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*•* I ft lean and TUK AtlVA>'CK THAT HAS HKKN MADK 8INCK IHUO. GoTcmor Kt»im Sketoboa ikr 1’ro- gre»» and Proaperily of Souili Oar oilna—Homaa. Farm* and Warm Wrlcomn loa all Conirra. Coi/:muia, S. C., Doc. 21. Editor Manufacturer*' Kecord : It would bo inij.OHeiblo for mo to givo your readers in 2000 words an idea of tte material rcaouroea or the indue* trial and buaincaa progreas and pros pects of South Carolina. ,, ,■ . - So rapid liati 'beUfi HemmtlBtMal prtF gross for the paetsix years that a book could be easily tilled with the enume ration of the numerous and varied in dustries. The rejulta of .the war and the severer result* of the financial policy of the national government have not been without their effects upon our people and the material development of our Industries. They have taught us to practice economy, live at home and build up our own industries. South Carolina is more favored In her to|K)grapby and climate than any - other State in the Union, and it Is dut to these iniluences, more than any other, that her Industrie^ have pros pered while those of he r sister Slates pays langntubed. The- Slate haa been divided by nature Into'three distinct sections, with natural boundaries: 01 Oik Stale. raised In Ihli Motion command n high cr price in Nofiknu. u.arknta than even California fruit*. The Industry la growing, and the old ooru-flalde am yielding a more profitable crop. Sev eral nurseries have been planted, end the home market Is almost supplied by homo people. This section Is now called the borne of the peach. The water melon is also grown to perfection, and is a profitable crop. The average yield per acre of cotton and other field pro ducts Is greater than In the other anc- t'.ons of the State, the best farms yield ing more than two bales to the acre. Tobacco has become the host paying crop In this section, and there are cow 6,000,000 pounds raised In the State. The timber is principally’ long-leaf cypressand inf the swamps. of ttD eminent The climate in thTs-section Is warmer than the hill section, and may be called the temperate zone of the State. r ' n Oil the pr’nclpal industries. 3. }'lio low country or coast section, is the richest naturally. In the State, but like all highly-favored countries, the people are less energetic than those, of the middle or up country. Col. A. K. McClure, In writing of this sec tion. very truly said : - “There is no other part of the South where so little labor will produce so much. In a good portion of this section the soil will av erage seven feet in dep’b, and is prac- Sically inexhaustible. Vegetation is usual<y cheeked for not more than six weeks : sued time and hut vest occur in 1 The hill, or up country, as it It I every month.” I have m i n a second familiarly known, begins at the Diuo crop of pears hanging f-em the tree* Ktdgu mountain, and continue, to the in llerkeley County during the sand ridgts extending across the State I month over half matured, and had it from Aiken to Chesterfield counties. S not been for the severe s*orm that has This lection abounds in mineral da-i just vi-iUnl us, I am sure ere this they posits—iron gold and silver and bine- j would have b cn ready for -hiprneot to •lone being found to the most profitable | the Norther a markets O ivos.orangea. extent. lt» watcr-powcn arc sufficient to turn the wheels of the factorUsof the world. The streams hound ing from the mountains, and the fail is so great that dams are unnecessary la •oms instances. The cost of maloU- naeoe per bonus-power is less than tfii. This section has gone far ward Batura.- ly with more wwadrr ful strides than the rest of the lilaW, and It may he truly dss.gaaud as the manufacturing section of the bieU CwtUia mnau's' • luring In our principal lad i»tej, aeu there ts eot a factor/ la U* s»ct *»n hae sot pMd div ideas • ra bananas, figs and a'l tropical fruit# may he had here, with vegetables nearly al. the year roui-d. The most important croos of this »• ctloa are the rice and Am Island cotton crupe. Great numbers of the old lice plantations were nbandenrd during the wnr nnd gee now grown up nod abound fn nil kinds of game, and arc being ooorert- ed Into game prrsrr*• s for our mil* liouaircs Here will he found the nrgro In hie original state, as happy as though he ee« in the Gardea of Mwa. spsantag FHnKtlAL LOAVKS AM» FI till A # A arerwvtlte CesstfMei* fhr Acir tery «»f AgrleuTinre Muni be ValtNMlrd and fbe Cation Mtlle Have Paeteotloa. Special to the Nkw* and CooHer. South Carolina ban gone Into th^ cabinet making buslneae, and Dr. Jo«: P. Latimer, of Greenville, In to be put forward as the proper material to aid in the construction of the very Impor tant piece o( political furniture in the household of tbe McKinley administra tion. A prpminent member of the South Carolina colony returned to Washington to-day, bringing witn nim the information that a delegation of South Carolina Itcpublicans will jour ney to Canton In a few days to present the claims of Dr. Latimer to President elect McKinley. Dr. Latimer aspires to the position of Secretary of A<;ricu!- or a number COMG StSSlOf OF Iff IHBUM. AN OV1MM >F TMF WORK MF FORKTIIK MKMBRItB The IMspcnsary I’mblrm Will Claim Attention—The Gucetlon of Pen sions and the New Counties Will Have a Hearing. Columbia Htate. It la now only a very few days before tbe convening of the CMtoral Assem bly in annual session, Agpu^ry 12 being the date of meeti ng, Ina c muck as body is a new one, composed very largefy of new timber, the coming ses sion and its possibilities arc being more largely discussed at present than anyt hing else in South .Carolina. The possible action of the body in regard, to the dispensary law is tbe feature of { ears Deen an eminent physician, as also been one of the most suiT cessful planters In the South. In ad- mTlls, cotton factories anfiww mill, are Litton to dertrlng «,handsome ineem* Vu . his os a eogaes < aed < oleapil ki live •«*# what Dame Natuti j •hlle (he mtile ml the V.«et aad , pr, • ssd maey a mTTIIaaalPamaal 001^ Mates have beee cympeHed ts savy btm ktd he taut bewm hte hAU uf guwa us serosal si the great 4s- lave tia a red at heat la this serttea prusetes la ssch prudsets The ad»ae a party sf gsstlemea dslermieed taagas sf tats ssvttsa are apaarsst derote sas day ts tae r ahtlity is The streams ssvsr frewer. the a^ewe < t vt4s tpod stta gaa sad caams They e< r k la thetr ehlrt seevaa v'« •• a« sere la llsrkeley («>eaty a^ar tape iMsra a day eitb prrtert SMalsrt ail Hwaaia Artel ag at I s check mat the | • sr weeU, eed the tMUm is they Vusgt t *rvm tie #e>de direstiy ts the the *M«~*ee asS reAersed aft Mkli.# Tift* 1 .4 ^4 | msf Uh#l Is ICttii * ts* vfHHT# 1 wh# ci Mi • •tnto • iMtm Maw Is ia# *a»i >•ibf* HMti CaiaUm fcAft liiig'TiiAHh »t UM^A^NAiA# «4 •ptadtse from ••m is I b am, asd esysye the hsase ef raahteg grot ta ths daaia la mtftftsa maaslaAavtMt t*ar silts are vagaged prtampady ts mse slaeftsrtag las tsaroev greSse mi rotaa gssda haft ths mtlle aea hstaa sm • irssftsd ere pstfttag *a msshtssry lav ths maaaisstere «4 ths ft see a rod's. aad M Is ealy a , ■ sties sf Urns ahea tbarestirr tadsstry sill ha assasam Uasa hv ear ssattsa af the ssaatry. ha* «asse eS rue A* It ehsaasr, *sd ths average Yaahvs has very bias sea*P meet shea the «|eeeftisa ef dUtaro asd •ssta Isteeesass Thee* le a gvsaft held la thte vsvfttsa k r htear heets • i asd a yard ^ the tm mease peedeM s*r m tie I* Meawhsd la the state This s ems amesatsss, aad le «aiy esp’ats* I fsse tas lerft that mftisa maaetarteriag has ftesa ss peediahss that ewr pros • hate le s esaisat is smplwy their captisi la Uum ehaaasl alsro That lerh aa salerpr.se see*d hs prudtalrtr guvaaithmit »ajtag I* ua y w sapp y tse M ass asarhet we eta» starters esr eWth. ship it tw Nes \ #»• ehere It le hhashed, ard thro hay it hack agaia. the* pay lag fr ght lew ways, slereas a hsme keacMkry ■«*. »u sets thisc spssew aad ht rceearl y drivs the Eeetare sae usft of the star tel. This A OAf AAAJf AAal gOUtk • A At *i s r vooluiut- tw pay u*c Sr SI og IsW I s swsra fur he«shtset with thirty taw ms dm Its After aroah'aeft ths hsaada s«ro l.trued less# la the deer drlvsa usd they rstsratd ts laash aith threw hsadsems dvsr aad twsr slid tsrhsyw After laash. aft 2 s mads Is ths satpe t i# dleser aft h we tsefs* sssdaavh. I* tee mures h*ue J •s ' s 4»-i * * >« i issadah •m/re • mi vyslrro aa let. After ataaar a raag-d. aad heiwro I pets*—d with tear atroa ■rum V rises. a t/ p sss ‘■■f*. AAi ^ViATAiAA mt# Mm | fMVAAlAA ■sty si* aams aad •sgro has tses sad ha rotsraed AA# Attfc I a ^AA#At mt d'VHP dfH i A A % A A# i A # < WM# AA# M#tf lAAMAMA AAi |Aa hla piactlce and "his plantation ho acquired by inheritance a large for tune, which would enable him to hold up the social end of the Administra tion to a better advantage than many of the other gentlemen from the South whose names have been associated with a cabinet position. In politics Dr. Latimer has b?cn a life-long Republican, and is known throughout the Southern States as one of the few men who stood up for the cause of the Union, although his own father was tm the opposite side of the civil conflict. Dr. Latimer's friends will proceed to Canton prepared to show Mr. McKinley that there is a prospect of turning tbe Palmetto State over to tbe Republican party if protec tion and not the negro question is ''made the paramount issue in that State. That in tbe up-country the cotton planters and cotton manufac turers ahe ready to join bands with tbe rice planters in the low-country and establish a protective party in Swath ■» smlinn if the new /^■nfcistratloo will recogaiio such men ns Dr. Lati mer la the distribution of the Federal • patronage. They assert further that ! the nrgro question is being rapidly el tm I Bated la South Carol ina while the heneflte of piotectios are besom lag mors aad mors apparent to those j who are Industriously inclined It is 1 said la behalf of Dr. Latimer that be I hs le not an office-seeker, iwr he de- 1 riles* toaccspt the poeitisa sf oofIsc tor of caslumv at Chariseloa uader the ■ itmm ACmlsieftroatsw Hie sup porters claim that hs oatroaks Cse-1 slag bam. ftasssti. Wehsasr or ttme' • shea it csmbss is high grode Itsput>.i- cast*m. aad they •III prussst ail sf hie , sai■ ft- siloes is Mr. Mrkteisy la mast gisstag rotors imag.asb-r ’ ft a 4 aIw a»i p^acMma I# 4aaA4ai Aa a Mi p»v»*s‘- t he srgad Iwr **ssmsfthiSg «u sa> • i m gotaft, ss ta« profrusaosa* ” ” l proas h seme pete ia hwasw tag l*ro • '4»#t «• ««t sroy as sen proymro him ss-f twr a mag asd ialsrsuSisg chapawr «e hssth Caro-'tea poiitssa shag the |^ai«msr .» wgaims roashee t sshm T*ros> she pr-Asae to hs stsos to Mr M< h m *) ami ohg hgse roog per- AliMMNi IfV IaA^A MMa IAa iAA<Aa4 AhAA-A4 #AAA AA i'AAtM. iAi>#A IAAA JaAA # - IIaAmmA mi ld*A#£iAh «44ll I#AAb MAa AaaAAAAA ■tihJAWlNC* Ai AA4 ^M lA*Ah Am #i A>"» #A All IAa A#vtl^lAA#| elAiA* agmlitAAA Ay IAa l*^»A 4#AA #h*CA ~ AAi II AiAA IA "A AAA AAIm-AIA#! An# people i ly disgi of the 8tato arc now thorough y disgusted with the dispensary sys tem of managing the trlUc in liquor aud ar«i anxious to be rid of the white elephant. It is very likely that the fight will be made by the prohibition Uts on the lines laid down some time ago—the elimination of tbe beverage and profit features, and the advocates of this amendment seem to be very hopeful of accomplishing what they propose ,‘.•n —- r • _r : 1** 1 ** •*haeoe for tbesw. ywagtag irom pru«. lions. Governor Kvnns tins announcec that bt will make no recommendation* as to t* e enforcement of the law o[ ns to chaegsj therein, taking tbe posi tion that at tbe niom of hie term th,s would hs going ustalds his provincr. Aad G vrrowr-siset K-ierhe lakes the On . flee >gn'xlng 'be ga# s A si fi ft j s. » . , _ dl | vrs «kiV , I•* |*arpgTT* Tvw ] ill. IMKL To the House of f%. v pr( sentalives, Uni ted States: During the laat session information was given to congrnss by the executive that measures had been taken to as certain “tbe political, military and civil condition of Tcgav” I now sub mit, for your co(i»idoration, extracts from the report of th agent who had been appointed to collect it, relative to the condition of that country. ,. Nu ktapk hfivo Kicfa taken'Sy the ex ecutive towards the acknowledgement of tbe independence of Texas ; and the whole subje-CT would have been left without further remark, on the infor mation now given to congress, were it not that the two houses, at their last acMsiuiVacting separately, passed reso lutions “that tho independence of Texas ought to bo acknowledged by the United States whenever satisfac tory information should be received that It had In biicceesful operation a ing the duties and fulfilling theobliga- tions of an independent power. This mark of interest in the question of the independence of Texas, and indioation of the views of congress, make it pro per that I should, somewhat in detai 1 , present the considerations that have governed the executive In continuing to occupy tho ground previously taken in tae contest between Mexico and Texas. the session that Is receiA’inpnie^greaV^ est attention from the pedplo as a whole. Oa every side the law is being discussed exhaustively, and all kinds of suggestions are being-offered lor m oetterment. Many think that the General As sembly will abandon tbe s^steidf alto gether at this session, taking the State out of the business and going to the licensed dispensary system per mitted by the Slate constitution. But it Is hardly probable that the body wilt go so far at this session. At pres ent it looks as if tbe law is going to be patched up and continued, a fair trial of the system being asked for one year at least. There can be no doubt of the . , , . . fuel that * groat proportion of the a “ ew ^ r/ T-r-u-. w-i-w ----- ^ i n( i e p en( i r . nt an d entitled to a place In the family of nations, is at all times an act of great delicacy and responsi bility t but more especially so when such State has forcibly ve pa rated it self from another of which it had formed an integral part, and which ■till claims dominion over it. A pre mature recognition under these cir cumstances, if not looked upon as justi fiable cause cf war, Is always liable to he regarded as a proof of an unfriendly j spirit to one of the contending parties j All questions relative to ths govern ment of foreign nations, whether of ' hs old or new world, have been treat 'd by tbs United Stains as qssstIon* of ' 'act only ; and our prvdecro*ors have I autiou«iy a b* Ini rod from decirtiBg ipoo item until XUa clenreBt Bvldsnce ■ a* IB tltelr posse ■stop to cOBBlv ttkem, I M/t oBiy to decide rurrwctly, but to I .itlaid their <1 t ittoas from every se I vortny Itaputniioa. la all the cue- nste l.tal r ave ar.eea out of the rev- oa thnaoatast with the mailed under non fora of _ Wa acknowledged tbe separate lade- pendaacc of Now Granada, of Vtoovoelh find Of F oador, only after their tnde pendant existence was ho tofifer a sub jest el dispute, or was actually ac quiesced In by thoeo with whom they Dad been previously united. It Is true that, with regard\o Texas, the civil authority of Mexico has been expelled, its invading army defeated, and the chief of the republic himself captured, and aU* present powbr to control, the newly organized government of Texas annihilated within its confines. But, on the other hand, there is, in appear- rance at leaft, an immense disparity of physical ^bree on the side of Mexico Tho Mexican republic, under another executive, is rallying its force under a now leader, and^ menacing a fresh invasion to recover its-hwt dominion. Upon the issue of this threatened in vasion, tbe independence of Texas may there nothing peculiar in the relative situation of the United States and Tex as, our^firtRIVledgeinent of its inde cent such a crisis could scarcely be regarded ae consistent with that heretofore held ourselves bound to treat all similar questions!” But there are circumstances in the relations o! the two countries which require us to act, on this occasion, with even more than our wonted caution. Texas was once claimed as a part ol our.property. and there are those among our citizens who, always reluctant to abandon that claim, cannot but regard with solici tude the prospect of the reunion of the territory to this country. A large proportion of Its civilized Inhabitants are from the United States : speakAhe same language with ourselves; cherish the same principles, political and re ligious ; and are bound to many of our citizens by ties of friendship and kindred blood : and, more than all, it is known that the people of that coun try have instituted the same form of government with our own; and have since the close of your last sessfWa openly resolved, oa the acknowledge ment by us of their Independence, to : and were good dratl of H* thinks that th* waMer of peesloas should be first referred to the township board of aissseorv. *d he oouhty seat, sad that ibis board should report to Ueiilata board. He thinks that such a plan would work more satisfac torily tuan at present, lie also wants to see pension work turn , 'd over Vo the office of the j itaut hd;1 Inspector Gencr*!, and have all tiio papers ex amined and made up there, wtil.p the ; warrnts can continue to come through tho Comptroller General’s office. Mr. Norton also thinks that ft Is very oeccssarry that there should be some expert accountant and tax man con- pected with this office. Such a many he thinks,'has been needed for some time. He cited an instance in Edge- field where one grand jury wanted the books examined, and a subsequent grand jury did not e.iro u+ employ aa expert accountant tudo tue work. A partmeot in tho various counties is on account of the infamiliarity of the officers with the bocks and methods, and a good man could easily straighten out things and get tbe tax machinery back in tbe right groove, lie gays, there is nothing wrong with the tax machinery, but that sometimes ilr is nut properly carried out, and then the trouble arises. With such an expert as he would like to have attached to the Comptroller’s effieo he thinks a great dpal of good can be done, and there would he general satisfaction with the innovation as soou as it was tried. Now. whenever any such work has to be done, experts have to be em ployed at large salaries, and often the' oOuatltf* decline to meet The-expense and ueces-afT work is not done, where as if the State bad such a man regular- ly etmueeted with tbe tax department it would be bis duty to correct all the bad bookkeeping that may occur in the tax department in any part of the State. Talking about tax matUrv Mr Nor- VI it bis pro* 1 ac* i a Jat oa*. bat rain, i la bte laaaf ur*i p>«ith,r. a* alrradji The Mit'.e. that it u» mak*' recoat to al l - the pee I Toav t m O-a-ra. Aaarttlb'j is a- rororoa—tsaroronv w»i fiaafttaro It la aadsrt'oatf. however that tt>* Mate r*»rj of euatrnt at tw rosaiac Uivet ag. sill prepare a aeries uf ruca eroeadattaro «a/a.ag to ta« taiprov aeatuf tae las, shah will a I •#hrotta d tw the Leg latalara w ith the 1 I /*qeeut that tfto) he givea earofai ewa j laMweaMa*. ft* tw what •ill ha dsaa aifth th* j laeeougaarow af the ateaeroary rohate |, seek admiaeloo into th< of the federal Stale*, cumstaacro is a matter t icacy, aad forces ipoo tioae of the gravest ct tit e of Tviae to th* eiaia, ke.ladeat.fieJ •alt t|#ACA § A§Ah A# A*' that title to the terr avowed deetga to the tn ly of Its iroaafer ta the It becomes a* to N ea*' P< loo aa i Uwt i cuitar d ooaetd** rt*r. 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The conversion of our electric power bid# fair to furlhtf in- emue ouV mianufac .orlc» within the next year or two. There is nearing completion in the city of Columbia tho largest electric*power plant soutti of Niagara Falls, and I believe the on'y, cotton factory plant run entirely by L*< ua,'ti,-d la -fthw-pEk&w iiul.rr * fra ei and it i» unc <v,>uid llic l in the Char the tr »p ca, dived oa th* b izboat peak* east of th( -Maafiiaai .■ .. Tbe tales ia Soutfi Carolina are tow -•r tban aay ia the Uaioa. We speed more'Tttr educatlua la proportioa to our wealth than any people of tbe Uaioa. | Our Mate debl is abtail fti.^kW.tkki, rv funded at 44 per cent., and is being de- creased every year by a sinking fund Our farmer*, although Severely op- N# A AAl# |ft Ms wasro The ■ AAA# AAA I AAA> MM j*"-*- ■ L NM>i gh Ihr efft^rt# of M V #oa D. M#<Via. uf C »4um tfF An* «it*VF»a*4 fftii**#’, r»Uftdi UftAft Tun Juho^U o rt luro ftd> hi# former love .HfiftCNI ^ Uftftft^Ql ft Ovine, i v b#» \t nlureil fto ii|vilul i*n of ftbe CharleftloQ iNaI- niAd# • ft< ••• N4t# ApfAr Afhi UftAft ► of I A# Oaa OAAlCAft Will A |A Al it fat Air IT laAP f fAAftv # AANAB#A#iljr # i# '#A»4 J # #N#M v r«l 4ift#i I k \SI< TAhftJS %Xt* B4 MO«»L* ha ing thv gr,at powers gi*«a ta toagr* that gtvsa ta the president aad ta form treaties aith forv ga p and tj appoial am baaeadors asu pwhite miaistar*. aad la that coafurrrd ° Itaa-mla'staa*. j*wp«retire Geaseal hue) tew %ataaMe Ntavs I tataiare •;n. ta dale no on in the direct’ •office. i’lWliuaatel Mowry ha< •uch a durable record in the or under the Harrison and Cleveland ad- debts and decreasing their old oaas. I ®mi*tr(turns that he Is regarded in - - tha nature of a fixture in his present location. mp at oot The pea isting laws w undergo chao proving tbem *rreawoou aad i to be forated. th o carried ia fav Some Improved k! Ia fth# ocw cou on Ia# U a moo/ AjrcOtiAfAr j feirCftioA# »r of thuea tents are nty law. those ra nch are scheduled to ’cs in the hope of im- very much. As tins pressed l>y low prices, are making no In I' to the per capita debt of the State ■ wa* ftll .VV: today it ia loss than (4, a reduction in less than six years of 64 per cent. * ’ In IVt tho taxable property of tbe j State was. in round numbers. ftl.'iO.OOo.- U0": in Iftl>4 it was nearly #175,000,000, electric power in this country, and i» an increase of $25,000,000 in a period owned largely by the same stock hold-i during which the wealth of mo*tt>ec- cr*. In thirty days this 10,000 horse- ' Hons of the country showed a decrease, none station will be running mills in The increase in property in 1804 over IHO.'i wa-t #3.300,000. Our sister State this city, There is another company developing the immense power oi the Catawba river, and contracts Lritvo already been entered into whereby the mill's of tfye enterprising city of Rock Hill are to be run by electricity. South Carolina will soon bo au electric State iii more senses than one. The iron mines in this section, al though rich, are worked on a “small scale, but prolilHb ! y. It will surprise ’'loost Df your readers to know that South Carolina produces more gold than any State in tb.o Union east of the Mississippi iriver. Wo are willing, however, to abandon this enterprise for free-silver. Two gold mines are suce-.'*sfully operated in this State, The Piedmont section is well timbered With oak, hickory, walnut and short- leaf pi^e, which is sawed at the mills and shipped to the Northern furniture factories. A rich field is offered here for such factories, there being but one in this section, and It is operated upon dfimftU vqftif. l\)U"D ir rat"ed in litL section,’»S wall a* the inid„ie_*< ction. and is of a very fine grade. .This industry pays about a* well'as anywhere in the South, in view of the low price of the of Georgia for the same period showed u decrease of over $50,000,OtX). The annual products of the State for 1800 were valued at $42.(XX),IKK), two- lifths of which was in manufactured products. In ISlHi the value of agricul tural, products a ono amounts to $46,- j)0g,00<>—more than all products'com bined in 18iH), and cotton is one-third less in value. No Southern State can compare with South Carolina in the advance Unit has been made since 1890. Tne aVsosMiient of property for the past year will show a slight decrease qvfer tho preceding year by reason of the reduction in the assessmentof rail road property. Not a railroad in tho State is now in tho hands of a Vudelvor, and all show good earnings. In the tie- s emli ig M ale our State stands forty- second In the amount of mortgaged Indebtedness. .In her educational facil ities the S ale is now the equal of any in the Union. The public schools are Spain is Bankul’PT.—James Creol- man, wbo has been sent to Spain by the Nhw York Journal, saya in his last letter: Spain is bankrupt. It is use less to attempt to disguise facts. Not only is she unprepared for war with any tirst-class Power, but it will be impossible for her to carry on the cam- ,-paign in Cuba and trie Philippir.es much longer. The cash sheet of the Hankjif Spain to-day shows not more than nineteen trillion dollars remain of the sixty-four millions raised by the dometic war loan. This balanca will disappear within a litte more than two months. The European banks have refused to furnish money. Capitalists throughout the' world know that tbe wealth producing machinery of Cuba has been largely destroyed, and the principal source of Spain’s revenue is dried up. Even were peace restored to-morrow it would.be impossible'to secure capital to re establish the great Cuban p antations while-lbe Spanish Hag remains iu that Island, a constant and certain incentive to armed revolu tion. Thesituationappallsall Spaniards who are not blinded by pride or passion. The nation’s funded debt is, roughly, oiie billion two hundred niiilbn dol lars, and the annual interest ou ’.his aggregates about sfily-four mil.ion dollars, more tl^n one-half of tbe whole ffUIWHUTHH-fSWfll years the annual dvfieit has bean greatly reduced, the floating debt ia now about nlneiy-ope millions." well attended and the colleges are full. ThCWnwr more Thtraren in tbe-| FneijTrie oTSfiai ••choo's this year than last. We have homes and farms for many times the numb r of our inhabitants, and we wel come good substantial citizens. There D no room, however, in South Carolina for unpatr.otic pauper immi grant* We are Amerieaa. preserving '■our individuality and laaUtutioaa, aad | Iddla aoaatry. Thusectioa brlievlBC la the rule al the majority d'vtvlct of tboro ooualriaa rooUaia da« b more or lass roil lag, aad ia bolter aad < qua! rights to alt. a fitch hart grows for ague, aid thw aaad hiiL Mctioa of ths bouth Carolina will sarv’vo aad orue- **« •ameiimro larger thaw a maaV taw now etands, many of its principal objects are defeated. It glands sadly ia need of some improvement. It is being stargci-lcd that the law be so change Mb at the camps of Confederate veterans will lie permitted to super vise tbe distribution of the funds ap propriated by the State for pensions. Phis suggestion is meeting with much favor. The election and registration laws will be slightly changed in some re spects, certain provisions considered dangerous in case of a constitutional, test of being eliminated. Tho ideals to make the iawv-such that it will stand any umtiuzlt or constitutional dis section. One of the most Important measures to receive attention will be the matter of’ the redistricting of the State into congressional districts. Mr. Patton's bill will be among the first to go-in. Several others will be intro duced also. These bills provide for a much'better arrangement, of Vbovdis- tricts than the State has at present, without anything being endangered. At this stage it looks as if factional lines are going to be practically oblit erated at tho coming session and that all the m( rabora are going to work in perfect harmony for what is for the best interests of the State at large. As to the duration of the ses sion nothing can he said with any de gree of certainty. It is very certain, do^ever,- that the general -desire of the people'of the Stele is for as brief a session as possible, and the shorter from tarotga aalkuaa la tfi« prsaoffeia to Ida resolution of tha bouse of reprroeateUvss, It is din ti act ly lallmated that tha vxpedlaocy of reeogaii:o( the ladepeatiaace of Ttxas should be left to tbe declaloa of coagree*, la this view, oa tbe ground of expedieocy, 1 am dispooad to coa- cur, nod do oot, therefore, ooosider it a«.ce«*ary Vo express any opioions a* to the strict constitutional right of the executive, either apart from or io coo junction w.th the senate, over the sub- .—. ■ . . a law ha* shvwo that cfcaagro is vi*ioas will have to be maoe iosure sat. s fact loo Tbe b* w ktitutrs a great moat radical from the. o.d law a groat many d. the law os it ouw *ianda thought, be malena.ly imi miuor ebaugea >rou. the otd while there are a great many desirable features about tho la# a* it now stands, it can. it is thought, bo mal-rtally im proved by mioor etthegt*. There ha* ( jeCt. It Is to be presumed that oa err I i>een some complaint that lbo*e wbo product, which is scarcely sufficiaot to pay for its prouactioa. be ylaid 1* r than that of aay Steve within tbe cotton bait 2. Them! —Tbe best briar from which pipes are made comt-s from the bordt re of Fraaev dbd Italy, la tha mouuta aoue will Im with the wdrk of their repre sentatives. A steering corrmittee for the last tea day« of the ses-ioto would help things along wooucrfully without injury to aay interest lulurc occasion will a dispute arise, as none has heretofore occurred, between the executive and the legislature in the exercise of the power of recogni tion. R will always be considered consistent with the spirit of the con stitution, and mo^t safe, that it should be exercised when probably leading to war, with a previous understanding with that body by whom war can alone be declared, and by whom all the pro visions for sustaining its perils must be furnished. Its submission to con gress, which represents in one of its branches the States of this Union, and in the other the people of tbe United States, where there may be reasonable ground to apprehend so grave a con st queiice, would certainly afford the fullest satisfaction to our own Country, and a perfect guarantee to all other nations, of the justice and prudence of 'the measures which might be adapted. lu making these suggestions, it is not my purpose to relieve myself from the responsibility of expressing my own opinions of the course the in terests of our country prescribe, and its honor permits us to follow. It is scarcely to bo imagined that a question of this character could be resented, in relation to which it would more difficult for tho United Slates to avoid exciting the suspicion and jealousy of other powers, and main- ifl their c»tab.i»h-d character for and impartial dealing. But oa Ijiir, as on every trying occasion, safety in rymg 00 a rigid ad herr nee to ’ark at tbe Fprt Hall ag' aeg boo* I* of a m« u»teche n.fcg rorogb ta make a lariat. it bo* a leogik of aioa Tool, t I* to be found priocipla la tbe coatest *brtwaaa Spain aa I her revo ted aoionlro #e stawl al of atwd’, ooiuely.aatil tbw aouity lodioa I the new Slate* tu protect •car y eelvae was fall/ oatablUoad, bat aaUi la fact the deafer of tholr bolag agaia rob bed aetireJf k«w away -el of a f bt V*t m mwttmro ta .'efts $M«r ta »aww ti# fall ■ *aitaiw kft ta tbft ar.v«ri ol Vbea. aw-t awl roew^ased I rag ard W Meatea bars/if yiavitw wo* wtears sd te a gtmmxmg rot of tbe ought to be-on (be rolls did not get their monej. This is, *perhap*, so in some instances, but Tt could nut be helped. When applications were sent to the Comptroller Genersl in proper shape they went through all right. A good many came with radical omicsions. Whenever it w:is possible these errors were corrected by returning the pa-, pers, but a great many of the county board/ delayed sending in their reports until the eleventh hour and there was no time for further delays, especially as the law fixed a time for the paying out of tho money, and there was im- patiin30 among those entitled to thp money. ^ ‘ These irregularities will, in time, adjust them elves, ami the local boards maV be expected to be more prompt, but it should be remembered when there is any complaint that the fault was not at this end of the line. With the pension applications that were ap proved, in wbat is known as class C., each oi the pensioccrs received $19 40 This is little eqougb, but Mr. Norton in speaking about the matter to-day said that next year, with the applica tions that were uot prop.-r prepared ^nd the new ones that wou d come in, /he would not he surpri.- d to see the amount of each soldi' r’s p nsiori in this clas* reduced to $10. Now the question tbe G ncral Assembly will nave to Jeciae is wht .jer it wants to give fio to the m. ny or nrure uf IRHlt wbo are more in need. Mr. Norton, wnoha* Lad consider able tx per ie 00a iatLe malit rof pen- • oo«. cod who D bim»tlf aa old aola.ler, •a,« taat aa will akakc two or throe .'v>.omakwadatk>a* to tbe General As- a«mbiv (bat ha hopes wui be carried out. 10 tbe first place, be • ay* the uadaioa nod tax depanaHate *boaid b) eaurwiy dlvaread. Tbw oaa depart- aid bars ateo.ataiy ootblag te da ■ iftft tba at bar, aad ■ itt tbts Vtew ba al it rtaeaaMawad tbat tba aaaa If trooaarsw aad ewaaty aadltwr* ba that the Cuboo hod loot confirmed the -t( is alive. He *miit said : . “ You can *av that tbe Culata junta believes tbat Nfaceo is dead sou that be died in the manner described in tue circular recently issued by the junta. “ We have fully satisfied ou'-selve* of his death. We place no credence in these report* that Mnceo is alive.” WANTED! On January the iSth, twenty-Jour salesmen to travel through the coun try and sell Pianos, Or*, gaps and Sewing Ma chines. Also six boys who can play Organs. ^ e will pay liberal sala ries, furnish horses agd • wagons and pay all ex penses. (