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1 ’rSf* fit *0&mSx** 1 A \ VOL XIX BARNWELL S. C, THURSDAY, JANUARY 30. 1896. ® ■ 1 ' ' THE OOIPBDEBATE RECORDS IWTEKE8THIG REPORT BY THE HISTORIAN. What H«* Bean Done Towards Pre- Sgrls»l|Mtlt^«o»7 of DaHnif Deeds —Thewco-k Will be of Greet Vein*. 7r7 put the Rec- flbel publica- ooDtem General i The following interesting report has been made bj General Parley, '* torlao of Confederate Records, for the information of the General Assembly : Governor of South Carolina. Sir: I beg leaTe to submit to your Excellency the following report, as “Historian of the Confederate Rec ords ” for the Information of yourself and the honorable members of the General Assembly. It is deemed nec essary in order to show what has been done, what is being done, and what is necessary to be done, to ords in proper shape for tion and preservation, as is hinted by the Acts of the Assembly. Accompanying this report, I also submit’ n *• memorial of the South Car olina Division of United Confederate Veterans,” signed bv their Command er, General C. I. Walker, also General Edward MoCrady, Judg J. H. Hudson and myself, a committee' appointed by the Confederate Veterans to prepare this memorial and present it to your Excellency and the members of the General Assembly. .. This memorial Is.the result of the fol lowing correspondence between Com mander Walker and myself, and the discussion following my remarks be fore the AseobTation : South Carolina Division, Unitxd Conthpekatr Veterans, Charleston, S. Q.. Oct. 19,1895. General Hugh L. Parlay, Spartan burg, 8. O. * I per e rec- for you to attend the convention of the United Confederate Veterans at Colum bia, S. C., November 12 and 13. You may,'gain assistance in cairying out your duties as State historian. The Tenth aad Twelfth Regiment sketch, which you asked me to prepare is done. • If you care to go to the cosvention , as a representative of the Camp in Spartanburg, all right; if not, I should be happy, ns the the commander of the Division, to extend wn invitation to you to be present for your personal record during the war. and because you are the State historian. Very truly, C. I. Walker. In obedience to this very kind invi tation, and as a Confederate survivor, 1 attended the meWings of tho Asso ciation, and at their request addressed them tally ou the subject of the Con federate Records ranch to the same effect as appears In the memorial and in this report, feeling and appreciat ing the fact that they were more deeply interested than even the public at large In this work, and were entitled to all the Information I possosod in T ard to it. explained to them the condition of the Records, and what efforts had been made during the administration otGoveroo*’ Tillman and yourself to odlaplete them and put them, properly edited, before the public, and assured them that every effort in that direction had not only met the cordial oo-opera tion of both adbiin istrations, but assur ed them also that your Kxceilency stood ready,to unite with them aad with theLegttlature in securing a completion and publication of t ords la the best shape possible. Later, f received the following kind aad (lettering communication on the Subject: r .~ S9UTH Carolina Division, United Confederate Veterans, CHARLESTON, S.C., Nov. 25, 1895, Gea. Hugh L. Farley, Spartanburg, Q Ce \ Dear General: I will be much obliged if you will consent to serve as historian, South Carolina Division United Confederate Veterans, under the resolution of the late eon ven tion. ’ As you SrC authorized to appoint as sistants to each Brigade United Con federate -Veterans Division, and in each Confederate Regiment Battalion, and independent command, you will have many to help you in the work, aad not throw too ranch on your shoul- vF*think the Division will feel great ence in you and your work, and unanimously second me in my se lection of one so worthy and able to fill the place. Yours very truly, 1. r C. I. Walker. Highly meat! was made, ttudlcated my -willingness to accept soliigh an honor, in propor terms; and later received the foliow- Ing enerniuqlefttWm ; South Carolina Division, United confederate Veterans, —- Charleston, 8. C., Dec. 2,1895. Gen. B- 1*. Farley, Spartanburg, S. C. Dear Comrade: The Major- General commanding, under resolution below, unanimously adopted, of this Division, November 13,1895,"hereby appoint you historian of the South Carolina Divi sion United Confederate Veterans, having full/cocfidence, not only In your.ability and fitness, but in yohr honesty, impartiality, and loyalty Ito the memories of our dead oomradds, and te the needy who.survive. “Resolved, That, the general- com manding the South Carolina Division United Confederate Veterans .do ap point a historian of this Division, who shall in return appoint brigade hislb- rians, to bo aided by selected regi mental and battalion historians, whose duty it shall be to coilect all the facts aad incidents connected with the South Carolina troops In the army of the Confederacy, to be preserved for the use of this Division by the Division historian. That at'each meeting all oomrades be. invited to read-such re collections as they may prepare.” with you, much pleasure to ^xtena this ofBer. Yours fraternally, James G. holmes, n Adjutant General Sad Chief of Stall.; I have submitted the /ongoing as Information to which your Excellency ~ the members of the General As- ment of the survivors, which I know will bo almost as gratifying to your Excellency as it has Dean to me; and although it will entail, some additions work upon the historian, shall receive my best and closest attention Your Excellondj- trill discover from the memorial of the U. C. V., am from this report, that the work of collecting the records has been going on for many years and has been grad ually nearing completion. I may say that tbe rolls are as nearly complete sow (only a small number being still out) as they are likely to be until the survivors realise that the publication Is actually taking place, when those who have been so hard to arouse wll rush forward to see that their com mands are properly Included. A de tailed account of the commands whose rolls are unfinished will be published again soon, as It has been from ilflae time in the progress of the work These have been looked after, as fre quent and persistent visits have been made from time to time, but they can be secured during the progress of pub- licstion. In the examination of the actual condition of the rolls, I have found that many of them are made out with great care and accuracy, but there are a arrest many that are but imperfectly finished. Yonr Excellecy will see from our memorial that it is the opinion of the United Confederate Veterans that an experimental copy of these rolls should be made aad placed in the hands of the survivors for correction and revision before they be considered as ready or in proper shape for final publication. This, at my suggestion, was recommended by his Excellency Gwreruor TiUman several years afi and would have been done but for t stringency of the money market and the great expense devolving upon the State in the building of educational and other public works demanded by the exigencies of the times. Now it &Qr$e done without serious fnconven* ienoe, and I am satisfied that as the sum necessary will hardly be felt by the State the Legislature will respond to soy osll from your lency in this direction. Until this is done, as is evident to your Excellency, no final or complete publication of the work can be made, with the addition of the valuable his toric manuscript which has been and is now being collected to go with the publication of the rolls when they are completed. —- Under the plan of this work as sub mitted to your Excellency, to Gover nor Tillman, and to the various officers commanding or representing brigades from this State, it will be an interest ing volume, showing: First. The record made by our State as a State in the war, the sacrifices made by our people in general, and the heroic record made by our men and women in the war, bringing out the more prominent events and salieat points of our history as a State and people. Second. As the history of our troops runs so largely by brigades, each of which has a separate, distinct and in teresting history of its own, and which, at one time or another, com prised evary regiment in service with but one pr two excepticoa, (to which most be added oUr separate batteries of artillery), the record of the most of our troops can be Written by brigades —the brigade historian doing full 00 I wHPI m ghty appreciating the compll- t, and the spirit in which the offer made, IRidlcated my willingness and the members of the General As sembly era entitled, showing that your appointment has reoeispd the endorse- doing full jus tice to regiment and battalion, and thus saving unnecessary multiplication of history, the artillery and separate Independent commands being provided for by separate sketches. In this way we can do full justice to all of our troops and people in a work within the reach of our legislative appropriations, and which, nut being too cumbersome, will be eargerly read and fondly treasured by our people because it will go mith the rolls con taining the names and records of each soldier. This work If already being pushed towards completion, first by the State historian ana br‘ selected representa tives from each brigade or separate command, and will be ready for the printer by the time the rolls are in shape for publication after the experi- montal copies ore went out for revision and correction. Some of the sketches are already eomplete. r' » In the* meantime your historian, under the appointment conferred upon him by the-survivors, as well as that by yourbelf, will be engaged in collect ing the missing rolls and the various regimental and battalion sketches called for by the resolution of the U. C. V., and apd-if practicable or possi ble at the time of publication mig^t be include j, though it will be more difficult to secure good sketches of each regiment and nattallon in time for publication. At any rate this work cau be pushed forward, and will at least make a most valuable collection of historical data which caq. be pre served and published in the future, even IT we can not Include It In the publication.pf the rolls, which should be finished as soon as possible, in order to make them perfectly safe. My own historical . y< Excellency’s appointment, though it work under your PIVHRWPHPiPtitougH involved more extensive reading and thorough research than I had antici pated at first, is satisfactorily under way, and will be submitted for revis ion and publication in due time. Parts of it showing the recapitulation of the numbers of our troopfe engaged in the war, the deaths, losses, etc., can not be filled out until our rolls are all in with all the they contain to correspond with my general statomcqt. • Besides my own manuecripl, • I have on hand a valuable collection of manu script by Professor Rivers, which, though not complete and ready for publication, are invaluable to those engaged in writing sketches of the early organization of our troops and their subsequent history. These have d§ for refer- vpd tor future Professor Rivers gratitude (for preserving these records), and also General Man- igault, who Inaugurated the work of preserving the rolls. 'I have also on hand In the office of the Adjutant and Inspector General a valuable “Roll of Honor,” or alpha betical list of the dead, which, though not oomplete, contains some ten thou sand names, as estimated aad prepared by tqe Survivors,’ Association. This, tod, should be published so as to enable our people to add names not included to make the lint oomplete. - It has been suggested by General C. I. Walker, and I would respectfully join In th« request, that some better means for the preservation of the Confederate Records of all kinds be made^wbloh, with the oo-operation of your Excellency, r'fhlnk can be ar ranged with the Adjutant and Inspec tor General; or if the room there is not sufficient, elsewhere in the State House. In conclusion, I beg to say that upon commencing my work I addressed a circular letter to the various surviving brigade commanders in the State, or Ihose whom I considered proper rep resentatives. asking their co-opera tion and assistance in the work before me.' It gives me groat pleasure to say that I met with a warm and cor dial response in every instance, and the list below of those who are en- 'gagedTTa or supervising the sketches of our brigades gives assurance that when their work Is completed It will not only give satisfaction, but shed honor and glory upon the troops whom they represent. This work hL being done by or under the supervision of the following gentlemen, who can call to their assistance whatever help they may need from their various subordi nate commanders and comrades, and some of this work is already finished : For Jenkln’s (Bratton’s) Brigade, General S. McGowan. For Bonham’s (Kershaw’s) Brigade, 'General John D. Kennedy. For Jenkln’s (Bratton’s) Brigade, General John Bratton. For Hagood’s Brigade, General Johnson Hagood. For Evans and Elliott’s (Wallace’s) Brigade, General Wm. H. Wallace. ForGlst’s (Caper’s) Brigade, General Ellison Capers. - For Manlgault’s Brigade, General C. I. Walker. For Hampton’s (Butler’s) Brigade, Major Theo. G. Barker. For Gary’s Brigade, General Thos. A Vigorous Policy Proposed—An- t. other not so Vigorous to be Dis cussed Fully. Washington, Jan.f20.—Two oppos ing phases of the Monroe Doctrine were presented to the Senate to-day, one from the Committee on Foreign Rela tions favoring a strong reaffirmation of the doctrine, and another from Mr. Sewell, of New Jersey, urging that the doctrine had been carried so far be yond its scope ss to threaten danger ous consequences, Mr. Davis, of Min- neseto, presented the committee re port, as he is the author of the measure embodying the essential features of all previous resolutions. It not only affirms the original doctrine of Prcsi- . .. _ . ieelt mas and nor ing Hawaii, Tart] Cuba and the Nicaragua Canal. Mr. Sewell’s speech attracted attention from the fact that it is the first utter ance of opposition to the prevailing tendency in Congress on the doctrine, and moreover the New Jersey Senator used direct language in criticising the haste of the President in precipitating a question which involved the possi bilities of war. The action poss to-day promises to bring on a full discussion Doctrine before action. For urigaae itegui know as Elliott’s Brigade at the close of the war, Colonels Butler, Hugue- nin, Lucas and others representing the several commands. For Third South Carolina Cavalry, Major John M. Jenkins. South Carolina had a magnificent artillery force, probably larger than that of any other State South, com posed (besides the three rcgim< nla of artillery on the coast) of some four battalions and twenty old batteries. It will be my endeavor to secure a separate short sketch of each, as they served all over the Confederacy ; and also to secure a general sketch of South Carolina Artillery in the War,” from the pen of Stephen D. Lee, who started his splendid career in that branch of the service in the lamp ton Legion, aad did much of bis work therein. As your Excellency will readily see, all of this work when properly revised, condensed and finishea, with the com plete rolls of our troops and a general sketch of the State in connection with the war (which I hope will prove sat isfactory), we will have a volume de voted exclusively to our Confederates —dead and living—which will be some tribute to their acknowledge heroism, self-saorifioe and devotion to their State-and country, and which our peo- >le can fondly keep and treasure for all time te oome. With many thanks for ths kindness and consideration which your Excel lency has always shown for our cause aadror myself personally, I am sincerely your obedient servant, H. L. Farley, Historian Confederate Records. of the Monroe taken. The Davis resolution and preamble in full is as follows: ^ Concurrent Resolution Relative to the Assertion and Enforcement of the Monroe Doctrine. Resolved, by the Senate, the House of Representatives concurring, that whereas President Moaroe in bis mes sage to Congress of December 2d, Anno Domini 1823, deemed it proper to assort a principle in which the States are Involved that the American continent by tho free and independent condition which they have assumed and main tained, were thenceforth not to be con sidered aa subjects lor future coloniza tion by any European power. Whereas President Monroe further declared in that message that the United States would consider any at temot by the allied powers of Europe to extend tbslr system to any portion of this hemisphere as dangerous to our C ace and saletv ; that with the exlst- g colonies and dependencies of any European powers we have not inter fered and should not interfere : but that with the governments who have de clared their independence and main tained it, whose independence we have on great consideration and on just principles acknowledged, wo oouid not view any interposition for tne purpose of oppressing them or controlling 1c ex. It Is believed the latter has 25,‘©00 men In Habana and Mstanzas provin ces. There is some ta'kof a big battle near here when all are united. It Is doubtful as the InsurgenU. lack ammu nition fof such a fight; they have plenty for a skirmish. Antonio Maceo was last reported southwest of tue capital Pi mar Del Rio. He' had engagement on the 17th and 18th. The Spaniards claim vic tories both 4*jr*- The Cubans ridicule the official reports of these encounters, one of which made 290 Infanti 2,000 moufited rebell, Inflicting a loss of 300 men. The government Is now bulldin •nail forts and block houses in a sem circle in the rear of Habana. Some are stone and some‘wood. The United Prees correspondent found similiar re- •U fh* nearly all the railway towns f. Batabano has eight four San Felipe six, forts, Quivican Bejucal four. Some are verv crude, being built of us ““ logs and barrels filled with earth, in dicating hasty defense rather than aggressive operations. The rebels in fest the entire province and stop stages, milkmen and chicken dealers in the suburbs orHabana. Yesterday a small town two miles south of Habana was visited, and horses, ammunition and arms taken. Cepero, the insurgent leader captur ed on the passenger steamer at Bata bano 10 days ago, !• au American citi zen. Consul Will Unto has asked a civil trial fer Cepero. Two Spanish deserters captured fighting in the rebel ranks will probably bis court martialed and shot. FOR FRKK SILVIOK. A Party to be Organised—McLaurin a Leader. Washington, Jam.i2.—Nearly 100 of the most prominent stiver men of the country met In Waihlngton to-day to arrange for holding a national sil ver convention to put a ticket in the field for the coming presidential cam paign, this sctlon to be contingent up on the failure of both tLe old political parties to recognize the white metal t>y nominating candidates unequivocal ly pledged to its rehabilitation on a oasis of 16 to 1. The gathering is the result of a conference held in Chicago several weeks ago of the presidents of the American bl-metallic league, the national bi-metallic union and the na tional silver committee, at which it was agreed to coa-iclMate under the title of the American B.metallic Union _ '.'ith Gen. A. J. Warovi as president, any other manner their destiny by anj'hAt the present meeting, which is be- European power, in any other light flog held behind closed doors and with than as the manifestation of an un friendly disposition toward the UuiloC States; and further reiterated in thft message thet it is impossible that the allied powers should extend tneir po litical system to any portion of either continent without endangering our P#eo and happiness. And Whereas the doctrine and policy so proclaimed by President Monroe have since been repeatedly asserted by the United States by executive dsoiaratlon and action upon occasions and exigen cies similar to the particular occasion and exigency which caused them to be first announced, and have been ever since their promulgation and now are, the rightful policy of ths United Statee, therefore be it Resolved, That the United States of most America reaffirm and confirm the Joe organization, the members of whi^h *n evident intention to prevent any premature announcements of its pro ceedings, It is expected to ratify the consolidation ana mak) a dam with the Populists, by which both organisa tions will have their convention in the seme place and at the stmc time. Gen. J. B. Weaver, of Iowa, J. G. Field, of Virginia, Senator Marlon Butler, oft North Carolina, T. ,M.. Patterson,' of Colorado, J. G. Bell, of Colorado, C. M. Wardell, of California, J. H. Turner, of Georgia, and E. G. Brown, of Massa chusetts, constitute a special commit tee tomeet the silver men. They say they will take no part in the confer ence, but merely oernr cut thd instruc tions of their neCfonaf committee. The meeting resulted in the appoint ment of committees on resolutions and TUB GREATEST AMERICAN. Bill Arp Tells th! D)(Terrnos of Opli Ion Among bis NeighlMira on tbi Question. It was a goodly company and a boun tapus ft***. While enjoying both we discussed the Affaire of the nation la _ philosophic mood, and in A temperate, considerate manner expressed our opinions Jf men ami measures—notin the diffgjpnoes jhat honestly pOosesse each different guest I ventured to ask a question that each mighf answer Who is the greatest American, living or dead, of the last half century ? It 1 would be surprising to hear the •were to this question In any little co terie of Intelligent, weU-eduoated gen tlemen. Almost every man has biiT^ idol whom he worships and admires, not without reason, but with mornre- £ard than is justly due. Wear Into channels of thought by clrcum- by heredity of prejudice, This 1* nothing S abr ' " ~ 9 of thing aboti Spaniard. stances^ by surroundings, We become the creatures both in politics or religion human nature nnd there is wrong about it when it is kept within bouncs of toleration for the opinions of others. Only the intolerant get up dis cord. “Who is the greatest man ?” I asked. “Grover Cleveland,” said Mr. Fite. “Bob Toombs and General Grant,” said Mr. Jarrall. “Dr. Atticus Haygood,” said Judge Akin, promptly. “Jefferson Davis,” said Mr. Carey. "Ah, there tantlnople, the trli about three wees In' now,” they all responded. "Of course —of course^ Jefferson Davis was the rea»o«t man—the very greatest man.” Vben I was called to respond I said : None or you are old enough to have ^nrwa??®'£¥^(yWESbl iilfSnf^wS'tSe'lo.^f upon my head and said kind and tender R,xd Cross societies there, as words to mo. He was passing through with the members of the I our town and my father took me to the rut A Prince Dead.—Prinoe Henry, of Battenberg, husband of Princess Be atrice of England, who went to Ashan- tee in a special capacity aad who con tracted fevef there, is dead. Prinoe Henrv was the third son of Prince Alexander of Battenberg, uncle of Ludwig IV, Grand Duke of Heese. He married Princess Beatrice in 1885/ They have four children. He was born October 5, 1858, and was Gover nor of the Isle of Wight and of Carie- brook Castle. • From the few details received, it appears that the Prinoe had a relapse while on board the British cruiser Blonde, on her way to MaderLa with the sick man. In spite of the efforts of the special surgeon in attendance and of the ship’s surgeon, the Prince died at 9 o’clock Tuesday evening. The Blonde then returned to Sierra Leon, West coast of Africa, from which place the news was cabled to the Admiralty. The First Lord of the Admiralty, Hon. Geo. J. Goeschen, after consult ing with the Queen, has given instruc tions that the Blonde be ordered to bring the remains of the Prince to England. .. - - t The death of Prince Henry will make a decided difference in the court plans. The period of mourning for ths date Prince wilt extend over "the coming season and all the drawing rooms have been abandoned. While Prince Henry of Battenberg was unpopular on the whole with the people, principally because he was a poor German Prince, and therefore considered unworthy of the hand of a Princess of the royal house of England, he was well liked by^all those who had the pleasure of knowing him per sonally. Ho was , a spledid, athletic looking man, a good sportsman, and he sailed his own yatch skilfully. To thoss around hlm be was unpretend ing and considerate and was a great favorite with the Qu^tp. —Associate Justice Stephen J. Field, ofAbe United Statee Supreme Court, in regard to whose retirement peren nial rumors have been published for many years, authorizes a denial of the latest statement to that effect. The venerable jurist says : “Of Course a man at my time of life might retire from tbe bench at any time. If my health -should not permit me to attend to my duties easily, { should not hesitate to leave the beach, but so- long as I can attend to these duties with ease, I have no Intention of retiring.” Born la 1816, and appointed to the Supreme Court by Abraham Lincoln in 1863, Juetioe Field has long since passed tbe limit entitling him tore- tire, On full pay whenever ne so desires. Only Chief 'justice Marshall and Justice Storey have exceed him to length of service, and they only lew months. - ^ , trine and principles promulgated by President Monroe lb his message of December 2, A. D. 1823, And declare that they will assert and maintain that doctioe and those principles, and will regard any infringement thereof and particularly any attempt by any Euro pean power to take or acquire any new or additional territory on the American continents or any laland adjacent there at of sovereignty or do le same, in any case or instance as to which the United States ■hail deem such attempt to be danger ous to its peace or safety, by or.through force, purchase, cession, occupation, pledge, colonization, protectorate or by control of the easement in any canal or any other means of transit across the American Isthmus, whether under un founded pretension of alleged boundary any other unfounc the manifestation disposition toward were appointed by tbe chairman, Gen Warner. The committees are as fol lows: On Resolutions--Senator John P. Jones of Nevada, chairman; H. F. Bartine of Nevada, Mr. Larimer of Pennsylvania, Joe. Sheldon of Connec ticut, J. L. McLaurln of South Caro lina, and General Warner of Ohio. On Organization—Mr. Stevens of Colora do, J. N. Johnson of Virginia, C. J. Hil liard of the District of Columbia and P. McIntosh of Utah. The committee on resolutions has about completed its report and will furnish U to tbe con vention to morrow at l o’clock. It will define a plat'orm and lodiqate a policy for the silver men of the country to adopt. It will definitely be decided )f right in Deputes or under pretensions, as of an unfriendly the United States 2 bf» and as an interposition which it would be impossible in any form for the United States to regard with indiffei> ence. CAMPAIGN IN CUBA. Insurgents More Than Molding Their Ground—A Reign of Terror Fear ed. v,' v Habana, Jan. 22.--General Pando is here consulting Marin and other generals as to the future plan of cam paign. -General Paado takes charge^ da, and others, of field operations add General Marin remains here until the arrival of Gen eral Weyloil early next month. The Cubans here are alarmed regarding the safety of themselves and their families, though they have taken no active part in tho war. Every steamer carries crowds. Since it was announc ed General Weyler has been appointed, 1,000 holding American papers of citi zenship had them vised good for one month. The Cubans say they must choose between leaving the island and joining the insurgents. There is much wild talk regarding General Weyler’s methods in the lost war. They feat a reign of terror after bis arrival. Canv pos’s departure Is deplored byCu'ian residents foreign merchants and others, except the intense Spaniards. Business is prostrated. The mer chants dose: their stces evenings, saying they cannot afford tbe cost of gas, Ihe only sugar estate in tbs island known to be grindipg is the Toledo, just out of Habana. It has « special guard of 3,0U0 troops. Tbe rebels threaten to burn it. The fine crop of cane on other estates is uncut; owners fear the loss of mills if they violate Gomez’s order. The latter is 30 miles southwest of Habana. Throe columns of troops have pursued him for a week. As Gomez’s men are mounted ant) the trdops ore on foot, it is impossible to force- a bat tle unless Gomez is willing. The eastern forces under Jose Maceo, Rabi, Ceapedes and Carilio have entered Matanzas province and are now near Botondron. They will soon join Gom- ail be held, no matter what the ac tion of the Democratic and Republi can convention might be and it is un derstood that the committee on organi sations will recommend that St. Louis be selected as the place of holding it on a date about 10 days after the as sembling of the Democratic forces in Chicago on July 7.' This will make the sil/er convention oo-inuident with tbe Populist convention in St. Louis- The committee will also furnish a plan for the selection of delegates and the manner of organization. To-night’s session of the conference was public and was devoted to address es on the silver question by General Weaver of Iowa, Senator Marlon But ler, ex-Congressman Bartine of Neva- General Weaver se cured great applause when he pre dicted that tho silver question would make tho West and the South a unit. A Serious Shooting Afebay.— Euphrates 1 Looney was shot and dan gerously wounded Sunday afternoon in Charleston by J. A. Moore. Both of the parties are young white men and have families dependent upon them. The shooting occurred in Line street, almost in front of the South Carolina and Georgia railroad depot. Moore fired twice. The first ball missed its mark, but the second struck Rnooey under the right shoulder blade in tbe bock.' Nothing very definite could be learned concerning Hhe trouble that existed between tbe two men. Moore was seen at the Station by a reporter last night, hut refused logo into the details of the quarrel, if there were any. Herald, however, that he shot Rooney in self-defence arid that Rooney struck him twice beforq he fired. He stated that Rooaey called to him from across the street aud then* Cursed him and attacked him. Moore also claims that oa the day before Rooney stopped him la the street and cursed hlmi He, however, refused to state the cause of the bad feeling oa the pari of Rooney. Rooney appears to be serionMy in jured. Dr.' Mitohell probed Tor the bullet last night, but aid no! succeed lu extricating It. It was feared that the bullet had penetrated the right lung. Moot* who did the shooting, is an employee at the Charleston Mattress Factory.—Nsws and Courier. hotel that 1 might see ths greatest and best man in the nation, as he called him. It may be that his benediction upon me has had something to do with my hero worship, my Idolatry, but my occasional perusal of hit biography and his speeches have confirmed me in my opinions. He has been dead forty-five ears, but I Still believe that John C, Jalboun was the greatest man. He was tbe model upon which Jefferson Davis bnilt bis own great character.” Now, see how our little party differ ed and their differences can be traced to some collateral influences. Emory college and John Wesley Methodism had something to do with Judge Jobu Wcs,ey Akin’s idolatry. 1 suspect that his second choice would bo Judge Bleckley, whom ne loves to speak of. He visited Judge Bleckley at Clarks ville not long ago and listened eagerly ho discoursed of his early life. “My mother,” said he, “was not aa educated woman. She was nqt a beautiful wo man. In fact, s^e was homely. 1 never saw her look beautiful but onoe, only oaoe. and Mat was when she was dead ana shrouded for the onfltn. She looked like an angel sleeping there aaA 1 wept great tears of sorrow. My picture sellers I have stops and' drank fountain that be dr feel like a pilgrim feais Mecca. Now, let younger mes these pleasant episodes and when'they have chosen aa idol let them stedylS character end be able to give anasea for tbe faith that Is to th£n to debate questions when we at school that were akin to “Who deserves the most praii 1 utubus for dlaoovi Washington for defeediog it.” answer of young America now is Ge- mex and Maceo. They don’t own any thing about Columbus. Ho eeme as a UNDER THE RED OROflE! no pie* New York, Jan. 22.-Miss Clara Barton, president of the A Red Cross society, sailed this 1 on the steamship New York Southampton ea rout# to nople, where she will 1 to enter Armenia to adc distance to the needy aad afflicted of that country. Accompanying Miss Barton are'Miss Lucy Graves, steno- grapher; Mr. Earnest Mason, lingutot; Geo. H. Puliman, private secretary tS iss Barton, and Dr. 8. B. HubbeU, moral fi »!d agent of the society -to America. The party will go direct to Southampton, thence to London, Paris, Geneva, Baden Baden, Vlennnaad Coo ls all _ ail the b'd Cross societies there, as well as with the members of the interna tional branch in Geneva with a view of securing intelllgeat co-operation. Should the situation justify It, she will establish Red Cross hospitals a! AlexMdjwtta on th« ModitorraMM at Trebiiood and Bassoun, oa the sk sea. - in Constantinople, Miss upon the USited rept gr heart was almost breaking, for she had been such a dear, good mother to me. The judge paused long enough to wipe the tears that oame from his cavernous eyes and to recover his wonted speech. “But, my friend, her life and her re ligion was all concentrated in oae beautiful word, the most beautiful in our language aad that is duty—duty. There is no greatness that Is really great without it. My dear mother’s daily life, thought and deed was oae of duty—duty to God and her'Iamily and neighbors. She never spoke of it nor boasted of it, but she acted It and w 3 saw it And loved her—yee, wn loved every feature of her sweet and homely face. I do not owe nil to her. but f do owe the better part—yee, all that Is tender and loving and iPue." Mr. Jarrall spoke of General Grant’s K i&tneee as a military commander and magnanimity toward us after we we were conquered. In that was the heroism of his character. Then he spoke of Toombe’ wonderful gifts as ao orator and statesman and patriot, but lamented that for so long a time he failed to set a high moral example to the young men of the Stale. After he had joined the ohuroh be occasionally was overcome by temptation—his be setting desire for stimulant, and in all seriousness he spoke of it to Bishop Pieroe, his life-long friend, and wanted a theological explanation. “NTSw, George,” said he, “if I am really converted, why lilt that I crave whiskey and why is it that I can’t re sist'the desire. It seems to me that a true Christian should have no un holy desires. Maybe I am not con verted.” Mr. Fite is an office holder and an offloe seeker, both of which are honor able to all honorable men and he has been following old Grovereo long that be.will not forsake him now. Mr. Ca rey is not troubled much with present poiiticr. Hla ideal Is dead and he loves to worship at hi» shrine. There are many of bis mind but they make but little noise in the noisy world. and Black 1 Ob arrival Barton will call upon States Minister Terrell and endeavor to secure bis good offices to the effort to induce tho sultan to give the Rod Cross society the right to eniar Armenia. Miss Barton said aha did not start on her journey to any spirit of bravado. She would uae all diplo matic efforts to accomplish her mis sion, falling in which she oowtd do nothing but sincerely regret that such a human, object should M repelled, “ 1 go to food the hungry,” she said to n U nited Frees repreeentotive, “aad ihoutd 1 gain permission to eater Ar menia, whether Christina or Moheei medan, ail shall be assisted." “ My plans are not now matured,” she continued^ “but wc will lose no time when we roach Constantinople. Of ouurso I shell call upon our minis ter Terrell to enlist his sympathy with a view of treaty with the Turkish government., My plan ofaotioa oaa- not be developed until we find oat the strength, if any, of the opposition la the Red Cross sootety entering Ar menia. I really do not think shot the Turkish government bee for bidden the dlstributloe of our funds.” “ Now let me say this to the prase of this country,” said “lam not a bold of many who I 1 was asked 1 one else oouid be induced to take it 1 I am the feed the hungry no 1 religious belief may he, for that la l__ of the great principles of OUT society. I want to say to you eewgapar mea, thet you have done us a great servtoa. But, while the body of yonr artlelee are very kind and lust, you misrepre sent In you headlines. I ass not a bravado. lam not plucky or a great heroine. I am e simplu.Jilain women bent one humane, but dlflloultmistiea, ■peek kindly of me, but do not say misleading. We waat the good will of nil, the antagoalem of none." When tho steamer New York draw out of her dock the large crowd pre sent loudly cheered Miss Barton, who stood on too steamer’s deck aad ssnU- ingly acknowledged tho oomplii From the masthead of the ' floated the emblem of the Rad society. ■ ■ mm affmFmmr a bold woman, simply oaa o try to help tho suffering, to do this work boeaasa ao ild bo tadooed to take it up. one particular tool. I go to r hat their i; too. love to worship there and at ard Smuggling Phenacetine.—An Im portant seizure of phenaoetine, the chemical which has figured so largely in smuggling operations at various porta of entry, was made a few days ago at Philadelphia by customs offi cers at Pier 54, South wharves. Joseph Paulino, storekeeper at the wharf, aad George Goll, the steerage ctekard of the steamship Switzerland, worn ar rested for being concerned in emuf- gling the stuff ashore, and both were locked up at the station house. On tho way to the station Goll admitted that he was doing tho work for Chief Stow- Mr Calhoun’s, too. I love to read what the groat men, his rivals, said about Mr. Calhoun when it was announced in tbe Senate that he was dead. Mr. Webster said : “Hq was a man of great geni.us and commanding talqnt. All tbe world admits that. When he last addressed us we could Imagine that we saw before us a Senator from Rome when Rome survived. Bis high char acter was one of unimpefiched honor and unspotted integrity. I do not be lieve he ever bad a selfish motivs or selfish feeling.” Henry Clay said “His genius was of the very highest order and tbe charm of his presence and his powers were felt by all who conversed with him." Edward Everett mid: <4 Calhoun. Clay and Webster! I name them in their proper order. Tbp great thinker, tbe great leader, the great orator.” Duty, patriotic duty, was bis life work. I’ve been wondering what be hadgtc do with the Monroe doctrine. ILmwas Monroe’s Secretary of State wffbn it was enun ciated and I reckon was its inspiration. But after wll, Mr. Calhoun’p most lov able qualities were seen in his private life as husband, father, friend and neighbor. In all these be was pure aad without reproach. What more need be said of him. I wished to say this much in justifiefitioa of my idola try. I have been to Port Hill, where he used to » D<1 ffreat table that was made of walnut taken from the frigate Constitution. I have bandied the books in his library aad looked at the beautiful paintings In his O-.l, -y. 1 t sctrmiig, cerh in N< , who represented a large concern m New York. It Is Believed that Schmiig is the chief aad the rea- reeentative of«large syndicate that Is flooding tbe country with phenaoetine without the peyment of dntiee. It Is thought that a large quantity of the drug was landed from the Switzerland and hid in n lumber pile. The larger part is believed to have been earned away from the lumber pile bj Schmiig when he heard of tbe arrest of Paulino and Goll, for he disappeared at oaoa and was not seen again until Late la the evening, and oa hti return ha was at once placed under survctUaaee aad ntft allowed to leave the ship exeapt upon tbe perml«piqp of QqUeeior Bead. It is likely that other arrests win taka place, and that the receivers of the drug in New York will be disoovered. The seized packages bear the trade mark of Frieda Bayer A Co., of Elberti Tried, Germany. It is nioeiy ptit up la packages of ten pounds each, aad SO arranged that it can be carried la a long winter overcoat, without deteetloa. —A dispatch from decidi Pretoria has been decided that persons in custody there for taken part In Urn raid into African Republic led bv Re. Ji a hall take place on April SI. aia says It trial oftim having South mi ma —The Iowa Legislature We formally announced the United Statee fifth term.