Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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- YQ L. XXII.?NEW SERIE&^^ UNION C. II., iaaT * S* has delivere J it 4 decision that woman may legally perfor.n all,, the function} of a County Cleric. The iasa w.u that of Miss Marguerite Burr," of Flint, who, in t'i.' t" 'g lar courae of her duties, isaued a writ of attachment. The legality of the act was questionei on the broad, general grounis that a wo nn cannot act as a C >uity jCler'i. The S ipreme Court, however, hold) that the choice of a deputy by a C mnty Clerk is not limit: 1 by race, sex, color or age, as the offics is . wholly ministerial. Thus is lovely woman, in Michigan, at least, inarching 01 fra n rtno L * ? ?? . tuuu ia 10 another. It seam likely, note) tUe Chicago Jler.iUi, that electricity is to bo called V characteristics of hitherto beea v 'who^Sr ngencie). That wonderful yet beautifully simple instrument, the spectroscope, which has revealed to us so much of the cosmos, scilt scorns to be baffled in some directions where difficulty would scarcely bo anticipate 1. Strangely enough, the phenomena which it fails to satisfactorily explain are either such as are known to be electric)' in character or are at least strongly suspected of so being. From this and other facts, Stas has been led to suspect that the ordinary interpretation of the spectroscope are not to be relied on when it is applied to electrical phenomena. \G. W. Ohilds, in the PhilndnlnHio I ,?.? * gar, is authority for the statement .hat American gardener* are now producing as hue chrysanthemum* as those of Japan, which, thinks tho Now York Posh will scarcely bo credited by Sir Elwin Aruold, who has sojourucl so < long in that country an I expatiated on ( it* floral beauties. Probably tho fi lost specimen of this flower to be found in , America to-day is a product of the slip i sent from Japan to Mrs. Alpha u Hirdy 1 of Boston, and named after that lady. j The wonder is that Americans should ex- j eel in the cultivation of this flower after J a comparatively few years of familiarity j with it. The chrysanthemum did not j become generally known here until lSd'3, r when a number of varieties were introduce 1 from Japan. We have now upward of 200J of them. They have al- < ?" most '?? in the favor of nml nunr iililfP A puzzle to geologists is the Lost j River of Idaho. It first appoari in two threads of stra rn north of the Yellow- 1 stone Park. These stream i cruj to gcther forty miles above Idaho Falls City, an .1, forming a rapid river, flow along for two miles when the volume ol water disappears siuidouly in a subterranean passage. A theory generally entertaiuc I is that the Lost River co nes to the surface again as a part of the Snake River, which supplies Idaho Falls City with its wonderful water power. The Snake llivor has its origin in a little lake in Yellowstone Park that doe? not hold enough water to be the source y i "" 1 "*'11 i Ki'nil |i Hie volume of water through a doeply cut gorge. Ilctu ihe liver is so deep that a plummet of nearly 4 )0 feet lias not touched bottom. As the Snake River is originally an iusiguiticaut stream the theory that the waters of the Lo3t River unite with it scorns to 1)3 tenable, al though geologists have beeu uuublc tc demonstrate the fact. Under the direction of Henry Elliott, the only artist who has ever drawn and painted the seal and walrus in their native haunts, au interesting exhibit for the World's Pair is being prepared by the Smithsonian Institution at Washington. This exhibit consists of models in ??- ?? tuar mache , representing the fur seal and walrus fisheries -on pop?r.?. const. The animals to be represented, as well as the men who catch them, are being modeled in clay. One of the models shows a seal "drive." This model includes hundreds of mimic seals, which Aleuts are drivtug along to the to the killing giounls by waving cloths and shou'ing. Another illustrates a "rookery" on which the full grown seals, bellowing and pugnacious, have "haule i up" out of the surf upon the islands to breed. Another model will sho.v a hauling ground of bachelor seals. The killing of seals will also be shown, a group of Aleuts hiing represented in the act of smashing their hea Is with clubs. There will also be represented a number of hair seals, which are not useful for their fur, but merely for food supply to the natives of that region. Tht walruses, now rapidly becoming extinct, are also to be reproduced in material that will give them a remarkably lite-liko appearance. Hundreds of models inclav are made of these animals, in order to represent the different species and sireof each. They are to be cast in papier mache an I painted. The Latest News From a Trio of States. | 1 Interesting News Items From Many t Points in Our Own and Neighboring States. ( t VIRGINIA. h Staunton is to hare an electric street 0 car line. ll The Giand Lodge of Masons meets in S Richmond Dec. 15. A man in Tucker county is looking for jtj #25,000 in gold he says lie threw* in the c* Cheat river veara ?fm I - ? j * *"o" bl Rev. II. M. Wharton, of Baltimore, cs has been conducting an enthusiastic re- 2J ival at Lynchburg. at ^Rockbridge county hat applied to the lou. 01 ki Baltimore parties have secured con- ol< tracts frotn the Norfolk & Wcsteru Railroad Co. for 26 bridges between Radford jni and Oda, about 50 miles. co' Appa Crews and Ed Lewis,two colored an men had a quarrel at Roanoke. Crews of shot Lewis in the left breast, and he died fai two hours later. The murderer was captured. sj( A corps of engineers have commenced Ex surveying a line of railroad from Lexing- Inn ton to Glasgow, a distance of 15 miles. $:ji This line is believed to be part of the is ' projected Pittsburg & Virginia railroad of which HonAFilzliugh Lee is president. |>rt Col John S. Mosbv, the Confederate thu cavalryman, is vigorous and in good tov health. His hair is white, but his build the aud weight arc not more than medium, wa He docs not wear a beard, but his slouch is e hat indicates the Southerner. jui Lee Heflin, who has been iti Warren- < ton jail for two weeks, charged with the siti murder of Mrs. Kincs and her children mi: in Fauquier county, was taken to Alexan- Nn dria for safe keeping, violence being ap| feared if ho remained iu Warren ton. To tloi a Gazette reporter lie confessed having sig committed the mr.rder to secure some eye money, and the next mouiing set fire to stc; the honse to conceal his crime. in ' A report has been published that work 'I will shortly be commenced o i the build- tril ing of five new steamships at the New bni liort. Nnwa 'I'l? ' two JUilding will 80o!i be launched, and the jm'c pird is being extensively enlarged to roa nake room for additional shipwavs. the Plus is destined to be one of the most sow mportant ship yards in the world, as it "ni s now, so good authorities claim the nost perfect and the best equipped. NORTH CAROLINA. Wilmington has a ucwlv formed chess dub. Wh The colored people of Statesville have Gov. Holt and" private ipent Thanksgiving at II iw Kiver, where **7 he Governor has u nost charming home. U1<^ The Kalandar Kirraess at Charlotte, fim| for the benefit of the Queen City Guards ine< last week, passed oil with grens eclat and (jljj financial success. ajj The city of Greensboro olTcr for sale the fur $30,000 of bonds issued for (lie Girls' '] Normal School. cut A $20,000 building will lie erected in po> the suburbs of Concord for the While th<. Ilall Presbvffriaa Seminary. stu Michigan capitalists have invested in SA,<1 Jackson couty corundum mines and com- . me need developing tlieni. The city council of Newbernc lias i granted a franchiso to build and equip an (.n electrical street railroad to William C. Clarko, of Wakcliehl, 11. I. Iredell county will bold an election to \ /.nn?iii?r ilip aidiscrintion of SGO.Ooo to V r p"WnTmnlining* nil i> i | | j^j | burg, St C VM SstatcSvJ!!c to ?.?'?. Airy. tl M. 0. Goodman, a German Jew, njjcd ci . 4L4. comuiLttcd syiQiilc by imaging him- 15 self to a tree in Onkdulc remoter/, Wd- si mington. Goodman came to Wilming- ti ton two months ago from Germany, y bringing with him wife and fourcliil- ti dren. Homesickndp is the ojIv cause <i assigned for the act. h George H. Wylde, tlie bigamist, who f escaped while cn route to Greensboro, 11 was recaptured about live miles from '' Durham while engaged in trying to get '' his shackles off, and was handed over to { the sheriff of Durham. When told that ! his wife was very sick he promptly asked, I "Which one?" There will be a meeting at Charlotte during the Christmas holdiday, of the ,, publi; graded school teachers of the State, and representatives of the faculties ,, of the State University and the State : * ?LOollwm for women. Stftto SuDerI Intenient finger nnd President Winston will be present. The object of the meet ing is to promote public education in the State. SOUTH CAROLINA. The colored folks made their state fair at Columbia quite a success. j Some snow fell last week between < Greenville and Paris Mountain. < A cane mill has been built at Darling- ( ton with a daily capacity of 125 gallons. The Columbia Land <8, Investment Co. liao f KA O..I/I aaaa property of 110 acres for #11,000, and ' will lay it off into building lots. The committee appointed at the recent meeting in reference to the proper roprj Bcntation of South Carolina at the Woild's Fair appointed as a committee of five to memorialize the Legislature to make a proper appropriation, Geo. M. C. Butler, chairman; J. A. Enslow, W. M. Rodgcra, > E. M. Rucker and D. K. Norris. For tha first time in yews the South Carolina Annual Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, is meeting this week in Darlington, Bishop Granberrv, from Virginia, presiding. It i is the KXUh session. i Sumter is about to have a big law suit brought by the heirs of Geu. Buinptcr to recover valuable city property on which stands the court hhuse, city hsll and years, which expire* iu 1893. Actiug on Gen. Farley's suggestions the military officers of the state assembled a Coluinbi* Friday night, and adopted lis idea of establishing a military insurluce feature with the aid of the logislaure. Prof. John G. Cliukscales, who has l>ecn loing institute work in various parts of he State during the summer and fall, as been annointAil ?? ? !*! ? , , -- me jiosmon OI lork iu the otttce of the Su perintcndunt ] f Education to till the vacancy made by , ie removal of W. J. Thackstou from the , tale. ( Lock wood. Green ?fc Co.. of Boston, t ass., are preparing plans for a $.">00,000 I >*ton mill to bo erected by the Colutn- ? ia Water Power Co.; siud mill to be c died the Aretas Blood Mill, have about g >,000 spindles with full outfit of looms, c id use a water-power of about 1,500 e rrse-power. d ?? ,tlTiTKB ^ 'r ,"T of Marion A'a WA? ?> lied neeidentally while examining uu g 1 pistol. C) The exchanges of Memphis held a meet- u g and passed resolutions requesting the ai unty court to hppropritc $'20,000 tow- g 1 a fund for the proper r?presentation o| ti e S ate of Tennessee at the world's t? r. si It is learned that the Piedmont Expo- Si ion Company lost about $2,200 on the gi position which has just closed iu At- oi ita, Ga. The officials claim that the in 11,000 paid for the King Solomon show o* what broke the camel's back. U The deeds of property in Odessa, Tex., "D >vided agn?n??t the sale of liquor, and cc it the property should revert to the Wl vn company in case of a violation of jK clause, but in one deed the clause ^ s omitted and tho purchaser of the lot idling so much l quor that only au iuictiou enn stop him. 3cn. E. Kirbv Smith loaves his univerI chair in the Teunaas?* mmm*.!.? * now and then with his old friends at Miville. He lias become ft patriarch in , learance, with gray hair aud a lotm ( ving white beard. Hut there is no ?x 11 of physical lircaking in him, for his s are bright and lie walks with a firm |> and erect carriage. No other man 1 I enncssee is more generally liouored. c'' The school for the boys of the Apache >e, at Mount Vernon barracks in Ala- ci, na, is a success. The Apache boy., * ' ie are taught to speak the Engl sh L' gunge and give up the ways of sav- \d i v; they wear white duck trousers and ,? Is; they even surrender the glory of J~! ir tub-, which is their black hair, and '? ic'of them are said to be anxious to I' ake money." lo of THE NOTICE ON THE DOOR *?>? the an< ich The Depositors Stand Around cec J And Read. car hs nntjiii) jtg t In consequence of the stringency in ncial afTairs and their inability to ing %t further demands, the directors of otl > bank have decided in the iuterest of no concerned to suspend busin ss until de tlier notice." of The officers are in the bank, every an ranee to which is closed, and it jsJtU* Hi >sible now to stafeihciil as to th j* Condition of affairs. -The capital lii ck is $250,000. '1 be last published dc Icuiciil shows a deposit of $405,000. In i employee of llicAank who is familiar 111 lit its nffaiis expressed his opinion ni an Associated I'ress reporter that the tl positors would suffer no loss Largo it: mil- gathered around the bank ,?iscuss- w r the situation, but the excitement is of ii| ibdued chnra tor and everything is it "?aralively quiet. The Hank of New y? r and* the Wiln ington Savings and t; l (tlpmoanv are not nlTceted l?y llio ' >/ ' f in - 1 h ,l,c mj; \Miiumi?i i n i ? . , _ JIHfJirniiig the suspended First National < and. causes which led to suspen- r on have exISfyd a long while Itscnpi- i d was impaired by heavy losses several i ears ago, as is generally understood 1 om tlie fact that nodivi lends have been f eclared since 1 .SS7. The direetorrs y oped that by careful inanageinent the t arnings of the bank would be sufficient i 1 a few years to cover these old losses, j ut slow collections in consequence of t e 1 encral . ti ijxf "Vfy prevailing in our secion this f * ; c inpclh-d them 1o ( bandon th ..ope and close the bank to j trotect dep sitorj, as well as stock hold < rs, against further risk. Notwithstand- | ng the shrinkage in many securities on ( ecount of the general depression of busiiess, it is hoped tlint the resources of the tank, under prudent handling, will yield nore than enough to p.v the \li positors n full. BURNED TO DEATH. And the Crime Was the Result of a Conspiracy. liAi.maif, N. C , [Special.1?News from Wilkes county states that a terrible l ime was committed there. An aban luned woman twenty years old, named L'.nthia IIolTman, camped out with Columbus I)ancy, her brother in-law. They foil asleep, and when she awakened her clothes were on fire. She ran sever d hundred yards top. house, but was horribly burned and died TU'Sdav night. The coroner held an inquest, and the verdict of the jury waa that the woman came to her death at the hands of assassin*. a conspiracy having been formed to kill her by Columbus Dancy and Rhett Duiev. It appeared in evidence that these men had threatened to kill her. Lum got her out that night, fcbe caught o i fire some distance from the fireTtheleaves being bu"B9d between b?r sr.d tin* fire, end Lum would not attempt to put our toe ure aner it caught her dress. The colony of Sierra Leone is 103 years old, yet there is no machinery there except the sewing machine. The population is upwards of 50,000, and not a saw-mill nor any other kind of mill in oue ration. A Gttilfbrd M&n Ob "sobwtwnj Better" Than Any Subatituta Offtnd for the 8ubfreaaury Plan for Obtaining Loans Upon Land. He it enacted by the Congress sf the United State*, that whenever any corporation, duly chartered by the Btato in which the corporation it to have its priu:ipal place of DMaiuess, shall deposit with he Treasurer of the United States its >ond or bonds bearing ft per cent, interest for a sum not less than 150,000, se:ured by mortgages upon land, said tnort rages nofexceeding one-lulf the value f the land covorod by the tame as asscasd fur taxes; (aid boud or bond* being luly authenticated and deposited a* > tlwt avculiliewjjurer of the in tied tales shall issue, AT the corporation so omplyitig, intereonvntable bonds bearlg 2 per cent, interest payable sciuinu unify in the currency of the United tates. Provided that mud bonds at the [ition of tho owner thereof when presen'd at the Treasury of the United States tall be exchanged at par for United tntoa Treasury notes, which shnll bo 1cd tender and receivable for dues, public private, except for those upon i input ta to the United states. Provided howrer in no case shall the Treasurer of the uited States issue bonds as aforesaid to ly corporation presenting securities us (laterals which are based upon land hich is owucd by any person or persons ?t citizens of tho Uniteu States nor upon ud in excess of 1,000 acres tho property one individual or corporation. In presenting the foregoing plan for stributing money from the Treasury of c Uuited States among tho masses, the iter would modestly claim fyrit supowifcy over *?y tutistitufe?nliv red for the 8ub-Tre<?sury plan. A sc>us objection to tho plan proposed by -Senator*Norwoodand others, "to make e distribution through the agency of o States," arises from the fact that the nds would be used for partisan ds even if distributed through a system State banks. Any financial measure to be acceptable juld be constitutional ??'i icticable. Grauting for tlio snku of jiimcut (what the writer does not beve) that the United ytutis Govcrn?t w prohibited by the Constitution m making lonns direct to individuals " man could bring that as an objection the plan suggested. The practicability e government baaing its credit upon ew acres of land scattered here and re may be called in question, but if i number of acres be increased to thOusis and the same be bonded for 50 per it. of their value as assessed for taxes i any sane man deny to land so situaf a =11 a "m { or ters and is no more "class legislation1' r "paternalism" than - that rccoinmeud by the National jankers' Association depositing corporation bonds if cities d railroads with tlit; Treasurer ot the iltccTrftites as security, upon which e government shall loan its credit to e corporation depositing them, in or:r to lloat their hank paper currency, it is a great deal safer, because cities ay be burned down or pass under the nm cipal control of factions who may loot icir treasuries and destroy the value of s real estate, thus rendering the bonds orthlcss. but laud can neither be burned p or made away with, which constitutes I , the very safest bum for securing loans. As to tlic practicability and availabili/ of the plan the writer would submit Kof ?? i??n ?ouu:; ;:;t wut-.j ? *nd security, but objects to it because of ity which cannot be^jJ^tfVn 8ecu. lpon, hence with the traufftg ir?uwM.v.j. u disrepute as such. This objectionable eature is at once eliminated by the fore joing/dun. As an illustration sav individuals A. B. C. D. E. and others desire ,o organize a stock" company for banking, merchandising, manufacturing or engaging in any other industrial enterprise, with a capital of $100,100. Now A and B.'s wealth consists in money and they lubscrihc fo ainouut of $00,000 and payin the cash,but C.D.E. and other's wealth consists in land which in the aggregate amounts to $60,0(^0 at one half the value as assessed for taxation, upon which basis they severally mortgage their land to the company in payment for their respective subscriptions and like A. and 11. receive their certificates of stock. The comi anv desiring to convert all of its assets into money executes its hondlfor an amount equal to the sum of said' mortgages aw1 deposits the boud and mortgages as col lateral security with the Treasurer of tin United Sta'cs and receives in lieu thereof United Slates interconvertible b( nds u liicl are exchanged for 'lVeasury notes thin making the entire cap ta! of the cnmpain available, and C. I) and V. capitalize their lands into dividesd-beariug assets, The plan is self-adjusting or inflexible for whenever a corporation at. a certaii season of the year did not need its fund? it would be possessed of two ways of re lieving itself of the redundency, eithe by loaning the surplus at a low rate of in tcrest to its stockholders upon their cer tiflcates of stock as collaterals (many o them being farmers would be likely b to need money 10 cony on incir inrinin; operations about the time of the year i surplus began to accuinulatc) Or if in other safe investment was open to tin company it could return the surplus t the Treasurer of the United am receive an inconvertible bond whicl trttijU-Lhe^T*yfjyf;<t too , 'Bum.qt??Jvfc?intei MMTcriabit bcrflTiSe. I .^sarne intei est (8 per cent.) as the corporation bond deposited by the company. This p'ti would afford protection to the peopl against trusts or monopolies, which ow their existence to the scatcity of avnili hie funds o i the part of producers an cou u.nen bv enabling them to orgnniz co-operative associations for manufacti ring or exporting their farm productsan L, i imrhrmmh tod in view. law* ?f nipplv and demand are operate r by a few iuu Uridunls solely to eork n then elres. Co-operative associations ehoul exist for thv purpose of making au cquit ble distribution of benefits between th ( producer, consumer nod manufacturer. Courting for it the fullest discussion th** writer modestly submits his plait t< stand or fall upon its merits. Quilford College, N. C. J. B. Smith. ****** ANOTIIF.lt 1*1.AN KOU ItKt.lKF. Mr. Editor:?The cotton crop is bcin^ gathered, and the prices nix* so small that the faces of the farmc s have a sad, disturbed look. When ore meets anotbei the first question, after the usual friendly salutations is, how are your crops, and thn comtnou reply is, very good, out the starvation prices of cottou makes me ?wui, aim ir the good merchant that advanced to mo can't carry mo over, I Mini! have to lot him take uiy home, and .I'.!? '.VI" V I'UiHiirtim. sometimes wish 1 had never becuborn. I have worked so hard this year and so hopefully, for my imps responded so cheerfully for every stroke of labor that I gave it, and is there no remo iy for lis? and tin reply i?, none, uul< ss the National Government, through the carnes' so licitation of the Alliance, will come to our rescue The reply is, that will not be done, for the majority of our representatives arc directly opposed to our remedial plans. Hut, Mr. Kditor, I, for one, believe the needful remedy can Ire gotten at our next National General As I Komhly within thiity days alter its convention The Alliance is a national organization and therefore has its adherents in every State in th's grand Union, and suppose President Polk was to call a national convention of the Altinuco and that convention was to select twenty of its members from each State, send them to Washington City and there let them orgaui/.o themselves into a congress or couvuuUou, us ouo may picas* to term It, elect a president, select their committees, formulate their plans, draft their resolutions, get themselves in working condi tion, and then say, North, whit is needful for your reform; it is thus, let the answer be, you can have it. The West the same, the. East tlie same, and when it comes to our southland just alTord us the opportunity of holding our cotton for two crops?this crop and one more. Draw such a bill as the dilTerent sections require, lake it in a body to the President of the Senate and demand a vote upon it by that hoily. They arc our servants and will likely ohev, and then take it to the House of Representatives and demand the same; say to them we want it as an experiment aud if it does not answer our requirements wo will come iu two or four years aud a%k-9r*IYWlllli-r . trente or severe Cjt*Cs"needs strong remedies, and if -\V ea i't be accomplished without ity demand the passage of a stay law for two years with the proviso that in the least ; and if the government would ] inflate the currency to n liberal and iinutc limit, tlie wheels of -vUyld Iwuiw t? roll and before the cxpn at ion of the lirsl twelve months cot on would oinnimd satisfactory prices and other products the same, and we would then have a pn.sp. n.usar.d hspp.v n'd'')^ We all know that the price of i otton is not regulated by supply and demand, for there is one billion live immireu nun twenty-five million of people in this world, and only four billions of pounds j of cotton nvule per year, which is not quite 2J pounds per capita, saying nothing of what is manufactured into rope, canvas, cotton bagging and many other modes of manufacture. So you see, Mr. Editor, that it e:nuu.i !? ?ini?j?ly and dc maud. Fahmwi. * + ** + President L. F. Livingston, of Qeorgir,, ! his whiskers in Louisiana. He tells how he escaped without further CouflttfuTion. '--' wwivv In the Atlanta After a long drive tnroug., some of the laurel swamps we reached a little village. I was tired and weary, and felt ill at ease. Seeing the familial striped sign of a barber shop, I entered, threw myself into a chair, directing th< barber to give me a shave, and to triii my whiskers Under the soothing tone! of his hand I became drow sy and fel natetp. You may imagine tny surprisi when 1 arose from the chair, and looking into the mirror, saw a perfect reproduc tion of my friend, ex Governor Hoynton, ? of Gri&in. I put my hand to my chin but it wad no illusion?it was as ban as ever it was in my callow days. T' was nothing to do hut to retire in < i , gust and trust to time for a reparation o ; the damage. 1 am afraid to go home i however, until some sign of a heard re appears. ****** r , Alliaucemen are warned not to trus , the had men who have joined the Alii nnce for selfish purposes. We take th occasion to warn them against tin? I a moji who would like to join Hie Aliianci but wlio cannot J'eware of them. j ****** 1 A poor man in Missouri stole two < three hams. He went to the penitential 1 for five \ cars. The Treasurer of the Stal stole $30,000 from the Htafe Treasur " He went to the penitentiary for t\\ years. Moral: If you want a short sei tcncc, steal a large amount. In the lumber season just closed i e Minnesota the "cut" for the year wi 147,713,252 feet, 207,221,000 shingle ' and 97.697,600 lath. This beats th " j record 01 last year ny iim,i;i?,euu ie< ! r>f lumber, 45,C03,50G tliiugico, and 17 r- 400,250 lath. s n lc Too Much Roast Beef. (C Dam.as. Texas, [Special.]?The cntii plant of the Dallas Dressed IJoef an< , t Packing Company was consumedby fir* ( in the night. Loss, $200,000; insuranct 'I $51,000. I 1 The Need of Protecting the Ooaatldn* From Cape Hatteraa To Key Weet, e Washington, 1). 0., [Specie! 1?One of tho most noticeable recommendations L in the rcnort of Gen. O. O. Howard, as n commander of tho Department of the Atlantic, is that Tybee bonds am! Port ltoyal Sound should be defended by works on Hilton Head and Tybee, Perry, and St. Helena islands. With these would l?o joined, of course, submarine , mines, uud the navy in due time might furnish torpedo boats. Important steps have boon taken for the protection of the Atlantic const from Portion! down to Norfolk, and new batteries at some of tho more important points have been l>egun for the reception of guns and mortars now under construction. Hut from Fort Monroe to Key West the soabonriT is nt present defenceless. There is not even a coast garrison JUaiWAM the former point and Fernan-*AwirTvhktr1tf"tvttoc-mnu tirtbrc tnc*Wrn war. If wc look at the Hermudas. where England has a strongly fortified naval station and rendezvous, we Hud that the distance ihcneo to Wilmington in 674 miles; to Charleston. 772 miles; to Savannah, 884 miles; to 8t. Augustine, 8(M) miles, North of Wilmington tl^e distnncc from tho Hermudus to the coast of North Cnroliua even diminishes. Keeping in view the high speed now given to war vessels, it is evident that a hostile squadron, secretly assembling at the Her uiudas, which are connected hy telegraph with Halifax, hut hy no direct cahlewilh the United States, could appear olT our South Atlantic ports after a e? mparativc ly short run. Coaling ut the Hcrmudas, I it would have an ample supply left for operations on our coast. It. must ho kept in mind that we really arc not separated hy the broad ocean from ' the nearest possible European onomy. ouly by a few hundred unlet intervening between onr porta and such stations as I Halifax nnd the Hcrihudns, or the various West ludin islands in foreign posession. Tho recommendotion of (Jen. Howard in regard to fortifying the coasts of the Carolinus, Georgia, and Florida is therefore based on palpable facts. Tybce island is at the month of the Savannah, and works there would protect the river and the city. llrond ltivcr and Port Knyul Boutd, a little to the North, ulways regarded as waters of importance, as shown hy the Hilton Head expedition early in the civil war, become additional ly so from the now dry dock now under construction there, whilo the naval station is sure to grow iu value from its situation. I he Fortifications Hoard of 1885 nicked out on tins const, between Fort Monroe -V&tliotiulf, fordefeuco by permanent works, Key*2? [ Charleston, Savannah, Wilmington, ninSsPuni^er'lu,(^ Bound, in that order of rclatiKjmrortauciJ Gen. Howard is said to hu^k',ccn "truck by the expediency of manmSi,?'0'1 Jefter"Mfcjti^ryToHugas ajCJ-SI1 J}'">1"1' la-fn^yfh^ ijx'vflTrTictlo batteries, tliirty.-two 12-iuch . ' mortar.', six torpedo boats, and a quantity of subiuerinc mines. The total appropriation estimated for this point was $8,400,500; for Charleston, $'2,214,500; for Savannah, $2,244,000; for Wilmington, $1,042,000; for Cumberland Sound, $080,000. It should be said, however, that some of these ports on the Southern coast be partly defended against a hostile squadron by the interposition af obstruc tions in the channels, so that in this respect their wants are not so urgent ns those of more important harbors on the North Atlantic coast. An interesting proposal is that which is to be made by a South Carolina Con grcsmun at the coming session for placing > g.?iiinon iii Cumuslou harbor in, roil Moultrie. The proposition is a reminder that for many years Ibis important harbor, the scene of great military and naval operations both in the Revolutionary and > civil war, has been without the services i of a single company of artillerymen. No , doubt this lack will be supplied when not sooner?tAwe* icyns I? spino for it if in order of importance by the' 'Fi'IVoVM tions Hoard among the points south of iv... ...oil a/nui ?.i , *' VI I UIVHIUV Mllill ?kV.J l? vot m > DISPLEASED WITH THE TERMS. I 3 The London Slock Exchange Kepudif ates the Virginia Debt Settlement. \ Nicw Yoiik City.?A special cable j from London says: "The Virginia set tlenient is icpudiatcd by the Stock Ex?iiange, and it is believed tlint the kondf holders will not convert their holdings." t ( .1 ihe same subject another London cable says: "The dealers in Virginia funded bonds are on a considerably reslrioted scale at present, pending tlvs arrival by mail of full details of the prot posed compromise. Most holders of certificates here arc urging the bankeis to ;e insist upon better terms. They refuse <1 io believe that the advi ory committee e, could have given the Olcott committee plenary power to sign away the rights ol the bondholders." As the Olcott Committee had absolutvly contiol of 8*? per cent, of tho. bonds 7 before they begun negotiations, this tar lvi ?Iy l.oiMinn iiurry noes nui seem 10 ivie y- bode any special dungs* to the agtcc? incut readied last week. i- __ A FIGHT BETWEEN GOATS, n ,H ' At Which an Accident Occurred in a, Which 12 Persons Were Killed. San Antonio, T?:x , I Special.)?J. R i Coleman, Atr.cricsij, engaged iu buai?* j ness in Guyunt >na. Mex., brings particu, I lars of an accident which took place in I that city, resulting in the killing oi | twelve people and serious injury to nin< I others, ftevemi hundred people had asre setnbled in the h ill fighting arena to wit 1 ties* a fight between two goats, when pari >f of the anipithenter gave way. Heavj j timbers fell or the crowd, crushing men j and women glasses, and Wkli.rslry, Mam., [Special.]?THere whs n "rush" ?t WeMesloy Female College bi'twreii tho freshmen nod sophomores which furnished plenty of excitement whilo it lasted, anu caused a boom in tlic hairpin trade at the local dry goods stores. As moii ?s tho freshmen had elected their Chiiriitan, Misa Helen James, the a President of tho sophomores, as is the custom, topped at tho door and presented n hugh hunch of white flowers to thA ' c'nsa. I'pon her exit a few members of the ? 'phonioio eln-s serenaded the freshmen . , ?iiu lUHJorilV or tbs I ''Ms li.-iil v i si toil tho rooms of the absent freshmen, whence, dressed in sheets and pillow-ense?, they crept silently up tha stairs ami crouched behind tho sarenadp* Tho music over, tho fresh moo, now *" fi:r-T*"*rr -n-irt^ i mirh tn nlm? _ _ pmtly opened to hear tho music. At the same time tho sophomores fried to force thoir way in. A lively scrarahlo ensued. Finally tho t ophontores got in. They were win inly welcomed by tho fii'siimcn, who, not knowlug tho shecta were their own, quickly destroyod them, wondering, perhaps, why the sophomores ^ made so weak n defence. Order was llnally restored, but not until a great wreckage of gowns, eyeglasses, tottois shell hairpins, mid shceta lorn l?een made. THE "MANLY ART'' IN COLUMBIA. A. E. Gonzales Attacks a Newapapar Corroapondent. .* jt -'J Columbia, 8. C., [Special.] ?Auothor " reiHon d encounter, following on ' tha jjfc lie. Is of last night's tights occurred m i tie arntenotMC. This time it was between A. K. Gonznlen, general agent of Tho State, and M.. % l'\ Tighe. correspondent of tho Charleston News and Courier. <11)117. lies approached Tigho and, producing a ropy ??f tho New* and Courier, reaiI therefrom a portion of Tigho's account of tin; lights, which ho denounced as a lie. I'pon repenting it, Tiglio struck him. <.on/ales responded by hitting Tighe under the left eye, cutting n gain, which bled profusely, Tho two men then clinched and rolled over ou tho floor, Con/ales being on top. Both luen fough "gamely" for several minutes. Finally,' when they had both got up, Tigho suld: "You aro my physical superior, but I'll light you in any way u gent Ionian ought to light, and 1 challenge you now." Oouzutcs replied that 1 igho could get all the tight he wanted out of him in any way ho desired. Tho row occurred just outside the dootr of tho hall of the house of representatives, whilst thi\$ body was in session, and many members rushed out to tho scene. Shortly thereafter Representative White! AWhite found it nccessauTdun^^^^^ the afternoon, to visit tho city, leaving the gang in charge ol the guard-two young while men. '1 hey wore with breech loading shot-gnus lhica of the gang ? John Boston, Jim Sales, ahd Wilson Mm thee, nil negiocs-wefj , ,i:.? it... w.rwl where voUOSf wiici'iiii*; uuv n? inu avr~??f j I I:i 11 * i ii. one of ilic guards, stood. Sua* ilenly diopping their tools, the three convicts ran. Harbin, taken by surprise, was slow to fire. When he did Joho I Host on dropped with a bullet lliiough his brain. Hatbiu. attempted iu tin-again, but bis . gun snanped. llis coinpanion, running up, liicu upon the remaining men, dangciously wounding \ * Sales. Mutlhcc escaped unhurt, it is thought. lloston is the negro who at? tempted to murder a colored woman Uete Inst summer, and Muithec, while in jail^ the assailant of Superintendent Whttiiy T '-tit. Oott; Weds a Bonaparte. jf-. L? A cablegram Tronr r i?Br*** ( ' ili, of tile Italian army, was mnriftafk. to the Princess Mario Leonie EugcflW^ Mathilda Carolino Jeanne Julio Zenaide Honaparte, daughter of PHneo NapoleonCliarl s HonapartO'. 'jd descendant of Lucien llonnparte. a brother of the great Napoleon. 'I he wedding was honored I bv the presence of Italiau royalty, and I the officiating priest was Cardinal Luciea Jlounpnrte, who is both a Prince of the Church and a temporal Prince and head "f the branch of the CuiiupHitcs to which the bride belongs. Prince Napoleon Chillies, faherof the bride, is considered itch in Italy, though he would not out inur h of a figure in London or New York. He made the bridegroom happy by the assurance of $5,000 a year to take rare of his wife with. There was a large ? gntlc-iing of Italian nobility. The presents included gifts from King Humbert tand Queen Marguerite. It is the purpose of the King to bestow upon Lieut. Gotti a tit'e of nobility, so as to bring him nearer in rank to his bride. Confeds. in The North. > The uumbcr of Ex-Confederates in the Noithcrn States is so great ithat Gen. ->M Gordon, the commander of tho United Confederate Veteran?, has deemed it advia- '.rfj able to organize the Order in two tUikv-J'Xj ions. One division is to have its headquarters in New Yorlt, the other in ^ Chicago, with subordinate camps where- 3 ever it may appear advisable. The ejeist, ing organizations will thus be coosoH dated into the divisions, according to Gen. Goidon's order, with the carape affiliated to either the one or tb&Sihgt d vision, according to their 1 i The obivct of tho organization is PMJMy { ' ? benevolent. It is "to assist poojsu^Ex' Confederate soldiers, and to haw the jyf N > care of the graves in ceraeteriear where , Confederates are buried." The?J*st is not the least of the duties of the brgani-^Sj , t zation, for large numbers of Confederate ' pi ikonera died on Johnston's Island, at j; i Camp Mitchell, at Fort Delaware end \ other places North and West. \ ' >? 4V. 'y > JsHI