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ESTABLISHEl IN 1863. NEWBERRY, S. C.. TIIURSDAY, APRIL 7. 1887. PRICE'$1.50 A YEAR. TWO PROMIENT 31MU3 S IN TER VIEWED. What Daniel H. Chamberlain, the Last Carpet bag Governor of South Carolina, has to Say to a News and Courier Reporter on th. Sit'zation. "I see," he remarked. -'that you are still at your old tricks," as the Re porter grasped a pencil and began scribbling upon a sheet of paper. "Yes," was the reply. "The Pres ident wanted me to take a place in his Cabinet, but I couldn't see my way clear to leaving Charleston at that time and, as you see, I am still here. You don't appear to be at your old tricks, disbanding rifle clul, for instance." "'Well, no," replied the Governor with a smile, "-I am not in politics, although in ,S4 I did exert myself:a little to defeat Mr. Blaine. But I want to talk to you about old Charleston." And for the next half hour the Gov ernor listened to the recollections of the Reporter anent the earthquake. "You know," he finally continued, "It is exactly ten years since I have been to Charleston, and as I walked down here from the hotel I experi enced a ghost-like feeling. I felt like a man who has been dead for a generation and had suddenly come back to life. The place was familiar, but I scarcely met a fatce that I knew until I saw you. What a brave old people and city it is. I can scarcely realize that I am in Charleston. There was the great fire in 181, three years of bombardment, three years of yellow fever, those cyclones of which I have read, and finally the earthquake-misfortunes enough to have paralyzed a half dozen cities, and yet to-day there seems to be as much business activity and enter prise as there was ten years ago. A city with so much pluck and endu rance was surely never born to die. Never! Old Charleston is bound to become a great city. All her tradi tions, all her pluck and endurance point to it." "Now, Governor, let's talk about politics, ' if you please. Mugwumps are scarce down here. Are you still a supporter of Mr. Cleveland?" . "Yes, I have no besitation in say ing that I am still a strong Cleveland man, it that is what you mean. I'll go even further and say that I am stronger for Cleveland than I was when I voted for him, and I think, moreover, that that is the general feeling among the Republicans who supported him in 1884. If there is any discon tent I think it is chiefly -among certain B3ourbonistic Demo crats. The Mug wumps quorumn pars sumn seem to me to be better satisfied with Mr. Cleveland's A dministration than his own party. I don't know anybody in the Republican party who does not admit that Mr. Cleve land has gone farther in tihe line of civil service reform than they expect ed." 'Who do you regard as having the best chance for the Republican nom ination in 1888?" "I have always thought and still think that Blaine could get the nom ination if he wanted it. The fact of bis going abroad does not prevent him from receiving the Republican nomination. It is simply an easy way of leaving himself on tile hand1s of his friends. I do not think he can be elected. My own idea is that Blaine reach:ed the high tide of his political strength in 188." "What made you opposc his elec tion?" "Mr. Blaine is not, in my opinion, a man of public integrity. My per sonal observations have convinced mec that a great many Republicans who supported him in 1884 would rnot do so now on the same issue. If he gets the nomination he will be beaten by any good man the Demno crats may put up. In fact I think that any republican candidate is likely by odds of Sto 2 to be beaten by Mr. Cleveland, or any other ac ceptable Democratic candidate. Mr. Cleveland's great advantage is that le has measurably satisiied the re form element of the Republican party that supported him in 1884, and tho roughly commended himself to the business and non-political element of the whole country in ev-ery section. W\hatever dissatisfamctionl there may be with Mr. Clev-eland does not point in the least towards Blaine's success. nor indeed~( to that of any man that the Republicau party as now man aged may put up. Th'ere is a strong, activ-e Bourbon elemenCrt in the Dem ocratic party, but so far as I can see the reform el..mient of the country, D)emocrat and Republican, look to the Democratic party- more than the Republicans, as those parties are now~ constituted, for advancement in the~ direction of re-form. F-or examnple: Where are we to look for rev.enu'e re that the D)emocratic party is .n united on that issue now, but the R publican party is certainly sol agaih.st it. Then there is the cit service- reform. Where are i friends? It seems to Inc that present Mr. Cleveland is its greate practical friend, and that as far the rank and file is concerned ti Democratic party is quite as favor bly inclined to it as the Republican On these as on all similar issues, think the forward-looking men of tl country are more in sympathy, < rather look with more hope to tl Democratic than the Republicr party." "How about the John Slhermr loom?"' "IIas Mr. Sherman a boom? We! let me say this. The old Souther issue -- "You mean, of course, the blood shirt?" "The old Southern issue-call it wh: you wK-is now a past issue. In 181 the Republican party officially, ar .as a party sentiment, left the Soul to what it 'called 'home rule.' Fro that moment there was .nothing mo: !or Federal interference to d Whatever unsettled issues were le were necessarily left to be settled the States themselves, and not \\ashington. These issues are a settled, or in process of settiemeu and for Sherman or IIoar. and su< men to raise that old question no is simply pure and conscious dem gogy. How these issues now star here at the South, or what their f ture course may be, I haven't suf cient information to make me con dent. Except that I plainly see th political power :and leadership a passing rapidly into the hands men, who were not actively engage by reason of age, in the war. Und such influences I am very confide1 that those 'old issues' will be settle in some peaceful way. I will ad that perhaps these issues may be sa to be settled already, but the Soul has a great industrial future befo it, and in that future the negro wi play an important part. The be laboring element, in my judgmer that any portion of this country, so far as I know, any other counti has, lacking a little no doubt in ef ciency, measured by a Northei standard, but still peaceful, faithf and 1home-loving, not given to strik' and not easily led to oppose the i terests of those for whom they labc They were not fitted for politicat li and they failed there, but they a fitted to aid in the development thle resources of the South, and wh 'the influences of which I have spokE shall have passed away they w doubtless become 'homogeneous wi the white people of the South in the views of tile p)ublic and p)ublic fairs." . . Governor Chamberlain, who, aft all, it will be remembered, was t! cleauest of the old Reconstructio ists. said a good many kind at pleasant things about the State ov which he had once ruled as its Cli Executive. His bright mind ar keen intellect placed hlim in 1884 the front ranks of those Rep ublicai whe> revolted from the Blaine stan ard, and Governor Chamberlain the letters which he wrote at th time and in a good many other wa: contributed as much perhaps as at one man in New York to the succe of the Democratic Presidential ticke ThOMAS NAsT, THES GREATr CARhToo IST, TALKs TO AN TLANTA (CON sTITUTION MAN. Said he: 'It strikes me that 11 whole South is looking up; that ti4 highly favored section is ncw enj ing such a measure of substanti prosperity as was never known 12 fore. I have not had many opp< tunities for examining the South, f I hlave hlurried through from Was ington; but what I have seen co vinces me that it is indeed a ne South. By-the-by, do you know thl it was I who first called it the 'uc south?' Well such is the case. represented the 'new South' as beautiful youing maiden, and the idi took im.menselv." "Are you visiting the South see ing new material for your artist work, M r. Nast ?" "Oil, no; I am not doing any wo uOW. I andl myl wife are visiting ti South purely' for health. We expe to visit Florida. and return Norh ~i waer." -1 presume," intimnated the porter, "that you are reserving yo powers for tile next presidential ca valss ?" "WVell, to a certain extent, y'e Taikrngbout that reminds me thl I hav'e just come from Washingt< city'. While there I had thle pleasu of seeing Presidient Cleveland. spent half an hour with him ye pleasantly. lHe is a genial, hlones whole.soniei man. T like him, a, >t everybody likes him. The rumor c- about his dangerous state of health d is all nonsense. He was never il better in his life than he is now. ills ,s health seems to be perfect. The re it port about his precarious condition At was set afloat by some designing is politician for effect. But it is ground. e less, and will not be believed." "Do - von believe Cleveland will s. he nominated, and if nominated I elected ?" e "Yes, I am reasonably certain of )r it. It would be the greatest mistake e ever committed by any party for the n democrats to nominate any other person. Cleveland was when first n nominated much stronger than his party. Now he is decidely 1, stronger than he was then. He n is by long odds the strongest man in either party, and will sweep Y the country next year. I am a mug wump, and am speaking alter the Lt manner of mugwumps. I supported G him with enthusiasm when he was d nominated, and did what I could to secure his election. It was an ex n periment then. We believed Cleve e land to be the man, and we were - willing to give him a trial. For the t time being we were willing to sacri fice our party iredilictions. We felt that Cleveland would give the entire country a safe and peaceable administration. Our confidence was not misplaced. He more than ful w filled our expectations. le has made one of the best presidents this coun try has ever had." V "Suppo:.ing that Cleveland should be again nominated,'do you believe the mugwump element that helped to t elect him the last time, would sup port him again ?" "Wihy not ? Yes, of course the inugwumnps will vote for him. T here is "r a much stronger reason to support him now than there was then. When the mugwumps voted for him three years ' ago, Cleveland was an experiment; d now he is a proved success. Besides, the thousands of business men in the e North who were afraid to trust the 11 democrats with power have been won over by the conservative, safe and t successful administration. All fears >r about the democratic party revolu tionizing the financial affairs and overturning the established institu tiois and wrecking the government, have happily been dissipated. The s solid business men will support Cleveland because he has demon. strated his ability to serve the whole country. My own opinion is that .e Cleveland will be nominated, and that he will be triumphatly elected. mOne thing is certain, I will do all nI can for li-Iwl upr i 11 vig orously." il su p r i '"What do you think about the ir futura of the South ?" "The future must be very bright. This section is destined to make stu pendous industrial strides within the mnext decade. It seems that the last d' vestige of sectionalism has been oh dliterated. Trhere is a fraternal feel. ringr existing between the two see tions that will frown down any at dtempt to again estrange the North nand the South. Any man who seeks Is to stir up strife between the sections will'find himself crushed beneath a nweight of popular condemngtion. This is the era of peace and good s fellowship, and no p)olitician will 2 have thme hardihood to attempt to dis ssturb it. t. - * Enforcing P'rohibition. RI(-Ir. April 1.--To day a great sensation was created by the indict sment of several druggists and physi Ycians for violation of the prohibition alaw. It hIas been ascertained that the~ e-nlforcemens committee of the Pro hito party has had1 a detective hlere six weeks working up these cases. Several persons were con 1vieted of violating the law to-day, w and two were sent to jail for sixty tdays and heavily fined7. IIubbard Turner, a desperate negro moonshminer, was captured yesterday in Orange county by Depnty Mar shal Amken. Turner was armed and attempted to kill Aiken. 'rie latter ~ ot the drop on him, disarmed him, bound him and took him to jail. kCould not Find thec North Pole. et CHICAGO, March 31.-A special y from Winnepeg, Manitoba, says that Aex. MacArthur, who left here e- aot a monthi ago to find the North 2Pole. has returned. News of the n- movements of the Esquimaux whom he expected to meet was discourag s. ingz. Thley will not he on IIudson at Bay till fall, and as tile only other mn route was thlat whichm Col. Gilder e found impracticable, he decided to I abandon tile trip for tile priesent. iIe esays IIe will make another attemplt t, Inext fall. Col. Gilder, thle other Arci e..l orler, is stil here. THE DEATH OF GEN. R.S. RIPLEY. Points in the Life of the Man who He gan the Attack on For' Sumter. Mr lork Y W-r of March :;. Gen. R. S. Ripley, who commanded the Confederate batteries that first opened fire on Fort Sunter, was stricken with apoplexy yester day morning at the New York Hotel and died at 8 o'clock last night. Gen. Ripley, who has been living at the New York Ilotel for some years, came down to the break fast room yesterday morning and ate a hearty meal. IIe afterwards arose and approached the table of Gen. Newton, commissioner of public works, who is an old friend of his, but just as he reached Gen. Newton's table he fell forward on his face, and when picked up was found to be in sensible. Dr. Norris was summoned, and pronounced that the General was suffering from an attack of apo plexy, and that his recovery was very doubtful. Gen. Ripley re mained in a comatose state, growing peceptibly worse until death came. The stricken man was large and stout, and was apparently in perfect health, except for occasional attacks of asthma, during which he suffered considerably and would walk around the corridors of the hotel during all hours of the night. le was 64 years old, and was a native of Ohio. lie graduated at West Point and served with distinction with Major Robert Anderson, who, strange to say, was in command at Fort Sumter when his old companion-in-arms led the attack avainst it. Since the war Gen. Ripley has made one of that coterie of men-Ex-Federals and Ex-Con federates-who distinguished them. selves in that struggle, and who have since made the New York Hotel their headquarters. IIe was a noted raconteur, and had a stock of clever anecdotes about celebrated people at his command. IIe was married, and his wife, who is now on a visit to Charleston, has been telegraphed for. Gen. Ripley some two years ago, in a very interesting interview, gave the World his reminiscences of the attack on Sumter. IIe was in im mediate command of the guns that opened the attack. He had his head quarters at Fort Moultrie, and in the sands of Sullivan's Island there were several quite formidable batteries. A Capt. James was in command of Fort Johnston, on the other side of Sumter. Singularly enough, how ever, Gen. Ripley, the Confederate, was a native of Ohio, while Major Anderson, the Federal commander, was from the slave'State of Kien tcky. Gen. Ripley had married and had lived for many years in South Carolina. *"I had ordered, said Gin. Ripley, "some cocked hats for our uniforms. and the day before the attack I met a boy with a box in his hand running towardis Fort 3Ioultrie. 'Wherell I find Gen. Ripley ?' lhe asked ine. 'And what do you want of him ? said I. 'Why,' said the breathless youngster, 'I heard they were to start firing on Fort Sumter, and I must get this bat to him before they start in.' IIe thought the attack could not be made unless I was in full regalia. As it. happened, I was awakened an hour or two before the first shot was fired by a false alarm that the signal to begin hostilities had been given. and I rushed out in imy night clothes and caught up the cocked-bat on the way. T1hat was all my uniform-a cocked-bat and a night gown. The first signal came several hours after wards and I had plenty of time to dress. It was at 4.50 in the morning a rocket from Beauregard's head qarters, near Charleston. My sig nl to the batteries on Sullivan's is land was three lanterus hoisted on a stifT in Fort Moultrie. The first' shot was from an eight-inch cannon close hy my station in the fort. It struck fairly the masonry of Sumter. A moment later and all the batteries on the Island opened, and at the instant we saw a flash of guns on Fort Johnston. The greatest war in history had begun. Major An derson paid little attention to us for the first half-hour. iIe concentrated his fire on Fort Johnston. My bat terries set fire to the badrraceks and it was only when we smoked him out that Anderson gav-e in." Gen. Ripley was also the author of' an interesting letter of (late D)ecem ber 23, 1864, to Governor Magrath, of South Carohina, in which lhe of fered to surrender his commission in order to accep)t a command with the State troop)s, then being hastily rais ed to oppose Sherman's march to the sea. In it Gen. Riplev complained of the failure of the Confederate Gov ernment to p)rov-ide any adequate de f-enfr the protection of Sont Carolina. and proposed the enlisting of slaves to be used as troops. Gen. lipley's c "ticism of Mr. Jefferson Davis is quite characteristic: "Mr. Davis had a great ability in placing round pegs in square holes." * Let Men Govern Themselves." Netc YBrk S/ar. It has lately been a common say ing that there is no difference be tween the great patties of the coun try. That no one can tell wherein a )enocrat is different from a Repub lican. This is a great mistake. The gulf which separates them is deep, and can neither be filled up nor bridged over. It is in the nature of man. One class of men are filled with a desire to govern other people. Another class merely desire to gov ern themselves. T[he desire to govern others is usually based upon a firm belief that it would be good for the others to be governed. This is quite natural. Men who have had opportunities for education and travel, who live at ease, and are well sustained by their own self-appreciation, are likely to think that their less fortunate fel lows who have not been taught in the schools, and whose daily lot is one of toil, will not govern themselves as well as they can be governed. It is the old story. It is the at tempt to make other men good. But it has beern the hardest job that man has ever undertaken. We are often told of the evils which alcohol pro duces, but they are not a tithe of the evils which have been wrought by the effort to make other men good. That seemingly praiseworthy motive has caused most of the warfare, tor ture and tyranny that the human rece has endured. Against this pharisaical motive the Democrats announce the simple rule, Let men govern themselves ! We are now having a striking ex ample of the differences of which we have spoken. The village clergyman and banker. the farmer who lives in seclusion and sees his neighbors on ly at the meeting house, the man who keeps a store at the four corners, are quite likely to think that New York and Brooklyn are very bad places, and that their wicked ness is in prcportion to their size. Therefore these country folk find themselves moved by a strong de sire to make New York and Brook lyn as good as their own neighbor -hoods5 are. Accor<dingly they frame a law which does not apply to them selves, but which is meant to reform the two great cities. All people who like to govern others, all peCople who think it their duty to make others good, support the measure. Speaker Hlusted sup ports it. The Times and the Post sup)port it. '[hey believe in trying to make others goodl. The HIeraldl seems to be influenced by the same purpose, and also sup)ports it. The World, which does not know the difTerer -e between a Pharisee and a Democrat, supports it. The Sun looks at it darkly through one of its spots and argues for it. Republi cans quite generally approve it. But Democrats everywhere, with out hesitation an1d by a. sort of in stinct, denounce it- and oppose it. The p)eop)le at once see that there is a great difference between Rlepub-~ licans and D)emocrats. the difference th)at exists between those who would govern others and those who are content to govern themselves. The former are the Pharisees and hypo crites whom the Master denounced; the latter are the sinners whom he blessed and forgave. 'i he ''Tri-ee C's" in Virginia. [.Special to The Ncwes and Courier.] lauiLIOND, March 31.-Despite some little opposition developed in that body the bill allowing the Char leston. Cincinnati and Chicago Rail road Company to construct and opi erate its liives in the counties of Scott. Dickison and Wise in this State. passed the Senate to-day al mot)t unanimously. The bill now goes to the Hlouse of Delegates, where it will be passed, it is believ-ed without any trouble. The impres sion is general that the construction of the proposed line will not only give Charleston and the seacoast cities of this State a close-all rail connection with Chicago, Cinciunati and other great Western centres, but wi,1 develop the valuable mineral resources of the southwestern sec tion of Virginia. Death 0f John G . Saxe. AuusNY. N. Y., March 31.--John Godfrey Saxe, the poet. died here to day. The buria; will take p)lace in the Greenwood family lot in Brook 1en. HA PPENINGS AT TIE NATION4 V CAPITALi. The New Postmaster for Charleston-Secreta:y Fairchild Enters upon his Duties. s it VAsIINGTO\, April 1.-Postmaster , Albert II. Mowry has his appoint went in his pocket and is now on his t way to Charleston, accompanied by t R?epresentative Dibble. IIe called b at the postoflice department early t this morning and was presented to Postmaster General Vilas. While in the department it was ascertained that the official notification of his appointment was prepared for mail ing and was delivered to the new appointee in person. Ie then took the 11 a. in. train for Charleston to secure his bond and make the other a necessary arrangements for taking y possession of his office as soon as practicable. Mr. Dibble says Mr. Mowry will have no difficulty in fur- r nishing satisfactory bondsmen. He also states that Mr. Mowry's appoint ment is satisfactory to Senator But lcr. South Carolinians here who are familiar with the situation in Char leston are not surprised at the dis satisfaction resulting from Mr. Mow ry's appointment, and the dispatches on the subject from Charleston printed this morning have lieen free ly commented upon. A well-known South Carolinian, in discussing the matter to-day, said lie was certain there would be some disappointment, e however, the question was decided because of the prominence and stand ing of several of the aspirants. He congratulated himself that he was in no way responsible for the outcome of the contest. It was natural for Mr. Dibble to stand by his friend, Mr. Mowry, and it was claimed that i he violated no pledges in securing his appointment. He stated yester day that while in Charleston recent ly lie secured such information as was obtainable on the subject, but did not commit himself to any-one. He says he has never shirked any resposibility that belonged to him, and lie will not do so in this case. It is said that the President be came familiar with Mr. Mowry's claims for recognition through the efforts of Senator Hampton and rep resentative Dibble to secure an ap pointment either in the internal rev enue service or in the treasurer's office. It was as an applicant for one of these positions that Mr. Mow ry called, upon the President. The latter, it is said, was pleased with his manner and address in addition to the;|substantial endorsements he pre sented. The political situation was presented, and it was said that of the two factions in Charleston o::e had secured all of the local prizes, while the other had been ignored. Mr. Mowry was designated as an active representative of the he_retofore un recognized faction, and in the in terest of fair-play his claims were pressed successfully. THlE NEw SECR1ETARY. rThe President to-day signed the: commissions of Chas. S. Maynard, as assistant secretary of the treasury. Mr. Fairchild at once entered upon the discharge of his new duties. IIe was sworn in at 11 o'clock by a no tary public employed in the secre tarys office, and took possession of the ofIices and desk formerly occu pied and used by Secretary Manning. The officers and many of the clerks of the department waited upon him ear!y and extended their conzratula tions. Thue crowd b)ecamne so great that lhe was compe)lled to abandon for a time alhl idea of attending to the current work claiming his attn tion. He caused a temporary halt by announcing that he would receive his offBcial friends informally in the afternoon after he had disposed of his :naii. Hie received a profusion of flowers and -congratulatory letters and telegrams from all parts of the country, the majority of the telegrams being from bankers and business men. Railroad Commiuissiloners Take the Oath WVasmwrG ON, March 31 .-Mlessrs. Cooley. Morrison, Schoon maker and Walker, four of the five members of the Inter-State Commerce Commis sion called at tihe White House and paid their respects to the President.I Commissioner Bragg did not arrive in the city in time to go with them but called at the White House shortly afterward and then joined his asso ciates at Willard's Hotel where an informal meeting took place to en able the members to become better acquaioted with one ar2other. At 3 o'clock the Commissioners met by agreement at the Interior Depart menit, where their commiss'ions were handed to them and the prescribed oath of office administered. On mo tion ot Mr. Moin, Judge Cooley aU U ,.>r: tUK CUSU31I'TION. The Case at the Philadelphia Hospital Only Experlmentgl. PIIILADELPIIIA, March 31. -Thio week's Medical New., to be issued to morrow, will state that the recent ar ticles extensively published through out the country announcing the cure at the Philadelphia Hospital of a number of patients suffering with consump tion, through treatment by injections of carbonic acid gas and sulphuretted hydrogen, greatly exaggerated the success of the treatmen'. The treat ment was first introduced by Bergeon, of Lyons. In an editorial article on the subject the News says: -Very many of the statements which have been spread over the country was absolutely false. So far as we inow there have been no cases cured, certainly not at the Philadel phia Hospital, and even those of Bergeon's patients who were most benefitted continued to have slight expectoration, containing bacilli. The results at the Philadelphia Hos pital, in the limited series of cases which have been under treatment, have been in the reduction of fever and sweats, the lessening of expecto ration and in the increase of weight. These are gains to be thankful for and encourage us to hope that we may have a remedial measure of some value; but further than this nothing can be said. This is, as we usually meet it, not an acute disease, and an experience of seven weeks is far too short a time in which to form a judg ment of the permanent beneficent ef fect of the treatment. It will take a year or two at least to thoroughly test its value, and meanwhile it is sad to think that so many poor vic tims of this dreadful disease will suf fer also the delirium of the false hope aroused by the ) emature and un, liable statements which, unfortunate ly, have been given wide currency." A Remarkable Storm. LYNCIIRURG, VA., March 31.-Re ports from Tazewell County say that a terrific thunder, hail and snow vis ited that section yesterday. Hail stones an inch in circumference fell and the lightning was terrific. Many telegraph poles on the line .of the Norfolk and Western Railroad were it to pieces, and several instru ments in the telegraph and telephone offices along the route were destroyed. sNOW IN OTHER PLACES. D)ANVILLE, VA., March 31.-There was a heavy fall of snow here this morning. The weather is still cold and wintry. WINcIIESTER, VA., March 31. A heavy snow storm has prevailed Shere all day. Snow has fallen to the depth of several inches, thus closing an unprecede'nted March for our val ley. Not a bud nor a sign of a leaf is to be seen. Farmers are very Sbackward with their work. RIcrnIoxD, VA., March 31.-Snow fell here all day, but did not attain much depth, owing to the war'mth of the earth. STAUNTON, VTA., April 1.-It has 'been snowing almost continuously -to-day. On the mountains the snow is ten inches deep. RICn3IoND, Va., April 1.-Snow -again fell several hours here this t afternoon, but with no other effect Sthan to make it somewhat disagree -able under foot by its rapid melting. RALEIGH, April 1.-A heavy snow storm has prevailed in all this. State West of G&oldsboro' all day. Here it is some two inches on the ground~, and had not the ground been very wet at least six inches would now .cover it. In Watauga County there is two feet of snow. ANDERSON, April 1.---There was a light fall of snow yesterday morning early, and this morning, after some 2 hail, it commenced snowing again and contined about half an hour. The t ground being very damp the snow melted as fast as it fell. Notwith standing the frost, hail and snow, many persons contend that there will be some fruit, and that the early vege tables are not all killed. sA Wife Murderer Hanged. LarRENsVILLE, S. C., April 1. Lewis Stewart, colored, was hanged here to-day for the murder of his wife. The execution was private. The condemned man desired to be executed - as soon after 11 o'clock as possible. He was nervous. The f morning was spent in prayer and 1 Scripture reading. At 11.20. o'clock - . the prisoner left the cell in company with the Sheriff and his spiritual ad 'visers. On the way to the scaffold " the prisoner said he had brought it 3, all on himself. At th. ec.ffold the e 14th chapter of Job was read, a hymn. twas sang. and two prayers were offered. The Sheriff adjusted the -rope and the b!aek cap, and sprung '- the trap at 11.50. He was cut down at 12.13. The neck was broken. ,as selected as Chairman of the emmission. This action was unani ious and was taken without discus ion, the members having all come to fe conclusion that Judge Cooley as the best fitted for the position. 'lie Commission then proceeded to le temporary quarters selected for sem, on F street, just below the Eb. it Hotel, and, after an inspection of Le rooms, parted with the under. tanding that another meeting should e held to-morrow for consultation. o c.,ndidates for the secretaryship f the Commission were proposed, nd that matter is still in abeyance. Prior to the election of Judge ooley as Chairman of the Commis. ion, Messrs. Morrison, Bragg and choonmaker, three Democratic mein. ers, held a conference at which it as decided that in view of Judge ooley's long experience and emi. ence as a judge, and in order tc eruonstrate to the country that it as their object to promote harmony ,nd unanimity in the Board, Mr. rJorrison should proposs and Gen. ral Bragg second Judge Cooley's omination as chairman. The first usiness to come before the Board, fter its organization, will be the fix ng of a time and place for the hear, ng of questions to be submitted by 1. H. Smith, Vice-President of the .ouisville and Nashville railroad, nd Virgil Powers, General Commis ioner of Pool Rates for the South rn Railway and Steamship Com any. Tiiese questions relate to the ng and short haul provision of the nter-State Commerce act, as it ap lies to railroads East of the Missis ippi river, South of the Ohio anc Vest of the Potomac. UAT LOTTERY FOR A N OMINATIOW Low the Hon. W. H. Perry Got hi. Seat in Congress. Baltimore Sun. WASHINGToN, March 29. -Mr. Wm layne Perry, who represents thi ourth South Carolina District it ,ongress, is known at home as I trict economist, and it was expecte< hat he would rival, if not excel, Mr lolman in guarding the treasury )uring the 49th Congress he di( iot figure very conspicuously in thi lebates, but with two sessions' ex erience he may astonish his Con res,ional associates in the nex Iouse. Some of his friends ii reenville remarked when he starte< 'or Washington, just after being be ng elected, that "Perry would fall ii fit or drop dead the first time he ncountered a bill appropriating sev ~ral million dollars." He survive< >neC term in Congress, and hopes t< >ull through the 50th. That he is: :hild of fortune is shown by th. itory of his nomination. After hi redecessor, Col. Evins, died ther, b-as a lively and a prolonged con est over the nomination. Over on indred ballots were taken withou a result being reached. Finallyi was proposed to put the names c hec three leading candidates into: mat, and the first name drawn on should receive the nomination, whic: was equivalent to an election. Messrs i'erry, Gaillard and Monroe were th ival candidates, and their name were placed in the hat. Mr. Mor oes representative was given the firs Iraw, and, to his disappointment, th slip of paper he drew from the hat cor ained the name of Perry-the mai whom lie had been fighting vigorous y throughout the contest. Watali Fight Between Two Farmer in Brunswi.ck County, N. C. 9'ccial Dispatcht to the Newes and Cozurie> RALEIGH, March 31 .-Two mer 3amed Shade Thompson and Be: [homnpson, both farmers, had a des >erate fight yesterday in Brunswic ounty, which resulted in the deat >f the former, who was struck in th ,ead and instantly killed by a bulle romn a revolver. The difficulty orig nated lr-st week, the boundary of ~rack of land causing it. Yesterda ;his quarrel was renewed. Both me: irew revolvers and began firin~ rhe men were 'double first cousin ~nd up to the time of the quarrel hai b~ees fast friends. Get Ready for a Boom. N?\eIcs and Courier. AUGUsTA, GA., March 31.-Pres (lent Mitchell stated to your coi respondent that the grading c sixty-three miles of tfle Georgia an Carolina Midland had been comple ed, and twenty-seven miles of cros: ties have been placed in positioi ready for track-laying, which, he say: "will be commenced as soon as t1 weather becomes warm enough to g a good day's work out of the n<4 groes." The grading will be con