Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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VOL. XXV.-- NEW SERIES. 1^1 ON 11^ S^)UTH C AR*U.INA^ FRIDAY. F. BRUARY 16, 1894. ^ * NUMBER 7. I V I " ? ~Z - _ mm I T . t rv n # ? % ? tjonu A/.i-iooKsreHcr nas given nearly 515,000.000 to the Chicago University and has what th* Detroit Fre> Press terms, "the good taste" not to demand that it be named for him. Sir Charles Dilke, recently said in the debato in the British Parliament: "The most dangerous illusion any inhabitant of the unite I kingdom can have is that we are a popular power. "We are probably the mo?t unpopular n the great powers." Manuscripts by noted authors have so great a value as autographs that within the past few years some autuora have stipulated with publishers that AU?;. :_i _1 1J 1 1 a - * vucir umuunvnpi Buouiu Be sepi cieau ?perhaps copied on a typewriter for . giving out to the printers ?and returned to them, that their families may traffic in them after they are dead, presumably. T. B. Aldrioh is said to be one of the authors who always vtauls his copy back. Oklahoma is going to kuock very hard for admission as a State, declares jtbe St. Louis Star-Sayings. The Territory was organized only three years ago, but in population and wealth it is to-day far in advance of the other Ter ritories seeking admission as States. The report accompaving the npplica tion for admission as a State shows that she has 2,372,482 acres of land in farm use valued at $13,022,345. In the last year the farmers harvested 284,254 acres of corn, 222,319 acres of wheat, 109,374 acres of oats, 21,311 acres of cotton, 18,755 acres of sorghum, 14,121 acres of Hungarian tmiUct, end 4.^25 ?ores of uiooin com. 'It is almost as large as the State of 'Illinois, and has a population of about '250,000, which is greater than that of any other State when admitte I to the Union. Its assessed valuatiou ol property in 189) amounted to $6,878, 928, which in 1893 had increased to 813,951,056. It has six National banks with deposits of$685,574. Tlio Terri. torial Legislature has been attentive to educational matters, an 1 there are 1 elready in nearly all the districts Bchool-houses, normal schools, col leges, and an agricultural and mechanical college at the town of Stillwater. In religious matters it has also kept pace with many of the older States. Ii\ the Territory there are 165 Methodist churches, twenty-five Baptist, twenty-four Congregational, twenty-five Catholic, twenty-four Presbyteriau, six Episcopal, and fifty Christian Endeavor Societies. This is a remarkable showing for Oklahoma, and ws can scarcely believe, adds the Star-Sayings, that Congress can refuse a tier admission. ^ - ~ r " rrr-r ? I Hays the New Orleans Picayune: "Now that the record of business failures during 1893 is available, some very remarkable facts are brought to light. In the first place, according to Bradstreet's, the total business failures I durincr the oast, voar Amounted *n I increase of fifty-one per cent, over the previous year, the largest increase as well as the greatest total for a single year on record. The liabilities were .correspondingly large, but, as usual in panic years, the assets bear a larger proportion to the liabilities than is usually the case. The failures are greatest in the central Western States, and were heavy in the Eastern and Middle States, large on the Vaciflc roast, and comparatively light in the South. In four Southern Strtes the total failures for the year were actually smaller than during the previous year, these four States being Louisiana, Florida, Alabama and Mississippi. Louisiana showed only ninety-six faill 1 A? _! : i onn t ; t hi co, n^munt ii'j uuriug inuifi, which is a remarkable showing considering the financial panic and the monetary pressure which prevailed here during the summer. Not only was the total number of failures light, but the showing of assets and liabilities was small considering the business contraction. The total liabilit""^ of failing traders were a tritie nior.4 than a million of dollars, the bulk of which a few institutions were responsible for, so that, eliminating a couple of large failures, the individual liabilities of the bulk of the failing traders were insignificant. The reason of s.ieh small business casualties in the Southern States rtnmo<l in *?/? lin vrl / ? ono'r 'l'K/vw/v I. . l?ppn, fos instnn se, no disposition to inflate values of recent years in this section, and poo* crops, coupled with unsatisfactory prices, for several years in succession, forced upon the people a policy of rigid economy and con servatism which left little room for excessive and midden financial pres sure. The immunity of the South fro;r financial disaster has turned the atti on of investors in this direction, and, < maequenily, placed our people io a po tion to profit by the first etl' ,i rfiuraiuj' \ " /> I PITHY NEWS ITEMS. Six cottages along the cann) "t Columbia, S. C., burned Thursday. Mai. W. A. C. Doggett was crushed to death by two enrs at Oaflfnev, S. C., last week. 200 bales of cotton burned at Anderson, S. C. ! Capt. R. R. Crawford, a prominent man of Winston, N. C., has failed. Jones' livery stable in Atlanta was burned Friday night at 11 o'clock. Loss $100,000. A number of tiremen were seriously burned. Henry Snurderly, an old man, nnd^is Vrie, were trifled tn^lmTglarfl l A rmies "3 from Knoxville Thursday night. The burglars got 8200. The Bear Spring Iron Furnace in Stewart county, Tcnn., will resume in a few (lavs giving employment to '100 men. The postofliceof Newport News, Vn., was robbed Friday morning of 84.000, < No clue. I A flour mill hns been contracted to. be built nenr Fingerville, S. (,'. Stanhope Pullen will erect a new j business block in Baleigli, N. C. Many of the cotton mills of South Carolina are adding more machinery. The textile interests of the State are humihing. C. H. Almond, dry-goods merchant at Lynchburg, Va., has assigned, with liabilities of $31,000. The Wilmington (N. C.) branch of the National Loan Association has , been organized with Samuel Northrop, i president. The Consolidated Lumber Co., at Pulaski, Va., has made an assignment. ' Assets nre estimated at 811,000. Chsrlo- A. flladkc, dij-gooiis merchant at Staunton, Va., hns assigned. , Liabilities are estimated at $3f>,000 and assets at 818,000. The improving credit of the State of Vircrinia is shown bv tho ihikkuoh in the Virginia senate of a bill authorizing the monthly purchase, out of the surplus of $100,000, of "Century bonds." Petersburg, Va., is to have electrio street earn. It is expected that the Manchester & Augusta road now being built will be completed by April. The grading is nearly finished and traekla;> ing has begun. This is the Atlantic Coast Line's extension between Remini and Denmark, 8. C. ; It is reported that the Baltimore & Ohio is considering the idea of extending the Valley division of its svs- i tern to Roanoke. Va. > Bids have been opened at Charles- ! ton, S. C., for the reconstruction of , the bridge across the Ashlev River. A reduction of 50 cents per gallon t in whiskey have been announced by t the South Carolina State dispensary. mt ? *ti a i > i 11 ? ? 4 ino r?i 11 to repeal tne federal election law lias passed the U. S. Senate, and received the President's signature. ' Stewart, of Nevada, and the three ' Populist Senators, Allen, Kyle and ' Peflfer, voted with the Democratic, ' otherwise it was a strict pnrty vote. Kope Elias is elated for the Democratic nomination for Congress from the 9th North Carolina district. Roses are blooming out of doors at < NeAvhern. N. ('. Hanged For Killing His Sweetheart. At Winston, N. in the presence , of over 0,000 people, Peter Petirntl, paid the peualtv of the innrdei of his sweetheart, I'll en Smith. SheritT McArthnr sprung the trigger at 12 :n~> and , in an instant the lifeof the condemned ( man was out. Mis neck was broken and death was instantaneous. hut 111 heart's action continued for seven ruinni'n. Iu his speech P'tiiaff made n confession of the crime, \> 11i< 11 In* lias ^ always bitterly deiiieil. He talked 1 rapidly but was not excited, lie said: 1 "That thing you call corn Ibpior, 1 cards. dice, an 1 otlier gaums of clutncc, ' pistols and bud women, are the things which have brought me to this place, 1 to stand on this scntVobl. I have kept 1 back for months what I am going to ' tell you. Ood told me to keep it ' nek. Yes, I shot that woman. I was drunk at the time. 1 put the pistol to her breast and tired it. The onh words she said after 1 shot, were: 'land,have mercy on nie.' 1 stand here to-day to receive my just reward." He concluded his remarks by telling , h:s hearers not to do as lie had done. When Peter shook hands and told his two brothers and t he oflieers good bye, <i... ......... ...... 0...1 ...... ri'. Bilde t ? Itih youngest. Brother. Persimmons nml Crab Ap/tles on One 7 re " There in ncuriosity in the ti line near Cohnttn, tin., Hint I nexei sum mentioned in print, ' said Ice .Ionian of Olevehind. "It is it tree which hen re pevsiininoiis on on.-side and wild crnh up]>les npon theother. < )f course, ns n inntter of fact, there are two trees, hut it takes a very clone examination to|eonvincen person thnt theronre The\ have grown so clonely together that each lias lost it identitv, so far as n|> pearanee is concerned, nnd the people in its neighborhood insist thnt it is hut one tree. The persimmon side is the most fruitful.nnd produces u fairly <>oon yiem 01 iritii. wnien ? not in 1 ??< leant ftffcctfil h* the preneiiop of tin< 'nl) apj>l??R. The other Rid* does not bear very well, nod it ih only dnrinrr in occarioTMil year Hint there in a yii hi if ernli njijjer !<nt both siilen linve ler-n l.nown i'? lam good eropa in tie sum "ear. 'J lie roots linve never been | examined, 80 far an I know." must Bestir Themselves. Bremen, the famous German seaport, has addressed an official communication to Clarksville, Tenn. These two ends of the earth have thus come together, because, as Bremen charges and Clarksville admits, the tobacco packed at the latter place and shipped to the former falls far short of the samples furnished to the Bremen tobacco importers. The import 1 1L.1 A1 1 1 ?* cio uiiuuiiucfu tum xney woaia give no more orders for Clarksville tobacco until a satisfactory reply should have been received to the circular of complaint. The Clarksville Tobacco Board of Trade, which had already been investigating the question of fraudulent tobacco packing, not only Witt * full RMt witBfactox y repty ttt Bremen, but thanked the importers for their circular of complaint, and henceforth Clarksville is likely to maintain her good repute in the tobacco importing world. Clarksville is a town of 8,000 iuhabitants, the county seat of Montgomery county, up on the Kentucky border and the depot for e !"rgs lobacco-giu?ing area. As Bremen is a tobacco port of extensive trnde, neither Clarksville nor any other American depot can be comfortable when the Bremen tobacco importers look askance at its products. Kolb Norv;natcd for Governor. Birmingham, Ala ? The State con ventiou of the .Teffeisonian Democrats or Kolbitcs and the Peoples Party was held here, and a full State ticket nominated to oppose the regular Demo [M-fltie tii'liol 4< tlio Kn1l.iL delegates came into the hall of the Peoples' Party convention and the two Poll volitions combined iuto one. The nominee for Governor is Reuben Kolh, of Montgomery. The platform adopted declared for in income tux, a free ballot and fail iron nt, and opposed the repeal of the ID per < :!:{. t:-v ?s State banks. The Republican convention met and decided not to support Kolh. Water Fall* in North Ca olina. On the Yadkin River on the line of the Richmond and Danville R. R., there can be found 27 miles from Elkin. N. 0., a magnificent water power running to waste. Then again at the Carters Falls on Elkin Creek, 3 miles above Elkin, N. C., can be obtained?if every advantage of the position is taken?a 90 feet fall of water, the volume of which throughout the year is sufficient motive power to drive the machinery of any one of the largest textile establishments in the country. The Governor and the Typesetting Machine. I From the Galveston Dailv 1 Governor Hogg whs shown the neebanism of the machines, and incited to take a seat and set up his iame. It is necessary iu operating he keys to touch lightly and quickly. In the first effort the Governor's touch vas not delicate enough, and as the y pe poured down the Governor thought he machine was coming to pieces. "What's the matter with that, blamed ,hing?" inquired the Governor. He was told not to press the keys so ong, and he proceeded to finish bis iame, and here is what he set, printed rom the identical line he. made with he machine: JJJJJ... SSSK. HHHHOO OGGG. Sam Jones anJJngaUs Meet. NasiivimiE, Tknn. ? When Evangelist Ham .lones called for penitents at I he Gospel Tabernacle iu this city, where he is holding a revival, the first person in the line of those who went forward to take his extended palm was no less a personage than Hon. John Tames Ingalls, of Kansas. Mr. Ir.galls was in Nashville to lecture. "1 endorse every word you say," he remarked earnestly as he grasped the evangelist's hand. "Ood bless you," responded Mr. Jones, fervently. Populists nre Organizing. Raleigh, N. O.?The Populists are thus early beginning to hold county meetings for the purpose of organizing dubs. At each meeting a letter from Chairman Taubeneck, of the national executive eommitte, is read urging the immediate organization of clubs in each township. It is said these clubs ?re to meet publicly and have no sign or passwords, such as the Populists used in their organization two years ago. and that their motto will be "an honest government and a fair count." Troops to Protect Negroes. Rh hmomi. \\ 1'ersuaut to a call from the Sheriff of Prince William county, (!ov. O'Ferrnll ordered the A l..v I i..l.4 .... ........... ...f..,, .......... J ?w |<> Mann-sis t ? aid llv civil authorities in two negroes to be tried there for assaulting two women. The negroes were t-ik'-n to Alexandria to prevent Ivm-hing. The Sheriff in his requisition e.ivs lie cannot get a posse Riillieient!v strong to protect the prisoners upon their arrival at Manassas unless aided by the military. Stolen Whiskey Hid Under a Ch'trch. \ dispensary robbery which occurred at Kershaw, S. (1, two men mimed Hilton and one named Davis, mm wiiuc, were arrested lor stealing fill piaits of Tillman's XXX from the disppnaary. A email colored boy heard a lien eaekle under the Methodirt ('hureh. He went under the building in search of the egg and discovered the whiskev hid under there. The men were suspected, ?i rested and carried to jail. Hfjk. of Ohio. Props Dead. WAfoilNO'ioN, 1 >. fi. ? Representative (leorge \V. Monk, of the Third Ohio diet i let, dropped dead from liemt disease at >.30 o'clock, p. to., whilo visiting friends. FARM AND GARDEN. TO ESTIMATE HEIGHT. To estimate the height a colt will grow to : Take a colt at any V.'zne be^ twoen six weeks and one year, put him on s level surface 60 that he will stand naturally, then measure the distance from the hair of the hoof to his knee joint, and for every inch or fraction thereof he measures he will be hands high when matured. If he measures fifteen inches, he will be fifteen hands high; if ,15} inches, be will be 15$ bauds high, and so on.?New York World. HOW TO FEJBp MEAL TO A COW. The best way to feedr meal to a oow is to cut bay it only as much as to mtike the meal adhere to it, and mix this with it, adding a small handful of salt with each feed. The meal is then more completely digested than if it were given by itself, in which case it is apt to pass on to the third stomach and miss the rumination, ?yliich is necessary to the .perfect digestion of a cow's food. Five ponnds o( cut hay and three quarts of cornmeal will make a full single feed for a cow giving ten or twelve quarts of milk a day. It is nof desirable to try to feed a cow for milk and fat both, as the food is then apt to be diverted to fat only, and the milk may decrease in any but a specially-gifted butter or milk animal. Some cows will shrink in milk as soon as they are fed dry meal or shol-ts, and turn the food to nesu nnrt tat. Hucii a cow is not profitable in a dairy. The best milk and butter cow is one that is not easily fattened, but turns the food to these a* long as she is milking.?New York Times. HOTBED MARINO. The -*""?rk nf "electing tUs pliwo tor the hotbed and cold-frames for starting enrly seeds should not be postponed any longer. It takes some time to make the beds and till them with the right soil. The farmer who does not make use of frames for starting his garden vegetables ought not be classed among progressive farmers. The seasons are too short for us to wait until spring before sowing our seeds. By the time the ground is ready for uv ?ua, vmi pmuio aic ncvorni inches high, nud by transplanting them from the frames to the open ground we save a month or more. In this way raising two gomf crops in one season on one piece c 4 round is made easy. The early pewits are also the ones that bring tbS" riost money, and those laised in the frames always bring in more returns to the farmer than the ones sown in the open ground during April aud May. Many prefer the plants grown in frames first to those planted later in the field, as they have stronger roots and stalks, making it possible for them to resist dry weather. The hotbeds should be constructed right away, for there are some slowgerminating seeds that ought to be put in the ground very early. It takes time to gather and mix the right soil for the beds, and there will bo many days when the ground will be frozen too hard to dig any soil for the beds. ?New York Independent. W.*TER-CRESS Cm.TTVATTOV. In an. ver to inquiries, the Farmers' Voice gives the following directions for growing water-cress; Water-cress rnjiiirfH n ficiil running Stream ftlUI H gravelly noil. The roots should he planted in the spring of the year in slow running streams, where the water is from three to eight inches deep. When the roots are well established the plants will rapidly increase, and, by their natural process of seed-sowing and spreading of the roots, they will soon cover the surface of the stream. When planted the rows should be planted with the course of the stream and about eighteen inches apart. The plants should always be cut, not broken off, as breaking them off is injurious to the plants. After they have hern cut oft' two or three times they will begin to stock out or thicken out, awl then theofteuer they are cut the bpttcr. When raised from seeds they should be sown on the margin of the stream, ami when of suitable size transplanted into it, where it is an inch and a half or two deep. The most Kuital?lfl_iinJ?.for wowing is in the months of April, May and June. There are said to he three varieties of watercress -namely:, the green-leaved, which is considered to be the easiest to cultivate; the small brown-leaved, which is thought to be the hardiest, and the large brown-leaved, which is said to be the best for deep water. KMATiti FRUITS. Now it is time to apply manure to blackberries, currants, raspberries and other small fruits. It should be scattered broadcast at the roots of these plants, which should run over considerable territory. Autumn and winter are the most, favorable seasons for spreading the manure, since the rains and snows of winter can distribute the fertility through every portion of the soil much more cheaply and effectively than man ens*, with the best of tools for the pur pone. With the so-called hardy varieties of fruits winter pro tectif^ eveftHn quite northern latitudes, does not appear very general, md yet, without doubt, this is the true plan. If cultivators could but see how their crops are oftentimes diminished by severe winters, even when plants are not killed outright by the changes of temperature, protection would more regularly be given. It is quite a simple thing to cover the roots of plants several inches deep with leaves or hay just after the ground has begun to freeze, 'mil Hiiim nrovenl the alter natc fro0#?i? :iml tlciwintf winch prove ' no injurw.K. In nJdition, raspberry 7 ered partially at least. Winter winds harm the canes to a considerable extent. Opportunity 16 offered to establish new plantations until the ground freezes and puts au end to such operations. In transplanting remove fully one-half the canes and set out well in mellowed soil; cover with deep mulch and protect the entire plants as well as possible. If spring work will not bo too pressing the plant may be secured now and "heeled in'' to bo in readiness for setting early next spring. Really spring is a better season for transplanting than fall.?Prairie Farmer. GREEN FEED AND PCRE ATR FOR POULTRY It should never be forgotten that poultry need some kind of green food at all seasons of tho year. In winter there can be given them cabbages, uuuppcu uuioub, or turnips, oeoasionally varying this diet with short latedried hay. Poultry also relish cornstalk leaves, if ehnnped finc. Iu ius eariy spring time, when the ground first softens from the frost, grain and other seeds should be thrown into the pons, and unless they are kept in the open, they should bava ? plentiful supply of it daily. Yor young chickens, nothing is so beneficial and so gatefitl as a run upon newly-grown grass. Grass torn up by the roots is eaten by hens, it is true, but not with that advantage or relish as when they can pluck it standing. Some poultry keepers sprout oats in boxes of earth and allow their birds to eat off the soft shoots. Rutabagas and carrots are excellent winter feeds, and about the cheapest to be obtained. It may be J^hat the fowls wil^not^take to them iu cooked^niRKhed, and rc;xed with btan uud meal. Next to a plentiful supply of green food, ventilation is the most | important '*c to be coYtaiuerert in keeping fowls healthy. More fowls have perished for the want, of perfect, ventilation than from any other cause. One of the best and siirmlest nlans to let pure air into the poultry house is to have a hole in the floor about six inches wide and severnl feet long, and covered over with wire netting, which is left open in summer and kept covered up in winter. With a corresponding opening at the top, this will admit the fresh air from the bottom, and also allow all heavy gases to escape. It is the most perfect system that can be devised for admitting pure air to poultry houses, and it is, at the aame time, the cheapest and most easily arranged. Sunlight, pure air, andgroen food make poultry profitable, but a lack of them brings disease and consequent loss. ?American Agriculturist. FARM AND OAKPEN NOTES. Trotters have too much energy for farm work. Horses differ in intelligence almost as much as men do. Drive the colt the first time with a fast-walking horse. After choosing a place for the bee Btnnds do not change it. A little drive every day aids the development of young horses. Don't neglect-to replace the roll of salt in each stall as soon as it is gone. Italians produce a larger number of bees than blacks, and so, indirectly, more honey. Ttin Vrnnnli ulnflf Hifiir fnwls with fresh butter before roasting them, and baste thotn continually. Fertilizers should be applied broadcast around the trees and not in immediate contact, with them. To leave the bees a reasonable supply of honey for the winter is better than attempting to feed them. Mating for the best results tn vigor and fertility requires careful study and practical observation. The goose-raising English and Irish counties are those with very thick pastures with short grass. Ducks should never be yarded with other poultry, as they will pollute the water and cause sickness. If young pigs are allowed to run with fattening hogs they will lay on too much fat to grow r/el!. Feed and shelter the cows well this _! i : 11 i : i winter v&uu yun win up ?urpr ihou nvuie increased amount of butter. The color of the shell is no indication of the quality of the egg, but simply shows the breed cf fowl. Experience counts fcr a good deal in managing poultry. It is on the little details that success depends. Sell from the young siock, and do not sacrifice fowls antf turkeys which have proved satisfactory, unless very old. Give the fcwls p.'.l the skim milk and buttermilk you can spare. They will return it to you 111 tne form of Rolling or hidyland is the best situation for the poultry house. Saudy and gravelly soils are also to be preferred. Ihe more familiar a man becomes with his orchard and other trees the more quickly will he observe their wants. Cocks should not be kept in the pen with the layers, as an egg-producing diet will fatten them and ruin them as breeders. The Dorking is the most popular fowl in England. There are three varieties the colored, the silver-gray and the whit? The moth miller is a much to be dreaded enemy of the bees, but if the stock is kept strong they will not allow it to deposit its eggs on. the comb. It pays to keep the best .toak of bees, as w.-il as other good stock on the farm, and by careful selection great improvement is possiole. "OLD HICKORY'S" COURAGE. STORY OF AN ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATION OF JACKSON. Tbey Could Slioot at Him, But Couldn't Make Him Play the Part of ? Coward?A Narrow Kscape. IF ever a man bore n charmed life that man was "Old Hickory." That he should live to ripe old age ; 1 die a natural death, despite his many dramatic, not to say tragic, experiences, was remarkable. But of all of General Jackson's narrow escapes there was one which borders on the supernatural. Two bulletloarlAfl rtf norfoot ^nnulruofinn which at no other time were ever known to miss fire, snapped in turn at. President Jackson's breast, the percussion caps exploding, but the weapons refusing to shoot! That the old hero mot not the fate of two of his illustrious successors was little short of a miracie. As it was, tlje incident caused an intense excitement all over the country. "I am not afraid! Let me go! They can't kill me. I can take care of myself!" So exclaimed President Jackson one memorable day in January, fifty-nine years ago, as breaking away from his friends he rushed upon his would-be assassin. This attempt to murder General Jackson was made on the 30th of January, 1835, the same month in which, twenty years previously, he won his highest renown by his defeat of the British army at New Orleans. On the afternoon of the day named, while President Jackson was at the Capjtol, Carolina, one Richard Lawrence, a painter, residing in Washington, attempted to shoot him. This individual was seen to enter the hall of the House of Representatives during the delivery of the funeral sermon; before its close, however, he had taken his stand 011 tho eastern portico, near ono of the columns. The President, with the Secretary of the Treasury on his left arm, on retiring from the rotunda to reach his carriage at the steps of the portico, advanced toward the spot where Lawrence stood?who had his pistol concealed undor his coat?and when he approached within two yards and a half of him, the would-be assassin levelled the pistol at the President's breast. The percussion cap exploded with a noise so great that several witnesses supposed the pistol had been fired. On the instant Lawrence dropped the pistol from his right hand, and taking another ready cocked from his left, presented and snapped it at the President, who at the moment raised his cane and made for assailant with iron-like energy. He would have executed vengeance, but Secretary Woodbury and Lieutenant Qodney at the same time laid hold of the man, who was knocked down, the President pressing after him until he was secured. The President's friends then urged him to go to the Capitol, which the old hero did, with great firmness and self-possession, though during the eventful moment his commanding voice was heard above all others, as, tearing himself from his friends and rushing for the assassin, the uttered the words quoted. As soon as the act was known to the crowd they wished to kill the assassin uii the spot. But this was promptly ? iroi'ont o/l T .ou'ranen n?ou fold 1* in 1 4 1? carried to jail, after a brief preliminary examination before Judge Cranch. At this examination Mr. Randolph, Sergeant-nt-Arms of the House of Representatives, who attended the Marshal to conduct the prisoner to tho City Hall, testified th.it the prisoner when asked by the Marshal what motive he had to make the attempt, stated that the President had killed his father. The assertion was, however, untrue, as, upon investigation, it was found that his father, an Englishman, had died a natural death in Washington some years before. The son was apprenticed afterward to a Mr. Clark, with whom he lived three years. Mr. (/'laik, when called upon, said he was a me-u of excellent habits, sober and industrious; that he had Heen him very frequently, and was well acquainted with him since he had left his family, and had heard nothing to his disadvantage until of late ho Nvas informed of his being quarrelsome unione his friends, and that he had treated his sister badly. The entire absence of any personal motive on the part of the prisoner t:> commit the deed he attempted suggested the idea that he must be insane. But his demeanor at the time he was being examined bore not. the slightest appearance of frenzy or derangement of any kind. Indeed, when asked by the Court if he wished to cross-examine the witnesses or to make explanation, he answered in the negative, and said that those who had seen the act could state the facts. At the oonclu sion of the trial, when asked if he bad anything to offer, he said that he could not contradict what had been given in nviiltiiiPA In flit* tnitlut rif fliu ovoiln. :nunt and anxiety which prevailed .round him Liawreace appeared perfectly calm and collected. The President, in speaking of th event, remarked that Lawrc;n-e s man tier from tho moment his eye caughf hiR wan firm and resolved until aftc the failure of his lust pistol, when h > seemed to shrink rather than resist. Lawrence was a handsome young ma 1 of about thirty-five years, small in stature, with pale complexion, bine ; hair, dark eyes, and genteel deport ment, and wan well dressed. The keeper of the rotunda stated that tie had frequently observed th innn nbout the Capitol so often that he had tried to draw him into conversation, but hftd found him taciturn and unwilling to talk. On the day in question he kept prowling abont, but did not come within the railing near the member's seats. Hia hand was held inside his vest, as if grasping something, and his lips were pale anil *-quivering. On his pistols being taken from him after the affair they were found to be a very elegant pair, in excellent order and loaded with powder and ball almoft to the muzzle, the barrels being about six inches long. It was a most astonishing circumstance, almost reaching to the miraculous, that loaded as they were and of such perfect mechanism, both pistols missed fire. It was a dual lottery of life and death, and the hero of New Orleans, with his usual good luok, drew a prize each time! x There was probably in our native history no more interesting test of firearms than that made immediately after the affair by Distriot Attorney Key and General Hunter, the Marshal of the district, on JLawrence's pistols. ThiR was done with some of the r? maining powder, balls and caps of the prisoner, and the result showed that, loaded in tho ordinary manner, the discharge of the weapons took place every time, aud their power was such t.luif. flia hiillnf W1111IH nuuu flirmiorli ova inch board at a distance of nine yard? and nearly bury itself in a second board at a further distance of about an many yards. So great was the exoitement produced by tlie affair that some of tho most eminent opponents of the President, including such men as Clay, Calhoun, Poindexter and White, were, in the frenzy of the moment, suspect. J . r i ' i 1 * _ ..1^1 A ?. | eu ui aaviug conspireu in b piut vu *.mu ia the ease'' it appears. It was ascertained that some lime previous T.o?-r-jncc h?d farmed ?u aivaohmcut for a young lady, aud frequently told liis aistor that he would, by his indu*try, sooit be>euabled to buy a corner lot and build on it a good house, when be would marry the object of his attachment. AVith this view he labored day and night until ho had about $8?0. But he was disappointed aud became extremely pensive, quit all employment and would stand for hours gazing upon the spot which he had selected for his future residence. He became hopelessly insane. This was shown at his trial, when it was developed that he had claimed his right to the crown if England and had called on the President and demanded money, threatening death to him if it was not soon forthcoming. The jury, after being out live minutes, rendered r verdict of "not ' ~ guilty, he having been under the influence of insanity at the time of committing the act." But before the trial and its termination the intense excitement produced by the act throughout the country had about wholly subsided. As for Lawreuce, he was sent to a luuatic asylum, where he remained an inmate the rest of his life, nearly forty years.?Washington Star. Far were tilled. Warm Springs, Va. ?News has just been received here of a tight on Black Allegheny Mountain, near the Weat Virginia line, between several deputy United Stntea marshals and a party of illicit distillers. Two of the marshals were killed, na were also two of the 1 lh>r? Mihtl nitP in u n Horn flnllinci who is known here, was badly wounded. The Bicyclist Be?.* the Horses. Jacksonville, Fla.?In n ten-mile relay race against live trotters here, Jack Prince, champion short-distance bicyclist, easily beat the horses. Time 31:07. The race was for 8250 a side and gate receipts. His Eyeball Carried Off by an Owl. Cavf. Girardeau, Mo.?John Rider of Dutehtown was out coon hunting Tuesday night and while looking up a tree for a coon an owl flew down, striking him in the eye with his claw, tearing out the ball and carrying it i way. FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. The Senate. !Uti? Pvt.?-Mr. Hale Intro laced a roao'ui ion calling for tariff hen rings before the i I'lnanco committee. .tiessrs. i.nn:miur a ml Frye spoke against tho repeal of the Federal Election law?. 35rn Day. Messrs. flitwley, Frye, Daniels and Harris took part In tho debate on the Federal Election Laws Repeal bill ; the vole on tho measure was postponed.??The Finance Committee decided to glv# no tariff hearings. r u Da v. ?The hill repealing tho Faleral Election laws was p tssa I by a vote o' 3d to 'I*. .17rn Day.?Mr. WoJeott proposal a Constitution il amen Iment civmr women tho rlvrlit of sit(Tr.axe. Mr. Perkins present" t n memorial for tho annexation of Hawiii, from tho Han Francisco Chamber of Commerce. Secretary Carlisle's authority to use tho proteods of the new bon I litui was discussed. The House. 43n Day.?'Tho dobato on tho Hawaiian resolution was continued hy Messrs. Raynor, Money. Hilt, Rlair.tn I Dr.apor. 43n Day.?The dobato on th? Hawaii'"' ^ resolution was coatlnuo*'. Messrs. ft Johnson. Van Voorhis, Dates an I Whs \ HHKS I'i'ilii; iiri'ullK iri? speakers. - ? !-?rn Pay. ?Pebnte on the McCreiry Hawaiian resolution w is finished ;the r amendment nnl tho Hltt substitute wro vote! down, but no voto oouH b? obtained on thi resolution itself because of thelnek of a quorirn, 4.">tu Pay.?Mr. MePrenrv's H iwaHe.r. r?vointions approving President Clovelan V* policy, were passed bv a voto of 177 to 75. \nti-silvcr men fllfbustered sneeessfu'lv against the Plan I btll nn l the Houao order* t the arrest of absentees. Mr. Hatch Inlro<lu I his now 1)111 to regulnto and tax il'Al[ ine in options and futures. 5 dfifii |)ay.?Mr. Bland's bill to coin the silj v -r seigniorage was taken up and discussed after four hours' filibustering. ? 47ru Pay. ?Pebnte on the bill to coin the silver selgnlorngo was continued, speeehos - being ninde by Messrs. Bland, Stone, M<Js KelglmD, Barter and KUcore.