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E LEOPL'S J R VOL. 6.---NO. 3. PICKENS, S. G., THURSDAY, JANUARY 3, O D96. THE 0ONFEDERATE REORDS. INTERESTING 11EPORtT BY THE HISTORIAN. What Has Been Done Towards Pre ser-viag tie History of I)aring Deeds -The Work Will be of Great Value. The following interesting report has been made by General Farley, the his torian of Confederate Records, for the information of the General Assembly: COLUMmA, S. C., Jan.. 1896. To His Excellency John Gary Evans, Governor of South Carolina. Sir: I beg leave to submit to your Excellency the following report, as " Historian of the Confederate Rec ords " for the information of yourself and the honorablo members of tho General Assembly. It is deemed noc essary in order to show what has been done, what is being done, and what is necessary to be done, to put the Rec ords in proper shape for final publica tion and preservation, as is contem plated by the Acts of the General Assembly. Accompanying this report, I also submit a "memorial of the South Car olina Division of United Confederate Veterans," signed by their Command er, General C. I. Walker, also General Edward McCrady, Judg J. H. Hudson and myself, a committee appointed by the Confederate Vetorans to prepare this memorial and present it to your Excellency and the members of the General Assembly. This memorial is the result of the fol lowing correspondence between Com mander Walker and myself, and the discussion following my remarks be fore the Association: SOUTH CAROLINA DIVISION, UNITED CONF'EDERATE VETICRANS, CHARLESTON, S. C., Oct. 19, 1895. General Hugh L. Farley, Spartan burg, S. C. Dear Sir: I think it would be well for you to attend the convention of the United Confederate Veterans at Colum bia, S. C., November 12 and 13. You may gain assistance in cat rying out your duties as State historian. The Tenth and Twelfth Regiment sketch, which you asked mo to propare is done. If you care to go to the convention as a representative of the Camp in Spartanburg, all right; if not, I should be happy, as the the commander of the Division, to extend an invitation to you to be present for your personal record during the warl and because you are the State historian. Very truly, C. I. WALKEM. In obedience to this very kind invi tation, and as a Confederate survivor, I attended the meetings of the Asso ciation, and at their request addressed them fully on the subject of the Con federate Records much to the same effect as appears in the memorial and in this report, feeling and appreciat ing the fact that they wore more deeply interested than even the public at large in this work, and were entitled to all the information I possesed in regard to it. Iexplained to them the condition of the Records, and what offorts had been made during the administration of Governor Tillman and yourself to complete them and put them, properly edited, before the public, and assured them that every effort in that direction had not only met the cordial co-opcra tion of both adinin istrations, but assur ed them also that your Excollency stood ready to unite with them and vwith the Legislature in securing a proper completion and publication of the roc ords in the best shapo possible. Later, I received the following kind and flattering communication on the subject : SOUTnI CAlROLINA DIVISION, . UNITIlD CONFEDEluATEr VETERANS, CH A RLESTrON, S. C., Nov. 25, 1895. Gen. Hugh L. Farley, Spartanburg, S. C. Dear General : I will be much obliged if you will consent to serve as historian, South Carolina Division . United Confederate Veterans, under the resolution of the late convention. As you'are authorized to appoint as sistangss to each Brigade United Con feekeVeterans D)ivision and in each Confederate Regiment Aattalion and independent command, you wvill have many to hellp you in the work, and not threw too much on your shoul ders. I think the Division will feel great confidenceoin you and your work, and *will unanimously second me in my so * ection of one so worthy and able to f ill the place. Yours very truly, C. I. WALK10im. Highly appreciating the compli ment, and the spirit in which the oiler was made, I indicated my willingness to accep~t so high an honor, in pr1op)or terms ; and later rceivedl the follow ing communication: SOUTH CAttOr4INA DIVISION, UNITIED CONFIDERATrE VETI:RA NS, Cu AuRLEsTON, S. C., Decc. 2, 1895. Gen. H. L. F'arley, Spartanburg, S. C. Dear Comrade : The Major General commanding, under resolu tion holow, .unanimously adop~ted of this Div ibion, November 13, 1895, hereoby appoint you historian of the South Carolina Divi sion United Confederate Veterans, having full 'onfidenco, not only in your ability and fitness, but in your honesty, impartiality, and loyalt-y to the memories of our' dead comrades, and to the noody, who survive. "Roesol ved, T1.hat the general com manding the South Carolina Dimvision United Confederate Veterans do ap point a historian of this Division,, whio shall in return apoint brigade histo rians, to be aided by B electedl regi.. mental and battalion hisetorians, whose duty it shall be to collect all the facts and ineidonts connected with the South Carolina troops in the army of the Confederacy, to be preserved for the use of this ])lvision by the Division historian. That at each meeting all comrades be invited to read such ro collections as they may prepare." It affords the undersigned, who has served in war and worked in Peace with you, much pleasure to extend this order. Yours fratornalty, JAMES 0. HOLMES, Adjutant General and Chief of Staf. I have submitted the foregoing as informnation to which your Excellency and the members of the General As sembly are entitled, showing that your amm)initmenlt has received the ndorse mont of the survivors, which I know will be almost as gratifying to your Excillency as i$ has been to me; and although It will entail some additional work upon the historiani, shall receive my best and closest attention. Your Excellency will discover from the memorial of the U. C. V., and from this report, that the work of collecting the records has been going on for many years and has been grad ually nearing completion. I may say that the rolls are as nearly complete now (only a small number being still out) as they are likely to be until the survivors realize that the publication is actually taking place, when those who have been so hard to arouse will rush forward to see that their com mands are properly Included. A de tailed account of the commands whose rolls are unfinished will be published again soon, as it has been from time to time in the progress of the work. These have been looked after, as fre quent and persistent visits have been made from time to time, but they can be secured during the progress of pub lication. In the examination of the actual condition of the rolls, I have found that many of them are made out with great care and accuracy, but there are a groat many that are but imperfectly finished. Your Excellocy will see from our memorial that it is the opinion of the United Confederate Veterans that an experimental copy of these rolls should be made and placed in the hands of the survivors for correction and revision before they be considered as ready or in proper shape for final publication. This, at my suggestioi, was recommended by his Excellency Governor Tillman several years ago, and would har.o boon done but for the stringency of the money market and the great expense devolving upon the State in the building of educational and other public works demanded by the exigencies of the times. Now it can be done without serious inconven ience, and I am satisfied that as the sum necessary will hardly be felt by the State the Legislature will readily respond to any call from your E'xcel lency in this direction. Until this is done, as is evident to your E xcelloncy, no final or complete publication of the work can be made, with the addition of the valuable his toric manuscript which has been and is now boing collected to go with the publication of the rolls when they are completed. Under the plan of this work as sub mitted to your E1,xcollency, to Gover nor Tillman, and to the various ollicers commanding or representing brigades from this State, it will be an interest ing volume, showing: First. The record made by our State as a State in the war, the sacrifiest; made by our people in gencral, and the heroic record made by our men and women in the war, bringing out the more prominent events and salient points of our history as a State and people. Second. As the history of our troops runs so largely by brigades, each of which has a separate, distinct and in teresting history of its own, and which, at one time or another, . com prised every regiment in s'rvice with but one or two exceptions, (to which must be added our separate batteries of artillery), the record of the most of our troops can be written by brigades -the brigade historian doing full jus tice to regiment and battalion, and thus saving unnecessary multiplication of history, the artillery and separate independent commands being provided for by separate sketches. In this way we can do full justice to all of our troops and people in a work within the reach of our logislativo appropriations, and which, not being too cumbersome, will be eargerly reat and fondly treasured by our people because it will go with the rolls con taining the names and records of each soldier. This work Is already being pushed towards completion, first by the Mtate historian and by seleoted representa tives from each brigade or soeparate command, and will be ready for the prmnter by the time the rolls are in shape for publication after the experi mental cop)10s are sqnt out for revision and correction. Some of the sketches ar'e already complete. In the meantime your historian, under the appointment conferred upon him by the survivors, as well as that by yourself, will be engaged in collect ing the missing rolls and the varions regi mental and battal ion sketches called for by the resolution of the U. C. V., and and if practicable or possi ble0 at the time of publication might be include], though it will be more ditlicult, to secure good sketches of each regiment and battalion in time for publication. At any rate this work can be pushed forward, and will at least make a most valuable collection of historical data which can be pro sor'ved and p)ublished in the future, even if we can not include it In the publication of the rolls, which should be fi'nished as soon as possible, in order to make thorn perfect ly safe. My own historical wvork under your Excellency's appointment, though it involved more extensive readling and thorough rescarch than I had antici p~ated1 at first, is satisfactorily undler way, and will be submitted for revis ion amnd publication in duo time. l'arts of It showing the recapitulation of the numbers of our trops engaged in the wvar, the deaths, losses, etc., can not be filled out until our' rolls are all in with all the dlata they contain to correspond with my general statement. Besides my own manuscript, I have on hand a valuable collection of mnanu script by Il'rofossor' Rivers, which, though not com llotO and ready for publication, arc Invaluable to those engaged in writing sketches of the early organization of our troop~s and their subsequent history. These have boon placed in propor' hands for refer ence, and will bo0 preserved for future use, the State owing Professor Rivers a deb.t of graltitude (for pr-oserving these records), and also Gonoral Man igault, who inaugurated the work of preserving the rolls. I have also on hand in thme ofle of the Adjutant and Insp)etor Genoral ai valuable " Roll of Hlonor'," or alpha betical list of the dead, which, though not complete, contains some ten thou sand names, as estimated and preopared by the Survivor's' Association. Thmis, too, should be published so as to enable our People to add names net included and to make th litcmpee It has boon suggestod by General C. I. Walkwr, and I would respectfully join in the request, that some better miean for the preservation of the Confederate Records of all kinds be made, which, with the co-operation of your Excellency, I think can be ar ranged with the Adjutant and inspec tor General; or if the room there is not sufilciont, elsewhere in the State House. In conclusion, I bog to say that upon commencing my work I addressed a circular letter to the various surviving brigade commanders in the State, -or those whom I considered proper rep resentatives asking their co-opera tion and assistance In the work before me. It gives me groat pleasure to say that I mot with a warm and cor dial response in every instanco, and the list below of those who are on gaged in or supervising the sketches of our brigades gives assurance that when their work Is completed it will not only give satisfaction, but shed honor and glory upon the troops whom they represent. This work is being done by or under the supervision of the following gentlemen, who can call to their assistance whatever help they may need from their various subordi nato commanders and comrades, and some of this work is already finished : For Jenkin's (Bratton's) Brigade, General S. McGowan. For Bonham's (Kershaw's) Brigade, General John ). Kennedy. For Jenkin's (Bratton's) Brigade, General John Bratton. For Hagood's Brigade, General Johnson Hagood. For Evans and Elliott's (Wallaco's) Brigade, General Wm. H. Wallace. For Gist's (Caper's) Brigade, General Ellison Capers. For Manigault's Brigade, General C. I. Walker. For Hampton's (Butler's) Brigade, Major Theo. G. Barker. For Gary's Brigade, General Thos. M. Logan. For Brigade Regulars and what was know as Elliott's Brigade at the close of the war, Colonels Butler, Hugue nin, Lucas and others representing the several commands. For Third South Carolina Cavalry, Major John M. Jenkins. South Carolina had a magnificent artillery forco, probably larger than that of any other State South, coin posed (besides the three regiments of artillery on the coast) of some four battalions and twenty old batteries. It will be my endeavor to secure a separate short sketch of each, as they served all over the Confederacy ; and also to secure a general sketch of " South Carolina Artillery in the War," from the pen of Stephen D. Lee, who started his splendid career in that branch of the service in the Hampton Legion, and did much of his work therein. As your Exeellency will readily Ace, all of this work when properly revised, condensed and finished, with 'die cum plete rolls of our troops and a ;uural sketch of the Stato in connection wibb the war (which I ' ope will prova sat isfactory), N o will have a volune de. voted excusively to our Confcderaaes -dead and living-which will be soeIe tribute to their acknowledge heroism, self-sacrifico and devotion to their State and country, and which our peo ple can fondly keep and treasure for all time to come. With many thanks for the kindness and consideration which your Excel lency has always shown for our cause and for myself personally, I am most sincerely your obedient servant, H. L. FAItLEY, Historian Confedorate Records. A PRINCiE DEAi.-Prince Henry, of Battenborg, husband of Princess Be atrice of England, who went to Ashan tee in a special capacity and who con tracted fever there, is dead. Prince Henry was the third son of Prince Alexander of Battenborg, uncle of Ludwig LV, Grand Duke of Heesse. He married Princess Beatrice in 1885. They have four children. He was born October 5, 1858, and was Gover nor of the isle of Wight andl of Carls brook Castle. From the few details received, it appears that the P rince had a relapse while on board the Biritish cruiser Blonde, oni her way to Maderia with the sick man. In spite of the efforts of the special surgeon in attendauce and of the ship's surgeon, the Prince died at 9 o'clock Tuesday evening. The Blonde then returned to Sierra Leon, West coast of Africa, from which place the news was cabled to the Admiralty. The First Lord of the Admiralty, IHon. Gee. J. (Goeschen, after consult ing with the Queen, has given Instruc-' tions that the Blonde he0 or'dered to bring the romains of the P'rinco to England. The death of Prince ilonry will make a dccidedl difference in the court plans. The period of mourning for the late Prince will extend over the coming season and all the drawing rooms have been abandoned. While Prince Henry of IHattenberg was uinpopular on the whole with the people, principally because he waus a pioor German Prince, and therefore considlered unworthby of the hand of a Princess of the royal house of England, lie was well liked by all those who had the pleasure of knowing him lper sonally. Hie was a rplodid. athletic looking man, a good eportsman, andl he siled his own yatch sk il fully. TPo those arond lim hnle wasi un prvtend lng and1( considerate andl was a great favoriteo with the Queen. -AssocIate JIustico stophon J1. lFeld, of the United States Supreme Court, in regard to whose retirement pieren nial rumors have been publ ishied for many years, authoriz'es a denial of the latest statement to that cliect. The venerable jurist says "' Of course a man at my timne o~f life might retire frorm the bnch at any time. If my health should not permiit me to attend~ to moy dumties easily, I should not beusi tiio to lea vt, the honeh, but so lonig as I can M' on d to theJse dut~tos with (iase(, Iii have in-> intention of retiring." Bor'n in 18 I6, amdi appoited to the Supreme Cour t by A branh aum i inol n in 1863, Juslitie lField hase longv s'nien passed the limit entitdi ng him to re tire, on fuill p)ay w h'never ie so 'desires. Only Chlof . Ju-' eo .\1 a. i. and d1 ustice Storey lhar 4.x . Iim in length of cervi cc, and they orny by' a A Vigorous Policy Proposed-An. other not so Vigorous to be Ils cussed Fully. WASIINUTON, Jan.420.--Two oppos ing phases of the Monroe Doctrino woee p resented to tho Senate to-day, one from the Committee on Foreign Rola tions favoring a strong reafllrmation of the doctrine, and another from Mr. Sewell, of New Jersey, urging that the doctrine had boon carried so far be yond its scope as to threaten danger ous consequences. Mr. Davis, of Min nesota, presented the committee re port. a he is the author of the measure embodying the essential features of all previous resolutions. It not only afllirms the original doctrine of PresI dent Monroe, but specifically applies it I to the mainlands, outlying islands and isthmian canals, embracing Hawaii, Cuba and the Nicaragua Canal. Mr. Sewell's speech attracted attention from the fact that it is the first utter ance of opposition to the prevailing tendency in Congress on the doctrine, and moreover the Now Torsey Sonator used direct language in criticising the haste of the President in precilpitating a question which involved the possi bilitles of war. The action to-day promises to bring on a full discussion of the Monroe Doctrine before action is taken. The Davis resolution and preamblo in full is as follows: C Concurrent Resolution Relative to the I Assertion and Enforcement of the Monroe Doctrine. Resolved, by the Senate, the House i of Representatives concurring, that r whereas President Monroe in his mes- V sage to Congress of December 2d. Anno Domini 1823, doomed it proper to assert, as a principle in which the Stales are involved that the American continent by the free and independent condition which they have assumed and main tained, were thencofort-h not to he con sidered as subjects for futuro coloniza tion by any European powur. t Whereas President Monroo further t declared in that inessagu i,hat the I United States would consider any at- I tompt by the allied powers of Europo I to extend tneir system to any por-tion of this hemisphere as dangerirou to our pacc and safety ; that with the exist- I ing colonies and dependencies of any I European powers wo have not intur fored and should not interfore : but that I with the governments who have do clared their independence and main ained it, whose independence we have on great consideration and on just principles acknowledged, we could not view any interposition for the perposo I of oppressing them or controlling in any other manner their destiny by any luropean power, in any other light than as the manifestation of an un friendly disp.osition toward f-. UnlieC Status ; and further reu...: mcssage that it is imposso'noi1 thakt the allied powei , should exir-1od thr po litical system to any p't. lln of ei lner c-ttm 'ne t without. n's eri - poneo .,ad hw.pimess. A . W h e reaiLm . . doctri, e :'.. i'i., so po:eisarimod by Presider. ,. h'0 r since ,_n i .pTedly as' L, d by t. United Status by oxecu - a and action upon occasions and oxigen cies similar to the pOa-ticular occasion and exigency which caused their to be first announced, and have bcon Over since their promulgation and now are, the rightful policy of Ohe United 6taws, therefore be it Resolved, That the United States of America reaffirm and confirm the doc trine and principles pro-mulgatted by President Monroo in his messatro of December 2, A. 1). 182:1, and declarc that they will assert and maintain that doctive and those principlos, and will regard any infringement thereof and particularl y any attempt by any Iuro- 1 pean power to take or- acquire any now] oi- additional territory on the A mericean< continents or any island ad jacent, thoric to, or any right of sovereignty or do minion in the same, in any case ormi instance as to which the United States shall deeom such attempt to be (hanger-i ous to its peace or safety, by or thrtough force, pur11chase, cession, occupation, pledge, coloniz~ation, protcctor-atc or by contr-ol of the easeiment in anly canal or any other means of tr-ansit aceross the1 American Isthmus, whether under un founded pro-tonsion of right in cases of alleged boundary disputes or unadem any other- unfoundied protonsions, as the manifestation of an unfrilendly disposition toward the United States anid as an inter-position which it wouldi be) inmpossiblo in any formi foi- the United States to regard with indilfor once. ('AMP1AIGN IN CIJIIA. I nsumrgents M~ore Thani toldIing Tlacir Glroundil-A lIigna of Teror Fear HAHIANA, Jan. 22.-General l 'ando is hero consulting Marin and other gence-als as to the fuituro'phan of eamn pailgn. General Pando takes charrgo of field ohperations andl Gonoral Marin remains hero until the arrival of Geon-< oral Weylor iam-ly next month. The Cubans herc arc alairmled r-egarding tho safety of themnslvyes anid their familics, though they have taken no active part, in the war. i~very steamfer- I caries cr-owds. Since it was annmounr od General Weylor lias been apin~OIted,( I ,000i holding A merican pap'ers of citii-t zonsh ip had them vised good~ fo: rie I month. The Cubans say they mu .,t choose between leaving the island aud l jol 1inig thre inrsurgentis. 'Thoern is rm uh I wild talk r-egardinug Gencreral Wevh -- meithods in the last wvar. They feair ai I r-eign of ter-ror after his arrival. Camr posC.'s departuro is del(~ored( by Cub an I recsidlents, foreign mnc--hansts anrd I others, exco pt tho intonse Span iar-d,. Biusiness I pr)1ostrated. 'lihe men chants close their stores evenings, I saying they cannot afford( the cost of gas, ibo only sugar estate in the island~ krnown to hom gr-indling is thi n Toledo, just (,ut of Ha~bana. I t, has a sp(cia guard1I(L-I of 3,000s tr-oops. TheI e recbels thnreaten to bur-n it. 'lhe line a crop oif CU ni on other e'States is unrcult ; I ownersQ" fear t he os o f im' Ils' if thery I v iehrtr Gomuez's ordler. Tho latter is 30 iles .i. ;,na&.., of ijaan-is. Th'lree colunmns of 1 -oopp-ih ave jt p)iir91ued hrimi for a wveek. A.- (;omll4's mn atr-- mounted and~ ~ th:- t( y atrej enfool,, it. is inpossible toe fre a b.w tIo un'les G~one z is n . The i (' a p'.a- , min1 Calnlo~l h av . iitrrd II .\ mrtarn:'as pro . iac o and ar< ii .-. nr i I ninndron)li T1hny w ill 5nm ii~ Grm.nI z. It is boliovod the lat-tor has 25,00C lion in Habana and Matanzas provin. ,os. There is some talk of a big battlI i2ar here when all arO united. It is loubtful as the insurgonto lack ammu iltion for such a Wight ; they have ?lOnty for a skirmish. Antonio Macco wos last reported louthwest of tuo capital Pimar Dol '.io. He had ongagoientson the 17th knd 18th. The Spani.ards claim vic ories both days. The Cubans ridicule 1ho official reports of tioe encounters, )no of which mado 290 Iafntry d Isporse ,000 mounted rebols, iniieth a o8 )f 300 men. The government is now building Imall forts and block Louios in a semi irolo in the rear of Habana. Soni wo stone and soie Weood. Tie United )ross correspondent it und similiar re )orts in nearly all th3 r.ilway towns n this province. Bateihano has vight orts, Quivican four San Polipo six, 3ejucal four. Some are very crude, boing built of ogs and barrels filled w'th oarth, in licating hasty defono rather than 6ggrcssivo operations. Tho rebels in est the entire province and stop tagos, milkmon and chicken doalors n the suburbs of Habana. Yesterday , small town two milos south of Habana las visited, and horeos, ammunition ,d arms takon. Coporo, the insurgent loader captur d on the passenger steamer at Unta ano 10 days ago, Is an Amoriecan citi on. Consul Williams has asked a Ivil trial for Coporo. Two Spanish esorters captured fighting in the rebel anks will probably be cour martialod ,nd shot. FORt FREWI SU~AV11lt. L Party to be OrgailiAeC-McLatturin a Leader. WASitING-''ON, Jan. 22.-N-.nrly 100 if the most promin-nt siiver imecn of he country mot in Vash'n;toi to-daiy o arrange for hol ding at nab waai sit 'or convention to put i tickto, in the ioid for the coming presidential cai >aign, this oction to be c'ntingent up in tho fitilure of both t'.m oid pu.iwtical lartics to rccognizo the % hieiu ieti )y nominatiig cai~Idates unequlivocal y Ilcdgod to its rehab0il a.iOton ol i >asis of 16 to 1. The gathering is the osult of a conference hold in Chicago ovoral weeks ago of the presidents i ,ho American bi-motallic leaguo, tle iational bi-metallic union and the na ,ional silver committeo, at which it vas agrced to consolidat.o under the itle of the American lintallic Union with G en. A. J. Warne, a4 pre-sidentL. \t the present Inecting, which is be ng held behind closed doors and w ith in evident intention to prevent, any >roiatur atnnokiuincemenv1tsi of is pro. X-Colings, it is expectOid Ao ratity th. .onsolidat.ion and inako ai deal viti the Populists, by which both organ iza tions will have their conveitiol inl tltl 41mo pe jlavce nind at the sano tihe. .j. R. W eave . 'owa . 1 . 1-. t 'ie. d. ii V (igh~ina. Sntor ':.*ion t, , North Gaoia-T0' nteo ':oiorado, J. tG. Boil,' G. eao . .\ WVar'dell, of California. J. i. Turner of Goorgia, and !M. G. Brown, of Massia chusetts, constitute a special cominiL Lee to mot the silver tAon. They sa. they will take no part in the confer ene, but merely carry mt the instrue tions of their national comniittco. The meeting resulted in the appoint mont of committecs on rc'olutions ant .rgani-zation, the monbers of whicti w6O alppOintd bythe 1 chaairmatn, con. Warnor. The commnitt-ee arc as fol lows: On R1osolut11ions --Somato' Jh l'. Jones of Nevada, chairman; 11. P. Bartino of Nevada, Mr. Larimer of eonnsylvania, Jos. Sheldon of Connoc icut, .J. L McLaurin of South Caro ina, and Go~noral Warn'r of Ohio. Ont )rganilzation-Mr. Stev ans of Colora' lo, J. N. Johnson of Vir,;inia, C. J. Hii lard of the District of C< lumnbia and ~. McIntosh of Utah. The commnittee n resolutions hasd aboutll completed it oeport and will furnish it to the con 'ention to-morro av at 1 ('clock, it will leono a plat'orm and indicato a policy or the silver mnen of thle country t.n 1.dopt. It will definitcly b)e decided )y the conference that a. convcntion ahali be held, no matter w'.tat the aic ion of thle D~emocratic and1 Itopubli tan convention might be and it is uan lorstood that thle commlint.tcc on organi ~ations will recommend that St. Louis >e selected as the place of holding it an a dato abhout 10 days afteor the as iombling of the Deomcaitic forces ini Jhicaigo on .July 7. This will make lhe silver' convention co-incident with he P'opulist convention in St. Louis. L'ho committoo wvill also furnish a lan~t or the selection of dologates and the nanner of orgainizatlon. To-ni ght's session of thG conference vas publ)1ic and was devoted to address 3s on1 the silver quiestion lay General Noeavor of Iowa, Senator Marion But, or, ex-Congressman Blartino of Nova lai, and1( others. Goenoral Weaver se urOd great applauso when he pare' lictedl that the silver qucstion would nake the West and the South a unit. A SF:iIoTs SIIRMYr'IN( APruICAY. Cuphrates I t'))ney was ashot and datn erousldy wo'tui ned Suatriay afternoon in harleston by J1. A. Moore. I'(th of hie parties arao yonng white men aind anve fitatmilies depende~lnt up jon thlem. heit shaootinag occitrred ina IneIt stroot, hnosiazt in front of the South Catrol ina nd~ Ge'orgi a railroad 1epoit. Mooren ied twice. The1 fIrst bali lisd ItsA nark, but the se'ontd sitruck I tooney mder' the right shoutlder' blade int the mick. NothI ig very dlefinito cold be earned concerning the troutble thtat xisted between the two tmen. Moore vas seen at the Stationt by a repoartor aist night, buat refused to go into the letails of the quairrol, If thaere were. my. H~e said, how'over, that ho lihot tooney in solf-defencoe andh thtat ltooney taruck himi twice b~efore i h ired. lHe tated that lIooney called to hhnti fromt icr'oss the street and1 then Cursed ima md(Iattackedl hi m. Moore ahaao claims hat on the day before lIooney stop ped imn in the starect and curasead him Hale, aowever, aefused to state theO cauase of he bad fooling on the part of Itooney. Itoe ppast bae eiously in muilot last, night. but (lid not succeed nt (xtricatting it. It. was~ fearad that he bullet had puoncI 'tod theo rightl ttng. Moor e who di1. n aaoot.ing, Ii n emplloyo ait the Charlesiton Mattread "antnry.-Nnws and Coa.tim. THE11 ( GRIATHST AMER10AN. M111 Arp Telk th, e Differeeto ol' Oplit inn Amooig his Neighbors oin this Question. It was a goodly company and a bouts teouis feast . Whi Ic injoying both we discusod the affail's of the nation int a pihilo.ophic mnood, and ill Ia tollpurato, conhlh-rato mianneiC0r exjjrc!Sed out opinins of me and mieai'os--nloti ng the ditferences that honestly possescd each diTerent gucst. I ventitred to as1k It (ii.tti)1 ta1,ia t _c ib 1u;gll ansiwevr. Who is the greatit A Ime.rican, living (lr ticad, of the last half coutury ? It would bo suriprisl ig to hear the an Swers to this question inl any little co terio of Intelligent, wel I-educated geni tlmeon. Almnot evory man has his Idol whom he worship :and.] adlirts, not withoit reason, but wit'h inoroe re gard than is justly d io. W are dri ftod into channels of thought by 'ircumu stances, by surroundings, by hoedity. Wo becomeo the creatureis (if prejudice, 1both in politics or religion. This is human titure and thoro is nothing wrong ahout It. when It is kept, within bounds of toleration for the opinions of others. Only tho intolerant, got up dis cord. "Who is the greatest man ?" I askel. "G3rover Cleveland," said Mr. P'ite. "Bob Tooihs and Gioncteal Grant," said Mr. .Iarrall. "Dr. Atticus liiaygood," said Judge Akin, promptly. ".elforson Davis," said M r. ('aroy. "All, there now," thoy all responded. "Of course -of course. Jotfersoin Davis was the gR eatest iman--tho vory greatost, mnli." When I was called to respond I said : "Nono or you aro old enough to havo seen the greatest man, but, I saw him when I was a lad and ho put, his hand upon my head and said kind and tendt'r words to me, lle was piassi ng t.hrough our- town and my father took mue to the hotel that I might see thle greatest, and hest I16111 in the nation. as he cailled lim. It may bo that Ils heilmdiction 111o01 1110 Ias haiL soinJUthin IA) dtl With my bhro Ilolrh ' tiit'ite ', it Imy M411r onllI peruisal (if h iq biographly and opi nions. I n has ieein d,--al fw,v-live, yearsq. but, I O i'l beLievo 1.1t. ,011hnC. Callmoii w-4- the. gro'nt-st n. lI I wans tho11(1-. metal11 upnw11co ife IhItvi-; bIt . h1 ;1 4)wn grea VbIo-e Now. soo how mur 10i11ole p-.t-y dIillr od and thleir di lIorences canl he traced to Somec collatf " ral inlitvnecs. 1mor'y collego and .1ohn Vesley Mo1t01hodism had something to do with .lgo .1) litoh Wesley Akin's idolatry. I suspect that his second choice wou d ho .11itdge Ilockley, whoi he loves. to spoak of. He Visited .1tidge iB tleekleoy it. Chaks vill not long ago and listpned eaget-ly as he (iscourted(1 Of lis ea'ly life. "ly mnother," s'ai e, "wa. not an educwat ed wolilt. -31k.; was tot a hi-iiiftil dt wt i-ti. In fiel-, shlt was lotn ly. I litiv t haw h)(.r loolf beauitftil bill, (lleo, (orly Ioneco, and th,..! wa when,-1 SlIe wast ile-ad dtil as shrtided for t1,e1 cllin. -."( look1cf-d lik, an ,ne so then-q ait I wvoot viz I--.- of vermv. M ' h'I'el jud itgi-l 1 ld -mtg er I'bl wipt thIe t-ears 1th': t cana.i from hli-; enuverl eil eysadto reccover Il. wonted "pol-ch liig I,- ld, hler liff! and le)- 1% - ligion was il eoncentrated it) onec bonuitiful word, M.-. iost b'''t eI. iflo in ou11 tigatige and that is duty - dity. Thero is no greatness that, is reay y great without, it.. AMy dar mother's daiiVly life, thought and deed was ono Of I duty--duty to God atnd hter' fatilly and ncgIhor's. Shto neIverI' Spivu (if it, nor boatted of it,, buti -,1h1e 1c.t it an1d w.. saw it tind loved h r -yes, we loved eCVery rettt' of ht' Swe('M1 and1 homel' face. 1. do tot, owo allI to her, but I do owe the bottar, patt-yes, all that is tender. andl loving and true." M lr. Jarrat'll spoko1( of Genorn 1i'l rat' groatniess as a anllIltary cotmmaito'tler' and hits mlagunniity towardI( uIs aftt'tr wet wei wor' comlqiuered. Itt that was the~ heroism of is chart'e~i'r. Thlen hI spoko of T1oombsia' wonder'fi gift, as an ortortl anid statesmtan anid patriot.,I btt laimetnted that for' so lotng ai titmto bet failed to sot, a hi;(h morutal examrtple tt the youtng tmen of the State. Afler Ite had joined the chutrch he oecasionially wals over'ctmot by tem) pttion-- -h.I is he settlig desirlo tot' stimu1( lnt,, and in all seriousnessC5 h( sp)Oko of it to I ishopii Piercee, hIts li fe-long frietnd, attd witedi a theoological explanialioni. "'Now, GAeot'ge,"' saitd it, "'if T amn reaiLly3 tonlverted, why is It thatt I oralit wh11iskey and1( wh y Is it, thtat I cian't r'e sist the dlesireo. It, seemis to mto thatL ai truei C..hrtistiatn shotuld have tno un-t holy dles ires. NIlaybeo I luin nottoni vor'ted." Mr I. Vito is til olilee hotlder' atnd an ofliec scokor', both of whih area h~'(onot' aiblo t~O 1 a t~llnoralIO mon01 and1 he htas beten following ochI Gr'over so long that Ite wvill not fotsak t him no0w. Mt'. Ca polities. ILlis ieli dead01( aind Ihe loves to worship at htib shr'Ino. lTer'e are tmany of his mind but, they~ mrak u but11 little noise in thte noisy w'orld. -I, too, love to wor'ship therte antd at M r. CalhIoun's, too. 'I love to read whai~t the grealt m1en1, hiis r'ivails, saitd abou~lt Mr i. Calhoun whivlen it, was lannoun1 tcedl iln the Sonato tht he0 was1 dead. MIr. Weblster said -'"leo wats a matn of great goetius1 trnd 001intindin g tuent,. A\ll the worb'iI adm)1Its that. Whlen hie last aiddr'ese'd us~ we cou~W ldlum:nu that we atort'i wais oae of t unmpeachtetd haoinor and1( untspot ted i ntegtrity. I do lnot he-~ sollish feelintg." UIty fth;, .mid :l "'hi is g'ius' was0 of tbe very htigbetst, or'der tand thte ch arm of hils pr'esence0 anid his powe~ r-, were felt by all who 1) contveose with himt."' Edward l'ver'ett said t 'Cal houn. Clay anid VWebster! Snatmo themn In thtelir prtop~er order, 'To groat tIn Iker, thet gr'eat, leade r, the grecat oralltor'." Duty, patrotic du11ty, was hiis life wor'k. I've ben wonder'ing what he had to (Io wiLth the Monroo doctrine, le was Monroo's Socretary of Stiattt whemn It was eniun iated~ and I reckon wais it.3 insirlationl. It after' all, Mr'. Calhoun's most lov' abtle q ualities worO neon in hmis private l ife as h ulsband, fathor, frienrd and~ neighbor. Ill all these9 h1e was p)ure and ithout, rep;roach. What lore' neod be said oif htim. I wished to sa~ this much in juasti ieationt of tmy idola. try. I have hteen to P'ort hull, whot hie used to ie , an.d sat lit the gr'eal table that was madeo of iiunut taker from the frigate Constitution. 1 hav< 'handled the books in his libirary an( looked at the beautiful paintingzs inhi picture gallery. i 'haVe walked down the stops and. dank water from the fountain that he drank from and I fool like a pilgrim feels who goes to Mecca. Now, let younger men indulgoe in t.heso pleasant eplsodo8 and when they have chosen an Idol let them study his character and be able to give a-reason for the faith that is in them. We used to debato questions when we were boy# at ochool that were akin to these "Who deserves the most praise, Co lumibus for discovering America, or Washington for'dofending it." Th'e answer of young America now is Go mez and Macco. They don't care any th ing about Columbus. He came as a Spaniard. BILL ARP. UND113t TAIl' RIED C8ROSS8 Clara Barton Sails for Constanti n1ople. Ni':w Youc, Jan. 22.-Miss Clara liarton, president of the American ied Cross society, sailed this morning on the steamship New York for Southampton on route to Constanti uOp)le, whore she Will sock permission to enter Armenia to administer as .istatice to the needy and afIlicted of that country. Accompanying Miss i3arton are Nliss Lucy Graves, steno graipher :i Nr. Earnest Mason, linguiet; Geo. 11. I 'ulhn1an, private secretary to NI iss Barton, and Dr. S. B. Hubbell, general i 11d agent of the socioty in America. The patty will go direct to Southa.apton, thence to London, Paris, Geneva, laden Baden, Vienna and Con stantinople, the trip occupying In all about thrco wooks. In Eungland, Prance and Gormany, Miss Barton will confer with the heads of all the IRe'd Cr-ots .sao'3ictics there, as well as with the . tiiuber of the interna tional brancuhi in Genova with a view of secur-ingr i ntr'! igent co-oporation. S ould ti sifnation justify it, she will e RtaI. imed Cross hospitals at Alexandretta on the Mediterranean aid at Trebiztnid and Sar.soun, on the libick st". (I)n arrival in (oistantinople, Miss Burtonm wI Ih call upon tie United Sr ,. NIster Trredl adtl endeavor to -toento e ilis goo(i olelies inl the eliort o iu ante sultan to give tlhe iud (ros society tihe right to onlor A rimen iii. Niass Barton said she did not start on her journey in any spirit otf bravado. She would use all diplo matie el'orts to aecoiplish her mis .-ion, failing in which she could do nioth ing bi ,sincoroly regret that such P1 bUInaneIIL ohjet should ho ro pOiled. I go to feed thu hungry," she said I a United I'ress repretentative, "and .Ihoild I gain permilssiou to ontoi Ar men i a, wlietier Uhristir i or Moham iw d n , al all be assiisted."' "MAly phin are n0t, now matured," :w he ont-i1) nl, "but, we wilt los no/ tune w hena we reach ConstangnWophre. (i Hnoa I ;,hall call uo)01011r minis 1er l'rrl toe.r1-L, his ytlpathy with - a v ". 'f Utat -wih the Turkish t- l . l'Ian of acti.on can u h it until we dind out the th.. if ntiy, of the opposition to te h d Cr Oss Soetety entering Ar 2fl iaL. I really do not think &hat the l'ikisi grovernment has forbidden the distributition of otiu. finids.'' " Now lot ie say this to the pross or this cotlry," said Miss Barton. " I an not a hold woman, simply one of iany wio try to help the suffering. I was asked to do this work because no one flIse c otl(d he induced to take it up. I amn Ith( one particular tool. I go to feed Li hiiungry no matter what their religiots belief may be, for that is one of the great lriciiples of our society. I want to say to you newspaper men, that you have done is a great service. 1inut, while the body of your articles are very kilnd and jii-, you mieropr sent i you headlIines. I am not a br-avadlo. I amit not, plucky or' a great herao ie. I am a simpile, pilain woman betat fil a b)umiano, but dhillicult mission, Speak k id ly of me, but do not say anyl lt hggmisieadi ng. We want the good will of all, the antagonim of Whcen the steametr New York drew ouLt oif her docek the large crowd pro aaenit 1loud1ly cheered MIiss Barton, who stood on tile steamior's doeck and smnil igly acknowledged thme compliment, l''romi Lihe maastheadh of the steamer lioarted the cemiblemi of the Red Cross society. S.M a;;uu11Nu 'I fIlNA(CI'lN.--An im portant seizuroa' of phonacetune, the chiemaical whbichm has figured so largely in smiuggling operations att various piorts of entry, wasL mnade a few days ago at l 'hilaidelpnia by customs oti eels at I'bor 51, South wharves. Joseph I 'aihno, storokeeper' at the w harf, and George Coil, the steerage stewvard of thabe steamrshi iP Switzerland, were ar tested for being concerned in smug gling the stuff ashore, and both were locked up at the station house. On the way' to the station Goil atdmitted that ihe wvas doing time work for Chief Stow aid Sechmlig, who rep~resentoe1 a large c!oncernll in Ncn~ York. It is believed thbat Schlulig is Lime chief and the ropi rose n tati ve of ai large syntdicaite that is llood inug time coluntry with phonacetlne wvitcbot tile payment of dutieb. It is thoutg it tib. a biirgu <quantity of the dr lug wvas ha~en~i fromt thic Sw itzerland .and laid inl a hunbcier pile. Tho larger piartL i nlievedi 1o have been carried aoway fromit the iumbecr pihe by Schmlig w t em o b hecard of theo arrest of Pauline anad GJoi , for lie disappeared at once anui wa, not, seen agini unatil late in the eveninif, andi on his rtturnf he was at oice placeed under' suirveillance and not. aillIoed to leave the ship except LutOnl the permaission of Collector RoLad. I , is likely that other arrests will take placte, andli that the receivers of the dirug in Ncw York will be discovered. Tha3 seized packages bear the trade maark of Ifrioda Blayer & Co., of IEibert flied, Germany. It is nicely put up ini packages of toun p~ounds each, and so iLaagoit thatt it cani be carried in a long w inter overcoat without detection. -A dispatch from Pretoria says it hats been decided that the trial of the persons inl custody there for having taken part in the raid into South ~African Ropublic led byj Di'. Jameson S-The Towa L'igislature Wodnesdla formally announced the re-election of ~United States Senator Allison for hi fifth tem.