Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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I THE WEEKLYIS#9H101 TIMES rfaStiiv T~ <f ? ? ? 1 . -.- 1 i-rrr: 1 - ' 1 .... ./^gh. f, i Devoted to Ayrimd**to, BrHtoulturo, Domootic Xwn^^ Pej^l{J%ro, Ftfttiet and tho Current Jfov>$ oj Ote Day. , XXIY.-NEW SERIES. UNION 0. H.t 8QUTH OAROLINA'^pPAY, NOVEMBER 24, 1893. NUMBER U. The peace of Europe in, in the . mmmr *rn.?.~ 1 opinion of the New York Herald, threatened by Italy, which, practically bankrupt, her people poverty stricken and discontented, might find at least temporary salvation in war. A closed bank in Arizona has issued the following notice : "This bank has not busted ; it owes the people $36,000; the people owe it $55,000; it is the people * ho arc busted ; when they pay we'll pay." . . *Tpr what is tho greatest amonnt of , lata!... -?<"? - " " " _ - Mm n*JL ft T^PVil ? * iiiTit l i^tBM *Tbo railroads, farmers and miscollanootis purposes take about forty per oent., and the Other t won ty-five per cent, goes into boxes." , A "massngo stone" la coming Into use in England that is made of unglazed china and provided with ft sort of dorsal lamp for holding in the > hand - and has the robbing surface / | slightly nndnlatod, not to say ridged. r TJiq/itone 1b white and oven when used on recently washed skin it soon becomes darkened, showing that it 1 ijfc. * . ~ squeezes a good deal of material from ' * tbo pores. m'/ Jiaviil !? ? ? '? *'gj * xk' ? ?v ^miuicv, uruw iae aesigT for ilej^ijb iko worn in the French 1 army. T%'??uldiors never likod it, but ' Bonaparte ius&Qfci^on its boind worn. ' HE* It is something 1 ilimlei with o ' front, ai^fcflSrfriii with ( K?r pompou. Tho design hat #:v.lually modified, until now if 1 v?^oliehed in fur or of the kepi, -j I JrriflT*^iiixs a fiat oir Jular top and a j ^y^straight visor. New Zealand is tho first of English c colonies to give wora?n equal political r rights with men. A bill giving then] c such rights has just become law. If I gives to all women, married or siugle, <] tho same right to vote as is now pos- i sessod by men. Tho first election uu- n dor the new law will bo held in De- n comber. Tho only other Htate in the ' J^wcrld in which meu and women have 11 ?>J~b i Doctor Baker, Secretary of the c Board of Health, has o C lgftv. /1V thorough examination 1 been nia ^ ^ consumption and has w nod s ^ cpuolnsion that it is n ??^oal^ disease. lie accord^V|r/ecommondod at a meeting of the 1 _ ?rd that it bo placed upon tho list Cl ^/' A communicable disouses and treatod as such. This the Board decreed, and 1 heroafter consumption will bo knowi n, as a communicable disease. B1 ?=? r( j - g? .'I'l.ft VitatA^ ? repor?*krig??liSi*?toft- ? ^^^^^^^Hrlin, commanding the Depart- Q( ^^^ Tof the Columbia, says that thfl (j ^^^^Hperiment of making the Indian a ^^^Kildicr is a decided failure ho far as his T( experience goes, and he has recommended the discharge of tho few Indian J E j soldiers now in his department, less ^ than a oompany. General Carlin reports that thero has been a decided e. increaso in desertions during the past c, year, due, in a great measure, to the tl unpopularity of tho ten year service a law, and he recommends tho repeal of 0 that law. He also recommends that t the small posts in his department b? g abandoned and tho troops concentrated d at a general post at tho prinoipal rail- a toad center. " " " t Says the New York Tribune: "Juvenile blaokguardism constitutes the 1 prinoipal thome of discussion in tho ( 'new annual report of the Howard ? Prison Association, which contains a a good deal of interesting information concerning those organized gangs of " young delinquents, which are among * the greatest curses of all great cities. ' Tho 'toughs' of New York have tfioir ( counterpart in the 'corner-boys' of 1 Dublin, the 'scuttles' of Manchester. j the 'hoodlums' of San Francisco, the 'blood tubs' of Baltimore, and the * \ 'larrikins' of Australia and New Zea- ^ land, who in certain cities in New j South Wales and of Victoria even sue- | oeed in terrorizing tho police. Many < methods have been suggestod for deal- { ing with the problem, tho most satis- , factory and efficacious of which seems to be that adopted by the Canadians, ?t.i-u i. i ~?11? a it.. ? wliiuu id luumij ucnuiiuoii na vuo vu<~ few bell* plan. Driven thoreto by the intolerable behavior of the yonng rowdies, the Canadian polioe now look np in jail for the night all disorderly or loafing lads found in the streets after the ringing of the bell at nine o'olook. f The effect of this stringent regulation ' is shown to have beou highly satisfactory in Canada, bnt it is doubtful whether it would be possible to oarry out any suoh drastic measures in so large a city as New York, where moreover the juvenile criminals are far more wideawake than their pals* (WTQSs thebof^ey." ^ run I ?J!iWS ITEMS. * i There are now 172 students at the ' Agricultural and Mechanical College. r Raleigh, N. C. ? A million tax tags for commercial fer- n tilizers were delivered at the department 8 of Agriculture. Raleigh N. C. At Greenville, 8. C., the grand jury u of the county has sd far thrown out every indictment under the new dispense- r' ry law, although some of the cases were vory strongly supported by evidence. w Secretary Hoke Smith has withdrawn o: from hia. ~ in an uu fficinl trial over the mens ired d course between Cape Ann and C-?pc I*1 Porpoise, a distance of a fraction Ib^s C I)fin 44 knot*, averaged the hitherto utf *> ^teccdented speed of 2*2.87 knots an *?dr?. V . ' . ;/ * >* el In Ca'awba county, N. C , Inst Sun- b* dnj John*Wac?stcr, a lad of 12 >yc rsv V pWyfttdy ,s* appo I h s pistol at his little cons n, Priscilla fludson. age 1 1) yenr^. cc 8ho raid, "Don't do that." "Sec!" stlu| gu he, "ll'? n it 1 aded," and ho snapped in agftiu. But it-was, and was dicchnrgod, andvthe bi'l entered the little gill's gj brain and killed her. . 8cnators J imes Z. XJJJoir^e of M si':s- Jjj ?ippi, and A. II. ColquitW- of Georgia, ^ ind cx-Sonator 8 B. Mnxey of Texas, 11 of whom were officers in the Confed rate army, are on the Mexican pension oil. Gen. J. B. Kershaw, of South Car j jlinn, was a veteran of the Mcxicftn war I Ladies of the Fonr Uuodrcd, ofTlalti- , Ta note, have ogtuizod a "Otn'on Flannel bu /lub." Tho ( urpoK* ofita members, "Wild* thi chide nearly all tfio young 1 idles of be most cris'.ocr .ric society of Balti- To nore, is to supply tho poor with articles 1 >f wear of canton fimncl. The elder lalies orgaoizd the club, and their yo laughters do tho work. Kach member | pr< rings with her to the meeting place a j "g |U?n*iiy of canton flannel, which is fash- j oned into underwear, right garments, ud other things for children us well r.s ; 1 .du'.ts. It is found that there is an al- ( Bta rays existing demand for canton (Inn- tlii tel. and that it is impossible to supply Mi ng of wool on the free list are being irculated and signed by almost every Th no in west Texas regardless of parly. T,r( 'wo thousand people are interested in rool in we:t Texss. Two centenarians, Mary Page, 104,and ( larry Mordccsi, 101, died in the Ral- a C egh, N. C., peor house within a day of wli ?ch other last week. iou Lumpkin county, Ga., is having an his xciting gold mining boom. The mines was re not new discoveries, but since the au< ilver trouble began attention has been i tdirected to old diggings and gold de- Mc otita known to exist there. Colorado Tar capitalists and 'cspuantits iio?h an :her regions have been looking over gtrr it, Lumpkin gold fields during the past the so or three months, with a view to in the raiment. anc Florida and California fruit is compet- stri ig successfu'ly with Mediterranean pro- ing ucts in European markets this year, ere ad the shipments already arc largely In 1 rcess of those of p evious yearn. Sue- Bu useful experiments have a'so been made set jig year with shipments of C'alifornian clt; nd Washington fruits to Japan and the ther countries of the Orient. From a Ca wenty acre prune ranch a Washington acl independence were a monument to tbe I II *Ullit j of the colored men to better bis J t* own condition. Revolutions wero fre- t<qv.cnt in Ilayti, but no negro would evir m aell the independence of the country, ri The disturbance in the government nevc> <u went farther than tho dispo?i'ion of the iuleta. The negro in Hajti and ban o Pomiogohad emancipated Mraielf. but ?j 1 < rower ob'aincd this year forty tons of fim ricd fruit, which he cold in Portland t $150 a ton. t A man in Americu*, Ga., is playing he bus:ness of peddler under a free je, Te icons? grantet by the Sta'e to wouuded Confederate soldiers, and eking out a ubsistcnce with a pension lie diaws as CO in ex-Uuion soldi-, r. T o M rioa Street Methodist church j . it Colum1 ia, 8. C., was sust lined by the pr Conference Inst week in expelling Walt r Jj {irklmd because he was employed as a ^ s'.eik in the county dispensary. There is J^. 10 npne i for an individual member from ri in ,te decision of the Conference. 18 T. K. Hruncr, who was connected S | with the exhibit at Chicago, says that nt ho North Carolina agricultural exhibit lad received 97 awards up to the time >f his leaving Chicago, while that of South Dakota, which was considered one Cl )f the finest agricultural displays, had DDIv 18 11 O. P. Ransom, grocer,' ohimbin,8. C.t W was closed out Friday by the Loan & Exchange Bank. ' ' at John M. Lnngstcn, the cu'tured Viiginia mulatto, and fotmcrly minister to ( Hayti, in a recent Ic.turo on the emancipation of the negro In tie Latin countries of America, said that "the brave deeds of the alavts who won Haytien b he Government of the United 8'ates had ? nsu'ted colored intelligence by sendng Virginia white mnn to them to repcscnt the nation. The rcgro held the ;overument of the world in the hollow ^ f hi* hnnd lie multipli d rani.My and cattcrcd abroad, and was increasing in |, location and wealth a? that the time 0I jis coming when he would rule." .. Judge Rchard Parker, died at hi* jsidcnce in Winchester, Va., last Fiiay ni^ht. lie was 83 years old. H? p 'ns a son of the lntc Diehard E. Parker a, f the Court of Appmls of Virginia, and ; as grftduatcd in I(tw at the Unlvcrsit* tc htrio.town, now- i6 TtttUita Hi' - t v-v. - p?V id Rcptouccd BrownJU) be hanged.pi, A thrcc-ycir old soa- of J. H. Mitch be 1, of Davidson county, *N. C.," wsi afl irno^ tu death while his parents, were' bj cny from home. 4 hii T. J. Luody, clerk of the auperio' ,w< itirt of Grayson county, Va , became 'nl ddonly iosatta last 8unday while tea^fif- ?'l gbiaSundny school. - V ' ''* The Biplist General Assembly ol? Vi 'Cjj oia met at .Roanoke, Ya. * ' v. m? Francis H^Thutber, the big wholeb grocer ?f New York City, has made a0( individual nminrnm^nt . ' WILL STOP THE FIQHT. be. ?I? . mi ie Governor lays Oorbott and ?. Mittheli Bhall Not Fight.. ^ ?jj JacksqsYFlilff Pn * ikafthairt^ fhffifr- ... llahatsce brought the following shorty . t significant Jsltcr^ from the ' office. j&L 5? b Chief Execu'ire of Florida1: ' ?ft Tali.ah a88bk, FlA. t N. B. Broward, Sheriff of Duval arr n , coi County: Dar Sir?The Governor directs that 7" u will tako all pioper precautions to ;vent any "prize fight" or so called I*? love-coatee's'' in I)uv<il county. ,e^ [Signed] D. Lano, tnil Private 8-cretary. The aporting men claim that the tutc does not con'cmpUte a fight like Th 9 one arranged between Cjrbctt and tchcll, duelling being the offence <' O - - i ' c it.* ever that the fight a ill come off here, cir attornev advises them to go a'aeaci. '(>2' far sacher Fined for Cruelty to a txil Skunk. in' i (From the Philul-.lphii P.ess.) Ikohqbtown, Mvss.?R. Mc"ar'noy, , . ( 'ongrcgational minister of this town, rij(. 0 has made hims If dee'd dly obnox- wjj s to the liquor 'de lc s her about by mt, efforts iu the iutcrcs-. <f morality, :n } fined flu in the polit c court for un 5 cruelty in the killing of a t-kunk. itfC t app ars that one day last week Mr. ^ Cirtney was attracted to his back J oi d bv an evil a npJL Tu t,hu yard was n oia (try gomis uwx nm. M tjje iw. When Mr. M-Oailncy came on ^ cccno ho w. a nearly sull>c.i-ed by fumes, and noticed a little white 1 black animal gamboling in the ^ iw. lis tipped the b x over and lift- ^ ; it touched a nut h to tfie straw, ^ mating the sku ?k. tender hearted neighbor, Lemuel 11 rrcll, who is nil agent for the Massac' uts Society for the Prevention of CruY to Animals, made a compliant to i authorities, and the Rev. Henry Me- ] rtney was brought up in court. He jial cnowledgcd his guilt and paid the ^ B- inf, Two Big families. tio The following two families make a sai owing which is difficult to find excel- Cc 1, even in the prolific mountains of sci inncssee and North Carolina. 18 The Rev. A- a Kouth is a Baptist tei encher residing at Piny Flats, Sullivan no unty, Tenn. He is a spry old gentle- tie ?n, about 70 years old, and still fills th s regular appointments at several de caching places. He is the father of dr irty-three children, all of them living, th r. ltouth has been married twice, and bt s second wifo is still living and help- of g take care of the family. Mr. Routh th almost deaf, but otherwise, shows no b: ejus of old age or decay. His family is oi ;arly equally divided as to sex, there O ;ing seventeen boys and sixteen girls. The other family is that of Moses Wiluns, colored, who lives on a farm near ayelteville, N. C. He is a lively young '* lap of sixty-five, but doesn't look like He is also living with his second ife. There have been born to him for- ^ -five children?forty of them girls By in is first wife there were twenty girls ^ i<1 hrnA hnvfl a n rl h? ihn uprnnH veoty girls and two boys. Neatly all w f them are living. The Government Defeated. u London, Eng.?The p irish councils ill being under consideration, the !ousi of Commons divided on Mr. Wnl r McLaureo'a motion to sllow women n > vote in local government and jwlia Rl icntary clec'i ins. The motion wh? r*> - ^ ed 147 to 120 smi 1 gr at ox itemrnt ri nd c?ics thtt th* govornmen' res'gn. Sir Chtrles Dike, JtH.it 'InCtr hy sod thcr foraier (jlniliton n lt?' o*trs v t > I t dm'- tljc jjovvnjimnl I c IN OUTRAGE ON JSBnAMAN, 'ut Off u Train,He is Boated aud Dors are Set^^^Rim. A'Iirvillr, N. CflHHTs from 'nint Rock reveal a ataRIRiings that my cituc comspondeqHjl^so more, i'twe?n Unc'e ?air, airtyr^Bpinesr govrnment. Several diJfrt'jPZing Gun, a binaman, left ip>r Jobnaon it**, Tenn ,via l*atut The Chinai m had $250 UjfrbrtC^wBfpocket At nint Rock thq traffi^ rRfi arc changed id the Rist- T^Am^R -Virginia A corgia trainm<H?-^H^^Kr^'n throuuh a ore'lvvs'ivid the ck tei?.>m;irorkjH ^t long thcreterbc jfclWJiuiUeJml)riit?lly beaten several white men Ifc fet ilog< on m. PiYti s int'jf'nriWymd the men :r? kept from k'Uiqftbitn. Gun no to the wor^jje whore Mwernvned over ?ht. Next day he Wnia^en by people iog in the neigh'jnihffl who say hit 55 and^rnw were loru by dogs kilo more wound* orjJQis body wore ide by an axe and rats. When seen seemed to be in aSlwhitc 1 c >n<iition d ran from those , am triod to ap >ach him. Since tHrakne (bin h-s not sn seen. It is bclugvthnt he cithor do his ymay intaJjHRo'ls and there jkl from hi^nraQjj^ftfeas killed and uiuau, C?rtc> ris have ;a ?yrpatf4-^*^B^jKPl>g tH? Chinan and placed in jail. Jonas rowood and WflliaoMjtchell are to be ested on tho samc gBrge. Ling Gvin'a intrymcn hero b?*^|letaine.l Messrs. dger & Pritchard tllully iavc tigate matter. The fac'Mn the ca*c will laid before Secret^ Gr sham in a or from the nt'ornsmjand tho Chinese lister will also b *. in#un',d. CLEMSON^LEGE. ero aro 425 Prsisit and 000 More Deairo Adnmttnnce. 'ohmbia, S. C.?lie first report of "f'-AWWMbi AcricnltJ.l College since .... t xc cds what w? expected and the '.dings arc, at pres^n', too small to it tin- demand, COO being tho limit of capury by crowding. The manual or fentu-c of the college is a grand ccss. 'he students doing good work lioglv. Thuc are 163 students in the i-hanical department, and nearly 100 the ngricul'ural department. The rliuii- al department is too small to ommodatc more workers. Students farm work and garden work, building i>C8 and other neccssjrry work. ffiV*Tiff* 1 the future of the cwlcge is bright e college is now oneuf tho best instiions of its kind in the country and :-ady has passed the experimental go, and the wiRlom of its founders i bee 1 fully justified. A DEBT OF VIRGINIA. Petty Subscription to the Cowpeni Huonment Cannot be Collected. Richmond, Va.?Governor McKinnei j received a letter from Cipt. William Courteimy, ex-captain of the Wash (ton Light Infantty, calling his ntten n to a claim of $250 which Virginia i d to have made for a subsc ription tl tapens, S. C\, monumeat. This sub ription was made, itr is alleged, ii 80. Tho matter was called to the at ation of Governor Cameron, who di< it respond. It was afterwards men med to Governor Lee, but he rcpliei at Virginia would have to pay it :bt to England before it would pay it sbt to the victorious monument, be ? claim wi:l not die, and now comt Tore Governor McK uney on the es his retirement. lie will refer it t >e Legislature, and if not dispose 1 c y that body it will probably be passt i as an interesting legacy of office 1 ovcrn' r O'Fer i ll. Incomo Tax Assured. Washington, C.?That an incom x shall be a part of this Administrs oii'r fiuancial plan has been as goo; i agreed up >n by tin Comm:ttee o fays and Means This is conceded b ico speaking for tbo committee and tl dminis' ration. The rate of the tax on incomes ai hat incomes shall be exempted for le only question. It ia understood th le favorite idea is to exempt incom odtr $5,000, and tax stiffly all ov jut u^uig. Data to show what sum could reaao bly bo counted on at certain differe i'ea of taxation arc now getting wor (1 up in Mr. Carlisle's departmei in the question of amount and raU adicnl difference of opinion is found xist among the committee. Ju :go Edwin ?i. Kuids, president ho Natiopa' Bir k of Hal.-igh, N 1 el br^t (J 82nd bUtbd?y Mood "PAPA I& DEAD." Took the Pretty Organist With Him i to His Living Orave. Baltimork, Md.?Rev. (. has. M. Bragg, pastor of the Calvary Methodist 1 Episcopil church, South,and Miss Ian the Phelps, organist of the church, have dis1 appeared, leaving let'ors saying that they 1 will not return to Biltemore The infer- 1 ence is that the parson and orginist have taken flight together. The former leaves n wife and five young children. Mr. Bragg ii about 42 years of age. ' For a number of years he had charge of a country newspap r in West Virgiuia, his native Stn'e. Te ? 3ears ago he en' tcrei the ministry, lie came to Calvary ' church in lU rch, 1802, from Koncevert, 1 W Va., succ cding Hcv. J. W. Orubb 1 1 lie *18 a forJb'c preach r and by his 1 vigor us style and personal popularity alt -cted large congregations. He preach id wice last Sunday. Miss Poelps, the mi-sing organist, is about 17 years of ag , of medium height an ' good figure Richard Phelps, the you g girl's father, who is a well-known commission merchant,declines to disevr-s the subject < f the disappearance of his daughter. Do you thiuk she has gone with M: Bragg?" he was ssked. "I have nothing tosay," wns his reply, 'no Blah meat lo make." Mrs Bingg is prostrated with grief It is stated th?.t she found a letter carefully sealed and add.cssed to her, lyiDg upon her husband's desk. Its contents have ' not b en made public other than it contained the statement that the writer "i? a ruined man," adding: "I am going 1 away and will not return. Tell the children \ Head." The 10-year-old sou 1 of the ab:cot pas'or, when asked wlicio his f .ther was, promptly responded with tears in his cvet: "Papa is dead." Made a Cat False Teeth. The <vtt that ownod tlio fnlso teeth had lost his own, and had his ja w broken besides by a drunken wretch who beat him with a cobble-stono. Something must be done for him, for Ife supported on "spoon vittles" was a burden, and a young dentist in the neighborhood, who had become greatly interested in the unfortunate eat, resolvod to try the experiment of makterrible piooe of work, as Captmu onjeoted to it with all his might, but it was nothincr to what followed wlien the teeth were fairly in. If the animal had plunged and scratched while the plate was being fitted, he acted like a i mal thing when it was firmly attached to hia jaw?although it was well made ami fitted perfectly. He could not understand that it would enable him to continue the luxurious feasts to which he had been aecustomod, and for several (lavs he and impossible scheme was tried to get the uncomfortable tliiug out of his month ; he tore at it with his claws, 1 he shook his head violently to mnko it ' drop out, ho butted against heavy ' pieces of furniture, and if any one came noar him ho growled aud scratched at them. There seemed to be danger <?f his going mail, and his friends were sorely 1 puzzled to know what to do with him, P whon, greatly to their relief, he calmed ! donn and appeared to have come to the conclusion that his new possession was after all a bit ?i'ig in disguise. He s was once more gentle and affectionate, h as he had been previous to his misfortune: and the nlate was now often q taken out between meals an<l put back again. Iii this wny it was worn comd fortably for over a y&k.?San Frani cisco Chrouiciu. * 8 Corpse in the River. '8 Richmond, Va.?The bo?ly of a man lt supposed to be that of W. II. Simpson or ,s Harris, was found ia ihc river here. re There were no marl" s of violence upon 0 his person. The man has been missing from his boarding house since the third :<* of the month. He had on'y been in the city about a month r.nd it is believed that he csinc from Yoik, I'a. A Preacher Kit's a Man. 10 Ahhkvim.r. N. C.?N'-ws itached l" here that Rev. Jack Ni rt ?n, of Rice's I \ n i. it ? : ? .a- 'i' .. .. i'ii i V/ri*rK. uuiuii umini#, icuii., IMIIUI ;v f man named MnhnfToy ni iMielton Laurel, y M id is n count', Monday. At last note counts 8her;IT Whit i ad g >lo to arrest Norton. id I,,, m A Bishop'a Wife Dead. at Ricrmokd Va. ? Mrs. Vio'ct Pace *8 Jaokson, wife of Bishop H. Mcllville r Jackson, of Alabama, died here Thursday at the residence of her father, James 'n* B. Pace, mt k- JTerAt, in Afghanistan, is the oily at. which lias been most often destroyed, s a Fifty-six times huvo its walls boon b.id to in ruins, and the same number o! limes have they been eroded again. u' The Oridiion Cluo of Wa hington, D. C ? C., visited Aeheville, N. C., last Friday *J- where thev were wiqed and dined. AUGTSTA EXPOSITION. Governor Northen Delivers an Ad dress. The Georgia State Fair Combined With the Exposition. A c/ixoei. n . iv- a.- iLi-.i *! uvvi,.-'iii, UI.?rur iUU tmru lliuc graiul exposition lias been held. On tlio occasion, however, there is joined witl this enterprise the Georgia State Fai iincler the management of the Georgia State Agricultural Society, the two com bincd forming an exposition ktha? equals in its scope and magnitude an_? similar enterprise ever attempted in thhistory of the South. In the building is the finest agri ;ul tural display of Southern products evci si en, fifteen counties of Georgia and South Carolina and the collective ex hibit of the State of South Carolina, par ticipating. In the industrial, mechani cal and electrical departments nearly al the States and eight nations arc represented, while among the attractions arc many of the beet features from the Midway Plaisance at the World Fair. Gov. Northcn in his speech said: "This is an auspicious day, not for Augusta only, but for Georgia and the South. ' Willi cheap material, cheap labor aud no sttikcs, the South can claim the entire contract of the manufacture ol cotton goods at no distant day. Noth ing hut ouiselves can hinder the growth of our section and the wealth of oui people. Wc do not need to cultivate our fuims less but more, while wo inviti capital to develop our mines, utilize oui forests, manufacture our cotton, broaden our agriculturo, and open our ports to the common c of the world. "The South, under the diversification ?f cro; s and diversification of industries, is thrilling with new lite. As this new prosperity comes to us it will bring no sweeter thought than that it adds not only to the comfort an I happiness of our section, but that it muk s broadet (lie glory and doep r the majes'y and more enduring the strength of the union of States. In t iia It-pub io of ourg is bulged the hope of fne government ou the earth. Ilerc God has tested the ark < f the covenant with 111? sons of men. I.et us a- ar aline all provincial pride and fi'.d our deeper mpirntious in g.th ciing the fullest sheaves into the harvest and s'anding the staunchest and which a 1 ihe people of tTiiVe'Ift'fi'stiih? c me in God's nppoin'ed inie." TO GOTM td nnn nnn a momtu v vvi?vvu,vuu rx mvn 1x1. Colonel Oate? Says that M-. Carl ole Intimated to Him His Po'icy. M>>ntoomKity, A v ?Coii^r s ninn Oatcs has ar.ived in this city dir-.ot from Washington. In aa into.view he s il he hud roomily cnlhd on Mr. Curl'sle and the Seoicta y give hiui to umhrstand it would l> t'-c policy of the ad lu'ifiu 11 r as my, or inioui lour mi'nons monthly. At this rate, wlrch is the capariiv of the mints, it would require four years to coin all ti c bullion on h nd That would he at the cad of Mr. I levelaud term. The succeeding admin st a tion would piovidc for nddii-nal cur rcncy and relief t > the pe pi for incrcas ing t'nc circulating nodi'.in. He sayhe thinks the bill r- p aling the 10 pe cent, tax on State binks will i p.ssel. give a suflicit nt do ties':c curr ncy and relief to the people, bit he i> no*, sur the I'usiicnt fav rs it The Prc-idm1 is r.ou committal. A Crew Rescued. Nom-oi.k, V.v ?T..o bi.rk S. S. toU.h r'.and, C'apl.iu llr.nud, fioin Char e.-to:i or lbimen. which put in h re f. r coal, Lr .u ,ht In this c.ty C.-pta i McOor.nl 1 a .d ere .v o' six men belong inj to the schooner Piter II. Clowcll e i\ if n 1.. f'r ..n'l uut I OI Ul'ttKIS, I?Uiv?. J l?U VI'MU H r>?? .X. from No:folk on Novo liber "d, ft r Fa' river with a cargo of cojI. She rncovn cereal h.i I weather from ihe first and ei November 5ih there w?>> five fee: < waiter in lahold, end it steaali'y ii* notwithstanding all eflol? t< j'ear her. When sighted by the ti.es J i?land Si'urduy morning she w?it> 2 mihs ol If >dv 1*11 > 11 r decks laa ?:nl been swept ashore, sails lost anal a1 her boa's c;ir.ioJ away. The anen we. iia :an < \it itaslc I conditio a anil had to b hauled ou board with lines. Nine Feet of Water in her Hold. Wii/mington, N. U.?Tiae seh aonc Douglas Gregory, Captain L. S. Still well, hailing from Pert Dcnnesville, N J., from Savrnnah to Italtianorc, wit cargo of lumber, was towed into South port in distress. The captain repo t that she was struck by a northeast store on the 10th, iu latitude .13 deg. 30 mit north, and longitude 78 deg. west, dui ing which the vessel lost her rudder an sustained several leaks. At presei there is n<ne feet of water in her hold. Kills the Sheriff. MumtAV, Ivy,-J. M. ilrcedl#ve,8her of Henry county, Tenn., was shot at instantly killed by a negro named Col ir.au. The n. gro was in ambush at used a shot gun, blowing the top of t! sheriff's head off. IT CAME TOO LATE. ^ Tbe Death of a Direct Tax Claimant Before his Claim was Paid. Beai foiit, 8. C.?At a time like this, when soft-handed charity is pouring its benefactions upon the distressed and storm stricken sections with bounteous hand, it is a base and additional rctlection upon a common sense of justice that this latter should be withheld from those entitled to its rewards and that, too, by the great Government under which we live. Edwin C. McTurcous, respectably connected and said to have been a faithful 1 and gallant Confederate of Kershaw's brigade, an heir to a moderate su*n of money from the direct tax fund in the hands of the United States Government, died hero lust night in extreme proverty and destitution, while the little pittance from his paternal estate on 3t. Helena Island confiscated by the United States during the war, and from which lie long since should have received his quota, has ) been withheld in accordance with the ( cruel and inexorable rule of delay in these \ cases for long mouths of postponement of the check,and he has died just about the time that it should have arrived,and now too late for him to enjoy its benefits, which might have smoothed the rough asperities for his life or lightened up his ^ dark pathway to the grave. q He sought not the general charity that might have been obtained, but preferred to abide the sickening pang of hope deferred, and so groaned and died! H U,-\?m .rfilfcitS 4 obtained for him a judgment in the Court ^ of Claims for his portion of mo^gy, which j our paternal Government had allowed ' him to expec*, but the usual formality of procrastinating payment for ninety days J was required by the Government, and * - Mi j when it comes it will come too late to af- Jfc ford him the little comfort and pleasuro MM of its receipt. It is a sad irony of fate. gfl He hid nevertheless some kind friends ^B a ho saw that he was not entirely neglect d and saw him decently interred. Age of Trees. , Elm, 300 ycnrB; ivy, 335 years; ma? . pie, 510 years; larch, 570 years; ^ orange, 030 years ; cypress, 800 years ; olive, 800 years; walnut, 000 years; Oriental plane, 1000 years; lime, HOC years; spruce, 1200 yt>urs; oak, 1500 years; cedar, 2000 years; yew, 3200 , i.T" e "V. ""Kioll t.hn 'Ifrun nf "<> uuuui 01 us correctness. jttHOirnr few eases the data has been furnished by historical records and by traditions, but the botanical arclicologists have u Qa| resource independent of either, and, _ U B when carefully used, infallible. ? Of all tlio forms of nature, trees alone disclose their uges candidly aiul freely. In the stems of trees which H have branches and leaves with netted veins?iu all exogenv, as the botanist U'nllli) lUlf Uww?na?.?. ii l.l...?*- a? N spread in an even layer upon tlio face of the preceding one. ^<dS, Iu tlio earlier periods of life trees -J increaso much faster than when adult ?the oak, for instance, grows more I rapidly between the twentieth and i thirtieth years?ami when old the an- NES, 1 uual deposits considerably diminish, , EP so that the strata are thinner and tlio ' 2M rings proportionably closer. Homo j.p Hj trees slacken in rate of growth at a very early period of life, and layers of oak become thinner after forty, those ? of the elm after fifty, those of the yew after sixty.?New York Times. . ' .GUE, Cleveland Appoints Harrison's Denv / ocratic Brother. t 1AM, Washington, D. C.?The President \ ^ appointed a number of collectors of cus? ^ ^ ' toms of internal revenue aud other offi. y, ccrs under the Treasury Department, ali fer Northwestern and Southwestern sec? tions. Among them was J. Scott Har? rison, to be surveyor of customs for th< A ?/ tr- it? . Li r\ pun ?i ivnuBtti Y/iij. iivj lit mu uemo( cratic brother of ex-rrcsident Harrison, W and an active.Democratic politician. *]' Picking Cotton by Machinery. U Nkw York.?The United States Cot } j ton Picking Company, which was rej cently formed in New York with Jacch flchwed ss president, has been sold ov? to .o the Wellcr Cotton Picking Company, with a capital of $1,000,000, of which Mr. Schvrcd is also president. The ma- ,f\ chine acquired by the Wellcr Company from the United 8tatcs' Company has been in operation in the cotton fields .jjj ' near Anniston, Ala. '' Two Liftwyers Fight. Cof.ttMRia, 8. C.?Burrell Miles, t s it.an 00 pcaia of age, working in thC^ 11 St.ite dispensary, lcll aown tne eievaiury . ' opening, nod he was rendered uncon ? ' m r scions, aud is thought to bj seriously^ ^ ^ injured. He was sent to the hospital fO'treatment. ( John Bausket and J. S. Verner, two prominent lawyers of this city, had a persoual encounter on the street. The> if were separated without being mVKKET. >d hurt. \ e|y, | le- jJ i(j The Americans are generally agre^p^V^ jT to have surpassed all other Nations in ' H the invention and ue?^ of rapid-firing jjTQQS. " 1 "