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- A~ T i IE ..L SL VOLa 5.---N0. 48. PICKENS, S. C., THURSDAY, DECEMBER I2, 1895 THE PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE. tAI t]l FOREIGN RELATIONS AND FIN ANCES. i S 'he Disoussion is Confined Mainly t.o the Financial Condition o' the 0 Country and our Relations With C Foreign Powers. n To the Congress of the United Statos: fl The present assemblage of the legis- r lative branch of our Government oc- 0 ours at a time when the interests of c our people and the needs of the coun- P try give especial prominence to the s' condition of our foreign relations and h the exigencies of our national finances. n The reports of the heads of the several e administrative departments of the iE Government fully and plainly exhibit g what has been accomplished within C the scor f their respective duties, o and pres 6 such recommendations for t' the betterment of our country's condi- ti tions as patriotic and intelligent labor s1 and observation suggest. I, therefore, deem my Executive duty adequately petfornied at this u time by preserting to Congress the t important cases of our situation' as a related to our intercourse with foreign o nations, and a statement of the ilnan- h cial problems which confront us, a omitting, except as they are related to these topics, any reference to dopirt- w mental operations. i OUR MISSIONARI ES IN CIIINA. Si The close of the momentous struggle gi between China and Japan, while re- lo lieving the diplomatic agents of this ti' Government fron the delicate duty eI they undertook at the request of both h countries, of rendering such service to ar the subjects of either belligerent vi within the territorial limits of the w other as our noutral position permitted, developed a domestic condition in the or Chinese Empire which has caused til much anxiety and called for prompt af and careful attention. Either as a 0 result of a weak control by the Central U Government over the provincial ad- in ministra)i ns, following the diminu- 1. tion of )4tditional gover umental au- or thority under the stress of an over- pt whelming national disaster, or as a tu manifestation upon good opportunity St of the aversion of the Cninese popula- tfi tion to all foreign ways and unuertak- Wi ings, there have accurred in widely b3 separated provinces of China serious Pc: outbreaks of the old fanatical spirit in against foreigners, which, unchecked g( by the local authorities, if not actually th connived at by them, have culminatea S, in mob attacks on forei-in iis'ionary d stations, causing much destruction of of property and attended with personal fo injuries as well as loss of life. Although but one American citizen w was reported to have boon actually di wounded, and although the destrue- ti< tion of property may have fallen more it; heavily upon the missionaries of other w nationalities than our own, it plainly fo behooved this Government to take the OL most prompt and decided action to sl guard against such or more dreadful T1 calamities befalling the hundreds of is, American mission stations which have to grown up in the interior of China cc under the temperate rule of toleration, as custom. and imperial edict. The de- O manda of the United States and other lIa powers for the degradation and puish- m ment of the responsible olicials of the bc respective cities and provinces who by ri neglect or otherwise had permitted 01 uprisings, and for the adoption of stern measures by the Emporor's Govern- of ment for the protection of the life and uI proPerty of foreigners, were followed it! by the disgrace and dismissal of cr- la tain provincial ollicials found derelict Pt in duty, and the punishment by death w of a number of those adjudged guilty w. of actual participation in the outrages. its This Government also insisted that tu a special American commission should gt visit the province wvhere the first dis- 01 turbances occurred for the purpose of 1)1 investigation. Thiislatter commission, all foirmed after much opposition, has ci gone overland from Tientsin, accomn- ce panied by a suitable Chinese escort, si and by its demonstration of the readi- or ness and ability of our Government to th protect Its citizens wvill act, It Is be- es lieved, as a most iniluential deterrent Tl of any similar outbreaks. The ener- at getic stops we have thus taken are all 5u the more likely to result In future of safet to oui' citizens In China because TI thep 'mperial Government is. I am ci poer.. . ded, entirely convinced that we ci dlesire only the liberty and protection d< of our' own citizens and iredress for any re wrongs they may have sutferecd, and rm that we have no ulterior designs or objects, political or otherwise. China fu will not for'get our kindly service to ri her citizens durinlg her late war, nor bf the further fact that, while furmnishing fut all the facilities at ciii command to asl further the negotiation of a peace be- '1 tween her and Japan, we sought no ad- of vantage and interposeod no counsel. fa The Governments of both China and tI Japan have, in special dispatches su transmitted through their respective in diplomatic representatives, cx pressed Ill in a most pleasing man ner their grate- ri ful applreciation of our assistance to at their citizens during the unhappy at struggle and of the value of our aid in n( paving the way to their resump~tion of peaceful. relations, am THE INSURRECT'ION IN CIJIIA. Cuba is again gravely dlisturbed. v An insurrection, In somel respeccts morea active than the last preceding revolt, which continued from 186i8 to 1878, ,pow exists In a large part of the k.astorn interior of the Island, menac ing even some populations on the coast. ei Besides deranging the commercial 01 exchanges of the island, of which our at country takes the predominant share, je this flagrant condition of hostilities, to by arousing sentimental sympathy and ,oi inciting adventurous support among 51 our people, has entailed earnest cif'ort ei on the.pa't of this Governmenmt to en- ti force obedience to our neutrality laws a and to prevent the territory of the v United States from being abusedI as a t< vantage ground from which to aid fi those in arms against Sptanish~ sove- > reignty. Whatever may be the tradi-p tional sympathy of outr countrymen as5 a individuals with a people who seem to a~ be struggling for larger autonomy ~ greater' freedom, deepened as suchi d sympathy naturally must be in behalf gi of our neighbors, yet the plain duty of t their Government is to observe In good ~ faith the recognized obligations of in ternational relatIonship. The per formance of this duty should not be tl made more diflcult by a disregarded si on the part of our citizens of the obli- p gations growing out of the allegiance -.a > their country, which should restrain the iom from violating as individuals the ini rutrality which the nation (of which ter 1ey are members is bound to observe esa: k its relatioas with friendly sovereign wh tates. Though neither the warmth cot E our people's sytnpathy with the rec uban insurgents nor our loss and sel Laterial damage consequent upon the bul itile endeavois thus far made to de )store peace and order, nor any shock en ir humane sensibilities may have re Aived from the cruelties which ap car to especially characterize this tnguinary and fiercely conducted var, ave in the least shaken the determi- ch( %tion of Government to honestly fulfil con very international obligation, yet it ne to be earnestly hoped, on every yOU round, that the devastation of armed un nilict may speedily be stayed and in doi and quiet restored to the dis- be actod island, bringing in their train be 13 activity and thrift of peaceful pur- tch ,its. sch thu 'PIll UllilS'I'IANS IN TUlIICY- the Occurrences in Turkey have contin- con Ad to excite concern. The reported the assaicres of Christians in Armenia suiY id the development there and in ill i ,her districts of a spirit of fanatic T aistility to Christian Influences natur- Sta ly excited approhension for the gro ,fety of the devoted men and women umi ho, as dependents of the foreign int issionary societies in the United gen ates, reside in Turkey under the by j larantee of law and usage and in the gre gitimate performance of their educa- pasi >nal and religious mission. No not, rorts have been spared in their be- wer Lif, and their protection in person and d property has been earnebtly and In i gorously enforced by every means to t thin our power. tem I regret, however, that an attempt sor our part to obtain better informa. the )n concerning the truo condition of min 'airs in the disturbed quarter of the cou tonan Empire, by sending the yea Lited States consul at Sivas to make It vestigation and report, was thwarted Jan the objections of the Turkish Gov- vidi nment. This movement on our pay ,rt, was In no sense meant as agratui- the ous entanglement of the United add ates in the so-called Eastern ques- nati )n, nor as an oflicious interference not( th the right and duty which belong of E treaty to certain great European cule wers calling for their intervention to political matters affecting the good vidt vernment and religious freedom of Jan, e Non-Mussulman subjects of the thei titan, but it arose solely from our in < sire to have an accurate knowledge prel the conditions in our efforts to care reta e those entitled to our protection. not The presenco of our naval vessels, the itch are now in the vicinity of tile the sturbed localities, affords opportuni- for s to acquire a measure of familiar- the F with the condition of affairs, and stat .11 enable us to take suitable steps In r the protection of any interests of thui r countrymen within reach of our reti ips that mnight be found imperilled. stat eo Ottoman Government has lately furt ued ar. imperial irade exempting Son rover f som taxation an American viol liege for girls at Scutari. Repeated the surances have also been obtained by circ r envoy at Constantinople that simi- 187: r institutions, naintaine.d and ad- at 1 inistered by our countrymen, shall fort secured in the enjoyment of all was ,hts, and that our citizen through- not t the Empire shall be protected. con Tle .government, however, in view exp existing facts, is far from relying of I ion such assurances as the limit of rec< duty. Our minister has been vigi- law nt and alert in the affording all sha ssible protection in individual cases sha: :ere dangor is threatened or safety strc is imperilled. We have sent ships pal far toward the points of actual dis- tior rbance as it is possible for them to affa where they ofoer refuge tM those 1871 liged to flee, and we have the yea omise of other- powers which have upo ips in the neighborhood that our of a bizens, as well as theirs, will be re- abu ived and protected on board those .Thi ips. On the demand of our minister, alot dors have been issued by the Sultau of I at Turkish soldilers shall guard and den cort to the coast American refugees. tire iese orders have been carried out, cha d our latest intelligence gives as- er-n rance of the present peCrsonal safety mer our citizens and missionarIes. de iough thus far no lives of American wit] bizens have been sacrificed, there eg n be no doubt that serious loss and l struction of mission property have Ih suIted fromi riotous conflicts and out- I ha geous attacks.ad Bly treaty several of the most p~ower-ge I 10uropean powers have secured a ies ght to assume a duty not only ini esti half of their own citizens and in givi rtherance of their own interests, but to i agents of the Chr-istian world. tex oeir right is to enfooce such conduct for Turkish Government as will restrain cie~ natical brutality, and if this falls den eir duty is to sQ interfere as to in- Ing re against such dreadful occurrences ury Turkey as have lately shocked civ- y zation. 'rho powers declare this col ght and this C.uty to be theirs alone,wi d( it Is earnestly hoped that promplt st d( offectIve action on their part will st t b)e dlelayed. Thenw consulates at Erzeroumn reft id Harpoot, for which app~ropriation thu ELs maido last session have been pro- pay sionally filled by trusted employees mi the dopa~rtmnent of the State. These sue >polntees, though now in Turkey, m'u Lvo not yet received their exequaturs a. OUR l"INANCIAL CONITFIONA. son. As we turn fr'om a review of our for- the gn relations to the contemplation of suc tr fInancial situation we are immedi- aga oly aware that we approach a sub- Sta et of dlomestic concern more impor- fouE nt than any other that can engage wh< r attention, and one at present In it I ch aL perplexing and delicate prodi. em< ment as to require prompt and wise ing eatmont. We may well be encour. aLpp redl to earnest effort in this direotion gle lhon we recall the steps already taken tha ward limproving our economic and thh~ ixanciatl situation, and when we ap- be reciato how wecll the way has been of b2 eepared1 for further progress by an and 'oused and Intelligent popular inter- thu t in these subjects. Bly command of disl e people a customs revenue system, tha asignod for the protect100 and hone- An of favored classes at the expense of wit uo great mass of our countrymecn, and 01rs hieh, wlglo inoilleilent for the pur- ben ase of revenue, curtailed our trade Act Ilations and Impeded our entrance to yea le inarkets of the world, has been at a perseded by a tariff p)olicy which In and r Inciple Is based up)on a denial of the sho more than $65,000,000. This gold- was an to be delivered in such instalmen'ta as th would complete its delivery within :v( about six months from the date of the m contract and at least one-half of the amount was to be furnished from abroad. It was also agreed by those supplying this gold that during the continuance of the contract they would I by every means in their power protect bit the Government against gold with- col drawals. The contract also provides ly that if Congress would authorize their tw issue bonds payable by their terms in iI gold and bearing interest at the rate dif :f 3 per cent. per annum might within tht Len days be substituted at par for the sic I per cent. bonds described in the grl tgreement. ou] On the day that contract was made tri its terms were communicated to Con- rec cress by a special E4xecutive message, iw n which it was stated that more than urt iixteen millions of dollars would be eqi taved to the Government if gold bonds I 3earing 3 per cent. interet woro au- sig ;horized to be substituted for thos th< nontioned in the contract. Te Con- Co, rress having declined to grantithe nec- ,m ssary authority to secure this saving, twi ihe contract, unmodified, was carried lea )Ut, resulting i. a gold reserve amount- vo ng to $107.571,230 on the 8th day of Jul Fuly, 1893. The performance of this ere iontract not only restored the reserve, err )ut checked for a time the withdrawals an if gold and brought on a period of re- nut tored confidence and such peace and cal uiet in husiness circles as were of the Un rreatest possible value to every inter- stel wt that affects our people. I hav CY Lover had the slightest misgiving con- tat erning the wisdom or propriety of in I his arrangement and am quito willing Ac o answer for my full share of respon- ma ibility for its promotion. I believe it the ,verted a disaster, the imminence of mec which was fortunately not at the time I enerally understood by our people. Wh1 Though the contract mentioned stay- oth d for a time the tide of gold with- cur rawals, its good results could not be of ( iermanent. Recent withdrawals have qa educed tho reserve from $107,571,230 and )n the 8th day of July, 1895, to $7N),3:13.- the 7s6. How long it will remain large cou nough to render its increase unneces- ent ary is only matter of conjecture, COl hough quito large wlidrawals for o' hipment in the immediato futuro are wit iredicted in well informed quarters. th6 bout $16,000,000 has been withdrawn rati turing the month of November. ati% 'HEB ONLY RiiM11DY PORl OUR TOU- the LEuS.r larl I am convinced that the only thorough mCI ,nd practical romedy for our troubles vali 3 found in the retirument and cancel- oth, ation of our United States notes, com- to 1 nonly called greenbacks and the icye utstanding treasury notes issued by and he Government in payment of silver find iarchasolunder,tho Act of 1890 seal I believe that this could bo quits app endily accompanied by the exchange tior I these notes for United States bonds i small as well as large denominations >earing a low rate of interest. They T hould be long term bouds, thus Ar- *t v ireasing their desirability as invest- moi nents, and because their paymnt ne0c ould be well postpaid to a period far cur emoved froin present financial burdens var ind perplexities, when with increased Col p)iosperity and resources they would be tiO nore cas'ly met. tell To further insure the cancellation of bot lheso notes and also provide a way by cir which gold may be added to our cur- wil !ency in lieu of them a feature in the stn plan should be an authority given to a 8 Ahe Secretary of the Treasury to dis- USE )ose of the bonds abroad for gold, if ati accessary to complete the contem plated an( edemption and cancellation, permit. alAs ing him to use the proceeds of such Us Jonds to take up and cancel any of the sta 2otes that may be in the treasury or ma -at may be received by the Govern- cia font on any account. th. The increase of our bonded debt in- mrl ,olved in thlis lian would be amply P1l ompensated by renewed activity and (co Interprise in all business circles, the cit, 'estored confidence at home, the rein- wo itated faith in Our monetary strength do] Lbroad, and the stimuLlation of every its nterest and industry that would follow an he cancellation of gold demand ob- hoi igatlions nowv aniiting us. In any I ~vent the bonds pr'oposedi would stand thi or the extinguishment of a ti-oubic- nee ome indebtedness, while in tihe sol >ath we now follow there lurks tie th< nenace of unendilng bonds, with ou sil' ndebtedness still undischa 'ged an tilt Iggravated in every feature. T'iio o.b. tuc igatforms nlecessary to fund ,htis in- me1( lebtedness would net equal in amoun', 1o0 hose from which we have been reiiev. dm1 d since 1881 by anticipation and pay~3 lPl nent, beyond the requirements of th, t inking fund, out of our surpllus rev. anls mnuss. sch' While I hlavo endeuvored to make a fr'a >ain statement of tibe diisor'dored con1 the litiotn of curoniey andl tihe prl~eent pa langers menacing outr prosper'Ii~y, amnd oe *o suggest a way whichl leads to a safer ,e, inanclal system, I have constantly hadl gil n mind tihe fact that, my countrtyimen, con wh'lose sincerIty I do not dout insist a 1hat the cure for the ills nowv threaten- oits nig us may be found in tile singlo and up impic remedy of tile free coiunage 01 diver. They contend that our1 mlint' hall be at once thr'own open to the1 roe, unltmitedl and independent coint ~go of both geld and silver delliars of gr ull legal tendeor quality, regar'dless ol 9'P 5he act/on of any othter Gover'nment o bnd in full view of tile fact that the(c 'atlo betwoen tile metals which thleycl muggest calls fotr one hmutndr'lled cnta a ivor'th of gold in tile gold dollar at the a >resent standard, and oauy lifty c'entsi n intrinsic worth ofasilvetr in the silver tl lollar. .p Were the infinItely str-onger r'easons han can be adduced for' hoping thtat much action would secur'e for us5 a bi1 netallic curreney mtoving on lincs of oti atrity, an cx per-inenlt so novel and an azardous as t hat >r'oposed might well m1 Itagger'those whIlo elieve thait stability dlu s san impertive condition (If sound noney No Govenmenmt, no human ontiIvance or Act of legislatiotn hasm >ver' been able to hold( the two metal- ! ~ogether in free coinage at a ratio ap )reciably dilfer'ent from thlat which is He~ mstabllshed in the mai'kets oIf the world. Those who beleve that 01r ' ndependent free coinage of silvor' at pul tn artificial ratio withigold of 1(6 to I fed would restore tile parity betweeni the( of] rnetals, and consequently betwveetn thC A aolns, oppose an unsup~ported and Im -neeo probable theory to thle getnerall ho.liel ed and practice of other nations and t(' wil the teaching of the wisest statesmen sDC d ec(nomists of the world,. both 3 past and present, and what is ire conclusive they run countoi e own actual experiencos. It OWN EXPERIENOIS WITH I1-M ALISM. ['wioe in our early history our i ,kers .in attempting to establisi netalio currency undertook i nage upon a ratio which accideni varied from the actual relatior a metals not more than 3 per cc both cases, notwithstanding groa culties and cost of transportat m now exist, the coins whose int worth was undervalued in the rMl 6dually and surely'disappeared fr circulation and Went to other col 3s, where their real value was bot ognized. Acts of Congress w4 potont to create equality where n 1 causes decreedoven a slight tality. wice in our tecent history we hi nally failed to raise by legialati value of silver. Under an Act agress passed in 8b78 the Govei not was required for more th )lve years to ex ad annually st, $24,000,000 in th . purchase of t bullion for coin go. The Act y 14, 1890, In a still bolder effort ased the amount of silver the Gi mont was compelled to purcha I forced it to become the buyer o ,11y of 54,000,000 ounces, or prat ly the entire product of our min, dor both jaws silver rapidly a dily declined in value. The proi and the expressed hope and exp, Ion of those in the Congress who I ihe passage of the last mentior ,, that it would re-establish u intain the former parity betwe two metals, are still fresh in e morv. u tio light of these experienc ich acecord with the experiences er nations, there is eortainly no ( ground for the belief that an A jongross coffid now bridge an it lity of 60 per cont. betweon gc silvor at our prosent ratio, nor re the least possibility that 0 ntrty, which has less than one-s( I ofthe silver money in the worl Id ty its action aloie, raise not on own, but. all silver to Its lost rai b gold. Our attempt to Icompli by the free coinage of silver al o differing widely from aotual r< ,e values would be the signal I completo departure of gold fr< circulation, the immediate a ro contraction of our circulati liun, and a shrinkage in the rc je and monotary elliclency of er forms of currency as they setti lhe level of silver monormetalis ry one who receives a fixed sala every worker for wages woui the dollar in his hand ruthles. ed down to the point of bitter d ointment if not to pinching pri% 1. TlE STANDARD O1F VALUM. here is a vast difference botweer vJs.rd of y1nih and a eurrenc:' I letary use. The ! standar mI essarily be fixed and certain. T rency may be in divers forms and ious kinds. No silver stand, ntry has a gold currency in circu .I, but an enlightened and wise 8 I of finance secures the benefits h1 gold and silver as currency L aulating medium by currency at ) ,h it. Such a system keeping t ndard staple and all other and si bandard also give free scopo for t and oxpansion of safe and consei ve credit, so indispensablO to brt I growing cornmnerchil transactit I so well substituted for the acti of money. If a lixed and staj ndard is maintained such as t gnitude and safety of our comni I transactions and business requil use of money is conveniently mi .cd. l0vor'y dolliar of lixed and s value has through the agency lidlent cred it an astonishling cai y of multiplying itself in linanc rk e very unstable and( lluctuati lar fails as a basis of credit and use begets gamblin~g, speculati I usnder iines the foundations iest enterprise. have venturedi to express myself s subjct w ith carniestness andl pita s of speech because I cannot ridi n of the belief that t here lurks p~roposi tien for the. free coinmage er, s0 strongly approved and sor I isiastical y adv~ocated by at mul ,n of my country men, a seric nace to ouiir l))prsperi ty andl an i ns 15 temptationi of our1 peCople to wI from the alIlegiance they owe >lic andl pri1vate integrity. It in I iso1 Id not dIistrust the good fai I sincerity of thosre who press ti oil tnlat 1 have iminperfectly, 1 ,h zeal subiittedl my thboughIts up S mnomentous sub lject. I can not is from begginrg them to re-exami ir views anid hel iefs in time light riotic reason andI faiiliar ex pe e, and to weigh argainm and againi t sequ~ie'es ofn suchi legislation ir~ elforts have inlvitedI. I'ven t ti,iue ag ititin of the subject, ad atly to th - dilleuilties of a dang< Ii nancial situationt al readly fore AN APPI I'A TO C1 ONI RIESS. ri conclurion I es pecial ly entreat t ple's r'epreseintlatilves in the Cc ss, who are charged with the oibility of inaugurating imeasul the safotly and( prosperity of< imonf country, to promplltly and( ively conisideir the illIs of ou" cir financial phlght. 1 have suggesi 'emody which my judgment yes. I desire, howveve'r, to assi Congress that I am pi pared to rate with them in perfecting er measure prom'fisinog tilorou I practical relief, and that I v dly labor with them in every pal endeavor to further the intore i guardl the welfare of ourm count n whom in our r'espective laI(ce y we have uandor taken to srve. GnovEn CI~avxiA Nil 3xocutivo Mansion, Doc. 2, 189i,. ITONECW'ALJ .JACKSON'S FO)E eared Lhluor More Than lie I: he1 following story was never bof< >lished, and i3 reltetd by an ox-C crate oflicer, who is now a resid< Morfolk, Va: Sbout day'light of the day before1 ond battle of Manassas, I was ord to report to Gen5. T. J. Jacks ,h detail of one0 hund red men, cial dunty. TUnnn arrival at avenues to our people's cheap liv or lessen their comfort and con tmeat, for the sake of according ecial advantages to favorites and ich, while encouraging our Inter irso and trade with other nations, ognizes the fact that Americen f-reliance, thrift and ingenuity can ld up our country's industries and 'elop its resources more surely than rvating paternalism. FREE COINAGE 011' SILVER. he compulsory purchase and coin of silver of the government, un cked and unregulated by business ditions and heedless of our currency do, which for more than fifteen rs diluttd our circulating medium, ormined confidence aoroad in our ncial ability and at last culminated distress and panic at home, has n recently stOpped by the repeal of laws which forced this reckless .me upon the country. The things a accomplished notwithstanding ir extreme importance and benel 6 effects, fall far short to curing monetary evils from which we er as a result of long indulgence in Advised financial expedients. he currency denominated United Wes notes, and commonly known as 3n backs, was issued in large vol ) during the late civil war, and was nded originally to. meet the exi cies of that period. It will be seen reference to the debate in Con as at the time that the laws were ed authorizing the issue of those 3s thattheir advocates declared they e intended for only temporary use to meet the emergency of war. ,lmost, if not all, the laws relating hem some provision was mac o con plating their voluntary or compul retirement. A large quantity of ,n, however, were kept on foot and gled with the currency of the atry, so that at the close of the r 1874 they amounted to $381,099,073. amediately after that date, and in uary, 1875, a law was passed pro ng for the resumption of specie monts, by which the Secretary of Treasury was required, whenever itional circulation was issued to onal banks, to, retire United States -s equal in amount to 80 per cent. uch additional national bank cir, ,tion until such notes were reduced 1300,000,000. This law further pro id that on and after the first day of iary, 1879, the United States notes outstanding should be redeemed i oin, and in order to provide and are for such redemption the See ry of the Treasury was authorized 13 Dnly to use any surplus revenues of i government, but to issue bonds of I United States and dispose of them t coin, and to use the proceeds for c purposes contemplated by the t ute. May, 1878, and before the date appointed for the redemption and t rement of these notes, another ute was passed forbidding their her cancellation and retirement. I ae of them had, however, been pro isly redeemed and cancelled upon < issue of additional national bank i ulation, as permitted by the law of i i, so that the amount outstanding i he time of the passage of the Act sidding their further retirement $346,681,016. The law of 1878 did stop at distinct prohibition, but ained, in addition, the following ross provision : "And when any iaid notes may be redeemed or be i ived into the treasury under any , from any source whatever, and [I belong to the United States, they .1 not be retired, cancelled or do- i yed, but they shall be reissued and i I out again and kept in circula ." This was the condition of irs on the first day of January, I, which had been fixed upon four' rs before as the date for entering n the redemption and retirement 11 these notes, and for which such ndant means had been provided. government was put in the anom as situation of owin~g to the holders as notes debts payable in gold on mand, which could neither be re d by receiving such notes in dis rge of obligations due to the gov nent, nor' cancelled by actual pay its in gold. It was forced to r n without redemption and to pay 10ut acquittanco. GRESS WOLDI NOT D)0 ITS DUTY. anticipation of impending trouble d on the 28th day of .January, 1895, ressed a communication to the Con as fully sotting fourth our difucul and dangerous p)osition, and earn y recommending that authority be mn the Stucretary of the Treasury asue bonds bearing a low rate of in at, payable by their terms in golc, the purapose of maintaining a sulil t gold reserve, and also for the re totion and cancellation of outstand United States notes and the treas notes issued for the purchase of4 er unnor the law of 1890. Trhis re mendation (lid not, however, meet 1 apuiroval, a Fe~bruary, 1895, therefore, the ation was exceedingly critical. ,h a reserve perilously low and a1 asal of Congressional aid, eoer; ag indicated that the end1 of gold ments by the Gover'nment was im ent. T1he results of prior' bond is a had boon exceedingly unsatisfac r, and the large withraws of gold iediately succeeding their public1 in open market gave rise to a rca-1 ibleosuspicion that a large part of gold paid into the treasury upon 3 sales was promptly drown out in by the presentation of United bus notes or treasury notes andi id its way to the hands of those a had only temporarily parted with< ri the purchase of bonds. In the argency, and in view of its suraround perplexities, it became entirely arent to those upon whom the strug-i for safety was devolved not only our gold reser-ve must, for theI d time in less than thirteen months, a catered by another Issue and sale onds bearing a high rate of interesti badly suited to the purpose, but < a lplan must be ado pted lear thoir 4 iosition promising botter results1 ri those realized on previous sales. eagaroemen tIwas, therefore, made bi a number of financiers and bank whereby it was stipulated that da as described in the Resumption of 18'75, payable in coin in thirty rs alter their date, bearing interest lhe rate of 4 per cent. per annum, amounting to about $62,000,000, uld be exchanged for gold, receiva by weight, amounting to a litle CLEMSON'S C DITIO1. An ixtract rnom thiei T stees' Au- Mi nual Iteport Showing: lie Flianol. Condition of this Statj, InstitutiOg. The State. The following extract'from the an nual report of the board of trustees .of Jlemson College, just issued, will be read with interest by those Interested in the management of this State insti tution By reference to the report of this board made Oetobt I 31st, '1894, a bAl ance of $15,130 98 appea'red. This balance was brought forwaird to this flical year's account, but no part of it was money applropriated by the State -$4,186.43 bilo-rved to the- cdets, be lFg u; po*itevd with the treaurer to pay for unmforms and the rel'ainder, ,bo snum of $10.951.55, was th) balance f the insurance money received on h~o burni. buillding. FIE MONEY RVICEIVED gFROM THE STATE. 4pecial appropriatou..... $ 05,0000 r velego tax .... $30,317.7. s amount of cost of Col It 01 in- tax, ect. .$l,376.40 21,941.29 - nterest on Clemson bequest 3,512336 ntorest on liaud ser i fund. 5,654 0u .aianco Iceived froi old agricultural department.. 791 0P \mou unt received from expe riment station fund for repairs.................. 837.40 $ 71,836.74 \d to this balance of inur an-'o as abovo stated. 10,951.43 $ 82,788.17 This amount, $82,788.17 was expend 'd as shown by rpoirLt, leaving a bal ince on hand Of $4.291.78. But in this -eport of expenditures the following Mm11 w0r110 id for prImanent 11m provements, tAilarging and equipping bhe colle'.0 plant, namely: vlechanlical department (this Was for onlaigiug building and puir-ch11ase of of ma chnery)................ $13,885.7 (dditioial outfit. for dairy. . 2,312.50 tefurnishing and equippiug recitation roomus, library, otc..------ .. .... ..... .. 3,158.24. nsuring college building for livo years ............... 1,797,37. lonstruction and repairs... 27,715.73 .o0ls and uwiobinery. ...... .1,387.12 $ 60,250.79 t will be see), thorofore, thatt of the amount re ceived from ie State and is111uranco .............. $82,788.17 .huro wats expInded for per manent impriveinents.... 50,251( Aeaving for turre-.t ex penses .........4 '. .... $32,531.' _o this amiouniit ad Hatch fund (l"ederal ap ropria tion) .. . . . . .. . ..)1 , und .lorrill fund V^~ral Ia propriation)... -.. .... 10,00( Which gives.. .. $57,531.38 Thu whole amount available current 'xpevn-os during the'year. The buildings completed -and erect I sineu last report are Th main building completad and urnriished with electric lights, steam icauting and water works and recita ,ion roomins and library partially re toured . AIehanical hall oipletod. 110ol coIlIloted. One brick professor's house erected vitl outbuildings and two brick muses for water closets and bath The buildings, being new, are in rol repair, and are all insured for ive years. Woc aro~ gratified to reuort that un. oss thle attendl~anco of students should Jo largolyv in(caMed, rendering adi ions tol thea. teaching force necesary, l.eh 1 priIego taix, JClemson bequest md1( thme ileoal appIIroprIiationls will be uillieient to meet thme current expenses >f the college aind no special appr'oprl- # 1,'ion is req u ired or asked for. In the spring of this year a levee vas built by convicts, to protect thd -lver bottoms from overflow, but ilhortly after' this was done, and before ,he banks became settled, a freshet. m1e and1 dlestroyed a large part -f the wvork. it is a matter of great importance to ,hat these bottoms should be >rotected from overllow, and this anii only be done by a levue. 13e bis n mch heavy wrork on the farm'n uomiainis to be done to properly fit it -V or experi mnts alnd instruction. Weo' herefore i espetful ly submit that we >o furnished with the same number of :onvicts as hufore, namely, 33. lIn conclusion, it alfords this board ~ 4 greait pleasure to report that the col- ? o i.- wvell or'ganized and is working IunOOthly andl harmoniously in all of Lt depaIrtmlents. R. W. m:isi.'ot, I 'residledlnt Board of TJ.ruse'~ 1cm-- ( ion Agricultural College. I low T111im' SGNSIC 1)ROP Tro SL1010P. -Now phy~sic(ins and physlologists eaomie the front with the astounding statement that a man goes to sleep p~iccomoal instead of altogether and -siamltanfcously, as it were. That is, -j ' ahIo Henses (do not lull themselyes miiitedl and at Once into a state of ulmnber, but cease to receive impresd nions gradlually, one after the other. ~ A\t first the sight ceases, and next the ~ens of taste loses its susceptIbility to * muiward impression. - . ( l'ven then, the Individual being dimost in a stato of unconsciousness, ,bree sill remain in a condition o~ metivity--smelling, hearing and Iiou ght. Gradually the sense of smellinggo When hearing, and, finally, with the apse of thought, the entire bod'y ieomes comleltely asloep. The p~hysiologists have gone. evq '. rmther' than this and they say that the senses sleep with different degre$ 'f profoundness. The sense of. touch '~ s the most easy to arose, next that of hearing, then sight and tasteqn smoeliing last. Sleep steals on the body gradually, certamn parts of musales beginniing,' Jeeop before others. Slumber c& menecs at the extremities, beghun' at the feet and legs. That ispyhy W always necessary to keep te warm. -They say that the're are 10000 more wometi than thfen i little Rho1 island. . in headquarters and nyaking nyselt known far by prqsentin thq ordr of Gen. J. E to B. Stuart, Gen. Jak'6o 1r 1id me to colno with him, and rode 'soine-, fty or 9- oe hundredyrds froIn hi8 staffy turn ed towards no and hzlted. Tin he 4 said, " Captain, do you ever,, use U a quors ?," . - - . . 1 I replied, "No air,"* lO Hothen iald.: "I sonttoGell. Stuart of to send mile a special dotinl of one 1h un - on under cominand of an olliour r who nover- usd spirituous liquors. Are you that muan ?" In- I said, " Yus, sir, I was dotailed on 40, that account." " Well, sir, I have an order to give, in- upon the full and exact exocution of Lr which deponds tho success of tho pres 3r ont novemuent, and tb reilt of th-0 30 battle soon to be fought. Can I trust at. you to executo that orderl ?" 1 replied Ahaft If to keep) sober was all ve that was ivt (I U lie could rely upon , my obediene of ll said, -No that is not all, but ,n- unlesi you - "1 resist tmtuli ation to drink you co o, arrIy out mny orders : but I will ex1hn." -c then pointed to It llrge fratilo depot or ware.tu'hoube nid said : "1 Tak your coinand upI to that warehous. havo a largo l11t >V- bor of barr'ois of broad rolled out and . sont down tho railroad to a point about ivo hundred yar.ds from the warehouse so that mlly ien lla got all the broad 6thoy want as they pass, and thou tako d 4ome picked non into tho buihling and 1. spill all tho liquors there ; don't sparv 30- i (a1'r), nor lot any man tasto it under ed :inly jrcuistancos. I expr'act you to ed execute this ordier at any cost." 1-n 0 pulled dow-ln his can and was 'about to rido back to 11is stiff, %, 11011 1 ur 41aid to him: "Genoral, supposo an 'u . 'Ilicor of superior rank should order m undr arreost and then gain posses of tjion of thbe warehouse." . 0 Ho said, with an air of soloninty I et shall netver forgot, coining close to me, and looking as .i he would -look me ld throuith : "Until 1. relieve you In per son you arec exempt frot alrest except ur uLIpot my Ordor in writing." Ho then V- slid, " .1 fear that liquor noro than d, (n. I l'oo's army," anti rode off. yk .nIy me10n to tho warohouso, Hnow so o ortaunt in my cyes, and th row sh a guard around It, placing five men at r ,fW a ch unt.rance with orders to nolther allow any one to enter, not' to ont C or thotuselvos. I thoui put some4 prisoners ' u1nder gar11 i-Ud to roll out the broad near dost Lhe doors. In a lit'le while this was dono, and to guard was alparent- I l ly all 1,hat WIs requirOd. lIUt in a al little whilo 1 was callcd to one on tranco od to find a general oIi1cor with his stalf domand ing that the guards should ry lither allow him) to enter, or bring out Id sotme liquor. Jpon ily rofusal to ly comply witlh his request ie ordered I his adjutant. to phLae m1lt unt1d4r 'rest. I told him that I wIs prt there by Gen. .Iakson inl person and Oxeplted from liability of arrest,. Ho, gave his stif anl order to disilmunt anld ("nter i tfbl Wirehous ; IItAl I gaLve lly muml) ot: h 'h o le e , ie c .pm 1s1.11mak ready." T 11is 4 Oulehe thirsty he .oencra i halt, and hold a cotnsultationl of with his oflieo'rs, who -mo1ud'ied to try ,' persuasion. li1, thoy .mon found thalt la- no liquor Couhli to 'had. 'Iley then Ys- asited Iny taie. aind to what tolmtllIdtl of I bolonged, Lndlt ItratonUed to rlepo't ,nd mo for d i-'obedienoc of orders (f ia s1 >ar perior ollioctr. he . Just then Goneral A. I'. HI il mLo cl galloping up1) with his stall. I explain ho ed the position to hilt. itId soon Saw "v- thilt ito Jtook in the sitt',ill, akS ho0 or ad (oed the tlir'-Iy .-1.L Il. Then he mIS Said, " lave you ond. rs it) h) 1r1 this ,ial building'?'' 0.1 my reuigthat. I had(] >Ie not, ho weit. olf. W 1.1-1 -ill 11111r Gen. he c. Ltkson Sont, mle ll ord--r to bLIrn 111t 3'- bu1ilding, and aftern' it, was w4ll de.-stroy '43, (1 to ptor)t,1. to himi. This I Iid. No ni- man11 got, a tdrink I.hat, thay. A~nd the La- fooc that, StonetIwa~ llfk~onl mtost drea'&d of ed was powoti ess for' evilI. ml ug GAN"'GIVI' A WA Y IN L'OXIGATING IlLIQUOl{S (fJ tiige HIttttnl L{,itdor's li is I)eels lont in 11i(e W. l'. G~onzales laIngu141r Il Juidge Si mtont tonI, inl the1 U ited Sta4t05 OfGircuit, Court, hat', rendered'O~ a. dfe Ii- Glnzales, untlo t.O 'Ifw II wned0'. by( 13 the GonIIzles has1 b otn w.ithdrllawvn from~n ,he -jurtisdfitLe o f theo Coutl. Thel( follow uog is Ihis dec'itin : lT) IasII waVIs ..heardI'( aLL the same~l Its featurtes. Ther'o were11 tw io ken markdc 11 inl t h namI~O of A. I'. Gonzale0, wit jlbl 11 s s)1howlt.'in g Ilbat thiey .tI( wer Ipor't(d from '4-Nor'th 1JarIolinla by A. '. Gonza.Iles, for (fhis p~ersona1l uIse, by aL(11 tcommon caierI'l. ri Mr. A. E. G;onzales in hiIstl evidenco le shows thtese facts to b~e truec, but ho as adds thiat ho had~i give Vone o11(f tile lbar sIn the1 opinion just filed, it fias biotn ed 1other S tatuor(t If IL foin cou11ntr'y, is prte~ted00 by Lt in(terestatLo (com-1 mec law, anid that thflis priotect~ion is ho0 continiiud over the impjottion afterll -its arr'i'valf, so1 lon~g as' thfiis perIsonl uIen an cumti on 1I~~~l .0101 in ties. It, h 10.owvert, thIis perona5)LI ttso and con mr- sumption 0ease, the1 pro',teetion (eense~s If LIso. In the present1 caIse. .\b-. A. 10. i~te Gonzaleos imporIIttehd fot' hi o(w n ulse 40 Lwo( packai~lges. 01noc lalimedI in) hiis ownV LI)' tIse and1 for' his own consumpliJtionf. TIho l'0 (1th11r did not1. Il gave it. aIway'. TJhei co polico law (If this St.atoe foi'bids thfis. "1)3 Indeed, it pac(katges cold ( be imprted1'L gl'h by one4 tot' htis own) use, al~ afterl Iar ,i- could be o il imtlit toI thte numbr t s1o1'3( sts m11pmtd by oIit per'son m-I to tht (of 'Y~ 1he r'ecipjionlt after11 thiey wer'e imi ol' por'ted. Thell pr'(otetllin of theO Inter' ' privi logo. It canonot ho ta aunsfolrced t.o an)O~ote p~er'son and gi vo to im t~lhbo( prlotection) given to the imnportr (only becaulso lhe actual y imltported io goods. 11d The paockaige bolonging to A. 1'. Gonzales Is inl the~ polssession of tho >re res pondent, 1V. M . Mi xson. Lot 11im In- dielive VtI to the owner,11' andl~ aLft.er such1 nt, delivery, th11is r'ule w.il bie dlisoburged. The other' package, thlat now.. owned ,ho by Mr. WA. 10. Gounzales, has been1 w.ith (cr- drawn f'rm the jurtisdiction of this on, court. tot' G C As. If. S1MOTroN, hei Circuit .Juden.