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VOL. XIXb PICKENS, So (-'of THURISDAY, MAY 11 A TERRIBLE TRAGEDY' COMMITTED OVER TWENTY-SIX YFAMS AGO How th Story WU1 UnILravelud--The Baby Growy Up and Av. i;-s 4ie Death of 1h i V1atio- A-i..mtrkableost.ovy. A ithtnta 1-,ma;tt' i''on. So:AmaIT; . H. C., April 17.--A. Hen-4ati-.m, that. re- veals the talo of a liorribl,, murder, and relates a story of deep-dyed villainy, wais unearthod in thir cunoity to-day. Not ;iIce tle miurdr of Captain Dawson has 8o-ith Caroliua been so startle 1-not nil -o the recital by Mo Dow of: his assassination of that knigh'tty editor lus there been tolJ a story of uchr a cruel and cowardly murder. jProminent p,ople are con; nected Withl its perpetration, and other debt Ll maces fe revela tion n t ci i I t ;o11R1. An 1 aged m , I L su tirrouided by a Anl 1(ad iej its, garnered by fair Sfoi 1 mear N vith indicatiolni of impond n d is. oluion, and with a fm a C lotcled beyond repara tion, is PrrvH d quietly and silently for a mnurd-r omnutted ictr1y 4wet ty-six yers a ' UllHis ilait tit) rich, go doubly Pro iimeit, is Saniuel Jef feries, a rei< eint Of this cmujity. Ho is a brothr )f one of the sizners of t h e be tv o . o r d , i a n we , l o w a m z'. numa of d i(,t10.% ait jn.>romrmerni inig. 1n ever:: w . is vell colloct (1tdith tAC fjI . families of Carolina. He i'k b ut i. ,v,Snoer.9 of age Mid i4 t1 I' lunany lk uit0jmis Sow DlioTll. Ai i) ov rim, WAR W I ik14 (-..he d oA tih war. 81uA - J .% killod a neighbor n.mod0i Si 'l sparks. Jefferies on atvoult. ( mi riobles did not ,"o to th, war,l hi a-ubstitute. Spark wa a M ipt oflioor, and about the 0ose of :temcupted to compel JeffOrie, - llo the ariy, but his cowardic V too greit. Th result wad that %ri's wonit to the woods al1(l hid'l fromt the consript offl C(r. 131. 1011nds -were puL onl his trw' a' Irv lojv minhp he never as appr l idd. Er11awed at the ('onduct ( rtu, Con1SCript (')ticer, Jvf - fiioo ye ighy t a dilicul y with 11m, and , I?Ait his oflic'ld puisuer. About t he: close of the war, when ('ev ytI ; :W,W Inf a cndiion of al mo10 elretrm.bshos, thte Lrial of Jefferies f >ri thi iur %vpr waiheld. SIneryb od.~ :a' inte-ret,l- in thuofase, _11l great in l(Pilation Va o.)Iresed. Men(q o)f meml, M-ho con- ivmnied this n1"'rder attb" Poted 1.o have justioe leted oi' a ly. One of thsew was Dr. Alexanani WIte,a int!enitial lo:al plyiii. le dlnoullced the m1urderetvir a -I'lumeed t o obtain mome da1m1aging m tes iti nyiaist JefferiesA. hi waY son ;ma'de knaovi to J(e wies a i hi fi ab:.1ad fell like )oIb shell ill i heir camip. Iow to . .pprmis this d magimng evidence alt i aVe Jefferies life wa: tle quest- I tion. IVrious ehenios1N were hateod .o no effect. WniTt PU kOUT OF TnE WAv. A last it was) determined to for ever 1Ance th_tue of D)r. Vhite by d(ah.01 'e was ocix and cnschuated * "'ly.In the darkessof midui. ' tgh t in August, 1865, while rocklinlg huiamoth erlests child to sleep ii in hiscountry home, Dr. White was shiot dead. Tha~t| shot waIs fireCd through t.he door.i Instantly Dr. White fell deiad. The st.artled chtild awakened b y f.be cruel *onnnlfotioni, anid Ithemiurderers phmg ed intol impeneiitt rle)I dlar'kness. Sliort-I ly afterwairds t he prat tlinig child, see ing the blood1 of the father flowinmg freely, eat downi andI dathled in it. Cove' Id with t.he g|Mr of..its fathier,thio child fell aseeph, anid t here bosid@ its parent reste-d peace fully unt il its birothier discovered the dastardly deed. TJhe miurderers~ of D)r. White were unknown. Suiiiioni pointed to Sam uel Jefferies. and s< ral others, bt non11 were0 arreste( d. tri< .1 for the deed. Soo'ni aftrt('Vard the trial o,f Jefferies fdi-'i' 1 slaying of Sparks w,as held1 Itresuilte'd ini anx ac<iuittal. desMpitEtt, fatct that Jtfloriesi was unl anm..dsly condenmed.by the people. Since then lho has. prosperedl, andl is today ai very r'ich mian. IHis charac ter hasx ne(ver been good, and mainy deeds of doui. ful faiess have been laid to his aceounit. All his acts were the fruit of a maisterly cunning mindiu. Timo and again lhe has been accuw.'d of imurd.-ring Drv Whito, but he and1( is ass*o(iales kept teir secret well. Btut hist am-:oeiAtes-, who were not. miixedl iup in i h .' ie'-f, oft,en uidi pub) licly that lie rarely ever s-lep)t, and frequently lie s14; apparitions (if his victims. Whiether this is true or not it is cortain hi: atgedl very rap)idly and never spokeW of his; patst life. His sole ann seemus to havy beent to conicea~l forever tisi Soerot and mankte money rapidly,hut m urder will out aidt Sam uel Jefferies is no0w on the threshold of aL direful pero4IImal calamity. AN ASSoCIATE SQilALS. When Dr. WhiitA was .murdered, Jefferies and1( a man named Modlin, It was believed fMtt Medhlin hadl either beon hired by Jefferies to kill White, or that he was an ab)ettor in the deed. Mtodlin had to leave, and went to Texas. Thlere he died isome ' years ago, and whilo on his deoath-bodi mado a statement exonerating hinxg self, and acclring that Jofferies had murdered DYr. White. This confession wa,s kept sIecret by Medlhin's family. Not long ano Medlin's son told the tale r-elatkd by his father. THlE ARRIEsT' MADE. This started( anow the old sensation among the few people who were sworn to secrecy. The prattling child vho dabblod unconsciously in its parent's life-blood is now a man. With many bits of testimony he has wound the coil around his father's murderor. Ie is a penniless man, but he has boon aided by friends in obtaining testi inony, and the case has )een succes fully worked upl). WVhen Jefferies was arrotod at his home in 0affney City ho was sick, and is now guarded by deputy sheriffs in his room. Net Much in the Cavw. Oorrespotidorce of the urcenvimi New-. GALINEv, S. C., April 23.-Consider 1 ble prouimnee has beein given to the recent arrest of Sauniel Jefferies. of this place, )y the Vilais correM ponldenits, fromi this place, Unionl anid Spartanburg, and niaiy exaggerated aitil erroucois stateieints Jave been muade iore for senisation than fact. Mr. Jefferies has all the levidenev needed to provo nil alibi, so f'ar as he is concerned, and tlie fact of his re lease on a oi tiou.i)l dolla bad shows that the law think. if a weak case. Mr. Jeff'orios arriv0d here (o yes teriay from Uiion where Ie had g"one, an,1d alsked an investigaltionl andi ats no witiesses appeared against 1im1 or Mr. Robert'l, both w-re reli.;V. Mlu light hail. easily giving the bond in Union il.thouglh bonld would have bee- giveln her.' for an1y aunount had ii, 1Ieen r1(iini(-(. Til statement of the cIAo iI the' l It i.i.nue of theCaro hiIIt Spart ai is more near.1ly corroct that al y thiat, h21s yet appeared, and Fits follt tle facts as related to your VM*Wrespo:1dlent ali the Him-,) of fihe oe. A TOUCHING STORY. Mantor and i'ornur slaved Moot After Many Yeatw,.. HEMIXNA, Ark., April 2-.--A very af footing w.eyuo was witnessed hroe to day ietween a former master and two of his ex-slaves. Avery dignified old gentleman stopped in front, of one of the grocery stores on Phonix block and inquirod of Mr. Robert (ordon, the proprietor, if he cold( give kim any information concerning the whero abouts of two negro4s, named Perry Le and Troy Wilson, whom he said he had heard livedain Helena. The stranger introduced himself as Dr. White, of Denion, Tex. Mr. Gordoa, who was well acouuiated with tke parties sought for, wont around to the post-offieo and brought bank with him Troy Wilson, Who is now a Uail agent in the employ of the govern mant on the AXkan-as Midland Rail road. Wilson soon mnt hi fornue maltor, who wopt with joy when he iaw Wilson and learned of hin rise in the world. Lee was also found and brought before the Doctor. The master and ox-slayes remained long in quiet conversation with on. an other, recountiug the ovents that had taken place since their departure roi his aarvioa. Dr. White stated 'JiA tho two mu had honit slaves un deze him in Missouri, and that he had heard of the terrible floods through out this country. and. not knowing how Wilson and Lee were faring, ht onoo down hero to iasilm. them, if thleiy leede(l alny .amsistaniote. After .ndMing them n.oth Btil)shmtial pres ents the parties eparaid-Wilson ii his wvork on the t.rain, Leo to his wvork i.n thi" (it y and thi D)octor t i hone in) thle Lone Star Sit . A i)octo's- I'normIousi- Fee. Whalit if b.elieved to be the largedt iee ever iniid to a physicismt ini a sinigle case was paid by J. H I. igler, one of the Standard Oil kinugs, to Dr. Gi. C. Sheldon of New York. A dearly beloved dlaughter of Mr. Flahgler, w ho afterwairds diedl while eruising on a year ago, was lingerinug b)etween lifo aind d:lnthI. Therice were niot muore thanu two or three chmanices out of a Iiuiured that she would be ablle te leave hemr 1)0( alive. T1hie devoted fatho annIiIIUoued that, if D)r. Shelon could relieve the sufTering in his clihild and aid lher in recovering, lie would give lhimu the largest fee that wa-I ever1 palid1 a physician. Miss Flagler rallied anid finally was able to leave her bed, aind ini the courise of timei wats suthiciently strong to drive out. T1hie young heiress to several inuillion lived to en.ioy her great. wealth for a long time after this, anid Dr1. Shieldlon was. p)resented with 8250,00l0 worth of atock in the Stanid aid Oil Company. No Southern Trip. The Secretary of State on Monday ielegraphed Capt. Bourke, in charge ofi thle Hpecial train that is carrying the 1Pani-Amiericatns on1 the Sotherni tour, to return to Washington fronm Richmiond. This was done by Secre tiry Blaine because so few of the delegates desired to miake the (x cursion. The Secretary dlecided thaut thle numiber of those going wVouild not .iustify the e'xpenseo of the .iurney, which would cost as much as if' the entire coniferenice hadl igone. The wvhole outlay would probiably have been1 abiout 810,000. I)rownted in a M1ill Pomul. ANDERusoN, April 'M.--hie three mnen were rowmng a hioatl on Key's fish pond, two milesi west of here, Sunday afternoon, the 1boat capsize and1 iione1( of [lhe paurty, Gieorge Waldrop, being unmable to 5wimf, was drowned. Hie wats ai young man11 about 24 years (old. lie leaves a wife and one child. Hie will hie buried at New Prosport Chai r-eb, several milesO in the country. Thecooner hais gone out t,o hl the impou't, t hough thu. facts are p statedl abhovA. I -Dr. WV. HI. McIntosh, a disun-. Iguished Baptist Ahdnister of (Georgia, diedl at his 1hom11 id Mh "on on Tues NEWS FOR NEGROES. lIorrora of the Emilgr%nt'4 1,me In eo 11 IMimielpiI Delat-A Fiollmore Emigraait's lCotimi Hiome After Sad Trials. Thrilling exIxriences of North Carolinla negro emigrant:i to Missiw sippi which Illore thanl rival the tdis closure of Georgia prison life by the Now York World, were related to a Chronlicle reporter by one of the es enled claptives. t On last Fria(liy afternoon, live I,.- I IlVun ived in Charott.0 foot-Hole, titetd, mal hungiv. They had walked all tile way fromi the Dalta of the Mississippi tiver,just below Jackson, Missi,pi, s'ine February l5th, withouit illy food( 1jave that which they begge. They Malill tlier- frepiently went without food for t.wo or() tlree days, o12ti when flwy Rrived in Charlot Le they had had mot lilg to (at for three days. At. ou' bie they famt.ed four ilday.s. Ifeinry Joris,. Firank Priice, George Silith, David Young, a1 RichArd Clemnnons, are thie IIaim-s of fit iye who uscliped frmli the tortui4re-ot the Ie'o-r-o pel of the lelta of the Mis.sis sippi. ThVey a enigrant,s who started 1'roni Knoxville, Teni. , on thr G1-' of Ltt, ILy. and Cam1e by Cha-- t, lot t and(l Atlanilta. gatllerla.g revi-it. ll1 tihe wyt to the Litter olac. About fiyl.y w"lnt from fihis et6. and( whelln tli train lft Atlanta theri wern nI car loada. Accordinl"g to IHenrv , Iis, ne of tile( escaped in1y, they w(re (1arried to 1iem Aisissi,t;ppi at a point, just, bIe low .Jaekison, b.I Irad. fill d II cArrivel aTO'-iS by stF4a1n!1'. Whe 11 lai(ted on the otIler Fide tley were 11111Ced to a saw mill %1nd tireult Inu farm in the Delta, at a sliort distance f1ro the river. It This farm of ab)out 400 acres wati; snclosed by a feniee 22 feet high, buili of slabs frolki tHV Ha mllill. Th1e I1( groes werv ma1r fchf-d inside, aud tle gat(,t weriet loed.& Thw er giv a (lday tA) look llrOiid aid becoie ae qiin1tilted with their suirro-undings :t were told that they 1must I iise fl niext Iorning- at Ill) siolid of the hugle. At 1 o -I>elk the hu1glc sounded, an1ld e(ery one thailt dId not- r'isC 1111- fi Imlediately was log"ed with a cow hide ill the 'Ialds of the vlite over- A SPOrs. According to H1nry's sory, which I(. tolI inl a str ighit fovia'd m2annera. with vvidenlei of truth inU his de11111- r or, ie nevgr-Iof.:" were subh.j(ct(d to all N mimwr)(11 of cru111til.s. The womlienl Wilr* giveni a tak of oiie-half anl tere ea(Ii h) pil" log-; and burn br-ush. If they failed to coiplete the tash they c wer'e ioged by, tho- overseers. Thei 1u (e1r given tasishY the half-day. at the ditlieret. oceupat ion.-4 connect< d with tle saw. mulill and( distillery; awld if they failed they were 3ogged at noonvand alo, niht. Ienry siatys that, a jimidher of them N was whipped every day. They were nlot, allowved' t.o w6itv an.ything ablout a thpir t'reat init to anly one ouitsidep the pen. Ihley\ wt-re required to wl-ork f-om 4 '>1ek in2 thlie m1rnin Illi1g u11til dark ill th. evening. with an hour anId at hialf for diier. Thty were pro a vided with rude his. fut'ished with beds made or !_u1anio sAks for ticking aid l3tu11l'ed with str-av.. They were fed oi hear invat, p-a-,, ma cornlid brvad. All of their wants were sup pliv,d 0it of the connissiry. Theiri waiges. were( paid thlemiin cheeks which w(Cr'e good for' anthtinIg at the com.12 imssary, 1no cash being pa11 Iid heii unt iilie fall, andit thlen Ithe c'heeks 11.1ryvSV 1 say n attention2 was I'>aid to thle siek, t hey hleinigleft to thle enre'( of thle sma2liliildr'en. Mhedicie could1( hIe biought at theicomiis-sary3, h but no ph2ysician( was pro'0vid edi to ad211 ministe It. ErNY of the negroes ('1ons tilen tly d(ied fr'om thl e lack 0f treaitmenit, but21 ne(w one(s wvere ('('n-8 2-1i: mly 'oinig in. After' onie year's mpr1isomnen211.t inl thei pen1 they we(re to~ bIe tm anslferr2ed to aniothieri farmi whelre 1mor2e libsrty; wvas to bei given them12. il enry on12( ive oilier friends, 2al1 of wiu111 m C2wentf'5l om inoxville, 'olid not idh222l t'e t i'('nt 22n(ent a year,1' andi thiey succeded i eludng tii ighit.w-iteli-9 men(1. andO scaledl the walls of the penl by5 mam't1 of a1 nottchIed ipole. Isaae Cotlunuii, who wa~s in.ired by ta'li ma atl 11 tI1e ri ver2 tir 2'5I in ch ecks to putl $111 ti ('i' neros Ilm iver. lTey theni ('(litinue2d to wa~lk until thely Al i"ritha McCo r. . Airai;sr.. AXpril 21. --Newvs (of a iot 1 in Ml (CXormick. -' ( ., I i' reporteId he(" < ionigh1. 'ThIe par(t inlars, as5 learned (' ai M-r. SIiurikey, one of the thriiee br'others, repor1ted ])r. C~ahouni, I a1 dru'tggist, for' sehllg whiskey (n22 Smiwlay. An oflice'r wenlt- to airrest I tihe' dotor, and8 lhe pulle(d (ou2t hisi o1li'r it is saiid, was stiok b y tile 1 hulllet and2( ser'ioly wound1(ed. O t her b)lood r5iiot 11as hb< l in~hg on ever 1 i-ice Several persons112, names2(5 un1 known, ar1id( tol0 be1 f~'at ally shot1. tX in'ets anI oih.oseiobei e')tmstble andIt Is. P. Cahloun, drug gist h er(e, hoe5:u1eI inivol've l ill a difl (culty, inl whliebi( 'ahlhoun1 was Ialy i shiot. The wilsi ('xciIemen'It. ha , t preva1i(ild(''( here1sinc 2 l i-Ci'clock today LI Calhoun has ibeen alrres1ted1. Tilwo Flhorida men1 (cut downi 22 hee pounilds (If hioney. WVhienl thiey tinlishI .fmenlced( to iniw'atigaite ille top of tile' tree anid fouind whler' erianes'ha 1 'built their ulests. TheIy ga1there'(d up - 140 dozeni of egg-i. It is1 suilposed till gen1t1lmn will buy 2an incubai)ltor i d saairt n evnnm-i'y AIMS OU'TIlE ALLIANCE THE RELATIONSOF THE ORDER T( PUBLIC AFFAIRS. k 'laia Budi l'aotical Statomonat vroms a Proinnerit Faraner-A Word,Abqju6 Pol Col. E. T. Stackhouiss, preisident of lie Farmier' Allianc of South aro ina,has written the frili)-wingletter tc L. 'IT J. Pute of Baril.1 DBAR J1W)rIF1n -I our! 1etter' conitainT !1g clipping, "T11(M Allhiale. 1111(1 its US," :d11 lu'V01tioIs iII e'ieInC to am1e by tho Mullamb-rg Allianci, wa F1rhs1LI)S I ('lU i>-St RISV'er oIV Atter by ttint iig as briell a Its Ipio, 1 ible ,1haf I conceive to bo tlh( reklationls of hw Alliance to politics. Th fivt :4d(chTutation of ii'.ntis I OII Cons1-tit udon says: "-T( labcr wt t,he v'eIduationl of the ag-iculitind lasses inl thIe( sciveC of eonlomilical OverIIIIIeIIt, in ia 14trictly non-Imarti ThiF4 declaration is full of Huggeti Av; thouglts. The thouglt. suggest a is that, thes classes need to be dIteated inl tlv s(ienco of cconli Rd governmoent. Th1iii lead:4 naturl-1 to the inquiry, have these classes een1 carek'm about this kind of vdul ation, and if so, has this careli-ssF 0SH made tielli vici iIIs of viciou leg dition-legishitioI that I;i unt(jpuld Lid oppregmivo to theso clasmes? The Alliancwe assumavs(aud -we think cor L'ctly) that %mCh has been the C44. Tarifi protecti!o might be cied aa 11 illIstrIation of this kind Of un0qial ind oppressivo legislation. And it my be vell to remark here that tar Y protection iq m(re di'stinletivelv a arty issuio (ax h t ecn tli ht %wo gi-(eat olitical partief ii this (ourntry) than nly oier. Tariff protection fiaxos bie agricultiural classes---the largest 1imsIiin- clasises of manufactured ro(ut(.4--to itild it) and (itnirich 1ho cent, mimife,turing indstrivii of is comtry. Th 1tepublican party tvors the pvotectivo pT ey. h0 Ovmocratic party opposes i. The Ilianco bids itis memborship to ii oinselves from partisan projudic03o -the great party blid-and to ex mino this (Iuesstol in tho light of Mao8011 anid right. and(l then do what -ould be for the greatest goodi to the reatest number. Then, if we tak( i) the fminnial or loney quostioll, whichi is mliorv aL Lass than a party question- -neithor f the gieit political parties havijig >oked after the iiterosts of tile ag vultin-al classes in the financial leg ilation for the couitry sinice 1865. in proof of tbin we might cite the ox a110rdiary priviloges granted to the 'ational Banks, the discrimination 4ainlst the farmeri' s(-curities in the itablishiment of theso banks, the icd tonotization of silver, the r<eduction the volume of cuirncy by the re rlemenwt. of the United States boidq Id the c:meeling of National Bank otes. and inl short, the establish kent and maintenance of a tiaicial olicy that ig sirely re(lCi1,1 the r,0ent liddle IRs to a Con1lition Of epenldence and want. This policy. lolg coltilulle(d, vill Imlake it rtrong uid cenlt,ralize'd gov(ilermet a nPcCR ty b )i>rotct. the r'ich andi t.o hiold: t(o poor' iin subhjection. As remarked, as I i ore aI c'lass~ than a party IIest.ion; but patrt.isanshuip has 1beenf w14 b)lnd t hat hats bldimled the farm iglasses'1 to the grea'it wronig thait as ilictsd upon01 the'm. Of 'ou1lrse, all the grecat farming clasess could ave freecd thems.'elves from par'ty iud sctionali prejuildi'es; and if they aid bee thidcalted mi the scieceIC of olit ical ('(co1nomly they would haive )>ul I not have comie upon)1 them11. Ini 11ith aove 1brief allusions to tho ('cessity' of ('duenting thie augriculttur I classes(' 1 have' tr'eniched onl tl1io soe pir1itI in whichh it is to lie d om i-"In stricty non011-partisani spirit." Tihat arty zeal i(hider 01r pre'(vents inIvest i trait ion. 'l'hiis iighit b ilustrat ed 5y a ('ase mi our1 owni State4 andi iri 5)ir ( aiunwetll) Coilunty. I no4 t iced' Lito(e recenltly that mii hioli>redl and Our) (counlty andS onie oif thle miost dis in guished( fam-mers in 1 im StateC, w epiortd toiIC hiave' said: "I. Lii a lDemoi unesooi d h imi to (Iean15 Sat hi1(1 ay' inideh' i th eemcatic partyL~S, foi e'ar of ('indlnger'ing D enieriatic' su >r(iieac iii thi State. I amii 5uri hat my'~ distiinguishied fr'iend beh11l'C, mL ho ld,tl iat ther'ie is noit hng dlishloneI( i thle admiiistratiuin (of our1 Statt ni all sides, wher'le ('ould4 be the (dan1 ri ofi the prop'1 osedl discuissionl Ci dat' po(l icy5. --inside lie D emiocrattit arty? Suirely, there culdi be nc aniger fromi such dIisculssion if it b< ondte(d ill aL non-partisanu,nion faeCr inius- and Alliance miembersl' will eni age ini suchl dliscuEsioni iln n1o (ot hi pirit. ther L''egislaiv demal(llinds aniid as mi lie "FarmLiIer' Assoiation.' TVhe Alliance doe4s noct in ter'fer'e r'ith thle p ol itical 01' religiou1s pre'(fer mee5 (of its1 mu()lember. It is Deumo -rat1'ic nuij 'rity rul'e oif the memifber1 lhipi. Legislativ(e dleniuis forum ated by3 the Staite Allince would bi mbl~mit tOd to the sub Alliances fo menoine4 a Stte Allinc( demand 1a11 lie miembiership would v'ote for ni nani who was not pledlged to wor' The Alliane hkes n10 war 01n all Itiou it <onit ask tit calldida,t) if It( is a) 1)(n110rnat, HItINublinnlWi Sitow-Nothing or a r eenbacker: it simply takes ai "ded-e thnat he( will, it let,wr to securv the( encm owiit o its and isurs:ui I him take his ebanices1. The word Anbor-" inh decilka holln v *,I % v wn; .h wlu hav bIe xm i1 nI n I-'Iicmis Illhf t t. pe11 rf<1-11 ance it 1 i(.aInis t 1iere arc to be It) drolnes inl tlw Alli:uice hive while tlis.; (tdhl i>oml work is i.dd Nw a oi i m rft crice to the arti cle fio ilte Iarnvell veop.le and . ai d lIt nie say- that I .(ee In i it to i(n ,Ii1 1 . YouIr hii I v lest t te AlliaiI t ship ouni'h wneeIilt vin t storiny s.av 1)11 Ch:; Ww&4 Il)n o l lbt 'dja-edi h)v It."vqtIlds of a ood Alliance mnen Is; tlwc ie m inl i tl l . Your f].a tli il.t w i i ight h-mo poitic] !iiniwr ,-J i he11 1 niv l..!'to e r l. it. l I\ It , 11cl o; tu I I Wl. h Alliank. P.)V'11111 ( iii~f h(i itilldc-A.i1,11 vot' for the naldidaite of hi choice, providvli it t ri- lt (I lllva it(sures Iild (dllcation .t tit( scinve of poiltival evos eoli d on-)) to secure i1iity ill Support of :au- , it I tA h. kwpt ill iid thit the( stat,v Al liaiw l r su''ftijbilt i d 11 4) n < l o i, colsequentlY vach (ietilel will tdeter 1nini fo hinliself ills duilty as to Ioien all(I mnlasures. I said dtt.: Yes, that is the word- .-duty. i s t ti itha of rIv iniI.. politic.4 of, m-ntImII'nt anId lioks to thle secti-inl of (wolioniy and eflivienlcy in O111inen i't.. Theri t i it l ide t inl the artic froitia. altv th e wll -I'pl which thte' Alliance -Brotherlh>od shoul never riio:Th ane of, lodn o Alinei Ship 'till 1lf 40ck rs. who look: to lthii wi advanlevlloinn fromn their conn in w1 l oit r or. Oflive sw-kers shoulIid lk ovnctmur. as ft oto n the Alli:ace. Al. lialn'c assovciatoll will hetIter <po' alf. uis t 1 -t wiely ouri1. servalil i4 1il the ofle l". In l.4TIvim lit' m no)it allot he ilprixqw for Iml(e to :git lre rst to iin.m o hi of our. order that, in itheidi . fon f ut lsts of Stato policy, t RsI es t aIIi. ant a 'in gl ati o lint 1bt they t a k v ilto ( h i'. dis'u ioni th:tii, broid charity which "collstiries wOrd iilrIs 1ev1.1 i thoir most fltvir tbl lig tf i Ira t linest oi f p l r. poso and goot intu.t ion,s ito o hr P. ikt 'nl n ~ug gI . t ' . 1 'nita. si Pres(ia ir . . S. W.A. PrAfitai le snin . The Alhailta Journ:dlia ton Jn11n4-1 B. HfIIinijtet Of COweVftaou y, ns one of ihl'.le'haifpion fariners of Ch-orgia. and thel( figures product'd 11n to wA an111 t thi e d4signation. . Hininietit farnwmu nifiiisive0pan, aidh lai yer his clar prolits from fifiC'fiy a tre" of landt workt d wvit b t wo nWiles wNvrv -42,000. 'tIhle fi.Ire-cs arv as follows: 500 bmshols of' vorn, 2.1 hnles of votihm, 700 husheIl-s oft o:its. 62 budhvis of* whlvtt ,nO hushll of harlcy, SM) hu1Ih!vl' idf rutabana tilr Iips, itons of cloverhay,tAnsda litcil of ('verythin l se. For1 inshullo', fronm a hlfi tere he muatic 205- gallons of ribbon clow Syrutp, tohtl ":Im wlrthb of canc liu plgi 1u i,t0n stlks ['or 01d (h1 tik m - lit cw'ton h! USId fourl tents io4f itonia i iri ti r :uc'ii at'he svni hiaiIlit 11 ofthough thii:-g wa s tconiiderabl injuvn- lbyfit aut n ii ggitirli) ii oh nil,- '. e l it a< t .Pat eilai,N< tun, itul, rlt' ami watr ofal oton bing huturalii is lthe extpenuses Alteter Iit'it hy lotrd thirt neC in,0t wr entin. Thii'ythend the Mr. llgglnicuytt ltitor-nneaon'nn if n iule fain Coli Thin"ts WOllian. NORTI AND SOUTI. "THE DAUGHTER OF THE CONFEDER ACY" TO WED A ."YANKEE." M 1inAIl' luvis Emcaleti to Mr. Alfred Wilkinmosi, i Vouaig Laiwyor of Myra t.uset, N. V. SYll!s1:. N. Y., April 2-L.-I veri, fid a report of a very interesting nt ture whiebl tias mauterialized into a fat of, -rcal .4iwinifienneep, and cannot, rail I.) uttr,ct s he widest, Attention in h)t I -;-n>4I)v and America. In a Wor,] t s ill it crowniiig event, of the .r'11nt 1,-hellh>n. It. is nlothinig more 114r 1.ss thanu thev itnnouncemnict 111:141h- b> very itimi ca friuiis elivie of t t' In liigv (1tf Aliss Winiiv Davis, a Ithel eith-st <2lughiter of JeffrsI-on Dw o ,vis, il i- lnt v pres-idenit of t he South-h r t 6!*n-cv.ltre, ti) Mr. Alfred i- W i in ; tI this city. the grandkonl of S auuluel J1. Malt.he O grual, a11>litionlist 1) 11 1,011h1or ha for a long time p pat: wiispwred of till' pssibility of r< sui'll all (vt-ilt. comilig to) pass, b hut it a Wats only 2%in.\r. \\ilkinison re t-1rntikd friI I t -1 few\ weeks ago thait Itheru.o beg:til to) assunlilt tanl-u gible llshap'. :[tndl it wa1s oul] withinl a1 day or toi wngf fluit n11ei of Air. May's i b.)."(0 frienlls waks appriswd of tho (-ngaIgemenlvt. Thi evet ui Ior. I.llnll ordinary .Aignilict mwilng to 114 hering on t Ir n111<il fall f t e it1bellio t Tis n ia, whe aiccomllplished, o wdl m1itV I\w f:u il'NI l0lMst whoha.-e i-r,t'44 re ti l f l i,; I 1iplnenble polit 1Cl tesI, id to whose)1'0 'fortq t 11 lif-r-evinll s ill f nr the, N h-lb llit l Th iIf of Aiset Davil is too wull kiniwn to bel- rilu-ted iWl) e, but, tho (11in1antivelyI f' *III.>w. H it s a s Stiln "I Joh1 Wilkinlon it Very proimi noti igure il locaist or1 uiioy il tho r fi ihl Ntev. 8amuel J. May. f, I h it tilo tif t i t ti'kv. M lr. isayl" o1n of tit h lil I ght tgllt int the a1Itolition :iky, fi-r he WaLS ihle pion-er. With Uar 1 -l iirsol, Phillips, a td Long.. fullow, in taii. grat, of th ahic o *.I v litimi of tilafvery. Not, onill yt v inl Lihth C itid St atel, but it Elro.ii also, did 1l. light for thi r)bflitimo cause. lilt .1,ritali -pecially Mrk. Ayw h wired( uiponl slAm-try It) large aui.l < I i Mi. After hli rtnamlt. Io Syra-i nu'4-mtl AmAr. \ hayt i to )b 0Im cry aviivk. BIti( 1w mil il t Inl proill)ting (.I,\ Fcf .1 111 ,til . 1MIs .io i Ibl ritTi r. retr, H soo be..1 Q 1eS. Mid Wuliomtoistith it iot. Ihmdrelds men,woniO nti ll i f1eeing from bolahlwe allot hound t)&.f . Cana1dait. clnile to hill for protection ad heIlkn they iver enic. in Vainl. 11Hi assisted lalny to (-Scape, t ithemi being- le' celebrttod J )Il le ennemy, whosil libeation io V0e tte ,11uch a w eisationl,tils the annivc'ev y f);* which wlas eclebratcd for evrtile As tihelI lOnl ofnts ommte bit.nit 'rly bcforv tie fr edeltra l of warU wot vilet,y). a itd iin ston and t tities ill T\ O the n o IreuS t*lt i r uelhiested Mr. 11nY to pre Vc]it, the 111,bdlIng of at meIV tinl. herv, is no very remote connection between the Europ1ean trij) and the wedding trousseau. Whether or not Miss Davibs friends have been apprised of the COuIIIn1g Weddinig is not known but it is believed that some of them it least are still in blissful ignorance if the atrair. Among the few friends if Mr. Wilkinsoni ero who know that the wedding is an t,stured fact there is the greatest surl.rise. That the representative childron of the North m( South should thus come togeth 'r i-! to them like the reputed love of 3l "surpiassing all understand. n1g. LARD AND PHOSPHATE. iomp Remarke on the usmer Bill aset o the ntiZ t: Tuz rnalpharo Asad. There is a great commotion raised bout the Conger Lard Bill through ut the South. That this commotion i based upon a mistake can be easily enonstrated. The Southern far ter will not be injured by the Con or biU, on the contrary he will be onefitt ed. 1st. By being able to buy Com ound Lard at its legitimate value ud not at an (-xorbitant profit that )bU him t)f from one to two millions rmnually. 2nd. By showing the real merit of is Hplendi(d vegetable oil, which sold nder its proper namt will compete rth any culinary oil upon its merits nid (leian(d a higher price and a inrger market. For futhor particulara see National 'arm and Fireside. Your attention is also directed to te aitteijpt of tho Southern farmer, n his fertilizer supply. Do what you can to stop this steal 'he oil )uisiless taxes the manufao irers of cotton oil only $160,000; he mkes a profit, of $5,000,000, on the il, and from one to two millions on ae eompound sold. On tiw question of fortilizers the out h will lose not less than $3,000, ) to R4,000,000 moro. Which is the most important? In behalf of the farmers, I appeal -r your aid. Yours truly, ALUx. J. WEDDuBURN, Chairman Legislative Committee 'a. Stato Grange. n-1L TILE ROUDERY Or AGnIOULTURN NEvER OBAil NVAsUNoToN, D. C., April 2.-The kw tariff bill provide for a tax of m-fourt.h or one cent a pound (r sulphurie acid, which is $5.00 a oi, on $2.50 a ton on overy ton of Li,solved S. C. amnd Dissolved Bone used by the farmers of the oun. tjy. r from S2..00 to $2.50 on evcry ton, of imiaiifaetured fertili mors uisd by the farmers land. --2s 2,000,000 tOAPu1tbtj% ic means d!W lt ' from the farmers )f the itry of over $4,000,000 a car . La Follett and Fr. Gear have stood by your inter sts, and farmers endorse their action nd Telegraph Mr. McKinley, and other ilmbers of the Committee to stop heir ontrago. Acid is now free. Ther is no revenue needed. There is little acid imported. The manufaturor4 are making money. Whyr rob the farmers of $4,. 00,00(0 a yea, To benenCt 4(0 or 50 mnanufacterers ud ab)out 1,000 workingmen who wil iceivot no better wages. There is danger in this robbery. 1Armei(rs act, and act at once. This is no political question; it is nfo of simll business. The bill wvill be reported in a few Lays; act at onco. To commit this robblery upon the tlmoricani farmter mxeans to rob him If ton times as mch as ho will be >enonIted by all the so-called p)rotee iln aeorded( in tho b)ill. I speaik by the book. Wiro Mr. McKinley, Mr. Blayno, Ir. [Payne, anid Mr. Dinugloy, Mr. Bar. oug~hs, Alr. McKoimma, and your own opre5sen tat ives Unlesh you are ready to pay $2 o $3 a ton more for your fertili. Yours for Agriculture, AI.E. J. WEDoEBDURN. Chmairmiani Legislative Committee R. State (-ralgo. Ini States wvhere' fertilizers are not srd, rerniembler your brother farmers rhlo are compelled to use this article. ['hoy may servoe you another time. A aketch of' Mr. Randall. Sanniuel Jackson Randall was born D P'hilad"lphia, October 10th, 1828. 1c was ai son of a well kyn law eri and distinguished politician of hiuladelpia. Hie was edlucated as a rierchamnt, and after being four times l(eted to the city council and onco o the State Senate, he was elected o Congr~iess in 186l3. lie has sinco cIren( ted witliout intermission the mniy D)ermocratie district in Philadel >hma. lie servpd on the committees n banking, rudes and elections, and listimguished himself by his speeches gamnst tho force bill in 1875, and was > andidate for Speaker the next rea.r, and was appointed chairman of he commiittee on approp)riations. H e gained cro(dit by his success in uret ailing expenditures by enforcing a systemi of proportional reducetion inl he appropriations, and on the deaLh -f Mlichael 0. Kerr,was elected Speak er, D)ecomiber, 187fi He was re-el ectedl Speaker in the two following c'ongressosJ, serving in that capacity until 1881. Mr. Randall has borne a conispicuous part in the debates on the tariff as a leaidor of the proto tionst wing of the Democratic par -T he arrests for drunkenness in Great Britain the past ten years is said to have reached a total of nearly two nullhon.