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BREATHED THE SMOKE OF BATTLE. A NOTABLE WOMAN OF THE CIVIL CONFLICT. Tho Sinter of Qen. John Morgan and the WH? of Ocn. A. P. Hill. Few American women have had thoir lives bo crowded with dramatic incidents as Mrs. Alexander Forsytho, of Chicago, sister of Cen. John Mor gan, whoso daring raid mado him con spicuous on two continents. For four years Mrs. Forsytho lived under the smoke of tho cannon, being a soldier's wife who wont through tho entire war with hor husband. Thrice wedded and thrlco widowed, twice tho mother of a posthumous child and again on the last day of tho war left desolate with a tiny babo in her arms, her experience as wife and mother, says the Chicago News, is almost un precedented. After tho doath of hor first husband, Calvin McClung, she married Con. A. P. Hill, ono of the most distinguished generals in the Confederate army, a man whoso name was on the dying lips of Stonewall Jackson and Robert E. Leo. As a brido she went to the front with hor husband and was actively in terested in his company, tho Invinci bles, 13th Vlrgiuia. Among other things she presented tho company with a handsome silk flag, but during an engagement the color-bearer's arm was shot oil', and tho flag, grippod in tho bloody hand, was captured by a Union soldlor. Mrs. Hill promptly mado anothor and it is now hanging in the White House at Richmond. Gen. Hill was killed tho last day of tho war at tho fall of Petersburg. (Jen. Leo mado a chargo and recovered his body, and a fow moments after the gouoral had parted from his wifo ho as brought back to her, shot through too hoart, his wedding ring Mill on his linger and his capo covering his dead face. That night the army rotroated in haste and Mrs. Hill was the last wo man to pass tho pontoon at Petersburg. It was an awful journey, for tho roads wore ehoked with tho disorganized troops; sometimes they woro in the enomy's lines and again in their own, but all through that dreadful night Mrs. Hill sat in tho ambulance by hor dead husbanu's body, holding hor baby and little daughter in her arms. She burriod Gen. Hill at Gouchlaud, Va., laying him away in the uniform ho wore when ho fell. Afterward tho body was removed to Hollywood, but a fow years ago Mayor Ginter t'onatcd tho spot In Richmond where Gen. Hill organized his livst company, and his hotly was takon there and a splendid monument erected to his momory. His youngest daughter, Miss Lucy Lee iiill, the babo of tho retreating army, is now a beautiful woman and was one uf tho board of lady managers at tho World's Fair from Kentucky. Sho is Gen. Loe's god-daughter, and his tears fell on hor baby faoe as ho hold her in his arms at the baptismal font. Some years after Gen. Hill's death, Mrs. Hill matried Dr. Alexander For sytho. Since his doath she came to Chicago and now resides at 101 Pino street. She was a notod beauty in hor youth and her cordiality endears hor to friends new and old. Tho home lifo of tho Morgan family was singu larly happy, for there were six, sous and six daughters to fill tho hospitablo home with merrymaking. Gen. Mor gan was tho oldest child. Ho was passionately fond of children and Mrs. Forsytho says that on Sunday mornings bo usod to take a quantity of bread and an immeuso bright tin pan full of molasses and gather all the plantation piokaninnies on tho lawn and let them "sop" tho sweet stud" to their hearts' content, in tho winter tho poor, both black and whito, had tho freedom of his great wood yard back of his factory. The betrayal and death of Gen. Mor gan aro never mentioned in the family circles, and tho horrowing details were carefully withhold from tho grief-stricken mother. Tho general was on his way to visit his wife, to whom ho had not long been married. Worn with travol, he stoppod for tho night at a lonely farm house. The people wero ardont Southern sympa thizers and personal frionds, but tho daughter had a sweethoart in tho Union army. After the family retired sho stole out, 8addlod a horse and rode to the nearest camp with tho startling news that Gen. Morgan was asleep at her mothor's homo. As tho night was wild and stormy and his rotreat ob scure, Gon. Morgan felt perfectly sccuro and slept soundly until a move ment in the yard aroused him. Ho sprang out of bod and rushed out of tho house in his night clothes. Ho was immediately surrounded and Bhot. Hoforo his hoart ceased beating his unclothed body was thing across a horso and taken to camp- On tho way the country was aroused by the sol diers' exultant cries: " Wo have killed Morgan, the great Confederate rebol !" It is a matter of history that from tho girl who betrayed him to tho mon who shot him every ono has suffered a violent death. Mrs. Forsytho'a young ost broth or, Francis Key Morgan, named after his cousin, author of "Tho Star-Spanglod Banner," inhorited tho fearless spirit. When 14 ho climbed into tho cupola of tho old academy at Lexington and unfurled the Confeder ate Hag. Tho city swarmed with Union soldiers and It would havo gone hard for tho lad had ho not boon spirited away in a olosed carriage. About this time Gon. Morgan sent a trusty Irish boy with lotters to his mother. His bridal roins wero full of gold dollars aud ho succeoded in run ning the blockades safely. But after his arrival tbo news reachod tho sol diers, who searched tho house and captured him. That night Francis crept under tho carelessly guarded tents, out the little fellow's bonds and tho two escaped In the darkness. WERK LIT CROP BULLETIN. The Condition ot the Crops Improved as a General Knie by Recent RA I nc. This bulletin covers the weuthtrand crop conditions for tho wook ending Baturday, May 0, and In its prepara tion wero used reports from ono or more correspondouts in eaoh county of tho State. Although tho average, temporaturo for tho past wook was just tho samo as for tho weok preceding, yot, rola tively, it was slightly cooler, as tho Beasons increase in temperature averages about 2 dogroos a wook dur ing May. Thoro woro several cool nights, and minimum temperatures of 50 or below were reported from the high lands of the western and north ern counties. Tho minima for the week were 41? at Kldgeway, 48 at Che raw and Klloroo, all on Friday, tho 8th. Tho maximum temperature was 4<4, reported from Cheraw on tho 6th. L'he moan temporature, for the State ir the week?boir?}f. the average of 86 weekly mean tomporaturo reports? was 09, and the normal for tho same period is approximately 69. The high est means was 73 at Poverty Ulli, Edgeflnld County, and the lowest 64 at Held, Greenville County. The mean temperature for tho State slnco March 1st has been about 1.5 degree per day above normal. There wore quite general showers over tho entire State on the 3rd, 4th and 5th, but tho rainfall was never theless partial, and in consequence there romaln largo portions of the State where tho drought Is not re lieved, tho ground having received only surface wotting. Over a strip of country about six miles wide, in Plckons County, tho rainfall excoded four inchos on tho 3rd, and was accom panied by large hail, that in tho vici nity of Loopor's destroyod all vegeta tion In its oath and stripped tho troes of fruit. Tho path of this destructive hall was narrow and short. The heavy rains washed lands badly in Pickcns and Edgcllcld Counties, and nowly planted lands havo since then crusted over. Over tho greater portion of tho area oomprisod by Alkon, Lexington, Klch laud, Sumtor, Falrfield, York. New berry, Union, Karshaw, Chester and Lancaster Counties, tho rainfall re mains deficient. Over the remainder of tho State enough rain foil for the immediate needs of the crops. The following heavy rains woro re ported : Loopor's 4.20 ; Liberty 4.00 ; Augusta, Gh., 1.75 ; Greonvillo 2.34 ; Florence 1.68; Yomassoo 1.76; Trial 1.00; Held 1.76 ; Longshore LOG; Clom son College 2.87 ;Elloreo 1.25; Gillison vlllo 1.26 ; Poverty Hill 2.10. Thirteen other places reported amounts from 0.50 to 1.00, and fifteen places reported amounts less than ha'f an inch. The average of 41 rainfall reports was 1.03, and tho normal for the samo period Is approximately 0.78. The sunshine was in excess of tho normal; tho porcentago of possible ranging from 39 at Trial to 80 at , Waterloo, with an average for the State (26 reports) of 70 per cent. The normal is approximately 00. Tho prevailing wind for the week was from tho N. E., followed by S. W. and W. They wero generally light aud without material iniluenco on crops. Crops, as a rule, made satisfactory progress duriug tho week, except that a few cool nights seemed to put a decided chock on the growth of corn and cotton, but fortunately tho weath er soon turned warmer. With the ex ception of tho territory already noted, thero seems to be sufiicient moisture ifor most crops, but grains would be greatly benefited by moro rain. Tho planting season is pructlcally over, ex cept for some of the minor crops and for tho bottom land corn, and this is making satisfactory progress. Tho following brief summaries express the general conditions of the various crops named, and when a particular crop is not mentioned it may bo assumed that tho reports on it are in the main fa vorable. Corn continues to do well; Is gen erallly worked elean, has good color, and stands are satisfactory. Reports on corn without exception continue favorable, unless that some report It small for the season, and that cut and bud or heart worms are damaging the stand in a numbor of the counties. Cotton received a slight check to growth during tho few cool nights, but without sustaining any material injury. Stands are reported the best ever known in Andorson, Darlington, and Chesterfield Counties, and over the entire Stute the stands aro good. Some complaints of grass in Edgefield and Plckons Counntios, where tho ground was too wet to work. Cotton is reported as huvlng u good, healthy color generally. Sui Island cotton has a good stand and is thriving. Chop ping to a stand continues activoly, aud in places cotton has been plowed the second time. Planting has finish ed. Transplanting tobacco was pushed during the wcok. Some farmers are obliged to water the plants to save them, it being nocossary to transplant regardless of tho condition of tho ground, on account of tho siie of the plants. Tho scarcity of plants will lessen the coutemplatod area dovoted to tobacco. Irish potatoes are generally reported to bo very small, almost a failure over a large portion of the State, owing to the dry weathor, and aro needing more rain everywhere. Potato bugs are reported from a numbor of coun ties, being more destructive in Char leston County, whore some fields are practically ruined by thorn. Grains have made groat improvement, but spring oats are generally coDsldorod a failure, although in places tho rains startod a vigorous growth. Oats aro about ready to harvest In the Eastern portlous of the State. Fall oats aro short, but heading well. Lowland rice is In excellont condi tion, with good stands, but upland rice Is genorully poor, being small, and of uneven stund. Poaches continue to drop badly, other fruit doing fairly well. Plums ripen ing in Southern portions; Inforior quality. Berries plentiful. Grapes promising. Melons doing well every where, und in places are in blospom. Larger areas than usual being de voted to sweet potatos in a number of counties. Draws plentiful. Gardens yielding plonty of vegeta bles, although where tho rainfall was lightest they continue to fail. J. W. BAUSRj Dlreotor. HOMICIDE at Clemson.?The News and Courier's corrosponpdont gives tho following particulars as to tho shooting at Clemson College on last Tuesday : Wm. D. James, foreman of tho convict farm here, died "to-day about 7 o'clock from tho offeots of pistol shots re ceived yesterday at tbo hands of P. W. Lindsay, sergeant in chargo of tho convicts stationed hore. Bad blood had existed botwoon tho two men for sevoral months, It is said, occasioned by a disagreomont as to the manage ment of tho coonvict labor, and yestor day James seems to havo felt especi ally aggrioved at something Lindsay had done. He wont to tho stockade and found Lindsay seated at his table in his ofllco and bogan using abusive lnnfiruatro. Ltndaav is renortcd to have told htm to go away, but instead James started into tho room. As ho entered Lindsay shot him twico in tho faco. James continued advancing and caught hold of Lindsay, when the latter shot him In tho abdomen. The two men scuffled for a fow seconds, when James sank unconscious. He afterwards re covered consciousness, but peritonitis set in, from which ho died. Ho leaves six ehildren. Lindsay at onoe gave himself up to the College authorities, and was turned over to Sheriff Douthit, who happened to bo here. Trial Justice Hook has summoned a jury of inquest to view the body to night, and will adjourn it till to-mor row to await tho arrival of Solioitor Ansel, who has been telegraphed for. -?President Craighond, of Clemson Col lego, will go to the Democratic con vention as a delegate from Occraoe. BILL ARP HAS A VISITOR, PROF. TUCKER OF TUE UNITED STATES LiABOR DEPARTMENT. Sample- 'of Fanoy and Other Work, Gathered to Compare by His De partment With the Primitive and New Methode, Cost, Etc. For The Constitution. This is a great government. We don't know very much about it until we go bohind the scenes?behind the screens as It wore?and see what is going on. Tho doingB of Congress as we read them In the papors are very noisy and exciting, but is mostly rou tine work and tolls us nothing of what is going on in the various.departments, scientific and industrial. ' We used to got the patont office reports that had a world of curious information and explanatory pictures, but thoy seem to have stopped coming. And there were books on agriculture and horticulture and pestiferous insects and books that told about cattle and sheop and all the diseases to which thoy were subject. All these used to be distributed among the people like the garden seed are distributed, and pretty muoh for the same vote-catching purpose, but they cost a big lot of money, and now are given only to the scientific. The men of science make but little noiso in the world. Thoy care but little for fame or fortune, but thoy are ever at work studying nature ana solving mysteries and lessening tho burdens of life. It does seem to bo a disposition of pro vidence that great mencaro but little for money. What they discovor or in vent soon becomes common property. I am not speaking of tho small man who takes out a patent on fish hooks or hairpins, but of great men. like Jenner and Pastour, Agassi/,, Fulton Watts, Newton or Morso. But I was ruminating about a visit I had today?a visit from Professor Tucker, tho United States agent for tho labor department. Uo came to find out about how tho silk business was conducted in Georgia fifty years ago. So 1 told him how my father, in 1837, got some morns multicaulis cut tings from Washington and in two years had several acres of young trees, and then built a house, forty feet square and two stories high, and filled it with hurdle frames and got some silkworm eggs, and when thoy hatched tho worms soon filled the house and eat up all the mulberry leaves and wanted more. Wo got enough from a neighbor to finish up with, and wo boys wore glad enough when the nasty things began to wrap up in their mum my-like shrouds. But my curiosity was excited. What does tho United States want to know all this for ? So he|explained by saying that his department is comparing tho old with tho new?tho primitivo me thods with tho modern?and the cost of each, and which was the best and gave more happiness, and other econo mic quostions. He had a leather grip full of samples of the handiwork of the women of western North Carolina and northeast Georgia. Every little square or scrap was pinned to a printed sheet, that gave the name of tho weaver and her age and residence. There were samples of woolen and cotton and linen and silk,.samples of linsey and jeans and counterpanes and quilts and wa gon sheets and curtains and table cloths, and somo of them wore goms of boautiful fabrics, and in those mountain countlos tho humble people are still spinning and weaving in tho old-fash ioned way and are happy. In many families thoir handiwork is piled upon the shelves and clothes prousos, await ing thojmarrisge of sons and daughters, to whom they wore to bo givon as bridal presents. Professor Tucker had some specimens of silk sowing thread and flax-thread that were mado at homo. He found good people up there who seldom bought anything and were able to glvo a stranger a good bed and plonty to oat and a sincere hospitality. Ho told mo oi an old man in Kabun who said ho never foil out with the United States until th? rovo nue officers began to sneak around his little still, whore he had boon making peach brandy for fifty years, and had the respoot of his Maker and his neigh bors and he told them that the United States wasent big enough to stop him, for the right to make it was handed down from his father and grandfather. Ho said they threatoned him every time they came about, but he kept two pitchforks In the house?ono under the front door and tho other at tho head of his bod, and they dident daro to arrest him. But after worrying with thorn for throe years things kept getting hotter and hotter and his noighbors advised him to quit stilling and ho did, for he was getting old and wanted to live in peace, but is was a bad government that would let a rich man still and not let a poor man. Those big distilleries, said ho, swindle tho government, out of more tax monoy than all our moonshlno stills put to gether. All thoy have to do is to bribe the storekeeper. I know of ono in North Carolina that sold 3,8(30 gallons In one year and nevor paid a dollar of tax on it. He told Professor Tucker that tho revenue men broke up forty stills in that region last year, out to his knowledge there were a hundred that wero still running on a small scale. " The boys sorter like tho dan ger of it," said ho, " and tho informer catches it when found out. Ho gen erally loaves this part of tho country as soon as ho pockets his bribo. The mountain people, are not as honest and honorable as they used to be, and it all comes of this bribo-taking business. The United States ought to be ashamed of it." The professor said 't Is impos sible to convinco those mountaineers who aro sovonty-fivo miles from mar ket that it is wrong to convert thoir corn into whiskey when ono bushel will make three gallons and they can haul a hundred dollars' worth with a little yoke of steers. But thoy oan't run a still on the government plan, for it would cost two or threo hundred dollars, and they havont got the monoy. He wanted to know If there were any old-fashioned whools and looms used in this county. Yes, a good many. A good old man died near hero last year whose family never woro any other clothes as long as he livod. I knew another man who was quite well off for a farmer, who was a deacon in the church and sometimes foreman of a grand jury, who nover bought store clothes?and ho always looked well in his homo-made jeans. Ho tanned leather and mado shoes for his family. His socks and suspenders and turkey rod handkerchiefs were all made at home and so was the bed-ticking and the feather beds and mattresses. " Raise your girls to work," said he, "and they will make good wives and good mothers. During tho war tho women of Columbus, Ga., swore oft from wearing Yankee goods, but mi no do tho same way in peace." That is pretty hard on the girls and I should think would fit them for a convent or to bo sietorB of oharity. I had a tenant once who believed so strong in working the ebildron, that they grew up without any schooling. They dident have any themselves and dident see the need uf any. Thoy had a bright little girl whom they called Thclby. "What Is that, child's name? " I asked tho mothor, and she said: " Her name is Othello." " Why, that is a boy's name," said I, but she Insist ed that some man who staid all night at their house said it was a purty name for a girl. " What is your boy's namo?" said I, "the one you cull Doe?" "Oh, his name in Desdemony, but wo call him Dee for short." The poor woman had got tho names mixed ?Othello and DoBdemona. Sotno of thcBO rude pcoplo do actually love to work. Thoy got up buforo day and cook and eat breakfast befcro sunrise and aro oil to the Hold. Ono of my tenants told mo ho was always sorry whon Sunday came, for It was a mighty long day to him. Uut tho old-fashionod wheel and loom wore very useful and pleasant things to work with. My wife still loves to tell hor childron how sho used to spin and weavo on Saturdays and sometimes whon sho camo from school in tho ovenlngs, and how Ailsey? Tip's mothor?was tho host weavor and could mako ton yards of plain cloth a day or Bix yards of jeans. Becky was the brag Bpinnor aud my wife was taught to spin and weavo by these family negroos, for thoy all loved hor and were good to her and she was good to them. Sho used to spin awhile and weave awhilo and then practico awhile on tho piano and it was a pleasant mixture of music all round, and sho looked mighty protty in her homo-made linsey dressos?she did?that's a fact. Bill. Arp. THE CONFERENCE LAUGHS. Tho Woman Question Brings to i.i/rh t a Kansas Humorist. Bishop Vincent, tho venerable found er of the Chautauqua Society, presided at this morning's sossion of the Meth odist General Conference. Tho usual routine was followed during tho morn ing until the Rev. Dr. Lowther, of Southwest Kansas, created a great deal of laughter by introducing tho following resolution : Whereas, this conference has de cidod tosend to tho annual oonforences, the question as to whether tho word laymen should bo so construod as to include womon, and, Whereas, it is believed by many that on scriptural grounds womon can not bo admlttod to the general confer ence ; therefore Resolved, That we also submit to the annual conference tho following questions: Aro womon included in our articles of religion, which read: "Man is very far gone from original righteousness." While this question is pending be it the order of this general conferonco that the women of tho church obey the apostolic injunction : "Lot your wo men keen silence in the churches." That they do also refuse the knowl edge that comes from books, papers, magazines, lectures, lyceums and reading circles, and if thoy would learn anything let them ask their hus bands. Since " on scriptural grounds" sorao of our brethren havo sorved notice that they will raise this question on the day ol judgment, let the annual conferencee decide by vote whether women are included or excluded in the language, " Every man In his own order," in Paul's chapter on tho resur rection. Ou motion of Dr. A. J. Kynott, tho resolutions wore referred to the com mittee on eligibility. Several changes in the discipline, recommended by tho bishops wore re ported by tho committoo on revisals. Tho first two sections of tho report were adopted. A warm fight occurred over the adoption of tho third section of tho report, relating to infant bap tism. During tho debate Mr. Buckley said that ho was satisfied that there were In tho Baptist church over half a mil lion members who would now bo In tho Methodist church If they wore given tho right to choose tho way thoy were to bo baptized. He moved that a part of the disci pline be stricken out, so that adults baptized in Infancy might bo allowed to do baptized again in any way they might elect. Rev. A. B. Leonard opposed the mo tion. Ho said that the motion would discredit infant baptism, and that it would bo a step backward for tho great Methodist church. He said "I be lieve there Is no person so tit to bo baptized as an infant." Rov. S. W. Matthews, of Southern California, said that ho did not bollove in discrediting infant baptism, but he did bo?evo that adults who havo boen baptized, in infuncy, should be givou the same right to bo baptized, that unbaptlzed havo. Rov. Dr. J. E. C. Sawyer said that he thought tho Methodist church would be much bettered by striking out tho foot-noto. Ho was sure that it would help tho growth of the church membership. William H. Daniels, of Northwest Indiana, created a sensation by inquiring if the foot-note in ques tion was tho ono that some one had surreptitiously put in the discipline, without any authority from tho gener al conference. The section was recommitted, vrlth Dr. Buckley's amendment to tho com mittoo on revisals. Tho commltteo on epiBcopaey did not report in accordance with tho in structions it had recoivod. Dr. Buck loy stated that tho committee had as yot boen unable to agree upon the numbor of bishops it would rocommond to be created, but that it would bo ready to report to tho conforenco tho first thing tomorrow sftor tho roading of tho journal. The tlmo for tho com mltteo to roport was oxtonded to that hour. Though tho committoo was unable to roport, this much is known of the deliberations at tho mooting. The member.-, agrood to recommend t he retirement of Bishop Thomas Bow- J man, Bishop R. S. Foster and Mission ary Biel.op William Taylor, of Africa, on account of thoir fooblonoss and Ina bility to perform tho arduous duties of their positions, by reason of advancod ago. This action will necessitate tho election of two rogular bishops, and ono missionary bishop. ?Mr. J. B. Clevoland, president of tho Port Royal and Wostcrn Carolina Road, has appoared boforo tbo Rail road Commission and succooded in get ting the old nassongor rates to bo of force on his line. Asido from general conditions, Mr Cleveland showed that tho Maroh earnings had fallen behind those of last year 86,000. Undor tho olroumstances tho Commission felt jus tified in not onforolng tho reduced rates. ?Mrs. U. S. Grant, widow of tho General, has written a letter to Sena tor Squiro, thanking him for tbo re solution wbioh he has introduced in the Sonate providing for a Grant statue. "I havo long looked and hoped for an expression of some kind from the government," says Mr?. Grant, "and think your thought, If oavriod out, would be a grand fulfilment of that hope. I thank you, Senator." Collecting Confederate Relics, A STATU MUSEUM IN COLUMBIA. A letter to General Hampton ami His Keply?Veterans and People Generally Asked to Co-operate? The Plan Starts Off With Good Prospects. ' Columbia Register. Wado Hampton Chaptor, D. A. K., has doterinined to form u museum of Confederate relics in this city at the South Carolina College. Tho follow ing correspondence will explain itself: Columbia, s. c, April n, lsstc. General Wado Hampton, Coluaibia, s. C. Dear Sir: The Wado Hampton Chaptor of tho United Daughters of tho Coufcdoracy recently adopted measures for tho collection and per manent preservation, in our own Statu, of Confederate relics, believing that an'enduring State dopository and musoum of such precious rolics will bo valuable in nuturing proper senti ments und maintaining tho truth uinoug our own pooplo. Wo naturally presorvo with euro tho treasured dust of our sacrod dead, and theso chorlshod rolics of our honored horoos and guarded mementoes of our hallowed causo will sorvo us testimony and symbol of our loyalty to tho Con federate soldiers and to tho truth for which they fought. It is the duty of tho generation that waged war lor States' rights to provide for the proper education of coming generations concerning tho principles which our peoplo held and the struggle they made to maintain them. Tho associations linked with tho rolics gathered in our proposed musoum will servo as a nuclous of historic knowledge, a promoter of loyal interest, and an incentive to historic research among our young people. Tho members of our chapter uro glad to know of tho movement now in progress ovor tho South, and prose cuted through another organization in Columbia, to gathor rolics for a gen eral Confederate musoum. As indi viduals thoy will aid in making tho proposed national collection worthy of tho cause it represents, and of tho noblo men and women whoso labors to mako it a success deserve upplause. We cannot havo a great uutionu) musoum of Confodcrate relics without tho aid and stimulus of good Stato col lections. Tho two will helpfully react on one another. Local collections will foster State pride, uwaken tho his toric spirit, arouso universal interest in the Stato for such treasuros, teach tho iraportanco of a national museum as a common bond and source of unify ing knowledge und inspiration aud open the oyes of our people to tho im portance of preserving und massing together for historic uses souvenirs of untold valuo In moulding the vlows and sentiments of our youth. Tho na tional collection for Battle Abbey at Richmond, or wherever it shall be located, will bo improved in si/.o and quality, and enhanced in value in the minds of our people as a priceless treasury by tho parallel creation'and malntenauco of State collections. Wo fought as Confederate States, and wo should have a Confederation of museums, representing our statehood and our Confederation. Tho materials gathered in the na tional and Stato collections will prove a rich mine to tho historians of the States and of tho Confederacy. For a brief, clear account of tho leading facts and associations connected with tho rolic?writton by tho donor or len der thereof?would make euch one an illustration of principles, a stimulus to inquiry and a cluo to fruitful investi gation. Tho people of each State would natu rally prize, preserve und classify ac cording to subjects, persons, places, dates and events their relics, and thus multiply in vuluothc collection. If all our rolics wore collected in ono State, that state would enjoy a degree of Coufcderato knowledge and interest not possossed by othor States and the rosult would bo that tho Stato owning the historic records and rolics would bo made unduly prominent In the pages of history. Evory Stato should havo in the na tional musoum some rolle or relics of each command and notod commander, representing her sons, and also of the Important events that occurred in her bordors. Tho sumo sort of collection should bo mudo for each Stato mu soum, which would bo fuller in details of persons and events of mainly local interest. To carry out tho purpose of our chapter tho board of directors up pointed a commltteo consisting of the undersigned, und chargod with tho duty of collecting, preserving and ex hibiting at stated times in the large room in tho South Carolina college library, given by tho college authori ties as u dopository for such rolics until a permanent place can bo suita bly provided. This room is devoted sololy to this purposo and is under tho charge of our chapter, and there all rolics contributed will bo sacred 1\ kept and exhibited under proper rogu latlon by a coramittoo from our chap ter. A South Carolina collection would bo incomploto without tho gift or loan of a sword, or somo othor memento, from Carolina's most illustrious Con federate son and hero, Genera) Wado Hampton ! Hampton's sword on tho battluliold, Hampton's voice and guid ing hand in tho days of South Caro lina's trial und gloom after the war. Hampton's wisdom and statesmun9hip in the council halls of tho republic? theso uro among tho ohiof glorios in tho history of our State. Therefore, wo hope that you will contribute to our State collection as gift or loan, somo war memento that will aid in kindling our youth to omulato your heroism, and stand fast by tho principles for which you ridked your lifo and shod your blood on tho hattleiiolds of right. With best wishes for your wolfaro. Faithfully yours, (Signed Mrs. J. W. Flinn, chairman; Mrs. II. 8. DosPortes, Mrs. David Cardwoll, Mrs. D. Gambrill, Mrs. Ar thur Metts, Mrs. James H. Woodrow commltteo. hampton's reply. The answer of General Hampton to the foregoing will bo preserved. Tho following is a copy of Gonoral Hamp ton's lottor In reply : Millwood, May 8th, 18??. To Mrs. J. W. Flinn, Chairman of Commltteo. My Dour Madam : Tho letter your comm'.ttco did mo tho honor to address to mo would havo boon answered sooner, but for tho fact that I havo not been woll Blnco its rocelpt, and indood, savo to thank your committuo for honoring mo by tho request mado of me. and for tho llattoring terms in which that request wus expressed, no reply was neodod ; for your committee, composed as It is of dovotod and pa triotic women, n_ust huvo kuojvn that [ it would givo me sincere pleasure to comply with any request made by thorn. As soon, therefore, as an opportun ity ia presented to mo to do so. I shall try to tiud some relio of the war to bo placed in your bands and if it is doom ed worthy of your acceptance, I shall esteem it a great honor to have it among tho saered relics of tho noble soldiers of South Carolina. Thanking your committeo again for tho kind terms in which thoy wore pleased to speak of me, and with earn est wishes for tho success of their patriotic work, I am, Very respectfully and truly yours, Wadk Hampton. In its report to tho board of Direc tors tho committeo well says : ?* The complimentary and beautiful lottor is a gratifying expression of sympathy and approval of our aims and plans from our great chieftain, which wo hope will incite the veterans and peoplo of our State to eo-operato In the work wo havo undertaken as partially expounded in tho abovo lot ter to tho other veterans hereafter to he given." Tho recommendation that this letter bo framed and preserved in the museum wu* adopted by tho chapter. TWO GOOD STORIES. A Confederate and a Federal Ki ehungc lOxperienecs. Kov. Robert Wilson, of St. Luke's Episcopal Church, says : In 18N3 1 met in Richmond a Colo nel McCoy, of Pennsylvania, who had been a gallant woarerof tho blue. Wo got quito chummy over u 'mixed wood ' camp firo, and, wishing to put him at his ease, 1 told him the story of Kershaw's magnificent roconnois sanco at Frederioksburg, which can never be too often repeated. An or derly had arrived in hot hasto with a command for General Kershaw to havo tho enemy reconnoitered at all hazards from a knoll which wat swept by tho fire of tho sharpshooters of both arm ies. Every bush and tree had been cutaway by tho storm of bullets, and it looked like certain death to the man who should attempt it. Calmly sling ing his field glass, and turning over his command to the next officer in rank, Joseph B. Kershaw, rodo slowly up to tho death trap, into which ho would not send any other man. Tho sight of his horoic uetion as he sat amid tho whistling minies, swooping the opposing ranks with his glass, was too muofa for the ehivalry of the Yan kee commander, and the order went down the* Federal lino . " Ceaso firing on that officer 1" The rilles became silent, tho reconuoissanco was finished, and raising his cap in acknowledge ment, General Kershaw quietly rode back at a walk, unharmed." " It was a splendid incident,", re marked Colonel McCoy, " but l can oap it with a personal experience of the chivalrous disposition of your mon. I was on Genoral Meado's stall' near Richmond, and one morning, with the general at our head, we rode down to tako a look over tho rivor. As wo turned sharply out of tho bushes and camoouton the bank we found our selves in point blank range of a Con federate picket drawn up on tho other side. A volley would have emptied every saddle, for we were en tirely at their mercy ; but it would have been murder, for thoy could not cross and capture us. Recognizing General Meade, tho commander of the detachment ordered his men into line and they presented arms. We raised our caps in grateful acknowledgement, rode slowly hack into.the bushels, and, as soon we wero fairly out of sight, put spurs to our horses and scudded back to the camp as if tho Dovil was after us." THE CLOSING EXERCISES. Ol' tho Southern Ituptist Convention Had a Stormy Debate on Tem perance. The ?lst session of the Southern Baptist Convention adjourned at noon on the 12th inst. to meet uext year at Wilmington, N. C, tho first Friday following tho lhst Sunday in May. When tho convention convened, but fow delegates were In their seats, but the auditorium was soon comfortably tilled. Tho reports from the com mittees on young people's work, and finance, and business of tho Sunday school board wore read and accepted. The committee recommended that arrangements for printing be left to tho discretion of tho Sunday school board. Enrollment committee report ed that 819 delegates out of a total of 1,162 accredited to the convention had attended. A long and heated debate was preoipated by the introduction of a temperance resolution by .J. B. Cran* fill, of Texas. Dr. Orannll was vice presidential candidate in 18W2 on the prohibition ticket. The resolution took advanced ground against tho liquor trahio in all ramifications, and advised tho expulsion by tho churches of mombers engaged in the businuss. Frank Eaton, son of Dr. T. T. Faton, pastor of Walnut street Baptist Church, now traveling abroad, objected to it first, as a political manoeuvre, then denounced it as an effort to reflect on his father, whoso church has had us members for many years, two weil known distillers. lie referred to the lato Doctors Manly and Broad us, the pillars in tho church, as upholding Dr. Eaton's past action, and the debate became quito aorlmonlus. Finally 1 young Eaton, failing to secure post- ' ponement of action, offered a com-1 promise amendment, which expressed the hope that the action proposed by tho resolution, might, in time be taken by tho ohurohus, and added, as a rider that wo hope the time is coming when Baptist churches will not retain in their fellowship members who fail to render account for mission money hold in trust. This was a back-handed slap at Dr. Cranllll, and roferred to an un pleasant incident of past history in his relations with his State convention. It reopened an old sore, for Doctors Eaton and Craudll have been at odds for years. Futon's amendment was tabled, and tho resolutions linally passed almost unanimously. A resolu tion was carried, recommending to the Foreign Mission Board the estab lishment of Bap'.ist missions in Pales* tine, with headquarters at Jerusalem. After thanking the press and poo* plo of Chattanooga, tho convention ad journed. ?Tho two biggest lire engines nl the world uro in Liverpool. These magnificent specimens of workman ship are tho most powerful firo em: in B known, throwing 1,800 gallons of Wator in a minute, and a jet MO feet high. Tho forco with which tho water is j ejected from thorn may bo estimated from tho fact that the jet Is warranted to kill a mati at 350 feet. I ?Tho summer just (dosing in tho i Southern Hemisphere has been ex oosslvoly hot. and the wheat and other I orops of Australia and Argentina aro far below tho avorage. American far mers are In shape to supply tho deficit, and a favorable season wil^add to the load thoy hold in the agricultural ' world. ? J The Story of a Mysterious Murder, AN INNOCENT BUY WAS HANGED FOR THE CRIME. Circumstances Were Much Against Him, ami He Wum Condemned to Hie?He- 1'roloHtcil His lauooeuee to tllO IjRSt, A recent murder neur Washington, D. C, has recalled to the minds of South Carolinians who uro resident there a mysterious occurrence near Columbia. S. C, buuauso of the sim ilarity bot?veen the two tragedies, t;ays the Post. It happened in tho pine belt near Columbia, and was for years the most talked of atTuir in the crimi nal annals of the State. The victim was a young girl, and the murderer, according to the conviction of the re sidents 61 the locality in which the deed was committed, was a young negro, but in the opinion of the neces sarily more impartial thinkers of the city, a person unknown. Mr. C. A. Douglass, of South Carolina, one of the attorneys for the defence, who Is now a prominent lawyer here, told the story as hesut in his ollice in the Fen dull building. " I am convinced to this day,"' said Mr. Douglass, " that an innocent per son satislied the majesty of the lew In this case and that the perpetrator of the crime is still living in the State. Florence llornsby, the pretty, auburn haired, well-formed daughter of a farmer living about ten miles from Columbia, wus found with her throat cut one afternoon in November, 18U0, within 300yards of her father's house. Sho had been sent to the spring, which was down in a hollow surrounded on four sides by little hills. When she had been gone about twenty minutes a young negro boy named Wade Ilaynos approached the house on tbo run and in great excitement. He told Miss Hello llornsby, the girl's sister, that Miss Florence, was lyiRg not far from the spring with a hole in her throat. Tbo two immediately ran back to the spot, and there In a corn row lay the girl. A small kmfo wound, just large enough to Insert one finger, was in her neck, the instrument with which the crime hud been committed having pierced the carotid artery. Florence lived about live minutes after her sister took her head In her lap, but died without being able to give the. name of her murderer. The pail with which she had just drawn water wus lying some distance ii|> the path from the spring towards the house. The print of the rim was clear in the soft earth. There wore .signs of a struggle along one corn row from the bucket and down another. Footprints wore there of another person beside the girl. No weapon was found. In fact, there was absolutely no trace of the murderer beyond the foot marks. " Wade Uaynes, who claimed to have discovered the body, was left in Its charge, for u while, and then sent around the neighborhood to rouse the country folk. While seated neur the body, he was approached by William Alexander, colored, who lived In the same house with him, on the near-by farm, of John Loom is, and asked for his knifo. This was given without a word, and later it was submitted to an examination for blood, with no re sult. " The next morning the suspicion of tbo people round about had become fastened on Wado Kaynes, and he was taken into custody. Now this boy at llt'St told a story to which he .-tuck throughout all the terrible months for him that followed. Ho said ho hud been sout by his employer. Loomis, with whom he bad lived ever since ho was eight years old, to the corn I'OWS OD the other side of the spring, to gather fodder, aftor the cotton picking hour. This was found to be true. He said that when not far from the spring, by which he hud to pass to reach t he cornfield, he heard a cry apparently from near the spring, but it was utter ed only OUC6, and he imagined some one must he playing there. " As nearcd the place, howover, he looked to the right toward the Horsby house, hidden from view over the hill, and caught u glimpse, he said, of u roan running away in his direction, but parallel, to the course he was tak ing. Ho was unable to sec whether ho was black or white. "Continuing and moving gradually around to the right, down one slope and up the other in the direction of the house, he looked to tl"> right ac cidentally, and down the corn row he saw a body. Hayes said he recognized Miss llornsby, whom he knew well, and saw blood on her throat. When asked why he could not see her before, when on the other side of the spring, and at the time the man was I'unuing away. Hayes replied that a clump of willows Intercepted the view. The willows wero really there. Hayncs said he iiad had a basket on his head, and when ho. saw the body he dropped it otV backwards. The basket was found where bo said he had dropped it, and its print as it had fallen to the ground. Hayncs was an undersized, thin boy, seventeen years, and in the testimony brought into tbo case at the trial it was given as the opinion that he would have been no match for Miss llornsby, who was much of the satUO sizo as Miss Kroglo. ?' Notwithstanding this story," went on Mr. Douglass, "?public feeling ran so high that Haym s was romovod to the penitentiary for safe keeping. Thereafter Investigation was practi cally closed, so far its anj other person was concerned : tho country folk Boom ed to have settled on it that Wade j biaynoscommitted the crime, and no i search was made, except by a body of oitlzons Immediately after the murder, i No one could ho found then, and as i Wado Hayncs was the only one m> I li as known on the.spot at the time, o became tho eventful victim of l.,ol haugsman's noose. *? There had been found, it was truo, ; the footprints -poken of alongside of Miss Hornby's but, notwithstanding that one of Hayncs' shoes was run down at the heel.it was declared by some that thoplints found was those of Ilaynos. Others who had measured then asserted that they were not those of the negro hoy. The trucks away from the scene of tho murder were down {a slope at right angles to tho spring, and in tho direction that Hayncs said he saw tho man running away. "In the penitentiary Ilaynos was submitted to a careful examination, even to the ?ngoOrbails, under a micro scope, but there were found nophyslCI I evidences of crimA. In fact, no evi dence thus far Was adduced to connoet him with tho murder, for no other kind of assault had succeeded, although it was supposed hii attempt had been made. Attorney Allan J. Green was appointed with myself, by the court to defend tho hoy. Too first trial, In March, 181)1, was had under Judge M. Hudson. The only pWe of ovid< nop worthy of ooto broughK in then was to tho client that a fand \ Itvtttg b yond tho spring, none of wtbom, it was testified, hu,U hcftrd, VUi soroau toM .of by Haynes. Tho jury disagreed, seven to iivo for acquittal. A sooond trial was about to bo had in July, before Judge T. 13. Fraaer, when tho defonce. observing that tho jury BUinmonod consisted wholly of people from tho Pine Holt district, feared that, ou ac count of the strong sentiment thoro against Havncs, a roully just vordiot was doubtful, although tho juryiuoa were reputable. It was in fact our policy to have the jury at least com pised of city mou, ami those from tho outside. Ou a techuiculity tho case was continued. "Meanwhile, the prosecution found a pair of alleged bloody trousers, idoutilied by Huyncs's mother as his, under the cottonseed pile whore the boy had slept at Loomis'. Tho defonce secured clippingofroin theso on which were spots, and thon*laid tho matter of whether they should bo microscopi cally mid chemically examined before the prisoner. '?Said lie . ' Mr. Douglass, havo'em ' examined. No blood can bo found on 'ein.'. The spots proved to he rust. " At tho second trial, before Judgo Aldrlch, the jury was out twenty-four hours und then'returned a verdict of guilty. The case was appealed to tho Supremo Court on points of law, and tlie verdict sustained. Alongthy peti tion for commutation of sentence, sign ed by citizens of Columbia, wassont to Governor Tilliuan, as well as a counter potition by those who lived In tho neighborhood of llornsbys. The prcs ent'Senator took a great interest in the case. Ho visited Haynes In tho ponl tontiary and saw him alone. Now, when Tilliuan tixes that eyes of Iiis on u man under such circumstances it is u very potent faotor in making him tell blm the truth. Haynes was frightened, but ho repeated without variation tho same story he had told in the hegin nning. Governor Tillman even sent a detective out to the scene of the mur der. It was the theory of the defence that a certain young man living not very far from the llornsbys had ap proached tho girl, with whom he was acquainted. OU the evening of tho mur der : that sue had set her pail down in order to chat; that advances had boon made against which she protested, and that, seeing she was about to escape him, the man killed her. The detec tive foolishly made known his purpose, instead of working secretly to make friends, as instructed, with the man we suspected, and, finding public senti ment :?. dangerous thing to deal with, left the place without accomplishing anything. Two years after the first trial, Haynes was led to the scaffold; there he made his farewell statement, in every respect similar to tho story always told ; but as this was a test, ho was roprived. Finally, however, when no more reprives could be granted him, he was hanged, once more telling the same story of innocence. " Ho was hanged on purely circum- ? slantial evidence." HIS THIRD PUNISHMENT. A .Missionary Who Had ItCOU Unfortu nate With His Wives. The story is toid of a missionary who. as some otic remarked, "had boon unfortunate with his wives." This missionary had married ut home and taken his wife with him to India. There after two years, she died, and the broken-hearted widower received permission from the missionary board of his church to come home. Hi re he promptly consoled himself, ami with his second spouse returned to the Hold of his former labor. But fate was . till unkind, and at the end of ti year ho was once more beraved. Agaiu ho sought tho permission of Iiis board to return homo, but this time thoy gently but firmly declined, saying thoy did not fool justified in tho expense of giving him two holidays within two years. They suggested, dolicately, however, that if his desire' was to recoup himself for Iiis recent loss, it was possible for hint to depu- , ti/.e a friend to secure for him a now ?. partner of his joys and sorrows. This no accordingly did, and, aftor consid orablo correspondence and sundry do- 4 lays, the twico-boreavod widower re ceived word that the bride selected for him was on her way to his arms. The day the steamer was signalled tho bridogroom-oloct went down to moot it, accompanied by a married friend. On the roturn of tho latter to his house, he was pounced upon by his wife, who demanded all the particulars of the meoting. " Did Doctor Smith 800U1 much over come when he saw Miss Brown V was the first question. " Well-yes?a little." " Wasn't, he overjoyed ?" '* Well?overjoyed is not just tho word, perhaps." " Why, didn't ho say he was de lighted ?" " Well?no?-not exactly." " But, at I'mst, he seemed pleased ? ' "Weil [ don't quite kjuW.'v " For mercy's sa(ce\'tc1i me just what he d ill say and do." " Wei.'," with evident reluctant . " when he saw her she was at tl i other end of tho deck, and she w,l( pointed out to him by tho friend sho had traveled with. Smith locked at, her for a ininuto, and then he passed his handover Iiis oy08, and I hoard him muriner audibly : 1 tied hair t for the third time and after so much ' prayer !'" -?" Mandy," said Farmer Corntossel, " wouldn't, you like t<- boa 'mancipated woman an' go to the polls an' vote?" 14 No, sir." was the positive reply, " i don't think it is fair tor the men fur women ti r bo try in' to grab tho office;." " Why not?'1 "Because ?.? woman ii alias smart enough tet tum her hand to anything that conns along1, but polities is ail some men arc lit for." ?The Commercial Gazette i letters to ail members of the flop can national coramittoo statin,' the nomination of MoKlnloy al Louis being conceded, it was doi to gather preferences for Vice f dent. The replies are published an show that witli the exception of throo preferences for llobart of New .Jer.-oy, the members ol tho national committee favor Thomas B. Reed for Vice Presi dent. - m * ?. ??.?. ? ?The high seas Include the whole i extent of sea BO far as it not the ex clusive, property of any particular" i country, The rule of International ; law is that every country bordering on tho sea has the. exclusive sovereignty I over the sou to the oxtent of threo miles from its shore, but all beyond, . and which Is not within three mile-, of some other country, is open orcomnion to all countries. It docs'nt take much medicine to ' cure Malarial Fever, provided you take I Simmons Liver Regulator, tt is just ; the remedy for Malaria and all Spring ailments. And you don't need to tako much of it. "Simmons Liver Regulator broko a case of Malarial Fever of thrco years standing? for me, und less than one bottle did if. i *uil use it w] need of any I DunoaeUu^