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GOD AND OUR NATIYE LAND. CAMDEN, S. C., FRIDAY, APRIL 21, 1893 ker la jveruor $ of his [ to pay same, wnsend afraid ew at! ?in the Lft?-r 0.? the liciaa f of a eight tenav jscopal Ssly in LM. (by his lied to become fed, bur nucholy bou'd be otive for [is a con he mur ?ion goes was Mrs Id become se because ? that ap peal. JVhen Bed to the bd y for an fed it from lug to refill inning blow fl round he t with Felt by the dese ve. The rec ^aijd to deteud protests would i zed the shovel oh the head , |d escape. The fctemple hones, th. The horri ihe body in the lied the grave. pi traces of the fe disappearance >tten* p$>leted his autopsy >e to science. He two children, both tg. The daughter Nate official. The iment service. Els a wealthy bache his fortune. Mrs. is found where the cad been buried, in interred beside that Ifhirikg About It. ibout the probability Bnzales' appointment, point of view, he re ad not belieye that Mr d be appointed at all ;?aid: *1 was informed jtment would be sent in ; last, and I* took im 60, if possible, prevent f protest to the President |y, and as Mr Gonzales' did not appear on Thurs feed, I am inclined to be f protest did the work. pot have mane his. attack would not have interfered e r at all, aDd he would been appointed; but the attacked me in the matter Ipointment, and. kept it for 'ie proper time. That time ? Wednesday last, and that ?de it a personal matter determined to defeat him, ^ and with that end in view his article from the State, impanied my protest to lent, and I think it effected ' ' . ? i t about his alleged purpose lis appointment withheld until te Senate adjourned?" ffcave been informed," answered bator, "that he has been trying io get his appointment sent in ft last four or fivfe days." (Veil that locks like he is de Bb of forcing the fight, doesn't it?" feci the reporter. hThat is the way it looks to me," &rby replied. [he Senator is evidently satisfied I if Mr Gonzales' appointment is Pi the usual Senatorial courtesy prevail and lie will be defeated lea if the President appoints him in ?position to his protest. ? Journal WALKING FROM WASHINGTON. sted Louisiana Office Seekers Re tarn log Home Afoot. W ASH INGTON, A ptft 1 4.? Capt Hogh Watson, editor and proprietor of the Trinity KeTald Jonesville,La., Mid William H. Larham, publisher l? the same paper, who have been in Washington for the past fortnight, leeking office, the former aspiring to be Commissioner of Navigation, the Iatt^fr desiring a case in the govern- | ment printing oifice, have become tired j of waiting and Lave decided to walk ? home. 5Lhey will leave here at 8 o' [ dock Monday morning, and the route wtll be to Richmond, Ya., Danville, Atlanta, thence to Montgomery, Ala., | Mobile and New Orleans, a distance j of 1,35m miles, which they expect to accomplish in sixty days. ? The Stale, i Foforcing the lllae Lavrs. PrrrsBi-Rc;, Pa.. April 15. ? Judge j White today handed down an opinion in three appeals from a decision of ? Alderman Rohe, in the cases against Charles * V. Houston, the business manager of the Pittsburg Pre-*-% who was recently fined fifty dollars and . costs by the alderman for publishing and selling papersj>n Sunday in viola tion of the Sunday law of 1794. Judge White says: "I am of the opinion that the defendant comes within the j statute prohibiting worldly employ ment on the Lord's day, and he is ad judged guilty. Counsel will prepare a formal judgment in each case.'' The case will be appealed to the Supreme I Court. ! s I GOV. TILLMAN RETURNS. THE EXECUTIVE LIQUOR EXAMINER HOME AGAIN. He Talks Interestingly Of Hi* Tonr of fn I speetion~$?ys * He Knows More About Liquor Than Any Here Sow. - Governor Tillman has returned to Columbia from his liquor tour< He was accompanied by Senator Irby, whom he met at Danville yesterday morning by chance. Upon their ar rival they drove at once to the execu tive mansion, where Senator Irby will ! remain until this morning. The Governor is suffering from a. severe cold which he caught in Piits j burg last Saturday, during a heavy rain. * He talks very interestingly of I his trip and its results. When asked about the rumor that ; the liquor concerns would not sell to the State without good security, he said: "There will be plenty of good whiskey to supply all the demands for pure liquor, and we don't invite the Journal or anybody else to help us get it'r He said they could not make any purchases till they had all the neces sary analyses made. There would be a complete line of samples sent and ! j many of them had already arrived' here. Governor Tillman saitl: ''I now know more about liquor than any man in South Carolina." He say he did not acquire this knowledge through the sense of taste, however, but from a careful study of the methods of m/nufacture, etc. He says that he and Mr Traxler visited three ' leading whiskey dis- j tillerie" of the country, which manu facture three ditlerent classes of liquors. At Louisville they spent some time in the factory where th* famous Bourbon whiskey is made. The distillery has a capacity of 50,000 gallons per day. At Cincinnati they visited the distillery where high proof spirits and alcohol are made. The rectifying process is employed, all liquor being distilledsth rough charcoal and the oil secured. He brought back a bottle of tfye oil. This dis tillery turns out 21,000 gallons a day. The other plac? visited was an old fashioned rye distillery in the Monongahela Valley, some distance from Pittsburg. This whiskey is dis tilled in copper stills and is said to be very fUfe. The owner of the still has been Operating it for forty years. The Governor said that they visited the leading breweries in the two large cities mentioned and watched the manufacture of beer with peculiar interest. He says they ascertained everything they wanted to know and are now exceedingly well posted. Governor Tillman also says that in connection with the examination of the manufacture of whiskey, they ex amined very thoroughly the various bottling departments of all the big concerns, and were astonished at the rapidity with which the work is done. In Pittsburg they visited a large bottle manufacturing establishment, and saw the process employed in the making of bottles. He told the company what South Carolina intended to do in the liquor business and secured bids. In regard to the convention of the Southern Governors in Richmond, he said he had a very pleasant time. He stated that time alone can prove what the result- of their address will be. He ^ays he found the -convention especial ly beneficial in the way of interchang ing thought by the Southern Gover nors on the vital questions of the day. ? The State April* 15. April Snow. New York, April 15. ? Snow has been falling fast in the middle section of the State since ? midnight. At Rochester the snow is heavy and a strong wind is blowing. At 1 o'clock about five inches has fallen and it was still snowing hard. Cleveland, Ohio, April 15. ? A heavy and binding snow storm pre vailed throughout Northwestern Ohio since early last evening. This morn ing the snow has reached a depth of six inches and is still falling. In this city the street car traffic is impeded to some extent Pronto, Ont., April 15. ? Snow fell throughout Ontario all day, reach ing a depth of eight inches. The storm was the heaviest on record so late in the season. Military at the world's Fair. Saturday Adjutant General Farley received a letter from B. F. Foster, the general solicitor of the World's Fair encampment at Chicago, in which he naked for a catalogue of the militia force of the State, and suggested that it would be much cheaper for the military companies coming on from this State to hire tents, cots and bedding in Chicago than to transport complete outfits. He states that the military hotel, controlled by the emampment, will hold 700 guests, ha.- from 200 to 600 tents and can feed 5,000 men daily. It is located on the shores of Lake Michigan, and 13 only a short distance from the World's Fair grounds. Other information valuable to military parties is furnished. The Ocalites* Democracy. Bowden, the Third party editor, said if chey (meaning Strait and Lat imer) are Democrats, why did they : try to prove it? McLaurin is the only one who acted with judgment, i because .he remained awav. These i other fellows have placed themselves in this position: If Bissell says they are Democrats, then they are Demo crats; if he decides thit they are not, they virtually acknowledge that they are not Democrats. LYNCHERS AFTER HIM. I A Black Fiend Assaults a White Child On Her Way to School. ^ Denmark, April 14* - This un i usually quiet little town was thrown into intense excitement this morning . about 9 o'clock, when Mr J. A. Bax i ter, a jgominent farmer who lives j about two *fciles and a half from town, came in and brought the intelligence that his little daughter, about fourteen years old, had been outraged by a iiegro fiend. The young lady was on her way to school here, accompanied by her little brother, about eight years old. In coming to school they came down the South Carolina rail way track. About 8 or 9 o'clock, as they had reached a point nearly half way here, they were met by a negro who assaulted them, first choking the boy nearly to death, and then attack ing the young lady, who fought the brute like a tiger. He tore nearly ! all her clothes off, after dragging her down a steep embankment. The signs where the outrage took place looks as if two men had had a round of wrest ling. As soon as they could get free from the brute they ran home and informed their father of what bad occurred, and he came down and gave the alarm. Very quickly, about one hundred men were scouring the woods and country around in search of the fiend, and some are still in pursuit. ? He went in the direction of Savannah, aud was seen by a small negro girl whom he told if she saw any ^buckra" looking for him to tell them she had not seen him. Bloodhounds have been telegraphed for, and every effort will be made to capture him, and if he is caught Judge Lynch will convene court at once. - He did not succeed in accom plishing his purpose. The negro - is a bright mulatto about 20 or 25 years old; had on a brown coat, striped pants and small black hat; no beard; weight about j 150 or 160 pounds. Weather Crop Bulletin of South Carolina for Week Ending Monday, April 11, 1893. The drought over this sectiqn is assuming a serious aspect and another week without rain will result in great ' injury to all crops. ^ . The majority of counties have had no rain during the past seven days. Where showers have occurred they ( were too light to satisfy the thirst of plants and ground. The temperature has averaged several degrees above the normal and the sunshine about seventy per cent. While the heat and sun, with some high winds have dried up the lowlands and pushed tarmers along in their work, helping planting generally, the effect on small grains and gardens has been slightly detri mental. The drought has been more general diver the middle counties and oats and gardens the greatest suffei ers. $Th*e followingrainfalls are reported: A&Sbeville county, .25 inches; Edge field county, .05 to .12 inches; Aiken county, .05 to .10 inches; Barnwell county, .08 inches; Beaufort county, .04 inches; Greenville county, .05 inches; Chester county, .10 inches. The normal rainfall for each county should be about .50 inches. ? Generally beneficial conditions for planting have prevailed along the Georgia counties, where cotton plant ing has begun; some places showing 60 per cent, planted with about 25 per cent, up and of good stands. Up land corn up and lowland being planted. Cotton seed in demand at 50 cents a bushel. Melons planted. Along the Coast rice planting is in progress with more acreage thau last year. Truck gardens in good condi tion in Colleton county. Complaints are general, however, that gardens are receiving a set back for lack of rain. , Georgetown county reports winter oat crop in good shape; cotton planting will be general next week. Along the North Carolina frontier | some counties report prospects for j .fruit good. Planting is progressing I rapidly and, -in many places all done, j Chesterfield' county reports cotton planting will not be general before | the loth,' and a scarcity of seed is | feared on account of high price. I Greenville county says the area of ! corn and cotton will be about equally | divided; about 10 per cent, more j fertilizers will be used this year than ! last. Small grain is looking well ; especially wheat, more will be raised j i than last year. _ j In the middle counties the gardens. ! are suffering for water. The high j winds have made the ground hard to work and the moisture from previous rains' has .been exhausted. Early planted corn is coming up ! nicely, the bottom lands are being j plowed up. J>exington county has j enjoyed a full week of planting; corn, j I cotton, watermelons and peanuts plant- I ! ed; gardens will be late. Laurens coun j ty? cotton will run an average crop. I Kershaw county ? the ground is too dry to bring up cotton. Farmers are planting cotton in Orangeburg coun 1 ty where a light shower did great i good. Sumter and Richland counties 1 will have their oats badly damaged unless rain comes soon. The forecast j is for light rains today or tonight. J. H. Harmon, Director. Central Station, Columbia, S. C. Industrial Political Alliance. PiTTSBrRG, Pa., April 15. ? The !Qti zens Industrial Alliance has issued a call for the industrial classes of America to meet in convention in the cityof Chicago on the 4th day of July, 1893, there to formulate demands as a basis for permanent political union ? for the better protection of the i industrial classes of America. A SERIOUS QUESTION, j ! CAN A PRESAYTEiRtAN CONSISTENTLY WORK ON SUNDAY? That I* the Absorbing Question of the Pres bytery Now? Committees Appointed on Various Questions?' The Pres bytery in j>etail. The Presbytery of the Presbyterian Church continued its session .^yester day. After the usual religious exer cises Rev D. A. Blackburn, a licenti ate of the Seminary, preached Mistrial sermon from Isaiah 21.55. The following committees were ap pointed by the Presbytery: On Devotionc.l Exercises: ? G. A. Blackburn, N. K. Smith, C. W. Suber. Narrative ? J. L. Girardeau, G. R. Brafckett, W. H. Walpole. Finance? J. A. Enslow, 0. E. Johnston. " ; j V ' j Minutes of Synod^F. W. Flinn, D. J. Brimm, John Conart. Judicial Business? ? L. McLees, N. Keff Smith, (). E. Johnson. Bills and Overtures ? S. M. Smith, W. R. Atkinson, A. W. Leland. Sabbath Schools ? J. P. Kay, H. P. Gilland, T. H. Auld. Education? G. R. Brackett, J. D: Tad lock, T. S. I'?e4on. Systematic Bene6cence ? W. A. Vardell, J. B. Duuwoody, James Allan. * j 1 Domestic Missions ? J. Q. McLees, T. T. D. Tadlock, C. J. Trenholm. Call and Supplies ? J. P. Hay, J. W. Flinn, S. E. Welch. The Presbytery had before it a very interesting case at the morning session. As has been reported in the Register, Miss Sfidie Means, of the telephone exchange, has come into opposition' with the church by reason of the fact that she worked on Sunday. The matter was brought up before the session of the Second Presbyterian Church and an s.ppeal was taken to the Presbytery. The whole matter was brought to the attention of the Presbytery, but it was alleged that -there were other members of the same church who had to work on Sunday and no notice had been taken of it When the presbytery met in the afternoon the question was in the hands of the jud icial committee. It was unanimously resolved that the re sult should not l>e given to the news papers. This was done not in oppo sition to the newspapers but because the members of the Presbytery thought that it was a matter that should not be given too much promi nence. ? Register. \ - Mr Borden Explains. "Absence from the city ha^preven ted my taking an earlier opportunity to contradict a mistatement of my position in your issue of April ? ,in regard to the rights of certain of our Congressmen to distribute the Federal" patronage that would naturally fall to their lot as Democrats representing a Democratic constituency. Your repor ter said that I said that they (the Con gressman referred to) were not entitled to consideration at President Cleve land's hands, when I said no such thing and the opinion that I have always held and expressed was just to the contrary. "Those Congressmen were nominated at a primary of the Democratic party; elected by that party at the general election without opposition from the members of that party and never had any connection with any other party in any way. F urthermore, they voted for and advocated the election of Mr. Cleveland when they recognized that ife was opposed to their principles and to the wishes of their constituents and was nominated on a platform that did not conform to the wishes of their constituents and for that alone their loyalty should be unquestioned. Their political views should have noth ing to do with the matter, as in these days all that is required to be consid ered as a member of a party in good standing is to vote the party ticket at one election, when, no matter what the past affiliation or present views held by the on>? so voting will be fully recognized; e. g. Secretary of State Gresham, who is a life long Republi can, and who has never recanted. I "I further stud that in my opinion the Reform Congressmen had gone too I far in their efforts to obtain the offices I in allowiDg themselves to be placed on trial by the evidence of defeated candidates anc. interested parties and that they had to some extent compro mised the dignity of the Reform movement i.i this State by the | unseemly scramble, and that I felt 1 sure that if they would come home ' and mingle with their constituent^ for a few weeks tie importance of obtain ! ing the offices would decrease very | much in their eyes. I said also that I they need not expect recognition at I the hands of this administration, as it j was evident that party lines would be | ignored in trie distribution of the Federal office-, but not in favor of those who stood firmly by the j demands of the Farmers' Alliance; j that the whole power of the the j i patronage would be used to crush any j j man who favored those damands and i advocated *h<tm before the people. I "The distribution of Federal offices > 1 had no effect on the formers of this ; 1 State, as offices are not what they are ; , after, and they will sustain by their j j votes any of .heir representatives who j j stand by their demands regardless of j the efforts mf.de by the opposition. I "The truth of the matter is that when vou geu down to the meaning of Democracy the Reform Congressmen 'from this State are about the only Democrats kift, and it the Democratic ^ party was at all true to its name, would be first in its advocacy of the demands of the Farmers, Alliance, j The State. A TARIFF REFORMER. Mr K. Ellery Anderson Talks About the Tanff A Reporter for The News and Courier called upon Mr E. Ellery Anderson at his hotel on Wednesday, and requested an expression of his views regarding the political situation, national and local. It will be remembered that Mr Anderson is the chairman of the tariff reform committee of the Reform Club, of New York. 1 He was a prominent leader of the "Anti-Snappers" and wields a powerful influence among the Independent Democracy of his city and State. It is to the tariff reform committee of the Reform Club that was entrusted the task of drawing up a tariff bill to be submitted to Congress next winter aa representing the tariff views of that organization. The bill prepared by that committee has but recently been published, and is yet running the gauntlet of public discussion in New York. Mr Anderson is deeply interested in the measure and at once began an explanation and discussion of its. provisions. "Our bill." he said, "has excited much unfavorable criticism, 1 both from ill-informed Republicans and Democrats. Many persons have criticised it as the work of a few presumptions and conceited men, who think that the wisdom of the nation is reposed in themselves. It is nothing of the kind. The Reform Club wished to place its views upon tariff reform before the people, and we, as the tariff reform committee, were requested to do the work. When I say we, I mean Messrs Charles 8. Fairahild, T. G. Shearman, David A. Wells, John De Witt Warner, Everett P. Wheeler, Jacob Schoenhof and myself. Mr Edward Atkinson was a member of the committee, but it was soon dsscov er&d that he was not in sympathy with the other members on several radical questions, so he resigned. "Our object was the preparation of a tariff reform measure which would embody the principles of taxation which were set forth in the Chicago platform ? not to be forced upon the public, but simply for the purpose of eliciting a universal expression of the will of the people regarding the .provision of the fundamental measure which is to come up before the present Administration. We heard argument and discussion from prominent members of the party in every section of the county, and after a careful consideration of the facets as they appeared to us, we framed this bill It is a simple effort to 6nd the methods by which the people have been ground down in the past, and an attempt a? an equitable edjustment of the tariff upon a basis which will provide for the" necessary expenditures of the Govern ment, economically administered, without oppressing the people. By our bill about $123,000,000 of the revenue would Be raised ? not enough possibly by $50,000,000 to meet expenses. But this deficit would be easily overcome in a very few years. " the most difficult question which confronted the committee was whether the tariff proposed in the bill should be specific or ad valorem. Many persons favored the former, because it was considered the simpler method. We, however, objected to it because it would place a heavier burden of taxation upon the cheaper articles ? the most used by the great masses of the people. We adopted the other method. All of our duties have been made strictly ad valorem, except some that are levied as compensatory for internal revenue taxes upoif- similar articles produced at home. What we ask for our bill is that it shall receive a full and careful consideration from the people. We wish to -have it widely discussed, and are at all times ready to hear argument concerning Speaking of the Administration, Mr Anderson said that he was not and did not intend to take any part in attempts to influence the distribution of patronage in New York or else where. He had no information on the subject. When the subject of the Alliance and its demands were mentioned, Mr Andersdta said that he failed to see why the measures advocated and promised by the Democratic party would not bring the relief sought by the agricultural interests. The farm- 1 era where a large and worthy class who possessed rights which should be respected. They were now crying out because the burden placed upon them by the national Republican policy was too great, but when they received the ! relief which Democratic measures . would afford, he believed they would j become reasonable and satisfied. They could only be led astrav bv ? unworthy politicians when in the I unsettled condition produced by the ! legislative wrongs which thev had been j enduring at the hands of the Iiepub lican party. Mr Anderson left the city Wedues day night for New York. Suicide of a, Newspaper Man. Birmingham, Ala., April 15.? | ZenoF. Young was found dead in bea at the Hotel Bismarck, in j Decatur, this morning. Some emptv morphine bottles told the story. He j left several notes of adieu to his j friends and his son. He came from Madisonville, Ky., some six years ago, and has been engaged in newspaper j work. He was an Odd Fellow and a member of the Grand Army of the | Republic. Inability to make a living for his family caused him to take his I life. Behind the Times. Would you believe it? A gentle man not under fifty and a father at that, said & few days ago, "The young people are very indifferent now-a-davs, one hardly knows if they will recog nize one on the street," Now there are two or three thoughts "along this line" as thyjrefrchers have it, which occur to us.^^houghts for the parents or the young people or both as they please. The gentleman was over fifty, so he was fortuuate in living previous to 1861, in this State. (We have a reserved right to lay every defection from Old Carolina manners, morals, &c., on the change that occurred in 1861.) If he lived as he did before 1861, he saw how the young people behaved, and ;chargiug what he did, (and which by the way is true), he observed, that, they were better be haved then than now. v ^ The second thought, is, a consola tion to the young people, this gentle man feas children! His serious ani madversions afiect his children as much as any one else's children, j So he was fair at least. Well, we entered the merits of thje case judicially, exam ining both sides ? before '61 aud since. We found that in "ye olden time" it was the ready, invariable habit of every well bred '^hild, , to reply, "Yes sir," or "No sir^" as the case might be, which in our modern times is simply ''yes" and "no.'* Thej little gentlemen on the street, away tyac^: in the days of insoucience and fogydom, was known at a- glance. The tip of the cap in passing or the head junaovered when speaking to a lady was the stamp genuine. No counterfeit in it. To day a boorish nod of the head, if that, is the stamp of the young people. Hold on! Y ou say, the one was a young gentleman's stamp, the other a boor's! \es, we have! authority for it or we might be inno\iators on modern ethics as to children ahd their trainers. Webster (he is good authority) says a gentleman is one of gentle or refined manners. He says too, a boor is rude, <fcc. Now our friend says, "One hardly knows if the young jteople will recog nize us on the street or not" Assured ly the gentleman ip wanting some where. While we are "on this line" we would relate a sample or two of manners in the days of fogydom. The application is open to all contestants. A youth was at work in his field, he was the son of a most deserving mother. He had not wealth but he was a gentleman. A lady rode up on , horse back an4 said, "Mr njy saddle is disarranged, assist me down." He felt in his pocket for gloves, he had none; but laying his clean handker chief cg&his hand he extended it to the lad^ff stranger, and she alighted. Was ]0r a gentleman or boor? The lady knew and he knew. In that old city by the sea, a lady at an evening entertainment while dancing dropped an ornament of dress. A gentleman in the set picked up the fallen orna ment and bowiug handed it to the lady 8 partner, he in turn handing it to the lady. At once the gentleman who did this service returned to his place not even expecting a look of acknowledgement. l>ater an introduc tion was asked aud granted. How delicate! ^ et this was the style, then. Another gentleman while with a friend on the street said, "Walk faster, there is sister, we will join her." The lady ahead ' closely resembled his j sister in her dress and walk. As their ' steps neared her she turned and look ed at the gentlemen. "What a mis take I made," said the gentleman, "my sister would never turn to look at | men approaching." Aw, haw! but those I days are not these! Good logic my young friend, but u bad conclusion. These days let a young man escort a young lady with her consent too, often with a segar between his lips and his arm under her arm! Fact! Not her's resting lightly on bis. but I she resting against his shoulder and her arm inside of his, n'importe style. This applie^ly the young people who care to improve the modern style. If] our fogy frifend is in his dotage, then let it go as many other things have ' gone, into the past. ? Ex. | PERU APOLOGIZES. Ouirk Reprimand of the Guilty Parties. - Reparation Promised. Washington, April 10. ? The Pe ruvian government has taken the ini tiatory steps towards complying with the demands of the United States that reparation be made for the outrage committed at one of its consular agencies in Peru. It was not until this morning that the name of the place attacked, which was emitted in the first dispatch from ! Minister" Hicks notifying Secretary Gresham ot the allair, was made | known. The information w&- contained i in the cablegram from Minister Hicks, , stating that the consular agency at- j tacked is at Mollendo, Peru, and that } in answer to the demand for satisfac- ] tiou made by the administration the government of Peru immediately re- j moved the subprefect ot the depart- ; rnent in whi<-h Mollendo is situated and promised to provide suitable rep l aration, and, furthermore, that the government lias expressed its regrets fur the occurrence. This information was entirely satisfactory to the United States government. The name of the consular agent at Mollendo, wbich is omitted from the dispatches received from Minister Hick3, is William P. Griffith. He was appointed from Pensylvania. No news wad received by Secretary Gresham concerning the reported . outrage against a United States con j sul&te in Bolivia. THUNDER OF MANY GUNS. How the I*lg Spitfire# Will Bark On tho rrth. ? Some idea of the tremendous thuoderburst of war guns ill New York harbor 011 the occasion of the coming grand Columbian event of the current mouth may be gained by reading the following half-eolumn from the New (? ^ ork Times: Final orders from Admiral Gherardi, just issued direct that 011 Aprial 27, the day of the great Columbian Naval lie view, there shall be lired in national salutes alone no less then 1680 guns. As many of the camion which will be brought in to are of heavy calibre, there is promised an uproar and ( concussion ttxT like of which New York city has probably , never | witnessed. The V President, according to the orders, will pass through the line&r formed by 4-0 warships. * He will be on board the dispatch vessel Dolphin. N\ hen the Dolphin on the morning of the 27th obtains word that the fleeHi'j-x ; ready to receive the President, she will ) immediately trip her anchor. The^ f moment he?- anchor has left the bottom and the ves^l forges ahead she will tire a signal gun For fully twenty miujites before tho solitary gun of the Dolphin is fired an officer with his hand on an eiectric bulb connection will be standing in a turret of the big double- turreted monitor Miantonomoh. At the moment that this officer sees the flush from the Dolphin's gun his hand will crush the bulb. Those wild* are then watching the Miantonomoh" will see at that instant a column of flame hurl itself fully 100 feet^out into space, followed instantaneously by a roar which will threaten to shake * down every buiding along the eity'i water front. The overjwwering column of flame which will be seen to leap from the Miautonomoh'8 turret will come from one of the vessel's monster ten inch guns. It will be caused by a charge of powder weighing, roughly, 250 pounds. For the first time in New York waters the Miantonomoh will fire one of her huge main battery guns. Its roar will be the signal to every < vessel; in the Columbia fleet that the President is approaching. It is not often that occasion arises for forty w&r ships to be assembled at one time with all their crews at quarters, but on this occasion when the Presi* dent passes up between the lines the crews of every man-of-war in port' will be either at the .guns or aloft and standiug upon the yards. As each ship will fire twenty-one guns, there will be discharged at the outside 840 guns. Inasmuch as the total number of guns will not be engaged ai.the same instant iu firing the first discharge, the spectators must wait for %the ! disembarking of the President before looking forward to the uproar which ! 840 guns fired in unison will create. Following the passage of the Dolphin up the lines and her arrival at the upper enil of the fleet, the ?President will ? receive Admiral Gherardi and all the captains and flag officers al>oard the Dolphin. After a short^levee the President will be prepared to disembark, but. fifteen minutes before he steps into the barge which will con very him to the shore the Dolphin will fly a signal flag. As tht President steps into the barge the Dolphin will give the signal, and. for ti second time the yards and rails of every war ship in port will be manned. j It is at this latter moment that the grand cannonading of the day will be heard. Each ship will commence and continue until ended, the national sa lute. This means that each war ship must tire before closing twenty-one guns. Babe Hofs. The St. George's Xews says: Bacon is retailing at this place from 12 cents to 16 cents per pound, and yet some people say it is easier to buy meat than to raise it. We can't see where the cheapness comes in, when it takes about three pounds of lint cotton to buy one pound of bacon. We say try a few hogs, plant less cotton and more corn, and we believe you will s^ree with us, that this is the cheapest way to get your meat. We wish to em phasize the above. At present we cannot afford to buy our meat, and we will have to raise it, or do without. The Industrial College Tor Girls. The contest for the Girls' Collega has narrowed down to three towns, viz: Rock Hill, Chester and Spartan burg. Governor Tillman has put hit Veto on further bids thus excluding Columbia, Charleston and Nort^ Augusta, all of which were very do pi ro us of obtaining the establishment of the institute. Although we would rather see the college go to Columbia, we heartily commend the action of the Governor in shutting out further bi?ls after the stated time. ihe base ball fever seems to be raging, in the vJity by the Sea. The brilliant record of the Oiarleston team on the diamond, has raised high hop that that city will capture the pennant of the Southern league, and the bare prospect of such an event has evok*xl intense enthusiasm on the paft of our otherwise staid fellow citizens.