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___ _ _ -- -- --- i lAI__ ______} 11 4-- --- JATM)R____ O H'ER(SI 1F SAM PAvhs HE PPEEERREDDEAT 4RAv-ERT I HE SETPAY. L CF A FRiE ND. Epr C. uht Hv" Sv- r, His Lit.3 Wh Ora" Wet, But e IRefc d t: S;,nk It When Stancirg .t th" F-o: of the Gal low . The bust of S ..-i v.e ('on d e'e her- who n9 . C o' t' se / feid at Puissai. r* . : e ai c.V a carcr-de. iso - e b'es* pie's Cf scu=:-tu-. i i . Nhis er he ta :eA Jolat SZmlny Dis t'rd n s'zi' r' inc. c-piion~ o rnis fate-ly a aru-hei ren. Ja ud ron. noo eN wh an w the :"t c.&t c irOO .jc Yo s ciee. wo .' -lou d to thc se: nd Kften k caeray fnrv toheid ct'e-tf arm and as a yc: fe'lo'n seout with- 't a? ly SamulOVDavs trer : b hil e adw awfuln tory o hi s :t is an. article in Gen. o ae- gd ser t u=, a fo w r e", who knew thte cor-utdv, inO n.idd' Tennessee, to get all the isformation posiie coredtrain the mo avens of the Federal dr mv. to find cut if it was moving from Nashville atnd CarI into to reinft.rce Chattnoa. We "were to report to Col. Sh'aw or Capt Coleman. whio commnauded Co.imant's scouis. We -''r t-> g sou:th to D, car ard setd cir reports byv courier line to Gei: Brrev at giisio r R:d~ge. WE n we rtc-ive d our orders we were dold that the duty was very deerous, art d that t-ey did notx Pee-: bu; fe. of us o ue'urn; nt , t ulpaiy e aptrd ora k!e , ead we wo the stutioned ag i .st tx J-h In ourselve un eesracildy. .aer te ar:d bt':a n nia a renness- e acut ten dre s, wover atched the Srx teenth army core, co-mmanded by Got Dodge. n.c e upfrom Crint to Pulaski We ared that re wiad leave for the south on Friday. the 19.h of Novembear, 1863 A Number had been ceptured ard several kialed. We were to star: that iht, ach ma p for himself; each man gad is own infor mation, bt I did not write it down or make any mcemorardum of it for fear of eir, captured. I had crunted ha mst ev ery aid t and all the ari leri in the tixte nth arps, and round out that thy were moving o: Chtta, nooa. Lter in the oferno_: we starred out, and ran into the Sevenh K as cavalry, knon as the "KansasJav hawkers." and when we w e etld that regiment had cap thred us we thought our time had come. We were taken to Pulaski, about fifteen miles away, and put into jail, where several other prisoners had been sort, and among them was Sam Dais, I talked with him over oer prospects cf imrisonmnent and escape, which were very gloomy. D is said they had searched him that day and found some pipers upon him, and that he had been taken to Gen. Dodge's headquarters. They also found in bis saddle seat mapsand descriptions of the fortiticatidgs at Nashville and others points, and an exact report of the Federal army in Tenness e. They foued in his boot a letter, with other per , which was intended for Gen. Bagg. Davis was taken to Gen. Dodge's headquarters, and this is what took place between them which Ges. Dodge told me recently: 'I General Dodge, I pni te dan it was m y suaious area wiroug ag ask him the tas a spy, nand fo that peso fon upon heso he, inforaion:curat Inrmtio in regardb soe oaned it.r Itoll himrh was ha ie dnge hihe was .Uof the federae baid nothibtdte h elidi "'Geea ogI know thatIwl ae odie forinofimy statio andr Is amo pwilling ethak thea consequences. l' Yo I askhm toen to ei ve toe, m insformaion: that I ak ngitmydtte with aote ner Ieadquesed wto had: ieone hae tolae hof the fdral "il novew tat he wil av oto adie, bt Iwllno fellw wh the ins formaton ad tre isnepgri. He eth tha:t.s mas-:l.s tetl o Ie am dno trined to davo i YI can our meertiiEl babt I ill nydt to Go taned me ouir '~ ners "d tlake win him and urgedt him c wt prion Ih iowerdItl cosessd atourit mearoti cac to savrhihiemor" di gt coverd tha he as ars admir aboe toun follown ith the highestt chradater:dsrcetnert.H then said:u *It is uselesst~ to talk to hae o ot interro do irt.-o toRehaned me ;or tucers iner, do po risonum. I immdsaelycald ou Thc e igtfor erhe. ahr g do wotefa te doling Gie et to al. er andofatSor: "Palaski, Giltes Coudrnt t Ten. hood pinfli wis to i te toa yi of. I more, bt toil cievomrr y iorng toobe hr ge d bythe,- de~rag Mote. dnot grieve for e. I mus nt bdo you good.by fozr~ evermanre. Mter Ido rnt fe i -. ar t to die iem ov so. all. ty, Ti our So n, Couba Sa .e Di." AfMter, etenc he wiase all to be goed. i th ' ad e y ou see any more, bu hi unillI nevray more.g ther daer tde eectiorgn.We Thirk ofee aet read, bat doe nto iee romedItol nt doany goed. C~ Ftr.~; .er, C 3 c qcatsr after mye rendsirf, i you wantt bdoh so. Tus asiwe wbe Pasig bena. I gllave himre thiegs, o, with thet boteld eep rfo yan. hule, isein Gilescu hands. Hethanked S. sD."eal baldi e jailcdb~ and wer o set an the coay beoue, ahe eecuon wae were ordered toriget ray, s wemr goir 2 t be oamoved' ~ to a ther dhursdaed heai tinii. Do.- insr harceuicgow at the bjul, anda a hom w iece oa cia it thas 1dvenp as oed th o maa wt wit bth thel andurouse, avis t guar gos ti 4 rk brouwi overc o t, :r ^ re' :> d .a t..^. r: r L "' ved brow i : - iv' :sa it i. bn sP d C! Qf ?(i re-se n z ' einu t. t -' . rmEmber exatc'I, :.ut ? _:he.k beihd on a troy .j cket u~rderc- ih. H tl-n s: t dio n ucoun: hi elan, an : m r .ien me v.a if to ": aburb of ;iJiv1 were -s as !u t U pon react. t: -, F Prot Out ct .? he :. .ee tok t s sti n: b bech under a ?ire. ;le assee : ,,. Armo7 g ! u" hot- I lre i.ed to i r i_'tl:. Fif n: iu.")C Hei .a: im the a t f Ms'on arv Idge ard tha car army had ei d'ee td He 1x-reeu much Teo s will lave L +.- .. u' v mtomei ' said: "I rceet verr much rin'.7 do thtis: I feed that. I wou:d siac st rat er ::e mt y if than to do what I have to do." Div's reoied : "I do net think ird of you; Iou are doigycur Gen. Dode til had ht ts 2at Davis would recart whea he sar t.t t d:ath was St :aig hiIa in th hc,, and that _e scut: rev.:-l the x :ceo',he tratr - hic:m. le (Cait iChick -a% of i *s ;t~a to Drvia Ii rapily s zeace t esatd iuetd his btre andi weti Cin e C Li.vis, atid sknd Ai i wuld iot b Oi-:ttr for him to sic-a the 0' neone f:rm whbm he had ;ec.:ieed f:e cont' is of te dccurnehs f.un d :jpon him, aCding: "IL s not t2o late yet." And then, in iis lazt ex trcnoty, Davis turntd upon r,;ni l T11 had a thousased 1irs I w;u:d tcs them all h.ra' b:cre I t"o:d b tray my frit.-1s or th, cuLictce of mv iaorer 'lie thEI q-:e +d, Mmr to t-aick Gen. D: dee for i e~tl~ris to a ve Dim but to rpe a that }e c .d mit acc. t. the terms. Tui to the to;iii, c as no is m-the-r. HI then ai to 1her :er"Jy.-o Tsl maro, 'I a:uY::iy," s$u ascended the sefuld and steope: d uoo t.e trap Thus pass-d sway cue o' the sub li^ t and nobe-t charscts knlown in hi'ury, and in 'iture a3,ts his set wii be pointed to :.s nort,.y of emula tion. The bust in the prthernr by the sculptor, George Julian Z Isny, is a heroic fgures, and o.-e of tue mcs, ad rmred works of art ii the building Mr. Z ilanv has given the w.:rk a no bitr.ess, a firmness that while it ap peas to the masses on acc:uit of its strength. also has a softress that im pres~z-s every vicr. It is one of Mr Z )l5!y's best prducti:;:s A number of ?eadir (Cef.cerates are now rais.n, a fuud t erx t a moa urnent over the spoi wi~eie he was ex ecuted. A large amourt has already been contribute d ft~r the p'urp;os . Courier -Journial. A 4ESPERADO KILLED. He "kuli WarrCrashed and a Stab inthe N. ck. A special to Te Ti-nes nad Demo crat from Rwvesvile under date cf August 30 sa't' Tuomas S:uarr. a negro of that section wh deliebtd to refer to himseut as a oesparado. and v~ho was a memrser of the noto io.:.s Davis gang of cut-throasm and thieves, was waylaid Sunday night about two miles from Reevesville an d :tassinat ed by unkr.owu parties. His dead body was found lying across the road Monday morning with bis skull crushtd at~d an ungly st~b in the throst. Near the body were:v larg clubs. It is said that serd pistol shots were heard is that di:ectio'n Sunday night by neople who live in Inc neighborbcod wbere the body was a uadAbouta mnth ago Stuart ored man, who was Sfot from amnbosh and so* badly wo'nded that he died. 'The: e is no clue as to who killed Stusart, and as he was a notoriously bad cusr acter no one regrets his taking cif, trsgic as it wss. A ccident in the .41p. Advices from L. SAale, near Miunt Pleureur, shnow that the reports of the accident to a party of Alpir~e tourists in that vicinty were not etaggerated Eight persons, it rppea- s started from ion. capital of tne conton of Valais, with the intention of ascendirg Mount Pleureur. The latter is 12,155 feet high and is a very didiult ascent from MaurthiQ by the Gietrox, eight hours being generally occupied in the task. The tourists were led by Pastor Goin, of Sion, and they made the as cen divied into two parties of four each. The dret of these parties reached te summiut, and the: secod was only a short distance behind when tlhe four persons com posing it were sw'ept by an ava'ancne into u crevase a thous and feet det-e. It ii still hoed som!e of the bodc:esi may bercaver'd. Tae unorunate panty was e impose of Pstor Gonin, t.vo seCol boys from Lausanne and a young Eo.g:ishmnan named Bernrd. A guie who was sent c ut to s- arch for the~ bodies of the four tour~sts has returne He re ports tat from the height the victiiss were sw ept only a leg an-i* jacket protrudiiu: frm the snow we~e vuiole. Wanamaker on Advertising. tiag rs a poster or dadner, or hand bill. My niau for t wen ty y ears has b eni to buy sr'ace in a neovspaper and 61: it un as I wanted. I would not give an advertiseent iin anesae o' iive hunidrmed circulation for thve thosand dodgers cr posters Ii I wnted to sell czeap jesteiry or run a gam bling scheme I might u:e pomers; but I would not insuit a decent read ing public with hand bills. Thie ass of people who re- d thema are too poor to look to fcr spport in ite mercan tile affairs. I da.i directly wath tihe perchaser [ "s d e th' ur.tits on i, par ticular hueo e. i ,'~eri i ng purpts s .. a ut i Jed aside three thousand do lars; Last year 1 isid aside anid spect fort *and dafrs. I have done better UAis year and shall inresse that sum the protits war rant it. 1 owe moy success to newspa& peirs, and to than I ire-ely ei. e a cer tain protit of rmy year:y rintuis.' We& n orne is ihurried in na iiug Istmlp is found to rbe wia~hut ai.:in glue, mloisten the atamfp, ruo it ou the gummrnd dlap of an envelope, and TiW. TOTAL VOT SENATOR MCLAUR.N HAS A COM PLE? E WALK OVER. .arrTiz Fvby y Cout;y in1 the Smxti, Ixcept! 'x EvaLs ard Irby Makes a Poor '_how ir-g In ith heRc.-They art, Piptng tfd. Thursday the several ccunty execu t:vi cc.min tees miet in the v ius coucYies ar tabulatcd the rt r s in ti.se coun'i A S a rerultc82tIl Te t rr are l> e? r4'.2:-'tzec from conrly es e cu'1t in ,Ie \t.: te, and cnmf p 'e re urr r. .e" oc. T;:-e aer abocut tun'e m-. fo'ur precin;cts :u +le emtire S:!e that have nott' y el"e e.rd irm but 'y" will hrd ly do me-'"r? thaui to ru-n 1the toa v ot' t,) 4,3, ;t or little over v. hour atrctml th mjit for Snator MceLvvriu avtfss ~iev serve to ocrease it a little. The fiurls as tabuiteit place Wc L urin * y at 12 792 out of a to tai vote of 45.860 of :tuch M\Laurin 'as 2'J,32 , Evans 1.375 in d Irby 5,159 Tr.s table of msj iritie's given beotv shows that Ir'bv .nd Evans together iv so:cetd(-( lao securing rajoriti s crer McL r'svot in six couties Aiken 3u6, Greeviilie tS Laurens 419, Nevzberrv 4 Spartanbury 62S. and !Ution 267. E ns h:as cr!.d glten. a .hjgrit. tor alli n his hcie c'u-ty ar: i uns t in gcan b" sil of Irby. W 'ith fucr b.,xe.s out ef thr "ftlie8 unrepo'rted and '' l iial ruurns f"'ra all ihct'unties but ht lt .'" h ti a rl nor_ comn plat ed w 'ith tilt xce~ttin:i ef .t the boxes rc.fe.:ed \1e Laurin. Evau. Irhy. A bbevilie................. 2 211 Aiken ..................--. 6 - Anderson ........21 2.11 liaml'ere................. I ) Ii:.rnwel:................. - 1t uf'rt.. . . 1.. . 1 23 ierkeley .................. 12'i - Charleston............... 1,:;1 1 48 27 t(herokee.......... 46 22 ? : ('uester .................... :,;+. .40 I t( C esterticeld .............. - 1) 1 Clarendon............... '5_ 5;a (eolleton .................. -,.: -; ' ' D.triington . ...... - 1 )orchester............... 251 1 15 Edgetield........ ... o, --" F1 ir ield ............. . ... 42 ' S 5 5 Florence. 1-1 11-> 27 Georgetown )1" 1 7 Greenville............... 0'' 4, ,12 f Greenwood............... 4.2 1.7 117 Slianpton ............... 497 157 1s 1 i rry..................... 913 8 '' L astera... ...... ... :-2 -7 -O Laurens................... SS 74 1,155 Lexington........... 08 :87 50 Marion.................... 1,562 280 31 Marlboro ............... .. '!; 1r: S Newberry................. 4l 511 t) 1 Oconee ...................- (I;1 257 Orangeburg.............. 1.,10 772 19 l'ickeas................... 414 i ; I Ilichland...... . 1.114 -' '5 Saluda.................... u:0 22 Spartanburg............. 1.:,:8 1,52} S11mter........... 3 -, . Union ..................... 351 '_ 2 Williamsburg........... ;15 2 :0: York ....................... 1,1 4 :;i tit Totals.................. 2 9,2d 11,375 5,159 TOTAL VOTE AND MAJOl:ITIES. Mc Total. Laurin. Anti. Abbeville......... .. .. 1.309 75 ..... Aiken.......................1,554 . 3 Anderson..............1,+72 210 ----- Bamberg........ ........ 414j 1&A -- Ihl3rnwell...... ......1,21 4045 ... I eaufort.............. 27?? --- Berkeley.............. 47, 1> --. Charleston..........1,4'4 I1,4 --- Cherokee..............79' 20' --- Cheter......... .. 5 185 . Chesterield.......... 9 7 . Clarendon............1,45 --. Colleton........ 725 7 -. Darlington............1,185 77 -- Dorchester........... 48' ti --- E3efield............ 87 269 ... Fairfield.............. 82l 145 --- Florence.............1,25 t'85 ... Geortown.......... 2:i;:; It; --- Greenville............ .,4'. ---2 reen wood............. 1 -2 --- H am pton......... ...... 72 4 822--. Horry................l.05 ,*8 --- K'ershaw.............. t? 808E ... Lancaster......... s - I1 --- L irens...... ........ ' --.- 41 Lexington....... .120 21' .. \ arion............. 1,6 i ,' 1 --- Marlboro............1 I2 -- N woerry...... ...l2' -- 4 O conee............ I7 -- )rangeurg........),4 5 blI .. lickens............ 1 111 -- Richland............l )1 -'' . Saluda............. ,1l.5 . Sparanburg...... .... j2 --.. 8S u ter............ ,1 601 --- Unaion............. N .. P Williamnsburg........ 7 35 ... \ork............ ...1, 5 S 1 --- The State Dimocratic Executive Cmmittee m et Friday night and can 7assed the vote and announcd the iures given in the ttvo tables above as the result of the prim ary. The coun ties of Union, Cherokee, Beaufort and Colleton, it was discovered, had failed tcb make anyv ci:ial returns of their ;aspectve votes. A; the clcse of the couni~ing Mr. Motomnery moved: thsat the vote as decied by the teliers be~ acted by Ithe committee and tua: Mr. McL turin be deciated the rnminee of tae Demo cratic party for United S:ates eenator, which was adopted. Mr. McSveeney moved it be enter ed on the record that four counties nad failed to sena their relurrs and that the vote be declared vathout thee returns. Mr. Bara well :noved as ani amend r'ent that such ba declared, uone of te candidates obj tcting to the drclar aton without the votes from thtse counties. Thet amneunent was uc cented. Mr Mc-'weeney cirered the follow Ia iw o f the fa?ct that two of the cLdid'ates qait the~ race before the el.:can, anu in view of tne fact that ne Stae ext cuAve committee was no: ut to any expense for printing tickets for said car.d:dates, it IS moved thaI Mesrs Mayuela and Dainean be re feed of trieir asssmer.t Adopted. Te following were declar~rd as ;rhe !Icle returns f rom the Sixth cong res Norton.n Jor1 Elre Fiorece........... - I 2> \ Mai-u1ic r. ...... . ' 2 ' .\la ion ....... ...... .1- J Lu -o - ioredon........... -- 7 o H ry................. * 11 Wiiamsurg..... 2 D'ar n'on.... \ia iaa ......------ ' It" 0la.. ndan . 1 '-ar lbor).............. i i i " T'ota... .. - 21, ' It Avis declared that Johnson and Norton hevrzn recetived the high est rumn!er of votes. hut rneither hav-, irg received a maj.-nity. would hare to run aver in a conC pr imsry on S-ptemrber-14 EVANS SCORES T;LLMAN. uLpy.- the 5ena'm*i Tariff Viw Are wrcng. Ex G ivernrer John Gary Evans was +i: Columnbi We euda and he np * , tsri d to bh in yo d SC irits. He did 't iook as sheiuc aha an Su ,y s.eep ove hefi rem of tht:e r co t i ry t ection, :rd ';e aked es j: an cX t'Peon fr op nyi about th nenoral I eter d in r ce rptin rtly a. ter being pasurtd y :y frie:.ds that thoe raircos fr viur i Lere runte, but I dcide. f .er hearti roM--. Mc Laurirs spe c= at S'umtur, nd 1:no th detiance of i my nis, to mcke a tight, not on antyfactional or sectioLal tines, but ur-n the platform of ithe Dnmc cratic party, ad to fight for those principl's which h e aslys betn cear to every South Carolinia. ard upon hicb alone rist our s-the per ity. I hve b-en mchiratiti-d or th miannit in]. wh ciI my soptches -ote ben rcir. d i urchat f the S:Ce,. af Ihe rte naved too co m d t' adf ef e y of my1 ti i, e.>t "w..'it T-?c-n eoi ~as t d. o' S ugh Careuai: -ve I.mpo ciphs a~dvcC"ted byd a ;re op po: :ed to the stituzde of h:):h T ilm.'au I ,dt Ma41IY.li in t}' Glit-d Sak :?ate. U de: t.: cash of the corsir vative pres, th;ir feilotres have votd .t.hout w erd to principes, b-e ir gsciu more by a d: sirb-, as they ttr-Ed it, to destry fSctiouahs lin iocal rofids. An isection ofr f the I ote ths sset thAt 5 prn of ts farmerh of the State oae votsd, ard ot ha.f nf the De mocratie vo of the atat. The cue of Iis ws the dis s. on the p rt cf the refiormrs with toe nres?.t State adminuistrationi aid. us<osa: icke?rings vith men' v.tho h;avea ts been their enemies Ji Siddrd to thib, was Senato r Tillmarns awocacy of cLaurin's taritf viebs er.d his ssertion that (L:-urin was ich him" and the defeat of the one meant the recudiation of the other. Naturally, our friends were at ea,aro o they remained at home, refusing to vote sa anst their honest conv ictionn, but at the same time fearing that an injury macy be done Senator Tillman, who has posed as a reform len~der, but{ has nevr led in a crisis. "I had expected an honest and hon crable might, but I regret to say that such was not the case. During the at our days of the campaign, slan d cereous circulars were issued to poison the mlinds of the people without giv ig us a chance to reply. The sick tass of my chief opponent while te lay in ed writing manifestos and en dering circulars containirg personal atcks on mee. tut mo-e of tis here After. ""I have no regrets to maoke for the esmpaign, and no ap ooies to offr. Ishall continue the fight along the same iztes and thall not sulk, but take my defeat philosophically, ss I have an abiding faith that the neol.le of the state Rill yet see the ir juastice w hc as een atc imthDeocratic, areydby unrig ae man h pas an the ra ltfomonyoro GiovernorT Eans, aleft ttrnt aftno n orAyent i formernah oe dher Le ias tendo to tce lader. Fakeo M,~. ne Ordpseso. Aou man givingu stnams ofk honE usetd claimin to es foro Ohliot wasco arrestd wat W dliaton, elr, Wed nd a nugtafer ofher lankase anoreedfauen oey orders eefudo hin mercantbeo ipament rhat.~ o odayie w tre over mote Federas foud a st tof rubry sTamsie those tisend ngt l~ the post<iesfrilngotc oa sel oe Mearns was roated moe, oc cinainumbe of000 othe blank moeFnerJ,a it is saiupponesed that tas a member of thgang ated boen oeatr ont the se mone isrdersa thuahouttoe cutry. Tedne auten ofte ere taoght thnmaat the sclc ater Bnlore wso wasr obbe of bok otn; Ex 30,000 Adie ban mon~terer. ma ad itoisasupsta thoe membesoe th e agrcedout j .Ithers an orkd..th~e e inevarious .c ities. steret aservde. deetiesaa fr WaaLtsing t ar at~s v loranth cert. I is~ ldetha an othd are of te ljeig member ofthe' ang asoplen prade,. but the assornes rfuto nitd whoie i r Gowud to pxay hir dbs as sp'ed"y as po--ile I''~ 1y cano paynp as eset pee tVa da dre s Uemn~ is mae Tuea es '-.a lv-a of ' fatfles aong I .h-a ~les Certinl ie Gode R ul'( shul be th-'e o traii prcin-v aieipe among peopled proein uoi eid of exoatonb s staigh as auee rpert oan phiiaur Sfingn cilmain gs. Br-eii asdth prompate isour io rconin? ayour oaoua seiupuouslys hne st.iTnn a?e fvrom the Wyrof~ Faith an uLin. paer., pulast attte Ci udba, N. 'entr Noi uonCo~ BUptis Jmpha :d~ wa or hiiss Pco'ane poary~ ,ay, in t-e f- owin w"'': "\D1em 1Joud--U-*v,~ wIne:.s of In eo rat nr C istians. Stealing: :rI the &-roc 4 erth dryO d' elf professors..o sha nts" eurcu iacts a gosjt the1 icapdr No, c enur cm~~an si on tne::a.da, fOand eafer Itea ry )wnyyer s'i"L.1 w? S AlKS HE IS SERENADED BY AN ENTHUSI ASTiC rRDWD. He Says Lu r tab.1e t.+ ilt I pr.dentative cf no F.:ct1'n, b-:i- n t). 1I Rurted Wi.e De m'cracy c: _4uth Carolina. A large crowd of the admirers of Senator McLaurin from the town and county s-renaded him at his residence in Bennet svile Wednesday evening 'rid great ertnusiasm arad rejoicing. 1le .entoi or' accour:: of his balth, could 'rlh exprs his ap;:reciaticn of the support and cortidnce repiosed in him by his ne"h hcs and the p:o pie of th-e State; -..ed hiumh1: to to pr:.ve r e trust sud predicted the dan o f a .:e.v era in the stae. Marlboro f eels honored in bon oring b-r wort;hy son. Col. Kox. Liira ton was called ur.on rtd made a shtrt speech to the large crowd present. die which re freshments wcre :erved by the ladies oC the house. The adies of Clarendon county have se::t :.enator McLaurin a large basset of pretty flowers. Your correspondeni interviewed Senator McLauria for the State as fol lows ;e aior McL .:in was found at his honme m--i r.n o eo to Moupt Airy W Lie S iphur Spigs. The Senator was sikhed about hi- health, and re plied th t he - s irli well and was satitalld 'inat . fe' weeks in the mouan's wod.c r:sfore him to his acc t*.tera god Leot1. "Wi-t abcut the lee i-nr.?' "V.1 i iis .ot as jge a Vote es usual, tut I attrib: ca cf that to the s:icreme ccnfid te of my friends that i 'vss bound to w n ay Way. I am ut .rLris d at the result, for up to the tinme of rroy ilness there was hardly an audience that we addressed where it was not cleariv appLent that I had a ma joriny. Yoy election. so far as I sm co;.ceraed, is the culminatin of four ycars of work- upon the li. of 'pca and unity.' Ever since I wrote the 'Atpp-lt letter,' and inaugu rated what is kuowa as the 'Forty movement' I have been looked upon is peculiarl' representative upon the Reform side the same idEas and prin ciples that Earle did upon the Conser vative side. An attempt was made this -ear to draw factional lines, but it utterly failed. Reformers and Con servativ.s work d side by side for my ehction and today 1 stand as the rep :esentative of no faction, but of tte reunite, white Democracy of South Carolina.' "What base you to say about the campaign methods of your oppo nents?" "Well, I do not care, in the hour of triumpb, while they are drinking the bitter dregs of defeat, to be so ungen crous as to refer to them in unkind terms. The people have turned their 'pictures to the wall' and politicians of the Irby-Evans strive are done in South Carolina, let us hope, forever. From henceforth it will take brains, character and attainments to win dis tinction in this State. No future cam paign will ever be conducted upon a vul er and low plane. I do not think that the tonato-fig syrup variety of of statesmanship will long obtain, but men of more ability, more informa tion and greater usefulness will be se lected for public office and each 'tub will have to stand on its own bottom.' 'There is one feature of this cam paign that was peculiarly exaspera tong to me, to wit: the attacks which were made upoa Gov. Eller be. I felt that he was made the victim merely because of his appointment of me. I defende d him as best I could, and my opponents soon found that Ellerbe needed no defense. I never witnessed a handsomer thing than the rebuke given Colonel 1zrby at Walhalla for his attack upon Ellerbe. These at tacks make my triumphant election a vindication of Eiler be as much so as of me, and I rejoice in it, brcause I -ttEhrhe hasornade a conscientious and true chief executive." "What about your tariff views?" "The elecuion is a vindication of my course and I want to say that there were several splendid editorials in the News and Courier on the tarilf ques tion, whica I htave no doubt contribut ed largely to my success, Toe News and Courier of iasr.Monday was a fine campaign paper, and the eduorial in the S ate running the Greenville News 'into a hole,' was the finest thing of the sort that I ever read. "I want to say this: that so far as my mb bition is concerned, it is comn pietely satisfied. My only desire now is to worthily wear the honors the people have heaped upon me. I am very proud of my vote in Charleston. I love the old city for its brave, gen erous people, its historic memories 'and the trialis which she has borne so orav ey. I want to see every ascrim in-ation against Charleston wiped out. She nas put hearelt in touch with tae progressive thaouight of the balance of toe S5::.e ad she ought to be 'fed out of the same spoon' tiae balance are. "I wi.. to~ tnank the people ali over t be Sate~ fetheir n-uercus confidersce ard. I ay to each and every one that no man shal: ever blus~h because he eas. his b.s110a fcr me. I have re en~ved hundJreds of telegramas and let ters and jutst as rapidly aslIcinlIiQ tznd to ackno~sidge personally the receipt of esca. "b Col. Neal, Mr. Blease and others. wno, waen I was striesaen at Yorkville, took chairge of the fi..ht an:' carried it on to vic:ory, I am a able' to find languag to exrs the prfund "ratitude that I feel. They :.i'Vel nd ienof the er~dit is due to their superimusgemnt. pept ig g n t-: farmu of Ienry M?ier iner Metroolis, Illmnois, were po?i'net y este-ra at.d tiaree are dead. thesunerig o the~ other vie.iuis is s--Id to o t:.rl --to witness It is I.hougrt at leas igh of them will die. Iue ames of the victials are not giv' n. A~ nbeJ gir, who is insane, ihe meg ~o ragh on rats in 't" nel- ,-ur name could not be Cosi Dust Explodedi. At 5ace Friay vening a terri ole explosion of c yal ut occuirred ina tleO ol- iamhuiae mine, o sntd by theC tnelorado Feel auit Iron company, 12 Li -s fromn Glen 'cod, C2o1. Thelve bdies rave bea recovered, and so g-r as isrth excitement that it cannot Le learned vinether there are -are any m-ore int the mine cr nA. Rescuing parties are still exploring tne mime and a great crowd surround.s the en trance. The bodics taken out are in a h .rrihly mutilated ~ondition. H!3 FA-F:OTIG WCR>. McLaur!u Writes a Letter In h!ch He Inte: prets the Vote. Senator John L. McLaurin has writ ten the ft.owin:; letter to the Coosti tuWnn: '-In resDorse to your request I viil say that I am, of course, deeply rate ful to the neeple of South Caroe.a for this marked evi-derce of their con fide ce :a.d 'steen. No man could hav- t'. , more sincerfly than I. T:' r ui Is particularly gratif y ing in view rf the charrc'er of tho Cht thst h.rs been made upon me at:d of tLce serious illness which has pre vcnt"d my particioating i th- cam :i nii ir during the past th ree weeks. It is r.etdies. for ma to adi that in my future scrvice in the Senate, as in my six ears of service in the ioevr house :f congres?, my entire energies shalt 'e devoted to the welfare of my State, for God knows ev ry throb of tv i':art has beei for South Carolins anti for 'hat which I believe to be the gozd of her people. "As to the meaning of my endorse ment at the hands of the people I can say that during this campaign my ap peal has been to the intelligence, the honor and the reason of the people. Wh"-ie my onponeols have appealed to everythirg in hunman nature that is low and base and mean. the result s'tows that there is moare intelligence', virtue and honesty irs South Carolira than there is o. narance and p:: ji dice. It t, , an i::norsm!et by the p.oplo t,-e Ss on the imoc:-atic c of tar.tr fir revinue. Tie -tiss on th' part of my oppornents !n misrepresent my po.sition on the taitf qestion mty have been successful is ome indiviaual insitances, but fer the most part the people have understocd that my stand has been squarely upon the Democratic platform and that myI votes in trying to amend the Dingley bill were cast in defense of the people! whom I represent and to ccmpdl the Republhcan party to pace the South1 s nearly as possible upon an fqual fccting with the balance of the coun try. They have indorsed my record in so voting, as I knew they would, for the principle which inspired th;se votes was the true Democratic princi pie of equality. "With regard to internal silairs in South Carolina I regard the result of. this primary as meaning pre-eminent ly the end of factional feeling in the State. A new political era has dawn ed on the State. Up to this time for the past six years the elections, State, county, municipal, from county coro ner ap, have only been a question as to the man who could shout the loud est for the reform faction and for Till man. I do not mean to say anything against Senator Tiilman or to impugn the motives of the men who have been calling for reform, but I believe the time has come when something else is required of public men and aspi-t rar-ts for oilice generally. The decis ion of the people fr:m this time for ward is going to be based on the abil ity and the character of the man aid the doctrine and principles he advo cates. That is one meaning of the re sult of this primary and so far as South Carolina is concernel it is by no means the least. John L McLaurin. ASKS FOR A NEW ELECTION. Gen. Ichbourg States That Great Irre gularities Occurred Brigadier General RN. Richbourg has forwarded the soilosving letter, which speaks for itself, to Governor E llerbe: Headquarters 2d S. O. . T, Sept. 1.1 To His Excellency, W. H. Ellerbe, Governor and Commander in chief. Sir: I beg to call your attent-on to; the following facts in refere::ca to the recent election for Colonel o~f the F irs Regiment, South Carolina V olunteer: It appears to this otfice that great irregularities existed in the snace not to-mention t he fact that o:3 va of the Edgefid Riiles Salu a R!:les by instruction ofthe A3Lj at Gr r were thrown out etirerW oei.m ooinion they are a ort or tue Fi Reinent, and their vots shul -e been counted. But even thr-iZm -cu t the vote of tthe two companks ps~t~ named, CAl. C~affy did not receive a majority of the votes cast which was reessary7 to elect. Such has been theI invariable custom and un broken rule in all military elections- In t:uis iden tical r-egiment t wo years ago a ma jority vote was reqired of Col. Hal and Maj )r Saly before comissions were issued to hem, Lieut. Col Till man being the only f id oflcer who was elected on th~e fiss ballot. I was, absent 1mrm Coumiua wheu the ee ticn returns wer e forwarded to my headquarters. MLaj r Newsna, my Ajuiant General, eas left in charge, anet before ne r ported tae result of the election he consutted with tiie As sistant Attorney General, and it ws upon advice tie there receive. thakh acatd. To avoid the ,x..ense ora cour: o1 inquiry at the urgent requae t of Lieu tenant Colonel Ti:!-atun ali :ao signeo the protest, whicc was du y tited in ths otlico, have with dr:eva tineir signatures although the wi :ndra wah d:d uce. come through the proper cian No~ in rder thait jastica may be done to all parties ana no di ssausfac-I ton e-xist atnong tae co-mpanies of th regiment I re-spec fuy recom med tua: thse o'ies of colonel oe c cared2 vacant, and- a x-e w e-ct:2a or drein. My autacity s - r scc reo-un mendati-n is based upst- Secin C.t of th -evie ctttts w iur a. "Ai cJJaniAh id oda-I s o th miitia may be renov.d arsteb the cmmandrer-im-enief, os recomn nmendation of the commandisng clicers of mheir respeauve batlous re I ments, brigades and divisions. Respectfually submi'tted. Big~ Gea-l. C.>n. 2.1 Brig. C. . T. at a olaeit sake wilse 1.uuting lin te BWue Ridg1e mo uins nea:r Bacua Vista. and missing it, ranm away. Taie suake pursued him. He tripped on a vie and fell. The snmake coied acuza his body and wasi squeizing him when a woo-d chopper reacued him andA ii)ll teeC saie. It was s''i fet seven inche l ~on that --any thing thamt the country wats, from ma'tles to peaiches. can be:urmih ed by Kansas Ci-y" "And," the t. L-uis Star says, "s i: min justly aadd and a whole io-t of thlings5 the country2 They 2: ":d :S ' :rd are - " ik- o :;ce in Ie wihdi e cunty Ark., T-n T -r wa:e siled C 1'.r' , wcu N-Tdand - ' for ,;. ^ t", ar e.'hor de" d ' ~- ' Cpt'( :ir Tife: bran''.~*x' - Cat Br Fr. T sure 1o . osh ta Te l sedd i o's to- a brthr -and slrtc sof mSerc omt Te-saei s the marst e ooaed toL 'e aput10 siles frorm Warf j iing g eur.. 1 e vi'l ns werei clepawUit L 'i-e i S..aes maarsh-als ai 1ey sir':. nrd the :en h di the ork are sis rs f todsetic iwic eso i~dams'. diie csean clias The , scrs ofcran thc ime ae he0 r or "r t ravine in the thetans of Ppi countyr. %t an :s-slated spot 35 miles from R sdsellvii, the nearest tele graph ot!ie. and 10 miles from Witt t Springs. The reeon is wild and a iso lated. It has for year been the favo rite rendezvous for counterfeiters and moonsbiners and is a district in whichnolwbdgcizecafv.Th dtolers for a long time have been tryior to break up the la:7kcssness in that vicinity and many battles betreen themn and the desperadoes have cce ir red. atain B F. Taylor, the ri'; est dan in Searcy coanty, andi a man of much prominence. duermid to f td the oficers tn puttirg d.on crir . diserieda commissiper as a deputyae laied States marshal and Lethe pose in the rai:1 that resulted i his death. A few days ao a successful raid was metde in the same locality, in whicha d zf moonsiners were a tu d and brought to Little Rock. O of tei told the cicers tha t least 51 large distilleries were operatin in t e same neiR h bothed. Taylor, with his posse, located a y hre moonsbine outl Satr urday night and decided to make the r r ad-arce of -hismen, Taylor was with iac 3I feet of the distellery when he das iredd upon from ambush and in stantly killed. As Dodson ran u~p to Taylor he was also shot dead. Raies bean to crack in all directiors and a volley was fired into the officers. The Ren frew brothers fellgnortally wound ed and lay by the roadside until later in the day when a traveler named, Pack came by. All traces of the ban dits had disappeared as well as tbeo of the deputy sheriffs. The latter havo not since been seen or heard from. Pack hurried to Russellviile with the news and the coroner, together with a sherif posse immediately started for the scene. No r.ews has b:en received since they departed. Pack thinks the Ran afrethersedllffortdead beforde toe party reaches them. It was not kno uin by whom the crime was com mitted but the oicers believe the I gang is composed of desperadoes head-edbHoaeBuendJhCur, edbyored Bcand TJyon wasurn, two of the most dangeros characters in that locality. The Uni t States - authorities were today reggteped to offer a reward for the despebiaes, and a determined effort will be made to capture them. It is very probable tbat the effort will lead to further bloodshed. Captain Taylor was an ex captain in the Federal army. He hairve. tproterm bain thed Staree is~lar nd wasr nted foai: baey YEARLYCO COT NWAT. Isuprotinacking.~ ~~ Ae~ ~ writer T es ork ommr cwal Advertaseruis authority for te stat ieact ha thlean of cot toni-~r'd deste:e bana ntis ofcot~e- i"ur by. fir, improer alingU 0' ind arlss h na o.egregaesw m'rne ting lk $25,e0, uh000.n~d~ 50 Ins ut oy this al rn stae. men'siebt thewre oe wil tohwtt whthe variofou facins of th a a3 50 of eaecin bale fcoo prdued r:e necasiolt w r:ctn ca . lcoain amgread 7,ore0 b~easin of: aongmbe ehws ta ihe total Wilo e sth writedl to su 500, .e ponsoutdl these aing iresr he mkes oa om arisso btee mport i mts of baling n su aprcvoith bcnint ore and tmore imperatie methodso bwinhotaning.i n Wiezp.Sy the writer fils to suggnest hepoits outk in~m thes amazing s figue, ihe makeir a~ casn bewe th loos metds oofe baligng which p-ai in thisetyi n te'r mre'd ineto amethds fch' obntn in Idiaand OEsy pt. Sassthe writerin thi~"~s conec Ta.ied Inian and~t E y-a coto gen ortie packhird bale with ar skill,: h ic thei Amercan cout 0U ts i Ix andotn egoignt. The Eyp tin manags t gt fortyC pounds io~ does the ~ s newe n1o Amca Ci tv de ouds.-~ The'i A rrnadth Aii ex p rter cn~o put 1700ae tha an Am:-can~' ca0nyptfo si t tn housan has n~. cm ness n p "S '1 Le ges110o c t he noud or wie athe om' for hi co on ~Ohin hs oriale but vhes thi is talet ogt icr.s c stof yh, and' IIe 1" ! byu1 dm e of at v ir' ks aisn insretia:c .ii*e. i a. e A~ cncn weci it ' stive tteml ' 2u v~ 'uok C3s if itl we sr oaf fro sNe Orlan oareG avs~n has an lo 1neicatnaexporer charns1 a ssit G 9 ,) lE J3F I1JCK E'L' VONDE R OF TH E KLGND!KE REGION NOT HALF TOLD. :very K;jr;: a Fabuiocs mine of Gold econ s of Je.s Weigh Their Gold by the )'uckcmtfe:1-Lik r(d Cato a Lottery. Thle -i 'rnc o Billetin has 1e ein'd aenu r frorn Charks Haines, 'd I Tv City, July 26th. Mr. is a x i known newspaper min and his letter is the first writ en by- traine' newcspaper man to ole c.ut ci the Klondiaze gold region. Le sas: ".h . ?c. digings have be ' com 'inl idledurru. thesummer, al unr tome cu'pao from Eldorado and na r z Cre;.cs as famous and there pienty of .id is sight. There is -ey propect of an immense output gold from this district next spring. cie total output this season is, as near s I can judge, abjut $7,000,000, but -r litt.e ground hax oeen worked, :d the dumps will, like some of the :1ilings of old California placers, pan ut thousands of dollars when worked pith improved machinery, The plac :rs are tue most puzzling and deceiv ng I have ever seen. Imagine a man vcrking on good 'color' and finding he ground worth only a few dollars er day, and then turning to a waste f mud and moss with no surface in caton; and unearthing a bonanza. i'tat is the situation here and all over l'aska. The man who comes here to nine mcss at the expense of health ma happine-s, and it is with him a "'s iion Cf making a fortune with :qutl chances with death. About me ie acres or men who can weigh their xold by the bucketf all and who value .heir claims at millions. "Four hundred valuable diggers are ;tretched along creeks and every dig ;ing is a fabulous mine of gold, yet icere are weary men who have gone mad returned to Dawson after search ng the great country hereabouts and ever a nugget do they show for their toil aed their long tramp over broken round and into a country whose dis .dvantages are excedad by no other place on earth. "This Alaskan Noriuwest Territory s an old irize drawing proposition .hat I can liken to nothing that ad nits of a better comparison than a lot :ery. A number of spots are selected n the creeks and rivers, and for one sear the miner labors. The year :loses, the water runs, and the sea son's output pays expenses. Not two niles away from the unfortunate one works a man who has taken from an anviting bit of earth a sack full of gold. The lucky one did not strike the pocket because of his ability as a mi ner; chance favored him and that was tll. In short, the miner guesses at it and locates any and everywhere. In aineteen cases out of twenty he misses and has to wait another year for a new trail. "Dawson is merely a collection of Log huts, saloons and a mass of tents, about six hundred in number. When the long nights come and the glass oes down to 65 degrees below zero there will be intense suffering here, and I shudder to think of the results. Provisions are going to be very scarce and there is little reason to doubt that the entire town will have to go on short rations during the winter and that scurvy will be rampant. The gold that will go down the river for San Francisco will amount to $2,000, 000. There is a lot of gold that will rean in camp, for it is used as an q uvaent of money and is legal teh de at $17 per ounce. Of the 3,000 or 4,000 inhabitants, only a couple of undred at the most have made big strikes. "There is a plenty of work at from $1 to $20 per day and many men bhave paid $3 50 or less for living and saed th e balance. "Reu:,rts ci cther etrikcs are con stantly received here, and many are autbentic asi far as Stewart and Poly rivers are concerned , but nothing like so rich as the Klondike has been re ported. 'Qiea numaer of people are pre iriag to leave here foc Juneau. In ease the steamers cannot get through with provisions, the outlook for a good grubo sa pply is not encouraging. ILa conc'usion, the Alaska and Northwes'. Teritory gold fields will te developel slowly. Ten thousand mn ma~y come here, but they will be lst in the vast country when they sread out to prosp:ct. Not more a500 of them will strike a mine. Whena they do strike pay gravel, their !r'tges will be made. In years to come, thaen at the sacridce of human life and hergy the treasures of this great land ar'ildcated, the wealth of Eh norta will be something beyond compreension.' ootten Crop Report. Secretary Hester's repori, shows re eeipts or cotton at all Uni(ed States pos for the year of 6,829,100 bales. ainst 5 .?30,246 last year; overland. 00,4b2 'caist 873,465; southern con surPatioitaken direct, 9SS,382 against 86635, making the cotten crcp of the Unte aS~ s for 1896 97 amount to S .757.04 bis, against 7,157,346 last v.a: and .rspi~,251 tue year before. ltog'ether rne sou.hern mills took ,042,671 bales. and increase of I33, 30 r Hester makes the actual cot :eni rop of Texas, including Indian -c;itory 2,217. 554. Ills report on the :rop of the diiferent States is given as 'liws North Carolina 500,000, Sou Carolina 800,000, Georgia a 1.300,0'j0, Al abarnna 1.019,ooo.Flor n57 .000, Arams.as 700,000, Ten "'Je CUJ00 Tfoxs 2.218,000. Total ecCI p .75S 003. Nort Carolina a bove se sK'mucky a d Virginia; Ten s es include UO'oma; Missouri e a a Kmas tn Uia; Texas in e a:=Ilse::d'o aWife. a 1. ed as s~a y his wife in ,A . a racur ad the transac *,-iaw omlywtnessed by a no m.Te m n submitted to it, * ti ~ jyt~ up his abode with .: cressr T aen the party of the part apet the money, repented _.daa~ :rhband back, and a e lt(' er dicscreditable to cli.: ere~~ to return. Then .h u - e app::-aled to the law, dtew oe oes-s is now to be redinth i. ccorshe. -E k-y in .le Galtters. Im sa a in ansas City, Kan., er iAd .v the" police last night u~i y ~ h ofioar seized and utters. Saloon fur -es o-g drays was carted .. Li p~jarers, where it will e cut. s?ailar action will be .Ken maic~st about seventy other r a