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FARMER'S CONTENTION.
A BUGLE BLAST FROM GEN. BRAT
TON, OF FAiRFIELD
Tin- Convent ion's Action Considered Ktid
ical und l'n reasonable and I'ttcrly lte
gardlc-s of tlie Dltllrnlt jcs and Com
plications of tli.' Situation in Sun Hi
Carolina.
In u letter to the Wiunsboro' Xews
and licarld (ieu, .lohn Bratlon explains
his position iii retercncc to'tiie Fanners'
movement. lie says:
1 desire to he distinctly understood ns
according to the advocates of the tann
ers movement the honesty of purpose
and good tntth tliat I claim for myself,
and indeed have ever claimed for the
sturdy fanners of the land in public
matters. The expression "to the man
ner born," with all the devoted fidelity
to country that it carries with it. has
ever been associated in my mind es
pecially with the owners and tillers of
the soil. Their interest are as fixed as
the soil itself. They cannot be stored
in safes, or boxed and sent off to foreign
vaults in the time of trouble. They
must abide the fate of (heir country,
whether it be devastated by an invading
foe. orient and torn bv internal dissen
sions and class conflicts, or calmly rests
under the peaceful reign of law based on
mutual concessions. If they are not (rue
in their hearts to the best interest of the
State, where are we to look for lidclily?
With no doubt as to their motives I
hoped and expected that the Convention
would be an ellective agency of agitation,
and by its consideration and discussion
oflhc agricultural situation reach some
intelligent conclusion as to the close of
the depression, or at least, throw some
light on the subject and to that extent
nilay the unrest and discontent which
seem to prevail. It was with feelings
of disappointment and regrel that I found
myself unable to concur in the action of
the Convention or in the assumptions
on which it seems to have been predic
ted. I say seems, because in the publish
ed proceedings the ground on which the
action was bused are not clearly and
detiuitely slated. There seemed to be
a vague, indefinite idea that the body
politic was afflicted with leprosy and
honeycombed with rottenness, and that
amid this rubbish of leprosy and rotten
ness, concealed somewhere, is a masked
enemy to the agricultural intercsfs ol
the State. I cannot concur in these
assumptions*. I cannot concur in the
idea that is floated on the air. not fixed
and; located, that injustice has been
done to, or justice been withheld from,
the fanners of the State by any, other
class in the State, or that the agricul
tural i depression prevailing is in any
?t?y. jape or form attributable to vb
coifduct of our State Government. The
administration of our Government since
'TO has never been excelled in purity or
in fidelity to constitutional obligations,
and it will continue (o be an honor and
blessing to the people of the State as
long as it iscontrollcd by a political or
ganization which combine in harmonious
union the conservatism, the intelligence
and the character of all classes of our
people, whether the oflices are filled by
fanners or not.
If there is an individual, or a class,
organized or disorganized, in the limits
of the State, in hostile attitude to the
agricultural interests ot the Stale, I will
venture to say that lie or they are so
closely masked as to defy the skill of
the best scouts of the fanners army to
locate them. To my mimLit is all
baseless assumption?putting up an
imaginary enemy in order to yet up a
fight.
But grant the correctness of these
assumptions?do the measures proposed
reach and cure the evils? Do they tend
to generate or call into service a healthy,
sound, elevated, liberal and enlightened
public sentiment? Tins is the only
reliance?the single and sole agency by
which rottenness in a Government like
?ours can be reached and eradicated.
To meet the assumed condition (which,
by the way, has strayed entrcly away
Irom the incipient object of the Conven
tion, namely agricultural depression and
its cause) the farmers are called upon to
organize as a class to enforce class leg
islation?to capture the Legislature to
take what legislation they want. They
are to call a convention of the peo
ple, and reorganize the Government
to suit their views. In the meantime,
such institutions as the assembled
wisdom of all classes id' the Slate
have been able, with patient ami
earnest labor in adjusting complications
and surmounting difficulties, to build on
the ashes ol our rums, are to be felled at
one blow as Mate institutions, ami.
without regard to com. converted into
class cslublishinets. it die limners or
ganize lor such a lighl thev will inaugu
rate class eoiillicl in which the action- of
men are governed, not Im moderation
und wisdom and calm consideration fur
the common weal, but by passion and
prejudice. Will this. I submit t" the
organizers, call into action thai sound,
healthy public seiuimcnl that you need
to cure rottenness m (he Government?
If seem- that one of the purposes of
. the movement is to take by legislation
for the benefit of jhe fanner their jus)
share ol the public treasure. Win n the
power is obtained b) such means t" do
that, who is to determine what the ju.-i
share of the farmer class Ls y Who is to
measure the grab? \\ here i- the author
ity for distributing the public treasure,
justly or unjustly, among the classes of
people? When wa- it ever done in our
country, except unjustly and indirectly,
ns is proposed here, by class legislation,
the great source to which some of us
trace Ihc depression ol our industries?
I mean Federal class legislation. how
?vver, not Mate. Ihn push on a step
further. We make this class tight and
win. And what do we as farmers. or
our agricultural interest*, gain to re
munerate us for the wounds and scars
,?,;'??'M.fiin j, vc j o:
with which a crippled and debased poli
tical sentiment ententes from the con
flict ?
We will have lowered our standard of
education, especially that of the fanner. !
by substituting, regardless Of tjie ex-1
peuse. a set of special class schools for
our State University system. By special ;
class education wc will secure the per
petuation of the class dissensions and
strife which we have maugriitcd. The
Mate will not be allowed to concentrate
her educational strength, and. in her
impoverished condition, exercise the
highest and wisest economy in affording
opportunities for the moral and intellec
tual culture of her sons. and. breaking
down class lines, train up all into one
hearty, healthy, strong family mutually
dependent, mutually supporting and al
ways strutting together for the welfare
honor and glory of their common moth
er. How this is to benefit the farmer
as an individual, or liic runners as a
class, or the agricultural interests of the
; State, it will be difficult to show.
There is one assumption that I
neglected to mention, which is correct;
i and that is. that the farmers constitute
i the majority of the dominant political
party of the State. This is a lirst-elass
I ground for not organizing as farmers for
political purposes, as in 11.at dominant
party only can they wield their political
[strength wisely for the welfare of the
State and for the hcnclit of themselves.
' But the programme is an appeal to them,
not to assort that strength as citizens
and Democrats, but to organize it and
wield it as class power for class pur
poses. This power is to be wielded
. within the lines of the Democratic parly.
Thai is the avowed and. 1 believe, the
sincere intention of the movers and
organizers. Will such a movement con
tribute to the harmony und eflicicncy of
that party/ Is there any conservatism,
and spirit of concession in it? Is there
liol the shadow of the spirit that would
rule or ruin ?
Again?it is a farmers' organization
to carry out a platform political in its
character and other than that of the
! Democratic party. I low is the member
! ship of such an organization limited to
I Democrats? Is it not unfurling a ila'_*
that might attract even a judicious
enemy of Democracy and under which
he could judiciously light ? There is no
provision against it. Can we afford this
sort of thing in our condition ? rear
fully handicapped by the weight of a
newly-fledged and debased citizenship,
is it not suicidal to fritter away our
strength for such :t purpose, when it is
all needed to uphold (he (hin veil of the
hr.v between us and licentious and de
! bunched government, and with it. if it
ever comes again, the debasemen t of our
standard of free citizenship? From:
such a condition there can lie no rcstora- 1
tic:: for
The. situation here in South Carolina
devolves on us of the white race the
1 highest duties of citizenship?requires
the maintenance of the highest standard
of citizenship. While orators, writers
; and sentimental philanthropist theorize
at a distance on the race question, it is
our fate to be in the forefront in the
practical solution of the problem.- The
vital question with us is?can we. under
the load thrust upon us. maintain a
healthy, liberal, enlightened public and
political sentiment, or .arc we to suc
cumb and bo dragged down to its level"
By taking care of ourselves in this mat
ter, we render (he highest service and
do our full duty to the State, and. In
deed, by thus holding up to his view a
high and worthy standard we render the
only aid in our power to the "man and
brother" in working out his own destiny;
for that he must, under the laws of na
ture, do for himself. But the point is
made for application to ourselves and
I our duty in working out our own destiny.
Is it not the par! of wisdom, is it not
j the dictate of self-preservation, to con
' centrale our force?our intellectual and
moral force, our educational and politi
cal force, our Anglo-Saxon race force?
and apply it to the accomplishment of
this purpose ?
How can we. do it ? The only agency
! in our reach for eiTcclilig this combina
tion is the Democratic party?the
organization not of any class, but of all
classes?the organization of the people.
It was framed for the purpose and used
effectively to lilt the political sentiment
of the State from a condition of ruinous
and disgusting degradation loa healthy
standard, and thereby restore toils allegi
ance to Ihr ('onstitutiou the Oovcninicnl
of the Stale. It i> the only means at our
command for mainland! u'the lidelily of
(iovcrninciit in the expressed will of [he
people. Ii is the only instrumentality,
through which we can concentrate our
strength for Ihe supreme duly of the
situation. Su lony as it will require of
the officials of (?overuim-nl lidelily In
constitutional obligations in the conducl
of their offices, and maintain the rule of
their Constitution. -<> hue.' may we
await ill calm security the dcvclopo
ineul of the destiny if l he black race.
The De.era tic party, wiih all its
faults and shorl-coiiiin^s. i- our -<>!e re
liance, nur tin lorn ho] e. in I he conflict
with the difficulties and dangers of ibis
critical period in the life ol the Slate.
? an we niliurd any inovciiieiil thai will
cripple and impair ils efficiency':
Bui enough has been said to indicate
111V va w- oil the subject. I am forced
to the conclusion thai the movement
will operate in the opposite direction
from that intended, and is a most tin
fortunate mistake. Iis fulle.-i success
would sacrifice tlie substance for the
shadow, and. far from bonrlitiiiy the
agricultural interest* ol the Mate, would
be detrimental to all lie- interests o! the
Slate and especially lo the agricultural.
Bui the particular misfortune of such a
movement lies in the fuel thai success is
not necessary lo enable ]?, to do barm.
The mere persistence in it will be like a
lire in the rear and will distract and
cripple our strength in the urcut conflict
in front.
In my judgment the action of the Con
I? ANGEBURG, S. C, TH
vcntion was ill-considerate, radical and
unreasonable, and utterly regardless ot
the difficulties and complications of the
.situation here in South Carolina.
A MOUNTAIN FRESHET.
Catching a Train anil Katini; I In- Track
from Under It.
AsilKVi i.i.r.. X. C. June 9.?The
most terrific and phenomenal rain that i
ever fell in the history of this suction.
1 occurred last night in the vicinity of j
Marshall, and your correspondent was i
in the train which left Asheville at ? p. m. j
Two small slides* occiired before reach-;
ing this place. They were soon re
moved. The rain descended in terrible
torrents, and there was great uneasiness
.for fear of other troubles on the road
ahead. When the train reached a point
; just below Marshall, a slide in front of
. the train stopped it. The conductor1
ordered the train to back to the depot, i
(? ATnoun'aiti torrent, which live minutes!
i before the train had 'passed over, could :
. not now be crossed. The driftwood,
trees, timber of houses, and the boulders. 1
the raging, mad torrent piled upon the
' track made it impossible for the train to
return to the depot. The roadbed is on j
the margin of the river, and the
turnpike road between the railroad and
the mountain. The embankment next
to the river began crumbling from under
it. and the conductor and passengers]
lied ii. consternation from what appear
ed to be the doomed tram. The waler |
was lour feet deep on the (rack, and I
rising at the rate of six inches per minute.
A heavy log about two or three feet iuj
: diameter was dashed against the cars,
and for a few minutes the scene was one ?
of the greatest fear and excitement. J3y
the most heroic efforts the construction 1
1 force got the drift wood and debris from
the road, which was actually inciting!
away from the cars, and the brave en-'
? glueer, Mr. Clark, drove through the
I turbid waters to a place of safety.
! Captain Murphy, the conductor, says 1
that he never spent a moment in such j
imminent danger in all bis years of
'railroad life. The stream, which is
j known as Itigsbv rim. is ordinarily not'
more than three or four feet wide. This !
j sudden and unparalleled rise is attributed .
, to a wctcr spout which broke forth n short
; distance a-j^vc the lowu' of Marshall, j
' and angme^.d by the heavy rain which j
I was all while failing in great torrents.
The wah r at one point in the low lands !
below Marshall sprcd out to a distance
of a half a mile, houses and stock
were carried oil'by the raging waters of
the heretofore small and comparilivcly j
harmless stream
I AVARICIOUS RELATIVES FOILED.
j The Courts Kefnse to Prevent a Man's '
\ 0' i..-r.,-ily v\v?;'ltrd .. ttRiafjj \YU.-.
]I.\i;tko::i>, Conn..June 3.?The re
latives ofC'hauncey Winship of Wether- ?
' I'eild, aged seventy-live, who wanted a
'conservator appointed over the old
I gentleman because he was giving too '
much of his properly to the buxom wile ?
he married last year, are not likely to 1
[ succeed. After a long bearing, in which
! the old gentleman showed that marry-,
' ing at seventy-four did not necessarily
establish bis mental imbecility, the
! Court to-day reluscd to appoint aeon-,
scrvator. The Judge suggested, how
I ever, as a compromise, that the wife j
transfer back to her aged husband the j
I .si'i,0(JD cash and securities he has given
i her and receive for her absolute use the
j third of Iiis estate, to which she would
j be entitled at his death. The remainder
[ would be placed ill trust for his support!
i and subject to his will, the Court sug
1 gosling that there was no doubt of bis
testamentary capacity. It is believed
i that the venerable Chaunccy will reject
the compromise, as he is uratcful to the
buxom widow for marrying him after a
j dozen younger women had rejected his
proposals of marriage, backed by offers
: of several thousand dollars cash down.
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Triplets Twice in About a Year.
A little more than a year ago we re
: corded the fact that Mrs;. George Poorc
' of West Xewbury, gave birth to triplets.
? two boys and a girl. The girl lived but
1 a short time afer birth, and the boys
1 grew healthy and strong and arc alive
and well to-day. Now we have the
1 pleasure of recording an exact repetition
of the circumstance. This week triolets
were again born to them, two boys and
a girl. The girl breathed a short lime
ami died: the Inns an* as strong as in
fants at that a;_'o can be expected. The
mother is doing well w ith her lour boys,
the eldest of which is but a trill.: over a
year. -Georgclown (Mass.) Advocate.
A 11 sale ami Sound.
IIostox. dune v. A lew days ago
Detective Dearborn was called to I race
lip- disappearance from a lawyer's office
in this city of >?". hi.oiio in unregistered
Government bond-, lovc-thraiion di
closed thai a tin trunk conialliiu^ the
securities had been stolen by a little
oiliee I mm . who knocked oil' i he buk and
helped himself to tiiiv dollar.-, in
coin, which w.i- in the trunk, and Went
to lill i.j ..ii pic. leaving the trunk with
the bonds h'al.i. n in the rear ol the old
Merchant*' Kxchanire. Next day (be
iad returned the trunk (o the offlce. bid
im; i; in an oiit-of-iho-wa\ place, where
it was Intimi with the '.on.I- untouched.
I'oiiiiiI Iti'otber- and sister*.
I'IKMI.MIIAM. CoNN.. .I||||e |._Miss
Mary Filbert, uneofthv prettied -iris
in ti*I ? lown. returned ti. \*cw York
to-night a- h ippy a- a ijueen. Seven
teen year- ago -he vvns lefl an orphan,
ami was adopted by a famih named Fil
bert, ire:* own name was I'uthmami.
but she took bei' parent's name and
lost .vi-lu ,,; brothers ami sisters. For
(bur yeai> she has been trying to tin.1
them, and recently interested postmas
ter Clark in the search, lie went to
work with a will, and was successful in
discovering the liUtbmanns in New York.
Miss Filbert went there a week ago and
returned to-night.
UESDAY, JUXE IT, ISi
CAPTURED BY A MAMAS.
A STEAMSHIP CREW TERRORIZED BY
f A CRAZY COMMANDER.
I)uy.-> of Agonizing Suspense on Hoard tin:
Prlna Priedcricli Carl?Captain Linda
Uitn.s Amuck With Cutla>s ami IMxtols.
When the German steamship Prinz
Friederich Carl of Hamburg arrived at
ptcc 45. Fast Kivcr, on Sunday after
noou. Captain Gosoff Linda, who bad
been her commander, was not with her.
lie llftd been lost at sea. ITis death and
the.-incidents which preceded it make
up a terrible story. The officers and
men of the Prinz Friederich Carl were
fond of their captain, but most of them
felt almost glad that the voyage was
continued without him and that the
ocean relieved them of a fearful dread.
On the morning of April 27. tit 7 o'clock,
as Hie Prinz Carl dropped anchor in Suez
Iloaus. Captain Linda disappcard. He
had been seen a few moments before
sitting on "a rail of the quarter deck,
near the stern of the vessel. When
the* crew searched fur him ten minutes
afterward no sign of him could be found
on the vessel, and he was given up for
losi. The German Consul and the
agent of the vessel at Suez came aboard
during the day, and said they had seen
a can resembling a Turkish fez floating
in the sea. The descripton of the cap
answered to that worn by the eaptajn.
livery oue became sntislicd that captain
Linda had been drowned, and Chief
OfiiceJ^F. II. Stohm was made captain,
land Second Mate Henry Dohm was
promoted to chief officer.
Tl>& Prinz Friederich Carl has been
out from Hamburg for eight months
visiting Chinese and Japanese ports,
nod taking on a cargo of leas and mis
cellaneous goods. At Singapore a young
man came aboard as a passenger, and at
Hong Kong a line-looking young woman
made the second passenger. They both
came to New York. Not long after the
arrival of the young woman on board
Captain Linda began to manifest signs
of'insanity. lie drank heavily, and
when under the influence of liquor, and
lbr.two'or three days after a spree, he
wns.'e.^cecdingly dangerous. lie would
ariimself with a cutlass and pistols.
whieJi he strapped around his waist,and
par?de the deck, threatening to kill the
entiib crew. The men were frightened,
and tes a time a mutiny seemed proba
ble'. The lit would wear.oil', and Cap
tain Linda was again one of the kindest
and most considerate of superiors. Chief
Malc^lohm tells the story in the follow
ing words:
''Oi.e day 1 entered the saloon and
louitn/he captain in a terrible humor.
s<:v. ?i1 cutlasses were near by in a lock
? ?r.-?&$ ' fear thai hk- would seize one
of tiic-ni and injure some our I look
them up in my arms and turned to walk
out. The captain became more, furious,
mid demanded the weapons after he had
run to the door and locked it. Having
no means of escape, 1 threw the swords
on the floor and the captain seized one.
Brandishing it over his head he cried:
T am going to kill you: I'm going to
kill even- oncj on board the ship.' Ho
made a movement toward me, and bend
ing my neck 1 said, 'Here, captain kill
me if you want to!' That seemed to
pacify him, and be called the boy who
was cowering m a corner to unlock the
door and let me out. One day he ap
peared on deck with several pistols, and
after frightening all the meu into hiding
places, he tired at Chief Mate Stohm.
and came near killing him. Captain
j Linda was most attentive to the lady
j passengers when he was sober. It was
'. a bright morning in April, and the sea
was gently rolling under a light breeze
; from the South. Oue female passenger
] was sitting aft on the quarter deck under
a parasol, reading a book. The captain
; appeard at the head of the stairs leading
? down into the cabin, and when he saw
' the woman his demeanor changed. A
pleascnt look had been on his 1'ace but
I now his eyes looked tierce, his face livid.
He disappeared down the stairway, but
sprang out a moment afterward like n
tiger. The woman looked at him and
screamed. Leveling a pistol at her head
j he- was about to lire, when the woman
leaped upon bun, seizing the weapon,
turned the muzzle aside. Then a strug
gle followed, but some of us interfered
. and disarmed the captain. For weeks
none of us felt safe. We did not know at
what moment out captain would become
violent and shoot or saber us. Themen
crept into their bunks at night trembling,
and came out trembling in the morning.
We knew we bad a lunatic on board,
and that lunatic was our captain. The
day when he was drowned I had been
talking In him only a few minutes before
he disappeared, and ho seemed perfectly
-aiic. Whether he fell oTl' the rail neri
dentlv or committed suicide, none of us
know"."
Captain Linda was ."??"? years old. and
leave- ;i wife and two children in Ham
burg.- New Vork Mar.
An Ksi rnordiiiurj l';hf,
The telegraph has announced the far I
that Dr. -L Milton Dowers, convicted
in Sau I'rnnrism of poisoning h;s wife
b\ slowly adminisicriirj phnspt?rus. ha
been sentenced lobe hutiir. The rase is
an extraordinary one in the criminal an
nals ol San I'raiieUco. a- the trial emu
slimed six week>. and the main evidence
was found in the stomach ami throat of
the dead woman. These, siihjcricd t"
delicate chemical- te.-i-. revealed plain
traces of phosphoric and a mali-jnanl
idrer m the stomach :dsu due to the
same cause. Dr. Ilowers had insurance
amounting to IT.nnn on his wile's life,
and it was proved he had discussed mar
riage with another woman while bi
wife was lying ill. The evidence was
wholly circumstantial, but I lowers' bad
character and ihu atrocious revelation
of his domestic habits led to his convic
tion, lie received the sentence calmly,
although the judge who prominent it
shed tears.
PBTC
scalped by the apaches.
Tin-Terrible Kx]>erlenee of a Voting Cali
fornia Scout.
A sick and sorry looking specimen of
l Inunanity stepped from the passenger
strain last night anil climbed into a wait
ing wagon and was driven to I he coun
try. His name was Samuel Xelf. fie
is a man ol about thirty years of age
and his parents reside in Pine Creek.
Young Nell' is just home from Arizona,
where be lias been prospecting m the
mines and acting as a scout on the hunt
for Indians. I nfortualcly for him he
found the murderous red devils, and
they almost made mince-meat of him.
One day while riding through a canon
he was shot through the shoulder and
fell from his horse. His assailants,
finding that he was not dead, tortured
him outrageously. They cut gashes
' in Iiis face and all over his body, and
applied lire to his feet and hands and
ended their brutal assaults by scalping
him. lie. suffered untold agonies and
prayed that death might relieve him.
Finally he fell into a faint, and upon
awakening he found himself being kind
ly treated in a miner's cabin. The
miner bad picked him up and carried
him a long distance on horseback. Xetf
suffered weeks of excruciating pain and
raved with a fever, and as soon as lie
was able, to travel he took the road for
home.
Last evening a Chronicle, reporter ask
ed Xelf how it felt to have his hair lift
ed.
**It is a dreadful sensation," he said.
??One thinks, as the skin is being torn
Irom the skull, that his feet are coining
right up through his body to the top of
his head. Oh, It is terrible. It is so
.painful that you cannot utter a cry and
thousands of stars dance before your
eyes. You imagine red hoi needles are
darting in and out/)f your llesii and you
clasp your hands SO closely that the
i linger nails cut into the flesh. I would
rather be run through a thrashing ma
chine, ground up in a sausage mill or
thrown under a locomotive than to ever
undergo such another ordeal. It makes
me shudder to think of the tortures I
have gone through with and I never
want tb look upon the, face of another
? Indian."
??l)o many persons survive the opera
tion:-" interrupted the reporter.
?*Xo, .1 have only, heard of two or
three men besides nr^pfc who have lo>t
their hair bv the scalp-'ug-knlfc and then
; lived to telfofit."
"Mr. Xelf, do you think the hair will
. ever grow out again?''
"Oh, no; 1 shall always have a bald
, spot mi there. Tbc skin was torn oil'
l for a space of four inches square, and
, I'm afraid it will never heal again.
if it duci heal over the here place
will always be so painful that i cannot
toueb il. I keep my head tied np in
cotton and sweel oil. You can see that
my beauty has been considerably
marred. These frightful gashes across
my face will go with me b> the
grave."?California Chronicle.
lien. Hui Irr anil Fattier ICyan.
The late poet priest of the South fre
quently told the following anecdote of
his stay in New Orleans: II was during
the war when (.Jen. Uullcr was in charge,
of the city. A Catholic, soldier in the
Union forces there, died, and because
some one blundered no religious riles
were observed at the funeral. It was
reported lo Puller that Father i'van had
? refused to read the burial service. In a
1 towering rage Puller sent for the priest
and in the most peremptory and offen
sive way demanded why he was not
given all the honors of the church to the
deccasd. Father Ryan quietly explain
ed the matter showing thai lie was nol
to blame: that the fault was due to the
' comrades of the dead soldier, and mill
ed: "It is therefore, not true that I
refused lo bury him. It is also not true
I have publicly und repeatedly refused
to officiate at the funeral of any Federal
soldier or officer. On the contrary, il
is the reverse of the truth, for, general, if
would give me great pleasure to bury the
whole lot of you!" Ilutler's stem face
relaxed into a grim smile, ami from that
day he and Father 11 van had no further
trouble in common.
Territory llerovereil,
\\re are reliably informed that, by the
recent survey id'the State line, made by
a commissioner and surveyor appointed
by the Legislature of North Carolina,
two thousand acres of laud heretofore
considered a part of .North Carolina
really belongs to South Carolina.' This
survey gives*lo South Carolina the fol
lowing prominent landowners; .1. M.
Howie. Frank Merrill, Xcaly Met Jin.
.lame- McGin ami Jackson lloglaiid.
The moftl ol the territory is valuable
farming land- ami will add greatly to
I he panhandle ol our county. Some
suppose that the early settler.-? of North
i 'aroiina crowded the Indian- down and
look possession. AI any rate the Slate
should look after her rights. Ii may
lind mil uh\ the ililleivncc is so gr? at in
the real acreage of the Stale and thai
returned for taxation. Lain: a s te r
Ledgi r.
A Democratic Victory in Ore-jnn.
Pi ?in t.a.M'. I >i:i:<;??n. June I". The
election returns are as follows : The
la-publican.- re-elect Sherman to i'mi
?ji i -- by I.plurality and also eleci
their candidates lor secretary of Slate,
superintendent of public instruction and
public printer. The Democrats elect
their candidate- fur Governor, treasurer
ami Supreme Judge.
As the Governor, secretan ofsiati
and treasurer constitute the board for
the inaiiagcmenl ofall State institution-.
, the Democrats will have control of the
Slate alfairs for the next lour vear-.
MclJridge, (Republican.) for Secretan
of State, has 400 plurality. Strahati,
I (Democrat.) for Supreme Judge. I">i
plurality. The official tignres will not
change this result. The Prohibitionist.*
1 polled about 2.1."On vote-.
SWALLOWED IT.
[ELEVEN ACRES OF LAND SINK INTO
THE DEPTHS BELOW.
j The tiesitlt of a Terr Iii?: K.\|>h>*ii>ii?The
shaft foil vert imI Into ? flouring Chilli
iM'.v of* FlnnihiK Uns?-Mouses Moveil ami
j (.'mekotf, uiitl n tlnftroiitl t'mlci'iniueit.
WlLKKSKAUKK, P.\.. -Illlie 10.?At
('?o'clock yesterday evening one ot the
most violent explosions that ever occur
red in the anthracite coal Ileitis took
1 place at the Mineral Spring Colliery at
Parsons, when: on Monday last six men
were so badly burned by a slight explo
sion. It is thought that lire was still
lingering in the colliery from Monday's
explosion and ignited a large body ot'
gas which had probably accumtnulnted in
the lower seam, which has not been
worked since Monday. The rest of the
. mine has been worked as usual since
Monday. Yesterday afternoon the ma
jority of the men. about three hundred
, in all. left the mine between -I and 5
o'clock, and at the latter hour the super
j inlcndeitt passed the word for all to leave,
i Five men. however, who were repairing
? in the lower scam, remained until nearly
: C o'clock, when they ascended the shaft
and had just .stepped oil' the carriage
when a roar as of thunder startled them.
. The ground shook under their feet as
, though by an earthquake, ami instantly
altera volume of smoke and llame burst
i up the shall with terrific violence, carry
ing with it a vast quantity of wreck and
debris. The head house was broken to
pieces and a portion of the fan house
ruined. Several of the men Standing
near were thrown to the ground and cut
and bruised by the wreck and rubbish
that rained down upon them. At the
; same time the surface over an area of
.about eleven acres sank with a sharp
: shock about two left. The gioutid was
Covered with fissures and seams from
' two lo twelve inches wide, from which
j smoke and noxious gas escaped. Several
j houses stood on the track ami were bad
: ly shaken and split, though not wrecked,
j The terrified inmates thai from their
shaking dwellings amid clouds of dust
'and dirt caused by falling of the plaster
from the walls. The tracks of the
? Philadelphia and Heading road crossed
i this disturbed area und'"wcrc rendered
. impassable until this morning, when
i trains were allowed to pass slowly. It
? is impossible to say what the condition
j of the mini; is, as it is full of black damp
and all ventilation is stooped, but it is
I feared, however, that it is almost entirely
I ruined, as, if the explosion occurred in
I the l?wer seam it must have wrecked
; 1 tic whole mine to have uft'eolcu the sur
face. The colliery is owned by the
' Lehigh Valley Coal Company, and
wnploy^d :>.bo:il 40r! men and boys, who
are thrown out of work.
A MAD KING DROWNS HIMSELF.
Demised ami Iteinovetl From Hi- Castle
Ife IMllllKos lain a Lake
Munich, -111110 14.?King Ludwig,
who was recently deposed from the Ba
varian throne, committed suicide at U
o'clock yesterday evening. He had
-"lie out for a promenade in the Park of
! Berg Castle, accompanied by Dr Uud
i ilen, his physician. The King suddenly
1 threw himself into Stannberg Lake and
was drowning. The physicind jumped
into the water to rescue the Kim,', and
was also drowned. The Medical Com
mission, which examined the late King
Ludwig, report that he had ordered the
members of the ministeral deputation,
1 headed by Count Holstein, who called
upon him to procure his consent to a rc
!gency. to be Hogged until they bled and
; then to have their eyes extracted. Be
fore his death the belief was spreading
among the common people ot Bavaria
, that tlie King's deposition was illegal.
1 The people did not uclcivc be was insane.
Precautions had been taken to prevent
the populace from rising to restore the
King. There is evidence that a violent
struggle occurred in the Lake between
the King and Dr. dulden, in the endeav
or of the latter to rescue his patient.
Many- footprints can be seen in the soil
at the bottom of the Lake near where
the bodies were found, ami there tire
several brusios on Dr. Guddcn's face,
which were probably made by the King's
linger nails. The marks consist of two
large ate I two .-mall scratches mi the
right -ide of the nose and forehead,
'fliese signs .-how beyond a doubl that a
struggle look place.
Iti-iilnl Mimler.
Cha 1:1.1 it i'K. N. t .. June 'J. \\". K
Cuthbertson. a grocer of this city, was
this afternoon shot through the heart 1
and instantly killed by his son-in-law,
Cyrus Long, a young dr\ g.Is clerk.
Two years aj'> Long "married ( uibberl
sou's daughter, but the match was
bitterly opposed by the girl's father that
the couple ran uwa\ and were married.
Since then < utl?t?ort-.hi has made re
l-cated threats I" kill Long. Long's
baby wa- -ick last week and I iilbberlj
son's wile weilt i" sire it. When she
returned Cuthbertson gave her a brutal
healing and wmild probably have killed
her ''in for ihe iuleri'ereiice of neighbors.
This week t ulhbertson made threats lo
kill Long and sen I bun word he iub uded
to shoot him on sight. This alb ruoou
as Long was standing in Taylor's store
? ?Ii Trade street. I uthberlson approach
ed when Long drew his pistol and -!i"t
him dead.
A \\ hole i amil.i l'<.i>i>in-<l.
I'H'Kkns. s. ('.. via K.\st.kv. s. C
.lime |-J. .lo-eph Ilanlui. who lives ;,
lew miles North of Pickcns. is ihe father
ol eight children. ? >in- nl'lhetu died on
the S(h. in.ii Ihe loth, and three on
the I'Jili instant. The throe are lo-day
corpse.- in ineir lather's house, and two
in?>re are al the point of death. The
eighth child and the mother took -ick
lo-day. The physicians think thcdculh?
above are the result of some poisonous
substance in the well water the family
use.?Columbia Uegistcr.