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- THE CAMDEN CHRONICLE. (?oil anil Our Native 1 .itud.1 VOLUME VII. # CAHDEN S? C., FRIDAY MAY (7, 1805 NO. 2. gov; evak - DEFIANCE, j . Law. or No Law, Court or No Court, Whites Most Rule, ?rs v Warlike Document. Rosult of a Conference of leate j C STORMY TIMES. * ? Judges Go.f an J Sim nton De nounced in l!u Mos! Bit et Te.m>. The People Mist Choose Belweeii the White Hag and t-ia B ,ck. Uy Southern Associated Press. Columbia, S. C., May 14.? The forces of t lit* political party in power are gathering here now to reach Aome de cision as to the course they nhall pur sue in the coming clectioi'i which, under Judge Golfs decision, must be held with an open ballot. Tillman and lrby ami .McLuurin and all the leaders are herey Irby's State executive committee meets tomorrow to take action looking to the maintenance of white supremacy. Tillman is at the executive mansion in consultation with Governor Kvans. it looks now as if .stormy times are ahead. Tonig'ht the (J over nor issued the fol lowing pronounciunujilo hearing oil State's rights ami l?Ydera?r4nterference: "Fellow Citizens: Jn 18013, after the most bloody struggle for principle in the history of the world, South Caro linians laid down their arias and ac cepted in good faith the results of the war. The State was put under jna r tial law, ami, under the reconstruction act, the ignorant slaves, whose fetters had just been broken, manipulated by carpet baggers from the four quarters of the earth, were placed in the entire control of our State government. After a farce of an election for delegates to a O constitutional convention, the Constitu tion, which has been our organic law simy 1808, was adopted, at the dictate of Gen. Can by. The conditions which followed and the results of placing lg norance and vice in the control of the government are knowiy of all men. This condition lasted until 1870, when the oppression and misgovcrnmcnt had rendered our people so desperate that ?with one impulse they asserted their manhood ami overthrew the despotism of the carpet baggers and resumed coi^, trol of the State's afTains. *>Vhile the constitutionality of the reconstruction act was never* questioned by us be i 'i.use we were powerless to resist, the question of State sovereignty within the limits prescribed in the Constitution in accordance with Sntthcru interpreta tion, has since been aflirmed by re peated decisions of the Supreme Court of the United States. That court even asserted thftt the States hud never been out of the Union, thereby indirectly de claring invalid the acts of Congress re admitting them after reconstruction. The right of a State to manage and direct its internal affairs without nat ional interference i* r? cognized through out the nation and it is no peculiar or special claim on the part of South faro ? liuy to exercise that right so long as her State ollicers and her General As sembly oliey the Constitution of the Uniu\l Slates ami the law* of Congress. This is, no well recognized I hat I do not propose to discuss it further, but feel that we can safely rely upon the in tegrity and patriotism of the Supreme judge to reallirm and maintain it. "The people of South Carolina have a'.w.iys been law-abidiug and respect the Constitution and Courts of the United States, but when the jmlgcs of those courts wantonly invade and trample under foot the recog nixed rights of our people guaranteed by the Fed eral Constitution they have a right to assert themselves and maintain their sovereignty and independence. This they have ever done and will continue to do, and will resist with all the means within their power, usurpation ami tyranny of partisan politicians in high places, who disgrace the Judicial ermine. "\V? can not, .nor have we the de sire to, resort to arms to resist his un just decree, but we ean and will export the united efforts of ? liberty-loving peo- " pi* lo thwart the conspirators who arc plotting to overthrow our civilization. In this struggle, we confidently rely on the sympathy and n\oral suipjiort of all lovers of good government and State's right* tkmrtfftout the Union. The w?v freigntyv of the State** wlthia their . proper spheres, is ns dear to Massachu f'MIs n:.d t*lio*;'s it m jo South Caro lina, and the frtineiplo cannot be struck <fc>wn Uere without receiving i oorUti { blow elsewhere. It is unfortunate tliat tin* passion* and prejudices exerted by the war in regard to the negro should influence tlu' opinions and feelings ot judges in dealing with this vital i?rii? ciple, hut it will follow inevitably that if this principle is once ii<*tiM,vwl thin <?<111 11 try will be convulsed with a revo lutiou for the restoration of the liber ties of white men, that will far eclipse that other fatal struggle for tho eman cipation of the blacks. The restoration of white .supremacy in 187(1 placed in oflioe and in leadership of the affairs of the State, Wade Hampton as (lovernoc mid afterwards as United States sena tor and M. C. II ii tier, United States senator; Charles 11. Simontou, chair man of the judiciary committee and leader of the House of Representatives, later district and cirouit judge of the Tinted Stat^f Court, and John O, Shcp pard, speaker of the House of ltepre sontativoa, lieuteiuiut governor and af terwards (k?veriuft\ In 1882 under the 'eadership of these men, the Ijeglala Jure passed the laws known mm the ??lec tion and rcgis?Tration acts, designed to preserve white supremacy and a white man's government. These laws worked admirably, and up to this proceeding no complaint has ever been heard of their injustice or criminality. "The citizen who dared raise -his voice against them was denounced as an enemy of hit* State. Those who were too young to hold ollice and take part in such affairs were taught to re spect these men as patriots and their handiwork as the palladium of our liberties. This regime Incoming arro gant and distasteful to a majority of our people and repugnant in their policy to our institutions was overthrown and the people in 1 ss H >, by the election of It. It. Tillman, as Governor, declared that it was not their intention to create an oligarchy, when in 187(5 they threw off the yoke of the negro and the iwpct-bagger. Two appeals have been made to reverse this verdict of the sovereign people, but it has Ikhmi sus tained each time 'with vehement deter mination. The reform movement had nothing to do with the election and registration lawn. We received them as a legacy from the administration of 1882. We have upheld them as the acta of the people and as constitutional means of self-preservation. Some of these men who are responsible for and who have enjoyed the benefits and honors or oflicu under these laws have turned upon their State since their re tirement. lly an appeal to one of tho bitterest enemies of Southern 'Civiliza tion ? a politician who disgraces tho judicial ermine of the United States Court and" masquerading as a Judge? they succeeded In having declared the registration law unconstitutional, null and void. The chief argument made before him was the defamation of your State and inault, if insult com Id come frou; such a source, to your State. "Under this decree the doors have been thrown open and the ballot again pliiced in the hands of every man, white or buck, of the age* of If 1 years. The abuse and .tlandcr heaped upon h,- Suite by the counsel for the phi lit ill's .van only surpa>scd by that of the judge in his <i.?cum<<!:t styled a decree i:i equity. Hut the pity of i I . the liuniil ation ami <l;e slm.mo of it is yet to be fold, Beside this Jeffries on the bench, it an old man, whose head was gray, .v ho hud fought on the field of battle for States' rights, who had been spt.vker of the House of South Carolina ?ml in whose handwiitiug part of your i egist ration laws exist in our achieves; .In re he s.nt, wearing judicial r nine, hu.iii.jg his State defamed, his miradni in arms denounc.sl as rebels. ? ud bin own ha :: <1 incite 1 a ?rime. II the 1 i*vwas a crime, was lie ? ot tit*' criiTiliiiU? Should his head iinve not la en bcijf and his eyes moist citli tears of hiiiinliat ion V Alas, they vcre not. With a Mephistophelean :i*in on li s wrinkled fare, he no?lrled as ;ent to the in; st infamous document ?vcr' cni.iua' ing from a court in equity, vjjile the black audience exclaimed, "A bvt-i' 1 has come to judgment, yea, a : )aniel." "The e.wenator who has been holing ?auciiBses in Columbia at private houses avliig the ear < f the court, and 'holding ho foot of the chancellor.' r< turned to 'lis h nnJ^ feeling: that his movements '?ad not been detected i but the resiwn-' ?ib:lit.v sh.ill rest where it belongs. i.et the | < ople not blame the |*?or, rj.'iu and li ihjrry counsel wHio are bark ing uferely for a bone, but visit the sin opou th'? "heat's of the arch conspirators. "A crisis confront us, an issue has been thrust upon us without our will or consent at -a time vIicji peace was liov <>riug over the State . South Carolina is enjoying an era of industrial Improve ment, factories are being built in greats number than elsewhere in the South. The credit of the State ranks higher than ever in its hiwtory, our Isinds now ( being puri'lrcisahlo at a premium of less than H> per cent. The uiarcli of progress is about to be stopped; the Mack pall of negro domination hovers over us. we must nn-ct the issue like South Carolinians. There ar>g .only two Mags. the white and the black; undei which will yon enlist? The white peace ful flag of AnjeJo-Saxnii civilization and progress; or the other, the bkick Hag of the debased and Ignorant African, with the white traitors, who are seek ing to marshal ?the* negroes, in order to regain political jsnver. It is fortunate that the issue comes at this time vlhcn a constitution Is to be made guarantee ing white supremacy once and forever. "The constitutional convention inus^ I to controlled by white men. not white men with black hearts, nor negroes. Phe world must be slimvn the; we arc enpabb' of governing ourselves ami that constitution or no constitution, law o> 110 laav. court ?>r no court, the intelli gent white men of South Carolina In tend to govern her. 1/et the man who undertakes to lead the ignorant black/* again suffer as lie did In 1S7(! and re meirtber that eternal vigilance is the price of liberty. i will not call the Legislature together. Th'\v could do nothing. A11 appeal will be taken to the Supreme (Vmrt of the United States, but under the red tat?e and technicali ties surrounding it. a dentition cannot l?e bad In time to aflfeot the election ot delegate*. It must be a free open fight. I appeal to the^ sovereign p4*opl? of South Carolina, the wisest and snfewt and pur?*t tribunal, to protect theit liopw and liberties. They ha v<? never failed to respond to duty. The govern ment of the people must and shall be perpetuated and are ready M lead the fight under the wlilte man's flag. (Signed:) "Your olsvlient servant, "JOHN GARY KVANR. "(}oy??riior ." French Chamber Opened By Southern AHnoclated Ptm?. ^ rart*, May H. ? Ttie Chamber of Oepu tlea opened Its seaalon today without ?. peclal Incident. The budget was laid upon the table of tha Chamber by M. Rlbof, premier and MloUter of Plnanoa. GERMANY IS . OVER-JYOED. Tin-: iii:jk<tu>n ok tiik wti-hkv- ! Ol.lTION till. I. Till-: CAt'SIC. V IHHSOIil TIO.> (?r TlllO IIKICIIH'IVAU MOT I.IK 101. \ . The Outcome of Hit* Orlentiil tlTulr 1 > I ? \crj Mu"t Iniji clof ) Herlin, May 11' K. jHtriN fi\?m tin* ' vavhu^s provinces ?o]n l.ii.yi in I Si null ilfiiimiy, hlmxv the national joy <>f th?> rejection by t It o WeichMaK t?f I che anti-iwolni ion hill. Imtuiries by the representative of the I'niteU l*re-,-*i show 1 1? At Hie government dot? not in itial to retire from nlhce bccau?o of the rejection of 'the measure. The ministry coitffidcra that it has done its duty in showing tin- Kmperor what t:ho repre sentatives of the people think of hit* invitation to u it i 1 1 ? in defence of religion, orAer ami (In* monarchy against revolu tion. I >i?<s'a ntion of the Keichistag l.s I not likely owing to the known hostile feeling of the electors. Nevertlicloflu the Angwhurger I'ost/.eitung. the ehief iViin of ithe nohthern CentristH, says that a favorable occasion will he seized to dhtiol ve the honne ami get a new Ueb-hstag with a Conservative ami .Na tional Liberal majority, which wil< I rovVte the nmidiood and secret *snlTrage laws. it ad-'a tha.t if a Cartel ma jority shall tot ho ret?ivned a review of the const it '"I'iun will In- Mire to follow it) id a combined attempt will lie made !?> level ail time standing in the way ? f caller official ruling. I Miipirf. Prussian minister of fin tnei>. ban ordered the cnsitoms authori t'e.< to jii)i> >i!l imp ?rters of A<:uei'i>'nti a.i'1 who falsely declare that their Im ports are lntri.dcd to he vKeil in the u rnu i aotnre ? > t .-mimivis, 'thus attempt ins; hi save li'ity, t'ie duty on !ard for ? ! H parp ? i?s helng lower than on that ?nti n led for other itstss. Tne proven n:cnt Is greatly satisfied With the sncrc?">s of the pro-sure brought '? loir 1 1 1 k> ; i .laoa:> to prevent the an !.e\;? t ion of territory on the I .iao-Tumr . i iahk. The othci'i-I pn-^ I** ol-Mtuont ?ipon the removal of the seriorw nnvie. o.s that wo vd have arisen in regard ' ? the lew* |'i:! development of *he rJasr. Willi the u'tl'iiatc scramble of the powens to divide China anions them- j s'.vis, hut. i>t L-; no secret that the chief joy In in having. as it is believed, ma teriull.v improved the relations of (iej i ' a ! i y with Hus.d'a while at tho same ! fitue. m.'utiaii/.iug the elTemt that '?"rahco's support might have had in st rensrt lienit g her IkhhIn with 1 1 tiN.siu . I he I'.iKt jubilantly exchiiniH t'liat K is m ti rely nit is tied with this liiist sample ? f i ?'erinany\s action a s n world power iii^ (vast Acsia. Whether thiis opinion will prove to 'he just) led !>y any im mediate solid advantage to (Jermany, i he hope that such will prove to lie 'lie ca.se li held In certain ipiarters. A report emanating from a source jeicrailly worthy of attention allinns 'hat ( Jerln uiy w ill acquire from' Japan i coaling station on the iiland of bor n.isa for her ships of war. The news if ti!ie sottlement of the questions that 1 had arisen nialer the treaty of Hhimo aeski betwe.m .Japan on tho one hand in I Russia, (Jerir.any and I'iuim'p on he other, had the effect of imparting iriskiuiss of the bourse, whores Reports were alro In circulation that a no\V Russian loin would lie issued through the Dlaconfo (Jci^elliscliaft. It is more il ely. howev<>r. t'hat the ne.vt loan that -v 1 1-1 to' c.ipy the attentimi of fin'aticiers ?v* 1 he the ki n'ei)>-e one that China will he forced to i.c^otiaite In order to pay the Indemnity to Japan and for other Mirpwe?. It Is stated in sosne rpiarters ; that tliis loan wil! he Larger than any yet floated hy any <'ouutry at wny otie ; ?ime, the lixt:r<? heinjf fdactyl at 3, ; ma ri o ($:nH).<HK?.noo.) The jpeneni (i.il animvtvity inf (ireat [ Britain wh:<Jh was n'. i rretl in> hy her in it joining in the protest to Japan lias found a ne.v outlet ijji,tli^ annexation of I' Mignaaml, S inthtf^^ Africa. The Krotr/. Zettung violently attacks the an nexation of this territory a? jH?rfidy on v he. part of <Jreat Hritain towards tflie ???uth Arrican repidilie (The Transvaal) ain't <sa.\N it iis d-^ighited to hear that the South Afrioan repuhllc has appealed to the powers. Including (tcrniany, to pre vent Oreat Krithin from taking |Hkswes won of Toiiigituund. The ownership of this territory i? of grea>t imixirtauce to the South African republic for tin' reais in tiiat it Ixyrdcru on the Indian Ocean ?nd ai'rois# It is the slhor'.er)t route from the Transvaal to the fm. The Kruez Zeltung isayw It hopes (Jerinauy wllrStt?J" ierfere to prevent (ireat Hritain from carrying into effect her plans in tliia part of Africa. The activity of Kmperor William <h<iws no si?n of diminution. He hold* (ijiily an Ir^pection of strine regiment of tho Iter* in garrsoii tit either the T< mpl hof field or Potsdam. XN'hile rhllnu at the frmer jdan-e Thurs day last. Iliis Majesty saw a laborer s'cco-inpanied hy a hoy who had lost l oth of his lew. The tad was hobbling ?"onsf on erutelK^ and his .pitiable <'on lition tom-hed tllio 'heart of the Km oeror who rit one dlspat''lie<i' an ald>? t > empiire how the boy had been badly mutilalfd. The imperial nieweri ?.rer soon returned and reported to the , Mnip'-ror all he had learned regarding the accident that had deprived 'lie boy of bit* legs. Ills 'Maj'ftv. when he 'earned the fact, promised to provide ?^he l*>y with artificial liinhs ami to oh- I tain employment for him. The Kmperor is again sitting for a life-ixizod* portrait wlimh is being painted hy chnrfes Went C<?j?e, pn?f?wwir of oaiuMug at the Itrithdi Hoyal Aeadem/. l'r Inert It'.siiKirck will receive at l'l^'derichiHrnhe a deputation of two thousand lMtine'anders on May ISth. On the he will receive 1,1(K> per ? ->hh from I.eipd/ and on <t1^> 2t?th a Irrire deputation from -SeldeMwigelKtehi. ] K\-C1 auceKor Count von Caprivi/haa 1 arrived cit Skyrcn, near Krossen. wWro b? will roslde until autumn. lie lia^ been Inviteil to attend tho ceremonies alitend int upon the opening of the N'orth Sea canal, but it is not likely that he will attend. The arrangements for the opening <>f the <-ana! are now vir tually comp'f'e. 'Plie otlieial IJoh'li.stiii zeiger has pnblWirtl a lint of the for eign vi.*seis that wll attend. show;'i?tf a tor#' of fifty-three. <*iv?t Hritain i will send ten. Denmark six, Italy bine, Norway and Sweden five, the (Tnited Sttati" and Austria four each. France, ItniMia and Spain threj each. Honmanin aawl Ireland two whjind Turkey ami Portugal one each. It is rtated thwt the Rmpcfcc* and liis 7iie?ts will pnns through the canal on .Tone 'Jlst. and on arriving at Ilaltenau, on the Ha 'rile, the Kmperor will lay he ln*t #done of the work, w lil? graml fiftirr. Ivmpenir Wil an I., lnii the flrnt ore ti Mir "*1. 1*4X7. and AvJirc 'he great undcfitakmg * be efTc'tunlly rrnrrlnted. Aftel* tliUi. t' ero will be a grand review hy Jtto ^MaJeatjr of all Ibe a?weu?bl^d war?bip?, the parade of vvllklt ifi e\|??-<tod to f? . I III Olio of tin' IIHWt I'll'lijlllt fuucliotlo of tile ? lliv1 A I lli^ht tlll'IO \%tll I'O .1 ? ?.ti)i|iH'( at Ki<!. ontUu ??1U 'lure will t ;i uicotihK "? ilio Wnitc ii si lici Turn Xfifiii aid! the whoJo of tin- following week will ('?institute tho Kaisftw tK'lic hi' th?' isiya' > iu lit f??|iia>lrou. On Juno L".?t!i ami ,'hMh there an> t<> l?<> > :? ] att met ion* in the iiityvna tloiial low I iik matches of the l/ivder Kleler Under <*l u4?. It te itn.l?'ri*(ooiJ that the I'mjiriMf will remain at K^e! to \\ itlliKri llie-e ? iMIipct it iotis. Tlio first (Iceman trotting derby which will taki? place at Wivst j'tul on May U?'td an. I the three following tlav proin isn-t to I a l?ij? Mociiil ? ? \ ? ? 1 1 1 . The rat ing i'UIIIIII! too ??\p?vt? Ul.'l tln-lv will he an enormous att?4iiloii< f - ;tu>l i.-t tiat.inj; Hi ?tan<1 on the KTnutttN extend nl ?st? t !i .? ? 1 1 wi't be n? e.itnnio laii 'ii for : I'. The Ktnpeior ha* iiwhinI ed as a prize of honor a silver rdilehl which tho winner wi'l retain lor one year. each winner receiving a certill ? <is.te when lie re? top n the original. Mr. Junnvi (!>>riloii Hennett's trotteiv, whieh are i ntereil for the ricrK w ere vlie tiivd vviihle yo-lrnl.t) at the roitrse where they are hi Inn trained unler the dirce ti.in of 1 toward l'hiltijw for the meet 1 1 i'leii l.cihurn '-i< pronounced to l?e the linn*': of the t-.tfini; hut it is pre dicted that A'ltrain, though not hand some in appearance, In nnx-it likely to prove a winner. Tin' \ ?> < t-Soel h 1 1 ?? < mil Merlin, May lii.? Thv Knrperor al jioon today pave an amHewe to t 'hancellor von 1 loJienhvhe iniil llerr von Kopller. lYuBsian Minister of Inferior. 1/iter lie receive*! l>r. Miipiel. rriuPlan Minister of Finance. It is undeivtoird that the l'>nuporor mwl Iun jjiinlHters conferred on the defeat ''?f Oie' antl-KoeialiKt lull. Pro** OiiliilofiH. The N'ord DeutBoho' AllRemlno /.eltunR will say tomorrow lu Its comment on tho rejection of tho antl revolution blW that those who aix? answerable for tho throw ing out of the measure have reason to reflect upon how tho Kltuatlon will prob ably develop. The Vosstche ZeltuiiK will say that tho K-ov?*rnment has stromal" rmuson to reflcct than Its opponent*. It adds that the gov ernment Is In a more uncomfortable sit uation than often falls 'to Its lot. It must redress Its mistake by a jyvater one or strike out Into new paths. Tho National ZeltmiK will fay It for sees tha^t the Socialists will create an early opportunity for resuming the con flict and will express the hope that the government wilt then bo l>etter prepared to wapo It victoriously. Tho Taffoblatt will say that the rejec tlon of tho hill will shake the von Koe ler system to Its deepest foundation. It has excited and embittered the people for a lonp time to come. Tho KrelslnnlnRe Zeituntr will publish a Jubilant artlcCe on tho defeat of the bill In the coiirw of which It will say: Vlvat sequons. The Tobnoeo tax bill will *un>r the same fate. Tho Vorwaorts, tho .Socialist ornan, will say: The chanRlInp Is dead, the peo ple will have to tako care that It does not rlso Bgrain. i , ? ->,& ( OH.MCLI, OAllSMKN The Crew Kor <lie I n < er n n lin n n 1 ltuee Hum ScliM*(ril. By Southern Ati-wiatcd 1 Vests. New \ork, Ma.v 12. ? A Kj>eci:il t < > tin* Mercury from Ithaca, X. Y., Miya: Af ter tlllVC 1114 1 II t llC-t of 8v?VCre t )*?(,! ui live Oil llu? jwi i*t (?f over 5M forneTil oarsmen-, inteiHso rivalry and ?ft?;C'y races oil C.M| iiirt 1. "ike, hvclvi1 <nl??ii who arc l<? i4iil! Tor Kifcgiiand <>i\ May 211 <<> com pete in tlit? I lenlcy royal rogatta have been reelected. fliarhc* Courtney, the li'vrnell eoach. who Iihm al*?oliite js?wer in the selection of the men, aauounced <the. res u A today. In 'aitditiou to se* ? iiH-tjuiS^the twelve candidates Courtney 'Uii^jfc'on^ farther ami) choseu the eight men "jwWo'will row tllio Henley race .u.lesw wine accident hapjHNiN. Tlnve eight men with their powit/lon-s are J<\ M. 'Matthew**, BuflVJo. X* Y., iIkiw, ago 21. height 5.1? 1-2. weight 1(12; M. B. Spillni?ui, 'lVmowaJida, X. Y.t >No. 2, affc 20, height weight 1(}4?; 10. I lager, Buffalo, Y., No. .'I, age 24, heiglit 5.10 1*2, weight 17.'J; l'\ AV. Freeborn, Illuuvi. No. 4. age 24, heiirh* 5. II, weight 175; 'Pi km*. \V. Kennel I h, Klmira, X. Y., No. 5, age 11*. height <5 feet, weight 170; T. Hall. Washington, Out.; No. (5, ?u?e 2.">. height 5:10, weijrlit ISO; C. A. MKuis, Brooklyn, No. 7. age 20, heig'ht 5H I . weighs 1(15; H. II. Ham ilton, stroke, Ithaca. The four men who are to bo along a? substitute*, with |K>sf[bilities of rowing in ease of aecldeut, or In case any'of the regular erew^ tieeonu s wick in Kngland, have only been partly selected. Court ney says he has choceu Dyer anil Itoo, and thai the two remaining' places will be tilled from Capt. (Shape, who liiH been ill lately. Oh swell, who has also been siek, and Beutlcy. If Shape iin-1 Cli Is well recover ?ulheiei?Uy, they will be selected, as they ale counted as two of I'he fastest oarsmen in Cornell. 'rlie men will lca*v here on May 23 1. The llciney regatta will l?i> rowed ,"t lleniey, Hnglaud, on July 9th and llt'i. The race is rowed in boats on thrco siKvi ???>! ve days, as only two crews row at u lime. A ( STIC 1 A ,\ POMTH'*. The Kniperor llol<l* ii n Audience With Huron iriuifT)-. My Si^.i t hern A?ssoointed I're??. Vienna, ?May 12. 'Kmpcror Francis Jmseph today gave an audience to Baron Hanft'y, the Hungarian prime inini> tcr\ iiti'l they di<sciir(se<l the |M>litical tsitua j Hon in all i??? bearings. Jlaron Bsnft'y urged I Iki t a formal '"'Hylalnl be made to the Vatican In r<si?#M to the action of Mgr. A?d:.u\]i, t!oA-Lapal nuncio al \'i*?iiiKi, win ^<e rtp iVnsiAu t io n of the ecclesiastical bill made Imminent a crisis in the Hungarian ministry and brought t lie resignation of fount K.V noky, the iu periaE foreign minister which, however, the Ivmperor refilled to accept. .Baron Ban fly also dndrcl that the limpen.r should make :i public dtc I a nation of 1i:h confidence in the min istry. contending that this course was tiee(Y4s-t ry 'o allay the d:??*ontent that prevailed hi I i umrary. 'I he Ivinjteror said tlwit the ? itirxtion was a dillieult one to settle fati?.fa^*torily. ami that he wvmbl fake Sime t.? consider the matter li?for?? he t'M?k action. lllrntlnffhnm'M Mrmphla Ilo I run I ion . By S?iiih -rii Asu^'alnl Pr^nii. Birmingham. Ala., May 14. ? A I ?r <e nn.i ' earnest meeting of citizens o.' Itlrm'rg ' ham vat held tonight for the pui'|VJro of sandlnr delegate* to the Memohl? noond ! money convention. 8peeche? - were made endorsing the public purposes of the said convention and there waa unanimous ?n> dorsement^k ohje?*? named lo (he ea?l. A conrentk>^?f hualwas and professional men composed of ?0 names was selected and wlU fo to MempBIa, ^ Ik. CHAMPION OF THE OLD SOUTH. (.K\| II U. II \ Ml' ION'S S|'i:iu il \ v t.ll IUI.K.STO.N ? ICS riOHII V > . ( \ ? t? V^iiK o|.i> w s ft 1 1 Kit i.i\i:s iu vi.v I i 4'iiifc i'asi', I'rtiinl o> I'urt lit* Took la (lie Pol. rt\ con tout of ? 1 5 v Soulhoi i Associated 1'ress, i *liarl??s|. u. S. O.. May 14. Kx S 'ii at<?r \ \ . i ? 1 . ? I lampion uo'.i v oris I an nd dre.ss lure i. might ?i iitlt-r tlu> auapi 'trt "I llii? I >a ugh tors of tlu? Confedor.iov, ami of Ojlinp Moultrie Sons of C in i federate.. Veterans j The /arrival oi Hon. I liunpl'm^fn j tlio oily was made tin- oeca-Mui^of !\ j spcuhM demons! ra t ion; in tfnicli Mm l\nil'o<|ora to Vet runs ami /Hi the local ! military companies parlfoipatcd \ ! salute was l) !???< | in Ills h/iu>r, the bcil.s I were run?, ami the w h</fo town turuil nut t<> <|u honor to it/' visitor- T',rt a diis-s 1 1 in :K'h t was ? I i I loPrtn j audience that tllloil /lu? Academy < t | Music to its utmost Rapacity. In Urn course ? f hies addr/ss licit' llamptm sal. I. / 'Wl I coiuprohciyi aright Iho objects of yo r ass ??' aliens tiny arc to ick'n iilo the latent llros of patriotism anion-.; our poop!'?\ to strive to bring the-o onco again together in peace .in I brotht rhooil, Jill striving, as in Mm i day.-; g.ipo by. to uphold the honor an l i promote the welfare of the State, and i l> instill in the minds of Mie riding | genera t>'.o|i a love of country and a ' reverence for III so who inndo Sou.ii ? I 'a ml na illustrious In the past. To i ,\ o u n g i ? r hands than those of the i> ma idllg veterans i lie destiny of *>in ? State 1 1 mis t si <m lie cominittrd, foi our ranks are day liy day 'mowed Vb>w:? | 1>.\ lie" rcii| cr w hi iso name is dea'li,1 ami in a few brlel years we must { it | Juin i l|i- rival army of our dhul coin i rn do > who have crossed over the river j an I uro jif i't st . Those who fell in j defence rf our State need no proud ?! : i j ?: I a j ?li t ha a lliat given hy the Sipar i luns ai Thermopylae: i "(So stranger, at l,a<edaineoii loll, j 'Twas mi ofiedii nee to her laws w ?? fell.' "And the 1 1 \ i u g only ask their fell ??v lill/Ons to do llioni the Justice to say thai l hoy did their duly for the Stale failhfoh.v us (-hey rniv it. That VP.*-' diet is ihi! only Lvnipi nbutiun tiicy scvii for their services. || will he the tn-;i? ot ymir organizations ajid kindred ouch, which I trust will ho establish. ,-d throughout your State, to preserve Iho honor and to preserve from detraction Iho niii'iimry of those who sacriflc-d o\ erytliiiiff in the service of the Stat*, and that their task will be nobly ilu? charged none can doubt, knowing" tno patriotic hnmlri lo which this sacred duly Is committed. You will eneoum tor many grave difficulties in the prose cution of your work; luit hi' not dis couraged, for it is well worthy of your labors and your prayers. You ?vtll perhaps be told that the 'Old South.? that South in which wo all took sin h just pride ? is dead, and that the 'Now South,' the cardinal iprimiiplo of which st'eins to he flint the highest ambition ol many; of jts advocates Is tin? ae.'ii liiuliitiou 0f_ n'ohoH, should take i m -_j place of Nie Mid in our a fTeetiions . Ota-' ers may na,v to you that the cause for which so many of our brave moiis giv? their lives was submitted to the stern arbitrament of the sword, tmd as tin? v?;Hiet against which no appeal Ilea \*r/is rendered against us, the cause fo* which wo fought must noceusarlly have been wrong- I>? not allow yourselves, my friends, to he misled by that fane doctrine, false to your faitli, to your Slate ami lo your God, which tells you thai boon use of the failure of our cause there was no truth or Justice in it. Any human undertaking. however Jmt it may ho, may fall, but the everlast ing principles of r.glit uud of Justice can never top blotted out. A great tru.h, like the God -head \y1ience It cniannfcfc, i? eternal ami It will Jive .'till the list syllable of recorded tijjm,' It we admit that as iVur <'anse went down iu disaster we were only rebels, wo Khali brand our heroic dead as well a? the living as traitors, covering all alike with deserved infamy. Will the living isooki.-rs who fdlowcd the starry ?Too* on hundreds of battlefields ever consent to derounce their dead com rades as traitoix? Will Mie sons of tin-so vet era tin forget Mie sufferings, the sacrilieoB. /the heroism of their fathers? Will the women of the I South who for a quarter of a century have tenderly and reverently cherish the memory of oui dead ever ho willing to brand thoni ,-ih 'rebels?' All, no; lliwe ihinp-i can never be as long as truth, patriotism, honor. virtue and their synonym courage. asv respcctcd ; as long as the fame of the men in gray goes eoumling down the ages. :is long as the page of history in made illustri ous by the names of Lee, Johnson and .F.icksoti. "It wan my fortune to command dur ing the war men from nearly every Southern Stale, ami' wherever the sur vivors may be scattered, if my voice vtild reach they should know how proud I have ever been of their gallant deed**, ami they might rest assured tli-at they never will be forgotten, and that the memory of our dead comrades is cher ished by -.me wiith affection and rever ence. "I mil proud that I, too, am a son of Charleston. Other emotions of pride ? ?otrtiocted with the State have stirred my heart. I have felt proud on many ?i ha trl. field w hen Southern arms were victorious, but the proudest day of my life wan that on wbieJi I announced to o-ii- peiplo on my return from Wash ington that the Federal troops would be- withdrawn from the Stale house, and that 4'nroliman*. the rightful rulern of the State, would resume their hcridl tarv authority ??> long denied them. I fill then " 'That al' my State in free; " 'From east to west, from north to south. She garrisons herself and tyrants rule no more ' "1 have n right to fed some pride in tb? result of thait memorable political co u test of '7D. in my judgment the most memorable ever waged on this C<?ntJ ivent. for home rule, for prrwonal liberty and States rights, for it was my good fortune to Insar the standard placed by our people iu my hnmU to victory, and whatever fa?^. n^iy have in_ *tore for ni<\ nothing can ever oeprive me iYT' rlie iion??*t pritle I f?.cl that I contribut ed, In pert, to the glorious* victory won , in. i b> t u.- people of aif State." I sour, rin \?; of romiosi V it'll, l'0|illlu< lull iilltl I||?'(||II(> of .IiiIHIU'k \ e \\ I > t ? 11 I n imI Territory. j Hy Southern Associated I'rosd. \ S.in l'ramiseo, May 12.. -The steam whip City of IVkin arrived this mornim; from the Orient brin?iuK Yokohoma ad | \ i?'(vs t.> April 'Jt?. Tho I nitial l'ress j von?c?*pondent hii.vh: "Japan in eritielsftd because she did Hot 'square' Itussia be forehand . She unist have known, it is allowed, that her expansion. wVNild clash with Kussian Interests ; that if the Oreai Ibvar's jmw cr w as no to ho extended he muHt have a momel to keep him quiet. ( ortalnly Japan did not know lliat. Shf* know that (Jenuany's friendship was of too selfish a character to stand any strain. Oerm-an.v Ihih never doae any thing for.lapan without h?xin>r pafd . Th<? history. of her relations with the now <>riei?yu power has be?Mi a series of hanl !>a rftalfus. It was alwa.vN iNisy to see thiUrif stronsrcr inducements vVre otl'er odrshe would at any moment nluindon r4u\ amicable <attitudc. As for Fmuct her role in -the Orient I wis l>oon diota torial rather than comxilitory. , The poriition she now takes is perfectly '<?<>!? sis-tent with her precedent. Vet Japan did not !Htteni|tt to placate these power* hy pre arrangement. She has learn ed the usefulness of such attempts. To satisfy one (tower is to ulve umbra ko to another . For a time it was industrious ly rumored than an undervaidinK existed between her aind lln?sin. Thereuiton HrMifJh ?uspicious were aroused and tin* lOnfrlish press clamored. The area of territories eishsl hy Ohina to .lapnn, namely, Li to Tuuk I'fcfllnsnla, Formosa and Pescadores. is square miles, of whW'h Id. loo s?pt%) u miles represent l<iao Tumr 1'entysula. Speaking approx imately .TaijKin mereases her dominion hy *J5 i*\n. cent. uin?l her w hole era bo on mW tfiVater than thai of the Fnited Kinprtom, tjreat Hritain vnid Ireland, and nearly ?>i|ual to tthe combined ureas of France and Spain. With regard to population. no accurate Kt'itistics arex*'1 available, hut it may he assumed that Formosa has a population of fVooo,(HM?, Pescadores a population of H.OOO and 1-iao Tun)? Peninsula a population of I. .MM), (MM). Thus the tot ul population of the Japapo^e empire boortjies -tS\,000,000. which is greater than the papulation ml France or Ovrni.itiy. The customs re coipl-s of Formosa are over 'J.otiO.OOO yen ami those* at Ylnjjkow (New4 ('hwaip'l about I.OOO.OOO. The Japan M<all Kays: It Is stateo I hat half the indemnity to be paid by l-hina will be borrowed from wealthy \ nierieans, through efforts of Mr. Fos ter, and the remaining half from two countries of Murope. There' was a rumor rife at Hab^iem? that ( J en . Pliant; Th'i Tuiijj has pre sented an Address to the throne prnyinsr for tin1 construction of .a railway 1k? tween IVkin an<1 Ila'nkow ami the re movjrf nf -thf* a I fr**m P?-k i n l? N?it kin. I^oihohA iiii A ii t on o moil m Colony. Ii<?udon. May 12.- A dispatrli to The l>allv NewW from Vlen-mi. whieh will be published tomorrow, states that n eabloRrram from Kha:n?1?a1 hn? beoni n* oeired there esyinp tiliat Japan ^vill nmke Hie Island of Formosa an auto nomous colony, wliic'h will have no rep resentation in the Japanese Parliament. \ it 10.% < ri?or?l lint r> I)t\clnl??iii. Tl><> decision of UollA'U Status Circuit Judg" Nathan tioft In tho South Caro ilHia election case Ik mout extraordinary, and in political rather thun Judicial, The K Ih t of It Ih that the registration lawn of that State, the general act of 1882, and I ho special act of lust December, providing for an flection of delegates' to a Consti tutional Convention, arq^inconHtltutional. For a United Htatea^^iart thin can only mean that they with Home pro vislon or requiremflHH^thu Federal con stitution, and the onTjMpartB of that in Htruuiont with which 'they can confliot are the Fourteenth ami Fifteenth Amend ment u. The former prohibits any State from making or enforcing any law "which shaU abrlgde tho pt-lvllegea or im munities of citizens of the United Statea." and tho latter declares that "the right of citizens of tho United States to vote shall, not he denied or abridged by the United States or by any Stato on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude." Tho action of a State, so far as Fed eral courts can take cognizance of it, Is embodied in Its Constitution and 'laws, and not in tho misconduct of its officers In applying them. The suffrage provisions of the South Q&roilmt Constitution, adop ted under tiio Reconstruction acts In 1868, aro not in conflict with tho amend ments, the ratification of which was made a condltlou of readmitting the Htato to representation in Congress. Tho reg istration acts make no discrimination among citizens on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude, and if they abridge the privileges and immu nities of citizens It Is only as these are abridged by all State registration laws. They provide for the registration of vo ters at certain times prior to cflectlons, and for subsequent additions and cor rections to tho lists of qualified voters, and thoy require eyery voter to have a certificate of his registration as evidence of his right to vote. This may be a hard ship and may put burdensome require ments upon the exerdso of 1he right of suffrage, but it does not abridge that right, for it takes It away from no citi zen. and It prevents no citizen from ex ercising It by complying with the condi tions, which aro tho samo for all. Tho burden of the complaint before the court at Columbia was that officers In. trusted with the execution of the State laws did, In one way or another, mnke discriminations, and that the jractleal effect was to deprive many colored citi zens of the right to vote. .What nettially appeared was that very many of them havAp failed to register and vote under t heie laws, and there Is no doubt that t he 1 Intention of the legislation was to restHct the actual! vortlng of negroes. Hut the negllerenco of citizens or the der eliction of Rtate officers In the adminis tration of State laws cannot of -them selves give United States Courts Jurisdic tion to l^'.erfcr e, If the 'actual Hiws do not eotiri'-' with national authority, and are bey. nd the purvl?*w of Its Judiciary. \Vhen Judge (!ofT says that certificates of registration ' cannot be required under Stat" laws, he sroes very far. It would be as competent for any Federal Judge to sav that evidence of the payment of a poll-tax cannot be required, or that any requirement of a registration law which results practically in diminishing ?tho vote Is unconstitutional. Tf the prac tical result of diminishing the vote Is bo taken as evidence of abridgement of the rtrht to vote then ovor? ri'inllftcfttfon of the suffrage In a State aitrt jev>ry le str!eMve reoulrement of a r* rlstrat'on l.i*' can be set as'de by Fedwul' flirts ? >'*w \<rlr Times. I l)f?unn<|e rtnorlnirnt, In f\ i?i?v<*1 experiment Is aliout be fr'e w A omnnnr of Chinese recruiting b? in and r<int?n, "->? to "?pMr In )i nin-e es'V?| "Ttf* rtr> ** u-rTTlefi by AT. Mtf'Tie! (Vrrf the sutfcor. or ri?''">r the ivveit* t)?* j>:tntonihn?\ *'|/Kqfan( JVo womavs mxMioiv hoahd. MhI I hi (Hcm for Work In !ttedcof lli-iif.ll nutl Idiowltrro, Birmingham, Ala., May 14.? .V t+i* mat to The Age-l It-raid I'rom Meridian, Miss., sit.ih At today's session of (ho Woman's Hoard of Missions of t lit* M> iliodiMs Kpiscopal Church South, the committee on ?'\ tension of work read report No. "J. I'ho estimates for Mexico are $.'!o,7VO. of wnien .$!??, 7.SO are fo? missionaries (salaries. Sonic one asked i ha t t(Hi he lidded tor ttehtiol work, hut Mrs. Trm-hart ur?od that Brazil had (In- i o> '.-?i urgent demands upon the t iv a surer . Keport No. d u ao read, which con taiii>sl a letter from Mr. Tucker In Hrai'j'l, ?\\ inn; llioiw enrvfoHy the Brazil. an law ha* heeii complied witn in i lie purchase of property at BetropolU and explaining what a tine possession it is, the prospcct being that after th? school there is fairly started it will ho self supporting and a groat factor tu flic uplifting of the women of Brazil. IVtropolis in level and the cliaiato li line. K evolutions \\|cre passed thank* 1 1 ik Mr. Tucker for his aorviees in ox ? hanging tlie Brazilian property, ami Mrs. Tucker for her help in Uio. The estimate for the enAuing year in Brazil including the districts of I'iraeacaboi ?I ii i/ do Cora, Uio Janeiro and Petro polis in $17.1M>5. The estimate*! In cluded the sending out of three new ni'^wionaries. / The report* on /Mexico and Brazil having been adopted Mrs. Bruce was called upou ami explained many details of the work and the life of the worker* In Brand and at .In rest do Kora, es pecially. The iitniiin of the seven candidates as accepted and apupinted to work are as follows: To Hra/.il, Misses Willie Bowman, of the St. Louis conl'civncc; I'Mi'/.a Perk In koii. fd' the M iwsouri conference; M. M . I ' mht-rgt r, of the Uolston conference. To Mexico, Misses llattio (J. Carson, of the South (ieorgia conference; Ida s May Wirt, of the St. Louis conference,^* and Viola Blackburn of the North s Mississippi conference. To China, Miss 1 d/./.le U. Mayton, of the North Carolina conference. Miss M. I.. ( J ihson, prineipal. read the report on the Scarritt Bible and Training School at Kansas City. The students enrolled during the year were el nil t ecu in the biblical department, nine in the nursing training department, ^ ? x will take a practical course bc*id" 175 who are enrolled in the Industrial department. Kleven are preparing for the foreign tichUi. two for discourse in the Methodist 'VJpisoopal Church, two for homo missionaries, ?ix for trained nurwO* and others for hilfa Htudy. We have six nurses iiKrrndning, four have eomplet?Hl their courHe of two voaw and are now doing private mur?in* in IviiUHiiH City and adjoining towtns. line uf thoto baa been appointed by the. .Northern 1'renby toriati Board to the Miraj Hospital in India. We are glnd to report thai all our graduate mirsea are doing well and we have much praise of them by physicians and home# entered . The report of the coanmittee of ex tension of work was sulmvHtod lit the afternoon session. 'Hie estimate of $111, HID for China was adopted. The estimate of $<1,850 for work in Indian Territory was adopted . The estimate for printing contingen cies was $0,000. With $19,810 for 'China, $85,770 for Mexico, $17.1)05 for Brazil and $4,250 for I ndfiiff*' Territory this makes a tot ttl of $S8,'285. Til 10 MICMPIIIS DltlLL. It la Proving1 to Be an Immence Hocoeu, . M ciiipli in, M?y I t. ? The inter state* drill in t li ic-t city continued 'today uider Hie most favorable oircuniKtamwe. rlio went her wiik fine and some three I IiuihiiiuI people went out to witness till* collipctltiolltf. 7 Tin* liiVit to appear oil tile drill gjouuds was the Thumton ItillcH, of OtruUia,,\in der enrnnrnmi of Cnpt. A H. Schfcrff, and their cxeetiliioii of the proKra^rwas exceedingly go od. That ooinpnny drilled, todny i;i elans ('. mul will later e<ppear ii cla; Bi'.s A and It. Following the Thurston'* came the Governor's Guards, of this under command of Captain T. 10. I'MUipon. Tlii' third and hint ilriCl of " day was tliii.t of the guttling fpun defachr inent or the Omaha Guards. This waa tho novel feature of the pmgriann. Tomorrow afternoon troop* A and B of (lie third United Stat<*? cavalry will ..live an exhibition drill. The drill and ?>u(-iin>pment i*t an Im mense /s imnmvh. General Solio field W4ll lie here Saturday and remain until fuesday. i ANI'OXIO MACRO AND HIS IDEAL. Implicit Km llli and Stern HmhokIbc of Cutitt'a lt?doabtnble Rebel. Antonio Moeeo is nn Impenitent separ atist, a fanatic of liberty und of Cuba's indepindeucc. a ?\\'orn enemy of the Jbcrian riu-e. lie wan l?orn in Santia go and in 47 years of a^. He fought his first ba*Uje>?, according to the New. York (luring the revolution of' rara in the company of Velasques. In IS7<> In* ui/dortook a new campaign? r' ii iid was appointed major general aftrt the battles of Camaguay and Oriente, Win n pea?*e was concluded Iih refused to take advantage %of it and went Into exile in Jamaica. In IS71> he tried to cause a new rev olution of the Cubans, but failed and ^ weal t > live in Panama. Then be engaged in commerce and recently was a planter of tobacco in Co?ta liica. He is well known In Bsr reloii'i by his busincMK relations. The latest imiMirtaut declarations made by hi in are as follows: "The island is led into a formidable revolution by Its |>oliticnl and economi- - ??al dillicultie* ond by the faculty wfajeh it feelrt today' to regulate its own fate. We have undertaken the war only after we were persuaded that Live population was worn out by its enormous contri butions. Ti e civfiitnl which the Spanish government-- trta exhausted ttguinst the cause oMihenty ?hall hewme it* most mortal enemy. The exjverienee which I have aofpiittet In ten years of wsr make* n?y preserve faith . In .^luy prin ciples. <*nbir shall l?evfree. T wdtlt It to bo free! The Spanish coverntnent cannot smother tho insurrection. This time the country in better prepared. Moreover, the Cuban has other neclfcqrf tbt* than those of the ' >^t fire ysars>*v.. He understands that he has ceased to l?e a minor. Spain. whleh has not known bow to ihtHrwy IvrlgaiHiago In the island, will not know how to tame the revolution. Kvory thing In my beau tiful cuntry conspires against Spain Tho workman, the student, the prlsnt. the peasant, woman, the soil. the cM -nab' ? eyprvthing is. for Spain, a menace of death. '' ? ? ? $ Bt-Metallle ??ttra Aeee?<e4f Berlin. May 14.- The committee of the upner house ^f^e Prussian Parlia ment having -the Tsatter In chaff* " a vote of 10 to 4 has ?erepted HeTf Mirbadi's b| inetaCIc ittttk*.