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ESTABLISHED IN 1S< THE FARMERS MEET. THE FULL PROCEEDINGS OF THEIR RECENT CONVENTION. The Establishment of an Agricultural Col lege Urged?The I'latform and Resolu tions Adopted. The State Farmers' Convention was called to order by Capt. B. R. Tillman in Agricultural Hall, Columbia, S. C, at 12 o'clock Tuesday the 9th instant. Capt. Tillman delivered an address pointing out supposed abuses in the ? administration of the State govern ment, suggesting remedies for their abatement, urging the necessity for stronger organization among the far mers, and recommending the immediate establishment of an agricultural col lege. He contended that the college should be put under the control of a TJoard of Agriculture, elected- by Far mers* Conventions, and .asserted that such a convention was just as compe tent to elect this board ;is the Legisla ture. He expressed the opinion that the Agricultural College could be sup ported by the privileged tax on com mercial fertilizers and the proceeds of the interest on the land scrip, the two aggregating about ?30.000. The~ convention was not so well at tended as the April convention, and lacked much-of the enthusiasm display ed at the first meeting. This may be due to the fact that the fanners are settling down to solid business pit poses, and the attendance was probably diminished on account of the attractions at the fair grounds. Aiken, Barnwell, Beaufort, George town, Hampton, 1lorry, Lancaster, and York were not represented. The bal ance ot the counties had the popular number of delegates. At the conclusion of Capt. Tillmau's address. Hon. W. J. Talbert, of Fdgeiield, was nominated and elected Chairman of the convention, with J. T. Dunean, of Newberry, and Dr. W. F. Anderson, of Abbeville, as Secretaries. A Committee on Credentials was ap pointed, and the convention adjourned until 7:30 p. m. The Farmers' Convention met promptly at 7:30. Several delegates from Sparenburg, not present at the morning session, reported. Gen. E. T. Stackhouse, of Mason, reported a con stitution and by-laws for the permanent organization, which was adopted as a whole without debate. Mr. D. K. Xor ris, of Anderson, was unanimously elected permanent President, vvith the following Vice-Fresiden is: lt. S. De don, of Colleton; W. J. Talbert, of EdgeQeld; .Joel Beard, of Ocon.ee; Geo. Shell, of Laurens; YV. A. Ancrum, of Kershaw; E. T. Stackhouse, of Marion; E. J. ReinberLof Suinter; J. T. Duncan, of Xewberry* and W. P. Addison, of Abbeville, Treasurer. The following Executive Committee was chosen: B. R. Tillman, C, H. Schevcr, J. E. Tin -f^siall, J. S. Horcher, T. S. Rrice and.H. It. Thomas. A Committee on Resolu tions, composed of one from each county was appointed. A number of resolutions were intro duced, the following being the most important, recommending the estab lishment of an Agricultural College, the re-organization of the Department of Agriculture, the creation of the office of Inspector of weights and measures; requiring all parties purchasing seed cotton to pay a license of five hundred dollars, the reduction of the number of county oflices by combining treasurer and auditor, the establishment of a far niers's bank, the-discontinuance of ap propriation for the support of the mili tia, the calling of a State Constitutional Convention and urging an increase in the phosphate royalty. At 10 o'clock the convention adjourned until 9:30 o'clock Wednesday, the loth instant. At that hour business was resinned, and Capt. Tillman, chairman of the com mittee, submitted the following plat form. The committee on resolutions beg leave to make tiie following report: After due consideration of the vari ous resolutions referred to us, and tak ing into consideration the power in vested in us to make independent rc commendations "of our own volition, we submit the following "platform as embracing the substance of such reso - -lutions as were acted upon in tiie com mittee, and as indicating ihe reforms and measures which we deoni of great importance to our interests as fanners and citizens: Wo, the fanners of South Carolina in Convention assembled, after mature deliberation and after all the light and experience gained since our last Con vention from the lu'iest discussion among ourselves as the general objects to be attained, hereby express our Con tinued unshaken confidence in our for mer association as now organized to accomplish great good for the State, if properly conducted and kept within legitimate bounds, and we hereby reit erate our determination that there shall be henceforth in South Carolina, an organization for tlie protection and ad vancement of our agricultural inter ests, [n furtherance of this purpose, and as embodying the present views of the powers of the Stale, we respect fully ur;re upon ourGeiieritl Assembly ? tiie necessity and ridvisabiiity of the following measures : First. The establishment of a real Agricultural College, separate and dis tinct from the South Carolina College, and modeled after those of Michigan and Mississippi. We believe thai the necessary fund to build and equip this institution can be secured by lopping off needless expenditures, abolishing or consolidating useless ollices without in creasing taxation. We further recom mend, as a means to assist in building this institution, that the dilterent count ies o'" the Slate be empowered to aid for it by offering bonds or land. Second. That an experimental station should be established at or in connec tion with said Agricultural and Me chanical College, the same to be under to. charge of its faculty, and that we memorialize Congress to pass the bill introduced bv Mr. Hatch, and now pending, which appropriates 815,000 annually to each State for this purpose, and that wo ask our Senators and Con gressmen to use all legitimate means to secure its passage. ffe fit Ahl N iJ lover ,r?u j, ??6 60. OKA Third. That in order that our agri cultural administrators may be di vorced, as far as possible, from politics and politicians, in order that the men best qualified to perform these impor tant duties be selected by those most competent to judge, in order that we may secure a Board of Agriculture at! once, efficient, zealous and representa tives who know our needs and try to supply them, we urge that instead of1 being" chosen by the Legislature they be selected by this Farmers' Associa-: tion. This Board of Agriculture should consist of ten?five elected annually, i They should have the power to elect their own secretary, whose duties would correspond with those of the present i Commissioner. Their duties would be the same as the law imposes on our pre sent Board, except as to the collection 1 of the royalty which should be given to the Comptroller General. Inaddi-j tion they should have control of the ' Agricultural College and experimental station, and should by means of far-: niers' institutions, build up and j keep alive county agricultural associa tions. Fourth. That the system of the in-' spection of fertilizers is now defective! and no adequate punishment for frauds j is provided. We therefore urge such additional legislation as will secure the needed protection without imposing unnecessary restraint upon the manu fact ure and sale of fertilizers. Cotton' seed meal, whether sold as a fertilizer or as food for stock, should be inspect ed and its adulteration punished. Fifth. We urge the Legislature not to squander the State's property by al lowing the wholesale exportation of phosphates at merely nominal prices, and that with a view to lessening the bonds of taxation thev take into con sideration the advisiabiiity of increas ing the phosphate royalty. sixth. We recommend the passage of such legislation as will protect the far- i mers of the State against the weighing I of cotton. Seventh. We respectfully urge such j legislation as will protect us against ! forest lires negligently started. Eighth. The equalization of taxes de-1 mands earnest consideration at the hands of the Legislature, and we urge such action as can best secure it. Ninth. Wo urge such alterations of the Fee bill as will guard the estate of dead persons against abuses and pro I vide protection for widows and or I plums. Tenth. In order to secure the needed j reform in our county governments, and to reduce the Imrdcn of taxation as well as to secure such changes In our judical system as may be needed we earnestly request our legislators to con sider the advisability of calling a con stitutional convention, unless in their judgment the necessary changes may be better obtained by amendment. The platform elicited very little dis cussion, the idea seeming to prevail that it; was prepared for adoption and discussion was useless; Some very mi* important amendments were proposed but promptly voted down, and the platform adopted as a whole with a few dissenting votes. A resolution was adopted that the Committee on Resolutions beempower ed to select the first named to be pro posed as members of the Board of Agri culture utftfhc event the Legislature re organizes the department of agricul ture on the plan proposed by the con vention. A contribution of SI each was then levied on the delegates for the purpose of raising a fund to defray the expenses of the convention, and* S73 was collected. Captain TiJlman stated that in some of his letters he had some resentment against the State Agricultural Society but he now desired to disclaim any such feeling and to propose a joint meeting - or lo ve feast, between that organiza tion and the Farmers' Convention. This fraternal sentiment was kindly re ceived by Mr. Hinson, of Charleston, who pledged the Society to the same spirit. The resolution was adopted and a meeting arranged for to-night. The convention then adjourned until 7:110 p. m. The Convention met at 7:30 with the I expectation of holding a joint meeting i with the State-Agricultural Sooiety, j but as the members of that organiza tion were not promptly on hand the convention adjourned sine die. Mied for it Wumaii. San Axtoxto, Tkxas. November 13. The suicide of a prominent young society m:ui of New Orleans occurred liiere to-day. Mr. .i. F. Morrow, head ! j clerk in the auditor's ollice of the At-1 lantic division of the Southern Pacific j Boad, came to this city several days ago, j . ostensibly on business, but it now trau- j I spire.-, that he followed :?. variety actress ' I from New Orleans, uul it was on her account he t""k his life, lie stopped at the Southern Hotel, going to Ids' room quite late last night, lie did not [ appear for breakfast, and about if o'clock | '? this afternoon hi tel employees entered j ' his room through the transom over the door, and found .Morrow lying on the i bed cold in death. lie had evidently j been dead several hours. 1'y his side1 wasan empty chloroform bottle. Oniiie ' table were a number of Ii Hers address ed to his mother, his brother, and one, ' for the variety actress. !t has been as-; jccrtained that Morrow accompanied! [the woman home from the threatre j last nigid am- told her on purling that ' . he bad a not ion to kill himself. four t'ulllltln <>l Meal ill, a Meal. L<>t ;svii.i.;:. \o\ < mher iL', hm Pe-, , tuska, a Pole, has been the obji et of a great deal of curiosity hero, lie first! ? made his appearance on Ia>t Saturday. ' when he visited the Seventeenth street market and devoured, in the presence of a crowd, four pounds of raw meat. Since; then iie has visited the market every . morning and feasted on the "butchers' ! scraps" nicked un off the ground, lie feeds like a ravenous wolle, and his un kempt hair and beard, his ferocious eye and savage countenance, give him the appearance of a wild man. He can ( speak Kngiish imperfectly, but refuses jto talk about himself further thau to give his name and nationality. ; ISartliquaku Work, j It will take siMo.iv ? to rebuild the chimneys alone di-stroyed in Charles- i I tou by the earthquake. \ NGrEBUKG, S. C, THTJl SERVED HIM RIGHT. Dreadful Work and Just Fate of a Drunken Husband and Fallier. St. Louis, Xovembar 10.?Near Ma rine. Hodgeman county, Kansas, lived unt il last Friday Sam "Purple, a brutal, drunken fellow. His family consisted of himself, wife, wife's sister and four little children, the youngest of whom was only three weeks old. On Friday morning his wife arose and prepared breakfast. She then awakened* her husband, which enraged him. He sprang from bed and sei/.ing bis revol ver, snot his wife through the body, killing her instantly. He then shot and killed his new-born babe anil another of his children. His sister-in-law. Miss Lowder, was then fired at, the ball pass ing through her arm and lodging in her shoulder. As this emptied his revolver he proceeded to load his shotgun in or der to complete the work. A slight mistade in this was the only thing that Stopped bis deadly proceedings. The powder was poured into one barrel and the shot into the other. With this be endeavored to blow oft" the head of another child, but as there was nothing except powder in the barrel the child's face was only severely burned. A heavy blanket was wound around the child and this securely wrapped with, heavy wire, in the hope that lie might accomplish its death by suffocation. The child will recover, although fear fully disfigured. The murderer then mounted his horse and started across the field towards Marine, with the avowed purpose of murdering his wife's father and mother. Meantime the .young lady had made her way to the village and"notified the inhabitants and they had congregated for resistance. Seeing that his plan was frustrated, Purple hastened to Jetrnoreand surren dered to the authorities, and was placed in jail. Last night a mob of about one hundred men went to the jail and de manded the prisoner, who was delivered with little ceremony. He was then taken to the scene of his crime and hanged to a tree. Only one member of tiie family escaped serious injury, a lit tle boy, who hid under the bed when he heard his father coming._ SEVENTY-FIVE SHOCKS. Sonic Curious Freaks of the Shake at a Private House. Lauiskxs, November ID. -To-day your correspondent was informed of a remarkable phenomenon in town, and was specially invited to visit the place of its occurrence. Tiie residence of Mr. A. W. Anderson began to shake at about 3 o'clock last Sunday evening, and continued at short intervals until (5 o'clock. Monday tho shocks came at the same hour and continued about three hours. Yesterday (Tuesday) the quakes began at 3 and continued, as on the preceding days, until G. To-day it was quite generally talked of, and two or three hundred "persons visited the house during the Afternoon. The shocks began at 1.3() and continued until (5.10. Y'our correspondent visited the house this evening at 5.30 and re mained about fifteen minutes, during which time at least a dozen shakes oc curred, six of which were stronger than any he lias ever felt, except tin; first one. August 31. The Rev. Jno. 1). Pitts, the Rev. K. 0. Frierson and Mr. S. R. Todd were at the house when your corres pondent went in. They all, as well as many others who came and went, ex pressed themselves as being satisfied that the shakss were genuine earth quakes. Mr. Fitts, who had spent about two hours in the bouse, said that there had been at least seventy-live quakes, not counting slight tremors. No one has offered any explanations. There are houses within one hundred yards, and nothing of the kind has been felt. I saw Mr. T. F. Simpson, who lives next door to Mr. Anderson, and lie says that no quakes have been felt at his house, except such as were felt throughout the town. Our peopie can not understand this matter. We would be pleased to hear from any who may have theories on the question. TEXAS RANGERS AT WORK. Wire Cutters in tho Lone Star Slate Fish I in the Death. Chicago, Nov. 11.?A Times special from ?Urownwood, Texas, says: Capt. Scott, of the State Hangers, received in formation Tuesday that a party of wire cutters would cut the wire fences on Morgan Fboughe's place that night, twelve miles from here. He at once gathered his Rangers and with a few citizens repaired to Kboughe's place and waited in ambush for tin: cutters. At 11 o'clock the cutters were heard coming up the line of the fence. They were permitted to pass a few of those in ambush, bot. en arriving opposite him, Captain Scott demanded their sur render, stating that they weii' rangers. His only answer was a pistol shot. Then the firing became rapid on both sides. The moon was bright and (dear, and they could distinguish one another easily. When the firing ceased one wire cutter was found killed and one mortally wounded, while two- made their escape :m fool, their horses being captured. The horses were identified as belonging to (/. Johnson and C. Mat thews, and it is supposed that they are the ones who made their escape. Jim I Lovell. the man killed, was disguised with a fstlse moustache. He was an old olVender. A urns Roberts, the man : captured died. Lovell held the pdsi-j tion as Constable in an adjoining pre cinct. The parties cut one and a qua r ter miles of fencing before coining up to the rangers. Before morning the rangers also captured Rob Peacock, a noted horse thief. Deceived Into it Marriage. Macon. (!.\.. November 12. Miss 15. i Calhlhan, who has been one of the belles | of Macon. was married on Monday last to James Larned. They wept to Salt Springs on a honeymoon t rip, and while there the publication of the marriage notice set Use husband into a violent lit of anger. Last night they boarded the train to return home. Lamed! placed the ticket in her hands, bade her j good-bye. and jumped off the car. The j cause of Larned s conduct was that he ' has a wife and four children in Louis-' ville. I AN "EVIL WHICH THE LAW SEEMS . v UNABLE TO CURE. A Qn?*tloii for the Legislature?The Seed Cotton Thief no Worse than the'Man who Bays the Stolen Cotton?Prompt and VlgorouH Measures Needed. A correspondent writing to the News and Courier, from St. Matthews, S. C, under date of November 9th, 188(5, writes as follows concerning the traffic in seed cotton: Eyer since "Fanner Tillmnn" declar ed himself to be the "Agricultural Moses" and assumed the task of lead-; ing the over-burdened tillers of the soil out Of the land of Pharaoh and his bur- j densorne task-masters, the agricultural; question has been especially prominent befofe the public, deduction in taxa tion,-the establishment of an agricul tural college, the prices of fertilizers, tho" oppressive system of the cotton factptage business, &c, have been, from j time -to time, very forcibly brought to ! the attention of the public all going to j prrjrce that the farmers of our State are , beginning to awake to their interests and are willing to embark in any enter-) prise- "which promises to better their impoverished condition. rIn view of the fact, I beg to bring to | the attention, not only of tho farmer, j but-of every citizen Interested in the} material welfare and prosperity of this .Staate, a matter beside which all others. | previously discussed, pale into insig-\ i nfticance. ] refer to the growing evil j ofyShe seed cotton trallic; it is essential I ly a curse to the cotton planter. 1 think j it safe to assert that at least 5 per cent, of the cotton made by the honest far met 4s stolen and goes to (ill the cof fers'- of these seed cotton buyers, who open their shops at every road* crossing | in the country about the 1st of Sep-: tqjnber and offer inducements to the I negroes on the surrounding plantations ?? to**steal all the cotton that they can.! This,.plainly, is an enormous drain on the industry of the country. Five per ctBpof the gross cotton product ion of1 any. planter will pay his taxes for at I least two years, or buy a ton of acid phosphate for every plough he runs. 13ut 'this is not the only loss incurred. This seed cotton trallic increases the prijjb^and heightens the independence of the laborer. When the cotton Held begins to array itself in its robe of showy whiteness, the darkey draws the robe ?f idle dignity about his shoulders anjj.shys, give me fifty cents per bunred or y?ur cotton will remain unharvest ed.* The farmer is forced to concede to tins unreasonable demand, and then the probability is that he will lose a large percentage from waste, for what negro will hurry himself to gather cot ton- at fifty cents per hundred in the day when he can gather it at night just as,'easy, and by carrying it a half mile to tiie nearest shop realize 82.50 per .sbJ34jred? - . '.fiiia is not only iigreat evil, but a growing evil. During the days of Radical rule in the State there was a j great deal of cotton stolen,but even then it was confined to sections very near to j a town or village. Dating from 187(5, however, it had steadily increased, until now it begins to assume alarming pro t portions. Even the negroes are begin-1 ning to open shops. A negro will com mence with a capital of $10, with which he will purchase a meagre supply of! groceries, which he takes to the planta-! tion on which ho lives, and while the j planter sleeps and sweetly dreams of I brighter days that he will never see,; unless he stirs himself from the lethar- j gy into which lie has fallen, these gro- j ceries are exchanged for 500 or (500; pounds of his cotton. Now, what the people of this com- '?? inanity wish to know is why is this condition of affairs allowed to exist: Is the law-making power of the land important to protect us from this sys j tern of plunder ? Is the midnight cot ton thief and his accessory, the mid night cotton buyer, entitled to more j consideration at the hands of the law j than the honest, hard-working farmer? : The people of this community say em I phatically no ! And unless some strin j gent law is enacted at the next session ' I of the Legislature to put down this I iniquitous trallic, our representatives! j will not carry into effect the wishes of ' their constituents. I On the 8th of last September the citi zensof this place and the surrounding i country held a meeting for the purpose of considering some plan to abate this evil. They formed an organization, and went earnestly to work. The as i sociation now numbers nearly two hun I dred men. Every merchant in the i place stands pledged not to buy a pound of seed cotton, and there are at , least two hundred square miles of ter , ritory surrounding, on which there is : not a seed-cotton shop. We feel highly gratified ut the result I attained, but are not fully satisfied. We do not think it just that we should be . called upon to spend our Linie and ; money to protect ourselves from rob bery when we pay taxes to support a j ' (lovcrnmnnt for that purpose. Preferred Kuriiinctn Man^iiiK St. Louis, November 12. A special from Sedalia. Mo., says : Charles Hud son, colored, who plead guilty of incest at the Criminal Court on Wednesday, attempted to commit suicide yesterday I morning. He saturated his clothing, and the bed upon which he was lying, j in his cell, with coal oil. and then ap plied a lighted match. His entire body was instantly wrapped in llanuw, but no cry escaped him. The jailer was attracted by the smell of smoke, but before the Humes could be extinguished the man was fatally burned. II? gave as a reason for the act that he was afraid he would be hanged._ Separated by the Karllniunke. UociIESTEK, N. V., November 8. i Mrs. Albert Weber, of Charleston. S. (.'.. | arrived here to nigh' in search of her uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. II. 15. Middlcton, whom she ha* not seen since ' the night of the great earthquake. The1 Middlctons resided with Mrs. Weber in Charleston and on that night became separated from her in the confusion. | Mrs. Weber obtained a clue in New; York and came on here. She will be aided in the search by the police. i 18SG. PlilC ASSASSINATION IN BULGARIA, lilood Curdling Details of H?rden at Dob nitza on Election Day. A correspondent of tho Vienna Freie Presse gives the following graphic ac count of the assassinations which took place at Dobnitza on the occasion of the elections :* On the day appointed for the elections the Prefect of Dobnitza summoned the citizens.to an electoral caucus. Some of the electors began to shout "We do not want any elections ! We will not do anything to oppose Russia!" Deputy Grechorov then ad-1 dressed the assembled crowd, saying that it was desirable.to elect such men as would cast their vote in favor of the Prince determined upon by Russia, but who, at the same time, would stand up for the independence and liberty of Bulgaria. The congregated peasants would not be quieted, and continued to shout, "We want no elections !" But the delegates from the city did not al low themselves to be disturbed, and for two hour* the election proceeded with out any further disorders. Suddenly,however, a turbulent crowd of live hundred peasants appeared upon the scene. "Down with the Deputies," they shouted; "it was they who hurled us into conllict with S?rvia. They have caused us to pay the imposts, but Russia would not have compelled us to do so." Grechorov came forward to make another address, but the peasants would not let him speak. They threw into the air the table at which the Elec toral Commission were sitting and' broke it into pieces. The coinmisson ers were obliged to make their escape through the window, which was situ ated behind the table where the votes were being counted. Three of them? Grechorov, Zoggrav and Professor Pa pukchieff?succeeded in taking refuge in a neighboring house. A rabid crowd of peasants endeavored to follow them, but the professor, revolver in hand, kept them at bay. Another Deputy was fortunate enough to escape. The auth?rties sought to restore order and immediately dispatched eight soldiers on horseback to quell the disturbance, but these were met by a volley of stones and forced to retreat. Encouraged by their success the peas ants proceeded in a body to the house of the Prefect, DimitrieV. The wretch ed official was dragged from his resi dence, deprived of his clothes and money and then murdered with blows from staves and with knife thrusts. Amid shouts whistles and imprecations his body was dragged through several streets,and finally hurled from a stone bridge into the river. In the mean while a portion of the crowd had separated it self from the main body and made for the telegraph office. The head oflicial in charge Bushuiakov, begged the invaders not to touch the papers and money. ??The. dispatches and money are for the poor soldiers -for your sons." he cried. But the robbers "would not be dissuaded from their purpose. They robbed the ollice and would have burned .it. to the ground had not the inhabitants of the neigh boring houses prevented them from doing so. This taste of blood had fired the bestial instincts of the mob. There np proached a spy who had discovered tiie hiding places of Grechorov. Zogravand Papukchieff, and thither the crowd he took itself, intimating that if the three would not give themselves up they would set lire to the houses. The poor wretches accordingly surrendered. First came Papukchieff. The poor fel low,. who had never taken a part in politics and who had merely been pre sent to protect his friend Grechorov, threw away his revolver and tried to calm the mob. But he had scarcely opened his mouth when the mob fell upon him and literally hacked him into pieces. Then it was Zograv's turn. "Pardon me Grechorov," he said, "you have only one son, but i have live." * * * * "Brothers spare nie for the sake of my live little ones !" Like wild beasts they attacked him, threw him to tin; ground and drove their knives into his body and especially into his face. They scooped out and divided his brains, took out his eyes and cut him in bits, shouting, "See, how the fellow has fat tened on our sweat; he is falter than our swine!" Grechorov shared bis miserable fate. Enrolling Kvcruils. ALiiKQUKKQirK. X. M.. November 12. Captain Edward IVmd of Ei Pas.. Rilles arrived here Tuest!ay night and opened a roll for recruits to join Cut ting's filibustering expedition into Mexico. It i; understood that 2R1 names have been placed on the list in this city, and more are pvoinised. It is expected that the expedition will be thoroughly organized within a month, and that the insurgents will rendevoux al El Paso, from which point they will invade the Mexican Ren iblic. The Federal oilicmls hi this Territory are closely watching the movement, anil will use every endeavor to prevent the invasion of a friendly neighboring re public. The men being enlisted for the expedition arc well known charac ters, desperate i" the extreme, and capable of causing serious internal ion al trouble. Victim i?f rnraml Ktaillier*. St. Ti!<?i vs. ( Int.. November 11. On the evening of (Ictobcr "Jo Eli I.aloud of Muirkirk was dragged from bed by a masked mob rod tarred and feathered. Laloml had bet :i separated from his wife f.>r some time previous, and hud only returned from Michigan a few days before the nutrago. On the fol lowing day In- came to this city for treatment.' but has steadily grown worse, so that las! evening his unto mortem statement was taken, as his death was expected hourly. Ollieers have arrested Mrs. Lalond. the wile of the victim: his son and Mark Maim, who wert! taken before the dying man and identified by him us being among the party who assaulted him. i'iiey were committed, other arrests will be made. _ Token* <>f Victory. B??u:.?.y. Nov. 12. The rebels in Afghanistan have been attacked by th" Afghan General sent to subdue them and badly defeated, i he general sent to Cubul ten cart-loads of the beads of rebels killed in the battle as a token of victory. E $1.50 PER AlOTXTMC. ? TO INVADE MEXICO. PARTICULARS OF THE CUTTING FILI BUSTERING ENTERPRISE. The Movement Assuming TangibleShape ? Kci'i'uiii Ht'litK Enrolled?War as u .Speculation? Plana of the Invaders?Oltl cluls Watching the Movement. Dallas, Texas, November 12.?It appears that the filibustering expedi tion proposed to invade Mexico and establish anew republic, to be composed of the present States of Chihuahua, Sonora and Durango, is no myth. Two emissaries of the movement arrived in Dallas to-day, and under promise not to give any information that might be used against him, one of them has given to a correspondent some points as the true inwardness of the daring scheme, lie says that this filibustering move ment was on foot before the Cutting case was heard of, but that in matters of such delicacy it is necessary to move slowly and with great caution. lie did I not. however, deny that Cutting is now : one of the leaders of the affair. The Executive Committee consists of twelve persons, three of whom are located in El Paso, two are traveling and working up the scheme by secret .agents, and of the remainder, some of I them, very wealthy men, are in New ! York, Chicago. Salt* Lake City and the ; city of Mexico. Three of the Executive Committee are Roman Catholic priests. ? One of the latter is now on his Way to ! Home to confer with the Dope. His j Holiness, it is said, has long desired some convulsion in Mexico, which I might give opportunity for theappoint | mcnt and the re-establishment there of the State Church, and the conspirators look with great confidence in him for aid. The New York and Chicago capital I ists are in the scheme for what they can i make. They have faith in its success, , and propose to get in on the ground I lloor of the projected new government. I making a handsome profit on its bonds I and grants of land and mining privl j leges. The conspiracy has progressed so far that the plan of the new govern ment has been formulated. It is to be a socialistic republic, held in check by a strong military power. Great induce ments are to be offered to the unemploy ed workingmen of the United states to emigrate thither. The secret agents say that the proposed invasion will not necessarily or probably take place from El Paso, mit may soon occur at any point on the frontier between Fort Yuma and Brownsville. Cutting, the only man whose person ality is publicly known or suspected in connection with the affair, is receiving a bushel of letters a day from all parts of the country. Nearly all the letters lender personal service, and the writers of many of them say they can each raise from one to live companies, tunn ed and equipped. The Yaqui Indians, who have for live years past held at ; bay the military power of Mexico, have been approached to become active j allies of the movement,and their chiefs are eager to take part. Confidential agents art; to he appointed in the prin cipal cities of Texas and throughout the country. Ten thousand men have [already been pledged, and the leaders of the movement say this number is sufficient for the inauguration of their purpose, l hough they could, if neces sary, throw an army of one hundred thousand men across the Rio Grand. THE GHOST OF A BARKEEPER. Slow a Louisville Woman Found Her Dead HunhandVf Money. Lot tsvn.u:. Kv.. Novemberi).?One j of the most remarkable and apparently I best authenticated ghost stories ever repealed her.- is the talk, of the street to-day. For a number of years .lohn ; Dewberry, an individual remarkable I for his many eccentricities, kept a sa ' loon on Sixth street, between Market j and Jefferson. Mr. Dewberry was j taken sick and after a lingering illness died about five months ago. fie left a i widow and two children in very fair circumstances. After her husband's death Mrs. Dewberry sold out thcsaloon and residciicc'oii sixth si reetand moved to Madison street. Iielow Fifteenth, shortly after 7 o'clock this morning Tom Strubel and his partner, Pat 'Crimes, the new firm, wen- standing : behind I he bar when a woman heavily veiled rushed in and asked to be allow ed to go into the buck yard. Her re quest being granted, she went to the left hand corner of the yard and si rap ed asidealot of rubbish, then took a small llower spade she had concealed in the folds of her dress and dug away the cart!', until she found a cigar box. This j she removed from the earth and fainted away. The men rushed to the woman's side and found her to bu Mrs. Dewberry. The box by her side contained a salt bag full of goid. This Lhej counted, and found twelve twenty-dollar gold pieces and a number ol smaller coins, making a lotal of 8250. When Mrs. Dewberry rovivt d she declared that while sleeping in her room lasl ;;i_-ht she was awakened bv tie touch of an icy cold hand on her forehead. As she awoke the chick struck the Ii >ur of midnight. Turning in the dim light, she saw the pallid face of her deceased husband. Tin ghostly visitor stood by the bed. II- wore Iiis burial robes, and his woids wi re lew. The ghost direct ed Mrs. Dewberry to the <pot where she found the money and then disap peared. The story is corroborated by so many reputable gentlemen that it cannot be doubted, and the finding of .lohn Dewberry's money will doubtless remain, whether preternatural or oth erwise, a thhtg inexplicable. The Demon Drink. I; vi.Eit.ii, N. ('.. November 13. -Dr. T. c. Powell, a physician of high social ;i...| profe?::iijnul 'danding -hot and killed William Sharp, a youm: whito man, a sou of state Representative elect .lohn .I.Sharp of Nash County, in a bar-room in ifocky Mount last even ing. The shooting was dorn- in a de lirium uf drink. Dr. Powell was given into the hands of a deputy to he com mitted to Tarlx.ro jail. Wh.-n half way between I lucky Mount and Taiboro. at II P. M? live of Powell's friends met and took his prisoner from the deputy.