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^ ~T^* ~ jut^p^^*- ~ ' Experiments are being made In Earo-1 ^^/PE SOUTHERN BRIEFS. J term of Hie Atlanta" university And "Vis I i t r r xStHS * yean navies with ' Captive balloons as I points of observation. From one up from a French ironclad, ships and -details of the neighboring coast coulc seen, in clear weather, for tweut twenty-five miles. With silk as the terial of the cable by which it is t rhe balloon could rise in calm weathe a height of four hundred yards, subject has attracted the attentio the naval authorities in Germany England. The Germ in Emperor, ,who ezpre at the conclusio'n of the recent scl conference at Berlin his dissatisfact with the manner in which Prussian 1 tory is taught, has, according to the port ot German paper3, commissioi . Profes??r Btengi^r, of ttxe oactec Buhi L at Litvherfelde, to write a newj^atorj P - * ^lbWa 'under the Hohenxollerns. ' work will serve, in the first instance, a text-book for military schools, but expected to bo used in time at the h schools of Prussia. j The Scientific American declares t' .' the need of fast war vessels was \% Illustrated by the resent incide it in 1 harbor of San Diego, Cal., when a Chil cruiser belonging to the insurgents < itered^the bay, anchored, t>ok on bo? recni)Ha, supplies of provisions, ansa nitlon, aud then sailed away. Thissh under the laws of nations, was in fac L |plratical vessel, and as such wis soiz |by {he Government authentic! at S (Diego, and a United States vessel plai jonboard and in possession. It it 1 ^J3hiliau rebels* paid no attention to i laws of the United States; tbey miy aid to have captured the place. Wl they had obtnino l ill the supplies tl wanted to assist them in carrying on u agalhst a friendly nation, they upbeat anchor and steams 1 away, carrying off a prisoner the official representative the great republic. This was a small s'r called the Itata, carrying four gut There is nothing to prevent the Chili rebels from seuding in other boats capture or bombard San Diego or otl ' towns along the coast. Indeed, wh the Itata was taking on supplies at S. Diego, other vessels of the rebels we hovering outside the harbor. We ha no navy worthy of the namo. and neai '' all our seaports are without proper <1 fenses. Like Siu Diego, they are at t mercy of any single piratical boat tl chooses to enter. This is a very hum iating position for a country like ours be placed in. All told, we have a p: of small torpedo boats, half) / dozen so of small cruisers, and an Vjunl uu ber of larger vessels. There should fifty ships where now there are oi , Every harbor in tlie country should guarded by efficient sentinels consist of vessels of high speed, ready for staht action, to maintain and enforce 1 authority of the republic." Says the Pittaburg Diipatch: Some 1 vtl\3 <? is n ?US lelegtapb are rapidly making one peo] if all that dwell on the face of the earl They are destroying the national peci iarities of the dress of men in the-cou tries of Europe by giving them the sty! if everyday clothing from London,whi ... f. is the great centre of traffic for that p ' if the world. Ready-made garmci from London are sold in the- shops Amsterdam, Berlin, Vienna,Copenhag< ^Christiana, Stockholm and St.Petersbu ^ ind in many of the smaller cities, wh obtain their supplies from the great oi in the list or fym London direct. For srly an English sailor could be read distinguished from a Danish or Swed one, and each of these from the other his distinctive costume, but at the pr ... - jnt time all of them are dressed alii .jmd quite possibly their garments ci Bp ?ruiu mo iwmu muvurjr. ruty years t v the homespun garments of New Enj^la , differed from those of the Western < Southern States, and these again fr those of Canada, but nowadays the hoi spun has been largely driven out "store clothes/' which have found tl way Into the great majority of the to* riad villages all over the land. Theb oess of manufacturing clothing on l"T theory that every garment that is in will fit Hnmnhndv unrl find *. miatstme Increasing year by year, and though ana trousers thus created are sold t price that defies competition on the i 's. of the weaver of homespun, the ti seems to be a profitable one for all < g corned. In many of the large establ ments the cutting Is done with g rapidity, the cloth being piled in th j^i_yi;oeae of 100 or 200 layers, which are by a One saw that follows a metal patt under the guiding uand of a singte op tor. Thus, with the aid of machin one person oan do the work of fltt ,. cutting of garments; the sewing mact follows cloeely and rapidly, and in 9) way the whole world.is clad.* With *' clothing of one pattern, and the telegi # laying before us every, day all the r of the world, we are not only drcr alike, but thinking and talking of * tam# things at the same time. me position. Governor Nortlien has notified the lessees of convict labor in Georgia that thc.v must effectually separate nil women in their camps from the men. Many carloads of luscious south Georgia watermelons have already been shipped. The melons are of good size, jnicv and well developed. The ex-con federate soldier, in Lee county, who says that he has one leg and one wife, certainly deserves the sympathy of the Confederate Veteran*' Association. A novel suit is on trial in the superior court at Atlanta. Mr John W. Kcely went to the depot at Palmetto to get some freight. He says Mr. Killinn, the depot agent, was intoxicated and attacked him with a gun, pointing it at liiin and also.drew a knife oe him. For this treatment.he sues the West Point road for $5,000. ^ the fiirth of Jefferson ^avisa'tegml^^P day, was passed by the locislhturc. Thomas P. Gray, president of the Medical Association of Florida, and for several years mayor of Ocaln, is dead: aged 'ifty-six years. Rails are now being laid on the seven niles of road connecting the new mining own of Phosphoria, near Winter Haven. Fla., with the South Florida road at Bartow. The legislature passed a joint resolution providing for the equitable distribution of the fund provided for the more complete endowment aud support of the colleges for the benelit of agriculture and the mechanics' arts. sent I tho Knowing That Variety Is The 1 be Spice Of Life, y or ma- We Present to Our Renders All the teld, Home News, Fresh, Spicy r to And Condensed. The n ?l VIRGINIA and A monument to the Confederate dead was unveiled iu Fredericksburg, ssed A stock company has applied for a lr>rii franchise to build nn electric street car line at Stnunton. An unknown colored man was found dead his- in one of the large pipes of the Princess re- furnace at Glen Wiltou Tuesday, ned The corner-stone of the new Masonic >ol i!"ll ot Gljw^'Ow wBtofaid bj tho Grand ' Lodge of .Masons. - . ; ae in Staunton Thursday. ; ig The claim of a colored girl at Carring. ? ton for $93 agaiust the Chesspcakc and Ohio railroad for the loss of a valise was settled Tuesday by a payment of $20. Cordial greetings have passed between 1^ the commercial bodies of Norfolk and Louisville, ou the occasion of the opening of the Norfolk and Western and the :ho Louisville and Nashville roads, ian The people of Virginia have been J:1. invited to send delegates to a convention . to be held at Pulaski, July 4th, at which irJ it is expected plans will be perfected for iu- an elaborate display of the State's rcip, sources and progress at Chicago in 1893. t a NORTH CAROLINA. mi The Seaboard Air Line has issued jv, orders for the erection of a handsome pas. senger station, with beautiful grounds, at e Henderson. t|10 80,000 acres of land in Caldwell county tie have been sold to an agent of a Russian be society for the colonization of Jews. iCD In the examination before the Exauiiners of the State Medical Board. Russell Bellamy, of Wilmington, won the rir first prize. There were 60 in tlie'class. red Suburban real estate in close proximity m to the larger Southern cities is receiving unusual nttcution this season. Three weeks since there was a very succcsful llP large sale of lots near Charlotte. " A special from Washington, D. C., an says: The CensusOflicc to-day gave out to the tobacco statistics of North Carolina. The total number of planters in the State lor during the census year 1890 was 27,250, ile the total area devoted to tobacco 97,077 ln acres, the total product 36,375,258 pounds and the value of the crop to the !r0 producer, estimated on a basis of actual ve sales, $5,175,833. fgr -ro^i^^cdYft^ay, IfiMfVy* " colored, assistant postmaster at Halifax, was convicted of embezzling a thousand lat dollars from the government and senj|. tenced to eighteen months in the peni' teot'nry at Columbus, O., and fined $400. J SOUTH CAROLINA. or Rock Ilill now has street cars. m. The goods and chattel? of the Experimental Station are being moved to Clcm"9 son College, Ft. Hill. A stock company is being organized to be build a cotton compress at Darlington, ina Capitalists have incorporated the Altajn Vista Land & Improvement Co. to build ^ a new town near Hamburg. J. C. Cary is organizing a $250,000 stock company for the purpose of erecting a cottou mill on Little river, near Seneca. The Board of Canal Trustees have desIguated Mavor McMaatcr, Aldorman rrrspdrtea and c,ugiueei unity or ;h. bia a siicclal' committee to prcpa-c a ah pamphlet upon the history and possibilities of the Columbia canal, n* < , The lice planters of South Carolina and Georgia who have depended for so long ich on the State of the rivers for tho inunduart tion of their fields are now experiment- I j iug with artesian wells. Water is secured at a depth of 60 to 200 feet, and the ?' supply lias been abundant in every iubq, stauce. r?. ? 0 . Wanner, secietary of the South Ich Carolina Horticultural Society, and a veteran gold miner, is preparing for exie* tensive gold mining in the vicinitj of m- Spartanburg S. C. The company with ily which he is connected has purchased a . water-power for the s'ainping in'lls, a nd hat secured options ou 27,0'JO. acres of by land on which it will prospect. He bees lieves that the ores there will-assay $15 o ke, lon* ' : ' : lm? TENNESSEE. ?go Dayton is to have a pearl button manind ufactory. ^ Capitalists are organizing a stock ^ company to construct a steel plant at 001 South Pittsburg me- A company represented by II. F. Starke, controls about 75,000 acres of land in Fentress. Overton and Pickitt e" counties, nnd will sink oil wells on same. VQS The war department has approved the usi- allotment by the Mississippi river comthe missiou of $15 000 for the improvement , of the channel nt the Memphis grain cleaf,e vator. ir is In the United States court at the Nashville, Judge Jack appointed Boyd , Ewing, of Chattanooga, receiver of the 1 Cardiff Coal and Iron Company, of Boane county. This is an insolvent co-op ftda eration, owintr between ftRflO oiw? ?n?i ,on. $400,000, and having nsrets nearly the ! aame in value. i * In the notorious libel suits of Revs. Manker and Sampson vs. Dr. T. C. Cnriok tar, a decision was rendered at Cbattat nooga by Judge Trnysor, overruling the demurrer filed bv the defendant, Tt ?? srn, one ui xne must, sunsiuioimi eases tu me ers. church history of the south. Carter is charged with adultery uitd made counter charge against Snmpson. All the par7 in ties are doctors of divinity, tine GEOROIA. this par|j now has two young our Mexican lions. r*pk Americus is getting ready to entertain ?ews ferry Simpson, the Cockles* statesmen ling from Kansas, who will speak in that city next month. t 1 F.x-Oovernor Bullock has been unanimously elected a trustee for four years' . ... i lie East Coast Canal of Florida will, when completed, be 300 miles long. It will then be a waterway for river strain ms from Lake Worth to St. Augustine, iml will enable the latter city to become the distributing point for the fruits and vegetables of the Indian river country, anil for other large areas of fertile lands. The most difficult part of the work will be in crossing the four miles of the Matangas divide, where quicksands will probably be encountered. OTHER STATES. A fatal and distructive water-spout occurred in Green county, Tox., a few days since. It has been estimated- that Louisiana alone will call for nearly $10,000,000 of sugar bounty tjiis season. The completion of the jetties at the mouth of the Brazos river, in Texas, is announced. These consist of parallel warn 565 feet npait exti nding to deep water a distance of 5,000 feet. This work has cost$1,800,000. The cotioiHbiuiatlon*. ' The New York Financial Chronicle brings itscottou faetsdown to last Friday light. It says for the week ending Friday evening the total receipts have reached" 30,006 bales, against 33,082 bales iast week and 38,501 bales tho previous week, making the total leccipts since tho 1st of September, 1800, 0,783,013 bales, against 5,757,028 bales for the same period of 1889-90, showing an increase since September 1, 1890, of 1,026,885 bal. s. The export for the week reach a total of 46,405 bales, of which 33,323 were to Great Britain, 090 to Franco aud 12,009 to the rest of the contiuent. The speculation iu cotton for futuie. delivery at New York has been fairly active for the week under review, with prices making rather wide variations. There was much depression on Monday, when August contracts sold at thirtythree points nretirw - \*tv imprest nrit"tT TmrfTeairmirTiTe middle OT May. 1 his decline from a pvice already low brought in buyers to cover contracts. Gn Wednesday the next crop advauccd a few points on reports of au adverse crop account from the slnte hiirenn of lloorirhi which said the condition was only 75 and the acreage decreased 15 per cent. This influence and its effect upon the Liverpool market caused on Tuesday general buoyauey, which was maintained throughout the day, the latest figures be ing among the highest paid Many who had been "short" for mouths covered their contracts. But the demand was pretty well met by the room traders, who bought on Wednesday and were sellers to realize profits. The receipts at interior towns fell off materially, and this fact was an element of strength. Friday there was an early decline in sympathy with a reduction in value at Liverpool, where excessive supplies and dull trade in Manchester are apparently dominating influences; but after the last call there was a buoyant mnrket, in which tho early decline was quickly recovered, owing to reports of a severe drought in the southwest. Cotton on the spot de' clined 1-ltlc. on Monday and again od Wednesday. At the lower prices a com paratively large business was done op Thursday for home consumption. Friday the market was firm, but quiet, nt 8}c for middling uplands. Tuc total sales for forward delivery fo? the week are 309,000 bales. For immediate delivery the total sales foot .up 2,043 hales, including 175 for export, 1,808 for consumption. The figures indicate an increase in the cotton in sight of 805,780 bales as compared with the same date of 1890, an increase of 815.318 hales as comnared with the corresponding date of 1881), nnd an increase of 892,081 hales as compared with 1888. Reports by telegraph indicate that the temperature hns in general been favorable for cotton. The outlook in Texas is quite promising. ' ? ? - -M (The G. X. ft W. Get# a Xscsivsr. A Charleston, 8. C., dispatch, says: In the Uuitcd States court to-day II. O. Iteattfo was appointed permanent receirer of the Carolina, Kuoxvillc dnd Western Railroad, with a f 10,000 bond. Holdeis of bonds of the road are required to prove their bonds before the clerk of the court. Tiio suit was brought by the National Bank of Augusta. This maker the third railroad in this state now in the hands of a receiver, t be others being the South Carolina and the "Three CV 1 roads. AUDI A rwjfi 1WFAKTJHEH'J Mr. Tillman Explains the Positi) of The Farnwrs' Alliance. It Will Not Supp6rt the Action the Cincinnati Convention?Proposed Confederation With Labor Organization*. Washington, D. C., (8pecial.]?' the question of whether the Farmei Alliance is supporting the Cincinn; episode Mr. Tillman, Secretary of tl National Executive Hoard of the Fti mors' Alliance, siid: "The National Fu nurs' Alliance is not supporting the a tion taken by the Cincinnati CDnvei Hon." - "How was the Cincinnati Convtnth called ?" ' .1 * "It was called by a^Ar. Pov-era, ?V? ,4Did not aw "n ^^^^AlHance?nsec delegates ?" "Not by authority or consent of its m iiotin I officers. I am told delegates wei sent there by State Alliances from on] two States, and I doubt if they were sci upon a basis of representation. Tl Cincinnati Convention appoiutcd a con inittee to confer with Alliance men o the '22ci of February next." "What, in your opinion, will be th outcome of that conference in regard t the subject of a third purty movement ? "I do not know the shape political nl fairs may take by that time, but I am c the opinion that the two old parties wi so endeavor to meet th demands of th farmers that there will be 110 necessity fc a third party." "Suppose neither of them does!" "Thcu I belivea large majority of th members of the Alliance in the South wi remain with their respective parties." Will the National a pal tv, undertake a third party moVemco' in your opinion ?" "The Nntional Farmers1 Alliance is nr n political party. But iivauswer to yot question I would say it will not, becaus it is absolutely non-partisan. Fanners c all political parties can become membei of tiic Fanners' Alliance." 4'What is the Farmers' Alliance, Hi Tillman ?" 4'It is the greatest and grandest orgar ization on caith. It means the creates good to the greatest number, aud absc lately dctei mined to have exact justic I to all, and special favors to none.* W have, standing together, from five t eight millions in co-operation, and hav more members than any organizatioi known tohistoiy, nnd the Order is bt coming inorc powerful every day." * "Vffi. say it is not a political porty?cjJis missionary encn^jjSaKF5$few /monopolists from confreR^f ever] thii*b aiu' '3 Salvation enough to sa% this(o?nntry. The farming and laborin people are fast coming to know bow t stick together and what organizatio mcai?8. They have the nuiyliers and cn conB?' politics: that is take it from tb hand? *ew an<* P'ace back *n band? ?' tbe many- We arc rapid! burviu'*'1^ sectional jealousies and se< tional st*ife 'n interest of the class? who fee" and clothe the world. ' i<Yoi' said before, 'the Farmers' All ance is absolutely non-partisan.' Yo sav now'? 4they have the numbers and ca couiio'' politics.' What do you nicnu i ct^ghu orgonizatiop, I mean it ia al 80iutc]v poo-partisan: but its numbers ar absoluteNL?a c'entJy Er?at j" ,tb? tw old paitic" 10 coable the Alliances t capture botVnd \? ,COntr?1 ,hT }?t n lievc the opnr?W^fcr?,ng and ,abo yog v "IT tltat is the povpoae of the Farnjct Alliance, do you mean to say that it. not a political organization?" 44The Fanners' Alliance sprung to li from the necessities of more than thre fourths of our people. The Nation Farmers' Alliance cannot become a poll ical party, because it is composed < members of nil political parties, at there is no paity significance iu it. Bi in answer to your question, I may sr that there is big political significance ' it, but not party political significance.' "Then there are not likely to he ar immediate developments by your organ zations fov a third party movement?" ' Then the Alliance will not put out ticket this fall?" "None whatever." "A New Yo'Ti paper Bays that Lieu Gov. Jones 1ki3 vhe support and contr of the Farmers' Alliuace in his eanva for the Governorship of that State, that a fact?" "There is not~lTw0^roir~ lfuth in : The Lieutenant-Governor Cannot conti the Alliutice,%or have scything to ? with it." "Suppose he should become a meraitx With toe familiar legend of 'Jones, pays the / eight.' I suppose he has e oca eel himself to the f.-tnueis tlfts.a, am if he so desired,' mi,^ht. be welcomed tiie bosom of the Alllauce." "Mr. Jones is not eligible to mcnitx ship in the Farmeis' A'Timce, if he is, I am informed, a laigc manufactun This not only debars him ftora mcmlx ship, out places him,' wit h all other li! manufacturers among tho>e whom t! Fa.uicrs' Alliance has seen cause to d clarc its enemies. Therefore, we are n supposed, nor or we likely, to set a pr cedent of going into tho ranks of our c mies for mate-ial for Governor or ai other Stalo officer." "It has liwn said that the. Farmer*' / lianco is now working for him.1' "By what authority?" "Ncwspapc ant ho'itjfc" . "Wc have of'.c.i b^eir-?jivtrrdtr?to< from nowspa|>c?t (:i!!in$?j$to *hc error uninlenilojcl'y nrarcMe oji'hig it*." "1 havo heard (koine talk of the Ci zens'Allitio*c. What telation hn* tl to the Fannesa' Alliance?" "It is, a kindred organ!*?tion for hi 'nboring men an arc ineligible to I 1 Farmer*' Alliance by r*(pQ9 of their r< lenco within city limitaj -The t itize i Alliance is to the lttborl?K'f?lans <ft \ i < iticH as the Farmers' Altyface is to 1 ) farmer* of the country "Arc they indepcndM. organizatii ' or do they work togethm" "They are inde)iende?u far aa tfc n organizations arc concerned; but thcr " a friendly understanding and confedi tion between them." Ul "What is the purpose of that con! \ oration?" "For co-operntion and protect \ alike." ?? "Arc they so confederated that Citizens' Alliance is uuder the direct lof the Farmers' Alliance?" \ "I have said that they have copfet toed and can co-operate. They growing rapidly." To Y'How about other organi/.atio rs' HA\v about the Knights of Labor?" iti VWe have also agreed to a confedi he tio^ with a number of other organ ir- tioits includinir tln;,Kuights of Labor. ir? "What are they?" c- "Patrons of Husbandry, Citizens ' n liance, Kuights of Labor, the Faun Mutual Benefit Association, and Noi )D western Allianco, which helped kill galls, set Wade Hampton one side, J|^ put Palmer in the Scuate, made a ^WHiovcMors, several State Legislatu . SIR JOHN IS DEAD. id tl The Premier of Canada Breat. re His I<a*t.-- -An angements for ly Tho Funorai. it r< SIR JOHN A. UACDOXAL.D. Attawa, Ont., [Special.] ? Sir Jo i- Macdon&ld became unconscious aud ii mained so until he died, til '0:15 o'cloi ?- surrounded by his entire liou.sehold. I e the church bells are lolling, and llio e sands of citizens me expressing deep i c grct at the premiers' demise, e The fuDcral took place Tuesday. 1 a body was removed to the senate chai > ber and iav in state for four 01 five hou Interment subsequently took place - Kinston, Ont., where the premier's li TO TELL. ' A Remarkable Case of Bone 3 8 poliation, Unparalled in Medical Circles. u Asiieville, N. C., [Special. ]?Dr. ie E. Bales, of C'aney Branch. T- int., it* been in this city attending the S |y Medical convention. Dr. Bales tells c > wenderful and almost unparalleled c ;? in medical circles. The subject lives Caney Branch, and her name is ]N i Sarah Neas. Sjieakiogoftheca.se to n representative of The Commercial, r. Flules said: !" "I have been Mrs. Neas's physician j. iwo years. She is seventy-ouc years c age, and weighs 120 pounds, and o cejrt the disease spoken of is in gc o health. About twenty-one years a; ?. while ironing, Mrs. Nona scorched the r- dex finger of her left hand, and ou same evening cut the same fingev or V broken dish. The niglrt following i? wouucl gave great pain, and the fit wa3 badly swollen anil the cuticle fc tended from the end of the finger. 1 c *he cut off with scissors. She suff< al iuressant pain fov two months, at the i t. of which time the bone exjioliatiou bef T + -1 t- 1 ui i ?? iiictu ?jumuicurcu in cue pnianges 01 id lingers and as the disease progressed at loreana became involved. The huim iv has not yet beeu affected. Expolial in 'akes place spontaneously. Ten mini ' before it takes place the patient is sei iy with intense pain, which continues u i- (lie hone is expelled. No pus lias e lorined, and what seems to bo n remarkable iu the case is tho fact that a ?K>ne seems to be immediately repla by gome process of ossification. none does not always make its appeara t on the surface instuntly after break 0v loose, but occasionally is one that i ss be some hours moving down the a y# They move an inch or so rapidly, i Ihc-n rcmaiu stationary some time, t move further until they reach the bact j the hand and then appear on the surfi a On one occasion I was called very In edly to see her. On arrival I fount bone lodged in her throat. I icmo I*' the boue and she informed me that had swallowed two bones previous to T* irrival. While talking to her a bone ' inch ia length was axpeled'from her i 0 The bonee expelled to to date n' jr ber 526." as ? "" ~ ? FAILED TO MATERIALIZE. ke be The Ballot Reform Convention * * Charleston. lOt e Charleston, 8. C., (Special.],n. ballot reform convention failed to n 0y rialize. Eight delegates and two n paper reporters were at the hall at 11. nour of noon, and these agreed ui mously that the whole thing is in thes the eight delegates who were present ing that their only purpose in atten was to move an adjournment in cai 0f quorum had been present. This was a most audacious at tern l|i. split the city democracy delegates ii int bffbt between the two win^s of the ] to the regular democratic convei ich which has been called to meet July ll,e There is no doubt that the reform n ment lost considerable strength h; tactics adopted by the oftice-secki its ranks, but it is still in good fig H,e trim, and a close battle may be exp< n July. >ns " Molasses can be brought from Cul teir ? tank vessel for two cents a gallon. c i9 THE PRESIDENT INVITEI era ed* Seventy Delegates Wait on Presider ion Harrison, the iou And Cordially Urge Him to be Pre? ent at the Inter-States Expositor tion of all the Southem States. ns? Wasmnoton, D. C., [Special.]? C p' A- ,t' out seventy persons representing a| '/11- Southern States, waited on Piosidcu Harrison and invited him to attend tli to attend the exposition to he held a Al- Raleigh. N. C., in October and Noveii ers' her next. The party was headed b rth- Senator Rausoin, of North Carolina, au In- Patrick Wa'sh, of Augusta, Georgii and and included Mayor Badger, of Raleigl few Col. A. B. Andrews, of Richmonc tfs, Maj. R. 8. Tucker, Colonel Burgoir Gov. Holt, of North Carolina, intende to be with the party but was not able t come. The President received them i tlie cabinet room. Senator Rausot made an eloquent address, inviting tli President to Raleigh and assuring him c a warm and hospitable welcome. The President in reply thanked tlier for their cordiality and the impressive ness of their invitation and said it wa very gratifying to him to feel that the; had come so far for such a purpose. Their invitation called for serious con i | sideration on his part, but he could no | ?.cu ?iinf up would lie able to do a | tho time of the exposition. He said li Q knew he would be received with kind y ?css, ns he iiad recently had very eon elusive evidence on that point. He re grettcd that it was not his privilege t> pass through North Carolina on his re cent trip. He. rmit-im""1 *. uu-i * U isc at this tunc, indeed I am very chai r R, about promises. Public men have bee severely criticized for making promise rtliev could not perform aud I have mad a strict rule not to make promises f There is much cloubt about the futur * state of public business lor me to antici pate what I may be able to do. Yoi will bear in mind that October and No vcmber arc apt to lie busy times witl the President in connection with the as "n scnibling of Congress and in discharge o my constitutional duty. T must try U enlighten congress as to the affairs of tin * " country. So you sec it will not he easj u* for me to get away in the fall. I am it rc" full sympathy with every movement fo display of our magnificent development he and material prosperity in the arts o m" science. * 1 will hear your invitation in mine and will try to arrange my affairs so a ?X^fffiR.nUt'" Presentation volumo is a large silvc hound and clasped book, 14 by 28 inches Ex- Covers of native North Carolina pin? panelled with natural curled pine. Eigl pages of elegant design on each coves Within is framed an invitation printe T. 011 a large tobacco leaf of far-fame has North Carolina golden leaf. On the lea tate 12 by 24. 011 the left is printed, >f a "The citizens of the southern sectio ase of the Union extend an earnest invitatio af to Bcnj. Harrison, President of th Irs. United States, and his Cabinet. 1 a tin another tobacco leaf of the sam Or. size is the following: "To visit them as the Capital City of the 'Old North State for during the Southern Exposition 111 Oc t and Nov., 181M." ex- Above and 011 each side of both leave iod arc bunches of rice grown in North Cai go olina, and below are bolls of open eotto in- representing agricultural products the Below are sheets of mica, represent in ' a industrial products of the South. T1 the back grouud of the black velvet line igcr with gold cord and handsomely frnnu cx- with plate glass. rbi* Similar imitations in port folio for led wii| he presented to each member of tl end cabinet. Mr. Walsh then addressed tl fan. President on behalf of the Augusta, G:i the Exposition and the President said 1 the response to the other invitation npplii sins equally to this, tioi. " ? ,tcs TREASURES UNEARTHED. zed mil sver Long-Lookcd-for Hidden Gold ai lost Other Valuables, the j vjrnii fxeiu'iiK'iu prevails among t p. people of Kershaw, S. C., ov<r (he fin nee 1$UM.000 in gold and other vain :?le t'ensure which were buried in tb will neighborhood twenty four years a; riu when Shet man's army was passii and I'tough South Caiolina. j The oHicers of the Camden bank cc . . leeted the money and jewelry anil hroug it near Hanging Koek creek, Kevsln nri county, to bury it. They were captui by Sherman's men and forced to give i la,,.. ? ^ their tiiasure. she The soldiers, in turn, appointed one iheir own number named Khodes to bt *[ it. Among tlie treasures was a g< ^ piteln r presented by the ladies of Chat I ton t?> Calhoun. < )n his death lied, 111,1 few days afterward. Hie des satd he h 'oveitd the m ney near an old mill, I the past twenty-four years rations part have been digging for the buried treasu but without success. I.ast Friday nig however, it was secured bv a Mr. Ifltod in brother of the man who buried it, tint Mr. Swaggart, both Northern mi ^ Tney have disappeared. uate ew80,0 Hebrew Woes in Russia. nani- A St. Petersburg cablegram says: T ioup, inbbis of the principal cities of Rust tsay- have ordered a dnv of fasting, nravcr a ding intercession agains t pcrsei ution. 1 ve a newed rumors arc current that the .lew i merchants of Hi. Petersburg intend pt to quit the city. Among those mention a the asfthout to leave are PoliakulT, the im party way king, and Budzki, the sugar refin ition, " 28th. ? 1 nove- The Barca-at Scandal. frs^n ^ cablegram from London says: In hti Baccarat ease Sir Kdward Clarke ;ctou plaint if! follow ed Sir Charles Ross Sir Kdward made a sensation by ray it would be impossible for authorities strike the name of Sir William flort >a In Cuniming frotn the army list and lei Prince of W.tW name thereon. >. OFF FOR THE FAR WORT#? Departure of Lieutenant Pcarj's K? pedition for Greenland. UEUTEH4HT (j A thousand people stood on the pier at the 0 foot of Baltic street, Brooklyn, on n recant n afternoon at three minutes offlve o'clock audi n frantically waved farewell to the stanch lit' e tic barkentine Kite as she started away for ,f Greenland. All day the Kits was surrounded by a crowd of people, who curiously looked n i at her crew as the* hurried on board boxev i- and hales of merchandise to l>e used in the s I Arctic voyage. Then there were raanv neo v pic 1111 ne crowd who came down to the vessel to say goodby to friends, and as a result 110 great European stoainer ever had a more enthusiastic departure than did the little t Kite as she bore away the members of the I North Greenland exploring exoeditlon of c ,s:!.V"' ! ne party of scientists, of which Professor Angelo Heilprin is in command, were ow board the ship early in the morning. Thor were assigned to bunks aft, and soon bad 0 their goods stored away. They comprise Professors Keniamin Sharp and J. P Hall. ^Kil^ists; Dr. W. r- Tttiii nr. uooert N. Keely. v The immediate party with Licutenaus ' Peary, aside from himself and his wife, consisted of Dr. Coak. Professor Astrop, John 's M Verhoef. Matthew Henson and Lieutenc ant Peary's colored valet, i. A party of twenty ladles came to the pier e to wave farewell to Mrs. Peary and to compliment her on her bravery in going on an Arctic expedition. Mrs. Peary enjoys the J distinct ion of being the first lady represent*, tive of civilization to brave the ice and snow 1 of Greenland. ' Veil will not see many roses in the frozen ; North, ' said a lady to the brave Mrs. Peary 1 as she handed her a magnificent basket of > J roses, "so we thought we would give you a ; pin ting floral tribute." I The lloral gift was carried into the litti* ' six feet square cabin, iu which Mrs. Peary 1 will ry to do without the usual feminine r i boudoir, and ns the gift was gigantic in ite t I ? v * if quite filled all the space that was not f | occupied by luggage. I His crew was a picked one. Er_*ry ji- i , | was a splendid specimen of hardy manhoo t * and thay "gavo way'- with a will an 1 sojii ^ y?v'''?y VHot JatAes fyihbone, who^took the Lieutenant Oreely '.T party out of port'in 18S1 on the Pfoteu#. ?. Three long blasts from the Kite's w.iistle , aver sounded. A fat little tug responded '! with n shrill scream, and then towed the littie Kite out into the East River, where I'- she was headed for the Sound by way of d Hell Date and 'hence for Oreenlan !. f Desire of Colored Men to Becor e White. Nf.w York City. [Special. ]?Bishop n Turner, a colored prelate of the Afric*.u 0 Methodist Episcopal denomination, made some* curious statements about colored e people in his sermon of last Sunday iu luookhii. He spoke of a desire of colored men to become white, and expressed his disapproval of such a desire on their pad. He told of a colored lady who s assured bint that she would gladly bo skinned if skinning would leave her II white, and he alleged that she fell in his esteem after making this remark. He 6 said that a great.many colored people be \ieved that they would turn white on go. ing to heaven, but be informed them that they would not thus lose 1 heir identity in the resuriection. m The New York Sun commenting on the ie i sermon says: We n.e disposed to say th.lt I we are inclined to express our approval I of llishop Turner's remarks on this intercsting subject. The colored men who desire to become white arc unworthy of their complexion; the colored lady who is ready to be skinned for the sake of liecoming white doserveu to fall in his esteem, and as for t lie colored people who . hope to be white in heaven we need only say that they were properly warned against indulgence in such a hope. 1 f ?? d Serious Result of Joke. a ;i, Birmingham, Ala.. (Special.]?At Ir(, -elma last night Mac Conncll Shelly, sou j?. I Ex-Congressman G. M. Shelly, went .nto a saloon with a friend. Sumter Lea, ,j. Jr., and told the saloon keeper, B. P Ihnch, to send a dispatch for Jiiin. 116 had been informed that the telegraph 0(1 office was there, hut Burch supposed Shelly was joking, and referred him to Landman sitting near as operator. Shelly found out that he hail been joked -j and being in liquor, he and his com pan ,|,j ion jerked olT their coats and propos d C8 to whip the bar k opcr. Burch went ., out and returned with a rifle, i nd o dcrlft,| ill them out of his house. They advnnc.'or rd on him. She'lv armed with a li miner Butch tired, the ha I striding She'lv just ,e> bel w the niimle. ^'icllv li.ns d:"d. lit, ?? Jackson at Lexington. fu On the 21st of July Valentine's statue of Stonewall Jac'son w'll he unveiled at Lexingfon, Va., and it is expected that there will be a grand gathering of vctcnv s oa that occasion. The figure is one of the most spirited of Valentine's he creation, and is thoroughly suggestive of da the character of his subject. This soilpii,| tor is now transfeiring to marble his te- Hoaicvi: group, Andromache and As isli tyanax, which promises to create a sensato tion i.i the art world. Jll*' The Czar Wishes no Alliance. cr. The W:cn correspondent of the London Eng. Times says that the Czar has rejected a formal proposal for -i French Alliance on the ground that he could the preserve peace only by keeping fm a free hand. ell , , jnp There is a large lake in Hutchinson to County, South Dakota, veil filled with Ion corn-fed fish (bullheads). They got ive away with seven acres of corn which war left in the fiel<L*hocked but not husked.