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V >: - i, . .... . _ VOL. XLIX ~ WINNSBOKO, S. C., WEDNESDAY, JANTJARY 16 1895. ~ XO. 23. ^ GOLD AND SILVER. j ox a stable me j of property bi A VERY ABLE AND EARNEST PLEA FOR hiis report Oil" I , ^ r _ A B1ME7ALIC STANDARD. ! mmt' f>la^ ! scarcely any ] j national atfai l Col. L. "W. Youmans Gives the Free Silver | yriif< Side?An Al>le :uivl Very Interesting Ex- j intrinsic Y&1U< On this the se Tw-?*itir>n of the Ouestion?He Sure un(1| p(. L Eead it. evidently Ha ? m *t. < money unit si ft i.o the Eaitoi of Tiie ^.lale. form measur g In my last article I proved from the that upon th PI record that by calling for three inter- general paritv & national conferences to rehabilitate pendeu the sec silver, and by her own declarations.as of property. voiced by her several delegations in and steady v; ..these conferences, that the United gardedasofti Stetes admitted that the denial of free the economy < mintage of silver had cut off one-half In seeking. of the money supply: that this sup- the metallic u: pression of one-half ot Uie intrinsic money of the State would produce a ru- commodity vs inous contraction; which would lower ver unit lias n wages, depress the price of all the pro- this parity of ' ducts of labor and bj doubling the as an abstract burdens of all debts, taxes and .fixed the yard or tb charges, overwhelming debtors, stag- ures the same nate trade and paralyze industry, modifies now This position of the United States was i silver was dei pretty well confirmed by the Euro-J making this e pean delegates to these conferences, j whereas tiie b Tx 1 *" w. i++i]i ct/lps: i ver dollar n JLt seexucu IU VC auuiiiitu vu | that the gold standard was enhancing units in conm the value of money, depressing the als were accc price of all products of labor and sac- 1873, and still rincing the agriculture o? gold srand- hundred units ard nations to the competition of sil- having mainti ver standard countries. These were price and excl - not my assertions, they were the dec- of commodity larations of the delegates both from gold unit, wl the United State ana from the great only ninety-s< trading nations of Europe. I gave the ties, now mea references forthese quotations, search The bullion v *.-^,3.0,^ -finci tlipm tliw'ft :vou measured thrc CblXU. OCV, ? ?? will find them a matter of record, ut- 1S73 and mea< tered in the plainest language, and now. having sophistry cannot gloss it over. "A stract measur wrong to civilization and to the hopes regularity an< of mankind." "The demoralization of ment that the silver means the retirement of not! length. The only nearly half the world's coin cir- j unit, howeve culation, but of more than half of its than three fee convertible paper issues. It means to now measure: double the weights of existing obliga- "What woul tions ana'to compress the world's ac- having borrc tivities into half their existing scope. | on his prosper f It means to consign the nineteenth j dred yards of ? j <-- on/i tr, i Imfl hpen del ceiliurv t(j a. ^ia v c. mm W 1?V. the heavy hand of paralysis on the cloth, the ma: i cradle of-the twentieth. forward wit] * ' 'Just here the question may be very 1'eet long, <le< pertinently asked.such being the case, only honest y ^ .why did not the European delegates in Europe, an ' accede to the proposition of the United premium mus . - States for an international agreement fanner would for the free and unlimited coinage of j ishing propos silver ? The ans er is very obvious this is a corre and plain, the debtor an\l producing standard: anc classes, who bear the burdens of the feet gold yai gold standard in Europe have very longer; gold i little voice in their o-overnments :these in value. nations are ruled almost entirely by It has been wealth, rank and privilege; an ele- bought who menf composed almost entirely of the have to sell to creditor and income classses:* whose man has plai interests to depress wages, lower the that the sta price of commodities, and by cheapen- the cost of his ing almost everything except money, by no means without any effort on their part, vastly the value of 1 augment their fortunes. In consider- are all in the verVenl Hat, and intrinsically worth gold unit met [ onlv fiftv cents; we are first leu to in- pert} anu im - -i-iv? -n-Vint :irf> tie. wllCIl it K] ^ quire wnat is a uoju-u. aa? ? . ^? its uses. A similar question has often peritv. bee a asked in England in regard to To me-i of 1 the pound sterling. Sir Robert- Feel, tion i? woi*se : after alluding to the fact that both Mr. ro\vd moripy Locke and Sir Isaac Newton, with all of their abilities, had failed to answyv''^ )a, it; said "thathe could by no posf^T J 0UP' effort of intellect, conceive it'- tfl :1 , 0 * anything, but a certain def ~ +ii0,?-a Cp0rr weight of gold metal. ,R ~t- f ^ pi'ice of pr In commenting 011 this*' ] -) \n:c_ } worth h , Sir Robert Peel, Sir V?- d "}} ?! \ and remarked: -Ptorhar^f. anv market ai ' *- i--.i ne had seen lue gold sta nie na.u uecix ^.f^selling m Australia in vuxue, is uc tlie ounce of g^stead Gf ?.3.17^ 10 1-2 constantly tak I at ?3 to ~3. V he would have modi- mised in the c ? j v?^*Ion ^ *'a P?"n<^ an equity of ever; ned his^casuro G? v~]ue jv.st as the ment is deferr S f??t is of lengthfor the ci'edito y^nink Sir Archibald's definition while it reduce i ,<is been generally accepted as correct; ing classes to ; /and our dollar, which.is our unit of idly dividing s / value, is'therefore an abstract meas- ?the very ricl ^ ure of value, as the yard or foot is of. rapidly concer > length. The function of the money the country in 1 unit is to measure value and facilitate masses 01 the ?oc ninotv wr fcnt.. of our affairs underw vv.... ? exchanges arc made on time the dol- ment cannot 1< lar becomes not only an abstract ached that ci measure of present value, but a record has marked th of .past obligations, a standard for de- of all the grea .ferted payments. . The gold sta Common equity, therefore requires two hundred c that its measurement should be .stable, white money : and to ensure the preservation of this nations of the party of measurement, its volume tions of the & should be kept proportioned to the tries of the fo volume of commodities, to be ex- the enterprises changed. like a bounty We are by no means witnessing the East against w first interference with the volume of for "Western a J. - 1, .-olnnc- ;a/?tir>cr lit f money :? uimuiu pivyvx(._ though this combined act ton of the of the West, il bankers of the Northeast and Western kets to our lin Europe, to strike down silver and ing Eastern m double their holdings, is the first at- ing the demail tempt to interfere with the natural rial. It has f: ' ' ntiiv tno nfBritish statesn Ilc\ XX Wi* V4AV . This'campaigning of the banks to uallv prove th bleed the general public is nothing wheat indstrie new. The public has suifercd before tinvest is nov from that "dangerous antagonist rela- horses and ho| tiori between those who hold or com- in the Soutiiw mand the currency and the rest cf the in<: down the community.7' as Air. Calhoun has told cotton and w3 us.' Their'old trick of in:iating and and ruined. ar< contracting the currency, selling at on the mort the highest point of circulating and farms and hoc buying at the lowest was very fully surplus whate^ elaborated by Mr. Calhoun in his chase the man speech in 'the United States Senate Xortawc-st: th March 51, 1834. 'See works, vol. 2. to sell, lias to < ? - 'rri?: ? ' w* nvtiio 9ft pages 7 ana ziz.) \jia iuui^v-iuvu. i?uu n.lk BB in a speech in 1S34 tsce Benton's are unable to < |g "Thirty Years in the United States hold glutted r. B Senate." volume 1. page > said: to buy. the in m 4'Thephilosophic Yoitaire. a century a shrinking v S ago. from his retreat in Ferny, gave mom and entc B a lively description of this operation, andon the lie] B % by which lie was made a winner with- they meet wit B"> but the trouble x?f playing. *1 have a captains of i B friend,'said he. ;wno is a director in and em ploy la If the Bank of France, who writes to conditions re: B me when they are going to make standard. TI $?^-^s^^renty, and make stocks rise, enterprises w MF^and then I give orders to mv brokers their inceptioi - * > 1 i:?i, H to sell: and he writes to me wnen ;mu ui\?ici ||| . they are going- to make money scarce, realization ca |gg and make stocks fall, and then 1 write labor is admit gn to mv broker to buy: and thus at a means and wi; |ga hundred leagues front Paris and with- It does not i li| out moving from my chair, I make losopheror a s ag money.*" Again, see (Prof. Bo lies' inevitaole anc spl^''Financial History of- the United whelming iii ^^^^t^sfrom 1861 to 1SS5." page 363) want and dist: developed on this line by a disintegrate s< investigating commit- lution. John dircctor_- of the Tenth perateiy inde) he alone liad Silver having 1 the supreme necessity In 1S73, the silver uuit measure* asurement of the value cents in property values and toda 7 the money unit. In exchanges for the same amour the establishment of the property; therefore, as the dollar 1701. lie said: "There is abstract measure of value, like )oint in the economy of yard or the fout of length, al1 rs of greater moment measuring the same, and as Ham )rm preservation of the said it was of the utmost import ft of the monev unit, to securitv and steadily value of eurity and steady value perty that this uniformity ofmea: peciallv depend." It was ment should be maintained, milton's idea that the I think. Mr. Editor, that the in lould maintain a uni- tial reader will agree with me tha ement of commodities, silver unit is the honest nnitof me; e preservation of this ing property values, and is theref of ratio in values de- one hundred cents dollar: and ;urity and steady value the gold dollar, which has tlagrr Mark, now. the security violated the parity of exchange i line of nronertv he re- which the steadily value of all pr he greatest moment in ty and its security depends tha if national affairs. not only doubled in its measure! therefore, to discover of property, but is still contim nit which is lioneest and augmenting in value, is impel ascertain whether the and dishonest. It is a robber, to tlue of the gold and sil- j two for one, and volating the e< iiost steadily maintained of every contract where deferred value: which of the two ments are to be made. As a m ; measure of value, as unit it is dishonest and a two hun e foot is of length,meas- cent dollar. in the units of com- Moutesquiew, in his celebrated v as it did in 1873 before "Spirit of Laws," says: That, wh lied free mintage. On people have not the use of nic xamination v.*e find that they are seldom acquainted with ullion value of the sil- other injustice than that which spi aeasures one hundred from violence, and the weak, by lodities. when both met- ing, defend themselves from its ef! " ' - o l +1 k,,* >rii(?ct iree miniage m uiey na-vc uicit v-m jwn measures the same one regulations. But. when money : ; in commodities now, tablished, they are subjuct to lined a uniform parity of injustice which proceeds from < langes with the volume an injustice that may be exercis es. the bullion in the thousand ways."' lich in 1S73 measured If there is a single honest reado jven units in commodi- ordinary intelligence, who has sures over two hundred. been convinced by reading the .s alue of the silver v.nit of articres which I have written: ;e feet in commodities in the demonetization of silver was; sures the same three feet liberate scheme on the part ol IllUliiUll I1CU, Ud <4. XJL havtaavj e of values, the same Northeast and Western Eu 1 uniformity of measure-! controlling over thirty bi yard or foot does inj dollars of credit, to make m bullion value of the gold J scarce and doable the value of ' r. which measured loss j holdings; and that the gold unit t in commodities in 1S9.'>. the tool selected to work this gig > six feet. robbery: and in accomplishing it. d a farmer think, who, doubled its value and become a wed of a manufacturer honest unit, and a two hundred stive crop of wool a hun- dollar, then it seemstome Mr. E< cloth, when the wool that facts and arguments cannot ivered and turned into vince. nufacturer should come In my next article. I propose t< i a rod in his hand six cuss the wisdom of maintaining daring that it was the Same money standards as the , ardstick, either here or i trading nations of Europe, an al :d that both principal and enrnent of which, yourcorrcspon >t be measured by it: the "More Than One. seems to 1 . think it the most aston- j would unsettle our exchanges: itiou he ever heard?yet I you would regard as a disaster, ct picture of the gold j L. W. Youma I more than this, the six! Fairfax. S. C., Jan.3, 1S95. dstick is still growing Scontinualy anticipating ROASTING CLEVELAND. well ?aid "Xo man lias Congress Sibley. of Pennsylvania, did not know he would Roaster. as hrunken market. "Xo Washington, Jan. 8.?In con: ited who did not know jng. ^}ie currency bill in the I ndard which measured yesterday Sir. Sibley, Democra seed and his labor would Pennsylvania, opened the debatebe accepted to measure a sensational speech in optv?s^ lis crop. The producers ^he bill. He spoke Qfrchasin?-cj concUtiqn. of _ the %??? -the bill to repealj^d its fallu ;oX "into o.ebt" when tfie autJ comme isured tin GC jeet ill pio- + ?rrf'-if-c o/-!r/v>af/^c. oru . would likewise prove a failure. 11T. .lvorat>^Te S1!ua" ferring to the published reports th'nu^iy?s: the executive department of the ^Yost of them when two ernment, in the person of the S< .would pay .$100, now it tary of the Treasury, was using s- . pow;r to influence votes in favo note the increasing aug- the bili, Mr. Sibley s/tid: "Mr. CI lie value of the gold un- man if J have read ihe Constiti espondiug reduction m 0f the United States correctly it operty. Our cotton is fines the powers and duties of alf price, anct as far as Chief Executive and the powers stoeK, there is scarcely duties of the membership of ;aV- . . _L. House, and I tell you that if e-^ .ndard ever anticipating rebuke was needed to one who ither reliable or honest, trampled down the prerogative: mg more than we pro- t}ie people it is to that man whc ontract; it violates the used his influence, or attempte* v bargain, where pay- use it. to create in himself the ed. robbing the debtor governing power of this nation, r and income classes, |^as come to a time when to bs is^tjie debtor ana produc- government of this people reqi lajectpoverty: it is rap- something more than a combina society into two classes of brains, belly and brass." (Se ii and the very poor? tjon an(j applause.) 'ti^xting- the wealth of 2?Ir. Sibley continued, at s .the lianas ot the great length, to assail the Admin istrs people, a condition of for its attitude toward and action i micm republican govern- financial measures. The repeal o: on.g exist. We have re- purchasing clause of the Sherman :itical situation, wmcii ^ie asserted had been secured by e decline and aownfaL use 0f improper influences by tin t republics of _ the past, ministration, and that if the padl ndard has given us a were taken olt' the mouths of ents doLar, driven the Representatives four out of live w netal irom tnecivihzea confirm his statements. Tlie ques vV est to tue Pa^au na- 0f the length of time he was to s] ist: crippling dit incLis- having been reached, Mr. Sibley rmer^ and stimu.aar g that everv ageiit of the big Gold 1 ; o. txie .atter. It^ acts ]^acj spo^^n all he had to say. on the exports ^of the When pressed by 3Ir. Outhwai men u is most uuncuu tell who put a padlock on his agriculture to compete; ley's) lips he said: "'Let me tell e a tariff on the exports gentleman that I am not talking-1< ; shuts the Eastern mar- *0 meil ^-ho believe in going to ished product, stimulat- a handcart instead of to hoc anufacturc and curtail- supported by truth. Let me tell d also for our raw mate- a]so t}iat I am not addressing aliilled the prediction of w}i0 believe more in a bobtail i ion, that it wouid event- than a contrite heart. e ruin of the cotton and Recurring to the action of the s of tnc btates. i he Nor- ministration, Mr. Sibley said it feeding its wheat to naranhrasincr Junius, it could be tf'i ^ ? are * t(- u" t^e merits of an f Administrs ^^ arin?8r1if ^h" jnio^t be judged by the conditio i^at b^I^^nkfiimea f-1P VP?n}g- "T.x>ok upon the cc ieat ^ oJts, bankrupted f_10n Gf ?ie pfcopie 01 <,ui_ * unaole to pay interest }ie said. "and you can tell the m gages that cover taeir of your administration." Mr. Si aesteads: they have no declared that by the standards oi rev v.*itii which to pur- fathers he believed he was a D< uiactured articles of t.ie crat; he reverred Jefferson and .J e manuiacturer, unaole son and worshipped at their sin discharge his operatives, j>ut if ]ie was to be carried in a ut wages, tney m turn vey-i.nce labelled, "Democracy," c consume. hence we be- eci 5-- an obstinate driver over an larkeis and no one ab^e known road, with precipices variable concomitant of chasms.yawning on all sides, he a.ue 01 money. a. 11 vest- going to jump out; and he was uprise are about to ao- particular about where ue lit. (La !.? . r, 1 * . .1... iti, oil a laiuug mujuvci ter.) :-ir. .fence, .ropui] si, <.u ^oiui ;i nothing but loss. The asked unanimous consent that nd;?>try, who organize Sibley be permitted to conclude bor. ha\e no faith in the remarks: but Mr. Outhwaite obje< suiting from itie gold ^ \[r. Sibley's thrust at the Presi ley iiave realized tli. reined to v " enjoyed by quite a i Inch promise proht at berof Representatives, and whei i are changed into loss concluded there was a round of y tailing values before piause. While he was speaking n take place. Hence, at rs Cameron, Republican, of JL-* tea to idleness, without delphia, and Stewart, Populist thout employment. _ Nevada, came into the House an equire a prophet, a phi- xnained to hear him. statesman to foretell the i invariable result:0\*er- The Savannah News says the . ancial embarrassment, ISO! will be remembered in the S rvss.undermined morals, as a year of five cent cotton: ii >ciety and produce revo- West as a year of fifty cent whea Adams said: "Nodes- Florida for the destruction of :>ted people can long en- orange crop and of orange trees b ir. sot>er government." cold weather: and throughout whole country for the adoption o 1 "DOOMED TO DEFEAT. h\ Jx it Mahon. McCa it of jolm. }Iorse. N isati SUCH IS THE FATE AWAITING THE lips. Pickler, I ! the CURRENCY BILL. J^y. Reed. I .vays Pennsylvania. ilton Scrantoi), Smi ance iSunfcuml Free silver influences "^y c pro- Cumlnm* Against the Measure ami "Win L pclOjGfJ'aff", "V ai sure- _ ... , ^ . T> , Van Voorhis the l'l^ht-Soaje Democrats in Hart -.T- .. vV alker. V ar ipar- "Wilson of Ohi< asur- Washington-. Jan. 9.?In the House ~K ~ore a toc\a-" Outlnvaite reported a rcso- Populists?B that ^u^on ^ron: ihe committee on rules to Colorado, Boej mtlv ?overn the further consideration of the ant* Simpson? upon currency bill. It provides for the sub- The result of oper- ;s^u^on ?f ^ie amended bill proposed ceived as being t iias Wringer. December 20 last, for the bill, was ro went ^10 P03}(^n? bill, that it be considered Immediately iallv un^er live-minute rule, unless dis- ment 0f the vo iabie Posctl of. until 4:30 o'clock Friday and Speaker I \ kin? unmediately after the expiration of the The House ti "juitv m?rnin? houron Saturday the vote on w the consider inv-* pending amendments and the passage bills, and befoi t ? it had disposed onev 101 iac 0111 snau 'K Liiivua. idWtl Mr. Dingley ('Rep.; ofSlaiuo, sagges- :in'"' ~nsutar*a ted to Mr. Oulhwaite that a modiiica- ^'.ei- carries a 1 i*oi-!c l*(?n t0 Remade in rule, so as to per- the latter $S0,4 er| a "lit the House first to consider sectfons Ti:e chief in< ,^'ev 9 and Id of the bill relating to State ofternoon was anv banks. for if they were not to be reha- Mr. ilitt (Rep." rin^s hilitated the House might change the I necessity of 1< unit-1(letaiis contained in the earlier sections! consils at Ezer 'ects: suggestion was reinforced by Mr. I men: a. They ,;tiVaf talker (Rep.) of Massachusetts, whoitablnhed withe is es- sait{ was made in the interest of ex- ^ The House that l)e?^^ing business. buiIc ings and ... r. Mr. Otithwaite said the gentleman as- a favorable rer A 1 ,1 .... ? c > C'l' 'i ISlnnc^ 1'1G time ^'as to be "wasted. -nv.\nuu-;r <>; . i if it wis not wasted, the sections named to th^ city of ' f would be reached before tlie order ex- pabLc park su< f I pired. States mint pr series Inquiries were made by Messrs. l1!a*"ke "n.nec( that Beltzhoover (Deinj of Pennsylvania, ' v' C1Wi n de- and Bland (l)em.) of Mi^-ouri, as to A "vehy gravj i[ie the status of the amendment the form- Immcdiatelv the Qrproposed to oiler, authorizing the currency bill h rope, sale JijiLdi.i.udJhe j Yoorhees, chaii ilioil -substitute, of which th? latter had grc-J mittee on linai ouev ~n notice, providing1 for the free coin- [Tfrytic members these of silver at tlie ratio of IK to 1. ution lasted fo was They were informed by Mr. Outli-1 result that Mr. antic waite that the resolution did not favor j special meetiu-j i ? ^icr-viminafo against anv amend- i tomorrow after Jilts dis- ment or substitute: They would all j meeting is foi cent stand 011 their merits and bo subject to \oorhes puts i litor, the rales of the House. ' {saltation and s con- Mr. Blanu wanted Mr. Outhwaite to j thought bestar agree before he would vote for the rule' called in view j dis- tliet lie 1Mr. Bland) shouldlnivean op-j /.anc-ial situati< the portunity to olf'er his free coinage I * great amendmentand have it voted upon, if | , xmd- that were done iic should have no ob- I Jacxso>*. 31 i dent, jection to the adoption of the resolu- [the Cotton Gro ;hink tion. otherwise tlie probabilities were iciation conven? and that lie would never have an opportu- [first thing dom nity to present his proposition. (port of tlie com xs. Mr. Outhwaite declined to enter into'the salient pa any arrangement respecting the Bland Sows: substitute or any other amendment. The ?-ravitv < Tn resnonse to a question by Mr., fronting the *co Reed, Mr. Outhwaite said the object! nized. To whs is the of the resolution was to bring to a con-, traced to finau< elusion within a reasonable time, the to discuss. The ? , considerotion of the currency bill ton is recognizc siaci- ]m(| i>Cen wrore the House now evils. This mi iouse j*or nfl?L1,y <-\vo weeks, already a sufR- versal bankrup '? L--*^Pcriod of time- considering that Self-interest: o the Congress was now in the short to change. Ev TO of session. The great appropriations re- to not to plant [ause aiJ1 '->e actec. upon?-only one, and crease of not 1cre to ^ smallest, having yet passed cent, is recomrrcial . f ^ei)ate and the committee on ruK<~: v. be better Oi n uuc" A oy ^| 1 vastly important measures, tor time tor j meat. The tide j ~ their consideration. The rule grants [ this way will c] . ample time for the consideration of the ers are lurgedt " bill under the five minute rule. izations all ove pC1.?" Mr. Reed said the situation seemed to out these reso 1, Ur him to be an unfortunate one, ifi that houses are re i1 -? probably nothing would save the bill, practicable. T ,^lr" and tlieHouse was discussing the best better times an ?u method of getting rid of it. Mr. Reed ton if its recom He~ suggested to Mr. Outhwaite that be- ed. All paper, ? fore bringing the resolution to a vote j quested to deep of the House, he consent to a modifi- standing. _ cation of its terms so as to permit a The commits a discussion first upon the most impor- < by-laws submi ? f tant part of the bill. i which the folio s-. 0 After further brief remarks by Outli- Xo one shal > nas t->t i iiI wane, dh'jiu uuu x>cii/.huu\ ui, uw ?*? j not a iegmniat( \? mer demanded the previous question | tion is formed soie on the passage of the resolution. | xecutive coram ' , ~\Ir. liland: If the demand for the continue it lo: ,tne previous question is voted down, tlie The agreement lires resolution will be open to amendments ties in the cott( lion Speaker Crisp: If the question is re-1 signatures is n< ;nsa- ?usej_ signed by three The vote upon Outhwaite's demand acreage in SO pj Son was ayes 02, noes 10L A vote bv yeas j growing counti inon aucl nays was demanded dv -ur. uum- icrmmeu oy tn< f'the waitc and taken, resulting as follows: Each membei 7o\v Yeas?Democrats?Abbot. Alderson. 2 cents for each \],q Alexander, Allen, Bankhead. Barnes, in 180-1. lialf i 3 ;rj. Bar wig. Breckner, Bell ox Texas, Berry, counties, the ba ocks Black. Boatner, Bower, Bretz. Brick- the treasury of ner, Brookshire, Cabiniss. Cadmus, Lee for general; ouid Caminetti, Cannon of California, Ca- The county o . ion ruth, Catchings. Causey, Clancy, formed on the ! aeak Clarks of Alabama. Cobb of Alabama, IS95. said Coombs. Cornish, Covert, Cox. Craw- The national 'rust f?rd, Culberson, Davey, Denson. Dins- shall be compos more. Dockerry, Durborrow, English ident, who is e: j-e t0 of California, Epes. Erdman, Fielder, each State is en (Sib- Fithian, Geary, Geissenhainer. Good- for every 100,0C the nigl^> Grady. Greshara, Griflin of \n ISflO, as show )Cjav Michigan, Hall of Minnesota, Hall of -e^sv.s. hell Missouri, Hammond, Hare. Harrison, All State org iven Henderson of North Carolina, JHines, at the Suites cap Hoi man. Hiitcheson, J.zlar, Kikrore, dav on March. n*"n Kyle. Lapham. Lester. Liv- committee at ? hwli ingston, Lockwood. Lynch, iladdo^Vonnay of Apr Maliorv. Martin. McCrea^',;'^V- a:scerif"1- vrhet M locli McD^:u-nionJf^1J"v jIcCa1"' s^ned by Ihu VrVUlin. :.Ifti?krC3ieyer. Montgome- make the same O'Xeill of Massachusetts, cntc nre charge< sai(i 5;t? pa?e paschal. Patterson, ingtheagrecmt *? FenrtiSonoE Texas, Fendle- ed for suture U ?- ton of AVes: Virginia. Piggott, ]>1Cl1" ,nd? ards Richardson of Tennessee Riteh- ?eiicve<i "Russell of Georgia. Atlanta. j. u Rvin Savers, Schermerhorn. Sipc. best known citiz if J Snerrv Springer, fallings. Stevens of jhave been indi jmo- Kentucky. Straus, swanson, Talbott, States jurv hers ack- Tate, Taylorof Indiana. Tracer.Tuck-bpiracy. Them t-ine. cr- Turner of Georgia. Tyler, Warner. Edmondson, To con- Washington. Weadock, Wells. Wheel- United States dc -aid- er of Alabama. Williams of Illinois. Hannah. Georc ' un- Will nuns ot' Mississippi. Wilson of Wood. These} and West Virginia. Wise. Wolverton. to be members o was "Woodward?3 &>. _ Judge John Ed uot Republican?M. C. Henry?1?12*. acres of line Ian u??iI* ?Itemucrats: Arnold. Bailey, uul is one of 1 ado Eeltzhcover. Bland. Bryan. Capehari. jf Ins sectio *\?r? Clark of Missouri. Cotfeen. Conn, tie gave a *.\(X>o his Cooper of Texas. Dearmoud. Edmunds. i0r:e. Ed'mond ted Willis of Kentucky. Haines. Harris, eader of the bar dent Hatch. Hooker of Mississippi Hunter. ume to Atlanta mm- ikirt, Jones. Latiim^ Little, Magner. [p. Deputy ma x ]je McEttrbk, McLuurin. McKae. Money, pr the others. ap. Moore. Morgan. Xeill, Ogden, Kick Sen- ardson of Michigan. Kobertson of -starving hila- Louisiana. Shell, Sibley, Snodgrass. Halifax. N. ? 0f Strait. Talbert and Whiting?41. ers at Spring I d re- Republicans?Adams of Pcnusyl- lis morning. 0 vania. Aldrich, Avery. Haker of New on has been rec > _ i> "Rt./vl_ rtiinaiK tlir? fiv> * iiumpsmre, uarLiiuiut. jj'.'ucui, pU^>.uio>,uv year eriek. Bromwell. Brosius, Bandy. Can- jig- between the outli lion of Illinois. Checkering. Collin, gers for some ti 1 tlie Copper of Wisconsin. Cousins Curtis, --ork should be c it: in of Kansas, Curtis of New York. Dal-r two short one; the zell, Daniels, Dingley. Doliiver. Doo-;ive way. and th ythe little. Draper. Elhs. of Oregon, Gard-eeling is that tin the oud. Louden, Slager, * A CONVENTION CALLED. I II, -vlcDoweil. Jieikle orthwav. Perkins, Phil- A REPUBLICAN GATHERING FOR NEXT Co1 owers, Quig?. Banclall. iedburn, Robinson of MONTH. Russell of Connecticut, ^ j th, Stone, Charles W. a ne corjf.inization of the Remnants of the J 5torer. Strong, Thomas. _ ? .. . . 11C? i Voorliis of New York. Ea,lical Corpse" Through. par ()f Ohio, Wadsworth. out the .State to Fijfht for Delegates to ?ue t?,rer,^ ^augh White, the Constitutional Convention. 1,^ :>? vv oomer and u right Columbia. S. C., Jan. G.?The warj0\k aker of Kansas. Bell of C1T ?/ the Republicans against tlie } 1 n, Davis. Kem. Pence constitutional convention lias beenj~^ 7. Total. 430. sounded in a circular which is to be I :.he vote, which was re-! distributed from one end of the State ^r' the practical defeat of the otlier. It is published below. P^e! ceived in silence. . ^ie fi?^t on the life and death quesafter the announce-' p011 of white supremacy has practically con to Mr. Outhwaite said: ;>egun. as was predicted by The Reg- n}^withdraw the resolution, ister over a week ago. The Republicans len turned its attention ar.? prepared to organize now and sec: ation of appropriation waen the Lime comes for the eleetion e adjouanment at 4:45. delegates ^ to the convention the con of two. the diplomatic Pai"ty will be better organized than it onc n'tTpostoifice. The for- has been at any time since 1S70. It is ?f .otal of $1,565,118, and needless to warn white men what thev i2.952. will have to contend with if the Re"- lie^ /-.f nf tlip publicans organize thoroughly. and if opj ? * ' C* the ringing speech of j areaided by the white element oul } of Illinois, upon the j ^"kieh kicked out of the Democratic P25 seating- United Stales traces Jast fall. As has been stated in the oum and Harpoot. Ar- The Register, the outlook is for a hard were ordered to be es- aiK' furious light to put men in the nit a dissenting vote. convention who will look after the in- tha committee on public te rests of the State as the majority of ac^ grounds today ordered "^'hite men want them looked after. m& ort on the bill of Mr. . ^he circular, as will be seen, is me; ortliCarolsnagranting signed by ten white men and eleven cori >1 i.ii. *? ? ? 2- colored. Several colored ministers |^e onanuuu iur usu as a li parts of the United are among the signers, and the minis- son opcrtv in that city as ters are appealed'toto awaken the dor- fav ssary for the purpose mant feelings of the colored voter and son is purchased. ' " once more make him an active factor fc"a . m..Y,.T.T cm. ,Trr.v > in the politics of the State. The breach UPC . ri>A^CLVLbixLA.io.v which tj)e independents made is being "?> utter the defeat Oi the taken advantage of. as every patriotic 1 the House today -?r. white man saw would be the case. Pre man of the Senate com- jf t]lc constitutional convention Sta ice, called the Demo- should be controlled by Republicans togetner. The consul- there is no telling what would happen. J r half an hour with the Organization must be met bv organiza-1PU1 . oorliees vail call a tion and the democrats must be orepar- con i'0 "ie co'nm:itl^ee for e(i t0 ^vin when the election is iield. Un noon at ~o clock. Tins The following is the circular which, ?Ur lie purpose, as Mr. it js supposed, will arouse the Repubt. of conference, con- iican ]lost. r j nch action as may be -Columbia. S. C., .January 4, 1894. vcr id agreed upon and is '"The approaching constitional con0 j verv' grave h- yention presents a situation of the for >n* most vital concern. The projectors of ipa' Resolutions. the scheme to supplant the present tioi r Xrf ? Constitution have concealed their pur- ? ss., -Jan. lu:?>vhen pose^kbevond the admission and boast was ti -r- r0tIClU"e ^?* that tiie^fe&ii\"e franchise is to be so ^ .d this morning, the restricted and manipulated that a large 'opt, e re" proportion of tuft colored voters are to Pu^ i-t be disfranchised. Mhe power of the ter. 1 as convention is supreme- If the people j1111 , . do not rise ii) their ana elect ^ 31 the conditions con- delegates who will protect xheif-f^tab- of < tton growers is recog- ]isiiec{ rights and interests there islrfi-" -2? [t. 1e,xte.n,L ttlls. aiay t>e minent danger that an intolerant and ^ nal legislature is useless partisan spirit will dominate and an tot overproduction of cot- organic law be adopted which will re- frai id as one of the chief present the views, principles and Sta list be corrected or uni- sc}iemes 0f a hostile and revengeful tha tcy will follow. faction. con must impel the grow er "The call for action and untiring an^ er~ farmer is appealed effort to avert the fate which has been rac so much cotton, a de- decreed is loud and imperative. The ma ss than twenty-five per lethargv and despair under which the the icuueu, iiii-j. ^cuu. people rest must oc mrown on. i\u | * ! issue of equal importance lias ever been \ S"0 i*'T ,fttate she aiffigcafeipg _ pi- -??~ ofInimi^ti'ori'tTOsa:'^?' ^tK'the' perilous "'situation. -' ?-J liange methods. ft arm- "As^iow circumstanced Republicans 0 form county organ- are powerless. Where active and ef- ac^ :r the South to carry ficient organization is essential they n0^ ilutions. Cold storage are in the dilemma of having no bind- Peo commended wherever jng and legal party organization, ver' he committee promises growing out of the failuie to elect a to t d higher prices for cot- state executive committee and county as * mendation are observ- chairmen during the past year as re1 in the South are re- quired by the rules of the party. P?? the committee s report "it is therefore feltand the occasion iaei demands the assembling of a State 1 sc on organization and^ convention as spedily as possible to be ^av ttqd a long repot, of composed of the most intelligent, wise ^er 1 v? mg is a synopsis. and representative men tor tne purpose L be a member who is of formulating plans for conducting *101; i grower. The associa- this campaign and of organizing the for one year and the partv on a Jive, liberal, progressive Car ittee is given power to basis, so that those who see in the jni nger. if good results, success of the Republican party the to be sen t to all coun- best hope for the' welfare of the people V )n growing States for and the prosperity of the country may "vm )t to ^be binding t>Us. Jeel that in our party they will find :-fourtbs of the cotton a--welcome and chance for preferment. ' iv cent, of the cotton it shoT^Uie'mfde^Lcod the question ?ta1 es, said fact to be de- 0f past party affiliation is ignored and c 3 national committee, that all those who believe in the doct- ~ r binds himself to pay rine of protection and honest elections ^eE acre 01 cotton planted ave entitled to an -will be accorded fair to be retained" in the aiKl equal recognition. The unloosing the lence lo be paid into 0f party ties in the State offers the \ the national commit- chance"for the Republican party to purposes. begin a career of active unefulness and Ior rganizations are to be secure the co-operation of all wellirst Monday of March, wishers. Besides the usual registra- ^ tion days on the first Mondays in each executive committee month 'there have been ten extra regis- ^ ed of the national pres- trati on dayslprovided This offers a great c-otlicio chairman, and opportunity and incentive and we be- Qr^ til led to one member Here the people can on this supreme yive 10 bales of cotton raised occasion be aroused throughout the tjie n by the United States State. ' "Therefore we feel impelled and ^9 animations shall meet warranted by the overmastering1 issue gg^g litals on the'third ilon- and our crippled party condition to 1805, and the national assume the responsibility of calling a sea]. sew Orleans the first state Republican convention to meet ^a}f il. ISO5, which shall at Columbia. S. C.. on Wednesday. gt_ j her the agreement is Febuary G,1S95. at 12 m., to take such Qr]( t -"ouisite number to action as the exigency demands. mer oinding. The presid- "Each county will be enti Jed to the 1 with the duty of sse- same number of delegates and alter- r;ve :uts properly distvibut- nates as it has members of the General -^9,5; Assembly, and where not otherwise provided a mass meeting to elect dete- -j i, ' t0 KU 5hlX- . _ SHU". r.n,;Vtyrn,t ^ tn u.u riTTTTcii countv on baturdav. ir ebuarv t ueei ;ens oi" -Murray county o. 1S05. . . T1 .catedbv the United "The very life of suffrage in this t}]e 1 for murder and con- State is at stake and other cherished en indicated are John rights and interests are imperilled. v-z; m Wright. and_ ex- The time for organization is so short torv puty marshal: Vv. A. that the ministers of the Suite must be ;e Terry and ilcrriII appealed to and depended^ upon to >arties arc all believed bnno-to the knowledge of the people gtat< f the Ku Klux band, the vital and transcendent issues that Q.e01 mondson owns 3,000 ^re involycd in the constitutional con- ? d m -Hurray county ventiou scheme and the necessity of the leading citizens sending as delegates the best obtain- i n of the State, able men. bond and trent back ;Signed)-E. M. Bravton. TvV. B. [ [son is said to be the Anderson. R. E. Hart. E. H. Coit. J. id. He and Hannah R. Wilson. .j. C. Daniels. R. W. Mem- jjfand gave themselves minger. V. P. Ciavton. F. H. Gregorv. .> --rshals are hunting Frank Nichols. C\ F. Holmes. L". D. 3 049 Melton. S. H. Nix, J. W. Morris, "?,xh George \V. Murrav. Simeon Corley, ?_,i r and striking. J. C. "Hunter. F. M. Prickett. W. \V. a%() \ Jan. 10?The mi- Russell. T. A. Owdom. C. C. Johnson."' lili coal mines struck ' nly meagre informa- The Greenville News says "the lateived here as yet. but set rumor from Washington is that ^ uble has been com- the present Congress wiil~not adopt a Q?ain( niinei*s and the man- financial system, offering any subme over whether the stantial relief, and that the President lone in. one long shift intends to call the new Congress in 5. Neither side would extra session early in March. We States e strike resulted. The would not be surprised to find this stb2 men. although they ry verified by developments. No Con- differ not have gress has ever sat whkdj had bigger given opportunities or has done less than the consi: I hj^-s been a'rin^^^^^^^^^ ^tock A PATRIOTIC LETTER. j ^ onel Thomas, of Colombia. Pleads for White Unity. TO I .'o the Editor of The State: The cirar letter of a committee of Repubin s, calling for a convention of that a vk ty with the view of meeting the is- Fr0 s"of the Constitutional convention, gests to mv mind the duty of the Pur v?ovf Tr-liito TWYHIA I n-,-* 11 Uli tllO JJUfA 'j VI CUV ?? AAA WW 1 . | . J. 3outli Carolina. | , t is not my purpose to review the j _ te politics for the past four event- ing a years. What is known as the Re- Sout tn movement has developed princi- t;l1 sand policies of government and able_ ises of sentiment that have not nee f amended themselves" to my judg- from at. But I have been far from con- last c iring it an unmixed evil. I- have to th a in it germs, which, rightly culti- serio ed, would promote the good of the The ] nmonwealtli. When the sober sec- ter a 1 thought of the whole white people Sout] the State shall assert itself" as I crati< * T -i- T * 1? orvrwi niv beneve it win, l cannot oul u'~re that the resultant of the recent mad( )osing forces will be the good of an^ ith Carolina. But letting the dead syste t bury its dead, what is the duty of he n< present and the suggestion of the but are? We must extract from the indie islation of the four years past all the i t is valuable, and promote for the Reptj antage of the State all pending cone. TKowo^j-imnprdino' nnwi OffeR dO U1 Jk ilv ^ i. v<Wi w ? v ? t^ | v j, -| , isure is the call for a Constitutional they ivention. Although admitting- that 1 in th time for such a convention is in prog le respects inopportune, ye't I have h ored the call for one weighty rea. There is the imperious necessity caus< t devolves upon us to put at once and >n a granite base the question of basec ite supremacy in South Carolina, tioii. ?re should be provision for such su- givei inacv in the fundamental law of the their te. I am for meeting this issue dowi dly before the whole country. time: ^et it be understood that it is the sake ? on-'U ?+/-* ?or*c. \r-? the rpUSC ill UIC ? XXX IriwS iOVt JX? .fcrmablv to the constitution of the bistc ited States which it is our duty and a ma necessity to hold inviolate, to fix the ite supremacy in our organic laws. Repu low this is to be done is for the con- Sout ition, after gTave deliberation and gani; e consultation, to devise. It is not selec me or for any one citizen to antic- form te the solution of so great a ques- consl l of statesmanship. This tut one thing is certain. If there earn* 5 ever a time for the union of the the n ite people of the State, novr is the Repe. Let us meet this proposed Re- 'L m'craniy^tion hv such a coun- bare organization as will make a re- secui ted Democracy i'rresistable. and re- ^7 : ate forever to the rear the exponents come i party that would rear ag?fjy?fte surp: iscreated front" in our olj gtate. .'^""D^p^a^er work can ^d^^ess ^tself or Co he than the prop ning of a consniiiTon for a free ance te. Hence it goes without saying chan t the approaching Constitutional c^n .vention calls for the purest, ablest ^or 1 - - x-L-i r\ i wisest men mai-a^uuiecu i^emuc- mi y can offer. Let the selection be de regardless of faction, and with Kepi acknowledgement of the principle sum: t minorities have rights which r?03, ?uld be conceded and views which ble r ?uld be respected. I do not propose on ^ I X am rectf J*""?;" "J. t-h<y dictuto nnd ' jatnotism-for. bottth Uaroima. . - / - "T o^outh "(KAIm^e^^reK^^enr-; id and policies'established which do Sl command the approval of good pie. But it is wise to accept the ^oca\ cict of the white majority and agree SoutJ rust to time for such modifictions *:ure^ . J Tf thi nay oe expecieu. ~.~? 'or one, I nave faitli in the white pie of my State. As one -who has 111 aE itified himself wholly with neither m? ;he factions of the Democracy. I s^ruo e the right to make my plea as I do ernt * e f or a reunion of the Democracy of P01"^3 State upon the basis of peace with a^C0T tor as to the past and of concerred ^.e n on for the future, so that South .?,e olina may atlain the blessings of ' ty an d prospc; ity and make sure the can ndation s o fhe: r:inteship for all time, little. 'rider ordinar / rcumstances the 06(11 ter would not- rude his views n the pubiic. B-ii as it is, it seems covei lim that at this juncture of our so m: ;e affairs, when some people may chars :ontemplating an unhallowed alii- toU e. it is the duty of independent cit- r&n?< at_kno"ws no ambition but " se weal of the State to assert itself in JJ101*, expression of matured v.CT^ eouu have undertaken only to foresUi^J 2 1"2 i policy. I am willing for it to go p> iI1S; what it is intrinsically worth. " c M: John P. Th03Ias. olumbia, S. C., Jan. 7,1S95. ?r^ Comparisons in Cotton. slirGV ew Orleans, J.vn. 10.?The cot- that statement just issued by the New the i: jans Cotton Exchange shows: De- inevii ries from the State of Texas for ficanc tour montns 01 this season to ue- er so .ber 31st, 2,26S,457 bales against proce 7,565 bales for the same time last felt a on, making a net increase of 770,- if, as bales. The deliveries at the Texas mand KXird show an increase of 401.155 ion i is. The shipments via Cairo and much Louis were 116,017 bales: to New name sans 243,722 bales, and rail ship- ment: its to Mexico 22.460 bales, while plyrr cVunmdn+c aovri$.<z iVtA citnQt r north of St. Louis have decreased front 33 bales. The deliveries from the on th e of Texas from and after January gathe ist year 561.404 bales, the commer- as vre crop "-of Teller ia?rfr -rear having next ] l 2.059,040. ie statement giving1 an analysis of n movement of cotton in sight di- . ^H-' s the cotton belt into three groups. cia^ ^ First?Texas and Indian Terri- ^on- Spfnnr]?Orlipr (riilf Static mn. tei*, O. ing Arkansas, Louisiana. Slississ- a,rrestl and Tennessee: Third?Atlantic tn.rc,,-v ;s. embracing North Carolina. )vln,^c g-ia and Florida. This analysis forc*to s the crop for the first four f!oar", ths of the season to December 31. ^hat H isive. as follows: Texas 2,355.322 ^ against 1.534.914 in 1893 and ^ ,S57 in 1S92-: other Gulf States. tl,lr0,w: .47'.) bales, against 1,532.955 1S93 ^ , L.ISO i)49 in 1S92: Atlantic States] .716 against 2.30S.233 in 1S?3. and at .649 in 1892. nVonl e statement does not divide Texas J >ther Gulf States for 1SS1. the * ^ .000 crop year, but it .gives the ving comparisons between this Kew and 1S91: Texas and other Gulf United i together, this year, 3.296.SOI juclo-e st 3.S12.952 in 1S91; Atlantic verdict 5, this year. 2,575.716, against am0un 134 in 1S91. Excess compared jr 1S91 in Texas and other Gulf ofYorl 3 -XVJV,vv^uipiiicu. Willi J^riCC <IS in Atlantic States 54.418. The this cit ence between the Texas crop. ment > above and Texas crop in sight, "jhe act 5ts of the fact that the Texas crop alleged ices only cotton actually shipped fendan >f the State to December 31, feankft jas, that in sight includes also Hope& 5 at interior towns on December respecti excess of Septembrr 1. 1391 ~.z Sk ? .REPUBLICAN SCHEME|igI PERMANENTLY BREAK UP THE -'-^?^ SOLID SOUTH. e-President Candidate to be Talcec :r' m this Section and a Liberal Policy sued in Reorganising the Party. - _ e "Washington correspondent Baltimore Sun gives the 5 the Republican scheme in the-r^^ljg hi in the future: ' ' |9gS| ; is regarded as more than prob-7"#^^ that the next Republican nominfrV%i^ or Vice President Trill be taken #lfS| the South. The returns' of the ^ election have given renewed hope" ;Y' e Republican leaders of making ^;;JJp?g us inroads upon the Solid Sputh. policy of"tEfe-party wiH ^j^xfos- :(?5f?|| Whatever tendency exi&sglf the 11 to cut away frornthe oM^gmo-;;-^^^g 2 alliances. To this .end opriations for that section will?Bev~-" ;'^^ 5 by the next Republican Hot6?, a policv of conciliation wpfbe matically pursued. There ' will > raeance of a force bill held out, Afprvtbino- -will be done which ates'a disposition to build upj^^ffji naierial interests of the SoutlL iblican leaders have come to the * lusion that the South oiice more : 1 5 an inviviting field for them. If - Ztjgjsjm can only make a half-dozen States, at section debatable ground, the ? )ects of the party for -supremacy -a mmeasurably impTnv^. ' B iter the tecteiT'lGiap^ ;d by the' failure of the fbpes - A the apparently well-laid jclans JH lupon the reconstructionJg^s3a- /--^H the South was by tacit consent jfigg 1 up to the Democrats. In all Jjf bedrock calculations .from 1880 'AM i, the Republicans, while some-. ; SB mol-'Tin' nAmirml PIOTTYIC flhft BMI of effect, have really never taken v WL South into consideration. The; : fl| ry of last'November has wrought r. : n rvellous change. Next year when WM State elections roll around, the^'V^H iblicans will come up all over the 'a in compact and well-drilled or^^SSiT; lation. Then candidates will be ted with care, and the party plats will be artfully and skulrnliy - iructed for home consumption. is a matter which is engaging the *st and constant attention here aost trusted men at the head iblican party affairs. *. c ' ,ocal Bepublicans in the South long lamented their inability to: > o o noh'o-nt li Aai*fno\ nr awvnse' interest in their cause .when they/^' i to Washington. This wasTiot^Ki^ rising^^^^^aru^e, thev\have '-' /. . c',''. of substentis^^reSB^^lLe^ \ -" ge in the situation has wrought : gein purpose and stimulated hopejy???^ he future. Th'e South wi2I be - id after as it never was before; outlines of the improved plan of- " r iblican campaign may be briefly . . > narized. Local ambitions and^;^;:?? . interests will be aroused, reputauen only will be sought for to put ae tickets, and efforts steadily di? jd to still and aUay.local prejudices upprclaonMon^. ^ Ixi. ?oniocrat? of tho SoutV-4HH9| ) and dopg.if- v JUMI evere injuries"inmct^npoS\T rear. If the Kepublicans iirfflfc- - M elections next year in the^^^5| a can hold on to what they cap- ^ L this year, they will be nappy. .'.r?? ov cnrvppH in Anincr bpttpr tnev be jubilant. In either eventj. or Vv' j ?$ y event, it has been determined ; ike a desperate and contimmous .+0$ ?le all along the line for SouthSectoral votes in 1896. An im,nt means undoubtedly for the plishinent of this end will be _: y* .omination of a Southernman for President The Southern horizon ?|| be closely scanned for a Republi- . star of the first magnitude, and . if any, doubt exists that he mil scovered. ; is not doubted he might be dis-' :ed in Maryland, where there are :;V?j A"? . *1' icter and ability, but Maryland probably be eliminated from the 4^5$ i of choice, as being too far North. :ms to be accepted almost by com- . consent that in the distinctively :-M0 lern States a Republican of icter and position is a rara avis^. ; more or less, may ha^e beenthe ?thop:st. ' ^Ma her the proposition is tenable now s been in recent periods. ; >|5|glgS has lon^ been contended by the Iflpl .*dest politicians of both parties./' . tne enormous preponaerance 01 y>-^w >arty in the South would lessen Vs^l tably with the diminishing signile of the race question. Wheth- _*Wp|; or not, Republican policy will ed on this line. No distrust is izgsgz s to the right man being found now oelieved. party interest de, lfl||l Is him when the moment for act ' arrives. It was. affirmed with. . confidence t<xlay that the s oi eigm or xen men couia oe ioned each of vrhom -would am- . ? teet all the requirement of the ion. Z\Iore will - JB in due time. These new e political chessboard wi^ : -add:^;^5^ ring- interest to the preliminaries " ra 11 as the active operations !of the ? Residential campaign: . - / An Editor in a Scrape. ?? lrlotte. N. C., Jan. 10.?Aspe-' -? . *||| > the Observer from Rutherfordr. C.. says that Editor D. J. Carf the Herald of that place, was ed this morning-, charged with insr rocks last mohi thronurb tJ??. <=> - - - ~ ?? 7~-yS,' ' ivrs of the office of the Ruther- . n Democrat. Witnesses who ' ^ the crashing of the glass swore my &7y the prisoner and identi- m as nre-ftffender. Carter.testK , at lie saw a man tnrowm^nH9B||^^j|||fl in<r rocks through the wjaH a rock at this man as ne > juncture the witnes%Ss camg^ iim ana he was too muz-h excifl explain. In default ofSbail arter was committed to fail. . -3 ... : * >.^35 "Wins its Suit. ' York, Jan. 10.?A jnr^ in the ;';J? States Circuit Court, -cefore Lacombe to-day, rendered a for the plaintiff for the full t sued for, with interest from l thecase of the Exchange Bank ft p. 0/v0i-r>cri' uvkvik*?j ion was hTXtugh^&sj^^Jffi -? to