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vai. Yl.VI. WINNSBORO, S. C., WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1890. ~ KO. 27. CWfcw??????? APPfAL3T?UNCLE SAM." THREATENS TO KILL THE POSTMASTER. * '' K??"?iln??Pn?fn(HM( lunntctoris UCUf?ia^?*i??..v-?- ? and a Marshal Sent D?wd. Washington*, Feb. 8.?Edward L. Duckworth, recentlyjappointed postmaster ai Sharon, Taliaferro county, Ga. has represented to the postoffice department that be is prevented by threats of personal violence and hostile tieononstration* from taking posession of his office. Several letters from Du-kworth and others, corroborative of his statements have lately been received at the depart ment giving the details of the sltuat?'>r? It appears thrt Duckworth, who is tm ierstood to be an Independent Republican, was some time ago appoint ed postmaster, to succeed a Democrat, who, with his friends, it is represented, ha-; since used every means to pi event his successor from taking charge of his office. THREATS OF PERSONAL VIOLENCE, and even death it is stated, were pub- : licly made and heaped upon him. On one occasion a coffin, labelled "Radicals must die" was placed on the j1 porch of his house. A mob of angry I< men was almost constantly in front ol j( His door making threatening demon> ! straiions. Oa another occasion a number of pien, representing I THE UXRULY ELEMENT, it is stated, entered his house and by threats compelled him to sign a letter ol reeignatica. As soon as they were goae, however, Duckworth telegraph- ] ed the department that it was obtained < while under duress, and asked that it , be disregarded. , One the 5th of the present month { Duckworth wrote the postmaster ( general that he could hold out no ] longer, i FEA2ING HE WOULD BE KILL1D, < end asked that his resignation be accepted. "After consultation;with the J President aDd First Assistant Post- 1 master General Clarkson, Postmaster J General Wanamsker last night tele- ' graphed Duckworth as follows: i Whatever power this department ] t has will b? used to protect you and put 5 you iii posession of tlie office to whrch 1 you bave been appointed. Commtmi- J cate freely by telegraph the fall facts ' if Interfered with farther, and immediate action will be taken. I INSPECTOR AND MARSHALS. ? He also ordered two postoffice in- t s-peetors to proceed immediately to , Aharon and" investigate the whole mat j ier. | Attorney General Miller also ordered j The United states marshal to the scene j of the trouble. ^ Duckworth wss recommended for t the office by a large number of leputa- t hie citizens, including one or more of ? j. -.tioeal influence, as an honest and ( capable man. 1 | TH^ BOSS QUAY. * f Hb< CoIlo?al Scoundrel of the Centmy ^ -'"La Saw Yorlk World Unearth* Bis History. The New York World, in its issue ?vf Xfrtrx^QTr r-.r nt? n. Tlinft Rolumi blOff? VI A^VUUMJ UVK- ? raphy, "to be continued," of Matthew Stanley Quay, the present leader and active forc8 of the party which Mr. i Hoar^^BTfci^etts, says contains , virtue and intelligence. ~ 1 , The story begins with the beginning ot Mr. Quay's career and tracks him p all through. It states that his first ap- v pea ranee was ae|a member|of the Penn- v sj Ivania Legislature in 1865;that in this 0 he>, revived and keDt $13,000 ? , ? ? given him to use to secure Governor %?< "urtin'selection as United States Senai or and afterward sold out to Cameron, e v; ho was opposing Curtin, for a yet a iarger price. Later in life he was the ? - heading spirit in sundry schemes of ^ plunder aud bribery, including one audacious performance in which he st - e o:ired the pardon of one Kemble, who pleaded guilty to acoepting bribes ! while in the Legislature, tke purpose * laving been to prevent a trial which would have brought Quay's connection 9 wit(j that special afcur before the pub- ^ lie. Keml)le was afterward made " i resident of a bank which, when Quay I ccame State Treasurer, was a favorite " b tate depository. The charge is made | i Oim v whs implicated with the | T cashier of the State treasurer in the . t heft of $260,000 from the State, mott * , cf which Senator Cameron repaid to prevent the defeat of the party tkat 1 wouM have followed exposure and for * part of which he took Quay's note. One ot these documents for $25,000*rejn ins unpaid unto ihis day. Quay is d to have secured his eleciion as \ j ? asurer by pretending to support a oininenc Republican Catholic for t; it position and then secretly incit?rg prejudice against him because of ' Ms religion, taking the strength or- i ganized for tam ana aaaiag lv XU IliC I power controlled by Quay personally. 01 the private life of this chieftain ot : he party of virtue and intelligence the biographer speaks with refreahj| ing frankness. Quay is described as a desperate, habitual, unscrupulous but unsuccessful gambler, a periodical drunkard and a debauchee turning his residence at Beaver, Pa., into a brothel, to the scandal of that quiet town. Shameless treachery, bribery, embez* zlement, jury packing, arrant perso3?~' ^ ArilAlf.V Dal cowarcueo buu A C-XyUWiVJ?j V*wv?vj | are among the methods and attributes ' ascrit?ed to him. In the entire story Ibere does not. appear one redeeming act or trait to relieve the blackness of -f the picture. _,xG METHODIST SCHOOL. Northern Church to Entabllah a National {University as Washington. "Washington, Feb. 15?The Post has announced that the Methodist church intends to found a national univeisity in this city, and that arrange 1 e merits are m -King ior me purcusuw ui -?^ (he irinety-arre tract of land on the Ten nallytown rosd near Oak View, I ex-President Clevelandscountry home, a- a site for the universityBishop Hurst, whose residence is in I this city, is ?t the head of the movement and ha* paid an option of $10,000 on the propertv, which id to be sold for $100,000. Sixty colored emigrants left New-* bery last week for Arkansas, and othtrs will go this week. They say they are seeking better land, and not expecting to fird better white people or receive higher vages. Mary Anderson publicly acknowledges her engagement to young Navarro, of New York. lOHHBBBMHDMBMnnMr *T? ? 11B I TOBACCO CULTURE. j An Interesting; Lettle From the Florence Tobacco King. The following very interesting letter on the subject of tjbacco culture was written by Mr. F. 31. Kodgers, 01 r iorence, to President Tupper, of the Chamber of Commerce of Charleston. Mr. Rodgers speaks "ex cathedra," since be is the man who produced the crop, and is now getting up a fac tory. ''Florence, Jan. 24,1890. Mr. S. Y. Tupper Preset., Charleston: "Deir sir?Yours of Jan. 22 is at haud and noted. The cultivation of tobacco in this section has bees grad * * i. - i r uaily increasing lor me last xour> chxs. The acreagc the present year will be very greatly in excels of that ot ihe past season. Not less thar. 1,500 acres will be set, from the present indications. It will he planted to some extest in the counties of Marion, Darling loo, Sumter, Clarendon, and Lancaster. Nearly every mail brings me let- ' terc of enquiry irom various portions 1 of the State ui,oa this subject- As regards Spartanburg (us mentioned in 1 your letter) I can give you do defiuite j1 information. I am aware mat t&ree ; ^ears ago it was tried there, but met with failure I am confident, however, that this result waa due to improper ( selectiou ot soil, error in cultivation ! or judgment in some way. I feel as- 1 3ured that Spartanburg can produce 1 the "weed" as profitably as any sec- ' tion of our state when proper eondi- j tions are complied vyitb. "With continued success it is simply a, matter of a year or so wheu tobacco win De toe siapie ana mocey crop ui this section. In this locality nearly ( avery firmer will plant it to more or ( less extent. I know of many farmers * ^last year being their first experience), ' who have made net profits per acre, varying from $43 to $112. I know of ] sne who has heen ia the business for s several years, who gob on six and one- f tialf acres gross returns of nearley $2,* J 500. It cost him not more than ' ?75 per acre to grow and market it. I "There is more enthusiasm here &mong the farmers ia regard to this r matter than has been maniiested by ;hem on anv subject for some time. ^ rhe stock of the tobacco factory has 1 aearly all been subscribed. Twenty 1 ;>er cent of the same is now being co)- 1 ected. A meeting will be held on Fab. c L2, when officers will be elected. The * natter of establishing a warehouse is 1 inder consideration. I 'I note your remarks in regard to r ;obacco being a leading industry in this c state years ago. The tobacco produced ^ n those days was an entirely different } ? ' - 1 Z 1 ype, Demg tne uars, nm> vanues, ; iir cured. The product of the present 1 a the yellow kind?, which are cured s >y artificial heat. It has been proven j >y practical results that tobatco can be 1 aised here far more advantageously * ,han in any section that has thus far kAken hold of the industry. Owing to 1 ;he length of our season and natural idaptability of the soil to the growth ? )f tobacco, we can produce twice as } nuch per acre, besides the quality of 1 he leaf being unexacellee. 2 '"Boping the information I have 1 jivea will meet your wants, lam very 1 esnectifully vours." 1 F. M. Rodgees, Jr. CLEMSON COLLEGE SegioniDg Work? >Iacb Can bo Drna by Convicts. Csley M?s-ecger. While on a flying visit over te Cenjast week we had the ileasure of meeting ColT^'tSL^BQweD, f ?ho had just returned from ForTHtflTpS rhere be had attended the meeting j n f the Executive Committee of Clem-1 a nn <~!rkiip<rA of which he is a member.! ? . ?he meeting of the committee was for a he purpose of looking over the prop- o rty, selecting sites for the buildings, I s .nd ascertinning generally the best ti node of proceedure in the buildings of * he college and structures, and also tl o decide upon plans.'and specifications ti tc. j ti The State will furnish fifty convicts ! o work in the prf paration o* the planar ion and houses. It was found that * he lumber asd brick could be obtaind of the property. s A committee of three will be s?nt to tli?sissippi to examine and ascertain 1! he methods of the management of the ^ Agricultural college in that State. |( The next meeting of the committee ^ pill h? h?ld afc Pendle on. j ? The Colonel inform* us that in look- 1' ng over the register at Fort Aill he bund that between 1,500 and 2,000 ^ )eople had visited lhat noted and ? lonored old place since July last. * * RIOT IN A CHURCH. J t 1 Pastor's Personal Remarks Causes a J Charlotte, N. C., Feb. 10.?During ] services in a Virg'ria county church 3 ibout thirty miles from Sparta, iT. C , ' last Sunday, the Rev. Joseph M. Strooke j luring the course of his remarks, said: j "There is a man in this congregation 5 who is so mean and unfaithful to his * wife that it is a wonder God does not ] rain down fire and brimstone upon bis head and consume him," ' The preacher pointed bis fiager to- 1 - ? ? i < warGS i. nomas uoiemau, wuu uttupitu ? seat near the pulpit, and as he did so " that individual jumped to his feet to inquired if the parson meant to be person- ( al in his remarks. No sooner was Cole- 1 man on his feet than half a dozen d<-a.083 were up demanding that he sit down. Everything was in an uproar, and an attempt was made to eject Coltman. He resisted and, seizing a stick of wood lying near the stove, he began to wield it hard and fast, knocking four men to the floor and fatally woundinc Jeremiah Ferguson. One man wrenched the club fr^m Coleman and delt him a deadly blow across the bead. He t'ner walked out of the church and ha3 not been sees since. The riot lasted six minutes and was participated in by many of the congre gation." who used ctub3 as weapons. werp Thnmas Coleman JL A.X11V.VA www* f Jeremiah Ferguson. The injured were: Edward Clawson, Robert Edwards, JobD Peeby. THEY OUTWITTED HIM. Be Ruled Like Reed, Bat the Senator* JLeft the Stnte. Helena, Mont.. February 9.?Afte* - ' 'l- - O ,3 tne adjournment 01 iue ocuaic j?iciuo; afternoon, eight Democratic senators, incecsed at the ruling of LieutenantGovernor Richards in counting them prosent, took trains in different direc tit n?. They said they were going beyond tbe state line to get out of tbe reach of the sergeant-at-arms. Their continued absence will block all legislates. IfclU'JUJtJ?? ??MM THE NliW CONSPIRACY. THE BOLD CRIME OF QUAY AND S REED. T - * - .La w:.Ai.|fv nn<f . V* SI /lliriupi IU V1I1UU IUV tuiuwi.t# V. l{ob thfzn of their Rights. Evidauce multiplies to prove the ^ statement made ia The Gazette that w Mr. Reed's election to the Speaker- tl ship was the iesuli of a bargain, ia c) which Chairman Quay promised tode liver certain votes and Reed to pass ^ su<"h measures as the thrifty Pensylvania boss required. ci Sir. Quay performed his part oI' the \ ^ contract, and up to date the Speaker has kept his faith. pj Will he be able to carry all of his parly associates with him for the pro- ar gramme arrange'! by Mi. Qsay? That at is the question. And upon its answer w depends the important leaislation of lit the session. m There are sign* which point to ti< rJnnhte in the minds of the co-consmra- ?n tors from ?l^ioeaod Penasylvnnia as to re Lheir joint ability to dictate the legislation of the House th The first block iu the way was the disagreement of the republicans on the th question of the rults. It seemed to be er irror?nr?f?;l;lhta thfi OuiV-Rsed rules been reported immediately after f0 the holidays there is good grounds sj( for the belief thai they would have ^een modified on the floor of the House. ag ""hen crime the extraordinary spec- tQ ^.cte of a House actir g upon the high?st question of privilege without a j)( juorum, and ihe postponemont of ft :he consideration of rules. Why was aj] his done? It is an open secret that the course er Dursued was cuoningly devised to _r >how those republicans who had spok ;n unfavorably of the Reed code, that ustsuch rules were necessary. In plain anguage the disgraceful scenes of the , )att fortnight were enacted to coitce members into adopting objectionible rules. A What legislation may have been D agreed upon last December, by Messrs. ^uay and Reed, may be surmised from v ne record of the former in state and , iational politics. The programme insludes an election law, which will put DC ill congressional and Presidential efec- J? loss in ice lianas nt me most prom- u'f jate and unscrupulous officals, if we dii nay jad-re by the class of thugs and pu :onv:cts heretofore selected as super- foi risors and deputy marshals by pr?- Au rious republican administrations. It rej s also said that they will go farther, h< f they can, and put these supervisors nif it the polling booths at every election tio or members of the several state legis- Ne atures, on the pretense that the fact po hat state legislatures elect United mi states Senators gives Congress the te< ;ght to regulate them. fer There are statements afloat, too ] trongly corroborated to be mere base- Co ess rumors that certain mammoth jobs jg i nvolviog enormous and unnecessary pa: ippropriations, are contemplafed. and bn hat the b-.neficiaries have already ar- }ns anged with Quay for liberal contribu- pr( ions to carry the coming fall elections ^ ind the Presidential election in *92. pr( these we shall sueak hereafter, as ve obtain further proof. In ;he meantime it is the duty of the ter leraocrats to oppose, by every parlia- < oeutary method, on the floor of the 2m louse, all purely political legislation pn vhich may be of doubtful constitution- ^ii ilit'y, and to make no obstruction vhatever to bills which are necessary Qa or the conduct of the business of the ^ptn^ho^^^r objectionable they ml lay deemthem^g^BflBt^^e^^^h^ mounts appropri^B If they do this tlreH ppeal to the country as paTWW^^M pposed with all their might uncon- D0] titutional legislation, by unconstitu- ^ ional methods, while they v:ere always ready to transact the business of he country, and placed no obstruc ions in the way of legitimate legisla- oh on. lii Attempt to Blackball Cleveland, he; When Grover Cleveland's name was All ubmitted in New "York, on Monday, p01 >r membership in the Society of Med- we ?al Jurisprudence, Lawyer John J. ou< )elauey took the floor, and lsuBchea :>rth into a tirade against Mr. Cleveand and argued against his election pa, >n the ground that he was unfit to be- cja" onged to the Society. -H ' rx > ?:j a.i if- * Jdr, J^ejauey saiu iua.i< wucu jui, Cleveland was president of the Uni- grj ed States he had appealed to him in joc >ehalf of a citizfn of the Union who ag ras imprisoned unjustly in a British lungeon, and Mr. Cieveiand had neg- ^aj ected to pay the slightest attention to i he appeal. The case referred to by Jr. Delaney was tlv^t of Dr. Thomas >allagher, formerly a resident of * ' 11 ? ?i ea< sroOKiyiij wiioa. icv* jtius g^j Surope, and was arrested ten days ^ ifter his arrival jin London, charged wr ,\ith being implicated in a dynamite t ->lot against the British government is Mr. Delaney oroceeded with bis irgument against the election of Mr. J** Slevelaud, there were signs of disap- ~ proval from the other members. ^ At the conclusion Lawyer Osborne, ~a >f Brooklyn, made a vigorous protest ^ igainst the utterances of the previous ^ speaker. He had been acquainted ft with Mr Cleveland longer than Mr. ^ Delaney, but did not feel offended be- ' saus? he was not appointed to some *a office. , Mr Cleveland's name was voted ad upon first and he was elected, every one vooing in the affirmative except Mr. Delaney and one other genue- ? mah. p< A Death-Dealing Joke. Charlotte Chronicle. Full part iculars of the death ofMorrisen R. Avery are obtained from a 11 letter from Mr?. Moran, of Morgan ton, * to her aunt, Mrs. Harvey White, of tbis city which says: "Morrison At- ^ ery's death was so sad. Two young bl men came with the body. They say c< Morrisou was taking tbis wretched "la grippe," and had gotten some whisky and quinine to take for it. - His two room-mates passing by the room of an B acquaintance, saw a bottle marked "Pure Rye Whisky," and thought it I would be a good joke to take it out; n and so they look it to their room, snd e set it on the mantlepiece. Morrison t bad retired, and next morning when i he got up, he took up this bottle and v took a swallow of what he thought f was his medicine, and it was carbolic I acid. He knew in a moment he was ( poisoned. He walked to th9 wash- i stand and fell perfectly unconscious, f and was dead in twenty minutes. They 1 say the room mate who brought the j in i? noarl-r orazv. None of I 111, m them drink at all, and it was only a ] jok?, iakiag, ss th?y thonght^he i whis^HHrahis other- fellowjflB^L INDIGNANT DEMOCRTS ome Members Boil With Rase, bat a j Conservative Spirit PreTail*. A dispatch from Washington says: he Republican majority of the House as at last reported the rules. The Rc ubhcans hrst secured the Hall for their TT7U*? tVvnr* o/1iAnmo/1 tVlPTP 1UCU9* VY UCU lucj aujvu? uwvi ?w?? v i as scarcely time for the employes to jrow open tbe doors aod secure a aaDge of air in the hall before tbe Dero iratic members began to file into at:nd their caucus. Thej appeared in x>d number, and were presided ?.>ver ? Mr. Holman. The only subject dis- . issed was the new code of ru!i-?. The , emocrats were at a disadvantage ia <tt the members were Dot supplied ' 11a c pips, as were tbe individual Relblicans today. So Mr. Carlisle was obliged to read ( id explain tbe rules from his private j >py. Naturally this was slow work, id most of the session of the caucus j as consumed in this way. There wa? :tle discussion. Now and then some ember would boil over with indigna- ' >n and expresi hiaaself forcibly as < ?e particularly obnoxious rule wa? J ad and its effect pointed oat. i Mr. SpriDger thought the rules m au: J at the watchman were gagged, the } Mch-dogs chained aod the treasury ' rowa open to plunder. But the geo- ^ al sentiment was that no matter how moxlouB the rules are they wert asked r by the Democrats a?d would be con 1 lered in a fair spirit. t Mr. Carlisle was accordingly inatrnc- s d to negotiate with the majority man- 1 era for a proper and reasonable time * consider the rules in case they should I < reported tomorrow, iDumacu a? iuc ;iaocratic members are without copies j ie Republicans will also be requested to ? ow a debate of reasonable length up*& I em when they are called up for consid- 1 ation, and if these concessions nre 1 anted the democrats will interpose no * iusuM obstacles to action upon them. , . i CHARLESTON OR PORT ROYAL. s ? S Sensational Romor Has It, The Tliree j !' Rnllrjind ibsai to Chauge If a Ter- . ilnas to the City of Great Expeci&tlens 1 The Line Said to be Irora Ulacktlinra; ? Newberry and Thenee to Port Royal. ? Columbia, February 10.?Momentous ? wsl Watch Port Royal! Col. R. A. 0 boson, general manager.o. the three l; ) Road, with Dr. J. Q. Black of the 1 ?ctory, is in Columbia tonight for the I rpose of arranging with contractors ? the building of the Newberry and 0 igusta branch of the great road he J jresents. Hetoid a represtative of A 2 News and Courier, at 11 o'cIock to- 2 jht, that the contract for the comple- I n of that branch from RIacksburg to 1 ?^ f caaw da J : W UCI ly WUU1U UC ^ITVU uui M awu ? ssible, and that the first forty five 1 les would be completed withia eigh;n months. Contractors are here con- ii ring with him. J But the moat important news is this: I1 1. Johnson says that a strong pressure s< being brought to bear upon his eom- si ay to run this so called Augusta v inch from Newberry to Port Royal, si itead of Augusta, and that it is Tory fi )bable that this will be done. The pletons, who own a great aeai 01 >perty at Port Royal hare offered the >st liberal inducements to the manage- l nt to make that harbor their seaboard minus. Jol Johnson argue* that by running t: i liner to Port Royal he would secure ictically all of its business, while by t< :ectKJ2 t0 Charlestoa he would ^ re to divide freights with the South a rolina Railway. He thinks it certain r H a harbor like Port Royal cannot be tch loager neglected, ana that his line q 11 h* possess it. fj ied p ft!' ^ PWTG. P BRICE PUTS HIS FOOT IN IT. ct rr io Propose* to Make Him Pay for Ills Claim of Cltizeashlp. ^ jiMi., 0., Feb. 4?There will be a iring at the office of the Auditor of f< en county neit week in the most ira- a rtant civil suit ever brought in north- ~E stern Ohio. The issue involved is the 1 :come of the question of the citizen- *? p of Senator-elect Calvin S. Brice o for the past five years has eraded n ?ment of taxes in this city, because of ^ imin^ citizenship in New York, on ^ personal property, under wnicn neao ; law includes stocks and bonds. Mr. ice's Senatorial fight has forced the ation of his citizenship at Lima, and ^ a consequence he has at once made nselr liable for nearly $70,000 back ? ;es a?d penalty. ? Mr. H. W. Morgan thaler, Special Tax ^ Hector for Allen County, has in his jj :session an immense amount of papers, ^ ;h paper making a link ia a chain of ^ dense that is eulirely complete. It Q s been calculated that the amou&t of Q Brice's personal property'subjcct to p cation in Lima by reason of his citii3hip, is somewhat over |2,800,000, in3ted in the following corporation#: st Tennessee, Virginia & Georgia ilway, Richmond A Danville Railway, ke Erie <fc Western R&ilway, Danville rrainal Railway Company, Duluth, ? uth Shore & Atlantic Railway, the ^ Jtr Qontfl *Fi> Rfld t.hft A VU 10WU? 1Ura" ^ ?- t lited States Express Company. On ^ is amount there is due about five years' g xation at a rate varying from 3.20 to j 30 per cent, per year, to which will be j Ided a 50 per cent, penalty. j It is not known what Mr. Brice's dense will be, but it is likely a desperate ] tort will be made to compromise. As the officials of the country are all ( jlitical supporters #f Mr Brice, and as , ie of them is said to have received a ( n-thousand-dollar check for his 9ervi? in the late canvass, the auditor's aeon has been kept quiet. The bearing ill be with bolted doors. As Special ollector Morganthaler receives percentile on the collection of back taxes, it is ardlv thought he will consent to jmpromise. Republicans Should Hoc Complain. ost?n Herald, The proposed gerrymander by the )emocrat8 iD Ohio is wrong, as all gerryaandering is wrong, but the indignation xpressed against it in Republican quarers i8 very much a case of the pot cnllDg the kettle black. Ohio is one of the rorst gerrymandered States now. The act is that today in Ohio it takes 79,251 Democrats to elect a Representative to Congress, while 26,003 Republican! do i t. the gerrymander amounting to a difference of 53,245 against the Democrats. iVe repeat that gerrymandering i? objectionable, to the verge of dishonesty;. 5ut a party that haa done as have the Republicans of Ohio in this respect, and still whints upon the subject as if it COTTON GOING AHEAD. INTERESTING FIGURES FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. '"?tl f ?!.- U rka lloclror... state A rerasM?When Pickiuc Closed? sale* and Prices of Seed?Proportion* of Lint t? S^ed?South Carolina's the Larseat of all. The cytton returns of the Department of Agriculture for February give local fsti mates of tke proportion of th? crops which has left th? plantation. A oousolidation makes 90.6 per cent, leaving 9.4 per cent, still to ?C forward. About nine-tenths cf the crops ha*, therefore, been reported in sight -- ! 11 --i-_ ^ ar 13 111 uuiopuj icu iu uu? asnUs of conntry merchants or in tranlit. State averages are as follows: Virginia, 87 North Carolvaa, 89 iouih Carolina, 90 Georgia, 90 Florida, 93 Alabama, 90 Hississippi, 91 Liouitiana. 89 fexas, 92 Arkansas, 90 rennessee. 87 The arerage of the clese of picking a about the same as last year in Georgia, Mississippi, Louisiana and Penneslee; earlier in the Carolinas, Florida, ind Arkansas and later in Alabama ink Lexis. The average ?f county latei is December 12th, ranging from November tofJanuary. The propor;ion of seed sold t? oil mills haa been bund difficult to estimate but is ap-jarently not much over twenty-five >er cent of the crop, possibly between >00,000 and 1,000,000 tons. The larg :st propoiion repuneu is m Jjuuioinoa, 'ollowed by Georgia, Arkansas, Texas, Mississippi, Alabama and the Caroinas. The average State prices aa con:olidated are the Carolinas and Georgia 18 cents per bushel; Tennesse 17: Florida 16; Alabama and Mississippi .5; Louisiana 14; Texa* and Arkansas .3. The returns of quality are very tigh. except in Virginia and North Carolina, and in Tennessee and Ar :ansas. It is superior in *11 the States ?f the Gulf coast. The per centage of int from seed cotton is as follows: /"irginia, 30 forth Carolina, 31 05 iouth Carolina, 32 07 reorgia, 32 02 Florida, 32 03 Llabama, 32 05 lifsissippi, 32 03 x>uisiania, 32 05 'exas, 32 04 Arkansas, S2 02 'ennessee, 32 The damage by insects was greatest a Arkan as and Texas. In Florida, Jabama, Mississippi, Tennessee and forth Carolina it was general but less ever?. Georgia and South Carolina ufl(ered less. The loss from the bollrurm was in Georgia, Alabama. LouiIana.and Texas greater than that rom caterpillars. lNOTHER VILLAINOUS SCHEME telpiax the Repaklicaas of Ohio to Retaia Tbnir StrlPB Hoods. A dispatch to the Atlanta Constituioa says: Representative Wicknam, of Ohio, o-day sprung a surprise on the House, rhich has stirred up the democrats al? lost as much as some of Speaker Reeds uliugs. It was in the nhape of a bill to reuire that the congressmen elected rom the state ol Ohio to the next conrgg^ialTbe elected from the districts PBwconstffa^ediiit urpose of the bill is to prevent the ] iate from being gerrymandered by the 1 resent democratic legislature. At first the bill appeared to be to 1 sill attention to the proposed gerry- J landering of the districts in Ohio by 3 present democratic legislature, but ^ Ir. Wickham says he intends to push ' ; to passage, as it is based on the J >urth section of the first article of the onslitution, which says that ongress \ lay, at any t:me, change the regula- i obs in any state under which con- 1 rcssmen are elected. The Ohio demorats have been counting on the pres- ' nt democratic legislature to gerry- ' in an/^Vi rrmnnftr #ls 1 iOUU^l UUV nv-w WWVM H ? 3 make at least thirteen out of the i srenty-ono congressmen, demorats. 1 A few years ago the republicans < errymandeied the state and now ? ave sixteen of the twenty-one con- ' ressmen. The democrats up to the resent time were confident this could e almost reversed, but this Wickham as fallen mto tne democratic pany ke a bombshell, for they know that be republicans will vote tor it, and hat Reed will put it through, whether r not the democrats vote. It is anther republican measure to keep their arty in pow?r. COL. BUCK'S MAN. loerxiaai Kltklnc ibiat A rniriea P?ytnsi?tor?liip Appointee. Washington, Feb., 7.?A negro lamed Dudley was nominated yester lay as postmaster at Americns, Ga., he home of Representative Criap. To^ lay tha Georgia senators and reprelentatives received dispatches, signed >y"white and colored men of both parties, protesting against the nominaiion. Dudley is said to be not only ignormt and illiterate, but of bad character. He was a delegate to the Chicago convention and voted for Harrison, and this seems to have been what secured his nomination. Col. Buck, the Georgia Republican boss, at first denied that fce endorsed Dudle\,but afterwards admitted he had signed the man's papers, 'i/ne! Georgia senators expect to secure ample evidence, from both Republicans and Democrats, of Dudley's unfitness for office. "IN HOCK" SIGNO. A Cobqaarlnar Prince Aaaisnad to Jmll in France. Paris, Feb., 7.?By prompt action the government to-day nipped in the bud what vras apparently intended to be a royalist couped etat modelled alter Louis Nepolean's mad descent upon Boulonge. Con?ecunce, Duke of Orleans, the oldest son of the Count of Paris to-day bearing a letter written and signed by the Count de Paris announcing to the faithful and to all o?hers that counts abdication. He also had with him a manifesto addresaed to | the people o* Frtnoe. His coming into j the country In violation of the law f prohibiting all the heads and direct | heirs of reigning families, is a rash crime. ; t . - A GOOD STORY. Channcer Depew'a Attempt to serve Cheatnati? ?li? Triumph. I Ti T \ ? lLlHUVl jjciuapa a aot-icu wan uu> i i Chauncey is, like Mrs. Gilpio, of a fru- j gal mind, ana is thrifty with his stories and jokes. After the press has once got , hold of his good things he never uses ; them again, at lea?t in that particular ( community, but no man can have a whole set of brand-new brilliants every j day of his life, and a little discretion j and a good memory will make one's fctore go & long way without being guil- ( j ty of repetitions to the same audience. at fault at times, and the other night he suffered because or it. The daughter of ? a certain famous American who has ^ h'therto made his home in the "West, has t been visiting in New York, and was one c of the guests at a. dinner of very distinguished men and women last week. She r ia a vroman accustomed to the intellec- j ual best of the men who go in to dinner ^ with her, and on this occasion she re- j garded with some surprise the efforts of the man who had taken her in to dinner ^ to amuse her. He looked like a person j of ability, but she gradually gained the impression that he was laboring under = the delusion she was a wild Westerner who was maDy years behind tbe tines Q and had not heard any modern jests. ^ When this idea became firmly rooted ; her mind she was at no further pains to conceal her indifference to his efforts, and at last in despair her dinner companion remarked, "Miss , we don't 1 Boom tn nat /-in What in thrt mut^rJ T F" "" 8"" ? ? ? - | wish yoa would tell me frankly." "I I J will," she said, laughing a little. "I a am cross because you hive been telling ^ me Chauncey Depew's old stories g all the evening. I don't know him myself, but I've heard all his stories over o and over again, and I don't think I can d stand any more of them again." Her h companion paused a moment, then * shook all over with amusement and de- r< light, and said: "Miss , your w frankness is simply enchanting, and I'll fl confess in my turn. I thought yeu were ? a very young girl, and from so far away in the West that you were not likely to h have heard these stories, so I was using ai some old stock on you, but I see my error, and now I will tell you some stories of Chauncey Depew's that I am sure ^ you've not heard." ^ From that moment th? Western girl ^ declares that such a stream of brilliant w talk, anecdote aid witticism poured forth that she never noticed what she gt was eating, and was desperately grieved w when the hostess gave the signal to rise t( and she was separated from her clever ^ companion. Going home in a cab, she ^ said to her father: "Do you know the t name of the man who took me in to . dinner? I didn't catch it, but I found ^ him perfectly charming." "My dear girl," said her father, "you don't deierve your pivileges. Of course you found him charming. That was Chaun- fL cey Depew !" ?Brooklyn Eagle. ONLY A PINT*OF WHISKEY. a( w A Terrible Tragedy in Newberry County, la Supposed to be the Result et Bard gj Drinking. m James B. Clary, a farmer, "who lives w fire miles from Newberry, attempted in Saturday afternoon to ehoot his daughter, la a young lady about 18 years old, but his a dietol was wrested from his hands and ti the attempt thwarted, Neighbors were T sent for for protection. All were in the w room together when Clary, in a fit of d< madness, grasped a hatchet and gave his wife several blows on the head, which will probably prove fatal. j3ne was in an unconsious condition last night and the attending physician could not say a how badly she was hurt. I have not heard today, b*Jt supposed she is still living. le ^Sheriff Riser wentou??feyJ' affilt-and I brought^Iary in here"and lodged him n jail, where he now if. Ai to the cause of this sad affair it is lupposed Clary's miDd is unbalanced, 01 " *? j-i-j?_ x ra ae is suiiering irom ueurjum iremeus. &.bout two years ago, after drinking iieavily, he had delirium tremens, and during one of these spells shot his little ion with a pistol, but not seriously. ^ rhose who know say he has not been ru drinking much quite recently, and when 9? ia town last Wednesday with bis wife 10; nd daughter he took only one pint of ^ whiskey home with him and has not been in town since. I hav.e not seen . bim to day, but parties who did say he talks at random and says that persons 30 tried to kill him last Thursday night; ^ that they were watching around his *a bouse with long knives, etc. In fact, no Dne was there. He has a wife one daughter and two sons, and ba? been a ?11 j_ c tr:? _ ar W Cli-lU-UU laiLUCl. i-Llfl Tf Lie TTAO C* Charleston lady, a Miss Vernon. T} di TWO YEARS IN PRISON. te w The Yonne Duke of Orleans Sentenced m Yesterday?Disorder in the Court-Room ai ic Paris, Feb. 12. ?The Duke of Orleans, n] son of the Count and Countess of Paris, tl and who came to Paris last week with the avowed intention of enlisting in the tl French army, and who was arrested on h the charge of violating the law exiling 01 from Jfraace all pretenders totnerrencn ? throne, was again arraigned before the c Tribunal of the Seine today. He was * adjudged guilty of violating the law, 1 and was sentenced to two years imprison- & ment. d The court-room was crowded with * spectators who had gathered to watch v the proceedings against tiie young Duke, d When the prisoner was arraigned, the b crowd broke out with loud cries for the t army, the Duke of Orleans, and the re- t public. They became sd demonstrative t that gendarmes were called to clear the room. c Before judgment was announced, the e Duke addressed the Court in his own be- c half. He said: "I came to France to c serve as a common soldier. I have noth ? ? tchirh r>nlv Mil ILIg VV r*iv*a ^ w i * v ? j cerns my father, whose obedient son and faithful servant I am. I knew that by entering France, I rendered myself liable to the law, but that knowledge did not stop me. I love my country, and wish to serve her. I am guilty of no criwe." ! The Duke will b? allowed to remain < in the Conciergie prison for a few weeks before being removed to jail. The Government grants him this privilege, in order to give him an opportunity to apDeal from the eentence of the Court. X ~ A Beautiful Church. Mr. H. M. Flagler, one of the coal oil millionaires, is building a church for the Presbyterians at St. Augustine, Fla. It is nearly completed, and will be, it is said, one ef the finest ecclesiastical structures in America. It i? composit in architecture and will coat, it is estimated, $400,000. Mr. Flagler intends it as a memorial of his daughter, wko died suddenly on a yacht off Charleston hari bnr a few months since. Mr. Flagler , has also built a handsome church for the Methodists in St. Augustine. PRIMUS JONES DEAl*. f ho Premature Ending of a. Useful ana Honorable Life- The Enerzette Georgia Plaster Who has Done So mncb for his Country, Passes Away. The Atlanta Constitution of Sunday says: Primus Jones died at 1:30 p. m. yesterday. He had been ill for two weeks with pneum jnia, in his rooms at the Hotel Weinmeister. where he ha<i " - ? _ - ? J ~ *.4.1 ill tne nursing aou auuuuuu mav iwiug hearts and tender bands could afford aim. Doctors Dan Howell, W. T. Stockton, ind Dr. Todd attended him, and dsspite ill their skill they were unable to avert ;he course of the disease, which waa oce >f the most aggravated cases of pceumo* lia, caused f.-om exposure, Mr. Jones beng a maa who relied on his iron con*tiution and was ever indiffereut to any iort 01 exposure. The news of his death will carry aidless to the hearts of thousands mew, loved, admired and reep^cted him or his many splendid qualities of genune manhood. Perhaps no man was better knuwn !n Jeorgia*, and no man had n.cre tries u3. le was generous, warm-lieivrcca, ener;etic, and honorable io all i^s dealings pith his fellow men. As a farmer Le anked among the leading men of .the tats, and as a legislator his actions rere all cic.ated by metres that would' edound to the good of the country. A BRILLIANT CAREER. Hon. Pi'mus W. Jones was born in leriwether county, May, 10th, 1846. Le was the son of the famo"s "Cotton" obn Jones, whose nsuie was a bvword mong the planters of Georgia years ago, rhen he used to Le the leading cotton rower of that section. Young Primus was but sixteen years f age when bis name was enrolled un- i er the banners of the confederacy and e marched with company F from Meri- < 'ether as a part of tbe forty-first Georgia j jgiment to join Bragg's army in the i est. For many months he followed that i ag, through all the grim vicissitudes of I ar. ( Before the war closed he lost hia i ealtb, and vas compelled to leave the rmy. i EIS CAHEEB AS A FABMEB. < Hia father seDt him to his Baker coun- ! r plantation, where young Primus com- ] ien9ed bis career as a planter. In 1366 e produced the "first bale" that afterards made him famous as a farmer. < He loved the life of a planter, and he t uck to he plantation He knew there g as money in cotton, and he proceeded I J a oin/X) i ) UCUiUUSliait t UC iavt? IVVWI bauwv. I iat time for a quarter of century, "be i is produced the "fi?t bale1'from year f ? year, and has distanoed all cornpeti- i >rs. People learned b* expect that first t lie, season after season, and ncbody ? as ever able to break bis record. Be- i des cotton be raised vast am??nts of rovision crops, and the "Pricaas Jones atermelon" has attained a wide reputa- on. At bis death his farm consists of 1,7,00 2 ;res of fine land, the greater part of . hich is in cultivation, and he averaged t st year thircy bales to the mule, be- , des his other crops. His estate is estiated at fifty thousand dollars, all of ^ bich bas been accumulated by sturdy * idustry, in spite of the fact that he was v:Yn and open-handed, and generous to c degree. He owns, besides hie planta- 8. on, valuable real estate in Atlanta, be Neal Loan and Banking company . ere his bankers, and he did a great , sal of business with them. . a s BRUTAL BLACK-CAPS. t t Kegro Woman Brutally Beaton by Negro Women in Sooth Carolina. < A strange storj comes today from Al- 1 ndale, a small haro'et in Barnwell j io1i?^r'E6ar "The^scene^sr LilitL u DchiDgs. Hattie Frazier, a negro 5man, and her infant a month old, tvc-ic e victims of a queer black-cap &ut- j & . 1 Wben tne new or tne Dutrncry ss? _ irnwell Courthouse reached the Ai!r-- ^ ile section, Hattie Frazier wa.3 ooe of e negroes who did not join in the oh ;s of condemnation of the act. On The ntrary, she openly expresse-J the opin q that the murdered men had only got hat they deserved. Since that time, E e woman has been in bad odor with ir race. She had received threats fiom me to time, but treated them with ' orn. One night last week, however, n bile asleep in her house with her in- * nt, she was aroused by a noise iadica.ting that some one was trying to get a at the door. Not suspecting anyiiae, she went with her child in her f ms to see what was the matter. Ar- * V'ing at the door she was seized and e ragged away from the bouse, subjected i a most brutal beating. The lynchers ere in masculine attire, and. wore black asks and caps. After beating the woioi nearly to death they left with a warnig that they would return . the. next ight and finish her if she was fouad in le neighborhood. After the departure of thj black-caps le woman dragged herself back to her ?1 V? e 3 .LIU lmtx. ? use, wnere buc iuuuu juci uuuu ljlkJ& q the grouod. The next day she idenfied two of her asailants. They were j egro women liviiig in the vicinity, and 'ere at once arrested and lodged" in jail, 'hese women turned State's e\idence ! ud confessed that the flogging was 1 one by a band of from 20 to 30 negro ^ romeo who were dressed in male attire rith black masks and caps, and who unlertook to punish their victim foi er expression of opinion about he Barnwell negroes' fate. Upon their estimony, 15 negro women residing in he vicinity were arrested. The affair has created considerable exiteaient in Barnwell county. Great fltorts were made to keep the matter |uiet, but the story leaked out tolotr SAT ON HIS VICTIM'S CORPSE. \ Soutt Carolina Coroner Kills a Man and Holds the Inquest. Charleston, S. C., Feb. 12.?The spectacle of a coroner holding an inquest o**er a man he h'mself killed was presented recently in Florence county. Coroner S. T. Burch shot and killed a negro wnom he caught ia the act of stealing potatoes from his yard. After the killing Burch came to town and gave himself up to the sheriff. He was released this morning on a writ of habeas corpus and gave bond for-$2,000. An inquest was held over the body yesterday morning, tbe coroner presiding, and the jury found a verdict in accordwith the above facts. Geography.?Teacher (to dull doy of the class)?Which New Knglanb Si&te has two capitals? Boy?New Hampshire. Teacher?Indeed Name them. Boy? Capital N and capital H.?Harper's Bazar. BOASiM'F AGRICULTURE. rSS-XvrpoR?AK I MEETING HELD IN CO^UsIBIA. Re^lectlss of ^deat Hacoed-PkM* Sbr.ie Liiccufvs G?:<.av?d?tke Szperiaitat Stat'QUs ?r?v!dti^. for-Hj InBlrratita A cant ?tecoKi:Jsed? Favorlkfr<fae S?heea? far a Natioaul 3?r. ?d of hTA'tignciBS tl* Possibilities Ofrv^_ CoLrxBiA February 7.?The State Boird of ^gricuiturt met at 10 o'clock this morning ted. remained in session almost ccr-tiuuousty until about 8 P. M. To-night the folio wing informatioa as to its work *>fas obtained: Ex-Governor Hftcood was urs^aifnonnW chairman. IRRIGATION. The departcjet;*:-four acre fish pond lot in Cu.dZ?o:n T/aa turned over to President McByra^ lor the current year to bo cscd *>: rxperi?ent sUtioa. . Tha board refused to grant the petition of the ?t=.S? Agricultural Society ?V for an p-pprcpnauo-u to be applied to an agricuUurs! uxpcriraent station near Charks.on. Official r-^' ^aldon was granted to R. H. Ferguson, 61 Spffiilof h. Y.. who is endeavoring ;c pi&nt colonies in South Caroiirs, and the commissioner was reoommended to give him such assistance in bis work as he night deem advisable NATIONAL BOARD OP AGRICULTUBH. On moiica of Col Duncan the more* mant rnr} hw iKA Kaw TiKnw ui?uw ?luw. u ?wu wj wu? xi v n uuavj ltvimu of agriculture iookiog to the organisation of a national board of agriculture was endorsed, and the board promised to have South Carolina represented at an agricultural congress, which it is proposed to hold at Washington, in advocacy of such a national board. The * board also endorses the proposition of tbe New Jersey board that reports of 3tate boards of agriculture and State horticultural societies be caused by Act 5f Congress to be carried free in tho mails. The board determined to continue srork at the Darlington and Spartanburg experiment station and made the usual appropriation of $5,000 each for carryng on tbelr work this year. BXP??n?EXTS WITH 0OU. The director, Mr. McBryde, was initructedjto make experiments to asccrtaia ;be quantity of okra stalks which can be jrown per acre on average upland and wttom lands, and the coat p?r poind of producing the n?)r?. The director was nstructed to makfeHtozr/aiy, or as often is practicable, tu ibt commissioner of igricaltce for publication, reports of ,ne progress ol espenmeotai worK at ilations and the rsscit of such expert* nents &3 are of public interest. T.3DS P2IZE ACRE OP COBS. Govern j'- H&<pod ' ifere 3 the followng resolution, ^bicb waa unanimously tdopted The Sr.at.? b-.&td cf agriculture of South Csrohi* ro&og ise with pride the act that it. eomne'.!ti >n with the whole Joited Spates rh? largest crop of corn jrown has been >:>ya -outh Carolina farcer. Th?y iuririer rtcognise the fact hat this is tee lariat anth?aticated :rop of L;dian cor? e*sr grown to the ,cre in any part of ;ae world: -tfe?re-.. ore. " Reeoived, that ;le 'hanks of the board >e and are hcrebj tendered to Kr. Z. (J. Drake for the honor he has by hit ichievement conferred upon his State md the demonstration he has made of he possibilities of her soil and ciinate. On Mr. Pcrchcr'? action the board requested Mr. Drake to report to it the esclts of futurt crops grown on the wize acre, rzhl- -.b~ view of ascertaining rilUKKS' LHSTTTUTM. It wai detcrttlatJ to iold a State 'aimers' I&sti'uiG tt Rid&e Spring, Sdgefieir cour** th? citizens of the ouotf desire it .held there,.and to eaourag* ?be coucty institutes. y. Q. G. THE HA^JbJS MURDER. tick X2n>rts Ssrs He Sired Jtlu Wjlle to Kin HI* Family. BTrmtn'JHam, Fel>. 10.?Dick Hawet, ?ho is uuder se?'.ence of de^tb for the jurder o:" his family here OYer a yea go, bna h coBfeasion. He earned oho Wylie as the murderer of hie family, nd acknowledge hiring him to do it. Atelegreui eavs Wylie haa been arested is itiaota, and that he will be irought t'.'.re. Wylie denies all knowldge of the crime. Qatea Victoria'? Narrow Eseapo. - < The story comes from Ottawa, of the ? ^ T7? . a * - 3 1 larrow escape 01 vjueen victoria ana tier attendants from a fatal railroad accident d a tuonei in Derbyshire. The train vhicb bore the royal party, it is stated, as io the centre of the tunnel, its loconotive was broken down, and the loconotive which was hurried to its assistance by the divisional superintendent ;ould not move the disabled engine, and, )f course, could not move the train belind it. While matters were in this shape another train dashed into the tan ael, and was only prevented from plungiDg into the rear coaches of the Queen's train by the -warning reports of three torpedoes exploded in succession on the j track. Happily, the signals were heard B and the tb ^eateced collision was avoided, and the Quten and the members of her escort escapf.i witn t'ieir lives. It is srue, as i; a er ioned casually in the dispatch, ihaf the Incident which is fl so thriilingly dercrifc.d occurred about forty years a?o. L>ut the knowledge of it has been thouj?'otf?lly withheld from the H public un a! It :s perfectly proper fl and timely luerafoic, to say that we are 1 1 U .?U ..f 1H sincertiygis?* puj wvoygu ?_ from tbei:: jv-nio.-.s petition without injury, an^ to :xo\ *-, t:>e hope that they have fulls ~?Covore3 ri? this time from the severe fright wuica ihey experienced in their youth.?New? sad Courier, * Going Nearer tTie Raw Material. An important machine manufacture ing con-p^ay* in Pennsylvania, have 4m concluded so erect, at Meridian, Mis sisaipjr:, a "uuilding fcr the manniacture of or>?tin pr->rin :t? of their trorks, which na ve a large sale in the Sooth. I Hitherto tLe irou u'&d in these manu- ?ketones h *3 been shipped from Birminghaa ard ChaUaaooga, aid the product rv?irp^ea into" the South* ; Business terse has dictated that aloca tion for ib^ Manufacture of these particular aoods ?na" be found nearer the region of lb* raw material and near the miike* ? welL Therefore, Meridian been oheaen. Two v'to One Stone.?Ted? I What a lucky felloe he iai Ned?I j should sty bu. His fiancee's birthday ' came on Un-iaitas.?-iiarper'i xsazar.