BY E. B. MURRAY & CO.
ANDERSON, S. C.. THURSDAY MORNING. OCTOPER 21 1 MMT
VOLUME XVI.-NO. 1.1
nu, ambiattk i lUJtu
Thc Threatened pestrutUun or the Himplo
Faith of ?ie Fathers t>y th? VUIH Dee?l?S of
Modern ri?maonitt/r?-An Attack Cfarls
tlana Mutt Met>t.
Allanta Cunttitution.
NEW YOBK, Juuuary 2G.
Tho dread ? '?ti ot'the tint?s, aa I see it,
i? tho growing skepticism in the leading
ciiclcs of thought und HUtion throughout
the country-u swelling tide of atheism
and unbelief that hua already ?wept over
many of tho o'ltposts of religion.
I am not alarmed by tho fact that
Henry Ward Beecher ?boule hands with
Ingersoll ou a public aland, and baauiuce
swung beyond the limit of orthodoxy,
any mort than I am reasured by thc tact
that Stephen li, Tyug lias, by iud irsing
thc miracles ai Lout dre, swung bnck into
thc stronghold of superstition. These
nro more personal expression* that may
mean much or little. They muy be claped
witb thc complaint or Dr. Talmage lliat
hu found religion dead in u circuit ol
3,U'JO m i lea ?>f travel lust year, which
complaint is balanced by thc assertion of
Dr. Hall that the growth of religious
sentiment was never so decisive us nt
present.
I have noted, in thc fi rut pince, that tho
latter day writers-novelists, scientists
and essayists-are urraying themselves in
great loree either openly on the tudu ot
skepticism, or are treating religious sen
timent with a readiness ?if touch und lack
of reverence, that is hardly less dangerous.
I nved not run over the list of scientists,
beginning with Tyndall, Huxley and
Stephens, that have raised the banner ol
negation-nor recount the number of nov
elists who follow the lead of ?weet George
Eliot, the sad und gentle woman, who
allied sentiment to positivism PO subtly,
and who died with the promise on her
lips thal her life would "becathered like
a scroll in the lomb, unread furevei"
who said thal she "wanted no future that
broke lt? ties of the past," und bas gone
to meet tho God whoso existence she de
nied. We ull know that within thu past
twenty years lhere lins been an alarming
increado of ntheism among the leading
writers in ail brunches. But it is with the
growth of skepticism among the people
that, hts astonished me.
I am not misled by ihe eloquence of
Ingersoll nor the noisy blasphemy ofilia
imitators. I was with five journalists
and I found that every one of them were
skeptics, two of them in the most emphat
icseuse. In a sleeping car with eight pas
Munger.--, average peopic, i take it, I
found that three wore confirmed atheists,
three were coubtful about it, and two
were old-fashioned Christiana. ? young
friend of mine, a journalist und lecturer,
asked me a few months ugo what I
thought of his preparing a lecture that
would out do Ingersoll - bis excuse being
that ho found Ingersoll so popular. I
asked Henry Walterson once what effect
Ingersoll's lectures had on ihe Louisville
puulic. "N<i more than a the.lineal rep
resentatiou," was the quick reply. Wat
terson was wrong. I have never eceu a
man who come away I rom nu Ingersoll
lecture as stout of faith and as strong iu
heart as he was when he wem there.
I do not know that this spirit of irreli
gi?n and unbelief has made much inroad
on the churches. It ia as yet simply eal
ing away the material upon which the
churches must recruit und perpetuate
themselves. There is a large body ol
men and wornt n -the bulk probably . foui
population-that is between the church
uuil its enemies-not members of the
church or open professors of religion, they
have yet had re lure ncc for the rligious
beliefs, have respected the rule of con
science, and believed in the existence of
one Supreme Being. These men and
women have been useful lo the cause ol
religion, in thal they held all iheoutposu
about, tho camp of the church militant,
and protected il with enwrapping censer
vaiisin mid sympathy. Il is lilia clues
of people ihat ure now yielding to lue
assaults of thc infidel. Having none O.
the inspiration of religion, and possesing
neither the enthusiasm of converts nor
the faith of veterans, they are easily be
wildered and overcome. It is a careless
and unthinking multitude, on which the
ulhi'iets ?TC working, and the very inertia
of u mob will carry thousand:, if ibu drill
of the mass once sets to Hie ocean. Ami
the man or woman who rill; s on the eb
bing tide goes never lo return. Religious
b-dielsXiucc --battered are hardly mended.
Tho church may reclaim its sinners, bul
its skeptics, never.
It is not surprising thnt this period of
critical investigation into ull creeds and
beliefs hus come. If. is a logical epoch,
come in its appointed lime. It is one ot
thc penalties of progress.
Wc have stripped all tho earth of mys
tery, anti brought ail ils phenomena nu
der (he sqiiaie und compass-so that
we might have expected science lo doubt
tho mystery of lifo itself, und to plant its
theodalite for a measurement of ihe eter
nal, and pitch its erosible for un analysis
of thu soul. It was natural that the
Greek should be led to the worship of his
physical gods, for the earth itself was a
mystery that ho could not divine-a
vastness and vagueness thal he could not
comprehend. But we have fathomed ila
uttermost secret-felt its most secret
pulse-girdled it with steel-harnessed il
and trapped it to our liking. Wbut was
mystery is now demonstration-what was
vague is now npp.-.runi. Science bus
dispelled illusion after illusion-struck
down error ufler error-made plain
al! that was vaguo on earth, and re
duced every mystery to demonstration.
It is little wonder then that, at la .i, hav
u. ... ..j.......i ..ii .i... niggl,.}... nf ter
J?.r..~T?? "mnn"!??'u??'?'?~ I*.". IV. I
?>? ., -.buurcu .-. ~. j ?..si..j
to a fixed formula, is should assail the
mystery of lifo it?elf, mid wurned the
world that science would yet furnish
the key to the problem of the soul. Tue
obelisk, plucked fruin tho heart of Egypt,
re.-1 upon n shore lhat was us vaguely and
infinitely bey ind i he knowledge or aspi
ration of its builders ns the shores ot' u
star that lights tho spaces beyond our
vision aro to u* today-the Chinaman
jostles us in the street, and the centuries
i hat look through his dreamy eyes have
lost all sense of wonder-ab i pi that were
freighted from tho heart nf Africa lie in
our harbor, and our market places ar.
vocal with more longues than bewildered
the builders at Babel-a letter al ip?
around tho earth in ninety days ami the
messages of nu n flash along tho bcd of
the ocean-tra tell the secrets of the uni
verse us a woman tells her beads, mid the
stars whir) servilely through orbits thal
science ha? defined-we even read ol ititi
infclaul when thu comet that plunged in
dim illimitable distance, where even the
separate ?tar* nre lost in mist and vapor,
shall whirl again into the vision of man ; a
wanderer thai could not shake off tho in
exorable supervision of science evett in
the chill and measureless depth nf thc
universe. .Fit time is this, then, fur
science to make its iast and supreme as
sault-lo challenge the last anti supreme
mystery-defy the last ami supreme force.
And the church mny c. i rd itT If fur the
coallie As the pope has said : "It is no
longer a rebel thai threatens the church.
It ta a belligerent !" It is no lon ?rr a
shading of creed. It is tho upat-Ual of all
creeds thal is aliempud.'.
it io iai|Kjdaiblo to otuioeive th? tnUvry
and mc lilinUuees that .will 'como iu tho
wake of this spreading atheism. The
ancient/* witnessed the fall of a lui ad red
creeds, hut tit ii 1 had a hundred left. The
vast mystery of life hung above them,
but was lit with religions that were nprin
kled as stars in its depths. From a host
of con i was their air made rich with fra
granee, and warmed from afield of altars.
No bi?s was irreparable. Hut with us it
ix different. We have reached the end.
Destroy our belief and we ure left hope
le*?, helpless, blind. Our air will be
urdirles, chill, colorless. Huxley, the
leader of thc positivists, himself confess
es.-I quote from memory-"Never, in
the history of man, has a culamity so te r
ri lict befallen the race rn? thin advancing
deluge, bluck with destruction, unrooting
our most cherished hopes, engulfing our
mont precious creed, and burying our
highest life in mildness desolation."
And yet Mr. Huxley urges on this de
luge with furious energy. Tho uggres
?iveness of the atheist is inexplicable to
me. Why they rdiould insist on destroy
ing a system that is pure and ennobling
when 'ney have nothing tn replace it
with- wLy tiley should shatter a faith
that coiors life, only to leave it colorier
-why they should rob lifo of nil that it
makes life worth living-why they should
take away the consolation that lifts men
?nd women from tho despair of bereave
ment und desolation, or the light that
guides the leet of struggling humanity, or
the hope that robs the gravo of it? terror
-why tiley should do all this, and then
stand empty-handed and unrespousivc be
t?re the yarning and supplicating people
they have stripped of all that is pre
cious, ia more than I can understand.
Thc best atheist^ to my mind, that I ever
knew, was un? who sent his children lou
convent foi their education, "I cannot
lift thc blight of unbelief from my own
mind," he said, "Lut it shall never full
upon the minds of my children if I can
help it. Aa for me, I would give uli I have
on earth for the old faith that I woro so
ilghily mid threw off r.-? carlessly.
Tiie practical eficqla of the growth of
atheism are too terrible to contemplate.
A vessel on un unknown sea thut bas
lost itu rudder und is tossed in a storm
timi's the picture. It will not do for Mr.
Ingersoll to say timi n purely human
code ol' right und wrong can be establish
ed to which the passions of men can be
anchored and from which they van swing
with safety. It will not do for him to
cite his own correct lifo or tho cor
rect lives of tho skeplicul scicutisln
or of leading 'skeptics, ns prool
i inti ilnbeliof cmCS liol bring liedme
These men are held to decency by a priJe
of position and by a sense Ui special re
sponsibility. It is thc musses that athe
ism will demoralize and debnucb. It is
lite thousands of si nple men und women
who, loosed of the restraint that is abso
lute and imperious will, that will drift
upon the currents of their passions, col
liding every where, and bringing confu
sion und ruin. The vastly greatest in
Silence that religion lias exercised, as far
a? tue world goes, IIHS been the conserva
live pu -Miro that it bus put upon ihe
bulk of people, who ure outside ol
tho church. With the pressure barely
felt and still lesa aektiowledgtd, it but
preserved the integrity of society, kepi
the dangerous instincts within bounds, re'
pressed savagery und hold the balance
Conscience has dominated men who nev
er confessed even lo themselves, its power
und the dim, religious memories of child
hood, breathing imperceptibly over lour.
ua?tesol ?in und brutality, have dissulvec
clouds nf passion ill tin souls of veterana
Atheism will not vor!-: ita full effect ol
this class of men. Even after they huvi
murdered conscience by withholding lin
breath upon which it lives, its ghost wi!
grope through the chain bera of their brail
menacing und terrible, and to the last
"Creeping on a broken wing
Through cells of madness, huunt of horror nnd
feai !"
It is on the young men and women
the generation bred in thc chill ntmos
phere of unbelief-that atheism will di
its worst. Willi no traditions in whicl
lo guide their faith, no tillar before whicl
they can d?> reverence, no ideal lo whicl
their eyes can turn, no standard loft;
enough lo satisfy, or steadfast enough i
assure-willi no uplifting that is not lim
Heil, no aspiration thul bus wings, um
no enthusiasm that is nut absurd-wit
life but ii fever ibut kindles in ihocrudl
and dies in the grave. Truly atheist
nicola youth willi a dread prospect-sui
len, storm-swept, hopeless.
lu the conflict that is coming, th
church is impregnable-because th
chinch is right-hecuuae it is founded o
u rook. Tiie scientists boast that the
have evolved everything logically froi
thciirsi purticlesol matter-that, from th
crystal rock to sentient mun id a .-dead
way, marked by natural gradation
Tiny even say that, il a new bulk wei
thrown of from tho sun to-morrow,
would spin in the space nf the earl
and the same development lhat lu
crowned thc earth with life would tuk
pluce in thu new world. And yet Tyt
dall says, "Wc have exhausted physic
and reached its very rim, and ye?, a might
mystery looms up before us." And th
mystery is thc kindling of the aton?a <
the brain with tho vital spark. The:
science is bullied, for there is thc si
premu force that veiled eternity from ll
vision of mun.
Tile church is not bound to the techn
cai 11 les of argument in this contest,
baa the perfect right to hay ai
nay, logically, that something mu
rest on faith-that there must I
something in thc heart or so
before convictions can he made perfci
?j uni na no Cnfliillt impress willi cc.'-tuci
and trunsports of eartiiiy iovc a man wi
has never loved, of paint a rainbow iu ii
man who has never seen. And yet ll
time has passed when religion can ilismi
tho skeptics with a shriek or a sneer,
read one little book u year ago, gent!
firm, decisive book that demonstrated tl
necessity and existence ol the Supr?me T.
i ng, as clearly anti KS closely us it ia al h
mutual proposition was worked out. ll
tne strength ol the church is, after all, l
hiiihminded consistency of its inemhc
-the warmth and earnestness of it-t eva
gelism-the purity and gentleness of ;
apostle*. Il tim t reed-? are put at peai
and every mun who wei'-? the Christi.
Armor will go forili to plead thc came
the meek and lowly Lfazarine, whose lo
?teals into the heurt of men, ns tho bal
of flowers into the pulses of asummer eve
ing-thou we shall sec the hosts of doti
add skepticism put to rout.
Of course I have no business to wr
nil ibis. Il is the province of tho preat
ors to talk of these things, und many
doubt will resent as impertinent even I
suggestion of n worldling. And yet
seems so sure tn me that in tho swill a
silent m. r-hnling of the boats of nobel
and irr? ligion there ts prei- io I the i
prymest tesl? that the faith ol Christi!
oas ever undergone, that I felt impel
to write. There tire men, outside of i
a-live workers of the church, who hi
nil reverence for its institutions ?
love for its leaders whoso hearts are stir
now and then hy a faith caught at
mother's knee, or the memory of no
ra.a and happy moment-who want
nee, il not in the fold of the chosen,
lo isl in the shadow of a Christian sei
meut, and among a peoplo dominated
Christian faith-and who hope to die at j
last, in tho same trust and peace that'
moved the dying Shakespeare-wisest,
sweetest mind ev^r clothed in mortal I
flesh-when he said:
"J commend niy soul into the hands of j
God, my creator, hoping and nssnred'.y
believing through the o??ly merits of Je
sus Christ, my Savior, tobe made par- '
taker of life everlasting." H. W. O.
Decorated Americans.
The bill introduced ' ? Senator Eaton ;
early last session, and passed by the Sen
uto last June, authorizing certain persona
t<> accept decorations and presents from
foreign governments, and regulating the
presentation of such titles and presenta
hereafter, passed the House a few days
since, end now needs only tho signature
of the President lo make it a law.
Section 2 of the bill omi the rather
queer provision that no ration or j
oilier thing accepted und*> .'provisions
of this law, hereloloreaccepted,or which j
may hereafter be accepted, shall be pub
licly shown or exposed upon thc person
of the officer receiving the same.
Section 2 says :
"That hereafter any present, decora
tion, or other thing, which shall he con
ferred or presented by any loreign gov- j
ernment to any officer of the United !
States, civil, naval or military, shall be '
?ende-ed through the Department of
State, and not to tho individual in per
son."
The beneficiaries under this Act will
be Joseph Irish, of thc United States
Marines, who is authorized lo accept from
the Spanish government the Grand Cross
of Naval Merit of tho F?cond class, for
services rendered the officers and crew of
lin; Spanish war vessel Pizarro.
Lieutenant Benjamin H. Buckingham,
of the Navy, to accept from the Presi
dent of the French Republic the Cross '
of the Legion of Honor, in appreciation
of services in connection willi the Expo
sition of 1878 at Paris. ,
General Francis A. Walker to accept
the decoration of Knight Commander of 1
ihe Swedish Order of Wasa. tendered
him by the government of Sweden, and 1
also that of Commander of the Spanish :
Order of Isabella, from the government
of Spain, as a recognition of his services ,
as chief of the bureau of awards at the
Centennial Exhibition ni Philadelphia. '
Lieutenant Henry Metcalfe, of tho *
army to accept from tho Sultan of Tur
key a decoration of ihe Order of tho
Osniunie, tendered as an evidence of the !
Sultan's appreciation of the ellon s of
that officer in conducting the inspection '
of arms and ammunition manufactured
for the Imperial Ottoman government at 1
Providence, R. I., and Bridgeport and
Nf-w Haven, Conn. j
Rear-Admiral John J. Almy to accept
a decoration of thc Order of Kemeha- !
mena the First, which has been tendered 1
io him by the King of the Hawaiian
Islands RS an evidence ol his apprecia
tion of that officer.
Lieutenant Z. L. Tanner, of the navy, 1
late commanding the Pacific mail steamer !
City of Pekin, lo accept from the Japa
nese government a pair of flower vases 1
and a lacquered box in acknowledgment .
of his services in rescuing four Japanese
seamen from a wreck on the Pacific !
Ocean on the J Ul h of February, 1877.
Lieutenant Francis V. Greene, of the
army, to accept from the Emperor ot '
Russia a decoration of the third chu-, of '
the order of Saint Anne, for bravery '
under fir? ot the Shipka Pass, August 23 1
and 24, 1877, and thc assault of Plevna, '
September ll, 1877 ; also, a decoration of '
tho fourth class of tho order of Saint 1
vladimir, for bravery under fire during !
the passage of the Balkans, December 25 1
to 21, 1877, and at the battle of Philip- 1
popolis, January 15 to 17, 1878, also the 1
campaign medal conferred upon all per
sons present in the campaign.
William J. Wilson, assistant surgeon '
in the United Stales army, lo accept irom
the Khedive of Egypt a decoralion of
ibo order of Nejidieli, for gallantry in
bailie io the action near G tira, Abyssinia, '
March 7,1876.
Commodore J. W. A. Nicholson, to ac- '
cepl from thc Spanish government the
Grand Cross ol Naval Merit, with u white '
badgo, as u mark of appreciation for the '
services rendered to the officers nnd crew
of thr* wrecked war ship Pizarro.-Na
tional Republican.
How SHE GOT INTO TUE DEI'AIIT
MEST.- Washington, January 25.-One |
bright morning last Spring ino Hon.
John Sherman wus silting in his ollie?
when suddenly a bright haired, pretty
girl dashed into his presence. Sho was
apparently lti, and had about her an air ,
of business which even tho cool gaze of
??lie Ohio statesman could not trans
form into maiden fright or flurry. De
liberately taking a seat, the girl said: .
"Mr. Suet mau, 1 have como herc to get a
place." "There are nono vacant," was ',
the reply. "I know you can gi vu me a
place if you want tn, andi think I nm
us uiucb entitled to ?tas anybody. My
luther spent his life in ihe United States
army, and when ho died he left nothing.
Tho responsibility of tho family is on
mo, ami I think I have got as good a
claim as any one else on ihe government."
"What kind of aplace do you want?"
I don't care what it is, but I must have
work ut once." Mr. Sherman ns?uied
her '.hut thi rs were isa applicant" for
every ono place, ?nd there was very Utile
chance. She very deliberately told him
that such an answer wouldn't do, and
declared that if he would allow her she
would come up '.?. cry day and black his
alines, if hfl couldn't Ho ?u ti..:- fini- linr J
'Pl.? - ....... .......I. ~-:.i. i--J-. - I
initiation und charmed by ber bright
face and her sprightly manner. Ho told
her to come buck. In less than a week
she had a good place in the Treasury,
which she still holds. Every morning
she walks to the department with the
step of a business littlo woman who is
pt.md that her delicate hands can bo the
support of others. She receives $100 a
month and supports in comfort her
mother und sister. This brave, bright
young woman is Miss Mary Macaulcy.
formerly nf Atlanta. Her father was a
lieutenant in the Eighteenth Infantry.
Cor. Atlanta (Qa.) Republican.
- Church debt-raiser Kimball has vis
ited one hundred and sixty churches and
raised, directly or indirectly,?onie eleven
oMllion dollars from church numbers.
- A telegram from St. Loni?, January
26, says : Lieut. Chartes Gibson, of the
United Staten Army died here yesterday
of ioflammution of th" brain, believed to
bo the result of circumstances which oc
curred while he vt ? tl West Point. One
day, v. h i lu on parade, a spider 30t into one
of his ear?. By the rules he was not al
lowed to raise bis hand, and stood in tho
ranks more than au hour, while tho spi
der worked ita way in the ear. When '
dismissed, his ear was full of blond, and
the insect could not be removed for two
days. This caused a corrosion nf tho bone
next tn the bruin, and gave him n good
deal of trouble. He went to his regi
ment in Northern Dakota, and, after
performing considerable service and suf
fering from a revere attack of sickness he
came home, expecting to resign, but, as
it proved, only to die.
A SCENE IN PABLUKENT.
Despotic Po Tr er: to Obtained by Eng
land Over Ireland la ? Despotic Man
ner.
LONDON, February 2, ISSI.
In the House of Common* hist night
Winiam Henry Smith, conservative, and
formerly first Lord Admiralty, ruse to a
question of order, and said that Mr. Fur
nell was ove of thu eleven members who
iiad enoken thirty-three times on minions
for adjournment. Mr. Smith summoned
Dr. Playfair to miine. .Mr. Furnell us be
ing guilty of wilful obstruction. Mr.
Playfair ruled that u aullkieiit CU80 iras
not mude out for such pioccedings. Mr.
Milbank, conservative member for York
shire, rose to a point of order. He said
that Mr. Iliggur bad just applied to him
the epithet of "fool," with a foul prefix.
Dr. Playfair ruled that tho expression
witB disorderly. Another motion fur ad
journment having been negatived, Mr.
Iliggar rosc?n a mutter of privilege. He
raid that Mr. Milbank hud crossed 'he
floor of the Hoii^e and called him un im
pudent scoundrel. Mr. Iliggar denied
that ho had culled Mr. Milbank a had.
Mr. Milbank ?aid be distinctly heard Mr.
Biggnr use tho expression. Dr. Playfair
said it was thc duty of Mr. Milbank to
apologize to tho House for culling Mr.
Iliggar a scoundrel, but not to Mr. Fig
gur. Mr. Milbank then made nu upology
in accordance willi lin: decision of tho
deputy speaker. The incident termi
nate J, and the House resumed the deb.-te.
Mr. Commono, home-rule member for
Roscommon, resumed bis seat ut 3.45 ibis
morning, alter having spoken nearly two
hours. Several members rose to u puint
of order while be was speaking, but tho
Deputy Speaker, Playfair, eluted that
aliiiough Mr. Commono was greatly try
ing the patience ot thc House, he was in
order.
Tho House was still in sceeion at 5
o'clock a. m.
10 a. m.-The debato continued until
0 o'clock this morning, when thu Speak
er, who bau resumed the chair, relieving
Deputy Speaker Playfair, declined tc
allow the debute to continue longer. A
scene of great excitement then occurred,
Al 9.30 a. m. a division was taken willi
the re.-ult thal the government obtained
?eave to bring in a bill for tho protection
nf lile und properly in Ireland by ii volt
[>f Hil to 10. The home-rule member:
llieti left the Houso in a body, and tin
bill wai rend lor the first lime. Tin.
.ecnnd reading was fixed for noon to day
The House then adjourned, having sa
continuously for about 42 hours.
It is understood that the appeal to thi
authority of the chair, which eventually
ivas succes>ful in slopping the obstruetioi
in the House, was agreed upon by Un
leaders of both the liberal and conserva
live parlies. Thc final speech before th
intervention of the Speaker was by Mi
iliggar, who concluded by expressing hi
wish for the success of leiiiaiiisin. Du
ring Mr. Biggar'a speech Premier G .^'J
done entered liie House ?iud was lundi
idieered. lt was ut this point that lb
Speaker resumed the chair ut 9 o'clock :
ill. He immediately auid :
"During forty hours tho House lui
been occupied by repeatetl motions ft
Adjournment, supported by small minot
?ties in opposition lo the general sense <
the Hmi.se. A crisis luis arisen, wilie
demands the prompt interposition of ll
chair and tho House. A meusure, ri
commended us urgent in Her Majesty
speech a month ugo, is boiug arrested t
un inconsiderable minority, ll is uece
<ary to vindicate the credit and uuthorii
if the House. I um satisfied thai I sha
best carry oto ils sviii, und muy rely upi
its support, if I declino lo call upon at
more members lo speak, and immediate
proceed to put the several questions to
vote. Ii will be necessary lor the Uou
lo assure a moro efficient control over i
iebtltes or entrust greater authority
tue chair."
The Speaker was repeatedly and e
Lbusiasiically cheered. The vote of I1
to 19 on the division, at 9.30 u. m., w
that on which the amendment toudjou
the debute was rejected. The Speak
then put the motion that leave be giv
Lo bring in the protection bill. T
home-rulers here for two minutes shoutt
'Privilege!" "Privilege!" ami then,
the Speaker uti11 remained standing, th
all left tho House in u body, bowing
the Speaker us they did so, ihe otu
members cheering their departure. T
motion that leave bc giveu tu bring
thft bill r;ns then unanimously agreed
Mr. Gladstone then announced thal
would move on Thursday that if, ou i
lieu being given that the business of I
House is urgent, und if on cull of i
Speaker forty members ?hull support i
demand for urgency, the Speaker sli
lor th with put the question without
bate, amendaient or adjournment, und
tho question of urgency be decided in
itllirmutive by 3 to 1, llit-n the powers
the House for thc regulation of its bi
ness shall be vested in and remain w
the Speuker until lie shall declare I
the stale of public business is no lou
urgent.
Mr. Gladstone gave notice that he j
posea to follow the inoiion above refer
lo by a resolution declaring that the bi
of public busin? as is urgeul.
1.30 p. m.-The Speaker's interferei
which closed the obstructive debate
tim House of Commons this morn
and forced the first reading of the |
lection bill, was evidently pre-iirranj
na he read from the manuscript the st
meut in which he announces that
crisis hud arisen demanding the in
terence of the chuir und il e Houso.
On tue re-asseinb?ng ot tho House,
Speaker, replying to Mr. Lauouct
liberal, raid bo bud acted solely or
own responsibility. Mr. Purneil sui*
also wished lo call attention lo
Speaker's ruling. The Speaker i II If ir
Mr. Furnell ihui it was not a questio
privilege. He must therefore give
lice. Mr. A. M. Sullivan, home r
moved it* adjournment ?if the Hom
enable the Speuker to search for pi
dents for his rulings A lively di:
sion is progressing. The I lou-, o is cr
ed, every available seat being occu
The debate on Mr. A. M. Sullivan's
lion to adjourn continues. Mr. Sull
made an indignant speech. Mr. (
home-ruler, seconded the motion foi
journment. Mr. Gladstone depret
adjournment. Mr. Gowen, liberal,
Lord Churchill, consort alive, supp
the motion lo adjourn. Sir Stn
Northcote, conservative, supported
government in iii? desire to reach (
?md reading of Mr. Forster's prote
bill. Messrs. Shaw und Labouchere
most of the IrisUs members and indi
dents, supported the motion for adj
incut. Mr. Giron, advanced liberal
ho thought Ireland would regare
action ol the Hou-ea as an altem
crush the liberty of speech of the
memOers.
jil is stated in a telegram froi
House Committee thal Ibero is
probability that another day wi
wasted.]
6.30 p. m.-The debato in tho 1
of Commons still continues. 6<
violent Heenes look place, und llieie
(-ulla of order upon Mr. Gladstone
?og out illili some of A. M. SJII
common ts un Uro ooadutA o? tfco Bj
j were not tn order. Mr. Sullivan ?hook
j his tM at Mr. Gladstone, and ?aid he
thanked Goo that the rules of the House
j were not in Mr. Gladstone's banda. Mr.
I Mitchell Henry ?aid ho considered that
! thc Irish members'had taken an unten
I able position: that they misrepresented
! tho opinion of tho country and erserlSced
the rights of the people. ?ir. Henry
was interrupted by Mr. Tnitlip Callan
and other members, who accused him of
attributing falsehood to Mr. Parnell.
0.30 p. m.-The debate continue*.
The Irish members up to 5.55 p. m. con
tinued their obstructive motions. As
the House rises nt G o'clock p. m.,
Wednesday, they will doubtless be suc
cessful in preventing Mr. Forster from
moving the second reading of his bill
and making tho usual explanatory state
ment on doing so, though ho has urced
the convenience of that course. Thc
speeches of tho Irish me. ibera show
much heat and indignation. Mr. O'Don
nell maintained that the House should
adjourn, ns otherwise Mr. Forster would
have an opportunity ta make an inflam
matory statement, which would go forth
without contradiction. After tho motion
to adjourn had been negatived, the Irish
members, to prevent Mr. Forster from
making his statement, objected to every
bill upon the order of the day, thus occu
pying tho timo until thc House was
obliged to adjourn, just previous to which
Mr. Redmond, new member for New
Ross, took his seat.
Tale of a Hcrmatdj
An incident was related the other day
by an (dd sea captain, who sworo to its
authenticity in tire moat vehement man
ner. He was speaking of tho famine
which occurred some yeans ngo in tho
Azores, nnd other neighboring Islands,
and in Muderia also, and of the straits to
which the inhabitants were reduced for
want of fond.
"You see," Baid he, "I was laying off
Kuncha! with a cargo of hardware
vine shears, cultivators and such like.
I sailed tho brig Skylark from New
York. Well, our provisions gin out, and
I calculated to lay in a Htipply at Fun
chal, hut there wan't non? there."
"What!" said we, "none?"
"No, none. The cattle had ali died,
cmsequently there waru't no beef;
sheep had all died, und there wnrn't
no mutton; hogs nil got the measles so
there waru't io pork; chickens all eaten
up by foxes, so there warn't no fri
cassees.
"That's ratho. a dismal picture," was
our reply ; "ho\ '?td the people procure
food?"
"Food; well, they kind o' lived on
yarbs and roots; stole mules-the only
thing that didn't die-and ?at them."
"How about fish-couldn't they take
fish un u?"il ?"
"Narry S-di ; thc fish all went out o'
them ar latitudes. There warn't shurks
left, let alono anything worth catch
ing."
"Why, that was strange."
"Yes; the only thing left in tho hnr
bur was mermaids, and they were nigh
unto starvation too."
"The what?" wo asked in surprise.
"The mermaids? Can't you hear?"
yelled the captain, angry at even n hint
of skepticism.
"What ! do you believe there nre such
creatures ns mermaids?"
"Do I believe it? No, I don't be
lieve it; I know il! I rochon, (ranger,
I've seen a dozen of em at a time, a tum
lin' in tho surf liko a lot of monkeys
among the riggin ?"
"Indeed ! and what do they feed
upon ?"
"Well, I reckon, principally fish.
I've seen 'em catch berrin', stranger,
and eat 'em up raw, ns fast as a Dutch
baby ken eut pickles."
"How did thoy get along at tho time
you speak of?" we inquired, endeavoring
to assume nu appearance of credulity.
"You said the tish had entirely disap
peared."
"I did, and thc poor mermaids suffered
budly. Why one night, ns I was cumin'
down from the towt! to tho quarry
where thc brig's boat was tied up, I seed
a tiru burning on the bosch. I reckoned
first it was lot ol' drunken sailors makin'
punch. Well, I boru up towards it, and
what d'ye think it was?"
Of course we gave it up.
"Well, I'll tell you, and then you can
sec the state nf starvation folks was io.
Stranger," and here tho captain pulled
a solemn face, "it waa a mermaid settin'
over a fire, cooHn* her own tail for sup
per.
A Great Utile Market.
St. Louis, Mo., is the great mulo mar
ket of the country, the central point from
which this species of stock is distributed
all jver the Union. A reporter for the
Republican .ecently visited one of tho
large dealers aud gathered the following
facts regarding tho mule trade the present
season :
Tho mule season has fairly begun
but is far from beiug as active
as tho season was last year. There are
several drawbacks. Cotton planters have
uot commenced to get ready for their
ploughing. The cold weather prevailing
lias set them back, and besides they
bought largely last year and will not
_j - _ -.L:- rr?i_. j.
nceu Ul I ll tl 11 j ?uia joni. tuc s*|r?m uo
mand is very small. Tho demand from
the East and North is not very largo.
Speculators made a good deal -if money
the first three months of the year 188U,
and their profila the balance of the vear
_f\_ll . I-? -_
"a., .-.?.. *f? - . T" ? i
mey in ?LUI: nzuucjr, pirjva ?cpi. on uuvs.ni;
ing and the demand was very urgent,
and this made speculators somewhat
reckless. Last summer they began buy
ing and contracting for January and
February of 1881, and paid pretty good
prices. Now country shippers and spec
ulators find that their anticipations u.e
not beiug realized, and from the present
outlook it is not unlikely that they will
lose money. One prominent multi ship*
per, who hat over a thousand head cor
ralled up in au interior county in Misson
ri, remarked to the reporter, "I bave a
large bunch, and if anybody will pay me
first cost and the feed, I will let bim have
tho mules and take off $3.000 bcsidcs.nud
I know others who will takeoff a percen
tage it they can get hack their money i
only." Mr. William P. Croawhite, a
well known feeder, was also interviewed
by the reporter and asked why bad the
receipts fallen off here. The total
receipts of horse? and mules from Janu
ary 1 to the 10, inclusive, were only 2.
512 head, while for the corresponding
nineteen days in 1880 the receipt wore 6,
G18 head, or nearly three times aa many
ns in 1881. "Well, you see," said Mr.
Cro.white, "the demand for mule? is
small and price-: fluctuating and not very
high at that, and thus keep back the
supply. Were the demand aa large aa
IH-I January, the receipts would be aa
liberal."
- The Raleigh Farmer and M?chame
?sys: Strange as ii may seem, there have
bo.-ii more than 40 persons burned io
dotth in North Caiolina within the ihr o
m luths past, including the ten wLo
s*vre l/urcred Qa railroad*.
Tbe Wonderful ; South "Carolina Clay
, Beds.
Frequent and urgent " requests have
been made fur more precise and definite
information respecting the South Caro
lina lay beds. It is proposed in re?pon?o
to these inquiries tn glv nomo facts and
details respecting them, not familiar to
tho general public. The' result of io
3uiries show that the South Carolina clay
eposioi dilTer in many respects from all
other known deposits of clay, foreign and
domestic-in formal'u.a and in mode of
treatment, and that in all respects they
are nnomalous and wonderful. It is as
certained that a large amount of the clay
is now annually put on the market ; that
the elsy is '".ighly appreciated and largely
utilized in several important industries,
displacing to a large extent English clays,
and tl ut the business has, in tact, taken
on such proportions and become so well
established us to take rank among our
great American i idustrira.
LOCATION OF THE DEPOSITS"
Tho locality jf these deposits is in gen
eral in Aiken Jnuuty, in the vicinity of
bath, on th'. South Carolina Railroad,
and about tun miles west of Aiken, the
Well-known winter resort.
Tho main deposit is nt Kaolin, u vil
lage on tho highlands or bills about one
mile to the south of and nt an elevation
of about one hundred und fifty feet above
Bath station.
Here, confessedly, is tho grand centre
of tho Scuth Caroline, clay enterprise.
Here is found the mammoth bcd of the
South, and, to far ns known, of thc world.
Tho bed is fully twenty feet thick, has un
uveruge breadth of one thousand feet,
and is probably over one milo in length 1
Suffice to say, thu clay is utterly inex
haustible, no maller to what extent the
working bo increased, for nt least one
hundred years.
From this bed is taken thc clay known
ns tho "While, Pure nod Lustrous,"
"Excelsior," also tho "Extra Bud" cluy.
ANTECEDENTS.
The magnitude of the deposit appro
priately gave the mime Kaolin to the
village more than twenty years ago, mid
here, at about that lime, the "Southern
Porcelain Manufacturing Company" wa?
organized, und extensivo und costly
works were built by it for the manufac
ture of a general lino of pottery ware
from tho clay here found. During the
war tho South was largely MU'plied with
china wure from ibo Kaolin works.
Here, also, during tho war, this clay did
good service lo tho Confederacy, for from j
it "insulators" for telegraph wires wert j
extensively made-glass insulators not j
being obtainable ut tuc time.
"In the coursr jf human events" the J
entire corporate property of thocompanj
named, which included the village ol
Kaolin and seven hundred acres ol clay j
land about it, came by purchase into the
bauds of the present owners, R. Mc I
Namco & Co. Another purchase, that ol I
a plantation of four hundred acres ud
joining, brought io them the celebruled j
"Diamond Lustro" clay bcd. This clay, j
it is said, lb now tho stsndiud ciay fm
wall paper manufacturers, und is highly
valued us well in other industries.
And now some particulars ns to the
position of the cluy in thc carib, how the I
bed is opened und bow worked.
Kaolin Village, as stated, is on high J
lund-it is built ulong tho summit ridge, j
ll is beneath tiie surface of this high
ridge, Home twenty-five feet, that the cia) j
deposit is located. And thia position ol J
the clay favors both the working of tin
bcd und ihe drainage of it. The clay is I
roached by a horizontal cut in the side ol |
ihv bil?, uud through thia cul the clay is
removed to the drying sheds near by, ann
the cut naturally lukes the drainage I
water and gives a roadway for the carib I
removed fruin over tho clay, for thc earth J
must be removed ; thc clay ia not reached j
und worked through u tunnel or shalt a?
in tho case of coal mid minerals-thu
would be quite impracticable.
CHA It Ad 1 EH OF TUE KA1UH COVEUINO. j
The laud, though not barren, ia not
valuable fur agricultural purposes; the
soil ia light and fnudy, yet colton and
corn are lo some extent grown minti it I
ulan trees, us pine mid oak. btouCS and j
i-obi ted reeks considerably abound. I
Shell stones ulso uro frequent-these I
wheti opened are found filled willi a ten
powder-un oxide of iron. Below the j
surface, saud and saud only is met willi
down lo the cloy. The saud lor thc most I
part ia of a light brown cutor till within j
a few feet of ibo clay, when the color
chango to white, and the deeper the
while Band the better tho day.
In order to reach and to work tho clay I
all this sand covering mint be removed, I
tia already stated, and the amount re
moved at _ time is usually enough for u
season's work ai cluy.
And now that the clay is reached, we
come, to the
MANNER OF WOMCINO TUE BEDS.
First of all the surface of the ciay ia I
scraped and swept to clear it of any ru I
luse clay and all remains of the saud.
The immense body of white and glist
ening clay now exposed to view ia sulid,
comped and coniiuuouu in ull its length, I
breadth and depth, not existing in pock- I
eu as do roust other clays. It ia com- I
pact aud Bolid us marble. Herc, surely, I
one finds a good specimen of tho "Sulid
South."
liut tho clay, although solid, is not
hurd ; it due* not require giant powder to
blast it, nor docs it require au ore mill lo
grind tl. With a pickaxe you muy break
lt from the bank, with a knife you may
whililo it; you may ahapo from it a
fruitless block 'fu foot sq ? ure. or if you I
will a shufi of tho sizo of tho Egyptian
obelisk, und wuter will quickly reduce
the clay, so apparently hurd, to powder.
Suspend a pieco of it dry in water aud
quickly it begins lo disintegrate, und its
particles, exceedingly fiue, lull likeanow.
The clay ia also pure-pure as tho Al
pino snow-it does not requre, therefore,
like ull English clays and most American
clays, to bo washed to remuvo freo ailiciu
and general 'mpuriiies from it. Tho
South Carolina clay has ulready been
washed and purified in nature's great and
perfect lavatory ; but though pure, the
elsy is nul tully dry, about 20 per cent,
of water remains, and hence it must bo
removed to the aheds to dry. But for
ibis moisture tho clay could bc pucked
directly nt thc bed us taken out.
Tho analysis of the-Souih Carolina clay
aliows it to be u pure silicate of alumina,
thut it has scarcely a truce of iron, and
us to lime, that il H absolutely free. Tho
analysis also shows the clay lo hmo a
high percentage of alumina, the constit
uent of chief value.
Taking these South Carolina clay de
posits, all lu all, aro they not ?ut generi?
auomaloiu und wonderful ? and whero
ejae in all tho world can their like bo
found? and in view of tho high quality
of the clay, it is but natural thal the clay
should bo utilized as slated, largely in
many Important industries. While tho
walt paper irado uses tho clay largely,
the chief consume rs of il aro the paner
makers. In the "middle ages" ol' paper
making the pi.per-milkers were a little
coy about owning the u?e of clay, hut
now in this Nineteenth Century of tho
trade it is otherwise ; and clay ls felt ?o
bis. and owaod Oo be? titto* ? wcjmadUr*
especially in connection with straw, woot
and jute Muck, and Ita use in paper i<
genera* in Europe as well as io America
A SUCCESSFUL ENTERPM3E, AND WHY
Until 18G8 little had been dnno t<
utilize thc South-Carolina clays outsid<
the Stifte. It waa in that year that Mr
Ii. McNoince, of New York, engage?
with ample capital in thisc'ay enterprise
mid from llmt time to thc present he ha
SI ?ven to it Ilia energetic services, and t(
lim is largely Jue tho credit of bringing
South Carolina clay prominently to tin
front and of creating a large demand fo:
it.
Mr. McNamce began with the pureba*
of forty acres in 18U8. lie continued lu
purchases from year to year, and now ii
1?30 his timi holds nearly eighteen hun
dred acres of clay lands around Kaolin
as a centre.
In addition to the beds above mention
! ed, there are Bcveral others in successfu
operation in the State, the largest bpinj
those owned and controlled by Col. . J
Davies, on Beech Island, in Aiken Coun
ty, and J. J. \V. Huckahee, al Granite
ville, on the South Carolina Railroad, ii
the hame county. From ihese beds cia;
of a very superior quulity is taken, uni
they havo high reputation in the market
of the world.--Monthly Report of S. C
Agricultural Department,
A PEOPLE WITHOUT A HOME.
Tho Mrmionlto Kuilg-rmnt* from Itu**!
-Tho Koort ? of Major Alexander Mel
oliera tu !5i Inrr Them tu thia Stat?- WI?
thc Mennonite* Arc.
Chatterton Newt and Courier.
For a number of years Major Ale*,
auder Melcher*, of ibis city, has devote
a greal deal of attention to the subject!
foreign immigration, and hus douo niue
io encourage tho influx, of new peopl
into South Carolina, ile is now eiidcui
? iring lo secure a favorable situation upo
which io locate a colony of Russiu
Mennonites, and is in correspondent
with persons in different sections of lb
Stale in regard lo the scheme.
During tho past six years, lurgel
through his representations and by h
persistent ellbris, three thousand ?mm
grants havo been induced to come to th
?iaic, and have been provided with cou
Tunable homes. Ho has u Cai 'alni all
in the Rev. Mr. Neumann, a niisriouui
among ibu imuiigrnuta ut Castle Gardci
New York, who ld anxious to secure goo?
cheap homos for the stringers who ai
committed lu his care and whose locatic
lie can do much to d?termine. .
During the month of December, i
company with Major Melcher*, ho mat
a partial tour of tho State, visiting tl
Counties of Abbeville, Anderson,Oreel
ville, Oeonce and Spartauburg. The
object was lo look out a body of lat
containing from five tu ten lliousur
acres, which could be secured ut a noni
nal price or altogether free of costs
-uch colonists as would locate upon
and, becoming permanent settlers, for
the nucleus for a larger colony. Tin
.ound in Ocoiiee County plenty of chei
.und, but with defective niles. lu oih
counties they found muny largg tracts
lanu, bul with nu disposition or appare
dtbire on thu pari of the owners lo d
poso of il upon Buch terms us would
within the reach of those wishing
?ecuru homes. The sale at a low price
thc gift of a few thousand acres of lu
wuuid, in their judgment, so enhance I
value of surrounding real e .tate that
could be sold al paying figures.
Major Melcher;', was assured by a gi
tleman in Walhalla that he womd ori
ihe matter bet?re thc people of Ocot
County nnd eudeavor to secure their i
operation in placing a largo tract
mountain laud at the disposition of I
Mennonites as un inducement for th
to muku their home iu that section of i
State. Mr. Macusker thinks there un
number of gentlemen in George.to
County who will give from five bund
io a thousand acres us u nucleus fur
settlement of tho immigrants in ll
county, and, ufter consultation w
Major Melchers, wont to Columbia
Munday night to suggest lo thu St
Uoa.d of Agriculture thc wisdom i
practicability of giving the forfeited lu
ni Georgetown County to the immigra
upon easy terms. Theso lauds amouu
irom thirty-live, lo thu ty seven thous:
acres. If satisfactory arrangements c
not be made with the landholders in
Slate the Mennonite immigrants will
io other States, and will probably BC
in considerable numbers iu North Ci
tina und Tennessee.
Tho Mennonite immigrants began c
ing to this country about six years
and weut to the Not .Invest, many of tl
localing in Minnesota ami Kansas,
the lime of their coming Major Meld
made an effort to secure their scitleu
in this Slate. No cheap lunda coull
?ecured bete. Tho railroads ottered
transportation from Chicago to the \\
and thu chances were ail against us.
the railroads do not now furnish
transportnioi), properly ha? become r
valuable in the West, and tho ind
menu for immigrants to come South
favorable.
Thc Russian Mennonites are a ?I
agricultural people, and aro noted
their industry and modest worth. 'I
come from au ancestry who t-ouudet
ihe depths of political and religious
..caution, and originally canin fruin Xi
erlaud and South German /, whence
emigrated to Southern liltsSia, set
first in the Dnieper and later near tb
of Azov. Tiley acquired cousidei
property, and in 1870 funned a po|
::'.ia::t forty th..il.-.md. Hy sp
decrees o! the Empt-rur they wer?
empted from military duly. In
ibis privilego was abolished, am
alternative was left thom except cons
lion or emigration, ihe privilego of
gration beiug confined to the period
1871 to 1881. They aro opposed to
and rather than sacrifice their prim
they have determined to accept the i
nativo left to them by the Russian
eminent, und are ceiling to Amer
find homes. Tho time foi their dc
ure is ut hand, and their emigration
begin in tho Spring. Fifteen vi
will be broken ap entirely, and the
habitants will como to this country
alt their possessions. Theso vi
contain 800 families, or about 4,00(
a ms.
It will take from fifty to eighty
sand acres of land for tho setilcinc
the eight hundred families, who wi
vote their attention almost exclusiv
farming operations. They are wc
quuinted with tho culturo of grail
have naver tried to raise cotton.
The Mennonite* are pretty wei
cated, and cnn, almost without exec
read and write. Nearly all of then
some properly, and the coming
thrifty and economical a popt
would be of inestimable benefit l
Sute.
?VINE OBOWEUS KllOM WURTEU1
Major Melchers is also trying to
a location in the upper part of ibo
for a colony from Wurtemberg, Gel
who will engage in the cultivation
vino. Their vineyards in Wurtc
have been destroyed by the fly, nu
want tu seule in thia Suite, tho
forton of wfctoa fajp weil ads;
'. soil and climate to the growth of the
i grepe. Maj. Melcher? bus been in cor
. respondence with these people for o"er n
year, and tho indications for their early
j coming are quite encouraging.
tiencral.Serrs Summary.
- Georgia*[7 per-cent, bo.-.ds recently
sold for $1.25.
j - Strawberries aro 'idling inJNewJYork
. for six dollars n quart.
- A coal company in Colorado struck
I oil n few days ago at n depth of 1,145
j ?ect,
; - Huller county, Pa-, pays over one
thousand dollars a year bounty on fox
I scalps.
- A new telegraph company with
j fl ,000,000 capital hos bceo organized in
Chicano.
- New York hod 2,389 new buildings
begun in 1880, nt an estimated cost of
$23,938,000.
- The national debt of England is
held by about 23,000 people; that of
Franco by about 4.000 000.
- The colored Republicans of Augusta,
Go., hove endorsed Senator Bruco for a
place in Gen. Garfield's Cabinet.
- Tho city council of Jefferson, Ga.,
has placed thc licemie for selling liquor
nt ono thousand dollars per annum.
- The ( minissioner of pensions says
it will require $500,000,000 to pay all
claims under the arrearages of tue pen
sion law of 1879.
- It isVstimated that at least twontv
thnueund dollars worth of spirituous li
quors were sold at Greenwood, A bbc vi Ho
county, last year.
- A man sold two cata which he had
dressed to a restaurant keeper in New
York for rabbits, nnd got twenty-five
cents a pieco for them.
- Oseas A. Rice, late deputy collector
ol'in'ennil revenue at Batan Rouge, han
been committed tn prison on n charge of
embezzlement, in default of $10,000 bail.
- N. L. Webb, of Georgetown county,
S lins been convicted of fraudulent
vo..,ig sud Kc<>??M!C2d to two months' im
prisonment, and to pay a fine of one
hundred dollars.
- Senator Dennis, of Maryland, has a
twelve aero terrapin pond in which bo
raises terrapins for market. Ile has sold
as many an twelve thousand in ono year.
They bring from. ten.tot fourteen dollars
a dozen.
- In tho Senate of tho North Carolina
Legislature, a bill has been introduced
proposing an ninendment to the constitu
tion to tho effect thal "Her 1895 no one
who cannot read'or'write shall bo allow
ed to vote.
- A young man named James Garldis,
of Chattanooga, Tenn., killed his mothei
recently. They had been drinking to
?rother and quarrelled, when he struck
ter with u poker, which caused her d eat li
lu a few minutes.
- Some fifty emigrants en route to th?
West passed through Atlanta lust week
Amoug them was n lady who was said tc
be the mother of twenty-nine children
She culled the roll ut every station to sci
that none wero missing.
- Benjamin Schnell nnd Hattie Ger
trudo Posey wero married recently by i
trial justice, at Seneca City. The girl i
only eight year? oid, and was mnrrie<
with the consent of her mother, wh
witnessed tho ceremony.
I - A negro mimed Bob Hennegan wu
found dead in n creek in Mecsletihur
county, N. C., his head beat into a jell
und n chain around his neck. Four m
gro men have been committed to ja
charged with tho murder.
- Since the commencement of the sei
son, nearly thieu millions of tons of i<
have been housed in the Hudson river,i
an expenso not exceeding twenty-fii
cent? per ton. Tho ice will av?rai
twelve inches in thickness.
- Hon. A. 8. Merrimon, in a recei
address before the North Carolina Sta
Prohibition Convention, said that he hi
been practicing law for twenty-eig
j years, and nine tenths of tho cases in li
i practico have boon brought on by Haut
- Gerald Ptgct, fourth son of Lo
Alfred Paget, and his wife have be
bunting in Wyoming and Montana.
Ono night they slept in an open tc
with tho thermometer 29 degrees bell
zero and the wolves howling about the
- It is stated that Prof. O. C. HI
{irincipal of tho normal school at Oreg
lull, Come, Mo., will bo private BCCC
ry to President Garfield. Prof. Hill v
one of the faculty at Hiram College. Oh
when General Garfield was president
that institution.
- The Ohio State Local Option O
vention baa passed resolutions asking
Legislature to pass a local option ai
liquor law, and claims that, inasmuch
woman is ibo greatest sufferer from
liquor traffic, she ought lo bo allowee
vote on this question.
- A Com pu uv with $6,000,000 cap
bab been organized fur the purposi
leasing the Cincinnati Southern rail?
If this is effected, it is proposed to fi
a combination with the Kentucky Cetil
Chesapeake and Ohio and the Erlar
lines from Chattanooga.
- The Camperdown Mills, ;
Greenville, are unable tn fill their or
with the present force employed, and
superintendent is now forced to run
night as wei! as nil day. He has ist
ciiculars calling for two hundred
fifty additional operatives tu whom {
wases and steadv work I* nron?!"*d.
- Thc North Carolina Legisla
will probably order a special electioi
May or August to fina ont tho pot
sentiment un the question of prohib?
If thc people arc in favor of piohihi
;!;c G.."."?ru?,i ??ii be requested to ca
??tra BOra?/in ?f ?Jj? Leg-????UT? tu
at once an unqualified prohibitory
- St. Louis gamblers propose to c
State laws next spring by fitting <
noat on tho Mississippi River, w
largo main cabin for keno and sn
rooms for furo, roulette and hs
Euch passengt r is to pay $1 fare,
three fourths of the fures are to c
tute "pots" for tho game, the han
ducting the usual commission.
- The annual report of the coi
sinners of emigration for the year
was completed on tho 25th. The
number of passengers arriving at <
Garden was 872,880. Of this nu
104.204 carno from Germany, 66,891
England, and 10,190 from Italy,
report recommends that Congress
such laws as may be required touchii
migration.
- Virginia, ir o have a civil
case as to a public school. At I
burg a whit? girl waa dismissed
school bocauHB she lived with a
family and had a reputation som
doubtful. All tho other scholar
when she entered. Sn it was a na
to turn her off or shut up shop. St
been brought against the District I
Board at Lynchburg.
- General Garfield in a speech
House of Representatives in 1874,
"The divorce betwosn Church nm
ought to be absolute. It ought to
absolute that no church property
where, in any Stato or in the i
should bo exempt from equal tai
for if yon exempt the property
church organization, to that ext?
imposo a church tax upon tfc*
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