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VOLUME. VII. GLIIPSlsS OF TRAVEL. A LKCTL'ItE DKlflVlCIIKI) AT THK . WJNTllKOl* NOHMAL COLLEGE Atlloclc 1IJI1, C., March 27, 18WJ By l'rof. K. s. Joy n en, of tbo South Carolina College. - , ? ? - ? ??' ? - ?r? frien<^? my you up friouda of tho \\ inthrop Normal ami Industrial Co1> lego especially, andWleuda and fellow citizens;-*- It is for ino a proud and delightful event to staud for tho first Mmoou this platform. Tho Winthrop .Normal Collego in my latest love, and *s ia usually tho cfiao with an old man, it is my darling, ^ /X'o bavo used my influence, however small, toward tho erection of thin school, artd to bo nldo to look forward to spending perhaps tho remainder oi tiny days in watchin- itn growth, is the richest reward for which I can look as the roanlt of a laborious and not en tirely an unfruitful lire. J oun still say that I feel that my befit work has been tlr.t douo in the sorvioo of this school, and my richest row aid is that which X havo gathered in seeing its progress, nnd am now gathering. Tho young ladies at tho Winthrop Normal Collego in Columbia used to call mo "( Iraud- fatlior. t" f. suppose, ? then, as thia' CoJIego ia tho daughter ol that institution, that I am these girls' grcat-grand-fatlier, aud that thoy are my great-graiid-daughters, 1 nm as tonished at tho wonderful inereaso ol my posterity iu bo short a time. It it amazing. I am sorry to o?y that their grand-pa i.cftn givo tliem uo other portion thau a heart full of lovo and good wishes for each aud every ouo of them. 80 when I was requested by the President to como hero and givo a lecturo relating <0 my recent summer trip, how ojul.d 1 refuse? Beside my .lovo for tho eollft&o aw u moniber of the v. Board of Trustees, I wished to visit the school in an unoUicial capacity; to set the President in his great work of car rying out tho lubor which ho has un dertaken. ?So hero T nm. And it is nql-jfl'thc ^ character of a travi Her -t>r^sightseei that 1 hnvo como. Tor - in my recent journey 1 took nbQuotes, aud it would bo impossible for me to describe aftiiyl trip. I can only tell you my pcrsonaTr experiences as a traveller, and if 1 ust tho perpendicular pronoun of iho lirsi person, singular, too often, I beg you to cxcuso mo. 0 ; ~ It waft a pecTiliar sensation to revisit tho old scenes and country with whicl) 1 had beou familiar forty years ago, when tho world and T woro young to gether. For over thirty years I had dreamed of this visit; butwhen at lasl I' was pecuniarily able to go, I had ?waited too lon^l i. had become too fai separated old life. Butoi this purely personal feeliug, I think yo?yL^i? hardly expect mo to spe<ftr. My intention of going was formed by an accident. A friend wrote, 4,1 am going abroad this summer, can vou not go with me?" My wif0 said "Win not?" I repeated, "Why not?" and sc jt was dccidod thut I should go. I had wished to visit my old hnnuts before but was unablo, financially; but-now through the kindness of tho Presideni and faculty of tho Honth Carolina Col loge, thut diflicnlty was romoved, and I f on od myself milking preparutioitf* tc gb. I hardly realized ."that I wi^Tgo. i^Tt and it was only by repeating th< fact again aud again thot I discovered that I was actually about to revisit my beloved college home. .On the 15th of ,Tuuo I embarked on tlio steamer Feliciana from New York to Hamburg. Tho line was one ol%t best, though it had no greyhounds oi tho ocean in it. Consequently tin voyage took ton days instead of thrct or four. Tho thip was not crowded With passengers,* bnt wo had onlj enough to be pleasant, nud they were all intelligent rind kindly. It has como Co pass that tho ocean voyaj^iit one of tlio most pleasant parts of the modern European tour. It is delight ful to bo on board a ship with noth _ing, absolutely nothing, to do. There are games of nil sorts on dock and bo l??w, aud a splendid 1 b?*ary for the thoughtful. " \\ hen tho great ship passed majestically -oni/qf the noblest harbor in tho wOrlil, there tvas a great waving q/ handkorchielh to friends on shore, aud I thought of niy own dist ant home. At last wo faw tho great StatuA of Liberty, enlightening Iht world, pass from sight/ and wo wore fairly started on tho voyage. Of that there if) not much to tell, except that it was intensely pleasant, for lifo on ?'?ch a steamer is always delight- 1 1 hero were all kinda of games, amnsements and music, while the fresh air ?tres--OFO nn-Tippfriito which, though supplied flvo times a day with delightful food, never satiated. Sweet music Charms the dusk v twilight, aoa^jjlh pcrfcct rent day after day, sweet sleep nlRLt aflor night, with the cool fre?li air aln ay*, I thought pity, r ugly of tho poor creatures at ltome, sweltering in tho heat, and song tc walccfuIucM by the ubiquitous mos qrfito. , Ypn tuko no note of time or of tlr* ?osa, ? "But ail pleasant things >uu?t oo?ne to an end, and at last we set thd Ant lighthouse on the shore of . Eng . land. W* /Wave at last reached the ?other KL ? We soon pss^d into the North 8e%?| a short time we saw thf | 1 of Dover and Calais. Here t a *4 franca fa nnlrtwantr. tbeae two countries aoi u4 leading the Btill w? go r ahi|? rtwti ?$> of Hs? lmrg, at about 8 o'clock in tho mora* >"g. Thou wo land, and onco mure .1 pkoo juy foot on torru ilrma. .Onco inoro I am iu the -city 1 loved no well. There in tho caelum houao to. through, ' and after much ecnrch 1 found n big German woman hitting ol my modest trunk, and I paid a big tux on half a dozon cigars, wliilo another pnHHongor wont through. scot free with u whole box full in hiH poekot. lie couuoled me, however, by oftcring mo a handful. I am onoo more in Hamburg, but tho difference between tho Hamburg ot to-day. and tho Hamburg of forty years ago can hardly bo described. II \v?b thiiu the centre a tunall king dom;- now tho gVeat city uf a great c<;i>r?try. *1 am driveu to tho Hotel Alintio. It was tho hotel wliero I x?*>ed to board in tho long ago. To my surprise ifc is etill standing, but bo surrounded by now httucturcs that I hardly recog nize it. a * '? A l> r a nob of tlio rivor Elbo, has beer made into a sort of bike, ftnd in honoi of the reeont vinit of tho Crowj.' Prince, ft vast floating pavfllion lnu been erected. Every night this woi thronged with people coming iu scarel of auuiseme^tf^-JUmlies nro always among tho parlies, M,v window I6okoc oiit on this hike, and I u'eod to wutci tho vast numbers of pleasure-seekers. Thero are other pleasure resorts, too. Beer gardons wlioro tho people conn to rent unci ilrink th?fr hcer. But, 3 think, where are tho workers? Ah. there is whoro the Germau peopl< show their thrift. ' These arc tho work evH. They havo tho happy faculty oi working nil day aud resting all tin evening. Those pleasure resorts arc their resting places. Tho whole fam ily, when tho day's work is done, conn hero for rest, amusotnont and cnf<r>y jnent. Tho husband brings his news paper, the wife lrer sewing, tho growc daughter her uovel, and tho children their toys. Hero they find what thoj seek, namely: rest, fresh air, music aud enjoyment. But for mo tho chief interest ol Hamburg was in tho splendid indus trial schools for potli boys and girls. Tho induiHxiul school for men,' witL the great mdwuuo, laboratory, librarj ,and othor places for work, occupiet one of tho most beautiful places in the city. I spent ono morning in thit Hchool. I went through room aftei room with ever increasing admiration. 1 cannot describe it at all, for it woulo 4^ko a book of largo sizo to tell all 1 Baw*" tlral morniug. Everything that wealth or experienco'could suggest was thero. Models, appliances for science, art, everything for Urn training of th<; mind, heart, will and strength wat there. It was with still growing interest that I visited tho industrial school for girls, for always beforo mo was the ipiage of tho Winthrop Normal Collogo. It is on ft much smaller Bcalo than the ono ?f liko character for boys. At (his school I spent two entire days. 3 taw everything that was done, and ex amined it with much caro and interest. Of this, however, I havo already writ ton-at length, for tho good of this es pecially, and other industrial schoole iu general. ' I am happy to say that my work on this subject was approved not only here, but ftbroad. Tho observatiom thero recorded ftro full of iustructiou, for'in them I put down nil my reeol lections and. experiences of both schools. These schools of course made mo think of our own schools. The United States is behind these f6Yoign conptrics in tho matter of tho educa tion of her daughter?, but wo Honth orne.rs_J0J:o far behind the other por tions of this country in this matter. Now that the chief obstruction to that education, negro slavery, is removed, we should wake' up aud make up for our lost time. Tl^ industrial school* for girls in the Soflfh havo not only to tit women for tkoir work, but also to mako thcif work honorable. I wir.licd that tho President of this institution, nith his experience, his lioon insight into tho working of such schools, could havo been with mo when I was in Ham burg; but I shall mako it my duty as a member of tho B^ard of Trustees to urge that wo find houio way of raising the ncco-?sary funds to serfd him- to Europe to visit these places of iustruc tiou. Wo would not- only bo willing and ready to pay his expeneop, but those of a travelling companion, whom, I regret to say, ho has not yet choscn, eo far as I know. ? But Hamburg was not tho end of my journey. It was only ?>n the way to Berlin, which was my destination. It- was a beautiful summer morning when I took passage from Hamttorg to Berlin. Tho -country through whioh I passed was., at first flat, but it soon began to get billy. ' The "Crops wero jinn ted id May squares and were ut different stages of growth, bo that tlio efifect was very beautiful- Not a fenoe . was to be seen and the whole county seemed to-be under cultivation. But of these thinga I then tbonght but lit-, tie. Mftfieart was in BcrHu. I look ed wM?;breathlesH interest for o*e*y sign of the approach to the ?ityr The conductor soon began to call out the name# 0 1 the suburban totrlfc and I waited impatiently for Berlin. At tftgjljKifh ? aenee of utter atrangcncee tstepped off the oar. The old Hlm btwg station, thirty-flve yeara ago wae well known to me. I felt like a stran ger in a strange land. Aa I looked ? round me I wae atruck -by the vast umber 0 1 new bnildings bnilt both of 4ikrbMna .top* I ?? Rod ?U diina tan" J oM hot*). ?lre?ta. that Iinwia the place where I used to walk eo JSMUL 7**? ?J my euTfptee tho old hofcl standing though tho o*tkw *aa only ? 4* . . ** before tearing it <lowp. The landlord who niei mo was tho son of the odo who kept tho hotel thirty^oven year! a go and when ho heard who 1 whn he gavo mo the brst room in tho house for hull price. I et),u hardly desoribe my feelings when. 1 sut down in ' the samo room, at tho same table, wliero 1 hud sat thirty* gown years ago. I went to tho old house where I "Red to lodge, the old house itself stood quito uninjured, but it was kept by a straugor. The landlady who had eharg8 of it when 1 was hero before, i found living m the oountrv with a nioco who hail >* fumil\ 'of hi n ail children. This lady had been a soi t of second mother to mo during my college days, and 1 was very mud attached to hor, and when I met hei out in tho country 1 beoanio as focid ol her relatives aSil was of my own fam ily almost. This was tliq only ono ol I my formor friends I?? met during my ! whole trip. It was very queer to walk in my old bedroom and find it to bo ? busy insurance office. 1 saw eovei a) times familiar names on tho store sigm but it always turned out to bo tho sou or tho graudson of tho liwiu who had been there in my time. When I had been in Berlin beforo it was a small cnpitol of a small kingdom. Now it wos tho largo eontro of a great empire. When I was thero beforo il had a population of about a quarter ol a million. Now there were at least two million inhabitants.- What i> wondorfnl. growth in thirty-seven yooJ'k. Bismiirk and Moltke are tin /'ftYcliite.ctH of this great country. Hit inhabitants aro proud of their growth, and they have every reason to bo so Berlin is now tho third city in tin world An population., I n some respects it is tho first. Tho finest garden in tho wo^ld is situated just outside ot Berlin, in the general distribution ol wealth, health and happiness, Berlin ranks foremost. Of this groat city, ' fnore than ono half is self supporting. But I would toll you something ol tho groat University. This alono is a> it was when 1 wnS a student attending its lectures. The only, difference was that not ono of tho students whom i knew were thero and of all tho pro fessors, only ono of them was there when I was thirty-eertcn years ago, ana 1 only know'him slightly, never having been to any of his lectures nnd I did not moot him. If I had more time 1 would try to describo this great Uni vorsity to you, but now this is inipos sible. It would bo as impossible for me to describe this to you as tho grout oitv itself. Turning to tho catalogue, however, w'O find tho following facts. in thiK theological department w< find that IheroJuro: Professors, 17; Lecturers, J. 2 ; /Courses of study, 37; Students; In tho Jaw department: Professors, 17; Lecturers, 9; Courses or study, 51 ; Students, 1,017. . . Iu tho medical department: 1 rofes sors, G0; Lecturers, 13; Courses ol study/227; Students, 1,100, L?tho school of philosophy^ Profes sors, 95. Lecturers, HT*t Courses ol atuilv, 374; Students, 1,551. In tho school of Oriental languages: Professors, 19: Lecturers, 49. Total, Professors, 179; Lecturers, J9.0; Courses of study, 738. This shows a total of 389 teachers, with a total of -1,807 matriculated stu dents, and 3,845 unmatriculnted, which makes 8,052 students altogether. Now there aro no less than forty -six dilTerent Seminaries for tho. teachers of tho sciences, etc. Some of theso aro froe, while spnio charge tui tion. The student is free to take /by. bourse ho wishes, to atteud lecturA or not, as ho pleases, nnd to apply fo* ? degree anywhere. But^f-ho wishes his dogreo ho must be regular. This laxi ty is allowed in tho largo Univorsity, but, in the , schools moro regularity is required ilmu even wo have. The schools of lower grades aro yery strict, and no ono is allowed to- enter the University, or to be matriculated un less li'i has passed through theso lower riOhools. ' None of these colleges allow women to matriculate Iu a few cases, tacit permission has been given but in no east) is it allowed" by the rules of the college. Most of those who have en tered ha\o been Aniericautf, or German women following thcir.exaraplo. Theso Universities aro supported by the government, as aro all tho edd ciUioual institutions lor men for the liyfumua rocogmzo tlio gieul luc? tliul Education is government. None of the Schools for girls aro supported by the government, however, not oven the industrial schools. Thero i? no comple tion between any of tho schools, not oven between vrivate schools, because they aro all under government protec tion. Every teacher in publio and private schools must bo a graduate of tho government normal pchooi. Tho universities' of Germany nr6 hor glory. Without her schools she would never httvo rison to that height which she has attained. ? MaySouth Carolina too, learn that eduoiuion is power, and as fche has Wcted this noblo bnilQing for tlieT ^dncfttion of her daughters, m?y ihoy all; in after years, rise and bless her, , and spur her on to still greater achieve- J meats. - f i The Cotton Crop Movtnxn^ Socrctary Ureter'* Now O^wm p&ion ex change atatootcDl: 8<,uilAv^l^'rna?ernent at thirteen leading Interior Wwij*: /For '06, ncolpta 16,516 hftlftc; *hlr>ro?nta 2$a&3 bal<'?, fttock 240,419. For M r*y>lpt? 29,767; rnflftu 54, 3W bale*; stoalc- 241.041. For '06, ro-olpta 11,047; ?blpmoutfr 16,020; stock 206, 173 bake. Beoretary n$K*r'? dtotion crop movo ra*ot rrc.m 6#p<AT>b*r l*t, 1895. to Sftrcb ?lw. 1806, chow*: IVifrt rardpta 4,786,? JM'bala* Against 7.337,601 lant y?ar, 5. !?0,003 yrar before U#*t ?n4 6,53*, 616 for ttac Mne titac In 1699] oVArlaod* to mills ami Caoato 735,676 *?AI not 074,526, 730,537 and' " " * " ~ *- * h ? -- " t 3>5,363, Boutbfrn* m!H taking '*c?u?Tto ol ' oon4?(ni*tf<?n nt H <nth?fm ontf ort<, C30.M1 affAturt OOO.W, S *1 'W at c.o6"ol 6,104.637. 6,616, PALMSTTO. .'er_ POINTERS. OIVK Ul? Til hi IK J in. New Kiifilatid Mills Kind They Ciui'l , Ooiupoio With tin* South, vNow England cotton mills aro giving up tho tight against competition in Georgia ami tho Carolina* ami will soon ocaao to manufacture coarse cloths. Tho Lawronoo Mauu'taotnring com pany of Lowell, Mass. , ?/> no of tho big 'gest plants in that, taction, stopped making cloth out i rely. Tho diroetora decided to rofnnd to tho stockholders half of tho capital stock, shut down half of tho mill and make nothing but hosiery, ? This is only the .'Irst of a sericn. Other Now l'.uglaud mills will very soon liavo to shut down. 'JJeeasurer Baker of the j Luwrrtnoo company says that this is a I crisis which hun been ponding for tlireo years. Ho says that tho low wages [mid for Southern mill labov in tho ?auso of tho trouble hero. Tho cost :?f the labor thoro is 3D per cent, lower ('?linn it is hero. Consequently the Southern manufactnrorft an advantage .iver those of tho Noith of from 1 1-2 to 2 cents per pound. Most of these mills aro located in the Caroliuus and Georgia, although nil tho Southern status aro manufac- ! taring cotton.- '.'Mr. Baker Kays that tho Lawrence Manufacturing company never expects to return to tho niaiiu faeturo of coufso cottons, as thero is inch a Hurphrs of labor in tho South as to last for a generation at least, mak iug it iinpgssiblo for muny years to manufacture hero at ?a profit. Ho says that tho Southern mills <lo not) manufucturo enough to supply tho American trade, but th'jy make cnougb to control thoprico and that tho North em mills Lave to meet it, aud that manufacturing in tho South is increas ing fast enough to disoourago it hero j for good. OoTcrnoi Urr fM Ml ?nt (vi IU* vti U?M? Hend ii^^'our C -luiins. The^pomjitrollcr General desires nil those who uetod as munugors of elec tion throughout tho State for the elec tion of delegates to the Constitutional Convention to send in their claims for pay. Tho Legislature appropriated $7,500 for tho pay 'of tho managers, bat. it is thought that this mi in is not sufficient, and for that reason it -in ur gently requested by tho Comptroller that all ehiim8 bo nt once presented ho that tho delist, il any, may bo known. ? DemanKled a Speedy Trial. Tho counsel of Mr*. Ellen Anderson of Blacksbi rg took tho solicitor at Yorkville, by surprise by bringing Mrs. Ariddraon, who is eharged with be,iug an n?2oew;ory before tf?o fact, in th'o killing of Chas. T. Williams, into court and demanding a speedy trial, or dismissal from tho court*, according to tho law:) and constitution of South Carolina. The defendant liaa boon. out on bail. Tho tgatter was postponed a day at tho solioitor'a requej^, ? A Hoy a 1 AVcek fa Charleston. ft' Charleston' is -arranging to havo a royal occasion during tho third week in April, tho most delightful so ison of the yoar to visit the grand old City by tho Sen. It is the week of tho Floral Fair and Sehutzenfest, aud tho Con federate veterans of tlie State will havo a big reunion there. The South Car olina editors will also hold their meet ing thero the same week. Cotton >1111 at Scncca. The clearing and grading of tho site for n 820,000 spindle cotton mill in Seneca^ has been , commenced. This mill wilTBb'built on the water known as tho Concross Shoals, tho property of Mr. W. C. Coleman, of Scnoca, who is tho primo mover in this enter prise and to whoso enorgv its Hucceee is duo. ' : ? A I'olleo Commissioner. Governor Evans has appointed Mr. G' orgo A. Norwood; Jr., a wealthy cotton buyer of Charleston, chairman of tho board of polioo commissioners for Charleston, to succeed Mr. James M. Eason, rcsignod. Tho position ie an important one and has a per diom attached. Floral Knlrfn May. Tho Agricultural Society, of Char leston, have decide 3 to hold a Floral Fair about the 1st of May in that city. Nothing has been- definitely settled about it as yet, but tho announcement lias been made and that will bo in teresting news to many. I'ublh: Lands. Col. James G. Gibboa, of the laaid commission ofllce, reports that the State now ha* on hand about 25.00G acres of land in various sections, but that owfng to depression in real estate no kaIpr will bo irin/l?? tor *nmA'fJmA Large Arnouatof Contraband Liquor Captured. Ofilcers Toales, llrabham and Pet* erniau of tho dispensary service, made a raid on Long JolaniL about six miles from Charlr-ston, andnfound 1,000 gol Ions of liquor for their tionblr. This haul is tho biggest- yet made aud thft value of tho contrabrand liquor c#o bo plaeed at least at 82,0i?0. The inv'adiug officcr* went donn-lb* harbor in two rowbouts and *>t tt?> tb.it thry knew i hat- their pnroe \\0i4M b? big. X*h? ?rrft'ft xi* xab'. ? ti.e bti 52, .',00, ? . U Th? 1,$0O piTais *?? h.ilf barrels ?? ?* o The e ???? v iLi" I .upi ~ . SOI .il ('AKOMN A \i i MiONV. 1 Every Interest in t lio Mnto Should 1>< Keproovnlril at tho Simvtauhut'A Convention. With their uooustomed energy the p<H>| lo of Spartanburg have determined to make a 9UC00&& of tlio Convention to l>e hold in that city on April lo, in aid of tho Chicago-Southern States Impo sition. Thoy lihve appointed a looal eommitteoof arrangements, of which the lion. Arch R Culvert, mayor, is chairman, consisting of: Arch R Cul vert, A. II. Twitohell, John R Cleve land, w. A. Law, AV. 11. Jinmetnmd J. R Lee, and this committee bus wont out. tho following circular letter: Spartanburg, S. (5, , March 2^, 18.M5. Dear Sir: Avconvontiou of tho people of South Cunflina in tho intorst of a Stato.oxhihit at tho Southern , States Exposition in Chicago next full in to be i& iho city of Spartanburg on Wednes day, April 12, proximo, for the' pur pose of forming a plan by which tho said State exhibit can bo oollected and shipped to Chicago. Mr. 10. L, Kochc, the duly appointed commissioner for the State of/ South Carolina, has issued an addiess request ing tho mayors and intendeuts of cities find tow us each 1 1? appoint threeVlclo* putt's to represent their rcsyectivo municipalities. Ho ulao -*.equt\jts all innnufucluring enterprises and rauWmd companies to send re*>rcsenbi/tivoH. It is specially d< sifcdlhtit the agricultural Interests of tljo. Stiita bo rcproscnttyl, and tho supervisor of eaol> county is hereby requested to appoint one deh Kate. We now take pleasuro in seconding Mr. Commissioner ltoclie's request, and hereby invite you directly to !>?> with us by representation on the loth proximo. It is unnecessary to em phasize the importance of a hearty and enthusiastic acceptance of tho oppor tunity Chicago has offered tho South ern States to udvauco their ma terial interests. All concede tho de sirability of an appropriate South Car olina exhibit. Wo are arranging frootrnnsportation over tho various roads. I'leaso bo ml in promptly tho names of your, dele gates who will attend, and wo will try to provide transportation for nil.* The hotels will givo reduced rates to dele gates. Convenience required that we! should hear from you as soon ?ih pra<^ tioablc. Yours very respectfully, Arch R Calvert, Chairman/ Mr. Calvert, Mr. Twitchell, Mr Jjawr aud Mr. Duructt wcro all dch'uuttvi n from Spartanburg to the Convent fon held in Chicago in FobrinVry, /flol are fully informed of the scope ^tid pur poses of tho Exposition, ylhey were impressed when they were^n Chicago with tho importance Exposition to the industrial wc^aro of South Car olina, and it is hopea that there will be u general uud hearty response to their invitation. There is moro for South Corohim in the exposition at Chicago than in any exposition ever held in this country. South Carolina needs capital and population, and will get both by faking a full and credit* oblo exbibiVbf its resources at Chicago. IjAURICNS almancic Will Follow Tllliuaii to Cxtiiueu If Nee . coR'ury? Irby Not In If. The Laurens County Allianco in< 1 with tho Lisbon Alliance and tho lot lowing red-hot resolutions speak foi thomsclves: ' ''Whereas, eortaiu interested ml ^If-aeeking politicians aro attempting to blind tho peoplo as to'thogreai burning and paramount , issue of the national campaign now ponding, to-' wit: Tho question of finance, by magnifying tho nnrno of Democracy, whilo lliey appear to ignore its true principle h and to bo oblivious to the vital interests of tho peoplo involved, it is becoming in this County Alliance, which cloima to represent in part, tho producing clauses in tho contort now waging, to givo a publio cxprcfasion of opinion. l*o it therefore, . "Resolved, 1 ht. That we value tho name of Jeflorsonmn Democracy for it) graud achievement's in tho past and it j| unwavering loyalty to tho truo inter?: eats Of tho poopleuuder ?ho leadership' of JcflerPOli*. Jackson und Calhunn, I whilo we spurn, lopth and ? abhor tli<| j name of a -spurious democracy dominated by gold-bugs, who, instigat ed by &l fish greed, would epslavo the peoplo and confiscate their/property. "2nd. That the National Democratic party is soon to undergo ( tho crucial teat, by tho attitudoit shaty assume on the question of financial reVorm nt it?^ moeting in Chicago to lay dnwtf'a plal-tj form an.d nominate a Democratic can didate for President of thcsK United States, and ahould it, by its notion, provo false and on enemy of the in terest* of tho great producing classes, we, as JelTerSoniaii Democrats, are henceforth absolved from all obligation to givo it further support. "3d. That it i? tho duty of every whito Democrat of Houth Carol in \ to go to the election and (select delegate* to tbo May convention at Columbia who aro trno to our ^llianco demand* and 'the principle* we have been con* tending for.' The HUte convention ehould send a trusted delegation to Chicago with a platform of piinei-pU* clearly laid down aa a basis for th- it action. And on the ano overpdw?NVJg ? and 7 burning question of ttn*ne?, J should demand of the National Demo cratic party a clear and unmistakable utterance for free silver at Id to l,Jlw lasne of all paper money by the ^MHi^nt in x oiuive* >y?teat>?t banking whu* w?it pro ujtfua'4 corftMuitiou LATEST NEWS IN BRIEF. CiIil?:.\MN(iS l?'liO.>l MANY POINTS. - j Important 1 lappeiiings, liotli Home ail(l (''orcl^n, ItUlly Told. ? ? ? ? - ? - - Southern News Notes. . It. is believed that tho Rents of at h>nst thrco-fourtlH of tho delegates to tho Hopuhlic'uu. National Convention from Alabama will bo coutcsted% Formation i> f tho iitee! trust hau al ready canfioil no advauce of #2 per ton in billots ami 81 in Ucfiscmer pig. After it peace of nealy two years tho ohl Hat llejd McCoy feud in Kentucky breaks out again. The most sudden nod destructive flood in xoi'rs v. in Kentucky, and &*x teeu persons aro drowued and much property ^lestnvvod. Miko Nealon, who brutally rtiurderod M r?. Mary Parcell, of New Orleans, in a hovel in the French quarter Octo ber last, and who was confined in tho j?a i i t- U 1'iirton awaiting trial, was found dead in his cell. In a circular to "tho. fuder, Supremo President 'J'ravnor assures tho A. P. A. that it holds the balance of power in tho IVepidential clcctiou. Spunibh inhabitants of Tatnpn, Fin., ]'de?i|;o themselves to (nise 852,000,000 within the next ten years to enablo Spain ti> construct two first class and twenty second class warships. ? -<?>? ? ? Northern News Items. Tf. ('. thinner, editor of Tuck, is very ill. Tho boiler of a saw mill at Kaslaud, W is. , explodes aud hills three men. Savings Dauk at Whitinvillo, Muss., robbed by three burglars. During tho month of February 1 1, K'.Ji! immigrants were landed at Now York, aiv, inercasu of about 05 por <v.id. its compared with tho Ha in o months cTart yt4?r. * Threo nifti killed aud two injured by torriiio mino explosion in tho (hies mine, Colorado. Tkos. Wortou, Sunday editor of tho Philadelphia Tiihos, fell from tho fourth story of his house and was instuutly killed. '? Total bank clearings in tho United States for week, $051,000,788} por cent, increase, 0.0; exclusive of Now York, $130,988,754; per cent, increase, 3.5. ' & Populists of Portland, Oregon, havo noniiiiatcil ox-Ooveruor Ponnoyer for mayor. (locernor Hughes, of Arizona, re fuses tn bo 'turned out of offico by tho ^President; and the W. C. T. U. ro Commend t hut hobo rctaiued. Tom lleed will r?tire from pnblio life and begin the practico of law in New i- York city if ho is not aleotcc} President. lie has had a number of tempting offers ^ntrngeut upon his not winning tho presidential nomina tion. Senator Sborman has proparod a paper ill which ho pronounces Mc Kinley. ' <> Washington. 'J'lio roport in revived in Washington that Hccrotnry Carlisle will onnounoe his candidacy for the presidential nom i n/ition l>y means of a letter to ono of-, tho Kentucky members of Congress. The Senate has confirmed llio^nomi nation of Win. A. Littlo, 6( Georgia, to 1)0 Assistant Attorney-General. -*?*. Foreign. gff ' The French Senate rvfter refusing to pass a vote of conlldenco in the gov ernment adjourned. Tho government of Venezuela de cides t<? erect a bronze column in honor of tlio Americans who aided Venezuela in hor first ntrngglo for independent co. PKN8IOX KUMNGS. l'olley of tlio Interior Department I>nl<l Down by Assistant Sec rctary Reynolds. %Th? polley of 1 lio Interior Department iu eflWH involving reimbursement to thegov>? eminent for fraud or mUtalce of peurioa (claimants in laid down in several rulings ol tlio A?sfctant Secretary of the Interior Rey nolds just promulgated. In theoo It Is held t hat tli'i government cannot withhold t'nu ) pension granted under the ?et of June 27. j tOJttliiif'urse Itself for moueye orrono* , oufely pension money under- tte j Konernl Inw when .such jwusaoa not procured through fraud or take, but was uHowed tu th?? of ?i? trrou<te?is fwdgmeut evidence. 'I'Ue dt-wlsipu t ? action of th?? '?oauui??4oa?*<ott esse of Christina May*,*a In the esse of Ja?n?? la tho Ttvuiii>-Iourt4!rK4 folio winu ruiluK f*n*a4?v under |lio li^uvrmi It left !un^ <<>u$ fact that iu? pilorto hid eujl* ti;e lWQj*. .dl|WM?k^,v oa l?l-* P#lVu wtfVtfokl d?f < h? I llpMM bhu *L*i ??CAitfui THK MKI'Y.H)rWTlI ( ONCUtKHS. i ?. ? ? A Synopsis oT tho l?r< cacdlog? of ISotli ^ 1 1 O IISCS. V THE HKNATK. \ WK.ON i:kj?av. In tuoBohnto on Wodm jRtl ty Mr. llntler, of North Carolina, introduced it bill, which wo* referred to t ilnauco committee, providing tlmt payment of notes, bills, chocks, etc., shall bo lit legal tender. monoy, irrespective of any stipulation iu tho contract. lio ex plained that his object was to stop gold mortgage* and gold notes. It did not affect existing contracts, A o<>mmlttoo of conferonoo was o*dorod on tho legislative appropriation bill, utul Messrs, Culluui, Teller and Cull were appointed ooivs foreea of tho Mitaato, X A resolution heretofore offered by Mr. Call,*1 for tin Inquiry by tho committee on public lands as to the patontlngof unsurveyod lands in Florida, was laid before tho Hunato and referred to the committoo on public lauds. Tho postoOlce appropriation blOWns taken up, the question oelng on tho amendment reported by the appropriations committee, allowing $"80,000 additional compensation to the Oceanic Steamship Company foT carry ing tho maf!s from ban FraueiaOo to Now Zealand and New South Wales. At thoaug gistlon of Mr. Allison, chairman of tho com mittee on appropriations, tho umeudment as t- the Oeeauio Steamship Company waa pass ed ovor without notion and the rest 6T tlio bill was prouoo otl with and agreed to. Mr. A'llson said, however, that )to expected to havo Until notion on tin* bill Thursday as it was expootiul that the, S"iiuto would not bo in session on Good Friday. 'I BUQBPAYi Most ^f tho tlinoot tho Sonnto Thursday was devoted to tho discussion ot tho right of Air, l>opont, of Dolcwaro to a seat in that body. No voto was takon. ? Tho remainder of tho day's session waa taken up in the dlncusaion of an amendment* to tin* post oft loo appropriation bill, relating to tho consolidation of suburban postolUces ami changing tlteni Into stations and sub stations. No result was reached aud tho HonutujMtywirucd until Monday next. r MONDAY. lit the Senate on Monday Gorman, Domq crat, of Maryland, attacks' tho l'ostmustor Cloeoml iu connection to small postoftloea nl'Ur large towns, A lUCMOgV announcing theactioii ot ttio liouso on tho Cuban reao lutlouu wits received by tl o B uiuto, TDKSDAY. ? In thr Senate on Tuesday Mr. Hutlcr(Pop), of NortU Caroliutt, introduced a joint roaolu tion ptoooying tin amendment to tho conHti tutiou oPtlio United States, limiting tho Proa ident'H veto power. It proposes that (^pres idential veto may bo overcome by n majority vote (Instead <+{ a t wo-tiilrda vote), in both houses; also thai, all orders, resolutions and votes to?, which a couourroooo of both hou?v? may bo iTecosssary. except on tho question of adjournment, shall be preso ted to tho Pr si deut, and shall bo approved by him beforo tltoy take effect. It was r<;/erro\l. ? .v THF. llPUHK, WKftNlPlMt, The Ilouaodovotuvi Hie whole of Wednesday to thte consideration 'of thosimdry chil ap propriation Mil. , '? tuubkday. Ou-U'liursdny t hu consideration of tho sun dry aiVil appropriation bill was practically ?closed in tin* House, ii iid tho bill wan passed l4ip reported (romtho committee of tho whole. Mr. Hltfc reported from tlio committee on foreign affairs tho renolu'Iou asking iho Pres ident to transmit to yu/igress all correspond ence In the Hitito Department since becem bcr 1st, 1M>3. relating to offers of mediation or Intervention by tho United States lu tho <3 alTalrs of Yoilflssuelu, mid It was agrcod to. rKTDAT. On I-'rlday bOforo tho Cuban mntter ramo ,up. tho House passed JJ8 private pension Ji/lls, vyhleh had boon ft vol ably acted upon f-at^provioiis Friday nlgat sessions. In the course of this part of tho proceedings, Bpeak or Jlocd reversed his famous ruling la tb? Fifty-Hint Congress which has boon the sub ject of so muoh controversy, and declared that a majority of tlio actual membership of tho House couHlitutcd a quorum. In tbo> Fifty-first L'ouglotb lie held LluU. itraquirod ? >? majority of tjio actual mombecship of tho ' House constituted a <pjorum. In^tho Fifty* llrst Congress ha lu-ld that it re(pnrod a ma jority of all tlio members <Jl<oted to tb? House to make a quorum irrespective Of vacancies. Mr. Ilooker, of New York, -reported tho ? river aud harbor appropriation bill tor tho year ending Jua^Wth, Wil, which will bo caliod up Moaday. ^ bill was panned asking tlio coast ruction ' of a bridgo across tlio Mississippi river at St. , Louis. Mr. Hltt called up tho report of tbo eon f ore a c? commtttco oil tbo Cuban resolutions. Tho report 'recommended tho adoption of tho resolutions as passed by the Senate. l%a report was discussed at leugtb, but no toU was taken. It is probable that tuo reooiytio? will bo adopted Saturday. ; ^ BATCBUAT. fa tho IIouso on Saturday Mr. HI**, Illinois, called up tho confervas* report om the Cuban i evolutions. Mr. Turner, L/vmocrat. of Georgia, i ?omowbnt elaborately agKioat the, rant llo soul: "My rejrret la tnat iBMjpnm * matter, involving delicate forHgn have so little information oa dlcnte u.ur action. I *i<Md to sympathy for any paopk* i rre?xl<)ni.t>nt it is not auptiaaio* rf nymnnrtUy It ft a question wbi?h oar omtx, terost* uad wb;?V? r- ita our tttttW'W '? mom bur of tfc* family at tiKHuiuh. Db I resoincona. ?w??*S8?SS Sji 11 r. l':rui r rv?i >j. lut* - ? ? ? kloacet In vriiich *.ib? ?luring tho rwcou?trm;i?>tti gwetflwkfl iho rvtMUhiu. <utd. oaiifel'tta* House to ttto IWrt tiiitt TjfiS * JB a condition Wftiotk iMfci Southern Stat?. Rut , Lhu instinct of govt timHtin ueuriy tm. i^ne* t'*uttoa for tho ? races :a Cutm,Mfc2 wrttnbio; ffawnjc:' ?ouatxuo'.ion.liv wo? a iignin no/~ <lo Uouaof'f )m '' pjMit tiMMnt i Ift&ll