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VOL, III. MANNING, CLARENDON COUNTY, S. C., W EDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1S8 NO 24. IMPRESSIONS OF SOUTH AMERICA. A PLEASING LETTER FROM AN IN TELLIGENT OBSERVER. The Country and the People-Interesting Facts Gathered on a Journey. (Letter to the Edgekid Chroniele.) STEAMER Sax MAITis, ON THE PAlNA Rzxm, September 3, 1857.-Five days ago, just as your summer began to wane, and our spring to set in, we quitted Montevideo in the beautiful steamer "Farfaletta," and sped 60 miles across the great bay which forms the mouth of the Rio de ia Plata, to Buenos Ayres, ihe immense and magaigeent capita' of theArgentine Republic, of which inter estng city I will give you some account in a future letter. Here, after a night and day, we take a larger steamer, the "San Martin," bound for Assuncion, the capital of Paraguay, 1,000 up the river, in the extreme heart of South America. First, as this mammoth river nears the sea, it is called the Rio de Ia Plata; a hundred miles farther up, it becomes the Parana; and finelly it divides into two great streams, one keeping the name Parana, the other taking that of Para guay. As we steam, rather slowl, up into the land of the monkey and boa constrictor, I seat myself on the deck of the "San Martin" to write you a letter. The first three days of our journey up the Parana are rather monotonous. The waters continue turbid and muddy, and the shores mostly barren and woodless, given up to huge herds of cattle which graze on the natural growth, and with but few signs of cultivation. We pass several flourishing towns, the most notable being Rosario, recently and rapidly developed into a city of 60,000 inhabitants, many of them English, who have introduced modern comforts and thie luxuries of civilization, gas, tele graph, telephones, tramways, &c., and founded a Protestant church. It is also the focus of the most extensive railroad . system south of the Isthmus of Panama, and the commercial centre of the sur rounding country. Ther is a large foundry at Rosario, beloging to an American, besides two others, and facto ries, saw mills, breweries, hospitals, libraries and schools of note. The schools are under the direction of an American lady, who is appointed Superintendent of public instruction, was brought out by the Argentine Government, and re ceives a salary of $8,000 a - ear, a house and perquisites. The next city of importance is Parana, once the capital of the Argentine Repub lic. Its old government buildings, now coffee houses, stand out on the elevated ridgein showy array. On the opposite bank, 7 miles distant, can be seen Santa Fe (holy faith) one of the oldest towns on the River Plats, once a Jesuit centre. Further up the river, Bella Vista shines out, worthy of its name, where white houses and orange trees crown the high uliffs, which overlook the mighty river, whose grandeur and beauty now begin to strike the most casual observer. The glossy leaved orange. groves increase, varied by a lighter foliage of water oak and willow, with a few picturesque palms here and there. The water seems to ex pand into a succession of limpid lakes, whose shores and islands mingle, with a continual change of scenery, as we glide along our tranquil course, now and then meating various-craft and sails. The fifth morning of our voyage finds us beforethe quaint old Spanist town of Corrientes, settled in 1588 by the planting of-the Holy.Crossof the Jesuits. It presents a charming picture as we ap preach, the steeples- and towers of the four churches and the columns of public buildings giistaning under the azzling rays of. .a South American sun. Cor rine was formerly a Jesuit stronghold, adrelies of that fearless and indefatiga ble sect are still pointed out. The mas sive doors af 4he "Madriz" were carved by the friars- bat' of ihard Paraguayan wood, nearly three hundred years ago, and are, even now, as solid and hard as - iron. There arefalso an organ and altar ornaments made~- by the same friars. This city is -852 miles from Buenos Ayres, and receives its name from the many currents uniting here. Even at this great distanec from its mouth, ths immense river is said to be three miles wide. To the right we now leave the Parana, which extendato the shores of Brazil, while we pursue the Paraguay, a noble and beautiful stream. Here we begin to note a decided change in scenery wrought by our 900) miles voyage from south, to north, and a nearer approach to the4 tropics. On the eastern shore we behold. *the dense cool forests of Paraguay, with its woods of brushy, outspreadina branches, variegated with sparing foliage of lighter hue, and pink blooming trees (La Brache) and the yellow Quabracbc~ whose hard wood never rots. There are guavas and bamboos, and exquisite pam pas grasses covered with thousarnds of feathery blooms, and palms and palmet tos and plantains. The western shore, which presents striking contrast, is bordered by los bushea and abundant grasses, for here stretches back for hundreds of mile from the water's edge, to the great Anac. cordillera, the "Grand Chaeo," the great -unexplored region of South America, whose mysteries, from the days of Solis, have baffled the most adventurous trav. eiera, and from whose "undiscovered bourne" but few have returned. For th< most part, the "Grand Chaco" is densi forest, bat, in the vicinity of grea rivers, is low an~i swampy. Thougi nominally belonging, chiefly, to the Argentine Republic, it is still in posses sion of the native fierce tribes of In: dians, as well as other native animals o all classes. However, I look in vain for wild beasts and birds, monkeys an, boa constrictors! I discover nothin; more strange or formidable than sli'm; crocodiles, which slip into their water; beds as we puff and steam along, and a occasional wild hog (carpen chero) There are also immensely tallilong-leggel cranes posing on one leg agamnst th waving green, with intent lookout fo fishy food, and many fiocks of wi] ducks and other game, startled by ot approach. Thousands of sleek cattl gae upnnthe abnant pastnrage- an, the scene is altogether one of peace and repose, quite at variance with my pre conceived ideas. I long for the monkeys and anacondas and jaguars, but they will not come. To retni u to the eastern or Paraguay an, here I notice that apart from the magnificent display of orange groves, and occasional patches of corn, tobacco and sugar cane, there is little or no cul tivation, though we pass many ilourish ing settlements. Foremost among the latter is the thriving town of Pillar, at present the entrance harbor of the brave little Republic of Paraguay, and which was, in days not far back, the only point of contact with the outer world per mitted by the jealous policy of President Francia. Its clean, bright aspect gives a foretaste of the neatness peculiar to Paraguayan villages and houses. On the bank we observe a r?ehne fcr .-cut' ting and sawing the hard timber of the country, and lying by are two vessels, ] built of and laden with the same timber, ready for exportation. There are two American families living at Pillar, en gaged in the cultivation of pineapples. For 150 miles more we continue our upstream way, with ever-increasing in terest, wooded hills and grassy plains, with sad ruins and relics of the late Brazilian war, passing in exciting pano rama before us, until we reach Villeta, famous for its orange groves, whose products suffice for the markets of both Buenos Ayres and Montevideo. It is a pleasant sight to see the fruit brought on board by long files of lively, white clad, barefooted women, singing as they trip over the long gang planks leading ashore, many of them bearing immense ! burdens, and smoking large, rough made cigars. Above Villeta, we pass San Antonio, beautifully located amongst oranges, guavas and palms, about seven miles below Assuncion. San Antonio is noted as the settlement of an American colony, a company formed in Rhode Island years ago, for introducing agri cultural and mechanical implements into Paraguay, under the auspices of Mr. Hopkins,-U. S. Consul in 1854. The company was encouraged by President Lopez, and they were about to realize t an immense fortune for themselves, and confer a boon upon Paraguay, when Lopez became jealous, and determined to compel them to leave the country, t which he finally did, to their great dam age and suffering. They were obliged to claim the protection of Captain Page, of the U. S. steamer, "Water Witch," then cruising in Paraguayan waters. The ousted company requested the U. S. Government to demand damages for Expulsion and losses. President Buchanan sent out a minister and 21 vessels of war to Assuncion, at a cost of millions, which, strange to say, ended t in no redress. The prosecution of this claim is still in progress, the present s U. S. Minister having recently made two visits to Assuncion for- the purpose of settling it, with good prospects of suc cess, and without further cost. As we lose sight of San Antonio, the ] picturesque, well-wooded hill of Lam bari, on the water's edge, juts up ahead of.us; its isolated positior, in the midst of a level country, gives it the appear ance of a veritable mountain in the dis tance. As we turn the sudden bend of the river around the Lambari, we emerge into a bay-like sheet of water, placid, clear and glassy on the surface, and said to be of cor silerable depth, and before us lies the capital of Paraguay, "the garden of South America," whither I -invite you to follow me in my next chapter of wanderings. B. C. B. MAKING ie ShIRTS FOIR . CENTS. And Even Then Dorah Fishman has to Sue for Her Money Before Getting It. (From the New York sun ) Dorah Fishman, a seamstress of about 25 years of age, residing at 242 Monroe street, complained to Justice Henry M. Goldfogle in the Fifth District Court yesterday afternoon that her employer, Leon Yettligg, a shirt manufactnrer of 242 Monroe street, owed her $63 for, making shirts. She has worked for the manufacturer for eight months, she said, making shirts for 7 cents a dozen, and he owes her a balance of $6, for which she asked his Honor to award her judg ment. D 1orah's father, Solomon Fishmnan, who is about 50 years of age, also per formed work for the defendant at the same low rate of wages, and he also had a claim for $2.90 against the mnauufect urer. Tettling, who was dressed warmly and looked as if he enjoyed life, said he did not recognize the girl in the transaction at ail; that his dealings were only with her father, to whom he admitted owing the money. tie has about nine machines running in his shop, and the work is distributed among the different opera tors, each having a separate part of the shirt to miie. He said Dorah was only! helping her father, who was to pay her. "Do you mean to tell this Court that this poor girl was to be paid by her father when he was only receiving 7 cents a dozen?" indignantly asked Law yer Hirshfield, who advocated IDorah's claim. --Yes," meekly responded the witness. Tettiing brought several. of his em ployees to swear that the seamstress never worked for him, but was simply helpilng her father. They so testitied, but Judge Goldfogle believed the pre txonderance of evidence was in Dorah's favor and rendered judgment against the shirt manufacturer for the SG3 with $i costs. In the father's case for $2.9G Yettling admitte,judgment without coming to trial. Fe'~bruary \.\rather. Ou b.c~ weather vprophet, Prof. J. C. Ihk r, hands in the f,- lowing p)redictions foLr the~ weather in the Southern States for he mtonth of February: 1 patrtly cloudy and cold, 2 c-old rain or snow, -- little ratiny and co4ld wind, 4 fair a nd cold w'ind. 5 fair and frosty, 6 rain anid 'ke, 7 fair and frosty and cold windy day, j ad 9I f-ir and frosty, 10. cloudy andl cold. 11 partly cloudy and cold, 12 eloudy and cd,13 to 15 rain an~d sleet. 16 little rain i the- mo'rning~ then fair off cold.,17 and 18 ini and wamer, 19 to 21 e-l udy and little rain and c a'd, 22 fair and cold, 2:3 rain or snow, 26 p'a~tly cloudy and cold wind, 27 and 2$ faer and cold wind, 29 fair and cold. etw-frotte Chronicle'. dA little boy having been given the pet name of Moss, a wvitty friend of his father remarked, " I suppose you call him Moss ent show your l~en for him." CLEVELAND AND HILL. Some Political Gossip as to Whom ti Democrats Will Nominate--The Two Ar Very Frindly--Cleveland Sure to W in. (From the Washington Sunday Gazette.) It is an open secret among shrewd Democratic politicians, among those whc know what is going on in the inneriost aircle, that David Bennet, Hill, Gov rnor of the State of New York, is a cxn lidate for the Democratic nomination for the Presidency. That is an assured act. Governor Hill in many respects is a strong man. He has made a good record is Governor, and during his two terms 2ot a single blemish, either personally >r officially has been fastened on his haracter. He will leave the executive nansion at Albany with clean hands and mbiemished reputation. The Governor 2as had the dispensing of a good deal of patronage during his two terms, and, of ourse, he has not appointed to oflice my one not friendly to him and his iause. These things make him strong. Again, let it be remembe.red that Gov rnor David B. Hill is known all over the country. When Cleveland was 2ominated for President he sprang into rominence. He had been associated with hat wonderful man in administering the ffairs of the State, and Governor Ckve and's election made him Governor. hen he was elected by the people, hich again brought him prominently yefore the public eye and was taken as ihowing that the people were satisfied ith the way he had governed. As New ork had given one Governor to become President it was not a great stretch of magination to picture the Empire State Lgain sacrificing her chief magistrate so hat the Nation might have a ruler, pro ided the present incumbent of the hite House did not seek a re-election. Lll these circumstances combined to teep Governor Hill's name prominently >efore the public GOvERNOP. HILL AND PROTECTION. Governor Hill's position is a peculiar e. It is well known that many of the >rotection Democrats-and, although he straightout Democratic organs de :are there are none such, they exist in 1o small numbers-do not like the ?resident because of his tariff views and hat they listened to his message with amazement and anger. Governor Hill, > the Qther hand, is a protection Demo :rat and he is the candidate of that wing >f the Democratic party that believes in naintaining the present tariff as a part >f our present political system. Then, again, the impression has gone orth that the Governor is a spoils pol ician; that if he had his own way he would disregard the spirit of civil service reform and appointments would be made imply on the ground of political fitness Ld the services to be rewarded. And n addition to this, those people who want a change, not on high moral ground, but because of some small or ancied neglect or slight, have flocked to is standard because he appears to be he strongest candidate. CAN HE SUCCEED? Can he succeed? Can he get the 1omination? Those are the questions ;o be answered, and from my personal mnowledge of the way sentiment is run ling I unhesitatingly say he cannot. I do not believe there is a man in the D cratic party who can get the nomi satn away from Grover Cleveland. Unless he does something most unheard )f, or unless one of those absolutely un rxpected events which sometimes tran ipire happens, the President, in my pinion, is as sure of a renomination as he can be sure of anything. The Hill boom is in the hands of very shrewd men, who are playing a very areful game. In the first place it wili ot do for them to any way cause dis union in the Democratic party in the State of New York, as such a courst would certainly mean Democratic defeat. The Hill men cannot afford to do thai and rather than take any chances they would do whatever they could to eleci Cleveland. But if Cleveland could noi secure the necessary votes in the con vention the Hill men would come to th< front and ask the Cleveland supporter: to cast their strength fcr their candidate. THEY ARE sTILL FRIENDS. From what I have written above th< impression may be gathered that Goy ernor Hill is not friendly to the Presi. dent, and that the former is setting UI pins to undermine his strength. My in formation on the subject does not leai me to believe that that impression il correct. The situation of affairs I an told is about this: Governor Hill wouli like to be the Democratic dandidate fo: the Presidency, as what American citizei would not? However, he realizrs tha at the present time the President is th strongest man in his party and thait hi has the "call" on the nomination.. I: the convention it will take 'a two-third vote to nominate. Can Cleveand ge that vote on the first ballot? The l men say that he cannot, that the dee gates who are opposed to him and thosa who go there to cast a complimentar: vote for their local favorites will forram suficient number to prevent that. If i cannot get the nomination on the first o second ballot ho stands no furthe chance, as the opposition to him wil continpe to grow. It will be the fiel against Grover Cleveland, and when th President's managers see that he canne be nominated they will look round t see who is the next strong;est man. Hill friends will be there in force and th question to be decided by the Clevelan men is shall Hill or an outsider be nom nated? For many reasons they wi prefer Hill, the word will go down th Cleeland line t, nominate Hill, an Hill will be the nominee of the convei tion. NO PLOTS FOR COU-NTEnPLOTS. It will be seen then that the Governc and the President are not plottin against each other. Each will give loy: support to the other according to tL: way in which circumstances shape then selves. Up to a certain limit Glov. Hi will support the President, but when becomes certain that the Cleveland su has set the Hill constellation will ascen into sight. Governor Hill will nev: have such another chance as thi: He is now prominenty before ti people, and has all the prestis which two terms as Governor hs given him. Suppose ho should ru again and again be elected, he could ad ver little to his reputation, while the: is aways the danger of his doing som thin which may without a moment warning utterly ruin his future mimical career. Then the longer he remains in office the more danger he runs of making enemies among his political adherents; he cannot distribute all the political patronage that they think themselves entitled to, and the consqegences wil be disaiTecti n among the very men whose friendship is most desirable. On the other hand, should he run again and be defeated the result would be simply dis astrous, and if at the end of his term he retires to private life, to fast do men grow in this country that in four years he may drop entirely out of sight. It would seem, then, with him that it is either now or never, and the Governor's friends realize that fact very thoroughly. w;o Wn.L IT BE? As it now l.oks to me, : should say that Grover Cleveland is stil king bee in the Democratic hive. The President has lost none of his popularity and he is as strong with the Independents of New York and Massachusetts as he ever was. The Independent vote will be as necessa ry to elect the .)emocratic nominee in 1SS as it was in 1SS4. and for that rea son, as much as anything else. I look to see Grover Cleveland the Democratic standard-bearer next November. S-c. 01-:01:iE. NE~~~ito~ M:EoNAl~ . Six Colored Tr-. men hlio iHave Each IlwDhrited Ei::~t M lion DollArs. (F'rOm the Galvetonl News ) When the New York papers, a few day; ago, referral to N. W. Cooney as being the wea'thiest colored man in Teas, they had evidently not heard of the Lincoln fan. il now residing in Dal las, six children in all who have come into possession of $48,0O0,000 giving theta the snug littie forthn; of $8,0C!0,000 apiece. One of the heirs of this im mense property is at present in Galves ton. A News reporter looked him up, as much out of curiosity to see a negro possessed of such enormous wealth as in search of an item. The following item from a paper published in Paris, 'Texas, in connection with the information that one of the heirs was in the city, is that which directed the reporter in the search. The Lincoln heirs (colored), living in Dallas, who, a year or so ago became the wealthiest colored people in America, have recently come in possession of all their property. The amount due them was on deposit in the bank of England, and aggregated the enormous sum of tS,000O00. Forty-eight million dol lars! This has just been diviced among the heirs-Abraham, Ed, Burr, Mat, Fannie .nd Lula-each having recently received $S,000,000. Eight million dol lars! The party in Galyeston b):ars the illus trious cognomen of Abrahaam Lincoln. He was traced to a co'ored boarding house on Twenty-eighth rtreet, between Postofliec and Church, but not being found in he courteously responded to the News man to call at the office, which he did last night, coming in as meekly as though he wanted to borrow S1, in stead of owning $3,000,000. Abraham is a young man, apparently not over :5 years of age, of a saddle-colored com plexion, and evidently a man of mere than the average intelligence of his race. fHe has credentials, printed letter heads, etc., wherein he is styled Governor Abraham Lincoln, showing him to be manager of the etate. When asked by what means such enor mous wealth had been acquired by his family, he replied that it was an ini.erit ance from his grandmother. -Fanny Ellis was a Mexican woman, and some forty years ago her husband acquired immense wealth in speculation in Mexico mnncaims, which was deposited in minibgnklof England. Preceding the late civil war they bought aind sold slaves, and among one of their purchases from a slave trader was the father of the six children who recently came into the possession of the $48,000,000. The father married the daughter of his mistress, by whom he was set free, and the six cildren, being the direct issue of that marriage, establish the chain of direct inheritance. Some litigation was neces sary in establishing their claim, and it was only a few days ago they acquired the actuial possession of their fabalous inheritance. Abraham Lincoln is here, as he says, with a view of probably loc.ating in Gal veston, When asked if he had matured any plans for investing this vast estate, he rele htthey had decid~.d to invest ialonJanuary 1 in United States bonds. The interest on the bonds, he said, will give them more than enough Ito live on, with a good speculation with out touching the priucipal. It is also a safe investment, ar~d carries with it an immunity from taxation. tThe ChLataneoa Tr.'" ii. l as u enm'~fl piled statist ics fr'i~n '.he dilei l epirt 5lh)oniUg~ the gro~wthi of cutton :md wool manufactures in the So:uthern States in the patsee years. The' in'crease in miill in p r i ent. of spi.',ies 0 I2. or 11'' per cnt. Of looms .5 :.4. rr 29' per cu!. Th increae:'n c caeno h a enSae seprrtely in the p: i~s seve year as com-li pied by the Tcr (!i,.man, was Ps fclt. Alabama-3 0 ,I~ 1 i ::reae i e cu. s1idle perrnt. , i loomsPA 76l e.-at. ~ Geolrgi-Miills :1; pr cn'. r-ileIs per cent.. looms 14 per cent!. 3INors isrsipp-is 1 per ct.. side t15 per cent.. om IS 0 per cet. larynd3stl 1 per cent.ifircs. spindlls:l7 per cent., le~oms 14 per cn!. NoerthsCrl-ills p (erl. c':n iein dis1:1 per ct., elarmst i2 per.c ce n Southr (Caria. !l 0 prcn glrgin sS per cent.ee, spindles11 per cent., looms 25 per ceut. eNorth Caroldina h::" today su it mili 11in 18'I: Gleorg i4 55 a r-u! in 1'.: 'ir Ltgaint 1..6a in- 18' A:m as addedr o mii since 18:lnuk 1,; Liein 1 The total n1umr icr as mn taeSot toda is 24 and ~l U the coiaumio: ofi rav " 'Doctor, w.hen dio you think a ma; weighs mosty asked a~ paten wh wa unergong a course of dietary treatmient " When he steps on. my corns, arnswere, UNITED AFTERt )ANv YE.%1R5. A Wedding Delayed l ecause the Croom was Wrongfully Convictea of ]turd.r. A special dispatch from St. Joseph (Io.) says: A wedding of n.ore interest than is usually aittched to events where the parties are so little known ccurred to-day about four miles west of St. Joseph. The contracting patties are W. H Potter, living near Denver, Col., and irs. Julia Crumm, who for a few years past has made her home with her brother, Henry Withers, in Doniphan county, Kansas. Both the parties are of middle age, and had not seen one another for years until a few months ago. When they were children they went to school together in Carroll county, Ken tucky, and when Potter was a yoncg man of twenty-one years and cameo West he was betrothed to Julia Witi:ers, who was the belle of the neighbprhood. Potter went first to Kansas, and then to the mountains, returning to visit his old home twice in five years. On the last visit it was agreed that the marriage should take place tho following spring, by which time h". hoped to have enough money to make his home what he thought it should b:. He returned West and was not heard frora for years. Sone one who had known him in the mountains happened to pass through his Kentucky home :n-i circulated the story of his death, found~d upon a rumor as it afterward appeareJ. His sweetheart mourned him as dead, and in two years wedded a rival, with whom she lived happily for abo'ut eight years. Her husband died in 185, when she came to Doniphan coanty to make her home with her brother, hiving no nearer relatives in Kentucky. Her hus band left her a considerable fortune, en.i as her forty years sat lightly upon her she soon becama the centre of an admir ing circle of friends. A few months ago Potter came through St. Joseph, quite accidentally, on his way to Chicago. He met Withers at the Union depot, and, what is most sin gular, the men knew each other. Expla nations followed, and Potter was driven to the pleasant country home of the Withers family. He met his sweetheart of early days, and the old love, which had not ceased to burn in their hearts through long years, soon made itself felt. The courtship was commenced where it had been broken cff, and the two were married, leaving this evening for Mr. Potter's home, near Denver. The strange part of the story is yet to come. Potter, while working in the mines, had been accused of naurdering his partner. Not being able to establish his innocence at the trial, he was con victed, and the sentence commuted to imprisonment for life, several good reasons .appearing for this. Too proud to inform his sweetheart or family of his disgrace, he did not write any letters home about it. The story of the crime did not reach them. The murder was committed in a new claim which Potter and his partner had just began to work in New Mexico, and it was not known here what part of the Enst he had come from. After he had been in prison nearly five years a man so was to l-e hangei made a confession clearly estab lishing Potter's innocence, and he was released. He went at once to Ghent, Ky., but found his intended bride was another's. Without making himself known he left the place and amassed a considerable fortune by speculation. He was on his way to Chicago to dispose of some property when he accidently met his old schoolmate, Henry Withers, in St. Joseph. A BIT OF TtOP'IC SCENEEtY. Mountain and Forest in the Nienraguanl Isthus. (From the New Yol k Ucraiit I ettier.) Passing out of the mouth of the San Juan, the main stream is reached where the waters of the Cano de Animas, opent ing to the southward, sparkle and shim mer ini the morning sun, while dense masses of dark mango trees, interspersed with scailet passion ilowers, follo-v the serpentine windings of the river as if cut ad trained by the hand of man. On either side of the entrance wild tama rnda, the nobolest trees in a Nicaraguan for st, form giant portals to the lands of earthquakes and volcanoes. A Xs we ascend the river and the forests become deuser and darker conntless paaites entwine themselves in the most intricate and fantastic manner around the topnioat branches of the highest trees and are lost in myastifyin~g knots near the water's edge. -Beneath their bright and pretty leaves can be seen the withered branches of the dead trees, which they clasp in an embrace as fatal asitisy butd for the parasite loves "not wslbttoo wecl1." Skirting close to the bank, where the feathery plumes of the white crnne --ave in the balmy air we escape the ful strength of the current and realize to the fullest our early dreams of a rich tropical vegetation. On the boughs of tal1 laurel trees, which form .a kind of Icanopy over the river, w hite' and black faced monkeys coolly sit and survey us; while birds of rare anid exqumsite plum age, whose wild, liquid iiotets are tne birthrights of a tropical forest, regard us with wondor and awe. Now a huge ai gator, basking in the sunshine, oilers a large but iuvulneracle target to the riule ad the paddle wheel starthes a manati or river cow resting quietly in the mud. The foliage becomes dlenser. Long ten dris dig their thirsty stems into the slggish water, forming an impassab'e network. Just as you beg:in to wonder Ihow it is posible to continue the jour ny, asudden benda shows the broad ex panse or the river, with low sacati gras on eithier side. Y or, Pa.. January 20.-The large buldn occuiedl by the Yo:a !hM!y/ Pubi ltiig Co mpanyv as a1 primin. otlice. D). 11. Welh clthier, and Rt. 1. P'ohick, jew (I-, as burn~ed this mningt at :an ear'ly hour. The lire is believel to uhave b en e inenir orizin, and when di-cove(red hra made onsderable helnwayv itt 'ne of th lwer room of11 thel~ prinin o'ili0ce. Thi extau er weather inte'rfere maa:e.rilh wit he eliTorts to subdue. the ime- and -Ithe !hre burned with stubboruness until th nre building was gutted except the jew iy store. ins olving a loss of $50.0C0. par tia~ll coveredl by insurance. The 1)aj Iwill'e issued tomorrow morning from th, .press and type of the Age. Eminent stations make great mnu mor< grat and litie ones less. MOULTON'S D)EATH IRUNTS SL{ERflAN. A Chapter of Secret Political IHistory inuw i:arnhel won. (From t,:e Yew York i'n.) The death of Colonel Moulton, John Sherman's br-ther-in-law, makes fresh i chapter of political incidents that has never yet seen the light of day, and re mains for the future political historian to pit upon a priatcd page. Said a le publican politician yesterday: "Moulton was a men of treat decision and sagacity, and John Sherman is sadly crippled it. the outset of his Presidentiad canvass bs his death. Moul:on was reaily th' un witting cause of Gariield's nomination in 1S80. He was the one connecting link between the plot that had been going on in GartieldFs favor and the op portunity in tthe-Chicago Conveniov which comipetdy upset ail combinations and re rystalized the strength of the Anti-Grant men around one standard bearer. E-rrly in May of 1880 John. Sherman, then secretary of the treasury in Hesc" Cabinet, maude a little Saturday visit t~o Piladeiilphiai, ostensibly to look over the customhouse, but really to set up his political boom. One of the featares of th,.- vi.,it was a ride down the Schuylkill in company with a number o! prominent Philadelphians, among them Whiaiton Barter and his garrulous sire. Old Barker happened to sit at Sherman's kit hand, and, hal ging his to:ngue in the middle a.s the boat pashed out from the wharf, the benevolent old gentleman kept it wagging at both ends until she bumped the pier again on her return. "'Mr. Sheruin, I should like to see you President,' said old Barber, 'but MY son Wharton thinks Jim Gartield is the best man we can put up. So does Wayne MlacVegh.' "At this time Garfield's name had not been mentioned by anybody in any oua:ter, publiclV, in connection wia.e Presidercv. H'e was the leader of his party in the House, and had before him the prospect of becoming Speaker, if he chose to accept the place. Perhaps if it haa not been for old iBark-r's remark he would have been Speaker instead of Keifer in the Forty-seventh Congress. What old man Barker. said set John Sherman to thinking and he had several consultations with his brother-in-law, Moulton, about it. Feelers were put out around Garfield, but he could not be caught. He denied uniformly that he had ever thought of becoming a can didate, and the only thing he said that could be coistrued into a betrayal of his ambition was a remark tlat he made on one oce-nion as he dismissed the sub ject, 'Oh, ther': time enough for that by and b,.' When Sherma wanted to have Garireld himself make his nomina tion speech :or himself iShermau) before say ing a word to Garfield he talked it "over with Moulton. ''Oh, ye-; have Garfieli by all means,'" said Moulton. 'if he has any designs on his own account it will tie him np beautifully.' "So Sherman asked Garfield to make the n omlinating speec. Garfield, in u n, was wary about accepting. He had by-this time become a little set up by the suggestions of a Lunber of mar piots, and began to think ie might be a dark horse in the c )rvention. Hie told his triends that ihermai' had asked him to make the nominating speech, and he had taken a little time to :onsider the matter. It is uuneces-arv to mention with whom Garfield fina!ly consulted, but the advice was: 'Go ahead and ac cept. Make you'r speech, and we will see to the risk.' That was the first small cloud on John Sherm'tn's horizon, then no bigger than a man's hat, bat destined in a short month to swell into a whirl wind of defeat. Gariield accepted it, and in time no fact will be more certain in history than that the famous opening sentence of his speech was entirely a mater of prearrangement. History nuy be ransacktd for a tiner dovetail of cun nig with cunning thaa Garfield'sspeech and the work of his friend~s in the galle ris o: the convention ha'l. "'-Who shall be your candidate?' Eaid Gatield vith his first breath as he stood beorihat great ruass of men, and then tegalleries answered, shouting back as with the ioar of the sea: 'Garfield! Gar field!' "The scene can never be forgotten. It was as if a child' had touched the electric button that should hurl the world into chaos again. All that Gar fied said was that simple little sentence, 'Who shall be your candidate?' and thousands of men took it up as the sig rel of his consent and connivance in the vlot to make himself that candidate. If it had not been for Colonel Moulton's unltcky advice to John Sherman, Gar fed cooud not have touched the electric button tihat convuhedi the convention and threw into chaos the several fac tions that stood opposed hke strong armies on the battle iLl." Nine:een year old Ja-ob fI'llenbecrger, o ite::i- :a i'-s '.y starving from r reub::r ei a-. L-e; I iom two months arc he wais ma rid to a worthy youngr womnaD f that cit v. lie went to Phila lelphia, w he re hie *lalued work jin a stive f-.undry. wl ci en:g I in cairrying a 1:ile- filled wili oiten irnn soane one dro1pped a piece ol ei iron in thte flaid. An expliosion fol iwed. lldlenbegr was ini suach a post i.n thi i- -umt of red4-h' t iron enteret tthe i. cooledi ott -''nd now rem:.inls inII I' d mtion, near the entrance to th< .ionmeh 11.T- i-run to eat any food. i.:. hia ee ket aive by at tilicia lVmeans B-: is~ -l' i ind sure. s! -rvir.; to death p~heu inI: -- hlti Ie wighred 14I' ~nd li hf. s no been 1C~ reduced to ij -,:nuds and is lieraitiy noting., hut 5ki: andi bits1. II i; pe.s for f'o-od are neairt crendin e. ba he is untable ti get anythm'. lown his throaitt be.--n i a certain point Ils b:ide- of a few-- weeks is faiithifully at tendig to his wants.-Phididi' a Tim We are prepared to s ll Pianos ano: Organs of the best make at factor: pries for Cash or easy Instalments Pianos from .Q [0 up; Organs from S2. up. The verdict of the people is tha they can save the freight and twenty-fiv ercn.by buying of us. Instrument: trial. We pay'freight both ways if no satisfactory. Order andi test mn you on homes. Respectfully, N. W. TRPlMP, * Columbia, S. C. It is estimated that 190,000 tons of ic wilmb cu ~ni the Penobscot this season. mHILL un AA' n1n r IIn. The Great Author Highly pleased With Mr. Cleveland's Simplicity. WASHINGTOx, January 31.-President Cleveland to-day received two distin guished guests at the White House-Bill Nye and Charles Dickens. They were introduced to the President by Major J. B. Pond. President Cleveland ac corded them a private interview in the Red Boom. At its close he personally escorted his callers all through the Ex ecutive Mansion, explaining the different rooms and giving a succinct history of each. Bill Nye's modesty shone on the occasion as conspicuously as his bald head. He was delighted with the re ception. In speaking of it afterwards he said: - - "I was never more agreeably disap pointed in any one man than I was with Mr. Cleveland. He is truly a fine man. What surprised me above all things was his thorough simplicity, unaffectedness and frankness. For a man holding his position he is asto.iabingly ingenuous. it is seldom that I rub my knees against greatness, and I have seen so little of the world and the great things in it that [ was at a loss to talk to the President in that free and easy way that I desired and that he would have appreciated. I found to-day the truth of the remark made by some great man in the hazy past that the man who can say a smart thing to-day cannot say a smart thing to-morrow. After I left tho President there were a great many smart things flooding my mind, as it were. If I could only have thought of them at the proper time I know the President and myself would have had a pleasanter time. Bat fur the moment I was tongue tied." Others who were present, however, tell a different tale. They say, that William captivated the President at the outset by his qiaint witticisms, and that the interview was prolonged by Mr. Cleveland the more to enjoy Bill's origi nal remarks. AN ENGLIL OPINION. The United States to be the Leader in Arts and Every thing Else. (From :he New York Herald.) Prof. Hubert Herkomer, had a dis tinguished audience this evening at the Royal Institution in Albermarle street, London, to bear what he had to say about his visit to the United States. He, however, advanced little that had not been said or written heretofore. Ho laid particular emphas's upon what he called the "pronounced individualism of Amer icans as compared with Europeans." He was impressed with their keen, nervous temperament, keen intelligence and their ambition to excel. "There must be," he said, "something in the air to induce thisvery pronounced difference of character. Indeed, I noticed that Englishmen residing in New York became quicker and thought I more rapidly and accomplished more thau when living in England." He specialy dwelt upon "tne Ameri can skill in pnysiognomy." Speaking of social matters, he commented upon the fact that "a stranger did not seem to be tcted, but was either welcomed every where immediately or else was not wel c..med at all. What most impressed Prof. Herkomer was the surprising progress in architec ture. Comparing the new with thecom aratively old, he says: "The beet types of architecture in the Old World are accepted and are really the best found in America. In the making of national art architecture comes first in consequence, next sculpture, then painting. "In the schools of art to-day the best productions are by American students. They do not come to Great Britain, though, but visit France and italy." Prof. Herkomer concluded by'a9eqring that America would become the leader of art in the nations, as of nearly every thing elae. The word "nearly" seemed to secure the Professor his applause, for the audience did not altogethierrelish his his encomiiums. RIEGUL"ATO1I. la COLLE TOi. The Unlawful Destruction of a Urossroads Bar WALTERIo~to, January 27.-The fla-' rnt violation of the law in Colleton ounty ats regads the Illicit barrooms which can be found in almost any corner of the' cnuy, is a subject of general comment. and public sentiment, as on all such sub j-cts, Is much divided. An effort wa made during the last sesion of the Legislature to allow a lcense s) stem, but the Representa ives were equally divided, and the bill weait by for nothing. Now, the evil has not been abated, and the small sized cross-. roads barrooms are growing in number and pa egut a cent ot revenue into the coun ty coffers. T1o some communities the system as it now stands is eacee-ling odious, andI here is the way they abate the nuisance over in St. Gorge's Parish. C.>ileton County. Mr. G. Albert Beach, of St. Bartholomew's Parish, opened across the Edisto river in St. Gorg's Parish, sometime in December last, a 11lourishing little bar on thc roadside Tue proprietor was immediately served with t be notice anonymously that it would e best for him to close by .January 1. To this no) attention was paid, and the roadside -rsm t" continued to flourish ntil exter miaed by a band of masked regulators on last M1onday night. M!r. Leach says that about 11 o'clock at night about twenty men well disguised camle up to his bar and three of the num her seized the clerk, G. WV. Shaw, and tociby carried him a hundred yards off and detained him until the band finished their unlatwful act of destruction. The regulators then took the law in their own hands, destroying his United States icnse and breaking in the heads of two barrels and three kegs of whisky, tearing il the sides and front of the building. As t re ward for their unlawful exertions they carried off about two quarts of whisky each. They did not contine their depreda tions alone to the liquor, but also carried away a box of cigars, a pistol and a fine ublrela. This took place in the same neighbor hod that was visited by a similar band who cut uip a corn field last year. In all robbiity these regulators arc the same band, and believe alike in free cows and free whisky. In is cowardice to wish t> get rid of -every thiug which we do not lIke. Sick nelsand sorrow only exist to further man's ducition in this world. They will not be neee in the future. 31en say more evil of women than they think. It is contrary with women towards mn.