The Abbeville press and banner. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, March 19, 1879, Image 2

Newspaper Page Text8B HB The Press and Banner. By IIUGII WILSON & W. v. BKNET j | "Wednesday, Karch 19, 1879. .. ^ The Tug of War-Hnycx n?d the | jf&5 Democrats. |B The.extra session of C'ongrexs which 9 begun yesterday promises to be one ofj the most memorable in the liistorv oft 9 these United States. It ncanssomethin}; ! more than just the transact! >n of uiilin-! H-ished business. The unfinished business ! H. it has to discuss contains in it elements! n of party strife and dissension and possigfl bilities of civil discord that may cause '.revolution. The position of affairs and ? the attitude of parties in Washington toW day are fraught with as much concern to H this country as ever was the Tea-duty. or the Stamp Act, Nullification or Slave-j rv. Two of t!ie three great departments BW of our government?the legislative and H the executive?stand in open defiance of gl each other, each calling upon the oilier to H yield, but neither seeming disposed to Bpflrodt'e one inch. Ostensibly it j ra seems as if the President were single j and alone daring the House of HepresenSi tativesto mortal combat, but really it i the Kepuoiiean party, whosc ne.iu naves | is, challenging to a tugof war the Demo- j craticparty which controls the House. 1 It is something more?it is the party of 1 Federal centralism against the party of' non-interference with State rights, 11amiltonianism against Jefiorsonianism, despotism against constitutional freedom. This struggle was inevitable. The llcpublican party blinded by their success | in the civil war mistook or pretetukd to mistake the results of the war fur the triumph of federal centralization. Their 'agitationof the slavery question provok-! cd the war, but the safety and permam-.ncy of tho Union was the cause for which . tho North fought, Democrat and-Ilepubliean alike fighting for the federal gov- ( crnment. No doubt, the downfall of the j (Jonfederacj-uieant ttic establishment of the Union, but it did not mean the do-1 struction of the rights of States?evon of Southern States. OnI\- one of these rights?the right to secede from the partnership of Stales?was decided by the war and judgment pronounced against it. Tho surrender at Appomattox did not i mean the surreudcr of those State rigiits which had not been expressly delegated to the federal government. But it suited the purposes of the triumphant party toj consider that the safety of the Union de- I manded tho destruction of several others > of those undelegated State rights. Their! occupation gone, their "mission"?negro emancipation?accomplished by tho war, the Republicans found themselves a party in power but without a policy, with l nothingto keep them from disintegration j but tho "cohesive power ol public plun- ; der" and the adhesive qualities of ollicc- j holders. They foresaw that the legiti-1 mate result* of negro emancipation and enfranchisement would at no distant day | re-iustate the Democrats in oflice and j make the Southern States more powerful | in Congress than they had been before. To prevent this undesirable consummation, they, while still in the majority,! enacted laws unconstitutional in tlu-ir essence and centralizing in their purpose! and effect; notably the laws relating to the test oath and the presence of federal ; supervisors and of troops at tho polls. J "Wise in their generation, the Republicans; framed this treble-acting machine than : which no better could have been devised i for the purposo intended?namely, the t perpetuation of Republican rule, which j they think is identical with the "safety of; the Union." The machine has worked > jwAvell?for them. If permitted, it will j still work well lor them even when their j party is in a minority. With Republican supervisors and and troops at the polls, j with packed Republican juries in the i United States courts, with Republican United States juices and a Republican | ."'Supreme Court or the United States,?j lio\v could the machine do otherwise | with any raw material put into it than to j turn it out a puro Republican fabric?! And mark how the constant juxta-posi- ] tion of the two terms "Republican" and ; "United Statos" induced the delusion in , v- not only tho negro's mind but in the i infnds of white Republicans too, that! they were synonyms. What could Democrats expect from such a machine ? Nothing more nor better than they got. Can men gather grapes from thorns, or figs from thistles? Just as soon can jus- ; ; tice be done by tile use of a party ma-' chine, made bv a party and for that par-. ty, and run in tho party's internet. From the raw material furnished by the testimony of the supervisors to the finished fabric found in the decisions of the Su-j preinc Court, the whole process was that of a vast fraud-factory. Tho Republican majority has disap-i peare 1. Democrats control congress.; It is time for the macliino to change hands or to stop. Democrats cannot run it con- i sistently with the de-centralizing doc-j trinesof Jefferson. They must destroy j it: and the time has come for its destruc-; ration, and the Democrats are the men tot ,'-.doit. They havo framed bills repealing * the three obnoxious and unconstitutional I laws. Hayes will not sign them. Hayes! * '.Qpenly says ho will veto t'icm. They | Jjr*will then tag them on to the appropria-1 - "tion bills, a veto on which will cut oil" all 'money supplies in all the departments of j v the government. The country will then ! .bo appealed to by both, and until some' ^ '"decision is reached or someone of the op> posing parties yields, tho wheels of gov-; V ernment will bo stopped, for it is money ! ? that makes the mare go. '? The Republicans claim that to tag the| * repealing acts to the appropriations is " "^revolutionary." Tho Democrats retort1 with force that the acts they wish to repeal were in part enacted by a Republi* can Congress on an appropriation bill. If it was not revolutionary to enact them embodied in an appropriation bill hotv can it bo revolutionary to repeal them in an ' appropriation bill? The Republicans * Also say that us the supervisors are one, ' democratic anil one Republican the sys- j * tern can do neither party injustice. Like; the quack doctor's medicine they tlinkj if it does the Democrats no good it can do: <; ?them no harm. Why then be so anxious to maintain it? This is a blade that cuts both ways. The Republicans denounce ! *tha&o ermental deadlock as unprece-1 dcated. Let the Democrats reply that j thore is as yet 110 precedent for a Presi-1 -. "dent to veto a repealing aut. The RepubJfcans are indignant at what they call ."co-ercion of the Executive." Let the ' ,y. Democrats be more, because more justly, I ' 'Indignant at this attempt on the part of; Hayes to bully into submission riot simp-! ly the Democratic Congress, bat Hie vast | V ' majority of the people. The Democrats . hold the purse-strings. Let them hold ! ,jhem tight until the country, as the last T'court of appeal, has made final decision ! ; between the partisan President and the , * * House of Representatives. m T\ ...,1 .1-? T> i.i:? 1x1 is i/uiu<ivrui5 auu liiciwpuuuutu.') jii ttw lower house of Congress are very I ilearlv divided. The few Greonbackers are in Congress are expected to vote | [ with the Republicans, when it comes to ..a party vote. The Greonbackers in Con- i 4 ?gress seem to be nothing more or less j1 than Inflation Republicans. Out of thei' tKree hundred members of Congress only j' * sOme fouror five are Greenbackers. This j ,'.'flbows that both political parties are al- J V most a unit for honest money. .{- >*..* r ' .'"Gov. Simpson, of South Carolina is in < constant receipt of letters from South Car- | r olinians who have emigrated to the Southwest since the war, the burden of all of k, -Which is that the writers have been sad' ^disappointed in tlieir plans and expoctatiuns, and are an si oils to rctufcn. 1 Tlic Atlanta tinnier. I: is murder, and notliimi loss?this hunting down a man, for the express purpose of provoking liiin into a tight, :?nd of killing him. The chance of tho pursuer's being killed himself is neither mitigation nor justification of his crime. Nor is it any proof of manly courage, according to lac civilized mans Mom <?i bravery. When Kd. Cox bought a loaded pistol and searched for Colouel Alston throughout Atlanta Until he found him iu :he Stale house and there slew him, he was a human tiger, thirsting for blood, and j's such he should have been captured before he slew his victim. Now Hint ANton lies in his j;rave, the voice <?f his blood cries from the ground against the man that needlessly shed it. We cannot discuss the harrowing subject. The hand that writes these words felt the gsasp of poor Alston's hand not long ago. We only ask some questions ' Why did not Governor Colqu'lt order the arrest of Cox? Why did he simply try "to calm hint ?" Why did all those friends of both men, who were aware of the circumstances, stand idly by aiid let a bloody butchery lake place before their eyes? Is it right to sell a pistol, and to load it too, to a man who comes into a store angry, infuriated and cursing ? When is this wholesale killing to erase? Four weeks ago only, Atlanta witnnnsod the Simmon's tragedy. Then Richmond sees a young man shot for no appreciable reason. Then New Orleans hasher act in the bloody drama; and now again comes the murder of Alston. Not oneol those four homicides was justifiable. All lullr form a dark blot upon the civilization of the South; for be it remembered the slayers and the slain in the eases cited were not of the " criminal" class but were "gentlemen." Is Wendell Phillips altogether blameworthy for speaking of us of the South as "barbarians ?" The Public Schools. The subject of education and the conduct of the public schools seem to bo attracting the deserved attention of our people at present. In response to an article from the Associate Reformed Presbyterian which was endorsed by the Press and Banner, "Teacher" puts in an appoaranco this week, and offers some good suggestions. We are glad to woo this subject agitated and discussed in a becoming manner. Only good can result from it. It shows a healthy public sentiment when the citizens of various parts of a county take an interest in such matters, and discuss them in a dignified and respectful manner as becomes teachers and educated gentlemen. We sl.all always be glad to hear from our friends on any subject, and paatieularly on the subject of schools. [With reference to "Teacher's" suggestion that Mr. W. (J. lionet should promote tho cause advocated in the Press and Banner, and should invite tho State Superintendent of education to deliver an address at tho organization of tho Institute, we can only say that we shall earnestly endeavor to do as desired in urging the formation of a Teachers' In stitute, and that it will give us pleasure to send an invitation at once to Colonel Thompson. W. (.'. B.J ?*? The Grrnt Walking .Hatch?The Foreigner" Wins the Belt. The most remarablc pedestrian contest on rccord took place in GiJmoro's Gardens, New York, last week. The prize was the championship of the world, the Astley licit and $.'30,000. Four famous walkers entered the ring, threo Americans, O" Ijeary, Ennis, Ilarriinan, and one Englishman, Rowell. From Monday morning until Saturday night the match coutinued day and night, the men resting when they pleased. The public interest in the match was unprecedented. All New York was feverish with excitement. Crowds of eight to fifteen thousand people thronged the spacious enclosure day after day and night after night, paying their dollar admission n.o iey cheerfully. And the pedestrians plodded on, walking, trotting, "loping," getting over as much ground as they could during the six days and nights. O' Leary broke down at mid-week, the other three continued, and on Saturday night at 9.10 o'clock, having still one hour and twenty minutes of the allotted time to spare, the plucky little Englishman, Rowel 1, left the track victorious, having walked 000 miles. Ths Astlcy championship belt thus goes back to England as a trophy fairly won by Charles Howell, who, indomitable little man of pluck and muscle as he is, was not well treated by the American public. He was derided 1>3' the press, hissed and hooted by the people, accused of unfair dealing by tho friends of the American competitors. All of which - ? *u..i i./v mean* lllill IIU ?iW guuiy kji uiv out which cannot be forgiven by Americans ?the sin ol' being u successful "foreigner." The Mexican Half-Castes. Wo reprint from tho San Francisco Chronicle a most interesting article on tho half-castes of Mexico. It is full of information on a subject which at no distant da*7 will ho of the deepest interest to the people of those United States ; for it is a foregone conclusion that MexicoJ will some day be numbered among the States of this Union, and her people be fellowcitizens with ourselves. The article commends itself to our attention for another reason?it throws a side-light upon the half-castes of our own country, the mulattos, octoroons, quadroons and all the offspring of negro mothers by white fathers. We find tho same general truth manifested in Mexico which is patent to to our eyes here, that partus ventrem scquitur, tho offspring takes after the mother and joins the mother's race. Tho principle holds good in society and in morals as it did in law. The half-caste Mexicans, moreover, liko the mulattos, are neither mentally the equals of their fathers nor physically tho equals of their mothers or of men of their mothers' race. Court Reports. Wo are glad to note an improvement in the Court ronorts as made bv manv of our exchanges. Of late it seems that many of tho more wide-awake papers have discovered that carefully prepared reports of the court's proceedings are more interesting U?an anything else that can be got to lill a nswepaper. Among those who have published extensive reports wc would mention the Ncu-bcrry News and tho Union Times. From the evidence given In murder trials, as published in the Times, we would suppose that Union county is a most safe county in which to take tho life of a fellow-being. It seems to us that under tho laws of South Carolina, tho killing of a man is only a slight offence, Which may be reAtl>ly excused, especially if the party committing the homicide will only state in court that ho was scared and afraid that tho killed nran would kill him. The Ilringftriftn Flood. Tho cable brings startling news of a flood in IIangary which his submerged ami destroyed tho city of Szeged in, a city of 80,000 inhabitants. The thawing [>f iinmenso quantities of snow in tho rheiss valley caused an accumulation of water which sapped tho dikes, burst therr* ?nd overflowed the town. Over threo tiundred persons were drowned. The lestructiou of proporty was incalculable. iThe Barnwell Sentinel Bays that Mr. Ed. Hutson of that county will try his uck at tea culture. Bathed In Blood. HORRIBLE TRAGEDY IN THE GEC GIA CAPITOL. Colonel Alston nnd Ed. Cox Have 1 Hostile ."Meeting, In Which cue i < | mor (iets Killed and the .Latter J J rerely Wounded.--The Facts Bofi ! and Alter the Killing. [.ttl'tuhi O'ltilihtHmi.] } Yesterday afternoon another bloody tran ' was enacted in ilil -city. It came oil sudd i ly, niul tin' terrible news, ?s it tirst eircula ' from mouth to iiiouili, was searc.eiy bein: [ liy t'u< sc who heard it. It had been so gel ially hoped that days, and even years mi j pass before such a iother event would stai i the community tliat men dreaded to le> the truth. The fact was only too true and awful. The verification wassv. ift,amicru' tloeUed to view the sceiieaud theparticlpa in one of the oompletest death-duel* on records. THE ACTOKS IN Till: I'I'EI. ! Were too clti/ens well known In our conn j nity uml numbering hosts of friends. On them was Colonel KoherL A. Alston, of ! adjoiniim county of DcKalb, and its ltej . seutali\c In the present (ieneral As.-eniJ ! The other was Captain Kd. Cox. of 1'eK ! County, and oneof the sub-lessees of penil j tiary convicts. Colonel Alston was chalrti of the renitenthiry Committee of the pre* House of Kcprescr.talives and the autl.o ; the bold and horrifying report upon our p I itentlary lease system which caused ro >v ' a sensation in November last. Tin: tjCKS'K OK TIIE TltAREDY . Was In the middle room of the ofllces of ; stntii Treasury In the eapltol building. ' i State Treasury Is located upon the groi 1 rtoor oi tin* building ami immediately in ! oiinier at tin- intersection of Marietta i t Forsyth streets. Tliorooiu was about t\v< ! or llrieen feet in dimensions and was tiseil ja sitting room and desk olliee by ('ok | Murphy,clerk to the treasurer. It was ! one into which the vault opened. In it i parties met ai d the alT'niy oeeurrcd in : presenee of State Treasurer Itenfrod, t.'npl ! Nelms" the prinelpai keeper of the peidte ary, and the tax eolleetor of (iiliiier Com Mi'. I'. II. Milton, and who was present to 'a receipt for tax collections paid inio | treasury. The room is rather eontincil sizeand with its furniture added, madr ( arena forooinbat wonderfully adapted to] 1 dttce mortal consequences. T1IK CAl'SB OK TKK TKACEHY. | The real facts in all their legitimate com ! tions which preceded and led up to the f j encounter an: ditlicuit to he ascertained I the present state of affairs. One of theac ; is dead and the other seriously wounded i forbidden to talk upon the subject. Ot ] parties acquainted with the main facts h I to be relied upon for the matter of the prc? j narrative ami these statements made dm I the intense excitement following the dr< ( fill event may unintentionally be somew I tit variance with the facts developed upo I judicial Investigation hereafter. We have deavored to get at the truth in the mat 'and we give the connected account inadi I from the statements of those who would < I sent to speak of them. They are to the e: j us below given. TICK CONVICT LEASE A(T i Was passed l>y the Legislature In 1SS6, un I which the convicts of the state were lease companies formed and designated as topi tentiary companies." (ine of these com iriics was composed of several gentlen: [among whom were Senator (jordyn, 15. I Lockett, W. H I.owe and Colonel C. H. II ard. The convicts of the State are divide* j a certain manner between these coinpat for a tlxed sum per annum for each conv and arc employed by the lessees in labor u; I farms, in mines and In railroad construeti etc,, as they may lie made most protitahh Mr. fox was a sublessee underGen. (?ori and had about sixty of the convicts enga in agricultural labor upon a farm in Tiij I Count v. (ien. Gordon has been for some I J anxious to sell out his interest in the U | and sever his connection with the cm pi | merit of convict labor under this system. 1 lias been endea vot ing to do so for some mon and when Col. Alston, who has always bet warm personal friend of Gen. Ooruon, , Washington a few days ago, Gen. tJori I irave him a power of attorney to sell his j tcrest iii Penitentiary Committee No. 2. TUK HIDlUNi; ANl) UAKCAININU. It appears that Mr. Jessie Walters, of bany, who is a representative from I)ougl ty County in tlie present Legislature, I been in correspondence with lien. Gordon I oil t lie subject of this interview, and was (sirous of purchasing the same. When (i (Gordon placed the Interest lu the hand J Col. Alston for sale he wrote to Mr. Wait informing him of ihe fad and suggesting t j lie see Col. Alston concerning ihe inat j Several days ago Mr. Walters came to I I city with a view of meeting Col. Alston i negotiating about the interest oll'cred furs; ! Col. Alston reached the city from Washi ton 011 Sunday last, and on Monday had j Interview with Mr. Walters. In theme time Mr. Cox, who was a neighbor of (i (Gordon and Col. Alston, and an intim j lriend of many years' standing of tlie lat | had decided to get out of the lease busin 1 himself, and some arrangements had bi j intulo between him and Mr. Walters ti] that subject also. The-substalice of it was | we learn, lhar In the event Mr. Walters j 'chased the Gordon interest upon advanta 'ous terms lie would also take Mr. (.'ox's in jest upon terms satisfactory to the latter, i on this account Mr. Cox was particuln j anxious that the Gordon share should j passed over to .Mr. Walters, and naturally himself to the task of aiding this resi When Mr. Waiters and Col. Alston met. In ever, the former would not consent to ) the price demanded by Col. Alston, wh wac $1,000. Col. Alston was acting as agentof General Gordon, and was an.Yioni his friend and agent, to realize from the j a sum that would free General Gordon fr the lease without loss. In other words, t n-.nouut of money would have just covered expenses of Gen. Gordon in the transact 1 ''"I \ lwtr??? rofiKfirl fiL'liros ! Mr. Wnltrrs said lie would not buy, and i> Col. Alston ndicu. This to Col. Alston an understanding that negotiations were an end in Unit direction. Ho looked e wlicro, and found a party who would buy the person of Col. C. 15. Howard one of co-lessees. Col. Howard agreed to purch the interest for 31,MM, and it issafd part of purchase money was paid to make the 1 gain certain. TKYIN'S TO llUf.AK TUB llONl>. When the fact was made known that < Alston had contracted with Col. Ihiwari Isailesjed that .Mr. Cox tiecame greatly ed ami declared the matter should not t I that direction, lie was so intent upon m I ing tlie trade so as to give himself 1 he adv | taue he sought, that he sought out Col. Al> j to try and etl'ect his purpose. Prior to tlml j Col. Alston lie visited Col. Howard and i ed to know whether, in the event the tr wus consummated, he, Howard, would c I sent to trade with him. Cox, for his Intel ! in the matter. Col. Howard replied thai I would not talk about that at that time; could not make hut one trade at a t ime, ] he was buying the Gordon interest as it st subject to the sub-leiise held by Cox. 'I I turn of a flairs, it seems, led Mr. Cox t I stronger determination to upset the tr | and secure the transfer of the interest to V iters. Whether Walters liail anything te . ii-uii tiiiv ilnti riniiifitinM lrimw m?t ! ther than that he is understood io say lie i not. the f1ust al.tkkcation. ] The fact appears to lie that (.'ox Ilrst encr 1; tered Alston in the barber shop of IioukIk ! Hutehlns, on Marietta street about noon. | asked Alston Into the back room to talk, i j Alston afterwards stated that Cox demnn 1 of I Iin that ht* rescind the trade with JI lard and make the one with Walters, stat f i that Walters would pay more than How j for the interest at stake. I Col. Alston replied to liim that It was r impossible to do that tiling. Me had sold | Howard and the trade tnust stand. He 1 | offered the refusal of the snare to Walters i i he had declined to lake the same. Mr. Cox persisted, and said if Alston j not sell to Walters, he (Cox; would he brol I or ruined, and he did hot intend to stand His duty to his family, hesaid, demanded consummation of the oilier transaction i It must he done. Alston again refused, and explained 1 reasons. It Is here stated that their coin js.ition became audible to those in the shot j the time, and that Alston was talking i i conciliatory way while Cox was angry ; I much excited. He denounced Alston swt j iii>rly as not having treated him right, j j demanded that Alston do as he, Cox, lie ! ed. | Alston said he could not dolt and wo 11(11 II I1C COUia. IIUIIIIUUU lit wuum m>[ bullied into doing the thing jproposcd j him. | It is stated that fox drew or had In J hand.ii knife with which lie threatened to CUT ALSTONS THROAT | Cnless lie acquiesced In the plan propo? j He seemed to have had an Idea of frighten | Alston into compliance. Alston told Cox lie was unarmed and dc ed 110 difliculty with him. Cox then told 1 I to go and arm himself and meet him then j that place in tlve or ten minutes. Alston s I lie would do it,ami they parted. After Als : left it is alleged kthat Cox indulged in v jabusive language about Alston, and s:?i? I Alston did not do right In the matter i would kill him before sundown. ? 11 was then seen that both the men w ! excited and angry and a serious dillicti was expected to arise between them. PREPARING FOR TIIE FIUHT. We learn that Mr. Cox went into the salt of Mr. Pause, near by, and met several | j ties there. 1 If attempted to borrow a pb I there,and said lie ''wanted oned d mile and remarked to Col. A. 1,. Harris that j had had a fuss with Hob Alston, nml Intel ed to kill him. lie made no eoncealment ! this Intention, but he was refused the loan c weapon, and advised not to have a difllcu! | lint lie persisted and went to the gun ston ; Heinz A llerkele, on Whitehall stroet, afte i pistol. He said lie "wanted a d d good < I and well loaded." He bought a new niel plated revolver of the "Swamp Angel" | tern, we believe,and It was carefully loai for IIIm l?y the vendor. He then went in I to Marietta street, and was in that vlciti i evidently upon the lookout for Alston. A I.STON'S MOV EM EXTS. J When Colonel Alston left the barber si he went Into the State Capitol and entei the ofilce 6f thi* State Treasurer. He i: there Colonel Kenfroe,'Colonel Howard a others, and spoke of lh? entire transact! with Cox at the burlier shop. . Jle detal Cox's demands and threats, and hts own p In thecjuarrol. He seemed ready and.dlsr ed to return to where Cox was, as, he r promised, but his friends Insisted upon 1 not doing so. and prevented him from It. j had evidently armed himself for the afl'i i which licsald he knew was certain to be p ; voked. Where he procured the pistol, from whom. Is at present In mystery. | While he was thus engaged In couversatl .1 ....... I,rrl vw.,1 from ( Vl* Tills Iierf i was a young rui?n named Sums, we Jen who wan In the am ploy of Cox. lie brouj woM to Alston thut Cox WAS KEADY AND WAITIKO For him to come and see tt out, or fight out like a fnan"! Alston asked Sams if C was drinking, and Sams replied that, ho ( not know, but that he was very inuch ?xc ed. Alston told Sams to go hack and tell C that he would not come to meet him, but I Cox to attend to his own business, and 1 Alston would attend to his; that ho want v ,.v;, --Ji V . . ! nodlflloultv with Cox, mid it would do ?cl i ther one of them any jjood to shoot- t in- otlioi Tlieyoung man went away ami u is supi?? j oil, told 0?.\ what Alston wild. i Alston then not up ami. as Governor Col ip ! cjuitt wasnl dinner, in* started out to llnd tli ' *?*} Governor or intercept 2i I in on liis return He inet tin* Governor on Forsyth street an : told him all the facts in the niatter and it i marked that he heileved, in .justice to lilui j self anil family, umi in self-defens.1 he ollgti ! U 11 t'?,l','0"',urre'Cl' slioi-guu and icti.t. ki). cox on sir;nr. 1T" | The (iovernor at once dissuaded liltn froi , ( | any such idea,and toid him lliat the innttr I should in! arranged jieaeefully; Hint h j would send word to Cox and try to ealni liin rt" and in his cooler moment-; try to harinoniz i a Hairs. As tin? Governor then went on to hi I olliee Alston stopned at l'eter lierron's re! taiiiaut, on Corsyih street, and said he ha i had nodlnner he would go in there and i'dy something; to eat. en-j Alston went into lierron's and the ( ' vci ted nor reached his olliee and senL Captain Xeli vid ; the principal keeper of the peiiiiitntiary, t ter- i llnd ('ox, and, if possible persuade hitn to n ght no further In the atl'uiranil not precipitate rile , (lillieulty with Alston. Captain Nelms wen irn . down Marietta street, and found Cox, w too learn, in the "( irl of the Period" saloon, an Ads j tried to call him out to speak with iiin iits Cox said: "Kxeiise lue, Captain, I am ver DUr j busy and uin wniIi;ijr it) see ii fiieiiil." raj I lain Nelms replied that In* wanted to st j i'ox on very important business, tint Co iagain declined, and Capta'Jl N'Mnis wen 'J1'*'back to(iovcrnor Colquitt unit so report? 0 j Tin* Governor asked him to go again and li 1'1C>' started to do s;t, I About this tio'o Alston saw Cr>X conduct* n" ' w,ir,'s eupitol with his liuht hand con vt all) nlcft'ly placed tor a prompt resort t'> liis pi 'en* tol. Me?s*dlcd Hit- Governor's attention t 1:1,1 | '.he tact and went out. Cox entered Hi 1 | Treasurer's olliev to find Alston. As lie pas: r "'[ ed in at ilie door lie saw through the gbu len-, front of the desk a person wearlnga silk ha dc ; whom he tuok to be Alston, hut who was th WKOXIi MAS. ; It was rrofessor 15. K. Moore, as Cox dlscm j ored when he went around into the niidd! '1 room to I he entranee behind the counter an 11lul i hall' drew his pistol to shoot at the suppose enemy. The colored messenger in the ofJlc and | I'etfr*McMichael, saw the inoveiiient an ''ve was prepared to frustrate the shootini 1 ll!?, When Cox saw the party was not Alston li mcl! turned and went out, making his way li tl,e i stairs into the Executive Department i J]10 ! search of Alston. t',ej Alston In the meantime went back to tl: aln Treasurer's otlicc and sat down. lie agat 111'" | spoke of the impending dillictilly, being to! 1' that Cox hail just been there hunting lor hii K811 He said that It was "a terrible thing lo I: t',e forced listoa dilllculty with a nttin who wi hunting you down, af CoS tyas doing him, ' n" ( Almost Immediately after this Cox came ii l>ro* j to the Treasurer's ollice and found Alsto | there. Cot and Alston both were consider: ! bly excitid, but Cox seemed exceedingly a?| ! ry us well. ucc- ] "'j'hey heg^u the rontr.'?versy n grain; Co rttat telling Alston that he hat! treated him wroii ' 'J' f and had to answer for it. Alston got up an putting ills hand gcntlv upon Cox, said I .her i "Mr. Cox, I do not want lo have nny till) ave with you about this matter and thei 'enl is no need for it. T.et us drop It now. It wi "11c ; do you no good to kill me, and do me no gou 'J'"* to kill you?not a bit In the world." tint | c,)X replied in an abusive manner,andcoi n ,l tinned to denounce Alston and to urge hi) 0,,~ i on to the affray. It was thought his objei lcr', was to goad Alston to make the tirst at lac I ' lll', At the time only Treasurer Kcnfroe and tl !5"|* tax collector of Gilmer county were in tl Iect! otllce?Captain Nelnis coming In soon afte J While the fjuarrel was in progress the (>l ! liter gentleman remarked that Cox was abu 1(jcr lng Alston beyond endurance, and that A j t,, ston ought not to let u man talk to him i ( nl-i but ought to kill him. pa- i Treasurer Kcnfrne fearing the difllcnlt; 'told them not to have a tight in his otllc upon this OW-j COX INVITHD ALSTON OVTOOOKS t in : -f0 settle the matter, but Alston declined 1 ! , go, repeating that he did not want to ha\ !uny tlilliculiy. (.'ox replied that he shoul poll have one. Alston said If he could not a vol our it |,e supposed lie would. Cox told him I could not get out of il. and Alston n^ked hii t,on if he wanted lo begin it right then. Cox wii lied n was as good a place as any, atitl that a tlifi lor culty was what he camc for. He went to tl imp front door of the room ami attempted to sin use jt. Treasurer Kcnfroe told him not to sin '"J-" that door, but Cox paid no attention to bin *?e but, seeing that it was hooked back to tl ll',s wall, lie unhooked it und shut It. lie the ii a . turned and advanced towards Alston, wli J also rose and stepped forward. Captai !on Xelms ran between them, catching each li m" ' the shoulder with his hand.-, but as he did s llOTIt MKN Ut'KW T1IEIK PISTOI.S ' And began to flro at each other with great r A'* j>idity. Captain Nelms Ml hack upon tile U ier* ole,Treasurer Itenfrue and the other ma liad were standing in the loom next to Marietl "P"; street and near the door where Colonel A ('lu*; ston was shindlng in front of the stove. Colonel Alston, when lie arose from hi s . chair, had his coat buttoned across his breos ci'N but he unbuttoned it and drew his pist< hat from an inner pocket. 11 is was a self-cod i i1'". ing pistol, and this enabled him to net tli :his f|rst shot at Cox, the ball striking Cox on tli ,,ul left sldeof the upper lip and penetrating tli ll'e* mouth and jaw. Cox then got into the cori "K* erand fired at Alston, but the iiall misn. an him and went into the wall behind. Alsto ,in" then tired twice in succession, his second ba ,en* striking Cox in the left hand, tleshy part h ill<; tween thumband fore-linger, and the tliir tl'r; shot going wild and burying in the plastcrc css ' wall about a foot irom the lloor and close t ;'on Cox?s?? close, it appiars, us to have gon ;>on through the breast portion of his coat as li . as . ntoo|>ed. leaning sideways to avoid the sho l,,r*! Cox then rose ami II red Ills second shot, tli ac~ ball penetrating the right temple of Coloni J<'r"; Alston, about an inch from an level with Hi ryc- " mimed through the brain and lodgi; r'v I under tlie scalp at thebuck of the head on tli : left lower side. set i _ . lilt. ! COMPEL AI.'vri?.-\ j.i.e.1,1.1, dw? And foil ir. the other door, athwart tli pay | threshold, bleeding profusely and uncoi ich : scions upon the instant. .Mr | 'ox changed |" the | sition from the corner to ttie opposite si<l S as j near the table, but seeing the eilV-ct of thi ale shot he did not attempt To shoot again. H otn j was bleeding himseif copiously from tl hat wounds in his mouth and in his hand. 11 the j said to Treasurer Uenfroe: "We are both kll on. cd !" and went Into tin; front room and la md down tijx>n the lounire. The shots had l>et' ade heard all around anil through the buildin was and men came running to the scene of tli ; at'tragedy. The spectacle at tliis jnm^ure he; Ise-1 jrars description, and sickened all who saw i in | The floor of the room was slippery with poo the ' of blood, and yet the faint blue smoke froi ase : the pistols was creeping along the erlling i the search of an outlet. <Jnc of the men was 1; mr-j ing upon the floor at full length, with tl I blood streaming from that horrible shot i the head, and the other was moaning upci sofa four or five feet away, with the bloc i?i't i choking him and flowing from his motif! ' and his band dripping as though taken froi i. a pool of crimson life-blood. On the tlo< a?e ; were found a pistol ball and some of the te< t "K~ j knocked from Cox's mouth when lie was hi i,n" The picture was one that ha filed Imagiuatioi i'"'!! and nothing so vivid in its silent testlmoti , ^ i of the desperate afl'rav so fatally closed con! ,s'1t* I be put upon canvass or in printer's Ink upe "Jc ! this page. :on-1 ' b rest j A VAST CROWD I he i Of excited people were gathering at news < he j the tragedy, and the rooms, the vestibule an nnd | the windows* faces were packed with the c ood | rious and anxious throng. The police an 'his physicians were speedily on hand. l)r o a j Love and Todd took charge of Colonel Alste IlllC I HI1U III. IIIIl'V ur^illl ll? l-? iv? mill dun /ill t*nl-jhlin to consciousness. Dr. Tuber wiis I i do charge of Mr. ('ox and did all in ills power 1 fur- relieve liim of liis sufferings. The; wound 1 did Co'onel Alston's head was at once pronoun ed mortal ; those of Mr. Cox were (iconic painful but not serious. Colonel Alston wi placed in an easy position and nstoru'lvi "?n; applied, while his wound was sought to t staunched and his hend hatlird. The alTa came on at 3.20 1\ M., and for nearly tw ll1,u' hours the men wore thus tenderly eared f( ded hy ptivKieiaiiK and friends. Colonel Alsto ow-i became vrfry restless,and urged himself clc; in^ I across the room in hisstruggles. He returi arJ i ed to consciousness once ami only for a brli moment or two. Mr. Kranlc (ionlon, son i ow I Senator Gordon, was promptly at his Hid I and in reply to his question Colonel Alsto i",l? ; once pressed his hand as a sign of leeognltki ll,ul! and faintly called his name "Frank." The I with u struggle he said "i am dying?" | "1.1st me sick -my wike." it. | Between Colonel Alston and his wife lias a the | ways existed the tenderesl and slneercst lo\ [Hid | and confidence, in all circumstances tlx were more like the youthful lovers of it his long ago than the husband and wife, wit rer- well grown children at their sides. It \v; i at: bis last sane request? that never-falling d n ajvotlon crystalized into expression?"let n iiid . see my wife!" She wan at her home in I>< ep-1 KalbCounly, all unconscious of tlieealamit itnd i that had overtaken her husband and doub sir- less preparing his welcome when his rctur I should be made. A carriage was at once set uld ! post haste to bring her to his bedside, for soo L be after he was taken upon a stretcher and iei to I derly borne to a lied in the room of M Walker, in the (Jrant building, corner i his Marietta and Hrond Streets. Jn this conne j tlon, it may be cited as significant beyon their knowledge, wlien, upon leaving lion in the morning, Colonel Alston s:>ld to h ted. wife that lie would get his business arrange lug that day, and "AFTER TO-NIfilTT I WI J.I. 111% AT HOME!'" dm ^'hen llic night came to earth It had alrrad ' . closed down its eternal veil over the inorU uld ! eJ ''s of ,1,e "'ail. . | Mr. Cox was removed in a carriage to tl: ' ' i residence of I)r. Taher, 82 Decatur slroe I frj where he now lies closely attended by hi ? '| friends, lie was taken into custody by tii I police and a member of tlie force is kept 11 1 the house to guard liim until he is able to I I,:. j removed and delivered to the Sheiiir. As tli J ! ease does not appear to be bailable, in tin I event he will have to go in jail to await tli j meeting of the Superior Court on the lu.' >on j Monday ami last day of March. 'toij T,,K ,)KATU OV '^I-ONEL AI.STO.V I;," | occurred at 6.10 1*. M., at the room ahov he I mentioned. lie was surrounded by his wlfi nd- daughter and son, and l?y numerous friend of j He remained unconscious, and did not reco;1 if u | nise his wife or children. Mrs. Alston bor Ity. I the situation with great fortitude until th u of | moment of the final struggle, and then th r ui scene of grief and woe wan one of unutterii ,ne . Me awe. Tears and sobs of sorrow filled th ;cl- air and followed after the spirit in Its lligli mt-j into the great unknown. led ; The body was cared for In the best mannei tck I and remains until this morning laid out ii ity tin; chamber where hedied. It will betake home to-day. and tlie funeral will be had i liecattir, at 2 1'. M. Colonel Alston leaves a wife and four ciiil Kip drcn?two girls and two boys, Mr. Cox als red hasa wife and four children. 'JJj j THK TIIACJKDY IN THE CITY. Inn I The fad and bloody event was one of th led ' most regretted affairs ever known in our lib lift i lory. All Atlanta knew "liob Alston,am lis, there were few who did not admire and es iVi'd ! f>?:fn the man, above whatever faults he had Ms ! bcca'lsp of his Manly virtues and his chivat |fj! | rl* and yet manly tralrs of character. Th ny Erects were llNed all the evening with mei ro-I discussing the affair, and an (mlversal ex , or prcsslo/i of sorrow was heard. It did no seem real f<.' know that Alston was deal ou and the. news spread like a tolegraphip aies ion sage from ear to car and house to house Tin rn, friends of both parties arc plunged into end ;ht less regrets that they should have thus itaar ' red and closed their useful Careers. NO INQUEST OH TKI AT.. It Last night, after the death of Colonel Als ox ton, the roroner was notitled of the fact, bu lid In consideration of the circumstances attend >1U lng the hftmlcldiS and tho fact that ample wit nesses to all the facts arc accessible, ho de ox elded that It was unnecessary to hold an infer quest'over the remains. ic We also learn that It Is tho probable par?j1 pose of the friends of Mr. Cox to have him P.fv.Oi ' , ^ ; -.ir'-t V .'/ . .4*.: - ".*r " * - - - :-j' BMMBBBMM?MB?W???MP?P?X?I??M? i- willve (i committing trial and go on to wait ' \ tlie action of tlii? grand Jury and higher i- court*. In this event there will be no legal Inquiry Into the fact until the regular term. MR. COX'S CONDITION L at midnight was reported to he very favora- C ,i hie. ills wounds are not dangerous, but up .. i to a late hour he was restless and could not i'? I be gotten to .sleep. He has spoken to several ( of his vKltiii;; friends, and is said that tic ; claims to have aeted In self-defense in the; affray; that Alston advanced upon him and ; 'I flred at him, striking him In the face before n lie tired hack at Alston. When first shot lie I I/, l uml lik incn In ftlll I c . of powd'er grains from tiio plstoi ohnrge. I >.j COI-ONKI. AI.STON'S CAJtEKR ?: was ono rich in episodes of a remarkable and i often romantic nature. Hi? wys u man of peJj culiar character. 1 If whs descended from a! ' famous family, the Alstons, of South enroll-1 n na. who were men of power and reputation,; i> ! and whose dash and courage made tlieni re- fi *i malleable. They were duelists born, and men -si Who rated life asa hauhle In a coiiilmt for a | ii ** i principle or a sentiment of honor and pride, j a " or in vengeance for a wrong inilicled. Colo- o !.1 nel Robert A. Alston was tu this manner ci ,.horn, ami he stiecumhed to that, fatality g VI which he so often declared was an lnhcri- s; ; lance of tils name?a death by violence. The o history of his family ic ?.'iis regard is part of ft ^ | the traditional history ){ the South in the c j days when men fought and died at each oth-, \> i crs' hands to wipe out Insults, imputations | T , j and wrongs. We cannot now recapitulate ! w . 11 lie record. The man who fell yesterday, and j e has passed from anions his fellowmt-ii, was ii " i one who deserved a lonucr lire and better I ? j fate, ile was brave to recklessness, generous )" to a fault, kiml as a woman, and unswerving S as a friend. Ile was endowed with intellect, tl *' | and his strokes of success were inspirations d i of genius, lie was irrepressible in energy tl I and cxlmustless In resources. lie went o '* | where others dared not go, undertook what tl J*' oilier* dared not attempt, and succeeded o ;1 where others had Iniled and failed again, lie j b 0 j was a restless woiker, and one who never! ii I tired in the pursuit of a purpose. Those who i tl i knew hiin best appreciated ills character at j v |L. i iiigli standards, and those wiio might not es-1 a il I teem him were those who had been so unfor- j ,1 tunate as to know his fanltsand see none cfi L. I Ills virtues. All in all his denth was untlme- j j ly, unhappy and ealamiloiis. " u ) "Colonel Alston was born in Macon. G'a., on jc | the last day of December, KfJ. After enierg- (s p ! ing from Ids school days lie engaged In tner-1" p j cantile pursuits in Charleston, S. C., and all'1 ; Hie age of '21 years married .Miss Mary Char- j11 i0: lotto Mat Jill, da'ighter of a large planter.)" n lie began the study of law and was admitted 1 j1 ,1 : to practice in IS.VS. lie pursued the law until j J1 n j the war came on, when he entered the ser-j J-1 ?. vice nnd rose to distinction as one of the t J iM j leading spirits in Morgan's raiders. He was IJ ' j one of e bravest of that brave band, and j ^ I iin-mii'h .1 hundred tlcrhts recklessly invited,'1 i) death but never received a Wound. At the 111 u-' battle of Cynlhiana. Ky., It Is related that he 1I ?. last his breakCast h.v havlus his biscuit shut j 3 from between his teeth. After the war hot' x came oack to his charming homo In Delvalbj1 iir county and engaged successively In law,)11 ft farming and journalism, up to the past two ? ;() or three years, ile was one of the owners I# ami managers of the Atlanta Herald, a Jour-11 t. nal whose brilliancy and enterprise made it'" -e famous In its day. of late lie ha'l returned to I u 11 Ills profession of law, ami In claim cases has v v| made much money, the bulk ol' which he jrave promptly away to the creditors of his t newspaper venture. lie Was well-known all ii over the Union, and In Washington City was *' a general favorite with public men in Con- " j I Kress and In the government. Ile was a J ,o I shrewd observer of men, and could mould t it.! titenS oftet* to his pttnioses as with the hand * r_ of a master spirit. lie was a good citizen, ' 1' and in Ills olliee of a Representative in our 0 s. General Assembly, his career promised to be ' j. of great usefulness to the State. ' n I'HEVKNTIJiG A PIlOl'HKfV. ^ Colonel Alston has often remarked to the t ?/ writer and to others, in the realistic language e mf the West, that he felt as though he could a i n <t be spared to a peaceful death, but that he a should some day "die with his boots on!" to He said this to Captain l\d. Mercer, one of re | his most devoted admirers, and when yester-; I d day Captain Mercer look eel up> n the dying r 1,1 j form of his friend he recalled the almost pro- ? i(. phetlc words. And when the body was car-11 t.. I ried to a bed chamber the faithful friend fol-j'i d j lowed It and tenderly drew from the reel on* j. Colonel Alston the boots in which lie stood K i,. when ho was shot down, lie did not want to I <: it see that prophecy fulfilled to Its letter. I THE CLOSING SOKES' I i? ? ' ii The Funeral Services -- Additional ' | Facts as to the Killing'-Iutcrestlng h Incidents and Itcminiuccnces. '( (i- [Condensed from the Atlanta Constitution!' I- | of 1-itll illSt. j " ! The parly trains yesterday morningbrought' i |. |lna number of people from the other cities ol i j J (leorxla, who came to the city to pay theirj* |K j last respects to Colonel Alston. It was very 11 t I soon evident that an liiiiiiensO Crowd would | ,J I go down lo thu funeral: I 'I j It was universally I'tnunrkcd that no death | 'I ! that ever marked Atlanta's record with blot.d i \ l(. | caused such widespread sad.iess as this. 11 ' t ,,, was asad and mournful crowd that hoarded \ the train f>'r Decatttr. Nothing but praises of t| j I the dead man and sobs over his untimely < ,, i taking oil' could be heard. At the church the 2 U ' vast crowd could not gain admittance-, and as i c. I the cortege npproaelied and the cotilii was i ,1 I borne across the sward there Were hundreds n ,1: who bent their heads and gave way to their} I ie j CAHHYINO Wr:.VI'ON'?. II I Alston never carried a pistol In his life. || ';! The poor fellow was all frankness and openj iicss. He never had a nmrilcrons instinct or |'. L''| liablt. The very pistol that, lie defended Ills j ""'life with was put Into bis hands a few mill-(t " [ utes before he used it, and he never saw it be-}, 10 j fore In his life. The world will never It now of i ? l the gentleness ol tluit man's heart. It was j j often mistaken for lack of courage. "Cox had i bullied lilin into a tiling before,-' said a DcL. | Kalb mail, "and he thought lie could do it } I *'again !" Had Alston never seen a pistol, It t l* would not have been diM'erciit. Ills was a] I I' | gentle spirit, kindled into passion only sifter | s ' 'lie had been hunted down. And how he died ;< , I?with a smite on hislipsnnd forgiveness lull 'eii.i.. v,..i ir iiif.i iiiimi, ivmin.i i .?| could voice bin dying wish, it would call y aloud for mercy to his slayer! I) TIIK DIKNKJt AT itUKItON'S. K. There has been a mystery as to how Alston ie fame to leave Herron's restaurant so quickly j after lie entered it. The (iovemtprlefl him at! ' the door, and lie promised to go in and call 's Ids dinner. Tile Coventor therefore felt that i " j he had time in which to adjust the matter, as : 11 j lie calculated that Alston would he at dinner | >'- at least liftcen minutes. He saw ( ox enter! e j the cnidlol, and felt then that lie hud him | n ! where In; could talk to him before hn met I | AIM on. xlle went up stairs and sent Xelms 'd Immediately after Cox. His haste wusslm-l I', ply from the fear that Cox would net out of f the cupitol before lie could see him. lie nev r fr dreamed but that Alston was 'inletly eat' inf; ills dinner at lterron's, where he had left ' ! him not more than three minutes previously. i'i j When lie heard the shooting, lie thought; >' j Xclms had become embroiled with Cox, and [ id ; never thought of Alston. Itajipears, liowevn ' cr. that Alston followed him almost instantly j I to the capitol, and met hK denth in less than i i live minutes after he l;a:l acquaiiited.thcOov-l nf I ernor with the newsof the dlrtieulty. I . Mr. licrrou says that Alston came inftlie: ! restaurant looking worried and pre-occuplcd. Jijlle walked up to the bar and picked up a ! : cracker out of tke lunch-bowl, lierron asked [ ltj; him If he didn't want something. "Nothing j but this." lie said, throwing down a dollur J! bill. don't charge you anything for that,'* | Colonel," lierron said, and Alston walked |i lout. It Is believed t at lie wished to net) ! where lie would lie convenient to the confer-1 . rjence he expected the Governor would ar-jf | range between himself and Cox. licing i 11-' I ' > formed as he entered the capitol that Cox was ! s I looking for him, lie slipped quietly into the| < A ' treasurer's oltlce. He was followed almost! I . ' ] immediately by Cox and the end came soon i' )r j after. ,1) COUNTING AI.STOS'S SHOTS. | . ir All theaccountsseem to iiRree in giving to; f ';! Kd . Co x great presence of mind during the i f i-i i uimcuiiy, which is hi inter vnruincc wim me i i uf theory that lie wan Intoxicated. Mr. Hcnfroe i ( e, j says that lib never saw a man dodge with j c 11 such address and skill. lie literally jumped j? '? i nut of (he bullets' way. At times he would 11 11 j drop clear to.tlie lloorand spring sideways for] * I several feet.. His agility and nimhlencss' j weiv. wonderful. Itissaid thai he told Nclins 11 . ! that lie counted every shot that Alston made, | i and knew that his pistol was empty, when he ? ;? j rose to take his turn. t ip sympathy for mkfl, alston, h I A great number of dispatches have beer re- ' is I ceived tendering full and practical sympathy j. e- j to Mrs. Alston, General (Jordon telegraphed i .j 10 the Governor, "Tell her that I am utterly i s B- crushed, and say that I will be a father to her1 V y children and a prolector to her," and gave', t- j many other messages, lie telegraphed on I, n .yesterday to have Hob sen ton to Washington j i it: us soiin as possible. He Intends to take care n j of him. i ,J "" j the prosecution. r. ^ It is understood that the prosecut ion ftf Cfcr* c. I will not lag an Instant. Messrs. Hopkins it! 'I d! (ilium, Mr. Howard Van Epos, Mr. Patrick I ' 14 ! CaJhoun, Colonel Willis A. Hawkins, and j t |s Judge Samuel Hall have been, we under-i,1 j I stand, retained for the prosecution. It Isi'l I generally believed that the trial will come oil' 8 I week after next, when the criminal docket is i c opened. There is a very deep interest felt in j v y ' the progress of the case. It Is s 11 I a notarijk fact j { i(. | that the Legislature, nt Its last session, passed a t la law providing that a jury might in any e Is i murder case "reconimond the prisoner (to t io i mercy," and that the recommendation c it | should reduce the senl-ence from death to a io ! life Imprisonment. It Is suggested that possi-1 v !C ' bly, in the course of theeomlng trial, the de-1 |j it, j fence may rest upon an appeal for this sav?|u i; | lng recommendation. It Is curious that this jo it law was framed, advocated and finally putjr | through by the earnest personal exertions of, 1 Colonel Alston himself. It will be a strange ! t fate If the first man that pleads for his life j j c! under this saving clause should be the mail Bt 1 who is tried for the killing of "Hob" Alston ! I s. a 11emakka1ii.e incident Is related In connection with Colonel Als-iu Alton's membership with Decatur Methodist.'. ? | church. About two years ago, when he felt It | tl I Il^Ulll^ III J I fill nil- VIUUV.II, IIU v??w , ^ L*1 Kdgcwood chape) and was about to Join there, j v ' when ho learned that Mr. Cox hud an Idea ofi . (Joining the church also. Ho approached Mr. ,, ('ox and earnestly hrgged him to join the 1,, Kdgewood church. Mr. Cox would noi con- \ 'incut. At last Colonel Alston said: "Well,!.*. ' i Ed., I'll Join at Decatur, if you will." Tum. j this proposition an uttmniiMvc response was , j, I returned, and these two men entered the sol- K* "! enin IioikIs together. .Now one is slain mid I K, ? ; the other is his slayer. I Sl | The feeling against Cox Is Interne and with-1 ,| j out qualillcutlon. w e| *?<? J ii , Somk Statistics of Newsimi'ku-Makino. si jj?We are compelled this morning to ngalnjp i. print a quintuple sheet of the Jlcriilrt to meet u I, the demands of advertisers, who occupy six- j w - j ty-eight columns of our space. Apart from a e' the great amount of extra labor required toiai ii set (he immense (juaiitity of type required j pi - j by this increase of size, the single item of U t stercotying reaches extraordinary dlmen-lsi slons. As fourteen plates are made of tsach j hi - page of the I/cm Id our issue Of to-day calls' ir a [ for two hundred and eighty plates: each of j ta . I these weighs fifty pounds,so the full set re- 1 tr j quires about fourteen thousand pounds, or|bl seven tons of metal from which to print this j single edition.' In rpund numbers about three millions of pieces of type have been -! picked np, one at a time, by the compositors ' M t to prepare the pages-for the stereotypers, and m -i more than a hundred and fifty meu rye re re- hr -j quired to set the type, make the olate^artd <?v - print tho paper. These figures will give our T1 readers some Idea, though only an imperfect tr; one, of the amount of work necessary to the loi . printing# a single copy of tho Herald.?Nno ou . York Herald: ?. . , , ; '> ...... .-& <. - r .. - .. . Mexican Half-Castcs. | 1101 ret cu I URIOUS FACTS CONCERNING $! BLOOD ADMIXTURE. so I 111 Mic Future llulcru of Mexico?The j Mi Doctrine of "iHnnif?3t Destiny"?' i^r Pliysicnl and Mental Clmrnctenstics of Ilnces Discussed. San J-\tmcLico Chronicle. ] J'*1 The linlf-eastes of Mexico form n peculiar el-1 j,"),, ' vit of tho population of the neighboring ve-|i,i. uUItc. The raets pertaining to them cannot , [|,( ill to Interest all thoughtful men who have ull [tidied what may he eulled blood infusion by ! imnigrutioii. As Americans, however, wo ,j,' ro muredo"ply concerned in the discussionj I'.Mexican hulf-ctiHtns than iiny European tn be. Our geographical position, our ng-j^ ressi vencss and love of expansion, and tlioj l>irit of comincreial enteriJii.se characteristic! f lis us a people, all tend to make Mexico >r us a new Kt Dorado, iuwtinciivciy dreamil of In the future us tfie stoic iiou.se from I rlience inexhaustible wealth ean he drawn 11'<<* his is the secret of tiiat absorbing desire| ^ riilcli we Americans have of timltug out ev- sol rythlng we can utjout Mexico and of read-1 tei ig articles in relation thereto and its people a'J 'ith un Insatiable thirst, 'flic doctrine of J mt manifest destiny," as it rela'es to the United j aei tates and Mexico, Is iuterpreted to mean J of iiat the Americans arc at some future day i'> estined to sweep over Mexico and possess] to lie country. The Mexicans, brave and patrl- tai tic, laugh to scorn such a doctrine, and say 'J hat the thought of its realization is the dream hi: f madmen. These conflicting opinions may jsu e left in abeyance to solve themselves, and l?l ii the meantime it is pertinent to see what \ wt l.e result of such American Immigration : tei run Id be so far as It applies to Intermarriages pa nd the progeny arising therefrom, Sl1 THE J t A I, F- C ASTF-S OK MEXICO, *( is portrayed in this article, will principally ejeal with the male element. They are the it hildren of Mexican blood on the mother's' ty ide, with American, English, Celtic, German I ' r Latin blood on the father's. As to the I do notlicrs, the infusion and commingling of lot! lood from .Spanish and Indian ancestors I tii nustbe taken into account and dealt with as i K: single vital force represented by and exist-1 dh ng in the women of Mexico as we lind them j or i>-day. We have no positive statistics as to . es he number of foreigners in Mexico, but well i n(< ii formed parties place the Americans at IIXJO, jar 110 OcrniansutSlH), French at .?0i>, English i\ L1 a 11 iXiatid Italians at .'WO. These are the loading tli latlonnlities. Only a small percentage of to he foreigners living in Mexico are married to 11> licxlcun.women, while the majority arc 1 iv- Cn ng in illicit bonds with their "alUnltlcs," as th he Sptrltnalists would term them. This iiiion, without the sanction of priest, parson ce r publican, is not locked upon its an olfense of gainst society : but, 011 the contrary, If the he lurtiesso living conduct themselves properly su .s honest married people do, publle opinion j nil ipholds,their relations as sacredly as Ir they | torero bound togeilibp by all the laws ami jib lunches In Christendom. A woman so rcla-1 * ed is In .Spanish called a "querida," and Is a , |tl rife to all intent* and purposes and so con-jmi nets herself. She is as faithful and devoted pr suny true wife could be, and ;\1 ways has the j lope that real marrldgO will Anally bind her, Wi 0 the choice of her hearts When issue j m ptings from sncii a union marriage generally | be dIIows for the sake of the children, and the 1 of ll'spring take their legitimate rank In socle- 1 y without stain upon their reputation. \ cq .von when there ls.no marital ceremony the 1 w| hildren born in Illicit lcvc.aro not looked ? ( 1 pon as outcasts, as is the ease in other cotin- tei ries. If deserted by the l'aUie and the math- ] (.* r Is unable to provide for them thoy areistl doptcd by the "parientes," (blood relatives), ti( nd as j ni CAKEFL'I.LY AND I.OVINOI.Y I <?f ,ookcd after as if they were the children of I (\v' oyalty. In the half-castes males the nature I if the mother predominates, and is stronger! V 11 every respect than the natuie of the father, j , ,'lie American, Saxon and Herman blood,! ' till stronger than the Latin in holding its [ iwn, sueeunibs to the Mexican, and thus the " hildren born under such circumstaiices lose " he sturdy and vigorous constitutions of the mrent 011 the paternal side. Neither have the! '.J nental ami intellectual faculties ot such jfJ thildren the characteristics Inherent In the!,' 111 ported blood. There Is not throughout all j J" itexico a single half-c'ast.c who has made for ! {'' iliriself a national reputation for energy cn-j!. vrprise, courage and daring. In law,science, 1 irt. literature. In military and political life,, lie hatl'-casti) is a nonentity. This general j J-J estimate refers t<>.all; whether born of Ainer-, San, Kngllsh! Gerinan, Italian or French! ?lo?d on I he father's side. All those of mix- ,l; d biood of the characle.-described fall to 11 i ''*1 lonimou level. If they ever rise to any::1' imminence it Is In minor commercial ptir- j u:, iiiltsor oflleial positions, where routine work !<JI, iliolishes all efforts at the Invention of new , Vy dans or the inauguration of new systems.: _ I'he half-castes are eminently etlV mlnnte. j i'liey are poiit.", polished and alfnble, and)1, vonhl undoubtedly excel as cotirliers where | a'lking gracefully and bowing faultlessly j J' vere the accomplishments in vogue. Hut, ifj f'J lash, grand cxploltsand heroism were iu the* j 1,1 ategory, they would be failures 1.1 court, i* | tlagul.'leenl enterprises and projects never 1 inter their brains. In the awakening of the J* uatcrial and intellectual energies of Mexico, is illustrated by railroad and telegraph buildng. the opening of schools and colleges with-' .*)' - - ' t l.l I ! IP M mr |?;im irw jrar>t um?.u- hi hh.wu ?u?/.??? ^ # iavu taken no active part. All tin: resolute; J''! iit'll iiiv either Indian an Spanish blond, like : t!l{ he conqueror Jiinz, or of Spanish closeenI ' .ml pure Mexican hlrth, like Itomcro, the 11- 11 laiieicr; llko ltlvu I'ulario, >1 inl-Uer of Lite ntciior, author, Journalist, soldier. Vallare, Chief Justice of the Supreme (,'otirt; HunictcK, a Federal Senator; Louc/.a, Senator . ,ihI tleneriil, are the types of Mexicans rul- er, ug the country. j the destiny of mexico. w, n the future, as In thepast will be little In- l.t luenced liy the half-castes. Tito fate await- tic nv; them will he of asocial character. They j al nil shine in private life and play conspleums parts in the parlor and bull-room. What j s true of that country In regard to the ad- Si nixturc of foreign hiood with the native 1> j il.so true of other Innds. \\'e know of no ter- j 1 itory where the Indian blond is strong, and 1 ' ? vhere the hlood of the white race has mixed j V-; villi It, that it h.ts not been a deterioration ! !>t if the latter. The half-castes arising from i i'f neb admixture have little or no force of! of hnraeter. In theSundwicli Islands, wheruli"' he Polynesian indiunsand the whites have; ti nteriimrricri, tlie progeny springing there-1 Iji rum, except in rare eases) have all the char-1 (?< id eristics of the mother and none of thc| Hi atlicr. There Is not an individual half-caste j CI n the llawaian Legislature wno is tlie ei|iial! if the pure native in mental strcnlh, i'cmjiu-- at ,Ion or energy. The pure native* show more; re enueity of purpose, more firmness and more' sn xpniislvcnencss of thought than the lialf-i ireeds. They are also superior in a physical 1 "> .cnsc. Tlie same facts hold good In Tahiti, joi (anioa antl other Suiith Hea groups. Thus wi akingun extensive view of the siib|eet of' st iiilf-eastes, it Is clear that as a governing and , m tiling force they are failures. If we apply } tli he rule lo California, us well as to . lexleo, [ pi velind that the same conclusions hoid good, j to orcign blood with I lie blooil of the original w nhabitants of this State, but to this day 1 ben- is not a single half-caste who has I sp leltlevt.'U renown beyond the pueblo in which I ? ic lives. The mixed race has cither been 111 crowded out by the natives of pure blood,! ti< ilcxicaiis under Mexican rule, or by descend- [mts of pure Spanish blood. In the tierec j eil trugglc for supremacy with tlio Anglo-Ainercuil, . 1 vs i bl tjie rfite ?pamsn ni.oon, i . )r what Is nearly so, has alone been able to! it, iold its own ami perpetuate Its power as a ' ;,i eeondaiy force In Hie body politic. The I'a* j vr ihecos, \ aliijos, ntid I'icos are all strongly | fr< inged with Simnish biood, though natives to j he manor born. We have only to look overt ni he whole list of names of surviving fmn-lnr lies among the Spanish Americans to < ?>> his forcibly illustrated. The history of Culi- j ti 'ornla, eventful as it has been, and caloulat-l th d to arouse the dormant energies to Intensi-1 c0 y, Jinds no name emblazoned therein ttie | wnerof which was born on tlicsoll and was] th >f mixed Mood. Indeed, the same may bejwl aid of the vast region of country occupied, th o-day by Spanish-Americans. Why such re-! zn ill 11 s should follow Is it subject worthy ofjgr ihilosophical study. That the Mood and j iha/aetcristles of the mother should predom-l wi natc in the son, utterly ignoring the forecslop if the fathT, ?s something that "renulres pa-j of icut investigation. It may be that a tropi-ite al climate, always enervating to the Anglo- j an linerican, English and German races, acts sil vil li oeculiar nower on the blood of such ra-! ' :cs in i?s in fancy ami lessens its vitality, j flr .'he tciulcr care bestowed upon children l>y n* ipanish-Aincrican mothers, and the fact that | he lie boys arc seldom out of the presence of! de lie women, may also have an ellemimite In- j tli luence, but In this case the same rule would ra lold good with regard to the male children | ' pf pure Mexican biood, taking that country 8 an example. THE TATE AND FUTURE OE MEXICO, 'hen, arc In the hands of Mexicans of pure lexlcan blood and of the foreigners who set- SP le there. The former will control the conn-1J*'1 ry politically and the latter commercially, j j",4 'hose who dream that an influx of iriimi- * " ration will 11 nally produce a race of half- J1." astes who will rule the country, dream in 1,1 aln. The mixed blood. as has already been i hown, exhibit the characteristics of the tiolher. That of the father goes out of sight I j.'1 o all intents and purposes. The half-castes j'(" .It hough speaking Knglish and Spanish with | j" qual llucney, will invariably prefer to speak !to lie latter and will never use the former ex-! ept In emergencies. T*V? half-caste meeting i s" ndassociallng together will be sure to con-1 su erse in Spanish, both In public and private;iUI Ife. It is the language of the mother. The j I11' natcrial forces are conspicuous In every act i 1*9 f the balf-cahte child. As Women do ho', <-'> ule, comiuer and subjuga'e Countries, it fol- {* ows that the male clciiient partaking of,''}" heir nature can neither rule, conquer or sub- t,r ugute. i A SECIIET DISCOVEltEn. j f If by war tnc United States should conquer Ilo1 nd hold subject several of the Northern " 1 tales or all of the country, the result as to 1111 he mlnglng of races would be precisely as it1"" as been in California an d in the neighborng J1' ouniry. Following siieh a conquest th.ire;'"' ;ould be thousands of intermarriages be-I ween American and Mexican women, but wl o American father could hope to see his ! (s"' ower and nride neroetunled in his son. I * " Inny foreigners who have given the snhjeet) u" I' immigration to Mexico niueii thought, j PUI ave wondered why a country so marvelous-] f rich in resources, so varied in climate and I ,>extensive geographically, should receive! null a beggarly Influx of foreign stock. The | 111 ;crel may be discovered In the fact that men pre 0 not. like to settle down in a country to here anialgamal ion is to deteriorate the j sta tale blood and virtually blot the paternal 1 d'li lock out of existence There is a deep and ) prt rolound feeling in the liuman iieart, based cor poll the Irrevocable instincts of nature, dru hich makes a father love to sec his image to< lid likeness perpetuated ill all the strength wri nd glory of man hood. The fattier of Kuro-|his L-an Mood can never hope to see tills if he In- sta irmnrrles and brings tip Ills family among jam lianish-American people. The mixture of the ood and the atmospheric agencies' ever act-1 a d ig upon the physical system, are the two vi-1 op 1 elements antagonistic in tropical coun- the les to the perpetuation and power of foreign : alo iood as It exists in its native condition. ; me HALF-CASTS LA 1)1 KM. I Vej I veli As to women of half-caste blood born in It ft exico, they have all the peculiarities of the ' dnt dive or full blood. Language, manner,(not ibltsaji.tf customs are h11 Mexican, without, bee 011 tfYe slightest trace of foreign forces. [The ic country of the mother and not. the coun- Ger y of the father Is every thing. There Is no Ito uglng to visit the nutlve land of her parent The . tlie paternal side, no desire to glory over do ' r foreign blood. She Is Mexican in every bill tinctnnd passion. Given tliat a half-caste ly burn in tho neighboring republic hud r choiec U> nssoclate with a cultured and Inud circle of Indies of foreign blood, or u tnred and re lined circle of Mexican ladles, j would instinctively court the society of tj i latter. Tlie half-caste ladles of Mexico of JO : higher classes have all the rcllncmeiiL of miiers, delicacy mid grucefuincss of action characteristic of women born under Span- ; o luences. Tin; poetry of motion is in every i They are modest, reserved and rcllned. my of tliem arc ladies of high culture, and :oinplishcd In p 11 the arts (hatgiv.) the paran air of fuscinntlon and enehantnient. caking in a marital way. tiic iiaif caste la- S of Mexico, all things b/ing equally agree-1 le, cast her fortunes with a native Mexican ' liter than with a foreigner. On tin: other! ml, Mexican ladles of pure hiood will glad-1 ally themselves with foreigners of .-octal ! Hiding rind gtiod reputation. The French j ? ilosoplicrs say there is no accounting for c iliflVTeiice of tasle of French women; t d no doubt the philosopliers of Mexico can | I y the same lliing with regard to their beau- i ul country women. fi Tcachem* Iustilutn for Abbeville'* County. Ninety-Six, s. c'., March 15,1S70. j t lilnrt Prrsx untl Jl'tuner ; iVe for several months have hoped that , 11c definite action would be taken by I lie j * idler* (if tilt* enuntv towards establishing I f iViichors' Inst'iute for ?>nr mutual improve. lit. The teachers, however, have failed to t, InU we ure pleased to see that- the citlto: n J the l*rc\x tuxi Runner unci ol' the Jtr/onned] r.ihytcriitn in their editorial!*, have brouuhtj Hie attention of the touchers the imijor-j ice of early actMn in tills matter. 1'he State Superintendent of Kducatlon in sannual report speaks of the gratifying re-! Its of the Teachers Conventions and espec-1 ly those held In Spartan burs county. As i : taught two +ears in .Spartanburg, and at- j dedtwoof theseConventions, we are promt to bear witness to their benetlcial re-1 Its t<? tets'ehers, and fur the benefit of those, I 10 are hoi acquainted with the practical ] irking* Of the Teachers' institute, v.*e will | ?c i?. brJcf account of the manner in which j Is ebnuuctrd in the above mentioned coun-1 bills Institute has its President, Vice-Presint, Seere.ary, Kxecutlve Committee and her ofiicers. One or two month.s before the no of hohlthg the Teiichors' Institute, the cecutivc Committee select the subJectB for scusslon. and assign them to the teachers, j other persons in the county, who are inter-jJ Led In the advancement of the cause of ed ation. These subjects, at tiio same time, ?: published in the county | apers, therefore, j J I tlic; teachers know be.orehand what': ernes are to be discussed and are prepared;* express their views upon tliem. r?onie of! e questions discussed at one of these Teach- ] ?' (.'on ventiofis are us follows; "What areH e best methods of promoting discipline?" | Vhat are the properqualifications ot a sue-, J Ksful teacher?'' "Wiiat Is the best method j j teaching (ieography?" ".Should the sexes j' coeducated V" The persons to whom the i' djects have been assigned ure expected tol' id essays or deliver speeches of about tweu-1 i minutes length. The questions are then j rown open for general discussion, jj Hie lauy teachers, though they do not join i; the discussions, are Iji-ik and always! d to the pleasure of tllese occasions by their I; esencc. I' Ur. Carlisle! president of 'WofTord College w President of the Teachers' institute, and j1 uch of.th*; sticeess of this Institution may 1 ailrtliuthd lo his efforts and the Influence o;her Professors of Wolt'ord College. have two flourishing Colleges In our | unty, anil If the Professors of these Colleges , 10 have many years experience in teaching, | mild unite tiieir efforts with those ??f the , tehees of the high and common schools in | tublishlng and carrying on a Teachers' In- , tute, the latest and best methods of lnstiuc- i ail would be Adopted, teachers would be < ore fully impressed wills the responsibility , their positions, the discipline of our schools I >uld be really improved, teachers would be* me more ettlcient, and would be impressed till the dignity of their calling. Tl?e stun- | ird of education would be raised, a greater tcrest would be aroused throughout the i unty on the subject of education and this twld result In increasing the attendance up-. i ot:r Colleges. We have con versed with teachers upon the j Ijjecl of the eslabllshment of a Teachers' iStilute. All are ready to acknowledge Itv netits, yet no definite steps have been ta-1 ,>n towards Its organization. We therefore,! opose that all the teachers of the county) cetat Abbeville Court House on Saturday, c -Gth of next April, and that the Tel:c!iera' istltiite be tiieii organized. Mr. W. Cj lien-1 has through the press exprttsed lilsupprov-j of tlie matter under consideration. He Is a j ember of the County l!o.nd ol Kxainiiiers, ; id lends his influence to whatever advances j. ir educational inlert sis. We suggest that lief ges through the l'rtst <nt(l Hmmtr a full al-1; ndancc of ieaeher> upon (lie ilay proposed, i upon whatever oilier day may be ciinsider-j , most suitable; and also, that he I n v 11?- J, aj. Hugh S. Thomson, state superintend-j, it of Kdiicaiion to deliver an address upon ! at occasion. l'licschool law of IheStsifo makes It the du-j <if the state Superintendent of Kduciiliot. visit th?vaevuml counties, anil by deliver- | g public addresses mouse a deeper interest j i the subject of education. Our worlliy Su- . Tiiileudcnt visited several counties last | ar. 'ilie teachers of A!Neil county deter-; incd to have a Tc.icUi.ts' Instiitite. .V day i us appointed, am! Ai.ij. ilugii S.'J'honison j is invited to be pre.-ent, heattended and de->, ,'ered a very powerful speech upon the sub-1 it of education. TliS Institute was organ-! ; and is now in successful operation -diouhl i.nlier engagements prevent MnJ.; lompson from coining, we think, the servis ol* one of the 1 'ini'essoifi of our colleges uld bo secured. We tire in favor of having j peech on tlie day of organisation,fur many i ucliers will attend, if a Mieech is to be deliv-l; ee tha* wc'uld olherwlso remain at home, j Teachers' Institutes are already accomplish-! g greatgood In the counties of Aiken. JJarn-j ell, Darlington, Spartanburg and t'nion. j ;t AbbcvMle keep pace with her sister t'oun-i :s In whatever may advance her edueallon-1 Institutions, TEACH l-.ll. j ivnnnnli Valley Rnilrontl ."Heeling.1 Pursuant to the call of President Latimer.n : cctinjc of thecorporators of the Savannai. ilic-y Uailroad convened in Mssonic JJall 11 Lowndesvllle on thotith of March, 'ihej' esident. called the meeting to order. A call j the roll showed Hie following corporators ' ysent. to wit: W. W. Humphreys, D. I,. < all, \\ ni. O'Uriant, J. M. Lalimer, Sr., J T.ji trnes. J. 1$. Moseiv, .1. 1!. Young, T. J laker, j .-urge S. liurditl, .1. it. I.elioy, s. s. halter,: r. J. T. ilaskin,A. S. Clinkscales and W. L.; ink scales. | < I'heSecretary, MajorK, It. Murray, being! ISUTIl, . >V . JlUllipiirCJS nun l-iwini lai'.vij rot rut. '1 he minutes ot I lie last meet-' X ami the amended charter were road. |i President Latimer, In staling the objects of. i u meeting alluded to the oUsUieles in ttic* | lglnal charter, w iiich prevented progress ti>- ( uriis securing subscriptions to iho capital j ik:l< of I lie road, and w lileii were happily reoved in Hie amended eliarter. He stated! eobjeet of the meeting to lie mainly for the | trposcof eoiil'enice and consultation, loolithe adoption of such measuaes as would se-; ive an early commencement of the great! ;>rk. l'apt J. T. Hnrffcft made an earnest and i iritcd address, and was followed by \V. W. umplireys, J. M. I.ntimrr and others, alii e speeches breathing a resolute detcrmina mi lo lailld the road at all hazards. The following resolutions were then adopt-, ; unanimously and with enthusiasm; llmolvcil, Tb*t the construction of the Sa-I 111 tinh Valley Railroad Is not only practca-' e. but a necessity to the proper develop-i ent of the fertile country to he traversed bv affording ns It will easy lityrfes and egress, \ mliilii.r ?wlfi nnil chi'.iti transit to tilt. tillable products of a section now remote j r>ia nil rnUrnurt fHclllIies. Itesotrcri, Tlmt the cost of constructing this ad, under lh?* plan now adopted, involving! i increase of taxation ."or three years only I the towns and townships immediately Inrested, Will be Insignificant compared with e many advantages to flow from its speedy impleti'on. Retrtvcd, That not until the last rail Is laid, e last spike driven and the first shrill lilstle of the ermine Is heard proclaiming e completion of this road, will we abate our al or Miller our energies to relax in this eat enterprise. | Hollowing the adoption of the resolutions' is a free conference and interchange 6f| iluIons? among the corporators and friends tiie road present, developing a resolute dorminatlon to go forware with the enterprise ill press it to as speedy a completion aspos-! I>ie. The meeting tlion adjourned to moot on the st Wednesday In May next, the 7th of the 1 onth, at Lowntlesvllle, at ffltlch time it Is iped every corporator will be present.as the luils'jf submiUlngthequestionof subscrip-1 ms to the to'vns and townships will be ar-! , nged. .1. M. LATIMER, SR., President, j VV. \V. llLMi'iiUEYS, Secretary. A Word for the Chinese. ronquln Miller, in a letter to tlie Tribune, i caks, not only with much earnestness, but; ith knowledge, on the Chinese question, irmeriy a miner, for years a resident of the icltlc States, and for four years a Judgo, he j ' ,d an excellent opportunity to know some-1 tug of the practical etffccts of Chinese iinini-t ( ntIon and labor. He testifies as follaws: i; I'he honest men of the Sierras welcomed | , em, and, side by side, they worked together r many years: and I am certain that every i ' Iner of those ihtys, who has no selfish ends serve, will gladly testify to the honesty, ' dustry and neighborly good nature of these' i cut little brown men. These poonlo, at the ! ; ine time, were terribly taxed by the county j 1 thorlties: but they always came up' i omptly. and, without a word of complaint, j Ul what was demanUedor them. At uanon i ty, Grant County, Oregon, this monthly i x was Si a head for every Chinaman. They I d lo constantly endure wrongs from every i tin ken rutllun or reek less ' hoodlum" who! w lit to impose upon them; yet they werei e most peaceful people we Irad amongst, us. ; int on the heneh as judge of this county for, i ir years.an'l, I will slate, on the honor of ' miclstr.'ite, that thcculcmlar, both criminal i d civil, showed at least ten white men to! e Chinamon, although the Chinese popula-! >n. during the most of this lime, outuunvj red tin? whites. I.?t% ?'oe here say (hat Ij ver, during all my yr-ars of Intercourse < th these people, us minor or magistrate,' . iv a drunken Chinaman. J never saw a 1 incse beggar, I never sa.v a lazy China- t m. They arc perhaps the most industrious j :iple In the world. ?*> 1 ( tOMK Nev.-Postal Wkinkj.fs.?'Theclause; 2 the post office appropriation bill which (_ >vldes for a letter-sheet envelope, which is : lie stamped as other envelopes are now| inneri, anil a double letter envelope. The < j tble postal card is in size similar to the. sent one-cent ciird. It. hears at both upper tiers a one-cent stamp, and lines are i iwn from the centre, sloping downwards itch low corner, to be written upon. The Iter of lite card uses the le/t-hand side for ' reply. The double-letter envelope Is p fr>peu twice, and the sender u?cs the right' p 11lie receiver lite left-hand side in writing j address.. At the back of litis envelope is nublr-iruirtmeii flap divided by h perlorat-J tl lino. The lower one is used for sealing by i ], sender, and the receiver uses his knife | ng the perforated line and has a new gum-1 tf flap ready for use. The letter-sheet en-j A ope Is designed to do atvay witli outer en-' t>pes. Its patentee claims great merit for! f >r the reason that It often occurs that, the I " 0 at which n writing has been mailed can- i sj be asccrlnlned because the envelope has n lost. Here letter and envelope arc one. ? ) new law does not direct the Postmaster leral to issue these paten ted conveniences, nly allows him the discretion to do so. PostOtflce Department had nothing to j[ with having this clause Inserted in tbe ,?NeU) York World. Where Will it End ? IOTH HAYES AND CONGRESS FISH. upplies to be Cut OfT and tho Ccuntry Appealed to by tlic Dcmocrutn if the President Vetoes their Measure; ?Uneasiness for Hie Future. {/.filer to the l'hiliilleljihi i Tout s, hid.) Washington, March 8.?Tho overworked cnators, members, clerks, pui'es ami otlui 'inployccs at tho ('apltol, to say nothing o lie unhappy correspondents, an* to get but i >-i >t t li inif Micl I after ill I. Tin; clPiniiiii ip of tin.* business of tlie old session and tin ;ettlng ready for tin- new leave little time foi est, ami everybody Is stretching himself am nuking up Itis mind that I he approaching sms ion will liucl liir litlo Hit* liol weather nnc wriiaps the summer through. The sltuatior iere is regarded \\1 h t rent anxiety bj .houghtful per.-ons, for it mint be coiuesset bat tliceml eanmu be foreseen. The major ty in t^ongress uie very obstinate ami are de ermincd to repeal the federal JCIeciioi aws on the old Hcmocrutic tlicoiy that Cor. tress cannot intcriere with Slate elections L'he President is equally obstinate, and is get Ingjmorc so every day, and is determined l< iIkii no hill repealing the election laws, evei .liough appropriations lull. He says lie wil lot allow Congress to menace him' an< or the Ilrst time since he has been Presl lent he Is showing a little decision of char leter. Where this thing Is to ond it is impossihli ,osee. The Democrats will have no trouMi 11 carrying out their purposes, having a goo< vorking it aj >rlty in each house. T'iey wll lrst puss separate bills containing no torelju eglslultaii, repealing the test oat 1, the super fisorx act and thep<,B?e coimtatus act. 'i hesi he President annum c js In advance thai In Aril I veto. Th<n the I'eniocrats intend toad* .o the appropriation bill* not yet passed tb ;lau<cs upon which tin; dial-lock oceurrc< jefore the tinal m JournniCut of I lie Forty Ifth* Congress on luesday last. The Presl lent wiil then vctottae legis! itive; ex evutlvi imlJudicial appropriation bill, and also til trmy appropriation blil which will contaii LllC uiljui'l.unuuic it.iiuiwn. v IIIHU.1IVI1 uu< inarchy must then fd!low. Neither the inn orlty In Congress nor the President will yield I'ho pay of Congressmen and nil Capitol em >loyees, the purcl ad:of fuel; stationery, go* furniture, I he pay ot laborers and nil cxpen <esnhout the Capitol must cease afier Jun 5'l, unless tne bill is passed; The salaries < the President, Cabinet officers, the clerks li Llie departmei ts and ull the executive an udlclal officers of tlw government, and al tho expenses i f *1 he departments, inciudin fuel, stationery, lights. &c. must stop ut tli tunic lime unless the bill Is passed. Slioul the army bill fall the pay of tbe officers an iohliers, expenses 01 transportation, suppllc jf the army, itc., all tlc sc will have to wal ilong witn the civil and judicial portion t the government. The Democrats say if tli President vetoes the bills they will appeal t the people, and the President says, or tlios who are now guiding him si-.y, they wl xiipeftl to the people if the Democrats ill list on their revolulionary course. The sit nation is very unfortunate, and the future I regarded with great apprchcucion and uucer tulnly. a i.ono session. The new Congress, which is to nsscmbl hereon the lstli, is likely to hAve a long sei don. From present Indications it will tnk i fortnight for the House to organize and an other week at least will be required for tli rormation of the committees, 'lhere is littl joubt that the officers of the lwuse will rc tnain about as they are. Willi J'r. P.ati'jtill n Speaker, Mr. Adams as clerk, Mr. Thoinuso is sergeaiit-at-arins and Mr. Fields as dooi keeper. The subordinate ollicers will ills probably remain. In regard to tbeoffie'ert of the Senate, n giicsa can be made. Nothing can be n'or uncertain. Never has there beeu such a rus for otilces before It is said that thcro are m less than :',UOO persdna here seeking imsltlon In the new Itemt/crallc Senate: They arc ?i thick as brlj^dler-gCnerals were during tli war. Nibody Will ever kuow tlieumouut< money it Costs to "rnu" that Senate. The cj penses are purposely so confused and mixe up that it is Impossible iogetut the figure but their total is something enormous. It ii V/lthohl doubt the most expensive Icgislntiv body on earth. The executive clerkship I a very pretty office. It was very well di terllud once by a Senator who said the e.i ecutlvc clerk had nothing to do and tw clerks to help him, one at $2,3X) and ouc u 31 -S'-O. To siiow tiie pressure for office In the Senal It may be irtitftll that not a day pttfcjes tin sonic eager applicant does not come ill and g around among the dlil'erent officers and tr to hud out the duties, the salary, Ac. Tli clerk who bus charge* of all the official record and papers is called the tile clerk. IteccnU a verdant Democrat from. North Carol in came iiitothese*;cel?ry*s clffiec and asked f<; the file cierk, Mr.- (.r.rrlson spoke up an said : "I ain the tiie clerk, sir." "Very well, said the man, very gravely, "I'u like to til my eppliSalion lor a piece here. I unde stand (here is to be a in w deal." (Jarriso took his i npers which wire indorsed by se\ era I J usi litis of the peace, school teachers merchants and others in North Carolina,an promised to place them on llie, and no doul lie did. THE HACE i oi: THE speakership seems all in llandnll's favor Just now, Tli opposition is hot, but it is not strong. It In mil the staying qualities. Itandall as a mal 1<t of course, has as speaker, offended man meml?cfs of his own party. It l~v no doubt, gi Cat failinc of his that be docs not estliuul nil men as highly as they estimate themsclv< but bigser nii-n bave erred In the siinie wn; If every man is to betaken at his own est mate and given place accordingly how man 1'reshknts, t'hlef Justices, wcrctnrios or m treasury'aud chairmen of the waysand meur committee will we have? Every member < thu nearly three hundred cannot he placed u the ways and mcmtH,. (impropriations, bunk In-.' and currency, ludleiary and foreign eon nii'tecs. Above all (buy cannot all he elm I men, because there are only about forty con mitlees. If every member of Congress ha Ins own way at the organization of a lie Congress lie would pnrtiibly lie ehr.iriunn r either llie ttitvsitbd hteans or the approprli lion committees. He would thennlwayshav tbelloor. Huit'ia'.l, not. having lien ablet do Impossible thinjis in the past lias mail some enemies, and they now swear they wi l)o!t the ticket ratber than vote for lilni atraii Hut lie will lie elected all the same, unless a ?lliiis fail. Handall wfll return here on Moti ila.v, ami will make his headquarters at Wil lard's where handsome parlors have been rt served for him. Wi I lard's Hotel seems to hi the I'.c'Iitieal centre, lint the Kbldtt Hons L'ontinues to lie tligsociai eentroaud the hem t|Uarrers for the urtny and navy. 43 Years Before the Public. THE CEftUINS DB. Go HcLANE'S CELEBRATED T.TTTKn?. "PTT.TiSS v jl. i i a i?.r< FOFi THE CURE OF Hepatitis, or Liver Complaint X>Y*!'KrSlA ANU :kC HEADACHE. Symptoms of a Diseased Liver PAIN in the right side, under the edge of the ribs, increases on pres sure; sometimes the pain is in the lef side; the patient is rarely able to lit on the left side; sometimes the pain i: felt under the shoulder blade, and i frequently extends to the top of th( shoulder, and is sometimes mistaker for rheumatism in the arm. Th< stomach is affected with loss of appe lite aild sickness; the bowels in gen eral are costive, sometimes alternative with lax; the head is troubled with pain, accompanied with a dull, heavj sensation in the back part. There i; generally a considerable loss of mem ory, accompanied with a painful sen sation of having left undone some thing which ought to have been done A slight, dry cough is sometimes ar attendant. The patient complains O'i weariness and debility; he is easil) startled, his feet are cold or burning, and he complains of a prickly sensa tion of the skin; his spirits are low and although he is satisfied that exer cise would be beneficial to him, ye I he can scarcely summon up fortitude enough to try it. In fact, he distrusts every remedy. Sefveral of the abc*vc symptoms attend the disease, but cases have occurred where few of them existed, yet examination of the body, lfter death, has shown the liver to lave been extensively deranged. AGUE AND FEVER. Dr. C. McLane's Liver Pills, in :ases of Ague and Fever, when ;aken with Quinine, are productive of he most happy results. No better :athartic can be used, preparatory to, >r after taking Quinine. We would idvise all who are afflicted with this lisessfc to ?ive them a fair trial. For all bilious derangements, and as l simple purgative, they are unequaled. beware of isttatlowf. 1 he genuine are never sugar coatea. Every box has a red wax seal on the lid, rith the impression Dk. McLane's LivXk 'i i.i.s. The genuine McLank's Liver Pills bear he signatures of C. McLane and Fleming Ikos. on the wrappers. Insist upon having the genuine Dr. C. IcLane's Liver Pills, prepared by Flerrrig Pros., of Pittsburgh, Pa., the market being ill of imitations of the name McLanef gelled differently but same pronunciation. W. O. BENET. attorney at Law Law "Range, Abbeville C. S. C,' ' .""7y >5'*>" - '. V ' ' * .j. i n? n?n?? ????mmmmmq %. j*. Kurz, Agent fob Abbeville County. 'I'HE celebrated SINCLAIR CUTTER. No. 1 1 ?IX mid EiUiiT. Thes^ MncliliiARard unlver>nllly acknowl: rdged to be the bo?t manufucl tired. for catI j tii g Hay, Straw, Fodder, t'orn Stalks, fiuprar . t''Hiie, etc., and for Strength find Durability A: . i have no cgualj .r>0 FIRST PREMIUM**. -? j j GOLD MEDALS at tta World's Fntr of Pttri > Is, London mid Mo.w, beside* thousands of .1 testimonials from largfc stock raisers, llrery ' . I (stable* and farmeni. i Samples to be scon at JCurz & Druce's Boot, Jshnc m?I Hiirnpsii Establishment. Abbovlli?, p> j Court Hoose, So. Ca. Dcc. 25,1K78. WOODRUFF & BRUCE ? e ' , ' " H A GE^TS. for thb Improved and Light II A. running ' Singer Sewing Machine " i PeKeot sutlyf^ction guaranteed, and fall Instructlons given to purchaser. ' j?' Prices, $35, $40, $45. c Machine needles of nil kind*, oil and aVtachments furnUhed nt short notice?nt any pout office. Addres*, JULIAN U. WOODRUFF, - , ;J. <? Greenwood, 8: Ci C C. E. BRUCE, Abbeville, H> C: Z Nov; 17, 1378. '| BOOKS 5 To Be Used In The \ PUBLIC SCHOOLS, 1879. c d < Rwlnton'K Word Primer, s' SwInton'N Word Hook or Spelled e I Hwinton's Word Analysis, Is | Webster'# Primary Dictionary. j.| Webster's Common School Dictionary, j Wdtmtcr's Academic and Coifttndn .School o Dictionary, . .. !t Swhiton'? Prlinory U. S. History, I Swlnton's Condensed IT. 8. History, e I Swlnton'H OuttinoH of Histoid, it i Cathcnrt's Literary Reader, . o ! Rej nolrK lot. 2nd. 3rd, Uli and 5th littiapmj v Appleton's 1st, -lid ;!rd, Jth, hiici otfi lteud? i'c ei-s. Is! Robinson'sPro^rwKivcTable y*>k, v f Roll In son's Primary Arithmetic, a Robinson's Intellectual Arithmetic, )r Robinson's Rudiments of Written Arltbd irctic, . Robljison's Progressive Practical Arithmoe tic, r. Robinson's Progressive High School Attthi n inetlc, , ltohlnsnn's New Elementary AJjfeJirfl? 4. Cornell's First Steps In (ico^raob'y. ,1 Cornell's Primary ?'??)> raphjr, ,t Corn^'I'* InU-rmedliito (iwijjrnphJ'. Ci<fncir> (irr.'nnuir School <>eozrapby, CoriiellV I'hyslcal Geography, Quaekcnhos' lTlnutry Grammar, c Qimckcnhoft' Kmrllsh Grammar, is yu:itl*eril,?>s? Illustrated Lessons lrfbrirLnti- < L- ciipui'. i >' QuacUcnhofT 1st Lesson* In Composition, i? QuiirkcnluiK' t'ompoptlon Tlhutorlc. ? tin -ckeii'?>?' Liloiuentary History M the Un)tr<J Sfates. . . 'j QunclccntxM' School History of tlifl Unites I- suites, ; ; y TIlO Model Copy Hooks from 1 to B, . . i! Reynolds Copy liooks from 1 to 5, nt 5 E. PAEKEE'S. ' January 29,1*79. j SALE AND LIVERY I STABLES. le , ?'* I- a i jBm ' II ; A. J. Pendley, [ ABBEVILLE, S. C. rHAVE rrntivJ the Stables of S^al & where I k<*ep for sale lit all time* h wlt sto'.'k of horses unit mules at the lowest prices,itmh ui>'u. s I I will iveelve iiorifs ami mules on consignment and will sell the sament small ctfwmls-' I I stniif and make prompt return*. I I will keep vehicles and horses for hlro at ' reasonable rates, and cl-.all be pleased to fur1 uUli customers with anything iu my lino of 1 business. A. J. PENDLfeY. ' I Dee. 4, 1.S73* (| Administrator's Kotice, ! A LTi persons indebted to the Estate of !x\. THOMAS C. PERRIX, deoewed; i will make immediate settlement with 1 the Administrator, as alter re&sonablo : iudiiljiem-oall delinquent's elnims will bo 1 put in * uit. !; LEWIS W. PERRIX, . { Administrator. t; sept. 11, 1878, tf : FEVER AND AGUE : MARTERS & MOISE Fever and Arde Pill* 1 rl are advertised as specifics for thefo troubles, : EDWIN PARKER. . Jan. 21, 1879. : STATIONERY. . r l SUPPLY Is expected dally to arrive. EDWIN PAEKEE. ; Jan. 22, 1879. tf Robert B, Hemphill, Attorney at Law, ! AnilEVIT.T.K S. C? Will practice In all . t ! he Courts of tli i Slate. ; i ( uniiiiigliam & Templeton nAVK Just received FIVE DOZEN of those eiegant ; UWLAUNDRIED SHIRTS, ; made of the best material "and fully ftiado" at Sl.ijo apiece. > Jan. 2), iS79, tf I ? j Sewing Machines. WE will soli our host MACHINES for 30, ;> > dol lurs. Call early and get a b*r? j8"'"' E. M. HADDON & CO. { Jan. ?>, 1STII. . | Extra Early Rose Potatoes White and Yellow Onion Sells. FOR SALE BY EDWIN PARKER. Feb. 12, 1879, tf Fresh Stock OI ;M Boots mi Stationery. EI?WIN PABKEB. 1 Feb. 12,1879, tf.' Snuff! Snuff! TO BE HAD AT? EDWIN PABKEBv Fob.' 19; 1879, tf V; 4 jMt&ajM

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