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A MASSACHUSETTS MAN APPARENTLY SEEKING TO FOSTER TRE PLANE MOVEMENT IN THIS STATE. He Has Interviews With White Inde pendents and Colored Republicans in this City Yesterday and Sought to Learn if the Latter Would Not Accept the Leadership of the Former. (From the Colmibia Daily Register. May :4.) The register at Wright's Hotel yester day bore the following innocent inscrip tion: L. Edwin Dudley and wife, Boston, Mass." . I Innocent as the entry appears, it is in fact the outward sign of the latest exhi bition of life in the McLane movement in Sou:h Carolina, and Mr. Dudley is Columbia's visitor got for health, not to examine our material resources, but to sound the political depths of McLane In dependentism, at the instance of Senator Hoar. Henry Cabot Lodge and other prominent Massachusetts Republicans, with a view of ascertaining the possi bility of a union of the South Carolina Republicans with the Independents, so called, under the leadership of the latter. Mr. Dudley. it is learned, first pur sued his iudstigations in Charleston. then went to Georgetown, and from that place came to Columbia. With his wife he occupies Room 4 at Wright's, and there yesterday received the white Independents, who came thither of their own accord, and a numi ber of colored $epublicans whom he summoned to conference with him. Early in the day he was closeted with Dr. V. P. Clayton. J. Hendrix McLane's trusted lieutenant in this locality, and who spent a considerable time in Massa chusetts last fall it will be remembered. Later he received a visit from Mr. Simeon Corley of Lexington, who was accompanied by several of the white men disgruntled over the Democratic County nominations in Lexington last fall and three or four colored Republi cans from the same section. dr. R. A. Lynch, librarian-of the Su preme Court, editor of the Evening Re cord, and candidate for the position of District Attorney, was also seen in his company, and ex-Sheriff Berry of Marion, who "happened" to be in the city, called on the Massachusetts mis sionary. lie suggested that the Republicans of the North had about come to the con ion tbn the solid Democratic South Suot Webroken by keeping up the nt Republican organization. and they consider the only promising of doing it was by the. dividing the white vote by appointing Inde ndents to office and placing in their hands the political control of the State. He further e:passed the opinion that Brayton, Taft and me of the other white leaders of the Repub licans in the State d accom plished nothing in the ten twelve years had been i he lea and t .- y - e - ant leaders was worth trying. . seemed to intimate that the men he named were obnoxious to the white people of the State, and that their ap pointment to office would only arouse ill-feeling and secure no accession to the Republican party and would not strengthen it. Last nightRoom 4 was the scene of a conference which lasted several hours. and at which, besides Mr. Dudley and Mr. Lynch, th:ere were present the fob lowing colored Republicans: John F. Lopez, ex-United States Marshal: R. J. Palmer, candidate for the Columbia postmastership. John Barre and one or two others. .Dudley stated his object to be to the real strength of the Independ ens South Carolina, and also if ni ~ni nct be effected bewa b cans of the State un en e ea of the Independents holding the Federal '. offices. He said he had beert lead to believe from what he had heard in his travels through the State that there were -thousands of white men who would join such a union under such leadership. He intimated, it is understood, that of course the regular Republicans, col reaswell as white, would have to stand back while the Independents took the offices, and said he had heard that at present a certain portion of the party in the State controlled all its con ventions and those not in the .ring had no showing. This Dicture of a back seat in 'the peanut gallery as lookers on, at the performance, while the chief parts on the stage were takenby white men who btlately had benfiercely opposing them, did not strike favorably the majority of the coloreL.uditors of Mr. Dudley last night, however pleasing the prospect might have appeared to his -one white listener. n bBarre and John Lopez proceeded J to inform Mr. Dudley at some length that the Independent party -of Hen driy McLane, of which he spoke, was in reality a myth; that MoLane bad not one-tenth of the following he claimed, and that there would be more loss than gain by sending regular Re . publicans to the rear, while ex-Demo crats were fed on official pap. Some others of the colored men pres ent seemed favorably inclinect to the ex ~riment Mr. Dudley suggested, agree inhat their present leaders had ac lished nothing and that it might pay to try new ones. They did not en thuse over McLane, however, whom one of the number after the conference de Dominated as a "crank." 'Mr. Dudley, it is understood, also made some inquiry as to the prospects of the E~ening Record, of which Mr. Lynch is the editor, Dr. Clayton the . treasurer, and Governor Oliver Ames of Nassachusetts one of the stockhiorders. Mr. Dudley thought it a very independ ent and liberal newspaper, he said. Tue conference ended shortly after 10 o'clock last night without any distinct \results, so far as is known. It is proba ~te the search for information will be -continued to-day. If Mr. Dudley will call at THE REGIs TER office, great pleasure will be taken in placing him in the way of securing much information that lie will be certain to miss under his present methods of seeking knowledge of things political in South Carolina, and by a few minutes' walk he can be introduced to a gentle man who can tell hiim more about J. Hendrix McLane in a quarter of an hour than he could well digest in many days, if indeed his mental digestion did not finally and utterly rebel. Mr. Jacobs at His -Home. "ick" Jacobs, since his pardon and, return home, has remained on his farm a few miles from the city all the time. and is said to be confined to his bed from an attack of sickness which is ex tremely severe. He will resume his vocation of farming, the hands em ployed on his place having kept the farm going and in good condition. and during his absence planted the crcp for this; year which, if his health does not pre vent, he . will be able to superintend from now on.-Greenrille Ne~ws. Heavy Frost in Ilninois. BELvIDERE, Mlay 2:3.--Quite a heavy frost visited this vicinity yesterday morning. Corn and garden stuffs were not affected. but it is feared that consid erable damage has been done to straw berries. Berry raisi nghas bcecome quite an industry throughout the Northern part of this State during late years. and frost at this time will cause heavy loss. THE PRESIDENT INVITED SOUTH..~ He Express e His Gratification at the In I dustrial Growth of This Section. W;isHiuNG;ToN. May 23.-Breekinridge Jones of Decatur, Ala.. called on the President to-day, and in the name of r the citizens of New )ecatur invited him to attend the ceremonies to take place there on the 29th inst. in celebration of the opening of various industrial enters prises. The President received Mr. .ones very cordially, and assured him that he took a warm interest in the in dustrial growth of the South, and ex pressed his gratification at the. many ev idences of material advancement which the South was exhibiting. The Presi dent said that he regretted that the state of publie business would not permit him to be present in person at the opening of Decatur's new enterprise. At the suggestion of the President and Secretary Noble, Judge Shields, As sistant Attorney General for the Interior Department, will attend the ceremonies at New Decatur, and will represent the administration on that occasion. It is possible that some member of the Cabi net will go to Decatur, though none of them have vet decided to do so. A delegation of citizens of Fredericks burg, Va.. also called on the President and invited him to attend the County fair to beheld there in October. The President said he would consider the matter. JOE JAMES, THE PA RRICIDE. An Alleged Plot on the Part of His Friends to Rescue Hits from His Im pending Doom. It was rumored on the streets here Monday that the Supreme Court had refused to grant Joe .James a new trial, and that friends of his from Darlington would make an effort to rescue him by force. It was said that Sheriff Wall had received a telegram from Sheriff Cole of Darlington telling him to be on his guard against any attempt at a rescue. It was further rumored that detachments from the Marion Rifles were to be detailed to guard the jail every night. Inquiry developed the fact that Sheriff Wall has received from Sheriff Cole a telegram and a letter con veying the above intelligence. In his letter Sheriff Cole stated that he had in formation from a reliable source than an attempt would be nude to release James, and that James had promised his res cuers the sum of $5,000 for their ser vices. James is to be hung on the 21st of June unless the Supreme Court grants him a new trial, and it seems that he has despaired of this. Sheriff Wall has accordingly taken ample precautions against any attempt at a rescue. and should anything of the kind be at tempted the attacking party will have a warm reception.-Uarion Index. THE CONGO RAILROAD. It Will Cost $5,000,000 and Ground Will be $roken this Fail. BRrssEI , May 22.-The enigineers, who have been surveys and p am ans for the Congo Rail- ; d the cataracts have comple their work. At a special meeting of the o>. Geograpbical Society at Ant werp tiey h, made known the condi tions under whicu .. " road will be built. They say that it will ta - $5,000,000 to build the road, equip it w 1 stock, and pay interest on the invt ment during the period of construction, which is fixed at four years. The total length of the road will be.426 kilometres, t or about 264 miles, and it wdll extend from Matadi, at the head of navigation on the lower Congo, to the village oft Ndalo, on the South shore of Stanley1 In the first sixteen miles between Ma tadi and Palaballa are found the only difficulties of cosr r ocas and rolling na-j ~~te land. The rest of the route slaid along the plateau behind the hills tbat skirt the left bank of the Congo, and is exceptionally favoi-able for railroad building. Only three important bridges will be required. One of them will be 330 feet] long over the Inkissi River, and the others will each be 250 feet long over the rivers Mpozo and Kwilu. The corn plete plans-are to be published without delay. It is expected that ground will be broken this fall. Swallow a Rattlesnakee Heart. 1 ELLEnVH:, N. Y., May 22.--While a number of the residents of this village were. discussing the question whether1 consumption could be cured or not, one of them made the following extraordi- I nary statement: "I am positive,from an experience ofC my own, that the dread disease can bet e 'red. When I was about twenty years old I suffered from consumption in its 1 very worst form. One day an old mant said to me: 'If you swallow a rattle snake's heart von will be cured.' "I was inclined at first not to try the old man's cure, but as I grew more weak I could not get the strange remedy for my disease out of my mind and began to wish that I could find a rattlesnake. Soon a teamster from one of the tanner ies came by our house and I heard him sa to my' father, -I just killed a big 9 rattler.' 'I asked the man where he had C left it. On learning the location I ran eagerly to the spot on the hillside and C soon saw what to most people would - have been a repulsive object, but to me,t at that time, seemed a literal fountain t of youth. I took the rattler home and, t with the excuse that I wanted the fat and oil from the reptile, induced my father to skin it. He did so, and as soon as he cut open the snake I watched anxiously for the heart. Soon I had it r in my hands and I was trembling with emotion. I gazed upon the little, quiv- a ering, dark looking object in my palm I and handled it as lovingly as a young I lady would a costly pearl.t -While I was fondling it I said, t Fater, that looks good enough to eat.' V Not having the remotest idea of my in- t tention, father said, 'It does, that's ab fact.' At that instant I clapped the lit- D tle heart into my mouth and swallowed a it at one gulp. .a The rattler's heart, as it entered my stomach, gave me a peculiar thrill, and r I took but little notice of my father's a disgust and anger. From that day I I felt myself growing stronger and better, v and in less than a year 1 was well and s hcarty, and have continued in good t healthi to this day." s The Clemson Bequest Sustained. The decision of Chief Justice Fuller, t who heard the conest over the will of the s late Thomas G. Clemson. was favor- o able to the State. His Honor held the t bequest of Fort Hill plantation, and the b persoal property specified, to be valid. The injunction previously' granted iss dissoled. It is said that the attorneys t of Miss Isabella Lee will appeal to the d United States Supreme Court. Miners Entombed Alive. 1 Loxixos, May 23.-The roof of the col ier at Merthyr Tydvil, Wales, has fall'en in, killing one miner and entomb ing fift-eight others- Work is being actively prosecuted for the rescue of the imprisoned men. LA'TR.-All the entombed miners ave been rescued.a C Minister Lincoln in London. LoDo, May 2:3.-Mr. Robert T. i incoln, the new Americani Minister, f has taken up his residence at No. 5 a Cadogans Square. Mr. Henry White of a the American Legation presented Mr incoln to Lord Salisbury at the Foreign o BISHOP'S CABINET T'ICK. [ow Washington Irving Bishop Forced a Murderer to Confess. PROVIDENCE, R. I., May 20.-The death f Mind-reader Bishop recalls how his salistic pantomime of a murder given t an exhibition in this city several years go so affected a man who had killed a anker in Scotland that he gave himself p to the authorities and confessed the rime. The murderer's name. as he was nown here, was Allan McIntyre. and e had murdered Banker Wm. Baker of rlasgow, in his private office, and es aped with a large sum of money. The ight Bisbop exhibited here McIntyre esponid to the mind-reader's call for olunteers. as he did so remarking to Vi. C. MacDonald, who sat in the next eat, that he had no faith in Bishop's coasted powers. Mclntyre went on the stage and 3ishop began to act a murder scene. He tealthily approached a chair and went hrough the motions of wrcstling with n imaginary occupant, drawing a knife cross his throat and plunging it into is chest. Then, in pantomine. he pened the door of a safe and trans 'erred the contents to his pockets. Look ng backward at an imaginary figure on he floor, he hurriedly moved away. Re urning he asked McIntyre if he had not 'cad his thoughts correctly. "No," re lied the man, but it was noticed that ius face was ghastly. in its pallor. He eft the hall, looking over his shoulder Ls if afraid of being followed. The same eight he was seen intoxicated, and hile in his cups he mumbled about something having been "discovered." [he next day he left Providence, re narking at the depot that he was going o New York. It was three months before he was iard of again, and the intelligence was tartling to those who remembered the Bishop incident. Word came from Glas row that he had surrendered himself to he police as the murderer of Banker Baker seventeen years before, and he ad the vision of his crime recalled by :he mind reader's wonderful perform nce was so realistic as to utterly upset aim, and from that moment he imag ned himself pursued by some mysteri mus influence from which there was no scape except in surrender and confes >ion. McIntyre's sanity was questioned by the Glasgow police, but he was ad judged perfectly sane, and was sentenced to be hanged. While awaiting the day Af execution he died in his cell of apo plexy. His right name was Thomas !urray. THE CRANK'S LETTER FILE. Queer Requests from the Innocent-A New Innovation. WASHINGTON, D. C., May 18.-In the Interior Department there is a file kept of all the letters addressed to the Secre tary or other officials by "cranks." It is called the "crank letter file. There are a great - number of cranks in the uutry, and fror .th.Jtters received at he Interior Department yem o be very communicative. Some of hem are very modest and moderate in heir suggestions or requests, but a najority are quite erratic in their com nunicatons. Some of the letters re 'erred to in this file can hardly be said o have been written by eranks, but for he extreme novelty of the requests and cident misinformation of the ters, these fe go wth the rest An Indiana n has just wri '~to he Secretary o he Interior stating t aat .e wants $3,5 . He says he is old and eeble, and eeds the money and thinks le gove ent ought to give it to him. e ther .ore asks the Secretary for the mo suggested, and requests that it ~e f warded ais early as possible. - nu Ohio man is a little more modest i 640 acres, and that it is mortgaged or $2,000. That amount, he says, will ust exactly get him out of debt and tart hirm square with the world, the 40 acres of land, of course, being on he credit side. He asks the Sectetary o send him $2,000 by return mail as a oan, and says he will pay it back to the ;overnmnt in instalments. A novel request has just been received rom a school teacher in Kansas City. L'his teacher makes a mild requisition or a full set of blanks such as are used n the Interior Department. He xpains his request by stating that he aches civil government in the high chool and wishes to give his scholars n object lesson concerning government lanks, applications, appomntments, etc. n a postscript he adds that a full set of iatent office, pension, Indian bureau, ducation and census blanks will be loubly appreciated. As a full set of he various blanks requested would bout fill two freight cars, it is not ikely that the Secretary will forward A Cincinnati man has just addressed postal card to the department upon rhich he inscribes a very startling re *uest. He simply says: "Please send me, by return mail, a 'ivil Service Commission." The Cincinnati man who makes this equest signs his name and gives his ddress, and he is doubtless patiently waiting a civil service commission. A oubt is felt in the department as to rhether he wants a real live civil service ommission, or a report of the Civil ervice Commission, or a blank applica ion for a civil service examination. Until bis doubt is settled no action will be den in the matter. Moraons Made to Move On. On last Saturday night the Mormon iissionaries who have been preaching ithis and Darlington Counties had an pointment at the house of one Rush iddle, who lives just across the line in >arlington County. Some time after a services a large party of men went > Riddl' house, where the Mormons -er to spend the night. Some of ae party were in buggies, some on orseback, and some on foot. The in uales of the house becoming alarmed t the noise of the horses and the near pproach of the company, on'e of the [ormous undertook to esce pe but n into the arms of the footmen nd was captured. The other barred isef in, but after a brief parley 'as captured, and the two were carried >mne distance from the house, where 2ey were required to depart from the tate within twelve hours. Report also iys that the demand was immediately beeved, and nothing has since been eaard of them. We are also informed aat Mi-. Riddle made some effort to re stthe party, but yielded to the force of umbers, who, it seems, were strangers h im. He now claims that he has een damaged by the company; that they assed over his young cotten crop, and triously injured it, and, if reports be -ue, his "bravo" was also seriously It is not to be denied that the poison Mormonism has heen freely inocu tied here, and is now being felt by our iurches, and. in some eases, in the umily circle. - Chesterfield Adcertiser. he President Ramits Sim Coy's Fine. DIANAPo~is, May 23--President .arrison has remitted the fine :>f $100 ad costs aggregating $750, against Sim y, a Democratic politician, who is 3r'ving a sentence of eighteen months t he Michigan City, Indiana, prison >r election frauds committed in Indian polis, in 1886. His term will expire in few days. The petition for the remis on of the fine was signed by a number f prominent Republicans, includingI A HORRIBLE RECITAL. EVIDENCE OF SIIOOKING CRUELTY IN TIlE CHICAGO INSANE ASYLUM. A Patient's Arm and One of his Ribs, Broken by the Attendants-Another Un fortunate so Terribly Injured that He Died. CHICAGO, May 20.-The most horrible revelation yet made in Judge Pender gast's investigation of the management of the Cook County Insane Asylum was reached to-day in the testimony of George Hill, an engineer now running an engine for the Lake Shore Road. Mr. Hill is a shrewd looking man, with black hair and moustache, and a straightfor ward manner. He said he was admit ted to the institution at Dunning in January, 1888, and was discharged as cured the following May. He was not violently insane when he went to the asylum, and on his arrival he was asked by an attendant named Lott if he was insane. He said that he was not. "Well," replied Lott, "we will make you a d-d sight insaner than you are now." "Then another attendant, named Ju lian, ordered me to sweep out the room. I replied that I was not sent there for that purpose. 'You ain't, ehr We will see about that.' "Then be knocked me down and kicked me in the body and mouth, and kicked two teeth out. I tried to cover my face by getting my head beneath a bench. My arm was ove: it and through a space in the back of tue bench. Ju han turned the bench over to get an other kick at my face. In doing this my arm was broken." Hill rolled up his right coat sleeve and showed about three inches below the elbow a huge lump where the ends of the broken bones, illy joined, stuck out. "They knocked me down again," con tinued Hill, "and broke one of my ribs. My arm caused me great pain, and I had no proper treatment. One day Julian said: 'Let me see that arm,' and he tore my coat off. Then he rubbed the arm with liniment. That was the only at tendance I had. 1 tried to see the doe tor, but Julian told me that if I dared to speak he would kill me right there. "I told Supervisor Jones that I-was badly treated, and he said be would send me to another ward. Then Lock and another attendant from Ward 1 held me down while Julian kicked me in the head and breast. I got up bleeding and said I would have justice some day. "'You---,' said Julian, 'we will give you all the justice you want,' and he struck me in the face and knocked me down again. "That was all that was done to me. My arm and rib healed up in a kind of way, and I got along all right. One day a poor fellow named Levi was brought in. He did not know enough to go to the dining rooand I was showing him -whii-Lock asked ie w t I was doing. Julian came up, and Lock - id: 'The --- won't eat.' I'll show m how,' said Julian, and he grasped Le by the hair, and, throwing his head back, jammed a big piece of bread in his mouth. Levi tried to run away, and hid in one of the rooms. There lie was caught by Julian and Lock. They struck him in the face, knocked him down, and jumped on tis stomach. Levi's face turned black. 'Get up!' they said, but be could not move, and they picked him up and threw him on the bed. The poor fellow died that night." The court room'was as still as death during the recital. The witness was told to bring in his wife to corrobo.e.. his story, and Dr. Harold Meye ws in-| stited 'by~ Judge Pendergast to ex amine Hill's arm and rib. sOME ADDITIONAL DEVELoPMEN'1s. CmICAGO, May 22.-In tbe inquiry as to the state of affairs at the Cook County Insane Asylum to-day, Dr. Clevenger, formerly a member of the medical staff there, testified that it was impossible fur a reputable practitioner or attendant to stay there. The most disreputable ones were the ones to stay, because they de voted more-time to intrigues. The dis reputable ones practiced a system of elimination of the better element byi either physical violence or other means. 'In 1886," said he, "physicians who secured bodies at the asylum for dissec tion told me the bodies were so covered with vermin that they had to be scorched before being put on the dissection table. Once, in 1885, I heard screams of pain. and, running from my office, found two attendants standing over a patient named Horzerby, who was bleeding profusely. I knew there was no use in making any complaint, as the attendants were sup ported by John Cummings's influence on the County Board. Soon after they rebelled and refused to obey my orders. They secreted bodies on which I desired to hold post mortem examinations, and I could not get them for two' or three days after they were buried. I pub lished a statement, and the following night one of the attendants called me a vile name. A few moments later a shot was fired down stairs, the bullet crashed through the floor and lodged into my bookcase." Soon after this the doctor resigned. "What is the matter with the institu tion now?" was asked. "It is under the influence of boodle ism. It is in a 'bad place, on unsalubri ous ground. There should be new buildings for male as well as female pa tients. No building should have more than 500 patients, because it is impossi ble for one man to oversee more. Then the County Board should be kicked out, and the asylum put in the bands of a tate commission." The doctor told how boodleism. had preven ted investigations. Another One of the Same Kind. PHILADELHI, May 22.-In compli nce with a request from President Laughlin of the Board of Charities and Correction. George W. Symonds, a re porter of the Philadelphia Inquirer, who secured admission to the insane depart ment of the Philadelphia Hospital (County ahmshouse) and afterwards wrote up thbe institution, to-day appeared before Magistrate Smith and made anu affidavit charging keepers Joseph Mar shall, Joseph Devlin and Joseph Wil liamson with assault and battery upon numerous patients of the institution. Warrants were at once issued for the arrest of the three keepers. The hearing has been fixed for Tuesday next, when it is expected some interesting revela tions will be made. The prosecution is in the hads of the District Attorney. Smonds will appear simply as a wit The C., N. & L. R. RL. Mr. C. J. Ellis, the chief engineer of the C., N. & L. R. R., and his assistants | bave been encamped in the suburbs ot the town for several days. They have been making several prelimanary sur eves on both sides of the town and en deeavering to secure the best location of the route to enter the town. One line will be located on either side'of the town and the cost of each will be esti mated and the most practical selected, regard being had to cost and conven- 1 ience. As soon as the location is decid- t ed upon work will be commenced on thec whole line and the work pushed rapidly to completion. Messrs. W. 'G. Childs and Win. H.i Lyles of Columbia have been in thei eiitv for several days in the interest of A LEAP FROM THE PAST. Letters Written in Front of Vera Cruz. The Gallantry of the South Carolina Volunteers and Their Officers. (From the Columbia Daily Register.) Senator Butler has transmitted to Governor Richardson, to be placed in the arebives of the State, certain letters which have been in his possession some years. and sent to him by Mr. Isaac Hayne. These letters appear to be official com munications from Col. P. M. Butler, an uncle of thc Senator. and Col. Dickinson, and were found by Mr. Hayne while looking over some old papers of his father's. One is a letter from Col. P. M. Butler. commanding the South Caro lina Volunteers, to Brig. Gen. J. A. Quitman, and is dated March 14, 1847, at Vera Cruz. Mexico. It is as follows: Ix REAR OF VERA CRU~Z, Mar. 14th, 1847. General: The material facts connected with the skirmish on the Sand Hill on the morning of the 11th (as far as the Palmetto Regiment was a party) are: Under your instructions to extend the companies around the brow of the hill fronting the enemy, Company A, Capt. Sumter. was ordered to the then right. Soon after you ordered one of the Geor gia companies, Capt. Davis, to form on his right, and both placed under the command of Lieut. Col. J. P. Dickinson of the S. C. Volunteers. Company C, Capt. Motfatt. Co. E, Capt. 'Marshall, I, Capt. Secrest, were thrown still further under the hill. 150 yards to the right, under command of Major A. H. Glad den. Lieutenant Colonel Dickinson, with his known ardor and gallantry, while directing his command, received a musket ball in his right breast near the collar bone. which I am pleased to learn from the medical officer is not serious. Two privates of Captain Sumter's com pany, Ballard and Coker, received wounds. one in the arm the other. in the thigh, neither of which are con sidered dangerous. When these companies were attacked Captaim Kennedy of Company E, was placed on the extreme right of the line, when private Phillips of his company received a wound in the arm, though shattering some of the bones yet not regarded dangerous. One other private, 'ricker. of Cantain DeSaussure's com panyH, was struck by a spent cannon ball, which tumbled him over, shatter ing his canteen without further injury. All were equally exposed to the balls from the city and the bombs from the Castle, and Lieutenant Colonel Dicken son's command more to the musketry from their exposed position. All were cooler from this exciting fire than could have been expected from volunteers. All your orders were executed by the regiment with propriety and good order. P. 3M. BUTLER, Col. Com. S. C. V. The following letter shows Lt. Colonel Dickinson's gallant spirit: CAMP OPPOSITE VERA CRUZ, 23 March, 1S47. _MY DEAR SmR: I am informed that a breaching battery, near the railroad, will be opet.ed to-morrow and that it is po. sible an assault may be ordered if the sistance of the city proves obstinate. Get . atterson is of opinion that the "forlorn b'op,',-tWhsually leads the assault, will be composed o - ails from the different brigades: and the o jec t this note is to solicit the honor of lead ing the detail from your brigade. 1 am sufficiently strong for such a duty and the only risk to me, from my woundl would be the after consequences-and those not serious. But as 1 am deliber aely determined even if it risks my com mission, to accompany any such coin mand, this is not to be considered, and a volunteer if I cannot as an officer. I sincerely hope, sir, that you may pardon my request. and that. it would prove agreeable to those I seek to com mand. 1 can assure you that the honor of your brigade sball not suffer in my hands. Mfost respectfully, J. P. DiciKI~soN, Lt. Col. S. C. V. THE LAND OF THE MIXADO. Extraordinary Seismic Manifestations. Severe Punishment of Two Journalists. SAN Faiscrsco, May 22.-The Occi dental and Oriental Company's steam ship Belgic arrived yesterday bringing Chinese and Japanese advices to May 2. The Japan Mail (newspaper) states tiat an earthquake of a most unusual char acter was recorded at 2:07 p. m. April 18 in the seismological observatory of the Imperial University at Tokio. The peculiarity of the phenomenon lay not in its violence, but in the extreme slow ness of its oscillation, it taking from for to seven seconds to complete one forward and back motion, chiefly in a horizontal plane lying South and North. There were a few vertical motions, how ever, of equally slow periods. The phe nomenon lasted ten mninutes and thirty six seconds, no damage being done as yet reported. Yokohama papers give an account of the severe punishment of two Japanese journalists who published with a sketch of the new liberal constitntion a picture of the skeleton of the Emperor. One was sentenced to three years' imprison net and fined, while the other received one year in prison and was fined. Count Herbert Bismarck is to receive the Japanese decoration of the First Order of Merit andl the Grand Order of the Rising Sun for his services in the treay revision and the engagement of imperial advisers. Heavy floods have done great damage in several provinces and in the city of Kioto Killing Negroes for Their Blood. The negroes of this and adjoining ounties have, for several weeks past, beenl in a state of abnormal fear and trembing. They claim that there is a wvhite man, a doctor, who at will can make himself inv'isible, and who then ap roachics sonme unsuspecting darkey, and saving rendered him (or her, as is gnerally the case.) insensible by throw ug chloroform in her tace, he proceeds to till up a bail buickect with his victim's 2eart ~lood, for the purpose of making edicine. After having drained the .ast droli of blood from the victim's deart, the body is dumped into some seret liace where it is impossible for my person to find it. It is surprising how some of these ig ,orant black peCople believe such things, >ut it i a fact that they, the women es eially, believe it so firmly that they vil not venture out at night, or in the laytime in any sequestered place. They reatly fear to cross a branch or swamp, d vill not dare to go alone. One old colored woman in speaking m this subject recently insisted that he believed it. She says that she snows the white man makes castor oil um of negroes' blood, and that in slav try times a negro would die before he v'ould take a dose of castor oil.-.]an Confederate Monument Unveiled. ALEXANDRIA. Va.. May '24--The un 'cing of the iionumnent to the Confed rate (lead of this city took place to-day. \. large crowd was in attendance. The nilitary and civic parade was a mile ong, icluding military from Washing on and the fire dhepartmnent nmagmeiently lecorated. Confederate Camps from 3altimore. Leesburg, Fredericksburg, ichmond and other places participated n the unveiling ceremonies. A very inpressive presentation speech was nade by R. I. Daniel of Richmond. ['he oration was by General Lee. Every ing aedr of satisfactorily. THE SLEEPING WOMAN OF ATTICA. Her Condition Improving and Her Trances Shorter and Less Frequent. ATrica, May 20.-Mrs. Emma Alt house, whose continued trances during the last two years have attracted so much attention. has taken a change for the better and there is a chance that she may entirely recover, though it is very slight For the last month her condi tion has gradually improved, until now she can again partake of some nourish ment; her breathing is more natural and her trance periods are less frequent and shorter. Two months ago she was given up for dead and her vitality be came so low subsequent to her rallying on that occasion that all of her relatives became convinced that she coult not live. Mrs. Althouse partakes of small quantities of nourishment, is able to move her hands, and seems much stronger. but she is wholly powerless to sit up in bed, where she has lain during the two years of her illness. Lately she has - had no medical attendance, and strangers have been more rigidly ex eluded from the house than ever before. Her last trance lasted only a week. and she has had several short naps of three or four days. rn one of them she plainly saw the scenes attending the in auguration of President Harrison, but her strength was not sufficient to fully describe them. She also knew about other events which had transpired, and which were not mentioned in the sick room. The longest trance she had was the first of the year and lasted thirty five days. Another continued thirty three days, but the average until lately was between fifteen and twenty days. MOR310NS IN SPARTANBURG. A Fine Field for Missionary Work by Any Church. The Morn.on elders have invaded the Thickety Mountain region again. Sev eral of the brethren, perhaps eight of them, are in that neighborhood. They have a little following by people whose morals and manners would be improved by a rigid practice of the Mormon pre cepts.~ If some of them should migrate to Utah, our country need not put on sack cloth and ashes. There is a belt of country. about the headwaters of Tnick ety, which affords a fine field for mis sionary work by any church. The peo ple have been neglected. The Christian minionary and Sunday school teacher have passed by on the other side. These Mormons come to them and offer such a gospel as they have. A few of the people accept it because they think it better than no gospel. Mormon mis sionaries are not very desirable. They do not come to the people with the best gospel. There should be no place for their teachings in our County. But it is not worth while to become very ind.g nant and talk about violence towards these saints from Utah. If our churches had done their full duty towards these poor. ignorant, unlettered people in past years, the Mormon elders would not have found sympathetic hearers and ready followers. That they have done so, right here, almost in hearing of the bells that ring out from our fine city churches, is a sad commentary on our home missionary spirit.-Spartan. Incredible Story About Baltimore Girls. On > tfads of Baltimore girls is to dress in om head to foot, with veil and gloves to matn, any then, borrowing a neighbor's e bild, show it around the city. Of course, the natn Iral supposition is that the child is not borrowed, and that the young lady is a widow. As a widow jsgeerll sup psed to be re ^Meu rn?tr uh -the auiyathies of the susceptible younge man are readily aroused, first by curiosity as to how long the child's father 'has been dead; then, what he died of, and, since the widow seems to mourn for him, how she must have ared for the dear departed. And, if she did care for him, why might she not care also for another, and why might not he be the fortunate individual, espe cially if- the first husband left cash enough for the support of two, or three, as the ease might be. Of course, when acquaintance follows, the apparent wid owhood can be easily and innocently ex, plained, and the desired happy result follow.-Baltimo~re American. United States Attorney. WAsHINGTON, May 24.-The President to-day appointed Abial Lathrop of South Carolina, to be United States Attorney for the District of South Carolina, rie LeRoy F. Youmans, :removed. ORANGEBURG, S. C., May 24--Speeial to The Register.]-The appointment of Abial Lathrop of this city as United States District Attorney will give gene ral satisfaction here. He is highly esteemed by the Orangeburg bar, every member of which is pleased with the ap pointment. Mir. Lathrop was born in Genessee County, Nhw York, in 1845. He read law in the office of Judge Bangs, now of Buffalo, N. Y., and afterwards com pleted the course in the office of his brother, William Lathrop. He was ad mitted to the nractice of law in 1871 in the State of Ilfinois. He came to South Carolina in 1876, since which time he has been engaged in the practice of his profession at this place. He norw enjoys a lucrative practice, and has the confidence and esteem of all who know him. He has never taken an active part in politics, but his honest convic tions guide~ him in everything. His ap pointment is a most agreeable surprise to himself and to a number 'of his friends. Mr. Lathrop was ma,1ried some years since to Miss Hleidtman of this place. More Trouble for France and Germany. PaIs, May 24.-The .Yineteenith C'en tury says that a number of Frenchmen have been arrested by the German au thorities at Soutzmatt, Alsace, on a charge of treason. JOSEPH F. RHAME, ATTORNEY AT LAW MANNING. S. C. JOHN S. WILSON, Attorney and Ciounsdlor at Lawr, MANNING. S. C. FF. N.mLSON, MANNING. S. C. REAL ESTATE AGJEXT, FORESTON, S.C. Offers for sale on Main Street. in business portion of the town. TWO STORES, with uitable iots:en Manning and R. R. streets '1WO COTrTAGE RESIDENCES, 4 and ( rooms and a number of VACANT LOTS suitable for reside-nces, and in different lo :alities. Termis Reasonable. t.LA G. Bryant. J-s. ML LEI..GD, South Carolina. Newv York. t Grand Central Hotel. BRYANT & LELAND, PuorRIETons. - Columbia, South Carolina. - The grand Central is the largest and nest kept hotel in Columbia, located in the EX ACT BUS1EeS~ CENTER OF THE CITY, t where all Street Car Lines pass the door,. n.. itnT MEUi not er-elled by any in the R. C. BAmzi, President. C. BIsSEL JENrs, Gen'l Manager. RICH.UD S. GAirr, Sec. & Treas. The Cameron & arkley Gompaoy. COMMISSION MERCHANTS, -AND AGENTS F'R Erie City Engine and Boilers, Atlas Engine and Boilers, the Famous Little Giant Hydraulic Cotton Press, Eagle Cotton Gins. We have in stock one each 60, 65, and 70 saw Eagle Gin, only shop worn hat we are offering way below cost. iSend for prices. Oils, Rubber and Leather Belting, and a complete line of Mill Supplies. bsfrWe Guarantee Lowest Prices for Best Quality of Goods.-a . CAMMERON & BARKLEY CO., Charleston.. .jC. Mrs. A. Edwards Keeps always on hand at the MANNING BAKER a full supply, and choice assortment, of FAMILY AND FANCY GROCERIES. Bread, Cake,Candy, Fruit, Etc. I ahways give a full 100 cents worth of goods forathe Dollar MRS. A. EDWARDS, Manning. S. C. ESTABLISHED 1844. Charleston Iron Works, Manufacturers and Dealers in Marine Stationary and Portable Engines and Boilers, Saw Mill Machinery, Cotton Presses, Gins, Railroad, Steam boat, Machinists', Engineers' and Mill Supplies. Rh Rpair e.recuted with promptne'* and Dispatch. &ndfur price list. East Bay Cor. Pritchard St Charleston, S. C. SCOTTS o1 EMULSIOli OF PURE COD LIVER OIL an HYPOPHOSPHITES When I say CURE I do not mean merely to stop them for a time, and then have thec re Almost as Palatable as Milk. tu n ag. a the A c . So disguised tha it y the mos hax made, tePdZi.iC o digsted, and assimilated by he Coa CUS PI E S R sensitive stomach, when the rrsaALLs olE cannot be tolerated; and by the A. G I E binatlon of the oil with the hypopo- A lifelong study. I WARRANT my remedy to phites is much more eficacious. CUR the worst cases. Eivcause others have Remarkable as a flesh producer. Ifailed is no reason for not now receiving a cure. PersonsSend at once for a treatise and a FEE OrLE PesCon's E3 (IULY wiakledged+bY Of my INFALLIBLE REMEDY. Give Express scis tobetheFiest anodesb pr trial, and it will cure you. AddreSs Physicians to be the Finest and Best preps. H. C. RCOT, M.C., 183 PEAR.ST., N(EW YoR ration in the world for the relief and cure of CONSUMPTION, SCROFULA. CENERAL DEBILITY, WASTINCl DISEASES, EMACIATION, PHILADELPHIA i iF EI( COLDS and CNRONIC COUCHS. The great remedy for ConsWRpi'an, and High - Low Wastiang in Children. &d by nit Druggists.A $28. $20. RICE BEER! RICE BEER! We are the sole manufacturers of this de licious and healthy beverage, which after having been analyzed by all the eminent - v chemists in A tlanta. Ga., during "Pro.hibi lion" an after the most searching scrutiny as. 3 o tmes of alchohol, was allowed to be sold = free of a ud city license, and so also 21 more recently nalzin in Flor- L id. It ill a log felt want for a. iihaTt ' ad appetizer h et is not intoxicating; pleas- > ant to the tas.t ,contains nourishment and to specially suit' d for personsof weak and del icate constitu *ons. - It has the tasteof lag7er U otetot*s '- - -or; besides, to add to gf it purity and mnea LE.:igualities, is scecial- g =~ ly maide ot our celebrateal* yorld renowned g 9 ,iriinl Artesian well watlr. Put up in assof one dozen pints at b'.acr dozen; FIFT EEN DAS TRIAL. flve dozen at 1 per dozen, and i -hs of in YOUR ciEn asus srOnE vos - ET ten dozen each at 90 cents per dozen. ntpay an agent es or io, but must acompany each order. Copyrighted C.A OD C., and patent applied for. We have no Agents, and none genuine -..-. unless orderedl d irect trom. CRAMER & KERSTEN, PaMErro BREwaY, Steam Soda and MAineral Water Work~s. Charleston, S. C., U. S. A. COLD ABA$ T hePolofCano: flY sVR -' EOVN El PRTTGI, Try the Cure . Eg esadBir. Elys Cream Balm Ia oeaeti hscut o Clesases theNasal~assages. Al- th lays Inflammflationl. HealsCOtTONSores. Restores the Senses of Taste, Smell A particleoIThe PeoeplentoClarendon: a. Imthe Actornt Loesth Ce WAT~ ES ~ JWELY uyig.REVOIN HADVN PR[~o E. ToTnz ER OINR Leo ELL T Al Co. Engineos, adBies , B msl-ntdnthscoy o -Hearingn.s. Arh atclebrsaled ino tohnstl aendn ~Mnes L.v onhW. FOLSin pOMi n Sal uccesso to F.ile H. 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