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VOLUME. VII. no ir?. VETERANS' . 1 RE-UNION. I I'll MY <iATIIKICKI> UNl>Klt THM SHADOW OF KOI IT 8UMTKK. j ? ' > Uumlreils of IjJx.Confedorates Visit tho the Sea." ?Tho following is a brief sj nopaia of the proceedings of tho Confederate re union, whioh was hold in Charleatou * last week. If thoro is o#o spot undor tho blue """' OAtiopy of Heaven in whioh Confeder ato soldiers should fool at homo, that spot is Charleston. Not only was Charleston the oradlo of tho oause for which they fought, but above all other eitics who has kopt tho faith of tho Lost Cause sacred, Sho has not fal tered in her dovotiou to the nation to which she gave birth .when tho first gun was Hrod at Sumter, and sho has never failed to do honor to tho men * who boro a gullout part in tho great struggle. ' ? . The veterans wcro tendored a lunoh at the German Artillery hall, which , was attended \>y several hundred. Later they wcro taken on an ex^uraiou ?*+ to Fort Suuiter and around tho harbor. *v Tho sefieiou was held in the ? -German Artillery hall, about COO old soldiers beiug present. Gon. 0. I. Walker, commoudor of the South Oar o ina division United Confederate Vet erans, presiding. Reports of oftloer wore read. In respeufio to calls, Goneral Johu bou llagood mudo a brief rpoeeh. He was given,, a great ovation, tho assem blage rising to its feet. Captain Dick Cantey, of Camden, presented, for his camp, touching res olutions in honor of tho lato General Kershaw, ita commando^. Tlioy were seconded by various delegates, includ ingvCapt. It. S. DesPortos of Camp Wado Hampton. Rev. Mr. Thompson dolivorod the opeuing prayer, and ho touched th# hearts of tho veterans, and at tho con clusion of Chaplain Thompson's prayer vJommander Brodio took occasion to say: y Camp Sumter sends you greeting " and bids me welcome you to her ortnrp iiro, which is kindled ,in youi behalf. True it is t.hat . tho war & is over. Thirty years ago Wo sheathed the sword. Wo havo lost All bjit-trtir ' honor. Wo look bac,k an<f"fhsre i? nothing to shamo us but our conquest; nothing but our failurer. We fought for our rights and property, and we submit us gracefully as, we may to the arbitrament of battle. No more law abiding citizons are to be found than the Confederate vetrans, and we are here in no spirit of dissatisfaction to tho constituted authority, but solely ? with a feeling of fraternal regard, and in too hope of reviving the memory ot that "touch of nature whioh makee thjo world akin." Brothers of the ??Jjost Cause," wo offer you the hand of fellowship and welcome you to all that Camp Sumter affords. Gen. Hagood in a short talk to hie old soldier 'Mends had this to say in brief: "I thank you for your kindly greet ing. . It is a lonfc time since we have ^ met, since we have looked into oaoh other's eyes and grasped each other's hands. In?,the long ago we .together toiled in the weary march and lookod upon "battle's magnificent stern array." together wo have felt the mad excitement of tho chargd, the glo rious enthusiasm of victory, the sullen anger oJF defeat. - And harder, sterner duties hare been our lot. Together wo have passed through the valley and _ Iho shadow of political reconstruction. \Ve havo seen oivil rights, saored from tradition and baptized in the blood of a patriot ancestry, trampled in the dust. Wo have seen the accumulations of two* centuries of thrift and industry swept away, and iho State plundered as a ship by a pirate crew. But ' 'Qod fulfills Himself in mapy ways." To-day our fair Southland, thanks to the indomitable energies of her blood, and tho abounding resources of her graotous endowment, with her wounds cicatrized and her plumago ro newed, is moving like tlie eagle's flight, upward an(TT>ttjrard. You havo met these varied fortunes as they came, and in the pastyou bore, you believed then and ydn knoV now you were right. Old friends, welcome ? and, perhaps, good-bye I am with you to-day, as I havo been in tho past, body and heart chd soul. Onr sen ice is nearly over. Most of those we know and loved are Jone. They aro pairing now.' Even dhile tho drums wer? (gating Iho as sembly for this reuni??t the youngest but ono of your brigidiers answered the last roll-call on caiilh. J ohn Ken nedy, patriot, soldier, knightly gentle man, is dead. His honored place in your midst is vacant. The peace of God is on his brow. Younger men, as they should, are filling the ranks. The/, too, are ready to live or die "for th? aahes of their aires and the aUars?f K|?ir godf." For us there is little mors t than to pre pare for the fi?U inspection and review. ? ? - Let as humbly tiKt that we will tberef meet the appcornl of the Great Command* r ? beyond ike river. After Gen. Hagooi's speech Mr. Trantham, of Oavdao, too If the floor and read the follof'ivt set of regolu - ' tiona, whioh his ^>nL bad delegated hiac^to preaent in koiifrr of Gen. Sea* nedy, recently deceased: s/<~ .1 Whareaa, Gen. John D. Kennedy, oomfeonder of Caaap Richard Kirk and Whereas, we wish to plaaa on rso ord am eatissate Sf tba MtoM ia tMflh owr itsnasiil oonn4t ??M4 Tf r ' >. > " by us: Therefore, bo it resolved by the j Bouth Carolina Division of United Confederate Veterans: t l; That in tho death of Oeu. Ken nedy our division has lost one of its most distinguished, zealous aud useful members, ami his surviving ooinradew a warm aUTfvaluod personal frieud. That as a goldior Gen. Kennedy was conspicuous for his activity, abil* ity and courage, going always to the front whore the battle rang loudest, and so bearing hirasolf as $0 oxoito tho admiration of his suporior oillpers, aud to doservo to bo regarded aj? tho com rade and friend ?f Anderson, Kershaw, Grotfff." Jonkina aud Conner. ^ 8. That aa a oitizen Gen. Kennedy lpved hla State with a devotion that know no bounds, and waa prepared, at all times, with his meaijs and his life, if neooesary, to promotes and defond hor ^interests. 4. That the sympathy of tho Con federate Veterans of South Carolina ia hereby tendered to tho family of our dooeasod friend and comrado. Capt. Iredell Jones, of Hock Hill, then olTerod tho following resolutions, whioh wero unanimously adopted: Whoroas, tho recent Constitutional Convention of South Carolina provided for auoquatoiiud liboral appropriations for needy %Tonfederato soldiora ol South Carolina; and whoroas, tho General Assembly has in accordanco thorewith ^appropriated tho sum of $100,000 for said purpose, whioh is as liberal as tho condition of our peoplo would ftt this time justify. Rcsolvad, That- tho thauks of tho South Carolina Division, U. C. V. As sociation aro here tendered to tho mem bers of tho' Constitutional Convention and General Assemby and through thom to tho peoplo of South Carolina for 1 this recognition of tho sor vices rendered by the Confodorato soldiers to tho State and oountry." Mr. R. , Heber Sorovou, of Charles ton, offered tho following resolution which was unanimously adopted: Resolved, That tho commanding general bo requested to issue an order to tho Various oamps composing tho SoutlS^ Carolina Division, United Con federate Veterans, to send in a report to his headquarters at a dato to bo fixed by him of the number of indigent Ex-Confederato soldiors in their camp or vicinity, who would accept, if erect ed tho hospitality of a soldiors' homo. Maj. Canvile, of Edgefield, offered Uhe following resolutions on tlio histor ies in tho sohools of tho Stato: Resolved, That the genoral com manding appoint a comraitteo of live to appear before the Stato bpard of education and urgo the adoption of such histories as givo fair and truthful accounts of the South's part in tho late war and exclude those that aro in correct, and t , use suoh othqr, efforts as they may deom proper to^seouro such results. The next annual rc-union will be held in Greenville. Gen. C. I. Walker was ro-electod, "" " * the work, and each tilled to tho fact that' I'U VUV AUUV iunv, bettor time in their) 4 JsTATR MRDIOAL SOCJKTY. . ? Spartanburg Gave Them a Koyal Ke ceptlon. v v TJie Forty-^ixth annual -meefeing of the South Carolina Medical Society convened in Spartanburg la?t Wednes day, m the tJthican Hall. The follow ing was Che order of business which was transacted: Constituted Committee on Creden* tials Appointed. Beport of Committee on Credentials. Boll Call by Secreta ry. President's Address. Reports ol Special Committees. Communications from County Sooieties. Treatment of Stricture of tho Acso phagus, by^I'l L. Patterson, M. D. The Uses of Mercury in Diseases ,and Injuries of tho Kyes,H?y\C. W. Kollook, M. D. / ' Management of Posterior Displace ments, by Jos. Price, M. D. Cases from practice, by Geo. R. Dean, M. D. Rare Cases from Surgery, by I?. C. Stephens, M. D. ?. - Vaginal Hysterectoumy and Cysto. tomy, by II. B. Black, M. D. Cases from practioe, by R. B. Rhett, M. D. Rqmoyfl of Calcuins from Urethea, Henftrrhagio or Swamp Yellow Fever, by M. J. D. Dantzler, M. D. Microscopic Sections of Exoiscd Eyes ? Deafness in Children-? Its Cause and Care, by E. F. Parker, M. D. Septic Endo-metutis, C. M. Rces, M. D. Penile Hypospodiasis Second Form, by W. J. Garner, M. D. Food: Its Uses and Abuecs, by F. W. P. Butler, M. D. J'upra Publio Litpolomy, By W. M. Lester, M. D. Case of Extensive Burn, by W. E. Sparkman, M. D. The banquet was given at the Spar tanburg Inn. It was a grand occasion wherein mingled wit, wisdeift, fellow ship and eloquence* At the table Dr. G. B. Dean presi<||}?^tfnd Dr. J. S. Watkins invoked the blessing. Dr. Stephens,' the newly elected president made a splendid talk.' Capt. Petty, J. C. Garlington and Gantt re sponded in behalf of the press: The Confederate Surgeons' Surviv ors Association elected the following-, officers: President, Dr. Morrall, - reelected. Vice-Presidents, Drs. Doyle, A. A. Moore aod W. T. Russell . Secretary, Dr. Rhett. ,The next annual meeting will be held in Union* . Mark sf gailsfectloa. Tbs mayor of Vila*, Kkh., porfoiBM tfei daUesof hi* olfee without roip? a>los other than the saUefyta* ssass of kMn doaaMsdatv. ftot t*e stayer wko lattrsd Ma air*?M/aM affair? or t&? ww? so wm ouaacti oasnhn 0?* _ ? void to make aa ap> pmpilstiim fochtas, as aa a^?d>l sMsk o DISPENSARY ' Report. Tltfc QUARTERLY KKPOIiVSllOW IN(1 I I S KARNINliS. r s) % ' A Circular letter Sent Out by the Sluto Hoard of Control. ? <) ? * N The legislative investigating com mittee ou the dispensary lins at last finished its work aud submitted its re port in full to the Board of Control. It iij as follows; To the State JioarU // Control: ? AVo herewith sqbmit our ropoit of our ex amination of the books and linancial transactions of the State Dispensary for tho quartor ending March 1, 1890. Mr. 0. W. Qarris, of vtho committee, with representatives both of tho State Board aud tho State Commissioner, took stock at tho closo of tho quarter. On tho. 20th of April, the coiumittco assembled at tho ofHoe ol tho Btato Board of Control, aud aftor a careful examination of the books and vouchers of tho?8tato Commissioner, wo find tho following: assets. Merchandise in hands of dispensers ? State's profit addod , 8145,088.20 Less State's unearned profit ? added at time of shipmont 41,153.77 Cost price of abovo mer chnndiso .,#108,6154,43 Amounts duo by ox-dispeu sers and in process of settlement. ' 1'orsonal accounts duo tho Btato Cash balance in State treas ury Teams and wagons Machinery, apd oflico fix tures. . .) Merchaudifeo at St,ato dis pensary 73,067.19 Supplies at Btato dispensary 47,741.51 $241,212.57 O I/I A MIMTIUN. Personal accouuts duo by State ?....$ 4,065.30 Duo tho general fund of tho Btato from former earn ' tugs . . . ? 102.847.89 Net accruod profit for pre sent quarter passod to tho credit of Btato school fund. . . . . , 44,299.32 4,516.44 4,408.06 3,021.22 1,257.25 2,656.47 - ' $241,212.57 Qf the total acoruod profits for this quarter ($44,299.32 as above), thd amount of $31,300.84 roprt'BOuts an uumcaHured profit on goods iu the bauds of county dispensers on Decem ber 31,189t^additio*il to an iucrcaMj j in valuation olf^oods in consequenco cf an advance in price* of goods in thee month of .January by order of the chairman of tho State board of con trol. Tbo remainder, $12,998.48, is an accruod profit "on sales for thia quarter. PROFITS. City of Columbia1^ one-half profit for quarter ending ^ Oc$. 31, withheld by or der of State board of control :. $ 5G5.12 City of Columbia's one-half profit for quarterjending <>? Deo. 31, withheld by or der of State board of control 1,000.00 Groua profit on merchan- v diso for present quarter.. 105,507.50 Contraband seizures 2,870.75. Frofite from beer dispensers 4,754.00 Discounts, abatements on whiBkey purchases , 5,207.22 Total gross profits $119,954.05 ~ LOSSES. Loss by flro on Florence dis pensary.-. . . . '. $ 188.58 Loss by flro on Bamberg dispensary TV 802.56 Supplies used dnring quar ter ;..... 18,027.42 Breakage and leakage during auarter.. . .' 182.95 IuBiiranco 390.29 Constabulary cost for quar ter.... 15,523.50 Freights and express charges 21,048.79 Elpcnso (stationery, print ing, salaries, postage, etc. 4,593.78 Labor... ^ / 4*734.53 Net profits on sales for this . quartor 54,452.25 Total ... $119,954.65 Of the net profit of $54,452.25 on sales Tor this quarter, the amount of $12,998.48 is an accrued profit; the remainder, $4 1,453. 97, Is an unearned | profit on goods in Hands of county dis [ pfnscm at the ?nd of this quarter. S. W. So HUGOS, Chief Clerk. Quarterly cash statement for the quarter ending March 81, 1896: BKCETPT8. Balance in State treasury Dec. 31, 1896 $ 54,107.03 'Jan. teceipis. .$ 96,614.40 Pel', receipts.. 93,891.70 Mob. receipts. . 113,680.65 303,636.81 To account for this qnarter.$357, 743.84 PTBBURSEM SWTS. January disbursements f 116, 686. 79 February disbursements. . . 116,708.97 March disbursements 120,427,86 I^otal f or this quarter $353,822.62 ice io State treasury . ' i$l, 1896.., \ 3,921. 22 W7,7?.li| S. W. Soauoos, Chief Clsrk. mnunnip ?propit aooovijt. Unearned profit on goods is . haads of oonaty disfi users .'*V . 1)00. 31..,./:' 39,671.85 Advance ii^' sprieea on Above made iu Ja unary by order ofStato board of control. . 5,728.1)0 $11,300. 84 Your oominitteo beg left vo to ?ay that they have taken every precaution to do their work properly. Th< v have care fully cheeked every voucher on the books of original entry and theuee to the difloreut postiuga to a gouorul lodger, from wheuoo this statement is made up.- A comparison of this with former reports will show that the State (tisponsary is in a very hoalthy con dition. Our work was very much fa cilitated by Mr. 8. W. Scruggs' com prohensive style Of book keeping. We are indebted to him for ' courteous as sistance also. Respectfully, 4 T. 8. ;Brice, C. W. Harris, Committee. The Ctyipmittco ofjfhe Stato Board of Coutroi has issuc^r this lottcr to the County Boards of Control: Dkah Hirs^ ? On May Gth the Stato Board of Control will appoint nsw County Boards of Control. Thos* wishing appoiutmouts to thoso places in u at send in their applications prop erly oudoraod. No one holding any county or Btato oflicc, or elork or con stable to auy county or State oflioer, will bo cligiblo to appointment, as the new constitution provides against dual olllce holding.' Whilst the pay of tho members of tho' Couuly boards is nominal, their duties are very important, and it is tho iutontion of tho State Board to appoint no one who will not givo tho accounts of their county dispensaries their elos cst scrutiny, and assist tho State Board in its efforts to seo that tho dispensary law is carried out to tho letter by tho county dispensaries. WUKKIA Itl'A lKW Ol^ TltADK. A UctU>r Fooling in t/ommcnce and .. Industry Generally. Duu <1 Co., ami liradstroot, of Now York, lii their wcokly rovltnv of trado say: Failures for tho wook ltavo been 238 in tho United States against 280 lust year find 44 in Canada against 37 last year. Business has been favored by seasonable woathor, and tho distribution of products ? has made fair progress, not yet redueinK re tail or wholosalo stocks far enough, however, to materially impruvo tho position of indus tries. Money markets have grown more fa vorable, as well as tho state of foreign ooiu meroe. Prices of commodities are on tho whole lower than ever before, having de clined 2 per cent; sinco April 1st, and 17 nor eeut. eluoo Only, 18'JO, or October, 1892. Tho fall In manufactured products i? u iiiiiw l?as than it was April 1st, but In furin products greater, - v Neither pig iron nor mnunfactured pry ducts hive improved in demand as vet. though further combinations have ralnlx! prices of rods nud of bur Iron to 1.20, while steel bars sell at 1.16 dud nuijs aro to bo 15 per cent, blithcf' after' May 1st. Brokers at Pittsburg an* still selling stoel billets GO cents below tho pool t 'price, though it was fixed moro than thruC weeks ago, and Bus^cuior pig has declined there to ^1 J, with gray forgo stronger. Hlructur.il unglcs are n shade lower, though some good contracts arc ex pected. ?' s More favorable reports from commcrcial travelers are from t'.oeo representing Pitts burg, St. Louis, Kansas City, Omaha and Milwaukee houses. Moderate improvement is shown at a few other Western ceutres but at most of tho '*r?o distributing points throughout tho coulftr'y the movement of morchaudlso, on tho wholo, shows no mate rial change. While seeding is progressing rapidly in the Northwest, country trade there Is unfavora ble. Luck of rain In Florida is the cause of scarcity of early vegetables and ut almost all cities mercantile collections contlnuo slow. Tho tendency of prices is the reverse of that for several preceding weeks with a large number of decreases. Iu addition to those mentioned, wheat flour, Indian corn, oats, sugar, leather, petroloum and lard are lower, while wool, lumber, cdul, pork and prlut oloths remain nominally unchanged. Cotton, and tin plates have advnncod, tho latter duo to a combination by nutltcrH. DKSTRL'CTIVK CYOhONK. 1'ropcrty "Worth Thousands Destroyed ? Houses and Llvo Stock Gone. A cyclone of tremendous forco sped through Clay county, Kaunas, Saturday, dealing death and /destruction on every haud. Tho dead are:! Frank Peterson. Mrs. Frank Peterson, child tho Petersons, Mrs. Olo Navorson and granddhild of Peter Ander son. A largo number of ?fiorses and cattle were killed, and tho damage to farm proper ty la Immense. Tho cyclone started about six miles South of Clifton and went iu a northeasterly direc tion for twelve or fifteen miles and then lost Us force by spreading. It passed about half way between Clifton and Morganville. Its track varies from 160 yards to a quarter of a mile in width. It tore through a farming community and nothing is left standing. Houses and barns wore wrecked, trees torn up or brokenyfences leveled and hay stacks blown in bvvfry direction. The cyclone was followed by fetorms which lasted lor sevoral hours, flooding the devasted district. Thero had been indications of a heavy rain all day with local Vbuapirs, the victims of the cyclone were In theirnousert and, most of them had retirod. ? In several instances persons wero lifted In to the air by the cyclone and carried for a dlstnnco and then suddenly dropped. Build ings also were lifted up and hurled to tbe ground with terriflo force. The wife and daughter of John Morria-were reading when tho shock camo. The ihdlcs managed to get out, when tbe wind picked them up, earned them 200 yards and dropped them on a pile of straw. The track of tho storm resembled a piece of ground leveled with a roller. It Is believed that much damagtvwlm done In tho vicinity ?f Palmer, WashTIWton county. Exploring Lookout Mountain Cave Professor Mercer, eurator of the Museum of America and Prehistoric Archeaology of the University of Pennsylvania, Is explori?| tbe great caves of Tennessee, and has bad ? force of men at work In Lookout care Is Lookout Mountain and baa made several dis coveries of great value to science. He found I tbe jaw of a mylodoo, or gigantic sloth; 4Jm| bones of a peccary and tbe jaw of a fosAj tapir, besides numerous relics In tbe two culture layer* on tbe surfaoa Hia work bat extended down to tbe bed of roek, la foui sections, six feet wide. The bone* will N examined -by Professor Ed D. Cope before I tbe significance of the completed work tor determined. Pro feasor Mercer will oxkanfaa j several ether caves In Tseaeeeee and Ala* bama. . ' ^WseMf B*ak a?arlaf% Tbe total bank clearings at prtaelpal etttea | Cor tbe week eading April M, wlU laeraa or lasi aaoo?p?K?d w*ltba*Ollli|l<M 1 W( deereaeafLL ' * ? - v ? . r ; WITHHOLDS . ? THE RENT. CDMI'IK^IKI.U HOWMCU IlKI' IKS CONOltlCSS. Says (ho Venc/.uleiui Commission Can't Speml Any of ll? $ll)(>,0(>0. Flr*t Comptroller ot (ho Treasury Holxwt It. llowlor, who withhold from (ho sugar planters of Louisiana mo) tho West tho bounty vototl to thorn hy Conu**** has now decided that (ho Voiiosueliv lto.undury Com mission Iiqh uo power to uso arty portion of (ho $ 100,000 appropriated by Congress for Its uso In tho pnymoid of rent for tho oftlces which it ooouptoa. llocauao of this decision Boualor Allison, Chairman of tho Committee on Appropriations, Is compelled to ask for further legislation to moot tho Comptroller's opposition. Senator Gorman orltlolsod thd Administra tion's Venezuelan policy a little, and in the Senate they caused the subject of tho appro priation to go over until they could consider It fully. Mr. Qormnn is quo of the Senators who t liljuk that Congress did a very foolish thing in upholding tho handvs ol President Cleveland iu his so-called war policy against Kngland in tho bouudary dispute, and in the brief and sarcastic remarks which ho made in tho Bonato ho volood the hostility id him self and many of his colleagues, chielly on tho Democratic side of tho chamber. When tho item iu tho Sundry Civil Appro priation bill to pay the rent of tho olllees ol tho Venezuelan Commission was reached Mr, Gorman expressed his surprise at tho ne cessity of such au item, and at the fact that trto Comptroller did not, without further legislation, audit and paw? tho voucher# for rent of the otllccK oooueled by tin* Commis uloii. The law appropriating ?10,000 for tho expenses of tho commission had been passed, ho said, under groat popular exoitemont, nt tho suggestion '.of tho President; and It was then supposed to bo broad enough to j permit tho commission to go abroad, I collect maps, gain information, and take | all the steps necessary to settle that grout 'conflict. Hut hero the ilrst Comp troller Hopped in with a ruling that that momentous Commission could not pay its rent. Mr. Allison admitted that It was a very ridiculous condition of affairs, but yet, he said, it existed, and had to bo met. Ij. Mr. Gorman added that tho re was a feeling throughout tho country that t ho emergency out of which that Commission had originated had passed, if Indeed it had ever existed. Ho was glad that it had dwindled down to a more matter ot ofllco rent. The Supremo court oi tho United States heard tho concluding arguments of counsel upon tho sugar bounty cases ? by Mr. Joseph It. Choato in behalf of the claimants and by Solloltor-OenOrul Holmes Conrad for the Government. In tho course of his speech Mr. Choato briefly paid his respects to Comp troller liowlor, whose action necessitatod the litigation, and who woh au auditor of the I argument throughout. He was speaking ol tho power of congress to make the npprnprl atlon that hud hocn withheld from the claim ants, contending that tho courts had no jurisdiction to review tho action. !? "Why," ho tald. "the cbscs arc here merely by aceideut. A big pobblo was found in the cO&b of the Government, and tho%o claimants wore compelled to come hero to get it re moved so that tho wheels might bo allowed lo go round." v I At Anothor pc^Jod of his address Mr. Choato ? reforrod to tho appropriation of money made by Congress fo Lafayette. I "That was made, he continued, "to partly discharge what they believed to I avo been a dobt of gratltudo for great and valuable ser vices rendered to the United States in the Itovolutlonary war, and yot," with a signifi cant look nt Mr. Dowler, "if some persons had been In the Government at that timo La fayette would not have received that money ofi tho grouud that Congress had no power ^ t* make tho appropriation." SIIA' ICR COIN AG K COUNT. Opinions From Many States Sliow An IrrcslBtablo TrcucVTowmd Free Silver at Chicago. The Journal of New York, bus received from tho Democratic leaders In nearly evory Btato In the Union opinions as to (lie proba ble strength of sUvcr or gold in tholr dele gations to tho nutlonnlz-Domoorntlc conven tion nt Chicago. Manywoltlmm also discuss tho probability of1hoadoptin(*?<?4u unit rule by tnclr delegations. This canvass seems to show that tho wost and soulU will Uu trum iy for sliver, whlR? tho east ?nid middle States will declare for gold, or at any rato against free silver. That tho results foreshadowed by this can vass are most important in politics cannot (>e gainsaid. These opinions from tholr character clearly Indicate that a crista in financial matters will be reached when the Democratic convention assembles and that the silver men will very likely control tho jonventlon. Tho deductions from all these reports can x> aeon by a gl^yico nt tho following table: HII.VKn Southern State? West Virginia, Virginia, Sorth i urolinu, South Carolina, Georgia, renneaje, Arkansas, Mississippi, TOxus. Westers States? I (Uhois, Missouri, Kai sas. Sew Mexico, Colorado, Montana, ' Idaho, Washington, Oregon, Utah, Arizona, Culifor iia, Oklahoma (Ter). ooi.n. Now England States? Maine (divided). New Hnmshlro, Massachusetts, llhode Island. Middle states? New York, Pennsylvania, Sew Jersey, Delaware, Maryland. Western States? Wisconsin, Iowa, Mlnn MOtA. Southern States? Kentucky. Dotbtful Statea? Indiana, (divided,) Ohio, llabama. Fl'> H do. WRATHRU IN TIl^C'hirTON I1KLT. Weekly Report of tho United State* Department of Agriculture. Virginia ? Klchmond: Warm weathor ^o) past week has been of great benefit to fail and spring seeding, grosses and gardens: winter wheat has improved; corn planting li being pushed In central J and eastern soctions; tobacco plants flourishing; iruit blooms abundantly. North Carolina ? Raleigh: Extromoty warm, bright weather, wUh drought, l ot yet serious, but. delayln??f$fmloatlon; re Krts not so discouraging aa anticipated; a work made much progress and rrong are doing fairly well: odton up in South and tobacco nearly lar/o enough to trans plant! shipment of truck and strawberries Continue. ~ njth Carolina? Columbia: Hot .and dry; :orn up; late corn and cjp^ton do not well; grain/looking fairly woli . spring oats, wlileb t* -dying out work adTance&and minor arops largch planted; pastures genially Improved; cottol planting slackens, being too dry. Oeorgiai- Atlanta: Wea lifer continue* in tensely hot and dry; faro* work well up and balk Mall crops planted, but germination and growth at a standstill for want of raois* tQM;?ora generally very good stand and ?ease Aside being cuHi rated; wheat aad oau * for rain: fruits very promising. Nasartile: Wees very favor er ifrowlng vegeta I eii growing crops 1 irsa prospect* ucviifcu i^ootl ntos la ?iMoa ISUif nJ much needed, ? ' 4 THK FIM k- /OI KTII CO\(iKKSH.. A Svymi|)kla of the PrOOCCdlogs llotli Houses* T1IK SKNATK. ffKOMKIPAT, 'I ho senate on Wednesday dUcusjod tho uostion oC sectarian schools for Indian chil dren. It ended in thoadoptlott of an aiueinV ment offered l?y Mr. (Jock roll. Tho bill as it came from tho House appropriated $1,835,000 ? increase by tho tJenato to j? 1,310, 000 -for tho support of day ami industrial schools for children/ This appropriation was tU'OoiUPfl nied by a provision absolutely prohibiting future payment for tho educatlott of Indian children in sectarian sohools. THURSDAY, / Unanimous consent was asked by Mr, Call to have tho joint resolution, heretofore ottered by him, requesting tho President to Komi ships of war to Cuba for tho protec tion of American cltiisons takon up for con sideration ami nation; but on tin* appeal of Mr. Piatt, Kopublioan. of Connecticut, not to press tho request at this iituo, Mr. Call said ho wouhl withhold tils request for tho pres ent, but ho gave notioo that as aoon as tho Indian appropriation bill shall bo disposed of, ho will move to'havQ his joint resolution taken up and actod on, KUIDAY. In the Senate on Friday Mr. llacon, l>em oorat, of Ueorgla, offered an amendment for tho payment to tho Cotton States ami Inter national Kx position Company of Atlanta, (la., of tho unoxponded bahyico (about 10,000) of tho appropriation heretofore inado for tho ' govern mont oxhlblt tbei;o as agreed to. Tho following bills wore passed: Senate bill to ??250,000 to Hlchmond t olloge, Richmond, Vn., for uso and occupation and injury of building by tho United States troops for eight months beginning April, lsoij Senate bill appropriating t20,f>00 f<.? r a lighthouse at St. Joseph's Hay, Pin. SATURDAY. The Senate Haturday mado brief work ol the Sundry civil bill, Wb(Q it pMSOd tho House it carried appropriations aggregating *:i0, 000,000. The Honato appropriation eotn i.,itioo reported It back with an addition of $(i,000, 000 largely mado up huids necessary to earry on work on public buildings and river and harbor Improvements and courts for tho whole twelve, months, instead of for six or nine month*.- Tho committee also added 000, 000 more, so the bill as it passed appropriates in round llgures ^.'17,000,000. Among the amendments adojdoa were: In creasing the, limit of cost ol the public build ? lug at Savannah, Go.. from $400,000 to i&OO, 000. Appropriating 1 5,000 for a post oflleo building at Fortress Monroe, Va., and also *2.05S for the purchase of additional land for the military cemetery at Key West, Pla, MONDAY. The Senate committee Monday completed tho river and harbor appropriation bill and it was reported to tho Senate. Tho com mittee reduced or struck out Items to tin ag gregto ol >tU!)1,858, and increased or luscrtcd item* Aggregating ij^GCl/ilM) -making a net increase of iji2,02y,f48J. the bill now carrying a total of ??12, 114,5t<?. I IM.SDAY. Tuesday the most of the time was occupied in the itfinsidenitlon of tho naval appropria tion bifTr Senator Butler inlroduced a bill appropri ating ?'25,000 for additions to tho public building at Groohsboro. Ho Hied a copy of tho grand jury's indictment ol 1|>e present inadequate accommodations. Senator Priteh ard presented a petition of Nowl>ern citizens praying for a clock tower, clock and illumi nated dial. f THK HO.l/sE. ; WKD.NKSOAY. In the House ou Wedntoday two pension bills wero returned to tho Senate by tho Pres ident without Ills signature. Green fvywUy* Texas, was transferred to tho Terfuory of Oklahoma, in aeoordaneo with the rceont de cIhIou of tho Hupremo Court declaring It not a part of tho State of Texas. THURSDAY. fly a vole of six ayes to two nays, the House oommittco on Territories agrood to I ho report favoring a bill admitting Okla homa to statehood, lleyond passing ft few private bills" tho Houfco transacted no busi ness, except In the discussion of general pon J'tiou bills. FRIDAY. The general deflcloncy illl, as it passo<l the House, contains tho following Horn of inter est: To refund to the collector' of customs, HeaufoitS. O., for repayment by him to tho persons entitled thereto tho sum Imposed and Imposed ajid collected In tho case of the schoonor Phantom for a violation of It. S. 4!)30, since remitted by tho Secretary of tho Treasury fl00. SATURDAY. The House Saturday discussed the advisa bility of (Jioslng the uebato on tho pension bill, but it was decided to continue the samo for a few days. So sion as tho pension bill la out of tho way tho Lnnkruptcy bill will bo taken up. The bill hy which C'onfedorato soldiers, who lator eeJved in tho Union ftrmy, may bo pensioned, .'was' criticised by Mr. Grosvenor, but he s?<Ud he would support tho bill however, for )Go good things there wero in it. / / MONDAY. y The House ?ni Monday passed a f^W peu ?Ion bill#, and others local to tho Uistrlct of Coumbla. Representatives __?#?rnon and Tnibert spoke brlefly'^OIPTfio pension bill. The hitter defended Southern re-unions. tuksday; The ll rst business In order In tho House Tuesday was tho voto on the passing of tho ponsion bill, which was taken by yeas and Q a ys, at the demand of Mr. Crowtucr, Re publican, of Mhsouri. It resulted: Yeas 187, aays Hi. t ho Republicans and Populists sup porting tho bill and the Dumocratyopposlng It. Six I) emocrats, however, vojd'd for tho till. v ' TUB SOUTH'* PIUMiltKSS. Kutcrprlses Projected, an Roportcd lo ino Manufacturer's Itocord. Reports to the Manufacturer's Record show that the Industrial enterprises projected in the' South cover a wide number of indus tries, indicating an increasing diversity of manufacturing in this section ; and while the number of new enterprises la not larger than for previous . weoks, it shows that n very hen lib v and ' substantial progress is taring made In nil parts of the Houth. In Florida contracts have been let tof a M'J,000 water works nowbr liouso At Jack sonville, and aa (electric light plant is to bo built at Key WTat. In Georgia, sulphuric acid plant at Atlan tu; tin ware factory in Attunta* a bicycle manufacturing company, the 11 r?t sQnth of Maryland, with a capital of #15,000 organized ? in Atlanta; a cotton seed oil mill In Augu.itn; , a ? 10,000 canning factory at Bremen; gold mining operations at Canton; an electric light plant and water works system at Dub lin; a soap factory at Macon and ? 9600, 000 quarrying company. North Carolina reports the nececsary capi tal raised foV putting into bloat the Greens l>oro furnace, built several years ago, but never in operational cotton mill waste fac f lory at Salisbury. V t 8o?Jh Carolina, 9 saah add door factory at Ait en; the doubling of the capacity of a cot ton mill el Bamberfc; a #1,000 knitting mill at the same place,- and a 910,000 lumber com pany at Charleston. . Virginia reports Iron ore property to be developed at Boena Vista; a vegetable dye factory at Lynehburf ; a 920,090 medicine company at Norfolk; a brick factory at Bad' ford, and the establishment of exteosiv* u<? and planing mills in southwest Virginia by western people. A PiwmIIp Trs^sdy. At Boseda). Bw <11 eouaty: Va,.- a ohu ~byll?e^6 or DaHoa an^hiii aoi, q SrT wllsd oTwt a mo? y iiiaiwn The tetter Brad m^nD tb&MU Mi W, IHIJ a W1 took, effect la the Ma'*KM(i At few Ml be dwt fete tether thsow* tMhaMChtdtef blm las^pUy. The ?oa?^ bjfmtmm. -'r* LATEST NEWS IN BRIEF. UJjKANINOS FKOJf MANY POINTS Important Happenings, lipth Home un<l Foreign, lllcHy ToUI. ? - * Southern News Notes. Two murderers has boon lynched by a inol> in Tennessee. Au old eliop adjoining the npw shops of tho Southern at Atlanta has been burned. Twenty earn wero lost. Tho ohh iH under $10,000 Mary A bornethy, charged with kill ing Mrs. Pollard, iu Virginia, fouml guilty o?, mnvder in tho llrnt degreo Monday aj^Farmvillo, Vu. In Huntington, VW. Ya. tj John Lovo shoots hiH wifo and lather- in-law, Jos. Mayn, and then hlioots hiniBolf. Cause, separation of Lovo and his wifo. ]>r. Din/, will attend tho Houthorn Iluj4i?t Convention at Chattanooga,1 Tonn., May Mb, and apeak o,n tho condition of affairs in Cuba. ^ Tho melon crop in Florida 1ms been damaged to Eoiyo extent by a terrific bail Ptorni. Near Dado City tho hall foil to a depth, j^f three inches. A young man at Doniavillo, Ky., who wan in love With lii.s step-Binter, became, i una nely jealous and lulled oi^o of her girl frit ihIh and then trl.edu> commit suicide. / At tho blcyclo races Savannnlv^a.,/ Charles Murthy paced by ^Harry Wheeler mado a half mile in tifty-nino and tlireo tifllis seconds, establishing a now record for that distance. Northern News Hems. FirO, in Central Thoatp.e, at Cripplo ('reek, Col., has destroyed ?1,000,000 worth of property. Tho battleship Massachusetts, at" J3or.ton, averaged 10.15 knots on hor trial, and her builders will rcooivo u bomiH of SI 00,000. Governor Morton, of Now York, has feigned tho I ill permitting racing ae Hociations to build cneJouuroB on their tracks where betting may bo conduoted and perfecting tho racing law in various ways. Evidence for tho defense iji tho oase of tho American Tobacco Company, charged with infringing tho anti-trust law of Now Jersey, bau boon concluded.' Vioo-Chiuioellor Reed decided that tho firgnmnnt would bo heard in Trent$>u on Juuo 20, 21, 25 and 20. Tho Governor of New York has feigned tho bill lessening tho hourB of working women #to 00 honrs per week in mcrcautilo establishments." Chairs nro to bo provided for tho clerks, and tho sanitary, arrangements aro to he approved by tho board Of health, and tho workshops inspocted. At Burlington, N. J., the immense shoo plant- of the Wm, B. Hunting ? cstato wa? completely destroyed by fire, entailing a loss of 875,000 with' insurance of $40,000. ' The concern did a big business in the manufacture of children's shoos and employed KW bands. ? - Washington* / Prominent Southern , men met 1? Washington Friday an<fcformcd an as* ~ eociutiojji to study Sonihern history. Undo Sam'B Fish Commission will distributo during tho comirg season, #37,112,000 adult fish, fry and egge for re-stocking tho waters of tho differ* - ernt B t ai**sT Thm?i 1 1 exceed tly# distri bution of last yeqrDy^7^00, 000. )The marriago o\ MffiflT&lia Steven son, elder daughter Nof .Vice-President Stevenson and Rev. Ma?in 1). Hardin, son of Hon. P^Wat. JJJrdin, occurred at New York Avonu^ Pr^foyterian Church, Washington, It is tho goncml undersfea^dij^ Ah?t the Venezulcan Commission, which wero appointed by tho* President to bring about arbitration between the United States and Great Britian, will not mako its report until December next. Foreign. . Telegraphic commtinidhtion with < Buluwayo lias again been opened. ? The French Senate unanimously voted tho Madagascar credits which they had refused to graut to the Bour geois ministry. ^ Tljo German government bsspe* ceivod information that war hasbroiea y. out in German Southwest Africa be tween the Germans and the Gabaisand Hottentots. " '? The recent census of Germ?py_tl 'shows that tho population has inereaaed1 moro rapidly than in any Ave years' ,'i period sineo the foundation oi the Em- ? pire, being one %nd thirteen bun- ; dredths per cent, per jeer. ;'iy Rev. Geo. Knapp, the Amerioes Missionary, who was ^spelled frmb Bitlis, Constantinople, by the Torkhli authoritiea witho^ta^irial on aharge J of having meitecTthe Armenians to rebel against the Turkish ' tale, has been delivered to the United State* Oonsa). at Alsxandrette. At Attack Bicycle** '? The Bsv. Dr. Hayda, of the "Old ' Church" in Cleveland, be* made lack oa Moyclioff,' bnt explaiaaU lodaojp to do so by the fart that pie who esed to ?e to chereT - (tee to wbesUnr. 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