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A 1E 1RV i) i[ j NROM SENATOR TI-LMAN TO iHE LATE SENAT OR EARLE. An Eog Oat Et: -gy or t i- L r IL11 Char ac:er < Ztt Dead Statesmaa An 1:tez eating Ee-at ef R;Bt tric.l t: -- tZ1 south Ca: tua Below will be fourd the fLc ext c; Senator T lruan's tribio:e tO w meI ory of ihe l.t- ::eator EI. utuvte in the United Sta'es U :, M1r. President. inrsigt ses e Senate on this sit eceaI " h depart from the foru f eoy whc 'ciary. I can not scak of e r rie fromt tie standpoint of persona' L '. 1 em aet from extended e 111r un cx perience pay tribute t) he andl virtues as a rana s a prvIte c toet I can not speak vf hi even tr the a"i - point o- politica. friendhip. v tL e a entered this Senate as repreenAtata es: l)emocraty of Souti Carolina di h had1 publicly announced h-is purposze to e:r1'ek with me in the Sent e if etee:ed. w were not friends in the co"nmon ce.era term, nor were we poliue. ali.'.A. it shall say. the -efore, in hnocr o: y u colleague will be m~re r. and carry more wei,:ht by re e_ o Ia tagonisM that existed 't w e, -U a r T didates for the governor-" 'i later on because 1 felt : d thehelp I could to the gemmi a J posed him in his racef Senator Earle ani n:pf wer brought into close contact cept exciting political canv:a-s. a I inere'. had no opportunity to uidge the 1an as i bore himself toward his trinuds n ne., bors. But durinc that cauvas I watched him, and had opportuuities such as no other man in South Carolina or out o, t etver h to get an insight to his character and a cr-' rect appreciation of his sterlmu worin ant brave, un!inchir1 mianhood iuring a tuoZt trying ordeal. it miy nut be of iute'rezt to the Senate, and I have almost doubted the propriety of entering on this occasion into a recital of events in which I mvselt bore so conspicuous a part It is not e-ousm or any desire to inject my own persouality into the discussion of Senater Earle's services and merits. But if I fail by reason of suc h consideration to discuss the subject from that standpoint, I will fa;l to discharge my duty as I see it, and no one elqe can perform that duty as well as I can. Indeed, no one can or will perform it at all. If L do not do it, the fame and reeord of the virtues of the dead Senator would lack that testimonial which I alone can give here and which giv en under the circumstances, can but help to link his name by stronger bonds to South Carolina's history. Senator Earle sit in this body a very short time. The illness which resulted in his death seized him within thirty days after he took the oath of ofi:-e, and he disappear ed from our midst to return no more. His star had climbed :he heavens until it had reached the zenith and there shone with a calm and steady brilliancy. Suddenly, like a meteor, it sank beneath the horizon and went out in darkness, leaviog naught as a remainder that it ever held a place in the Sen atorial galaxy save the memory of one short speech of two minutes. That speech made its impress on the minds of his hearers and stamped the new Senator as a good constitu tional lawyer and a man who would not tamely submit to injustice or yield one jot or tittle of the right of the State and of his people. But, as impressive as was his utterance and as e oquent as was his plea, it only gave promise of a career that clcsed all too sud denly and sadly. Senator Earle will not be rememb.ered for what he did here. His record is not a senatorial one. hlis reputa tion must rest upon his actions and utter ances while he was'~an officer of South Carolina and before he was sent here as her representative. Realizing this in the fullest degree and anxious as j am :o give that part ofhis life the greatest 'rominence which will tend to perpetuate his memory, 1 must follow the coarse I have marked out, even though it deals with occurrences in which I mysef acted an important part. A brief recital of historical events in my State will be necessary for a clear under standing of the causos which led up to the most exciting and ir.tensely bitter campaign that has ever convalsed any State in this Union There are people in South Carolina, where most of senator Earle's friends live, and where his good name and the honor due him will. be most cherished, who will not thank r.te for this exposition, and who will severely censure me for mtaking it, but, as I have said once before, l am not seeking the plaudits of anyone or trying to do any thing except to discharge a solemn duty to the aead man whose one striking charac:er istic: was devotion to duty. It is a simple act of jn'stice to him without caring for its effect on me. I know if he were alive, he would do as much for me. Indeed, he did, in 1892, by writing a letter for publication, do such an act of justioe for me whith made him very unpopular at the timce. The real friends of the dead Senat or wim see the justice of this view of thfe matter and will thank me for giving prominence to t'a: part of his career which is tae lasting basts of his fame. It is not as a Senator tnat he will oe remembered, nor is his record as judge and attorney-genera!, honorable and worthy though it be, his highest claim to remembrance. His candidacy for governor in 1890. and the fact that he so bore _hicmself in that campaign, in which he carried only 4 counties in 3, that six yeatrs later he won the Senatorship by a popular vote given largely by the very men who howled him down in 1S90 -this is the man's claim to immortality, and I shall tell the story as briefly as I can and as I understand its phases and facts, concealing nothing and anxious only to state the trutnt as l under stand it. 1 do this knowing that there are men who will be ready to dispute the facts and also deny the conclusions. Thaat is a right I shall not attempt to deny to any man. Those who hear and read what I say must determtne for themselves the truthfulness and impartiality of the story. Up to the period of reconstruction South Carolina never had a real popular govern ment. It was so in form only. The State was settled first along the coast, as were the other colonies, and up to and succeeding the Revolutionary war a preponderance ot its people resided in the tier of counties bor deringon the ocean. Tnese people were largely the descendants of tre Hluguenots, who ded trom religious persecutions in France, and of the English, who had been sent over by tile lords p-oprieto)rs. '1Tie Piedmont or upper portion of the State. had been settled during the firs: haif of the eighteenth century by a large inlua of Scotch-Irish, German, and lPutch settlers from Pennsylvania. There were alsettle meats of' persons in .i:'ferent counties of bcotch Highlanders, Irish, and Eglish. These interior settlers owned fe le, while the planters of the coast couties owned a great many. They dihfre- fo' these latter in many ways. Under the State constinuton adopted n 1790 the apportionment of political p awer in the State senate was such as t 1<a perpetuate the domination of the coast coun ties by reason of the fat that each parish of those counties, which were organized after the manner of the Chrc of England, was given a senator, whie the intenor coat' ties, then large in are' andi sparsey settled, were given only one senator cach. The county of Charleston, with its aine parishes. was thus given nine sensters and the other coast counties had proportU uatce nc~nersi " senators not at all carresendin wit th~eir population later or. This one-sided a-c unfair * cdtion was -' source of constant anr .ieee *.- le to a division of "up c-un'' a-nd "uow country" in State polte an. . inuea the absolute domination o' th-e y' ciCae ton in State atfairs. All e:Et to a h wrong were futile. The same -c' i~to provided that the governor ani th r "s' te officers and the tudgee -f the surea 'ui circuit courts should bee eleted byth egs lature, so that the people were ptuie to vote only for meembers of C ongre--, cut:v officers, and membei fselgsaue And the contrel of the. m.ci nery fth counties even for the ''brin taxe an performing other duties * i--ua to cont government wereine f .two :Zen * .V anu a thirdl hf te ver:: va the civil war eat:te on.! e. e 'e on and families of and e by uter n I e ",I;,1 uother 1tidances, held absolute a Ste politics. and the masses were s to register their will. The Se w Deratic or iniependent in na t :ities. 1 ut it was aristocratic in lo r hi aristocracy, be it said to cre-i: gave the State as good govern :Ce.t. so1 fr as purity and honesty were concerned, as any country ever had. But a '-rou ir, mre arrogant, cr hot heade-i rul uZ ca -ever existe L Under the rcou S . ru tio . CO :it)tn 1 , z- the -,.eiofln of ,vernor ani State *:erS waQ I v-n to the le t*e .y diec vte. and the schele v: v . c overnti'at wa decentraliied and pI in carge Lf *ard ccounty com e C I t., ;e peop1ie. 'foot in a au co l 'here wa- :o 'pportun:ty :h-'- :i':' h li t''o tre Am'erican 6 a ai Peni ;e i:eac. To S th-e va no Such V te T0e, eitner whi e .NV the wikite people, si e :%d overthrew the re e "n-a drove out the V2.e...r.le....:..eves and brib)e takers. Sew ee:.:-t Iih tis condiitin. 1 lxre w. a :e:ir al majority of ne _:rot N:iuz aze of a. ut .36,0, and it is a ,-.eC ei ett "poition that "white unity' Wa 1:- 4e battle c 'ry tha -tm appealed tO the .-' and ptrio i every white man in the -tat. A ide from the canditAion of semi-anirchy and the burdensomne taxation which had ex ittl, tue reconstruction government had dissioated the assets of the State bank armountinc to 6:;.00,0i, ha., -quandered :he '-ate s interest In rairoads to an equal auunt, a-Mi had issued bo: ds increaicg :'he da e debt from 5d.Oo.Ojto to more than , with r.tthing to show for it. It iS Snall wonder, then. that the whites knew and understood the needs of unity. Thle poii:i-al demarcation was a color line, pure and impc. De:uocracy meant white supre!::qcr: Repuil:icanism meant the rule of the Africin and carpet-bagger, and native scalawag. the most despised of the threo. Tnc newly emancipated white man, who stcod erect in the consciousness of being once more citizens of South Carolina, and freeman as far as the 5tate was concerned, followed the leaders who had led in the fight for that emancipation with almott blind idol atry. These leadtrs at once became almost omnipotent in State politics: and the para mount thought in the minds of everyone was how to retain control of the State govern ment Prior to the war there had been little or no division along party lines in the State. it was said that "when Calhoun took snuff, the State sneezel:" and hero worship has always been a~leading characteristic of our reople. The lack of familarity with parti san or party politics and the total lack of familiarity with the machinery for controll ing and directing party politics were great drawbacks. In fact, the people knew almost rothing about such things. The four years of war and the eight years of reconstruction, during which there was paralysis of citizen ship. had bred a torpor which made it easy for the old aristocratic families and those in alliance with them to resume control, and the necessities of the political situation, the enforced white unity, made it easy to con tinue that control. Tho constitution had been changed, the power vested in the peopIe, but the condi tions were not favorable for its exercise. Party nominations were made in convention (I mean as to State otiicers and Congress men, and in many counties for all officers) from 18'7t t~ o 18. From 1876 to 1880J there were no causes of complaint -every white man was satisfied with the management of affirs and everyone set a bout actively re building the State and advancing his indi vidual interests. But in 18S0 the poison began to work. Ring rule is an enevitable growth where only one party exists. The conventions were manipulated as they usu ally are by court house rings, and these worked under the direction of a statehouse ning W~hile there were mutterings of discontent which constantly grew in intensity with the manage-nent of local or State affairs and with the way in which the people were ig nored in parceling out the otlices,the thought of *independentism' '-division among the whites was abohorent to every good Caroli nian The nomination by the party conven tions was equival!e:t to election, and he was regarded as a public enemy who dared to raise his voice in criticism or obojection. One or t wo spasmonic etforts to overthrow ring rule were made in the trountain counties, where tthere was a majatzity of white voters and where tihe peop.c had no: suffered to much as in the rnegro counties. but the lead. rs denounced all such efforts as unpa'riotic and declared that "an independent was worse than a radical," and. with the mem ory L'f their 'ppressions rankling in tiieir minds, the peope re-echoed the sentiment andI acted unon it. Thus were the conditions produced and the mine laid for the explosion wiich came in 18%'. The antebeluai conditions were ent rely changed. The large fortunes of the old slhve owners had been destroyed by the results of the war and with them had been de stroyed, iis a large measure, class distino tions. The Confederate soldiers while fight ing had also been going to school. There was a quickened inteiligence and a more thorough understanding of the correct prin ciples of governmnent, and the demand for popular government and e guahty of privilege made rapid growth. It was seen that a cer tan coteri t of politicians were running things in the interest of themselves, their kindred,. and friends, and the people were growing tired of the inevitable answer to any of their complaints, lHuah, or you will split the Denoersaic party." The agtittion which led to the revolution or explo'sion had begun in 18863, and it had taken fvur years of discussion and of agita tion after six years of dissatisfaction ever on the increase to prepare the minds of the peo ple and to organize them to overthrow the oligarchy which had fallen heir to the power to tue old antebelium aristocray. The State was ruled during these ten years absolutely by the t wo cities of Columbia and Charleston: and as they did this through their allies liv ing in the other towns of the State, the agita tion for reform hal assumed the comnplexion of an agricultural movemnent, in which the faers or country people were embattled against th:e cities and towns. It was not an agrarian tuovemenit in any sense of the term, and it antedated the alliance move mnt by two years. A large majority of the white people live in the country, and many -of these farmers-thotusands of them-are as itebgent and well educated men as thbere are in the State, and they own a large share of its wcalth. Senator E trle had entered politics short l after the overthrow of the carpet-bag re cnie as senator from Sumter Ceunty, and while he hbelongedl to one of the lest families of the S:ave, ene noted for its prominent nien and wealth, he himse.f, as a result of wr, hadl h-ai to strugge tn his young man hool wih poverty, andi he was not in touch r .y~np by with tnhe then ruling powers. Inde he was m-nire r less aintagonistic to he, !e had been prom.oted, not through th'nsr z'naitiy ot the oligarchy, but rthe n pi"e of it, to the attorney-general -hpi e0 an i altho-ugh he was oil'ered te governorship by the reformero or tarmt r5 in 1. and coult have' been nominated, hisaililtinswith the then State adminis traion were' "uh thtat 'e wasfce t ' dhe cra to re-clve tohv nin to d - with any o the ol i 1 ledrs or pro'mment oii ci*"ofth Itte Tneexerienlce in two -.:ate c.pagn-hose of Ied and le' i wha they had been defeated. taught themioVko t ae valu~e of early -ad thorough - rai'in, so thit the poliical forces of tnt :.. bega t marshal themselves and r-liis oaluue shp atost withi tue *e -'i -r. A convention or voluntary can cs i hla syintathy with re:'orm ideas wais cl l to me-: la March <n th rneital demtands in the call was for a prinary election in which each in dvua eirizen Shold~ have a right to vote ree fo te nominees of the tDemoctatic a ce:tnica; anD inu : wcu" a agri cultural e~lle'e fot tie cheation u farmers and mechanics "paraz.- froi the State ni. versity. There were other irportant is. but it is unneceS-ary t> nention thei. Thi convention as-e:i.!ed and, denouncing th administratiin a a~ir, pa.ied resolutions announcing it plat "orm and put me forward as candidtte for goverlner in the party con vnUtion whenever it should be calhd. It also pas!ed resolutions demanding of the State De:oeratic commie, which was con trolled by (tur ctpon'nts. to appot:t a srie Cf meeic in each of the counties oflthe Statc for a cineral i!-u-ion of the ines of the ,i t b- all of* the canulidates for 6tate Tiic rewspapers of tie State, alnost with out excetiton, openel their batterie on the movWemen:. Many declared that i was un Democratic. and 'Lat its purpose was the dirKion and consJuent destruction of the Democratic r-arty iu the Stai. Al of the trained politicians and men of prominence. vi'h very few exceprt on a'igned t- e ve in oppOsition T he bank corporations. and railroads were ail antontit. 0U of w lw- ers in ihe State no: more than 40 ued in ohe movement for rf-.n Seua:er, then AttorneyGenerl Earle and Gen. John lBratton, a onfe Israte briga iier of hi::h nchara er. both ann.unced themselves as ctndidates for _-vernor.an.1 the campaizn opened early in June in Grevlle, the citu:y cA Geeral Earles bir'h. ( ne iet in; was hld in every couny in the :State. D y .y, week iy wcek, crowds number i*' in thosmt and enmbraecm; almost the entire white nale oprulation turned out to hear the ,etrakers It was during this period of two months tha. I learned to Iuow Senator Earle thoroughly, to admire his ability a. a debater, to respect his mn-inhood, 11-1 to appreiate his gentlIemanly, chival rous bearing. 1: thtei be such thirc as That stern joy which warriots feel in foemen worthy of their steel I had my fill of it. But candor compels the confession that whi:e all of the indications ointed to General Eerle's defeat, the tight iug, if such a term be permis~ihie, was any thing but pleasant. The contc-t was never in doubt after the first five mvetings. A tidal wove had risen in the mountairs and was sweeping seaward with irresistible force, bearing down all opposition, washing away all landmarks, and entirely submerging the old regime. Democracy, like Pallas. new-born but fil ly grown and armed, rejoicel in its strength and grew hoirse with cheering those who had tirst found courage to give it a voice and demand its rights. It had been sup pressed and oppressed for a century, and nothing could now stay its course. The feel ing was very intense, the danger of collision and riot always imminent. Dramatic situa tions, sharp personal colloquies, bitter sar castic retorts, would first drive one side then the other into a frenzy of approval or angry dissent. General Earle knew that he was beaten, but he never falterei or let up. He faced hostile audiences which sometimes re fused at tirst to let him speak, but with calm dignity and courage he forced recognition and a hearing. le never relaxed his grasp upon my throat, but fought till the last. le pressed his arguments home with powerfal logic and sabtle reasoning. A trained lawyer and debater, he had 'all the advantage. But the facts were aga nst him, and while he made no impression upon the feelings or judgment of his audiences on the issues then pending, he yet won the ad miration of all by his intrepidity and ability and always under the most trying circum stances maintained his self-respect and com manded that of his opponents. There were 260 votes in the convention, and of these he received less than 50, carrying only four counties out of thirty-tive. The county of his birth was against him, the county of his adoption was divided: but while he went down to defeat it was with every flag flying and no thought of asking quarter, and it was this canvass that won him his seat in the United States Senate six years later. I have always thought he entered the race under a misconception, but being in he was too proud to retire. His line of fight dttring the campaign had been almost entirely personal- In other words, he did not dispute the justice of the demands which the reformers had set out in their platform, but he tried to get on the platform and shove its exponent off of it. le did not go far enough along that line to alienate the adherents of the oligarchy who supported him with enthusiasm; but he was not their real choice, and he kne w it, so he was careful to let the people see he was not opposing popular government and such re forms as were needed. When the result was known, after the nomination was over, he bowed submissively to the will of the people and loyally supporteli the ticket, advising against and antagonizing with all his might an independent ticket which the defeated faction had set on foot to retain the govern ment by the aid of the negroes. After the last meeting at Colleton T av proached General Earle, and, extending my hand, I said: General, we know each other better than we did at Greenville in June. If I have said anything in the heat of debate to wound your feelings, I desire to apologize. andi to express the hope that if we can not be friends we shall not become enemies. Hie shook my hand heartily and disclaimed any feeling of nat red or sense of wrong, and tlrda similar apology; and so we parted, as true men ocight. Two years latter, when the reformers put me forward for reelection, there was another bitter contest, not so intence as that of 1SOU, but still very exciting, and in sonic respects dangerous. Generai E c.rie reftused to nave any thog to do with this and advised against itt. He wrote a letter in waich he gave credit where cr'-dit was~ due and warned his od supporters that they were doomed to defeat. This enraged that cement in the State at the time, bat they learned later the wisdom of his advice and to appreciate the more hi clear judgmuent. wane at the same time G~eneral .arle taus won ine good will and forgveess of tnousands of those who voted against him in his candidacf ber governor. Ine result was that the retor:n legislature elected him to the position of circuit judge .n 1 h4. which he heed up to the time of his entry to the Senate Uf this last race I shall not speak. Sutlice it to say that i did not support him. Idut it was not because I bid not know his worth and recognize his fitness for the position and his ability to adorn it. After his entry upon his duties here our relations were friendly and promised to be come coridial, for he had too much sense to bear malice and waes too liberal minded not, to know that my antagonism was poiitical rather than personal. Had he lived so as to have given him an opportunity to have shown of what stuff he was male, I am sure every Senator here would have been im. pressed with his high character and chival rous bearing and have recognized his worth and ability, lie is gone, as all of us will have in few years to folio w, "t> that undis covered country from whose bourne no traveler returns," and his famue and good name must rest in the minds and heats of those in his own State, who knew him best and loved him most.. There is something pecaliarly pathestic in his death, comning as it did just after reach ing the goal of his ambition. A ripe scholar au eminent iturist, and a :iuent speaker, he could not have failed to make his intluence lelt here had Providence peimitted him to win additional ho-nors The Senate pauses in its labors fora brieL white to ptay respect to his memory, Tne tribute winich I leave paid himn, coming from an old antagonist. cy not be deemed the highest or most worthy. buit it is at least sincere; and I feel that I have but added to rather than detract ed from the luote cofC his name by the recital oiho ev ents which 'rtimpressel him ur - th ru .e tf his nativ - :te Mr. Pr,$-~it ent a we look around upotn the eat i or da i interr' herei is easy t' he ::-en by evone tha wit very few excptions every ma~n on this I oor i:. on th sunet -,le *f lifIeand rapiduly approach ing Lh ,etung We -truge her in bhe pefomant"ce of 'ur -luries as~ we Lee them an undeta'al the. andI are otten b tier and unre'a'enable in our contentions with one another, but I know Sena tors wil j oin ue with the utmost sincer:ty in the thotihts ex~resselI in thla! beautiful toemn h-v -t mes Montgomery; Time grows not old witi: length of years: Changes ne brings, but changes no:: New born each momnent he appears Stars in pcreanial round: return, As from eternity they came. And to eternity might burn; We are not for one hour the same. Spring tiowers renew their glad perfume, ].ut ere a second spring they :ly: oar life is longer than their bloom. Our bloom is sweeter-yet I -iie. Lord God: when time shall end his flight, Stars set, and flowers revive no more. May we behold Thy f-ce in light. Thy love in Jesus Christ adore. INTERESTING PARAGRiAPHS. Ga'here d Fr m Oar Exchanges or the Past Week. Perhaps the most interEsting relic that has been recovered from the Maine is the flag which fl iated at the masthead when the ship went down. This baZ was brought un by the div ers. and sent to Capt. Sigsbee, with h:s swords, A. woman physician, who is the wife of a physician in Indianapolis, thinks the souis and bodies should be admin intered to jointly, and has united preaching with her practice She mases ht u-e to house missionary (an vasses. She is a product of Kansas. Six blind tigers were convicted in the ctur at Greenwood last week. Their fines aggregated $1,200 but be ir-g unable to pay they will serve on the chain gang 01 that county for the next six months. Tnis is first rate good roads movement for Greenwood. An attempt to cross the Alps in a balloon, starting from the Italian, .side, will be made next summer. The inention is to keep at a height of 15, U0 feet as long as possible, and to take photographic views and make scientific observations during the pas srge.' Sime abla bodicd burglars brcke into a bia2ksmith shop in Alpena, Michigan, and ca ried t f two big ar vils along with every thing of value in the place. The owner of the shop says the stuff with which the burglars got safely away wiighed about two toIs. Dr. Wm. A. Bjers, of Greenville, has been arrested at Coluanbta upon a warrant sworn out by his wife, Mrs. A. V. Byers, before Magistrate Whit mire at Greenville. Byers is now in jsil waiting for a $500 bond to relase nim. He is charged with non support of his children. It will be interesting, says tne Char leston Critic, to those who have gazed with awe upon the "patrified man" to know that petrified human remains are made to order at Crookston, Mo. The average price of a petrified human body made of plaster of paris and clay and so skillfully trrated as to appear to be genuine, is $100. Mr. and Mrs. G. P. Lord, who gave to Elgin, Ill., the park bearing their name, and have been libtral donois to all oihjects of a public nature, have offered to give the Elgin Young Men's Christian Association $10,000 toward a building fund, provided the $20, 000 more required be raised by sub scription by July 1. The News and Courier says that -'4,000,000 barrels of adulterated flour have been sold in the South this crop 3 ear, and Western meat, which could not be sold else where, is dumped into the South by the trainload." Shall this thing continue, to the injury of the people, when it is so easy to raise bread and meat in the South? Mrs. Hettie Green's recent denunci ation of one of her lawyers on the ground that .isi fee had neen exor bi tant calls to mind the fact tnat sne has employed more lawyers than any other woman in the United States, and that none of them has ever teen satisfactory. Her cases are never pushed far enough to suit her. The work of placing submarine n'ies in the principal harbors of the Atlantic coast has Deen commenced ana.$1.000,000 is to be spent upon this brauna o1 defense. Tne wort is done by the war department, under tfne di recaion of Gn. Wilson, chief of en ainerrs, arnd not by the navy depart meat, as would ba at first sup~posed, Rev. William Alderman, pastor of it~e Methodist Cnurch at Paswnee, 0. V., has been seriously ill for aevel al sems during wnicn time his nleip meet nas not only nursec nim, but na~s cinuctea Lne cnurcn services. Sae nes led the prsyer meeting and nas preachr~d two bermfonsi each dunday to .ue enti:e sat.stacIuL vi e cagre gati.mn. lPriece Hecury of Phussia just man ased to get tne Dat.iesalp DetschlanO Lu Cnlna. Oa reacaing Hong Koang LLIe vessei was a, unc: pu. into tne Briaisn dry auch, wn :re it flad ta stay turee weeas waade unalergoing serious repatrS to fne 'llaeninery. .fr m tis it w.uId sem Lma, omenr xiau-us nave trLaume witn bi~eir war saips aS well aS tue? Uanea~ States. T.se lanana uid sjnms gua pracaice tue utnier clay ott Key W est us a sort ,.alcatatein to iste ?Laras~iea en asumastIe. 1'ue Dig guns iu tne for *arai Lurret were Lrastueu upua a tar. gAt at long rau~ge. ?ne flrst SuOL 5,erceti tae target, aind tae secunu saut went tarough ths ..ole madte D~y sue first one. Aa enemy Coulu not abanLd I?ag olelure suCu enouting as One coastwise steamship line ha Whura va? its v~satis occatLise UI tie .var scare. rne Lone mar Lune, b-i LweeL .New York and (daiveston, lias ansnounced the tdisconnance of i.s freigsit and p eager services pea~Q ing tnke suitufon Ut thle preseat aitfi canies. A causiaeraole number 01 waen are tarO tsu out of empioymlent. l'nus tue evil effects of war are iest On1iure theC war itacil is in evidence. A M3Yvig Appe us. The E litor of the RLzk Mount sin '2all won tue p-ize of $L,(J00 offered oy the syudicate of westura editors for the best appeal poem to aewspapor subscribers to pay up their subscrip tions. Tnis is tae poem; Lives of poor men oft remind ug, IHonest men won't stand a chan~e, The more we work there grow behind us Digger patches on our pants On our pants, once new and glossy. Now are stripes of diffrent hva, All because subscribers linger, Andi won't pay what is due. Then let us all be up and doing, send your mite, however small, Or. when the snow of winter strikes us, We shall have no pants at all. R~ESTINGc LAND -Haif a century ago farmers would "rest" their land by ominting a crop one year in three or 'our. Ia the mean tittue nature would force a crowth of weeds or piants that were adapted to the conditions of the sol. The best way to rest the soil is to rotate the crops, so that the soil will not he deprived ?f certain plant foods while leavi ig an excess of other kinds. ALU.E OF CORNCOBS -Corncob3 are exceeo1wgly rich in potash, containing o er 23 per cen t, and are worth saving. They are not available, however, un less burnt and the ashes saved. On farms where heavy crops of corn are grown the amount of potash that could te saved by burning the cobs isj FCU11 hUNDn::. AnD N:NEIY HL. IN I H S STATE. This Does Not Irc~de L'cerses Held by ite Dipensarler bat Oily Those 2.1 by OJginal Pack'gt Dealers ard Blzmd Tigers Tie Colum-wra rec)id says for the present year there have been 490 Unit ed States liquor license iss-ed in South Carolina to others than dispensers. Of this number, a rather snall par ceatage have been issued to persons as agent. Of course, Charleston heads the list in the number of licens Es held by eilizens of a county. Of the 490 federal licerses issued, 222 are held in Char'eston. Leaving out Beaufort. more licenses are held in Charleston than in the other 39 counties of the state. It goes without sayirg that a man does not pay for a United States lcernse unless he is go ing to sell liquor. He does not part with his hara to get money j3-st for the fun of the thing. It is evident that a thirsty man does not have to go far in Cnarlestoa to li ad a place where liquor is sold. As stated, Charleston, leads, with 222 licerses Beaufort c >mes second with 40. L'c mses are held in other countics as follows: Richland 31; Spartanburg, 26; Berkeley. 15; Green ville. 14; Colleton, 12; Georgetown and Cherokee, 10 each; Newberry and Union. 8 each; Chester and Florernce, 6 each; Hampton, Ke-rshaw and Or angnburg, 5 each. Ab->eville, Ander hon, Sumter and York, -i eqch; Aiken, Bamberg. Cbes:erfield, Darligtn, Lincaster Laurers Marion, and Oco nee, 3 exch; Edgefield, Saluda and Williamsburg, 2 each; Greenwood, Lexington and Marlbor>, 1 each. Fairfield, Horry, Pickens and the tie w county of Lee have no license for the sale of liquor Bat one woman in the state holds a license to sell 1:qu >r. Sne lives on St Helena island, in Beaufort county. A. license is issued in Charleston county in the name of a militia company. In Abbeville, Anderson, Cnester, Clarendon, Darlington, Edgefield, Florence. Greenvlle, Green wcod, Lexington, Newberry and Richland counties the licenses are held by per sons residing at the county teats. In Aiken county, two are held at Aiken and one at Elenton. In Bamberg county, there is one each at Denmark, Olar and Bamberg. In Barnwell, two are held at the Fairlax county seat, two at Allenda'e, one at Elko and one at Blackville. In Beaufort, twelve are held at the county seat, seven at Port R:oyal and the other twenty eight at cross roads and landings thrughout the county. in Berkeley, but or e license is neld at the county seat, the other fourteen being held by persons living near the phosphate works. Charleston is not a large county, yet 197 licenses are held in the city and 25 in the county outside of the town. In Chesterfield cnunty, all the lice>a sea are held at Cheraw. In Colleton county, while only one license is held at the county seat, nine are held at Adam's Run, a lumber camp. In Dorch-ester county, one license is held at the county seat and six at Summerville. Summerville, Mount Pleasant at Sullivan's island, the three pleasure resorts of Charlestonians, are well provided. Nine of the ten licenses in George town are held at the county seat. But one of the five licenses in Hamp ton is held at the county seat. T wi are held at Brunson and one at Scotis and one at Yemeat s e. In Kersha w county, three are held at the county seat and two at Luck now. In Lancaster, t wo are held at the cunty seat and one at Kershaw. In Laurens, two are held at the county seat and one at Clinton. In Marion, t wo are held at Marion and one at Dillon. The only license in Marlboro is held at Brownsville. In O.:onee, t wo are held at Walhalla and one at Seneca. .in Orangeburg, two are hela at the cuuty seat ano one eaca at iSt. Mat thews, Branchsi~le and Camero2. In Saluda, one is held at the county seat ar~d one at Odonar. In Spartan burg, 24 are held at the county seat and one each at Clifton a~d Woodrutf. Iu Sumter, three are held at the county seat and one at Smithville. In Union, seven are held at the county seat and tne other at the in mortal town of Jonesville. In Williamnsburg, one is held at the county seat and one at Gaurdin. Tae four in York c~ua y are held at Blacksburg. BANKRUPT SPMIN she Has No Credit Anro 2g t't Orber t 11 anp. No nation in this time can conduc., a war with any prospect but that of ear~y and disastrous failure withoult plenty of money. In her lack of cred it lies the grsatest weakness of Spain. The London Economist gives an in teresting summary of Spaini's fisancial condition.- The three Cuban loans aggregate $450,000,000, the floating deot amounts to $70,000,000, and the monthly war expenditure to $8,000, 000. Such are the Economist's tigures translating pounds sterling into dul lars at the rate of five to one. They are exclusive of old debt and of the new loan of 230,000,000 pras, e quiva lent to about $40,000,000, whicn the government is trying to raise by pop ular subscription through the national bank. A country like ours would not find any difficulty in handling and increasing upon favorable terms a de bt as large as that of Spain, but with Spain it is a very different matter. Tne total population of that country is about 18,020,000, but Spain is very weak in industrial resources. Her total debt is no w $l,613-00.000. and the annual interest cnarge is $90,000, 000. How serious a matter this is for Spain is shown by tthe fact that her 4 and 5 per cent bonds are now quoted at from 49 to 55 per cent of their face value. The ne w offer of $40,000,000 of bonds is not ikely to bring into tne treasury more than $25,000.000 at most, and pro nably not more than one third of the amount of the floating debt. Spain would have to raise sev eral hurndred million dollars to prepare for a war with this country. How could she get iti hShe has failed to get more than half their face valhe for $40. 000,000 of bonds which were taken by her own people after strong appeals to their patriotism. When Spain goes outside of her own country to borrow money she will find it impossible to raise any great amount at any rate of interest. There is not today a civilined nation s> ill prepared fcr war as Spain. _______ Mark Hanna has jost been convicted -af ter a thorough in'restig ation by a ommittee or to,~ v-ry le&-lature that elected him-of securing his 2enatorial tUNC4Y 3CM3OL. COriVENr1TijoN. The Program of the Twenty Firset Annual sesslor. The following is the program of the twenty first annual convention of the South Carolina Sunday School Con vention, which will meet in George. town on May 17: TUESDAY NIGHT, MAY 17. 8 CO, Songs of Praise, By L-3cal e"'Jir. S.30, Devotional, Thanksgiving Ser vice, by R iv. D. M. Fulton. 8 45. What are our aims? Answered by President Hazird of Georgetown. What is our Inspiration? Atswered by Field Secretary Whilden, What has been our Progress? An swered by Rev. J. W. Shell. 9.00. Ad2ress. Suiject (,n be an nouLced -y Rev. R. N. Pratt, Co. lumbia 10 00 Adj iurnment. WVEDNESDAY MORNING MAY 18. 9 00 Devuuonai. By F. F. Whilden. 9 43, Organizstion. Enrollment. Ap pointment o COammittees. Renorts of Etcutive Committee and Fiald Secretary. 10 CU, Oeea Conference and Q iepiion Drawer conducted by S. B. Ezell, Spirtanburg. 11 00, T.oPic. "The Life of Christ," Rev. W. B. Duncan, Alendale. 11 30, Sanday School manageiment. The Suterintendeat's resporsib.lity, by A C. Dibble, Orangeiurg. The Teachers Meeting, open dis sion 12 30, R ports and Miscellaneous, The Ev angel. 1 00. A *j turnment. WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, MAY 18. Primary Teachers 6pecial Service in charge of Mrs. M S. Whilden, Su perintendent, Caarleston. 3.00, Singing. Prayer. ScriptureSt lectoois. 3 40, Paper, Equipment of Primary Teacoer. 3.25, Normal Lesson...... By...... 6iiging. 3 50 Pipers, Bent fi q derived from Primary Teac ier' Unions, by,.... 4 LO, iessons for next Sunday taught with blackboaird illustrations. 4.30, Benediction. WEDNESDAY NIGHT. MAY 18 8.00, S.ng d&rvice, Conducted by Choir. 8 30. Praise Service and Devotional, F. F. Wnilden, 8,45, Offer.ngs for the Work. Reprt Rev. W. I. Herbert, Treasurer. 9.00, Address. Subj-ct: Jesus in His Kiagdom, by Rev. A E. Cornish, harleston. 10.UU Adjurnment. TH1ORSDAY 3TOINING, MAY 19. 9.00, Devotional. 9 30, Reports: (1) Superintendent Pri mary Department, Mrs. M. S. Whil den, Charleston. (2) Suverintendent Normal Depart ment, Professor R. 0. Stms, Gaff ney. (3) Superintendent Home Class De partment, Prof. J. A. Gamewell, Spartanburg. (4) Statistical Secretary, Prof. R. 0. Sams. (f) Treasurer. Rav. W. I. Herbert, Fiorence. 10,00. Financial. A better way. Ho vI Wh3? Rev. T. H. Law, D. D., Spar :nnburg. 10.30, Normal Lesson, Rev. B. P. 11.00, Tae S. C. E1tiin of the Inter national Evangel, by Editor C. W. Birchnmore, Camden. 12 t0, Miscelleneous. Farewell words. 1.00. Aiujournment. (lUhe atiove may still be changed somewhat.) Gospel hymns, Nos. 1 to 6 will be used in thie singing, NoTEs.-(l) As seen from the above program, the Superintendents of the Home, Primary and Normal Depart ments, the S:.atistical Secretary and the Treasurer will have brief written Seports to present to the Convention also the Editor of the Evrangel. (2) The County Vice Presidents (to wnom copies of this program will oe sen ) will kindly send to the Secretary, Rnv. W. 1. Her bert, at Fiorence, S. C , or to Cnairman of Executive Com mittee, brief written reports of condi tions and prospect of the work in tneir respective counties. (3) Tne County offirers (>r where the counry is not organized wne county Vice President) will please see that the pledges made for the county is collect ed and for warded with~ut fail, as the ?reasurer needs money. (4 speciaA i ates on the railroads of th'e mate have been authorized by the douthern Passenger Association. Have your railroad agent to wire a few nays ahead to ben sure they get the spr~tial rates for y ou. (5) rnose who will attend the con venueJn should send their names to Rev. A. J. &~okes by May 12th. (O) L et all nevoutly pray GA's bles sings upun the Conventi.>n and taat all tue work may prosper in our hands. Fraternaily yours, C. H. CARLISLE, Cn., Eix Co n., Spartanburg, S. C. .Ame, Ic. (One Hundred Years Axo. Tnere was not a puolic library in the Uuueu S.ates. A unost all the furniture was im port ed zr3n Ezrland. An uJid cpper mine in Connecticut wvas used as a prison.' Tneru was only one hat factory, and that made cocked hats. Every gentleman wore a queue and pa waerea flis hair. Crockery plates were objected to be cause they aulled the knives. Viuginia contained a fifth of the wnole population of the country. A miin who j::ered at the preacher or crntieised the sermon was fined, A gentleiman towi.g to a lady al way s scrap.O his foot on the ground. Tiwo stage coaches bore all tne travel net V7een New York tud Boston. A day Ia nor-er considered himself well paid witn two shillings a cay. ?fhe wnipping post and pillory were still stanaing in New York. Be3ef, pork. salt fish, potatoes and homniny were tto staple diet all the year round. Buttons were scarce and expensive, anu trouseers were fasten with pegs or laces. A new arrival in jailwas set upon by his fellow prisoners and robte:1 of ever ything he had. Wvnen a man had enough tea he placed his spo~n across his cup to j~a dicate that he wanted no more. Leather breeches. a checked shirt, a red flannel jacket, and a cocked hat formed the dress of an artisan. The Church collection was taken in a bag at the end of a pole, with a bell attached to rouse sleepy contributors. -The Biblicat Recorder. REMEDY F'OR BEDBUGS.-One ounce of rierosene cii, t no ounces off house hold ammonia, and one and one balf ounces of spirits of turpentine. Put in spring oil can, mix thorougly while using. Inject into all crevlces and where bug are apt to collect. Also, under edi es of base boards of cracks in the wal, etc. TrLE New York Journal claims to have irdformation from Washington to the ellect that the United States has purchased from Denmark the three is lands of St. Thomas, St. John and St. Croix, along with two cruisers and three torpedo boat destroyers all for C0NVINCING EVIDENCE THA- THE MAINE WAS BOWN UP BY A MINE Placed In the HIorbor cf Bavana by the FPinIards---Teatimony of the Mon Who Manufac~u' SI & ie ahIr, i on th-e Order of 81 a dieh G; vt- enmr t-. Details have been obtained by the Associated Press from manufacturers of submarine mines in London for Spain, which was first brought to the attention of the United States embas sy and cabled to the Associated Press on March 5 A man whose name was forwarded a' the time to Wash ington then said he sold Spanish offi cers in L )ndon. several years ago, a large number of mines, eight or ten of wbich were plac-d in Habana harbor. He aid they were made in a special way, had a specially constru':ted cable, which he can identify if the smallest piece is produ ed, and he added that some of the mines were fixed so that they could be fired from a fcrt, while two of them had bulbs so arranged that they would explode upon a vessel c:mina into contact with them. The man added, however, that he did not believe the bulbs would be used in water as shailo m as that of H-abana barocr. Finally the man exhibited plans of one of these mines, which he said was the most likely to produce the effect described as cauzing the wreck of the Maine. It was numbered "2." and was constructed to contain 500 pounds of gun co;ton. Lieutenant Commander J. C. Col well, the Uaited States naval attache, at London, has since investigated the matter, and has made a raport on the suject to the Uuited States govern ment. The facti learned strongly tend to show that Habana harbor was min ed, and they unquestionably prove that S.ain purchasel mines for that purpose. The firm of Lattimer,Rhodes & Clark, electrical engineers, during 1867-83, filled a large order for Spain of a lot of mines, in which were used 14j tona of gun cotton. Tne work was done under the surveilance of Gen. Fernandez and Captain Bastamento. Tne latter was then the head of the Spanish torpedo school. By order of these offe s the mines were divided into four consign nents, for Hab ma. Cadiz and Carthagena. The mines were manufactured under the direc tion of J. P. Gibbons, after Gibbons' patents, whicn are describ.-d in Sie man's book on toroedcs and mines Gib'>ons, from whom a reporter of the Assocated Press obtains the infor mation, and who furnished to Lieu tenant Commander Colwell a written statement of the above facts and out lined his theory of the explosion which wrecked the Maine, was then em-aloyed by the firm as superinten dent of the torpedo department. He also say s a similar lot of torpedoes was manufactured for Spain in 1896. The manager of the Westminster Engin eering company, which is the succes sor of the afore mentioned firm, and with which Gibbons is connected, confirms the letter's statement as * the manufacture of mines for Spain. Gibbons, who is a former sergeant of engineers, and a government inspec tor of torpedoes, beliAves the Maine's first explosion was caused by -what is technically called a ground mine, con - taining 500 pounds of gun cotton, several of which were manufactured for Spain. He has experimented with these mines la*rgely at Portsmouth, and says that, once laid, they retain their properties for 50 years. -In addition, Gibbons asserts that it is absolutely impossible for them to explode acci dentally, as the electric currents for their explosion are formed only by the manipulation of a complicated key board especially devised to prevent accidents. Three keys are necessary, which are always kept in the pcsses sion of different officers, and even if an cutsider obtained possession of them, it would be impossible to mani pulate the key board without instrun tions. Gibbons further says the mines and their connecting cables are num bered, arnd he asserts he would be able to identify them if any part is secured. SUPPL.EMENTAL SCHOOL FUND. flu A'nount Tiai tie~ fe.-.-al oount es At last the people of the State who have been interested to know hew much the school funds of the sev eral counties wcu'd get under the constitutional provision intended to see that the public schools get enough from the dispensary fund to bring theie funds on the enrollment of chil dren in the publio schools up to $3 per capita are furnished with the in formation. The calculations were based on the taxes levied for 1896 and the apportionment has been made by the comnptroller under the provisiocns of the new constitution and of joint resolution No. 16 passed at the last session of the aeneral assembly. Some Lime ago it was estimael the amount the dispensary would have to pay would b., $70,000 in round numbers to make up the deficiency in the counties 'ailing oehind. That sum was paid. The final figures now show that the total exceeds this amount~by $499.55. In several counties the 3 mill and poll taxes netted considerbly more than the required $3 per capita. As soon as the $499 55 is in the treasury, the comptroiler will pr. co d to pay out the money to the sescroi counties en titled to it. The apportioament of the fund to the counties is as follows: Berkeley........... ......$ 600 10 Uheter............. ....... 2738 41 Cnester field...... ..... z 768 00 Darlington.............. y 1 27 Edgefield. ...........4,323 26 Fairfield................ 3 2u669 Lls-rce.............. 2 732 55 George tovn............. . 2,13323 reenville..............4311 04 Elorry........... .. 8.11270 Lancaster...............5,565 62 Lexiogton................ 2,39380 fr1arion................. 2,496 62 arlboro............. 853.53 Ne berry.. .. 496 :33 conee.............. 1,518 46 3rangeburg..... ......... 7599 96 Pickens.......... .....~ S 669 61 Saluda.......... .....- 3.166 43 Spartarn uarg.......... i 970 32 Samter................. 1 325 '8 Vaion.................- Z88165 Wiliamnstu g.... ........ 3 349 6:3 To-a1................$70,499 55 Tie foiiowirg ar-e the counties aving an <xCe s of $3 per capita; the amount in ex- ess is given : Abbeville.....----.......$ 1,97178 Aiken.................. 3,4089 nders n -....-...........1,781 21 Barn ve1................ 3,686 61 Beaufcrt............... 5 385 01 Carleston...... ....... 45,751 3S C1arendon................. 1,806 62 Colleton.............. 225 09 Hampton............... 820 85 Kershaw........... ...... 741 61 aurers................- 265 68 Richland............... 11 383 11 Tot1.._._.......$78911 7.4 Royal makes the food pfre, whoZesome and delicous. [Y,1 IGA AKIl4 POWDER Absolutely Pure ROYAL BAKING POWDER CO., NEW YORK. A Monument to a Bcro. It should fill the heart of every pa triotic Southerner that a splendid monument is soon to be erec'cd at Nash ville, Tern , to Sam. Davis, tha brave Confederate kcsut who died rather than betray the one who had given him important information ze garding the Federal army. On tie 27th day of November, 1863, this sci dier, at the age of only 19 years, was hanged as a spy at Pulaski, Tenn., by the Federals' Court-martial sentence. Ele was under the orders of General Bragg, and was to report by a courier line to him at Missionary Ridge. When DAvis and a.number of others received their orders they were told of the hazardous duty that confronted them. Stveral had already been cap tured. Joshua Brown, one of his com rades, now of New York, was snrewd enough to secure all the informatioa he could without making a memoran dum of it. They had not gone far oe fore they ran into the 7th Kansas cav alry, known as the "Kansas Javhaw vers." They were lodged in j til at Pulaski that night. Sam Davs had been searched, and it was found that he had some very important papers upon him. In tLe seat of his saddle they found maps and descriptions of the fortifications at NashviUe and other points, and an exact report of the Federal army in Tennesse. In bis boot they found this letter and others intended for Gen Bragg: Giles County, Tenn., N )v. 18, 1863 C3. H. McKinstry, Provoss Mar shal, the Army of Tennessee, Chatta nooga-Dear Sir: I send you seven Nashville, three Louisville, and one Cincinnati papers The Yankees are still camped on the line of the Tennes see and Alabama Railroad. Gen. Dodge's headquarters at Pulaski; his main force is camped from that pace to Lyonsville, some at Elk River, and two regiments at Athens. Gen. Dodge has issued an order to the peo ple in those couinties on the road to report all stock, grain and forage to im, and he says ne will pay or give ouchers ior it. Upon ret usal to re port he will taie it without pay. They are now taking all they can find. Dodge says he kno ws all the peop'e are Southern, exd does not ask tnem to swear to a lie. All the spare for - es around Nashville and vicis i y are being sent to McMiinnville. Six bat teries and twelve Parrott guns were sent forward on the 14:ti, 15.h and 6th. It is understood that there is hot work in front somewhere. Tele grams suppressed. Davis has re turned. Gregg has gone below. Every thing is beginning to work better. I do not think the Feds mea'n to stay. Ihey are not repairing the main parts n the road, I understand that part of the forces have reached Shelbyville. [ think a part of some other than Dodge's division came to Lyonsville from the direction of Fayetteville, I am, with high regard. Coleman, Captain commanding scouw. When Davis was taken be'ore Gen. Dodge he was told that it was a very serious charge brought against him; that he had in his possession accurate information in regard to the Federal army, and he mtut, confess where he obtamned it, th at he was very your g and evidently did not realizs the daxL ger he was in . But Davis replied in the firmest voice: "Gen. Dodge, I know the danger of my situation and m willing to take the consequences." The General then asked him to give he name of the person from whom he ot his information, assuring him here was no chance of his life unless e revealed the name. He replied: "I know that I will bave to die, but I will not tell a here I got my informa tion, and there is no power on earth nat can make me tell. Yuu are doing our duty as a s>ddier acd I am doing ine. If I have to die I feed that I m doing my duty to Go-d and my ountry.' Repeatedly the Federal genesral rged him to r eveal the name, for he el it was a far more daojgercus and iportant man than this boy. The next uzcrning Davis 'vas in form d of the sentence of the court martial. e was sur prised at the severe pun shment of hanging, rather e xpecting sbe shot. CoL8naw, the ma~n who ad furnished the information was in ail with Davis, and was greatly larmed lhst the boy sh1ould at Line lI st oment confess. Bat his lojyaly ever faltered. At the gallows Cant. A-mstrong told him that he had ffeen minutes wo ive. He then asked the news of the ld, and was told that his sirov a been defeated at Missionary Rids e e expressed regret, saying: "Tee oys will have to fight the bait-s without me." Armstrong was miove d, to say, "I regret very much to have to o tnrs. I feel that I woul~d almnost rather die myself than to do what I ave todo." "Thle young man an wered: "I do not think hard of you; you are doing your duty." Thus passed out of hfe Sam D AV:S, ne of the many Southern heroe s whbo li d for his country during the war between the States. It is rigbaand fitting that monuments should be erectrd to stych noble herce3 He d ed but his memory still lives, and wsil ontinue to live as long as true hero ism has a plac~e among tobe sons of men.- The monument 2s to be a very andsome one. The money t"o erect it was raised through the dtf -rts of Nir. Cunningham, E iitor of uu, Uoa federate Veteran. Among the con tributors to the fund are many Federal soldiers. All honor to the memory of am Davis, the hero. Ordered from t ie Maine. A dispatch from Havana says: Mnsign Powelson, who is attached to - the Fern, 'r hile spending some time on the wieck of the Maine, was p r ~mtoriy ordered away by the com ander of the Spanish gunboat Le G-szpe, who toog the position that Mr. >owelson had rio right there since the United Sta'es 11 ag had been hauled uown from the wreck a ter the de parture of the Lie utenant Commander