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l'he Press and Banner. ? AUUKVILLE. S.C. ^VeJnesdny, Aug. 20, 1S84. KOlt 1': <i 'to VLB ( LEVF.1.AND, ill NKM* V'HiK. FOR VICE PKKSII'FST: THOMAS A. ltrXOltK liS; OF IN MAN A. COI XTY I?EMOCJi AlH TICK KT. Iiorsi-: OF ItKl'Kl'NF.NTATIVKS: JOII.\ E. RltlDLEY. RORERT R. II lOt I'll 11.1.. F.I.LIN ? GRAYROX, M. II. PARK??, W. K. RLAJKE. J IT*I K I IMBATK Ii>l"IU*: j. filler lyox. CI.K1UC of CorilT: m. <;. zi:k<li:r. Foil sheriff: J. I\ V. DnPRK. SCHOOL CO \1 MI8SI ON E It: GEORGE Vi HODGES. COUNTY COM MISSION KltS : WJI. t. RILEY, JAMES A. McCORIt, W. T. CO WAX. COHOXElt: JAMES A. S1IILMTO. AUDITOR: JOIIX T. l'AHKS. TREASURER: J. W; HKltKI.V. Death of Mr. Harbor. Tho people of tliis vil age will res ret to hear that the Rov. R. Li. Harper, wlio Was so much beloved by them, is dead. Our people had great respect and affection for him, and were greatly in hopes that his removal would affect a recovery from his bodily ailments. His congrcgalioli Were justly proud of Iiitn as an aide man and as a graceful and impressive speaker, while his purity of character and great zeal in the Master's work won their oontidenco and esteem to tho fullest extent. Truly a good man and a pious chiistian is gone. We trust the good Lord may comfoi't and bless the bereaved widow, whose devoiion to him was as beautiful as it was self-sacrificing. Tb<* A 'eicn and Courier publishes the following dispatch: lUKA, Miss., August IS.?Rev. IJ. L. Harper, of the South Carolina Confer* once, tlied at his home in tms piace last night at forty minutes past ten o'clock. The Rev. Robert Lee Harper was wellknown and highly esteemed in South Carina. He was a native of Canada and it bout forty years jure at the lime of his death. At the close of the late war ho came South on account of his health and joined the South Carolina Conference. He was atone time the pastor in teharge of tho Spring Street Methodist V'liurco in Charleston* Ilis last appointment in this State was at Abbeville Courthouse. He wiiS stationed there last year, but his health was completely wrecked and he had to retire from the active work o?.the ministry. About three months ago he i moved with his family to Iuka, Mississippi, whele he died, as alrqadv stated, Sunday night. The neWs of Mr. Harper's death will be heard With unfeigned regret bv all the clergy of the South Carolina Conference and by hosts of friends throughhout this State who know him and loved him. Mr. Harper was considered one of the fluent preachers in the South Carolina Conference. His sermons were perfect models of English and his logic was impregnable, Wherever lie lived lie completely won (he hearts of his people. ' Campaign Slanders. Wc presume that at 110 time in the history of the American government has there been so much slander circulated nbout the Presidential aspirants as there has been in this campaign. The newspapers are full of it, and wo think the public must be thoroughly disgusted if not demoralized, by its constant repetition and false reasoning. We tnink there are still left in this country some honorable men and tnanv yirtuous women, whose sense of decency and modesty deserves respect. For their sake it is to be hoped that the politicians may rise to something higher than del'auiers and scandal mongers. Our intention now is to exclude from our paper all reference to these scandals in the future. We give enough this week to satisfy all reasonable demands. Augusta Almonds and English Walnuts. Mr. Kdgar Dcrry brought to this office last evening some tine specimens of English walnuts and almonds. It has always been supposed that these fruits t'ould not bo grown in this neighborhood, especially the latter. M r. Dcrry has practically contradicted this belief. The tr< es were raised from seed merely dropped in the ground and receiving no care afterwards. This is ouo more instance added to many previously demonstrated that Augusta does not by half, appreciate th? thousand and one advantages she iguorantly enjoys.?Augusta Chronicle. Mrs. II. W. Lawson r.f our town has a pecan tree in her garden which her mother planted thirty-live years ago. The tree has grown to a height of thirty feet, with wide spreading limbs, and anil u illv bears bushels of the choicest fruit. The tree is highly prized, aud is of considerable VrtloS/ A New Dyspeptic Cure. Some wonderful cures of dyspepsia arc being made in Oconee county, Georgia, by taking a spoonful of lino sand after each meal, gotten in a branch or from H spring. Parties who have been suffering for years arc entirely relieved.? .1 :;fpn-*tft Evening News. We are able to testify to the efficacy ol the sand-cure for dyspepsia. A man in this county tried it several years ago, and it'did its work speedily and well, lit was laid in a premature grave very soon alter he trot on a good load of sand. Unless the patient is certain that he has v gizzard he had better guard against an over-dose of sand. V>hf tills Officious Iiitcrmidling? If there is one thing more than another which would loud ns to entertain greater feelings of ill will and disrespect for the Republican ofiiclalw, it is their offensive manner of forcing ttpon the differenl communities odious and incoinpctenl postmasters. It would .?eern that tlie Government should respect the feeliup and wishes of the communities in this matter. The miserable creatures thai have been thrust into tlie post-offices it some parts of this State is a disgrace t( any government, or any political party, which makes any pretensions to decency Our neighbor, the Ynrkvillr Enquirer, again defends Col. Coward from chargo which were never made. Soboely has ever denied Col. Coward's ability or competency. ?It has boon just brousht to light ffiaf R, F Jones, whom Mr. lilaine picked ont as Chairman ot t'le National Republican Coin mil tee. was the first person to suggest the importation of contract foreign labor in Wcs'ern Pennsylvania. Tlie men in tils Iron works mack in 1807 bceause their wage* were cut down 2." pur cent., and Jones sent an agent to Kurvpr who brought ont five or six hundred IVI.-iam tvlih tl clr families who agreed to work at Wage* so low that, aficratnne. tlie imported tahon rs quit work. If is not likely tint tin knowledge of these facts will Increase the i* flu^nce ot I'ltUtiCHiid Logon among tlie la' o ing <la?-es in rennsyivmiiii. .< nvnys ,t,.u everywhere it Is the mine (Mug-the l.rof sk Jons and the practices of Blaine areas wide apart as the poles.-- Winntltwo Xirn mid Herald, One of onr lovely town belles takes hoi morning ride, not in a richly carved chariot, but In a'Wagon drawn b.v nn ox ! and returns prated upon a wagon load of wood ! she outchines In beauty the Queen of Sheba with her dazzling diamonds; and looks as sweet and pretty as the "Ll>y of the Valley J" Such wan the Klk'ht that was seen on one of oui thoroughfares one morning this week. And it' wan grand and hea\enly ! Could an artlsl have seen It, and have transferred the picture to canvas, It would have been his fortane.Setuca Free Press. The !aho'-prs In the iron works at I'ethlefleif, P., wH'S" wares in.ve b"en rede* ed tc ?.inct>-I"net n s a <hiv and who meiiy ?g tc Mj"!. he!: frni I e-b ii-k'o Irelaud ami thei j >?rtic i e-hi ps iiiiin'ie tliet peeuMr pr? te tion Jim! t ?e<t-fve:yihini! but thepikf"!" belt ltd jh:i| wiet. Ifilnydo they ."re ex. aor I 'olc.jkUS.?L\ilhoUc Mi.or. p?M?a?M ?? | Livixr: ox the dead. THE LAST DIKE RESORT OF THE ARCTIC I SURVIVORS. ________ A Xcdivul Examination of the Kc- j mains of Mont. Kisllnjbur.v Show* i filMt the Flesh wan Cut from his; It ones. I Washington, August 14.?The Evvniny; <Vi?r iia> II if lot lowing special irom Uochcster, i N V.: l>r>. Charles ISuekley ami F. A. Matiticviilc tills morning, at the icijuest ami ' benscol the 7W I xjinxs, with the consent of: the surviving hrot ier, made a post-mortem j | examination of the body ot Lieut. Frederick i F. Kis.iiigliu;-y,of the Civel,. expedition. Ail ! ] the ltesh of tlie bod} hrd been cut complete ly oil from the lioiies except on the face,; , hands and leet. The organs of the thoracic j cavity were Imaet. Kvideiice was found of I itciil iutlaniiiiailoii of the stomach ami 1 l o.ve.s. There were tio wound* on the head. ' i he I'uxi-tir/trex* hits a thret; cohiiiiu .iccoiint . ot the all'nr. Kisling'jury's Only was eaten j by tns companions. Another Account. I Rociiksti:i:, X. Y.. August II.?The relatives ot the l.ite l.ieut. Kislinunury, of the 1 iJreely expedition. to-div determined to have I an examination of the remains of tne licutenI ant. The s -rvices ot an unil.rtakers were se-' | cured and this in-irnlii,- with the assistance of live men lieaceompli-hed the work o:' taking I up the casket froin its resting place. This | was done in the presence of assistant Super-! I inU-mleiil M tiideville and th ; rctn-iins were 11. ikeu as uuearilied to the chapel lie ir theea-j j trance of tlie cemetery. There at s o'clock i | tiie ca?kit was op.-ned in the presence of | Frank \V. Kisliuifoiiiy and John 1*. Kislimi-i bury, brothers of t Ik- decc-isc.l, < 'liarlcs Huek 1 ley, l>r. F. A M indevlile, Superitrenciciii. [ j Sti:lsou, Superintendent Matideviile and two rcporlcis of the /'oil- Ex press. The work of: I opening the heavy Iron receptacle was found | c oil para'i vely easy, all there was to do bcitix : j to unscrew fifty-two iron bolts which held j I down the lid. i'he remains weighed about i j lit";y poulitis. The contents of the iutestines| nhowt' I the presence ot nioss or woody ttbroi jsmd hair fiich as niisjht have been occasioned j j by eulin^ seal skid, sou with itiin iiitii--. i ' lichen. i lio physic an- after a thorough ox-1 I animation subscribed to a long report d-'- j scribing with technical detail tin* condition i j or the remains; the substance ot which Is that ; the body showed no sizn< of violent!-! and was sound except as to tin; signs of inllummi I tlon of the stomach and hue-tine*, mil the i j absence of flesh from ihe tle-hy part- of the body. The report concludes as follows: In our opinion t!? tlesli removed w:>s cut away j with some sharp instrument. That remain-1 ing the feet, hinds and face showed no signal ot decomposition. Horrible .Suspicion* of li IsHiigluiryN Brother. TtocitKsrrit X. Y.. August il.?In an interview witn a Times' representative, this evenJ in^. W. II. Kislii'irhury, a iirother of I.leut. I KtsHmjbury, outlined a condition of thinsrs which would lead to llie belief that the expe| ditlon was divided into two parties ortwofac Hons, and that one perl>hed because tl-eother 1 gained possession hy lorceof the ford supply, j 111 this ostracised party were Iac.it. Kisling| bury ami Dr. I'avy. The condition of liieut. ICislinjbuly'S brtdy shows that lie had died of .Starvation at the lime when others had some I food supply. There was absolutely nothing I in the stomach, and in the Intestines was a lump of Indigestible matter. There were no ' evidences of rupture, and the story that he Injured h'.insclf i? discredited. \\\. II. ICIslinubtiry opposed the ojchtlmintr of the re' mains of his brother up to Wednesday night ! in the belief that his biother could not liave f hi fc:i preyed upon by the survivors because of ; the report that lie had helped tokillapoUir hear three davs before he died. The party ; was rescued three weeks after his brother's j death, and Kislimibury held that the beat I would fmnis i the necessaiy food lor the few | -u -vlvi r- tor tl a1 le igth of Hum if fail ly dis tnbuted and husbanded. The fact that the ! fleshy part of the lieulenallt'K body had been j cut ott In a careful and scientific manner i shows tiie bear story to be a myth itne ited j by someone toconceal cannibalism. imwnu , ol eating bear the survivors subsisted on the i bodies of their dead companions. In the ; opinion of Klslingbif** l)r. PnVy saw tile adi vttn'ce and outcome di the desperate struggle j for subsitencc and ended his life or else fell a victim lo llie desperation ol the immediate j adherents of (Jreeiy. In other words it was a lease in which those not In favor with the i commander were compelled to die that the j others might II ve. There Is a suspicion that J one of Ihe doomed party, Private Henry, was shot while trj Ing to get a share of the food. :IIenr>'s death is not suflicientfy explained, j Klsllngbury takes this i?loomy view, that there was a struggle amonsj the starving anil j desperate men and that the strongest by vir! tue, authority ami possession of the little 1 food on hand survived. Lieut. Klsllngbuiy 1: ! seems was under the ban of firecly's displeas- i I lire from the beginning. This is the stale ment made by \\\ H. Kislingbury to the ' Times' representative. Tlie Survivors K;ill Under .Medical 4'nvc. : Portsmouth. X. II.. August h ?Dr. Osi borne of the United Males .Vavy, who is in i charge of the Arctic survivors, says that all I the men will soon be in perfect health. Sur- , j (icon Head, ot the United States Army, will ! be here to-morrow to assume charge of tin 'parly. No time at which survivors) will bi ; discharged lias been decided upon, but tlx , whole matter rests In the discretion of Surgeon ile.ul. Under strict orders from the secretary of the navy none of the survivors w 111 be allowed lo be interviewed. 1 1 THE ARCTIC EXECUTION. | Lieut. Greelj's Official Itcport or the | Trn^lc Occurrence. | Washington, August 14.?The following 1* | Lieut, dreely's otlicial report of the execution : : of Private Henry at Camp Clay, niur tape Sabine: ( j Portsmouth, X. Y., August 11. 1S84.?Ad- | ' jutant-iieneiyil United States Army: Through I the chief signal ollicer of tlie United States ! Army, sir, 1 have the honor to report that on j 'June tilh, 18M, at Camp Clay, near Cape Sa- i I bine. Ciiiuneli Land, It became necessary foi 1 me to order the military execution of Private < j Charles P. Henry, Filth Cavalry, forcontinj lied thieving. The order wasgiven in writing i on my undivided responsibility, being deem i-it absolutely essential lor the safety or the surviving members of ilic expedition. Ton had already died of starvation and two more 1 ; lay at the point ol deatli. 1 I The facts influencing my action were as fol* 1 ! lows: Provisions had been stolen In Novein- . ber. ISSi. and Henry's complicity theiein wamore than suspected. On .March 24,1.S84. the ! party nearly perished from asphyxia. While i ; several men were unconscious and efforts < were being made for their restoration, Private | Henry 6 o e ab *ut two pounds of bacon from tho mess stores. He was not only seen l>\ i Kskimo Jens t'd wards, but his stomach beinji i i overloaded, he threw up the undigested ba- : < can. All open investigation was held an.i ievery member of the party declared him guilty of this and other thefts. A clamor fulfils life was raised, but was repressed by ine. : I put him under ru. veiPatice until our wan- j , lug strength rendtred his physical services i j lndlspensibie. Later, he was found onedaj I Intoxicated, havlimKto.cn liquor on hand foi I general issue. The second time his lite was < ' demanded, but I again spared tiiin. On June | 0 thelts of provisions on his part having been I I reported to me 1 had a conversation with ! him in which I appealed to his practical i ' sense, pointing out tnn> union was necessary I to our preservailo . He promised entire reformation, but distrusting him. 1 issued a < 1 written order that, he should be shot if detecti td stealing. On June 0 he not only stole pari of the shrimps for our breakfast, nut visiilng unauthorized our winter camp, stole certain i sealskins r. served for food. 1 then ordered i : Iiiin shot. On his person was found a silver i chronograph abandoned by ine at Fort Conger i and stolen by him. In his bag was found a i i large quantity of sealskin and a pair of seal, skin boots stolen a few days before from IlunI ter. Suspect inn complicity on the part ift several, 1 ordered his execution by'three of i the most reliable men. After his death the order was read to tlic entire party, and was [concurred in by every member as being noi [only just, but as essential to our safety. To | aVoid pnhHc scandal. I ordered that no man ; should speak of this matter until official rei port was made of the facts. I ftavn the honoi ! to request tiiat a rtnirt ol inquiry be ordered , j or a court martial convened should the lion1 orable secretary of war deem either advisaolt , ! in this case. I have thought it best not to , : ?L.t- urltlnn chlui.iiMilc r.f 11... c 11 > ?. 1? 1.... I Cfc- iX ? I I V\VU niil W IIIVII If Wl UM tllll IIIVIII* brr.s of the parly for appendices to this report, jest I might seem to be tampering with them. II have not asked since our rescue, June --d, whether their opinions concurring in my acI Hon have chnnged or not, leaving such (|i<es1 lions i? your action If deeuieu requisite. I , ; necessarily regret that circumstances imposeu | such a terrible responsibility upon me, but 1 am conscious that I should have failed in m\ duly to ihe rot of my party had I uot actcd promptly and summarily. I am, respectfully yours, A. W. CiKEEI.Y, ! Wth Cavalry, A. S O. and Assistant coin| jnamler of L. A. M. Expedition. [I AI;imt Soiriiijr Turnips. , I [E<ixl<:y Mrsstnr/rr.] j Mr. Editoh: While cngagid this morning In preparing my turnip pateli. I g .t to think' lug about what a great help a big crop of liunips would be to us. (I mean everybody In the ? county), in wintering our stock, and in a i great measure supplying the deficiency In 1 ! general crop. I The corn crop will be lighter in proportion I to the land cultivated in our county, much j lighwr, t lan.the memorable year of ' 1 , an-t ; corn has always been the principal in fattenjing hogs and wintering all other stock, i While there is nothing better for cattle, sheep land goats, than turnips, they are excellent , for hogs when cooked. They should be conk! ed lor cattle?w ilh a few cotton seed or a little bran. I have wintered cattle on turnips, with Utile else, and never had litem to do het i ter, never as well, on anything else. At this tale dale tin* "jig is up" altoul producing any ! thing else to help its along through the "hard times" hut turnips, and now is exactly the j right time to prepare and plant, uot just a lew, 'ji!', the higg< st crop, by half, c\er planted In this county. Every halt ace properly prepared ami planted in turnips (by the l'>tn t lust.), will with a favorable season, be worth I l went v-tlve bushels of corn, or half of a liveI i 1 .1-* ,1 I , 11 11 * t if i'ollali > This letter is intended more particularly I for iiiy own class of human-beings?the renter i ?not thinking (hat any landlord in nil the . I land will neglect so important act op as that | of turnips. Now renters don't excuse yourselves from I sowing largely, because you are a renter and ' expect proliabiy to move Ibis winter. Sow, > sow for me, I expect move, ami I'H sow for . you, let usa:l sow. sow lor ourselves and for ' each other. It any does not sow, and It talis to my lot to swap places with such, I'll move n?y patch, or rather turnips, and l?uve\ou i j like you left, yourself, and pioposed to leave i me, without any turnips, "and don't you forget it." | Jf you have no slacked ashes or other main tire, PJO pounds nf mmno (worth ?.!,) and ?_'! . woith of seed and labor, will pioduee you fisi > j worth of turnips. It wiil save probably just ''about the amount of corn you will needtoj I buy. everybody will plant and produce tur-1 ': nips in propoitlou lo their means, and neees' sities, the j>rlee of corn will not be near so ' high,and there will not be near so much to buy. besides in the spring ttirnin 'rsalb*t" is j excellent physic for a HKM'KK. j As a Coiijyrossman ho Has Been I'ri * j dent, Zealous, and Laborious. j i ] [ XewUcrry Observer,] Newberry county, at least a ltrge majorlly,j j would have preferred the notnlnnllon of, ! George Johnstone for Congress; but failing in I | that they are very well satisfied as it Is,as: '; (."of. Aiken was the second choice of the coun,: ty, and the first choice of a very respectable ' 11 minority. Co?. Aiken has made a dlliiyent j and conscientious representative, being al11 ways at his post of duly and- fully alive to the Interests of Ids constituents. While as a ell Ii, z n, he ha< expiessed sentiments concerning " the National Democracy that we, with many Mothers of his lei low citizens, regarded as er-; t! roncous and calculated to do liana* as a C'on( gressman he has heen prudent, zealous and laborious in the discharge of his duties. The high opinion his constituents entertain for him is abundantly proved by the fact ol his nomination for five consecutive terms. !' " rvimtre and criticism never hurl anybody, i "If lulse, they cannot harm you, unless vou are wanting in churacter; and, if true, they . show a man his wok points and forewarn' iiiiu ugaiiut fal.ure and trouble. I -> ! > ?W?OWTT?M?BB? A 8HAMEFUL SCANDAL. Rovftltlns Churgw Millie Against the Rppultlicun Pmlilnitiul <'tindi- j date by mi ImliunapolN Xcwsjiaper?.Mr. illaiiie Kevins Action 1'or Libel. INDIANAPOM*. August 11.?Oil the Sill itist. l!li:dtnti-Kl of ti:iscity coiit.iined an editorial i charging tIn*.: Ithiiiie had sidueed tils prcaelit wll'c iii Kentucky, una then llctl to Maine, that the yi>Ung worn iu and her fa'iir.r followed tiIm. iilid that lie niurWed Iter at the point of tiie shotgun. This having readied r.l.ilne lie sent llie billowing dispatch to Col. llollow av: ' Mar llAitr.oi:, Me., August ll-To Col. W-. K. llollowny: I have this moineiH roul ved tlie iitrorinus libel of the liulUiiuijKilis.^ciilinrl. l! Is utterly ami abominably (also In every statement and every Implication, l'olitli-ul slanders I do not stoop to notice, but this editor a*M.I;s the honor of my wife and my chil- I dreu. 1 desire you without one hour's delay | to employ a proper attorney ami have the re-i sponsible publisher of I he Afeii/t ?. / sued lor j lihei in ilit: United States I iisii let t'ourt of ludiai.a. It is my only remedy. I am surej that honorable licuiocriilsalike wilh liotiora-j ble Kepiiiilieaus will justiiy me iti defending the honor ot my faiiiily.il iieed be with my j lite. JA.MKS tl. ULAINK." Col. II olio way placed the matter iu the' hands of Senator Harrison's linn, and the pa-! pers are now in course of pros- cution, In accord;.nee witti Itlaiue's direction. Harrison, Miller.i- Klam, attorneys, this itf-j teinoon tiled Use following complaint with' the elerk of Hie United slates Circuit Court: j .lames ii. I'.laice, plaintiff, vs the IiHtumrtjui-1 lit iSVfKiiiW ( iiip.uiy ami John f. Shoemaker,! detemlCiil.s, lor libel. James (?. Maine, tlie. plaint ill above named, a citizen ot the State j ol Maine, complains of said defendants, of; tin; JittliwKip'th.tSfntine! Company, a corporation create.i by and under Hie laws of the Stale of Indiana, ami citizens of said Slate,1 and .ii'h n (.'.Shoemaker, who Is aNoa citizen of said State of Indiana, and says that the de-; fenuant company is owner and publisher of a j daily newspaper called the Jhnli'iiuiivihi Daily S-wincl, winch Is printed and jiuVtshed at. i 110 ? liy oi 1 ii4i1h illl }h)1 jh, 111 >,uu chichi .liana; ttint tin; delciidant John t,'. Shoe-i maker. I< president and business manager of: s.iid company, and as such, d I roots iinu nuitrolsthe publication of s ml newspaper. Tliut! on thc8.ii day ol Augusi, A. ]>. 1881, said tie-! feiidaut, wickedly itit?-t:dinu1 to injure, tie-! funic and scandalize tl.e plainlill, did mall-' ciously print mi l publish in the regular dally; issue of >aid paper for ilial day, of and concern ins the plaintiff. certain false, scandal- J ons and dciHinaixry articles in the wolds lol-! lowing: -Can JSIaine altord it? Tub cum-1 paigu war against. Cleveland is, to say the I least, an indt cent, one. Finding no vulncra-; bio paint in his piihlic record, tlieenemy have 1 ass tiled supposed irregularities in Ills private j conduct, i'ney have dressed and redressed! the affair until tin: naked facts of it are hut uj small part of the furbelow, frilled and milled i figure* waltzing in the Blaine Republican j prints. This besmirching of private charuc-: "eris the stock in trade of the llininc folks.! It Is all they have to oiler against the IJetno-j cratle candidale. llut can James t>. Klainti alt'oid this p.an of battle if his flanks are as j unprotected as they arc currently understood to be? Is lie not provoking a scathing lire by j permitting these assaults on (.Jrover (.'love-I land? The Democracy will hardly remain, quiet oil Hiaine's inner life when his support-1 crs are.rcsortiiur toscaiidnUinongerlnK "gainst | the other candidate. The charges of seduc-1 tiou made against Cleveland are false upon ! their very face. And It appears it can he turned upon lilnine and made tosiick. There is hardly an intelligent man in this country who has not heard that Jaines U. Blaine helm.ved the girl whom he married and tin n only married her at the muzzle of the shot* gnn. The Democratic press has had the magnanimity not to put forth these reports, which must <*uuse pain to members of Blanc's family. Tne Republican papers have ions known of them and have allowed llrem to go undented, if Blai ne was scoundrel enough to betray an innocent girl, if alter despoiling her he was craven enough to refuse her legal redress by giving legitimacy to her child until a loaded shotgun Hti initiated his conscience, then there is a blot 011 his private character more foul if possible than any of the countless stains on his political record. His conduct discloses a moral obliquity rendeiing him undeserving of social continence and an unlit man to be President. A candidate with such recoid cannot afford to nsstill ills opponent. As between Cleveland, and Blaine what fair-minded voter can hesitate to pronounce the former a cleaner and purer man ?" That a large rtumbcb of copies df the said newspapers, to wit, five thousand, were upon said day, by defendant, caused to be circulated and distributed in said City of Indianapolis and through l ite State of ludlana,and that by reason of said implication thcpluinlitl has i.een damaged in the sum of ?50,iX)), for which sum be demands Judgment. It Is understood tii.it to-morrow proceedings will be begun agaln-t shoemaker and the author of the article under the (irubbh llhel law in Jhestate Courts. This will compel Blaine's ittendanee as a witness. The attorneys say 1 his suit and the criminal proceedings will be pushed with all possible dispatch. A SIintiicTiil Story. GrccnvlUe AVie*. An Indianapolis newspaper has published !hc mo&i disgusting and outrageous scandal rnia 111st Mr. Blaine that was ever prin ted ahnp t. i? public man. The substance of It Is that Mr. Blaine's relation with his present wife b"fore their tnarrige were such that he was compelled by her relations to many her at the muzzle of a shot gnu. t We can not find language decent enough to print to express the horror with which every ntiiujoioiiiu rn!in in thi? Kopiinii will i'f!ifnrd ! his publication unci th" detestation that will 1)0 felt for its autiior. We heileve tho story is i lie, hut If it is true the Inexpressible meanness and guilt of its publication is not, dlminIsned. , The most abandoned and foul mouthed blackguard.* have heretofore baited at the J threshhold of the home and refrained from, entering its sacred precincts to drag forth wives and mothers and bespatter them with lie filth of a canvass. The editor of the InItanapolis paper is a development, of baseness, < cowardice and malignity heretofore unapproaehed. Thesympath of every husband, every father ! ind every manly man will goto Mr. Blaine; ] in the South we know the universal sentiment, will bu one of profound pity for him mil his family tjetailsa they have beeii the! victims of a brutal and horribleitssult, and of' 'he most intense Indignation and contempt for the wretch who made it. It must not be forgotten, however, that the Republican party shares theguilt; its organs | tnd workers began the system ofattack thai j ms led to this culmination of indecency and j irutallty. There Is evidence that incn in Mr.! lilaine's interest haveindusti lo'.oly eirculated ( eandals against Governor Cleveland almost is vilcas tliis one against Mr. Itlnlne and. inve helped them In their progress through lie country with li'nt, innuendo and republication. That fact does not palliate the present, ott'ense, but It divides the responsibility. There is no question of politics or party policy in considering tills su' J -ct. The far more important and far higher question of the nan hood and the sanctity of the womanhood ind family honor of the people is Involved, , tnd we believe t he people of all parties and ections will with a unanimous voice con- < lemn tho publication and express their sympathy for tlie man, the woman and the ehllIren who are the sufferers from It. We wc.nid like to see the democrats take the ead In prosecuting the miserable creature ivho published the article; he isan outlaw, tnd we believe the sen'inient oftbo entire Union would Justify anybody who would ill 1 i i!k ca:cMfS wlt.h buckshot or draw lilm upat L the end of a rope. Repudiation of the sit- [ :ack on Blaine can not be too nuick, emphat- , e and earne-t. We hope to near soon that Jo*, er.ior Cleveland has sent a heariy expres fon oi his personal regret atid sympathy and i denunciation of the story and its author.. [fwe could believe for a mouient that Cieveand sympathized with this assault on the 1 iecency and honor of the country we would ial>or earnestly to help 10 }>nvd hi it) snowed under by a majority so v(1st that lie would never be heard of again. ?o? Preamble and Resolutions. [Barnwell People,] Wjikkkas, According to the usage of all political parties every nominating convention lias sovereign discretion over the mode and manner of making its nominal ions, and \Y h KitKAs, Each Congressional District ae ordin:; to party usage has absolute Jurisdiction over the whole subject of nominating a candidate for Congress, as thescvcral counties >f the State have over the nomination or their respective local olllcers can therefore regulate not only all the details of voting for a Congressman directly or of voting for delegates to a convention to nominate one, but- can also choose an independent Congressional Executive Committee of its own and even erect an independent j latforni for its candidate to stand on, And Whereas, the same ratines which dictated the primary, in-tead of the convention system of nominating candidates for county officers, in most of the counties of the State now call loudly tor the primary method ?f selecting Congressional candidates also. ANii Wjikkkas, every candidate far a Concessional nomination should not only have, he opportunity, but. be compelled to make n canvass for the position he seeks, as candidates for county nominations are required to I do. A N n Whkkkas, Our existing mode of nomi uiiingCongressmen by a convention ot con-! mentions is undemocratic, because it is done i l.v rl nlitTu I nc ,\f fi.mnvou frrnn the people, instead of directly i>y tlie people. Anij \Viikkeas, the said delegates in the tlrst instance are generally chosen when only a f> w of the people are present and where an irtcumbent Congressman cannot possibly have had an equal opportunity witl> his competitors for I lie nomination to mingle with ; he people unless he shall have neglected his; duties in Congress during its long and most important session. And Wiikiikas, tlie nomination of a Congressman hy convention is not only onerously expensive to the delegates, but frequently leads to a dead lock t hat. lias to he remedied either by a coni< st of physical endurance or I by the Introduction of a dark horse, never eoiitempl.-tted by the people. Therefore in the interest of fair play and tor the good of both ' people and candidates he it Jt'.'xolvcd, That hereafter every candidate for | Congress shall be nominated hy primary eh-c-j lion and tie voted for by each county in the same manner and at Hie same thncand places | that candidates for county nominations are i voted for?the result to be certified and aRgrc- j gated by the several county chairman of the ouutlcs composing the Congressional I>ls-! trlet, and the candidate receiving tlie highest ] vote in the whole District lo be declared nominated. Every nomination for an unexpired term In Congress shall also be made by ' aspccial primary election. The same; gentleman who drafted the above j also prepared the following substitute apply-1 lug the primary principle to the choice of delegates lo a Congressional nominating convention in ease that principle should not be I appl.'cd directly to the candidates lor Congress1 themselves. Jicxnlred, That hereafter ail delegates to n | Congressional nominating convention shall, lie chosen by each county of the District, in ' thesanie manner and at tlx: same tiir.c and ; places as its nominees for eortnt.v ollicers are ! chosen, whetherdone hy primary orbycon-j ventions ?1Those dclcsrate? receiving thchiglw! est vote to he declared duly elected, Coti^rcs.stnftti Aiken* | News and Oiurier. Our earnest cotemporury, the Ahbevl'lej I'rcx.t and Jlannn , accuses '1 he A'c<c.r and (\jur- , ier of being unfriendly to Congressman Al-j ken. What we did w..s men?/ to point out I some of the faults of habit and of temper! which Col. Aik'. 1 ought to try to cure, because' they undoubtedly diminish his usefulness as ! ? representative oftlie people. The Xewx and Courier said not a word about Col. Alkcn until after he had received the no ! mination of the Democratic Convention of; ills district. Had we been unlriend'y to hi in I we should have opposed his rcnominatlon. I With this, however, wc express m/opinion j on the subject, Wc are glad to lear a that Coh Aiken standi!! well with his constituents, and we hope that his constituents will not think any the worse I of The News arid Courier for saying what It! thinks about their represenlative. It. was In ! a kindly spirit and with it ileslre to save the subject of the crlticsmsatul those whom lie is ' elected to represent. Our Abbeville contemporary surely Is not' disposed to deny The News und Omri>r that; right of free speech which it exercisesso 1 Hi- j erally Itself. Perhaps, the Prexs and Banner | has a fellow-feeling for the Abbeville Congressman, but, nevertheless, It should allow j our very mild answer to turn away Its wiatli.-j CYCLONES AND TORNADOES. THEIR DIFFERENCE AND THEIR CONNECTION--LAWS THAT GOVERN THE WIND ?STORM CENTRES?HOW CYCLONES FORM AND HOW THEY TRAVEL. Tito Conditions anil Characteristics of To?,ii:tilo?vs---'Ilie Source of Their l*oiver---Kieetr icily--The Tornndocs of the llltli of February. 1SHI--An FiimiIvc?i Fi-ohieni?Menns of Escape. Jin JSttsay 'Tint before the Abbeville Literary Club by J. C. Klui/h. The tendency of irs??n to speculate about the weatheris nnivcisal. l:i view ol Mils isnrt. Is i is remarkable Unit, until within an extremely recent period, n.t process was made in collecting and arm tnrlng the facts observed to <*\ 1st in connection with atmospheric phenomena, so that llie principles governing tticin might l,e discovered. .Meteorology i.prc-oinlnently a modern science, and lis development into even I he crude sia-jo at wh ich it has nowariived is a conspicuous triumpliot' the Baconian met lioi ol' philosophy. Talcing within its scope the investigation of every fact and phenomenon of the aims it hears on the weather, it is a subject whose complexity - - i it* ii,i. ana tinncuiiy aiu Minmwu t?..- .... portunce to our welfare. No branch of tin' sulij-ct is more Interesting than thai class ol atmospheric disturbances to which I propose to direct attention to-night, whether considered hy t he casual si n<l start led observer at the li'ili: of their occurrence, or by the careful student of nature, seeking to evolve from the nu I tltuile of confused find conflicting accounts Koine consistent statement of facts thai, shall enable him at. least to guess intelligently at the principles according to which even the m'J'tstic and awful power of the storm must move 011 Its course. Popular us'uie gives to the term** cyclone and tornadothe same meaning. This is Inaccurate. The cyclone isa much more extenslveallair than the tornado, the l itter being comparatively a local disuirbanee, though far tii" more destructive of tin; two. "The variation of the weight of the atmosphere for different places," we are to.(1, "Is at. the foundali'in of all storms and weather changes." It is well known tint the barometer Is used to mdlcitcsuch variations. The u-i-!<riit Hi-1ho air at the sea level is equivalent to Unit of a column of mercury about 3') Indies lik'li. This is the principle oi thebarometer. When tlnu Instrument Is helow."#) the airnhont it Ik .-it less that) Its normal weight. This is generally line tothepreseneeof moisture. "A cuhi:: foot of dry air Is heavier 'tnan the s-imc volume of moist nlr. Since the vapor oi water Is lighter tlinn air, whenever it diffuses itself through a strain in of tliu atmosphere, It pushes aside, so to speak, the heavier particles of air. ami the barometer falls, indicating a lessening of fie total weight for tout place.'" Vapor of water contains a vast amount of latent heat. If now this vapor he condensed and fall as rain I lie pressure of the air will for the time be rendered stilt lighter by itie weight of tlx; water being thus taken from It and the barometer will fall siill lower, while the latent heat set free Irom the vapor by Its condensation becomes sensible heat, warms and expands the atmosphere, causlmr it to ascend and How away, and more pressure being thus removed, down goes the barometer ugain. A partial vacuum Is thus made, n thins which ' nature abhors," and so the air from surrounding regions comes rushing into fill it up. This produces wind which may be a gentle breeze or a violent storm according to the extent to which the atmospheric equilibrium has been disturbed. It is an invariable law that "the wind always blows from the place of high toward the place of low barometer." The slightest change in the pressure of the atmosphere at any given place has Its effect on the atmospheric current A fall of half an Inch in the barometric column would foretell the setting in of a very swift current toward the pi are of low pressure. "The motions of the atmosphere are found to he regulated by the distribution of barometric pressures on the globe, and are modified by the contottrof tlie country and the .rotation or the earth upon its axis." The place of lowest pressure is called a storm centre, and is generally visited by weather changes,such as clouds and rain or snow. Tliese storm-centres frequently form on the Pacific const and travel entirely across the United States, bearing wa'hor changes ~."i' 11 ?.?.i c.imailiniis ovon con M mi I lis? their course across the A Mantle to l?renk upon the shores of northern Kurope. As we have seen, heat ami moisture have most to do with the formation o! a storm centre. Often for weeks In succession the wafm moisture-laden breezes from iheGulf of Mexico will blow over plains of Tex ts, Kansas and Nebraska without. obstruction, to be nn-t by the equally tree winds sweeping from the cold north across the open regions of Dakota and 'Wyoming. The result Ls a high contrast of temperature and moisture in the lower Missouri Valley, bringing about. a state of atmospheric depression prolihc of storms. Tills region is known as the battle ground of tornadoes. it being a statistical fact that a very large proportion, perhaps a majority, of all these storms ol the tornado class which visit our country occur In the States of Kansas, Missouri, Illinois, Iowa and Nebraska. Hut the local tornado Is not the only result of this atmospheric condl tion thus produced. The low pressure causes n series of currents to set in which may disturb tlte equilibrium ol thealr for many hundreds of miles. This produces A cyclonic storm, an atmospheric disturbance, which t? thus described ; I.et us suppose an extended urea of uniformly low barometric pressure. If wc lake the telegraphic reports to the signal ofllce at Washington on the morning of the l!?th of last February, we will find such mi area, elliptical in form, in the region from St. Louis to Lacrosse, embracing part of Misfiourl, Ihe greater portionof Illinois,southern Wisconsin ami eastern Iowa. At- seven o'clock on that morning, the barometer at St., Louis marked 2;>.f>2, nearly a half Inch below the normal height: atMprlnglield. 23 52: at Chicago, 20.17: at Milwaukee, 2H..V>; at LaCrosse, 2H.54; at Davenport and Keokuk, Iowa, aach 29.18. At the same hour the barometer was at Its normal height throughout the Atlantic States, nearly so in all the Gulf Slates, while in the States from Minnesota and Dakota, through western Nebraska, and Kansas to Texas the pressure was above .10 inches. Thus we have an area of low pressure surrounded by areas of high pressure. Further examination .of the signal service reports shows the wind setting steadily from all quarters In the direction of this central region of depressloh, "not In straight, direct lines towards the centre of low pressure," says a late writer, 'but in paths somewhat circular and spiral, producing a voitieo>e moilbn. To understand this circular motion around the storm centre?, let lis follow the direction of the wind Pont New Orleans, which is due south from this centre. The wind Would tend to rush due north in a straight line, but the rotation of the earth at New Orleans, towards the east. Is uroatcr than at places further north; the winds therefore blowing from New Orteans would have an eastward sis well as a northward tendency. The winds that bear down from the lakes arid British possessions, towards the South, coming from regions wlierc the rotation of the earth is less than at places further south, would not move around as fast as the regions over which they pass, but would drag behind, falling towards the west; Soil would be, toa less degree, withal! points intermediate to these. Due east or west from the centre, theed'octs of the earth's rotation VVOllKI OC /.(.Til. iiii"i'iioMiiini itiiu tendency nl I lie southern winds, and the westward and southward tendency of the noitlicrn winds, would result In a twist or whirl from right to left.or from cast through norlli to west." "All the lucts so to sliow conclusl ve!y, that every movement, of the atmosphere Is elirular about an axis, the elrelcs drawing in, as in sjdnil motion, Such a movement 01' the utmost here, circulating around aboht thu ntfrthei'n portion of Illinois, with an ascending current of warm air. at 7 A. >1., February M'tli, Is the true cyclone. It may he from o<i0 to 3,000 miles In dlumeter. It is plain that such an air movement, on a magnificent scale though It he, Is tame in eornparison with tlio thrilling and lerrilde work of the smaller tornado, 'l'iie wind in a cyclone will generally move at a perfectly harmless rate of speed. At no point within the central area or the adjacent regionsol the cyclonic movement on the morning of February lilth. was the wind b'owing at a velocity of 30 mills per hour, or what is commonly known as a high wind. Vet at many places before that fatal day was over, tornado centres were formed within the area swept by tliis cyclone, anil the very currents of air that were on their circuit in Its gigantic whirl wrought fearful destruction. 'J heeyclone has a progressive motion eastward of from 10 toa'i miles per hour, and will go forward for Hays, shifting the an a or low pressure as it travels across the continent, and tirlnglug with it weather changes such as clouds, rain, or hail and snow. Indeed, it is nothing more nor less than the storm-centre already mentioned, with all its accompanying inliuences on the atmosphere far and near, on its Journey from ocean to ocean. Theotie above described was, on the 19th of February, in inld career, having originated, prol.ably two days before on ilie I'acltlccoast, or in the Rocky Mountains. Up tothe lhtli It had journeyed as tar as the eastern confines of Montana, on that day it traveled east across Dakota, turned southeast through Minnesota and Wisconsin, and the morning of the 191found It entering northern Illinois. Sweeping across by Chicago and the lower extreme of Lake Mlchlcan, it again turned sharply to tlio noihca>t over Michigan State, through the centre of Lake Huron, crossed the province of Quebec, and on the 2'ith or 21st. passed out, tosea, piobably across the Gulf of St. i.awrence. Another cyclone that must have considerable interest for us is the one which swept across tills country in April, IST'.i, and during tlie prevalence of which occurred the tornado that destroyed the town of Walterboro, and devastated other places in our Stale, on tiie llith ot that month. Its course has been sketched in an interesting manner by a writer of this State, and I give it in his words: "During the night of the 12tli of April, 1S70, light rains commenced fulling along the coast of Washington Territory and Ow-gon. During the Kith, this continued, the rain-belt pushing itself down towards California.That night the centre of the storm had passed Into the interior, the barometer at. Dlympla, Washington, standing nearly a half inch below normal, during tho 11th, it ranidly] moved towards Wyoming and on thel-Mb to Texas, causing rain throughout portions of Montana, Idaho, Wyoming and Colorado.' liy midnight of the lath it had reached southeastern Te.5as, causing frequent thunder storms throughout the Ciult States; at Gal-; veston the barometer stood O.tdof an Inch be-j low normal. The storm centre here curved I tothe north-east, passing through northern parts of Mississippi and Alabama. At ;i P. M., of the With. It had reached Nashville; and now all the known conditions for tornado formation were In operation. In fact these conditions existed during the entire course, from Texas to South Carolina, as the tornadoes of those sjates, as well as of Alabama fully attest. Toe stonn centre after passing j liii'im^n icniioMi', uiv Niiiu Moon la ins, turned down through western j North Carolina into Sontii Carolina, tlx: centreat T A. >1., ol'the 17th passing through Spartanburg ami Union counties; tlien resumed its north-easterly course into North Carolina, leaving Its slimes nenr Kll/.ubelh City; pursued a course parallel with the sea coast, disappearing oil' the CAnst of Nova Scotia, on .the ivtli. This journey of probably '),(? ?miles- was made at an average rule of 'jo miles per hour." The cause of the progressive movement of the storm centre Is not definitely known. Ft i is certain that the point of barometric depres- j slomln the United States, invariably moves to ward- the east, carrying with II, as we have j said, the whole body of thedisLurbance. We have seen Hint the southern winds always ru>-h into Hie east side of the area of low pressure owing to the momentum given them by; the grCiiterr.il ft of Speed of the earth's diurnal revolution nearer the eonator. These winds] are of course warmer limn those tioin the | north, a-nct coining generally from the Gulf, j they bear with I hem more moisture. Ilerej ar? the very conditions for the formation of a low barometer in front, that Is, to I lie eastward of Hie existing depression. On (lie Other | hand I he northern wIn(ts art dry and col4. Rushing into the rear of the vortex they tend to restore the atmospheric equilibrium by supplying air of the average weight. There being * depression formed in front by the in-* tins of southern winds, the volume of heavier air from behind moves towards It., replacing the original area of low pressure by one of high pressnre, and this process being constantly kept up shifts the storm centre to the eastward. Kurlhermoic, the volume ot air| fiom the sonlh has not lost It's original east-1 ward tendency by rushing into the vortex Of the cyclone, while at tlie same time that from the north having already a slow eastward motion, owing to the earth's rotation, will be accelerati d by coming In contact with a portion of tne earth having a irreatcr rotation, and the two co-operating will tend, the one to draw, the other to push forward the point of low pressure. Interesting as U the subject of cyclones, Mint of tornndoes Is far more so. The connec-} lion between the two is \ory close, find the, I exiBtcneoof tlieone p.odnces llio conditions j < nor the development of tnc other. Indeed 1t h is is probable that a tornado of dcHt.ruc- I live fo.ee never occurs except during tho i ! prevalence of tile more extensive air move- . j meiu in the eyclone. I speak of course, with rcl'ereiiee lo the Untied iStutes, and there 1 : should hean exception noted in thcca.-e ol i occasional intrusions of tropical hurricanes t J uj-ou our <:ii't" u11ii cxtsenie south Aliunde I cosisIk. 'J'hc tornado, as i hnve said, is a local < | disturnnnce. but so viol (lit In Its milureund i and so fearfully destructive in Its cousequen- ' I rw as at once tocall forili the liveliest scien- I J title effort to solve the problem of its exls- I I lenceand discover the best munnerof escape I I from its effects and at the sametime lo but' i lie the most perslsient antl careful endeavors < lo understand and explain its character. Kfrom I ! the col'cried facts certain characteristics ol I j this class of storms have been determined ! which are important to be remembered. I They sometimes occur near the locality o' the main storm centre, but more general I \ ' develop hundreds of miles away in the oute'i circle* of the cyclone, where Hie contracts ol 1 tempi*raliire and nioisture, and consequently 1 or high and low pre-sures are Very marked. > "They usually develop within the area o: 1 | highest temperature, and arc often preceded 1 ' ""'1 l?ot. <rnstv winds. 1 ii.....?.. . ... . which ill turn give pla'ie to a sultry uLinos plicc, ami I'll ominous culm." I "Tin; approach >>f a tornado." snys Scjzt. 7 I'lnley, ill the Signal C'orps. "Is announced ' from a distance l?y I lie appearancc of a cloud ' that i< usually two or three miles away when ' It is first seen. It con>lsts of a very black, ' threatening mass, from (lie under side of J which a projection descends to the earth's 1 surface. IJelow t ills cloud Is a small area of ' j destructive winds. In severe c:#es a warning ! noise comes from tho cloud, which is audible j at a distance oi several miles." This roaiing 1 I noise is a striking and iuvarlaiile character- ' istle of the tornado. It Is-comnionly eompnr- I en to the roar of u heavy freight train as heard 1 | on a damp morning. As the tornado sip- ' j proaches the noise Income* more intense and 1 is important to lie noted as a premonition of 1 tile coiuiim storm. ' Thecotidilions which invariahly precede Hie 1 formation of a tornado are ' violent contrasts 1 ol temperature mill humidity Immediately to ' trie north and south of the path to he trav-rs- 1 I ed liy ihestorm." Such contrasts are brought ' | a in nit us wo have seen, by the continued op j position of currents of warm, moist air from ' I the south to like currents of cold, <iry air from 1 t!ie north. This causes rapid condensation of 1 ; vapor into cloud, and even rain or hail, latent ; heal Is Ket. free, tremendous volumes of heal-j I j ed air rush upward to be replaced by Inflow- | ing currents from all sides, renewed and i ! greater opposition, condensation ol vaporand i' | consequent liberation of heat follow, until the i j greatest confusion and uncertainty exist in'' ; the stale of the atmosphere. This Is shownH by the peculiar appearance and movement of 1 i t lie clouds. To an observer at a distance from i1 ! the path of the coining storm, there may ' seem to be only a single mass of black, threat- ' ' ei.ing cloud, lint, to one within or near its 1 path, tlie scene is quite dillerent. The clouds!1 roll up in i ruinous black, or greenish, orj] | sometimes whi'e steamy masses In the northwest and southwest, and ndvancc to meet!1 e ieli other Willi a tremendous rush. One observer says. "I saw two whirling circles of:; j lightish uray clouds in the west; they weiej1 ;iiciIiik iui'iepemieiit of each other, and moved!' . slowly Inward toward each other frornoppo-j' ' site directions. The clouds were very low. seemed to be on the earth, the wind In contra- j ry directions across the face of the western sky, and surrounding clouds In great con In ' sion." Another says, "I saw a green clond In | the northwest, surrounded by others not so'1 deep set in color. Under the cloud from the)1 ! southwest, there came a lame number of little I : thunder heads, some very dark, lint others as; while as steam. They seemed lo b^ sepirated j' , and running very low. I never saw clouds so' tnw tiefoic. Pretty soon they began to go In ! all directions. some up, some down, right ami | left, backwards and forwards. I next saw a t .cloud that looked even all over in color audi I very white, the edges lining pretty regular.1 ' It moved remarkably steaily and seemed to he i i right under the edgo of llie cloud from the! southwest." ''There seems to he some Hi ranee, j connection between the almost siiunltaueou* appearance of clouds In the southwest and I northwest, possess inn, as I hey do, socliun-11 i usually threatening lorins. As they approach from opposite directions, they are suddenly, j thrown into the greatest confuslo.i, breaking!1 up, as It were, into small portions, which 1 dash pell-mell over each other, in every dl-', rection, now darting towards the earth, no*? i1 rushing upward to considerable heights, or at ' ; more moderate elevations, rolling over 1 each other in a well developed whirl. An ob- j1 j server. In describing the approach of the clouds from the southwest and northwest, i I stated that they 'came tog-ther with a terrific . crash, as i/ thrown from the mouths of cautions.' Gctif-rally, following closely upon the 1 existence of this condition, the funnel-shaped ( j tornado cloud appears against I he western sky, movingholdly to the front from without ! this confused mass of Hying clouds." The' tornado has now reached its lull development 1 ami Is ready to hurst in fury upon the earth. | Taklnirthc United States as a whole, snm-j mer is the season of greatest frequency of tor-11 ! nadocs. In the Smith tlicy occur oftenest In , j ! spring months. In South Carolina, of four- j' ! teen recorded as having occurred between the) [years 1811 and 18S'J, six were ill April, thru-- in ' I May and one in .March. The lime of day ( ! when they are most apt to form is the afterj noon, particularly the hours between three,: ; and seven o'clock, during or just after the ; hottest part of the day, but. Instances arc re-1, ported where they have occurred at almosti' every hour of the twenty-four. They gene;*-'' | ally pursue a course from southwest to north-;1 i east, and may he said to l rave, always from a !1 | westerly to an easterly point of the compass.' I They appear lo avoid elevated places and are | ; observed to follow beaten tracks, but arc lia-j1 j hie to make inroads upon regions not before 1 : visited by them. The width of the path ofil i destruction varies, but rarely ever exceeds a'1 few hundred feet. Ordinarily the narrower]1 the path the greater the dcstriiclivetiess by I ; tne concentrated power ol the storm. A tor- j ! undo often expands or contracts in it^eourse 11 lowing s.iinewhat to the character of the ' j country over which it passes but more ton 1 : peculiar motion of the cloud to be described i' presently, TJie length of the track also va- 1 ries; out of one hundred cases reported, the I shortest was two, the longest ?V? miles, and11 i the average about 2.S miles. The tornado ' ! cloud is generally distinct from the main body ! ; of cloud which accompanies it, and is coin- 1 Imonly said to be fuunel-sliaped, with tiie; 1 smaller end projecting toward the earth, it has four i (.'cognized motions wli ch may occur ' or lollow eacli other during the prevalence of! the tornado. The first Is its progressive mo-l lion by which if. proccods on lis cour?e, 10 i gellier with the whole attending mass of j clouds, lit a Hue toward tin: east. Till* pro-t j grissive motion does not produce the violent! effects ol' the louiatlo. Its velocity var;esj greatly, bill the average is about. 10 trtiles peri hour. The next tool Ion to be noticed Is called ' t he **rii-iii|r and falling motion." Jt is inipor-:' i lit lit as modi fj Inn and to Some extent initi-i gut in}; the effects of the tornado. Ibirereiit observers have described Hits follows; '"Tinj top ot the c'oud seemed lo pas* up arid down; J and then lo rush forward." "It bounded over the u round like a bull." "At times it seemed ; to lash the eaith in terrific fury with it* huge | tall." "iltsing up .Ike- the tinea>111 nx> ol a huge!, ! rope,ll cut loose fioin theeaith arid jiasscd'i j overalls Willi u horrible, tvhi/.xhig sound.'' ( 'Ever and amm it would shoot directly up- J ( ; ward from the earth, sometimes with gtcut'j rapidity, and then again quite slowly, each ; j I time dashing to the surface with renewed' i vigor." Thispeeuiiar motion causes tlic track ( of the tornado to vary In width as above j j ticod, the path expanding ns the cloud de-: i scemis lower and covers a wider space, and ] contracting as the tapering tail Is drawn up; from the earth. Owing lo the same motion i i thei'-are often long gans of.Untouched Cotin-i< j lf\v in the Storm'? trat'ft, where It. ruShes fori i : miles through tlie air before Itaimin strikes! i j the earth. This wasexemplitied in the toinej, doc< of llie Will of last February. l'>ouhtle-s it; < I was one and the same loruado which devastat- j | I cti Mradjey, l'litriiix, the country near Ninety j ( Six, and (JhappcU's; yet considerable spaces i | (if intervening couniry sullered no harm. N ; Another motion of the tornado i< a swayinu i or zigzag movement from one side of its track , i I to the other. This is caused by a stronger < ! current of air rushing into the vortex from1! i one side tbiiu the other, and forcing the whirl-1 j lug cloud out of Its diiect course jor a time.1* It. Is not a constant movement, nor is ilimpor-! | jtant asjnodi lying the effects of the tornado;. , It maybe consider d as but a modification of j Hit! progressive motion. Examination of tlie > i ! debris ha-shown that the strongest and mostij j destructive current.- of a tornado generally 11 conic from the southwest ami northwest,: i sometimes also from north or wot. These!) ! curt cuts control theconrse of thestorm. Thus i If tluit from the southwest is the strongest, as i 'It Is in most, cases, the storm moves to tlish 'northeast, and so a strougor northwest cur-!' rent will carry it to the southeast. 11 I The distinctive motion of the tornado, that ' which gives to It. Its peculiar dcstruct!veness, I . 'and from which It takes its name. Is thcgyra-| ! tori or whirling movement from right through ( i front to left. "This whirling inoilon, In all if probability, exists in the air, preceding the;' j lorniation of the tornado cioud. Its velocity | !ls far In excess of any of the others. Many IJ I effort* have been made to estimate this ve-il 'locity. and results ranging from 10.) to 8*> and : i i even l,0flo miles per hour have been deduced, 11 j but no great precision can be assigned Io such i | figures. In the majority of instances the de- " I I terminations have ranged between W0 and j | i "i00 miles per hour. Theorellcal velocities of 11 ' over 2,000 miles per hour have been deduced." j < "The uncertainty of the computed velocities i j results largely from the dilllculty attending | 1 the acquirement of absolutely reliable data.'* |1 1 Instruments for measuring the force and ve j< . locity of the wind are common, but they are i ( . practically useless in a tornado beemise t hey. i like everything else, must yield to the force of! i : the storm. On one occasion tin anemometer ; I while measuring the velocity of the whirling j i wind, registered lij miles per hour, hut was: > blown away by the Increasing l'ury of the I t srorin. 11 ; The deduct Ions above mentioned with regard < I to the velocity of the whirling wind, while!' ' not Indeed to be accepted as facts established t ; beyond the need of further inquiry, are notij | merely conjectural, but are based on such i t j data ns careful scientific Investigation lias [ i been able wy collect. Can the terrible power of j i r the tornadobeaccounted for by the force with i | , which the wind blows at such velocities? In 1 the heaviest of ordinary storms the wind i | rarely exceeds a speed of from 50 to 00 miles < per hour, and the rale at which the most vlo- i lent hurricane sweeps over the land, deinol- < i ishingeverything l?i Its course, is f oin Mi lo ^ 100 miles. Now the force of the wind blowing : t I at the rate of 50 miles per hour is equivalent; c to a pressure of about. 12J,<J pounds to theii si|iliire foot, and this force I* snllicieni to blow l down fences and like ohsirucllons. It seems 11 tn be a law that if the velocity be doubled the J - force will lie quadrupled. Thus a hurricane i blowing at tl?' rate of 10U miles per hour, ami destroying houses, trees and all else that is directly .ix posed to it, has aforceofoO pounds . pressure per square foot; a velocity of 2'?0 * miles would give'JUO pounds of force. 100 miles 800 pounds, etc. When we consider the fearful results of a hurricane, with a toree of 50 i pounds prosure, we may pain some idea ol the stupendous power of a toruiido whose winds whirl round with 11 toree of 200 or -too or KM pounds. A velocity of 2,000 miles would , glvo a pressure of is,(nil) to 'Jfl.OOO pounds per square foot, with a destroying power that Is simply inconceivable. lu *<iew of the foregoing facts, it Is unnecessary to resort to the theory of electrical action to account for the devastating effects of the tornado. Indeed the Idea that electricity has I directly anything to do with the origin, development or any ot her phase of a tornado: has very little sclcntllle ground to rest upoii.-j There are several instances reported where ft was observed In the tornado, and almost' every time In the most powerful and deslruc-: five form in which lightning manifests itself, (hat of balls of fire. lJut the great majority of cases reported to the signal ofllee, In which 1 observations for electricity were mailt, showed its entire nhscneft from the tornado' CloOrd. It does indeed appear almost Invariably in thec'ouils preceding or following the passage of a tornado, and it would be strange if It did not, considering the tremendous amount of heat developed and the existence of other com! ittons ftvvorjible to the generation t of electricity ; but It Is the prevailing opinion j among men of science, that the causes, effects and nearly or quite all the phenomenal of the tornado can he accounted for 011 more probable and satisfactory grounds than by any theory based on electricity as the sole, mysterious cause. I "Since tornadoes almost, invariably occur on the outer circles of cyclonic movements ofj the atmosphere, I lie bonier region of high pressure, where great contrasts of temperature nnd humidity are known to exist." says a writer already quoted, "we must conclude that these are the features which, when coincident in time and place, produce the tornadoes of America. These conditions \Vere conspicuously complied with on the afternoon of 1 the 19th of last'February, as an examination of ilie therinometric nntl barometric rccoru t will show: C "At 3 p. rn., on that tiny the con I rn si, oftem- t pernture over eastern Alabama and Georgia, i wtis very remarkable. At Montgomery the y theimomrter was"*?. with .1 warm south west. ? wind ; about 25 mile? above Montgomery j j the thermometer was 70; at Augusta the ther- n Uiomeler was 70, Atlanta, tW: 8partuuburg,(jk1 If Spartanburg Is scarccly more limn KH) miles In u ' bie-llne" from Auuuslrt; yet there was a difference ol tempointure between I lie two| places, tliut memorable afternoon, of 11. At Dhappdls, 40 miles north ol Augusta, the thermometer wits near 70?here a difference of5. And so these two belts of relatively cool and ivarin air were alongside of each other during tl ataflL'iuoon, running from south-we?t to north-east. This ubuoiinal association I wuio not remain itiu>c: there would Instantly Ije a condensation of the warm, moist. .southern cnrient, the latent heat gi veil oil' woulil ji-reiemte th-j powerful upward movement, which constitutes the principal current of n Lornado, a whirling, spiral or vorticose inolloil would result a high degree of rarlfactlon taking place between the cloud and the earth, ind tlun a fearful rush of winds from the sides .'au.Mir.; much destruction Just outside the] limits of tlie whirling cloud or funnel. Tn>' I'n.linjf and rising of the stem of the funnel j seems to be due to the greater or less larifacHon Just allud- d to." The tornadoes of the date Just mentioned,1 ivh:c!i visited our own and"other southern' it 111os arc o! most inteiest to us just now. The iew.*papcr accounts of ihcin show that their | cuilIng features corresponded with those. ;lven above. Tliey arc remarkable for the' fust extent of country visited by tliem, and ! or their violence and destructlveness. From | ;entral Mississippi a wide bell of country stretching eastward over Alabama, Oeorgla,; he Carolinas and southern Virginia, was j swept by storms which, in many places, de-| irelopcd into violent tornadoes. The amount >1 property destroyed bus been estimated at i "roin St.ixii.Otf) to S-I,0<J?).(K>0; tlie number of j Ives lost was near 1,(110: aoout 2,<HX> per-ons: ivere wounded and probably 2u,'i00 made homeess. The course and rate of progress ol this storm, for It may be regarded as a single ilorin, of which tin- numerous tornadoes were! ;o many Incidents, correspondcil c!o?ely withj hose of the main storm centre before described. A tornado formed In the eastern ! iart of Mississippi, near Columbus, early Itij he day, perhaps by noon. At the same hour j :ho cyclone was central .'it a point, due north tear Chicago. As the hit'er parsed eastward I ivt-r northern Indiana, from 1 o'clock till 3 or 11*. M., the storm In the south moved rapidly icross Alabama and (icorgla, the deadly tor-[ ladoes striking here and there. 1'asslng out if Indiana the great cyclone centre turned lorthcust, and correspondingly so did the southern storm in the latter halt of lis course, sweeping to the northeast through the Caroiuas and Virginia. Such coincidences show the intimate cbnucctioii between tlie tornado ind cyclone. It must be confessed that the tornado Is a problem in science whose solution Is by no means complete. Our government Is directing considerable ellbrt each yearto the Investigation of the subject In connection with the: general observation of the weather, ami It Is lo lie hoped something maybe dor.e to help people to protect themsolves from this devastating power. Tornadoes are a tlxed fact In nature. They seem to occur with Increasing frequency as the world grows older. They tepcml for their development and movements on natural laws, us much sons does the rain, mid are as absolutely independent of man's control as Is the earthquake At present no better means has been devi?ed for security against them than the dug-out. They conic more frequently in some localities and seasous than In others, but within the (Milled States no place Is secure against their coming, und every season uttords thcatmospherlc conditlons f.?r their tor-nation. Asa newspaper writer lias neatly put it, "it is better to he laughed at for hid ng In a pit n hundred times when no tornado comes than to tie caught out of a pit one time when a tornado sloes happen to come." It Is said that no structure that man can erect. Is able to withstand their attacks, and ordinarily buildings rif brick or stone are more easily demolished tlisin those of wood. There Is generally less ilang'T nutof u house than In it when a tortoruado is prevailing, unless there he a cellar to take refuge In; and In house or cellar the safest place |s against the west or southwest wall; because If the house is destroyed, the iiorihcastcrly course of the storm will carry the debris over and beyond persons In that position. If caught out in a tornado it is he?t to lie llat on the face with the head toward the east and protect the back of the head by covering It with the arms; If near a low object that. Is firmly Imbedded In the ground, as a large stone or stump, one should take shelter behind it, lying llat as before, but with the head towards the sheltering object. It is safest always, though, if there Is any time at all, even a moment, befote the tornado strikes, to try to e-capc bv moving out of Its ay. Mince the path of destruction Is generally narrow, this can be done If a person Is active and rjulck'to observe the direction the funnelshaped cloud Is moving In. Any such attempt. to i scipe should be by running to the north or south, generally the former unless It Is clearly safe to run In the hitler direction. it was formerly thought that a bulldlne site mi the north east sldeof a bill was safer than any other, on the supposition that the hill would scatter a storm coming from the west or southwest, driving It Into the upper air. I'll ere are Instances, however, to show that descending slopes are swept more vlo'ently than ascending ones, and the facts seem to Indicate that oneloeailon Is no better than imotber lo build In with a view lo security ugalnst these disagreeable visitors, unless It be true that they sheer oil from elevated places. Our best hope for tbe means of security against t hem Is in the Increasing elliel(;ncy <>t the signal service as a national weather buronn Bv means of the dally telegraphic re ports of the weather which arc recel ved at Washington frcru nil purls of the United States, the signal officer can construct v complete weather map, and. observing the changes that take place on It each d:iy. may uole lhe rise and progress of a cyclone. As we have seen, the conditions for the development of a tornado arise in the onter circles of thecyclone, ami In general, at a given place llioy ore .simultaneous or nearly ?? with t:ie l?is'?a,_'e oftliesform centre near I tic meridian, ?f that place. Thus we need not look for a [ormttloln South Caro lna when the cyclone Iscentralln Oregon, t.or will one happen In Nebraska when the cyclone is In Nova Scotia. U< cognizing this principle, and with the continual extension of the telegraph lines, an efficient signal service ought to he able at no listant day to send warning tclis-rraiiis to any threatened region ot this broad land, to put people on their guard and enable them to escape to places of safety upon the tornado's ipproach. I For many of the facts and Inferences of the loresioiiiff essay. I freely acknowledge my InJehledne^K to the circulars and reports of the Signal Olllee at. Washington, and also to an Interesting paper by Prof. I). A. DuPre of Wollbrd College?J. C. Ki.ugii.J SHALL mun&K ?j;uiiAiiu? x>i. JL/JJlmjuu TO THE POOR? To Close Hi? South <'aro!ihn I'nJvcrHily on ll?<? I'lon of Poverty Uuiil<l Proclaim aNlHemition in this Stale Which Would be Ruinous. A ndcrson Intclligcnccr. TliIk Slate has had a College or University ?ver since lHOi. Is It contrary to principle for us lb Itecp tip what Man been handed down lo ,?s by the gtvatest men ti c.Slate hiisevcr pro* IuceilNot only this, btiteviry other Slate in this Union lus itS University, exeept, we Jeli'-ve* the State of Florida, is it contrary to principle for South C ?rolin i lo keep her head upwiih lite oilier St.ite? Of tlie Ameiii-an Union. V'i! think the principle of a Slate University Is well established in South Cuolina, i id in all the other States, except Florida, a hose climate is not lAVorable, and whose material limbless has but recently begun. I'o "lose liie University on the plea of the povery of the Slate would dama;c South ('trolina liiore than our friends Imagine. It would proclaim lo th'i world a stagnation here that wou.d be ruinous. The University is a pari ol the educational system of thcSlalc, and is >poii for all wnn wish to avail themselves ol !i. The fuel that ail men cannot send their sons to It does not render lithe property of my special class. All incn cannot avail themselves ol the common schools, but It Would not do on that account to close the schools. The University is as much the properly of the State as the common schools, and uvery hov, from the humblest lo the liighest, Is alike entitled to partlepate In its henfits. ll is more to the advantage of boys of tnoderiiteor limited means than those who are wealthy. The wealthy man can send his sons to my College in the world that he may chose, Inn there are ma".y boy* wlio will ?ei fine educations at the Souih Carolina University, ut m expense of two or three hundred dollars per year, who could notutl'ord to pay live or <ix hundred dollars at llio University of Virginia, or some other tirst class Institution. 1 his is a great stimulus to the poor boys ol the State. There are hundreds of them who will work their way through this University, ind prove themselves the p*eers of any, men, who would nut feel able to work through one >f the expensive Institutions outside of the ilate. One of the reasons we lavor tills Univcrsily Is, that it tends to bring higher education within (he reach ofall classes of our citizens. We do not want to see a suite of things in South Carolina which will enable the ricli man's sons to graduate at some Univeisliy, ?ut slop the poor boy when he leaves the common school. We <lo not expect every boy to l>e a University graduate, but we do expect :hls very University of the State to break Jown, !n a large measure, the advantages which one class of citizens would luive over mother. The poorest people, and men oi limited means, are not ones to campluln of the University. It is destined to dignify and ,'levute their station in life, lor It will freltieutly send out bright men with trained iniuUs from tliesn classes who will compete successfully with the sons of rich men in all lie walks of life. It nr.iy not satisfy I>r. Cook for us to say that, the University is hereto Hay, but he will live long enough, we hope, .<? see that the assertion is true. Anderson nay waste her strength in lighting It if she jhoi ses, but itlsa lost battle before It Is begun, i'here will be a crushing majority in lavor oi .lie University, ami It will have the life, and jrogross, and intelligence of tiie Stale as its supporters. Therefore, we repeat that the neu who now set themselves up to tight the Julversity will lose ail chance of establishng an iullueiicc in the Legislature, for he will jo looked upon as lacking in progress,If not is a demagogue. The University is hereto stay, iml it wilt be a waste oj iitjlueiwe, of breath, ol ime and of money for any man to attempt to close t. The people of Anderson want live, progressive and intluentlal men in the Legislaure to grapple with real issues and questions it momentous coiisctjiunce to the Stale, vhieh will, from time to tbnic, arise. It will ?e worse than folly to leave out any good man lecausc ;lie may be in lavor of the University -such folly as the people of Anderson are lever guilty of committing. )eath of llobert B. Elliott, a Colored Politician. Auyusta Chronicle. Columbia, S. C., Aug. 12.?Information was eceivid in this city to day of the death of tobert 15. Klliott, colored, at New Orleans, ioiii malarial lever. A few years ago Klliott rus a prominent tinuro in South Carolina toillics. lie declined re-election to Congress i> is7i. after serving one term, and was eicct d to tliu Legislature from Aiken county, nil on I lie usscinbtihg of I lie Legislature lie (us fleeted speaker of the House. It was beI wed at that time iliat Elliott's change of >o.-lllon from the national to the State Leglsnture was brought about by eertain holders >1 fraudulent South Carolina securities who I xpected to have them recognized by the Les;,stature through E.liott's inllueiiee. Whether hey were as successful In this as in ha vim; Clliott elected Speaker is not known to your orrespoudent. In lsTt; Elliott was ?he candidate for Attorley General on the Republican ticket and ins, of cou'rse, do tea red with the balance of he nominees. After that n einorable cattiiiiiuii Elliott resumed the practice of laiv, and It hough well etlucted and possessing more han ordinary ability, he soon virtually a ban-1 lotted the law and in Iksu he was ai>|iointed a [ pecial anenl of ttie Treasury Department. ' ie was a delegate to the Republican National 'onvention lu 1S.-0and supported John Sliernan lor the Presidency, and it Is said that his ppolntment as special agent was the reward ur this service, lie was during several camlalgn chairman of the Republican state Execitive Conitnlltecaiid conducted the campaign ifthe party with considerable ability. For everal years he litis resided In New Orleans nd has taken no active part in poll Lies in It is State. One by one the old Republican leaders who tiled and rulued this Slate for so many years ? - t<ni.iihlloni> convention IU KU11IK- >"V lint assembled In this dry in 18.SK, Maekey, iowen ami Killott were the three most promt I lent figures. They were so far .superior toiill | he other members that they appeared fro be hulls among j>l?mlc*s. Howcn, who was at lint time in wretched health, died a short! line afterwards. Maekey followed not a! reat whlit- alter, and Elliott's death removes , he last of the trlumvliale that controlled Ihu j ieiuiblliiin jinny la t ills .Stale and dictated ji Is policies?such as it hud. I i mit niiirrn ? CHARGES SWEPT AWAY. A POLITICAL SCANDAL SPEEDILY SETTLED. Report of a Committee of Independent KepnMlcans, Dwelling In Hnilhlo, Concerning A inclinations Against Governor Cleveland. Slanders upon the jirl vate life "f Governor Cleveland whleli have gained circulation ! have been In ventilated by Independent Kepubl loins of liuttiilo, and the following report, the result of Hie inquiry. Is now officially Riven to tlie public: To the fnitepeiideHt Ilepubhcam of tli? .V?lion: Ah Kepulillciinx and independent* reHiding In Buffalo, and having peculiar uieaux of knowledge, we have been called upon by i ' - i i i-l... f?>t hirnnimtlfin I In regard lo the scandals which have been put. in circulation respecting (Jovernor Cleveland's private life. We have felt It lo be a duly imposed on us by circumstances to exam Ine (hex! stories In detail and lo make a formal statement of the results. No such examination would have been necessary lo satisfy ourselves; but it was due to those who have lend the charges against Governor (,'lcveInml wiihont. knowing personally his general character and reputation hi this community, and without knowing either the position or the means of ImormatJon of tho^e who have made the charges, that we should not put forth a mere general statement without a previous investigation. We have therefore, through a eommlllec appointed from our number for that purpose, ductility and deliberately made an Investigation, and we have taken every available means to ascertain the prccisc facts In each Ci'se. The general charges of drunkenness and irio.'.s in.molality which are made against Governor Cleveland are absolutely false. His i reputation for morality has always been gco I. .There Is no foundation for any sluteinent to I the contrary, tie wits sought out and nomli natcd for the mayoralty against his will, and | was supported lor that, position by the larger I portion of the educated, intelligent and moral cltl/.ens of Kuflalo without regard lo polltics, and on purely personal grounds. After | he had gone through this contest he wasagain put forward as one of the most distinguished citizens of BnfTalo as a candidate for the Governorship, and again received the support of the same class of his fellow-citizens. In this community, where he had lived for twentynine years, and where his life was known and his character well understood, this support would not have been given to him had lie been either a drunkard or a libertine. We are uble to speak from personal knowledge as his acquaintances of long standing, and lo say that ills general private lite has been that I 01 a <|nlet, orderly,self-respecting, and always highly respected citizen. Since he assumed his present ofllce his visIts to Buffalo have bo> n few and of short duration. It Is susceptible of absolute proof, and has been proved to us, that upon no ono of these visits has anything ?>ccurred tojustlfy the stitcuiciils which have been made by his detractors. The charge that, he has rec 'inly taken pnrt In a drunkenad licentious debauch in liuD'aio on the occasion of such a vi?it is entin-ly false We ITiive been particularly caroful and thorough In our investigations of the alleged betrayal, abduction, and inhuman treatment of a woman of this city, as detailed In a local newspaper. The circumstances nut of which this s(ory was fabricated occured eight years ago. The woman In question was at that time a ividow. between I hi rt v and forty yeurs I of age, Willi two children, the younger of whom was ten years oil. The fuels of the case show that she was not betrayed, and that the allegations respecting her abduction and Ill-treatment are wholly false. We deem these the only features of the chargo In connection with iIlls matter which constitute u public question requiring any decimation on our part. Our examination of the other charges which huve l?een ma<le against Governor Clevc and's private character shows that they are wholly untrue. In every Instance lu which thereports and Insinuations have been tangible enough to furnish a clue toguiue us lu our lnve-tluation they have been posl Lively proved to he false. The attack upon Governor Cleveland's character Is thoroughly dlscrediied when we consider the sources from which It comes. It was first publicly made In ISulfulo In a newspaper of no stabdlug whatever. We have twice called upon the editor of this paper and asked him to produce his proofs?the names, dates and other particulars? which he lind publicly stated he was at liberty to show He <!ecllues to do mo, or to facilitate Investigation Into the troth of either his own churgex or those contained In the anonymous letter which he published, lie admitted that he had no evidence to support any accusation ag-tlnsl Governor Cleveland, except In the one Instance to which we have particularly referred. He rested his case on that story lis Is contradicted by the witnesses having personal knowledge. The two clergymen whose profession has been Invoked to give weight l? these charges have no personal knowledge of the facts, and under the circumstances couid not possibly have such know.edge. They have ventured to state us lucis known to themselves stories which rest upon the merest hearsay, and which, when traced to their alleged sources, are in every case denied by the persons to whom they arc u?crilg|d. We have designed to muke a candid and judicial statement of tlic results of our Investigation of this matter without partisun ro orirnr. We have ??ot thought it necessary or proper to re neat th? charges against Governor Cleveland in detail, nor to present In full the evidence by which they nave been disproved. John IT. Cowing, Joslah C. Mtinro, Ansley Wilcox, L. D. Ramsey, William F. Kip, G. Itarrett Ulch, I Thomas (iiil'V. f!tnm .P. Vnrtun George P. Snwyer, John H. Olmsteaii, Ralph Stone, J Tillliunti Davis, John K. Ilaii"om, Henry Altaian, Henry W. sprague, J. X. I-auned. Duflulo, Y., AngnstO, 18S1. Still Harping. YvrkvtUe Enquirer. Our cofcmpornry, the Abbeville Press and Manner, is still harping on its favorite theme, the "State Superintendent of Education,,*' and in the course of an n r) tele in its lu*t issue under the caption of 'Unorganized Democratic Newspaper," In which it discusseu the whys and wherefores of tlie positions of dlflereut Journals-on this much-voxed question, says : "As n matter of course, the YorkriUe En~ quircr would excuse Its neighbor. Itlsrg'it and (>roper thai it should rl<i so, lor t'ol. Coward in?y uct as Superintendent of Kducattnn, and look alter the schools of York on Saturdays, If he chooses to do so, while he furnishes a high school to the village people live days in the week. School ma-der'and superintenddenl of Kducation combined. A splendid idea for Yorkvllle, but we r-ubinlt a very poor one for the State." We ate afraid the Press and Runner is mea-nring the Enqqirer by its own standard, and we must bey leave to enter our protest. If Col. Coward Is dere Jet in the discharge of .his olHoial duties, the fact ol his beluga'citizen of Yorkville would give him 110 more Immunity from criticism by the Enquirer, thim if his place of residence were Cuinhoy or Abbeville. We have defended his official conduct only so tnras we have been able to form un estimate ol bis discharge of his duties as compared with the work of his predecessors, iiud in this he li-is accomplished os milch as uny who have nreecodcd him. We have also come to his defence?though that were quite unnecessary?on the score of ability and competency, and we still maintain that I here Is no man in the state better qualified lor lh>! discharge of the responsible duties of this important office than the present incumbent. With the exception of the pei iod during which lie was in the war, his whole life has been devoted to the educational interests of tiie State. He Is a life-long teacher by profession, and hu knows the wants and needs of the people, and has the executive ability, so far as the work of organization and discipline are concerned, to supply those wants, lie is not responsible for the Inefficiency of teachers. If there Is a lack of efficiency, nor should lie be held to account-ability for the stupidity of pupils Ifany there I hi> will) dn nut mn.lci> lh:it ranlrl nriwrwn In their studies pleasing to the Argus-eye of the Pvcxx ttnrf fiumirr. In lnct, we opine that the head and front of Col. Coward's ort'cdlng is the zeal and Imprest (hut lie takes In the cause of eriuetil ion. Like the 1'rexs and linnncr, he thinks the .South Carolina University a very good institution In lis place; but unlike that paper, lie also appreciates the importance of the common free schools mid would not close their doors. Complaints of Col. Coward's olHclal conduct would come Willi better grace from those who are known to belli sympathy with common school education. Had C>1. Coward remained In Yorkvllie all the while for the past two years and prevented the opening of nn occasional "nigger school" in some remote part of the State, Insiead of devoting four-til l lis of his time to his oftlciul duties?as we are Inclined to think he has done, and which is as much time as any .State otllclal bestows upon his ofllce?we doubt If any clamor would have been raised aualnst him; nor do we fear that report of his op?ratlon will meet (lie approbation of all the real friends of education In the Stale. ! Congressional Nominations. 1 First. District?Samuel Pibltlr, of Orange burg, renominated the 7 th instant at Char I is-' ton. Second District?George D. Tillman, of ! Icefield, renominated the Vtb Instant at Barnwell. Third District?D. wyatt Aiken, of Cokesbury, renominated the 7th instant at Seneca Fourth District?IVm; H. Perry, of Greenville, nominated the 7th instant at Spartanburg. Fifth District?John J. Hemphill, of Chester, renominated the lith instant aft Lancaster, j sixth District?George W. Dar^aii, of Darlington, renominated the Cth instant at Darlington. Seventh District?Tills Is the "black dls' trlct,-" represented by the nejjro Smalls. Two years a^o the democrats made no nomination in tills District, The State F.xccutlve Comniitteeat Its late meeting arrived at the conclusion that the Democrats should make a tight lor the district; and a nomination will be made later. | Of the ah6Ve named nominees, nil are their own successors, except Mr. Perry; he succeeds lion. John H. Kvlns, of Spartanburg, I who was not a candidate for renouilnaiion.[ Messrs. Dibble, Hemphill and Dargati had I | no opposition, and were nominated unanimously. Mr. llerry was opposed by Messrs. MeMastcr, Hall. Munro and Oalllard, and was nominated oil the ltUd ballot. Mr. Aiken was onposed by Messrs. Johnstone, Mnrray and Itowen, and was nomina ted on the 110th ballot. Mr. Tilltnnn whs opposed by Dr. Lartlgue, of Ilarnwell, and G. \\ . Croft, of Aiken; urnl was nominated ou tlio ttrst ballot. NOT A " CUSS WORD" AT ALL. ficir. Ilutlor on the Origin of a Com* mori Expression. Boston. August ll.--Gen. Hut'6r gives tlioi following umuMnK explanation of the origin I of what Is generally accepted as a proline re mark; < The editor of the Boston Herald does not" seem to know enough to" be wickcff when he: wants to be. He closes ah article upon your' humble servant in the. I If raid of Sunday as 1 follows: "Can anybody believe that a man I with his record cares a tinker's malediction I forttie prlnctpleff of any party?" Now iVc | evidently thinks that a "tinker's dain" Is a j "ciYss word." Will you inform him that Iri ! the oFden time, when travelling tinkers went, about the country inendiiVg fn'e holes In the I tin kettles and pans he frequently found 0110 that was ragged and rusty, so that the soldering Iron would not take, and he waff obliged to All it wit h a ma>s of solder. To keep thai' solder en nias#e fiver the hole while In the melted state, he was accustomed to take some crumbs of.bread nnd moisten them and make' a little ridge around the Hole with the moist-1 e.ned crumbs to hold the solder In its place as ; l?A mnltnil If lit 'I'llltf WAS whtlf U'ilC I'll 11 ??H 11 I "tinker's dam." which he brushed away after hoft.nl finished, as It was utterly useless. .Sol that our pilgrim fathers used the words "not! worth a tinker's dam," never dreaming that thev were profane. The editor ol' (he Herald evidently thinks he had heen swenrlnt; all his life, when he hasn't,and Unit he must soften the word down to jnaledietion." Youth truly, liENJ. F. liUTI.ER. Oil, PAINTINGS. Oil Ohronton, Stereo-e scople Views, Stereoscope*. Just r eeived, . M J. D. CIIALME1W ii CO. ; Out. 31, 1*83, tf I The Doomed Man. < BY ADDISON ALEXANDER, D. D. * There U a time, we know not wheu; A point, we know not where, J Thai mark* the dextlny of luau J To gloi y or dopal r. 1 There Is a lino by us unseen, That crosses every pstli; TIip hidden bouudnry hciween Uod'tt paticuce und His wrath. To poo* that limit Is to die, ( To die, ng if by steulih: It dowi not quench the brnmlng eye, 1 Or pale the glow of health. The conscience may be still at ease, The spirit light and guy: That which Is plenslng, still may please, And cure be thrust awny. But on thnt forehead God has set Indelibly u murk, Unseen by man; lor man as yet Is blind and in the dark. And yot the doomed man'* path below May bloom ns Kdcn bloomed; He will not. does not, will nut know Or feel that be I* doomed. lie knows ho frgls that nil is well, i And every fear is calmed; He lives, be dies, he wakes in bell, ' Not only doomed, but damned. O, where is this mysterious bourne, IJy which our path lscr??sed? Beyond which God himself hath sworn That he that does is lost. How fnr may we go In sin t Flow long will God forbear? Where docs hope end? uud where begin The con flteB of despair ? An answer from the skies is sent, "Ye that from (iod depart. While It Is dilled lo-dsiy repent, And harden not your heart." - At AncUoft I. My 10vn w?1r llkd a bimynnt ship O'er sunuy waves at cea. And In the voyage of my heart She sailed away from me! II. I followed In fier flying wake? The waves grew strong and fleet} I passed by shoals of clrcnmstauce, Ana qtucKKanux or ueivatj III. But little wind* of coqr.etrjr HUH kept our 1^'os apart, Till In my cruUe of lovo I readied , Th6 harbor of her heart I W. H. Rowland. DIED A CO COT 3D, 1S84. Thou art gone, dear husband, And myvjieni tlrf sadly torn, Yft. I hope 10 meet thee Where Uod'a people cease to mourn. Ye*, In God'* own domain. In that land of pence and love, Where we shall meet ugatn And dwell with the saints above. Farewell, until we meet In tin* home or the blest. Where we. our friends sl'all greet, And Hud eternal rest. LILLA. nXTotio?. TIIF. rebuilding of bridge ncroM TURKEY CREEK, nitar J. J. Rlchey's, will be let to : the lowest bidder on the 2d i?l SEPTEMBER next, at the bridge, at 11 o'clock A. M. Specl! floatioiiB glveu on the day. G. M. MATTISON, County Commissioner. August 13, ISM, 3t : NOTICE. wlTH nnlMlnflrPnmmlttAA r?f ftmtmo ithnnth 1 will receive sealed proposal* for tUe removal of Smyrna church 10 Lowndesvllle. and rebuilding tbe fame, up to the 30th Alight. 1'urtiPH desiring to make proposals cxn net HpcciricMtlouH by applying to the undersigned. The Building Committee reserve* ihe right to reluct uny or all proposals J. M. LATIMER, SR., Lowudesvliie, S. C. August 13, 1831, 3t State of South Carolioaj Abbeville County. Jaue C. Chandler vs. Georgo Richardson. ?Partition. J3y virtue of an order of sale made by Judge Eraser, in the above case, on 12th June, 1884, 1 will sell at public outcry, within the hours of sale, at Abbeville Court House, on Monday, 1st day of September, 1884, the following described real estate, to wit: All that tract or parcel of land, situate, lying and being in said State and county, containing EIGHTY ACRES, more or less, and bounded by lands of Henjamin Eaken, James N. Cochran and others. TERMS OF SALE-CASH. Purchaser to pay for papers. M. L. BONHAM, JB., Mas ten Aug. 7, 1884, 3t Sheriff's Sale. W. V. Cllnkscnlca a-zalnet Thos. It. Cozby.? Execulloh. T>Y virtue of an execution to ine directed, In tlie above HUte'l case, I will >clI to the lilt: lie*;. bidder, at public auction, within the legal hours of sale, at Abbeville fx>urt lionise, on MONDAY, the first, day of SKPTEMBKR A D. ItJHI, the following described property, to wit: All the ri*ht, title and Interest of Thos. L. Cozby, In that tract or pared of land, of which Mrs. Currle Cozby died, seized and possessed.) Situate, lying aud being in tMe county of Abbeville.South Carolina, and containing ONK HUNDRED AND FORTY ACRKS, more or less, and bounded by lands of Thos. Crawford, Sal lie McC'lyng. the Martin place and others. Levied on and to bo sold as the property of Thos. L. Cozby, to satisfy the afbresMlrt execution and costs. TERMS CASH. J F. C. DrPRE, Sheriff Abbeville County. August 11,1SS4, St DUE WEST. S. C. THE FORTY-FIFTH SESSION OF THIS Iiictitutlon opens on the tlist Monday In October. The Faculty Is complete. Thorough College eourse. Preparatory Department in charge of a Tutor. Mr. L. P. Kennedy. Entire expenses for the yoar about $1G0. Apply for Catalogue to W. M. G1UER, President. July 30,1884, lm Miller's Hotel ABBEVILLE, S. C. 1UIIS HOTFL has been opened by the un I dorslened, who will be glad to uccommo-1 date the truveiling public on the most reason-1 nble terms. I'ersons having business at the Court would do well to give men call. I have good rooms, plenty of servants. and furftlsh my table with Ihe best the market uflfords. Kates reasonable. W. L. MILLER. Ian.no. 1884. tf Marshall F. DeBrulil, Attorney at Law, ahbkvillk c. h. s. c. Seal, i Mcllwaine 1 & Co.' JjAVEon hand almost every variety ol CARRIAGES, ' BUGGIES, , -?AND WAGONS, > wh^h thov oflor to their customers on the most advantageous terms. |_ RIP4IRM A SPECIALTY.1 With the best of workmen In every branch of f, our business, and an nbundant supply of a lumber, and other materials, we are prepared to do all kinds of repairing in the very best I manner, at the shortest notice, and on the most accommodating terms. All work fully warranted. SEAL & McILWAINE, * Washington Street, a PTIU mason's Improved , FRUIT JARS, i Pill BILL: juueiitMSM. tf I : 1 * Ji Making Arrangements. [X)U tlie benefit of persona who wlah to V economise by having their 8ADDLBB ind HARNE88 HEP A IKED on und h/ter he lft. of March, I will be ready to do all uch work with neatness and diapatch. * TflOS. BE6Q8. jcb. tfth, 1?8*. If ' SAMUEL C. OASOl .Attorney .At Law, ABBEVILLE, S. 0. No. 3, O'Neal's New Law Ruii.dio. Will pructlce in all the Court* or the Stale Jan. 2, 1881. Drs. Mabry & Hill. WE hnvc this day formed a cnnwriftgwjijj! In tlie 1'RACTICE OK MEDICINES ill lt? brunches. In cas?* wheie the att?nIon of both of u? may be needed uo extra .bunje will be made. T. J. MABRY. M. D. L. T. HILL. M. I>. M&ach 12,4884, tf Smmd 5 CQ nd S 2 - ?w| g |S a O g "9 at H t ? ^ * Z ? i ? ?sg | B -gg-M H i? Ctf 2# ? bcfcl 73 ?? .a * g 3 SIJfJ. rk O O ^ i g ? ? & g Z ? tH ? $5 fij ? C o S o & 8 O a o |g?gs3 P *3 w .S I ? 5) < w mms iy Today, April 1st Spring and Summer Millinery, Patterns, Hats arid! Bonnets copied from the latest French importations. Flotvertf that almost rival nature itself. Laces, new and handsome, Kuchings, Trimings, Silks, Feathers, Ribbons, Summer Silks, Black Silks, Dress Goods, "White Lawns, Gloves, Hosiery, Lawns and Hamburg Enbroideries. The ladies are invited iu cume uiiu cauuiiiio our Stock which "for style and variety caunot be excelled. B. II. Haddon & Co. March 19th. 1881. tf ATTENTION FARMERS II'E HAVE NOW IN STOCK A 8PLE2 YY did lino of Fdrm Implements, Nails, Horse and Mule Shoes, Harness, Traces, Bridies, Flows Stocks, Pftws, &c., &< QUARLES & THOMA: Feb. fl. 18&. tf Wagon Bridles. \\7TTH or without blinds. For thos<H|H *? are able and willing to pay for a g*! article, home made and hand stitched, I wfl keep a supply on hand for Bute. H THOS. BEGG8.H March 19.1S8J. tf Dissolution.! The firm of quarles a coJM this day dissolved, n?d the old jb&M ness will be settled by T. P. Q^tfTUBj yicllwaiu Cartlar. - f VJ QUARLES n. 7, 1884, tf Hake Yernr "Beds" Comforl able. Vf ATTKESSKS at !3.00, $3.50. and LYl Spring Bed* at price* from $2.00 to ome of thera will la?ta life time. Secureoi or each bed and live longer. Kor fole at J. D. CHALMERS A 00. ?fct. SI, 1$*S, tf IW.SIGN ABBEVILLE, S. C. |?EEPS on hand a full assortment of IKON CASES,' INE BURIAL CASKETS COFFINS, om the cheapest to the best. Hearse w! ttend funerals. wn-en desired. Ie will also Contract for th Erection of Buildings[e is agent for the sale of Hash, Doo (linds. Mouldings, Ktair-raillngs, Floorin nd everything pertaining to house bulldii April 7, I8S0, tf WARDLAW & EDWARDS.! VOW HATE THE PLEASITBE oH announcing the arrival of an alrractl^l ,lne of Wk FINE SHOEii Consisting of a full assorfl nent for Men's, Ladies's anl Children's wear, in all thl ^atest Styles. I March fX, 1 m, tf H