Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Pel 0Btu?6, lUi?G rover Cleveland, President of the United States, nut^aded bjtbe members of hie cabioet, by Vfh Jih of various State*, by num eroeaWd dfslnguished jpepcweutatives ; hth |mAe . eeeeee the aeea end by a citiseoa, . j .. _ ?*? * . I 1^?PW?P?W JUftKC ftT?fha?di?d released il^ eta wooerted sigBg H&cWWuug loose and streamed out under the ffijP' sky in scarlet, yellow and blue; over In Machinery hall a great roar arose and the By turrets of the bui ding nodded as the B4 wheels began to turn and a great voltime of found aro?e from the throats of SSr the cone urse of pe >plc, who thus pro claimed the opening of the grandest B achievement of American pluck, enteral piise and generosity. JJr TKTC PIIBSIDKNT'H 8PKECII. "I am here," ho said, "to join, in,* fellow citizens, in congratula'ions which be? Jhis occasion. Hurroundcd by the stupendous resui a of Amo.ican enter v prise and activity, and in view of the magnifloent evidences of American skill - and intelligence, we need not fear that these congratulations will be exaggerated. We stand to day in tho presence of the o\dcat nations of the world and point to ^ the jgrryt achievements we exhibit, aska - '*7*Tp,A*'TMnPce cn the score of youth. .'^Whls #od l^tasm wi*h which wo con? 'i|orr|fifeWaA?<rk^^ntensiiie* the warmth it_ ...mi. .Mienfl to ti'OM who Merchants' Bank, oflKh lands to illustrate its doors at noon. It wik *s>tjress o( huititutlon of the kind in iho tow?of highe* ' ^o* PALMETTO CHIPS. \ News and Notes From Here, There Everywhere in South Carolina. '.7* j The South Carolina Club of Colutnbl* \ is preparing to erect a club builJing. \' Miss Eleanor Ca'houn, grandnicce of g John C. Caluoun, is making some stir aswR an actress in Paris. S Qcn. Manager Areiill of the Charles- j. ton, Sumter & Northera railroad has re- *1 signed to take charge of tho Port Royal & Augusta and Port Royal A Wcitejy^ Carolina ^oads. ^ ^ built The board to distribute t^niar govcrn propriated by the LegW^rtion8 are 8e?n bjtfWe have made, *' ,t>f>ctber, objects of Capt. E. C. Mya'V^. oered as ono of U1 American iDCh?,]cston../'^,,llOU? butwe haYC al8? who rule themselves. It is an - ~ exalted mission in which we and our guests from other lands arc engaged as wc co-operate in the inauguration of an enterprise devoted to human enlightenment, and in tho undertaking we here enter upon, we exemplify, in the noblest sense, the brotherhood of nations. "Let us hold fast to the meaning that , underlies this ceromony and let us not lose the imprcsBiveness of this moment. by " touch, 1 ho uinCiuuoiy iuat gives jlife to the vast exposition is now set in f motion, so, at the same instant, let our ( it JJ a * i ,? ? ' 'copes ones aspiittuoiib uw&ifccn tnc forces, whicb, in ail time to come, shall influence \tbe welfare, dignity and freedom of man kind." j As the President was concluding his ^ Anal sentence, his eyes waudcrcd to the ( tabic that was close at his left hand. ] Upon this was the button, the pressure which wns to start the machinery and j vmak'j the opsuing of the exposition an , accomplished fact It w..s an ordinary y v format Victor tel graph key, such U in most telegraph offices, except that it was of gold instead of steel and the button of ivory instead of rubber. It rested upon a pedestal upho'atered in navy blue and golden jcll>w plush, and on the sides of the lower tier, in silver letters, were the significant dates, "1402" and "1893." rRKS I NO THK BUTTON. As the last words fell from the President's lips, he pressed his finger upon the button. This wt?6 the signal for a demonstration in fact difficult of imagination and infinitely more so of desciiption. At one and the same instant tho audience burst iu'o a thundering shout, the orchestra pealed forth the strains of the Halleluiah Chorus, the wheels of the great Allis engine in Machinery Hall, commenced to revolve, the electric fountains in the lagoon threw their torrents toward the sky, a flood of water gushed forth from the McMannies fountain and rolled hack again into its bssin, the thun der of artillery came from tho vessels on ihe hike, the chimes in luiiuufuciuielo' H .11 and on the German building rang out their merry peal and overhead, flags at the tops of poles in front of the plat* form, fell apart and revealed two gilded models of the ships in which Columbus first sailed to American shores. At the same aoawt iIm, hmindi at flags at H Mtkm ud'tll colon warn nsfejM within sight of the platform. The largest 1 was the grOit 'Did Gloiy," which fell into graceful folds fton the top of tha center staff in front of the stood. The ? roof of the Msoufacturee building was " dressed h ensigns of orange nod white. It wis s wonderful sccno at trsnsfoc " station end amid It nil the cannon eontinned to thunder aMfthe crowd to cheer. * It was fully ten minutes before the demonstration subsided. Then the bend ' played "America" and the exorcises were ^ I at end. The Columbian Exposition was I open to the najjona of the world. when Q^pTi^Oi9vjw^QpHH^HB|||||iKf B for* the ceremonies wr<*?c half Over, v twenty wfeoda mud?hal( as nuT^mnp t bad be n temoved unconscious Withe1 hospital* where a carp* ot physimans ]j was in r.sfting Meet Of these helpless * onen had simply Moled but a number c re suffering from more aerioue injuries tl received in the jam. J There came near being panic when j< the women near the grand stand began fainting. A catastrophe was only averted c by the malingers' effective intervention, u The President was shown all over the a grouuds in the afternoon. a Oncofihc most interesting features ? of the day was the dtdication of the ai Woman's building, Mrs. Potter Palmer 0 presiding. Several foreign ladies made ia addresses. n THE COLOR LINE IN THEFT. H ai Bishop Gains Defines the Difference , Between White and Black Rogues. Baltimorb, Md.?In the Baltimore ^ African M. E. Conference a shortage of $50 was discovered in the accounts of one of the committees. The Rev. James c H. A. Johnson, tho Chairman, insistod j( mat bis account* were correct, but liisbop 0| Gains wanted to hear all about the mat- e( ter. Dr. Johnson said his honor had been impeached and that he was indignant. r[ "Ob, brother, sit down, alt down," n, Bishop Gain*. "Nobody doubts ^ V<br honesty. Why, I myself would as m wjon think of stealing as to think you fe would steal, and if I was going to steal, 'I wouldn't take less than a ^million dol- A. La**^. I'd stgannre a wnm man, ma ^ take a bank, or a factory, or a railroad. |? Then I'd divry up with a smart lawyer >to get mo out of the scrape. Colored j.] E'^lks nin't up to that yet. Whcu thoy -a I thoy take a pig, or a chicken, or ^ me eggj. I know you wouldn't steal, ^ but I want that money looked up, that's . all.*' e In a short time the mistako was discoved and matters quieted down. ^ A SECOND JOHNSTOWN TRAGEDY. Reservoir Near Lima, O., Breaks nr Loose With Dire Results. ^ Lima. O. ?The Lcwintnn rnaArwAis I broke at 4 o'clock Wednesday morning. ^ It is reported that from 15 to 20 per- ^ ons are drowned. Seventeen thousand ^ ocrea of water were released into the Miami Valley and great loss of life is * feared in the valley below. IC) Later advices are that the break has reached 20 feet an4 is spreading rapidly. The towns of Lewiston and New Port, several miles down tho river, are reported submerged ?? /} several lives leal. 5" ? nil VIRGINIA HAPPENINGS. 8Ci "tie Liaiest News Items in the Old Dominion. James Jones White, professor of Greek St it the Washington and Lee University for forty-one years, died on Saturday in [jcxiogtoo, Va. He was a personal friend "r >f Stonewall Jackson and onoof the best ?(Down citizens of his spction. Sh At the Collins gold mine, seven miles T1 rom Columbia, Goochland county, a lugget weighing forty-two pennyweights vas found. To Te?t the V anuTty oi soutn Carolina Bonds. Comjmbia, S C.?'E. W. Robertson,of this city, who purchased $250,000 worth t c*Imn^o lirAiirrlif mi ortinn in lltn -.2 V* winw MVIIUO, Wl Wi.g.. ?" -Vi-.VM ?U ?MV Y 1 Supreme Court to test the validity of tc tho issue. The point is ra'sed that the or new issue creates a new debt, which g< could not be contracted without a vote 0f of the people. The decision will involve g, $600,000 worth of bonds. The State re officers arc confident that their validity will be sustained. About to Change Its Channel. mkmrfub, Tbnn.?An immense body ol water is sweeping down the Mississippi a and a terrible flood is feared. The current is cutting into the west bank,5 miles P above the city, and it is feaicd that the 8 channel will be changed into Hopcfield ^ lake, leaving Memphis an inland town and the big $8,000,000 bridge high and dry. The Government fleet is at work trying to prevent the river from changing its course. v ?ii t Crops Overflowed in Alabama. I Birmingham, At.a.?Dispatches fiom Tuscaloosa report a rise of 58 feet in the Warrior river. Many thousand acres of corn and cotton, already up, arc over- p Bowed. 3 NORTH CAROUJf A 8QXRS& . About 76,000 ?m?f land la Chathp ounty art idrMtMtohilil^telM^ lto a large laowt both la Orange an / well counties. A yenagmaa named Pat Williams ha .is leg broken during a game of bMrbal 4 Pari is an College. The mail carrier from Troy to Ashe ?oro walks and carries the mail erer lay, a distauoe of thirty three miles. H i generally on time. ^ rounded Andy Greer. ^ Blalock outraged the wife of fhil Kiurd andNrss fleeing (rem justice ?ritchard followed him'" to Flk Park od wont la pursuit. When the officer amo up Blalock shot and Jilt Greer h tM right side of the stomach, Btalocl cnics the shooting. He was lodged li ail. A young man who lives in Ashe count; ourted agirl and after a time she ngrec< > marry him. He went to a magistral nd procured the license and went bad nd to his sorrow his intended had died [e then made love to her younger siste nd sho consented to take him for goo< r bad; so ho went back to the mag itrate and claimed to him that ho wa listaken in the name, and had th ccnse changed and now they are mat nd wife. THE SWAMP FOX'S MONUMENT. wo New Bronze Tablet* to Karl General Marion's Besting Place. Charleston, 8. C.?Tho stcamshi( lydo has arrived here bearing it s hold two bronze tablets which wil -unmcnt the new granite-tomb of Gen *1 Francis Marion, * 'theswamp fox." The Kovolutionarv hero < -< la Belle Isle plantation on the 8*ate< vcr, In South Carolina, about fifty miki Mth of Charleston, and a simple brlol >mb, coTersd with a slab of marble, arked the spot. Some yearshgo a few II ecrosa the tomb and disfigured it he State Legislature at its last sessloz lpropriated money to bur a new tomb. one and requested Governor Tillman tc ivo the work completed. It has been >n? in a substantial and elegant manner, tic memorial is in the form of a sarcopli;us. The base block is three foet wide ' over six foet long. On it are several her blocks of stone, making a total ight of six feet. THE NEWS IN BRIEF. he Latest Happenings Condensed and Printed Here. A Washington correspondent mentions iiong the wealthiest colored men ol e capital John F. Cook, estimated tc i worth from $150,000 to $300,000; red Douglass $150,000; the two sons ol e late James Wormley, $100,000; John Lynch, $75,000; P. B. S. Pinchback, 10,000: Drs. C. B. Purvis and John Francis, $75,000 each, and the chlldn of the rich feed store man, Lee, $600,0. Dr. Elnar Lonnbcrg, an eminent Swod .. *.ww.wglol,, uua mscovercu two new ec:cc cf ;n'co in Florida. This mforition should bo of great interest to ienti9ts, women and elephants. A NEW YORK PANIC. ocks Go Down With a Rush and 8 Brokers With It. New Yokk.?In addition to tho fades of B. F. Bcard8ley, P. M. 8. Waldcn, R. Wilson, Allen & Co. and B. L. nith & Co. all bankers & broken lursdny, the following went down in e ciash of falling stocks on Friday: .F,c"^?^imMsn2& T& Y>o.t and racon 8. V. White. Ten Convicts Attempt to Xscaps. Atlanta, Ga.?At the Cole City con ct camp, near the Tennessee State line, n convicts attempted to escape by firing i the guards with guns improvised froa is piping. Reports to the penitentiary hcials say that four convicts and on< jard were Injured. Evrything is nos iported quiet at the camp. wnintAi-a for Cotton Planters. Odessa, (Cablegram.)?Russian cottoi pinners boast that they will soon bo ii position to dispense with American cot so altogether. The Russian company1 acking houses both here and in Batouc re overstocked with cotton from th 'rans-Caspian region, awaiting transpoi Eition to Moscow and Leeds. A Broad Churchman Made Bishop. Boston, Mass.?The Episcopal Con ention chose Dean Lawrence, of Bostor be broad Churchmen's candidate, a lisliop of the Dioceao of Massachusetts. The Discount Bate Baised. London, (Cablegram.)?The Bank c England has raised its discount rate t percent from 2}. ! hr"4^ *- " H of 4 'MM |S?thJ Vil c NM^jte^nyfinE^^^f t6 reproduce Tr of 'he ('?" v luio]bU^B^oP|I^^^HK he *m told * of the Vi/gl^kj^HK'BUte building. tj a This bulldlfig jj^^H^Hfess attract more c] attcutloivfi^feflH^H^ -at the Exposi tion, Bttbbt^flHHKTere migaificent B( r palatial st/a^pvgolM dp there whioh j 1 *P mmmm * cost the SyiWljpg rqfresent from |50,- ? 000 to f 10Q.10& Virginia's modest new w b Mount Vern&D.dfctiuglies.- than 120,000, v ? will be th^jpnit^iaUftitiog of them VJ. 1 In ricw of th?-4ma)l| $25,000 app^o- 0 priation, to T^iVih ,fluff i"1'* burdened, Q war worn old fllate w limited, the dif- c, flcult problem'tl^gensemen of the Vir ^ : 'ginia Board b^d to aolVe was what man- e; ncr of btSllding they ooutd erect that })l > would discredit-to th$ historic "mother c, i of 8tate? and ^statemjin" and still be Q 1 within the limit of tip means at their )c command. Cn?f it was not until the )( . patriotic women of fibginia had been ^ t called in covmeiLihj^Ee question was c, ? relioved. ThoMouS f Vernon mansion, ^ i being a pi?iu, but colonial structi tu^fs, Ormtaflj ?.'i)hiauientfltion of j. , coiumoa^ ^fl^B^Mponmended itsolf jj i on accofeat'iivSBHjf^iratiTe cboapnets g > Umehom^oft^^M^res^American and y i the patriarch of Liberty, it would bo n Mecca for Americans, and an object of ca interest to all foreigners. And so it was ||r i that when the proposition was submitted j,. I to tho patriotic women of tho Old Do (.( iiuuiuu wiut iucj sqouiu assise ta raising C(, the funds necessary for tho creel ion 0( and furnishing of such a building, they w promptly nccopted it and undertook it a3 0(| a labor of lovo, and Mount Vei-non at ;n Chicago was no longer a matter of doubt. i The buildiug, as seen in our out, is ()^ ' now completed by Holtzolaw Brothers, ? the contractors, uudcr tho supervision of ; Capt. Edgertou S. Kougers, the architect, ^ ' who, with his ass'stauts, spent several w] i days at M >uot Vernon on tho Potomac, sketching and photographing ^the build- j( i ing, its rooms and furniture. The Chi- ^ cago Mount Vernon 'is not, as many ,|( suppose, a small copy of the old Wash- m iogton home, but an exact representation in nil its dimensions, and in every par- ^ ticular. A description of tho original i|s Mount Vernon will be interesting. It is a wooden structure, the sidings of which are cut and painted to resemble stono. The main part, 96x30 feet, was built bv Lawrence Washincrton in 1741V O ? 1 t>l I aud called by him after a gallant British ,<a officer, Admiral Vernon, who wa3 liis ior friend. The foundations of the building m arc so strong now, and tho timbers so , sound and well cared for, that nothing ^ i but fire should prevent its standing for ^ ccDturles yet, and as at extra precaution t ( no lire is allowed in it,| wluks tJiA mn?i.. tinguishing oue should any occur. The piazza, a strikin g feature of the qj, colonial country residences, extends the ' entire east front of tho house, overlook- m( ihg the Potomac, two wide at 4Q( this point. This piazza is 15 feet wide ,ft| 1 and 25 feet high. Eight large square !n ' pillars support tho roof, which is orna1 mentcd by a balustrade. It is paved ful ' with flags brought -from the Isle of y, 5 Wight by Washington and furnished n( J with 32 wiudsor chairs. There arc two ^ colonades running back from each end o? the main building about 20 feet. These constitute convenient and pretty covered .Q( c ways, 9$ feet wide and 11 feet high, to >r| c two one and a half story structures 40x (l| 20 feet each forming the wings of tin 8 mansion, and were additions mads by ifc a General Washington himself. These | < were called dependencies. Altogether t r- there are twenty-five rooms in the struct- jc uve. On the first and second floors of <vi the main building there arc eleven rooms, pa in the attic six, and in each of the de- m i- pendeacies four rooms. The largest ic i, rooms in the houso arc the banquet hall, oj 3 31 by 33 feet, ann the library, 10 by 10 is feet,the main entrance hall, Washington's lii chamber, in which he died, upon the is second floor, aud Mrs. Washington's pc f chamber in the a'tic, to which she re- ir 0 moved after her husband's death, rnd ;o which she occupied during the remain% ! V t . i' I i! tl > I > >l t i 3 d 1 ! < I lev of h?r 15io o i account of its biiog 1 ho only room in ?ho hoiuo which locked 11 at upon hia tomb. 1 The apartments avert &c upou the Ant * MpMii lbs ttCOOH 17 s j 18 feet. The height of tho first atorv 1 * t i 10 feet 0 inches; of the second, 7 feet 1 inches; of the nttic, 0 feet 9 inches. r 'he distance from the ground to the top c f tho cupola is 50 fcot. 1 In tho main hall is large stairway 0 >ur feet wido, ascending by platforms ^ > the floors above. 1 Ou the first platform of tho stairway ^ tore is n high old Washington family ? lock, a very historical relic. I1 This hall is furnished wi*h anti?pie Sl >fas and picture i of tin last contury. H he rooms upon tho first floor nro orna- " rented hv heavy carvod and moulded ood triiAning* nud handsome mantles, !l1 cry antique. 0 The Virginia bnilding is not only an sact representation in every particular t: f tho old Mount Vcruon structure, but rcrything in it is of the same character. fotbing modern is seen in the building ? tccpt the people and tho library of faoks by the Virginia authors. As far ns ti in be done the building has been fur- " lisbed with articles which have bean col- ? ictcd from all over the State, the heir- w )oms of old Virginia families, and with r' ortraits of tho same character. What- S rvr may be lackiug in furnishing the n uikling with a;tides of this class has h ecu supplied with fu'nituro made after ic same old fashion. b The buildiug it presided over by the b tdy assistant of the Virginia Board, Mrs. c ucy Ihvs'on Beale, a daughter of Hou. I allnrd Preston and a grand daughter to C arnca Preston, a fanner Governor of j r Jrginfa. ' 11 She 1ms for domestic service in the w ire of the l)uiIdi ?g old Virg nia negroes id will umlcrinku to represent in every 11 irticulir an old Virginia home of the c< jlonal period. llicic is a very rare ff1 licelion of iclics of colonial times, and ^ the Itevolutiouary war, and eve:ytiling sf' liich is antiquo, among it which is a c< >py of tho origin il will of Gc rge Wash- "l gton, the original being still in good s' eservatio l and to be seen in the clerk's lice at Fairfax G. II., Va. ,n Tlic library is furnished entirely with nl >oks written by Virginians, or relating ll Virginia, ijuite a largo collection of liich has already been r. ccivod and or- I itncutcd with old Virginia p at raits, 'c c.vsand other ro'.ies of the Colouial ,u riod and the hut century. Altogeth r 1,1 e building with its furnishings is uniqm rn <1 unequalled in its character and apliutiiients, and nothing like it can be t0 ud elsewhere except at Mount Vernon m elf. A v. ry interesting nppui tennnce to the liquet Hall, is the elaborately carved ',a Intel-piece of Curiam iuiible with *" mi in marble co'umns. This exquisite .-co of workmanship is attributed to nova. It was made in Italy, aud prolted toWashington by Samuel Vaughan, English gentleman. On its passago <K' America, tho vessel bearing it was fitured by French pirates who, upon icovering its destination, forwarded 0f to George wa?hin#rtoi? uj?i?j.ir?ri a .. ?t, .11' u/liuVf>j rfnAli'n ?'Hani nl lull I and has been reproduced ia the|im licago Mount Vernon. |nj rhe ornamentil mantels and cl ib >ratc Cr< nuldiogs and cornices in the main Ilali tic i other principal rooms, have all been br -efully sketched, faithfully reproduced Vi wood in the Chicago representation. Among the most notic -able articles of -niture and paintings which have found of ice in the modern Washington mansion of ly be mentioned a rich old mahogany hi le board of Thomas JclTcreon, the au- a or of the Declaration of In lependence, ol lich a century ago adorned the'dining om at Monticello. It is now the prop- gl ty of Itev. Alexander Sprunt, of Rock vi ill, S. C., and was discovered by him tl ars ago in the back porch of the house n the old Stone chinch among the moun- tt ins oi west i\ngusui in Virginia, wnere ai had bccu used by hi* ministerial pre- v> cessors as a receptacle for rubbish. It fi ts rescued frou i:s degradation, re- tl tired aud dressed, and In-, taken cur* ?< sponding place io the iu.v Mount Ver- n >n, wh'ch is now occupied in th) old r a similar piece of furniture thut was a ed by General Washington in his life* t] ne, and which had p itfted inthe 8 inds of General Robeit E. Leo, but was tl ars ago restored by Mr.?. Lee to itsorig- o tal place in Washington's family dining o om. J a la the banquet hall where now hangs k lie Urge equestrian oil painting of Wash- to, Bgton, U placed t'.c li :o life lit il piiot- a |i ig by Peale, which h is been lo intd by too he Carter*, of Shirley, an old family io? of id log at their ancestral cal mini home ere n the lower James It wm secured by Wi Ire. Bcalo and Mrs. Drewry, of Will An vor, on a recent visit to Shirley. In the wil trance hall, ovor ih > door inside, there ? wtod In Washington's dine two bronxe thii one. The?o were dlscortred by Mies it i licabath Boret, of I<nray, in the potsrs- 18' on of an aatiqusry *nd were secured by nu ler. They oocupy a corresponding plaoe rc* n tho Mount Vernon State building. An >il painting of General Lewis of the for w* orn hope at tho battle of Stony Point on' Th icas loaned by Mrs. Robert Douthat, Jornerly of Wyanokc on the James, to ^ idorn the wa'ls of the banquet hall. Two raluablo antique chairs have boon loaned ^ the Harrisons, of Low?r Brandon, to . lid in furnishing Mrs. WasliTiigtt>n*? xdroom. The mo it fortunate discovery Gf < ias beou mado by Mrs. Beslo in the gar - uvv ct of her father's old home tu Moutgmn cu\ rj county. This is n high p >st curtain ^ icd-stcad, which it the exact counterpai t |j0 1 tho l?.>d stead now standing iu Goocgo yj{ Vnshington's bedroom, and up ?n which ho patriot diod. I", hui belonged to lover nor J >tno* Pres',on, tho grand father g f Mrs. Dcnle, and of course oc tuples tho jjV( >rop r position in tho room wh'oh repre Qf ents Washington's bodchvnbor. Tho gr0 am j lady was also fortunat) enough to ud iu tho possession of one of Iter faint *^ol f, an ancient lintn couatcrpano of ex- (jcc ctiy tin same pattern as tho out which tvered the bed on which Washington j j led. This helps to in tko tho rjp.o iuc lrj(V on of tho bed complete. A Mount Vernoa mirror aud an old Qa^ into high clock furn'sltcd by Mist Uixoy, f Wurronton, is used in furnishing the p|n infayetto ro >iu, an 1 a number of old nr- rtmj iclcs of furniture, rare paintings and picin s, which havo boon secured g > to aH8j| take up tho furnishing of tho house, qoa bile the ladies of tho Auxilitry Hoard con, presenting every city and county in tho mac tatc, are s ill ongng .d in gathering up gta< d Jitiooal articles of tho kiud which will Net o suitable. ^ Boa Ouo of tho fcaturos of this unique <jrc adding is a collection of photographs, WU >j Cook, of Richmond, of notable old doll oloni.nl homes on tho lower James. npj) his work is a co itribu ion of Mrs 9c.cl >rowrv, of Wostovcr, snd tho photog- w|,i tpher has beeu very happy in his seloc ti,0 >n of places and in thoexeca ioa of his ork. T:./? in.? ? l --11" * >iv> iiuiuij nun n tuiiccuon OI DOOKS nliko any to bo found anywhere else. It j jurists entirely of bjoks written In Vir jinia, by Virginian?,concerning Virginia. (l nc Ire Secretary of the Boird has been en- fnc iged since l ist summer in making this (j Election, and has secured several bun- ^ red bvks, covering n wido range of il?j c's, including history, biography, icology, law, memoirs, Action, mnthcmtics, geography, etc. These books | c display :d in haudsomc eases of navo woods, made nt the Miller Manual ' abor Si li sol, in Albemarle county,by the 'losl npils of the school. Space is provided < < re r all the l>ooks of the chnractcr desig- I'1 itcd, which can posdbly bo collected, New ost of which are donated, though some dcci re ones are only loaned by their nu inrs or owners; and all such arc solicited spin' i send them iu to the Secretary at Rich- mill, ond, who is still collecting and for- A irding thcu* to Clueugo. After the n ;>sc of the Exposition, the hooks which jg ,vc been donated arc to be presented to 0 S!??to Library in Riciimond, whore (jK, ( cy will be preserved ns a memento of ,j,c t c greatest Exposition of the World. ^ Ano her unusual collection is that of j ^ 1 the newspapers, magazines anil pcriI'c ils of every description, published ? Virginia in January, 1893. These have en, iu ml ly eases, illustrated with cuts Ie t local an," prominent ouiiuings and j--1- ' -'-A .w-? t,. (]ia cni'/ir-il Inmli. ? were t her ic91inn is issued. The ?rftf igazinc* filed, and placed itf'TTIC "reiftl- 8r*rr g room of the 8tato building for ref- ^ nee by visitor#, and after the *.xposl- * >u, will 1? preserved in the State Li- ^.r^J ary as an iMustration of the status of i- rui?i? wlic irgmm juukuuis m v>uiumuin juur, the The dependencies, or rear buildings, cmr the two wings arc used for the display ^on all non-competitive State cxbib- G } from forest, Geld and mine, including the large collection of the mineral waters S the State. ingl It is also proposed to have in the Vir- ness inia building for distribution among isitors, such descriptive pamphlets as G ic several counties and cities may fur- repi ish, setting forth their respective ad van- an i iges as to soil, climate, location, natural |aw a<l other resources, and thus visitors sho 'ho are attracted to the place, if only con oin curiosity, mcy carry home with to f hem information which may bring de- wit liable aelilera uuu icnpOitaut iuvCSt- law tents to the State. The new Mount Vernon is located upon beautiful lot 187x165 feet, .on one of C he principal avenues in Jackson Park. Ciu lhadc trees of natural growth add to sole be beauty of the grassy lawn in front of t f tho mansion, and a pretty view L. 1 f lake Michigan is had from the house ing nd grounds; and when it is generally cerl nown, which the management will see bin that op this eligible fM-Ain crfoct representation of thoWlt *lng~ i mansion, with all the appointments an old Virginia colonial heme, ths wds of foreigner* whom the fame of tshiogton has reached, and the many voricans who houor hb memory, that I visit tho place oan well be imagined, ktnio Idea of tho public interest that i placo will arouse, may bo had when s known that during Contennial year 10 tho daily visitors to Mount Veynon inhered from 200 to 000 per day, ching a total of 43,000, and later, in i fall of 1802, whilo tho Urand Army haviug its reunion in Washington, in s woek 40,000 persons visited the plaoe. 0 samo kiud of interest must attach to 1 Mount Voruon of Chicago, and it b iply impossible to undertake, in ad* ice, an estimate of tho crowds of vial* s the Virginians will havo. tfc*8*NMU( V-giubr. State bundfc. ulil fro fncompW# wtthout the mm tho Board of Mansgors, and tM OFirs who havo this patriotio and difl* t undertaking in hand. They are Ool. B. Buford, of Hichmond, President, n. John L. Hurt, of Pittsylvania, o President; Cnpt. T. C. Morton, of untou, Secretary; Mann 8. Queries, of Hichmond, Treasurer; Dr. John Appcr<ou, of Marion, Business Execun Piinimlwliinnr II.. T.??? ?> II?1 Botetourt, Lady Assistant; Dr. A. ickonbrough, of Northampton, Manr First District; M. tllcnnan, Esq., folk, Manager Second District; >rgo It. Fiuch, Esq., of Mecklenburg, jagcr Fourth District; lion. William ordiui, Halifax, Manager Sixth Dist; J. N. lkunninan,EHq.,Now Markot, ingcr Seventh Dhtrict; Col. GronYllle nes, Fauquier County, Manager bth District; .lodge Martin Williams ml County, Manager Ninth District, Cnpt J. 11. II. Figgatt, Botetourt, lager Tenth District. The Board ia stud in its operations by an Auxiliary rd, authorised by act of Legislature, listing of one malo and ouo female nber in each county aud city in to. Col. C. M. Braxton. vs, Is tho President of rd of helpers, and?verv>^'^/jfs c*l>Ort on, of Culpefior, tluf uf *tra. u*bl0 ,h their assistance ho ^'co /v,,"."0 lars Iras been rnisaes^?1"0 ton tfr ropriatlon, and it fl/j .re about five el. will be needed ?^ars plans of the ninnnuel ' ,,riy fci,t 1 fuiu PALMETTO CHIPS. rV re and Notes From Here, There * SVe.y where in South Car olios, lie highwaym?.n who tried to hold up iwapnpPrrqrm of Cl.arlcston last sduy was nrre.s 'tlay nit Cm daughter of ... fanner. Harksunidcn held u H . , , nefchiy ami quiet' . 1T . .. Liui>tM?cn. Ho luflin University ? . 000 aid from the huuu. ^ wi lie South Carolina Uuivcrrffi; he corner stone of tho Colui lital was laid last week with Moaou monies. 1 view of tho enlargement of tho 'berry cotton mill the stockholders ded to increase the capital stock from 1,000 to $100,000 and put iu 15,000 dies, making it a 25.000 spindlo company has been chartered to build 00,000 cotton factory at Sumter. G. Gonzales, editor of the Columbia b and C. A. Calvo, Jr.f proprietor of Columbia Register bad a fisticuff ou itrects of Columbia lust week, ade Havnes wm lmmMil ? ? tl, county jail Saturday. MIND YOUR OWN BUSINESS." :he Message of the Governor of Oregon to the President. ortland, Ore.?The following tele* >Tiic correspondence passed between CtarVt>f rA8iiiNOTOKr, D. 0.?Governor Byl fV>n Puaitnl, flalsnu .? jon: Apparently reliable reports Into danger of violence to the Chinese n the exclusion act takes effect, and President earnestly hopes you will ?loy nil lawful means for their protecin Oregon. W. Q. GnESHAit, overnor Pcnnoyer immediately sent following reply: ai.rm, Ore.?W. Q. Gresham, Washton, I). C.: I will attend to my busii. Let the President attend to his. CI OYliVCniKK L KjMXV I fl.lt, UUTVIUVI* ioveruor Pennoycr, in speaking to * irtcr, said: "Gresham's telegram ia insult to Oregon. I will enforce the a of the State, and the President uld enforce the laws of Congress. It les with poor grace for tho President isk me to enforce tho law, while he hout warrant, suspends tho exclusion Tho Three C's Road Sold. 'iiAtu.KSTON, S. O.?Tho Charleston, cinnati and Chicago llailroad was I at private auction, under a decre' >ri ho United States Court, to Jjj-r Uollicr, of lloston. Mass . tlic bondholders, for ICES Lified check for $ Jj,00ooj]^ ?Dj fjTe d the purchas >, VAS. GHANT.