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* TAN N o . 3 4 - St t --------------------- - --- - - - NEWBERRY, S , RSDAYAUG-UST20 1885. V OL. XXI. N, T_U_-_ [The HERALD AND NEWS hs noW the official organ of the town.] Officers- Newberry County. Senator: J. A. SLIGU. R'epresentatives: SA0IIPsB 1'O:'R. . L. SCIII *I sheritY: 'V. W. i-:St. Clerk of he Court: .1.AS. Y. MCFALL. Probate Judge: School Commis.ioncr: G, G: SALE. County Commisaioners: E. C. LONGSlOUE.. 'OHN A. CI:,1-it, A. J. Lv INGS-C)N. Clerk Doard County Commissioners: J. K. 1'. GOGGANS. Coroner: JOHN N. BASS. Master: SILAS JOHSONE. Auditor: W. W. HOCSEALL. Treasurer: A. U. WUEELCR. Trial Justices: oUy S AIt, U H. BLEAS1i: J. S. BEID.. K S. D.\ VspNN, J. I. O'N. HOLLOWAY, W. G. PETEILt SON, JAS. 11. IBY, J. B CAYIPBELL. W. W. WALLACE, CHAA. DICKERT,JO11N L ETPS, B. B. hAIR.. City Officers Mayor: .1. .. JOIISSTONE. Aldermen : Ward 1 -i. U..CLINE. Ward .-O..MAYEt.JIt. Warl :.-C. A. BOWMAN. Ward4.-J. K.t E C. & T. T. C. N. JOHN S. FAIR. - Chief of Pollee: JOI[ti It. CHIAPPELL. Policemen: E. P. lItAI)LLY, II. I. FItANKLIN, W. T RtUCK, Superintendent of Stree's: W. T. JACKSON. FOUND! FOR LADIES ONLY. A REMEDY endorsed by the best Physicians and Druggists at its home. A REMEDY that Mr. C. W. O'Neill, Good water, Ala., says raised his wife from an invalid's bed, ard he believes saved her life. A REMEnY of which a prominent Atlanta merchant said : "I would havegiven 8500 as soon as I waald a nickle for what two bot ties of your medicine did for my daughter." A N T In w1ich,..-J. Cassell's 31.is, st ia D-'~ 8ay: I recall inst in whichaffrded relief after an the tsaal remedicehad" fEled ..:,& gg yabout which Dr. E. B. Ferrell, , Ga., writes. -' haraused for the ommended. A ~Y about whieh Dr. Joel Branham, Atlanta, said: "1 have ex:ammncui the re cipe, and have no hesitation in advising its use. and ccnfidently recommend it." A REEDY which the Rev. H. I; Johnson, near Marietta. Ga., says he has used in his family with the -utmost satisfactiOn" and recommended it to thatee families --who found it to be just what it is recom Dennison say: '-We have been selling it for many years, with constantly increasing sales. The article is a stapie wit.h us, and one of bso lute merit." . s La As REMEnY of whic-h Lamanr. Itankin &L yn ner sod i .i vn pl-e but wati A..sy::crdone of the mo obsti at e s of VICAItIOUS MENsTnUATtoN that ever came within my knowledge, with a A REED o.f whichb Dr. J. C. Huss. Nota suga Ala.. says: I r.m fully conyinced that it is unrivaled f or that clas of diseases which it claims to cure." A EEDY about which 31sj. John C. Whit ner, of Atlanta, well and favorably known all over the United States as a General In surance Agent, says: --I used this remedy before the war, on a large plantation on a great number of cases, always with abso lute success.'' A REMEDY about which 3Ir. J. W. Strange. of Cartersville. Ga.. certifies that.one bottle cured two members of his fanily of men stual irregularity of many years standing. This Great Remedy is send for Treatise on the IIe-alth and Ilappi ness ofWomfan,. mailed free. BADFIKLD RE.GULATOI: Co.,- Box 28, At lanta. Ga. Sep. 25-1t. GULLIBILITY. The wild phantoms and shrieking cries of worthleSs humbug can make money by it posing upon the credulity and ignorance of:i honest public, and the supply of this speci of work seems more than an adequate detman The cnunciation of facts-facts that ha tood crucial tests-facts proven by brain for and t::ngible evidence, ,hould satisfy- all h. lable enterprises; but the execrable habit teaching foisc ideas and doctrines for self:. grandizem'-nt is truly reprehenyible-, and shor t;e sconed by all classes When we tell the pub'l th at U..B. i-, ret Blood Poison Reimedy, contamts lodA of Pot;sha as one of its ingredients, and wi we, as old members of the medical profes-sa say that Iodide of Potash is no' a po:son. think it very presumptive for meni outsid( the pro-ession to as-ert that tt ts a poison. I f:cts do not warrant suchl at conclusion, an taoe who make the asser:ion :h.t Pota ht poison dlo not know b,et'er. they ::re a se unenviable ianoramnu5es. AO a soid foundation of heavy mnaso has been built for it. B. B., ttpon wiica i now proudly perched-theC b oken arches: fallen columns of brazm hunmbugs will s he in search of frey-h' cock and bull" sto and more printers' ink, hut me,rit canno downed. Although B. 1U B. k only a year vet its effect-its magie:nl andi peerless p0 over all blood, skin and. iir.cy diseases. ,ecen indelibly enstatnped( up,on the tablet the memory of thtousantds hele at home. h:v been e~ured after havinga u<cd hundred] hottles of other remed ies. Compared to other-i remedies. B. i- B. is rtdiant sur.beami of midday, flingng its ghi in g -lare to saddenedC. he-arts, wolie other: ate mnonbeiam s, p sh i ngab'I ig tdu-ough n t.sew ol daik ness, in se:,rch ot somet the can cure. it~ -trce U!cod D)iseawe, itn I t;iso:', Cat: 0:d Ulcers, Scrofuh' henoit"im-i. skin eases. Kidney troubes .e I, n we a 2p::ge boo~k full ot ev:.di.e e-Aatit: deu tce-tat canntt lbe duuhtcd. pr oving a claim. Our crtifica:c, a:e i.ott p iantasi orical, n'r far-fetched.btt are volun'ay huttt of meni andl womnr ot A't lmt a. Sol in Newherr'. S. C. hy DI. 5. F. F. Oct. 10 S4 12. Harvey Reese, BARBER, UNEl-A NEW\\lmRRY IIOTi cut hnair. -share an:d sha:mpo' itn latest styles an:d with: ne.atness atnd n andi. COME ASHORE. BY ROBERT BUCHANAN. CHAPTER XVL THE 4.MBDE.ED" MANc! Yes, it was the artist himself, looking a little pale and carrying one arm in a sling, but otherwise, to all appearance, in good health. Monk had strong nerves, but he could not prevent himself from uttering a wild cry of horror and wonder. At the same moment Matt went to the young man's side, and with an air of indescribable trust and sweetness, took his hand-the hand which was free-and put it to her lips. 4?"he propf is here," he said, calmly, "here upon my person. I am not quite dead, you see, Mr. Monk, of Monkshurst, and I thought "I am not quite dead, you see, Mr. Monk, of Monksturst." I should like to bring it you myself. It con. sists, as you are aware, of Colonel Monk's dying message, written on the fly-leaf of his prayer book, and of the marriage certificate of his wife, both these having been placed upon his child's person, concealed by the un suspecting and illiterate Jones, and found by me after alapse of many years. Monk did not speak; his tongue was frozen. He stood aghast, opening and shutting his clenched hands spasmodically, and shaking like a leaf. Reassured to some extent by the sound of the voice, unmistakably apper taining to a person of flesh and blood, William Jones gradually uplifted his face, and looked in ghastly wonder at the speaker. "You will be anxious to ascertain," pro ceeded Brinklty, with his old air of lightness, "by what accident or special Providence I arose from the grave in which you politely entombed me? The explanation is very sim ple. My young friend here, Matt, the found ling, cr:slI should rathers al'her, Miss Monk, of Monkshurst, came to my assistance, attended - to my injuries, which were not so scricus as you imagined, and enabled =e, before daybreak, to gain the 'dysh iter of my caravan. Tim and a T,- ah . ,IamEorrf to keep my promise-to fere yu Iitl tragmas f you- per As he -poke Monk uttered a savage oath and rushed toward the road; but Marshall was after him in a moment, and sprang upon him. There was a quick struggle. Suddenly Monk drew a knife, opened it, and brandished it in the air, so that it would have gone ill with his assailant if the herculean Tim, com ing to the rescue, had not pinioned him from behind. In another moment the knife was lying on the grass, and Monk was neatly andcuffed by the detective. "Now, governor, you'd better take it quiet yl" said Mfaxshail, while Morrk struggled and gnashed his tee&h in I,.potent rags. 'You're a smart one, you are, but the game' up at last." Monk recovered himself ana laughed fiercely. "Let me go! Of what do you accuse mel It was murder just now, but since the mur dered person is alive (d-n him!) I should like to know on what charge you arrest mie0f "Oh, th2re's no difficulty about that!" said Brinkley, looking at him superciliouA.:. "I the first place, you have by fraud and per jury possessed yourself of what never le:al's blonged to you; in the second pla ze, yoe attempted murder, at any rate. But, upon my life, I don't thin~k you are worth prose uting. I think, Mr. Marsa11, you might .let him go." ''It's letting a mad dog loose, sir," re plied Marshall. "He'll hurt somebody." "What do you say, MissMonki'saidBrink ley. "This amiable-looking person is your father's cousin. Shall I release your bride groom in order that you may go with hinito the altar of Hymen and complete the cere mo:i; 0' "I~hate him!" cried Matt; "I should like to drownuhini in the sea." Brinkley laughed. "Your sentiments are natural, but un christian. And the gentle Jones, now, who is looking at you so affectionately, what would you do with him ? Drown him in the sea, too:" a "No no, Matt," interposed William Jones, Iabjectly; '-speak up for mue, Matt. I ha been father to you all these years." Matt scemed perplexed what to say. S re Brinkley again took up the conversation. ee "On refleetion, we will refer William June u- to his friends' the 'coastguard chaps.' of' Think he will be puishe"d enough by the die -tributionr of his little l.roperty in th.- can hJoin's only wrung his bands and wailet de thinking of hi precious treasure. en "And so, Matt," coatinued Brinkle: m, '.here will be no wedding after all. Ir we afraid you're awfully disappointed?" of Ma:t replied by taking his hand again, lif he ing it te Ler lips, and kissing it fondly. T v oung main turned his head away, for 1: eves had suddenly grown full of gratel 'Iry co::CLrsios. I MTtale is told. The adventure of t C"'ravan has ended. Little more remains esbe sa~id. heMon, of Mongshurst, w.as not brought Id,I 'rl for his iniquities, but he was sort 'er enoungh punished by the loss of his ill-gott h a e ::.o.Before the claim of the foundi '.of w: lly p,roved he left England, never hr:n.Whether he is alive or dead I c bemnt.i A severer retribution came upon 1 1:e seizure and dlispersal of the hoards i'stv 1:: great cave. Sou sorely did he take ine lo to heart that hcriept tolas bed and:I a.n a: .nek of brain fever. When he re rrh. l,xard on the sc'ene of his eld plunderings Dis' iztelect was weakened, and he showed < jold 10:: ev'idencs of i:n.beelity. But the ru: Sp:ssi:.n re:uaiued strong 'within him. I him only last suralner, rambling on the out' shore, talkinig incoherently to hiuself, watching the se'a in search of wreckage a NT. old. And Matt --Well, her title to Monkshurst anid the p ert'. was fully proved. For a long time dillnot realize her good fortune, but g of m:o:er. Chancery stepped in lik ,L seer 10oter-pareCnt, and sent her to scl There she re:uained for several years; Charle.s Brinkley, who had first taker -handI the vindir:ationx of her claims and Inever ceased to be int.-re'ted in her, sat t - fro:n ti:n to tie and tojk particular etzr o her improvement in her grammlier ani - Matt," he said, when they met last C] rue in Lonidon._and v.henjre.w before uiistead of a towsy girl, as briglt and buxom s young lady as ever wore purple raiment tad fine linen, "Matt, you are 'growed up' at last!" Matt blushed and hung her hea i with a touch of her old manner. "Yes, I am grown up, as you say. I won Mer what William Jones would thin' if he u1 saw me now." h, "And if he noticed those pretty boots, Matt, mnd heard you play the piano and prattle a it little in French. Upon my word, it's atrans d 'ormation! You always were a nice girl. though." "Do you really think so ?" asked Matt shyly. "Did you abcays think so?" "Certainly." cl "Even when I told you Iliked youso much, and you told me 'it wouldn't do?'" It was Brinkley's turn to blush now. It ix was clear that Matt, desite other changes, e1 still retained her indomitable frankn e. "Even then," he replied, laughing. "But I ii say you were a precocious youngster. You proposed to me, you know!" "I know I did," said Matt, "and it wasn't tl leap-year then." a She added still more slyly: "But it's leap year now!" d Their eyes met. Both blushed more and t more. "Matt, don't! It won't do, you know! Yes, I say so still. You're a rich won:an, and I'm cnly a poor devil of a painter. You must marry some great swell." But Matt replied: "I shall never marry any one but you " "You won't? Do you mean it?" h "Of course I do." He caught her in his arms. "My darling-Matt-yes, I shall call you by that dear name to the end of the chapter. You love me, then? I can't believe it!" "I have loved you," she answered, laugh ing, ver since I first came-'to be took!'" And she rested her head on his shoulder, c just as she had done in the cld days, when a she was an unsophisticat3d child of nature. "So there's to be a wedding after all," he said, kissing her. "Matt, I've an idea!" "Yes?" "When we marry, suppose we arrange to a spend the honeymoonin-a CAHAVAx!" t THE END. Handwriting of the Presidents. f In the executive office of the United States senate there are preserved all the executive messages of presidents of the United States c from the foundation of the government. Though not often referred to, some of these documents are becoming worn, and recently e the secretary of the senate caused selections to be madn from the files, with a view to preserving some of the interesting auto- t graphs in a cabinet by themselves. It ap pears from this collection that none of the presidents, with the exception of Washington and Jefferson, would be marked above 50 for penmanship by a civil service commission. Washington's first contribution to the collec tion embodies nominations for judges, mar shals and attorneys for the districts of New York and New Jersey; and at theund of the same documents are the nominations of Thomas Jefferson, Edmund Randolph and Samuel Osgood, for secretary of state, attor ney general and postmaster general respeo tively. The signature is witt,aa care of theme1es The docunents,'as a wole, fall far below the present standard of clerical excallenes. It Was Sent to Her House. Albany Ar us. A certain pretentious shopper, af ter teasing the clerks of a dry goods store beyond the forebearance limit, pompously ordered a spool of thread to be sent to her house. It was agreed that she should be made an example of, and a warning to her kind. She was surprised, and her neighbors were intensely interested, shortly after she had arrived at homde. A common dray drawn by .foar horses, proceeded slowly up to her door. On the dray, with bare armr, were a number of stalwart laborers. They were holding on vigorously to some object which she could not see. It was a most puzzling affair. The neighbors stared. After a deal of whip.cracking and other impressive ceremonies, the cart was backed against the curb. There, reposing calmly, end up, in the centre of the cart floor, was the identical spool of thread which she had "ordered." It seemed to be coming all right. With the aid of a plank, it was finally rolled, barrel fashion, safely to the sidewalk. After a mortal struggle it was "up-ended" on the purchaser's doorstep. The fact that the purcha ser same out a minute later and kick. ed her own property into the gutter detracted nothing from it. THE FAITH CURE. L A correspondent writing from ,Johnston's to the Columbia Register n says: t. I write this morning simply to con e firm the article copied in J'Te Registe; ' some time ago from the Mot itor ir a reference to the faith cure in om town. 1 called to see Mrs. Morgam yesterday and find her more improv ed than wvhen that article was writ ten. I wish I could write her stor to as she tells it, straightforward, plai: :y yet convincing. She says: "D)o yo demand proof that I am improved See here !" and throws a hand ove - her bead that has lain useless at be side for over three years and a hal tor again kicking out her foot whic in has been moved by another for eqi his ally as long. Her spine was fearfi ly cro0ked. so much that she coul a put a pillow under her back and n< :ur- touch it ; nowv it is perfectly stra'gL ing Mrs. Morgan has not walked a st< "W for years until within the past fe u days, but she fully a.pects to walk sof church very soon, being able now walk over the house by resting o1 finger on her daughter. She 2 r marked to us yesterday that "I la rad- the weight of one ninger of navi in perfect faith."' Truly all things tnZ possible to him that believeth but Bucklen's Armed Salve. I in The Best Salve in the world for Cuts. Brui: whc Sores, Ulcers, Salt Rhenm, Fever Sores. Tret i her ChaDPed liands, Chilblains, Corns, and note Skin Eruptions, and! positively cures P iles teno pay required . It is guaranteed to give iefeet satisfaction, or money refunded. Pric< cents per box. For sale by Dr. S. F. Fa rs t- N ...err.... C. 7-2-11 For thc HERALD AND NEWS. MIASMA. In certain places, there is diffused roogh the air an exceedingly min ,e quantity of a substance which )s a powerful effect upon the hu an system, and frequently produces eath. It is this which gives rise to levers ad to maladies of a more malignant zaracter. This substance is found in arshy and low places where veg table matter of an aqueous character in a state of decomposition. But the winds which pass oyer iese swamps transport the malarious uvia to a distance and thus ren er whole tracts of country unheal y. The corpuscules of this substance ppear to adhere to the molecules of ,ater and are elevated with the latter y the ascending currents of air to eights which vary in different re ions. Around the Pontine marshes in taly it disappeared at the height of 700) feet. While in America, ac ording to some chemists, it is fourd t an elevation of 3,000 feet. It is also observed, that humid air, rhich transports miasma, is deprived ,f this noxious material by passing roughtrees, and that in many cases, n the same community, a screen of oliage is sufficient to produce a narked difference between two places >therwise similarly situated. The diffusion of malaria in still ir, is exceedingly slow, and hence rees or buildings that tend to in errupt the current will much retard ts -transmission. Even whisker, vill screen. Miasma in perfectly dry air is is uch small quantities as to be unacces ible to investigation, but also insut icient seriously to affect human life It is otherwise in air cooled by th -adiation of the night. At this time it is taken into th, ystet by swallowing respiration an I< >erhaps by absorption in sufficien es~U'oggnir'fest-its~-deletsio ffects. In such places, therefore, cautio should be taken against exposure t evening precepitations and evapor: ions of the humidity of the atmo! phere. Whatever may be the cause of m asma, experience ha- indicated ti following precautions to those expo ed to its influence. 1sT. Use boiled water in prefe ence to any other, or pure rain-w; 2N1. Plant trees between yol home and the low ground so as interrupt the damp wind from ti focus of emanation. SunD. Provide the windows your parlor and bed room wvi screens of gauze. 4-rh. Use disinfectants abo your home. Carry chloride of lir abotut your person. 5-rr. Wear flannel next the bot which tends to stimulate the si and prevent the deleterious effect. 6-rr. Do not go out in the moi ings until you take some slightly 4 citing drink-such as coffee or tea. 7-ru. Avoid as much as possil going out before the dew has eval rated. From all facts it appears that1 substance called miasma is an org ized body endowed with life generated by the decompositior aquatic vegetation. Its introduction into the circi lation of animals is a real innoci tion affecting the nervous system. It appears that the malarious fuence is produiced at a certain t perature, and that it is favore< marshy places by the heating of water in shallow ponds. 1We give the above that it may read, and thus prevent many a day. Yours sincerely. Beth Eden, S. C. 3 ALDER31ATIC RES1GNATIO3 I - - has written his resignation as Al man from Ward 4. Mr. W atson: l that lie endeavored to discharge d duties as Alderman from Ward >the best of his ability, and regrei tsever the pleasant relations w have hitherto existed between liin and the Mayor and Aldermen. to Mr. WVatson has also written: to ter to thme President of Ward 4( 2e Capt. Geo. A. Shields, stating .fact of his resignation andI exp ck ing the opinion that the Ward acted rather hastily in calling fo .re resignation without giving him a portunity to be heard in his owi hal f. -Colud>but D(lHy R?eord. SPresident Cleveland. after an1 G rant funeral on Saturday last, rGeni. IHancock, Secretary Bayar< others, called on Mr. Tilden, a A GOOD SERMON. [tIhis communic tion'a-, written for lase week's issue]. MiR. .EDIToR:--O0 last Sabbath my leading organof thought, that great motive pawdrof man, prompted one to go to hear ti,t eminent Meth odist preache J. A. Clifton. I When the melod s tones of the church bell. were I wended my way thitherwar disappointed in not hearing fton. yet I was not disappointed ring an able and powerful. e" m Rev. Dr. Stec of the_L urch. IN hen Dt. in his dis course, my 1 . gan became quito active, b he lesser or gans to be ac follow the speaker through of his dis course. IIe beg 7iouncing the following text Romans 8 3 hat we say to these things? I -be for us, who can be against The present is a wor:d of conflict. We .everywhere, and in almost e g with which observation riak familliar In the sphere of iat d wars with wind, storm.. h storm, and wave lashes war commotion. Yet out of all t ood is evolved. Witho " mosphere would becomeso hatit would be itLposs. the lower or r' 'ials to live. Passing over of grace we find confl 's, when Isaac, the cli was E.orn, there was a _ ersecute it : and as, wl . sborn, iere was a ito seek the young child'.' a per son is born -spiritua kingdom, he n conflict which will r know," saysal things work t them that love t arE called accord o whom he did prede$tinate image of his who_ fled them re als loriff - t shall we say to tles ? things .s I be. for us, who ca ~-agai Here W e i-A cl g tr: th-"(;od is fc e II-An :- ourayint.I in/iencc - otirt u s r- -B h ,d, o nlihtny us ~ regardto sa ta lhivgs ir ordto n~ nertio, wencii ~o tio'. an eetnes forn,e iNs Sn, t~ cryon h s biaorn, worknia per. ut ministerifl ~spiritual tht 5-Byi pred rvdna er, Ali th t;~wv seve e are totes t ings inds ibe.fd ork togeherc ~ I ocnbe agai ns HereS asoinenc- h Aii toA cit gru-"Gd hiioe r s fc cshals rt s rmtelv od hisf --So as rt, onigennus ushi reard 3-o al things, u etw~ 2-Bd heaitsncif? Sil,ad isdtie moeetnes o hea n-Bgntil, h hentenlyedlPrescence f ifcaSon Tat chn his meinteri h or in tinhd le. yalo i 4-By towaeras ncyid . Ang omindsterteprid, sen fort go mi eietemtaion btheis fsaivtilln. chBainwhihls osidethin 7 l heveuimevrtsveri ary bl n 1ing indSteckis o Oi andghe clld to them harg lofeod. 'CI-urc an hseit abount us.e a1-o Ait fenhe agohe Aleng ty hsreigathisoe which was? "e leshaltoseay,ate s ano thle pove 2-o "nsaso cndem out ? hea o b cl erhat cindeth &c?tr*'hior doctrineas tof hind curh etasce i let,,,, .sayIh~e vrhadi he ave subhain contaie fin ik awhClh1mno ist Sabbafrenth asalyg ra-hi ledk whink thrpiatin wra with mth inprpriate liesoe pre in) tin.at tie 'eny caloqunta. m- iainThacting s inae inti nt and ebeay Cllwghse f heto waver srDio id, o ants. an v he tpttic butphis fait ewit e t hiavest adpmrtanin the. p hir.fSiedk is projecteo and Churopei hs been enotiregie y GRANT'S GRIM SECKE . THE SENSATIONAL STORY OF AN EX-SE CRET SERVICE OFFICER ABOUT AN AL LEGED CONSPIRACY TO EXCITE A REVOLUTION, BY TIE ASSASSINA TION OF PRESIDENT LINCOLN. Special to the New Yolk Herald. PIIILADELPIIIA, Aug. 3--"Yes- I understand what Gen. Grant refer red to in speaking to Mr. Depew of the imminence of a second revolution in the nation," said an old ex-secret service officer at the Continental IIo tel to.night. "It is a secret that has been well kept, though it hovered for months over the Washington Govern ment. After Lincoln's assassination it'would have divided the North on new and tei rible lines. It would have brought England into the trouble be yond a doubt. because of Canadian complications. It would have been fatal to our Government and would have resulted in indiscriminate butch ery. "What is this secret!' "It relates to the assassination plot," was the reply. "That conspir acy was batched before Lincoln was inaugurated the second time. It con templated the abduction of Lincoln for the benefit of another man. I re fer to Vice-President Johnson. He was to be made the great man of the war. Lincoln was to be got out of the way. Johnson was a Southern man ; the struggle was then an ad mittedly hopeless one for the South but it was desirable to have a man who could be depended on for satis faction, as Lincoln, with Stanton be bind, could not be expected to be lenient. Remember, I do not sty that Johnson was a party to the con spiracy, but, I ask you to read Gen. Butler's arraignment of John,on dur ing the impeachment trial. Read it carefully betwcen the lines, and see what it means. I tell you only this. that the list of men privy to the ab duction of Lincoln would, if printed to morrow, convulse this nation to its centre. I have seen myself a note from -Johnson to John Wilkes Booth asking him to meet him at the Kirk wood House. Don't draw any infer ences ; I merely mean that they were on intimate terms.' "When and where was the conspir acy organized ?' was asked. "It was the outgrowth of Seward a direct interposition in the case oi Beal, the man convicted of theplol to. liberatejhe 'soners$Jonso! D should not (lie. Seward personal; interfered :.nd finally secured Beal' execution. A meeting was held a St. Catharines, Canada, a few week afterward. The plot was hatchet there. It was born of personal mal r ice more than Southern sympathy The Beal case, and it alone, account; for the attack on Secretary Seward But this malicious scheme of a smal cabal of vindictive men grew into widely ramified conspiracy. Mos dreadful of all, it became know1 aamong large circles in Washingtor There were plenty of them int me Capitol on March 4 who went ther a- to hear a different man from Lincol . make the inaugural address. It terrile even now to think how ro ren the heart of the political cent: of this nation was. The surrend al at Apppom]attox was a crushit blow. It came sooner than was e Is pected. Lincoln's death had been r solved upon and the date fixed. B1 n-only a comparatively few knew tb: this change had been made in tl 'j-. scheme. s- "I have often wondered if Ge "rLee had not obtained an inkling orthe terrible crime in contemplati ano hastened the capitulation. I never would have sanctioned a d: tyy tardly act. After the shooting, t 'ho abject fear manifested by some p Ie in Washington who had not be "'attacked is remembered yet. T, many people were hanged or I is enough. The most experienced ii in the service were put on the ca to But one by one they were withdrav I was detailed for special duty, I stuck to the conspiracy. I found ere was shadowed by other people o have always suspected there was nd conference one very dar-k night tween Stanton, Wade and Grant t! reeried to the secret information es- taned about the conspiracy. I ' "" not present, though I was in1 ri- house when it occurred. The it chives of the IIouse judiciary c olo-mitte3 contain, or did contain, sc >de of the most startling testimony deaginable. Gen. Butler aind Geo -ive S. Boutwell knew all that Gen. Gr ,hat knew. If either man would tell w ritthhe knows, though it is not all story, we might have the revelat vet. What I have mer-ely hinted was-shows how wise Gen. Griant was rann keep this awful secret so long, cars how indiscr-eet he would have beer redd confide it to anybody." ted.eT be Easley M1e.s-enger has the owig: "We look upon JIeffer her. Davis as being the greatest hs~ well statesman in the United States, andwe hope his life may be prolon an years yet to come, but we have t sothinking what would some of the that tos of the South say about him, was to die soon, who haye recei ser indulged in so much 'gush Land-General Grant's death. The tuyme were the antipodes of each Indications of an Absolu acial Monarchy. --P." said a little boy. 'what ire- absolute monarchy?' the "I can't explain it. my son,' so rtt of you can comprehend it. Wait p totoyou get married, my son, then y 1. up. -G:i IN depe lent. FRO'I1 THlE 01.';A\ OF THlE M,UGWUMP&. The leading editorial in the New York Times, August 12th. TI1E REFORM OF AISE.S. One of the strongest arguments in favor of a change in the political con trol of the National Administration, not only in the last Presidential can vass. but in two or three that preced ed it. was the necessity for a thorough overhauling of the affairs of the vari ous departments and the exposure an:d correction of such abuses as might be found to exist. In twenty four years of uninterrupted control by one party,.and especially in view of the circumstances which during that period had presented unusual opportunities and strong temptations to administrative abuses, it was inev itable that they should have grown up and become strongly intrenched. For years they were known to exist, but the party in power was too close ly identified with them to make their correction easy, even if it was possi ble. The exposure of the Indian agency frauds under Secretary Belk nap, and the prosecution of the whis ky ring by Bristow, furnished an il lustration at once of the abuses that existed, and of the difficulty of deal ing with them so long as the party responsible for their exi:tance was in power. A more promising effort at reform was made when Postmaster. General .James attacked the star route contractors who had long been plundering the Governuent, but the result of this effort showed how dif)i cult a task it was for a political par ty to deal effectively with the wrongs that had grown up under its protec tion. It was evident that a complete ex posure and a thorough correction of abuses could be expected only when the books should be opened to the opposing party and the Administra tion should pass into the hands of those who had no interest in conceal ing anything, but every incentive fom making a complete exposure. It wa: necessary that the work of reforn should be undertaken by those wh< would be strengthened, and not weak ened, by the exposures that it wa needful to make and who could gai and not lose prestige by making tho ough work of it. The force of th argument was acknowledged, but fadl of its purpose so long as tr dele;could be convinced that the tanfer of powerF the "'fJeocra Party. At last that party took su t ground aad named such a candida that in the changed condition of pu lic affairs the people decided to tal - the risk. The result thus far has fully jnst 3 fled the popular judgement. Them - has been so much contention ov< 1 offices and appointments that ti t work of reforming abuses has attrac t ed much less attention than it woul 1 otherwise have done. But the wol 1. has been begun, and if we take ti e trouble to look over the record v e will find that very substantial pr gress has been made. The Secretal s of the Navy has taken up his sha t- with special vigor. He has not allo -e ed any question of appointments ir office to hinder or delay him. iIe hi g treated that as a mere incident of I r- work and has dealt with it ont e- same business-like principles ti 2 have characterized the rest of his at forts He has taken up the contrad ae for the construction of vessels for t purpose of enforcing their requi n. ments with a strict regard for the ot terests of the Government. He I >n taken the navy yards out of polit Ie and is still engaged in ferreting is- the corruptions and irregularities he long concealed in their recesses. so- has shown up the gigantic frauds en petrated in the repairs of vessels, 20 bids fair to put an end to the rott tot ness that has infected alike the en sels of the navy and the adminis se.tion of the department. n The way the Administration >uttaken hold of the Indian troul I and the abuses of the Land Office I anotner indicationi of its purp< Sa and its probable achieviments be- ultimate causes of the trouble 3attthe Indians have been inquired1 ab- and a determination has been sh< ass to remove them. Dishonest ag hee are displaced and intruders upon ar- Indian lands are firmly taken in 1h im- and sent out of the reservati< me Those who have fenced in the nim-areas of public land to graze herd rge cattle upon without a shadow ol art gal right are notified to remove t hae fences and find pastures without st the in them. A beginning has I ion made toward rectifyinig the enorm at abuse of their rights by land g to railroads, which have kept sett ind from large sections of the public I to main to which the corporations acquired no legitimate title.' work of reclaiming the publie li fo- from interlopers and thieves sonbarely begun, but the spirit exhit so nin this beginning gives promis nnd great results before it is finished gca The Treasury Department has een covered the rottenness of the C edi Survey Bureau and begun the f h cess of cure. it has been eng: atly for some time in examining into >veer irregularities of the customs ser twoo and promises to bring order 01 oth- chaos in the business of appra merchandise. The Secretary of has found an opportunity for the e rrection of old abuses in sending to their regiments officers who been permitted year after year t s ann cupy attractive p)ositions at Was ton on accounit of the social an thhat litical influences exerted in thei tililhalf and giving others a chanc no11l an areeable change. Trhe Pres h.s been working in the sa.me hi ences in favor of appointiyncivilians to army offices. Thus we see that the long-desired reform has been taken up in a manner that gives promise of the correction of old abuses and the purification of the administration of public affairs. Enough has been ac complished in five months to give earnost of what may be expected be fore President Cleveland's first-term has ended. The Record of a Week. According to the Baltimore Man u facturers Record, the last month of summer shows in its opening week a very promising condition of affairs in the inddstrial growtht of the South. As week after week passes by with a steady improvement in the prospects for magnificent crops in the South, there is a decided change for the better in the outlook for increased activity in trade and financial circles. It is now almost assured that the yield o the two great staples. cotton and corn, will be the largest ever produced, and while business men are disposed to wait a few weeks longer, until the crops are beyond the possibility of damage, yet there is already an improvement noticea ble. The prospects could hardly be more enco-araging than at present for the South's entering upon an era of the greatest trade and industral pro gress ever seen in that section. In the list of new enterprises for the pass week, as published in the Man ufacturers Record of August 8, there is a $500,000 company organized in Montgomery, Ala., which has already purchased an immense tract of land -running up into the thousands of acres-in and around Calera, Als., with the intention of developing its vast mineral wealth and of building up another manufacturing town in the State; in North Carolina there has been a sale of a large body of wood land at a reported price of at out $250,000. the purchase having been made for the purpose of cutting the walnut on it. while in Tennessee one tract of land of 2,000 acres and re one of 5,000 acres of pine land,hav I erect saw miiDs, has been organized in Washington, b D. C.. to furnish heat and pow.r, and negotiations are now pending for their plan; West Virginia has a $35, 000 coal company that has purchased a mining property and will prepare to put out 800 tons of coal a day, a . $100,000 boom and lumber company,. .d and a $12,000 company to mEnufac kture metallic roofing; machinery has been purchased for the cotton seed oil mills to be built in Waynesboro and Athens, Ga., and in Atlanta an re immense fertilizer factory is being Vput up; a company has been organ asized in Tneset'> work tLe litho ss graphic-stone quarry in Arkansas pre he viously mentioned; a $50,000 copper at mining company has been organized ef- in Maryland, and a $25,000 ice man s ufacturing company in Florida; e ground has been purchased at New i- port News, Va., for extensive asphi as alt works, involving a.n investment cs, reported at $175,000; Brunswick, Ga., has contracted for gas and water He works; a site has been secured in )r- Louisiana for an extensive tile fac nd tory; a New York cigar manufactar en- ing firm are negotiating for the re s- moval of their factory to Jackson ville, where they would employ 300 has or 400 hands, while of fiour 'mills, les lumber mills and grist mills there is is quite a large niumber reported. The es Camperdown Cotton Mills, of Green. vt ille, S. C.. have been purchased for ut $70,000, mainly by local capitalists, wn headed by Cal. HI. P. Hammett, a nts very successful cotton manufacturer. nd Sufficient cash commercial capital, s stated to be about $50,000, will be at put in, and the mills will again be sf started up. This purchase demon e-strates that those best able to judge ea- are still willing to back their faith in cen Southern cotton mills with their mon as ey. In addition to these enterprises, -at there are in prospect a $50,000 flour do mill and a $25,000 soap factory in ad Alabama, a car-wheel foundry in [hs Texas, an icc factory in North Caro ns lina. &c. Wife (at the breakfast table:) Whbat unt time was it when you came in last ro-d n,sea .(with an aching head:) e' Well-er. i dont know exactly. the e.Wife: It must have been 3So'clock. ct Were you detained at the office?i inaHusband: Er yes. mgWife (anxiously:) I'm afraid you caar-ae workinig too hard, dear. You back ought not to confine yourself so ac closely to business. I am not sur avc-prised that you have a headashe oc in. casionally in the morning. Y ou Sreally must take better care of your r e-health. Byv the way, dear, can you - orlet me have twenty dollars?. t tHusband : Certainly, with pleas zi inure.-New York Snt.