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ESA3IED 183 NEWERY,J.C. TITUESDAY, AUGUT918.PIE1.0AYR LIVELY CIIAtG MEETING AT FLO1: ENCE. Governor Richardson's Speech--Lieuteraant Go% nor Mauldin'x Reinarkrc-Cap tain Tillnan Makes an Ad dre.zs-Bighan's Attack on Governor Hichard,uon. [Charleston \World.1 FIo1lExCE,Au gust 2.-The campaign meeting here to-day, while not very large iii attendance, was one of the most exciting which has Vet been held during the present campaign. Farmer Tillman and L. S. Bighani, of Marion, furnished most of the excitement, the former making one of his characteristic anti-adninistration harrangues, and the latter by his speech, which was delivered amid great confusion and hubbub, carried oft the belt as the champion blackguard iand defamer of good men's character in the State. The meeting was held in the portico of a large hall away from the business portion of the town, -and was attended only by about two hundred persons, including a very few ladies. A larger portion of the crowd was from Marion County. The campaign party, consisting of Governor Richardson, Lieuteinnt Governor Mauldin, and Captain Ben Tillman, arrived from Sumter on the early morning train, and after refresh ing themselves at the hotel, were es corted to the scene of the meeting, where the exercises were begun at about 11.30 o'clock. The meeting was cdled to order by Mr. J. W. Beasley, chairman of Dar lington County, who, after stating the objerts of the meeting, introduced as he first speaker GOVERNOR RICHARDSON. who was greeted with applause. The Governor made one of his char acteristic, happy addresses, reviewing at considerable length the political situ ation in this State, and giving his views on the various questions at issue. Touching upon the charges which had been made against the state govern ment, by certain parties, Governor Richardson said that if the government had been improperly administered and unnecessarily extravagant the people should uproot it from the very founda tions, and should kick out the unwor thy officials. They should not, how ever condemn them on the mere hear say of two or three imen, but they should take them up just as though they were criminals, and try them before the proper tribunals for their otences. If any judge upon the bench does not properly discharge his duty, or does not behave himself in a manner becoming the dignity of his high posi tioli, let him be brought before the highest court in the State-the senate and placed on trial for his offenses; but do not condem: him on hearsay with out a trial. Charges have been indiscriminately mxade against the highest men in thle State, but I (amjiot, continued the speaker, believe that Hampton, the idol of our State, has proven false. I cannhot believe that the ga liantry of our BIutler has been dissip)ated, and that our sulpremie court is corrupt, as has been recklessly charged1, and I believe that he who makes these charges is asa foul man going about slandering the fair nmes of women. T'he revolution of 187t; was the granid est revolution on earth; it was the mighty upheaval of infamy and crime, and he rstittionof virtue and right. It s glriusstory wvhichlo should tellto ourchilren an toyour chil dIrenm's children. I will not rehearse the story of Radical ruin and degrada tioni, but will let a comiparison of the tax figures suttice. Under the Radical dlominlion the State paid into a corrupt treasury over W, 000,000) an nually, and to-day, undler D)emiocratic rule, the total taxes amiounit to only $700,000J. Instead of a Radical tax of twelve mills, we now have a tax of five mills, a reduc tion of more than 50O per cent. Under Radical rule, the State of South Caro lina wvas involved in an enormous debt, which was never reduced a dollar ex cept by disgraceful scaling and repudia tion, but when the D)emocracy attained r ascendancy, the State p)roceeded to dis pose of this grievous debt, by just and legal means. They p)laced all doubtful ases in the courts, and there they wvere adjudicated according to right and jus tice. The last of these cases was de cided just last winter by the United States supreme court in favor of the State, anid South Caroliua now stands unburdened of this debt andl vet un like the states of Virginia, Georgia and N%orth (Carolina, she stands wvholly without the stain of repLdiation on her escutcheon. From a value of ten cents on the dollar the D)emocracy has raised the credit of the State until to-day her bonds are worth 11'' in the Newv York market. thle highlest po it ever reached byv thleecredit of this State. The schools of our State while no't vet :ll that we wish to make thiem,. are on a firm basis, and our higher institu tions are yearly turnimng out youzng imen wvho wil prove a b lessinig and ar light to the commziunity in which they reside. Education is the leading issue of thme day, both for males and fenmales, for knowledge is powVer. When the D)emmocracy gained control oft the State ini 18 we ha practically no0 connmifon school system, andi( not a college, .,ave~ a negro inistitultioni at CodlumbIia. Every selcoldistrict wa~s then over. helmned wvith~ deb't, but now not one ini the State owes a dollar. 'We have teachers' ini~ tcts, nlorm:ai col leges and trailninig schools, besides our higher instit ut ions. which are yearly sending out young mena who will in the future rettect lustre on our State's imisory :r.. Ca'.lhoun's, TIhioriin-11's. and.I Memm,igIe's have in the past, an mi 1 thase ist utions boys who are unal,'e to p:ty their own expenses ore eduated(l -ee' by the State. THE AG lLlRLc"o1.LEc.. And now as to the proposed agriceul tural college, although I think it will cost a great deal of money and will be a burden to the State, I'ay if tho- people want it let them have it. But if the (leIsonl bequest i-, acce,ted it will either cost the State hundreds of thous ands of dollars or else other institutions will have to be pulled down to secure the support for the Clemson college. And again, the Clemson will may be contested, and, so long as this danger remains, the bequest should not be accepted, for, if the will is adjudgel invalid, every dollar expended by the State will be a total loss. But. -o warm an advocate of educa tion alll I, that I say if you must have the college, build with the State's own money, and let this dangerous bequest go. Build the agricultural college by all means,-build it high and lofty, let its spires pierce the blue vault of heaven; fill its halls with men of learn ing and science, and let the institution stanld as a living mionumlent to the fat ners of the state, shedding a flood of light from the mountains to the sea. Before concluding, Governor Rich ardson touched upon the charges brought by Bigham against Governor Thompson, and hooted them as false, and utterly without foundation, saying that they were too absurb in the eyes of all who knew Governor Thompson to be noticed enough to be denied from the rostrum. At the conclusion of the Governor's address, Chairman Beasley introduced Lieutenant-Governor Mauldin. ** } * When Lieutenant-Governor Mauldin concluded he was greeted with pro longed cheers. SENATOR B. W. EDWARDS was then introduced, and his appear ance seemed to awake considerable en thusiasn in the audience. Senator Edwards's speech was noth ing but a rehash of the old thread-bare arguments which have for years been directed against the South Carolina College. He made a scathing attack on the college, laboring to prove that the various appropriations which the in stitution secured the benefit of, were gotten, illegally. He spoke for nearly an hour, and toward tie end grew so worked up in his attack on his alma tmater, that he had to stop to wipe t he tears from his eyes, which he did amid thunders of applause from the Tilman ites gathered around, and cries of "Hur rah for Bigham." Senator Edwards's speech had tile affect of driving ofl'a large portion of the crowd, and by the time 3ir. Tili n.n, who followed him, began his ad dress, tile audliinc was rather slender.I "LET HI ROLL." Mr. Tillman was presented amlid up rarious applause and cries of '"Let huim roil,"' which did not subside 13or som When qluietwas restored the ftunous apostle of the farmers p)roceededl withI his harangue, parts of w hich precipitat ed sonme lively scenes. A TREAD-MILL m'SINEss. This thling of talking so mucth, said Mr. TI'llimlan, is getting to be a kinid ofi tread-mill business, but still I am gladt to comie before my fellowv-citizenls to let them know if I am a crank or a denma gogue. I am a candlidate for no office,( but am here at the behest of the Farm ers' Association. I wa opposed tot comning, because I knew the brunt of the canvass would fall on me. Thei canvass is a concession on the p)art of the ring to the people's demand for a primary, although there is as yet no. glimmer of the 'primary to be seen. Judgment has been taken before-hand, and nearly all the counties have already elected their delegates to the State coni-t vent ion. Public dliscussionl is tile best p)ubliec education, and our State has had none of it for twenty-fIve years; and as a coni seuence we are the mlost ignorant people in thle United States about our( governmi enit. South Carolina to-day is run by an aristocracy and not by a D)emocracv. The elections are noting but a rati-t fication by tihe people of the nomnina- I tons made by tihe rings. I am always i willing to respect anl aristocracy of brain, but God forbid that I should benid tile knee to an aristocriacy of bloodt or money. They call me a crank, but I PROUD) TO lRE A CRANK in suchI a cause. I have not yet suc eeded, but I am going to succeed. [A pplause.1 As sure as tha sun shines this movement cannot be p)ut dlowni by ay poe in South Carolina. RIEPEATING; THiE sLAND)ERs. Mr. Tilhuian here said that he would skip over the subject of the agricultural college, wvhich hiad alreadiy beeni dis cussed, and would procceed to talk about te gzovernmlenltal abulses. He then re peated all tihe old slanders against the State government on wvhich he has been harping for tihe past two years; but did not succeed ill proving them any better than he has heretofore. He, read lengthly extracts froml the (Comp troler-eeraPs report, anid claimled that th1ey showed "'incipienit corrupl tin"l iln tihe State otfices. Ini readiing1 these repiorts he said that the~ State ottiers o noi.t comlle oult sqjuarely withl, their ti.rures andi accounlts, liut 3 "hneyL'-fuggle anId Ilhmbozie'' so muichl that n0 o(lie aln niiake anvtlhintr I ut of them]. Thie Radical pendulum, he -aid,e tltil it ind a ini'o-t rahed Ielie e zen It extrav aan"e, wVz< broughlt aratr iy (Govrnor Ilag-t'd in 1Y) but n t is beginnIn; to swing back a'ai:. The first I)eui;merats who iot i \er were g,otoi men, Ibtut after I i set gut inl who liked1 tile publiv im ' iinucli that, instieal ot tiglhteiniig lie b, they put ont n w CauOets its tr milking it 'It. Soietiii(s 'e gti rul got1 to )ltutiia, but tlhey are not hir bI efore"t upl "siclets" Some1t CO1lel or g ral or "tttier," who takes the gre iorn to a clothing store, fits 1um vith a new suit, has his hair cut a las hiiii anointet. TIhe poor fe How tl ets proud, and fearing his aristoer. rie'ndls will tlt hirn if he ap1wars Io'e, lie votes or : bi-s salary for sIyuImn piiysiciai, under w hose helia e fears lite might be somle day. Fr hat he goes on vot ing large s:tialie )r. iope :ndl the otler e14dho iipp VIIo are his bosses. 11r. TillliI tilc n fired into the r undl c'Omnissioni after hI;sms )rived style, takinlg g,ad (lare to ver,yt1hin1g lie coubl against, ail li ng in favor of the commission. ;ot otl several old ;g:ay-haired cht luts along here to illustrate his poi 1l of which seened to please the 'I nalites immensely. They call the Legislature patrio toiorable, continued the speaker, a et, in ISS3, faced by the constitutio )rovision that a census should be tak t dared to refuse to make an appro1 itiol for that purpose. Oh, Charleston! thou habylol! hell )> Columbia and the colonels and g als, you have defeated the consti ion, and to-day the counties wh >ore the brunt of the fight, wh aved you from negro rule, are rohl >f their just representation throu au. I didn't start this movnemit hay tuy idea of the proportions it wo tssumie. I stayed quietly at home, 1 wept up a devil of a thinking. A LIVELY S(ENE. Mr. Tillmian coupled this last ren: vith a gesture toward The Neics .:ourier reporter, adding, "Now I gil hat young mlanl will call that vul; ,it." Mr. Reporter was on his feet tim instant, and nioving over to wh \Ir. Tillnan stood, entered into a sh: )ersonal controversy with hirn, wh :ould not he heard for the great e 'usion and uproar which at the ti )revailed. Mr. Tillman ended it -elmarking in rather a coniciliat< one: "Oh, that's all right, Mr. ( :ales and I utnderstand each -other. ire friends." (treat ,onfusioli acet anied this little quarrel, and at ime a row between the two part 4eem1e( iniilinent. ANoTI71H.1. now IMMINENT. About the time the uproar \ uiietedi an old gentleman stepped le frtont and anunounecd to the ero nl langunage more forcible thtan eieg; .at Tilbumi aund all his crowd wrn et of- fools, anid ought to he >tit. The Tillmianites tried to hii inm down"i, but the ol fellow T thout "'three sheets ini the wind,"'' >(tsse5sed of very good rungs, anid th. -mtrts were unavailing until the< nan1's friendis carried him off by foi 1n1GHAM'S VITI'1'EIIA'T!oN. The next speaker was the "'Hni."' . ighianm, of Marion, who has gali he reputation as thle nmt st n]diei< lantderer' the State holds within >orders, by his recent atttacks oni overnior T'homupsonu, chiarginlg h: vith taiking fturniiture front the exe :ive mnansioni. .3ighiami's spieh vo ituperative to the utmost degree,a nicatedl exactly what the man is. He conitradicted1 himself Iby sayi iat lie dhid- not charge (Goveri lhompson with anythinugdishionoral md switchued off his venom on to (< ~ror RIichardsoni, charging him w: aying taken S16.;0 fromi thle st rasury to pay for gas used in oernior's mansion while it was un Ini the course.5 of Bighamn's speec*h uade sonie reference tot Mr. N. Jonzales, of the News amid Couri .ho fromt his seat at the reportt able called out iin a very calmu titnc oie: "1 thiink vou are very nmuch m ass, and( it you dlon't mind yt iusiness alti let ine aloune, you'll urt.' Tlhiis remiark (cre.ate.d intenise exei ieit, during which Mr. Gonuzales he table and app)lroaeblinug Bighami ather a threatening mainner, demian( hat lie shiould not refe'r to hiimi aga vhih demand Bighamt agreed to w thaste andl preciptitationl whuichlv iardhy ini keeping with his assun igity. (N EXTnA(CT FRotM IH1AM'S LETT'r It may b'e (of initerest to The Wo .':(le.rs to kiiow that on thle author a disting'uishted ex-State Sena roum Ma rion it is stated that Bigh. oi one octasionl plaiced t wo witnes i thle statid ini thle eou rt-house to o prv t hai his own miothe'r could e believed on oath. And this is nan who attaeks with his falsehot uclh men as Thomlpson aind Ritcha on. Ewenty-one HIouses Struck by Lighitni N NEwou.s,A.\ugust 2.-A spet oro St. Cloud says thai:t twenty-t oses in all were st ruck by tligh tn luring !ast niighit's -torm*ti. Twoc of ). C~limrerit's chuildre'n will die fr i-ets ofa bolt that struck the hou hree p)assentger trains ont the Manitt ad are in the yards at St. Clu iabie to proceedh. St. (ittud is 1 -ity which was devastated. by a cycht Omhie w Vea.' :tno itli CO.NFEoI):ATE SHOES. ntl ( rotetue Expedients Re-orteud to luring A the Civil War-A Wooden Shoe One of the First :nventions Patented no Under the ('onfederney. ilk [Atlant Monthly.] up The dearth of leather also drove the a ents. Sole leather, espeei:ally, Owliing to to the ditieulty which the small tal- t o lg nlries exp)eriCieei in Its lrodut"tion 1), An- was extremhelv scare. Wood, whiclh Ln- had long been worn to a limited extent u up by the slaves in some localities, now nld cale ittogeneral use in the miaking of ien shoes. A woolen shoe was amnong the tie very first inventions p:tented under thle ('onfetderate gove"r;iIIIenlt. Iii the s, h"Ile l)ginning a coIsitleralde variety of v rgt" shapes pervaied . Somnee coutl,l lo no mIII b)eniter than dig out a rude wooden re- 4 to &-eLtacle for tile loot, a travesty ont the \ er" sabot w,ori by the Frenil pea::IltS, a strilp of leather being att:acihei to the r 'il- tp b y leans ol' which the clog was r al- secured to the ankle. But by tir the a: best and most oi'ortab,le style, and j Ii- one which was adloitedt wienuever tile t Ht additional.eaitler reuiLired Was to e c st- had, was a simple sole of ash, willow or tI nt, soimle light w\1od, to which full leather ipl uppers were fastelnet with ta-. At il first these were so thick, in order to tie, insure durability, that among, their id various other effeets was that of adding mal very sensibly to the statur: of the coni elh, munwityi. >ri- Later on it was found better to umke u the sole thinner, and protect themii from V )ed wearing by nailing on their hottois 0 cn- light irons, similar in shape to a horse- s tu- shoe. They are necessarily the noit r ich shoe ever worn, announeing the Zip- to ich proach of their wearers at a good round e ied distance. Wheit the air was clear and I ghl the ground frozen one %was by thiss means kept well apprised of the move- r ng ments of his immediate nieiglibors. b .d Especially did their telltale chatter )ut make theni the abomination of the si negro in his nocturnal rambles. To the si dismay of nervous people and careful a u-k house-wives, their effect indoors was al something terrific though after irons esf caine into vogue and lessened the far impaeting surface the clatter was toned in dow to soimethilg under the tramp of Ir a horse. Nor were they much less. try d etrutive to floors, while carpevt. k- simply did not exist in .heir wake. b )-Despite the serubblg aIlIai scourlllg of a c quarter century, their marks are yet to by be seen in sonie houses. )rv USE OF WOO.EN BOTTO MS. >11- The use of wooden bottoms for shoes e was v n1o means 'Coifined to the ne m- gr(es. They were worn by the majority mof laboring people, as well as by many1 P es of both sexes who had been reared in 1 aflluence. The scarcity of the last winter of the war drove falmilies into r' tlhemtl, except the little feet which could t" < not be trusted to steer ruchi traft but b ore their share of mlartyrdlomI by beingr it imprl-iled throiughiout the livelonig Grea~. t skill anld eduLt ion' were re''tiisite vlto keep afouot inl woodenl bottomlis at all. -ais A queer speetacle it was, too, to see Sonle's fellow beings steppinig gingerlyP -ir aroud, as if there were uniiversadlimis ~l ivinigs as to the safeniess of the earthl's erust. One ma:y forget his first featt withi firearms anid even hiis exploit on Sskates, but niever hlis first right on-or, i to lbe acuralte, hiis Iirist abouito ~n b iswoodlen bottoms. If. the soles5, wahichi, ins a11I clmlsy attemplt to lit thle foot werec shaped like rocke'rs, wer'e oncee set in -utilting onie foirward, espeeially in d -s sceninglllu a hill, till volitionl was utter lyd13 lost, antd niothinig short of aln ascnt 0 oir a fall could arrest them. HIowever, ini netime they bieamie compiiaratively manl Iagealble, one getting able to choose his ia iii, own piath, as well as to have somuie small 1 ..voice iln stopp)ages. th I ppers were mxade of such ramolomi I te pieces of leather, or of aniything hear- c -hie ing the faintest semlblance ofleath~er, ast le- could be lighted on. Carriage curtains aiid buggy tops) wcre acecepti?ble. Ini sonic cases old( molricco) .po>ekethooks tI le -rc convertedl into chuilren's shoes, *whil. miany- ladies mianiagedl toi fashion rthenmselves a sort (of moccasin out of r, the most heterogeneous andt unp)ronuis ing materials. Woe to tIle careless wight who suffered hissaddled horse to ur stand (out nlear the church, stoire or ret postoifhice after nightfall! The chances were that when lie went to mount lhe te- would flid that somle (mne hand appr(o ef priated his saddle skirts for so)le leather, ~ uniles lie had forstalled such an act lby ti a11.~propriatinig themi to that cend himii t Anarch,ismi in Chicago.P ed[Newi York Sun.] - Can.w, .July 3-lt w-ill, I thiink, ~ n. -sur prise the pubilic to learn that up to a rid week aigo there wecrc nearly fifty police- ~ ity liln istill on thle htital list fruom im or juries received at the awful slaughterd Lii 0occasioned by the Anarchists' bonib -e- duringr the H1 aymiarket riot. These ci ry menIL- hav.e nowi~ beenl oreredl on iduty ot as door-tendhers, aiid b ridhgew-watcher he. and drivers of patrol wa-igons, whilea id ifty abltie-bodied men~i have bien oirdered l r- a re-enlforc-emients- into the districts wahiere AnarchOiismi is ramlpanlt. Take t1 it all ini all, thle A narchist qluestion iln ngChiicaLgo is a rat her dense a nd dangerous () .sor-t of a muiddle, andl it is not to be wondelred aLt that thie pieople iare ry. He'ni Get There, Too.I t se. [Andter-son Initelligence-ir.] I iba It is authioritatively stated that theg udl ion- .lohni ( . Shleppard, of Edgeftield, tI ie will not be a t-anidiate fori Governor C ine this yecar, but will lbe in tile ratc in 1So e. PERILS OF THE RAIL. eeident. A verted by the Promptnes of the Engineers. [11Regist+'r, ld.] On the Spartualur)g, Union and (o miia Itailroai yeste'rday, anx axle on flat car loadcd w ith co:il, attached to freight train, broke and blocked the rack to such an extent that the down assei4ger trainl due here at 4::) could ot pass, until the track was cleared, ad, asa consequence, (lid not arrive util 8:20 last night. AN ENCINEEIt's 'lto11tPTNESS. [Register, 3d.] What came very near resulting in a :rious accident occurred on the Green ille road at Hodges yesterday. At this lace the branch track to Abbeville miiects with that o lthe iiaii line, on -Ich the train for Columbia was anling. The Abbev;lie train caie )illilg up to the station, and for some ason was unable to stop at the right )int., and but for the promptness of ngineer Sc1uiipert of the Columbia ain, in pulling his throttle open and rking his train away at a lively rate, ic Abbeville train would have crashed 1, and no doubt caused colSideral)le ss of life. A SERIOUS ACIDENT AVERTED. [Charleston World, 3d.] Engineer J. L. Anderson, of train o. tl on the Atlantic Coast Line. iiich left Charleston at 6.30 o'clock esterday morning, averted a vervseri is accident. When twenty-five miles )uth of Florence, the side connecting )d of the engine broke, and the parts ire away the greater portion of the ib, plowing up the ground and dis lacing the track. Engineer Ander )n, as soon as the accident happened, ,versed the lever, put on the air rakes, and leaped from the cab. The train came to an instantaneous op, shaking up the passengers con derably, and causing a great deal of arm. Mr. Anderson's presence of tind is highly appreciated by the pas mgers. All the passengers left the ears and it in the woods until another engine >uld be procured. I-lad the engine not been stoppedl so uickly, the whole train would have >en derailed. Good Ireeding. [Abbeville Median.] What can be more disgusting than ud laughter or talking? Who can ?ny that a sweet gentle voice accom tined by a silvery flowing laugh is to preferred to a loud harsh voice and coarse laugh ? Girls wily not mnode te your voices so that they will be stful to the ears of the old and young. o not raise the tone until it grates on le . :rves of all your hearers. A >rtherni lady writing fronm White Sul b~ur Springs says oif the Southern dies that they' were certainly wvell red as they never indulge in loud ughter and nlever resort to slang~ bxrases to mx ake teir co)nversation itty. Do noit get a mistaken idea at she means all Southxerni women for iere are sonme few who have forgot nx their duty to the dlear old Soth ad have given up gentler ways and loptedl harsh ones that de not sit elI on any true woman. Not hinig so xlars a womaniI of intellect as a loud sugh. A girl nmy be plain and have one of the beauties that miake h elles of 11n1 but to listen to her soft laugh and e the true light of youth leap to her es and feel the touoh of her tapering nxgers that is so soothing then the mart of all goes out to her when with voice of calmx ladylike sweetness she >eaks wordis ofecomfort to every one. When we listen to a loundl laugh we tink that perhaps our lovely untry is not civilized after all and mit wve are listening to rouighs. Our ancestors never tolerated coarse tighter and is it possible that now in xis highly civilized time we would ire introduce a habit that is so shock xg in every way ? Let us all endleavor to cultivate a xodest fashion, a soft laugh and a gen! Prof. Loisette vindicated. [The Voice, New York.] The charges made against Prof. Loi tte, the dhiscoverer of a widlely adver sed memory systenm, have failed to andI. Prof. (u. S. Fellows, of Was'h gton, D). C. H-igh School, had writ n and extensively circulated a pam ilet ini which he tried to disprove rof. Loisette. claim or originality and inounxced him as a swindler. Prof. oisette brought suit against Prof. Fel ws and asked for an injunctioni rainist the further printinig and circu tion of the pamiphilet. On last Tues ly, tihe :4th, Chiief.Justice Van Brunt, Supreme Court Chuunbers in this ty, dhecided that Prof. Loisette's miemt y system was original with hniself, xd at the sanme tinme he granted himx iinjunction antd ordered that the ates anid all printed colpies of tihe pamn ilet be givexn upI to Prof. Loisette, mus comipletely vindlicatinlg hximx. Ii to be Pumipedl from Lima,, Ohio, to Chii eago, a i)istance of c!o6 MInes. LIM., 0., A ugust 1.-TIhe great p)etro) um pipe line between this city anid hicaigo, 204 ihle long, was se in ,erationi this mxorninlg. Oni accounit of -ades the olit has to be puxinpedl from xis end(, aind the first stxuly will reach bicago ini eight days.. Th'le mxove exnt of oil is very slow. The lixie has a pa.itv of $S,ont ba rrels d1ily. BETTER THAN TUE HOTEL SCHE311 Busirrs ien of Charleston ai Last Mfake Move in the Right Direction-A Steamship Line to Bal timore. [Sixcial to the Re_ister.] Ct A xst.ESro. A ugust 2.-The speci comiittee composed of members of tl Chanber of Connneree and the Cotto and Produce Exchange to provide f "lhe establishment of steamships b tween Charleston and Baltimore, lii their first meeting to-day, and appoin ed sub-coiimittees to report details. the sense of the meeting, it was agre( that the pioneer ship of the line shoul have a capacity of 7,000 bales of cottoi and also be adapted to the carrying i truck and fruit. She is to have accon iodations for 10 first class and 11 second class passengers, and must ha a speed of fifteen knots per hour. Si is to carry water ballast, and be able 1 eross the bar on half tide. The est mated cost is $:5,000. A special aget will leave shortly for the North to ii vite estimates, etc. The new line is 1 be controlled hete, and only a limitE amount of stock will be placed in Ba timore. Books of subscription will 1 opened shortly, one firm having alre dy subscribed $10,000. It is expect( to raise about $200.000 within a wee after the books are opened. The mov ment is intended as opposition to tl Clyde Line, which runs between Ne York and Jacksonville, calling at Cha leston. -- - Calhoun's Lecture to Thurman. [From the Rome, Gla., Tribune.] During the recent visit of a Ron committee to Mr. Thurman the coi versation naturally turned upon ti greatest of Southern statesmen, Job C. Calhoun, of South Carolina. M Thurman was asked if he had know Mr. Calhoun in public life. The r ply was interesting. "Yes," said 3I 'rhurman, "I knew sIr. Calhou in the closing years of his politic: life, which were the opening years < my own. I shall never forget my fir meeting with him. I was quite your when I first entered Congress, and ni uncle, then a United tates Senat< from Virginia, took me the first thir to see the great South Carolina state man. Mr. Calhoun received us kini 1y, and, from the first, devoted his a tention to me-a young man-to ace tai extent ignoring his colleague, ni uncle." "I believe, Mr. Thurman said he, "that this is your first term Congress, and from your youthful a pearance I should say you had not lot been out of college." 3r. Thurna admitted both propositions. "We] sir, while you were in college I hol you studied the history of Greek R, publies! Did you?" Mr. Thurna gave sonic enumerations of his studie in which general history was include< "But, sir, as a public man, looking fc ward to pulblic life, you should ha' studied the history of the Greek Rl Ipublies." "And then," said Jud; Thurman. "'for a full hour he turni is attenitioni to nme, and Il guarai tee that there never .fell fro! mortal lips such a lecture as the yel erable and distinguished statesman d livered to me, an audhieene of one, upc the sub)ject of the 'Greek Republic It was a profound volunme upon go ernent." .Judge Thurman furth saidl that no living man was ever mo luminous in argument and more ir pressive in his sincerity than 3Mr. Ca houn. Th'lis republic never p)rocured greater intellect. Break Upi the "Trus~ts."' [A ndersonm Inmtel ligencer.] This counti-y is now cursed wil coal, oil, beef and sugar trusts, and no a imiller's ring is beinig formed to cm trol the price of tlour. This last is a vocatcd on the ground that "reasonab shut-downs wKill for the benefit 'f tl trade." An exchange says :"it do not seem to have occurred to the m lers that if a business is overcrowded is fairer for manufacturers to sea down their p)rices or go into other bu; ness than to seek to make the pub] sup)port a lot of unnecessary mil Nor does it sceem to have occurred theim that the p)ubliC may object having a tax placed upon its bread order that a few millers may ket up their large incomes. There mu be an open fight against the trust ide and such action as that of the mille hasten its comning." It is about tin to stop the formation of these gial monopolies to control the prices of ti necessaries of life ; and now that th< seek to regulate the price of our dai bread, the matter is brought home every person in the land. Congr~ would do well to lay a heavy hand< the trusts. hed Tea. Icedl tea is a piopular beverage' bl how many cooks or housewives kno how to mane before the ice is adde simple as it may seem? Here is recipe which is said to be infalllbl Put the tea in an earthen or agat ware pot andl set on the back of ti stove, where the pot andi contents wl get thoroughly warm ; then pour< wr.ter that has been fresh ly boiled am bolling thoroughly at the time; I standl on hack of stove fifteen minute by which time the tea wvili be perfect dIrawn. If you desire the tea to be pc feethy drawn. If you desire the tea be pecrfecit and( to remiainm so, separa the fliqid fronm the leaves by pourir it ofr into another vessel. If your i tint loln is to sp->il it, you have only boil it and let it remaini with the leav 1:. HOW TO KEEP COOL. a Seaonable Advice for a Campaign Year and a Hot Summer. [Phliladlelph i Call.J Don't get excited. lBathe frequently. al Leave alcohol alone. ie f you must drink, drink slowly and "I sparingly. It is the throat, not the >r stomach that is dry. L- Don't drink large quantities of ice .d water. Put oatmeal in it. Lemonade t- is better still. s Kecp your temper even. 'd Cold water poured on the wrist .d where the pulse is, is cooling. ' Warm baths before going to bed open A the pores of the skin and induce per ' spiration. 0 Don't get angry. e Don't worry. e )on't argue. o A contented mind can stand more - heat with less suffering than a fretful it Ule. I- Passionate men see everything like .o a man standing on his head-a veiy ,d hot position. 1- D)ont't be chump enough to sweat for >e fashion's sake. A New War Story. k c- [New York Herald.] 1e Apropos of the Bull Run battlefield I an interesting historical incident istold r- which has never found its way into print. Away back in 1861 Mr. J. W. McLain, a respected and substantial Virginia landowner, lived with his family two and a half miles northeast of the sleepy old village of Manassas. ie The southern extremity of the farm - was bounded by a little stream which 1e has since become famous in history as n Bull Run. On the banks of that stream r. twenty-seven years ago yesterday the n advanced post of the Confederate army, led by General Beauregard, r. encountered the skirmish line of the Union troops under the command of 1 General McDowell. Here then the first actual hostilities of the war began st some months later. 'g When all the country hereabout had y fallen into the hands of the federals Mr. McLain "refugeed"-that is to say, g emigrated-to the western part of the State,where he purchased another farm in the vicinity of Appomattox Court t House. This act placed Mr. McLain, r- who was a true son of the South and an ardent sympathizer with the se cession cause, within the Confederate n lines, and removed him to what he P regarded as a safe distance from the g hated Yankee invaders. Here he re n mained until the spring of 1865, when 1, by the fortunes of war the dreaded invader again made his appearance. - This time, however, he came with 'n peaceful 4ntent. On the farm which McLain was then contentedly tilling the two great chieftains of the war, r- Grant and Lee, met, and under the e friendly shade of a spreading apple tree, the negotiations which led to the e surrender of the Confederate arms were begun. When the terms had 'been agreed upon the principals and Stheir aids sought the seclusion of the SMcLain mansion, where the inistru ment which bound the transaction was ~~signed and delivered. And so it happened that Wilber Mc SLain's Virginia farm furnished the ertar herein the opening and clos re ing acts of t~ue great drama of our long civil war were played. The table upon which the articles of surrender were a prepared is still in the possession of the McLain family, who subsequently returned to their home in this county wvhere they still reside. Punched Coin in the Collection Boxes. w [New York Sun.] ~ What we need in our church is less d preaching of 'prohibition and more lepreaching of honesty," was the excla menation of a business man to a friend es who took the vacant seat beside the sekron a train from Connecticut iinto New York. This rather remarkable comment was the answer the friend received when he asked the business iC nian what lie had that jingled so in the s. heavy bag that was taken from the seat to o make room. t"This bag," continued the business man, "contains punched, clipped and Sabased coins, and I am a going to New st York to sell them for what they will a fetch. Oh, no, I didn't take them in amy business, but in another way, in 1e which I couldn't refuse them. You i see ILam treasurer of our church, and 1eteedmsadnikels and other coin were put from time to time in the con tribution box. When clipped and to punched coin began to be refused they a began to make their appearance in our iboxes when the collections were taken up. I suppose we have taken in $100) wvorth of this coin at its face value. I am goin)g to suggest to our minister at that he give us a sermon on petty dis w honesty. Our church isn't peculiar in 1, this respect either. The treasurer of a one of the other churches in town tells e: me that lie is bothered in the same e- way." le A Costly Ranlroad Accident. ill - ~In BOSTON, August 2--All of the thirty id ive cases against the Boston and Prov et idence Railroad Company arising out i, of the Bussey bridge accident have been Ly set tled without trial. Two csses were .r- referred to arbitrators, in one of which to Oscar H. Norman was awarded $18,000. te The highest amount received by any Ig one injured in the accident was $25,000. a- It is understood that the whole cost to to the company was about $1,000,000. es The bills of physicians paid by the comn n ary amounted to about $100,000. Cost of a Small Cannery. [Florida Fruit Grower.] The plant has a c-pacity of 5000 canis per day, and is :.s follows : B oiler................................. Donkey Pump.............................. 5 . Two dippinl boxes........................ 15 Two processing tanks.................... 40 One cooling box............................. 3n Gasoline tank................................ 8 Fire pots $8, air pumip 6................ 14 Labor........................................... 1.' $07 Even a cheaper plant than this will do ; $350 will do very well to begin on, adding other machinery as -required. Tomatoes can be raised in payingquan tities in this State, and it is a good coun try for dewberries, and a blicklwrry country. 'It is also a question of timw when every neighborhood will have a canning plant and a better knowledge of the trucking mnterest that will make it a success. We will add that not only do dew berries and blackberries grow well here, but that they could be cultivated and made to yield luxuriantly. We have the fig and sour orange, which make excellent preserves, and which would be raised in great profusion the moment that a canning factory would be started here, which buy all that the fruit grower would bring into the market. Tomatoes, green peas, sweetcorn, okra, eggplants, and other vegetables do well here, and truck farmers only need the stimulus of a market which they would find in a canning factory to cultivate them on an extensive scale. What the Mils Bill Means. [New York World.] Mr. Mills' masterly summing up'of the case for tax reduction through tariff reform, accompanied by a copy of the bill itself, woula make one of the most effective documents that the Dem ocrats could circulate. Mr. Mills first showed the "condi tion" that called for tax reduction; a treasury surplus of $130,000,000, now being augmented at the rate of $9,000, 000 per month. The Democratic policy is to stop this surplus. The Republican policy is to spend it. The Mills bill reduces the revenue from universal necessities or comforts of the people, by an abatement of taxes, $50,000,006. It cuts of $20,000,000 more by putting upon the free list other necessary articles. It reduces the average duty from $47.10 on every $100 of imports to $42.40. And this is called "free trade!" .$2 - - It is ai average duty 23 per cent higher than that of the Morrill war tariff of 1862. It is almost identical with that of the prolonged war tariff in 1882, which the Republicans proposed to reduce 20 per cent. If tne promises of the Republican tariffcommission and the Republican Congress in 1882 had been fulfilled the average duty would have been reduced to 34.16 per cent. The Mills bill leaves it at 42.49. And. yet that was "revenue reform." while this is "free trade!" The truth is that the bill does not go far enough in the direction of a lower revenue or a free trade. It is simply the best that could be passed. If it should become a law and work well the people would, no doubt, extend it. If it worked ill they would go back. The. whole matter is in their hands. But this campaign is to be to" long anId too earnestly contested to admit of the de ception of intelligent voters by lying as to what the Mills bill is. A Fatal Mistake. ]Detroit Free Press.] Mrs. Jacob S-, an estimable woman living in a small town in the West. dis covered early in her matrimonial career that she had not been fortunate in her choice of her husband, for Jacob proved to be excessively lazy and shiftless, doing almost nothing for the support of his wife and the round-faced little children. Several years after her marriage Mrs. S heard of the approaching marriage of Jennie Krale, the daugh ter of a neighbor, and meeting the girl one day she said : "Vell, Shennie, I hear you yhas thinking about getting married. Vas dot so?" The girl, with becoming blushes, ad mitted the truth of the rumor. "Veil, Shennie," said Mrs. S "It would be vell for you to dink dwice pefore you marrys anybody." "Did you think twice about it when you were married ?" asked Jennie, rather representing the intimation that she had not made a wise choice. "Vell, yes, I did," replied Mrs. S --, after some little hesitation. "I did dink dwice, Shennie; but I made von grade meestake, von grade mee stake, Shennie, I did not dink der second time until after I vas married." A Yankee Girl'. Foreign Marriage. CONSTANTINOPLE, Aug. 1.-M. Gey er, secretary of the Swedish legation, was married to Miss White, of the United States, this morning. The Sultan gave the bride a handsome diamond tiara, and the bridegroom a gold cigarette case with his monogram in jewels. The pair will sail for Malta. Thinks Stanley is sare. LONDON, August 1--Dr. Schwizi furth believes that Stanley may have reached the Southern part of the ex tensive and ill-defined district of Bahr el Ghazel from which there are two available routes to Wadela. Stanley, he thinks, is safe unless his supplies of ammunition have become exhausted.