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Ir-i .f.-OI,,E . VOL -N(.). 218 PICKENS, S. C., TMURSDAY, JUNE i, 896.N IL IURY U IHE SIUL[N BONDS. AN IN I1'EMESTING (ASI IN COURT, The Batik ol' le 8lat Mi Wits 111ding Out an11d the Yankees Captured a Lot of Bonds. The mombers of the Supromo Court and thie Circuit Judges in conferenc have recently heard the colubrated caso brought by Samuel Lord, receiver, for the recovery of $60,000 In bonds which were lost under peculiar circuin stances just at the close of the war, and which the Legislature refused to pay last wiiter. Gen. Edward Mc Crady is one of the counsel for Mr. Lord, and h: has obtained an interest ing accout of the discovery and hand ling of the stolen bonds fi om the Fed oral ollicer who was in charge of the squad which captured the assets of the bank. The story is as follows: Camp Crook, S. 1) , April 21, 1896. Edward MeGrady, Charleston, S. C. -Dear Sir: Your comi unication of dato Fe'nbruary 1.1, accompanied by me morial to the Legislatue i of the State of South Carolina, reached me, on the rango thirty Imliles fromt any 101o ollice, just thirty-one years and one day after the capture of the bank on Lynch Crook, S. U. 'The capture being made by a ederal force under my command on the 28th day of February, 1865, i am uncertain whether I can assist-you in the least in recovering the bonds or their valuo. I will, however, give you as well as my mCmory serves, the details of the cap ture. On the morning of the date named above I left Hlanging Rock, S C., inl command of abtout forty men of the 102d Illinois infantry, to which I be longed, for the purpose of obtaining forago. On the march from Hanging Rock to Lyncb Creek my command was increased by accessions from all parts of the army ; "stragglin ig" foragers leaving military organizations without authority had increased may command to probably 130 men. Reaching the vicinity of Lynch C;eek I saw fresh wagon tracks leading from the main road into the timber over a rather in dtistinct routo or trail. I ordered two men (,Jesse McG uade and Charles llort sell) to follow the trail a few hundred yards and report to m at a point further on. !1ortsell did so report about one imiile froil the place where he left the marebing column, stating that his cotupaInion (MeCGuade) and himself had been lired uipon from a camip they had discovered in tihe woods: that McGuade had been killed and he (Hlortsell) was wounded in the arm. I detailed a non-commissioned oflicer in command of a number of men to return and investigate the matter, but seeig that many of the "straggling" foragers, over whom I had little control, were disposed to follow tihe detail, I return ed myself with a large portion of the command. When I reached Lhe cam p occupied by those in charge of the bank I fouod one of the olieers of the bank surr1'ounded by the .en who had gone before, being soim .,what excited by the supposed kill-.g of McGuade, they woulu have undoubtedly killed himi had I not arrived in Limo. It may be welL to state here that there were two white men with the bank and eight colored men (we used to call them niggers ;) one of the former was a medium sized, dark complexioned man ; the other somewhat taller, with light complexion and sandy beard. I also remember that the latter had re ceived an injury to his right hig toe ; it looked like a gunshot wound. If my memory is not at fault there were three five-mule teams and one spring wagon, to which was worked a gray horse or mare. Ono large iron sale (being I suppose too heavy to handle easily) remained in one of the wagons; the others, I think three in nunmber, were secreted in the woods near by. You will bett~er understand the (diilli cultics of'the position I. then occupied when I inform you that had it not been for the support of the men from my own reg i mer t none of the property oIf the bankg could hamve been saLved ; as it wvas, we were very nearly compelled to tight for it. Besides the contetnts of the safes there was munch otther property, cloth for Confederate un iforms, mathemnati cal instruments, Confederate mimney and bonds. I distinctly remember the bonds, State bonds of South Carolina. I think the box containedl them was broken open, some of them, piossibly a major portioni was aplpropriamted by the men at the time of capture' or during the march to camp. You must recalize that I had but lit tle time (personally) to look after the cap~turedl prioperty, Other thanm that in the safes. to which 1 held the keys.I was in a strange country, had some not very pleasant e3xperiectie wi th Goveral, now Senator Butler, of your State a few few (lays be fore, and my time was principally ~( oc iciei trying to avoid a secondI tmeeting. All of the bank< property not pillaged1 from the wagons on the road to (Gon. Sherman's headqutarters, was b)y his order turned1 over to Gien. A. S. WVil llame, then commnandinig the 20th A. C. It occurreid in thiis way : I recported the capture to Glen. WV. TI. Sheruman in the ptrescucme of Gen. WN. \V. Slocumi, command ing army of Gecorgia. ( en. Sherman ordered me to tur toi(ver thme proper'ty to Ghen. Slocm . Slocutt saidl he had no provost guard and~ ordered me to turn tihe samo over t( Geni. Williams, at thme same time11 en joining me to stato to Genm. WVilliam that I had reportedl the capture t(; Gen. Sherman. Gen. Sherman thet asked me to remember' as well as I could what I 1had( understood the saf'e contained. I thon proceedcd to etn Williams's headquarters, a few hun dred yards from that of Sherman's and1 executed time order of the latter, by turning ove to Williams all of the propertyV i quetion including the 'on safes, which had inot been oponmei slnco coming into my possession, alst the oflicer's of the bank, referred ti befor'e, that I had retained as prison ers. One of the parties last named In formed me tha~t (irigidally there lhad b)een found white men with the par ya but two of tnemi, buving fir-ed upnor and seriously wounded the two men reo ferred to above, had mounted thoh hor'ses and( huh'. Somte timoli pior' to the date of nm3 letter attu'aced to youri mueimorial mini marked " V~xhibit B" I wrotec to th< Secretary of.the Treasury at Washing ton and received in answer the stain mont that 110110 of the property of ti< State Bank of South Carohna had beet rellpted to or covered into the treasury of the United States. This Informa tion prompted in to write the above montioned letter to Edward Sebring. The lotter was answered, not, I think, by Sebring. but some1 one else possibly by the owner of some of the proporty captured or by some other officer of the bank. At all events, h< 'nmployed language that I then con sidored very offensive, probably at the present time the same expressions would moroly excite a smile. But so soon after such a long and fierce strug gle we wero all rather prono to look at such matters through magnifying gla-ses, therefore, I paid 110 furthom attention to the matter except to make a full report of the capture to the adjutant general's ollice at Washing ton, D. C., and was greatly surprised and gratified to learn through the New York Sun a few years since that much of tie property had been re covered by the treasury department, also that Congress had provided for its return to the original owners or their hoirs. I have never soon any of the bonds in question, since the day of their cap ture, and it is my belief that very many of them were appropriated by men of the command during the march to camlp-a part of which was made in the night-and subsequently learn ing that thero was no probability of their realizing upon them for years if at all, or being entirely ignorant 01 their character and ultimate value, they abaindoned or destroyed them. ,Much of the property (outside of tih safes) wais undoubtedly destroyed, and possibly a portion of their contents, for at least two them (safes) were aban doned at camp on the morning of MaLrch 1, the contents having been removed. Very respectfully yours, GEO. W. CONE, Late Captain 102d Illinois Infantry Volunteers. Cam p Crook, South Dakota. TIIEC PRESIDENT DISGUSTEID. Iis Trusted Adtvisers Have Kept limm1 inl Ignoranlce of' the Situa tioni. The Washington correspondent of The St. Louis Republic says : I am told that Mr. Cleveland is dis gusted and angry. Light is breaking inl on him. lie felt convinced, until quite recently, that the Chicago con vention would heartily endorse his ad ministration and declare for sound money. J r. Cleveland keeps himubelf very seeluded. le only hears from the country through a few New York newspapers, his mugwump friends and the members of his cabinet. It Is one of the weacknesses of Mr. Cleveland that be prefers the voice of sycophants to men of truth and candor. Those who enjoy his contidence and have easy auccess to him are tile men who continually pour into his car his im menso popularity throughout the coun try, and the eagerness of the masses to endorse his policy. The member of h is cabinet from Alabama tried to con vince him that Alabama was for sound money long after the primaries had rolled up an immense majority for silver, almost up to the moment that the State convention elected a silver delegation to Chicago. It is informa tion like this that has misled the Pres ident. Now, the truth cannot be concealed from him, that the Demo crats of the West and South favor the free coinage of silver by a large ma Jority. The truth wab ia shock to him. It was unexpected, and I am told that when he finally became convinced his language was very plain, and the mnemubers of his cabinet had several uncomfortable hours with him. Tihe cabinet men are still trying to Ilatter him with the belief that things wvill look better at Chicago than indica tions at this time from the West and South would lead one to believe. It was to find out the exact state of affairs that Chairiman H arrity, of the National Comnmitteec, was summnond here to con fer with the P resident. Mrin. Hlarrity told Mr. Cleveland that he was hlope ful, and hIis resp~onse was: "'Oh, (dams your hope ; I want to know facts.' Then Mr. H-arrity set forth facts. and they were not at all to thd P'resident't taste. The silver leader-s here, so I am ln formed, ar1e preparing to do what th< lilaine men did at the Rep~lublican con vention of 1881 --that Is, set aside thc person designated for temporar-y chair manL! of the convention by the Nationa Committee, and elect a man suitabh to the majority'of the delegates. Thhx can be done undloubtedly, and fron precsent applearances it will be0 dorn at Chicago unless the National Comu mnittee Inmes a man for temp lorar3 chai'man who is satisfactory to th( silver leaders. -The Manufacturer's' Reccord an nounces that, to turn attention to th< mnineral resourCes of the South and t< aid in the intelligent investigation o what may or may not bo of value, I hats arrmged with Mr. Charles Catlett chemisat andl geologist, of Staunton Va., to make superficial examinatilor of samples of ore, or susp)ected1 ore free of charge. TIhey will be reportet n the R cord with a word of explana Lion as to their value, if any. Th< samples should be sent direct to Mr' Catlett, with mail or exp~ress charger prepa~lidl, and the name and add ress o the senI her on the package, and car< should be taken to select an averag< samplle. A small quantity will suflico The arranugemnent is a lbural one or the pmart of the Rccord, and may bo0 o service to some p~ersonls in South Caro unta wvho have lands which they believ( to, contalin valuable dleposits, but d< not know how to have the questlor decided without incurring considera nle ex piens-e, as there Is no official geol ogist in tbe State. -Sugamr is fed to cows on a lar'gt dairy farm near' London, England, it Ii claimed, wi'ltlh good effect. rThe suga1 is scattered over the feed In the man ger' to indcuico tihe cattle t/o eat it all It. Is said aliso that It Improves the fha vetr of the mil1k. --In adjusting the fire Insurance losi caLusedl by bu1 rin ing of its saleCsroomsi~ and stork of 'he-ls on hand of one of th< hLarge.~ I, ad mel iost popularh~ bicycle manL?)u factu jg compieski in tihe United States, the fact dlevoloued that th cost of $100) macehines was but $19 at the factory. The Cruelties of' (lae Spanilards T6 wards the Inasurgenits Excel the Inaquisitiona. The Now York World publishes the following speelal correspondence from Mangua, province of Matanzas, which describes the atrocities in Cuba in such a manner as to excite the Indigna tion and remonstranco of the civilized world : M ANUUA, May ].-Reports have reached here of a number of recent unwarranted murdors and outrages by bands of Colonel Louis Molina do Olivera's Spanish guerrillas. Belisario Nodarsc, of this town, ro lites the particulars of a fiendish at tack upon a Cuban woman. '.!'he guerrilas, Mr. Nodarse says, while on their way to CIalimete, stopped at the house of Matoo Mar tinez, who had been forced to enlist in a body of insurgents under the con mand of Juan Pablo Jableo. The of ficer in command inquired from Senora Martinez the whereabouts of her hus band. " Indeed I can't tell you," she re )lied. "I'll make you," said the Spaniard, and ho >rocccded to tear olt her cloth ing. Ie then questioned her anew, and receiving no answer from the wo man, who was crying hysterically, he unsheathed his sword and fell to cut ting and slashing his victim, until her blood covercd the floor- and she fell fainting In a corner. Hr shrieks and entreaties only served to provoke the brutal laughter of the ollicer.. NI r, Nodarse says he laid the facts in writ ing before Colonel Molina. The chief replied by sending a squad to arrest and shoot the coin plinant. If is broth er, D3runo, a tobacconist, heard of the order in time to inform Ilelisario Nodarse. The brothers fled and joined the re2bel force of Garcia. Colonel Molina's forces a few days afterward stopped at the home of a farmer. Only a woman and baby were in the house. lIe demanded that she tel him where the mon were. She Protested that she did not know. lie called for a platoon of soldiers. As the platoon entered the cabin, Molina pointed to he and said : "I ull out that rebel hag and shoot her." The mother and child were dragged some 25 feet from the hut and a Equad moved away a few paces. Will you speak now ?" the colonel demandIed. i'or God's sake, I don't know," cried the woman. ".'hein fire :" ordered Molina. She was killed. The woman tried to shield her child with her body, but the merciless bullets did their work. The baby was not killed outright, and one of the soldiers, moved by a barbarious pity, crushed the little one's skull with the butt of his rile, The bugler sounded, " Fall in," and Molina, after setting. fire to the hut,, coolly mounted his horse and gave the Word, " March." In one of the outskirts of San Jose do Los Ramos, and about three miles from the village, there is a small house occupied by Frederico Fuentes. Iuentes had two Jarge canctields. He com plained because the Spanish soldiers destroyed his cane instead of simply taking fodder. The same command on route to protect the " ldl)ana " planta tion Ia day or so later, stopped at his home, having sacked a town en route and drank heavily. The commander accused Fuentes of harboring an insurgent chief named Muza. iFuentes thought it useless to defend himself. Thu ollicer then bado. the soldiers punish him and his comn panions as they deserved. A score of machetes 6ashed and in a few moment the prisoners were a mass of blood( and r'ags. A drunken frenzy so-zed the murderers. Cuttirig otT' the heads of their victims they hung them to the key of the grocer's door, "dh ile the horror-stricken neigh bors looked on without daring to in terfere. Under cover of the night the ghastly remains were aremoved and A resident of the town of Cascajal says one of Al olina's guerrilla bands wvas marching to Reglita, the sugar plantation of Soor Sardiinas, for the pulrp~ose of escorting a train of pack mules. As the guerrillas approached the town of Cascajal they Passed the farm 2f a Cuban named Garcia,- whose two brothers were with the insurgent force under D)ima, which was operat ing in the district between iRecoo and Roque. A portion of this force occasionally camphed near Garcia's house, and bc was then visited b~y his brothers. When the guerrilla bandl arrived, however', the insurgents- were not in the neighborhood. Garcia was alone in hiu house. "Where amre the insurgents en campel)d ?" the lieutenant dlemanded of Garcia. 1 really don't" know, the man re " ic him to that chair," the ollicor conmanided, and the soldiers lashed Garcia securely. "' Now will y'ou tell mec where your brothers ar'e ?'' the lieuteonant aingrily in qiired. "I cani't say. I hIave not seen them," Gacatemblingly repilied. "Iknow they slept here last night, but since youra eyes seem tom he useless, ['Il r'elieve you of them., l'Lit thorn out !'" the oflicer cried, turninog to his soldiers. The sergeant, thrust the ploint of his bayonet, under ('ach of unfoi'tunate man's eyes a nd ho rst them out., des5 pite the agoniz ig screaiis of t.he victim. As they left the house the lieuitenant jokingly remarked th it the next timen Garcia wouldl be ale to say truthfully that he "'had not seen the insur'gents." -It, is a peculiarity of Russiani rail ways that their stations are generally two miles or more distant, from the towns and villages which they sei've. T1his is said to lbe on account of the danger' of Lire, the houses In small places generally being thatched with straw. -The tricentenary oif the introdue tion of the p ot.ilto is to) be~ celebratedl in Br'itain th is year', for it was in I15%~3, ex - actl y three centuriies ago, that Sir Walter RiaIgh pilanted the fIrst Irish potato on h is estate at Y'oughal, near 'ork. A ItE'PU1[lCAN CANDIDATI'. Dr. Pop)e Will Not Itun as an Intlo Ieleient--Thillks lis Lil', in Dan, ger. To the Republicans of South Carolina As ite announcement of my candida cy for governor may be misunderstood I desire to say that it is subject to tle action of the lRepubliean convention If that body should soo proper to nom inea some one else for the position, I shall be bound to its action. The posi tion Is not a bed of roses. I have been Informed by the chief peace officer of it county in the up-Country that I will not be allowed to speak in his county : that I will be killed if I attempt it. fled-handed murdor is to be adtted te the crimes committed by some of the dominant, clement. Free speech is te be stifled at all hazards. No man has a right to teach incendiary doctrines, All men have the right to speak upon the issues of the day. It is the truth that hurts and the people of the State will sooner or later hear it and act upon it.. If called upon by the conven tion to do so, I shall in my fooblo way give the people my views without fear of the result. It is only a question of time wheni a large majority of the white po.le in this State will Cum brace Itepublicantismf. The teachings of that party are for honest elections, honest government, a sound currency inld for protection to American indus tries and American labor. lor the information of a certain county editor, whose name is nlChtion ed in connection with an important, office, I will say that he need give him. self no uneasiness; that many white men, yea thousands, as good or better than he is, will vote sor me for govern or, and for the information of another who classes me as a great ofliecseckor, I will say that in 1894 1 offered Gen. Ellerbe 'and Mr. Tindal that if they woul( join ine In going out of the le form primary that it would not inure to my benefit, but to that of General Ellerbe, but they refused. I would also remind him that I could have been secretary of State had I withdrawn from the race for governor, and as late [as Augubt of that year. I belleve I could have been State dispenser-yet. I refused all of the attempts to take me out of the race for governor. Did this look like I was tin ollice seeker ? With this said, I shall not further notice newspaper criticisms of imly course. I Would say to the editors of newspapers, somec, of whom claim to be Christians, "Be just and fear not : let all the ends thou aimest at he thy country's, thy God's and truths'." Respectfully, SAMPSON POPEL. GEN. L1W IN HAVANA.-Gen. itz hugh Lee, who was recently appointed consul general at Havana, reached hIis destination oi the 3rd inst. by the steamer Mascotte. The steamer was met by a gayly decorated tug upon which were Messrs. Williams and Springer, Dr. Burgess, 'enor Zaldo, represcnting the captain getieral. anId the agent of the steasmsl hip line. The party boarded the Mascotte and ex tended a cordial welcome to General Lee. General Bradley T. Jbhnston and a number of other Americans with i number of citizens met General Loc ashore. On the wharf lie was received most respectfully. There were no de ionstration.as he tintered a handsome carriage, with the coachmen and foot. miian in Senor Zaldo's livery, and was driven to the Hotel Yglaterra, wherc Mr. Williams had previously secured a fine suito of rooms for his successor, General Leo .partook of coffee and then retired for a short rest, as he was very tired in consequence of the rough passage from Key West. Gener-al Lee has already made quitc a favorable impression by his quIet, gentlemanly behavior and pleasant conversa5Ition. The corresp~ondecnt (II the Associated Press was among those wvho went, to tmeet Gener~al L e~e and was the ontly newspap~er Ire pre'sentative who11 was enaIbled to (10 so. -Senator Benjamtin k. Tillman, o South Carolina, is hooked to speak ti the free silver' Democrats of Ubicagi July3 4- at Edison Il'ark, Chicago. TPh< County D~emocracy Marchling Cl ul gives its annutal picnic that day. Tb Rlecordi says: "Vie~ P'resident Lt. F' IHur1ke and1( hlis friends have no doub11 that Senator Tillman will accept thl invitation to speak. The3' admnit tha fotr some timce it has been knowni the inner circle of silver men that 1h T1illIman hlas been anxious to appea before a Chicago crowd. 'illma: will draw 5,000 peopl)1 to theo pien ic said Mr. Burke. 'lie is a great tamlkei and he would tell tile b)oys things ablou silve thtat they never dreamed of be fore. TIe will he at, the picnic aill right andI he will make a sfpeech. Why, thi gold memibers of the mtarchting cl u will he with him because he will mtaki the money just low. into thte treasurl of thle organization. T1here will no ho0 anly kicking.' " -The (oflicials of the pensIionI buiam [It WVashling ton were so shocked a shior time ago be)tcause Saml i iettvrs,I prominent resident of F'razer, P a., re fused to receive the pensionf mlone) sent to himn, that they (doulbted the sanl ity of the man andi sent, an agentt to in vestigate the case, w ith t~he result tha1 hlis namte 1has been dlroppe'd froml th<( rolls. 11 is catse was thle se~ond~ whIlich has been met wvithi in thle hiistory of the' de~partmeInt. Fetters, wh ile in thc armyl~, contrated a diisease whtich fom severi I y'ears wvas thiough~It to be chiron Ic, anld under!'LI t~ht ifpression lhe re ceived a liberal pens-ion. lI~eentlyv however, Ito reicoveredl andu ofrde the piension stoppled, hiut, the mtones sttilli camne. Th'len he sent the entslhback refusing to receive it, and( thle agenti wILs sent to In vestigate It is strange eon dutct. -Thell Queen of Englanid receivet from thle e~vIl list t0,000 pounds(1 a year or $300,000 as5 salary, and1( thtere are ex tensive provisionsi malde for h~ous< r'oomf, provisions and servanits. Beside: thtis, tile Queen has aL very large pri vato incomIre. -j 'rofessor Alexander Graham111 Hell the famous invenitor, says that the Ily ing maitn ue mnade by P'rofessor Samti uel I I. L an g ley, of the Simi thlSonian InI stituite, has solved the proble~m of aeri Iat navigation, ie Is sure that it wit fly. Tht' machine Is built of steecl ant irl lnron)lled by sttuam. SILVERI IN TH'I BI1IIA . Tile White Metal Was inl Good Stanld itng in the Days of Abraham an the Patriar-ch of' Israel. The Augusta Ghronicle says ther arl many arguments brought forwar in the m1ony (qIueStion that Ur atrgll Itents only by courtesy, or Ier'hatps b way of illustration. We have sC gold men arguo that silver had only secondary place and use In the lii and had through all history been re garded aus an inferior metal to goid That does not sceem to be icollpatihli with the claims of silver men to-day bowever, as they only rato silver at I to I of gold. But the search for th references to gold or silver in the BibI may have the benelicial efleet of mak ing some mon road the Bible who wert be3fore strangers to it. WO qluote be low soeie of theo results of searchin1 the Scripture for silver quotation which wo find in the Nashville Sun We do not ciLto them us conclusive cvi dence In favor of the frco ani unlim iniit ed coinage of silver at lt to 1, but sim ply as proof of the fact, that silver ha: been in good standing as a money neta to the time whereof the memory o Man runnetlih not to the contraiV, am as a matter of curious interest. Gen. xiii. W: And Abraham hark enetd unto ikphron: and Abrahan weighed to J'Tpltron the silver, which he had named in the t d ienco of tit sons of li0th, four huntd red siekels o silver, current money with the mner chlint. Gen. xxxvii. 28 : Then thero passet by M idlanites merchantmeu; and the drew and lifted ip) Joseph out of thi pit, and sold Joseph to the Ishinaelite for twenty pieces of silver ; and the, brought Joseph into l'gypt. Gon. xiv. 22: To all of them lie gavi each man changes of raiment; but t lIonjamin lie gave live hundred piece of silver. and live changes of raiment. .oshua vii. 21, 22, 2.1t: Wheni I say among the spoils a goodly Habylonisi garment, and two hundred shekeis o silver, and a wedge of gold 1i fty shokelh weight., then I coveted them, and tool themit ; nmid behold, they are hid in thcl earth inl the m iddle of mty tent, and ti si vlor under it. So.loshua sent h is mes sengiemrs, aid they ran unto tihe tent and, hehold, it was hid in his ent, am! the silver under it, and Joshua, and al Israel witih him, took Aehan, tie son oI Zeral, and the garments, and tit wedge of gold, tnmd his sons, and hi daughters, and Iis oxen, and his asses and his sheep, and his tent, and all thia lie had, and they brought them unto the valley of Achor. .ludges ix. -1: And1(1 they gave lini three-score and ten pieces of silver ou of the house of Bhral-borith, wherewiti Abi melebch hired vaiin and light person: which followed him. Judges xvi. 5 : And the lords of tin Ph illistinties camne up un1i to her and salt Unto her : ElMti Ce himin, and see where it his great strength ilieth, and by wha means we may prevail against iml11 that we may bintd him to afllict him and we will give thee, every one of ut eleven hundred piece s of silver. .1 udges xvii. 2, 1, I: And lie said ir to his his mother. the eleveni hunidre shekls (if silver that were taken fro thee, about which thou cursedst, an, spakest of in miine ears, behold tihe si ver is with mie; I took it. And h' mother said, Iessed hoi thou of th Lord, my son. And when lie had r< stored the cleven hundrted sickels c silver to his mother, his mother sait I had wholly (edicntd the silver unt the Lord from imiy hai fori my son, t make a Eraven image ain it a tmolte imuage : now thereforc I restore it unt Ithec. Yet he restored the money uint his mother ; aud his mother took tw hundretl shekels of silver and gav them to the foundetr, Who made there of a graven imnage atid a muoltLn i magc and they wer'e in the house of M icah. Deutorotnomy viii, 131: And whetn th herds and thy ilocks tmultip'ly, andl th silIvet' and thy gold is innultililed, an all that thou hiast, is mulitipliled. A SUANl)AI IN MOI101. A Mlilionairte (Char'gedl Wlt ii (an TIreatniientt andI lIis WVi'e Sites ti'r I~ivorce. Mr.Iar'y Lece Massoi, of Mobil Ala., has liiled a suit for' divorce the chaueety court against her lii b land, Ja ittes HI. Ala sson, w ho is ptre: ,dent~ of Lte lFirsL National ban,1k. TI Spetition is fotr a decr'ee nisi , w ithi a 11n011y, wh'ichQ1 is explectedl to ret't( '$10,000it petr amt in. M esstrs. CGregor' Lad&Smnith repr~teset, Lte pttion andit ar'e k nownt ats shrte wd divoreto Ilai ycris, ~ whoulyv onbletid ing aintdi nlcapahLI of cotmprtomit se. S The potl itintr talleges gross ad ul t tand natmes two wotment tntil reOcent enigtagedl as cotfee salooni waitresses co-respiond(Ien ts, talong wi tii a nmith whiose namies ate unknown, butt wit are(] ind ieatedl by Lhir oit ion i(ls. ApatL from the miiisconducet, thi pilai nti IT claims atd aileges crueil ty an itndignities, the lt' consisting of systemt of espionaige b~y ser'vts sp ciailly3 paid to watch hetr by lher' hu: ThJ'ie documtient states that Lthe ctrumeIt has tbeen~ goting on fotr years atid on I su tfered Ltrough'i ,the presencrte of thi citild, to whomt lte mothier' is atuct att Iached i. TJhe( air hasI'lit been publ)1ic tailk fe days. but it wits hoped would he set tica. I f thbe case goes to triial senistationt dJevelopm~tents atre expected. A thur derholitt haits faillen amnigst society tam thte freely expr~tessed1 opiniiion is Lthe er plode. and that fragmuents will lan in utnexpectedl plaices. Th'le hilng< thte bil1 hits catused the gr'avest scanmda known in Mohile since the war. Hoth patrtie's aire leaders in societ anid comimercial circles, respietfull12 Mrms. Mlasson, lie Miss .\lary Lu O1live', cotinected with ttil itar'y an Iegtal celebrities, maried'i~ *June 2$. 1I7T andl at tie Lime was a hello of the ci t1 One soti of the ntmrriage, Henry, now undergoing a course at Il'rincote college, and] tmetmber' of the '91 for ha1ll, teatm. 'VT father cnt'rtained LI] tetan wheni visiting the South an exhibitecd enthusiasm by paintIng it clegantt Gover'nnc'nt, strecet reftiden< in ciilb-g,' roior-'. -Ii'l' petitilotner' in ac~knowledg2 - society~ Ileadert. ontel of the( hue,t knowo I cted. of charmting personality and or I of the most winigome womten imi Ll city. She wvas looked un to as a kir of empress of the Wau mondo'and I a graceful courtesy and at the sari time haughty dignity, she succeedi I for many years in playing the part a lrench countess of the Louis XI 3 poriod. He1r gifts were romarkab and1 admitted by even the nostenvioi of her sex. Tho opinion was expros ed that any man woid be a fool 1 discard her for any woman within th radius of four States. Sho ereate immense enthusiasm at Narraganse two seasons in succession. The rc,.pondent is looked upon at one of tho most prominent bankers I Alabama and I man of extraordinar success in his profession. According to the petition his wealt is $400,000, but, h is known commi etally to be worth close on to two mil !ions and increasing, owing to th nature of bonds and stocks hold, at rapid rate. It is tile sensation of the yea throughout the State and is freely dh cussed everywhere. WECiMiLY CiOP BUIAiLF'TIN. The Colditions Iiproved Through out. he State-Corn Growi ng Sat is 1thtorily atid a Marked Iuiprol-e Illelt inl Cotton. This bullotin covers the weather anl crop conditions for the week endin Saturday, May :0, and in its prepiairi Lion were used reports from one c 111010 correspondents in each county < the State. Ti'he mean temperatur during th past week wis the sai s for th two previous ones, bult, there was lei of anl excess over the nomlal,i as t-h latt.er increases it the rate of froi one1 to two degrees per week duin M ay and Julie. Since March first Oi seasonal excess average about 2.5 dh grees per day. The average of : places reporting mian temperati I the past week is 79, and the norint for tile sam113 period is approxiiatel 74, having Increased from 7 since th pr'Vious wVk. Tie mean tuenmeraturo ranged froi 8l at Poverty ill, Allondale and Gi, lisonville to 74 ait Greenlville. Thl ma1IximumIII temlper'ature for. thle weel wais 1110 on tL i 2th, reported fron Gillisonville. The minimum wis i onl tbe :1h at G reenville, and 610 o the 30t at Sal u e 11and Li berty and W o tile 29th at Society Hill. Showers occurred in soime.portions o the State on every diy of week, 'u as a rule they were light and local, ex cept at i few points w here the rainfal was excessive. On account, of the uneven distrilb tion of tihe rainfall ia number of placel aro represented as needing rain, o more rain, h1ualy. In the southeaste1r1 counties wlero tle.drought wats imola severe, I iglit showers gave som11 relic and a heavy shower in pr1tions <f Beaufort was most benelicial. 'Tlh following heavy raills Were reporlted Columbia 1.1111; Beauifort 1.70 ; Long shore 1.70 ; Lo0puer's 1. 15 ;, NieCcoll 1.56 Batesburg 1.28 ; Cheralw 2.80. n at. ditioni to these there w're 11 1)1laer that reported imtolints hetwoen 0.' and one inch, while 2:1 p)laceS 1' q portedi some rain, buk less than li an inch. The average of 42 repor being 0.59 and the normal for tile san s period is appiroximately 0.10 inch. e There was considerable hail repor _ ed, but generally without injury f Crops, except that a svore torlILd stori passed through Newberry Cou ty, acecollmlnied by excessive rai Crops in that path of the storm we: severely damaged by hall, wild at rain, som1e fields of cotton oeinig el L ti rely de'stroyed. At Longslore, Oil sidC tibe IIthL of the 1 Ca liest rain fIl 1 .70 inches of rail fell in one hour. The prevailing Winds were wester] for tile week, and the suinsh inc wz but l ittie inl excess of the uisual, ranj ng from 25 per cent of the possib)le 1 Beau fortatot 1)2 at Greenville, ail j averag i ng2 about liii. Correspondents' rep)orts for the wee range from glowing to gloomy , but Li formner excleed the Intter in about ti prlopi)oni oIf Lire to0 one01. in ochl words, over th ree-fourths of the Sta -1 has b)een too0 dry, and lomlin(ts n- dryness come1 frmom nellIy every cou Ly, making it, dilhlicul t, to specify t e, localities where rain3 is needeld, 1: n genierlhly it is dryost in the soutboi s. tern counties ; A iken and l'dgeliel ie I-'atirlield, Hum Iter and Chester. T1 i. mos0t glowing erop1 aLccounlts como1( fri h Aniderson1, lFlorcee, D arl ington, en ern Chesterfiel and( 111( arl(boro. TI 3r. other' countlies aire pIottOed v- Corn contLinlues to grow satisfactoril le and21 layinig by~ is becLominhg genieru Shows eil'oets of bud worms in 11:1 .y well, wilts badly during1) the (liy y Sumter, hut, its genelO corI~ditionI :s fr.oIn fair LI) excellient,. P eas being e r1 tensivye ly 1)lan1ted wih corn2. () The we'athier 1has b)een altogotili favorable for co1tt0In, wnichi las ge e orally mnde mar1k ed im provemen01 d1 I Cice have appeared1 in IHarnweil ar a Ormangebu rg ;cotton is dying onl rci lanids inl laaurens, lin(ion arn1i Yor'k. -places5 it shows aL tenldency Lto grow'. t< mucith Li) w('eed. it, is puttin 3on 0(qu1rII v everywhere. CJhopping2) to stands wl a germllinaing and) g13( .rowing linely. Se bI Island cont inue11s in had)1( condition fa -but heaivy. Pall 01ats being cut at ,1 Sprinmg Oats gener~lal ly aI filu tre. 'I'Tobacco gr'ow ing well generally wit I exceptions. Contemp Ilated area r t strictod, owing LI) scarcity of plant o A bandoned Ltbcco lands being plant< tI to corn and1: cotton(. f htice dloing w~ellI genecrally, excel JI uplnd whchinplcs asa. . (I Cne and11 11 meln arC~e reorttedl , doing1) well. Gardens 015very poor3, f< e the most15 paIrt (31 complte fa1IIur'es. d I rish pIotatLoe very poor0. S wei I, pIoittooinig well. Still bieing trai1n !. pI lantedl and1 in l'I geli eld( ar30 b)ei1 a wateredl. D~raws plentiful. Cut worn n damaginig cabbages in Viorence0. it I 'aches contLinue11 II todop, anid LI e peach01 (rop will be a light (on1 of I 1l fueriquliity. Pecheils ripenli ng nr3 a being shippedC( to Northern3 markei(t e Apples dhropplintg and( rottin onL (treLed l'eart blight repbortedl fromi !1!e d1 Tbc2 prospect~ for,fruit i., gevnora1ly po1)3( ni Blaclkberries andit buckl.eberries go P (1ral1ly plenti ful. o TJhe season, and1( crops in gencri eo about two weeks earlier than usual1,. d - .. W. I IA1 1-:10 IDireotor. )y ALL SORTS OF PARAGRAPHS, -d Culled from Various Sources and Ito 1 lating to Nunerous Subjects. le -There are eighteen daily papers ii 1s [roland. --tussia has thirty-eight State tele 10 phone Systols. --The samo mino has been worked in , Sweden for 800 years. -A flood occurred at Mound City, s Mo., causing a damage of $40,000. n -The total number of fatalities thus Y far discovered in St. Louis and vicinity is 490. -ailway traveling in Norway Is cheapor than in any other E4uropean a country. a -During the month of May the not increase in the public debt has been r K,188,730. -President Cleveland has sent back to Congress, without approval, thre ipivate pension bills. -lake yourself an honest man, and tho you may be sure that thoro is on . rasca less in the wot Id. -A wicked little boy says that home without a mother would be a solid picnic all the week. --Thirteen has always been an un lucky numbr. Adam's 13th rib was - the cause of all his troubles. r -An exploslon of gas in the Buck f iidge colliery at Shamokin, Pa., seriously injured six minre. C -Geo. W. Jontes, lown's first United e States Senator, is seriously Ill at Dlu b iuquo. lie is 92 years of age. 0 -it, is feared that there may be an epidemic of disease among tile home 9 less suflerer-s in I'ast St. Lui4. ! -Senator, Quay estimates INlcKinley's y strengtin at -179, and believes that ho will he nominated oil the first ballot. .I -The Secretary for Foreign Affairs y ant the lFirst Lord of the Treasury in e England receivo each a salary of $50, 00. S--A newspaper publ ished in Madrid is printed on linen, which liay he washed and used afterward as a hand okerchief. -The farmor who lots overything go to waste about hiin will generaly be tibo one who complains that "'farming donut pay." -A largo party of the citizens of ocala, lla., grected (en. litzhugh - I Ae, who inissed thi rough that town on is way to Cuba. -A man may be loaded to the eyes - with ph ilosophy, and yet be as helpless s as a child when he tries to got the last r word with it womin. S-1eading citizens of Virginia pro iose to establish a national battle-flold park on tile sites of the famous battles iear Piredericksburg. n -no of the hardest of all crops "to raise ill 1,bO f1lancial selse, is a mort . gage, but it is easy to plant. The less one plaits the better. s -According to Car-oll D. Wright, o there are 15,000,000 wage earners In 0. the United States, of whom only 1,400, - if 000 belong to the labor organizations. Ls --Franc11O has 5-1 savings banks, with o 1,1-10 branuches, and nearly one-sixth of tile population arC depositors, with an t- average of $105 to tile credit of each. o --Three-tenths of the earnings of a Ic Belgian convict are given to lim on h Iis release. The majority save more 1 mey In jail than thley have Cver- sav Sed before. --A recent, visitor to the ex-Emupress t. 1genio con tradlcts the report of her i l-health. She is now 70 yeatrs old, with snowy white hair, but is said to y be as beautifIl as over. is - A good man and at wise man may e- at times h~e angry wvith the wor-ld, at it ti mels a~ rieved at it; but be sure, no man d wvas ever discontented with the world if lhe didi his duty inI it. k - It is authiori tatively stated that 0 the I (ussian Govortiment holds $30,769, 10 115 in Ameraican goIld coin. Trhis ac r1 counts for aL part of tile immlenso loss eof gold by the United States. "Th tendencey to dio wrong In creases towar-d night," rays a wvell k now ni clergyman. :th ink this is very .,the forbidlden fruit it was near- Eve. of *-You might as well undertake to bi varnlishl a rin bow or try to stampede mn hu nger wvithi a dime- with a hole in It, 4t- ias explet to prevail Onl IL man1 to own be up to hIis ife that ho hazs been in the wrong. y', -ifly a newi law in i'ar-is each owner Li. of aL bicyclto is retin1iredl to have his n-- name11 ando address'0 sollered on hIis iin w heel. ifty iciycles were impljound is ei in one dlay recently for violation of x- t,his ruie. -It, is sid that the longest artificia waItoe soe in tihe world is the ieon ' al einnl, in Inodia, which is 900) miles tl omng. 'lh ne xt longest, is the iErie ca (naitl hv 'ich is 30i3 iles long. Idach cost nel~iy $10,000,000. -I -T wo nlegroos wVerehaC e to a ti-ce in broad day light on the min]r. busi ness5 thoougihfiare (If Columbus, Ga., and1( tileir bodies ridtdled wvith bullets b- y an~ inlfuriated mob01. Both had boon Ii uilty oif tihe uisual crimoi. ---A posse is hunting Sam Bratchor, il of 'as-t, itanklin, MIiss., with a view to d lynching im 1 for- having outr-aged the r. hi-year-old dlaughlter- of a neighbor, who was spending the night in his h I eoc as the guiest of Mrs. Bratcher. ' e ' iirst 1house butilt in south-east. ~- er-h. 'nal, and1( now the oldest houso5 tin tit, ', is still standiing at Greens burgI-t. the log catbinl that was . bll i iV.'(l1L 1 oa Iend ricks, uncle of 'thu late \'ice l'resident Hendricks, in r ---Mr. (I..\Valton Whitman has fully madeoup his mnind to take the stump ~t in the comiing cam paign as a candidate 3- for Gover-noi-. His platform will be g deaith to the whiskey traflic (as a bov iii eage), death toecompectition in matters of higher education, in which the e State is a party ; the beat system of a- pu~blic schools possibleo; industial ed .d uca~tion as leading featur-es of Clemson s. anod Winthrop collogcs, with literary s. courses fitting their students for enter s. ill)!() ogos o1f hIgher lear-ning ; no ,. discrimination in legislation in favor n- ofi Or against any class or profession towns, cities and( country to stand on 1,1, the same piano as to legislation and the enforcement of law ; onmity and strife to be discouraged ; honest elections.