Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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'^JvTvJfJP ?'^J 1W1 M&'+*i f V * A V/ i.^ AJ ? - T f KJ t&CUMED BY TH&I REPUBLICANS TO BE UNCONSTITUTIONAL. A Blunder! 11 kSynnpuli) of I'ruvlnlon*? Ne .... UroewWho Sell <>?t?MIllerNiKlecilon l>e- ^ < (J Washinot >n, D. C., June 3.?The a majsirifcflv port in the case of Miller vs. j< Elliott#*'>1 tho seventh South Caro- v lina district was submitted to tho ?! tHouse Committee on Elections this 0 morning. The report is somewhat y sensational in that at the very begin- a ning it declares that the entire South M ki Carolina registration aud ejection " laws are unconstitntionnl. The - Iwv- ^ sis for this declaration as stated in * Kthe report is that the State law im- *, poses a number of restrictions upon i the oxercisO of the right of suffrage H, which are in conflict with the State -t Constitution. Tho Constitution de- ^ drives a .person of tho rights of su-f s| num.nnlv UIVIII /vmviniirm fnr mnr entitled to register ill fr 1881 and neglected to do so, also w thoso who moved into the State and je neglected to register at tho lirst reglstration and on those who sold their ^ registration certificates for a valua- |>r ble consideration. The i-oport says f() that a number of negft>es have been (compelled by poverty while waiting tho maturity of the cotton crop to t negotitato their certificates to traders * who immediately send them to political headquarters with the result that ftj the negroes arc permanently dis- ^ franehised. After laying down this (j proposition the report proceeds to kjj / aijiscuss the legal aspects of the elec^fon from the usual standpoint and .H, recites tho fact that in certain pre- m) cinets what amounted to an eduea- ^ tional test (and therefore an illegal test) was imposed by lettering the w< ballot boxes, which were separate in f0( the case of each office, and that voters wj woro deceived by iui intentional shift- ^e] ing of boxes, so that the judges of oloetinil wnva nl\lo t/l tln-nur "" - ballots cast in the wrong boxes. There J.c. was also, Bays the report, evidence ju of ballot box stuffing, Summing up, n %it is found that, taking tlje position m, most favorable to thcsitti?S&gW;>rr, . tlio contestant, Miller, lm(W X. 5. Jity 1: of 757, while, if tin; law wris r^Kaiy th followed, bis majority will reach 1,448. Wilson, of Missouri, will pre- m, p^re the minority report. wj T1 8WKITI1Y A CYOLONK. XI 11) ( Reported DomIruction of n Western Village flfi an?l I.ohm ol I,lfe. oil Lincoln, Nun., June 4.?Meagre rt> al< ports received from Ilradshaw, a 1 t\ * hamlet of some four or five hundred \yi iuliaBituntH about fifty miles west, of a 1 this city, state that the town was ye swept away late last night by a ey- T1 fi* clone. Six persons are reported killed ms and, twenty-five or more injured. The 110 telegraph wires are doivn. No fur- so ; ther particulars can be learned. as Chicago, 10 a. m.?Up to this hour ?r no confinnation of the reported de- b'1 struc-tion of Bradshaw, Nebraska, by a cyclone last night can be obtained and it is thought that the rumors current last night were exaggerated. Nebraska was visited by a ternlic 11 wind and rain storm but as far as heard from tlioro was 110 loss of life or serious destruction of property, tli ^ ^ The villago of Bradslinw is situated ot in Hamilton County, about twenty miles northwest of Hastings. Last to night advices said six persons there SI were killed and over twenty-live in- y< jured. Telegraph wires throughout sn tueWest are crinrnl by tlie storm. F Omaha, Neb /i .jecial to the Bee reports clone about ten ni o'clock lartb, . "^olew down every gi house in the utile town of Brud<<haw p a^J^ie iff -100 inhabitants. t\ve per- w sons were killed outrght and several tl injured. The wires are down in that t< section and particulars are not yet at S hnnd. . b The Oldest Yet. M MlLI.EIKlEVII.LK, Ga., Julie 7.? b Census-taker Bethune, in.discharging ? his duties ran across the ''oldest inhabitant," and was puzzled for awhile t as to what entry to make for her age. 11 Jane Moore, a negro woman living in k the northern part of the city, gave her 11 .ago as a hundred and twenty one c years old. Mr. Bethune questioned 1 her some time and discovered that ^ , wnM H ,.0rrU]jir ency 1 can independence. She Knew ui. ? , about it; was there and saw it; shore- > moinbered Washington and all of the ' fathers, she remeihbered tlioir habits < and eccentricities, and said she was t married and bad children when Washington died. Her oldest living child is eighty eight years, and since i i i i i IUI I'll ill fsiU! JI11N IHH'll IIK'HSCd Wil li I > twenty-seven others She its evidently not loss tlmn a hundred and ten years old, and may be a hundred and twen- t, ty-one, as she says. Confederate Veterans' Kncninpnieia. General .To) in B. Gordon, Com- ] mnnding General of the United Con- r federate Veterans, announces that ( the lirst annual encampment of the j veterans will be held at Chattanooga, ^ Tenn., on tho 3rd, 4th and 5th of j ^ July. There will be a business con ; volition to dismiss tho boHt. method ^ , of relieving those who were injured y ood bereaved by tho late war. The y address of welcome will be delivered , 1 ^.-tf&ohn A. Hart, Major, which will t, b3w*sponded to by General John 11. t portation to the old battle grounds , have been provided and everything liossible for the entertainment of visi- t tors has been done. The railroad fare is one cent per mile. c i! ^^LONCS^EErS^POLmcS."" low He UccAine * K?pu6llc*n?The Trne xi Story of 111* Aotlou After tho War. Gen. Longstrcet has exploded a tory which has been circulated for F ears as an explanation of his connec- ti ion with tho Republican party. The ?i ommon report lias been that Loup- ai treet mode up his mind on this sub- 01 Bet at a conference with several other rell-knOwn Confederate Generals P< oon aftor tho close of the war: that oi hey all agreed to indorse the policy rc f reconstruction; that Longstrcet pi rrote a letter following out that idea, hi nd that in consequence of the abuse |u rhieh thin action brought upon Longtreet the other Confederate generals U1 ho had agreed to go into the move- a lent with him "backed out." Gen. 01 Oi.gstreet was in St. Louis last 111 londay, and a reporter of the Globe democrat called his attention to the h tory which has been frequently told It i explanation 01 nis aniauco witii w, 16 K^^^ioan parfcy^- Gen. Long: tjj r the military bill had passed, and tli iends of the South felt that they he ere in a dark hour. The New Or- J? ans Times came out in a strong edi i rial calling upon Hood, "Wheeler, co tcwart, myself and others as South- ex 11 leaders to join the paper in a plea m< r reconstruction of the Union. Wo uli ero asked to declare in so many tir crds t hat, we accepted the results rft id were ready to aid in the speedy th storation of the Union. W! "Uch. Hood met me, and we talked 8? >out tlie editorial. Ho said in effect m< at it aimed at a condition that we wl I devoutly hoped for, but, lie added, co F you declare yourself on those lines, uc e Southern press and the Southern ojile will vilify and abuse you. It ay bo very patriotic and all that, ha it it will be very foolish." I replied til. I don't exactly remember what s.0< ire the words, but it was to the ef- tit ?t that, if it was patriotic, I was liing to be called a fool. That af- 801 rnoon I wrote my letter on rccon- 011 ruction to the Times. It was first <1? iblished in these columns, and first hl< id by Gen. Hood when it appeared hit print. However much Gen. Hood KO ly imvo shared my sentiments, lie !l" vcr trusteil himself to public ex- <1? ession of them. Gen. Wheeler, I ur< I not eonsult in the matter. He, he erofore, did not interline and make O" uginal notes in my letter. There he ver was an arrangement under ho lioh my letter was to be followed, Jet le soldiers named were all gentle- hs n, and had they made any such an ar< veement they would have earned it t. If I did tread the wine press 2ftl me, I diil so on 1113* own motion." c>1" This statement of Gen. Longstreet II be accepted ilk thiol. Tt drndaovu utr cgend which has been repeated for a? ars, and which many have believed, hit ic strangest thing about the whole ro' itter is that Gen. Longstreot did j**1 t long ivgo deny a story which did ha me of the most distinguished of his Bociates in the Confederate army da avo injustice. It is well that the an nth has come out at last.?Macon 1 olograph. KISSED THE WRONG MAN Af. ic laulict-oualy l'ainful Kxpvrlcucc of a Young IliiHbaml. Thoro came near being a tragedy at ic union depot at Indianapolis the 1 her any. A nloauavit. faced little woman went _. i tlu; station, equipped for a journey. ^ lie was young and pretty, and her mug husband went down to see her ^ ifcly off. The woman was nervous. q inally, the train came in. It was a moment of great excitelent. The couple hurried out to the ite. Hundreds of people were j"n ashing and hurrying. The little j ' oman lost lierhead completely. At le big iron gate her husband had > stop. The gatomontook her ticket. ? ho throw her arms about her 1ms- [ nnd's neck frantically, turned ^ round and started through; then. j*j itli a final "good--bye," turned quick- ^ back and, like a flash, soundly issed the gentleman. 1 She did not discover her mistake,but lie crowd broke into a great laugh, ()j nd it was a question whether the unhand or the gateman was the ? nore embarrassed. They looked at u< aeh other red as fire for a moment, hen laughed and shook hands. ? "It's all right, she thought it was ne," explained the husband, turning ? ,"IOV vas observed to gi'oW pcuHiv<-;M?Aa ^ i fur-away look would conic into his ^ >yo whenever ho lmd a little leisure 0 think. ()] tl CROPS CUT TO PIECES. Q 1 Frnrfnlly Dritructlve Slorm Nlrlkc* ^ l'lr.UciiH. (l, Pickens, S. C? Juno4h?The most ai errilie hail storm that has been known II n this section for years, passed (! h rough last night about midnight, oi At tliis early hour not many people fr lave come in from the country, but b< eports from a mile and a half east of in his place say that the crops are en- v< irely ruined. Your corres|x>ndent ni vas on the farms of Judge J. II. in flewton and T. C. Hobinson, Esq., fi ust one mile east of here and found T heir cotton corn, etc., literally torn in o pieces. Plenty of hail stones could ai >e picked up in the woods and low 01 ilac.es in the field as largo as pat ridge tc iggs this hiorning. Your correspond- d< .; .daft pf.hftik sV?w,vi *1 ueasured about eight inches. What of the crops the hail did not , In lestroy, the wind and rain ru nod. I sc The extent of the storm cannot la* I tc stimated.?Greenville News. n FRENCH ARMY DISCIPLNElie Punishment* arc as u rule Severe and Cruel. The punishment in vogue in the rcncli army are of a very severe na- j ire, more especially when it is con- j dored that tho men thus punished , :e not by any means criminals, but 3 aly soldiers who have not behaved , > well as they might. These are dented to Algiers under tho name , ; "Camisards," where they lire en- j >llod in the ."compagnios de disci- \ ine." Before embarking Hi" man , is his boots taken from hum, wiuch ' { 'o replaced by sabots, and on arriv-1 ] g at his destination he receives a f ..'J _# * " I * murui oi gray wool, ana a cap witn j largo brim. Tlio mcu are farmed it to do work, and arc all the time { ider the supervision of non-com- { isBioned officers, who treat tlioir oimd with perpendicular walls, so ^ at escape is impossible. Scorching 0 sat by day and cold at night, witn v tions reduced to oife-quartcr of {] eir proper quantity, make the very jr, mmon punishment of the gargo ule a tremely trying. Tne imprison- ? out of men in the tombeaux, or reg- a ition tents, which is only fifty cen- 0 uetres broad and sixty high, is 110 ^ rity; and duiing their incarceration 8 a prisoners receive no wine nor 0 iter nor coffee. A little meat and a mo bouillon is their whole nomish- ^ pnt dining the day. But those ^ 10 arc punished with cells are iu- ^ mparably worse off. They are c ver allowed, under any circumstan- ^ s, to leave the hole they are kept in p .her by night or by tlay. They ], ve no duties of work to pass the a ne, and only get warm soup every ^ sond day, with a very limited quan- Q y of water daily. Q The punishment is made still more p rere by putting the man into irons n rpi.. 1 uciLitiji utxumuua. iuu ut'iiiiout Iijih two rings arouiul hit* an- Q )8, wliicli are connected by an iron j r rather more t--.au a foot in length that his legs form an isosceles tri Q gle with it. He is forced to lie jz wn on his face, and then his arms s| chained on his back, whereupon Hj is put into his tombeau. He can 0 ly cat his soup like a dog, and if ^ wants to drink he must seize his tile with his teeth, and should he the bottle fall his ration of water lost for that day. Any complaints 3 stopped by a gag. Only quite icntly a puuisliment was in use led the crapaudine. The prison- S s hands and feet were chained to- w ther and in this posture he was A > hands are- tied on his back, and C and his neck an iron collar is fas- .it led, which is attached to an iron ii r in the wall. The man has to p indin this position as long as eight t< ys, unable to lie down or to do ything for himself. c , . d Igriculturnl College Presidents. t Hen. Stephen D. Leo has made a il o record as president of the State t 'ricultural and IVIechonical College l Mississippi. Ho has made the in- i tution one of the most famous and s ast useful of its kind iu the country, c is easy to understand therefore s /1 -r l 1 1-1.-1 1 f iy <jtcn. ijcc lias ucen eiecieu uiuuii- i ously president of Clcmson College ( Fort Hill, S. C. The trustees of at institution were 011 the lookout 3 r the best man they couhl find for 1 e position and tlioir choice fell 011 i bh. Lee. The college will occupy t c homestead of John C. Calhoun. 1 is son-in-law, Mr. Clcmson, gave ] [00,000 to the Stato in addition to a aguificent site and valuable buildgs. Tho institution will receive >0,000 a year from South Carolina j addition to this bequest. Gen. i ec was paid SO,000 a year by Mis- ' ssippi. South Carolina gives him j >,000 and a home., He is worth it. lit this incident Shows how preca- j aus is the tenure of Georgia 011 any iluable teacher that may develop in 3r service. Teachers are paid mis able salaries in the public schools ' Georgia,and the folly of this policy ' ill become evident when other States 3gin to take our best teachers from i. Alabama now has one of the best 'ricultural schools in the country at uburn. Three of its most distinaished men wero formerly in the nploy of Georgia and would probaly have been there yet if their serart bcdrflfe?ft?K?0;i?^iflt d.aiid they 'HO of these is the president of the istitution, William Leroy Broun, ae of tho most valuable professors lat ever adorned the University of reoraia. Another is Professor J. timloy Newman, a trained teacher, tid the man who did moro for the ^l'icultural bureau of Georgia than uy other. The third ia Professor 1*. [. Moll, former State Chemist of eorgia and a teacher of the firat der. All theao 111011 went away 0111 Georgia bocuuae they could do L'ttc elaewhore. It is a cheap policy i one sense, and, in another sense, a ry expensive policy, to permit such ien to leavo tho State becauao we do at appreciate their talents and usedness and offer them mean salaries, ho recent experience of Mississippi i losing her most valuable educator ul the oft-repeated experience of nr own state hi the same line ought > teach a lesson. Good men are in cmaiul, and if wo expect to keep V'YVV,?.V{tt..muat Pfty them.?Macon [The statement that General Leo us been made president of tho Clemm College is incorrect. Tho trusts have not yet mado any nppointlents.] 11 A L LlTNGETS^UT^bs"' A Clear aud Frank SK&bkbI From Pn*|\ a dent 8tan^^pw>. \ \ I am in receipt ot letters from ^ brethren in different parts of the* 0j State, asking the question, "Is it constitutional for the Alliance to pass resolutions for or against the action ftI of the March conventionf x ^ I did not advise against the pas- y, sage of such resolutions because I e]j held that such action wa* unconstitu t|t Lional, but I did so because I believ- Jb( id that such action would be hurtful pj o the Allinneo, and because I beV [0 iwv'cd there was no .absolute necesj 8U lity for such octiou, and I have see* a nothing in the duvclopeinents so tiijr er o lesson my ostimnte of the daqgef, c0 >r to show the necessity for such ?k- n< ;ion. I ot While there is nothingpartisioivin pi he questions subinitod\by ths far- cr ners' liiovomenU-theFiAetev to the ho faction and that, too, before the rganization of tho Alliance?such as p0 .'ouId bo hurtful to if not absolutely c0 lestructive of Alliance unity. This fu icing true, would it uot be far safer nd better to form clubs for or against cj ho "movement'' in which to discuss pj, nd advance their ideas of true Dem- pj, cratic policy? I wop Id not advise ^ liis course in tho study and discus- f18 ion of new questions, but I do earn- j10 stly advise the abandonment of such p(1 ction by the Alliance on there quesions for tho reason stated, and I avo been pleased to see th t Capiiiu Tillman has advised the sumo ourse, because of his appreciation of ho danger to our organization. So, do, has your State Lecturer, Bro. llder. So again, let mo advise the tu bandonment of such action by the pi, Jliance. If our people desire t6 give rgauized expression to their views .pj n these questions, let them organize ^ >r that purpose, where none need be Qe resent who are not in sympathy with heir views and purposes. In most mj f our Alliances thero is more or less ivision of opinion on these questions -divisions that had caused irritation f feeling before our order was organ:cd. So, again, let me advise against U'li action, not becausr it is uncon- r0) iutional, but because it is dangerus to the unity and success of tho lliance. T1 E. T. Stackhoube, ju Pres't S. C. S. P. A. L< Ei Carl iso 011 I he Sub-Treasury. , _ to: Under the date of last Saturday, j?1 enator Carlisle, of Kentucky, has ? ritten a long letter to tho Farmers' llianco iir Tuskeg^e, Ala.; in regard CongrcsH.^^Vi' AiH-^irrpasdr arlise says: "The wliolo scheme ux ? general form and design is vicious ?1( i principle, and if adopted would IIX rove in pnictice ruinous to evory inBrest it is intended to benefit." He says further that it is a plan to ompel the government to issue and iistribute money for tho benotit of he people living in the rich and pro J luctive counties, at the expense of he people living in the poorer and 8,1 ess productive ones. Moreover, it Pfi s a plan to enable unscrupulous ,l. [peculators to tako advantage tl( >f the farmers' pecuniary noces- 8* lities and extort exorbitant prices or food from peoplo who reside in :itios, towns and villages. !n Tho plan, if adopted, ho says, X1: vould throw the country into pro- ^ bund confusion twice a year, enrich- j ng some by inflation of currency, Al md bankrupting others by contracion of currency and decline in ^ nice s. Smitten by a Thunderbolt. A special from Cairo. Mich., says: ii \t seven o'clock last evening four farmers were struck by lightning four miles west of here. T. N. Fag?ett, Edward Goodcliild, Wra. Hoi- ft ines and Matt Finglo wore engaged in ? performing an ojieration upon a young c liorse. A thunder storm came up p suddenly and a bolt of lightning a struck in the midst of the men. As ,, Mrs. Faggett looked from her door 0 she saw the forms of four lifoless men v imnn the e round. Goodcliild and Holmes woro (lend when assistance 0 arrived, although 110 murks or traces n of the current could be found upon B their persons, Goodchild was a far- ft mer thirty seven years of age, and (] had a family of five children. Holmes r was thirty ono years of age and un- ? uian ied. Itingle and Faggctt arc re- v cpyering. It was one of tftio worst elec- 0 BCCtiOD. "J ' Cleopatra's Ashes. Chicago, June 3.?Alexander Tag 1 liaferro, of Alexandria, Egypt, writes c to the directors of the world's fair a that he is in a position to furnish ^ them an interesting exhibit. Ho has a sent the officials a photograph of a p sarcophagus which ho asserts is that h of Cleopatra. It was recently dis- t! covered in Ciesor'a Camp, near Alex- P andria. by archreologists. When the ^ sarcophagus was opened the contents o ....... t. :n. ii i' * x wi-if in iiHiii'N, wiui inu exception 01 i -* tho skeleton, which is still preserved. 1tl Mr. Tagliaferro says ho is prompted I to negotiate with tho oxjiosition au- S tliorities from notices which ho has seen in tho newspapers from tho United States announcing that the j Khedive of Egypt has been askod by the directors of tho exposition for c tho mummy of ltamiscs. His prico r is $60,000. v - - ?-j?~ ^ermig- " a lifo sentence in Joliot, 111., State prison, ou Tupsday received notice c of his pardon. Wednesday he fell t doad of heart disoaso while telling ? a follow prisoner of his good luck. j > ONF OF EGYPTS PLAGUES. tt Epldtnlo of Crawfish Making Mtsslsslp pi Planter* Miscrablo1 Forming operations in tlio vicinity ' Egypt, Miss., ore greatly rotarded 7 the crawfish, which burrow in the Ida and keep tho surface brokon id wet. They bore under ground > the deptli of two or three feet, so int the hogs etui not get at them, be they would not live to do any image. At the bottom of their )les they have a conspecious nesting ace, where hundreds of them nest gother and whence they boro to tho irfaco in every direction. So groat pest have they become, that a plantof the vicinity, Mr. Adam Carlisle, nceived the idea of enlisting the groos to exterminate them. He Fered 10 cents a hundred. The noons took lap terns and hunted the two nights' catch, and 'andonod tho plan. Ho thinks of tnblishing a colony of raccoons on a place, as a last desperate resort. 10 Choctaw Indians used to set up ilea with crosses pn them for the nvcnieuce of the owle, which are tnous crawfish hunters, and thus eir little crops were fairly protect; but owls are too scarce to be^ era oyeu 011 largo plantations, aim t*o rotors arc therefore debarred from is moans of protection. The crawh question is a serious 0110 to them, iwover ludicrous it may upi>eur to ioplc at a distance. RETURNS FROM OREGON. Republican ltcproftcntatlvo un<l I.prIhIhluro ami Democratic (Governor. Portland, Oregon, Juno 3.?Items from the State ara very incom9te. Tlie election of Herman (lleiblican) for Congres is assured. 10 Governor is in doubt with the anccs in favor of Pennoyer (Domrat). Tho Republicans elect the inamder of the State ticket and a ljority in both branches of the jgislature. Wii iiout Tongue or Palate Geo. Watson, a Texas rancher, ivched New York the latter part of jvembcr with a consigunuut of lo i?onies from Grason county, ley were a part of a purchase by .mos Gordon Bennett and Lord 1 1 -i i 1 i.i "lj. aneuaie, aim were to no snipped to aglaml. Wat sen liad cancer of the ngue ami went to the Charity Hostal. It was decided to romovo liis ngue, lower paluto and lingual finds beneath the tongue. On tho bernoon of December 2 tho operom Witt wrfomflvl. .to. J. .K veial months Watson took nourishant through a silver tubo inserted his eosophagus just below the fht ear. He was unable to iu*ticute at all for a month following tho koration, and the first words lie utipd were shouted at a troublesome t in his ward in tho hospital. His uguge was idiomatic and emphatic, aere are 110 outward indications to low that Watson is tongueless and dateless. His speech is hampered groat deal, however, his articulai>n being defective. He will always >eak somewhat inarticulately. The 'cutest loss to him is the loss of all >nso of taste and smell. Swallowig solid is a very difficult task lor tin, as he has lost the power to alp food, which tho tongue gives, katson was oflicinl interpreter for adians at Washington twelve years ?o. He spoaks or spoke, the omanche, Pristc, Ute, Shosnoue ad Arapahoe lingo. H was in the inks of the Texas Rangers and >uglit on the Confederate side durlg the civil war. Afraid oCSorvUic Pension. "T TA /1 T o A fi??, WASHINGTON, U. v;., .IUI1C o.?.inter talk yesterday be teen Senator )avis and Representative Merrill, hairman of the two committees on elisions, it was believed that an grcomcnt would be finally ami forlally reached to-day by the conferees n tho general pension bill. l>ut rlien the House conferees came up his morning with the instructions f the Republican caucus of last ight to maintain the principle ol ervice pensions, it was manifest that greement could not be secured unler those conditions, and the votetc eport a disagreement to the reaper ive houses was adopted. Tho ser ice ponsion feature was the onlj no of importance upon which tin --- nrmJil. not ?A telegram from San Antonio ?exas, says: A sensation has beei reatcd throughout the South by tin nnouncement from Rev. Virgi Iaxey, tho noted Southern revivalisl nd Baptist minister, that he will g( n the stage September 1st, he luiv ig been engaged by T. Stutts, tin lioatricel nnuiager, to play proiuinenl >arts during the coming season. Mr Iaxoy, m an interview, stated his bject to unite tho pulpit and stage lo will ho ou the stage six days ii ho week and preach 011 Sundays lo is a nephew of ex-United States lenator Maxcy. ?The Rev. J. Cleveland Hall, lat< sastor of the Presbyterian church a lanehester, Va., was one of the elass onfirmed by Bishop Whittle on hii ccent visit to that city. Mr. Hal nil probably enter tho Episcopa ?The British Museum receive! no day last week a Chinese ban! tote issued from the Imperial niin 100 years boforo tho first use of pa >or money in England. TI. "I r-T-r : .IT iirrHOMICIDE IN PICKENS. Cut. John C. Orlfllu StAbboU t<> I>o?th by Mr. 8. Stephen*. an Pickens, June 2.?Tho first mimloi tin for tho town of Pickens was com- am mitted Saturday. David S. Stephens T stabbed John 0. Griffin in tho loft cou. breast, inflicting a mortal wound, of which Griffin died two hours aftor tho blow was struck. Stephens had Pan been employed by Griffin to attend to his mills on Town creek, C near Pickens, andlivod with his fain- Doc ily in. Pickens, next door to Griffin. Cor J.UU VUUblDUb 1UI BHWU1K tuu AUlUUUr BUX1 for Olemson collogo had boon award- the od to Griffin and K. W. Gillespie. of y On May 26 Griffin remayod the saw to L part of Jiis mill from Pickens to Fort Mr. HilL and had boon absent all that wril woolc. Ho re tinned a little after sun poo down opd called at the W juu? Ilia imini r Al1. niuiiiM C~store, neon- by, bo $ and had boen using somo pretty the strong language about what ho was you: boing to dp for Griffin, if ho did not euc< gring tho saw mill back. But 110 ouo man had any idea of violence. As soon as The he saw Mr. Griffin ho called him, and suit meeting up with him lie (Stephens) Den began to say how ho understood the inigl contract. Griffin did not agree with bloc him, and they walked 011 down the insk street talking together until they prov reached the house of Mr. Stephens. slial At this place a negro, who says I10 thin was near by, testified that the lie was due* mutually passed, and Griffin struck spot Stephens a blow with his list, when Stephens struck him back, and, as Griffin advanced again Stephens ]\] stubbed him with a knife. Griffin then tinned back up tho street, cry- jnsf, ing "Help! help! I'm murdered," and 0(j (. called to John P. Boggs, tho nearest t?t.i< one to lum, to come quick. in j Boggs, thinking he had beendisem- wj10 bowelled, ran ard met him after ho jraH had walked about twenty-five steps, t|or and eased liiiu down 011 the streot. pooj On examination ho found the wound nijj?] as above described by the blood gush- umv ing out. Drs. Williams and Earle Gf \ were soon on the scene and had him t,iOM carried to his house. An ex annua pyjp tion convinced thorn t hat the wound wuv was mortal. ll8 ^ The remains worn buried yesterday jH)ji afternoon with Masonic honors, at nj(v the Hagood burying ground imH.Ii of 1>* 1 niai 'ickens. j,is WAR TO THE DEATH. frau led Col. .lolin ,1. I)i?rK?n will lMitlit Col. Knrlo f^ra1 "to tho lUttrr Kntl * you So;uo years ago an acrimonious quarrel occurred between Col. Earle Bro and Col. Durgan of Sumter. It cul- 011 f, minuted iw a challeugo from Djugan j1,01* to light. Tho challenge was promptly accepted, but friends interfered," ?u 11 the matter was left to a board of or- m*V. ,l>itmti?Ht jud. iJlD ilillil.llll v luliilhjt^l. suiU tlml IT" JtGarle came out for Gov- vi emor )i% woutido all ill his power to defeat himrjaHrt) utterance seemed Vj, so ungencrousTnat i^auy admirers of 1 both men refused to tielisvo it. $oL , Dargan places the matter bc^taaiiR pute bv tho following letter to the . , World Budget: Editor of tho Budget: It is to bo regretted that what I said of my op- \ ]K)sit.ion to Col. Earle should have <^'K gotten prematurely into print. It 11 was said at a picnic, it iH true, but in private conversion, and was not in- , ,'( tended for the press. When Col. Earle announces him- 1 self regularly as a candidate for gov- 1 emor, I shall conceive it to be my , duty to oppose ins election, aim suan ,, givo to tho public the grounds of my ,,(' opiiosition. 1 j I am trying to do my part towards iH securing a good State government, n!" and I am not to be restrained in this , ' work by any personal considerations whatever. I am not of those who aro H "for anything to beat Tillman," but j'V of thoso others who aro for anytliing , to advance the causo of tho people in ly our State and National administra- V tions. , I can be depended u]>on to light ? vigorously against both Tillman and Marie "to the bitter end;"and against IV juiyone else who may come out for an > (, ollice that Iconsider ithlit foraproiier ^ discharge of its duties. s,)< Respectfully, | John J. Dauoan, , ! Statoburg, S. C., May 31, 1H90. ^ I <SI:N. KA1CI.K WII.I. UK A CANDIDATK. Jl"' ' Tho OontTrtl l>oforn lo tlio AVImIioh of IIIh uol Frleiidn. Vil ' Sumter, Juno 3.?Your correspon- lici dent has been credibly informed by wa a friend of Gen. Karlo that he has eit r decided to enter tho race for gover- om ' nor. Letters and petitions have pic been pouring in upon him from all tio p... v,, tu* wfm. apYCjt'al weeks wl: i, past, and lie lias at last decided to by i yield to their demands and enter eh 3 upon the canvass of the State. Gen st< 1 Earle, himself, is absent from tho 1101 b city attending to his official duties in 1,0 ) Columbia and it was impossible to an* see him; but in a few days he will do- till ? claro himself through the press.? art t Charleston World. tin * ?Saginaw, Mich., has a family crJ which lives in a shed 12 by 1C> f?et in ^ i area. The family consists of fathor, mother, thrco children, tlireo horses, * two cows, two goats, six dogs, a flock of pigeons r ad bi? cages of singing "1( birds. A bulo of hay separates the 3 so-called brute portion of the family ^ t from tho rest. ? ? tin ?Senator Stanford, who wants tho at I government to go into tho business 181 i of lending money at a low rate of <m< 1 - v.iUtU; bK'igCS,* sll< owes liis fin.t step to great wealth to Ian 1 a fire that burned bis law library, no: i while ho was practicing in Wiscon- 34; t sin, and drove him out to California W1 - at a timo when he struck a tide that Wi led on to immense fortune. mo V TAUT < < >IUUSl'ONI>K\Clv *1 /' l.ntimer, ol ^nrirrnou, nod Ool. P?t> TT W r, oi MiMtrr. Int?rokna*? l<rti?n Mite1* ?( *?<? lli'tivccu Tillman nml Nr* ^ bo following correspondence re-' tly passed l>etwcon Mr. A. C. Lati- \ -j| , of Bolton, and Col. J. J. DarBoltou, 8. C., May 22. 1890. ?1. J. J. Dargan, Sumter, S. C.? ir Sir: I see from the News and irier you propose to be in Ander on tho 18th, and propose to aBk people to hear you in vindication our course in this campaign and icar what you shall have to say of Tillman to liis face. Now I to to say to you, in boliolf of the d people of Anderqqn ti.nf y 01 nmg *T^<^Tpic, then wo would find to licar you; but, if not, then press is open for you to explain r position, and if thero is a diffor?'botwoon yourself and Mr. Tilll, you know where to find him. courso you propose cannot roin any pood to yourself or to tho loeraey of this county, audit . lit be the moans of a row and idshod in our midst. I therefore it that, you desist from the course losod, and notify you now that I 1 do my utmost to prevent atiyp that shall be calculated to pro[> discord among us. Yours reitfully, A. C. 1 jiitiiner. Stateburp, S. C., May 21, 1800. rr. A. ('. Latimer, Helton, 8. (J.? * r Sir: Your favor of the 22d . is at hand. I had not suspoctliat plain, honest spoecli in refu>u of slanderous charges, niado my absenco before a peoplo to m I ain little known, without tho t pertinency to the question undiscussion, would so offend "good de" as to bring on a "row" which lit. result in "bloodshed." I am illing to believe tho pood people ndeison so backward in eiviliza, so devoid of the instincts anil c.iples of justice, so out of tho of tlio ends of true Democracy, a refuse to hear both sides of all tieal controversies with calm dig-t , and to accord a grossly and . . uitously reviled citizen a word in' own defence. But I confess, kly, that your declaration, coupv/ith tlm mnrvnlraiH di?r?ln.v of rity with which the assembly at r recent meeting witnessed the mishness on the stago when a vni-up pcrRon whh calling for sonio to look hint ill the eye and asipg himself not afraid of this, t and the other, like a 1 (5-year-old i baHeball ground, iH not reassurSuroly there was a broad I*' t of 'Mhe^good'' body 's# mysoW a^your ipasa mooting on ie 18, though I feel X must iniso you undor the 'e&flfastauthat, if your fears and imflMiMm generally entertained, I shSlWBB^t*., /aty. ture an address to the crowd, lefRT^ conic in koiuo measure repSousilor blood-letting among a people jxcitablo and with so little solftrol. If I find such to bo the situ>n I can patiently bide my timo iil Mr. Tillman comes to Sumter, re my friends and myself and all good peopn will see to it that ho iilly and fairly heard in prcsent: his charges against mo. I shall, course, bo granted an unrestrained dy. This is all I have asked or ih. We, of Sumter, unfortunately 'o a few rowdies in our midst, but fust an efticient polico force will 'P down any demonstration on ir part. extend to you a cordial invitation attend the Sumter meeting, that i may witness the conspicuous fairis.with which your un"tamed" canlate for Governor will be treated i.:.. .i..i l>?_ inn uri/i'iiiiiiu'ii uj/j iuuvu i*n? ctfully, John J. Durban. A Natural ItridKO i? Arizona. Natural bridge, on Pino Creek, in ) Northern part of Gila County, is 3 of the greatest natural curiosih in the United States, equaling if t surpassing the natural bridge of t'ginia. It spans tho creek.M a ight of about 200 feet, and tho 11b of the canyon riso above SC; on her Bide 700 or 800 feet, and on c aide form a perpendicular preci!C. The bridge is of limo forman, and tho inside of the arch, lich is some 250 feet across, is worn ttlo water aw wmootli an though iweled by tlie skillful hands of a memason. Tho arch on top is firly, if not quito, 400 feet in width, 00 feet in length acroas the canyon, d at tho thinnest part only six feet rough. About tho centre of tho ;h is a hole largo enough to admit } body of a man, and through ich one can look down into the. 'BtftI pool of water 200 feet bolow Boston Transcript.. Cleveland Far Ahead. \uouhta, Me., Juno 5.?Yesterday d Boston Globe correspondent cirlatod among the delegates to tho >mocratic State Convention slips king several questions, including a following: "Whom do you favor the present time for President in 12?" Two hundred and twenty- J9 o of tho delegates returned answers ?wing the following result: devoid, 180; Hill, 28; Cai'lisle, 5; Whiter, 20. Second choice?-Cloveland Hill 60; Campbell 9; Carlisle 16; litney 11; Voorhees 2; Gray 8; Ilium L. Putman, of Maine, 3; Palr, of Illinois, 2; It Q. Mills 2.