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>arg-?aa?wr%jr?r ??<u m mrnrihta???. iln Press and Banner.j ABUEVILLK^ SU C. j "Wednesday, March 11, 1885.; 1 The Mofllnc Xrxt Frliln.T Msht. Hy reference ton local notice in another column, it n ill bo seen Hint, "u mooting of the ! 'i-ll izi-ns of the town will l>e liolil In ' lie Court j * lion-eon Friday niuht to receive the report; "of tiie committeeappointcd to meet the com ' mittveof contcrcncc in Charleston as to the "0. t\ (5. A V. 11. It.." ami we hope a full meeting may tie hail. The railroad quest ion is one t>f treat Importance to our people, anil in-' volves nothing less than the prosperity of the town and the welfare of the citizen. While it is trr.c that there is now some difference of opinion iimons: our citizens as to the way in whleh wc shall proceed to preserve the com-' llbnrtlio t.ivi-.! >'<.) ? ? nr? nnrfuLtlf ! Miro, when tlie matter lias been fully canvass-j t il, that our people will harmonize and determine upon a line of action, and tlien each Individual will do nothing less than his whole duty. We hope the committee may speak out and tell us all about the "conference in Charleston," and give the people the rea-i sons for the faith that is within them, and we hope that all of our people who prefer to I abandon the old enterprise, upon which they have based their hopes so long, may also; speak out in the meeting, and express their I'.esires and preferences, giving Hit ir reasons therefor. J$y a free conference and a liberal! vxchange of Ideas all differences of opinion among a people who arc as determined as ours ore, may tie easily reconciled, when every one will work In common for the common good- ' The I'lT.tx and Ilnnner knows very few facts concerning the railroad situation at any lime, j cither In the pastor In the present,and henccl we have been unable to give to our readers' any of the actual facts. Wc are therefore delighted with the prospect of hearing sonie4hing definite. j We have had vague rumors of Mr. Scho-i 'f eld's hope for the final success of the C. C. G.! 'A: C. It. U., and mysterious whisperings have! been in thealras towhat some of .Mr. Knout's j friends may have thought the great railroad magnate would do in the way of Ironing a short road to Greenwood, Verdery or I ho Savannah Valley Ftoad, but so far as we are Informed nothing definite Is known as to Mr. Kaotil's intentions, or the possibility of secur-; ing the construction of the great line through I *Htuth Carolina over the mountains and Into Ihe State of Kentucky. Nothing more than speculation as to cither route Is known to us. Jtoih plans. If any really exist, a.e Involved tn mystery ami doubt, so far as we are concerned. We have not been trusted at any time with any Important facts, if any ever existed. Relieving thit the Authorities of the Columbia and Greenville Railroad hnd ample power to relieve us and serve us faithfully we have 1 bought that a committee should have conferred with the President of the road, when our grievances could have been laid before liltn and ho might have done his company a service, and saved us the great expense which is involved in the construction of a new railroad. Falling in this, then we believe that a ( mmittee should have been sent to Mr. Ilaoul to ascertain what relief, If any, he could give. Mr. Schofleld having failed to get money iu England with which to build our road, It would seem that a new proposition comes from Charleston, and one entirely different from any which tills people have yet had antier consideration. This people proposed at their meeting in the Court House one month ago "that the citizens of Charleston [should] "subscribe an amount equal to that raised by "tne incorporated towns along the lhie." We are not jmrticularly Informed &s to the nature of the report which the committee will makeou next Friday night, but we do ?>ot see in the published account of the conference, us taken from the Xews and Courier, any intimation that the citizens of that town propose to contribute a single dollar to the capital stock of the road, but rumors arc to be heard to the effect that Charleston will take SViO/iOd worth of our bonds, if wo will ndd five per ccnt. or tlic value or nil our taxable property to the work already done on the road, and then mortgage the whole to onr r lends In Charleston that their investment may be sure nnd profitable. Assuming that tlie humblest citizen haft a right to the ropcctful expression of his own opinio not all public matters In which lie Is directly interested, we would suggest the idea that it might be well to postpone any binding net until our people shall be placed in pos-scssion of facts in reference to the possibilities with the Georgia Central. As lor our own part, we arc not sufficiently Informed as to the situation to give an intelligent opinion ot any of the propositions. \\'e can only give an opinion upon the bare proposition, without knowing tho feasibility of any one of the plans.or the possibility of bringing any oue of the schemes to an accomplished fart. Tho building of a railroad is a big Investment for a little town, and its Importance Justifies a full investigation of tlie situation. 'The Giving <*f Bail to Murderers. We notice that Associate Justice Mclver has Just granted ball toa murderer in a nominal Mim, nuch grant being in our opinion, equivalent to his acquittal when he comes to trial 1'orourown part,we believe the action of the Members of our Supreme Court in giving bail lias an Injurious eRect in the administration of Justice, and is a practice which should be discontinued by all men who lio!d that high nnd responsible position In South Carolina. The public car Is always open to catch the least intimation or opinion mm may oc neiu by the members of Unit tribunal?the highest in our State. If a Supreme Judge or a Circuit Judge will grant bail in a small sum to a murderer the next day after the commission of Ills crime, and before be hus had time to lay olf his bloody clothing, or J lias even washed the gore from his guUty hand*, It creates the impression abroad that the criminal, if not Justifiable, was at least In a measure excusable, and the niun who has given bail in asmull sum Is already more than half acquitted. On the other hand, If a Judge requires bail in an enormous sum, injustice Is done to the prisoner on the ground that the belief will prevail that tlie Judge deems him guilty. We believe it would be more In accord with Justice, and more in keeping with the dignity of that high otllce, for all Judges to withhold any expression or intimation of judgiuent in murder cases until they shall come before them for action in the regular hannels. They should not, iu our opinion, tnotild public sentiment for or against a prisoner, and there can be no earthly doubt that the granting of bail does Influence the public mind. When a pitsouer goes to a Judge for bail, the Important and great Question to he decided Is the amount of the bull. The law)crs know that to secure a small ball Is half the victory, and everybody knows that the Judge regards the enormity of the crime in proportion to the amount of the bail which lie requires. The mouthsof the members of theSupieine Court are hermetically sealed on all other questions which may come before them for adjudication, and we see no reasonable or Justifiable ground which warrants them in intlmatlny toa Juiy the gravity of a man's offenceHo strict are they inkeeping silent themselves in other matters, and enforcing the same rule j on > lie Circuit Judges, that if a Circuit Judge IntiiuaU-s to the Jury the verdict they should render, the act is deemed a sufficient ground upon which to grant a new trial. The law Is so Jealous that exact Justice shall be meted , nut to oflendeis, that even coroners and their | Juries are required to state only facts?and not j one word of opinion. Then why should our Judges disregard tills law, nud do this verj thing? There can be no equity to the prisoner or to the public, in securing such expressions of i guilt or Innocence, as arc necessarily conveyed in the granting of bail. Our Judges are endowed with large dlscre-1 tlonary powers, and If they would refuse bail \ to all murderers they would become conserv-1 ntors of the peacc. and exercise a wholesome j Influence in discountenancing crime,and in j encouraging the execution of the low. Let the criminal understand that his Moody work docs not meet with the approval of the Judges,and let him know that he must; >it least sutler the Inconvenience of lying In ! Jail, null! a Jury can be found to ac-1 quit him. The presumption of a murderer going into the presence of a Judge with ' the smell of blood still on lils hands. Is j only warranted upon the ground that the j Supreme and Circuit Jutlges may wink at his | crime by granting him a nominal bail. Itj seems to us that the very presence of a mur- j <l*?rer before ft Judge, seeking renei irom i the legal renames of liis crime, should be offensive both to tlie dignity and tlie charnctor of the officer. With Judge* slve bail In small amounts, i and with Juries to excuse crime, the public; peacc and the safety of the private citizen Is overthrown,and a further null Ideation of the; law* for the protection of the citizen, may do i here, what It has done elsewhere, inaugurate Ihe rule of the mob, when the excited popu- j iace?no longer having confidence in. our ?;ouits?will take the law into- their ov?n , bands, and wreak out vengence- to the unfor-1 lunate citizen wlu> may be cluirged with j crime, but who way be denied the right ofj trial by Jury. Asa matter of public policy we bcflere U would be well to discontinue entirely the' practice of giving ball to murderers. These | murders In a majority of cases are supposed to be unnecessary, even If not wilful and malicious. If this is so, then murderers could postpone their killing until near the time | for the sitting of Court. They would thereby be sut Jected to only about iwo weeks imprisonment, and if a mnn cannot atlbrd this lnci uvea knee lie bad better let his man oil". j . n^M?? >111111 ?!? I ?II 111 I I?""''I" ' The Propose*! Iiirronsc or Circuit J imI{;cs. The Legislature In Its wl'dom concluded to' lit this bill lie ovrr until the next session, when we hope that It may be promptly killed, J or In case It should become a law, then there ! should be a sweeping reduction of the salary , of these otlleers. The State of South Carolina am very well afford to pay her present Judges i tho salary a?now fixed by law, but if we are: to Increase I ho number to that of an army, i then we should reduce the pay in the exact proportion that we reduce the work or in-, crense t he otlleers. The otlicc of Judge 'n South O.irolina is a I high and a dignified one, the incumbents of j which are paid a liberal salary, but If we arc to increase the number of Judges and divide I the honors by long division, then their pay I should be reduced. The people cannot altord | JO pay annually n> i-in.ii line UI nil muij un Judges,a salary which Is equivalent to n good I estate, a sum much larger than one half ofl the best lawyers in the State attain liy the aggregate services of a life time. Let the Judges therefore continue to discharge the duties of the office, or else reduce tlieir pay. Legislators hereafter should be expected to elect, or re-elect, only such men to that ottice as inav be physically able to serve the people. I Hccause some two or three of our Judges may j be at present too feeble in health to discharge the arduous duties of their olllce, is no good j and sufficient reason why the number of of-1 fleers should he permanently Increased, but | the fact should thereby be impressed Upon ottr Legislators that our Judges nre not elected lor life. In order that they might saVe up something for old age, Wo pay these officers lnrge salaries, while In the discharge of their duties, nnd while we would be willing to make an exception In th? retirement of some of our present superanuated Judges, wc should dislike for the acl to be taken as a precedent. The Democratic party of South Carolina cannot afiord to let the care of her honored and dignified citizens become a charge j on the State in their old sige. These officers must apply the wholesome rule of living within their Income during their health and I vigor, and thereby save something for their [support in the latter days. This sentiment fibout the keeping of Judges in offico after tlieir day of usefulness has passed must give place to the new order of tilings that regards the public welfare of. more importance than tlie keeping In office : of superantiatcd officers who may be unable | to discharge the labor Incident to the trust | imposed. The fact that some two or three of i the eljjrlit Circuit Judges are physically una-1 ble to discharge their duty nt this time affords the strongest argument against the reelection of old men to tills office. A Nimjile Question. Admitting the fact that the South Carolina road Is a short local road, running from Augusta to Charleston, and that the road Is col deeply In debt that It can give us no other j help than the transportation ot "rails on the most reasonable termsand ndmltllng another fact, that the South Carolina road is not on the line to any of the store Iiouscr In the West, will those who favor the building of the road to Aiken, please tell uc what earthly use or profit the construction of the road can pos- j sibly be io us. It seems that a road to "Con-; federlek Cross Roads or to Jericho" would be' just as desirable, and equally as profitable. Suppose we oriler bacon and corn from the! West. Will the Georgia Central empty their; cars In Augusta or will they bring thefreichts j the full length of their own linos ? Prosper- j ous Ralltoads are supposed to employ the! best business talent in the country, and lfj anybody supposes that a man possessing business tact sufficient to occupy the responsible position of brakesman on a freight c:ir, did not have the requisite amount of business tact to bring our freight to the line where the Abbeville and Aiken road crosses their line then he would no doubt be summarily dismissed. If the Georgia Central should deliver the freight at the crosslnp, we would then be compelled to pay local freight rates from that point to Abbeville. As well allow the (Vntral to continue to take freights to Greenwood, anil then pay the Columbia and Greenville road local rate*. The fact Is simply thin: the rond between Troy und Aiken would be utterly and absolutely worthless to us. The South Carolina road new handles an exceeding small amount of our freights. The new road could not Increase that business. A Junction with tl-c Georgia Central is desirable, but we have no use for a road to Aiken. If we arc set down at Aiken we can go to but one place?Charleston. If we go to Augusta, we find there two routes to Charleston. one to Port Royal, and one to Savannah. If we connect with the Georgia Central, we arc on the lino of a great corporation, with thousands of "miles of transportation under Its control, and possessing the enterprise aud ability to help us. If we connect with Aiken we will then have connection with two poor little local roads, neither of which being able to give us the least hope lor the least shade of the least stftdowof relief, the only possibility of relief being in the probability that tho South Carolina road may at no distant day be swallowed up by the great corporation which alone is able to give relief. The nnlltlln^ of Our Sew Railroad. Doubtless the time is approaching when our people wiltbe called upon to contribute substantial aid to tho building of a new railroad to cither Aiken or Vcrdery or to tho Savannah Valley Railroad. In any event, it would not be amiss for our people to begin to think of the most practicable and least burdensome plan by which the new road can besecurcd, und us it is a. Question which concerns eveiv citizen, wc offer to sppak to tbe subject. 1. In the first place, we are positively and unequivocally opposed to the issuing of twenty-year bonds to any amount. 2. In the next place, wo would propose to take from the town treasury an amount equal to the entire revenue from liar room licenses, and apply the samo to tiio work of grading the road or of discharging the debt incurred In constructing (he road. 3. In the next place, we would propose to levy an annual tax to supplement the revenue from the Bar rooms, which shall be sufll. cient to enable us to comply with any specifications in our trade to secure the road. 4. We would stop all mecadamising of streets and every other expense possible In ! order to be enabled to make the appropriation from the town treasury as lar^e as possible, so that the direct levy ou the taxpayer I may be as small as possible. 5. The revenue of Ihc town last year was j about $1,211.0(1. By stripping nl! public works within the corporate limits ol the town ex. cept such repairs as may be absolutely necessary and reducing the expenditure to a minimum figure, from ?' !,<O) to $2,DM can be easily taken annually from the treasury for the railroad, without increasing tlie taxation a feather's weight. Our streets are In admirable condition, and with the least attention, we can save in five years Almost enough money to build a road to Verdery. 6. Let our people take such steps ns will; [ COinpel II1U (U? II Wlllllll iuii|'|iiu)ni<iiv nu> ! less than .$"2,<)00 from the treasury, and then f let us vote an additional tax on the property ! of the town of, say 81,0i*j to S2, OKI a year, so! Ions as It may be necessary, to raise th? [ amount which may be snllicient to discharge j the debt incurred In the building of the] road. 1 7. Our opposition trrfhc lraulng of bonds is based 011 various good and sufficient grounds, one of which Is, that to vote a debt on posterity is diametrically opposed to the plan which governs us in our daily anil hourly ellorts to leave a legacy?not a debt?for those who may come after us, j We have thrown out thcsccrude suggestion* for what they are worth, in the hope that some one may develope a better plan, and who may be able to give more satisfactory I resasons for the faith that is in him, than we ! have given. > T TChnn^c of At an impromptu railroad mcctlnc in the. Court House at Abbeville. on the first of Kelt ruary, tho citizens adopted the following re.su- j lutlon: "Resolved. That tho citizens of the town of Ab.. beville. in iiniMin with the other Incorporated towns ! nl ons: the line of thermit, pledge oum'lveh to issue] liomls tn the ext-nt of Ave per cent of the ns?en??<l i value of the property of our t"? n. t" aid In the con- j ( miction of the Carolina. Cumberland Gap anil Chi-' capo Itailroad. beirmnlnjj at Alketi; "Provitled. That the citizen* of Charleston nib- J Peiibo an amount eijunt to that raised by the iliourpur- ] ated towns along the line." As far as we can glean from the article elsewhere in these columns, which Is presented as the proceedings of a so-called railroad meeting In reference to the subject matter of that resolution and its proviso, we understand ! Charleston to say distinctly that she has not' a dollar to put in the enterprise, but that she ' will, if we give her the proper security, lend us the money with which to build a railroad | to that metropolis. We wish our people not to confound contrl-1 buttons to the capital stock with the loans of] money on first mortgage bonds. Tne stock of j no new railroad is worth much, but tlie bonds of a road are usually worth their face value, because of the interest which they pay. A I man who owns a bond has a mortgage of the property to that extent, and the bond holder, like the mortgagee, must be paid in full before the mortgagor or stockholder can get a cent. Unless Charleston agrees to put money in tiie capital stock of the road we shall feel un- j der a very small obligation to her for the loan of money which is secured by a mortgage of our property. Xpwbfrry Hern Id mid Xcwn. We find the-following cards in the lust Issue ?? the Xrwbmj/ Jlernhl and .Vcjc.?. They tire as remarkable Tui- brevity as for insl^uifl-1 canee i With tbislawc of the Tfrrcdd find Xctv.t my connection with the paper ceases. For the present I retire troui Journalism. In doing m, I desiie to return my thanks to the people of the county Tor the consideration I luive received at their hands. K. II.Avli.. .Mr. K. H. Anil having withdrawn Iroin the editorial department of the Herald and .Ycmvt, he has no further connection with the paper. His withdmwai is j, bis own aeti'J'i. His receipts lor subscriptions or advertising vill 1:0 lonirer he good. Uuus. F UuexMica, Proprietor. The Public School System. "That tin- piililic school system of this State ts in many respects a necessary and useful system no one will deny; but that the system is. tn many instances, ImpciTec.ly administered Is patent to any otic who; lias observed iti working!!. To point mil nil the ?l?? fects in the administration of the system noliM be too | great .in undertaking in an article like tills one. That I a inanity of the teachers of public schools are In-, competent to to-ieh c?n be estab lulled by the exhlbi-1 tion i'f their own unfitness. That a lance majority of j those who assume tlie position of educators have nev-. tr been educated llieinseivi s, is notorious to every one who feel interest enough ill the subject, to Inform i themselves who these educators are. That a large j majority of them are after tlu* money alone that in appropriated f r the education of the children, ami do! not care one lo'a aliottt the improvement of those lo j be ediicntt d i? shown by the manner In which they | neirlect their duty in this respect. That a birse majority of those ? ho set themselves up as teichers do | so because tloy are too indolent to do anything else.! I'll -t a lar^e majority of teachers think there is no responsibility to widen they arc accountable, and come I'tently tt.ey require no discipline of those whom J tliev are palil to learn. I * In this connection we desire In ray that the public school system In this county must l?e working In a satisfactory manlier to llie Mate Superintendent of KdHctHioli, for he has never, to our own knowledge, 1 v I si ie<l tin1 County since he lias lieen in oliicc. There. is a section, we bela-Ve. In our law. on the subject of I Ire.- schools which require* him to visit evi-rv con jty | in tile State, Ileoiijiiit to net the example of obeying the law. ivhitv he a-ks h-r Its enforcement uti his sub- J ordinaies.1"?Comity Kecoril. While we believe the Superintendent of Education has totally neglected his duties ho, far as this county is concerned, yet whatth'ei County Jircoril says of the public schools and the teachers of Williamsburg county, does' not apply to the schools and tlic teachers In ' Abbeville county. We believe the teachers' of Abbeville county, <\s a rule, come up to ev-' cry requirement?Intelllgenl.Jelllelent, correct,, and zealous In the discharge of their duties.' Tills too, despite the fact that sonic ol them re- j celve poor pay for their valuable services. Our public schools arc excellent, and our county Superintendent of Education has been faithful and etllcient since Democratic rcconblructlon. Fearful Stale of Affair*. Any man niay kill another, as he would a mad dec,! with the assurance which is furnished by the records of our criminal courts, that the slayer will suffer no other inconvenience than the putting In ol an appearance at ckutU?Abbeville I'rcxs and Manner. The above is mi exaggerated statement of a fact that is bad enough without exaggeration. The fact is, our ctiininnl laws are not administered with strictness and impartiality. This, we believe, Is the lault. of the Jurors, who so often all-iw prejudice, or sympathy, or other considerations than "the law and the evidence" to infliii-nce their verdicts. Itut Is the fault not farther b .ck Mill! Would jurors go contrary to their sworn duty if they were not cncouraged to do so by public opinion ? The Iruth must be acknowledged; human life is too cheap in this country. As soon ns one ninn kills another Immediately we set about to And excuses and palliation. If the party killed Isol not much con*>" W'MI.? till. Illfll'lll* i*ft M tlArKOn <lf !?iMnl MLllldfni? socially or financially, it is at once ttiicn for granted that there Is to be an acquittal?and public sentiment and the testimony are wotked up accordingly. Human life Is too cheap. It is a fearful thing to hang a man ; but it is a far moro fearful ttiintr not to hang him if he deserves it. i> Is a mistaken kindness, n maudlin,stupid sentimentality that would spare the murderer fur pity's sake, jt nisv be kindness, of n certain so t, to the individual; but it i6 cruelty to the public at large. What is to deter others from like crime? If jurors allow murderers to rscspp, murders will continue to be ?omtnon. The Jutor. therefore, who fails to do It's duty in a"a*COf real murder tnakes himself in some sense a initrderer, or, at least, an accessory before Uie fact as to eome murders that cotnc afler. All killing is not murder. Many a man commits hotulciito iu self-defence. Still the fnet remains that there is too much killing; that human life is too cheat*, and that jurors often fail, through "fear, layer or all' ctlon," to il i their duty. But tlie/Vwuntrf Uanner may bo mistaken In the declaration that It makes. The declaration is too sweeping. It ought to be ijnalifled. The Pr?M and Jianner may have occasion to change its tnlnd should a fioor wretch, trnstln* to the kindness of Jurors, kill a ''prominent citizen."?Xeicbcrry Observer. W'c accept the amendment oflered by the Observer. We luivcnn Inslance in point where a "poor wrelch" killed a worthless woman in Spartanburg last week. He went to her house at night and knocked at the door. It wan opened by her, when he shot her without provocation. That "poor wretch" will most likely receive full and exact Justice. Our Xcw President. On last Wednesday Grover Cleveland was inaugurated President of the United States and we copy his address lnlo these columns. | It Is nioretlia* up to our expectations, and is I nAfiiUla lr> that It la frnn from cf/>tlnnn.1 nlltl. I | sions. It has been so much tlie custom for ! Presidents to refer to the South to their nd. i dress and messages as conquered provinces j which the Nation should carefully guard, that j it Is hard to bellevo that a President could ( deliver a message or an Inaugural address : without special rclercnce to us. Mr. Cicve! land docs not appear to regard us In a special , manner in one way or another, and from tills fact it would scein that lie regards the South* i ern States merely as a component part of the I entire country. We like the address because j it i-ieers clear of all debatable questions, and ; for this reason, it must be assuring to the ; country that, four years at least, we are to | have a fair administration of the Governj ment at Washington. President Cleveland ! bids fair to make an acceptable President to ! the whole country. Ills cabinet Is agood one, 1 and if he acts in the future as he has started | in the administration of the Government, the ; whole country will have reason for congratulation at his election, while we at Hie South ; will have special reason for thankfulness to the Supreme Raler of the universe tor the I prospect of a speedy deliverance from some j of the evil* which have beset us since the ces| sntion ot armed hostilities between the ! sections. No tiian could have made a better begiuulug than C'levelan lias. An Eye to Biisinos*. At a reccnt railroad meeting at Pickens the i following resoiuuon, among omers, was passed : Jtcxolveil, Tint nil moneys contributed by Pickens C. II., sn>l vicinity end sections n?rtli of this place, be expended on tlio road between this point and Eosicy Station. This resolution, and similar resolutions by other localities speak well for the cure and wisdom of the people. Let each nelghbor! hood grade Its own road. Abbeville county, j for Instance, has enough to do in grading the road within the limits of Its own borders. I Since the conception of the grand scheme | contemplated by the Carolina, Cumberland ! Gap and Chicago road, the Georgia Central lias come nearer to our doors, and this connects us with one of the largest railroad cor: porations In the South. Ilcsldes the advantage of such a connection over that with the South Carolina road, we are not only saved I the expense of building about sixty miles ! of road, but we are In reality abouta hundred j miles nearer our western corn cribs and ! smoke houses. The necessity which once exI Isted for going to Aiken now seems in our Judgment no longer to exist. The Difference Between Aiken and Abbeville. i j Our people have done so little thinking for themselves on the railroad question that we believe very few of them realize that Aiken Is j interested in the Cumberland Gap road from an entirely dlrterent standpoint from that I ^n/.i?n<Ao A II* ...nn?u n Western connection. Abbeville wauls a ' Southern connection. We have the cars of a : great corporation within ten miles of our ' doors, tlie owners of which are able with the ; ready cash, to run the cars over the mountains. Then why should we go to Aiken a little station on the Utile road running from I Augusta to Charleston, and which can offer I no other help than the transportation of our ! "rails on the most liberal terms." It seems ; that Abbeville wants to get away from Western markets, while Aiken wants to go in the opposite direction. The Tobacco Fevet. Thrt tobjccn fi-vcr is rapidly Increa&It/g in thin State anil oilirr cotton sections of the South. JCvurjr farmer should plant a few hundred plants each year, give it his best attention, and thus ienrn to raise and handle it.? Cotton Plant. ! K.tactly so. Tlie "Arkansas fever" and oth. er "fevers" break out oecnslonally, and the ! victlmsof such "fevers"'a re generally objects of pity. Tlie Abbeville man that quits the j cultivation of the crops with which lie Is fa-' Ill 11 till, IU I IU iUUIUIg tt 1111 lUUIHL'U illiu l?bacco woniiH, will In nil probability have good reason lo regret that tlie "tobacco fever" ever struck him. Lot those who may be so unfortunate as to notice the approach of tlio "tobacco fever," go to work with vigor to plant corn in the greatest quantities. After the "tobacco fever" com en tire resurrection. I* IleGlnd tlint 111m wire In Dend ? To one who would give a kingdom for the privilege of speaking with departed loved ones, or who would gladly share the remain'-) lng days which may be allotted to him thut his departed kindred might be restored, such , language us the following, coming from a husband lu announcing the death ol Hie wife of' his bosom, is amazing: "l>o I wish hrr b:iefc rti -these rnrtlily shorr*? No! ' No!! 1 coiiM nut m> rob her of her cnilii-as J"y*! I could not so punish her with the w oi-s and ill# of tills llfo!" I It is to be hoppd that the good brother was . not congratulating himself on her death, that' he might choose a younger anclu more comely Wi!C. In a Multltnde of Council there 1m Wisdom. Let hs not act hastily In the railroad matter ; A few hours notice of a meeting Is notsufll-! clnnt. What wc want Is, to have a plan written and snbmittcd to our people for their eon- j slderation, by publication In the vlllago newspapers, on which they nu?y, after tlicy have time for mature deliberation, act properly and Judiciously. This Is a matter of much more importance than the holding of a political meeting. Itnllroml Meeting In ChnrlMf?n.' f In another part of the It-cas rout Uunncr, may be found what purports to bo tho proceeding of an alleged railroad-meeting which j occurred In Charleston last week. It was all | that we expected, and all that we predicted, It1 would be. We hope our people may read It. It is the best piece of humor that wo have seen In many a day. If the reader sees none of the essentials of the ridiculous in it, then! we shall bo mistaken. The J>estri;e?Ion of Pine Treew. Tlie people ol the town of Aiken ore exer-, ci-od about the destruction of pine tress, which is now going on in the suburbs of that health resort. Without knowingaiiything at nil about the subject, we believe serious injury is being done to the henlthfulness of the place. lnYiilHiai >ft The Kknting Rink. In various placcs throughout the country the skating rink has tieen freely mid Hilly j discussed, nml in each Instance there, has been a difference of opinion as to the' propriety of young ladles and young gentle-j mon frequenting public halls for the purpose j of skating. It Is contended by some thnti the exercise lt<elf is not healthful, and other conscientious and cliristian people think i they sue no good in the amusement itself, orin | the consequent meeting and association of promiscuous assemblies. As far as we have' noticed we believe that persons who oppose] the dance, are much more pronounced iu j their opposition to the skate. Without as-' sliming to express any opinion ourselves, we venture to nUKgest to the young ladles and their mothers, the propriety of giving the' matter their own consideration. We arc sure that all will agree that excesses should be avoided, even though It may be deemed prudent and proper to indulge In an occasional skate at a public hull. To show what Is thought of skating In the blj: city of Cincinnati, we copy the following article, which we find in one of our ex* changes, and which is crulitcd to the CV?-j eiimati Enquirer: Unless speedily clieckoil roller skating,! which lias already commenced lis inroads, i will i>a-iiif( moral ami physical disinter to hundreds upon hundrcdsof Innocent young l?irls, I as well as upon wives, who, starting original-1 ly for a little recreation, arc being brought within the toilsol" libertines who throng the! rinks. The wealthy anil poor, the s:>umi and diseased, Christian and virtuous and depraved are on a common piano when it comes to paying for admission to the rink. Professions Hint immoral eharaclers are excluded arc not worth the breath taken to utter them, and the Jingle of good American coin goes a long way toward blinding the eyes of the man at the door and of the managers ot> the inside. Skaters mingle promiscuously on the floor. Collisions are Inevitable, but they Should not occur with the frequency which distinguishes the rinks. It is Hie duty of men at such times to grasp the girl ami prevent a fall. The decent mail can] do tills in an inoffensive way; the ghoul docs oilier wise. The innocent victim excuses it as the action of au emergency, and In meeting or passing again (luring the evening looks of recognition recall the mishap. Before the nls:lit closes there may possibly be a grand march, and opport unities are offered for cross-armed work and hand-clasping that Is of a tightness supposed to be a necessary safeguard' against falls. Under these conditions con-j versatlon conies without, introduction. Subsequent visits Increase the length of the chats and lessen formality. In the E?st the skating craze lins had n long run, and Its evil results are seen on every hand In ?.he broken down physiques of young girls who are frequenters of rinks, The press And the medical profession of ihe metropolis are waging hot war on the Institutions. Acting upon the advice the better c!a*s of people have withdrawn their patronage and the others are fast following suit. It lias been demonstrated that the dangers to the female sex from all clay use of the sewing machine are insignificant in comparison with thchnzHrds of roller skating. A reporter sent last night to interview Dr. Tlitul. A. Kearny on the subject met him emerging from Ills office on the way to a medical meeting In Lancet Hall, on .Seventh street. During the hurried walk with him to ttiis plaec the conversation wos slinrt but menty. Tin-re Is probably no better authority in the United States on the diseases of women. For years lie has been professor of obstetrics In the Medic.il College of Ohio. His word Is law in the American Society of Gynecologists.and he Is an eminent, member of a simitar society in Londou. Connecting his answers to the questions they were as follows: 'The Injurious eflVcts arising to women who use the sewing machine arc not due to the posture assumed, nor yet to the muscles employed In its usp, but to tlie prolonged malntennncc of the posture, the prolonged use of a certain set of muscles to t lie exclusion of others, and to the lack of opportunity for proper exorcise In the open air. The nioderateuso of the sewing machlnc. as in the family, Is not Injurious. Holler skating Is quite another thing. It may pofslhly bo Indulged In to a modcratPdegrec by a young woman without any serious Injury, but I have no hesliancy In tiio unqualified statement that it is an exercise for which women are anatomically and physically unfitted. To indulge in this exercise violently (and they do not seem to do It. In moderation), I say to Indulge In It violently, and for many liotirR in succession, under exeitemcnt. and stimulation, as at skating rinks, must Inflict lasting and irremediable Injury upon a large proportion of the women who nro participants. Of course, the damage to some must bo much greater than to others. Little, girls, as welt as those approa<li!ng womanhood, should be positively forbidden such exercise." ^ ANOTHER NON-COMMITTAL AND MYSTERIOUS RAILROAD MEETING. A Large Number or Delegate* From the I'p-Oountry Meet in CJparlcMton to Confer with the People of thnt City?The Indifference with which the Enterprise In Treated? Charleston has no Money to Expend, Except Such ok inuy be Well Necured to Yield Her a Profitable Income. The meeting at the rooms of the Chamber of Commerce yestetday In the Interest of the Carolina, Cumberland Gup and Chicago Itullroad attracted a large gathering of ihe representative business men "I Charleston, Aiken. Edgefield, Abbeville, Anderson and I'ickens Oiuntles. Itepresentntives were present from the Mlowlugltowns: Pickens, Easely. Helton, Wllllamston, Due West, Donaldsville, Honen I'ath, Abbeville, Ttoy, McCormlck's, Edgefield, Trenton and Aiken. From Charleston there were present among others. Messrs. George W. Williams, E. II. Frost, L. I). DeSasaure, T. U. McOahan, S. S. Solo moii", (!. I. Walker, W. J. Magiath, II. T. Williams, W. II. Brawlev, William lloacb, James Globes. T. 1'. Lowndes, F. W. Wagener, J. L Tob'as. U. C. ISarkley, I. N. Hubs 'li and other uierobanti and business uieii. THE MEETING CAI.I.ED TO OKDER. Mr. W. II. Brawley called the meeting to order, and upon Ills motion Mr. E. Frost was called to the chair. Mr. Bruuley said that the comtniltcc appointed at a previous meeting of the business men of Charleston had no formal meeting had had the subject under consideration. and hud held a conference with the South Carolina liailway Company and the ofliceis of the Cumberland Gap Rood. They had been greatly linpre. sed bv the advantages to Charleston and the State at large offered by the proposed route. While tliey were not prepared to suggest at this time anv definite plan. ns they were not in possession 01 me mcis us 10 the finances of tho road, they were prepared to kiv, in a general way, that a line of railroad beginning at Aiken and running through the rouiitics ol Edgefield and Abbeville offered advantages which would greatly benellt Charleston. The Cumberland Gap Koad ran through counties which to a great extent had been deprived of railroad facllltiiD. The committee thought that such a road was great! v to bo desired, Bnd if any feasible echcino could fce devised by which the merchants and business men of Charleston could with any safety make such subscription ho was confident that it would be made. Tho meeting to-day, he said, was called for the purpose of hearing from the delegates along tho lino proposed railroad. At the meeting" of tho stockholders of the South Carolina Hallway Company, which J)nd jus' adjourned, the following resolutions had been adopted: Jlesotvcd, That this company views with great interest and favor tho line of railroad from Aiken, in the direction of the mountains, projected by the Carolina, Cumberland Gap and Chicago Iiallnmd Company, and will sanction any effort in aid of such enterprise, which in the Judgement of the board of directors may bo proper; ! list the officers of the company are hereby directed lo transport u)l rails and other material needed in construction af said road and to lend such other aid in furnishing of equipment for the operating of the same is may be leqnired, upon the most HSeial terms. Reaolvcd, further, That a junction of the Carolina, Cumberland Uap and Chicago ltailroad with the Savannah Valley ltuilroad In in the opinion ol ibis meeting, an object greatly to be dcsiitd in the interest of nd concerned. X. n. FItOST, THE CUA1KMAK. Mr. F, 11. Fiost, the chairman, said that the meeting held gome time ago bad appointed a committee to ascertain ami report its to what would be the coat of the road, anil whit Security cotild be raised here. The people of Charleston, he said, were glad to see the representatives of the up country here, because It I kIiiiu-.-.I that tlii-v ?eie inlerertrd in the nroiecL GUVKKNOIt HAUOOW'S frEECU. Qcn. Johnson Hagnod, the proslil. lit of tho Cumberland Gap Koad, spoke briefly of the prospect* tf | the new road. It was j>ri?i><?m i|, he paid, In build a road from Atkcn in this Stat?: tu or Le.tlngion, Kentucky.- If flits rtu4 was completed It would I In.* an uir line extension of the South Carolina Iiall] way lo tlie Olilo Valley, and the realization of the | dream of a century. It would be shorter liy one bun! dred aud fifty to one ottiidred and eighty mile!) tliau any of the existing routes to the " West. Stalling from Lexington 11 would nasi* lirst through the marvellously rich mineral region# of Tennessee, Mid valuable forests of Western North Carolina, wlie??> already a f-cottish company had purchased Immense | tracts ' f timber which they were now hauling on j wheels to the nearest railroad and shipping to Scot' I land via New York. It was, how ever, as a loa d en! terprise that tire matter was recommended 16 the atI attention of the business men iu Charleston at this time. As SIX. 11 as soon as the lesolation adopted at the recent iiie^tlug of merchants In tills city had been published thu greatest enthusiasm had been | aroused 9ioirg tlw Itne of tl?e road, even to 'IVansyi| vatii.1 County in North Carolina. Large and etitliu : siastic meetings had been held in every uiuiiielpiilit} alone the line of the road, and resolutions had been pasted at each place pledging a subscription ?-i|ii:tl to O per Ceni, Ol lue assessed value in (lit: 1<-U| rainii; m i the towns, lie had no don lit, too, that the townships along the road would contribute. At tbcsu meeting* delegates had been ap|ioilited to attend the meeting In Chsik-stmi, t?nd those delegates, after a lull discussion beM on 'fuewiay night, had expressed the tinanitnoiis opinion that these towns would subscribe the amounts Indicated. Mil. SCIIOKIKI.J). Mr. W. II. Schoflelil, the financial agent of the Cntnberhind Gap Uoad and president of the Construction Company, who has the contract to build the road, spoke o> the advantages that were offered to Charleston by the building of a short I'tiu to the Wed and the increased trade tlmt must Inevitably come to tills port upon Its completion. The new road, he said, ran through sixty-nine miles of the coal bedi of Kentucky anil through seventy miles ol'the valuable iron ores of Tennessee ami the vn liable timber lands of Western North Carolina, rich in cherry, black walnut and yellow poplar. The length of the ron<*from 1'iekeiis. the foot of the mountain, to Aiben was' about I-.'.') miles, running through a belt of country which was not equalled in the Statu for Its fertility nml Its resources. By the time the first section of the road from Aiken to Abbeville was completed there would come to the South Carolina l'Alhvny, and consequently to Charleston, an uuiount of btVsirtess which would be equal to the business iron) Augusta. It was impoitant to the citv of Charleston to secure this connection. A new ??? was dawning for the South. We were going to have more business, more prosperity, and those cities that reach out their hands now would renp the beneilt of the trade. "If," said he, "you nre going to fold your hands ami allotv the Georgia system of roads to coil around you nnd take your trade to another city. uurK ?iayn wi.i come 10 i nancsioii. As to (lie finances of the road, Mr. Selio field explained that the new company had no debt. It had si* Sep* urate charters, which hud been specially grunted, and which hud since beenconsolidated. All ihe?ork don?> so ftn> had been paid for, Provis'nil hnd been made for the IssukiC of $10,<K{).I>1MI stock, of first itmrttfn&i! and $7,0U0.UU0 of Income mortgage bowls, which it had at first been intended should be used to construct the entire road from Aiken, S. C\, to Lexington, Ky? tint none of the bonds h id been Issued. It was now projiogcd to raise $.V)0.(MJU, which would build the road to Abbeville, or $l,lHil),UUU, which would build Itthiougli from Aiken to t'iekeiis, anil for this amount the original first mortgage would lie waived and piefeired 11 est mortgage bonds Issued to the subscribers.This plan, however, would be submitted in detiiil to the committee of Charleston nuichnuts alrcudy a[? pointed. MK. W. II. VAKKKK, SPEAKS. Mr. W. H. Parker, a member of the Legislature from j Abbeville county and one of the delegate?, was ne.Tt i Introduced to the meeting. The enterprise, Mr. Par- I b-ersaid. hud grown through Its own merits. It had j its origin ilia branch road f oni Kasley to Pickens, w hich was only Intended to supply local wants. Then It wira extended from Kasley to Reltoti and from Helton to Troy, and dually consolidated with the Kdgelleld and Trenton liailrosd. Jt was after tIds that the Idea of a great through route liegali to take shape. The very fact that Charleston had recently asked for a! charter lor a loud to tile up country indicated tilat the I necessity lor such a route was felt here, lie then | pointed oat the advantages offered by the Cumberland (iap P.oad. It T in through five counties, which the last census showed hid I lien'used materially in population arid products. In the last decade up to 1SMI the population of Abbeville had Increased liom iSl.o 0 to Jii.ih-O. Anderson trom 24.000 to .'M.MSi, Kdgclield fioin 52,000 to 4.*i(MSl. an'1 Pickens fnnti 10,two to U.(h!0. The pop illation of the live counties was near 1 oU,0? U, with 17,-j $39 fnrms valued at f0.200.719. Three of these conn- j ties were entirely fri t; fnitn bonded indebtedness ofi Any kind. Aiken county produces UiSM bnlt-a > ( cottoil iiyear, i-il^cfleld 8.VS04 tm'es. In entering Kdtregeld the road would In* entering new l err limy and bringing thousands of dollars tn Charleston. In Abbeville ti would pars tlirou?h a libit iT Country which, so lar as cotton Is concerned. has no superior anywhere In tin- tip country. The county p: oil noes snnnaily 20 000 bales of cotton, most of which now too a elsewhere. Nearly 10.1100 haled hail gone to Greenwood Inst year by the Augusta end Kno.wllle Kail load. The new road, he suld, would put Abbeviile in direct Cotmmwlca'lon wImi the city of Charleston, r.i.d fifty r.ilbs nearer to it than by the present route. Andeison and Pickens counties are no v going extensively into the raisin? of cotton, which, by (lie help of Charleston fertilizers, can now be liiisednt the very foot of the mountain*. He was not iieru to oppose any other route. He on'y desired to point out the advantages offered by lids route. The people of Abbevide were seeking an outlet at Charleston, because Clinch s'on If the natural outlet, mid the patriotism of the up eountry naturally lead* us to endeavor to foster the city If we can. We have already put $lll.ono into thlsenterprlse, and are prepared to put In $'A\U0fl more. (Applause 1 All lhat we r.?k at tint hands or the citizens of Chilliest- n Is a careful iiivenflgatlon of the merits ill IIIIS nail, mm "II UI.II crmmu aimiu nu a? jum aid ill tlio development of this eiiterprlS". riCKKXS 1IEAHD KUOM. Mr. I). F. Hrid'ey, (if Pickens, saiil th.it Jin felt assured that he voiced llie sentiment of the people of Plckcn* when he salil that they wanted direct coinnmiiicution Willi Charleston. Six'y-flvc nillr-n of the nail h:ol already b.-en graded, nml the people were anxious to contribute farther of their means In finish It. In IS" 2 lice s?lty forced t. eln to seek outside c iniiceiluti by rail, and #100 000 had iieen subscribed tu tile Air Line iiailrond, which now diveried all the business of that section nwny fi'nin t hai lesion. Itefnre the war Pickens County liad never raised SOU biles oT cottoli. Ill ISSO ",0lill holes had licen raised tn that county, and that whs a had crop ye?r, ton. lie was oailfiled that the nr sent crop of Pickens IVunty was 100,(100 hales, Mill besides this l'ickens Comity always raised a surplus of corn. Its magnificent water powers, too, Wutild he developed by ttic new road, and, above all, communication witli ('liarIt ston would lie establish- d 'I he people of Pb-kens were desirous of following in the footsteps of their fathers who, bclore the days of railroads, came in their wasT"tis lo trade at the City by the Sea, (Applause.) Under the present state oi allidrs even if a Pickens man started to go lo i.harleston It took him almost as long to rcach there by rati as It took bis grand-father, who travelled over the wagon rolils. | With the Cumberland Gap Kallrot.d built tlio two points would be only six or seven hours apart from j each other. K?CKF(KI.I> SrE.VKS | Mr. J. W.Xorri*. of Edgefield, said thst the people of Kd jcllelil had tills protect very much at heart. He gave a history of the fond, which started In Edgefield Courthouse to Trenton. When Edgefield saw that Charleston was looking fur a railroad connection with tlio up-country the' earnestness of Edgefield was amused. Every lown on the line, he said, would subscribe liberally, for thero was a more Intense and i united interest in the up-country now than was ever before excited. If tlio people of Charleston would I only take hold of the project there was no doubt | that the road would be pu.-lo-d forward to the foot of I the mountains, and when this was done there would be no difficulty in getting capitalists to furnish the money necensary to complete the mad to Kentucky, | and thus finish a short line from Chicago to Charleston. Edgefield already has three railroads, but. they I all run on the edge of tho county. What tlio- people I want Is a road that will run through the heart of the | county and at the same time bring them in close i communication wish Charleston. The Augusta and i Kniixvliltf Itoad it had been said commerced with h | capital consisting of a sack of tneal and a sitlo of I bacon, but tlio oily of Augusta took hold of It, sub I fcriot-<1 $.jo,oiiu ana mm siiveo 11. 11 ^uariemim win ' coinc forward now and put hull' n million of dollars Into first mortgage bonds fur this road the people ' along the road will do tlu lr part and the road would 1 soon bo finished to the mountains. After It reached then* there Would he r.o dillieiilty In getting money | to build It bey?nd and reach tiic West. If the South I Carolina Uiilfway tnkes h>dd of this project like the ' Central iioad did ol the Augusta and Kiioxville proIject we will won have a great route to ihu West. I Wo live in a section that has no railroad connection to Charleston. Let the people of Charleston do their part and tliey will soon open up a rich section and [mild a roid which will be a safu and profitable In vestment. j CtT AKI.K8T0X ORATII'IKD. I Mr. II. T. Williams said, as 'i r> presentatlve of tho business men of Charleston, he felt gratified at this attendance of delegates, Indicating as it did their lie | terest In the development of the "resouiceg of tbeir 1 several sections as well us Charleston. It was altogether, he enid, a question of bus'iiess and not one of sentiment. Charleston does not ask one Idt of help more than she deserves. This scheme commended it{ self to him because it looked like it would give Char' lesion au even chance with other places, lie offered the following resolution, which was unanimously t adopted: Jtcsolved, That this meeting lias lieerd with great ; interest the statements made by the parties interest! d In the Carolina, Cumberland Cap and Chicago Kaliroad Company, and Is confirmed in the opinion lieretoj fore expressed th -.t it is a matter ol great Importance to the City of Charleston that raid railroad shall be bni t; that It recommends to their bl ow-citizens such contribution in aid of that enterprise as will assi.-t in the building of said railroad ; Hint the committee heretofore appointed be requested to report to a meeting to be culled hereafter by the chairman such plan for giving substantial aid to that nii>roui| company as they may In their judgment deem most likely to accomplish the object desired: that said committee be furtln r niithorlz'ai to confer with the officers of the | Savannah Valley iiallmad Company with the view of ; securing a j Miction ol salil railroad with the Carolina. Cumberland Gap ami Chicago KnProad at sit h point on the Augusta and Knowillo llnilroad us may be most convenient. THE SCOTTISH COMPAXV. Governor llagood Instanced the purchase of land In ! Western North Carolina by the Sottish and Carolina j Timber and Land Company which Is located at New' p >rt,Tenn. .Mr. A. A. Arthur, the general innnatfer of the company, who was at the meeting, said : "We , are more than satisfied wlih our property and since our coming have gone on adding to It until now uc i possess ami control a tract covering over'2tlt),not) ucres. , This property contains more accessible merchantable ' timber thun we shall be able to cut off In years and i almost every acreot it is rich In some valuable miner, al. We know of Iron, copper, silver ami alumina deposits, anil as tune tws oil will develop these. Moreover. our land is a'l suitable to tiie growib of the celebrated golden leaf tobacco and It is the intention of ; my company to sell or lease out otir cleared lands as fast a? tlier a-e read v. for this nurnose. This tiro ' posed railway. If constructed In it* entirety. Mould fa, cllitute our development. At present we" have only ; one mill In operation, but wenld then establish three j r.r tour, ?nd our influence wouid bring much capital nni! new Industries Into tin; valley of the J.iif l'igeon. 1 i Hume of the coal owners of Kentucky kave appniieh| ed us about meeting tlieiu ha I-way with ?ur Iron, ami | capital to be directed lo tanning. ba:k extracting, paI Tit-r making and manufactures of wood Is quite within our reach. Our (implies huvi 10 be bought now in I Philadelphia, New York, Cincinnati ami bt. Louis, | and.ottr products are shipped by way of Georgia and : Virginia, We furl that this railwa} would l>? "a boon to us and n benetll to nil our couutty s!de, f<-r. in nd| dition to the devolopnteiit of our natural products, wc , would oimelvts. with such facilities as this sch< me [ promises, enter Into cattb raising and shipping on a ! largo scale, nnd induce our neighbors to no likewise, Instead of pulling their llnr lands Into corn as a: preI sent. We own both banks of the Pigeon Kiver for IA j or 17 miles, and ore ready to give tldi conipanv right : of way and other privileges, ami to use our intlueuea ! In our own county to help along the enterprise, If It | w III give us what we need, a direct ou tb-L Many ol J our leading men are fitulllar wl.h American railroad ! matters, and would suppurL a good, certain and secure | undertaking." i Beforo the adjournment of the meeting Gen. Iln| good said that tUe visitors had received no mo e than : they expected at the hand* ol the people id t'harlesI ton, a warm welcome, ami a patient hearing, and wero I much obliged for the encouragement that had been i extended to them. The action i>f the meeting wl I. lie ! paid, give an Impetus to the cnterpiise which will In a 1 short time convert the Cumbcihtnd (jap lioad from a railroad on paper to a railroad on the gtojud. [Ap| plause.J THK RIfiHT SOKT OK TALK. I IJMr.Oeorge W. Williams sai?l it was not his pnrposo | to make a speech, but that he would take $l(l,tl'J0 of I the first mortgage bonds ol the company, which an| noiincement was received witbappluliso and thu lliciling then adjourned. A Benutiful Elaboration of Xothlii?. (Grieuville A'civx.) It was about as wo expected? What I lie meeting at Charleston In the interest of the I Carolina, Cumberland (lap and Chicago railI roud did not do would till all out of doors. | The report of the proceedings is a beautiful j elaboration of noiliin;;. 'l'lie only result Is the fact that there were no results and the fig| u re zero. Therefore I lie meeting came down , to fuels and figures beautifully, j A resolution expressing the opinion Hint the proposed road is an excellent Idea \v?< unanimously adopted. A similar resolution could with perfcct propriety, and doubtless would, have been adopted regaiduitf a railroad and siuiimb mt route from the Dry Tortugas to the dead sea, via the Isthmus of l'ati| lima, the Suez cannl arid the l4il;e of tiallliee. A committee was also requested to report to a j meeting to be culled hereafter ti plan for y;i ving substantial aid to an enterprise which has be.-n before the public for three yc.-.rs. We observe the names of sixteen members of the chamber of commerce who wore presj ent, and thirteen of them do business so close to the chamber's halt that the secretary emiJd easily have culled them over trrnn the wlnJ dows. 1I in not stilted whether a colored messenger was sent for the other three and lite ! persons generally anil vaguely described us ! "and other merchants and business men," j whether they were caught, while passing the corner, or whether they nltended voluntarily.j The Charleston end of the gathering could evidently not be described with absolute uccu 1 racy as n popular-uprising. I General llagood doubtless expressed most beautifully the feeling of the up-country del] egates wlio wont from 1 lie red hot railroad ! meetings of their homes to this ifmst respeetI able neeuniulat ion of zero when in* said that J they "had received no more titan ihe.v ex pee tj eil?a warm welcome and a patient hearing." I Verily; bfess?d is lie wlt<> expecteth little, and j even more so he whir expecteth less. TUe .Most Etn^lriit < lieek to Crime Is IN ltlghteocs I'linishiiKMit. f .-1 module Uf/onnvd l'rc*bytrrirtii.\ The iVc.it ami Manner, of this county, spf-nks I strunaly lint justly, when il ?:iy! . in view of the laic j freipielit homicides In this State, ' ('mi there lie any ! doubt that there never was n time in this Suite when life was as little regarded or wlicn Mood wits so j cheap f" The tone of the secu'itr press in the Sla'e i? outspoken in favor of r siii execution of tlie law in cases of manl eft sruilt. iVpital punitdiineut lias Iti horrors, hut they are fur less (ippallintr ami shocking than mitrilcr. 'i'lic most ellicient check to crime it Its righteous punishment. It will not prevent it, hut it will uiakult timid and cautious. UttH Keen 111. Ji'cowcc Courier. Col. W. t\ Keith lias bcbii seriously 111 for the j last two weeks or more. He hits suite red sc; verely from a very bad cold and a dangerous* j attack of pneumonia. His friends will be glad I to learn that lie Is now slowly improving. I'nfortunnte Tor .lustlco. Unfortunately lor Justice, there never enn I be exhibited in court rooms the meeting of murdered men with their wives and children. Such touching scenes are left for the benefit Of the murderers.?Krchtnwe. Not so Henri. After All. iSV /ifra Free pre**. The nnt crop In tlii.s section is Imillv liinneoil ??nt we do n?t think ll lias heeii destroyed. We nolli'e tint! i while I lit* Mailt'* have scorched anil killed that i they are green near the Mirfuco of the giuund. mood I'olrotiliig;. J.rringtnn Dispatch. When you bear a useless member of society | bemstinp of his ancestry. Ills blooil, el"., yon I may sot it down Unit lie Iihs a very bad ens'" of I blood poisoning. I A nepro preacher, In (ireenvllln, named An! drew Wilson, bad a prudpe humilist iinnth-r ; iVepro preacher named Lee ('line. Wilson borI rowed a pair of shoes identically inatchlnp those of ('line, burglarized a'si ore and made tlio tracks lead from the store to ('line's house. I j This clrcn install Hal evidence com nil it cd t 'lino I l?!>r trial, and WINon was delighted with the prospect for sending his pulpit rival to tlie I penitentiary. Hut. subsequent Investigation [disclosed the fact that Wilson hud stolen the] I goods, and they were recovered from the bouse j I of a neuro woman where Wilson hud taken | them. The result Is that Wilson Is In Jail for fiurplary, and Cil t.c Is held on the cluiipe of at tempting to burn the Jail since bin impris 1 onmetif. The passapeof the net. plnelnpfien.fJranton tin; retired list, on the last day of the past ses-j sion of Oonpress, was proliably hasleried by ' tin.' reports of Iheticneral's lalnl ilncss, which i disarmed opposition that would otherwise j have shown itself. Miss Hoke, of Seneca Clly.aml a student of the Anderson Kemnlc Seminary, durinp the recent snow, held snow and mft In her hand so lonp that her hand was frozen atid may | have to be amputated. An Alabama nepro was heard to soliloquise philosophically: "liesun am so hot,decotton am so prassy. de work mii so hard, dal dls darkey leel called upon to preach." J " ..V vv;r,<tv ?. ^ *> : r " " ' - ' * " LAW-ABIDING PRESIDENT ? - THE FAIK PROMISE OP CLEVELAND'S III-' AUGURAL. ? Preslilont ami People AllUe Donnd 1>y the Constitution and AmcnnMc lo the liiiv/?Republican Methods for n Republican Government? Kxlrnrn^nar? and Corruption Rebuked --- America not Concerned with Olil World Quarrel* ? The Monroe Ooetrlne must be Maintained ? Colored Citizenship A I'lous Peroration. Washington. Mnrcli 4.?The following is President' Ov-liiml'a Inaugural mlilrcM: Fellmv-cltiz-h?: In the prrsenco nf this vast assemldn'C ill my cotintrvmen I am about to supple-] mont and n?-?l by th.- mtii which 1 shall take the man-1 ifes'ation of tlm will of (i great nnd free people. In i the exercise "I mi ir power nnu rigm w sou-ifiivern-1 nent tin y have committed to one of their fellow-citljiens n supreme nml snered trust, anil lie hern consccrates himself to ilielr service. This impressive ceremony adds 1.1 tie to the solemn sense of responsibll.ty with Which I ciinteinjilati' tiio duty I owe to nil tho people of tlio l?nil. Nothing can relieve me from nnxi.-ty leSt by any act of mine their interests may suffer, and nothing Is neeileil to strengthen my resolution to ensue every faculty anil effort In the promotion of their welfare. Amid tl:e din of par'y strife the people's choice whs mniie, hut its attendant circumstances hnvu demonstrated anew the strength and safety of a Government liy tlio people. In each succeeding year It more clearly appears that our Democratic ptinriplc needs no apology, and that In its fearless and faithful application istti be found the surest guaranty of good Oovernmet.t. But the burt results In the operation of a Government wherein every citizen has a share lively d-pend upon a proper limitation of purely partisan Z' .al and effort, and a correct appreciation of t';c time when the heat of the partisan should bo merged In the patriotism of the citizen. To-day the executive branch of the Government Is t anftferreil to new keepliig.jbut this Is till the OoverHment of all the people, and It should be flono tho less an object of their affectionate solicitude. At tills hour the animosity of political strife, the bitterness of partisan defeat and the exultation of partisan triumph should bo supplanted by an ungrudging acquiescence in the popular will and a sober, conscientious concern for the general weal. Morever. if from this liftttr we cheerfully and honestly abandon all scctional prejudice and distrust, and determine with confidence In one another to work out harmoniously tho achievement of our national il- stiny. we shall deserve to realIt it nil the benefits which our happy form of Government can bestow. Fcnlly to tlic Conittitntlon. On this auspicious occasion we may well renew the pledge of our devotion to tho Constitution, which, launched by the founders of the Republic nnd consecrated by their prayers anil patriotic devotion, Iiiih for almost a centurv borne the hopes anil tlie aspirations of a (Treat people through prosperity anil pence, and through the shock ol foreign conflict* and the perils of domestic stiife and vicissitudes. Ily the Father of Ills Country our Constitution was commended fir adoption as "the result of a spirit of amity and mutual concession." In that same s;>lrit It sllon'd he adminlstetcd in order to promote the lasting welfare of tho country, and to secure the full measure of Its priceless benefits to ns and to those who will succeed I to the bles.?tii(! nf our national life. Tho litree varle lie* of diverse and competing Interests subject to Federal control. persistently seek Ins: the recognition of their claims, need eke its no fenr thnt "the createst good to thi'Ten niest number" will fall to bo accepted, I If in the halls of the National Legislature that spirit i ot amity and mutual concession shall prevail in which ! the Constitution hart Its lilrth. If this involves the surrendero?* postponement or prevailing interests or the "biitidontnent of local nd van tapes, compensation will he found in the assurance that thus (he common interest Is subserved and the general welfare advanced. In the discharge of iny official duty I shall endeavor to be snided by my just and unstrained construction of tlie Constitution, a careful observance of the distinction -between the jiowcrs srnnted to the Federal Government and those served to the .Statesor to the people, and by a cautious appreciation of those functions which by the Constitution and laws have been especially assigned to the executive branch of the Government. llosponsilbllty or the People. List he who takes the oath to-day lo preserve, protect and def nd ibe Constitution of tha United States only assumes the solemn nbligatton which every patriotic cltlz.-ri on the farm, in the workshop, in tliu busy marts of trade and everywhere should share with h'tn. The Constitution which prescribes his oath, my countrymen, is youis. Thu Government yu have chosen fur a time is yours. The stifTroire ; "wlilcn executes the will of freemen Is yours. The. i law sand the entire scheme of our civil rules, from the town meeting to the ijtate Capitol a.id tlie NationCapitol, Is yours. Your every later, as surely as ! yours Chief Mai'lslmte, under the same blub sanction, i "though in a different sphere, exercises a public trust ! Nor Is this all. Kvery citizen owes to the country I a vigilant watch and close scrutiny of Its pobllc ser| van is and a fair and reasonable estimate of their fl'lel; itv and usefulness. Thus Is the people's will Impressled upon the w hole framework of our civil polity, j municipal. State and Federal, and this Is the price of | our liberty and the inspiration of our faith in the lieI public. ' Low Taxes and Economical Expenditure. It Is the duty of those servintr the people In public place to closely limit public expenditures to the actual needs of the Goiiernment economically adminis! tered, because till? bounds the right of the Govern' ........... t. II... I.. r?..n 11... ..f InK... ... : the property of the citizen, am! because "public extraj voiia'-ce bejrots extravagance among the people. We ; should never he ??bained of the simplicity and pin. dentin) economies which nre best united to the opera; lion of a Kepubliean from of Government anil most compatible with tho ini.-sion of the American peo. . pie. i Thoso ivho are selected for a limited tline to manI ace public affairs nre silll of the people, and may do m'trh by their example to encourage, consistently I with the dignity of their official functions, that plain | way of Ii:'e which among their fellow-cltlzens aid* integrity and promotes thrift and prosperity. * No Foreign Entanglements. The genius of ot>r Institutions, the needs of nnr pen1 pie in their home life, and the attention which is de| immded for the settlement and dcvclopcmcnt of the J tesotiices of imr vast territory, dictate the i-crupnlou! ' HVoldar.ee of any dedarlnre from that foreign policy commend'd by the history, the traditions and tht I prosperity of our ISeptiblie. It is the policy of In] depetidependencc favoretl by otir position and do fended by our known Kite of justice and by our pew! er. It is the pediey of peace suitable to our Inteiests. ' It Is the poli'-y or neutrality, rejecting any share in ' foreisn broils and ambitions upon other conilnenU ' ami rrp-llii'it their Intrusion here. It is the policy ol ; Monroe and Wr.slrngtoti and -led'ereon?"peace, comi niprce and honest friendship with ul! i.atii ns, en| tangling a.liuiicrs with none." Tho Thrinr. ' A duo regard for the interests and prosperity of all I the people demand that our finances shall bo esiab , lisiitii upon such a sound ami sensible baets as elmll ; secure the witcty and confidence of business interoIk, ami make wages of labor 6ttro ami sternly, and . that our svstetn df revenue Mionld bo to mliuslei! af ; tii relieve the pc"p e from unnecessary taxation, hav] he rul no regard t? the in tore? ta of tho capital In' vested ami the working men oiiipltiyed in American ; industries, and preventing thr accumulation ?t a eurj plus lu tho treasury to tempt extravagance and I waste. Protecting the Public Domain. i Care for the property of tho Nation anil for the ; need* i-f future settlements require that the public domain should be protected from purloining scheme* and unlawful occupation. The conscience of the people demand* that the Indians within our boundaries shall he fairly and honestly treated os wards or the j Government, and tlfc'ir education and civilization promoted wlili a view to tlnlr ultimate ci'.iz.-nscip; j and that polygamy in the Territories, destructive id tho family relation and olTensivo to the moral sense of the civilized world, shall be repressed. Exclusion of Chinese. The laws should be rightly enforced which prohibit tlie immigration ot a servile class to compete with ; American labor with no intentitin of acquiring eitl zenship.and bringing with thorn and retaining cuij turns nud habits repugnant to our civilization. Civil Service Kcforiii. I The people demand reform in the adinlnlst'atlon of til- (lovertitiiftit and tho application of business prinj I'lples I" public iiil'ilta As a mean* to this end civil s -rvice reform should be in good filth enforced. Our citlZi'US have the r!(f< t to protection from the incotli. potency of public employees who iiolil their places ! solely us the reward of partisan service, and from the ' corrupt! 111: inllueiice of tlione who promise and the vicious methods of those who cxpect such rewards. I And those who worthily seek public omploymetit haro | the right to insist that merit and competency shall be ! recognized Instead of partv subservl'-ncy or the t>ur' ? ?> i.. t?ii.r j ri'HUVI Vi Ut'livni. j-u mvm 1/VMVIi I The Citizenship of the Freedtneit Beyond (tncxtion. In the administration of a Government p!e?ljre?l to do eqtiil a:.d exact justice to nil m<*ni there should be 1 no pretext for h nicety touchinc iho protection of (lie j freedmeii In their rights or their security In the enjoyi merit of the prlvilc.-oi under Ihet'oiislltiulon and iu . ntn> flilm nts. All discussion ns to their tltncss for tile place accorded to them us Americii citizens is idle and unprofitable, except ns It siisu'ests the necessity for their Improvement. Tbefuct that tliey arc cltlJtens enittlhs them to all the rights due to tlint relation, and i charges Ibein with ull its dtuies, obligations und re. SpuUMLililtcS. Conclusion. I These top'cs ?nd the constant and ever tarylm* warns of nil actfvc anil elite^f??-f.-ln^ population "may well receive the attention nnd tho patriotic endeavor ; of all who make und execute the Federal law. Our | duties are practical and call for industrious nppllcnI tion, un intelligent perception of the claim* of public j office, nnd i?l>ovc till u Ai m determination by united j action to secure to nil the ptoplo of th?- land the full ' henellis of tho lies't form of government ever vouchj sated to man. And let us not trust to human eif.irt alone, hut humbly ackiiowlcdirlnir i lie power mid rooiIi hess of Almighty God. who presides over the destiny of nation*, and who has at ull times heeli revealed In our country's history, li t us invoke IIIn alii nnd Messing upon our labors. Gkovbii o.kvn.ank THE CABINET. .Sketches of the Men who Will be Hit. Cleveland"* Councilors. The following are the names of the c-ntleinen wlio form President Cleveland's cabinet, with brief sketches of tficir lives: Ilayard, b. cretnry of Staie. I Manning. Seen taty of the Treasury. I I.atnar, Secretory of the Interior. ! Wri'l.mil, Attorney uenerai. Kndicolt, Secretary iif War. Vlhts. Postmaster General. Whitney, Secretary of the Navy. Thomas I'. Itnyar<I. I Mr. Bayard was born At Wilmington. Pel, Oct. 2.^ 1S2!(. He was chii-Hy educated at FMshing Sclmo', mid his early training was for a mercantile life. After liav'ng hail iuiinc experience In hii-iiies* in New "York | liu returned to Delaware anil studied law with liirf I father, lion, .fames' A. Bayard. who was then in the Satiate. He was admitted to the fcar In 1851, and in | 1s.VJ he whs appointed t'nited Stales District Attorney for Delaware, but resigned in I'sit aid went to ttvein Philadelphia, where lie remained till IS56, hen he returned to Wilmington. where lie reinaincdthrough j the civil war, practicing Ids profession. In the wini ter of ISM-9 he was elected to the Semite to succeed, i Ills father, and was fc-elccfcil in l*75and 1SM. Ill 1374) he was n member ol the Kleptoral Commission, Mr. ; Bayard is the fmirth of Ids family who have served in ' the Senate. His grandfather. James Ashton llaynVd, ! WHS elect* d to tile Senate from Delaware ill 1X01 arH : served till IS<I3. when I'rcsid -nt Madison appointed 1 him one of the commissioners to negotiate the treaty, i ot Ohent. 11 is nti'de, Uichard II. Bayard, was elected . to Mm Senate fmtii Delaware In 18o(iaud aftainln 18-fl. Ills father, James A., scived in the Sur.atc from 1-^1 tu lsW. Daniel Manning. i Mr. Manning was born in Albany. N. V., August 16. 1831. His parentage was of Irish, Kiurllsh and Dutch extraction. lie w:is a poor Imiv. and his early opportunities for schooling were very, limited. At eleven years nl' n?e he went to work as' an olliiv boy at the establishment of the Albany Atlas, which wiis afterwards merged Into the Albany A re us, with wliich pa- j per be has ever since, in one capacity or another, been ] connected. In 1*73 he assumed sole ehflrL'e of the A reus, mid was elected President of the eompauv,1 which position he yet holds, though he has done little or no writing for Some time. He was a member of the Democratic Stale convention of 1S74 that nmnina-; ted Samuel ,1. Tildeii for (lovernor, and was a delegate to the St. Louis convention of 1ST'* that nominated Mr. Tililcn lor President, lie has been a member of the Democratic State committee since 1STC. Was Its secretary in 1*19 and |8SI), and v/ns elected chairman' in 1 SSI, which place In! now !l!ls. lie was v.armlv In i Irresled in the i.orninntioii of Mr. Clcvelanii tor /'res- I idem in ( liicau'n lust July, and ii Is generally conceded that he showed ureal skill in the convention us the j head of the New York delegation, Mr. Manning has, been active and successful outside of journalism aril I politics, lie lii:S long been ndin c!?r ol the Albany) and SiiM|iiehanna l.'ailtvny Company, and Is piesinent of the National ( imiiiereial Hank, of Albany, of which ho wan ilr.-t director and then vice president. IIt? Is also park commissioner nf Albany, and Is a director of tlii* Albany Electric Light Company. liiiclun <1. C. I<nniar. Mr. Lamar wis born at Oxford, Putnam Cnnnty,On., Sept. 17, 1825, and received his early schooling In hli native town. He graduated at Kmoiy College, Georgia, In 1S15. He studied law at Ma-on, Ga., and was admitted to the bar In 1847. lie moved to Oxford, Miss., In 1S19, and was elected Adjunct Piofessor of Mathematics In the Mississippi State University. Dr. T. A. U'edsoi*,editor of the /Southern JleVlew. being tlio senior professor. lie resigned In 1S50 and went to Covington, Ga.. where ha devoted himself to the practice of law. In 1358 be was oleeiod to the Georgia Legislature and In the following year returned to Miss wippl, where he settled on a plantation In Lafayette County. He wnselected to the Thirty-fifth and | Thirty-sixth Congress and resigned in 1M0. He entered the Confederate army in I!<01 as Lleutcnanl Col| onel of the Nineteenth Mississippi Volunteers, and was soon promote 1 to the Colonelcy. In 1S68 he wan sent to KiisfU by the Confederate Government on an important diplomatic mission, lie reltirhed to Mississippi at the close of the war and in lsGtf wan elected Professor of Political Economy and Social Science in the University ol that State. A year later he was transferred to the Professorship of Law. llo was elect> d to the Forty-third Congress nnd re-elected to j tin: rnriy-fiitlrlh. Ill tlio winter 01 1Si6-7 hu was' elected to the Senate where he has since served. Augustas II. Gnrlaiiil. Mr. Garland ?'? burn In Tipton County, Tenn., June 11,153J. The following year his jmrents moved . I to Arkansas. where he has represented In the Semite [since 1S7S. Ho wa# oducated In St. Mary's College I and St Joseph's College In Kentucky. He Studied ! Ihw and was admitted to the practice at Washington, Ark , the place where his parents had originally settled In InW. lit- removed to Little l!ock. where his home now Is. in 1S">G. He was a dc legate to the Stale! convenil'Mi that pn-sed tlu< ordinance of secession In 1S01, nnd was also a member or the provisional Confederate Congress tlmt subsequently met the same year at Montgomery, Ala. He served In both the House nml Senate of the Confederate Congress, being in the Senato when the war closed. lie was ohcled from Arkansas to the United Stale* Senate March 4, 1SS7, hut was not admitted to his sent. He tnaile the test unth ens^t as to lawyers In tlio Supreme Court of] tlio United States nnd coined It. Ho practiced law nt Little Hock with success till 1674, when he was e'ected Governor of Arkani-as wlthvut opposition, and at the expiration of hia term was elected to the United j Suites Senate, again having no opposition and succeeded l'owell Clayton. He has taken high r.itik as a i lawyer from the day he entered the Senate, and hss for some time hcen a member of the Judiciary Committee. He is of medium height and speaks with clearness, deliberation and force. His wife died soon after he was elected to the Senate and he has since remained u widower. Mm. C. Endlcott. Wllilnm Crowninshleld Knillcott, Mr. Cleveland's Secretary "f War, was burn In Saietn, in 182T and Is the son of William Putnam Kndicott i>nd Mary, daughter of Hon. Jacob Crowninahteld, who wna a Representative to Congress, He attended the Salem sch'Mils. and wns graduated from Harvard College In j the class of 1947. He married hia cousin, a daughter of George I'enb idy,and hns two children, a eon anil I a daughter. Judtre Kndicott studied at Harvard Law i School, ami read law In the ofttec of the late Nathanj lei J. Lord. He was admitted to the liar about 1950 | and a tew years later lormed a partnernershlp with the lute J. W. Perry an.1 continued with lilin nr.tll i h':s nppnlntinont by Gov. Washburn to a scat oa tlic I Supreme* Bench in 1ST:}. This position he held until 11?82, when he resigned on account of his health. Ill I la>2 he made nn extended lour of the continent, lie | was n member of the Salem Council In 1852,1558 and ; In 1357, when he was elected President of thai hoard. I He was city , solicitor from 1S58 to 1S<53. He la a | member of the Historical Society nnd of tho Board I of Overseers ot Harvard College The cominp Secretary of War In a direct descendant from 0 v. John I Kndlcott. Politically Mr. Kndicott Is of Whig antei cedent*, his affiliation wl h tho Democratic party i dating from the Bell-Everett campaign of ISO), but lie has never been nn active politician. l.aai fall. It , may be recalled, he was the candlda'e of his p?rty I for Governor in the State, but did i.ot himself appear in tho can vacs, and necked n comparatively small vi>te. Asa lawyer and a Jud^e Mr. Eudicott holds high rank, and personally he Is a gentlemen of the highest character. The object of the appointment Is manifestly to gratify the Independent aides of tho Democracy, and may be accepted as Indication of Mr. Cleveland s purpose to make them, if posslblo permanent supporters ot himself and party. The rank and file of the regular Democracy appear to ac<]<iisese i In that Idea as n shrewd and politic thing to do, though there ?ro unquestionably, a dozen leading New England Democrats the selection of any one of whom for the Cabinet they would have balled with a warmer and more sincere satisfaction. William F. Vila*. Mr. Vilas was horn at Chelsea, Oiango county, Yt.' July 9.1S40. When he was eleven years old ho went to Wisconsin, where, a few months after, he was entered a pupil of tho preparatory department of ibe University or that Stale. In 1S58 be matriculated In the lr'rcshmen classes of 1 hat institution, nnd was itiadunted therein 1S5S. After taking Ills academical degree he studied law In Albany, N. Y.. and was graduated from the law school of that city in 13C0 After his admission to the Supreme Court of New York lie removed to Wisconsin, where, on his birthday, July 9,1SS0, be made his first argument before the Supreme Court of that State. In the same year, 1&C0, he became a partner with Chas. T. Wakelry, a lawyer of good standln;. I p?n the outbreak of the war Mr. Vilas entered the army as captain in the Twenty-third Wiscon, sin Volunteers, and roso to bo Mujorand LieutenantC'o'onel. He resigned bis commts.slon nnd resumed til.. . r .Klloi I.r lliu li.ui -l-.n 1 lsrtJ In 1*7 > P.-n tl K. lirj ant Joined him in partnership, and In 1ST* his brother, E. P. Vila*, also became <i partner In tiie firm. The Supreme Court nl NV'ii?cni.sir> Oil. Vll.u one of >lie revivors of the statutes of ihe St.Ve In 1SI5, and the revision of loiS, ml"pte<l by tlio State. win partly made l>y hlu). In l&71>, .Mr. Vilas refused the use of his name an a candidate for Ihe Governorship<>| VN Iscotisln. He has persistently declined office, Dot , went to Chicago ns u deleft .to to the convention ol 19 4, which hunured him with Us pcrmaauul chairmanship. William C. Whitney. Mr. Whitney was born In Conway, Mass., In 1S39. His father, Gen. James 3. Whitney, who hud been collector of Ihu l'ort of llostnn, a delegate to tin: Charleston convention ot IsCO. umi prominent among ' the great Democrats of that State, was regarded cs one of > he leaders of the party. After being graduated Iroui Willlston Seminary a! i Easthamptnn, William C. Whitney entered Yale College In 1S>R9. William G. Sumner, the well known wi Iter tinil teacher upon political economy, who w:.t his classmate, Mr. \V hitney divided the Hist prize foi . English essays. He was chosen to deliver the oialion . of his class of graduation. Entering the Harvard , 1 jiw School, he was graduated in 1SG5, and continued J lil? studies in New York with Abraham 11. Lawrence, . now one of the Judges of the Supreme Court. On , his admission to the liar be began the practice of hie profession, which he has since followed. In 1871 Mr. Whitney took a foremost part In the or gnmzition of the Young Men's Democratic Club which still continues as a vigorous and powerful pollt | leal factor, lie was prominent mnong those In the , club who maintained und perlected the system of in' f; speetlon at the polls in the inemoiable election oi that year, when the citizens asserted their rights ant . foititnt against the notorious Tweed and the i'.epnbli can Democratic ring. He contributed Iwfely to Ih* honest vote. The altei.tion of Mr. Tllden was at' traded by bis sigac.ty and (.mirage exhibited in thai contest. Mr. Whitney's prominence in the iioliti so ' New York hat been uninterrupted since that time ' The friendship of Mr. Tilden given hiui then has ut-v ' er Ixvn withdrawn or Weakened. When Mr. Whitney became the official adviser o; the mayor lie Was placed as a barrier between the pub1 lie treasury and the establishment of c'aims aitgiegaling millions of dollars growlngout .if the ring frauds ' There were already over S'SOO suits |x-nding agninsl 1 the city, involving tl.tyiOU.lKW to $20,UvO,UUl), and new ' ones were la/ginning every day by the score. He held 1 this office until December, 18e2, having twice been reappointed, when he resigned the position, In which lie was entitled to continue f'-r two years itiore. During his term of seven years he not only paved larct ' sums of inoncv, but Instituted a svsteui for Ihu pro I U'Cllmi of the city's legal rights which me of perum>! liclit bt-nelll. | It Is estimated that Ills Niving to the city while lit i wns its counsel directly amounted tu ('2,100,000, nm I Indirectly tu much more. | WHAT THE NEWSPAPERS SAY OF THE PRESIDENT'S ADVISERS. ?. Xo Dhpntlns that they art Men ol llrains and Character. (From the Jlurt/ord, Conn., Courant, Rep ) The new Cabinet, whatever criticism It may lie open to In other respects, Is a Cabinet ol . brains and of character. The President can be Trnstod. (From the yew York Evening I'oxt, hid. Hep.) Wc prefer to believe that lie has lit all hla appointments acted on better knowledge than we possess and with the confident and well-founded expectation of making his ad' i mimstrnllon whathla supportersut the polls - looked for at hla hands. | Secretary Jfr.nninjj Hound on Financial Questions. (From the yew York Mail anil Express, Rep.) Mr. Manning,as secretary of the treasury has the great <)iialit1eations of being sound on all the treat financial questions of the day. That he is courageous and has largo cxecu{live capacity, wo doubt uot. | The Cabinet Means Honest and Capable Government. (From the New York World, Dcm.) ; We accept the Cabinet as a vindication ol J (iroverCleveland's nomination and election ion every essential point. It means llonest Government. ]t means Capable Government. It menus Democratic (jovernment. It moans Reform. The Ablest In Modern Times. ) f (From the Philadelphia Times, hid. Dcm.) j The new Cabinet is 0110 of the ablest select; e<l In modern times, and there Is not a shade of xusntulon attach tin: to its Integrity. As Uoml i\h any I'realdcnt Ever llnd. (From the Baltimore Situ, Vein.) I The Gentlemen selected by President Clcveland to aid lii 111 with th**Ir counsels in the [conductor the Government will com pure I favorably In point of character and ascertained ability wirh the membership of any previous Cabinet from lire Inception of the republic to I lie present tIAie. They constitute, Indeed, a body of advisers of exceptional strength. each beltm well tltt?*d by his Individual cxperenee for the duties to whleh lie is assigned and all possessing the quailties that entitle them to a pi are hi u haid [ working rcfroni administration, | It )liisl Sntl??fy nil who wish for Goo4 Government. (From the Hot Ion Herald, IntL) The Cabinet, ns a whole, Is one that gives ?reat satisfaction lo those who, lrre> pec live of party, wish lor good Government. It likewise conimlls the Democratic party, so* far as the Presidents action can do it, to the policy of progress and reform. In adnerence lo which lies)its only hope of converting a tentative frui>t Into a contirincil grant ol power. It <loos not Kepresent any Change for the Iletter.*' (From the Hartford, Qonn., Pout, Itcp.) That a Cabinet thus constructed can be hi in/O' way a marked success, will be almost . Impdsslblc. It Is not satisfactory to the Lieinj ocralie party anil It is not satisfactory to 'lift I country, for the reason that It docs not representany change for the better; Indeed as i compared with the Cabinets of Hayes, Gar. field or Arthur It is lameniably weak. "Industrious Energetic nixl Enrncxt.** (I'rom the Washington Critic, Hep.) I The Cabinet Is generally regarded an an In! iliistriiius, energetic anil earnest one, In accord with the Administration la every respect. Hound frnin Top to Bottom. (From !hr ltnuhni Pout, Don.) ' Froi.Y I lie top to the bottom the material Is excellent ami the average necessarily high. Massachusetts certainly has reason to !>{ I abundantly satisfied. She has been selected I to represent New Kngland, and one ot her ; most distinguished sons has been chosen to wear the iiiyli honor of a Cabinet position. His record, his character and his abilities are t\ guarantee that lie will wear it worthily and I a* a trust to be Jealously guarded. The Sectional Lino Abolished. J (/Vow rlic Jirooktyii Union, /nil. Jirp.) The significance of the political resolution. Which culminated on Wednesday, is most clearly manifested In the composition of the new Cabinet. For the first time in u'<iuartcr of a century a President has nominated a Cabinet which Is national, instead of being sectional. The two great divisions of the country arc represented upon equal terms for the !irst time since l.Stifl. The abolition of tiie sectional line In the Cabinet is hearllly welcomed by far-seeing clllzens of botb parties. The More you Study It the Bettor you Mlic it. (From Ihr IironUyn Ewjlr, Jinn.) It will be found that the more this admirable Cabinet Is studied (lie better will its several and colli etlveability for these concurring purposes be appioved. M'.'s.-rs. Day aid and i#*i-i. r-^y r-?y Ttn ' i mmt&Brnmmmmmmmmmm Garland arc ns accomplished and versatile men an the nation contains. Messrs. Manning, Whitney und Vilas have a m-ord of efficient aid to great issues with an effective organization or political fo revs on their belialf which la exceeded by that of no other three men now In active life: Messrs. Endlcott nnd Lamar represent finely those ethical and scholarly agencies whtdh are In nil politics upholding the best reforms, and which, within Democracy, put that party on the affirmative side of every moral issue. Presiding over them all Grover Cleveland. aJi Chief Magistrate, represents a anion of Industry, of business methods and o( reform principles, a rare combination of conscience, courage, conviction and trust in God and iu the people. * THE PLEDGES OF THE PRESIDENT. Another Batch of Xcnnpnpor Opinions About Cleveland'* Artdrc**. (From the Indianapolis Journal, Jirp.) I The inaugural address of Mr. Cleveland is1 short, plain, study in tone and sentiment, quite passionless, partaking of the stolidity which Is apparently of the wurp and woof of the nature of the new President. There certulnly can be no serious objections urged nuainrtt it, end it makes a platform upon which hi* party cannot staud and will hot try to stand. "Vague, Feeble and Rambling." (From the Iiotlon Journal, Hep.) The address Is vaguo, feeble nnd rambling, and tiie most careful sturdy of It affords not even the ba?Is for a conjecture hk to what' Mr. Cleveland's probable course will be. None other Mke It Hlnec Lincoln Kpoke. {From the Phila. Evening Telegraph, Ii^p.) No other Inaugural or which we have any recollection, except thnt of Mr. Lincoln, so i Impresses the reader with a reuse of such abI solute sincerity of purpose. Few others have ! been so brief, ho direct, or so marked by clear, wise thought. If it were not so brief, so atiractlve from tile first word to the last-, we should llko to quote sentences, of which j It Is full, that Indicate the loftiest patriotism, the purest political virtue, and the clearest, strongest Intelligence. It Is Impossible after reading this address not to feel that If It truly denotes the mind and heart of the President, he Is a man of most generous culture and ample wisdom. He (inld the Right Things In the Right Way. (From the liotton Herald, Ltd.) His courageous, comprehensive nnd explicit utterances on every question of high Importunce now before the country sustain the prediction which we made, that the brightness of his address would come from bristling points, not from glittering generalities. There Is no evasion, no dodging or trimming, no nilstery or concealment In the address ol the new President. It is the plain nnd straightforward talk of an honest and patriotic man, speaking to his fellow citizens of what It concerns them to know as to the spirit In which he accepts his trust, and the purposes which will guide Ills administration. He said cxuclly the right things In Just the right way. A Jlon with Conviction . (From the notion Glnbe, Dcm.) In short, the message Is the work of one who has convictions and Is wll.'lng that ull the world should know them. Qnlle Satisfactory. (From the Hart for(?, Cottn.i Poit, Rrp.) On tho whole the address Is quite satisfactory. * A Revival of the Old Tetttn. (From the llottnn !\>st, Dcm.) In fact, Democracy gains a new meaning to this generation In the light of his inesBiigc. t>l in ply because to many it hud lost much of It* old meaning. It is a kind of louch-stoiie to the tuing iisctf. It revives the old lists. "Brief, bat Forcible and Comprehensive." (From the St. I/ntU Mo., Iiepnblican, Dcm.) The address Is brief, but forcible and comprehensive In character and plainly outlines the principles with will control the Administration. It Is pervaded by a noble, simple, patriotic spirit, well calculatrd to Inspire respect towards the new President, amj conti(tenceln his rectitude and purity of purpose. A Man of Providence to the People. (From the Brooklyn Eagle, Dem.) The words of the President charting the course of his purpose fitly reveal hltn as h man of Providence to a people, along the h|nhwny of whose history have often been heard the staidly stepping* of Deity, for whom God hus more than once almost visibly interfered, and who have in Grovcr Cleveland as capable and upright a ruler of Iheirchoieensthe tvolution of freedom ever unfolded In this Republic to tho observation of the race and to the respect uud esteem ol Americans, ns well as of all those who love and labor for llbei ty, In ltd resistless march across the sees and around the world. The Fntilc Ra^e of a Htalwnrt. (From the Cincinnati Qjmmeicial-Gazette, Bloody ShlrL) \Vc o'o rot think tliut In any formpr Inau r Rural address there have been as many or ino thin phrases of personal conceit anil pul>llc affectation lis arc contained in tills production. "HntUfnctory In the Slain." (from the Chicago Herald, hid. Rev.) i rresldelit Cleveland's address Is satlsfoc: tory In the main. 1 A Thoroughly BunincK-like Docnmont. (From the Albany, X. Argxu.) It Is a thorougly business-like document, 1 the straightforward,outspoken sentiments oi ' a man who fully comprehends the magnitude | of the responsibilities he has taken upon himself, of the needs of the nation und the 1 multiplex problems of the situation. [ Victory which Menus Peace for the ' Country. (From the Philadelphia Inquirer, Hep.) The conservative tone ol tue address, the ! fine Intelligence, the patriotic feeling, the . conscientious earnestness It demonstrates, . will give renewed assurance to tins country r that the great political revolution which ivos I yesterday consumated in the presence of Uk . nation and hy its assistance, Is not likely . to have the serious results which were con, tcmplnted during iho campaign as likely tu t follow Dtmucratic success. A TRAGEDY IN 8PAETANBUR0. i r A Colored Man Knocks at the Door of a White Woman In the Ni^bt Time?When the Door In Opened lie KhootM IZer Through the l Brain. (Greenville yews.) Many people in Greenville remember a col orcd mini who was cmj>loye<l at the mansion ' house here mimed Epli. Aden. Tho on'y remarkable thins about Hint was the extreme ' lightness of his complexion and the strong resemblance he horc to a white man, traces ol ' negro blood about hi in being dilllcult to dlsI cover, he was a quiet and efficient man and was not known to the police here except as a law abiding and respectable citizen. .Some years ago ho went to Spartanburg and . obtained employment as depot drummer for ' the Merchant'!! hotel, in which busimss he gave satisfaction to his eniyloyer and the paIrons of the house, lie was not a drinking man, and was Invariably quiet and well be. haved. ' In some way he beenme acquainted with n white woman now Known as Hickman. She Is said to have been the same woman who was well known in Columbia and Charleston several years ago as Nan Smith, and who was f conspicuous at that time for Iter handsome appcaranee and mns.nl/lccnt dressing. Her face was slightly disfigured by n long sear, the result of n quarrel with Mime man who used a knife, but she was the object of much i attention from various men then prominent in republican politics, some of whom arc said to have spent thousands of do lars on her. , She has gradually gone down, as such women ; generally do, uud rcudieJ almost tho lust stages of degradation. She believed Aden to bo a white man and had lived with him, It Is said,"for some time. Recently she was Informed that he was a negro, and when he went to her house to sec her on Thursday evening at nine o'clock, she refused to admit him and told her reason. Moore went away, obtained his pisto', returned to the house and called the woman out. As soon as he got in reach of her he opened lire, shootinvr her five tunes and killing her Instantly. lie then returned to the ?.,!( ,tu to!Kuril tahle and announced I that lie hud killed *'bls lover" nnd intended to kill himself. lie placed Die muzzle or Ills pistol In liIh month nnd attempted to pull the trigger, but wns prevented from doing so and disarmed. On his way to or from the scene of Ids crime ho had drunk a quantity of liquor and become Intoxicated for the first time Id the knowledge of his acquaintances. Meantime the fact of the murdor had become known and a young white man who was found in or near the dead woman's house was arrested and put in Jail charged with the crime. Moore's confession became known, however, and lie was arrested. He was very cool nnd detlant, and told of what he had done In a boasting way, even slating that nf| t>t lie had Icl'l the body he returned aud lclt it to make sure that life was extinct. Another Account of the Killing. Thenbove statement of the crime was ob; Inlned from passengers on the tralus from [Spartanburg and from citizens of tireenvlile ! who claimed to know the facts. The following story of it came by mall last night: Spaktanbuku, March Gih. Last night about 8:30 o'clock Annie lltckman was bruuilly murdered by a negro named |>d. Dundy. Tiundy has bt-en a porter at the Merchant's;hotei for some months past. i lie Is a tall, clammy looking octoroon, no. torlously dissipated and much given to trying j to pass himself oil for white. I?n.st evening, being Intoxicated, lie called at the lu-use of Annie Ucckiniin and sought to ohtalu entrance." she refused to admit him and he 1 then asked her to come to the door, that lie wished to see licr. sslie opened the door. I when he placed it pistol close to head and I fired. With ?. cry ofOhGodf" she fell to | the flobr and Immediately expired. Hundy I left at onceand came uptown boasting of what : he had done, and was promptly arrested. ! Rumors as.to the cause are numerous, but ! f.r?e theory that mfletx with the most believers 1* that Hundy tried 10' persuade the wornj an toadmit him,and beingrefused 011 account of his color he became enraged; and allowing | his Ihjiior to gdt Ihe b<?sl of hint,-ho tired the shot. This theory is the more strongly bc. lieved as quite recently, it Is said, Hundy visited a house kept by another white woman ! tjtid tried to pass hhnsdlf Off fo? Wiiite, but being recognized, was pin. o.u. .?>oi uim I faith Is pur in ll?t* reports Unit there had been any relations existing between tliern. I Annie Ilickmun lias boon In Spartanburg ' for some fourteen or fifteen years. Shi was j the heroine of one or two scandals, and was ! zontjra11j|fOticeilKj to possess miiiiy traits bet! for than usually found among such people. I Dundy is in jail, and though some rumors ' of lynchlngnreatloat.it is mora likely that i the law will take its course. He attempted' suicide alter committing the deed, and the feeling is one of gei;oral regret that he did riotsirccecd. The Coroner not being handy, Trial Justice Kant held air Inquest on Ilia rei mains and rendered a wrdict in accordance | with the above?that she came to her death , by the hand of Kd. Dundy. s. ; The discrepancy of names In the nam<?s in II In; accounts will nut cause much wonder to those familiar wIlH'JIiv hfthlt of colored people of changing their names whenever they please. There seems little reason to doubt thai Ai.cn and ltundy are one and the miiuc I person. At 11 o'clock last night a party was organized to lynch Aden, or Dundy, but up to mhl| night nothing had been done. Tlie Mnu not I..vnclio?I. Ilut i( In Though! flint it Jur.v Can lie Had | flint Will Award Him Jnstice. , tireenvlllc being free of local Incident of a startling or exciting eharacler, flic murder of Thursday night in .^paitanhurg was still generally discussed end enquired about yesterday. No exact census of the number of different stories of the affair brought here was' taken, but It Is believed they would reach several hundred. The developments of yesterday seem to show clearly that Hie colored man known here as Kpli. Aden was not the I murderer. Kph. is reported by late travelets to lie still at work as porter for the Merchants hotel. The murderer was a waiter al the same hotel and of very much Kph's color, The talk of lynching scents to have died out. i A FORMES CITIZEN'S TROUBLE. ^Nfl Rev. It. A. Fair's Hon My?tcrloiM|^H VlMppcan From H?m?. ^H| [ Sewberry Observer.) Adger Fair; SOtl of Rev. R. A. Fair, of the Newberry l'rcsbytcrlan Church, dl^BHfl appeared mysteriously last Friday, xla^H^flfl which lime he lias not been heard froiM A dyer Is a bright. wel .'-behaved iad. HI^H father thinks that lie bus not been rmdtj^^^H| dime novels; but ho bos had for f-ome a consuming desire In go to sea; and It^BH thought he left with that intention. R^HBE leaving may have been Influenced to sori^H^H extent l>y the fact lhnt the nurgcon bad pointed Friday nfiernoon for cutting out Ingrowing nail. He appeared to dread |SHfl operation. mHM We lmve been rcqnestcd by the yona^^HH man's father to copy the following, In hope that It may reach the eye of somo who Can Klve some luTormatlou to the tressed parents: NKwnnitv, March 2? Adgcr Fair, year-old ran of the Rev. R. A. Fair, of thfl H place, disappeared from home on Friday und bos not since been heard from. Nalnra^^^HI ly his parents are greatly distressed at unaccountable absence, and they have h> artfelt sympathy of the community whom they arc held iu high esteem. Fair has been the pastor of the Presbytenl^^^H Church here for several years, and Ills soi^^H the Rev. J. Y. Fair, Is also a Presbyterin^^^! miniKur, anu me ramiiy in well Known Presbyterians throughout the State. UHB Fulr, the father, Is about (M years of nge, nuB before he became a minister was a lawyer t^D^H good practice, being for a long time a partn^H^H of Judtce Thompson {it Abbeville. The following description of Adger Fair the lime of bin d I happen ranee rauy po??lbiH assist In his discovery an6 return to hla tressed parents: Thirteen years old, large for bIs age, blue ey*s and dark halj^^^M wore a gray sack cont and vest, dark chec^^lH pants felt lint, gutter shoe*. Loft foot koi^^B| from an ingrowing null." Any information In regard to the bo^^^H should be *eut to the Kev. It A. Fair, Ntni^^H berry, 8. C. ^HHI Mr. Fnlr offer* n reword of (100 to any on^^HB who will detlan his son and give him the formation, or who will return hlme to home. ?? Retnrn of the Nlwlng Ron. Newberry, March 7.?Aiiger Folr, the bo^^H| of the llev. It A. Fair, wholelt home on Kri^H^I diy list, and for whom diligent search lia^^^H I since been made, greatly relieved his distres^^^H | cd parents by pulling In his appcnmnce | night about bnlf-past ten o'clock. Aivunni^^H pected, he left hereaud went direct to Charlei^^^H | ton, arriving there on Saturday mornln^^^H j about 9 o'clock. lie at once repaired to i wharf and succeeded In effecting arrangtl^^H ments to board a vessel for Liverpool. before leaving thoughts of his home and litH parents came over his mind and hi* courxs^^HB fulled, and he dectdcd to return home. liH lefl.Charlestonon Saturday night and weo^^^H to Florence. At that point his money out and he walked home. He left Florene^^^H on Monday morning, arriving nt home night He says that the people alonij liis llnj^^H| of travel were very kind to him and that had no trouble In getting plenty to eat Ills strange thai he was not recognizod iintH captured. He says he never pretend^ to hld^HH or avoid being seen. He spent fully half dny in Columbia on the streets, and thong^^^H the police were on the lookout for him lievn^H not recognized. Ills parcuU think that hl^^^l passion for a seafaring life Is scarcely sailsflei^^^H ami speak of binding him to a good sea eap^^^H tulu and let him experience one voyage. general Grant happy. j^h lie Com ont for a Drive aid then celvcM a Number of Friend*. EHfl New York World, March 5. H| General Omnt nnd his wife wentont drlvIn^^BB ye*lerdny Hfternoon. They returned home 4 o'clock much refreshed.and received aboulHH it hundred cHllIng cards left by friends durlo^^^B his abnence. The passage of tho retirement hill put th^^H Genernl In a particularly good humor gave nn edge to his appetite. He ute oysten^^H chopped meat nnd drank beef teaiind coffcc^^H In tno evening the family gathered In hl^^M room on the sccond floor, nnd a few friend*, both ladles and gentlemen, were ud^^H mltted to tho circle. Ill* sons opened Ibe tel^^^H caroms of congratulation from his friends Washington nnd rend the rt'i*>rts of the age of ttie bill from the newspapers. Colonel Fred. Grant would not leave th^^H cheerful circle of friends lastevenlnr.batsen^^^l word to a World reporter that tils fat her ww^^^l very much better. The news from WusMng^^^C ton hud pleased him greatly, and ho waa s*^^K much stronger that ho hau nope of seeln^HH many better days to come. HBH Dr Douglass said at mldnlglit: "TheGon^^M eral hud a very comfortnble day. I went drt vflHB In* with him thin afternoon to tee tliat kept well wrapped nn. He was very ctieerDi^^H over the retirement bill. He ale more to-dsj^^H than ror many days. His condition is beitei^^H than for some time. The rnneeronn ulremtioi^^H Is not making the progress that U wa?. Thet^^H was no foundation for the report in the pram that he was dying." . A voung physician recently from Gcrman;^HI has written the surceon* in the case, crlticlsMH ing the statement tliat the cancer cannot b^^BB i got at for an operation. He *aya he saw th^^B same ulceration removed abroad by cottlttf^^H open the cheek nnd SHiylng throngh the Jaw^^B bone. He says the oporatlon is new in tbli^^H country, but has been successful In manj^^ niNniinjurimiu)' Hnu r ruuctj. luoreiiiniw^HH slblllty that a celebnited surgeon of Uerlln^^H will bu consulted to regard to GonomlOrunt'i^^H case. |MB Farm Work for luck. |H (Southern World.) HH In a larse portion of the Cotton States, this Is pre-^HH eminently the plaoitng month of the year. Daring^^H Its thirty one days, corn, cuton. oat*, rice, potetorf^^H I' all kind of garden vepetaLle?, In fact, nesrly thlnsr that is produced In our Southland In planted. Onr can lion may, perhaps, be needed: Do not i in loo bia a hurry to plant corn. This caution not npnrpo*, north of Utltode 88, where enrn Is r>rely^^H iilanled utitll after the April showers b-gin bi fit It l>ut It may be remembered In sesx-D. Some wrilrr^HH hahltuilly nrpo the wisdom of early planting corn^HH as a inenns of U-esciiiu(r the il?i gcr of the drradnfl^^E , mld-snnuner dronlh. Onr own observation, ]'ilnr(*^^H| , to considerable experience, has not borne ut thc^^H ' cliilins of such writers. There Is no rett'me, foe tl.?^^^| ' jiiinnicr drouth. Indeed It often falls to occur ut t At all events It do* s not come at sneh a Used peri?d^^H| , when It occurs at * 11. that a farmer may prorldtj^^^B asnlnst It by planting before the ground and the ali^^H are In proper condition to reetlre the seed and eie^^H ' courage the hea'thy crowib of the youug p'anu. Tli- difference of time between a very early p'an'-^^H ed field *nd one planted a week or two later, R by^H no menna, followred hy a corresponding difference* li^BS the reai-ecUve dates of "shooting and silting* of the^^H two fields. Kvery farmer knows how otten It occnnfl^f that a crop of corn whose Urst and last pUntlml^^H 1 covered a period of two weeks or m.**, ripens at the^^Hj , same time so nearly, that "all the fodder Is ready to^^H pnll" at the Mtme lime. A. d fMvnco of two weeka^^H In pMntln:, may mean only three or four days In^^H s'lklm:. It In annlagons to thu physiological fact tfci.C^^H two weeks difference In the ages of udtnaU is hardly^^H apprecitble when approaching maturity. The corn plant has Its cycle of growth, derelnp-^^H 1 menr, nnil maturity, and with Ihe^mine variety thcre^^H 1- but Httle variation. It may bo checked la, Ita^^H early growth by the unfavorable rnrronndlnga or lovr^^H lempernturo and excessive moisture, but It cannot^HH ,| he lo-ld back at tlio other end ?r lit proffrrst. Hence In very early plan tines the growth It often >etard.d,^^H anil llic plant dwarfed to inch bo extent that tho^^H ejti..,. t-uiiwl-HtjJyn before I bey have attained fult^^H t'le. Whatever 111:17?<ms said to the contrary, atol^^H exceptional years cited in wbicb rn.nll ?U ks pra^H Urge ylil.l?, wo believe In a good tiled (talk; Mrb^HH a stalk as will he tlio result of warm snnah'ne and^^H iri iil.il showera from the very day of planting antik^^H tile eara begin lu n^d with tbu of goldrufl^H V'rain. Of all tlie crops we prow. H seem? that In.UIn corn^H| la ibo uioat sensitive to unf-tvorable Season*. anti^^H recovers lr?.? perfectly and entirely from a ?rt-6ac?^^H In the.spring. Aa to the time to plant, onr lole is to plant on nr^^M about tlie date which the experience of pact yeant^V] sliuws to have given the biSt uop with tto least bur ami worry. As corn r< qutroa from ten day? to two weeks to-^BB come up, when planted la the spring. it it a matter^^M of little moment whether the ground U warm on th*^^H very day of planting. li the period b-is arrived when we may reasonably expect foltublo temperature for germination within tlie nc.it four or five days nr a >reik, aud ihe gruurul it nol wet, let the seed lie planted. lilt probable that the tv.athcr *il! be better In th?|^H next two weeks; and the second week It much tns most important of the two. A good rale would bo to fdnnt after the date approved by experience arrived, when the gronnrt is not wet, and yon are fully ready. We have repeatedly seen planting going on when the ground had been 'frozen in the early morning, with the remit of good ttiuidt of viguroua'^^H plants in two weeks' time. IV ml I ni the approach of the '"right, tirao to plant" let all diligence bo lited. to get reedy. As n rnle^^B in the Sooth, ibe plowing that Is done Juat before 1 planting gives the most satisfactory results. Corn I planted on freshly plowed land, and "run round" at : tho usual time, will frequently stand without plow* Ing out the middles, aniil the usual time for second plowing liu arrived. MH The |i.n>t month bas been so wintry and wet tbnt^^H mnch of the February woik has been "brought lorward" to March. Rnt March is a bigger month than | Febiunry; it has more davs and longer days, aud Hj I can stand the strain if all bands move actlvoy, and I the heavens are reasonably favoring. |H| Let lite potato heil ho well fin-pored and or laiM J Jinn nsluns. We mean the i-weet potato, a trnly Southern product, which no whore else grows so ashy thetlilo (if the cotton plant. Thu poselbllitlMof the swi-et putstii crop M the Snath have mvi-r been properly appreciated. K?y of culthrtUnnr-^^H rather Indifferent a? to soil than otherwise, enormousI ly pioduutive, a most palatable, wholesome ajjd ten in;: lood, we have overlooked this "prophetin tit* |^H own ciinniry"ln the *lTurl to wtapt tbe tnrnip culturai^^H of Kiiglalid'aud the best culture or other climes our Deed ?rf a rout crop. The hi d fnrrltpH should be well manured with well |HI rotted stable manure (free, however, frum the jcrflfc^^W ?r weiil?) line chip manure and ashes, or commercial fertilizer*. K bulky manures bo used cover too ^H| gruUDd (marked out four feet wide) with an Indi or twu of manure, Fork it well and mark the surface prefectly tine, smooth and level, Set the potatoes flrmlv, nne tiy one. so as not to touch each other, snd bring tlie upher surlacrs In to the same plnne by prei-sure applied ibiouch a wide plank. Then cover ^^B with light soil or chip "tnannre, that contains do w?4 hh seeds, to the depth uf twu fncnes. A tup da-sain;; of leached nsher Is an excellent ^^B finish. JH| Bear in mini) In locating tbe potato patch and approprifttin; manure, thut the awret potato (as well ? ^^B the lrlrb) must bnvean abundant supply uf pottuh; Hfl It is whit I'ruf. Vllle, rails the dominant element of MB ! r..??ll?tc* \\'/wu! nhln-k Ik I In* bmn?-Iv and I resource for this element. I As Is true of the turnip patch, so it is important, I also, that the po ato patch sbalt receive repeated plowi ingK before the crop is planted?up to the very j hour of M'trnif tho ilratcs. j Meanwhile, the preparation fur cotton most go on. We believe the best method of preparing bud lor i ordinary "ex tensive" plantlnz is that followed by ; many of themort successful farmers. List the I it'll ! Into broad 'Ists on the "hard ground" in the middle' of lust year's rows (If b< fore in cotton,) h aving only a narrow rldg.t that can b? o|>ened out with one furi row. A week or two befoic planting open this rldjio deeply, deposit fertii'zers ami lift on it. If intending j to use concentrated fertl<izeis heavily, apply onethird In opening furrow aud one-third, or a little les* than one-third, tn each of the listing furrows, and bed out wtih four furrows itr all, reserving sotno of ' the fertilizer, or soino special abdication, to be put ; in with the seed. Pruning. ,j TtiC season approaches for owner* of frnlt tree*, grape vines and shruobery to have them properly , pruned, since much depends on this Work to obtain success. The q'nesilon arises, how Is it to be d?ne, as even few gardeners have an ideo how to distribute the flow of Nip so as to give the tree a symmetries! form, 1 or uiideistnnd the .formation of fruit bud*. Under no ritiiklilmiinn iirunlnir shuirs be used on peais. ; apples, cht-rrir^ <ir iduin tree*. The buds of thes? trese an- close tm.vulier, the Lest of shears *111 brtilw the hirk. the hud will dry up, and the second will take a ?tart, consequently you will hare a dried up snag from one lo two liiches long. These trees are best pruned with a good sharn knife, or a fine cuttine ??* may be used oil the larger limbs, In order to ' make a clean cut, which wl'l ix-al up nicely. Al/o oWrre closely that joii cut to an eye which will ; start the new grow th awiiy from the center of tb? tree. Most tri e?have a t< ndency to gtow twc thick In the centre, and to prevent t"hl?, pttmo tho way designated. Where large limbs are close together, take a small slick, sharpen It so that It tapers on both end*, hniee It between these llinbs ; after n while they will stay so separated. <>m gtape vines the shears may be used; If yon should cut too close to an eye it may bleed, nnd main a! weak growth, and the two-yeandd wood Is reinovid to make room for last year's growth. Nothing Is rained by leaving j our main branches too long. Kvery where you may observw old grspo vines which have a few attaching braticlns left on tol.. I he flow of sap. If not restrained, hits a tendency to run to the e.\tr? initles, the CoiiMi|iieiice being that the lower lateials cannot obtain their sliiiro of sapf ami will therefore make a weak growth; In a few }ears will dry up altogether, and leave all uusl^lllly; trunk.?/'. /, in Amaicun Furincr.