thereto,
uch person or persons so offending
hall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and
pon conviction, be punished by imirisonment
of not ies3 than thirty
ays nor more than two years, or by a
ne of not less thau $25 cor more than
500, fn the discretion ol the court.
'OL. TALCOTT'S RESIGNATION.
!*he Nevr Organization of the Richmond
and DaavlMe KailrokJ.
Col. T. M. R. Talcott, who has beta *
Lrst vioe president of the Richjnond
,l d Danville Railroad Compare, with
upervision and direction of the traffic
>usiness on the liae, since September
>r October, 18S8, has resigned, and
lis resignation wis accepted, to take
:ffect January 1st- He is one ?f the
iblest and most highly esteemed rail- " J
oad men in this country, and this 1
mnounce nent of his reaign-itfon will
:ause great regret in Richmond. The
>oard met in New York Saturday and
sleeted W. G. Oakntan of New York,
irst vice president; A. B- Andrews of J
Isorth Carolina, second vicfc president,
md John W. Johnston of the Georgia
Pacific third vice president, Tne
vice president's office in Richmond
will be closed. Mr. Oakmaa is an ac*
countant, and has been for some year
assisting the president in the way of
examining the accounts and report? of
the company. As first vice president
he will continue Lo be really an assistant
to the president, and will feave
nothing to do with* the operating department.
Major Peyton Randolph
will rrArv A*?ol montt/VA* f
YY i Jl rv iuli vifice
in Washington and Captain W. H.
Green will remain general superintendent
with headquarters at Washington
Mr. Sol Haas will have entire
control of all traffic. It is said that
thenevif president, John H. Inman
was anxious lor Colonel Talco't to remain
with the company, but that the
Scott party and the Talcott party did
not agree about certain matters of /
ir ,1 J I T!.?
?JUiU/j iiiiu ucuui* xjio www paiK/y y
had the controlling voice in the Richmond
and Danville management.
?An anonymous giver has contributed
?100,000 to found a convalescent
home in connection with the London
hospitals
?Mrs. Jefferson Davis has written a
letter to .Mayor jsuyson, 01 xicnmona
Va. in which she states that she will
want perhaps a year before making
the selection of a permanent burial
-place for the remains of her husband.