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fj ? 1- ?? P1.W-J-I-1J 1 ? * ' j ?vttSflfbe detour which Sherman >1 ^ erosdos the Salad* and then 1 "*?'* ttltfAga !>? fti ??- amIa?Imm IV^Ihi ?tvora Doior*,. emenng><*?iui ? Med Hampton to *ve hla artillery and -j wagon train*, whlob, when Sherman entered the city at 9 or 10 o'clock 'n the morning, were aome ton or tw< .* j atiloa below Columbia. 1 waa up alt aht on the ltfth, ftlUajMequIsitlons cavalrreqnlpmente fcr llampton'a and I left Colombia with the rear of tbataomiMmdjabout daylight on the > 17th of February, 16*6, a few houra 1 before Sherman took poseeaaion Jf It. >.Tbat night we camped about fifteen Or elghteeu mllee from Colambta, bating gone down the Congest* eome distance aud then turning north towards Ches ter. The wfad had been qalto high all i day and became almost* gale by dark, and the red glare of the sty in the direction of Columbia, when night oame on, told all of ue that the city waa In flames. , The qntttlou la here agulu asked: "Who burned Columbia?" Sherman aays that two days before he bad issued | order* "e*ped*lly merciful" towards the citizens and that his men did not bnrn tho city. Why were his batteries; erected on the bank* or blaflfc of the Congaree as soon as he reaohed a point " i u^--? | ?? i these ?l*nd depot on the 16th aud vviwmyv ne pwis sot a?v a vwyasvw mm u 'commanding the city? Why did I hatterlee.ehell the city, the Capitol the railroad depot on the 16th 16th? In what way and in whatsenao did he intend to ahow hit "special mercy" to the dtisens of Columbia whllo firing shells upon their city as soon as be oonld plant hie guns? I was lu Charleston daring moat of the early iod terrific bombardment there, was there when General Gill mo re's "Swamp Angel" waa mounted during one nlghtjTaSd had the lower part of the -ctty, about Broed street, within range or the shells of that famous lifleagun befbretheclUaens or Charles ton awoke next morning. - But ?111 more gave Beauregard two days' no tice that on the euaalug Sunday he would open hit guns upon tho city. In a few houra moat of the bfedbeer houses abd many of the Umllle* living aa low down town aa Broad street had 'S oourteou. nor ?? aweUW U GlUmon, fbr shellsbegan to fly from hla guns **. M "*? ea In Columbia of hie 1 order* to be Specially morclftil" to citizens. But, unfortunately for ; this very declaration of his provos SSKttZ'JSSWt b^g&Te^rdera* to hi. Boklter. to f mercllbl^totho oltieens, m thougi he saw tbe fkte this doomed city. $hon why n of eu atrocity-he aeems to hare i *?erf probable eonse quenoe or toe capture of tho city by file *wn mW?JWbvInvoke "sjiclal mere*? Ibr Sodom if he did not fear $?S?Xfthe work of his own eoldlers? SSeSPS BomM mm. flwro*. .. m a arrival there were Of ooUoaMr ic'.fij* Ji_. ' bhods of ESfi awai iwrw ?? ?8i ty. m ft ttptUM all ?nol! vdluablo itftf&S&MSKl Tr great dletrcsilfiHjfiHttd >r4HI [Columbia wort,] pound, lit least ] >,000 for the ten elilxona gene il officer* ?**vo thjfrj ?sr Bbw hi ily,oftoMool)r iu'J . ^experlouce_ m' Would tl, not h?V0 brought , retaliation ' nhudder even to think of? they ireally wished to^nn. tlmt on oah any one believe thtftairould ' ; ao *111) aa to pile Hup in the ?tfttlSMPs ^angered every ?tore, publle and private reatdenoe on and, near that street? Would not the loss of private^ property, tarnlture. books' ' "'^eltlaens really j >n ?m) thtp ibttlr SwHBI -V "-*? vonld be damaged by (he Ibefon), I heard the mat. THK ?W*ot iS'fiS /prevent mWK: oltlaen* desired to fhy m " oott< I street I ? V' r h*> A<y , h? will allow mo statement of a fact m i he assumes mi attltud and absurd as it la w weak and egotis tical. . , It might do mo barm were Sherman J to reoolioet that some quite reputable Federal ?nC<Oo?Menh oficeri tol ??allowed" themselves to question his assertioiitrlhat the Federal army was ant "surprised" at ShUok. At least he H too experienced a Judgo of human nature not to know that the state-1 ments of the most conscientious and truthful men are often questioned by men equally as reputable. j TUB WORK or KKDK1IAL UANUS. As before stated, it would be simply absurd to suppose that 8bermau saw Hampton's cavalry aet fire to the cotton In Columbia, for they left the city Home hours, before Sherman en tered It, and when the troops didl leave Columbia Sbermau was crossing I Broad Hirer, fire or sis: miles above the elty. The citizens say that nothing I was ou Are when Sherman entered, at say 10 a. m. They also say that when the fire began, after 6hermau's sol diers entered-the city, they did all they could to extinguish it and prevent its | extension; that the Are engines-were] brought out but the hose was cut iu many plaoes by Federal soldiers, who were seen doing It. In a court of justioe they Would be believed' as I readily as Sherman, who did not see Hampton's Confederate cavalry firing I the ootton, while theee oitlaens did see I the Federal soldiers cutting the hose of the fire engines. vIf men will out the hose so as to prevent the fire flrom being extinguished it requires no stretch of credulity .to beueve theyJ would start the fire themselves. Sol-1 dlers set that cotton on fire, but they were not Confederate soldiers. Sol-1 Olers eat the hose of the engines to I prevent the Are from being extinguish-1 ed, but they were not Confederate I Soldiers. Sherman says that Hamp? ton's men burned the cotton, though I Hampton's men were ? ten or twelve] miles away when .8berm*n came iu.1 Oitiaeu* as reputable as Sherman aay they did see Sherman's' soldiers out-1 ting the engine hoes while they (citi-1 sen) were doing all they oould to stop tbefifoet. . I -Alter all this testimony it is quite pertinent to ask: "Who burned Co lumbia?" I ^foei-man s^s^that^one^uumptedj by himself, Gen Howard and Gen. Logan as quarters while in the elty. Of oourse not. Why wo^ ^Federal 1 quarters I RHippHi , . , ? such van*! 'HHfflt And Sherman does not seem to I perceive that this statement Is an ar gument against him. for it may be asked why should the eitlaons of Co-1 UimblswWi jo burrf the>esldenoes of meullko Hampton Vand Preston, who burned is strong presumptive evidence that the dwellings of other clttaens | Which were not protected by Federal soldiers were burned by those soldiers ?for no one Is silly enough to think the fcitiftpris would Are their own re?ldences and destroy their own property through mere wantonness. that they never reft??ed to far-1 i guard when asked for as a pro tection to citizens ami their dwellings. But this yerv fket confirms the belief] that the#e officers well knew what was to be dreidtd from their .wlditrt. in I such a "rebel" eity and on such a night. Hampton's command could i not be dreaded, for they were far] away. The oitlxeua were not <6 bo dreaded, for they bad no wish to burn their own property and terrify their own families. There was no dread or antUiing exoept an exolte<|? unbridled soldiery, and hence the guards fur* 'wefe for the sole pnrpose of protection against the J>robable ex ceM*sff> their own Federal soldiers, and, as has been shown, these guards were too often unable to give the Iprotectioii asked for. But wbyahonld there be, how can there bo, any doUbt as to who burned Coin nbla? What town or village in Georgia or South Carolina did Sherman*! soldiers sparo flrotn flames on their march fromAt (heir path escaped the "piHlo?? mercy0 of Sherman's troops? They not only took from the farmers alt Hie siook and food needed b* them, but they burned' Implements, barns fot!c*a and many of the dwel" wWoh weltered onlywomen, ehl MMlva*an oxoettdulgf/rldh oobtrlbtt-' I lion were Sherman to tell how many armies he met and ho* muftv brilliant ?lotories he wou.>-M Jhai' v?mous '?march to the sea." That plaggg as and oM men fh?m the winter storms. j The pages of military ant^l,,.Would ccolve an oxeeodingfr rldh coetrlbu lon were Sherman to tell how many armies he met and,fc0W matty ' -""|W victories he wou Intbat "march to the eea." That JL Jaunt luU caused eume of bls fgnorant Worshippers to 'fcompore it with Manoleou'tf celebrated maroli to Mob* cow. The/AMfareuoe between them Is Eks ' diflbreocc between theurl thai .between ihe two men. tbjAuster Arontcd by the lirairest, belt twined' and, best armed troops of Prussia, Austria and Bussta. Kvory day "took and d!?p?i^dS^Xto?an enimyS ik> s?foty for him but to les, always outnumber larannah near ah ocean <jho soon raised' trusted to the her salaii winter to ^That Woe'l p$ir *** ? Vim MAIL MUUl*AU? a bee line for Savannah, where sup mm - t?ngh a j fWitt* snows t a ooun Wrote home, ae well as in A|fe JbtkUb? I we oeeoia* | * ?ii==x??8: The Jon* report of the United State, aa advance in t??5am>U ^"ofTtot itA air ^ ^2 5? * * *" 4HII 110, Arkansas 109. Tennessee 101. The totallareaexoecds eighteen million acre*, : The plant is healthy, tho growth nearly an average, the stand good. Where recent rains have been exoesslve the crop is In the grass. The general average Is 92, which is higher than In the three preoedlng rears in June. There Is an unusual uniformity In oonditlon, only Tennesse showing tessjthen *>. The State averages are: Vlijrinia 98, North Carolina 98. Sonth Carolina 90, Georgia 95, Florida 98, Alshama 92, Mississippi 99, Louisiana 96, Texas 90, Arkansas 91, Tennessee 86. The condition of winter wheat is reported lower than ever before iu June. Tue probable product of Ihe winter wheat States, according to these returns, la reduced to about 207,000,000 bushels, but none of the Territories are included in the winter area. The report of spring wheat is more favora ble. Substantially the fame area lias beon sown as last year-about 11,000,000 aores. The condition of spring wheat is 96, and indicates a crop of about 168,000,000 bushels. The general con dition of rye Is 88. Tho area of bar ley Is nearly the same as iu 1884, ?"d the average tof condition is 89. Tho average of oats has inoreased ? per oent., ana the average of condi tion is 94.? Coru will bo reported In July, but voluutary returns indicate an increase of area. Mora Aboat the Cotton Crop. The last monthly report of the Na tional Cotton Exchange, concerning the growing cotton crop, says: "The seasou presents some striking contrasts with the one preceding, and while attendod with several drawbacks tor the ootton olauter, it may be char acterised, taking the whole ootton belt, all things considered, as the best for yal years. The very cool and dry spring retarded plant!ngiVom one to. two weeks, but, the crop was woll pitched, lands were properly worked and an exceptional stand has been eeoured. Iuaeots have ravaged the crop and young plants have died from cold over limited areas, aud the plant over the entire belt up to the middle of Hay was of small growth, but has "had thei advantage of careful attention mdcuUiyatlon, which has been be stowed on it by reason of favorable working conditions and an abundauco of-labor. In May warmer weather and showers brought up the condition rapidly. In some sections rains were seeded to germinate the seed and to bring good stands. In other places ralp was nooessary to give vigor .to the young plants. While, thero are complaints, mainly tVom the Northern section of the belt, or rather ft-om the. iwer oounttes of aomeStafcetorex cessive rains, a caretol analysis of the situation Justifies the assertion that the damage from this cause, while fearod Id some localities, bad not really been inflicted. Karly June weather, therefore, in these sections may bo watohed with Interest. Taken alto gather tho May weather condition^ t*n be rogared as very favorable, a n<T they have brought the crop to a tor SB last year at ISw^f'StSes and b^ari oxaiSloJ. !1k? it * lemperature and; faluftll tables, there Is a better average for tjtlil season Over the -whole belt. ''To .contrast briefly: East of tho Mississippi Biver 1 he condition Is fully as good or better than last your, wost Of ft tho situation Is decidedly mora favorable, while In the Mississippi bottoms there Is a marked advantage in every respeot. " HWe present tbeeo contrasts merely for the bonoflt of those interested in the staplo that each may draw conclu sions, as It Is not our intention to give in figures of percentage an estimate of the vsryiug prospects of tho crop at so ve?IL?*r,y * Bt08e ,lg growth. f "The acreage has been largely in reported as follows: Virginia 100. South . Carolina 102, Florida 101, Teunessee 102, Arkansas 104, Texas 109, ;North Carolina 102,/ fetf* 101, Alabama 104, Mississippi 109, Louisiana 110, Missouri, &o.,400. JSoR*'***104 1,1 ?create AM AVmiPkOTAOLl, Fall of a Hoar* Stoa* Kt?lrc*.? 0r*wd?4 ! wMh Pm^U M a OourthoUM 1m Tbt?r*, t,"'-ic'.';? :? '? I At Thiers, a French (own In the department of Puy do Dome, a nun-dor trial has been in progress fop some I day*. The elroumstauces of tbe mur-1 dor And tbe exciting Inoldents of the trial have engrossed lho attention of | the people, end Thursday, (ho lest day of the (rial, the Courthoue was crowd ed with men end women aexlons to witness the closing scenes. When iho people were leaving, immediately after I tbe adjournment of (he Court, 'and ] Sere jammed upon the stoho stairway ading to the street tbe lofty staircase fellfr/Tbe scono that followed was appalling. Immenio masses of mason-1 ry from above Orashod down upon straggling people below, grinding through rlhelr flesh and bones, anc maiming and rauUlatlug theiu in a hor rlble manner. The fall of the stair ease and the shrieke of the people Ijjunr Itelpless In tbe mips caused a panic In tbe Conrlroom, and there was I rnsb for the now ymckef exit. ose who were .in front were unable toiwithstand tho pressure from behind " were Itaried down upon the mdn women, crushed In the ftsll of (he statreaee, and whom the people In the ?(rest wera already Mriving to rescue. When, at length, the p?nlo had ex liansted Itself and tbe Immense stone steps of Uie fallen etalrcase had been removed twenty *erson? Were taken from tbe ruins dead. The Injured, numbered not lose than slxtv. and many of tbeee will die of their liberies. A later dispatch saya that In addl (Ion to the twenty pereone killed hybe I Courthouse disaster, ftally one hundred persona were Injured. Many of the Injured are Womcitt and their wonnds are of a eerloas character. When the (nasslve atone etalrcase foil the soene wee fearful to witness. Tbe Immense suwe steps above, with the people Upon them, were precipitated upon tho dead and dying holow, adding to (he fcormre of the awfbltpeetaele* - A still later dispatch from Tbiere makes tbe Cottrthofese calamity there , tor more dlsastaous In Its eonsequenr.es j n the earner dispatches indicated, i dead already namber twenty-four, tad the total number of lulu rod la now placed at 6ne hundred and slxty-ihreo; of these fourteen are very esrlooely lt\)ored and some of them will diet eteettails erel*log laid- on rJSb?to,,,aAor! z found ?fflccrs ofhls col portion" of whlcl morose" a llttlo v Hons?. Sheridan'. ? op In line of battle on the crest of the , hill on the south sldo of the same VWIPy. , ? ? "Before stating what took place betweon General Lee and myself I will give all there Is of the famous apple, tree. Ware produce many s<ortes of fiction, some of which are, told trotll they are believed. The war of the rebellion was fruitful In the same way. Tho wonderful story of theapple tree la one of theao tlctlon8 with alight foundation of foot. As I have said, there waa an apple orchard on the aide of the hill oocupled by the Confederate forces. Running diagonally up tho hill waa a wagon read, which at one point ran vory near one of the trees so that tho wheels on thattide had out off the roota of the tree, which made a ; little embankment. General Babcock I reported tome that whett he first met General Leo he wa8 sitting upon this embankment with his feet In tho road and leaning against tho tree. It was then that Lee was conducted Into tho house where I first met Mm. I had known ^General Leo in tho old army, and had served with him In the Mex ican war, but did not suppose/ owing to tho difference In our age9 and rank, that ho would probably remember me, while I would remember rfitm more distinctly bocau6o he was Chief Engi neer on the staff of General Bcbtt In the Mexican war. Wholi I had left the oainp that morning ' I bad not expectod tho result ao arfon that then was taking place, and consequently was lu rough garb and I believe without a sword, aa I usually was when on horaoback on the Afield, wear ing a soldier's blouse for & coat, with shoulder straps of my rank t? indicate who I was to the army. When t went Into tho houso I found Goneral Lee., We greeted each other and aftor shaking hands took our seats. What hl8 feelings were I do not know. Being a man of much dignity, and, with an impenetrable faoe.it'lWAs>fni? possible to say whether ho felt lit. wardly glad that the end hid finally come, or whether he felt tafily over tho result aud wsa .too maniy to show it. Whatever his feelipg* wore, thev wcro ontircly concealed from, obser vation, but my own fecllhjfs, Which had been quite apparent ,on receipt of his letter; wore sad and depressed. I felt like anything rather than rejoiolng at the dowufhll ofthefoo that had fbnght ro long and gailaothrrnfmd had suffered so much for a cause which I bolioved to be one of the worst for' Which people ever fought: , and for wbtob there waa not tho least p&Oext; I do not question, howover,itho sin cerity of the great maesof thfeaejwbb were onposodto us. Gettfralfcee was dressed JnAill. uniform, entirely new* and woarlng a sword of obhl Idcrablo valuo, very llkoly the sword That had been presented by the State >f Vir ginia. At all evonts, It was an bntlrely different sword from one thatf would ordinarily be worn on tho my rough traveling suit, the uniform of a prlva^ W|L a General, I .must have conti strangely with a man so ' dressed, six feet high, offat But this was not a ma thought of AutIV afte* I^ojuidJ soon fell it about old army llq that he kne\$||ho \ ?WBrtrnd^^-tMr course, I romeihbt.-.. but owing to tho dlffei thore being about slat ferenoo in our ages, thought it verv Jikoly I hadnotat raet ed his attention sufficiently 11 bo remembered after such a long pc rlod. Our conversation grow so pleasiin; that I almost forgot the objedt ofoitr meet ing. General Leo tit that; time' waa accompanied by one of his staff oflloors, Colonol Marshall. I hftd all of my staff with me, a good portion of whom wore in the room dttring tho whole of tho interview. ' < ' ???*"?' 1 A lirutnl Fnllier In Durham, j Wm. Mayner, a well-knom <">d onco esteemed citizen > ?f^ftefham,j ?. C.. la in very serious trouble! Oh Tuesday night oho of hit daughters rau out of the house soreamltig and i s^d her father had beatoiv'hor^ AI pollco officer arrested Mayn$e And he was taken to the guardhouse. Thd; dn ughter, aged 19, swore 0|tt * war he was hald WUhonT privilege of ball to appear at*tho next term oj|tho Durham Supreme Court. lie th About 66 years of age, and ^s for some | vears bceh street commissioner of burliam. Tho fedllng against him at| first?'?tan to high tbWl mob law wa? threatened, but wlso <wnnseU pr?rall-] ed and tho excitement has In a greAt part subsided# Sw&effl - An Old Murder K?v??t*<). Tlio Southern Dotectlve Association has discovered a olno to I m order committed In UhatUmooga five years ago. A wealthy Georgian onmo to that a\ty with h largo sum of money on Ids person. Whllo Intoxicated he entered, a low dive on Market street abont midnight. lie waft robbed of money and murdered with knives and olubs by loafer** To dispone of the corpfto It Waft weighted with fttignfeft and thrown Into a vault. A battel of llmo was thrown intothe vault to keep tho , oaor from* arising. i$The Mloon-keepor, tdft Wife and two Bonn witnessed fhe tragedy* jThe Woman and husband have ?ln<50 died, but tho ?oils aro still llvlhg and doing bttftl* ness in that dlty. One of thft boys, whllo drunk, gave tho mAttor awrty. ?The Abbeville Preat and Manner ?ays: uThe work o 1 harvesting the crop# ha? been commenoed, and fhe We drop, though oxeecdlngly small, l? much better than our termors it one time thought It wonld.be. Wheat Is good enougwr'" Oom la as good Ail possible, and tho aroa Is much larger than ufttial. There never wa# a year when more labor or energy was e*? pntided on the farms than thlft and thsre never waft a lime wh prospect was more tntooursglng." ?George M. Hohafbr, a wall known paper-hanger, was found new tlio Baltimore A; Ohio Rstlrdad frack, in tho sttbnrltft Of Washington, D. 0., on Friday morning. lib buggy waft tonnd hear by. and his hor?e Wat graft ing in tho fleldft. It Is supposed that ha missed the road In the darkness Ian* night, drove Into the ravine nnar the railroad, where the bnggy waft wrecked and tbe homo escaped, and that Sobafe ajWlertook 16 Walk to the'olty on the (rack and was mn over by a train. |gf ?The Georgetown Jfriquirer i "Notwithstanding tho cold spring of our planter* seem to have obti agood stand With their early The Jone planting will stop lit or two*" " Uulofi ti eteoilon la Greeu ?Sept?u?t>?r 14.7T ?The May collection of (axes lu Aiken county amounted to. #19,84144. Si?fifty colored persons were Im mersed fn Reedy River. at Greenville, on Sunday jSESg/^ ?The fifth annual convention of the Aiken County Sunday-School Union will be held on July 23. ?The Abbeville Hotel lia* adopted the modern style and ftirnlshes nightly ooncerts to it* guests. ?Tl?e May collection of taxea in Edgefield county amounted to $3,690; in Newberry county to 92,666.42. ?Charles L. Emanuel has been ac quitted in the Lancaster court of the obarge of murdering William D. Ctarv tla. .vy.? ? " ;. ?The Court House at Marion has cently undergono oXtenslvo repairs and has been nandsomelv refurnished inside. ?Dr. J. K. Gantt, of Aiken county, expects to reallzo about six hundred pounds of honoy from his bees thUf mmt-? k1 ?Mr. R. M. Cooper, of Sumter oounty, has n field containing forty aores which It is said will make 36 bushel* of corn to the acre. , ??Tho'gralu. crops In Marion aro turning out uiuoh better than was ox pecte<l nt quo time. The improvement wns caused by the recent rains. ?United States Marsha) Boykin will not eutcr upon the discharge of his official dntiefl until July 1,, Hie begin ning of tho Fedora! fiscal year. ?The total May collcctlon of taxes illi Sumter county aggregated $1,526.61. Tho county owos $1,914 and has $676 with which to pay i;. ?The Baptists of Johnston, Edge field county, havo raised about $400 for tho purpose of building a much needed baptistery to their cnurcVt. ?Tho Assoolate Reformed Presbyte rian and ? tho Mothodist congregation In Lancaster aro making arrangements to build now churches. ?The Rovi W. W. Graham of Wll liston, in ado the first shipment, two crates, of poaohc&. to Charleston on Juuo 8, Thoy brought three dollars eaoh. ?Treasuror Floyd, of Spartanburg, has collected more tnoncy up to date this year than last year, being a total of $29,348 31? about one halt of tho first installment of taxes. ?It is announced that Mayor Court* enay, of Charleston, will be a candi date for Congress, from that district." It Is presumed that Congressman Dibble will stand for re-election. -?A lady !u San Francisco, dying recently, bequeathed ten thousand dollars to the Charleston Orphan house, besides her bequests to several other obarltablo Institutions. ?The recent revival . servicos con ducted at Lancaster by the Rev. Mr. Tillman, resulted in tho conversion of twenty personi, < all of whom have joined tho different churches in that plaoo. v ? ?At a riot at a colored camp-meet lug uear Yorkvlllo the other day kmvos, pistols and bludgeons wero used. A half deceit of tho riotors jgyerewounded.. ?Tho earnings of rail roads in this Sfato for tho month of Mav, 1886, as cothpa&d with tho same month last year show: 1884, $427,819 49; 1886, ;M06,333 77.; net por cent, decreaAo 04.90. f ?Thesecond trial of Ferguson fbr the tnurder of Bouedlct has been, oon tinned to tho next torm of tho Abbe vlllo oouVt in consequence of tho the required bond a? depnty collcutor of internal vovenuo, and on Monday last Paris Slinking turned over' the books and papers of the office to him. '? r^Qn Monday last Prosldent Mauf din, of the Greonvlllo and Lanrens Railroad, sold $10,000 of tho bonds issuod in aid of tho road by Laurens oounty. Joseph Walker, of Spartan burg, was the purchaser. The prlco was 96. Mrs. Rotrden,"Of Granlteville, Aikou county, has a Plymouth Rock hen which has laid 88 eggs slnoo tho first of February Inst, and'hatched 84 ohick ens. Besides this she has raised 68 chickens hatched by othrtr horts. Vv | ?The ooutraol for building tho new town hall and opora house at Camden has been awarded to J. C. Allen, of Raleigh, N. C., for $18^36. By the tte?i|>*.ofthe oomraottha- building is to bo oompleted by January 1, 188C,*|jj ?From September 1, 1888, tq May 1,1884,100,704 tons of fertiliser* were mined from tho navigable streams of the States fVom September 1, 1884,. to May 1886, 100,876 tons wero mined: a difference in favor of the latter porlod of 171 tons. " jj V-The Lexington fiitpatoh sav? that it is authorised to state that the stock holders of tho Columbia Bridge Com* pany liava passed resolutions to build a bridgo over the Saluda, on tho old hrldgo piers, and also to keep the rates of toll over the Congaree bridge at tho present low rates. ? Mr. Andrews, formerly of Spar* tanhurg, 8. C., bot now of Newark, N. .T., has invented A oott6n cultivator, with whloh six aoros of cotton oan be plowed and ho&d In a day, leaving the rows entirely clean. One of tho oul Hvators Is being used snecesrfhlly by Mr. Langs ton, of Spartanburg. ?A faith-onre doctor frotrt tho Stato of Maine arrived in Aikon last woek for the pnrposo of taking charge of a veryslok Northern gentleman, who has, been gl*eii np T>y (he regular practicing phvfiloians as a hopeless caso,, )The afTalr will be watohed with Interest'. t ,%;v.v< t;t ?:i IPm?- -r-f?3r?r ~ ?+? ajv3v^ -?}?? y? '.-j* ?Dr. A. M. Shlpp4 formerly pre?l dean or too theological department of Venderbllt UnlveW Kaa rMlmd bis position In the Inst named InMltn ' IK Ills son, W. John W. Shlpp, . likewise tendered lit* resignation secretary and bursar of the "van* lerbilt." ?The Colleton JPrth ft ay a that a terrible rain and ball storrtT passed over tho npper Mention of tliat county on Friday evenliiK last, doing Irrepar able damage to the growing drops. Oats, corn, cotton, and !ri facts eropa of every description, ware literally beaten to pieces, 10 that many farmers will have to replant, 'Several hulld Jngs, too. were demolished by the Atry or the wind, ?.Among .the prlnolpal guflerers are 11. Hp*. Ivaae KI nerd, D, B. Connor, P. 0. Johnson, J. A? fltokes and W. J. Patrick. Thursday lflit had boen appointed for opening proposals to do granite worlton the State.-Jtonio, Five bids were submitted by' tte following parties: Oman A Stewart Co., of Nash vllle, Tenn., Lane Ss Maltl, of Waah is??" wlXiABviM?dofwSt.riS!lS' Hiwttjl W"It? K VlMtf Oi (/nftfiC8iOD| __ until the election of another teot. In the pi ado of Malor John lernseo, who died last We4lc. p* ??i ?ii .. . i ip;i i, i, mm i ) i ?The Florida Constitutional Oou veutiou has done Utile so far except to organise. -'Another indictment for grand Jar oeny iu the first decree has been found against Ferdinand Ward. ?There hat been no noteworthy cbauge in General Grant's condition daring tho past tea day#. ?Sovonteen-year locusts, In count. lew numbers, liavo made their appear* anco In Fayette county, IU. ??Dr. Schlleman, of London, Is going to Florida for the oeuclit of bis hoalth by advloe of his physicians. i?Tho Paris Temp* says that China has asked Franco to occupy Laugsou, whloh place is overrun with pirates. ?ThC Ohio lie publican State Con vention last week nominated for Gov ernor J. B. Forakcr on the first ballot. ?A proclamation has been Issued declaring tho State of Punatna undor martial law. The Citv of Panama Is quiet. ?It*ia stated that Gladstono will be agaiu placed at the head of the Eng lish ministry, notwithstanding his re cent resignation. ?The cholera in Spain is spreading, and tho incrcasoln the number of cases now dally roportod is causing great alarm among the people. ?Tho New Hampshiro Republican Legislative caucus last week nominated Blair for ro-cleotlon to tho United States Senate on the first ballot. ?Tho Mexican Band, that was fo popular at tho Now Orleans Exposi tion, has started out on a tour of con certs through tho principal cities of tho North. ?The Colombian torces hnvo sup pressed the insurgents at all iinportaut f?oints. Confidence In the government s restored and business prospects aro improving. ?The now thoatro being mado out of the old Masonic Tetnplo iu Philadel phia will bo the largest place of amuse ment rit tho United States, sealing 8,900 persons. ?A llro oil Thursday in Chinatown, San Francisco, burned the interior of tho Chiucso Theatre and destroyed several adjoining buildings. Loss 905,000. Insurance unknown. ?Business in the Illinois Legislature was recently interrupted by a quarrel botwecn Speaker Haines and Repre sentative West, who Indulged in mu? tual abuse and shaking of flats. ?At Lynchburg, Vs., owing to an overstock, four of the flvo cigar facto ries there have shut down entirely, and the other one nearly so. Tho sus pension will probably "ontlnue for one month. ? \ -Ex-Governor Jarvis, the now min ister to Brazil, was entertained at an elaborate banquet iu Norfolk, Va., last week. He and lil* family sailed from Newport News for their new homo on Saturday. ~ ?Dnltod "States Minister Jackson met the Mexloait. minister of foroign relation last Friday afternoon for tiro first time. Ex-Mlnistor Morgan has left tho City of Mexico for Now York c/a Vara Crus. ?At a church in Falrflold, Conn., last 8nnday, a swarm of bees entered the building during the services, and so demoralized tiie congregation that the minister was compolicd at last to close t ho exerolsoB. ?-The colored peoplo of Ohio are said to bo much opposod to Forakcr, tho Republican nominee for Govornor, because he opposed a bill allowing tho colored children to attend tho same schools as the white children. >> ?A dispatoh from Now River, Tonu., onu hundred mllos above Chattanooga, on tho Cincinnati Southern Railroad, says that a tunnel eared In oil Tuesday on a conetmotion tj *ln ind*ix inmi were klllod and twenty injured. 7 ?Tho secretary of the treasury has directed that iho purchase of silver bulllion for coinage into standard dol lars by the superintendents of mints at San Francisco and Carson City be dls ? continued. Tho coinage of standard dollars is to be oonfinod to other mints. ?The British Resident at Cashmere reports that earthqnako shocks con* tlnue, of great soverity. Tho towns of Baramulla and Bopror have been utter ly ruined and four hundred people killed. There has also beou great loss of life ip the adjacent villages. Many cattle and sheep have been killed ?General Simon B. Bucknor, of Kentuoky, tho Confederate Goncral who surrendered Fort Donolson to General Grant, was married at Rich* mone, Va., on tho evening of the 10th Inst., to Miss Delia Claiborne, daugh ter of Mtyjor John H. Claiborne, one of Richmond's ur.ost prominent and estimable cltlaens, ?Twelve ml lea from ?acatcoas, Moxlco: is the celebrated Santa Tor* bnclfl Do Laveta Grande mine, that has produced ever since the Spanish oOtiOuest. It has been' newly devel oped and fitted throughout with the most oostly modorn machinery. Last woek tho mlno was totally wrecked by ah explosion pliaiiily heard at Vacate cas, of five'finndrod cases of giant powder. Ten persons were killed. ?Tho throne of tho Kmpreis of Russia Is completely oovered with blots* of gold. anA oontalns 1.000 rnt^es ?nd 8,000 turquoises, fcesidos many other rare and oostly gems. Tho throne of the Cvar Is known as the diamond Ihrdne. Russia possesses Irtore precious stones than any other nation, a majority of which were, pro eurod at the exponse of blood. The Jewels, In the. Cathedral of Moscow alone are valued at #12,000,000. ?The upper house of the Illinois Legislature passed an Important bill last week, tho Intent of whloh 4s the discontinuance of the system-of con tract labor lii the State penitentiaries. The Act provides that In fature tho eritlrt govornmout and control of tho ltllhol* penitentiaries will be rested In the penitentiary commissioners, the Governor being an wwffkio member of the boArd. The work of iho veon? viols Is to be oonfined to suoh labor as may be required by the State. * Victim* off iMM H?*1 M?n. A Tombstono, Arleona, special ?oy?t "John Hlnuphter and J. J. Patten. who arrived hero Thursday from rwlss? helm, roport thAt ApAobet, on Tuesday last, killed four soldiers bolohging to Opt. Load's oommAnd In OdAaAtonpo Canon. A Mexican named Oshow was killed on WedneedAy night by Another band of Apaches six mile* south of Btsbee. In WlioaUtono Moun tains.'' ?On the 9nd Instant Mrs. Jaoob Dukes* Of Orangeburg comity, And eeverAl negro women And their children were poisoned i?v entin^ honey lm pregnAted with the yollow JessAinine Jnloes. Almost as soon A< it wa? eAten two of the colored ohildrori' begAh to complain of Of blindness And dustiness And within An hoar died/ ?It it reported from Hpartanbnrg that the grAss (9 damaging the oofton severely, mach of the cotton not hav ing beon touched since It was planted. The edntlnued wet wfethor Iias oAnsed many of the farmers to get terribly behind. Where it Iim boon worked, cotton is doing well. Some of the grain crops Are reported as good, while other* will bo almoit a complete ftdlare. . Tbft Oonlbd?rnt? Otniiltntlou. A gentleman ? of tills city, says the Nashville Uniot* rotuarked thai the rift of Mr*. Vandorbilt to Vauderbilt University ol ft photo-Illhoirr.tph of the "Constitution for the Provisional GoY ornitfeut of the Confederal" Slater of America" should be followod by a rift of the original document?say to the Tenno soo Historical Society. "This document," he said, "is for sale, and ?ome one of our southorn societies should fall heir to it. It is valuable as befeig the organio law of the now do funot confederacy." "Who has the original?" "Mrs. W. F. de Fontaine. now of New York city, who has had it in her possession over sinoo tho fall of tho confederacy. At that time bor hus band, Felix Gregory do Fontaiuo, a well-known journalist and war oorro spend out. was the editor and pub lisher of a paper iu Columbus, b. C. After tho evacuation of Rlchmoud a trainload of boxes containing publio documents, etc., wan shipped to Colum bia. vDe Fontaiuo neoded papor on whloh to print his journal, but where to get it was a puzzling problem. Goorge A. Trenholro happened to bo in Columbia at the tliuo, and to him tho journalist explained the situation. 'Go down/ said Tronholm, 'to tho depot and holp yourself to soiuo of tho con federate boxos, iu which somotlilng may turn up that will answer your pur pose.' DeVoivtaluo actod upon this, and ono of tho boxes contained tho con federate constitution. Mrs. Do Fon taino laid claim to this relic and has sacredly protoctod it ovor since. In 1882," remarked tho reporter's in formant, "I wont abroad and was commissioned to nogotiate Its salo to tho British musoum. As tho custodian of such papors was absent from En gland at tho time, my mission failed. Tho prlco asked was $10,000, but 1 bo llovo half that sum would seoure it now." "Havo you seen the fac-sitnilo re ferred to in tho Union?" "Ono of tho lirst copies was sent to mo, and it tolls a mournful story. Of tho forty-nine siguors over one-half havo joined tho silent army, and of tho living only one, John II. lloagan, of TGxas, is In publio life." A Vewluro-Glail Country. A Halqaneso lnndsonpo has its pecu liarities and its boautios. It is always groon, tho outlinos are flowing and variod by distant peaks of volcanic for mation, the vogetation is luxuriant; hero and thoro rlso above the usual level coeoanut palms, singly or in clus ters, and an occasional pagoda adds a touoh of sentimont. Thero is always enough variety to please tho eyo and enough of human interest to gratify thp imagination. - 'JTbe roads, winding between thick bamboo bodges, soem not liko tho hodgo-row lanes of old En gland. Hundred of wheelbarrows are met on tho road, of a strango antiquo pattorn now raroly soou in China?tho man ut ono end and tho oreaklng t wooden wheel at tho othur? the load being eitlior a Cbljneso damo, sitting I astride, with her feet in ropo stirrups, or sugar~in saoks, going to oo exported to Hotlhow. Fow birds aro seen, oxcopt a chattering magpie, which is so tame that it almost alights on your shoulder, and some of the beautiful brown and olive-colorod oattle for which tho laud | is famous, Beggars aro strewn all .along tho highway, and blind porsons ?especially women?are met with every fow hundred yards of tho entire distance. Sonto nnoient Moharamodan tombs by the roadsldu and tho old Jesuit mission cemotery?sumo of tho monumout8 boaring tho dates 1C83 and 1686, and about that porlod?are among tho curious objoets which at tract tho notlco of tho passing travolor. Tho almost oontinuous burying grounds, tho bamboo hodgos, ana tho , Troquont vegetation of miscellaneous kind* wwuUE-tutrinr Kfng-OlTOb-ftftf a place ditti -ult to advanoo against wore thero a vigorous rosUtauoo, The troops two not Well furnished with rifles, tho giugal being the woupon principally USod in its placo.?Cor. tun Francisco Chronicle. -A niK "Well" In Arizona. In some sootlons of tho northern por tion of Arizona the question of water ?apply, even for 'domestic purposes, is a very serious one. This is particular ly tho oase at Ash Fork, a station on the Atlautlc & Pacific Railroad. A serios of very lovely and fertile valleys surround tho placo, and plenty of grass grows for tho support of largo hords of oattle, but no water oan bo had oxcopt from an occasional ??tank" during the wlntor season. At Ash Fork the rail road company attemptod to sink an ar tesian well, but after roachiug a dopth of 900 fcot the drill became fastened and could not be removed. Many fu tile uttompts woro made to oxtraot it, but at hist it was abandoned iudospair. AH water now used nt tint station nnd by tho rosidonts of the town is brought by rail from Paoh Springs, sixty-Hvo miles to the wostwnrd, nud is sold at 60 conts per barrel, A short time ago a prospector, stim ulated by tiio inquiry for vvntor, report ed.that be had discovered a liugo well, about eight miles from Ash Forlc, sunk In a level plain, Parties at once re paired thither with ropos and other paraphernalia to explore tho wondrous discovery. They found tho locality, but to this day they do not know the oxuot nature of tho curious cavern that mot their gaze. It is located on a level plain and cannot bo seen until it is ap* pronohod very near. Thoro Is no evi dence of ourth or rook having boen re moved from the pit, which was found to be 160 foot in diamctor and 820 feet doep, with porpomlloulur walls. No one in tho party was brave onough to descend and explore the "well," when tho rope hud boen lowered, and tho ox* plorertf rot u mod to Asb Fork scarcely wiser than they were before tliolr trip, It is certainly a great curiosity, and there possibly exists a supply of wator somewhere lu its depths or in tho nu merous oaverns or tunnels that appar ently emerge into the dark earth below front this curious threshold of sunlight* ?ilWwi Oitixcn, ' <? ? ? A Charming I<ft?ly. ??John Henry, don't you oomo noar me." and hor eyes shono like hotel clerk diamonds. "You are fnlso, false as'City milk. Who is shoP Who is she??that creature, Mrs. I)ashP" ??Heally, my love, you amaze me. Mrs. Dash Is a charming lady, as ev erybody knows, but I havo not seen hor since siio oallod on yon at this house. I have not boon calling on any ono, I ns snro you, my doar. I havo beon down to tho olub, as usual. You never ao cused mo of anything of the kind bo fore.u "No," sho replied, hotly, "I never had a ohance*, but now, now tho proof stares mo in tho faoe. Yon Imvo not beon to tho club. You havo been call ing on * lady. I can hoc it in your whole appearance, you false, bald headed old deceiver. Boo-hoot" ??My appearance?'* "Yes; you aro?are?boo-hoot?so berl" And she rushed off to got a di vorce. This was in Chicago.?Vhila delphU* Call. . ^ - ?? ? '?Mamma," said Freddy Popinjay, ??do sounds over get drnnkP" "What a silly question," replied bis mother. ??Well, I don't oare, anyway," cried Vteddy. "I heard our mlnlstor say the other day that the sound was 'dissi pated In the air,' and If dissipated don't mean drank. I'd like to know what li floes mean."- Bur tiny ton Frto Preu. ? ?smm , _ny? . THE PEOPLE Buy the Best! Mb. J. O. Boao ? Doir Sir: I bought ths irst Davis Machine sold by you over five years a#o for n>y wife, who has given il a long and fair trinl. I am well pleasod with It. It never gives any trouble, and is u good as when first bought. J. W. Bouox. Winnsboro, 8, O., April, 1883. Ma. Boa.a : You wish to know what I have to say in rogard to tlio Davis Machino bought of you throo years ago. I foal I oan t say too much in its favor. I made about |80 within livo months, at'times runuing it so fast that tho noodle wou'd cfjt perfectly hot f .x>m friction. I fool couJldont I oould not have done tho saino work with as muah ease ?n3 so well with any othor machine. No time was Io9t in adjusting attaohmonts. Tho " lightest running machine I have ever treadled. Brother James and William's families are as much pleased with their Davis Machinos bought of you. I want no bettor machine. As I said before, I don't think too much can bo said fee the Davis Machine. Kospeotfal1)', *LL*N StBVKMSON, Fairfield oonuty, April, 1883. Mb. Boao : My maohine gives me perfoot vitUfaotiou. I find no fault with it. Th? ?ttachments oro so slniplo. I wish for no belter than tho Davis V>-'.ical Food. Rospectfalljr. Mas. R. Milmmo. Fairfielf ooo?iy, April, 1883. Mb. Boao : I bought a Davis Vertica Ifood Sowing Michino from you four year *go. I am delighted with it. It never . ** given mo any troible, and hts never bo*, tho least out of ordnr. It is as good as whbDh I first bought it. I can cheorfully reoon* mend it. Roepeotfally, Mas. M. J. Kiukijiat Montloello, April 80, 1883. This is to oer ify that. I havo been using j Davis Vertical Feed Sowing Muchino foi ?ror two years, parohasod of Mr. J. O. Boag I hrven't found it poasesaed of any foult? all mo attachments aro so simplo. It nevot .* refa->es to work, and is (?rtainly the tighten, running in tho market. I oonsidet it a first ~ date mashino. Very respectfully, MlMNtB M. WlLLINOUAktL Oakland, Fairfio'.d county. 8. 0. Ma. Boao : I am well pleased in every pup tiojlar with tlie Davis Miohin) bought o* Voa. I think it a fi;-U-c|aw Midline lit ?very rexpoct. Yo:i ks j\v y>v* Rovpra Rxnchinos of tho sain* tn.Vto to different members of our families, all of whom, aef?r' la I know, ard woll plnael with thoin. Ref-poo:fu!ly, Mn. M. If. Moomct. Fairfield county, April, 1H83. This Is to oerti/y we havo had in ouit mt 1 ? M* fafriij Machine bought of yo >. abowt? ?? threo years ogo. As we take in work, and* have made tho prico of it soveral times over and don't want any bettor machine. It its v* always ready to do any kind of work we have* to do. No puckering or skipping stitohes,. Wo oan ouly say we are well ploased, andj Irish no bettor muchino. Oathjculnk Wtiia and 8i?tet^ iprvl 25, 1883. T havo no fu? It to 0*>.1 with my and don t want any v ttor. I have mads tho price of it sjveral Minos Uy taking in sewing. \t la alwu?t > ?dy to do its work, think it ? f.rst-o?(\n ? midline. I feol I in't say Vjo much ftt* tho Davis Vertical I'ee. Miniuoo. vMag. Thomas Surra. . Fairfield county, April, 18a*). Mb. J. O. Bdao? Dnr Sir: It gives iu mnoh pleasure to teatify to the merits of th? Davis Vertioal Food Sewing Maohino. The . maohine I got of you about five years ago has been almost in constant uso ever since that ; time. I cannot soe that it ie worn any, and ' has not oost me one cent for repairs siaoa we # have had it. Am well pleased and don't wt*n..j or any better. Yoars truly, RonsBt Obawvobd. , Qranite Quarry, near Winnsboro, 8. O.. Wo have uaed the Davis Vertical fttfwv lag Machine for tho Inst Ave yww*. \V<? would not hnve any other ninko 0<iy,prloH,. Tho m.-iohine hai given un unbounded ?Atn* faction. Very rospootfully Mnn. W. IC. TuuNxt hoA Daughte Fair Mold oonnty, B. O., Jan, ii7,188? Having bought a Davit Vertical Feed uig Machine from Mr. J. O. Boag noineth;?.. year* ago, and it having given mo perfoeu satisfaction in every respoot as n family/ mat ? ohino, both for hoavy and light sowing, m?*J never needed the least repair in any way, I can oheerfnlly recommend it to any on* as a first-claw maohino in every pnvtictilar, and think it second to none. It is one uf i h? simpleat mnohinoa madw my ohildren two il with ail 't-aae. The attachments are mort easily adjusted and U does a greater range ot work hy inoi?t\? of ita Vertioal Feud than any other raaohina I have evor seen or used, Mas. Thomas Uwukjh. Winnnboro, Fairfield oonnty, ft. 0, We have had one of the Davis Maohiro about four years and have always found it ready to do all kinds of work we have I *1 oooaslon to do. Can't Dec that the mnohmi la worn any. and work* as well as when new Mas. W. J. OftAWfoan. . Jackson Creek, Fairflold oonnty, 8. O. My wife la highly |r*>ased with the Pativ Machine bought of you. Rho would not talu * doable what she gave for it. t ho mnchlm . has not been out of order slnoe she had I*. and she oan do any kind of work on it. Very respect fnlly. Jam, F? Frm* . Montloello, Fairfield county, H. 0. The Davis Hewing Machine is vtmply ? Veatur#. Mrs. 3. A. (.ioo~*#\>4 HI (lge way, N. 0., Jren. 10,1888. 'l040' Mr t. My, life ha* been using a linv'at^w|ngMa?fc.ii?? mnstantly for the j nut foav ueam, ?nd It ias never needed ativ r#n ?ii^?nd works just M well as whon fl,nt bought, Bho says It J.i? K*f*ter tango of practical work and do it onaler v.d better than any machin* ?he has over used. We cheerfully recom mend It an a N<j. 1 family machine. ' ... . *onrs truly, J ah, Q. Davis. Mnnaboro, B. 0., Jan. fl, 1888. Mm. Boao?T have always found my DavV machine ready to do all kind* of work 1 nave had occasion to do. I cannot sea that tha machine in worn ? Particle. and it worka u well aa when new. Iteapeotfolly, ? Ma*. ftooaar 0. Ooomiw. Wtmnmono, 8. O., April, 1B8& Ma. Boa?k~Mv wife haa bean constantly ??In* tha Datfc machine bonght of yea ?i?ont Ave year* ago. I have never regretted tyying it, aa it ia a&ays ready lor any kind if family sawing, either hoavy or light. It % aeve* oat of flit or needing repairs. Very i^ootfolfr. VAtaviaaa U. O.. March lfwS. 'knT,, t