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xxi PICKENS, S. C., THURSDAY, AUGUST 11, 1892. IN AN UPROAR. WATSON OF GEORGIA CREATES A SE NSATION. 1 ho Tf i s , I.artv hefengogue Charges Mulw y With 11ifeiu1g IntoxiC4ted on che Fuit----An Iuvstigatien Ordered bV inI*- if-litle. WAsAliNroN, .1ily 2'.)-In the llotise tml.ty, as soon as the journal SIs approved, Ar. Wheeler of Alabama ,Y4, rose to t(iestioi of privilege. I e read froil Ihe campaign book of the Third party. written by Mr. Watson, of Ge'corgio, n which it waq stated that rMany ni mnbers had disgraced them .,elves atl, the House this session by be ing iitoxicated on the floor. Mr. N% hteh-r ssid this was a most wanton attack upon the House, collectively, and til.at, listury did not show a viler ,tt tack ip-in I a representative body than his. E vei y itinhr was talied with the chargt. Consiidt- rable * xcitement prevailed at times duiig Mr. Wheeler'.s remarks which was not Mtrictly confined to the <Iiestiot of privilige. Mr. lutr ,wi, of Mich., twice called Alr. Whet ler to ord(r, and said that the bisir-s e[ he House should not be laerrupte! by a general harrangue of kolitical parties. Finally after Mr. Vlieelt-r % as c'lled to order several itme, Ili said he would take his seat. jA pplh..s4e j Air. \Vat -on, in reply,said the gentle inaia froim Alabama (Mr. Wheeler) was t hi' aisel t, and had not been assailed by himt (\\ atson.) lit ( \ Ih cier) had charged the gentle I;n in Georgia wilt a falsehood, .. I.i aid h was attelmpting to bet I tl !k u ip e Stilid ,-otit hwith the sub tI;- s 'y i .11. Mr. CatUb, of New Yolk. called \' un .n to oider. .\ir. V. n it!e gentleman from N wV ol valiotlitItldozveil me. I intow iny riubl a.s a menher on this ljur. S-i (xciteienit.; liti it., attempted to procecd, but u as ill!r: (. phd several times by mem ;s. ib said: "I stand by overy line in thi l b k." [I olding the book high it bVt'. Iead.| "Every word in the 1.eek i.s l, rally zrue." i Hisses all over I lie [I.>oI. AIr. Ti i,oe'y of New York calltd the gen a HIt to order, and said that he (W ate . !ad reflected upon the mem uis ,n - loor of the House. Mr. Tra t.y th:tal ded that he (Watson) take his seat, whic:n he did. 1 -'.xcitement on the 114)(11. J The S1.e aker called the house to or der, and o liunished the members and the galb ilt- that the hissing must t-ase. T 4 steilographer's notes of what Ali. Watson said regarding the Iruih of ihe statements in his book we(! the-t read at his desk, and also the oh jctioniale language in the work, as foilows: "Drunken members have reeled abtiut the aisles, a disgrace to the ie Lie;. !ri.eikP1 qpakers have debatet grave issues on the floor, and in the tuitst of maudlin ranublings have been lea;dt to ask, 'Mr. Speaker, where -ta I 'I ?' The i ea, ing of this statement created - gi eat exct ment on the floor. Air. Simpson of Kansas moved that A'r. Watson he allowed to show why he stood by allegations in the book. Alr. Wa son thoin proceeded. He read froim the preface of the book, which stated Ohet it was "an armory from -%hich (,I:e People's party champions canl diaw every weapon of offence and defence." The paragraph leading up to the cbyIctlonable paragraph read as toilows.: "The Congress was pledged to reform, tney have not reformed. P'ledged toe economize, they have not e'coinmize:d. Pliedged to legislate, they nav'e not h g islated. Extravagance has been t he older of' the day. Absenteeism waes never so pronounced. Lack of purposi)e ws nI lever so clear. Lack of coicimon bitsidess prudence never more lie then read the w ords heretofore quotedt to whuieb exception had been irI.McMlillini of Tlennessee thought ha, lieo ge ntle-man from Georgia hatd nao ligh t to go into a general discussion ont the (nilure of Congress to keep its pledges. Mr. Watson retorted, with some feel inig, t hat. tee getntlemuan from TJetaties cc , a is'pui leader of the llouse, fidi (t et w' n,Iii explanation he wanted-- a clean cuit, hair shaveun explanation. | Laughir j I Ie might not be able to exhplainl to dhe satisfaction of Mr. Mc Alillin, buii he bieleved thatt whi n tbe cx plaunalta i was made, the 11louse* woulId be satisfilt .'The ('inal chapter of tile bcoek was ,i summing up of1 the abutses of lie ijay Eivery liue, he said, wast a dish nct. i .mit iln t ilidict met, anail bie b.:d a ight, to read the entire par graph as xplaininog the ltgiage olb Jo eed tie. '[lie indict mnit should stand aii. li,at been written. There was tnothiitg n. w in it. 'There w~as not, a charg'me itt hie book which had( not been no;e bcy - e genitlenian from Indiana (M; r. 1111 b .&it) respecting thle failure of (114n'e' L'.' , keep its pledges. Alemnbers hu e i . :'~ 111i a state or initoxication,. mu l'ery mem'rbc'r knew it; the coun I .3 i t', throlugh the e'pr'eseitta. Lin a el5 n pr-iss. i'eca;use he had ua ih chtarge, tuhis l)eitoeratic llot'.t n :ted to nitke h im a scape.. 'IC e. ,aker here Iini~ t erruplte(d t. gi itl it-Iliat flisni ie'Grgia, ali id alihe hued heti i ccorded thee llour, not asi a g race'. anthtinig 'rom this H ouse a-s a m.utter eol g rate I A pp'lautso 0n the lb'etulicanti Stme. J I wu ii appeal I romn anty decision I tei m ay uRe to the lair sense of j ustic" whichi aine.e a ini the hearts of the A mer ictit piepio. I Acorn you courtesies itnd. gite. You wvill hear me in may owne right. TJhe 1 louse Was now in complete tip. bour, antd insses were heard frorn all Th'ie Spc aker said that if the gentle. hman tion Georgia did iot proceed in 1,5 (ir he. w ruld cail upon the sergeant at-al mIe t o aomipel h im to d o so. The ge'ntuean was permit.ted to explain his atmsarks iy a vote of the House, and he I,t:s:- ie pect the rightsof t,his body. Alt. Vi .tason then proceeded to read trromi h Is be-ok, but was again interrupt e!d by Air. AlcMillin, who said Mr. WVat Auoe tti 8t, conine himiself to the ques Lii'n invivmug the charges of druniten ness, whicuh as a flagrant violation of atl ihe obligations of at membr-a scan. dal upon the House of the gravest char acter. Mr. Watson said that undoubtedly the charge hurt some members because it was true. They had planted the Iree -why wonder at its fruits? This House could do what it liked about that paragraph, and could deal with him (Watson) as it pleased. Ile delled contradiction of the charges. This concluded the remarks of Mr. Watson, so far as they related to the charge of drunkenne.a on the floor. TheSpeaker then stated that the ques Lion to be whether the gentleman from Georgia should be allowed to reply to Mr. Wheeler. The question was put to the House, which refused the permis sion. Mr. Watson took his seat and the matter was dropped. After the transaction of some routine business, Mr. Boatner (Dem.) of Louis iana offered a resolution, citing the lan guage regarding drunkenness quoted from Mr. W atson's book, and reiterated on the floor, and providing for the ap pointment of a committee of live mem bers to investigate and report whether the charges were true or not, and whether the privileges of the louse had been violated. Mr. Reed (Itep.) of Maine submitted that the t.ol'ition was not in order at this time, as te matter was incompati ble with the action of the House. Ile thought the liouse should proceed with the case before taking action. Mr. McMillin thought when a mem ber printed anything slanderous or false about the members it was certain ly a question for strict investigation. Mr. Boatner said the charges, if true, were a disgrace; if not true, the author was disgiaced. The House should, in duty to itself, investigate the charges and place before the country the facts in the case. The resolution was then adopted The House then proceeded with the regular order-the motion of Mir. Bing ham (Rep.) of 'ennsylvania to lay on the table Mr. IIolinan's motion to re consider the vote by which the llouse decided to recede froin its disngreeineit to the Senate aaendment regardin;g tile WVorld's 'air appropriation. Filibustering was resutnIed at one. The filibustering was maintained nll til I O'Clock, when, under the rules, a recess was taken until 8 o'clock--the night session to be for the considera tion of pension bills. I)uring the proceedings a message was received from the aenate, and the chair (Mr. )3ckery of Missouri) was about to recognize the Senate clerk, when Mr. 1)ungan of Ohio submittea that it was not in order, in the absence of a quorum, for the louse to transact business, and the message was not re ceived. The action of the House is be lieved to be unprecedented. Subse quently, however, Mr. Dungan asked unanimous consent that the message be received, and this was granted. Before adjournment the Speakbr ap pointed Messrs. Boatner (Dem.) of Lou isiana, Buchanan (Dem.) of Virginia, Grout (Rtep.) of Vermont and Simpson (F. A.) of Kansas as a special commit tee to investigate the charges made by Mr. Watson that members had appear ed on the floor in an intoxicated condi tion. Bull Figiting In Earnent. SAN Luis POTosI, MEx, July 29. A sickeiing accident occurred here last night at a bull fight witnessed by electric ligot in a new ring near the city limits. There were fully five thousand persons present aiong them oeing a number of American ladies and geatlemen. tourists. Matador Alberto Limertura was in the act ot giving the third bull a fatal thrust with his short sword when he slipped and fell. Tlie frenzied bull had him on his horns in a moment, and was goring him ferciously when three om the bai derilleros rushed to the rescure. They flaunted their scarlet cloaks in front, of the bull a number of times without, at tracting his at,tention from the tallen matador. Suddenly he charged upon one of the banderileaos, who sought, protection behind the barrier ereccted foir that pur p)ose. The bull overtook him and caught him upon the sharp point of his horns, which penetrat,ed entirely through the mani's bodhy. The crowd was wildi with excitement, the Mexicans cheering the bull for his grand1 fighting qjualities, and when the bugle sIoundled time call for the ulnat.ado-rs to conme in andl throw tihe mnad animali to be killed the spet,atoi-s pro tested vdeemt1y against such action. The (dead body of the banderillero re mained upon the buil's horns until the animal was killed. Limertura, the matador, died while being remlovedl froum the rin.. The perfo~irmanc-e was then st,opped( by the_police. A Young MwIndcler. LoursvlLr.E, KCy, August 3. Wil liamu C. Buchanan, twenty-three yesr-s of age, was arrested here yesterdaay, lIe is wanted In Memphis for forgery, where lhe swindled baakers and brokers out o1 large sums. llis scheme is a novel one. When liuchanan reaches a city lie wirito-s to leading business men, telling themu he has a letter of inTtrodutc t.ion, and asks a reply making an ap p)ointment. Most men tall int.o thue trap, anId t hus lhichananu secures theit siginatmure, wh'lich heu after wardis forge's onl checks. ibanuhu,iItered by theo sun.a Cli CA( 1, . inly 28.-Slaughiter buy the( Suin was still on iii Chicago today. i. f,y dleathis and more than twice as mian y prostratonms from heat have occuirre-d. Although there is now a predietion of a cold wav e and the possibility of re lief, it is certaini that the niumtber of deaths will b,e largely increased during the niext few days. Ilospitals are filled with paLtient sufl-ering from sunstroke, many of whom cannot possibly recover. Th'ie record yesterdlay, whi chi sturpassed anuythuing in the ntumber of deat hs anid prostrationis for heat the city has kniown, was eclipsed by the awful work of the sunm to-day. D)A LT'mON, G A, dJiily 29.-120e Mc Daniels was lynched thirty masked men last night. lie hand been~ givetn a preli minary trial on the charge of assaulting Miss Clemnmie Woods, a younig whil.e ladly, amil was in charnge of coiietablcs when a baud of men overp)owered tile ofliee"rs and carried McDaniels to the Woods and hanged him to a tree. Frick Impom,g PITTsnIURG, Pa.,July 28.-H. C. lt rick psaed a very comfortable night, is sleep was unbroken, arid he Is a pparent ly in an improved condition this morn ing, wit.h nnlse and respiraonrml THE DEMOCRATIC DIRECTORY. Pr4mient 1Iarrity Anauncem tho Execti live tin Camip,alga Cnat1 tee. Ni:w Yomi, July 2'9.--After several days of deliberhtion and conference with Calvin S. Brice, Win. C. Whitney and Governor ,Jos. E. Campbell, Chair man llarrity, of the Democratic con mittee, annotinced at 5 o'clock today the national executive and campaign com mitteei. They are as follows: Executive Cornmitee--M. F. Tarpey of California, tChas. S. Thomas ot Col umbia, Carlos French of Coni-cticut Samuel Pasco of Florida, Clark Ilowell of Georgia, J. J. Itichardo3on of Iowa, Chas. U. Blair of Kansas, Thos. WI. Sherley, of Kentucky, Jas. Jefferies of Loutsana, Arthur Sewall of Maine Arthur l'. Gorman of Maryland, Daniel J. Campau of Michigan, Michel )oran of Minneapolis, Chas. B. llowry of Ais sissilip, John G. Prather of Missouri Alvai V.Sulloway of New Hampshire, Miles Ross of New Jersey, Wi. F. Sheebar New York, M. W. Ransom of North Carolina, Calvin S. lirice of Ohio, Samuel It. Ilovey of Rhoue Island, 0. T. Ilolt of Texas, Bradley B. Smalley, of Irermont, Basil H. Gordon of Vir ginia, Vm. F. Itarrity of Pennsylvania, chairman ex-oflico, T. 1'. Sheerin, secre tary ex-oflcio. The followtiing members com,opose the campaign committee: Messrs Brice of Ohio, Gorman of Maryland, William F. Shoebar of N ew York, Smalley oi rer mont, Ransom of North Carolina, B. T. Cable of Illinois, E. C. Wall )f Wis consim, Josiah (4iuincy of Massachu setts, -illd Ilarrit y of Pennltsylv.iia. ChAirimau Jlarrity said to-da- "I am vel y :nch encourag d ly o thi uncr 1 e w 4 ldigm.id represe;tnt- e i Deulst. ocr'sftheb ('ountir% are co , to MY slipt - r". WV itievcr diferrt i , i11N,v ha\t x:ti prior io tCe ChiT- '_ (.of: tol c -~ id C ' l t:d 1 %N ib Al!; 'l wo%t crlial barcier. Ta i e I;, sui li <-f '1' lace me wh(eI-e i. da t"e 1loSt,10 d nd I will u;N e ;I. 1,;; - \ ice.' i , lk to inl I S i "r teo have a thorolgh o gani. tth of a mit d, harmLoniois, 'ggres: i r d en thlistast1ic joary. 'IIe pr:(-Selt toutlook is exieedingly gratil*y-ing." Mr. I larrity will not select t Vo mem bers ot the advisory colamni 1 tt unotil af t#r the inmeeting o1 thio camip., ;,n toin Uitk e, which has beenk called 1. Thurs day, A gust I Ccniran Ilarlit' yleft to I, ght for 1,11.Idelphia andl will return t i Tues day r fx., whIn it is' 431Cpeted ho new headquart r.s at 13 5h aven;e wili be ready Ior ock-upant-y. The roomn; now in use at the l"iftli Aveuue lilel have been engaged by the lepubjieai State couniittee, u ho are obliged to enlarge their headquarters. I., is gi.nerally conceeded that Calvin S. Itrice will be chosen chairman of the cainpaign con mittee, unless Governor Camlpbell can be put in shape to accept the position. Starving At xan8. Rio GitANim-. CiTr'L, July 31.-There are no less than twelve thousand people in the lower I'io Grande border coun ties of Texas on the very verge of star vation. The rain which fell here four weeks ago was the first in three years, but It was of no benelit. The intense heat of sunmner has evapor-ated every particle of moisture, and the suffering among the people lor lack of food and water is terrible to witness. Tiiere are hundrctds of Mexicans and Aiuericans in Starr, Separata and Nuecs countie, who, for weeks past, have subsist(A wholly on the mesnini te tre brries and cactus leaves and buds. These are the only two species of vegetation which have been able to withstand the terrible drouth. Even the hardy live oak trees in the Nueces bottoms have died, and t,he indications are that this section, wvhich was a fewv years ago the garden spot of Texas. is to be converted into a veritable desert. T1housands of hieatd of cattle have died, andl the ones then living were shipped to I adian Territory several weeks ago. There are not over 5,000 head of cattle in these border counties. iBefore the urought set in there were hundreds of I hiousanids of head pas? uired here each season. Tihere have beena many appteals for food supplies for the starving poor senit out frotu here, but the resp)onses have been very meager. The p)eople of Jlrownville haive joinied in a pet ition to Governor llogg for as sistance. TIhieir pet itin states that mnany deaths fromt starvaition are iniev ltatble uniless the peeople of Texas anid the cunIitry comes. to t hueir relil W. vaw,.July 2..- 1;uirglari ted ftheI hose ot a li eb'e w fatmtil halIne dleitaanded 110on i e tat her his mnoney. Ile r a li-d tee eaty where .i kel it, and( theli buglars tred to mtove hiu, by tor tIre '0 changte his mi iti. lTh. 'chp ped e i his huiges ue.it h an axe . imt he st.ill dl isedl to I elI. T'hey then ma huu', .itnt ttirled their aittenctiom lto Mrs. 11l'b'itein. At ter tirturjyig I er to li purts e,s tty elI he'r thr11C . lT' yOL' I, .L dauighter was killer. a -aw:. wVay, aitm Grtee boy 'ASw12n 'b:ee daniig ter waVIs hiunig upI 'by lie 1. until sIbe Ih et1whe e hIer ither ho .I e''t hi: b'aving. Thc( buriguilars iou i .t'>ou.b 'TU~ riu bile's. To pre'v'nt all t ance etl disco'.ery, thle-v even'rt tially 'tai l l er mi til aet ;a.l left lher for ' ad. A markihet i'wnt called't ahie boun<l the el. est, : ughtten wveak fr ot the 'to,s o1 blo d , bt able lo0 tel-~i her istoy. (Cut,I NotL I',e a ,1 ury. I TTi'ii I(ocu, J1uly 31. 'The grand jutry oIf Se vier counlt.v indiclted'C S. M. Edwards laust Saturday for as-aulting his stepA-daughter for the puripose of outraging her'. The sheriff went to his residence Tu'lesdlay to arrest himit, and found his dead body lying on t he iloor (f anI unoccu pled room. As soon as lEdwards learned t hat he had becen in (dicted lie t it d one end of a strinig to hi.s toe and the other '.o the trigger of a dolelt barrel ed shot gun, both1 barrels of wvhich wCee loaded with back siaot. 1 us head was bilo wn comnpletely off hiis boily. v'e,tya etfei. AT'L.A N iA, .JInly 2. - Mr-. dlha ()h ver- this alternoont threw v iti.ii la the face of Allee Smith, deattro1im:. her eye sIght and terrir>cly disiguring lien. She chargedl AlIce with alienating' thte alhei tions8 of her husband, J esec ()iiver, a manlihin 1st PROIIBITION WRANGLE. EX-COMMITTEEMAN S A. NETTLES WRITES AN OPEN LETTER. Why le loited frot the Late Meeting lie Says that the l'resent Tickets are Leading to an Iudepend ient Prohibition Party. COLUMBIA, S. C., August 1. I'x-Stai e Executive ConmIttceman Nettles, of separate box fame, wili not 1own. All fIas been quiet since his bolt rom the Executive Committee meetina i few (lays ago. Chairman Childs has elused to talk to reporters in reference Lo the matter, and the Prohibit,ionists hoped that the disagreement would be soon healed. But such is not the case. Mr. Nettles yesterday gave for publica tion the following open letter: AIANNIN(. S. C., Aug. 2, 1892. [Ion. L. D. Childs, Chairman State Pro hibition Executive Committee, Co lumbia, S. C. 1Y DR-:A It Si It: It is needless to say that I regret much the iece-isity of with - 11rawing from the prohibition campaign, but your construction or Interpretation ?f the pledges to le mude by candidates is, as you well know, directly antagon istic to my views in the matter, so much so that from the beginning I have un conpromisingly opposed such a 4tep. I have been deceived. 11ow, I leave it for .ou and your committee ai an iu partial public to judge. I did not Ike the wordin- of the -all 1"or thle prohh' tlton coi)veni("n, aid !e L 2ud to sigu i, but I (lit attei.d ihe onvetition, ))V chle" de-.ire Int Is si tidLin g the Coliv(11tiol out of lle p a i d ! ti . !e i ttinr the qet.,tioi of i'n'hi)') h. 'dc'ided 11i f mer t1 by )'ht lhnnecr,t oters the t.,te. Eieren thr' I b )t con vuntiol liket [Il byV the' adv : and oe 'oiar 1i :m II 'V. I Lf. ' brb rge e ro:i ''r ' lu''Let tD Democratic . eeI vc Cut init' t 1 1, p c . at wi 'h i":i-hary ilace in thet Si Ite a' a o-, whervein th questioi of <I:hib in c.' d be -eUL "d 1.111 its m-Lit: 't bfy ,he Dem-Iiotrat( oI' the StaI.e. reg.nl .-of ipersonal pretterence. in mieu or of inctional A!ier(nces in the p11,i t. 'Ihis wa-s knail a'3 the Nttesi pLuidl was ado.ted by the coi.n ticr. J.ater at. witireis wYas .l)initted to 11-( convention, tre last clauset of wlIl reald: "WeC 1 .4),U'el tht, the pc-op'e - mand that all ,aididatus ior the 1lo1s and Senate be placed oin ricord upon 'hi. (JUestioln, and Lhat no InU shall recev the votes of the Prohibitionists who re fuses to announce his position on tl( question of prohibition." 'I'his 1, with others, opposed, but il was passed anyway. I Inimedialet. moved to reconsider the motion by wl.icl the separate box plan had been a(opti but my motion was tabled. I thei! withdrew from the convention. Attei much discussion the box plan andi th( address were both reconsidered anc withdrawn from the convention, and re. ferred back to the committee on resolt tions, and I was requested to coniie with the committee, with a view to ret. tlement of the diferences. Amendminent after amendment was offered, but I de clined them all, stating that I was op posed to pledging candidates for the Legislature any Iirther than simply atsk. ing them if they would abide the will of the peovle us expressed :n that ballot box. Fially, lev. .. M. ltichardson introduced tihe followmgo: "We recommend that the p)eop)le de mand that, all candidates for t,he House snd Senate place themselves on recorod on this question to the end that t,he pro hibition votes of the count' y may be in telligently cast." This I agreed to accept, statinig at tho time that it, was in accord with muy views, as it did not demand that caindi dates should be prohibitilonists them selves, but only that, they shouhi fnvor aiid vote for prohibition if the pled so <lecidedl att t,he ballot box. Th'Ie convent,ion again adopted the box 1)1an1 and1 the address ats above iamended,ol I t.hen returnled to the convention, was elected a member of the Stat,e Executive CommIttee, and laiter secretary and1( treasurer of the comm)ifittoe. And I have smnce beent doing all I coufld) t oI vanice the pirohibition cause. Th'ie D)emocratic llirity j i resonsI',fe for' thet :110 eneinent andi' (enuorcemiens of uii statuito ry haiw's j in tis State, and la. at repubihlo no la'v canm he eniforcedi lint u it first shil haIvc the sancittin' fit * o I le. g.overnedl . IIlistor it icearly~ lent .s thiir. I belie.'e the f,rohlibi onl se'ti ment of theo Nat,ek to bte so .rotn!! r 'iwt tilt' it woubfl M' entricdt in the prima0 :eS 1 in majority iif 25.I0i. 8wi in he I resenti juln It re~ iit poht a: aals. (the i.i'mplorta:t eliteC io''s, :a i when .'ie have So fine: 1 11 ppoltiru vI V of setL:tiog III's Vie(lon 'i its inIPii'. j dien' it, Ultt furty. und I do not bA.:1 v the' I :o theutOjl d flei a:iices to l'roh htiti mf. IIor ied tot the I .e'.; fiLiiire from ai (01 c u tyV M2 Ihoved! to han a "t ConsEIrvaitive"i iaL Ir,riLy. Therc arle seven camllidfate.-. in that county, fori Conser-t' 'at ives and1 three Tillmanites. T1hree of theC "'Consel 'ia Ltves"' are known to be aniti-Jt'ohibiti' n LIe(2, anld t,he! three Ti!linanites a e known to be ulncomnpromlisineL l'rohibi tionists, and equlall.y strong In favor of the lReform demands. Wh iat, is to be loney' Think you the C onservati ves ttill on account of I 'rohiibition sacrilice thleir factional dill'erences and vot,e for ,he Tillmanites! Not one man in tw.n Ly-live will do it. And I f'ecl equally :onifidlent that the T1illmraniItes would itand squIarely to th '.r menl, if the con-. ht,ions were changed. Suppose, how sver, these candidates aire each p)ledged .o vote for prohibit,ion, prov'ided a ma iority of the votes cast, in the special box are in favor of prohibition. Thuen the qfueston is taken entirely out of po. litics (or from the factions, if that ex >ression suits bettor,) and every one is left free tn vinens for o anai.nt P>..ibi Lion as he pleases. And a candidate 18 as mutich in honor bound to vote for Pro hibition, having pledged himsei t') abide the will of the 6>eople, as lie is when he stat,ed on the stumP that he was a Pro hibitiouist. The peOICle, 'oo, in the for mer case, vote uninfluenced, by any i te Lion or candidate, having tle abstract question of Prohibition alone to contend with. But the surprising thing to me is that you should use thi boxes to arrive at, the sentiment of' the people, and yet in sist that candidates, should pled.,e thei selves, regardless of this expressed will of t,he people, to vot.e lr prohibition iny way. The vote of the people at t e ballot box would be a perlect, latee, and I certainly would at least, sugeit that you not be a party to so farcical at thin'. Inasmuch, however, as you have insisttd that candidates must be prohibitiomsts pledged to vote for prohibition regard less of the will of the people, then kecp the separate box away fron the polls, for unless I totally tistake the mpirit of Sou'I Carolina Democrats, they would contemptuously spurn tuchi a slur on their intelligence and threatenedf disre gard of their will, and would vote iagainst both men and icasture. Tie box plan and the candidate plan nre not hakrmon ious, and was never incaded to be har Inonlou1s. I tim a prohibitionist, have wen ae tively enga,ed i the temperance work since carly childhoodi, aind never expcet to relax my efforts i Lite good work, Itt I iever expect. to so far lorgot Imy DetioeratIc priniipIt-tit as to iatteilpt ol 11desijvO t ra i%il drtown Owthe brotttv .-I !I,( p-,ople ally law% to whivh they .I:e T' d,i ; kno : 11t %ull wlthat it i i ibleA tovi"hnke" law. unlIt1h umtaint-d be lublc sethnnt,and wyeie I elect, tthe L shteasthf, repre4entalOve (d a l'Lp that had t, the hallot box vXpressed tieir win onl all . N question, I w i. . 1 eitier a1S tic;r ',cu" (i * I 't I):[. S4livLiVe Voic aA V th 1: i-1 -I tri It.. mle, oV I wAkul! ledien And C. oieO t c- i' t eir 1-4111'esii Ut ItN\v. I Wiipce' ri n9 t l e .W 1o tl te 41t Smia f) iac ml :ub11Nb t I'allc,] doIctri.,e th i.he ol iave ot b;tet i ge l Z1,u: L1)A %%a nhat te a t ,it t '.ili- and ; ilt . V- tus d i % 111, e: l ti PLIlha le the "i,C It al l vi .tn , w o, lrle ,h . 1i, l ta I .-m ul diarr, Tu did v.il vpel'i t)Ir ,,v I lie (1111m% vi. ;1 oh iiteiefIs o is l h e h .s i c a l c o n ck l u s i o n u s \ ': t 1 l b0th s bx ad Lt.Cli dida k! Ieflla r . i(w : di o t t t h niOhll itiLiy o11.4 vte s CastC , N _1 Ahtll sth i r have the in1c.1 1 nd tah ve a pi'hibliti.i law aary ia. A&rai: hexpessiing regrt it tetle s itin taru tIN so iry yo id,( noil, Ir1io Itrue i oi IAiv lili41 of ih aovL e ll o CverytVlCp th li UCUO ()I LIl N'co' voi:Lio Your plan looks Htiuarei towards ruCUlar alli. Sti,et PCOhibition part,y and Ior on e ate nlot prepared t Ilavi thle DoemroCratic part lor any purpose becauise belcive the Democravtlrt ai to be tne SaIvation of Siui' carch.ily Arai'a expressin.g regret at Lt.e diff1er enes that cause my wit.daw %Vint 11'ron: tile prohibitionl m ieit, i val youn Very resRpe.:llully, s. A. Ni.ri i.r:s. Tard y .1 tustlce to It hy . RociiELL S. C., llglist :3.--. To thlt E,ditor of tpe S I the State , hat it shoulhd ever have been jiecessary to write at all concerning the incidtro-nt oc curring on the trai between Winns. buro and Columinian, Mtmnday Jutly 2.-) I had not spoken of the matter iave to ta few personal fri ids, mdntil ani ac ing rfrm ae reprter twh o did rithate Thi rendg i'a evuered byet frm elno cessay in estic of Ietitor vir by,mon whoe, sii hou le thei Stas vcot v lhadr ind the wol etintigio rst. T tatemet ii mtad(iie avidingl pi ern alvi referencehl,urther vthani to say.sthat avin aology as to rinie.re b iy tsenatr I)oeadr in the onver sat ini . Ii~i ow, i~ sinc ilMri . tlbev hiof sen it toi rwst myIi svat;mt rvi appitly I ii er thnally,i w I s wll, injsa lo'nysw;l and fairnes t Sem.ovir irbyl( n . Nr. Do.rhgrass, maehe list,the CIiei i tien. ctrie v.i illo4~ cni, th wegh t . respin esobghity where Ikiet ly ovrngbs. thati upo1 wh' hich, I sat', wih. a lad. y was ley. F,ii tetir, tlv. \he.yn v at caied' on b'etn een ii hem' waLls land'i lilentihtvl .ibi ditilyinirduiiii abv;h Second. Li ge :te, ir vm. able sawwiu ht to.i tcl l a jai , in n i I ble 1 at hv aer Irre inad bviter''-l n u t lv,ma r h, accon' I ..' *. to the sto'ial ieviling mong gii21 * I .lien, c nh ni ot r brii e c iiate of r. wive byi N 'li g 'n! ie ha asi'. obsvcene i. I eolntng m bead w vr I h aigl .s T u h'i .I ,u h Mr.iI 1)ula s. ':d!vatr thy alo to l t ! li:I I v:tmi a j y woi.- vmo : iib near.vi T', ii . i, ny,a . Doiht is ab0ve rpearifi t hi tir .ir. stat malvi hMr .\ib - vvfe.n et s n \r du yo'i* ane t' ap logy'Iryai 1r Througho th're Ihol afui r 11Lier hoae isi b ersve bb) Stoi lii... inior wrld aby reane pir a' flgh from ti cld ya tte pvttivovn bery-i alon the ivuovmlt toi be O engaav a . havn eatnohving in it oectiona. hu featuribve ivled in th Yrkei san hcenth herei madie.s httrd,lvi v ber felvt sligh eemorbyand to r.h ogas iolli bervtestimany,o a l' ,J oi 11A itr. I.\ NIi sligexam. ahg,d hi yunterdhoaiyr aovl stried th ficur~iyall woreld byneip.Itasthoulght hro ti viy,er p olttn L 8ttanoge traeloteam.n f81620 a ALMOST BLOTTED OUT. THE EARTH YAWNS AND SWALLOWS HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE. Tent Thousand Lives Thought to be Lost at the Eriptloi of Gunong Aroo-Tihe Topograpghy of Great Saugir Island Wholly Chan2ged. Ni-:w%- Yoti, Aug. 4 -Dispatches fIromill ictoria, B. C., to the World, says the steamer Enxpress, of India, just ar rived from Japan, brings additional do tails o, the disastrous volcanic eruption on Great Sangir Island. Without any warning signal, w ithout any sign what ever of impeudinm. disturbance, the Gu noug Aroo volcano blazed forth on June 7, and within twenty-lour hours the whole of the prospercup surrounditig country wits devastated. The location of the critter is latitude 3 deg 3M min north, long 125 deg 29 min east. The Western coast of Great S.mivir IslaR'id Is washed by the Celebes Sea, with the Molucca passage on the sotithicast. ''he i.tlad is one of a chain of islauds near the 'hilippines. 'hc first report ot the eruption was heard about 6 o'clock in the morning and Iir tour hours there was one contin ial 4t.ream of fire alid ashes belehing forth. Alter a slight relaxation a flood o1 tirt aian begiti, continuing two dat s, leavv rmiihw_Q heing ieard in ihe li11,illkti. The L,iovn of' Tormna;, o>u I ov .-i-.1101r nide o; lae it.nd. 0nd'er d thvi. j l l.n1- anld 0th.-r StrU-tulitS cru 1hbi 4imer their heavy load of lu4t all Il ae s. the inhabiti tt. Illejin r .41tety, wh b t l i al)Ny perisht i t h ru lWIlins. Th-mnoallitl 1,1 tntatiton-, which cv erc(l the wvhole m1olountainl e, W4 re w it- IIof Toaiia was coVer I tiilidi tli k muil a W-ht:A. T1rluI'ic 0. :1dr srm I'ni o a ch earl h a11 I'ke. IIot stre:a ofli n1i a lava mil'. l'1 itown th'. Jiu b l!e it-nden1* I t e l mmain an 10:h. who wVt -e oeh in .heir 1i C i. -iIshli t ed. iii r m al" -V.ve thL! .( idete h n Zito' .vt)1rg d cl)oa Mid m Iit'.r phmtlatiou'i ri 1.whetre ar1-o rInetd. Inl t iorth".ern part ot tlhe iland LtV I si u swt.re runnling-' %vah terri.(k for,cu. oother villages coil) iletoly ih;hL eta ted wa.A that. i 'T'okekat,al, iril 1:r Th l oS tit litle i* Ponl '1ig Ii 1*ht ', hlkl. L10 a1Ck'ura%t(e UmtimaItU it 'L anlt he mladti. Sm)fe wit a h 1h as I 1i 0. '[he Captain (t a sl'.s wl ilh tok a."istaitice ot) thev -tiferers mays that lo, (1111) im not too high a tii.uri-e 11 aln e. mate of Jiu tithe mber (Il dea-1. A tLhou* and bouies tave been pIlked ip oil the shore 1and IIIanly WI'ere founid 1l0atit:l in tie sea. ''he reports of th.. various ex plosioni, w% ere so viollint that they were tivard at 'ernate, Gorent-do and Men diiio. 'I'le alarm reached Ternate, and the -Netherlands war ship Zeemltruw was immnediateuly disp,atched, while 1'rom Mlendaatio the British steamer lecuba was also sent to render assisLance attid carry supplies. The whole island is completely devas tated, atid( although the violent eruption has ceased volumes of smoke are rising, accompanied by steam and ahes. 'le lower lands and valleys are covered iVtl lavit. which 's still pouring d ovn, while cracks in the mnountail have opened, emiptyin.g volleys of steam, stone and mud. .urther outbreaks were feared, aa its fast as steamers and vessels could be obtained the inhlabi tanits still alive were fleeing. I 'rotierty wvorth nmillionis upon1 mail lions~ is detsti oyed forever. I'or nmany 3 ears then inhu b'.tants of Sangu Island( huvingr within the shadows of a dlormuant crater hitad tilled the soil and prospered, their chief indlustr y being the growing of niutmie4s, cocoanutts antd graipef, the producltt beinug regulfarly ship pcd abroad. I'lbeir life~ was a romiantic one, favored b)y 1'rovidt nee with a climnate -qualling, ii not surpaltssun, that1 1f taly, anId a soil neediret little cuiltivation to make it pirolitable. W itha no4 political naitional disturbhances the senn -savage natives were gradumally becominug civIlized .Th v"lages atril towns were well built, and hadtt schools anmd churiches. Thew n1Wil deva' tation beganti at 8 o'clho k tin the mcnorng of Junie 7. Tfne re was ai terible rumblde, at cann 1e l m uddv lIann- shoit up Irom thet. craltr asm hIgh it the4 haven(f s asi the .-ye cou!a riach, mtail 'Iinilttely afteCrwviad hllo' atshes were co(nnuy.L V )Dus! wat liying~ ini all dIiret 'alnl aii *vroIn e ii e i. he i istiex ite voht n s f hi a.i 'itad .tmt e mojl asi wers of harwge htones w -re)i~i be l 'ort,'0u1we by ain.w- iielifa nl .. rent4).'(' t i ! ao.vt wih tteVo d ofahstat wuce .i lme .ohte v"ir vuh' wa, enaguI ll, botihef en i Ii , 4 41roi ill.! in th :fh r ait crack- .n the1 4ar,. Theia whlie ea;' try a uti:r a l''ifr it mud,. .auttat a~tl t'ane: . ..\ ve- : l St- iiaihl : ter 3f Unrne upl b1 the e 4 . .:li :t . th.' voh'( il:tic e: 'hires.'Il for ha abifn i dest iuUi by1( dtili- sihw el o! wle ie.lt a's aina th aismt oo'nm dune hot streamis whaich, ini their downward ('ourse, ilarried everything before thiet.a, l'hie dlistrict on the sorth siade of' thie island is mnt.er'ly destroyed, nuttmeg andh cocoa ihiatations being laid in rtuins, and(1 mi mtany cases completely hburiedi under thec ashes, miud antd lava Iro:hn the crater. Among othaers who saw thae island. al ter t,he o)utbreak was Capt. J. Gray, of the steamshbhip Norway, which had been Sent with ai cargo of rice from Mendanao to relieve the sufl-erers. lIe says the whaole Ioland, viewed from the West,walrd, pre sen ted a most forilorn appearance. 'hiere was no sign of life anywhere. Vohtames of smoke could be seen Issuing from tihe volcano accompanied by line ashes, which sparead hike a cioud over the island anid tell thickly everywhere. ~Smnall jets of' steam, smoke and st >nes whero pouring out from the mountain sIdes, completely coverinst the lower valleva and lns. Te en:... top P:raphy of the island was changed. On the nightof the outbreak two Not wegian barks, the Prinera and t he Fash ion, were in Toroana Bay, but 1ot, to sea without damage. In a pretty liar bor on the northeast side of the islind the Dutch ships Tehekla and Grippa were loading nutme:s. They, too, sus-. tained little injury. loriunately, au,,e there was no tidal wave. ThI report (if the first explofion was heard at Ternate, Gorontalo and Maadantno, whiclh are respectively 2 10, 2 11 and 216 miles distant. The lava stretu s vere confined to the nor1-thent 1 slopes of the Mountain. li the Tohoekain district not a single vill1a.C remlfains, while thousands of the it.hab.)Utitt were ilied in the overll)w. The village of Lorcua, on the south side of the moumtain, protected by a rida-c of hill, some of them 1,S00 feet high, is covered with abihes. Many of the houses were crushed by the acu miulated iweight of ashes, dust and s,ones. Cocoanut, planItItions on both sides of Lorena Biy are deskroycd, but, in the towt it,self there was coinpara tively little lois of life. To I lie west ward of the town, atILer IUssit! tle loot, of the'ridge, the scene is one olcomplete desolation and devastation. "Te sut fering amiontg those whlo escaped wit,h their lives hias been most aitI. LAW or THE PRIMARY. A! Extrt,,: Isom ie s.! ,- i.t ci Whti 1 0ct llver. -.t-r .: - t, I ne foli ::rg is t . la a 1 ali t , adol'ptedi by ith i tin : 1 *, I' g. flitt,i . i 1!1.le V, i I I k t.w'i -.1 l I *i t2 'l*I t o I .ll" i ii i"y p :- . y LI It, r alt a in rI t m .inI tti- ; ii I b y other ollicr 'j1jtrIloI-X-If to haf riiiit -r oails; but if, it4) Sutch ..lct r' CJ1 ipt C(-)ti Veluili ntfy liaitf, tit-c ii a its i y a jmilnistrit' is. 9 toach Other. Si-c oa hsalrl i ti;dl-r .hv i h;t.e in( the thcirs. fen l vi 9 .. foft thn lw :w1,ic ciurly octat lor tteciilty I: t hhich stich elfction sihall hwldr wIthitl daNs anter!t ls appra 2. Be'oie any lots an-, .. cei vd at stic ii electijotli,,a1ifit(l lii c iy before openig t-le polls, p .i. t agers slall open tcli : dux to b( itif 1i the election. and exibit lr.% sae I IL gicly to show that tie te 1i1 lre i suih oxr 'I'hey siall ti tnioise i lock hs si i n Such )i. except the ovenieng to reci,v the allot , ai shall niot agatih oi tw Sailie tih tlie. cSeh of the electimrs, l'fIhey 8inI keet a poll list witf ci t he tue (I* t m,qe, hoting in such electon lniim, at ei w, in. - da.iv afghlYhllo,aiiiiter toc elct .n voe id~ h at i t let'ion andly in&neiilied to beoe acoreing to he ls fc iia ary shatlt lpe hith bot vt b lredn i th election ad xi-it the stune puf t clit toe showthat ither d are no l itsIf insc x hey shall ce .hheteun lose iai ke tiock, Itl tr eals ip isu~ch bo.cep'. 31t, the openina tg teeet iots,:thn hal t again optene i te sau intilctheclotse of( iitheeecton b(Th e ll feephi atpl, orais tiot he'nam. ofeah toteri oting is ch electi on, 4l h ll1efr r. ccv.ng any' ballot, i dininistr l'torh vtiier tn rthit,hathis dulyrbi tyI lied sotiot hcold ing to he rles atot f ie V parey d ta he;h.is'notrtoted before iih" bt tn rsuch electon;aa the close''r oft the e'lecio theys shall procill pubte lily: to' cllut theters and decareth reut I.on an transmitit, -hcrt c t, wit pfrs lting to' elcos witinth (ti ne presribed afofi to 'h peons tignted by the('' rule ott the party, e.~ 3 . ' such pr-ur eb- ion -half ehl a,.t.it~~i' e tne and plactt ijand3 ('de the II reation pr,escribed 1by the stru(l o'f-o the liorgautti orlat ExcIe hoing theti:tne, and t.he res htrs shall be loodk andO thle gresuli it de te tiuret of lie nwags wit l.h pl'hits, shatto be.y W in t k.>io o wleec ielt lt(t (I. fie. q 9.3 tI'i.; 0' thceater thll rit h de,ue itrti th, retterneioif en. are layti l'or ambh Waiting:( 433Wt:tf- a guilty of Iv;iu mtat iv i,!li do hXVune will 'nr ;t-;i ( eeuiectt sllla as pnobe ynv ittt,Ute xeti'' its hidfrdn dowllalfo i. pr;bbl t'an.n n Setexmber." aes; or osutin men th unte ontepib uhat eect han intbepend- , tanet wildl be rh;dun ar the 1)eortc nord aioni psi mae ;?-Rheri er.