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4 VOL. III. MANNING, CLARENDON COUNTY, S. C. WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY2918.NO27 OUR AGRICULTURAL REV1VAL. CHEERING ACCOUNTS FROM ALL OVE1 THE STATE. What the Farmers of South Carolina Have Been Doing for Themselves and the State-Suggestions for the Future. The February number of the Monthly Report of the State Department of Agri culture contains the following "Notes' which will be read with interest by the farmers: For the last two years there has been something of an agricultural revival in South Carolina. The farmers have shown great interest, as they should do, in public affairs. Numerous meetings have been held and various subjects dis cussed. We would be glad if the secre taries of every agricultural club in the State would send the Commissioner a list of the members of the club, so that the publications of the Department could be mailed them. We would like also to be informed whenever agricultural sub jects are discussed, and if the Depart ment can furnish any information on any of the subjects in which the farmers are interested it will be most cheerfully given. In this connection the attention of these clubs is called to the notice fre quently published by the Department that analyses of fertilizers will be made for farmers without charge. Directions for drawing samples, which are very plain, will be furnished upon application to the Commissioner. Nothing shows more conclusively the benefits of the official control of the sales of fertilizers, and the efficiency of the system of fertilizer analyses adopted by the South Carolina Department of Agriculture, than the fact that com plaints of worthless fertilizers are rarely ever heard; and notwithstanding that the Department has frequently offered to make analyses for farmers free, very few samples are ever sent in, thus showing the confidence of those most interested in the analyses of fertilizers. The work of the Department, therefore, has been of great value to manufacturer and con sumer. From present indications the sales of commercial fertilizers will exceed those of former years. The consumption will possibly be greater than in any other year since 1885. The Department has received no official statements on the subject, but un official reports show that the small grain crop of the State is very promising at this time, .and unless some unusual disaster overtakes the crop it will be one of the largest produced in the State in many years. The winter has been so mild that no part of the crop has suffer ed in any way from cold weather. Under authority given by the Board the Commissioner has appointed three patrols at Georgetown and one at Or angeburg to prevent illegal fishing in the Pee Dee and Waccamaw and Edisto Rivers during the close time. It is hoped that the fishermen will not make it necessary for these officials to -take any action against them during the sea son, but that all will cheerfully obey the laws. The patrols have been instructed to report all violations of the law, and no effort will be spared by those whose duty it is to see that the laws are en forced to bring all offenders to trial. The laws are wise and proper, and it is hoped that the fishermen will appreciate this factand save the officials the per formance of a disagreeable duty. No better idea of the varied and im Srtant character of the work of the uth Carolina Department of Agricul ture can be given than a statement of the force engaedin the performance of that work. Te Board of Agriculture, com posed of ten members, is the directing power. The executive force consists of the Commnizioner and his Clerk, the Chemist, the Curator of the Museum, three Inspectors of Fertilizers, four Fish Patrols, a Special Assaistant in the Phos phate Department and a Veterinary Surgeon and the Signal Servise Observ er, the Director and tw~o Superintend ents of Experiment Stations, making seventeen persons actively employed. In addition to these there are connected with the State Weather Service about twenty voluntary observers, who furnish monthly weather reports, about 500 county correspondents, who make month ly crop reports and furnish other infor mation. - The Inspectors of Fertilizers are as tively engaged 'in drawing samples in various parts of the State. One is in lower Carolina, one in the upper section and one in the eastern section. Mr. F. M. Rogers, of Florence, S. C., has furnished the News and Courier a very interesting article on tobacco cul ture. He says that in 1887 Mr. F. M. Rogers, Jr., planted twenty acres and has sold to date sixteen tierces of tobac co for $3,200, having enough on hand and shipped (but still unsold) to make a total of $4,500. His expenses will reach $1,500. This leaves him a clear profit of $3,000 on twenty acres, or $150 per acre. The great blizzards in the Northwest have been so disastrous that many per sons in that section are looking South ward for more pleasant homes. They can find no better place on earth than South Carolina, and all good citizens from the frozen regions of Dakota, Wis consin, Minnesota, Ohio or elsewhere will be cordially welcomed in this State, where they will find cheap lands, pure water, congenial homes and a delightfu] climate. The Commissioner of Agricul ture will cheerfully furnish any informa tion about the State that may be desired. The Springfield (Ohio) Farm and Fireside publishes a very interesting let ter from S. W. Phares, of Harper'i Mills, West Virginia, in which the writer asks the editor to tell him where he can find the kind of home he desired -one where he can support himself ii the dairy and poultry business and enjo3 a climate beneficial to a person suffermns from pulmonary troubles. The edito: very kindly and properly advises th< correspondent to go to Aihen or Colum bia, South Carolina, and if he had taker a year to study the question and lookei over the map of the world he could no have given better advice. -Dnrin~g the pas thn the Depart ment of Agriculture has received numer ous Inquiries about the resources and advantages of South Carolina. Among them one party asks for grazing lands, another for timber lands, another de sires to locate a factory in some locality where rushes grow abundantly. Another desires to know where the palmetto flourishes. A number of responses to these inquiries have been received from parties owning land, but all others who may have such lands as are desired are requested to correspond with the Com missioner of Agriculture at Columbia. The Board of Agriculture has been authorized by the Legislature to hold Farmers' Institutes and Conventions, and action in regard thereto willbe taken at the next meeting of the Board on the 1st of March. In the meantime agricul tural associations in the State can be making arrangements to co-operate with the Department in this important work. This is a matter in which the farmers should, feel the greatest possibleinterest, -and it is hoped that all will cordially and enthusiastically support the Board in whatever policy may be decided upon in the conduct of these meetings. Inquiries continue to come to the De partment of Agriculture regarding the resources of the State. The gentleman from Ohio who some weeks ago inquired about grazing lands writes that he will visit South Carolina in the coirse of a few months and examine some of the numerous farms that have been offered him. He has made a visit to Tennessee, but returned home somewhat disappoint ed with the result of his investigations there. He evidently expects to find bet ter grazing lands in South Carolina, and refers particularly to the coast region of the State. The gentleman who inquired about the 1 growth of rushes, with a view of estab lishing a $250,000 factory to manufacture them into summer matting, acknowl edges the receipt of information sent t him, and has opened correspondence with parties who can furnish the rushes in abundance. A gentleman in New York city writes for a copy of the Department's special report on the State's exhibit at New Orleans. The report, he says, contains valuable information that he desires to use in his studies on natural history. . A party in Philadelphia desires in formation about the mineral, timber and agricultural resources of the State. TOBACCO CULTURE. The Experience of a South Carolina Farm er in Growing the Weed. Dr. J. B. O. Landrum, of Spartan burg county, writes as follows to the Department of Agriculture: "I find after all that the planting of a small tobacco crop pays handsomely, if 3 nicely handled. I am now selling my tobacco in the neighborhood and sur rounding country very readily at 10 to 15 cents per pound, and will soon have' sold all I have on hand. "Let me give you a little of my expe rience in tobacco culture. In 1885 I ' planted five acres. I was short-sighted' in sowing enough seed for plants. I had plants, but the trouble was I could not get them big enough for early setting, hence I had to resort to begging from every source. It was not until about the last of May that I got all the ground (which was newly cleared, well rooted, well pulverized and well manured) set in tobacco plants. Many of these died out owing to the heat of the sun, notwith standing I shaded them, and some of those that lived were caught by the frost and had to be cut before ripening which I tried to hurry by cutting through the stalk and peeling the bark 1 around the same. The consequence was that my tobacco, especially the late I setting, was ofan inferior kind, not all being of improved varieties. I did not take enough precaution to kill the tobac co flies, and I had worms by the thou sands. In spiteofsll my efforts to ex terminate them they devoured my tobacco, and a good deal of it was ragged and full of holes. I still went to work 1 with abig heart; built a big barn and bought flues. I endeavored to get a man to cure for me, but failed; we went to work and endeavored to cure after Eng land's method, and succeeded in getting some very nice tobacco. At odd times. I would stop and classify, and looked* anxiously for a time to ship and meet with a remunerative return, which time never came. I shipped to Durham, N. C., about 150 pounds, prepaid the freight, and was looking for a handsome return; when the return came I found I had been cheated in weights, and my tobacco had been bid off at 2 cents per pound. It did not pay the freight. I soon saw the trick. The tobacco boom had flooded the markets, and the mann facturers could get all they wanted with out bidding against each other. I was forced to keep all I had on hand, and sorrow over my folly. "In 1886 I planted an acre, but was very careless in the management of it, being somewhat disheartened as to the profitableness of the culture. I am con vinced, on reflection, that a very small crop will pay. It gives employment to hands when the ground is too wet for ether work. It gives employment after the other crops are laid by, and work for hands rainy days during the winter months in shipping, classifying, etc. But for the operations of the Internal Revenue laws I could load my tobacco in my wagon and cash the same in twenty-four hours. I am in favor of the repeal of the internal revenue tax on tobacco." How to Get Rid of the Crows. A Chester (Pa.) gentleman tells an in teresting story of the manner in which a Delaware farmer got rid of crows. He was greatly troubled by the depredations: of these birds, and all the means to drive them away permanently having failed, he tried an original~plan. Taking a half: peck or more of corn he soaked it thor oughly in whiskey and then scattered the cereal along the fence of the field chiefly visited by the feathered thieves, He soon had a number of crows eating the doctored corn, and as they didn't fly away to observe the effect of the dose. He found every crow drunk, some lying over on their sides, others tottering around in a maudlin attempt to fly. He could have killed every one, but re solved to wait the outcome of the drunk. Gradually the birds recovered, and one by one flew unsteadily away. During the remader ot the season the farmer was not troubled by a single om-.Loiswville Ho and'Fam. TAKEN FOR MRS. SURATT. A Rhode Island Lady's Adventure at the Time of Lincoln's Assassination. (From the New York Sun.) Pnovi)uNcE, R. I., February 18. There lives in this city a most estimable lady, Mrs. Stevenson, who twee y-two years ago was arrested and confined in Fortress Monroe as one of the assassins of Abraham Lincoln. Mr. Samuel W. Pierce and his sister, Mrs. Stevenson, were traveling to Newberne, N. C., at he time that Booth's bullet struck down President Lincoln, and they were con inuing their journey, while the country was being scoured by soldiers and de ectives in search of the murderers. When at Newport News an armed party stopped them, and, after scrutinizing the ady, the officer in command concluded hat he had intercepted the flight of Mrs. 5urratt and one of her male accomplices. Ur. Pierce was indignant, and demand td of the officer the reason of the honor tonferred by a squadron of cavalry at heir heels. Very sternly the captain, )ade Mr. Pierce, if he valued what little >f life remained to him and his com anion, to hold his tongue, as he would iot be responsible for the discipline of Is command should their identity be mown to the soldiers. "Why should they not know who we are?" inquired the perplexed Pierce. The officer smiled grimly and said that uch assumed innocence might deceive a reenhorn in the service of the country, >ut it would have no effect on a veteran f his experience. Cautioning the trav ,lers to keep their own counsel if they ished to reach the fort in a recognizable ondition, he gave the word of command and the dragoons ranging themselves on each side of the carriage in which the ady'and gentleman were riding, broke nto a canter, closing up on all sides, so hat escape was impossible. At Fortress Monroe the lady and gen lean were received in silence. An >rderly dashed ahead to acquaint the oommandant with the nature of the cap ure, and he, too, seeing the danger of elivering his prisoners alive, were it mown that they were Mrs. Surratt and mother of the gang of conspirators, gave trict orders that the names of the pris >ners should be kept secret from the ank and file. When within the grim rtress the travelers were separated and nfined in casemate barrack rooms. "You shall be attended to by women, nadam," said the commandant, "but be >repared to leave for Washington at an iour's notice." "I have no business in Washington. ir. I have just left that city." "I am compelled to take official notice >f the admission, madam," was the grave )ut respectful reply' "in the meantime rou will hand me your traveling bag." "Have I fallen into the hands of ban [its or highwaymen?" exclaimed Mrs. tevenson, at a loss to conceive the anse of their detention. "You have fallen into the hands of oyal soldiers of the Union, madam; men vho must do their duty even if it offend ad discommode a lady." "I beg your pardon; indeed I do," aid the lady, with frankness. "I am annoyed, it is true, at this unwarrantable letention, but it gives me no excuse for alling you bandits. Please forgive me," d the lady extended her hand. To her astonishment the commandant Lid not take it. He merely bowed, and nformed her that he would make such arrangements as he could for her com ort. Mrs. Stevenson little knew the eason why the brave officer had not ac epted the friendly hand she had ex ended, but she soon learned that he hought it was red with the blood of the nartyred Lincoln, and she readily for ave him the seeming discourtesy. An hour later, after the effects of Mr. ?ierce and Mrs. Stevenson had been ex mined, they were brought together and iestioned again as to their names and where they had come from. Of course hey had but one story to tell. They had some from Providence and were going o Newberne. "If I telegraph to the Governor of thode Island, will he confirm what you tay?" sked the commanding officer. "Undoubtedly, for he is well acquaint. d with us," was the reply. The wires were put in operation, and n a few hours a message was received rom Governor Smith, of Rhode Island, ully verifying the statements of the ravelers. The explanation was clinched >y the arrival at the fort of an officer of lgh rank to whom Mr. Pierce and Mrs. tevenson were personally known. They1 were immediately released, and so, in tead of being sent to Washington under ;uard as assassins of Lincoln, they~ lined with the Colonel and resumed their ourney, A Model Woman. The Barnwell People gives a model woman, having previously presented the1 nodel man. Here is what is said of her: "Sly is a resident of Hampton county, orty-three years of age, modest and re iring in conduct and character. For hirteen years she has been a consistent member of the Baptist church. Circum utances have required her to follow a sourse of laborious life generally regard d as unsuited to her sex, but she has et its duties bravely, deserving and re eiving the respect of all who know her. For thirty years she has followed the plough and engaged in the usual round of farm labor. Last year she made nine bales of cotton, besides provisions, with ne plough. She has dug on?e well, built five chimneys, and frequently split a hundred rails a day. She has a good home of her own, enjoys excellent health, and is sending her children to school regularly. Her life is an eloquent rebuke to many strong men who have not equalled lrer honorable record." Mr. Blaine, after all, is said to be a man of limited means. His house in Washington, one of the largest and finest in the most fashionable part of the city, cost him about $60,000, but is somewhat encumbered. With all its elegant furnishings and work of art it is rented to Mr. Leiter, a retired Chicago merchant, for $10,000 a year and taxes, insurance and repairs paid by the lessee. Mr. Blaine has interests in large bodies West Virginia and Perinsylvania coal and ore lands not yet fully on the mar ket. His book is reported to have netted for him about $50,000. His home in Augusta about completes his resources. Mr. W. W. Corcoran, the great phi anthenniat. diea in Washington Friday. TO MAKE WO MEN HAPPY. DR. TALMAGE WARNS THEM TO BE WARE OF FLATTERY. Ile Does Not Think Social Position Gives Woman Enough Pleasure to Make It an Object of Desire--WVhat He Said to Young Girls About Flattery. "What can and what cannot make a woman happy," was the subject of the Rev. Dr. Talmage's discourse at the Brooklyn Tabernacle Sunday morning. It was the seventh of the series of popu lar sermons to the women of America, and hundreds more than could find ac commodation went .o the church. "The editor of a Boston newspaper," began Dr. Talmage, "a fw. days ago wrote asking me the terse questions: 'What is the road to happiness?' and 'Ought hap piness to be the chief aim of life?' My answer was: 'The road to happiness is the continuous effort to make others happy. The chief aim of life ought to be usefulness, not happiness; but happi ness always follows usefulness.' This morning's text in a strong way sets forth the truth that a woman who seeks in worldly advantage her chief enjoyment will come to disappointment and death. 'She that liveth in pleasure is dead while she liveth.' "I correct the popular impression that people are happier in childhood and youti than they will ever be again. If we live aright, the older the happier. The happiest woman that I ever knew was a Christian octogenarian. I have to say to a great many of the young people that the most miserable time you are ever to have is just now. As you ad vance in life, as you come out into the world and have your heE d and heart all full of good, honest, practical Christian work, then you will know what it is to begin to be happy. There are those who would have us believe that life is chasing thistledown and grasping bubbles. We have not found it so. "And in the first place, I advise you not to build your happiness upon mere social position. Persons at your age, looking off upon life, are apt to think that if, by some stroke of what is called good luck, you could arrive in an ele vated and affluent position, a little high er than that in which God has called you to live, you would be completely happy. Infinite mistake! If the sob of unhappy womanhood in the great cities could break through the tapestried wall, that sob would come along your streets to-day like the simoon of the desert. Someiimes I have heard in the rustling of the robes on the city pavement the hiss of the adders that followed in the wake. You have come out from your home, and you have looked up at the great house, and cove, a life under those arches, when, perhaps, at that very mo ment, within that house there may have been the wringing of hands, the start of horror, and the very agony of hell. "All that this worki cm do for you in silver, in gold, in Axmmster plush, in Gobelin tapestry, in wide halls, in lordly acqaintanceship, wil! not give you the ten thousandth part of a grain of solid satisfaction. Mere social position will never give happiness to a woman's soul. I have had wide andcontinuous observa tion, and I tell the young women that they who build on mere social position ,their soul's immortal happiness are building on the sand. "Young women, have you anything to do in the way of makiog your father's home happy? Now is the time to attend to it, or leave it forever undone. Time is flying very quickly away. I suppose you notice wrinkles are gathering and accumulating on thbse kindly faces that have so long lookec upon you; there is frost in the locks; the foot is not as firm in its steps as it ned to be, and they will soon be gone. The heaviest clod that falls on a parer~t's coffin lid is the memory of an ungrnteful daughter. Oh, make their last days bright and beauti ful. Do not act as though they were in the way. Ask their counsel, seek their praers, and, after long years have passed, and you go out to see the grave where they sleep, you will find growing all over the mound; something lovelier than cypress, something sweeter than the rose, something chaster than the lily -the bright and beautiful memories of~ filial kindness performed ere the dying hand dropped on you a benediction and you closed the lids over the weary eyes of the worn-out pilgrim. "I go further, and advise yea not to depend for enjoyment upon mere per sonal attractions. It would be sheer hypocrisy, because we may not have it ourselves, to despise, or affect to despise: beauty in others. When God gives it, He sim&it as a blessine and a means of usefulness. The sloven has only one mission, and that is to excite our loath ing and disgust. But alas for those who depend upon personal charms for their1 happiness! Beauty is such a subtlef thing; it does not seem to depend upon facial proportions, or upon the sparkle of the eye, or upon the fiush of the cheek. You sometimes find it among irregular features. It is the soul shin ing through the face that makes one beautiful. But ala& for those who de pend upon mere pereonal charms. They will come to disapyintment and to a great fret. There are 'a many different opinions about what are~ personal charms and then sickness and trouble and age do make such ravages. The poorest god that a woman ever worships is her own face. The saddest sight in all the world is a woman who has built everything on good looks when the charms begin to vanish. Oh, how they try to cover the wrinkles and hide the ravages of time! When Time, with ironshod feet, steps on a face the hoof marks remain, and you cannot hide them. It is silly to try to. hide them. I think the most repulsive fool in the world is an old fool! "Again, I advise you not to depend for happiness upon the fistteries of men. It is a poor compliment to your sex that so many men feel obliged in your pres ence to offer unmeaning compliments. Men capable of elegant and cleborate conversation elsewhere, sometimes feel called upon at the door of the drawing room to drop their common sense and to dole out sickening flatteries. They say things about your dress, and about your appearance, that you know and they immw em false They say yon are an angel. You know you are not. De termined to tell the truth in office, and store, and shop, they consider it honor able to lie to a woman. The same thing that they told you on this side of the drawing room three minutes ago they said to some one on the other side of the drawing room. Oh, let no one trample on your self-respect. The meanest thing on which a woman can build her happi ness is the flatteries of men. "Again, I charge you not to depend for happiness upon the discipleship of worldliness. I have seen men as vain of their old-fashioned and their eccentric hat as your business fop is proud of his dangling fooleries. Iam glad the world is improving. Look at the fashion plates of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries and you will find that the world is not so extravagant and extra ordinary now as it was then, and all the marvelous things that the granddaughter will do will never equal that done by the grandmother, Go still farther back, to the Bible times, and you will find that in those times fashion wielded a more terrible sceptre. "All the splendors and the extrava ganza of this world dyed into your robe and flung over your shoulder cannot wrap peace around your heart for a sin gle moment. The gayest wardrobe will utter no voice of condolence in the day of trouble and darkness. That woman is grandly dressed, and only she, who is wrapped in the robe of a Saviour's righteousness. The home may be very humble, the hat may be very plain, the frock may be very coarse; but the halo of Heaven settles in the room when she I wears it, and the faintest touch of the resurrection angel will change that gar ment into raiment exceeding white, so as no fuller on earth could whiten it. "I come to you, young women, to-day to say that this world cannot make you happy. I know it is a bright world, with glorious sunshine, and golden rivers, and fire-worked sunset, and bird orchestra, and the darkest cave has its crystals, and the wrathiest wave its foam wreath, and the coldest midnight its flaming aurora; but God will put out all these lights with the blast of His own nostrils, and the glories of this world will perish in the final conflagration. You will never be happy until you get your sins forgiven and allow Christ yesus to take full possession of your soul. He will be your friend in every perplexity. He will be your comfort in every trial. He will be your defender in every strait. His word is peace. His look is love. His hand is help. His touch is life. His smile is heaven. Oh, Dome, then, in flocks and groups." THE NATIONAL CONVENTION. It Will be Held at St. Louis-Flow the' Choice Was Made. WASHINGTON, Febrnary 23.-The Dem ocratic committee reassembled at 10.30 this morning. Voting for the city in which to hold the convention was taken up at once. The first ballot this morning, Chicago stood 16, San Francisco 17, St. Louis 13, New York 1. After the first ballot the motion to reconsider the time of the 3onvention was defeated by a vote of 23 to 24. On the third ballot St. Louis was se lected. When the result was announced the selection was made unanimous. The vote by States on the third ballot, before the vote was made unanimous, was: For St. Louis-Arkansas, Connecticut, Delaware. Florida, Indiana, Kentucky, [ouisiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, tissouri, South Carolina, Tennessee, texas, Vermont, Virginia, West Vir inia, Dakota, District of Columbia, .ontana and Washington Territory. For Chicago-Alaba, Colorado, Illi ois, Iowa, Maine, Michigan, Minne ota, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New ersey, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Wisconsin, New Mexico, Jtah and Wyoming. For San Francisco-California, Geor ia, Montana, Oregon, Arizona, Idaho. For New York-Nevada and New York. For Cincinnati-Ohio. Before the result of the vote could be mnounced delegates' commenced chang ing votes, and finally Goudy, of Illinois, who was S. C. Judd's substitute, moved that the vote be made nnanimous, which was done. A motion to recgnsider the ate was made by Mr. Scott and carried by a vote of 26 to 19, Texas being ab sent and Prather, of Missouri, not vot ing. A motion to fix the date on June 5th was made by Mr. McDonald, of In diana, and carried by a vote of 29 to 27; others not voting. Those States voting against the change were Arkansas, Colo rado, California, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Oregon, Rlhode Island, Texas, Virginia, West Virginia, Arizona, Riaho, Montana, Washington Territory, Louisi ana and Missouri. The National Committee will meet on the th June. TEE~ CALn FOB THE oO~vENTION. The following is the call: The National Democratic Committee having met in the city of Washington on the 22d day of February, 1888, has ap pointed Tuesday, the 5th day of June next, at noon, as the time and chosen the city of St. Louis as the place for holding the National Democratic Con vention. Each State is entitled to rep resentation therein equal to doable the number of its Senators and Riepresenta tives in the Congress of the United States, and each Territory and the Dis trict of Columbia to have two delegates. All Democratic conservative citizens of the United States, irrespective of past po lticl associations and differences, who can unite with us in the effort for a pure, economical and constitutional Govern ment are cordially invited to join us in sending delegates to the Convention. WInnImiH. B3ARNUM, Chairman. FREDEmICK 0. PmRNCE, Secretary National Dem. Committee. Comments onl the Choice. (Special to the News and Courier.) \vasmIsCTON, February 23.-The ac tion of the National Democratic Commit tee to-day means that the policy of the Democratic party in the coming election campaign will be aggressive rather than defensive, and that tax reduction will be fought for on the lines plainly marked out in the President's recent message. Late last night it was determined to make an effort to obtain a reconsidera tion of the action of the national com mittee yesterday in making July 3 the date of the Convention. It wasthe gen eral indgmnt that the time was more important than the place, and this proved the key of the situation. Con siderable missionary work was accom plished in the small hours of the morn ing, and when the committee met to-day it was pretty sure that St. Louis would be the chosen city and the Democratic Convention would meet before June 15, the day on which the Republican Con vention will assemble at Chicago. This solution of the dilliculty was re n dered easier by the fact that the objec tions to San Francisco on the score of distance grew stronger as they were pon dered. Senator Gorman's appeal to the supporters of San Francisco to join him in voting for a more accessible place and the subsequent withdrawal of Chicago, gave St. Louis an easy victory. Indeed, when Mr. W. L. Scott and those who had voted with him for Chicago went over to St. Louis, the result was certain. The motion to reconsider was carried by a iound majority, though Maryland, Geogia,-Virginia, California, Florida and Coloiado continued to oppose any change of date. By a rather larger ma jority June 5 was then selected as the day for the Democratic gathering. NO OPPOSITION TO CLEvELAD. The current report that the vote on the date yesterday had been regarded as a defeat of the Administration, was al luded to during the session of the com mittee, but on every side there was the earnest declaration that no such mean ing could properly be given to the com mittee's action. Mr. Gorman was esp; dially emphatic in announcing himself to be "an Administration m:.n," and every committeeman who had voted for a July meeting spoke in the same strain. THE TARIFF QUESTION. It is safe to conclude that every mem ber of the national committee is for Cleveland, first and last, bat several members representing States that are not Democratic, but which must be carried to ensure success in Novembcr, think that the President went too far, and was unnecessarily definite in his tariff mes sage. They preferred, therefore, to await some tcriillcgislation by the House of Representatives, with the idea, appar ently, that this action won!d uot cut as deep as the President's re.,inienda tions. The national platform cunld then be brought to its level. Those who, on the other hand, accept the President's message, as the,, Lighting proved, believe that the National Can vention can and will bring the Demo crats in Congress to a more lilera'stand ard of tax redaction th-an can be expect ed if the party remain deaf nd dumb until the time for Congressional work sha have passed. The high tariff Denmeciats in the com mittee voted generally for a State Con vention, while the low tarii members voted for an early reeting. This is the explantion of the existencc of what has been denominated the Administration and Anti-Administration sentiment in the committee. This view is streugthened by the terms of the telegram of Mayor Faneis, of 6t. Louis, to President Cleveland. COMMENT ON THE CHOICE. Both the day and place are well spoken of by infiuential Demiocrats to-night. June is regarded as a better time than July for the meeting of the Convention, and it is felt that the party in power acts wisely in taking the offensive, without waiting upon the movements of its op ponents. ONLY A MISUNDERSTANDING. Then again there is a feeling of a relief that whatae understood to be the views of the President ca ziot even be said to have been disregarded. I am assured by the leaders of the July party that they would cheerfully have deferred 'at once to the wishes of the President if these iad been made known to them in time, nd that the whole business could then iave been disposed of in fifteen minutes. But all's well that ends well. There is no soreness anywhrc and no heart burning. A HARD FIGHT AHEAD. The one thought now is to arrange and conduct the canvass so that Mr. Cleveland shall be his own successor. It will be a hard fight, and no mere walk over, whoever the Republican candidate shall be, there is no doubt of that. F. w. D. Education In the State. It is a significant fact that nineteen cts were passed this last session of the Legislature establishing special school districts and authorizing the levy and collection of local taxes for school pur poses. It is evidence of a growing con viction among the people of the State, that in our present condition it is the only way by which eflicient schools ecn be maintained in each community. This is but the pioneer movement which will, before many years result in a system of eficient free common schools in every school district in the State. The neces sity for the education of the masses is so urgent, and the great good that results therefrom in our moral, social, political and material advancement so evident, that prejudice and old fogyism may stay its progress for a time, but these move ments never go backward, and those who oppose them as a rule, become their most zealous supporters.-Darlington News. We are prepared to s(11 Pianos and Organs of the best make at factory pres for Cash or easy Instalments. Pianos from $210 up; Organs from $24 up. The verdict of the people is that they can save the freight and twenty-five per cent, by buying of us. Instruments delivered to any depot on fifteen days' trial. We pay freight both ways if not satisfactory. Order and test m your own homes. Respectfully, N. W. TRUMP, * Columbia, S. C. Monmouth, Illinois, was startled by a terrific roar or explosion Wednesday night, which was perceptibly felt to jar the walls and windows of many buildings in the city. The sky was lit up by what seems to have been a monster meteor. The meteor passed the place with light ning rapidity, and the explo.ion took place shortly after. Reports from neighboring towns show that they all experienced the same sensations as to the shock and the flight of the visitor, but whither it went is not yet known. When we have done our best we should wait the result in peace. TIIE END OF TIE WAR. L.APERS THAT RECALL THE DOWN FALL OF THE CONFEDERACY. General Lee's Farewell to the Army of Northern Virginia-The Sherman-John ston Settlement. The Prosperity Reporter has procured from an old soldier copies of the papers relating to the closing scenes of the War between the States. They will be read with interest. Lee's Farewell to His Troops. EADQUARTERS ARM NoRTaRN VA., ^.pril 10, 1865. GENERAL ORDERS, I No. 9. After four years of hard service, mark 'd by unsurpassed courage and fortitude, the Army of Northern Virginia has been compelled .to yield to overwhelming numbers and resources. I need not tell the brave survivors of so many hard fought battles, who have remained stead fast to the last, that I have consented to this resuit from no distrust of them; but feeling that valor and devotion could accomplish nothing that would compen sate for the loss that must have attended the continuance of the contest, I deter mined to avoid the useless sacrifice of those whose past services have endeared them to their countrymen. By the terms of agreement, officers and men can return to their homes and there remain until exchanged. You will take with you the satisfaction that pro ceeds from the consciousness of duty fsithf ully performed; and I earnestly pray that a merciful God will extend His blessing to your country, and with a grateful remembrance of your kind and generous consideration for myself, I bid you all an affectionate farewell. R. E. LEE, General. Agreement between Sherman andJohnston HEADQUARTERS MIL. Div. OF THE MIsS. In the Field, Raleigh, N. C., April 27, 1865. SrscAL FIELD ORDER, No. 65. The General Commanding announces a further suspension of hostilities, and a final agreement with General Johnston, which terminstes the war as to the armies under his command, and the country east of the Chattahoochee. Copies of the terms of conve.tion will be furnished Major Generals Schofield, Gillmore and Wilson, who are specially charged with the execution of its details in the Department of North Carolina, Department of the South, and at Macon and Western Georgia. Capt. Jasper Myers, Ordinance Dept. U. S. A., is hereby designated to receive the arms, &c., at Greensboro, and any commanding officer of a post may re ceive the arms of any detachment and see that they are properly stored and ac counted for. General Schofield will procure at once the necessary blanks, and supply the Army Commanders, that uniformity may prevail, and great care must be taken that the terms and stipulations on our part be fulfilled with the most scrupu lous fidelity, whilst those imposed on our hitherto enemies be received in a spirit becoming a brave and generous army. Army Commanders may at once loan to the inhabitants such of the captured - mules, horses, wagons, and vehicles as can be spared from immediate use, and the Commanding Generals of Armies may issue provisions, animals, and any public supplies that can be spared, to relieve present wants, and to encourage the inhabitants to renew their peaceful pursuits, and to restore the relations of frlendship among our fellow-citizensand countrymen. Foraging will forthwith cease, and when necessity or long macesme the taking of forage, provisions or any kind of private property, compensation will be made on the spot, or, when the disbursing officers are not provided with fndsa, vouchers will be given in proper' form, payable at the nearest Military Depot. By order of Maj. Gen. W. T. SHREn'&. M. Daas~roN, A. A. General. H EDQUATERS ABMYr TENNESSEE, Near Greensboro, N. C., Apiil 27, '65. GENERAL OnDEB. No. 18. By the terms of a military convention made on the 26th inst., by Major Gen. W. T. Sherman, U. S. A., and Gen. J. E. Johnston, C. S. A., the offieers and men of this army are to bind themselves not to take up arms against the United States until properly relieved from that obligation, and shall receive guarantees from the United States officers against molestation by the United States author ities so long as they observe that obliga tion and the laws in force where they reside. For there objects duplicate muster rolls will be made out immediately, and after the distribution of the necessary paers, the troops will be marched un der their ofi.:ers to their respective States, and there be disbanded, all re taining privfate property. The object of this convention is paci ication to the extent of the authority of the commanders who made it. Events in Virginia which broke every hope of success by war, imposed on its General the duty of sparing the blood of our. gallant soldiers and saving our country from further devastation and ruin. J. E. JOHNSTON, General. Truly this is an age of progress. Well made pants from all woolen goods for only .3 to your own measure! Scientific blanks, 25 samples of cloth and a linen tape measure are sent to any address for 6 eents in stamps by the N. Y. Standard Pants Co., of 66i University Place, N. Y. City. Goodis sent by mail. This firm is doing an enormous business from Maine to Califvmia. You will actually be surprised at the result, if you wil write them.* The Young Men's Democratic Club of Massachusetts have voted to unite with similar organizitions in New York and Brooklyn in calling on youthful follow ers of the party all over the country to organize. A convention of delegates from these clubs will follow. This is following the lead of the other fellows. The club idea is being greatly exalted in