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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?. jnr. m oi.M? UT III!' M'^MIW,: WHAT TUK m?NICHA!. ASSKMUJ.Y Ml S I HOON CONSI ?M.IC. Measure* l.lkolj lo ctn mu i |> lit tho i.ni Session-Work K?ottjjli tu Glvn tko koala litt ure I" I fill v I <> I ><> Ito Sumo I.lllloTliu t. j OOLVMUIA, Novoiuboi' LO.-Tho session of tho Stato Legislature commences on Tuesday next. Tho rm clings of ?i.i body have, for sonn years past, njttrnol il muoh attention from tho people ol Hu State, lt is eafo I i say that at no timo liss there been more douo in tho way of mapping oui wmk for the (lenoraI As? sombly than lins been ??ono hy write) , speakors and u< wi papi ra during tho i . I six months. Of course it is not expected that tho Logiloture ! li til consider nil the suggestions odored, lo tho extent of ' formulating each in a ?.?ll to l>e noted on , in the committee room. Uut thoro are I some mattere on which, hy goncral con- ' sent, the bod,) will he i xpeeted to pas*, ill And theso matters, with tho miucollut*. - otis business ineidcut to every session,!' will keep thc two houses busy for tho thirty-three days between Ibu day of ' meetinguud Christmas. A reassembling 1 ol the bo ly, niter a blioit holiday, i.s ?. >? , . improbable ! r tua AOllK CLT?ltAt UOU?KOI-:. j Tl ie bas been muob discussion touch-1J im Ibo establishment of uv agricultural v coll? g , modeled on that of Mississippi, i j and altogether distinct from tho Son rb Cai ulina Coih jsv. TII?H Mutter waa di::-j t cusst d i.t com i unible i<::;lij during t? e . last session ; and tin Hoard of Agricnl- t turo were di roo tod to procure nform>.- < tion touching tho cost und tho < potation , of such au institution and report to tho (, Legislature. This report will bring :!i.< , .subject regularly up for discusso n, ai d, ? doubtless, u bill for tho cit ibliahmenl ?f \\ the c ?liege will I".' nj? b-r consideration, i As among tho people, KO among Huir " representatives, thorn ?ro vurions ?1 ? .. n ions on thin matter-sonia urging thojt curly organisation of tho proposed o< I-, 0 . ;v>, some favoring, in its uU'nd, nn e , ,, rgoinoul of the ''annex' to Hie Soiiih ! u trolina College, abd others still ludil 1 ig tL.d WO hbo boM ! ' our Stute in ti- ,.' tutions Blind just ?is ,!>- y aro. Wimbi. v ^ tho conclusion, tho di ntsftion promism 'j to bo ivs iulerestini ai tho subject-matter ?, is imi>ortant. Tita Aontcer/ruitAi 1 KPAIITMCXT. j (I Tho reorganisation of thc Si de Jh1'! partment ol Agriculture \>.is urged upon : ' tho Legislature by tho farmers' Ass . H *' lion that met li ro during l'air ?Vock of ' last year. Thc Legislature did not adopi 11 tho suggt ion of that body. The most. i?| radical ohangO proposed is thal t1' Jj Board of Agriuultui shall be nominaba -I (ineffect ohos n) hy tho hi tte Faruui Associai inn. i'iio powers of (ho I Joni d aro to bo cnltirgod, und slops taken lo fi increase ii> us< fului - in furthering tho j ?] agricultural ?uteri ls. Tho friends ot v tho oban gc maintain that it will servo io popularize thc Department und inri,.'it " lu closer communie dion whit thc buin- lJ ors tliemselvci. The opponents conti nd : that tho Board, as beivtol >ro constituted, j I has don? good work for tho State, and . t that tho proposed chunges will ?.ot bc . for the bettor. ?I These two reforms may bc said ..> 0 .. . , atltute the loading, if not tho only, sug gestions now urged >>\ tho friends ?o' tho ''farmers' movement." 'Jim Farmers' , Association is to meet hero on tho Isl \ December, and it ?1 expected that Ibo t body will toko stops t 1 iniike Known ?is wishes upon both propositions, in oonncctiou with tin Department of ( Agrionlturo it may be proper to mention 1 r that tho term o? thc incumbent Commis. , sioner of Agriculture, Col. A. I'. Butler, < is about to expire, und his successor must bo ohoson ut tho approaching s^ 1 sion, lt is expeotod that bo will stand 11 for re election. Col. M. L. Donaldson, of Oreen % ?Ile, bas been nominated for]' thc position. Tho Legislature v. iii bo called upon to decide between theso t\i -and perhaps others also, Tin: VAX SYSTRM. Our lawn for tho assessment and col lection of St.do ui.d county taxes linvi 1 commanded public attention more or lena for len years past. Tho Legislature :. attempted sume Improvements, hut, Und* > lpg theso inadeqate, referred tho matter j. tu a commission. Tho commission mado ? un olid Hunte ie port, but the Act tuoyL recommendi tl was nucen inoniou&ly kill? . ed in tho Senate. Tho iiccossity lor , some rofdrm suggests itself in these form* t 1. 1 be incJJloiency <>i ortr system oin asses iug propoity for taxation a lur> 0 amount ?d property escaping taxation 1 altogether. 2. The complicated procedure for pu? J forcing tho payment of laxos rondoring it quita suie that n<> tit I ? - to property sold for taxes will be sustained by tho Court?. 8. Thc quantity of lands already "fi r?, fcited" tO thc St.Ar fer nun payment of bixos-tho defaulting owners novoTthe lens, in numbers of oates, retuiuiug their possession Without paying any laxes lit all. The vaina o? theso forfeited hue. , yielding no revenue to tho State in nb nit gd,0<M>,(MM) inyolving a dead lons ot about S-k',000 tn the public treasury nu lly. >bo Legislature will bc urgod by tho cutive dopait nient lo make the tnx . ?s simple and effective, to subject thc "forfeited ' property to taxes in futnfo, and, if possible, tJ collect all orr. arsgi H. These arrcurages amount to about $10Q,? 000. Thc ligures tin ins-h es m o. a strong1 argument for improvement, und the Oem. ral Assembly fsoxpootcd 11 make it. Oi:n Jim- 1 u. SYSTRM. Perhaps no feature of our Sint . gov? ornment bas of late cominauded toon attention than our courts of jurilc from tho Supreme Court down to the Timi .1 ie tices, in the Bnpreme ? uri two changes will bo urgod thc inori us of the number of Justicea ii ?ni three to four or live, and tho requiring of them to "rido tho circuit" ?itel tho manm 1 of tho Circuit tliidgi M. The placo of the Jostleo "on the rounds" would be iilbsl by a Ciicnit .ludge. The increase in the number <?l .Li? tioesis urgod upon two grono IK that tho present inonmbentsaro ovorworkid, and that a decision by a divided oom 1 ia uusatisfaotory as well to tho gouerul imune tus to Migante tboinsclves. The latter is tko nrgumoat most strongly urged in favor of tho ? nlargcmcut ?d' the court. On a unmbi-r of important quos Mons .tho decision ol tho Caroni! J nd go has boen reversed hy a divided Supremo Court- BO tb at thcro art two appellate iTudgt s oirono side, with ouo ciro ti? and one appellate Judg ou tho other. Two and two. An incienso in thu number of Justices would obviate tins embarrass ment, aud, ns i <e< utended bj ninny, in orcaso thu usefulness of tho Supremo Court in other resp? ots also. Tho suggestion that tho Justioos ol the Supremo Court sludl sit on tho cir cuit bench, in proper rotati n, nrlscs [rom tho belief that this practico would heh. il,, m to ,!;...? helter with Hie quos tiona thoy aro called ou to dolor mi ne, funiilinri/.i lin m with ibo everyday prac tico of the Courts, aud inorotise Hub idlicienoy goner ni ly. The plan now pro posed ior our Slate hos long been ?ti vogtio in the Uuitod States-tho Justices d the Supreme Couti, uot excepting tho Ohiof JiibMco himself, sittm;-- with thu icvcral Circuit Judges in turu. Whothor Ihe proposed reform boro looks to the tttiig of .tho .iustii c with thc Circuit Iudgo, ur whether Ihe former is to pre ?ide .dom-, iloos not appenr to liavo been lettled by I loso who advocate tho chango n ?niest iou. 'lo moko either of (ho changes iu thc Supremo Court will requiro an amend ment to tho Constitution of tho St.de. [luvh amendment must bc embodied in . resolution of tho Clouerai Assent >'.y. must bo adopted by a vote of two birds of tho people, ami ntllHt then l e ?stilled by tho Legislature. Any chango is suggested must therefore bc ino peru ivc till the session of IS88. Tho Ciictiit Courts of tho State more .specially Hu Couria of Cloherol Sessions -are too expensivo. fn tho latter ribnnals muru ti.ee ia consumed in the rial of ( Henees that might ns well ho gui/.able in sonto other way, at fur less liist to tin; taxpayers. Au examination .I tho ? \p< luliiuri'H in tho several couu ii s will show that perhaps tho groud l [ruin upon tho Ircusury is found in Ibo I rails mudo to j KI y jurors, witnesses, ai i itber pei: ms doing duty in tho ('eur. >( Oomial Sessions. S jaie of tile conn ie.-, have run iu debt since thc in louting ? tho Democratic regime, and thb state ? affairs i i in almost every cuso attribut luit to thc courl expouses. Thodillioul y lien in thu faot that wo liavo hut two liuiiual tribunals- -tho Court of Cl enc ral icssii >n and Ibo ( milts ol' Trial J usiic e, .'la se Inlier ire limited to cases punish hie with thirty days' imprisonment or lin) lim: ur bulli. Mau? oases go to thc 'ourt of Sessions that ought to bo tried iy Trial .Justices; and tho larger runt ier thut thus go might, with great help n tin- tax* ivers, bo disposed of hy some iiUrnndillie tribunal. Tho Cascstriable li Ibo CoUll of Si. suions inight well be unlined I" tho.e of crimes punishable litii dent1, or imprisonment for Hie. .'Iiis would re piirb ll ohaugo in thu Con titutiou. There have boen many reforms sn j ;eslcd, by .ludgo Hudson and others, II iiir criminal ?em e lure, and the matt' i ,-i!! lillipilli s> tako some shape on tin lour of ono or both bouses, lint tb? irectioti ?iud extent of tho changes cai int now oe anticipate I. ni. em.i Mill v i w.u.. Tho question of the Slate's duty it) n eiein-e to tito Columbia Canal was imminent one iu tho pi ninnies of IHHt? lt the last session tho Legislature with hew tho appropriation, und nuspoudei ll work except snob as was necessary ti oe w hat bud already been dono. I'hi nutter ?viii coino ni? formally during thi ear's scsi-i on, upon* the fellowing poli lon from thc citizens of Columbia; Ph?; citizens of Coluinbln ure ImprcHsci vim tin- he'.ii t ilmt thc development of th !.,lumhi:i Canal is ibu only sure ineans i ?..dm bu1: prosjierlty to tho ell}'; of glyb aipioviui ut to her laboring classes; o| ii r. as he.? h.-r population ainl making ber iiiiuuf.-K luring (eulie. Ilms giving Inipul" 0 val i ms industries over a largo portion i lie Stat?'. They fm therm re are of th? opinion Mi lie dihilon pmccss heretofore pursued I i|i'.-ning the ennui ard thc ci station of woi m it ?turing the pe' year have furiousl lepieclated tho value of properly III Iii 1 y, and caused a considerable number? i< i-citizens lo seek homes elsew here nu Int the State thereby has suffcro I dell neut. While regretting h>-t opportunities lin ne piofouiidh convinced thal gencroi ixisiniion, combined with tlio active c ?|ieruiioii nf ike city, can repair tho ml ikes which may have IK en made, mid li; n i his event a period of prosperity w i|M i .lily .law ii on thc capital of our Sin md (-Mend thorough* ul thc gurrotindh . untr\. To insure this grand result in ll sim line, lo give to Collimbln and the S n valer power unsurpassed In the cunnii ,vtll rcipilte Ibo I thor "f ?00 convicts f wo years and a con ??hlerablc sion ol mon* 1 r the St ito will turn over Ibo canal I ic hem tit ot Columbia, und furnish du I iuds, WU ii Ti! of tllO opinion lluil theta ricers < f Columbia will r? milly furnish I m ans to ennif lete the ( an d'lov. n lo T lhar.eh lielow Pendleton si reef, willi :.w> y .c furnish th?: penitentiary wi ><)() horse power, and GOO nurse pow er nu ivbbh the Statu is under conli.icl lo f* ?Uli Sullivan Kenner. We, the undersigned taxpayers a i.u?dre men i f the filly of Columh [lierefore respect full J pedil?n jour hon ihle lindie* tn pass the bill Which will inhniltto I nt this losslon ol tho Leglslntu jiu general features of which ard 'll i*.. M ne shall nun over to Uve trustees ihe hem lil Of Columbia thc ( anal, anil t nigh the labor of 800 convicts for ; yean That the trustees have po.vcr mortgage tho ciiunl and I Mic bonds lo imnunt of (900,000, Ismrlng inter?s! ai Ida- cool . and ih.it tho oliy bo oin howe io gnarnnteo the payment of Ibo Interest ihe bonds. Th I .,MH> horse power [.irnlsbtd the Htate, and timi ibo canal RtmpleU'd from i's source lo Tar. Brai within two yeats (rom the passage of i I. OTIII.lt M ATP RPS. Ibero are, besides all those thin . (hers that tim Legislature Must I? after-tho homestead law, the ben l UM usury law, the ?cliool law, tho pl phftte interesta -all of winch have tr.icte?! moro or less of thc publie ?tl tum. Doubtless some changes wUI propo*?d in cub ol thuso Mo, and ruero proposition involves time if a lything elso. - -J Our lawmakers have their bauds 1 without a doubt. Both houses como together on I day. That day will be consumed in liminanoe. Tho (JovoruorVs nieasago probably bo rond on Wednesday. Thurs day jg Thanksgiving Day. The hodics j may come down to work' hy Friday or I Saturday, but tlie tendency ol things the probable outcome of tho session. I will not be apparent for several days aftorthat. < \ I'l l Kl NO CAItOlilNit. ' M. I..UM \, liraviulo und thu H?milt-il'liui- J liing n ?HIII|?HIRII A uni inst "tlio Hour lion I Olhrnltnr." (Htlltorial of Hie Heston .1- urmo ) 'J hero is au evident disposition in Ibo N rtb to look un South Carolina ns tho mightiest stronghold of Bourbonism in thc ontiro country, and tho foot that th ro is :.. st rou g and growing tndepi rid out party in that Stale, which, sooner or later, is destined lo hold tho reins of power, w ill not lie accented in this region without somo cogont proof. Snob proof Hon. .1. Hendrix Moljane, tho ludopend ent candidate for Governor in 1882, and perhaps Iho most conspicuous lender ol tho now departure, submits in another Oolumu, to ?ho Journal rea.leis. Tho one thing which the South Carolina In dependent:; mest keenly feel tho m e I of is iho generous and active sympathy of tho Republicans of tho North, und In rc tum for thia they aro willing t ) do all tin y cm toward thooloctiou of a Rcpub lican President in 1888. Mr. MoLauo maintains, and give:; tho figures on which his bi lief is based, that South Carolina <-u a tree ballot und fair count will reject tho Bourbons by an o rorwholming vote. Without Norther.-! !U publican assistuueo an hon.?st election is regarded as a sheer impossibility, so strongly uro tho Bourbons cu trenched in power, but their very audacity is has tening their overthrow by alienating tho best i lc meuts of tho Democratic pur ty in tho state, ft bj tho widespread and sham: h ss corruption ol Bourbon rule in S nth ( ?arolina w hich has made its di - t'eru actually castor to accomplish th? rc Hun in neighboring Stator, Tennessee, Georgia aud North Carolina, mr in stance, whoso Demoorntio iidmiuiatra tiotis ure fur less objectionable. li tho Republicans ?ire to make un effort to break Iho Solid South n?-xi year, tho State of South Carolina, in tho light of Mr. Mci jam 's experience, would surely M em to oller tho greatest okoUCCS for success. One thin?, is welt wroth noting, and (hat is that tho Indopeu lent movement, which Mr. McLano repre sents, spriugs from thc soil ot South Carolina, und hus it-: strength among tho best chusos of tho Stale, it is no di version of Northern adventurers anxious lo be cnn ?cd into o?lco by t!.?- negro volo. Mr. McLano iu a few weeks re turns to bis home after a short stay in New i'.led ?nd. Ue 1)06 succeeded ill iti ti lesl eg in ins e ilise several of the fore most republicans ol thisscolion, und is preparing '<> begin at un early ?late u vigorous campaign, lt i^ more thar possible that tho bourbon Gibralta] maj be tho ll rut point iu tho Solid South tc yb ld. s ?i m i- fl JK: i >l nu n St orlon. (.). Hendrix Mel.uno In tho llosloli .tournai Mr, McLano was asked, "What oxcust do tho Democrats oller tor this wliolcsah fraud ?" I le replied : "None nt all, except that their part' claims that they must and will liol' power in spite of luw or right. Tin I huirbon used to claim that w ealth an?, iulclligi ncc should govern tho State that ignorant negroes should not bok ellice uer rulo in publia a flairs. Tin Northern people seemed satisfied witl lins excuse, und were willing to accop this Bourbon ?dea as sonn what of ni exoneration for fraud in leotions. Bu Uns wus a false promises a lio tc? bogil with, a Bourbon dovico to deceive. Tb colored people never did clamor fo olheo, and usa mee arc now ami niwaj have bern in inver of good and comp! tei.t inen tilling Un- ulllces. Thoro wa nevi . .?. un..-since they have been Votoi but when Hie best white men in Hu Shit could not have Leen elected b> ollloo b tho help of colored votors if tho whit? hud been wise and fair, in 188*2, who tho g reutest frauds that ever had bec known wi ru committed, tin y were n< committed against ignorant negroes, bi more i specially against native white mei lu respect tu Um intellectual ability, pi nial standing and financial worth, thc li dependent nominees would not suitor 1 comparison willi tho Democratic ticke Had it been left to tho education ipialitication of tho voters tho number < votes for tho Independent ticket won have far surpassed tho number of vot lortbe Democratic ticket. Tho voto ' tho most intelligent and wealthy man the State is not tiny more secure und Bourbon management than i? thc vo of tho m )nt ignorunt and ponnile negro." ..D i von think the Republicans cou carry tho Stat?; in J88?'' "They cnn, and I speak advised wbeu i sa) Hint the (udoponder throughout thc State think thc san South Carolina can bo curried for t Nut ional Republican ticket next ye taster than uiiy other State ill tho cou try. In voting for Congressmen u Presidential elcctois wo can prov i against the whole frauds described iu t ll Kirbon methods ol carrying State a county elections. The United Sta .statutes provide for the appointment supervisors from each party in Congr hiouul elections. Thus the Independe) would have supervisera to look af their interests .il tho polls and assnro honest vote. Tho Bourbons, kuowi this, have sopara tod the State from t Federal election, and have thus abo that they know they cannot hold t ? Stute in a national contest if thc Rcpt beaus of tho North encourage the in I pendents to mako a c.unpsign. 1 o I dow n to ligures, I know Mint in that 0 i tho vote would stund about us folio I Thc "hole strength of tho liuurh liloes not exceed .'.(?,i)t>0 pt tho of?, white voters, mid this is leus than o j fourth of tho voting population. Th are about 120,000 colored voters, nt b 100,000 of whom nun safely be conn 1 on to go with tho white Indepondei Alloting that 20.000 negroes und ll), whites do not vote, from various eau you seo thoro would be an opposing t of 100,000 negroes and 2?.00? Indop? ont? os ugaiiifit ?d.OOO Bourbon vo which weald ninko a clear majority ?7?,OOO for the Independ? nts. Such ......'.-whelming mojority eulin?.t b . co . ,1 out if tho Motional Republican p nuls by us. Tho Southern Bourl dread tho Nortborn oyo as they d nothing else, and if it should bec known that tho Repnblloan party Wi demand fair play tn Federal oiecti .... -,C. ? i i ? i i-.-i. ----????-la 'their atlitudo would chango from that of bulldozing to ono of foar. J have wit n?s eil sonto o? the worst outlawry thoy havo e ver attempted in any elect ion, but have ie vcr seen the mob that could not havo been easily quelled by half ?1 dozen bmve mon, wearing ns n sign ol' authori ty only thu miniatura Hag of the United Slates at ! heir lapel, il' it were known they were earnestly backed by thc Re publican puty ol' the North. Sucha determined backing would, without quc&tiou, Bcouro the electoral votent' tin State to tho Republicans and also bring thora several members of Congress," (.'Ol'HT AND ' UHNKT Sl.ATK. lammt- 5Inj Have loan-nlty ol Coulirma lion un Vccotlllt ol' \g?. (Special to ?lie Pliiladqlphin Tiiut'8.) WASUINOTON, November is. Tho slut o ai raugi. il for tho Supremo Court and Cabinet vaciiuoics is llamar for tho bench, Villis for tho interior and Dick inson, of Michigan, for tho I'ostolllco. These nppoiutnienta bavo been detluiti ly determined upou. Secretary I jiu tar's nomination will not be rando until after the. Senate con VC I es. Tho nominations will ba withheld uni il lu; has been cou? lirracd. Mr. Lamar's friends in thc Son ato say that, having been ii Senator und now hoing a Cabinet oilleor, he will be OOO ill'nv without reference. An ofl'ort lo this end will be mudo. It is intimated, howov?r, thal, tin rc ?nay be sorne oppo; itiou on tho Repub lic.tu side, on the ground that ho 1ms passed tho nga ot maximum ofUoiency, which the ?udioiary committee and thc Renato doti rmiucil moro than a year ago should bo tho rule. Mr. Lamar puts hi? ige ai 08. Tho records of tho time of Ino Congressional servicesboforo tho Ito hellion Indicate that he is 08. lt tins fact is ostublisliod it bo very diillcull for his ?ricial. io persuade tho Senate to ig ree to bi? conllrmation. Winn tho Senate continued J migo Merrick for tho United States District fJoitrt of Ulis District tin Senators Itt talged in a very bitter controversy on the i pie timi of Hgt}, be, hov, ever, being hut sixty-one, Giving to tho peculiar 'iroumfiinnccs uudt r which hu was forced .mt of tho court ou ticcounl of Southern tj input hies daring thu- war. au exception ivau mndo of his cuse by Senator Hoar ind others. Rut ?t was thou decided ou lioth sides of tho obambor that no per son should hq confirmed for Circuit or District Judgeships who had passed llfty-oight. If ibo Senate adhere to this igrecmont it will bo dillloult for Sccrota Lamar's friends to carry him through. Should the confirmation fail tho present lalo will bo broken and thero will bo no ibangca made in tho Cabinet. -I X.M.I.l s l.\ I'l'lll l tuv '.linn Ute l-:\|ilorcr Intrnitcil lu Un \\ lieu l.nnt ili lli.! l-'roiu. Advices from St. Raul du Lonudii slate Hint news hus been received lhere from Henry M. Stanley, nader dato September .-. to i he cit', et Hitit t!u expedition lind loft thc camp that ho established about eighty iliiys" journey 11oin the Mtihodlc?uulrj and w:is inhuming I ?ward thc Western sJiorc af Albeit Ny ar./.a, i h" men wore greatly latitpie.l, ?"..! iruguli 1 willi di Ilten h y over i distune of several kilometres. Themas! important chiefs ol lin country through which thc espeditioi had traveled readily ? ?lup?eil with Shin loy's request for food, ^.'.lilley h leed i i hair days lo reorganize iheexj edition, nd then, leaving thirty moll 10 ^iiiiid t ht - - e ' ?ramp; proceded towards Aloctt Nyanza, lb Intended to form ti L' liup on the feltild >inpoof thc UiOttntuim 11 irdei'|i)g Alka I \y.ni/ i. and to (llbpatcli i small nil vam ? ila rd toward Wadolai In ti Steel wlltile-b ai, under command of I ?lou tenant stners. imloss ho should hoar frosh III ivs of I'.niiu Ray. Stanley says he brid loamed thal Kn.in Re}- was ia feud health, and thal lliocouu try to thc . -uthwurduf Albert Nyanza had hccoiuo inucli (piloter, lb had written II li-t'ei to V-.imguuKa Camp requesting pro visions to enablu him lu rcvlciutd Kinh bey. (?wing to Ibo i vents at Sta pi? I h md the state ol lllOC?Untry, lla ve wc- didi unity ia (hiding portent WIto wore willin. lu peiietintv ii.to tho unknown country he youd Varnh;?ilka without Stanley. Stank1) hoped to u able lo communicate direct!) with Kulin Key hy September; I V Tho explorer mys ho fotihtl Mn hod i i populo is and hospitable country. Ile wa Uoinpelli d to nhiindon hi- route along Hu Anni ?mi Uiver, ?ovin.; tu its souther).' [?nurse. Iledheovcrcd streams which lu helieved to he tributaries of the (?ucllc. Tho Pleanurca ol an A nardi lui VI I .?-. "I have no use for a mau who is tm big a coward to mako bombs to kill th pulicu. If you won't make bombs l'l leave you. ' This is what Mrs. Olar Paech, of 1,010 Van Horn Ntreet, sui' with all the violence of a virago, to he husband, Rudolph, on Sunday night At tho samo time Miss Johanna Oppitz Rudolph s sister-iu law, dashed a hooke of Mater in his fa?0, and old man ( )ppit joined in Ibo m< lee and caught his ROU in-law by the tu ck. Rudolph aworo h would not make bonds* to pUnire ht Anarchist wife aud her family ; that h was a law-abiding oiti?en; that ho wu HO coward it ; ?. I 110 Anarchist. Ile wolli not stand moro abuse from them, so h appeared before Justice C. J, White Police Court and obtained warrants fa thc three, charging bia sister-in-law wit assault and tho others with disorderl cundoot. They were arrested and bel in ball ol $200 each. -Chicago Times. \ ll. i i I umi mr? n Lu Thal peacefully disposed young IM-I which Thomas Strong presenti d to thc eil i-i kepi chained in tin door paddock at tl city p u k. Th" other I iy ft hrokc its cha: ami started in io have n venison dinner, ran after tho dei rilli tho young tank tuna on it and combed i's fm si ?th its horns ar kicked it on thc Snout and made Hie blot inn. and tinnily lbj il >r Imitated Zacchoi mid climlied a 'bec, w hile thc huck Blot guard nt thc hollom w ith lire in his cy ami (totl)ing at thc mouth willi rage. Tl In ii 1 ,eso( iiitlon of that bear with thc pim colony at Mell.ikahtle, it seems, did n eradicate all ino lavage nature of Ibo Unit Cul it will proba!) y wait till il is bigg liefere it tries to cat that buck airain. I Portland Oregonian, - J, l'" I'm-.toe's iMorohnut Tailor Y t.ibli.ihmciit, Columbia, S. C., ia in fi blast. Only a look will couvinco a one All that want a, lirat-clasa titti snit try bim. A full Jino of tho h< goods on hand. Thc cynic isa mau who has failed; 1 woman hater is aman who lins not b< ttuceuuf ul in love, TUE URANITK OK GRANITES.' SOUTH CAltOI.INA'H .,i:r\i m nun l.KA Iii M. TH I. WOHI.H. What li llelnx liunuto tiov?l<i|i lim l-'iomm W1|IUHI>UVU < > 11.1 II >-. 1 lie .'..?I ill l?<|Xl^ll--Tll<- (?III llli.S ?I!, ll \<l< il illi. Ml the Stone-Ho? O IH IIIIHUWMI. (Carl McKinley In Tho Stows and Courier, Tho Nowa anti Courier announced re cently that a coinpany ?nd bceu formed in Charkston for tho thorough dov i> p meut ot thu famous grauih quart ios nco r VYinnsboro, s. c. An importantfenturo of thc new organization, i' should bc neted, is thal it is composed entire! . i citizens bf this State, who liavo thus ourod tho permanent control of what everywhere conceded io '<> . tho lint I known deposit of granib <>:\ the conti nent. The direction of the : lair of tin company is likewise in local bands, a . the capital has been sub < ribed ut home. Thc enterprise is, then'oro. of ;i dis tiuotly local oharaotor, and it only n ijuires to ?M> added that it is ono ol Ll most important of tho many now out? r priaiiS that have been established in thc ?jude since tho war to command for any account of iti condition and prospects the i u ter etd of every ono who bab tho welfare of tho State at heurt. ON rm: uuoUNl). | What the quarry is, und what may be oxpected to bc accomplished in its devel opment, cnn beat 'oe ascertained, ol oourso, by a visit to the ground.-, or rock, where it ls located. \ visit for| this purpose was accordingly m.nb i fe? days ago hy a number of tho olllcorsaud directors of tho company and others, tho party being composed aa follows: Cou. Rudolph rhcgliog, pren? lent; Slr. Ja mes F, Uedding, socrotary and treasurer; Col. Henry 13. Young, Mr. Keckloy and Mr, Cogswell, of Charleston; Col. A. C. Haskell, of Columbia; Mr. Burnett, civil engineer of tho Hiohmond and Danville Railroad lines in ?Si.nth Carolina, ii ld .1 representativo of ? ho NT< wu and < loni Leaving Columbia at nu carly hour, in u special ear kindly provide '. by I Haskell, a pleasant ride <<i nu hour aud a hub convoyed tho party to a point u . ? miles below Wiunsboro, where tho branch railroad leading to thu quarries lem cn tho track of the main line, lb li the visitors were met by Moj< r Tine. NV. Woodward, tho manager of tl < . ny, under whoso escort Ibo n si <.f tho trip ai I tho genoral tour bf inspection wen. in il . . -ir ci. II'ASY'S HA I ni to AU. Thc rid? o- or the brauch railroad wai not without ib; own inter? sting fi itur< ? Tho track in ol the regulation gnu; . and tho engine looked to bo l?;; cnoui li . ul strong enough to drag a rook boubb 1 < ? considerable s*zo out of its bcd of ag or to pull n hill np by tho rc ?ts, if occu sion required, lt is uol now employ I for these purposes, bo wovor, its ?ole task at preseut ociug to haul tho linont granite in tho world from ti:.: quarries to the Charlotte, ( olumbin ami Augu 11 ' Railroad, a distauci of about four aud half miles. Tho branch linc inion;.;, lo Iho quarry company, and i? somowbat 1 peculiar in respect to grade, in that runs up hill and down hill and through plantations in n way that alVords tho '; oldost railroad traveler a koon sense ol ! novelty in this mode of progression. , Notwithstanding this peculiarity ot its construction, however, it 1 safely und strongly built, with a viow to thc In ..;, traille that passes over it, and thc siglil of some of ita former trestles tilled in 1 with a stone w hose value is reckoned bj tho squaro inch might well excite tho envy of tho Pennsylvania Uailroad ii olf. Other railroads, :it an rate, that ru 1 through granito Holds of their own send ninny miles to get tho Wiunsl oro granil for tho const rue! iou of culverts, ?Vc , on their lines, and it was easy to imagine that the iron monster that drew thc company's representatives guv- ,^ snorl of proud satisfaction whenever ne ran over tho masses ol' precious matorial thal lovel his road across tho valleys. AMONO rm: </' A OTU BS. At the end of the linc the visitors dis ombarked, and found themselves in Ibo midst of tho famous rook beds and of u scone of life and industry whoso interest and importance cannot well bo exagger ated. From the side of w hat may now be called tho main track, tho narrowest of murrow gauge railroads stinted off abruptly and wound its way through the. ; bushes and up the bili and around tho over aud around tho beds and boulders of gray stone along a route which was probably patterned niter thal of tho coney among the rocks in far I/.eh rn lands and ancient times, and which re duced tho grade of tho maiu track to a horizon level by mero foroo "i .mt ned. The smaller railroad, or rail path to Speak exactly, is intended to renell tho various quarries among tiie bills, and notwithstanding its irregular character it gets there, all thc .same. The ..mall platform ears look like dining bibles OU wheels, but they carry a load of freight every day that, il piled together, would tux tho capacity of the larg? Bl and strongest teams in tho coal regions to the north or west of us. Pushed up the bili by baud, they receive their loads at ami near the summit, and the only dilli culty in their management on tho return trip, laden or empty, is to proven! them Hom making moro I nan a mile or so in a minute. There in a decided suggestion of tobogganing in their movements one wa\, und certainly lhere could, bo no more assured title to enjoyment for hoya of strong nerves, or. no nerves nt all, than that ol a free puss to rido at dis Oretlo? oj? theso meny-go-downs among tho labil il i 1 Ils and wood.. TJIl HAMTi: I 1EI.1I. The visitors did not ride. The idea was not suggested to them, and scorned I not to occur to any of the party, all of w hom walked instead, aud walked a good deal. The quarry tract proper that is, tho area where the grande crops and bulges form tho surface of tho earth comprises about twenty-livo acres. Re sides this tract, however, tho company owns a large body of land, all around tho quarries, and w hich is so disposed ns to alford better drainage and more climbing facilities than can he, found in any other one quarry-Held in the Union. ISvory purl of thia Held was visited and thoroughly Inspected, mostly on fro?, and tho strong impvessiou left upon the mind mid hotly ol a to of tho visitors wan tl? .i Iii' oircuinferenoo und ncveral diam eters ol Ibo company's landed posses* sion-: would aggregate about 187 miles, A sueebv von viva UUNDHKU VK.W.S. Tho general ti poet of tho quam s Koa reub admita ol satisfactory descrip tion. Thi 'c is granito every W'horo, and a heap ol r. Cw? nty-llvo uores ol' tho al ?no are in light, projecting like tho bones of Ibo wm ld, mid there is plenty mor , of course, below. Whore thesofl Ima bc >n wnt-h id I uni tho hillsides und fluids, thc gray mus? protrudes in nrois as broad u ono t . tho pinks in Charles ton, and o;> away gradually in cv ry ?:- reoti iU) .. ;-.iii '; out again ut inter vftls, in a way that fully confirms the claim ? ? Miij;u Lah.ard, thai then; Is enough ul lb i t bli Ming and paving material lhere, exposed to tho cum;.og hand oJ thc workman, to supply thc ivuuti f i! oiviihscd woirld for tho uoxt lt y<i bun In .i reit rs; of, us ho sometimos adda eau ti aisly, for four hundred years al has;. When thc turfuco crop ia ex hausted, niottover, operations can bc ext oded tl " ...> . i. and will bo <. u tiuued in that dhuctiou until tho pro duct becomes too ..uni to bundle with oom f< rt. Thc surface croll ia not limited, bow ever, to thc bctlu juat mentioned. On ono o! these lio immense boulders of th?' same stone, from vbiob all tho soil hus been long since, washed away, and winch aro readily attacked from every side, ex? oept Ibo bottom. The appeutancc "i these gigantic rocks ns they btand solita ry or in groups, or trull out in totemt preta .-.ion through tho fore:-', ear . fail to suggest the same curious anda . Bonn ri flection to every beholder. Tm imp)oafiiii . i irresistible that OU0 ; i strayed oil' from Ibo present world o living Ibiugs and iuvadod tin; Just rotten of H rd of tile Mist creatures with tm long nunn. , who, tin gcologhts tell us once . ..:. . ! rall tim Country, ai:? wimm \v>- li ?! Loped never to see outs iib ul itu -ri.- 1 leeka und phosphate o< m panics ;. tn ph lot i. iii i N ; . In ?h" M - ut depths iii 'he autu mu woods of old !'.MI a-ld <.'linty these .ni pressions arti heightened almost b . tense o? glim reality, and it wodi /mn iv ho fe himself for tho (irai timo in tho neigh boihood ol (?itu ?.ft to gray and nh backed megatheriums and things n m l?ocktou, to . t au of them Kui iq aguiiisc neun,ni troc . od Into 611 I In w lido I "., muli;, brauche?, leaves int all, :.. di -,i ur ir, in his pi*i. irco. Ti oj do ivar yet, indeed, but they du JIU bile; and tlmy aro very dead DOW, nm pet ri tied bcfc'd? .>. Dealing with then strictly in their pit si ti practical ciao io i.'i-, they atc among t. u mo&t valuabl p o ss i . . I ? n n y. iv;st? have Uccij carved cul ol ll. a (iiiuka and hun itches, ami tilt se arc ol Ut samo toothsome tui.ility, to u q?nrrioi as thai bi tye bc 1 foi lt ; I Iv, A gu >i ? . ? I . Dil tl au Uli .... ? Bourse, hut ?I doe u.. a-, deep a tho hide ol ? rhinoceros. ^ few blow m' thc ham nu ir ri ill Kin ; he olde t b< a .UUtdig tljc?l I ? Hie eaie is.. rei 1. to be carved up iulo lli-lgiau blooks u dooral cps, or anything else, that Wi stund .di t ie wcai und tear to which Ibo may bo ; Itbjceb ; I ; in tit liri eil tu Obi -.. the ctidniing ai d m < ry way admit' lae char, . li .i '. i . of Ititi Witlhsb?X ?i t ono ia no w li c rc bc-1 ter shown than h nie mai Uer in whicu it baa thus Ur.st'j tho erosive power? ?'i time add natun uni eu:ne .? of t'; . prob ilH?d ? o' unimpaired. Duiul i . . howey this valuable quality is found combtm With others ol cqind it portnhcu lo t'. iirtiiiocr and archil o i ..... . ; men t thu stonowovkiiig btistm m . nu-: aritENOTii ot' i r. Thu strougtli ol tin SV unshorn grant! is one .d' those additional desirable qua i'-ul ...... BulHcioutly show n i a sbigle sf?ieineri Two tests of it- n si bi g power, lindi pressure, ha vt been recently made wi the United Hintes tcsling maoiiiuoat ti Government am nul ul. Waterfowl Mass. Ono teat waa applied lo a en1? of tho granite, alien! tlvo inches e. . way. 'Hie first crack appeared in r spouse tu ? prt -. uro of 802,000 j um ! and the "onishiug strength" was foin tu bo 102,000 pounds, ur 19,1100 punt, per onbio incb. Tho second test, a plied to a cube t f about the same si/ yielded still moro favorable resul'f.; tl smi ll block showing iii ! lit. craok 1128,000 p..m.il-, .nm nut orusltiug m the pressure was in?rensed to lin;,i pounds, or 10,080 pounds per eu' inch. What tliis nu uns will be best:; deist 'fl by thi so who aro familiar wi Slioll mal! 'i'.-, bal i:: e. popular way may be explained Unit it shows thu' eube of He [ninilo ol iiilie larger di ni < sions thai) those of ono of tho tiny luin of cd loaf sugar ?vii ich ono sits un t breakfast table, Will SUfil tin the wei of a railroad locomotive, or other obj bf equal gravity, as a largo sized br store oi residence, for instance. I?> tests, Itsbould be noted, were made an olllcer ol tho United States UoVi mont, and tho results arc 11 forth o bis oillcial signature, Tin-rue m bo, course, no room for doubt as tu th accuracy. ;. v-tt.v OANMVBD, lt might,vory wed ba pposed, ni this statomont of taut, tba! ft Btone this tensile strength would bc about most difficult material in thu world, nt amt india rubber perhaps oxooutod, split up into oonvouiont ami nst furias. No mero stone breuker co reasonably be oxpooted tu own a gove mont stunt .splitting machine, or to able 1.? cany one around with I bandy, il he possessed half a dozen. ! hero comos in a marvellous feature of stone in question, lt is as "workal us it is strong. Uniform in texture, : as utterly devoid of Haw? and "wi hornes, ' aa of red-headed girla th f elven, it splits and breaks, when it t split and break, on pianos as true air us tho .-ides ot u sawed log. Take, instance, ono of the great boulders scribed. One or two men drill a boles in lino along its surface. Von scarcely niBort a linger in ono of bolos, and it ia but nfew inches in de You can insert two small bit? of i however, and drive a narrow we about tho size of a tcnpenuy* nail, be [ twoou thon. This dono, a fow atrokea ; ol a hammer ia given nu tho boucl of each wedge, and thc great ti vss is eloft from bottom to top, und fruin end to cud, bo foro your eyes. if otbor holes havo 'ii drilled in thc side, and they always ire thc procesa is promptly repeated und ro-repeatcd, and m e. short time tho r minns o? Unit particular mastodon dis ! appear from the face ot' tho earth, leav ing n:ly a few basketful ol' fragments to show where it reposed for BO many ages. MAIlVEIiliOUa vvoUK. ?ov ia thin tho most .striking and cu fiona illustration cl the facility with which tho .stone can bo handled. A great deal of the Wmusboro granito is A < for paving purposes. Large ?pian ti tics of the paving blocks are now be rng hauled past the granite ipiurriea of . '. irgiu ami intermediate States iu ordor 10 give lo Cincinnati tho best roadways iu iii" v?nid, and Churlestonians drive over others of tin Bama character every 11 ; . Tho making of the ftuniliur little i' lu loka which are unod for thia kind . ivi i. looks liko magic to one, who sees tho i pcration for the first time. A .slab as large us au ordinary valise is prized bom thc reit side of the boulder, or from the fttCo of the quarried block, and hills nt tho feet of the workman on tho 'round below. His practiced eye tells Mei at once on which side of the frag ment thu lines of cleavage ran, and none but a practiced eye can dob cl nyditl'er uco between one si.ie and another. With no earthly reason whatever, that you can discover, for his choice, hu turna tho block till tho right side is up permost. A half dozen light strokes .. i'll the sharp edge of his hammer traco a white lino the whole length of thc ick, Thia lino ia crossed by another ? i '. it at right angles. Tho block ia turned bottom side up. Then ono or two sharp blows fail somewhere near tho ? Ige, nud tue block "splits" in two. Euell .1 tho halves receives a rap or so, m turn, ami each "breaks," not splits, ?;; just tho right, place. Whatever tho .-. ol' tho block, thia simple, process soon makes fractious ol' it, and the workman is marking new lines ou a new valise bi foro you aro well aware that he as piokod thu lock of thu lirst. The performance appears to be thu < iciest ivay of making a living that hus yot been isoovcrcd, and all thc luborura seem happy and con tout. A glance at their swelling muscles, however, shows that y a .? . Qgttj . ; iu play, and any who migbi fool disposed to adopt ..til profession or art on the spot would . bably ic ..lit with the advice to go . ! practico with a sledge hammer, in a luckstnith shop, for a year or two by ivay (.1' primary education, ONE ut i iii: WONDBBS. < lue ol tiie wondora ol the quarry is to . e the lightness and freedom with which liie granite masses, of all si/.ea, are lilted and turned and rim away with, aa hough the touch of tho band discharged thu power of gravitation and converted boulders into beds of down, hard to lie . .?i bu' easy to make up sud move about. Von stand with tlc manager mid his foreman by tho side ol om- of the great form! U3 large us a meeting bouse, and m Hie pit at your foot is a solid street car. Nothing daunted, tho two experts , .ik ?.1 cutting ap tia: one as though it il Mere a loni ot 'Mtier s tuend, and of raiaiug tho other to tho sui'ioeo us if it iv er o u biscuit. And VDU cannot help . oking at them again to set: whether tiley ure indeed men of your own mould or whether there is anything in their c mntonancos to Manant the hopo that they will be more ration.ii when thc ?noon changes. SX'ltl'ASSKS Al.I. OTIICUS. They an rational enough, however. I'ueir words are justified by tin ir works . ait the signs of tin st aro all around you. I'hc raw and precious material is melt ing nwnj from toe hill tops, under intel . ..t and skilled dn\ ebon, and is tidily Hewing down into thu valley iv inch is its outlet to Ibo great eitica of tho country. Tho industry is still com paratively i i its infant y, great ami grow ing aa it is. The beauty of the steno baa won it favor wherever it has been exhibited, lt is perfect in appearance when freshly cut, ami is devoid of tho iron and otbor components which mar other grauites after a brief exposure to utmospht ric iniluonoos, lt may bo soon to ii iv.inborn here in Charleston, in the Calhoun monument and tlc Dragoons' monument, and the Govemmont build ings m Columbia and Nashville have given it widespread renown. No other granite in tho united States can compare with it in any desirable particular, and this fact is already too well known to ru qnire much advertisement. Tho variety of uses to which thu atone . iii bo applietl is shown by thu State mont of thu experts w ho have examined it, thal it cnn be eut in plates not moro than ono inch thick and five or moro ti et in length, on thc one hand, while it .un also be Quarried for delivery in lengths of seventy-live feet, or us long . ni large aa a railroad ear can curry, lt ia needless to add that tho granite is BUS optible of u fine polish, aa that follows ?rom its even texture and hardness. TilK COMINO DEVBTJOPHBNT, What is most noach d now is to develop he quarry on a scale that will enable the nipply (.> meet any domand that may bc H le upon it. and this is tho work that been undertaken by tho new oom ?.my, ?with tho assurance of immodiato access. Abundanco of home capital, imler the direction of homo capitalists iud managers, has been enlisted in tho nterprise, and ita future is bright in deed. Tho whole story might bo summed ap in a few words. South (Jarolinn lue: linet deposit of granite iu tho Union, and proposes now to supply tho vindo Union with it. lt is truly a mag iiifloont possession that bea among the dis ol old Fairfield county, and it will not 1)0 many months now boforo these one stones, so long rejected of tho farmer, will form tho head o? tho corner MI tho proudest oditlcos fruin Maino to Moxioo. George Frauds Train passed througb bangor, Mo., on Monday en route lor St. John, N. B,| whoro no says be ex .>oot? to live hereafter. In tho evening iv delivered an address to a small undi ?ncc, repeating what be hos already said regarding the executed Chicago murder ora ami lamenting "tbadeathof freedom pf American speech." If he doesn't like M. John be will build a home in tho I te rm u dus and go there to die