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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?. TIMKLY TOPICS VOW MUMERS. IIO\V TO Do PAVING WOltK AT rms 8KASON. BUtfgoiitlons of Intorcul, from mi Author!-. Intive Siturec ( w. I,. Jo :e< In iii" B itithcr . G'utttvtt >r.) The ?armor \s oampaigu is now fairly begun. Iii plans havn bcon -oro tins fully matured. Tooxeouto thom is now tue matter of supreme impertanco. How often failure comes just nt this point! Men who can toll you just how a thing should bo done frequently look the capacity to do it themselves or have others do it under thoiv din ut ion. Tho thing called "executive power," hoW far-roneliio;; a id importan! in every I avocation! Ho v inditpousablo to tho farmer! ii,; must manage laborers, stock, machines, manures, Boi .. ? reps of various kinds; bo must fight < ld, I ?, storms, indus, Hoods, drought, iusads blights, rn; ts, n i'd. .. , and I la il . A I great many distinct thi iga muatbomndo to work together fer a Riven ead. How multifarious thoOperations which finally tormiuato in a halo of cotti n -a bushel of corn! And yet Weare tobi that any man eau be a farmer. V<.auy oho caa pat i seeds in tho ground, any' one can hon gross, eny one can walk bl inna a plow but, ia that all? When to j.! ti . bow to I plant, wit..i lo pian-.; when ; . |>l iw, toiilow, What breadth ol loWli Ige, what discriminating ju igtiK , do UHS< demand! Lot tho youths wholaok theso qualities go to tho cities; tho uountry bus n<> ph a for . ; om. ?But to matters now directly in hand, i Tho plauting of tho cotton crop con fronts us shall it bc carly <?r late? 0 pillions tii flor. Whore i K\ ?? ncc ft i to decido wo can ouly appt il I . herid : principies, it i- quite ceri i I ; . n s have soute degree bf plasticity- that they are modilied to son,. . ,0 ut by elimatta comliti hs, riced bl ? rly coin from tho Non,-, planted in ( I o ?iouth for ! seVeriU yours, without a fri ti importa flou, sequin s a lab r Itabit oi . utiu ... lfow is lui. ? Tho plant . . nu . bc Con Coi ved of as having tm in ncowbieh enablos it lo ?uticipato tin gi r length of our seasons atui regulub , growth accordingl) ; nud y, t it boh . ju il as : if it had .siiel int' I Ugo UC0. in, our native corn, planted very i i . ii; tho spring, tends to pi educo sn : hhdksl but larger cars than thal , .. . I lalo in tho season. May not a binni : . udonc) . develop in oArly-pInutod co i? Tin Cold ol earl) spring obi li t ..; ?eal plant nud t lire thins i rite ti. >n. I Threat of oxtermiualioh iitv . . lichens the reproductive process . plants. Tho little cooklo-billT wilie cohn lip late in suniuu r, < a tl. in grow tm ?to tliall six iu?ii high, willi havo a bloom nud mature n. t d. Ju tho tropic cotton grows almost i ti tree, fjiupr?duo s little fruit; ii . nu po rab ones it is dwarfed ih siy.o, increas ? 1 i fruitfului ;. May it not bo tbat the uhihiiig it g. ls in carly -> . ; pr?dis-1 poses it to fruitfulness? ii \v ul<? seem that young plants vory soou 'i. tho style pt growth thoi aro to Koop during the i ta o.i. ll Hi.y ; a oi . ? mt kl large, luxuriant Btttlk Hie) . m to ?trivol to earn it out to li ie Olid. Dur indiv idutd 6xporiou< ti li,ia b. en in favor of early-planted cotton, li docs not grow efl quit vf .i, fi I ia ? nisi - qhently somewhat harder to .vork, but! fruits botter, opens early and eau bo housed and (jeld early IQ the season. Tuon, again, carly plauting moro apt to bring good stands, for thoi is Hun! usually CuougI moisture in i p soil to still bring tho plants up; i.>t rit is apt to I be too dry. Alt. r trying "j la at?, rs" and other modern mi dos of plaill incot ton, ; wo laue gone back to t e pld-timo method of cevoring seed wi tag? d list by a double-foot plow and oi hor knock- ; lng off with a board or leveling down with a barrow. Cotton need will uot come nj) through a duck covering Ol earth, but they v> 1 sproul and g?i! ready to come up whou ibu; covered, I and will appear above the surface promptly when tho Biipo iluoua dirt is removed by board or harrow, Ur.ar in mind, this knocking off or bu rowiugis not labor to d ; it is really equivalent to a lirst working. For Di<> years wo have tried tiwi bro.ulo.i.it harrowing of cotton I with a smoothing harrow, lt was done; thc lirst time just ie. tho cotton begun to como up. The harrow waa run obliquely across tito rows. About a wcok hiter it was run again al light angle-. b> tho tiri t. It may ho run wn?aroly aer?se the rows, | but never up and down UlOUi, or in till lutter ease it would almoi t < ortainly ia-1 juro tho stand. Whero tho land was olcui and freo from obatruatlons, tho woo. wi,u \< ry satisfactory; ev< u where land was not p rice: iv cloon, tho stand WAS not much injured. If no rabi IIBBI fallen since tiic son WAS Btirrcd by tho plow, tho burrow tonds to run too deep; where tho mil ls erusted lt WOlks llnoly. If one does nut uno a harrow tuc scrape should bu started ju il o ?eon a? the lirst cotton mukes its appearance, Tho wing next tho cotton should I 0 W i perfectly flat and tho cotton B?dcd s dom ly Huit ibo two furrows almost meut. Very little dirt V ill b. thiov.n on tho young cotton, sud own il BOttlO is, it will not interf?re seriously with Us coming ni?. Should thc ground 1 0 crusted, Hi?. Crust Will bo broken; men - over, tlio grass wbloh usually oom H ttl with the cottou \>ili bo lulled? No.um. contributes moro to tho easy, ph saul working ot ootl ?D orop dian to bogui plowing it early and plowing it Ofton In the early stag, s ot mouth. Wo geuOD ally leave too much bu the hoe to do. liy running tho plow carly, proper!) md ofton Ino koo-work ma) be groat!) roduced. One thing is very olear, thal unless Ibo cont ol pi nindi u can bo ri . ducisl Ha re will be very httlo probt In ootton at present pri As noon as cotton'planling ls finished, ?ttly.plantcd corn will bo ready for lb tlrst winking. If planted in watOWW row manure may now bo dropped ape tho bill of corn, and tho mat ploWh)| will oovor it up. In Uiis ease alco t tho wing of tho serape next the corn to it will run very lint and throw only moderato quantity of dirt into the WAtei furrow and about the com. it M quJU injurious to ??rn to dirt it heavily when it is young, aud iureo it to throw out now root? near the aurfaco beforo it is ready to do so. Oem oatuniUy throw si out new oiroles o? roots ut successive j? ints, ono sut ubovo tho other, but UOt r.M et euee. A considerable interval of timo ?lap808 botwoOU tho formation of successive whorls of roots. J Jut deep dir ting interferes with tho course of nature and causes new roots to fenn prematurely. Again, by only partially libing tl in v. liter-1 ur row at the first work- ? illg, more dirt is thrown into it at tho Bi coin! working, and covers und . i .oth ori gross most thoroughly, dispensing willi all hoe-work. Where Com is not planted in the water-furrow wo have fouud it an excellent plan to use a twister Or turning-shovel, and starting in the '.caler of the middles bed up with hin side next tho corn. The last furrow cnn borun very near the corn, dilling it lightly, but em ugh to cover up young grasa effectually if it is dono carly enough. We contend that a hoe need uover ? ?.ter a cornfield. Such siding \. it . i <>d opportunity to put manure on each side of corn to bc covered ut the next working. /o repeat tho recommendation here tofore given to supplement tho corn ?rop with one of the recently introduced millet ol' sorghums, as kallir corn or millo maize. Kaili.' corn is nothing like ordinary oom; it rescmblos mido mai/.o, hut has a dwttl'for habit and matures earlie:, lt mid millo maize have been widely advertised ns forage crops; wo value thom moro for their seed, which c.re about as valuable us ordinary corn for stock bed. If not nioro valuable than corn, why plant them, asks one. Because tlioy stand drought better, and will tnako a crop where eura would ti I orly fail. If one is forced to roly upon thin uplands to make corn, he had bel er plaut kallir corni or au ? arly ma* turing strain of millo maize, ratkor than co muon corn. Tho former is much moro certain to produce a crop undor thc conditions mentioned--especially in a dry season--than tho latter. Plaut corn on bottom lands and on fresh rich lat de, but confluo il to theso, end plant kallir com on thin uplands. To tlio.se who li vc never cultivated tho hitter, WO rm . ..y, its oulture is similar lo that of or Unary sorghum--nothing peculiar or dilllcult about ii. ibtising supplies at homo is tho foro m< and mosl important of all problems to tho cotton-raiser, lt is Uso! . s lo at tempt improvomont of any kind until tl farm is mndo t-elf-supporting. Ho will certainly fail if ho buys provisions. ; Thoexporieuoo Of tho last twenty years! has m. .1 thoroughly demonstrated this, ?o whoro you will, tho men who raise supplies at bone.' arc tue prosperous fanni rs. 'J hoir lumia are not mortgaged. They do not have to ask merchants to run them. For this WO stress every er 'p which will help tho farmer to raise the provisions ho ncods; kadli corn and nt ll i mai/.o i tri ko us as vi ry promising : lill producing Crops. They are gen crail i dolled as forage plaid ; WO do ucl pri/.o them highly forthat; ordinary corn Sown iii drills hus no su pi ?or as u fertigt plant, ff ono will manage it i . ?pi rly lhere is no occasion to hunt up .i other crop as a substitute, lt is urged upon every farmer, who is at ali !-.u .;! ol i'oingo, or likely to bc, to BOW Hg od breadth of land in drilled corn this mouth, if may bo sown ut any tiran from April to August, but thu carly sowings arc tho mos', satisfactory-most apt t'> succeed. Prepare tho land very tljor uighly by lepeatcd plowings, roll iugu anti hanowings; hitiko drills four fit ap ut to admit plenty of ?-ir and ligld ; KOW B?,'cd so tout grains may bo frota two to threo inches apart, and when up cultivate with sweep. Some think torugo corn should bo t own very thickly to make tho stalks M ry small. Of course very ?urge stalks aro objec tionable, hut if caoh filant bas not tho opportunity of developing Itself pretty thoroughly, tho forage will lack quality; it will bo tasteless ami not relished by block. Each stalk ought to have sufficient opportunity tt> enable it to make a little nubbin, and tho crop should not bu gathered until thc little nubbin is in roasting ear. Another very viduablo food orop, winch may bo t.turled the Last of this mouth, is ii.'*.'man millet, lt is on ex ceedingly st roil g, nutritious forage - strong! r porhapy than ouy other, unless exception bo made of clover hay and pcaviues. Whilst it may not equal those m .-.onie respects, il is a better balanced Iced, lt calls for rather rion laud, but grows well on poor land when manured and properly prepared. Stable manure, cotton seetl meal, ommoniatcd fertilizer! or composts will answer. Thu land nhl in? prepared, as described above, for drilled corn, a half bushel of sect sown on un acre and very lightly har rowed in and then rolled. All sinai seeds, which must ho planted BIIOIIOW should bo rolled niter they are hurrowec Hin. It insures both moro prompt am more, certain germination of thu sued Hemombcr that Gorman millet shouh be cut promptly as soon as blooms ap pear, tho sud '.ona and maturo vcr; quickly oftor tho bloom, unusually so autl it is not desirable to let tho sce< mature. Tiny oro so small that tho; are not properly masticated, may swol in stomach and do harm, or else pas through undigested and uro lust. Th extremo coso with which this millet i cut and ourod also commends it to ou nigh esteem ; it lins decided advai tag over cairn foragu in this ru .peet. [norcasod interest bas been dovolopo of latu in tho groiu'dpcacropou aoeoun of thc introduction of tho variety terme ''Spanish." We do not know its orig! or liistory. but on trial have found it very excellent variety. Tho pods fl well, and cluster largely s> round th main root, making tho digging of thei quito easy. On suitable lund that rather sundy ami with limo in the soi tho groiindpeu is a very valuable ai janel to thu food crops of ti.o faro e.neely anything is better for fattonin pork, and us farmers aro much nun disposed to raise their meat thou the hu mei ly were, wo cointnond this ere to their attention also. It should I planted nt once; it is Ixjtlor to shell ai plant thu seed out of tho hull; they wi come ap more quickly; drop nt least tv in nhill; rows throe feet apart and hil two feet in thu row. En this connoction tho sweet pota' should recoivo attention. Tho larg cul) varieties, like tho Bt. l>omin| y nm, and tho closely allied red skin wi yfllow ilcsh, uro unsurpassed as lu let d. If tho slips aro put out tho iii of May, hogs may bo turned on the by tho llrst of Hoptcmbor, or earlier, I I kept on them till tho middle of Ootolx I and then turned upou tho greundp? and by the end of November bo ready for tlio knife. Jt it; a mistake lo supposo that funnors cannot raise their meat to advantage ut tho present low price? of bacon. A fanner can raise almost any thing t hat ho needs ou his farm obi api i than lie can buy it. In tho matter of meat, all I hat is required is that he should arrange proporly for it-not do pend exclusively, or even la ;,eiy. on tho corn-crib. Grazing lots, bermuda and clover, Johnson gJUSS lots for hogs tn feed upon rootstoeks of in winter, plum orchards, wild du rries, seedling peach trees, acorns, persimmons, etc., together with sweet potatoes, peas and ground pens, present a cheap, inexpensive bili o? fare upon which hogs eau bo very easily raised and fattonvo. Wo ore not enterprising enough; WO work on from year to year in the same old rubi, raising eora and eottou ami little che, and trusting to tho cotton crop to supply all our wants, Year after year Wc have failed, but hope never ?lies. Tue fault is in thu seasons, or the guano doolors, >r tim merchants, or something else; wo ne blind to tho fact that it is ohiolly in mrsclves and our method-.. W c give tt thousand excuses for our failures, but never the right one. Now, before il is too late, put some of thc land you had prepared for cotton in sweet potatoes, ionic in groundpeos, some in kallir corn, ionic, in (?crinan millet ami somo in forage corn. NOTES Ol'' SOI TUKUM I'ltOOKKSS. A wood winking factory is to bc erected at Longwood, Fla. It is reported that o box factory wil JO built au Judsonia, Ark. The I'rcsbyteriann will build a ?10, 100 church at Franklin, Tenn. A largo brick manufactory has bcoi established at Darlington. A largo tobacco factory is reported ti )0 erected at Knoxville, Timi. It is roportod that a canning factor' viii bc established at Lo wry, Va. J, O. Cross is erecting machinery io i shoo factory at Annistou, Ala. A $50,000 company luis been formet d Aunisou, Ala., to budd gas works. A company has been organized ? Danville, Va., to build a sired railroad Several parties ?it Kingston, N. C. ?ontcmplatc establishing a staten factor;. William (haig is erecting machiner it Knoxville, Tenn., b> tnanufactur ihocs. A company is being organized t mild a tobacco factory at Clurkcavilb Leun. ft is reported that a canning faotoi s to be established ut KuoxviUc, Tenn icon. A Company will probably bu forme it Chattanooga, Tenn., to m:\nufnctiu i patent lam??. C. C. Post and others have organize i com]tony at Douglasville, Go., to ere i conning factory. lt is proposed to organize :?? $20,0! (tock company at Thibadaux, La., to < ablislt a canning factory. Tho sum (d' $'25,000 has been raised ?recta pork packing o&tabHshmcnt Yohimbin, Tenn. The Chattanooga Poper Box Comp ly, Chattanooga, Tenn., w;tl enlarj heir factory about May I. ft is reported that air. Mad ii ot), Ca; iirordeou, alo., will establish a fur. vre factory at Florence, Ala. Tho Arkansas Pump und Pipe Coi >any luis been incorporated ut Lib Hook, Ark., with D. ti. Jones ns pre lent. lt is reported that a company will ormeil at Nashville, Tenn., to CStohli tottery and terracotta works. Tho Judsonia Conning and Kvapor ng Company, capital stock $2,000, I jeou incorporated at Judsonia, Ark. Camming ?v Sou, Selma, Ala., h. turohascd machinory to double t ?opacity of tlnir carriage and wag octory. D.S. korney and Samuel fl. Ni jerry, of Wy th ovillo, Virginia, ht uirchased 1,800 acres of iron oro hu u Pulaski county for $80,000. Thc Central .Manufacturing and I ?rovoment Company has been formed Liovoly Mount, Virginia, and will st trick w orks and a wood working ftlOto The Gate City Land Company, cap ?tock $000,000, hus been incorporate! birmingham, Ala., to start a manu tiring town about live miles from 1 ningham. O. T. Case, J, A. II. Boll ami N. Dyer have leased a building at Atku 3a., (iud will lit it Up with limehill ror a soap iactory. '1 hey will be km is the ( b orgia Soap Company. Tho Bessemer Manufacturing C< ?any, capital stock $'20,000, ie.: I ir gani zed at Birmingham, Ala., to n tfaoturo at Bessemer, sash, doors dhuls. S, T. Krittle is President, \. S. ('amp, Secretary and Treasure Tho Holona Street Railroad Compi .apihd stock 830,000, has been organ it Helena, Ark., with Greonfiold Qu is president, D. T. Hargrave. , rn md S. il. Horner, treasurer, lompany will build their road atone Pitta in itu- North . 'aroltnn Ton na. [From the Wilmington star.; Thc lires in the tow tis of North C lina arc particularly destructive. I. berton was the Iirst to sillier, then MJU, and now Oxford. The tiro in last named town destroyed tho bus! Itouses on one street, but did not r Main street. Nono of tho towns is pared fur Oro. They have an tttterl sullioiont supply of water, and not. ti [)f them have tho needed eeg nea ipparatitH for putting out lires, thirty or forty years Oxford bini bul or turco buildings burnt, ono a sn house. But for tho last thirty-live ; it has suffered from many lires, ai bs,11 or 1H55 many business houses burned, causing a loss of some $1 or $-10,000. Not many months ago burned tho old hotel and Home al Now tweuty-oight stores aro in usia Tho removal of Prof. Bania)rn, < H., after hoing pronounced incurnl a score of physioinns, from Loa V N. M., to his homo, was clTeeted b ministering Dr. Hartor's Iron 'J which has restored him to bin fi good health. tm i II mi?MjmntimiMHQtam?mmwKBtaiaMmmBW?SM GKNKKA1. JACKSON'S OU KL. SODIO Itoiiilulnceiiceii of n Notoblo Kvont n Loni; Tim.. Ago. In tho current, number of tho South ern Bivouac there is an account of tho duel bctweou General Jackson and Oha ICH Dickenson, derived from tho lato General W. CL Harding, of Nash ville, wl.ici: differs somewhat from tho accepted .'tory. General Harding said that tho duel grow out of a quurrol on the rneo-truok bctweou Juokson and Joseph Krvin, Pickenson's father in-law. Diokenson took up the quarrel and Hie duel followed. Thc otlu r account of tho affair narrates that in 18011 .hickson became involved in H quarrel at tho race track with a Mr. Swann, and bo lound Dick on so n's oamo offensively introduced into tho lotti is written by ftwuuu. Dick enson hud previously mudo disparaging romutks about Mrs. Jackson end tho Gcnoiid had remonstrated with Mr. Ervin about Dickeuson'H speeches, say? ing that ho wisbott no quarrel with tho latter, who waa used hy tfuokson's enemies in Nashville. Sw inn's letters, kowovt r, renewed tho feeling between General Jackson and Dickenson and re sulted iu tho fatal duel. Jackson in a conversation with Hard ing declared that ho was frightened when ho wi nt on tho field with Dicken son. "I know him," sold Old Hickory, .'i ?bi a cool, bravo, determined man, and thc best shot 1 oversaw,and I never OXpcctcd tu h ave the ??ld alive, i owe my lifo to tho fashion ot tho day-the Cull-breasted coal. This and tho peculiar cold', loalion of my muoh-stmkeu chest were al! thal saved mo. Die!.cation's bulle'. r>trti';k what appeared to bo tito centre of my body under tb? riebt arm and tho bali grazed my broast-bono. 1 had gone upon thc Hold dotorminod not to tire eJ. Dickenson, but to discharge my pistol in tho air, having no ground of ullarri 1 with him end not wishing to liui i a hair of his head. My quarrel was With his fnthor-iu-law, i'rvin; b..t when I felt myself shot, under tho impression that 1 had received a nunial wound and smarting under this boliof and tho phys ical pain, 1 tired tho fatal shot, and no net of my lifo have i ever regretted to niue! i. ..Under the condition!1 ol' tho meeting wc bail a right to reserve tho fire, bo? cause I knew that Dickenson could shoot BO jauch moro quickly iban 1 could. It1 hus been asserted in tho public prints," j said Old Hickory, "that J advauced on Diokenson to deliver my shot and that i he gave back, both of Which statements ', are false, sir. ? stood in my place when | L fired and Dickenson remaiui t in his, ; receiving my shot uko a cool, brave man, ns he was." General ({arding said that at this samo | interview, which WHS tho last ho ever1 had villi General Jackson, tho latter said lo bim: ..Tba World is greatly mistaken about my having flin llligov? mabie, i< taper* I never ya ve au exhibition of temper with out my judgtnont approved it. I some times lound it u ccssary even t > provcut j tho shedding of blood. - ? ?? * > - - OOO? ti AS A Sl'KAKHlt. 'llie io. at Icier KolaloH an Inti.lent fruin j it i-, ?Coiiiurkuhlu Car. ) . . Prom (he . n I ian. ls? o i liront ie ) Mr, Booth i- a most retiring and' timid man about society. l o is the only actor ? ever met who is om h irrnsscd at u compliment. ^V.'ost uctmv, whoa! you till thom now wed Ikey ii >, humo-1 dintel;, proceed to explain to .von that; they are really gr< aler actors than you | think tlu y i.re. Mr. Booth semis to bo I possessed by the unique couvii lion that I Shakespeare meant what hu wrclo, and j one of his main dreads is of be. man who want, to know whether Hamlet Was j really insano or only feigning. Ho was i speaking of bis rccoptiou nt th. lialdwiu | on the lirst night. "Von saw my reception on Monday I night," he said; '".oui l l couldn't have said'Thank you' before that cur tain." Ho confessed to making ono specoh, I but the result was not wry encouraging. Some years ago he went with his com- : puny to a plac. to [day one ni a. lie ; bad boen specially roquosted nut to play j "Hamlet," as tho people had t een bim in {bat thc vi ar before, and they wauled i somi ; hi ,g olso. When they assembled I at the theatre they found the bnggilgo bad gone astray and the costumes for 14Richelieu" had not arrived. 'J hey must1 play something olso, and tho only thing they could do was to make uj> il bill of a farce mid three nets of "Hamlet," which were easiest to put ou. .Mr. booth went out before tin- curtain and made a little bpecch. "Tln-y listened to me," ho Baili, "and wl.eti l gol through a man in tho front of the orehootra looked up and said: 'All right; givo lis "Hamlot. i went off fooling very proud of my speech. 1 bud done ],rilli nilly, 1 thought. .Just then I heard somobody talking ni front ol thu euri.tin. Whats this, i said to myself. Somebody objooting-a row and 1 grew execs ively nervous'. Just then one of thc mon came in from thu front of tho llOUSO. 'What's that? Who's I that talking out thorn?' .Ob, it's all right, lt's thc proprietor. Ti icy didn't bear u word you said, and he is explain ing to them that you've changed tho bill.'" ?lira. Cleveland lutana tho Flower** Mrs. Olevolnnd ls an' ardent, admirer of tho beautiful in nnturc Tho con servatory mid llower beds iu the execu tive grounds receive daily a share of her attention. She has develop.d into a gardener of no ordi tory merit and has lately pcrs mall} supervised the work of Garuonor l'Aster. The gardener and his assistants ?vole?me her presence among them with delight, as Ina' delicate praise of their horticultural efforts lightens the burden of their work. They strive onlv to please their beautiful mistress, and if success attends tin ir efforts tho romain ing portion of the day after her morn ing visit is very bright indeed to them. Thc clerks in tho oast wing of tho State, War and Navy building ?Iso enjoy tho morning visita of Mrs. Clovoliuid to the gardens. This morning she made her usual visit, nud, accompanied by the gardener, walked through the inoTosurn devoted to flower beds, stopping now and then to pluck a flower. Hbo WM elad in n dark morning dross and no covoring for bor head, nor did sbo wear gloves, nut delvod into tho earth with ber bare hands. - -Trout tho Baltimore I AmerioAQ. UEEOIIEli ON THE .HOWS. His Lotter Itocom mond tug a llebrew as >i I II isl or tu Xu rko*. (From Mic Now York Timos.) When Oscar S. Straus, now Minister to Turkey, was being urged for that oOiuu by Iiis friends, Henry Word Beecher, a warm friond of -Mr. Straus', wrote ?he following letter. It is a pi cu bar letter, lt tells more definitely than any words ol her than its ow n eau do soribo the brood statesmanship and ad vanced position of Brooklyn's famous: ?pastor: "B?OOKl/rv, N. Y., Feb. 12, 1887. "Gie>\ Kit OI.KVKLAND. "DKAI; .Mu. PitESlDENT; Some of our be-d citizens an; solicitions for the ap pointment of Oscar Straus ns Minister to Turkey. Of his fitness theta ia a gou< ral consent that bo is personally and ,:i attailimonts eminently excellent. "Hut I mn int? rested in another qual ity-tho fae I Hint ho is a Hebrew. Thc bittoi projudico against Jews which ob tains in many parts of Europo ought not j to receive any countenance in Amt rica, ft ?8 booailSO Ito is ll dew that I Would urge Iiis appoint incut as a lit recogni tion of this remarkable p. opie, who are becoming large contributors to Ann ri can prosperity ?md whose intolligone morality and large liberality in ail pub lic meosuros for the welfare of society, deserve ami should re?oive from tho hauls of our government some such; recognition, ls it not also a duty to set forth in this quiet, but effectual, method; Hie genius of American Government, which has under its fostering euro poo-1 pie of all civilized nations and w hich croats them withe at regard to civil, re ligious or race, pcouliaritics us common citizens? We send I lanes to Denmark, Gormans to Gormauy; we reject no man be eau so he i.s a Frohchman. Why should wo not make a crowning tostl niony to the genius of our people by! sending a Hebrew to Turkey? Tire' ignorance and superstition of mediaeval Lnropo may account for tho prejudices o? tlint dark agc. Hui how a Christian in our day can turn from a .lew I cunuol imagine. Christianity itself suckled al tho bosom of Judaism ; our roots are in I the Old Testament. Weare .lows our-, selves gone to blossom and fruit.. Christianity is Judaism in ?volution,! and it would seem strenge for the seed; to turu against tile stock on wllich ii was grown. HENRY WAND BHI?OHKH." Tim c<ai MU Hovomoiit. The New York Finnnoial Citri niele, in its weekly review of the cotton move monts, Says that for the wee1; ending April 1 the total receipts hnvo reached 8l,ll? bahv, against 40,298 halos let week, 57,7lu bales the previous week, ami 72,058 lutes Ihtvo WOO ks sin.-e; making the total receipts since 1st Sop tomber, I ssc,, 5,040,888 bal-: , against I '1,85,507 bides for the -ame period of 1 sss." sct showing an increase ? ince Sep tember 1, 1885, of 190,280 bales. Tho exports for the week ending that evening reach a tidal of 77,210 bales, ol' Which '19,815 ?ere to Cr?a; Prit lin. 5,002 to Franco, and 21,802 to tho rest of Hie continent. The imports into continental ports during tho wick i ave beeil 00,000 bales. There was a deena-i' in tho cotton in; sight Friday night of 2,021 halos as cota-: pared with the taino ?'.ate of 1.- IG, an in- ! crease of J 19,055 balea ie: Compared w ith tho corresponding date of 1885, and a decrease of 187,808 bahs OS compared willi 1881. The old intorior stocks have decreased dining the week 28,818 halos tess than at the same period last year. Tho receipts at the same towns have been 7,915 bales more than Hie same week last year, and M?11CU September 1 the receipts at all tho towns are 70,090 bah s tuon; than for the .same time in 1885 80. The total receipts from the plantations! since Soptoraber I, 1880, wero 5,185,991 1 bales; in 1885 80 were ... 1 To, 1 lo Indes; in ISSI 85 Wire 1,707,070 bales. Al though the receipts nt tho omports tho past week were 34,115 bales, the actual movement from plantations wes only', 8,487 bales, the balance being taken; from thc stocks at the interior towns. ; Hast year the receipts front tho planta tions for the Samo week WCl'O :!(i,otiti bales, and for Iss.*, they were 14,984 bahs. The increase in the amount in sight Friday night, os compared with last year, ?8 10,080 bales, the increase IV compared with issi 85 is 020,872 bales, and thc increase over lss;{ st ?s 062,255 bales. Uoinanrm of Un- Mluvcry On yu. , from Hie lnillaiinp.il.s JoUl'liabl There are more romanees of the cruel days of slavery among thc colored peo ple, i veli a quarter of a century alter thc emancipation proclamation, than white-skinned people aro generally aware, lt is quito customaiy for in quiries to bu read from (lu pulpits of colored chinches asking the whereabouts of a brother or a sister, or perhaps a mother or son, from whom the person making tho inquiry was sepan, ted either during' tho war or before the war, when families were divided hy tho unction block. Tho other day a letter was nad from the pulpit of ono of tire colored Baptist churches of this city, in winch a brother asked nboiit n sister from whom he liad been separated for o '< r twenty years. Thu samo loller had probably been lead, as is tho custom, in nearly nil the colorid churches in Hie country. This one found an answer, Hm sister being Louisa Smith, a worthy colored woman, who has lived in this city many years, mid is nnv; in tho ' dy of Dr. .J. h. Thompson. The brother ts a preacher in St. Josoph, Mo., ami j they were separated ni Kentucky when thc war was in progress. ('oniiimpiloii. Notwithstanding Hie. great number w in? yearly succumb to this terrible and fatai disease, which is daily win. ling its fatal ils around thousands who uni uncon scious Of its deadly prosonco, Dr. Piorco'S (bilden Medical Discovery will cleanse and purify thc blood of scrofulous Impur) lies, and cure tubercular consumption (which Is only scrofulous disenso of Hld lungs). Send 10 cents lu sunups and gl t Dr. Pierce's complete treaUso oo consunrp lion and kindred affections, with Humorous testimonials of euros. Address, World'. Dispensary Medical Association, Buffalo, N. V. A oroamory is hoing oreefcod at Al ad i son Station, Miss. CHEATING THE GALLOWS. ! WVK MUltUKKKHS LYNCI1K? AT VOltKV! LLli. Amiod Nen Kilter tin- County Juli mid forcibly Capture their I'rlKonorn ami Hun}; Them lo Treen-No ( lu?' lo tho I'll ii lvl|llllltlt. (Krom tim Yorkvlllo (inquirer, April 0.) Yestorday morning opened nu tho closing BCOUO of one of tho most fearful tragedies ovor onaoted in York county. With tho brutal murder of Hie little in? uouont boy Johnnie Loo Good, on thc evening of the 30th of last November, our readers aro familiar. On that ove tiiug, as tho investigation of the jury of inquest and subsequent confess ions de veloped, tho murderers proved to bo Priudloy Thomson, Hailey Dowdle, Dan itobortsand Mose Lipscomb, willi a num ber of supposed accessories before the foot, il being believed that a combination for tho purposes of robbory and murder existed among tho negroes ol' that neigh borhood, in Bullock's Creek township, and adjacent to Broad Uiver. Several of tho accessories or accomplices whose names wore divulged by thu investiga tion wi ru lodged in jail, where tl ly now are. ISxoitomcnt ran high in tho neighbor* hoed of tho murder, ?is indignation was also manifested throughout tho county. The victim was an unoll'cndiug boy less thou fourteen yours old, tho sun < ; web bed > and worthy parents, by whom ho wasidolized. lu an unfortunate moment, as Prindley Thomson confessed iii tho jail, the little boy detected bini, Mose, Dan and Bailey, in tho act ol "ealing colton from his lath r's field. To pre vent exposure, tho cotton thieves brutal* ly murdered Lim. Prindley made this confession: "I went with them after tho cotton in Mr. Good's Hold, and left them there. Bailey hud tho boy's waist; J hod his legs; .do.-e was choking him, and Dan carru d tho rooks. Wo all went away by HlO pastare le id. Dalley bit him first with tho rook when wo first got bold of tho boy. Dan suw the boy llrst. Dan said: "Boys, yonder is Leo." Bailey hit llrst, and Ihm next. MOHO jumped on Lis bowels." Mitch was tho material portion of Prindloy's confosuion, tho wounds on thc dead body of tbi boy corroborating bis Btab m ut as to tho mann ir of infliction. After this confession was made mid be calms known, it being reasonably oortaiu of the positivo ?.mil', of Priudloy, .'.ailey, Dau mid M iso, tho peni, up tic ing of tho western side of tho county found v.;;' in threats of lynching, and besides tho hm.- na.bio id of Giles Good, ti' - supposed instigator Of tho crime, nial accessory, Wiis also dei tnndod. BborilV Gloiui, vigilant for thc safety of his prisoners, becoming satisfied that tho threat of lynching Would bo at tempted, ou thu o\ uing of Docombor bitb procured an order from Judge Withoi'i poou transferring them for safe keeping to tho jail at Columbia, and on that night they wero spirited away. I'ruo to Iiis expectations, about V o'clock un tho following morning, a crowd of about Kovonty-ilvc mounted mei?, undis tti L'd, ap 'ouched tho jail, propurcd with axos e..i i ?1? ilgo hammers nud some armed with shot guns, and a nun dior ol' thom st turing nn entrance through the corridor, prod dod to tho thud door and coninioneed battcriug tho wooden shutter covoring Ibo non doo.- winch had- to the cells. By the tune the ."jiu rift' was aroused by inc noise a nd had run np to the landing on tho third floor, one panel of tin wooden .slur, iel* was knocked out und tho crowd Were moving OU thu works us though they meant hus mas. When tho Sherill' interposed, the crowd desisted until he convinced them that tho men wanted -.vere m '. in tho jail. Tho whole party, which, aside from their demonstration OU the jail, lied la en qiliot and orderly, theil peaceably rode out of town. Tile Sherill' foiled tho WOllld-b . lynch ers and saved Iiis prisoners, who about the hour of the demonstration wero in North Carolina on their wa; to Cullim bin, where t ny romaiued until last Sat urday, when tho Sherill' deputized Dr. \. V. Cartwright and Mr. Janies il. Biddle, two menin whoso conrane under contingent diilloultios be had full couli doilOO, to conduct tho pris on, rs from Columbia to Yorkvillo. Tho transfoi was accomplished without incident, and OU Saturday evening Uley were r< turned to their old ?punt?is in tho \ urkvilh jail. It was supposed that tho excitement and indignation incident to the murdoi hail subsided, and certainly all fooling for summary vengeance was slumbering mili1 Monday morning when tin ninnis tu kable lunacy of tho hillier of tho mur deied boy rekindled the aligero'.' all win witnessed tho unfortunate mau on tia way to tho Asylum. No cautious in quiry, however, could discover any undue feeling in the general cuiront o! public sentiment, Tho inquisitive news paper man, in Iiis suggestive way, en doavorod hore and tbero to gain a clue but overy person approached upon tin subject expressed tho opinion that tia law WOtdd biko its course. Late Mumbo evening tho Sherill fi lt a souse i l portee security, and Voikvillc retired Mondio night, little expecting to wake up nox morning to lind live dead bodies dang ling from the limbs of trees abm st withu thc corporate limits. Tho men chose for tho hour of thei work tho wee small hours, and ut hal past l the Sheriff, who was also jailor, wa awakened by a noise at the door. IL rushed up to tho crowd in his nigh dress, and ho refusing to surrender th keys, his visitors proceeded to tho thin Hour and commenced on tho same doo thal hud partly yielded to similar trent mont only a few weeks before. Th Sheriff was powerless to ofter resistance and endeavored to attract attention t tho jail by rapid and successive tiring o his gun. This had tho effect to bring t tho scone a few persons, but by tho tim they arrived, tho lynching party ba gninod entrance, secured tho men the wanted and loft. Tho wooden door bi foro alltidod to was opened by cuttin out tho largo plate lock with an nx< .'ho padlocks securing tho doors to sui ocquoutly open wero broken, but tho? woro replaced by now onos and tho col woro left comparatively safely locke. Five prisoners woro wanted, it scorn instead of six us ou tho former oocasioi and those taken were. Giles Good, Bailey Dowdle, Prindloy Thomson, Dan Kob orta and Mose Lipscomb. Their identi ty wau insured by moans of a dark lan tern with which thu party was provided. As far as can bc known, no resistance, or even outcry, was made by any of tho doomed men. A man whoso business required him to pass near tho locality of tho hanging, saw tho crowd approach ing, and stepping to ono side of tho road, permitted the eutirelprocession to nasa without ottering any molestation, lie gives tho opinion that tho viotims were mounted, lbs could seo no ono on foot, and all were proceeding along leisurely and quietly. He uaw tho party not far from tho spot selected for tho execution of tho deed, a knell on tho road leading northwest from tho jail, and only a short distance from tho stone marking tho drat milo from the Court House. Tho most interesting scene in an att'air pf Ulis loud is supposed to bc tho bear ing and demeanor of the fated wretch, hut just herc our account of this ono must 1?o at fault. We have not seen any une who said he was there, nor do wo know whether or not tho men boro up bravely, or whether any words of con fossion escaped their lips, lt is vaguely whispered, but with how much truth wo [.annul toll, that (Hies Good waa re quired to act as thu executioner of his four comrades, anti was then compelled lo tic thc knot of his noose. To thia last requirement hu is said to have de murred, ejaculating "how the devil do you expect a man to hang himself." Again it is said that HO words wcro atti red by any one during thc cuacting pf the final scene, further than ono of thom expressed Ids desire of tho maunor pf adjusting thc ropo around Iiis neck. Tho ropes used were ordinary cotton, winch appear to have been used as plow lines. As soon as it was possible for tho Sherill' to do so, lie went to thu spot of tho execution, taking with bim two physicians, but they arrived too hito to render any assistance to the live Ump bodies they found dangling from tho trees four from one tree on tho oast side of thc road, and thu other irom tho limb ol a stout oak hard by on the op posite side. Lifo was found to bc ex tinct. Tho Sherill' caused thc bodies to be fut down immediately, and on blankets spread upon the ground, laid them sido by side, under tho branches of tho trco DU which four were hanged. Hero tho bodies remained until late yesterday afternoon, when they were removed for burial. Prindloy Thomson's relatives took possession ol" his body and tho body of Hailey Dowdle was taken posses sion of by bis father. Thu other bodies were buried at tho expense of tho county. News of tho lynching spread over town rapidly, and from early in tho morning until late in thu day, tho sceno was visited by Huongs of persons. Tho colored people, of course, visitud tho dead bodies with no less motives of curiosity than thu whites; but if they were disposed to censure tho act, they gave expressions in words to no such feeling. In a group of colored people, about noon, was an auntie, who had a letter written by Alary Thomson, tho mother of Prindloy. Tho letter was dated March 31, and leads as follows: "MY DEA li CHIMU If ho has testified that toles Good led him into that mur Aoriug scrape, 1 do believe it, for ho Could lead my child better than 1 could. Hu bas objected | preventedJ his mother from teaching him the right way, and from my child's action what made mo believe it he always would mind ?riles Good from ten years old. 1 could not correct bini. Do, please, if you break my child's neck, break Giles Good's, too, for my sake. I do want to see my child once more, and if ho is hung I do want his body. MARY THOMSON." This letter was intended for the Sherill', and is a key to tho bad reputation sus tained in tho neighborhood by Giles Good. Ho was suspected of being tho chief instigator of thu thieving which lcd to the murder. >e\\ York and Wu-ll I linton SooiOty. Tho attitude of New York society peo ple toward Washington is peculiar, and they show their bumptious provincial ism in a dozen ways. Gno Now York woman who has spent a couple of sear sons here remarked kindly that sho could see a great improvement in tho art of dinner-giving since she carno to Washington. "Of course New York dinners nave always been perfect, but here it is quite a new thing, you know^ this dinner-giving," was ncr' bland ,'ro-' mark. When repeated to a few Wash ington hostesses who havu been . giving 1 dinners for a score of years there waft'nfi' immediate tempest in a teapot.' Now Yorkers have tbo coolest way of making just such speeches al ?out Washington, and assuming an air of condescension as it it were very kind in them to tin amused by tho capital's doings; yet at tho samo time tliey make all theso pretensions they come here and go the greatest lengths to get into thc full swim of so ciety. Prosidont Arthur first mado tho delights of capital society patent and accessible to Ins New York friends, and the fashion once established keeps itself up. l'util the unfortunate night when shu recited " 'Ostler Joe" Airs. Pottot thought Washington social Ufo fascinat ing; after tliat sliu had a chance to soo its more frigid aspect, and changed her^ mind. All hostesses who entertain aro beset by requests for friends from Now York, tho place of thoir residenco hoing emphasized, as though giving tho appli cants particular value-Prom a Wash ington Letter. Married Woman Twice meir \ne$. In 1*81 thc Haroneas Ihi.-dclt-Couttsmar ried Mr. Hartlett, Who was more than ?30 years ber junior, and Marian Evans, or' George Elliott, was much older than Mr. Cross, whom she married in lnao, after tho death of Mr. Lew is. Togo further tack, Mme. Dc Btaol, another lamons woman of letters, was 4(1 when in 1812 she took for a Bocond husband M. do Hocen, a young French officer of 85, Probably, too, near ly eve ty body can recall instances of mar riages like these Which lia vc occurred with? ?n the range of Ids own acquaintance and among people loss distinguished, and such unions are frequently reported In tho news papers.-A^w York Hun. An Instruetor asked a French girl why boor in French was feminine. She replied Hutt it was probably owing to tho fact that tho lx>ys liked il so well.