The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, September 09, 1885, Image 1
, VOL. I. ABBEVILLE, S. C, WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 9, 1885. w.. ,, NO. 50.
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riONDENSED TIME CARD
Magnolia Passenger Route.
In effect March 15, 1885.
OOIXO 30UTI1.
Leave Lauretta *5 20 a m +8 50 a in
" Waterloo 6 0* a m V 55 a in
" Greenwood 7 00 a ni 2 15 p in
Arrive Augusta 10 45 a tit 7 45 p in
Leaye " 10 50 a in 10 00 p in
Arrive Atlanta 5 40 p nt 6 40 a in
Leave Augusta 11 30 a in
Arrive Hcaufort 6 20 p in
Arrive Port Iloyal 6 35 pin'
" .Chaleston 5 50 put
? " Savannah 7 00 pnt
" Jacksonville 7 00 am
OOING NORTH.
Leave Jacksonville *8 50 ptn
" Savannah 0 55 am
Leave l'ort ltoyal 7 35unt
" Hcaufort 7 47 am
" Charleston 7 50 am
Arrive Augusta 1 50 pm
Leave Atlanta +8 20 ptn
v'- ' Arrivo Augusta 0 10 tun
Leave Augusta *2 30 pni . 6 15 am
Arrive Greenwood ft 10 pnt 11 40 am
" WutArlnn. 7 04 fiitl S .10 mil
k " Laurens 7 50 pm 4 40 pm
*Daily + Daily oxcept Sunday.
Tickets on sale at Greenwood to all points
at through rates?bagg.ige checked to destination.
on net' 'ons made at Greenwood
with C. & G. II. H. E. T. Charlton, G. 1'. A.
Augusta, Ga.
WILMINGTON. COLUMBIA AND AUGUSTA
RAILROAD.
Going Sou h no 48 no 40
Lcnvo Wilmington 9 30 p in II 10 p m
Arrive at Florence 1 50 a in 2 20 a in
Arrive at Columbia 0 40 a m
Going Norlh No 43 no 47
Leavo Columbia. 10 00 p m
Leave Florence 4 50 p m 1 52 a in
Arrive at Wilmington. . .7 40 p nt 6 10 a in
Train no. 43 stops at. all stations; Nos. 48
and 47 stop onlv at Brinkley's, Whiteville,
Flcnnngton, Fair Bin 11", Marion, Florence,
* Tiimnonsville, Sumter, camdcn Junction ard
Eastover. Passengers for Columbia and all
points on c &.? r it, c, c * a k r, Aiken Junetinn
nnd nil nninU IiovnnH. alionlH ful'n vn
night express. Separate Pullman sleepers
for Charleston and Augusta on trains 48 awl
47. All trains run solid between Charleston
uud Wilmington.
SOUTH CAROLINA
RAILWAY COMPANY.
( ommeucing Sunday, Mnv 24th, 1885, at
6 OS a m, PassengerTrains will run as follows
until further notice, "Eastern time:"
Columbia Division?Daily.
Leava Columbia G 30 a in 5 27 p in
Due at Charleston 11 05 a m 9 JO p in
WEST?DAILY.
Leave Charleston 7 20 a m 5 20 p ill
Due at Columbia >0 15 a m 10 00 p m
Caitir/ch- /Hvition?Daily except Sundays.
Leave Columbia 9 30 a in 5 27 p m
Due Cam .cn 12 14 p m 7 42 p m
WKST n AI L.Y, EXCXrT Bl'K DAY.
Leave Camden 7 00 a in 3 55 p m
Duo (Jolumlua i' 20 n ni 10 00 p in
Avyvata Dirioioii?East l)nilv.
. Leave Columbia 6 SO n in 5 27 p n?
Duo Augusta 11 40 Mm 10 38 p m
WK8T DAILY.
Leavo Axigusta 6 05 a m 4 45 p m
-Oiits Ca,T7"iL>iA 10 45 a in 10 00 p n>
C'0/1 n'clinnx
Made at Columbia with Columbia and CJreenville
railroad b.v train arriving at 10 15 a. ni.
and departing at 5 27 p. in.: at G'nlumbia
Junction with Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta
railroad by same train to and from all
paints on both roads.
At Charleston with steamers for New York
n Saturdav; and on Tuesday and Saturday
with Steamer for Jacksonville and points on
St. John's river. Daily with Charleston and
flavannah Railroad to >yid from Savannah
and all points in Florida.
At Augusta with Georgia and Centrstrail
roads to and from all iioints West and South:
at lJlackville to_and from all points on llarn
well raiirond. Through ticket* can be purchased
to all points South and West by applying
to
1). McQpkkn. Agent, Columbia, S. C.
John B. I'kok, General Manager.
. C. Ai.lbs, Gen. Pass. arid Ticket Ag't
?- ' _
I /COLUMBIA A ND
I GREENVILLE RAILROAD.
On and after October 5, 1884, I'AflSKNGF.u
Trains will run as herewith indicated upon
this road and its brunches.
Daily, except Sunday*.
No. 53. UP PASSENGER
Le?ve Columbia S. 0. Jnnc'n 10 45 pm
" Columbia C. k G. 1> "11 10 p ni
Arrive Alston 12 10 p in
" NewJjicrry 1 13 p in
v \> Ninety-Six 2 47 p m
y * " Greenwood 3 09 p in
Hodges 3 3.1 p in
Kelt on 4 40 p in
at Greenville G 05 p m
No. ?2. DOWN PASSENGER.
Leave Oircenvillc at 9 50 a '?
Arrive Belton 11 13 a m
Hodges 12 23 p m
Greenwood 12 48 p nt
Ninety-Six 1 32 p in
Newberry 3 02 p ni
Alston 4 10 p in
' Columbia C. A G. D 5 15 pm
Arrive Cnlmnbik SC. Junc'n 5 30 p m
PART AKIU'UU, UNION & COM'Mlll A RAII. ROAD.
*
r' NO. 53. UP IWHSKNGKIt.
licnvc /vision 12 52 p ni
" Union ... 3 55 pm
" Spartanburg, S.U.AC.depot. 6 50 p nt
NO, 5'2. DOWN PAHSKXOEU.
*" {A ve Spart'g It. A I>. Depot ..., 1035ara
" Sparl'jr S. U. & C. Depot .'.10 50 ant
44 Union 12 50 pin
Arrive at Alston 3 10 i> m
l LATHKN'S HA1LBOAI).
Leave Newberry 8 30 p m
I Arrive at Laurens (J. H 6 50 p m
I Leave Laurent* C. H 7 40 a in
f Arrive at Newberry 11 10 pm
ABBEVILLE UKANC'n.
Leave Hodges 3 45 p in
Arrive at Abbeville 4 45 |> ir.
Leave Abbeville 11 00 a in
Arrive at Hodges , 12 00 pm
BLUE RI1H1B B VILKOAI) AXI> ANDKUSOK B!l ANCII.
ff ' Leavo Helton 4 45pm
Arrive Anderson 5 18 p in
- _ " l'endleton 5 60 p m
44 : Seneca c G 10 p in
ATrlve at WarUialla 7 01 p in
Leave Walliallu... 8 50am
Arrive Mcnoca . 9 IS a m
" Pendleton 9 62 h m
- " Anderson 10;{.(ii oi
Arrlvo at Belton 11 08 a oi
;$$$?*-' COJfXBCTiOXS.
' r;'. ' A. With South Carolina railroad to and from
- Charleston; with Wilmington, Columbia and
. Augusta railroad from Wilmington and-all
V :- . points north thcr.eof: with Charlotte, Colum>:
bia ana Augunta 'railroad from Charlotte and
pwlwKVi all points north thereof. B. With Ashovllle
V&'iif sua Spartanburg railroad from aud for points
ip Weitorn K'. Carolina. C. WUh Atlanta and
'rf ? Charl?rtW dir Richmond and panville railway
v ,.:r v for Atlanta and all points south and west.
f -. StanSiard JttuUrn Km*.
Vv? O.'R. TALOOTT, Superintendent.
> * SLauoBT*?,Oen'f Passenger Agt.
-D. Cahdwkll, xsa't Gen'! Pass. Agt.
^TL ANTIC COAST LINE,
PASSENGEIt I)EPAIt MMENT,
Wilmington% JV. C'., Aug. 2dy. 1885.
EAST LINE between Charleston and
Columbia and Upper South Carolina.
CONDENSED SCHEDULE.
GOING GOING
WKST. ' BART.
7 20 am Lv.... Charleston Ar. 9 05 pin
8 34 " " Lanes 41 7 38 "
9 33 " " Suiuter " C 37 "
10 40 pm Ar... .Columbia Lv. 4 27 "
3 02 " " . Winnsboro " 3 48 "
4 15 " ' Chester " 2 44 "
0 05 " " ... Yorkville ? U 45 am
7 01"" " ... Lancaster " 7 00 "
< 50 " " Rock Hill " 2 02 pm
0 00 " " Charlotte " 100 "
12 58 pin Ar Newberry Lv 3 10 pm
2 52 Greenwood " 12 59 "
0 00 " " . ...Laurens " 9 10 am
5 01 " " Anderson " 10 27 "
5 45 ? " Greenville " 10 00 "
6 45 " " ... .Walhulla " 8 30 "
4 20 " " ....Abbeville " 11 25 "
3 27 " " .... Spartanburg.... " 12 25 pm
7 15 " " .... Henderson viltc.. " 7 00 "
Solid Trains between Charleston and Colum
bia, S. C.
J. F. DIVINE, T. M. EMERSON.
Gon'l Sup't.. Gon'l l'ns. Agent.
SPARTANBURG AND
ASIIEVILLE RAILROAD
On and after Apr. Otl?, 1885, passenerer
trains will be rim daily, except Sunday, between
Spartanburg and Henderson ville as
follows:
TJI* TRAIN.
Leave R. & ]) Depot at Spartanburg 4 00 p ni
Leave Spartanburg, A. L. depot 0 10 p n>
Leave Saluda 0 20 p m
Leave Flat Rock , 7 00 p in
Arrive Hendersonville 7 li t m
DOWN TR.IIN.
Leave Honocrsonville < uo am
Leave Flat Rock 7 15 am
Leave Saluda 7 50 a in
Leave .-lir Lino Junction 10 15 am
Arrive It. & I) Depot Spartanburg 10 20 a in
Trains on this road run by Air-Line time.
Hoth trains make connections for Columbia
and Charleston via Spartanburjr, Union and
Columbia; Atlanta and Charlotte by Air Line.
JAMK8 ANDEKSON, Superintendent.
T. P. THOMSON. J. W. THOMSON
JJ1IIOMSOX & THOMSON,
Attorneys at Law,
AIIHKVJM.K, S. C.
fifS^-Office in rear Mr. Lee's.
June 8th, 1885-tf. 100
QALHOUN & MABRY,
Atorueys and Counsellors at Law.
ADDKVIM.K C. If., H. O.
Office formerly occupied by Judge
i lioinson. tr-50
L. W. l'KUKIN*. T. P. COTIUtAN.
pEUUIX Si I-OTIIIIAX,
Attorney's at Law,
r?l Abbeville S. 0
JMJGENE lt.tiAKY,
Attorney and Counsellor at Lnv,
52 Abbeville, R. C.
JAMES S. PKRRIX,
Attorney and Counsellor at Law,
Addkvillic, C. II., S. C.
Eia^Xo. 1 O'Neill's llange.
Jan. 28, 1S85-1C 53
U011T. K. IIKM 1'IIII.Ij, WU. 1*. CAI.I.Ol'N.
IVKMPHILTj & CALHOUN,
Attorneys at Law,
AnBKVIJ.I.K, S. C.
Will practice in all the Court* of the
State. 04
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Fitz Lee on -the Stump.
I Special Dispatch to the News nnd Courier.1
Pktkhsuuhu, Va., September 2.?
Gen. Lee's?opening specch at Accomac
Court House last Monday was a brilliant
success. The gathering of Democrats
was large and sympathetic. Gen.
Lee discussed the debt question exhaustively.
He said that he worked
for the McCullock bill, which would
have paid the creditors of the State
thirty millions, but the Republican party
had triumphed over those who desired
to pay the honest obligations of the
State and had compelled the Democrats
to accept the Riddleberger settlement.
Ho now with his party stood by the bill.
Gen. Lee then took up the recent decision
of the Supreme Court touching the
construction of the Eleventh amendment,
and, discussing the question of
States' rights, which it is charged the
Democratic party lias raised, he quoted
from John Hancock and Alexander
Hamilton to justify the Democratic party.
lie held with tho Democratic platform
that the debt question had ccascd
to be a matter of dollars and cents, and
was now a quest" of the State's sovereignty?a
question in which every
State in the Union is vitally interested.
Gen. Lee was guarded and dignified in
his allusions to John S. Wise, liis opponent,
and his language was wholly parliamentary.
He referred (o tho reports
that Mr. Wise was belittling him in the
Southwest. This, however, Gen. Lee
said lie could afford to pass without notice,
but ho would arraign Mr. Wise for
a grave potilical crime, which no Virginian
who honors the State can condone,
and that crime was Mr. Wise's vindictive
and and persistent slander of his
native State, in maliciously representing
that the Democratic people of Virginia
are premeditated assassins and ballotbox
thieves. Mr. Wise has clasped
hands with John Sherman and is quite
the equal of the Ohio Senator in traducing
the Old Dominion.
Gen. Lee also scored a point when he
dwelt upon Mr. Wise's boasted servility.
Mr. Wise had confessed that he
had no higher ambition than to be Gen.
Mahone's slave. Mr. Wise had admit
ted Uon. Alahonc's absolute ownership
of the Republican caudidate for Governor
by addressing him as "master."
A slanderer of his native b'tate and the
vaunted slave of Gen. Mahone was not
the proper man to be governor of Virginia.
Wise's election would mean that
Gen Mahone should be master of the
chief magistrate of this Commonwealth.
Gen. Lee eloquently affirmed that he
was the boss of no man, and by all that
is holy would never be the slave of any
mortal that lives. Gen. Lee told the
people of A?:comac that he was not a
politician or professional stumper, but
that he was only a plain faamer, who
had given the best years of his life to
tilling the soil. Tho audience, which
was almost entirely composed of far
mors, cheered this declaration. With
marked emphasis he spoke of hia love
for Virginia and his love for the nation.
He was as much an American as a Virginian.
He lovod this State no more than
his country, but he would say that Ife
oughttto ho thrice hated and thrice accursed
should he ever forgot the meu
with whom he hod fought in days now
happily past. As long as life remained
he would ever think with love and veneration
of the men who had followed the
standard of the Confederacy. He honored
himself when he connected himself
with heroes who had shown such
valor and devotion. Gen. Leo here
r.ntll niontml xvitll Rnn uffnot ntinn *Kn on. I
tion of Gen. Mahone in voting to cxcludo
from the nriny anil navy of the
Urtited States all persons who had fought
under the Confederate flag, and quoted
an emphatic remark of Jubal Pearly
which characterized Gen, Mahone's action
in this particular.
While Gen. Lee was making his
speech Republicans were holding a
meeting about fifty yards from the stand
which had boon erected for the Democratic
speakers. Attornuy-General
Frank lUair was the Republican orator.
He asked for a joint discussion with
Gen. Lee, but this was declined. Mr.
Iilair seemed to bo irritated by this re
fusal, and frequently raised his voice to
its highest pitch. Turning around and
facing the Democratic meeting, and referring
to Gen. Lee ?s "That twin over
yonder," Blair damned tho Democratic
party to his heart's content He did not,
however, seem to have much heart in
his work, and his performance was a per
functory affair. Tho sight of the large
and eminently respectable Democratic
gHthcring and his own motley audience
must have been dispiriting in the extreme.
Blair finished his speech first.
Gen. Lee made only one allusion to the
attorney-general. Ho remarked with
great earnestnoss and considerable effect
that, although ho would not charge
Mr. Blair with criminal intent, nevertheless
the attorney-general, in drawing
$17,000 of the people'8 money from the
State treasury when the law only allowed
him $2,600 and necessary expenses
per annum, had boon gtrilty of gross
. ' ' ' ' (J" ' 0 '
'X
'j . . 'fi ? :
carelt-ssness, which llufua A. Ayers, the
next attorney-geueral of Virginia and r
sterling Democrat, would never repeat
Mr. Blair's action in this matter had
been of such a character that the people
of Virginia cannot and will nol
endorse him again for the high oflicc
which he seek j.
Blair's position, in fact, was almost
farcical. Several negro women wen
among his most attentive listeners. A
peddler, who had patent mcdicincs ant
cheap stationery, proclaimed the vir
tues oT his wares just in front of th(
Republican speaker, while a negro banjoist
on his loft sang for tho amusement
of a large crowd an intolerably long
ditty. But he stuck out to the end, although
his crowd of seven white mcr
nn.l n
" UU..U.WU uVqIv Iiit-u uuu ?M??uv;ii
dwindled away to almost a handful before
his speech was finished. IMaii
incde a do/cn misrepresentations whicli
could easily have been corrected had h(
been engaged in joint debate. In this
way ho revenged himself upon the Democrats.
The contrast betweoti the earnesi
and substantial men who gathered nrount
Fitz Ijee, to the number of nearly r
thousand, with Hlair's motiey handful
fullv iustifies the Statu committee i.
refusing to permit a joint debato.
Gen. Leo was interviewed and requested
to say something about Johr
Wise's military record, out of which tlx
Republican newspapers arc making sr,
much capital. Gen. Lee replied that he
had nothing to say individually nhoul
Capt. Wise's record as a soldier, but he
thought there was no impropriety in
quoting Capt. Wise against himself, I!
happens that several years ago Capt
Wise addressed the students of the Virginia
Military Institute. Capt. Wise
chose as his subject "The Battle of Haymarket."
He referred particularly tc
.his own* participation iii that engagement.
Now, inasmuch as the Kepublican
newspapers had narrated Capt
Wise's precocious valor and skill ai
arms, it would he well to consider th<
truth of the statement which had beer
made by.Republicans, that Capt. Wise
although detailed with several othei
cadets to guard a wagon in the rear, hac
impetuoualy disobeyed orders to par
ticipate in the battle. Capt. Wise in his
own spoerh distinctly stated that he remained
by the wagon and was then
wounded by a fragment ef?a shell.
The one charge for whtCh Bopublicati
organs have been condemning Gen. Le;
is his alleged opposition to the building
of a free bridge in Stafford County, the
home of the Into Senator Duff Green
It appears that a bill was introduced in
the Legislature providing that on th<
application of fifty citizens of Stafford
County, twenty-five of whom should b(
freeholders, the County of Stafford
should be required to issue its hondt
for the construction of a free bridge
Duff Green and his friends in his immediate
neighborhood wanted this bridge
built. The majority of the citizens ol
the county did not desire the improve
inent. Gen. Lee, at the request of hi;
fellow-citizens, went to Richmond
and appeared before the commit
tec to which the bill had beer
referred. He offered a substitute
and insisted that the bill shouli
be so amended that the issuanci
of the bonds shouhl b?* left to the votori
of the county, who should decide at i
special election whether the bridg<
should be built at the county's ex pen He
This was his entire connection with th<
matter. His action was endorsed by th<
people of his county,(small-beer polili
cians and negroes not included,) am
this is the size of the olFence for whicl
Republican organs have beei. beratinj
Gen. Lee.
anothkk account ok i.ek's kpkkc'h.
[From the Hiclimoud Dispatch.]
Accomac Courthouse via Tasi.kv
Va., August 31.?Gen. Lee arrived a
.ccomac Courthouse this tnornin<
about 10 o'clock. The crowtt here a
that hour was immense. Early in tin
day vehicles crowded with sturdy farm
ers began to roll into the village. A
nnnn full/ flffnon unrcnne u*ai?
--J l-v""*.<
gathered in and about the Conrthousi
grt-en. ITnder the shade of the tree
in the courtyard a platform had beoi
erected, upon which was printei
in largo letters; "Democrats Meet
ing." About thirty yards distan
was another platform, which ha<
been constructed for the use of th
Republicans, who also held a meet in
here to-day. An hour before he com
menced his speech (Ion. Lee made hi
appenranco upen the Court ground, Hi
was immediately recognized, and tin
people thronged around him to grcc
him and express their congratulations
At 2 o'clock Oen Lee went upon th
platform and was introduced by Ml
Garrison. His reception whs onthusian
it_ tr;. n a -r
lie. Jiiti urei Hjieucii 01 mu cnmpaigi
was a brilliant 8UCCCSS9. The followinj
synopsia gives, 't8 significance tind mail
points :
The. Republican platform, soi l Oer
t?eo, arraigns the Democratic party prin
cipally for its debt legislation, for it
alleged hostility to tree schools, for th
riWrui-Ajy, kIA,?
' unfortunate riot at Danville two years
i ago, and foi its general obstructions of
, progress in the material ami political inl
torests in the State. The charges the
General reviewed exhaustively. The
L whole debt trouble, so the speaker con>
tended, arose from the action of the Republicans.
More Republicans votedmt
1871 for the funding bill than Domo,
crats. It is very true that the leader of
k the Republican party in this State de[
clares that it has been the idle, incon.
sidcrate and vindictive meddling
, through petty, "ill-considered, ill-con.
cieved and petulant measure of tho
^ Democratic party in the last Legislature
r that has arrested the quiet and orderl}'
. settlement of the whole matter of the
! debt on the basis of the Riddleberger
, law, to the great detriment of the peace
. of the people and against the interest of
. the creditors.
I MA HONK'S CHAItOKS IDLE.
! But Gen. Mahone's charges are them5
selves idle. The Democratic party, two
' years ago in Lynchburg and last month
in Richmond, accepted as final the set'
tlement of the State debt pronounced
1 constitutional by the Courts of last re?
sort, Federal and State, and pledged
' 'itself to oppose all agitation of the question
or any disturbance of the settlement
by repeal or otherwise. The
i Legisl iture of Virginia also adopted a
> resolution in both branches that the
> people of Virginia have accepted the
> Act of February 14. 1882, known as the
t Kiddleberger bill, as the ultimate settle>
ment of the debt of the State; that it
i is their unalterable purpose that the
; settlement shall be final, and that the
. expectation that any settlement of the
. debt ?f this State upon any .other basis
> will ever be made, or be tolerated, by
. people of Virginia, is illusory and hopek
Tho nortv nnt ^"1"
, 1? 'J
accepted by resolutions adopted by its
Legislature and State cunvcntions tho
Riddlcbergor hill, but also tho accompanying
measures known as tho couponkillors,
in the spirit of its written nnd
the letter of its spoken promises. Tho
The Democratic party agreed to make
them effectual by all constitutional
legislation which might be called to
enact, or which the exigencies of any
occasion might require. This is what
the Democratic party promised and this
is what it performed; nothing more or
less. Governor Cameron's first message
to the Legislature called attention
to the necesssity of prompt amend
; taunts to the coupon-killers. He said
? in this message : "It is true that the
. Supreme Court of the United Slates in
i the case of Poindexter vs. CJreonhow sus;
tained the Act of January 14, 188-1, ns
1 funishiug an andequateand eonstitution>
al remedy to the holders of tax-receiv|
able coupons, but experience has shown
i that Act to be deficient in several im,
portant particulars.
DEBT LEGISLATION.
All the measures which the Demo^
cratic Legislature passed were passed at
the suggestion of Governor Cameron
1 and with the approval of the Uepubli'
can members of the Legislature. None
of these measures have impaired or
' can impair the effect of the original
' Acts. They were designed only to
" maKG eireciu&l trie KidUIubuiger bill,
; which the Democrats had promised to
* sustain.
Gen. Lee here, as heretofore, quoted
from Mr. It. T. Barton, of Winchester,
* in whom he said the Bar of the State
B has the greatest confidence. After a
c full analysis, and after alluding to the
questions at issue between ex-Governor
* 1). II. Chainbelain, of South Carolinin.
1 (now of Boston,) and John S. AViso,
= Gen. Lee gave as tjje opinion Of the
highest Democratic authority the assertion-that
the Democratic party was not
rosposiblc for the vexatious litigations
which the State debt trouble has
j caused. The .caso of Poindexter vs.
? Greenhow arose before the Democratic
t amendment of March 13, 1884, and in
} that case the Act of January 20, 1882,
was declared to bo unconstitutional.
t null and void. It was, therefore, unconB
stitutional before, and not because of
3 the Act of March 13, 1884. Gon. Lee
g contended that if, as Gen. Mahone ns^
serts, the action of the last General Asj
sembly was idle, inconsiderate andvin
. dictive, then Gen. Malione's Governor,
t Cameron, was responsible for it.
[1 his own position.
c Gen, Loe then explained his own- atK
litude on the debt question. Ife himself
* orginally had been in favor of paying
* thirty millions of dollars, as the McCulB
lough bill provided. The Democratic
0 party, having been defeated on the ist
sue had acquiesced in the docision of the
' majority. Its skirts wero clear. Gen.
u lieo men uiscnsseu me question 01
' States' rights, which, it is charged, the
* Democratic party had raised. Ho
n quoted from John Hancock and AlexIs
der Hamilton to sustain his position
n and to justify the Democratic party.
He held with tho Democratic platform
i. that the dobt question had ceased to be
a matter of dollars and cents, and is now
s t question of 8tato sovereignty, a queso
tion in which every State in tho Union
is vitally interested. In 17!)3 the Legislature
of Virginia responded to a request
from John Hancock, of Massachusetts,
who requested the Legislature to
consider a question then mode prominent
by a suit against the State of Massachusetts
by Win. Vassals, the result
of whnh the Chief justice, speaking
through Bradley, says : "We are bound
to give its full and substantial bearing
and effect."' The remedy, in (Jen. Lee's
opinion, is to protest against the bold
judicial usurpation of the Supreme
Court and insist thai the eleventh
nmendment shall not bo violated or
evaded. The jurisdiction of the Federal
Courts must be kept within the plain
incasing of the Constitution.
'DISCUSSING WIRE.
In discussing his opponent, John S.
Wise. Gen Lee was guarded and dignified
in his language. He did not fail,
however, to criticise Hi in severely.
Joint S. Wise endorsed that part of the
Republican platform which "pronounced
the Democrats of Virginia premeditated
assassins because of the unfortunate
fight at Danville. Mr. Wise, in one of
his speeches a few days ago. had also
termed the Democratic Legislature a lot
of seat-stealing, shotgun thieves, Such
u man as this was not (it to bo Governor
of Virginia. Mr. Wise had deliberately
raked up every murded that had occurred
in Danville for the pastquarter
of a century, and used these against the
Democratic party, when the same
might have occurred in any city in the
land. Mr. Wise had, before John Sherman's
committee, denounced Danville
and Pittsylvania County places unfit to
live in.
national :n sympathy.
Gen. Lee dwelt fully uj?on the necessary
development of the South in genearl
and Virginia in particular. He proclaimed
himself thoroughl}r national in
his sympathies. He alluded eloquently
to his re?cnt visit to New York tu participate
in the funeral obsequies of Gen.
Grant. He had realized then and there
the hearty union of the North and South.
He had rejoiced at it. In the South
the interests of all the people were best
promoted by the continuance in power
of the Democratic party. The South
was now beginning to prosper. The
South has grown prosperous and philot
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MU [llliuu. 11 ll**:3 111 IIIU lliuuailiill CAcitcmcnt
of the day ami tlio industrial
hope anil promise of the morrow. It is
not lingering over the pages of last
year's almanac nor chanting miseries
over the memories of a sanguinary civil
field that occuired in this country something
like c. quarter of a century ago.
Concluding with a hearty commendation
of President Cleveland's adminstration
and an appeal on L>>half of ihe party of
which he was the chief candidate, Gun.
Lee took his seat amid generous applausi:.
How Lee Died.
On Wednesday. September ?8lh, 1970,
the boiriuninir of the end fame. In tin
morning of that day he was busy, as
usual, with aflicial work, refusing the
assistance of which he sometimes availccl
himself, and in the afternoon attended
a vestry meeting of Grace Kpiscopal
Chtrch. lie acted as Chuirman, and
enlivened the meeting with cheerful
conversation and interesting- anecdotes.
The weather was chilly and damp, the
room not warmed, and General .Lee sat
with his military cloak thrown around
his shoulders. His'last public act was
eminently characteristic. The question
under discussion was the rector's salary,
and when the suInscriptions werq handed
in, it was found that a deficit of $55
still remained, lie remarked quietly,
''I will givo that sum," and the cotn*
pan}'separated, little dreaming that the
most illustrious member wouid never
join them again. Returning home, tea
was on '.he table, and according to his
invariable habit, he stood up to say
grace, but the lips refused to speak and
he sat down without any signs of agitation,
though the expression of his face
told plainly enough that he realized
what the dumb lips meant. Physicians
were promptly summoned and ho was
laid on the bed from which ho never
rose alive. The case was treated an one
of venous congestion of the brain, but
there was no paralysis of motion or
sensation and only slightly ampaired
consciousness. A fatal termination
was not anticipated by any one, except
the patient. Ho scorned to fuel from tho
first that he would not recovr, and manifestod
not tho slightest desire to do so.
When his son, Custis, spoke of his recovery
as possible, ho shook his head
and pointed upward. Some 'persistence
was required to induce him to
take medicine]) Tho mind wandered
occasionally and at ono of these times
ho exclaimed, "Striko the U-nt," and at
anothen, "Toll Hill ho must como up 1"
showing that the thoughts of tl.o groat
soldier wore fnr away from the ficlc
room in*tho insist of the toilsome march
and the fiercer scenes of hat'le. Thoro
was? no suffering at the clone, simply a
gentlo falling off into that sleep which
. knows no waking.
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In a Cell With- Scorpions. ^ il
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Piiu.APKM'iiiA. August 28.?C. A. Van
Hokolin, of Now York, ex-United States
consul-general at Port au Prince, Hayti,
arrived in this citv to-dav tis a n.isaon
gi*r on the Ainciican steamer Jlaytien
/{(' public from l'ort nu Prince. Ho
tells a remarkable story of nn outrageous
trcatcmcut at the hands of the Haytien
Government. Mr. Van Bokelin is
about fifty years old, and the truth of
his story is vouched by Capt. Compton,
who commands the s'eamer and also by
the purser, J. 15. Stebenne, who mado
strict inquiry into the man's statement
before leaving Port an Prince. While
acting as consul-general Mr. Van liokelin
inarri'.d a Hay lien woman and at tho
end of his term he took up the business
of dealing in the paper money of tho
native government. At this he mado
considerable money and then desired to
invest a part of his money in real estate,
hut this was forbidden by a law of
linyti, which denies that right to any
but a naPvo-born Hayticn.
* lie evaded the law, however, and pur
cnasea a piece 01 property in i'ort an
Prince, which transaction, reaching tho
ears of President Solomon, the chiof
magistrate of the Republic, he caused
Van Bokelin's arrest and had him locked
up in n wretched dungeon in tho
government-prison at Port au Prince.
Here his only companions were negroes
of the most debased type, ninny of them
being murderers and desperadoes. Very
often the prison, which is a dismal and
wretched structure built on low, swampy
ground, was crowded with nearly three
huiidrud prisoners, Mr. Van BoKelin
being the only white man among them.
His dungeon was a narrow slone cell
which measured Uut eight feet by four*
and the walls were constantly dripping
with water
Here the unfortunate ex-consul was
forced to live from March, 1884, until
Juno 27, 1885, the place being infested
with rats and loathsome vermin. Ho
was often stung by small scorpions.
His health which was robust, when ho
was first imprisoned, is now entirely
broken down,and he has become a victim
to both consumption and chronic
catarrh, while his face is palo and haggard,
and gives every evidence of long
suffering.
. Soon after his incarceration Mr. Van
Bokelin, wrote to the late secretary of
State, Frelinghuyscn, 3tating his case,
and a letter was addressed by tho State
department to President Soloman, to
which no attention was paid. On renewed
appeals from the prisoner for
help other letters were sent to the
Maytien Government, all of which wero
ignored as completely as' the first had
been.
Soon after President Cleveland was
inaugurated Mr. Van Bokelin made an
appeal to Secrctay of State Bayard,
stating the case in full and imploring
that some steps be taken to save him
from the slow torture lie was enduring.
A letter was at once sent to the Haytien
President by Mr. Bayard, in which Mr.
Van Dokeliu's instant release was do
it n.?o
tacked a<nd dio within an hour, seemingly
paralyzed with pains."
The.Sycamore Creek region is very
sparsely settled with a class of hardy
mountaineers, and, as the region is one y
of pure water and healthy monntainy'
air, the outbreak seems unnccount?lJ|?,
Ttie symptoms so cm to suggortt the J&* >
riblf difloiiKe that last year rnvna(M.V^|
number of counties in 4bt>
I Southwestern part ?f this Si*^*nd one
I or two ovi-r the Una in K'urtwikx, >
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iiiuiiuiju. n uud uisu pianiijr quivcu wimv
if this was not promptly done a United
States man-of-war would be despatched
to l*ort an Prince with instructions to
adopt severe measures if necessary.
The Alliance at that time was at Key
West, and Mr Bayard stated that if he
was not speedily informed that this
Government's demands had been complied
with the vessel would be ordered
to Port an IVnce.
The receipt of this strong document
had a very salutary.cjfcct upon the Haytion
President, who at once gavo orders
that the prisoner should bo reloascd. Mr.
Van llokelin stated to day that he would
leave to-moo*^' for Now York and
next day go to consult Secretary Bayard
on the subject of damages from Hayti;
Stricken "West Virginia.
WnKKi.rs'u, W. Va. Aust 30.?A panic
prevails in that part of Clay County
Ij'ing along Sycamoro Crook, arising
from the ravages of a strange and fatal
disease niuong the few inhabitants of
that region. About fifty people have
been attacked, of whom about a score
| have died,and the death rate promises
lo increase with great rapidity. The
Weekly Proyrcxs says:
"Kvory hour brings the sad news of
another doath. At first the malady was
thought to be flux, but it is now believ*
ed to be another and more fatal disorder,
A vague, horrible fear has begun to fill
the breasts of somo. It may hot bo
cholera, but tho symptons are Tory
j much like it. An instance of the fatal
I cffects of tho disease is afforded by tha
family of Justice Sizmore, ft well known
citizen. Three of his sons aro already
dead, and as they lay in their coffifts,
threo more were writhing and sereatQ<
ing with tho awful tortue which carried
off the others. We have beon unable
to learn the exact number of deaths, bat
the reports are most alarming. It is
eWoflv'eonflnnd to ehtldrpii. who ?ro