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Fivo Candidates are/Stumping the State for Carlo's Placo. > A SUMMARY OF THE SPEECHES. #. .v ? Mofjaurlu ami I?Jvans Speak on Tariff eg*- May Hebl Discusses OIspoji-" nnry, Kto, ? Jrby on Suffrage. .Tho following in a brief nummary of the Senatorial campaign apeoohee from flay to (lay, . . TUO Kiirnwoll Mooting Thoro wo 10 about *100 voters* at tho Baruwoll meeting. It is said that thin oojuily will no for Mayllehl, ami if tliero should be a second primary the voto will bo divided. Tho spoakiufr hero was dehyed- bo cause of the late arrival of May II old ? who was tho llrst speaker. Ho spoke of tho oontldoneo his people had in him and saitl that if olootod ho would work foroconomy. Ho said tho dispensary has made no money, M Irby wont, for tho Governor and said he showed a lack of Democracy in not .-Jj'Cldiug.Cicucral Watts as bo had treat ed privates. He said Ellorbo was wrong in dismissing privates and not repri manding Watts. (Applause. ) Tho ih'Bt thing ho would have done, said ho, if ho had boon Governor, would have boon to remove the metropolitan police, without the asking. Ho insisted that Ellorbo was plodged to removal and that Xi>:il told him' that Ellorbo wns afraid that 10 vans' would move tho metropolitan police foroo from Charles ton ami tftko orodit for it. Evans said that this was a tight for ? prinoiplo and all could unitoonit. Ho said AleLanrin advocates Itopublioaii 'doctrine and principles and should go "with that party, MoEaurin said ho was talking and acting on business principles and that lie bolioved in looking to tho best in toroHt of his people. This ho said was statesmanship. MeLauriu said that last year Irby and Evaiis werequostioiiing'each othors motivos and honesty, aud now tlioy pose, as tho true bj.no Democrats and as friends. Ho 'said Egyptian cotton was used in this country and ho wanted to drive it out. It was a good meeting and tho audi ?vcnOo was very attentive. The A Ike it Meeting. The campaign inoeting^t Aikon was attended fry 800 or 100 voterB, about ono nintli of tho yoting population of tho Ofiuuty, the audionco being much smaller than usual at such meetings. Ex- Governor Evans, who spoko first, said that Senator MoLaurin was work ing as a Democrat in ltopublicau livery, and -that ho should join tho Republican party, lie said that McEauriu voted for 300 per cent, duty on wool in tho committee. Former Hon a tor Irby stated that Evans was his poliji^al child and that when Sonator^ttmaivfavored t he oloo tion of Kllorllo as Governor, lie told Evans lie wou1<l see him elected and made Governor. ^ Tillman camo to tho assistance of Evans and elected him Governor. Irby said that if lie had not found Tillman and run him for Gover? nor, Tillman would Still be soiling 85 worth of butter a woek, in copporas breeches. Irby denounced tho usoijf colorod labor in cotton mills, an<E}ieTd that colored labor was satisfiou and best adapted to Hold work. , Senator MoLaurin. said ho never rented farm lands to negroes, though he could get largo rents from them. He said he yptort for a high tariff on wool "in committee because his vote made ab solutely no difforonco. He was stand ing by bin friend, Congressman Bailoy, ?*. an<l the issuo was lie" to free raw ma terial and not a tax on wool. Ho claim ed that hinisolf and Tillman simply Wanted to equalize tho Dingloy bill, andavoin no way responsible for it, as //^VHopnblicans would pass such a bill ' 1 Q9B of what he thought or want / ; :.:!: ^nator Haj'ne, of South Carolina, ' ^^virii'ror a duty on indigo on tho same grounds. r State Senator Mayfiold opposed Mc , Eaurin's tariff views. "I'lio E(lf(cflcl<l Meeting. ? Tho largest and liveliest meeting of the campaign was held lioro today. Be tween 400 aud 500 people wore present. McEaurin took up tho Congressional Record aud jumped on-Jrby's record in . not voting, and iu not attending to his work. Ho alHO jumped on Irby for crowding Evanfl down tho people's throat, and said that was the cause of Evans defeat. ' Evaijs said MoEaurin defeated Wal lace for tho Bupreuie court bench be causo MoEaurin wanted Pope's . job as Attorney-General. Irby repeated his charges as to a com bination. MoEaurin said Billy Ball soomod to bo Irby 'a daddy,- and this Ball resented, saying ho favored neither MoEaurin or .Irby. ? Mof*aurin'B hand primary resulted in about half tho audienoe, four hundred or five hnndred VOUng in his favor. It was a very long-winded meeting. The SUklud* Moating.- - * - "the nnrflsnco lit thiH plsuje numbered About 400 people. Senator MoLanrin -opened the debute; replying to' the ati tieipatad attaoka of Irby and Eyatt?*n - his adherence to reform priDoipleaand his desertion of Democratic tenete. He then uroceeded to exponad hir tariff ?iew?/ Ynd eltMAhuafd applause. Mr. 8. MayAeld began by declaring laa opposition to truata. Than, tonch iSffifc' *>?? fi?MMBei#l question he aaidtjie bfrHeted in a more expanded enruoer, J? ? W Solution of tho liQUfl^ question. Now believed in locaUOptiou for tho sumo reason. * Mr. John Clary Evans was greeted with applause. He assorted t hut he owod lus elevation to tko gubernatorial chair to 1(1* own mority, ami not front being a coat-tail stfingor. Jf ho warn a coat-tail swingoh howo'voi', ho asserted, ho had novor stabbod his benefactor in tho back m others had. Mr. Evan A thon procoedod to show it p what hd1 termed MoLauria's Repub licanism. Toward the- conclusion oi his a pooch ho said ill i A was no factional 1 fight.. Tho .rtwfu bote us heavily on tho Conservatives as on I ho Hoformors. Now was the time for tho two faction ? to unite, if they over wero against ?uoh evangols of Republicanism ay .Mc'< Launu. MoLaurin's Marlboro mill waa using Egyptian cotton, and Mo Laurin was having it bought up for political purposes, declared Mr. Evans. On request of MoLaurin horoiterftto.il this atatomont. tie was ohoorod mild ly when ho sat down. ' Colonol Trby opened his speech with his usual ploasantrios about tho politi cal daddies of his opponents, which ex.-' citod laughter that hroko into yells of delight when ho declared tho dovil was tho political daddy of Duncan. Colonel .Irby attacked tho suftrugo clause of tho Constitution. It was all right now, ho said, sinoo tho commissioners of registration ?were honest men. Tho time would eomo, however, when tho white people ?would divide; then they would see the ovil operation of tho suffrage clause. It was giving tho party in power a weapon* to destroy tho honest yeomanry tof South Om'QUno, ho asserted, Colonel Irby declared that lie brought about tho constitutional convention and helped to romovo tho negroes from poll ? tics, llo charged that while ho \vs# doing this MoLaurin was plotting with (tonzalos to run an independent ticket for delegates to that convention. MoLaurin "Weil, 1 deny that." Col. Irby, rovorting to tho stMoment m ado by Mayflotd that Kllorbo was Soipg to form a now party in 10 .State, declarod that tho Governor j was ashamed of tho humhlo farmers who ?looted liim to oftieo. Ho bad to jrot a now perty. This statement ho hold to bo substantiated by tho chargoa of "Hose" ('rows. Col. irby com manded closo attention, and was ap applaudod at tho ond. John T. Duncan sont a letter of re grot at his inability to bo prosont. ?tj The Ijoxington Meeting. At this point tho speaking was hold two miles from tho town. Tho crowd was good-natured and showed u desire to ask questions on all issues they did' not undorstand. Mr. Maytiold at tho outset of iiin spoeoh domed that ho was in a combi nation to socuro tho defoat of Mr. Mo Laurin. Ho had, ho said, boforo tho campaign began and boforo any others had announced their candidaoy written to Mr. MoLnurin telling him of his in tended candidacy, and suggesting that they pitch it on ii high place. Mr, Mayfield then turiiod liis atten tion to tho dispensary. Ho was inter rupted by a maii in tho audionco, whb said ho wanted to hoar national issuos discussed. Mr. Mayfield rejoined that the Tillman bill had- made tho dispen sary a national question. Ho declared that were ho olected ho would voto against that bill, oto. Col. Trby jumped on Col. Neal, su ^perintondent of tho penitentiary, at tho outset of his apoecb for tho campaign schedulo' arranged. Ho tormod Neal an aurora borealis, aud ho thon gavo his usual ward&hg to tho voters that they were in a fair way to bo disfran chise^ on acwount of tho suffrago clause in the Constitution, Col. Irby s speech waa shorter* otf account of indisposi tion. Mr. John Gary Evans in si minted 1 when he began that MoLaurin had telegraphed to Ellorbe beforo Earlo was buriod asking for the appointment to the placie. Mr. Evans declared ho would not do such a thing. Ho was indorsed at the last olection by 40,000 voters, and it would havo boon nothing but right, he suggested, for Ellorbo to havo appointed liim .Senator in dofor enap to tho endorsement of tho voters. Mr. Evauh took issuo with Mr. Mo Itaurin's tariff policy aud proceeded to ad<tace strong froo trade arguments. He, too, came in for a number of ques- ( tions on tho tariff, which he satisfactor ily answered. Tho pooplo showed a lively interest in what-ho was siting. He concluded amid applause.' Mr. MoLaurin bogan his speech by aayiug that he did not believe this was < tho place or tho tinio to inaugurate a oampaign against the dispensary .4i Jn tho midst of his tariff speech ho broke off, and doclarod that he was get ting tired of boing twitted for boiii# a Populist, and for having Written the Populist platform. JIo vohomoutly de clared thatliewasolooted to'Congrcss by thaFarmers' Alliance on the principles -ftScated by that organisation. He stood by those piinoiples then, and lie stood by those principles today. He was not liko a lot of measley politicians who work the Alliance for all they could when it was a power,' but who now ro?e up to buffet it siuco it had ceaaod to bo the power JtJiftd boon. . Senator MoLaurin, after this depar ture from his u.*nal speech, roturned to the discussion of the tariff. Before tak ing his seat lie declared that Mr. Evans did him an injustice in speaking as he had of his appointment to the Senate/ - ? era. Afto/tfottiiiajn tho midst of ! his froo t ratio nrguifyiiK Mr. Kvi^hs 1 asked: "(.'hiiuou HofirniWs afford* to | vote this taxN ay youlvtol W; can you | Conservatives alUmT^ir^pto for a man ! tl?UH proposes to ft?< you because I .voir fj&ink ho(ll do a liftl\moro for yotir i notion? " V. / Vr< ^ Mr. Evans ohargod that Molaoirih was tho bonoUoiary of tho maohinations of u scheming not of politicians iu Columbia, and that the Governor was helping hiin with liia adminifitra liou. Mr. Evans' speech was tho ^tif?ngost argument for froo trade that ho has yot mado. lie was ap plauded whon ho oonoludod. Mr. Moljaiinn opened with a defense of ( lovornor Kllorho i I ?> ropollod tho charge that tho politicians in Coluni l>ia wero schemini; to secure bin olec* t ion. JJut, ho declared, (lovornor Ev> aits last year, with tho full force of his administration behind him, and with scheming politicians to aid him, was re pudiated by tho voters. If .Mr. 10 vans was tho only man .pi tho State to up holcl tin* I >omocraoy of Cidhouii, of H ay no, of Preston,* "thou (tod save tho mark." (Applauaet) Mr. Mcljauriu explained his position on tho t Aid IV. During his speech tlioro i woro frequent exchanges of badinage between Him and Kvans. lioa^koil why Kllorho had I toon made tho issue. Ho had mado a good irovo'i' nor and "thanks Iio to God, tho gov ornor of tho wholo pooplo. " As to holping him, it was but natural for Kllorbo or any other mair-with a spark ol chivalry to t'eol for a man opposed by throo who niisroprosenfvhiui at evory turn. If thoy wanted tojmake Kllerbo tho issue, ho w?h roady ?o moot thom on every stump, but hf preferred to make tho campaign on national issYies (Applause.) \ J Mr. May field began F>;\^ (Kplrtring that he was in no coml>ination~1>>u re allirmod his previous statement Hhnt-' (Jovernor Kllerbo had said to him that ho would, briii* tlio full forco ot hia 'administration to aid MoLaurin. Tho governor, he as serted, had said to him that should only ho and McLaurin run ho would ho hands (oft, but should others run he would uso his full inlluonco to socuro the oloction of MoLaurfn. lie had no desiro to make this statomont but tho charges day after day on tho stump and tho continual assertions of Kllorbo's paper (Tho'Evouiug Kocord) had forced linn in self-defence to deny boing in a combination.. Mr. McLaurin askod if that was not a private conversation held in tho (lov ornor s oflico that ho was repeating. May field answered "no. M j .mi \ May field answered that Governor Ellorbo would havo all tho opportunity at Columbia to defend himself.* Mr. M ay field then proodeodod with his spooch, which was an aggroasivo attack on MoLaurin'H tarift poliby. Ho doolarod that McLauiu's schednlo on lumber waf? a tax on the people from tho cradlo tottie gravo. (Laughter and applause. ) In conclusion lio doolarod: "Mr. lillmau is not running this campaign. A he people are running it and 1 boliovo the pooplo will doclaro in favor of S. G. Mavfield on the aist of -August." (Applause.) THK COMING STATIC FA I If. Socrotftf-y Holloway Makes a Special Announcement. Tn the now premium list for tho oom ing State fair,hu*hich opens Oik Novohx ber 8 next, thrflfeorotary makes tho fol lowing apccial announcement. Tho premium list will bo issued in a very few days, and tho prizos oflorod are ouch as to induce tho best exhibition in fJio history of tho association: This premium lifit wll I, bo delivered a/iu mailed to thousands of practical iiion in this State and throughout. tho Ujmon. Every olio that receives a copy isjequosted to read.rofleiot and actupoii thd following parag^aplifc : A710"fficc8rs members of tho .State Agricultural and Mechanical So ciety of Sojith Oar^ina ^xnild cordially inviteyf?rmers, ntanufacturors ami me ??-.V '? .c<),,t?'ibutosi fucimcns of their skill, mgonmty and tarfte to tliis exhi bition, so as to mako it a truo index o| the jjrogrofis made by tho Stale in arte aud agriculture. 2. Especially do wo invito tho earnest co-oporation of tho vomon of tho conn try to contribute, hy the roflnomont of I their tastes, an exhibition of the results of home, industry, to add to the beauty of the display and to show how largo a part in tho improvement of daily lifo is due to tho quiet but usoful labors of tho hoarth and homo. J). County agricultural, mechanical horticultural societies* of South Caro lina aro requested to make reports of. thoir huccoss, progress and proeoedings to tho Stwto- Mocioty in ('olutuhiH clur ing fair week in Novom"J)or next. 4. All associations 4hroughoiit the Union having for thoir object in any wise whatsoever tho industrial develop ment of- any portion of tho United. States, aro earnestly roquostod lio nfcud printed copies of Uifoir 4pij*Jfocdings to the secretary o^tho >*To Agri cultural ami MechafoM^Jnuciety of I South Carolina, at "j'omaria, S. i}\ Thin y?ir ifl offered to the public a large ami varied premium li h?. The premiums are liberal and the exnonHon of attending the fair are very moilorato. All railroads in tho State offer very [ilwral exournion rates, and the oity of Columbia makes evory effort to enter tain her. visitors, who aro assured of a cordial recaption and a pleasant time. . It. is. gratifying td.aunounco? that, the, large elegant main building, giving a flooring apace of over 80. ?00 square feet, has<tfeen remodelled inside and addi tional rooms added at eaeh end for the conTenieooa and comfort of visitors. . \ Oar fairs are rapidly growing in their usefulness aa well as popularity. Over 80,000 visitors were in attendance dar ing the laat fair, and the. exhibition of alfclaasea or machinery and agricul tural implement*, as well aa the dis play of homemade goods, lire stock, poultry, etc., lias never been sur passed in the South. Our fair offers to all manufacturer*, paltry raisers and stock.- -bc?eder?-n^|ii -adfeUlsfug medium. ?..^V ? T?uu? W. Hollow at, _0#cr#tasy?. -Taw AUWma ?miCTliWUI w tlRMMM cW(blai? iftdodtiff bUemtr*. tkMt. d(* vkled akfrteaad shirt waists, fa rsthsr It Js OnO>( the Most Historic / Buildings in tho South. LEGISLATORS IN EAKLY DAYS, Tlio Ordinal Ituttiltn;; ami tho N?\v Of To-day- -Historic Hollos Carefully l*i osorv oil ? ^ # \ hi thin day of various societies, oulino ami fominino, for unoattliJug ami .perpetuating tl?o ohlvalrlo ipn ilonts of tho Colonial anil Kovoljiflon ary periods of Amorican history wf> aro contiiuuilly on tj\e lookout for Jtomu hiddou lino of fact or fancy, anil kvhon ho discovered wo rovorontly bloiv tho dust away, rub tho olil piece of /diver, smooth out tho crumpled sheo/ dool phor tho failing ink? all,. no doubt, in very bail lOnglish -and partlotioally dis patch theso horoio ombloiut to our fa vorite store room of national preserves^ In a rocont visit to South Carolina 1 waa told to be unt o and visit tho^tato House. .1 did so and found it tho most imposing building and tho most inter esting arohivo of history in that pi^tur osyuo and notod town, Columbia. Tho Stftto Hoiiho of ovory State is always a coutro of interost', but tho State Houso ofl South (-aVolina, like tho tftato Houso of Hostoii. Btiikon 0110 a? tho groat heart of tho people, and. likoall people, it boars its neat's and hidos its skeleton. J'lio State Houso of South Carolina may almost bo called a national eornorstono, for indissolu'ldy oonnocted with it aro tho namoH of fiord William Campbell, Uutlodgo and Moultrie. In tho early ilayB of tho colony tho seat of govern ment was at Charleston. I?ord Camp boll trieil to romovo it to lioaufort, for Bomo British polioy, but tho plan failed. When tho colony bocame a State it was considered necessary to Boouro a more central capitol, and for Bafety, ono farther from tho ooaBt. -This was in 1700, and tho spot soloctod was that on whioh Columbia -now stands. Some one has said that Columbia, like Wash ington, was capital city from hor birth. Jn the State House thero now bangs a photograph taken from an old print of the original State House. It is a quaint wooden Btruoturo and seems to Btauil alonoamiil its primitive surround ings, In a recont opon letter written by oneof Carolina's mostchnrming wouion, who hasmado the Btudy of hor State a pleaBure, who tells us that many wore the hardships of tho legislators in the old days: "No accommodations for man or boast, or next to none, were to bo found in Columbia proper. Hor ono tavern hold but tho Governor and his suite, if thoy wore not ontortainod by the neighboring planters. The major ity of the lawmakers wore lodged at Granby and oompelfed by the soar city of horses, thoy froquontly walked to their legislative duties., Their patriotio onthuaiasm uovor llagged, though most of them were accustomed to ease and luxury when at homo. How would our presont legislators stand a return to Muoh ultra-Joftersonion simplicity V" V Jn the oarly- part of this century tho original Stato Houso was replacod by a larger and handsomer building, also of wood, btit slio adds: "Jts walls heard tho eloquoncoof Hay no, Legaro, Pres ton and other giftod orators, who in tho 20's and iJO's aildod lustre to tho al roaily brilliant reputation onjoyod by the State. " A still moro worthy memorial was de sired, and in 1858 the South Carolina LogiRlathrb passed a bill to construct a Capitol which should oom pure favor ably with any ojther building of the liind in tho States. The first fldof of this building W?h nearly completed when the foundations gay o way and tho work wan not resuuiod until 186?, when tho site was plnood a little west of tho old one. This is the foundation of tho present Btato House, and tho work of building has beon carried on at an enormous cost and prosecuted in face of difficulties that might daunt a loss pa triotic spirit. ' lu 1801 two million dol lars had already been oxponded, and a few years^ago three hundred thousand . moro wore used in handsome interior docoration and for rep&iring tho offbots of ubuso during the days of reconstruc tion. Tho building irf" now complete except the dou^e and? two portioos, which are to be placed at the. back and front. The original' design calls for a flight of inarble steps to each' of theso porticos, and when completed will pro ject ono hundrod and fifty feet from tho main building. The beautiful columns intended for tho portico's and tho Btatu uoh of Agriculture and Commerce and tho baa reliefs lay in the Btato House grounds ready for placement at the time of tho broakiug out of the oivil war. All this boautiful work, dqne' in Italy by tho Sculptor Kirk Brown, was destroy ed in the war with about $60,000 worth of othor material ready for use. Tho marks of the.oannon balls are still to be seen on tho wont side of the Stato House. It is said half amillion dollars will bo needed to finish the building as original ly designed. Tho State House stands at the head of Main street, the prinoipal thorough fare of. Columbia, 'and reminds one of a light set on a green hill; or like a diamond in * herald setting. The mass of white atone oan be seen for miles around, and as one draws near .the grass which oovere- the beautiful sloping elevation, seems startliugly greon and fresh ' and smooth, but na ture seems to spread this beautiful car* pet ail over Columbia, The offloes of the Governor and oth$r Btoto officiate and tho Supreme Court rooms and library oootapj <ihe first floor. The Senate and House of Representatives and tho 8UU Library ere on the second floor. I believe Booth Carolina is tho ?mly Stoto which ?till WHawtH tho old-ttmo flavor of royalty in her Btato House ooremonU*. At the inauguration of the Ooveilfbr Tho rword of State and the maoe are heavy embroidery. I havo dkair.ee S3m llOUNO 1 1 0 Will IK't . In* vt? to lilt It 8 weight so often. There isuu instaoco m tho later historY of tin* Stato w hero a robe of this Kind pasnod Irom Irtlhoi to Mm altera long interval, ami this prac tice of looping (ho robe on tho chair prevailed in both/Ms (ovpis ot use. \\ lion tho Supreme 0<>urt of thoStftte is in session tho judges alwavH appear on tho bench in judicial (|i>\vii8, This has hIwhvh boon t#te practice in South Caro Una Now wrk bus recently returned to this ousti/n,- hut I believe those two Slates art* Jmoonly olios which now have that custom, that has always hud tho high lu^oodoid of tho Supremo ( 'ourt of thoJtnutod States, and within tho last taw years has tho now authority o( tho "vintoil States Courts of Appeal. With in tho memory of moo not yet old tho high sheriff's in Now Kuglaud appeared on Stato ooOahIohh with cooked hats and swords, but it is only in South Carolina now that tho shorilVdons an ollhyal garment ami carrion a sword of otllco whenever ho goes forth to mako an arrest. To tho culprit this setuufi liko taking a royal coated pill. In tho ouloo of tho Soorotary of Stato I naw tho inaoo. It wa? presented to I ho cojvuy by tho King of England aa emblem of ioyal authority. It hours tlujy pyal arm and tho crown, and is u mlmivo and valuablo piooo of work mi^iuhip. Andrew Jackson was a na tive ?l I South Carolina, and in h is last will ho bequeathed to tho Stato a sor vivo to bo presented to tho nativo of South Carolina, who in tho next xvar should bo selected an tho bravest sol dier of tho State. Tho next war was with .Mexico, end when tho question of selection of tho recipient of this token came up it wan found impossible to agree as, to which you of South Curo o I ina had most, distinguished himself for bravery. Aa a result. tho bequest Was ic placed in tho S(?ito vault, with the innlei stuiiding that it should go to tho last survivor of tho Mexican war, in which il was thought all tho South Carolinians who participated had equally distinguished themselves for oourago. This oluso of tho will of An drew Jackson Is a part of tho archives of the State, and is shown io visitors a? a very proud hoirloom attended with a very proud record of the general brave ry of tho sons of tho old Stato. " ' Among other historic rolths carefully prosorved ai\d held in high rovoroneo are tho grejtfe seals used at different timon in tho jhiatory of the people of tho Stato. There is tho great seal used by the'Lordtt' Proprietors in tho I7lh century, the great, seaf* Used by tho colony during the time the loyul mace was held as the emblem of the King's sovereign power, and last, the great seal of tho Slato of South Carolina, to which some timo has attributed a oov oroign sigiiilicanco hardly olaimod at that timo by any other Stato, and now used for the ordinary current business of tho State, and which in tho latest times has giVon sanction to strange ex periments in government, I saw also the sword of Marion, the Revolutionary horo of the Stato, xvho has been cele brated by William Oullen Bryant in his ?'Song of Marion's Mon:" Our band is few, but true and triod, Our leader frank and bold: Tho British soldier troniblos When Marion's name is (old. Among tho interesting rocords t saw was tho manuscript of (no last spoeeh of John 0. Calhoun, which was road in tho Unitod States Sonato who'j ho was too feeblo to deliveV it in poreou. ]. saw, too a letter from J jafayotto, ad' drossod to tho mon of tho Houthorn army, meaniug tho Southern army ofc (ho Kovolution, and a letter from Light llorso Ilarry hoo to Lord William Campbell, then Royal Goyornojr of tho colony. Ah 0110 couiob out from i ho Htato ilouuo lio is confronted by throo monu ments commemorating tho militant aohiovomontH of tho soldiera of Houtn Carolina. Tho iicot refers to tho Amer ican He volutin, the eocond, which ia in the shape of a palm otto 'froe, rolatos to the Mexloan war, while tho third in a ('on federate Monument erocted by tho woinon of tho nfato. Tho experlen6o of South Carolina is fillet! w^tli more singular vicissitudes than that of any other Htato, and ou ev ery hand in Columbia and in tho State House aro records and memontoes of unusual occurrences andoiroumstanoes Kate Plielon Hampton in Philedol phia Times. ? i ItlMII L'CMt COltNKRSTOVK. AiimihIiik Incident at t lie Collapse of a Court 1 1 oust?. What HceniK almost a miracle was tho oscapo froiu-tbo falling walls of tho old court house at Anderson by tho work men ojjgagod in tearing down that building. Not an injury resulted, though tho on tii'O foM'.o was at work on th<3 oast wall, which was undormiiidod and the first to fall. At tho liiHt warn ing evory workmen Hod from tho falling dobris; ono ospecially, exhibiting raro prosonco of mind, run to moot tho ful ling wall and jumped through a second story window. A few seconds lat<!r tho north walla collapsed' with u tremen dous crash. Ah noon-ft's it was known that no one was hurt, and whon tho olond of dust had scarcely. ?ubciddcd, a. rush was made for tho supposed loci^n tion of tho corner-stono, in,.?whioh old inbabitantn way a bottlo of whiskey was Bccrcted Bovonty year* ago. It was only unothef caao of "L ovo'?. IiMK)f IjiO?tf ? . ^lie corner stone could not bo lo* cited. ? . . . ' ; ? - Kllerbe nenieff' Hie Inslniiafldn". " Governor Kllerbc, in reply* to Sena tor Irby's insinuation made on the, etnnmin the last few days, that tie had enteral into a deal before the last elec tion with the people of Charleston to remove the metropolitan police in ex change for* tbe vote of that comity, is m follows: "The statement that I have ever made a deal, political ofr other wise, to secure a Vote is absolutely false. No ctttaen of Charleaton, oc of the State, ever made a projx>sitioh fo* me to vote lor mis for Governor -if I would metropolitan Thave never written a letter promising to remove the metropolitan police from I Charleston if the people of Charleston I wool* ??PP^me for (?QTfrgc?r. ' I r.a eSfdeal or m^kingjny proposition to ' A' ^g(L * ' i ^^.yikVg'-.cSgfe. - -- - 1 1111)11 811(1. 1 I - / Attornoy-Gonoral Mailer's Moaning oftiio TonH ''Original Packago." ' WONT GIVE UP THE, HGHI', Mm on t o n 'a Doclsliiti in (lie Law of lli? I /iwul , H a ( t ho I Hsponaury Itunnlnn (VIoitM Nmoot lily, iliixl ( lie Sumo. Tho situation i* quite interesting just now ?iH to tho liquor trallio in , thin State. ?' udgo Simonton's decision linn let down'tho burn for competition for tllO d ispOUSRVy. Tho StlltO intends to take tut appeal lit once to tho I'uitod States Supremo Court. It in hard to toll what will ho tho Into of tho dispon nary in tho interim. If tho appeal is tukon no matter lioyv*' tho ciim> in u? I ? Yunood upon tho docket a decision onn hardly ho expected hofovo next spring. A ropro8ontutivo of I'lio State in nil interview with A I lornoy-( loudrnl Mar her, asked this question: "Mi hut is an original package?" Tho roply wan. "il lolyoSiuioii ton lint) not said in this case w hat lie considered an original package, hut ho has said that at tho hoarim* it appeared thai there was no ditloroitoo of opinion ho twoon counsel an to what constituted an original package, From this I infer that if hia honor entertains views as to what const it u too an original package di Heron t from those submitted hy conn* Bel on both Hides he would have Bind so in his opinion. In this eoiiuootion you might publish the propositions an nounced by mysotayin my argument of tho ouso ond conooned by .Mr. Nathans, the counsel for tho petitioner." These are tho propositions as stated by Attorney -General liar her in his ar gument; ' "What, is an original package? i'Yoni all the oases we aniiouneo the following propoKit ions. "f. Any package containing live gal lons or more, when imported hy a man ufacturer or recti tier and wholesale dealor, to ho an original package, with* in the meaning oJ' jaw . must bear tho st ti in i >h and brands requited hy the rev enue lawRof the United Slstos. "II. Any package containing loss than livo gallons put up by a manufac turer or roetilior and wholesale dealer is an original psoku^p^flMHfbut stamps and brands, so long 'as it is exaetly tho condition in which it is imported "Mil. When liquors are put up in bottles and a number of bottles are paoked in a box or case, tho box or case is the original package. "IV. If bottles are shipped incurs packed in straw or otherwise, each bot tle cannot he considVred an original package and sold as such." It is thus seen that the policy of {lie Statowill be lo even deny the right to get original * packages of liquor in stamped flasks shipped within tho State in carload lots paoked in straw. Continuing, tho Attorney-General said that tho State authorities had de cided to immediately take au appeal to tho .Supreme 'Court of the United States from the last decision of .fudge Bimonton. J Lo remarked that he would nso liis .ovCry endeavor to have tho ease advanced upon the docket and got a decision at the earliest possible mo ment. I lo would liaye the case heard at the November term of the court and try to secure an early decision. The Novombor term of tho court continues from November through to the follow ing spring, no it is seen thatthoro is no telling when tint caso, will bo gotten up for argument. It will certainly bo Hovoral mont hs before any decree can be obtained from tho Supreme Court of the Unitod?> tales ami in the interim Judge Simon ton 'a decision is tho law of tho land. Original package storos can bo operated as long as they aro run in ooiiforinity with what was laid down in tho decision, and in accordance with the State's interpretation of tho mean ing of die term "original packago. " The latter, howovor, if decided adverse to tho Stato by Jwd^o Simonton, will bo but short-jiVed as restriction, and it look/' very much at) this moment as if tho (issue will \/o decidod without delaj^. fn tho meantime t ho itinponsary is running along smoothly and thos'o in charge do not soom to bo "worried about the situation. Commissioner Vnnco's employees aro going on putting up tho usual amount of t i<|iior nnu tlio shipments to county dispensaries aro going on as if nothing hatl ocourrod. When Governor FJIorho wan hooii ho said : "I am not f?oing to givo up Dio /ight by any moans. I intend to push it through to the ond and 1 believe that in tho end Judge Himoulon'.t decisions will be ovorruled by the su promo "court. Tho dispensary will run. on hint as it has boon going. I don't think the board ! of control will make any chan^OB in its fpolioy. " lio was aaked if he did not thinlc there "would have to boa reduc tion in tho price of Jiquors, The reply was that ho did not suppose there would/bo any reduction whatovor, but ofieotfrao ho could not toll "what would bo done under now circumstances as they Arose. Senator Tillman in rtfi'ihtorvlow with an Evening Record representative had thin to sayott Judge Kimonton'a deem ion, while in Columbia last wook: "When it was suggested that Himon-j tion'a-laat decision might seriously, cripple tho dispensary law, Senator Tillman said tho thing to do was to | watch tho original package ? stores closely and make thorn live np tothe restrictions of Himonton's docision. In tho meOfitlmft. the ex|>enses of odminv ottering the uisiK>nsnry law. should to rod need to the lowest possible figure. The State would doubtWa appeal^ ami U won Id do his utmost toiM^^rpTMh Congress -tho bill r^latiagf -tor tha dis pensary which has fawn ia?K#duoed there, " Governor Ellerbe has iMtud a batch of i^nUuviioas *he oonstablaa, bearing' on the doorae to bo pUMMd . ? ? ? ? ? ? : ?ui w , proHHod in hia rooent argument at ; Char loaton. .1 udgo Mhnonton will probably mako injunction* in both Yandoroook and I MoOr^ injunction eaaos permanent I w lion Him Until homing com oh oft" in I ( Iroonville in August. ITntll tho final ! (lot)l tU>H httvo hooU tiled tllO tStllte OaU* not inko Hh appeal to tho Hupromo Court of tho United Htutoi}.,, \ prominent dispensary oftloial huvh that unions ,1 udgo B^mouton's injuno lions atoiiuiokly diaaolvod tho dispen sary would hooonvo an expense to tho State luthnr than * Aouroe td leveuuo, SOUTH <AI<OI<INA NOTION. Tho ( touch Hush and Poor I'aclovy at Kutnw villi*, l>erkoloy county, is doing n rushing business. N o w berry bus sunt u petition to the Seaboard Air Lino, asking t lint tho in dustrial car bo Bout thorn U> givo ouo of thoir exhibitions. VJ At YVavorly Mills, below (ioorgo town, tho night watchman's house \vn? destroyed by lire and two sinal! jiegro childron cromatnd thoroin. Tho' tilt) \win of accident origin. II, Ij. Shrewsbury, u loading colored' liopuhliciiu politician, died at Cheraw. \Vo waa on tho State ticket In I ?<78 ami later a candidal o for Congress from tho Mh district iiinl Presidential elector. < (round has boon brokon at Ihuuborg for hor now courthouse, and tho laying of tho briok on tho foundation has bo gun. Tho oontraot requires that tho building shall bo roady for ocoupa-uoy by Doo. Int. On Maroh IMh Touy LyloB nssaultod INliss .laiio Willurd, a country girl at Whitmiros, Newberry county. lie waa capturod but escaped, was again cap t u^'od and triod for hit* lifo. Ilo ha? now boon Hontonood to hang August ??<).. (I icon Chandler, a citizen of tho dark coruor of Uroonvillo oounty, is in jail charged with assaultuu; Itosmo Sud duth, daughter of IV* tor O. Sudduth, one of tho moat prominent tnou of thai nootion a child under twolvo year a of ago. v >/ An attempt wiim inado to wi'flck tho northbound pAhhoukoi' from Augusta V. on tho Charlotte, (Jolumbi'aand Angus- \ ta road at Johuatou, forty iniloa ?JoUth of Columbia by putting a pieco of cross'* tie on tho track. Uoisoy J one*, a 17 year-old negro has boon arrofltod and will bo triod at tho next term of feourt. 'I'ho oounty tdaohora' institutes, for wldto and oolorod teachere respectively,, aro boing hold in varioutf counties just now. {Superintendent M^-llold ia yory much ploaaod with tho \^Pk donA, ajul oxpeota tho institutoa to result in groat good to tho State, . particularly to the toachorB, for whoao bonoflt they havo been arranged, "Jimmy" MoJamoa, tho young South Carolina fltudont, i? making n groat nanio for hiuiHolf in tho Rational Maso ball I'ioaguo. In tho Fourth, of July game ho pitohed at Chicago, ho > gave yp basos on ballfl, struck out six moiiL yiolded only throe singles and inado a Ihroe-baBO hit himsoiL lie ia thoooming wonder in baaobrtll pitching. TIIK UB8F3HVOIII BURST. A Keuilnrier of llio Johnstown Flood nt New burg, N, V, A ratal aocidont that is a reminder of I ho Johnstown flood occurred 'near Nowburg, N. Y, The Melzingah reoor voir at Fislikill /fountain, near Mattoawan, has been r-vyibfl'dh to over flowing by tlio roc. -.avy rains, and tlio ronervoir bun.; he water ran into a deep ravine i ? < <-.ilos below the reservoir, noar .Dutchess Junotion, washing awaj' alrrtopo every thing init* ( path. A number of buildings, private residences and bride yard With all its buildings woro wr.$hod away, with a boarding hoiiHO or-oupied by laborers. I I in reported U?al mno of them aro mining. They aro supposed to have been drowned, ?: The flood washed away oyer two hundred yards of tho Hudson rivor railway track., Thoro woro two reser voirs, 0110 above the other. Tho top Olio burst Hi ?t letting the volume of wator into tho lowor resorvoir and bursting it without warning. Tho flood carried everything beforo it. /Ten bodies havo been recovered and twenty aro stilt missing Search for the missing bodies is progressing rapid ly. Tho district is completely strif^pn by tho disaster. Many families aro not only homoloss but have : lost all their oartlily possessions. DIG lUtlDGK OPKNKD. West Superior and L>uhith Aro Now Connected by h Draw. The big stool bridge between "West Suporior and Duluth, Wis. , has been oponed for traffic. Tho work of build ing the bridgo between tho two citios \vas begun six years' ago. Tho center draw is forty-nine feet long and woighs 10 tons. ' Tho .total length of the bridge is 1,004 feet. be tween the approaches,' A clear water way of 200 feet is opened on oither sido of tho draw pier when tho span is swung. Tugs and smal^ vessoU^poss under without Bwigjgi&g th/lT^ which maker the turn in twehlyj?ee<.'' buds. - The ?tructure is fifty /wight feet witl^arrftuged for Wo railway tracks, ? woidS* etreeWailway^ M^ioot , paftaoiiger ways, and cost c ^ 1 A* 000. . ? # Geor# Wb- Cotton Ring, T*e <G?.) Ohneoicle ; -J&mm M, Smith, ot OfWtbwpe, Oeor gfa'M gnmfent farmer, ha* juwt broken alt of cotton -ttMn'r I wipfwa