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. I91CULTURAL DEPARTMEN. Bouthern Agriculture. Eds. Country Gentleman: The past fow weeks a great wany editors, writ ers and other persons on their way to the exhibition at New Orleans, have passed through the Southern States, some of them for the first time. To those who 1 ve become acquainted with souther riculturo by longer experience, the - lows of these well 5 meant but mistaken persons gathered rom the car windows, seem to be ex Seedingly crude or incorrect. The neral idea current among them is, ,at the sout hern soil is poor and in f rtilo and the outhern people wretch I.mn very inadequately eared for by :'t4hemlv81Ve. "Circumstances alter cases," tnd this applies very forcibly to th01- 'gog culture and the people of the Sonthern a4ates. The first straige thing which is re marked is the Id pine fields and the .broom sedge wl ch coverse the turned ' lend whiclf las notgrown up witi "ij, it is to be confessed, the water-worn gillieF and seam the land, and the weeds, are at first disagreen .o eye of a farmer used to i he cultivation of the Northern and ..tern States, but one may be easily .istaken in his view of even these. I h've heard persons remark as the cars spl.d through the best part of the cot ton belt, "what wretchod weeds these are vhich cover all the land." Where (10 tht>so southern people grow any thing. At the same time these weeds were the s'alks of cotton whichi may have turned out $50 worth to the acre. In the same manner the old fields are not a bit worse than the old-fashioned bare fallows which used to be so con mnon in the best farmed districts of the North, for they are really one and the sane way of restoring laud to some degree of fertility by means of the natural process of resting it. Of' the two methods I prefer the southern one, for I would rather grow a crop of weeds or timber on unused land, than leave it bare and plowed, for even one sumner. And it is an absolute neces sity of souhthern agriciture that. this system of turning out land shoid he pdcticed. Where no stock is kept, or v ry little, I see no other resource f1or1 t F plnater of cotton and tobacco than 4o work his lands up to it certanll poi it and then resort to his onlv possible method of following as a mleans of res toration. lie is bound by his climate and his other environmcnts, and as the cotton region of the South is not i stock country, and never will be a dairy region, and is 1ot. a Very good corn country, and seems to have beenl made for cotton alnd tobacco, with a suficient quantity of grain, fodder and meat to supply the doiestic consuilnp tion only, the southern flrner nhust not be judged by a test which is en tirely foreign to his circumstances. The next thing which is colspicuous is the poor dwellings thatn are so coms1 muon, houses without g!lbles and 'pen as the poorest barns in newlv settell places in the North. ''his,, too, is a necessity of the case. It' any of these winter visitors would pass over tlie samue route in July, August and Sep tenber, they would see the advlln ae of these airy dwellings in quite a dii ferent light. But every man to his faste, and if southern people desire such houses, and1 object to glass in the windows, I would give themu their un doubted right to have themh. I have met with the kindest hospitality, and wvah ith morn1(st dolien to andiu enrel''i 'onlsidieriatioii ini houses oIf t his k indll anti 1 noull consider thle ch araicter of the lion se as a seconidary iconitsiderat ion I have lived lit oneC t iine~in a log shaniity wit h ai roof' of hem11lock baik , hav in g at squarei' hole in thle centre for' a chliiinmer am.(1ilimust say' le tha inoyd life theou q mie as miiuchi as iin a ho use with Iiveiry luxuryv oft imodterni fh-hion. It is not the house, buit thle niam in it which is fte tiue test. lbut it wouldi be at very gre(a t mii ta'ke to think thuit one sees everyvthinig f'rom te cari wmd lhows, a1iid thalut ther'e't are' as well clt i vated termils or cominf'ortablo houses ini the South, or that southierni farmeris are' not compi ietet'i to jud(ge for thieiiselves of' what is the fittest for' then., It mnakes a ver'y great chianige ini 0n its (Ilompnons lien he11 is brlouighit face to face with new necessities. This applies verorcbl toi''tl1 ( the South, holthI ini i'egard' to its iagriciulIturie andih its socI i and 1101it ical condiiition ms, aint( a Northlerin1111 1an 0moviong to thle Sonmbi pre'hjud(ices aind lie pirepaired to beugini a new life and view thiings friomu a dlit Ifeent po1inlt of v'iew itf lie wou ll hec either successful or' happy. It is thuese prejuIldices ait the deCteriniat ion to remini ialienis amiit for'ignlers in ai stratinte Ianid, whlichi presenit s the slie cess of' whmt are cal led Nor'thlernm colo1 liets in thle SonuthI. Froml1l tmyv exp otimmiend per1sons1 desirous of miovingr to thle Sou thl to avoidl thlemi as farl' s possible, and to miake thiemiselves at home amiong t hiir tiew neighbhors, and( above all1 thminigs to avoid townus founded by spllator's andl land sharks, wvho tr'y to aIt tat vic timils by call11in g their' , eniterlprises NorthIerni cohoieis. As sno(w-flkes falling into the (ocean andl (quietly inughling withI the surr'mo-mdin11 g elment, so1 inu lst personlis who go to the Sou t,h mingle withl thle peopIle, amid lose thir idenmt ity in th lieera(''l mass, No doulbt aniCiti~C enrgt'i nor'theril mantu wVould find opportuities for chianguing the mecthtods of' igr'icu lure ini the Southi, and11 mo)stl y in thoseI li ties wvhere the elimaite torie iini'rly ap pr'oachles that of the North ais it does ini the inountauini region whIiichi I have beein describimg. Hutt. even in the low contry, wvher'e cittoin is supiemiet. a nor'thern'i farmiierI can1 impriove uiponi the pr-esenlt :methods, wich0l is chiefly mfar'ked,by a str'ong dre'ad and fea:. of grass. .The southter'n is nlaturlally a grass region, anid thel'e are' severial naltive var'ietics wihich .growv with pr'o futsion. Now grass is the basis ot agricultur'e ever'y whier'e and( if the sout hernu farmers woul d gr'ow grass and1( plowv It untder' for' their cottoni crops, as a i'otation, I feel cer'taini it wvouild gr'eatly betiefit them. I have 110 fealr of gr'ass, having learnied thle value of that so-called pest, gulack grass, andl how to manage it, amid amlf cerltaini that by such means as ar'e used in the nior'th to keep dlown grass ini cul tivated fields, no southernl far'melr need( dread the worst of' their native gr'assea and would fInd them a most valuable aid in the in.pr'ovemeont of thoir lands. Anotherl grand enterpriso "for the South is sheep i'earingfor' wooV chicefy. Wool can be grownt in the~ South for ten cents a pound, atid certainly for less thami a pound of cot ton. Thmeme arc ample opportunities in thme South for comnpeting favorably with the South American p)lainls in this indus try. Lambs can be raised through the winter and can be shipped to 1 northm-n marets 'im.t pr-m.Eg aud poultry would afford also a large business, and could easily compete with Germany and France in supply- F ing the demands of northern markets now met by import-ations from Eu rope. But the cotton crop in the low count'y affords the grand prize for w good culture. The present low pro- tv duct of 200 poul(s per acre could be di increased five fold by careful culture II with proportionafe profit, anld the to wide-spreading low coutry atlords a th magnificent market for products, pork, li beet; nutton, fruit andl other produce at of the elevated mountaiIi country. III addition to all these there aire the val- d unable minerals, the wonderful wealth O of timber, bark and other natural pro- tl dtucts which re(uirc ceVelopmnent by ft capital and industry and 1which must ) afford at vast snbstantial b'.sis for agri cullural prosperity.---11. 8. in (uli- c valor and Country/ (cnlleman. t Sir J. I. L iwes's Experinents. i Dr. J. B. Laws, the great English il agricultural experimenter, has raised I wheat on the samio land for forty years. s Without manure of any kind the yield it has averaged 14 bushels per acre. c With 14 tons of farin-yard manure i applicd cycry year, the average yield i has been 32 bushels and 12 quarts per a acre. With nmtieral ianures (i. c., 1 superphosphate of lime, sulphate of potash, soda, magnesia, etc.) and ( without any nitrogenous laures, the yield for 32 years has averaged 15 I i bushels and one peck per acre. With t nit rogeni atoine (aioiui tm sal Is) th ta yield has avecaged 204 bushels per acre for 32 years, though but. 17 bIushels I and 24 (aits fFor the last. 1; Iears. I With nitrogen alone (nitrate of soda) the average yielh Ior the :32 years has a been 234 bushels--ti,l" the s'cond( i;t r years 20 bushels nid one perk. Fimal- a Iy, vith nitro'renl, phosphoric acid potash, so:t :nd41 1mgesia (lor"Iiting a 11 --olllplete in1a11utr'et), the average yivld (' has beenl, per acre, :32 huhel.s ai n three pecks, or (4n III averaL''e 12 InarIs d more per wre c'h('11t% ve:u' timi the aver- it age vi('ld g;iven by the 1:3 lons of farm1- (I yardl unanure. nt lariners, 'thos' of you wVho btuv "m concenlratedl C(.tiliz(-r., :,n(I, indeed,e those of you vho (to It()(, wvoul (1(o c wvell to study the above resullts.- tI 1itu(ral J?-c11. )ork"I"r. - 1 Tit , iALTI'I Mt1O1 iL BAZAAR. Twtenty-1'it(+1hou an(l nollars I:aised( for 4 x-Co nfcl r.t"ae l(I irs. I.tAi;rlto0t.:, April 15.---The i:az:ar for the Contetiderate relief fttunl, wlih l has b('en open in this city for the paSt a ten datys, (losed to-night. I was in I vr('' way stucce'ssful, :ni VieldIed over y $25 ,1u. Ie Iolev is to.he inivested s b' the treasur'r", atd the interest de v'ot ed to thle reliet' of nteedled ex..Con. - federate soldiers. The principal is to be added to froit 111tiue to litne bv Vart"ious iteatns tuttil a sullici('nt, suin is rais(d to ('u(dow l instituioll whiebh- t will be a refl,ge fo' dest.'itute mien who "wore the grey." I have had Iherei(1 arv se rofula brokenl out. on me 1)1> eight year's. My iother and one sister (lied with it, and i, sup posing that. I would go as oth'r Imem.i h ers of the Iaintyv had, had despair'ed of lif'. The treatenll of'mercurv :InII potash seeinel to aggravate instead of curin., the dhise1se. In this con(titiona l wais mressed to use SwNift's Spe'citie. flters on iniy siec and arl s disa-ill r'emniind tue 411' myt sul h'rinigs. I lad I taken S. S. S. al. Ii'st, I would hIlav'e bi'ei a welt mnan lonig amgo. I )aNviilleI, liyv., (OCto e (IiP ., j1 ."~ .I wvas aili't-fd t ii' atrly four' rear's I lirst ('rysijpel:is. I wa.s trieiicdIll lrlph'- J '!eis- I was ciur'ed by SwiLf ; Sp'e. retiiserd to tuke it, even aft'er' it was s the ninet (4f it ;bt hi:iving'r i ed it inyself, I niow~ h in-lieve it i' the best blootl1 i itie lin ll na ii'ic tmw ed -. I (. . j it dh) the tin 414 - a hal Iihti' r (in e)laingwi ti-, Jun-'' i;'in l' I. g bienireliid 1tl) baliev td mki ie.e been liee ih eze t h w lLitv:n, ( i I:v e Swi'ri e S 8.ri bt ( A . I) and1 (i .- 0'rs a half l >i tls ered'tm he sumit mis ltl-e Iti te:i writing.d remldy hinI Ila iol.e. :i (tici'elitst II s 341. fimts ,utn s to~ Ceimdar 4)lIIwn ('ilslle 11 , i( t.e tmi Trtie on loodUi andim I) 'IItei inilediiig frem M' I)vssadtt l rli sli to ( lm tn)p i(ii(i la V)iti,ai uil''lsI iewt xps itI iA inid tf rao mi eo s l' c A correspondeniil~iiiit oi'h Viekihur iCoit, riird //cr1('a/d reIen tly'i ,lle o ,lellroDvsa his homorsieuu e.I at ill voirii. li ay the At. ami tentre tie helli venserab.!lent oldiir and taetiomn oa' wrtituing. to himi It hadgh nled at (1 theln n re ooe by of i rendI tane whi o muTinds lubs lexiaste asp to lie tre stte of hit hatigh wil tocnliiiha limit,wi reain iiOpt.i Ai rleragruacefii acknowredgemltet ofegattde iito hie tti<luliri fvr ds Mr.Iivli asaidthat tluingsi ta viit'olis thaat ion1111 o the tr iveri Januar la hewsexoe li aWboat, ancd oettig t,,, Fuffered.f ev terelas week inlauory toheum~A l)m, &hc had' coipeltled hiem to'dkeepa ttmhisibed for thevealwk.iiite tts 0 n i ross, whiilea no-troal waf 22xtremei,u)v ifl.Ast he apresent time heelt ii lis usua Thealh isththxption oft.ti iam awlln in his reent, weichn ket heine fa ohong ile,ota.t waiked iith lCarl oeydn the'h fotreon,ibt as pier f'orce fnelled lihts.litint e A HOTEL hORROR IN 8T. LOUIS. nding a Dead Body Packed In a Trunk rho Room whence the ::ody was Taken IJuoceupled for a week. ST. Louis, April 14 -A sensation as caused at the Southern Hotel, bo rcen 11 and 12 o'clock to-day, by the scovery of the mutilated body of a an packed in a trunk which was ken out of a room. The stench from e trunk caused the discovery. The >tcl register shows that on. March 30 gentletman registerad as Walter II. etctox Maxwell, t. D., frot Lon >n1 and was assigned to that room. n opening the trunk it was found mtt the head of the man was severed omn his body, and written on the nper inside the trunk were the words, So perish all traitors to the great tuse." The trunk and its contents rere taken to the morgue. Maxwell is described as a very girl th-looking, blondo young man, wear ig a dark woollen cut-away suit of nglish stuff. His fiace was clean haveiand lie wore his hair bang lsh mn, not parting it at all. Ite was seen in onpany frequently with a dark-look g gentleman about five feet ten incte at height. This gentleman registered s C. Arthur Prellor, London, Ilng [1,nd. A telelg ram had previously been re Civea f'rot IPrellotr asking whetler laxtwell was a guest, at the house. t' was ansVered in the aflirmtative .nd he .soont camec on. B3oth occupied le s:une room. Maxwell left the i(tel nit Sunday night a week aro, mut he had paid 'his full week's board ira tpltly, and it was supposed lhe "oltcl return auv lay. No suspicion ttanched to his atbsen:e until the hor itla' smell called attention to his room md led to the 'pettin! of the trunk. When the trutnk wis opened in the otl corridor to-day it was finda to otulnthttie boty of' a tmiddle-agcd ta, the hace ai breast up, and so ctblel about the hips atd knees that filled t he receptacle. On the side of to trunik over the head of the corpse as printed itn large letters the words, So perish all traitors to the great utne.'' The trunk and its ghastly mlitts Nwere immediatelv hurried to to Four Courts. In another trunk as found Maxwell's London address, 1.1 Paper luilding, Temple, Lon on,'' and an envelope addressed in is haudwt'riting to the "1Rev. 11. G. A. ,ewis, 11. A., curator of St. Pauls, Iorley, Leeds, Yorkshire, England.'' le came over otn the Steamer C'epha 'i(i f"rom) England. 'rellor had iL ussian paassport vized by the Itusin t ,lassalor in London in 1878, and a 1asport of 1883 for Spain and Mexico, izaeal by the Spanish minister and igned Granville. Seven trunks, fouir alise- and a hat-box were left behind l the hotel, and the conteits, clothing, le., are valned at hunidreds of dollars. Lhis is beltieved to make the theory of t hoax uiteabtle, and (lie belieflis that he'( corpse is either that of Maxwell r 1'rellor. S,r. Loi:Is, A pril 15.-Walter II. Acnnox Max well, who is supposed to tare tutrel'red C. A. Pellor atid packed is body in a trunk at the Southern lotel, April 5, purchased a througlt ulitited ticket, to Sai Franieisco o donday mton iing, April 6, and signed is name to the ticket c befcre leaving, Ia left the same evening on tlie San rtancisco Railroad. Ile was recog aized on the tratin by two St. Loi6 ontleten, who talked with him as la.i ks P'iarce City, Mo. S.AN FlaciANIscot, April 16.- De c. ivyes have discaovered that Maxwvell, hte murd la erer of Preller at, thle Sout h rn't 11 aifa'l, in St . Louis, arr'iiv~ed here tate ala ass i umedi al ne laist SaLturay, andt toaok ste'eture passaLge ont the steam 'r i/// of' S'ydnet| faor New Zealand in a iotottlu. 1Theitelegrnaph htas beeni atlld itoa reflisitiont tat hieada htim oil A Auclnad, bu it ift is feared t hat tt laaantliluie mtay leave fthe steamer 1al Ia ke ai sailintg vessel for Clinta or' a lan~. It hans b)een discovered that le Ibaggage cheeks dleli veread by Max, call undaear ant alias to the 'Pacific 'ianis fer Comarnyi, aof this city, corre aaad tia VithI ti inmbers issuead at St. aainis hy thle St . Lou is Lad Sant Fran isala Bailrad( to a diff'eret alias. A iit'NDI)EI> ICEtiLS I)II)'WNED. hot Noave~ l thoda by' Wh'ich the Colomabtian (Gaverronena,at ispNosesa of 'Capituared Reavo t iTv oF'~ iEx tCa, Aprail 17.-When1 'aaaals aof the Co'alatahliant Governmtet nialtly ettercad Co lont, after it.ii h aen urned bya 1a theta reblts undiaer't the leader hiip Itaf l'restonti, the iy captu red se vera Il jiluads aof irebes. l)ut'ing the ptast teti ays Itha' numbiter of' thte prtisoner's hats ian conisidaly aumenatead by the ~aa'ip t if st ragglIintg rebtels cap tread in La suirroundainag distrirts. It. is ntif aawnt tnow justt htow mntreels wvere uats behal 1prisoneris at COfOn, biut goodl thoriaaitias palacae the numbiter at abhout. atrt hoiiatred. Authentic intformiationi aenchled this a'ity last iightt that ali \'a ednesday hawv aflicers atf thle CoXlomti al Gova,ernmtia i selectedt one~Iia huiadread ft the wCVorst rebel's impr aiisonied aLt 'aalaon, anad, phataing thtemt ont boad a te:iuer, carriedl themcu out ianto the bav ther' lhe aentiire hundtared were thiraown The North,waet iLibl)Oion. .l There is Ii ttlea chiange in thte caonidi io n aot dhfirs ini thle Naorthiwest its i pri simg is attracnet tig miore at tntiont lhani thle half-bru'aeed isurrect ion , antd natmbercs oat theia gatvernmienlt adimif flit, laey aire grea'aity aamed for' thle wvel ita a <> tI ie t tell alass set teris. Bat tIe rda is agami iisurroundaead anid camnl arias arae contstatnt ly brin itg. Signal raes h ave beni Iighited at, adifferent >oints, whicht fact is tookead upono with itarmi. 'lThe gotvernmitenit deiels thle a'pot, that it is disposced to effect a et ttlemenit withI tie hialf'-breeads anda tianms byv treaty. Sir' .Jo)hn MacDont lal states flhat lie will fir'st putt adown lie r'eellioad then h'te to what hte rel>els .haave to say. Maeroftala. Ari' aai ny membiers. of youir famIly thtus Fitaietd.' I hive theaay scroafulou(ts swall intgs the gltads? IIlave thtey an y scrofailons ala's at ulaeirs? If sat, anda It shioulhl be 'gl'ectead, thle paeuliar tatit, otr ptoIio, ay adaeposit itself In thea suibstiance of theii no'aproduciig (coNSUMi"rIos. Look elltaaheconti ont of youtr famaily, anal thus taftlietaed, give the proper remedy ithoaut delay. Iuy that which makes >soaluite cures In thie shortest sp~ace of me. 'lTie uner'ringi finger of public opti ni paoints to B. H. h. as the most wvondaer .l remeda'ay for serofula ever known. You 'eat noat take our wordl--youa niead not aow our1 nameas--merit la all you seek. sk youir nielghblors, ask your adrugglst, k or wrtite tat tkose whlo givae theIr eer Iicatei; anal be conviniced that B. It. B. Ia e qitckesat anal most perfect Bloodl Purl 'r ever bofire known. * ~-Several minor appointments were ade by the Pr'esllid t on Friaday nong thtem that of James M. Mor Lio(f South Carolina, to be Consul enteratl aelbou...., A a.- a. PROSPZOTS OF PICACE. England and Russia Come to an Agree ment About the Afghan Frontier. LONDON, April 15 -In the Cabinet Council to-day the Anglo-Russian sit uation, it is said n '.s represettect to be as follows: iigland and Russia have agreed upon a basis for the de limitation of the Afghan frontier, sub ject to a satisfactory explanation by Russia of the recent attack on the Afglians. According to this scheme, It is said that Penjdeh will be ceded to Russia, provided the Aneer consents, Recruiting for the British navy con tinues with great activity, the admiral ty having invited navy pensioners to volunteer. PAxis, April 15. -La Paix says that in the event of war between England and Russia other powers, especially France, must remain neutral. Follow ing the above oeclaration, La Paix hints that these powers have already reached an agreement to remain neu tral. L(N)ON, April 1W.-A special dis patch from Vienna to the Daily 1'ele. graph gives the following: M. De (;iers, the Russian Premier, sent. a tel eurain to Baron )e Staal, the Russian Minister at London, in these words: 'I am charged by the Czar's personal command to request you to infornl the British (overnnent that in the Czar's opinion war wotld be deplora ble to both countries. 'Tlhe (zar firm ly hopes that a prompt and simple ar rangement will be established.'' In reply to this, Baron De Staal tele gr:aphed M. I)e (iers that the English Cabinet gladly accepted DeGier's com mul)IiCationl. Ml. Lessar, the Special Envoy of Russia, inl all interview to-day, said that arrangements for the cession of I'enjdch to Russia had not vet been completed, but that negotiations were proceeding favorably. The Amcer, he thought, would offer no objection to the cession of Penjdeh to Russia, as the tribes occupying that. place and other portions of the territory which have been in dispute have for a long time caused him much uneasiness on account of their rebellious spirit and acts of violence. LONDON, April 17.-Mir. (lIadto:e, in the house of Commons this after n001, stated that the government hiad to-day received f'rom Sir Peter Luins den a reply to their regnest for an inde pendent report upon the 1'cnjdeh inci dent. In this it is stated that General Komaroff was aware, at as early a (late as the 28th of Mari'ch, of *the understanding agreed upon on Marcl 17 between Russia and England. Ac cording to the terms of this under standing England was to deter tI Afghans and the Czar was to deter hi troops froni advancing beyond thl positions they then respectivelv occu pie( hut il some subsequent aegreeme about, the demarkation of the Afg hai frontier could be reached between tlh two governments. The battle on ti Kushk River was fought, tlerefore several (lays after Koinaroff had beet made aware of the agreement to no advance. It will be remembered tha Captain Yates, the British olicer wh witnessed the battle, was assured bi the Russian oflicer who cannnaunded ii the fight that he knew nothing ,f th< understanding of the 17th of Marc Sir Peter Lumsden's report appears it warrant, inference that. wllatever Kotm arofl' knew oflicially about the St Petersburg agreemeit. with London I kept to himself. ST. Pr.Tausnia;:, A pril 17.-(;:enier' lRomar'otl' r'ep)orts to thle C za r as fol.I lows: "'The Afghians li-ve evacuat ( all their fronttier' posts. Otur on t post no0w occupy thle former posit ionis. will proceed scout to inispect our1 ou! l)osts." TIlE CIIARILESr'ON C[USTOM I1OE';s. Mr. walker's Merits Set Htet'rr 1114) $ecre tary of the Treastr,y. [ Special to the Naw.' va m'n rii-r. W'asinNGTON, April i;. --''The dele, giat ion thait ariv~ed here vest erda toiV prtesentt lie name of' Mr t. I . ,J. \V':ilker as the canid ate of' the bu sinie ssi meni for' the col lector.sh ip oif thle port' of Chairlcstoti called upon01 Secr'ef n-v .\i an.. ing and the President to-daiy ina ltfit tuenit of' ant appoinutmentI. I I delega wvas led by Messrs. Geotre II. \Val er, F'ranik E'. Tatylor', presh iint of' tluI Charleston Exchtange, and W. . Steedmitani. Seniators llfaimpfon and Rutller' weire pruesen t to in trodu nce tie coi. itteI e, lbuit took ino parit inl thle ipro ccedting.. Theli gen tleeni t :nned presenteul their case to Secr'etary Mainiig, stat ing that it was thte wish of floe buhine~i.. ttein of' Chairleston to have'o thle colle'e tor'shi p 1tiaken out tf 'the ha nds of pl i.. ticianis. Th'ley said t hat Mr'. Walker was oetinienitly (qul1ified for' thte po.i io hiad thei conifidenlce of the peole oc Charilestoni, anid thIat hiis app oinitmn t woutld( gr'at ify eigh t-tenthIs of tl 'he btsi utcss mecn in thle cityx. Thev chaillencigedi ain inuvestigattioit iinto his p~r'ivate ebhar' actet', which they dleclaredc( was ablove Mr i. Manitniig listented to thtetn wifth mnarked attetinci, tremnaini ng wit h thtemt even after t he hour appoinited for- a Cabinet meeting, and said lie would give his p)ersoinal attetttioni, decidin ti accoi'diing to the mei'its of' the case af'ter a careful consideiration. Ff-om the treasury the delegation wvent to thle Whit li on1111se andto pa io thteiir respects to l'r'esidenhit Cleveland. They told him of' their mt~isin to Washtingtoni antd expr'essed lhe hope that lie woulid give thte mtattr his at teition and1( recogntize t he bus10iness in-' fei'ests inivolved. iIe was perfect ly cor'dial with them and they lef't verys wecll satisfied witht thte initerview. Mir. A. ii. Mowry, tiue rival ciiidi. date for collector', is itt the eit v, and it is unidei'stood that. special rir,esentfa tions ini hiis behialfI will be muade itn I few days. Rtihmondl's Mysterious Murder. RliMoNo, VA., April 17.-The an. thor'ities ai'e woi'king atssidiouslv it hunting evidetnce in the case of' ''htos, J. Chtiverius, charged with the murdet of Fannie Lillian Madis(lin. It hau now been founid out that Ie'man doel, (rGermant watchmuaker' of' this c'ity, whten on a business visit to Center'vilie, King and Quceen county, a ycar' ago, mentdedl fci' Cliiveiis a gold wvatch key, whtichi key .Joel is expected to prioveC is the idlentical oneC founid at the( reservoir alonigside of Miss Mad ison's veil oni thle day of thte discovery- of' the body. ~Joel has beeni enjoined not to tahk otn the subject, but thte fullest coi.. fidence is felt her'e that lie cani pr'ovc thie key by his own wvork on it, and that he will identify Cluveiis as the man for whom lie ('id the repairing. The case conies up for ti'ial on May 5a. -The Attoirney Gener'al has given an opinion to the Ptresidentt aflirmting the eligibility of General A. RC. Law tn, of Georgia, for appointmenit as Mitndster to Rnaaia:'1 4ENHK&L NEWS ITEMS. -A lumber company has been form ed In Atlanta. -Tho steamship Iline between Ha. vana and Tampa will be withdrawn after April 23. -An iacendiary fire at Lancaster, Pa., on Friday night, destroyed twenty thousand dollars' worth of property. -A new railroad to Newnan, con necting Greenville with Atlanta, will be built within the next eighteen mouths. --The liquor dealers in Savannah are required by law to appear before the ordinary of the county and register in person. --The lriuce of Wales has not met ia cordial reception in Ireland. At Cork and other places he and his party were hissed; and several serious riots have occurred. -The Georgia papers state that by reason of he no-fence law in Greene county, Georgia, the yield of butter has been more than doubled, and the breed of cattle is improving very ra pidly. -11r. hvdwards Pierrepont, Secre tary of the American Legation, at Ilome who was left ini charge of atiairs by Mr. Astor and w ho had been ill for some weeks, dled last week. -A skill containing Mary Draper, her dagliter aged 11, and her niece Carolina Dempsey, 12 years old, cap siztul iml the Ohio liver near Evans ville, 1nid., i1 Weduesdav, aid all vere drowned. -A cyclone passed over a section of North C;arolinm east of IM,tmlet on Thiusdav afternoon, destio in g tim ber, t'ences and houses and doing great dianage in other ways. No lives are reported to have been lost. -Vessels of all nationalities are crowding into the Black Sea for the purpose of transpting grin from lHussian ports bef>re an outbreak shall occur between Englaind and Iiussia. Eighty-seven English vessels arrived ii oine week. -Although no official iiformalion has heeni received hv the Marine Ilos pital llireau of the existence of cholera inl anly part of Europe, the authorities are taking every possihle precaution to prevent its introduction into this coutntry. --II. lcKenzie, canvasser for the 1<luitable Life Assuirance Company, shot his wife and hitaself at. 96 Grove street, New York, on Tuesday nigh!. 'T'lie pair, who were natives of Prince Ed varcd's Island, have lived apart fo>r some time. Ih-ink and jealousy were the causes of the Iraredy. -Sarr Stanley died at Ithaca, N. Y., on londlay, aged 1)l) years and t I ree ioulhs. lIe vas MrI in l)utcless cotuit y Deceeinwr 2., 1i S I. For f'outr days revvionS to his dealb lie refused foodl, say ing lie had Iiveil as long as he wantcd to. lie had never been sick before (uring his life. -At Indian (Cityv, 'Tenn., 1ud Far' t. ris, white, and Freemanaii Vard, cilored t were hanged at the fiir grotuids Tues > day mo' raningi at 2 o'clock by a mob of -m.tslkel iiet n ainiilritg about two i hindred. '1lcv beloagel to a gantg of thieves who recen ith" have coimmit Sled nanty depredationi on citizens of > that lace. -The (h'verio of Texas has vetoed the Iund bill passed by the Legislature itcdiately bfore adjonrntent, pro v'idin:'- for' the sale of' the coammoii schlt, htuivers'ia t mI :a-ylnm lands. iIe sayV': "Byi ino ier of' i~ine w.ill everci sainction the a iiSition oif thiose v.a i t n'is of laand by one manage a1 isaid t hat an otfer of' $2,000)O a tbarbler shop1 of' the Kimbalall 1[iiise, ini A\lanita, has beeni madet and decltined. Thli, wi. th the r'eanal of' the stor'es, wonuhi hive<; ivyen thle lessec-, afttei paying Ilie n' (irest on thle bonids anid liihnat oii the priefer'red sfo.:k, the hoe etfaee 'aid $5,is)0 cash sur'plus. . -O()iin Wednesday, a paty , conisist thraee otherii ladies, tand babbv tw<o iinial hs oald, '.et out froain Ilaiptn 1 wo1 iiecroes, it> visia O)ht 1'oinit. Tbci boat was capisizedl wit bini oane luiriaied tad lijiy feet of thle beacha. All the matalembes of I he paritv werei' rscuedtiil ainiiiully assnaltedl Mr's. .Jas. Thaomp soin, a white lady. a'ed sixty year's. at :aui aakeni to iuika fora iudeaiilienutioii. While a liarty was~ gone to get the lady Joint:on 'oiifessedl the crm'ime to the shecritf anid aiko said hie was an escatpiiIed(i onvict . The inegiro was takein out side thea t own andllit hanedl to a triee. niew. miniiisteir to Mlexico, tackna owledges that his p nadona fraomi l'r esidlent John i soan wa s inot. ireinfiorcedt by splecial Act of' C2on gress, bumt lie denIes thait lhe is aullow.vinag thait f:~t.t to initer'ferae w itha hi s imove amen ts. IIle int Ienads to priesent his cr'edenitials to I 'aesidentl D iaz on Alav I1'6 and r'est. con tenmt iunmdei' thle Seniato0 ial coniftimationu of' his appIoiitmient. -At Stilt Lake, Utahi, oai Tucsday, Orisoii l'. Airmidd, a priomainaent Moi lmit, leadedt'i guilty- to an ind(ictmfeint chaarginig unlaw' fuil cohiabitationi. iIe dCclaredC(, iin openi couit, his iantentiona to abanadn pol1ygamny, obe'y thle laws aid live w.ith his law'.fuil wif'e oinly, iiot nieglecI ing to suppor(iat his "scondii( fily." J udge Zunie satitd these declar iati oins had( gr'eat w.eigh t wit lie Colurt , and ht le theref'.~ ore imatposedl a line~ of' onaly $300), wvithlonut i mpri soninaenat. -Th'le courat-nmart ial procera<Imangs ini the case of' Geni. W. B. I lazea 'were made public on lFriday. Tfhe~ senteance is a r'epraiiaui, which is made lhv the I'r'esideait in~ dueW form. General I iazeni is released from tarrest an ai( s resumed lhe taties of' his ofiee. The ch:age on whiicha Genemral llaizeni w.as traied w.vas "'coa nuct primejudilicial to good order' aiin amilitary~a disci pliie''' lhe comurt founid lhu imilty"~ andi( recomnmned that lie "ble eensured1 ini orderis byv the reviewaing authority."' --At the farmii house of' Widow I iardint, about fif'teen iniles fr'omi St. Josephlil, Aliho. Wa'ill iam Chn-k'l, a fliamr aand a marra-ied ranm, had sedumced lie widow's da ughtIeri, and( lie, thle w idow~ anid thea d iaughIatea' and a ltawyv.era named Dim) gan hiand a confi erenice on Afonday with a view to sett lemenit. No resmult wats reachied, hut almaringi thle evenainag Cltark called at the widow's house. A hot di scuissin enisued, eninag ini a qlnuirrel, durainag whlaich lark shiot and( killed the w.idow, mnortal ly wounded the daumghtler andl badly woun aded the widow's younag soni. iIe theni wvent aaoflmilln fed his~ stock and did other wvork loout his place. '[hli nextmnorning his (dead body w,'as founda ian a pile of straw naear his house with a bullet hole iai his head and( an emnpty pistoI in his lunul. COLORED MEN FOR OFFICE. A Liberal Policy Adopted by the Admiula. tration--A speclmen Appointment. WASHINGTON, April 16.--It Is undr. stood that the policy of this adtnitnis tration with regard to app>ointments to 1S >laces inl the Southern States now hold an by colored Republicans will be not to Substitute white men for colored men, he but to replace incompetet or dishon- be est colored Republicans by colorod Democrats who aro worthy and capa ble. In accordance, it is sai<d, with B this policy, the Postmaster General hias just appointed ex-Representative Toi Ilainilton, of Beaut'ort, route agent fromt Beaufort to Jacksonboro, S. C. IIanilton was the leader of a small hand of colored mtetn who sup ported the lamptonl government in South Carolina in 1876. -W. it. L. Merritt, one of the most prominent lawyers in Virginia, died A I at his home in Brunswick county on C Tuestday, agd eighty-live years. iIe A' was for several years presiding justice " of his county and for many years be fore and siice the war a Iemnher of tle A Stnte Legislature. THE MAN AND THE MONKEY "What ails you?" asked the man- "I see A You are a sufierer, aid t:, n searcely get alon1g." t "Oh, youl see," replied the monkey "my m1uIdler, sh had wt. ~hat you cull sero f ula very ntulI serofula, my farder. he haul A heap sore,;, Solie b itz, sonle little sores, long t"iu'. They both took much lncedli cine, and died; die sores was all they left iue." "Y.es; yes," repliel the man. "I see f how it is Your lot.etr fiierited her dis ease, scrofula, anwl your father caught his A on the ming, and you in'eriteti or were born with het.h eotpliints. 1tilt w li pine away and tdie when you can be cured'." "I been (le used over sixty bottles one dr ug store Iledlicine, anti it no go)ot1. Money A all gone an<d sore here yet. Sote doctors clam e ieap money, i t no ;!o+t." i "But, niy frien(l," said the mlan, "you i ot hold of the wrong ne(licine. :o to the <1ruz store and get one bottle of 11. .t. 1., and before using alI of it you A will feel better. It is a iuick (ire. It will cure all sorts of sores, Serofula, Blood Poison eaight on the wing, Itching ( I[Ilors, Catarrh, 11100(1 and Skin liseases and Kidney Troubles." A "I be so thankful for your Lindl:ess, and will go get lt. 1;. II. to-day," replied the 1lonkey. i A EYES OF FIRE. ?'Oh, might. I kiss those eyes of fire, Teln thousand searce would quench desire; Still would 1 steep my lips in bliss, And dwell an age on every kiss."' A That voung dlule needs something for his blood: lie is utterly too fresh. 11. 13. 11. is the lest tl'ing for him, beeause one bot tle will cure hin. 1;rit tiat (Itude is not all A alone in his terrestrial giory-not by a ''jug full." Many others are consi<Ierably 'rattled'' just now about that blood poisoln business, but 11. 11. It. will cure for the least money and in the shortest time. Th'le boom i:; coming. I'urify, l'urify. A "Oh, .losie,'' said little gleeful Maud, "we are going to have some honoy made at our house." "I low (14 you linow-"' asked -Josie. "3ecause lammia sent the servant after three Ii's, and I do;l't know what be(s are good for, only to make honey." B Blood alaim Co., Atlanta, (a., will mall anly one a mtost wonlerful book FiEE. 11 Ap1ll5LlyI !Al W%I ~ V - ...- i Men Think they know all about Mustang Lin- - iment. Few do. Not to know is not to have. U' sti In ito T UT T'S PIL LS 25 YEARS IN USE. The Greatest-Medical Triumph or the Agel - SYMPTOMS OF A TORPID LIVER. Loss of appetite, Bowel. costive, Pain in the head, with a dull sensation in tho blade, Fullness after eating, with a di. inclination tQ exertion of body or mind,1 Irritablit yft tem per, Low spirits, with a feeling ofhavying neglected me duty, Weariness, Dizziness, Fluttering at the IIeart. Dots before the eyes, Headache] over the right eye, IRestlessness, with fitfbl dream., H Ighly colored Urine, and CONSTIPATION. TUTT'S PiLLS are especially adapted to snoh cases, one cdose effects such a change of feeling asto astonish tho sufferer. The Increase the Appete,and cause the body toTake on Fles thus the system is nourlshe, anid by thei 1Inio Action on roduoo. Price 2o.4 4Mrray t.,I.. I4 TT S EXTRIACTSARSAPARILLA strengthens the won , repairs the wastes o~ 'I the systemi with pure bloo anld hard muscle; tones theu nervous aystem, invigorates theo bran,andimrietovigor' O manhood. ~ bI;IICE A4 1urray St., NewYork. TH'IE CHIUR&CIMAN." FORTY-FIRST YEAlt,-.--iss5. The RteligIu WIeekly of the Protelit.. anIt Epicop,al O!hurchm. A magazine of Eccleslastical IntIe; Ilgence, de. votionlal and general reading, aind thle largest and( mOst linlluent,tal weekly In the P'rotestant E 1800 oal Church. , , ews flepar'tment the energy of '[us CHlU3(CnstAN IS well kr.own, and0 31s organI- (C zation Is v'ery comliplete fo,r p(roc(lrthg news, which'l it gives wIthI remnarkable p~rmpi nies. gi Th'Ie Maigainme Ibepar'tment alone con-yi talns in a year suItlelenit rea:ding matt1er to m1Il~ 3 more than live 12mo31 b,ooks of 5((0 paIges WI Its ilooli eviews ale at prolninenut feat ire. liiter'army, Art amil Meieuntlie NoteN are ( Ca u lly pre1'14'pa red by specIali1sts.*1 I(l Europ,ean Corre'spondenUtN are per The1 Childreun's DRe par'tment Is IlIus.. t rated andI specially etf Ital for the children. $3(.5(i a year In ad!vanIce., postid. 'Tinl Ce dlollars to t'Ierg.vmen- Mingle copie4s te'n cnt t M9. lI. MALLOItY, & CO, '17 lafayette P'incte, New Yorkc. BRANCH- OF LUJDDEN & MUSIC JI( PIANOS AND OIUa ANs SOLD 0 SMA Lb INST'IJUME;NT1S A ND SilEET M T WENTpY P'Eh CE'NTj. SAVED PIANOS AND OltGANS DEI'LIVElLiED FREE OF CH2 AG ENTS WANTED) ON I. rir' WVrile for Trms1.11 and1 Catalogues t< N.W. 'l FebA1.Gm 12 Many a Lady beautiful, all but her skin; d nobody has ever told r how easy it is to put auty on the skin. Beauty the skin is Magnolia lm. OUND. FOR LADIEb ONLY. tEMEDY endorsed by the best Physi lans and Druggists at its home. IEMEDY that Mr. C. W. O'Neill, Good ater la., says raised his wife from an ivali s bed, and he believes saved her fc. E:MEDY of which a prominentAtlanta erchant said: "I would have given $500 s soon as I would a nickel for what two ottles of your medicine did for my aughter." tEME1)Y in regard to which S. J. Cae ell's, M. 1) , Druggist, Thomasville, Ga., a ys: "I can recall instances in which it forded relief after all the usual remedies u(d tailed.'' ItE IEDY abo, which Dr. R. B. Fer ell, LaGrange, Ga., writes: "I have used or the last twenty years the medicine 'ou are putting up and consider it the est combination ever gotten together or the disease for which it is recom nended. REMEDY about which Dr. Joel Braham, tlanta, said: "I have e.ramined the ecipe, and have no hesitation in advis ng its use, and confidently recommend REMEI)Y which the Rev. H. B. John on, near Marietta, Ga., says he has used i his family with the "utmost satifac ion" and reconnenled it to three fami ites "who found it to be just what It is 'ecomnlended." REMEDY of whW,ha Pemberton, Iverson k Dennison say: "We have been selling t for many years, with constantly in ureasing sales. The article Is a staple wvith us, and one of absolute merit." ItEME)Y of which Lamar, Rankin & Lamar say: "We sold 50 gross in four nonths, and never sold it in any place nit what it was wanted again." RIEMEDY by which Dr. Baueh, of La =range, Ga., says: "I cured ono of the nost" obstinate cases of VICARIOUS MEN TruUA'rioN that ever came within my knowledge, with a few bottles." 1RMEI)Y of which Dr. .1. C. Huss, of Notasul ga, Ala., says: "I am fully con vieed that it is unrivaled for that class af diseases which it claims to cure.'' I;EMEl)Y about which Major John C. W1'hitner, of Atlanita, well and favorably knou i all over the United States as a eneral Insurance Agent, says: "I used this remedy before the war, on a large pslantation on a great number of cases, rduilav Withi <rholute success." 1EMEl)Y about which Mr. J. W. Strange, of Cartersville, Ga. certifies [hat one bottle cured two members of his family of menstrual irregularity of many years standing. This Gareat Remedy is cadfield's FEMALE Regulator. Send for Treatise on the Health and appiness of Woman, mailed free. IRAlalrII) ItEGULATOI Co. 'ox 28, Atlanta, Ga. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. - Ladies and gentlemea to take light, pleasant Semployment at their own homes (distance objection), wvork sent b)y mail, $2 to $5 a day ni ie <ItelyV mzilet. no0 canvassing. Please r,', L tonce Gt.oos Miu. Co., Boston, Mass., N SUJMPTION, have a itivo rnod y fa th above dlos b It. a. T. A . 8LoUU,1eI1'eariSt., New York. TLcadnL.ndoIhy. make.asall ofE''n."u* has withou doubt trae bo torlimng; weavear"d oaeue otever jearsfltaidln"cu. (sbyahim. He guaranees acre. Eir'v.rerO a, Troatieo sent free, Clv. P.O. and Dr. A. B.EEOLE, No. 96 John8t.,New York. -r~M,WATER"P00OF "". t albte Cot Onuasts the uidin ARPT ud RUOS oftsame, double the wear of ou sloths. calalog,o i.'W.H .FAY& CO.CAMDEN,N.J. PARKER'S TONIC. gives tone and power. For comniaints of the <luney, iBowels, stomach, 1Liv.r ni Lungs, for t lie sultie troublles or women ad for those dily (iber<Iters induiited by anxiety, care and (lial str.tln, its effects will surprise and arm1 you.. I s not an (essence of ginger. Da 100s 1o t he paht I', au roitidote to the liquor hii, and exceedingly hemptul to the aged and -ble. 'i'. and l iwi sizes. IIISCOX & CO., 13 'William Mtreet, New York. p1i.4w ATTENTION, Pl A. R~ 1Vf 'E) S I F: offer you tihe celebrated Peterkin *ttoni Seed at $1.50 per bushel. It will ie forty per cent. of lint, and equal the 'hi ini setd cotton of any other variety. e are agenta for the D)eering Binders, 'apers anid Mowers, the Thlomas Rake, rhjin and Aciell arrows, F'arquhiar Cot l'Planmters, Ironl Age Cultivators, Saw ills, Enginles, (iiis, Presses, Plows, Etc. Itepanirs for ChamIlpion anid Buckeye Ma nmets andt for W'att Plows. Write to us. McMAST1ER & (IB JBES, Mart4 m.;lm Columbia, S. C, BATES' SOUTHERN USE. EASY INE'TALMENTS. US[C CONS'IANTLY IN STOCK IY BUYING IG1OM US. .T ANY D)EPO'l IN THE STATE t RGE. IBIERAL TERMS. "RUMP, Manager, MAIN ST.. COLUMRIA. 5.00.