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WARMING FOR THE CONFt-tCT. /Senator Ii-bySpeaks Again? Tho Pur? , \*<j4?h of i no Reform MovetUjn^iow '.. yef Accomplished?Object* to bei nib J " .\?Nutiniinm-d In tlio l?rti li." i T/ffb following reply by Senator irby to . a letter >vr.11.? n him by the Hon. W. .? T. C. Bates, Treasurer of South Caro lina,'bau been published, and mauifes ing, as it does, considerable warmth of' feeling on the part of the writer, and' -?nulling '* treason on the tainte'. gale," as well aausing souxo frankly spoken ?words^:f\will be read with interest* by| all intdresbju In the present aspect o*( politic^n-Soath Carolina : ^ ? "<^Nia'JEB|fl6TATE3 SENATE. WASHINGTON). A, Jan. 16, 18i>4. . Hon. $f. T..C. Bfto^oluinbia. S.C. . My'deursTr: I hoy*? your letter of ? tHe llth inst., in whioh you make in quiry as jo wluit I think should be done in' ruforojace to holding & factional convention of tho Reform party of j South Carolina, to Which I answer hastily. but frankly. j I rogrot, us deeply as you, to see di visions in the Reform movement of our State. Tho mirposee fot* which il.be . 'gun buvo norjofrfifm aceompliahod;**khd can no I. bo, witnojutf the exercise of hn,r*, tiiony, justice, common ?'?nso and fair dealing. I in.vo had but ope .purpose ? from tho very bejgiiuiJjng, and,that was to do.my duty by it - to tho vor'y- best of i my ability. Nd^vlthstandingj; this. I ? have boerj persecuted by mon^?6^ppos od to bo prominent in * th? /"jCb-Jorni movement, from tho very beginning, until I made hp my mind that, I ?would not submit to it any longer, and ap-1 pealed to tho true nyong among us tt' protect me ? against such political as! .sassimitiomV j "? ?. i It is not my fault that wo havo 1,hcs evidences of idiyiaJon in ou? State, furnished no cxcus?.for overy Re fort' or who'goes into - Columbia from the . rural districts to tno State House to rife y. taken* to one side and grjqmed and |j>prejudiced against "rt'by's manage ment of tho purty?-*1 when even'the. j Ant is themselves jUfknowJledg? that my . conduct as ehairnmu baa? hoen perfect ly fair. I am uti^llling'tthat a Third': Sirty leador shall tako charge of the; eform movement in South Carol May and thus dictate tho noraineos Qf-shV Democratic party. "I am satisfied thai tho people ot the State will not submit '^?tbHt, and the soeher he, and 'jttliora -who expect to Veap/oinco.undeuBrtm, lind, this out, the bottor fofelu^Fan^,' ? the movement. r^ vV/?^|R**Vwjrf I answer you'frslik-ly as to w*Wat JS| thiulc ought to be dohe, so "far aal <iuu see. There aro"six on So^|pA??hor qua^ ..dtdates for gubernatorlU'; /honors. 'These men have 'bepA M*t^jBmL2^&^u v'und aro all able''roejj^^n^'apeTy^V ft titled, at 1 oast, toa^Riti' contest* nnrr >the protection of thevpnihcj|?les o% the ftrst March conyonti6n,,: tlfh;npost|pro-: m^nent of which' wajrthu right o! the1 people to name thoir candidates, i/i A stead ?f a ring in the . SfJato Houso.: It will-be .necessary, b?fbr?jthre campaign; ' that is to\bo led by mo as^Iiomocratyj, Chairman, that.these contests shall bo settled withsn tho lines of our faction, and that, af?sr the tfeoplo nave had ,':^time.to weigh a'nd measure them and" . *coi.eludo as to t'.Hfiir qhoico, tho suc i? cessful one shall be"'.given <frh? colors of f our faotian to .meet^tr^^Jjonsery^atiye; faction ludobojo on it?P'-' tho gene) at primary ?i . cannot, be dono with an 'e?*^y; convene JOim.W-^|'?^m jjiub- mdWl?c^. bttJ fpre tho f\arT?gM^OvS??^or hOMrd thof 'Mates-. flutes who i?eek tho en Si u??iw?.t' of tho 'Reform party. Jt | savors tqo muftb'of old ring , rule and I laskel 1 ii.e methods, and tho people wi 11 not countenance it. vtThis.ifc ri*ffootly fair andfall parties will bo satisfied ; but the people, who believe(;in'the theory ami system of $ primary olectlons, will not stand for two or three men?ono a leader of the Third party and tho self-constituted Huokes pan of tho Third 'part-y, the tyther i traitor to tho Reform party, who s eks, as an emissary from tho enemy to ruin tho Reform pai'ty. and other 1 ion who desire office?\o fix up a slatf now, havo it endorsed by a con ventU n us curly as March, and rammed dowa cnuso throu tho ftegister, the movement cannot their throats. I say this^ bo f their scheme is allowed to go h under tho whip and spur of stain' f Sei frespect ing men in it would cat Ik I? go to the wull than to. sorve un der ji traitor to his movement, and to see 'hemselves assassinated in tho .dark py men who havo olaimed to b,e their rriends, and tho people robbed of tho iLoefitsof tho vital principles of the f fat March platform, Th'i hi>8 been written to you just as I tili k it and bollevo it. I have triod to h true to ovory man in the State Hour ^ and subjected myself to abuse and u'Hioisms in 185)2 for leaving my' | seat n tho Senate to go to South Caro lina ? work for them and thoir ro-oleq tion. I do not intend now to bo abused by til em. A?, you suggest, I, boing tho Stato chat tion ,l rxl . cont thai I man, havo no right to call a fac 1 convention. fiye nevor assumed or contomplat ly such action, nor could such a usion bo drawn from anything 1 have said or written, xThe or an -.at ion last presidod over by tho l?n' G. W. Shell is defunct, because.' who.i tho crisis came in 'i>2, wo failed to" Ii mvo soon or heard of any action fron, him in behalf of tho Roform ;roov ment. and, besides its mission was ultilled us u polit ieal organization as so >n as its object was accomplished, to w t: thocapturingof tho whole Stato gWis-nmont by tho people . It, being u te nporary organization, could not exist'longer than after tho inaugura tion af tho State officers. He, thoro fonb can not call and control a cauoHts or convention and tho only way for It to bo- dono regularly within our party lines 'is, as suggested by tho Luurens Alliance resolution, to wit: That Gov ernor Tillmnn call around him the leaders, draft rules und call a conven tion if th.ey see fit. In conclusion, allow mo to say that I will do mVore and go further to heal breaches and unite our forces than per haps any man who has beep treated as I havo in tho houso of my friends ; but I will not submit to the dictation of Third party leaders and traitors to our movotnont; let tho consequences bo what they mav. J. h, M. IRBY. WILLING TO JIE GOVERNOR. Pr. Sv>>npiou I'ope would 'ConsonC to SerV ? His views on ClirrSllt. MuttOl'S tu Politics. From present indications tho Re orm convention, wiionsoover held, will lot have any lackv* of gubernatorial jandldatcs to perplex thorn. Already ;ho roster presents tbo nftmos of W. D. Evuns, of Marlboro: John Gary Evans, .of Alken; W. H. EUerbe, of Marion; I. E. Tindal, of Clarendon, and W. H. uminer.nun, of Edgofleld, as among those Who are not averse to serving 'the peoplo in tho capacity of chief | magCstnate of the State. And now, ao-1 i 3ordir.ff to ft spoclftl from Newherry to ? the Columbia State of tho 18th, another k Richmone ofTors in tho person of Dr. ?"'Jflinpnon Poue, who publicly declares " a*mself /i candidate. In tho interview a vrbioji Dr. Pope.4eoh?re# l?s/ inten ? ion to//taut) for goVeVnqy he ?Mo jjrlvss I / WARMING FOR THE CONFt-tCT. /Senator Ii-bySpeaks Again? Tho Pur? , \*<j4?h of i no Reform MovetUjn^iow '.. yef Accomplished?Object* to bei nib J " .\?Nutiniinm-d In tlio l?rti li." i T/ffb following reply by Senator irby to . a letter >vr.11.? n him by the Hon. W. .? T. C. Bates, Treasurer of South Caro lina,'bau been published, and mauifes ing, as it does, considerable warmth of' feeling on the part of the writer, and' -?nulling '* treason on the tainte'. gale," as well aausing souxo frankly spoken ?words^:f\will be read with interest* by| all intdresbju In the present aspect o*( politic^n-Soath Carolina : ^ ? "<^Nia'JEB|fl6TATE3 SENATE. WASHINGTON). A, Jan. 16, 18i>4. . Hon. $f. T..C. Bfto^oluinbia. S.C. . My'deursTr: I hoy*? your letter of ? tHe llth inst., in whioh you make in quiry as jo wluit I think should be done in' ruforojace to holding & factional convention of tho Reform party of j South Carolina, to Which I answer hastily. but frankly. j I rogrot, us deeply as you, to see di visions in the Reform movement of our State. Tho mirposee fot* which il.be . 'gun buvo norjofrfifm aceompliahod;**khd can no I. bo, witnojutf the exercise of hn,r*, tiiony, justice, common ?'?nso and fair dealing. I in.vo had but ope .purpose ? from tho very bejgiiuiJjng, and,that was to do.my duty by it - to tho vor'y- best of i my ability. Nd^vlthstandingj; this. I ? have boerj persecuted by mon^?6^ppos od to bo prominent in * th? /"jCb-Jorni movement, from tho very beginning, until I made hp my mind that, I ?would not submit to it any longer, and ap-1 pealed to tho true nyong among us tt' protect me ? against such political as! .sassimitiomV j "? ?. i It is not my fault that wo havo 1,hcs evidences of idiyiaJon in ou? State, furnished no cxcus?.for overy Re fort' or who'goes into - Columbia from the . rural districts to tno State House to rife y. taken* to one side and grjqmed and |j>prejudiced against "rt'by's manage ment of tho purty?-*1 when even'the. j Ant is themselves jUfknowJledg? that my . conduct as ehairnmu baa? hoen perfect ly fair. I am uti^llling'tthat a Third': Sirty leador shall tako charge of the; eform movement in South Carol May and thus dictate tho noraineos Qf-shV Democratic party. "I am satisfied thai tho people ot the State will not submit '^?tbHt, and the soeher he, and 'jttliora -who expect to Veap/oinco.undeuBrtm, lind, this out, the bottor fofelu^Fan^,' ? the movement. r^ vV/?^|R**Vwjrf I answer you'frslik-ly as to w*Wat JS| thiulc ought to be dohe, so "far aal <iuu see. There aro"six on So^|pA??hor qua^ ..dtdates for gubernatorlU'; /honors. 'These men have 'bepA M*t^jBmL2^&^u v'und aro all able''roejj^^n^'apeTy^V ft titled, at 1 oast, toa^Riti' contest* nnrr >the protection of thevpnihcj|?les o% the ftrst March conyonti6n,,: tlfh;npost|pro-: m^nent of which' wajrthu right o! the1 people to name thoir candidates, i/i A stead ?f a ring in the . SfJato Houso.: It will-be .necessary, b?fbr?jthre campaign; ' that is to\bo led by mo as^Iiomocratyj, Chairman, that.these contests shall bo settled withsn tho lines of our faction, and that, af?sr the tfeoplo nave had ,':^time.to weigh a'nd measure them and" . *coi.eludo as to t'.Hfiir qhoico, tho suc i? cessful one shall be"'.given <frh? colors of f our faotian to .meet^tr^^Jjonsery^atiye; faction ludobojo on it?P'-' tho gene) at primary ?i . cannot, be dono with an 'e?*^y; convene JOim.W-^|'?^m jjiub- mdWl?c^. bttJ fpre tho f\arT?gM^OvS??^or hOMrd thof 'Mates-. flutes who i?eek tho en Si u??iw?.t' of tho 'Reform party. Jt | savors tqo muftb'of old ring , rule and I laskel 1 ii.e methods, and tho people wi 11 not countenance it. vtThis.ifc ri*ffootly fair andfall parties will bo satisfied ; but the people, who believe(;in'the theory ami system of $ primary olectlons, will not stand for two or three men?ono a leader of the Third party and tho self-constituted Huokes pan of tho Third 'part-y, the tyther i traitor to tho Reform party, who s eks, as an emissary from tho enemy to ruin tho Reform pai'ty. and other 1 ion who desire office?\o fix up a slatf now, havo it endorsed by a con ventU n us curly as March, and rammed dowa cnuso throu tho ftegister, the movement cannot their throats. I say this^ bo f their scheme is allowed to go h under tho whip and spur of stain' f Sei frespect ing men in it would cat Ik I? go to the wull than to. sorve un der ji traitor to his movement, and to see 'hemselves assassinated in tho .dark py men who havo olaimed to b,e their rriends, and tho people robbed of tho iLoefitsof tho vital principles of the f fat March platform, Th'i hi>8 been written to you just as I tili k it and bollevo it. I have triod to h true to ovory man in the State Hour ^ and subjected myself to abuse and u'Hioisms in 185)2 for leaving my' | seat n tho Senate to go to South Caro lina ? work for them and thoir ro-oleq tion. I do not intend now to bo abused by til em. A?, you suggest, I, boing tho Stato chat tion ,l rxl . cont thai I man, havo no right to call a fac 1 convention. fiye nevor assumed or contomplat ly such action, nor could such a usion bo drawn from anything 1 have said or written, xThe or an -.at ion last presidod over by tho l?n' G. W. Shell is defunct, because.' who.i tho crisis came in 'i>2, wo failed to" Ii mvo soon or heard of any action fron, him in behalf of tho Roform ;roov ment. and, besides its mission was ultilled us u polit ieal organization as so >n as its object was accomplished, to w t: thocapturingof tho whole Stato gWis-nmont by tho people . It, being u te nporary organization, could not exist'longer than after tho inaugura tion af tho State officers. He, thoro fonb can not call and control a cauoHts or convention and tho only way for It to bo- dono regularly within our party lines 'is, as suggested by tho Luurens Alliance resolution, to wit: That Gov ernor Tillmnn call around him the leaders, draft rules und call a conven tion if th.ey see fit. In conclusion, allow mo to say that I will do mVore and go further to heal breaches and unite our forces than per haps any man who has beep treated as I havo in tho houso of my friends ; but I will not submit to the dictation of Third party leaders and traitors to our movotnont; let tho consequences bo what they mav. J. h, M. IRBY. WILLING TO JIE GOVERNOR. Pr. Sv>>npiou I'ope would 'ConsonC to SerV ? His views on ClirrSllt. MuttOl'S tu Politics. From present indications tho Re orm convention, wiionsoover held, will lot have any lackv* of gubernatorial jandldatcs to perplex thorn. Already ;ho roster presents tbo nftmos of W. D. Evuns, of Marlboro: John Gary Evans, .of Alken; W. H. EUerbe, of Marion; I. E. Tindal, of Clarendon, and W. H. uminer.nun, of Edgofleld, as among those Who are not averse to serving 'the peoplo in tho capacity of chief | magCstnate of the State. And now, ao-1 i 3ordir.ff to ft spoclftl from Newherry to ? the Columbia State of tho 18th, another k Richmone ofTors in tho person of Dr. ?"'Jflinpnon Poue, who publicly declares " a*mself /i candidate. In tho interview a vrbioji Dr. Pope.4eoh?re# l?s/ inten ? ion to//taut) for goVeVnqy he ?Mo jjrlvss I / I&8 views on the political questions of FlcH!b>yt las follows: ' Ijf. Sampson Pope Jo-day to the question whether he would boa can didate for Governor to succeed Gover nor TiUwan, readily replied: WI am a candidate for the office of Governor,subject to the notion of tho Reform convention, which is to be hohl some time diu inj? tho spring or ?Qm iiiuv, Permit ruejo eay that tho other, i'.cuilernen, whose names havo boon mentioned for Governor, are all strong . onal friends of mine, and iu tho ?tikffuuot 0t" tho canvass nothing will be sufjft or done by mo to interfere with thfn friendship. The. suceesss of too Rofdrm movement is, in my Judginejot. paramount to tho success of any indi vidual; and the success of the movc mout is what wo uro all striving for. There is too much pence and unity 'among tho Reformers to allow tho har mony or success of the movoment to be disturbed by qunrroiiug over any par ticular man ; and tho.man suggested by the Reform convention svill receive the individual support of all the* Re formers.'' ' Y . " Have you', any idea that Governor Tilman will run for a third, term, or will ho make tho race for tho Sim ate ?" " I do not boliovo that Governor Ti'.l man will ruh for a third term, 1 think < ho has made up his mind to rlsn for the Senate, and ho has tho individual slip* port of the members Of the Reform pavty, without rogard to' factional dif ferences. He is stronger with the peo ple than any twenty other leaders in tho party," " What is GovfcVttor TillmarTs posi tion on thin tlmo for holding tho con know what, Governor Till j.to be the best time for [ng tno gonventioh, , but so far as 'coneernod, the time makes no inco,v?hd'wh?tb?r( spring or suih morfttsbleptod, hl? chances for success willwpt befatfoetedJ^f ;" At wht^time doyou wish' the sug* gestflig eoriVipntTbn held V" , "So far a's I am eoncorned. any time (will suit. I think, howevor, that a Utto convention will be hotter for tho move ment.1'. ' " Wfiat will bo*tho main issuo in tho *next cimpaion ?" I'^inkHuoJdtsponsary act will bo 'attacked, nrjflf&ol that Senator Butler aVjltl make iT'an issue. Rut I am satis fied tlfyj.thb people wfTt sustain it." ?# " What is your position in regard to -OF .-. . / f v "i^-I'^*B1in"favor c4t a high license act 1 *'.??!. but after seeing ..the disponsafy act I ' need .1 ll it*, it is one of passed by a Logis jj-Jorneri;in the best^of health IfaiX sp^ta^ahd'to1 bo very sanguine of ?being'TCilJwrt's Successor. Ho ex pressed himsT?lf as bolioving that what yjvger .sentiment seemed to provail now, that the leading 'dailies of tho Stato wpuld crystalize allGqnsorVaUvosenti rhont in Sonator Buffer's fa^Br in tho next election. . ..' \ '.? Ho would not bo i'utorvie doming tho printing stei 'Irby's letter.1 out ho seeini *W9* wroto tho Kohii letter, and said, "you : Further RoHpmiHCR tQ'iho State Hoard of t oiUpol?Charleston and Colum bia Keply. v Answers are coming id to the clrou lar sent out by tho ?tato Board:t0 tho various muicipal authorities through out, tho Stato inquiring what courso wdipld be taken by these authorities as to .the enforcement of the dtsponsary law. Wo insort this week tho replies of tho mayors of .Charleston and Columbia. Tho following is the reply of Mayor Flckon, of Charleston: Charleston, Januory 15, 1891. To the Hon. B. R. Tillman, Gover nor ; the Hon. W. l\. Ellerbe, Comp troller General; tho ? Hon. O. W. Buchanan, Attorney Gonoral, Stato Board of Control?Gentlemen : Your communication asking our co-operation, and assistance in tho enforcement of that portion of tho Stato law familiar ly known as the Dispensary Act was duly received and has boon carefully considered. Our self-respect compels us to stato that tho inquiry made in tho said com munication is not only vithout pro cedat, but.that it is highly objection able, in that it* implies, in advanco of our action, Sa doubt as to our loyalty to tho laws of tho Stato which wo havo solemnly sworn to obey. Wo cannot suffer this Imputation to pass without rebuke. Whilst we make no proton* sions to infallibility, wo do maintain that we have beon, and shall continue to be, actuated by an earnest desiro to recognize and respect tho law. We are compelled further to take ex ception to the fact thatof the numerous sections which compose tho Act in question your honorable board has seen fit to quoto in detail only that section relating to tho revenue which may come to or be withhold from our muni cipality; according, as in the judgment of tho board, our action in respect to the dispensary law shall or shall not be free from,censure. This reference to tho matter of revenue in connection with tho Interrogatory propounded is in, 'the highest degree Offensive to us, as ft must of necessity be to every solf respcefing official. ' Wo yield to no (Ale in our allegiance to the laws of Sputh Carolina, but that allogiance springs from a far higher motive thun pecuniary gain or any like sordid con sideration. Our single aim is to en doavor rightly to understand our pul> lic duties and to.dischurgo them with out fear, or affection, regardless of all personal or solllsh considerations. ?A jealous regard for the dignity of our offico requires this protest at our hands, but us the communication of your honorable board is an official one, which deeply concerns the public in terests, it is entitled to and shall re ceive a courteous reply. In responso to tho inquiry mado wo beg to state that tho politic force of Charlestlon will bo diroctod to dis charge tho duties imposed upon them bv tho dispensary law. Tho members o? this force are conservators of the peace, and it is their botlndon duty to maintain, uphold and obey each and every part of tin; statute law of South Carolina. Respectfully yours. john F. FlCKEN. Mayor, Tho following is tho reply of Mayor Fisher to the recent comunloatlon of tho county board* of control : Columbia s. Q? Jan. 17, 1804. The County Board of {Jontrol, Rich land County, S. C.: Gontlemen : ..J am in roeotpt of your communication of tho 11th instant, and, in reply thereto, bog loavo to Hay that our police foreo has been furnish ed with the amonded dispensary law. and m/JII be required to enforce this and alj /Othor laws of tho State and city, and pyAAorvo the oenco and. dig nity of tho &UUk well as that of the oity, as far as it is in ii* power. Very roape^tfully, W. C. Fibber, Mayor. I A RACK RIOT. Negroes Fire from Ambush on Officers of the Law- JUxcitenoenC Near ?Juck son, b. O. A special to the Augusta ChroDicle, dated from Jackson, S. C. January 17, says: There was a raco riot at Rouse Bridge, seven* miles from bore, last night. Three white men and sovoral negrocB were Shot. It was a tumult o?s disturbance of the peace, on the part of the negroes who were resisting the officers of the law In making'an arrest. After a short ride, Jackson Station, which Is fifteen miles from Augusta, on irre Port Royul ro.aU, -" was roaobed. Thofo-' wus oonsiderarble excitomont hero among the fow residents, and the people of Siivorton und Outherwood, neighboring towns, were'also aroused and inflamed. Tho cuuso of tho ex* ijoltemeut was an attompt of n gang of 'about ilfty orvsixty negroes to murder Rrw officers of the law near Rouse Bridge. The attack, was sudden und unexpected to tjje officials, who, while they loured opposition in making the arrest, never apprehended being rush oil against in a hostile manner, or being compelled to engage in a bloody buttle. The origin of the riot was a difilourrm widen Mr. Enoch Beaufort bud yesfcer" day with JesSle Jade, ? dangerous and notorious negro. A warrant was issued for Jade's arrest, and last night a con stable and several deputies went to Judo'e house to capture him. Sorna-/ one who fenew tho the warrant fiSud been .sworn out, warned the negro des herado. iJado, upon receiving tho In formation declared that ho would not .bo arrested; and summoned all tho grocs in tho neighborhood to assist hi^i in tho resistance. He is tho ring leader of an association of negroes In this'vicinity who arc engaged in un laWfi'vl practices. 1 n response ' to the Cull fifty or sixty hogroos gathered at tho outlaw's houso last night, armed to tho tooth, and determined- to koep Jado-frpm being arrested. When tho constnbh'is arrived at Jado's placo they rffJrrotitided tho.house to provont him from escaping, either 'through tho dgprs-or windows. They know ho was such a desperato charac ter that ho would take tho most daring, chances and run any risk to get away. Jude, had concealed ubout twentyrlive of the neurons, who bad come to his aifl^tna deep, dark gulloy', ' and hid other*1, behind tho thick bu&neajbaok of dim house.- . Theso skulking foes could cover every part of tho^houso with their guns without boing^Bi-on. The romainder uOf tho 'hegi'bes wero sta tioned at points of vantage'inside of the .b'onso. It was the intention to wnlk tho otficiale into a death trap. They .. loft tho door of' tho house tin locked, und hid thjpm'?clvoB in tho rooms adjoining the ono the oflicors would be likoly to enter. The room was dark, the lamps were *ulf extinguished, and tho blaze that had been burning in tho fire-placo was put put. with wuter, in order to darken tho way-of those whoso visit was ex pected? TdYe mob kept quiet. Not a sound was heard fr<\ui the, inside. Tho officers thought Judo was usleep and that this was their timo to mako tho arrest. The c Kistublo und several of his deputies quietly slipped up to tho front door, ensi& turned tho knob and L?J>nIV?ftrffii f"-""!*^ {.nt" fhn >"?"? rTrfoy got, inside the Trout room and tiptoed Hghtiy^abtmt tho Hqpji^'f 1$, netitt>C8,cSuld se^oiio whitfp*m'6p oy tnp light of the moon fvhioh slum Hunt uiktrrt arc lamp through the open door. They d)d tfbt stir or maxo the least noise until their generul hvo the command to fire, when they disttharged their guns und pistols with fm volley upon tho officers. Tho bravo Con-* etnblcs drew their weapons and made for their assailants. Too negroes got frightened and they were driven from tho house and put to flight. Tho ne groes in ambush next opened firo upon tho constables, who now attempted to surround tho house to prevent their as sailants from escaping. The constables returned tho fire in the direction from whence it came and the negroes divided and made for an adjoining swamp. There is no tolling or estimating the number of shots that were exchanged, but the old rookery was badly splintered. Many a skylight was made through the roof and sides of the house. After the firing ceased it was found that threo men in tho white party had been badly wounded and all of tho oth ers wore slightly injured. ? Mr. i Pat Chfsolm was shot in the arm. Wtrt Rhott (Jreen was shot in the eye, which wns put out. Mr. Paul Green was most seriously wounded, in tho side* and thigh, und his injuries may result fatally. The number of negroes wounded could not be learned, as thoy were evidently carried off by their companions. In tho confusion that followed the shooting, Jado escaped and has not been seen since, but tho citizens arc determined to track him down, and get him out of the way, for ho is a ter ror to the community. A meeting of tho white people In the surrm ndlngcountry was called to meet to-day tit Siivorton, *o decide what steps should be taken towards catch ing the negro rioters and punishing them. There was talk of lynching and further trouble to-night, out this evening the matter has quiotod down some, and there is not likely to bo any further disturbance to-night. Hut the | row is not settled, and it will not be. surprising if there is an outbreak at any time. On account of the riot Jack son Academy was closed, and all tho I children sent home. The negroes are trying the game t hey played, and lost at, in IHTti, during the Klienten riot, seominglv forgetting1 how disastrously that resulted to them. Later?1 a. ra.: It Isroportedcrowds are quietly gathering, and that an at tack will bo .nude before sunrise upon the negroes. - mM- ? ? ? f ?-? RAILROAD WRECK AT CHESTER, six Persons Injured?-Wonderful Escape of other Pmshciijcci'S. The following account, of a railroad disaster at Chester, s. C, is lakei from the Columbia State of Jnnuarv 18th : Tho disobedience of Instructions am the infringement of the State law by a railroad engiuoor yesterday morning at 12:38 o'clock caused a railroad wreck that was only by some mira culous intervention prevented fron; crushing' the lives out of many passen* gers. The engineer jumped bofon tho result of bis deed was known l< him, for he knew that under tho cir cumstances a car load of pooplo muM bo crushed to death, and tho fast seen of him he was making his way across a corn Hold and leaving for parts un known It was just at tho hour named that tho south bound Washington vestibule limited train from Charlotte to Colum bia, running forty minutes behind hci schedule, while crossing th" Si aboard Air Lino track at the (he-der crossing just north of tho ("bester depot, was Struck at right angle* by a freight train on the Seaboard ami, running a. right angles vo her, and the tail end Pullman Bleeping car containing thir teen sleeping peopflpwas wrecked. The news of the accident was tele graphed to Golumbla?aud Charlotte as soon as possible, and, relief trains were 6ent out from this point. The number of wounded 'and injured were ? exag gerated at lirsti but cvon.wboto, later In the day, the faots became known, it was found that six persons had sus tained painful injuries. Fortunately. the accident occurred right at Chester^ and the Richmond" and Danville Rail road Company's physician, Dr. Dov.ug; was soon on tho scene, taking care j the wounded. I' ?*? All the passengers on the'^vestibulfe train who were awake say that the train stopped at the crossing before reaching it, as is required by law*" The two. road cross in deop cutei) When the/passenger engineer, A. E)i Williamson, started off again, ,^fxprtr', ceed across tho other track, hre opened his engine up and starten off at a rapid rato.\ As hiB locomotive came to tho cross cut, ho saw tho headllghV of another locomotive bearing direct-, ly down upon his train, tho train evidently moving at- thirty miles; an hour. In order to try and save the lives of tho passengers OU his train, he jorked his throttle wide open and .endeavored to cigar tho coming train. |He was literally cflying, but he could not clear the ot her track, as his train was long. Tho last sleeping car just had it forward trucks upon tho cross track when tho freight -hit it. Tho <c&? was moving so fast and was so solid [that tho freight engine did not crash through, but was turned round and ran up th6 Richmond and Danvillo track in the direction the vestibule was going for somo distance. Tho Pullman car was broken loose from tho rest of the train and knocked way up on tho embankment, where it rested on its side, bad ly crushed and smashed. Had the coach beon an ordinary light day coach, tho freight engine would havo gone through It, and tho loss of life would have been terrible. All tho glass in the Pullman car was smashed, and tho tumbled Inmates of the car, all of whom wero asleep when tho crash came, awoke in all kinds of positions and?among broken glass arid splinters. The vestibule train was in ohargo of Conductor T. W. Pritchard. Mr. Thomas Cothran of Greenville, was ono of the passengers. His escape from instant death was miraculous. [:Ho was sleeping in the berth which was located just, whore tho freight en gine struck the car. He awoko in a shower of splinters and glass. Ho re alized tho situation immediately, and hearing tho screams of the lady pas sengers, proceedtd to extricate thorn from the smashed car. Mr. and Mrs. Spoor of Plttsburgj Pa., wero sleeping ! just across the aisle from him. Ho ' pulled Mrs. Speer out; she was bleed ing from a wound in the head. Ono passenger was awakened by .hitting the ground outside tho car, having beon tarown through a window. A lady who was sleeping in the rear stateroom did not wake until some time after the crash: Sho. had been forgotten, and she raised a lively v-j.v.wt to get out though sho was uninjured. Tln?list of thlilfrijhred. as obtained ofilc!a>l.y, is as follows : Mr*C F. H. Speers, Pittsburgh Pa.. sMirtyo scab) wound* il binned. Mrs.?M. K MeCarty. Washiugtui D. p., el bort?; cut.. It " dT DY MeCarty, Washington* fr ?V,. 'slightly bruised!. J. T. Wilson, Pittsburg, Pa., back hurt. Pullman Car Conductor Davis, head slightly bruised. The injured passengers aro being cared for at Chester by the >R. &.,D. railroad. Engineer Gray of tho freight .train, with his fireman, jumped from his ongino; und neither have been heard from sinco. Tho hat and glove of Gray wore found two miles up tho truck A warrant will be issued for bis arrest. BXOITKMISNT IN ITALY. Anarchists Terrorizing tho Towns and the Peasantry?ltaiii-ouds Uuurdcd. Rome, Jan. 1(>.?There is considera ble excitement today at C'ararra and vicinity. The discovery Saturday night of an anarchist plot to loot and burn the City of C'ararra led tho police and military authorities to take ex traordinary precautions to prevent any attempt to carry out the plans of tho conspirators. Early today a number of anarchists from the adjoining dis tricts, sought to enter the city, but were prevented by the military. A number of shots were exchanged by the rioters ami the troops, hut so far as known, nobody was hurt. Finding that it was impossible for them to get into the city, where there is no doubt they intended to join the anarchists residents in the city in rioting, the mob scattered in different directions. They ure now scouring the country, carrying, terror to the quiet people living more. They go to every house, and demand of the occupants to sur render what" vor lire arms they may have. About live thousand workingmon have struck in Massa and Cararra. Roth towns art! occupied by troops. All the shops uro (dosed. The in habitants are frightened and many families are provisioning their houses as if for a seigo. Rand, of rovoltors parade the roads, making requisitions on the people for arms and lood. At 3 o'clock this afternoon, the people of Massa were thrown into a state of consternation by hearing a ftlsilade in tliO hills near by. A squadron ol cavalry had eneountorud a mob of 60U men at the FassolU Bridge, two kilome tres from Massa. After a stubborn light tho mob was dispersed. Many were, wounded and several were killed. Troops guard the railway at all points to prevent the tearing up of tue rails. Some soldiers are in active pursuit of bands in the mountains, i'ho cabinet council has given Prom* er Cl'lspl a free baud as to tue time a lieu he shall declare the province of Massa e Carrara in a slate of seigo, fne proclamation will probably be issued tomorrow unless tliu situation improves in the meantime. London, Jan. 10. The Rome cor* respondent of tho Daily Chronicle ?a,\s : ?? Intimates of the Pope believe i revolution is impending in Italy. The Bishops and higher clergy are Oil the side ot law and order. Tue lower ranks of the Sicilian pristohood aro regarded at tho Vatican as being in sympathy with outrage. Tho Vutican shares tho anxiety of the Quirinul. The Tillies Rome correspondent says ho has been informed on tho highest authority that the proofs of concerted revolutionary plans in tho amis of the government uro abundant and de<d ilvo, A'later dispatch from Home says: The Otbinothas discussed 'no recent, rioting. It is not known what, decision w as reached, but it is evident that the ^ovornuiunt is woriously alormoxl at th'o flmaty.' Bontlii to thn Amount of ?GO.O tu bo. Issued -Uiiii Ten Y?*ars February,'Int at Five Per C?nt Washington, Jan. 17.?The fd41ov^! ing . itr'the text of the circular which I Secretary Carlisle has Juat issued : ; " By virtue ot tho authority contain sift'ln the act entitled'An Act to Pro i lor *he Resumption *bf Spo.eio tnonta,' approved January 14,1875. tfgcoretury of tho Treasury, hereby oilers, for public subscription an iaaue of .,v^>*da of the United Stateav.to the antuet of $50,000.000, in eithor regis ? tered or coupon form, in denominations of $50 and upward, redeemable in coin, at the pleasure of tho Government, after ton years from tho date of their Issuo, and bearing Interest payable .?quarterly. In coin, at the rate of five percent, por annum. " l^oposula tor the whole, or any par,t'-pf these- bonds, will, bo received at tho, Tnjuanry. Bepartmont, oflie.o of the Scerota.ry,-.Tmm,A?? o'clock noon, on ti\& -dfst day of 'February, 1894. Pro??sMii 'should state tho amount of bonds desired, whothor reglatored or coupon, and the premium which the subacriber. proposos to pay ; tho place whero it. is desired tho bonds shall Iks delivered, and tho oflloo, whojfber that of the Trcosurev of tho United1 States, or an assptunt treasurer of tho United States. Wh4r0 it will bo most conveni ent for thnjsubscribor to deposit the amount of-his subscription. " Fallurb tp.spocify the abovo partic ulars may cuu&e the ]>roposal to bo re jected. As soon as possible, after tho first day of February, 1894, tho nllot mont of bonds w.111 bo made for tho highest biddor therefor, but no pro posals will bo "considered at a lowor premium than 117.23 which is tho equivalent, of a throe per cent, bond at par, and tho right to reject any and all proposals, is hereby expressly robervod. " In caso tho bidsexceed the allot ment for tho bonds #o bo issued, they will bo allotted pro rata. f " Notices of the date of delivery of tho bonds will bo sent to tho subscrib era to whom allotments uro mndo, as soon as practicable, und within ten days from tho dato of such notice, sub scriptions must bo paid in United/ States gold coin, to the Treasurer, or auch Assistant Treusurer of tho United States, us the subscriber bus designat ed, and, if not so paid, tho proposal will bo rejected. "Tho bonds will be dated February 1, 18!>4, and when payment is made, interest accrues on both principal and premium from February 1, 1894, to dato of paymont. and the rate of in terest realized to the subscriber on his investment will be added. " All proposals should bo addressed to tho Secretary of tho Treusury, Wushington/and should be distinctly murked 'Proposals for Subscriptions to Five pgr cent. Bonds.'" (Sighed) J. G. Carlisle, Secretary. The action of Soorotary Carlisle in announcing a bond issue, was not gen erally known, oven in Treasury circles, when the roport closed today. Among tho officials who are cognizant of his ^intention, tho opinion was expressed that he acted none too soon. Treasury gold is rupidly on the decline. The Tofts'today was $802,000, und' sinco tho firVit of tho month the gold.balunoo has ,'wifh- tlfrS^i'j^i-idr"ifraTeatT?n that it> wife fail boloiV'-$7u,7Qo,OtH) tomorrow. / , ,Xho bonds uro to bo purchased for, gout Otfly,,so'that thd Ti"c^aVt,ry gdld' wljty.,be built up to tho oxtentof the IxVidjissUe. This, however, it 1b anti c I pa tod. [ may only give temporary re U*f. Gold may bo paid into tho Treas ?ury for bonda one day, and tho next day the same gold muy bo withdrawn by presenting legal tender notes, or coin certificates, for redemption. Tho elYeet of tho bond Issue, howovor, will be to give the Treusury moro money, whether gold or currency, is immateri al, and ease up Government finances at least, for tho present. in THE 1jAN1> of FLOWERS. Plenty of Visitors and Good Fishing"" Hill Arp is Bewildered at the Mug nillccnt Hotels. I saw two fishermen unloading a cargo of suited fish from their bout ut Tampa. The barrels were all marked for Charleston. I interviewed these fishermen and they told me they caught as many as 70,000 in a week down at Sarasota bay. Now* 1 am done with fish stories. 1 left my folks fishing at Cloarwater, but they are not so wild about it now and will soon got j tired. I saw a girl hang an enormous j trout and she held him and played i him around until ho got tired ami a boat was sent out to secure him. 1 guessed he weighed fifteen pounds and others guessed twelve and ten, but when he was put on tho scales ho came down to nine. An old fisherman remarked that it was a sin to weigh a fish, for they always fall short. Tampa is lively. The hotels arc fill ing up, trade is good and money cir culating just like it used to before the panic. Most of this money comes from abroad ami isquiekly scattered around. Kvei y Othor lioUSC is either a hotel or a boarding bouse. The, strangers come from everywhere up North ami many from Georgia and lonnossco. I came down with a man and his wife, who wen-, from north Michigan, and had never been South. It entertained me to 800 their amazement, for he said he had just put up 1 Sii tons of ice before ho left homo. They uro delighted wit h the country and with the people. He said everybody was so kind ami nuborly and that he bud no idea of finding stioh good people, down South. I think that Iiis wife was almost afraid to come, hut she is in bad health and she had just as well risk the Bebels in Florida as death at home, and so she, came. She has improved much within a week. TllO Tampa Hay hotel, where the mil lionaires congregate, has not yet been filled up. but will be by the middle of the month. It is a magnificent house and so bewilders mo that I fool solemn in its beautiful apartments and don't dare to tafk in my usual tone of voice Everybody else seems to feel bo too for it is not like a hotel. While you arc walking on velvet carpets that cost ?5 a yard, or silting on chairs that COSl $3l) apioCO, and see paintings on tht walls that cost from $101) to $5,000, and the whole building ill n 1)1 a/0 of heavenly lights and d :>-ions music charming the car and di lightful odon perfuming tho air and the servants all in livery, a common man feds like Hi old woman at the circus for the first time in her life. When tho grand pro cession of beautiful horses, with their riders in spangled garments, came marching in, she said : "John, Job ', it's more iiko tho kingdom of heaven than anything I over oxpoetod tosco in this world." Now, with all that, I was invited to leeturo in tho music hall of this grand structure, and I did it. It was just large enough for my audienco and I am pleased to say that I was able to conceal my etubarressinent. Not that I was afraid of the people who sat before me, but somehow I novor fee) at ease in a house that is so much finer thud miup own. It is art trot nature*, that Drakes' jj^Vfarfd. j)o \ Plant must be a wonderful umn to plan suub. a grand ' system of rallwnys and hot el-3 and parks and steamship lines and ye.Vhe makes no great nolso in the world." For years and years he has been perfecting this system', and evory branch of i*> moves along like cloek irk' Thousands of mon are employed 'him Und his enterprises have al ready added many millions to. tho Vtt?yL?' Pl*?Perty *u Florida. This beaffiful city of Tampa is a monument to h?&?enius. More than half a cen tury ago Richard Henvv Wilde wrote a little', "fc'm.-beginning My life is like tho summer rose," and tbr last verse was ? " My lifWs Hkft tho prints that feet Have left on Tampa's desort strand; ; Soon as tbVtrising tldo shall beat, All traces Vanish from tho sand. Yet as if grieving to effaeo, All vestige of the human race, On that lone shore loud moans tho sea, r ? ? ' Butnouo, alas! shall mourn for me." Mr. Wilde' was' '#&' Irishmab. who" "came ovor here after Emmet's untimely death, and settled in Augusta, and ! suppose ho had somo reason for pen ning such oftd, sweet verses. I wish that he OOUV soo Tampa now. I wish that Rev. Frank Goulding was nlivo to. seo It, for It was hero that, ho located that to. rible doMl Qsh that carried the boat and his "nlltjren ("Tho Young1' Marooners ") farlut4? sea. 'There is no desort strand now : no loud shore ; no dovll fish. Lakoland is a littlo igeta of a town and I havo not found, a. Getter hotel In Florida than tho Tromonfl. It is just, fino enough aha good enough for any body.' It overlociks ono 'of tho prot tiest lakes I have yet soon. an*d< tho town is surrounded by many others. This is quite a railroad eontbr arid might have been a city if Tampa wua father off. It will bo a citv,/Jret, for such beautiful locations arid Surround ings aro not common, oven in Florida? As old Father Dobbins* used to say, "Tho"Creator has quit making land, but Ho keeps on making people," aud Lakoland will bo found oui before long. I have*boon to Bartow, tho center of' tho phosphate region. Thirty com-, panios have organized within tho county and millions of dollars invested in laud and machinery. There is capir. tal horo from Boston, New York, Bali] timoro. Richmond, Pittsburg, Charles ton, Savannah, Augusta and Atlanta. But all Is not gold that glitters. Of theso thirty companies only sixteen aro in actual operation. Of these siiffi teon only seven have made any rnorioy.^ There is phosphate enough, but every thing depends upon management and Ioi'at ion. I v isited one plant six miles in the country that is being operated by a receiver. What a business this has got to bo ! The receiver ! Thero ought to bo a book upon it just like tho books for lawyers and doctors and other professions. It should be made a toxtbook in the schools. I think I would name it 44 Tho-Lawyers^ Har vest.^ tho Creditors' Grave and the Stockholders' Funeral." But this phosphate business is yot in its infancy and unproved methods of mining .and washing will soon be invontod. Thje Peruvian islands are exhausted, ^nd now mature unlocks another storehouse in Florida that seems sufficient for cen turies to eome. ?? What is It ?" )I aske?. ..V'Is. ^l?OttriaV ve^atabUiliir mindral ?J" , It As a-.mixture of all, tltey snyl but,chlolly, ritftjoral. I found soino BhjMiU teeth; . They;abound ln\\aI>fof itr-sbwrks tooth frotfi ono-fourtli'or an inch tp four inches iu length. Some of 'thoaefarttodilUvian monsters mu$t have been \h large as young whales, but ho\V Irl thoworld did .they ?all congre gate on this peninsula when tho great, convulsion came that upheaved It? Verily the world is full of mysteries, and we know nothing hardly. Fortunes have been made here by the few who are.shrewd and bold and who bad good judgment and forosight. George W. Scott has sold part of bis holdings for fabulous sums. Ho owned miles of phosphate lands on Peau river. Mr. Codiogton, the genial, energetic, Yan kee Mayor of Boston, bought largely at from $5 to $10 an acre and sold for ten times that amount. I was his guest. " 1 lit ag'in you," said he. " but have come down from Michigan to live with you and I found a cordial wel come. If the railroads would reduce transportation to 1 cent a milo thous ands of good, hardy people from the North would come down, first to see, and then to stay, and the result in a few years would be perfect harmony between the sections." What every town in the South needs is a leader?a man of nerve and enter prise. Our people w ill follow, but they fear to lead. Mr. (aldington is a power in BartOV/ and will soon have water works and an electric plant and street cars and another railroad. lie has been a great traveler and lived some years in Peru while Henry MciggS was building railroads there for the gov ernment. He designed and built a gas plant near the apex of tho Andes mountains for the sole purpose of light ing the tunnel that MeiggS bored for his wonderful railroad - a road that cost $25.000.000. That gas plant is 10,000 foot above the sea level. Every thing for the railroad and t he gas plant was carried up cliff roads on the backs of mules -300 pounds to the mule, .lust think of it ! Yankee genius, Yankee pluck was behind it all. They are a Wonderful people. ?' When a Yankee is good he is very good, indeed, hut when he is bad he is horrid." And that is what they think of us, I reckon. I saw a skunk yesterday as it crossed the road a few miles out of town. It was a beauty. Our dog tackled it forthwith, and then hut you must ask the dog for further particulars. Bill akp. l-hidorses Senator Irby. Washington, D. c, Jan. it. F.d I tor Register: I will state that I am not willing for the impression to prevail in South Carolina that 1 w ill endorse any man who had violated a pledge to me. Congressman O. W. Shell promised me that he would not make any endorsement in my district without lirst having consulted me or with my previous endorsement. To my surprise ] found that, ho had en dorsed a HnskcllltO for postmaster iu my district in connection with ox-Con gressmon J. J. Momohlll, George Johnstone and Senator m. C. Butler. I am a friend to Senator Irby and do not propose to movo in this matter so long as he is chairman of the State executive committee. I do not propose to follow the lead of any man whom i consider untruo and solf-constituted. congressmen Talbert. Latimor and i endorse tho letter written by Senator Irby and published In The Register to day, t. j. Strait, m. c. ?Lowis Redwine, Atlanta's famous defaulter, has boen taken to tho Colum bus. Ohio, penitentiary, where he i-i to BOrVO six years for embezzlement. To a reporters Hedwinto said ! "I alone am responsible for the defalcation in tie- Gate < ity Bank. Prosldont Hill and ('ashler McCarulless knew abso lutely nothing of the shortage until 1 :Vfd MV. Mr*SricMolJa.'' WASHINGTON DOTS AND POINTS. Secretary Carlisle has all Needed . Power?The Bonds Li kely to be Funhcoinlnjc-? An Act or Justice, the' 1/uiiK Belayed. .Washington, Jan. 10.?The United Scutes daval force at Hio Janeiro has bevn increased to five cruisers by the arrival of the cruiser New York there lust night. The fact that the New York did not s'top at any port during the last 3,500 miles of her journey in dicates that the department was anxiou9 to have her reooh Rio in the quickest possible time. The voyage was a remarkably fast one. On January 4, the New York left St. Lucta, where she stopped for coal, and covered tho distance at an average rato of fifteen knots an hour, or 350 knots a day. Tho other United.Statea vessels at Rio aro the San FrapclBco, tho Charleston, tho Detroit and tho Newark. Fifteen separate oilers, aggregating. $40,000,000, to take, bonds, ShouM Secretary Carlisle issue them, have been received at tho Treasury Dojtoftf ment. One offer to ti'.Ke a block of $25,000,000 was received from a Now York Arm this morning. Anothjefc offer totako$175. was received from a mechanic. No preparations, howovolp nro bel?g made at tho Troasury .Department for an immediate bond issue. Secretary Carlisle will await a"roasonablo tlrao for Congress to act, probably until February 1, before ho proceeds independently ofyCongress, on the presumption that now that lie has officially called tho attention of Congress to the urgont needs of the Treasury, it will act promptly. Until Congross shows that it will not relieve the Treasury tho Secretary will not feel called upon on his own rcsponsibili ty to iesuo bonds under tho resumption act.' ' . Tho Senate finance committeo how ever todny hold two sessions, that of the afternoon lusting an hour. At its conclusion, Senutor Voorhecs gave out fqr publication tho following state* nu'iit : ?''The embarrassed condition of the Treasury and the necossity for prompt action for its relief aro fully realized. , The i/o, .is not the slightest ground, ji^lowover, (or upprehensiou that the public credit will suffer or be en dangered for the reusou that ample ,'A?wtorlty already exists by law for tho , Secretary of tho Troasury to strength < en th? coin resorvo io any extent required and to meet ovory demand '?$hat Can be legitimately made. The Ipower of the Secretary for tho issue of pponds needs nothing beyond what is given oy the act of January 14th. 1875. Tho only doSirablo object to bo ut talped by new- legislation at thia time on that subject is to mako a shorter time bond, with adower rate of interest, und ^yot .tho Secretary feols assured that ho can nogotiute bonds issued under tho act of 787f, running only ten yours, on practically u 3 per cent, basis. It seems, t here fore, thai it will bo wiser, safer and hotter for the financial and 'business'interests of the Country to rely ,'Upon an existing law with wploh to meet tho present emer gency-, rather -thatn, to encounter . the delays and uncertainties ulfcuys in cident to protracted discussion ini the two houses of Cohgrass.' This view of tho aubject is made stronger by the faot thuttbe condition of the Troasury rffcUuita big, little, If uii-y. delay, and oi Hb unc/ortaipty^iU^|l^ujthaimfti MtttlhhJ to be taken.*' ? ? \ v *-Secretary Gresbam is officially lid v.iSgd that tho English' govornhierit has declared Manchester. England, a port of entry, thus enabling people in.| this country to ihip direct to that city." This is a result of the recent opening of the Manchester ship canal. Tho House Committee on Pensions today agreed to rupeal that section of the revised statutes which prohibits tho grunting of pensions to uny person on account of disabilities contracted in wars preceding tho civil war, who served in tho Confederate Army dur ing tho rebellion. This section was repealed in part in tho ease of Mex ican veterans who served in the Con federate army, and to whom pensions of $8 a month aro given without regard to disability.. Tho purpose of the bill in question is to repeal the section without a qualification, so that asoldlor who lost mi arm or a leg in tho Mexi can or the Indian wars and who sub sequently joined his fortunes with those of the Confederacy may be en titled ton pension equal in amount to that which Is given to soldiers of the lato war who suffer from similar dis abilities. The stated balance in the treasury stands: Cold, $71,406,021; currency. $20,426,320. Prom this currency balance must be substraeted *i>.'?".'!.*51 paid on interest. THE RECEIVERSHIP WAR. Governor Tillmnn Going to Washing* ton In Wage it. The rotate. There is now ovory indication that some very interesting South Carolins political mat tors will have their origin in the National Capital next week. What they will be or bow they will develop remains to be seen. Governor Tlllmnn will leave horo for Washing ton on Saturday or Sunday. There will very likely be other Reform leaders to strike Washington about the same timo. Tho Governor stated yesterday that among other things he was going on to push the matter of Congressional legislation in the receivership matter. Ho experts to have a hearing on this matter before the judiciary committee of the House, and if he does, be will say somothings that will make very lively reading. It will be remembered that his last annual message was de voted to an arraignment of the (Jnltod States Courts and their railroad receiv erships. As an outcome of that attack, the Leglslaturo at its recent session prepared a memorial to bo submitted to Congress, asking for relief. The Governor is going to push this. Then again he says he i.s outdone at tho delay in Secretary Carlisle-* de partment in regard to the payment of the direct tax interest refunds, ?lue this State, and having already written the Secretary a very hot letter, he now proposes to see him in person. The Governor will stop over at Hoi lin's Institute, Virginia, and R00 his daughter who is pursuing her studies there. In the last few days a great many of tho He form politicians, who have not been seen about the capital since the last campaign, have been dropping In and going away. Nearly all of tin in have seen other leaders und there is a gonoral impression that the political pot within tho purty is very much stirred up. Aa several of tho real leaders of tho Reform party uro in Washington it is but reasonable to suppose that a good many things will bo fixed thoro next week. A vory in teresting question ia whethor Senator [rby willpnrt iclputo in any conferences that may lie held in Washington. ?The nomination of Mr. Harrison, brother, of ox-Prosidont Harrison, to bo aurf/oyor of customs at Kansas, City, Md., Kos bedn W %<d Ity tt*o SdtfaC. ? STATE xkws in im iui Into res tili? Xotw irom VarlotU cc?. ?Marion M." Hutsofi.,of Sou' Una. has boon appointed co' customs for toe di^trlo^of _*? ?Lady Abbott, of Montreal, Ca [taccoAp'auied by her son and the to Abbott ? arrived "at tho Ilobklrk Camdeu, just weok. Lady Abbo. the widow of the late Sic John Abbo ex-prernier of Canada. -rThe Charleston Bagging Mam facturlng. Company are having tt\ repairs, to their weaving mill pustv^? forward as rapidly^ns possible and e.Y pect to start up i)iolr mills by tho tin. or Fobruary. This will bo pleaaid, uows for the three hundred employed who have boeuout of. work for tiie pus two monthb. ?Tho annual meeting of tho Farm' National Alliance will be held year at Topoka, tfnnsas, and begin its session on the (ith of 1 fu'ary. Each Stato is entitled to delegate. The representative SOuth Carolina is J. VV. Bowdor editor of tho Cotton Plant, wh oleotod at tho meeting of the Allianco in Walhalla. ?Work on ihe\ Winthrop N and Stato Indus* J \ al Hill is progrosV^ foundation, whichy^ at Hock Hill, is veil Work is soon to % ^ dormitory, for wdiicVN at its recent session at 000.. Tho building will and opened by Soptombe. ?Tho first movement . direct trado with Kump West through Charlestoi last week. A consignmOi sacks of Hour has been booki Liberty mills, of Nashville, Charleston. Tho steamsh Shire is now loading horo f pool. This shipment is thout the pioneer of a movement \l lead to tho " establishment U'udo. ?An eighty horsel p ,1 U0L<*. at the largo lumberauius of Luk. Reifsnyder, at Sumver, exploded week, demolishing eyory ituihiiu close proximity to it and burling br and pieces of the lioiler a dista of four hundred yards, A dofec boiler is supposed to havo caused \ explosion. Three persons were hv and only ono of them very serious when there was in tho mill yard a. in tho buildings a foreo of about 01 hundred men. ?Mr. C. H. Hesso, ono of Walhalla oldest German citizens, was burie: last wqek in tho Lutheran cemeton beside bis wife, who predeceased bin only soven months. They were hoi in Germany, came to Charleston so/ after their marriage and from thoro Walhalla In 1852. They wero an tho pioneer settlers ( ' Walhalla. Hesse was u fine masuii and did 1 in his time for the upbuilding 0 town. Ho leaves live children, ft whom, three sons and one daug reside in Charleston. ?Governor Tillmnn loft Columl Saturday on a combined business pleasure trip. He will llrst go t< ginia.to visit his daughter, who i^mpi^'at the Hidliaaviastiti'te. H them go on. to Washington. Th ^Sct'of his visit to t he National C is to push tho direct t\.v , State regarding which bje receiver letter 11 fdw "days ago from Secretary of tho Treasury Carlisle, Ap" to do what ho can to hasten legislation against the .receiverships oP railroads undOr Federal judges. * ?Tho State Board of Health mot last wook at Charleston, Dr. James Evans, of Florence, presiding. Tho fallowing otllcors wero elected : Chair man, Dr. John R. Bratton, of York villo ; vice-chairman, Dr. T. G. Simons, Charleston : secretary, Dr. H. H. Fr? ser. Charleston. The new law passed at tho last session of the Legislature was discussed, and the municipal au thorities wore notified that they must complete the organization of tho local boards of health and report to tho State board by July 1st. - ????^-^ ? Gathering of Generals. BALTIMORE, January . id.? Tho an nuul banquet of tho Society of the Army and Navy of the Confederate Stall's will be given here on Friday next. Ail the great living generals of the Confederate army are to attend, and the addresses will he in the nature, of recollections of war scenes. There Were twenty-one lieutenant-generals In the Confederate army from first to last. Of these. Longstrcct, Stephen I). Loo, Early, Bucknor, Whoolorand A. P. Stewart are living, and it is be lieved all will attend except General Longtrcct. Of the others. General M. C. Butler is dow n for an address, as are Senators Gordon, Vest ami Waithall. The address of Colonel Charles Mar shall, of General Robert E. Lee's staff, on '"The Surrender of the Ar 111 J of Northern Virginia." at Harris" Acad emy of Music, previous to tho hanquot, will doubtless bo worthy alike of the subject and the speaker. At the banquet Mr. Stephen K. Mal? lory. Representative in Congross from the First District of Florida, will re spond to tho toast, "The Confederate Navy." Mr. Mallory's father Stephen R. Mallory, for many years a promin ent member, of the United States sen ate, was Confederate Secretary of the Navy. Two daughters of General John H. Hood, one id the conspicuous figures Of the late civil war. who are spotlding the winter in Baltimore, will bo the guests of t he society. Tho ofneors of this national society uro: Vice-presidents. George Vv. Booth, Mason M or fit, II. Ash ton Ramsey, K. Ii. Brown: recording secretary, Augustine J. Smith: as sistant recording secretary. Joshua Thomas: corresponding secretary, John K. Hayden I treasure.'. K. M. 1 'olston. The Hue arts building at Jackson Park, Chicago, will oithor have to ho removed 01' I'OCOnstl'UOtOd entirely be fore it can b u.-ed as the Field Colum bian Museum. As the result of an in spection by the underwriters tht! Insur ance has been retired, ami the an nouneement is made that the building is not a lit receptacle for tho valuable exhibits, which will aggregate fully *3,000,000 in valuo. ? It is said at the postotllee depart ment that no recommendations for tho establishment of free delivery will by considered until after tho beginuinf* tho next tiseal year. July L Noft&j? ninety-live ofllcos throu -huM tho cor try havo attained the standard r. ecssary toentitle them to free deliver; but tho appropriation for this purpose lias long since been exhausted. In fuct there is a largo dcflclonoy. f ?The first veto of this Cone/ came Into the House on the 1 t?T Tho Prosldont disapproved the 1 the relief of ootoyroeo rrf ?? timber ltfrxds.