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MR. B. L. A6NEY 1 SPEAKS.: nii G J VJ?S 3 Til R .('AN Ab'H B1I>?0 Of T1IK QUKSTION. \ Aiul IteuftlrnisThcir Intuition to tlulhl 10,000 II. I*. Power Hounotttul i ('rlticiaeH tho ttlouu Ke nulutton. Mr. B. L. Abuoy, who in member of tho byuud Of "directors,' and tho attorney" of the Columbia Water Vow or company* whou seen by a repot tor. for The. Columbia State uml abked aftout tfre\ooncurrowt re Holut-ion introduce^ byjtonator Sloan, to direct tbo"nttouioj? general, to in vestigate h? to the right of the Stuto to have tho. canal coutftmod to Rocky Drnnch by its presold <j>wuers, said tjiat he had no knowledge^ or intention jfjiutover before reatfiug the concur rent resolution in the morning papors, J hat tiny Kuoh action was intended or w?u dewired upon tho part of any one, Wthongh from past action taken by, certain citizens of Columbia iuattompt ing to bring about litigation with the company, and whioli had provon futile, ho was not surprised that somu other effort would,, be made in a different direction to further annoy and creato vexatious controversies with tho Water 1'owor company, which whs about to .cuinriienco tp expend a largo Hum of iiioiiey th Greeting a power station in order to mako availablo tho property they bad purchased and which had hitherto be'on a dead oxponso upon their hands, because of their inability < to iuduco persons to purcha?t5"">h0 wuicr i>owor to bo used directly. t lie w?id that tho resolution had been introduced and *had been referred on tho 'saiuo day tb tho committee, of. w hich Senator Sloan is a member, and hud been reported on before ho know anything about it; and that it appear ed that tho persons in charge of tho measure desired to push it through without allowing time or opportunity for members to liavo a sufficient un derstanding of the meosuro or its effects. The Wuter Power company, hosoid, has boon ho i >0Vsist.eittt>^ annoyed, ' and tho snmo persohs who, .-lio doubt, are urging this moasure, that ho did not know that tho company would make iiuy opposition to tho passago of tho resolution, however unjust and un timely, they might consider it to be, preferring to have the matter reach tho hands of the attorney general and be yond the further annoyance of these parties. lie had full confidence in tho fairness and impartiality of the attor ney general, and felt that if any inves tigation was to be had, that ho officer of the State could fail to seo that what ever might be the legul rights of the State in tho premises, it certainly Would bo injurious to the State, under, the circumstances, to attempt, rigidly to ouforco them. Hut that ho could not possibly seo that the company had in any manner been derelict in any duty it owed to the State. As a mat ter of law, there has been no omission -to- fulfill any obligation upon tho part_ o'f tho "confpany that was imposed by, tho act under which it purehosed. He thought every one would reoognize the right of the logielaturo at any 4tirtle to make inquiry into any aubjcct in which the State was interested; and ^hni-eo ;4ar~-ae~ihe- resolution wae di rected tb this end, no ono could objeot. lint tho misfortune .of tho thing was tho injurious effect that the passing of Huch a resolution might have by creat ing in the mind# of. the public the im pression that the company had in some, way involved itself with the State, or were laboring under obligations greater than had heretofore been considered' ufj devolving upon ihom, thus creating doubt and uncertainty as to the invest ments of' tho company, both by itsl stockholders and by third parties. Ho?' continfifcd: "Tho only interest tho State has in the mattoris, to encourage tho early upbuilding of tho manufacturing inter-j rats in and about Columbia, in the way of factories and other industrial en terprises. A "Tho question of navigation by means of the' c'Annl, to say the least of it / is An iinpractioablo one. It had boon looked into by all the legislatures prior to 1880, and none had given it any consideration. The truth about tho matter is, the State never did con template, while the canal was in its possession, its continuance further than I Ucrvois street, and, in fact, none of its ' engineers, whiJo it was in charge of 1 lie StAle, ever estimated the cost cj?-j digging it further than Gcrvais street, and no appropriation' was cvor made foj* carrying it* any further. When the of 1887 was passed the feature of irrigation was j>nly. placed in the act i'oi the purpose of giviug . validity to tho proposed guarantee of the Interest the city of Columbia on JAie bonds to be issued by tho board of'truattes. So oijuever supposed or ever expected .ontii the entire consumption of power had been used wbieb could 1)6 develop ed At Gervais street, thai any further < i tension of the canal would be called ?'or or demanded. When negotiation* were going on for th* pqrchaeo of the property by\ the present owners, the purchasers were ae red that they would not bo expeoted under tfic act to continue the canal, Ex cept when the buslnoee interests V>f the company would require it; and this was the construction of such act that b?s yfrevailed, except h j person* who r .re iatere?ted in compelling the oon ?tinnanee>f the canal in order to tiooal vaJne is bought ? view to speculation. Aft J it be tndhfultj eatd ihato# one m? - would havo purolunted, atauy nUlU, the canal rt? it stood in l^Oii, with hu ob ligation immediately to construct it to ltocky brunch ut u probable expendi ture of ?300,000, Asbilo there wan lying unused, ?ud at an expouHive cost to maintain it, 10?000 horse power or tnorty "lloftidea tho $00,000, which tho presont owners paid hofore tho execu tion of tho deed to them, and which went to complete thu canal, which was in au unfinished condition when the sale whh negotiated, aud* which would havo remained so without such pay ment, because tho board *)f trustcot had exhausted all of its funds and means to fwrry it. further, and tho $100,000 of bonds put up to secure the interest, tho company purchased |>e twettlr$80?000 and $00,000 oMand foi Bites for mills. They found that the (annual cost of the physical maintain anoo of tho canal was from $7,000 to .88,000, which would gradually Increase . overy year. The company also has had to puy annually for the past four years $12,000 as iutcrcbt, besides niaiutaiu ing its organization und other things neeessary to build up its property nLd induce persi(pjfe to invest in Columbia. With this burden on their hlrad.s, they tried for a year or so to sell the water power to bo applied directly, but owing to the condition of ailairs, it was impossible to lease tho power at any remunerative rate. But fortunately it/ was ascortainod that the water could bo u?od to generate clcctrical power, which could be sold much cheaper' tliau tho use of tho water directly, or ' steam, or auy other motive powor in tho South. They, therefore, had to aban don tho attempt to lease their power for use directly, and as pioneers in tho movement for tho uso of\jUloctrical power, they have sucoeeded in liaviug (?located hore tho Columbia mills, a corporation with a capital of $700,000 in which tho indiyidual stookholders of tho Columbia Water Power company hold a majority of the stock. This new use of power having provon suc cessful, and boiug compelled to aban don attempts to }iso tho water power directly, although thoy had available sites for the erection of mills, tho com pany soiuo months ago prepared, and are now ready to effect a I urge power station to use nil of tho water powor that the canal can furnish at Gorvais stroet. \ "This power station will probably coat something in the neighborhood of $300,000 when completed. The price at which su< h power will bo furnished is so low as compared with what devel oped power cjiu bo obtained olsewhero for as naturally to .".atj.raot en terprises to Columbia and thrift enable the purchasers of the canal to utilize their property which heretofore th<ty had in vain attempted to lease. Whilo on the ovo of thii undertaking, this resolution is iutroducod, and may, un fortunately, have the effect of destroy ing tho confldonco of those engaged in ttyo enterprise, and while it is pending may cause tho suspension of all fur ther oporation. With this power sta tion, all tho mills that can be in duced to como to- Columbia in the next jfoiv years can be easily supplied at ft cheaper price than "steam or water. Beside* this olectrical station will open up the country withiu a radions of 20 miles for manufacturing purposes, where the invostor may selcot his own location for auy enterprise ho may do siro to start and will not bo confined Jto the b^nks of the canal, which from its situation, necessarily is in inauf respects objectionable us a location^ ana it will also enable tho city to ob tain power with which to operate its concerns^ N ?? _ # - * .'It .wiltr?ftfl}Jy_ bo^oen that after the fuilure of the company to Jo any thing1 in the way of inducing invostors to lease its powor to bo applied direct ly; and after the large amounts it has expended and already invested in the canal. t? be required uow to expend something liko $300,000 to develop more water power which they could not nse or lease would bo asking the company to do something wholly nn-. reasonable and which, too, would re quiro them to abandon tho excclifin^of the electrical power station'? tho only means by which tbe comj^any has as-' ccrtained thnt it can utilize tho power. 4 4 While I feel perfectly confident of what would be the result oOhojjn'es-, tigation and report of theattfJrtloy gen eral, still there are legal questions in volved as to which different views' might be taken, and unfortunately might involve litigation, which would certainly bo disastrous to the company,' as well as to tho community, and which might be necessary for the com pany to 'resort to iu order to preservo its property aud possibly its existence. How it can be tho iuterest of any citi zen of tho Hfcate to oocftur&ge. this per petual . annoyance against tho, water power company, which has given every 'indication 6t its. good faith, and which, has placed ita money by the thousands in tho city of Columbia, aud which is uow ready to invest 9300,000 more, and what possible interest to any citi zen it can be to have an extension of the canal to Rocky branch, under the circumstances, can do! be porceived. "Under tbe act of 1887, there is no duty devolved upon this conTpany to provide the mcaus of najy^tion and the maintenance of tbe navigability of the canal. The continuance of the> canal to Hocky branch, under the terms of the act,, by uo means involves tbe duty to provide for the things that Are aeeeasery for the navigation of the oaMli this the State would have to prdvide for, as ia contemplated by- the act. I suppose that the parties urging this resolution would "in case the canal b continued to Bockj branch, there after each year fee found keocfring at the doors of the general for aa'awwopraetiAB for thia psiyoee, b* vetvwg th^btate afds la eftpeoee with t+UrVuHt to ifchripwfiifr gfljil: have ao doubt all iWltwi IfcmlftiH the Stale thongfe* that the legiidrtwe I of Boni k OwBiy wntMy **4 ji L 4d J .?'? ** *v.;' '/v-?j8 . -. Hi ? ~Tt ' ^ r ? Jt X- . ,x _. ; . ' - - " "A iitflo knowledge of the true , statu* of thecaso u?d relleotion thereon will rou lily show that Sunator Sloan's resolution will not promote tho best interests of tho State mu) city . " MOKK ClKOt'lT ljt>t K I'S. What the A<lvocatos ptLi he Proposl /tlon Have to Say r%it)? llehnlf. y/l'ho advocates of tho proposition to troiHo tyfo additional Circuit Comlb hiiv^lMributcd tho following circular awto'ng tho members of the (>c ueral Ar Heiubly: wn/n tkn ciucirrs pay? Sorno figures by way of comparison. Present cost of Courts: Eight circuits, averaging now 4.37 countics'eaoh: Six Judges 83,600 each, $21*000; two Judges, $8,000 eaoh, $(>,000 ? oight Judges, totol, 827,000. Seven solici tors, $1,1150 eaoh, $9,450; one solicitor, SI ,600? oight solicitors, total 811,050. Eight stenographers, 81,260 each, $10, 000. Total for Statq 848,050. ( Aver ago cost por county, $1,372.75; aver ago cost 'por circuit, $6,000.25; 105 regular Courts |>cr year ? average cost por Court, 8457.01. ^ i Coat with ten circuits: Teijt circuits, averaging 8.0 oonties, (with Saluda) each: Ten J U vlj. \ a, oach $3,000, $80, 000; ton solicitors, oaeh averaging 81,250, $12,500: ton stoiiorfiiuphers, eaoh aversgiug $1,100, $11,00\>1 Total for State, 853,500. Average obst. per county, 81,486.10; average criet por circyit, 85,800; 105 Court*, as now held, plus i!2 additional Courts in six teen counties, a total of 187 Courts per year ? averago per Court, $300.58. Comparison : Cost, ten yireuits, $53, 500; cost, eight circuits, 48,050. To tal increoso for State, $5,450. Aver age cost of increnso per county, $151, 80. Total taxable property of the State, say, $171,000,000; iuoreaso levy less than 32-100 of a mill, or about 8 cents on every $1,000 worth of property. There are bixtocu counties in tho Statu of over 80,000 inhabitants, iu which, it is proposed to hold four Couit9\foT crimiuul trails annuldly, >u itead o? tUree, as now- i. o., an aver-, jgo of one Court every throe months. I'll is will savo the dieting of prison era for about three months in each year. If oaeh county averages only ten pris oners awaiting trial, their cost each l>or month is $9 or $00 per month, or ?270 for throe months for eaoh county, or for tho sixteen counties $1,820. If twenty counties adopt four Courts $5, ? 100 (if thirty counties adopt four 0)ults $8,100) -^rill bo saved or. ac count of dieting prisonoia alone, more than Huflioient to meet tho increase of $5,450 for tho State. Besides, it. will increnso tho number and lengths of terms of the hands on tho chain gang, and speedy trials will bo had. Thesaving to tboStato-in the foes of witnesses for tho State, and for tho de fendautB in felonies, in cases necessarily CoutinuedrOn account 6f want of tiino Co try them, is beyond calculation, but it may bo safely estimated as at least 25 por cent iu miloago and attendance. This does not take into consideration tho rcliof whiohwifl bo experienced by litigants in civil cases, whose cases are continued from torm to term through no fault of theirs nor of thoir attorneys. Thoypay au oneroUatax in the form of lossof tiino and witness fees, simply be cajpto the StSto docs note-afford them tho uooessary machinery for tho trial of their causes. * " , , Tn addilidfl t^mtie coTrt of the pres ent Circuit Court, a County Court would cost for each county not less than from $1,500 to #2,000., Should tho General Assembly seo fit to reduce the salaries of Judges to $2,700 each, thcro will be a further saving-of $3,000, leav ing onTy $2350 t<T bo made^irpitr the way before mentioned. TIIK RKLIC HOUK.nOUNI>. Liberty Dell Will Spend u in Clinrlotte, the Cradle of Liberty. At Philadelphia, Pa., an itinerary was presented on Saturday by tlio Pennsylvania and Southern Railroad companies at tho session of tho coun cil's sub- committee having in charge the home-bringiugo? liberty Bell from rAtlunta. The itinerary was not acted I upon, butftv i^l be probably Ik; adopt ed, although Tiioro may lie some minor changes made in 14. It in follows: Committee leave6 Philadelphia^ at C.55 p. in., Tuesday, January '28th, ar rivng in Atlanta tho cveuing of Jan uary 2'Jth. The start from Atlunta with tho bell will bo made at 9 a. in., on Thursday, January 30th. Stops 'will be made that day at Gainesville, Greenville, Spartanburg and Char lotte. The night which epcut will bo at tho latter place, .^harlotto will be left at 7 a. m., Vrifiay, and stopB will bo made that day at Salisbury, High "Point, Greensboro, Dauvillc, Lynch burg and Charlottesville. The ulgLt ?will be spent at Cbaxk>tte?vi?le, and it is cxpeeted that Philadelphia will l?i reached on Saturday afternoon. Th? bell on its arrival at Piiiladelphia will bo escorted to its resting place fH lu dependence Hall by a largo military paru<?k ? v From Rlocksburx to St>artanb(j'r&. Civil engineers have>t>eeu investi gating the outlook for arailroad to run from Blaeksbnrg to Spartanburg to take in aH the factory towna en route. Jt is ?aid ibat three-fonrthaof a million ? dollars are$aid the Southern Railway C ompany annually for freighta by these cotton mill towna and that if the new road ia bnilt tha Southern will loae all this bosineae. Gaffnev, Cow pena, % Trough Shoala, Paoolet and oth or factory towna are on the lino of I * tbia proposed toad. ! , -C>?? ? lie Oreind of leeompateucy.x ; a Cotvm u ?? s r, ei4pateli, aaja Uk at at? moating of tim Otonwon Ht?u> AfrtoaltorW aad Meefca&tea{ Cotkqpr trn#u-*>aMia Co InmMa. tbc HnMsaHns of of tb? tNaWag evfMt laatftatton waa wqueiUC . THJehaa fiirtil a^aetbtaff of, a shf. i cha rge ogwis* tbm waa laeempatawtr., Ct'H.Vft KI>ITOUIAI. ? A South i aiulliiluii'H Hosolutlou I >?* featotl l>y ( r it 1 1* Mean*. Col, James A. Hoyt, Of tlroenvillo, who has boon attending the con von t ion : of tho National Editorial association at St. Augufttiuo has returned houio. i Colonel lloyt, with tho concurrence .>f many member* \?f thin body of j nearly a thousand editors from nit i over tho Union, offered u resolution memorializing congress in behalf of tho recognition of Cuban belligerency, and it was oarriod, viva voce, a largo majority favoring it, Hut tho proni dent of tho association woh extremely hohtilp to tho declaration, and. as tho appended repojt from tho Jacksonville Citi/eu shown, declared it rcjeotod and allowed no appeal. In thin cause Colonel Hoyt expresfted tlui overwhelming Hontimont of South Carolina editors: Ilero is Tho Citizen's (statement : "Tho most exciting scene of tho eonventiou followed tho introduction, by James A. Hoyt of i-outh Carolina, of a resolution mcmorali/ing congress to recognize tho belligereney of tho Cubans in their e^ruggle against Spain. It wan expected that this resolution would bo incorporated iu tho report of the committee on resolutions, but the impression obtained that this counmit teo was not unanimous on tho subjcct, and that its roport would not bo sub mitted until tho association had reach ed Palm Beach. Those in favor of tho Cuban reflation intondod to oil set this by waiving the rules aud intro ducing tho resolution in open session. Mr. Hoyt made a strong speech in fa vor of tho passage of tho resolution, and Messrs. Williams and Cnlella spoke agaiust it. Tho ground of objection was that tho constitution of tho anso ciatirpi positively prohibited tho consid eration of resolutions that touched up on polities or religion. "At the conclusion of the debate mot tion was made to table tin? resolution, and tho vote was put. Many of tho delegates firmly believed that the viva voce voto was to two one against, ta bbing the resolution, but President Bunnell declared it tabled. Consider able excitement followed iu which several members attempted to call for a division, but for so mo.,' reason tho president would not order a ballot tak en, neither would ho heed appeals. Before the supporters of tho resolution could devise a plau to overcome what they considered very extraordinary rulings tho subject ol' seleoting the next place of meeting was takon up." CHAUl-iteSTON'S OWN ^lllih. A Clia/lee for u 1 J i ? j UuU^ii Mill lo ho /? 'fiullt Tlicrc. Applied For.' For two decudcs Charleston capital has lu'on going out of tho old city in a perfect and almost- continuous stream for tho purpose of building ccJtton rfiills all over South Carolina and evou in other States, 'IIioho investments have almost invariably proved excel lent ones, and as investments 110 0110 has li?d anything to way against them, but thoro liavo been and tliero are still Charleston business men and capital* '.fits who thought and still think that Charleston should invest her money at home; that Charleston, if she was go ing to build cotton mills anywhere, should build them in Charleston. This belief has been expressed in public and in private, some huudred of times, and nttl! Charle?tou h?H h^lpud-uthcr placea. j to build mills and has built nouo for hersolf. Charleston will probably continue tho good work of helping towns in va rious parts of tho State to build cotton mills, but she will begin now ty build TOmtvT&Hht - fla-.well fciiiQ. has plenty of money for both purposes, and she can find no better investments for it, <*\ Home of the best known capitalists and leading business men of Charles ton have sent to Columbia for if char ter for a cotton mill. Tho charVer will provide for tho construction of it mill with a capital stock of 8160,000, V) bo built right iu Charleston, or at a pbint near tho city's limits. Tho gentlemen whoso names will ap-"~ pear in tho charter as corporators oro Messrs. II. 1'. Williams, Geo. A. Wag oner, John F. Fickcn, Waring P. Cur rington, Moris Israel, Jj. D. Simonds aud .Fames F. llcdding. Tho mill will bo started with a capital of $1^0,000, with tho privilege of largely increasing that amount and the oupucity of the mill later. Tho enterprise has been under dis cussion for some time, and it lias the sympathy 'and tlio support of mauy of the lending business men in Charleston. It is said that it is to be pushed for ward us rapidly as fHTffciblo. As soon as tho chartor is issued, a meeting it to bo held, and subscriptions token to tho stock. No one doubts that all the money needed for tho enterprise will bo forthcoming at onoe. ? JS'r.ws and C'ourinr, ... . ( 1>nue*ice Ufpmltlon ViMliivuti!1. ThoB^ardof iJiro cton of the T?niw??*??s fjenirnntel and international j^xpojltloii at Xa.?hvlllo voted tOpo.-?tpooe tho o'peuiaK of r tho fair from September 1, 18JG, t? >biv J, 1887. The exposition Sa panned t > Vel *!?rn< s tho one hundredth anniversary of th<* ?<: it", and* the State wn* aimtitftd Jane l.)7tfo. But tho enterprise has urown to aic.i pro portions th'af t*n D.wtory df-Mde ! tjut t couid d of h-j aomptot" I tmCy<itr. In nd tltlrtu, poHtl^d. t>nstne*s an I interna tional disturbance*. they w?y. flu* jreir a bad odh tor u fcrrut taJuscriil ox> /?. Uon.^ , Gordon InnlMa on Withdrawing. J l Is sf^d that within tho past two of (bTcc day* fU.vretary of the Interior Hoke Smith and e*-fl|.caker (,'ri*p havo urgAl Senator Oord<u>. of Georgia, to withdraw his tie. <ltnatlnft and be a candidate for ro-vlection to tho 8tnat*f and both mea tanired the Senator ttmt if be wonld d.? ao they wonhU n0? p'Tmll tLelr names to be naed a* e*n dktatee bin. Senator Gordon. wh.'fo apjrfvcintmjc the friendship that ranted th? Kifrr. ?* firm' U> "1* determinate# to again t?o n ^ndidate Jfor lb? St'na/. . -/ 7 ? ? \v} sum:. Ill' l)i<l /fijl lutein) (u I it. | life the 1 ii hi It (41 ( 'iiimt. $.0*1. .1, >h II 'I'. Sloan, tlu' senator j I'fmn Kichland county, was ashed l\v The Cohunhia V to speak for pub lication regarding tho way in which his ; resolution directing the attorney gen* j eral to examine into tho riflht of tho | Stuty to require an evtehHiou- of tho j Columbia canal to Kooky branch h.v ; tho owui'i'H, anil if thoro was undue haste in putting it through without 1 granting timo or chance to members to j thoroughly understand its etVeeta. Ho ; [ replied: "I have no objection to give you tho I full truth in regard to this matter. 1 whn requested by a number of prouii 1 nont gouth iuen of this city, who aro I largo taxpayers ami exceedingly inter ested in tho .future prosperity of Co lumbia, to ^introduce. it ami it wan my duty to serve them as senator in uuy matter that concerned tho inter ests of their State and city "la there uuything uuusmd in hav ing a bill or resolution referred to a oommittoo ou tho same day which it i* introduced into the house?" "No, On tho contrary, it in tho usual custom to do ho. Thin resolu tion took tho usual course of legi'lu tion, and after being favorably and unanimously reported on by tho com mittee on judioitiry it waa placed on tho calendar in its regular ordor. "An examination of tho resolution will show that it ia ?carefully worded, and not intended to commit the legis lature to any acti'iu hostile to the Co lumbia Water Power company. If, as ia geueraliy believed, tho Stato did impose a condition 011 tho transfer of the canal to tho board of trustees that it/tflumld bo completed to Rooky branolr, it whs a condition intended to operate for tho benefit <?f the State at j large, audit is not for Columbia, even if all her citizens were of tho same opinion, to say that tho condition so imposed is unimportant, or to be com plied with by a development at (iorvaia street. As a senator it is my duty that tho interests of tlmftlale aro protected, ! and it certainly is not usual to consult J any one as to win tin r the general as I semb'.y shall have tho information 1100 I essary for it to not for the protection i of tho limits of the Stab-." "It i? understood tint .Mr. A buoy, the attorney for tho company, com-, plains about tho resolution being ro ported on before he knev,' anything about it. What have you ? to say to this?" "Well, after it m?k reported, " said j Senator Slotrti, "and placed on the cal endar, Mr. Abnoy came to my ollloe [ nfcd opoko to mo abqut the matter, t told him if he desired a hearing lio could get it. He then said, as he left, that lie would *eo mo again, but I hoard nothing more from him. ? 'I'ho resolution passed tho somite without any -opposition." Colonel Sloan was naked if ho oon templatod taking any further htepa in tho senate towards compelling tho com pletion of the canal. Ho replied: ''My boIo and only object in intro ducing the resolution wan to obtain for the general assembly the information nWessary for it to determine what are theki^tB'oii.thc State in tho matter. 1 cannot Bay what tho report of tho attorney general will be, but if it dooe diHcloKc the fact that tho State is inter CHted in tho matter, it will bo for tho general assembly'to way what steps, if any, uro^to be tnkerr. ;' Tho Indiana to bo f)ookcil at I'ort Itoyul. It is now positively certain that jtho "Indiana" will bo docked at Port Koynl; Nnmt- tjonwtni ctor R -H ? n sconi, <^f Cramps shipyard, of 1'hiht-, del piling bus been down there making preparations for her reception, which will bo heralded, it is said, /by tho ar rival of about live hundred Tudiauiana, who will visit IVrt^Uoy#! about tho let of February, when It is propose^, that all thiug.q will be in readiness^-' Tho Governor and staff of Indiana, with a deputation of prominent citizens from I -rthTSl"* great State, will arrive, and tho Governor and chief olliccrs of thin State, it is expected, will also bo pres ent, and tho event lie celebrated, with | becoming honors. Tho prospected vinifc of tho Indian inns will 1)0 the fruits of Mattering ac counts given of tho experiences re ported by the party oTsolid ami f?ter ling visitors from that State some time ago, an well as to do lienor to the big war vessel that ifears the name of their State. DaiigliteriV^f tla; C'onfcderuey. The regular meetiug of 1 1?<* United Daughters of the Confederacy wan held at tho rooms ^f Camp IlampUm it C-lumbin. Thete were thirty lames present who signed the application for the charter. Husiness of a varied char ; acter was discussed, and a constitution {"adopted. A board of directors wusap i pointed and their names will be an nounced latter.' Miss Ellen Elmore was unanimously elected as librarian of , (lie ehau^f. 'I'ho days for regular ineetingTwere fixed and tho 2?Mt\o1 Decemblr, tho anniversary of tno secession of South Carolina, was ap pointed as tho day for the annual meeting, and tho isUh of January, the anuiversarv of Gen. Loo's birthday, was put aside, ap a literary meeliug, when others tlian im-mberfl will be welcomed. * A Lom to Ills State. Aahb/jftarke Farrow, ?? prominent and popular young niomber of "Nfhe Charfcaton bar, died at bis homo in that -city. Mr. Farrow was born in Albemarle county, Va.., 33 ycara ago ?' and gradn*ted in law at tbeUniveWitf of Virginia in 1880. He was . associa ted with tbw law Btm of Mnrpby. Far-5 row & T<fg*r?. He laavco a jouug widow and one child. r/*X . ? ; "'J ? * . ' I UK PKIlTfl.lKKK < OAllMiOMlSK. KMHctlv I lot? t tie KI?IU lias Itucu Sct t ltd < > ?i t of I ho < 'oil! (*. Inasmuch an then" i*? much discus sion as to tlu' terms of ?in' >?>rreoinoiit I entered mto hotween tho raiu'oild* <iuil the railroad ooinmiw?i!-,*t in ie;;ard to j tlii> quarrel over thonow foruh/A>r rate, tho following agreement unulo betwoeji 1 , tho roadw and tho oointnhti.ion, being ' Mr. Ilondoraou'a proposition to the commission, has Wen made public: On 1h-)u.1i of tho railroad attorneys, i I submit to tho board of railroad com* \ mihsioners tho following propositions with it view of adjusting tho diil'eroneee Wtwoen them ??> to tho fertilizer niton, nnd bringing about n fooling * f eouti- , deueo iuul fri? udship between tlioiu. j 1. Tho railroad companies will have! immudiub-ly withdrawn tho pending I bill iu tho l'iiit? 'l States Courts ol j equity in tlm M?\iuheKl< r ami Augusta 1 cuilroad cane, ft ml the railroad com panies will agree t?> put in operation nn HOoti pa rate shoots can ho arranged, tho minced itirilT on 'fertilizers, hut no penalties jue to bo imposed, provided tho i ailroad companies shall refund to the proper purtjtfh tho excess charge# abovo tho new tariff on all shipments since J?nuar> 1, lHiWi, that, btuug H.\ed upon (in the date when it uhnll bo con sidered an having gone into c fleet. '2. At tho request of tho railroad companies, tho comuiiasionoTH tvilltske up at an early dido with tratllo inau ngora of tho several linen tho combina tion of tho entire freight rate with fl view to ascertaining whether thoro aro not Homo other artielOH "which theyoan, consistently with tlioir oflloial duties, grant raises of rates or ho rovieo the entiro tariff as to do justice and equity to ?U oartioH concerned! IltllY ON POLITICS. tie SajsHe lias No Iilejt of Leaving I tin Dcmoeral f? I'urty. Sonavor lrby saya ho has no inten tion of bolting tho Democratic party to join forces with tho proposed now froo silver part y. He says ho is in favor of froo silver and ho will voto for it every timo lie gels nu opportunity, but will do ho within tho raul?s of tho 1 hniocraey party in company with Senator Walthall, fo( Mississippi ; Sen ator I late, of TenuoBBoe, and other dis- ' UnguiKhed Southern Senators, who ?huvo no intention of leaving the Dem ocratic party -to join A. J. Warner and any combination of Jtopublicuns, Pop ulistajand so called Democrats that may b*>. formed. Ho says he accepted tho chairmanship of tho Democratic party in South Carolina in 1890, apd thou anil there promised ho would-be tho last to lcavo it. Ho has not faith in the Democratic party, although Romo of Ihcptym^iucnt ?neu in it may dull r with him on tho financial ques tion. Ho nays thoro havo boon re peated efforts on tho part of tho other mon in South Carolina to go out of. tho party into the ranks of tho Popu list*, but ho has thus far been ablo to restrain many troni taking wuch a stop. Ho in not able to w\y what porcontago of South Carolina Democrats aro 'pre pared to lcavo tho old party and go over to the camp of tho proposed new party. SOUTH CAROLINA. What is I Icing Done In Congress In ISelmlf of TIiIr State, A Georgetown delegation will go to Washington on tho 5tTi of February to appear boforo tlio river and Jharoor committee with Representative Elliott to Hocuro tlio putting of Winyaw Buy on the continuous contract system for improvement. The Charleston delegation will r,p-. p ear,. with ftepreBentnfeivo Elliott! h?o re tho public building committee in V>o hulf of bin, bill to grant to tho city the old pOHtottleo building. Hcnutor Tillman'* Newberry College bill, paying 815,000 damages by Fed* oral soldiers, passed tho .Senate without amendment. Senator Tillman reported from tho naval utfuirs commit!^ Senator Cume* ron's (ox-Henator BtitTer'n) bill to pro vide for the purchase of land near Beaufort naval station. -The amend* nicut of the committee cuts tho appro; printiou in tho bill flown from $10,000 to $3,000. Representative M'cLuurin has intro duced a bill providing for a public building at Florence to coat $1.00,000. Charleston Hants tho Sub-Treasury. At a meeting of tho Bankers' As sociation of Charleston a eommitteo < consisting ?>f tho presidents of rill tho commercial bod i en in tho oity was ?tp pointed to go 1?? Washington at once for tlio purpose of appearing before T no ways and meana cormnitteo and of inducing the government to ro-establieb a sub-Treasury in that city. You rig Thurinan'n Clr*tilur. Alton W, Thurnmn, of Columbus, i)., hn*? l&sued a circular to the Democrats of Ohio advJsiug them not to 4m?^lhe Democratic party but to continue for fre?? ooluago in Its rnuka: IIo argues that the Popufiat party Is Impotent ;~t tint the ltepub lioan party had always been. tb.oonemy of < ?liver. By perfecting their orgaul/ntiou In' tha congressional districts, (ho free silver l.)*m'oerata oaa assure th* e'k<Hlo)? <>f free/ sllvor delegate* to tho natloirnl t^nv^ntlyy and thus put an end. <>n<J0 and fonnll tim <f, to tbo greatost truefc that ever exft?te*d ?tun Sold trust. To adopt a gold platform at ifi. ,ouls means tho suro defeit? of 4h? D.-irau. e rats lu the national electivii. . If l oth thttr* peinocfatlo and Republican parties adopt the gold platform tho election of a Republican to tho prealdenoy Is equally a?*ured.. . <* |?id? ao<t Norway at Paae*. ijj King Oaoar of flwaden.ln * spaaoh at 169 ? opening of the Blkadajr, aatd that tb?a*x? (My aonearniag tha tfftton ot SweUen and , S'orwav had dlmtalsbed aad exprewed, tho hope that th? causae for dtaeon! would pw ? avaote aMki.vSI )t Kf>TJ Mid ?EU U>a MIMA'S JJ1II HDABD. Congress Warn? tho Turkish Sultan to Slop ihe Atrocities, SENATE AND HOUSE CONCUR. Ity iv Heavy Majority the f.owov Holy CifMAji the lltfitoUii loin* Kent to It by tho l nitr.1 St;?t?'H l.oiiftt?"-H?p,burn t i\v ove<l 1>lp!o?natlo Ho lutlon* With T(irlifj'< Art or a lively dobntQ, whtoh iivdod nearly, four hour*, tho Hue. -to of UcpicAOuttUivea at Washington pusxod by a voto of H.) to !]Q tho I'nltod state* Bonnto concurrent vosoHUloiu* nh tlie Armenian outrages. T!i? House Com mil too on Foreign Attaint bad til ready air-plod and reported slml'tir rexolutloua, but when tho Sonato resolution* woro ro eelvod, Mr. Qulgfc'< New Y<$k" flty, who had mado tho report ft"VUn tho TIousw Com mitteo, asked and obtained }.*oa'nln\oua con seat for thotr Immediate oon?ldC*atlon, and I ho resolution:* from tho Comnilttoo ?T?Ji For eign Affairs woro not taken fronv tho s/?eak er'a (able. ' Tho opposition (?> thoHonato resolutions' was not strom? In number*, nor was It united, but it contributed ? viral vigorous apoepil?/H to tho dtauu&itoi). {Joloncl Kopburny of town, was oppomvl to tip* resolutions they <H<1 not tro fur enough, In hip'opinion,* ami ho offered an amendment providing for. tho Immediate aovcrau'io of diplomatic rela tions between tho Failed Strifes ami Turkey, an amendment njja'.'jst which Qhatfinuu Hilt ' protect oil. (loner il Grosvenor iittaoJfod the proittnblo to tho S-itato resolutions and took sides with Oolontd Hepburn, whoso amojlwl-< ineht was finally rejected by a voto of 1!? yea.'* to t'Jl UJlVtf, Mr. Adams, of t'onns'ylvaifia, who "is u motnbor of ttiQjCoiniilUtfiO on Foreign Af fair.-*, also spoke against the Semite resolu tions, tnktng Foe ground that t hoy 06111 mltted Congrom to a position whloh was nttor'.y Inconsistent with {(0 nt tltmio in regard to tho .Monvoo dooti^no. Mr. Turner, of (?o rgin, delivered an ImpuS-' slonod speech, in which ho not only at tacked tlio resolutions ? whi -h ho oharaoter h:o.t US an aot of ij}u>erllncncc~but onnoscd any action whatovi'r by OongrcjM In regard to tho subject. Ho especially coudenvned tin) Inst resolution of tho Boiinf", which pledges Congress "to support ITho Trosldont in tho moat vigorous Action h? uiay tako ff ?r tho prot Action of American citizens in Turkey an I to obtain redroas for injuries a coionMttfd upon tho potsoiw or propwty o? Mi<*h' olllzoiiK." Jiy virtue of that ihjs.tJu tion, Mr. Turner Mihl, tho Kxooutlvo mli(ht> scud a iloet of w;ir yeMelHto bombard and doH'roy ('op.stainiuoplo and lay waslo tho uoaft of Turkey. Tho apocopes In favor of llio resolution were toinpnrate, considering tho naturo of thofittbjoot, and i? wiw evident thut at loast. Hovou-oiKhtliH of tho members present sympn thir.od with tho speakers. In tiio course of tho dfsousslon, Onilrman III t, of tho Oom mltteo on Forehxn Atlalr*, wild thai eo far n.H the Htato Department iiad boon able to ad certnin, noSVi sfufde American oltizeifc natlvo or natural I Rod, ha I boon m u rd ?ro il/maco tho Armenian outran. ?* l?o>,iiu, and, yfabreovef,' that tho Turkish (lovormncnt wa3 not only; . willing and ready, but anxious and ovou; jcas'or to pay for tho Ioksus of and damaged ? jto tho propoity ownod by American cltlzezw ..." in Turkov. Tho coucu rront resolution fin pussou reaii us follow*: Tills Honato concurrent r?aolutlo declares It to bo an imperative duty, 111 tli interest of Immunity, to express* the 6arn?( liopo that tho European concert brougt about by tho Berlin Tronty may Uo sp?odll given lis just effect in such doolalt measures as shall stay tho baud < fanaticism unci luwioss violence, and I thnll secure to the unoffending Chri tians of tho Turkish Empire all ,tho rlghi bulouglntf to tliuui ua monjUuL.CtvUtJftX and as benollclarlos ot tho explicit pr< visions of that treaty; requests tho Preside! to communicate lUepe/ resolutions to the fh signatory PoweffTHuuCof, and declares tbi Congress will support th6 President to "til most vigoi-ous action ho may -take forte protocilon and security of American citiisei in Turkey, and to obtain redrew for injurl< committed upon, thn pe^pus or property < flUCh'ClliZOBH. FUTURE OF THE_R?SOLUTiOV. ; Considered Prol?tb1? That tho Pruldoi Wutild Coinpljr WltbthefltcfiiiMt. It Has beon tho uniform, practice for man veurg to rcpiir,! conourront resolutions as it dependent aclH of C'oiwe*f>, nut imMfl tho approval of tho President to give thei forco and ylToo*, and hence. thcrtf was sore dou'.it about Pending the abpve Vcaolutlon.t tho . _Whlto IIoii!-o. It wns not regnrdoi howovyr, a* probable* thnt~'~tl resolution would meet * with tho di approval of tho Administration. lieithi the President nor Bocretnry Olfiit has publicly committed himself to any )U of policy in regard to Turkey and tl Armenian situation, but it is' known that h fore the reaolnl Ions wore drawn up Senate Cullom had u lon>f coufewneo With Seer tury Olacy au tliu snblcctf nndthoimpresair was kIvou out ?hnt tho refoTimon* nocTTI lull approval of tho Administration. It wan, i bus, the uniform expectation thi the President woiiWkeomply with the reqi)0 conlafned in tho rcsoltiiion, aud would eon munlcato tho action, of (Jtfngfess to tboGo crnments of Great Brltalu, Gormanv, An trla, France, Ji:ily and Huisia. tho six slgni tory P owdia, btMidea tho Turkish Empire4, I tho Treaty of BerHn. JLooL.li>;; for American Atd. Tho paasago in tho speech delivered I Birmingham, Englaud, by Jfh Joseuh Chan berlnin, Secretary of Htato for tho colonic fcivillutr the Unitud Hlatos to eo-op^ratO wit England in Armenia, strengthen* tho rnpo: time Lord jtaltebury has asked Prenidai Cleveland to Joiu in a not* to the Powo. protesting u^alust . th? treavhery of tt Porte nnd asking tunt united action be.takt to tho t<nd or obtaining gennlno reforms 1 Armenia, arid bus also iwked that fhe"TTi*lt< Htntfs join In a demonstration of thoKujtlta and American fl-cts in Turkish water?. Tl Daily Chronlcl*?i:1voeftte3 that the who, owing to nieir respective inter*** ?i mutant ?a*plpk>u*, seem power lew ty me Jnviie the j^Mited Mtatoe to'fcend a fleet .1 force thO'f^astwKrt of tho Hellespont and "cos not fhySultanto stop the barbarism praval intf>o Annonlj<. , Iowc*k? ifrcnitum on (he Ne*t Hom M ill be raid. Home uncertainty having developed In tl publie iniud as to t\ovr and wTtoir * ui? on .the new bonds should bo been statod at the Treasury mlum would b? paid In $be as tho bonds wore pa to for, tbe first payment and H> elapee. As eaob ee>t<4Md^^ oeive tbe lor. TIM Bod ??