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J . i ■ VOL- XXIII- >< S BAKNWtiLL,'SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, APRIL ig, 4900. NO. iK TH« BOERS ARE PATRIOTS. / 8TUI GGL.K FOR INDKPiCNDK 4CE. Brave Men and Women Who Give Up TJieir Lives For Freedom. y ■ . y, *•* Hon. Webster Davis, former assis tant secretary of the interior, who resigned bis place so that he cbuld speak for the cause of the Ssd* can republics, addressed an immense audience at the Grand opera house in Washington D. t). He reviewed the ttruggle of the Boers and charged that England' is making an urjust and in famous war on a free people. “Toe Boers of South Africa,” said Mr. Davis, “are among the pioneeru of freedom—heroes of civil and* re ligious liberty. They were the torch hearers who blaz*d the pathway for civilization through the primeval forests of the southern part of that great ‘dark continent’ which has been the marvel of the ages. Nj country in all the world contains a nobler race of men and women; the descendants, too, of the heroic Netherlauders, w no, under William the Silent, wrested the inde pendence of Holland from the band of the Spanish tyrant. No people in all the world’s history- have made a more valiant tffort to secure liherty -for future peoples than they. And no people have endured more hardships in the cause of liberty and equality of rights than they, Indeed, it was and is their unconquerable love for Ubeitfy tbat has caused ail their troubles.” Years ago, Mr. Davis continued, the Boers planted the seed of liberty in tba fertile valleys of the Caue of Good Hope, where a strong national spirit, developed as early as IHOd, when the colony passed Into thh bards of Eng land. Soon thereafter ill feeling arose between Britton and Boer. Mr. Davis entered upon an exhaustive review of the relations between the Boer* and the British government from that time to the present. Hu described the “great trek" nortnward after the emancipation of their slaves, the foun dation of the republic of Natal and its absorption by England and the rise of the South African-republic -England's acquisition of the diamond delds at Kimberley. Mr. Davis character)? d a* a transaction without a parallel "for cupidity, dishonor and lijjalice.” OJ the material growth of the Dutch re publics Mr. Davis said “Cities w.tn all the modern im provementesprang up on the vejdt and in the valleys as if by magic, and everywhere the church and school house told the story of the people’s progress. It is no wonder the Butrs became intensely proud of'lbeir hoim's In the Orange free. bi«tc and the Transvaal, and wtlc may lltey feel that pride, for they have their homes in one of the grandest belts of valicy. mountain and piaip that the world ha? in It. „ “tn t,hft light of the past, bfofory of the rise and fall of empires, of tTursad wrecks oL proud acd haughty nation?, who haled justice and honor aud rlgh’, but luved. tyranny, oppression and wrong, that are strewn along tho path way of the centuries, I cajitioi out be lieve that God has loUnded that m tu< two South African republics'liberty a_d equality of rights sha.l prevai^, and the rugged, brave-hearted, God fearing Boers shall be forever free. the world bringing domineering pres sure to bear upon a tiny republic to Inllueace a change of certain domestic policies, which are in no sense apart of the business of that empire. For the Boers to comply with the demands of the British government would have meant the sacritice of every^vestige of essential sovereignty belonging"to the Transvaal as an independent republic. questtcra^pf the naturalTzattoti of foreigners in the South African re public is no more the business of'the British government than are natura- llzstion laws of the republic of Mexl a matter of concern to the republic the United States of America. It is noe of those questions of internal policy that pertains only to the Transvaal government. “The Boers have been greatly abused by the British because it is alleged they began the war. In other words, the Boers were too hasty ; they would not wait until all the British troops had arrived in South Africa. Wbo ever heard of such nonsense ?. Tnat great civilized nation of 400,000,000 of people are complaining because the people of the two littie republics, who do not number all told more than l!0O,- uoO people, including men, women and children, insisted upon issuing their ulffm&tu n and tben_proceedcd to give battle before the British hosts should arrive. While on the Boer side, all told, there were not more than HO.OoO men and taesb had but a lew interior cannon and no bayonets or swords st all Practically the only arms they bad were Mails.r r.His. “ One Boer to ten British. And ye$ the Boers were not trained^soldiers : only simple, pi.in farmers; Uke the thousands of rugged farmers in our own country. Tney are just plain, co i.mou people, precisely the rame kum of. people that Abraham Lincoln loved. , As cltizms pf the greatest republic inthe world', with wpich side should wo sympathize 1 say our sympathies should go out to that brave little band of patriots who are struggling to acep alive forever the lires *of liberty upon the altars of those 4.wo young re publics.V I low SP.ION KOI' WAS WON. Mr. Davitflbacribqri the sio -micg of •sp..)ii Kop i>> the’ Boars, alter the British had occupied it, and tosowu visit to tbo^balite held seven days later... s' . _ L . “ W-rten the tight began,’' he said, “a giant B >er, in the prime of strength and manhood, was seen carrying a small B >er tUg : in a short time be fell to nee no more. Tuen an old white-haired veteran picked up the banner and, waving it, urged his com rades on. With denying hair and tits ing eyes the old man rushed on, .hut suddenly a snell laid him low *cre I the little Hag touched the .ground, however, a ban fooled lad, oni> thirteen years of age, who hau ty- u I ti'hticg in hiV shirt sleeves, leaped like I a paulheF To' the ord man's side ami: ■.hatching the dtg from his graou lather’s n rveiers hand, ra.sed it aloft and pushed on. A mighty sbqul acosc from the Biers as they s»w that ga ianl deed, aud with, reae w^d courage I they made a fearful charge, following 1 the It ig they rushed like an avalanche River the liriLsh trenches and apioo sop was won.*' Genera: Burgers, the Boer coruman wheels of the mad race for the fair name whose prowess British empire In her land and gold '■ Shall 0/ this great republic^ on land and sea has been tde marvel of the century, be used in Europe, by British otliclais and the British press, »s a menace to other European powers who are anxious to assist the Boers in their brave struggle for freedom and independence?’’ Datunu CoNFEDKRATK8."The Louis ville correpondent of the News and Courier says tbat the coming gather- leo-Uug of the Confederates in that city -of will mark the occasion of the reunion of somb of the most daring men who saw service in the Confederate army. The surviving member’s of a little band of twelve pristHiers, wbo escaped from Elmira, N. Y , military prison camp, will meet here and discuss again the details of their thrilling experience. It is not known how many of that dar ing party are still alive, but one, J. M. Womack, of Darlington County, South Carolina, who was a member of Hamp ton's Legion, lives in Louisville, and Capt. Berry Bensou, another member, lives in Augusta. Ga. Capt. Benson and Major Womack planned the escape from prison and together with the other pris-mers went to iticbmond and joined their commands- Capt. Benson was a scout for Gen. Lipgstreet and was in many daring adventures. On one occasion he entered the Federal lines at night, just<to the *ear of War- ren's carps, anu, Teaching the lent of Gen. Warren, overheard the orders for the movement of that part 6T the Fed eral arpy. He mounted the horse of Gcu. Warred and rode safely back to Gen. Longstreet's headquarters. He was afterwards captured and sent to the i'oint Lookout prison. He escaped from that place under the most heroic circumstances, but was recaptured be fore he reached the Confederate lines. He was later sent'to the old Capitol prison, at Washington, and later sent to E aura, N. Y., where he and Major WomacK planned iLe escape. Toe latter did not say anything about bis own exploits, bat enough was gathered to krow that he bad had a varied ex perience. The_otllcial report of the E.mira prlsoa camp show? that it en tertained twelve moueand prisoners during the war, and this little band of twelve were the only ones who ever escaped. - * IMPEACHMENT OF ANDREW JOHNSON. ONLY ONE VOTE SAVED HIM/ Six Republican Follow Their sav. But Unaliy this prriod’of peace and der, bad made repealed atteiup'.s to S' rest was broken by the di'covery.of gold In the Transvaal - . Tnen it was that the British government .•deter mined to seek a |»retext-h»f -obtaining control of me richest goid Uelds in the wutld as it had before tejured the richest diamond fields. That this is the real .cau-e for the present war no one can doubt who will but listen to the fri quent remarks'made by English men in South Africa, as well as, A, England, that The gold mines in the Transvaal are worth fighting for and we are going to keep on lighting until we get them/ The British love for mrrr- ■ I have turned a wistful and longing eye. When goj.d was discovered in Alaska, only a few years ago, it will be re membered how quickly an.,effort was made to extend the CanadianTine far enough'westward to take in the gold fields. And no doubt bad the English government not been anticipating the present troubles over the gold fields in the Transvaal there ivou d have^ been trouble on the part of the Utiled States government in keeping control of the gold fields In Alaska.’’ Referring to the Jameson raid and certain incidents connected with it, JMr. Davie asked : * • * “ How long would the people of our republic stand it if foreigners from any country in the world were to cqrne hire and after getting rico In "aur gold mince would undertake to control our government, and failing to do eO wduld endeavor to destroy it ? No flimsier pretext for robbury und murder ever emanated from the wickedest cabinet in Ejrope in its palmiest days than ttrisliritish demand for a five-'year irancbjse in the South African republic. H this demand were granted not an Englishman in the Transvaal would renounce, aliergianee to the queen aud- swear eternal allegi- gance to the government of the South African rfepublicas against the British f oveanihent. The idea was to obtain he power to control the government of the republic and at the same time remain British subjects. Who ever before beard of suen a proposition ? Would the citizens of the United States be willing to allow British sub jects or the subjects of any other power to come here and Icontrol our own elections and our own government and at the same time'nol renounce tbeir allegiance to. their own countries ? “The simple truth of the matter is ^at the British government forced President Kruger into a quarrel after he had done everything la his power to avo'd It. While negotiations were pending British troops were being massed in South Africa. Toe basis of the Negotiations meanwhile were in geniousty shifted so That as the British preparation for war had grown more complete tho acceptance by the Boers of the so-called British terms would mean an ever increasing- measure of submission and buntiiiatioo on the part of The Transvaal. >'' “The British dtmands were trumped up and are without a sound basis, either in morals or In law. It Is a sad life secure cessation of artillery ti'e that the oeao, mignt bs burieU. but for several days without success. Finally General Uuller accepted the Boer pro posai to bury the Hritisn uead anu offered to i>ay the bill. “General Birgers regarded tbir reply as an insult,” Mr. Divih assorted. “ hut, ctverthleoe, concludei to bury t e British dead. - Then 1 visited the top v of Spion’s kop and saw there the most horrible sight that could be im- agiued. 'Upon every hand were hel met?, bell-, Tanteeds. bayonet*' and wearing apparel ecatlereu about cover- The. Saloon in Manila.—K.v e. E Hatch, chaplain of the E'ghteenth infantry, writes a? follows in the Springfield K •publican: “ The gr« at source of evil in Manila ha* come from the liquor interests The first followers of an army are the **ioupe. with uisiepuiable women a close second. To repress their perni cious influence taxes the efforts of thore in authority. Oae ship load of liquor wa* in Manila harbor before thoclly was laden by Ine Americans, f he agent of _ihi; •curcy-iny was with loe ann>, wearing a militia un.fonn under the guise of a “ vo.untcer aid. 1 '1 The city laKen. toe “ volunteer aid ” caetri^side hts uniform, located a depot, j sod proceeded to estab.ish saloons, lii I a few wCelt? the principal streets were i trausfarmed Tn• one brand of whis key ami beer handled by lh<; firtuTe 1 ceiveo u great boom, and in a way got I a great start of competitor*, it was no 1 for long, in a f -w weeks every brand of beer and walekey In America was rc- : acd the u;ff< rent ag nts vied fur burii.ee* and supremacy. The saloons wore directly rcrpon?lbic for mo/e of t' c friction, disturbances and estrangements with the native* than ail other cause combined.” Senators Refused to Party—Koss, of Kan- the Doubtful Senator. Milton Harlan Northup. Syracuse,N’.Y. Aaron Burr tieing Thomas Jefferson in the electoral college and, therefore, failing by one vote to reach the pin nacle of an American’s ambition; Samuel J. Tilden counted outrof the presidency, first in the electoral col- lege r then in the electoral commission, Try one vote, and Andrew Johnson savpd from deposition from the presi dency by one vote in the United States Senate—those constituted crises in American history only second to seces sion and civil war. Presidents have been made by very narrow margins sometimes in the electoral college, sometimes on the popular vote, as when Grover Cleveland was saved from de feat by a few hundred votes ia his own State. But only one President was ever saved from being unmade by a sin gle vote. On the roll call of the Senate sitting as a court of impeachment thirty-five Senator^jyiswered “guilty” and nineteen Senators “not guilty.” It peeded but the transfer of oae vote from the “ not guilty ” to the “ guilty ” wherein to have convicted the Presi dent of the Uatied State of high crimes and misdemeanors and worked his re moval from office, with oitl B n Wade, of Oalo, the Prealdent pro tern, of the Senate, taking Jots place. What the consequences of such action on the future of the republic would have been is, nf course, all guess work, but they could hardly have failed to be momen tous .and far reaching. The six Re publican Senators wbo refused to fol low their party associates to tbe_ ex treme of convicting the President were at the time the victim* of untold abuse and vinification, but what Re publican would to-day say their course To separating from their associates was not wise and patriotic ' History has been their vindication. The doubtful Senator in whose hands it was conceded the fate of the Presi dent, if not the republic lay, was Rise, of Kansas. When the stately Loief Justice Salmon P. Chase, as presiding < fficer jjf the high court of impeach ment, put the stereotype question: “Mr. Sinator R iss, how ray you, guilty or not guilt) ? ’ and the Kansas S.-na- lor, rising—m his place, pronounced the words “ not guilty,” tbat settled it; the imueacbers were foiled. 1 otner five Republicans counted as anti no poachers were known to be ironclad; the verdict wa? as indisputably in the bands of Senator Rise as was the award of the presidency nine years later within the power of Justice “Jo” Bradley inthe “3 to 7 ” game of the electoral commission. , . _______ Tbe rct-ne of the impeachment story is laid To the «,uler and spring of Im.?. For toe three years foitowipg John son’s'accession to the chair vacated by tue untimely death of Abraham Lin coin naught but irritation had mar<ed the reiat'ont of the President to the lljpuo lean leaders. Too friction finally culminated in a movement to impeach and remove the President from his great office. Tne “impeachment Congress” was the Fortieth, elected in in the Rouse, presided over by Speaker' Schuyler Colfax, afterwards ‘ Vice ('resident, sal maoj men oi dialing uish- od ability—on the Republican side such men as James G. Blaine, James that under the constitution and laws the President Lad no power to remove the secretary of war. General Thomas tried in vain to get possession of the war office—possession carried with U in that case ten points in th& game. The House reconstruction committee, under the inspiration of Thaddeus Stevens, the most intense hater oi the IVesldent, mude a report on Washing-, ton’s birthday announcing the adop tion of a resolution, “ that Andrew Johnson, President of the United States, be Impeached for high crimes and misdemeanors.”. Two days later, after a hot debate, the House passed the resolutions 120 to 47. Managers to conduct the impeachment trial were appointed, and the trial, memorable in history, proceeded. New York’s famous lawyer, William M. Evarts, was the President's senior counsel, as nine years later he was also senior counsel for Hayes, claimant, for the presidency, before the electoral com mission. In the one instance.his efforts were directed to saving a President from unjust removal; in the other, to seating a President whose claims had been rejected at the polls. In b<nb instances the great lawyer caipo off victorious. “A lawyer,” quoth an old farmer to me once upon a time, “is like a puppy—be’li hark on any track you set him.” Evarts was ever on the side of his retainer. The .long trial over, the* day for polling ttc count which sat a* jury bad at last arrived. Chief...Justice Chase, handsome and impressive in his judicial robes, was in the chair; acd into the Senate chamber for the, last time was ushered the House of Representatives, crowding the cham ber to the utmost, to hear the verdict. It was, a* i surveyed it from an advan tageous position in the Senate report er • gallery, a scene of dazzling brli liancy. Sitting in a front seat of the diplomatic gallery, a conspicuous figure, was Anthony Trollope, the English novelist, gray and venerable, suggesting an otd Hebrew prophet. “ To have seen the ladles in the gal leries and the diplomatic corps with their families.” to quote my recorded Impressions of tbat time, “ a stranger would certainly have supposed it was some grand festival occasion, and last of aT that it might result in the de position of the head of a great re public.” To quote further from self: “ Entering the Senate with cordons of police guard* at the, right of you, police at the left of you, thundered at for. your Tickets' by police, you are reminded forcibly of THE 4 1K8T SIMKir RAPPINGS. n my- wlngj The Fox Sister* Were the Mtdium* — and the Originator* of Modern Spirt tu*li*oi *' ' t Spiritualists all over the world cele brated March -’ii a* the anniversary of the origin of modern splrituali-m, and K was thS -pleasant' little village of Hydesville, Wayne Countv. Now York, which gave it birth lb 1848.' -ft was in OjJb of these frame houses, still pointed out to visitors, that In 1847 occurred the first manifestations of mederg spiritual ism familiar to the present believers in that faith.* • , Though the Fox sisters, Margaretta and Catherine, through whom the first revelations of supposed spirit power were made, have recently admitted the fraud, and though they have stated tbat'the so called “ spirit rappings,” which created such an immense sensa tion so many years ago, were produced by a voluntary cracking of their toe joints, the faith of believers in spiritu alism is ln.no wise shaken. The latter say that though the Fox sisters may be Imposters, as they have declared themselves, yet the great truths and principles of modern spirit ualism stand as firmly and shine as brightly a* ever.. They say that these date back far beyond the time of the Fox'glrls. Even in that low, rambling two-story house in which these menda clous young women first cracked their toe joints it is claimed tbat genuine spiritual phenomena were observed be fore the Fox girls ever inhabited ij. In 1847 the house was occupied by one Michael Weekman and his family, a poor, ignorant laborer. He and bis -family *ere soon troubled by myste rious raps heard in all parts of their dwelling, especially at night, an annoy ance that Increased to such an extent tbat sleep became impossible. During all this time the Fox sisters, then mere children, aged eleven and nine years, lived with iheir parents several mllus away, so that they could not possibly have bad a band or a toe jolat in the mysterious rappings at Mr Weekman’s house. It was ihhr-con Bluntly increasing annoyance of loud rap* wh'cb, though diligently invest! gated, could not he traced to any hu man agency, that soon caused Mr Weekman to abandon hi* residence. Then it was on March 1 1843, Jobe D. Fox and his family became its occu pants. The mysterious rappings stil l continued. The neighbor* were called in on several occasion* and ever* po*sl bio effort made to trace their origin _ - - , 1 , i but in vain. It wa* on the night of lied the year, of martial law not long gone Mftrcb ru of th|kl f|ime >eiir lhllt Ihe^by. The ticket* alone to thi* pro | the mv*teriou* rao* first gave evideaoe longed entertainment cost the govern ment somewhere near 110,(AO Wade, in tenor voice, Calls the Se: ale to order, and vacate* the chair at once for a worthier occupant, the splendid form of the chief justice,.whose impar tial ruling* have drawn upon him the the mysterious rapt first gave evidence o'being directed by some controlling | intelligence. The family had retired 1 during a brief lull in tbe mysterious rapping, when suddenly it began again, ' occurring this time near tbe bed oc- | cupled by the two liule daughter*. MargareUa and Catherine. Tbe latter nai rulings nave ur.wu upuu u.™ MargareUa andCatberlne. The latter condemnation of the partisan impvhch-q ^ gntp her flnee „ 1o 10,1^00 ers. Then an ((Tort to postpone the vole I for four weeks fail* by a tie. Tbe Im- > peacbers defeated the motion them selves, after seeing that Hiss, of Kan 1 sas, voted with them. Believing that ; a change had come over the spirit of | his dreams they suddenly renewed the caucus decision and resolved to go on I with their votes in accordance with K )»*'* strategy. Hence it was that when the chief justice propounded the interrogatory to Senator Rjss of ‘ kuUty or not guilty,” all eyes were centered upon him, and Senators leaned forward to catch the response 1 .upon which the hope of tbe conspire tors now alone hung. His low spoken “oot guilty” caused a general Hatter, ground, all swollen and &s(in burat as- under',’'while the rest of the txaty wa? covered with a thin coating of earth. Tne egplanalion wa* that these poo<- Brltish soldiers had been buried by tbeir comrades undeY only a few inches of dirt, iq other places we saw tcjree of dead British soldiers lying oh tbe top of the ground just where they had fallen, no attempt having been made to bary them.. “ As we descended from the hill we met the Bier*, going up to bury tbe British dead, who had been so sadly neglected by tbeir own coinradts and commanders, who amuse themselves by calling the Boers savage*. * “ Bravc-were the ancient Greeks of Athens and Sparta, who, with their allies, stood up 10 battle and to die to defend themselves against Asiatic invasion. B-avo was Alexander tbe Great and bis Macedonians on tbe battlefield of Issus, wnece they won a victory" against over-whelming odds. Brave was tbe struggle of the Tyrolese against the legions of Napoleon. Brave the stand made by the Switzjrf* for liberty against the Hapsburg. ’ Brave the . Wonderful charge of 1'iokett’s men and tne Equally brave defense of the union troops on- the crimson heights of Gettysburg. Brave were tbe heroic dead who fill at Salamis and Marathoit. Brave,, indeed, were the famous StJO at ThermopyJae. But equally brave, gallant and chival rous are tbe bumble peasants of tbe veldt, wbo, defending the passes of Drakensberg, or seeking death, climb ing the rugged side* of Spion’s kop, willing to die, if deed be, to save their beloved republics from The British yoke of oppression. “These men have the same spirit that prompted tbe farmers to’Tape death for liberty at Lexington gre^n.: tbat nerved the arms of Americans at Horatoga, Bunker Hill and Brandy wine; that warped the hearts of Washington and his shivering patriots at Valley Forge : and at New Orita-is, where Jackson and his men taught Eugland that ca-tler were it to hurl the rooted mountain from its base than to force the yoke of slavery upon men de termined to be free. “Tnisn, why should we not sympa thize with them ? Why should not tho greatest republic in the world assist the »malLe?t republics ? Is the word ‘ liberty ’~to become obsolete la our national lexicon ? Must this greatest republic of the world’s bis- ^ ifcftlinmiMUffif th e chary BEfiii I’UIVILGES Reulteu-The following resolution ha* heeu adopted by tbe board of directors of tbe State dispensary in regard to the beer privi leges in Ibis State : Risolved, That at (he expiration of the Serins of office of ail beer dispen- t mimrttm kr.3 he re7»/ 4>rJ«s*d 01 seen v* run*], wC~' cept a* provided below : The county boards of control effected by this re solution may establish beer dispen A. Garfijld, Bmjamin F. Uuller, William B. Allison, John A. Logan, the chief justice bring down his mallet General R C. Schenck, series and elect dispensaries for same.. at the following named places: One dispensary at the town of Beaufort, two dispensaries in the city of .Char leston, including the one at the Ger mania Brewery ; one on-thp Isle-ot Palm?; two dispensaries in ihe city of Columbia ; one dispensary in the city of Giffney ; one in. the town of George town ; one in the city of Greenville; one in the town of j.one 1° city of Newberry ; one in tbe city of O.'angeburg ; one io tbe city of Spar tanburg ; one in the town of Sumter ; one in tbe town of Union. Ami it ia further ordered tbat beer dispensaries may carry more' than one brand of beer, when their patrons demand' it, upon approval of the State board. — —The Now -York Joiuy^al prints a sensational story that aoaecret letter is being snnt from the Republican bead- quarters to all the trusts in .the coun try demanding immediate campaign funds as a-^price of protection. Ac cording to the story tbe letter was pre pared at a conference between Senator Hanna, First Assistant Postmaster General Perry Heath and tho moneyed members of the R-publican national committee and has been sent out by tbat organization. This letter calls attention t'o the profits tbe trust manu faeturers have been able to secure under.Republican rule in tho Nkst and point* out that to enjoy them inthe future the re-election of President Me •Kinley is absolutely necessary. It is claimed that it is proposed to raleh $0,000,000 in this way. OUR GK^ATKgT HPECIALIST. For. 20 years i)r. Newton Hathaway has.so successfully treated chronic diseas es that he is acknowledged today tOTStand at the head of his profession in this line. His exclusive method of treatment for Varicocele and Stricture, Without the aid of knife or cautery cures in !K) per cent, of all cases, in the treatment of the loss of. Vital Forces. Nervous^Disorders, Kidney and Urinary Complaints. Paralysis, Blood Poisoning, Ulieumatism, C4tarrh, and dis eases peculiar to women, he is equally successful. Dr. Hathaway's practice it more than double that of any otner spec iaiist. Cases pronounced heljdeet* by other physicians readfly yield toms treatment. Write him today fuUy about jour case. He makes no charge "for consultation or advice, either at his office <*r by mail. J. Newton Hathaway, M. D., 22K South broad ttr-et. Atlsnix i.s. subsequently minister to England; old Toad bievefts, General N. P. Banks, who had been both Governor of Massachusetts and Speaker of the House, and ex-Gover- nor Boutweii, of Massachusetts; on the Demouratic aide James B.rpoks,.. Morgan, of tftrto; and L. -Lamar; of Mississippi. Rjscoo Conkling had in tnat Congress just gone over to the other wing of the capitol and taken his place in the Senile with Charles Sumner. William,. Pitt Fessenden, John Sherman, Simon . Cameron, George F. Edmunds, Oliver P. Morton, James iiarian r Lyman Trumbull a£d James R Doolittle, Republicans, and ReverUy Johnson, Thomas a Hendricks and tt^e elder Bayard, among the oaker’s dozen of Democrats. Conxling, who had not yet reached forty, was like a game cock as he strutted up and down the aisles of the Senate chamber, always with a bright red rose in his coat buttonhole. Hts special delight seemed to be to prod the grave and dignified Summer. The leonine orator, and scholar of Massachusett* plainly winced under the New Yorkeris re peated goads. “ The Senator from New York,” broke out the irritated Sumner in querulous tone one day as 1 sat in the -reporters’ gallery, “ with manners whiub he has evidently im ported from the other end of tbe capl- toi”—giving a contemptuous waive of the hand in tbe direction of the House as he spoke—“see* lit to assail me,” emphasizing the " me ” as if it were a sacrilege. And then Sumner pro ceeded to repel Gonkling's attacks. To appreciate the full measure of the contempt implied in Sumner's gesture we muslbe^r in mind that the Senator whose entrance to Cungre^s is through the Senate door supposes himseif to be a superior being to the Senator who comes to tbe Senate by way of the House, it corresponds to tne feeling of an educated West Point officer, who has never worn aught but an officer’s uniform, toward the man who climbs up to a commission from a subaltern. This caste feeling stilt exists. Conk- ling smiled serenely while Sumner sCoided like anuld woman. Impeachment was, as baa been stated, many months brewing before it was actually tried. As obstinate as a mule from his own Tennessee, Johnson had pulled one way while Congress bad pulled the other from tbe start. As toe Republicans couldn't manage him, they ?hw no way but to get rid of him. They foiind- their pretext in the President’s order, removing Secretary of. War Bcantoo and appointing Gen eral Liretzj Thomas in bia place. Stanton, it will be remembered, acted on tbe laconic advice aent him by Senator^ Slmmona, “ stick 1” The Senate adopted a rcaolution-declaring to suppress the all but applause in the gallerlts. The Preslceot was acquitted on this article—aud this the strongest one—such was the feeling *of all as much a* if the vote had been con cluded. All the forms of tbe court were observed At tbe managers’ mam of the sound* which immediately re sponried. “ Now. do a* 1 do,” she cried,'"Count 1, 2, 8, 4, 5, ts,” at the samo tiny* strik ing her band* together. Mrs. Fox, the girl’s mother, then desired the ueseeli agency to count ten, and that number of raps immediately followed. “ Tell us the age of Cathy "—the younger daughter, “ by rapping once for each year,", said the mother, abd tea dUllaol raps were heard. Startled by these manifestations, Mrs. Fox asked if it was a human being who wa* rapping", but no answering sound was j btard. “ If you are a spirit make two | distinct sounds,” she said and tfo loud Ira»* responded. Kate Pot, fn her exposure of spirit- I uallsm, has declared that she and her sister were producing these mysterious raps while lying in bed and almost ; choking with laughter at tbe clev^H| 1 position they were practicing on tR. mother. The power of cracking the | toe joints, by which they produced rioUzjf tbA Ban Butler senooi, uxcu the venerable Thaddeus Hteve^s, and at tbe other tabl^.*Lthe chief justice’s right, Messrs. Evarts, Nelson and Slan- berry, of the counsel for the President —with the House of Ripresentalives packed in tbe rear corner of the Senate chamber. v4t required two thirds to convict and that two-thirds required --but the change of a single vole—but a miss is as good as a mile- Tbe conspirators were foiled. Hsd the Kansas printer followed the behests of his party bosses wbo can calculate the stupendous con sequences ? Impeachment, although defeated, bad its aftermath. Woolley, a Cincin nati lobbyist, who had been active in the effort to save Johnson’s head from’ tbe basket, was seized and thrown into prison by order of tbe revengeful House for refusing to tell a smelting committee all about it. The “ con lumaclous” witness was first confined in the foreign affairs committee room The Mephoistphelan Butler secured an order from tbe House to incarcerate him in the basiment of tbe capitol. In Butler’s designation of the room to converted into the wicked WooleyT prison house, bangs a tale, it was.the room occupied by Vinnie Rjam, the sculptress, for the purpose of filling an order fur a statue of Abraham Lincoln —for which she was to receive from the government $10,000 She was busily engaged In making the piaster cast when the orderiTO “get out” reached her. Revenge Is sweei—and Butler, in the ejectment of Vinnie Reaps, had his little revenge. The fair Vinnie was believed to be some how responsible for the “ not gulRy/’ vote cast by Senator Ross. VinmeV mother kept a boarding house, and one of the boarders was the/Kansas SenatoK The widow and daughter were more than susjtected of putting in some pretty effective work with hoarder Ross against Impeachment. After a few days of confinement, Wool- ley was discharged, and the impeach- 1 r« nursed their wrath with less demon stration. Tne balfdezan Republican Senators who had the courage to stand between their party and the colossal folly of at tempting to depose a President for daring to defy the party bosses, suf fered the penalty of martyrdom.* Fes senden, Trumbull, Henderson, the ablest of them all. dropped out of the Senate never to return. And yet nO men la its history ever did a greater service for the Republican part. ttced umit they had .acquired great proficiency. Be that as it may, these supposed maalfestaUons-of spirit power created intense excitement. The fam By rose from their beds and searched every portion of the house without re sult Tbe neighbors were called in and numerous questions were asked, to. which answers were received from the mysterious raps. By sunrise the whole village was on the spot and thelltlle house was crowd ed in every part. Finally the spirit was asked to spell out his or her name by rapping at tbe correct letters as the alphabet was repeated. As a re sult the^ name of-Charles B. Rosma was obtained, and the spirit said he was a peddler, wbo had been murdered in the house a few years' before. At length the alleged spirits com- mitolcated to the Fox ^irls their desire that there should be held a public meeting at which a committee of in vestigation chosen by the audience, should determine whether they were genuine spirits and produced tbeir so- called manifestations without human aid. . . Such a meeting was accordingly held at Corinthian Hail, l ochester, in No vember, 184W. The Fox sisters aj) peared on tbe stage and the spiritual phenomena, being freely manifested; were investigated by a committee of prominent gentlemen, wbo, after con tinuing their researches "for several days, reported their inability tp trace them to any human aid. Tbe fame of the Fox sisters became national and when they appeared in New York in the following May, an nounclng themselves as spiritual me diums, a phrase which originated with them, they created an intense furors. These two young girls had thus found ed a hew faith, to which they gave the name of spiritualism Humble as was its origin and insig nificant as was tbe character of Its first manifestations, It soon found a multi tude of believers in both hemispheres Spiritual mediums soon sprang up all over the country.and were soon multi plied by hundreds and even by! tbou sands.. —Tbe young men and women of Fox Hill, Pa., hare a novel conflict and a mutual boycott on band. Tbe young women decline to receive tbe atteo* tions of the young men who refuse to be teetotalers, and tbe beaux retaliate by refusing attentions to young wo men who wear bi'ds on their hate. Tbe contcet is very spirited, MRH. DEWEY MAKES A CHANGE. Her Drsertion of the Catholic C|iarch 1* Regarded a* a Moveinaot to Help tier Haaband’* 1‘olitioal Chance*. “ Do you want to she a confessional in the White House?” ▲ circular headed with the words quoted made its appearance at Chicago in July, 1896. lit was scattered by thousands UL t^e hotels and parts ofRhe city where dole-, gates to the. Democratic national con vention would ba reached. The circn- ., lar made its appearance almost simul taneously with the arrival of the Ohio delegation and John R. McLian as the Onlocandidate, it wa* directed against tbe nomination of Richard P. Bland on tbe sole ground that Mrs. Bland was a Catholic. Missouri friends of Mr. Bland, in charge of hi* Interests, at tributed the fa’iure of his candidacy largbly to the Insidious appeal to re ligious prejudice against him. The Oalo delegation, more than any other, made qae of it. * Thi* reminiscence of the religious issue at Chicago in 1896 for the benefit of John R. McLean is recalled by the announcement that Mr. McLean’s sis ter, M's, Admiral Dawey, has given up her pew in a Catholic enureb and has declared bor intention to attend the Eolschpal "church with the admiral. The them hers ol the admiral’*-family refused to discuss tbe report, but it is gener^My believed. The McLean* were not Catholics, in Cincinnati they were considered Covenanter*, attending the ~ church nf their Scotch ancestry. % Mrs. Diwey has had a rather pecu liar spiritual experienoe. After set tling in Washington she became Inter ested with a number of other ladles Jn theosophy. She was understood to be a believer in the doctrines of the/sdepts. Borne years ago she gave up theosophy and took a pew in tbe Catholic church. After the marriage last fail it was an nounced that the admiral, who had been an Episcopalian, would give np bis pew and attend services at tbe Catholic cnurch where Mrs. Dewey betoDge'd-. Tniswo* promptly denied, and it was officially staled tbkl tho Deweys would continue to hold thro* different church connections. Now, -with tbe admiral's political debut come* the withdrawal of Mr*.- Dewey from the Catholic church. , Admiral Dawey refuses to stfi-m or deny the report that bis wife has left the R>man Catholic uhurob and joined the Episcopalian*. He decline* to let any one interview Mr*. Dawey on tbe subject. The admiral declares that it iv nobody's business what religion Mrs, Dewey chooses to cmbrsce, and he claim* for himself and wife tbe right to worship a* they please. Tbe admiral sajs he hsf no prejudice against any one on account of tbeir religion or curiosity a* to tbeir church affiliation*, and he asks for hi* family relief from a curiosity which he deems impertl- oent. Thb subject of Mrs. Dawey’s coaver* sloa or renunciation ha* created an Immense amount of talk everywhere ia tbe national capital. Tbe rumor wa* but started in tbe idleees* of gossip, but came from sources known to be en tirely friendly with the Deweys. There are many who believe tbat tbe story wa* put out deliberately to relieve the admiral’s ca29idacy of what was con- sldered a handicap. The result is en tirely different from that expected. It has not -pleased the numbers of the i'rotestant churches, and it certainly has produced no satisfaction among the Riraantsts. Mrs. Dewey has not at tended the ohurab, the pastor of which * married her. since tbat interesting event. She had a pew in St. Paul's Ro man Catholic church, but it has not been rented by Mrs. D. wey sinoa Janu ary, the beginning of tbe quarter year, which is the term of the pew rental*. It is said that tbe adm'ral’s wife ho* been. attending the Episcopal pro- cathedral occasionally. Admiral Djw- ey Us an Episcopalian, and hi* pariah I* een alienaed by Fr« dlsiioguitbed people for nearly 100 years. To go to St. John's church would have attracted immediate atten tion to Mrs. Dawey, so she has visited churcn of her husband’s faitt out of the center of fashion. —The Ferris tractions at tbe torn down and and steel void needed to tear wheel, one of the at- World’s Fair, istob) Us 2 200 tons of Irou as junk. Tbe money it down will, be greater thau the sum It bos earned since the World’s Fair. Since the World’s Fair but 500,000 persons hive ridden on the wheel, as compared with 1,750,000 who took tbe trip during the fair. The wheel mode during the fair $812 000 in it roes receipts, the net profiU being $.>00,000, of which the World’s Fair Company received $225,000. Since .. then $700,000 has been lost. The re moval of the wheel from the midway to its present site, in Chicago took several months and cost $175,000. —The seventh month of thp war in- South Africa opens with dispatches from Boer sources of another British disaster. If the news can be trusted a terrible reverse has been ft)dieted up on the British arms. According to an officlar announcement in Pretoria a battle boa been fought south of Brand- fort, in which the British suffered a loss of 600 killed and wounded in ad dition to 800 captured by the Boers. This intelligence is amply confirmed by acorrespondent"on the Boer side, who reported from Brand fort that General Dewet defeated the British for the third time within a week, the scene of this last engagement being Meertkatsfontein. —Senator Beveridge sent out his speech on the Porto Rican tariff prior to the date upon which it was to be delivered, and when tbe time came did not make the speeh- He subseqbently made another, id which there were important changes from tbe original speech sent out. Tbe Democrats in Indiana have the original speech, how ever, and propose to use it la the cam paign to show what were the Senator’s real senttmeote and how he was ob liged to abridge them at the dictation of the administration. "—Three Prussian army office™ have made a quick trip from Beriin to Prague ia a balLon. They Mit at 2 o'clock in the afternoon and came down at o, having risen to an altitude of 10,* < 000 feet for a part of the journey. The fastest express train takes seven hours —fig