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5 Another Brilliant Victory Wrought] By American Arms, FILIPINOS ST AN 0 BRAVELY Put Are Or. \e? Before th; i?-:s sties; VJ vaiue oft lie \(o;ricms NN itli Heavy I uss - ? Del -ills of t'u ? |:i fitting Mami.a, Special. ?? Clou. Law ton .?? il ; \ iy ion has captured Santa Cruz aftor a iicfoo baltlo. ?Sixty eight Filipino* wero touiul dead ?< j 1 1 tho liolti i>f battle and forty wound ed we 16 oaptmed. < >ur Iush w A* on" i 1 1 i o ? I aud ttijt Wi>uude I. I vvo ounuouii wpin (aptuu-d and many prisoners, with ft hundred r.llos and a largo stock vf ammunition. General I awtun bognn i ) i o light soon after tho men lauded Hum tho boats which crossed t b o buy. As Hot'i! a.* they landed, tho troops S'oi med in lino of baltlo and bivouacod fi r tiio uight, sleeping on their arms. I ho advance begau til day bronk and tba lighting ns noon as the out-poBts that surrouudod Santa Cruz \\ o i ?s roachcd. Tboao wero drivon with a rush. After a sharp exchange of shots (ie?. Lnwt'JU passed on to tho route tf tho ilium forco entrenched shout 1 ho cuy. Every stop was hotly eon tested, but t ho inon wero urged oil by resistless energy. The Filipinos ma lo a dosporato f tand in tho trencho*. I ho battle waged furiou'iiy there. A part of the -com maud nioceoded in turning the flunk of tlio enemy. Tljun t Li o 1' tlipi ji jn fb:d in disorder. Tho living natives veto j nri?uyd through tho Btrectn ol ?Santa Cruz. 1 ho iightiug ceased only >vhon tlio city waa elennod of insur gents aud stroug guards wero posted : a every quarter of tlio city Mlglil Attack by the I'ebe s Mami.a, Special. ? -At about mid night Monday night tho rebels cut the telegraph lino at several places be tween hero niid M a! olos, and signal iires wero lighted and rockets sent up niuug the footbiils to tho right of the ) niil'oad. I-iater tho enemy attacked tho outposts of tho Minnesota Hogi iront, between Iiigaa aud Hocavo, live tnilos ooiith of Malolos, killing two irioc aud Wounding N. Simultaneous ly tho outposts of tho Orogon regiment at Maiilao, tho next station on tlio way to Maui la, wero attacked with tho re sult that threo Americans wero killed and two wouudod. I he Americans also captured two prisoners. I he troops wero concentrated along tho railroad as thickly us possible aud the rebols driven back to Malolos. Tho roadbed of tho railroad was damaged, but it was repaired almost immediately and tratllc was soon roisumod through to Malolos. Six Pcoplo Slain in a Riot. Pan a, III., Special. ? In a riot, which broko out at 10:30 Monday inoruiug on tho main street, in front of tho telo graph oftico, between white aud black minors, in which deputy sheriffs took part, five men and one woman wero killed. Eight persons wero wounded, several so seriously that they will dio. The troublo resulting iu tho riot began when 100 deputy sheriffs wore called oat into tho l'latham and I'onwell mining district to protect Bovcral fam ilies of uogroo* who wore endeavoring to load household eflccts preparatory to leaving for Iowa, and wero boing prevented by negro guards armed with rifles furnished by tho Paua Coal Co , who claimed thatlhe goods tho uegiues were moving wero tho company's prop erty. Martial l.aw Declared. SrRlSOFiEJ.P, III., Special. ? tiovor nor Tanner has issued a proclamation declaring martini law at I'ana. Coroner Bradley said at midnight that ho had been told that tho bodies of six more negro miners had boon found in l'lat ham district. Tho coroner was uuabb to verify tho rumor and decided to wait until daylight to investigate. Th^ companies of the Fifth Illinois Infantry have been orderod to Paua by Gover nor Taunor. James L. James, a non union miner of Greenville. S. (5., was killed in the riot * Lawton's Success Complete. The following dispatch gives addi tional information concorning the flght of Santa Cruz: ? "Manila, April, 11, Adjutant General, Waahiagton:? Lawton's success a? Bant* Crtus waa more complete than reported yesterday. The enemy left 2MJ uUUIBilA dead oa the field and a number seriously wounded. Lawton captured the city with destruction of properly. Bis lose wee tea wounded, plight, exoepjUtwo, einee died. Liea tenant Efllng waa the oaly officer wounded ^Jight is hand. The eaemy retired eastward. Lawton is in pnr ?uit. / - . vTlfc ' 1 The Warie Far Fr?i EaM. Hot Ll, SpacW.? Though hundreds of Filipinos are daily retaraiag to their home* aad are deelroae lenuaiaf poaeefal -pursuiU, aad tbeofffc the pgaelematiirn lasaed by theUaited .K?l let HELO IM Eminent federal Jurist Pastes A*a> 'fter a Brief lllnesi, Washin'oioh, I>. C. , Kpeoial.? Jus tice StopUoa J. Field, of tho Uuitc.l , .Status supremo court, retired, died at j his hoiao on Capitol Hill, in this oily, at 0:30 o'clock Sunday oveuiug of kid uoy complications. About his bedside i wero his wife and her sia'.or, Mn. | Condit Smith, Mr. Justice David J. . Brewer, his nephew Mrs. Kdgerton, of California; Mr. Linton, his private secretary; tho Kov. Ward M. Motl, I lector of th\i Church of the Advent, j and tho faurly i-ervauto. TIo had been j uuoouficious hinct) Saturday morning, { and death e.uuo paiules?)y. About two ' weeks uuo ho took u idc thau usual in uu opou carriage auPwonti act ed a ftavnirt coitl, which rapidly devoU oped kidney trouble* which, with his old a^re, brought on the cud. u'Sticfe nrEPHES j. r.r.tn. Stephen Johnson Field was burn at Ilnddiuvt, Couu., Nov. 1, 1S10. J Jo was Iho'sonof David Dudley Field, aud was one of four brothers who became so fnmou?, David Dudloy, Cyrus \Y. , and Henry M, Field be:tig tho other members of the great quartette that mado their names known throughout tho world. 11 early boyhood was spent lit Slockbridgo, Mums. At tho ago of 13 Stephen <T. l icit! went to Smyrna, where his sitter had married a missionary, Kev. Jouiah lirower, who had undertaken au cciucatioual mission to tho i ?i oeks, and he there acquired a knowledge of Orioutal lan guages. Keturu'inu' after Iwj and a Lalf years to this couutry, he later en tered Williams College, from which ho graduated, 'a? at tho head of his elites. Ho thou weut to .New York, where he en tered the law oflico of his brother, Da vid Dudley Field, lie was admitted to tho bar and becamo a partner in tho tiriu, remaining as such for bovou years, Iu lSl'J ho went to Euro])? and spent Bome time tiieio, traveling. In November, 1848, ho Bailed from San Francisco around Capo Horn, aud en tered upon tho practice of tho law in tho Occidental metropolis. Altei a short timo ho moved to Marysville, a small miuing camp, aud became one of tho founders of what afterward grow into a thriving town. When the liltlo city was organized Juatico Field was elocted tho alcado of the place. Thin offico carried with it tho dignity of mayor aud at tho same timo imposed all tho dutios of tho bench, liero tho future jurist dispensed justico aud made his name widely known through out tho length and breadth of tho growing Commonwealth, llawasfond of talking of hiB early days in Califor nia, and often said that the happiest days of his life wero when ho dealt out justice iu Marysvillo behind a dry goods box. Ho was elected a member .of tho first Legislature of the Slate and was mado a momhor of tho judiciary coin mittee of that body. Ilo was elected a judgo of the Supremo Court of Cali fornia iu 185? for tho term of six years. In 1850 ho became chief justice, suc ceeding Chief .J ustico David S. Terry. In 1803 President Lincoln appoint ed him associate justice of tho Supreme Court of I ho United States, and he held that position until his retirement on Doc. 1, 18i?7. Qua) 's Trial on af Last. PuiLABELFUlA, Fa., Special . ? Kx ? United States Honator Matthew S. Quay and his eon Hichard II. Quay, wore called to tho bar of tho Court of Quarter Sessions Mouday, and after many months of vexatious delay, tho trial of tho two defendants was begun. Judge Craig fiiddle, ouo of tho oldo^t and most respected members of tho benoh "was tho trial judge. District Attorney Jlothermel, after two hatfrs had been spout in selocting a jury, olected to try ihe ex-Senator first *on that ono of the five indictments (in which ho and his son are variously named) which charges Mr. Quay and the late ex State Treasurer lionjamin J. Haywood with conspiracy in using the State funds for -their personal bene fit end profit and m amsnnor unauthor ized by law. This aotion practically leares the ex- Senator alone on trial. ^ Another ftaitroad Deal. Khoxtuxx, Tmd? Special.? It is J aemi-offloially rspDtt^d here that tho Ksoxrille & Bristol Railroad promot ers, together with the Atlanta, Knox ?ille k Northern Railroad, are about to pnrchaae the Knoxrille A Augusta Ball road, running from thia city to Mairjravili*, ft distance of 19 miles. Stivers Strlwtfly W enetfed. Bavaxi MAB, On., Special.? Pr Irate j Jamee Mordook, & Company E, First North Carolina Regiment, is at the | government hospital, in a critieal con dition. Pilrete Cook, of the same r4& company, isaleo at the hoi iderably brained. Beth w f toefea. tMM men i AventfaTft tejfce, by the Fovrtk nSiam Receives Letters From All Parts of I j the Union ABOUT HIS DECENT ASSEIUION j Itui lie Knew Nut Whence II' Came .Nor I Whither lie Is Coin* ? (Hi* Trip to: Florida? Another Ttusi. Now there is another tru??t ju?t co.j- { t>ummutt*d. Mr. Yitndorbilt aud Miss Fair have put their millions topethoi ' and somebody ia going to tuft'or by it. Thie thing i? utl wrong. l?iclr people 0 up, lit not to ma try rich people, but I don't 8oo how wo can (stop it. There are prettier girls than Miss Fair and liaiuUouior men thuu Mr. Vaudtvbilt, but money loves muuoy uud that nettled j it. That pretty littlto nurserv story j about Cinderella marrj'ing a prince 1* i as deiul os Hector. Hut I dou'tsoohow | wo oau provont these trusts and com- i binations and great accumulations with out a hoary incomo tax and au luher itaueo hix. Kvon thou tho millionaire* would hide out of it or lie out of it. 'I hoy would dodge the leveuue men j just like tho moonHhiuoi's do. Wo t ec ! that Vaudorbilt is dodging thom now [ iu Now York aud Governor iioode vell is after thorn in a spocial rues Bftce. It looks liko wo poor folks will iunt havo to submit? and tbank tho Lord that wo arc out of jail and that it is as well with ua as what it is. Thoy can't form any trust ou air aud water and our gardons aud homo raised ehickoua and eggs and potatoes. Wo had asparagus for diunor to day and will havo ttrawberrios in a week oi two. There aro many good thing* not vet in any combine. I .suggested to Mr. Healer tho other day that 1 was in favor of a church trust in ovory small town, for I wanted to hoar him and uli the pi cnohtfi s preach and \> as afraid tc i leavo my own littio church for fear ol giving oiTeuso to our prcachor. I 1 1 ? i ii k it would be .'i good idea fur tho preach ers to rotate aud preach i:i tho different churches, and wo would mako u com hiuo of tho salaries and divide it out pro rata. Doctrinal sermons hove about played out, anyhow, and excopt nig baptism by immersion, there if very littio diflerouco in tho ossontiat principles of tho Christian deuomina lions, We want to idolize nomebod\ ?nd I just as lief idolize four prearhcr* as one. [ fiomo of tha preachers are disturbed ilunit what I w rote about tho 100 in Now York, and want mo to retract aud ex plain, and I am pleased to learn from J'lio New Voi k Christian Advocate that tho Associated Press dispatch that I quoted from w as much exaggerated and distorted. ICuoukIi in admitted, how ever. to show that Hoy. Cadman is n skeptic on the subject of miracles and drew conclusions from his own ni gumeut that the editor says he cannot accept aud that Mr. Cadman says he does not himself accept. That is funny, 1 he editor says theso proachors often give tumultuous applause to a rner itorious paper, but would refuse to in dorso or approve tho paper, 'lhat i; Minny, too, uud is an admission that Mr. Cadmau'a Hrguinent against mir aoles wn.s meritorious. Hut enough of this. 'J he noithern Methodist church can take caro of it self. Tho oditor says ho ha? received from two to twonty lottera from each of fouiteou difloront slates a-king if iliat press dispatch spoko tho truth. And I havo rocoivod many, and among thom aro two who ondorso Cadman ami tho 400. and ono from a Mormon Lldor who asserts that tho purest of all Christiau faith ia to he found only ii> the Mormon church, and lie solids m< Homo tracts aud boga mo to read them, iho lotters I havo received ore no doubt sincere, aud they aro writton in polito aud echolaily language, and gave mo no ground for offense. Many men of uiany ininds thero are' ia this world and it becomos us io bo tolerant. Error thrives on intolerance a(pd persecution. !An?l hero is an oditor from Virginia who Complains to tho Constitution, and takes oxcoption to ray saying: ".So far as I am conoerned I feel as if I was nothing and lesa thnn nothing iu tho scale *of existence, for I know not whence I camo nor whero I am coing. " And Ha askr impertinently if I have becom^an agnostic, and says my utter ance* ar? astounding. There are some i smart people who are hyix>criticsl aod can't help it Thty hunt for aometbinit to bawk at and feed tbeir conceit. What roan knowi the secret of bia l?o |/|n? or whera ha oame from in the bo (Tinning? Tha Lord answered Job eat of the whirlwind and said "Whera was ? thon whan' I laid the frnttdnttooi of tha earth. Declare il if thon bast un i-darafanJfng. " fer&epe thie editor cea aeawer. Aud the fcord asked Job: "Have thw gataa of death been opened a a to thaa? Kaowaat thoa tha ordiaeeoae ef hssvta eedeaeatrttbou aet the doaiaioae thereof Y' Ttta editor wanta to kmttm Uljmtn a Bibtc before me. .Tea, aad lha4?a what it aaya ? eed asaeh a?or4 ee the! I.oe Owe day Iwaa taikieg to Dr. Caadier Jttbad tiuiti inn ? H >i ill' Willi bin i?ad Mini od and B<udr "llv.lo, I ? in hop. I a'.moo in?, I ut i \v liovo uro you goinji t 1 uo bit-hop pu II o-l himso f u jooUy a? i'ic oar began * <* move aid (-aid: "My f mini, 1 Hin *:?>ing to hoaven. \\ hero j u ?> you g?iu^''" J enjoyed thut. but ' l hit I boou tho i ??por i t?r I t It i n !: 1 \v nil havo :l*ked: .\ti.l wnoio is ioivon, mid how I'M i* it. a u.l when \>.ii soil get thrro? I In*/ Undiscovered o m 1 1 1 1 1 y iiom who u oo no tittvolot re ( ?> i ns h stiii Uio myMoi v of .mystcnev j ,Ko, my friend, I repeat that 1 Know J aol whouot) I camo uor \\ hilliuf t "in | ?oiug and therefore 1 humble m.\ ^olf , an. tor tho mighty hand of tiod ami j lru*d 1] i ill us a liltlo child liu>;ts its father. I h-ivo iust loturnod from t? briof ciatt to Jack^oiiv.Uo, whoro I wont in ??citron of mtidwr wt-ttlher, foi 1 hav? u had cough ami tho grip, otc. , but I did not find uiuoh difference Tho woathor in had o vo vv w h e? i o? o t on a trust 1 i reckon. 1 had hoiuo fun, though, ut tlio ox I'Oiiao uf olhor people. A good old matron camo to J-eo m i andlavishou nu uio many pleasant ciuuplimouls and among olhor things said: "iou mu d Como aud f-co u.-<. 'W e havo every book that you aver wrolo upon our parlor j table. Ye*, wo havo your Tnclo I'.o miia' and your 'Jlmjo and Duddy Tack,' tho i ll ;i n way, and all your oilier books. Wo* 1, now of course, I didn't havo tho meuuuoas in my hoailto tell , her that 1 wan not J'ool Chandler liar- j rls, to I just swallowed if all down aud j fell fluttered. j Next I tackled a conductor, aud whon j I ho road my pays ho looked at mo nud | smiled: "f am very glad to moot you, j Major. My fathor wus u Columbus \ man and ho jmd bunked on you. its, , up to tho day of his death ho said ev erything that Bill >*yo wroto "Bill Nyo is dead," said J solomnly. lie looked bowildored and I relieved him by telling limi that I was Hill Arp < . ' and not Bill N y o. | i wish f was rich I know a man whoso name was Duucau, aud ono tiny I found linn brooding over tho tiro in h;s back store, aud hays 1 "What aro you thinking about, l>uucau?" Ho . smiled sadly and said: "I was just j wishing Iwasxich." *' What for," said j I. "Why, just to havo my opinions respected. Ono of my customor3 askod ] mo this morning what 1 thought about j cotton? would it go up or down, and I told him I thought it would rise in a few days, ayd ho told another feller wliat I ami ho turned tflp his nose and raid: "Duncan? Duncan? l>mg Duncan. What doen ho know? Why dident yoti as' 'Shorter?' Well, Shorter hi icIi and I'm poor, but I know mote about cotton than ho does, for ho never bought a halo in his life." Now, I don't want to bo rich just to havo my opinions respected, but I would like to havo a charity fund at my com j a nd so that I could respond to some of theso pitiful appeals that I receive i almost every duy. They inako noe I heart sick and 1 cau't do auytliing. ' A bout half tho letters I roceive usk for i Hoiuethintr that I cannot supply, 'llie.v ! want to Iniow tho missing word and I some of them actually offer to give m< j hall tho reward if I will tell it to thorn. I And then these chain letters como almoht ?very day and they expect ine to Bond so mo money and mako three copies uud houd to throo of iuv friends and pay postago all round. And somo of wy young fiiouds want compo-d I iuu.i or potiits for a dobato about the Philippines or tho Cuban war. And sum? ambitious young people scud me a lot of poetry to be criticised. Thoy aro afraid of i'rauk Stanton. Well, of of course, all iho'o lottors aro written with good intont and hoiuo of them havo a stamp inclosed, but thoy aro n white man's but don aud I cannot dc justico to thorn. As for autographs, I solid t Li o in with pleasure, for it is nn easy ta:ik. I wonder if "Uncle Romus" bun a similar ex perionce. Nevertheless, i nmdtiil oalm and nercuo. ? Bill Arji til Atlanta Conatitntion. f An Infernal Machine Sent to Andrew*. The York Eveuiug World states that tivo weoks a?o Wallace Andrew*, tho president of tho Now York Steaiu Heating Company, who was burned to death in his Fifth avenue home, with his family, recoived through the mail* an infernal mnchino liilod with onotiirti explosives to blow his honso to pieces. The machino.nccotding to The Evening World, cumo through the mad, umi was an ordinary box about livo lnclio Ion containing an arrangement ol powdar, matches tMid sulphur. ! Brief Notts. Tho- Now York board of health in 8peotdra.bave found two second-hand ' dlottfing factories thai thejr claim are bot-beda of disoasa. Sanitary Super intendent Roberta baa issued orders to close np these places. TbTi year Ibero jrill be aTailablec, for the naval milit?a organizations of the United fitatas 860,000. -It will be di* trilmtod atn'ong tb* organisations f w tha ba*is of the nnoabar of patty offi cer/anv enlisted men actually in ser> rkf. 4 flss a Jftesepetjr of Ssit, The Prtocc of I'alermo la a*id to owe bla wealth chiefly to tha tnda In enow, or which be ha- a monopoly. The enow la toronsht at ntght In haaketa on mula [ tacfc from the mouatalna to ftBa coaat I tad shipped to the Italhui cities, P where tt ta void at tiro and three cents EXCHANGE OK PEACE UftAtY r ollo? cO lu >i I'rovi.uHatioj t>v tiic Presi dent? Hc.huiu N'im \p|?Mi?ud Mini."* tor to Spain . Wasutnv.ton l> r , - 1'liO condition of war which has < x tr>l bo twoeu tho I * n i I o <.1 J -.lutes hi: >1 Spain ttin oo A pill * 1, U * inm.aiL'l 1' u day, \% In.: ii iho hi .: fo' lllrtlitic.-j in tho l'Cht-Ol'at 1011 of pC!K'?"' WiIC peiloimod I tho i XoIjiUikO ?.? f 1 atifi. .'Uiolih of tlni poaco treaty. Cot i.oulo u t With this Piestdeiit McKinley issued ln? pro clau lilii'ii, i.v c!u) iiii,- that tho was with Spam was at mi it; I, a tul tho appoint ment of L'oUamy Sturer was deter* mi nod u i on as I ml:: J Mutes miui* lot to Spam. After tho eotemouy President McKinley u.Micd tho fellowiug pro clamation : Whereas A treaty of peace between the U n ih d MuU-s of America and Her Majesty, tlio Queen l\e?:eiit ol Spain, in tho name of her ?u;:u t son, Dot) Al fonso XI 1 1, was cotiojutlo l fttul signed by tltow roNpt'Cli vo ploinii tciitiaries at Vans, on tho loth <l?v of l>cceuibcr, 1 tin* original rf which convention hoi Hi: mi Iho English lied Spanish lan guages, is word for word as follows; (lloro tlio Miil uxl of I i: o treaty ih m eluded). And wlieroft;', 1 ho saul convention hiiH boeti duly rulilied on both pas t11, ant! tho latitioiiiionn of tlio two govorn lucuta wein ex oliftni:od in tho oily of Washington, on tho 11th tlnv of April, one thousand, o?{.;hl hundred aud nine ty- nine; Now, therefore, bo it known, That. ], William MeKinle.v, President of the United Siutes of America, have caused tho said convention to be made public, to the end that tho same and oyyiy rtr- ' ticlo and clattHo thoro f nt?y l>o ob served aud fnllilled with good faith t>,V tho I'uitc.l Mate i a"d tho cili/.eus thereof . In w'tiio s whereof, I havo herounto sot my hand and cutt-ed the se-l of tho United St.ite;i to bo nllixcd. folio at t i'.ti ( "ily of Washington, t h i llth day ot \pril, hi tho vcar of our Lord oiio tti .nsand, oi^Ut hundred aua ninety -nine, aud i f Iho J ndupeudouco of tho United state;) tho ono htiudiod aud twoiity-ihiid. Wu.IjIam M< K!nm v. I iy tho l're-ddeut. ?tons Hay, Secretary of State. V.i (Jcrt)iM Mansion burned. O.uiD.w.r:, Jj. T, N, V., Special.? William K. Vandorbilt'a magnificent country rouideuoe, "Idehow. " was totally destroyed by lire nhortly after midnight Tuofeday moruiup. Thoro i? not a wall left etandiug All tho cost ly paintings and valnublo brie a-brac were contiumod. A pr;eclovs amount was paid for them, t-omo of them bringing hundred* of thousands of dollaiH. Mr. Vauderbilt and brido made their oscapo from tho burning mnnwion, stood ou tlio lawn and watched tlie flainos. Tho total Iosb iu J estimated ul^JOO.OoO 1 1? &}00, 000. // t Tin* Bi-, Metallic Qu stion. London, Eng., Special. ? A blue book giving the evidence obtained by the Indian eurronev inquiry commit tee, lias been published. It includes u letter from the United States Secretary of State, Col. John IJny, to Lord Al- ' denham, a director of tho Jbwik of Kupland, dated November 0Mb, last, fia3'ing: "Tho Waahioutou cabinet does not consider it expedient for the United States to reopen tho bi-mctnllie question nt present, in view of tbothuv j aeter of tho Hntinh miniHtry'H reply to the bi inetnllic comiriifHioii in ISO?." Colonel Hay added that tLio cabinet wan opou to consider tho question of u ratio. f our Alcn Killed. New York, Spocial. ? Tho tempora ry Btructuro of the big Willis Avonuo bridge, now being built over tlio lJar lom river, collapnod 'J'uo^tlay after poun. killing four men, and seriously injuring f? x. ono of whom may die. Twelvo or moro other woiUmou aluo rocoivod injuries of a uioro or leas te rious natnro. The Lake City Lyhchers. CliAJiLnsTO.v, S. C , Special. ?Eleven niicdfjod Lake City lyncbera woro i>lac ed on trial iu tho United States Cir cuit Court here, Monday. Tho cast aurainst J. P. Newham and . Early I'. Lee, the men who turned State's evi dence, waa droppod by the requon of the distriet attorney, aud this account* for tho faot tb.?t 11 instead of 13 m6u ?re now on trial. The latest, news from Bolivia says that General Pando, tbo revolutionary leader, has dofeated tho fcrmy of Pres ident Alonzo and baa occupied Ornro, the President's bane of operation ?.* rerly-Fi e People Drowned. Malta, Special. ?Tlio British steamer Klokwell, Captain Humphrey a bat arrived . hero and raporta bain? in collision with the Greek eoaaler Maria, io latitude 80 longitoda 22, on April 9, in the Mediterranean, off the coast ol Tripoli. Th* Maria waa sank, 45 par- I ?one iroinr down -with bar. ^ Jamea Robinaoa, / MttXt \!HM' I nil CI! \UT> )j^.n r.'fi- as pur* t ii:H sr I V 1'ho ui If! no \ gunrroi'a oflioo Iiai ron lored a veiy unpoi ? m it t deciaiou in re ^ ;i f ?1 I t the* mmi <o! c'.iatt busimva, in roi'iv to t !i o i'| .? if iiHiocout third pin t icn who l?>?vo pui\'ha*ed warrants wiit be 1 1 1 wti vU-.l t> :i > n ,1 t'luuiis. 1 nl !u>V ;; I \ < ht> O Illil'll. ^ uiu.ibn, s i , Ajnil y, i ?. llou. 1. Mo Malum, Sui.onutoudoul ol i.diu'alion, < olutnblil, o. Dour . I ho communication ui Mi. \\ . l\ lutiir, i fli'ii i>n (u | i)n> ollloo, Mihniitii iiiu> n .u-ui ion ; "'if school ti iinIchm si;;n t,t'n?)ci warrants pavubWi ?' 11 1 y : OiH'dI dtl |? } ? I 108, Ullll tlli? v'lUllll tills ItiM'U ??rid ti< !? tlllSll pit I 1 V ll'N-lOlt I >ci .IIUO ll U<>, lllol oil J III V loth lbr.', I ho n-iiOol cl * r it.- 1 r* i ! 1 1 litis money to j;k credit, On 1 1 tiio thud party oollnei b .? rii ?? wiiyji pi'^in .i ituj Lucy put in lot' tin* ciuf.a Bu ia T Jluv.i:^ uliciuly oxpit cd t ho opinion tbtu t!:o fcCCtloii ui -rh-H-; It M'.'tOoti in Miing wunant" to be i a: i.l cut ut tii'\ i yeat '.s ltiml in u v.i o-, ami tiiftt tho wan unt ? h ? i ... >1 ..so void, it lilluwn thill llll'^.l ilila at!) \ it lliailCI'H uul in h uu.'i: Uai.ds t hoy ?? 1 1.*. J lit* pu per \ oi | * ? i tin.: |o ly ;t w hi t a ill it w or till oils, u.i it ropl noijjwu'. lie ]:ivuinlity in i'Xi roisoil nil too I'aco ol tho p.tpv:, u in I pui.inu-H l<n vior u ui*. tli lit? utlviouti, I Uo 1 1 ii > t wi<:? having no iinttioi ity to iHhiio lie u?ii 1 1 ti ii t the UiOl O lllOt tl>. 1 1 it lilirt I'll u 1. 1 into the lunula of ii thud puny i'ii n ho more validate tho w 1 1 i.i 1 1 1 1 1 iii u U it i i a ? t lii'ou drawn mi i ho roul iu.ni ol tho county. JtJ.a stated thiil lite \iauntit in iir.iwn on n district tint! will Line it bainmo ti. carry over to next year f-nllivinn t to pay l i> o \vnr rut 1 1. Uijiior tiio m'-v .r? ht-ttuol J . < W oi iM'tij w hicU , jM ovhloH that tho fiMinly t re.- hh r?.?r Mui'l riiny fur wind nil miiuh ui<t) vpoiulcil to tht iiuxt liscul y o ii i anil cicilit tlio iiinio tc tin1 il.8tr?i t lor which it mum ttpportiou o.t, it I o > o h all con nool iviii with , li i ? youi h I mills, im oro.litcil ami moi ^oil in tno next, ami cuu hu cxj'cniluil tv?r lioxt yiMir'ji tloiMn only. Your UutTO I'Oll'IOUl tlo'tUCH to know if a boni'U ol t: utloci can rni])|oy an at turno.v in li^'ii tlio j aymuut oi ciniinv for nchool chartH, anil pay him out- ol tlio mmi-ouI IhimI'1 a ppor t ion i'ii u?r then district. JL u irl inclined to think thai thuy biivo tintt autlioiity. 'Ii un action woi o in otu; nt aymuut tho hoard of li ua toon involving tnc oii itcat lonul liitoiiUilS ot t lio d i.st r ioi , they would bo compelled jo employ an attorney to protect tin iutorohtu ot tho school, or piobably allow tho ili.striol to bo ruiuinl. il can nut bo lousohably ooutondod thai Ihe^' Hhottld pay ail ntioniev ?;iil ol thoir own pockotrt, lor this would moan usually t it at in t-pito ol tiio ordmarj j'utriotisin tiio diHtru-t would i.o u u top io^ont od. J', then, tLey bavo pinvm to employ c?un-el to deleud, I b?o uc i uauon '.*by thoy nhould nut havo powot to employ an aitoinev to briu^ an uo tiou, or lor othor puipo>o? Id protocli tho achool intcroatn. 1 by ijuest ion is ushod, wliut kind ol uotico tihoiild l>o net' veil on the troas uror to piovcut hi.n from pnyitifr the warrants in (juoNtion. It tho warruntt aro illotrul no lolttml noticein nccoj'fiftrj hm +110 trcasuror is not likoly to pay aL illo;;al wuirant. Am a matter ol policy, , however, tl would bo wot! to notify hiu ol tho condition of alVuis. Youih ti ill y, 1". X. (itJMi.n, A^b't V ttorney Ciouurul. (l>ictntod. ) ? ? . Tli e IJ. V. P. I'. Med nit;. I ho Uupti^l Yoiiu,' I'iiojjIo'm I'nior mot in Columbia iast wock. 1 iio moot in^ whs largely atloudvj, a build rod dolegato.> being pioient, and tho xpotik cm woro ouni?iira;{od by largo congio gatioUH. Mi. \7;!! J", vans, pio?idouto' tho local Uiiion, n-c!conu' 1 tho mom bers of tho convention. 1 ho Lev. W, C, fjindHuy, J>. Jl. , in behalf of t Ii ? con<;roautio!i of tho 1-nt.t I5'tpli?< church also heartily welcomed tho oon veuti >11. ily Mtatod that tho mayor ol tho city ro;<rottL';l that bu-inoat pro vented him from bein^T rodent uud ex tending ?t wolcomo An behalf of tlio city. Dr. C. C. Brown, of Sumter, in behalf o; tho^con vontion, in hi.i usual hupp} ***$1 loapondod to tho welcome ad ilro:?aoH. Dr. P., ]'. Ciiivers, geneia flccietary, wa.s llion welcomed by tlit pre.sidont. i iio annual report of the board of matiagors wav.read by Prof, F. X. K. Jiaiie^-, of Edgefield. l iens uror Jouoy, ol Balintburg, made the au nual linuuciul report, which showed that tho con volition was cut of dob! and had a Miial bsliauco in tho treas ury. When Dr. liomur, chairman ol tho committee on place of tho upxl mooting ro.io to muKe hi.s report, a rip? pie of excitepierit ran over tlio hon?o ut 'ho rcMTHciitativen of sevorol eitioa had boen working /uithfully over bitleo tin firnt meeting of the convention to ho* euro for their respective cities tho neXI -Ttato con \ out ion. t'amdon, Charleftton iiU'l U<i?;olieid woro known lo bo 111 tho lead. Tho committee reported in favor of Edgefield. So tho uexi I>. Y. P. U. ."stato convention will rneoi at that place Ihursday aftor tho first bnudaj it> April, lyoO.^ The de oiration from Edgefiold, conmiting of livo charrniug young iadioa and four gcutloinen, worked diligontly for tboir cause. Mr. Tbomas J, Tnockham, far many year* HUte armorer, died in Columbia, lie was armorer before and duriog the war, and aince that time, until ? few weeke ago, when be waa retired from ufSce. Since then be bas4>e0o io de* ciiolng b^lb op to hia deatb , Upoa tfie recommondatiob of Eptmg and others, Kobert Bo^wi, colored, baa been pardoned by Qot, Ellerbe. The pbyaieiaa aUted that the ne?ro was in miserable health. He waa oonrioud of manataochtef il the NoVember term of Creenwood court in Ud7r and raceired e eeoteoee wf ftwo _? yttri ta Camden on* April tO. PrepomtioM "i, -r r rn ~itti T Ti r* e com n ?i agree. ^ Mistrial Ordcrod In the Meetza Case, JURY OUT NINETEEN HOURS. ii i.% ivikl r?v c Wore for Acquittal, Six for Minslaug liter and (lite fur .Murder ?-Cour I A > ?? Ofiiltleil on (no Ulljfht Sdbt??tl?. plioetsd ik time ago a Mdhai tl Cot t'Moi a, H. 0., Rpooiftl,? The jury iu tho Meot/.o ciiio was unable to reaoh vordiot, ii 1 1 ? t Ml 10:85 Kunday morn ing mud dismissed l?y Judge Watts, who ordered tho case to bo "mistrial.' I he trial ooituoeuomi at Thursday morning, aud lasted throo days, iu* eluding tlio t uno tho jury wan ondoav ? onug to obtain a vordiot. Tbo case wad tui uod over to tho jury Saturday afternoon at throo o'clock, aud after bo 11)4 out 11) hour* it was impossible to arrive at a vordiot. Court assembled <>a tho bright, beautiful ttubhatb morn nig, uiid there woro ? huudrod people ?hero anxious to hoar tho vordict. Tho dof oil d a u t , Willio H. Mootze, waa present, urt was hi* attorney, Colouel r. II. NoUo.-i, and tho attorneys for tho Mdto, 3oiieiior J. \V\ Thuriuoud, Col. <oorgo Johnston, of Now berry, and dr. H. iMcC. Ciurkaou. When the jury tiled iu tirod ftud loopy, J ml,;o Wutts inquired ol the oioiuau, Mr. John T. Friday, if tbo iny had urrivod ul a verdict. Hie donor wan infoi uied thai they had uot. i he judgo then u*ked if tliuro wan auy ,>oiut ol law which needed esplaui* >iou. Tli? fureiuau replied thai thero wus not, aud Judge Watts tbonorderod ,i mistrial. Tho jurors, altor being httued thou pny?cortiiicates, were dis charged. Col. Nelson, attorney for tho defond int, stated that ho would mako motiOH ? or tho 0(180 to bo given another trial at thin term of court. {Solicitor Thurmond .uo?o to oppoho tho motion of defend iu i'm counsel, when Col. Johaatone ?uiggofctod that, tho court had assembled i<ir the Hpecitic purpoco of hearing tbe iouultoitho bolibeialious of tho jury ?ud no other business could bo tlrana lOtod. Col. Nelson replied that be had uiado fio formal motion. He bad made this stutomont of his intentions for tbe information of the couusel on the other ->hIo, us Col. JohoHtone does not live iu Wio city. -IMeetze was remanded to j :i 1 1 to to await subsequent action of the ?ourt. Holms boon iu jail since tho nght of tho occurrence. There has teen much biccu'aiion as to the way he jury stood, l'lio generally accept ?d opinion is that tlvo wore for a ver dict of i.cquitUl, six for manslaughter iiid one lor murder, it is turtber be* mved thut when the jury lirut went ?>nt, two woro for murder, flvo for man* daughter aud livo lor acquittal. ? . ? A Jury Loaded With Hum.* / Viola'.ora of tho dispensary law havli ii<d a rough road to trcvol in York ouuty previous to the last term of court at Yorkvil.o, but tho tido seems (o havo turned thoir way, tbo jury in several iustuuoos returning vordicts of "uot guilty," when the ovideuoe of .mi i It. in (lie opinion of lawyer* t speo. ators and, in fact, almost everybody xcopt tbo jury, warranted a verdict of guilty. Soliotur Henry is reported as .uv.ng told a juiy :but their verdiet v an duo to the fact that tboy were .load d with moan corn whiskey dispensed .jy tho VorKviIlo blind t.gors. lie also -??td tlmt ho knew that oueof the juroca. uad iiad at l?ast ten drinks, because h? ?jou d see water running out of the oi tiers of hiu fyes, and bo was per ?xinally acqua.ntud with him and know hut Ions than the iiumbet of drinks uiontioiitW) would uot cause the water u> How. He also said that at Wione (?oro aud C'bestor tbe jurors drank rye whiskey, which was not so offensive as the bliud tiger corn wbiitkey drank in i'orkville, and be thought he wonld ask uie nexi Liogisluiure to pass a law allow* .ui; him i'i'J por day extra during tha 1'urkvnio Court, aa it was worth at least " unit much moro to faco juries loaded with mean biiud tigar corn whiskey :u>xod with onions, than oue loaded wuh plain rye. . ? 1 yi r-atal Stree| Duel. At Brunson Sunday night a fusilado of pistol sboMiu rapid succession waa heard, .itrfi it was soou developed that a pitched battle waa being fonght m tho street between James Pre^^** Charlie Preaoher and Arren Pr brothers, on the one eide, ^and Uiad, Maok Bied, Jaibsa Bied, . ers, and Joseph Connelly, on the < As a result Geo. Bied ie dead, ' Ried is probably fatally wounded/ seph Cennelly ie eerionaly woia^M aod Jamee Preaoher elightly woaadad in the hand. I? appears that* safra farm hand emyloyed by Qeorf? was subsequently ampluy eu Preachers aad bad Miff was -dared tharehy.