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JoJr ESTABLIIIED 1865. -NEWBERRY, S. C., TIILRSDAY,MAC_918. _________ ----------- --- - -.--- ---- ---------____ __ STORMS IN ALL DIIRECTIONS. S,vere in the State-Great Dextructi.)n i Georgia and East Tennessee-The Snow Stricken Northwest. [ByTelegraph to the News and Courier. GREENvILLE, March 21.-Reports re ceived from the country to-day, homw ever, indicate that the storii was tht outer edge of a cyclone, which pacse< in a northeasterly direction through th< county, touching in several points, antt blowing down great nunl)ers of trees fences and small outbuildings. At F.asley, Pickens County, tit house of Dr. Cureton was unroofed an a mile away a house was unroofed an' a Mrs. Barnes injured. A negr< cabin was wrecked near the city and : negro woman hurt. At Greer's tht Methodist Church was danage(d an( the roof of a saw mill was blown away The storm was accompanied by thn terrible deep roaring of a regular ey clone and produced dismay and eon. consternation in its path. The fact thal its progress lay through a thinly settle( section is the only explanation of tht comparatively small dainage. EIGHTEEN SMALL 1IocsEs niLow DOWN. SPARTAN BURG, March 21.-Abou 3 o'clock this morning a violent stori with much thunder and liglitning passed over the county. A tornad passed just north of town, not far fron the experimental station. -About eigh teen small houses, mostly occupied bn colored people, were blown down, son t of them being levelled with the ground Ed Motley a colored inan, was sevcrelN hurt. The encanipnnt and experi mental station buildings are uninjured The wires are down between here anu Union and no conununication is ha over that line. The line has been re. paired where the torn; do crossed ii near town. It is turning colder fasi this evening. SEVERE IN ANDERS0N. ANDERSON, March "1.-A fearfu storm, amounting ainu.,t to a cyclone visited our county this morning abou1 " o'clock, doing considerable damnage t< property in sonic sections. Six mile: west of this city Mat Chamble's gin house was blown down, Bob Chamnble': dwelling-house lost ona or two chini neys and several outhouses were blow down. So far we have heard of no los: of life. One wing of the UniversitN building in this city was unroofed. THE DAMAGE AT ALSTON. ALsTO , March 21.-Judge D. S Murphey reports that his dairy was de molished bythe storm and all fences tori down ; his garden blown down ; heav cedar posts twisted off at the grouns hke straws. The wind lifted the col ored Episcopal Church from its foun dation and did other damage. Report, are coming in of a severe storm firt miles from here. A CYCLONE IN NoRiTiI (A ROINA. CHARLOTrE, MIarch 21.-A special t( the Chronicle from Shelby says : "A small cyclone passed over a pari of Rutherford and Cleveland counut ie and at 3 o'clock this morning, ~oim pletely destroying b,arnxs and b,lowing down outhouses. Two dwellings al Delight, Landrunm's and Bridge's an' one between Mlooresboro and( Henri etta, wvere struck by lightning amn totally destroyed. No lives yet re' ported lot." SI E(1GIA I>ESTRL-CTIoN OF RrTI>DIN(a IN VA ATLANTA, GA., M1arch 21.-A terni ble electric storm enivelop.d the Stat< last night, beginning about 10) o'(loCt and lasting until after nmidnmight. Ii Fairburn both colored churches wer< demolished; the Courthouse chuimne.3 was torn~ off, shade trees wvere up)rooter and other damage was done. Newu Austell a house was blowvn on a negr< blacksmith, killing him. Newton MIoss' barn was blown down, and three horse and a cow killed. Reports of the storm ini andI aroun< Gainesville show that while it was noa so severe, much damage was dlone. MI .A. Loden had his house lifted from it foundation and moved from wherei stood. The colored Baptist Chmurel was completely demolished, M1r. ('y pus, living near Gainesville, had hi house and all out buildings blowni a way and one of his children wa serious!' Nhurt. A CYCtONE A T c.uLrocN. L K, CHA TTANOOGA, March 21.-A specia j tG the Times reports a terrible wiw natCalhoun, Ga., last night nisninety miles from Chattta (a o the Atlanitie andW esl . rmlemnolishedl -J r..port4el bult four 'r Iive'' pers~ w4*r The~,gi Ztorilwa *innehi andr -Iina fr \e~ tei repored ! -iii n- toha Trnued. aU nhorthstery drci rtu~r trougho f(x N rh ;oa, andu ito a.ui rernte frm- railom1 t ele:.ZV .:rapitI was mown as with a great scythe. The eyeloIne had a whirling, rotary motion, leaving a scene of desolation and des' ruction in its path. Large trees twisted from their trunks and others torn up by roots. A heavy bureau was found a mile from the house that had contained it. The list of seriously wounded men :d children in London County is very large. Andy Worley, his wife and eight children were every one injured. Sonic of them will die. The station at Cal houn was unroofed and the colored porter received injuries which may prove fatal. Several houses were car ried a distance of half a mile. Tele graph wires were prostrated and a number of cars were thrown from the track. The loss in Calhoun alone will reach $10,000. ANOTHER ACCOUNT. ATLANTA, March 21.-Calhoun sutle red the iost of any place in North Georgia. It was visited by a terrible funnel-shaped cyclone, which cut a swath seventy-five yards wide through the middle of the town, taking in the courthouse and station. The cyclone bounded down on the little town sud denly, and after doing the work of de struction, lifted from the earth to strike again no one knows where. Every dwelling. in its path was either destroyed or damaged. The streets are full of shingles and the debris of tools. The storm played eccentric pranks, in one instance cutting a house in half. Then it tore down a house around sonic women and children without harming a hair of their heads. The Baptist church was demolished and the colored Methodist church was razed. The railroad station was hadly dai aged and a farmhouse near the station, belonging to the State, was totally destroyed. Jackson & Logan's umber stable was badly damaged. C. T. Graves's business house, a frame building, was totally destroyed, and another wooden building, occupied as an _xpress office, was totally deniol ished and the goods were ruined by ramin. The brick store of Harrel was badly damaged. The front end of Hughey's grocery store was pulled away from the building and the roof of J. M. Neal's grocery store is off and his goods dam aged. The roof of N. J. Boaze's busi ness house is off. The parapet wall of Rives & Malone's brick store was torn off and the whole outside leans to the street, making the building worthless. Chimneys were blown off of Foster's brick building, and the vacant resi dence of A. W. Reeves was blown to pieces. The wagon and buggy man ufactory of M. E. Ellis is completely destroyed. Mrs. Foster's residence was destroyed but no one was hurt. Mrs. Bailey with five children occupied a residence which was destroyed and yet nuone of the famiily was injured. A FATAL CYCLONE AT LUMBER CITY. SAVANNAH, GA., March 21.-A cy elone struck Lumber City, Ga., this mxorning. B. V. Holland, of the firm of Holland, Striekland & Co., and WV. B. Whiddon, of the firm of Whiddon & H-olland, both promiinent men, were killed. Whiddon residled at Eastman and Holland at Dublin. HAvo(c AND DESTRUCTION wROUGHT A LoNG TH E TENNESSEE RIVER. KNOXVILLE, TENN., March 21.-A terrific wind aiid rain storm swept across East Tennessee last night about mnidnuight, thirty to forty miles west of Knoxville. M1any barns and farm houses were demolished, and farinmers have lost considerably in the destruc t ion of buildings and killing of stock. T1he stormi was very severe alonig the Tennessee River. The house of Joseph H. Williams, ex-trustee of London County, was bloiwn down and a young man named Smith was killed and sev eral others of the family injured. No other deaths are reported, but many persons were injured. The storm was severe ini Knoxville, but no0 dlamage A an*:AT SToRM IN TIE FARC NORTu RN;MAN, A. T., M1arch 21.-It snoiwed. all dlay yesterday in this see tioni. There has b.eeni no such storm of wind anid snow for miany years. The snow drifted to the depth of mainy feet fro man places. Cattle suffe~r greaitly frmthe unusual cold. EAr CLAIRE, Wins.. Mfarch 21.---One of the worst snow .storms of the winter prevailed over northern Wiscon,'in yesterday. The .q'now was wet and of th TNtxure, andl sonie 1-> to 18 ,.4,ehie- fell, miuch of it melting as it '.ame' down. The result has been the ruin o,f the roads in miany of the log Idistriets, and1 little hjauling can be done n a t li there comies a solid freeze. p):max INA, 1)CK, M1arch 21.-One of t he severest storms of the winter set in he're last evening. The fall of snow is r' .-ndeous, and the damp, cold wind hurled it about at such a furious rate Ihit it was imposssible for pedestrianis to~ r'nmaiun on the streets. Passengers ih sout.h-bounud train report the e~m worse unorthi of here. The weather I riwin~g e'ilder, and4 it is feared there be o:' - uiflife oni the prairies. iv. \' I eO:NT, M INN, MIarch 21.-The u rtso torzm (it the winter set in '4erdayi' aftr.noon, and farmers wh.lo rdi tiwni were obliged to remnain r niah4t. Thei. riadIs are b'ecomiig - an flh,nE. "n Alonday night anid * iniiued thmrough moist oif yesterday I t was he cworst snow storm, of the sea 1 n. 'IIh w4ind is from, tihe sonlthwest and1 has idriftedl the snow hadlyaln lie ro ads and the t raek oft he N>utri1 I ieitie. high wind from the southwest, snow began falling last night. and is the deepest of the year. The wind blew a hurricane for several hours. Sheep in range are scattered, and it is feared that the loss will be great. A SNOWED IN TRAIN. MINNEAPOLIS, MINN, March 21.-A passenger train on the Chicago and Northwestern Road is said to be snow ed in letwecn Havana and (lareiont, M inn, with between 150 and 200 pass engers on board. Provisions are ex hausted and supplies were sent this afternoon from Owatonna, there being no prospect of getting a train out. THE OPPOSING ARMIES. How Many Men Lee Surrendered---Com parative Figures of Fighting Forces. [From the Augusta Chronicle.] A valued correspondent of Sehna, Ala. forwards the following query: A few days ago I read in The Chron icle the speech of Mr. Ingalls, of the Grasshoppar State, and in it he states that Gen. Lee surrendered to Gen. Grant over 73,000at Appomattox. Now I say that Gen. Lee did not surrender one-fourth of that number, by throw ing in tne old artillery, horses and the few mules we had in the bargain. Now, Mr. Editor, will you please decide this, who is right and give me the exact fig ure as near as you possibly can. It is very difficult to reach the exact figure, as the Confederate army was very much crippled and scattered at that time. Mr. Stephens in his "War Between the States,'' gives the force that surrendered at Appomattox at less than ten thousand men. President Davis in his book vol. ii, p. 658, says when Gen. Lee left Petersburg, April 2d, 1865-exactly one week before the surrender-his command numbered but 2x,t00 men. Soldiers and horses were all reduced below the standard of efficiency by exposure and insufficient supplies. Every day the army was wasting away or being scattered so that we are prepared to accept the statement of Gen. Lee's biographer, Thomas Jor dan, that his command at Appomattox numbered 27,000 men, about 8,004) of whom were armed. On the 5th of April Gen. Sheridan reported that Gan. Lee's army-horse, foot and dragoons-as 20,000, much demoralized, and Gen. Grant expressed the hope that in a few days this could be reduced onehalf. Gen. Horace Porter, in the Century sketches, gives the number at 28,000. Senator IngalPs estimate of 73,000 is, of course, false and absurd. The whole Confederate army at the close of the war lid not number niucli over that amount. General Johnson's army in North Carolina numbered 37,4)00; in the Georgia, Florida and Alabama depart ments, about 30,000, and in the Trans Mississippi about 10,000. This -onm prised the available forces of the (Con federacy in April, 1865. General Grant's forces in Virginia alone would huave numbered 200,000. Thue extendIed scale upon which the great national drama was enacted will surprise the compiler of future histo ries. The war department of the Fed eral government spent two and a half billion dollars, about half as much in four years as Great Britian sp)ent in twenty-three years in her wars aguinst the French and Napoleon. In the Franco-Prussian war the out lay or both sides was not a b,illionu dollars not more than one-third the American. outlay. 'rhe total number of mncale into the Unioni armies between 184;] and 186-5 amounted to 2,759,049D mn. The total number called into the Con federate armies was about 3,100,04), o2 nearly 4,000),00(1 men-n drawn fronm a pop ulatlon of thirt y-two million. Germany, with a population oif 41 ,(),0(), canm in time of war furnish an army of 1,250, 0(1 men.1. France, with a popuhlaltionn oj 30x)0,0001, cl:aimas to be~ ab,le to et. 1, 50),(1(1 afield. Th'le area over which 11la civil war was fought was as large :1 ;iermanOIy, France, Spaini, Por't uagal. Belgium and Holland com bined. I t estimaited! th at inl the' eivil war 4: Ajmerien halfa aillion maeni lid dowi their lives. A 'r,udigy on thme PlIano. [ From the New York Evenuiung Suun. LoNooN, .Marchn :30.-Onme of the nu youthful p,aino,forte prodigies made I hi. apearanhce before a er itiuaIl private and1( a-nnce his.t naiglht. The mnme of~ th child is O)tto Hegnecr, a little fellow ii a black velvet Knick-rboe-kcr suit. i1 is of G ermian ext rart ion , andl alt(i bougl only ten years of age, has thle con ii dence and bearinag of1 a mian of 1 huirty He has been trained froum infancy foi the muusical p,rofessioni, and' his tuit iou has been based upon lines of thorotgI pactical work rather than on the det sire for early mnaturity. Yesterday's expierimlent reveatled thla little wonder, if anythaing, superior t< young Hofmanmn. lHe is fully equal t that child. In mieehanical p)recisionh ad' ini dealing with techical dIillicul ties he may be considlered his superior In thorough musical knowledge he is : long way beyond Hofmiann. He hw been trainied, first, by his father, unuti 6 yeaas of age, and after that by Fran Fricker for four years. Since that tim< he has been under the direction of Hanw Huber, the distinguished composer o lasIe, while Alfred Glous gave th child prac-tical andr theoretical train ing at the samue time. Experts n'v say that the child is a linished pianist His rendering yesterday of (lhopina' study ini a flat was5 considered perfect while in IBeethuoven's sonata in B fix hesoeI mai:rvelous degree of muo GEORGIA COTTON SEED SENT TO 1 S IA. The Cotton Growing Sections of the Do:n of the Czar-Five Thousand Miles 1 Market. [Ataulta Constitution.] Within the past few days the M: W. Jollnoll Seed ("omilpaily, of this ci has sold to the czar of all the Rus: tw o hundred bushels of cottoll s This seedl is to be :.used in the prli tion of the cottonl-growing inidustr) Russia's Asiatic provinces, and another year Ueorgia seed will be he ing fruit in the regions about the ( pian sea. The order came from M. Routk sky, technological agent of the Russ government at Washington city, the seed was shipped to the Rus, vice-consul at New York, to be by 1 forwarded to Europe. The fact that cotton is grown in li sia tends to give sonic idea of the extent of the Russian enpire. name Russia brings to the inind of average American reader visions of Petersburg awd 3oscow as they usually pictured, with snow and everywhere. To think of cotton gr ing in that same Russia will seen that reader an absurditv. But it does grow in Russia, and w proper facilities Russia would be on the foremost eotton-growing c(ount in the world. General P. M. B. Young, who consul-general at St. Petersburg probably the best-posted man in 1 country upon the subject of the eu vation of cotton in foreign lands. "Oh, yes, there is considerable cot grown inl Russia,'' he said to a rel sentative of The Constitution. "I grown in the region to the far sot east of St. Petersburg, in the provir bordering upon the Aral and ('asli seas. I think the greatest amoun grown inl Turkestan and okh. There is a section of country fullb large as Georgia, 'South Carolina, 1 da and Alabama eoibined and wit climate very much like that of (G-or probably a little warmer than (=e<l in stuunner. Here cotton has b raised for iany years, but on a sr scale. The trouble is that there ne have beenl any facilities for transport their cotton. You see they are six th sand miles from St. Petersburg ; about five thousand from Mose which is the market. Now that Traus-Caspian railway has been ished through to MervVit is likely t an attempt will be made to culti\ cotton oi a much larger scale." "What is the quality of the cat raised there now ?'? '-Tle greater part is black se long staple cotton, and of a rather ferior quality. I have, however, upland cotton, of excellent qual fron Rokliara. The inducements going into the business have not, u nlow, been very strol ig. I refer] tieularly to transportation fac ilit Think of carryinig your cotton) 71 800( mriles, on the back (If mules, be reaching a pIublic conveyance, anid t thousands of mi les before reachini market ! Not Miuch ploetry about 1 sort of work, is there ?"' "'I learned a grood deal abl out t method of raising eotton fronm birothier of the sultani of Bokhtar great chief who came to St. Peterst; oni somie nuiission to the czar. He e: to see mue, anid through thet mnediul two initerpreters, we mnaged to et oni a lively conIversationl. I jud(ged f: whauit lie toldl mei thaft thie ultivatio e(ottonl is carried 01n mi a very si way; that eachl fariiner had his I pIatch of a few acres. Hiesells or tn: lihe pIroduci4t of his field to the t radt thle necighbol(rhoii, and( lit forw: it oin nules towaurds 3iIlsco)w. I lLunha:Lssadlor, withI whomi I talked, m imi t h111le lived six hun'ireud i from at raiway, aind when, ini respi hiow long4. thle jouirniey ohik said' I hiat if everythin g wvas faivoral roubihl reacoh his homeii thlirt vdaiys: I l-lt St l'trsbuLrg." "1Ilive I anyi~ ginls, or bow dlio they' cleanm I " Ilii l ii'sI JIIires- -or iii:liii oIf t heii least --t hie seed is plickedl out by~ h: Tl1hi hve alsoi siin:ill hiaii ginls. ltokhlara 4chief wais great ly surIl when4iI 1 1hl4 hinii ofI Ihle iniaginittui thle (*ottonl liindstry of th l' I Statfes. lIe s:aid flil I hev were auix the worik :iii1 inlst riuft the niv t hie monre civn,.'i iiu n-hiods. I tal ariil ifs lproduicts.. I jinilge that Mection is the greate!- I*t ifritgr sectioni (If thle worl. Thiey al. e vale silk, awil silk is, in fact, (hei thaini c(If tonl. Thelv are*4 .\li:iuiii' d and14 thle inoit tempejirat e prop ii hIligratheyn alet , 1flie.v n' miiake wvine ir intoiating ji ri 11h4n, t oo4, I biy raiis. hoir'-a nd 1 i reat ahi24han-2e. \Vhyli, v. 4 ebeni:per ini ltokhara it Ihan roti ion iS I It is rat her funny tol see the niiiIti oIrate silk nilbroid ery uponIl a en baickgroutndl, butt thait is wha:t youi 4 see ini Russia. "I f the ltussiani goivernmilent," tiinued G enueral Yo unzg, "is ta:k in p 1roblably wvithi a desire to have e vated the vaIst tracts (If ih 1: wvhieh are now unicuiltivatedl an<1 furnish empilloymnt't to the thouIs: of no-n1 no(w idlle. R~emuia ei tha nt Wrigh t & J . W.< isoc k gi ve a d i-coun111t (If teln pe V fromii r-gular hirie on all e11n*5h sa'is. 5- Cuffee in the New South. [From the New York Tribune.] 'U n u It grows clearer every day that if the New South doesn't lose her head she has got a great and paying future be tore her. If she can stand prosperity she is bound to prosper. A special to t the Tribune yesterday from Blackshear, Ga. showed what great progress the valise-carrying industry has made in tha t State of late. The dispatch stated that a well-known New Yorker "paid in a negro lad $4) yesterday for carrying his valise to Blackshear, a distance of a mile." There is nothingg going to prove that the negro boy in qlustion possessed any particular genius for valise-carry an(i ing. He is not referred to as the Hof Li)d mann of valise-carriers, as though he .an were a prodigy. It is safe to conclude, therefore, that it was an ordinary every (lay nego boy that received $40 for ear rying a valise to Blackshear, a distance of a mile. the That boy has got a nighty good thing o <f it if business doesn't fall off. Say he at. carries four valises an hour, only works .cre ten hours a day, and allows himself a month vacation in the watermelon sea toson. That would give him $1,60) a day; or $9,600 a week; or $38,4f0) a month; or it 422,40O a year. It is clear from these e of figures that the Blackshear negro boy, . in case he abstains from 'policy," is on the highroad to fortune. How few per sons, engaged in the same branch of business outside the -New South belt, can make $422,4)0 a year ! It is also is clear from these figures that if trade ]ti- generally, in and about Blackshear and the rest of Georgia, pays as handsome tol a profit as valise-carrying, everybody W~ must he feeling first-trate, and all sorts t is of business prospects, including town lots and alligator pocketbooks, must be enjoying a imiost gratifying boom. Young nan, go South. t is tra. MIORMONS MAKING CONVERTS. is Elderu Boldly at Work in the South Gath ering in the Women. 'gia [From the New York Herald. "en Bl iil \n AJM, ALA., March 10, 1888. udl -.Before the late war a few Mormons, ve missionaries from Utah, visited various ing sections of the south and made a few ou- converts to the religion of Joseph hndl Smith, but the work was not prosecu ", ted with much vigor. the Soon after the close of the hostilities tin- the, work was resumed in a spasmodic hat way, but it was not until sonic eight or -ate ten years ago that the attention of the church was drawn to the fruitful fields tonl to be found in the backwoods sections of the states of Tennessee, Alabama, l or Georgia and North Carolina. .in- In 1878 Elder John Morgan, of Salt cen Lake, a prominent pillar in the church ity and the author of a widely circulated for work on Mornionism, established his til headquarters at Chattanoogo, Tenn., ar- and assumed charge of the work in the is. aboved named state. The mountain (,or regions of East Tennesee and western fre North Carolinta p)rov'ed most fruitful lien fields for the work of the Mornmon a elders. hat The siile 1role of this sectioni wer easily deceived by the smiooth talking eir and plausible elders, and embraced Mor limonisni i the hope of bettering their a pecuniary condition ini the home prom igised them in Utah. From Chattanooga the cider radiated in every direction, ofand reaped rich harvests of converts, trwho were at once sent off to Ujtah. At last the people became aroused, and ~ the lyn ching of two elders in Tennessee anlatd the severe tiogginig of several in ttle North Carolina stopped their work ini L those states for awvhile. The headquar ' r ters at Chattanooga were niot abanldonl rs ed, however, and the elders sought new tis tiebis inl G eorgia and Alahai. two wVoRKiNG Gt(ItoGIA. his In North Carolina they established tohl several chulrches and carried on their il(es work without trouble for two yers In muSe t his fieldl they were very successful, and ked ait one t ime sent a batch of seventy eon he' verts to Utah. Finally the better and le Iiiniore intelligent citizens rose in armis flert andit drove the elders front the neigh hey hitrihiood. TIhiey rep)orted( to Elter Stor h~ ir gain, alt ('hattanooga, and a counicil of wart was btehi. It waLs decided to seek i, t ew4 lields5, aind thet elders wmere sent tnl. pro'msect ing ini Ahahiania. l'is IiTe counlt ites o,f Chy, I leburniean isdi ltaiiilop. inl norithea.st A\haii:in, werV, 4'f 44 ill ii ree lt lv, rellot e trimilt rai Itatds it \ ir hot Ii jioor ai ignomllt.IlS~.e U . ,iit l t uroved :t fe rt ti gm' .14( 11r t t || tim' ii limtis iti'la r i mt i.i irl ti1 'mmn ii:i, Ii 'if i i i a ii e 1'iitlit >s,4)lt ei itii ri' m iedi tinalto Salt I.ak e t't, ua here heleit'd th e .\or t lolttticha. sole beniitmillche . lltit ri hell &'litel hi)ai iieel dr4)iveltl fivi h ort'llr t'2 it i, fTciISens,1)4 ai ileyerg i, llige wasde I haisd atoi invde .\th ina, totry,414 ho1 g a hs rilnat t5salit tie,k ity, wale Iir-i derf to re'ptw iot a ihtanooga'l. wliei catle, am'i'4 :Ilorg:'41 ordre itil iti .r an exped41iations TtS.i toAl ht tl:ttenll -ihe e tablisiet of'4i a church, orire *eru 'iting ltatio. ill ootry~ mmlltV 'atta ci asisand went I ie ct to hiroobi hist af heieitivest scats trd,bu t he hs or-e Mon mission in the south, and so bold have the elders and their converts be come in that section, they defy those who seek to drive them away. Mootry had left Randolph County a poor man; and by his careful worded stories of the wealth acquired in Utah and the purity of the Mormon religion he had no ditti- I culty in inducing nearly all his old friends and relatives to embrace the s faith of the "Latter Day Saints." Elder It John Morgan left his office in Chatta- I nooga to visit the mission of Clay coun- I ty, and he was so well pleased with the I situation that he ordered all the elders 1 to remain in that vicinity and gradual- I ly extend the work as the number of I converts increased. So quietly was the t work carried on that it was nearly two years before the Mormon settlement was heard of beyond the immediate vicinity of their mission. In the mean time about one hundred converts had been made and the force of elders in- i creased to ten. READY TO FIGHT FOR TiLE FAITH. When driven from other sections the elders had never dared resent the rough treatment they received," but when they became so firmly established in Alabama they displayed more nerve. Having aroused the indignation of the better citizens by some of their peculiar religous rites, the first trouble in Ala bana was brought about some two years after the mission was established at Oak Ridge. A committee of citizens waited on the elders and ordered them to leave the neighborhood at once. "We will not leave and we defy you," was the answer made the committee by Elder Stevens. When the newly made converts learned that the elders were in danger they were up in arms at once. One of the boldest converts was Hiram Harrison, who had em braced Mornionism, together with his family of five daughters and two sons. The elders spent much of their time at the house of Harrison, and a few nights after the first warning was given the citizens' committee, headed by a man named Bolling, called again. This time they simply posted a written notice on Harrison's gate, that all Mormons, el ders and converts, must leave the neigh borhood within ten days. Next day one of Harrison's sons shot a pistol ball through this notice and then wrote beneath it on the same pa-. per, "Come to our house another night and some of you will eat breakfast in hell next morning." He then carried the notice and posted it on the gate of Bolling, the leader of the committee. That day the elders and their converts armed themselves and awaited develop ments. The citizens were awed by the warlike attitude of the Mormons, and made no attempt to drive them from the neighborhood. GATHERING IN THE WOMEN. Since that time the Mormons have continued their work unmolested in that section, and have made many con verts. Several of the elders have gone into othler counties and in several places were forced to leave in a short time. About three times a year the converts from the different mlissions are gather ed at Chattanooga and sent to Utah in charge of one or more elders. The ma jority of the converts are young women, andl inl one instance knowvn to the wri ter a wvoman left her husband and two children to join the Mormons and went to U.tall. The work is going on quietly ini several places ini tis state, but, no-. where else in the south have the elders gained such footing as at the mission described above. Half a dozen elders are nowv at work there, and it is said anlother squad of twenty-five recruits will be sent to Utah in a short time. A Groundi Hog C'ase. [From the Richlmonl State.] The piresenit cold wavec is an unwel *onite visitor, and seems to suggvest that the wily ground hog, the harbinger of balmny spring, remains in his hole, sub sisting~ on diuninished rations. A propss of the gtrounti hog, here is a story from the New Orleans States: "A traveler riding through a lonely mountain di.+ trict in North ('arolima was startled to see a pair of No. 1:a cowhide boots stiek inig uip out of! the ground necar the road1 side, and stopp'ing his horse lhe gazLed at them closely, when suddenly' they cnun-meied slow lv to sink into' the eart h. Jumipitig fronm his horse the raveller ratt to the spot, anid, gr'asping tte of' the I.oois, pulled Mi ith all tt:s strvtngth. atId fitnally siuecrwd int drawi lng oult of the eartht atnd inito thle Iigh!t Noth I'aro'lita bo'y ab out si feet lotny. 'W\hat the devil na' you de~itig in t hat hole'." gasped t he '.u r pnsed t a' eler. fell y er. Ther't tuis ha.s g\ ouit ati' thter to be a grabblle for a groundt. hog t'r A tirightf lte... fDr. .\. It. ('ab.ani's is aiuthority for then sftory' in t he We'.sftern h'e'order e. ni e'erninlg a c'hurc'h inl ai ertalin towit in Kentneiky', wIhh was muc.h dic hiedl on t.h' organt t1uesfton. O tte of' the ituem hers was In the habit of' gohng Iinto the' ani ortgan t ite ehnreh.'l. li a ien sitin of' il' slllhjt'e' be. sa:t ''1' " v('nl biring fthat 'rg:an in here,. it uill split saying:~ "'1 c'an pre'tach eit her withI or wit hout the. orig:an in fte c'hurch'. It is a m;aftt'r of' indIifllerencie to met. IBut ais sonme say~ it will dlrh e thtent otut of t'ie c'hur'ch, I t hink the wisest course for uts is to put the or;an in the sailoonr and14 see if it won't keep our membelhrs 'ott of BREAD RIOT IN RICHMOND. story of the Late Civil War by an Eye Witnea, of the Occurrence. st [Dixie in Washington Post.] N It was in the early part of the war, in, B think, the second -year. Our armies fu the confederate) had been generally tl uccessful, and there was as yet little of il hat great suff'ering to which the peo- o )le of the south were afterward to be w educed. The death of men in Rich- of lonoud made it necessary to employ a I arge force of women in the various de- w >artnents of the government, a great rc nany of them refugees, and many from bs he ablest and wealthiest of southern fr Lristocratic families. ti The treasury department occupied on tl 3road street in Richmond, a large store, it mld in that store a number of ladies vere occupied in numbering and sign- o4 ng coupon bonds, and others in signing of mud numbering the one and two dollar R iotes with which t'ie confederacy was sl iooded. st One afternoon there was a rumor in it Richmond that a body of disorderly o, svomen and boys had assembled on the s ;,apital square, clamoring for bread. It a; xas asserted that Governor Letcher ir md the mayor of the city had address- G d them in the interest of law and or- S ler, and promised theni relief. But as yet little was known for cer- f< ain, and I gave the rumor little ' -hought, as I walked up Broad street g he next morning toward the depart- . nent, now only a few squares off. ti "Bread, bread; give us bread!" amid i. pandemonium of yells, startled me. s As I turned in alarm, a scene met my fi yes that I will not soon forget. Pouring out of a side street a motley C .rowd of women and boys surged up in r nmy wake to the very building that was b ray goal. It was a striking and unique s; ight-not a man visible, but every wo- t) [nan in the city seemed to be there, c y elling for bread. For me to be thus the unwitting lead- s1 r of a mob was anything but a pleasant r sensation, and, hastening my steps, I h reached the department just before it c was closed against the mob. Halting in rront of the building they vainly sought oo force an entrance. Fearing that they night have firearms our chief had giv mn orders that the ladies should keep o -lear of the windows. But Mother _ Eve's vice got the better of us, and we o agerly watched the crowd as they l -1 tered at the doors, at the same time de- n nlanding that the money should be i riven up to them. Foiled in their at- t :empt to obtain the government's cur- c rency, they turned their attention to 1 )ther more accessible plunder. A mil Liners shop and a shoe store were juickly sacked and their contents ap propriated. Decked with the unlawful l spoil, they next proceeded to break in ] 3. bakery and appease their famished l stomachs by emptying the flour int> the streets and trampling tihe bread be- ] neath their feet. While employed in this congenial occupation they were in-] terrupted by the arrival of a detach-c nent of soldiers sent by the governort to disperse the rioters. The troops open ed fire with blank cartridges, with no other effeet than causing a laugh and jeers from the mob, who seemed amus ed. The plundering continued, and there seemed no0 way of dispersing them without using bullets, which the sol- 1 diers were unwilling tr do. Finally, by charging with the b iyonets, the mili tary managed to stampede the crowd without, however, wounding any of them. They returned to their homes and gave no further trouble. To the credit of the womlenl of the south, it should be said that the women who i spired the riot, though in the south,. were not of it, but the wives principally 1 of foreignetrs, who, l hen the war broke out, went north, leaving their wiives to carry on their market poilens and shiops in Richmond. and thereby save their 1 property. Thie leader of the riot, a mar ket gzardener, was' said to be' worth $10, &0 in gol1d. Manyv of the patcpns werv known to be alhuest as rich. but their victims were rniulasi to powr't Thew leader of the riotcs was~ sema\ to thme penmitentiary. It ws agh the i aivouw tha tace it to th a'~ er who~ apoed it ome fu t>te 4.in taend liarmony toaves whoisno fee'.tug goo ove how he.nA auuendY w\ hen the sherit const t u. !lV'rif. F.XX 4i.' o.e tls usi of ah ar twotof twn h ovs aind 1oneI1I oftwi a girls otaI M often do three ts of tIw' insi rceiveao~4 int.to rom thenti ia:une Goi'i south,'i Youn, Mn, go b sthri.ei ['om te Phildelph:m,ianuietr.] Thrl s a ort une dore seod i ti r2:eive ar do h uma e san e( The Flames in Anderson. [Special to the News and Courier.] ANDERSON, March 22.-The two oreroom, owned by Col. Jesse W. orris, and occupied by Brownlee & rown, grocers, and S. M. Van Wyck, rniture dealer, were consumed by fire is morning. The fire was discovered Van Wyck's cellar about half-past 5 clock. A perfect gale was blowing ien the alarm was given, and in spite the heroic efforts of the fire depart ent, the building and its contents ere destroyed. Fortunately the two oms were on the eastern end of the ink range and the wind was blowing om the west, but notwithstanding is advantage it with very great effort at the flames were kept from spread 1g. Masonic Hall, adjoining the rooms eupied by Brownlee & Brown, caught ace or twice, but was saved. The ough and Ready colored company ,ent the entire forenoon playing a ream upon the debris and extinguish 1g the fire whenever it would break at, as it was constantly doing in con quence of the gale that grew stronger the morning advanced. The build g, valued at $2,500, was insured in the erman-American for $1,500. S. M. an Wyck had in furniture $4,000, and as insured in the Connecticut of Hart rd for $2,500. Messrs. Br-o l& rown had on hand about $4,000 of roceries, which were insured in the ferchants' of Newark for$1,000 and in >e Connecticut of Hartford for $1,600. About 3 o'clock this afternoon Mr. amuel Brown's dwelling, a two-story ame house, was consumed by fire. Ir. Brown lived about a mile from the ourthouse, and before help could zach him the fiames were entirely eyond control. All his furriture was ved. The fire was first discovered on e roof, which is supposed to have aught from a spark from the chimney. It is thought that the burning of the orerooms was the act of an Incendia , Mr. Van Wyck had not had fire in is store for two'weeks. Trade has been ompletelydemoralized all day. 'TTe'St. Louis Convention. ST. Louis, March 22.-John G. Priest, f this city, has received a letter from r. P. 0. Prince, of Boston, secretary f the National Democratic committee, a wleh it is stated tiiab-eom aittee of the National committee has een appointed by Chairman Barnum o come to St. Lonis to arrange, in onjunction with local committees for olding the Democratic National Con ention here early in June. The sub ommittee is composed of Chairman arnum, Secretary Prince, Col. J. G. )rather of Missouri, Senator M .W. :ansom of North Carolina, Ex-Senator 1. C. Davis of West Virginia, Ex-Sen tor W. A. Wallace of Pennsylvania, ~. H. Kelly of Minnesota, and 0. W. ~nlloway of New H umpshire. Mr. -arnum has not yet called a meeting f the sub-committee, but he is expected o arrive this week. One of'Poverty's Horrors. EW YORK, March 24.-Minnie Lieb uecht, a German widow crazed by want Lnd the fearof being separated from her bree children or seeing them starve, dministered poison to them at her uome. No. 153 West 28th street. Two lied, Anthony, aged nine, and Charles, ged seven. The third boy, three and half years old, named Christopher, as still alive and was removed to the ~ew York hospital. She herself report i her act at the police station at 2 'elock this morning. The mother was aken to the Jefferson market police tation to-day and thence sent to the aruer's office where she was commit ed to the Tombs. Befo~re being taken > prison she drew phtotraphs of her t firi m her pocket and asked if !.e wou!d be peritted to keep themi. ibn dd:at she could retain them 2 :2 ex niy '"They wanted tak myetir. M me,\ but they n': a: ' l-: ' Xt O wway deputy r ex 2: n.! aped the opin .a 6.' & a N fg M acute A same evA m'veacfndo oivs L te ex eve fn them gowing ? 'hey' se t' gnv. lvrection on the o $ maori' There are sev s: awn giwng at I)ungenness, the me the cirwie. on Cumuberland .Ind, tYmi w hich over one1 hundred \1ne o tiit nr" shipped and sold in ne seas'n. There are many points of it ervst atent this romantic spot. It vas the home preented by the State of :oriai to' Gen'ferl Nathaniel Greene, hc revoutionary hero, whose burial hav, stranige to say, no one knows. irs Greene and family lived there a umber of years, and it was there that :li W hitney perfected his invention of lie cotton gin- "Light-horse Harry" 4ee, lie father of the Confederate Gen 'r., Robert E. Lee, is buried there. The ruins of the old Greene residence -ere destroyed and the present palatial esidence of Mr. Carnegie erected on he site. It is the finest residence and piost beautiful grounds in the South, ad1( will amply repay a visit. Senator Cameron is one of the dark orses in the Republican race for the 'residential nominlationl. The Phila -lphia Times savs : "It is now entire within the ra'nge of probability that einnsylvania will voluntarily p resent is name as the one likely to develop ie greatest strength in the States where ecre is the greatest need of popular ualities."