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THE BLUE AND THE GREY. UNITING TO DC1LD A HOKM VOB OUK OISAULKD bolohbi ??ItoMUrtta KnUh la N?w Y?rk~ IpmltH %r IkTinJ lilMih mi vlM Two Analis tM Iiiiim ?f Ik* | iMMlaci; Amni platform watj .merlcanajhd foreign and shield* and * band played patriotic music at appro priate tlmw daring tho meeting. The opening strains of "Dixie" celled fi>rth load applause. Col. Jm. B. (VBelrne called tho as semblage to order, and named a woll known veteran, Corporal Tauner, of Brooklyn, as Chairman, "In tho forced tobseuto of our great Gaptain, General Grant." (Applause.) Corporal Tan ncr, who had both leys shot away iu buttle and walks on two wooden logs, eamo forward amid cheers, and ho began his opening address by saying that be vf*? with the movoiner t "with bin heart and soul, and from the crown of Ids head as far down as lie went." After alluding to General Grant's lib* oral treatment of Lee's army after Appomattox, the Corporal said: "I have thought this thing over and see that those of tho other sido havo not the same picture to look baek on that we have. A great majority went ont to fight, for what they thought was ?.right; jait as we went oat to fight for what we knew tp bo right. 1 know that the old bitterness is dying oat and our men will see to it that the suffer*! ers. who differed with as will find ont | .that humanity stilllives/ [Applause-J Frande .^gathers up in honor the re ins or its great men, wbother they n-~dom, empire or repub ouod to take up this it to a sucoessftil end. feeahdo it and we "mse.Jkv*. l the readiness of oasaernjuongressmen to vote peu lorts to Federal soldiers, tho Corporal i ?aid th4t tho building of tlio Homo would be a new bona between the1 North and tbe Qonth. He then related an aneedote of a little *ou of his and a child daughter Of an ex-Coufedoratc whO'Hfed next door to him. Ono munmor evening ho and his friend wore sl^ng on hla front porch when tlie.little ottos had taken a position on * ftnoe? In ^t(^preseutiy a between the two yOuug in." said the Corporal to r, "I guess the Union will In the noxt generation." iter and applause.] incy, of Maryland, read; ?f rogrot from several distin-l pwsoni. General Grant wrote: "I am in hearty sympathy with ihe^movecneat, and yoa oah rely npon mo for doing all I can in earryfng ont tho purpose of the meeting. I promise support financially and otherwise." General Hancock wrote: "You have asAurauoo of my best; wishes and efforts fur success and the accoinpllshmeut of tllll lAnO ? ? ? M"""fWiiWUl Mslionl Mil). W. Crawford, C. P. Huntington. Gonoral Itoger A. Prror, Generals Wiloox and i Lilly and others also wrote lettors of r^srret. then the chairman introduced Gon. John B. Gordon, ono of the inaugnra ters of tho movement, who was warm ly woloomed whon ho took Iho plat form and was many times Interrupted by applause. Genoral Gordon, after alluding lo the Issues which dlvidod tho North and the South, and to the manner in which each side had uphold wiiat they liolloved to be right, said: This Is a movement by brave men and magnanl S' tout victors to proteot, shelter and bo rtend the disabled and sutfcrlug of their honorablo aud valiant though vanquished brothers, it is to make practical, to give form aud direction and scope to an Impulse conoolved In tho noblest minds, born of brave and generous honrts, Inspired by a God like oharltv, and whloh is destined to Wtfti a power for good on tl?e fhturo of this reunited oonntry?resistless, tnnaftnw?t?**i "''??Sfesi rable, truthful ?com of mean ; dare strike for net* and bonofl Hho my. and >m of w\ m ?r Umo If Wo ft the innn* !:nbont ill 8. Johnston, ! Swann, i ; Lieu* United State# of the and boI Bplttcr, ofRichmond, Va., Adjutant of ltobert J5, Leo Camp No. 1, Con federate Veteran?, arrived In this city yesterdav with Gen. Jas. It. O'lMcriio, a prominent Grand Army man of New York. Their objcct In Yrntt u'g Boston Is to secure the co-operation of Union soldiers and sailors In raising foods for the building of a homo for ex Confederate soldiers In Rlohmoud. Last evening about twenty Grand Army men met and had a consultation Willi the vloltors. Captain Spltzer stated the object of his visit, aud It wa* doclded to call a public meeting of nil soldlors and sailors and others interested, at which addresses would bo made and contributions rcce'ved. Tho arrangement of the date of the meeting and other details wore placed In charge of a committeo of Grand Armv men. FEDERAL AID FOR SCHOOLS. The Ulalr Educational Bill, after Qalte _ Stranle, Passe* the Senate by a Decisive Voto. Washington, April 7.?Tbo Senate, on motion of Senator Blair, resumed tho consideration of the education bill. Senator Brown spoke in support of the bill in answer to tbo opposing argu ment made by Sonator Morgan on 8aturday. Tito dobato was continued at length by Sonators Voorhees. Butler, Morgan, Jones, of Florida, and Vest. Sonator Hoar's first amendment was theu taken up and read, providing that tbo amount to be distributed for tho first year be $7,0(10,000, second year $10,000,000, third year $16,000,000 and shall then diminish at the rale of $2,000,000| yearly until tho expiration ofthe eighth year when tho appropriation ? shall cease. Agreed to ?yeas 88, nays 12. Anbther amendmont ot Senator Hour's was agreed to providiug that equal opportunity of education be1 given to all the chlldron of tbo States. An amendmeut was offered by Sena tor Sherman, providiug that the money shall be used only for common schools not sectarian iu character. Agrcod.to?yeas82, nays 18. Tho first of the amondmonts hereto* fore offered by Seuator Harrison was theu taken up. It provides that no State shall receive any ot the bonb-, fits of tho Act until the Govornor of| the State shall file with the secretary of tl?e interior an ahunal statement showing the attendance at tho schools and tho expenditures for thom. Upon this another protracted debato spraug up, and, taking a political turn, it oon ilnuod far Into tbo night. Sevoral i attempts to amoud the amendment of | Senator Harrison were voted down and the amondment was agreed to. A motion of Senator Logan was agreed to strioktng out tho soctlon i which pormltted States having less than fivo per oeut. of illiteracy to uoe tho money for normal schools or in dual rial cduoation. Sonator Logan said thai the objoct of tho bill was to edncuto chlldron and not toacbers. Senator Butler's amondment, sub- i mitted a fbw days ago, providing for j raining a fund by a direct tax to bo lovicd upon tbo sevoral States accord ing to their respective numbers, was next taken up and dofoatod?yeas 6, nays 88. An amondment oflored by Sonator Morgan was disagreed to, providiug that tho mouov appropriated by the Act shull not bo withheld from any I State on aocount of the faot that tho I Constitution of such forbids the expen diture of tho principal sura of any mouoy that may bo appropriated by Congress for the purposes of public education. Senator Morgan said ho moved this, that no ottloer of the United Statos might ho ablo to make a point against Alabama. Sonator Pngh differed with his ool leajiuo as to tho Intorprotation of tho Sropofition of tho Alabama ConstUu on. Ho had no doubt tho provision unnlled to unconditional grants, but did not bellevo it oonld afreet a grant of this character. The bill boing completed as in com mittee of tho wnolo was reported to tho Senate, road tho third time and paxftod: Yons?Blair, Brown. Call, Cameron of Wisconsin, Colquitt, Conger, Col 1(1 it) n?maa Hnlnl. wi?.? -1- ? uiiuKiiun, uonas, jonos or Florida, Keima, Logan, McMillan, Manderson, Miller of New York, Morrill, Pike, Piatt, Pugli, Ransom, itlddlobcrger, Sawyer, Williams. Wilson?88. Nnvs-Bavard, Bntler, Coxo, Groome, Harris, tiawley, Maxoy. Miller or Califoriiia, Morgan, Poualeton Sauls bury?11. " The bill M passed appropriates $77, 006,000 to ho distributed among the States In pro|K>t>lioii to tholr illlteraoy on tho basis of the oensus of 1880, the paymouts of money to extend over a sorlos of eight years. The amouut to be (llstrlbnled the first'year l? $7,000, 000, sooond $10,000,000, third $16,000,* ooo, the sum thou, to decrease at the rato of $2,000,000 annually until the elghtli year, when all the approprla* Hons shall eoase. i Maa?s lUpaMlsa* PMi>> I ATt.AMTA.OA., April 8.?To-day at] noon the wblto Men's Republloan party met in the 8o?ate chamber at the capltol and was oalled to order by Hon. Jonathan Noroross, of this elty, Who made an Address, In Whloh ho outlined the polloy of the organisation as he understood it. Ho said white men and uegroos should not have eon volitions together; (hoy would havo to work to a common eiid but separately. Wm. Markham WM elected permanent, chnliman. Tho attendance was agouti twontyT/ Gen. Jame*7?*"<r**"u r?f?TOmArvT^A?flTn'.-Sln? tlwn^Codlos falye?bee ""reoo^ b*t Many of tC bodies are horrlbfy man Iwswii ? off, "***" arms and legs torn from " " wl^o0U?r frightfol An arm and teg wern ain entrance, bnt the belonged oonld not -?'?"mWw MfOW Of TH* RATS ttrtr The Department of Agriculture has received two bnodred and sixty-two reports from Township correspond ents, ooverlng ovcry county In the State, showing the area and condition of small grain, the oondiUon of labor, the amount of fkrm supplies purchased, fertilisers need, *e., Jbc., and-makes the following consolidation of thes? reports: 00MDR10M or LTV* STOCK. Owing to the short crops of last j year the usual amount of stock feed wm not procured. The "rough" food ?hay, fodder and grass?which forms so large a part of the winter feed, was greatly diminished by the sevore drought, and the winter was su un usually hard one. These have com bined to redaco the condition of all, stock below last year. The deficiency in oorn was supplied by the Western product, and, as usual, a large propor tion of it wss unsound, and cansed diseases, to somo extent, among work animals, fVom which a number have died. Wherever a sufficient quantity of corn for homo u.so was produoed, and that is tho cose in some sections, horses and mules aro reported in fine conditions. One correspondent re marks that "bought corn won't ftuten stock." Stock of all kinds have benn remark ably free from diseases, yet lossos from the usual diseases are reported in sev eral counties. In Abbeville it is re- . ported; that some cattlo havo died of pleuro-pneumonla? the cause of death being proven by a pott morten exami nation. Another correspondent in the i *amo county is disposed to think that most of the cattle lost havo died from lack of a sufficient quantity of proper food, whloh left them at the close of tho winter in an enfeebled condition and unable to resist the ordluary dis eases that afflict them. Iu Beaufort county the "Texas fever" has prevail ed among cattle to a limited extont, but no seriOus tosses are reported. Some losses have occurred In counties whore tho Rtock law has not been long in force, caused by confining too mauy cattle on smalt pasturage. Where, surplus stock was disposed of tho reports show that the remalniug have had bettor attention than formerly, aud are consequently In better condi tion than ever Before, and the neces sity for haviug them properly oared, for has encouraged the introduction of better breeds. It Is stated also that cattlo oonfinod are freer from disease than where allowed to run at large. Sheep and hogs have suffered from the same causes that have affected horses and cattle. Penulng sheep In pastures does not seem to protoct them from destruction by dogs, as the oor* respondents report that the greatest losses aro from the depredation of worthless curs. A correspondent in Berkeley oounty says: "We think free access to the salt marshes keeps sheep healthy. The annual loss trom all causes is seldom more than 6 per cent., and the loss this year will not oxcced that amount." Cholera has prevailed among hogs iu almost every county, but the losses, with few exceptions, have been* very slight. A correspondent says: "Hogs completely isolated from neighbors, hogs in every wav havo had no oholora but where thero has beon any admix ture the disease has prevailed. Tho oholera prevailing has boen traced to a drovo of hogs passing through tho i couutv last fall one yoar ago. Along the lino of travel the idsoaso spread, and other hogs half a mile distant have beon free from it." Owing to the sevority of tho wintor an nnusally largo nnmbor of pigs wore lost. Improved breeds of hogs are, Ming introduced in many sections of tho State, 1 Stock generally is rapidly recupera ting slnco the spring oponod, and tho pastures of rvo and barley havo be come available. The following statements show tho goneral conditions of stook this year as oompared with last, 100 representing last yoar's condition. In Northern Carolina, horses and other work ani mals, 96; oattlo, 98; shoop, 95: hoirs. ?i*" Carolina, horses, 9^; cat tle, 96; sheep, 9g; hogs. 97. Lowor Carolina, horsos, 97; cattlo, sheep, 97; hogs, 95. 8BALL GRAIN. Tbo email grain prospect* are very promising, and the correspondents of the Department now anticipate au average yield of wheat, and possibly, with continued Improvements, of oats. Without an exoeption the correspond ents roport that tho early sown wheat | Is the most promising, and the earlier the better; and It It estimated that only ? per cent, of tho entire ero wasp winter klllod. Two correspondents alone report any damage from the Hessian fly, and one of these estimated the Injury at 1 per cent., and the other at 9 per oent. It is estimated that 7 per oent. of it* wheat crop wasdrilied; I and It Is generally conceded, but not by all. that the wheat planted lu this j way Is lu better condition than that! sown broadcast^ and the reasons given aro that where drilled the laud ha* been better prepared and fertilised, and tho seed more regular sown; whtle other*, who report adversely* say that the "stand" Is not so good m where sowed broadcast, and that toe] drilled grain It Injured by weeds add grata that do not arrow with broadcast. The drilling It only experiment*! with, us ?0 for, and tho past seaaou an ufo usual one. to that the reports of results are not at all oonolutlvel Only forty one correspondents report on the com-1 paratlvo condition of the grain towed by the two methods; of these thirty-six say that the drilled Is'ln the best oon-1 dltlon, which Is strong evidence In fevor of this plan of planting. It IS estimated thai 74 percent, of the oats orop was Ml sown and 96 per oent. spring sown. Two hundred and. twenty-eevon correspondents report thst the fell sown promises the beat yield, and thirty-live report that the spring sown It in beet condition. Oats sown ih August, September and Octo ber Were limired only very slightly by the flreeses. but thoeo planted in De cember and January, and later, were B klllod, especially In light sandy , There-has been a remarkable ?vementln the appearanoo of both wheat and oats In the pest few weeks, I and the indications now are much move encouraging than a month ago Wheat and oats havo both taken on * very vigorous growth end are general ly looking finely. ? Tike estimated area of the present onop Of Wheat It 190.908 acres, against { 182,91ft acres fbr last year-~an Increase of8,788 acres, or 4 per oent. The con dition Is reported at 97. The area til pets Is estimated at 864^18 acres,: Kgalnst 891.968 lart year?an increase of 82,860 acres, or 9 per cent. . Rye and barley art only planted In patches and fbr pasture, and the re> turns show a slight decreaso In the] sree devoted to tbeee crops. V'l', ; ' The condition of labor It about as I I'J' I. easily of the laborer* \<klle<Oo their 44edvancea" and cannot obtain accommodations again, end are eoneeqnently foroedfto work for wages. In Anderson and Laurens counties there la *on?e itoire among the negroea to emigrate, and some bare left those counties, but this la only or a local character and baa not perceptibly dimiulahod the number of laborers, oxcept In Iho immediate aeotion affect ed. 160 oorrespomlonta report the condition of labor 41good" twenty five aa "bad* and eighty-seven as l?indlffcrenLw while flfty-flyo report a scarcity of labor. FAttM 8VTPUX9. It la estimated that 18 per oeyt. more fhrm srppliea will be purohaaed this aeaaon than last. This Is due the short crops or 1888. nomusftss. The correspondents estimate that there will be a decrease of 6 per cent. In the amount or commercial fertili sers used this season as compared with last. This estimate is sustained by the amount of tax paid into the De partment of Agriculture by tho deal era in fertilizers. For tho season of 1882-88, up to April 1st, the tax was paid on 92,260 tons; for tho same period 1883^84, on 87,028 tous?a dif ference or 6,232 tons or 6| per cent. It is estimated that only about 8 por cent, or tho ootton crop of 1883 is now on the plantations in tho hands or Armors. AFFAIRS IN OHIO. Tli? Tall Knd::of the Bonier IUot -Munlei pal Klvctlon* Throughout tb? State. Cincinnati, April 8.?The Seven teenth Regiment left tho city this morning and the Jail is now unpro tected by tho military. A detail or Ally extra pollcemon'under Lieuten ant Langdon In charge or a Gatling guu will aasiat the sheriff, and tho First Regiment of military will remain in readiness for any cull. The returns for Cinolunati in yoster day's election woro not all reported at noon to-day, but enough is known to show the total vote to be 40,000. Po lico Clerk Richards'* (Republican) majority will be from 400 to 700, ana it is possible that tho Republicans will elect one member or the Board or Education.- With those exceptloni tho entire Democratic tlolcot is elected by i majorities of from 4,000 to 8,000. The returns show very large Republican gaius in tho German wards compared wltiiayoar ago; tho change is enor mous. There was a go.icral laok or iuterest among Ihe leaders or the par ties and the vote shows more Sponta neous action thau is usual in such an I election. The only active workers 1 were the candidates for tho police | oourt. Tho munloipal reform ticket, though nominally tho work or both Sartlos, It is generally understood, has rawn most or its votes from the Republicans. If it had not boon bo fore people the result would have been less favorable to the Democrats. Throughout tho State reports show Republican gains iu most of tho forger oltlos. Springfield, Ohio, shows a considerable Democratic gain. The reports are generally silent upon the subject of tho gain or loss, oh local issuos influenced tho vote in most places. BKTRELPRKSBTTKRY. The Spring S?Mlot> ?t Boek Hlll-An In UNittni and Fruitful XMtln|. [From tht Vfutter Reporter.] Bethel Presbyter/ met at Rook Hill last Friday evening. The oponiug sermon was proachod by tho Rov. J. H? Tbornwoll, of Fort Mill. The Rev. D. E. Jordan, of Wluusboro, was olected Moderator and tho Rev. J, R. McAlpino clerk. Twonty-ouo ministers and thirty-two ruling eldors wore in attendance. A commission reported tho organi zation of a church consisting of twen ty-ono members, with threo ruling oldora, at Richburg, Chester county. A commission was appointed to visit tho neighborhood of Cureton's Store, with powor to organlzo a church, if the way bo cloar. The cbnrehos of Yorkvillo and Bothesda wore permit ted to change the terms of their con tracts with tholr pastors by inoroasing tho salary in tho amount of ?200 ana 9400, respectively. Tho amount of salary namod in tho oall of Ramah church for tho Rov. W. W. Ratohtord was also increased. Rovs. D. E. Jordan and Chas. R. Hemphill, and Ruling Elders A. H. Wldto and J. M. Blain wero eleoted commissioners to tho General Assom bly at Vicksburg. Salem, Horeb and Lebanon churches presented oalls for tho pastoral services of the Rev. J. R McAlpino. Tho oalls were rotnrned with tho roconpmondatlon to deals, from thorn, on account of lho' groat need at prosent for tho services of Mr. MoAlpine in bis present obargo. The Rov. W. W. Ratchford accepted the oall to Ramah ohurcb and the'Rev. Win. G. White to Douglass church and commissioners were appointed to Install them. A commission, consisting of Rev*. .< L. Wilson, G. R. Hemphill and 0. S. White, with Ruling Bluer Jas. G. Lowry, was appointed to install tho Rev. Georiio Summey, who was k^lm. a rSSATf twolve hundred dollars pe/ annum. tori April 28th, totfiow caupo whyjts Stations with him shall! not be dlls aolved. The meeting was Interesting through out, the questions considered Impor tant, the discussions pointed and aolo, and tho aotlon hearty and eharaotor lasod by great unanimity. ' ' *V Catholic church, Chester county, and September Id, were ohosen as tho time and place of the next regnlar mooting. A Virginia ?*nk Olwwd. 9r. Albam's, Va., April 8.?The First National Bank annonnoed this morning that their doors would be elosed to-day. Bank KxamlnorHonrteo closed the Institution because they did not liare sufficient ftauds to pay draft* In Boston on Saturday. Public oonfl donoe In the bank has been declining since a ran made upon ft two Tho cause of tho Co bo siook speculation it Scow lee and Ms brother. _T< cod that tho depositors will not lose anything. ' tnpmHaiu to Wy UM tAwy?r?. Chicago, April 8.?A special to the Dully N0WS from Jacksonville, Illi nois, say#: David Wells, of Soott oonnty, who killed Constable Coaton, at GUsgtiW, on the 25th nit., was sur rendered, to the authorities of that lutr by hi. lUhor ?P<1 bi?Ugr.y<i? urday tar * reward of on. thotlmml ? 'ttWSSVSC brought to Jacksonville! M the )all a* Glasgow was not thought a safe place fbr idm. but on aoconnt of the threats of lynching, ho WM last night remov ed to the Springfield jail. - Twonty-fbnr ear-loads of corn am one offlonr were sold at Cincinnati Saturday tor the benefit of the *uffcr ers by the river floods. The sale real ised $6,800. Ko farther contributions trill bo reoeivod. 'k T - ? ?One of ike umtiini of Colonel Sudelken bat boon arrested at Moscow. ?T- Robert Jenkins & Boot, pro vision dealer*, Baltimore, have failed, r ?Dalle ft Dressier, ootion buyers la Savannah, Ga., fklied yesterday. ?An accident on a Texas passen ger train on Monday Injured nineteen persons. ^ , ?The United States Supremo Court will adjourn on tbo first Monday in l> --Oast's lithographic) works In St. Lonis were burned on Monday. Loos $160,000. ?A lire in PensacoJa. Fla.. on Mon day destroyed a number of business bouses. ?The National Greenback Conven tion will bo held at Indianapolis on May 28. ?John Dillman was hanged at Easton, Pa., on Tuesday for the mur der of his wife. ?A firo In the town of Chatham, Va., on Suuday night burned tho jail, printing office and 6evoral stores. ?The Spaniards are said to bo mad bccauso Auguoro with his dozen fili busters was permitted to slip out of Koy We?t. ?Two thousand immigrants fro in Germany arrived in New York on Saturday on two German steamors. ?A fire in Huntsviiie, Ala., last Wednosday, destroyed twenty-six thousand dollars worth of property. ?In the boat race between tho Ox ford and Cambridge crews on Monday on the Thames the Cambridgo crew won an easy victory. ?A fire In West Poiut, Ga., on Sun day destroyed a block of buildings and several hundred bales of ootton, Inflicting a loss of about $200,000. ?A bill prohibiting tho manufacture of oleomargarine, with penalties rang ing from $100 to $600, passed the New York Senate on Tuesday. ?The newspapers mention, with a good deal of comment, that the wife of Ex-Sonator David Davis, will ore long beoome a mother. * ?Six Vicksbnrg nogrocs out of eleven wero drowned on Thursdav night by the upsetting of a skiff in which they wero crossing a river. ?Tho Rev. J. Dudley, aged 08, a prominent Presbyterian minister, died suddenly on Saturday aftornoon at his home in Dinwiddle couuty, Va. ?Governor MoLano, of Marvland, has appointed Benjamin F. Ulinan, a well-known Hebrew citleeu of Balti more, an aid on his staff with tho rank of colonel. ?Frank James was arraigned at Hnntsvllle, Ala., on Thursday beforo Judge Bruce fbr the Musclo Shoals robbery. Ho pleaded not guilty* Hearing of tho oase was set for April 19th. . ?M^Jor Stiokney, tho United States engineer inspecting the country re cently overflowed by the Mississippi floods, reports that tho ontlook fbr making a crop is now rather encourag ing. ?Tho Anson, N. C., Timet says: "Wo have reasons for believing that Bougan Cash left the neighborhood of his father's residenoe the night of the* day of his father's arrest and that ho Is now In Canada." ?1The United Statos Judge in tho caso of the crow of the schooner Shoror, which took Auguero and party to Cuba and one negro and held tho captain for trial at the next term, tne Judge sitting as a Commissioner. -Ex-Governor Thos. A. Hondrlcks, who arrivod at New York from Europe on Satnrday, Is reported as saying that he has abandoned all Idea of having his own namo considered by the convention as a Presidential can didate. ?Lawrence Smith, aged 10, was found hanging dead in a stable in the upper part of Philadelphia on Friday ovening. Ho had been In the habit of swinging from the rafters with a rope around his neck in imitation of a feat performed in a circus, aud it is sup posed was strangled by the nooso. ?Two trains on the Lehigh Valloy Railroad, Pennsylvania, collldod on Saturday. At the momont of tho collision tho fireman of ono train was in tho act of throwing ooal into tho fire-box. ITrr has not been found, and it is believed that ho was thrown headlong Into tho furnace and roasted alivo. ?Tho Republicans of tho First Con gressional District of Mississippi mot at Aberdooii on Wednesday. A reso lution was adopted endorsing Arthnr's administration. Tho delegates wero not Instructed, but |t Is understood ononis for Blaine and tho othor for Arthur. ?The Washington oorrospondent of the New York Times states, positively and by authority, that Mr. Tilden has prepared a letter which Is addressed to the Democratic State Convention ol New York in which lie declines to allow his name to bo nsed as a candidate. The reasons assigned are feeble Tiealth and advanolng age. ?The Fourth District Republican Convention assembled at Selma., Ala., on Wednosday and elected W, .J. Stophons and II. A* Cwon, both ool ored, delegates to tho Chicago National Convention. They are instructed fbr Arthur. Tho leading Stalwart politi cians of the State wore present and oontrolled the Convention. iloago Co dock on Wsunesday morni M1 mnosed largely of Conger, post mas Thm VMhMtHlta?. Ltnohburo, Va., April 8.?Advices havo.beon received from Pocahontas that tho drill passed through to the mine at 4 o'clock thin morning end re united In the Ibrelble escape of the fbul air, Accompanied by aslokonlngstonch, many of the moti being Made very ilok thereby. Two tire bosses were on guard at the ml no and they aay there wa? no Indication of gas or fire. They made a test With lamps and discovered nothing bnt an abundance of fonl nlr. TMVtVMtnrN. 11 a ncion, April 8.~~lE?timatc? of the losses by fbrest flre# vary widely. The damage to fkrm houses and fcnetng la heavy* Much lumber was bur nod In Moore oonnty and In the lower eoontlpa* Turpentine fkrm* were damaged to * considerable extent, bnt the detraction waa not of a character to alVMi the trade except locally. In the region visited by the fires the sup ply of turpentine will be diminlahed, but not enough to aflbot the market TRAIN TRAVEL IK YIROltVlA. OmoTUw -Dwncd Folks Prom Up North** Wakes a Switchman. Tims in Virginia hu no value what orer, and M it U tho anirersal praotico there never to do to-day ?hat oan bo pal off until tomorrow, little inoon ?enlsnos arise* The railways are run on a happy-go-luoky aehoduls, which la utiMMiy diverting to those who hare time in abundonoe, and the few who ara praaaed lor minutes, bolng in. a hopeless minority, rather afford ooca alon for mirth when they begin to klok at Virginia methods, the railway time tables are In perfection in the rural dis tricts. Not long ago a night train with a party of New Yorkers on board was ?bumping .along oomfprtably at a ten miles- an-liour gait through a remote part of Virginia, when all at once, with a tremendous jerk, it came to a stand still. Tho natives in tho sleoping-car did not think it worth while to ask tho reason of tho sudden stoppage, tho allons did, though, and whon tho oon duotor strolled through tho oar a roar of indignant inquiry wout up. Tho oonduotor soothingly oxplainod that thoy always stopped at a switch for fear it mignt not bo sot. "But, gooil gracious," exclaimed an irate Now Yorker, "whero Is tho switch man f" Tho conductor explained that tho particular switchman thoy thon noodod was probably asloop. ? Followed by ob jurgation, tho conduotor got off tho train, went to tho station houso, and pounded vigorously, shouting at tho ?ame timo: "Git up, Jim; the train's here, and a Basso! o them durnod folks from up forth ia raisin' a broozo 'causo tho ?witch ain't sot" Jim oallod back, "I'm a comln'," and evidently turned ovor and wont to sloop again. Tho Virginians on tho train began to ohucklo. Their sym pathy was ontirely with Jim and tho oonduotor. The latter continuod to urge Jim, who was always "corninV but didn't come. Tho couduotor, atH first apologotic, being goadod by tho | New xorkors, now booamo pressing. ??Do, Jim," ho anxiously said, "git | up and sot tho durn thing so tho train ( oan go by." Jim continued obdurato until ono of tho Now Yorkors aroso from his berth, and, olad in rage and a eheckod ulstor, Sot off the oar and throatonod to BOt re to tho station houso and mako a burnt offering of Jim if that Bwitoh was not sot in too minutes. Within tho spccitiod timo -?im appeared, boiling with indignation, and tnroatened to re sign if ho wero again subjootod to simi lar inoonvonience. It is tho custom along theso provin cial roads to stop the train at any point upon being signalled. Pooplo oan bo takon on and put off anywhoro thoy like. A fast train?that is, what thoy call a twenty-mlie-an-hour train?was going through a plantation a month or I so ago, anu tho passengors observod throe little girls on tho wayside waving their white aprons frantioally at tho conductor. The train, of course, stop ped. Tho tallest of tho girls, a 10-year old, with long oyelashoa, bashfully re marked: "Won't you ploaso give mo and Katie and Fanny and tho doggio a ridoP" Tho conduotor promptly con sented, and assisted Miss Kyolashos, hor companions and the doggio on board. Thoy rodo on for n mile or two, and then thoy announcod thoir roadiuioJ to get oul Tho train was stopped, and thoy jumpod down and soampered off. Just as tho train had started Miss Eyelashos soamporcd wild ly back. 4tOh, mistor, if you ploase, don't go away till wo got 'cross tho orook. Mam ma doesn't let us go ovor it 'loss some body's watching us, and wo havo to carry tho doggio." Tho oonduotor waitod until a final waving of whlto aprons on tho othor side of tho orook signlfiod that his pas sengers wore safo. Nobody in tho train oxnressod surpriso oxoopt tho alien*. Nobody who has ovor boon ttiero boforo rushes to moot a train in Virginia. Whon tho first railway train wont through tho anciunl town of Will iams burgh in Ootobor, 1881, it was ad vertised for 9 o'clock. It was tho timo of the Yorktown Contonnlal, nnd tho town was full of strangors. Thoso rash ly appoarod at tho station at 9 o'clock procisoly. Tho natives meanwhile wont about thoir businoss. Toward 12 o'olook thoso of tho nativos who luoaut to board tho 9 o'clook train assembled. Aftor waiting awliilo thoy wont off and sat on tho Court houso stop*, loaving ordors with a nogro to call them whon tho train oamo. It did como some timo in the afternoon, and tho negro, running about tho town, informod tho passson gers when the train would start He Didn't Know Hor. "Thoro Is not a man hero, I suppose," said a lawyer, "who docs not romom ber the K dlvoroo suit It was a groat oaso and raado quito n stir at tho time. Lawyer V C was In it and appeared boforo Judgo G on an Important motion. It so happoned that tho loarned Jndgo's second too on his loft foot had boon playing tho deuoo with htm tho night before and his Honor was not in a sweet humor in consequence. Now, as a rule, there never was a better temporal Judgo on tho benob, or one who would givo a lawyer a better show; but when that toe was on tho rampago it was not a sale thing to presumo on his Honor's patience too muoh. Woll, Lawyor Y?rr? O made a tremendous argu ment, over an hour and a half long, full of flourishes of rhotorio and ole gantly molded sentonoos, delivored in a semf-clorlcal style of voioo. Porlod after period flowed and still tho soft and somewhat affected tones of the learned counsel filled the otherwise silent ooprt f room. At longli* Mr. V-r?>? 0?? raked his right liatid and aiming it at tho learnod judgo closed a sploiidld- oliniax with tho question! ?Your Honor, was not Potiphar's wife muoh older than Josophf' " ?! know nothing at all about hor, llr,' said his honor, almost savagoly, leaning forward an'd wagging his head fe?mph!iilM oaoh word. ??Lawyer V?? 0?? sat down as thot.^h ho had bcou shot. It knOokod tho wind clorfn out of l*iiu<" i li I** ? ii Oliver Wondoll Holmos in an addross to tho Harvard Medio*I 8ohooi,referred to the achromatic mioroitcopo as having "oroatedannw orafu utedfoal soionoo." to say nothing of its groat sorrloos In OtHer departments of knowledge. Ho illtistiraUrs the power of tho instsumont strikingly by *;iyjng, whiio a sorap of human skin wa* un lor the glass, that the fragment thus magnilhdroprosont od an individual Just ono mile In high! He would ton tlmos ovorton tho loftiust of tho pyramids, and twenty times the tallest of our stoeplus. Hh broadtli and thtoknoss being In proportion ho would wolffh 120,000,000,(KX) pounds, equal to 60,000,000 tons. "Ho could take cur state house up as wo would lift a pav* ing Mtonn," tho doctor addod, "and fling It into the wators beyond Boston Mghthouso, cleaning out thtU palacp of the people by a summary proCorts quicker than tho pnotorlan bands of Domitian or Commoifus would have cleaned out a Honmn Honato chamber that dared to have ah opinion of its Own/* ? , A Georgia lady has ontorod suit against her husband for divoroo on Ut* ground that be would not lot her know tho combination of his safo. It is said of Prinoo Dismarok that he ?ate at one meal ouough for half a doaen persons In good hoaith. A Thrilling Situation. An inoldeut occurred in the big canyon on Fraser river last week of a nature ?o terrifying that it makes the blood of the narrator ruu cold while h? writes. A young Victorian who had been oogaged on tho railway Hue, be ing mustorod out of service, stnrtod for Victoria. At the point where it U pro posed to throw a railway suspension bridge across tbu Fr.?zer river there is stretched a cable front which dopends a sort of cage or crato such as is used to puck fruU or cabbages in on steam ors. Passengers desiring to cross tho riror ontor this conveyance. Wire* or stays extend from tho crnte to a pulley on tho cable, nod by menus of a lino to which a horso is attached tho crato is drawn from sldo to sido of the river. The oago haugs about ono hundred foot abovo tho stream, which boils and surges beneath in a manner that terri fios any person of weak n-.-rvos who may Intrust himself lo tlio conveyance. Ten days ago, wltilo making tho cross i?gi tho crato turned upside down, and ton thousand Canadiau rigars and a quantity of other light goods dropped into tho Fraser anil wom lost. This incident was still fresh in tho miud of tho young Victorian when lie entered tho crato aud was drawn toward tho othor sido. Ills Equanimity was not rostored whon, having accomplished about ono-half tho passage, ho saw tho ferryman leisurely unhitch his horso and drive off. Tho day was bitlug cold. A sharp wind blew down tho river and, whistling through tho bars of tho crato, mado tho solitary passenger's tooth rattlo aud his flesh croep. Tho situa tion was alarming. The frail bark swayed to and fro, threatening with ovory blast that struck it to capsizo and send tho voyager into tho depths of tho river. No ouo responded to his call for moro than an hour. Then tho ferryman, having iiuished his noonday moal, returned with his horse, mado fast to tho lino, and drow tho half-doad young man to tho shore. Tho situation of a person soatod in tho cage is ono of danger under tho most favorablo cir cumstanoes, but undor tho circum stances in which our young frioud orossod it was positively alarming. Tho ferryman, it is supposed, dosirod to play a practical joko. but it will strike most porsons as being an exceedingly ill-timod ono. ? Victoria (li. C.) Colonist. ^ ? m ? A Plot That Failed. A Paris Dolllah mot two young Sam sons of hor acquaintance noar tho mar kot-honse, and after being troatod to sovoral glasses of oxcrablo claret, loarnod from them of a delightful plan they had hit upou to raise money. "You know 'old man Boyer' ?" said tho younger of the two luon, "tho frultoror at No. 4 in tho 'Cito Popin court,' whoro 1 used to get my meals. Whon tho old follow gots up at 4 o'clock to go to markot, wo will drop in aud find out whothor tho 4,000 francs ho koeps iu tho top of tho bureau aro still thoro. ? As for tho old woman, if sho makes a fuss." Ho took a big silk haudkorchief out of his pockot and twistod it around tho girl's nook to show hor what ho moant to do. Tho girl notiiiod tho policc. and then roturning to tho robbers proffered hor assistance to koop watch outside whllo thov went through tho homo. What had been propi.cMod came to pass in tho ??Cite Popiticouri," except that when tho old woman began to mnko an outcry, two detectives and sonio policemon cumo to her assistance and secured tho robber, llis accom plice, however, escapod. Whon the prisoner was examined his betrayer identified him. lie is a younf? man named Enslbbert, 80 years of ago" and has born imprisoned four times. On tho last occasion ho was "sent up" for two years, besides livo years "sur-1 voillnnco' of the pollen. W hen ho found himself a lost man ho turned to tho girl and said: "1 am going back to eat beans again, but 'tho boys will make you swallow cold steel." Ho is tin! chief of a gang that numbers thirty members. Tho World is Hound aiul Small. "You aro from lit I tgeport." said ho; and his glass of wiintwas slowly raised to his lips, wliiio ho drew his chair closer to mine. "Wuil, 1 want to know I if you evor knew a Miss who left your city in 187?, and who married a man in Omaha tho samo year? I mot hor undor very strange ciroutnstanoos in a prlncoly Wostern city just oight Yoars ago this month. A party of us had boon making a night (J it in a fashionablo restaurant of tho city, and it must liavo been after two o'clock in tho morning, when from my position at tho tablo, silting almost as I now sit, I saw through tho hall mirror a side door oarofully opon, and in the room an in stant lator a tall, queenly form, olad in volvot and -oalskin, with a blazing light in tho oyes that rivaled tho dia monds sho woro. I saw her distinctly as hor glAnco swept tho room from ond to ond, and held my glass to my lips as I now am doing, while sho raisod a glittoring pistol slowly from tho folds of hor olouk. , You may . boliovo that ovorv Instant was an ago until I saw the uirootion that pistol was pointed, and I givo you my word that I could not have loworod that champagno nor made a sign to warn tho party at tho tablo bohlnd us, although thoro was Biiro doath in tho stoady grasp of hor whito fingers on that murderous woap on. Shoot? Why, of courso sho did,and tho confusion that rolgnod for a few minutos enabled tlio causo of it all to i slip f??om tho room aj qtiiotlv as sho had oomo In. Wo found an ugly shoul der wound tho extent of tho datnago, but wore never enlightened as to tno innor oauso of tho revengeful aot, and I boliovo lhat tho injured parly and myself alono of that assembly know tho party thoroaftcr. Eight years ago this happened, and now, for the lirst timo, I am looking straight into tho oyes of that woman, whllo my glass is to my lips, and sho knows mo, 1 fool surol Turn your hoad slowly and soo horf" Just tho samo stately beauty, with robos and diamonds lit for a prlncoss, but attended by a husband wotl known In Washington lobbios. "Yos, that Is Miss -?and I soo you know hor. Tho world? round and vory small, Isn't it?"*?//arf/orrf Times. Willing to Tako It la OrAokors. A colorod mnn with hi* right foot bound up with numerous rng? and cloths yostcrd?iy ontoroil a grooory on Woodward av?nuo nnd asked for ft oash contribution oI 26 conts toward tho eroctlon of ft now colorod peoplo's church cdlflcc, ??Whore Is It to bo located P"- askod thoffrooor, ??Wall, thAt hasn't bin dun dcohlod on yet." "What is it to cost?" "Halnt fWorcd on dftt, sub." ??Who Is Tlio pastorP" "Dun forp;lt: but I rookon wo kin find one." ??Who it tho bend man In this entor prlMP** "Do head tnan! Wall, lxo 'bout do hoad man, I reckon.*4 "I am not satlsflotl with your oxplar nations," said the grocor. "How oan X bo oertain that you won't appropriato the money to your own purposed" ?*Atn dat what boddors youP" ?1 confess it is." ?<W?lV?ah, we kin git ober dat purty eairy.r Instead of making a oash con tribution Just wolgh mo out two pounds of orackers wld Instrukshuns to turn ?em obet to dplwlldlrt'commltteo. Izo cheer man Ob dat oommitteo if I ain't nobody oho!"?Detroit Free Freti. '1 ft f 11 1 111 I ? '"t .y C1IAHLEST0N ADVEBT18KMKNT8, JUCAJS* A RICHARDSON, STATIONERS, PRINTERS and BLANK BOOK HANUFACTURBRS, 63 EA8T BAY, CHARLESTON, S. C; Q W. STILES, PAINTER. HURLEY BLOCK, 109 MEETING ST., CHARLESTON, S. C. Dealer In Taints, Oils, Brushes, Varnish Glass, Putty, Colors, Gin?, Ac. ALVIN R. TIIOMLINSON, (Factory in Charleston.) MANUFACTURER OK SADDLES, BrIDLEH Harness, Ac. Dealer in Saddlery, Hardware, Leather, Ac., Ac. Importer of English Bits, Stirrups, Ac. 137 Meeting Street, Charleston, S. C. JTENRY STE1TZ, Importer ami Wholesale Dealer In FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC FIllUT, App'.os, Oranges, Bumuins, Coeoanuts, Lemons, Pineapples, Potato*.**, Onions, l'ennuts, Cabbages, Ac. S. K. Cor. Meeting a Market Streets, CHARLESTON, S. C. QIIARLESC. LESLIE, Wholesale ami Retail Commission Dealer In MSII, OYSTERS, CAME and POULTRY, Stalls Nos. l and '2 Fish Marki-t. Oftlce No. 7 Market St.. East of East Buy, Consignments of Country Produce nit respectfully solicited. Poultry, Eggs, Ac. 1 erishahle Goods nt owner's risk afler delivery to Southern Express Co. JP BROTHERHOOD A CO., IRON MERCHANTS. Dealers in Machinery and Srrri.ins." A(1KNTs FOR 'MAID OF TilE SOl'T 11 CORN MILL." No. lii.'i Mkktino St., Charleston, S. c. Try our r,0 cents Machine Oil?the best in the market. ( T AGER BEER FROM THE CLAUSSEN BREWING CO., CHARLESTON, S. C\: Have now a Standard lk>cr superior to otli l)Uhll,) I" latent stopper bottles, ami bottles in barrels for export, to keen u long time. Emnty beer bottles bought Ag?nt In.Columbia, Mr. Juliu.s Krentleis QLEMENS CLACU\S, IMTORTER AND DEALER IN? WINES, LIQUORS, CIGARS, TOCACCO, OROCERIKH AND PROVISIONS, No 17.1 EASTBAY, CHARLESTON, S. C. QTTO TI EI) EM AN A SONS, WIIOLESAI,E GROCERS, ?AND? PROVISION DEALERS, 10'.' AND 101 EAST BAY STREET, CI IA RESTON, S. C. JJOVI) BROTHERS, Wholesrle Grocers, Liquor Dealers ?AND? COMMISSION MERCHANTS, 107 EAST BAY, CHARLESTON, S. C. Gr. W. AIM Alt A CO , WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALERS IN CHOICE miuaa medicines chemicals, SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS. I ERKUMERIES ANI) TOILET ARTICLES, Cor. King and Vandcrhorst Streets. , CHARLESTON. S. C. <g B. THOMAS, AGENT, No. :?20 Kino St., Opposite Lirerty, WINDOW SHADES, PAPER HANG INGS, LACK CURTAINS, C'ORNACES AND Ul'HOLSTERY COODH CHARLESTON, S. C. Window Awwings Made to Order A. G. CUDWORTII A CO., ?WHOLESALE? saddlery warehouse, 105 Meeting Strket, Opposite Charleston Hot l CHARLESTON, S. C. ^LYA GAGE A CO., CHARLESTON ICE HOUSE, Market, Corner Church Street, CHARLESTON, S. C. RT"Ice packed for the country a specialty, g A. NELSON A CO.~ ?WHOLESALE DEALERS IN BOOTS AJJD SHOES, No. 23 II A YN K S T R E K T, CHARLESTON, H. C. JJENRY BISCIIOFF A CO., WHOLEHAE GROCERS AND DEALERS IN CAROLINA RICE PROPRIETORS OK THE CKLERRATED CAROLINA TOLIJ TONIC. 109 EAST BAY, CHARLESTON, S. (} CAHPeS. Carpets and House Furnishing Goods, The Largest fttook South of Baltimore, Moquet Brussels, 8-Ply and InKiat Carpets, Rugs, Mate and Orumb Cloths' Window Shades, WaH Papers. Borders and Laoe Curtains, Corntoer atid Polss, Ooooa & Canton Mattings, Upholstory m??rftvlnfifs, Ohromos, Ploture Frames Write for flamplos and Prloea. BAIIJB & COSKERY, AUQU8TA , OA. Juno 80-txly ' HOUSE BUILDING. TlIK UNDKHHIONKT) AUK PRKPAR to furnlnli (/ntlmnton nnit to do nil UIikIh of HotiMo llnllriing and <!krp?uter Work. All work ontruatcd to tin will Imvo PROMPT ATTENTION. Hfttlflfftctlon OUA ItANTKKl). W. A. ROMKDY, W. II. HMtTlf. Wlwtaboro, South Carol Inn. Oct 2ft fxtf