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:-rxr \ VOL. Will. BARNWELL*-S. jO.,' THURSDAY;. I- HBIU ARY 2I„ SAFETY OF A STEAMER. the other t\s’a v . which used indepen dently. This nwessilated the tn*king out of the injured piston, a delay of seventeen hours The euttintr olit of this cylinder reduced the power from horse to l,r»Oo, bringing .the speed down to one-hAtf. LaCi‘i v the crank siiaft pot heated, and tlie bear- i.nst -Th^, Nt-w« KrcelveJ i«t iiie omccn] tops had to la-changed. The break , „ „ ’ ... , was not caused bv anv strain from l ad * weather, but simply to the Haw which eitement. ^ l existed in the new machinery. The fcuginea it e of the quadruple ex NEWS THAT BROUGHT TEARS OF JOY TO THE EYES OF MAMY The I.oiik MIkkIiik; St<am^lil|> Arriven ul Ntcw 'YofiK, FebS '15.—When the -a >. i , m j i sion tviie. There are si>^ cylinuers, i-ne<joreijrn synutcaie wmeu imbrhim^tKat^th^T **>»**» in Uv ‘* Uc ^ ^rchasv. the new nan iters. INTERROGATING ^ARL.SLE The Serrrtwry Before. th<‘ tom m It tec of \Vt».v» simI Means. , WAgpiNOToy, Feb. For iftree lours today the ways ami means coni mittee of the House was ill session. For two hours of this time, Secreta Carlisle was liefore it. He furnished the eommittee a copy of the contract made between the administration and thetforeipn syndicate' which recently an diameter eacluoue intermediate cylin- .. u , .derof seventy-nine inches diameter ; this, city over three weeks ago, and ooe hjgh pr e^ ure cy i iu( l er of forty- two inches-diameter, and two inter mediate cylinders of forty two inches diameter. She has twelve boilers'of x length and frftoen ft-td in morbingtliat tileGh&eogne, alar ocean steamer with some four hundred passengers aboardv* which left Havre ioe this, cit^ which was given up by many as lost, was sighted off the bar, there was the greatest excitement around the com pany's office, which was crowded 'yith I wucli V,iim‘feet si. anxiom inquire^, who had relatjye* hffehes-iiriengtfi- and fifteen feet in and friends, oiwioard tlie steauiship. I They had been standing around with Befol . ( , tho Hrsl bre . lk doW n the aver- pale faces, expecting at an) moment | e j^voJofiojjg m a minute were sii- U> hear tlie worst,. tv two When Ttwirs had l^ 11 When the word came that the shipf^.XuM notdo bettcr tl an thirty- was safe for a moment stillness reign- five J an( j aftor meeting the storm it he ed which \\as almost painful 111,its im ( . am ^ necessary t‘o reduce it Ui thirty tensity. Agent borget for a moment The }h .; t down occurred 1.230 was rendered speechless which evi- kuots out at sea . i t w;l . s t h e piston of denced how anxious l.e had been for the intermediate cylinder that cracked, the safety of La Gasc regained himself and sm;. The contract was very short,but hilf^oiis. He shouted, ran here a There, grasping the" lian'd of tliis on and that one, and fairly jumped up and down over the floor in the excite ment of the moment. Then he put on his coat and started for the French Line pier, where a tug had t>ecn in - r,eadine*s for several davs to take-him to moot Li Gascogne should she In- sighted. Several of the anxious ones waiting for news started from the of target. Ma‘ny wet eyes could 1m- s**en in the FiS-nch Line office when the good news was ascertained and the tears were not from the- x-yes- of women alone. Strong men wept as little chil dren. The strain of days of worry had bei'n too much for them. One man. a ,—y . , 1 Knots out at sea. 11 was me pision lie had been for ( | ie jute,'mediate cy linder that erackt ogne. I lien he rpj ie ^Qpd misliap was the oecasi became \m1q1) 0 f most delay. It was on the fifth -FebiHiaev that it-nccui'red.. tsion of The isnhit >g of tlie injured cylinder afi'ected the control of the steam,, which passed directly from the high pressure to the quadruple expansion cylinders. The after cylinder became so heated that the centre become disabled. It was necessary to wait for it to cool before anything could be done. After the second reparis. Iji Gascogne got along without further trouble to her engines. -ThTrrre the renatT* woye madf second time, passi-ngers h terrors of the La Gascogne s repair* wore m however arned something of tin sea. The strom whie e the ^ at the Secretary's request, a resolution was adopted by the conimitfee that none tif the proceedings connected with this document should lie made public. The Secretary wtuTsubjected to aj'unning tire of qusstions from the naevnbers present. Mr. Gpsvenor, yd Ohio, wanted to know why these bonds are to lie sold to the syndicate at a price six per cent, lielow the quo tations of the fours. The Secretary replied that the- administration had made the best terms with the syndi cate it could. Being asked if an attempt had been made to secure the sense of. the coun try upon it, the Secretary replied in the negative. This precipitated a dis cussion in which the attitude of the administration was severely criticised (ml V 3>v tw hut }) y ( tain of the Democratic \jnembers as well. Before Icavifig Secretary Car lisle suggested that a proposition be reported from the committee to re lieve the Treasury from redeeming national bank currency and compel! ing the banks to establish an ageing' for the redemption of their own cur rency. The elfeet of Uiis projiosition would 1h* practically lo restore thc j.i'.v CARLISLE'S. XONTHAi-T AS MADE WITH THE EUROPEAN SYN DICATE FOR GOLD. 1 - ThrmiKli Cimlrnmn W41»oii of (in' Wi*j* »rf<l Mt-MUK C'ommlUVt', It i« I'rvm'iited to th«t Hou«r—On <>ur Kttf-c* to tin - Mau- Ij-jCongreHt'; AVAsiiiNyToN. Feb, 1L Mr AVilsmi, the chj^wn.n/the ways and means {T> 1 >T5mfIfwetn 1 ay afternoon report- ) lilt* J AVTtt- lllvl... L * I l * t I'' » 1 -x j ed upon in conirnittee aiViftori/drig' »Pded ; tn';'OTrlriL , pt^-~ewUj_bonas to be ssuanee of a thirtv-year 3-per cent, aceopte.l by tin* purtirs.of the -^id est bearinggold buid. part at par. That is at flWLOt!.* per ed to the Housi* the jojnt it-siilution agree ’ the issu interest boaringg The report accompanying the I'esiy hition includes a copy of the I’rt'si-' <,t dent’s recent message to Cotign-ss ■sSTbearing ufath tlitt. Mlbject and also a copy of lire contract made by the Treasury Department with the Euro pean syndicate for the purchase, of the new bonds, ('ontinuing. the report *ays: “The comiiiittee have had the bene lit of a conference w ith the Se'eretary of the Treasury; who exhibited hr Treasurv desire to otfer or sell any bonds of the United Stab's on or !*<■ fore < Ij'tolier 1. 1K«. be shall'tlrst of fer the same to the parties of the second jiart. but thereafter he shall In* free from every such obligation Ur the parties of the second jiart. “ThlriT—Tlie SecnWiTFy'Trf TTeasury lierehv M'scrves the right, within ten Huy* fi-oin tlie ilatc In tvof. in cafe he shall receive authority from Cotlgress therefor toftufisptute any Ixmds of the -l.uiU'ilSuites iH'ariug 3 iKTCent. inU*r est of wlticji the principal and interest shall I*' specifically payjiblein Lnited States giikLcuiu of tlle^pi>m nt,weight arid fineness for tTic iKWdsTfrreni alT New Oi;i,K.vNS,Feb. 14.—Peter Oaks, dnia Otas, who was arresttsl on the rviv at Southport-and is charged with laving, with the assistance of two or mon* confederates or conspirators, jin- <ijow n. cut open the ends of DYoTaih'S of cotton ready U> lie storisl on tlie stea mer Floridian, and secreting therein a quantity ofcihiilmstible material for the purp<5SiM>f Mow ing up.the vesael ,ptoa4dicfc-iWiact Utat no legislation af-. ra 1 ngTTeoMfomUo 111 imHuruerWright Teairig (he financial situation is to be llieni the original ciTutractt entered in ti > by hinisidf-^m the Kth day of h’eh, ruary, and explained its details U> them. A full and complete copy of said contract, is here added. Front a reudliig of llus paper It Will hr serrr that the arrangeiiient of .the Seoretary- with the parties to thiscontrOiT efi’ects the purchase of a. VlO.oon ounces-of sUftulard gold coi n of the United States (amounting to $tK»,Wtb2e5j at least one-ha If of which shall tw in and shipped from Europe. I - gold coin he has contracted to to the parti"s furnishing it. under an exts'ii Jjiggohl from EurojH am fith I Mr. Bicho, broke down compleb'ly and sobbed as if his heart would break. Mr. Riche had three uaughters on lioartl I^i < laseogne. two fit them of very Unider years. He had abandoned all hope when the joyful tidings came. The delay of the steamer was due to a broken piston rod and to the terrific gales which have swept tlie Noitb At- lant c for the jmst wtek or more and brought disaster to many a staunch craft. L’apt. Baudelqu and ollicers ami eaew of J ji Gascogne brought the ship and passengers through the gales ami made jsirt without help. From the time they left Havre ou January 20, -until Monday, they spoke no trails Atlantic steamer amLsaw only a four masted schooner, tlie-" one Jrbkdr re ported at St. Pierre, Miquelon, N. S., :es having w-en a large sU aun r oti the banks apparently in distr**ss last Kat- , urday. . *• ' : -1JUE .1 AL'aE OF HIELLiELW. _ Tlie steamer left Havre January On tlaJirst day out -140 miles were ^Togged,ion the si'Cond day 4U7 miles; on the third day, after traveling miks, the piston rod broke and eigh teen hours were spent m'nudiillg ,v pairs. WJien they weWJ eompVted thttkShip steamed at nine miles an hour makingin all sixty six miles on the . 29th. < >n the 3oih. 31st and Fehruarv 1, 215, 215 and 230 miles a day were —made rciqioctivrly. On l.hrnary ^ tin-piston ivk! bnrk-* iti-'wn t'giiin Tim break was more serious this time. Sea 'anchors Wereput out and for forty tHm hours the ship was hove to. making repairs. On the 4th the first seven weather Was experienced, anil tire ship was blown If)*'- nuh's out oTliTir eoiu-M On the 5th the repairs having been completed 103 miles wen' made. Tin ship was then clear to the northward Tif the track of the.tnu*s-Atlantic line, and was therefore not H'en by the manv steamers wliicb pass'd over tin regular track On February tith the ste.t.ia'r ran in on FehruAry was doubtless resiwtnsltiTe" for the see ond a-cideiP, ticeanse' of the-strain ,t put ou the lessined power facilities which had Wen strengthened by some new work. This new work readily heated from friction. Steerage 1 way was lost and the steanK-r rolled into the trough of. the sea. The passengers all remained lielow. It was 10 a. m. of the fourth that the cyclone started. That night and the following one were sleepless ones. Many who retired on the second night got up after the acricient. The rolling of the vessel was frighful. Huge seas dashed against the i*ort lights, and one heavy wave reached its bulk up nearly to tlie bridge. It damaged one boatand carried away twenty fret of rail on the main deck. The broken I iiston nnl weighed seven tons. Chief Cngine* r Mm tin says that it will lake alsnu five days to ye pair the damage done, and will cost about $5,900. I41 Gascogne wiH lie started out on Wed nesday next. KighTy men, the full ^ 4iHnnple n4mt of thaimgiiiaiirs statf, are 21*. r^ngaged in disconiieeting the broken rod. ^ ~' Mr. Tarsney, of Missouri, offered a resolution that power he given, to the administration to issue a 3 per cent, r-dd bond whenever Snch action be* thurity of SlX'Clt if the act for Vi.*' resuinjitioi “pifymci'ls, appi'mc I .la luary per cent, .thirty-year coin as fTir as lies in their powtif. will exert financial influence and will hiake pit Irgitiumie idforts to pretect the tr<'a> i( ^ 1 ury-of the Unitteil States against tla obtained* -willulrawals of gohl, pending lit: com irtbis plctepreformaiH'e <'f this contraet. iss,,,-! “In w itness liereto. the parties here ' L* have liereunto set tln-ir hands in livt* parts liisMli day ofFchruary. IH‘.I5 — -—.L-t-L-t-kvm.taUw— came, necessary to protect the gold re serve in the Treasury. It also pro vided tliat none of this money should lie used for the current expenses of the government. The resolution offered by Mr. Wil son, of West Virginia, the chairman of the committee, yesterday, looking i <0 the issuance of $f!2, WO.OOO of bonds payable in gold also came up for con-, siueration.and it drew from Itepreseil lative Bourke Cockruii, of New York, an empliaticdeclaration that he woujy oppose this proposition and any other which looked to the endorsement <>f the contract with the furetgn syndi cate. , Messrs. Reed and Hopkins, between them, questioned Secretary Carlisle at considerable length regarding the nec essity. for an issue of gold bonds. Did he think that such an issue of bonds would stop the drain of gold and would not some of the money be used to meet current expenditures; They also asked about the estimate receipts t*f-thcgovernineatTor-thc remainder A Tlunler^l* fSjJetl. Uou mbia. S. C., Feb. 15.—Tlie fol lowing interesting story wuspublished in tbe Evenfng News of Tuesday-: 'The negro, doe Averick. who has many aliases, as Sam Roberts. Abe Small. Mack Lee and Sam Grant, is in the grip of the law. He is clutrged -will 1 imiriler and vario'is criiiies, less Uninous in their nature. His story as given .it the trial is a most interesting enapter of crime He first 4lwd with Mr Christian Riser at \shton Stytion, Colleton county. Averiei; then wept to (rforgia where he killed n negro. After this he" assumed tin- name' of Sam Roberts and went t^> liyb with Mr. Li'vy-llarvey, of Scieven county, (4a. Hu kill'd a white man named Howard whije tin re, becoming en raged with Mr. Howard at the result of a transaction about sonic cotton. _R>d 1 He escap'd, took the naimy of Abe miles were made. On the Tin tb" ina- Small and began operations in Savau- cbinery broke down for tbe third time. nab- Eor some depredation committed ’Die heavy cyclone struck her on that Oj,,'re the jiolice attcmpi'd his arrest, day and the shiii lay hove to with sea | when he killed Lieutenant Navey, of anchors out all day. No headway was the police department. Averick again made and owing to the motion of the | elmii'd justice and tied to the Rocataligo of the calendar year, aniL if the Sec retary really bejieved there would Ije. a surplus within tlie next eight or ten months. The Secretary answered these questions frankly, and coming hack again to the question- of contracting for the sale of the bonds, lie insisted that no favoritism had been shown ; that tlie administration had consulted with the leading Eastern bankers up on the subject; bad made the best -tmiwsMit con Id a,ml—would .iinvc done 4, 1395, 4 bonds of the United Stales at a price which realizes them interest at the rate of 3 : ; |K'r cent. But the Seert'tary of the Treasury has reserved the right, f authority is given him by Congress, to substitute at par any lionds of the United States lx*aring 3 jier cent, in terest, of which the principal and in terest shall be specially payable in United States gohl coin of the,present weight-and fineness, said substitution, however to be made^fithin ten Hays from the date of the contract. “It is the object of the joint resolu tion herewith reported to give Ui the Secretary of the Treasury a’lthority to substitute such bonds to the amount of the contract. “The saving to 1m* »tfeeb-d to tin government, as set forth in the 1’resi dent's message, will be $539,159 |M-r year for every year tbe 3 per cent hoi ids run, and of tbe amount of 174.770 should they run thirty years. As it is not believed by that commit tee that the issileof bonds special iy pay able in gold will impose any addition al burden or llahility upon the govern ment than if they tu'c made payable ■n'd'i" o*' ‘pb‘<lge~ 'niri1~piTtiT'y yn llu^l H rill>- Attrni|il • Authorlxlnx the Inane of SO Ymt II Per CrAt. (iold Honda, and Advocated b> the .^dmlnUt ret ion, filled by 41 Mo- Jorlty. WasHimitox, Feb. 15.—Another day’s debate in the House upon the fi- oanciaWmestion has but served to em- yesterday morning and entered a plea pf pot guiltv to the charges preferred. whit’h daks is behl to lation of “section 5364 Statutes of the United States. The prisoner' was in cortac pience placctl under appearance bond pi noi guniv to u Tlie Tact for wl answer is in viol <'Uthe Revised St ounce of standard gold “Fourth No boiids hall lie del liver cd to the parties of the seooiid part, or either of Uioni, exeeptin iNiymeiit foT hjuene<- ]>lae<(l under api coin from timcTo tune rectUveil ITk - sum of $5,000; TYhefi the Jmtgr uii(leF;whereujk)U tbe Secretary'of tbe Treasurv of the United States shall and will deliver the bo mis as herein provided at sitrlt plaees as .'-hall l«» de signated by the partied of the' second part. Any expense of delivey out of United States shall lie assumed and paid by the partiesof the sceonu jiart. • Eiflli -In eolisidoration of the |inr- eli*>e of such coin, the parties of* the second part, and their associates hi re under, uswiurd and will hear all th* 1 b* lugs of hriiiff licrepii'lei prepositions pending he referred to a suh-ct ship, repairs were difficult. (hi the j next day the chief engineer wlib had been atliis jiost day and nigbt, com- jileted the repairs and the ship proceed ed 131 miles. On* the 9th, for the I fourth time, the machinery broke down and only seventy-four miles were made, and to the great rejoic.ing | of all on board, Fire Island was sighted and the ship crept up toher anchorage oti’ tlie bar. region, where he took the—name of Sam Grunt'land commenced living with a woman form Fairfield county, claiming her as his wife. Shortly af terwards he went up to Fairfield and got work from Mr. Dargau Brown. He made frequent trips from there' to CoL leton, his former home. Detectives have been oiGhis trail for months. He* was some weeks since located in Columbia, and from here traced to The United Press tug was received I Fairfield. After much - trouble he was with a cheer by the anxious passen- arrested on the line between Ripklund gers. They crowded to the rail, yelled and Fairfield by a posse confposed of and clapped their hands with all tile R. Q. Williams, Durham Brown, Par enthusiasm of the French- race. The gun Brown and l.Vink-Brown. x He was ollicers refused to allow anyone on j brought to .tbi3*city early this morn- board, and would not Come to the rail jug ami committed to jail by Trial to talk. The passengers were more I Justice Troy to await requisition pa obliging.. Julius Matrigriii, a repre sentative of tlie glove firm of Perrin Frefers & Co.,pfl > aris and New York, was interviewed over the side of the pers from Georgia. Mr. Howard was murdered in October, 1893 : $500 re ward is Ofi'ered for tbe murderer. Lieutenant Navev was killed in Febru ship. He said: “We broke down on ar y isii-*, $700reward is otl’yed in this .1 4 1 ..... 1 ^1.. .. ^-v « « 4 \ \ ^. .1 . , I 4 I / 4 ' A I . * 1 1 1* case, ao there* is a total revvrrd of $1,200 for Joe Averick. It is a case where justice traveled with a leaden i he third day out. We did not become alarmed, as we did not know very much about what was the n*dtcr. The ' captain said it was all right, and we I Reel, may she strike the guilty with an 4 .had confidence in him. Our first ex- iron hand.” periencewith gales was on February 4th.. We had a terrible blow then, and ‘ An t xiy <•««* one of the boats was badly damaged. "| Calhoi’N, 8. C., beb. R5.—An ugly lietter. ~ After the Secretary's withdrawal from the committee roontr the various were ordered to coimniUee, to lx- d sir ted to the full committee later in the afternoon. The Democratic mem hers of the sub-committee are Wilson, Turner and Mryan, Payne and -Hop kins were added on the part of the Re publicans, but it was subsequently agreed that tlie Republican members of the committee sliould select their own representatives. After the com mittee adjourned the Republicans met informally and selected Reed and Hopkins. Later in the afternoon fuller details of what occurred between Secretary Carlisle and the committee , became public. Secretary Carlisle explained his reason for asking that an injunc tion of secrecy be observed regarding tlie terms of the contract on-the ground that if the manner and time of paying for the bonds were made known,bank ers and others might corner the gold which the syndicate must procure to pay for tlie bonds, and thus greatly embarrass them. As a matter bT con: sideratipn for the syndicate, therefore, he preferred that nothing should be said outside of tlie committee room re garding the contract, although he ad ded that so far as the government is Tonccrned; there is nothing to Con ceal. At one point in the hearing Mr.Reed referred to the drain of gold from the Treasury and repeated tlie argument that has frequently been made that if tlie greenbacks were retired, the gold reserve would not need further re plenishing. Mr.-Carlisle then inform ed the-committee that, under the law of 1874, NationatBank notes may be offered at the Treasury department and redeemed in greenbacks. It wa.s for tins reason that lie subse quently.suggested that an HT endment be made to tlie law which will relieve preserve the parity of the coins in the two metaT:*i. the saving of this large amount become* a matter <>f .substan tial momei , and adviyitage to thi gov ernment. And as the parties to take the bonds are nadVrcontraet to funlish gold for them, it seems no hardship on the government toeontract to pay tin m back in the same coin that they furnish to it. Following is the text of theyontract beivTcpn the anil ll:r syndi- cate; “Secretary of the Treasury “August IVlmont Aert’o.. in is-half of N. M. • Rothschilds A; Sons." o London, and themselves... .1. P. Morgan &Co., in behalf o Mcssf . Morgan \ t'o.. of lauaton. and themsel vo. Attest: \V. V,. (‘urtis. ■ Francis Lynde Stel;a u. A DiHjuMDser CoLEMTU A. Fe,h. 15. The lir-t of ihe disjM'nsei's to come to grief on account of 'shortage’s is Mr. tb O. I'.vatis, the dispensf'r at St. Matthews, in Orange burg Countv. ' Governor Evans is very much iqterestetl in t^e matter and will see it through to the end He says that tin re is but one thing for him totlo and that is to have the dispen scrtfumsled and pr.i-ieeufed on the charge of fraudulent, breech of trust and larceny. How the shortage oe .ourred is no concern of the Suite, and it will los)' nothing by tlie shortage, as tin- Ix'iul lias already heeuturuedovei; to lawyers to sue and collect for the amountofthe shortage, which is re jMirted to te from $2,2IIU to $2,300. Tin bondsmen are F. d. Buyck and Philip Rit-li aud llu'v an* more than able To bond ft* mightTh<—ro mis pay as lar; quirt'd. Governor Evans says that he cannot possibly understand how the shortage could have goRt-n^ to lx* a*f large as rt‘i>ort©d. If th- county Ixiai d had checked up the ncebuiita and in sislt*d bn settleiin-nts He doe* tmt see .how the amount could have gone up to *2,000. ’I'tie dispensary only «arries a stock of $3,IKK), and the shortage charged iqi must have been the result of a series of months. The wlyilo niatter Governor Evans s. ys.'w ill lie enrefi lly investigated and dealt with as it.ought to be. Mr, Serugg. one o r tin- inspectors, went to St. Mattlievis at (be order of Governor Evans and elieeked ii' I he business and sbx:k and has llie .Si.s r< adv to turn over to thi Was anvthing carried awavi” I ease of poisoning has been brought to-! the Treasury from redeeming the na- '• " \Vehad hghWn thi^ neighborhood, by which lUAnpl bank notes and eonyielling tjie “No, the ship stood it well, plenty of provisions, and fared first- rate' We were blown away oil’ our course and spoke no steamers until yesterday when we saw an American 'liner bofuid for Philadelphia. ' thetcngineer’s story. From Chief Engineer Adolph Mar lib was obtained a more detailed des- Gqodloe Davis lias lost his life. The facts as far as ascertained are that Polly Davis.the wife of the dead man. | Janie Sharp, a girl. Jasper Oliver, all negroes, conspired to poison Goodloe h>avis. Janie Sharp was sent to buy 3ipon wtr some rat ]X)ison, which Oliver put in to whiskey, which Davis drank. After getting sick from the efi’ects of the "ii ---* I fretting sicK irom me etrecis oi me ei iption of the nature of the break in firaugnt he told some one tliftl he was the Gascogne’s machineyr. The break | ^isoned’andlived oiily a few hours. oeirred in one pf the piston rods] about'half way between the traveler ami the piston. It was due to a flaw. Though there were facilities aboard for making repairs, the location of the break was such that an attempt to re pair it would have required the mov ing of machinery and would have been attended with even more delay and dfficulty. Therefore it was decided to disconnect the affected cylinder from hanks to establish an agency for the redemption of their currency. No in considerable part of Secretary Car lisle's remarks^, had reference to this provision of the national bank law ’ icb threwembers seemed to desire the fullest information ana which be gave them in-detail. A Sai-rHliginu* Thl«*f. .TXai RENs.Feb. 15.-rFrank A. Perry a young white man, was arrested last week charged with entering New Prospect Church and robbing it. He sold the church bible and a carpet in this city, claiming that he bought them from a negro, but he cannot name _or identify the negro. The young man claims to come from “This agreement, entered into this Sth day of February, 1395, betwcei; me Secretary of the Treasury-of the Uni ted States of the first part, and Messrs. Belmont Co., of New Ynrkonbt*- ialf of Messrs. N. M. Rothschilds A’: Son of London. England, and them selves and Messrs. J. P. Morgan A: Co. if’New York, bn behalf J Messrs. J. S. Morgan A: Co. of London and them selves, parties ou the second part — “Witnesseth ; Whereas, it is provid ed by the Revised Statutes of the Uni ted States (section 3790) that the Secre tary of the Treasury may purchase coin with any of the bonds or notes of the United States authorized by'law at such rates and ujxin such terms as hi* may deem most advantageous to the public interests; and the Secretary of the'Treasury hpw deems that an emer gency exists in which the public inter ests require that hereinafter provided, coin shall'be purchased with the bonds of the United States of the description hereafter mentioned, Authorized to be issued under the act entitled, ‘An act to provide for the resumption of sjieeie payments,’ approved January 14. 1875, being bonds of the United States des cribed in an act of Congress, approved July 14, 1879, entitled, ’An act to au thorize the refunding of the national debt; now, therefore the said partie if the second part hereby agree to sell and deliver to the Untied States three million five hundred ounces of stand ard gold coin of the United States, at the rate of $}7.804.41 per ounce, paya hie in United States 4 per cent, thirty year coupon or registered bonds, said bonds to lx? dated February 1. 1895. payable at the pleasure of the United States after thirty years from date, is sued under the acts of Congress of July 14, 1870, January 20. 187,1. and January 14, 1875, bearing interest 'at the rate of 4 percent, per annum, pay able quarterly. ‘‘First—Such purchase-and sale of gold coin Ix'ing made on Ihe following conditions: (1.) At least one half Of delivered p’roiioiinci-d the size bfTxiiid that would lie rtquin-tTf’tjiA -uoeudetl stated that it was unnect- vsary to make the Ijond so heavy, ax lie was a stranger in town and fi bond of llOO would serve a* well. .Commissioner Wright replied that it was. not bis business to know what ainbunt of bond the jx-rson was able to supply,, therefore the Ixmd would remafir Wfirst fixisl. < Inks has the appeahifioe of a hard' looking customer with a fats- on him 11iat probably will not Drove of great Ix-nriit in bis Vu'lialf wlien he is eiill'-fi to l(M)k a jury in tbejfaCe. JI* evident ly is a man beyond th> hiithIumi of life and sayd be bits not bc'-n in th'‘ city mor- than two mouths and came ben from Savannntt. Ga. H*-olaims that h" is not a member of any of the. vari oils lalxir organiztiona. Rut admits that he knows something uliout load-jug cotton on lionrtl -of hhi|«. Th*' sticks -txln-n fmtte-4lH^-4wo imles of \\ rapped up in wet cloth and w tiieii won- first ’ generally thought to lx* dynamite, pmvisl tixlay to have Ixvti eonqxiM-d of phosphorus and it was therefore probably the intention of the jxtjx trutor not.Urhlow up the ship or injure any of the wx rkmen emplov- ed in loading thi ship, but evidently t>*destroy the l ottbn iri the vrasel by lire. Tlie eomlustibh* material was carefully laid up op the back of one f tin large record books in the mar shal's office last night with cowing it. so that no one won come endangen d hv interferenec with it. This morning it was found that the stuff roner-ilrd in the wraps liud caught tire during the night inn there was nothing left but the charred re mains. For s une tjmr past steamship burn ing lias l>ecu a-frequent occurrence at Savannah, and tbe various .stoamsliip fi'inpan-H's doing buxines* at that port have expend**! large sums in attempt- tttg t-.ferret **utRui4fuiiAy jiarlit.'S, bu.t it seems that the conspiracy was so thoiseighlv ocganiml tluit until now it has pwiven impossible to even appre bend, any bf the burners. Detectives {viiiii Sjivannali. it is said, have only such expected from ihe -Fifty-third Con gress. A- week ago the Ilouae refused, by a vote of 162 to‘135, to adopt the last Springer banking and currency ’ v bill, winch contained a provision au- thoriziug the issue of long-time, low* , inU*rest^iond9, and yestewlay by the v still, nijjj|fu'*leci*ive vote of 167 to 120, it decjSied to authorize the issue of $tfr>.(M900 3 |H>r cent gold bonds with which to replace tlie 3$ per cent. Ixmds negotiated with the Morgan^ Belmont syndicate in payment fo^the , purchase of 3.500.000 ounces of gold cein. The consideration of the joint resolution for this purpose reported yesterday from the committee on ways ami means by Cliairmaii WU- son. nccu'nied all of the session of six and a halt bounty and the discussion * atlraeUsl. an attention of spectators ic galleries I V, K ffl.ass onla Ix - reeenil) Huited New <*rl an errand <yite or« It i^ 1 •a ns on hut as usual could not lo- ffi-et a capture. ’ , herefroo tlie general supposf- tion iliut the man who is now under am st. here and who g<x s by the naini' iifOaks and states fliat he came from Savannah, jielongs to the conspiraty which has so long madetliiit ixirt quite risky for vtssels to receive cargoes •from. However, the prixifat present. lues iu>t sustain Mich P theory. Tlie which overflowed the public gall and eniToadied upon that reserved for the diplomatic corps and other dis- tinguiihed visitors. The debate fol* lowed in a general way the lines of the dehah' bn the Springer bill last week. Inn the Q|>position today was much more aggn'ssive than on that occasion. Mr. Wilson waa aided in advocacy bv Mr, Reed (RcpuLof 'Maine, 1’uiue, (licp.) of New York, Turner (Dem.) of Ge*>rgia, and By num i r)«'m. i of Indiana, all members of the committee on ways and means, who urged that the joint resolution w as a business matter merely, disasso ciated from politics or anything of that kind, tlie passage of which would result in a saving of $16,000,000 to tlie people. Their efforts were seconded bv Daniels (Rep.I of New York. Stone (flop ) of Pennsylvania, Coomb# and Hendrix (Dem.) of New York, Sprin ger (Item.) of Illinois, and Cooper (Dem.) of Florida. The op|x»ition to the passage of the joint resolution was led by Mr. Hop kins (Ren.) of Illinois, and Bryan (Dem.)of Nebraska,•members of the committee on ways and means, and it developed some startling points. Mr. Hopkins asserted that the .President was not anipated by patriotic motives in sending his latest message to Con- gres, hut a desire to unload upon that ixxly the responsibility for a tranaac- tion negotiated by Ins former taw part ner that would nbt tbe syndicate rep resented by him $25,909,990. ‘Mr. Bryan declared the scheme propoaed in Uu; joint reao 1 ution to be but another .step in the accomplishmentof ihe oon* spiracy to strangle silver, and solemn ly assunxi the House that so serious did he consider it to he that were there any probability of its nassage, and the forfeiture of his life would prevent it, he would gladly lay down his life in that beluilf. Mr. Cannon (Rep.) of Illinois hinted at'ifnpcachment, and Mr Hepburn < Rep. unf Iowa said that Republicans ■ v t-b.-tLAbcre have Ixcn a nu ■s on xlnp board here, and that gen pq . .... The two women have been put in jail. Oliver made his escape, but has been since captured. It is said that the woman wanted to get ruf uf her hus band so that she could marry Oliver, ' I'rozrn to iVrutTu Bf.aufort, Feb. 1(5.—Tie weather has been bitterly cold for the last Greenville and to have gixid family week, and so far as reported there has connections. The bible has been re been three negroes frozen to death. [covered.^—Advertiser. all coin delivered hereimrnder shall be obtained and shipped from Europe, but the shipments shall not be rfe- quired’^.to exceed 390,(XX) ounces jx-r month, unless the parties of the sec ond part shall consent thereto. (2.) All deliveries shall l#- made at any of the sub treasuries or al any other k'gftl depositai'y-'-of tUc -Uhited States. “<3.) All goM coiife delivered shall l>4 received on the basis of 25 8-10 success >i' of Mr. Evans who will be put in immediate charge. It is the iji- tejitiou oi Governor Evaiis to have the lisijensary reopened at once, and with that view the Ixiard for Orangeburg County has been ordered to elect Mr. Evan’s successor immdiately. The State will not lose a sou. Governor Evans says, and so far as he.can un derstand the settlements that are be- lind are with the county and town inthorities, and ought hot to have lieeir allowed to run as long they have.- (loveruor Evans says that he will lose nb time or opportunity in prosecuting any of the dispensers whose accounts are short and that the inspectors have instructions to visit all of the di.S|x'n saries just as sixju as possible. The bonds are to he scrutinized us well as the accounts of each and every one of the dispensers.—News and Courier.- ThriM* Stories. Atlanta. Feb. 15.—YDr. J. D. Jar rared, of -Mossy .Creek, has a young Jersey calf which difi’ers from calves in common, in that its front feet are exactly like .tliose of young mules, said Col. J<x; Underwood, of Cleve land, the other day. “That's nothing,.’’ replied liev. Sim inonsp.who.was in the group of listen ers. “I saw a whole, drove of hogs on the road between Fayetteville anc Fairburn, and tlie feet of tlie whole lot of them were round lik a young colt's, and not. a cloven foot anion .. y _ .. Reeves, and he prnliably sion of the breed today. “Talkimg alxiut strange critters," said a tall mountaineer, d.essed in tlie conventionalb^own jeans, “you h'llei’s don’t know nothin.’ 1 w is standing for a d^-r my dogs runnin''long last sununer—but don L sav anything led fact lirx ('rail been nection with t.rhiy’s discovery, wou seem to he.-ir out the theory that a ship huiTiing gang oaii be at workl 22^1!* who favored the measure, proposed* unJx i.of ncw « repudiation of all the y vessel. after leaving here have discovered ou fire, ♦•tken'jn con ild declarations of ihe party in the Mfl and the institution of 4 new policy that culled for a new following. ()ther speeches against the joint res olution were made by Messrs. McMil- lin of Tennessee, Wheeler of Alabama and Grosvenor (Rep.) of Ohio, mem bers of the committee on ways and means. Livingston (Dem.) of Georgia, Northway and HulickiReps.) of Ohio, •- Bland and Hatch (Dems.) of Missouri, Kern (Pop.) of Nebraska, Simpson (Pop.) of Kansas and Van Voorhia (Rep,) of-New York. The vote was, taken at 5 o’clock ujion the question, “shall the joint resolution be engrossed and read a third time?” the result be- ing as stated—Yeas 120; nays 167. “The bill is dead,” officially declared the Speaker, and at 5 :30 o clock the House adjourned until tomorrow at 11 o'clock. • * All the South Carolina members, except Murray, voted against the bilL Clenifton Colle^e Refltt®d # Calhouic, S. C., Feb. 16.—The work of furnishing and refitting the interior of Clemson College is oeing. rapidly advanced and everything will be in order for the r*-oping on the 21st instant. Messrs Huimicutt and Bel- lingrath, of Atlanta, have the contract for putting in the heat: An Inaaiif Mother. PlTTSBCRO.Pa., Feb. IS’:'—Mr* Am ia Sellxirt. Tarr; ing Tier son, William Selberi, nine months old, aiid drag- ing along her daughter. Marie Eliza- etb, five years old, plunged to death in the Ohio river near her home at Corapolis, alxiut mxin Monday. The woman wa.s the wife of William Sei bert, a contractor jjmd coal dealer of Corapolis. She was thirty-four years old and bud but the two children she took with her to her watery grave. Mrs. Seibert is supixised to have been insane. She was a mild-mannered, motherly woman of nervous tempera ment. She was devoted to her bus band and children. Last Friday the home of Mrs. Seibert's brother in-law was destroyed by fire. She bnxxled over this and today had her brother in-law and his family conic Jo her house to live. Shortly before noon unlay Mrs. Seibert abandoned her work and started towards the river with her children before any of the inmates knew what was up. Janies ^ ^ Nohawas-on Hie -opposite, side of the ^ waTrecently made by Trustees Wver bank and saw the woman burr}’ Donaldson and Bradley to see if along the stream to the open place, thing was in working order and with where she plunged in. lie saw the t ) ie exception of one or two minor matters, the radiators ■r-C\ them. They belonged to aman named ed is in posses- about that part of it -when I puLh'd down on tin; darndest thing you ever saw. It draped when I slrot, uiid when I went to cut its throat l noticed one foot was like a bear’s, one legs had Wool on it like a wildcat's, sharpcTaws and jjtH. aiid.Wamedif the oilier warn’t like a game booster's!*’—Coi^titution. — A K4g Kirr; . • ~ - Columbia, S. C., Feb. 15.—Ex^om- missioner Traxler; who arrived in this little girl pull away from the water and endeavor to escape, but iu vain. A search for the Ixxlies was instituted and the mother was found with her baby in her arms, while with her left hand she held the right hand of her little girl. Suicide while insane, was the verdict of the coroner's jury. ‘ ]>l»afttrou» Storm*. HaUFaH, N. S., Feb. 15.—Tele graph advises received from South Hay, Cajic Breton, state that the place i __ were found to work successfully. Tlie exterior paint ing of the College and chapel has been delayed by the excessive cold preyail- ingof late. Tlie Colllege people think that the action of the board at their last meeting, when it was decided not to pay for student labor, will have the effect of keeping away a great many boys. President Craighead is receiv ing many letters from parents who want toiend their sons, but who say do- Rouses, wharves, boafex, stores au( l|j r - year the number went at fishermen s dwellings. No lives were . n m- •) lost, but several families living oh the beach were reacured with great dilli- culty, and saved nothing but the clothes Uiey wore. Greencqve rejxjrts ing. one time to 580. aS3! ^ '-t — ' - bis; css&lhis contract are to lie delivered free of ac ! of ten Stores situated almost iu the- . Wh*t*Uo«** t-rut-d jn)t-f*'Mt. wJiii')i is u> lie assumed heart of the town, was completely des- . \N ai-.]|ai->> al, Jeb, 15. ^ General and paid by the parties of the second troyeff by'TTre. All the buildings were Tai, of the Japanese army has com*- Uhnnoe arid want to Au- ^ of wood and were s< kui in ashes. The mitUsl suicide in a moment of anger on the corse in a hoiu« and went tO AA^ or no account of the dest'rtion. of --A number gusU to buy a cothn for her cmlxL— ” [of hiiSubordinates. News, News and Courier. A Sad Story. Columbia, S. C.. Feb. 15.—A sad — ... . — —. story comes from Edgefield County. that the storm was the most disastrous ^ colored woman had a son, about 17, ever, knoVn <10 that coai»t. lioats and xv j 10 w: , s affiicted with a peculiar mal- th’e. fish houses weVe nearly all swept fcljT gj ic was advised to carry him Out to aea or wrecked on the beyh. ^ Augusta, and on Monday she start- No mail has been received since Feb. e ,| ^ fl ja t place with the boy in a wa- roduce to sell ie on the way snow began falling' and the boy was frozen to death in his mother ■ com^-anns. The grief stricken mother left part at the time of their delivery them. Second—Should the Secretary of loss is about'$15,00<>, with little insurance. ■ '.v ■1, ■1 .yi — - U %