Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Mr. Hemphill -' r'=was down to speak from half-past 12 to ock, but at that time there was confusion in the ball, owing to bt preparations forthe electoral count. was-therefore agreed that the debate '?o the Smal:s case should be postponed 'tii after the count was concluded and No- Senate had retired to its own inamber. ItX was: nearly' 3 o'clock idiejn Mr. Hemphill was recognized by sAc ing Speaker McCreary and com enced hisspeech. He had but thirty tttes allowed him, but so interest aiiwere.his remarks that twice the ouseextended his time. M:r. Hemphill's remarks were devoid f partisanship or personal prejudice, they so:fully exposed the hypocrisy ofthe Republican party in' dealing w with the-colored race that the hall rang with applause repeatedly as he poured te cold 'and iundisputed facts into the = willig ears of his Republican ends. The galleries were crowded and there WS a full attendance of members in tlieir seats. They swung their chairs " around and gave strict attention to the , ong South Carolinian. His principal argument was to show that the election ieof outh Caroliina are framed to git the white people the same right -Nat the Northern people claim for the coidred man. - He sad he had never seen the Re ' sbcn so delighted as when they had the-privilege of abusing a great sectionof the country. As to-the regis tration law ef South Carolina he desired tosay that it had been put on the r statute books by Republicans and was 4fair-and just - law. Ix one district, ~ wbere.32,00 colored men were claimed " by the Republican party, only twenty two were refused registration, and not oief them appealed from the decision otlieriegistrar. All this gabble and- talk about the rrjeregistry law of South Carolina a the merest twaddle,. and was iq .results different from Mhose.invoved inhecas.. e denied that the election laws of South Caro - ina were intended (as had been as serted) to cheat Republicans out of btbirmights. He did not say that they ? ere framed for the purpose of putting -epublicans into power. The peopie af ofSouth Carolina believed that the tman was as good as the negro. ~!hybelieved that the negro should ~baeall his rights, but they did not ~~i~ietethat he 'should have all his tand tire whites rights, too, and ' he -did not intend that he should S2vethem. [Applause.] -TARITNG A-P'ASSION TO TATTEBS. Some gentlemen 'worked themselves into a great passion in talking' about tihe suppression of votes in the South ~ era States. The gentlemen from flli nis Mason and Rowel.l) had delivered philhipics against the Southern people. - and had declared that the people of __-South Carolina stood convicted, before ~~Speopl of the United States of a get crime in depriving the negroes of ~ their right, to vote. The speech made by the gentleman fromfIllinois (Rowell) Sand the great passion he had worked imiself into, was proof that he-did not have very much faith in the strength Sof lhisease. He had resorted to the old ~~plan of abusing the plaintiff when he h~: lad nothing in the shape of facts to ~':"4eet to the jury. erng to th~e charge that part of A tin the South had been sup ,he said that in 1884 California I3 cast 58.8 per cent of her vote, ma59, Conneaticut 77.4 . and 97 per cent. Maine, the home -etetliving statesman in the nofimanylimen, cast 69.1 per cent, nnessee 78.6 per cent. -Southern States-had cast 12.2 nt more votes in proportion to oo,n ADAPeMalnumber of in the' North. Down mn Florda ~z took 29,268 men to elect a member to hhs House but in Massachusetts, the Viand in which the breezes of heaven Sdid not begin to compare in freedom 'with the freedom of her inhabitants, it took only 20,440 men to send a Rep resentative to Congress. "How many does it take in South Carolina?" queried Mr. Milliken, of Maine, amid Republican applause. CAROL!NA'S HAPPY FAMILY. "I will answei- that," responded Mr. Hemphill. I do not say we cast so ma'gy votes in South Carolino, for- we have about come to-that happy state, among white and; black alike, that when the people get a good -Democrat in they let him stay in and make no opposition to him." [Applause and laughter.] "In Rhode Island, continued Mr. *Hemphill, .it took 6,830 votes to elect a Representative from the 1st district, while it took 15,630 votes to elect a Repr'esentative from the .2d district. According to Republican logic, there was a supp?ession'of.votes somewhere about here. If the people of the South were doing' the samething, the gentlec men from Massachusetts and Rhode Island coul not'say that they were doing an" .ling better. If because the people of South Caroilina did not choose to:cast their ballots, gentlemen were .going to argue on the cessta there hadbeen suppression of the vot,e, let them apply the same rule to Massachu setts and Rhode Island. "All the people of the South asked was fair treatment. If the colored man was so dear to the people of the North, (and he was not going to ex press ary undue affection for him,) why did not some of the Northern States elect a colored man to Congress and make a living example of his fit ness to make laws for the people.of the. United States? There were a number of States in the North which would not havea glimmer of a chance of be ing carried by Republicans except for the colored race. The colored people had been full-fledged citizens siuce 1868, and yet in Northern States which had a colored vote which could keep the Republican party in or turn it out, nota single instance had there been of a man elected to Congress who had a tinge of color in his blood." WHITE AND BLACK AT THE NORTH. "Can you name a Northern States," broke in Mr. Hopkins, of Illinois, "where the colored vote is 20 per cent of the entire vote?" "Oh!" replied Mr. Hemphill, "then it comes to this-that unless there are in the district enough negro votes to put in a man of color he never gets there." LApplause and laughter.] "If you want colored men to vote for a white man, and if a colored man is as good as a white man, why .does not a white man occasionally vote for a colored man?" [Laughter.j Mr. Hopkins: "Do you know of a Northern State where a colored' man aspires in that direction? Do you not know that white men there take care of the colored men?" "Oh!" cried Mr. Hemphill, sarcastic ally, "I know that. I have never, known a colored man in-a district in a Northern State who had the assurance or presumption to suppose that they would elect him to office, even if he did aspire to it." [Applause on the Demo cratic side.] This last remark of Mr. Himphill aroused the Republicans and Messrs. Cheadle, Funston, Owen, Rowell and others were on the feet plying Mr. Hemphill with questions, which neither he nor anybody else was able to hear on account of the confusion in the House, the mingling of voices and the*ersistent demand for the "regular order." ? Finally Mr. Rowell's voice was heard above the rest, declaring that in Illi nois colored men had been elected to the Legislature. "We elect them to the Legislature of South Carolina." responded Mr. Hemphill, "so commonly that I would not think about mentioning it. [Laugh ter.] We elect them on the Republi can ticket and on the. Democratic ticket, and the first time I was in the Legislature both my colleagues from my county and our Senator were col ored." -.Mr. Johnston, of Indiana, suggested that the county should have elected another colored man at the same time. [Laughter.j "I do not say," continued Mr. Hemp bill, "that a colored man in the North does not occasionally creep into the Legislature, but in the South he gets into the Legislature all the time, and I know that since 1868 there has not been a Legislature in South. Carolina that has not contained colored men, both Democrats and Republicans." BAD FOR CHICAGO. Continuing, Mr. Hemphill said he proposed to show, from a Chicago pa per, published in 1887, that the colored man had niot as many rights in Chicago as in Mobile and New Orledns. This brought Mr. Adams, of Illinois, to his feet with a demand for specifi cations. Mr. Hemphill replied that he would specify, and he quoted from the paper to show that in Chicago a colored boy could not get into a trades union, and could not learn to be, a mason or car penter.. Mr. Adams: "Neither can. any American boy." "If that is so," exclaimed Mr. Hemp hill, "Chicago is worse than I thought it was." [Laughter.]* "It is bad enough to treat a poor darkey so, but when you treat every man that way it is worse thari I thought." [Laughter.] "I agree with you," was Mr. Adam's comment. Continuing to show the bad treat ment of the negro in the North Mr. Hemphill said he had seen it stated that in Marion, Illinois;, where some colored men had recently been em ployed in a tobacco warehguse notice had been served on them that if they did not leave town in ten days they would receive summary punishment, and notice had been served on their en ployer if they were not discharged his factory would be burned down. RHODE ISLAND'S ROBBERS. In Rhode Island, until recently, if a colored man insured his life and died, his relatives could not get more than twg-thirds of his insurance money. [Laughter.] The -'Legislature after twenty years had suddenly become aroused and had passed laws to pre vent insurance companies from swind ling colored men out of one-third of their money. At Fort Scott, Kansas, colored chil dren had been turned out of white schools. This declaration aroused Mr. Fun ston, of Kansas, who vehemently, amid loud cries for order, denied the assertion. IMr. Hemphill: "I will not yield. It is not worth while to get, excited. -"From what do you read?" shouted Mr. Funston through th'e din. "From the New York Nation," re plied Mr. Hemphill, while thie Repub "In the State of Ohio," continued Mr. Hemphill, "the State of Senator Sherman, they used to have black laws. Recently the Legislature had repealed these laws. One of those laws had kept colored children out of white schools. On their appeal an attempt had been made to put colored children into white schools, and at Oxford four hundred people had held a meeting to protest against it." This time it was Mr. Williams, of Ohio, who was brought to his feet, and amid the confusion which attended his entry into the arena of debate, he was heard to declare that Oxford was a town with 2,400 Democratic majority. [Laughter.] Mr. Hemphill: "So far as the North is concerned, Democrats and Republi cans think the same." Mr Williams: "That portion of Ohio is called 'South Carolina.'" [Laughter.] Mr. Hemphill then read a newspaper report of tne meeting to show*that it was composed of Republicans as well as Democrats, and that it had accomp lished its r)ject in having white and colored children kept separate. SORRY HE SPOKE. Mr. Gallinger, of New Hampshire, here took a hand in the discussion by asking Mr. Hemphill if he did not know that Ohio had elected a negro as a member of the electoral college. Mr. Hemphill-replied that he knew that a negro did sometimes slip into an office tLt had no salary connected with it. [Applause and laughter.] But a colored man could not live on glory any more than a white man. He (Mr. Hemphill) did not knoiv any people more interested in having a free ballot and fair count and some just solution of the negro problem than the people of the South. There whites and blacks were to live together, "sink oi- swim, live or die, survive or perish." They must live together. But it did not lie in the mouths'bf the people, who had treated this race as the people of the North had treated them, to give the South advice on the question, and par ticularly on the. 'question of. honesty in elections, until they had done some missionary work among themselves. [Applause on the Democratic side.] OTHER SPEAKERS. The deh.tewas continued by Messrs. La Follette. of Wisconsin, Lodge of Massachusctts and Rowell of Illinois (Reps,) and Messrs. Tarsney of Michi gan and Crisp (Dems.). . - Mr. Crisp, like Mr. Hemphill was frequently interrupted by questions from the Republicans. Mr. Johnson, of Indiana, was one of those who en deavored to interrupt, but Mr. Crisp waved him off with the remark that the gentleman was imitating the tac tid of Smalls in the State where they resorted -to blocks of five. Perhaps they had better look at home before they went a'oroad. This remark brought the Indiana Re publicans to their feet in indignant protest, but Mr. Crisp declined to per. miL interruptions, and in the midst of the uproar his time expired. Trhen a sc-ene of intense tumult and confusion errued. During the delivery of Mr. Crisp's speech the main aisle of the House had become thronged with members of both parties, who kept up an incessant demand for the regular order, while Mr. Crisp attempted to have his time extended, while the Indiana Republi cans continued their vociferonis but al together unintelligible demand for an opportunity to reply. The Speaker pro temn, Mr, McCreary, attempted gainly to quell the tumult, which was gradually assuming the pro portions of a riot, and he was finally obliged to call upon the sergeant-at arms to assist him in preserving peace. That officlils, armed -with the silver mace of authority, proceeded up the main aisle, scattering nmembers on all sides, but even with his assistance it was many minutes before the presiding officer couldl bring the body to a state of comparat ive quiet. Then Mr. Crisp asked leave to extend his remarks in the Record, but Mr. Johnson, of Indiana, objected unless he could be given the same permission 'in answer, he said, to the being made against his State by the gentleman from Georgia. At Mr. Rowell's suggestion, however, leave was granted to ~Mr. Crisp to print, and Mr. Johnson again came forward with his request, but Mr. O'Ferrall, of Virginia, objected, which led toa remark from Mr. Owen, of Indiana, that "there is a hereafter of unanimous consents." The vote was then taken on the minority resolution declaring Smialls entitled to the seat, and it was rejected -yeas 126. nays 143-a' strict party vote, with the exception of Mr. Wilson, of Minnesota, and Mr. Russell, of Mas sachusetts, who voted with the Re publicans. *The majority resolution seating El liott was then agreed to without a di vision, and the House at 8'o'clock adjourned. No other spring medicine has won for itself such universal confidence as Ayer's Sarsaparilla. It is the most powerful combination of vegetable al teratives ever offered to the public, and is acknowledged by the medical profes szon to be the best purifier. As a.toilet~article, Ayer's Hair Vigor s,tands unriv~.aled. It cleanses the scalp and remove~s dandruff, cures- itching humors, restores the original -color to 'faded and pay hair, and promotes its THE THREE .C'S MEAN BUSINESS. A Contract for Extending the Road fron Atla Rutherfordton to the Great Coal Fields-82,500,oo is the Cost of the Work. I[Tel NEW YoRK, February 14.-Col. R. A A. Johnson, the general manager of Inn the Charleston, Cincinnati and Chica- ers go Railroad, said to-day that the com- zen pany had awarded to a Knoxville firm adn the contract for building'the road from hon Rutherfordton, N. C., the present ter- crat minus, to Pocahontas County, West mer Virginia. The amount of the contract thei is two and a half million dollars. wit Col. Johnson also said that Gen. que Rosser, in an interview published in we the New York World yesterday, gave a lan correct account of what was proposed drif and of what had been done. betN The interview with Gen. Rosser, any mentioned by Col. Johnson, is as fol- don lows: bety "I have just seen signatures affixed," stal Pon: said Gen. Thomas L. Rosser yesterday, w "to a construction contract which tec means a new trunk line across the Sou American Continent and a new trans- we, atlantic route for freight and passeng ers. It means also the development by gro civilization of the -birthlight of the . Cherokee Nation, the last and richest pric resc corner of this great land of ours to yield its treasures to. the locomotive evei and the forge. cur - "Have you ever noticed that the ur great American trunk lines run from dev northeast to southwest, through the richest portion of the country? To the C north the continent is crossed more evenly by the New York Central and buy Pennsylvania systems, but tJieir gener- the' al trend is from the northeast to the southwest. The Baltimore and 9hio e and Chesapeake and Ohio, and Nor- the folk and Western and the Richmond and Danville system takes their course southwest from the Atlantic coast. "l Hence parallelism and competition. .ll But w1ay not have a trunk line cutting bra across all these and running from" the . southeast Atlantic coast across the new mineral regions of the South, which is enf the mineral depot of the word, to the great Northwest, the grain depot of the al world? sati: "This has become a practically ac- us a complished fact by the award yesterday j of a two and a half million dollar con- gov struction contract by the Charleston, the: Cincinnati and Chicago Railroad Com- par pany, through the Massachusetts and M Southern Construction. Company, of gr New York, to McDonald, Shea & Co., and of Knoxville, Tenn. The entire con tract for the construction of the new say trunk line from Charleston, S. C., to bus the Northwest had been let to the wor Massachusetts and Southern Construc tion Company. The latter sublet yes- D terday to McDonald, Shea & Co., the Sta building of the road. from Rutherford- neit ton, N. C., to the great coking coal e region of West Virginia,.in Pacahontas lyi County, which may now begin to com' tha pete with the cannel and coke trade of wit Pennsylvania for the trade of the in world. 'tho "Take a railroad map and see how h. uniformly the great railroads ruh to har the Southwest from the Atlantic sea- and board. Now look at Charleston, S. C., a bt. and take a bird's-eye view of the new y railroad route from that southeastern bus port straight up. to the Northwest, ou~ through Western North Carolina, Eas- and tern Tennessee, Southern Virginia and vei4 Eastern Kentucky to the grcat grain rict regions of the Northwest. The Char- enc leston, Cincinnati and Chicago Road Ha' proposes to run from Ashland, Ky., to dee Charleston, and the Massachusetts and of t Southern Construction Company are to h build it through so far. From Sumter whi to Charleston it uses the,.lines of the lati South Carolina Railway, which it will sufi eventually buy. ign The connections with New York are que made indirectly by cutting the .other Tha great trunk systerns, with which den traffic arrangements are and are to be lati made, and directly by -the Old Do- rett minion and Bay lines of steamers and is e the Seaboard Railroad system, which nov connects directly with the Charreston, A ICincinnati and Chicago Railroad at ma: Catawba Junction. The Bay Line also to 1 gives direct connection with Baltimore oth and Philadelphia. wil "There is a romantic interest attach- OPI ing to the wonderful mineral country which will be tapped now for the first . time. I; is the heritage of the Chero- Sot kee Nation, and the story is that un- and principled white men bought it from stal the Cherokees for a consideration of stai pots, pans and kettles. So ignorant let were the Cherokees of what they were dot selling, and so artful we.re the whites, tha that the latter took from the side of one the hill enough iron to make all the pots, pro pans and kettles mentioned in the nes deed, and of such purity that the ore istr itself was beaten into tife required tair uten~sils without so much as putting Dei lire to it. I know it to be a fact that at sho Wilder's Forge, in that country, Gen- anc Wilder takes out ore so pure that it re- Sta quires no treatment. The Indians un- spo doubtedly used to make their horse- Un shoes out of the ore. The hard woods the found in that country. now are walnut, eva cherry, ash white oak, black walnut, the red oak, white pine and poplar. Some upc of the poplar logs are from four to six an< feet in diameter.'' soli NIot M[uch Chance for Gov. Thompson.ti WAsHIsGTON, Feb. 14.-The Sena- wil tors who are familiar, with the inten- bad tion of the committee in charge of the for nominations of Ex-Governo'r Thomp- are son.for civil service commissioner. and' tur Mr. Stephens for, district judge' say I there is no prospect of action on the the nominations. n WANT TO BE LET ALON . seli the nta Business Men Think the South inti Needs no Special Attention. 1a' legram to the New York Herald.] g90 TLANTA, Ga., Feb. 13.-Mr. S. M. C ian, one of the largest cotton buy- ele< n the South and a prominent citi- gro says in regard to the incoming "Tl Linistration and the South:-"Put the est men in office. Whether demo- of s or republicans, let them be honest citi: 1, and as much as possible native to Sta r surroundings and in sympathy oth< i the entire people. , Let the race sho ;tion alone as much as possible, as owl Lave seen under President Cleve- be I l's administration the very rapid Sta t toward the friendliest relations for veen the whites and negroes. In C case where flagrant injustice is and e to the negro the sentiment of the all er people of the country will not opp d in the way of the arrest and goo ishment of those who commit such spii ngs. I believe that under the pro- feel ive ideajhe industrial growth of the C th will be very great, and that what you 2eed above all other things is a mu vth in the direction that will employ ver surplus low priced labor at higher self es and tend to develop the hidden risc urces of this sect.ion. It is becoming put *y day more and more apparent that has wealth of resources is simply incal- C ble if a proper economic policy is tor ;ued to foster and encourage. its me: lopments." coi DOING VERY WELL. re Dlonel Robert F. Maddox, cotton Sot er and banker, says:-"We are C ig very well, and I do not think auc r can do anything that will forward ves interest more than to leave us alone. tioi wilrindorse the good and condemn ing bad in the administration." cou Aonel George W. Adair, one of the at business men in the city, says: t her go, Gallagher and the South take care of herself. The South is 7e, sensible and conservative, and stand up to the Union and the I )rcement of the law. The Southern hai ple and the negroes understand one onl ther darned sight better than the hai ikees, and we will adjust matters fac1 3factorily to ourselves if they will let be lone." Wi :r. M. C. Kiser says:-"This s s ha' srnment of the people in which last e should be no legislation for any wh icular section." slig r. A. H. McAllister says:-"Con- nes a ought to legislate for the people wal not for party.". bla: r. D. M. Bain, hardware merchant, anc ;:-et them attend to their own thr ness and let us alone and we will anC k out our own salvation." Me TO PECULIAR POLIO Y EXPECTED. a si r. H. V. M. Miller, ex-United cos :e Senator, says:-"The South anc her needs, expects or desires'any 2 aliar Southern or sectional policy. St at is hoped of the administration is car it may be conducted in accordance ma a the constitution and the laws, and thi be interest of the whole people of of United States." bef r. H. W. Grady says:-"Keep the ba ds of Chandler & Co. off and comedu see us. Give us good officials and t siQess-like admitilistration." :r. Walker P. Inman, a prominent g iness man, says:-"I think they ht to put the very best men in office aid the South all they can in .de- "t >ping her resources. The South lis .; she needs only to be let alone and T >uraged. I have great faith in Mr. yar -rison's,policy. I think he is an ex-. hia lingly good man and will Presidentbu be whole country." i r. R. D). Spalding, a p minent'' >lesale merchant, says;-"AIny legis- ver n looking to securing proper roa 'rage here would be passed in utter ha' rance of the situation. The race Me stion will settle itseif if left alone. re is no class of citizens heee that isw] ied its right to vote, and any legis- m n would only have the tendency to rd the progress of the South, whichne itirely satisfactory to its own people [r. George Winship, a prominent his aufacturer, says: "I think we ought. kil ave the same showing that every , er section has. If we get this we do' have no cause for complaint."a1 ORTUNSITY TO OBLITERATE SEC- oft TIoNALISM. bu HARLESTON, S. C., February 13.- thi th Carolina voted against Harrison, an< would do it again, but she will sed id by his administration if he will sm id by South Carolina. If he will me aer alone in the management of her les aestic affairs she is quite willing thi t he shall make all he can out of wa; Presidency. I asked a number of it 1 minent citizens, politicans and busi- ne: men to-day what the new admin- Chi ition should do for the South. Cap- Th Dawson, member of the National rail nocratic Committee, said:-"It un< uld treat the South as the North not West are treated. The Southern see bes have the same rights and re- ani asibilities as other States of the W1 ion, no more and no les. Disregard sut ir rights and they will neglect or mij de their responsibilities. This is Th whole story. Put Southerntwhites alo n their honor as Ameriban citizens its i they will find a lawful, peaceful the ition of the race problem; treat them thi nemnies and the power of conserva- ros whites will be nuliified and the, thi uience of the heedless and reckless Iand become irresistible. This will be gel for the Union at large and worse ido, the Southern State s and those who vei interested in their present and fu- ina >r Andrew Simonds, president of ve: First K'ational Bankh, said:-"Let oy alone. We can take care of our- he res. Treat us like all other parts F country, not as a section, but as a ?gral part of the nation." lajor W. H. Brawley, a prominei yer, said:-"Let us alone. Appoi d men to office and trust to time. aptain F. W. Wagener, Clevelan tor for this district and the large cery merchant in the State, said: ie President should be President < whole United States. The peop] the South should be considere .ens of this whole country. - T1 tes-the Southern States as well e er States of this great country uld be left alone to manage the i affairs. The federal offices shoul illed by permanent residents of tb te, and every state for itself, and a the nation." olonel T. Pinckney Loundes, brok< society leader, said:-"It should d it can. Therg- was never such a ortunity offered to a PAsident < d judgment and sound sense to ii -e in the Southern.people a nationi ing." aptain Simeon Hyde, a leadit ing lawyer, said:-'-The new a< iistration should let the South a ely alone and let it take care of i which it is perfectly able to do. Ha n should appoint gbod officers .at us in a position where we' sha e less politics and fewer elections, aptain W. St. Julien Jervey, soli( for this circuit, siid:-"Put' decei a in the federal officers. They mu ie from the democracy, because ti ublican party as it exists in ti th cannot afford them." aptain R. W. Marshall, broke tioneer and member or St. Michael try, said:-"The new administr i has the opportunity of accomplis] a great deal by a little tact. I rse. should be conciliatory." Another Letter from Mexico. NEW LORADO, MEXIco, January 26th, 1889. Vhen I wrote last I told you we we. -ing a little cold weather but tha y lasted a day or two. To-day we a 'ing delightful weather again, i ., rather warm. This is given up ' the finest climate in the worl, th the exception of a few days, v 'e had spring weather ever sin October, when I came here, at en a morniug is cool eno.ughi for ht frost, the people here complain ,rly freezing, and you will see the king about wraped in a heac aket. They wear no coats at a I when the weather is cool; the ow a blanket around their shoulder [ work this way. Everything on tI xican sideis very cheap. I can bu lit of clothes here for $15 that wi t $25 in the United States anywher I yet Mexican money is worth on] ents on the dollar in the Unit( tes. But you are not allowed1 ry anything across the ,river.. ni is allowed three suits of clothe ee suits of underwear, and two pa; hoes, and these all have to be. woi ore you can take them over, and t eo and whiskey, after paying ti y, you have to get a permit also ry it over. Any one caught tryii ~muggle goods over stands a preti d chance of a life time in prison. e a trip aci-oss the Rio Grande occ ially, just to get muy foot on "Unc n's" soil, or as they call it her od's country." I can, I almost in ne, feel freedom in the air I breath SRio Grande, River is about 2 'ds wide, the banks are 25 or 30 fe b, the current is about 50 feet dee: on the side of the current the wat< hallo.w. The water is. not mudd; nost rivers, but "kinder" blue at y cold. The Mexican Nationail Rai d has a bridge for trains, but peop re to cross in boats. Texas at s:ico are building a foot bridge tn: 1 cost several millions of dollars, bi I not be completed in sever: nths. VJell, I did n'ot get to go back ti :t day to skin my tiger as I wro iI would. I had to go out ear ,t morning. Wish I could have g hide to send you. Guess I will n tany more. k>me time ago I took an extra tra. vn to Corpus Christi, in Texa >ut 161 miles from Lorado, for a los tattle. The first 100 miles is nothir ;a vast prairie of waving grass abo1 ee feet high, and had all ripen4 1 looks something like our broo: ge, only it is finer grass, and is noth asif it had been cut off to asure, and to look at it at night, u: Syou know what it was, you wou nk it was water, and as there is a ys a cool strong breeze from the gu) ooks like waves on the water. TI a 61 miles, that is from Corpi risti, was nearly all under wate e country is so level that when as the watermiannot run off,.so it ier water nearly all the time, wil ;a tree, bush, or sprig of grass to 1 n; nothing but wild geese, ducl; Ipigeons, but it is matted with ther ien they fiy between you and ti L it looks like a cloud. There a lions and milliops of them in drove e track is a sight to see, runnil ng through the swamps. Sometim inks in the mud and water whi train rolls on it, and you cannot a track at all. This beats all the ri ding I ever saw, but the-engines< s division are very small and ligi I run very slow, so there is no da .Corgus Christi is a beautiful pla< g.n on ,the coast, it reminds r *y much of Charleston, and there t a strong salt breeze from the gu kes it very pleasant, and said to -y healty. You talk about fish al ,ters, you ought to see them come ce, great boat loads at atime. I'w >f only there from 8 p-m. till 8 a.m. next n day, and you bet I made good ".se of them while there. I went down to see it them open and can oysters. They can it 1,000 gallons every 12 hours. The oys' " ter shells are loaded on cars andlauled d out on the railroad for ballast. _I am - ;t much pleased with'the place. You can - - buy the finest farm lands here for $1 tln >f per acre, and can raise more corn than og e you care to gather. A working man yi( d with a small capital could make plenty Ul e of money here raising corn and cattle. th a Well, the caller has come and I must of - close for this time. I get The Herald ne r and News every week. - It looks a little pe d wild out'here in Mexico, but I hold to ha e it till I read every line. ll D. C. DICKEBT. E3 co r A BIG EXODUS IN TROUBLE. 0 Fifteen Hundred Negroes at Goldsboro, p N. C., Waiting for Emigrant Agents who - have been Driven Away.. of - - - lar d [Special to the News and Courier.] ac CHARLoTrE, N. C., February 12-For mi g the past few days things have been su very lively in Wayne County, and the wi local military companies have beeii tai - standing ready for service at their cap- cu: '- tains' command. In fhat part of the by d State the negro population is dense, ho 11 and nearly every year many of them su "emigrate to other States, where they are made to believe milk and honey is it plentiful and gold grows upon trees. st It seems that this year the ex- St 1e odus amng the negroesis greater than e heretofore, and consequehtly'the wrath to of the old farmers, who depend upon r, them to pick their cotton and do farm 's work, has been wrought up to its high est pitch seeing their labor carried off 1- by the sweet promises of emigrant ts agents, who are generally: very num erous in the eastern portion of the State at this season of theyear. A telegram from Wayne County to dr night brings news that nearlyall the white citizens are armed and fully de termined to stop negro emigration hc e from that county. Two military coM- h, Lt panies are out to stop any trouble that -e may arise. John P. Richardson, who a n is the largest Southern farmer, and A who has been in the ecunty -to em i- ploy negrpes to go to Tennessee, Louis re iana and Mississippi to work on his 2 farms, has been made to leave the d county alone. Other emigrant agents ea a who have visited Wayne Cointy Is ) the last three days have been compeled n by determined citizens to leave'on the y first train. " There was a.,very excitin8$. y day at Goldaboro, where theEe; e 1,500 negroes, With theirfmme8who .01 hC lad sold'all their household plunder ki y and were waiting , for the emigrant . 11 agents, who had been made to leave a town, to furnish them passage Y The negroes are almost riotous, and d only .the glittering of the militia rifles Sprevents bloodshed. i DISTREsS OF -THE NEGBOES HUDDLED o -' AT GOLDSBOBO. - irCHARLOTTE, February 14.-Advices' nfroni Wayne County are to the eflet~ .that the negroes ame in destitute cir-w icumstances. in great numbers. At rc SGoldsboro, many hundred reain iu o. ihopes that the emigaant agents will w come to carry them away. They have th no money or food, having exhausted jo Sall their means while idle preparing to ab Lemigrate.-it The railroad company now refuses to se furnish cars to carry the negroes away- N< Iti adthat the ears would in-all t probability be burned if they stopped of in that county. The mayor. of Golds- N< bcro is fee&ng the hungry crowd and fr -they sleep in empty box cars and abont g the depot platform. There are women b and children among them and it is a lsad looking crowd. i d A T--xas Editor Rimed while Trying to it save his ramily from the Quicksand. 1EL PAso, Texas, Feb. 12.-At Yaleta, ~ the former seat of this county, ten miles cs edown the river, an accident~occurred. yesterday afternoori which cost five a ypersons their -lives. Dudley, Tinkey v~ >and Alice Jones, the children ofR. H. E yJones, editor of the- 'Ysleta Report, i nwhose age ranged from eight to fifteen ti syears; a lad named Wade Hampton, e ten years old, and two other children 1f were playing in a sand cave on the s' bank of the Rio Grande which they (' itt dhad converted int6 a playhouse. The hi Squicksand felljn. and submerged the fe four first named. The others made " Stheir escape and ran screaming to the 4 ahouse and gave the alarm. b) rR, H. Jones went immediately to the hb cave and rushed in to save his children. The top of the cave fell in,samethering te him and the four others. it; A large number of people collected ai r.and soon secured the bodies of the vie- w' *tims, which were bu.ried to-day near th 4he place where they lost their lives. hj Jones came her a few years ago from ,Guadalupe county, Texas. a. The Ladies' Favorite. re The newest fashion in ladiesd hats s. will doubtless cause a flutter of ple- u] gable excitement among the fair sex. ms Ladies are always suset ble to the ge es changes of a fashion Diat; and the n more startiing the departure, the morea ee carnest the gossip over the new mede. a( dl Dr. Pierce's Favorite PrescripU'nis a ro rpoitive cure for the Ills wihafflict femalos and make their lives miserable. it, This s~overeign panacea can be reliedon -in cases of displacements and all flune Stional derangements. It builds up the ' poor, haggard an ragged otv eadgives her renewedhp afresha he- lease of life. It is the only medicine for Lf, woman's peculiar weaknesses and ail beIments, sold by druggists, under a posi idtive muarantee from the munufacturers, dthat it will give satisfaction in every . icase, or money refunded. Read printed- di as'gnarantee on bottle wrapper. -Se CARorLisN INuhC iks b Pr6ses of a809~ &e Co Xtioefy. iotoa erd [Special to 4 sn J OLTMBra1 Febrary ' it the "A tn. bred arewradofeo :j a d of corn per acre aited States ths95 r fact thafth~ -- Agrculturebs$e ~" ward of$500 -e titor if he-be aD e s naturaIly attrecte' [n rder to- nfornc.8 cth farohnane;a thoe* r mpeting f{r Ehe mft'ofcuure1 intedTor genera Lcirgethe reportrD Columbia, who, 3a1 gesterop-ofeorf e e re of grouzid,te :tee who verre', veyor who asin uch the pheno aed. The foli,~~: tar, which ean -e themany agre ped, will compete m oferedasapsed I'e followngis To the Execue ateA en: Asa com ,r bewardedorc i rnnfom two*ect Lpresen:he ittee, andihe easured the port on the id cltureof$ The* ground.elikI ent was.a nd' as broken oagh.in 3eie-x4 " rse.ler pofre seember.ai'dwl wed with tbes.ub arch anotherc < w manure t*sofa 8 ofugh frty lc og . 113,01e ed.IIthafurrow the former and tter to:eschacf ; The seed s tie".6 m North Carolin sale MountainC i~? during the nif<r nlitre at was pan* hoesadzle g it perfectTyg e9j is ploungd itii[ w plough anea 1 the 5th anid 17& ark was repeatedi out the roots o) tie finng. Duringa re No. lwe.sWk the committee TS .1 was 200 bushels >m acre No. 2, 116 arts, making from -o shels and 18 quarts. All of which Is itted. Columbia, November 9 1w The undersigned, atn ittee, certify that thel: re, superintended thene easurement of the proa-a res of ground beIongnr? ted by Dr. 3. W ound we wouldde anch land; and find te beon acre No.1ltwo and twelve quarts and ~ ne hundred andilte ~ c quarts-making fo trai ecording to Mr. Va' mndred and sixteen bai en quarts of goed, soina gard as accurate, and isud entirely satisfactory to trai iying It is known to a part:ofthe e that acre No. 2, oralarze was ploughed up2 a' la id planted over whc ef is an Injury to the~crop-and eyield. .ohn Dr. J. W. ak edon yest Waythe ad, and fndit to idhavemeasared of re ofeorn inthe fekIniM Very trulyyor,-7 Columbia, S C. Full isrcin IIIbe furnished - .Butler toal Don'thw,h iges Gatrh -e~