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EMPSON MILUS. ?Htcr Hipp Lo YOL. ?. LAI KENS C. LIM S. C., WEDNESDAY, JULY 28, 1886. big job of Clothing _Baltimore Fir?. Mil. DAVIS MAKES RETORT* I? KIM.VIM; IO'III K Kn.lKDKttH Ol' UK fi. \V. T. ell Kit.M \.\. Tim Prealdent <?r Hu Coufcderac*/ Wie* lllnlorj lu Hrfiiiiiiioii ol I he Chargei of Sherman, and Pacta n? io the Lalo War Between il Slate?. Thc Baltimore Sun prints a lotter, flvo columns in length, from ox-President Jol?crson Davis in relation to the long standing controversy between himself and General W. T. Sherman. Tho let* tor ia dated Beauvoir, Miss., September 23, 1880, und begins us follows: "At various times, und from many of my friends, I huvo been nuked lo furnish a reply to (len. W. T. Sherman's so called report to tho War Department, which tho United Stutt s Semite ordered printed as Exeoutive Document No. 80, Forty-eighth Congress, second session. I have hoon compelled by many causes to pof.tpono a reply to these invitations, and have in some instances declined, for tho timo being, to undertake the labor. A continuing sense of the great injustice dono me und the people 1 represented, by tho Semite making the. malicious us sault of General Sherman a publie docu ment, and giving to his slander tho im portance which necessarily attaches to an exeoutive communication t<> thc Son ate, liss recently caused tho request for a reply by mo to ho pressed with von ffront earnestness. For this reason I mvo decided to finnish a reply for pub lication in the Baltimore Sun." f bu his tory of my public Ute bears evidence that 1 did nil in my power to prevent the war; that I did nothing to precipitate tho collision ; that 1 did not seek tho post of Chief Executive, but u.vi , .1 HIV friends that 1 proferred not to lill it. That history Gonoral Sherman may slan derously assail hy his statements, hut ho1 cannot alter its consistency ; nor eau tho Republicans oJE tho Sonato chango its un broken story of faithful servie, to the Union of tho Constitution until, by the command of my sovereign State, 1 with drew as her ambassador from tho United States Senate. For all acts of my public lifo as President of tho Confederate States 1 am responsible ut tho 'our of history, and must occopt her verdict, which I shall do without tho least appre hension that it will be swayed from thu truth by the malicious falsehoods of General Sherman, even when stamped a? au executive document by the United States Senate. Mr. Davis then recites tho statement made by General Sherman before ll gath ering of ox-Union soldiers in It?fjl, that he (Sherman) had seen a letter from Mr. Davis to a United States Senator, in which ho (Davis) baid that be "would tum Lee's army against any State thal might attempt t?> secede from tho South ern Confederacy." Mr. Davis thoo quotes his letter to tho St. Denis Repub lican, printed at that time, deming the truth of Sherman's statement und tho interviews had subsequently by reporters with Sherman, to whom tho Inlier said: "This is an altair between two gentle men. 1 will talie my time about it ulai write to Mr. Davis my si If, Wo \. iii set tle the matter between us." "lt is "hardly necessary for mo lo say," continued Mr. Davis, "that Uenoral Sherman did not write to mo, and wo hud not settled tho matter between us, otherwise than 1 settled it by denounc ing his Statement ns tulse und himself as a slandorer. There tho matter would have rested, so far ns 1 was concerned. But when tlio War Department of tho Uuited Suites was mode tho custodian of his slander and Republican Senators be came its endorsers, and tho statomouts made at Frank Blair Post were lifted into oillcial importance, it became a duty alike to myself and to the people I rep resented to follow tho slanders with my denial and to expose alike its author and his endorsers." Mr. Davis reviews at length tho pro gress of tho controversy, reciting tho de nial of every Senator from tho Southern States that ho had received such u letter os that spoken of by Sherman, and ac cusing Sherman of nrst trying to substi tute a lotter from Alexander ll. Stephen? to Herschel V. Johnson for tho alleged Davis letter; then of representing that tho Davis letter was lost in the confusion of tho rebellion archives in the War De I>arUnont, and finally of protending that ie hud seen tho alleged letterat Raloigh, N. C., and intimating that it was ad dressed to (?overnor Vance. Mr. Davis quotes tlio published denial of ( lo vernor Vance that lie hud ever received Mich a lotter from him, and says: "My alleged Raloigh lottCl luis never been found. Sherman says ?t was Beni to Nashville, Savannah, Washington and St. Louis, and may huvo bei n finally burned in Chicago ni tho gn at Oro of 1871. But in Ita travels no other person but Sherman saw it; not a single oilier at any headquarters boa boon produced who read it, and it passes belief that in the excitement of tho closing days of the war and during my Imprisonment ?when every lotter of mino wau carefully ex amined to find evidence upon which to convict and destroy nie, not un ollicor nt all theso headquarters should have read that letter. Every fair-uiinded man must therefore conclude that General Sherman stated ftt tho Grand Army PoBt a Wilful and deliberate falsehood, and that Iiis motive bail ita inspiration in that mean notice which ha? characterized Iiis iicU and writing in other rospects toward the Southern people Tim so-called histori cal Btatement concerning tho public polioy of tho Executive Department of the Confederate Suites, aa Sherman's lotter to tho War Department is headed in that oxecutivo document, opens with tho following statement : 'That I (Sher man) boil wen papers which convinced mo that oven Mr. Davis, President of the Southern Confederacy, had, daring thc progress of tho war, changed Ins Suite's righU doctrinos, and hart threatened to uss force-even Lee's army-should any State of the Confederacy attempt to se cede from that government.' With the mental process by whieh General Sher man is 'convinced' I have no concern, but the 'papers' in wluoh he alleged that I 'threatened' to use force against tho States of tho Confederacy ought to 1K> tangible and producoable, and >? tn 'historio statement' thc Honato ought to have demanded the production i-f proofs, and on failure to produce them mut nfl? f denial by the Houston who Sherman alleged had received them, such 'b>tori cul statement,' already branded with falsehood and Unsupported by evidence, ought to huvc been rejected with only wonder how it got before tho Semite, lt is apparent that this so-called historical statement had been seen by Republican Bouatois, and that they were uot igno rant of its real character when the IIAW ley resolution was under discussion in tlie Semite. Those Senators then knew that General Sherman had, in bis letter ot* January I?, 1885, to tho Secretary of War, changed ibo issue between us from one of veracity to a rambling, shuttling discussion of a 'conspiracy' and of 'eon spinders' in the winter of 18(50- GI, and that winch at Frank Blair Post may have boon 'a whlto lie,' not intended for pub lication -carno before tho Senate as 'a historical statement,' bolstered with oth er falsehoods equally without foundation or support in anything written or uttered bj me. It now survives as an 'executive document' of picturesque prevarication. I know nothing of any 'conspiracy' or 'conspirators.' There was no secrecy about any of tho political affairs which led to tho secession of tho States in I860 Ol. It was tho opinion of thc con ference of Southern Senators in January, which is introduced in this historical standout aa evidence of 'conspiracy,' that secession "a." tho only remedy left to tho States; that cveiy effort to pre serve tho peace had failed mainly through tho action of that portion of the Republican party which refused all propositions for adjustment mado by those who sought in January, 1801, to justify confidence, insure peace and pre serve tho Union. In the same month in which that conference was held I served on a con mittec raised by thc Benato to seek some possible mode of' quelling the excitement that then existed. That com mittee was composed of the three politi cal divisions of tho Senate, and it was considered useless to report any measure which ?lid not receive the concurrence of at least a majority of each division. Tho 1 Republican Senators rejected every proposition that promised pacification, and the committee reported to tho Sen ate that, their consultation was a failure. Was there less conspiracy in the Repub lican Senators combining to prevent pacification than there was in the South- ' om Senators writing in a conference to advise conventions of their States flirt their causo was hopeless in Wushington? "As to tho epithets which Senator Sherman, In debate, applied to myself, as Ilia mode of retaliation for my denun ciation of his brother, I have been com- ' polled to prove (louerai Sherman to bo a ' falsifier and slanderer in order to protect 1 my character and reputation fron, l.?K ; willful aud unscrupulous mendacity, ff his brother, tho Senator, felt the sting , efthat exposure, and bis epithets aro , any relief, I am content that he shall go i on the record ns douounoing nie as a .traitor,' because I have proved his ' brother to be a liar. * "This historical statement mi . ht have ' been enlarged and extended by tho Sen ate and made to embrace tho deliberate 1 misrepresentation by General Sherman of a communication to hun by Col. J. 1 >. Stevenson in regard to Albert Sidney Johnston's command in San Francisco. ; In a letter to Col. Wm. H. Knight, of ' Cincinnati, Ohio, dated October 'is, Issi, General Sherman asserted that Col. .). 1>. Stevenson, now living in Sun Fiaucisco, has often told mo that he had cautioned the government as to ;.. plot or conspiracy through department com mander Albert Sidney Johnston to de liver possession of tho forts, etc., to men in California sympathizing with tho rebels in tho South, and he thinks it waa by this advice that President Lincoln sent ( ?ela nd Suiter to relieve Johnston of his command before tho conspiracy wns consummated. That statement of Sherman, tho veteran, Col. J. J). Ste venson promptly and emphatically de nied. General Grant himself has not been exempt from Sherman's malice. To Colonol Scott Sherman wrote: 'If C. J. Smith hail lived Grant would have disappeared to history.' The remarka ble statement was published by General Pry and pointedly and emphatically denied by Genend Sherman. Prompt to slander, ho is equally quick to deny his language. The letter of Sherman dated September 0, 188d, waa written to Colo nel Scott, now of tho war record ellice. Tho denial of Sherman has caused the publication of thc letter and the exposure of his hypocrisy in his recent laudation of the dead chieftain. "The deliberate falsehood which Sher man inserted in his official report that I ?i neral Wade 1 lampton was afterwards confessed in his '.Memoirs' to have been 'distinctly charged to General Wade (lampton to shake tho faith of his peoplo in him.' 'Even when confessing ono falsehood ho deliberately eoiiicd another, and on the same pago of his 'Memoirs' ' said that the tiro 'was accidental,' when he knOW from tho letter of General Stone, who commanded tho provost guard in Columbia, that tho lire was not accidental. How much more ho know he may in futuro 'Memoirs' or 'suito inent' reveal. Can any man imagine a less moral diameter, less conception ol truth, less regard for what au official re port should contain than is shown by Sherman deliberately concocting false hood for tho dishonorable purpose of shaking the faith of tho people ol South Carolina in their fellow-citizen General Wade Hampton? I have in this vindi cation, not of myself only, but also of the people who honored mo with tho highest oftioial position in thoir gift, keon compelled to group togothor in stances of repeated falsehoods deliberate ly spoken and writtou by General Shor man the Blair Post slando, of myself, the defamation ol character of General Ubeil Sidney Johnston, tho disparage ment ot the military famo of General Grant and thc shameful and corrupt charge against General Hampton. ? have only because tho Senate of tho United States has giveu to Sherman's slander tho endorsement which gives it whatever claims it may have to atton and of power to mislead in tho fuiure. Having spociti cally stamped tho statement as false, having proved it? author to bo an habit ual slanderer, and not having a partisan Soi into to make pkice for this nutioo of personal tirado, which was neither official report or record mado during thc war, so as to entitle it to bo received at tho olfico of archivos, I submit it ko UM public through tho columns of ? news paper which discountenanced foul play ,md misrepresentation, and which was L ind and just to mo in its issue of Jan uary a*, icm" TWO COTTON MIUACLKS. TUM MIAMI'S IIAHVKSTUlt AMI lilli MASON <> l.\. An Interesting Kxhlblllon ol Hie N<\> Unclitnei nt Sumter Yraterdny -Picking Two Thousand Pounds n liny. (N* VtH unit Courier, OctoVer ll.) A practical test of tho Milson Cotton Harvesting machine was iniulo in Sumter yesterday before a committee of three from tho Now York Cotton Exchange, aud committees from the Charleston Cotton Kxchnnge, tho Agricultural So ciety of South Carolina, tho Stute Agri cultural Society and the Slide Board of Agriculture. The committees were ac companied by the board of directors of thc Mason Cotton Harvesting Company. The Now York committee arrived at Sumter at 1 a. m., by the Wilmington? Columbia and Augusta Railroad, and tho other committees arrived at it.30 a. m., hy tho Central Railroad of South Caro lina. About 10 o'clock tho whole party drove out to the shops of tho Alasen Cotton Harvester Company, which ?re located about half a milo Hom the hotel. On arriving at the shops tho committees and other guests passed half au hour pleasantly in oxomic.'ng tho tools and machinery with which tin niions ure equipped, und in having explained to them thc several proceses employed in turning out tho wonderfully ingenious mechanism which is used in tho harvest ing machines. Everything being iu readiness one of tho Harvesters was pulled out of the slioj), two horses were hitched to it, a cotton field negro jumped into tho seat, mid the machine, followed by the visit ors, started for tho cotton held, about one hundred yards oft*. Ti. an observer of the machino, who had never seen its mode of operation, it would seem absolutely impossible to carry it over tho cotton plants without tearing thom all to pieces. Consequent ly winn tho machine was driven into tho bold and started down a row' of cotton plants, the faces of the visitors showed now much they were surprised in seeing that the plants passod through tia? nia ahinery without injury, while at tho gamo tune they saw a constant stream ol' notion pouring into thc bags which aro suspended ut the back of the machine. After running it over tho field for some timo il was suggested by tho committees that the operation of tho machine bo li meed in order that they might arrive it un idea of it? capacity. This was ac- ? eordingly done, and OS last as tito bags wire tilled others were substituted until n halt was culled. Tho cotton was then weighed in the presence of all present mid showed a picking capacity Ol 'J,OOO poiiHils a day. The cotton plants from which this cotton w*s picked were not fully fruited and it was thc general opin ion that in the rich fields of the far South and Southwest the capacity could be counted upon to bc much greater, rho mnohincd-picked cotton was then taken to one of the Mason Cylinder I ?ins, which was in running order on the place, and was ginned out in the pres ence ol'the company. The Oin worked superbly, and everybody present was de lighted w ith its capacity, with tho beau tiful condition of the lint cotton turned out, and with the perfect safety to the grinner with willoh it can bo o po ra tod. Several members of the dill'crciit com mittees bundled up samples to bike home with thom, that they might show tho cotton which they had soon in a few minutes picked from tho field hy ono of Mason's machines and converted into such beautiful lint by Mason's Gin. An hour or two moro was spent at the shops examining other Harvesters of varying styles and in diflcrent stag* s ol completion, when the party drove back to the hotel. At 1 o'clock tho party all dined togeth er ut the Jervey Hotel. Among those present wan Mr. W. Lt, Langley, of New i'ork. This gentleman, who is u nie olianical engineer, ami hearing that a committee from tho Now York Cotton E/Xehango hud been appointed to come South und witness ii practical field test uf thc Mason Cotton Harvester, caine, ilown also as the representative of North am capitalists who own large plantations in Texas, and who for ninny years have been endeavoring to socqro a practical cotton harvester. In response to a toast, Mr. Langley took occasion to say that lie hud been more thiiu pleased with what lie had seen; that he hud never seen a new machine tested with such sue -1 *wl results, aud that ho was prepared to report favorably to the gentlemen whom ho represented. Ho was satisfied beyond preadventure that Mr. Mason had discovered the correct principle, ami that ho believed Hint he had solved the problem that cotton could ho and would be in the future picked by machinery. The visiting committees woro invited to stay over at Humter and witness a tost of the Cotton Harvester by moonlight in order to show thom that tho machine can bo utilized at night as well us by day. Tho committee, however, found it impossible to remain over. Tho Mason Cotton Harvester ?nd the Mason Oy linder Gin will lio exhibited ut tho Shite Fair of Georgia, commencing at Macon on tho 27th inst., and at ll. A lol .ame State I'air at Montgomery, commencing on November 8th. TUB HAUVKsTKIl AM) ITH IIISrOItY. Tho exhibition at Sumter yesterday of tho Mason Cotton Harvesting Machine, before oomnilttoos appointed to Investi* gato it? practical operation and report upon its success mid usefulness, is n signal event in Hie history of the di vel opinent of un invention Which ranks in importance with tlio.se great labor-saving mach inca which have, moro than all other influences combined, contributed to the rapid conversion of tho vost wastes of tho American Continent into fertile fields and flourishing oities, and liavo oxorted no powerful an influence in shap ing the destinies and advancing the civil ization of all thc count rn s of the world. The Cotton Harvester did not spring, liko Minerva, fully armed from tho brain of genius, but bus boon slowly and pain fully doveloped step by step, from thc. first orado conception of th? in ven tor to the present practical win king amohine. lt will doubtless go on in thesame march A progress until perfection is reached. It ha? now boon several years sines it was generally known in Ulis ?State, and, in fact throughout tho Southern coun try, that Charles T. Mason, Jr., of Sum ter, S. C., had invented a contrivance for picking cotton from th?' tedd hy ma chinery, without injury to the growing plant . or to tho immature fruit. Thia contrivance waa the employment ot' a pickingstom, or linger, about eight inches long and about an inch in diame ter, on tho surface of which wero ar rat ged- small teeth or burbs, so pro tected by adjacent guards as to prevent tho teeth from coming in contact with any material except fibrous substances. This principio of picking cotton hy a sense of tomb, us it were, is the essen tial feature of the Mason Harvester, without tho employment of which it is self-evident to any one who has paid any attention to the subject at all that tho picking of cotton by machinery would 00 un impossibility. Having tested by n number of experi ments the correctness of this principle of discrimination between fibrous and non-fibrous material, the inventor gradu ally developed tho stem from its first imperfect and costly form of construc tion to itu present beautiful and eflloiont condition. The evolution of the picking stem is in itself one of the uiost interest ing and striking features in the develop ment of tito Harvester us u whole. The first stems v.voro mude of wood and were simply small cylinders having grooves cut In their surfaces, in which grooves teeth wi re set, which were protected by tho shoulders on each side of them. These stems MTOre made by hand with great?labor am 1 included various forms 01 tlio same pi ?iciplo. Later on tho in ventor SilpptCll 0 metal cylinder with elliptical pertoi. 'Hons in its surface. lu these openings t ecti, were set so that the points were disposed evenly with or slightly below th? surface ot the open ing. Then caine the style of stem which is now in usc, bi ling constructed of ii metal envelope, the teeth being punched out of thc metal itself and being sur rounded by an opening which guard., the teeth from coming in contact with anything except it bo fibrous. Very clear and perfect cubs o!' several of Ma ison's picking stems were published in ! the April number of the Southern j Bivouac, together wi '.h a very interesting description of the whole machine. Tho teeth iii tho stems uro punched by a special machine constructed for the pur pose by the Pratt and Whitney Compa ny, of Hartford, Conn. This machino is capable of punching four thousand teeth a minute, and cost tin; Mason Cot ton Hue astor Company foveral thousand dollars. Having' Milvcd the problem of picking out thc cotton from tho growing plants without injury to plant, boll or blossom, the inventor went to work lo apply thc stems lo the plants by automatic mechanism, so that when tho stems hud picked out tho cotton from the bolls they would at the proper moment ro leuse it, so that it might be deposited in sacks provided for thc purpose. Several ditl'crent styles ol machines have been constructed. The particular style of machine which was exhibited ut work in the cotton field to-day is known us "the Itudiul Stein Machine." In a strongly constructed frame ot' hickory und ash ure placed two pairs of cylin ders, from which radiate the picking stems above described. Tim machine is mounted on two iron wheels similar to those used i.' mowers und reapers. The machine straddles tho row of cotton plants, thc wheels passing along thc alleys. Therefore, as the machines move forward through the field the cotton plants puss backwards through the ma chine between the two pairs of cylinders mounted with tho picknug stems. The cylinders aro mounted on vertical .shafts and rotate backwards around their shafts at tho sumo rate of speed as the machine moves forward. The steins, being jour naled into thc cylinders, revolve back wards with thom at the same rate of speed as thc cotton plants move back ward. Thus, when tho machine starts to operate upon a row of cotton plants, thc j horses which pull it enter tlio alleys on euch side ot tho row, Hie steins begin to revolve backward with tho plants, and, while they penetrate every part of tho bushes, they do not in any way jostle or tear the plants. Now, in addition to the backward movement of the stems with the i 'lani .. they luivo an independent, individual rotation on their own axes ti ist in the direction of thc points of their teeth, so inf U, catch thc cotton, und then, us they puss out ol' the plant, in Hie rovorse direction, so us to throw thc cotton off by centrifugal forc<. When the cotton is throw n oil it fulls on a con veyor, which conveys it to a carrier belt, which in turn picks up tho cotton ami throws it over Hie book end ol' tho ma chine into bags suspended in position tv receive it. When the. bags are full they are dropped and others aro placed in po sition. Tho machines uro so light and tho machinery moves so easily that they can be drawn by either ono or two horses. The uso of two horses hus been found preferable, however, for tho rea uon that tiny juill more ovouly and steadily. Wlnlo tho machinery, in order to per form tho work successfully, must 1)0 made with great euro and exactness, yet it ia by no means complicated, nor easily dorar jed, Thc public, no doubt, think that *ne invention linn boen developed very slowly. This, in a certain 801180. is true, but in addition to the natural diffi culties which have beset tho inventor at overy turu, il should be known that tho company has been again and again harassed by piratical attempts to inter fere with their patents. The company has, however, fought out every case, both in Hie pate ni otlieo and in the courts, and tho result has been that it has won every coso up to the present time and hus now a long list of pntents w hich cover so broadly every eusontful .tel.ni of I lie machines that tho invention may be said tobo thoroughly protected. Tho following is a Ust of thc putouts already issued to tho company in thu United States. No. 280,032.Oct. 2, 1883 No. 203,484.Fob. 12. 1884 No. 293.48o.Feb. 12. 1884 No. 811.844.Jan. 27, 188? No. 819,047.Feb. 24, lsaii No. 881,014.Dec. 1, 1885 No. 337,007.Men. 2, ISMO No. 8 216.Illly 6, 1880 No. 84ft,813..July 18, 1888 Other patent? ore, of course, pending, and, a? continuai improvements aro be ing made all the i hile, new application* for patents aro being continuously Mod. In addition to these United States patenta tho company has obtained patenta on the invention in Egypt, Brazil, Jiritish India, Turkey, Mauritius, Cape Colony, Mexico, and indeed all the cotton-growing countries of tlio world, and in those countries also, such UH (treat Britain, where agricultural ma chinery is manufactured or likely to bo manufactured. These patents and all future improve ments on the Cotton Harvesting Ma chines made by Mr. Mason ure owned hy the Mason Cotton Harvesting Com pany, in which Mr. Mason has ii large interest. Tho President ol the company is Mr. Theodore 1). Jorvey, tho senior member o? the old firm of Wm. C. Boo and Co., and also collector of customs ut thc port of Charleston. Thocompany, up to the present time, has boon rather ii close corporation, minda ring only about fifteen stockholders, three of whom ure residents of New York Slate, and tho remaining twelve aro residents of South ('andina. Among its stock holders tho company numbers somo of the most prominent and successful busi ness and professional men ol' Charleston. THU HTA lt? WI) BTIUI'BS linn le.l Him ll Oil nil A lite, ienn \C?M-I liv Hie Captain of a liriiliii VPMHOI HITIOUM t.'oni|>U cation* \lironil. H A ni KA x, N. S., October ll. By far the most serious event in international affairs since the abrogation of tho Wash ington treaty occurred at Shell au ne to day, when Captain Qiugloy hauled down the United States (log from tue American vessel .Marion (?rimes. At midnight Thursday the Gloucester schooner ran into the entrance of Shelburne harbor to I escape the filly of a heavy southeast gale. ; She anchored eight miles fruin the cus tom house. The storm moderating ut daylight, Captain Landry hove anchor I and was about to proceed on his voyage oben he was boarded by an armed guard iroVA the cruiser Terror, and, sitbqucnt ly, seized (OK, not reporting at customs. Captain Lund rv '. protest-., that tho cus tom house was eight .'.'.'hs distant, that , it hud been closed eight ll0Ui? before be .anchored and would not bo opCl' for 1 four hours after 1 io sailed, and that ii" ? had hud no communication with the I shore, were of no avail ; a line of sion I was imposed by tho Ottawa authorities. Consul General Phelan wind the Minis ter of Customs tho trivial nature of the I alleged olVensc, and nuked for a reduction of th's, fine. This was refused. Ibu ponding the. instructions of Dir ( donees tor owners regarding Hie ? ay men I of the Uno tho Marion Crimes was allowed to ! ride ut anchor under tho bow of tho Cruiser, instead of being docked und , placed in charge of arm d guan?-, ns is Captaiu Quigloy's habit with captured . American vessels. This morning Qtliglcy observed Hie I American Hag Hying I rom the mainmast ol' thc (?rimes, upon which bad been placed the Queen's broad arrow. Quigloy was astonished ut the Yankee skipper's audacity, and immediately sent to in quire if hud been released '.rom tho cus toms authorities. On receiving a in ga tive reply he ordered tlio American skip per to bulli down thc United States (lag, us its display w as a gross impropriety when the vessel was in thc custody ot British ollieials for a breach of British law. Captain Landry accordingly hauled down his ling. Ibo American skipper went ashore, conversed with his friends, saw the degradation to which ho hud been subjected, an.I immediately return. '<. to i.is vessel, und was again in tho act of hoisting thc Stars and Stripes when the Canadian tar once more hailed bim, and learning that the vessel hud not yoi been released by tho customs depart ment, peremptorily forbade him hoisting his Hag. Landry replied that he had a perfcel right to liv bis American Mag over ur American vessel and that Qnigley or m other mun could proven! him, und lu therefore hauled the Star.-, and Stripes ti the masthead. This greatly enraged Quiglcy, who im mediately boarded the (?rimes with ai armed guard and vigorously romonstrat (id with the American skipper upon tin foolishness of his proceedings, whiol would probably result in the loss of iii vessel and bring about international un pleasantness. Quigley then lowered Hu Stars und Stripes from the masthead, un rove the Hug halyards of the schoonc and caine ashore, and the Marion (?rime Was subsequently brought toa wharf um pliweil in ohnrgo of u guard. Captain Landry is reticent about tin action, but Consul Cone ml Phelan bc caine very indignant when the telegraphi reports reached him this afternoon, nm regards it us tin" most high-handed out rage yet perpetrated. He ?inmediato! telegraphed thc facts to Secretary Bayard WASHINGTON, October 12.-Advice received at the Department of Stat? tin morning corroborate thc published n pm t of the hauling down of thc Amer can Hug on tho American schooner Mn rion Crimes, nt Shelburne, by Captai Quigley, of the Canadian cruiser Torrin Tito action ol' thc captain of tho Mario G rim OS in running up thc colors w hil the vessel was in the custody of Ciinudin Ollleors is deprecated at the departmeiil Assistant Secretary of State Porter ti day said he had received from Const General Phelan a dispatch narrating th foots of the cuse, but no action hud bee taken and ho did not know that thei would bo. "It seems to me," said lu "that it may be construed into a retal il Hon against this government for th placing of tho Stars und Stripes on Hi topmast Of un English vessel m Bohrin Strait? not long ago." All Pound in Chicago'* Directory. Did you ever look into Hie city diroi tory with the anticipation of finding an; thing amusing? Perhaps not. Thedrivi thumbed the leaves of the big book tl other day, und this is what he foum Vicbir Hugo is an engraver on Sedgwit street; George Washington is follow ii the meek and lowly occupation of a hos lor, and Andrew .hickson cuts hair jip < Polk Htreet. John Brown's body mi bo mouldering in tho grave, but tl John Brown on Lake street is a pr?t lively policeman. Cowar drives a wago and Hrntus is all Elk drove aveni laborer. Monko and Parrot livo on Wt: Huron street.-Chicago Herald. -In Prance the ninuni-r of suicides alarmingly on the increase. in 1H thero wore ten suicides to every 100,0 inhabitants, hut in iwi tbero wc twenty to tho samo number, as tho tf tistica show. . The Cheapest Ca STOCK LARGER AND PRICKS FTIUE LAHOKST STOCK SOUTH, Moque I pets. Rugs Mats, Crumb Clothe, WI Poles, Hatti ilga, Chroiuos, &o. Writo 1 Jas. Sept. l i, 1880. THE GREAT SAV PIANOS. $150 and Cpwards. The Best in the Wot UUY OF us AI T. HARRY OATES & CO,, -(J KO. O. ROBINSON'S OLD I shoot Muslo, Muslo So >ks. Out tars. Violins. Uar ( '.i ; or write for t'nUlugues, l'rlce.., etc l'uinos tontletl to prom ptly. New Fall and Merchant Tailor, H WHOLESALE AND Gutf ISmi?w Goods, I 7IS 13KOA 1? Silt! tvctioli) . Novel les nlwaya on liaml, ano A'I Or A t liolee lol nt OVERCOATS of tiur own mu Atta Btu, On., rent, vs, l^sn. DM & Tn HEADQUA CARRIAGES Coach Materials, Sntldl Shop F BX L1 Tho Finest anti Most Varied Assor Brought to the Ci Tidings of Cc To those who have been wrenched and j now oller yon thc most delightful voil lc $35 Try ono ?inti save your health. Every tr i colt, should have one, a. tho price IS w BAY A TA NN A II W. I. E SO. 831 BROAD STREET, -Wholesale and J Cook Stoves am OF BLEST i In Stock, Mantels, G T> Car Loads COOKING and HEATING ! 600 CRATES, Plain and Knamelod. 2 Car I.nails FIRE BUICK. 2")0 box"? "CHARCOAL" TIN BOOKIN 100 bundles SURKT DION. 2 Casks - UKI.i ZINC, GAI.VANIZKD IHON, SOLDER, Ero., ET TINWARE, Stamped am! Pieced, In gi ?alo. ty Buy the "EXCELSIOR" COOK i "or vears, giving satisfaction. C?;- HEATING STOVES-for COAL oi tij*Send for Circulars and Prices. Augusta. Ga., Sept. 28, 1880 THE LAURENS BAB. > T. JOHNSON. W. U RICnRY. JOHNSON & RICHEY, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, HKKK-Fleming's Corner, Northwest sitie of Public Square, LAURENS C. IL, 8. C. J. CG ARLINGTON, A TT O RN EY AT LAW, LAURItNfl c. H., s. O. Office over W. II. Garrott's Store. W 0. BENET, Ki P, M'GOWAN, Abbeville. Jifluroilt. BENET & MCGOWAN, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, LAURENS C. H., 8. O. . W. FERGUSON. OEO. K. YOUNO. FERGUSON & YOUNG, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, LAURENS C. H., S. C. t. P. TODD. W. H. MARTIN. TOl>I> & MARTIN, ATTORNEYS AT L A W, LAURENS O. H., S. C. JU VT? : :~, : ~ .yr . . ?? 1 i I J.TITW rpets in Augusta! LOWER THAN EVER BEFORE, t, Brussels, Three-Ply and Ingrata Car Indow Curtains, Window Cornices and 'or samples. G. Bailie <& Sons. 713 li KOA D STUKKT, AUGUSTA,- GA. INO INSTITUTION! ORGANS, $120 ami Upwards. Ul, on Easy Payments. ??? HAVE MONEY. 831 Broad St., Augusta, Ga. STAND, OVKK W. [. DELPH'S, ijoa, DruiiH Acconlcoax, Hurra >aloasa Strings, Ac. arni oiv.iiM Tuncil and Kepai, ->i. All orders at 8ept. 28, '80. V/inter Goods. L? DORR, atter and Furnisher, lt ET AIL DEALER IN Mi*, Shirts, Hate? Etc. ;I:T, AUGUSTA, HA. tl- ri Uuarantoatl to ?ive entire Katufactton. KC J mt mindie I. ONAHILL, RTERS FOR J, WAGONS, cry, Harness, Leather, hidings, TING. thi?f?f'-Of Children's Carriages Ever ty. Ata?? orl?os. jerked about by so-called road earts. We le. with FINEST wheels and axle? for .OO, ian who owr.3 a horse, or wishes to train itbin the reach ot' all. ILL, Augusta, Ga, )ELPH, AUQUSTA, QA. totidl Dealer in J Heating Stoves, >ATTERtfS. 5-rates and Tinware. STOVKB. rc. .eat variety, very Low Prices, at whole STOVE. This Stove has been sold by us . WOOD. W. ?. DELPH. I N. J. HOLMES. II. Y. 8IMP8OX? HOLMES & SIMPSON, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, LAURENS C. H., 8. C. N. S. HARRIS, ATTORNEY AT LAW, LAURENS, C. H., S. C. PoT Office over store of W. L. BOYD. Dr. W. H. BALL, Ul MINT. OFFICE OVER WILKES' BOOK ANO DRUG STORE. Office days-Mondays and Tuesday*. LAURENS C. IL, S. O. CINCINNATI TYPE?FOUNDRY - ANO - PRINTING MACHINE WORKS, 201 Via* Street, CINCINNATI, 0. TJ* tm iwed <m Uria paper WM Met **. sjawe taa^ery.""Sii