Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Wood, of the Fourth CavA?Iry, woo recsntly rsturae \ to Sua Fraa/ cisco fio.n a tour of this attractive ' region. says thit he h*J a very lively time of it keeping /he reservation clear of cattle. Until th^ySovenmont interfered, the herders took in as insny as 2000 cattle aad 90,033 sheep every summer for pasture. This has all been A atoppe J. It is the duty of the soldiers to ^ keep on the trot in every part of the reservation, turn the herds h?ck and warn owners not to trespass. Bat, in spite this vigilance, C3ttlo slip in. Tho enters are promptly arrested and escorted to the other sido of tho reservation, a journey which takes five daj3. ,'Meanwliilc their {locks are unprotected, ') and bears and wolves attack the animals / and kill the 11. By the tian the herder I secures n permit, {jets his floe'c together / an J leads them out of the reservation, ho i4 taught a salutary, if a severe, lesson. L t^B?^hcr duty of tho troopers is to lay trails. Captain Wool had tho auy urority to hire a guide, but lie found no / one who was familiar with tho wild country, aarl explored it himself. During the summer the soldiers laid out twenty-five miles of trail passable to mounted men, often over mountains that >had bcca declared inaccessible. * * lloulton, the shire town of Aroostook County, Me., is, declares the "New York Sun, one of the uiost remarkable of border scttleinouts, and strangers are surprised to find, a ubicc of such wealth and importance hidden a*i^ iu the forests of , the wild Northeast. Pjftitpvrn was named teg after J oaeph Houltou, pioueei \ o n. flgu its JMydi was a military post, antral was the base of operations OB-.the American side during the socalled Aroostook war of 1S39. The t4War" didn't amount to much so far as fighting was coucorucJ, but it was a grsnd thing for Houltou, as it served to bring the place into prominence, and prosperity has ^pd there ever since. Tc-day the Aroostook metropolis his tho rir of a very old aud substantial town, such as one would expect to lind in tho thickly settled parts of the Middle States. .The streets arc wide aud well kept, the business structures arc well built, aud the houses are handsome. The far-reaching timber forests, broad pastures, and the deep, rich soil aro unfailing sources of wculth, and lloulton, with its thrifty people, thrives accordingly. It is a true Baying that a man who can't get along well in Aroostook County ought to bo t>uri</d. An unique character is Mrs. Mary Chynowcth, the millionaire "Christian Bcioutist'' of San Jo3c, Cal. On her lUffrtitui estate of Elen Vale she has built a house of 109 rooms, in which she lives with the families of her two gons, devoting all Iter time to making converts among her neighbors. In a largo building on the property she preaches "inspired" sermons every Sunday, and Afterward publishes them iu a volume entitled "Tho True Life." She believes ho possesses miraculous powers, and invites the afflicted to couio to her for cure. Nevertheless she declares ?lm i? not a spiritualist, an 1 explains her peculiar habits of life uy saying that sho is "influence!" to do and say certain things. She is a worn in of sixty, and until she was thirty-eight sho had never ^ read the Bible. Yet wiira she litst made Ba religious address, s'uc quoted frco.y from the Bible, a fact which is not so strange when one considers the tricks of memory. Mrs. Chynowcth's income is derived from iron mines in Wisconsin, and her wealth is estimatei at $3,01)0,. t)0>). Sho says that she discovered tlio mines uuder the "influences" that shapo all her action^ and one of her sons corroborates this statement, declaring that test pits were sunk in a locality pointed out by her near Ashland in Wisconsin, * where rich veins are being worked to. d;iy. In speaking of her powers she ays: "I have healed the sick by miracles, but what the means of healing aro I don't know, save that I believe it is the influence of the Uoly Spirit. " I ac'"^S^lly took the sickness of others upon myself and suffered the physical pain that they suffered, and they vere made well. At a time predicted the sickness leaves mc,'; TOir" "l J w 11 '",l ' 1 IN OTHER SRIB3. 1 went acroes the aoowy flfld, Au eerie wind swept whistling by. Far dff a church bell slowly pealed. Then silence filled the hollow sky, As if the daylight held lbs breath? The very seal and sign of death. Bo late the sparrow's pipo did drown Murmurs of leaves and wash of air. The bluebird shook a measure down, The robin eh stle 1 everywhere. The bobolink's wild spurt of song Bubbled ami sparklet all day long. So late from coverts of the woodStars trembling, flowiug waters still? The spirit of the solitude Bang soft, sang far, the whippoorwill, Aud tbrushei made the glad tears start,. Whiledim strange joy half bro'co the heart. So late, so late, from every boug'u Mad mush- trembling far and near As if the sunshine sang, and now Thefofetof empty siieuoe here* * Bo might a dead world siakha?swoon Beyond the dark side of the uroon! Ob, songs of unforgotten moo!". In joyanco whitbor have you down? Within what sweeter latitude*, On what serener breez ? blown?,. Upon what bloom, what gol k*i*bougi, Ob, singer?, do yoti v\ yrble now? Within what other heaven showers The lavish measure of your tune? Are other skies more soft than ours? Are ottarr skies more fair than Jnn?? All crystal safe froui sun an 1 drougli, Is there a Inn.i more south tbau south. ?Harriet SpoQFord, in Harper's Baear. MR, IVILKENNING'8HOBBY. IJT ?. H. ACGUlt. "Mary, I aui going to quit business." Miss Wilkcuuiug, scwiug away with nitnble Sogers and cugrosscd in her owu thoughts, hud not noticed that her brother had cease-l reading; and this abrupt remark startled her. She looked up quickly and fouud his calm gaze resting on her face. "C^uit business!" she exclaimed. "What do you uicau?" , Mr. Wilkcnoiug laid his paper on the nttble, put his hands iu his trousers pockets aud crossed his legs, while his eistcr waited. "I mean," ho said, whou he had adjusted himself satisfactorily, "that I'm j going to turn over tho whole thing to ! Wharton aud retire, go out; quit." "But, Alfred! you're only forty-6ix ' years old'." "I've got monej ?noU"h." But you're au active, ?nr,rgetic man. What will yoi? do with???. ,qr wjjen L i you have no business nnrnv-otf tor* , Mr. Wilk$?niog elevated his cycbjpfc*? jJ .id'll enjoy ffl nffsC^aridc on my hobby. \ Miss Wilkenning elowfy gatb'^fup the work in her lap and placed it on the table, while her brother lowered his eyes from the ceiling aud looked at her with !l hlllf flirfiwrt f.?nrncL' ... ?? I.!- ??1 - V VU Ilia ^UJUhu turned face. ' Alfred," raid Miss Wilkeuuing, solemn!}, folding her hauds in her lap; "you are going to give up busiuess on purpose to go iuto the country and buy n larrn. Vou have had that on your mind for two years?ever since you gave Mr. Wharton a half interest in the busilc s. You look back to the days of your boyhood, and you imagine that you could again he as happy and free as you were then. You don't consider that the conditions have changed; that yon have changed. You will relinquish all the coinf, rts, all the luxuries you have been accustomed t6 here, all tho friends wheel; society 'is a pleasur'p, au incentive to you; you will go away from the city aud rust out iu some isolated country place, among narrow, plodding people whom you cannot sympathize with or care for, !? iz folly. V'l.j won't you put the idc;f out of your head and he contented where you are certain to be happiest?" Mr. Wilkenning arose and walked two or three tiuics across the room. Then he stopped iu front o! his sister. ".Mary," said he, "the love of the country wa3 Lorn iu inc. I have lost sight of that fact while I slaved at business; but now, when I am able to free myself, a longing lor the old lite comes uacK 10 me witn a torccyoucau t utiflerstaud. I've trotted arouad on slabs of stone for as many years as I care to. I'd rive ten dollars this minute if I just could **\ke off uiy varnished boots and silk sto tings and plant my bare feet on the damp, cold turf." Mr. Wilkenniug took another turn around the room aud stopped, facing bis sister again. "Every chestnut tree iu the pasture lot"?he went ou?"every apple tree in the orchard?every old zig-zag fence on that farm is everlastingly tixed in my memory; aud they seem to be waiting for inc to come back." He stopped abruptly and then adde 1; "But you don't want to go. Miry." Miss Wilkeuuing took her work oil the table and began to sew again. "I am making some warm clothes fot one of my children," she said; "you know I have forty-seven of them. What would they do if I should go a-vay?" "Ah, yes! your mission. Vou have a hobby, too. I had forgotten that." M iss Wilkeuuing looked earnestly into her brothei's face. "Alfred," she said; "you are tired ol your home. life. You are tired of seeing nothitfttiW\)p old maid's face morning ^ Jo \ and eve '* after year. You don't kuowjQ.is the trouble. If you were fit. ' had a family around you, vcr' our Pr'(#e happy and?" "St of co,,/ .MISS WllKCDDIDg WOUltl Have Stoop* I about here, anyhow; for her voice and lips were tremulous. Her brother came around to the back of her chair. "Let's see that old maid'3 face," he raid; and he took it between his hands. "You are the one that ought to have a husband and a house full of children to love and caie for,'' he said; "you art UITUIJ... . --J*-" wasting jour life on a cranky old bad brother. It's a shame?a dowoi shame! But there!"?-he kissed fa "I couldn't get along without you; I could not, (toesibly. I hare not tho of euch a thing as a wife, Mary, twcnty-Svc years. I don't want a i I wouldn't hare one around. Now, stop our nousense about getting man and talk of souietbiug that is anion; possibilities. And here is one thru your unreasoning prejudice agaiust country. I'm going to renioro that else I'm going to give up to it. 1 I a scheme which will result in one those two things. Want to hear it?' Miss Wilkeuuing bowod her head *'\Ycl!, I'm going up to Hycti Massachusetts, among the tanners ?t plodding farmers who never leave I homes for three days at a time; and going to hunt up the brightest, i progressive one of them all; and coijig to usk him to come here and 'Two weeks?tfo you follow njcT -to two weeks as our guefct. 4tT he t out to bo ? wide-awake, agreeable, i bred man, one whose intellectual ati menta are up to jour standard, you've got to acknowledge that that of people can grow in tho country, that 1 might live in tho country wit getting rusty. If I cau't tinil sue raau, theu we'll stay iu New York. "How's that? "If I've taken your breath away, wait uhtil you get it Lack. Take i time.*' 31 r. Willcetralnrg sat down and tended to read the paper. When sought his sister's face again, she ga/.ing at him with an amused smile. "Well?" said he. "I'll accept that test," ?ke said; 4 I wonder if you have auy particular sou in miud. l)o you thiuk of any of your country acquaintances who wi be likely to convert me?" "I've thought of several young fell whom I Knew years ago, Mary. The that third or fourth cousin of ours, 1 Beverly, fcr one. He's a bright sor fellow, eh?" 44lie was?fifteen years ago." "I wouder how he'd do for a case?" 44 You cau call ou him and see." "He's living there with his sis Grace, isn't he?" 44Yes; I wonder why neither of tl married ?" 4 4.d too much sense. Well, ' to be a typical country pair this time; but I'll wager that ' Beverly is as bright as a new dollar, take those two for my subjects. I'll 'era both to come down and see That's exactly what I'll do; aud I'l u:> there to-uiorrovv muraiuo ." i . o" ^ Yuu're^uot wasting any time, Alt dsys." "All right/' mud 3Ii->s TTitkenning The conversation ceased, aad Wilkcnuiug began once moro to pace floor. His face was radiant, uud tread was quick and elastic. The a temptation of a visit to ltjcflelds lit him with joy. * >r * * * * Aud Mr. Wilkenuing went to 11 fields oa the following clay. He nouueed his arrival there iu a letter his sister, from which the following an extract: "* * * But isn't it a very singular c cideuue tint to n Jiaverly should have lure for New York at the very time I starting for Ryotietdg. Gram says he been talking of visiting New York fi year or two; and finally, tie made a sud resolve t j go, and posted himself ott. intended to go straight to our house; an course you kept him there. How do you hint? I shall not t ill you what sort < woman Grace is, though; you must i until you sea her. * * * They hni magnificent fnrm, and I'm not going to 1c it torn day or two, now tint I've got here. Teh Tom "v.t, r.:r! kec;i Uu< eo.ne home. Give tinn this letter of in du :lion t > Wharton, an 1 to'I hioi to 111 hinrs If at lionu at th < olUio as well a: the house. IVlien I "<>1 lnnV I'll In'm I around to sjj t'n} sights. tiruca says hi had a groat longing t> visit th? city?tlii hoM ii <o to li v) 1'iaiv; and I b-liev sitv ries her a little. Dau't let biui got into u chief. The answer to this letter was iu p as lollows ? > * Hut don't stay too long. If won't t 11 me about (Jrae\ I thin'.- I'll lake tlio trouble to describe Tom for y * * * I should say he did like the c I is'a a regular bay. You'll have very h to show him, unless you hurry to come ho tor he is "Joking in the town'' pretty tl Highly. '' ' * * Ho say? you will I Doily a lino animal t,a drive, if you waut I but you must koap a closa eye on her. Cf No !. ho says, is a goo 1 road horse, too, more naoJo: at \ I thiuk you'd better use gray horse an I let the other on a alone. 8 you bo ho no soon!' It was two or three days after 1 was written, when Thomas Beverly, the city, got a letter from his sister. He say, every day he's 'going home morrow, sin wrote; hut ha doevi't go. is driving ovei the co.iniry, calling on tlio p:oplc he ever hear I of, to get p >ints (among, ho say?. I do believe hi was out for a fiirmer. Ye-t ir lay, Mr. II dricLs ciiiio down frou Cloarorook to I it those ycaiiings an I Mr. tYilkenning t hiiu iu li.m 1 an i *.>1.1 him seven of teetu i I be sorrel t. J told him how much expected to get an 1 lie did better by ab seventy do'l irs. I)i I you forgot your poiutnieiit with Mr. Hen Iriohst How mi lon ger are you going to stay in New York Nearly a week more elapsed, nod tl Mr. Wilkcauing,nt Kyelields. receive* short letter from his sister, closing w these words: "Alfred you mast co: home." And Mr. Wilk~nniug <litl come hon He reached New York very eatly iu 1 luor.iiug, arriving at the hou>e bsf? hi? sister had come down stairs. 1 guest, however, was iu the libra with morning paper spread out bef him. '.Hay, you're a great fellow!" claimed Mr. Beverly, when the two 1 greeted each other wjtli genuine warm "why didn't you stay up there? wanted to have a <piail hunt w you." "The deuce you did!" said Mr. W kenning. "Why didn't you say so? icloi tiavo stayed. But iVgjf- oom Ann to rig* entertain you?polity?And putty be- I cr? cause Mary wrote am that I Mint no, oome.M * k 1 Sc ugh' "She didn't, thought* mM Mr. , it Beverly, with a peculiar esprcssioi, of vife. countenance. \k- . let'i "She did, though,** entd Mr. Wit en-' _ rietlj niug. "What do you Aid of inter* , in f tb? the paper this morning, Tom?" ? Mr. Beverly bad suddenly buniedlhls the face in the newspaper, or "I was just looking np a little ad^rlave tUe ncat of tnine," he raid; MW-Hl *T? . of toll the truth, Alf, Vm desperately tin f love with New York, and I've offered u I ' ?a desirable country place .in exchmuko I * L-lds. f?r?" was acurchtniriar tie adv<V. I* hos< tUomenl) 4tfor a city houivp' Hire 'tfs. I fs th"ii Want to road ill'* si / jatu 1 ? 44Do you de* or Jwd* ^ ??sl cr*t" iutjuirwi i-arsred d/"1?* ' / * ^ , 440.vnert; positt_- 1 / v' "if' 44 ibto I'll talk with I X w/st Alt ^ farm of yours." 'V'^W^wk *"*" ?i 44Tho deuce you taia "Will you swap plicetT^K J"1 th? "'J ?fr-?,5"'iS,browi?* i,:n(i his paper aside; "I trill.' C ?? ?< ? / u ?4\cs; even. ) be J i t4lt's u go!" llicy grasped bauds. to 4 4 My sister can't boar to $iuk of leav- da ing New York, though," qdd Hr. Wilkenniug, with a troubled l?ok. 4,3he won't have to," sailMr. Beverly, pre- tightening his grip; "wy'vo settled id he that. It's tovigh on you, ot^ fellow, and was s*lu?3he's cried over it a lot,v Alf, I know $j she has, and I believe tie's afraid to meet you; but doa't reproach her, old if' but mRQ' You'll get used la JbL Brothers nil and sisters can't always-i" . ? tu one ou? Wllkennlng, whose ?u< juld expression was any thing Wt reproachful; 44what were you kaylog alout brothers ?? and sisters?" l ows "I was thicking about nto sister," said t4* (res Mr. Bcverlv: 4 4it would tie a k her heart Tl Lom to |cavc ^eye^iolds.,' V* s,i' t of "Tom," cried Mr. Wiltcnning, "she ?' won't have to I" 7 ou "What!" . twt "We've, settled that." ? ? ** "n il r swap?'' - j )]| iter I "it u." ? [ uera 4,SVCDP! r1 ^10y And Miss Wilkenning, coming softly ^ 1,^ down the stairs nt this moment, found ?f rotu these two big'fellows clasped in oacb \n\ t'ii other's arms.?Fuel'. \ 1 11 v (iu ask llt us. Martin Van l)t\reu. tJ ' S? Martin Vau Baron, out eighth Presi- ly . dent, gr "***.' were; :M J? ,h Mr. eighteen ho represented tho Js^gulV^CI^b * "j,, th? iu the Congressional convention oMsurl i,\ his district. Ho beguu tho practice-?Lisii :JU' in liia twenty-first year, and msffterf cr 'e(^ Miss Hauuah Hoes in his twonty-t$fai> V-~ Two years after he had his first part?#t?- Yyyi ward from tho Republicans, and nfn#' yJi| [yc- made Surrogate of Columbia County in nf nn. 180$. In 1815 he was Attorney-Gen *hn to oral of the State. Ho took up his resi- to r is dence iu Albany, and" went into partner- in ship with his pupil, Benjamin P. Butler. vt( Iu the great question of tho time, tho J'" admission of Wisconsin into tho Uuiou, ^ was Mr. Vau Bureu was one of the promi has ueut men who insisted most warmly or a the prohibition of slavery, Iu 1821 1^ ^ jje was eiecieu to mo utmou titnios ncnafj _ , d of and re elected ia IS'17. idio followim |nf like year ho was mado Ooveroor of Ne hjl( vaU nn<l the very next year ho vvas jj0 FJ n called by Andre v Jackson to he Sehrciavo tary of State. When Jackson retired, fKr .."I' Van hii. iU ihv TlOii- tin tj'o! dcutial chair. This Presidency began wi ake March 1, 1SJ7. Iii the elections of 1810 ' ,Rt and 1811 he was defeated as the candi* li i' date for his party. In 18 IS he appeared iiks ngaiu as the candidate of the Free Soil 'or- party, but did not receive the electoral ll's" vole of a single State. After this his life w is spent in travel and retirement. Ho died on the 'Jttli of July, 1862. His character was remarkable for its serenity, you The masses accepted him as a leader, but noi never worshiped him as a hero; cor did wl on. ]|C orcr innpire the enthusiasm than An- tin ttV drew Jackson did. As yon saw him h.v me; once he was always seen?polite, eelf ior- posfcsse i, dressing well, liviug well, and 'i'".1 having a fondness for the society of lit- l'ej ray erary men.?Detroit Fret Preu, but mm ttia Uuclc Sam's First Stamps. 'iu hah * lov The first stamps issued were the do this no iiuiatious of five and ten contl. These tin ja stoops are now obsolete, and tbey would J not be recognized by the postofliee0. ; Tii The five cent 3tainp contained a portrait tra to- of Franklin, made after a painting by Yo jj9 J >'n it. Longaere, in which the first Do all Postmastti-CJeueral is represented wear- on n.i .. ..?I- > _:.t !.. i.i^ a ? mu; UVJC.VUI CillUi IIUK !l C9.ll Willi j 11,1 a fur collar. The color of the stamp is u j '',c o>'c light bro.vu, unci thero is a border of | w'' oak tiuo straight Hues around the cntiro ! wn 1;?l stamp. I ,m The tea ce.tt sta'np contained a par- j jJI up- trait of Washington made from Stuart's | " ' 'h paintiog. Its color was black, nod it had in the upper corusra the letters "U. ion s." These two stamps were all that j J a were used until 1351, whoa letter post- t ith ago was reduced to three cents, and a {p(. U3 now Reries of stamps cam a in.?Button nv! Herald. _ tie. 1 i v tho ^e,f Mole of l.'utc'ilu; Eleplia its.. j are Tiie lu.lia i undo of catc^jyekrpaants '?x. LIU by driving then into iucloiurei formed 0f ry, ofdelle.l trees in the forests soems likely tb? ore. to bo de.duitiveiy abandoned by the ?k. 3lairas tbveroaeat in favor of what is ou ex- known as the pit system. The forest tad olficeri are of opinion that if the pits are res th; properly constructed and duo precautions spt I are taken to break the fall of the antmils twi rith the pitfall method of capture is the less tht liable of the two to cause injury and il- mortality.?JW r Yorlc Commercial Advsv- ^ I'd; tUer, ' I * ^ ;V FARMERS' ALLIANCE. PW mttkiag Interesting About the A Co-Operative Stores. Ni QVr the Plan is Bates?fully Carried p. q Out in Ingltad, and Its Adapt- Thai ability to This Country. n<* bon< Adv Senator Stanford, of California, intro- Clev iced a bill in the Senate laat Tuesday to F. B ovidc for more money iu circulation. ^ abou Spain la one step iu advance of Ameri on t< iu the the uao of electricity for scri- mini Uural work. Iu some Darts oi that recel uutry the farmer plows his tietda with cred /V % % 91 nt HJ ? LMVIIVV |JU ? VII I ia ir comi sasrsai: =3 K in its checks. Between NovofflVr t and Mth there were fifty-two Rub-Al- e(iue nccs organized in that Rtate. ' rcnt for t A large Citizens' Alliance club has P * eu organized at Iudiaunpolis, Ind.,? 1 a People's Cougrcss was also formed discuss the economic question* of the v t lem into * CUSS' CO-OPERATION AMONO FARMERS. We The political results growing out of ? farmers' convcntiou at Ocala may or Rff00 ty not vanish like smoke. But that stnibly originated one movement which, jj( faithfully followed up, will end in pott >ot substantial good to nil tho agricul- ^er ( lists engaged in it. This is the move- |n(u| snt toward co-operative stores. One state depot of tho National Union tnp.any ha? already been established at piisvillc. Thirty-live branch stores are . M be founded el so where in Kentucky. jj * it farmers' county orgauizations will (orm iect ngcuts and place them iu charge j the branch stores. There will remain R ^ calling to insure the success of the n jvemeut to euablc farmeis to control ^ eir <Jwn purchuses and secure them on , . vantageou* tormy. Talk will be that c ngeuts of their choosing must l>e th honest and shrewd businessmen. With the example of the great co opcr cre,| ivc store system before tbem in Eng- jjyc| id, the farmers cannot fail in their ^ heme if it is well managed. Members ^ the. first English ro operative society ' ,,, it their means together and formed a . . itil stock company. At first they cou- L ' ed their work merely to buying articles j(i wholesale and distributing them among ^ . eir members, adding to the price mere- *| the expenses of distribution. Then a <-fn| eat vista, opened before the co opera ^ mists. They began a retail store of '('pr honest ... ' ' Wgr -'fr"'1- above th? whele- UM I, thoughir was still below tint ^jJj i urged by?eudinerv retail stores. Then y theenrl oia given timo they divided e profits among the stockholders. Out- * lers were allowed to purchase goods, it bud no share in the profits, which ue re mm veil i rr membeis of the co op*.alive concern defter rTbe i lutt uboo outlined has beefttb* ftpi < flfcwhich seemed to wear tUeJjosfff 'iTi iig WfliffTas ihe dftrwv?6co%f rwOrftry' "T* rt^ooptc would demand, this appears I? he the plan which would succeed best !Oct"* America The old scheme of <?rnngo | J* res was a failure naturally. But now ,U''U 3 agriculturists have gained experience. n.>'' ' lev will lie benefactors of their fellow bltic< in it they can inaugurate successfully 3 system of co-operative stores in the lit d Stiles, whrre nil attempts to V? ike ir work- Oil II lurirn cooU li?mn 1.1*1. . . mm- UUU 0 failed. The fact that it has been so the | irvelous a success in England, however, stric jws tlint it can be brought to pcrfec- this it. Honesty, patience and business and rewdness will perfect the plan, and note mors will have ??pi?r?rf'>ni??* to "hew tltu> it they can manage theii own business past thout ott'side assistance. ty in entei ing < THAT AWFUL WRECK. Vxvt (he prise ;ni trending Scenes at the Wreck |?iosj The Unfortunates Were Finned (,,m| hfut Down and Scalded to Death. Jiaittl Nkw Yoiik, (Special. J-The accident main licit occurred on the New York Cen worl 1 railroad at Hastings on thc-lludson. a n?1 > proven to be much greater than stat- dlesl by reports received. The oflieial list the f the dead, as given out, iiumheis elevea of th ople. * lene, The accident was due to carelessness com| a brakomau, Albeit E. Iferrick, of the tuck flfnlo express, which was lying still be- East v Jfnslings. Iferrick fled and has not f?ctc ::ccr. nu icn ins uuuorin in tjaiu ?iwl put on citizen's clothes. Inml from an otlicial report given out by Hart iid Vice President Webb, of the Con- impr 1 road, train No. 93, which left New Ala. rk ut 0:40 o'clock p. in., stopped at N bh's Fenv to makesorae slight repaiis panj the eng'ne. A distant signal was with own out and following the train, was Alex ! Buffalo and Niagara Falls special, prov lich left here at 7 :30 o'clock p. m. ind foun s stopped about three-quarters of a N. < !e south of Dobb's Kerry station. The eom| iductor of No. 4~> immediately sent cord ikcinan ilciii'k back to signal the ''00 ning tiain. He proceeded as far as V?. : station ul Hastings, He went inside Man 1 talked with the station master, wait- worl ; for the Cincinnati and St. Lou's ex wate ;ss No. 7, which left this city at 8 Ualli lock. While lierrick was standing coni| ir the door the St. Louis cxpresa lizzed past, running at the rate of for- Rail nmes an nour. Lngiueer J. Donohue, of the St. Louis (ilea*, received no warning whatever Ai tlie presence of the Buffalo express on train s track ahead, until he was almost on : track. Ho rcvci aeu his engine, put "c"1 airbrake9 and jumped for his life. were 1'he engine of Xo. 7 crashed into the " r sleeper, Gibraltar, of the Buffalo ?j>rei cinl, with terrific force. There were FiftJ cuty-two people in the sleeping car at ",e t time. whet Hie remains of J. W. White, porter, 10 died of his injuries, were shipped to t home in Virginia. t j lNS OF VIRGINIA'S CREDITORS ?] urreader of Defaultod Boadi H0 Pro poo ?d la Place of a Caah Depoeit. w York City, (Special. J?Frederic ^ 'Icott, William L. Bull, Henry Bud go, 'lea D. Dickey, Jr. Jilugh R. Garden, John Olll, (he committee of Virginia j 1 holder*, met here Saturday. An ., iaory?Board, composed of G rover eland, Edward J. Plielpa, Thoma* . layard, George 8. Coe, and Oeorgo Villiama, i? associated with the bondere' committee in the effort to bring WR it a wit lenient or the Virginia debt J"' rrma eouitable alike to the Old Do- ?*4t on ana to its creditor". Cables wcro o ived yesterday from the English bs< iters announcing their concurrence dm is-negotiations conducted b^tho two tho mittoes with Gov. McKinncy and his 1 el*the new floods to pay two per ^, . for teu years and three per cent. j ho remaining ninetv years. In ap cas ing it the Advisory board says: 0Q 1V0 should consider it unfortunate for ^lu creditors and all concerned, if the ect of this indebtedness and its setent should lie allowed to o^ain fall . the vortex of popular political dis vc ion and dispute. * * are decided in our judgement that, J1*1" e tortus of settlement uow proposed tov ejected, tho prospect of an advant- UP us agreement in tho future is far aac i encouraging." ' ov. McKinncy has reminded the <>1- era and Cleveland committees that tin- t\v< the resolution of the Virginia l.cgi* at* re by which he aud his Commission bin s appointed it is provided that "no hui icsition shall lie entertained by 1 lie ver mission which is not supported by n is ? >sit in cash of not loss tlinn one mildollars, to insure the faithful per o? isnce of the proposals, if accepted .,u, ratltiod." Gov. McKinncy adds, in tcr to the committees: "You make ( lention of this fact, which the law j es a condition precedent to'thy conratiou of your importnur proposi j.yr r. Olcott, replying, says that his . ' mittccs represent 85 per cent. of the ' uors, nnci nrc prepared to make dc- I "" y to the proper officers of Virginia "u 10 defaulted bonds to that amount. Mr. Olcott adds: 11111 This, we suppose, is a far more coin- hci c and satisfactory guarantee for per- po' innce on our part than a deposit of cor or even five million of dollars. 'I'he the ;ct of the act was evidently to insure ' performance of the cotiiract with the gui e, if made. Ami if, from the nature qro l?c oi jposnl no nhftl.i make, *Ur fat- ai i toot paSelical benefit to any one." ^0I irp^^ t<h!?ugh G-v' MrKinii,,y?^ he olciott Committee, it will be re- 'M1' rbrrod, offered to acccjit $18,000,000 ' fw three per cent, bonds, or $10,000,- use ff two per cent, bonds, rising to 'S] wei $ve years, ami tbreo percent after ^n' Ifars. TJi in offer was I bee re bonds and i nl steal uoupnoonrr- v. ??tthe same character as the Middle- go, $r bonds, and not receivable for two i. It is stated in the agreement that A s are only $28,000,000 of the old ritlr Is Outstanding, but this, it has been new :d, is probably arrived at by ignor- one ibe coupons instilling on the bonds 0f i i the were deposited. jjcf _ ? ? inu The South'* Progress. miJ, hilc tlie low nrice of cotion and Iron *wWy-lins pvrssinrr infltv""-" npnn I general trade of the Houth and re- aro ts collections, there is no danger of fori section not sharing in the prosperity rod activity which promise to make 1H02 bcii d as a year of great development is j ugiioui the entire country. The cloi week has shown considerable activi- the i the organization of new industrial 'p|1( rpri-es in the South, not withstand- ft 8j he nearness of the holiday season. rjn, e is seen a constant tendency towards ' diversification of industrial enter's w hich promises well for the Smith's ' . pirity. Al Birmingham n $K?0.000 any has been organized to establish " : works for manufacturing cotton .1 lling machinery; Augusta, Ga , wili *111 ufacturc heavy saw mill and wood- b^e<: ;ing machinery, which will be nlino t pin iv industry for this section; at Mid- aud rorough the contract has been let for j oundaiions of the lnigo buildings ^U1 ie South Boston Iron Works: at Abi- thic Texas, a $100,000 water works c?ja any has been organized; in Ken- a c, y a $6.50,000 coal mining compnav; Nnshvilic, Tenu., is to have an ice >ry; Central City. W. Vs.. has a llJO milling company; a $100,000 . 1 >er company has been organized in n Ionian county, Texas; $100,000 land n0' oveinent company at Wnluut Grove, nQ' ; $2'Jt)JjUO cotton compress company ,r,< orfolk ; $50,000 water works com- ')0 at Orange City, Fla ; a saw mill ,or a daily capnr it v of 100,000feet near of' nndri.i, La.; a $100,000 laud iin- the cinent < oinpnny at Alderson, W. Yu ; shi dry and in chine shop at Durham, hoi . a fWO.OOO land improvement eas paiiv in North Carolina; a $ 100,000 oth company in West Virginia; a $100.- <<? lni<k company at Wellsbnrg, \V. (,th $ 100.000 water works company at ^er iman. Toon.; enlaigcmont of steel 'j is at Wheeling, W. Va.; $2r?0,o0i) r works ronstrurtion company at us, Texas. ; a 1000,000 phosphate ^ pany in Florida, etc. j ^ 7 kee 6 Spread and 17 Persona Were j)OV i"j"r.d. but rr.akta, Oa , (Special.)?Vestibule is n No. 11 on East Tennessee railroad \s r g South tan off the track in a cut Wiiiiams Wtation. seventeen poisons 1 injured, but none badly. ?e accident was caused kv (he tails iding. Four c aches were derailed. ' / feet beyond the cut was a tieslle. re tiain wsb almost on the brink of it ,n$ i it ran off 'ashington was a colonel in the army J wentj-rwo, oomaianier of the forcer ?rtr-two. President at rtftv reren.. ?u< (PLOSIVES FOB THENAYT. w tk> Aixwraov fob ovi waruum n raiPABio. M&tnc vho "iMkV1 torth?Bt|(T?k Inch Uaiu ftnd the Btghl-Uotl ^ RiAoe--Puwder iatookt iSS aalde the damp end gloomy outmhl (he old water battery at Fort Wadarth a force of experieooed meat haa a kept hard at work the peetfdw oka preparing the ammunition for the r ahipa fitting out at the Tartan aary da. Theao men are akilled in the idling of exploalTae. and the pfflot&hr irge, Gunner John A. MoDoaaln, XtaT' I long experience lb tV?? tK^d of work ring tho thirty yea v***<>3aa heen in naval service., WliM k fflil ikifflr Mnnrlar nkll^ tirtnf it tho wharf. -J^'v U the tnagasine the powder teak* or e* and the boxea of shell were loaded to a truck by a working party of thai 0 jackets from tho ship. Arriving aft wharf tin truck wa* unloaded and content* pasakd by part of the blue kcts to other* on the lighter, where It 5 carefully atowed below. A navy d tug wa* lying at the wharf ready to / tho lighter and it* dangerous cargo the bay to where the Newark wee bored. In entering the fort one ascend* aev1 flight* of winding stono atop* been wall* of gray atono and under a ue ceding. Ouo could almost imagine iself in Some historic fortfoss or prison it during the mediaeval ages. The y air smell* of dampness. The fort hapod like tho letter O and the ino is open nud exposed to the elements, tho outsido thro? rows of frowningi iports faco tho Narrows, while thw ters of tho bay beat against the besw tho ma*i.ivo walls. The place hat; g been nbandonod by the soldiers,! o nro now quarters 1 insldo t ideations ou the hill above-^^J jS 1 )n what corresponds to the toird >r, ouo eucountcrs long piles of oilen boxes. Thusu aro all ompty,j l- when received hero from Wilmlng-' i, Del., they contained brown prli-; tic powder. Hundreds of-^oas have; mi used in the past four nfbutns. Thej ivder is iimnufactuarod according to. itract with tho Navy Department by! > I)n P.inl Mills on the Delaware. riio powder Uuki "Clio teu'luohj J7 M h of tho now monitor Minna, W . cylindrical -inch gtms wd^h ovur 5 >i pout-J- Kp10 !( ?!. "'or the oight-inah riflei the tank* (I, of course, uro not ao Urge, and the gl?t of the projectile ia ^SO^pjMinda ly n small <pinntity of tli n prepare*] at the Atlnutn ami Hoslon; iu all only Ivo guns. lost of tho work ia for tho six-inch js, with which every cruiser of our r navy is ni rncii. i-Jach ship bu Irotn to twelve of thes^ and the quantity nil in unitiou expended in target prac: and that needed by new ships going > commission keeps the meu at the piziuc busy the year round loading It and TreW"?TOx wirjW.r.?, ? ? 'or this ' **''bro the powder charges of two kinds, the full weight being ty-six pounds, and what is called the uccd charge for uso at target practice rig thirty-three pounds. This powder nit into snrks rendv for UM and iaicd in copper cylinders, which are n scaled to make them water tight, use cylinders aro vory oasily stowed iu lip's magazines and being fitted with js at the ends, can readily bu hoisted the gundccks when needed. The jeetilo made for the six-iuch guns gh 107 pounds, and is; of two kinds, ? armor-piercing shell is longer nud rper pointol than the common or iron d, nud the point is of heavy forged >\ The burstiug charge, which :ed iusidc, weighs several pounds, I is ignited by a timed fuse. 'ixed ammunition for the rapid firing is is also loaded here ?c: isio i ilty. i kind the projectile^juid powder rge are fixed together in the form of , iriridge to expedite the loading and ng of the guns. Tiio projectile weighs ? i, three or six pounds. The mo3t of & ammunition for tne llotcbkiss gun? general use in the navy is furoisho 1 v by the Hotchkui Company itself, I is made iu Connecticut. The cariges are picked iu specially designed res. ijoading blank 6atuting charges the guns of the secondary batteries lie ships keeps the inen busy part of time, but this work can be doue on pboard. Then the old style smoothe guns, such as arc in mo on theLantcr. l'enxacola, Kearsarge and a few er of the remaining relics of our oo.len walls," make a demand for ancr for.n of projectile and size of powchai'ge. I'hc gurmcr aud hi* assistants at Port idsworth do uot manufacture auy of powders, forge any of the shells or ke any of the powder tanks and fussi, the work of putting them together ps them busily employed. Handling rder uiay be a dangerou* occupation, great cue is exercise ! there and Ttf ot often that aq accident of any kind; eported.?New York Heejrder. Emperor Wilhelms latest project fs a grand cathedral in Berlin to cost ,500,000. It is to be for the State igion. lie is also bent on establish; an "imperial cooking school." \n infant at birth usually weighs oneentietl/of the maximum weight it j!.t tc'attain in middle la's. . t