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The Wedding March. The wedding march from " Lohengrin" the organ loudly plays, The groom and his supporters greet the gathered public's gaze. The swelling music trembles as arc touch ed the polished koys, Hut the tremble isn't in it with the shake in Fredy's kneezes. Down the aisle the blushing maids pro ceed with stately trend, And each regrets the duy is not the day for her to wed, Hut thore's a silver lining to the cloud that hovers o'er? They know they never looked so sweet in ull their lives before. And now the organ thunders forth a wel come loud and clear, A hundred bends are turned to see the blushing bride appear, Her father, who supports her down the long and dizzy aisle, Will support her and her husband, too, in just a little while. AN IMPORTANT DECISION. TUM AcatlCUIiTUKAIi IIA 1.1/CASK. The United States Supremo Court ltertiHCH tin- Writ efUirornial the State Will Lose Possession. The state. 8th inat. News was rocelved hero yesterday afternoon that the United States Su preme Court had refused the writ of orror applied for by Attorney Goueral Buchanan in tho namo of too Stato, after a jury in tho United States Cir cuit Court of this Stato had rondorod a vordlct in favor of E. B. Wesley, who claimed tho proporty by virtue of pur chase from tho sinkintr fund commis sion and this news has boon confirmed by tho following press dispatch re-1 colved last night: In an opinion road by Chief Justico Puller to-day tho Supremo Court do cided ugalnst tho claims of tho Stato of South Carolina, in a suit involving tho possession of a pieoo of property in Columbia, of that State. E. 11. Wesley of New York, claiming tltlo under ilcod from the commissioners of tho sinking fund, brought suit in tho United Stator. Court against J. B. Tiudal, Secretary of Stato and J. 11. Boyles caretaker, employed by Tludai, for possession of what is known as Agricultural Hall, with the lot upon which It stauds, about throe-fourths of an aero in nroa, valued at (10,105. O. W. Buchanan, Attorney General of I South Carolina, intervened in the suit and tiled a motion that Wesley's bill bo dismissed on tho ground that tho | property Ixdonged to tho Stato. Tho . motion expressly stipulated that it was mado "without submitting the rights of tho Stato to tho jurisdiction ; of tho court." Judgo Simonton do- j nled tho motion of tho A'torncy Con-i oral and tho jury, on a trim of the same cause, and returned a verdict in favor of Wesley. From tho judgment of tho I court upon this verdict tho Attorney j General appealod in the name of the ! Stato. Hevlowing tho ease, Chief ; Justice Fuller said that the Stato of South Carolina did not appear as a party of record and that she had ! oxprestdy declined to submit hot* | rights to tho jurisdiction of the court. The appeal was tboroforo dismissed. Tho '' Agricultural Hall caso" is one that is familinr to the public, but in view of tiiis latest decision in regard to it, a brief resume of its loading fea tures will bo of Interest at this time. Shortly after tho Agricultural De partment was abolished as one of tbo Stato departments, tho building known as the Agricultural Hall, which had j been tho headquarters of that depart ment, was sold at public sale by tho sinking fund commission. It was pur chased by Win. H. Lyles, Esq., n? at- I tornoy for E. B. Wesley, of New York, | for $1(J,105, tho terms of Bale being one third cash, balance in one and two years, secured in tiio usual manner by bond and mortgago of tho purchased premises. The first paymout on tho property was inado by tho purchaser and short ly after he ottered to anticipate tbo re-, inuining payments, making a tender of oor.Wn Stato bonds for such payment. The tendor was refused on tho ground that the bonds wore worthless, aud itn- j mediately thereafter Governor Till man took forcible possession of tbo prop erty, claiming that the sale had boon annulled by a fradulont tender, anil the purchaser commenced actiou in the United States Court for recovery of possession. Pending the decision of tho enso, the dispensary law was passed, and the State board of control obtained it as a dispensary depot and it has over since been used for that purpose. Aftor tho vordict in Judgo Simon ton's court in favor of Mr. Wesley, two appeals wore takon, ono by J. E. Tin dal und J. It. Boyles to the Unitod states Circuit Court of Appeals, at Itichmond, Va., and ono by Attorney Genoral E ohunnn, for tho Stato of South Car. .mi, directly to tho Unitod States Supremo Court. Tho United Statos Supremo Court has just render ed its decision as n*bovo announced and tho appeal to tho Circuit Court of Appeals has been argued and n dochion is oxpocted by February 1st, and should that decision bo tbo same as that of the Supreme Court, tho State will havo to yield possession of tho property according to tho terms of tbo bond given when tho appeal was taken Columbia Register, i)tb hist. Attorney General Barber says that tho Stato is In no way affected by tho decision of tho Unitod States Supremo Court dismissing tho appeal In tho Agricultural Hall ouho. That decision hod nothing to do with tho merits of tho caso. The actual appeal of the Stato in tho colobratod caso is now in the United States Court of Appeals, and if that Court decides against tho State, Agricultural Hall will go to tho purohasors. As stated in tho Register yosterday mornfng no decision which can bo made is likoly to bo in favor of the fradulont bonds, i It Is likely to bo a long* time boforo Vesloy will got hold of tho proporty, 1J ho evor gets hold of It. Tho Stato ha&not lost tho caso by long odds. ?^\ Springfiold Itopubli jtin makos tho anujdu honorablo, as follows : " Ef. A. Boll^of Charloston, S. C, disputes the clain\that tho Southern cotton mills cannt. or <jo n(,t make the ilno goods manu\jturc(1 jn now England, and hOBondsNvj, republican a sample of cloth lnadrf^y a South Carolina mill in proof o\v,g contontion. Wo shall have to Kl* Ui him in this caso at least. Nor thoro nny roaeon why tho Southern .?H HhouId n,)t make lino goods with V,hln(J far per footed as it is, and { f ^> available as it is or rnutf,^ bo |n that section. ( ?A. L. Walsh, who was sent workhouse In St. Eouis last g?vWJ for carrying burglars' tools, thrtf away a gold watch on hU way to th? atatfon. It has boon identified by G W. Brothauor, a Chicago jowoler,, a one which was stolon from hie plac October 30, when three robbers enrrie off $10,000 worth of jewelry after looK log him In tho safo. WaWconfeesc Staking part in tho fobbw H served seven years in theC^lm a penitentiary for assisting ini a JJu.fX Wabash Hall road expross ronbery. OOTTON GROWERS' CONVENTION. a PROTECTIVE organization* King Cotton lias lost His Crown? Various Plans arc Discussed for 11 e - utorliijr His Supromucy. Jackson, Miss., Jan. 0.?When tho delegates to tho Cotton Growers' Con vention moved toward the Hall of Rep rosontativos in which they woro to moot this morning, they trudgod through four inches of snow. Over lf>u delegates wore on band at 10 o'clock, at which hour the body was called to order by Auditor Stone, of Mississippi. Ho introduced Hon. H. D. Lano, of Alabama, commissioner of agriculture, who called on Governor Stone, of Mis sissippi, to make the openiug address. Governor Stono spoko three-quarters of an hour and undertook to outiino what should bo tho lino of effort of tbo con vention. Robort E. Eokbergor was chosen to act as secretory of the convention. A oall of tho roll disclosed tho presence of delegates from Alabama, Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina and Tonneeseo, noaily all of whom are practical planters. The following com mittees woro appointed : Resolutions?J. H. Mingo, Ala; ox Govornor James P. Eagle, Arkansas; W. A. Hroughton, Georgia: George H. Ganzoo, Louisana; J. H. Williamson, North Carolina, and B. M.JPrlestly, of Tmnesseo. Pormanont organization?Hootor D. Lane, Alabama; J. F. Smith, Arkan sas ; W. A. Brougbton, Georgia; ?. W. Pipor, Louisiana; J. II. Williamson, North Carolina; J. M. Priestlv, Tcn nosseo; J. A. Hedhond, Mississippi, A score of plans wore sue,'jested in writing by delegates and referred to tho committeo on resolutions. Ono pro vides for the bankrupt law ; another for on increase of tbo circulating medium, so as to cheapen money, but all the others rolato to increasing tho valuo of cotton, tbo most popular Hohomo being to deoron.su the acreago by tbo formation of an organization whoso members should pledge them solves to plant from 26 to SO per cent, loss than in 1804. Some of them arc very drastic in tholr tendency, propos ing to hold members up to public scorn as enemies of their country if they should violate their obligations. Several delegates took tbo lloor to express themselves on the situation and tho best way to increase tbo price of cotton. It was resolved to form a pcruiuneut organization and a commit tee to draft the laws a? d constitution was appointed. Among tho resolutions offered was ono by Pipor, of Louisiana, opposing dealing in cotton futures and calling on members of Congress to sup port the Hatch bill. Ono by Robinson, of Mississippi, pro vides for tho establishment of cold atorago houses at convenient points throughout the country. Lane, for tbo committee on pormanont organization, submitted a report which was adopted, recommending that the association bo known us tho Cotton Growers' Protec tive Association, and providing for the election or appointment of national of ficers, appointing tho Stato presidents, but all otllccrs after 1805 to bo elected. A reeess was thou taken. At tho night session Hector D. Lano, of Alabama,r was elected president of tbo national association, ex-Govornor Eagle, of Arkansas, vico president and Robert B. Eokbergor, of Alabama, sec retary and trcasuror. Tho following resolution was adopted by a voto of 217 to 10: Resolved, That it is tho senso of this convention that dealing in futures or future gambling is injurious to tho ag ricultural interests of tho United States, and especially injurious to tho cotton growers of tbo South. Members of Congress wore requested to pass tho Hatch hill or somo kindred measures. All the States voted solidly for tho resolution except Alabama and Mis sissippi, which stood a small fraction against tho resolution. Jackson, Miss., Jan. 10.--When tho Cotton Growers' Protective Association convonod this morning tbo first busi ness dono was to adopt tho report of tho committeo on resolutions, the sailont part of which Is as follows : "The gravity of tho conditions con fronting tho cotton growers is reco gnized : to what extent this may bo traced to Bnanoial legislation is useless to discuss. Tho overproduction of cot ton is recognized as ono of the chief ovils. This must bo corrected or uni versal bankruptcy will follow. Solf in terest must impel tho grower to a change. Every farmer la appealed to not to plant so much cotton ; a decrease of not loss than twonty-tivo per cent, is recommended; fifty cont. would bo bettor. Tho farmer should be made self sustaining by planting peas, corn, potatoes, oats, etc.. and raising plonty of moat. Tho tido of immigration turned this way will chango methods. Farmers are urged to form county organizations all over tho South to carry out these resolutions. Cold storago houses aro recommended wher ever practicable. " The committeo promises bettor times and higher prices for cotton if its recommendations are observed. All Impors in the South are requested to coop tho committee's report standing. Tho committeo on organization and by-laws submitted a long roport, of which tho following is a synopsis : No ono shall bo a member who is not a legitimate grower, Tho association is formed for ono year and tho execu tive committeo is given puwor to con tinue it longer if good results aro at tained. Tho agreement to be sent to all counties in tho cotton growing States for signatures is not to bo bind ing till signed by threo-fourths of tho OOtton acreago in 80 nor cent, of tho cotton growing counties; said fact to bo determined by tho national commit tee. Eaoll member binds himself to pay two conts for each ncro of cotton planted in 181H, half to bo retained in tho counties, tho balance to be paid into tho treasury of tho national com mitteo for general purposos. Tho county organizations aro to bo formed on tbo first Monday of March, 1805. Tho national oxccutlvo committoo shall bo composed of the national presi dent, who is ox-olTloo chairman and each State is entitled to ono mombor for every 100,000 bales of cotton raised in 1SO0 as fliown by tho United States census. All Stato organizations shall meet at tho State capitals on tho third Monday of March, 1805, und the na tional committeo at Now Orient" tho first Monday of April. 189f>, whioh shall ascertain wbother tho ngroomont is signed by tho requisite number to make the same binding, Tho presi dents are charged with tho duty of ?Oeing the agrooments proporly distri ited for signatures. monui.cfTort is bolng made to ralso a Robert fcvto tho memory of the late Troasuror H, the faithful and efficient lost his Ufo >r{tngoburg County, who charge of his ??ar whilo in tho diH _ I and noble man, W? h0 wfts a high 0 I his follow.' oltizons *<\ the eeteom of J politics. ^ut regard to BEING MILLS TO THE OOTTON. IHK I l>l',AM or ClOVKItXOIl 8TONIJ. Ho Argue*That the Mills Must Como to the I 'i- ids, anil flavors Small Fac tories? High Prices a Thing ofthe Past. . * ? At tho cotton growors' convention in Jackson, Miss., tho opening speeoh was made by Govornor stone, from which wo make tho following extracts : ?' Tliero is no concealing tho fact that tho conditions which environ tho inter ests of the cotton growers of tho South ern States of this union throaten ul timate and utter destruction of that in dustry to which they havo hitherto looked alone for profit in the cultiva tion of the soil. "Tho gloom and despondency which hangs like a pall over the ontiroSouth, superinduced, in tho main, by tho low and unremunerative prico of cotton, bringing within its embrace all classes of citizens and ovory vocation, excite.. in ovory reflective mind tho startling query, to what end aro wo drifting ? " As cotton docllnod In prico. which it has steadily done, tho necessity of homo production forced itself upou our conviction, until now. with our 4-cont cotton, It Is frooly and fully conceded that ho who would oat must provldo tho wherewithal at homo, with his own hand and under his own oyo This changed condition affects, und is felt by every business eloment in tho land, j Cotton has lost its erown; cotton has I lost its crodlt. Tho faotor in our groat marts who onco sought to lend almost without limit for its production, and grew fat handling it?tho banker who backed tho factor as far as his deposit i account would enable him?tbo ohun- j try morohunt with his 100por cont who hoped to grow rich in u singlo year by j advancing to his benighted cotton growing customers and to whom a I cash dealer was a crying nuisance? ! and tho professions and trades havo i all lost their faith iu cotton, leaving ; scarcely u vestlgo of bopo to stimulate exertion when cotton is tho only i promised reward. "That tho farmers and planters could thus bo brought into unification ! is as visionary and chimoricul as it is impossible Conditions and olroum*y stances are too diverso; intorests of different individuals too varied. They are too numorons, and tho cotton bolt j covoro too largo a territory, to say j nothing of tho enormous amount of i capital necessary to croato and main- 1 tain such a corner. "Tlmta co-oporativo offort for mu tual benefit is dosirablo and needful and practical, is not denied, but it is : not foasiblo with tho cotton in tbo warehouses and cvory balo counted \ and known to thospluuers of the world, OS well as to tho combine of association Itself. "It is an axiom in manufacturing; that tho noaror to tho factory tho raw material can bo procurod, othor things I boiug equal, tho cheaper tbo finished i product can bo made. Tbo ownor of j an irou mine would not think of ship- j piug his ore a thousand miles If ho could find in his vicinity tho noeded resolvents by which to convort his oro j into pigs ready for tho manufacturer j of all iron articles in foundry and ma chine shop. Tho lumber dealer would not think of shipping his logs from j tho long-leaf pine forests of tbo south j to tho northern merchant; on tho con trary, ho cuts It into proper dimension Stuff, not omitting to dress, and even i to touguo and groove it, ready for the builders' use. Honco, tho innumerable i lumber mills of tho South, and our j immense oxport of lumber. Why is it ' that tho old open-kettle process of our sugar making neighbors of Louisiana is discarded, and millions of money in vested to improve tho quality of our domestic sugars ? The question promp- j tly suggests its own answer: To add to tho value of tho sugar, which added value secures to tho planter a greater I net profit on Iiis labor and capital ox- ' ponded iu growing, harvesting, grind* ing and preparing it for market. This scorns to me a clear illustration of what may be done by tho cotton planter. ' If theso things aro truo and applica ble as suggested in sugar planting and i other industries, then why cannot tho COtton growers, by co-operative elTort, ! establish iu every city, town, villago or hamlet in all tho cotton-growing states, factories for tho manufacture j of their raw cotton into the moro valu- ! ablo commodities boforo final oxport or i sale V Thus saving to tho grower, tho j merchant, tho laborer and the oapital- j 1st in their own midst tho difference, between tho value of raw, raggod and condemned bales of cotton and tbo I same cotton spun into yarn, at least, if not woven into fabrics. "This is altogether practicable, feasible, can easily bo done if deter mined upon, and I boliovo I may safely predict that it will b3 done in tho near future. As St. Paul, Min neapolis and other western citios ship Hour to us instead of wheat, so wo will soon bo driven to shipping yarns to Pall River, Manchester and other manufacturing cities. "Tho flouring mills havo over sought tho wheat Holds of tho northwest, why should not tho spindle seek tho cotton Holds of tho South V So far as wo are Involved our juto-covorod foundling is to Manchostor what tho crude oro is to tho blast furnace. By oxporting tho baled cotton wo lose a percentage which, at present prices, should by all meaus bo kopt at homo?if wo would live?just as tho ownor of tho oro bed would lose if ho should ship from Ala bama to the blast furnacos of Pennsyl vania. He cannot do it and survive. Neither can wo cotton growors, as matters now stand, continuo tho course herotoforo pursued without utter ruin and bankruptcy, and I verily believe that theso conditions will continuo for an indefinite lime without united action on tho part of tho cotton growers of tbo Southern States. I havo no faith In higher priced cotton in tho future. Indeed, I am not quito sure that it would not bo a calamity rather than a blessing ; though it can go far above the presont prices aud still bo very low. " I do not wish to bo understood as advocating tho erection of largo cen tral factories, involving tho Invest ment of immense sums of money, with in tho ronch only of capitalists of largo means ; but rather tho establishment of small mills at convenient localities for utilizing nil tho cotton grown in tholr vicinity, and numerous enough to spin all tho cotton, and so convenient and olo.se togothor as to l>o ablo oven to hnudlo soed cotton and gin it in the factory as it is spun ; thus saving the bagging and tios to tho farmer, whioii is a clear lo9s undor tho Liverpool rules, and runs into millions of dollars ever/season, It would also save the great waste inoldent to tho present .i imd of handling sampling, etc., with all which tho growor of the cot ton is charged ; but in his innocence he is Ignorant of tho fact, and could not help it if ho know it. In tho establishment of those small spin norios every cotton grower in tho vicinity could subscrlbo stock payable In cotton for putting tho faotory in operation, and others not growing out put could furnish capital for tho plant. " Lot tho shares bo small and within tho reach of evory ono, howevor small his iiM?mis. Those Bmali factories dot ting the face of the country would af ford employment to millions of men, women and children now without moans of support, though willing aud anxious to work. Tho joint igtCf&t of each grower would entitlo him to hia sharo of whatovor profit, might ariso frcm tho product of tho factory. There would bo built up a co-oporatlvo spirit which would soon adjust itself to the ohungod conditions. The stock holder wou Id look to tho management of his mill foracounsol and advlco, and If it woro competent, as all such manage ments should bo, ho would always bo Informed and keep pace with his neighboring vutorpriao. Tho small factories, from good business reason ing, would naturally gravitate towards co-operation among themselves, till having a common end and purpose. This would load to organization by states into interstate associations which could bo led by tho purpose and aim of all to a national or southern spinners' association through which too markets of tho world would bo roachod, statistics gathered and com pared, which 'would roilect light back to tho farmer, affording iutelligonco aud enlightmont whore now prevail darkness and ignoranco, tho sou reo of all our agricultural woes. If wo aro Buffering from over production I be lieve this will stay it; nothingolso can. " With tho freo use of fertilizers, im proved methods of cultlvalion, and abundance of labor, largo crops havo conio to stay, diversify as you may, They should stay and It is our duty to mnko tbo most of them and control thorn as far as possible. M By this small factory schomo tho cotton oil trust can be wiped from tho face of the earth ; for what is to pro vent each factory from utilizing all the seeds raised in the vicinity by manu facturing; them into oil, meal, food stuffs and fertilizers'. Thus tho in crement of wealth 'produced would bo broadcasted, us it wore, among the people, insteud of as now centralized in a fow places and focalized iu a fow individuals who profit by our loss and grow rich off of our misfortunes. If this COntlues, the fault will bo ours; notthoirs. If wo fail to enro for our selves whilo tho opportunity offers, they aro not to blame for our sloth and un worthiness." DISTRIBUTION OP BBBOS. Congressman Latlttier llas a Vlait to Lessen (he Cost. Washington, Jan. 0.?The Hon. a. C. Latimor having introduced a bill in tho House of Representatives for tho distribution of agricultural seeds, trees, shrubs, vinos, cuttings and plants, I sought an interview with him for tho purpose of llndingout what are tho advantages to be derived from tho proposed change iu tho system of distribution. In reply to my inquiry as to how tho system originated, which is now in use, ho stated "that Henry L. Ellsworth, United States Coinmis sionor^tftf Patents, iu 1830, conceived the idco^W distributing new aud im proved varieties of seeds among tho farmers of tho United States, and con tinued such distribution at his own expenso until 1835), when upon Iiis recommendation, Congress appropria ted $1,000, to bo taktm from the Patent olllcc funds, for tho purpose of collect ing aud distributing rare and improved varieties of seeds, and prosecuting agricultural statistics. And from this small beginning, fifty-four years ago, the Seed Division of tho Agricultural Department lias grown to its presont proportions; so that in tho year 1892 there was appropriated the sum of $135,400 for tho purchasing of seeds, bulbs, cuttings and plants for gratui tous distribution." "What is your ostiuiuto as to tho difference in the cost and distribution of seed*?" "After a thorough investigation, I find that under tho presont extrava gant systom of putting up and arrang ing for tho distribution of soed that It costs tho government four times as much to prepare and distribute tho soed as it does to buy them. " Are you in favor of a distribution of seed under udifferent method?" "I am heartily in favor of tho dis tribution of seed, and for uny en couragement or benefit derived by tho agricultural interests of our country from tliis distribution, and would not take ono dollar from this appropriation that is legitimately oxpended. It is tho extravagant method of preparing and distributing them by tho Agricul tural Department that 1 propose to remedy by tho bill which 1 havo in troduced." ''What Is tho cost to tho govern ment for tho distribution of seed, and what are tho advantages of your bill?" 11 Tho present Sccrotary of Agrlcul turo is opposed to this purchaso and distribution, and ovor sinco bo took chargo of Agricultural Department ho hus continually recommended a reduc tion In tho appropriation made for tho purchase of seed. Aa shown by his last roport for the fiscal year ending Juno 30, 181)3, there was paid out by tho Department of Agriculture, di rectly for soods, $00,048.01 ; and tho remainder of the appropriation, $130. 000 was absorbed In tho cost of putting them into packages and delivering thoin for distribution. And to tho abovo operating expenses of the Seed Division there, must bo added its fixed charges in tho form of statutory salaries, amounting to $13,520. This swells tho annual expenditures to$143,? f>20. This doos not include tho ex penses of directing and mailing seed sont out by ihe Congressmen them selves, nor tbo expenses to tho Post ofllco Department of sending out 777, 1 000 pounds of soed. By reckoning tho I postago at tho regular rate of I cont an ounce, tho bill for postago for seed distributed would amount to $123,200. It Is, thorcforo, safe to say that tho total exponsos to tho United Statos for seed distribution last year was $200, ooo. Now, of this $2(>o,ooo, remember that only $00, 548.01 was oxpended in | tho direct purchaso of soed, bulbs, cuttings and plants, and ovor $200,000 apont in postago and cost of getting tho BCOd ready for distribution. It ia this oxtravaganco that my bill proposes to remedy by making tho appropria tion direct to the agricultural colleges and stations in each State and Ter ritory. By a division of this appro priation between tho States and Terri tories, oaoh Stato and Territory would havo something ovor $5,000 to use in oxporlmonting with different varlotles of seeds, bulbs, cuttings, plants, etc., and, by using tho franking privilege, distribute them to tho citizens of the Stato, who would bo bonelitod by this appropriation rather than oxpoud it in exorbitant salarios and extrrva\'unt methods of distribution." ?-? its ? i mm - -Govornor Evans has expressed a de termination to havo tho Stato ropro sentcd at tho Atlanta Exposition by cu exhibit whorlhy tho roBourcos of tho State, and will appoint a commis sion to work up tho matter. ?New York's olty govornmont for 1805 is to cost $30,070,000?about ono half the total oxpondituro of Buoh anau's Administration for a 'year when tho population of this country was 31,000,000. ROASTING TUE PHHSIIIHN 1\ A Sensation in Congress?Surprising Stutciiieni? About tlio Ad in in ist rn tion Supporters. Ou the 8th lust., tho House weut into tho i.'onmb"."" of the wholo on the currency bill, when Mr Sibley (Dom.) of Pennsylvania opened tho debute with a spoceh in opposition to tho bill. He spoke on the subject of repeal of the purchasing clause of tho Shor.Mnn law, and Its failure to improvo thy liuuncial and commercial conditions despite tho ossurunco to tho contrary of its advocates and exprossod his belief that the pending bill would like wi?o provo u failure. Iteforring to tho published reports thut tho Exejutive Department ol tho Government, iu the person of tho Secretary of tho Trea sury was using its power to intlucuco votes in favor of the bill, Mr. Sibley said : Mr. Chairman : If I havo read the Constitution of the United States correctly it deflues tho powora and duties of tho chiof executive and tho power and duties of momborship of the Houso and I tell you thut If over a rebuke was needed to ono who has trampled down the prerogatives of tho Kooplo It is to that man who has used is influence or uttompted to uso It, to create in himself tho solo governiug power of this nation. Ithascomotoa tlmo when tho govornment of this peo ple requires somothiug more than a combination of braius, belly aud brass. (Sensation and applause.) Mr. Sibley coutlnuod at some length to assail tho administration for its at titude toward and action upon financial measures. Tho repeal of tho purchas ing clause of tho Sherman law ho as serted had been secured by tho uso of improper iniluences by tho administra tion, aud that if the padlocks woro taken off the mouths of tho representa tives four out of ilvo would confirm his statements. Tho question of length of time ho was to speak having been raised, Mr. Sibley said that every ugont of tho big gold trust had spoken all ho had to say. When pressed by Mr. Outhwalte to tell who put a pad lock upon bis (Sibley's) lips, ho said, "Lot mo toll tbo gentleman that I an not talking today to men who bo llevo in going to boll in a haudcart instead of heavenisupported ,by truth. Let mo toll him also that I am not addressing men who believe more in a bobtail flush than a contrite heart." Mr. Ponce (Pop.), of Colorado, asked consent that Mr. Sibley be permitted to conclude ids remarks; but Mr. Outhv/aito objected. Iteforring to tho action of tho administration Mr. Sibley said that paraphrasing Junius it could bo said that the merits of an adminis tration might bo judged by tho con dition of iho people. "Look upon the condition of tbo people of this country," ho said, "and you can toll tho merits of your administration." Mr. Sibley declared that by tho standards of tho fathers ho believed bo was a Democrat; he revered JelTer 80U and .lackson and worshipped at thoir shrino. Out if ho was to bo carried in a conveyanco labelled '; Democracy," guided by an obstinate driver over an unknown road with pro cipicos and chasms yawning on all sides, ho was going to jump out; and lie was not particular as to where he lit. (Laughter.) Mr. Sibley's thrusts at the President seemed to bo enjoyed by quite a num ber of representatives, and when hd concluded tbero was a round of ap plause. THE WINTHROP COIjIjEGE. The College Building to bo Completed by tjb? Superintendent off the Pen? Itontlary?The Salary and Duties of the President. The State, 10th inst. The board of trustees of tho Witt? throp Normal and Industrial Collcgo met at the Governor's oflico yesterday afternoon and organized by tho election of Governor Evans as chairman, and Mr. May liold as secretary. Ex-Govern or Till man was also oloctod as a trus too and a member of tho executivo committee. He was presont at tho mooting. Tho following resolutions woro adopted rotating to the completon of the college building and tho duties and salary of tho president : Whereas at tho last session of the General Assembly an act was passod providing for tho completion of the Winthrop Normal and Industrial Col logo by tho superintendent of the pon itoutiary and an appropriation mado therefor; and whereas no appropria tion was made to pay for tho expenses of completing tho college in any othor way. Therefore resolved, that tho super intendent of tho penitentiary bo re quested to tako chargo of tho work of completing tho collogo building and ono of tho donatories, as required by said act. Hosolvcd further, that tho superin tendent now in chargo of tho work be notified of action of tho board, and that tho board cannot longer continuo him in charge of said work under tho act abovo referred to. and that tho board hsalno appropriation at its disposal with which to pay him anything after tho 12th day of this month, being tho day upon winch tho aforesaid act goes into operation. The president shall bo charged with tho general management and over sight of the collogo subject to tho by laws and general direction of tho board. Ho may not bo subject to tho. work of instruction as tho hoard may hereafter decide. Tho president with his family shall reside at tho college dormitory and board at tho collogo table as bead of tho honsohold, furnishing, however, their own apartments. Tho salary of tho president shall bo $2,000 a yoar, and} board, fuel, lights, etc., shall bo charged to him and his family at tho same rato as to pupils. It was decided that tho president should b elected at tho next mooting of tho board. Tho olliclals of the. college and members of tho faculty will bo elected later. All of tho members of tho board woro present at tho mooting, except Senator Bulst, and after tho adoption of tbo foregoing resolution thoy adjourned'subject to tho call of tho ohairman. ?Representative Martin, of Indiana, is thought to bo thoprobable successor of Mr. Locbron as Commissioner of Pensions, when tho latter is appointed toa judicial olllco. Ho is tho tallest man In tho House of Hopro^entutives. Tho earoor of Mr. Martin has boon as extraordinary as hie appearance is. At 10, a Pennsylvania farmer's boy, Ho enter d tho army. Uo served until the war was over. Then ho worked in saw mills and on farms nnd along rail roads to got money to pay tho expenses of his legal studies. Ho drifted from Pennsylvania westward, with stops in several States, until ho reached tho capital of Texas. Thoro ho lived for two or throe years, and then took tho back trail, settling in Indiana. Ho was in tho Indiana Legislature beforo he was J10 years old. Kov. lt. G. Pearson is ecpoctcd to visit Oraugoburg on or about tho let of April and to hold a series of meet ings. A SECTION A Ii CONTltOVKIlSY. Northorn and Southern DcmocralH at 51<'i:k<"? heads In Congress. Washington, Jhd. 11.?Tho feuturo o( tho night's session of tho UOuho. which was devotod to tho cousidcra tii i <>f private pension bills,owas tho debute which grow out of tho attempt of Springer to pass a bill grunting $100 per month to Mai. Gen. John A. iMeClornand. Jones (Dem.) of Vi-tgiuia insisted upon making tho point of no quorum. Spriuger iu a heated speech lectured those of his Southern Domo cratic colleagues who constantly as sumod an uttitudo of hostility towards tho poiidioniug of Union soldiors. IIo dal led attention to tho fact thut but thirteen Democrats had been returned to tho noxt\Honso from tho North, llo warucd them that if their course was persisted h\, none would bo re turned to tho succeeding Congress. Uoneo (Hop.) of Colorado, iu an earn est spoccu appealing to Joucs to with draw bis point, spoko" of the well known distinguished unu patriotic servicos of Geuoral McCleroaud, -whon Vaugh (Rop.) of Indiana throw\ a bomsholl into tho discussion by asking if tho beneficiary of this bill was not tho samo General John A. McCloruand who was relieved from command boforoi\ cksburgby General Grant for unsold-' '?' conduct, and of whom General alleck said it was premedita ted raun er to place him In command. The attack on General McClornand came from an unexpected source, and Marsh (Hep.) of Illinois and others hastened to his defouse. Marsh do- j clared hotly that General McClornand I had been guiltyof no unsoldierly con duot and tho history of tho transaction ! would show that bo bad not been re- j moved by General Grant for that. " Did not Grant remove him for j causes whioh ho deemed proporVj porsistod Waugh. "I do not desire to impugn tho char UOterof General Grant," replied Marsh sharply, " but I desiro to say that his \ action in this case was mistaken." " What reason did General Grant as sign ?" interrupted Cox (Dom.) of Ten- I ncssce. " Wus it not because ho was ; too quick at Viekeburg'." "I never hoard it charged against Grant," replied Marsh, " that he criti- j ciscd a soldier for going iu too quick. (Applause) " And yet I insist that General Mo- j demand's chargo against us at Vicks- I burg was premature," said Cox. Tho discussion was . prolonged fori sovoral hours and was marked by ! several sensational scones, one of whioh was tho hissing of Jones whoa he said that tho widow of General j John A. Logan, who received a pension of $2,000 a year, was living in social' luxury in this city and annually spent more than her pension money for I llowors displayed by her at her social functions. when ho proclaimed Ins pride in tho Confederate cause that had gone down in defeat, tho Republi cans in chorus shouted: "Wo havo no doubt of that." In tho galleries many of tho Bpectatiors applauded vig orously. Springer was finally forced to with* drr tho lull. ? But, oven aftor tho bill had -1 withdrawn, Cham}) Clark i (Dom.) ot Missouri got the lloor and in a characteristic speech scored Jones roundly, as ho said, on behalf of ins Democratic colleagues of tho North. He began by saying that tho Demo cratic party presented a dissolving view aud would soon bo lost to sight though to memory dear. He attributed much of tho Democratic disaster last fall to tho courso of Southern Democrats on tho pension question and charged tho dofoat of at least fifty Northorn Demo crats to speeches like Jones'. Ho then paid a magniticent tributo to Mc Clornand. UI saw him preside at tho St. Louis convention." said he, "whioh noml-| nated Samuel J. Tilden, who was j elected President of tho United States, and whom tho cowards on this lloor allowed to be swindled out of hissoat." Hedeclated that tho greatest Martinot who evor ruined a {.'rcat cause was Jef ferson Davis and next to him ranked Stanton. Ho would, bo said, not givo volunteer ofliccrs a clianco. If Mc Clornand bad a fair chance, ho gavo it as Iiis opinion, thut ho would have been as great an old soldier as Grant, After appealing to Jones to allow this meri torious bill to go through, ho turned to him and said impressively that tho Domoorats of the North we.ro sick and tired of having thoir Southern party associates 'come to Congro.s and stab their party in tho back. " Wo are through with you," Clark concluded. Aflor pussing two bills tho Uouso at 13:30 adjourned. A Ninv Si LV Hit PART v.?General A. J. Warner, president of the American Bimetallic League, admits that a con ference of leading bimetalista from dilTerout parts of tho country hod boon hold in Washington recently. In this Connection be. says : "It was tho decision of tho con ference that a strong and growing sentiment is manifesting itsolf in favor of uniting tho friends of bimettallism in a bimetallic party and to appeal directly to tho peoplo on tho money issuo alone. " Tho consideration which scorns to bo loading to this rosult is tbo wide spread conviction that tbcro is no hopo of restoring tho bimetallic stand ard through tho Republican party, nor through tho Democratic party as t hat party is now controlled. And on tho other bund that it is equally Impos sible to accomplish this result within tbo linos of tbo populist party or to unite on tho Omaha platform those in favor of restoring tbo bimetallic stand as it was boforo IST.'l and of govern ment control of money." Governor Evans.?-Tho editor of this paper has known Go/ernor John Gurj' Evans since tho days when ho feod law with tho Hon. W. T. Gary, of Augusta, Ga.?in fact, much business connected with Ibis olllco has passed through Iiis hands to its destination, and, knowning what Wedo of tho man, wo are forced in all candor to say that we bnllovo that he will make an excel lent Governor aud that ho intends to work out to tho end hia suggestions and recommendations in the same straightforward and business way. At any rato, what ho does on this score for tho good of his peoplo and hia Stato ?and wo fool that ho has thoir best in cresta at heart?wo shall always stand ready to gives him credit for. All that may havo boon indulged in during a heated campaign can bo forgiven and forgotten whoro the good of tho Stato is at stako, for no sensible or patriotic mnn who has her bcBt Interests at heart will object to young mnn presid ing in her councils or guiding her des tinies Though a young man we be lievo that he has the ability and cour age to carry out all measures whioh be thinks will bcnoiltthe peoplo at largo. ? Rarnwoll Sentinel. -Tho Legislature has passed ahw making profanity, obscono laugung ar.d drnnkoness in public places mi demeanors. Prom IHK) to 1820 * was such a statute tyi South ,<,"> and mon woro punlsJ^Vutiervia?r. ol lb. ' I TIIIO KF.lTltl.lCAN Cll AIAjF.NGF. The Duty of the Hour of (ho White Peoplo of South Carolina. To tho Editor of Tho News und Courier: Tho oiroular lotter of u com mitteo of Ropublicuns culliug for a Convention of that party, with tho viow of mooting* tho issues of tho Con stitutional Convention, suggests to my mind tho duty of tho hour on tho part of the white peoplo of Soutli Carolina. It is not my purposo to review tho Stato polities for tho past four event ful years. What is known as tho Re form Movement has developed princi ples and policies of government and phases of soutiment that have not com i ne iu led thomselves to my judgment.. But I havo been far from considering it an unmixed evil. I havo seen in it germs which, rightly cultivated, would pro moto tbo good of tbo Commonwealth. When tho sober second thought of tho whole white people of tho Stato shall assort Itself, as 1 lirmly bei love it will, 1 cannot but boliovo that tho resultant of tbo recent opposed forces will bo tho good of South Carolina. But let ting the dead past hwv il- doad, what is tho dutj- 01 tho iirosont and tho sug gestiou of tho future ? Wo must ox tract from the legislation of tho four years past all that is valuablo and pro moto for tbo advantngo of tho State all ponding measures. Tho great impending open moasuro is tho call for a Constitutional Conven tion. Although admitting that tho time for such a Convontion is in soino rospect inopportune, yot I havd favored tho call for weighty reasons. This is tho imperious necessity that dovolvos upon us to put at onco upon a granite baso tho question of whito supremacy in South Carolina. There should bo provision for such supremacy in tbo fundamental law of tbo State. I am for mooting this issuo boldly boforo tho wbolo country. Let It b? under stood that it is tho purposo of tho whito raco iu this State?conformably to tbo Constitution of tho Unitod States, which it is our duty and our uccesslty to hold Invlolato?to fix whito supremacy iu our organlo law. How this is to bo dono is for tbo Convention, after gravo deliberation and wise consultation, to devise. It is not for mo or for any ono citizen to an ticipate tho solution of so great a question of statesmanship. But ono thing is certain. If there was over a timo for tho union of tho whito people of the State now is tho time. Let us moot this proposed Re publican organization by such a coun ter organization as will make a reunit ed Democracy irresistible and rologato forover to the rear the exponents of a party that would rear again its "mis created front" in our fair Stato and endanger our highest civilization. No greater work can address itself to the wisdom of statesmou than tho framing of a Constitution for a froo State. Hence it goes without saying that tho approaching Constitutional Convention calls for tho purest, ablest and wisest mon that a united nomoc racy can otTer. Lot the selection bo mode regardless of faction, and with the acknowledgment of tbo principlo chat minorities bavo rights which should be conceded and views which should lie "cspectod. 1 do not propose to enter now into details. I am sug gesting what seems to me tbo dictates of patriotism for South Carolina. Iu South Carolina there aro laws enacted and policies established which do not command tho approval of many good people. But it is wise to accopt tho verdict of the white majority and to trust to t ime for such modifications as may bo elTeetod. For imp 1 havo faith in tho whito peoplo of. my Stato. As one who has identified'himself wholly with neither of the factions of the Democracy 1 have tho right to make my plea, as I do now, for a reunion of the Democracy of the State upon the basis of peace with honor as to tho past and of con certed action for the future, so that South Carolina may attain the bless ings of unity and prosperity and make Sure the foundations of her stateship for all tiiho. Under ordinary circumstances tho writer would not obtrude his views upon the public. But as it is, it soot**" to him that at this juncture of our Stato affairs, when some people may bo contemplating an unhallowed al lianco, it is tho duty of Independent eltszonship that knows no ambition but the weal of the State to assert itself in the expression of matured vlows. I have undertaken only to foreshadow a policy. I am willing for it to go for What it is intrinsically worth. John P. Thomas. Columbia, S. C, January 7, 18!Jf>. Illlili AND CL.IOVF.LAND. Good Results ironi the New Partner ship?Tho Currency Fight to Solid ity the Democrats. Washington better to Augusta Chroniolo. Tho apparent reconciliation of Sena tor Hill and President Cleveland has already boon productive of good. Tho former in unraistakablo terms bus mode it known to Iiis frionds in tho Houso and Sonato that ho intends to act in couoort with tho President and the administrative forces during tho rest of this session. Mr. Hill, strango as it may seem, has a large following in tho Houso. Tho Sonato has not forgotten t he trouohtngs giver, its rule and its old time methods of debate, and 1 therefore, except in a negative way, I ho is is not a potent factor in tho up I por body. Ho cau do much to defeat I a measure in tho Senate, becauso ho is game and untiring, but he is regarded with a jealous eye by most of Iiis com peers on account of the individual toes ho has tramped upon. Ho is also re garded with suspicion by tho Demo crats in particular in tho Senate, and tho Republicans bavo been wont to re gard him as an ally in so far as tho ad ministration is concornod. In fact, up to this timo lie has kept all parties and all individuals guessing. Having no confidantes and no Congressional friends, ho is a subject of more public curiosity than any other Qguru in pub lic life. But as stated in theso dis patches bofore, and reiterated inoro re cently, bo has linked to the backbono of the administration bis political shrewdness aud his rapidity of move ment. His practical alliance with Mr. Car lisle in bis endeavors to relievo tho Treasury and reform tho monotary system of nho country will havo groat inlluencn in tho Houso for whatever schemo is formulated there and back ed by tho administration. Eor two reasons this is truo. In thoflrat place, us stated boforo Hill's popularity in tho Houao, as ho represents inoro than nearly tho Congressional idoa of poli tics "Thon again, his endorsement of a moasuro, or tho ondorsomenl of any prominent Souator,.pending tho Houso, gives courage and conflldonco to thoso who are pluming tho measure in tho low.-r l ranch, and draws room its from tho lukewarm - that Congressional ar ray whVh dollehts to be on the win Thc ??'?ntiiWof thy Now York Sono | ,?.or ii'u ??> i .a"".' B?U< r than anytning ''"'ftfottado in theso dis patcher boforo "MUM currency quos tion will uuito tho factious of tho oorutio party in Congress, if oapal leadership could only bo secured lx>th houses. Now thtA HJUl-haa,*' aside his private animus for theL of ills party, iutoreat centers larl around Senator Gorman, the fox frl Maryland. Tho friends of the latl urotond that they Reo in this reoonOl iat ion an attempt to overthrow what! known as tho Goainan-Brico oombin| tiou. There is no truth in this, at Gorman could establish his by say hi or doing something which would all tho administration, and holp tbe pu*'tj In tho attempt to pass a financial bill Senator Lindsay, of Kentucky, who] to a certain extent, rellecis the opin-| ion of the Whito Houso, believe that this reform scheme can bo put througt t he Senate iu some shape if it passet tho House. Senator Vilaa and alsc Senator Gray believe that it cau passl tho Senate, aud their opinion is that! of tho conservative element In the' Sonato Bineo tho Clovoland-Hill rooon*^ dilation. Tho Senate thcrofore bit fair to bo the battle ground for thol bill. Mr. Hill will taito tho position] that .the mombcrs of tho Democratic! cannot afford to aiVarrd?tst t ho Govern ment in its present peril Of a li n.wvcvd crisis. Mr. Gorman can largely re/ dcom his popularity by coming to the j aid of his party at this time. - His powor for mischief has boon largely curtailed, but as a powor for good he stiU remains no mean factor, for as a political strategist he has not his peer. HKIjIj hi/,km ki) to YAWN. Vivid Description of tho Recent Kart hquake In .lapau. The recent cr ithquako which visited tbo Yam a eat a p.-ofucturo of Japan was especially sevoro at Sakata. A letter from tho Hov. Horatio B. Newell, sent to tho American board of foreign missions, dated Nygata, Novembor 7tn, glvos further detuils of the disaster. Ho says : " Tito first shock itself, with Its ac companying roar, which was dcolarod like a hundvotrSstwvshos of thunder and lightening, must ho>oj)oon terrible in kho extreme, but to think of that frightful, sickening nmtlon^golntf-eji without let up for twelve minutes or moro was in itsolf ouough to drive ono crazy, as in fact it did in many cases thoro. " Thou, add to that tho noise and terror of tho creaking, groaning and crush of falling houses, totnploa and public, buildings on ovory side, togethor with tho wild cries of tho impaled or imprisonod victims; thou think of the overturned lamps, and tho fires burst ing out in from fiftcon to twenty placos In tho city simultaneously ; tho wild, disordered rush hero and there for a placo of safety; somo socking tho mountains, some tbo sen, and many flying t o worse ills than thoy would have met by standing still, and, as if earth quake and conflagration wero not suffi- I clently terrifying, hero and there, throughout tho city, groat holes wero oponed, and for tho timo being, rivors of water ran through somo of tho stroots, carrying along immense do positB of sand,'changing tho whole com plexion of thoso parts of tho city and turnishingin now means for destrnctir" - of many, for thoso who mot their ftti - by falling into these holes, or by being ovorwholmcd by the wators and buried by tho sandB woro by no moans fow. " The returns so far^ivo tho number of killed as 728; wounded 904; housos destroyod 5,."182. ? A Story for Hard Times.?Onco upon a time, two frogs, who had boon living in comfort and caso in a cool pool, were accldently scooped up by a pious milkman in a pail of water which ho poured into Iiis can in order to give tho milk more body, and thoroby in crease his revenue. Tbo frogs woro very much astonished to find them selves in an unknown element in which it was not possiblo to support lifo, and they had to kick vci v vigorously in order to keep their 1 * X-'.io milk. Ono of thorn, 1 vfton od by being shut up i . i/in an element entirely non fhlta, said: ?? Let'B givo up and go to tho bottom ; it is no uso kicking any longor." Tho Other said: "Oh, no: lot's kcop kick ing as lonpr as wo can and sco what tho outcomo will bo. Maybo things will ohango presently.'' But tho first frog gave up and went to the bottom. Tho other kept on kicking : and when tho pious milkman came to town and opened his can, behold?tho frog had kicked out a lump of butter largo enough to float on, and ho was sitting on it very comfortable. Moral?In hard times koop on kick ing. ?Charles P. Barrett, who was tried aud convicted in the Novoinbor term of tho United States Court at Columbia of conspiracy and forgery, tbo opera tions of Barrett and others havihg been carried on through the mails and by which various linns wero defraud ed, appeared in the Circuit Court, Charleston, and made a motion of appeal for trial in tho United Statos Supremo Court. His bill of exceptions claimed lack of jurisdiction of tho court, otc. Judgo Brawley heard the motion and fixed Iiis bail at $.'1,000. Barrett expects to have no troublo in securing this. His sentence was 18 months at tho Columbus, O., ponlton tiary and $2,f>00 lino. ?Cotton manufacturing in Augusta, which is tho largest cotton manufac turing city in the South, is a decided succoss. The following dividends were paid during tho past year : Tbo John P. King Manufacturing Company, $00, 000; the Augusta factory, $30,000; tho Granltevlllo Manufacturing Company, $00,000; tho Sibloy Manufacturing Company, 930.000; tho Enterprise Manufacturing Company, $.'10,000, tho I.angly ^Manufacturing Company, $.'12, 400; Hivorsldo mills, $12,000. Total for Bovon mills, $200,100. ?A number of persons rccommondod by tho legislative delegations for ap pointment as township commissioners under tho county government law aro ineligible bocauBO thoy are not froo holders. Tito law is spoolfio in saying township commissioners must bo free holders. ?The United Statos Supremo Court has sustuincd tho decision of tho State Supreme Court in giving Mr. J. H. Bouknight, of Edgoflold, who had his foot mashed olT by a Rich mond and Danville train during tho Augusta Exposition in 1800, $10,000 damages. ?Vice President Stovonson is still detained In Ashovlllo, N. O, becauso of tho Hlno6s of his daughter, Mary. Hor condition is reported to bo critical in the extrome, and it is un certain when Mr. Stovonson will bo able to roturn to Washington. ?Mr* W. C. Wolfe has boon appoint ed to a clerkship in tho Secretary of State's oflico to indox tho acts of I ^ ? Mature. . uw? 1 " -Somo of tho leading ?>' Machine State are ngitatin holding a Stato a n l \/\ growers. ? ^