The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, September 19, 1893, Image 1

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THE LAURENS DISPENSARY. How l i < 1 Im>i<I Vinns Wcro Manu liicturcd?An lOfl'eciual Protest from a liefern? Senator?Governor Till man ltefusca to Sanction the Fraud. The following correspondence bear ing upon the establishment of a dis pensary at Laurons has been given to tho public, und as tho mutter has created considoruble comment in tho Stute, tho lettors will bo read with in terest. It will be seen that" Governor Tillman, in his letter to Senator Fuller, gives somo interesting views upou the future of the dispensary law. Hero is the lottor from Senator Ful ler to tho Govornor, which is self-cx planutory: Laukkns, S. C., Sept. 5th, 1893. Govornor 13. It. Tillman, Chairman Hoard of Control of Stato Dispensary : Dl?Alt Slit : I write to inform you, from the standpoint of those who, in oxercitdng their right of local option under the dispensary aet, prefer prohi bition to the dispensary, of certain events transpiring noro which should sinooroly concorn yourself and other members of your board, asbohig cbAofly responsible under thd"iaw for^ tho fair mid fuithful administration of the dis pensary act. I myself am afraid of tho dispensary aet as a whole, but more of its local option feature ; and only ask that our right of local option under tho law shall be respectod, and a fair, un partlal and non partisan enforcement of tho act bo had. Nobody here has asked or expressed anything else than that tho question shall bo decided by ascertaining on which side stood tho majority of bona lido freoholil voters. The county board mot on tho 21st of August last, and tho petition of Langs ton for oMlco of county dispenser was presented and contained fifty-five names, twenty-ono white and thirty four eolored ; the list of ntn-signors contained seventy-four whites and two colored. Tho board refused t) appoint L?ngsten on account of not having a majority of freehold voters, a$ signers, ami it was so rocorded by their secre tary in their minutes. Last Friday, Sopt. 1st inst., tho on olosed printed call written by tie coun ty chairman, II. B. Gray, appeared in the Laurons Hera'd for the bmrd to meet on 4th Inst. which for raik par tisanship and wanton flings at prohibi tionists and church members, h hard to surpass. Well, the board mpt and the fact was ascertained that tho old petition was viewed and wasciroilated after tho case was adjudicated on the 21st, when it svas known that sono of tho parties, who signed, wanted their names off, and thirty-four negroes and nineteen whites were added, fifty+ihree in all. One of these, 11. L. Irby, de clared in my presence and that of sev eral others, " that his name had been used without his authority and th*t ho didn't want to bo mixed up with it." Well, here were llfty-throc names added to petitions which wero novv on lile in the clerk's otlico a single dii/ as tho law required. Where did all tloso now freehold voters come from ? \ II. Ii. Gray, chairman, sounded tho ley note when he said in his call: " Evkry citizen of this incorporation should be enfranchised on a question wheroho is so much interested." And the bad ness of enfranchising landless citizens began, in order to evade and defeat too law and tho will of the people. Siiico tho board had mot on tlo 21st ultimo, 53 now numes had been ei franchised and added to tho potitioi, besides six other names which hal previously signed but had no lane, making fifty-nine now freehold voters In all. A. IL Sullivan, candidate fo: dispensary book-keeper, and brother in-law to EL E. Gray, chuirmun, dcedec to these fifty-nine citizens one-eighth acre, more or less, of worthless land, each share 1-472 part of one acre, and the job was done; tho necessary ma jority of froo-hold voters was securod and the board of control without re quiring tho names of these new free hold voters to bo tiled at all, as the law directs, granted the petition of Lang stun and established tho dispensary. (The deeds of conveyance of this one eighth acre of land to these lifty-nlno citizens are on record in tho clerk's office.) But it is proper to add, that you may understand tho whole truth, that A. It. Sullivan executed two deeds of conveyance of identically the samo ono-oighth aero of land : first to nine teen whites on tho 31st of August, 1893, and the second on September 2nd to forty negroes, every boundary pre cisely tho same. Thus thoso nine teen whites wero only franchised four days before tho final meeting of the board on September 4th and the forty negroes but two days before, and all wero counted by tho board as bona-lido freehold voters. If any of these al leged facts are denied thoy will bo sub stantiated if allowed an opportunity. Having thus submitted so much of our case as wo doom of special importance, we respectfully ask tho ruling of tho Stato board on these questions : 1st. Will the Stato board recognize tho legality of tho action of the county board in establishing a disponsary at Laurons on a petition acted on and ro fused, to which petition a considerable number of new signers wore added and not put on lile tho ten days required by law i 2nd. Does tho Stato board of control recognize those (ifty-nine newly enfran chised citizen,'who own 1-472 part of an acre of land each, as bona lido froo hold voters of Lanrens, according to tho intent and spirit of tho disponsary act ? 3rd. If so, will any fractional part of an acre of land, legally convoyed to a person, constitute him a freeholder for the purposes of this act or wherovor rights and privileges by law insure to freeholders ? In conclusion, I respectfully ftsk in behalf of tho prohibitionists of tho city and County of Laurons, tho white voters of which cast a heavy majority in the general primary of 18(12 for pro hibition, full and careful consideration ?of the facts and questions presented .-and our rights moor the disponsary aet. Very respectfully, A. C. Fuller. Governor Tillman mado the following roply : Hon. A. C. Fuller, Laurens, S. C. DEAR Sih : In reply to your letter of Soptomhor 5th I bog to say tho Stato board of control is endeavoring to com ply strictly with tho disponsary lav and have all others do so. If your statements uro true, which I do not doubt, the county board of Laurons ban transcended their authority, and wo will not recognize their action as legal. Your questions In regard to the logal ?latus of tho newly enfranchised citi zens is ono for tho courts to pass on. The irregularity of tho action of the county board aroso from not having tho petition on file tho ton days required by law. We will not lend oursolveB to anything that Is un lawful in establishing a dispensary in Laurons, though wo know that a dis pensary Is tho safest and choapost remedy against "blind tigors," and that tho iStato constablos cannot bo paid except from tho royonuo .derived 'from dispensaries. I will only endeavor to ooforco .the ?dispensary law w&ejra dispensaries do THE LAURENS DISPENSARY. How l i < 1 Im>i<I Vinns Wcro Manu liicturcd?An lOfl'eciual Protest from a liefern? Senator?Governor Till man ltefusca to Sanction the Fraud. The following correspondence bear ing upon the establishment of a dis pensary at Laurons has been given to tho public, und as tho mutter has created considoruble comment in tho Stute, tho lettors will bo read with in terest. It will be seen that" Governor Tillman, in his letter to Senator Fuller, gives somo interesting views upou the future of the dispensary law. Hero is the lottor from Senator Ful ler to tho Govornor, which is self-cx planutory: Laukkns, S. C., Sept. 5th, 1893. Govornor 13. It. Tillman, Chairman Hoard of Control of Stato Dispensary : Dl?Alt Slit : I write to inform you, from the standpoint of those who, in oxercitdng their right of local option under the dispensary aet, prefer prohi bition to the dispensary, of certain events transpiring noro which should sinooroly concorn yourself and other members of your board, asbohig cbAofly responsible under thd"iaw for^ tho fair mid fuithful administration of the dis pensary act. I myself am afraid of tho dispensary aet as a whole, but more of its local option feature ; and only ask that our right of local option under tho law shall be respectod, and a fair, un partlal and non partisan enforcement of tho act bo had. Nobody here has asked or expressed anything else than that tho question shall bo decided by ascertaining on which side stood tho majority of bona lido freoholil voters. The county board mot on tho 21st of August last, and tho petition of Langs ton for oMlco of county dispenser was presented and contained fifty-five names, twenty-ono white and thirty four eolored ; the list of ntn-signors contained seventy-four whites and two colored. Tho board refused t) appoint L?ngsten on account of not having a majority of freehold voters, a$ signers, ami it was so rocorded by their secre tary in their minutes. Last Friday, Sopt. 1st inst., tho on olosed printed call written by tie coun ty chairman, II. B. Gray, appeared in the Laurons Hera'd for the bmrd to meet on 4th Inst. which for raik par tisanship and wanton flings at prohibi tionists and church members, h hard to surpass. Well, the board mpt and the fact was ascertained that tho old petition was viewed and wasciroilated after tho case was adjudicated on the 21st, when it svas known that sono of tho parties, who signed, wanted their names off, and thirty-four negroes and nineteen whites were added, fifty+ihree in all. One of these, 11. L. Irby, de clared in my presence and that of sev eral others, " that his name had been used without his authority and th*t ho didn't want to bo mixed up with it." Well, here were llfty-throc names added to petitions which wero novv on lile in the clerk's otlico a single dii/ as tho law required. Where did all tloso now freehold voters come from ? \ II. Ii. Gray, chairman, sounded tho ley note when he said in his call: " Evkry citizen of this incorporation should be enfranchised on a question wheroho is so much interested." And the bad ness of enfranchising landless citizens began, in order to evade and defeat too law and tho will of the people. Siiico tho board had mot on tlo 21st ultimo, 53 now numes had been ei franchised and added to tho potitioi, besides six other names which hal previously signed but had no lane, making fifty-nine now freehold voters In all. A. IL Sullivan, candidate fo: dispensary book-keeper, and brother in-law to EL E. Gray, chuirmun, dcedec to these fifty-nine citizens one-eighth acre, more or less, of worthless land, each share 1-472 part of one acre, and the job was done; tho necessary ma jority of froo-hold voters was securod and the board of control without re quiring tho names of these new free hold voters to bo tiled at all, as the law directs, granted the petition of Lang stun and established tho dispensary. (The deeds of conveyance of this one eighth acre of land to these lifty-nlno citizens are on record in tho clerk's office.) But it is proper to add, that you may understand tho whole truth, that A. It. Sullivan executed two deeds of conveyance of identically the samo ono-oighth aero of land : first to nine teen whites on tho 31st of August, 1893, and the second on September 2nd to forty negroes, every boundary pre cisely tho same. Thus thoso nine teen whites wero only franchised four days before tho final meeting of the board on September 4th and the forty negroes but two days before, and all wero counted by tho board as bona-lido freehold voters. If any of these al leged facts are denied thoy will bo sub stantiated if allowed an opportunity. Having thus submitted so much of our case as wo doom of special importance, we respectfully ask tho ruling of tho Stato board on these questions : 1st. Will the Stato board recognize tho legality of tho action of the county board in establishing a disponsary at Laurons on a petition acted on and ro fused, to which petition a considerable number of new signers wore added and not put on lile tho ten days required by law i 2nd. Does tho Stato board of control recognize those (ifty-nine newly enfran chised citizen,'who own 1-472 part of an acre of land each, as bona lido froo hold voters of Lanrens, according to tho intent and spirit of tho disponsary act ? 3rd. If so, will any fractional part of an acre of land, legally convoyed to a person, constitute him a freeholder for the purposes of this act or wherovor rights and privileges by law insure to freeholders ? In conclusion, I respectfully ftsk in behalf of tho prohibitionists of tho city and County of Laurons, tho white voters of which cast a heavy majority in the general primary of 18(12 for pro hibition, full and careful consideration ?of the facts and questions presented .-and our rights moor the disponsary aet. Very respectfully, A. C. Fuller. Governor Tillman mado the following roply : Hon. A. C. Fuller, Laurens, S. C. DEAR Sih : In reply to your letter of Soptomhor 5th I bog to say tho Stato board of control is endeavoring to com ply strictly with tho disponsary lav and have all others do so. If your statements uro true, which I do not doubt, the county board of Laurons ban transcended their authority, and wo will not recognize their action as legal. Your questions In regard to the logal ?latus of tho newly enfranchised citi zens is ono for tho courts to pass on. The irregularity of tho action of the county board aroso from not having tho petition on file tho ton days required by law. We will not lend oursolveB to anything that Is un lawful in establishing a dispensary in Laurons, though wo know that a dis pensary Is tho safest and choapost remedy against "blind tigors," and that tho iStato constablos cannot bo paid except from tho royonuo .derived 'from dispensaries. I will only endeavor to ooforco .the ?dispensary law w&ejra dispensaries do not exist until the Legislature meets, and then ask that the prohibition coun ties which object to dispensaries shall support the constables by taxation. If you are a friend to the dispensary law you will not lend your influonce to our enemies, and the enemies of prohibi tion to prevent the establishment of at least one dispensary for each county. I hope you understand by this time that the strtigglo is not one betweon prohibition and the dispensary, but a struggle between the dispensary and the license system, which wo have just overthrown. I shall write the chairman of the county board that his board must com ply with tho terms of the dispensary law before a dispensary can bo estab lished in Laurens. Yours respectfully, 13. U. Ti IfiMAN, Governor. Govornor Tillm>'n has also written County Chairman .lray informing him that tho action of S po Laurons County Board of Control in appointing a dis penser at Laurens was mill und void, because tho petition had not been on file the ten days required by law boforo action can bo taken. Tho error of tho Laurens Hoard arose from a, miscon ception of the law. The potition hud boon oh file for a couplo of months be fore tho board acted, though not for ton days with tho full number of signa tures required by law. frances WHITEHOUBK olbve IjANI). A Georgian Suggests u \amo for the Daughter ot Democracy. In most well regulated families tho question of u name for tho baby is soonor or later likely to arise. Somo time8 the problom has been duly con sidered in advance, und tho numo is al ready and waiting for tho little stranger upon arrival, but with a de gree of human porvorsouess hardly to bo expected in one so young tho sex of tho baby will not tit the name, and tho expectant family is thrown into greater consternation than if no name had been previously considered. Some parents are us perverse as the infant, however, und honco it is that when Robert would bo a girl we find her doomod to go through the world lugging tho name o. Bobbie, and so it is with Willie, ai.d liko fomalo misnomors. But, just in tho same degree that no other baby was over so lovely it baby, or so Important a baby as our own, just so tho ovory day names that serve to distinguish our neighbors' children from each other, would never do for our own baby. Honco it is that lists of proper names in tho back bf tho dic tionary are carefully read through, and wo ransack our memories for the names of favorite characters in fiction. As a rule this task is loft to tho proud parents themselves, and to their abnor mal state of mind is duo many of the names which take childron a weary lifetime to live down. But within the past week a baby has been born in which tho whole country is interested, and by tho way, wo think the matter is now sufficiently well authenticated for the afternoon press and Fitzhugh Leo to venture ugain to extend their congratulations. In the miming of this little stranger tho parents aro spared all responsibility, and tho verdict is unanimous. She must bo named for Mrs. Clevoland un less the President and his wife desire to run counter to tho wishes of tho nation. The country felt a lively in terest in Baby Ruth because of bor parentage, but she was born while her distinguished father was only a private citizen. Her littlo sister comes while ho is in tho Presidential c' air, andsho makes her advent in tho 1 /Lite House, the firyt in tho nation's history. Edi tor Hyinan of tho Tennillo Chronicle fitly christens her "The Daughter of Democracy," and from all over the country comes the demund that she shall bear the name of tho loveliest and most popular woman the White House has ever known?her quoonly mother. I Frances Polsoin Clevoland is tho popular demand, and we have but one Amendment to add. It comes in a let t>:r this morning from Hon. James S. Book, of Atlanta, and wo adopt it. Ho says: "I think your notico of tho sweet littlo baby girl in tho White Hcuso is in excollont tasto and happily expressed, but I dissent from thonamo suggested just enough to re tain the mother's first namo and let tho middle name signalize and make his toric the fact of a child born to tho President in the world-famed White Hous;. Let tho littlo girl bo named, I would say, Frances Whitehouso Clove land.1'?Augusta Chronicle. HER NAME SHALL BE ESTHER. Washington, D. C, Sept. 14.?The new white House baby will be known hereafter us " Esther." This old-fash ioned name has been selected for the child fcy the President and Mrs. Cleve land. It is stated that the solcction of this name has no signilicanco and no particular reason is givon by tho parent! for their ohoice. CHtltCH AND DlSPIlNSA KV. < 'oiii in i-???.inner Traxler Will Not Re sign, ami Will make a Full Defense Ox h Is Course. From Tlie State. The case of State Liquor Commis sioner Traxler and his church, being brought about by the demund of tho church that he resign tho position lie holts under tho Stato government, or resign his membership in the church, is destined to attract consider able notice. T^ero havo boon somo new developments recently, but tho case is lo statu (iuo for tho present. Mr. 'iraxler has boon over to his homo it} Timmonsville for some time, in attendance upon tho bedside of a siokrrelativo. He returned to tho city yesterday, and it is ascertained thut ho vill not resign his position as Stato Liqior Commissioner of tho Statu on account of his church no mattor what conns. Ho considors that his position dies not conflict in tho least with Iiis dlties to his churoh, or make him any tpo less fit to bo A church member, apl ho thinks that if they see fit to turn Mm out of tho church he can livo just aappright a life as if ho were a member. Tho lettd' written him somo time ago was in regard to tho mattor, but until recontk' no rogular chargos hnd boon pro for rod against him in any way, shape or feim. Tho alfuir has since boon diseussld by tho members of tho church, wltl tho result that the con sideration o) tho caso has boon post> ponod for sodo timo yet. Mr. Traxhr, now that charges havo boon preferred against him in tho letter, has bid his frionds In the church thatlio doos not wish tho mat tor droppod,lmt wishes it called up as soon as no ciji proparo his dofonse. If tho moinbei i do not call it up ho in tends to do sqhimsolf, and havo a voto taken on tho natter., When tho cuio comos up for consider ation there if going to be an interest ing hearing, no doubt. It will bo souAotlmo, ho 'ever, beforo the caso is A TALK OP THE FUTURE. Ir Senator Butler In Defeated, lie Will Take it Philosophically?He is Not the " Champion of Any Class, or Sect, or Condition of Men." < liar]otte Observer. Washington, D. C, Sept. 9.-Among the letters found in tho possession of C. P. Barrott, of Spartanburg, S. C, was one from Senator Butler, of which the subjoined is a copy. It may be of interest to tho readers of the Observor, in view of tho senatorial contest now opening between tho Senator and Gov. HUman. It is a characteristic letter : " United States Senate, Washington, D. C., Mar. 27, 1893. "Mr. 0. P. Barrott, Snartanburg, S. C. " DEAR Sik?I am in receipt of your letter of tho 2?th instant and thank you for tho information convoyed. I happen to bo in the position of a man who does not care much, in a personal j senso, how political o vents in tho future turn out. Whatovor ambition I may havo had has long sinco boon gratified, and my participation in politics hereafter will bo directed more by a sense of duty than from anv personal gratification or preferment. " If I wore a man of fortuno, or oven of comfortablo competence, I could afford to exploit in the field of politics without much concern, but I never learned how to steal or make money out of oflleial station and consequently am a poorer man than when I entered political life. Of course I urn not in different to tho salary, for my exclu sive dovotion to my public duties has cut me off from all other sources of in come, of account, and I am now largely dependent upon my salary for support. Whon I came to tho Senato I was mak ing a comfortablo living from ray pro fession and laying up something, and I believe that If I wore to devoto the remainder of my active life to business pursuits I could recoup what I have lost, In a measure at least, and henco private lifo has no terrors for mo. " You may rest assured of one thing : I shall conduct my own campaign in my own way. I shall go before tho people face to face, and give an account of my Stewardship. If they think sorao one olse can represent them better, why, it is their duty to say so. As you suggest, I havo been hero sixteen of the best years of ray life, which, devoted to something olse with tho same fidelity, would have left mo an hundred percent, better off, fir ancially. This experience qualifies me to repre sent tho people more otlio'i ntly and in telligently than ovor, but if they think otherwise, as I have said, I shall mako no complaint. " For tho last two campaigns I have been provonted by tho party managers from engaging in tho public discus sions beforo tho people, and, as I now believe designedly. Hereafter I shall mako my own arrangomonts for speak ing. I shall discuss public measures and loave personalities for blackguards who substitute vituperations and mis representations for argument because of tho poverty of their ideas and tho sballowness of their intellects. My public record is public property, but I will not tolerato personal abuso. "Tho truth is, that which most noeds to be reformed in South Caro lina, as well as in some other States, is the spirit of intolerance on account of differences of opinion. There nover enn bo political,, social or religious freedom in any country so long as honost differences are not permitted to havo full sway. There is where tho English excel all the people of the world, arising from tho fuet that they aro tho best educatod people in tho world. "I havo reached that tirao of life when a man is inclined to take a philosophical view of political even tualities: I do not permit myself to expect much aud therefore can accept with reasonable composure whatever may happen. 1 shall go right straight ahead as I havo always done, whether in military or civil life, doing my duty as T. see it, and leave tho consequences with the people, where they belong'. I have always vindicated their rights without regard to class or condition, and frequently at tho sacrifice of my own ; and it is too lato for mo to hedge now, if I folt inclined, and claim to be tho champion of any class, or sect, or condition of raon. I cherish tho good will of ray countryraon, and especially t hose of my own State, above every other consideration in lifo, but I can not surrender my own solf-respect for the applause of a million of men. " In my battles of life I havo nover allowed selfish or porsonul considera tions to control ray actions. I have stood for the peoplo and. have been sustained by the people. Rings and cliques havo nover attempted to direct me, and 1 appreciate with tho keenest sensibility the honors and distinctions tho poople havo conferred upon inc. Whether I havo proven faithful to tho trusts with which I have boon en dowed, a careful examination of the record must determine. "Accopt my thanks for your expres sions of kindness and consideration. "Yours very truly, (Signed) "M. c. butler." Curious American Houses.?-Har per's Young Peoplo says that among tho 65,000,01)0 peoplo In tho United States there aro probably not 500?out side of tho locality?who arc aware that at tho mouth of tho Mississippi there is a lltttlo vlllago built upon wooden piles standing far out in the wator. This village, which is called Balize, in reached from tho mainland by canoes or boats, and its inhabitants havo to climb a kind of pole-ladder to got to tho doorway of their homes. This is probably tho only placo in tho United States in which " pile- dwel lings " occur ; but all along the Vene zuelan coast and at tho mouths of the Orinoco and Amazon similar villages aro frequently met with, many of them being inhabited by tho Indian fishing tribes of tho Amazon estuary. These strange inhabitants wero first discovered by Alonzo do Oieda, who accompaniod Columbus on his second voyage to this continent. In 141)!) ho undertook an independent voyago to oxploro tho northorn part of South Amorica, and ho took with him Amorigo Vetpucci. who wrote a graphic account of tho expedition. The following extract from a transla tion of Vespucci's work gives tho origin of tho name Venezuela, und tells of tho connection between tho curious village discovered tliero and tho name Vonozuola: " Proceeding along tho coast, thoy arrivod at a vast gulf resembling a tranquil lako enter ing whleh they beheld on the eastern side a village tho construction of which Ii 1 led them with surprise. It consisted of twenty largo houses shaped Uko bolls, ana built on piles driven Into tho bottom of tho lako, which In this part was limpid and but of littlo depth, Bach house was provided with a draw bridge and canoes... From the ropem blace to tho Italian city, OJcda gave tho bay tho name of tho Gulf of Venloo (Venozia)." Tho country itsolf was afterwards called Venezuela, or Littlo Vonlco, tho original Indiun narao be ing Coquibacoa. In Lako Maracalbo, south of tho bay of Venezuela, slinilarplle-buildings are still erected by the Goajoir Indians. - i THE COMING STATE I'A IK. An Official Annouiicouicnt to tho People. Tho twenty-fifth annual State Fair of the South Carolina Agricultural and Mechanical Society ia now only about six weeks distant and proparu tlons for tho occasion aro alreudy being made. The munageinent thinks that all indications point to the largest and best Stato Fair over held in South Carolina. Tho fair will open on Mon day morning, November <>th, und con tinue through Friday ovoning, Nov. 10. Tho following unnouncoinunt bus just been issued and is being sent all over tho Stuto : Tho new premium list will bo deliv ered and mailed to thousundsof practi cal men in this Stato and throughout tho Union. The ofHoors and members of the Stato Agricultural and Mochunical Society of South Carolina would cordially invito farmers, manufacturers and mechanics to contribute specimens of thoir skill, ingonuity and tasto at this exhibition, so as to muke it a true index of tho progress mado by tho State in arts and agriculture. Tho ladies of tho Stato aro especially invited to make a full exhibition of thoir handiwork. County agricultural, mechanical and horticultural societies of South Caro lina aro requested to niuko reports of their succoss, progress and proceed ings to tho Stato society in Columbia during Fair week in Novombor next. This year is ottered to the public a larger and more varied premium list than over before. Tho premiums are liberal, and the expenses of attending tho fair are very moderate All tho railroads in tho State offer very liberal excursion rates. It is gratifying to announce that tho large, elegant main building, giving a flooring space of over 30,000 square feet, has boon remodolod inside, and additional rooms added at each end for tho convenience and comfort of visitors. Our fairs are rapidly growing in their usefulness as well us popularity. Over 30,000 visitors wore in utten dunco during the last Fair, and the ex hibition of all classes of machinery and agricultural implements, as well as the display of home mado goods, live stock, poultry, etc., have never been surpassed in tho South. Our fair offers to all manufacturers, poultry raisers and stock breeders a fine adver tising medium. Thos. W. Holloway. Secretary. A TENNESSEE TRAGEDY. A Son Kills His Father and Commits Forgery to Get the Family Home stead. Knoxvii.lk, Tenn., Septomber 13.? In NoAembor, 18111, David Boyer, a wealthy and intluontiul citizen of Cocko county, disappeared, and his son. Wash, circulated the story that he had sold him his farm and had gone west. This story was not satisfactory to many, among whom was C. F. Boyer, a brother of the. missing man, who was quietly making inquiries all over tho west. Besides, rumors of foul play were being freely circulated, and some time in tho winter a couple of hunters were attracted to a cave on tho David Boyor farm by their dogs, from which there was coming a bad odor. The presenco of green Hies convinced them that there was something wrong. This reached the ears of C. F. Boyor, who, in March, 18112, with some friends went to tho farm and examined tho cave, with tho result of finding a body which was identified as David Boyer. At the time the search was being made, Wash Buyer tried to escape, but was captured in a eavo a few miles further. lie was tried for murder and a jury saved his neck by bringing in a verdict of murder in tho second dogrco, for which ho was sontoncod to the penitentiary for twenty years. Tho deed which Wash had to the farm was declared to bo a forgery and bo, with Kufus Holt, who signed the deed as witness, wore tried for forgery. Wash getting eight years and Holt four yoars in tho penitentiary. Holt bus been confined in tho county jail at Newport sinco tho last term of the cir cuit court and to-day u confession which Holt mado on August 25)th was made public. Ho says that he and Wash were out in tho woods together, when the old man came up, and Wash took a stick and knocked his lather down and boat him to death. They carried the body to a eavo near by and threw it in, and afterwards to ward off suspicion, threw several dead sheep in on top of it. Holt says ho was given a mule to say nothing of tho matter, and was threatened with death if he did. Young Boyer is now in jail here awaiting an appeal to tho supreme court, and though now only sentenced to twenty years in the penitentiary, this now evidence may cause him to hang. THE CAUSE OF TORNADOES. Compressed Air and Great Velocity Furnish the Resist less Cyclone. From tho Gulf of Mexico to the North I'olu and from the lakes to tho Hooky Mountains is a vast extent of country crossed by no mountain chains to intercept or retard the velocity of air currents. Tho extent of this coun try is equalled by none on oarth. Cold air being heavier to the square inch than warm air, the cold air, when coin ing in contact with a warm current from the south, always predominates, forcing the warm air into tho upper currents. The cause of cyclones is the mooting of a head wind from the north with a head wind from the south. They meet, liko two vust armies of men. The pressure at the point of mooting is so great that the air, by com pression, becomes heavier to the square inch than wood or the human body, honco oither one will float in the same manner that wood will float in water? it floats beoauso it is lighter to the square inch than water. Place water in an ordinary wash bowl and remove tho plug and it will bo observed that in passing out tho wator forms a circu lar reaction. Air being a liquid does tho sumo in passing oithor upwards or downwards; honco tho funnol-shapod spout of tho cyclono eontro. When two immense bodies of air coming from opposite directions moot, tho only ogress is upwards and sideways, and in passing upwards it forms tue funnel tho same as water passing out of a wash bowl downwards. The theory that u evclono forms a vacuum is ub surd. Withdraw air from a glass jar with an air-pump, and a feather with in the vacuum formed will drop with tho sumo velocity aa load, or, on tho Other baud, yon can compress air un til it is heavior to tho squaro inch than wood, In which case wood will float In tho air. Tho lifting power of a cy olono it causod (1) by the compression or donsity of tho air. and ('S) by its volooity. Combining tho power of density with that of volocity, which occurs at tho centre Or funnel, no power can resist it. Tho feeling of suffocation or difficulty in breathing when noar tho track of a cyclono is caused from the compression of air.? Minpe&polls Tribune. STRICKEN BRUNSWICK. Tho Yellow Fever Breaks Out Afresh ?The People Disheartened and Leaving the City. bkun8wick, Ga., Sept. 13.?Charles Klllian, a German shoemakur in this city, was taken sick last Friday at his shop, whore ho had a sleeping room. Ho had been complaining for several days previous. As he was living alone ho received no treatment until Sunday, when tho Odd Follows learned of his illness and gave him immediate atten tion. A physician was called in and treuted him for gastric fever. His death this morning caused some ru mor, and Mayor Lamb called in Sur geon Guiteras to hold an autopsy. This was done, live of the local physicians assisting. Tho result was tho pro nouncing that Killian died from yel low fever. This afternoon another suspicious death was reported at the city hospital, tho person being a Norwegian, who was being treated for consumption. Ho has boon sick for some time, how ever. Dr. Guiteras, after an autopsy, decided that tho death was caused by yellow fever. This evening a report was heard that one of the Cox children was sick. This is the "same family that caused so much excitement in tho previous panic by picking up a sick child and running away to escape, the govern ment doctors. The boy who is now sick is said to have boon wading iu a pond of stagnant water all day Sunday. Dr. Guiteras was scon to-night, but positively refused to make any state ment whatevor for publication. It is supposed that he will havo assistants hero at once. Brunswick was regaining her old progressive condition rapidly, und the rumors to-day did not visibly affect her commerce, though the inevitable qua rantine will put a stop to business, as before. Some nervousness is shown, and a number of peoplo left on tho night train, but there wus nothing like a panic. There aro a great num ber of peoplo who have returned, and many that did not lcavo before, who havo no means to go now : but all seem to take tho mutter calmly, though everything is as gloomy us can be. The board of health has not met yet, and therefore no idea can be given as to tho conditions {ov an opidemie. A largo number of the old refugees expressed a determination to remain hero. The schedules on the Fast Ten nessee, Virginia and Georgia and Brunswick and Western roads will bo made in accordance with the quaran antine regulations. Savannah, Ga., Sept. 14.?A special from Brunswick say ! After the wild rumors of last night things have assum ed a normal quiet. People uro not leaving tho city as they did before. Many are going out of town to spend tho nights with tjieir families who will return to their business during tho days. A number of stores formerly closed are being kept open. At tho board of health meeting at noon, tho two cases of fever were reported, tho Cox child reported last night, and Mrs. Turner, in the northern part of tho city. Other eases that had been re ported in tho streets after examina tion wore declared not to be yellow fever. An Important Question was presented at the board of health meet ing, as to who is in charge of matters, the government or 'loolty authorities r Ono or the other tust assume tho re sponsibility or great confusion must exist. Dr. Guiteras said this evening that it looks very much like an opide mie is threatened, though the slow ap pearance of the disease was a hopeful sign. Fach death has been complicat ed with weakness from other illness. Camp Haines will be inaugurated by next Monday, when Surgeon Magruder will take charge. The people have littlo hope of egress now till after frost, however matters turn. Washington, D. c, Sept. 15.?In structions have been issued at Bruns wick to permit no one to leave tho city without proper inspection and the rail roads aro prohibited from selling tick ets to any point south of Atlanta. It is not probable that t he fever could be carried north of that point at this season of tho year and there would bo no danger From healthy passengers com ing north provided their baggage was thoroughly fumigated. There will be a quarantine camp established just out of Brunswick and all persons leaving the city will, it is said, be required to pass through this camp for inspection. The malls are now being fumigated. Dr. II. D. Geddings, who has been surgeon at Delaware breakwater, has been ordered to Brunswick to assist tho force of physicians now on duty. FOUR NEGROES LYNCHED. Poison ins a Family with "ltouuh on Hats"?Tho Lynchers to lie Indicted. AllKKDKKN, Miss., Sept. 14.?In the line of the lynching business, Monroe County comes to tho front with a ease in which four negroes, two men and two womon, were tho victims, near Quiney, fifteen miles from Aberdeen. Two weeks ago Thomas Woodruff and live children were taken violently ill and two children died, and the others still linger with little hope of recovery. A number of neighborsalso became very sick while attending tho sick. Exami nation of tho well on tho promlf08 dis closed three packages of " Hough on Hats" in it and suspicion pointed to a negro, Hen Jackson, who was arrested ana taken by a crowd of unmasked men from tho ollicers during tho in quest trial and hung. The next day the jury examined Mehaley Jackson, Hen's wife, and Lou Carter, his mother-in-law, who testified to a knowledge; of Hen's intention to purchase poison for that purpose, but the jury discharged them. A crowd of armed men also took them out and hung them as participants in tho con spiracy. Mehaley Jackson also testified that Huf us Broylos, a well known negro man of the neighborhood, had furnish ed the money to buy the poison and after tho first lynching ho hid away and eluded discovery until yesterday. Ho was seen at Woodmilo, a few miles from tho sceno of tho other tragedy, and this morning his dead body was found hanging to a limb in that vicinity. No parties havo yet been arrested, but the grand jury now in session is thoroughly investigating tho case. Judge Cayco, of the circuit court, gave tho grand jury a forcible and pre* Omptory charge to forotout tho lynchers and return indictments against them. Bon Jackson had an altercation last fall with Woodruff, in which ho ontor od Woodruff's house violently and so oxcltod his wlfo, who was delicate from child-birth, that she died in u few hours. Hen was under bond to ap poar at tho prosont term of tho circuit court with Woodruff as a witness against him, which is attributed as tho motive for poisoning tho well. ?-^""f. ? ? * lyw? ?Congressman Geary, of California, states that the administration hud made u chango In Its policy on the Chinese law and It is now in favor of tho passage of the Everott bill suspend ing tho operations of tho Geary law for one year. CONFEDERATE VETERANS. Gelting Ready lor the ltcuttloii ut l ti rm i in; im in and the Excursion to Chicago. in obedience to general orders re ceived from headquarters, Brigadier General s. s. Crtttenden has issued the following order to the various camps of United Confederate Veterans in South Carolina: Division ok South carolina, i United Confederate Veterans, [? Greenville, s. c, Sept. s>, 1803, ) General Ordern No. I. United Confederate Veterans' camps throughout this Stato will take necessary action to be fully represented ut the fourth annual reunion of our or ganization which will take place at Hi rminghum, Ala., on the 2nd and .'Ird of October proximo. II. Under the constitution of our Order each cum]) will be entitled to one dclegato and alternate for every twenty members, and one for every fraction over twenty : provided each camp shall be entitled to at least two delegates. The constitution also provides that no camp shall bo allowed representation unless the initiation foe of $2 is paid, and the per capita due of 10 cents. ill. The special excursion to tho world's fair and to various other points of particular interest to ex-Confeder ate soldiers, will leave Birmingham at the. (dose of the sessions of t he reunion, when all veterans and their families will bo comfortably transported to Chicago for the sum of $10 each. Reduced rates from different points throughout tho South to Birmingham and roturn will bo arranged for and notice given at an early day by Gen. .]. F. Shlpp, quartermaster general, United Confederate Veterans, Chatta nooga, Tonn. lv. The gonoral commanding this division announces with pleasure that the old soldiers of South Carolina are enthusiastically joining our organiza tion. The prospect is thut almost every county will be represented, and that our historic old State will stand with credit, among her sisters at tho grand reunion at Birmingham. Camps will be admitted up to the day of meeting, which is but twenty three days from this date. All vet erans throughout this division are again earncrstly invited to organize quickly and be represented at this as semblage, where it is expected that not hiss than 500 camps of United Con federate Veterans will have accredited delegates. V. Necessary papers for organizing will be provided on application to those headquarters or to George Moorman, adjutant and chief of stall'. 25 Caronde let street. New Orleans, La. VI. Adjutants of the several camps of this division will immediately for ward to these headquarters the name and number of their camp, and the date of organization, with a list of its its officers, and the number of veterans enrolled upon its roster. VII. The public press of this State, both daily and weekly, is respectfully requested to aid the patriotic objects of the United Confederate veterans by the publication of tho general orders. By order of s. s. Crittenden, Brig. Gen. Comd'g Division of S. C. Thomas S. moorman, Adjutant General. THE Hit A/did AN INSURRECTION. The Insurgents in Possession or the Capital?-Bombardment of Rio de Janeiro. Washington. Sept. 14.?Advices received from Rio de Janeiro this evening point in a most positive man ner to the overthrow of the present government. The revolution is not COnfitiod to the navy alone but is spread ing to the army where the opposition to tho government is becoming most pronounced. It is said tho admiral of the navy would never have dare to take the bold step be has without as surance of support from a portion of the army at least. It is believed that a dispatch will shortly be received hero announcing the success of the Insurgents. Mondaca, tho Brazilian minister, is not in Washington at pre sent. Secretary Gresbam has received the following cable from Minister Thomp son at Rio: At 11 this morning the revolution ary forces bombarded tho forts com manding entrance to the. harbor, also the arsenal on tho wharf centre of the city. A few shells wore fired into tho city and a woman was killed in her residence. Commercial tele grams have again been forbidden. The Charleston has not yet arrived." The dispatch practically disposes of the hopes of the navy department, that the cruiser Charleston had reached Rio, and it is now bellovpd that she went direct to Monteviedo without touching any Brazilian port. NEW .york, Sopt. 15. The Herald's Buenos Ayres correspondent cables: " Little damage done by the bombard ment of Rio yesterday. The captain of the gunboat Alogonaset deserted from Admiral Molosoria squadron. He hurried to Bio and gave information to Polxoto of tho movements of the rebel ships. All points favorable to the landing of an invading force are strong ly entrenched. - - ? ? ? Increase in insanity.?The re gents of the State, lunatic asylum are confronted with a luck of space to ac commodate the poor unfortunates who are sent, to that institution. At u meeting of the board of regents last week, it was found that, the population of the asylum was larger than had ever been known in this State before. The largest figure ever known was shown at the last meeting, but this figure was surpassed by that shown at this time. The population is 703. The increase is duo to the admission of white women almost entirely. The physicians are at a loss to understand Stich an increase. The board finds that the present buildings are packed. They have tried to reduce the number somewhat by discharging nineteen patients upon probation. The fear is now that owing to the great sulTering mentally and physically, caused on the coast by the hurricane disaster, there will be ;i great many patients to come in from that section during this month. The hoard is pushing the manufacture of brick for the purpose of erecting ad ditional buildings, and intends at the coming session of the Legislature to ask for u force of convicts to continuo siudi manufacture on a more extended sealo. ?- ?? ? S? A Child Heroine.?-Tho Pennsyl vania limited express from Chicago to New York saved from disaster by the the heroic act of a littlo girl on the 14th instant. Tho train was run ning at high speed, and when a few miles wost of Columbus a littlo girl was discovered in tho middle of til0 track waving a flag. Tho train was stopped and an investigation showed that a wooden bridge over a culvert around a curve was on Uro, and had it not boon extinguished would have weakened tho structure, so that it would not have borne tho woight of tho train. Tho littlo girl, 8 yours old, giving tho name of Jennie Crick, was handsomoly rewarded by the passengers. CLEMSOX COLLEGE. The Institution in Thorough Working Order in all Departments. Special to The State. Fort Hill. S. C, Sept. 12.?Tho work at Clomson College is now being oarried on to the satisfaction of every one. The boys are becoming interested in their work, and are being convinced every day that there is something more to be learned at an agricultural school than how to grub stumps, dig ditches and hoe cotton and corn. evou if they do have to dig ditches and hoe cotton and corn, they are learning, under the supervision of able men who have had the shovel and tho hoe in their bunds, that there is a science in manual labor as well as in intellectual labor. They are being taught, in a comparatively short time, that science of the growth of plant life which their instructors have acquired by many years of hard labor and experience, and the knowledge of which will enable them to mature the tender plant and to push forward its rapid growth. Truly is it said that experience is the best of teachers. Of this the stu dents of Clomson College get an ample supply, as all of thosostudents that are in the agricultural department will testify ; for after having amassed the experience of their instructors, through a series of lectures, and that of others before their instructors, through the uso of text-books, they are forced to put this knowledge into practical use in the early spring, and to observe the results of it as the plant grows into maturity. However, the college not only offers an agricultural course, but also a me chanical course to those who aro not favorably inclined towards agriculture. In this department the student, under the instruction of experienced and able men, is taught the principles of me chanics, the. use of mechanical tools, and is educated, not to be a carpenter, but to carpenter if ho so desires, or if necessity forces him to do so. The students are about equally di vided between tho mechanical and ag ricultural departments. They work well in their respective branches. However, after the working hours are over, they have some time for re creation, which they spend in health ful exercises. They have two baseball teams and several banjo and glee clubs. There has been a postotuco estab lished on the grounds. ,1. F. Calhoun, formerly bursar of the college, has been appointed postmaster. The mail has heretofore been delivered from the secretary's office by one of the students. This postofflee has been sadly needed for some time, and will no doubt pay well, as the population on the hill is now estimated at between 800 and 1.000 people. THE WORST IS OVER. The Condition oft be Sea Island Storm Sufferers Improvini>. Charleston, Sept. 14.?A special to the No WS and Courier from Heaufort says : With regard to the condition of the storm BUlTercrs, 1 am rejoiced to say that, as far as can be learned, everything is getting along very nice ly. The immediate suffering is being relieved. No serious sickness has been reported. The work of distribution seems to be well organized. The peo ple are getting into their normal good and happy spirits, and all Beaufort is getting along very well. The worst is perhaps over. With the work of charity well systematized, and a gen erous response from the people of the United States, there is no ground for apprehension, but there must bo u supply of food. The Heaufort committee. 1 am in formed, has received (2,604.30. In ad dition to this, supplies of food and clothing have been received from every part of the country. The committee holds nightly meetings, and a system I of distribution has been adopted. Col. J. G. White, is chairman of the citizens' relief committee, through which tin; New York Evening Post fund is being carefully distributed among the needy. The matter was brought to the special attention of the Post t hrough Mrs. G. F. Lawrence. In addition to the fund of $1,396.50 through the Post, there have come im mense pachages of clothing, evidently from the very best class of Now York ers. Although fifty packages of good cloth have been distributed to whites and colored, 1 found a quantity of fine clothing on hand, so good that the committee think it best to sell the articles and use the money for food. There are almost now plush dolmans from Bmil Pasquior, Paris, and Mos cowitz, Fifth avenue, New Yorkj: brocade, silk wrappers, tailorinade business suits, French shoes, etc. There will be Parisian style among the negroes of tin; sea island for once. DIABOLICAL SCHEME. A Pension Attorney Wants Cleveland and Secretary Smith Assassinated. PlTTSBURG, Pa.. Sept. 13.?One of the most despicable schemes of which man can be. guilty was laid bare in the local pension ollice in the Federal building yesterday. A pension attorney has boon urging old soldiers to organi'/e and to assassi nate President Grovor Clovoland and Secretary lloke Smith of tho Depart montof the Interior. The man is ro putcd to be of unsound mind, but in the light of bis infamous scheme, his ? reputation on that point likely needs investigation. The pension attorney has been enraged at Secretary Smith's | endeavor to make the pension lists rolls of honor. He says it is an attempt to Starve tho old soldiers and that the only way to Stop it is to assassinate the President and Secretary. Tho pension attorney is not a Plttsburgor, it is said, although his identity is kept secret for the present. The entire matter has been reported to Washington and will be investigated by the authorities. The foolish attorney has made himself liable to charges of inciting to treason. A Wokdto Farmers.?Tho follow ing advice is given by one who know. what he is talking about, and is a warning that should be heeded by every cotton planter in the county : ?'You Will find that the sale of storm cotton is very slow ami the price very low unless you take special care to dry it and get the dirt and water out. of it. And 1 would suggest that you keep it separate from your good cotton, as no exporter will take storm cotton for ex port, as it will not stand shipment, it Boing subjoot to damage in transit across water. Damaged cotton is like damaged goods, subject to more dis count than there is real damage. Now, should you decide to hohl your cotton olT tho market, be sure you put it In a house or under a dry shelter, as it will hold weight better and will sell for a bettor price than cotton exposed to the weather and ground, and will savo a great deal of disagreement be tween buyer and seller. Let mo urge you to handle your cotton with care, as your orop is short, and you will neod tho highest prico for it, and to obtain this you should avoid trash or having your cotton ginned wet." STATE NEW8 IN BRIEF. Interesting Notes from Various Sour ce*. ?Rev. .1. Q. Adams, of Ashevillo, N. 0., has declined the call of tho Aiken Baptist Church. ?Tho census of the population of Chester shows 4,033people, an iuerease of 1.320 since 1890. ?The first school in the State to use Chapman's History of South Carolina is the Chester Graded School. ?T. E. Watts, who was convicted in Camden of killing .lohn D. Bethume, was sentenced to two years in tho peni tent iary. ?There aro now forty-seven dis pensaries in operation in* the State. Six have already been established in Charleston. David Leathers, formerly of Oeoneo County, was accidentally killed two weeks ago in Tennessee while working ut a saw mill. ?Ex-Judge Thomas' Jefferson Mac key, who has boon lost in FrauCC for several years, has turned up in New York as tulkutive us ever. ?The Newberry County Alliance has put itself on record in' a common sense and business manner. It is opposed to an extra session of the Legislature. ?Jesse and Pos Truesdale, two white men. have boon convicted for brutally assaulting Col. H. E L. Peobles last spring on the public road, a few miles below Camden. ?A son of J. H. Lind ley, of Laurens County, was dragged to death by a mule last, week. He was grazing the mule and had the rope tied around his own body, when the animal became fright ened and ran away. ?Mayor Alexander, of Augusta, proposes to remit all liquor licenses in that city if the bur-rooms will close promptly at sun-down. This is adopt ing One of the features of the South Carolina dispensary law. ? Mr. W. R. Bradford, one of tho editors of the Port Mill Times, has been appointed to a position in the government printing office tit Wash ington. The appointment was procur ed t.trough the influence of Congress man Strait ami Senator lrby. Not since cotton was first brought, to Charleston, nearly 200 year ago. has there been such a dillorence in the re ceipts of any certain day and the year before, as was the ease Sept 5th. One bah? of cotton was received, while on September Uth lust, year the receipts were 505. ?Rev. Lucius Cutbbert starts North this week to solid subscriptions for the First Baptist Church of Charleston to repair damages caused by the cy clone. As a member of Aiken's relief committee be has boon authorized to present the cause of tin; sufferers by the storm on the coast, und solicit aid. ?The phosphate commissioners havo visited the; coast and seen the havoc made by the storm. The miners insist that unless the royalty is reduced to fifty cents a ton, with a guarantee of further reduction when necessary, they will quit the held, as they are losing 13 cents a ton when paying a royalty of one dollar. ?United States Collector of Internal Revenue for South Carolina. F.. A. Webster, has tendered his resignation to the United Suites Treasury Depart ment, and it has been accepted to take effect upon the appointment of Mr. Webster's successor, and bis qualifica tion in office. ?Dr. Jost ,)h Cross died recently at the resident * of his nephew near Chicago, aged .S2 years. Hack in the lifties ho was one of the. most eloquent Methodist preachers in this State. Ho afterwards joined t he Episocopal iuns and at the time of his death was rector of a church at Tampa, Florida. ?Gov. Tillman has accepted the profforod services of the Amerionn National Red Cl'OSS for work in behalf of the South Carolina coast sulTerers. He has communicated by wire and mail with Miss Clara Barton, express ing his thanks and inviting early con ference with her representative on the proposed line of work. ?Civil service examinations for positions in the railway mail service, Fourth Division, will he held in South Carolina in September and October, as follows : OnSepterabor 20, Greenville : on October 7. at Charleston : and on October 17 at Columbia. For neces sary blanks and other information de sired, address U. S. Civil Service Coin mission, Washington, I). ('. ?A lively tight is going on in tho South Carolina delegation over the Gaffnoy post office. T. Stolxi Farrow, Second Auditor of the Treasury, is pushing the claims of young Sams. the. son of R. o. Sams: Ex-Congressman Homphill has recommended Mr. Lit tlojonn, whom Senator Butler also en dorses, while Congressman Strait en dorses JelYeries, the son of John U. Jef ferios, the Alliance lecturer. It is a triangular light, and t.hey are making things lively in Washington. ?James R. Burdine, ex-post master at Cowpens, was arrested last week by Deputy Marshal Miller on a warrant sworn out by Postofflco Inspector Peer, charging Burdine with violating Sec tion 211 of the United States laws. Burdine was one of C P. Barrett's I postmasters, and held the office at Cowpens for some time. Of late In; has been a resident of Atlanta (hi., I and was visiting friends in Spartanburg when Poor pounced him. Burdine got I the news that, the officers were after I him, ami attempted to escape, hut was caught at Pair Forest as he was board ing the train for Atlanta. He was 1 bailed by Commissioner Culvert in tho I sum of !?.*i(ti) for his appearance at a I preliminary examination on Ootobor 4. ?The New York World has printed .-.ketches of the careers of the Gover nors of the forty-four States of the Un ion. The live.-, of many of tliom aro uneventful, hut the sketches show that the Governor of Washington was a car-driver: tin; Governor of Oregon got up before daybreak to drive in his hare feet COWS over ft'OSt-COVOrCd ground; the Governor of Wyoming was a drug clerk; the Governor of Nevada assisted a ship carpenter : tho Governor of Kansas worked in a livery stable: the Governor of New York taught school and thrashed big pupils ; theGovornor of West Virginia worked in a small store while bis mother made dresses for a living: the Governor of Idaho herded mules and shot. Indians ; the Govornor of South Dakota worked for $20 a year: tho Govornor of Mary land rolled tobacco hogshead- : tho Governor of Connecticut ran errands and worked in a blacksmith shop : tho Governor of Wisconsin clerked in a big hotel that, didn't have any guests. ?A special from Lexington, Ky., says : It. is stated hOl'O today on good authority that CoL w. c. P. Brockinr ridgO will return to Lexington and make such statements as will satisfy the Ashland Democrats that ho Is still a lit subject to represent them in Con gress. Col. Breckinridgo will be re ceived hero with an nvuUon, and he will bo given all tho time required by him to clear himself of tibo scandal ous charges of, Miss. Mad.eUno V. Pol? lard.