The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, April 06, 1887, Image 1

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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?. "NIK SINS Ol' ??ii-; SK NA TK < Ul VIN Tl |,| il A N , IMMOINDIMt TO filia \ roil s. <n <\.\ \H, A I HM lia .??ni ul SVMCIUI Hullers l hui Hu vu ll? t ll < infill, I.,' ?.i (lio ItillVrei.l I inin ti li' l'ont < lil inns. (I l'UIII Ul" New H |l|l|l ' 'Hil il i . Your weekly thu tilth brings mc liol. Vimnmiis s rejoinder tu my lust I article lt is fxm?y I ? KOO how lu? "abouts face" and iloundcro from ono : irrolovent Btntomcnt lo nuntin r, bow bu i dodged Ibu ifesue, bow much "inky '. lluid" ho wastes on "oultlo?llsh" logie. 1 congratulate him, howevor, upon having ri?oti to ?; bighei plane than more ! personal abuso, and in trying to th f< !? ! his position by BOUIOUUII . besides "smart' retorts nud Behool boy nh. Ile i ?.?ll continuos tu m;.!.,, mi Litohieoh', but I nttribuby this purely iu Hi? e. v.l... loadod Ililli. Ile : hool ?\ : . lin y nul ill Ilia gun without kuowiug whether il i? leail or dough trulli or fal uitood. Fl i sl, ho t i,yii: "Cupi. XUhtuui nus* tl tho cry of catch thii f u< nim I ;',.? proton! I board of UKI ?culture, ?,i? . thou nomi- ! uated himself ?or oi ; tlioic BUCOCS* H< irs." Thu1 committee hieb . .. eb il Uni teil minies to constitute thu HIM board of agriculture know how uti i ly ful ?<. i, tliis assertion. I have tie\ . nominated myself for any position ex* pi Mini <. trust?e ol' un agricultural coll ge, and i' eau liol be shown thal ? um "a -.hap-, poiuted ollleo-scoki r, whu eiin't i in," 1 roi' I have never asked for nay olileu in j my life. Ile tiexl quote? from my eo?i i?udo at Hie Ai-ril Convention, to ? tovu timi I aili '... cil' couf. s-,r.l!,\ ? fi?biri in tile mulingi im nt ..i - iy own fm n, a lol lows: "I huvo been lu lim! basti lc thy self. Have foll thc Wub III iii ing hi ?in i ami higher ns fuihiro nf ter fui I u ro j ti ii.? cotton crop left uol h ing with which t . ; i ven pay interest, Hud lo ii onie html," .\.c. We i, suppose l did g< I in debt, sud ''.sold Homo IlintV I i gi t hut, does,; timi make tun \\ frihiicV Ho a k "Who or what lie li : ?lui I til: | 1 answer: Simply, min. i lu rc ..? gol j a shoe so ns to ouablu nioto mu kt luoiu.o whotlior it rains or not, I h ive m -Jr beeil able to pick ll large Ol'' ul . itloil . whether I grow it or nob ! ' .ive ia! . tl Homo that inen with st?ren ' , bul ! .i not nduiiro thiit wurt of "Mice ifni farm-1 ii.g.*' I had rather u Hiomlu I tfincs down willi lil) brullli r inti t! ... fatten at li.?lil ? xpCI Again, if ii? tin lin ii i ..- ? ri j'j na who hilve goth ii in debi I did . who have rando i ii ii y " iili wine) lb pay inter. . ?- ii ?iii sup] oft ; tho UieiiBUn ad vocal il 1 j i .-. there will bo Bo lillie opposition Hutt i will : . : !.. worth counting. A . o min ? of tin ! House from Harnwcli >.'??'. II C that conn? j ly was hot represi utcd in : l''urmcrt>' ! Con vi nt M m because !'?... . - i were to poor the;, contd tie anti i to pi \ j their v.. y t< ?. olin ibiu. Hut in eui. r i.i . liOw w lin ?ol ; ol :. ! failure J Sm, I a iii reluctantly cotiipelh d I to Obtrude some of UM .? .?. | ...: . Upon ti:, pidilic. I tlc? tili ii ; I ['UH tho lesson mii*i be ni value u nlhers, and because Cul. Ytuinitt'is sn tn-l iimphanlly hell r I m i n i ? ?< won t.. ! "lend (ho fiirmei's of (he Sinti or lo bi placed On the board of agriculture, I couiniencetl filming in l?S(',>, with I'M) acres of lund and foui' i I nighs, i , lulu i ?ted 1 ?1 n?ri im re iii ' HlH. Inj iMt-si ! own.-I _,J<") a... , hui owed Bovora) thousand ttoll irs m... ly .iii ol it 1 lost in IS?li I had oleartd inoney ovory year up to lhat date, uild boughI land and mules right along. In isHl I ran' thirty ploughs, bought guano and : rations, AC., as usual, find thc devil tempt? <i lue to buy a btcani ? uginu nud oilier mnohinery, ..i.luting to over two ? thousantl dollars, all on credit, MN , motto wa? that "ii taken money lo innki money, and nothing ri?-k. nothing havi ." TO have hoon entirely frei Iroin dob! would have mndo mo i< ? 1 "like ?i kite without a (ail." So l slrucl; out hohll) iutu dcop water, lieu Joins II mys, "We nil ari mortals And il? have ? nit' \ Uioiu. 1 had mine, and thoy wore . ry rosi hin d. IJililliorrilpted MU : i ss had m.ule I nit: a fool. I w ia "like tin- i:it! . wallton hoys who swim on bladders, 'ont ! did ] not thi n know how ntuoh of a "bladder' ! cotton waa on laud impoverished ol | veg? tallie matter in a dry yo u-. The latter patt of ?Inly began to givi mo au inkling ol wiatt ? trail Blippoil il was. Tho drought came. H ?lid not min from .Inly lu hil lah in S' pt ?mix i. .md whin I Bottled up 1 had "tai: enough to iny kite. ( was iii tho "lied Hen," ??ut ?lid UOt kllOW it, ami I still had plenty ?.: ; Coufldcnco in my-elf uud m ni) "farm ing." I didn't oxaoll) (hink, like Honn tor ?OtlDianB, that I "knew :l ill," bul i thought I "km w how to iutu, md I UMS cotton "plantel -lill. Nothing daunted, in l?S8'J i Int .?; ont boldly for tlie shore, Dui I ?h- iglii m,> kite's tail was lacking a little m weight, so I bought 250 acres more land, not doubting Unit it would rabi and I would bo all right again in a year or two. Eighteen hundred and eight) iwo ivasu good year and l made good crops, bul there was small margin of profil u ox penses WOrG so heavy corn 81.?U per bushel ?le? mont n t?> b! conti por pound so I only rando tin payraont on tin? laud I bough?, and had "nothing for interest'' on tho debt Ol ll. Uut high? priced provisions had sick, m d mo, I OOnunonCOtl h> raise llOgS an.I plant cori enough to do me, 1 Mibscribed for th Country Ciontlomau. tho b??l agricul? tu ral paper lu tho united Mates, and began to study. To oiH this confession ?h?rt, - , >C> and'Sf, were all peerytars for ?ol ton witli us. Tin land wa? sick and it wouldn't rain whOU it ought t?>, and ?li?i rain- the very heavens opt IlOtl ?wilt ll il I ought not to bas?' doiW BO. I i"a?h plenty of corn ami oat? bogan !<> got S bord of cows and killed 0V( ry J . ar from (1,000 to 8,000 pounds of mool, whioh I havolearuotl can l>e rei'? 1 ? Iteapor that it can bo bought; Ind 011 ; iKOtu ?ok for some years has btHUl Hae WU Arp . - "Uko an elephant hud t?' < it." l?j stead of getting nearer'shom 1 aw it gnuluaily recode, wliile tin- tad lo my kite began to grow intolerably h< avy. ' ?teciibnl to unload ; no "I sold nomi! huid" und cut oil thu longer patt of th? kite's tail, L ?till own 1,000 acres, ami ! want to sdi soma more, for 1 Imvu fourni out tli.ii I um "huiil-poor." I Uuvo found out many other Illing?, husillos, ?luring my voyage across tho "ItedSoa." I have discovered that net . itiiy .lu "[ nut know how to farm," hut1 thal very few of us in the hilly p ut <.{ .South Carolina ito. Wu ure land butchers, not farmers. Wc arc over seers far worse than Irish landlords, and the negroes are eating us out of houses and bornes, while we follow th. ol.i ant. .helium system, hut strive after money to buy a living, instead of making tho living nt nome. Our lands, toe, ai o I going down tho rivers and rapidly dc toiiomtiug in intrinsic value by false j farming. Now, whether Ibis ,lover true hilo" . how- me to he a "failure" or no? youri readers must decide, I w as "blind and '?Il in the ditch."' Tho question is whether 1 mn likely to lead others into thc fumo ditch or not. They say "ro fe med drunkartis make the' best toiu |i ra e'. ....tillers," ?uni 1 um fully quttli :i -.' io inveigh against Hu errors of our fluming for i have exporionced thom all. Some men never learn even from expo rionco, hal 1 feel I am well .paddled to preach this crusade, i do not caren tig ibout getting on tho hoard of agricul ture, nor do i need or desire to travel to m;.Kc up my mind iu regina agricul tural colleges. I know those of Michi gan und Mississippi uro grand iticcosses, and I have (Jen. ?Stephen I?, fieos re port of lus examination into the worl;-| lugs of Hmso ol Kansas, Iowa and Mich gan, w hieii I will ./,;( (h.. \'O\VH and j Courier tu publish Indore the Legisla-1 turo meets again for its information. As foi ' leading tho farmers of tho St ile," 1 ??ave in ver mude any such claim, I stritok out at Hcuucttsvillo bold I?) ?iud alone to expose SOUlO I Ul 111 btlgs, ped nt out Peeled lofol'IOS and lo denian.1 justice fot larmer-. I haye some rights as a taxpayer, winch uro iuvu li tl, ami 1 givo utterance only to my lusentiiuel.ts. ll lam il "leader ibo people have made nie so, for I cer tainly had ut) followers when I Marled, and i:. was problematical whether i would over liavo any. Hut I believed I was right, abd 1 think So still, and >> h. Ilcviug, ?viii continue thc light as long as Ibo people .sili buck me. ! only wish I was so situated that 1 could go more iimoug thom ?md bilk lae. to lave. Nov., let us see about tho last Conven tion which met in November. Thc basil if i > i iv.- idalina w as the same tis thai Of tho (Jouerai Assembly, 1-7.'. Charleston, which was entitled to 1!, having no fm mei \cept on .linns I slant I, only sent 2. Iletiufori and Georgetown was ? spars >. populated with white people !o organize farmers' club?), and Hurry as hard y beard ? f tho Kann, ra' lii?vc iiiuiit yet, i reckon, except Ihrotign natur Smitlt and its mouthers of tho II DU se. id. t.* wore over one hundred oilier delegate!', all thu other counties being repiosouted, except Aiken, liurn iveil, Hampton und Vork; und If Sena loi lalbert und I were tho only repre sentatives from thc fifth Congressional District, more's tho pity. Tho Conven tion waa ie-p. niable, both in sizo and illly, even tbough ('ol. Vonmaus ine- ll ;.t he and bin friends have :i nc. ni ?inly of "re-peet ibility." '1 I IO iNew * and (.'omi' r saul i' "waa a stic Bcehs." The "th.ni amis of farmers who were n> ( uland.i i" w. re nlleildillg the fuir, ; nd wi rc loo dent on Unit to at tend i... M usions ni the Convention, Imitating bin friomb and trainer, thc i 'omm?tis?oucr of Agiieulture, Col. Von man. next catalogues thu members of tho board, and on tho theory that thc "King can tlo no w rong." clears thom ol' blaine because they ure "all lionel aide men." Thia "pde of honorablos, lopped oil'with lt Governor," hus been thrown at mo once before, but it cannot e.-.i-e the i . .>rd. Hut Governor Ihtgood has hail im connection willi tho board inning thc time when the "inou? potence and extravagance" liavo been sn rampant. All of this hus been sinoi \HH2, Governor Thompson I have al ways rospoolctl asa moro ilguio-hcailon thc board, who took no interest or con trt'l in its n liai rs, ami in truth I an afrP'M that has been the trouble with all of t -m. Hut while the commissioiioi may be the teal culprit in tho mutter thc law makes tho board tho controlling ?. iwor and they must bear oi - hare Hu blaine. Di. Hope's "three for a qudrtor" cnn milb e, seif appointed ami tin-refute bm ind, is next brought in by Senator Nun muns to exonerate tho board by u "whitewashing" report. I eau onlyguesi bow that report caine to bo made. Till able statistician' who proved tba South Carolina was $08,000, OOO botter ol in '..'?> thaniu '80, and who clerks for Hu commissioner, doubtless furnished tin "ligures" ami dahl. There was ovidoutl; no investigation. Hut from wbatovo cans', N'ewborry'a nblo ropresenlativ was fooled mid that bad y. I he nev dav alt. i lt Was made to tile "OCOnomi CUUCUS," so called, my i SpoSC of HlO ex pcnditurcs in tho Agricultural Depart m. nt came out in tho Nev,.-,and Colirio) und Hie House, ignoring Dr. Cope s ri port, ld once passed il bill to hike th control of the privilege tax from lb board ?md limit ils expenditures to certain sum appropriated on cali mah submitted. Th's bill thc Senate, a nui jol'ity Ol which HCemS to belong to th Commissioner and to tho Coosaw Kiln Senntor Smythe, refused to pass, m.uni through the manipulations of Messn Smythe aud Voumann. Tlio Monah from Charleston hud received from th Department sovoral thom and dollars i fees foi the "Ullisoiui Island lawsuit, and it was "tickle me and I'll tick you." So for two yoarfl In sucoossio those two worthy Senators have blocke tho i ti nts ol th'* House to enforce ecol m, in Hie Agricultural Department. ?slob, presumed that Col. Vounianso: pects to no "tioklcd"horoafter. not wit uiuucv, but with political influence an vot< i, Ile stund? by Ids friends, rigl >r w rung, regnrdless of his coiistitutcnt and it will bc a pity H only frlendshl shall bc his reward. Tho "Shell investigating committee whioli al tho April Convention on OUgjlt t" bud out "why tho board lu employi d special counsel instead of tl Utomoy Goner*! or Solicitors," exon I nb il til.. Commissioner from blame h .,, it found the law authorized When tho t i- uorol Assenibly passed tl hov n quiring all such suit? to bo co ducted ?<y the State's law officers, t' i phosphate I nil * wow excepted- -why do not know-but we can guess that t lawyer who ??ail Iii- Unger i?i IMO ugrioul- ' titrai pia ?li<l not Iii.-.' to take il ottr, und used his hilhtnueo with his brethren iu I tiint body. Over $7,000 o? "farmers' money" was thus spent. mid an "ollieiont and compoteut" Board o? Agriculturo1 woidd hilYO BCOU io it that tllOSO lawsuits woro conducted by til?: Attorney Ci euora), vvliicli tlioy could easily liavo dono bud tho [iOgisltituro lieon asked lo make bim do si?, ortho Oovoruor could haye ordered bini to do it. Mr. Dargan was avowedly in tin* April j Convention to break ? u?>. Ho throw I tho only lire-brands in it, and it is ?mal I wnuder that be, tho sp. kesman ol tho .diing." olVorcd tho resolution compli ment tug Col. Kans-ne. of v lioso ?.'lien ney as u clerk every one was cognizant, lb. adoption followed asa matter of course, and proves nothing, ! have never, at any time, accused the State olllcors ol' "maladministration anil extravagance," and al that time I hail uot said anything- about tho State Gov ornmont. s.i Mr. Prince's resolution to "invest ?gate tito state depart monts" was reported unfavorably in tho \prit Con vention, at my rou ?es'., and immediately after Governor Thompson's add tess I resound donounccd tho charge that ! , had made snell accusations ai .1 lie. So far, theil, iron; having bis "brass" endorsed by that Convention. Col. You biana only shows how "brassy" lu is in bringing forward suoli proof. \ negro grad?alo in a trial justice's court would ?ot produce such evidence. . liavo since used tho words ".Democratic imbecility*' us applicable lo our political manage mont, und I have said tao Stato Govern nu ut ns u whole is extravagant and that our taxes aro too high. Col. t'oumnns hims, if has a very poor opinion of the state Government, us bc say.- very haul things iu I.is Hrs! letter about il bavin ; "undermined th? rclf-rclinuco and dwarfed thc manhood und indepoiiibmco ol' the people," and talks of their hoing "debauched in tl." ir linaueial integrity," etc., by this samo dear Government, lb seems to think nobody eise bim ? right to uhusr j; bu! himself ; and yet in his last letter he -ays "tlio farmers have bul two grounds of complaint ngaiusl thu l<egi Itdure!" Verily, thu nu mei a of Barnwell should be proud of their Senator! Ile j such ti pink of consistency, and so logical in lui statements. Tho people have not for gotten thal I showed that our Stato taxi i were $0*20,000 more in '...". than in 'SO, <...' that tin Legislatur? reduced ibo taxi oho mill at tho last session without re - ituoing oxpciiditurcs, thus uckuowlodg big they had laen worrying more mom v from an impoverished pcopju that wail .lided even lo pay tl io extravagant ;;. ries-, ,Vo., which now obtain. I linvi claimed that weean economize in Stato oxpondituros enough to build au ugrb cultural college without impairing elli piouoy, and I can prove il; and enough uiouoy is spent by thu Agricultural 1 >< - piirtmeut without bciu-llting farmers to run Mich u college. Col. *? unmans baa H?o "cheek t iptote my resolution about doubling the pri'. ib- '., tn -. "which tanner:- will will ingly pay to he guamntci I against fraud, "as POA big thal thu ''prescott board is giving that very guarantee for'?? cent.s per lou.'' Se. "advanced a logician," us Km n wv ll'.- Senator can prove imythinj . though, win re bra/.eu nsscttiou pat i - for Tact. Another of that very series of resolutions states, and thc November Convention nit ruted tho impiaiht, I bat tho "inspection of fortili/.i ? is d - fective, ?iud im tvlcipiutc punishment provided for fraud." Dolli Conventions [Missedt those resolutions unanimously, ind tlu re is ItlOl'O Inuit lound wita the bureau on this very point than any other. Notwithstanding its own analysis showed delieioiieies in mau}' brands ol fertilizers, uotwitlisbinding iiumerom Uni repeated Complaints llUldc to the ie p.irtinent of guano shipped without bigs, ?ur tender-hearted Commissioner bm never "conliscated" a singlo ton thal . vci I beard of, or prosecuted n singh ?ffender. The poor fanner who iouglil rcdross bus been consoled in being m formed tliul 'die himself was liable to in iliotmont for rccoiving tlio guano," au< tho plain h iter of the law timi his owl "regulations" liavo boon iguored byllu oJHcial sworn to execute thom. The do part mont is run seemingly to please tin railroads and fertilizer companies am phosphate miners, lt is "ugiinultuvur indy in name, lt and lite "agricultural' nuucx to thc Sont li Carolina College nv the tWO humbugs of the age. Col. Voumanss main defence of th board is ill connection with the manage nmnt of our phosphate interests. (Iran that those interests are well managed, i you ph ase, and I ask 'non is agriciiltur UOlietitod thereby / What have they t do with farming? What busbies bas board of agriculture with .'navigable au lidc-watcr deposits' ' The claim that til increase in thc royalty over the receipt iii foruicr years is due to able managt incut is ?di bosh. The increase is tho rt stilt of better nu thuds ol nu's,ng reel mid to tin- fae! thal there has lu eu enoi mons profit Ul the business. Co.isa stock has sold for $1,001) per share . 8100. And what is tin- Condition ol' those ?i tercsta to-day? Incenses liavo bec granted to all who applied mid Ibo gu ed minors turned ioo.se m (be phosphat territory with no restrictions na to cleat mg the land (or waler rutilen as tin went, no working ot exhausted ?ind ni exhausted territory, no discrimination : to letting Illili strata at a less royall than thick, but all charged nt one prit -ono dollar per lon consequently il Held hus only boen "slopped over Thick and easily accessible depo.-its oui ure worked, without cleaning tin through, and otb ors loft, luke bogs n corn field, the minors have nui all ev the whole phosphate territory belongil to the State and gobbled lill the "botlll /.us." The lock that is lett where tin have been and there are thousands at thousands of tons of it will md, pay raise until thc price largely odvanci and may be Considered wasted. A fovi ish busto to increase thc amount pu into tho Shite treasury by increasing t number of tons raised, rather than 1 increasing thc royalty and putting t business under proper restrictions, li well-nigh destroyed hus certainly do irreparable damage to tho only va I md property tho Stato owned. Yet tho board is praised for its "nw a em. ni If snell management im ed?-.-, "compctenoy" then I am a lanai If this bo statesmanship, (bul save from suob statesmen. Tho bourd is i all to blame. Our Legislatures) ba vol bot n Muily ignorant ami carolos? in doab in;; willi tin- most importun! iutorost. '.(Juttle-llsh," lilo; Senator Vounians, bavo i>"t booti wanting . <> oloiul tin; watermill use interested arguments, tn frighten timid lawmakers. Ibat gigan tic octopus, tho CoosiiwCompany, with ii.-, stockholders and paid attorneys in lu?'n houses, which, it is (aid, obtained r rtnnohiscs from ri Madicul Legislature l> . u holosalo bribery Coosaw snaps its lingers in tho lace ol' a Legislature ot < C.. - linn i.omcis ?md asl -, "SVhal do ^ lb .. lt now about phosphates?" lt claims ,. to have perpetual und exclusive prtvi lc. ito 'cine tiie best phospbulie dc- : posiis in tho world, worth millions, anti t if ile- taxpayers don't wake ap und watch j their interests ii will .OOH be lob late to ? Blink? loose its itold. ?Ml, ny brother "fuilurcfV yon who, * plod behind ynv ploughs, pay taxes anti vole, you do hoi know what is going ( <>n iii Hu walls of your Capitol when tho j Legislature is io session. because Dem-. . ooritls aro in ellice you foti secure and thin! honesty, patriotism, tin- interests!. of iii - people, arc tin; only ?lilhlOUCCS ut j { worl I nero. Hut it ia a sad mistake. Lt i.racy ?ia- no salve for sch' interest, md thia, coupled with political ambi tion, place and polf, controls many a vote. With short legislativo sessions vi .-.hoi I thal a m w mali ifs ol' rm use to liiin.-ell or his constituonb din ing most d' li ?iist ine willi the propensity inion j our country people to have a new j Vj i. el ,.: I. gtslalioil every two years; with | jj iii it politic ii leprosy" which makes I j, avery lea I h vein, however unlit, mijo tspi aol for o ll ice, ram paul among us I " with i; ?Opposition party in the State to ?, mitch .'ii i expose rascality, we have r in en getting in a bad way. "Thc inter- I ..-.ts ot tin- classes 'and corporations! as 1 j, iguiust tin masses" hiive won in every ' jj 'oidiict, and while ("o!. Voumans ?daims ; hal ive aro liol "respectable," ho willi,, ?eu iiold m.m who will say that thc In "iMiriiiers' movement'1 hus ma been al? {od-send to save iii'- Democratic party v nom its own incipient rottenness. Whilel',, hen, wc will present a yolid trout toidi sonn rs oe th< i ..ine ot white supremacy, ii ai resolve to "cleanse the Augean liable;'" and lighting for au holiest, a mire, au economical government, let us mete old exact justice lo al! men, in cluding lu rino rs, and retire "imbeciles'1 md ..cuttle llslt" to tli i shades ot private ile. !;. H. Tn.i.MW. Hoper's, s. ( '.. M.neh 21, 1887. The Now Volk financial Chronicle, in I c .iion review, says that for thc wed: iiidhig March 25 tho total receipts have ouched lli,2P8 billed against ".'.,7bi last ,vei !.. ?J.'.'?o the previous wee!., ami ".'... .'. three weeks since, inukitig the totalis! cceipts sinci Septeutbor, 1, I Nod, 5,01)5, jd *7~, against 1,701,502 for the same pt dod rd' 188.1 80, showing tm increase I \\ lince September I, (88(5, of J i I,?170. n During tin Hiuiie period thu exports reach U total of 100,880 bale. , of which ri.osu w. re n. liiei,t Ih'itaiti, T, I ? ;* i to Trance, ilud ?8,1)12 tb ilic rc.st of tho 01.o;e nt. The total suh.s lol' forward Iclivcry for Ibo week arc 1178,701) bales, i p l ? r mu i, dial-- delivery the total sales | tl out up 2?801 bale.-., iacladiiig Wit) fdr spoil i. '.i for consumption. Tho mi nts into contiin uta) port-, ha ye been #8,000 bales. There has been a decrease in tho cot on in .sight of .v,,-j! i bales ns compared sith the Kamo date ot 188(1. au increase d' I 1 ',7_''i as compared with I ho corros loading date ol ls^"? and a decrease of l2i,')5l as compared with 1881, Tho lld interior stocks liavo decreased during hu week J?'?, git) bales and uro 18-1,15i S csi thai] at tho same period last year. I he rec, ipt.int tin same towns have beon I,Obi bail . more than the same week last rear, mid .-ince September I Ha receipts it all ilic towns are 71,027 moro limn for !n lilllie limo in 1 ss? 8(1. 1 Thc increase in amount in sight I'ritlaj light as compared with last % ur, is ls,'-1 ^ ib! bltlcS, the I licit ase us COlnpUl'Cll With I8M-I S5 is ?i !(?.'?7and the increase over | p 188.1 SI is ii7U,17l. The total receipts rom the plantations since Soptenilior I, 1881), woro 5,1.11,1158 bales; m 1885-?B?!, ?. i:;i,mi : in issi 8r?i i,(t',)2,i:ii;. Mliiougli tho recoipts nt (lie outports he pas) VVCCk were lli,2i)8 bales, the letiuil movement from plantations was udy I'.',:! '.o, the balance l?( mg taken rom Hie stock at the interior towns, I.asi year Ilic receipts from tho planta ions for the same wuk were 20,01)8 ?ales, mei for |ss.', they were id, san. I 111 I. . . I! I',l M S I IIIH|l|llllOII-< SS lien a ynuilg follow has made up his nhill to Walli on tile edge of precipices 'or tho sake of ?coing prospects, ho al? ivayi hud-, plenty of compnny. There are abundance of p. .?pie willi droug heads, who having walked tin e iiaths tilt they aie quite certain of lliei oot-hold, me ready to go out with gio bj 11 ?\ lieginucrs, If tiny aecidohtally ?.-e tm ir bends an.I fall over, whose flttllt I thal.' Nf?! thens, ol COU TSC, bu y uevor lah. They look whore they dep, and their heads do not tntu, lt is ol drilllkatilH and thieves win? me dan 4. IO1I . companions to tile gie? II boys iel from Hi? city oh, dear, n<>! ll is your respectable young men that have earned to sip discreetly m all sorts of forbidden fouutains, and nibble hore md th>re eur of lill J ol the forbidden fruit, .1 bey arc held up us patterns, l in y drink, but are never drunk. They liavo exactly thc knack of seeing ami Knowing all that lhere is to seen and known in tin ways of wickedness, and Vet keeping CV011 step With thc right" otis. domo of thom aro church momljors ami vuidaysehoil teachers; SOUIC arc dui vol, regular business men. They ni' 1; w t going to hurt tliomfiolves, tliey ll you, but th? y believe in a certain lice,loin. They never could see thc sonso ol tem po rance pledges. Por their patt, liny don't med them; und if then \6 anything they do abominate, d's vom radical, st ruight-laced people, who koop dwi.vs m the dusty turnpike for fear of the pt'OOipiCO. The Public 1 nterimteil. When manu foote rora of au article aro asking thu public to consume their wan , d i. indeed refreshing tb know that they aro reliably endorsed, as illus trated by the united cndorsoui"iit of Dr. Hart?i s Iron Tonic and Liver Pills h\ the druggists of St, Paul, * A guile singoi - The lon kettle. ?"^?Wf ""i - '--f" *?l ?"" finminii i'irr ? -i * ? i WHAT M Kl HT HAVE BK KN. W ALMOST l-'OUOOTTKM IM?il? ?>! , SIM Til CA HOM NA'S HlsYOKY. , -.,?>>? I .?.). Ali..ni Hiv Cal ti ultu Kulls-lli??? ? Noll l-l > Wit MUscd lltlvillK Hit Wt'Hi f..ml | . il Itu- I lilted Sillies ul Itlivlo ?limul. 1 (Kimii tho Sunday New?.) N lu I8U2 .(..Itu Drayton, th in(?ovornoii tf Smith Carolina, published a Kiuall 1 vnil;. now ratlior -carce, "A vi. ?. of , sont li Carolina UH respects Uer uuturul a uni civil i niu'fi'iis," li; thc first chap? cr, triller one ol' thc hctnls, "CitSOttdes," ' i tc thu?. di ?cribes thc Catawba Fulls, ul v he southeastern corner ol Chester l loilllty : 1 "For quantity of wat' r and grandeur M iippcuruiico, pi rhups di . Catawba ,| ''niki .ne lb most int .resting ol any in tj his State. they arc situated a little 1 hove the Kooky Mould, ?uni tin np? li ironch lo them is OM I- tin ?:?i!;-. which u ino tho sides of Ibo river. Cu cither ii ide the lochs i re piled up tn a wall o? t nany foot high, and hills rising above v hem in sharp, conical summits, nod il vcr thc rupture below. Nov. :l " 'uhiv.hu is uri'sli d ni its course, and ? rom a width of one hundred and cight\ ( auls this river is torced by the bilis \ nd rocks on cither side to shoot down ' die gulph' in a channel ol oui*, sixty c V0 yards wide. Collecting its water, ) llipOlUOUS and noisy, it thunders down e lui falls, tumbling over massy rocks y ml foaming from shore h> shore, wheel- !. ig i's largo whirlpools and glancing < rom . jek to lock willi maddening fury, s ol censing its troubled waves until it g as leaped over twenty fa I hi iu ?i"- dis mee ot'two ami it half mijes, and bas i rocipitated from its height it depth ol A i nc ty foot. Here, below llocky Mount, u begins to subside and sp read H ove a li hauiiel three buudrcd ano eighteen a ards wide; but is not col ti posed, For b ides below, rocks are Hcattercd ! 1 its j I ay, at tintes irritating ?tn waters und n revoking ibu rapidity of its stream." a >r. David Karn ey I 180S) un i Hob n ! lilis i 182(1 j give a mi jiiv dc eriptions m ;> ?ieso lulls, which uro connected willi an Imost forgotten pago of oui' bi ?tory, j A committee ot tholloii.se of Hopro-lp antill ives of the Third Congrios, "to I; 'hom so II i nc ii ot tia ru-: ii nt's ipi ? iii. o s relaies to arms und milituty i.*oi , a iitga/.incs and arsenals" wiis rel'erreil, h lude their repoli .Malen ?, I, 'I. Til Hoted the following resolution: "He ?lved, thai ile- President of lite I'idled ; a tutes be ludhori/cd to direct two l' rsc nuls and muga/.iui , to be erected iii . .? roper situations, to accommod?t ? ; outhern mid Middle Stilles, and thal a mn uot exceeding li tty-ni ne in usaiid i. oil,ns bo provided fdr '.hat purpose." December ll!, \ ,l im?te. Picker- w lg, secretary of war, report..I na Hu i! icitsures which liavo been pursued '..? blain proper sites for iirseiuds. Ile \? ivys: "lt having Ix en dei. ini.iied lo s reel one arsenal on Hie Potomac and d iiother in South Carolina, the hitit r in situation to and fruin which wilier t. raiispoiiation would be ullbrded, and a lie former in tho vicinity of a number r f iron works, the ncci stair j order wore n iven in the year I TS. I for exploring both i ;>untries." " bin- ohgilit . r .. uiployed Un th, pu pose in South Cur 1 . lina made a report, which was received ti irly in the last sum mer. Ile bad . st lined that pun ot tho couutry to whit li ... is attention had beeb directed by thc ti ix'joutivo, Ile also examined another, p iie 111111". independent of its being in ul ri nae li cult hf ill sititatioi), was deemed hy im lo possess .--onie other advantage!- il vcr thc former." i< The engineer alluded i>> was most it robably "Colonel John Christian Senf, n tigiueer lo thc State," who at thut niue II as digging IhoSailtOC i 'anal I I 70lM800. p In second place rofOrrcd lo was [?roba- tl ly Hoc ky Mount; the llrsl place is not ? < now n. a February J, iHUli, Thomas Jefferson, t) 'resident, seilt m a sinnt message, in O hieb, ho says, "iicsides tho permanent il luga/.incs established ut Springfield, ?.'cst l'oint, Harper's leny, it is ju lotlght one .should lu- esbtldislicd in si Hilo point convenient tor tho States m li iortb Cur? lina, South Carolina und I borgia; such u point will probably be o mm! near thc border ot tin Carolinas, o lid some small provision by lin' l.egis- o dure preparatory to the establishment ill bo necessary for tho present year, a fn January, 180.5, Kb Whitney, "m- H ontor of tho cotton-gin," ??.:- sclcoted ' > assist Colonel Sont m choosing Ibo cl ito for tho arsenal near Hooky Mount, u Vb it ney was at thai lime pressing bis, a laine- bofore the North Carolina Lcgii n itu re. Fm-expenses from Haleigh to o tocky Mount, amt ior professional ser- tl ices while there, he ru i ned thc very | lodcrato fcc ol li itv dollars. Colonel I o eut, wuh lbo rank of "supt-rihtondoiit b f tho arsenal ul Hock,) Mount," rc I tl i-ived sixty dollar., "for making a pl m b i the arsenal at llocky Moimi, and ri i ft ort thereon, including Ins dan ling ex citses.'' During Hint year (?8051) tour lioiisaud dollars were paid "on account f ox pendil uros in erecting thc arsenal, iiigu/.uu s, Ac, ut liockv Mount, s. c. luring tin I8(KI I Ute total amount ex ended at llocky Mount wa- fourteen lousand four hundred and forty-eight olllll'S, being tour time, the amount [n ut on the "arsenal ami magazine ni ?/est Point" during those years. < >i lis stun, three thousand one hundred ml thirty-eight dollars wore for the pur luise (tbrough "Thomas Sumptor" ol "I tact ot land m South Carolina fol n arsenal." (louoral Henry Dearborn, secretarj '", ar iindei' JolYorsou, visited Uoukj bund and hud the corm i st 'in ni lui iain bunding. Kub. rt Mills (Statistics f S. C.,) states this fact, but does not ive the exact dale which in US I hun OOH in 1808, Thc spot was known fts loutit Dearborn for mail} vi ne. lu 1808 a committee ol Congl'C* rc ortod on n "system of great canals long the Atlantic coast." lu our State, hey nay, " I'he Saidee, or Catawba, i. nid to bo occasionally navigable fol tor.- than three hundred miles, as high s Morgantown, in Norln Carolina. Two ompaniofl have been Incorpora tod lo, hat State, and the Shite of South Caro ina, for tho purpose of improving its itivigation. The Dower Kails are abovi 'anulen, and not far from thc ai'SOHnl ol be United states at Mount Hock." di later Congress, at any time, bas math ppropriations, confusing geography -r i III ? i ira i imi i ?II ?? - nm uni) mimes, ii is only histor) repeating itself, perhaps, i lu IKON '.Tho Catawba ami Wutorco Companies" asked Congress for help. A iommittcu t)f Congress report" d that Hi?'1 .uuals would bc of Mist importance and itility lo tin- inhabitants ol North ?inti South < arolinui and Tonnessee, and that tic armory ami arsenal of the United ?tub , established al Hooky Mount, voultl also b?- considerably beuoflttod; ?., 'm view ol tl"' prest ul condition of humees, and critical situation of our ountry in relation to roreign (lovorn ?I nts, il v.i nlil bo (inadvisable t.? apply ny public money." In tho journal ol Hishop franois bibun (I80i>) In- speaks of preaching icar William lieut li's, on fishing Creek, ' rh-n. "to my surprise u number oil lui lal Slules olllcorscame ti)?. I invited! hem in. These gentlemen ure attached u an estublishuu ut at Hooky Mouut." In tho Annals of Congress, nuder tho, late ol December 2(1, l-d?, Hie "com lillico on military allans" reported til ?il! "( stublishing three additional nilli* IIry academies -oho wi Iii i u Hie District 11 olumbla, one ?it Mouut Doarborn, j n South Carolina, und .?ne in Hie vieilli j Newport, Kentucky," "Tho bill I .n . read twice and comnutteil." A few lays later, in "committee of the whole," j li. Campbell (probably a misprint, I Henning Col. .f. ,1. Chappell, of South : lina.. "proposed to (mungo tho loca ion of the Southern Academy from I donut Dearborn to Columbia, on ac uiint ni Ibo superior advnnbiges of timi dace o vol Mount Dearborn and tho ligibility of it situation for t in .! an in littilion." The House refum I by ii ugo majority. Vir. I'iekoiis, t North lurolina, "was in favor of u mo upland ito than either nf those inentii ned, ami uvo a decided preference ol' I ie two to lonni Dearborn over Columbia. He inposed a i oint iii lem...mihi county." shovilh) wus ..in pill iii nomination .tia-' Mouut Dearborn, bul vas tiega ?vt tl by a \\ivy c vole. I h.munit Icc, i'b r a long debate, in wliicli Mr. Cal oun, a ul Mr. Clay. Speaker of the biu.se, ?niued, (holli advocating three .n li tnii itgti . d (o st ri I?.d three n i> ... A year lalhr, r'obrilttry, Sli", tin wind* miit I er was indefinitely i Iii i- rob r< n ces . how thal i ?r several . ai un ",irs( ?.o and niaguzhie < in pun lace tia word "armory" is uSed| wert; pl hp a. ar Rocky Mount. In the iii iuui iui]>t*r, ordering lite seicolioU o? B ptnce, estim.it -s yvi-?? giv< ii for the fol ovinji buildings: "A oriel, i.iiihtiiij . Him tories iugli, ne hund?i d ami ,seventy-live fool long nd fori,* I wo fi et wide, woidd contain iveuty thousand .a rt; h.'ry, ami oriiages iu proportion, together with lighl lippi iulagcS !''n li Of. An Bebed br,ek ina. a/.iiie, capable bf con II n i ti;; two thoiciiuul, live hundred bar ?.ls 'of powder. H rick barracks, anti o.h.de n foi i i . hundred iiiinoror?, for lie 11 ci essa ry guard.' lt d u aol appi ar bow far lins phill carried out. Mills, writing in 18'2<5, unie (ilne ali. r thc < utcl'pliscj WOS alian oin' I. say- : "Tiie 1'iiilod Ktiilcs establishment, ear ll icky M nat. comuiuuds attention lu. though lion abandoned and in Huns. This ein ie,-lanee . nix louds to ii'..' u more interesting to tie traveler, he huitdiugs erected la le \\. iv liaild Biiiu and extensiyci i He ninga/.ino (a n.:ci! luiiii building) has I'Utirely nai led dow n. 1 ho ur.?'iud i- a sub initial building, elected ?losu lt> UK ?lilith liousitiucti d hy the State, and if Hm only building of tho whole thai romiseii lo I. re.iily useful. Tho liar oks surround u si pm re, fronted liy tin Ulcers' (pun leis, u large brick ci I i lice icw Iud? erected oh u promontory pro ?cling into the liver. Naturi mushes lew spots moro variously r<> unifie than this, a noble riser rendcrei lore interesting by thc rocks winch im ede ?ts course, thc islands scattered ii ie st ream, the surrounding hills cover .1 with wood?, and lowering above it ll induce a wish that the project ?d' ; liiilary establish men I hero had sue I'ct i.l and thal lins fairy spot lind heel io diode of relined society/' Tiie references and quotation in tin rtiele have all been verified, si. Unit tin Lort sketch of thu "Hocky .Mm.nt 1. tbhslnnent is believed to be correct l is incomplete, as it is prepared with ut access to sources windi would giv tiler items as WI !i a-, th.! time lind CUUH f abandonment. Tim local tradition is that Hock, loant cunio within oiie vole pf bein, ie West l'oint ni tho I ailed State.' his may not bo BO, still those so in aned int") speculate cs lo tho i th ct o ur history if u great ..national militar ???di m; . v, dh all the attendant patrol ?C mid influence, hail been establishc n the banks ol the ( Catawba, like lind o ie 11 lld uni. In Um (1 ru n kel vi I le, which tin printei i M dis's Statistics gi vo as one name t lock} Mount', sume readers maj not st ic desigu to honor tho minmol (Sriuiki y cul bi ig the place (Jrimkeville. I t ?I I n nal. ly, > i vt mi at :i tn pt s ma i . to pe clunie mimes truly worthy have boc lilil?es as Urimkovillc, Dray lort villi 'mckintyvillo, Chatham (original nan I Chornw, i < tranby, Ac ll, ,1, hossiug in IHItt visited Hock lo,nd willi pen and pened m hand. I i\is several sketches and rather fit ccotinls ol tho Revolutionary inciden inncolcd willi Ibu place. Ile say Hero yet rema i ns thc foundation ol rejected United States milda;y esto slum nt, to bo called Mount Doa rho r inch was abandoned." Since Dossing isit auother army ims crossed ti al aw ha at tliat historio point. I lo fore Hu late war a cotton i ictoi loud on thc banks of (?ie oana i, owui j 'dr. Daniel McCullough; tin- sp till bearing the ni.I name, Moimi Den om. Mr. .McCullough i? yet livin m- oi un unusual group of half a dosc< n n, all oser eighty years of age, 110 ?ocky Mouut. They might give sm i te rt sting ?toms from thoir oui ly roei .?tions about tho l idled States esln slimoiit. Robert M dis has a paragraph tl hoiild not bo overlooked. "H< Hooky .Mount i repose the ashes of o dioso inomor\ should bo chorlshod 'aroliniaus, lor Iiis devotion to th oust! iii Ute lh volution, und hit] Min ueni eiTorts to serve them in ins p ?ssional capacity. Colonel Senf, I ngineer, both i i tho Catawba Comps nd of tho Saidee Canal. Ile sleeps, dint was his garden, ut Hocky \i,.ni .ut no obituary stoiio records Iiis nar i few trees fwliich he planted in a s] that lio hud out in tho fashion ol' a full? ing gardou) shade his grave. Colonel Seal was a military engineer of consid erable talent.'' (Statistics. p. 03.) The t\v<> ('n ut works of tho Connan engineer, in our State, are now littlo known. Tho bed of the Santoo Canal is dry, and tho very ruins of Iiis arsenal ami magazine on Mount Dearborn havo perished, li the proposed railroad from Camden to Hooky Mount is built, the si lonee ol' tho hills around his lonely grave will lie disturbed by tho scream of the engine a power lie little dreamed of in Iiis dav. la l a station, or at least a locomotive, beal his uuino. Leta htoue lie placed under those trees to mark the spot wher< rests, away ? rom kindred and home, the foreigner who helped us in our day of weakness ami trial. .May tin: old Mount never again echo the sound ol'a hostile gun, or the tread of an army! JAS. ll. CARLISLE. Spartauburgi S. ('. (ittvernor Lue ?tn Virginia 1'olllics. I then frankly tobi the Governor that as the Ucpublicau leaders were encour ngod to hopo that they could take Vir ginia from tho Democratic column, his views as to the State would lie. of interest ?ind value. "J dOll't cale to lie (ploted, " bc Sahl, .hui what do you desire specially to know?" "Weil, I said, ' tell moubout Muhoue. Will Ile lie as pOWOl'flll il! tile polities O? your State as he once was?" Thc Governor, after som.- hesitation, mid: "Maheno is n very good politician. In tiie campaign we will havo this fall u Legislature is tn lie chosen which will li.ta United Shit os Senator to succeed Hiddlchcrgi r. I have no doubt in my ow n mimi but that Maheno is a candi date for tho Senatorship, If, however, ite lets t hat he know n bo will Hu', have the iulbieuci iii the campaign lie other wist might, Von see, there are th reo [actinns in thc iteptihlicau party. Due is the straight-outs, led by Wickham; another led hy ox .( lovel liol' Cameron, who is opp.ised lo M abone, and then t lu ?se w in i call themselves the Iteadjus terS. Now, in M canvass imply as iigaiiibl the Democratic parly, these forces, if united, would put tho Domo snits to superhuman ellbrl lo hold thu State, li it bc known, though, that Mahmie seeks tu curry Ibo Legislature lo ride into tiie United States Senate, hoy will split up, ami, of course, such a ?vision is to D?mocratie advantage." nterviow with ( ?overnor Lee in Ciuoin lati Km purer. lin iliii. i ul 1 rummers' tai . n?r?. t'i u versing willi some drummers to-duy, ?in of them viid I don't lieliuvc they un make lis ?>?ij nh? lit cuse tax. Law M l\s ?ii S'il pillia 11113 South (ari .lina tell us. 1 notice that tin- otllccrs ol this elly liave ii laM-d their \ Igllance in looking after 1: winn wi an- in towns. I was nt WU' alington 11 day or two ugo and Feist Meyer, know n to ibu drummers as < lld Sleuth the Detective,' never troubled us, Hut thc Stale Treasurer is linn ?ii his position on die mat nt. iii publishes ti circular-letter daiiug thal HM Treasury Depart mont rc i ives ninny hu|uhiiv us lo Hie eir?et ol thc I ici.s im i oi thc I libed Mates Supreme nun, ' t'hal decisi?n,' Treasurer Hain .iv--, w.i- upon ihcconstruction of a local itiitulc ol lin-Mate of Tennessee, contain? ny many pi ivisions materially different rom those in Hie North Carolina statute.'' [Ic goes 011 lo say: "Thc sections In our revenue aol have, in thc case of thc Slate i's. Long, been before nut own Supreme oin:, which aller full iirguuioill and borough consitli ration, decided that tiny t\t n- not in con ll iel w ?iii the I'nitcd Slates L'otistltution. I mil lin- judgment is ro? versed by sonni com j iel cn I I ruin uni il will in- recognized ii* law liy this department, ind the prompt collection ol die tax rc iein d to will lu required ol all persons liarged therewith, '-/lolet'f/A Cor, Hick "..I,.! />>*,?!'.?/,. \ \r\\'\<mrr Munni I rinililt'. A- a I'cSUll ol the (UlbliciitiOU ill tile I'llillldolplllll lum*, a lew weeks ago, of ni article ex po dug tlc ways and means by ivhiclt gambling liad been curried on in I'liiladclphiii lor lie- pasi several months, md in whieii ii iv us charged thai Albert ?I. Ilocekly, elly editor "i the Pres?, had leen tile leeipienl ni lin Mini of $00 per Auk tm the purpose of securing the. ?Hence'd tiiai naper ht ibu Interest nf thc {amblers, .Mr ll.:kly Drought criminal nit for libel and civil undi for $'J0,U0U lainages against tia editor ?md publisher .I the Time*. The iill'air was. ai Unit time, uni lia- continued to he. the chief topic of 1 i - . -. i> - ii ni among ?oiiriialists and those Ahn felt interested in the matti r, A grenier sensation, however, was created when Mr. I locckly s counsel unlined die dist rici nttor ley ai d Un editor "I tiie Times that his lieut laid dei ided tn withdraw lin- erinii itll suit and illlow tin- case to rest entirely n ion tiie civil suit tm- damages, Mr. Ilocekly luit been until now (although his i jj nation has I in-11 placed in the hand of his ,u|H'riors) merely Su ?tended from duly until m investigation should establish lits guilt .i ? i.-(nee. inn tin- /'.M says editorially Inti if Mi llocokloy i Innocent of the iliurgcs linnie tigaiusi ihm lie luis ? nmnlttcd i grave, if not fatal, error in withdrawing ns criminal snit ami iii.ii his connection ivllli tin- Press lins ceased nbsohilely, .In-1 lim l I let I \ I 1 l. r A reliilitllil ni lace lay upon what is known a- the mat ked dow n t ounlcr of a largo shopping oshihlishnienl in ibis city, md during a wail ol HflQOll minutes the following remarks concerning il were made i>s lady customers,each one drawingatten* lion lo il liv the use of the word "sweet." lau i ii too siced for anything'/" ' What a sweet, lovely piece ot ?ace' Willi! did von call ItV lt.isa urcet pat lern." Wouldn'l it look ino sweet ?md lovely ni my law n?" "i Ht! mother, do buy (his foi nu. il hVOllld he so mri 11 nu my lillie dress. " "Ses, and I guess lt's a SlCi6t pl icc, too." "Orinyu hte. Ilnniuiroii*.1 lt yoll arc pale, emaciated, hnvo a back ing cough, w illi nihill swcals, spitting of blood and shortness ni hrcalh, you have no limo io lose, lin noi hesitate too long till yu ate past cure; lor, laken in carly tingos, consumption cm bo cured hy tho uso ot Dr I'loree's "Ooldon Medical Dis cOVerV, ' ns tl.sands can testify. Hy Au lin tl gossip chili lins been organized l?y -??mc yOlimg lathes. Ulan lim (hil) moots i hoy will probably pass their time in raking up all the gossip of tho neighbor' hood, morely to show w hat it is they pro pone lo frown upou.