Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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^KMj^ltf^tl ml -I. ' I . , . ? l.)|l . ^ ' ?i . ^.I>|yi|? n ff ? |?I I .>^1 |T l' ^^S" / ^^ESpS '" Denoted to A(/ricultur?, Horticulture, IjA MA?ft?<ur#, Politic* and the Current Hew* oj the Day. Jj VP L. XXII.-NEW SERIES. ^ UNION C. II., SOIJTH^^^^[?|^fri|ittfl|iiaitfH* iST - | IlflKioliigaii, where tho "Supremo Oml rt has delivered Its decision that a woman may legally perfor.n all, the fractious of a County Clerk. The 6 wo was that of "Miss Marguerite Burr," of Flint, who, In t*i: r >g lar course of hor duties, Issued a writ of attachment. Tho legality of the act was questioned on the broad, general grounds that a wo nan cannot act a? a Cmnty Clerk. Tho S.iprcmc Court, however, holds that the choice of a deputy by a County Clerk is not limited by race, sex, color or ago, as the office is wlylly ministerial. Thus is lovely woman, in Michigan, at least, marching on from one triumph to another. It seem* likely, notos the Chicago Herald, that electricity is to bo called in to explain imny of the celastial htthertd tteei ~ agencies. That wonderful yot boautifully simplo instrument, the spectroscope, which has revealed to us so much of the cosmos, still seems to be baffled iu some directions whore ttiflnulty would scarcely bo anticipate!. ' Strangely enough, the phenomena which it fails to satisfactorily explain are either such as are known to be electricalin character or are at loast strongly sinpected 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. v G. W. Ohilds, in the Philadelphia Ledger, is authority for the statement that American gardeners are now producing as fine chrysanthemums as those of Japan, which, thinks the New York Post, will scarcely be credited by Sir El win Arnold, who has sojourned so long in that country an 1 expatiated on its floral beauties. Probably the fl tost specimen of this flower to be found in America to-day is a product of the slip sent, from Japan to Mrs. Alphr.u H trdy of Boston, aud named after that lady. rpuA ? J- si?t A??? 1 nuuuor is mm, aiuuricnai suoum excel in the cultivation of thia flower after comparatively few yean of familiarity with it. The chrysanthemum did not become generally known here until lSfiJ, when a numbor of varieties were intro. ducei from Japan. We have now up. mka of 2003 of them. They have alWypUiiij,! 'U lnlA.in.thfl fitg.ir pf ; rich and poor alike. . A puzzle to geologists is the Lost River of Idaho. It first appears in two threads of streim north of the Yellowstone Park. These streami corns to getber forty miles above Idaho Falls City, and, forming a rapid river, flow along for two miles when the volume ol water disappears suddenly in a subterranean passage. A theory generally entertained is that the Lo3t Itiver come* to the surface again as a j n ? TJiuur whips* T.1-W.V IS.I Oliniku """"^i'ViSuliippiloi lumu x'm iti wonderful water pow? Thcl Snake Riv>? ^as.Ut origin in Jiji .t- . ? ?^- ioilow8tone Park ^hac o -- _ . not hold enough water to be the aou "of {he city, volume of water through a deeply gorge. Hero the liver is so deep the plummet of uearly 400 feet Ira t" ?^tTlfie Snako Rivei originally an insignidcaut strea-n jjjr* theory that the waters of the Lost Ri unite with it see.ns to bo tenable, though geologists have beeu unabli demonstrate the fact. I ' ' T Under the direction of Henry Elli the only artist who has ever drawn i painted the seal and walrus in tl native haunts, an interesting exhibit the World's Fair is beyc prepared the Smithsonian Instit^K'n at Wash! ton. Thie exhibit consns of model t, i --nU- msche representing the fur aria walrus fisheries Oli bUO . coast. The animals to be represen as well as the men who catoh them, being thodeled in clay. One of model* shows a seal /'drire."* ' model includes hundreds of mimic ? which Aleuts are driving along ta to the killing grounds by waving cl y.' and shooting. Another illustrate rookery" on which the full grown t / bellowing and pugnacious, nave *>na up" out of the surf upon the islanc breed. Another model will eho _ hauling ground of bachelor seal*, killing of seel* will also be ahon group of Aleuts bolog represents the act of smashing their heads clubs. There will also be represen number of hair seals, which are not ful for their fur, but merely for supply to the natives of that region, walruses, now rapidly becoming exl are also to be reproduced in material will give them a remarkably llf< appearance. Hundreds of models Ii are made of these animals. In ord represent the different species and of each. They are to be cast in f machs painted .. . .. The Latest News From a Trio of States. Interesting1 News Items From Many Points in Our Own and Neighboring States. VIRGINIA. Staunton is to have an electric street car line. The Grand Lodge of Masons meets in Richmond Dec. 15. A man in Tucker county is looking for $25,000 in gold he says he threw* in the Cheat river years ago Rev. H. M. Wharton, of Baltimore, has been conducting an enthusiastic revival at Lynchburg. Rockbridge county has applied to the Legislature for authority to issue $00,000 'bQjxda-to huthl a..courthouse At Lexington. Baltimore parties have secured contract! from the Norfolk & Western Railroad Co. for 20 bridges between Radford and Oda, about 50 miles. A una Promo nn/1 V/l T i ... ^ .1 Aa.j'|<M viwito CIUV1 uu JJC?YliJ,tWU LUIUIUU men had a quarrel at Roanoke. Crews shot Lewis in the left breast, and lie died two hours later. The murderer was captured. A corps of engineers have commenced surveying a line of railroad from Lexington to Glasgow, a distance of 15 miles. This line is believed to be part of the projected Pittsburg & Virginia railroad of which Hon. Fit7.liugh Lee is president. Col John 8. Mosbv, the Confederate cavalryman, is vigorous and in good health. Ilis hair is white, but his build and weight are not more than medium. He does not wear a beard, but his slouch hat indicates the Southerner. Lee Heflin, who has been in Warrenton jail for two weeks, charged with the murder of Mrs. Kincs and her children in Fauquier county, was taken to Alexandria for safe keeping, violence being feared if he remained in Warrenton. To a Gazette reporter he confessed having committed the murder to secure some money, and the next morning set fire to the honse to conceal his crime. A report has been published that work will shortly be commenced o 1 the building of five new steamships at the Ncwnort News shin rnrd Tim rnnnrl io doubtless true, ns the two ships now building will soon be launched, and the yard is being extensively enlarged to moke room for additional shipways. This is destined to be one of the most important ship yards in the world, as it is now, so good authorities claim, the most perfoct and tho best equipped. NORTH CAROLINA. Wilmington has a newlv formed chess club. ?Ij&coloayd people ot Stnteavillq have Gov. Holt and priVSii? iwim j spent Thanksgiving at H iw River, where the Governor has a most charming home. Tho Kalandar Kirmess at Charlotte, for the benefit of the Queen City Guards last week, passed off with grcas eclat and financial success. The city of Greensboro offer for sale th< $30,000 of bonds issued for tho Girls I Normal School. A $20,000 building will be erected ii ? the suburbs of Concord for ih? v" . ^npA*jiKr'sSSni,ir - "I ^itfichigan capitalists have invested e Jackson couty corundum mines t?nd coi 19 I m(Hired develoninir them. ir. I The city council of Ncwberne 1 it. granted a franchise to build aud equip lo&s ' ntrical street railroad to William ciai niSj** J ^ , Iredell county will hold nu-*?o?ion *** ^qnaider the subscription of $60,0(jv poses OUTTOiny-tr,.^,^^ burg, 8. C , via btatesvlllo to Mt. i * M. O. Goodman, a Germnu Jew, t % t. r js self to a tree in Oakdalo cemetery, \ inington. Goodman came to Wilmi ton two uionth9 ago from Germn er bringing witb him his wife and fourc al. dren. Homesickness is the ojk ct a assigned for the act. ? George H. WyTdc, the bigamist, y escaped while en route to Grcensb was recaptured about five miles 1 ott, Durham while engaged in trying to /?fT nnr) won Itonrlorl auai I'lli uio oiiui/i\ico uii| ruiu ww no iiuuucu utvi . the sheriff of Durham. Wheu told his wife wu very sick he promptlv as! for "Which one?" by There will be a meeting at Charl ng- during the Christmas holdiday, of , jn publi j graded school teachers of State, and representatives of the facu 808 of the State University and the f w ? -* fnr women State Si t K,? tntendent Kinger and President^Wii ?? will be prosent. The object of the r the .tag to promote public education it This 8tate' |# SOUTH CAROLINA. , tjj3 The colored folks made their stat< at Columbia quite a success. Some snow fell last week bet " * Greenville and Paris Mountain. ica**? a cane mill has been built at Dar ailed ton with a daily capacity of 125 gal Is to The Columbia Land & Investmen . . has purchased the "old race cm tuI property of 110 acres for $11,000. will lay it off into building lot*. ">? ? The committee appointed at the r \ in meeting in reference to the proper r with aentation of South Carolina at the W< . j Fair appointed at a committee of fi memorialise the Legislature to m ' u% ~ proper appropriation, Oen. M. <3. B food chairman; J. A. Enslow, W,M. Rod The ? V- Rucker and D. K. Norria. ;lnct, For the tni time in yaara the I that Carolina Annual Conference of the ... odist Epiacopal Chutfoh, South, ia ? ing this week in Darlington, I i clay Qranberry, from Virginia, preaidin er to ia the 106th aeeaion. alset Sumter ia about to hare a b ig la ?anlar brought by the heira of Oen. Sum] p recover valuable city property on atanda the court hfruae, city ha years, which expires iu 1892. Acting ou Gen. Farley's suggestions the military officers of the state assembled in Columbia Friday night, and adopted his idea of establishing u -military insurance feature with the aid of the legislature. Prof. John G. Cliukscales, who has lieon doing institute work in various parts of the State during the summer and full, has been appointed to the position of clerk in the office of the Su perintendent of Educatiou to till the vacancy made by the removal of W. J.Thackston from the State. Loekwood, Green & Co., of Boston, Mass., arc preparing plans for a $500,000 cotton mill to bo erected by the Columbia Water Power Co.; said mill to be called the Aretas Blood Mill, have about 25,000 spindles with full outfit of looms, and use a water-power of about 1,500 horse-power. OTHER STATE?. _ ? ??nt Murinp A in s was killed accidentally while examining an old pistol. ml 1 ** ' s 1 * "* i nuexcuangcs oi .ucmpms neia a meeting and passed resolutions requesting tho county court to hppropritc $30,000 toward n fund for the proper r? presentation of the S ate of Tennessee at tho world's fair. It is learned that the Piedmont Exposition Company lost about $2,300 on the Exposition which has just closed in Atlanta, Ga. The otlicials claim that the $:j0,<>00 paid for the King Solomon show is what broke the camel's back. The deeds of property in Odessa, Tex., provided against the sale of liquor, and that Use property should revert to the town company in case of a violation of the clause, but in one deed tho clause was omitted and tho purchaser of the lot is selling so much hquor that only an injunction can stop him. Gen. E. Kirby Smith leaves his university chair in tho Tennessee mountains to : inix now and then with his old friends at Na-hvillc. He has become a patriarch in appearance, with gray hair aud a long, flowing white beard. But there is no' sign of physical breaking in him, for his eyes nre bright and he walks with a firm step and erect carriage. No other man iu Tennessee is more generally houorcd. The school for the boys of tho Apache tribe, at Mount Vernon barracks in Alabama, is a success. The Apache boys there arc taught to speak the Engl ah language and give up the ways of savagery; they wear white duck trousers and coats; they even surrender the glory of their tribe, which is their black liair, and some of them are said to bo anxious to "make money." THE NOTICE ON THE DOOR Which The Depositors Stand Around And Read. morning: "In consequence of the stringency in financial affairs and their inability to meet further demands, the directors of this bank have decided in the interest of all concerned to suspend busin as until : further notice." The officers arc in the bank, every entrance to which is closed, and it isim ii possibh^^w^^^^^p" | IrXvlt ic uu^conTTiuon of affairs. .The capiti stock is $250,000. '1 he last pnbliuhc jn statement shows a deposit of $-105,00' [n. An employee of the bank who is familii with its affairs expressed his opinic to an Associated Press reporter that tl ias depositors would suffer no loss. I.arj ,, crowds gathered around the bank discui ing the situation, but the excitement is a subdued chara ter and everything to I comparatively quiet. The Hunk ol xsi "* ' '?*><> ver aiul the Wilaiingtou Snvingsu Air I Trust Vonpnuy are not nilcctcd by I L,r^i the Pl" ^?5T<?TT7)Y\'ltTrromemr the suspended First Natio fm- Maud. The causes which led to susp Vd- ion have existed a long while Itscr ng- tnl was impaired by heavy losses sevi iny, years ngo, us is generally underst hil- troni the fact that nodivi feuds haveb luse declared since 1887. The direetc hoped that by careful management who earnings of the bunk would bo suffic oro in a few years to cover these old los rom slf?w collections in consequence of cet general itriugcncy prevailing in our r*(0 tion this fall, have c mpelled them that abandon this hope and close the bank Itcd protect depository as well ns stuckh ' ers, against further risk. Notwithstr ing the shrinkage in many securities e account of the general depression of k t?K noss. it is honed that the resources ol V1*5 bnuk, under prudent hnuriling, will 3 ' * moro than enough to p>y the deposl in full. 1 per iston BTJRNTO TO DEATH. nceti the And the Crime Wai the Resul a Conspiracy. 1It ai.mou, N. C., [Special.]?] from Wilkes county states that a tei ween crime was committed there. An 1 doned woman twenty years old, ni ling- Cjnthia Hoffman, camped out witl Ions. hunbus Dancy, her brother in-law. ? icil asleep, auu wncn ?ne awacene< clothes w ere on firo. arse gjie raa 8ever.,i hundred yards I * house, but was horribly burned and Tuesday night, eccnt The coroner held an inquest, an epra verdict of the jury waa that the w >rld's came to her death at the hands of v? to sins, a conspiracy having been form ake a hill her by Columbus Dancy and utier, Daucy. It appeared in evidence Igers, these men had threatened to lcil Lum got her out that night, fcbe c South 01 ^Ie 801X16 distance from the fir Metis- being buried between ht meet- fire, and Lum would not attan iishop Put out tne "re aUer u c*u?ht her < g. It The colony of Sierra Leooe is years old, yet there is no machinery w except the sewing machine. The | Pjj* letion is upwards of 50,000, and 1 m j taw-mill nor any othy kind of mi II o Deration. * A Guilford l|?n 0n "Something Better" Than Any Substitute Offered for the Sub-Treasury Plan for Obtaining: Loans Upon l>and. Be it enacted by the Congress of the United States, that whenever any corporation, duly chartered by the State in which the corporation is to liave its principal place of business, shall deposit with the Treusurer of the United States its bond or bonds bearing 2 per cen?. interest for a sum not less than $50^000, secured by mortgages upon land, said mortgages not exceeding one-half the value cf the land covered by the same as assessed for taxes; raid boud or bonds being duly authenticated and deposited as _jjfpresaid^o^ether withJhejportaages seia^lisfeatwttne%k.Jiirer of tnoTiiftcd States shall issue, ttrlhc corporation so complying, intercpnvcrtable bonds bearing 2 per cent, interest payable semiannually in the currency of the United States. Provided that said bonds at the option of tho owner thereof when presented nt theTrcasurv of the United States Bliall be cxchtngeu at par for United Stntes Treasury notes, which shall bo legal tender aud receivable for dues, public or private, except for those upon imports into tho United-States. Provided however in no case shall the Treasurer of the United States issue bonds as aforesaid to any corporation presenting securities us collaterals which are based upon land wiiicii is owueu uj nuy person or persons not citizens of the United States nor upon laud in excess of 1,000 acres the property of ouu individual or corporation. In presenting the foregoing plan for distributing money from the 't reasury of the United States among the masses, the writer would modestly claim for it superiority over toy^ fered for the Sub-Trussfiry plan. A serious objection to the plan proposed by ex-Senator*Norwoodiind others, "to make the distribution through the agency o( the States," arises from the fact that the funds would be used for partisan ends even If distributed through a system of State banks. Any financial measure to be acceptable should be constitutional, equitable and practicable. Granting for the sake of argument (what the writer does not believe) "that the United Statis Government is prohibited by thu Constitution from making loans direct to individuals,' no man could bring that as an objection to the plan suggested. The practicability of the government basing its credit upoi a few acres of laud scattered here aud there may be called in question, but i the number of acres be increased to thous 1 - i iU. - i A rAH r.n ... auus auu iuu ouinc uu uuuutu lur uu pc cent, of their value as assessed for taxei, can any sane man deuy, to land so situa ted its recognition >s available capital, o otS era and is no indre* "clnsalegislrttiou nor "paternalism" Shop that recommei ded by the NatiottVl Ankers' Associate of depositing corporation bonds cf citi< and railroads with t)^ Treasurer of ? J-^tfiulcirtftatcs as security,, upon wh 0 the government shall loan its credit si the corporation depositing them, in d dcr to tioat their bank paper curren 0. but is a great deal safer, because ci ir may be burued down or pass under the 1 >u nicipal control of factions who may 1 tic their treasuries and destroy the value Efc its real estate, thus rendering the be *s- worthless, but land nan neither be but of up or made away wi^h, which constib is it tlio very safest baps for securing lo ;w As to the practlciAiilily and availa nd ty of the plan the Writer would sul the that no sensible man doubts the safet land security, but objects to itbecaui Lai of the ^ ,7- / 1"J^T,4^V',itory tfnactn cn- rity which cnnilot bcK L it js a , ipi- upon, hcncc with the trading 'wiiiiiw. crnl in disrepute as such. This ohjectloi ood feature is at onco eliminated by the een going plan. As an illustration sav ?rrs viduals A. B. C. D. E. aud others' r the to organize a stock' company for ban icut merchandising, manufacturing or 1 ses, ging in any other industrial enter t e with a cnpltal of $ 100,COO. Now A see- B.'s wealth consists in money unci 'o subscribe fo amount of $50,000 ami to in the cash,but C.D.E. and other's v old consists in land which in jthe ni<gr ind- amounts to $50,000 at on^ half the 01 as assessed for taxation, lAion which nisi- they severally mortgage flicir land t ' the company in payment forjtheir respi 'it'ia subscriptions ami HKe a nmi o. n itors their certificates of stock The con desiring to convert all ol its asset." money executes its t>ond for au at equal to the sum of said mortgage deposits the bond and mortgages n \ lateral security with the Treasurer < It Of United Sta'e* and receives in lieut United Slatea interconvertible bonds are cxchunged for Treasury note Mews making the entire cap ?al of the cot rible available, and C. D. and F. cap l"Hn' their landa into divideid-beariog i imed The pian jg self-adjusting or inflt 11 Co jor whenever a corporation at, n c 'lney season of the year did not need its d her ft would be possessed of two ways licving itself of the redufuleiicy, 1? by loaning the surplus ?t a low raU died tcrest to its stockholders upon thei tiflcates of stock as collaterals (ina d the them being farmers would be lik oman ^ need money to con v on their fi assaa- operations about the time of the t0 aurolus began to accumulate), fl Rhett othetsafe investment was open 1 i that compVny it could return the surp I her the Trftqauwr of the United receire^an^^^oi^cerllbln . bond n't,) na the corporation aopo*??e?l ?y wc company. m'l ,n- would afford protection to the. * against trusts or monopolies, whtd there cljgt nce to the scarcity of ^P11" ble foods h tl*p pnrt of v>ro<iu01 BOt con-u.nci* l?y Qbabting them to <1 if *? oo-opuiHtivc association* for rant ring or sx porting their farm prod laws of Mipply and demand are operatec by a few individuals solely to corn h them selves. Co-operative associations should exist for thy purpose of making an equitbio distribution of benefits between the producer, consumer and manufacturer. Courting for it the fullest discussion, the writer modestly submits his plan to stand or fall upon its merits. Guilford College, N. C. J. B. Smith. ANOTHER PI.AN FOIl IiEI.IKP. Mr. Editor:?The cott?m crop is being gathered, and the prices are so small that the faces of the farme s have a sad, disturbed look. When one meets another the first question, after the usual friendly salutations is, how are your crops, and the common reply is, very good, but the starvation prices of cotton makes me sad, and if the good merchant that advanced to inc can't carry me over, I shall have to let him take my home, and - UieTCply 1k. T am in In your condition. " CtTTtt TTT^ _ J _ ?i.-a...^s, sometimes wish 1 had never been born. I have worked so hard this year and so hopefully, for my imps responded so cheerfuliy for every stroke of labor that I gave it, and is there no reme iy for us? and tho reply is, none, unh ssthc National Government, throueh the carncs". so lici tat ion of t lie AWancc, will conic 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. Editor, I, for one, believe the needful remedy can be gotten at our next National General As sembly within thirty days after its convention The Alliance is a national organization and therefore has its adherents in every State in Ill's grand Union, and suppose President Polk was to call a national cpnventiou of the Alliance and that convention was to select twenty of its members from each State, send them to Washington City and there let them organize themselves into u congress or convention, us ouo may please to term it, elect a president, select their committees, formulate their plans, draft their rcsolu, tions, 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 the same, and when it comes to our southland just afford us the opportunity of holding our cotton foi two crops?this crop and one more. Draw such a bill as the dilTereut section? require, take it in a body to the Prcsident of the Senate and demand a vot< upon it by that body. They arc onr 6er \ vants and will likely olicy, and then take it to the House of Representatives ant] demand the same; say to them we wan ( it as an experiment and if it does no I answer our requirements we will come ii f two or four years and aak.-ftIVjVWL* ? trcme or severe ftiMTo'i."/..!.. " ares, IUHI if ix'e7.vrta"u"? wiHinni it ,/,i . . "e ftccomphshc 1 l r * S* fic passage of a sta - 1? /?,r J,wo years with '(lie proviso th, ' iMivSfV i"',ivi'1""1 iuiieblcJ win els of busiues^voi^^TO^HMBflil j. in the least; and if the government woul ? inflate the currency to a liberal and h;<'< 111 . B, ? ? ? 0 "UU C9 innate limit, the wheels of j Oo(i^ - -Jr"u iLliititi.L'i JLiXV JL e prosper iie <?cgi? ?<fi'tfli ana before the ex| ation of the first twelve months cot would command satisfactory prices i or. other products the same, and we wo cv then have a prosperous at,d happy nati tie's We all know that the price of cotto i,m. not regulated by supply and demand, |0Qt there is one billion live hundred i of twenty-five million of people in inds world, and only four billions of pou ncd ?f cotton mule per year, which is utes quite 2 J pounds per capita, saying in ans. 'no ?f what is manufactured into r bilj. canvas, cotton bagging and many o limit modes of manufacture. So you see, y 0f Editor, that it cannot he supply and ie of mand. Fahmk jcrly jcnta President L. F. Livingston, of ( secvi- gin,-lost his whiskers in Louisiana. ** iellahowlic escaped without fu liable ? ?uiiiM jp the At fore- After a long drive " \mi indi- some of the laurel swamps we res lesirc a little village. 1 was tired and w kiug, and felt ill at ease. Seeing the fai euga- striped sign of a barber shop, I en! prise, threw myself into n chair, directing and barber to give inc a shave, and to they my whiskers. Under the soothing 1 pav of his hand I become drowsy and i-eattii asleep. You may imagine my su egate when I arose from the chair, and lo vnluc into the mirror, saw a perfect repr basis tion of my friend, ex-Governor Boy o the of Gritfin. I put my hand to my active hut it was no illusion?it was as ;ceive ever it was in nay caiiow oays. npany was nothing to do but to retire in i into gust and trust to time for n repnrat nount the damage. 1 am afraid to go s and however, until some sign of a beat s col- appears. >f the ****** hereof which Alliauceineu arc warned not t< s thus the bad men who have joined the npany ftnce f?r aclflsh purposes. We tnl italize occasion te warn them against tl issets. men wh? would like to join ?he Al xiblc hut who cannot Beware of them ertain ****** ^funds ^ poor man in Missouri stole I either three hams. He went to the penit t 'f . r for five years. The Treasurer of tl " stole $30,000 from tho State Tr c r. He went to tho penitentiary foi lv to yertr,> Moral: If you want a sh( e ^ . ( tcnce, steal a large amount, n-mintr 1 " yenr tt ? >r if no in the lumber season just cl< lo the Minnesota the "cut" for tho y In* to 447,713,252 feet, 207,221,000 si ?* and and 97.697,600 lath. This bei which record of last year by 103,138,1 & .inter- of lumber, 45,003,500 shingles, i e inter- 400,250 lath, k bonds im0 >8 p'an people Too Much Roaat Beef. :h ?*e Dallas, Texas, [Special.]?Th aval a- pjan^ 0f tjie Dallas Dressed B< >rs an Packing Company was consumed >rgnntze {n tlie nicrht. Loss, $200,000; ins uctsand 51'000 1 tVjI. .1 i V *T *)irtt ^LA>nTO^iB|K8Bl r '"HI M?.Tr--^g " The Need of Protecting the Ooaatl<ine From Cape Hatteras To Key West. i Washington, D. C'., [Special |?One of the most noticeable recommendations in the report of Gen. O. O. Howard, as i commander of the Department of the Atlantic, is that Tvbee Ponds and Port Royal Sound should l?e defended by works /. Hilton Head and Tybee, Perry, and StT Helena islauds. With these would be joined, of course, submarine , mines, and the navy in clue time might furnish torpedo boats. Important steps have been taken for the protection of the Atlantic coast from Porthnd down to Norfolk, and new batteries at some of the more important points have been begun for the reception of guns and mortars now under construction. But from Fort Monroe to Key West the seaboard is at present defenceless. There is not even a coast garrison between the former point and Feruan-<?fttie"cuhk?rits*wtfrscaunTT timbre tnc*tTvn war. If we look at the Bermudas, where England has a strongly fortified naval station and rendezvous, we find that the distance thence to Wilmington is (57-1 miles; to Charleston. 772 miles; to Savannah, 881 miles; to St. Augustine, 801) miles. North of Wilmington the distance from the Bermudas to the coast of North Carolina even diminishes. Keeping in view the high speed now given to war vessels, it is evident that a hostile squadron, secretly assembling at the Bermudas, which are connected by telegraph with Halifax, but by no direct cable with the United States, could appear off our South Atlantic ports after a comparatively short run. Coaling at the Bermudas, it would have an ample supply left for operations on our coast. It must be kept, in mind tint we really 1 arc not separated by the broad ocean from 1 the nearest possible European pimmy, i>m< ouly by a few hundred rmles intervening between onr ports and such stations as Halifax and the Bermudas, or the various West India islands in foreign poscssion The recommeiidotion of (Jen. Howard ii I - * ll*-< II.. It.. lugniu iu iui ui ) ui^; uiu luums ui tin Cnrolinas, Georgia, aud Florida is (line fore based on palpable facts. Tybcc island is at the mouth of the Savannah atnl works there would protect the rivei and the city. broad River and Fori Royal SouLd, a little to the North ' always regarded as waters of importance as shown by the Hilton Head exneditioi : early in the civil war, become additional ly so from the new dry dock now undo construction there, while the naval stu lion is sure to grow in value from its sit nation. 1 The Fortifications Hoard of 188a picket a out on this coast, between Fort Monro "J. uiv^ the Gulf, for defence by pcrmnncn i- works *lfc\^Vc t, Charleston, Savannal tl Wiluiington,Vhi7iPun.lbcrlnud Sound, i y that order of relati>? importance. Gei Howard is said to liavSv. " struck 1 b the expediency of ^^^b^ctsvjy|f^ch"^ns,etenwi12dnch" g Ned T.i?d?lrfjctte batteries, thirty.-two 12-ii -f" 1 mortars, six torpedo boats, and a <piai ity tv of subinerine miucs. The total I J ... __* i.,.1 tl.m iw.lnt m" propriuiion esuuiMicu iui una !??* * ton $3,400,500; for Charleston, $3,211.5 ?nd for Savannah, $2,244,000; for Wilnii nhl ton, $1,042,000; for Cumberland Sou 1011 $030,000. It should be said, howe 11 '3 that some of these ports on the Soutl for coast be partly defended against a boi and squadron by the interposition af obst this tions in the channels, so that in this nds pert their wants arc not so urgent not those of more important harbors on ?th- North Atlautic coast, ope, An interesting proposal is that w tlier is to be made by a South Carolina < Mr. gresman at t!m coining session for phi de- n gariison in Charleston harbor at n. Moultrie. The proposition is a remi that for many years this important leor- bor, the scene of great military ar.d i He operations both in the Kevolntiouarj rtlier civil war, has been without the sei lanta of a single company of artillerymen, rmgrt? -lipubt this lack will be supplied iclied not soonCTTKflW# ?uns to spaie foi eary, in order of importance by tfie ''To'? niliar tions Hoard among the points soul tcred, Fort Monroe until Key West is rea i the trim DISPLEASED WITH THE TE touch 1 fell rprisc The London Stock Exchange Re nk|ng ntes the Virginia Debt ?T,,C* Settlement, ntou, chin, New York City. ? A special bare from London says: "The Virginii There tlcmcnt is repudiated by the Stocl i dis- change, and it is believed that the ion of holders will not convert their hold home, I a the same subject another L d re- cable savs "The dealers in V funded bonds are on a coDsiderabl dieted scale at present, pending t rival by mail of full details of tin j trust posed compromise. Most holders Alii- lilieates here arc urging the bank* to the insist upon better terms. They le lad to believe that the advi ory corn lliance, could have given the Olcott con plenary power to sign nway the rij the bondholders.'' As the Oicolt Committee had al Iwo or ly control of 85 per cent, of the fill iftrv f.. l\lw.rr.in nnnnlialinna tli "a*"V ",v.' ... icotate ,1 y London flurry does not seem t ensury. bode any special danga? to the r two uieiit reached last week. )it son- __ A FIGHT BETWEEN GOA used in ear waa At Which an Accident Occur tiingles, Which 12 Persons WeveKil mml f^t San Antonio, Tkx , (Special.) d 17? Coleman, an American, engaged ino 17,- neg9 jn Ouyant >na. Mex., Irr'ngs j lars of au accident which took p that city, result in? in the kil' twelve people and serious injury others. Severn! hundred people 1 e entire semhled in the b ill fighting arena ;ef and ness n liotween two goats, wl by Are the ampitheuter gave way. uranco timbers fell on the crowd, crushir I and wpmeu rImbm, and Fefaialiie ApparQTr Wi.i.i.ksi.ky, Mass , [Special.]?There was a "rush" at Wel'csley Female College bet wccu t lie freshmen ami sophoiiioios which furnished plenty of excitement while it lasted, and caused a boom in the hairpin trade at the local dry goods stores. As roon as the freshmen had elected their Ch airman, M iss Helen James, the President of the sophomores, as is the custom, tapped at the door and presented a hugli hunch of white flowers to thft 1 c'ass. Upon her exit a few members of the s phomorc da s sercnadld the freshmen. Meanwhile the majority of the 'iMs had visited the rooms of the absent freshmen, whence, dressed in sheets and pillow-cases, they crop", silently up the stairs and crouched behind tlid serenadcrs. The music over, the freshmen, now /xr^utu^n.iu'fii/WA. ..Jttwly .In olnaa ^ pai t ly opened to hear the music. At the same time the sophomores tried to force their way in. A lively stramblo ensued. Finally the tophomores got in. i tie v were warmly welcomed by tho freshmen, who, not knowing the sheets were their own, quickly destroyed them, wondering, perhaps, why the sophomores made so weak a defence. Order was tinailv restored, but not until a great wreckage of gowns, eyeglasses, tortois shell hairpins, aud sheets had been made. THE "MANLY ART" IN COLUMBIA. A. E. Gonzales Attacks a Newspaper Correspondent. _ , Colcmiiia, 8. C., [Special.]?Another * ? person d encounter, following on the ' heels of last night's tights nrr?rr?1 ' dar k fn rne mrr-nouSe. w This time it was between A. E. Gon' 7.ales, general agent of The State, and M.. * F. Tigiie, correspondent of tho Charleston News and Courier. 1 (lnn7 des approached Tighc and, pro1 ducing a copy of the News and Courier, read therefrom a portion of Tighc's nc5 count of the tights, which he denounced > as a lie. Upon repeating it, Tighc struck him. ' Gonzales responded by bitting Tighe > under the left eye, cutting a gash, which bled profusely. The two men then 1 clinched and rolled over on the floor, Gonzales being on top. lloth men fough r I-? i..m r i ...: i.._ 1 g.miuiy mr scvi'ini miuiiie*. i-many, wiicn they hail both got up, Tighc said: "You are my physical superior, but I'll tight you in any way u gentleman ought to light, and 1 challenge you now." 1 (Jon/ales replied that '1 igho could get 1 all the light lie wanted out of him in any ' way he desired. The row occurred just outside the door ' of the hall of the house of reprcscntalives, whilst th;vl body was in session, l" unit many members rushed out to the 'v i si i nc. Shortly thereafter Ilepresentativo \ A r.1'11'-ht' .Jt i - r'Mce was W!1S w hi kin- the public nnd; - seven '?irw.? west uf Ashcvillc. under Superintendent .? |n<r' White. White found it necessary during the afteinoon. to visit the city, leaving vt.r' the gang in cha'gc of the guard?two u>| Ii young while incn They were nnned with breech loading shot-guus. Three * of the gang-?John Boston, Jim Sales, and s Wilson Murthee, all negtocs?were wheeling dirt to the load, where young Harhiu. oue of the guards, stood. Sua denly chopping their tools, tlie mice hirh convicts ran. Harbin, taken by surprise, I'on- was slow to fire. When he did JohD icinc* Host on dropped with a bullet thiough hie Fort brain. Harbin. attempted to aider fi'C "gain, but his , gun snapped. llis liar- companion, running up, fired upon the naval remaining men, dangeiously wouudiug v. and Sales. Murlhoc escaped unhurt, it is \ rviccs thought. Boston is the negro who at- V j^0 tempted to murder a colored woman lieie when last summer, and Muithec, while in jail, . jt jj- the assailant of Superintendent White T '?nt. Ootti Wecla a Bonaparte. . . ??.t! 'n of a cablegram rrom ched Gotti, of the Italian aruiy, was rfnrrr^MM^aaw_ __ to t,ie Princess Marie Lconio Eugenie Kmb. Hat hi Id a Caroline Jeanne Julio Zenaido Bonaparte. daughter of Prince NnjiolconCh.ul s Bonaparte and descendant of ipudi- Lucien Bona parte, a brother of the great Napoleon. The wedding was honored bv the presence of Itnliau royalty, and the officiating priest was Cardinal Lucien cable Bonaparte, who is both a Prince of the <x set- Church and a temporal Prince and head i Ex- of the branch of the Donnpaitcs to which bond- ihe bride belongs. Piiucc Napoleon lings." Chillies, fa her-of the bride, is consideration ed rich in Italy, though he would not irgittia cut mw h of a figure in London or New 1? res- York. lie made the bridegroom happy lv* ar- bv the assurance of $3,000 a year to take 3 pro- care of his wife with. There was a largo of cer- gathering of Italian nobility. The presets to ents included gilts from King Humbert ???refuse and Queen Marguerite. It is the purpose imittcc of the King to bestow upon Lieut. Gotti iniittcc n tit'e of nobility, so as to bring him ghts of nearer in rank to his Inide. isolut?- Confeds. in The North, bonds ' The uttinber of Ex-Confederates in the is tar- Noithcrn States is so great itliat Gen. o fore- Gordon, the commander of the United ,p agicc- Confederate Veteran?,has deemed it advisable to organize the Order in two dif js I ' ions. One division is to have "its head* TS, quarters in New Yom, the other in Chicago, with subordinate camps where , . ever it may appear advisable. Theejiistred in '"g organizations will thus be consol',arl dated into the divisions, according to Gen. Got don's order, with the canopa ?J. 11. affiliated to cither the one or tbp other ^4 in busi- d vision, according to their ldBfcHty. I jarticis- The object of tho organization is purely f lace In benevolent. It is ''to assist poop 1*- ? ling of Confederate soldiers, and to ha*S the %P to nine care of the graves in cemetciieatf'iehere M had as- Confederates are buried." The list is ! to wit- ?nl the least of the duties of the organi- ^ hen part zation. for large numbers of Confederate Heavy prison en died on Johnston's Island, at tg men Camp Mitchell, at Fort Delaware end ; J other places North and West. * *1