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oipti ???npttv.j I havo rccoivod your II datod July 28, >f my norolnalioA i#.4bo ant of tho;Uuitod Slates Democratic Convcu assombled at Chicago. >JtL nomination with grate To I ii of the supreme honor eon d a solorau BCH80 of Jho rc ty which lu. its aocoptauce I X have carefully considered .... rm adopted by tho Oonven !on,-and cordiallyapprove tho samo. lain a statement of Demooratio , and the principles upon wblch party appeal* to the KuflVitgo of > people, uoods uo supplement or ?PC.u?. tH#.|X4?a?tB or i-HK HOUR. ^ It should be romembored that the by tbo leglslatnro branch of tho Uov ; ; - enimoiitfjio Chief Executive is bound faithfully lo onforco, And when tho *&<. wisdobi o%hb political party which ?oleots ono of Its member* as tlio nominpofbr that office has outlined Its poljdy arid declared its prin ciples, it sooins to mo that nothing in the oharactor of .tho ofllco or thS nccossltloB of tho ooso roquircc jnoil fWim thn AnnilMttfA at I __ jm the oa&d&*tb> adooptingtf ftucb nomination than tho suffffofttlon of wojl oertalu known truths so vital ?$'?:[to ttft safety and* welfare 6t tho nation that thoy cannot bo fi'iWtoo oftou-jwmlled or too aorlonsly enforced. ? Wo proudly call ours a gov ? erumontby tho peoplo. It is not such when a l? tolerated whioh arro t?*ent of p&b "* tho pcoplo i.^ Parties iti of our aud iho publlo not bo filled with tboso'who conoelvo It to be their first duly to aid tho party to which they owe their place? instead of rendering patient and honest rotnni to tbepcople. rao~JM,L"l'?x ; THE. STATKeXAMSUIP TUB PEOPLE JH?? t beiiove tliat tho pabiio temper is sueh that the voters of tho land >uo proparod .to "support tho party whiob gives tho bost promise "of administor lug tho Governmeut in tho honest; wimple and plain manner which is cou sistenrwlth Its charactor and purposes. They havo learned that mystery and concealment in tho management of their affair* oovor picks ana betrayal. Tho statesmanship they require con sists in honocty and frugality, prompt rospotiso to tho needs of tho people as they arise, and tho vjgilaut protection of all their varied Interests. ' If I should be oalled to the Chief Magistraoy of the nation by the suf frages of my fellow-cltizcns I wiU assuino tho uutlos of that high office with tjio solemn determination to dedloate every eflbrt'to my country's good, and with an huniblo rellanco upon tho favor and support of tho Supreme Doing who I ueliove will always bless honest human endeavor In tho conscientious discharge of pub Mo duty. Gboveb Cleveland. To Col. Wm. F. Vilas, ohalriuan, and D. P. Bestor andothors, mombets of the Notifloafipn Committee of tho Pomooratlo National Convention, V i . Governor Hendricks Accept#. Indianapolis, August 20.?'Tho fol lowing is a copy oT Ex-Governor Hen (1 rickh s letter of acceptance of tho Democratic nomination for tho Vioc Presidenoy: Indianapolis, INd., August 20,1884. Gentlemen?I, have the honor to ac knowledge tho rccoiptof your commu nication notifying mo or my nomina tion, by the Democrado Convention, at Chicago, as is candidate for the office Vice-Presldontoftho Unitod States, j :May I repeat what I bad on anoth er occasion ? It Is a nomination wblolv I had neither oxpooted nor desired aud yet I redognize aud appreciate the high honor dono me by the convention. The choice of sueh a body, pronounood with such unanimity and aooompanled with so gen'orons an expression of es teem and confidence, ought to out woigh all moroly personal do Biros and preferences of my own, "It is with this feeling?and I trust also from 'a doop sense or publio duty? that I now accept tho nomination and shall abide the judgment of my ooun try men. , x I havo oxamtuod with caro tho doo laratlon of principles adopted by tho convention?a copy of which yOu sub mitted to me?and in their sum and snbstanco I heartily endorse and ap prove tho samo. I am, gentlemen, your obedient ser vant, Thomas A. IIkkohicks. To the Hon. Wm. F. Vilab, ohairmau, Niohols P. Bell, secretary, and others, of the committee of the National Dom opratio Convention. '1 ' A'/:? ?? n " <* * TIM DEADLY FXXXS. |. - ?' i&frfrS*''1' : At! r?rt?k? of tho Puiiottotu PelloU Which ll?anlt Fatally. Piiilai?*li>!ha, Pa., Angnst 20.-Tbe coroner <o-day ro'oponod tho caso of Annie Carroll, aged six toon', who diod 1 oh August 1st, from, the effoots of pois on in the sbftpo of strychnine pill?, which alio had token forfbn; On tho ovoniug'Of tho day provlons -*to her death tho young girl and sovoral others who lived In tho sairto honso, woro ?it >ing at tho supper tablo, wbon on? or them tbofc ojio of tho pills, as slio waa Jb tbdhabHaSf doing. Tho other* ban tered hor, and tho matter ondod in all proepnt; taking number of tho pol* lets. !The girl, Anulo Carroll, diod. Sovoral others woro mado critically ,1)1. It y/tM shown In tho ovidciioe to day that tho druggist had, in violation of tho law, sold tho pills wltboufctho propor poison Jabol on tho box* Wtya Jury rotnrned a verdict; to hold tho druggist r<ipo>iBlblo for Annlo Caiv rolrs deatH^and Charlos W. Monzlo, tho drug olerk who sold tho plllsj was ballod in $2,000 to await tho action or ??**??>? ZMstorfttlon of ? OontUUrato Battle Plug. ' MaOon, Ga,, August 91.?A reunion of tho Fifth Goorgla Itoglmdnt occur red hero to-day. Ilonrosontatlvos Aoin nino eompanies In dlfTorcnt partR of tho Stato woro in attomlfuico. Tho RcgM mont served throughoUtthb war, en gaging In battles from Virginia to Bouth Carolina. An add res* of woi como was mado by Congressman iTheittas fltirdetnan. Tho feature bf the mooting restoration of h Mttlo flag, coptniod ?t the battlo of iosahatohlo in 1803 by tho Fifty*! xth Now York HoKlniOnt. It wa* presort Win Kltldo, who was to rocolvo the r8#*;w,T R? '?vorcomo by his emotion tH*t he douhl only nttor a fbw words in ftW > j&y ..Magj m?ln '"? ? lnml,,"? ? 10,000, .?? hlMl *hrv ??nir na&WMiMtiA m..,1 9\ le^hor jWfljtlon amUidilr-, tatlon in tho^ community. ML waroiTOH m reputation ? ? Whl.H^. Dody, % % -The Swl toh " Wft__ letter jnavtors tf? /v ?J? n?UMW. Mr. Bayard 1 rending Gttizot's History >n. He looked, the pioturo health, mid assured the reporter that bo was too comfortable to go twhorq. Mo was bis work In Washington, and waaonly too glad to get a little rest on board the boat. AMo the campaign, bo had not began to mako speeches, bat would do hie duty and give every pos sible assistance to Governor Clovbland. Be had not mapped ont any plan for himself, bnt would, as asaal, do what he oonld for the cause. "What do youthlnK of the Olevoland scandal ?" asked the reporter. Here the Sjpnator drew himself up with sorno feeling, and with an expres sion of disgust on his Countenance. Hespokoiu broken sentences, as though ho could not find words sufficiently bo oould not ft#d words sufliclei strong in whioh to express himself, "Why," said bo, "it is only a proof of the degradation to*whicb tho Itepub lloan party has come, to resort to suoh liareputaf i onara y land's chances?" a digreputablo olement of assault on . fti "Do you think It will hurt Clovo tho character of a publio man." "On tho contrary, I thiuk it will have tho effect of disgusting all honor ablo men, and I am suro'v Mr. Clove land's porsoiial character can hear tho assault." "What of New York?" *?Why, there seems to ino no possi ble ground for donbting that Now York, with its largo Indopondont voto will go for Clovolaud." "And your own State?" ?4Ob, thero is no troublo about Dole ware." i "And West Vlwrinla?" "That is allstulFand nonsense about Blaine's inflnonco in Wost Virginia. Mr. Blkins, ono of Blalue's big men, happens to havo a cottago_at Deer i Park, near tho residouoo of his fathor ih-iaw, ex-Bonator Davis, of Wost Vir ginia, and that has giveu riso to tho talk abont West Virginia going for Blaine, ?fce. But It amounts to noth ing, and West Viiyiuia 1*111 vote for Cleveland." TOE YATK OV IOMK HA8CAL8. Recol lection* of Sojno BadlAl OrandMi, *? who Bftve UdmIUimi, [tYom the Greenville jVoim.] ! ^ The most.vougeftil South Carolinian could not halve wished for Radical ras cals Who onco ruled this State a moro speedy and complete downfall than has overtaken thorn aince the revolution of 1876. J-' The wrltorof this romombors that in Columbia in January 1877?a llttlo more than seven years ago?ho was almost knookoddown by a bandsomoly appointed carriagothat dashed np to tho door of tho AVhoolor House, con taining a colored woman" in tho flnost of winter oostumos who had callod to leavo a magnificent bouquot of hot house flowers''for a visiting United States Senator. Tho card boro tho in scription, "with- the complimonta of Graco E. JSlllott." That waa tho wifo of R. B. Elliott, . thon claiming re election as Attorney Gonoral of South Carolina, Who died in Now Orleans tho olho.ii dhy ftftor losing his plaoo as subordinate mj tho oustom houso and living miserably as a*noHcc court law-' yor. Only a few months boforo that time Frank Moses wasoncouutered lolling on a aofa in hlsjnivato parlor in Chauos* ton, whilo Whippor was interviewed as ho rocllned luxuriously in gorgeous cap and drosslng gown, surrouiidod by a bevy of admiring, fomalos In a house on tho battory. F, J. Moses, Sr., Sar 8apaiilla Wright and Willard consti tuted the Supreme Court; Bowen wet? conducting a 'triumphant' progress through too Sea Islands, hailed by the negroes as their Christ and God; Maokoy was Speaker of tho Houso; Gleavos, tho mulatto, was Lioutonant Governor; Purvis, another mulatto, was , Adjutant General. ? - Frank Mosos is an ohtcast, drifting ftom ouo Jail to anothor; tho oldor Moses is doad; Willard is gono; Wright is oking out a scanty living in tho Trial Justibo courts in Charleston; Whippor is doing about the samo thing in Beaufort; Bo won is doad; Maokoy is doad; Gleavos is somewhoro forgot and unlioard of: Purvis was awretchod vagabond about Charleston at last ae co*unU. The remainder of tho ovil gang is soattered from ono ocoah to tho othor, honored and prosperous no where. IIow tho vallains got rid of all the money they stole, no man known. But tliolrquick and common fate proves that vongeaiioo is really tho Lord's and comos in Ills time. 4.v;3 i}? Iy, V* rffiijfefi-f\'r':~ Srs' r? ' TUB MEXICAN CONSPIRACY. Too Weftk In H?a nnrt Monoy to Bt. Louis, August 20.-- Late special advices from tho City of Mexico to tho tflobe-JDemoorat say that the authori ties deny that Any conspirators have boon shot. Genoral Chavarrea la to be sont to Yucatan. Kxtromo soorooy i? maintained by the authorities re gardirfg tho trial end disposition of the prisoners. A Diarlo official publlshos the fall Revolutionary proclamation aJked at Gordon's house. Thoro are many strong points in U against the existing adminlstratiopi'&.Tho con spltKcy had not snflflclont backing to i warrant an insurrection, and COtjrtdi not havo suceoedod In any ovont floftl lack of men |nd monofc c I* ? a' ,v..' A Coal MIM SiiAMOkiK. Pa., August 21.?There Wan a terrlblo aooldontat the homing Of Bttek Ridgo Mine to-day, seven men being smothered by gas. A fire broke Out yesterday in tho Buck Kldge Slope-?t a depth of 1,500 foot from tho aurWco. The oompany at onoo bopght the Grooitbaok Colliery adjoining, the workings of which StVMghorvtlmn thoab of the Back Ridge Colliery. -The ^itlon Was to boro a holo 30 foot In * -? tho Greenback to Brtok 'Jdlllftry, and turn tho creek Into botfi Colllorles, and by flooding them to put out the Are. While tho men ?J 4 thi|jtorkyo-dsy, In tho burning mine, iy could oscapo seven i to tho deadly gafr. It ? tefcoh [weir bodies, At both'the mines artnow full of gas and tho fire is increasing. ICIovon mule a Were also eofTocated or burned. Ar??n!o|* ti!f> Bl??mlU. - tiding near that Its for broakfast iistako put amnio of baking powd< mg powder, powdoi* being p.?< The en of Mrt B&i www 'SW'wm+Qgp :, , :? HouM Democrat! ? tho campaign la their too localities, with. tho concurrence of the Strfto and local organizations: J. R. McPhersou, of' New Jbrsoy; Smith M. Wood, Jonathan Soovillo, Wm? JR. fravore, Willi? Jaines, H? H< Portor, Edward Coopor, Nathaniol Whoelor, of Cdnuocticuf; i,. Z. Loiter and 4plm K. MoLoan, of Washington, p. i>.; H, G. Davis, of West Virginia; JohtuG. Priest, of Missouri, and J. G. Brown, of Georgia. Ex-Judgo Scott, of Torro Haute, Ind., as sure s tho National Committco that tho State of Iudianawlll givo Cleveland and Hcudritks not less than 16,000 majority. ^ Among tho letters rocolvod on Fri day by tuo National Committee is one from Davonport, Iowa, which say?: "Tho Democratic party in this State show8 tuoro vitality, than I have over seen beforo since my coining hero in 1864. Iu oar town of 35,000 inhab itants wc have already nine Cleveland and Hendricks clubs, and three m0?> organizing. Sinct my return from tho East I find tho Clevoland sontimcnt in the West stronger than I expected. I think Indiana certain, Ohio proba ble, and thoro is a fair ohancoin Wis consin, while in Illinois thoro are many cautious and conservative men who bolicvo tuo Stato will be carried for. Harrison rind the Democratic tlokot." A communication from Adrian, Michigan, accompanying a largo ordor for copics of Gro'ver Cleveland's pnb Uc rocord, says: "Wo do not want thorn for defonsivo purposes, bat. the reverse. Wo shall got a large shaft) of tho Republican vote and will elect Colonol Eldrlflgo to Congress." Among tho notices oiClowlaud and and Hendricks clubs recoivetl Is one from Vinconrcs, Ind., of four hundred chiefly mechanics,, over one hun dred of whom arc about to oast, thoir first Presidential vote.- Knox county,^ Ind. will givo Clevoland and Hendricks 1,200 majority, an luoroasc of 800. Clevoland clubs are reported from Oaktown, Froeiandsville Edwardport, Bickncll, Brucovlllo, Monroo City, Wheatland, Sanborn and Dockers. , From Whitewater, Wis., Jt is ro Eortcd that eighty-five Republicans avo joinod the Clovoland glub, In > eluding the prosidont of the Garfield Club or 1880, nndProaldout Stearns, of the State Normal, 8choot. ,/ I ^JP10 Monongnhola City RccOrd piib lilsncd withlii fourteenmilosof Blalno's birthplace, whose editor hr& horotoforo been a Republican, comes oat red-hot for Cleveland and Ilendripks. A delegate to the New York Stato Trade Assembly, which mot at Utlca on tho llth and 12th Inst., said at the National Democratic hoadquartors on Friday that the attempt or thq oppo nents of Cleveland to capturo the Con vention was ft total failure. He said: "Tho City of Utioa was flooded with ooplos of tho same anti-Cleveland 1 labor oiroular that was circulated at Chicago, and an attempt was made io ropresont it as tho voice of tho offlcors of tho organization. This was indig nantly repudiated by Mr. Gawlev, ohairmiii of tho Convention: by Mr. Blair, chairman of the oxecutlve com mittee, and by tho Convention itself, which with great unanimity, votOd to donounoo tho attompt to turn it into a political maohino In opposition to iho views of the greatmajority of the mom bors. Mr. Gawloy and Mr. Blair wroto lottos to tuo local papers this offoct. On-tho way homo a ball was takon among tho Knights of Lai showing a decided majority for Clfi land ovor Blaine, and but fow vc for Butler." Tho Now York World says: " is a rumor that tho Ropublioanj havo been in a torriblo con " oxoitcment fbr the past thre consequence of a uisposltl<j part of Mr. Blaine Jto 'thru hand and withdraw from L as a close iriond ofSteVtfj Grosses It. Mr. Blaino Is loronghly discouraged, i that loading Ropublic Union havo beof" hiin personally sous foroppi no oncotifr Tho storvr got out! poacol' Mr. Bi this timb could nl wrould bo really* country. Tho, fust such a losAbn as 111 defoat will tomMom. tho air llko a thttnftov-storm. Do no^ lot Blaino w^b^raw Kxcumlon Train Chicago, August 21.?A spocial to tho Daily New from Streator, 111,, says that a Sunday school excursion. , train, consisting of fifteen heavily load* I cd cars, loft hero this morning. ' When noaring its ,do?tlnatioiitKaukakoo, and while crrosfting the Illinois Contra) track,- the fourth coach was run into by a train on tho lattor ikoad. .lames Ponu was killed and about a dozon passengers moro or less seriously hurt, Two or three will probably die. The onglneor of tho Illinois Central train olalms that his brake would not wprk. L^Vr'V. jr..' Am ItihqtXMiti Mother. , Kai.amazoo, Mich.* August 21. Mrs. Linsey was arrostcd iu South bmven charged with causing the death of hor littlo girl two years old,V by brutal treatment. Tho old Id did i*ot | readily rospond to something tho woman wanted It today, wheroupon sho threw It into a tub of water and I Oilierwiso Dltroatod If, oauslng * its , death.. Greatpxoftement prevails and thoro is talk orlynching. Tho woman w(ts protected from tho infartated eitt 7/Ous hy constables with drawn ro 1 volvers. KIIImI I?l? Wife Through .Taoksoh, MlCrtl., August Sfc^Thos. Murphy, tnoohjxnlc, employed It) . JmltVs inlcldliufifii purlflor, and Svho has latoly boon In lit hool'\ bocnmc oxcltod last night at two o'clock, at tho hollof that burglars wore in tho Iiouro and attacked his wife and stabbod hor with a (lender blftdo scissors tlte times. One wonnd In the throat severed tho artorles and in ten fnlnutife tho unfor tunate woman hied to death. Her aoi otims, hoi iff hoard by tholr children, they entered and dragged tholr father off. When ho reatt?ea that ho had lain his wifo ho wan ffaritlo with grief. 0?t. ilMKH tt. Illon. [Hpecbil i >>?)><>fr.h to ths fonday J9Shw.J WiNtfsnoftO, Angn?t28.-The Atlanta Constitution publishes a dispatch from thin place stating that Col. .Tames It. Jtlon in seriously 111 from the effoets of a hurt rocelvea uyhim In a tussle with TiUla Hurst daring her perforrhanco lit Columbia. This Is very wide Of tl\o mark. Col. ttlon, to tho regret of his many Mends, In suflfering from tlie .rupture of a blood vespol pressing on tho palma nerve. Tho neoldent wns Oeraoeratlo State Ootitftfitlou. ), Brooklyn .UMrnU tMsmi * snsfm rva-."? jr- -tt ??(?litiou ris dsrly* ed: From tTie rovolation made by ex huming some of tho bodies luforencos havo boon drawn that Incisions hid boon made in all tho bodies and that' portions oftho flosli had booty food cithor for food qr for bait for catchtug $5kg Tho following ^aothontioV extract to havo been so treated, bat that those of Lieutenant Lock wood, Sergeant Ismol, Sergeant Lynn, Private Schuel der, Sorgcant Cross and fokltnO Christiansor, wore absolutely wholo and untouched. Extract; '*in pro paring the bodios of the doftd for transportation in alcohol to St. Johns, ti i?. m ilV j j ? . ' ?? ? . . L gcaut Jowoll, Privato Ellis, Private >VTtiIstIbr,* i: Private Henry and Ser geant Ralstop) had boon cut and tho fioshy parte romovod to groator or less extent. All tho othor bodies wore in tact." GENERAL NEWS ITEMS. ?Tbo progress of tho cholora In Europo, up to last Sunday, was un abated. ?Tho annual convontion of tho Amorican Bar Association was held at Saratoga last wock. ?Senator Ilatnptou is booked to speak at the oponing of tho Indiana campaign on Soptoihber 1. ?Tho business folluros last week in tho United States and Ctacada woro 219?ono io8Sthau tho \Voek boforo. ?Tho Amorican Bar Association hold its regular annual mooting at 8aratogs, N. Y., last wock. ?Ex-Souator Thomas F. Grady, of Now York, hns resigned his placo iu tho Dotnocratio State Committor. ?Property of the 8praguo Manu facturing* Company, originally valued at $2,000,000, sold last woek for about $200,000r . T?Josoph Itlce, n young man, fatally shot Lona Stein in Now York on Sat urday, bocauBo alio rofused to marry him. *~A portion of tho Slbloy factory in Augusta was dostroyod by Are last, Thursday. Loss $60,000? ftilly cover ed by4n8nranoo. ?The Hon. R. M. T. Hunter, who was Secretary of War of tho Confeder ate States, died at his homo in Ala bama last Thursday. ?Tho manufacturing companies of Lowell, Mas**, are to snut down work on and after Soptombor 1, until further notice. ?Tho First-National Bank, of Albion N. V., temporarily suspended last Friday, on account of the President's ??orooKodiMjaSi" ' -1 / ' <. ?Govornor Bato, of Tonuosstoo, lias offerod ft reward of $1,000 for .the arrest of tho porsons engaged in tho recent massacre of Mormon oldors. ?Congressman John Finerty, elect ed two years agtyas an Indopcndoht lVom tho sooouaolitrlct, oflllilnois says ho will maketrtfc, race again this year. ?It was discow red in "Washington ou- Saturday that tiio National Demo cratic Committeo hadJj^eon Bonding out ltopublican canmgAh documents by inistfiko. ^ iratic can 38(i bmln [annaa. Tho _._juBmiR$ion!sts aro thoso who wiftli (hip prohibition law rigaln submitted, to tho people. ?Tho govornmont sleamor "Talla poosa" collldod with ft aohoonor oft' tho MaBsachuBOlts coast on Friday nigHf, and sank. Four llvoa woro lost. ?Tho mausoleum of Gov. E. D. Morgan, of Now York, at Hartford. Conn., was damagod to tho oxtont of $25,000 by art incendiary flro on Friday night.. Tho strncturo was in course of completion. V -^Mr. W. It. Kintfman, formerly of Charleston, walked, in his sloop, from the rooito of his hotel In wilksbarrb, Pa., through tho poroh, and fell on tho pavomoijt oolow. Ho dlod in a few hours. ?Tho threatened war botwoon Franco and China soemd actually to havo begun. The French, began tho bombardmont of B^oo Chow on Satur day. .Reports from tho soat of war 6ra conflicting. . ; - Tho body of Privato Henry, of tho sa Dora has ascertain ?wnothe^, Jio tliod a imtui a vlolont dewth. HIS slstor, Miss Buck, pt Tianoastor, Nebraska, formally requested thin to be dono. ft % r*t*yT'"yi '??y&'rh ^- /? ' MmV?r*us MumU. Chicago, August 23,?Tho horso bloyclo contest Wat concluded to-nlghl In tho prosonco of ft groat crowd, Amlorson, thO horseman, Vron> tho match, having coverod 874 milos In six days of twelve hours eaoh. Prinoo on his blcynlo made. 466 miles nnd Arrpado, the pedestrian, covered 410. *hoCotton M'lppiy. Nkw You*, August 28.-f-'ri?0 total visible sttpply of eotton- for tho world is l,029,(m6 bales, of which 901,766 bales are American, against 1,790,017 bales and l.lo:s,718 lmlos^ljwpootlvoly last year, ltooetptg of cotton at nil Intorlor towns 2,461 bales. ttecelpt* f*>m plantations 1,098 bales. Crop In sight 6,660,990 PKIos. ' }X0'- VMAM1 u Minimis, 21.?Tho govern ment lanncUJDaflioftcmploycdat tho government works tiore, oxploded her i boiler this morning, killing Paymaster N. Goddon, Who was blown overboard, and seriously scalding Rtigfnoer A. Graham, pilot Q. D, man, deck hand Pote Walsh, and a newsboy wMotms on tho lannoh. Goddeirsbody has not yst boon rooovered. fm; cr -z ^ M $k\ UlO 80- I would create bo revealed at ??oourta. would i bo overcrowded, and rivals for maid en* affections would paradd the streeft amed to the teoth, Wing for the other fellow. But there la a barrier fo these revelations. Tho postal laws strloffr provide that a carrier must *>ever tell of what he sees, repeat, what ho hears, or make publlo In any man* Rjhor the address upon a lettor. When notified to deliver Jtottors only to the person to whom thoy arc addressed it is strictly enjoined upon him to ro mombor this rule, ospeolally as rogards moxnbors of the samo family. Woll do I remember When I was carrier a oer tfln maiden.on Broad street was re ceiving letters from a father and son. Whothor one knew that tho other was writfng to tho girl I do not know, but this I saw several times: Whon she ro oelved a noto from tho old gontleman sho was very doliborato in nor movo monts, but whon I handed hor ono from tho son sho was out of tho houso in a jiffy. "Ono of tho most anuoying things to tho oarrlors is tho impudonco of 'mash ers.' I havo had these follows inter cept me and offor $5 or $10 If I would toll who suoh a lady was, aud whothor sho was marrlod or not. 1 remember ono lady in particular who camo horo from a neighboring oity and stopped at tho rosldonoo of a millionaire. Sho was a magnifiaont woman. A man would hardly pass hor without turning around to tako a socond look. Tho mashers poorly wont crazy ovor hor, / and one mot mo at noarly ovory Btreot cornor on my routo with somo question rogardlng hor. I camo noar gutting in to ixalf a dozon fights ovor hor, and . I was glad whon sno wont homo. But tho devices of marriod mon and women who aro holding olandoStlno corros pondonco aro ingenious. All suoh poo plo stand upon a volcano, not knowing what moment It may boglu to send' forth flro and a ruinod reputation. Ono man usod to bog mo ovory day, 'For God's sako don't lot my wifo got hold of my lotto re.' Tho woman was as smart as hor husband. She. was also holding a socrot correspondence, and I was in that, too. She aid not want her husband to know of it I took good oaro of both and thoy enjoyod ohoatlng oaoh othor. At ono timo 1 havo known on my route half a dozen ladlos who wore resting under the impression that thoir husbands wore holding a corres pondence whioh should not do oarried on. Eaoh ono would give mo minut* directions that if I roceivcd a lottor ttom suoh and such a placo to bo auro and hand it to her, as It was important and intorostod both. No doubt it did, but I didn't think three should tako a hand in tho husinoss; only tho husband'1 rocoivod the dainty opistlss. . "But tho inoreasod faollltlos. of tho liow office offer tho most extended op portunities for sly . work. Boxes are cheap, and tho latest trick now is for tho husbands to have their tender epis tles sont to thoso boxes.. They havo tho koy and no ono elso can got into it. If tho wife happens to And the key, why she is easily satisfied by being told that it bolongs to a door at tho store oa the safo or something of that sort. You soo, only ono olerk or so. > knows any thing of your lettors. No one has any idea whoro you livo or anything elso. But thon, postal olorks and lottor car riers learn quickly. Traveling salos-' men havo bocomo heavy., patronizers of the boxos since thoy booamo ohoap. Tho oxou8o for thosojgontry is that they rocolvo lottors thoy do not wish sont homo. So tho onvolopos aro, droppod into their boxos, and When they roturn Jrom thpir tours thoy find bundlos Of Utottors ana no ono to ask quostions that ' might bother them to answer. delphia Record. Iflddon lVnrlfl, ^Soarooly vlllago do I onter, saya ~ob Burdotto* in tlio Brooklyn Eagle, 3t tho vDlagora proudly point out to y admiration a youfc'g man who is nulor" than ovor Mark. T^watn darod >. Many of Twain's boll jokos, in ', thvoy afsnro me, wore stolon from young "Funniboy." Why, ?_jps tho do bating aooloty in a roar laughier* all tho timo , ho la on his t. Bo la oallod "Tho Artomua ird of.Gull Ivan oounty," and tho rthwostorn Bumblojohn haa prodlot for him a iuturo equal to nono. I 'o boon introduood in poarly ovory to In tho union, and usually, too, In nmalien- towns, aomo diatanoo from Jny railroad, to ministers of tbo gospel who could proaoh tho boots off Mi> loohorj ' who woro moro original, >ro oloquont, possessing a koenor fac [ty of observation and a happier voin ' humor, and moro fortllo and fo j1 tons In illuatration. And thoy ro aomblod Mr. Boooher, too, tholr frlonds tohvfcno.'. And ao fthoy did. I oould soo that for myaolf. They wore soft, folt hats and long hair, And, In aomo lnatanooa, I loarnod that Mr. Booohor rosembled and oopiod the Tillage pastor. I have met many, very many, oloquont lootnrora, without audlenooa, who oould ttaoh John B. Gough the rudlmqnts of temporanco looturlng, and there thoy woro pogglnir away at everybody's ahooa,' or soiling dry gooda, groceries, and hard warn in a country atoro,while Gough, th? ahallow proton il or, usurped thoir rightful plaooa on tho roatrum. Pooplo liavo ahown mo womori who oould sing more divinely than Pattl, and I know plenty of mon who can walk right away from Fltsgorald. Now, I bollovo in hlddon poarla. I have no doubt tho deep, unfathomod oaves of boean aro ao fall of thom that tholr foot stlok out of thp'dormor win dows. I think sorao of thom are raror and flnor and puror than any that havo Saood tho diadem of an ompreas up to e dato of this writing. Down in tho gloomy c&Vorua of the oarth thero are diamonds, ftjBrmly bollovo, that would mako tho Kohlnoor hldo it* dlmlulahed hoad and aell Itaolf for a pobblo. But, dearly bolovod, wo don't kilow whoro ^ they aro, If wo did wo would divo and dig for thom) wo would bring them out, and by thom gain woalth and gl*>ry and tho onvy of our nolghbora. In tho mean timo, aa wo oan't get down to tho unaeoi} poarla, and thoy oan't got up to u>, wo must aooopt tho stara wo havo as' tho boat of thoir aoveral kinds. Un doubtedly, there may be proachora moro oloquont than Mr. Booohor, loo tnrora moro popular and earnest than Mr. Gough, "funnier" hqtnoriats thoro may bo than Mr. Olomona. But I do not know whoro thoy aro. They do not 8roach, noithor do tho; lootnro, nor yet o thoy write books. p-, ? ,y '? - - | MOW * Prima Donna Is Mad*. In a oommunloatlon rooelvqd In this olty, aavs tho , Philadelphia Timet, Mmo. Marooheat, tho famous Italian teaphor of opera singing, tells aomo thing about how prime donno aro made. Mareohosl is only the lady'a profession al namo, aa In privato llfo aho IS known as la Marqulao do la Rajata do Caa trono. "What la known as tho grand atylo," this lady says, "has almost en* tlrely dlaapponrod from thoatago. Ro* poso Is now tho thing. Providing tho |[lrl haa a volco, It ttkos thfee years at eaat to mako a aingor. American wo men naturally havo fine voloes, but they tr? so Impatient they will not take tho time to train them. They usually bring a round aum of money and aa* you to put them through for thai Just as quickly as you ean. Tho national impa^ienoo of discipline Is another dtf of tho most successful sinirer. ahouldgo antSZ qualities ouergy, eudw ranoo and groat determi nation." Of hor pupil. Mil?. Novada Maroohosl says: ??She has fine natur-. al teoling, a suporb voioe under thor ough training, and the only trouble la I fear she la rtngiug too much. I was glad to hare hor back with me in Pane ls to nut her through her etxeroteea onoo more." a ? *? Human akin and that of young rab* bita have boen suooesafully applied in ?mall pieces to large healing surfaces in wounds. ?Dr. Wilson, JioweVaft1 in tho Medical tftws, claims u> hare ob tained Terr muoh hotter rosulta from the ufco of the internal membrane of hou'8 eggs. Tho ogg should be fresh and warm _ ? \ <? - The Dial no Libel. It appears that Mr. Blaine's Indiana! libel suit is uot tho-first ono ho. has brought for tho sauio scandal. Twen ty-fivo years ago ho wont logal gunning for Editor Adams, of tho Portland Arynjy i\i Maine, on aooouut of a roforonco to tho Kentucky episodo. Tho damogoG claimed wero some $20, 000. It was a civil suit that wa3 first brought. It was fixed np soraohow, Adatns paying only for tho writ. Counterfeit 110 Not?i. "Washington, August 21.?Tho scc rotary of tho foorot service division is in possession ot a now counterfoil $10 noto. Tho nolo in on the Third National Bank of Cincinnati, and mado its api>earanco in that city, on Monday night. It is of tho sorlos of 1882 with brown or chocolate colored back. Tho vignettes on tho face of tho noto havo a course, scratchy apnearance, but the back is will exccutca and caloulatcd to doeolvc. CHARLESTON ADVERTISEMENTS. Q W. STILES, TAINTEU, HURLEY 13 LOCK, 109 MEETING ST., Charleston, S. C. Dealer In Paints, Oils, Brushes, Varnish Glass, Putty, Colors, Gluo, Ac. A LVlN R. TIIOMLINSON, xjL ^fFaotory In Charleston.) Manufacturer op Saddles, Bridles HARNESS, Ac. DRAT.ru * IN ' 8ADDLRUY, HARDWARE, IjKATnRH, &C., &C. Importer of English Bits, Stirrups, Ao. 137 Mebtino Street, Charleston, S. V. H ENRY STEITZ, Importer and Wholesale Dealer in FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC FRUIT, Apples,^Tfranges, Bananas, Cocoa nuts, Lemons. Pineapples, Potatoes, Onions, l'canuts, Cabbages, ?fco. S.& Con. Meeting &Mahket Streets, OIIARLESTON, 8. C. QIIARLES C. LESLIE, Wholesale anil Retail Commission Doalor ..in FIKII, OYSTERS, GAME and POULTRY Stalls Nos. 1 ami 2 Fish Markot. Ofllco No. 7 Market St., East of East Bay Consignments of Country Produce are respectfully solicited. Poultry. Eggs, Jkc. Perishable Goods at owner s risk after deljvory to Southern Express Co. p BROTHERHOOD & CO., IRON MERCHANTS. DkaLKUB IN MACHINERY AND Sot'l'MXR AQRNt<rw>n 'MAIO'Oy THE SOUTH CORN MILL." No. 105 Mketiko St., Ciimilkhton, S. C. Try our CO cents Machlno Oil?the best lit the markot. AGER BEER PROM THE CLAUSSEN BREWING CO., CHARLESTON, & 01 { Have now a Standard Boer superior to oth ?*?i VuhVp in ?cKH.,pnk(nt stopper bottles, and bottles In barrels tor export, to keep a longtime. Empty, -beer bottles bougnt Agent In Columbl^Mr. Julius KrcntPelsi QL^JENS 0LAC1US, ? : ?IMrOKTKIt AND DKAT.RR IN? WINES, LIQUORS, CIGARS, TOCACCO, OROORH1K8 AND rnOYI8!ONS, No 170 EAST BAY, CHARLESTON. 8. C. QTTO TIEDEMAN A SONS, 7!' ^ . WHOLESALE GROCERS, \ it * ? AND? PROVISION DEALERS, 102 AND 104 EA8T BAY STREET, CIIARESTON, 8. C. JJOYD BROTHER^ Wholbsm.b Guoorkb, Liquoii Dbalrrb ?AND? _ COMMISSION MERCHANTS, 107 EAST BAY, CHARLESTON, 8. C* a. W. AIMAR AGO*4 /,ir)V}f}}'ySb!'?.AND wktaii. drai.ru* in ?uo'c? ggaA?58^??^??ioA?, PKRPUMKMKS AND TOIt.RT ArtiGI.RS, Cor. King and Vanderliorst Streets. CHARLESTON. 8. C. g B. THOMAS, AOENT, H, No, 320 KlMdSr., OlI'OBlTK Lihkrty, WINDOW 811ADE8, PAPER HANG. INGM, LACE CURTAINS, COUNACKS AND Ul'ItOl,8TBnV GOODS, CHARLESTON, 8. O/y Window Awninob Madr to Okdrr Ji G. CUDWORTH& 00., ~-WItOI.K8Al.lC~ 8AJ)DLEUY W A It EII O U 815, Ift5 Mkrtino STflRRT, Orrorti'fk ('if a ui.mkton Hot i. CHARLESTON, S. C. jTUVA GAGF 'ATGo'.', * CHARITON ICE HOUSE, Maur;:t, Cot.nrr CnuKctt Strrrt, CHARLESTON, 8. C. MTIce paeked for the country * specialty. J^UOAS A RICHARDSON, STATIONERS, PRINTERS and BLANK BOOK MANUFACTURERS, M RA8T BAY, CHARLESTON, 8. O. g A. NEI.SON A CO., ?WHOl.RBAI.IB DWAT.RIIB IN BOOT8 AND SHOES, NO. 23 II A T N IB Stukkt, CHARLESTON. S. C. ?r?Njiv pwoifow' a oo.7~ .. WltOI.KBAK OROORR8 AND DBALftttS IN CAROLINA ' RICE t'RofttiritoRR 09 Tim ??r.*tmAY?D CAROLINA TOLU T0HIO. WO BAST BAY, CHARLESTON, S. 0 1' ? ? *? ip puy the Ma. J. O. Boao?Doat Sir: I bought irat Davis Maohine sold by you over years a*o for my wife, who bu gfcren H a long and fair trial. I am well pleaaod wltlv it. II nam givoe any trouble, and la aa good aa whan Aral bought. ' , J. W. Boixofi^ Wlnnaboro, 8,0., April, 1833. ^ "'l!K: Mb. Boao : You wiah to know what 1 havi to say In regard to the Davis Machine bought of you three years ago. I fool I oantsay too much in its favor. I uiado ikbout within five months, at times running it to fast that the needle would get perfectly. hot (nm friction. I foel confident I oould not have done tho same work will! as muoh ease and bo well with any othor mnohino. Ho time was lost In adjusting attaohmonts. The -I lightest running maohlno I havo over 1*5 treadled. Brother Jainoa and William's- } families are as muoh pleased with their '4 Davis Mnohlnos bought of you. I want no better maohlne. As I said before, I donHjS think too muoh oan bo said far the Machine. BespootfoUy, Bnuni Stbtbmso*. . Fairfield oounty, April, 1883. Mb. Boao : My maohine glvea me perfeot Nitlsfaotion. I find no fault with it. The i. avtaohments are bo simple. I. wish for no better than the Davis \>**Joal Feed. Respeotfully. Mrs. B. Milmno. Falrflatf ooo?iy, April, 1883. ?? -A ' . Mn. Boao: I bought a Davis Vertloa \ Koed Bowing Maohine from yon four year '1 ago. Z am delighted with It. II' nevor ha? glvon mo any tro tble, and hue never been ' )'?<j| the least oat of order. It is as good aa whon i I first bought it I can oUeerfUlly reoom 1 tnond it. Ilooi>eotfnlly, ' * Cj?g?] Muh. M. J. Kibkland. .^ . Montioello, April 80,1883. . / ' fM This Is to oortlfy that I have boon nalng a Davis Vortical Foed Sowing Maohine for,>? e/er two years, purohased of Mr. J.OjBoag. I hrvon't found it possessed of onjbfn^lt? all Uie attaohmeuta aro so simple. It never rotates to work, and la tertamly the ilghteat running In the market. I oonaiderit a first $ elans machine. Very respectfully, Minnie M. Wtzainooam. ' . : / Oakland, Fairfield oounty, 8. O. Mb. Bokq : I am well ploasad in ovory par tionlar with tho Davis MrXoMnaboayhtof you. I think it a flrat-clns - ?niohiue in ??ory respeot. Yoa know yoi **?ld hovera maohinos of the saiue make to .dtfferfj|k| members of oar families, all of whom, as far! M1 know, aro well pleased with Ihom. Reepootfully, ? Mb. M. II. Mobx.by. Id oonnty, April, 188.1 Thin in to ofetlify wo hnvo had in oonst.\nt aso tho D&vls Maohino bought of yoa about three yoars ago. As we take in work* aud havo made the pri6o of irteveral timet ovor and don't want any bettor maqfcino. It is always ready to do any kind of work we have to do. No puokering or skipping etltohos. We can only say wo are woli pleased, and wish no bottor maohino. Oathebinb Wti?ib and Sistor. ^ April 25, 1888. <S' I havo no faalt to fi"d with my mat?....., and don't want any ?-Ator. 1 have made theprioe of it sevoral ibnop by taking in sewing. \t la nlwa*-? r *ady to do its work. I think it * flrat-olas* maohino, I -fool I can't say Voo muoh f?K the Davis Vortical F*ee? Machine. veraa. Tjiomaii Burns. ? ;? Fairfield oonnty, April, 1888. Mb. J. O. Boxa?Doar Sir t It gives me maoh pleasure to testify to tho morits of tlV Davis Vortloul Food Sewing Maohino. The maohine I got of you abont five years ago hat been almost in constant ase ever slnse tlmt time. I cannot see that it is worn (My, and has not oost lae one oent for repairs sinoe we have had it Am well pleased and don't wish or any better. Yonrs truly, Robbbt OaAWvoqD. Granite Quarry, near Winnsboro, 8. O. We have need the Davis Vertical Feed Sow ing Maohine for tho last five yearn. . Ws would not have any other make at ativ prio* Tho maohiiio has given us nnboanded itit? ,' Vory roepootfully, W. K. Torhbs and Daughter*. - toanty, S. 0., Jan. 37,109? Having boaght a Darli Vertical fng Maohine from Mr. J.' 0. Boag years ago. and it having givon satisfaction In every rospoot as a fi ohlue, both for hoavy and light si never needed the least repair in ? ean cheerful' first-class m think it set work by means of its (whwush other maohine 1 have ever seen or M>*?.Thomas Winnsboro, Fairfield oonnty, S. We havo had one of the Davis ww about four years and havo always fo ready to do aU kinds of work w6 hai oooaslon to do. . Can't see that th Is worn any, and work* as w?U as Jackson Creek, Fairfield oounty,' nas no* neen out *?r oraer mnoe she hi and she can do nrt^kind^wojrk on it. Monti cello, Fairfield wiunty*s. c! Tho Davis Sewing Maohine is wfmply *$dS?ray,?. 0., JwJfa'iMa ,0?'>WVM J. 0. Ikuo, Bsq., Agent-Dear Sir i My Wfe has boen using n Davis Hawing Machine instantly for tho past four yean, and it ?as never needed any rfcpairiand works Just faction. Mas. Fairfield oounty, ferti m when first bought. She sayii lt S i 1? u **?**** 1*** '?? WA?tlo?1 work" end do it easier *nd lifter than any maohine the has ever used. We cheerfully recom mend it as a No.l family machine. lend it as a Noil family machine. msb ?,&?? Ma. Boao?I have always found my DAvia maohine ready to do ell kinds of *<ork I have had oooaslon to do, 1 oannot see that Wtmrsnoao, -ft shout five years ago. I have never t*brrtt< bM S.O., March