The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, April 28, 1887, Image 1
VOL. XVI PICKENS, S. C., THURSI)AY, APRIL 28, 1887. NO. 31
"OUT OF' TIIINE OWN MOUTII."
)1AIVING TilE I)EA ILY L?AlALLEIL
ON FAlMI It TILLMAN.
Senator Youmeans Justines Ilis l'rev Ios
AssortlIons Iy Qtotatlonls Fron Cat,titt
Tillrttant's Speeches antd Writings.
- (From the News and Courier.)
Captain Tillman in his reply to my
last letter spoko of my floundering and
dodging and said it was funny to see
how I about faced, etc. Leaving the
application of tl1is language to the judg
mont of the public, I shall merely re
mark, if Captain Tillman saw any fun in
my last letter it must have been of a very
peculiar kind: to provoke a reply in
which the compass of his coimplaits
ranged from the hcavens above, which,
he claimed, would not open; a;.d shut
when they ought to have done ;o and
thus prevented his success as a tarmer,
down to the tampering of the devil, w lie
enticed him iii debt and worked flinaicial
failure. He says I shot whatever they
put in my gun, not knowing whether
it was lead or dough, true or false.
Captain Tillman furnished nearly all of
my ammunition, and not only lie but
the public will have ample o'iportunity
to judge of its truth or falsity after the
perusal of this letter.
Ho says the coimittee wlhieh selected
the ten names to constitute the new
boird of agriculture kitow how utterly
false is my assertion that he Jenmilate<i
himself for one of the successsna of the
present board--that he only na)miunted
himself for one of the trustees of an ag
ricultural college. Caltain 'Tiiman does
not positively deny the charge, only by
indilection, which I do not :my more
accept than the indirection by which lie
designed to wring a double tax on guano
out of the farmers' lockets, thinIting
they would not feel it btecausc they did
not see it. In his speech in . ovember,
Cap)tain Tilhan said: ''The control of
the college and bureau of agriculture
would have to be under the s:are bo:rd"
--the board of trustees, for one of which
lie nominated hiiseli. lii his proposed
bill to establish an agriculttini college
ani reorganize the agricultan:i bureau,
ho says, in Section 2: "J.h..t 1). K.
Norris, Johnson llagood, M. L. Doiabit
son, R. A. Love, E. L. llivers, E. 'T.
Stackhouse, A. E. Davis, B. U. filbnan,
Allan Johnston and D. P. ):uiean anr
hereby constituted a board of 1 nstees of
the said college, and they and their sue
cersors on the South Carolina board o1
agriculture shall locate, organilize and
govern the same." Aniiin s.n furn
ished by Captain Tillnan. cec News
and Courier, )ecumler 1, 1,: ;:L. Capt:tin
Tillman says: ''As for leading die laii
':rs of the State, I have never iade and
such claim." Captain Tilhnis..:t, in his
letter published in the s wa ,'d Couri
er, .January #26, 1id, under the caption,
''Captain Tillman preposes i be tie
agricultural Moses," says: "'te pent-up
indignation of the farmer li. found a
voice through me, and the ma ues of our
people are ready to follow any one, how
ever insignilicant, who lis the boldiess
to lead. I did not commence this agita
tion with any such expectatie, but I
should be a coward to ret use io kead, at
least till we organize. The tarmers caii
then choose their owi Moses. I feel it
my duty to do this much, , try to
direct the storm I have rais',d till iueh
an organization is perfected. The way.
out of this wildernss is very ';: . Evei
I can lead you out."
''Oh, wad soine to wer, the t; tic ;ic in
Toc see oursulves as~ others ce u!
And Captain 'Tillmnu s3 -i hav
''brass enough to gild a churchl steeple!"
Again, ini his letter of Fiebruary 21,
1887, Captain T1illman says: "'It is smai:ll
wvonder that I aii iaccusedt of trying to
feather may o n nest by act ing as thie
agricultural chamipion.'' Captain T1ill
man says '"Governor tlagood has haid no
connection with the board duaring the
timie when the incomipetene aindex
travagance have beeni so ramope ut.'' 'The
chief chairges of expeniditure, \ e., pre
ferred agaist the bonidiI 4. Captain
T1illman were the purchaso of "th ar i
cultural building, thie phiosphia e lit ig-~
.tion, the publication cf the hand-biook
and the emigration bureau. The bild-I
ing was absolutely niecessai-y for the(
proper' discharge ot the duce of thit
departmenit. It not onily conitains t ha
usual departmien t othices, but furnishes
ampile room for- thle extensive chemical
laboratory of thle depait ment t and storage
for the splendid and complete (xhiibit of
the resources and products; of the State.
Its capacious hall hats b een us-.d for vai
ens agicuiltural convenuh ons, and thet ex
tenisivo alccoinaothttions of its second
iloor furntishiedi hal andlcii emamit teei
r.ooius for the Legisialm ai Cit it hilst Ses..
mion. Thew departmenit hiaS httcn o bli
$1t,00(101mor for thie biinhig thano it
cost, which, inceluding repatis, amiounltt
to $24h,00)2.62, and is no0w valiued at
$35,000.
The oIlier three uniderb.ikilngs ab ove
enumerated were imnaiuguratted duri ing
Governor Hlagood 's tetrm as ch ai rman,
the first two at his suggestioni and thi.
last tinder his own resolttiont to elect ai
superintendent of immnigr-alion n ithi ia
4 ~ salary of $1,800, for the promootion Oi
Immigration, at an expenditure con the
basis of $10,000 for the then pireset
year. (See mlinuits of the bioardi of
agriculture.) My pulrpose is nodt only to
Ishow Captain Tilhuian's ignior-nei hua
inconsistency, buit that thiese underl.
takings of the boa-d, somne of wihichi
have been questioiied by more than cne
of the "weekly newspaper" statesmien,
havo t,hto enidorstenment of one of th -
ablest financiers and the most sagaciomit
business man who has fliured in pubiic
life since the iinauguiration of Ifamptoi
admintistration.
Captain Tilnman says: "1I have netver
at anty timei acculta the State oflicero ci
mahdidnmstrationt or ext ravaganice~
Captain T1illmain's letter, Soptem~iber 2di
1886: ''These peursisteint persioal attack
areo intended to draw me oil from ex.
poBimg the miompe)ttenicei iand extrava
gance which have character-i,ed the mani
agement of the doplartmenit of agical
turo. T1hie management in the depasrt
mont of agriculture is only a specimen.
The State Government is run oni the
same principle." Captain Tillman11's let.
tor, October 16, 1886: "I have never
used the word corrupjtion or anything
which would implhly it in connection with
the State administration. I have charged
extravagance and 'imbecility,' but it can
not bo shown that I have ever separated
tho legislative from the executive branch
of the Government, or hold the lust as
responsible alone for the ills we bear.
Captain Tillman's speech, April 29,
1886: "Oh, it is pitiful that in the short
space of ton years the purity of iiotive,
ardent patriotism and useful devotion to
duty, which mado possible the redemp
tion of the State in '7( , should be suc
ceeded by this political leprosy which
now permeates our entire government
fabric." In. hia letter of the 21st of
February Captain Tillman says the
cleven lawyers in the Senate ''should
have deferred to the opinions and wishc
of the farmers outside of the Senate,
who had met twice in convention and
asked certain things, rather than to the
partisans and tools within it." In his
letter of March 21, he says, in regard to
a resolution ofllired in his April conven
tion, "its adoption followed as matter,
of eourr, and proved nothing,'' and
ihat, a report of its committee on resolu
tionis is such evidence as a nelO gradu
ato would not produce in a trial justice's
court. Captain Tilhman says, after
Governor Thompson's address, he arose
and denounced the charge that he had
made accusations of maladministration
aind extravagance against the State
officers as a lie. The News and Courier
reports Mr. Prince, of Anderson, as say
ing: "The charges were specifically
made in the remarks of Mr. Tillman."
Mr. Tillmian is re)orted not as tie
iioucing the accusation as a lie, but in
terrogating Mr. .'rineo as follows: ''iii
wit port iont?" The News and Courier
eports that after Governor Tiiompson's
ad;tr' 5 ''1' ruer TCilwai aro: o in his
s''at nid said he 'lesired to stamn out a
lie," but it Was to the eflect that~ he had
'accused the State ollicials o: bribery
and corrilption." Captain Tilsuan com
>lains about a small surplus which was
in the treasury. Tlie outstanding obli
ations of the State, bearing (; per cent.
interest and requiring an annual levy of
thout $3'1,:6U to meet it, will soon
conuence maturing. If our treasury is
kept amply prepared to meet every
obligation, (which, to make assurance
doubly sure, would require a small sur
>lls,) and1c1 the tone of public ;:mntinient
is l:reseived sound and healthy, we wiil
>ie able to refu ,d these bond: at 1 per
ent. and save the taxpayers in round
umbers .i1 (),153 per annum.
Captain Tilluitn says that a resolution
was passed by tue April conveniion and
reiterated by the November convention
that the "inspection of fertilizers is de
tective and no adequate ptntishment
t>roviled for fraud," and that more fault
is founl with the bureau on this very
point than any other. In his attempts
to fit e imiiself iroim the mire Captain
'illian cane mudh nearer than le sup
posed placing the board on solid ground.
l.f thi s is the tief cause of conplaiit
ttan lte board should not be e(nsu red.
it tu comm)isSi(iicr's report of l:ao the
1..g isiatuire was urged to pros ide more
fli:"icent kgislatioii on this ve:y point.
At the latst sCs6iot a bill to t uis effet
as caref ully prepared in accord wit h
the recniuendution5 of Captain Till
man's convention by the aid of the agri
cultural department oilicials, passe t in
the Senate and killed in the i1ouse."
Captain Tillmanit evidently thinks, in
expressing the opinion that the tendency
of the hotmestead law Wits to debalhei
the fi)ameial inte' rity of ithe people and
the hit iaw calculated to utiderinile
their indepxindence and self-reliance, and
ittterward , saying iiat the farnors have
bit two gtioun(ls of eonpla"int against
the I gi.;ature, I have been inconsist
eat. 'the hoiestead law was inaugu
rated by the provi.ions of the Ihedical
Co)1tttiltutn. 'l.e lien law was enacted
ong before the regime wich J am (de
festing and Captain 'Tilhnian attacking
and attempting to defame was establish
ad. The provisions of the homestead
law are noct confined to the fariners, and
there is no class injustice in the lien law,
Iba hardship hitherto experienced by
hintdmeds having been remedied by the
1) iol'ity lien law. TIhere beiing nio class
injuiitee imi this legistation, I did not
csngler em f as special grievances to
hie farraers---thie farme:rs thiemo:lves hie
iig somtewlmt divided ini their opinions
is to teir propriet y. Theia lmbeiat ion
II itheal-se tax oni goum:os 1' general
Spalio' ' lien it was (-NI usivel y
pand by hhie faimers, and the tax oii their
~ottoni m11( 1ovsions in hand ireplresent
ing their annual incomne, were cluas
grievances, and conseqiuently just ground
of complaint from the farmers as a class.
Captaini Tilluman says: '"It is to be
hresiumedi that Colonel Yomuiis expects
to be tickled hereafter, not wit4 monxciey.
hut with imolitical influence andt votes.''
The only proposititon of this nature, or
imy other, ltookiing to aniy aidvamntage
wvhatsoever to meo personalhly was made
by Captain Tlillmian, wvho wr'ote to me
some tomi liast spring as followi -a "'i't
it about time for 'larer' Yoiu.imi to
real izo diad lie is behcin d thl e time., amid
liai i>aed an opplortiunity You cnn
'gal in on ft htome stretch, if you start
how, anid I u. ill tell you how, il you will
fun 111 to Augusta and let's have a talk.
Vrite mec wordI whether andt when you
can come, atppouinting a day," &Vc.
'Storekeeper'' Vounmu did not comiiply
withl "Flarmer'' andh "Pl'iiiin" Tlid
imin's propilositioni h lit s ni5ot w9 ani xious5
to be tickled thereafter with poclitical in
tl ueiiee anad votes as to embrace TIilhan
i-la, eveni with the assuritnce if lie starited
then lie would '"get in"' on the hionie
tieteh. How a mn wouldl miake suech
an: misintabon agaimist niothier, afte r
hatviig wvritteii hiii -.ieh it lettet, can
anil bue exphoaned- iuon thle hiypothesis
Elumt it was5 doine by at poliiteitici who hiad
iaitld its it platr, who hiadt fiiled its a
tf!iacir who wias "bliad itad fell in the
tuleh." ,JuisItiw maw::: of 'hese netws
paper I( contributors(, whot aret iattemptiung
to 1hunIhwhalik the ;-enate, (ranger
Wiohford and i "Pl laiiteir" and ''Store
kee per Yomnanis h ave been staitedI by
Catptatin~1 Tibaian with tihe assiuranice of
"gttimng it'' ont the bioiiie stretch, woiiltd
lie Imfoimationt itnmin-g, if not initerest
mug, to the piihl ie. 1 le G overniment,
thte board of agicuilturei, thit Stinate,
"(Granuger'' WVolord tand' "lainter" You
mantis have this coiisolittionu, that one
wvho hias b)ecome it chironiic fiault-liindlet
and.t a iimivtersal grunbler, who has comia
plamned of almost everything, the
heavens above, tIe earth beneath, iand
insinuated against the devil dowin unde1
the earth, who has called himself a land
butcher and a fool, has bonnmn fre(
with his ugly adjectives that they hayv
grown entirely too common, and signifg
nothing. In tho roso-lined conceit of a
Visionary brain one may imagine him
self anply equipped by the experience
of uiversal failure to establish the por
feet comnonweatlth of .lune or to in
augurate the political Utopia of More,
but the sound sense and practical judg
ment of the farming element of South
Carolna will not accept this theory of
the ''(eor' is coon dog," whose owner
sail he had failed for everything else,
therefore, he must be good for co'ono.
As I have neither time nor inclination
to treat the public to a biographical
sketch, or to deal in groundless and dis
reputl)le insinuations, there being an
ovident tendency in certain qtuarteri to
inject such a current into this contro
versv, I do not expect again to trespass
on the patience of the public, even
though an arrangement., as I am in
formed, hlts been agreed upon among I
the ''1Ilomc-tretchers" to dischrge at I
the Senate, ''ranger Woflord, and
'Plate.ner'' Youm;)ans i jartitcular,
thtough the nediuml ;f the News and I
Courier, periodical ''iriz baug's' from
the l'otmetal Artillery.
I cannot close, however, vit hout et- I
tering my earnest l)rotest against that
reckless inconieration which would I
press forward to the sacrifice such young c
innocents as ''Outside Observer," who, I
I must admit, did onie thing very appro
priate: the selection of his nom de
plume. For, after a inost llattering in- I
troduction of himself, Ie began observ- i
inig entirely outside of the facts. how 1
much it is to be regretted that his aspira- I
tions beguiled him beyond the press of 1
is county, where his vanity and his
mistakes would only have met the lenient 1
eyes of his fiiends au-d aetgnaintances c
with a due regard for his innocence and t
his years. Thinking, perhaops, thtat one I
exposition of his ignorance might not t
chill the ardor of stclt an enterprising 3
spirit, and that lie may attempt a secon<tI
time to edify the farmers, I will kindly '
point out several of his mistakes so tluit i
he may succeed better next; time, should tl
ho have occasion to allude to the Uni- I
versity. I would suggest a reference to c
the catalogue, where he will lind that it a
is not for the education of lawyers, doe- V
tors and preachers, but that the curricu- a
lum preponderates in favor of those v
branches pertaining to agriculture. r
itepresentative \Varton, of Laurens, is
tue cltiuian of the Iouse (itittee 1
on agriculture, and not Dr. Timndal, as 1;
'Outside Observer'' informs the farmers. e
The sinful Senate did not divide the cx- 1
perinental sttlion, as was stated in three
separate assertions by "Outside Observ- t
er"---in fact, the station was not divided a
at all-the house itereased the nuniler a
to two, on motion of liel)resentative (
Lawton, of 11ampton, and the appro- t
iriation was divided between the two r
stations. Leaving my young friend of
"utexceptional opportunities for obser
vation," and his cozy little deductions
from mistaken premises, iii the ''lied
Seit,' aiid Captan 'Iiliman to lionder
and tiodge and about-face in his' 'wilder
ntss'of mistakes and euntradict.ions, I
make my adieu's to the ' 'Popgun briv;
tide," regrettinig the indiscretiou which
has caused me such a wastte of time.
L. W\. Yor:ui. s. t
5anders, S. C., April 1, I7.
MaI ' 'c(d W\o)oc j'. C;o)t -l':' .
The case of Aultmlan, Tay lor . Co. vs.
1. N. Bush and Eugenia J. lush, in
which the Suprene Court filed its de
cision last Wednesday night, is very im
portant in its bearing upon the liabilities
of rarried wom)en. The C'olmntbia eotrre
spondence of the News and Coum icr gives i
the followieg synopsis of the opin ioi:
The action wits founded on two notes r
given buy defendant and his wiie for the
purchatse of a steam engine. 'hiese lnt es
were seuredI by a mortgage oni a traict
(if land 1belonginig to the sepairate estate r
of the wife, which miortgage was exc
cuted by the wife, her hiusbanid joining
therein. Two defences were liut up.<
First, breach oif contract; second, nSot
liability on the imrt of the wife on the
niotes and1( mortgage, she b einmg a mar
riedl woman. 'The manster int e<quity, toi
whJom the ease was referred, repoertedl I
that there was no breach of the centract. I
In this report the Circuit du tdge (Illud- I
SOIn) leoncurred . The maustr also re1
piorted the deemoit 'i ift, 1bothl
b'y the terms of thle statute and1 becu
the conitract Wias fo r th e beell ofr tOI
separate estate'. '.l'he Circuiit dud'nge di<
not concur in the bed. b raiich of the; cce- I
(1nd( section of the report., bitt suistaied
thle nmestcer in the first, htold(1inmg that the I
liability of the wife was lixed b y the 1
mortgage, and lie orderedl a foreclosure.
The Supremie Court says: ''[le main<
<1iuest ion ini the ease is as to the liabi lit y :
of the wife on her miortgiage, or rather I
I le liability of her separate estate for a<
debht contracted by3 h,er huIsband,i' to I
wvhich shte wits a paty, and toe secure I
wh ich shie exteutedl thle mo rtgage in
qut bin, athhoulgh the said debt was not
conitractd olr the be,net of her separate
estate. ' his brings upl sqmiretly the
qtiestiton whether a married w mino can
mnortgage heri scearate (es tt for a delbt
not cointractedl for its beineIt.
TIhe bounditar-y (if the(il qustiin is thle
onstitution tand thei Act of Ithe L egisia
turc upon the sub jeet of the righits of
marriedi woimen.'' Tha Cour t ten pro
eetds to exiaminio at length thet cons.5 ti
tional poiincnt ie ini Ari tile
11, Sectiton 8, its follows: "TJhe real aind
piersonal propet~y of a mairried womniit
hieltd at the timhe of her marriage, or that
which, shio many t hereafter acqu iren either<
by gift, grnt, inheritance, tdevise ori
otner wise', ishall net be subijeet to heyvy
andio sale for- hier husbandl' tdebts, but,
elhad lie held ats lher1 sepaiate pioperty
and may be beiqutethled, devised or
abeunated by hier the same(I as if shen wetre
utnmartried."' Th'e provi'~isions of law
touching umponi thiis qutest ion ate also tx.
hiaustively discussed and the Court the
cides that the muarried womnan has nt
lie right to met [gage her separate estate
for a dhebt not contractedi for its benefit.
'VIe juidgmnent of the Suplrenie Comiit is
tInt the judggmemnt o,f thle Ciicuit C~ourt
lie reversed and1 thait toecase lie romanduo
ed with leave to litiff to iapply bielow
for judgment agamnst tlhe defendant, Jt.
N. I lish, for the amuount due con the
niote. Chief -Justice Sim psoni delivered
ihe opinion12. dl tstice M\elIver filesi a (dis
sentiig opiion.)I
'Ine prattic So f huavinug a wife's sepla
rate esttiatrmortgedl to secure hem- hunts
1band's debts leas beent vetry prevalent in
SouthI Carolinia and this tdecision will
upiset it abruptly.
T1he best systeum oif bocok-keeping--hIef us
inug to loan them.
SAN JACINTO.
A:tinivernuiy of tit lattie Thlat Fruel
Tei'xas froml .Leico(.
(From the l'hil:l Iphia Tines.)
Thero occurs this week the anniversa
ry of one of the most interesting and
eventful battles in American history,
though one but little remeiniered. it
san a:einiversary that recalls he strug
rde of eces of wvhieli the Southern por
tion of this continent wos the scene from
"he daya; of Christopher Columbus, down
:o on: own time. Spanish settlements
ivero made in Texas as early as 1(J2,
hese, hiowe ver, were merely trading es
:ahlir,hments. Texas was formerly
laimed by both Spain and the United
$tates, and became the subject of long
legotiation, between the two govern
ntents which resulted in a relinqluishl
nent on the part. of the United States to
he territory in question. . resident
acaksoli mtale an attempt to Imurchase
t.'exas fromt Mexico, but failed. The
)rol)ositi( 'i of J:tcksonl to purchase was
>pposed by mlny of our citizens, who
'iewed a further extension of territory
is dangerous to the integrity of the
Jnon. Texas had rather been a curse
han a blessing to any of its numerous
laiuants, being first wrested from the
uatives by Spain, and regained by the
Itxicanl..
1.n the year 1821 Stephen F. Austin, a
mative o( the State of Connecticut, ap
>eared on Brazos river in Texas to fulfill
nd out a contract of his father, who
ad obtained a grant for a large body of
Lid.whieh he was to colonize. Mr.
ustmI pIlnted his first colony on the
rlazs c'vel, altl being a li11 of n.I
oluun; lide lit aiitl enterprise, his in
cr wot: \vith the Mexican government
inug i imarked with a rigid compliance
iltlh his cngagemcnlt, for a number of
ears he htad the unlimited contidence
f the ollicers of the government, from
rhomi he could receive aty favors, and
.1 return received the unlimited confi
ence of his colonists, and Texas was
ast beconing Li valhable domain. The
oloiists, with the intelligence, energy
nd thrift so characteristic of their race,
crc making rapid advances in wealth
nd comfort, but a crisis arrived, aind!
ar with all its fury and horrors com
wnceed.
Santi Ant('nio and (olaid were ini the
)SSCssioi of the Texan troop, amtll a
iro tle' iean forec had been videred to
tperate agaiinst theml. On the 21st of
'cbruary, I8:h , the Mexican Generals
'casess , Filasoh and Cos were ordered
a head one division of the Mexican
rmy on San Antonio, (enerals Untca
ud (arory a second division anainst
olaid, and a third division, coiinand
d by Santa Annia ini person, was to
Laove a ciCumstinices might require.
The first division of the Mexican army
preared before San Antonio On the
".nd of 1'elruary, and of the progress
f the siege of the Alamo Colonel
l'ravers' list letter was on tle 3d of
\laiehi. lie says: ''I at ibesieged by
lhlusait d o \Icxieitns anud with 110 men
have defended the Alamo for ttn days
igoinst a force of 3,1)00, and unless 1 get
clief l_ will perish inL its defense."
olone'l Travers and his gallant band did
)erish, its they fell to a n:au. Their
ives, however were dearly sold, and the
ictory gained over them was little bet
er tlai i defeat.
I i 5.N .1AcnSv.
Santa A mau, flushed with his ill-gotten
lccess, believed that Texas was in his
ras), and with his remaining firce ad
-inecd ilpoll loustol's small force on
11e Colorado river. H_loustoi Iell biack
o the l;razos river and from that streamL1
t'treated to the Sit ,aeinto river. lie
as unwilling to hazard a 1battle so long
s hol:'s were enterainld of gaining an
dvanttage 1by retreating. lie intended
etreaitmg to Naicodoches, whIere) he
ntew~ of reOinforcemLenLts, and it was not
ut il after loud comnplaintts fronm every
uarter hoe <.",ided to stake his reputai
on'i and thte fortunes of Texas on one
eeisive] (flort.
lIe wvas commnanding ai miost determ
nedl set oif menOI whJo yearneld to retaliate
or the shiamefuil hatchery of their
riends Lit the Alanmo and( (Gohaid. An
Ltour bleforesunLset onL tILe 21st of Aptih,
Sun, I louLstoL, ithI 783 menf all1 told,
ttLaced ,Sata Annai with1 1,5t>l mten,
.dIvancOLing withI fthe warl cry, "'IRemLemberi
hel .\hunLo." 'l'he TexansL adIvanLcedl re
livinig Infe lex iians' 111r0 to with in
i0oint hhiiik shot btefore theCy fired ai gun.
IL 1 1ILhaL two hLours a5 Livanqujishe L floe
ivy bleediing onL the biLtleI ilam. A few
iniskile men,1 11 were victors o(ver nearly
lionl lih Ieir inmb er of wvell skilled sol
liers, who were sLurfeited with treasutre
mdi ILILiLnm blood, aLd thLeir proiud and
umltghty ch iel Li prLisoner1, betgging for
Iinarter haLL merc-y, hot>Ih of which wvere
orignL to his own hIeart andL( his own'I
noide of warfaLre. Sanutai AnnaL, the cap-.
tLL0d, wwL; a hLeartIless detioni. Th'le
voril, ini adi its rounLd of bruitahuty, had
he slaugter oft (olonL .Iinit's handLI
it G olhuil . SonotL fainLt excuIse miight he
I veLn lor thet i*avagery Lat AIlamoL whtile
hLe lbh>od was hLot, buLt the sava'Lgery at
olhit haLLs Lall th horrtuors of cold, calcu
atinLg, p itih -s butitchery.
m:isiirs orL TLL: vLIirony.
ThLe victory ait Sain Jacinto is tratly
meO itf tILe mLost splendid of mLodern ori
meLLient t imeLsI, andLI well dleserves to beo
an,ked LILLnongL tILL decisive Ibattles of thLe
vorldl. Its resL.i Lire wondIerfit. It
stablielhed thIe indepen(]denLce o'Tex as;
lhe (establillishIiig Iof it into LiJaipubli; tILe
umLIexationL of it iLto thLe Aimeticani
LiiLn; ai11 war with Axico, fthl conse
IenceL IlofIII d ich wa thLe ae<tuiisitiont oIf
Newv Aiexieco, Caliifornia, Utah, Ne~vaIda,
X'LloradLoL Ia W\y6minLg; tI( he(netuisitionl
>f the gre4atest. goldl Land silver fields inL
lhe world ; thle extnsOiin of thle h otilaL
-y of ihe United StaLtes fLomt the Atlantic
oL leie; thle secuiin-iig 0f l)orts OnL theO
l'aiciflie coastt inivahiabl te to defense and
soniunieree with China anud the East
inLdies; sieuring o ver omur groundL( fronm
,eILan to) oceanL the mIeanis of riiilway
onncionII L, and1 I oe wIihihI Ieveral greLat
ilroads15ILI havebee ibulilt -greai't conti -
ita~l railroadsx---ha-sides railroadls leadl
iig thr-ough Texas Land the acquired ter
-itory t~o thue City of MIx ico. IThe nmp
'ommiIerce of the worbil.
Such are the results of the victory w~onL
it San JaLcinto lfity-one yearsx ago this
lay. For all time to come will the 21st
>f April, 1836, heo regarded as the birth
hay of TJexant independlence, the daty On
wlihi Texas was delivered from Mexi
ani boendaLge. In the magnitude of its
resulta. the battle of 8an .Janintn is with
out a parallel in the history of the
world. In a very few years thoro will
nothing loft of the heroes of the Texan
revolution except the record of their
acts and the memories of their appear
ance. The record of their acts will in
stinctively carry the mind back to the
record of Marathon, Salemis and Tier
mnopyhe. No other knownt historis
records are fit comparisons. Well nay
the citizens of Corsicana welcome 1
few remaining veterans of Texas this
fifty-lirst anniversary of the battle of
San Jacinto. Well may they welcome
the few men who remain of those who
threw themselves into the breach and
saved the empire State of the Ulnion.
Ere long the last of the veteran guard
will be under the sod of the land they
redeemed and of which their posterity
now have the occupancy.
STI{AN( :)'it TIIA N F l("IION
Th1e Story of n ItPntatiful Ilutt Ir,ati)
lIi..uottrl nelle,
(St. Lou: 5pr- .: , the Nt \t"w Y t Tints).
There was pi ited here this 2norning a
dispatch annoiming that William l'res
ton Hill had beet paid yesterday by the
Public Administrator of New York a
large sum, being his share of the pro
cceds of his mother's estate. This pay
ment is the culmination of a romance
rich in incident. There was born at St.
Charles, in I 8:7, Joanna Ih'hrens,
daughter of Dr. lelhrens, a wealthy and
prominent physician. The clti( devel
ope(1 into a girl of great beauty, was
educated in a convent and in I t5 was
the belle of the county. A gentleman
who knew her in those days said: 'She
wis 1orn1 to be ia le'oilne of a r'omanCet'.
11cr face was for yeirs to mt' the stand
ard by which all fimale beauty was to
be ju lged. I (h> .ot know it' I have
over seen a more lovely woman since.
She was, I think, slig!tly above the aver
age height of women, about live feet five
inches' high, I should judge, full and
strong in every part.ieular. 1]er eyes
were large, dark and well sladed b1y long
lashes. She carried her head like a
queen."
J3ritton 11. hill was at this time a
rising young St. Louis lawyer, and is
to-day a leading citizen of this city. lie
was fascinated by the St. Charles belle
and married her. They trav('led in
Europe for a number of years, but did
not live harmoniously. The youn: wife's
beauty antd iniiecet attracted the gal
lants of the gay Europ)ean capitals autd
the husband's position became so ci
barrassing that a separation took pltict".
She instituted proec(eedinfgs for a divorce.
lie filed a cross suit, charging her' with
intimacy with Victor Em manuel and
other notables. )epositions were taken
in two continents and the case 1beeaine
an international scatdal. ilr. I ill was
gr'antedl his divorce.
After the divorce was granted \l r.
ill, who had suflered in uue ad
sociil position to some extent by the
develo1m1ients of the suit, Iteft. the '1 v.
She was lost' sight of for severl yem:'s,
and then Iolisialls who travled
Europe wrote and brought 1batck1 :ti'inte
stories of the sensational doing ;of t he
beautiful and dashing Amtericani widow.
At one time she was ini Rome, t1n iln
Ueneva. Then again she was heard (o1
in Paris and Berlin and in many of Ihe
European capitals. She beconi<i fainous
through vario us methtods. Sh it Cut
something (f a ligure in politis in b)thd
France andi Italy. Alr. L.ouis I mu4iont
the wealthy New York tailor, advertised
for a housekeeper, and Mrs. Ilill, under
the name and in the guise of t wido,
got the situation. She married I 1ansoni
in less than a week and iin lass thani a
week after Iroulie began. TI icy alistu
went abroad, where Ilansont gut, soots'
startlinig infornationl ((oncering i
wife. W\hen they retulrned' dlivo)rce pro
cedings were began, 2and( nilter .some Ir
litigation they agreed toi sepiarat e.
Final papers were to) lie sii!led on
tJuly 4, 1885. On the day before Nr's. Hlan
son sent for her hiuisband1 and1 asked him
to take her out of the city to avoid the
noise of the Futh. '.L"ey went toi
Storm King Mioutain. They were
alone. Two pistol shots were heaird, andi
people comning np found llanisoni dlead,
with a bullet through his head. SIhe
said lie shot at her a2221 theni conilnittedi
suicide. She lef t the 'ltat eio tihe l'4i1b
lic Adiniuist ath,r to look afr andi mt
startedl for Auistratia b y waiy of thI
imthmusii. hhie died oni thle wayL, 11424 lit'
rev'ealed tier identity. Th1e (chie wasL fol.t
lowedI, anmd resul2ted1 in j4uttinig the welIth
in young lill's hand124s.
Th'lo F'inanicial Chonoicle, in4 ita ueckly
cottonii re'view%, says thalIt for1 11he week
en in ridayr .V(2 eninig, thel 15th, 11he
tota reeipi hve reachied 21,4 27 1bales(,
againast 24,30)8 blbs last we'ek, 8 1,115
bales1( the previouis w~eekl(,2( a i -10, 298 balt's
three we'teks since; nillking the toit:t re
(eipts sincee thle ist of Sep4tember ~', 18t;,
5,0)01,818 blels, ainist ,51 ,9 1 bales h'
for the same 140riod of' 18.5 Si, howinig
an1 mlerense smee4C Sepiternhl Ii''I, I188 , of'
T1hie expor'ts foir thle son12 lei od reachl
aL to)tal of 5:3,038 bales, of'. 2 whih 3,5i15
were to Gireat iritin and2( Frnc and1C(2(
I1,49)3 to thel rest (if the continen2)t. 11he
implorts into conItinIental ports1 tils week1
hlave b)een 54,00 h1)4 ale24s. The ri mi an1 in1
crease ini the cotton ini sigh t Fr idaIy nighit,
o4f 31,3f;3 bales( as5 coinpared(4 withI tIhe
same)4 date '(f l884, an1 increase'14 (4f 12,1001
inig dalte of 1885 and1( Ia decrease5 of 2:1, -
Gia bales as CLI comar'ed wit h1 1 8S .
The old( inte'riori sh tk havL~e d11iere:ed
durinlg tIhe week 12,157 14a11s, anld were,
thle sam2e) piod(4 last year. The 4 rciipts
aIt the samile to wns2 haivel b1 4t 1, 412 b ales
14-5s thanl tIhe same wee4k lat ye'ar, an2d
sin2ce 1st Septembaer 11th1e recits Iat atll
the( townis ar2e (il,151 bales inoere than(2 for'
the same time in 1885 84.
T1hec increaLse in the amount in sight
F'ridlay niight, as comp2lhared1 with las5t ye'ar,
is 1 5,4 ;45 1bale, thet in2crease25,2 (as compa2red
with 1881 85 is t;87,581 b ales, and( the ini
crease over 188:1 81 is 71)1,721 balIes.
Thle total receipits from tIhe lan(ltatuins
since1 Sepitember)40 1, I1881, ar14 5, I (2,84 I
hales1(; in) 1885 84; w~ere 5,231,881 bales
iln 18h8u '5were 4,725,14;0 hales, A
thloughi tIhe rip4'C' ts lat the oultpiorts the24
past week were 21,1127 bah&s, the actual
mo14verment from pilantations was5 (illly
8,15'3 babes, tIhe balance beinlg talkenl
from the stocks at the initerior towns.
ILast year the receipts from the plhantaL
tions for the samei week wvere 3t2,3~7
bales, and for 1885 thoy woro 12,641
alin.
IN TI l liEAR' OF AFRICA.
A (I.:l S: AT''1E 1)1ARIEy 01" AN
I:SI'LUll:ilt OF T111: CONGO.
'1 ie N:;tIv rital Sot.' of Titelr Savage
(:usit/111--.i1 Ilo.ud ('nr,tin1rg tinakto Story
lntt :tn .L.Ivenatiii.' withm a ('rocolille.
( 'ronit the W:shinton Star.)
A cozy and handsoluely furnished
house on P street northwest is the home
of Lieutenant Emory 11. 'J'Tunt, of the
United States Navy, the African oxplor
er. Since 1885, when ho was sent to ox
plore the region of the Upper Congo
liver in Africa, Lioutenant Taunt has
been constantly on the tramp through
the )ark Continent, searching for in
formnation in regard to the country and
its inablllat;ilta . 'ite Walls of tie par
lors of his holue in this city are covered
with interesting reminders of many
thil ii ng adventure: among the blacks,
ti the form of long, sharp spears, mnur
derolus looking knives and various other
inllleltonts of warfare and domestic
Ne' the least important among thorn
is a long strung of human teeth, in the
centre of which is a small, roughly
i;lltp(d liece of brass. This is a
''fetish,'' and is supposed by the intense
ly sup('rstitilns natives to be an in fallible
chitn aginst disease, pmin or trouble
of ny kind. Another I'iuriosit y is a
(tueerly sl(iped knife en('ased in cirious
looking skin, and having a hilt, the end
of which is shaped like a nushroom. In
01n0 corner of the r(,oltihier stands a
long; and wide slinl(d of rattan w%oo(d. It
luts It history. In ditll'rent places about
its centre are several bullet holes. ''le
nat ive wlo bor it Wias preparing to kill
ileutenliit Taunt, who Imei elgaged
hil iln Ibattle", vhell ' builet from one
of th li'eit:'nant's followers liercetl the
il:l v ;vent thtrougl the body of the
tavagu war'nor+.
1;at lv to i in ost interesting of all
:'re thie dhii:its of ( La(tenanlllt Tauntlt's '
r :er in tihe ht11(i ul the lil;n' . A
t:n rrU( rter'i' p'rmiitl h-i to rei them
11.0aih:: Ig Th'ey re:ad like
r (nn4S111'5, sn1 iir illied it wit I stories of
advetur nlnd11 11ii-breadlth escaple., from
the' c:autiblls.
ilt dI' lic hai,ia t+' the Cowg o ne
gr,+e:, ' rt Iehd d by .. 'liuit, are often
i'tl 'te i11+ aitd llurt' otten ilusinlg,
Tmre s t Critin I ii' vtt, shilave their
he:tth , t ,iy len. inl 1ull tufts o1 hair.
Ti I 11 ar( rill in au Oill i;r1s of
I:tit e ; . :tulb ;itve to the nearer a
verv I .! j l;t+ .'tu anct1e. Th Iere is
the i 1f of :it're:t andl llowerfl'i tribe
in th+ lt-i1by oV ut L,t';,1 lvillt who
. h In i ih une -1111u
n 1r, . 'i p a'r), w 1'i , a thiin:1;Uuani's
tives is ve,ry l.t hhir. tUpon th11 dleath
('f a! l'biet heI i" ,n I i ; in thll I nI ('(l lChe
mitil it n 1l.h a at hugh(ut. 'Thn the
he(:1+ t' the b1ndy is shtavedl cleanl. Theli
bodyI is :tt abiiv+\+1round iin this state
util the hall r''1't. (!lul when tlhe re
I \ati are intel l''l i thet n r oj iiOtrd.
. While tratvelin' uip I!1, th ; Cong Rlver
oIi ,sw'vi1>w litllt' st('niler, the
1le'ii-y lhtd, \,htun :tb1'nt li\vo day1'. from11
th e (tllt r , 1 . ('xciting ineid1+uett oc
uited, u wh11ich 11 r. 'au111 a i : 'At 2
l. Ii. 2 anchswd m the In o1 e1 14(n
n(t i",r then ni;htI. ;th( .:r . I'IItttr. in and
1 illiioi t, V : bim ten eboya , dli
e ight.1 fa loig, i sl ' into the ' butt.
There; a11s 2a shuolin ag ndt yi,tll ig of,
l1'nnoca' ( sunk2le) alIt jin hivi w-I ' S the
I how to kill hiin1 was1 now1 tile pioblemn.
the( boat. J hit tina111ly, altter an1 exciting
figt o tent 1iniS, thel mark1le wnat dis
siotted ine ltk andi Iwhite. '.The natives
said1 thaIt on'e bite from21 it wits surle deathi.
Forlt n1atil y no( one2( r'emalined ini the boat
ten2, 211(1l laite'aiaint Taunl22t hadl m gonte
nI theI li iot2, hintlingf beenIl detainled on1
the te(222r.
aL sinlll( tow b'IIl y Ite river, Iaw ) on'i the
btlak of te irg 111 woilan sai a boy'~
were \filhing. 1 (b22 is thelI sil Ion parts
ofth rive h' ideok. ut lookig erlocodilles
11111hII eail besw sjt een 1 Wtt: diiitin Ithem-0(
vi s or12 1( tIl -pif tInl i the 25( a l a rs.ili
(lsee to21 whr llIt w:na WOlI2L2 boy1wer
liehn as ao larg1 o'rldlei e> was
tiuly, leerylI tl'Lal (itine is appr .lthing
ne rr tun .ear 12r th ill'.s 1ilClis 2naid(1
lyes P2il'e, nIl ey nowl(lI( 1il aten
tilI' woub(1 1(1in n'( h is emi lwlyl i froin s
toIl ei l seeiimt ~ hi Ill m'io ve. 'I tl
1122hh- (ly tie peoll in th(12 vlatl hilard
aillrribat sivek.a iltiii Therw(nnitl ani boy
had in-yn swayt ity 111111 go a tsk
ironi th tl of(L th2e fntus"r. f ienhe
rIlied theby of theWl o nnuld ifnd
wnatien.Tg slwlyti)o ttoo the irtebn
whleleaalc boy theitt c uh ha nvoryd
entn onbl hi uapee oip. Tup etebne
soe tlao inhes over tody owe ip nde
he buttn, hic aaoutfrr the iz ond
a quartor of a dollar, was buttoned right j
through.
While hunting in the woods he found
an old tom-tom, or drum. It was made
of a log about five feet long. A long,
oblong holo was pierced in the top of the
log, wich had bon dug out as muc ? .
as possible. When struck on eitbs4
side of the hole with a stick th -log
omitted a sound which could be heard
for several miles. The longer the dis
tance the more unearthly the sound.
The Congo method of execution is
most revolting. Among certain tribes
the person to be executed is taken out
into the market place where he is buried
to his neck in the earth. His brains are
then dashed out and a cord fastened
around his neck to which is attached a
stick. This is driven perpendicularly
into the body and both left there to
decay.
Tilln I %TIKUs-'TT''E ENAMPMENT.
I'hu Pro;tr'nM Making in l'erfecting the Ar
ranngemnent-Te'I, Faranera Should Attend in
l.urgt' \u~nberM.
(Carolina Spartan.)
Last week Major 1). R. Duncan, J. W.
Wofrord and Commissioner Butler, on in
vitation of the Governor and Commissioner
of Agriculture of Georgia, attended a meet
ing of Georgia farmers in Atlanta. That
meeting was called to consider the condi
tion of the farming interests and make ar
rangements for a fair in Atlanta. This
does not come in Competition with the in.
ter-State encampment at this place. Major
luncan eXp)lainCd to the meeting what pro
gres we had made here and they looked
very favorably on the enterprise, and stated
tlat Georgia wouhl be represented. Satur
y afternoon, there was a meeting of the
toCklo1lers of the Encampment in the
Uourt. house. Dr. Fleming, chairman of
the 'T'rustees stated that sonic of the sub
cribers had failed to pay the amounts
iproinlised and that iii order to make all
preparations necessary nore money was
needed. A motion was carried to issue as
much as thirty shares of preferred stock,
tt $5O.t0 a share. This preferred stock is
to cole iii first. in the payment of dividends
up to eight per cent. Th Association re
ycrves the right at any time to redeem the
tock, paying interest at the rate of ten per
cent. but it is not bound to pay interest or
livi(lends unless the money is made. Sev
-ral qauestionls looking to the success of the
:interplrise were disco ssed. Large manu
fac turers have been writing letters asking
altout the space allowed for the exhibition
tl gools and(1 the (onditions on which they
viii be a1llowe(d to eonm. There are sev
ral things that will contribute to the sue
es5 of tlis encatllminet. First and fore
nost a large crowd of farmers is necessary,
1nd we cannot draw these from distant
;tates or counties th1e first year. The farm
fa of Spartanburg county are called on to
iake this a success. If 500 of them will
bIild tents and move their fanmiles in for
)n( week ant tit fact is known before
luuhad, the imanufacturers will come with
inaahincry andl there will be all sotts of
pateit contrivainces on exhibition. A small
wo sden tent that will give shelter to several
persons will cost. j It) or $15. The farmers
in reatch c1nn c.anue in thie last of Jutly andl
Itiild thcir own tents, cit her hauling lumber
f rion home or buying it on the ground.
All tlie pior fitiii nerssholId attend, because
they inty be able to learn something. All
the goot ones shouhi certaiinly be there,
haor their counsel will be needed. Those
hi ving in the mineral belt of the county
lsould n1ot. onily attend themselves but they
should have on exhibition specimens of the
ninerals ani ores (if the county. Our
iI iahoars acrt ss the State line should turn
outl in itrce, for they ac equally interested
wit i us iii the niovement. We hope to sec
a hunlrel North Carolina families en
(:1111ued here in A uulist. The State exhibit
whh-hIt will iertainly be sent here is worth
Ii SIii several tdays to see. One may spend
lairs i lking, ait the mineral, animal and
veginbl te produits of~ the State. The
itmtes of sevet iCipesonus wh ari tie going to
builtd tenits Itiuve biein repxo tted and it is our
desirec thait t hey all lie sent into this oflice.
Somtletiime ini 31ay their natmes wvill be pub
lishedi. Let them coinie in by the hundred.
. Te G reenvill Counaty TFeachiers' Asso
iittin, at.ai recent ileetig, adoptedl a pre
unbille set titig forth th1e greait importance of
t State Normal College, antI pitssed the fol
lowing resoluttions.:
/'t/rrle/, 1st,. Tlhat we, the wvhite teach
'is of GrelnviilIe counmty, do most respect
iilIly tetition thle iiTerent County School
JtnuniissIioners iandi Counity lihtardls of Ex
tinmers, thle State Suplerlintendelnt of Edit
itatin andI thle State Board of Examiners
iexterI their inflluencee to securie the estab
sed and t 11 suppt~ it of a State Normal
otlle'ge for whitle fenechers of bthl sexes.
2l. itt we alsk thle aissociations of
eta-lits int thie idifleret counttties and the
tle Tetachers' Assoceiatiion to considler this
otier- anditoIli ('0- tperate ini the efforts to
cetiui siltch State Norimiil College.
:. Th'uit, we miost, respietfully request
lie General Asseimly to give thtis subject
oret ul constiderauitont.
-ih. VThat,we ask thie piress of the State,
riendtily to the, raise of commoil(n school
'ilittat)oIt, tbingi this imaitter before their
Th 'lI'iresit len t its selected a very pleas
itt seasont of thei year to visit the South.
'ie weaither is dielighitf'u in Atlanta as well
s in, this eit.y in October. Of course the
'resilenit wotui h-u-dly think of coming to
orgi-a wit htl visiting Savaninah. lHe
sill dothlilis titnd notch to initerest him at
t lantta, andi thte P'iedmont fair, whidch will
uilopin ini Octobier, will be an attraction,
imt to see a genuine Sotuthern city-the
inost beitutifuil city in thie South--he must
-omite to Savitnnahi.
'he icpeoplle of this~ city woul be gratIfied
iy ia visit f rom President Cleveland. They
aive wittedi lia consistent course andl(
titrtily imtltrse it. They have noticed
hit smiee lis itlatguratin there lhas been a,
-omplelcte restotrationi of good feeling
brouighioit, the entire country and a re
mtrrkauble iindutstriial awakening in thec
soiuthi, iandt they wouhll like to show him
Ith'irppre<;iation of his admistraition.
)oitbtless hiis planus have not yet 'ocen ar
'angedl, hut when they are It isasincerely
itmpedl t Itit they will Include this city as
tie oif thie poinits to be visited.--Savann~a
i)i-.qile Not the Day of 8miall Things..
Little things may heip a man to rise-a
lent pin in an ettsy chair for instance. Dr.
'ier'ce' "Prtetsanit Purgative Pellets" are
imtll things, pheasant to take, and they
ure sick hetadaches, relieve torpid livers
md( (10 wvonders. Being purelyvetae
hey cannot harm any one. All drgte
A wom-an in Georgia lived 48 d a on
water and then diu Water is ai thin diet,
for a fac: but we know some saIlors who
have livad nearly all their lives on water,