Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Bll?Tl? (VF THE CONFEDERACY. A GLANCE BACK TO nu: DAYS OF TWENTY-FIVE Y EA KS AUO. i Nei n, ..i du* Inauguration of President Jefferson I>tivls--Th<j fl rsl Confederate Money, (lie I'li sl ? lan. (ho First Soldiers nml (lu- I li si Cinl or. (Wash. Letter lo the Ac/'- York World.) **No, sir, 1 was not willi Mr. Davis at Montgomery this weok to hear him pronounce what youIU'0 pleased lo call thc funeral oration ol'tho Confederacy. I was there wi:li him twenty-live years ago and heard Ililli make a ?peech Uiuch moro cheerful, lt was Iiis inau gural a> President-tho baptismal sor vico you might call il-ol'tho Coufed oracy. I was one of thc marshal's aids on that occasion, mid represented South Carolina." The >pcaker, chat titi"; with a group of his friends in tho parlor of the National Hotel, was f ol. Henry I). Capers, of Georgia. Ilehnsbccn'horo for several moulus and his erect llguro and gallant bearing arc much re niai ked. 1 lc was private secretary ol' tho ll rsl Confederate secretary ot tho treasury, and hi> reminiscences ol' the babyhood ol'thal short-lived Govern ment are ?in interesting volume. Tho bitterest Northerner cannot begrudge the pathos "m ihc spectacle ol'Joll'crsoii Davis, a solitary old man, grey and feeble, standing up io .speak ?ii tho memorial service ol the rebellion. n po 11 tlc- steps ol' thc very Capitol where he fl rsl stood forth its chief, in tho prime ol' his m.oily strength and the iir>i ll ii -11 of its. hopes, on Ino I st h l^ebriiuty, LSG 1. Ibov many he must niis.s ol du- high-hearted, hot-blooded Soulborn chivalry win? stood proudly around him Ihul da) .' The l x111 ol' l'Vbruary, 1861, was a beautiful Southern day, -a\s L'OI. Capers. The sin beamed down oil thc '-nala) oe?atdor tiki a happy luther, mid a soft southwest wind wtis iifl'uig the leaves of im magnolia that twined with ti:c laurel in many alargo Icstoon about ibu Corinthian columns ol'thc capitol. An immense concourse ol' people gut herod l? lIto inauguration, but so solemn w< re thc ceremonies and so carin -; were tho 1.plc, ililli Col. Copers, silting on horseback in tho outskirts Ol' thc throng, beard dis* ti;.eily ever) word of die eloquent opening prayer <d Dr. Manly. Tue venerable divine and Vico-Pro&idcnt olccl Stephens rode ?;. lin- carriage with Mi'. Davis, and Howell Cold., president ol'ibo convention, adminis tered thc oath ot ellice. Mr. Davis spoke his inaugural quietly, but dis tinctly, and upon taking the oath raised bis eyes Inwards heaven and repealed Un concluding words, ??So help un ( ...ii,'' in a lone ?o strong and clear tba! lliCy could be heard by every one presold. There was a re ception thal night and a brilliant ball. C. ti. Mummil ger, of South Carolina, v. as appointed sooroiary of thc treasu ry, and on the 201 h Col. Capers, whom lie selected as his private secretary, opened their ofllec in the Commercial building. The accommodations were limited, but convciiii MI. There was a banking ollicc < ii the ground door. Tho state, treasury, war, navy ami law departments ol thc new govern ment set: ied. dow u in ila; iwclvo rooms iou tho second >ior> , none ol'llioin very largo. Young Capers took possession ot their ofllce, swept out the cobwebs and dust himself, gol in a lew anieles of furniture, tacked a card on the door, hired an ellice boy and wailed two whole daj - helero anybody caine to do business. Then came u tali, soldierly-looking man will: .ni cager step and the unmis takable air <d business, lb- wanted io see the secretary at once upon an im portan I maller. Ile handed (ho young private secretar) an olliciul noie and hurriedly .s;lhi; 441 am Capt. Dca-, sir, late of thc United States nrinv. I have been in structed b) President Davis, whose note I hand you, to provide rations and blankets for ono hundred men who have reported to him for duty in the anny, I want tho money, sir, lo carry out thc order of tho President." Col. Capers assured thc Captain that be was both willing and anxious i he men should he lilied und covered, but be added, shaking Old a purse that contained something less than $?: "1 have been on considerable ol' n frolic lor tho lasi two weeks ju Mont gomery, ami hiv linances are al this moment pretty ii>w. This is.all tho money 1 am able to vouch for as hoing in the treasury department of thc Confederate Stales ai this limo." Patriot i-rn nouldll'1 be allowed lo go unted ami unblankcicd, however, ami after some delay Un- money w as raisod on thc prisait: credit of Mr. Mcin minger. Thc soldiers thus crpiipped were u compati) ot Georgians, com manded b) i rpi. Georgs Washington Lee. Tho) w ero Ibo ll rsl body of troops enlisted by iliet onfodcraoy. When their provisional Congress provided lora luau ol $l?,nno,()00 "to meet the ena ; rei., ?es ol'Govcrninent," tho)' thereby provided .mother emer gency. Tho Government had no paper to print Huir bonds, cert ideates and notes upon. Thoy managed io get tho chi<d' ingredient of paper mono) credit very WOll, but stuck last a while for lack ol'wind i- usually comparatively valueless, l lie paper mills ol' the South mndo omy tn : ordinary news paper am! the common wrapping paper ol' HU? shops. Tho liner manu factories of die country lay north of thc lino (d' s?paration. G. I?. Lamar, presiden! ol'thc Hank of thc lb-public, in New York, acting RS agent tor the Confederate Government, arranged io have the work done by the American Bank Note Company, but when ibo bonds and otc- wen- all handsomely printed am! ready to he shipped the secret sor vi cc officers of ila- National Govern mon I swooped down ?md con fiscated Hie whole batch. Thc difli culty of Unding paper and engravers was not sol ved um H aller the removal o? tho Government from Montgomery to Richmond. Tho Iticbmoiul paper mills were finally abie m furnish a sort Ofbank-llOfO paper, but Um rtl'Sl issue was printed by a linn of German engravers in Kiel mond on paper smuggled through tic' lines ti om Bal timore. The il rsl proof-sheet, of eight one-hundred dollar bills, was far from handsome, bul (hoy wore in a hurry and thoy approved it. Il is now In thc posse->ion of Col. Capers, and bears upon ibo back ol' it this inscrip' tion, made al (ho time, in tho hand writing ol'.Secretary Mciniuingcr : "When thc money-changers become familiar willi tho peculiar features ol those uncanny bils it will boas difficult to pass a counterfoil as if they were ongravod on steel by au expert; may be ?nore so." Socrctary Memmingor seems to have boen both a wit and a philoso pher. Unattractive os thoy were in appear aneo anil uncertain in tho promise tiley expressed, they passed ut pur in sev eral seaports of Dixie "for at least a month," as ("ol. Capers carefully puts it, "after tiiey wore Issued/' Several large hills ol' oxohaugo were bought in London ami Caris ut pur. Hut thc financial boom ol Ute Confederacy didn't last long. Whoo it caine to be August, 'di, thc Canal and Citizens' banKS in New Orleans were thc only ones handling Confederate money at par. On the lit h of August even I hoy suspended specie payments, notifying tho Richmond authorities of their intention two days in advance by a private cipher dispatch, Col. Capers bas Ibo original ol' this dispatch, in pursuance ol' which tho GovcrillilOllI tnado quite lt saving speculation for itself by buying up Jail tho loreign exchange it could lay its hands <>n in New Orleans, Mobile, Savannah, Charleston and Richmond during thc two days of grace Col. Capcrs's recollection ol' those carly days of thc war arc u continuous ???tory i>r makeshifts and expedients. The young Government lived from hand ti? mouth. One of tho lir-t naval ohHcCI'8 to report for duty was Raphael Sommes, afterwards commander of the Allillinna. Ile was on hand bofoi'C they Innl a deck for bim to stand oil, and worked for a short lime in the treasury department ul Montgomery. A merchant vessel was soon bought ami Sommes, after inspecting her, returned to Montgomery and announc ed lo Ids I'ellow-oFork, Col. Capers: "She Is ti good craft, sir, a good crail. When I have strengthened her limbers and cul ber down lo lighting ililli, my word for il, she will do brave work, sir." She was accordingly altered and armed and, with Sommes on her qiuirloi'-deck, made good his prediction I to the dire cos! ol'such tis went down lo lin- - a in -hips umlcr the Stars und Stripes in those days. Thc vessel WH^ I he Sumter. SLUM.. - WHITTLES FOU l"S f IM Us. Ibu when shu was rc.nl to sali and her register made out, ii a'lis discov ered ut ibo Ins! moment Hud thc I reason depart mont ol'thc I Jon I ede ru te Slates lind no >ca!. There wa-u'i an engraver lo bc lound in Montgomery, and Semines was Impatient lu get his Diper- ami he oil'. So ho and Col. Copers, nilled by a hamh young army surgeon, and al the uxpciISC ol two or iluee penknives, carved a rude seal Upon a piece ol' box w ood, which mel thu immediate need. Sommes gol his rogistcr, ami Hu" Sumter sci sail under thc Stai - and Har-. Tin rc was quito a limo over tho adoption of (hal Hag. A considerable number were in favor ol sticking lo the old Hag. willi sliglll modifications, bul .'dr. Mile-, of South Carolina, chairman ol' the Congres sional ling committee, argued at length in his report against this sentimental ?ilea, lind added, liv way way Ol' tl clincher, thal Liberia and Ibo Sandwich islands had Hags very similar lo ours, ami thc committee was not disposed, therefore, if for no other reason, "to keep, copy o*' im?talo it. They have no inclination to borrow second-hand iv ha I bas ni ruad y been pilfered or appropriated by n free ucarro com munity and a race of savages?' The* very llrst Con federate Hag that the sun ever saw, Col. ( apers lostilios, was hoisted by Judge (Tnherall ni Montgomery. Ile was in Ibo coull ilei.ee ol' tllO lhi<; COIllUlillCC, Ililli US soon they told him thc dosigll selected he gol bis lady friends lo gelber and bad .?ne made. On the dav Hie committed was io report lo Congress he mounted tho roof of Ibu Capitol, llxcd his Hag lo thc halyards Of the -tall Olid wailed. Tho recommendation of tho com mittee was approved. Ile gol Ills signal from below, ami in tho (wink ling of an eye tho now ensign of Ibo South was Hooting proud lt\ in ibo caresses of thc gentle .March wind. Thc nows spread quick)v through ibo city, und whoo Judge (.'Iiiherall shouted down from Iiis lofty perch, "Three cheers for the ( ion federate Hag" tho crowd answered with a mighty greeting that, it was thought nt ldc time, mus? have, given au earache lo tho bronze statue on thc dome of the fill' Noi l hern Capitol. GOWNS I OK I.KADI A I l s. Willi I I lui Sutil Ohl (.ra.Dial.- nilli Golden Hair arc lo Don In J nun, < /''roui Jennie Juin '* I'Us/iion Letti r ) Graduating dresses arc always n source of trouble ami anxiety with expectant graduates from school ami colicu? at I his season. A few may bc able lo send or give their order to :i competent dressmaker; tho majority "worry" over tho difficulty of making nu adequate ap pi .aran to Olli of iliudo q ii atc resources. Tho best thing, prob ably, thal tim majority can do i- lo pro. ure oi.f the machine embroid ered white muslins, make it up willi full open bodice, ami \\ car cream, palo yellow or heliotrope satin belt and ribbon-. Rut ||" ilu y would begin a year bc foro and embroider in a deli cate, allover pattern or in lines or w illi border or drapery, n line, white wool or lineii lawn, w hat a dainty cost nine would lu- obtained, not only nt a com parativeiv trilling OXpCIISC, but pos sessing tho unpiirchasablo distinction Of sep?ralo and artistic individuality. There i- ti furore just now in London for home dressmaking and to encour age it a ball i s to ho given at Willis's Rooms in May, al winch tho toilottos worn by tho ladies aro to bo exclu sively "li?me made." One of tho obstacles to dressmaking al homo, with tl-, is the lear of not being like eve.- - body clso. This bondage i- a great source ol weakness, Wo could alford to bo ?i lillie fantastic in order to be free, simple and expressive. Tin- l.finjriinjIA of Hi? Hand. t /.'ri>in Cussf.lV? P'atniljf Afeiydzinc,) 1 ) Imples, bone- and wrinkles mark tho three singes of life's progress. Wiib the w rinkled stages tho steadiness of youth often remains in resolute character. When thc Duke of Wel lington was a very old man, ho could Still till a glass of waler to tho last possible drop, and hold il up steadily, brimful. Tho helpful heads Keep their youthful activity, loo, far Into (ho withering agc. .And in nobly loving natures there is a sort of immortality of youth; ibo iva rm tb of infection lins given moi'O than a royal prerogative: the hand is beautiful &. Wily fl to the eyes thal, know it familiarly. Thc latter years only stamp il w ith the impress of a longer past, ol tenderness, faithfulness and bounty. Is it not the "ole" band, but the "(lear" hand, and it never grows older, but more dear. Ho who doubts tho truth of this last mystery has yet not found ont that bands as woll aa hearts, have a pecul iar placo lu our knowledge and lovo of one another. Tl IK III Hil OF WA IKK. Th?? MOM Dealrucltvo Preahel Hine? 1859 Cropa Ruined aud Live Modi lirowmlrd - Drldgea ami Culvert* Waahed Away-Kami? Uvn Driven Prom Their Hornea. (Columbia Daily KooorJ, May si ) Tho bmini ruins of thc past few iluys have be< n general ?vir tho country, mid the Ilootl gales of thc mountains having boon opcucd, thc waters aro rolling down to tin- low Iniuls willi grcal velocity,sweeping nwnj cabins, bridges, live stock and crops in I heir wihl course. Broad Uiver bridge lids morning was impassable lo vi lli? les, and tltOSO who ven lured over die Congarco Uiver bridge took ll risk, as I ht- Illidge w as m arly llontilig Oil Ibo angry si ream. The piers were covered at ii A. jil, :uid tho river still lising. The witter hus Hooded tho work on tho ca uni, and serious injury will result i?> this groat Slate enterprise. The plantations of .Mr. .lohn C. Seagers, . Janies Cl. tl minim. Cunt. NY. D. Star im-, the Childs brothers, Mr. T. li. Augh try. Mr. ll. F. Uli ill ll and ot hoi's in Hie lower part ol' Kiehland tire submerged and thc colton and corn ruined. These farmers have losi ti largo mininer of cat ile, hogs and horses by llrowilillg, and thc prospects arc (hill thc Continuai rise of thc waters will entail upon them still further loss. At tho old Arthur place, now Mr. (?rif fln's plantation of 1,5(10 acres, only 100 aeres are out of waler, and thc road tb lite plantation is four feet deep in willer. All through Ibo eily tiud County bridges and causeways have heen swept awav, and the chances uro llial I ho fow remaining in position will follow in the general wreck. The culvert on thu C., C. & A. li. lt., just above Ibo eily, lias caved in, but ti temporary structure allowed Indus lo go out io day. A train on the c. A: G. lt. li. is between two wa died oui trestles, m ar Peak's Sta lion. A family in Ward I, reining ono of Ibo Allw?rden houses, corner of .Medium and vss(.|.)l)\ streets, was forced lo move out, yestorduy, "lock, stock und barrel," the wider having risen waist ?hep in the house and Ihre.ilciung I ho family w lilt drowning. Captin P. II. bnoktl'l' says his crop is itUUidtth i and his loss will be nearly entire. Triiins have h eu d< layotl throughout tho country in account or Hie heavy rains, and Ibo only wonder is I hat no loss of human life hu i oconnell. li mid i cds ol persons weill lu th?' river lo ii. i d remained for hours, witnessing thc dc I niel lon caused by Hie swollen dream Thc waler broke through I lu ?.anal ba ikS (ill Hie river s?d(. ;ln?| washed away Hie works for hundreds of yards, I'pon reaching thal portion on w hich Hu ti?\ waler works stund tho angry Hood seemed t ? have au especial mission to fill lill. Tree aller iree succumbed lo the lore? oi du: torrent, weill crashing down stroan and threatened destruction to the Conga rec bridged Yard alter yard of earl li wm undermined until th?' close of this report al |\ M.. win n Hie water works wen carried away, tim hundred cords of pilli wood were Inkcn off ?nu jilly and the ?ana bridge weill oil as drill wood. The cyclone of Thursday morning, iiflc spreading destru? lion thronen thc Ileitis o Mr. George Newman, struck the piucos o Mr. C (?. Brown, < ?pt. J. C. B. Smith Cap:. W. II. Miller and others, picked u| cabins ami "scattered I helli to Ilia foil winds 1.1 heaven,' shingles going in on direction, logs in aiinllicr and chimneys ii tl third. The i".e|s wa re tilled willi (b'bri of Ibo storm and tho brandies wen swollc to an almost impassable degree. Pines o circumference ci pud lo the span of a mau' arms were snapped Uko pipe stems ami wn nut trees ti half eetilurv old were mowc dow n like grass. tirent llimtlgt! vv.is ii.,nc lo the brie vaiiU ,,; Messrs. clark Waring and ?I. Froi Walker. At the Schiiety.cn Pi.ii/, the dosi mel lon t limber was gn at. Throughout thc elly the washouts hov been serious, gurdoi having been I mu dab d und drains choked with (lie driftin SUlUl. Mr. Scegcrs has ;."?n iteres in coll?n an IKI nen s in oats Hilder wat? r. St?vt ?' ?i liouscs on lin- Lexington side ? Ibo Congurcc bridge were vacated yeste day. because th?- water had Hooded tl lloi.is. Phuik.1: were knocked oil' thc sides? Broad Uiver bridge this morning to nllo Hie willi ; !. ' escape. Mr. ( hilds's steamer was Ulccossfull usetl ycslerdaj und today in rescuing lb stock from wnlory graves. An tibsi i ver notes Hie dales of Ibo poi odiad freshets us follows: May, ls|n: Ai gust, is.vj; February, 1800; .lulie, is; May. I SMI-'averaging ll} years. Brui Uiver was Hine f?-et nigher in 1802 Hit to day at 10 o'clock. Thc dates mention! were UNI i pt tonally good ?rep yens. the I-'IOIMIH l l-, ulnre. CIIAHI.KSTON, Ma.v 21, Thorn are beti! froshels througlioiil lipper Solidi Carolin The Pu- Dec river shun ls Ihiriy six f< nhovc low wnlcr and is still rising. Cm on the ri -, ei uro a total loss. The hiss hoy on? I estimule. Considerable ?lama: has been dunc lo Itu* railroads and crops the norlhern and western puris of ll Stale. ('ll.MlI.OTTK, N. C., May 21.- The la si.nin which commenced at Ibis pla Tues?hi\ morning closed last night, Tl tol d rainfall was light in? hes. The bri a in Hu- Air bine n>ad between Charlotte at Albinia have been repaired and trains i ? lay resumed travel. Three breaks . curred tut Hie Charlotte, (,'olumbiii ai Augusta road, but Hioy wen- repaired y< ten fay und only a slight delny was ?ans ?ll the ruc.lilli.' "( Ml' ll'llillS. The lb? mond iiel hillville linc slithered seven bel ween Charlotte ami Grocnslioro, t trt'SHc o Vi r Cod.ile (nek beim; wash awav ami ono s pail ol Hie Illidge Olio hu dred ami ll fly feet long over the Vndk hiver was dedroyed, rids causes a sit page of (ravel. The hunk al Cuddle Cn lias heen repaired and a transfer will eilt? b il Ul Vadkill Uiver on Monday m at which lime travel on ibis toad will resumed, Thc Western North Carob road w as only slightly damaged, Thc destruction of crops is immense n no estimate can ho made of Hu- loss billi ed on Hu- farming community. Thc decision of the New York Cou ri Appeals lilllie New York sinking-fund ci ?S of wide interest. The court holds timi estimai lug tho debi of New York city w reference lo thc COIIStillltioiinl limitatif the bonus ? filie city's sinking fund must deducted. As near I j all thc huge cities Hie country, lo n grenier or less extent, lu sinking lumls made up of ih< ir own seci lies, the principle sol forth has Import! bealing. The decisions of th?- courts w reference lo ibis plinse of < iiy govcrnmi have In en infreipient mid ol sliglll bearii - ? . Governor Wcsl w ent lo thc pcnltChlli at Sali Lnkc recently to mik with Hie nob anions convicts there. Ile asked if ti would bc w ?liing to promise ol>cd lenee the laws if he would usc his milli?me have clemency extended to them, Apoc Lorenzo Snow .said ho would not. ll? li no COIllhionCO in Judge Zane or LT il i I states Al tor noy Dickson, whatever lie mlj h.ive in Govornor West. Ti: . Pivdiyl. l ian General Assembly c< VI I,c i in Augusta Thursday, and organ!: by eic.-ting itev. Dr. J. H. Bryson, of A buna, Moderator; Kev. K, A. Uainsey, Nashville, and Governor J, ll Mayro, Virginia, Reading (Merks. A resolut was adopted refelling the question of 0 lotion to a special committee to report soon as possible. An incendiary tire destroyed John Noxscn's corn Imus?, with several bund bushels of corn and peas, near Kingsti Loss about $500. GBNKKAL MC UH ll KUH. Karla of I rt terral Uathered from Various ?liiarter?. Sumter is troubled with forest Ares. J, C. Mnllnreo, of Charleston, has been grau ted a patent for mixed paint. Hen Dinkies, an old colored mau of Sum ter, fell dead on thu 15th. Mr. A. W. Morton, of Abbeville County, died on Friday hutt of heart disease. Mr. II. M. Prince, of Abbeville County, died suddenly on the 10th from paralysis. Thc Georgia State Democratic Conven tion meets in Atilinta July 28. Asheville votes tho issue of $100,000 in bunds for publie improvement of her streets and lights. Negroes arc wanted at Panama to work on the canal. The climate is said t<> l>c good for them. A daughter of Widow Whiteside*, liv ing near Gastonin, was struck by lightning lost week and killed. Four persons wen: severely shocked by liglltniug on thc farm of ll. W. Hoggs, in Oeouco. Frank Little, a colored man living near CheraW, committed suicide by shooting himself with a gun. Ii is estimated that tho losses in nine Ohio Counties devastated liv thc Hood will foot up $2,000,000. Lawyer Frank P. Gray, of Atlanta. Ga., was shot and killed by Marshal lt. !.. .Iones in a difficulty about some cattle. A portion of the town of Meriden, Kan sas, was destroyed hy a tornado; several persons wore killed and many injured. Capt. Hatfield, with a troop of cavalry, struck Geronimo's band a severe lick and captured his horses and entire camp outfit. Will Hunt, a young man of 17, cloped willi Miss Minnie Ferguson, aged 15-iioth panics from progressive Spartanburg. Mr. .Julinu J. Neville, of Walhalla, cut his loot severely willi an axe while culling wood, aial now moves around on crutches. George W. Carleton, who for years has been iden "lied with American books and authors, 1 * retired from business. The eruption of Mt. .Etna is increasing in proportions and Hie town of Monte ROSSO is in danger from the How of lava. Phenomenally heavy rains have fallen In the Western and Piedmont sections of North Carolina during the past two days. Eugene Taylor, of Greenfield, Mass., poisoned his soi. hy sprinkling strychnine on candy and then attempted suicide. lt. ll. McMurray was run out of his Acid last Tuesday bv a whip snake. Ile went back and killed it. Ii measured s feet in length. Thomas A/cy. a farmer ia Burlington, N. J., accidentally shot his wife fatally while endeavoring to shoot crows in Ins corn Hold. Thc Orangemen of County Armagh arc enrolling themselves in military organiza linns for thc purpose of resisting a home rule government. Francis M. Taylor. Probate .Judge of Winston County. Ala., has been impeached ill the Supreme Court and deposed from ellice. Col. .lohn B Folsom, grandfather of the Voling lady to wlean President Cleveland is engaged to he married, died last week in Erle i "ininty. ?. Y. Mrs Margaret Donan, a Wheeling, W. V., w idow , while suffering from religious excitement, killed her three daughters and then committed suicide. E. F. Walker, a respectable citizen of Louisville, Ky., while suffering from tom? pniarv insanity, jumped from a railway I rain and w as killed. Uclurns from all over the country indi cate thal r.ej.omi prisons an- now working ciglll and niue hours a day ho were w ork im,' len hours a day last month. Another ! il -I i ; .,icd France and portions of Gen \ . . "?iturdnv. causing serious loss of ble i . great damage lo property. Dan and Lou M; '.vim murdered Mar shnl ( '.unpin ll and w "Haded '1 Heer McCor mick at Ihuiov . FDri l.t, we e 'ynchod by indignant citizens, The O range nt ci i of Australia promise tn nid tho Orangemen af Ireland in Ha ir en deavors lo prevent the lulnplion of Glad stones home rule scheme. Gen. Marline/, routed thc Yaquis from their stronghold in Sierra Uacatche, killing 100 and capturing 300 of thc band. Thc Mexicans lost 'io killed and 70 wounded. Capt. .lohn N. MalUt, an old officer of the United Stales Navy, who resigned toshare his fortunes wlfil tho Confederacy, died at his home in Wilmington, N. C., yesterday A kerosene lamp exploded in the room of Dr. I B. Patrick, Jr., in the Georgetown 1 Intel, a few nightO Ugo, hut no .seri?lo damage w as done. Senator Hobo died Inst week athis home in Spartanburg, from the effects of tho In juries rec eived by n fall during a recent storm. A young son of John Moroso, of Charles iou. fell oicr tia- banister of the third floor of his residence lo the first Hoer, a distance of "l? feet, and was seriously Injured, Alderman Jlichmo has been sentenced to nine years and ten months Imprisonment in Sing Sing for accepting a bribe In conncc lion with Ibo Broadway Surface Railroad. Miss G. Morse, a great .granddaughter of Commodore Vanderbilt, has stirred up thc citizens of the venerable town of Tarry town. X. V., by cloping with her father's e- inchman < Icorge Minion, Mrs. Alice Pendleton, til years old, wife ot Ex-Governor Pendleton, of Ohio, and present Minister to Herlin, was thrown fnnii her ? alliage while driving in Central Falk, New York, and killed. During the presentation of l ucie Tom't ("allin in Westerville, ().,on the 18th, il gasoline lamp was knocked over and a panic ensued among ibo audience, several being killed and a number Injured. I'lini White, the most successful conti dence man in th?! world, has just died in Reading, Vermont. During his life he had swindled ('infilling limn and women out ol fully $1,500,000. He had several aUtl?C?, The dwelling of ll. C. Pooro, near Dm West, was desi coyed by tire at an early hour Sunday morning, lin- family escaped With only II suit each. Ix)ss about $1,500 no insurance. John I.. Sullivan and Charles Mitchell have signed articles of agreement to box eight rounds according to the revised Mar ?luis of (Jueenslierry rules, in Chicago, on the 14th of June. Louis Lillgg, the Anarchist, for whom tho Chicago police have boen In search, ha* been arrested. He is known lo have been One of those who threw a bomb with fatal effect. Il J. Stephens, thc celebrate*! English bit \ ? list who is making a tour of the world on his bicycle, has been arrested hy the Russian authorities and imprisoned for (Kissing the Afghan frontier. One linn of manufacturers in tilt-, prov Ince of Lister has already concluded ur rangements for tho transfer of its mills tr Germany. It is stated that other Arms art considering the advisability of removal The Richmond And Danville Ballrond Company have paid $127.000 for tho large stone building ? ?ruer of Pennsylvania ave nue ami 1 Ol li street, Washington, to ht1 used for their new offices, ns thc Capitol City will bc their hcadtpiartcrs hereafter. While plowing on the plantation of a gentleman near Charlotte a nest of three rabbits was discovered. They were placed in charge of a cat with sovcral young kit tons, and the whole family arc getting on lindy. J. A. Henry, a dandily dressed printer, ?was arrested In Chicago for ultoriug Incen diary language and distributing a call for an Anarchist demonstration. 1 lc contended that thc recent attack on tiwi police was jus tillable and ?dd more bombs will bo thrown. North Carolina has provided pensions for her Confederate soldiers, bul Uley must bc worth less than $500 lind live within thu boundaries of tho .Slate to secure it. A music leaf turner has been patented by Mr. Louis I,. While, ol Portland, Oregon. Now, what is a fellow going to do for an excuse to Stand close to his best girl while she is playing on tko piano? It is send-olllcially announced Ibid thc Qermtui Oovcrnincn't will enforce Ibo So cialisl laws more stringently than ever, in order to prevent tbo anarchy which Qrcal Britain, Belgium, France and America arc unable to suppress. "Make anarchists how lo law," says Ibo Philadelphia 'Hims. Yes, and drive them beyond the seas to their own plate. Tin y have no right lo remain in this land O? freedom. Congress oughI lo enact ti rigid anl?-Cbincsc law against them. It ls reported that Deputy United Mar shill Ami rews and a posse of three were lill killed by Hill Pidgeon in ISufaula, Indian Territory, while attempting his arrest. Pidgeon killed Deputy Marshal Itichardsoii some months ago. Norton Tubbs, of Nor!, Mich., after full ing in an attempt lo murder hts sister, eon fessed thc crime, announced his intention to commit .suicide, gave a neighbor $1,000 and blew oil the top of his head in ti barn when tho deputy sheriff cunio lo airest him. Tile talk about Fred. Douglas-; organiz ing a movement lo induce the negroes ii? settle in tho Northern and Western Statt does not disturb the South. Thc colored brother will not leave a section of Un country where thc watermelon crop never fails and the possum is always on deck A colored boy named .leif BrilclOII was shot dead near liam berg by a (ramp who is thought lo bc named Hetlinger. He had offered the rather of thc boy $5 lo dri\ him from (indium's lo Unmix i .. then com milted the murder and made off with Hu horse, li is though) he will 1)0 overhauled Tile largest aerolite oil record has just been discovered in Washington County, Pa lt. fell on thc 1 Ith ol September, I8tf5, and was lound embedded deep in tli?< soil. It is thc largest aerolito on record and wi iv h fully 200 tons. Its composition is chn minium, nickel, aluminum, copper, ina; nesiuin and tin. A severe storm passed over Greenville on Saturday, destroying a number of trci - and fences and doing oilier damage. A luigi oak was blow n down across the office ol Drs. \V. il. and S C. Jones,sinashin atoms. Several hundred dollars worth of books were desi roved. A wind storm st ruck Spartiuiburgou > ,.t unlay and ripped the tin roof from tia Opera House and partially unroofed tin Baptist Church. Several other building suffered and many trees were blown down A. J. Aycock had his head cul by ll brick falliiig upon it and David Sloan had om his lees injured. An old fariner intent Oil milking his will was asked by thc lawyer the name ol' Ids wife, win n he gravely replied: "Well deed. 1 really don t recoiled what it we've Inven married for upward of forty years, and I always call her my ol I WO mun." The lawyer left a blank, lo bc tilled up when tho old womans name was ascertained. About lins lime of year, ^.iys thc Caro in Spartan, when a man goes from town I country church, people w ish to know vvlial ho is going to run for. Likewise when youi simon-pure fanner gets up on Sunday morning and |nits on h?~ be.sl clothes am rides off to a church he is no! .e c u ... , to attend, it ls a suspicious circumstanci say the 1< Mst ol it. On Saturday mehi last, parties unknown went lo thc house nf Mr. .1. I{. Roberts, near thc town of Lancaster, ami called I liim. Mrs. ll. told them he was not a home. They Hu n weill lo the house of negro on thu premises mid, uftor ciirsin around awhile, ll red several his door mid left. Mi. I? . effort lo ferret oui the parlii Mr. .las. A. P Bliickllion ( 'minty, has Invci n I a la' ll Stock to wie -IIlu ted ns lo inaki to get caught in the rope w i'h whit li lin j ai tied, and can readily he carried In, il pen from one place lo another lt i- all arran; . il so os to afford stock shelter from the hui sun. An expressman named hies. BO yean old, hanged himself In.in a rafter in his barn in Chicago. His wife found him in this situation, and her screams brought crowd of neighbors t.. thc si ene. bill no one interfered or attempted lo cut the rope, owing to Iho frantic efforts made b\ the suicide to release himself, hy throwing hin legs and arms apart. Alter icu or lltteen minutes a policeman t ut the mall down, Ile was then cold in death. The I Iou? Committee on Public I,amis have authorized a favorable report upon Mr. Payson's bill lo prohibit non-resiucnl aliens from act i ii i ri ng or holding real esl atc in the Territories <>f the United states. Thc purpose of the hill is io break lip tin tern of foreign landlordism, snitl lo Ix operation t<? ti startling exlcnl in several of tho Territories, thc foreign owners of the lund leasing it to tin l enan try under about the same system which ls in vogue in Ire lund The report hus reached Kufaula, Ind. Ter., from thc interior that Deputy I oiled Stales Marshal Andrews and Ids posse of three were nil mortally wounded bj Hill Pidgeon while attempting bis ca pl un Pidgeon had killed twelve men, and lhere hus been a large reward offered foi his cap lure dead u alive. Andrews ami his pi were after this reward. Pidgeon killed Deputy Marshal Uichardson some months ago. A posse nf armed citizens arc scour ing the country for Pidgeon, ?hoi-, through makin : o Lnn?u I bid ..! machine './tilg. I |S sm; ,npossible for t ii Mfa nf ?I Karak la Town. Malarial gases sneaked up through tho poorly constructed drains and mude hnhv very Hick with malarial lei er. Baby Would have died but for timely use of Browu's Iron Hilters. Then; is nothing incliner in its way of coming, nor worse in its effects, limn this malaria from tin- underground regions. Mrs. .McDonald, of New Haven, Conn., says, " For six years I suffered from the effects of malaria, but Brown's Iron Bitters cured me entirely." Try lt when malaria steals in ami undermines your Constitution, lt Will give relief. WIIITK I,l<:<UIIOKXN. I am n*jw breeding from hirds that score from 8? to!>0 points. Kggs Jfl.no per sit ting of 13. Chicks, this fall, at l'i.?O poi trio. Kggs packed carefully in baskets. Fair hatch guaranteed. For further in formation, Address J. 8. MoC.llKIOHT, \ pl'ii.I tn WlNNsnoitO, S C. Many a Lady is beautiful, all but her skin ; and nobody has ever told her how easy it is to put beauty on the skin. Beauty on the skin is Magnolia Balm. MALARIA I Min? Uk? nyul, ii? fruin uiiltuotrii onuwa, nt ull activons. ?imtUM? (ho NOTTOHJ Im pu ri 1)1 ?pail?n, ?nd Enfeeble* tho Munde?. Quiekt? nnd completely eure? Mullirla,nnd ( lilli" ?ml Kevora, For Intermittent Kevern, l,nN Hiitide? illicit ol" Fnoruv, it i">? ?<. o<iu?i. It i nricho1 nml purities th? Mood. Mhniilatc? tho sp pet ito, ?nil ?trciutthcn* tili? m?melos ?nil n?rvea. lt doon mit Injiiru Um tooth, catino headache. or nioduCO CntiHtilmlinn-- ill .>lhrr Iron tnttUtttHf <lo. VATHKII T J. UKTI.I.Y. tho patriot lo mid scholarly l Int helle Divino, nf Arknnpaa. BltyBI "I have nicd Brown'l Iron Bittora with tho Rub rsi Hatlafaqtion for Mfil-rin. mid n* a preventivo of OIIIIIH ami Uko di'."anea aud ?ill always koop HOD hind AH a roady friend." (innuiiio lian above t rads mark mid croped red linea ? m wraripor I'll Ito no other. Made ?mir hy IIKOWN CHKMM'Ai. CO., 1IAI.TIMOKK, MI?. I.A?II'H' MANO HIMIK-useful and "ttr?ctivo, cnn . . 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