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WE FOUGHT IREAVY ODDS. d i e BUTTHECONFEDERATESGAVEGOOD 0 ACCOUNT OF THEMSELVES. C Tho Forces Sent to the VIeld bv the n ()ppcsijg Sides--Ollicial Fixurce ;f the 0 Comnparatiye Ntumborm in Some Famtloull 0 uattles. It [Front the New York World. The appended article comes frcmn a e (orrespondent at Los Angeles, Cal., v who is evidently of strong southern t sympathies and Is stirred up by what he ( coisiders all injustice done to the i:al- a lait men who fought to dismember this union. Many imi partial persons, indeed, t must have wondered why it was that ( arieics recruited fron a population of 3 24,000,000 usually found the arm:es drawn front t )oiiiation of 8,000,000 e overwheliiv- in numbers. The collec tion of statistics hearing on th is point F made by the World's correspondent is valuable mid his anevdote of Mr. Lim CoIn is pleasing: The "superior itumber'' of tle Con t derates figure largely in the reports of nearly all the great battles. Grant ati Siloh01 says h FolughOt against "over v-helming numbers;"I MleClellan ati tliond say s he fought against "great odds;'' Keyes in his report of baittles itroud lichmond says, "Tle Confeder atcs outumbel edi us durin- a greater part of the day four to one;'' 1toseciaslls S3s a-it Stoni1 Viver he otight against "'superior tmbnhers'' and it Chickamai ga he says hs tiniay n ithdrew from the field "in the face ol'overpowering num- . hts;I'' I-eCle1ind at Shiloh said that, ile "Unon Forces were probably less tlant one half the enemy,'' and Pope with his usual mtodesty at the second Bull Run speaks of tlie "enormously superior force of the enemy." The stereotyped report of overwhelin ing and overpowerini-,, numbers which came up fFrom ever.y lost battle field called out front Ar. Lincoln one of his best anecdotes. An old Illinois friend of Mr. Lincoln, who had two sonts in the Army of the Potomac, called to see him al, the white house in the summer of' 1862, and, feeling a parental solicitude about the safety of his sons and their chances of' success, asked Air. L,incoln how many men lie thought ,Jefl' Davis had In thte field. LincohlI responded that Jell Davis had 3,000,000 men in the field. This startled the old man. After regaining his composure lie asked Air. Liuckilnt how he knew this fact. Ar. Lincoln replied: 'I have 1,000,000 men in the field and whenevcr one of my generals gets whipped dowl in Virginia ie always says that the rebels had three men'to his one. Yes, sir, 1. have 1,00oo),000 in the field antd Jell' Davis has 3,000.000.1" In order to properly discuss the ques tionl, "Did the Federals fight agamist Superior numbers?'' it is iecessary to compare the resources of' the two gov ernments. The seceding States in 1861 .ad, in round numbhers, a population of 8,000,000, about 4,000.000 of which were slaves. The ioi-seceding Stat.es had a population of 24,000,000. This gave the Union side about three to one oft the whole population. The Confed erate States had a seaboard from the Potomtiae to t.he mfouit.h of thie i) GCt r(nId in Texas, and havimg no navy, they were exp)osed' as much to attacks by sea as by hind. 'Tere wcre enlisted im the Fedleral armuy dur'ing the war 2,778,304 soldile, s which was about 12 lper cent, of her piopuilationi; wiyleI, accordinig to F ederatl statistics, the enr'olmenit in the Confed erate army wits 6 00,000 which wats anbout 17 lper cent, of' the 1101pulationi. The Con federattes, on t he estimiates ma tde by3 G.eneral W.Vritt. agent lor' the c'ollect.ion of C'on federate stattisties, (Ienly thatt t hey ever had 690f ,000 enrolle'd, ats the artmy of' the Conifederaicy,"aen mntI present,'' was as follows, fotr ('eh year: -l anutary, I1862, 218,011I; Janiu ary, 1863, i65,55. : .January'~, 1 %t , -'2,.. 781, ,!:airy, I1m5, 489 ,G75-(vol. iv. "'I at tles andt I 1ado ers,"' p. 7 68 Ttaking the Fedleral enilixtmient at 2 - 778,30-1, and the nmbe ir of Federals on thie paiy roll May I . I1865, at 1,000,5 I,6 there wout he about 87 let' cent, of the enlistment piresenit. Tis wouhll give, ont the sitme1 bas is, ab outt 222,0011 Coni. federates unider arms. TIhis would pre serve the ratio of 600,000p to 2, ;78 33 enlistmcets, anri the e tneral rati~o of ippulation, 8,o(00,ptj(' to 2-I,(i00t,Ot00. Tihe dJiffQeence bet weetn the C'onfede rate rep ortsi of .Jainuariy I , 1 8B5--4135,6;5 aind the number p'aroied after thie urr'tetn der-174I,014'--~is alcctedllt for by thle e. hteavy losses of' the Conicfeerae's by death andl desetrtiont between January 1 -, 18(65, tand te date of' parole. 't Shiloh wats the first, great battle lbe. twcen the oppo)smn atrmies of the West. t Grant, was there wit,h the veterans of' c .Donelsoin and IIenry. Sherman, with a its splendid division on the right, while " to0 his left were M. (let inad, Prenti;s , t< Wallace, (WV. I1. L..) IIurlbut and to Stuar't, with thie dilvisionl of Lew Wal- It lace otnly five miles awaty, iad Nelson's dlivision of the army of t,he Ohio acr'oss 0 thie river at Savannah, not more thain al sevein miles from the field of baittle. 01 Albert Si'.uey .Johnston, thle C2onfecd- t3 ematte commander, l:egan forming ils 1 line oi battle thie day before abouit noon, o1 anid by 5 p. m. of the 5th his line wits w. ready for actIon, though on account of a: the lateness of the hour the battle was a postponed till the tnext morning. A t 5 1] o'clock the next morning, April 6th, -gi 1862, the battle opiened by an assault, along the entire Federal front, with thie B corps of Ilardee, Bragg and( Polk-.5 IIere is the strength of Genleral . Grant's tumy as conr piled by the watr f1 department, giving the last returnis of the various comnmands madeo just before tl the battle: Grant's arimy-present for ~ duty, 49,344; total present, 58,052. F Deducting Lew Wallace's divisiont of 7,771 efl'echives, which was onlmy live c miles away, guarding (te right flank, ir but for some cause did not participate mn the first (lay's fIght, General Grant's effectives are 41,543. General Johnston's army at Gorinthg on the 3d of April when lie began the I march to Shdloh twenty-three miles dis. tant, numbered, total effectives oif allt arms, 38,773; of course many of these dropped out in the march aind were not j present in the fight. On December 31st and Jatnuary 1-.3oj, c 1862-3, the Federal army commanded c by General Rosecrans, met the Con fed- 0 erates commanded by General Bragg,g at Stone's river, or Murfreesboro. The y fIght lasted a part of two (days, thle Con- h federates wit,hdrawinz from the field, ~ but carrymag off' their (dead and wounded n anId atillry. The last returns of' o RIosepans, army bef ore this battle was 0; ROCranS in his official report~-Off.- e etaltecortds, volutne 20, pae 196, says: 1I "WOf ?the eney wth *g8406a uty" at this battle, 37,712. Allowing iem the 7t per cent. granted the Fed rals between the number tiat "moved a U" the enemy, and those actually en- a aged in the fight, the nuimber actually ri uigaged would be 34,88 1. The two great armies of the West Ih .rvcd themselves for a trial of their I trength on the field of Chickamauga, s n the 19th and 20th of Sep ember, o 863. The soldiers in both armios had s ad their baptism of blood at Shiloh and N tone's River and Gettysburg, and were I eterans. The Federals were command. i Ll by General Rosecrans, while his di- C isions were commanded by such dis iguished ofioers as Thomas, McCook, e :rittenden, Sheridan, Negley, Granger i od Steedman. V The Confederates were commanded I y General Bragg, with Cleburne, E :heat,hau. Stewart, Walker, Bushrod I ohnson, Utindmian, Law, lreston, I lreckinride and Forrest as division t oninianders. Aflter two day's lighting the the lnion I (lders retired behind the wallis of'Chat ano)oga, ltosecans in his report of September ,bh, 163, the last made before the hat ,es, s:fld he had 63,143 ellc(tives, aft.er, ledlicting all detachments which were ibsent (vol, 30, p, 269, official records). lin oi der to get absclutely correct st ist es of lrag'di army in this hattle, hw writ!r has gone through the regi ne t1, brigade and division reporIs made at the time, and they show that Bra-!ghad effectives ohall arms, 53, 12 1. Thit abstract of returns for Itosecrai's r ny n Septcniber 20th, the day alter the great battle of the 1 i, is nM tl ws: Present for duty, 67,877; present, e(llipped, 60,867. 11' It, Hscxfrans had1(1 60,867 cquipped for duty (Iln the Morning of the 20th, after tIe great losss of the day before, is it in0t 1ossible that lie had more than 63, 1-13 at the beginning of the light? The scene now shifts to Virgiia. Gegcieral McClellan, with the best organ ized army seen sice the days of Napo leon, advances on Richimond. Chiicka h1oIlly was an entreiceed camp from Mechainicaville to Malvern Hill. The tuthorities at Washington urged McClel Lii on, but lie would not move till Ie had the best organized army in tle world to sustain him. There must be ao nistake about capturing tie rebel :apital. On the 26th of' June the battle opened )n the ri-lit wing of McClellan, at Stechanicsville, by an attack by Uill on he breast works of Fitz John P>rter. 1Porte r made a brave fight, but no troops :ould staiid long with Hill assailino .iem in front and Stonewall Jackson in lhe rear. They fell back ou their next upports and when these supports were friven away they continued to fall back or seven long bloody days, leaviug bag zge, artillery and equipments to the rictors, till Malvern 1ill was reached Iid there they checked the Conl edera tes, nllictg on them great loss, till their rains and artillery had so far passed ,bat they could fall back to Harrison's Laig on James river, some thirty miles further from Richmond than they were on the first. morning of the battle. The loFses inl t,hese battles were enor m11ouis on both sides. The Confederates were in the main poorly armed, and as they assailtd the enemy behind breast wvoriRks their loss was much larger than t,b i14'~ derails. T1he Compte de Paris, in his "'Civil War in A merica,'" volume 2, page 76 gives us Geea('1i:l McClellan's army report for June 20, i862, six (lays before the battle pened, andl his total "present'' was 156, H38, while his "'present for dutly'' was 115,10)2. According to the most acc'uratestatis tics obt.ainable tronm the Confedel.rates, 1)01( and $5,000, no estimate (roma reg'i mentall re tuirns making it over 850(00. Genieral M1cC.lell:an, in his letter to (lie! secretar.v of war, .July 3, 1862, says: "It S ip,osoible to estimate our l''sses, but I dubn t, wihiether there are toda y naore hmh 50,00 men with their c'o!ors,.' I I the repor'lt of ( eneral \l 'Clel in: of I tne 211, 1 >. is e >rrect, then her'e are S15,1102 Fecderal soldliers who, after hight n! seven daiys ag:' nst S2,m Ii to $5, 0(2( o n tederaites , ind thiemsel ves thirty n les hourther fro n Ftc(hmilond( tliitha whe hei battle c''mmnied. Verily, this was 'ot, one 01 the batt,les when the Federa: iugh t againist su1pe'rior numiibers. A I Ant ietami, fought on SepItemb)er shb oh the same year, General McClel ani ha I on, andI near this batt Ictiel '7.1 ( iI'uol' andl (ena,l Lee. i 'ha -1 '0ii ("Ie Volume 2, page 6hI;, "'Battles umol i.cader's.'') Iniin e ighiteeni dayi af the Alarylanid ampius, which inlies re' 'crry. I .e 's am,ever larger' thiani (9,9(99, lought hatt of South Muii tin, C r;inl'moi's (hap, IIlarper's Ferry, haurpbur'g ( Antietam) and Sheph,lerde wii, losing in kil led, wounded and Li ptured, 11,1 '12; while McClellani with n army Of 87 000, lost-killed, 2,662; 'oiiided, 11,719; caplturedl, 13,494; a )tal of127,875 (see :oluiie I, page 810, >r Conlederate loss and s-ime volume t >r F'deral loss.) Lee retired his army to Fredericksburg a i the south bank oh the ltiippahianmock, I id McC lellani moved his army to the lI heir sidle. Both armies wenit into win- I r ciuarters. McCIellani's hiead, like ~ o'e 's, had fallen under tie oflicial axe the wair dlepartment, andl Burnside as iiow the Comlmander'. Blurniside's rmy3 c'rossedl on pontoons and madle 3veral hieiroic attemipts to storm Mary's eights, but were dIrivenl back with -eat slaughiter*. d ihurnside on D)ecember 13th had 116, 33 present; Leeon Diilecemiber 13th had C 4 2001 present (see volume 3, page 14'3, ~ Battles anid Leaders,''); dift'erence in vor of' the F"ederale, 58,183.t Ilooker, who succeeded Biurnaide, took ic greater plart of his army, leavmi L'dl1ewlick 30,000 strong to) threaten f reder~icksburg, miarched up the north 'ni baink of the ILsappahiannock and ei ossed his army to attack General Lee d the rear. On May 1st, after the suc- p essful cr'ossing of his troops, hIooker tl ivs, "I have Lee just where I want n1 nim; lie must flebit me on my own si round.,' A t 2 p. m. of' the samne (lay ~ e sid, "Lee is in full retreat townard ~ ordonsville. I have sent out Sickles > apture his artillery.' This (hank movement of looker made ce remove the larger p)art of lis army the rear of Fredei icksburg in order to ~ >nfront the f'orces of Hooker. Lee had 3 :>me out from his defenses. LAe then la t'cup)ied a posit,ion between the two C rent wings of' Iooker's army, either of hiich was numerically able to crush im. After a bloody light Sedgewick as driven back across t,he Rappahani- V o, k. IIooker was disabled by a shock 0 r a cannon ball and be turned hIs army C ver to (General Couch and retired acrosa 1e river. Hie had "Lee just where he ' anted him," but circjmaances madie necessar for him to find safty on the hotenko the Baphwok, i 5 Woe arme ; q4o lsa . iorthern bank, thus ended Hooker's 'On to Richmond."' The losses, killed ud wounded, in this great battle were ' B follows: Vederal.3, 13 000; Confede ites, 6,000. This campaign on the rear was a bril ant conception ou the part of Hooker. N [ooker had in this campaign 10 000 moe D ldiers than Wellington had on the field I Waterloo and 48,000 more than mar- & halled under the banner of Napoleon. p( Vellingto i with h's 120,000 crush ed k [apoleon with his 72,000. Hooker with tl is 130,000 fled, leaving Leo with his 1 0,000 master of the field. Two months from the day when Ilook r's splendid army %as driven by Lee U cross the Rappahannock these same n rmies confronted each other ou th', tI ieight,s of Gettysburg. General Meade, tj brave and cautious soldier commanded L11 the Forces for the defense of the cap- c tal at Washington. LA's army was b here, but Stonewall Jackson was dead. tj According to the abstract of returns c or General Meade's army, June 30, the t lay bef'ore the battle, lie had, including c the reinforcements which reached him t luring the batttle, ,101,679 effectIves. t Ii an editorial note oF the volume in which this absract is tound (lii., "Bat tics and Leaders,") li the following in regard to General Lee's strength: It, is reasonable to concludc that (G'eneral Lee had under his command on the field of battle frot first, t last an army of 70,000.'' General Meade's a1)stract'oftJune 30th for "Present e<quippcd'' 'vas 98,150. 1 ''hui.s would ivc (neral Meade 28,150 si excess of, General Lee. The same story iniy he told of many another battle. Jrhe odds nguinst the southerne r, of cous se, become greater as the end drew near. The old Confederat.et say to the vic tWrs, Praise your Arc de Triomphe and write in letters of gold, Vicksburg: Gett%sburL: AppoinaLtox. itid ourI' children will pas8 with uncovered heads under its shinin- arch; but let them, as they look up through their tenis at the obverse side of this are , see written: "Federal enlistments, 2,778,304; Con federate eilitients, 600,000. IS GORMAN T H E MAN To Lead Lite Democratic Iosts to Victory Next Novenaber. WASIlINWIToN, May 18.--It is thought here by many that Henry Watterson's letter has had the ef'ect, of bringing the g:-eat American public to a reali zation of the true, Democratic situa tion. Mr. Watterson is a personal frit ud of Mr. Cleveland, but lie is a better friend of the Demjocratic party. lie is for Democraticsuiccess above all things. lie believes the Democrats can wisi if they nominate the proper mans, butl he, like Mr. Cleveland him self, and thousand %f the ex-president's admirers, doubt uccess with him again. A prominent Democratic Congress man, who is a partizan Cleveland man. in a conversation recent ly said: "I atu against Ili]. I would Vote for him, if noinated, but it would be a most unpleasant duty. Cleveland is the mnia. Sl ill I inust acknowledge that I entertain some doubts of the advisa- t bility of his nomination. Mr. Cleve- 8 land himself feels that the party is so badly divided that it inight be better t o non11inate at strong mani outside oft N ew Y ork. But the imost diflicult pirobilem to Solve is the selection of t.hat man. TVhe situation at present dots not presenit a [samte." Th'lere are thousands of Citveland men all over thsis cousntry who feel just this way. Few, indeed, are the D)emio crats who keflieve Mr. Cleveland could he elected if noinssiatedl. Ye*t, the ave rage Clev'eland man entertaiins C such feelings of hostilit.y toward Mr. llill that they would pret.fer to see the ' part y go down in defeaSt with Alr. Clevelands ists standard bearer than to victory w ithi Ar. 11 ill, or any man C n bomn Mr. 11111 would so Ifav~or as to 5 ittemp lt to throw New York's vote to. [J1ll is nut out, ,t the situat ion by any means. lie is ai mian 0f wonderful re sourcs'es, activYe, energetic aind < usick to~ seii.c a favoraile sitsuat.ion. It f nomii 'tated lhe would lhe ele*cted. Ibit it is absurd to say that I ill is lhe only I )emnocrat wvho cant be electe(d. I here are at least a hailf doze'n of thent. shousld A rtlur P'. Gormant, of Mary andI. be snosinated, lie wouild carry the :Ounitr.v against, any living Jiep aiblican >y the largest miajorityv ever rolled up n) n a presideintial conte:st sinc there I vere such. (Gormuan is a isism who n .oul d poll the vote oft every ): muocr'at b nm every state. Isn no statte is lie so ti mopuslar' as in New York and lie would al arry that by a inajority tqual to that h >f I juswell P. l-'lower l,ist year. Again, me is a.man after the westerner's heart a 111I it be possible for any D)emocrat 5( 5) carry both1 lindiana anid Iowa lie ci '.ouild do that. With I1Nies 05n the Aj ic'ket isth hi im Iowa wVoub itibe safe, al >r with Gray, lidiasna would surely be bi )emnocratic. (a Mir. German has beenm inl the seryice TI if the Denmcratic p)arty since his 01 hiktdhood. At ten years of age lie was vs page in the Senate. lie remained ha here until too large for the duties. le was theni postmaster of the Senate; ci ,fterwards coilh ctor of internmal reve- 11 lie from the Iifth district of Mary- se simd. Next he wass speaker of the w laryhand house of' representatives; ir) henm a state seniator f rosm wvhich he mo las elected to the li nited States Senate am which lie has served sinice the 4Ith of larch, 1881. It was heo who, ats chair- b Min 01 the National D)emnocratic Comn attee, elected Mr. Cleveland president 'a 1884 anid had his advice been taken ri Ir. Cleveland would isave been preal- r esut today. re Now let us see wlhat states the Demo- w racy wvill have to carry to win. There t re 444 votes in the electoral college. s ow as M iebigan ejects electors by dis- r riets we will give ten of them to the t tepulblicans and four to the D)emo rats. Countinig Michigan this way t ndl taking the absolutely sure states he >r thte t wo parties the IRepublicans M 'ill have 180 electors and the Demo- to rat s 173. New York, Connecticut In-w inna, Iowa and Massachusetts we will to lace in the douibtful column. Giving lb, 10 Riepublicans Massachusetts, India- th a and Iowa they wvill have 229 votes, th x mnore than necessary. For the lemocrat to win we must carry ;n lire Democratic states.... .... ....73b lew York........................6 c ridiana......................... se. Tota..........................24 hi Or, we can win this way : b tire D)emocratic states...........73 re [ow York...................... 3 )waI..............................3 otnnecticut ............. .... .....6 Total .... .... ...............228 11: New York is a necessity. Therefore hi re mutst nominate a manl who is sure 05 f that, Then we will have to make as ur strong light in Indiana aod lowa it iLh the candidate for vice president " rom one of these states.-Atlanta F ointitution. t s1 The Char eton, Hiumter anid North- ti ~4i&1~Anow has vqgetable rates e: q~N ern and gnOr ettUes. k "WET OR DRY?' he Question to be Decided by the People at the Primary. COLUMBIA, S. C, May 18.--M r. S. A. etties, chairman of Clarendon County emocratic Executive Committee, and member of the State Convention, ap -ared before the State Democratic xecutive Committee in the interestof io probbibition movement in this ate, and made the following state ent' entlemen of the State Executive Com ittee. The prohibition question is one iat has assumed proportions of no lit e importance, and is one that will in >me form thrust itself upon the Demo ratic party. A convention has already Ben called by the prohibitionists for le latter part of this month, and I :me to you to-night, in the interest of oLh the prohibitionists and the Demo rat i party, to set a simple plan where y I believe the desires of the prohibi ionists will be gratified, and at the ame time the intergrity of the )am o ratic party will be fully maintained. Sou are aware, of course of the strength hown the last two sessions of the ,egislature for the prohibition cause, he last session the Child's bill passsng lie lower house by a majority vote of ixteen, and two years before failing o pass by only six votes. This is evi eice sullicient to you that the subj-ct s not one to be despised. I to-day,in the interest of the integri y of the Democratic party, sought an nterview with Rev. It. F. Chreitzberg md lon. L. 1). Childs, two of the ending prohibitionits of the State, and laying explained my plan to them, they xpressed a perfect willingness as far is their influence went to bind their 3nvictions to the plan proposed by ne, stating frankly that it was not men )ut. measures they were after. My plan s simply that the State Executive Con nittee shall instruct the several Coun ty executive committees to have places it the first primary election at the Tot ng place of each Democratic club by lhe side of the regular ballot box a ;econd box in which the I)emocrats of ;he State, those who are responsible for ;he laws and the government of the state, m.Ay freely express their desires )y voting for prohibition or no pro. iibition. This p1pn eliminates as nearly as any [can conceive of any objectionable eature of carrying 1 rhibition into the )art.y, and simply allows the people, ,vhile they are voting for their State ,nd County officers, to express their >refereice tor prohibition or whiskey, ,he only part the Democratic party be Ug responsible for is to count and abulate the votes cast. I pledge for the prohibitionists, if rou grant this request, that they will iso no catechisms on the candidates in lie primaries further than that they vill enquire if the candidates will )ledge themselves to abide the result n their vote in the Legislature. If the >rohibitionists carry the State they vill expect and demand of the Legisla tire to pass a prohibition law similar o the Childs bill, and if they fail they ill drop the question for thepresent. I therefore ask of you, in behalf of he prohibitionists, that if when they ssemble in the convention, they ask of ,on this privilege of having the ques ion voted on inl a separate box at the irst primary election, thlat you give me uthiority to say to them for you that heir request is granted. 'The queston was then discussed by everal mem)bers of the committee, fter which it was adopted, only two nembers of the committee opposiDg he motion. Mr. Nettles, wvho by the way is also ditor of the Manning Times, has been eeply interested in tem perance all his ife, and appears to feel considerably lated over his successful effort before le comm nittee. lie says that Senator a by, Majory Meet ze and in fact almost vea y member of the committee he poke with heartily aplproved this so Ltion of the prhi bitio 01 ugbear. Sena >r Irby especially expressed his pleas re at the p:an. and1( it is a118o approved I by Governor Tlilman, the Governor ainking that the people themselves munld dclde3 this <luestion. FOUR WOMEN KILLED. Tlexasa Tragedty Whlicha HSe,a thec Reocord of e'.Jaack the ntipaaer." D)ENISON, Te'x., May 18.--Last ight was a night of hor ror in cnison. Between 11 o'clock P. .and 3:30J a. im. an assassin rutally shot and killed four women, vo of them leaders of local society, ad two inmates of disreputable muses. The iirst victim was Mrs. iIaynes, ile of Dr. ilenry Hla) nes, one of Deni ii's most prominenit and respected ti'zens, in both business and social life. ra. Ilaynes was assassinated while one in her home, or else taken forci y from it and put to death by her tpt.or outside and near the house. he residence of Dr. Ilaynes is just itside the limits, on Woodlawn boule ird, two miles southiwest of' the city Five hours later, in the heart of the Ly, a beautiful young lady, Miss Teenie awvley, was also short and killed by mec i.nknown person. Miss. iIamwluv I ss killed without a wordi of warning I the privacy of her room, In tier other's cottage home. < The assassin sh>)t and killed Mrs. aynes during the absence of her hius ,nd at ian Eik lodge. WVhen his vic n1 was (lead the mu rderer took her 'id watch and chain, dliamond ear igs, and proceeded to the Ilawley sidence, where lie shot Miss Hawley, so was spated on the bed with her sthier when the assassin's bullet came rough the screen. The murderer had eviously entered the girl's sleeping om, whence she fled to her mother r protection. The assassin then directed his steps the bagnio of Madame Rivers, where fIred through the wIndow, killing aude Kramer. After this he crossed the next atreet, where he mortally >unded Rose Stewvart, who was ready retire to her room at Madame WVih ms's. Thils fatal shot was tired from e sidewalk, the ball entering beneath e right arm. The four foul murders have created tense excitement, which is Increased the fact that there is no clue to the iminal. Hlundreds of armed men are arching for the murderer, aided by e sheriff and count y officers. Blo.d munds have been brought into service, Lt so far without success. Several ar sts have been made, but the guilt,y an is beleved to be still at large. Esplosion aS Sea. TA NQUINA, OREGON May 19.-Three ~e boats, cont aining eighteen men ive arrived here witn the captain andI ew of the ship St. Charles, on which Sexplosion occurred March 17, long-. ide 174, Iatitude 4.28. The St. Charles: as en route from Nanaimo to San ranclico, with a cargo of coi.l. When1 ae cre w aba.tdared the veessol, she was aking. ' be captain, seco,nd mate and 'o sailors were badly injured by the cpioslion, the cause of which isi un-i 4 Ilown. INCOME AND EXPENITURES Finamial EstinMte with BtferencU0 to the World',o Fair. WASIINGTON, May 20.--Chairman Dockery,of the World's Fair investigat ing sub-committee of the House Com mittee on Appropriations, to-day sub 11itted to the full committee a report agreed upon by himself and his associ ates. The report recommends that the Department of Foreign Affairs be abolished and its duties discharged un der the auspices of the Director Gener al. "It further appears," says the report., "that officials connected with the local board are also salaried officers of tbe United States. The committee is im pelled, therefore, to suggest that the compensation of such oflicials, together with that of the chief of the fifteen great departmnents, shall in no case be lixed at an amount to exceed $4,600. It is also recommended that the salary of the Director General be reduced from $15,000 to $8,000 per annum, and that the compensaticu of the secretary of the commissi -i be fixed at $3,000." 'I'he report is in a most friendly spirit to tihe exposition, suggests a number of economies, chiefly in salaries and ex penses without reserve confidence in the assured success of the exposition. The report says it is obvious that the expeuditures of the local corporations, of the individual enterprise of tht States and territories and of our own and of foreign governments will reach a stupendous aggregate of not less thaij $30,000,000 for exposition purposes. In its scope and magnificence thi exposition stands alone. There is tioth ing like it in all history. It surpasse, all kindred enterprises and will aiply illustrate the marvelous genius of tht American people in the great domaim of agriculture, commerce, m1anufac tures and invention, which constitut( the foundation upon which rests tlh structure of Pur national glory and prosperity. The committte submit several esti mates received from vaoious persomt, as to the total income and expenditure. on account of the exposition, and theu gives its own estimate. It places th total income at $29,275,482; made ol gate receipts $12,250,000; concessions $4,800,000: subscriptions, $5,914,500; am Chicago city bonds, $5,000,X0 The ex penditures are put at 819,319,088, thi committee deducting $3,157.0241 fron the expenditures as estimated by lig ginbotham, the largest item taken of being $600,000 for an intramural rail way. In this connection the reporl says the committee have not suggeste( any reduction in the $200,000 appro p riated for the construction of the ar institute near Lake Front Park, thougt it seems excessive. It also thinks th( construction department ex onse. could be safely reduced and the tota limit brought down to $18,500,000. It then makes a committee est,imat( of income and expenditures to May 18 1893, the datil of the opening. It esti mates the income at $10,703,180; and at to expenditures, takes Presiden1 Baker's estimate of $16,596684 and de ducts thereform $1,410,674, making th( committee's estimate of expeinditure: 815,546,009, leaving a deficiency of .1, 782,819. A DISASTROUS HURRICANE. Tersible Loss of Lift and 'roparty aW Mauritius. LONDON, May 20 -Baron De WVormnS P'arliamerntary Secretary of the (k. lonira Ollice, read a telegram in the House oi Commons this aftertoon, fully confirm irg the report of the terrible disastoj at Maurltius. The dispatch said thai one-tiiird of the capit.al city, Port Louis, was destroyed. Among the buildings wrecked were the Royal Col. lege arid twe-nty-four churches. Many sugar mills in the countr.y were cor pletely dermolishied. In the city of Port Loui aone 600 persons were killed. In various counstry districts thins 1;ar heard from 300 persons lust then lives, and thcse figures are more than likely to be added to when the news is received from remote (districts in the mountains9. It is believe d over 1,200 persons were killed. In Port Lois alone 1,000 per sons were injured. There was no los-s 3f life among tire British troops station E-d on the island. Though a large part of tire crops was lestroyed rno famine isn apprehenderi. rhe governmnernt has, however, taken neasures to relieve the d(istress that prevails in every direction. Order has seen restored, but the GJovernor states ;hat pecuniary assistance is needed. Some time before the gale burst the arometer gave warning of great at mospheric disturbance. Trhe mercury ~ell Iin one h our to 27.95, and in a short ime the sky took on a (11l1 reddish inge, arid every indication pointed to he coming of a storm, Suddlenly a great wave, driveni by tire tale, b)roke uipon the land and a storm >f appalling violence burst. Wind gauges were blown to atoms, ut those best calculated to judge state hbat the wind blew at the rate of 120 piles an hour. None who have not reen such storms can form any Idea of lie terrible energy of such a wind. It wias utterly impossible for a human be rig to stand against it. Many of those A'ho lost their lIves were killed by be nig lifted bodily from their feet. One or two steamers which had team up slipped cables and stood out o sea. One of these has returned, hnav rig suffered no damage beyond tihe loss f one mast. TIhe others have riot been eard from. Most of the lighters and ugs in the harbor were blown high and try on shore, and the scarcity of these ressels is a great drawback to business. l'he stranding of the lighters anid turgs also caused great delay in floating itranded sea-going vessels, it being im possible to ligh ten them. Every craft afloat was driv en ashore except the one >r two steamers named above. A Charleston Dieleation. CIIA LESTON, S. C., May 20.--Mr. Rt. ?. Burnham was arrested today, on wo warrants taki n out by Alexander Ileichiers before TrIal Justice Britton, barged with breach of trust with raud ulent intent. The circumistances attending the case rare painf.ul in the xtreme. Mr. Burnham is an old gen leman, and having lived in the city a rumber of years, has hosts of friends. hi was se3retary arid treasurer of the assistance Building and Loan Associa Ion, and when an examination was re ~ently made he WAS alleged to have ieen about $46,000 behind. Hie was ~om pletely prostrated by the result of ~he i nvestigaiion, and developed such an aberration of the mind that he was .ronounced insane by a board of medi ~al examiners and so declared by the robate court. The warrants today rere issued on the affidavit or tire pres dent of the company, and were based mn the statement that he, had collected $7,000 ina cash and not turned it over to ~he company; and also that lie had mis appropriated 249 shares of stock at $1820 per share. Presidenit Meichers. D)irector Lee Loeb and Secretary rand l'reasurer pro. temn. J. II. Loeb testi lied o the allegation in thei allidavit. The association was represented by Morde sia & (Gadsden. Upon considering bhe case Justice Biritton committed the lefendanat to jail in default of *5,000 annad...mtt - un3te on ir' coltiuae. In a rt cent. speech In the Seulati., Sel ator Dauit 1, oi \Xrt-iio. o ,iiiott iiei were treks aito it!; I hat t', bI iip oI 6ua: was driftiln! 41n lthen; tinf. eit' iong wonhl stri4i LIoni; ainl no4) ul- I finance apiwallrted Ln save tihe ip, erl or carg. G asi 1111 r ---Ohl gOld.,41othif butl : oI,athuh wa#3 the ,:re:i(vst -, il ver n iin inl 0h World, 11114 a11ll.h !1I kil ith itnat.ulal L3p teM Were eItgial to Ifs ojiirtkunites) I might dominate the financial inarket of tile world. Silver nien Alote seceue to have any llpreciationt I --nly recot nition of the 4itlationi. They oil'bre the only remned.1 that was oLered by ar-A one to resuile UI coulltry iroi the pres elut liuncial aitrssi utd froc threatenel iliituicia! iuilt. I - his jud. ment Ir: C.OiIaIk I1 o iltVV' wa.s the onl conseivative ttlh)i ot the problen) anI Iu-re i .iOil., he IIsIt 1romli th calculation ol poisib'e ev0.-; to aris froiu it le idea tha it w l i ive gol out o circiulation. 1 ha i he!n dra% lug money frln 11.1 t 1 (I t , II-V for th last six 1 IIr, aIIl hatl NvI v(. bee paid a dollar it gol.1, maii Til int kuo that he could get a gIi dolhir it he dl sired to obtain one. A I al it-1101 14 It. ORAN(J.:Eu, S.., Nav 20.- Soin news CaIne to liigt, tlis a t'eriloon thu will probably trov I( te of inLtest I the votvrs 01 t his dist riet. A trade h1 been made, anl by it, Dr. .J. Willaim Stokes will b-, Ilictud to Uo!gress all Solicitor .Iervey will retai:j ls ollice I Solicitor of,tht;s el ceit-. It. is linle stood that '.n011 e lf lte I1.lorill de,4 gates from Challstonl e,eICUSSeILI Wit the Allia nce dt-ltgal-.s troi this set tioll, wilie at filiill iw, -tate CoIIvef tioln, and inl thi a eautis it was agree that the leforin eleient Iotila si port. De. Stokcs foe Covgi esi and th Alliance of this sect ion woll id slppol Mr. Jervey ill his race lor t' Solicitoi ship. If this be acitially o),;iit man believe that'it. is so, tlire %%ill tie n1 need of any other :euthvnt.on opposin these two aspi.Ilt.--1' s . A Itow h lio ( amp. RA L-I I, N. C., May 1..- -A con fe ence of all Aili incemieni calt-d hv I'res dent Marion ho Ir to iii, tt !irt! i vanco of the StaL.c lh'I'CirAtic CoInvel tion convenud at 1) o'clock yesterda: It is runioredt that thee*e wtre soni stormy scen(s tin the conteriiene an that a man ii,n-a Laghiinglious from Beaifort County, IIIeI. a Soveee denouncing some ofth Atl Mliance'iew ers and atteipts to disortranizv ti Demccratic parl.y. CHILD BIRTH - ''- MADE EASYI " MoTnERS' IiiNn " is a scientific ally prepared Liniment, ev.ory ingre dient of recovnized valuc and in constant use the miedi l pro fession These i:- .'dents are com b)ined in amanneI bi:hrt' unknown - FREND"!tI t ' 1f W ILA.I >.1 . t :i d fr it A N D) M-i I h I ! S.: ILe f M r : ( to'' "M r::: ' ,cA. t.iiing vluh I .t a Snfvolutyt e anon*I* tct Bi3IlF1ELD laI :.I :P' .u ea. THE LAAltGI'STd ST!l( : MOSTr Iti, I I Wo K%li.(, P. H. HIYATIT, 1s thet lest yhtee ini Sonth Carmia c .SouthiernI StatIes to secesii'' ut sta: o f i( Americean anid -jirii.talin M bl.I \'o:i I. ft. klnus of Cemetery Work a specIality. M O.N t-I F N'lt 0,. F. H. H YA TT AprIl it lv COL,MlUIA. S. C. TYPENVR ITERS nos luIa'E, .s EXCH A NG.FID Gonzales & Withers, C0'S IA .C LIPMA RO..Prpeor Brssst. inm /A\am. jem. Talbot & Sons, t auufacturers of v ENGINES. BOILERS. ()OTTON SEED OIL-MACIlNER7, 0 iad all kluds of I, s TOBACCO MA011INERI, . iORN AND WHEAT MILIS TURBINE WATER WHEELS. SAW MILLS, WITH RAPE FEED, or UELT AND VARIABLE FRICTION FEED, IMPROVED DOGS, AND SET WORKS AND TIUBER GUAGERS, giaduated to sixteenth of an inch 1200 to V600: Brick Machinery and Wood e Working Machinery a specialty. L Planiug Machines 1200 and upwards. 0 8 Drying Kilus for Brick and Lumber. n Every yard should have one. d d Plans and drawlins for construction fIW. nished, We sell the highest grade of Machinery and at low prices. V. 0. BADHAX, G1'NERA!, AGENT, COITMYIIA, S. C. y FebCI 19-i1v. g Fo p ALL SKIN AND fi t e res a ll S--li arid TorA ;4 1'vA Aalri I ls o i br u lcorce and andularoIs Swellinis, ItLeutt-allin. blala old Cl-r-M Iceft. that bove :sahted 0,l tweatms.1, CIA.n SLa CURES hra ktal omPlauss, not. ITter, sid I Ih.d. etc., v e. - v mverful :. : I t n x tcollant a E ne .- t ave p.ooned and whbose blood to in .> ru'nasrua iregulaties.. a. y t o nu tonte and oe. c- P. P. P.Prlicky Ash, Poke Eggg T ?AN BR~OS., Proprietors, t.lipmn'I.s Block. BAVANEAAB.GA, - 15.00 for the anove Bed Roomi Suit. A Plush Parlor Suit 5 pieces 125.00. 1 Good Flat Top Stove p10.00. Window Shades with Fringe 50 cents. Organs ........................39.00. Rocking Chairs................ 1.00. 8 D)ay (Jiock ............... 3.50. Nicklie Round (I;ocks........75ts. Carpets.................... 25 ts up. Rugs............. .........50 ets up. L Iace Cu rtains...............1.00 up, 4 .1 Piece Tea Set...............5.00 10 Plece Chamber Set........3.00 SSend for Catalog~ue, "PADGETT Tr E HOUSE' FURNISHER," a-e- - - - IBEROAn,sT, A TUNA G O GA u 0391 R - PI SAW MILLS 4$IB0,00 TO $moo.o.y~ FiNOINESRS0OI1RS TO SUIT. I00OIN STOOK LOMB Ann a- nn. A..-..... a