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SILVER IN $H? SENATE. STF.AL.IN? A MAllCll ON HUE OP POSITION. llepubliauue Helping to Puss the itI.-nid i".ill i vcn its Friends aro Sui-prlMcd tliut the End is Itcuolicd So Knslljr. Washington, March 7.?In the Sen nto to-day Mr. Morgan, from tho com mlttoo on foreign relations, reported a resolution, requesting tho President to inform tho Senate if not inconsist ent with public intorest, whether tho government of Great Britiun had ever occupied Bluollelds or uny othor pluco on tho Mosquito reservation in Nicara gua, witli a military force : tostato the character und strength of such force, and tho claim of authority on tho part of tho liritish government to so occupy that country, lie supposed ho said, ulthough he did not know, that tho Koarsurgo had* been dispatched to Blueiields on account of that occupa tion. It was a very delicato and grave question for tho neoplo of tho United States?particularly if the military oc cupation had taken place on the idea that Great Britain had reserved tobcr Bolf, in any treaty with Nicaraguo. tho right to make an intervention of this kind, which, in the estimate of tho American government, violated the spirit and purpose of tho Clayton Bulwor treaty of l??O. Tho resolution was agreed to. '<tf Harris called for a vote on his mo tion for a second reading of the seig niorage bill. He stated that his ob ject yesterday was to bridge tho day over in order that he might consult with some of his friends on the Demo cratic sido of tho chamber. lie had had such consultation : and now, in view of what soemed to bo the unani mous views of both sides, and in view of tho fact that after tho tariff bill should bo reported, it would have to remain on tho calendar for a number of days, so as to allow it to be printed and to allow every Senator an oppor tunity to examine it carefully, lu; knew of no better method of occupying the intermediate time than to take up and dispose of tho seigniorage bill. After its second reading ho would ask unani mous consent to have it taken up, con sidered and disposed of. The bill had its second reading, and then the Vice President asked w bother there was any objection to Harris's re quest to take it up for consideration. Sherman said that he would move, if no one else did, to refer tho bill to the finance committee. He regarded the bill as one of the most important ones that had been before the Senate for years. It proposed the issue of United States notes to the amount of $55,000, 0?U for tho current expenses of the gov ernment. Ho regarded it as a grave revolutionary proceeding. This issue of $55,000,000 would be followed by the issue of other millions of paper money, without any provision behind them for their redemption. Mr. Palmer (Dem.) of Illinois argued in favor of its reference to the finance committee. Ho regarded a revenue tariff, ho said, as essential to tho coun try ; but the seigniorage bill was one that could await the settlement of that more important one. The discussion continued until 2 p. m., whon the Vice President laid before the Senate the unlinishod business, being a bill for the purchase of a site for tho government printing otliee. vJall moved to lay that bill aside and to take up the bill to change the boun daries of the judicial districts of Flor ida. This motion was defeated?yens ' 22. nays 24. Harris then moved to proceed to the consideration of the seigniorage bill. The motion was agreed to without a division. The bill was therefore before tho Senate as in committee of tho wholo. Voorhees, chairman of tho finance committee, said that if he had sup posed that tho taking up of the seig niorage bill would result in any delay of the tarilT bill he would bo opposetl to it, but the bill could be taken up and disposed of before the discussion of tho tariff question was reached. The question was taken on Sherman's motion to refer to the seigniorage bill to the finance committee, and the mo tion was defeated?yeasti, nays 50. The affirmative votes were given by Davis (Hep.) of Minnesota, Gallinger (Hep.) of New Hampshire, Merrill. (Dom.) of Vermont, Dalmer (Dem.) of Illinois, Sherman (Hep.) of Oiiio, and Vilas (Dom. of Wisconsin. The bill was read in full, and tho -presiding officor (Faulkner) said the bill wa i in committee of tho wholo und | Open to amendment. Then no amend ment being offored, he followed with tho announcement that the question wus on tho engrossment and third rouding of the bill : and, that stage be ing rapidly passed, ho said the ques tion now was, " Shall the hill pass V" All this had been accomplished so deftly and speedily that the opponents of tho bill did not seem to realize that their opportunities had slipped away. Finally, Hoar inquired what had be come of an amendment which Stewart had offored oi proposed to olfor. Ho was informed that Stewart had aban doned the purpose. And, as tho pre siding officer put the quest ion. " Shall tho bill now pass?'" Hoar Interposed a motion to adjourn, and called for the yoas and nays. At first it looked as if tho necessary one*fifth to second a call for the yeas and nays was not forth coming, but finally enough Senators wore counted, and the motion to ad journ was taken by the yeas and nays. It was defeated yeas 12, nays ."it). Morrlll protested against stud) an im portant bill being passed in what look ed like a freak OI a Senate. There bad been no consideration as to what the effect of its passage would be on the crodit of the country, both at home nnd abroad. It was but recently that lifty million of bonds had been sold in order to reinforce the Treasury with gold, and to keep gold and silver coin and United States notes on a parity. And it was weil understood that no further amount of bonds could be is sued with tho hope of Unding a mar ket. Dalmer Inquired whether the bill was still subject to amendment ; and was informell by tho presiding officer that it was not. Allison : Has the bill passed to a third reading? Tho presiding officer! Yes", and tho question now before tho Sonato is on the passage of the bill, Allison : Then I move to reconsider tho vote, when-by the bill was engross ed and road a third time. Goekrell (Derfl.) of Missouri: On that motion I a.?k tho yoas and nays. Sherman mndo a llnal appeal to the Sonate against hasty action. Tho course adopted with this hill was, ho said, in viol.11 ion of tho old established rules of the Sonate. Novor since the body was organized had such an im portant measure been rushed poll-moll through it. Tho Honato had rofusod to refer H, and now it was to bo pnsscd with seal.!y any debate. That scorn ed extraordinary. Ho bogged the Sen ate?tho grcatost deliberative bodyi in tho world?to pause boforo hurrying to Its passage u hill which, in his judg ment, contained within it things as in nisibla aa he had over known ija * SILVER IN $H? SENATE. STF.AL.IN? A MAllCll ON HUE OP POSITION. llepubliauue Helping to Puss the itI.-nid i".ill i vcn its Friends aro Sui-prlMcd tliut the End is Itcuolicd So Knslljr. Washington, March 7.?In the Sen nto to-day Mr. Morgan, from tho com mlttoo on foreign relations, reported a resolution, requesting tho President to inform tho Senate if not inconsist ent with public intorest, whether tho government of Great Britiun had ever occupied Bluollelds or uny othor pluco on tho Mosquito reservation in Nicara gua, witli a military force : tostato the character und strength of such force, and tho claim of authority on tho part of tho liritish government to so occupy that country, lie supposed ho said, ulthough he did not know, that tho Koarsurgo had* been dispatched to Blueiields on account of that occupa tion. It was a very delicato and grave question for tho neoplo of tho United States?particularly if the military oc cupation had taken place on the idea that Great Britain had reserved tobcr Bolf, in any treaty with Nicaraguo. tho right to make an intervention of this kind, which, in the estimate of tho American government, violated the spirit and purpose of tho Clayton Bulwor treaty of l??O. Tho resolution was agreed to. '<tf Harris called for a vote on his mo tion for a second reading of the seig niorage bill. He stated that his ob ject yesterday was to bridge tho day over in order that he might consult with some of his friends on the Demo cratic sido of tho chamber. lie had had such consultation : and now, in view of what soemed to bo the unani mous views of both sides, and in view of tho fact that after tho tariff bill should bo reported, it would have to remain on tho calendar for a number of days, so as to allow it to be printed and to allow every Senator an oppor tunity to examine it carefully, lu; knew of no better method of occupying the intermediate time than to take up and dispose of tho seigniorage bill. After its second reading ho would ask unani mous consent to have it taken up, con sidered and disposed of. The bill had its second reading, and then the Vice President asked w bother there was any objection to Harris's re quest to take it up for consideration. Sherman said that he would move, if no one else did, to refer tho bill to the finance committee. He regarded the bill as one of the most important ones that had been before the Senate for years. It proposed the issue of United States notes to the amount of $55,000, 0?U for tho current expenses of the gov ernment. Ho regarded it as a grave revolutionary proceeding. This issue of $55,000,000 would be followed by the issue of other millions of paper money, without any provision behind them for their redemption. Mr. Palmer (Dem.) of Illinois argued in favor of its reference to the finance committee. Ho regarded a revenue tariff, ho said, as essential to tho coun try ; but the seigniorage bill was one that could await the settlement of that more important one. The discussion continued until 2 p. m., whon the Vice President laid before the Senate the unlinishod business, being a bill for the purchase of a site for tho government printing otliee. vJall moved to lay that bill aside and to take up the bill to change the boun daries of the judicial districts of Flor ida. This motion was defeated?yens ' 22. nays 24. Harris then moved to proceed to the consideration of the seigniorage bill. The motion was agreed to without a division. The bill was therefore before tho Senate as in committee of tho wholo. Voorhees, chairman of tho finance committee, said that if he had sup posed that tho taking up of the seig niorage bill would result in any delay of the tarilT bill he would bo opposetl to it, but the bill could be taken up and disposed of before the discussion of tho tariff question was reached. The question was taken on Sherman's motion to refer to the seigniorage bill to the finance committee, and the mo tion was defeated?yeasti, nays 50. The affirmative votes were given by Davis (Hep.) of Minnesota, Gallinger (Hep.) of New Hampshire, Merrill. (Dom.) of Vermont, Dalmer (Dem.) of Illinois, Sherman (Hep.) of Oiiio, and Vilas (Dom. of Wisconsin. The bill was read in full, and tho -presiding officor (Faulkner) said the bill wa i in committee of tho wholo und | Open to amendment. Then no amend ment being offored, he followed with tho announcement that the question wus on tho engrossment and third rouding of the bill : and, that stage be ing rapidly passed, ho said the ques tion now was, " Shall the hill pass V" All this had been accomplished so deftly and speedily that the opponents of tho bill did not seem to realize that their opportunities had slipped away. Finally, Hoar inquired what had be come of an amendment which Stewart had offored oi proposed to olfor. Ho was informed that Stewart had aban doned the purpose. And, as tho pre siding officer put the quest ion. " Shall tho bill now pass?'" Hoar Interposed a motion to adjourn, and called for the yoas and nays. At first it looked as if tho necessary one*fifth to second a call for the yeas and nays was not forth coming, but finally enough Senators wore counted, and the motion to ad journ was taken by the yeas and nays. It was defeated yeas 12, nays ."it). Morrlll protested against stud) an im portant bill being passed in what look ed like a freak OI a Senate. There bad been no consideration as to what the effect of its passage would be on the crodit of the country, both at home nnd abroad. It was but recently that lifty million of bonds had been sold in order to reinforce the Treasury with gold, and to keep gold and silver coin and United States notes on a parity. And it was weil understood that no further amount of bonds could be is sued with tho hope of Unding a mar ket. Dalmer Inquired whether the bill was still subject to amendment ; and was informell by tho presiding officer that it was not. Allison : Has the bill passed to a third reading? Tho presiding officer! Yes", and tho question now before tho Sonato is on the passage of the bill, Allison : Then I move to reconsider tho vote, when-by the bill was engross ed and road a third time. Goekrell (Derfl.) of Missouri: On that motion I a.?k tho yoas and nays. Sherman mndo a llnal appeal to the Sonate against hasty action. Tho course adopted with this hill was, ho said, in viol.11 ion of tho old established rules of the Sonate. Novor since the body was organized had such an im portant measure been rushed poll-moll through it. Tho Honato had rofusod to refer H, and now it was to bo pnsscd with seal.!y any debate. That scorn ed extraordinary. Ho bogged the Sen ate?tho grcatost deliberative bodyi in tho world?to pause boforo hurrying to Its passage u hill which, in his judg ment, contained within it things as in nisibla aa he had over known ija * bill. Ho intimated that bo would like more timo to present his objections to it. No Senator, ho said, baa droamod that tho bill was to pass to-day. "No mutter," said Harris, "what pooplo .may havo dreamed or not droaraed ; if tho Senator dosiros furth er timo, ho shall have it." Allison said that ho had in his mind two amendments which ho thought wcro necessary and ho hoped that in soino way tho bill might not be placed beyond the power of amendment. "That has already boon done," said VoorhoeB. ".I hopo tho third reading will bo ro considorcd" Allison ploaded. "I pro for being|frnnk to being agrccablo,"said Haris, "and I shall not consent to its going back to the amendment stago." After soino further colloquy tho bill was allowed to go over till to-morrow, principally for tho Uccomodatiou of Sherman but with no indication that there would be, to-morrow, any aban donment or yielding of tho parliamen tary advantages which it occupies. After action on Allison's motion to reconsider, tho next voto is to bo on the passngo of tho bill. Special to Atlanta Journal. Washington, D. c, March 8.? What looked yesterday morning to bo foolish and dangerous, turned out to bo ono of the wisest politicul movosof tho present session. When it was first known that, by Democratic aid, the Hland bill was to be considered prior to tho tariff bill, The Journal correspondent, in common with all tho afternoon men, belioved that it was a dangerous step, calculat ed to delay, if not destroy, tho hopos of tariff reform. It transpires, however, that, instead of the Democrats falling into a Repub lican trap, tho latter wore tho victims of their own machinations. The I Hand bill was taken up by prac tically a solid voto. It is now' ready for passage und will bo passed in a very few days. There will bo few Democrats voting against it. The discussion on the Bland bill was commenced immediately aftor tho morning hour in the Senate. Mr. Sherman is speaking against it to crowded galleries. He is making the ablest argument thateould bo made in opposition to the coinage of tho seigniorage, but it will do no good. The bill is sure to pass. TUB POWER OF THE PRESS. A Stroii",- Protest Against a Newspaper Criticism? Democratic Senators De fine their Position. WASHIGTON, March (5.?While the chief clerk was reading the journal of yesterday's Senate there was a good deal of quiet consultation going on be tween Senators on both sides of tho chamber, presumably over a supposed 'Combination between tho protectionist Senators and the Senators from tho silver States, to precipitate a light this morning over tho second reading and reference of the seigniorago bill. Al drioh(Rep.) of Rhode Island was no ticed as being remarkably active in negotiation with the Senators from tho silver States. Hill offered tho following resolution, and asked that it bo laid on tho tablo for the present: Whereas, Tho Secretary of tho Treasury has announced u delicit of $70.000,000 for tho current fiscal year, and Whereas, The House bill, known as the Wilson bill, proposes to discard $70,000,000 revenue from tho present taxes and to meet tho doubto defi ciency by new internal and direct taxes. Resolved, That tho Scnato finance committee frame amendments to tho said bill, omitting tho said internal and direct taxes nowly proposed, and, instead thereof, make provisions for sufficient revenue by taxing other for eign imports and otherwiso revising the tariff, without creating a defi ciency. Harris thereupon moved tho second reading of tho seigniorago bill, which had had its first reading yesterday, and said that there was no more earn est advocate of silver coinago than himself, but believing, as ho did, that there was at least one question that should take precedenoeof its considera tion, without breach of confidence, ho was able to state that tho committee on flnanco was on the very evo of re porting tho tariff bill. Ho therefore objected to further proceedings on tho seigniorage bill. Under that objection he claimed that the bill would go to the calendar. The chair held Harris' motion to bo debatable, and Stewart took the lloor, but in a few moments B?rry (Dom.) of Arkansas rose to a question of per sonal privilege. He read the headlines of an article in to-day's New York Herald: "Obstructing Commercial Prosperity. Some of the Senators De mand the Protection of Local Inter ests. Delay in Reporting tho Tariff Bill in the Senate."' Ho complained that among other names, his namo was mentioned. Ho spoke of tho arti cle as so infamous, so utterly without foundation, and so thoroughly unjust, that he could not allow it to paHs by without notice. Ho had been to every member Of the finance committee and had urged tho reporting of the Wilson hill as it had come from the Houso. lie bad urged them to "defy tho men who were delaying the reporting of the bill In order to protect local interests." He bad said to every member of tho committee that be would submit to the demands of these men, but would report the bill and lot them tuke their Btand before Uie face; of tho- country. He believed Wabsolute free, trade and that commercial transactions should be unfettered by any tariff laws. No ono was more anxious than ho to havo tho Wilson bill parsed. Democrats who undertook to defeat it, for any purpose (he cared not what), "ought to have, and will havo, no placo inside tho Democratic ranks." Voorhecs ami Harris corroborated Borry's statement of his position on the bill. Mr. McLnurin, tho new Senator from Mississippi, whoso name had boon mentioned among tho obstructionists, said that be had nover hoard of any number of Senators joining hands for delaying the reporting of tho tariff bill until lie had read something of the kind in the Washington I'ost. Ho was conscientiously opposed to tho dootrino of protection, lie was in favor of a tariff for nothing in the world oxcopt revenue, And ho wauted to pronunco tho newspaper statement, so far as ho was concerned, absolutely untrue. Tho noxt Senator to rise in tho round of porsonal explanation was Faulknor (Dein.) of West Virglnlu, and his ap pearance in that rolo caused consldor ablo morrimcnt, particularly on tho Republican side of the chamber. His namo had boon inontlonod among the obstructionists. Ho had no hesitation in saying that in relation to somo of tho provisions of tho "Wilson tariff bill, that hill, as It came from the House, did not suit his views. Ho had gono DefCre the finance committee as a Dora o,!ratie. Sonator and had suggested cer tain ehangos, which ho believed to bo for the interest of his pooplo and also in aceordanco with the Chicago plat form of his party. Ho believed in a revenue tariff, and if ho had tho form ulation of a tariff bill ho would not have any free list at all, but would put everything on tho dutiable list at a re venue rate. Ho would not do so for tho sako of protection, but for the sako of rovonuo, and of rovenuo only. But he wanted to say, emphatically, that at tho same time, that ho had so express ed himself to tho eommittooon linance, ho had also said: "I am a Democrat, and if that bill is brought in as a Dem ocratic bill, whether as it came from tho House or in any form, it will re ceive my earnest und cordial support." Mr. Morgan was tho next Senator to seek tho floor. Ho said: "Mr. Presi dent, it is very clear, cloar beyond rea sonable doubt, that tho Senator from West Virginia is not guilty as charged. (Laughter.) I have to say for myself, that I have not beon noarly so abused as ho. and that, thoreforo, I am not guilty." (And the Senator resumed his seat amid continued'laughter.) Mr. Call; another of those Sonators referred to as obstructionists, doclarod that tho statement, so far as ho was concerned, was absolutely false, and that ho believed it to be false in regard to every other Sonutor mentioned. Allison (Hop.) of Iowa, a member of tho finance commltteo, said, humor ously, that he desired to vindicato the Senator from Arkansas. That Senator had never approached him as a mem ber of tho finance committee (Laugh tor.) Becoming more serious, ho said: "lias it como to this, in tho history of tariff legislation, that tho Senate is obliged to take a bill as it comes from tho co-ordinato branch, without tho dotting of an "I" or tho crossing of a "t?" Huvo wo lost, in this chumbor, our power of consideration, or of amendment, on a tariff bill. A general tariff bill is tho most important sub ject that can engage tho attention of Congress, if it only affects tho revenue, but it effects every interest and indus try in the United States. Tho Houso of Representatives had this bill under consideration for moro than six mouths before it sent it to this body. Has it como to this, that becauso the finance committee of tho Senate, that is the Democratic mombors of it, has con sidered it for live wooks, wo. (moaning tho committee,) are to be gibbeted on tho cross roads of public opinion be cause we do not hurry this bill, poll moll to tho Senate, without considera tion and without deliberation? Speak ing as Senator and a member of tho finance commit 1 ee, I intend that I shall have duo opportunity to consider this bill in eve/y paragraph cud every itom. I would not discharge nn sworn duty if I neglected doing so. I have waited, with putieneo and with some satisfac tion, for tho Senators on tho other side of the ehambor, who politically have tho responsibility for this bill, und who are considering it in order to discover whatever defeots may bo in tho Houso bill, to finish their work, and when they do, I have no doubt that tho min ority on this side of tho chumbor will have an opportunity to examine the bill and to proposo in committee such amendments as we believe ought to bo adopted. And I dosiro to say that those who beliove that this important bill is to bo railroaded through tho Sonato may as woll lay that idoa aside. It will bo debated. It will be consider ed, and after consideration, tho best judgment of tho Sonate will bo reflect ed in whatever is done." PllOGKH&S in THE SOUTH. Hncouraglnj- Reports IVom nil Sec tions) of the South?Much Capital Heing Invested. Baltimore, Marchs.?in its issue this week, the Manufacturers' Record summarises Southern conditions as fol lows : Tho week has been notablo for tho number of proposed municipal im provements and real estate transfers, aside from the list of industrial enter prises. Many projects for water works, olootrio light plants, etc., show that there Is a desire on the part of the Southern towns to tako advantage of the low rate of money and mako need ed Improvements. Tho re-adjustment of tho Atlanta Consolidated Railway's finances indicates tho faith New En gland's oredltors huvo in tho South. The modified plan of tho Richmond Terminal reorganization has beon ap proved by most of tho security holders. Largo land sales in Texas and in tho suburbs of Georgia and South Carolina towns indicate much grouter activity in the real estato market. Among tho important projects de veloped during tho woek are tho 00 mile extension of tho Savannah. Ameri ens and Montgomery Railroad, to bo built at a cost of $00,000; a $1,000,000 company to build an electric railroad between Baltimore and Washington; a company to build a tolophono lino 1(>7 miles long in Arkansas ; a $100,000 con I mining company ; $100,000 factory and a largo combination building in West Virginia; u water works plant and a zlno furnaeo in Virginia; u phosphate plant, cigar factory and $100,000 rail road depot in Florida. An Immigration Pointer.?A few years ago a farmer in Nebraska wont to Florida and made his home thoro. Ho wrote occasionally to his old neigh bors, and tho other day fourteen fami lies from tho north west passed through Birmingham on their wuy to join their Florida friend. This is one of tho natural results of immigration. It was a mistake to suppose that it will ho necessary for | the South to keep immigration agents | at work for a long period. Ail that we have to do is to induce 100,000 good northwestern farmers?men of in telligence and menus?to come hero and they wiill do tho rest. In the OOurso of a fow years they will draw their kint-inen and friends after them, hist as tho lonoly Nebraskan did in Florida. If one immigrant can attruct four teen families?some seventy persons in all?100,000 such men would induce millions of immigrants to como South in a few years. We need immigration agents at the sturt, but the best factors of tho movemont will be tho immi grants thomsclvos after they got a foothold hero.?Atlanta Constitution. ?Mr. Robert E. Loo, son of the Confederate Gonoral, who is a plantor residing near Washington, was marriod to his distant cousin, Miss .luliette Carter, on tho 8th inst. Tho house wedding was very quiet, only tho im mediate momhers of both families being invitod. Miss Mildrod Ixjo, the sister of tho groom, has boon spendag tho winter in Washington for too first time in many years and attonded tho wedding. ?Fourteen womon known as the Gray Ladios of London have dedicat ed their livos to workihg among the poor of Bluckhoath. Tho population of this district amounts to over 70, 000, and tho Gray Ladios, ho called from tho habit they wear, visit tho sick and try to educuto tho woll. They hnvo ono day a wook for rest, but with that oxception devote them selvos entlroly to tho pooplo around them. PENSIONS FOE THE FEDEBALS A BITTER DISCUSSION ENDED. Ouo Hundred and Fifty Millions of Dollars Appropriated for Pensions. Washington, D. C, March 7.?Mr. O'Noill (Den.) of Massachusetts, re ported from tho Committee on Appro priations Mr Bingham's resolution asking tho Sc atary of tho Treasury to inform tho House undor what authority the Bureau of Engraving and Printing submitted a bid for print ing postage stamps, with a favorablo recommendation ; and it was passed. Mr. Hondorson (Dom.) of North Caro lina, reported from tho Committee on Post OIHccs and Post Roads Mr. Bing ham's resolution asking the Post master General to give tho House all tho information in his department respecting the bids for printing post ago stamps tho award of tho contract; and it was also passed. At tho begiuning of tho discussion of pension bills Mr. Waugh (Dom.) of | Indiana, stated that Deputy Commis sioner Bell had wrttien him a letter denying tho truth of tho interview printed in tho Indianapolis Sontincl and quoted by him (Waugh) in his speech, in which Mr. Boll was mado to Hay that tho expenditures for pen sions in tho year 1804 would bo $25,000, 000 loss than for tho current year and that boforo the Cloveland administra tion closed the annual expenditures on account of tho pensions would bo reduced to $100,000,000 a year. Mr. Hudson (Pop.) of Kansas, said tho real reason why tho House indulg ed in this annual debate was tho old soldier had a vote. Tho pension ques tion, ho said, should bo takon out of politics. Mr. Russell (Dem.) of Georgia, said he had received notico that tho colored brother was to bo relegated to the rear and that tho Republican party would HYo tho Northern heart with their ap peals on this pension question. Re ferring to tho statements that the Southern States did not pay a.iything for pensions, Mr. Russoll said the States should tako tho pension in their own bunds. Tho answor tho country made to the charges against President Clovoland's pension vetoes was to givo him tho largest majority in 1802 ever given to any candidate for the Presi dency in the history of tho country. All that the Democratic party'desired, ho said, was that tho pension laws bo equitably administered. In the further course of his romarks Mr. Russell was interrupted by Mr. Wilson (Rep.) of Ohio, who asked if Secretary Smith's father served in tho Confederate army. I believe not," said Mr. Russell. I " Well, did he havo any relations in tho army ?" asked Mr. Wilson. "One relative ho had," answered Mr. Russell, 11 whoso name stands as high, probably, as that of any man who gave his energios and his fortune to tho Confederacy?Gen. Hoke, of North Carolina, whose illustrious namo the Secretary boars." Mr. Wilson?"Was tho Secretary in sympathy with tho Confederacy V" ! Mr. Russoll?" Well, tho Secretary was Soven years old at tho timo tho war broko out, and in common with every sovon year old child in tho South, was entirely in sympathy with tho Confederacy." Mr. Springer charged that tho pen sion bureau had been used by tho Ro- I publican party to effect tho vote in | Ohio and Indiana which wero doubt- | ful States. Mr. O'Noill (Dom.) of Massachusetts, in charge of the bill, closed the general debato. Ho reviewed tho pre vious speeches by Republicans and replied to their several criticisms of and charges against the bureau. Tho cause of tho great sudden decroaso of tho issue of pension certificates, ho ' said, was a decision made by Assistant Secretary of Internal Revenue Bussoy, of tho present administration, which reduced tho allowance of a certain class of certificates five per cent. On tho question of the value of allowances made by tho bureau Mr. O'Neill said : that the average monthly payment of j certificates issued in tho last yoars of | Raum's administration was $0.01, j while of those issued in the first ten months of Loohren's administration was $10.08. Tho closo of Mr. O'Neill's speech was an eloquent eulogy upon tho character and services of Gon. Black, the' ox-Commissioner: Commis sioner Loohren, Seoretary Smith, and President Cleveland, a presentation of tho bill as a generous expression of tho Domoeratic party on tho subject of pensions. Tho bill then came up for considera tion under the fivo minute ride and for amendment. Three amendments were ruled out on points of prder. The fourth gave riso to debate. It was offered by Mr. Grosvenor (Rep.) of Ohio, to increase tho amount of tho bill from $lf>0,000, 000 to $105,000,000. Mr. Hondorson (Rep.) of Iowa, caused something of a sensation by referring to the speech of Mr. Black (Dem.) of Illinois. He said that the gontleman had stood hero with a boquct of rhetoric in one hand to attract the votes of soldiers, whilo in his other, his withered one. ho held a dagger to drivo at thoir hearts. " What a cantrast ho boro," said Mr. Henderson, "to that other dis tinguished vetoran, Gen. Sickles, of New York, who spoke for tho old soldier and who, ho doubted not, stood discredited with the Domoeratic party for tho speech. Honorable scars should not no used, said Mr. Honder SOn as a cover under which to attack men as honorable, as ho who bears thorn. " I was determined," said Mr. Hen derson, "that this debate should not close without at least one voice to cry 'shame' upon him who led a column in attack upon the soldiers on the pen sion roll." Mr. Henderson said not a scintilla 1 of ovidonco had boon produced to provo the charge of fraud against tho pension list and yot it had boon so ofton and so loudly mado by tho Demo crats that many people roally believed it to bo a rotton roll. Mr. Henderson appeared to the Democrats to unlto with tho Republicans in support of pension appropriations which ought not to be consldorod or treated as a partisan question. Mr. Enloo (Dem.) of Tennesseo, to whom Mr. Henderson had referred in his remarks, said the gentleman from Illinois (Black) bad boon successful in drawing the fire of all the gontlomen on tho other side who had not done military service for tho country and last of all ho had boon chargod of using a dagger. If he had usod any such weapon It was tho dagger of truth. Against that daggor had boon raised on the other side the shlold?ho would not say of untruth fulness?but of as sertion ; and it was painted rod with slander. Tho gentloman from Iowa has admlttod a flro brand into tho debato. Tho brand had evidently not been lighted at tho funeral pyro of truth, for ho brought nothing of truth Into tho ovidenco that had been pro duced to prove the allegation respecting the pension roll, and Mr. Enloe said ho would not see?who shut his eyos and kept them .closed", but ho hud shown to tho House the proof of fraud from tho records Of the buroau itsolf. An amendmont mukiug tho reports of tho local examining boards open to cluimunts and their attorney, offored by Mr. Pickler, was adopted. Mr. Greow (Hop.) of Pennsylvnnia, offered an amendment making tho lowest monthly ponsion rate four'dol lars, to be abolished. If tho Govern ment wore to do anything for the old soldier, ho said, it should do some thing substantial. Dollurs und cents should not be weighed in tho National sculcs against the herole deeds and sorvicos of dofendors of their coun try. Tho magnitude of the struggle of 18(51 05 und tho magnanimity of tho victors to tho vanquished were tbesub i'eet of an eloquent fivo-mlnuto out ?urst by tho ox-Speaker. It was his firstspeeoh sinco re-entering tho House aud he was listenod to with close at tention. His voice was full, round and impressivo, and Iiis stirring senti ments evoked a round of applause. Tho umondment, however, wus obnox ious to tho point of order thut ohunged the existing law. The committee then rose and tho bill wus reported to tho House. Tho Pickler amendment was agreed to and the bill passed without tho division, substantially as it was report ed from the commit! oo. THE SENAIE AMENDMENTS. Important Changes in the Wilson Tariff Bill. Washington, D. C, Muroh 8.?The Wilson turifT bill, which passed tho House of Representatives February 1st, was laid before tho full member ship of the Senate committee on fi nance this morning at 11 o'clock, in tho amended form upon which tho Demo cratic majority of that committee had finally agreed, after one wholo month of consideration and numerous changes of front upon all theft moro important objeets of taxation. Simultaneously wmh tho presenta tion of tho bill to the full committee it was given out for publication through tho press. Tho chief features upon which pub lic interest centered were the pro visions in regard to the tariff on sugar, iron ovo, lead, wool and and its manu factures, cotton mauufactures and the internal revenue taxes on whiskey and tobacco. & Tho sugar provision is as follows: ! All sugars, tank bottoms, syrups of i cane juice or of beet juice, melada. con- j centrated melada, concreto and concen-! trated molasses testing by poiariscope not above eighty degrees, shall pay a I duty of ono cent per pound and for ? every additional degree or fraction of , a degree above eighty and not above ninety degrees shown by the poiaris cope test, shall pay ono one-hundredth of a cent per pound additional and above ninety and not above ninety-six degrees, for every additional degree or fraction of a degree shown by tho poiariscope test, shall pay a duty of two one-hundredthsof a cent per pound additional, and uhove ninety-six de grees by polnriscopc tost shall pay a duty of ono and four-tenths cents per j pound ; molasses testing not above fifty six dogreoa by poiariscope shall pay a ' duty of two cents per gallon : mulasscs testing above fifty-six degrees shall pay a duty of four cents per gallon. Iron ore, including mungunifcrous iron oro, also dross or residium from burnt pyrites, forty cents per ton. Coal is taken from tho free list and mado dutiable also at forty cents a ton and coke at fifteen cents. Load ore, which in the Wilson bill was fifteen per cent, ad valorem lead oro and lead dross threo-fourth of one eont. per pound, provided that silver oro and all other ores containing lead shall pay a duty of three-fourths of ono eent. per pound on tho lead contained therein, according to sample and assay at the reports ?f entry. Haw wool is left on tho free list ex actly us in tho Wilson bill, tho pro vision to go into effect August '2, lS'.H. The whiskey tax is raised to one dol lar and ten cents and tho bonded periods extended five years, that is, from three to oight yours. Cigars $f> a thousand; cigarettes in papers $1 a thousand ; cigarettees in tobacco 50 cents, u thousand. Lumber remains on tho free list. Tho incomo tax provision of two per cent, remains in the bill, hut the tux on non-residents is strickon out. Tho Woolen schedulo shows fow chunges, und where it is Changed there is about a tivo per cent, reduction*. There uro no chunges in the cotton schedule. Collars and cuffs are in creased from Jf> to 45 per eent. ad valorem; The date for the going into effect of of tho bill is changed from .Inno 1 to .Inno :i0, und duty is levied on articles imported or withdrawn from consump tion. In tho intornal revenue section is a new provision directing the President to immediately notify tho Hawaiian government that the United Stutes will terminato in twelve months tho treaty with Hawaii made in lH~f>. No change is made in the rates fixed by the Wilson bill on imported tobacco. Hpociaj to Atlanta Journal. Washington, March k.?Tho tariff bill has been reported to the full com mitte of tho Senate. It took the sub committee live weeks to pro pure it but their labors do not seem to have been in vain. Tho bill us reported will not give as much gonoralsatisfaction to the Demo crats us the original Wilson bill, but what is moro to tho point, it is sure of passage in its present shape. In a measure, the concessions which were demanded by the protection Democrats in the Senate are made, but only those concessions were made which were necessary to secure BUffioiont votes to puss the bill. There will doubtless he little opposi tion in tho House und it is quite pro bable tho bill as reported will bo finally ugreed upon in conference und become u law. None of the protection Democrats get ull they asked for or us much as they wanted, but they received enough to prevent their having a valid excuse for voting against tho bill. Mr. Gorman und Mr. Hill were un able tO kill tho income fix feature. It remains the sumo as in tho House bill. The eoal and iron men succeeded in getting u 10 per eent. duty on their ores, tin* sugar men one cent, on ruw sugar with tho polariseopie test ap plied to refined. Lead ores were taken off tho free list and tnxed three-fourths of ono per eent. Mr. Murphy secured nn increase of 10 por cent. In tho tux on collars und cuffs. Lumbor and diamonds were put on tho froo list. Theso uro tho most im portant changos, with tho exception of cotton machinery, which wus put on tho free list. Tho bill us presented will greatly lnoroaso tho revenues, and while some of its increases uro to bo doprocated. it is a rauoh bettor and braver bill than was oxpocted, and should and will bo supported by all Democrats. I TO THE COTTON GROWERS. A. Houtherncr on 'Change Appeals to the South to Think und Reason. The following article is from Mr. John T. Roddy, of Now York, formerly a citizen of Rock Hill, S. G. Ho is in tho eutton husinoss, und his knowledge of the situation comes from a constant study of tho cotton problem. To tho Editor of tho State : Tho cotton situation should at pres ent eauso more thought and agita tion than anything else with the think ing people of tho South, und it docs seem that with so many shrewd and progressive Southerners that thoy couid control tho price of cotton, which can only ho raised in ten Southern Statos'of tho Union. The Southern States should be ablo to dictate, instead of having the price dictated to them. Why will tho South not organize, and study more closely the law of supply and demand V They should command tho situation and control their most prolltablo staple, which affects their welfare more than all political questions, to tho discussion of whieh so much time is given. Which is more profitable, to raise (3,000,(KH) bales at 12 cents, or !>,000.0<)0 lit 5 cents ? Some argue that the price of cotton must equal tho cost of pro duction. This, is a misleading argu ment, because even souio of the Southern State possoss'spocial advant ages, so that while at a certain price some communities would get a fair or small profit, the same price would mean ruin to others. Some farmers will say : " Well, I make enough of everything to do me and can afford to plant tho balance of my land in cotton.'" This extra planting is the cause of the low price. The worst trouble 111 some sections, it seems, (in my opinion,) is the mer chant, because if a laborer can borrow, buy, beg or rent a mule, he can easily rent his land, and tho merchant per mits his lieu to bo in proportion to the amount of land he has in cotton. Many farmers promise to pay bi<; prices for corn, provisions and other necessities, expecting an enormous crop of cotton to pay for everything. The big crop comes and the prices must necessarily be low. Then tho debts cannot be paid, and, of course, geucral demoralization is tho result. Why cannot farmers organize some plan which would permit only so many acres to be planted in cotton for each horse and then adhere to tho rule. Diversify tho crop. Let every family I raise everything at home except what it wears. There is no sense in the South buying everything it uses, when it can be raised in that section, which naturally should be the most prosper ous part of the Union ; but it seems to send Nort or West for every thing, because, in my opinion, it simply desires to plant cotton. Many farmers seem to know nothing else, and care to learn nothing else. If an organization could be formed among Southern farmers to control tho planting of cotton, instead of dis cussing the silvor bill and other political questions, 12 to 15 conts per pound could easily be obtained tor cotton. Cotton is very different from wheat, in that the latter can be grown all over the world. Supply and demand must control prices. When it is known how many acres the South has planted In cotton, spinners immediately begin to figure how low they cau buy your cotton next year. No, doubt, Man chester ?pinners have representatives In the South now. ligurlng on how many acres you will plant, and for how little they can buy your cotton. There is one point I wish especially to emphasize, and that is tho tendency of the South to send out false roports in regard to the probable amount of cotton they will raise. This works great Injury to prices. Why? Exports go South, look up the crop, estimate the acreage and the amount you will make. These farmers will say live bales the to horse. The experts, having taken in the situation, know positively that seven bales of cotton will be made to the horse, or at least a difference of easily 20 per cent. The reports of tho farmers, who estimate the crop at only five bales to tho horse, are given to tho govern ment and many large houses, who send thoin out. Then, tho South, with this falso idea, will imagine that tho crop is exceedingly small, and will buy cotton. Tho experts give their opinion, which is usually correct, to many Influential people, who then sell you the cotton at high prices, based on the estimate of live bales to the horse. When the time comes around for you to sell your cotton, it is ap parent that th?) crop will bo seven bales to the horse, and yon will get the low price on this basis. So you can readily see that hundreds of specula tors, cotton traders and merchants livo?and comfortably too on your false estimates of the .'t op. I am a native Southerner, with Southern interests ami Southern sympathies, and it is my dearest wish that the South may wake up. study ?doser and be the on CO proud and pros perous section as in ante-bellum days. But unless they pull together In har mony, and all work for the individual, as well as the general prosperity, auch will not be the case. .INO. T. HODDKY. AN EXPLANATH IN.?-Ex- May or Hew itt, of New York, has issued an amend ment to his speech before the Sout h ern Society, wherein be criticised the Southorn members of Congross. Hav ing read what Senator Butler and others have said in answer to "his speech, be says: "Now that I am speaking OU this subject 1 wish to say that mv address has been misunder stood by many people who tlitl not bear It, but read the short reports in the newspapers. While these reports were fairly accurate, so far as they went, they gave a different Impression than Would have resulted had the speech been given in full. Then, again, my criticism was confined to the Southern statesmen because I wits talking to a Southern audieneo. l hold the same opinion of the average statesmen in other parts of the coun try, and had I been speaking before a more general audience and I would un doubtedly have included the whole country in my statement. I have read the remarks of S>nator Butler and others, and all I care to say is that their words prove the truth of my statement, if they wore as big men as Calhoun. (May and others of their time they would not have said what they did, even if my position was a wrong ono.'' ?Win. E. Boykin, colored, who pleaded guilty at Kershaw to soiling eider in vlolatloh of the DhVponsary law, has been pardoned by Governor Tlllman. Evidence was submitted showing that Boykin had hot intended to violate the law and that he thought the older which be was selling did not contain inoro than the amount of alco hol allowed by law. Boykin was sen tenced to thirty days iu Jail, tho limit i of tho law. .? / I : M . V*1 > V; K' 1 < CAROLINA AT THE OAPlTOLi. Si mk h Cnrollua Members uro Solid lor HukTariffBIH?The Darlington Post Oilioe Settled. Special to the News and Courier. Washington, Mureh S.?AH of tlio members of tlio South Carolina dolegu tion, except G. Wushington Murray approve tiio remodelled tariff bill us framed by the Demoerutio members of the finunee committee. Why Senutor Butler should huvo fought for modifi cations to the bill in company with Brice. Hill, Gorman, White. Oaffery, Smith and Faulkner it is difficult to comprehend, us the revised bill does not show any ehangos in the South Carolina items. Rico, cotton, cotton tics and jute uro the ?atiio as in tho Wilson bill. There is still some tulk ubout cortuin Democratic Sonators voting against the hill in its present shape. Senator Hill may vote against it on account of the income tax. Sovorul other F.ustern Senators say they uro not fully satis lied with tho hill, but they cannot be , induced'to state that thoy proposo to vote against tho bill. As a matter of fact tho sugar, coal and iron men are secretly pleased with the concessions made to them in tho committee's bill. They will have to keep up their fight while tho bill is pending in tho Senate, otherwise they might lose their ud vantago when the bill is thrown into a cqmtuttt?o of conference. There has been considerable " bluff ing " on tho part of the eo-oallod " con servative1' Senators, and they have gained numerous concessions that they hardly expected. As before stated iii these dispatches the Democrats of tho Senate are pledged to puss a tariff re form measure through the presentCon gress and they propose to redeem that pledge in spite of tho contaminating influence of the Sugar Trust and all other trusts. Some of the Senators from semi-protection States have been obliged to make a light for duties on Certain articles, hut after all they will walk up and veto with tho majority of their party for tariff reform, all pre dictions to the contrary notwithstand ing. To-day the Senate struck an indus trious gait and rushed through a num ber of bills on the Calendar. While Sonittors Butler and Irby wore absent from the ehatnber the bill to transfer the Morris Island live-saving station to Sullivan's island was taken up and passed without objection. Senator Irby has requested Senator Pugh to report favorably the nomina tion of.Mr. Hunter, who was recently appointed United States Marshal for South Carolina. Senator Hugh is chairman of tho judiciary committee, to which Mr. Hunter's nomination was referred. There will be no opposition to Mr. Hunter from any source. The President to day nominated A. A. GI'audy to he. post master at Dar lington, s. C. This is supposed to end one of the hardest lights over a Federal appointment that has ever occurred in South Carolina. Tho appointment was made at the instance of Represen tative McLtturin as a compromise be tween Mr. Waddill und those who suc cessfully opposed the lnttor's unexpect ed appointment. Mr. MeLuurin had a long consultation with Postmaster Gen eral Bissel I this morning in behalf of Mr. Gandy, and he was afterwords re ferred to the President. To the White House Mr. MeLnurhi went, and before he left tho President signed the ap pointment. It will be remembered that M rs. Law and Mr. .1. P. k'irven were tho origi nal applicants. Mrs. Law's friends at tacked the character of Mr. Kirvon, and Mrs. Law was about to receive tho appointment when Mr. McLaurin with drew Mr. Kirven's namo and recom mended Mr. .1. M. Waddill, There was a mooting called by Messrs. Thompson, Wilcox, Woods ami those of the town who filed a protest against the appointment of Mr. Waddill. Tho Law side of the controversy was hack ed by Bx-Governor Hugh S. Thompson and Kx-Senator Hampton. Mr. Wad dill by Senator Butler and Mr. Mo Laurin. Mr. WaddlM's appointment was confirmed by the Senate, but the commission was held hack by the Post master General. Charges of all kinds were made pro and con, but as it was plainly evident that "JO per cent, of the the people of the town opposed Wad dill. at tho Postmaster Gonoval's re quest finally Mr. McLaurin recom mended Gandy, and immediately the Same fight was begun against him. with Henry Thompson, tlio son of lix-Gov ernor Thompson, as their candidate. Senator Irby says there will he no op position to Candy's confirmation. DOWN AN E.nlLVNKMENT. A Hailroad Train Plunges Fifty Peel mid Halls on the Brink of the Itlvor. ROANOKE, Va.. March, 8.?The southbound voatibuled train on the Shonnndoall division of tho Norfolk and Western Hailroad, was wrecked at 11:40 o'clock this morning, between Natural Bridge and Buchanan. En gineer Jacob*] Hardy was instantly killed and fireman Wi!? Noftsinger was badly injured, though not fatally. The disaster was caused by II land slide from the bluffs along the .lames, to the tracks, and occured almost ex actly ten miles north of Bu hanan. The engine was thrown from the track, and ran along the ties about forty feet and then plunged over a fifty-foot em bankment, and was converted into a mass of debris at the brink of the river. When the crash came the en gineer wa.s at his post, with Iiis hand on the throttle; the fireman was in the cab. Neither of tlie men had time to jump, and when the engine fell on the right side, Hardy was buried be neath it and was killed at once. Mr. Noftsinger had reached the platform by the side of the boiler, and was thrown over the engine into the river. Ho managed to swim to the shore, although badly scaled by the escaping steam. After he was pulled ashore his wounds were, dressed by Dr. J. S. S to wart, of Joucshoro, Toon., who was on t he train. No one eleso on tho train was injur ed. A train was made up bore as soon as t he news of the wreck was received, and the passengers and the body of the ongineoi' were transferred to that and reached the city about noon. Kngincer Hardy resided in this city and leaves a wife and three children. His burial will occur Saturday. The train consisted <?f an express ear. a dining car ami three vestibule ears. Only the engine and tender were de molished. ?Tho grand jury of Kose.inoko, Miss., found a true hill against W. P. Hat liffo for tho killing of Samuel A. .Tnck son. There uro two counts, first for murder and second for manslaughter. Judge Campboll sot tho onso to bo cull ed Saturday, if Ratliffe should ho ac quitted on the first he is amendable for tho second count. Tho jury did not take up the oosos against. Rutliffe for tho killing of Russell and tho wounding of Saundors. Twenty-five persons who witnessed the killing woro examined by tho grand jury. WASHINGTON NEWS AN1> evelnnd and Cui-HhIo arc Or o Hluud'h Bill?AOoUhIUiik I Dtllees?The Came/fiO Irregula UTAClllxviinnu M......1. U MM.J Cleveland to Ofllcei WASHINGTON, March 8.?Tho, incut is nuule by one of the moat inont men in public life that PresV , Cleveland will veto the Bland soign\ age bill if it pusses the Senate. T| gentleman talked with the Presidoi yesterday regarding the matter, ai* the reason given is that tho bill wonv. bo destructive of the roposo whicl now surrounds tho financial conditioi. of the country und further that B would tend to weaken our credit abroad. Secretary Carlisle is known to be unfavorablo'to tho bill and he is understood to have represented to tho President that the money that would result from the coinage of tho soig niorago is not needed und that it Is his intention to sell whatever bonds may :o be necessary to supply the deticioncos of the National Treasury and this without any regard to the contention raised that this money ought only to bo used in compliance with the term' of the resumption not. Mr. Richardson (Dem.) of Teuness< called up the bill reported by t Dockery commission, abolishing the flees of Commissioner and Deputy C missiOnor of Customs, and ask\?d consideration as a privileged mat Mr. Reed asked how its priv'loge?. Character bad been retained after be ing reported. "Bccuuse an examination .of. the re cords showed that the Speaker had stated when the bill was introduced that it was privileged." Mr. Reed?"Can that be done except by unanimous consent? The Speaker does not seem to have asked the llouso for it (humorously). 1 withdraw my / objection to present consideration. Ex hibitions of tyranny are uot unpleiuvj ant to me." Whereat the Speaker could not re strain a smile. A letter from Secre tary Carlisle, recommending the pas sage of the bill as tending to a hotter and more accurate accounting in tho department, and the report of the com mission explaining thedesira/Vl: itttW scope of the operation of 1 v ... uro were read. Tho-iclaimed that $3O;430 would bo annually saved in ex ponsoj by tho passage of tho bill, and a more' speedy and accurate accounting obtained. The bill was passed after brief dis cussion. Relative to tho Pittsburg report charging collusion of naval inspectors in the matter of the Carnegie armor plates, Representative Cumin Inga? chairman of the committee on naval ' affairs, to-day said : " The reports from Pittsburg about collusion of gov ernment officers in the manufacture of armor are Incorrect. Tho investiga tion developed nothing of tho kind. There were certain Irregularities that were seen by workmen in two depart ments at Homestead. These workmen Informed the Secretary of the Navy of tho fact, and an investigation proved that irregularities had existed. The Carnegie Company denied all knowl edge of them, but wore after.vards con vinced that such was the case. They were fined $140,000. Twenty-live per cent, of this wont to the workmen who gave the information and the remain der was withheld In payments due the Carnegie. Company for armor under the contract. The investigation re flects the greatest credit on the Navy Department." An annoying error has boon discov ered in the distribution of the lariiT speeches of ex-Speaker Reed and Chairman Wilson of the ways and means comiuitteo. They wore printed at tho same ofllco and the usual care was exercised in their preparation and circulation. Among tho Congressmen w ho sent out Rood's speech was Mr. Van Vooihlsof Ohloi Fie received yesterday from an excited and indignant constituent tho cony of tho speech sont to him with a request for explanation. The cover was all right -"Tariff Speech Deliver ed by the Hon. ThOS. B. Pee.! while the body of the pamphlet was the tariff speech of tho lion. W. L. Wilson. An investigation is in progress. RICK IN TUM PIEDMONT. Yorkvillc Knquhvr. Mr. C. 11. Smith, who 11 vesflvomiles southwest of Yorkvillc, is ono of thoso farmers who last year experimented with l'lcO CllltUrO. He made a success of it. From Mr. Robert Conrad, he bought live quarts of seed, which ho sowed on one quarter of an acre. The yield was twenty bushels, or at tho rate of eighty bushels to the acre. Mr. Smith was in the Enquirer office last Monday, and told the story of his ex periment as follows : '? I lirst selected a lovol piece of bot tom land, which measured a little less than a qunrtor of an acre. After broadcasting stable manure over the patch, I broke it up and pulvorlzod it. thoroughly with a disk harrow. Next, about tho 1st of April. I sowed the rice, jusl u- I would wheat or oat-.. Then I built a dam and Ihn (led the patch, allowing tho water to remain on until the I'leo began to sprout. After the rice sprouted, I then lei the water o IT and k opt the place dry until the rice was about four or live Itichos bight. Tho woods were from two lo three Inches higher. I lol tho water on again about up to the first barrel of the rice. Within four or live days the weeds and grass begun to turn red and die. In less than ten (lays more, the rice was high enough to allow the weed" and grass to be entirely covered with water. Soon after this was done, the weeds and grass (Hod. I lol tho water off and turned it on one.- or Uvtcc more during the growing season as I thought the rice so ?med to re quire. As the rice began to ripen. I let the patch 1.une thoroughly dry, and when harvest came, it was in lirst rate condition for handling.'' Mr. Smith also informs us thai he sowed some I'leo On a piece of upland, and that it made a pretty fair crop. It was sowed about iikc wheat and re quired no more attention than sorghum cane. Ho says that ho has been using homo-raised rlco on his table ovor since hud summer, and still has plenty to spare. ?B ? ? ? ?#?????? ?Cell. Early's celibacy is said to have been due to a romantic attach ment for a tickle girl. As the story goes, when he was a second lieutenant of artillery hd wont to the Greenbrlor White Sillpher Springs on a furlough, and whih- horsooack riding saved a hclie of tllO resort from drowning and fell In love w ith her. His suit pro? spered, and when he went to tho Ever glades thoy were engaged. Time wore On until theyoung artillery offlcot' yearned to seo his betrothed again, And applied for a furlough, With the mail that brought his leave Of absence oame a newspaper that was ander? scored at its announcement of the marriage of his sweetheart. Ho waived his furlough and continued in active service, brooding over tho shadow cast oil bis life until he Slid* denly decided on quitting tho army, ntrl this explains his resignation e July 81, 1?18.