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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