Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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%^S5t povcoty-fivc vessels be added to his ^~-<^^'cfcuhtry*8 armament, almost doubling its strength. Prolwbly no town in the United States ? , overjumped into popularity so suddenly as did the little railroad station of Westport, Decatur County, Ind., which has I fbeen proven by the census to be the cxaat center of population of the Union. Delaware is raid to have more living ex-Governors than hnv ntlmr Sfo*? i- ?* j wvuvi knntc IU IUU (Union. Five of them?B. T. Biggs, John P. Cochran, James Ponder, John W. HaM apd Charles F. Stokley?are < v * Still engaged in active business. '"^C Thc%Ncw York Herald estimates that *'the tea crop this year \yill be short ol the usual product by about 27,000,000 pounds. And in consequence of n little matter of 27,000,000 pounds shortage, the importers propose to run up the price ten cents a pound." ' The expenses of the municipal electric lighting plants in Paris, France, last year were $09,957, while the receipts wero $89,152. The balance on the right side of the ledger would seem an argument, thinks the Boston Transcript, in favor of ciuuicipal control of city lighting. In a speech to a delegation from tho "Workingmcu's Council of Industry, King Leopold, of Belgium, said that he had decided to plcdge^his support to the demand for universal suffrage, but not being a dictator ho inmtt leavo tho ques* tion to the nation to decade. A number of mauuljieturers of Germauy have determined to try a novel ex* pcrimcnt. In order to procure cheap meat for their employes, they have cstablished a number -6f breeding placet for rabbits. The rabbits will be sold to tho man ut the lowest possible prices. The experiment i j looked upon with favor in Germany. t Senator-Ilirfriusj 0f l^-lawarc, says that the whij^pii)g.p08t aud tho pillory are still rotated in his State, owing to tho factj^fit the Slate lies iu the neighself from beooming tho asylum of criminals from these groat centres. He is him- I * self opposed to tho preservation of theso forms of punishment, states tho New ..York Ti-iburus, although ho concedes that their preservation has a tendency to mako criminals give the State a wide berth. Tho whipping of to-day, adds the Tribunt, is merely nominal and in no way resembles tho brutal punishment of the past when the cnt-o'-nino-tails as a form of punidhmeut was first established. ,vr i- -I, . Manistee, an obscure town in tho interior of Michigan, is the terminus of a railroad that is operated in an unique manner. Tho road is known as the Manistee & Northeastern, and is fiftythree miles in length. It does a profit. able passengor biuiaen, and has neither stocks, bonds nor mortgages. It pays its bills in full on the 28th of each month. There is not one dollar of indebtedness on it, and never has been. The road was originally built to carrj lumber out of the woods, but as it was extended in mileage, passenger traffic _ was established. It is owned by Edwarc * Buckley and William Douglass. Betweer them all the offioes except general pas .Vbenger and freight agent are divided. ' Welshmen are looking forward -wit' peculiar interest, notes the New Yor iOfcserwr, to the census of 1891, because for tho first time, a olause has been it sorted directing an enumeration of a persons who-speak Welsh and Englii in Wales and Monmouthshiro, and of a vveisii-soeukiuK ycisons in England i well. It Is generally maintained th f there are more Welsh-speaking people existence at the present moment thi there were ever before. That the are more periodicals, newspapei pamphlets and books published in tl v : Welsh language, and, therefore, mc Welsh readers now than at any peric heretofore is very certain, and ad mitt on all hands. The other assertion neither so improbable as it might app< at first sight, when we oonsider the nu ?hereof Welshmen sottled in the nrinci| Principality in j~ 7* nad in^ 1 Z lt*0 "0,000 ta "*"<?*, . pm Z?T,bo A * ?? |L "?<> >H ?r.r ">'cklj w m LJ.' It Will Be the'Greatest Day the State Capital Has Ever Seen. Colukbia, S. C., [Special.]?Columbia's centennial celebration in May next is the principal topic of conversation ^ here, ana the proportions of the festival are such that a very great degree of interests is manifested in it throughout the entire state. The celebration is intended to commemorate the 100th anniversary 0/ Columbia's existence as the capitol of the state, aud the preparations that are being made for the eveut give promise | that it will be a festival worth coming ft, | hundreds of miles to see. It is very |C probable that the Columbia cnnul will be completed in time for the centennial and . this will lend an additional interest to the ^ occasion. Among the features of the ' centennial are an address by Wade u Hampton; a sham battle, the opposing ^ forces commanded by Hampton and Gordon, a grand parade and review, participated in by all the state troops and K many fr5m other states, civic societies, Mexican and confederate associations, M fire companies, old inhabitants, commer- ?n cial travelers, students, etc., the whole J 0( to be heAded by Governor Tillman aud c< staff and visiting officials; a grand iu- I 5. dustrial and allegorical procession on the night of May 15th, in which there will g. be one to two hundred magnificent floats, 8l some costing as much as $500 each; display of fire works by tho great Paine; a people's ball and serenade concert to !a which no admission will be charged. Besides these there will be racing, !' championship ball playing by the best 81 amateurs in the South, amusements at tho theatre, and dozens of otC'^r forms of amusement. Bi The form of decoration to be adopted 10 is the most unique and perfect ever tried ^ in this country. Each county of the state will erect a handsome arch over rli Main street. They will bo substantial M woodcu structures, handsomely painted m and artistically designed and festooned he with bunting, by committees sent here hi from the counties for the purpose. At Bi the centre of the street thc"City of Columbia" arch will cross, and at the entrance to the capitol the state.officers will erect an arch. p A TRUCE IS DECLARED. H di Wl The Alliance Makes a Contract fr>! A Supply of Jute Bagging. Atlanta, Ga., [Special.J?The Farm / rs' Alliance and jute bagging trust have cn made peace. The proposition of the Cordage Bagging company to supply nagging at 6^ cents" per yard for 1J ^ pounds. % of 7^ cents for 2$ pound bus l>cen accepted. _ These are maximum price!, and compct i^ at least halftiie iot^wp.^^^ ^ ;h Heretofore the farmers have obeyed tlic lit Alliance, although it caused them to buy fl< bagging at over $1 per bale extra cost. ei Now that the price of jute bagging is reduced, Alliancemen will adopt it. A Tho Cordage company represents all but one of the juto baggingTactorics m j the trust two years ago. The factory C( left out is said to be located in Charlcavon. . A. J The action of the Alliance leaves the f 4a kttn noifnn Knrrflrinrr i! UUUICIS 1IUO IU UUJ WVWM WMb?"'b ** '.hey prefer, but as jute is choaper, few e ?>f them, it is believed, will buy cotton " bagging. J ? t Ring-Tailed Monkeys in the Ever glades. } Tampa, Fi.a., |Special. |?Jack Kobe- f son, of Fort Meade, has been down in the Everglades since last October, survey- J ing. One day not long since, he raptured a genuine South American ring-tailed y liuiukcy, in the lop of a high truo down . there. The Indians have known these monkeys to be there for the last fifty years. -It is supposed that a vessel from Bouth America was wrecked on the coast, and that some of the monkeys aboard escaped to the Everglades, "where they have f thrived for half a century. I Hugh O'Neill, of New York, offered , Robeson $100 for the monkey to send as a present, but Jack refused to sell bis pet. ' However, he agreed to loan him for the i season, nnd It. T. Putton brought it up . with bim, intending to leave it in tlio great oak tree that stands east of the Tampa Bay hotel. Coming up on the steamer the monkey bit a boy who " teased it. and Mr. Patton took it to his k home in Sanford, where he will keep if ; , until it is perfectly tame; then he will ' bring it down'to amuse the hotel guests. Some of the bovs talk of organizing a 11 monkey hunt dvwn in the Everglades. ] h 11 CAUGHT ON A TRESTLE. m A Frightful Accident on ft Trestle ln! Neeur Lynchburg. Lynchburg, Va., [Special.]?A horri * i?le accident occurred on the N. & W. rs, milroad, six miles below this city Fri he !i,yA force of hands were working on t ,r? ' . e.stle when a train came on them uncx >d c :tedly. They tried to escape, and nil ad ucceeded by a close shavo except three, 'nines Dean was ran upon by the eDgin?? nd torn to pieces. A man named Bur** ton jumped 60 feet to the water below, m- ud while not Killed, was rendered un ?? .t.- _i 1_ t-??:..i i> *X \ "a wiVd^eg tlrriblj ?^ed ?vi cutnt t/fcrv^Hhfeftfltoifft CnurclPrhumlay ore' evening. It vu attended by an im,| mense crowd. Allifcg protectant minis! leva of the city acfn as honorary pall W bearers, and several ministers from a disq.| tance were present. The various Mason- i ic organisations of the city attended in a bo<ly. . | '? Itcv. Dr Garland read sketch of life ' e and work of the deceased which was fol- ' ( . 'owed by a most eloquent and touching !' . discourse by Bishop Oranberry. The re- , mnina were taken to Richmond, where, ! ' i after memorial services at C'eotenary #1 i hnroh the remains were iaterred in Hoi- jlywood, , I ,o WE NilWb OF A "WEEK. a ?< outhem Men And Measures Paragraphed. rowsy Chit-Chat and Telegraphic Dispatches From Many Points. | In Our Own and Adjoining States. ? . , \ VIRGINIA. f The Finance Committee of DnnviTTe is recommended high license aud want , tax each saloon 5,00. Simon Seward delivered a war address i Petersburg Thursday night before the i . P. llill Camp of Confederate Vet- ? ans. _ , j Robert. Bland shot and"4 Wiled ^Jitmes j egg, of Faoquier county, Tuesday night. The Carnaval do la Mer opened in ichmoiul Tuesday to continue ten days. ; Sales of leaf tobacco at Danville for ! [arcli, 45,000 lbs.; Bales for the first six out lis of the present tobacco year, 22,- I >0,000 pounds, an increase over- the ? u respouding period of last year of about 000,000 pouuds. Nearly twelve hundred barrrels of ureckle's sugar were delivered in Alex- ( idria Wednesday. The Old Dominion steamer Guyamlottc j nded at Norfolk Thursday the captain. ' >i? minus aim iour seamen rescued lrom . c sinking burkentine Addie P. GouUl < miles froin Wiutcr Quarter. At a meeting of the Albcrmarle and ' tlantic railroad directors at Virginia . ;ach it was decided to change the track standard guagc at once and increase e rolling stock. < Judge Brooke, of Norfolk, granted a ' ni ter to the Lambert's Point Knitting ills Company.. The company Is per- ' ittcd to manufacture and sell woolen, ' imp, flax and silk fabrics. The max- I mm capital stock is $100,000. Hon. irlon Myers is president. i T. B. Proctor, of the Parlor Car Com- 1 my, was run over and killed Tuesday f a passenger train on the Richmond, rcdericksburg and Potomac Railroad ithin a few miles of Milford Station, e attemptcdcd to cross the track a short 1 stance ahead of tlio moving train. He as 42 years old. NORTH CAROLINA. j A hrick and tile manufacturing cominy has been organized at Rocky Mount; pacity 40,000 per day. John Stcclo accidently shot himsftlf in e knee in Lincolnton, which has neccs- \ tatcd amputation. A young man named Moore was shot ' id killed from ambush in Pitt county, ..-j "* "J?" " Leir labors April 1st. A suite of offices tve been fitted \ip tftt. them in the first x>r of the agricultural building, at Rnlgh. A postoflicc has been estabfcshed at reunite, ltaudolph county. The prayer book of Lictenant Charles '. Ilnigh, of Fayclteville, who was killcl May 12, 1801, has just been returned 5 his relatives by D. F. French, Quincy, lass. The largest mortgage deed ever recordd in Forsyth county was recorded sevcrl days since. It was for a million and a elf dollars. The mortgage was given n the Wiuston-Wilkcsboro railroad to ho Richmond nnd Danville railroad. The building for Bingham's school in Lsheville will cost $35,000. This pays or eight ranges of barracks, a mess hall, Lilchcn and gymnasium. The contract ;alls for the completion of the buildings or occupancy October 31st. Thi? work will require more brick than any contract ivcr yot given in Aihvllle, oioeptlng the Vandcrbilt palace. "Uncle'- Billy Todd, of Charlotte, celsbrnted his ninety-third anniversary last week. He was deputy sheriff when tho old colonial courthouse, built of logs and aised on posts, stood in Independence SqiM?:3. Mr. Todd is a robust old man, and has never worn glasses in his life. SOUTH CAROLINA; The salaries of the Public School teachers of Charleston have bceu reduced all around ten per cent. The bank of Georgetown has bceu incorporated, capital $."i0,000. On Thursday night two colored men, Hemy Nesinith and Fowler Pressley, went fishing with a net in Wilson's lako, Williamsburg county, and were drowned. The Chat lesion, Sumpter and Northern Railroad has been inspected aud opened for traflic as far as I^amar in Darlington County, and it will soon got i 1. ... I-,....i: >d ii iin? lliruugll IU 1/aiiiii^iuii, v. II. v/H IV Henuettsvillel" is now the watchword ol the company. A military company has been organic ed at Williston with Sid Hair as captain and are drilling for the Columbia cen veooial. A great religious revival is in progres! at liccsville, Lexington county, conduct cd by Evangelist Leitch. The congregation of Grace Episcopa church, Anderson, which was injured bi fi.-e lately, will build a new church insteai of repairing the old one. Superintendent of Education Mayfiok has received a handsomely framed dipto ma from the committee on premiums a tne Paris Exposition. The diplom: gives the information that the education a! exhibit of South Carolina in 1880 at th Exposition lias been awarded this premi a5gi3^"^ho 8??l the committee. j toura*j?k,iIutw?!ah wa? 1 think, in (hom0,t. ee^_0; ot immJtlH 011 H it shall P Wv '?? 8Utea.? Conw9??iice <? ?|| "JJ, l' ? Tb,potl.ISlnnC9a*J>ffyal Ch,ttallM ,^*a di,f >>?/,'< / I ms 'been ST* New England capitalists. This road, 50 -miles long, makes connection with every industrial establishment in the city and its suburbs. While a large class of young ladies of he Girls' High School, of Knoxville, were collecting botanical specimens. Miss Mary Plunumr went too near the edge of > bluil and fell sixty-feet. She was badly injured. Ttcnresentatire Boyle has the credit of ( curing in the Legislature the restoraion of the nane "City of Memphis." lie did it Monday in the closing hour, ind the Governor has signsd the bill. The organization of a cotton compress Mnipauy with n capital stock of $100,>00 has been effected at Chattanooga. All lie stock has beei subscribed and a site lor the building sdeted. The promoters if the enterprise believe that this is the MBt siap toward^KM^^^^Chattaiiooga n V rthur Railroad has/been gunreye<?froni 'ookville to Chattattdoea, and from the latter point to Arthur, where it Will inlersect with the K., C. G. & L. and the llarrowgate extension. This liuc will >hortcn tbo distune* t*v mil xr folk and Memphis several hundred miles. GEORGIA. The U. 8. recruiting station at Savan)ah has been closed and Lieut. Terrell jono back to Augusta "with his two sergeants. A milinary company has been orgauzed at Fort Valley. Quite a sensation has been created nt Hillruan by rumors of burifed 'Spanish reasurc. A Spanish priest has written n etter of inquiry. The daughters of Rev. T. A. Harris, >f Wiuterville, have bought all the outfit for a hennery and rabbit farm. The city is clean, the citizens have 011 heir holiday Suitor*1"* everything goes merry as a marriage bell, says an Albany paper. . Councilman Henry H. Hicks, of An U'usta, convicted and sentenced to pay a line of $000 in the city court last week for keeping a gambling house, has appealed for a new trial. Charles Hondo, a German citizen, was assaulted by footpads, at Atlanta, Tuesday evening, and was knocked down, lie died Wednesday. Cordelc added $50,000 to her banking capital Thursday. Tho First National bank, was organized. Floyd and Wilcox counties will both erect new courthouses. A more geuemlly observed funeral never iccUned in Roue than that of Augustas It. Wright. The stores closed, and hundreds thronged tie First Baptist church, and there were ninny who stood on the Florida's law-maxers wiuyin ue assembled in Talluhassee. ' As far as lioard from, nearly ^rery memher of the legislature is going^o Tallahassee loaded with land assessment reform. The Florida Indians will be given lands in severalty. Hon. Jefferson B. Brown, of Monroe county, will ho among the most prominent candidates for the presidency of the Florida senate. Acts were passed at the 51st Congress for the erection of a public building at Tampa, Flu., and to establish a light station at or near Hillsborough Inlet. A contract was signed by Contractor James McGiffin, of Fernnndina, for erecting wharves and buildings for the tifty-thousand-dollar phosphate plant near the present fertilizer wharves there. The Carnival began at Tampa April the 1st and continued 4 days. The first day there was a grand firemen's tournament; second day, Uor^-lKeing; third day, annual regatfa oa^tV^WBay \ fourtV day, grand tournament for prize cup, ant races. A large number of orange and vegeta blc growers of Orange Lake, .Mcintosh Boardman, Evinstou and Micanopy, me and named delegates to appear before tin interstate railroad commission in Jackson ville to present their grievances. OTHER STATUS. A Texas postmaster has committei suicide because he was indicted for steal ing 40 cents. Alabama has undertaken the wor of laying out a route for a railroad froi Florence to Mobile, and any compan will be free toconsturuct the road. Nic - "* 1 -1'- ? ? ? Kw 4V tliousanu uonitrn wo ii|i|iiu|?iihcu ..j vt, legislature for the survey. Ex-President Cleveland has just give his check for a handsome amount in ai of the endowment of the Southern F male University at Florence, Ala. T) Rev. Dr. Bass, president of the Unive r sity, says: "I whs milch surprised the courtesy extended me by Mr. Clev land. This contribution is another e idcnce of his interest in education.1' a death bed"confession, , Which May Result in a Doom Man's Reprieve. ^ Columbia, 8. 0., [Special.]?T I death of W. J. Miller, of Leaphart c affidavit fame, has. brought to light-, Columbia, a second death-bed confess! I The confession was made to Miller's torney, John Bauskett, and if true i * justify Governor Richardson's repri tt of Willie Leaphart. In the confess Miller says that being employed as am e uensis for Patrick Cannon, father of V '* Cannon, Leaphart's alleged victim, lieArd of and read her letters declai * the l?ov> innocence. He acknowled aurrcptitioualy olM'" governor. _ carrying them to m);, ^\\\ c\e*T *' conteasfon, if bclioj?'** , of forge1? Gresham from tho^^L repri conaplracy to ?-? Celebrating th/JW^T* lftpccial.ACiiA n i.K8TOW, anmv celebration of the 10f the Moth* y of the eatabliahm^^^uth Carolina o Hniacopal church in thia city - ?[ at Old Bethel, iKr0in nearly ? .fates were present ?er. J- ? ,T\ ity in ih? atate. SV1 *ere dcU presided, and addraatl^L C01. SAUNDERS DEAD. North Carolina's Most Iioariiod Son Passes Away. Raleioii, N. C'., [Special.]?At 1 :-H? o'clock Thursday morning, Colonel William L. Saunders, Secretary of State ol North Carolina, who had I teen at the point of death for several days, breathed his last. lie was in the fifty-sixth year of his "age, and has beeu Secretary of State for twelve years, having been appointed by Governor Jarvis in 1871) to till an unexpired term. He was nominated ami elected to the same place iu 1880, 1881 and 1888, the Democratic convention breaking a long { established precedent against third terms ( by giving him the nomination the third ( time. his utamntil WMI "m North Carolina, as he has long been regarded, passes away. He has been a prominent figure in tinState for thirty years. Ha was a graduate of the University, and has for years been one of the Board of Trustees of that institution, haviug been secretary and treasurer of the Board. He practiced law iu Salisbury in 1850 and soon after became editor of the Sal- , isbury Banner. | identified with journalism. i He was afterwards prominently iden- J tied with journalism, and wielded a pow erful and trcuchaut pen. He was an arlent secessionist, and when the war broke out he volunteered iu the Rowan Rifle ] Guards, of Salisbury. Soon after he was appointed Lieutenant in Rowan Artillery, and went directly to Virginia. In 1802 he was appointed captain o*' the new company organized at Salisbury, and joined the Fourth North Carolina loops, wnicn afterwards became a pur! r.f Walker's Brigade, and later of Cooke's ' Brigade, and participated in many of the most important battles of the war. By successive promotion lie became major-lieutenant-coloncl and colonel. He was twice wounded at the battle of Fred cricksburg and again at the battle of the Wilderness, being shot through the mouth and neck. In 1804 he was married to Mrs. Florid.: Cotton. After the war he was connected with the Wilmington Journal, and later was associated with Mnjor P. M. Ilale as one of the editors of the Raleigh Observer, continuing till ho wns appointed Secretary of State. His remains were conveyed to Turboro Saturday where they were interred by the side of his wife. CAPERS OF A COUNTY CLERK. 1 David M. Morriaon. fWft rinnntrr Auditor. Bkistox., TkNN.?David H. Morrison, deputy clerk of Scott County Court, Virginia, it is alleged, has obtained by various sharp transactions and nppropri?ted to his own use from $10,000 to$J0,r.00 and left the state. His mode of pro- | vedure wus this: lie would take un- ! called for claims iu his oflice, raise the amounts by hundreds, forge orders from vtlieers for the same and send them to the auditor at Richmond and obtain the money, lie would also leave blank pages in writing up the proceedings of the Court, till them in with fictitious cases, make out bills of costs and draw the money. Iu one sucli case an alleged w itness named Kiuser from Kansas was nlowed $175. It is stated that he went over the books for several years hack and increased the costs and obtained the money. Morrison has been in offiec about a year. He married a lady living near Washington, 1). C., and it is supposed he lias been iu that city nearly a j month. An orrtcr tor his arrest bos been i issued. GENERAL PIKE DEAD. t t The Distinguished Confederate Sol 9 dior Passas Away at Hi* Home in Washington. Washington, D. I'., | Special. |? Gen. Albert Pike, prominent us a Mason ami i poet, died at his homo hero, at S o'clock 1- Thursday. General Piko was eighty-one years old k last December. lie was a man of reinarkn able vitality, and splendid physique, bey ing six feet four inches in height, and ie until last fall, when he was prostrated, ie was never known to have been sick in l>ed for even a dty. in His works include "Prose Sketches (j and Poetry." live volumes of icports ot e_ cases in the Supreme Court of Arkansas. ie "Nugft*,' a collection of |K>oms, ineludr_ ing the "Hymns to the Gods," and twe other similar collections. I'csides these, he has prepared for the order of Masonn T. a number of ritualistic and other woiks" in all about twentv-tive volumes. Ecclesiastical Wlieat Fields. AnnnnKEN, S. D., (Special.)?Som e(l months ago President Elder F. A. Bui dick called a meeting in this city of a the Methodist pastors of the Aherdce 'he district, and put before them the plan ? as0 sowing wheat for the liquidation ( iu church debts. The pastors look to tii on. idea, and after talk with their poop at_ found the fanners would furnish tl vi 11 land and do the work, if the ehurc cvc would furnish the seed. The general si lion eietics 6f the church, which have, the ,an- headquarters in the East, then took lu> loss *'ie matter and shortly announced th )tc tllc money Tor tlie seen siiouiu ue i<>n ring romjiiff. ??' Sco The I?er. Mr. Bunlick said lust eve g? *kng: "We bppo to have at least for in'.a acres of wheat on every chargs in t a>i?l Aberdeen district, and" on sonic as ma rhi? is sixty. As a matter of fact, the .('hut xlgc Bath lias already started the ball n and with sixty acres. The incoimv ?ve. this source will be applied altogether ward ihe payment of church debts, a fcry I confidently expect to see several cleai away before another winter." The er?1 Groom 80 and Bride 84. hI isl pon- Qukkn Crry, Tkx.,?Mr J. Nail t [)e|e. Mra. Hickman of this place were man ivory a da)'8 Ju*t?ce Powell officinti ilsou I The groom is 80 and the hrido i; er?d. I J'ea,a old. Both arc peart aud lively. THE FARMERS' ALLIANCE. Its History, Its Present Status and Its Aims, Koviewed in April Cosmopolitan by By W. A. Peffcr, United States Senator From Kansas. Senator PefTcv, from Kansas, hiis contributed a ltmgthy article upon the topic of "The Farmers' Alliance" to the Cosmopolitan Magazine of New York, and which appears in their April number. Following are some of the points covered: "At the city of St. Louis, early in December, 1881), a meeting of the Farmer's and Laborers' Union of America was called for thc^nrposo of hrilHfimr 1<H different bodies of organized farmers iq the country. Invitations 'had been sent out in advance to the officers of all these different bodies, aud also to the officials of the Knights of Labor, and they were all represented at this meeting. Conference committees were appointed, and ?i union for political purposes effected. They were not all merged into one, but virtually that was done. The object of Ibis consolidation was to iutlueiice legislation in the interests of farmers and laborers generally. The new body was to bo called the 'Farmer's Alliance and Industrial Union.' That is the name by "The Alliance is not partisan, hut it is intensely political. Primarily it is social, but there is n political feature, and this, after all, is its most powerful force, that which moves in public alburn; and though there was no disposition to jo into politics independently, it was understood jpon all sides that every possible olTuil which could legitimately serve the internals of agriculture and labor ?\u>u\<l bo put forth. The St. l.ouis couvcution adopted a political platform which has since been known as the St. l-onis de mauds. In time it became a very serious question with members of the Alliance whether they should operate thrmu;li the fliachiuerv of their old parties, or whether they should join with other workers in a new and distiuct movement for a redress of grievances which were universally con ceded to exist.'' "What, then, does the Fanners' Alliance demand as a matter of political lcgi-lationY Let us first understandthe coiulit ion < out of which this formidable power of the 'miners has grown. Agriculture is dclircsscd, labor is profitless, discontent broods like a cloud over the laud. The homes of tjic people are encumbered by an indebtedness which it is impossible to pay under existing conditions; they arc being sold by this thousand every year ;nses, arc out of tlic question, because with falling prices security woaKons; mid while property values go lower and low er, dollar vakiqp go higher and higher, and taxes, salaries and interest absorb all the people's'eernings, leaving nothing to pay on the principal of debts. Briefly, nearly if not quite one half of American homes arc mortgaged; wealth is fast passing into the hands of a few pefsons; money has become a power in politics as it lias always been in social life, and the same influence which is draining away the substance of the workers is undermining the church. Look what way we will, encroachments of the money power are plainly visible. It pollutes our elections, it controls our legislation, it de bandies our trade, it owns our homes. It rules the forum, the school an<l the church. It is king. "The great overshadowing problem oi the time, then is money. Fanners an not repudiators. They want to pay even dollar of debt they owe, and that ac cording to the letter and spirit of th contract ; but they are powerless to hcl themselves. They have no money an can get none at rates which will icliev them. When Wall street needs inoi money the President and Secretary of tli Treasury supply it out of the publi treasury; hut the farmer's appeal is nt heard. Give us money at rates of inici est we can atFord to pay, take our lam as security, and our debts will be paid f fast as the money can be counted. Ill this is denied us, and year by year, tl tyrant's grip is tightened. Farme must have money with which to pay the debts or many of th'cin must lose the homes. And this applies to all < wnc of land, in town as well as in oountr for the inlluence which has brought on half of us to the verge of mill will, if u checked, soou bring the other half there "The Farmers' Alliance, then, mea to dethrone the moucy power and tin emancipate the people. This does 11 , mean anarchy, it does not mean ropudi lion, it does not mean war; it means or 1 the rule of the people. The people v Oike eliaioo of their own affairs; tl ' will make and issue (heir own mon end charge borrowers only what handling of.it costs, just as they now with postage stamps, with court hou 0 and highways. That is the first and gi work to he done. With that will en " ninny other reforms, for every device 11 villainy which is supported by the ?f proper use of money will fall when props arc taken away." "And there is a great. social prohl 'e which is left, for the Alliance to solve. 10 is known in polities as the "South question." It has been made a foot-1 l>y politicians for party purposes, i ' that will settle nothing. It rcqu broad and brotherly treatment, and I al is a stranger in party politics. The ftt h crs will soon ' obliterate sectional li and local prejudices will give way as n" as the national sentiment grows ty spreads. At the Supreme Council of he Alliance held in Oeala, Floiida, last ny cembcr,.3*) states were represented. (ll delegates from every body of organ farmers in the country were presvnl Ito- participate or to confer. The nati I Alliance of colored farmers was hob ,e(j the same time and place anil frie greetings were exchanged. The bodies represented at least 3,500 voters. Every state Alliance is an ized to admit colored farmers to men ind ship. There is no distinction of ied among Kansai alliance people." ng. "Destroy the influenco of mono i 8*1 public ntTairs, restore the hdmcstcut save it to the citizens, secure to lah just reward, cripple the arms of avanee. give employment to the workers, purify politics, enact just laws, lighten the burdens of the poor, protect the weal:, a olish caste, establish justice, make commerce free, put the government in charge, of every public function, and the ni issue ??f ih?? Fanners'Alliance will have bee" ac utiplished." GEORGIA'S NEGRO COLLEGE. Lively Interest in its Location Showo by Colored People. * Atlanta, Ga.,?The refusal of Secrc t iry Noble to pay Georgia's share of the Match fund until provision was made I >r :he establishment of a negro college lets ^ ?? A at once jtrv^'Dted of tlic college in their localities. The negroes of Savannah offerci $15, 000; those of Americus, $13,000 ;* Milledgcvillc, $12,000; Columbus $10,000. The college will go to oue of these places. The most singular phase of the alTuir, however, is an endorsement for a scholar >hip offered by Elbert Head, now 72 years old, and formerly a slave, lie bought his freedpm and has amassed a iortune of $50,000. He writes; "On condition that the branch college for colored students is located at Americus I agree to convey the following described real estate, which I value at $o,000, to the trustees of the University reserving to myself a life estate in said property, the deed to be so framed that tiie income alone is to be used as a scliol nrsbin fund to educate the most needy and deserving students who may apple for admission to said college." A q\JAWT OF APPLEJACK. How It Has Mellowed Forty-two Years Despite Fire and Water. Ati.anta. C?a., (Special.)?The burn ing of the Madisotf Hotel reealls an interesting incideut in 1840, when it was building. Mr. L. Markham then deposited in one of the big front columns a piart bottle of apple brandy, lie wrapped the bottle iu a newspaper, put it in a small box, attached a string to the package, and let it down in a column about six feet high. The package bore the following inscription: "L Markham. Independent Order of Liberals, 18-19." The newspaper was a copy of the New York Express, and contained Henry Clay's compromise speech. The package iias remained undisturbed for forty-two years. The pillars will Ixj Fatal Explosion of the Boilor Steamer Near Savannah.Savannah, Ga., [Special.]?On Saturday night, while near Dohov, the boiler of the steamer Farmer, of the Savannah and Florida Inland Route, exploded. .lelT Mills, William Anderson, Stephen '.Innis (all colored deck hands) and .lack Watson (a colored fireman), were blown overboard and drowned. Two others who were also blown overboard, \vu> s - ivcil. The men were eating their sup or on the lower deck at the time of th: eident. Charlotte's May Festival. The programme for the second anuuul musical festival of the North Carolina Choral Association, to he held in CI arlottc May 5th and 6th, is as follows: May 5th,concert?Redemption Ilymr.: cantata. Fair Ellen; cantata, The Iioiy - City; patriotic song. "The Old North e \ Wntc," chorus, 300, with fuil orchestral l> accompaniment. <i May fltli, matinee?Miscellaneous pio e gram me, orchestra ami soloists: "Ou e Shore and Sea," solo, chorus and orcius e ira. < Evening concert, May Cth?Haydn s >t oratorio, The Creation; "Hnlclujab," clio i'- nis from the "Messiah." I* The Baltimore Symphony Oteho?tra t> has been engaged for the festival. to A Petition for the Pardon of Atnbiinm's Defaulting Treasurer. jj Biismixgham, Ai.a., [Special.]?Petitions are being circulated in every county v in Alabama asking the Governor to pnrdon Vincent, the defaulting State Treatsttrcr. now serving a fifteen years' term in , the Pratt mines, near this city. lie lias served four years, and the pet' ''' tion urges that longer confinement would in* ctpaivaleut to a death sentence. The movement began in Chambers countv, \.-1-.ere Vincent lived, nnd ncajW cvttv J man in the county has signed nie^peti ' '.ion. <t icy ? ey, Enlisting Indian Soldiers. : r. I.outs, Mo.,?Orders have been is"tt . ! Iran lien. M? rritt's headquarters in se* i is ? ity to begin enlisting Indians in the tvu egular army. In this department, Troon ,r* '. the 1th cavalry; Troop L. ofthc7tu ?f a,.,nv i 7th infautrv. nnd I " V l'""J -t . , ,in* I i'ojnjmny I. 12th infantry are to he comthe i, wijolly of I ml inns recruited from !)?. t i'.rv' iuH's, Arapahocs and Kiowna, mil v. ill In- assigned to duty at Fort Sill. 'it.nji iny I. 12th infantry, filled from the P|-ft 11j.* 11 ii?cs ionl the (.'omanches, will he hall vsij.-iifd to Fort Supply, Indian Territory, lino Indians are to be enlisted for live years and reecive the same pay as whites lint itmi negroes now in service. irm- ? - ? nea. yho Election in "Little Rhody." fust Phovidkhck, R. I., [Special.]?The.'.* " j e ns no choice by the voters at Wed nee-^^ ; ? lav's election for any candidate on tldj general ticket.. Tlic oHaomlyty-wMl-tyUuujl^BZ' ,l1"' Senate, republicans, 21; democrats, o' i/"d with six members to be chosen; Ilousc I to epublicans, 24; democrats, 23, 10 to^he onal -liosen. The vote for goTSrnor was Lin! at . is, dertioerat, 22,249: Ladd, republican, ndlv !t,805; Larry, prohibitionist, 1829; Bur" two mi. Nationalist, 884. t,()00 J S'V.J Ihor- Doctors say that white, as a nursery fiber- color, must go. Dark colors and heaviuc ( "l<" ^oods will keep away many of child V ill 1 hood's Si ' I Dan bury, Conu., produced 6,000,009 I of it* I hats last year.