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BIRTH OF THE CONFEDERACY. A GLANCE I3ACK TO THE DAYS OF Tw1ENTY-FIYE YEARS AGO. Scones at tho Intiuratiou of 'resident Jetferson )avir--Tho First Coufelerate Noney, the First Flag, the First Soldiers 1ad tho First Cruiser. (Wash. Letter to the .Ycw York 1W'orld.) "No, sir, I was not with Mr. Davis at Montgomcry this week to hear hiln pronounce what you are pleased to call the funeral oraticll of the Confederacy. I was there with him twenty-flc years ago and heard him make na speech much more cheerful. It was his inau gural as PIresidlent--the baptismal ser vice you iight call it-of the Confed cracy. I was one of the marshal's aids on Ihat occasion, and represented Soutth Carolina.'' The speaker, chatting with a group of his friends inl the parlor of the National hotel, was Col. Henry D. Capers, of Georgia. lie has been here for several muonthIs and his erect figure and gallat bearing are much re marked. Ie was private secretary of the first Confederate secretary of the treasury, aml his rcminiscenlces of the babyhood of that short-lived ( Govern ment are an interesting volume. The bitterest Northcrner cannlot begrudge the pathos in the spectacle of Jefl'orson )avIs, a solitary 01(1 man, grey and feeble, statiding up to speak in the memorial service of the rebellion, u)on the steps of the very Capitol where he first stood forth its chief, in the prime of his miianly strength and the iirst (lush of its hopes, on the 18th February, 186t 1. How many be must miss of the high-hearted, hot-blooded Southern chivalry who stood proudly arotond him that day! The 18th of February, 1861, was a beautiful Southern day, savs Col. Calpers. The stu beaimed dowii on the natal occasion like a happy father, and a soft southwest wind was lift ing the leaves of the magnolia that twined with the laurel in many a large festoon about the Corinthian columns of the capitol. An immense concourse of People gathered to the inauguration, but so soleln were the ceremonies and so earliest were the people, that Col. Capers, sitting on horseback in the outskirts of lhe t lhroni;r, heard dis tinctly every word of the eloquent opening prayer of i)r. taanly. The veuerable divine a itl Vice-President elect Siepheis role in the carriage with Mr. I )avis, :ani Ilowell Cobb, president of the coliventionl, admtllinis t. erd t lie oat Ii o ollice, MIr Davis sp)oke i:is linaugutral U'.icily, but diS tinet', ai;'l uipon taking the oath raised his eyes towards neaven aiid repeated the concluding words, "So help it God,'' in a tone so strong and clear that they could be heard by ever one prc'seut. 't'here was a re ccptiun that. iniglht anld a brilliat ball. U. (G. Menininiger, of Soutlt Carolinma, was appointed secreta ry o' the treasu ry, and u t he :0Uth Col. Capers, whom lie seletdl as his private secretary, openel thair olice in the (ommiercial building . T1he ac'commolldatijOns Were Ii mited, hm cii oveuieit. Tiere was a bankin_r oflice on the grontid floor. Thu Sate, trcasury , war, navy and law delpartuei of the new gover iitii settled dowli nu t lie I welve rooms on the second story, ione of theul very large. Yo'iung Capers took posesioi of their oflice, swept. out the cobwebs and dust. hii msel', got ini a fewv aiticles oft furiture, tI l~acked( a caird oin thle. door1, hiiired an ii llire boy a ind witd 1 two whole days beior'e any',body cajimie to do buisinesm'. TIhem carne a iall, 'ohli3rl y-lookinig mant with anl eaigr siip amid I le tinoi, takable a ir of' bushie-s lie wanted0( to see the ."ecr'et:u-y at one eun an :1 imi por'tanit inatter'. lie lh:mdedi the yo umig pr'ivate ecetary' :m oflicial nmoie and( hulrriedly said: '"1 am Ca~pt. D ean, sirin, late of thle Uited0( St ates ariinv. I hav'e hbeeni in str'ucted by Pr'esident D avis, whose note I land you, to pr'ovkIe rationis and blanmket f'otr one hun mdied ieni who have r'ep)orted to lhim ioi' dtt ini the army. I want the iumey, sir', to carry oult thle ordefr of th le 1President."t -Col. Caperts assured t011he Capltin iithat lie was boih wilIng and anixious 1 lie mnen should lie Gl led aund covered, hut ho added, shtakin )t a purse that contai ned 5(o1iethin in .gIc Ihan $5: "'I have beeni on conisideIraleI of' a frolic for' the last two wveeks in Mont gomery, aiin( my finianices are ait this moment pretty low. This is all the money I am able to volich f'or tas being ill thoe ireasuryI' depar'tmienit of lie Confederate States at this t imne.'' Patriot ismn coutldni't be allowed to go unfed and unihlmketed, however, and after' some1 dlay the monecy was r'aised on the piivate credit of' Mr'. Mem minger. The soliers thus equipped0( were a comipany of Geor'gis, comn mianided1 by Capt. Geor'ge Washinigtoni Lee. Thley wer'e ithe first body of' troops enlistG'd by the Conf~eeracy. When fleir provisional Couigress pr1ovided for u a li of 815,000,00o "'to mfeet, the~ C eiegelis >of Giover'nmieith,"' thmty thiereb,y pr iovided aniot hem' enmer genicy. Theli Govermnent 1hud no paperni notes upon01. They mnanagedl to get the~ chief' t igiedientt of' pajpe ii mnov (eldit vei'y well, but1 sItick faisl t w wlilI for lack of' w hat is usually comiparattively valueless. ThIe papem' inills of lIme Sotth made omy~ thle ordinai'y news. paper aid I l'c coinmmin wrapping paper oft thle sh ops. TIhe lie mci ianiu factories oh'f the co i>ti'y lav ior'thI of the line of separa'tionm. G.' B. Lamar', presidenit of' the Butnmk of' the liepublic, in New York, atinmt. as uagemit, for thie Confederate Goveimenit, ar'raniged to have thle wor'k done by thle Amruuicani Banik Note Companmy, bu11t wvhen the bonids aIimni totes werie all handtisomiely pr'inited itt readCit y to be ship 1)10( the secret service oficeis of' the aitionial Govern mient swoohied dlowni and coni fiscatetd thme w hole batch. The difll culty of findinig pn ler' and( emngraver's was nt solved unitil mafter' the removal of the Governmenit from Monitgomory to Rich mmondm. 'lhe Rich mmiond hipper mills wer'e fitnaully able to fitt'riish a sor't of bank-note paper', bt Ithe first issue wasI pr'inited by a hirim of Ger'mtani engmavei's iln I tichmon lOilott paper' sinmggled thr iough the himnes friomn I al - tfmOre. T1hie iii'st. proof -sheet , of' eight onie-hinmdried.' dol lamr biIls, wats flit from handsomeni, bu mt 1they were int a hurry aid thev approve'd it . it is niow in the piossession of' Col. Capbers, amid bears upon Ithe back (of it t his intscr'ip lion, made at thle Iiimie, in the hanid writing of' Secr'etar'y Memminiger: "'When thle tmney-chatngem's hbecotme] familiar' with lie peculIiar' feaitum'es of these uncanmny bils it wil be) mas dhiflcult fo pass a countteifeit as if' they were ThgtaVed on steel by ani cxpet't; may be mIOre0 50." Secrtetary MNemminimger se5\ns to have been both a wit antd a phitloso- I pher.II ince and uncertain.ln the promise they expreased, they passed at par in sov 3ral seaports of Dixie "for at least a month,' as Col. Capers caref\illy puts t, "after they were issued." Several argo bills of exchange were bought n London and Paris at par. But the lnanclal boom of the Confederacy ldn't last long. When it came to be August, '61, the Canal and Citizens' )anks in New Orleans were the only nes handling Confederate money at ar. On the 9th of August oven they imspended specie payments, notifying he Richmond authorities of their utention two days in advance by a )rivato cipher dispatch. Col. Capers ias (ho original of this dispatch, in p)ursuance of which the Government made quite a saving speculation for itself by buying up rail the foreign ;xchango it could lay Its hands on In New Orleans, Mobile, Savannah, Jharleston and Richmond during the two days of grace. Col. Capers's recol:ection of those arly days of the war arc a continuous tory of inakeshifts and exptients. rhe young Government lived from hand to mouth. One of the first naval fmcers to report for duty was Raphael Semtmes, afterwards commander of the Alauma. lie was on hand before they had a (leek for hiu to stand on, and worked for a short time in the treasury department at Montgomery. A merchant vessel was soon bought and Scmnues, after inspecting her, returned to Montgomery und announc ed to his fellow-clerk, Col. Capers: "She is a good craft, sir, a good craft. WlienI have strengthened her timbers and cut her down to fighting trim, my word for it, she will do brave work, sir." She was accordingly altered and armed and, with Sennes on her quarter-deck, made good.his prediction to the dire cost of such as weiit (Lowi to the sea in ships under the Stars and Stripes inl those days. 'The vessel was the Sumtcr. srl.)1Mt:s w1'IlTTL'ES FOlt 1118 PACPERS. But whnii sie was ready to sail ani her register mnade out, it was discov ered at the last noment that the treasury departient of the Confederate States had no seal. There wasn't an engraver to be found in Montgomery, and Senmes was iinpatielt to get his Papers antl be oil. So he and Col, Capers, aided by a handy young army Surgeon, autid at the expetnse of two or three peikuives, carved ia rude seal upon a p,iece of boxwood, which met the iinlediate need. Semmies got his register, and the aSilre set sail undei the Stais and Bars. There was fluite a tine over the adoption of that flag. A considerable number were in favor of sticking to the old flag, with slight modifications, but. Mr. Miles, of South Carolina, chairman of the Congres sional flag committee, argued at lengti iIi his roirt agaiist this sei Ii lleutal idea, ianl added, by way way of a clinbcher, that Liberia1 and tlie Sand wich Islanis haid 11 igs very similar to ours, and the committee was not disposed, the iefore, if 1or no ottier reason, "to keep, coi)Y or init ate it. They have no in clinl ation to Ibo'row second-ihaid what has alreatly b'''en ipilcred or ap prop riatel by a tee iegro Co Iml mu ality and a race of savages.'' ''he very first ('onfederate flag that the sun 'Ver saw, (ol. Capers test ities, was hoisted by .1utlge Cit heratl at Montgomery. lie was in the conti dence of the flag coimitte, and as soon a yt they tIld liidi tle design selecte h'Ile grot his lady i rienads to getherci aind hadi one' niimte. On thle day te ('omiinit tee wa:i to r'poi't to 'oiire-s lhe noat ited thle roof of' the C;apit, iix'd his flag to the halyard'. of' thle "itl anzd waited. .T'he1 'C)ii re idnudt ion of thie coin niittee was approved, lie got his sig i ntl from below, antd ini the t wink Iinmg of' an eye the new enlsigni of' thle S-ouith~ was floating pr'oly in (lie caresses of the gentle March winid. 'lih lnews spread qutickly thr'ongh (lie city, amil when Juidge Clither'allI shouted dlown firomi his lofty perch, "Thr'e cheers tor' the C onfederate flag'" the (crowd anlswer'ed with a aiightIy grceeting that , it was thlought at thlie imie, iia'-t have given an ecarache to lie bronz, e stat 110 on th le doin of1 thei far Northierni Capi tol. ( /"'rom 'en nie Ja s n's Isi eion Letter. ) Griaduaig (dre'sses ai'e always a sourice 01' troll t.uid anixiety withI expcetanit gr'adutats CrIomi school and college it this seasoni. A fe w ianv be able to send or' give thieiri ordei' 'to a compiletenit dr'essmnaker'; thle majoiity "'worr'y" over' (lie difl'icu lty~ of mnakiiig ant mde1uun appe)ar'ane out. of' iaadc (fiinate i'esoiurces. The biest thin g, priob abl, thfat the mlajority C:a dn (is to1. pro'urei one of' the mauchin le embr~ioid-f credi white miusliiis, make it up withI fullI open bodice, said wear creni, pale y'ellow or lielIiotr~ope sat in heft anid ibboiis. Uut if' the iy wonuld1begini a year bef~o and ( emrider'O(l ini a dteli cate, iall .ver pattei'i 0o' iii ines or wvithi border ior dralijpry, aL dle, wilte wool or liiien law~in, what a daiinty costuime wold( be obitainted, not oinly at a comn pfaim trifling e'x,cise, bat pios sessfimg (t o impurchainsab.le (list inct1ion of' sepirate and( 1 at W"ie individual ity. There is a f'urore6 lust no0w i; fondonl for' hiomie dressmaalkng sind' to en o' ago it a baill is to he given at W. I I Rlooms in May', at which thie t 'ailet tes worn by (lie ladies are to be exclu sively "'home made." Oine of thie obstacles to dressmaking at home, wit hi us, is the tear of not being like every body else. Th'lis bondage is a great sour'c0 (f weak ness. We0 coul athord to be a lit tIe fantfastic in ordler' to lbe fr'ee, simphle and expre'ssive. D~iinmpIes, bones and wrtinkles marik he thraee stages of lif'e's priogreCss. With t he wi'in kled stages the steadfiness >f youth ofteni reiiiaiis in r'esolutte hlar'acteri. Wh len thie Duake of' Wel - ngtona was a very 01(d man, lie could itifll fill a g .ss of water to the last iossible driop), and1( hold it up steadily, rifat. Th'le lielful heads keep) thi.l 'outhful activity, too, far' inito lie v,itheing age. A iad ini nob)l~yyoin g iatumres thea'e is a sor o'.~ f iiiortal ity >f youth; thiei waramthl of alfetion hans riveni mor'e th~ai a royal prl'erogativye; ,ebc and is be at ifu talway v is to the yes that knowi it faumiliarly. The atteir years osily staimP it wvithI the mpa'ess oft a loager past of tender'ness, 'aidithulnss and boauty. Is it not the 'olc" hiand, but the "'dear" hand, and t nuever grows older', but more dlear'. Ic who doubts tIe tiruth of this last nystery has yet not found outf that ands as wveli as haear'ts, have a pectul ar place in our knowledge and love of mne attoiler. TUE UaE OF WATIR. The Most Destructive Freshet $inve 16al- 1 Crops Ruined ait Live Stock Drownded Bridge. and Culvert. Washed Away-Fanl. tHIs Driven From Their hone.. (Columbia Daily ltoodrd, May 21) 'I'he fearful rains of the peat few days have been general over the country, and the flood gates of the mountains having been opened, the waters are rolling down to the low lands with great velocity, sweeping away cahins, bridges, live stock and crops in their wild course. 13rbad River bridge this morning was impassable to vehicles, and those who ven ture(d over the Congarce River bridge took a risk, as the bridge was nearly floating on the angry stream. 1'he piers were covered at 9 A. M. and the river still rising. The water has flooded the work on the canal, and serious injury will result to this great State enterprise. The plantations of Mr. John C. Scegers, Mr. James G. Graham, Capt. W. 1). Star ling, the ChiLs brothers, Mr. T. B. Augh try, Mr. B. F. Grifli and others in the lower part of Richland arc submerged and the cotton and corn ruined. These farmers have lost a large number of cattle, hogs and horses by drowning, and the prospects are that the continual rise of the waters will entail upon thetm still further loss. At the old Arthur place, now Mr. Grif fin's plantation of 1,500 acres, only 100 acres arc out of water, and the road to the platation is four feet (leep in water. All through the city and County bridges and causeways have been swept away, and the chanees are that the few remaining in position will follow in the general wreck. 'Thie culvert on the C., C. & A. 1t. 1t., just above the city, has cnved in, but a temporary structure allowed trains to go out to-(ly. A train on the C. & G. i. It. is between tw( wadied out trestles, near Peak's Sta lion. A fanily in Ward 1, rentin,' one of the Aliwordn houses, corner of 'Ivdium and Assemby streets, was forced to move out, yesterday, ''lock, stock and barrel," the water haiving risen waist dleep in the house ant tlreatening the family with drowning. Caltain P. 11. I ookter says hiis crop is intunin ted and1 his loss will be nearly entire. 'riiis lave been delayed throughout,the country on accontt of the heavy rains, and the only wonder is thit no loss of human life hias ctcurred. 1l(l(bels of persons went to the river to-day a(d remained for hours, witnessing the destruction caused b1y the swollen stream. The water Ibroke tlrough the enal b1 nartks on the river side and washed away the works for hundreds of yards. ,pon re:aching 1tat portion on which the city watr works stand the angry flood sec'nled to have a1n especial mission to futl lill. 'T'rce at'ter tree steeumtbed to the force of the torrent, wntit erashing downt stream an1(d thrateneI lest rtition to tle Conga ree bri( ge. Yard fter yard of cart ht was iun(derminel until the close of this report, at 2. :o I'. M., whett Ite water works were carried1 a way. One hntdred cords of pine W<omI were taken oil in a jiTly and the canal b)ridge vent ofi' as drift Wood. The ey'lone of 'l'hursday norning, after Sprn( g dest ruetion throught the fields of Mr. (;(i1orge New man, truck the plaecs of Mr, ('. (. roawn. Capt. .1. C. Ii. Smith, Capt. \V. ii. Miller antil others, picked Utl eabis and0t ''seatIcred thmciu to the four W'tls .of heaven," shingles going in one directiun. logs in1 aniother and chimneys in a IIthirI. Ihe r :nid- were fille Id w ith d-'bris of I Ia' st'rmt and t tie branches were swollen to an al :osI impassal Ie degree. Pines of ("irc11i1tie-f rte eptial to the uspan of a man's 1ar111 wV('r- 5na111ad like pi pc steuls andi watl nut trees a half (ce(intury til were mowed (oWu lik,' grass. 1"eat I unagte was lone to the brick yardcl. of Mssrs. Clark \Varng and .1. Frost \\alker. .A t the" 51buiczen P'l:iIz the destrnetion to Thriin;dunitt thte cityV the wvashiouts htave been Serihuis, gairdenis laiig been ittunt sail. Sivieral thouise' ont lie [f'xinguton side of I lie ( 'on1: art' bridge' werei vacated v'ester' flotors. titi' water' lto esiape. i'r. (i d li . st irun Iii' wats .suii'essf-til]y un yid-hiy '''andit ti-day itt tresiing live .\ cih 'rvet nteus till ilhiti's otf the peri olihnil ir''bets ai- fiollow's: Mutay, 1810i; Atu sI, 10o; I"ebItryii, I805; ,*uni, 1876; Al ,IW---iveragintg ! I .v ytars. liroad1( ti'r :i ti' feet Ihihr-r in 1852 tInbit , resbets,ii ihroughoumit iuppert Soith Cartolina, iIihe I'ire Dlen ri ver statis tirty-si x feet above low wattetr and is still risintg. Crops ott tIhe ri vr 'are~ a total loss. Th'Ie loss is tii-yoini etu~ inate. Contsierale damage leis been1 donate to thte railIroutds ad ('rops in lhe ttnr tin anid wes('tern't par1ts of the State. Cruarrrtt i-:, N. ( . , May 21.- -FThe rain stoan, w'i'lb t'omniiene'i at thtis plae totatl r'ituftll wvas tight inis. The breaks mt the A ii- lii' r'oadl betwe en C harlozie andtl A Ilatna harve beeni ripaire iiii<tl trains to ('gt''re d o the (hitrlot C olumbilia and ini iti'. t'ulnning of' the trins.t' Thec lhIit miondi ad a n :iville line sutlfcted sev\erely trestlei evi r C(ddl hi Gre(,ek b eintg watshed aiway :10n1 iUe spant of thle bridge otne hunti d redI :n tl ii y feet lontg vir 't haii Yadkini Iliver n:s idestrtoyed. Tlhiis cautsfi.' a stop. pig' of tiri vil. 'ilh- break at ( ol hi(rteek hais bieent repair-ed indi a transfer' will be eITe.%ted at. Yadkint itiver oni M~ondany nle.t iat wih i(t tite trav'eI Ott t his road w-ill lie t'esumedi~t. 'fThe West ernt North Car'olinta 'oad( wvas ottly sl ightly damtagedl. ii,g esfiitde (enn nu i.a4 ot' flte loss Iinf lict TIhie dec'iisiion otf thIet New~ Yiurk Cout pf A pi'-als int te New Yor'k sinikinig- ftnd eaise is of wsv ie i rest. -PT' court t holds that in istimiatinig the debIt ofi New York eity' withI r'eferen'ce-i to thle cionst ituiitiottal limnitatlitn thte hindil ' f the2 (city's s inkintg funid titlst be dtleiiteid. As nearlyIt all the harge cities of t i e <;oun i ry, to a grealter or less extenit, have smakmtg funids mtaide upI of thteit' (twIt secur'i ties, thle prinaciple set f'oi'th hits imprt'at bei'ni'g. 'lThe ide'isionts of the courts with recferen'cte'li t this ptlmise of (-ity governlmet hav~e b ieen inifrt'iuient and( oft slight Ib1 ear'ing. Gotvi'r'or it st wen('t to the pentitentiary at Silt Inake riecenttly tio talk wit hi the ptolyg itiious contnvets therti. lIe aisked if tIey wouthli Ih' wihlit; > pr'omtise obediience to) the laws if I e i woi tdisie his inilhiienc(e to have ('l'emeiin:y c.x'enidted to t hiemt. A postlhe I/nellzo/( Sniiw aid lie woihil not, lie hiad ti-i coiblileeu ini. tri<ge Zulile or tit'd Staties Al It irlnt' D)- ichI, whiatever' lie miiglit It: Ve ini(4 t'iroi tVst. 'lT h It'btirian (Generail Assely , cont iiy 'lie(t tig lIev. ii)r. ,J. II. I ryshin, ttf Ala lbamat, Molderator'; fltev. E. A. llamusey, o~f N ashville, andtI Governoir .J. II. Matyre, of VirgInia, Rteadiung Clerks. A re(soluttiont was adloptedI referrinig the qutestiont of evo lution to ia speciad committtee i tlo prt ats oon) ias posible. An inctndiary fire destroyedl Johtn M. Noxsen's corn house, with several hundt(redl bushels of corn antd peas, near Kingstrec, Losa about.$500n ENRAL NEWS ITIM$. , 'act. of 'lateret Gath.red floea Varioes Quarters. Sumtor-is troubled with forest fires. J. C. Malloree, of Charleston, has boon ;ranted a patent for mixed paint. Ben Dinkins, an old colored man of Sum or, fell dead on the 15th. Mr. A. W. Morton, of Abbeville County, lied on Friday last of heart disease. Mr. H. M. Prince, of Abbeville County, lied suddenly on the 15th from paralysis. The Georgia State Democratic Conven ,ion meets in Atlanta July 28. Asheville votes the issue of $100,000 in ionds for public improvement of her streets md lights. Negroes are wanted at Panama to work )n the canal. The climate is said to be good for them. A daughter of Widow Whitesides, liv ng near Gastonia, was struck by lightning ast week and killed. Four persons were severely shocked by Lightning on the farm of H. W. Boggs, in conec. Frank Little, a colored man living near Dheraw, committed suicide by shooting Iimself with a gun. .lt is estimated that the losses in nine Ohio Counties devastated by the flood will foot up $2,000,000. Lawyer Frank P. Gray, of Atlanta, Ga., was shot and killed by Marshal It. L. Jones In a difliculty about some cattle. A portion of the town of Meriden, Kan ins, was destroyed by a tornado; several persons were killed and many injured. Capt. Hatfield, with a troop of cavalry, struck Geronimo's band a seyero lick and captured his horses and entire camp outfit. Will hunt, a young man of 17, eloped with Miss Minnie Ferguson, aged 15-both parties from progressive Spartanburg. Mr. Julian .1. Neville, of Walhalla, cut his foot severely with an axe while cutting wood, and now moves around on crutches. George W. Carleton, who for years has been Identitied with American books and authors, has retired from business. The eruption of Mt. 1Etna is increasing in proportions and the town of Monte ltosso is in danger from the flow of lava. Phenomenally heavy rains have fallen in t he Western and Piedmont sections of North Carolina during the past two days. Eugene Taylor, of Greenfield, Mass., poisoned his son by sprinkling strychnine on candy and then attempted suicide. It. 11. McMurray was run out of his field last ''ucsday by a whip snake. He went back and killed it. It measured 8 feet in length. Thomas Azey, a farmer in Burlington, N. .1., accidentally shot his wife fatally while endeavoring to shoot crows in his corn field. The Orangemen of County Armagh are enrolhng themselves in military organiza tions for the purpose of resisting a home rule government. Francis M. Taylor, Probate .Judge of Winston County, Ala., has been impeached in the Supreme Court and deposed from oflice. Col. John Ii. Folsom, grandfather of the young lady to whom President Cleveland is engaged to be married, died last week in Erie County, N. Y. Mrs. Margaret Donan, a Wheeling, W. V., widow, while suffering from religious excitement, killed her three daughters and then coinmittel suicide. E. F. Walker, a respectable citi.en of Louisyillc, Ky., while suffering from tem porary insanity, jumped from a railway train and was killed. Returns from all over the country ndi ete t hat 192,000 persons are now working eight and nine hours a day who were work ing tea hours a daiy last month. -Another 1.: l;l -s'or- 1 ited( France anid lportions of Gernii '4m.aturday, causing serious loss of i-f- : I great damage to propert'iy. shmal Campbell mial wou i iedi() ;leer McCor miick at lat Iow. -li: la, were :ynched by T1he Orangemeii of Ausi ll prom i. to aid t he O)rang, ime' of li-remd iin I bIrd e dleavors to prevent the adoption of ( ;yl stone's home rule scheme. Gen. Martinez routedl the Yaquls from their stronghold in Sierra Bacatche, killing 100 and capituring 200 of the hand. The Mexicans lost 20 killed and 70 wounded. Capt. ,John N. Mafilt, an old officer of the Unmited States Navy, who resigned to sharne his fort unes wi[h the Confederacy, died at his home in Wilmington, N. C., yesterday A kerosene lamp exploded in the room of D)r. J1. B. Patrick, .Jr., in the Georgetown I lotel, a fewv nights ago, but no serious (damage was (lone. .Senator Bobo died Iast week at his home ini Spartanburg, from the effects of the in juries receivedl by a fall (durinig a recent storm. A young son of John Moroso, of Charles it, fell over the banister of the third floor of his residIence to the first floor, a distance of 35 feet, and was seriously injuredl. Alerman .Jachme has been scntened( to nine years and ten mon.ths impllrisonment ini Sing Sing for accept,ing a bribe in connec tioni with the Broad way Surface itailroadl. Miss 0. Morse, a great-granddaughter of Conunodoic Vandlerbilt, hass stirred up thec (-itizens of the venerable town of Tarry. town, N. Y., by eloping with her father's coachmni, George Ninton.. Mrs. Alice Pendleton, 01 years old, wuife of Ex-Gover nor Ppudeton, of Ohio, andl present, Miniisfer to B1'lIin, w4st5ow from her cariige whilo (I ruving in (>cm)trial Park, New York, and killed. D1ing liho presentation of Uncle Tom's Cabin in Westerville, 0., on the 18th, a gasoline lamp was knocked over and a panic enisuedl among the audience, sev'eral being killed and a number injured. Plimn White, the most successful confi dlenec man in the world, has juist (11ed in iteadinag Vermont. D)unr is life he hmad swindled co)nflding imen anm women (out of fud/ .10,000. iIe had several aliases. TJhec dweling .d U, p. Poore, near D)ue Wesi, 'Fas desroe h iro am an gprly fao;msurance. ,John I,. Sullivan mind Charles Mitchell havo signed artple. of agreement to box aight, rounds accordling to the revised Mar L1ul4t ofQenser rules, in O3hipago, on Louis 1Lugg, the Anarchist, for whom he Chicago poliee have been in search, has tecn arrested. [Ie la known i) hiave been me of those who.threwy a bom!p with fuifal Ifect. II. JT. Stephens, tha celebrated English 'mcyclist who is imaking a tour of the worldl mi his icycle, has been arrestel by the [tussian authorities and imprisoned for arossing the A fghan frontier. One firm of manufacturers in the prov miec of Ulster has alreadly conchudedi ar rangements for the transfer of Its mills to 'lermnany. It is stated that other firms are ~onsid1ering tIle advisability of removal. The Uiehmiond and D)anville liailroadl Dompanlliy have p.ldd $1 27,000 for thme large tore ii bi ldine corner oif lPernsylynia aye wae amid 15th street, Wmi:hington, to be iseud for their new Gffiets, as the Capitol imy wuill be their headquarters hlereafter, While plowing on the plantation of a ncitutfla near Charlotte a neat of three abb)hits was dilscoveredl. They were placed n (-harge of a cat with seVeral young kit emis, and the whole family are gel,ting og inalv. J. A. Henry, a dandily dressed printer, ws arrested in Chic f6r uttering incen dia language and distributing a call for an Auarchist demonstration. lie contended that the recent attack on the police was jus tifiable and said more bombs will be thrown. North Carolina has provided pensions for her Confederate soldiers, but they must be worth less than $500 and live within the boundaries of the State to secure it. A music leaf turner has been patented by Mr. Louis L. WhIte, of 1 ortland, Oregon. Now, what is a fellow going to do for an excuse to stand close to his best girl while she is playing on the piano? It is semi-officially announced that the German Government will enforce the So cialist laws more stringently than ever, in order to prevent the anarchy which Great Britain, Belgium, France and America are unable to suppress. "Make anarchists bow to law," says the Philadelphia '1i aa. Yes, and drive them beyond the seas to their own lanec. They have no right to remain in this land of freedom. Congress ought to enact a rigid anti-Chinese law against them. It is reported that Deputy United Mar shal Androws and a posse of three were all killed by Bill Pidgeon in Eufaula, Indian Territory, while attempting his arrest. Pidgeon killed Deputy Marshal Iichardson some months ago. Norton Tubbs, of Non, Mich., after fail ing in an attempt to murder his sister, con fessed the crime. announced his intention to commit" suicide, gave a neighbor $1,000, and blew off the top of his head in a barn when the deputy sheriff camr to arrest him. The talk about Fred. )ouglass organiz ing a movement to induce the negroes to settle in the Northern and Western States does not disturb the South. 'I'he colorcd brother will not leave a section of the country where the watermelon crop never fails and the possumi is always on (leek. A colored boy mned 'Jeff Brueton was shot dead near Banberg by a tramp who is thought to be named 13ellinger. lie had offered the father of the boy $5 to drive him from Grahaam's to Bamlerg, then comt nitted the murder and made ofT with the horse. It is tlought lie will be overhauled. The largest aerolite on record has just been discovered in Washington County, Pa. It fell on the 14th of September, 1885, and was found embedded deep in the soil. It is the largest acrolite on record and weighs fully 200 tons. Its coml)osition is chro rminium, nickel, aluminun, copper, mang nesium and tin. A severe storm passed over Greceville on Saturday, destroying a ntumber of tree.. and fences and doing other damage. A huge oak was blown down atcross the olllee of I)rs. W. R. and S. C. "Jones, smashing it to atoms. Several hutndred dlollars worith of books were (lest roved. A wind storm st rick Spartan iurg on Sat urday and ripped the tin roof from the Opera House and partiilly unroofed the Baptist Church. Several other buildings suffered and many trees were blown down. A. .1. Aycock had his head cut by a brick falling upon it. and )avid Sloan had one of his legs injured. An old farmer intent on, making his wvill was asked by the lawyer the name of his wife, when hie gravely replied: 'Well, in deed, I really don't recollect what it is: we've been married for upw;ar-d of forty years, and 1 always call hier my oil wo man.'' The lawyer left a blank, to he filled up when the old woman's name was ascertained. About t his time of year, s:avs I lie (arolin Spartan, when at mnan goes fromn town to a country chure, people wish to know what he is going to run for. Likewise when your simon-pure farmer gets up on Smul-ay morning and puts on his best clot lies 11:an ridles off to a church lie is not aeceustoiel to attend, it is a suspicious cirlist ance, to say the least of it. On Saturday i:hi hast, partics uniknowtn wvent to tihe hoausi- f .Alr. -J R. Itoberts, near- the town of I:Lncaster-, and~ called for him. M1~rs. R. toldl themi he was not) it home. Th'ley theni wen lt to the house ot a negro on the pr-emise:, and,1 a 2r cuirsim. around1 awhile, tired severaixl shots thlroul2l his door2 and left . M. I . is- :amki:i" (-v2ry .effolrt, to ferret (out the paritiO Ctounty, has inivenut,:l I in iOfmlihine t2o niulch stock to whl a ..dng. ia is so uti. st ructced as to make ii. iini posib le foir e:, tIe to get caught in the ropie wvith which they a re tied, iindc cinn readily 1be( cairied hvy apro from one place t.o 2111other. it is aln arrangedt so as to tordl stock shielteir firotn thle hot An expressman nlamedl lies, 50) year-s 01(1, hanged himself frooi a rafter in his barn in Chicago. Ilis wife fotund himii in this situation, and her screamos br-oght a crowd of neighbor-s to the scene, but, no one interfered or attemnpted to (-ut thle rape, owing to thle frantic effor-ts made lby thei suicide to release himself, by throawirng his legs and ni-is apait. After tenl or tifteen nminutes a policeman cut the mian downi. He was then cold in deaith. The Hlouse Committee on Publlic Lands have authorized a favorable repor-t upJon) Mr. Payson's bill to p)rohibit non-r-esidtent aliens from acqhuir-ilg or hioldinig real estate in the Territories of the United States. The purpose of the bill is.to break up the sys temi of foreign landlordism, said to be ini op)eratimn to) a startling extenit in several of the Tierritor-ies, the foreign ow ners of tI land leasing it to the tenantr-y underci aiborz the sanme system wvhiceh is in vogue in IP hiand. The repor-t has r-eachied Euifauia, 12nd 'Ter., fr-om the intterior- that D epty Uniited S'ites Marsllh Aindrew.s and1 his poisse (it three wer-e all mortally woundedIL( by Pill Pidgeon while alttempiltinig his ca'pture. Pidgeon ha:d k illed5 twlvl1e men-, and1( there has been a large reward (ffer-ed for- his cap turle deadii er alive. An)drewis and( his pos~se were after? this reward-2. Pidagen illid D)epuity Mairshal Richiardsoji some mon)lthls ago. A posse of armedc( citizens are si-our ing thle coutry for P idlge(n. Mennent~ Snenk in T2own . Malarial gases sneaked uip throulghI lie very sick wvith inubairal fev-er. Baby wouitld have died'( hut foi- timiely uise of Irown's Irion Bitters. There Is inothiing mleanier in its wiay.of coining, nor worse in its effects, thenIt this maldaria from the unider-ground1( regions. 1Mrs. M0Tioni,hl, of New Iinven, Conn., says, ' F'or six years I suffered from the effects of nmlbiria, btit Br-own'A Iron Bitter-s cured 2me( entirely." Tryv it whlen malaria steals in aiid uindermInes youlr constitution. It will give relief. I am newv breeding~ troiin bIrds that sc-ore from 85 to 90 poIn4.s. Eggs $t.00) per sit ting of 13$. Click s, this fall at $-'.50( per tit. Ije m ekedi car-efudiy in baskets. Faii- .Il2Parltec(d, For- furthieir In Ap1001ma WINNsionif, S. C. Many a Lady is beautiful, all but her skin ; and nobody has ever told he.r ho~w e4sy p; js to put beauty on the skin. yeauty as the skin 'is Magnolia Balnm. MALARIA inluters the system from uanaown esuses, at all seasons. lahtteas the ler es Impair, Dsgestos, and a1ebl . l> -eeette. 'Kra'a-,,,,,,, BROE Quickly andoomll uresM a,andCill. andgFev r ..Fr Ltermtet tFevers, aa enriceS d l rlAestherlo as etlmltte ap. poite and streng hens the musclesan? ~Ait ostIjuexy theteth causeheadache, or pttuoe consipe on-eslli oter iron metlnes <do. FAr T J. RnEILA'r t rpaiotio and scholarly 97athollo bivine, 01Arkcasas says:adscorl I have used Brown'e Iron Bitters with the great et uatisfaotion for Malaria and as a preventive of (hulls and like dissees and wilt always keep it on hrut,d as a ready frlend.;' (lenulne has abovo trade mark and creased red linos owra itr. Tnke no oilier. Mado onlyyr IAD>IES' AieD foog-ude ni and attractive con tating list of pnz.os for recipes Information about coin, eto., given neay by all dlealere in meodiolte, or rr'ilod to any address on receipt of 2u .tamp. fOR COUCHS AND CROUP USI %KEE RF EET c Trhs sweet gum, as gathered from a tree of the same name, grpwing along the small streems In the Southern States, contains a stimulating e:peetorant principle that loosens the phlegm producing the early morning cough, and stmu. lates the child to throw oRf the rase membraue In croup and whooping-couh. When combined with ths healing mud. laglnouspprincil e In the mullein plant of the old fields, pre" sont' is TAnLOs Cnsnos:a ltausan, or Swasr Ouss fieD MULLati the finest known remsedy for Coughs, Croup, Whooping-Cough and Consumptlon; and so palatable, any child Is plrased to lte It. Ask our direggist hrw It. Prioe, 25c. anA $1. WALTER., AYLOR Atlanta, Ga, Use DR. IIIOUBIRS' IIUCI.EERY C RDIA1, Ibr arnhea, )yscntery and Children Teething, For sale bj druagistes. ~1 A U R A NtI_ I Mfost of the diseases whtich afflict mankind are origin ally caued by a disordored condition of the LIV E R . For all comuplaints of thuis kind, such as Torpidity of the Livor, ltiliousen,.s, Neor.. Dyspopsia, IndIges tion, Irregularity of the liowel,, (Conetipation, Fiatui 10one', Ertuotations and Burning of the Stomach (some~timses called Heartburn), Afiasma, Mfalaria, Bioody Fiux, Chlills anti Foerr, Breaukbone Fover, Exhsantuiot n hforo or after Foeara, Chronio Diar rha'sa. Losse of Appetite, Hiead'tcho, Foul Breath, Irrngularitionu incide,ntali to Femaxles, Beuaring-dowtn $Is"MSA!DiGERWS A UR ANTil is invaIuaible. It is not a panutacon for all tdisseaeos but UR E """'** ''LIV E R, It changes, the complexion froms a waxy, yellow tinge, to a ruddy, healthy color. It entirely removes iSw, gloomy spirits. It is ono of the BEST AL TERATIVES and PURIFIERS OF THE BLOOD, and Ia A VALUABLE TONIC. STADICER'S AURANTII For sale by all Druggists. Price SI .00 per bottle. C. F. ST ADICER, Proprietor, 140 So. FRONT ST.. Philadelphia, Pa. - NN d HSV S3 HG THRSHN MCHNE A PCILY Sipet os ual,Ecnmc., n efc inu5wg e ogri;cen tred o akt THRESHIENGNESu"MTES rly. ileiui for ii1lsera ecu cataluge t s en A. B. FAROQUHAR, J'ennsylvania Agricultural Werks. YORK. Pa, ASHLEY )OL1 Th'Ie SotlubhdGut tanso is a highly conlcettrat AS1Il IY COTTION A Nt) COR N ('t'MP wo tlrops anid ab~1 i tagely ttwd bsy thle TrueW ASIILI'Y ASi l:LEI'lNT.- A very tihe ilizer for Cottoni, Cor ul h Siui Gra,ini Cr .iradtes--fori use alonte anud ins t 'snos hap. ; )llIcatiuns ofi the (:'ltinpany.\, ;ushirss T]iE AS il blI Y PlOS I Nov2:stl y JOHNSON'S .OURERAphthria 6rop pAul m~ BronchIisa i*ars ' a, i dt' _y Trousbles, and fipinta Diseasos. Pam PA RSONS' so al nar di tsosO her Iermaton arourn Il-Fn osa*cut'theman" yo**" a lays."be owder is asoutely r atod n e oneE ~W . ,went mai oona in staa 1 Men Think they know all about Mustang Lin. iment. Few do. Not to know is r not to have. DR. J. 3RA tFi h(ILDy' FOf11o Rouiator. Thi falouir nuvly io st hap piI)y meet, tlle (le~Iland of1 t il" g( fc ' V omll'S 1 (1(u_ liar and it l uIiag fl io mn ' It pe cu rented ' for WOM \ ON I(), nA for ono SPECIAL Cl,Ass .f diseans It is a Al ceilie for certain diseasc' colditlo it of thoomb, at1 lropo("se I Su coulltrul tltd Menstrual FIunt il o as to rcgnlate all tIh( dcrangelnents andI irit 4ilarities of W. MONTHIY SICKNISS. Its ipro rietors claiml for it noOther nlIedical }. pro1ei. ty; a(t to dolabt the facts that this nut eine d(o0 positivelY po ssess esuch con (.olling atnd regillating powers is sinuply to discredit the voluntarly testiItony of thoun sandls of livilg wa"Itnesses who arC to-da exulting in the restorationi to sound healt and lappiess. Brafr(lel(t's F 'etnale tegulator is strict.ly a vegetable coIpowd, and is the product" (if Intedica scincet atnd prstti c (Xpellence ( directd towards the bonefit (Jrt Suffering Wonin! It is the Stilted p rescripitonl of a lcarned pllyaniitt WIoS spec('ialy was WOMAN andt( whose fauu+ hcamue enviable and bound(1less hecansc of his wonderfull sue cess in the treatinint and enre of female cou laints. T1'l- I EEE i IUAT1OR is the GlBAN)ES'' il;El.i)Y klown, and rich ly descracs its natne: WOMAN'S BEST FRIEN n ! lecause it controls a ClasS of functions thes various derangements of which cause morQ ill health than all otler causes combined, and tills resCUcs her from a long train of afflictions which sorely eniitter her life and prematurely end1 her (axistence. Oh ! what. a mnultitu(le of living Witnesses can testify to its hbarnillg effects ! wOMAN tlkc to your contfidence this Precious Boon of Health! It will relieve you of nearly all tho coin plaints peculiar to your sex. itely upon it as your safeguard for health, happiness a1n< long life. Sol.d by all druggists. Send for our treatise on the Ilcalth and Ilappiness of 'oman, 1uailed free, which gives all par tieulars. THE inADFI ELD BF.GUL.ATOnt Co., Box .25, Atlanta, Ga. TRADE 4 MARK. Mdhj.ine growingCountries oG'urope, themseof11bsMedient edWino is universal. Itis composaoftheu miost approved VEGETABLE TONICS, -whidh aointroducedinte a pure genernus'Wine. The very finest I4XA.NCHO4NABARK, 'being its me icalbasis,itis, conidonaly recommenad-das a cure andprovntive o F"EVEFR AND AGU E, 4 anitall other diseaaos originating from 'm1alarious causes % For purif'yinig the unilimproving the Secretions,C?ironio, Rheumatism,Blo odpoisoning, a.certain currrDyspe psie,Ceamp in the stomach, aninne diatcTelief for Oys entry, Callo, Cholera.norbus and kind re d diseases, Ganeral Weakness,Ne rvous and Mental D blity, a souvceoigutremedy for1ivme Comnplaint.and.diseases of the Kidnis,an~ excellent apputizaer anta. TON IC without a rivale' inshortFbr invigorating alh1erunctions oithe systein, it is un eq ualledc. ~-) C) s - IA smallwine-glassfulLthreetimnes a day. Sold by all Druggists and dealers generally. + TOPAZ CINCHONA C0RDIAL CO., Jate.J?:apriit Norm3nfacturtrr. ISPATR TANBUR G. S.C. Prfce per Bottle $1.0 0. rngas* wa?~n orDR.SCOTT'B heant I. .I~ruuu 9114 Itr ft, to e loser connagcnn HULk,I qur(ic 4k sales. Territory jven. f7-satisfactiouiguar'anteed1. A 4dros* D R. SCOTT. e42 Broadway, NEW YORKt. JB L'E fZUAN O, di Ammonl1llia'ted4 (Guano, a comletie II ighl DI'N I) -Ai ( IImlelte Fcrtilizer io these erls neari Ch0 larlestonl for v'ege'tale's, 'aie. IIp and4 e'xce'illnt N on-.\nnnon44lii.id F. r' ,pIs, and1( also fo Fru 11it Treesc~, Grape, A(Cii) liO.'l'ilA'Tit, (If verly I1gh or the Vaiotus attriactive and insltr'atetive 'IIA'T'E CO., Charleston,'S;.10 ANODYNE I ENT%. phiet fr... b. I. 8. John.on '& oo., n, Ma. M AKE E l NflW, RICH * * - "hal*Oe.ads. I1"ra.tpA*m*l Nothin e eirn I.a1s *