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THE MANNINMG TIME WEDNESDAY, MARCH 2, 1887. B. $. DINKINS, Editor. Captain Tillman's letter to the Mos and Courier replying to the re cent letter of Senator Youmans is pub lished to-dy. Captain Tillman is a bold writer with conspicuous powers of argument. Unfortunately, however be lets his temper and animus towards those he believes to be his eneries, run away with his common sense. Consequently his letters are so filled with abuse and contemptible insiuna tions, that really the sensible argu ments contained in his letters are lost sight- of' If anything he is fearless. He has the temerity to say in his re ply to Colonel Youmans, "that the an imus of my letter was not against the agricultural Solons.' for whom I only felt pity and contempt, but against the eleven lawyers, who knew nothing about. the merits of the matter, and who should have deferred to the opin ions and wishes-of the farmers outside of the Senate" * * *. The eleven lawyers are his sworn enemies, -and at every opportunity the vials of his wrath are opened on their uncovered heads. The Captain is an ungenerous enemy. Pity never penetrates his ad mantine breast. Blow after blow he aims- at the lawyers. He pummels pounds, and pummels, hard, bard, hard, and although the suffering law yers never attempt to retaliate by striking back, still the Captain as ve hemently and unmercifully hammer, away. He is a cruel valiant man, oi else his attacks, like the hanging rub ber-bag before the stripped boxer, re bound, and he has to keep continually banging or else be prostrated by thE rebound force of his attack. It is to be regretted that the Barn well senator allowed himself to fall ir the wake of Captain Tillman, and like him indulge in- inexcusable "nu throwing" and open abuse. South Carolina is receiving her full share of the annoyances 6f the "Holi ness Ambassadors," who represent i distinct body of Northern religionists whose tenets are opposed to the xist ing order of religion as represented ii the protestant church. Greenville wa their first point, and meeting with lit tle success there, they- next went t< Columbia and then to Sumter. A Columbia they were first warmly re ceived by the citizens and large crowdi attended their meetings. They had made a number of converts among the ignorant whites and co~lored people 'when it was discovered that the Holi ness gentikmen were blaspheming the ministers of the churches, preaching against the government, and poison' ing the minds of the negroes. Ther it occurred to the good people of Col umbia that the "holiness apostles' were representatives of political aboli tionists. The ministers, both color ed and white, held a meeting and de nounced their teachings. Mob treat ment afterwards was effective in inc ing them to find another field of oper ations. It would be well if ever, town in thi State would recieve tho.s, sensationalists in the same manne that their departure from Columbi; was accelerated. The President's veto o'f the paupe pension bill has saved the country fabulous sum of money. Its extensiv latitude would have embraced ever man who had ever donned the biu and heard the boom of a Confederat cannen. It would have eventuall been stretched even further and th Union man who had never seen th "boys in gray," but stayed at homn sua marched to dress parade at th call of the bugle, would finally hay come in for his share. The veto caus ed a howl of indignation among th Republicans. They made a supei human effort to secure a two-third vote of Congress, but the Democrat stood firm and prevented the attemi to make the bill a law over the Presia ent's veto. The premium offerred by the Stat for the best ten pound specimen of tc bacco grown by those appointed t make experiments in tobacco growin in the several counties, has bee awarded to F, M. Rodgers, Jr., of Flo2 ence. The second best exhibit we mnade by Alexander G. Clarkson,< Ricland, and the third best by J. ( Foster. of Lancaster. The examination of the specimer was made by Captain E. M. Pace,< the Banner Tobacco Warehouse, Dat ville, Via. Capt. Pace spoke encoui agingly of the availability of the so of South Carolina to grow tobacc< The average of the lot examined, I said, was a great deal better than th -usual average of first attemps. He al tributed seven-tenths of the failuri to the inexperience in handlingr. The address of Captain F. W. Daw son, before the association of the Ma ryland Line, in Baltimore, on the evening of the 22nd of February, is a valuable contribution to the history of the South. With the subject, "Our Women of the War," he related in impetuous language the noble part the women of our Southland took in supporting the struggle for independ ance. Their trials and horrible suf ferings; instances of persecution a-nd scenes of savage ferocity, inflicted by the Northern foe, were graphically told in pathetic words. The speech was an eloquent, tribute to the virtue, patriotism, and sublime heroism of the women of the South. It will live in history the grandest eulogy to wo man on record. The greater part of the southern portion of Europe has recently been visited by an earthquake of great strength. In portions of Italy and South France the shocks were even more severe and the damage done greater than the memorable Charles ton shake of the 31st of August. Over two thousand persons were killed, and thousands wounded. .t Nice, the Italian Reviera, Montrose, Monaco Bajardo, Bussana, the destruction o life and property was appalling. In the village of Bajardo, which is a small town of 1,500, at the first shock, the inhabitants rushed in mad affright tt the parish church where upon their knees they implored protection. The priests were moving among the terri fied people trying in vain to caln their fears, when suddenly a seconi shoek caused the massive walls of tht bu:lding to fall in, burying beneath it ruins several hundred people. A partial description of the disas trous calamity is published on th< fourth page of this paper. We publish the full account of th< strange death-bcd confession of Co James H. Rion about his parentage He claimed that he was the son of th< dauphin of France, who would hav been King Louis XVII, but for th French Revolution, which overthrei the Bourbon Dynasty. Also is giver a letter from Colonel Rion's son, do nying the statement, and declarin that his father was under the influenc of opiates when he wade the confes sion. There has always been a strang mystery connected with the birth o this distinguished Carolinian, and not withstanding the assertion by his sot there are many who will read Colone Rion's story and find much in it t( believe. If there is no foundatio: whatever for Colonel Rion's statemaeni then the strange circumstances point ing to the truth of what he has said makes his tale one of the most remark able instances on record of the freak of a morphiate mind. There arl those who would believe in its trutk which will be to them an explanatiol of the mystery shrouding Colone Rion's birth. Washington L.efter. [From Our Own Correspondent.] .WAsarsTOro, Feb. 2G, 1887. The week's work in Congress can be read i1y epitomized. The Senate gave its consen to Captain Eads' Ship R.ailway schem across the Isthmus of Panama, wrangled, a it always does, over the appropriations fc Rivers and Harbors, add voted away mzi lions by passing a number of bilis for th increase of the Navy. Tlie House of Repr< sentatives has devoted most of the timet discussion of the money bill's which ru this Government, and which invariably pr< v oke debate and which must be disposed< before the 4th of March, otherwise an exti session would be necessary. eBoth the Senate and House again passe the Anti..Polygamy bill, this time as it cam amended from conference, and the nieasur Iis now ready for the Prcsident to make it law by affixing his name. 3i There was an interesting debate over thi question. Senator Vest said that, as a ma ter of course, the bill would become a lav aware what the public sentiment of tle cour 'try was. - but no amount of criticism woul effect the performance as his duties as a let islator. In his judgment it violated a pril ciple of the Constitution, as to the rights< property. He considered its provision a .to the Perpetual Emigratirg Fund Compana simple-, nakted, bold confiscation, and nott C 'ing else. It took money subscribed by ir .dividuals and applied it to an object (publi schools) not contemplated by the corport tion. The same thing might be done in rt igrd to any other religious corporation 1: this country. It was no answer tc say thec tit applied only to the Mormon church. The Senator said he recollected the~ tim when in tehis country, a storm of popola madness threatened to destroy the Roma: Catholic Church, with all its rights of' proI erty, and when it was preached from th pulpit and hustings that that church was or posed to a republican fomt of yovernmien1 -that it taught treason, that it should be' abo: ished and its property con'iscated to th treasury of the United States. Another feature of the bill which he coul. not support was the test oath imp~osed upo: voters and pr'rons selected to olice. lU -knew soumetir~fg aboutf test oaths, he ha gone through an era of prescription on a< Scount of them. f Seator Edmozunds eeniel that any prine pe of the Constitution in respect to tb rights of prope rty were violated in this bil ad as to test oaths, he said they. h ta bee careully incorporated in the Cconstitutio Sof the 1. uited at:.tes. Every Sen~ator ha fbeen olige~d to take one. The President< the United States and every oficer of tli - United States or of a State was comp3elle< .and always had been, to take an oath whie] jin eteet,'was like that required in this bill, l Senato'r HI'ar here ingniz :1 whether tI ,bill, in prescribing an oiath or qualinleatior 'for ofice anywhere attacked a miere opimio f sparatefroni acriminatlact. Mr. Edmuni replied that it did not in the slightest di gree. The most astute and ingenious sop] \ist could find in it no hint of such a thmn: It had been careful.ly excluded. Senat< Ingalls asserted that he had as much respea Ifor the sincere oninion of at Mormon as th; of an Episcopalian, Catholic, Congregation alist, Methodist or Baptist. All religious beliefs that was honestly entertained was re spectable although it inight be erronious, and condemned by one's jiIgment. "Bat." said he, "it is not the Mornron religion that is attacked in this bill, it is the practice of Polygamy, which is one of the tenets of a cer tain proportion of that church." Other Senators spoke in opposition to the bill, among them being Senators Call. of i Florida, and Butler. of south Carolina. Both of them disclaixmt'd all toleration of polyga my, but they could not suppcrt the propos ed means of getting rid of it. The Washigton social season is about over now. and the gay world is ready for Lent. Mrs. Cleveland held her last public reception on Saturday afternoon, and the crowl was the largest she has ever had. It Ibegan to gather two hours before the doors were thrown open, and e'er long it extend ed from the White House entrance to the Avenue gate and down the sidewolk for half a square, four or five abreast. To about ev ery fifty women there was one man, and he invariably looked as though he felt out of place. A Wedding at Foreston. FonEsroN, February 25th, 1887. Mr. Editor. On Sur' ,ay last it was an nounced from the pulpit of the Meth odist Church, that on Wednesday the 25th instant at 4 o'clock p. m., Mr. Charles A. Porter and Miss Martha Meekin, all of Foreston, would be joined in holy wedlock, and the friends and congregation were cordially invit ed to be present Early on the day appointed friends from the country began to arrive; the up train at 3.30, p. in., brought in a large addition. The MIethodist church was handsomely decorated with ever greens, interwoven with flowers; a large arch in front of the chancel with a cross resting on top reaching the ceiling and a good luck horse shoe suspended under the cross all of ever greens intertwined with flowers. A pair of double gates were plac -d in each aisle, two seats back from the chancel. The organ was placed in the rear of the church. The blinds were closed and the lamps lighted which showed off the decorations and re sented a scene of loveliness. At 4 p. m. the church was filled to its utmost capacity; the seats inside the gates were occupied by the friends and invited guests of the expectant biide and groom. At 4.10 p. m Master Smith Land, and Miss Anna Meekin, and 'Master Geo. Hudgins and 'Miss Janey Land, arrived in a carriage followed by the bride and groom. On entering the church Iiss Dora Land took her place at the organ and played the wedding march, continuing throughout the whole ceremony. The bridal party entered the church and i passed up the ais'es to the gates . which were thlrown wide open to re cieve them. The bride and groom advanced in front of the chancel, when the Rev. J. S. Porter stepped forward - and made them one, 'till death shall part. The bride and groom after lin gering a few mbments and receiving the congratulations of their numerous friends, drove to the residence of Capt. P. P. Meekin and thence to Mr. J. C. I Land's, their future abode. The young people of the town called during the evening to pay their respects and from whtreport says, lingered rather long, it being the early hour in the mnorning - before they could make an excuse to leave. -The little folks not wishing to be outdone by the larger ones assembled at Captain~P. P. 31ekin's, and like the older ones, remained till their mamas ,became anxious and sent the nurse i for them. It was a day long to be remember ed. Even the old folks wore smiles on their countenences, many of them, no doubt, looking back years ago, when they were young. Foreston never does things half way. K. The March .&kectic gives the piace of hon or to an extraordinary article called "The t Land of Darkness," presumably by Mrs. e Oliphant. though anon ymous. It is a most a powerful descriptive study of .the place of , punishment in the afteir life. It is worthy . of the genius of the author of "Old Lady e Mary." Mr. Ghulstone reviews the progress .made by England in the last generation in an article sugtgested by Lord Tennyson's last great poem, in an optimistic strain, An drew Lang criticises M. Rlenan in a study of his later literary works. -Many people will be highly interested in Stuart C. Cumber land's ".A Thought-Reader's Experiences," a d'isusion of a topic just now one of the nine days' wonders of the age. One of the most vigorous and searching contributions to the I'rish question yet published is that by J. Parker Smith entitled "The Causes of the Union with Ireland.'' Helen McKerlie ives us a vigorous protest in favor of her ex and its intellectual claims in "The Low er Education of Won.en," and Mrs. E Lynn Linton is represented by a clear and reada ble paper on "Womanhood in Ol Greece." Other articles of interest are "Paganism in Old England," by J. Theodore Bent, a char acteristically brigt~t and scholarly paper by s Max Muller, and an exceedingly suggestive, though somewhat pessimistic article, called "An Alexandrian Age." The entire contents of the number will, we think, be found of e great attraction. . Published by E. Ri. Pelton, 25 Bond Street, .New York. Terms, $5 a year; single num bers, 45 cents; trial subscription for three t months, S1. Ectmenic and any $4 Maga zine $8. r TYPHOID, SCARLET, AND TELLOW I FEVERS, MEASLES, DIPHTHER~I, - SMALL-POL, CHOLERA, ETC. 3Darby's Prophylactic Fluid will destroy - the infection of all fevers and all contagious Sand infectious diseases. 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We keep a large stock of th< ppular fin ily l mediine, Simmons Liver~ Regulator TliE POPULAR A LL COLORS. '& Physicians prescriptions care fully comlpounded by day or iiight. J. G. DINKINS & CO. G.- A LLEN IU UGGINS, JR. UmuA SURGE~ON, ze Oflice on Strect South of Cour House. Meh3: JOSEPH F. RHAME, &tborn1ey at I.aw Manning, S. C. January 19. 1887. JOHN S. WILSON, Attorney and Counsellor at Law wr w in g, s. C. Feb. 25 MOISE .& H UGGINS, Attorneys atiLaw, Manning, S. C. Office South of Court House. .A.. IsmvI krrORN~EY AT LAiW, M an ni ng , R3 C. WNtary Public with seal. J. E. SCOTT, Attorney and Counsellor at Lawi . wranning, s. C Feb25 W. F. P. HAYsswonrTH, Suinter, S. ( B. b. I>1xxINs, MANMNrs, S. ( lHAYNSWRH &D!NKINS, .Maninig, S. C. I.A P. COATS SIX-OORD SPOOL 00TTOI FORl SALE JY MOSES LEVI, Boyd Brothers, Wholesale Grocers and Commisson Merchants. 159 EAST BAY, CHARLESTON, S. C. Direct Importers of Ales, Porters,: Wines, and Brandies. Aug 18 WELCH & EASON, Family Grocers, 18.5 & 187 Meeting Street, and 117 Market St., CHARLESTON, S. C. Invite attention to the following Bargains: Cut Loaf Sugar, 121 lbs. for $1. Granulated Sugar, 15 lbs. for $I. Confectioners' Sugar, 15A lbs for Si. White Ex. C. Sugar, 17 lbs. for $1. Light Brown Srgar,- 19 lbs for $1. Good Brown Sugar, 20 lbs for $1. 21b. Tomatoes, D0 ets. a doz. 31b. Tomatoes, $1.10 a doz. Good Segars, $1 for a box of 50. .--:0: These are but a few of the many attract ions we are constantly offering, and house keepers will find it greatly to their advan tage to send for a copy of our Monthly Price List, and consult it always. .bNo charge for packing or drayage. S. THOMAS, JR. J. M. TIO3AS. -:: Stephen Thomas, Jr., & Bro. -WATCHES Jewelry, Silver and Plated Ware. Spectacles,-Eye Glasses, and Fancy Goods. xe- Watches and Jewelry repaired by expert workmen. 273 Knxo ST., CHARLESTON, S. C. D. O'Neil & Sons, 33 Hn-xr STnEET .... CR.UI.ESTO, S. C. Wholesale Dealers in Boots and Shoes, Trunks. Satchels, &c. Goods received by every steamer suitable for the interior trade. All the latest styles constantly in stock, at tue low est prices and on accomumodating terms. Jan, 12, 87 ly. BOLLMANN BROTHERS, Wholesale Grocers, 157 and 169, East Bay, CHARLESTON, S. C. Jan. 12. 87 l7. GUANO at astonishingly low Manufacturers Prices. W e arc selling our Fertilizer at the follow ilox, Gbbs & Co. Manipulated Guano, less than 10 t'>ns, per ton, $26.00. Ten tons and upward, $23.50. Wilcox, Gibbs & Co. superphosphate, less than 10 tons, per ton, $16.50. Ten tons and up wards, per ton, $15.00. Eixcellenit Georgia Standard Guano, less than 10 tons, per ton, $24.00. Ten tons ant Delred t ailrd or Steamboat aCharleston, free of drayage. English Acid Phosphate, SGerman Kainit, Nitrate of Soda, Nova Scotia Land Plas ter, PeCruvianl Guano, Ground Fish Scrap Cotton Seed Meal, and Fertilizer supplies generally; All best quality, at lowest market prises, Con~imunicate with us before boy ing elsewhere. THE WILCOX & GIBBS GUANO CO., 138 East Bay, Charleston, S. C. Win. Shepherd & Co., 232 MEETING ST., Charleston, SC. STOVES, Stoves, Stoves! --AT WHOLESALE, R"ET AIL! owares, House Furnishing Goods, Potware, Kitchen and Stove Utensils. W'Send for Price List and Circu lars. J. C. H. Claussen & Co., steam Bakery and Candy FactorY, .H ABRLESTON, S. C. ESTABLISHED 1844. Charleston Iron Works, Manufacturers and Dealers in Iarine Stationary and Portable Engines and Boilers, Saw fil Machinery, Cotton Presses, Gins, Railroad, Steam >oat, Macliinists', Engineers' and Mill Supplies. Zi-Repairs executed with pronptness and Dispatch. Sendfor price lists. East Bay, Cor. Pritchard St., ' Charleston, S. C. 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