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BBtTH OF THE CONFEDERACY. A. GLANCE BACK TOETHK DA VS TtVK?fTY-riVK YEARS AGO. - or < < thf> In»n|rwr»tlon of Prealdant DArta—The Plret Canfedemte Moaey, the Vlret nan, the drst Suldlere >, And the Fleet Crnleer. • {Wath. letter to the New York World.) “No, sir, I was not with Mr. Davis * at Montgomery this week to hear him pronounce what you are pleased to call the funeral oration of the Confederacy. I was there with him twenty-five years ago and heard him make a speech much more cheerful. It was his inau gural as Presidont—tho baptismal ser vice vou might call it—of the Confed eracy. I was one of the marshal's aids'on that occasion, and represented bonth Carolina.” Tlie speaker, chatting with a group Iricimi anoe and uncen expressed, they eral seaports of of hit irionUs in the parlor of the National Hotel, was Col. Henry D. Capers, of Georgia. He has been here for several months and his erect figure and gallant bearing arc much re marked. He was private secretary of the first Confederate secretary ol the treasure, and his reminiscences of the ‘ babyhood of that short-lived Govern ment arc an interesting volume. The bitterest Northerner cannot begrudge the pathos in the spectacle of Jeflorson Davis, a solitary old man, grey and feeble, standing up to speak in the memorial service of the rebellion, upon the steps of the very Capitol where he first stood forth its chief, in the prime of his manly strength and the first flush of its hopes, on the 18th February, 1861. How many he must miss of the high-hearted, hot-blooded Southern chivalry who stood proudly ’ around him that day! The 18th of February, 1861, was a beautiful Southern day, says Col. Capers. The sun beamed down on the natal occasion like a happy father, and a soft southwest w ind w as lifting the leaves of the magnolia that twined with the laurel in many a large festoon about (lie Corinthian columns of the | ere j capltol. An immense concourse of 1 >eopic gathered to the inauguration, >ut so solemn were the ceremonies and so earnest were the people, that - Oof. Capers, sitting on horseback in the outskirts of the throng, heard dis tinctly every word of the eloquent opening prayer of Dr. Manly. The venerable divine and Vice-President elect Stephens rode in the carriage with Mr. Davis, and Howell Cobb, president of the convention, adminis tered the oatli of oftlce. Mr. Davis ' spoke his inaugural quietly, hut dis tinctly, and upon taking the oath raised his eyes towards neaven and repeated the concluding words, “So help me God,” in a tone so strong and clear that they could be hoard by every one present. There was a re ception that night and a brilliant hall. C. G. Memminger, of South Carolina, was appointed secretary of tiie treasu ry, and on the fOth Col. Ca|>ers, whom he selected as his private secretary, opened their office in the Commercial building. The accommodations were limited, hut convenient. Tnere w as a banking office on the ground floor. The State, treasury, war, navy and law department* ot the now govern ment settled down in the twelve rooms on the second story, none of them Very large. Young Capers took possession of their office, swept out the cobwebs and dust himself, got In a few articles of flirniture, tacited a card on the door, hired an office boy and waited <*two wliole days liefore anybody came to do business. Then came a tall, soldierly-looking man with «u eager step and the unmis takable air of business. He wanted to aoe the secretary at once upon an im portant matter, lie banded the young private secretary an official note and Lurricdly said: (t l am Capt. Dca*, sir, late of the United States army. I have been !n- •trucled by President Davis, whose note I hand you, to provide rations and blankets for one hundred men who have reixrrted to him for duty in the army. 1 want the money, sir, to carry out the order of the President.” in the prbmise they red at par in sov- )ixie “for at leoal a month,” as Col. Capers careftilly puts it, “after they were issued.” Several large bills of exchange were bought in London and Paris at par. Hut the financial boom ot the Confederacy didn’t last long. When it came to be August, ’61, the Canal and Citizens’ banlcs in New Orleans were the only ones handling Confederate money at par. On the 9th of August even they suspended specie payments, notifying the Richmond authortics of their intention two days in advance by a private cipher dispatch. Col. Capers has the original of this dispatch, in pursuance of which the Government made quite a saving speculation for itself by buying up fall the foreign exchange it could lay its hands on in New Orleans, Mobile, Savannah, Charleston and Richmond during the two days of grace. Col. Capers’* recollection of those early days of the war are a continuous story of makeshifts and expedients. The young Government lived from hand to mouth. One of the first naval officers to report for duty was Raphael Semnies, afterwards commander of the Alabama. He was on hand before they had a deck for him to stand on, and worked for a short time in iho treasury department at Montgomery. A merchant vessel was soon bought and Scmmes, after inspecting her, returned to Montgomery and announc ed to his fellow-clerk, Col. Capers: “She is a good craft, sir, a good cralt. When 1 have strengthened her timbers and cut her down to fighting trim, my word tor it, she will do brave work, sir.” She wa* accordingly altered and armed and, with Semnies on her quarter-dei k, made vood his predictioh to the dire cost of such an w ent down to the sea in r-hips under the Stars and Stripes in those days. The vessel w as the Sinn ter. SKMMhS WHITTI.ES KOK IIIS IwrKUS. Hut when she was ready to sail and her register made out, it was diseov- ut the Iasi moment that the treasury department of the Confederate States had no seal. There wasn’t an engraver to be found in Montgomery, ami Setumes was impatient to vet his paper* and be off. So he and Col. Capers, aided by a handy young army surgeon, and at the expense ot two or thcce penknives, carved a rude seal upon u piece of boxwood, which met the immediate need. Scmmes got his regl-tiT, and the SumteV set sail under the Stars and Hum. There sva* quite a time over the adoption of that ting. A considerable number were in favor ot sticking to the old flag, with slight modifications, hut Mr. Miles, of South Carolina, chairman of the Congres sional flag committee, argued at length in his report against this sentimental idea, and added, by way way of a clincher, that Liberia and the Sandwich islands had flags very similar to ours, anil the committee was not disposed, therefore, if for no oilier reason, “to keep, copy or imiiato it. They have no inclination to borrow second-hand what has already been pilfered or appropriated by a tree negro com- niunitv and a race of savages.’’ The vcr\ first Confederate tlag that THE HtHH OF WATEIt. the sun ever saw. Col. Capers testifies, Col. Capers assured the Captain that bo was I both willing and anxious the S— ilg men should he filled and covered, but bo added, shaking out a purse that contained something lose than $b: “I have been on considerable of trolic tor the last two weeks in Mont gomery, and my finances are at this moment pretty low. This is all the money I am able to vouch for a* being in the treasury departiq^ut of the Confederate States at this time.” Patriotism couldn’t be allowed to go unfed and uublanketed, however, and after souk- delay the money was raised on tlie private credit of Mr. Mcm- minger. Tlie Midlers thus equipped were a company ol Ueorgiaus, com manded by ('“Pt. George Washington Lee. They were the first body of troops enlisted In' I he Confederacy. When their orovlsiouul Congo When their provisional Congress provided lor a loan ol !§tl6,(KX),(H»0 “to meet the emergencies of Government,’’ they thereby provided another emer gency. The Government had no paper to print their bonds, certificates and, note* upon. They managed to get the cbief ingredient of paper money credit very well, but stuck last a while for lack of what is usually comparatively valueless. The paper mills of the South made omy the ordinary news paper and the common wrapping paper of the shops. The finer manu- fectories of the country lay north of the line of reparation. G. H. Lamar, dent of the Bank of the Republic, fo ew York, acting as agent for the federate Government, arranged to the work done by the American Note Company, hut when the ' notes were all handsomely ted and ready 16 be shipped the t service ational officers of the Ola batch, Tlie diffi- verument siroopod down and cou- ,he wnok ty of finding paper and engravers util attar not solved until attar the removal the Government from Montgomery Bichmond. The Richmond paper Were finally able to ftirbiah a sort note paper, but the first issue printed by a firm of German vers in Richmond on paper through the lines from Bal- The first ptoof-sheet, of eight oadred dollar bills, was far handsome, but they were in a * thev approved it. It is now on of Col. Capers, and was hoisted by Judge Clitbcrall at Montgomery. Ire,\va* in the confi dence of the Hag committee, and a* soon a* they told him the design select oil he got In* lady Iriemls to- S ether and had one made. On the av the committee was to report to Congress he mounted the roof of the Capitol, fixed his flag to the ha!\aid' of the stall and waited. The recommendation of the com mittee was approved. Me got his signal from below, and in the twink Hug of an eye the new ensign of the Eolith was floating proudly iu the caresse* of the gentle March wind. The news spread quickly through the city, and when Judge Clitherall shouted down from his lofty perch, “Three cheers for the Confederate flag” the crowd answered with a mighty greeting that, it was thought at tlie time, mu*t have given an earache to tlie hronzc statue on the dome of the far Northern Capitol. (.OWN* KOK OKA III \TK*. What tti* Swrrt Girl Gnul tint nt with Golden flulr arc to Don iiidnnr. (tyotn Jennie, Juuc'» Fiuhion I.etUr.) Graduating dresses are always a source of trouble and .anxiety with expectant graduates from school and college at this reason. A few maybe able to send or give tbffir order to a comjieteut dre-e-maker; the majority WOFrV" TiY’CT”ffi if dTTHeuTfy oFrn aKTiTg au adequate appoaraine out of inade quate resources. The best thing, prob ably, that the majority can do is to procure one of the machine embroid ered white muslins, make it up with full open bodice, and Wear cream, pale yellow or heliotrope satin belt and ribbons. But if they would begin a year before and embroider in a deli cate. allover pattern or inline* or with border or drapery, a fine, white wool or linen i>wn, what a dainty costume would bo obtgjpod, not only at a com paratively trifling nj^euso, but pos sessing the unpurebasabia distinction of separate and artistic individuality. There is a furore just now in London for home dressmaking and to encour age it a bajl is to bo given at Willis’s Rooms in May, al which the toilettes worn by the ladies arc fo bn exclu sively “home made.” Out of fbe obstacles to dressmaking at home, with us, is the fear of not being like every body elso. This bondage is a great source of weakuea*. We could atford to'be a little fantastic ii> order to be free, simple and expressive, ;apd 1%s Moat Dr at mod* s Freafcrt Mac* IMS— Cropa RuInrS and Lite Stork Drowaded— R rid (tea ao^Calverta Waahrd Away—Fatal- lira llrlvm Krum Thrlr Hvmea. (Columbia Daily Hcoord, Kay SI) The fearful rains of the past few days have been general over tbo country, and the flood gales of the mountains having Iteen opened, the waters are rolling down to the low lands with great velocity, sweeping away cabins, bridges, live stock and crops In their wild course. Broad River bridge this morning was impassable to vehicles, and those who ven tured over the Congaree River bridge took a risk, as the bridge was nearly floating on the angry st ream. The piers were covered at 9 A. M. and the river still rising. Tbo water has flooded the work on the canal, and serious injury will result to this great State enterprise. The plantations of Mr. John C. Seegcrs, Mr. James G. Graham. Capt. W. D. Star ling, the Childs brothers, Mr. T. B. Augh- try, Mr. B. F. Grilf’m and others in the lower part of Richland are submerged and the cotton and corn ruined. These farmers have lost a large number uf cattle, hogs and horses bv dr ' rowning, and the prospects are that the continual rise of the waters will entail upon them still further loss. At the old Arthur place, now Mr. Grif fin's plantation of 1,500 acres, only 100 acres arc out of water, and the road to the plantation is four feet deep in water. and County bridges All through the city and causeways have beeu swept away, and the chances are that the few remaining in position will follow in the general wreck. The culvert on tlie C., C. & A. R. R., just above the city, has caved in, but a temporary structure allowed trains to go out to-day. A train on the C. A G. R. R. is between two wa died out trestles, near Peak’s Sta tion. A family In Ward 1, renting one of the Allword •ii houses, corWr of Me. tiuni and Asseniln streets, was forced to move out, icst.-rday, “lock,"'Stock and linrrel,' the water having risen waist deep in the house and tin itciiing the family w ith drowning. Captain P. II Booklet' says his crop is hiund itej and his loss will be nearly entire. Trains have ts-en delayed throughout the country on account of the heavy rains, and the only wonder is that no loss of human life has occurred. Ilundieds of |htsous went to the river to day a d remained for hours, witnessing the dost ruction caused by the swolleu stream. The water broke through the canal banks on the river side and washed away the works for hundreds of yards. Footi re idling that portion on which the dry wi.tt r works stand.the angry flood woined to have mi especial mission to ful fill Tree after tree Muccinnlied to the force of the torrent, went crashing down stream anil thn iicmd destruction to the Cuuga- ree bridire. Yard after yard of earth was undiTtniiiisl until the close of this report, at J Jo P M , w licn the water works were carried away. One hundred cords of pine wooi 1 wi re taken ..IT in a jitfy and the canal bridge went otT as drift wood. The cyclone of Thursday morning, after spreading destruction through the fields of Mr. George Newman, struck the places of Mr. C O Brown. Capt. .1 C I! Smith, Capt. W II.’ Miller and others, picked up cabins mid “scattered them to the four winds of heaven,” shingles going in one direction, logs in another and chimneys iu a third. The roads were filled with d-brts of the storm and the branches were swollen to an almost impassable degree. Pines of circumference equal to the span of a man’s anti' w ere stiap|*d like pi|ie stems and wal nut trees a half century old were mowed d<>w u like grass. Great d image was done to the brick yards of .Messrs Clark W aring and J. Frost Walker At tin Hchuctzen Plat/, the destruction to timlicr w as great Throughout the city the washouts have Ikcii serious, gardens having been inun datisl and drains choked with the drifting sand. Mr. Si egers has 750 acres in cotton and (V) acres in oats under water Sev. nil houses on the Lexington side of the Congaree bridge were vacated yester day, licntusc the water had flooded the th* .n*. Plunks were knocked off the sides of Broad River bridge this morning to allow the water to escape. Mr Childs’s steamer was successfully used yesterday and fit-day in rescuing live stock front watery graves. An oliM-rver notes the dates of the peri odical freshets as follows: May, 18U); Au gust. 1M.VJ; ^February, 1*65; June, 1876; May, 18*6—averaging 11} years. Broad River was Ume leet higher in 1852 than to day at 10 oliuck. The datea mentioned were exceptionally good crop years. The Flood* Ktwwhrre. Cit uu.kston, May 21.—There are heavy freshet* throughout tipper South Caroffna. The Pec Doe river stands thirty-six feet alsivc low water and is still rising, Crops on the river arc a total loss. The loss is lieyond estimate. Considerable damage has been done to the railroads and crops in the northern and western parts of the State. CtiAitt oi ik, N. (’.. May 2F.—Tim rain storm wfllch eommenml at this place .Tuesday morning closed last night The total rainfall was eight inches. Tho breaks in the Air Line mad laUwecn Charlotte and Atlanta have liecn repaired and train* to day resumed travel. Three breaks <>c- curreil on the Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta road, hut they-were repaired yes terday and only a slight delay w as caused in the running of the trains' The Rich mond and Danville line suffered severely between Charlotte and Greensboro, the trestle over Coddle Creek being washed away and one span of the bridge one hun dred and fifty feet long over the Yadkin River was destroyed. This causes a stop page of travel. The break at Coddle Creek lias liecn repaired and a transfer will fte etTucted at Yadkin River on Monday next ?t which time travel on this road will be resumed. The Western North Caroliaa mail was only .lightly damaged. The destruction of crops ii immense and no estimate can be made of the loss inflict ed on the farming community. GENUAL NEWM ITEMS. ■■ Dpi. Cape r«pon the back of it tbia inrerip la the time, in the banc Secretary Mem mincer: the money-changers become the peculiar features ol bill ft wili be as dhftcult merv is Tlie Language of ttia Kami, (From Ciumell'e Family Magazine.) Dimples, bones and wrinkles mark Hie three stages of life’s progress. With tRe wrinkled stages the steadiness of youth often remains in resolute character. When the Duke of Wel lington w as a very oLd man, he could still fill a glass of waiter to tbo last , possible drop, and hold it up stradily,, brimful. The helpful heads keep their yoatbiul activity, too, far into the withuHoc ago. And in nobly loving nature* there is * *ort pf immortality of youth; the warmth of ajtealiop has given more than a royal prerogative, the hand is J/eautitul always to (bn eyes that knov it familiarly'. The latter years only stamp r w ith the impress of a longer paat pi tenderness, faithfuiuoui and bouiUy. Is it not the **010” baud, but thn “(fear” band, and it sever grows older, but more dear. He who doubts the truth t>f this last mystery has yet not found. o«t ttet hands as wall at hearts, have a paaai- fer pkoslnov knowledge andMora of ' *aA — . ..i. . 'luii decision of the New York Court of Ap]teals In ttie tae^ Yprk sinking-fund care is of wide Interest. Thouuuft bolds that in estimating the debt of New York city wii.li reference to the constitutional limitation, the bonds < f the city's sinking fund must be deducted. As nearly nil the large cities of the gountyy, to g greater or less extent, have sinking fundi; made up pf their own securi ties. the principle set forth has important hearing. The decisions of the courts with referencphY) this phase of cjty government have liven infrequent apd of slight tearing. —— —a*— 3**-— Governor West went to the penitentiary at bait Lake recently to talk with the polyg amous convicts there, lie asked if they would bo willing to promise obedience to * be laws if he w ould use his influence to h«i*c ejemency extended to them. Apostle Lorcnxo „ihd be would not. He bad no confidence in Judgu iape or United Slatys Attorney Dickson, whatever he nn k hk have in Governor West. fltc Rnwhyterian General Assembly con- ven<-<l in A^gxts Thursday, and organized by electing Kev. l>r. *. K. Bryson, of Ala- “ K. A “ HV Ml lA ** IrY^ rTifr Ixuna, Moderator, Rev K. A. itanucy of Nashville, and Governor J. H. May re, of yirginia, Reading Clerks. A resolution was adopted referring the lotion to a special soon as possible. »e uuestion of evo- rtfuee tq report as An incendiary tire dest/oyed i com bouse, wife several o/ pom aai jpae, pa 4*a M. •f tauvm BslNsnl Areas Varies* tlaartMs. Sumter is troubled with forest fires. J. C. MaHoree, of Charleston, bss been granted a patent for mixed paint. Ben Dinkins, an eld colored ipan of Sum- tor, fell dead oa tbeJAh. y' Mr. A. W. Morto® of Abbeville County, died on Friday last of heart disease. Mr. II. M. Prince, of Abbeville Countv, died suddenly on the 15th from paralysis. The Georgia State Democratic Conven tion meets in Atlanta July 98. Asheville votes tbs issue of 9100,000 in of tends for public improvement of her streets and lights. Negroes are wanted at Panama to work on the canal. The climate is said to be good for them. A daughter of Widow Whitesides, liv ing near Gastonia, was struck by lightning last week and killed. Four persons were severely shocked by lightning on the farm of II. W. Boggs,«in Oconee. Frank Little, a colored man living near Cheraw, committed suicide by shooting himself with a gun. It is estimated that the losses in nine Ohio Counties devastated by the flood will foot up $2,000,000. Lawyer Frank P. Gray, of Atlanta, Ga., was shot and killed by Marshal R. L. Jones in a difficulty about some cattle. A portion of the town of Meriden, Kan sas, was destroyed by a tornado; several persons were killed and many Injured. Cant. Hatfield, with a troop of cavalry, struck Gcronimo's band a severe lick and captured bis horses and entire camp outfit. Will Hunt, a young man of 17, eloped with Miss Minnie Ferguson, aged 15—-both parties from progressive Spartanburg. Mr. Julian J. Neville, of Walhalla, cut his foot severely with an axe while cutting wood, and now moves around on crutches. George W. Carlelon. who for years has been identified with American tiooks and authors, lias retired from busiucss. The eruption of Mt. Aitna is increasing in proportions and the town of Monte Rosso is in danger from the flow- of lavs Phenomenally heavy rains have fallen iu the Western and Piedmont sections of North Carolina during the (tasl two days. Eugene Taylor, of Greenfield, Mass , poisoned his son by sprinkling strychnine on candy and then attempted suicide. R. H. McMurray was run out of hi* field last Tuesday by n w hip snake- He went back and killed it. It measured 8 feet in length. ^ • Thomas Azey, a farmer in Burlington, N. J., accidentally shot bis wife fatally while endeavoring to shoot crows In his corn field. The Orangemen of County Armagh are enrolling themselves in military organiza tions for the purpose of resisting a home rule government. Franci* M. Taylor, Probate Judge of Winston County, Ala., has lieen impeached in the Supreme Court and deposed from office. Col. John B. Folsom, grandfather of the young lady to w hom 1‘resident Cleveland is engaged to be married, died last week s in Erie County, N. Y. Mrs. Margaret Donan, a Wheeling, W V , widow, while suffering from religious excitement, killed her three daughters and then committed suicide. E. F. Wslker, a respectable citizen of Louisville, Ky., while suffering from tem pornry insanity. Jumped from a railway train and was killed. Returns from all over the country indi cute that 192,000 persons arc now working eight and nine hours a day who were work ing ten hours a day last month. Another l it.i' >r Idu-d France and ]>ortiou.H of Gi ro. u Saturday, causing serious loss ot I i. . d great damage to property. Dan and Lm Ma sbal Campbell and mick at Bartow . FI indignant citizens. The (TfangeuciT of A 11**1 alia promise to aid the Orsog. men of Ireland in their en deavors to prevent the adoption of Glad stone's home rule scheme. Gen. Martinez routed the Yaqui* from their stronghold in Sierra Bacatchc. killing 100 and cajHuring 200 of the band The Mexican* lost 20 killed and 70 wounded. ( apt. John N Mafflt, an old officer of the United States Navy, who resigned to aba his fortunes wffh {be Confederacy, died his home in Wilmington, N. C., yesterday A kerosene lamp cxplodod In the room of Dr J. B. Patrick. Jr., in the Georgetown Hotel, a few nights ago, but no serious damage was done. Senator Bote died last w eek at his Lome in Spartanburg, from the effects of the in juriys received by a fall during a recent storm. A young sou of John Moroao, of Charles ton, fell over the banister of the thinbfloor of his residence to the first floor, a distance of 35 feet, and was seriously Injured Alderman .laehme has lieen sentenced to nine years and ten month* imprisonment in Sing Sing for accepting a bribe In connec tion with the Broadway Surface Railroad. Mis* G. Morse, a great-granddaughter of Commodore Vanderbilt, has stirred up the citizens of the venerable town of Tarry town, N, Y., by eloping with her father's coachman, George Minton. Mrs. Alice Paidleton, 61 years old, wife of Ex-Govemor Pendleton, of Ohio, and present Minister to Berlin, was thrown from her carriage while driving in Central Park, New York, and killed. During the presentation of Uncle Tom’s Cabin in Westerville, O., on the I8U1, a gasoline lump was knocked over and a panic ensued among the audience, several being killed and a number injured. Plim White, the most successful confi dence man in the world, has iust died in Reading, Vermont. During hu life he bad swindled confiding men andf women out of fully $1,500,000. H« bai} resend aliase*. The dwelling of II. C. Poore, near Due West, was destroyed by fire at an early hour Sunday morning. The family escaped with only a suit each. Loss about $1,500; no insurance. John L. Sullivan arjd Charles Mitchell liave signed articles of agreement to box eight rounds according to the revised Mar quis of Queensbeny rules. In Chicago, on the 14th of Jun*. Louis JJugg, the Anarchist, for whom the Chicago poljec have teen ip search, has bed!! arrested. He is known to h»Ve l*en one of those who threw a bomb wjth fatal effect, II. J. Stephens, the celebrated English bicyclist who is making atom of the world on ids bicycle, has been arrested by the Russian authorities and imprisoned for crossing the Afghan frontier. 11. •> hu murdered Mar •iiuledo fleer McCor were ‘ynchcd by E One firm of manufacturers in the nrov- ‘ idea nr Lee of Ulster has already conduil ' * • - - - transfer ot its mills to r&ngemants to, tte transfer ot its mills to Germany. It Is stated'that other firms ape considering the advisability of ’removal. considering the advisability Tlie Richmond and Danville Railroad Company have paid $197,000 for the large r»oce building corner of Pennsylvania ave nue and 15Uj street, Washington, to be used for their new offices, as the Capitol City will be their headquarters hereafter. While plow ing on the plantation of a gentleman near Chariotte^yt of three r&bbtU wtt (ttfl J. A. Hen was arrested in Chi Henry, n dsndily sted in Chicago fc dsndily dressed printer, 'or uttering incen diary language and distributing a call for an Anarchist demonstration. He contended that the recent attack on the police was jus tifiable and mid more tenths will be thrown. North Carolina has provided pensions for her Confederate soldiers, but they must be worth leas than $500 and live within the boundaries of the State to secure it. A music leaf turner has been patented by Mr. Louis L. White, of Portland, Oregon. Now, what is a fellow going to do for an excuse to stand close to his Irat girl while she is playing on the piano? It is acml-offlcially announced that the German Government will enforce the So cialist law's more stringently than e,ver, in order to prevent the anarchy which Great Britain, Ilclgium, France and America are unable to suppress. “Make anarchists bow to law,” says the Philadelphia 7ime*. Yes, and drive them beyond the seas to their own place. Tiny have no right to remain in this land of freedom. Congress miglit to enact a rigid anti-Chinese law against them. It is reported that Deputy United Mar shal Andrews and a posse of three were all killed by Bill Pidgcon iu Kufaula, Indian Territory, while attempting his arrest. Pidgeon killed Deputy Marshal Richardson some months ago. Norton Tubte, of Nori, Mich., after fail ing in an attempt to murder his sister, con fessed the crime, announced his intention to commit suicide, gave a neighlior $1,000, and blew off the top of his head iu a barn when the. deputy sheriff came to arrest him. The talk about Fred. Douglass organiz ing a movement to induce the negroes to settle in tlie Nortliern and Western States does not disturb the South. The colored brother will not leave a section of the country where tlie watermelon crop never fails and the possum is always on deck. A colored boy named Jeff Bnicton was shot dead near Bamterg by a tramp who is thought to be named Bellinger. He bad offered the father of tlie boy $"> to drive him from Graham’* to Bamberg, then com milted the murder and made off with the horse. It is thought he will te overhauled^ The largest aerolite on record has ju*t been discovered in Washington County, Pa. It fell on the 14th of September, 1885, and was found emtxxided deep in the soil. It is the largest aerolite on record and weighs fully 200 tons. It* composition is cbm- minium, nickel, aluminum, copper, mag nesium and tin. A severe storm passed over Greenville on Saturday, destroying a numter of trees and fences and doing other damage. A huge oak was blown down across tlie office oi Drs. W. R. and S (’ Jones, smashing it to atoms. Several hundred,dollars worth of (took* were di-strovisl A wind storm struck Spartanburg on Sat urday and ripjHsI the tin roof from the Opera House and ]iartially unroofed tin Baptist Church. Several other building* ffered and manv tree* were blown down. BU from . at all mmom. Bhmttsm the Hsttm, lapdra DlfMtloa, ti4 EmlteMss the IucImu *ur A. J. Aycock hud Ids lu-mi cut by a brick failing upon it and David Sloan bad one of ids legs injured. An old farmer intent on making hi* will was asked by the lawyer the name of his wife, when he gravely replied “Well, in deed. I really don’t recollect whul it is. we’ve teen married for upward of forty years, and I always call her my old wo man ” The lawyer left-a blank, to te filled up when tlie old woman's name wn* ascertained. Ateut lids time of year, *av* (lie fariJina S/nrUin, when a man goes from town to a country church, people wish to know what lie is going to run for. Likewise when your simon-pure fanner gets up on Sunday morning and pul* on hi* U*st clothes and rides off to a church he is not accustomed to attend, it is a suspicious 1 imimstanie, to say the least of it. On Saturday night last, parties unknown wint to the Itouse ‘f Vr J. R. Rotert*. near the town of Lancaster, i nd called for him. Mr*. R. told them he was not at home, 'rticy then went to tin house of a negro on the premises and. a^ur cursing around awhile, fired scvtidl shot-, through his door and left. Mr. II. i making every effort to ferret out tlie part a-*. Mr. Jas. A P Rhekmon, cf L-rera-tcr County, lias invent,d i. n i of uwchinc xo a'inch stock to win., : .dug. ii i' *ocon structed as to make i> impossible for i,.tlli to get caught in the rope w ith which they are tied. and can readily te carried by ajerson from one place to another It is all arranged so a* to afford stock shelter from the hot sun. An expressman named Ries, 50 years old, hanged himself from a rafter in his barn in Chicago. His wife found him in this situation, and her screams brought a crowd of neighbors to the scene, hut uo one interferoi| or attempted to cut the rope, owing to the frantic efforts made by the suicide to relea»c himself, by throwing ids legs and arms apart. After ten or fifteen minutes « policeman cut the man down. He was then cold in death. The House Committee on Public Lands have authorized a favorable report upon In Mr. Pay son’s bill to prohHdt iton-residetH aliens from acquiring or holding real estate in the Territories of tho United States. The purpose of the hill i* to break up the sys tem of foreign landlordism, said to te in 0 pc ration to a startling extent in several of tlie Territories, the foreign owners of the land leasing it to the tenantry under ateut the same system which is in vogue in Ire land. The report has reached Kufaula. Ind. Ter., from the interior that Deputy United S'ates Marshal Andrews and ids jiosse of three were all mortally wounded by Bill Pidgeon while attempting his capture. Pidgeon hud killed twelve men, and there has lieen 11 large rew ard offered for his cap ture dead or alive. Andrews and his posse were after this reward. I’idgeon killed Deputy Marshal Richardson some months ago. A |K>ssc of armed citizens arc scour ing the country for Pidgeon. Mranml Snrak la Town. Malarial gases sneaked up through the poorly constructed drains and made baby very sick with malarial fever. Babv would have died but for timely use of Brown's Iron Bitters. There is nothing meaner in its way of coming, nor worse in its effects, thsn this malaria from the underground regions. Mrs. McDonald, of New Haven, Conn., says, “ For six years I suffered from the effects of malaria, but Brown’s Iron Bitters cured me entirely.’’ Try it when malaria steals iu and undent!ilies your constitution. R will give relief. WHITE LEQHORXS. I am new breeding from bird* Hint score from 85 to po point* Eggs $1.00 per sit ting of 13. Clicks, this fall, st $2.50 per trio. Eggs packed parefu’.ly in baskets. Fair baton guaranteed, For further in formation, address J. 8. McCREIGHT, AplOLlm WlNNBBOIlO, S. C. Mea Think '■ * • < t< £ - * they know all about Mustang Lin* iment. Few do. Not to know la not to have. »K. J. KKAIkFIKLD’fe THE BEST TONIC Q ilrkty and oompletBly oora* Sf alarta.Bnd ChUla lFever«. Farlnterattteatlrevrra.~ and 1 aitad "inch petit*, and atren It tfaea produce cniwtipaiion—all nrter tmn wudlrfmtt do. Fa i mbh T. J Krnj.T, the patriotic and achobiri? Catholic Divio*, of Arkansan, says: Key era. Fnr Intermit IrntFcyrrn, I.na- Lark #f Knerjry, it hu 00 equal. It Ichaa and pa rifle* toe blood, vtimuUtea th* ap- uid atren^then* the nuaotea b* not injure the teeth, cat 1 ennetipetinn—alt oltirr Iron I TJ Rhixt, the patriot! eet [ hay* uaed Brown’* Iron Bitten with th* great HAtlsfaction for Malaria, and u a prarenura of Oiilla and like dweaae*. and wO] alwaya keep tt on hand aa a reedy friend." Oenuine hu ahoy* trade mark and cronaed red tinea TS/tCAL IW^ALTIMOKfcfitP. Ladies Hand Book—aneful and attraotiwa, con taining list of prizes for recipe*, information about coins, etc., given away by all dealers in medicine, or muiled to any addroaH on receipt of So. stamp. FOR COUGHS AND CROUP US* Msny a Lady is beautifuLttll but her skin; and nobody has ever told her how easy it is to put j^eauty pn the skin. Beauty gqM&e skip is Magnolia ®‘feET O')* Th* vwset ffmiE. a* fstkvrvd from s trss 0# the mi grcwia* 110*41 the meaII strwtm* la lb* Sesthcrw Males, Mas A stfre I’.sUof #ipa"c!.*r»Di prteoipl* that ion##®* > phlMn* • rodmtag lbs aerlv morataf (WttfS sad 1 «• th# child K throw off U# faU* membree* Is orowp eed r th* faU* 1 wboopieg oeueh. Wh*n OMableed with th* b«frU»c asaol leciooes prioolple la U»« taulhMa pleat o# the eld ftekU. pre- seats te TATLoe e Omeeowei Knsswv 09 Swsev Ocw *e» MrtLarw th# fleeM koews nMuedy fbr Ooucba. Croep, WhoMlag Co«<h tad CeosaapOoe , eed m peUtebto, eey ehtld Is plreesd «« teke li. Ask ye*r d/ejrfle» fee it. Ertoe, Me ae*si. WAlTXTt A TATLOlt AtUota. 0a. I'm 1,a bkhikbs HirtLiaiBET cfiapsaL a. ttterrh DyMotery ead ChU4rea TMthiag. For seto by ^dresoste. Female Beplator. Tliis famous remedy most happily meete the demand of the agu for woman f » pecu liar and niultrfurin afflictions. It Is a remedy for WOMAN ONLY, and for on# [’ECIAL ‘ ‘ sr CLASS of diseases. It is specific for certain diseased conditions of sracL the womb, and proposes to so control tli# Menstrual Function as to regulate all tlie derangements and irregularities of Wo man’s MONTHLY SICKNES8. Its proprietors claim for it uo other medical erty; and 1 . iierty; and to doubt the fai ls that this medicine does positively |>ossess such con trol line and regulating powers is simply to discredit tlie voluntary testimony* of thou sands of living witnesses who are to-day .V . ... .. exulting in tiie restoration to sound healtE and happiness. Bradfield’s Female Regulator is strictly a vegetable com|>onnd, and is the ])roduct of medical scier.ce and pnictf- cal cx])erience directed toward* the beneit of Suffering Woman! It is tlie studied prescription of a learned physician whose specialty was WOMAN, and whose fame became enviable and boundless because of his wonderful suc cess in tlie treatment and cure of female complaints. THE REGULATOR is the GRANDEST REMEDY known, itjid rich ly deserves its name: WOMAN’S REST FRIEND! Because it controls a class of functions the various derangements of which cause mors ill health than all other causes combined, and thus rescues her from a long train of afflictions which sorely embitter her lift and prematurely end tier existence. Oh I what a muititutle of living witnesses caa testify to its charming effects! Womah ! take to your confidence this ’ Precious Koon of Health! It will relieve you of nearly all the cooa- 1 your sex Rely upon it health, happiness plaints peculiar as your safeguard for and long life. Sold by all druggists. Send for oar treatise on the Health and Happiness tt Woman, mailed free, which gives all par ticulars. TlIK liKADFlKl D KKOUI.ATOHCO., Box 2M, Atlanta, Ga. AURANTII Mn«,.fth*(lM 1 which ettlirt Mien kind an* onfui alb •**«*«si bf adieortWrwl oonttit to* of the LIVE if# Fur all complaint* uf this kind, such aa Torpidity of the Livwr Btliouaitaw*, Wto— iHnjw»p«ia Indicia- lion. Irregularity uf tb« Bv>w«la, Conat ipatton Flatu • l*ocy, Kructabaooa and Burn«)f of Um Sf »mach (•uencuma^ called Heartburn) Mtaaaaa. llaiana. Bloody Flux. (Thill* and Frvor, BroaklxrM Fvwnr Exhauataou bufor* or aft*r Fev*rv Chronic Diar- rkuna. leKM of Appetite*. Uaadach*. Foal Breath, IrrvvulanVeM i ncideutal to Ft nvalea. Besann# -down STADIGER S AURAHT1) w Invaluable, tt u not * p***™* for *1! diMaam, bat OIIDB * M UlseaBe* i’< Um LIVIIt, wiU WflM STOMACH uti BOWCLS. It .'banf*" th* oonplnxi.)* frua* * w*kj, yMUm UBC» to • rwtdr. k*»h*j color It .ottraly fBBBS low. alaiiav 0W(B. It ii OB* at Ui- BIST AL- TERATIVIS and PURIFIERS OF TH1 BLOOD, and la A VALUABLE TONIC. I&fhaTCne {rowtnt Counlrif* orEurops, ihpxnssfQiisMfdi'ilcflWn* is uni'vrsaL lit* somposed of uie ;aost approved VEGETABLE TONICS, ■whith.*rflintroducedhrto ■par* gCncrouiWine, The very ttn *rt LOXACIStnONARAHK, beintJiifmedica]bA«s.it is canfidandh ‘ ' ntiveaf STADICER’S AURANTII Far ul* br Bll Drucciri* PriosSI.OO #w bstUa, C. F. 8TADICER, Proprietor, MO SO. FRONT ST., Rhllad#l»hla, Fa. •iuJjiv-*' i - a*- - » NN31 JHIAHSVN . j3 3SV3M0HUyy]l 131HdlAIVd d'OJ y s v S 3 S VO MOHS L-’_ THRESHING »»W SlmplMt, Most Darable, Economiral. *nil Perfect in use—wastes no grain; clean* it read? for market. THRESHING ENGINES > ^°^ c rfleonuffendadas a cure and preventive FEVER anbAQUE, anil all other diseases on^m&Ung from TTialartna fAUSeS For puriiVlofi the UXaOOU ■niimpmm4 the Sscrstioni.ChrsRio, Rhaumatl»n,Blo odpoiaonin t a certain aiirfrDyspflPtlfl.Cce^P •"the fltomssK an immedtatp relief far Dy»errtry,Calia Cholera-morbus and kindred diet saw. flenrealWeakaeesNervoua and Mental Debility, a suuvcrei^nremedyfor UvBP Complaint.and disa aaai of the Kidnitt,a Excellent appetiisr, aids TO N I Q without « nvmlv in short i fiir invigorating alllheiunctisna oflhe system, it Is unoqu*H*d, —DOSE— Atman Wine-$lnifol1MirHt!mn a day. Sold bv all Druggists and dulct ganm TOPAZ CINCHONA CORDIAL C dole IbfKutervd. Mi . SPARTAKBURQ. S.O. Prlc* per Bottle $1.00. SIUls. and HlmndarU Inapleoacata aen. end for Illustrated catalogue. orally. Ben As Faaaarlvaal# Acrloaltaral beaaU. I No risk, quick (alas. Territory jlvea. R r A nnu U A R , *MBawiawMB tsr Sau^actlon iraarantead. Addreia i Y&2 Va. D "* • C0TT ’ Broadway. NEW YWW. A SHLEY OLUBLE UANO, The SoIubloJGuano'is a’highly concentrated Ammoniated Guano, a complete High Grade Fertilizer-for ail crops. ASHLEY COTTON AND CORN COMPOUND-A complete Fertilizer for these two crops and also largely used by tlie Truckers near Charleston for vegetables, etc. ASHLEY ASH ELEMENT.—A very cheap and excellent. Non-Ammoniaied Fer tilizer for Cotton, Corn and Small Grain Crops, and also for Fruit Trees, Grape Vines, etc. ASHLEY DISSOLVED BONE; ASHLEY ACID PHOSPHATE, of very High Grades—for use alone ami in Compost heap. For Terms, Directions, Testimonials, and for the various attractive and instructive publications of the Company, address Nov25Uy THE ASHLEY PHOSPHATE CO., Charleston,'S/.C. MSOriNODfNE ^'UNIMENL * i ti .* * - ...