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| THROUGH WITH A RUSH
THE FRIENDS O? SILVER GIVEN NC
SHOW IN THE HOUSE.
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Senuts Amendment Accplcd?X - Hons*
v Amecdmen's Allowed to be Introduced
Livingston Illnts that Roconclllat'on oi
the Democratic Party May be Hard .
Washington, Nov. 1.?The fina1
touches were put on the silver purchase
bill in the House today. It was
taken up sooo after the reading of the
journal, and was, after a series of abortive
attempts at obstruction and after
a half hour's discussion, the time being
parcelled out to some half dozen speak
ers, steered to a final vote by Wilson
of West Virginia, who had charge of
it. Amotion by Bland to refer it to
r the committee on coinage with instrucr
tions, was voted down?yeas 109; nays
175,and then the Senate substitute was
concurred in?yeas 193; nays 94. The
following is the vote in detail:
Yeas -Adams, Aldersou, Aldrich,
Apsley, Avery, Babcock, Baker of New
Hampshire, Baldwin, Barnes, Bartlett,
Barwig, Beldiu, Beltzhoover, Berry,
Bingham, Black of Georgia, Black of
llliuois, Blair, Brawlev, Breckinridge
of Arkansas, Bretz, Bricker, Brookshire,
Brosius, Brown, Bunn, Bynum,
Cabaniss. Cadmus, Caldwell, Campbell,
Cannon of California, Carutb, Catch
ings, Causey, Chickering, Clancy, Cobb,
of Missouri, Cockran, Jo^swell, Comp
ton, Cooaib9, Cooper ot .Florida, uooper
of Indiana, Cooper of Wisconsin, Cornish,
Covert, Crain.Cummings, Curtis of
New York, Daniels, Davey, Deforest,
Dinglev, Donovau, Draper, Dunn.Dunphy,
Durburrow, Elmunds, English,
Erdman, Everett, Fellows, Fielder,
IFitcb, Fie'cher, Forman, Gardner,G^ary,
Gei8s>i-ubainer,Gnl?'tt of Ne<? Y?rk,
Goldzier, Gorman, Greaham, GrouD,
Hniues, Hall ot Minnesota, Hammond,
Harter, Harmer, Haughen, Hnnderson
ot Iowa, Hendrix, Hines, HitC Holman,
Hopkins of Illiuols, Houk. of
Ohio, Hunter, Johnson of Indiana,
Johnson of North Dakota. Johnson of
Ohio, Joy, Keiter, Krihbs, L*pham,
/ Laytoo, Lafever, Lilly, Liuton, Lisle,
; Lock wood, Loudenslager, Lynch, Mag
ner, Mahon, Marshall, Martin of Indi-'
ana, Marvin ot New York, McAleer,
McCail, McCleary, McCreary, McDonnold,
McDowell, McEttrick, McGann,
McKaig; McNagny, Mercer, Meredith,
I Meyer, Miliiken, Mont&omerey, Moon,
Morse, Mutchler, Oates,O'Neill,of Massachusetts,
Outhwaite, Paschali, Patterson,
Payne, Paynter, Parson, Pendleton
of West Virginia, Phillips, Pigott,
Post,Powers, Price, Rondall.Ray,Ravner,
Reed, Reiley, Reyburn, Richards,
Richardson of Michigan, Ritchie,Rusk,
Russell of Connecticut, Ryan, Schermerhorn,
Scranton, Settle, Shaw, Shorman,
Sickles, Sipe, Summers, Sperry,
Springer, Stevens of West Virginia,
and C. W. Stone of Pennsylvania,Stone
of Kentucky, Storer, Swanson, Talbott,
" " Til ? T?
xayior or jluuiuub, xuuuiw, hovcj,
Tucker, Turner, TurpiD, Tyler, Van
Voorhis of New York, Wagner, Warner,
Washington, Wead ck, Waugh,
Wells, Wheeler of Illinois, White,
Whiting, Wilson of West Virginia,
Wolverton, Woomer and Wrigbt of
Pennsylvania?193.
Nays?AltkeB, Alexander, Allen, Arnold,
Bailey, Baker of Kansas, Bankhead,
Bell of Colorado. Bell of Texas,
Blanchard, Bland, Boatney, Boen,Bower
of North Carolina, Brahcb, Broderick,
Bryan, Burnes, Cannon of Illinois,
Capehart, Clark of Missouri, Cobb of
Alabama, Cockrell, Cooper of Texas,
Cox, Crawford, Culberson, Curtis of
Kansas, Davis of Kansas, Deaamond,
Denson, Dinsmore, Dockeir, Doolittle,
Ellis of Oregon, Epes.Fithian, Funston
Fyan, Grady, Haines of Nebraska,Hall
of Missouri, Harris, Hartman, Heard,
Henderson of North Carolina, Hermann,
Hilborn, Hopkins of Fennslyvania.
Hudson. Hutcheson, Ikirr, Jones,
Kem, Kigore, Kyle, . Lane, Latimer.
Livingston, Lucas, Maddox, Maguire,
Mallorg, Marsh, McCulloch, McDearmoD,
McKeighan, McLaurm, McRae,
Meiklejohn, Money, Morgan, Moses,
Pence, Richardson of Tennessee, Robbins,
Robertson of Louisiana, Sayers,
Shell, Sibley, Smith, Snodgrass, Stallings,
Stockdale, Strait,Talbert of South
Carolina. Tarsney, Tate, Wheeler of
Alabama, Williams of Illinois, Williams
of Mississippi, Wilson of Washington?94.
The bill was signed by the Speaker
shortly after its passage in the House.
The announcement '.hat the House had
concurred in the Senate amendment
was made to the Senate at 3.10, but it
was 4 o'clock when the enrolled bill
was laid on the Vice-President's desk
for his signature. Immediately atter
it was returned to the House committee
on enrolled bills, which committee
nharo-pti with the duty o' delivering
it to the President fcr his s^g- at-tre.
The President signed trie repeal bill
at exactly 4.30 o'clock this afternoon,
and one hour and tniity minuhs after
its passage. It was brought to the
White House by Representative A1
bert J. Person of Ohio, Chairman of
the House Committee oh enrolled Dills,
who had made the trip from the Capitol
on h cable car. Pearson reached
tne White House at about 4.25 and
was immediately admitted luto the
Presi ?ent'e office, while the President
was exammng tne ligures on the revised
vote on the final passage of the
measure. Secretary Carlisle and Attorney
General Olney were present
when the President attached bia signature.
Carlisle had come over to the
White House to seethe final act in the
repeal legislation, wh'le Oluey had
dropped in 'o cotsiltthe President on
a matter a<fecti. k his department.
Wben Pearson presented the enrolled
copy <?t the bill to iht, President, explaining
what it wis,\lr. Cleveland immediately
took up his pen aud wrote
these words in the lower left hand cor"?
vr ^u... i i&o')
uer: "iippruveu nmrrnun *,
Grover Cleveland," and the bill became
a law.
Tomorrow the Act will be enterred
upon tbe official record at the White
House and tne engrossed copy or' the
mtasure will be sent to the State Department
for permanent keeping.
Following is the more detailed account
of the proceediugs in the House:
There was a large attendance both on
the floor attd the galleries. Toe opening
prayer was made by the prospect'
Ive Chaplain, liev. E if. Bagby of the
city of Washington, and the first act
of the House alter the rtadiog of the
journal was the adoption of a resolution
electing him as Chaplain, and he
immediately t jok the oath of office.
The New York bridge bill with the
Senate amendment as paused in the
Senate yesterday wis laid before the
House. The amendments were non
concurred in, and a conference wan
asked.
The silver purchase repeal bill witt
the Senate amen J ment was laid before
the House and the Senate substitute
was lead.
Wilson, who had charge or toe Din
moved to concur in the Senate amend
ment and on tbat motion he moved th<
previous question. He assured th<
friends of silver that he had no desin
to press for a vote immediately attei
the lapse of the balf hour which wouk
be allowed for debate on the secondiuj
Of the previous question. If tbe pre
; v
vious question could be considered as
' seconded, he was perfectly willing that
the half hour might be extended to
I such reasonable time today as misjht
be desired for debate?say to 3 or 3.30
o'clock.
Bland, who leads the opposstioD, said
> that he had no disposition to delay the
final vote on the bill. He hoped, how'
ever, that ifs friends would permit it
f to come up in regular order and to be
/loVvotoil in a rooiilar w?V. Thft trpntlfi
man in charge of the bill and a major[
ity with him and could under the rules
of the House move the previous ques
tion at any time. He did not see the
1 necessity of his demanding the prevli
gus question on this occasioh. It seemed
to him that the gentleman from
West Virginia should let the debate go
on and when he thought, or when the
House thought, that the debate had
gone far enough, he could move the
previous question.
Wilson said that the parliamentary
difficulty in the way was that if he did
not move the previous question he
would lose uontrol of the bill and the
deoate would go on with opportunities
for the offering of all ?orts of amendments.
Livingston of Georgia suggested
that the Drevious Questions be con
sldered ordered, that five minute
speeches be allowed to members to explain
their votes up to 4 o'clock tnis afternoon.
He did not desire that Wilson
should lose control of the hill.
Stockdale (Dem.) of Mississippi complained
that the members were in the
hands of the member from West Virginia
and bad to get his permision even
to make a a iuquiry.
Wilson said that be had no objection
to an inquiry. "
Stockdale asked whether there were
no rights for members of the House
except for those who controlled the
bill? Had members to ask any man
for the precious privilege of i-xerclsing
'heir rights as American representatives
?
Livingston assured Wilson that the
friends of silver did not intend to obstruct
the passage of the bill. They
were just, as anxious to get It out of
the way and to go home as the others
were. They wanted the Democratic
party to be harmonized again if possible.
[Laughrer.] But at the same time
the silver mejn wanted an opportunity
m aivrt thu'r "votes. and that could be
done before 4 o'clock.
Wilson said be had practically made
that proposition.
Livingston: As the chairman of the
Committee on Coinage, Weights and
Measures (Bland) does not accept that
proposition, 1 will accept it. [Laughter.]
Bryan of Nebraska asked Wilson
whether the object of the previous
question was to prevent the House
from having the chance to vote on
amendments that might be offered.
Wilson: That is one reason, yes.
.Bryan. I want the record to show
that those who are in charge of the bill
are not willing to have amendments
voted on.
Wilson: The House has already voted
on all amendments that were offered
on that side.
Livingston: I understood the gentleman
from West Virginia to agree that
amendments might be offered.
A chorus of members: Oh, no, nothing
of the sort.
Wilson: I made no agreement about
that. I do not understand whether the
gentleman from Missouri, speaking
for his side of the question, has accepted
my proposition or not.
Diauu: X ItCL'epi UU pcu^uauiuu
the bill sbali corns up in toe regular
way.
The Speaker: Objection is made and
now tbe question is on seconding tbe
previous question. [Cries of "vote,
vote."]
As the Speaker put the question on
Wilson's motion, Bryan began a series
of obstructive motions, theiirst being
one to adjourn. That was voted down
26 to 180. Then came a motion for a
recess till 3 p. m., which was killed, 21
to 191. Thea In rapid succession (yeas
and Days being refused, and tellers being
also refused) came motions to ad)ourn
till Friday and "bill Saturday, and
motions to take a rece3S till various
hours named. These obstructive motions
were treated good bumoredly by
the House, and the Speaker counted
the votes on each occasion and announced
them with as much seriousness
and regularity as if th3 motions
were important ones.
After some dozen of them ha*d been
made, and disposed of, Wells of Wisconsin
caused general laughter by inauirine
whether the Committee on
Rules Had not some ready made rule
than would operate in this case. Soon
afterwards a motion was made by
Henderson that the House take a recess
of five minutes in order that the Committee
on Rules might briog on a cloture
rule, but the Speaker said that he
declined to put the motion. Henderson's
motion was repeated within five
minutes by Morse of Massachusetts,
and Reed remarked that the Committee
on Rules bad the right to act.
"The Chair did not consider the motion
of the gentleman of Massachusetts
as serious," said the Speaker.
4,I supposed he was," said Reed, atid
there w*s a laugh.
Finally in tbe confusion of obstructive
motions, tue Speaker suddenly put
the question and decUr d (amid much
hanuclnpping ana exultatiou) that the
previous question was ordered.
Wilson h^n took tbe floor and yielded
ten mrnutes to Bland. Bland sent
to the Cierk's desk and had read an
araeudmeni which he had intended to
offer, reviving audre-enacting thelavv
nf i??7 for r.hM unlimited coinage of
silver, and wouud uj bis brief speech
ot protest t>y Baying that the whole
thing was a stuck jjbbing operation.
Bland yielded three minutes of his
time to Bryan and two minutes to
Wheeler of AUbama Both of these
gentlemen spoke against the bill.
Three miuutes weregivan hy Wllsoa
to Springer to slate Lis vi6ws In support
of it.
Liviugston having had two minutes
granted to him, declared his reasons ior
voting against the bill. One of them
was that its pa^sa^e would enhance the
value of money and depress the price
of products. Another was that it left
tl e finaucial system of the country to
be d?termin"d by international agreement
aud to that he was unyieldingly
opposed.
Atter brief speeches by Reed and
Tracy of New York, both of whom favor
the bill, Wilson closed the discussion.
The argument, he said, had ended;
and judgment had been recorded
! with an emphasis which could not be
' misunderstood. Nothing which could
5 be said now could either strengthen or
" weaken the position of the measure.
J He had recognized from the beginning
of the contest that there had been an
i hontst difference of opinion on the
} measure?that those who had opposed
) it and those who favored it were honest,
sincere and patriotic. Which side
. was right, the future alone would in
dicate. If the passage of the bill
3 should bring about a small part of
i those blessings to the country which
3 its friends proposed; if it would re:
store confidence and enterprise, and
1 bring prosperity to the people, then the
j judgment of its friends would be jus
tided-and its opponents would stand
before history as men of honest, patriotic,
but mistaken judgment.
If, on the other hand, it should bring
but one-tenth part of the evils which
its enemies prophesied, then the j udgment
of its opponents would be just,
An^n mAnl/1 ofnnH hafArQ fiio.
auu 1LO 111CUUO IVUUiU aunuu uvtuiu uio~
tory as hoDest, patriotic, but mistaken
men. [Applause.]
Bland moved to recommit the bill
with instructions to report back the
amendment which he had indicated
(reviving the free coinage Act of 1837).
Rejected.
The question was then taken on concurring
in the Senate substitute and it
wa3 concurred in. The result was an
nOunced and heard without any de
monstration. After a few moments
devoted to unimportant business, the
House, at 4:15, adjourned until to-morrow
at noon.
a Good Showing.
Columbia, S. C., Nov 1.?Yesterday
marking the close of the fiscal of 1892
93 the Secretary of State compiled his
annual report of the charters issued
during the year and a remarkably good
Ehowmg, considering the bard times is
made a3 compared to the preceding
year. Less charters were issued than
during the year before, but the aggregate
capital invested in them exceeds
the preceding year by over two millions
of dollars. Last year 124 com
missions were issued with a total of 7U
charters. This year 122 commissions
went out with a total of 72 charters.
The aggregate capual invested in the
79 compaDiea inaugurated last year, including
of course, the increase in capital
stock of several cmeerns previously
chartered, was ?4,969,750 as against
$7,413,000 for this year This is a good
showing, but it is impossible, of course
to tell from these figures whether the
various concerns have been making or
losing money on the capital invested.
It shows however that the people of
the State have not been afraid lo invest
their money in new enterprises and
that South Carolina is still keeping up
in the onward march of progress. The
Attorney General has nearly completed
his annual report. It will be one of
the most interesting to be issued this
year. The report of the Attorney
General on the Port Royal and Augus
ta railroad case resulting in the un bottling
of Port Royal, will occupy a gool
deal of space. In this report, too, will
be found a sketch of all the c$ses in
which the legal department of the
State administration has been concerned.
More cases have been handled
Kw t-ho nrcQont. inonmhenf. in nffifie than
by any predecessors and the summary
will be interesting. The report will
show a very heavy bill for the printing
of brleli, etc., in all those cases.
There has been so much of this that
the appropriation has been insufficient
to meet the bills. Adjutant General
Farley and Superintendent ot Education
Mayfield are both hard at work
finishing up their reports and expect
to have them through in time.?State.
EtghtY Gallons of Corn.
CoLUMBrA, S. C.,Oct. 28.?Uncle Sara
again got in his work here yesterday
and enough blockade corn liquor was
secured to get several hundred men on
a colossal jag. The colored deputy of
the revenue service, J. H. Fordham,
happened to go out to the R. & D. depot
about noon to look for some barrell
shipments of blockade liquor of which
the department had received notice,
and in looking around he lifted one or
two of oiany small packages which
were stacked up in the depot. He
heard something liquid shake up in the
box and a closer examination revealed
the fact that each of the packages confoinorl
Q ntTO oollnn boo nf PATH whin
baiUVU a UTO guuvu uvg v* vv*M
dey. There being no stamps on the
goods he at once proceeded to seize.
Sixteen boxes and one plain keg were
found. During the afternoon a wagon
was sent out for the stnfif, the railroad
authorities readily turning it ail over
to the government officials, and the
entire eighty gallons was sent up to the
revenue office. Two or three packages
of the stuff was for parties in this city.
The bulk of it was billed to stations on
the line of the Coast Line road. It all
came from Statesville, N. C., and the
shipper was billed simp-ly "C. M. &Co"
Among the cases were some for Finklea
Bros & Co., Scranton; W. A. Coieman,
Scranton; W. P. Jacobs, Columbia;
Sam Thompson, Denitt's Bluff; W.
H. Campbell, Mayesville; O. W. Haynes
Scranton; J. \V. Heard, Hartsville, and
others. The 'keg which was not concealed
in a box wa3 marked to J. B.
Boatwright, Johnston. All the liquor
will be held and sold with the other lot
which has already been seized at the
same depot?State.
Atlanta, Nov. 1.?Andrew Hayes,
a negro arrested last nig.1t for assaulting
his mistress, has confessed to a
murder and several bad crimes. This
morning he asked Police Capt. Manly
and Detective Bedford to go to his
cell. He confessed to them that nine
vears ago he killed here in Atlanta
Frank Shepherd, a well-to-do negro
shopkeeper. He had heard that (Shepherd
had $700 saved up, and he shot
Shepherd. "I knocked a woman in the
head two blocks from there that same
week, and run right by the store where
I killed the man. I shot a negro at
Piedmont Park, and got live years in
the penitentiary. I served it oat and
got out two years ago. I nave never
killed nobody but Shepherd. out I have
shot at several. 1 have run several
policemen, too. I have lived with the
woman, Lizzie Brooks, for several
years. Monday night I bid in toe
closet, aDd beard her say she was going
to see a negro barber at tbe Markham
House. I slippel out and followed
her. While she was standing there
talking 10 him I walked up and hit
her with a bricK. I intended to Kill
her. i am sorry I did not bave a pistol
to kill both of them with. Hayes was
8sked if he wassorrv for killing Snephtrd,
and herepJied that be did uot regret
a single action of bis life, fie says
he does Dot want a lawyer, He says he
has served several small seutences in
t he city stockade and the county chain
gang on account of Lizzie Brooks. '"I
am tired of working in the chain gang
all the time for her," be said, "and L
want to be hung and be done with it."
UoTlny Waut Peace?
Columbia, S. C., Oct. 27.?Are the
Pharlouinn linnnr Haulers ffftttiner
scart-d and are tiiey about to surrender
to Governor Tillman V A State official
believes that they are and gives as the
reason for his belief that Fritz Mollenhuuer,
one of the leadiDg liquor men of
Charleston, now under arrest on two
warrants tor violating the dispensary
law, i3 here to see Governor Tillman.
It is even said that he comes as a penitent
and it is believed that he represents
many of Charleston's liquor men.
The man who spoke to the Journal reporter
says that where the shoe is
pinching the Charleston violators is in
the conliscation of their bar fixtures
and stocks. It worries them considerably,
he says, and they are beginning
to ieel it. Mollenhauer is not talking
of what his business is with the *Gov'
ernor, but he would not come all the
way from Charleston to defy the Chief
Executive, and it is reasonable to suppose
that he has got some other mo*
i tive in view. If that motive is to seek
forgiveness for himself and friends it
will come out.?Journal.
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ITS HISTORY" TRACED.
ALL ABOUT THE ORIGIN OF THE
COAT-OF-ARMS.
Found In Drayton's Memoirs by Mr. Theo,
D. Jervey?-Exceedingly Interesting
ReadlDg lor South Carolinian*.
Columbia, S. C., Nov. 1.?Governor
Tillman baa been trying for months
to get an accurate history of the coat ol
armp'of South Carolina. A few days
ago Governor Tillman hearcfthat Mr.
Theodore D. Jervey could give him a
great deal or me mrormauou no was m
search of, an 1 he accordingly wrote to
him requesting him to send him what*
ever data he had secured. Yesterday
the Governor received the following re*
ply.
Charleston, S. C., Oct. 28,1893.
His Excellency. B. R. Tillman, Governor
South Carolina. Columbia,
S. C;
iJear Sir?Your letter of 27th was received
by me today, and I answer at
once.
In volume 2, Drayton's Memoirs,
page 372, appears the following account,
which I quote:
"So soon as the government under
tJio s>nnatitnf.uin of Mnrr.h. 1776. was
organized, the necessity of having a
public seal became evident and on motion
in the General Assemble it was
resolved "That His Excellency the
President and commander in chief, by
and with the advice and consent of
the privy council may, and he is hereby
authorized to design and caune to
be made a great seal of South Carolina,
and until such an one can be mode
to Ox upon a temporary pub.ic seal.
"In pursuance of this esolution William
Henry Drayton and some of the
privy council were charged with designing
the great seal and causiuz it
to be made; and m the meantime a
temporary public seal was adopted by
the President and privy council tor
purposes of the State.
"The firBt use of this temporary seal
(which appears to have been the seal
at arms of the President) was for
commissioning the civil officers of gov
eminent and for a pardon Issued by
President Rutledge, dated 1st of May,
1776, in favor of a person who had
been convicted of manslaughter before
Chief Justice William Henry Dryton,
and his associated Justices at a court
J i- /ii ? OM
commenced m ^uanettiuu ui mo ?uu i
of April, 1776. Id these commissions it
was called his (the President's) seal, bat
in pardons and other instruments it was
afterwards called tbo temporary seal of
the said colony or the temporary public
seal; and it was nsed through that time
of the year 1776 until about the 22ad of
May, 1877, and on that President Rutledge
issued a pardon under '.'seal of the
said State,' omitting the word 'temporary,'
whence there is reason for believing
the great seal was then made; and
from that time the temporary seal does
not appear to have been used. (Governor
John Drayton remembers seeing the
die brought to his father in Charleston.)
"The device tor the armorial achievement
and reverse to the great seal of the
State of South Carolina is as follows:
A nrvAnrinop nn fhn OKft
ACUiDf QipaiUiClibV bkWu givnujg wu ?MV WWW
shore street; at its base a torn-op oak tree,
its branches lopped off, prostrate; both
proper. Just below the branches of the
palmetto two shield? pendent, one of
them on the dextor Bide is inscribed
'March 26,' the other on the sinister
side 'July 4th.' Thirteen spears proper
are bound crosswise to the stem ot the
palmetto, their points raised; the band
knotting them together bearing the in*
scription Qnis Separabit.' Under the
prostrate oak is insribed 'Meliorem
Lapsa locavit,' below which appears in
large Azures, '1776.' At the summit of
the exerge are the words 'Sooth Carolina,'
and at the bottonofthe same
'Anlmis Opibusque Parati.'
"Reverse: A woman walking on the
seashore over swords - and daggers:
she holds in her dexter hand a laurel
branch and in her sinister hand the folds
of her robe; she looks towards the sun
;.iot noi'nrr o Y\rwn fcha npA> all nrniw. On
the upper part is the aky, azure. At the
summit ot the exergue are the words
'Dum Spiro Spero' and within the field
below the figure is Inscribed the word
'Spes.' The seal is In the form of a circle,
4 inches in diameter and four-tenths
of an Inch thick. It was not designed
until afcer the fort at Sullivan's Island
had defeated the British fleet, as all of
its devices will prove. The fort was
constructed of the stems of the palmet>
to tree which grow abundantly on our
sea islands, which grew on Sullivan's
Island at the time the fort was made,
grow there this day.
"The arms were designed by William
Henry Drayton, and the original,
wben tbe battle, was 'ought, and which
executed dj mm witu a ^eu, ucanu^
a great similitude to what is represented
ou tae seal, is in tbe possession of his
son. It however, contains more devices,
but this is easily reconciled by
t>apposing all be designed was not
deemed by the President aod the privy
council necessary for the great seal.
"Tne explanation of this side of the
seal Is the followiug. The palmetto
ti ee on the flea shore represents the
fort on Sullivan's Island, the shields
bearing March 26:.h and July 4th allude
to the Constitution of South Carolina
wnich was ratifltd on the first
of those days, and to tbe Declaration oi
Independence, which was tnade by tbe
Continental Congress on the second
date. The thirteen spears represent
the thirteen S ates which acceeded to
trie Union. T^e dead oak tree alludes
10 the British fleet as bein^ constructed
of oak timbers, and it is prostrate under
the palmetto tree bccsu3e the tort
constructed of that tree defeated the
British fleet; hence the inscription of
'Meliorem Lapsa Locavit,' is appropriately
nlappH mirWnp?t h it. undrtr whifih
1776 is in large figures, alluding
to the year the Constitution oi
South Carolina was pasned, to
the battle tough t at Sullivan's
Island, to the Declaration of Independence
and to the year when tbf> seal was
ordered to be made. The reverse of the
aims is said to have been designed by
by Arthur Middleton; the woman walking
aloDg the eeashorj slrewn with
swords and daggers, represents Hope
overcoming dangers, which tho sun just
rising was about to disclose 111 the occurrence
of the 28lh ol June, while the
laurels she holds, signifies tho honors
which Col. Moultrie, his officers and
men gaioed on that auspicious day. The
sun rising in great brilliance above the
sea indicates that the 28th of June was
a fine day; it also beapeakes good fortune,"
I trust this may help you. I think
It Is the book to which Capt. Courumay
alludes. There are not many copies.
I believe; but having one I copied it
and send it at once, and will be pleased
to have been of any service to you, but
will 'now close as my letter is long
Yours truly. Theo. D. Jervey.
This information will doubtless leai
to a recommendation by the Govern oi
of the Legislature, looking; to the prep
aration of a correct tfoat of arms of th(
State, to be kept at the capltol.
The Notaries Pabllo.
Columbia, 3. C., Nov. 2.?Elsewhen
Id The Register this morning is pub
lished a proclamation by Governoi
Tillman with reference to the Notarie
Public of the State in which the com
missions issued prior to 1889 are re
voked. In a general way the procla
mation is self-explanatory. In speak
lngof the subject more particularly
Governor Tillman said that the com
missions of the Notaries Public having
no limitations as to time there was nc
way of telling who they are or how
many of them are in the State, someol
the commission-now in force dating
back forty and fifty years. Some oi
the Notaries have abused their privi
leges and are unfit to hold their commissions
many of them being appointed
in Radical times, It is an easj
matter in many instances for Notaries
Public to be guilty of fraud incollu
sion with some one else, and the Governor
says there sbould be characi ei
behind these commissions as behind
everything else. The Governor's action
in this matter is unusual if not
unprecedented, but as the Notaries
Public only hold office "during the
pleasure of the Governor" he has the
rigbt to do it in the exercise of bis discretion
and he thinks be has sufficient
reasons for nis action in tbe premises.
The Governor will ask the Lejztslaturato
pass an Act limiting the terms
of Notaries Public to five years. In
this way tbe State will be able to keep
track more closely of the officials it
creates.?Register.
Railroads Not Prosperous.
c? n A\ .i. r*r? i_
LiOiiUiiBiA, o. c>., uct. 6i.? j.ae earnings
of the railroads for the month ol
August have been tabulated by the
railroad commission. The total earnings
were $460,108.94, against $505,003,77
for the same month of 1892, a decrease
of 844,894.8.3. The net per cent
decresse is 889. The total passenger
earnings for the month were $158,657.68
against $180,052.55 for the same
monih last year, a loss of $21,394.87, or
11.882 per cent.
The total freight earnings for August,
1893, were $?53,464.39, and for August,
1892, $273,470 37, a loss of $20,003.98,
or 7.315 per cent. The total number oi
tons of freight was 244,978, against
208,313 for August 1892, an increase oi
36,665, or 17.6 per cent. The decrease
in the total earnings of the roads for
the monthn of July and August, 1893,
as compared with the same months
in 1892, is $25,765.90, or 2.619 per cent.
Ten roads show an Increase for the
month of $25,63986 rfnd twenty-six
show a decrease of $70,534 69. The decrease
in the roads of the Richmond
and Danville system alone was $23,218.92.
The South Carolina road shows a
decease of $13,111.62; the C., C. & A.,
$10,177 87; the Atlanta and Charlotte,
$10,357.26; W., C. & A., $9,581,43.
The Georgia, Carolina and Northern
leads in the increase with $10,780.14;
the Asbeville and Spartanburg second
with $4,843.32.?Journal.
Wu m Judgement.
Baltimore, Nov. 1.?Rev. Dr. Henry
M. Wharton, pastor of the Brantly
Baptist Tabernacle, and who recently
In Chicago, assisted Rev. D wight L
Moody in the conducting of a series of
evangelization services, in a sermon
on the theme "God's Judgment," thus
as be is, reported in the News, callec
the attention of his congregation tc
the tragic end of Mayor Harrison, ol
the World's Fair City: "It seems as
though God sometimes rises in hit
might and in his wrath smites those
who oppose him. Mayor Carter Har~
rison, the chief executive of the city oi
Chiaago, was shot down and killed
Who was Carter Harrison ? He was
the representative of the element whc
hurled defiance at the laws of God anc
man. When the Law and Order element
of the city said the saloons must
be closed on Sunday and that gambling
must cease, what did Mayor Cartel
Harrison say? He said the saloon:
shall remain open on Sunday and gam
bling shall go on. Where is Mayoi
Harrison now?" The preacher, aftei
a pause, anewered his own questlon"He
is dead."
lOovarnor TillmaD Wroihr.
Columbia, S. C.. Nov. 2.?Governoi
Tillman yesterday read tbe special fron
Spartanburg published in the State ir
regard to the arrest of a constable bj
United Sta'es revenue officers for re
tailing whiskey, and it made him pret
ty mad. When asked about it he s*id
'There is not a word of truth in it, as
I ? u?- u
WO UttVO uu ouuLi ounaiauiD. xuio crnato
meat is on a par with that telegram tc
tbe State from Charleston about mj
acting a spy at the Charleston Hote
about a month aaro. These lines oulj
appear in that Haskellite sheet, and o)
course emanate from men who hole
the same principles, or are acting a:
the dirty tools of the whiskey sellers
I did not think it worth while to con
tradict the first lie. and contented my
self with sending the clipping to Mr
Jackson at. the Charleston Hotel,think
mg that be would have the decency, as
he knew it to be false, to give a correci
statement. As they have started thi>
one aoout the constable, Israte these
factsfor the benefit of the public. I bavt
no constable on the force who has noi
the endorsement of good men."
A Religions CritaK.
Wheeling-, W. Va., Nov. 1.?Foi
some time a local crank has been send
log threatening letters to tbe city anc
county officials here. The epistle:
wrere of religious tenor, their purport
being that ministers were not teaching
scriptural truths in the proper maunei
and that the country was going to rum
Lately the letters became decidedlj
threatening, the writer announcing hi:
intention of blowing up the city bal.
and killing the chief of police and sey
eral of his men.
Yesterday a letter was laid befor<
the police by Rev. II. E, Swope, recto:
of St Matthew's P. E, church, warn
ing him that he and others would be
killed unless they reformed their pul
pit methods. The writer of these let
ters, George Hoehle, a former mer
chant, has been arrested and sent t<
jail. He is insane and vows vengeanci
for his arrest. A week ago a dyna
mite cartridge was found in an office
of the city hall, and Hoehle is believed
to have put it there.
The Long Lost Naronlo.
London, Oct. 26.?Captain Andersoi
of the Norwegian ship Emblem 13uen
os Ayres, from Chicoutimi, writes frou
the Argentine capital, under date o:
September 20, that he found on Jul]
21, in latitude 30 North, longitude
West, one of the boats of the Whiti
Star Line steamer Naronic, which wa:
lost at sea many months ago. Th(
boat was bottom up and containec
nnt.Mnor whafuvftr Tt. roaafrMplrlv nnv
ered - with barnacles. There was i
large hole In the bottom. The lashing:
of the boat appeared to have been cu
in a hurry and with much force, as thi
rail beneath where the lashing hat
been fastened was severed. The pat
ent unhooking apparatus had not beer
used.
' ' I HIT
THE PHOSPHATE ROYALTY.
j The Figures (or thi Thcil Yaar
r Jait Closed.
" Columbia, S. C., Nov. 2.?It has
been generally known for some months
that the amount of royalty to be received
from the State's phosphate beds
s this year would be in excess of that of
, any previous year, but not until yester
r aay, tne nrsc aay or ine new nscai year,
g were the actual figures, showing the
. amount of royalty paid Into the treas_
urv, obtainable.
Here are the comparative figures for
. tbe two years, and they speak for themj
selves:
1891-92 :
. November, 1891 $ 7,599 99
j December, 1891 2,941 43
r Jauuary, 1892 9,840 98
p February, 1892 8,555 62
. March, 1892 14.389 34
April, 1892 4,907 75
. May, 1892 17,848 65
. June, 1892 20,156 70
. July, 1892 32.206 33
, August, 1892 23.825 83
, September. 1893 13,179 30
. October, 1892 12,466 35
. x
Total $157,928 27
1892?93
. November, 1892 8 5,66180
December, 1892 25,350 22
| January, 1893 9,207 09 ]
reDruarv, i?'J3 ii,oy? yu
s March, 1893 47.865 07
April, 1893 17,066 55
June, 1893 29,021 35
July, 1893... 33,715 78
, August, 1893 19,751 30
, September, 1893 19,311 17
[ October, 1893. 5,566 68
| Total 8233,644 43
It will be noticed that alter the
storm the companies have continued
shipping rock previously mined. The
. figures given above are placed in dol;
lars, but they also represent ton3
mined and shipped during the year, as
. the royalty is $1 a ton.
At the close of last year there ivere
. 78,183 tons of rock on hand. When the
, storm came in August and swept away
the plants of all the companies, they
haH mnm trmc nn honH Cinna then
UUU IVjWW WVUU VU UHUU* kjiuvu VUUUf
) as the figures given above show, they
have shipped about 24,000 tons of this,
leaving about 15,000 tons on band at
the end of the year.
It would be exceedingly difficult to
, tell what the royalty receipts daring
; the coming year will oe. The com;
panies are not at wors at all, and, al:
though one of them Is ready to resume
t work, it is not likely that any will at'
tempt to resume operations till after
the Legislature meets, and the trouble
i now existing between the mining companies
and the phosphate commission
t is finally settled. The companies
: claim that they cannot possibly make
the outlay to enable thom to resume
work unless they can secure some per.
manent guarantee of aid from the State
i in the matter of a reduction of the roy,
alty. Governor Tillman has heard
, nothing more from the mining companies,
and does not expect to.?State.
' A LETTER FROM HAMPTON.
9 ~~
He ifl Willing to Org?afz9 Democratic j
Clubs.
Columbia, S. C., Nov. 3.?The fol- ,
lowing letter addressed to the State ,
was published by that paper this mora- <
Washington, D. C., Oct. 31, 1893. '
, My Dear Sir: Some days ago you 1
, called attention through your paper to 1
I the fact that I was Vice President of 1
> the National Association of Democrat- 1
I ic Clubs, and since then J have seen in
j several of our Democratic papers refer- 1
3 ence made to your statement, and in 1
) one instance the question was asked i
why no action was taken by myself. j
: I have waited to ascertain the views
. of the Democratic press of South Car- ,
i rlina, for these papers represent, in ,
> my opinion, the only true Democratic ,
l Dontimfint nf the Ktata and this aonH.
merit should be expressed by what are
t called the Conservative papers. My
r own judgment is clear, that the time
has come when the line should be
3 drawn between those who stand on the
Ocalo platform and and those who
: stand on that of the* National Democr
racy. No man who upholds the former
- can claim properly to be a Democrat,
and unless our people choose to support
the fallacies of the Ocala adherents
or to be led into tha Populist party,
the true Democrats of the State
should organize to maintain the principles
of the Democratic party as set
forth in the Chicago platform.
If my Democratic fellow-citizens
agree with me that tbts is the true policy
to be adopted, L shall ar once proceed
to organize National Democratic
Clubs throughout the State, and I
shall exert my utmost efforts to keep
the State, where it properly belongs,
in the great Democratic column.
1 believe that this can be done, for
our people will scareiy now, in the
hour nf victorv. forsake the u-ur thev
J followed so steadfastly aod so~faith- '
. fully when that dag went down in
defeat. Unscrupulous demagogues
have, by false promises, misled many 1
. of our most honest men, and they have '
brought shame upon our proud State. ]
i I still have abiding f lith in the men <
t who followed the starry cross through i
i trials and carnage; who bore, with thn <
) heroism of martyrs, the sufferings of j
i the.reconsfruction era, and who, with ,
n a devotion and pluck never surpassed, ,
rescued the SUte in '76. Those men j
cannot forget the pasc, nor can they
forsake th* bauner under which the
r yictory of '76 was won.
If I can once more give aid to my
1 State I shall gladly enlist in her serJ
vice, aud 1 shall rejoice to join those 1
; who se*?k to maintain her welfare, to i
' protect her honor and to save her from i
: sh tine and disgrace. I am very truly i
yours, Wade Hampton. i
^ N. G. Gonzales, E^q.
1 On the War Path,
?? xt ft r\ _i_ o/\ a ~
J?'AYETTEVILLK, iN.U., UOt. <3U.?.?1.0
the Pawnee Bill Wild West show train
' was coming here from Goldsboro yesterday
morn'ng one of the band of Sioux
3 Indians fell out of their car and when
. picked ud it was found that his skull was
. traciurcd. Ha lingered till last night at
. 9 o'clock and .died. The Iudiaus made
) an outbreak and assaulted the captain of
i the show and others, and after a des
perate struggle the leaders were cap* 1
i tured and tied, and confined all night.
The other Indians made night hideous
with their chants and execrations. This
morning they wanted to cremate the 1
dead but Pawnee Bill prevented it. At- !
ter aa excitiog experience they are quiet
The ludiai-is are from the Rosebud
Agency, South Dakota. The dead Indian,
Crow Foot took part in the Custer ;
massacre- i
Killed by a Caw.
York Station, Miss., Nov. 1.?Passenger
train No. 3 on the East Tennessee,
Virginia and Georgia Railroad
wa3 wrecked here this morning while
going at a high rate of speed. A mule
on the track was struck by the eogiue.
J J he engine and ba^ga^e car were turned
over, jnrcman Jim iivery wassuieu. i
1 The rest of the crew aud passengers escaped
unhurt.
' MASSACRED BY THE MOORS
TERRIBLE SLAUGHTER OF 8PANIARDS
AT MELILLA.
Gen.Moigallo and Seventy of Hit Soldi
tri Killed and Scores Wounded In
Fierce Battle With the Arab*.
Madrid, Oct. 29.---Gen. Margallo,
commander-in-chief of the Spanish
troops at Melilla, was shot dead yesterday
while leading a sortie against the
Rifihns. Seventy of his men were killed
and 122 otherl were wounded.
The sortie was madp after the Riffians
had driven back to the citadel the Spaniards
who had been building a redoubt
near Fort Cabrerizas. The tribesmen,
although under a heavy artillery fire
trorn the opaoisn torts, did not retire after
abandoning the pursuit of the Spanish
troops. Eventually they occupied
the treacles which had been du< near
Fort Cabrerizas to protect the Spanish
3oldiera at their work. To dislodge
them en. Margallo led out 2,000 Infantry
from the fort. The Hiffians in the
trenches held them in check until reinforcements,
6,000 strong, were brought
up from the main body, about a mile
back in the hills. The tribesmen then
bad some 11,000 warriors. They
stretched out their line, apparently for
Ihe purpose of securing Margallo, and
it one time the fighting extended %Jong
i three mile front. Margallo tried to
break the centre of their line, and
jbarged with half his men, but was repulsed,
with heavy losses.
Just as the order for retreat was given.
Sen. Margallo fell from his horse, shot
ihrough the heart. His body was cvj
I u r.nm lu.
1CU uy ura rncu uuui uuo ugiuj auu ngo
low in the citadel at Melilla.
Under a hot Are from the RifBans, the
Spaniards retired to Fort Cabrerizas.
rhe Riffians were checked m their parmlt
by the guns ot the fort. They aniwered
the Are intermittently Cfironghont
ast night from the earthworks formerly
)ccupled by the Spaniards. At midilgbt,
Gen. Ortega, upon whom the*
lommand developed after Margallo's
leath, went to Fort Cabrerizas, with
.,500 infantry* This morning he led
>ut 3?000 men and drove the Riffl&ns
rom the trenches which the Spaniards
rere occupying when the last dispatches
me received.
The commander o! the Spanish cniser .
Jonde de Venadito has telegraphed a'
eport, in which he said: "The Arabs
ipproacbed so near at times that their
>ullets reached oar deck." The city
if Madrid has been intensely excited by
he news of the battle. The official dispatches
which have beezfmade public
ire so meagre that the people believe
be worst has not been told. There
8 little doubt anywhere thai the losses
)t the Spandards have been understated.
ine ministers were summonaea in nasie
to a cabinet meeting immediately after
the news of the disaster was received.
Orders have been issued for three regi-.
meats of cavalry and four battalions of
infantry to embark at once for Melilla.
Late this evening more details of the
battle were made pablic. The Biffians
Jespitethe heavy artillery fire, came
ffitliin twenty yards of Fort Cabrenzas.
They maintained a constant fosilade,
and fought throughout the battle with ' ? '
audacious bravery. The \ guns of the
Uonde de Venadito-alooe.prevented a
still worse disaster to the Spahish troops
and kept the tribesmen from attacking
Melilla. When the Rifflaus captured
the redoubt building near the fort they
found two canaons. These they turned
at once against the fort, answering rapidly
the Spanish fire.
The tribesmen remained in the village
af Maxqaita after the fight. They kept *
i r-v o /)aaiiUai*(t n nnn fKa fnrfa onrl
a uuaui wi J uiu upvu uuu ivi va wuvt
Lbe CoDde de Venadito throughout the
light. The cruiser Alfonso the Twelfth
with twelve guns, will proceed to Me*
ilia at once. When Gen. Margrllo was
shot the Riffians rushed forward to seize
ihe bodj. The estremadura regiment
lod the batalion undergoing punishment
:or breaches of military discipline shout*
3d and charges from the tort with bay*
>nets, clearing away the emmy and seared
the body of their dead commander.
Three hours after the retreat of the
Spaniards. Gen. Ortega sent from the
uladel to Fort Cabrerizas a strong conpoy
with provisions. For twenty elx
noure before the convoy arrived the sol*
liers in the fort had not tasted food.
The excitement is tremencous here.
Great crowds have paraded the streets
iibce noon, singing, waving banners and
shouting for the extermination ot the
Ftifflius. Unbounded enthusiasm was
kn 4-1>a nanra < Krtf Clan M QPIifl
?aUC3tJU U y bUU UO tt o bunv UUU! i.iwiph
with five baitallions and three batteries,
would reach Melilla bifora midauht.
Mdcias is expected .by the government
to await further ia9tructioa3 bjfore attacking
th? R'flkns.
While the ministers were ia ouacil
ocay, Premier Sagasta presidio?, all
were summoaed to the palace by Queen
ft jgeot (Joristiaa, who wished to learn
what measures they would lake. The
u nidters mtormed ber that tbey bad deeded
to call oat the reserves and rnobilze
several army corps, as the latest
iveais bad sbowa that more tbau 12,000
men will be ueeded to subiaa the Bit*
aans. The embarkation ot che secoad
army will be complete on Tuesday and
iroop3 are leavlug all parts ot the coua?
try to form another corps in Aidalusia.
A dispatch received from Meiilla at'
midnigai says that tbe troop3 aad warships
there are in pressing need of mors
ammunition. The firio? is kept up
aight and day. The R.fflans "renawed
the attack at daybreak yesterday. Two
thousand troops made a sortie from Fort
Uabrerizas. The fighting continued
several hours. The forts have shelled
.1 I1_ inna on/1 oil hllf. ft trtW
mo vx'li-jiua) ?u? - ? ...
huts were totally destroyed. The
mosque was shattered aad the runs are
in flames.
Tried to Wreob It.
Charleston, S. C., Oct. 27.?An attempt
was made to wreck the fast mall
tram No. 35 on the Northeastern Railroad
at Salem, near Florence, at 4
o'clock this rrorniag. A switch lock
was broken on and the s witch set for
the side track, whither the whole train
went. The top of the engine was
stripped off by lumber and the coachee
seriously damaged. Eogineer Jenuings
stuck to his engine and was
bruised about the head and legs. The
negro fireman was bruised about the
body. A. Garfunkel of Charledton was
a passt'Ujfer uu mo uaiu auu n?
slightly bruised. Travel was delayed
a very short time. There is no clue to
the perpetrators. *
A Placky Women.
Hallidaysburo, Pa., Oct. 27.?
JtTour burglars Droke into George Bossier's
hjuse near here last night. Boss-ler
and a hired man were easily overpowered
but when they tried to lay
hands on Mrs. Bossier they found they
had caught Tartar. She bit and scratched
so effectively that the rascals fled.
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