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" THE STKICKEYIYKST. " THOUSANDS OF SETTLERS FN DANGER CF STARVATION. ?Vj<iesj>rea?i y:?ttes.< .imcn;; m-i-> Western Nebraska -A Succession o.r Disastrous Seasons?A f'aciiii*! T-vo Huudred MlU-s W'iiie ami a Thousand Miles Loni'. Lincoln. Neb. February 9.?The Nebraska Legislature has asked a Federal appropriation of $1,000,000 to provide seed lor the destitute settlers ot Kansas, Colorado, Nebraska and the Dakotas. That sum indicates the ex<?nt of the calamity which has overtaken portions of these State as a result o: tae drought prevailing over large areas last season. It is not certain that such a sum is actually needed, but it is the estimate put by the Legislature of Nebraska upon the wants of the settlers in the way of seed to enable them to make a start next season. When t'ie estimated amounts required to carrj I fie destitute through the winter ?i d to *up*)ort them until time for ar. other harvest are added to the sum asked from the General Government, the total be comcs enormous and challenges tiie attention of the entire country. But bad as the situation is in some parts of the stricken districts, and severe as the suffering has been in isolated cases, that could not be quickly readied through the regular channels of relief, a great deal has been done by the States interested to meet the need of their unfortunates ; and even should Congress decline to i^rant the desired appropriation, as it probably will, there is not much danger that seriors results will fol low. The region that has suiy^Pro seriously frorcuirought is about 150 miles wide --fend over .000 miles in length. On the east are the rich agricultural lands of the Dakotas, Nebraska, Kansas ami on the west are the wealthy mineral and stock producing States and Territories of the Rocky Mountain region. I f one State were obliged to bear the curden of the crop failures of the past two years in i.he region mdietated, it would cause widespread disaster, aud possibly the bankruptcy of the State Government. Fortunately tho burden ialls upon several States, and, although '* * "? * Mil many individuals wiu juse iw iiuwumuiiitions of years, and sutler many privations, it is hoped that all cases of genuine destitution can be relieved without an appeal for assistance either from the Federal Government or the general public. The people who are suffering on the . * Western prairies are the victims of misplaced confidence. For years they have ceen crowding toward the West under rioincmn tVint; n ranid chansre in the climate of the plains was taking pla^e, and that with the breaking of the sol, the building of railways, aud the planting of trees, would come an inmediate and permanent increase in the rainfall. Twenty live years age it was believed that agriculture could not succeed 150 miles west of the Missouri River. I3ut the settlers went beyond that limit and prospered. The rainfall did appear to increase. Then they pushed out farther ~ J /I worfl VlloCCOfi TCltll OTl fwl UliU l&LL LI CI auu ?* VI ^ ?*??* = crops. The cattlemen, 'who had hoped to retain control of the region in Western Kansas and Nebraska, insisted that agriculture could not be successfully carried on between the 100th meridian and the mountains. But they were not heeded, because they were interested parties and could reasonably be supposed exaggerating the aridity of the region which they desired to hold for their own use. Soon after 1SS0 a number of railroads began building from the Missouri River to the mountains, and in a few years ihnr or five new roads had been con strucred. It was noticed that the soil was good nearly all the way, and the rainfall was abundant. The land seemed ready for civilization. Partly through the efforts of the railroads and" partly on account ot the tremendous amount of immigration into the whole West, the set Hers began to crowd toward the semi-arid strip, about 200 miles wide, and extend^ ing, parallel with the Rocky Monutains lor over 1,000 miles. Their confidence was increased by the steady prosperity of the people who had settled on the borders of the district that was so long held in question. From 1S84 until 1887 the Govenment land offices all over the Western plaius were besieged by applicants for homesteads and lands suitable for entry under the timber-culture law. People with scarcely the means to reach the lacd. and in some cases without enough to nay the small entry fees required by the Government rushed on to the new and untried soil and began the struggle for existence. For two or three seasons there was plenty of rainfall, and it was proclaimed that the ''rain belt" had been carried westward until the arid plains had entire Iv disappeared and the soil could be cultivated every toot of the long GOO miles between the Missouri River and the Rocky Mountains. This theory was widely heralded and so generally believed that before the close of 1SSS there was but little desirable land in Western Kansas and Nebraska and Eastern Colorado that had not been settled upon by men whose sole capital was muscle and energy. Since 1SS7, however, the rainfull on the new "ram belt" has been tickle and insufficient. Crops have been total or partial lanures iur mo uuu. iu &umc places, for three seasons. Thousands " of 3etllers have left Eastern Colorado and Western Kansas and Nebraska, and .many of those remaining cannot hope to stay and hold their claims without help. The census shows that Kansas has decreased in populatipn since 1SS8, largely on account of the emigration from the counties on the extreme west. If Nebraska, which has asked the Fe<lo<?ii onnrrmrifllirtn. is in worse condition than the Suites around her, it is because she has at present a larger population in the counties in which agriculture is as yet an experiment. Crops were a failure in Western Kansas in 1888 and the two following seasons, while it was reserved for Nebraska to have a partial failure in the western counties in 18>9. and a total failure in 18'JO. Emigration had hardly commcnced, therefore, when the disastrous season of 1890 brought the people ofa dozen of the border counties face to face with famine. The drought of 1890 was general all ?wnr IIiaWMJ O?I<1 hut u half crop ot corn, on an average, taking the whole State into consideration. But prices were so much better than on the preceding year that the value of the half crop, according to the statistics furnished by the State bureau, was 81,014.167 greater than the whole of the phenomenal crop oi 1SS0. The financial stringency prevailing generally has contributed to make the times exceedingly vlose, but in the greai?r part of the State the people are teflr'.y prosperous. and are willing to do what they canto relieve the distress on the frontier, either by a general tax or by individual contribution. In October a commission was ."n-janized by the State officers to inquire iuto the destitution and secure relief from private parties. It was found that a total crop failure in a dozen counties would make it necessary to supply ?oma 20,000 people with aid if they were to remain on their homesteads through the winter. A general appeal was sent out 10 tue peopie 01 jseorassa, aim me res ' This eotnn'ission Jis.tribulfrtl during the j two iolio-.viii^' its organization j ioOu. fuel ;:::d C.!oIl::!i^ to liit; V&lue of. :t!: c'ntnraiu.:! nv uic peopio ! <-f :! (; t f iitra; an?! c-a.sR*"T. parU of Mtc i lie ' at'!i:ci.>' Alliance ?!>?> - i:l ui t" tiju valu'j ' !' :iii I !'. !> tMiUUiifti liial JirCiJl ; sent without the assistance ot'tiieeom: mission amounted to more. (me oi' t!:e lir st acts of the Lfgisla'ure i imr.n "ljif-mlilin" iti l! o f-rst woflk in .hill ! nary was to airree to voie public money j to the relief of the destitute, and upon j the credit thus secured ihe commission j has purchased and forwarded provisions | to the value of$l">.000. This makes a ! total of over $100,000 that has been ex! pended up to date. A b'll appropriatI ing $-00,000 for the same purpose lias j been agreed upon by botfl branches of ! the Legislature, and will soon become a ! law. Provision will also be madu lor ! appropriating additional amounts if necd! ed. ! The liev L. P. Ludden. secretary of I the relief commission and general dis| tributing agent, makes this statement i for publication at the request of the Post: "We are relieving at present s calls from thirty-four counties, hut of course this does not mean that all the people :n those counties are destitute. (Jn'tlie extreme frontier?there arc comparatively few who can get along without help, while in other couuties we iind only a family here and there that if: deserving of assistance. The railroads ! have oil'ered free transportation to ali men who want Io go away and lind work, and thfie is a demand for men in the eon! mines m Wyoming that has not vet been fullv supplied. We have the 1 names of 35.000 people on our books j who have been helped. No worthy ap| plicauis have yet been refused aid, and ! although we have agents travelling over | the drought region all the time, we know j of no cases of distress that we have not relieved or cannot relieve immediately, j One-half of the people in some of the counties iu the tar West have emigrated temporarily, and those who remain are more anxious to ^et seed for the spring than immediate assistance. "Through a large region iu West and Northwest. Nebraska the cattlemen are } very prosperous, and they insist mat nothing should bo given the farmers to enable t'cm to put in another crop, claiming that the land is useless except | as a cattle range. But the settlers want to try a^aln. They have faith thai the rains will be regular and abundant, and they know what the soil will do under favorable -conditions. And so. if they can get seed, many of them will give the land another trial. Failure next year will mean that some ot the western counties will largely be given over to the cattlemen again." A severe snow storm has been prevailing over the greater part of the State for several days. This will cause much suffering, and many domestic animals will inevitably die of cold and starvation. But the relief commission has plenty of means at command, and will get sup? <1 A 4 K ft /lia_ J.U1CS WUUUHU 1U UII1U LU lULLUUiOli tut tress unless the roads should bccome blockaded, which does not at present j seem probable. The Truth Abont tho Matter. | Spartanburg, S. C? Feb. 7.?Some wild rumors have been published, but they were exaggerations. For instance, it has been stated that the liabilities of the store would go as high as 830,000. Zimmerman's statement, before he began to sell out his stock, was that he owed about 810,000 and the goods in both stores were worth about 811,000. lie now states that the liabilies are between seven and eight thous ind dollars. some of the claims having been paid from the proceeds of L.is sales. That is about all that is known by the public in regard to the liabilities of the store. In the argument and affidavits submitted last nisht, it was adduced as one evidence of "fraud that Zimmerman had stated that he had sold the goods and that he had a thousand dollars in his pocket that he would like to see any of them get hold of. Another evidence of fraud was that the goods had been sold at night and hurried oil to the depot undercover of darkness. Meantime Zimmerman walks around with his Prince Albert coat on and nourishes a gold-headed cane and seems to be enjoying himself. W. Zimmerman is the son of a Meth-1 odist preacher, who died a year or two/ ago. lie had a fair education and, I think, attended the Normal College at Nashville a session or two. lie is now I f H-A /*?Ki n6ri SiAVOriil f iiicUiic?i anu iiao tn u uiiivuvu* ? v?. * * years ;igo he applied for license tc preach in the Methodist Church i and he was received as a licentiate and assigned to Cherokee circuit in this county, lie soon began to teach school and gave up preaching, J and his license has lapseJ, unless he has had it renewed from year to year. | He is a ready talker on the stump, and knows well how to appeal to the peo- J pie. It was by his speeches that he was , elected business agent of the County j Alliance. The farmers believed that a man who could talk so well and detail1 -11 ^1. 1 * l\ A I sin mt'ir Jiiuusnips was mc veijr uou to lead them out of the wilderness into the promised land, where monopolists, middle men, speculators, bankers and politicians would never be heard of. i lie made fancy pictures for them,i showing that the days of the old-time i merchant were numbered and that the Alliance .exchanges would do the business of the whole country. lie had no experience whatever in the mercantile business,and his clerks knew but iittle. It was to be expected that failure would come. The main question has not been vat irtiVh ic the liahilit.V of the County Alliance In thi> matter. The executive committee Is watching the proceedings closely and will be ready for a defence if they are sued.? Xews and Courier. lhe Silver Bill. AVa.siiiwtox, Feb.7.?The caucus of the Demecratic members of the House called for to-night at the suggestion of Representative Bland of Missouri was very slimly attended, only sixty-one members being present. Representative Holmes of Indiana presided and Blanchard of Louisiana and Wilson of West or.f o/J op orio? Tlwi Cll V??r \ 11 ?11U<1 VIC*JL AW. JL uv. bill was the sole topic of consideration. ! and after several resolutions hatl been j offered and withdrawn the following resolution, offered by Richardson of ; Tennesee. was unanimously adopted: Resolved, That it is the "sense of this caucus that the Senate silver bill, which | was referred by the House to the Com| inittee on Coinage. Weights and Measures nearly one month ago, being, in our opinion, an important public measure deserving due consideration by the I TT ?.A fkr. /.Ainmi'f. I UUUMT. v> IT V?ll licotlj ICVjUCOl Uic vvaiuiit' tee to which the same was referred to report it to the House without delay. The caucus then adjourned. A Fatal Holler Kxploslen. a vANXAH,Ga..Feb.(,t.-A boiler in Robert (iiles' steam saw mill on the Olioopee river, three miles south of Ileedsville, exploded this morning, killing six people, two white and four colored. The i m.'.ii was a large one ana was sawinj orj tiers for lumber firms in this city. The ! details of the disaster was meagre. The | lire under the boiler was kept "banked" j and everything was thought to be all I right when the "night watchman was re| lifcved by the fireman yesterday rnorni ing, but as soon as the latter opened the "injector" the boiler exploded with terri'ic force, destroying the building and killing or wounding- everv person near 1 it, and setting lire to "the debris. : .1. I). Barry, ay ho operates a sawmill at j Manassas." on the Savannah and AVestI ern railway, ten miles from the scene of ; the disaster, and who brought the news to this city, said that the noise of the 11 explosion was heard distinctly at his 1! place and live miles beyond.?Augusta 1 Chronicle. ENr03l!>El) AL!\ K, iTHRrLLWG SITUATION OF THREE \ MINERS IN A COAL MINE. Kescsseii in :tc Almost Kxhauslett Conili- j ! I lion frcni Tlieir Due ilumlrcd m:<J I-'Jf- j leeu Hours' Imprisonment?Two of j j Them <io Crazy. WlLLKESBAKIiE, Pa., Feb., 9.?Ia- i j tence jov and excitement prevails in the j . . . I little hatalet of Grand Tunnel this morn-; j ing over the rescue there of the en- j J tombed miners imprisoned by water j i rushing into the gangways and breasts of the Susquehannah Company's colliery at that place ou Wednesday of last week. After firing the blast, since the men were lost, experienced miners declared their rescue alive an impossibility and they were practically given up and the whole community was in mourning over their supposed sad fate. The names of the men were Michael chwl bank, William t'ragei sn'! <joiui iuueci, all well known miners. They were found y.liyc in the upper workings near the outcrop, the water being unable to reach them after they managed to get out of its way when it was rushing through the mine. The company's employees had exhausted every effort to get the water out, and by pressing into service mammoth pumps were able to lower the water sufficiently to let the rescuing party in this morning. The men were found iu an almost exhausted condition from their one hundred and fifty hours' imprisonment. It *511 require carc to bring them through. Their sufferings have beeu intense but they were buoyed by the hope of being rescued, and the outcrop workings beinir fo!rU- w-f>ii vpni stated thev were able to secure enough pure air to keep them alive. The immense pumps used to clear the water from the inundated portion were run to their utmost capacity and during last night the water receded very much. When sulliciently low this morning a raft was constructed and on this a rescuing party managed to get through tiie gangways. At a point in the vein where the coal had a pitch of 40 degrees, the raft was turned into a crass heading aud thr> mm were found up above the water. sittiusr on cross timber whither they had gone immediately after they discovered the water coming mupon them on Wednesday. Before they had advanced many steps water was up to their necks and they were carried along by its force. Being aware of the pitch In the vein they happily selected the only point in the workings where they coufd have gone in safety and perched themselves on the timber high above the flood. Their only lamp lasted three hours, and from about C o'clock Wednesday they sat on this timber in total darkness without a morsel to eat until their rescue this morning. Two of them became "J ~ *1^ rrrrtcfnfif CT RZCU lib UUIW5 UUU trim tiiv difficulty their single campanion managed to keep them from leaving the crossheading during the long weary hours that intervened. Their position was beyond all description, and but for the knowledge that their liberated companions in the mine would do everything to reach them, the men would have given up in despair. Intense excitement prevails and the company is praised on every hand for the exhaustive measures they took to rescue the unfortunate men. The story of the escape of the miners is a remarkable one. After they had reached a point of comparative safety from the flood they found that only a slender piece of wood served to keep back tons of loose coal, that had fallen into the mouth or head of the cross cut. j When they found the inclined cut in the vein and climbed up its almost perpendicular passage they managed to press into service a piece of loose timber which they had picked up in their hasty retreat, ^nd this they placed across the opening ol the tunnel, and, after getting it safely lodged, climbed upon it for seats. The men then found that their feet rested in ; the water below them, but soon alter de- < termined from the gurgling sound that it had gained the highest altitude it could. There they were sitting on a slender ?: ~~1 KrvT* fin-on incline wirlp fnr < piCCC <J1 IU11UCL Ullvv .. ? ~ - - over four days. Behind them was an | immense body of coal held in place by a small "prog," and fearing to dislodge it the men dared not even rest against it., 13y changing.the oil in their lamps and economizing they were enabled to keep light a few hours, but this supply had an end. and after a short time they were compelled to sit in absolute darkness i with hardly enough room to hold themselves in an upright position. John llineer, the most experienced of the miners, and an employee of many years in the : colliery, was able to keep his head In their long imprisonment, but both Craget and Shelbank at times became crazed. Craget Imagined he saw a mine car and jumped down into the water to run to stop it. lie was rescued and got back > - * - 1? CU.lUnnlr n-oQ on me percu uy iviucui. ou&iuaun ???? more easily managed although he was sobbing considerably. Wednesday night passed and Thursday came, and then the mec lost track of time. The first welcome sound reaching , their ears was the "plunk" of the pump, ; and then the men knew that active work had commenced towards their rescue. But while this welcome sound reached their cars the men were almost overcome by the dreaded sound of the working of coal and the loose particles held in check behiDd them. The creaking sound showed that the coal was becom mg loosened and every moment uiej | expected a slide of coal which would envelope them and carry them into the low?r part cf the cross heading. By gradually throwing away the loosened pieces they kept the opening clear and so lingered and waited, listening to the sounds of working of the rescuing party. And while they sattlnre in the cold they rubbed one another, and adopted every method they could conceive to keep warm. The first communication with the imprisoned men was had at 3 o'clock this morning, and at 5 o'clock the wator had lowered so they could be taken out - rv mt i one Dy one on a rait, xnuj wuru wrapped in blankets and given warm milk as their lirst refreshment and then i carried home. They will have to live j on beet' tea for a few days, but will then | be ail right. Victims of the Bllr.mrd. ! Katid City, S. I)., Feb. 0.?The | blizzard wore Itself out during last night, and with line weather and the arrival of ranchers and stages from outlying points, I roimrt? nfifs rnsnfllt.ins are cominir in. } A man and woman, supposed to be a i school teacher and a driver, wh ) started j for Elk Creek at 3 P. M. on Saturday, [ were found four miles from the city j frozen to death. Ail the roads are blocked. Few people ventured abroad on Saturday and Sunday, and the two bodies found are probably the only I deaths. Xo loss of stock yet reported. IiI*hoi> \cvrm*B Denounced. Xew Orleans. Feb. it.?At the Afrij can Methodist Conference at Tangipa! hoa yesterday, Bishop (irant made a I spuare attack on Bishop Xewman of j the Methodist Episcopal Church who \ iCUClltXJ ^UUHVU-J tv l-lio that great immorality existed among the colored clergy. Bishop Grant pronounced the charge unfounded and denounced Bishop Xewraan for bearing false witness. STAVING OFF FREE SILVER. I TJu- Cviclont J'urpo>e of tlift ;louse* Coin:??*? Oos-iiinliftf*". WAN)HX?'iTO.K. February -A. d??lf-! iration ;>! <jiVici'Ts of tho Fanners Slate I Ailriruns low in session in this city, j hcaclfl by President 1'oiic, of liio X;i- ! tional Alliances, awaited the opening ! of the hearing of the House coinage i committee this morning. Mr. Folk i stated their purpose to be to urge! prompt action on the silver bill by the j committee, so that action might be had j by the House. The old difficulty as to when hearings j should cease was immediately eneoun- j tered. Mr. l>land wanted a day fixed. | Mr. Vaux thought that nothing should Ko (ifinc wl:i>h urnuhl nrevent a hear- i ingr being given to the Philadelphia board of trade next Wednesday, and Mr. Bland moved that hearings should cease on that day. The question went over for a time, and Mr. James Milliken spoke ir favor of making silver in J subsidiary join of propotionate value to that in'the silver dolla1-. John M. Forbes, of IVew York, who is engage^ ir> China and India trade, s0.'.?. he did not desire to argue the question of free coinage, but merelv to present some facts as to what he believed would result from an increase of the value of silver to 1.29. All our exchanges in silver-using countries, he said, were governed by the gold value of silver in London. To his mind nothing would so greatly stimulate business a rise In silver. The present uncertainly, however, was having an injurious "effect. lie did not believe silver would flow here from silver-using countries if we opened our mints without limit, because currency was always the last thing exported. War or some other such abnormal cause was the only thing which would cause this. Mr. Bland then moved that the hearin 2s close on Thursday of next week UL WUU tuuatl J xvyi uvuvu. Mr. Williams, seeing that thpre was a majority xgainst Mr. Bland's motion, moved a substitute providing lor hearings to-morrow and the first four days ot nrxt week, after which a vote should betaken. He called attention to the fact that this would give five hearings, while under Mr. Walker's proposition there would be six hearings only from now until within less than two weeks of the close of the session. On a yea and nay vote an amendment limiting meeting days to three per week, proposed by Mr. Walker to Mr. Williams's motion, was adopted by vote of seven to five. Mr. Wilcox voting with the free coinage men and Mr. Wickham,the chairman, against them. Twelve o'clock having arrived, there was no opportunity to vote on the amended proposition, and by unanimous consent the committee adjourned until to-morrow. Council of Stat# Alllanoe*, "r T."* aI, cl aaiimaII \Y ASIIiriUM'U-M, x eu. u.? x nc wuuui of presidents of the "Farmers' State Alliances, which has been in session several days, has finished its work and adjourned, subject to the call of the president. At the meeting to-day Frank McGratli, president of the Kansas State Alliance, who is a member of the council, rose to a question of personal privilege. IIq Toforrof) a nilTOOrtinff tO Alt' iUitiiV/U wv l? AVVVVA >?. J~ ? 0 have been written by Congressman Turner, of Kansas, to him, in which the former is alleged to say in effect that in case Senator Ingalls could not be reelected the Senator from Kansas, and the time came when the Alliance could not agree upon a candidate for Senator that he (Turner) would like to have his name considered, and that he could, in case his election was secured, place as much as 85,000 toward paying the expenses. McGrath said his enemies and political rivals had made this letter a pretext for bitter warfare upon him. which had continued notwithstanding the fact that he had been exonerated by the State boaid of trustees of the State Alliance of Kansas. He thought therefore, that the matter should be investigated uy conncn anu tie requested the president to appoint a committee to make a thorough investigation of the matter and report the result to council. In accordance with the above request, President Polk appointed A. E. Cole, of Michigan; Elias Carr, of Xorth Carolina, and Samuel Houston, of Virginia, a committee to make an investigation. The committee subsequently reported entirely exonerating Mc( irath. The following is a standing national legislative committee appointed to-day to formulate bills based upon the demands of the Ocala Conference: L. L. Polk.'rpresident of council; A. E. Cole, of Michigan, and U. S. Ilall of Missouri. A resolution was adopted providing for the formation of an Alliance press bureau of information at "Washington, to be under the supervision of a national president. Home Folks In Wasm us;ton. Washington*, Feoruary 5.?J. William Stokes, president of the South Carolina State Alliance and Congressmanelect Stackhouse are here to represent South Carolina at the conference of the National Farmers' Alliance. They are to be joined by Senator-elect Irby and Cap Shell. Mr. Stokes was with the Alliance delegation before the commit1 ? ? r>rw7 n-otrrh+c and LUU UI1 (uiu u ure to-day to urge the passage of the silver bill. In conversation with your correspondent Mr. Stokes said that the Alliance expects Congress to pass the silver bill and the sub-treasury bill before adjournment, but he has no assurances that his expectations will be realized. lie save tliat the Alliance is not here to try and intimidate Congress, but simply to voice the sentimeuts of nearly 2,000,000 free men 'ind voters, who honestly believe their constitutional rights have been disregarded in the interest of capitalists and monopolists. The Alliance, says Mr. Stokes, will be under the influence of no political party, but will maintain an independent attitude on partisan questions, and work unceasingly to advance the principles upon which the Alliance is founded. He belives the Alliance will make deep inroads into both political parties, especially in the South and West. He predicts for it a great and glorious future. Senator-elect lrby, accompanied by his daughter and Capt Shell, arrived in the city to-night. The Senator and Miss lrby will go to Annapolis to-morrow to visit relatives, aud the latter will remain there while the Senator will re? U'ooliiniflnn in flin nftfirnnrm. LLiL 11 LV ?T (40"iu3tvu *?* lie proposes to attend the conference, now in progress here, of Farmer^' Alliance leaders, aud may remain in Washington two or three weeks.?Xcws and Courier. Killed in a Prize *'i?ht. Seattle, Wash., Feb. 7.?Last night .jonn snanerana \\ miam .uogie iougut a seven round contest in the theatre. Shaffer was knocked out in the seventh round and never regained consciousness. He died to-day. ])ogle escaped but the proprietor of the theatre was arrested. St. Hilaiiie must be a mighty^^u^ man, now that he has finished kH little thirty-five volume translatB Aristotle, and will be much m3 when he has an assurance thatM body has read it and survived it.fl His Conscience I*rick?-<1 Him. \Va>iii:<.;T'?n. !Yk i:! !'!iv iar.-'v.-t | contribution I j Ll;o . t sciencc fund" h? the tr--n=ury d? p:>n.- j nient was received a lew days ago. Jt w:;s :l check fcr ir")<ft.0,1 lie- amount f.-r ! which Charles Emmons. an employe e?.?f ; the Xew York nostoiii-.v. defaulted !:i ' isS><, with interest toiiau*. The "contribution * was sent by an old time telegraph operator, who had by | withholding a message aided Emmons > to escape. Ilisnaraeisn-ligiously willi- i held. In his letter the gentleman states that in 1 Ss?? he was a passenger on the steamship "Ilenry Chauncy" from N^w York to San Francisco, fie was going ?5*1. ii.. / .? i to accepi a position ran uiu * <iiuu:iu<i i Telegraph Company. During the voy-1 age he became acquainted with Charles ; Edmund Hastings, and a fast friendship ! grew up between them. Upon their ar- j rival in S?.n Francisco they put up at | the same hotel, and occupied adjoining | rooms. The next day lie reported for duty. I and among the dispatches he received was one from Washington directing San Francisco ollicials to keep a lookout for Emmons, and stated on what charge he was wanted and a diseription of the fugitive. "The diseription of Emmons tallied pvar-Mv with that of mv friend Has tings" he writes, ;'and on the impulse of the moment 1 slipped the message into my pocket. When I returned to the hotel I handed it to Hastings and asked him to read it. He confessed everything." it was the old story. Emmons had sunk every dollar lie posessed in speculation, and then used the funds of the post ollice until detection stared him in the face. lie started for Xew Orleans, but returned to New York and embarked for California. "While search was being made for him in the South he was rapidly steaming away to the Pacific Slope. "He begged me," the letter goes on. "not to betray him, and promised that, under a new name and in a new country he would begin life over, and in a few years make good the government's loss. I promised silence, and he disappeared that night." But Kmmon3 died soon after, and his friend, who is now well-to-do, has de tided to make good the peculation In which he deems himself an indirect accomplice. Carried Out l>y JJrlttlnj; Ic*. Bay City, Mich., Feb. C.?Much excitement prevails here concerning the report tliat many lishermen have drifted into Lake Huron on an ice Held carried out of Saginaw bay by a strong souih wind. The lishing village is about fifteen miles northeast of this city and live miles from land. It is estimated that 200 men were engaged in spearing fish and ihe first reports were to the etl'ect that all j were lost. Toward evening several of the fishermen reached Essexville. a suburb of this city, and reported that the most of their companions reached shore in safety. The best authority obtainable places the number of castaways at from twenty to fifty. Those acquainted with the situation say they will reach shore before me icc passes uulsuiu ui uuj. In case they do not, there is no hope of j their beitii^ rescued. The story of the disaster, so fur as j known, is that during the night the wind had driven the ice out toward the lake, j taking with it all the fishermen who were on the floes in their shanties, numbering 200 men. They were distributed all over the bay for miles. Relatives of the lost men went to the light house at the mouth of the river aud with marine glasses were unable to see anything but open water. Later a man proceeded to Oak Grove, on the bay shore, and from an elevation I looked through marine "lassos. but could | O --J get no trace of the ice. A party of men went out a short time later on an ice boat to the point where the crack occurred, and thought they could see the floating ice four miles north. Six of the lost men managed to get ashore twelve miles east of the river, having been on the eastern portion of the ice. Dennis Bonnete, who had his house on the ice, says he thinks about twenty men got ashore 011 the east side of the bay, near Big creek. The others wiil escape !f the seas, which are running mountain high, do not break up the ice. To the Womtn of Carolina. \"kw York. Februarv 12.?To the "Daughters of the Revolution:" A general meeting of the "Daughters of the American Revolution" is to be held in Washington, Monday, the 23d of February, as Washington's birthday, the 22d, (which is set apart as the day for the annual meeting.) falls on Sunday this year. At this meeting a report from each Stale regent is expected, telling what has been done in hsr State. The time is short, but I beg that the daughters of Carolina be up and doing, and not have the report from their State fall short on the others. There is too much in nnr h JLB VUlULiUUrtl y uiuuu 1U v/ui U?..?v wv have it occupy an inferior position and 1 trust that the descendants of those noble ancestors may assist me in bringing it to the front. I desire to be put in communication with some influential lady, young or old, in each county, who apart from her revolutionary lineage has executive ability enough to organize chapters in the different towns and villages in the .Stat e. As organizing regent I will forward to all such blank forms of application, which, when tilled, should be returned to me for signature, arid these, with the invitation and yearly fees, shall be forwarded to Washington. I should also like these ladles to make them selves acquainted with the locations and condition of Revolutionary patri ots' graves in me .>tate ana report uie same to me. With implicit faith in the patriotism of my countrywomen, 1 remain faithfully, Georgia Moore de Foutaine, Kejrent for South Carolina. 202 W. 103d streec, New York. Called to His Reward Aiken. S.C., Feb. 12.?The Iiev. Basil (r. Jones, an aged superanuated member of the South Carolina Conference of the Southern Methodist Church, died at his home at Talatha. in Aiken County, this morning at i>.3"> o'clock. Mr. Jones had been suffering for several weeks from a complication of diseases of trie kidneys and bowels, lie had been a preacher in his Conference for thirty- ] seven years, and was placed on the re- j tired list four years ago. lie was a man | of unusual intellectual force, and had j i .,,.^+ ,,1 f!,o of liic liirrh UKtrii vci> lucuu in en*, . calling. "lie is sincerely mourned by a large circle of friends here in Aiken County, where he died, and his death will awaken tender emotion throughout the State where he was known. Bc.riie<l to Death in a Jail. Fnr.\i:'s Point, Miss., Feb. 8.?The arlarm of lire called nearly tlfe whole i town early Sunday morning to lind the j town jail in llam'es and the prisoners j shrieking for aid. The marshal, who j had the key lived some distance from ! the jail and before his arnvaluT^m^ oners were beyond human aid. 'Jlkis il morning only charred heaps of biffin were found. The prisoners werjdH negroes, who were confined charges. They startedtheih^H to burn do escap^^H A ConftMl^riite 1'unUieoii. il:-. ii,*iV.\. F-?bri;avv 12. -A A;.S" .l.-J.i-. - S . if.*: In r^fer- * i i.:<: :;*-s v~ vhtrh the lute : "WhiV 2?;f i'itr Ccnfi'tse-.U'y is I i.y ::?# A>s ' :iJ j.?;i ;?r. ? v.ilwn ..i iVi!er.He \::ion* . It.cT he ?:ij S" "In i*??r the ; T.IVsvk :irif! M iKiMlin ' we should hasten slowij: consult, dis- ; cuss aDcl brin? our actions to a perfect ; end it'possible. It would be a pity, after ail is done, to be worried with the | sight of some glaring fault?some conspicuous lack of symetrv and completeness. A single llaw in art is often fatal. As Mrs. Davis c.tn hardly withhold her sanction to the removal of his remain* to Richmond to r?st, where his greater energies were brought into j constant and increasing effort, it seems i to ine that they ought to be deposited in the house where he liven. Let him be placed like Lee m Lexington, with a recumbent or erect marble statue, and I,.* K,/\f fn/.tN ?vw*vt .?c? 1 Ahnef-An itrt Lilt; uudio ui oulu un n r*o tjsjiiixoivu, i Longstreet, .Stuart, Hill, etc., surround i him, using special care to leave space! for 'Our Fitz,' and if Jus Cabinet might i be on the inner circle near him the tout ensemble would be complete. And it might be said: On Fame's eternal camping ground j Their silent statues rise, And point to glory and renown And mansions in the skies. "Let it all be done in a style worthy of a great people and of the principles t for which we ventured and lost all?the [ principles which actuated ourforefath-1 ers. Our posterity w.iuld honor us for \ this evidence of our gratitude and ap- j preciation und^r the sere trials and impediments now sought to be imposed by conspirators against the national welfare, and o'ir present enemies will, though grudgingly, accord a due meed of praise. "An addition to the rear might be made as a receptac'e for relics, and some grand, unique design in the front a large pavilion, like that of Clay on the Square, with allegorical figures and 'Our Liberty' in the centre?pointing to the cardinal truths of the Constitution, engraved in marble, for which we fought and bled and died, and on which we .still insist. "This beirig a Southern aft'aii it should be done with Southern material and native talent, of which we have an abundance/* A Uad Stsite of Attain*. Darlington, S. C., Feb. 7.?On Saturday afternoon last Mrs. Law, who has made a most excellent official, turned the postotlice over to her Radical successor, J\Ir. Gatlin, a very old and illiterate white wan, with only negro bondsmen?a straw bond. That night he was totally incapable, with the assistance of his son. of even putting the letters in the general delivery boxes, the alphabet apparently being j .Sanscrit to them. Sunday, and indeed, ever since, in despite of the postal laws and regulations, dozens of people have | been allowed to overhaul the mail, registered letters as well, and take what they claimed for themselves and friends, and indeed only in this way has even a partial delivery of letters been made. Registered letters have been found on the tloor, trampled out of recognition almost, and newspapers were knee I ^ I 1 Tf TTAII Qol'6/1 I I urcp C*li U?Cl LiiC IIUV1* 11 ;vw uwtwu 1for stamps you were told to help yourself and pay for them. If you wanted j a money order you were told they had no time for "them things." None of those in the oflice could work the combination to the safe to get out stamps when the drawn supply was exhausted, although Mrs. Law, escorted by a gentleman, had several times gone" to the oflice and tried to explain the combination to father and son. Even this I morning, the writer in asking for his papers, was told, ''You can't get them, wouldn't know where to commence to look, haven't touched the papers yet," and ihis is Wednesday, the fourth day since they took possession of the oilice. And all this, too, in spite of the f'.:-t that willing hands, both white and colored, have re-sorted all the letters in thp hnvp< sn ns nt least to fret them al phabeticaily arranged. Should not Mr. MansllelJ, thief clerk of this postal division, look after this oftice in person, and at once, before valuable letters are lost or srolen ? Death on the Kail. Augusta, Ga., February, 5.?Mr. James P. Boyce, generally known as "I)oc,'' died at*2 o'clock this morning, in Waynesboro, from injuries received' in an accident on the Central llailroad yesterday morning-. Mr. Boyce was conductor ot the freight train that was telescoped bv the Tuesday night passenger train from Augusta at Green s cut, twenty-five miles "below here, but was not injured in the wreck. lie wjfl? hurt three hours afterwards at the scene of the wreck in coupling a box i?a T T nloi hot CUI LU ci lUUUlliUtl V C*. Ait littiiuvu. VU(4U the bar caught him, which badly bruised his hip. Mr. Boyce did not complain of his injuries much, but got on an engine and was carried to Waynesboro1 eleven miles off. for medical treatment, lie was taken to the home of Mr. Hunter and was visited by Dr. McMaster, of Waynesboro, the surgeon of the road, who did not think Mr. I Joyce seriously injured or that he had received internal injuries. All yesterday Mr. Boyce seemed to be improving, and Superintendant Averill says he was never more greatly surprised than when he received a telegram at 1 o'clock this morning announcing Mr. Boyce's death, which occurred at '2 o'clock. The ne#s of the death was a shock to the young (nan's family. The remains were brought to Augusta this morning, and will be buried at 11.30 o'clock to-morrow. Conductor Boyee was the second son of Ex-Postmaster Boyee. lie was about 2S years old and single. An Alabama Cyclone. Birmingham, Feb. 13.?The cyclone which struck the town of Helena, Ala., late Monday afternoon did much more damage than was at lirst supposed. It passed across two counties and into a third before its force was spent, and at every point along its path yet heard from great damage was done. More than twenty people are known to have been injured, and some of them fatally. The lirst town struck by the cyclone was Coaling, Tuscaloosa county, a small place on the Alabama Great Southern railroad. There the roof was taken olT the depot, and the telegraph operator was left sitting at his desk unharmed. ~ <- * ,roo llfta I I llie Iiuuae ui .ju;m v/?cii i? in twenty feet ofl' the ground and dashed topieces. Owen, his wife and live children were injured, the former perhaps fatally. At Helena, a number of buildings were blown down, and others unroofed. Four persons were dangerously hurt. The path of the cyclone east of Helena was through the country away from railroads, and the extent of the damage is unknown. The tail-end of it struck the town of Talladega, where a few houses were blown down and others ' unroofed. The telegraph lines suffered great damage. Smallpox All Over Texas. (iKEKXvilli:, S. Feb. ? .?T. A. Honour, Jr., of (Jreenville, a traveling agent for several houses, has returned j from a trip to Texas. His experience ! there was rather unpleasant. He went to Houston, Texas, and found that there were a large number of cases of smallpox in that city. He decided to leave at once for some "of the smaller towns, but he found that all the towns and cities free .from the disease had quarantined rains t Houston and would allow no to oil'. Xo ob j^assen.crers fretting Antonio jj^fej^ilso I>?? You Ktu?w Hon it l-Wls? . i-, y I;:-.- r- T'": - *S lh-.t '.ii.fi. "j > ' -n. s .:-V T.' .'l ?x<vpt her ?'.:* i'XixJ&r-."' if >W C-ir.'iv'ri thft iif-W- J ?iVr:\ ?.;? '.(> : iif.W H [> V tV i . >r v ' :! it"> t-T;-ihi>\ ir i,- availing ?:; ! 'he *-x?ki>ui:;liug ??," ;;r.ki.\ kiicr*. elijo.v ;:nu shoulder. just h-> ii each point was :i bundle oi irritated tiers'cs. each one Sf-emintT'.y i>eut on giving more pain t-haa other, i-nying , awake all night longing for daylight, aching too severely to sleep, applying liniment every half hotir to tein porariJy relieve t:;e agony. Pray- J ;ug. cursing, turning, twisting, but no ease. nc comfort. What is it that causes rheumatismV Ah, there area! thousand causes. What is it that cures rheumatism ? Thank God, there is at j least one cure. It is called B. 15. B, or j Botanic Blood Balm. It has cured | more cases of rheumatism than any [ other known remedy. Try it. Do not j sull'er longer. J. II. Laing, Dawson, Ga., writes: "1! sullered with rheumatism in my shoul- j ders and general debility. Five hot-j TIPS i>. Jj. J>. lIUpiUVCU UJJr iicaiiu rtiju i the rheumatism left me." J. 1\ Davis, Atlanta, Ga,(West Lad), writes: "L consider that 13. 13. 13. has j permanently cured ma of rheumatism j and sciatica." .Jacob F. Spencler, Newman, G&., I writes: "1>. 13. 13. entir#ty cured me of rheumatism In my shoulders. I used six bottles." One Thousand Drowned. San* Francisco, Feb. A letter from Shanghai gives details of terrible fioods and famine which have prevailed recently in the interior districts o; Northern China. The Governor-Ceneral of Li-1 lingChang reports that the people ofSehuan have suffered terribly by.iloods, which destroyed temples, bridges ana city | wails in no less than ten districts. In j Wen-Oman the loss of life will reach fully 1.000. Immediately following the iloods at Pai-Chang a fire broke out and destroyed thirty-five houses. In three other places houses were burned to the number of 200. The suffering among the poor is terrible. The roads everywhere are dillicult of passage, and crowds of starving wretches are on their way to Shanghai. Corn and millet are selling at the fairs along the great road to Pactin and San-Si at exactly double the price of one year ago. Kaoliang stalks for fuel cannot be had at any price, and for building purposes they bring SO cash (4 cents) per stalk. Cotton, one of the staple preducts near C!'on-Con. is an entire failure this year, thus bringing up the price beyond the purchase of the poor. The Cotton 0rop Mov?m?at. New Oklkaxs, Feb. G?The cotton crop statement from September 1 to February 0, inclusive, shows: Fort receipts 5,399,049 bales', against 5,072.23$ last year; overland to mills and Canada 807,790, against 704,824; interior stock in excess to September 1, 429,070, against 288,004; Southern mill takings 312,200, against 311,840; amount otcrcp orougnt into sight during 159 cays (5,949,781, against (5,438,260; Northern spinners takings and Canada 1,500,393 against 1,518,074; stocks at the ports and interior towns have fallen during the week 02,871, against decrease for the same time last year of 17.022; they are now 315,<>48 bales larger than on February 6 of last year; amount of crop brought into sight for week 195,372, against l!>7,089; brought into sight for lirst six days of February 135,373, against 144,004 last year. A Kapubllcan Threat. Washington", Feb. 7.?The Democrats held, a caucus to-night on the silver question, and Representative Walker is urging upon the Republicans the advisability of doing the same early next week * The Star to-night says it is threatened by the Republicans of'the House that if the Senate attach the free coinage amendment to any appropriation bill, they will amend it by putting on the force bill as a rider. If this was done and the bill sent to the President, it is said that he would probably sign a conglomerate bill, taking free coinage rather than veto the appropriation bill and the force bills. This may deter the Democrats from entering upon the plan of putting free coinage on an appropriation bill. mlltojf, Fla. This to certify that I have been af llicted with bcroruia. or Jiioou roisou, for a number of years. The best physicians of Mobile anil this city said nothing could be done for me. * I also took a large quantity of , but found no relief in anything that I took. My limbs were a mass of ulcers, and when I was sent to a physician in Mobile my entire body was a mass of sores. I had given up all hope, and as a last resort trir.d P. P. P. (Prickly Ash, Poke ltoot and Potassium), and" after using four bottles (small size) the sores have entirely disappeared, and my general health was*never better than at the present ttnie, and people that know me think it a wonderful cure. Respectfully, Eliza Todd. Pianos aad Organs. X. \Y. Trump, 134 Main Street, Columbia, S. C., sells fianos and Organs, direct from factory. Xo agents'commissions. The celebrated Chickering i'iano. Mathushek Piano, celebrated for its clearness of tone, lightness of touch and lasting qualities. Mason & Hamlin Upright Piano. Sterling Upright Pianos, from $225 up. Mason & llamlin Organs surpassed by ncne. Sterling Organ?,650 up. Every Instrument guaranteed for six years. Fifteen days' trial, expenses both ways, if not satisfactory. Sold on Instalments. The Philadelphia Times says Sena-J tor Dawes is one of t.he nicest old ladies] in Cangress, and when Deacon Hoar re- [ fers to him as "mv distinguished col- j league from the old" Pay State,'' he feels j as full of importance as a bantam lien trying to hatch out a big nest of turkey eggs. A complete liedraom Suit for Siti.50 j freight paid to your depot. Send for | Catalogue. Address L. F. Padgett, j Augusta, Ga. ToLLEGE FOR fOMffi '| <? 1.1:31152.4, 9. C. Tliis Cwllejje and Institute for Women f and Girls opened October 1 under anspices j more favorable than its most sanguine j friends hoDed for. The grounds, buildings, ; appointments and furnishings are unequal-iled among boarding schools in the South. The historic old Hampton or Preston place was bought, the mansion repaired and rested, a larger and finer building constructed for the chapel, domitories and recitation i rooms. A corps of teachers unexcelled in j ability and experience is now teaching in the College. From the 1st of January to > 1st of February offers a convenient time fox ; new pupils to enter, who are charged only j from date of entrance. For terms, &c., address the President, the REV. WM. II. ATKINSON, S Columbia S. C. i HsOIiiiwr I catalogue. Sfafigs&iv: lle> Ttv.s 4 csscr"T?' *"rLv^v-"V5 v.s ?j-rr3y* p;Jppf| P|^i> ffis ^pn^rljj ? |pg St .: .- : . : : - out nil ct.';:ipoiiuo.:, 3 '] gLLELiE ARE A FEW QV 'i\ STAilT-J |i LI ND.^ iiOA I .> S rj jfl ? A So. 7 Fiat top Ookinjr Stove, fulij isize, 15x17 inch oven, fit with21 piecesg j cot' ware, delivered a; your own depot,! . f pall freight chargvs by me, fori gronly Twelve Dollars. ;j * r Ajraht, 1 will se;! y >u a 5 liole Cooking* t Ponrro 1 Vvl invv.r- 1 : iiv.b tf)?y fit-"3 ftsd with 21 pieces of ware, for THIR- ? 'TEEN DOLLARS, a.id pay :he freight to 3 tvour a'-pot. 3 ?DO NOT pat two I'RICSS FORI h tour goods. 8 I will send yoa a nice p'nsh Parlor suit,3 gwaluut frame, either in combination or" fcbanded, the most stylish colors for 33.50,$ ?to your jailroad station, freight paid. ] it h 1 will abosell you a nice Ledromos uitg fj frconsisting of hi with glass, l lilgha jm ?liead Bedstead, 1 Vra?hstu;;d, 1 Centres ^table, * cane seat chairs, l < .uie .-eat anci| jffl i.back rocker all for Id.50, and pay freight | U ?io your depot. 3 j Or I will send you an elegant Bedrooma 5*uit with large glass, lull m uble top, for3 J jjfe.'JO, and pay freight. a gNice window shade on snrint: roller ? 40g j?legant large walnut s day clock, 4.001 , JWalnut lounge, " 7.00a 2 ?Lace curtains per window, 1.003 | 1 cannot describe ererythius in a small| giiuveiu^ciiitrai, uut *;<-?> c ?\u imukizixw ovuiv; gcoaiaiuir.g 22,000 feet of fioo'r room, with aware houses and factory buildings in others Mparts of Augusta, making in ail the iar-ji Ogest business of this kind under one man-g il Sagenierit in the southern States. Tiie?t3 Bstoresand warehouses are crowded withg M |the choicest productions of the best facto s jiries. My catalogue containing illustrations H |of goods will be mailed if you will kind!} ^ gjsay where you saw this advertisement, i * gpay freight. Address, L. F, PADGETT. gProprietor fadgett's Furniture, Stovt e and Caroet Store, ?1110-1112 Broad street. AUGUSTA, GA fl^ttBZS^B325S^US9^^Z2SHK2Kl2fl53SSfl^Btt ' I itS JSS 1 -i I m Tl'HSD J j 1 m m w mm. | B fj3 I'. T. P. -xiil prjri'7 and rimlizo forzr i'.: So. >??.. crcat^a j-vKJaTipsti'-jand give your \J nvhole?ystcm rcae ant strength. fl '{ i A prominent railroad ruporintcBdentat 3? ^ vj Snvannah. suffering with >w}?ria,PysMp. lj A si.1. hnd Rheumatism sa; " ' r^Efj f3 ySj m P.P.P.beneverfelt>?.">v/.:'!fn hislife, ana B ?9 j-J feels tts if be could live forever, if be could JaJ v! J'yon aretin\l out St.*;}? * 33 ij CiC'Sj coufiueaent. taice Q -*H || i a e ^ M ':A If voii are fcelliHr hv'/ Lz tie ^rlrg ^ /j siid out of sorts, UiicO1 ? < flgj ri ? i ft i !> -j If rvjtdlzxXfta^zatZ&ZtoBios'Gp* If ' ? taka a is D 5 8 M * l . t . J . ii r >1 ? 53 If m suffer wtthhoa.Iiichc, isI^vStica, ^ '< dcbiLiy and \ceakaes.1', take sf I n> ? pi i. .1 r r a" ti -J 'I r.;3 If y-rj sirffer u-ith rortoSs r^ostAtun, U 3 nerves ur.Ptrnc^ ar:d a goBcrci L.*i dov.T g ij cf tke sysicux, toko .. . 1 D 0 D,? | 2 . 5 . f\ ? J( For "Hiaa-I r. zr *irral!S?? Scrof- B < ~ u!.% CM Sores. Chromic Female n; Complaints, lafco a - -|9 | p. p. p. I | Prickly Ash; ?ck3 Boot g | and Potassium. | 3 The best bloo.l in the vrorli 2 T.:?r::A.N Br.pR. '.vh.^esda Dr2ggfst3, j| *?; LrrrtUN's I>Lcci. fcfavaiiali, Ga. ? " r aut ajkj u WILL BE MADE OX | TALBOTT SON'S 1 ENGINES AND BOILERS. SPECIAL ESTIMATES ON SAW MILLS. C ORN * MILLS. PLANERS AND MACHINERY GENERALLY' J AT BOTTOJ1 J?"iy-LKIsa m V. 0, Bafiham, Sen. Agt, j tOLlMBIA, S, C- n Buy the Talbott Engine; it is tlie best. 1 COSPL!-)Ti: Gil>K FTPON THE MOST APPROVED U plans, with Suction Fan or Spiked Belt Seed Cotton Elevator furnished, competitive prices. \ COTTON* GINS and PRESSES of best makers. Thomas liay Kakes, Deering Mower, Curb in Harrows and Planet, Jr , Cultivators. A large stock or Portable and Stationary Ginning and Saw Mill Engines on hand. State Agents for , C. & CK COOPER & CO'S Corlis En- J| gines Lane Saw Mills and Liddell ComDany's complete line. i W. H. G115BES, Jr.. .& CO., A Xear Union Depot, * Columbia, s; C. BKAS> TjSK5*K~F I<SitJKR Farm Wagons, complete wi!h body etc. 2 3-4 in Thimble Skin* .S39.r0 ^ 3 in Thimble skin 4i.ca 3K in Thimble JSkin 42.00 18 One Horse "Wagons, *2i.ZV. Z2t';.Z0 sd<i ?2S,30. Warranted second to none. MB Write for Circular?. 9Hfl Buggies, Carriages, Road C irts, &e., at 10 per cent U'-?5 t'ian regular prices. Send Cata " ' jgn days in order to roduec stock--so order at once. HOLLER & ANDERSON JH xjVG'rY CO.. r.ocic u ILL. *. c, SB in writing mention this pa?*r. Jgg Suie ?rcprl:<cr% Lip^^nu?', ^c^. SaTgcah, Cv. ?% . : - ~ 1 -* ' :- ;"V M and Mr. Walker moved an amendment to fix Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday as the rrcular days of meeting, without any conclusion as to when they should close. This opened up the old fight, and Messrs. Walker and liland had another tilt, the former declaring it of importance thit there should be a lull consideration and a just comprehension of the question.even if the report were not made at all this session, and the latter insisting that the House should be.given an opportunity to pass 011 this question in order to meet the demand / ? * * /% rtAiinfrtr fnr OAflrtH