Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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-i n. ^ " " T ' ' ? ' " ' . . ^ ^ . . ----- The New York World declares that [ 4'the monopolies in this country hare made more millionaires in twenty year* i that all Europe has made in 500 years.* rnc greatest stamp collector in Eng- , land says he has at last got a usod Brattle- < boro stamp (American) of 1846. He J (kinks it is the only specimen in exist-, ( cncu and is worth $1250. t ' ( According to the Mail and Jfopreu a t i Brooklyn dressmakar, not to be outdone t>y the New York milliner who styles herself a "bonnet acrhitect," has hung < """ I 'rrji'romaek: -ii^ nATra . . , i Tfie army of the Argentine Republic contains 1373 officers,including forty-two generals, to command a rank and file of about 5500 men. The expenditures for gold lace down there must be, opines the New York Telegram, a greater drain on | the nation's resources than tho outlay for < gunpowder. i Baron Hirsch. Austrian milling.!.. , """ ""I , and friend of the Prince of Wales, re- i contlj asked a stylish woman of rank to sell one of her horses, because he hap- J pened to hare one exactly like it. She declined rather curtly, whereupon the ' Baron sent her his horse with the message: *'Although I am disappointed, I am still , desirous that they should go in a pair." | Thousands of salmon are killed in the ! v * Columbia Itiver by tho masses of saw- , dust dumped into it and its tributaries I from mills along the shore. Why, won- < dcrs the New York Telegram, does not , '1^ some clever American invent a process j for compressing sawdust into blocks oi * kindling wood? There will be millions ' of dollars in it. , Tho Cherokco Strip is now practically deserted, announar* the St. Louis Star > Sayings, the Government order to the * cattlemen having being obeyed very , geuerally. In a few months this beauti- i ful country will be open to settlement. ( It is best described as possessing the j fertility and resources said to exist in < Oklahoma, but which the boomer found. legal system, abreast 01 mo umn. iuo remaining portions of the Civil Code have been promulgated, and the Criminal Cedes, which went into effect in 1882 have been revised. These latter take effect nt once, but tho Civil Code does not go into operation till January 1st, 1893. This appears to be a very simple announcement; but the significance of it is tromendous, when wo remember that it is Japan, hardly a generation removed from a policy of utter seclusion, shutting out European civilization, which thus comes to the front. No matter how high the rank of s Chinese official he seldom recovers from his greed for presents. A Canton mandarin is now bewailing this fact, for on visit of the Viceroy Li to his t , province he presented that dignitary witn a pair of lions, cut in jade stone, of great value. He imagined the Viceroy would admire the work and then return it, but what was his amazement when he reccived a gracious letter accepting his gift. It seems he borrowed the jade lions, and now he is negotiating with the ownor, who demands a small forti. to for the property. It will go hard with the mandarin's subjects this winter, as it will take many a "squeeze" of rich and pooi in the province to recoup his loss. ? War Minis ill. r rejruiuDk) nu? ??_ ter, has retired a lot of old Generals, am a number of dashing young Colonels wi k soon take their places. The older General in France, and probably in tl world, is General Maudult, who, on th 7th of December next, will be 100 yea old. He has never asked to bo retin and he still figures among the officers I the reservo. He is very proud of his ? \ Helena medal. Three other old felloe * also wear that medal?General Mellint i born in 1798, who commanded a divisi ffiV of the Imperial Guard at Magent P General Richard, born in 1795, a General d'Authouard-Vraincourt, born 1796. They entered the service in 18 But Mauduit's military careeT goes b< t? 1807. , /Now York 8tato owns 80,000 Acres tho OaUkill region, and a movement I been atarted at Kingston to enlargo t tract very materially and form a St ? ' park like that which has boon bogun the Adirondack*. "Many privat? pA H bavo within recent years been eetablisl R iu these mountains/' says Garden B Fbrett, "and despite the fact that t H were formed to accommodate colonic snminer visitors, the preservation of forests has bean helped, not hindered m them. The amount of forest whio IK cleared for tho building of houses is small in comparison to that which i B be preeervod to perpetuate the char B the neighborhood and outlook i B which the value of the dwelling H pends." )OLLARS FOR THE NEW WORLD F] few Coins to be Issued for Eighteen ^ American Republics. A new silver dollar will be created b\ he Pan-American Monetary Conference. vhieh meets in Washington, D. 0., in a J c\v days. It will be a dollar circulated lot merely in the United States but hroughout all the eighteen republics of he New World. What it will be like emains to be determined by the confer;ncc, but thero is very little doubt .>11 his point. In all probability it will re- r< temble somewhat the United States silver lollar, with a portrait of Columbus to ha Lake the nl^ce of. thc.Gb>ddoptLftf Liberty tn The eighteen republics in question de- at dretl to establish the coinage of this in- T1 totnational dollar when their representatives met here a year ago, but the dele- p| rates appointed by this country?Mr. iCstce, of California, and Mr. T. Jefferson er f'oolidge, of Massachusetts?fought over pf 1 he question as to whether the coin should lie or gold or silver, so that the confer- .. ?nce adjourned without reaching a deter - .1, initiation iu the matter. All tne othei mtions of South and Central America w were in accord on the subject, and they laid that they would wait until the Uni?:cd States had made up its mind as to tr what it wanted. Undoubtedly the dollar will be of silver, and the general sen- vi timent is in fuvor of one that shall be of It the value of the Mexican dollar, which is st< worth 00 cents, whereas ours is on'y la worth 78 cents. All the countries con -erned in the agreement will coin the new dollar, each one in quantities pro- y liortionate to its population, and the cir wj mlation of the new piece will be made Jtj pompulsory by law throughout the Amer \\ icas. One face, bearing the ltkeness of ?r Dolumbus, or whatever other design mav be choscu, will l>e always the name?for , the United States. Brazil and the Argeu- .n Line Republic, Chili, Peru and the rest? . ^ but the obverse will have the name and {,l insignia of the nation which issues the c dollar. cn The object of this proposed toin is t? facilitate commerce among the America! ^ republics aud to obtain security against '? the great fluctuations in the price of silver co which have hitherto causeu so much fi aaucial trouble. As a remedy for thi difficulty Secretary Windom suggesteo that the United 8tates treasury uught is me certificates of deposit in cxchnnge fo- th lilver bullion deposited, giving to tin vn :crtificatcs the market value of the bullioi at jn the day of its deposit and redeeming' it at the market price on the day of its re w< iemption. Taking into consideration the SO) varying value of the commodity in qucsdon such an enterprise would seem to be vernal American tVade dollar Is to IVea- ? tablishcd and it is likely that a monetary 7i commission will be created for the pur- ^ iiose of issuing the coin and establishing Its circulation. The dollars having been determined upon, a fifty cent piece and * other subsidiary tokens of value will be ' added. It is expected that th- so coins. 11 so distinctively American, will obtain very general recognition and circulation abroad also. Silver has been called "the C) pocket mouov of the world," and it is expected to be of the greatest l>enefit to the a - ...kw.V, in luxrinnincT In de.velon I ft OOIUUHHC nnit.li .O n between the United States and the South- t cru republics that there shall be a single standard of value common among 120,- j 000,000 people. ( THE DOLL HOUSE. J Christmas Present for Little Prankio , BCcKinnio. I I One of the happiest little hearts iu ' Richmond this morning, says the Richmond, Va., Times, beats in the tiny bo som of blue-eyed and curly-haired Frankie McKinnic, the three-year-old daughter of Governor McKinme. Among her numerous and beautiful Christ mas presents is a real doll house, made by the convicts of the penitentiary, and'preseuted by Superintendent Moses. It is largo enough for her to enter and a perfect gem of architecture. The house is modeled after the Gubernatorial mansion?about I six feet square, two stories high, with a l conservatory on top, on which is a pretty weather-vane. The walls are papered, the floors and stairway handsomely carpeted, and the doors and windows made of glass. ~ " " * * - - t MtnSo - In fact, the wnoio interior (II IIIO inline, j ture structure is finished in the most ex.. quisite style. The outside is painted with with red trimmings and the chimli neys are a perfect imitation of brick. ie . Mrs. McKinnie has complete suits of furuiture for each of the eight rooms. While The Times man was admiring the house n yesterday afternoon, the queen of the sd mansion came in from a Christmas tree, 0j and with some difficulty the secret was kept from her. She wore a little white '* dress with pink hows scattered over it. sri and she made Jndeed a veritable picture. Bt IIer cheeks werj rosy from the frosty air, ' and the heavy dark lashes failed to hide on the blue eyes sparkling with excitement. "O, mamma," she said, "des see what jid old Santa Claus has give me." In our k arm was a big doll and in the other a corn ' ucopia of candy. She had hardly gotten in the houae before ahe said, 4 I must dm ich in de kitchen and show 'cm to Jennie.' Jennie was sent for, however, aud soon t kinky head and yellow face not inucl jn further from the floor than little Frank ie'a, peeped in the door, and then ther 1M was a mutual admiration of the gifts. FAILURES FOR A TEAR. in rk> A Good Showing Considering th joj Oircomstanoee. and Messrs. R. G. Dunn A Co'a. report < the failures throughout the Uniten Statfor the entire year of 1890, shows th< s of were 10,007 in number, being but 1 the greater than in the year 1889, when tl number was 10.982. The liabilities she y n very large increase over 1889, beii ?- " < A14A 000.000. D 18 ?IOO,UW,VW? ?ag?*aeamw ? -erT increase of *41,006,000. These aret n largest liabilities sine* 1884, when th mua< amounted to $995,000,000. m of In Canada the failures for the jwr ? loon 1,847 in number, aa against 1,177 I ^ veur previous. The liamiitiee^arejll " * j H)0,000 in 1890, as against $14,000, t m 1999. [R8T EVENTS OF 1891.1? lo Careful Compilation of Southern bi State News. p< te Year i? Very Young, But the Indications are That it Will Do- ' velop with Lively Occurrences. p NORTH CAROLINA. d The Winston Electric Light Company nj 11 commence mining the coel on Town >rk at an early day. ii Tile Duke Cigarette Company of Dur- \ mi arranged a Christmas surprise for eit employes. Every employe was on (, nount of his S^TTer w^klj^t#^ " lie total pay* roll was f,7000. ' J. A. D. Stephens, Esq., an accom- j ished mineralogist of Statesvillc, is pre- ? iring a cabinet of North Carolinn min- v sis for exhibition at the Columbian Exwit ion at Chicago in 185)2. j A four-year-old child of David Clapp. v fing near Hnleigh, was burned to death 'cdncaday from its clothes taking fire hile its father was burning brush. The Female Academy of Tarboro. rof. D. G. Gillespie, principal, was des>yed by tire Tuesday. n The People's National Bank of Fayette- ? He closed its doors Wednesday at noon. a was organized in 187:1 with capital ^ ock of a hundred and fifty thousand dol- a re. t< Dr. Von Ruck, of Ashevillc, reports o vorable progress in the condition of the c >ung laay patient who was inoculated ii ith the Koch lymph recently at his san- h trium for turliemilosis of the throat, ? 11 symptoms as previously outlined were c iparent. Ii A few mouths ago Joseph Berry, who ' red near Connelly Spriugs, was induced r Mormon Missionaries to sell out his rm and go with them to Utah. Last week j ; returned to Burke, saying that he had lough of Mormonism. President Charles E. Taylor, of Wake ? irest College, reports progress in his efrt to raise an additional $5,000 for the liege, which amount, if secured by ? artb 1st, will be supplemented with 1 ^ 15,000 by Mr. Bostwick, of New York. " SOUTH CAROLINA. Col. R. C. Watts has been elected to . c House from Laurens county to fill the ? cancy caused by the res gnation of Ben- ' or-elcct Irby. A large new plat of land in the north;stern portion of the city of Sumter will ,v on be laid off and opened to settle- , cnt. J illbe gamblers must go," is the,edi^t ^ u r '-r Vf.liritwiin raid^by theloW^iS find doing business. f The Secretary of State has issued n e unmission to the Great Fibre Compauy f Charleston. The capital stock is $50,- v )0 and it is proposed to manufacture | ^.rirciAhlo sbane marsh, crass, | ishcs, Spanish bayonet, hear grass, pal ictto ana tillaudsia rcneoides, commonly ' idled grey moss. The whole amount of cotton received | t Charleston is now over 00,000 bales in xcess of the amount of the same time j he previous year. Another new bank to bo known as the Sxchnnge Bank, with a capital of $60, 00, Is about to bo organized in Charlcson. It is said that Major George S. Edwards is to be the president of this bank. Senator Irby will bjs the youngest unong a remarkably large number of roeo nuder 50 years who will sit in the next Senate. lie is only 36. Delegate Dubois, elected the other day as Senator from Idaho, is not yet forty. Othty 8enator* 50 years old and under are: Wolcott, 42; Gray, 50; Iljfigins, 50; Spooncr, 47; Aldrich, 49; T'ettigrcw, 4z;DbuIi t, to t At? len, 45; Paulkner, 43, and Kenna, 42. Two Charleston capitalists have made a big purchase, for big money, e ' land in Columbia, near the caual. Besides this site the capitalists have bought another oxtensive tract, on which it is reported will be erected a phosphate mill or an oil mill. This is only one of a great number in Columbia real estate UI lIlTMumjuw ... _ made recently. The Columbia Land mid Improvement Coinpnny has invested heavily. On one of the recent purchase* it is supposed to erect a $500,000 cotton mill. All this means a hrppy new year for Columbia. GEORGIA. Dr. JefTerson Heard will build an infirmary in Athens, which is to cost $5, 000. The work of opening the Chattahoochee river between West Point and Frauklin progresses, and boats will be running between those points by early spring. Miss Allie Peach has come all,the waj froui England to Albany to become th< wife of W. T. Loyd, a young cmAlbany Electric Light Com |/U'JV V. ?MW .... ^ Sny. Lovo laughK at winds, waves aut stance. The Auiericau Association of educator of colored youth convened at Atlanta las Tuesday. A large nirnber of prominec 1 educators from nil parts of the countrj hut os|>ecially from the South, being pre* ent. Addresses were delivered by Mayc Qlern, Prof. Kelly Miller, of Washing 1 ton, and others. Steps were taken ft the establishment of a Ohautauoua r l' mental and moral culture somewhere I the South. Gov. Northcn has vetoed two mo new bills passed by the legislature, 01 of which was a resolution asking t) ' President of thellnitcd States to pard< all prisoners confined within the Sts 0f for violation of the internal revenue las Ps New Year's day the State executed B. the Suwanee Canal Company a deed I 2g the lands embraced in the Okefeno) ,r swamp and its vicinity, sold to the coi ,w pany under authority of an act of f o legislature, 940,000 acres of land bouj Rn at 96} cents an acre, he The gold fever is starting up agaic ey the vicinity of Dahlonega. Senator 1 sm G. Harris, Judge Murray and Intf ?rt- tor Sharp, of Tennessee, have recet he purchased property near the town, i 8,- are organising s $2,000,000 stock a K)0 pany to work it. Representatives of St. Louis syndicate with a capital of $ >0,000 ate also making investments in >at region. The gold fields alx^it Dahnega have always been real iterative, it just now they seem to bs etyoying a ' 2w boom. FLORIDA. Judge R. F. Taylor, of Gainesville, has ^ een appointed associate justice of the ^ tatc. [ ( Monroe Clark, a negro, was /hanged at nlntka Wednesday for the nxirdcr coin- , er committed at InterlacheJ Ave years , jo. Dentil was instantancoii. ( At Key West, Russell's action build- i ig and an adjoining builemg burned i Wednesday-, partially insure*. Bronson is to have an Aliance store, 1 o lie managed by John 0?. sued ipexvtv of Tamm for $A,000 for aluJ*^f.refi?IIt6 rccive ha i Hind his inenrcerstan in prison, fe had refused to pay aUie assessed gaiust him for neglect of scavenger serwe. The new site for the Canaveral lightiousc has liccn fixed at a point one mile test of the present location. At Authony a woman flogged her boy n open court in lieu of a $2flue imposed pon for violating the law. Dr. H. W. Wiley, the V. S. Govern4~ 41.. 1VUV VUUUJIOl IU UUUUUU lllf CHI1U su^ai xperimcnts has arrived in Florida. The xpcriuicuts will be prosecuted on a 40cre tract on the shore of Lake Toliopoaliga near the St. Cloud sugar mill. In n lutcrview Dr. Wiley said to a reporsr, "I am deeply interested in the develpment of the sugar industry in Florida nd am confident that the people will go ito the business generally aud on an exe.nsivc scale as soon a? ii can lie practially demonstrated, bv the jml'of govmment experiments,' .tnarx'aref jl, intel gent cane culture in this State Yil! yield ?rgc profits." ^ VIRGINIA. The expenditures of Petersburg for lecember were $331,446.23. The hanks of Lynchburg have all delarcd a semi-annual dividend of five per ent. for the year just closed. Captain Camp and Engineer Rhodes, f Lynchburg, were reprimanded by the iayor for allowing the heavy snow to retain on the street crossings. Ice from three to four inches thick has cen gathered in all of Southwest Virgini by the citizens, so they will not lack jr the article or have to import for sumlcr use. TV,/. o?lz,- I 1 * 4_1 T-V a iiv ooi'-o wi ivv/ou hoi launttu uu i/nii ille market for the year 1800 amounted 0 26,000,000 pounds, the average price or the past three months being $i2 per wt^Tne^Wjmijg|^ of manufactured nbruua had always bo^n considered one ?f the most solid mevohants in Peter* nirg. His liabilities ar?\nlaced at $47,[88; assets not given. y North Danville has ?a sensation. A nau walking along the midland railroad round a human hand Ijing near the iron rail, and hundreds of tropic have been looking at the mysteridu9 |jrab. it appears to have been severtj from the wrist hy some blunt instrument. It is also evident that it is the hand}0f a white woman, and was once a pretty hand. How the hand came there no )ne can imagine, as no tragedy suggestive 0f jt h;j occurred iu or near North Dai lVmc. The only plausible theory is thatf ^ was dropped from a passing train, fjy whom no one can guess. i TENNESSEE. The police have re&eived notice that Peter Wilson, a will J[0 do'Chattarfooga Merchant, has been Jniissing from his home siuce last TlV'fsday. When last 1 .. III. HIOinr^re A*. The hqoxviiic ii uun.au.v v. so< iatiort gave a New Year's banquet to their tr .voting salesmen. A ft A several months eontroversy as to the amouot of iusumurf the state should receive for the penitentiary shops destroyed by fire, an agreement has been reached the state being paid $31,000 in Utah. The building were insured for $38,000. The Merchants' and Traders' bank ol Jouesboro, with $10,000 capital, hai been organized under a stage charter. N Hacker was elected president. Chattanooga has every reason tob well sati-fiecl with the work of the yea just closed. The Times of that city, ii noticing the great strides made durinj tho twelve months just coming to aclosr mentioned ns a few of the causes of th great prosperity .'.'jut is now so apparent "Five hundrttd ^jj.^ftSr^ollars voted ft streets; $230,00o-?pctitou*a bridge, $400 000 on a steel mill; $1,000,000 Englis ' moneys Invested across the river; ti > Chattanooga Southern ltuilroad well und< way; the $150,000 hotel opened on Lool out Mountain; $15,000 for the Chic 1 manga National Park; millions iu variw new buildings, new businesses and vurio new enterprises, and the opening of t! " Tenneaaec Itiver." I OTHER STATES. ', Paul Conrad, of New Orleans, v i- elected president of the Louiaiana 8U >r lottery Company, vice M. A. Dauph r- deceased. * The trade council of Birmingham, Al " baa appointed a committee to bring ab< n a conference between the striking c miners and coal operators, and if poeail ra settle the strike. . j?e A. speciaLA ugustine, TeJ te IICN^OOO* D]?lS555SiitohJre t ,s- started by some \?akhblera in a stn to About half the iosaVs covered by in for ' ance. The Livertuot and London ceo Olobe Insurance Contpaoy's loss is m- siderable. 5V jV' There is talk in Alabama of havi 5 constitutional convention for the pur of providing some limitation of sufl i in and to modernize the present Constitu oh- which in several important respect* i tec- hind the times. ??d -*i m 8. ft. ' An AtlanttHff jUl'says: C. T. f jq . one of Atiao^k's goat wealthy and ji ' ncpt citizen*, c UfK Tuesday. ' % ' W 1191 AN ELECTION ECHO. An Unbiased Review of the Penney ania Upheaval. Henry Charles Lea, of Philadclphi; writing of "The Lesson of the Pennsj rania Election," in the January Atlanti jays: ? The result is one which may well ei courage the believer in our institution ind refute the assumption of accoleratir rtcgrcdation in our public life. It shoi that popular opinion is sound at the cor and that the popular instinct is in favor honeatyg in politics; that the fanaticis of partisanship may lie overcome when i issue can be fairly presented to the pc pie; that the independent voter is muli plying and learning how to use his po' er; that the crafty scheming of aatu and experienced politicians is but foil when boldly confronted in n good caui At the same time it would lie easy to c aggcratc the importance of the victor Though it may have overthrown a be who a few months ago seemed to be t most powerful leader in the land, ovr shadowing even the chief magistrate hii self, it has not put an end to bossisi That evil spring from roots too deep planted in our careless political liabitud to bo eradicated without long ami pai ful effort. Unremitting watchfulness ai labor is the price whien wo must pay f our Republic institutions, if we wi: them to be honestly and wisely admin tered. Spasmodic and sporadic offoi effect little that is permanent. Popul uprisings arc inspiring to witness, like gorgeous display of fireworks, which da zlo the eye only to icave the darkm more profound. Twenty years ago \ watched eagerly sueh a spectacle, adm ably arranged with impressive scenic < feet, when the good citizens of New Yo drove Tweed and his gaQg to prison or exile; but in a few years the old hor was succeeded by a new one, aud tin same good citizens have now, in spite me australian diuioi, riveieu upon ine selves the domination of Tammauy mi firmly than ever. The trained politiei smiles at such popular ebullitions, a hails them as an opportunity for filli the vacancies which they may occasion There are no panaceas for public disca Even the abrogation of the spoils syste fruitful as that system is of evil would most l>e a palliative, unless accompani by a far jealous and exacting pub opinion than at pre?ent. exists. The or remedy for our ailments, in fact, 1 with the individual voter. Until t millenium arrives we cannot expect cv< citizen to vote as we may think he ougl but at least every one can strive to fi himself from the bondage of partisansh' and train himself to regard the exerc of the franchise as a purred duty, not the voters, when that portion is ready sink all partisanship in devotion to public weal. Another Southern Poetess. There is another literary girl do South, says Allen Forman iu the IN York JournoH.it who just uow is not mous, but judging from her work so she will be before long. This budding young genius is I Maggie Ellen O'Brien, who was bori the dreamy old town of Moutgonv Ala., just twenty years ago. fthc is the third daughter of Fran! O'Brien, editor of the Birmingham I llearld and^grnnddaughter of Michael drew O'Brien, who was editor of Dublin Nation. Miss O'Brien, duriug childhood, bright, precocious, individual and i pendent, but not until her last yea the Convent at Loretto, Ky., did sh? vclopc any unusual literary ability. Y\ hen she returned to her home in minghnm, Ala., her first poem publi - s' *v -* - ).i a/in,;? ,woo a two years ago. Since then a tew u songs published in various parts o* country which have excited remark "Where the Water-Cresses Grew," "1 the Sands," "Consolation," and a her of effusions in blank verse, at which may be mentioned, "The .1 > inent," "Temptation," "A Legend bic," "Medea," "Planet of Margi f and "ThcJJudgment," all of which i been extensively copied. Miss O'Brien is a graceful write tells her readers her mind, not in a ranting, passionate rhyme which soi r the so-called great women writers < age has drawn checks front the pu U ers, but in a manner which nppca r , heart in a philosopic manner an 1 q same time starts the imagination ol >. romantic tour. Much Good W ill Result. t ih At the recent annual convent >o couuty superintendents of public i Bf tiou of North Carolina a rcaolutic k- unanimously adopted requesting tl R* Leg:s|aturc to establish regular t no schools for male and female .teach* us resolution was also adopted urging ho strongest terms the enactment o requiring compulsory attendane he public schools. The resolut Jtkli forth the fact that people cannot ito '""led and the requirements of tl jn stitution in this narticular carried ' | feet unless chihircn are compelh { tend school for some period du |R,? school age. It is the first move . North Cnroliua in the direction c . pulsory education, and, originat 5 I docs, will have particular strengtl 1 ia a determined effort to increase tas. trudnucc at the public schools, t the the length of school terms. T1 , lature will be asked to double t >een school tax, and also to acquire t ble. | ties to set apart first of all the sol sur- jn making roeir annual appropri and ? con - Baltimore's Masonic Temple A a racial from Baltimore, 5 ng a The MBsonic Temple was ruin l?ofiC Thursday. Luckily the burni frego place just before Forcpaugh'i tion which is in the Temple, was to 1 s l)c' for the day's performance. lleceipta of Egyptian cotto amount to 2,700.000 canter*, r * . 20 '.009 canters the correspond nowi- jMt year. ALLIANCE DEPARTMENT. T l~ 'The Farmers and the Coming1 Rev- A olution," Discussed From the Baptist Pulpit by j,j Cj Rev. Thomas Dixon, Jr., of ?] New York City. ah 11- he iS . # # foi ' U^v. Thomas Dixon, Jr.. nevoid ing to 'f* liis usual custom, before the delivery of his sermon, discoursed to his large con0'f gregatiou in New York city. Sunday morning, on the following review of ev.r rent events: lD The farmers have always been the fore BU *?" most 'eprcsentatives of conservatism 1 They have overwhelmed the voice of the . * of tlic restless, dreaming eity again and ? 6 agoin. On this rural content or stupidi- *c tv. men who believe in the divinity of w" tint which is have long reckoned with certainty. te y* At last the farmer has broken the spell cc '.SR that has lNiund him He has smashed nt '' the traditions of centuries, lie has brnk- til r* en the dash-lxinrd, kicked out of the ki rn" shafts and is running awav. The men ti ?'t who have driven him with tight rein from iu ^ their liaditional scats are being hurled bi s into the ditch and grouud beneath the w nJ wheels. It has been so sudden tluy hard- hi a Iv know what has struck llieni. Some Ci ?.r say it is a cyclone, and will soon blow of ? over. They tli'uk it is too seveie t<> an last. Old man Tradition rubs bis hands 8 forces a smile through his chattering re ar teeth, says lie knows it is a cold day now, aa R but then he looks for warmer weather to gv morrow and things will move, on as usu- A " al. fiava be him Keen "imninur mi.ve. monks" before, you know, and nothing tli ever came of it. Ami vet while he retails / lo yoti these stale observations, you will ai ' notethatfronitheiTstlessunrertainin.nl aj ner in which he glances at the darken tl ? ing sky, he is uot sure of his own proph tl ^f ''rV- C( The trouble is, the people have begun ? 111 to think?the masses of the people the it )rc old farmer, the patient beast of burden ti IRj tbrought the years of plenty and pros n r perity for others who have reaped what lie has sowed. When masses of people begin to think, it shakes the world. T se" It is litis mighty movement of the m' masses that is shaking, to-dav the ven a, foundations of the civilization of the P. nineteenth century, and cveu now draw- 's .1C ing in dim outline the new civilization ot J* \ the nineteenth century. The time was T 'es when all eyes were fixed on the great mid b< 1C powerful. Kings and nobles aud mighty wnrriors only could make history, l'octs * ' sang oDly of them and for them. Litem g' ,ee lure fawned tu Iho uirt at thyir feet. Tito !P? poet spoke thankfully of the crumbs that "J l?e fell from their table, aud was proud to be s( ? called a slave of the great. To-day all of this is chnuged. The eyes (' to millions into new life. They are them ' the 8CiV0!, at last becoming conscious of ttuur capacities ajid needs, aud with their < a * parities as the lever and their needs is j the fulcrum, they arc tuggiug away at the very foundations of social, economic t and political life. Our civilization t.? , J" day. (ptivers from foundation to flagU staff beneath these assaults. ^ s The nations of earth all feel this new ? j power. ... . , . erv The Czar of Russia stnvcrs in ins |>ai are, puts u new lock on the do r, adds c p another regiment to his hotly guard. and tire- trembling awaits the next explosion ii ^Q_ see whether he is dead or alive, thf The Emperor of Germany, seeing the handwriting on the wall, hastens to was "make friends of the mammon of 1111ndc righteousness." rs at The drum beat of the Salvation Army > de- echoes around the world, calling mankind to the rescue of the submerged mil jjjr. lions of England all the earth, shed The i,'nr,Hi;rs' Alliance of America i.< a >out gigntdic wave of this world* wide inovei ner - 4 ># ,tl.f rare. It holds in its hands r tjjn not only the possfiiTuites <>t s art ^or <i,'s generation?it holds the hopes of T unnumbered generations yet unborn. 1 nuni- Their organization is supeih. It js the nong strongest social and political machine ! fudir- built 1,1 America in the last twenty yaais Arn- They are determined to lift up the toil erie " '"i; bests and niako their life worth the have bving. They are teaching and w ill teach move emphatically than ever, that it is r and *,s houorable to he?v wood ami diaw that waii-raod plow a mule, as to make laws. l>rac?iec medicine. run a bank or a railmc o c >f the ronl They have doubtless many crude dish ideas as yet al>out law and lin^ tee. Hut to the whose fault is it that they are ignorant ? at tin' Thcv will learn as they go along. Abft on a MUI' demands will take reasonable shape in the led hot foige of public debate and education. Demagogues will mislead for a time; but they will kill two demagogues whore they nourish one. Their onh ion of (]aUprr ],tji j? (he possibility of selfish in nstruc- trigues in politics, in which their lofty >n was principles will be forgotten in a nun 1 ' '??- ?....Mini tliitilini IC uinib fclniL'BIC lor linuicuiair uunn. ...... ruining * ' ors. A hu-t to their principles, they will swecj j ia the tl,'s nation ultimately in triumph. The 1 a law mpieFent the gtandest moral issue* of th e upon W- Standing tirmly on those issues ion sets t,M,y are aa.A"rc to win as that Cod i; he edu- an(' 'hat good shall ultimately triump lie Con ovi'r ovil- , into ef- Cet the demagogues, dcadl.riif- ant ;d to at hummers, who arc tiying over to lear ring the wh'? h way the wind blows that they inn mont in trim their sails to meet it, take waruini >f com- ^ie cyc'onc has only l?egun. They tin ing as it better seek shelter, i. Those ? the Ht CHOICE PHRASES EXCHANGE am iibu ie Legishe State A Typical Man From the We he covin Throw* Epithet* Around. 100I fund The topic of talk in North Caroli ations. newspaper circle* has been the editor . attack of the State Chronicle upon Edi nod. Pojrbrothcr, of the Durham Globe. Id., says: reply to a savage attack by the latter i ied by fire ou ReV- Bavlus Cade, ed?tor of the F 'nK took gressive Fanner, the OIoIhj said that 1 ? Theatre, it or Cade lied like* horse thief, and 1 Ire opened Raleigh Chronicle says this is hlaekgu journalism, and that Editor Fairbrot is a liar and scoundrel. Itallgoestom the leading newspaper sensstion of n to date season. Editor Falrbrother is from O gainst 2,- rado, and took ehargc of The Globe tl ling date months ago. lie is a typical wesi journalist. WENTY FIVE SOLDIERS KILLED, nd Big: Foot's Band Rspulasd With the Loss of 160 Indians. Spscial Indian agent Cooper of the nc Ridge agency, telegraphs as follows: lig Foot's hand attacked the military out 8 o'clock in the morning on the ad of Wounded Knee Creek with the llowing results: 25 soldiers killed. 85 lundea; about 150 Indians killed, and wounded and captured. Father Uroft junded. "Two Strike's band opened fire on the ;ency from the hill tojis on the north ic, wounding two soldiers aud killing ? one. The Indians also attacked the h Cavalry wagon traiu two miles north the agency, killing one soldier of the Ivance guard." ? CATHOLIC MISSION BL'RNtCD. A press correspondent of Pine Ridge legraphs: General Rrooke has just reived news from the scene of the tight the Catholic Mission on Clay Creek, iat si* men of the Seventh Cavalry were illed aud many wounded. Further par culnrs arc not yet rereived. The first itimation of trouble at the Mission was ought late by a courier, who rushed in ith the startling news that the Mission hiding, where there ore a number of ltholic priests and sisters, aud hundreds children, were surrounded by hostiles, id had been set on fire. The Cavalry men who had scarcely any st for four days were instantly in the ddle, and with a couple of Hotclikiss ins stnrted on a gallop for the Mission. b una mnpituai is oeiug wrmeu. tin- roar the guns could be heard indicating lat a hot fight win in progress. Two Strike Little Wound Short Bull ' id other chiefs ran away from the jjcncy Monday night, after hearing of 10 Wounded Knee fight, taking with lem hundreds of warriors. They also (impelled old Chief Bed Cloud to acDinpauy them under threat of death. It i these Indians who attacked the supply rain and raided the Catholic Mission. BURNED TO DEATH. he Cremation of Five Children in Pamlico County. A Ha high, N. C.. special says; News received here of a horrible affair in anilico cour^y Sunday night. Scott hompson. colored, who lives near Bay >ro, in company with his wife nud oldI c hild, went to church, leaving seven lildren, five of his own uud two of his rnudchildren. at home, their ages rang ig fume infancy to about fifteen years of ?e. Before the services ended, Thompui's house was discovered to be on fire nd the congregation made a rush for it. liUarcn being sound asleep, did not vakc until the flames had cut off all gross. )EATH OF" GENERAL SPINNER. \ Short Sketch of the Life of the Ex-Treasurer. A press dispatch from Jacksonville, ria., says: General Francis K. Spinner. \ Treasurer, of the United States, died ,.t the residence of his daughter. Mrs lames M. Sehumaehcr, in Brooklynsliurg. m the west bank of St. John's river. When he resigned his office the money M the treasury was counted, and when die result showed a very small disrrepan v, many days were spent in recounting iid examining the books of accounts un il finally tiie mistake was discovered. On retiring from office lie came south or the benefit of his health, and for sonu ears lived in camp at Uablo Beach, I'm Want Pay for $4,000,000 Worth of Bonds. L. Nk.w0hi.han8, Jan. 3.?Suit was be gun ncre . uv. ^. -...i'.- nf & ( oM of Amsterdam, Holland, cgmi..?rrr;r-"? Hoard of Liquidation of the i'ublio Debt of Louisiana, asking (bat the Bc'.rd fund the $4.01ft,(>20.48 worth of Louisiana bonds held by them. These bonds which arc known as Citizen's Hank bonds were issued half a century ago to aid the bank. The State endorsed them and guaranteed their payment. The war so depreciated the lands in Louisiana that they became insulticient in value to pay these bonds, ami the State was called upon to pay. The Hoard of Liquidation paid no attention o this, and hence the suit. 8,000,000 Baloe. It is estimated that this year's cotton crop in the I'nitcd States will closely ap proximate eight million bales?the largi est crop that has ever been raised. The New York Star says that the im j portanee of such a factor in directing for] eign money to this country and thereby , aiding he restoration of normal business activity cannot be overestimated. In ti* nancial trade eitcles it is regard? d as the v princ ipal ground for confidence in tno e I tit urc. vi 1 loci tho Pcstmft8ter in Self Defense. '' ("aimioi/ion, Miss., [Special.] -The .? limiuary trial of Mi Ilridc for killing I. I*. Matthews, postmaster of this place, " hristmns day, was held before Mayor Carpenter. Twenty-five or thirty witcoses were examined, and after cxhaus ' ?ive arguments on the legal points involved, the court decided McBridc acted in self defense, and discharged him. *} Youthful and HopefuL Romr, Oa., Jan. 5.? igr away marriage occurred Miss Emlossa Pitts ivatl Andrew Jackson, na both of Etowah county, Alabama, were ial ' participants. Tiny parties were extor tremelv youthful in appearance, and were |n married Iceforc a very large crowd in the ordinarv's office. After tl.c ceremony yjj they returned to their home in Alabama. ?d- Fatal Doses of Koch's Lymph. Hie ... , ' Brtj A cablegram from St. Petersburg says: her Two patients, who were being treated by -i? the Koch system, died in the St. Peters .. .... lie "urP Hospital after receiving the third nlo- injection. The first*two injections was llrc one tuillograinmo (lose. The last was tern three millogrammes. Roth pAtients suf. tered intensely before death,