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LET ?S if AVE PEACE! A I'.U'ltlOl'ir AI'l'KAl- I'UOSI A YOU NO -.IAN. bei I ho White Men of the eh ate <;? ? Togfi h?r--' i'he Sbw Onisiitntion should Make Sine ol' While Snpie nniey und Protect the Nourooa I'l'OH) injustice Hud Oppression. To the Kditor of The News and Cou lior: Brothers, embittered and. estranged, with high indignation that moron re* j conciliation, iricot at tho sick bed ol their mother, mingle their tears and prayers, and are friends forever m'oro. No explanation, no adjustment of past dilTerences ; only a solemn rOuo<*nitipn iu the private sanctuary of uaoii soul, or tiio nothingness of a potty pride and resentment when compared with tho Immutable bonds fixed by Nature -the awful responsibilities of living, in voting for t lio Constitutional (Jon vention I ohterishou tin; hupe that the solemn duty of < 'onsti! ut'am-inukim' j would prove the meana Of reuniting our distracted puppte, its a fo'roigo war calls all I'Yobelinien to but One love and but ohe duty.' Are Sorrth Caroli nians less loyal V l.lood Ifl thicker tiiun water, and though, in this coup innricui a<?o. follow'?pltlZOpshlp lias censed to mean blood-relationr-hip and the BOntiinent of patriotism in growing weak, yoit no Other people have h inure "national" oWuvncter und Bplrll than South ?arollnlat'?, for riouo have ii.ore pronounced agreement of inlihb and of Interest, which la tho Condition that is the ('(Indent eauso and rational basis of harmony and pal riot ism. Hence, South Carolina has always stood as a unit, guarding zealously bei* interest against the test of tho world. Though of late her citizens have lioon arrayed in two hostile facti6 is, yet while tlieii ptnsloiis Wi re iuliulucd and their understandings convinced as they cannot bo again InHumcd und convinced against each other, all at tompts to bring thorn to open party di vision- have nevertheless failed. . Tlio vordlot is 1111111Ktakeal.de. In their UU? griest moments the t.-reat. laxly of dlir people have clung to the doiqbjauoe of unity. 'They would tlot Ot'OSs the Cu blcon. Aitd* why .should thoy.V Couh wo know whore lies the path to tin highest welfare of our State who would follow another p ith .' If wo | different ways Ave urn lagging In tho raoe. All our honest dllTeroiieos are due to wan', of information nod to er rors of judgment. As rational |UOn our one duty in scareb diligently. t;i reason together, und th US Utiqlui*, Biionldnr to shoulder pursue tho tl'UO path to tho welfare of u* all. With iml?giitition exhausted and passions now cooled, wilii pmjoi'slaud Ingfi sobered and di.--pesiid to grapple rationally ivhli tho-OOiljfOfi Of thp.ufsr lr easing condition;}'thai are bow upon us. with ,'i wider range of view now tban whfthj ?vc-mllo postsbelow in o '.t ascent of this Century. Wo i.oi inuiat ud opinions and went to battle upt?n thorn, there Is among a growing eon sCiousuess. of ?"tue ground loss no as'of continued formal division, ami a yualir 'ng for unity., To this dosirod result tho m ar approach o[ the Const!tutibu ;d Convention bus contributed no little, and I iiiT-??hTeivvd ' irati-i nii^ino; ?>f ,o,i peoplc ,-liould lind Its consummation on the election of do cgalos to thai Convention und in thocoudubl of these on i<s .nun' when; inuuy a t.'OUrtosyiCttti bo shown by ehivairic geutlohtt?n. llow shall-tli'--e dolt jt.atca bo soloct oil Is the absorbing problem. IVvtri oiic promo*ers el uuit.N havosuifge'st ? a plan, but -the task is more <i<-', ir.i> ??. Ithu juncture in our affairs Is more Vaitieal than seems to bo fllllj ltppi'0 plated. There is a me, hod v\*hidh will leave nature to take its oourBC, where ?pop the wound will iienl on IIpat fit* pntlons, and there is a method Wllloh iiiglil inistiikouly liitat'Jfoso with im ti/v's wo.d'. I?m?p*th4 wound d gupiilng Sere and possibly malic of It a la>:..'-?.-?' sear.' A blunder lure woul-l bo a 'ONine. lie surd WO are right, and then go ahead. The plan of prorating (loIogutOH ho tween the Conservatives and tho fbi formers was naturally tho Hrat to bo thought of, null, there fore, is hut u stop towards thO discovery of one ios crude. Sueii di&CUBBlotl ai-d approval as it has i-.'c ived liavc done niiioi to loultiyato and further dlsHomjnstn thai 'spirit of unity wlilcii has been slowly lgrowing anong us. Hut let US not bu Igulle ourselves Into believing that n uounty should floloot its (lelogat-O.s Conservatives und Rofojdners, i t ?lot this Convention go down in history is one in which (lelogHtoH apti d as ril.lmanites and AntK'i iHmanites. l. -t is hot push an artillclal and personal Ifvlslon to a result so belittling to ii > ptttte. !?0t t.iiere not he parties, and Aqso(|uent caucuses and drovo-llke qtlng Let each incinla r he free lo jioak to tho reason and cbii^cloneo ol lie others with expectation of winning, kdth no recognized impassable ?ulf lidtwoe>i ;?.'? [ijrklng provailing bub Union that wi*?v^iV*pi /si i llP>~ is" ;r C, v; iii licirs?. li the Constitution bo the Vodtiet of sucli a Comet.I ion it. Will c an onduring inouumontof shame to lir Stale. Lot men stand not on past, ut tin living issues, not on personal or jictiomii, but on rational agreetnont, Uli ftno agrcod promise'on which a-ti iioals may bo baaed snproroo loyal i South Carsllnii. Thus only can 'on vent ion iio a deliberative body t\ to succeeding generations no triotisi i men n o Vyiin] dignlflfal example ol p. las a Convention In which as South Carolinians, know inir in ? Ipr counsels no party alullti tiun, im Not oty if the presence in tho Con vention preseni as well c;:al division1 poi (ouaj ho tie of South t anilUiian ? Conservatives to roprosonl their faiion and of Ilcformors tore icir faction essentially Wronj calculated to keep our p plo in OfOSlhg camp-!, but to elect del such a basis of mathematical to count lor naught the ?references of the individual VOtbr U|l tho views, of the intended lolcgnMoii the vital questions that may 01" vention honhl come before tao Con* Lot us not " foretell the will of the pbplp," "convert the primary into a rqohipo to register tho willrif tho boss} .'' Or In any way curtail the opport'.u'y for f'-co and offcotlvo use of tin; Iiilot. Tho tiuu has passed when a onservatlvo or a ttoforinor i. willing o leave it to leading men of his fact >n toco his thinking. ttapeiilly ahould these who insist tbat.th<f 'o'liBtilutioii sliotthl he refer red mi io t he people for approval oa* M ale Boloction of tilts Conatitu tion li??( is UV the free and nnti ? ;.-e of tho peo o fullest public discussion hange of opinions, llow ever\o delegates lie selected, eo dell necessarily a comprotnlse of'rrrai'ili lews, eontainine, po.ssibiiil ies of wbl j ^experience alone ran prove Miq g< J . <?r e\ii. could hardly meet thO a)'/ fiVlllof tl.t people in every th tait'Btf^ro it had been tested In opera* I ion : I d hence, were it the most per fect p pnstltutions, the costs of muk iild probably he wasted if it ? rii referred ba<;k to tho people'. PttH if noeeote.1 '?? must be asiit tomoB ii ..- Convention, without adding over t. o tlcli cate (ijfork, to or taking from. If, therefore, tho people nro to have their say in regard to their Constitution It should bo not after the work is done, hut bo tore : tlje <U!e?ntoa should nowhere he named by meetings, for in these the average citizen takes bo part. The Constitution must he made and put Upon us by one hundred ami sixty men. and must he largely a compro mise ol the individual opinions of this small number. The characte r of the Constitution would lie as uncertain as the turn Of a die wero delegates se lected with regard simply to their personal prominence and worth. - Hut as long ns wo do not, d?. pavt from our theory of representative gdyornme'hl wo shall run ho such rlskf if all the tuen of a county with the prerequisite qualifications of character. 'to.be true to their trust end intell IgC??O, to bo competent to carry out their purposes, are urged to go bpforo the people jts Candidates and prcseut their views >uckod by pv?ry bulwark of truth fehl y can bring to their support, ihstruc the people in tlio prl\ieipies of govern ment and becoming theniselvoa In structed bj the new thoughts which debate develops, the minds of the op posing candidates, of the pebble and of the press will all bo Stimulated, end tlto result will be that anv One hun dred and sixty ?l all these candidates in the Slate could then make a better Constitution than they could have without tin's friction which generates thought, Hut tho one bundled and sixty elected (if reason Is permitted to to rule; will unipiost.iona.hly make the best pn; dhle ?"oust ition for South Car olina In lust decade of tiu< nineteenth century. They will bo tlio exponents bf tin; concensus of South Carolina needs and purposes. What thoy agree upon will pric e to have been the resultant of the various Intellectual tied moral -ore. s of 'South tCarolina- tho lllgh-wator mark of her governmental develop ment at this time. And we must well remember that no State should haven Constitution for which she is not hy In ternal evolution pijoparod. Moro's Utopia, like Locke's Institutes df Gov ernment, would be a dismal failure*. That government is b< it which is the product?f tltcxgenius ol i>s people. In illustration of the justness of these principles, Consider the disposi tion of many to'ljieorporato into Con stitutions matter,; of mere legislation. All lev, i-'at.ion is experimental and liable to early repeal or moditieution. What folly it would t? to glvoomj hundred und sixty hum, whose opin ions on this heail had not h op thoroughly sifted; tho^powor to din body in the Cotisi.itil.it hm statutory laws Which would be filmo-t. as illl chuiicab'i' Us tiie lav..--" of tllO Me ies and Persians! I'roper .discussion be fore the poonlo should result in a gen eral acceptance of iho.ot.'y Hufo rule, which,Is to put. in the Constitution on ly fundunii ntal pi-lneiplt^s and pol Iolea on winch all agree, and are conlldoht of continuing to agree, loavlog tlio , people ample power to deal through tlje tiOglsluVuru With any problem- j that rpay arisO. flatters pi legislation should he Ibft for futtti t- poiii ke,ii au'l j legislative fmeiieio conti -.t.-i. us ph* d- ? cai. social, intellectual and moral con- I (lit ions- shall unfold. If such a canvass and such nn eioo tiotrTi*sT*alJOVM indicated can -be .>o.<i. tlion tjit-Constitntion w.Hl be the pro duct of the best thought of the Slate, vlhdins.ted as such before the calm rbuf-oh of the people. In sueit a Canvass present divt.-iens W.OU'ld bo obliterated ami hew and temporary * alignments would be made, as should bo tic case if debute is not'.rnpCkej\V. lint such a vair.vass it* impossible. Unless Wo can keep (ill b?tll evil maciiinat ions um) I ill-advised qunek l'oiriodh a. [Fortunate ly we have at hand the. means n( do ing tills tlio primary provided ipr Stute idiHeis by the new Democratic Constitution. H.\ requiring of the can didate an path that, in- Is nipt put .for ward by any ruction Orel -| da ii- forces j liim tp stand on bis merits and the merit's Of his views, ami haves the voter lb exercise his free choice. TJtis amendment of tho party poustilutibn la Worthy of admiration, for It ;s a long step towards perfecting poiiuhir governments Xow of all times mi wc m i d Iis buDollcoiit operation. The State executive cbinmltt?o should provide for the nomination of delegates to tin- Convention by u pri mary lieid in all tlm counties on tho SltmC day after a canvass, and pledges Similar to those required of Stale CUU \'nss'-r.. by the now HonuicrutIc Consti tution. The distinguished patriots who com pose ?? tint party' doubtless con template bucIi a i auvaas, ami they and the Convention they h?v.o culled can cniiccqtratC 1>1 Us behalf the normal forces of the. State, if i boom to regard tho 11. nun-ruth party an "the people," thai is my meaning. I am not prepared to shy that in 1800 t in? South fought for mere slavery ami for no principle, that tho results of forcible violation of tdhstitu til Hill limit.:t .'.aV.Y ripened into "Ktjtfwv, tiial we owe any moral obliga tion to the war Utuond moots to tue IJnlted states Constitution, thai " pros perous and successful crime shall bp cnllt'd virtue." John m. MoMahan. Columbia, S. C, Jan, -ft, 1805. AN AlTliAliTOWHITIil MMN. NcffVO landers Issue an Address I lie) A-.!, lor Kepi es. nl at ion in Ilm i 'on.si it ui ion a l Convention. S um: fifteen er twenty Colored men .?:' ('olbinbln met a few days ago for the purpose of taking some act,.on in re forenco to tiie constitutional coiivon tlon. Thoy tire In Sympathy with t hat branch of the Republican party which will hold a convention oil l-'ohrury ti Tiie following address was prepared ami given fo- publication 1 To the Kair-m'mdciJ, 11.ii,nine ami I 'atrlotto mi ii of South t larpllnu : Tjio call for a constitutional conven tion for the express purpose of dis franchising the colored oltr/ens of the State, for imposing ft$JJ poll tux upon tho already impoverished ' people of the State and of repealing tint 2-Itiill school tax, has so alarmed us aa a rac -. that wc, the representatives of the colored people, do hereby appeal to you, tho sons ami grandsons (>| llberty-Jpvlng fathers and grnndfuth ora to lend us a helping l and in pre serving ami prob eting that which la most dour to all man ond races. Why disfranchise tiie negro now? Had this convention been called twenty years ago. there might bnjTO been tome excuse for it, for wo acknowl ildge at thai, t.ini>? '.here were many tilings for which 'lie white man of the suite had just cause-tp complain. Hut after nay ing, Control of the State government for twenty years, during which time the negro has grown tn toiioetuuiiy, flnancinlly and morally, it, seems both unrciisoiiablo and un just to attempt at tills Into day to iltihlnntO him from tint hotly politic, if whloh lie is part and pared. Is it because bfc. uhgrovernablo V No, ill will admit that tlio negro is peace ;ble, liiw-abitlhlg and cm r ready to strike a blow lor his State and conn try. Ami though, almost without representation in either brunch of Iiis State or national government, bo is not only amenable to tho laws of bis State, but helps to maintain Us gov ernment, even if it takes the lust pig out of his pon. Has the ueijro made uo improve ment in the last twenty yoursV The records in tho State will allow thai tlio colored people of the State. pay more tliaii live times as much luxes now on rpal property than thoy did twenty years ago. And the school re cords in each ami all of the counties will show that" tho colored toaohcra compare favoi ahly with the whites lb ali points; und in all professions tho negro is making hi-< mark and that Bgftlnst great 0ud8, for when it is re membered that the white 8Choula in tlio Slate receive from $200|000 to wuo.ouo for higher education, while the colored schools receive hut. $5,000 a year, it is wonderful to see liow the negro has kept so (dose to his white brother in education. But the plitl cian .-ays the negro is a dangerous quality in politics, ami if let alone \. iii control tho State Now, no one thinks this hut that class of men who are anxious to hold offices, It |6 that cry which bus brought ti?c State to her pi'esout condition (negro domination). And so long as t.hc peanut politician and the office-seeker can continue thus to fool the better thinking white men of the State, so long will South Caro lina remain in her present condition. And we, the represent at Ivos of the colored people in Sout h Carolina, wish here and now to inform the While p o pie that wc, as a race, do not wish to control the Slate. Tin' idea is a foolish one to begin with, lor no colored man with common sense would think for a moment that the colored race in its present condition could control this Slate agalnSt the wishes -of the white race. But, remembering that wc con stitute U part of the citizenship of.tbe State, and knowing that WC arc en dowed by our creator. Cod, with cer tain inalienable rights, ami that among those are life, liberty and tbo pUI'SUil of" happiness, Wo contend that a* Uttizpns we arc-entitled to SOino re presentation from each and all the counties, in the State; though it, he minority representation, and this Ii all wo ask. Therefore we, the representatives of tho colored race in conference uv.em bled, am! now sitting in tho city of Columbia, do advise the colored peo ple throughout the State to spare ub efforts in obtaining their registration ocrtiliontes, that .they may bo able to exercise the right of oftizouship ai the approaching' olootlon : an?! wo further retiointuend that the colored people support for the ooiistitutloiiaI cofivcu! tion any and all faU' minded white uloi), atni especially that .-hiss of white men whom we know to bo too proiiut broad atid humuno to take) advantage of t he weak. II. tl. KtcMAiaisoM. Chairman t). Hoi..Mi:s, Spore tu i'j ? Mll.liS TO 111-: SHIIM'KI). rklTU itgom iml h Arc .Vow Hein.'; At Kilo i(# 't'cun sport Machinery to Uio ?South. ? ? In connection with tie- mpy'-uion.t to extend tho cotton manufacturing in dustry ilpto the Southern Slates, the Boston Herald says that there is every reason lo believe that the manufac turers of i In: coarser grades of cotton Cloths will bo practically unknown in ' New [England in the not distant fut ure. Negotiations tire now pending in 1 that city, looking to the shipment of :Y>0 e.o loads (if mill ma- him ry t > the Sout h, most, of it having boon 111 use in one of tiro largest cotton factories in New Hampshire. This consignment, ll is. builevi d. vvill bo followed by'otnovs, when the Southern mills now underi w ay are COinploti (i. Id speaking on this decay.of one of ] New England's oblel industries. Mr. : j"ohn T. Patrick, secretary of the Southern Immigration and Industrial iAssociation, who was sent North to! glvo additional stimulus to this latest industrial movement, said that '"this section had nothing to fear, so far as ' tli? title-- grades of cotton were con-' ee.rned : that N ?iv r.ugL.ml would eon ! ioue to I" t iie home of 4ki->. branch of 1 the business so long us site Co.,tj-olicd tue market for tin: highest ski'b.dj labor. This WOS while the South was: weak, ami I here appeared to De no! immediate prospect of improvement in this direction. Then again there were eerttin climatic disadvantages lo be found there which prohibits the at tainment of the h si. result in Spinning tie: finest yarns. "The nie'thod of handling '.he product of Southern mills is another matti n t hut la receiving his attention. \ neth er of Mr. PatrlCR'8 mis-doiis is to show tho WOl.l-IfJidwn exhibit of Soui-ii'.-in :; i riciilt m ai products in Huston ami1 other Northern cities, so that the poo-, pie hero shall become the bettor ac quainted with tho vast ami diversified resources of the South. lie is also] considering a scheme looking to an I excursion to I he South composed of1 -onus of tin- h-ading citizens of the .Yew Knglhud States, tins excursion expenses to be. borne by tho associa tion ho ri presents. lie IS of the belief that the commercial growth of the South is but little under.stood 1-y Northern people, and ho wishes to give them nn opportunity to study wj th their own eyes the marvelous advance ment belli;; made.-' .No Pitoiimii'i?N TiiBitH.-* During a recent court-martial trial hold in Mew Mexico, a colored sergeant was calh d to testify against a lieutenant, formerly his troop commander, now charged before tiie court, '.viih intoxication and neglect of d ut.y. ?? ^ on say thai the lloutcnt told you, to march the troop down to Si -and-SYs j'u'li'oh, and there go into Chillp V" a.-kni 'the. judgo-advoeat' . " S'es, sab," replied the African sergeant. ' Well, from previous to-.; in,oi.y, .1 SCOrafl that your troop Wollt '''tl1 night without water.'" ?? No, sab ; wc didn't git no water.'' "Well, iiow was tout ? Thcro was plenty oi Water at the ranch.' They didn't prohibit you from getting water, did thoy V" asked t in-. judgo-udvQouto. "?h, fipt sali ! Dey w en n't nopro'bl tlon about it. Dey was water ddre : hut dey just wouldn't lot us hah it." ?SOnator Chandler win onco arc porter to tin- Supreme Court of Now If amp. hin-, a position that, of course i?i (11< ires an e.x port knowledge of short hand, lie Knows as much about ste nography as bo. overdid, and. although lie is now in his hOth year he ean read .i shorthand reporter's notes no readily as though In1 was in dally practice. .ludgo (to witness) *' Now. madam. I want you to distinctly understand that hearsay is no evidence. How old are you fn I don't know, jiulgo." " Don't know V" " I havo no evidence of my age." "What do you mean ?" "i Urn told that. 1 am so many yoara old, judge, but it's only hearsay, und you know that isn't evidence." AMONG TUE PHOSPHATE MINES. nit; annual roiit OK ixsimk: Tlo.v ThuOni?ii ion ol Allah-sand (lo- OU*? ? look For the Kutiiir--tiovcrnoi lOvniiK Takes Occasion in Speak ol" t 'lull lesion's Fill Ore. The stale Poosphnte Commission has made tho annual tour of Inspec tion---.tnong the mines in the phn.-.phatc territory; and Governor iSva?a has talked in an Interesting way with tho reporters ahout tho trip, which (Hated inoro than a week. Ho was delighted with l'ort Koyal's prospects as a port, and incidentally took pccauaioD tospeak politically of Charleston'* future. Ho said . " Well. wc had u great trip, Wc niiulo an inspection p.f tho hind mines and found al1 tin; works in operation. Thcro is great complaint that tin-re are no sales of fertilizers. Wc found all the dredges at work and plenty of negroes digging. "Wo wont ft uiii 1 here to H.-uufo-t.. when: wo were tUuwfcuTlrtttbUfTy receiv ed liy Col. Averill, who took us in charge. The citizens of, Hcaufnri ex tended to us tiie courtesies of the town and thp phosphate Itiuguzlhos were kind Uhd considerate in every sense of the, word.' They furnished us with every means for inspecting the lerri? lory and accompanied a>. it was gratifying ?0 notice the active opera tloil int'oosaw ri ver of all tile di'edgea. which ti fow mouths ago wero oupsiz : ami in many instance; . ulnm-t gid In t the river. The dredges have been I fully ropa|red, being its good as new. I and now are mining rook us if nothing j had happened. Signs of the oyolohti will remain Oil tho snore llOWpVor. j Many of the warehouses which were i blown down have not y'ot he-n r> - piaci.il. I uudorstuud tllat w o Coosaw I company is to move to t in old i iciuleul 1 works near lb attforl. " The rock seems tobe m as good quality as over. Some seems to he ; mixed with su/ndstond. And on the -whole wo have nothing to fear as to ,1110 continued demand tpr Carol iuu i rock. Our rock has advantages over any phosphate rock ever discovered. i ?' As to the shlpuiouts, at all tlio svhrtrvos wc found troiuodbus steam : c-t-s load lug with reek ami nearly all itho coin pan ios' iiavo orders ah cadi Iii fact the largest vessels ever broiiglVt j in those waters are ilo\y thorb lo.ti ling. The companies, are getting rtvor l?ge prices for the .rock. -ludgirg by Itho Improvements gopi&Vojv and the good feeling among the ccnpiiuies, I uui siUlfitiod that in?? gmbni cast over us by the cyclone will soon bo dispell ed. The Coosaw company will shift bo all right, and thoti' works will aoon bo upon a grander saule than i hey were I bofore.; '? Wc wcul f?v iii CPphUW I.? the Brotherhood,' coin pu ny's ptuu't. \V< found tilts in equally as lim- condition .and an air oi prosperity ahout the ?Whole place. " Wc then proceeded t-i tlm Port Royal naval station, bud It Is Indeed ; gratifying l<? the State authorities toj witness the erection of Hie tl'OUl iu-ous j dry tioek and buildings, which I am I sure will add as much .is any other' enterprise to mitku l'*ort Royal the hitsiest port on |hp Atlantic (I k.-.i. \\C aro Indebted toConininndunl Rockwell ami to the officers an l iadlc.-i of the. station, for a most charming cu te r tu in men t. Ouo can hard l> realize how it is possible to bottle Up for so long'a time so, jnugniiicent u port as- ? l'ort Koyul. It is as hoaull.fnl us Char lesion harbor, wltfjtllO additional ad-1 vantages of deep water on the bar. " Wi> then proceeded to Port Koyul to accept the hbspltulltj of dipt. Daniels of tho steamship Jamaican." The captain is us genial ami jolly a I llrltpn as over louched American I waters, Ho guvo us some startling statistics toilding to show, the "real I advantages of P?rt Royal barbor and. while Port Roydl twp yours ago wits ncv? .- heard Of abroad, thp captain who now shoWs ignorance (il'gu S iiim- | self unknown. Tito steamship ' Jamai can ' is one of the largos vc ??<. is of th Is company, and she could searcoly put her i)oso In Charleston harbor. Slip dl'dWS twenty-eight feel, ol Witt? i'. The warehouses at Port Koyul we j found filled with freight ready for export, and three tremendous ships aJtOllfj tbp wharves loading with cotton, j lumber, grain and provision--!. This has been accomplished' tltrough tho untiring olVorls of Cpl. A vet-ill, of the l'ort. Koyul and Augusta Kuilroad, und the state owes him adobl ofgratitm it | for the ciVorts he Is making tu her Iii [ torso ts. ?? Port Royal is doathu-d to boeouh | th? New York of the South. Orflln, I wheat ami corn of i he West it i Pat lMi-J til rally turn in this chain:.-! for ex port. ! t hie scarcely realizes the grand resour- j cos of our Statp and pusslbJiith, of our Sj^fls uuDl he has made a survey of this territory, Tito prog l'Q< . and de velopment of the up country is ? radn ally forcing itvL(.'v<? the seashore, und With the infusion ofllSjl'dhj new blood into Ibis people, w-hp ar?TjrO'Vlng fat und sleek upon their antiquity,' tylll semi make it the hive of industry thlU it should have- been long ago. "Wo returned to Charleston and In - spoofed the bills of lading and no counts of suUsot" tho different phos phate companies. It is rather per plexing to an Ivo tit u simple method of ; ascertaining the State's royalty ami the price of rock mined, but I am sat isfied inspectorJopes thoroughly pro tests the state. The officers ol tho companies were courteous and allowed us a thorough inspection o.* their books ; and accounts. I fool hash rod that the I State will receive$100.000 royalty dnr i ing the fiscal year. Tills w ill glVO lit . ',000 for tho sinking fund and $2?|000 to ho used for tbp ordinary expenses of thoState government. Of course this: is Speculative, but is given me by tho phosphate men from the statement of ; tho. nvoiugo shipments now being I made by them, and estimated to be ? made. "We attended l,ho mooting of tie [Stata Board of Health, and it was a pleasure to see the deep Interest mani fested by I In-doctor.- ol the Slate, who serve Without pay, in keeping out con tagious and infectious diseases. " Wc inspected the quarai - im- sta tion at Koro Johuson and found It a model iu neatness and offiolonoy. This is onp of the best, if not the best. equipped stations on the Atlantic coast. Governor t?v?tis then spoke of Char leston in t hiH way : " I think i i" pi < pie of Cl.U' loston sc-cin tp haven do siroh) put themselves in biirmony with tiie rest of the State, and tin: sooner they do it the better for theill, and the sooner her young men roa'i/e '.hat vpon thorn rests the prosperity ami up building of their city, the better for the city. If thoy continue their old policy of lying idle and waiting for the re-t of the world to conic to Charles ton Instead of reaching out. ami meet ing them half way, 1 am afraid I hat. instead of highway robberies commit ed in her principal streets, tho hoot blacks will he chasing rabbits through h?r principal through faro*. Thoy may rest assured of my hearty co-ope ration in anything and everything tending to uphold their city und making it _tt--,-! whut it ouoc was?the pride of tho State. " Not an uuplcuiunt lucidcnt hap pened to mar our pleasure during tlio entiro trip. I am satisfied that wo are now entering upon nn era of good will. protrrcs* ui.d prosperity for tiie entire State." AN i>C.i:\N STBAMEH LOSti I Ol K q1 MlltKil a1kn AMI WO >li:\ OKOWNKO. A Great Vessel Itun f)?\vn byH Small steamer Near the I'.ni.',lisi- i oual and Sunk Almost Instantly, LoNliox. .Ian. .'10.- The North Uor inan Lloyd? steamship Kibe wont down in a collision m ar I .owostoft, Knglaml. this morning and all lint twenty per sons wen- lost. She had on hoard ahout three hundred and fifty portions, passengers ami crew. Shogalled from BrCuion yesterday. Tho Klbo was run down hy tho Sootch steamer ('runthio. The latter was only slightly damaged. The rilbo sank immediately. It ls?riow said that four hundred were drowned?210 pas-; BOh?Wfs und |?0 crew. Ko l' i i:ni>A.\iy .Ian. 30. Tho steam ship (Jrautup, from this port lor Aber deen, Scotland, has put Into Muusluir j in a damaged condition. She was1 loa kit, g slightly torwtud, licr stem 1 having been stove in by u Collision 1 early this morning with a sleamsii Iii p. tiol loved to bo the Rlhb, Of the North Gorman fdoyd steamship lino. The col I la j >iii ocouruid tit about ftJ o'clock this morning Und sonn; thirty live miles distant from tho const of Holland. London, Jan. 30.?At 8 o'clock tiiis j evening, dispatches were received from Kottordum U|id from Lowostoft, I wL oh Conllrmed the report of the > sinking of the Klbo, which Boeired to show that a stoitmoi' which hub put j into Muaslutp, supposed to lie tiie . Cranthle', botind (or Aberdeen from I Kottordum, wjiiB tli vessel which sank the 101 bC. A nuaiheCof tulogi'ums have been sent t? her com rounder u k lug him 'f lie rescued any of the pa sengers of the NbrU^-^ffoiMtflu Lloyd steamship. A sociiud (|i*pntcli*"fAHntU the ldoyil?vHjonltttLbvvc.Ht()fi confirms , the roplirt of thai siukinlng of that ' vessel, owing to a co! I It ion with another atoainor, ami adds that the disaster OCCOUrod at about 5;30 O'clock ' this morning. The I'JIbC, it nppenvs. was on her way to Southampton with , about llfty saloon pasM?psjcrs, about ; lOOsluerugU pa.-t,eager- and a Crow pi 180. The morning w:m In uvy ami ; misty.and th<) aleuuiov wus.ouiy making her usual time and kepi Hie ordinary ookout. SuddoHly ? si burner w?? | sighted oil tlio port bow of the Kibe ami before a collision could bo avoided '? the unknown vossolhud I'tih Into tin Klbo. ? The .North ti^rinrin Lloyd stvame, was struck ab'ive tin- < Dglnc rppm Ulli! , began'to Uli so rapidly thiil there was i only time to lower three of h*>r - boats and one of these, wits swam; Oil shortly ; after gpttilig away froth the steamer. M Tho first boat contained the third olth j e<:r, chief engineer, purser und about twenty of the passengers, so Tar its Can ', he lourncd ut pi oseut, ?-. i Im p opto Who hi ye lauded are being cared for at various places and it Isdlflicull to g. t' their accurst'.' del ii uftlni -i astm ut this hOtiri Tho" occupant-. 01 ihciirkt heilt wer?' ploki d up by a couple ol i fishing smacks und were taken to LoWestoffci Where they b?VO boot! I llthded It lias b.-en foUUtl ?ifllOtlt 1 10 ;v t, the pill corn Of tho at-eivin-1 fchlp to make any siatcbu nt until they have com tun ii leu ft d With tl-e li gents of tl Hitie, and, the passengers who have been rescued are as yet too ex cited to t -II anything but rambling Stor'u s. Hut. from uhat can be gather ed but a very short limy must have ' elaspct). between th-' actual collision I arid tin slaking of t he Wiho. Nothing Is known as.to the fate of the occupants of the third boat, which was lowered from the Klbo, but it- i hohed that they will either be picked up by some passing rosspl or else sue- ' Ceed in making a landing on'tho coast. P'rom what one <\(\ ic rescued men says, the dfsasti i intist have boon <mc | Of t he most tori'lbh hi tho lilsiory of suchcutastropbes. All of the passen-i gOl'S .lie Utldci'Stotal to lutVp been b - lo.v iVlid ;?? ?!. . a' the lime of the cpl? lisioii lu-' urtr-d am! a irly -'II ol then) : most hdvo;beoii -. it.li? : drowned below 1 or have mot death while seeking to rush up on tho deck. The man who furnished this Infer mutton wa in such i n excited state that little more could he gathered froin him thnrt exclamations of honor. n > repeated time ami again: "Ii was j terrible! It was terrible ! The popr j women aful children Went doWn"wllh pti.t Imrdly boiUg iibli) lo utter a pra,\ cr. ! 11 was terrible '. The steamship must be full of dead bodies. They were i caught like rail's in a trap, I can't! toll you any more about it. Ali I know is tiiat I hoard a terrible crash ami it wua followed by an awful sotihd of rush ing water mid escdplhgisleamcr. It,: wu-. very dark down beloW where I was. Hut, ?otnoltow I managed t > push my why on deck. The ship re sounded with heartrending < idea from ! all (luurtors, although th" officers seemed tbHJa doin > an they could tb .?aim the peojif.'- I A- .1 lot of .-ail ors making ti ru-sh for a boat and I j joined in with thoin. "Somehow tho beat WHS iPA'OI'i !?. ami I ipanaged to scramble into if, although It seemed to me as if about; a hundred bopbh wer? tryinu to d?i the same, wo puahod some of them away, for it was utterly Impossible to load the bpatdn.v more and we could . sec that the l?lbc WttS doometl. S!l-.' was rolling terribly ami settling down on one side in a manner ivhioh seemed to threaten turiiMig her over entirely. : Soiuohov or other we got away and' number of people wire drowned as Ihey jumped Into He HC? and swam | a ft her its. Of CourSO WO could not put bad. /or anybody lia we should havo been pulled under by the people who were already striiggfing in the Witter, Sometime later, I Oil n't Say hew long* for i was too horrified to think, the bilbo gave ii fearful lui'oh side ways ami j Mink with a bursting sound. It seemed to me as if something below had burst as she went down.'' "l don't, know what* became of the! sesscl that ran into us. I saw alight' somewhere in tho distance and sup- ; pOSCl] it was her. but. I c<.n't s-iy Any thing for certain. 1 lu d a brother on board) who was ftpm (iormaey like j myself. \Ve wee .m our Way to the ' i tntcij states whore we have relatives, I don't know how many people were \ drowned, but I shotlld think that at j OOSt 300 persons went down in that . terrible ship. Thtrpwa another boat lowered nt about'tho samo time that wo got away, but ii Btlhk soon ttftor wtii-tls. I think it was So crowded with , people that it could net lloat. ThC chief engineer, who had charge of our boat, Its a very nice mail and ho did all he could for us while we drifted about. I lie Boys thrit he i" certain that a third - boat "was lowered from the Hlhc ami he , believed that she will surely be able tO reach the eoast of Holland in safety. We wanted the fisbiog smack to lake as to t in' German nouet, but the flahor men insisted upon bringing us here." A SHAMEFUL SOENE IN "CONGRESS. UGIjV CONbtICT ?>!?'MK.MIllOKS. ItrcoWdlifldKO <ir(s Mad ami falls ii? ;ml it JSconinlrcl?Kciird RvtOrlH Willi Idar anil I'npp.v?Thou They Ml\ and Gel Arrest oil. Washington. I'Vbrnnry I. A sccuc of the wildest and most Intense excite ment t .'.-cured In the hOUSC at the eon elusion p( the debate on Ml'; llitt's ilauaiiau resolution today grow lug out of a personal dlllloulty between Mr. Breoklnridgp of Kentucky, ami Mr. 11? i.ttl, of Missouri. In which epithets like "impertinent puppy,'* " COWHl'd,!*. "scoundrel," " liar.'' were bandied. One blow Was struck xvheu friends interposed ami the -crg- ant-at arms arrested the two offenders ami brought then to the bar of the House, where ; Mr. Brcckinridgo, in the course of an ex plann t ion. .'action! ly challenged Mr. Heard ami demanded personal satis faction. li< >\V rJ|K ROW 8T?UTKD. Mr. Hoard, who was in charge of the iHa?rtci of Columbia business, out; ml Mr. liroeklnrldgo who wits! attempt- j ing lo address thn House on tho j Hawaiian roKoluttou, by deiuaudiog tho-previous question On tho adoption of tho resolution. Mr. Brcoklnridgd Immediately UlOVeu around from the 1 I i e lUslo in w hich he was standing lo the tier of seats In which Mr. Heard v\ a iocnti <i ami hot Words followed. Mr. Breoklntidge protested against I what he called Mr. Hoard's rudeness. j Tho luttlor declared he Wasouly doing ] his duly. As the voices of the gentle- j II en rose, member rushed initiier. "Impertinent puppy," shouted Ntr. Brenk In rid go. " [dar," hissed back Mr. I card. At the word, the white-haired Brook in ridge, who Is u heavily built.! sturdy man, put his foot, n tho step j on which tho beauties urn boated and let drive u i'ight blow at Mr. Hoard. | Mr. Heard who is! it slight ami a par- '? efitly not strong; but rather tall man. I witn a brown beard ttionkcd xyJ^JH gray, dodged. In luipjjhjja*-iTTstaiit a dozen hands werj^csToiuh-d to restrain 1 t in) KcntmUnah ami the t lo of mem bc's pt him tWoniy loot up the' ma.ii aisle. But he continued tostrug- j ele ami wrestle with In-- CUptOpH, Messrs. I'onee and OuthWutto. Tl c House und naileries were In an uproar. ; Bedlam bad broken louse, '?vorit, all 1 the cracks of Ho- Speaker's glUVol i houtuh.td a> he attempted t>> quell t he - riot bii the llupr. It: lirm tones tho-Speukor directed the i ergonnt-at-nrinti it* arrest tho j olVehdels. Ike Hill the d-puty, and ' tils assistant, Mr. Itobinsoli, grabbed the silver mace, the iimb'oin of the. I louse's authority, and rushed up th ? I aisle. It was crowded With a seething ? nuW til ii. libers. When they bail elbowed tie. r way lo thqsccno ol the com bate, Mr. BrcCkfiuridgo was stiil1 struggling with those w ho hold him. His utitagoird>t, Mr. Hoard, stood J ea-mt;. In ins platte. * M.lst>nd(iivHtandlng Mr. Pence's at-, tempt lo quiet Mr. Brcckcuridgc, whoi witn I. - a i !lie llkouu aspen with ovor wrought cxoilomuut. Hill aud his as-' : islunt seized both Mr. Brcckiuridgc ? ami Mr. l-'ohuo,' ".Not fence. ,f j snouted a uo'/.'iu members. " Arrest : Hoard." Mr. lieaid wui pushed into' the arms ol the deputy sergeant.-at itrtns- As the two men came together, I Mr. BiocklnridgO make, a l esperate elf ort to free himself. ?' You are a coward and a i collndrol," ho y, h. d at Mi. Ilcurd. hut the stal wart Upbtusoil roughry pulled Mr. Brecklnridgo forward and two top.ro* II tcntatlves of tho American OongrcSa were bustled rather than eticoried to t he house. Tho Speaker ordered all to take thuir scuts. Many of t ho members did to ro|utautly. "Tako it back !" shone d Mr. Hrcck- ' Intidgu, tt?j tie glared at Mr. Hoard, who stood, like' himself, in custody be fore the bar. " Von etil led mo an impertinent ! puppy," ausw i rod i lean!. Meantime. iho.Speuker!.iutstehtorl|iu tones was driving tlicexcn -.1 meiiihcrs buck with heitvy blows of the gave). Mr. Iheekinridgo Wus uppcling for; recognition, bul the Speaker would i not ar llhu. Alter ;tli the mc'.il' ??? - ' were seated, be .Ordered both Mr. I,.-aid and Mr. Brc.ckliiridgo back to their seats, ami then r. eogno.-d lue; Konluokiun. Willi in-, fr?mo trembling with ox* eitcii'.cnt, Iiis t?lvor hair tumhl.ug I back from hi- lor. iic. 1. Mr. Brock in-; ridge roso, attempting 'a contain him self. I Mr. Brockinthlgo began his upnlbgy in bumble lorn s. ?' No one," ho began, "can regret more -thail I that any i IpcrsOhul dlilieully should occur on tills ? lloor, mit When 1 thoughl 1 bad been taken oil tho lloor With great rudeness, j I weill e> Mr. Heard ami said lo him that, ho could not do business in that way. Her. plied that it was an insolent statement and that I was tin imp -r tiueiit scoundrel." "lb called me a scoundrel instead of a liar " lutorppsed Air. lb ard. ?? lie called mc u liar." went on Mr. BreeiiilirltlgC, ignoring the interrup tion. " I ought m>t lo have resell ted it, Mr. Speaker," lie continued, turn ing to the Chair, "bui tts a Mississippi ' judge once said, 'the I hi was the lirst?: assult,' and In spite of mj Wltlte hair.-. | t t'Wtlti noi r,'st .'it'iii iny.-idl'. I apolog /.e i to I he Speaker and to the incit e. To the gent loinuit I will say," be added, as he turned ami looked squarely at Mr. IJeaid, his voice rising, to one of doilunco, "I will Buy that that ouuno^ j roihuin between he and l.V A scattering burst of applause grqeted this. Mr. Brecklnridgo took j his seal. Tho House gasped ut this hint statement and sat breathlessly await lug for the i only Mr. Beard arti.se. He up near ed in be calmi but bo WHSJllBO OVldontly la boring under urn.or groat excitement. Not once in his Congressional earci r. he began, had bo boon Ollihrolh <1 in a. porsonul controversy on the lloor ol tho ilouso. Air. Heio'd tlion explained the situa tion. Today, ho Sil Id, had bCOtl sot ? apart for District ol Columbia busl tiess, ami ho bad h it It his duty when j tho Opposlllg lenders Oil tho HaWaill) 1'CSOlutlQn had lln'shod . their state ments to deinadd the previous qitOS' ? Hon. Tim gentlemen froiii Kentucky nail Iben hurried over to mm ami stated in a tone m which ho regarded as an insult that the llou.-e WOllltl not, do business that way. He demanded tue yCOS ami ntiys Which he deemed it. Ins duty to do. Whennpon the pen lb in m from Kuh? tm ky in language which he regarded us mo-1. o.tfOllulVC hail called him an in Solent ami ?Impertinent something. "Ho hiiiow'ui," said Mr. Heard) his tt.niperrising, ''that statement1 with a practical assault on me. Ho calldd mc I a scounili-ol.'' "if [said that I Withdraw," In tor-1 rnpied, Mr. Hrookinriilge, wi'n earn 01 liu ss that struck sonic of tlje men as ludicrous, and thoy laugh id heartily. "I tin not think I said a, ' continued Mr. Breokluridge, " I do btdievc he ta'ul it,"' said Mr. Hoard. "Tf. uftcr my disclaimer, tho gentle man still insists I said it," retorted Mr. Hroekinridgo. again Muring up. " aud I withdraw it. lie doe.- not deserve it." Mr. Hoard denied hastily that ho ln toaded to question Mr. Brookinrldgo's veracity, but stated that in his excite ment tin- gentleman from Kentucky had forgotten what ho did say. "I stated," be continued, " that the gtjn tleinaii liod. Upon his withdrawal of ins offensive epithet 1 will withdraw mi ne.' hut not In fore. I holiove that I have 'lone nothing which was not my duty and right to do." Ml', Heard was also applauded when he look his soat. This ended the wordy combat, and in the absOUCC of a motion which might have boon made to reprimand the principals in the af fair, the I louse proceeded with the question before it, ami the excitement soon subsided, although thcro was much speculation throughout the day as to what would be tho outcome. vi:sr ON a iik;ii HOltStt. lioTukt'ti Occasion lo Free H Is Ml ml on i hC President's Itccoiiinieitda I ions. Washington, January .'U..?A very pliinntcd consideration of the tia^eini question took place in the Seria\ ?, as soon as the session opened today. Mr. Oullom, Republican, v?f Illinois, pt'Oi ? nlCtl a dispatch from all the load ire banks ol Chloago, urgliifj that the Hr. -i,hm's rCoominerldatlons be car* Hoc! out at tbo earliest day possible. .dr. Vest, Democrat, ol Missouri, followed with a similar dispatch from Ho? St. Louis Chamber of Commorce, which was tin: text lor out: of the most Btlrriug sc. ties that the Senate has heard In many days. Mr. Vest said tho Chamber of Com* mo reo of St. Louis did mit represent tho fooling of tho people of Missouri, or of tiie country, on the financial question. He did not believe the peo ple favored a retirement of $T>0(),0U0,Q0U of greenbacks und treasury noted ami t a^;>uir.yt-trilt-H?^oi.t^>-^ttrre:u'y at- all. He din not Wlieve In thc"TitV,oi'od gohl obligations running lifty yelil'i . with I'm: interest aggregating' ?70,tM)i),tMK) at the etui of lhat ilino. It was a selfish SUggt -lion that posterity should bo left in pay this bud debt... Tho obliga tions of this S.nate Were a., binding toward posterity as toward Hie present generation. It wus as much tho duty id the Senate to protect- the sugges tion dl the President to look after tho present and let Hi.' future look after Itself, Mr. Vest wits by lids time putting uuoll energy and dramatic force in I his .-pe.ecii that he. wus given much at tention, ?The President has declared war on Bilver," proceeded Mr. Vest, "lie would make us accessories to this i hurt lo IiX ihe golds'tfUiidard upon us." The & mator asked if any man really believed lite supposed emergency could mit he im t by treasury puymu.ts ? n fill vor. Ami yet tho Impression was being convcyud lo tho public that the country wus on the brink ol ruin. If the 1 *i\ sldent had the power he : won d force ua t?> the single gold j standard. "But," said Mr. Vest. Im pressively and raising bis right hand in emphasis, "so far as 1 urn concerned, I will liOVi r vote to issue bends to secure gold ami place us on a single gold standard." Mr. Oullom rose al this point with a question us to what the Iinunco coin-| n itte. <-t wbieh Mr. Vest is a member, intended dein.' towards securing sqnio defiult ? policy. Mr. Vest paused for n moment before replying, and then said : "It might be more proper lo lot the jhail'lUUU of the coin in I loo an w< : that qucjttlon. Hat in bis absence I will say that I do not hol love there's the slightest pos sibilly of the limine, committee agree ing ou any iUCilSUrc to report to the i-.enalo." Tho announcement- tlio first that had openly been Iiiado as to the ,-ituu tion in the (1 nance committee?-was deceived with marked attention and ev idt nt surprise. Mr. Vest proceeded lo say that the tail, about leek of revoniu . us sug gested by Mr. Ctillom was ti waste of WOl'dS, lie had tulkutl with HieS'ere tury of t he Treasury only day" before yesterday and had boon assured that Hie revenues for the mooting of ox* pel., e ; WCI 0 ample. Mr. c'uiion, "hio the Secretary of tho Treasury is ready to assure us he bus all the revenue he. want.- ';"' ? Mr. Vest?"Yes; it. is increasing from day to day to such an oxtphl that there promlSi S to he a large surplus." Mr. Ctillom "Ho you state this, oi ls It the statehit ut oi tin) Boorotury of she Treasury ?" Mr Vest "I make the statement ?ii tho direct information from the Secretary of tin- Treasury," Bosiimlng his speech, Mr. Vest said ho was against the gold stanched, it wuo a budge of oppression, "And am I to be made uenoKsory to l-he porpotun lion of t his gohl sysicin ." naked tho Senator. " It Is not pleasant." he continued, " to differ with the head of my parly. I have remained silent for many mouths in order not to add to the discord within our groat party, but' wc have now reached tic parting of the ways. I will go no further." Mr. Vest closed with tins emphatic d cedar Uli Oil that parly could in vor lead him to aid in fostouing the gold standard on-tho country, If the St. Louis chamber of com ee- wanted some..i.o i,i help toward that end, they MTOllld Ii IVO to (lud some olio else than him. Covernor Kvituswlll in uhout. three weeks eall for II convention ol th.' far mers of Hie suit, in be held In Colum bia in uccorchiiiCe with the recommen dation of the Cotton dowers' Conven tion recently held in Jackson, Some action is sought whereby the cotton acreage can he reduced, and other pluus accomplished looking to tho remedying of evils weighing heavily im Hu- agricultural In to res tu of the Blute. Several counties have already hold preliminary conventions, bit every county In the Slate should bo represented In a convention ol such vital Imporliinco. -The New York Independent lolls this story of the latp Dr. John Lord, tiie well-known historical lecturer ' When he was a candidate for lire]illa tion to tee Congregational ministry, in the time of the old llopkiusjun COn* Irovi rslt'S, ll? wa- asked the quest ion, ' Would you be willing to he damhed for the glory of Cod." Perhaps he had been annoyed by the long examina tion : and his reply WOS sharp, stuhl n ami characteristic: 'No: but I am w Illing yOU should he."' Tho grave of OX-VICO Hresidoiit Schuyh-r Colfux, in the ei uiotery ut South Bond, Ind.. Is unmarked save by a plain stone slab. It is proposed to mark the resting place of Indiana's il lustrious son by the CroCtlon of a Statuts or monument us an enduring memorial. An effort will ho mudo to rubie $lo,oik> with which to erect a suitable monUemont. - \ BTATK NIi]\V?? IN imiHC. I ntcrcst lug Notes Irobi Various Sour ? Kljj .:;??<? light* jiro 'nowTjh ha*"1 I Beaufort. I u ?A v.Oman's exchange has bv ! opened in Camdon. ?Johnton, Kdgelleld CouDjjty, has n dispensary by u vote of 78 to ?4. ?Mr. Sum mil, of Yorkvlllo, klllod a hog u row days ago that weighed 377 pounds not. ?Sumter lias taken stops toward continuing the three (J's road from* Camdon to Unit poiut. Itov. K. C. Pearson, tlio noted evangelist, will hog in a series of meet ings in Aikeu about March 1. The work of laying out tho olec- , trie railroad from Beaufort to Port * Koyul will be started iu the noar fu*~:i; tu re. .South Carolina's corn crop last year was lS,7:i8,81!> bushels, valued by : the Department of Agriculture s.t $12,170,782. The work of building the Nowber ry cotton mill cliimuey from 120 feet to InO feet high is being pushed with all possible dispatch, ? Mr. Bldrcd Addison, of Xiuoty-srix, Abbeville County, shipped to Now York recently forty lambs, for which ho ?.?. uoived *itt aplooo. : up. i lutendent of F.ducatlon May fleld reports tine progress in the work I on the buildings ol the Women's In I duetrial College. The hog oholera has appeared iu j places iu Chester County. Mr. M. E. ' White has recently lost eight of.hi. ] best hogs from this disease. -Suits have been brought against. I the Bank of Barnwell und ilie Peoplos' Bank ol Denmark by one of their t?u? tomers for usurious interest. ?Tho Cooper-Limestone Female stltuto in-Spurtunburg County will opened iu March. Tue bi ll?iugs i bel?g t tt ?'o'wg'dy repaired. ?The j .d of trustees of tlio So Carol bo', .-..V^. through Its ex' tlv committee, ottt determined I have a summer school 'against , year. The Kdgoflold town council lined Mr. I?. I'., liviins ?'.L.'i and Capt. Jim Til I man lor the scrape they got into some woeks ago, in which each shot t he other. The Orangoburg police seized three .-mall boxes of cans labelled "to uiulous." The boxes contained sixty (juart cans filled with whiskoy, and twelvo calls of tomatoes. ?Tho registration books will bo opened en the. liest Monday in Feb ruary, March. April, May. Juno and July and also during the llrst eighteen days in Maren in each county. ?Borne of tlio ladies of tho sovorul Cumden unite churches have organi zed a " w ives and sisters' pruyer-ineet lug," and hold weekly prayer meetings at llrst one home aliu then another. The C.imden Baptist Church has culled tho JJ/jv. James Ten Brocke, of Burlington, Vt., and he will enter up on his labors about Pobruury 1. llo coined highly rccotuinoudud us aline pastor unu orator. Recently u geoil deal of the tlta ilored lands id' Colleton County na ve been developed by the estab lishment ofj saw mills and turpen tine stills thereon, unu profitable sales an- made by local capitalists. ?Tho dispousary question wa- du- ^ i. ati d in Greenwood by a vote of 7."> to > in. The chances are that tho town will have metro; 'itun police to sup port, and a dispensary just outside of the incorporated limits of the town. C rot n wood has passed an ordi uneo against any one buying or deliv ? ring to any other person, within thp Incorporate limits of tlio town, any eoiitrubrand liquors under a lino of not more than $20 or thirty days Ini prisomuont in tin? county jail. There is still another effort on foo to secure the establishment of a dls pousury in Yorkvlllo. Tiie In forma tion is to the cITcct that within tho next lew days the town council will bo present! 1 with a petition for the call i ug of uiiof her elect ion. The lir-'. ti r:n of court over w hich Judge Joseph II. Karle will presido will he ii: Camdon. He will preside at the Pebrnury term of court for that county, which convunod on tho4th inst. There are three murder euses to bo disposed of at Ibis torm, two white men und one UOgt'O. The Secrotury of Slate has receiv ed a letter from I >. Cunningham, of tin: Chicago ami Burlington Railroad, asking lor t he latest railroad map of South Carolina. Inquiry reveals the tact that no corn et map hit* been is sued in years, in which time numerous roads have sprung up, and the old maps have become useless. The fill of tint I'Jquul nights Asso ciation of South Carolina has boon in creased by lour names of ludiOd in Ab beville, oilO of t hem being tin.' beauti ful Mis. Hannah llompbil Coloman, who was on the state commission sent North in 1,8111 to formulate plans for thotlirls' Industrial and Normal Col lege. Uovornor KvUlht has appointed the historical commission which is pro vided under the Act paesod ut the re cent session of the Legislature The commis ion as appointed consists ol D. ii. Tompkins, ex-ollloia ohairman, ih n>y Aid" .. \\ . C. Bonot, W. A. Courtciiay, Prof. It. Means Davis ami .1. l i. Tindal. The commission Is ex pected to collect data relating to the history of the State. A now shoo factory will bo estab lished iu Columbia, Themen who uro to open the factory are Northerners, ami they IntOIld to TvustO HO time in getting to work. Thoy intend to locate the factory within tiie State peniten tiary, and electrical power Will he used. The frctory will be of aliout th? same kind as that formerly run within the ponlteiitiary wails by Mr. A. c. Dibort. H IV. I). W. K'-y, statistical secre tary, reports for 1801 that the Baptists of South Carolina liavo 420 ordalnod ministers, .'til churches: Ineroaso, by buptUm 3,087, by letter 22,725; by PC* btoration 1'??; deoreaso, by letter. 2 805, by exclusion 1,105, by death 71* . total inomborsbip 85,041. six hun dred ami sixty-livoSunday-school vvith 1,307 officers and teaclicrs ami 38,455 pupils; contributions for all church purposes $170,875,18; valuo of ohuroh property $075,880, John A. Smith, of New Orleans, / has been selected as manager of thy. Charleston freight bureau, ami will bog in work within the next ten days. Uo WUS associated with tho Missouri, Kansas ,\ Texas Huilroad for several years, beginning as depot agent, and imding as general freight, agOUt of tho lines in Texas, ami comes to Charles ton with the highest recommendations. Tho Charleston freight bureau is un der the special patronuge of the city council ami the live commercial bodies of tho city, und will make a Ii 'ht to tho lluish against the Jccri'n' whloh bavc'been prac ^'?ira' city and othor south