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Devoted to Agriculture, Horticulture, Domestic Economy, /'<j&* l/it^raturo, #WWd? and the Qurfent Motet oj the Day. VOL. XX11I.-NKW SERIES. UNION C. IL, SOI'TII CAR-<>1.1 |^<"*'*1'1J ~ni.<?i?,i.udth.> ... u?.,_ifmn AT. wKAmtTM . ~ " ning of time the world has had sixty-six quadrillions of inhabitants. '' "When the farmers become bicy ;oIiata," predicts the New York Mail and Express, "it won't bo long before tb? country has good roads." ' For sportsmen New Zealand seems to possess decided advantages. It oilers, we am told, s< me of the be3t trout fishing in the world. Moreover, deer are in?, creasing so fast in some of the open mountainous country that we shall soon add deer stalking. Wild pigs abound, but they frequent such rough ground that they must be hunted on foot, which seems to dampen the ardor of most Eng11.1. A. -1? ? iiau ?|wrMiiii)Ui snooting is gOO't and plentiful, and duck and pheasant hooting is good in certain parts. There , are many districts with their pac cs of r harriers, and in some of the better settlod districts hunting is indulged in with much zest. Horseflesh and iiorsekeep being cheap, whatever sport there is can be enjoyed at a much less cost thnu siuiis lar recreations in the eld couutry. - -? ?i Horse flosh for food has increase I wonderfully ia popularity in Fruuce, states the Boston Transcript. At Paris, the first horse butchery was opened on July 9, 1860, and in that yoar 903 horses ,were slaughtered. Through seventeen iyears the business stoadily increased, and 4^ (the count shows that 203,537 solipedi were consumed in the city. Ou January 1, 1889, the horse butcheries numbered 132. In other cities of France the output of the horse butcheries is enormous. Hippophagy is also in great favor at Rotterdam. Horse meat is used there as it.? ?- - ik ... uuuuu ioou co aa extent tUat is unknown in Denmark, Sweden and Switzerland, as well as in parts of Italy. It is ex ton sively used in Milau, while it is scorned in Turin. In the latter city only fifty flve horses were slaughlerei in 1888, and the flesh was used exclusively for feeding the animals of a mcnagory. A Spanish writter regrets that hippophagy is not adopted in Spain, where it wouli benefit numerous poor laborers, to whom ordinary meat is an article of luxury ou ooDiint at ita high prioo. Ia Patio, the ? prtco of tnnac trrcatrto atmuo l~w tk.t ? > beef for corresponding cuts. ' i Matters are beginning to look a Uttli equally about the frontiers of Russia, Persia and Afghanistan It has been TUnnrliiil ?1 run a 17 ShoS A m>r !>? . wt.vivvj ?UW? U!?3 WUliU C.V hibiting sign* of a disposition to attack some of hi9 weaker neighbors, including the Afridis ami some of the petty ICha n of Bazhauer, who are more or less under British jurisdiction. Russia is evidently on the lookout for disturbances in that quarter and moans to bo ready to suap up any unconsidered trifle that may fall in her way. It is announce I that a special commission from the Ministries of War, Finance, and Internal Allairs has been appointed in St. Petersburg to # consider precautions to be taken against the introduction of cholera into Transcaspia from Afghanistan. The committee has resolved that the cordon round the frontiers of Afghanistan and Persia must be strengthened, and that medical and sanitary supervision must be established ou tho borders. It has even discussed the propriety of sending a bacteriologist to Herat, and it is tolerably safe to predict that if such an officer is ever appointed, he will have many other things to attend to bosides microbes. i The official summary of the accidents and casualties which occurre 1 in 139L upon the railroads of the Unite 1 Kingdom has just been issued. From this it appears that of 800,000,000 passengers carried during the year only five wero killed in accidents, the smallest actual number and proportion recorded since 1873, when six were killed. The number of passengers injured in accidents Pfc during the jear was 875. Of inen employed by the railway 00m* panics twelve were killed and 159 injured in accidents, a much higher proportion. The list of passeugers killed end injured by trains (otherwise than ia accidents) is much heavier, including a ninety-eight dead, 737 injured. Of these sixteen were killed by fallhig be tween carriage# and platform*, fourteen by falling on the platform# or the line, and fifteen by falling out of carriages IMfeaeaM^gph^jfuring the traveling of trains. Crossing tbfc tfoe yt station# was fatal to twenty* three, ana* ninety-eight were injured by the closing ot carriage doors. Causes other than train accidents killed no fewer than 537 of the servants of companies or contractors, while more than 3 <00 were injured. The greatest loss of life occurred among the tnon who wera walking, crossing or standing on the line of duty. The deaths fr.?m these causes were 146, while 115 were killed while walking on the permanent way ot in sidings. Shunting operations killed ninety-four. Forty-two ioat their Uvea while walking oo the line, V' * """ ? ? - - UX</UJU T ? XJXJ. ? JJJLl x x xvj* Nominated By the People's Party on First Ballot. The Fourth Presidential Ticket Placed In the Field. ? Scenes at the Convention in Omaha. Omaha.Nkb.?The first People's Party Convention opened with prayer by Rev. Wm. McCrcedy, of South Dakota. From the committee on credentials came the report th it there were no contests and 1,400 delegates hnd filed their credci tials. Judge Robertson, of Texas, presented the report of the committee on permanent organization, naming II. L. Loucks, of South Dakota, as permanent chairman, aud John W. Hayes, of New Jersey, sec retary-trcasurer of the Knights of Labor, as chief secretary. The elections were ratified with a yell, and Chairman Loucks on being p escntcd received an enthusiastic welcome. He is a one-legged veteran and supported himself on his crutches. Loucks announced, amid applause, that he would dispense with a speech and would content himself with expressing the opinion that was the greatest and grandest convention ever held, not. only m this country hut in the civilized world Hcwasnothnc of those who believed that the rcnuhlir. wn? in danger, so long as the people existed. He congratulated tlie:n on the harmony that pi\ vailed. There were no slates fixed up for the convention; the nominee would be the choice of the people and not the choice of the machine eleuieut. There was a long debate over a proposition to admit soldiers who wore the blue and the giay to the two thousand or more of vacant scats, hut it was defeated on the ground that it woul l bo a violatiou of the contract with the citizens of Omaha, who had retained the vacant seats. The committee on resolutions re ported a resolution authoiizing the chair to appoint a committee of three to seek redress from the managers of tlmse Western roads that had failed to give special rates to the delegates from the far west, hut this was autcgonized by delegates from California a> cl Montana. 'I he former said that the roads had been asked for special rules, the same as given to Republican and Democratic conventions; that they had be n refused; that they had paid their way and asked no favors, and that the time was not. far distant when the people would own the Union The latter declaration v : ;? signal for a g cat demonstration, thee tire audieuce rising and cheering heartily. After more debate the resolution was so amended as to instruct.the chair to appoint a committee of three to prosecute the offending roads before the Inter State Commerce Commission, and iu this form it was pnsseu \3j .? p.- ni iz~ o'clock it was reported that the platform would not be ready for several hours and a recess wait takeu until 2 p. in. The roll of States was hist called for members of the new national committee with the following results for the South cm States: Alabama ?J. B. Ware, J. C. Manning. George F. Gaithcr. Florida ? S. S. Harvey, P. I. Jenkins, F. II. Lytte. Georgia?George H. Turner, C. II. Ellington, J. F. Brown. North Carolina?W. R Lindsay, Thomas B. Long, 8. Otlio Wil on South Carolina Tenuessee ?W. H. Gynue, I. K Taylor, W. E. Wilkes. Virg nia? J. H. Hobsoo, Mann Page, 8. I. Newberry. At the afternoon session, while waiting for a committee to respond, a Kansas quartette brought down the house with a campaign song, with the refrain, "Good bye, old parties, good bye." As the committee on platform was not ready, accordingly W. R Lamb, of Texas, moved that the convention re adopt me 55t.. i.ouis plntionn and pro ceed to nominations. This was seconded in a vigorous speech byv Brown, of Massachusetts, General Weaver's recognized spokesman. On Mr. Lamb's demand the secretary began to read the St. Louis platform. It was read, plank by plauk, bet Manning, of Alabama, interrupted. Further debate was stopped ut this juueture, just as the convention was getting upuouiions, by the appearance of the committee on pin*form with its report, the body having decided, iu view of the temper of the convention, to throw overooarcl a score of resolutions that had been submitted to it for consideration. The convention settled down into a dead calm, when C'af Ar af f'n 11 fnrn 1 a tuao trrnenn fori n?.4 I commenced to read the preamble. The enthusiasm increased tenfold when the speaker read a declaration to the effect that the time had come when the railroads would run the people, or the peopie the railroads, and it was a couple of minutes before order could be sufficiently restored for the speaker to proceed. Branch, of Georgia, moved the adoption of the preamble, and it was adopted by a rising vote with more cheering. Cntor now gave way to Branch, who proceeded to read the platform proper. Cries of "amen" and cheers greeted the plank in favor of government control of all telegraph and telephone systems, and wore repeated when the resolution was finished. The entire preamble and platform were put to another vote and adopted by acclamation, amid another scene of boisterous enthusiasm. Gen. James G. Field, of Virginia, woa nominated for Vice President on the first ballot, the vote standing Field 788,Terrell 554. THE THIHD PARTY STANDARD-BRA HER, James B. Weaver was born in Dayton, Ohio, June 12, 1888, and is a lawyer by profession. He enlisted in the Federal army as a private, and at the close of the civil war was mustered out as n brevet brigadier general. He served in Confrcss from 1879 to 1881, was nominated or the Presidency on the Greenback-Labor ticket in 1880, and was returned k Congress in 1885. Branch, of Geojgia, chairman of the committee, was lifted upon the shoulders of a stalwart Texan and carried around the hall, while men, women and children ihouted themselves hoarae and waved everything within reach. The banners designating the locations of the various delegations wero lifted high in the air, a portrait of George Washington being attached to the one of Virginia, and several of the banners were carried to the platform and uplifted over the chairman's head. Meanwhile every one of the 10,000 souls in the great coliseum shouted and roared and cheered,and hundredsofo therwise cool-headed delegates, seized with a freuzy, stripped themselves of coats, and in some casis their vests, so that their limbs would be more free. As if by magic hundreds of stars and stripes made their appearance all over the hall, while one of immense size was borne up to the platform and waved in triumph above all. A towering Georgian actually climbed ou top of the table. The band struck up the "Star Spaugled Banner" but the din was so overpowering that even tlio big bass drum would not penetrate it. When the demonstration had been going on for fifteen minutes the chairmen of the various State delegations took possession of the State banners and headed by a fife aud drum band proceeded to march around the hall, making the complete circuit a half Unwu nuar Or. the second round an American flag was attached to every banner, and the howls and cheers took a fresh start, tho women this time bearing their share. Numerous mottoes were resurrected from the anteroom and sandwiched in betwecu the banners. One read, "What is home without a mortgage?" Another "The people will be damned uo longer." White haired, feeble men tottered around with a flagon each shoulder; fathers lifted their little oucs, pickapack, and put a flag in their hands. A mother wrapped her babe of four months in a silk flag, and followed in line. Somebody fouud a tin pail and | it was hoisted upon the Texas banner, a reminder of the Gresham tinpail campaign in Chicago in 1888. One of the Mississippi delegates hoisted a brawny darkey ou his shoulders, and carried him Up to thO speakd'a stand, <?UU? tlw a?l ored man and brother waved (he stars and stripes in one hand and a picture of Gresh am in the other. The baud,marshalling its forces in front of the platform,started the familiar strain of "Yaukec Doodle," alternating to "Dixie," aud the throng giving its throat vent kept time with its thousands of hands and feet. It was a demonstra,;on that entirely eclipsed the memorable Blaine furor at Minneapolis iu point of enthusiasm, noise aud striking situations as well as in point of the number of those participating. The convention then adjourned to 8 o'clock p. 111. At the evening convention, on the first bullot, Weaver was nomiuated for President. DAVE SHAW'S STORY. A "Murdernd" Miin Tell* Haw It Came About. Ghesnvim.b, S. C.?The fate of Dave Shaw is no longer a mystery. 8haw slipped quietly into the city, with two friends, to seek the advice, of (I. T. Dill, his altor noy, mid not a half dozen persons,including those who accompanied him, knew of his presence. Shaw told the story ot" the eventful night of May 27lh. lie was seized by n mob of fifty u?en, many of them of prominence and influence, and was tnkcu into the woods and a rope put around his neck to frighten him into a confession. He was drawn up to a limb a number of times, and lost consciousness. When he regained consciousness he was pulled up a number of times by the thumbs, a id later was tied to a tree and unmercifully beaten with a leather trace. Still he made no confession, and the mob started to a lake on Hecdy river, telling him they would drown him. They lit a lantern and gave it to him to carry with him through the woods. The mob had dwindled considerably, ami when a deep gully was reached Shaw threw the lantern into it and rau. lie was familiar with the surroundings, and escaped, not one of a shower of bullets hitting him. lie stayed in a swamp two days, and then went to Ikdton and to Toccoa, Ga., where he remained until last week, when lie returned. He has since been staying with a relative, twenty-four miles below here, in this countv. He d .cs uot want even to go to Laurcus jail, as ho fears he will be killed. It is not known what his friends will advise him to do. The Tiger Orowled. From the Courier-Journal.] In connection with the Chicago Convention a good story is told on Mr. Charles P. Weaver, President of the flandanna Club Its trulh is not only vouche I for by several veracious Louisville gentlemen, but is also admitted by the vic-{ tim himself. Placed upon the counter of the Auditorium Ho el bar was a savage-looking finer iu liioL Ilia Tammnno ennti iment Vtu/i borrowed from a well-known Louisville liquor dealer who was in Chicago at the, time. Into this seductive ictreat strolled Mr. Weaver with a fair following. The sight of that tiger acted upon him as the flaunting of a red flng Ireforo a ferocious bull Taking off his Cleveland badge,l Mr. Weaver boldly and audaciously shook it under the nose of the brute, saying:! "Oh, yes, you old snort; you old rascal, this is the thing with which we will pull some of tho e tine teeth in November." Just at this critical moment the t>arten* dcr reached behind him. ostensibly for a glass, and in so doing pulled a firing connected with the Tammany em lem. Realistic as life the jaws of the beast opened wideaud the eyes seemed to glare more fiend ahly. "WoufI W-o-ufllr-rr-?h!ll" were the sounds emanated in that se|)u'chrnl, awe-inspiring cough characteristic of the "maneAter." Mr. Weaver leaped high and far enough to make the building quake when he came down with all his ponderous weight. The fran'ic yells greeting the performance seemed to him,in his dazed condition, to be i lie wmning cry of a rescuing party. It cost him $7. 80 to take the first Tammany degree. When at dinner some hours later hs was asked if lie had been really frightened, and ho candidly replied: "I pledge you my word, I was neoly scared to death. It was so threatening and unexpected that i( (01 ao iostAot tyofc 0?J wiWjwAj." Another Adlai, OrelA^^RHRENSHB erology and From the Washin^ta^^H^Hun^^^^^ Ouo of Mr. Stov<.oAyre'??<?fryr a signer of the Mccklei&j9K|fiR^Bt&^ of lndepeudemco. kinapecplc residing inffl^^^^^^Rk?r~ lotte, Statesville, nnd yb. Carolina, and they b? JjKy resemblance to him. ' is ' true of Mr. J. C. Btevc^K^^Pgatto e'U citi7.cn and leadiug mer^^^^HHMjifty first mentioned, as well B. McDowell, late MyflBKHWWfc Weie the hitter gcntlep]^^EPjflHbi'a?$Mfe the IV f-t Otlice nepurtmipftbir^yornihMi: the clerks would rush urSralMNtO oflSr their congratulations, resemblance to the master General. -* Another interesting f4cfW*?gPjpg}t|gr 5u Stntcsville, N. C., isJpKtnsfttili 0^ |ot same name, and this Aowl Stevenson has a reputation ever more extended than that of the Vice Presidential candidate^ While uuknown to popular fame, he is known to botanists, mineralogists, and archaeologists the worl<) over as one of the most uccurate authorities on those subjects. He possesses one of the finest private collections of Indiab relics in this country. For years hciias been in correspondence with the foremost scientific men in these departments, both in this country and in Europe, and classical collections have been made by him for temporary loan to European universities. The distinguished and scientific kinsman of the possible future Vice-President is described as a , jentleman of singularly modest bearing with long silver hair falling to his sho llders, ana a face of sweet gentleness aui i dignity. A correspondent writes that "he loaks as if he had come out of au Old World picture." It may be added further" that Mr. 8tevBo??n ?w> 4io/>nnerrr of the North Carolina gem known a* Hiddcm'te. (l'HE DEMOCRATS. OF KANSAS. (Endorse the Electoral Ticket of the ; People's Party ol| That State. TorKKA, Kan.?Thek question of parimount importance to ibe Democrats of Kapsas and which confronts the Uemoiratic State conventiouoshich mot hero :o-day, was "8hall we (use with the People's party?" A resolution was unauipously adopted denouncing the employment of Piukcrtou detectives by cap itausts as a heinous crime lor the pur-pose of destroying organized lobor, and expressing sympathy With the widows end orphans of thoss who fell at Komesteud, in defense of what they beev?u to be the rights of American laborthe Chit cpnvMitiot^ pition to be alrauanrmi ihiiuh,- ?mi with many issues. The fusion question panic up ou a motion to endorse the electoral ticket nominated by the People's laity The motion was debated at great ength, and was finally adopted. Another notioi to indorse the Htate ticket produced another long debate. Come Southward, Ho. A poor man can make his little money go further iu tho South than iu any othei section of this country. A luau of moderate menus can find better opportunities in the South for engngiug in business than in any othei part of the couutry. A manufacturer with limited capita can fiud better sites, can buy his raw ma terinls cheaper and cau make larger prof its from his business in the South that elsewhere in the United States. A man who can command large amounts of capital can find in the Soutl opportunities for investment that wil pay him larger returns thau any othei nminrtnnitii"; tho world wn nffoiA Mayor Arrested for Fast Driving. Asheville, N. C.?A warrant wat sworn out Friday for the arrest of Mayoi C D. Blanton, for violating the ordinance against fast driving. The mayoi has a fine horse, aud wishing to try hii speed, it is said, ordarod tho policemer to clear South Main street. This was J _ 1 il 4.1 i J clout* :uui me niHvur tuen put iiih urivei in the buggy and had him drive througl the street. The gait at which the hois? was driven was so plainly in violation o the law tlmt Thus. A. Jones, lawyer swore out a warrant for Mayor Blauton' arrest. The affair has caused a sensation such a thing has probably never befor | ttfcen known here. IAbductud a Young Qirl. Charleston, 8 C.?C. I. Willes, young white mnu from Floreuce, was ai rainged before Trial Justice Britto: | charged with abducting a young git from Charleston and inducing her to lea* ! an improper life Ho was surrendere* j by Justice Bri'' >n to an order from Unite* nn A T i. i_ nmti'9 L/iOui n?v ?\ tiui iicjr uniuiuji, wild UC I sires his testimony in an important ens in the Federal Court. Ho will bo kep under strict surveillance until such tim as it will be expenient to examine him The case elicits great excitement and in dignation wherever it-is known. New Bole for Girls. Ralbioh, N. 0.?The State Chronicl of this city makes a new departure. It city delivery of papers are now made b girls, the newsboy being succeeded b the nowsgirl. Forty girls applied for th positions, in response to an advertise ment. It is allotted that the girls ar more prompt and careful. Score one fo tl>a oirli Xhe Religion of the Four. In the pending campaign all four o v the politicalcandidates are Prcabyt&iani Mr. Harri'an and Gen. Stevcuaon are at tlve members of the Pi ruby teriau churct while Mr. Oliviland and Mr. TJhitela1 Reid are regular attendants upen Prei byterian nvini-.trnti"nw. Herein. On Guilford Battle Ground. GnKRKeitoRe, N. O.?From eight t ten thousand poo,do attended t^o ceh bration of the battle of Guilford O I Judge Walter (dark wna tire orator of ?1 day. Otb r speaker* weo Judge McOorkli Gen. Hutu* Hsrrluger, Judge pick au Major Guthtiy. \j. kM 9E?? * | U? 'tive lenders denounce the action of the <x * ,?noh after die surrender of the deputies j k j|^na?Ip<'frecp,brutal and cowardly. To- cl tle'erecHt tft^fhe great majority- of the ,j, faear.vtMMa locked out, . it can bo said er angry mob of foreigners, especially the fR female portion of it. Had it not been co for the wild demonstrations indulged in ?j< by the women, who called upon their pc husbands and sons to avenge the killing of the workmen who were shot by the JJ PinlfPft ftno if in r?rftWLLi ?v ia pivuuuiU I.UU lilllt'I" fj?, would not have beeu bo roughly handled, lis Burgess McQluckic addrebScd tho K? crowd at the rink, and said: "Fellow citizens, I call upon you nud each of you to act in an orderly manner. We will m not permit any further unlawful demon- F atrations. All the men will be locked up ni and not one of them will be allowed to ?' escape. Each one of these 'bums' and tx 'beats' who came here to shoot down p, honest working men will be charged in with murder. We will see if the poor 11 people have not equal rights with inonopolists who employ and send to their r? place a gang of murderers nud cut- ol throats." This address was greeted with cheers. It had the desired effect, and the mob '/j, became more orderly. ,ii WHIPPED BY"MASKED MAN. ?? re <U A White Man and His Wife Near ec Smithfield Severely Flogged. Wilmington Messcugir.) 1,1 Aliout six miles from Smitlifn Id, John- jjj Bton county, on last Saturday night, a si party of men ill disguisr went to the K home of Steve Thompson, a white mau, is and give him nud his wife a terrible ol thrashing. r | Thompson claims that the men were w white and that they disguised themselves ? by blackiug tlieir faces. He stabs that 11 iiil-h; ivciu iiuuiii n uowii hi ure party, 1) aud lie pretends that he re. og..izcd some }' of thcni as his neighbors, lie made com- r plaint of these foots before Justice F. C. P tlyiuau, at Smith field nud sworn out war- s p. wealthiest, men jjj p'ng of Thompson-and his wifefnvolves several things affecting their character. P It is charged that they arc virulent and ? dangerous people, and that they are tire fl brands in the community. They are also c accused of being of depraved nud immoral character and several robberies bave been * laid to their door. The old woman is t E'i<tid to l>c a perfect virago and is the t nothcrof three negro children. e | All these things the community could ( not endure and the neighbors whipped f I the old mau and his wife with the idea t [of driving them out of the neighborhood. a f [The Messenger's informant says Tlmmp- v sou received a terrible Hogging. The J' | stripes laid across his back made a mass ,. . pf sores that cause him to cry out when a . he makes an etfort to walk. Across his c i shoulders the flesh is terribly lacerated, ? aud it is said his wife's puuishment was ['t , little lers severe. 0 1 SENATORS HANGED IN EFFIGY. JJ r a Utah People Angry Becauso Carey * and Warren Voted Against |c 1 the Silver Bill. >t r ti Oqden, Utah.?United States Sena w t tors Carey and Warren of Wyoming were b 5 hanged in effigy in front of the City Ilall " , here by a throug of citizens indignant , because the Senators had voted against j, r the Silver bill. The eftigies were hanged i to an electric railway wire. In the pock F a et of the Warren efligy was a paper || f which said: a Washington. i). j Dear Governor, Chruennr. Wye-. ? o The passage of the stiver bill was a disappoint I ment to us. Apt afraid It will dlReourase our plan , If It passes the House ami the President should sIkii n It. In that event the lo.ttio acres that we are aftei v B will cost us double what we are uow expeetlltK t< tl get It at. But bo hopeful; we may yet beat It. One . more year of sluale sold standard and we will own the best half of Wyoming- Yours tiuJy, Wakhkn. a A paper in the pocket of tho Carey 81 * efligy said: |J Be It enacted by the Senate and House of Repre i> n sentatlves of_theTnlted States In Congress ,j ,i trnercas, inenoncsi seniors or incMnti* orwy ' oiuIuk are In open ivlielllonnKtlnrl the cut tie Parous si j of that state, who haven Just, right to feeil their p - herds upon the crops of the settlers; t here fore, 1 a Resolved, That we recognize the right of the 1'ies j Ident of the tTnlteil States to order troops Into the le u State of Wyopvlng to compel submission of the pee |> l- p?e to the wishes of the catt e harons; Resolved, Kurtlier, that the hornet settlers of the I' B Weat have uo rights whleh monopoly should respect; si j Damn the people! it e On ordering the bodies cut down Act- V ing Chief of Police Smith said: si ' "With no hostility to the Silver hill, with every friendly fceliug for free coin- j, age, and only for the purpose of prevent a ing an obstruction to the street, 1 order n the bodies cut down." ?' e ? tt * In Jail With His Brothers. * y - Ashbvillk, N. C.?Sain Whitson. 11 e white, of Mitchell couuty, was arretted ? bere by Sheriff Reynolds, charged with ^ ? atteiimtimr to hrihe tin* iailer Whits.,n ,.i T came Itere and goiugio the jail offered si the keeper one hundred dollars to release his brothers, Will nud Ten), now in jail ^ under sentence of death foi a murder ? committed in Mitchell county, ten years 'I age. Whcu arrested Whitson's satchel h h was searched and found to contain a pair 'J ? _ m ? \ . ? - - 1 oi revolvers una n large <|U;?nUTy 01 rail ^ h ridges. The woujd-bo briber now oocu- c w pies a celi adjoining his brothers. r '* ? t i Mad* Quit* a Haul, and Skipped. ' Nashvii.i.k, Tenn.?Lester 11. Gate, , o teller, and W. E. Turner, bookkeeper of ). the Oily Saviug Hank, fled from here last ' f. Saturday night with all the t ash on hand, 1 ie amounting to f 11,Ottfl. Tiicv were not b. missed until Monday. It is supposed d the men have gone to Mexico, iioth !?ere members of the Y. M. C. A, \ ^IukMoq of Principle* ^ Adoiid ti by the^Nat fount CWnyeiillon < rtM platform as adopted by the Demo- i yttc Jfa^ional Convention at Chicago it 1 tnlfows- J aUtcftds 1.?Tho representatives of tl?a , itnooratic party of the United States, in \tional Conveution nss >inblod, do infirm their allegianoe to the principals of party as formulated by Jelferson nn I emplifled by the long ana Illustrious line his successors in Democratic leadership om Madison to Cleveland: We be ?ve the public welfare demands tint ieee principals be applied in the induct of the Federal Government trough the accession to powor of the party tat advocates them, and we solemnly deare that the need of a return to these funomental principles of a free popular gov nment,based ou botne rule and individual jert^wfcs ijever more urgent than now, uwiHo veauBucy to centralize nil powor at ? Federal*** uital has become a inonaco to ' e reserved rights of -the JSUto'. that rlkas At the very roots of our ?#ve??ujoM t ider the Constitution as frame! by thiP' thers of the Republic. Suction 2. ? Wo warn the people of our mmon country, jealous for the preserva* >n of their free institutions, that the ilicy of Federal control of elections, to , bicli the Republican party h is commit ted self, is fraught with the gravest dangers, , arcely less momentous than would resu't om a revolution practically estab- | ihing monarchy on tho ruins of the epublic. It strikes at the North well as the South, and injures le colored citizen even more lan the white; it means a horde of deputy arshals at every polling place, nunod with ederal power; returning boards uppointed id controlled by Federal authority, the itrnge of the electoral rights of the people i the several States, the subjugation of the >lored people to the control of the party in awer and the reviving of race antagonisms aw happily abated, of tho utmost peril to le safety and happiness of all, a measure ?liberately and justly descrilw I by a lea 1ig Republican Senator as "the most inimous bill that ever crossed the threshold 'the Senate." Such a policy, if sanctioned by law, would can the dommanco of a self-perpetuating igarohy of office holders, and the party st intrusted with its machinery could bo slodged from power only by utt appeal to ie re-erved right of the people to resist op essiou which is inherent in nil self-vov nmg communities. Two years ago this yolutionary policy was omphnticnlly con i mned by the people at the |?oll>; but in n tempt of the verdict the Republican irty lias defiantly declare 1 in its latest, ithoritative utternuco I hat its success in ( io coming elections will mean the enact- , ent of the Force bill and the usurpation of spotic control over elections in all the tates. believing that the preservation of epuVdican government in the United States dependent upon the defeat of this policy f legalized force nnd fraud, we invito the ipport or all citizens who desire to see tlio onstitutien maintained in its integrity, ith the laws pursuant thereto, hieli have given our country hundred years of unexampled rosperity, and wo pledge the Democratic arty, if it bo intrusted with power, not,only ?the defeat of the Force lull, hut also to tdendess opposition to the Republican ol.oy of profligate expenditure which in the hort space of two years has squandered an normous surplus and emptied an overowing treasury after piling new burden* of P'lUlBUWJlTll I I lliiM liafclMll. Section 3.?We denounce the Republican I obey of protection as a fraud on the labor 1 t the great majority of the American peo? I ile for the benefit ot the few. We declare 1 t to be a fundamental priuciple of the Dcnrrntic party that the Federal Government las no constitutional power to impose and ollect tariff duties except for the pur ponds >t revenue only, and wo demand that tho ollcction of such taxes shall be limited to lie necessities of the Government when lionstly and economically administered. Suction 4.?Trade interchange on tho i.asis of reciprocal advantages to the conn ties participating is a timo-honoro I docrino of the Democratic faith, but wo doounce the sham reciprocity which juggles ?'ith the people's desire for enlarged foreign inrkets and freer exchanges by pre run nit; u> establish closer trade elations for a couutry whoso rticles of export are aimost ox lusively agricultural prolucts Willi other Quutries that are also agricultural, while recliug a Custom House harrier ol proliibtve tariff taxes against the rich countries f the world that stand ready to take our util e surplus of products and to exchange lerefor conunodities which are necessaries ad comforts of life among our own people. Section 5.?Werecoguizi in the trusts nd combinations, which are designed to entile capital to secure more than its just are of the joint products of capital an I ibor, a natural consequence of the prohib-ive taxes which prevent the free compeition which is the life of honest- trade, but re believe their worse t 'ils can he abated y law, anil we demand the rigi I enforcement ot the laws made to prevent and c-<nrol them, together with such further logisitiou in restraint of their abuses as exlerience may show to be necessary. Section 6.?-The Republican party, while irotessing a policy of reserving the public snd for small holdings by actual settlers, las given away the people's heritage till now . lew railroad and non-resident aliens, inlividii'il and corporate, possess a larger area bail that of k'I our farms lajtweea the two ana Tim ln<0 llam.wM-at? Ii'"? ? ersed the improvident ami unwise policy ol 1)0 Republican party touching the public omain, and reclaimed from corporation* nd syndicate*, alien an i domestic, an I reared to the people nearly one hundro I lillion acres of valuable lan I to bo sacredly eld a* lioinestea Is for our citiztns, and we ledge ourselves to continue this policy unI every acre of laud so unlawfully li >11 mil be reclaimed un 1 restore 1 to the eople. Section 7.?Wo denouuce the Republican igislation known as tin Sherman act of UK) as a cowardly makeshift fraught wit i ossibilitios of danger in the future which lould make all of its supporters, as well as s author, anxious for its speedy repeal. 'e hoi I to the us* of both gold and Iver as the standard money of the juntry, and to the coinage of t both gold and silver without diseriminatig against either metal or charge lor mintge, but the dollar unit ol coinage of bjtli totals must be of e>pial intrinsic and exItangeabie value, or bo ad juste I through inMutational agreement or I?y su :h safeuards of legislation as shall insure tie maintatnance of the parity of ito two metal*, and the canal power f every dollar at all times in llie lyrkets an 1 in tlio payment oi debts, nd we demand tlint all paper currency Imll be kept at jwr with and re leemablo in ach din. We insist upon tins policy at jpjciully necessary for the p>election of lie farmers and laboring classes, the lir.it nd most defenceless victims of unstable loney and a fluctuating currency. Hkction 8. ? We rec tinmen i that th t proibitory ten |>er cant-. tax on State bank islies be repealed. Skction y.?Public ois a public trust. Vo realliiMi th ? declaration of the Deinoratic National Convention of I87d for ttie | efurni of the civil service and wo call for he hones', enforceuient of all laws regaining the same. The nomination of i President, as in the recent Republican conventions, by del v ;ations compose! largely of his ippointees, holding office at his pleasure, is ? scandalous satire upon fr.?o popular institutions and a startling illustration of tint inetho Is tiy whi<t i a President may At I > lbs a ubition. We ilenon.i *o a policy under sviiich Federal office-hoblers usurp control ot party conventions in tie Siat-s, an I w> pledge the liainocratiu party to the reform of these and nil other abuses which threaten -T- ? ' Individual liimi tv an I loctl geif-gorevnmiuk- * 8*cno.v 10.?Th? Gemoeratfc party i* u> -? only party that h ?i ewr given the country i loreigu jfoiicy consistent and vigorous, 1 *; :oiti|>ellin? respect abroad an I inspiring cou- * 1 i< 11 > at homo. While avoiding entangling alliance* it hoa aimed to cultivate S-* Iriendly r-?latioun with other Nations yV *nd es|?cciully with our neighbors .jj oil the American continent whose ) ' destiny is closely linked with our * own, and we view with alarm the tendency < to a policy ot lrration aud bluster, which is liable at any time U> confront us with the alternative of huifitiiation or war. We favor the niaintenancoof a navy strong enough for iV, all purposes of National defence and to propcrly maintain th? honor nn<l dignity ot the country abroad. HkotionU.? I his country has aiwayt ' slfA boon the refuge oC the oppressed lrom every. ' . * land?exiles for conscience sake?and in the spirit ot the founders of our Government we condemn the oppression practise I by 1 he Kuseinit Uoverniueut upon its Lutheran and Jewish subjects, and we call upon our National Government, v*in the interest ot justice and humanity, lJ by ii 11 just and proper to ins'ito, prompt an I l>est efforts to bring about ajgqjaatio^t these cruel pat ?ecutton? In thfTBHfnioiwbf the Cwr -wSTio seca re to the oppressed equal lights." We tender our profound and earnest sympathy to those lovers of free loin who are struggling for Homo Kulo mi I the great eauso of local self-government in Jrel.iti I. SECTION IV.? We heartily approve all legitimate elforti to prevent the United States lrom being used as the dumping ground for the known criminals an 1 professional paupers of Europe, and wo (Ionian 1 tho rigid enforcement of the laws against Chinese immigration or tho importation of foreign workmen uu ler c >utr id to degra lo American labor aicl lessen its wagea, but wo conduinii and donouncs any and all attempts to restrict tho immigration of ttie industrious uu I worthy ot foreign lands. Nkction i;s.? Tliis convention hereby renews tne expression of appreciation of tho patriotism of the soldiers and sailors of the Union in the war for its preservation, and we .favor jest and liberal pensions for all disabled Union soldier-, their widows and dependents, but we demand that tho work of the Pension Ollice shall be done industriously, impartially and honestly. We denounce the present administration of that otti-e as incjiupetent, corrupt, digraceful and dishonest. Section 14. ? Ti; Federal tiov.-rivneut should care tor and improve th? Mississiopi River and other great walenvavsof the Republic so as to secure for the interior States easy and cheap transportation to the tidewater. When the walerway of the R 'public is of sufficient importance to demand tho aid of the ttoveminent that such aid should be extonde I on a definite plan of continuous work until permanent improvement is secured. Section lf?.?For purpose- of National defence and the promotion <?r co nmerce between t he States we recogn'7.? the early c instruction of the Nicaragua ("anal anl it* protection against foreign control as of great Importune i t> tlie Unite I States. Section lfi.? Recognizing the World's Columbian F.xposition as a National tinier- * taking of vast imp ?rtano >, in wlv'ch tli > general tfovcrninent lias invited the co-operation of all tho Powers of tho world, an i appreciating the acceptance by many of sueh rowers or the invitation for extended anl the broadest liberal effort' being nta-le by the n to contribute to the grinltuv of the undertaking, wo are of the opinio?. that ^^^^^^rhwdJi^ia^^suclwie^^ary flnauSectioji 17.?Popular educition being the i only safe Imsls of p ipulat suffrage, wa ree- I nminiind Ia Hia 1 " * - ?w vi.n os.oiui mun iinsrsi appropriations 'or the public schools. F--ee common schools arc the nursery of good government and thoy have always received the fostering eiro of the Democratic party. which favors everv means of increasing intelligence. Freedom of education being nil essential of civil and religious liberty as well as a necessity for tlm development of intelligence, "inu?t not lie interfered with under any pretext whatever. IVe are opposed to State interference with parental rights an i rights of conscience in tlie e iueation of children ns an infringement <>f the fundamental Democratic doctrine Hi it the largest in livi inul liberty consistent with the rights of others insures tlie highest trpeof American citizenship an i the best government. Suction is. ? We approve th? action of the present House oi It >preseiitatires in passing bills for the n I mission into the Union as States of the Territories o New Mexico an 1 Ariz ma, an I we favor the early n lmis-ion of all tlio T .rritorles having necessary population an 1 resources to a Imit them to Stutelioid, an i while they remain Territories we hoi I that Die officials appointed to administer the government of anv Territory, together witli tna Districts of I'oliimliia an t \laskn, should be hma lide r< si lent < of t i.? territory or District in which their duties arc to he per formed. The De u avn'ie pirty believes in home into an 1 the control of their own nlfairs by the peojile of tlie vieinage. k' ii'in i-.f, >\ o i>i vor mxlsinilou |i\-l.nnHiess an I StaU L -.gisla' ur.s I > protect the livi san.i limbsol rail v.-a v employe:and tliosj of ot her hazardous i l ansport 'tioii com panics tin.I denounce the inactivity of the Repuhlictin party and particularly the Republican jSt'iiate for c,lu-in ; the defeat of measures beneficial and protective to this class of ivageworkers. Skotion 20. ? We are in favor of the onnctinent i>y the States of laws for abolishing the notorious sweating system, for abolishing contract-convict labor and tor proli bitiug the employment in factories of children under lifleen years of age. tmry laws as an interference with the individual rights of the citizen. SKCTION '22.?Upon this statement of prin- f ciples and policies the I leinocratic party asks tho intelligent ju Igmenl of the American j>e<>ple. It asks a change of administralion and a change of party in ordor that there may be a change of sy?te n and a change ol methods, thus assuring the maintenance, unimpaired, ot institutions under which the Kepublic has grown great, and uowerful. Snye the New York Sun. The Southern States should encourage white immigration. They can got it in big volume right straight along. Millions of white people can he drawn to the' Hon'heru States. The Southern fie'ds and plantations need them; the Southern cities' and towns need them. The South would be enriched by immigation, and immigmnts can tlnd opportunities of enrichment in the South. The natural usources of the Sc ' V;>it Si It- are of sutj rssino plcniludi , the labor and capitrl i ceded for the development of those resources ...... i... ?i.i.i .1 .L J - wau uu iMiiMiut'ii 111 ni^yuunuio. T T " T ' The white population of the South Wught to he doubled within a generation, end the doubling of it would quadruple or deeuple tho wealth of the South with-' | In that generation i Four Lives to Be Charged to the Kerosene Lamp. New York, n. YMrs. Annie I3ro<lci irk and her three children were suffocated in a tire th s morning at their home. The tire, which was caused l?y the \plosion of a k (opsone lamp, had ^,ain i such headway before the fireman could -9 . ;u h the lioui i that it was impossible to i \ i rscue the iutjiates. j r. frkil it! ? Vlr V*. ^ MM