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f: ' . '1 i "vol .xlvii. winxsbojro, s c., wednesday, june1893. ~ no. 4?t I OUR PEOPLE'S HONOR TO THE REMAINS OF THE SOUTH'S DEAD CHIEF TAIN. All That 1m Mortal of Ex !'r*?'ilen! Davis LhWI to Rent? KJc wer* St r? wti Afoiigtlie List* ofM&scti l?y Loving \Y\ men aud vauurt7u. Richmond, Yd.. May 31.?ali lb at is mortal of Jefferson Davis now rests in Hollywood. The special tram .'rum .N'ew Orleans bearing the remains and I escort arrived here this morning. At the'iepot the First Kegimerit and the veterans lrom Lee ana Pickett Camps were drawn up to do honor to tne distinguished dead, while thousands of men, women anri children, some of whom had been w iiting for hours, testified their appreciation of the occasion tw the most respectful silence. As the cosset containing the body was re ^ moved to the hearse heads were un covered. The procession then proceeded, with the visiting escort of veterans from the various Southern States in the post of honor, to the State capiioi ouildintr. wnere the body was placed in state m the rotunda immediately in front ot the Senate chamber. THE GUAKD OK IIOXCK. Lee Ciinp performed the duty of j guard of honor. Here it remained until 3 o'clock, aud it is estimated tnat at least 25,000 people viewed the bier, indeed tne streaiu oi humanity poured thmiitth rh.a hjnlilinp' as lone as it was open to the public. During the hours set apart for the school children of the . public schools t>,000 of these alone inarched past, presenting a touching and beautiful sight as ihey dropped their floral offering at the foot of the casket. THE LINE OF MARCH. At 3;30 o'clock the body was removed to the caisson drawn oy six white horses caparisoned in black, and the line of niarch was tauen up for Hollywood. The houses along the line were almost without exception decorated in black and white. National. State and VXJUueuerace ua^s, iuc ian.ci i?icuuiur nating, were either floating to the f breeze or worked in the funeral colors. rThe streets along the route, yards and windows of dwellings were packed with people. Nothing of a tumul.uous or noisy character marked the day or progress of the cor'ege, while the scene was a most imposing one, though the whole city seemed to be in mourniog. The time set for the procession to nio^e was 3 o'clock, but there was a short delay in starting. First came General Jotm 1>. Gordon, chief marshal, and stafE or some fifty prominent Coniederate officers, then "the infantry under Col. Henry Jones, headed tbe line, followed by the artillery with three batteries under command of Major W. E. Simons: four troops of caval ry followed commanded by" Col. W. E. V/ickbam. They were'Le <tv."r: Horse Guards, Ashley Light Hor&e, Henrico, . Chesterheld and Albemarle troops. These were followed immediately by the catafalque, behind wmc& came the carriages iu which were seated Mrs. Jefferson Davis and Governor McKinuey. Miss Winnie Davis and Mayor EL 1?' Iysoc, and Mr. and Mrs. Ilayes. THE HONORARY PALL-BEARERS. Tht-se were followed by the honorary pall bearers in carriages: Governor 1>. K. Tillman of South Carolina, Elias Howe of North Carolina, Fruuk Drown "of Maryland, 1'. Turney of Tennessee, \V. A. McCorkle of West \'irginia, T. C. Jones, of Alabama, Generals J. A. Early, D. II. Maury, William II. 1'ayne, M. E. Laws, L. 6. Daker, Stepaen D. Lee. Harrv ileth. George H. Stuart, Major John W. Daniel, Senator K. C. Walthall, Messrs. Mosts Millhiser, M. A. Allen, Hugh IShiir, John It. i'urcell, P. 1\ Winston, A. N. JBufortl, Col. John T. Wood, Dr. John L>. McCaw, Col. E. P. Reeve, E. T. Glasgow. Otner distinguished personslollowed in carriages. One oi the carriages contained Bob Brown, James Jones and McGinniss, colored servants of the Davis family. Then followed the members ui iuc Jefferson Davis Mouument Association, officers of Ilu.ly o. uod, Oakwo' d and the Hebrew Mtun-n.il Assoc!a tions. Theoniv veteran orcan:/iti <n from Georgia, in the procession vv?s u.t- Con-1 federate Sarvivois Association of Angusta. This organization hul its colors along, the Cobb L-gion battle llitr. This rent and tattered ensign was cai ried in Richmond three yt-ars aeo at the unveiling of the Lee monument and gave to General Joseph E. JohuI ston on the succeeding day the k:>t salute he received Irom a battle tlag. The Augusta association sent.its adjutant to New Orleans to lay its wreatb upon the oier of i'rtsi.leiit Davis aud to ac I companv thr remaits to Richmond. General Withers also has the headB quarters tlag or General Morgan, b stained with blood. Then followed Driffadit-r General L Anil c? ofF Tl? rl^iauuri CiUV. O . C-i. Li . 1 ^?VV. W.vu was diviiltd into three sections and included all the military and civic societies that cdtne to the city to pay the last sad tribute to the dead chief. a pathway of flowers. As was expected would be ttie case, ? flowers were strewn along the route in B front of the catafalque a ad the sight m was indeed a beautiful one. Women W and little children performed a large part of this teature vi the parade. The bells of the city lolled while the I procession was in progress A immoer of old Coniederate battle il igs were borne in the procession while a number of ear ridges were tilled with towers. arrival at TilK ??kave. Arriving <;t the grave, the Uiilitary formea in tht avenue to the right ;>ve" looking the bluff. The veterans as st-mbltd in the avetsue to the left. The ladies auxiliary camps occupied the section Ea^t of the ?ra:e. The family of the dt-CKisul, pall bearer?, tscort ot honor, officers and oilieiating clergymen took places arouud the grave. IMPRESSIVE CEREMONIES. The ct':er organizations remained iu tneir respective positions until the services were over. As soon as everything was in readiness the Stonewall Band of Staunton playni trie funeral dirge composed by i'rot'. Jacob Rine hart. Rev. Wm. Muniord then read a selection ui' Scripture. Bishop Thompson, of Mississippi, was to have takeu part iu tne services, but he was unable to ccuie. Rev. Dr. \V. W. Lacdruui then read the hymn, "How lino a foun uatioo, wmcn was sung ov uie assem bly. At the close of the hyrun. Dr. Iloge l^^tepped forward and said: "J/-', us B^ay," aLd Dearly every head m the fe^sseniblage was t?owed. BEWku ok iiev. i?u ii< ffl^high, iucs*. ncly, most ^^\ly reverence? t' spirit bu 111 d Bg|^he past and the Bfc^jur, \\r invoke Uciiou. which beud KS Thy ; 'rovidence we ! crated place.! it is mortal of . s whose virtue! and valor gave lustre to our historic annals, and who at the call of duty having consecrated their lives tc the toils allotted to 'neni, died committing their souis to Goci and their memories to us who survive them. J>y Thy help. Lord God of truth and justice, we will be faithful to our trust. We will perpetuate the story of all I who by disinterested service and heroic ! sacriiice struggled to maintain the em pire of principle in the world, and who, with honor stainless and conscience inviclate, fulfilled their task. Now numbered among tbe immortal dead they still live enshrined in the souls of those who love them all the more'for what they suffered and who cherish their memories with uodying devotion. Accept our thanks, gracious Father, that we have accomplished the sacred I undertaking of giving to our honored j chief his appropriate restiac place j among thoss who shared witn him the | joys of victory ana the sadness or ueJ reat, who followed the banner, now forj ever furled, with a fortitude which no j reverse couid shate and which no disj aster could extinguish. | Here, ou this imperial hill, we have | laid him down beside the river whose waters sing their perpetual requiem, a ad amid the il >wers which speak of the resurrection of the just of the land I ? u ; w *./.??? .wifkAwn * v-? .1 offant i at>o WLUCIi liO'Cl VYl^UCl^ UUC wnich bloom in beauty and fragrance evermore. We look up from the open grave to the open heaven where Thou d03t live aud reign and where ail who have died in the true faith do live and reign with Thee iu glory everlasting. in this, the hour of their treshly awakened sorrow. 0 Father, must tender and loving, in the pientitude of Thy compassion remember and comfort thine hand-maiden and all dear to her. Thou husband of the widow and rattier or tne iataenes?, oe inou cneir strength, their song and their salvation. Lord God ol' Hosts! We beseech Thee to sustain and cheer the veteran survivors of the war, who with ever diminishing numbers and with ever increasing burdeDS of age an^ infirmity, await their final discharge and final re compense. Almighty God, author of peace and lover or concord, now that the sorrows and desolations of war have been for so many years exchanged for the blessings of" peace, may all animosities be buried in the grave, and may ail the inhabitants of tnis greit land, from North to South and from Fast to West, learn more and more to cherish the relations which unite them as children of one Father and as citizens of onecoun try. May mutual regard for each other's interests, happiness and rights become the noble law of national life. May freedom founded on justice and guarded by constitutional Uw, with religion pure and nndt hied .secure to our whole people a perpetual heritage of unity, prosperity and peace, to God most high will we give ail honor and glory, ever more. Amtn. Kev. vr. a. i>. uarion or -inorioik pronounced the benediction. Immediately after the benediction the caske: was lowered into the grave. After the bugle signal came the taps and the infantry tired salutes, which announced J that the services were over. The column then moved to Gettysburg Hill, where the annual memorial services of the Indies' Hollywood Association took place, which consisted of the decoration of the graves of 10,000 Confederate soldiers, aiter which prayer was offered and a hymn sung. Tne South Carolina meu carried j palm branches anil wore palmetto rosettes. The display of veterans was tin-1 doubtediy much greater than at the uuveiiing of the Lee monument, and never since the war have so many Con- j federate soldiers been seen in one body m Richmond. They marched in fours headed by mounted ollicers, and though swiftly and steadily -assuming the places assigned them, se> med to come in endless succession. Except tor the absence of muskets a: d swords, it was as if the Confederate armies were., on the march once more. As the veterans poured by the carri ;#e iq which Miss Winsie sat the tife and drum corps softly played the dead march. iJut when the'Maryland band ca'no up ihey played "Nearer My God, to Thee," aud the "Daughter of the Confederacy" burst iato tears and hid her l'ace in her handkerchief. When the military movement was complete, cofliu and open grave and family were surrounded by three solid walls of men. Outside of this triple circle was a dense crowd of thousands upon thousands. There were fewer military present than there were at the Lee monument unveilin? in 1S9C. but the number of i veterans was much greater and the [ popular outpouring or to-day perhaps equaled that of three years ago. The conservative estimate is that 70,000 people were on the streets and in He! ly wood Cemetery. Xo canopy of any description covered the casket. It stood out "in full view on the top of the caison with the sun shining brightly on the pulished oak and glittering brass. Except tor the wailing notes of the! bauds and the clatter of the horses' hoofs and the steady tramp of the marching men, not a sound was beard during the route. The profound respectful i-ilence which has bsen so marked a feature of tbe progress from New Orleans prevailed also iu Richmond. Th* grave was of unusual depth and size and in two vaults. It was carefully consrructed of brick a " lined at the u'eaj with the Confederate national tUg.at the foot with the battle tUg and on ihe sides with broad strips of red and white, Confederate colors. A broad and massive cowr of polished oak for the lower vault lay by the side of the grave and across it were stretched eight or ten lines of new webbing of red and white. Fourcarriages held the iloral offer mgs, everything ot this kiug vymcnuau rieen received from New Orleans to Richmond, though only a bunch of wild ilowers, having been carefully preserved and carriedout to the cemetery in carriages to be laid on the grave. When the exercises were over the infantry tired three volleys and the artil lery the Presidential salute of twentvone guns. Then the assemblage slow iy dispersed, the military marching oti', not to the usual lively air in returning from a fuoe/al. but to the notes of the dead march. A (itjoil M;m Ciaue. Timmons\ ille, S. C., May 30.?Kev. S. M. Richardson, *i Baptist minister well and widely kuown throughout the State, died here this afternoon at 4 o'clock, of pneumonia, after an illne&s of over two weeks. Perhaps no man in the State had a higher reputation for p\rity of character, deep Christianity er,,) <ftrn n riPftm Rrnmis ; :?V fidelity to duty. lie was an ardent and enthusiastic temperance worker, ! utterly tearless in the expression of his ! views,- and one of the leaders or' the [temperance movement in the State. I Mr. Richardson was a native ofSumI t*-r county, and in the liity-fifth year of his agre. He was a brother of Col. I John S. Richardson, of Sumter?State. ; THAT CONVICT GENU'S. i . JENKINS SHOWS HOW HE GOT OVER I THE WALLi ? A Hi/irrlmiii lint \V*B!!.J'lHnut<li 1'ont. [ " . llurjed Treasu re Wtiat II <5 \V??t Out to G?t--Hts Wonderful Story. Columbia, S. 0., May 27.?There is another chapter in the story of the escape ot Albert Jenkins, the red haired and crippled inventive convict genius of the South Carolina Penitentiary. it isthe concluding chapter of Jenkins' escape, which for its ingenuity and success has excited a kiad of admiration for the rascal. Jenkins, as was announced yesterday was captured at an early hour on Conductor Rabb's train at Leesville. The conductor took him 011 to Augusta and there place.l him in jail to await the arrival of the oenitentiary authorities. Capt. Allen of the penitentiary guard left on the earlj morning train for Augusta, saw the execution in the jail there and returned at 3.30 yesterday afternoon with his prisuoer. A corp of guards met him at the depot and he t-nrnoel TanL-ino nvflr rn them TliP prisoner was made to walk back to the penitentiary. Every one all along the route from Augusta hert) had heard uf Jenkins' remarkable escape and at each station they tiled in the car to take a look at the man. At the penitentiary there was quite a crowd of officials and newspaper men awaiting his return Jenkins did not seem to be downcast but was in rather a happy, joking humor. lie is a young man and is crippled, his back aad legs being so injured that he can hardly walk, and is a pitable sight when iu motion. He has a good and intelligent face. Ilis voice is son, aou aitogeuier mue men uui ui ten would pronounce hi in a very good negro It is only w hen in conversation that the sharpness and wit of t he fellow is tuade apparent, lie parries all questions propounded to biuiitke a stciJled lawyer. When the negro was brought in he wore what appeared to be a solid suit of clothes, looking as if they had belonged to some turpentine hand. He stood in the crowd inside the gate and with a broad smile on his face dolled his hat and saluted Col. Xeal when lie appeared. He had already told Capt. Allen how be had accomplished his esO y-? r? o n-rt nr nfhar tV?ir*vTG t" nlh ACL* KsCipt; auu v-liv. 1 w*v% 4>v ?? he managed to get over the" wall of the prison by means ot' a long iron rake, which, after he had U3ed it, he had throwa into the canal just he-low the coffer dam, Capt Allen ordert-d the sergeant to take a detail and carry the fellow around to the canal to hnd the implement referred to. Jenkins took off his shoes, waded out into the water and had no trouble in finding the rake. When he came back Col Neal made him show how he mauaged to scale the wall. Jenkins said that after comiug J i ~ ? I ? ,.? + Ko ^.,,1 r.f ttm UUWil IUC iuu^ puic ao mc nw vi nuilding he had sneaked to the wood pile, where he had been discharging his c(ail7 duties, and had hidden the rake. Here be began the reproduction of his escape. lie went to the high brick wall near the wood pile. It was directly under the point where a smoke stack guy wire was fastened to the wall at the top. He got on some barrels which i raised him high enough to catch the | wire, which was about fight i'eet high, [ with the rake. He then proceeded to go ui) the rake handle, hand over hand, with wonderfu' agility, reaching the top of the wall in a few moments. The descent on the other side Col .Neal would not permit him to make. It was too hazardous, i{e told how lie had done it. Oa reaching: the top of the wall he had crawled along towards the guard's post about 100 leet distance, until he reached an old scaffold bracket which had been left when the stone cappings had been placed on the walls. It was fully forty leet, to the ground and Jenkins did not wish to leave his rake on the wall. Below the bracket aoout ten feet was an iron bolt projecting about eigne incnes irom ui? wan, <auu ai cue same distance below was another of a similar kind. Jenkins says he caught his rake in the bracket and lowered himself to the first bolt. lie swung to this with one hand while he released his rake which he then caught on the bolt. This he repeated until he reached the ground. It was a perilous feat. The convict then went down the canal bank and chunked his rake into the water, so as to leave no trace of his escape. He.then went down the river, and reachPd the Congaree river bridge of the 1. umond and Danville road about davlieht. lie crossed over and went into the woods at once. He lay quietly in the woods ail that day, and the next day he moved further on towards Lexington. All that he had to eat was huckleberries, aod never tasted any other food till he reached Augusta yesterday morning. lie i'elt pretty certain Thursday morning that he was going to be cd.p lureu. xie was ?sa.eu aim. a?jswered that he .had been lying down in the woods ?leep, and had a dream that he was under a shed and woke up to find a man standing over him with a pistol. That scared him. lie woke up i and never had any hope of getting away after 'hut. When he not into the woods he knew that his convict stripes would give him away if any one should see him, ar-td he thought out anu executed a scheme that was in keeping with his other a-^ts. He happened to be on a turpentine farm. He went to one of the "cups" and poured turpentine all over his clothes. Tnen he went to a spot covered with black soil, and rolled over and over iu it. Alter an hour's work he had a black suit of clothes and lost no time in making the front part of his oants shinv. to make them resemble the clothes worn by the ordiniry turpentine laborer. Few men would be able to detect the convict stripes. He said that ne had pot l:red of waiting about iQ the wojds and on Thursday night he walked into Lexington with the intention of tiking the list freight train that passtd through for Georgia. lift got on the freight and no une saw him. lit; crawled up and sat on the humour of a : car, riding tnereon us xar as i>arr a. Tfcere the train stopped and he knew that he had been seen as the train was starting off. lit- however had been made desperate by hunger and he resolved to run the risk. When the train stopped at Lewiedale he noticed that all the lanterns came on one side lie stepped off on the other and ran right into the cocked pistol of Conductor Rabb. This was Conductor Kibb's plan of capture, and it worked well. Jenkins had a club fastened to his wrist with a cord. lie gave an amusing account of what transpired between him and Mr. R.ibb. He said the conductor said he wanted him lor stealing a norse in i^ageneiu. ne s;uu he argued the point some time and dually when he saw he could not get awav and when he realized that, tne description was so good and he was so "easily of identification" he. up and told who he was. Jenkins says that he had conceived the plan to get away some time ago, and nas been working on his cell door for the past month. He says he knew > that the lock on the outside would noi leek, aud denies that he tampered with I that, lie sot his lile from the wooi j pile, and never worked on the nuts ex Icept when the prisoners were beinc i locked up at night and turned out ir j the mornings, and there was consider I able noise. Ife had fixed his shackle | some time before. When he got out | of his cell he rau the risk of the guard ! seeing him. He said he peeped around j when he got, the door open, and seeing I that the guard had just walked by the j opening, he quickly put the door in j place again, and then 111 his bare feet I went to the far end of the brilliantly | lighted corridor. lie went up the grati ing to the iifth iloor, and the guard I could not have seen him after he got | above the first iloor. The rest of it was easy he said, except having to grasp the pole with his legs r.iid swing ; off. I lie made the fuss that alarmed the I guard, and waited tiH everything had quieted down before he moved again. I lie says, "I reckon it was only the will ! of the Lord that kept the guard from seeing me when I "went through the corridor, i expected to be shot at any minute." He threw his file over the i wall. When Col. Neal asked him why he tried to escape he said: "Well, Captain, I will be houest with you and I hope you won't get mad with me fer saying it. In the lirst place I had something hid that I wanted to get. Then Colo nei. that ball and chain was too mucn for a man in my condition. It had to lift this heavy wood with it. I know you never hurried me and treated me all right, but I beard some of the prisoners say you were ?ever going to take that hail and chain off of me and I couldu't stand it. I know I had it on when you came here, but 1 thought some time it would be taken off." ile said that a man in his condition was harmless when there was a guard a run mi Dip onlv time, T'm dancer ous. Colonel, is when everybody else is sleep and 1 don't have to run." He said"he had made three attempts to get away; twice had gotten out, out '"If I thought I could get away to-night I would not go. I'm honest when 1 say I'm not going to try to get away any more. My ldentilication is too complete." He said he was not wanted anywhere else but in the Georgia penitentiary. In regard to thf.t "something hid"; he said it was money that he had buried in Georgia when he 5rst get away trom tne ueorgia penitentiary. oorne ci it lie got by gambling; the rest he secured by watching outside while another fellow robbed a house. He said it amounted to S165, and was in gold, silver and greenbacks. In addition to this he liai a diamond ring and a gold watch chain buried there too. lie was asked if he aid not thmk the greenbacks had decayed belore now. He said: "No, Col., I pu; them up in such a way that they are good for ten years yet." Jenkins was whipped yesterday afternoon, a new suit of clothes and a bill and chain p-.-.t on lnm and he was then put into the strongest cell in the prison, aod Col. Xeal says I13 will see that he never gets away again while he is in charge of the institution.?State. AVcmtber Crop Bulletin. Columbia. S, C., June 1.?Cotton aud all cror)$ have improved greatly during the past seven Jays of sunshine .md warm nights. The fcrmperature seldom went lower than CO degrees and reached as high as 00 degrees in some localities. One or two beneijcial showers occurred un to the -7th, bu', wore only a temporary relaxation of the drought which again threatened and which was beginning to have an injurious eil'ect on gardens, when the heavy storm of the uightsofthe 28 ?h and 29th occurred. While this storm iu certain sections was oi decided benefits was accompanied by high winds aad h.ril and proved of great damage to cotton. The previous hot dry weather stopped the ravages beini; made by cut and bud worms, and prospects are more promising than fur several weeks. Cotton has improved greatly and been ali worked over. Corn is growing nicely. Wheat is turning and in some places being cut. Potatoes and melons are doing well. Oats are bein^ housed, but the yield is generally orv>all Tho <>r/v?a ?iro fir?f crrjisa. Jvirly oats are being harvested. Cotton is improved and of good color, but small. Potatoes show the largest >ielJ for years. Fruit is not so well. it;ce is doing linely, and an increased acreage. All crops have improved immensely, especially cotton, which is all chopped outandjswep\ Wheat is good some [icing harvested. Corn is being plowed the second lime. Some oats are cut and will run half a crop. Wheat and oats are rapidly approaching maturity, and will do to cut in a week's time. . Wheat has fairly good heads. Spring oats are lair. Fruit is XV Mr in 4 ?>ISUUC; iv^vii-vui 11 V 4. have quit k:Ilicg corn. Some peas are plaottd in corn. Fanners aie well up with work. Crops are free of grass. Lab^r is abundant. J. II. IIakmon Lirector. Centra'. Ollb?, Columbia, S. C. H.-id lor Knights ot Pythias. Wilmington, Del, May 31.?A final rtqutst has been made for the resignation of Mayor Wiley, of this place, as supreme master of the exchequer of the .Supreme Lodge of the H orJa. Jvmgius oi j'yiaias, uy oupicujc CfiaitceiJjr I31ackwell, of Henderson, Ivy. As soon as the failure of ft. ft. ftobinson & Co, of ihis city, was learned, and that 670,000 of Knisbts oi' Pythias money was in jeopardy,the supreme chancellor and supreme vice hanselior came to Wilmington and held a conference with the mayor. H< assured them that the funds were safe, as he secured property and other securities which, at a fair estimate, should l>e worth 5>Vl>,UUU. rne nuance committee of the Supreme Lodge were not satistied, ho ?v ever, and they came to Wilmington to investigate. They have been holding from oue to two and three meetings a flay, comparing Mayor Wiley'.* books with tnose ot' the supreme keeper of records and seals. The proceedings Jvere kept a secrrt untii to-chy. when the mayor's refusal to resum the ollice, which he has held for many years, compelled the committee * ~ >'* " t-1-. 'I'ho rihyn^ollnr *U IiJ2l\C L.iCLlA uuauvv44^4 lias called a meeting of the supreme council to meet in Chicago on Juae 10 ami at that time Mayor Wiley will be given a dishonorable discharge. A claim will be made against Wiley and his bondsmen for the amount deposited with Robinson A: Co., which lirm is uaable 11 pay. A Desperado Killed. Allendale. S. C.. May 30.?About 3 o'clock to day Mr. J. Walker, a ssn ot' Capt. Joe Walker, who lives two miles from Sieglintr, shot and killed a negro mau In his lathers yarj. mis man, whose name cannot be learned, went from Allendale intoxicated and appeared in Walker's tirld and sh.otat one of the hands live times, and took the hoes from some of ihe women and threw them around. lie then went to the house and was ordered olf, but continued to advance, when Walker se-; cured his gun and killed hira. t PROF- BRJGGS CONDEMNED. \ 'i i ' 4 The Appeal cf the New York l'ffsbyttry t i r .Sustained. Washington, May 31.?Iu the i'res i byterlau General Assembly this morri; ing, atter the opening devotions, liiteen minutes were exhausted in u desultory ; discussion of the order ol procedure, the ! result of which was that the Assembly | ordered, with an evident cont'usiou and ; lack ot understanding of just what they were doioir, the roll to be callcd. The commissioners, as called, were to give the reasons ior their votes, pud the speeches were, to be limited to three minutes. This soon liAi-.ame monotonous fcntl tiresome, aud ohcrtiy before noon, when Kansas had been reached in the call of Synods, the moderator arose aud said: "Dr. J>ri??^s is very weary of this proceeding and he has asked that he be excused by the moderator from Hirther attendance as a party. I cheerfully grant his request." Dr. Briggs left tho church, amid a buzz Irotn the galleries. He looked tired and sad, and seemed glud to get away. As there seems to be, even in the best informed quarlers, some confusion as to the present position of the Brisrss case on/1 t ho ovo/?t r?nf?ct inn VjM'.mt* fli*? flor\ eral Assembly, a succinct statement of the positiou may be of interest. (Tinier the rules 31 the church governing a trial such as the present, there are lour parties having n-rht Lo be heard, viz: First, the prosecution, which i?> thi3 case is the appellant;, second, the defense, which in this case is the appellee, Dr. Brig^s; third, the commissioners to the General As.embly from the judicatory, whose judgmant is beins appealed f?-jm, which in this ciSv, is the Presbytt of New York; fourth, members of the superior judicatory trying the appeal, which j is the General Assembly. The lirst three parties have beon hp5?rc? the fourth i$ now havin>' its in nio2S. The General Assembly is call ins; the roll by Synods and those who desire 10 be heard are makiug three minute spcechtis. It is equivolent t'> a cousullation among judges or jurors, whichever one may please to call the commissioners. At the recess today two-liuh of the Synods had been called and had expressed their opinions, and had occupied t,wn hours and a. half in so aoiny. When the roll is completed the next step wiii be the presentatiou ct the motion 10 the House, "Shall ihe appeal be sustained?" There are five grounds of appeal ami Lhirty-four specifications. Each orthe^e specification wiil be voied upon singly. At the end of the voting on these the roll will be called upon ihe general question, "Shall the appeal be sustained?" Should the appeal be not sustained, the voting ou the specifications will go for naught. Should it be sustained, it will be equivalent to a verdict of guilty against Dr. Brings. A committee will then be appointed to prepare a minute for submission to the General Assembly nrpRnrihinc the nunisbmeut to be meted oul. There are five things the General I Assembly cau -'o in such a case:' They can uiiuQonisl): .-.buke; susjjtrud, r?cp<wu him from the minister}-; or they cai expel him from the church. lu case of conviction, one of the three last courses is likely wio he followed. Some ot the delegates hope to cut the voting short by resting the decision upon the general question, "Shall the appeal be sustaioeo?" but of this there* is not much j liklihood, so far as oan^be ju'l??e ut pres- j ent. l At 8:45 tonight the voting began 1 upon the first specification, insubstaujc, that the Presbytery ol Xesv Yori, on < objections made by Dr. Briggs, required < the prosecuting committee to ameud the amended charges and specification? ! oy striKiDg oul coarse -?. mt speuiwcution was sustained by a vote of 282 to ' 190. This voti.' showed that the atieud- ' ance was seventy-seven less than the ; number present when the vote was , taken Friday on sustaining the appeal, ' the vote on which was 405 ayes, 111 , na>s. The secoud and third grounds of ap- i peal were sustained, with all their sped- < tlcations. : The lourth srrouud of appeal, alleged j manifestation of prejudice in the conduct ot the case and of its six specillca- '< tions, the Brings men carried two and ' came within two votes of earning auother. 1 The fifth and last ground ot apoeal ; contained eleven speciiicationsol errors, , and it charged "mistakes or injustice in , tne decision." me specnicauous were , all sustained. The vote then recurred on the main question, "Shall the appeal be sua- < tained?" Which was adopted. 1 Before beginning the roll cail, the troderator anuounced ihal the form of answers would be -'sustained" or "not, sustained," and that commissioners might rote to "sustain in part," but that such votes would be counted as part of the totai to sustain the appeal. The roll was then called, in the midst of an almost painful stillness, the spectators in the galleries ruins: to their feet in their anxiety to catch every res pone. Tne vote was announced at 10:15 by -the stated clerk, as follows: Whole uum c?. inn. 4r. tv.Q .,,,-1 uer ui vui-es uitai, ;u.^.uu ntpeal, 298; to sustain io pare, 85; total ; to sustain the appea', 383; roc to sustain, 110. Jmtlce Flel<l to j Washington, June 1.?Justice Field will resign from the Supreme bench, 1 and his mantle will, in ail probaoilitv, fall on Secretary (iresham's shoulders. The report came first lrom California. Justice Field's State. It was partial17 confumed by a cabinet officer today, who toll a Western Congressman that Justice Field would certainly resign it? a tew months,and the President would soon De Ciiiiea upon to seieci/ aauiuci man for the State portfolio. Justice Field would neither contirm nor deny the report when seen by tne Washing ton correspondent oi the San Francisco Examiner. lie said, simply: "I have long wanted to leave the bench. It I do, I shall not return to California, nor shah 1 ever be an applicant for an oflice again." Justice Field is seventy seven years old, and was appointed to his present position by President Lincolu. It Sec retary Gresbam is placed on the bench, it is safe tu predict that Edward Phelps, Minister to England under President Cleveland's former administration, wiii be called to the Cabinet.?Columbia State. Crem*?t <l. Rock l in, Cal, May 25.?This morning lire started in tlie kitchen oi the Davis Hotel. The tlarnes spread rapidly, destroying twenty-five buildings, including two-thirds of the business section of the town. Alice Irish, working at the Davis Hotel, got out once but Vr-ent back for her clothing. Sne was caught in the rlaraes ana burned to 1 death. A TERKIBLE WRECK. ENGINEER GERMANY AND FIREMA!^ HENRY KILLED. Tli-i Accj.leiit Ornirs luree Mjies Sontfc I ol K!<l<e?u at ? A Wnshoiit on the Road I the Causa of t!:e Awful Cat??troi>he. ! Columbia, S. C., Jnue 3.?The most appalling raiiroad accidentia this State in years was that at 3:55 o'clock yesterday morniog by which Engineer W. J. Germany and Fireman T. I). Henry lost their lives. It is a story so horrible in its details as to be sickening. Mixed train No.on the Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta Railroad left Charlotte on time Thursday night. It was made up of a number of freight cars, which were next to the engine, i and of the regular number of coaches. including an express car and a Pullman sleeper. Engineer Jack Germany was at the throttle and Conductor .J. C. Wilson in charge ot the rear. Not a soul on the train dreamed that death was lurking ahead, no one imagined that there was a yawning hole waiting to claim its victims. The! train sped along in the darkness, the* j rain pattering on.the c*r windows au^_ I adding to the gloomy feeiiDg of the pa;sen2ers. The outside was as dark as pitch and everything looked dismal, '."here had been no cessation of the rainfall from the time the train left Charlotte and the torrent seemed to increase as the train neared the fatal spot. Standing at the throttle as the train sxicd through the darkness was Engi iieer Germany. The light from the engine lit up bis ncb'e face.- The;e was no fear there. Many as dark a ni^ht he had guided his machine through storms and dangers. Three miles South of ltidgeway, and about twenty three miles fiom this city, the treacherous water had washed away the lili and lett a great gap, through which a large sttevimof water rushed. The gap was about 100 feet wide and twenty feet deep. The cross ties and r^iis were still suspended and Engineer Germany could not see the pit wnich was to hurl him into eternity, Had the rails been washed away hn would nrobablv have seea the ?TdD and luitfhL nave been enabled to scop the engine. It i-s believed that there was a cloudburst in the vicinity of liidgeway, causing the washout. Train Master Williams had give a orders to the train crew not to run over seventeen miles an hour, owning to the rain and the probability of a washout somewhere, and the train w/.s running at tliUr speed when the accident occur red. Mr. Williams's orders were found in Engineer Germany's pockets when tiie bouy was ttken from the wreck. The engine had barely touched the suspended rails when tiiey gave way. The b!g engine, however, almost leaped the chasm. It spanned nearly the whole distance and then landed with fearful force in the sand on the other side, ploughing deep i.ito the embankment. What were the thoughts of brave Jack Germany and his courageous tireman before the engine iandcd. no one will ever know. There was do time to leap, not even time to offer up one word of prnyer to the Almighty Being who was about to receive their souls. Upon the engine crashed live or six heavily loajel ir.eigra nnanf them going over the engine befure faliing. xifc tender had also fallen on the engine, and down under the mass of wreckage were the eagiueer and liremaQ. They may have been killed almost instantly, out ii iney were nut, mac is uu tcmug what agonies they suffered. Both were I'ound wuli their hands in front of their races, as if trying to protect themselves from the escaping steam. Tftef were horribly scalded, and the attitude in which they were found may be an evilence of fearful agonies before a welcome death relieved them. The passengers did not feel much of a shock but knew that something had happened. Most of them at c;noe lelt the jars. The lirst passenge* reach the M. 7/ T T7 1 11 liorl, C n illgiue \V(tS i>ll . J'j, JL J.JLi.ll, VX JLJC*Hi, KJ, V/. It was so dark chat be did not know , exactly what had happened until he stood on the edge of the crevasse. Then what, he saw was sufficient to till him tvith horror, liy the lltckering lights , which still remained burning ou the almost buried engine he could see the lebris. He heard no sound and it is : supposed that Engineer Germany and Fireman llenrv were already dead. Mr. Hill called aloud hoping to receivesome luswer but there was not a sound exthe echo of his own voice. So soon as the other passengers reached the engine <\ search was made for the missing men. There was not much hope that they were alive, but , H-.n co'jvch wad linf. relaxed, It was oot until after daylight that the manned bo'iic: of the engineer and fireman were found. Engineer Germany s body ivvs found pinioned between the boil- , er and tender. He was fastened against the boiler head and his back was resting against tne air pump. His hands ivtre tixed imploringly in front of his face, which was badly disfigured from wounds and literally cooked. With his head almost in the furnace of the engine was Freman Henry. There was a terrible wound in bis head, as if some heavy instrument had been driven through his skull. His hands were aiso-tixed in iront of his face. The cab of the engine was knocked into splinters and thn crevasse was lilied with pieces of freight cars aud scattered articles of freight. iiiilroad men have Stiaoru sren suca a complete wrtck and fie wrecking train wui be busy several days clearing: up the debris. Shortly after th^ accident; a met.senser w^s dispatched to Bidge?vay with telegrams notifying the otlicials in this city of the accident. As quickly as possible ;i special train was made up and with Superintendent McBee, Master of Trains Williams, Dr. Howe md others on board left the city. Many people had reached the scene when the train arrived, l'he work of removing the bodies was at once oegun.and after considrra'. ; effort were taken and placed on the train. Tne news of tne catastrophe had reached the city ^ar!y in the morning and there were thousands of inquiries auuui U. JLl.lt: Licv.Uiijucj mcio I besieged with people anxious to learn every derail. It was known tLiat two people had been killed, but the sr.ories ol'the number ot tne wounded had become greatly *xaggera ed. .People tloc'-'-d to the oillces ol' tne Kicbmond ai.u Uauvilie Koad and there were several huuured at the Charlotte, Columbia ?>nd Augusta Depot when the special train bearing the Uxiies arrived. Tears filled the eyes of many of the rai'road men who watched the sad work of taking the bodies from the train. The remains were taken into the depot, where they were dressed for burial and embalmed by Cndertaker Uerry, who had been summoned for that* purpose. The bodies were then ?- < ? or,a..HiruliAmuc nf fho riua/l OCUL LU LUC t v* v* men. The lunen-d services of Engineer Germany will he held Sunday morning at 10 o'clock in the First Baptist Church, and will be conducted by lie v. W. C. Lindsay. The remains of Fireman Henry will be sent to Mooresville, N.C., his forme home, for interment. Mr. Germany was 4'.* years old ant j began as an engineer befoie the war lie was a brave Confederate soldier After the war he returned to work or the railroads, and for twenty-two year? i has been an engineer on the Charlotte Columbia and Augusta Road. He was 1 one of the most prominent and popular engineers in the South. For twelve years he had been chief engineer of ; Division No. bo of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Eoeineers and has ren , resented his division many times in the Grand Division, lie leaves a widow, one son and two daughters, and they will Lave the heart-felt sympathy of the community in their aillictioa. Fireman Henry way 2ii years old, and came here from Mooresville, X. C.. about three years ago. lie had since been running as a lireman. He was a young man of many noble qualities and his untimely death will be universally regretu d. lie leaves widow and two brothers. Express Messenger ?V. 'V. Holmes was the ouly person hurt. He was badly bruised. The passengers were saved by the fact that tin; train was mixed one. Had there been no cars between | uiem auu iwj eugiue me loss 01 me iwouid have oeen ranch greater than it Vas. The following passengers were on board and all of them escaped injury** Misses Eliza and Laura Gulick, Columbia: MiS3 Smith, of Charleston; Mrs. E. A. Barney, Captain P. E. Evv, Evening: Xews, HenryS. Judd, of Augusta; .James E. Shinn, of Alexandria, Va.; L. C. Waring, commercial traveler for McGahn, Evans & Brown, of Charleston; E. Welsh, son of the senior member of the firm of C. Bart & Co., of Charleston; X. J. Homik, merchant of Charleston; R. M. Hicks, of Raleieb, X. C.; G. J. and John s Winter-:. of Waco. Texa* aud E. S.-IIiil, .ji Providence, R. I.? Register. CONGRESSIONAL CON rdoTS. There Are Nine Seats in the New Honio In Dispute. Washington, June 1.?Clerk Kerr, of the House of Representatives, has, in pursuance with the law, notified contestants over disputed seats in the House to appear before him personally, or by attorney, at the opening of the sealed packiges of testimony in those cases wnich have reached hicn. The object is to have the parties to the contests asree upon the parts of the testimony which they desire to have printed as a part of the records of the cases. The middle of June is fixed as the date of the ceremony, Tbi3 notification closes the preliminaries cf the contests fcr seats in the House. There will be nine of them, and they will be more than usually iuterestins. The^ will, for one thing, furnish a refiex ot the political mixture which came to the surface in the last Congressional election. For the first time since the Republican and Democratic parties were sharply arrayed in contest there will be contestants for seats in the House who belona to other than these two parties; and for the first time since the Democrats regained control of affairs in the Southern States, -t :n .w. LUCiC VYiii uc iiU nspuuiiuau Luutco^aui. from South Carolina. Georgia furnishes a case m which a nAiif and more or less pestiferous youas; man, who was a mcmoer or xt.o u? House, is the contestant. He was elected to the Fitty-second Congress as a Democrat, but after he got to Washington became the leader of the Farmers' Alliance contingent. His name is Thomas E. Watson, and he wants the seat ot J. C. C. Black, ?rho got 17,772 votes as the Democratic candidate, while Watson received only 12,333 as the Populist candidate. It was Watson who gave the country the query: "Where am I at^" He will piobably know when the House gets through with his claims to a seat in that body. To the Popuiist party the Hon. B. A. Eoloe of Tennessee, is indebted for the contest that is to be made for his seat. r. iri. xarasaer, wuu ra.u a^aiuai, ui .u ao the candidate of that party, will be his opponent. Mr. Enloe sot 13.038 votes and Thrasher 12,920. Kansas furnishes an entry on the other side of the ledger. There a man who ran a3 the Populist and Democratic candidate is contesting the seat of a Republican. The Republican is E. II. Funston?Farmer Funston, of the foghorn voice. He got but 83 votes more than his opponent, II. L. Moore. In Virginia the Popuiists come to the front agaiu. J. Thomas Goode, who, as the candidate of that party, got 7,482 />/->ntOQ<irifT thii nf .T Tv. Epes, who ?jot as tbr- Democratic candidate410,330. The contest from Xorth Carolina is on straight party lines. Thomas Settle, the Republican holder of the seat, will have to prove his title asjanst the claim of A- II. A. Williams. Settle got 14,360 votes aDd Williams 13,740. Populist and Prohibition candidates drew 4,792 votes from Williams. It was a close fisjnt anyway, but the inrusion into it ol the Populist and Prohibition elements rendered it more in leresuug. Illinois furnishes a straight fight between a Republican and a Democrat. Robert A. Chiids,the Republican bolder of the seat, sot but 20,872 votes to 20,S35 f~r Lewis Stewart, the Democrat. Missouri provides a conies:; between a Republican and a Democrat. Charles .Joy, a Republican, holds the seat, and John J. O'Neill, a Demi era tic ex-member, is tbe contestant. Joy sot 14,969 votes and O'Xeill 14.902. There were a few Populist and Prohibition votes, but not enough to change tbe result. F?m far-off California comes a contest the closest but one of the whole batch of nine. S. G. Ililborn, Repub'.i can, bad a plurality ot 33. He so: 13,163 votes to 13,130 for VV. B Enslisti. Democrat. There were 3,500 votes cast lor a Populist candidate and 278 ior a Prohibition candidate. Alabama corals up with a contest. Of course the Populists tigure in it. -James E. Cobb, whom Tom Watson char, ed with usiug the ctlebrated inquiry, "Where am I as?" holds the saat. He is a Democrat, and received 13,357 voles. Martin VV. Whalley wauls it. He is a Populist and got 11.313 votes. The closest contest is from Michigan. George F. Richardson, a Democrat, holds the certificate ot election, and I Charles E. Belknap, a Republican, is the contestant. There is only ten votes diilerence between them, R-'chardson having 20,095 votes to 20 035 lor Belknap. The amusing feature ot the contest is that it Belknap had not demanded a recount he wouid have got the certificate, as he was elected on the first count. IL will be noticed that most of the votes ia the contested cases were close. This fact, together with unusal elements entering into the contests combine to make the settlement not only interesting, but strongly to emphasize a reLuari^.<iuic cputu m tuc. uiowi j vi wu- j gressional electiCDS.?Columbia Slate. | r RAILROADS KICKING. i THEY CLAIM THAT THEY ARE ASi SESED TOO HIGH. , A r? uments Tie fore the State Board of i Equalization by the Attorneys of Sev eral R%Uroa<Js?A Protest Entered bT J ud&e Colhrau. Columbia, S. C., June 2.?The otate Board of Equalization met this morn- . ing to hear the railroads iir,complaint * - ? against the assessment of tfieir proper- .v* 0 ty by the board. ?? , . The Richmond & Danville-was repre- ~ sented by Jj24ge.Jv S. Cothran, the . V South Carolina-by Mr. J. W. Bam well and the Atlantic Coast Line by Mr. J. <" V T. Barren. . Mr. iiarron appealed .to the reason of the board, in its construction of constitution, by which it claims to be guided, when it says property shall be "* 1* assessed according to its "aetual value." and pointed out to is that the clause above referred to coatiQue3, M\iayr .>.w^^gi: "As the same sEMffce assessed for taxation/'*-?6 called ^attention to the changed' condition of the Coast Line. by virtue of the Wilson Short c i\ and put in new evidence in the case of the Cheraw & Salisbury road from that of last year, showing that it had been V" purchased by thecn at 83.000 per mile, when it is assessed at 85,000. He appealed iD behalf of his roads, but the Richmond & Danville and South Carolina roads evidenced that they were in alighting humor, having despaired of twirls at. t.hp hanrte nf th? Rfkarri Arguments were also made by Judg6 Cothran and Mr. Barnwell, and in addition, Judge Cothran presented the following: protest: "Columbia, S. C., Jane 1,1893. "To the Honorable State Board of > Equalization: "In response to the invitation of the board the Richmond & Danville Railroad Company appears before you touching the matter of the assessment of its property for taxation. "It is not my purpose to take up your time witn a repetition of the arguments already thrice made, which have apparently failed to produce the slightest effect upon your conclusions. "I remember when called before you a year *go, tnat the Attorney General stated that the board felt bound, in view of the litigation then^pending, to ??-? stand by the assessment already made. " mat stare or tnings continues ana the question at issue is pending now, as tnen, and is still undecided. Al- "si though the trial apparently stands still, events move on, and conspicuous among these is the depressed condition of this important and valuable enterprise. With discriminating and excessive assessments of its property for taxation, as the upper millstone, and reduced rates of freight, as the nether millstone, it is only a question of time, jP' and a short time, when the point will be reached that will grind these valuable interests to powder. The insolvency of the company, as# attested by the fact of the receivership on the 5th of 6 uce last, snows to every one save, perhaps, tbis board alone, that the point indicated has been in fact already reached. ' lirspectful petitions, supported by c the most convincing statements of facts aLd figures, if not received with indifterencce, have certainly been unneeded. "Solemn and official admission has made by the highest official officer m tKu a.f.= of t.iie ract, that tne assessments for taxation or is excessive in valuation in eompaxifeoii ? ? wit.ii nrhpr nrooftrtv. See his reDort to the Legislature of 1891. page 13. That high functionary himself is a member of this board, and the Comptroller General the chairman of it, gave assurance that the Legislature would be requested to briug up all property for taxation to the standard of valuation fixed by this board upon the property of the railroads. It is just "to say of him that the effort was made but the bill proposed met with no favor in either branch of the General Assembly, and no effort to secure its passage has been renewed. It is indeed of rare occurrence in the administration of either public or private affairs t&at an act of admitted injustice is persisted in by those wno perpetrate it. ;<A course of expensive litigation has nntu.o/l nnnn rrVvinh thA j ought not in wisdom to desire, and ^ which the railroads of all others are ^ most anxious to avoid. A respectful proposition for the arbitrament of these differences has been made by the latter, which was met on the part of the former with scorn and derision. "I believe there is a principle running like a golden thread through the warp and woof of the equity jurisprudence of this country, as acimistcred in both the " State and Federal courts, which forbids the destruction of lawful and valuable industries by the imposition of unjust burdens and exactions. A principle which will insure to all enterprises, ana especially to those which owe dutits to the public, when skillfully and economically administered, the rignt to earn a reasonable increment for their o.vners as well as the means of rendering t<> the public the fall, efficient and valuable service required of t.hem by their charters. ^ "And now despairing of obtaining - ^ anything in the shape of relief by state- . ments, by arguments, by petitions or appeal, I shall certainly advise those whom I represent to invoke the aid of that equitable prj ociple already referred to, :md I shall only ask leave of this A board to tile this protest against what I v * * conceive to be an unwarrauted, uncon- ' sntutional. illegal and ruinous invasion t ig nf rtVrntc nf nmnprtV. - "J S. COTHRAN, "Attorney for the R & D. R. R. Co." . Dr. Bates, speakine lor tne Board, as .Z'- J*-? chair man, in the absence of the Comptroller, says he thinks the protest is un- i just to the Comptjulier and uafair In its tone to tne board. Lost la Florid*. Jacksonville, June 1.?C. W. Coiuau, connected with the State Zoological society of New Jersey, with headquarters at Trenton, has disappeared nijsteriously and is supposed to be dead. Nearly tive months ago he came to i' ionaa ana oegan expiorauoua m the country aboul the headwaters of the St. Loucie rirer in Dade country, hoping to And phosphate deposit. Since January IT his family has heard nothing trorn him and he has never returned" to Sewall's point on Indian river where he left his trunk. Today his brother-in-law, E. M. Shaw, of Patterson, X. J., arrived and will organize a searching party at Titasville with the hope of linding some track of the missing man. His wife is now in Massachusetts. The man was of steady habits but foul play is not expected. Fatal Leap. Buffalo, X. Y., May 31.?Purcell * Thomas, while making an umbrella A descent from the top ot Parade House f i this afternoon, lost coDtrol of his parachute and was precipitated to the M ground below, a distance of fifty feet. , His skull was fractured and he died within an hoar. Thomas's wife ana four children witnessed the fatal jump Thomas has a national reputation for his balloon ascensions and parachute jumps. *