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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?. LMPUKSSJOKS OF SOl'TH AMKH1CA. .i. A TI.KASINO LETTISH KKOM AN IN TKLLIOKNT OlIHKUVKlt. The Country uno Hie l'?o|?lc-Interesting Fiiotfl Gathered on ? Journey. (Lottor to thc Bdgoltcld Olirontolo.) BTKAMBR SAN MARTIN, ON THU PARANA Iii YUH, September 8, 1887.- -Five days aK?? jost as your summer began to wane, ami our spring to set in, wo quitted Montevideo itt tho beautiful steamer "Farfalette," and sped GO miles across tho great bay which forms tho mouth of tho Kio do la Plata, to Unenos Ayres, tho immense and magnificent capital of tho Argentino Republic, of which inter* eating oity 1 will give you some account in or futuro lotter. Hero, after a night and day, we take a larger steamer, tho "Han Martin," bound for Assuuoiou, tho capital of Paraguay, 1,000 up tho river, in tho extreme heart of South America. First, as this mammoth river nears tho sea, it is called tho Rio do la Plata; a hundred milos farther up, it becomes tho Parana; and lint Hy it divides into two great streams, ono keeping thu name Parana, tho other taking that of Para guay. As we sl-atn, velo r blowly, up into the land of tho monkey abd 1 constrictor, I seat my soli on th i dick of tho ' .San Martin" to write yen a letter. The tirst titree days of our journey up the Paraua arc rather monotonous. The water? continue turbid and muddy, and tho shores mostly barren and woodless, give? up to hugo herds of cattle which graze on tho natural growth, and with but few signs of cultivation. Wo pass several nourishing towns, the inosl notable being Rosario, rcoently and rapidly developed into a city of 60,000 inhabitants, many of them Knglish, who have introduced modern comforts and tho luxuries of civilization, gas, tolo* graph, telephones, tramways, .vc, and founded a Protestflut church. li is also tho focus of the most extensive railroad system south of tho isthmus of Panama, and tho commercial centre of tho sur rounding country, 'ibero is a largo foundry ut Rosario, belonging to an Amerioan, besides two others, and facto ries, saw mills, breweries, hospitals, libraries and schools of note. The schools aro nuder the direction of ai. American lady, who is appointed Superintendent of public instruction, was brought out by tho Argentine Oovernmont, and re ceives a salary of 8*1,000 u vonr, U hoiisu ami perquisites. Tho next eity of importance ifl !'arana, once tho capital of tho Argentine Repub lic. Its old government budding , u cotice houses, stand out on the ulovati d ridge in showy array. On tho opp.' i bank, 7 milos distant, can bc BCOn San'.a Fo (holy faith) ene ol' tho oldest towns on the *tver biala, once u Jesuit con tn . Further up tile river, bella Vint:1, shine,? ont, worthy of its nnmo, whore white houses and orange trees crown the high cliff's, which overlook tho mighty tiver, whoso grandeur and beauty now begin to strike thc most casual observer. Tho , glossy leaved orango ; oves iucroaso, j varied hy a lighter foliage of water oak and willow, with a few picturesque palms horb and Micro. The water scorns to ex pand into a BUCCCS&iOri of limpid lakes, whose shores and islands mingle, with a continual change of scenery, as we glide along our tranquil course, now and then mealing various craft and sails. Tho fifth morning of our voyage linds us bi fore tho (plaint old Spanish town of Oorrienten, Bottled in 1688 by tho I.hinting pf tho Roly Cross of tho Jc'uits. t presents a channing picture as WO ap ?noach, thc. steeples and towers of tho our churches and the columns of public, buildings glistening nu 1er the dazzling rays ol u South American sun. Cor-i rit ntcs was formerly a Jesuit stronghold, i and relied of that fearless and indefaligfi ble sect are still pointed out. ' Tho mis sive doors of tho "Madri/." were OM'Vod by tho friars out of hard Paraguayan wood, nea; ly tin co bundi oil years ago, and arc, even now, ns solid and bard as iron. Them aro abo an organ ?nd altar ornaments mudo by tho santo friars. This city is HC'2 miles from Ihtonos Ayres, and receives its naloo from the ^ many currents uniting hore. Kveli at j lillis great distance from its mouth, this |mniui?o river is said to bo three miles ' / wide. rf To the right we now leave tho Parana, which extends to tho Bhoies ol brazil, while wo pursue the Paraguay, u noble and beautiful stream, lb re we begin to note a decided change Ul scenery wrought by our Ono miles voyage from south lo north, and a nearer approach to the tropics. On tho casteth shore wo behold the denso cool forests of I'uruguay, with its woods of brushy, outspreading branches, variegated willi spating foliage of lighter hue, and pink blooming tr. i s (La Bracho) and tho yellow Quabraobo whose, hurd wood never rots. There are guava; and bamboos, and exquisite pam pas g russes covered with thousands of feathery blooms, and palms and palmet tos and plantains. Tho wettere shore, which presents a striking contrast, is bordered hy low bushes and abundant grasses, for bete i.t ret cites back for hundicds ol' milos from the water's edge, to tho great Ai. I. cordillera, the "Grand ('huco," tho great unexplored region of South America, .whoso myutorics, from the days of Solis, have bullied the most adventurous trav elers, and from whoso "undiscovered bouruo" but few hnvo retune d. For the most part, tho "(Ixaiid Chuco" is deice forest, but, In the vicinity of gie it rivers, is low sud swampy. Though nominally belonging, childly, to tho Argontino Repuhlio, it is still In posses sion of tho native fierce tribes of In diana, as well na other native anin-nls of all classes. However, I look in vain, for wild beasts a nd birds, monkeys und boa constrictors! 1 discover nothing moro btrango or formidable than t inny crocodiles, which slip into their watery bods as wo pt ,v and steam along, and an occasional v \ bog (carpen choro). Tuero aro als* ?o.meusely tall loug-loggcd cranes posing on ono leg against tlc? waving grecu, with iutent lookout for fishy food, ind many Hock? of wild ducks and other game, startled by our approach. Thousands of sleek cattle grate upon tho abundant pasturage; and tho scene ?N altogether cue of ponce and ropoBO, quito at variance with my pre conceived ideas, l long for tho monkeys ami anacondas and jaguars, but thoy will not como. To return to tho eastern or Paraguay an, here 1 notice that apart from tim magnificent display of ortuJgc groves, and occusiomd patches of corn, tobacco ami sugar cane, there is littlo or no cul tivation, though wo pas? many nourish ing ! ott lenients. Poremost, among tho latter is tim thriving town of Pillar, at present tim outrance harbor of tho bravo little Ropublio of Paraguay, and which was, in nays not far back, tim only point of contact with tho outer world per mitted by thc. jealous policy of I'resident Franchi. Its clean, bright aspect gives a foretaste of Ibo neatness peculiar to Paraguayan villages nud houses. On Ibo bank we observe a machine for cut ting ami sawing tho hard timber of tho country, and lying by aro two vessels, built of and laden willi the same timber, ready for exportation. Thora aro two American families living at Pillar, on* gaged in tia- cultivation of pineapples. D'or 150 miles moro wc continuo our upstream wa}', with ever-increasing in terest, wooded hills and grassy plains, willi sard ruins and relics of tho late brazilian war, passing in exciting pano rama liefere us, until wo reach Villcta, famous for its orango groves, whoso products sullico for the markets of both Buenos Ayres and Montevideo, lt ia a pleasant sight to seo tho fruit brought, on board hy long liles of lively, while clad, barefooted women, singing as thoy trip over tho loug gaug planks hading ashore, many of thom bearing immense burdens, and smoking huge, rough made oi ;ars. Above Villcta, wo pass. San Antonio, beautifully located amongst orangen, guavas and palms, about seven miles below Assuuoion, San Antonio is noted as the settlement of an American colony, a company formed in Uhodo I-land years ago, for introducing agri cultural and mechanical implements into Paraguay, under the auspioos of Mr. Hopkins, U. S. Consul in 1851. The company was encouraged by President Lopez, and thev were ubout to realize au immense foil une for themselves, and confer u boon upon Paraguay, when Lopez became jealous, and determined to compel them to leave tim country, which he finally did, to their great dam* ago und Bullering. They were obliged to cbiini the protection ol Captain Page, of the H. 8. steamer, "Wah r Witch," Hun cruising in Paraguayan waters. Tho ousted oompany requested tho (J. S. Government to demand damages for expulsion and losses. President buchanan sont out a minister and 21 vi sacks' of war to Asuncion, at a cost of milli? ns, which, strange to say, ended in no redress Tho prosecution of this claim is still in progress, tho present I'. S. Minister having recently made two visits to Assunoion tor the purpose of settling it, with good prospects of htlC cess, and wilie,ut further cost. As wo loso sigh, of San Antonio, tho picturesque, well-wooded hill of Lani bari, on the water's edge, juts up ahead of us; its isolated position, in tim midst ol'a lc.el country, gives it tlie appear ance of a veritable mountain in the dis hLI ce. As we turn tho sudden bend ol' ? tl. river around tho Lindum, wo emerge iul a bay-liko sheet of water, placid, j oli ur and glassy on tho surface, and said lo bo of considerable depth, and before j us lieu tho capital of Paraguay, "the garden of South America," whither I j invite jon to follow mo in my next' chapter of wanderings, it. o. n. M AKIM) l!l Sill ll TH lou 7 OK NTH. Alld riven 'I lien Dinah I ' ! - li in au lian lo Mun tor Htir Money Itcforo (lettlll|! itu (Kioin tim Row York sim ) Dorah Piahmau, a seamstress of about 25 years of age, residing nt 212 Mooroo strie?, complained to J ustioo Henry M. i Ooldfoglo in the Fifth Uistriot Court yesterday of tornoon that her om ploy or, I Leon l'ottligg, a shirt manufacturer of \ 2 JJ Mon mu street, owed her j>b for 1 milking shirts. Sim has worked for tho ruannfacturor for ci. ht months, she sied, making shirts for 7 cents a dozen, ami ho owes lier a balance of $V>, for which slio asked le 1 . ionor to uward her judg ment. Dorab's father, Solomon Fisionan, who if about 50 years of agc, also per formed work for tho dofoudant at tho : same low rate of wages, and ho also had : a claim for $2.00 against tho mautlfcot uror. fouling, who was dressed warmly an \ loo!.ed BS U ho enjoyed life, said lie did not roOOguizO the girl in the transaction at all; that his dealings woro only with her father, to whom he admitted owing tho money. Ho hus about niuo machine? running in his shop, mid tho work is distributed among tho difforont opera tors', each having n separate part of tho shirt to moko, Ho said Dorah was only helping hor father, who was to pay her. "Do you moan to tell this Court that this poor girl was to bo paid by her j father when lu was only receiving 7 cents a dozen?" indignantly asked Law yor Hirshllold, w ho advocated Dorah's claim. "Yes," meekly responded tho witness. Yettliog brought several of his om? ployeos to swear that tim seamstress novel worked for hun, but was simply helping her father. They so testified, but .1 migo (loldfoglo behoved tho pro nooderanOO Of evidence was in Dorah's favor and rendered judgment ngainst the shirt manufacturer for tho $b witii $<> coals. lu the luther's caso for $3,00 Yettling admitted judgment without coming to trial. l-'rhnmry Wi-ntlipr. Dur local weather prophet, Prof. J. C. Maker, honda lo the following predictions for tho weather in the Southern States for thc month of February: 1 purdy cloudy and cold, 2 cold rain ur snow, !l lillie rainy and cold wind, i fair and cold w ind. 5 fair an I frosty, 0 rain and , 7 fMr and fro-ty and cold windy day, 8 and 0 fair and frosty, 10 cloudy and cold, ll partly cloudy and cold. 19 cloudy and Cold, bi lo lft rain and sleet. Pl little rain In the morning then fair elf cold, 17 and IM fair and warmer, Ul to 131 cloudy and I'ttle r un and cold, 22 fair and cold, 23 rain or I0OW, 21? partly cloudy and cold wind, 27 and 2H fair and cold wind, 20 fair and cold. -Charlotte Chronicle. A little hoy having been given the pet ' name of .Moss, a whty friend of his father . remarked, "1 suppose you call him Moss i ( to ?how your t'dicn tot him." CLKVKLANIl AND Ul LL. s.nni- Political Gossip HI to Whom Iho Democrats W Ul Noiuluate-Tho Two Ar? Very Fri? nil I > --(, levi lund Sur?! lo Will. (From tho Washington Sunday ClazctPi.) It is an opon secret tiniong shrewd Domooratio politicians, among those who know what is going on in tho innermost c relo, that David Bonnet, Hill, Gov ernor Of tho State of Now York, is a can didate for tho Democratic nomination for tho Presidency. That is an assured fact. Oovoruor Hill in many respects is a strong man. He has made a good record ns (lovcrnor, and during Ida two terms not a singlo blemish, oithor personally or officially has been fastened ou lus character. Ho will leave tho executive mansion at Albany with cleau hands anti unblemished reputation. TheGovornor has had tho dispensing of a good deal of patronage during his two terms, and, of course, ho ha? not appointed to office any ouo not friendly to him and his cause. Theso things make him strong. Again, let it bo reniembcjed that < . iv ernor David B, Hill is known all over tho country. When Cleveland was nominated for President bc sprang into prominence. Ile had boon associated with that wonderful man in adniinist* ring Ibo affairs of tho State, and Govornor < li ve laud's election raado him Governor, Thon he was elected by the people, which again brought him prominently before tho public eye and was taken Uti showing that thu popio were suti-'ir.l with the way bc hud governed. As Now York had given one Governor to become a President it was not a great stretohoi imagination to pioturo tho himpiro Slate again saerilieing ber chief magistrate FO that tho Nation might have a ruh r, pro vided tho present incumbent of Hie White House did not seek a ro c!?dion. All these circumstances combined tu keop Govornor Hill's namo prominently before tho public. uovr.iiNOU Ultili AM? PROTECTION. Governor Hill's position is a peon 1 itu one. lt is well known that mauy of till protection Democrats ami, althoiigt: tim straightont Domooratio organs iii claro there Are noue such, they exist il no small number? -do not liku tia President because of his tariff views am that they listened to his message wit! amazomont and anger. Governor Hill on tho other hand, is a protection Demo erat and he is the candidate of that wn.t of tho Democratic, party that believes il maintaining thu present turill' us a psi of our present political system. Then, again, the impression has gem forth that the Governor ia a spoils poli tician; that if be had his own way k would disregard the spirit of civil si n k reform and appointments would 1)0mad simply on tho ground of political Ctn? and tua services to bc rewarded. An in addition to this, thono people wli want a chango,, not on high mon ground, but because of sumo small ti fancied I. -gleet or slight, have Mocked i his stand..rd bccailSO ho appears to li thc strongest candidato. CAN* us: SUCCEED? Gan ho succeed? Can ho got t!i nomination? Those are tho quest im to bo answered, and from my person: knowledge of thu way sentiment is rill mug I unhesitatingly say ho cannot. ' I do md believe there is a man in tl Democratic party who can get the noni natiou away from Grover Clcvelam Unless ho does somothing most unborn of, or unless one of those absolutely tu expected events whioh sometimes trw spire happens, the President, in n opinion, is as sure of a renomination ho can be sure of anything. Tho Hill boom is in tho hands of NV shrewd men, who aro playing a vc careful game, lu tho tirst place it w not do for them to any way cause il union in tko Democratic party in I State of New York, ns such u cou? would certainly mean Democratic dide, Tim Hill men cannot afford to do ti and ratlier than biko auy chances th would do whatever they could to eli Cleveland. But if Cleveland could 1 secure tho necessary voten in tho Ci vontion the Hill men would come to t front and ask tho Cleveland support to cast their strength for their candida TtrRV AUB STILL r'ltl EN DH, From wind I havo written ab< ve 1 impression may bo gathered that (ii ernor Hill is not friendly lo the Pn dent, and Hint the former is setting pins to undermine his strength. My formation on tho subject does not li mc to believe that that impression correct. Tho situation of affairs I told is about this: Governor Hill wo like to bo tho Democratic candidate the Presidency, as what American edi would no.,? However, bo reali/.wi t at the pr?sent time tho President is strongest mun in his party and that has tim "call" on thu nomination, tim convention it will take a two-till vote to nominate. Can Cleveland that vote on tho first ballot? Tho 1 men say Hist he cannot, that tim d gates who are opposed to him and tl who go there to cost n compliment vote for their local fav< rites will fori sufficient number to prevent that. Il cannot get tho nomination on tho hrs second ballot ho st inda no furl chance, as tho opposition to him continue to grow. It will bu the I against Grover Cleveland, and when President's managers see that he cat bo nominated they will look ronni seo who is tho next strongest man. Il friends will bc there in force und question b? bo decided by tho Glove men is shall Hill or an outsider be in nated? Por many reasons they profor Hill, tho word will go down Cleveland lino to noiniuato Hill, Hill will bo tho nominee of tim con tifn. NO CLOTS FOE OOUNTRHrL-OTH. It will bo seen tuen that Hm (love and tho Presidont aro not plo against each othor. Fach will give Mipport to the othor acconling b> way in whioh circumstances shape t solves. Hp to a certain limit Gov. will . o pi not tho Prohidont, but wli becomes certain that tho Cleveland has set thc Hill constellation will as into sight. Governor Hill will i have such another chanco as Ho is now prominently before people, and has all tho pn whioh two terms as Governor given him. Suppose ho should again ami again bo ole?te d, ho co ul very litUo to his reputation, while ia always the danger of bia doing i J thing which may without n mo? warning utterly rtiiu his futuro political career. Thou tho longer he remains in ollico the moro danger ho runs of making enemies among hin political adherents; ho cannot distribute all tlie political patronago that they think themselves entitled to, und tho consequences will bo (UsaffCOtl ?t> among the very men whose] friendship is most desirable. On tho other hand, should hu run again and bo defeated tho result would be simply dis astrous, and if at the end of his term ho retires to private life, M> fast do men grow in this country that in tour years he may drop entirety out of sight. lt would seem, then, with him that it is either now or never, and tho < lovornor's frionds realizo timi, fact very thoroughly, wno winn rr BE? AH it now looks to i to, I should say that Orovcr ((loveland is still king benin tho Demooratiohive. The President has lost none of his popularity and ho is as strong with the Indi pondon ts of New Vork aud Massachusetts as ho over was. The Independent vote will bo as necessa ry to l icet ti.o Democratic nominee in 1888 as it was in 1881, and for that rea son, as much as anything else, I look to see 4?rover Cleveland tho Demooratio standard bean r next Novoraber. ST, ( h'.onoi:, N i <;i:<> ^. ; M.lop ?. i lins. ^iv Colored Texan Mon Who Havo Knell Inherited lilslit Million "oil.OK. ( Prom Hie Un Iveston News ) When tho Now Vork papers, a few days ago, referred to N. NV. Cooney as being tho wealthiest colored mau in Texas, they had evidently not heard of the Lincoln family now residing in Dal las, si* children in all who have como into possession ?>i ?18,000,000 giving ?hom tin snug littlo fortuno of $8,000,000 apiece. One of tlie heirs <d this ini la? usc property is at present iu Calves ton. A Nows roporter looked him up, as much out of curiosity to seo ti negro possessed ol such enormous wealth as in : March of an it- Ul. The following item | from a paper published in Paris, Texas,, in connection with the tn formation that ono of thc hoirs was m iho oity, is that I whioh directe 1 tho o porter iu tho .icnrch. j Tho Lincoln heirs (colored), living in halla?, who, a year or BO ago became Ibo wealthiest colored people in Ann nea, have reooutly com in possession of ult their property. Pho amount duo them waa on deposit iu tho bank of longland, and aggregated thu enormous sum of $18,000,000. Forty-eight million dol ! lars! Phis has just been div! od among tho heir? Abraham, lid, Burr, Mat, Fannie sud Lulu each having recently j received $8,000,000. Eight million dol-j I irs! The party in th Iveston b mrs tho illus trious cognomen ?d' Abraham Lincoln. I Ito was traced to a colored hoarding] house '?" Twenty-eighth street, between Posto ll loo aud Church, but not being found i u ho courteously responded toi tho News man to call at bhooitlco, which i he tiid lied night, coming in us meekly' ns though ho wanted to borrow $1, in-j .stead ot owning $8,000,000. Alu diam ; i ?young man, apparently not over :i.> years of age, of u saddle-colored coin ploxiou, and evidently a man of more than tlie average ititolligoncc of his nico. Ho has credentials, printed 1> Uer. heads, etc., wherein ho is styled liovcrnor Abraham Lincoln, showing him to bol mauagor of tho ?? tate. When asked hy wind means Mich ? nor- ! mona wealth had I eon acquired by Ids' family, li?; replied tl at it was an inherit-1 ?mee from his grandmother. Fanny j KU is waa a Moxicau woman, and some ferty years ago her husband acquired numenso wealth ie speculation in .Mi .\ieo nuning claim -, which was di posited in tho bank of thlglnUd. Preceding thai Into civil war tbej bought und soldi slaves, ami among ono of their purchases from a slave trader waa tho father ot' the ! six children who recently came iuto thu! possession of tho $18,000,000. Tho fat lu r married tho daughter <d bia mistress, j by whom lie was.set free, and tho six , children, being tho direct issue of tUati marriage, establish tho chain oi direct ; inheritance. Sumo litigation was neces sary in establishing their claim, and it wau only a few days ago they acquired tho actual possesbiou of their fabulous! Inheritance. Abraham Lincoln i.-. here, us ho says, . with a view of probably loouting in Cal- ; I veston. When asked if ho had matured any I plans for investing this v.et i state, liol : replied that they lia i dcoidcd to invest i : it all on January I In United Stutts; bonds. Tho interest on tho bon is, ho j ! said, will givo thom more than enough j to live on, with a good speculation with* < : out touching the principal, it is ?iso ti i safe investment, and carries with it un immunity from taxation. I he lino' ill ol Hie Mom li. Tho Chattanooga TratUaman has coin ! piled statistics from thc i HW ?al reports | chowing the growth O? coll?n and wool! manufacturen lu thu Houthoru States in the pusl seven years. Tho Increase in mills ia thc South 11111)111; thal period waa Ho, <.,. .",1 percent.; of spindles 094,020, or 110 per cent.; of looms li,7?14, or 20 per cent. The increase hi each of the Southern Slates separately in Ibo past BOVOII years, as com piled by the Tradcnm m, was aa renown: Alabama--Milla Increased 18 per cent., spindles HI per cent., lucina 70 par cent, Georgia -.M?I-. 87 per cent., spindles 00 per cent , lo nna 81 per cent. Mississippi- Mills 25 per cent., spindle* 158 per cont., looma lOOper ccnp Maryland Mills 10 per cent., spindles 83 pei cent., hanni ll pereenl. North Carolina- Milli lil percent , spin dies 180 per cont., looms 220 percent. South Carolina -Milla 107 per omi . largest per cn?, hf ?nena o, spindles I HI per Cont.) looms 05 per cent. Tennessee--Mills ?'?per lent., spindles 188 per cont., tho hugest Increase; looma 185 per (cut. Virginia- Mills 50 percent., spindles 85 pei cent., loom? 27 p r cent. North Carolina lias today 80Cotton mills, against 40 In ISTO; Tennessee 28 against 10 hi lH-<<); Georgia 55 against 40 in 1880; Vir gilda 12 ngautyl 8 In 1880; Alabama 10 against ld lu 18?0; Arkansas added one mill since 18S0; Kentucky 1, Louriana 1, \| ippi 2, M o \ i . ; 8, The total nuiriVr ot mills in thc Routh today ia 210, nm! thc consumption nj ,aw colton in 1880 and 1HH7 wns 401,452 hales ; against 815,002 in 1M84 and 1?85. I "Doctor, when do you think a man ? weighs 'most?" asked a patient who was > undergoing a courae of dietary treatment. . "When he ateos on my coma," answered ??u>.? doctor. UN1TKU AI nut MA'S V Y IO \ lt ?. A Wedding Delayed Itecnuse tii?< Qrooin was Wrongfully Convicted of Murder. A special dispatch from St. Joseph i i\Io. ) gays: A wedding o? moro iutorost I than is usually attached lo ovents wkuvol tim partios aro so littlo known occurred] to-diiy about four miks WOSl of St. Joseph, Tim contracting partios arc' W. ll. Potter, living near Denvor, Col.,1 uud Mrs. Julia Crinum, who tor a few years past hus m.ido ber home with her brother, Henry Withers, in Doniphau OOUUty, Kansai', . itotli the parties are of middle UPC, ajid had iud boon one auothor 'or years until a lev months UKO. Win n they wen- children they weat to, -chool together in Carroll county, li Lucky, and when Potter was avon:.g mau ol twonty-ouo yeats ami came Weal he was betrothed to .Julia Withers, who was Um bello of Ibo noighhprhood. ! Potter went first to Kansas, and thon to the mountains, rcturuiug to visit his old homo twice in live voara. Ou the Inst visit it was agr< od that thc \ marriage should take place tin following spring, by which time he hoped lo h IV( onotlgh money to mako hill homo what ho thought it should bo. lie returned West and was not hoard ?rom tor years. Some OHO who had known lina in the mountains happoucd to pass through his Koutuoky home and circulated thc story of hisdeuth, founded upon a rumor as it afterward app< aro i. Hi? sweetheart mourned birany dead, and in two years wedded a ri Val, frith whom slit? lived happily for about eight yens. Her husband died in lN.sf>, when I she carno to Doniphau eouuly to make her home with hor brother, I. iving tn? nearer relatives in Kentucky. Her hus-, hand L it her a considerable fortune, nu.i , as her forty years sa' lightly nj OH hor she soon became the contri of au ad m ir- ? iug eircle (d' friends. A few months ugo Pott >r caine through St. Joseph, quito accidentally, on ins way to Chicago. Ho mel \\ ?thors at tin? I nion depot, and, what most sin gular, thc men knew euell other, lixpln uatious followed, and Potter was ??riven to tho pleasant country home of tho Withers family. Ile unit his sweetheart of aarly days, and the old lovo, willoh iiad not ceased to burn in their laval: through long year-, noon mode ihicH h lt. Tin' courtship was opmmcue il whero it lind been broken . D', aud tho two wi e married, leaving this eveuiug tor Mr. Potter'.-: home, near Denver. The strange pail of lllO story is yet to como. Potter, whilo working ii? tho mines, Inn', been accused of murdering his partner. Not being able to establish Ins innocence at tim trial, ho was con victed, and tho sentence commuted to Imprisonment for lifo, several good rea-ons ^appearing for this, l oo proud lo inform Ina sweetheart or family of his disgrace, he dal not, write mi) loiters holm: about it. tho story of ii:" crime did not rcaeh them. Tim murder was committed iu a now claim which Pott t and his partner hi d just bc? oj to work in New at?xico, and it was not known hero what par' of tin- I i-st ho had como from. After ho han o n in prison nearly live years a man who was to ho hanged made u confession clearly i ? : b lishing Potter's innocence, nnd ho was relearned, lie weal a', once to Ghent, Ky., but found bia intonded bride was another's. Without making hine di' knowu In? left tia place aud amassed a cousiderablo fortuno by speculation. Hu was on Iiis way to Chicago to dispuso of .some property when ho acoldontly nu t his oki schoolmate, Henry Wither-, in St. Joseph. A in r fir TllOIMC HO UN Kin. ?ll mi nt ni II anil I'mi'st lu lim KIcnriiRimit l alomo. (Kr..m tin- New v.. k Hornill Loiter.) Passing out of tlio mouth of tim Han .I nan, tim ni.un stream is reached where the waters of the Cano do Animas, open ing to the southward, sparklo ami shim mer iu Hie morning suv, whilo dense masses of dark mango trees, interspersed with scarlet passion dowers, follow the serpentino v? indinga of the tiver ns if cut and frailad by tho hand of man. On either : ide ot' thc entrance wild tama rindo, tho noblet! trees m a Nicaraguan forest, form giant portals to thc lands of earthquake:) and volcanoes. As we ascend the river and thc forests bi .onie douser and darker countless par?sitos ontwiuo themselves in tho mos! lubricate and fantasia: manner around tho topmost branches of tim highest treen aud aro lost in mystifying knots marthe watt r's edge. Doll With their, bright alni pu tty k au s can lu*seen the withered branohos of the dead trees, which they clasp in au embrace e.s fatal, as it is fond, for tim parasite loves "not' wisely, bul too well." (Skirting close lo tia bank, w here the feathery plumes of tin- white crane wave ? in tho balmy air we escape lim full' strength of tho current ami n alizo to tho flt Heat our early dreams ol a ride tropical feg talion. On tim bough:, of I tall laurel trees, whioh forra u kind of I canopy over the river, whit!? and black I faced monkey:, cooby ait and Bltrvoy tis; I while birds of rare ami exquisite plum* Iago, whose wild, liquid notes ure thc j birthright? of a tropical forest, regard un j with WOUdor and awe. \ow a huge alli gator, batiking in tho sunshine, oilers a large but invulnerable target to tim rille, .uat tho puddle wheel startles ? manat? or river cow resting quietly in tho mud. The foliage becomes denser, laing Un drila dip their thirsty 8 tem fl into thc sluggish water, forming au impassible network. Just as you begin to wonder how it in possible to continue tho jour ney, a sudden oend shows tim broad ex panse of the river, with low sacnti grass cn either side*. Vori,* $50 0IH? Hin jr. YoitK. PA., January 80.- Tho largo building occupied hy the York Daily Pub lishing Company pu a minting oflleo, I). H. Welsh, Clothier,'nod lt. V. Polack, jew eler, was bin neil this morning al an emly hour, The the is believed to have been nf incendiary orlglO, and w hen di even d had in ide considerable headway In one of thc . lower rooms nf the printing ellice. The extreme cold weather iidetfi red materially with tho efforts to subdue thc Haines mid Hie lin: burned with Stubbornness until the entire building was gutted except thu jew i'll , sloro, involving u loss of |o0.000( pu tinily covered hy insurance. The Daily will bo Issued tomorrow morning from the press and typo of tho Agc. Eminent station* moko groat mon more gnat and little ones lee?. ."UOL'I.TO.WS DKA.T1I III KI'S SIIKHMAN. A CliHitter ?f K?*?ir??i I'ollllcul lllatury How Uurjlehl Won. (Frbui (uti N?:W Vork Sun.) Tho death of Colbuol Moulton, John Sherman's brother-in-law, tnakoa fresh a ?hapter of political incidents that hus uovor yet soon tho light of day, nud ro tnnihs for tho future political historian to pul upona priutcd page. Said a Ite puhlicau politician yesterday: "Moulton v/au ? mun of great dooii Lon and sagacity, arid .h'iin ! : i man in Badly crippled in tho outset of bi? Presidential canvass by bis death; Moulton waa rosily the nu witting canse o? (iarlloUVn nomination iu IS8?), Ile Was tho oho oonnooting link botwci ii thc plot that hud been :;oinj< on in Ciarttcl l's favor and thc op porl inity In tho Chicago Couvonlion which oom pleb ly tfp3ct all combinations and reorystalizctl the strougth of thc Anti-Giant mou around ono Btaudard bcarer. Early in May <>l issn .fohn] Sherman, then Bccrotnry of tho treasury m II lyes Cabinet, made a little Saturday visit to Philadelphia, ostensibly to look nver thc customhouse, hut really to set np 1 is political boom. Ono of tho foulures ol the visit was ft ride down the Schuylkill in company with u number of' prominent Philadelphiaus, amoug them Whait >ii Barker and his garrulous sire. Oki Harker happened to sit ut Sherman's liai baud, aud, hinging lu* tongue hi t middle as thu boat p isbcd out from thu wharf, the honevolout <>M gentleman kept ft wagging at both ends until she bumped tho pi? r nguiu ou b< r nauru. " 'Alf. Sherman, I should like to soo yen President,' said old Barber, 'but my eon Wharton thinks Jim Oarlleld is t. best man wo eua put up. So does W'.u nu MacVongh.' "At this time Garfield's mime had no! been mentioned by anybody in any quat tor, publicly, in couuectiou with th? Presidency. Ile waa the lender of his party in tho House, mid hud before him tim prospect of bocoiuing Speaker, ii he chose h> ace? pt the place. Pot haps if it had not been for old Hark? r's rem.:rk h< would have been Speaker instead ol Ken T in tin' Iforty-sevunth Congress. What oki mon Hark* said si t John Sherman t-j thinking and bo bad scvoral consultations with his brothordn-law, Moulton, about it. Leodora were put out around Onni le, hut be could not bo caught, ii'' .! midi uniformly tl..it he had e\< i thought of becoming a eau didtltc, and thc oul? thing ho said that could bo construed into a betrayal of his ambition ?usa . mark that be made on one oceash a as li i dismissed the sub ject, 'Oh, there') timo enough for that by ami by,' W in n Sherman wanted to h.ivo ti.ist? ld himself m ike his a? utiuu ti >n speech for himself (Sherman) before Baying a word t<> (lartlold he talked it over with Moulton. .. 'i iii. yes; havo Garfield by jill menus,'" said Moulton, 'if ho hat anj designs on his own account it will tic him up beautifully.' ..So Sherman a'sk'od ( Jar Held to m.the the nominating speech. Car Held, in turn, \v?:i wary about accepting, lie bad by this tinto become a little set up by tho ' iiKgCbtioiin of ... number of mar plot , and begat; to think ho might boa dark horsoin tin convention. Ho toidi his Irieiids that Sherman bad asked him j to make tho nomiu ding speech, and he liad taken a litt lo tinio to ionsider tho matter, lt is u.iiieoossary to mention] with whom Oarlleld llually consulted, but tho advice was: a... ahoad Jitid ne ccpl. Make your speech, and wo will sec to the rh k.' I'll it was tho ?rst small clou ! on hem Shorinait's horizon, tiien po biggi r than a mue'-, hat, hut destined in a short month t" Bw?ll into n whirl wind ?>i defeat. Oarlleld accepted it, and in timo no fact will bo nene certain iu history than th it tin famous opening sentence of hi? speech WHS entirely a .mutter of pr? arrang) ru nt History may bo ransacked tor ti ti mr dovetail ?>f din ning with ouuuhtfj than i?.?r?i ild'sspcoch and tho work ol his friends in tho gulle-j ri v i*1 !he eotiVi Utioi) hud. .' '\\ m. shall ho your candidate?' said Garfield with his lust breath as he stood bel re that grunt mass of mon, and then tho galleries answered, shouting back as welt tin: roar of tho sea: .Oarlleld! ci.tr fl< ?1!' ?*'Tho fioeno can never ho forgotten, it was as ii ii ohild had touohed thc I olootria button that .should hurl the) world into ebaos nguiu. All that Oar-] ii? hi sui.! was that siin j ?li? little setite.nce, 'Who shall bo your oaudidate?' and lb. .. isaatlM ?>f mott took it up as the sig uni ?>i hi* consent and connivance in the plot tv ninko hirnsoll that oaudidate. lt it hud not been 1er Colonel Moulton's unlucky advico to John Sherman, Gar He'd couhl ind have touched thc electric button that convulsed the convention au?l threw into chaos thu several fnc tio..s that stood opposed like strong annies on the battle llold." ^% hiiki <i \N ni. Moll H l.itnd. Nineteen yenr old .Jacob llollenbcrgor, of Kc din);, l'a , Is slowly starving lunn a peculiar ca use, I. ) (Ililli two mont hs aga lie wu ? mai rind I ? ? worthy young woman I of thal city. Ih wenl to Philadelphia, where he obtained work in a stove foundry. I While engaged hi carr) he a ladle tilled With I molten Iron soma one dropped n piece of jcild inn: in thc (lllid. All explosion fol lowed, Uollonborgor was ht such a posl lion that II (piiuulh >f red hot iron entered his mouth ucl Bud down his throat and tlii ic it cooled oil and low Kin; ins hi li fixed position, near thc entrance to the stomach, Ila is finable tn cai any food. Ho h is heen kopi alive hy m tilt liai means, hui is slowly ami surely starving to death Wiri ti in uood health ho Wi Ighcd 140 putt mis, He has now booti reduced lo (i"> pounds and is literally nothing but skin and hones. Ills appeals for fetal aro heart rending, hm hi- i i tillable to get anything down his throat beyond a certain point. His hu.h- .1 a few weeks ls faithfully at tending lo his wnnU.-Philadelphia Tunis Pl I NOS \ \n Ultu \ Wt. Wo aro prepared to m ll I'ianoa and OrgauH of the host make at factory prices for Cash or cany Instalments. Pianos from $210 up; Organs from 821 up. Tho verdict ot tho people is that they can save the freight and twenty-five nor iv nt,, hy buying of us. Insi ruinent; delivered to any dopot on fifteou days' trial. Wo pay freight both ways if not satisfactory. Order and test in you? own homos, ltcspeotfully, N. W. THUMP, * Columbia, 8. 0. ? -- " ? i .???? - - It i& estimated that 100,000 tons of lo 1 will be cut on tho reuobscot this season, ii i liif ? f JTMBUT^ 1(1 I.I. N V K AND lill; VltKSIDKNT. The Orea! Author ]II?lily IMonHcd With ?Ur. Cleveland's simplicity. WASHINGTON, January 81.-President blevclaud to-day received two distin guiskud guest** at tho White House-Bill Nye and ("hurlen Dickons. Thoy wero in trod need to tho President by Major .J. I J. Pond. Presideut Cleveland ac corded them a. private interview in tho Ked boom. At it? close ho personally osoortod his callers all through tho Ex ecutive Mansion, explaining the different rooms and giving a succinct history of each. Dill Nye's modesty shono on the occasion as conspicuously as his bald hoad. Ho was delighted with tho re ception, lu speaking of it afterwards be said; "1 was never moro agreeably disap pointed iu any ouo mau thau I was with Nie. Cleveland.. Ile is truly a flue man. What surprised me above all things was his thorough simplicity, unaffectedness and frankness. 1*or a man holding his position ho is asto.lishingly ingenuous, it ? J seldom that 1 rab my knees against greatness, ami I have seen so httlo of the world uud the great thiugs in it that 1 was at ii loss to talk to tho Presidout in that free mal easy way that 1 desired and that he would have appreciated. 1 lound to-day the truth ol tho remark mude by some great mun in tho hazy past tiiat the mau who can say a smart thing to-day cannot say a smart thing to-morrow. After 1 left the President I there wen: a 'great ruauy smart things Hooding my mind, as it were. If I could '.;!; have thought of them at the proper time I know tho President oud myself would havo hacia pleasanter time. 13ut '< r tho moment I WHS tongue tied." ( Ithers who were present, howover, tell ii different tale. They say that William captivated the President at tho outset by bis < plaint witticisms, ami that tho interview was prolonged by Mr. Cleveland the more to enjoy bill's origi nal remarks, AN HNOI.IsO OPINION. 1'lie If,tiled S tnt rs tu l>? the I,entier In Arin ami Kvnrythlng Kltttt, (Knau HieNuW York Hornill.) Prof. Hubert Herkomer, had a dis tinguished audience this evening, ut tho u ryal Institution in Albermarle street, I,.edon, to bear what ho had to say about los visit te tho United States. He, however, advanced little that hud not been said or written heretofore. Ho laid particular < mphsais upon what ho called thu "pronounced individualism of Amer icans as compared with Europeans." He waa impo sted with their keen, nervous ti ruporumout, keen intelligence and their ion bit n in to excel. "lhere must be," hesiod, "something in tho air to induce, this very pronounced di Her?tico of character. Indeed, 1 noticed that Koglishnion residing in I New York became quiokor and thought ii.ore- rapidly and accomplished moro than whee living iu Kiiglaud." He specially dwelt upon "tue Ameri can skill in physiognomy." Speaking of soci il matters, ho commented upou tho fud that "a stranger did not seem to ho tc! tod, but was either welcomed every , ru immediately or else was uot wel comed at nil. WI most impressed Prof. Herkomer was tho surprising progress in architec ture, Comparing tho now with tho cuni* punitively old, hu says: "Tho host typos of aiehii oct tiro in thc Oid World uro accepted um! are really tho best found in America. In the making o? national art architecture comes lirst in consequence, next sculpture, then puiuting. "In tile schools of art to-day the best productions are by American students. I'hey do not como to (lieut Britain, though, but vi.^it France and Italy." Prof. Herkouacr concluded hy averring thal America would become tho leader of art iu tue nations, as of nearly every thing oleo, Tho word "nearly" seemed to f ?euro tho Professor his applause, for the audii nco did not altogether relish his his once in linns. ii ri. i b\ roils i\ roi.i.KTOV i la- i ulawful Destruction ol ti liroaaroada Uar r.M.ia. WAI.TKUUOUO, January 27.-Tho ilu grunt violation of the law lu Collctoli county s regan is i he illicit barrooms which can he fourni in utmost any corner of the unity, isa mibjcct of general comment, und public senti ment, ns on all such suit jccts, is much divided. AncfTorl was made (lining tho last session of the Legislature te allow license ft)stein, bul thu Representa tives were ii|iiully divided, and the bill weal by for in Hiting. Now, the evil hus ii it boen nb.(ted, lind the Ml 11 ft 11 si/.ed cross ronds barrooms oro growing in number anti pay hu; not a cent ol revenue into the conn ty cou'ers. To some communities tho system an it HOW stands [Aexceeding odious, and bereis Hie way Ikey ul mt?: lite nuis.mee over in St. George's Parish, C dicion County. Mr. (J. Albert beach, of St. bartholomew's Parish, opened across the Kills to river in Si. (Jcorge's Parish, sometime in December l et. a nourishing Utile bar on (horoadside, Tho proprietor waa immediately served wiih tho notice Anonymously timi it would he best tor him to eh.se hy January 1. To .ii- no attention was paid, and tho roadside "resort" continued lo llotirish until exton minuted hy a li ti I of masked regulators on just Monday night. Mr. BeCch says thal about ll o'clock st night shout twenty nun well disguised caine up lo hi. har and lillee of thc mun lier se -cd the derk; O. W. Shaw, nnd forcibly carried bim a hundred yunis oft and detained hiia until thc hand fl nulled tittil unlawful net of destruction. The regulators Hu n took thc law in their own hands, destroying his United States license and breaking In the heads of two barrels and Dirac kegs of whisky, tearing ? IT thc sides ead front of thc building. Aa a reward for their unlawful exertions they carriel! off about two (punts of whisky each They dill not, contine their depreda tions alone lo the liquor, but also carried H ly a box of cigars, a pistol and aline umbrella'. This took pince in the samo ncightmr hood that was visited by u similar hand who cul Hp a cern Held last year. In all . probability those regulators tito tho samo i band, and believe alike in free cows and I free whisky. In ls cowardice to wish t-> get rid of . everything which wo do not like. Hiek ness and sorrow only exist to further man's education In this world. Thoy will not bo needed in the future, Men say moro evil of women than they ? think, lt is contrary with women towards mun.