Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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The words and phrases under the letter "A" in Worcester's dictionary are 6933, in Webster's 8358, in the Century 15,621 and in the Standard, now in process of publication, 19,730. ?I^p>?iuu m,, uomu in wio r ar wesr nutl tkmtli Went is a true historical but in the East it usually stamtV on\ * .' i-v X thusiosui of the Mexican ?Var period, M whon supporters of the war commemorated tlio victories - of the Federal arms by naming towns in honor of tho battle Holds. Tho growth of tho Christian Endeavor Societies, according to Secretary Baer's roport, lias been remarkablo. New York still leads with 2895 societies; Pennsylvania is a good second, with 2028; Illinois third, with 1822; Ohio fourth, with 1705; and Iowa fifth, with 1180. Massachusetts , and Indianu aro not ?ur beluud. _ Tn _ Canndn wo find 1882 societies. Tho ] growth in tho South has been encoiir- ] aging. England has over 000 societies ; ] Australiu, 525; India, 71 ; Turkey, 41 ' societies; New Zealand, 24 ; Japan, 84 ; ] Madagascar, 32 ; Scotland, 3 ; Mexico, 1 our iif?iirl>l??r '22? Wnst Tn.lii>u 111 Africw, 15; China, 14; Ireland, 10; France, 9; Sandwich Islands, 0; Bermuda, 3; Brazil, 2; Persia, 1; and Chile, Colombia, Norway and Spain, each 1. In all, nearly a thousand societies in foreign lands, making u grand total enrollment for the world of 2211 local societies, with a member^ ship of 1,57.7,010. . ^ ,! jt Fivo States?low&, Vermont, Michigan, Wisconsin and Illinois?have no interost-boaring debt, and there* aro six or seven other States whose bonded debts are mere bagatelles. Among the number aro New Jersey, Nebraska, Kentucky and California. To a for, eiguer, or anyone e'se not familiar with Uie facts, remarks the Chicago Herald, this would convey the impression that the Americans bear an extremely light ourflon of debt. Such an idea would bo somewhat modified, however, by the knowledge that the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe pays interest on $500,^ 000,000 or more, the annual interest charge exceeding $25,000,000?almost oh much os the entire interest charge of tho Federal Government. The 1 Southern States have o bonded indobt- 1 ednosH of 8144,000,000 in round numbers. Tho total bonded indebtedness of all the States in 1800 was $224,000,- ? 000, on which the annual interest ' charge was $10,000,000. The total 1 bonded debt of the Statos is about one- f third of the National in tore at-bear iug 1 , lebt. __________________ Experiments that are now being B 0j||v made with the palmetto in Florida i jL ' point to the growth of a now and \ g profitable industry from the prolific t * ecrul) growth of the- Florida forests j and fields. It has been proved that ? \ the leaf of tho nftw palmetto can bo f %. flrroim/l ? iinluuiJiiuli tlUCK- 8 f cellent article of hpllow-waro for do- 8 meatio and other uses, aud tho j>roBeut 1 experiments are expocted to prove the J adaptability of this matorial to the 1 making of all kinds of paper. For 1 some time past tho peculiar cabbagelike substance in the top of the oabbago palmetto has boiSn used with the a ?t -- - ^" ociiuci lujis ua won, iw n nurc ill tun \ manufacture of parchment. It is now t proposoil to obtain cheap paper fibre c from the ordinary scrub plant. Some c ^ of this pulp has been successfully 1: worked up by a manufacturing con- c cern in Boston into pails, tubs, basins c and other hollow-ware. The supply of * saw palmetto is practically iuexhaust- c iblo in Florida. Millions of acres are ^ covered with it, and when cut down to 11 the ground it grows up again two or c threo times a year. The Florida * Times-Union, commenting on its pro- 1 jeeted use, says that for a plant that grows without cultivation, and in such inexhaustible quantities, the saw palmetto bids fair to have "more money j in it than most of the cultivated crops ] of Florida," and adds : "A fibre made r fc - from tho leaf can be used profitably J| by upholsterers wherever curled hair, e It moss, or 'excelsior' is used ; flie rftot I can bo turned into brushes of almost I endless forms and innumerable uses; and tho poplar and other wood pulps of oommorco are now likoly to find a j dangerous rival in palmetto yulo." ! * IE IS IN CONTEMPT OF COURT. { en Got. Tillman's Constables Can- ' not Seise Goods Without Process of law. Charleston, S. C.?On August 1st 5. B. Swann, one of Got. Tillman's dispensary constables, seized a barrel of ** ahisky in the custody of the South Caro- c' lina Railway in this city. When the 0 seizure was made Swann showed no tJ authority from either the consignee or consignor of the goods, nor did he pro- '' duce any warrent by virtue of which the seizure was made. When questions a; 8 to his authority .were asked, ho produced ^ his commission as a constable of the r State. Swann was taken.before Judge ' Simontou in the United Statca Circuit 8 Court,on a petition to show why ho should * freupttached for contempt lie admit- 0 bis decision just filed Judge Bimonton 1 holds that Swnnn was guilty of an out- I rngeous violation of the law and declares c that no search and s izure of property 1 can bo made without due process of law. { He adjudges Swann guilty of contempt * of court and orders that he be imprisoned ' iu Charleston county jail until he returns * the seized goods to the custody of the 1 receiver of the railroad and when the ^ goods have teen so relumed that lie suf- ? fer a further imprisomcnt in the jail for 11 three months and until he pays the cost ? of the proceedings. * "*1 The Bouth! the South! The N. Y. Sun prints a 4 c damn ^ irticlc with the following head lines: ^ SKMWW MAIN OF THE NATION. THE BIO fi NIFICANCE OF THE OPENING OF (] rUE CHEROKEE OUTLET. WI1ITII- , EH SHALL THE FARMER OF THE FUTURE TURN HIS FACE? The article winds up by sautig that "as grouped in the table, the Southern B States iuclude Arkausa", Texas, ami ?!"? the States south of the Potomac and 3hio rivers. t< Not until after 1874 did the planters r, ind laborers of the South adapt themselves fully to new conditions; but from ibout that time Southern fields were a apidly restored to production* and ri -nfitnriul ?<l<lili(ins worn maiin tn tlif? :ultivated area, notably west of the j Mississippi. "Between 1879 and 1889 the Southern c }tatcs cast of the Mississippi added but p !,700,000 acres to the are i under culti- b ration, although they mauo additions of Q 1,200,000 acres to the cotton fields, the jrain-bearing aiea haviog been reduced ? ?00,000 acres in order to add to that cm- it doyed in growing cotton. During the tl a me period the cereal area of Arkansas y ind Texas increased 1,400,000, and that inder cotton 2,400,000 acres; the addiions to the cultivated aiea of the two ^ dates aggregating 3,700,000 acres, and ri xccediug those of all the other Southern j, States by 1,000,000 acres. "Only in the trans Mississippi portion 8' ?f this group is there probability of any ?' :onsiderable iucrease in the number of 1< arms; and, taken as a whole, the South {] vill do remarkably well if its fields ex- r( land as rapidly as the world's require rents for American cottuu ure uug- *! nented." a "Moreover, great is the future of the y American farmer, nnd vast will be the neasurc of his reward!" Cannot Be Built. 0 Washington, 1). C.?Secretary Gresh- ,t ira has received an opiuion from Attorney fti General Oluey, in which lie holds that g luder the law -the work of building a () foverniuent wharf at Wakefield, v.>., the rirthplace of Washington, cannot be ?egun without further legislation. Con- g ;ress appropriated 410,000 for the con- C( truction of a wharf there, but inserted j6 n the act conditions as to lumber to he rj i^ed, plans, etc. Gen. Casey, chief of w mgineers of tlic War Department, rc- ^ )ortcd that the wharf could not ho con g( itructed uudcr the conditions imposed or the amount of money named in the impropriation. Under theso circumitllUlCBf tnv mi.. . . ^ -ru vliC Vttorncy General and his opinion has ust been forwarded to the State Departnent under whose control tho work comc< nemorating Washington's birthplace was ^ G be CZcCuteu. , n b Local Option in Roanoke, Va. y> Ho'nokk, Va.?The locul opiionists a Ton iu the election by 112 majority, in a b otal vote of :i,.p)00, thereby carrying the :ity against liceusiug the sale of iutoxinting liquois. The election wai the nost exciting one ever held here, the ' :ontest having br.en vigorously carried ^ in for the past two months. The minis- 1 crs were all on the side of the local iptiouisls and prominent lawyers and c tusiuess men opposed the movement. It s estimated that the city will be deprived if upwards of #20,000 direct revenue by T he election. _ BROKE THE MONTE CARLO BANK. ft( ft Vnnnw Sltnl/.!. W?. 4- *T h wa a vun^ wvuwv-ii tf uuiuu ouiu tu nave Won $300,000 in an Hour. o Viknna, Austkia. Trieste news- ci mper* of Saturday last assert that a Mis* jcal, a young Scotch wonvtn, who hus ccently been playing at the Monte Carlo ^aiuiug tables, had rcmarkab'c luck for ^ everal days, which culminateu in the I' >reaking of the 1 auk. She is said to C( lavo won ?00,000 in an hour. C7 Toavy F ost in the Mohawk Valley ^ Fonda, N. Y.?There was, a heavy rost iu the Molmwk Valley Saturday R light. C* TILLMAN TALKS LURIDLY. he Farmers Will Not Be Ptuparifid ?Prophecies ot WMt Will Follow Wall Street Domination. Columbia, 8. C.?Governor Tillman ivc to a reporter a most sensational in:rview concerning the tendency of finanlal legislation in Congress. Aftei ireateuing, if tho money panic ets worse, that he will call the Legisiture in extra session to enact a stay iw, he says: * M.y judgment is that the repeal of th.* iherman law, if done at tho (jemaad o: Vail street, cannot and is not going to cstore confidence and proddce anything ike prosperity. 80 far, the Bouth hai uffered but little. In the Northwest vhere I have beon, they are in thro* if financial dissolution almost." - -AiASfia1"-at 'rxma lanolh t^fl noney; they object to silver as a Mis 101,est' dollar; they demaud gold to bo :omc the standard of the country, al hough it means fifty-cent wheat and six :cni couou, ana the loss of the titles o heir homes by millions of Ammicmi armors. I told the ring in this Statu ii 888 it was damming up the water whet he demaud for reform was refused in tin ttato conveutiou. I now mako the prelictiou that a similar crisis is approach ug in national ulTairs and the floodgates f the peopled wrath will .ba swept frca lie face of tko earth in tho next prcsi cutiai election. The farmers will no' e pauperized to satisfy the greed of the Vail street Shylocks, without exercising lie ballot to redress their wrongs. There "mi i>ht against ailvir, will yet lenru that tic people are not such fools as thej liink they are." CHARLESTON~SHAPES UP. he ia All Right Again and Helping Her Neighbors. Charleston, S. C.?Charleston wishes > announce to the world that she is cady for busiuess again. A sufficient umber of wharves have been repaired to ccnmmodate all ahips iu port, and all nilroads arc running trains on regulai ?liodules. Telegraphic commuuicution as been restored to all parts of* 4ihr ountry, the electric lighting and trieKnnlr> cr?r vr ir?n urn wnrlriiur wi Ihhut a reuk and the streets have Ik en cleared f nil the wreckage of the storm. The ity health officers say that the commun,y is remarkable free from sickness and ae streets aud exchanges have assumed leir usual appearances. Labor day was spent here in hard rork. A committee was appointed foi slieving the storm sufferers oMhc sea ilnnds and arc pushing the work witt plendid results. Dispatches from Beauart announce the arrivul of the firsttraiu )ad of provisions and say how gratifying tie hungry were for Charleston's geneasity. The committee have another train ;ad of proviaiuua ready for shipment nd a car-load of clothing and bedding ras contributed by the people of Chnrlcs>n. There will be other carloads in a day r two for shipment. Subscriptions ol toney, provisions and clothing aggregate bout $5,000 and the canvassing is still oing on. Mayor Fickner received an ffer of a car load of clothing from the inyor ol Kansas City. Other off:rs ol istant places and from points in this tatc havu been received and all been acspted, and yet what has come and what t\. ... ? .1... in tl.n knnknt 1 Ull U1U naj 10 UUIJ u Uivji All VUU uuvncit 'here are from 5,000 to 10,000 people ithot anything to eat or wear. The cstitute is absolute and stories from the :a islands are most pitiful. COTTON WILL MOVE. ? ? ,,^n*vrv *""yanmrmi Money by September 10th. Memphis, Tknn.?All the banks hav jeeived uotice from their New York nucctions that they could have all the ioney needed to move the cotton crop y September 15th, when the movement 'ill begin in earnest and if the receipts re favorable several imllisn dollars will c distributed in this section this month. A Columbia Mill Sold. Colombia, S. C.?The Congaroc Cot n Mill, of this city, was sold to Mr. .rrott, of Philadelphia, who owns a lajority of the bonds, and bought iu the ropcrty iu the interest of the br.ndholdrs. NO PREMIUM ON CASH. 'he Latest Trace of Aeute Stringency in the Market Disappeared. New York, N. Y.?The last trace of cute stringency iu the money market aa disappeared, there being no premium u cnab. The banks are now paying out ash freely. ? '<?, Augusta Extends Aid. Augusta, Ga. ?'The city council o, .ugusta contributed $500 to purchase revisions for the sufferers slung jast and on the eca islands of _ ? *? ^ arolina, devastated by the re' i ' /C> oJt i. Prohibition-Ropy' v > Dfcs MnlNhS y ^ epublicans >' ^ \ THE new rwauim^ijjj^m ouwv (I HFj The Xxhibit Oitr geaU Fugfl PMrerailled The Induati this c ountry i? offlKflHrehowa ii Government Buithe W 1 Fair, and does gtHflMit to the tions of Charles r*llb?, of1 the Agricultural Depei |K Au tliueh ; of what raw ft1. ^ i United State* is g^? , of fibre frw t|9 jHMHURi ) number of partitlMH ti1 >ro industrial' W H l>c siid tliat thpr4J? B fibre iadustrydS^^B B an J the cotton f Iu 11 ix and heafonf " i demoustrato that r8flP??g^ . Mbk. ia ju.t I tinv other couatrj, c >n' ltl? . ?nd.naoi,)uUtlo<i?JSP y .o..5oo produce au ewnl^P^' ' * * The docet .an*?"*' "?? P? i a * . ~ML tbcro shown . hauded to a Flcrr-Bfe . , ci| .. Mh visitor receipt 1 uumbcrs. It is i^K;^)nhOt spin 1 f Iu jute and-jl$$?*>ne Mississippi LouVtana mal^aiCf-Njxhibit in the spec! ivo dcpaittncjnts i? the Agricu building. sh<^J*4?Mceedingly pi ing s .mplos^ jttflMk&ere is no evl that th<y? snj^Hncially produc counir*^^H^B,t > bo entit! In sisal, as it gro 1 Florida, is io * growing iu AgrlcuUuraWBBn Thj sisal i wbio'i rbx so ?n?J years has b ssurjj-3 of Yucatsn and 1 coming of coeatflf] J^&l importance 1 B ihama^* maoy portioi 1 Florida, wluiplw Cultivation lonj passe 1 tho t ,tt>ror?ntal stage. 1 liter turo Of tho^'^ect as it relet the culture of Vbc plant in our country is quite flHensive, enough ing b u put/hshdfc even as far ba the fifties to ju^Atho adaptabili both soil aui9^^H)?p of Florida ether SouthcrnlKes to its culture 1 sisal, minilla amfaomc other endog ' plants tho cxhibm and the invcstigi which havo bafn made indicate 1 these aro likely Jto become matcrii ' Sou hern maauf&cturc and comi somewhat closely allied with tho c 1 t< xtilo industry at an early day. Iu nearly all tbe articles the qu< seems to bj simply one of careful, and systematic attention to the m meats which it hut been found aro c sury for perfect producti on. A car haphazard system of cultivatiou 1 muiipula'ioa will not succeed. Old ^ systems of producing tho best fl^x vail in Relglum; the routine is simp! ' exnet The eersc it the ease with in Italy. ThcEist ladies aro foui produce juto and rain'e so cheaply their cheap labor that there ocews to warrant more expensive methoi America. ! Tiiis question of fibre duvelop'ng a profitable industry is of vast im 1 ancc to the siith, where fl-tx, li ramie, juto amiiisal can be grown profit to the aglicultuiist as well a manufacture^ The agricultural < r tor ^nf1 , and cotton, sugves's that the Ami people, and e* j Mnlly thosiof theS carefully itudy the possibilities as s in the several agricultural exhibits, if possible, there be a greater divi of product aud employment. At i time tli'Te is the utmost necessity fi considcrati >n of ex ict methods IK! flk V // br 3? i -u/V * ~ .-i-A & & ^ yDt?'\ 1 'X ^V* ^Joioiog \> "?"CH!F.H RUfLDI! o^\ ^ into lolaV8 l> >l,i *01'"? p Wbart \l,faCturcr8,'J8pc \ ' beeo put OQ, the incvitnt > ^ "> Fites. j^ jgA# low?r scale, V"r #2.50 and tfi?I*Pore uPOJ 1 biilldin^g ?re *,jB V* dextaril <e (l*Hf and ?. \h tb? w io tfca torn, ao j^f \B. UKM HCfe SCRIPT IS TAXABLK. I Collectors Instructed so Iaaulr* lat *** 8am o and Biport' Washington, IX 0.?The Treeaur - Department^ to day Issued a circuit which is here given verbatim: OrricR or Comsiimioku or Iktkrnal Rkvkmob, WAtniMflTOH, D. 0., Sept.7,181)3. y ol To CoLLucfoaa or Ihtkhnal Rkhkhc n the AWD UavKRUK Aqbrts: ... It has com-: to the knowledge of thl ??fP office, through published news items, t oxer- correspondence, and otherwise, th gThanks are issuing Certificates of depoi -a-i! payable le the money or currency of tl United BUtts. those obUgatio * of the UnksjHroiiaUe notes, tsrfefi AUUy Milt oi www*, v in the Cfrcdtsr is 10 per cent. T he^i aunoer now iu cucuiatioa is believed W be very heavy as they have takcu t wa to Pl*ce during the finaucisl stringency to Don- currcncJ or money. Whether the issi a as in i?c'ude clearing houro certificates is icesses question tho Treasury officials decliuo por discuss, iutima'ing that the question i l!y ut 1*8*1 one U1*-v c,d' f?r n judicial c cscnt. cislon in the courts. bund- HE COULlTPHAY AND FILE LOCI Tho . , A Treacher's Wif> Oiv, e Him H coaici Ooraet Steele in Jail and Ho Saws rating His Wny Out. io not Aiousta, Ga.?The llev. John 1 >duct. Deny, a ootid revival pr.aclur of t whou mouutnio region, who his been for soi ed tho tinio in Claim sville jail, awaiting ti n Que Jar-iaUihum a W.nj i and cd. His firvor in the pulpit led 1 lir rc- neighbors to trust him. iltural A few da}? ago lhriy's wife visit* rornia- him cud gave lrm her corset steels, hi Ideuce out of these he made some very thai 8d in and fine siiwr, with which he li'cd < ed to the bolts of the locks. lie then tiled the iron bars, and o iws ic he wont with five other jai birds. TI j state Sheriff, in i penkingabout hit escape plant, prisoner, said: con a 'die was the unnt religious man I evi is ba* saw. lie prayed night and day, and io tho wou'd have tru-tcd him anywhere." qs of The reverend gentleman hus a host < J ago friends and relatives iu* White count The and if he once reaches their piotcc ion -.'8 to will be li?rd to get him again. own PITHY NEWS ITEMS. nlr o 0 I ? * ? ? uo juomiy uoncerning Our Southei ty o! Country. > and At Hock Hill, 8. C , Moudny evcniu; i. Ia Kdgar, the thirteen year old ann of V cnous II. Giles, an employe of the Sinndm itions Cotton Mill, committed suicide by shoo that ing himself with a pistol, lie Imd hn ils of a difficulty with another boy nnd hti mercc been clnrged by a neighbor with mi otton chievous destruction of property, and b father had threatened to whip him. stlon At Athens, Ga , Wednesday, a tele exact phone lineman, A. Y. Owings.was shocl [utro- cd by a wire nnd thrown 20 feet t icces- tin ground, sustaiuiug in ]urira ..u:. clcss, afterwards proved fatal, and llaui'lton Fish, who was Governor r time New York, Senator from New York, an pre- Secretary of State under President Gran le but died Wediirs 'ay morning. ?-ein| A sp.cial from Marion, S. C., ra; id to that I). H. Smith shut and killed W. I from Atkinson, nesr Pee Deo, Wcdnesdn iiitic night. Both men ere prominent citizen is in Th'i killing was over disputed land'. Th" fi.st shipment of sugar ev? r mam ' into fnctur. d in Stun.too, V i , w s made he iport- wu k Toe shipment emitted of IIv icmp, brrels of be taugir manufactured by tli at u Stauuton Sug<r Wo-ks, uod was seui s the over tin Chesapeake & Ohio Ibtilroad t oxiat- market. *>heat Secr-.tarv Hoke Smith was in Athnt irican last week,"his e?itcc l.nib 1 1 I.!- * - * - IU uuiuuu Ull 1IIUTC81 111 l!10 Atlatll hown Journal, because of tbo constant crit that, cism he receives on account of the uttc: . rcitj Rncc8 0f tbat paper, iu which he owns controlling interest. Ttlu Jane Cake-bread has made her 20li nod appearance beforo a London magistral for her single offence, intoxioatiou an bad language. "j? For Governor of Virginia. |\ Richmond, Va.?The I'rohibitio Sin e Convention met at the Youn 1 M-n's Christian Association Hall. Abou sixty delegate* w? re present, iucludin one colored man. I Mayor D. Humphreys, of NorfoU named Col J. 11. Miller, of Pulosl County, for Governor, and he was non 1 ina'cd by acclamation. Tlie nomine p. then addressed the Convention. The Prohibition ticket was complete I l\ in the evening by the nomination < I?J John S Tyler, of Accoinac County, f( 11/ i.ietcnant Governor and W. B. Kai/lfti \jjJ of Wytheville, for Attorney Geocri without opposition. Adjourned sir die. ?o. agri A Father and Son Murder a Negri dally Jki.mco, Tknn.?Luke S nith, a whil >le in barber, a sisted by his 15 year-old for , that murdered Wm, Chancellor, a colore exact shoemaker. Smith eicipeil across th ty in Kentucky line and has not been capture, orld Chancellor the victim, was a barmlc By. fellow. k | ?nr* r> Taper-making ranks fifth among on* industries. J Tho Jtoraan supper was in three t oourses?soups, meats and fruits. The King of 8iam wears a golden Shat whioh weighs twenty-soren pounds. The use of ootton cloth was brought * to Europe by tho Saraoens, A. D. hp?. Is A one-armed resident of Youcalla, >y Oregoqi, liuilt^ during the past month, ** a house-twenty-four feet mjuare-' withae out asBistauec. as Tho Btato of Massachusetts at oho o, s, 40 ; t, 4f>; o, AO?tothl, ' tQ I In Heligoland Sabbath begins at 6 be P- ,n on Saturday, when tho ohttroh of boil is tolled, and ends on Sunday at lcs tho same hour. Formerly no voseol a could leave port botwoon those bouts, to ; _ Vinegar will not split mok?. so Han. 8 a ' nilml could not thus have invito his Ic- way through ilko Alps. Nor will it dissolve pourls, ho that tho utory of [S Oloopatra drinking pearls molted In vinegar muHt havo boon a (lotion. rr Tho inhabitant of Tliihot aro (lie ilirtioat pooplo on onrtli. Not only M. tlioy novor wash, but when onco full lie ( growth ban boon attained tlioy novoi 110 ; take tlioir clothon off. Whon (ho garmontn tlioy wear booomo ol?l others arc ^t. W. Thomas, of Richmond, Vft., hp , wavod IiIh arm to hit* wifo out of (lit: open window of a moving railroad car )tl | ono day rocontly and had it badly rp j brokon. It wan liard to account for tho accident, but hin arm ih Hiipponod to liavo Htruok tho mail-bag catcher, ut Tho discovery of tho proeoHH of tint* Je ing whito paper wan tho roHiilt of Hheer ;d caroloHnnoBH. Tho wifo of an Ihigliali paper-maker nomod Kant accidentally L'r dropped tho "bluo bag" into a vat of * pulp, wlioro it lay long enough to give tho cntiro moss a bluish tint before alio could recover it. Y. jt Tlio ibis, tho nacrod bird of Egypt, is occasionally mot with in tho Bonth, particularly in Florida. In St. Augufltino and othor const towns tho birds n nro froquontly noon porchod on tho ridgo of tho roof of liouso or Htnblo. ?, Thoy nro cnsily tnmod, and boom fond of humnn company. ^ '['lie ngo of tho lati dragon troo of Orotnvn whh ynriously estiinntod nt * from OOrtO to 10,000 years. On tho lowest estimate it surpassed not only Domesday oaks and Bom a cyprosBOH, but tho llodsor yew, with its 01100 yonrH, and Alphonso Karr's baobabs of Boncgal. Bnlfour gives tho agos, as 0 ascertnlnod by Do Candolio, of tho cyi?re63 as 050 years, tho oak 1500, tho yew 28HU anu , . 1 tho samo as tho yew. (1 Hardships of Life in tho Polar Hcnlos. t, Tho whole region is ono of severe ?*H?1 the SC.". \a fi'uiSOli 'iii !lW F? greater part of tlwv year, land ami h wntor becoming almost indistinguishiy able, but for tho incessant movement H- and drift of the sea ice, says Mediae's Magazino. In summer tho sen iou 1 breaks up into floes which may drift away by tho wind against tho shores of continents or islands, leaving lanes |t of open water which a shift, of wind fJ may change and elose in an hour. Icebergs launched from the glujiero ;a of tho laud also drift with the tide, jt current nua winu tnrougu tuo more or ia o* less open water. Possibly at nomo i- times the pack may open and a clear r- waterway run through to tho pole, and a old whalers tell of many a year, v/hcu they believed that a few days' steam't ing would carry them to tho ond of ;e tho world, if they could have seized d the opportunity. At other times routes traversed in safety time after time may be cffectu ively closed for years, and nil adj, vanco barred. it Food in the form of seals or walrurj g in tho open water, reindeer, musk ox, polar beurs or birds on the land, may c, often be procured, but these sourcos ci cannot be reliod upon. Advance i- northwnrd may bo made by water in a sc ship, or by dog-sledge, or on foot, over tho frozen snow or ice. a Each method has great drawbacks. Advance by sea is stopped when the ^ v< Iiitwr if?j> fnrow ill rmtfimti. find land _ f' advoncn is hampered by tho long *' Arctic night which enforces months 10 . .... Ot IwuCvlC/U) luOtu ti y mg to ilCttllll ttllU spirits thou the severest exertion. ) Augusta Has Cotton Money. t? Augi'sra, 1?a.?The Augusta . hanks haVvj made itli necessary arrangements to d piycoton drafts. There will be no ir trouble i i marketing the crop. Cotton J is coining in slow!y. Receipts of new >i cotton to date aro about one tifth those of last year, ' tUm* Tkt Stmt*. . > '^^'' "r\. ^8^0*1-41 *h^ no!S> MnVreaStot Ion* tho lOOib anniversary of )?rhwJKK^^ stonw of the Capitol, an ?MMlMnK^^HPsf^-^M vor Uopeal act wss ottered by M|t j|?.iwO'? tuil rsnnvato ure inn th? toper ??t tax <m *^2l!i,i2Stf3KaSBBIHBmHRhI lyMk/. offered a revolutionTOKTJomra OMOrrapMSn to I^ibor Day, Dofoated by forty-one nays to eight yens. Mr. Kylo (?. D.) offered a free silver coinage smondment to tho rapoal bill, and it was referred to the Plnanoe Committee. ? Mr. Oullom (III.) apoka la' favor of tho bill to repeal the purchasing olauaoa of tho Bhorman aot, and Meam.' Coka (Miss.) and Potior (Kan.)' made froo silver spooches. 9Du 1>av. Mr> Morgan introduoeda Joint resolution tor the appointment of alolnt commlltoo of tho two llonsoe- soven Senatore and seven Ilnprosentattvos ?to constitute a select coininittoo on flnnnoo for the purpose of examining Into tho financial and' monetary condition of tho Government and pnopio of tho Vnltod States. Mr. PeffSr (Kan.) llnishod tho apooch which ho had begun on the previous day in Support of his amendment for thn froo and unlimited ooinngo of gold and silver at the ratio of. 16 to I. Mr. Stewart (Nov.) addressed the Senate in opposition to tno Silver Itepeal bill.?? Kxoontlvo session. i j:u> Day. ?A bill ?m introduood by Mr. Cullom ami roforrotl to tho Flnanco Commit' , too for tho ropoal ot all acts for tho creation or maintenance of tho sinking fund.-?Mr.: -- 11 ' - n.itlmm ?? HI gan'n resolution for n Joint solaot Cora, mlMoo ou Finance, was token up.! ami Mr. Voorhoos having suggested' Its roforcuco to tho Flnanco Committee, Mr.t Morgan argued against tho suggestion, stat-1 lug that tho purpose of tho resolution was to1 supersede the Flnanco Committee In eaoh' house ami substitute a joint soloot oommlttes for thorn. Whou Mr. Morgan had closed Mr. Voorhoos moved to takoupthsBllvsr Rapeal bill. Messrs. Morgau. Harris and othsr^ objected, but tho motion was oarrled by IT I yens to 21 nays. Mr. Stewart continued bis spcooh against tho 8Uvor llopoal bill. ? ( Exeetillvo session. | SMtii Day.?Mr. Walthall and Mr. Stewart spoko In favor ot froo sllvor. the latter ending Ids throo days' spooob, aftor whloh the ' Senate wont Into excoutivo session. ) 25rii Day.?Mr. Woleott's resolution, calling for Information as to tho bounty paid on maple sugar, was amondod to cover all kinds of sugar, and agreed to. Mr. Faulkner, fW. Va.) sold (bat while ho honestly differed with tho rrasidont he would vote (or the repeal of, the v Bhefman Silver law. Mr. Turplo (Ind.) was lu favor of frOo oolnugo of silver.' Mr. Jones (Ark.) said he would voto against the pundlug bill, and wguld resist Its enactment Into law as Iqpg as possible, unless It wero coupled with some measuro recognizing silver and providing for mi expansion of tho volume ot the country s money. Exooutivo session. ( The House. 2.1d Day.?Debate on tho rules of tho House was coutlnuod without practical results.-?Tho House agrosd to tho Senate amendments to tho Urgont Deficiency Appropriation Idll. 21th Day.-Mr. Talbont (8. O.) asked] lonvo to introduce a bill for the enlargement of the volutho of currency. Mr. Broslus " (l'enn.) objected. The IIouso roeumedthe' consideration of the now codo of ruloe, and! agreed, by 118 yeas to 01 nays, to tho amendment, striking from the rules the clause making 100 members a quorum lu Commlttoo of tho Whelo. The consideration of tho codo having been (Juuj/Vhlcd. Mr. Burrows (Mich.) offered as a Congress, with a modin&ltidh AhrtuifYtavllrat that when a call of tho IIouso is ordorod tho yeas and nays shall nlso be considered ns ordered. This, he UiuuKiii, woma put uu ona to IIlililisterleg. The substitute TT.~ dcfSStSd by 148 navs to (i."> yeas, aud the oods of rules Was adopted without division. Gen. H. S. Vance Assigu** Ahiibvillh, N. C.?Gen. II. IJ Vanes and his son, J. N. Vance, who c inducted the hotel at Alexander hare assigned. The linbilites ain rnnt ?o about $20,000 aud the n?scts are about $28,000, and include the Morrison tract, 92 acres; tho bote' tract, 128 acres; the Riverside tract. 240 acres, und tho stock of goods at Alexander. A. II. lkiird, of Ashcvillo, U assignee i>ntj Gudper A Merlin, attorneys. 'me us&a.y on can. A spec'nl from Newbcine, N. C., My*: M ii . jtar-old daughter of Mrs. IlenC. Wood, of Itivcrdsle In c<)nntj, attempted to rovtVe the flrti in a room of *|j the liou'c with coal oil poured from can. An explosion took place and act the little girl's apparel in flamea,burning her so badlv that at 1 o'clock she died. The mother was in another room at the time of the explosion, nuraiog an infant, h?.| rushed to the rescue. She was badly burned. Valuation of Augusta Cotton Mill* The tax returns of Richmond county, Ga., iu which the city of Augusta is situated, gives the following valuations of the large cotton-manufacturing establishments in that county: Augusta Factory, $15,000 Dartmouth Sninnincr Mill. inn on* Enterprise Manufacturing Co., 055,000 John P. KingMf'g Co., ^ 1,000,00 Riverside Mills, 105,7G0 Bibley Manufacturing Co., 1,000,75# - ^ I>ir? ln ** *" _ 1 _ !U v<?< n uiiMuiawulg) <125 A, bpfcial from Williamsburg, Vs., says that a disastrous tire destroyed six buddings in Maia street, near the college. The Virginia Fire and Marine Insurance Company will suffer heavy loss. The Home Rule Bill Defeated. jjjtjj Louden, England.?The House of i Lords has rejected the home rule'iU by A jjj voto of 420 to 42.