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?HK SU?TEK WATCHMAN, Established April, 1850. kBe Just smd Fear not-Let all the Ends thou Aims't at, be thy Country's, thy God's and Truth's THE TR?K 50CTHKON, iCetab?shcd June, 1866* Consolidated Aug. 2, ISSI.] Published erery Thursday, BT N- GK OSTEEN, SUMTER, S. C. TERMS : Two Dollars per annum-in advance. ADVERTISEMENTS. One Square, first insertion.$1 00 Every subsequen t insertion. 50 Contracts for three months, or longer "ill be made at reduced rates. All communications which subserve private fiterests will be charged for as advertisements. Obituaries and tributes of respect will be chargedfor. SH! MY BACK rnnrj strata or col* attacks Hot weak tack - ^ and nearly prostrates jon. - ? . Streagtkess.the M?seles, = " ~ - <,?TA f- ' : > "Steadfeatk? Nervest Emicbes the Blood, Gives New Vigor. "Da.J. L. MixssJPczifiBld, Kr**, saysr jig "Brown's Iran Bitters is the best ion medicine I ?S*einown in ray 30years' practice. I have focmd it specially bene?eia] in nea roiiaer^?^^ T " ?H dStflftstba th??, hwg ?> Hpiirfly on the system. Use it ?ret?y in iny own ianhly." Ha. W.P. BSOWK. 537 Mast St, Cfor?*ton- Ey., says: "IT?SS coopletdy broioen down in health sha troubled with back. Brown's Iron Bitteo entirely restored zno to health.** Gennrae hs3 above Trade Mark and crcesod rod Raes on w?ayper. Taie no otber. Made only by BSOWX CHB3BBeaX CO., BAIJ?IOES, SI?. C0TT03S BATTING MATTRESSES. TT7HERB WE SPEN?) ALMOST il ALF W of our life should.be made as comfort? able^ as possible, and for the purpose of aiding this 'good work, and makin? some money, we sow offer the best COTTON BAT? TING MATTRESS ever pot apon this market. Three grades now made-$5-00, $6.00, $7.00. Sample and - full information at Store of Treasurer, A. Moses, Satisfaction guaranteed in every case, or money refunded. j SUMTER COTTON MILLS C: BART & CO,, Importers and Wholesale Dealers in aux a CHARLESTON, S. G., Are receiving by steamer and rail from the North and West fall ss pp lies each week of CHOICE APPLES, PEARS. LEMONS, PO? TATOES, CABBAGES, ONIONS, NUTS , OF ALL KINDS, ETC., ETC. ^S^Ordexs solicited and promptly filled. Nov 9 x IMPORTANT TO HOUSEKEEPERS I HAVE OPENED A GREEN GROCERY ON LIBERTY STREET, NEAR MAIN; I will keep constantly on hand Fresh Tennessee Bee?* PORK, TEAL., MUTTON, AND SAUSAGES. Give me a call and save time and money. Goods delivered free. I. O. WESTON, S?r. S H Sumter, S. C. FALL AND 'WINTER fa ffflBnt-Es MILLER Are prepared to furnish their friends and patrons with Trimmed and Untrimmed HATS AND BONNETS FEATHERS, FLOWERS, RIBBONS, &c, ia great variety. ZEPHYRS AND CANVAS. Goods shown with pleasure. Call and examine our stock before pur? chasing elsewhere. October 26._ J. .D. CRAIG, ESTABLISHED IS5G. FURNITURE DEALER ASO> UNDERTAKER, MAIS STREET, SUMTER, s. c _ {gs . m WOULD THANK BIS FRIENDS and the public generally for their liberal patronage in the past, and hopes by low prices and fair dealing to merit a continuance ol' the same. He bas received al read y a large and varied assortment cf HOUSEHOLD Furniture for the Fall Trade, to which weekly additions ?re being made, and there can be found IN HIS WELL STOCKED ROOMS ns great a display of FURNITURE OF ALL GRADES as in the first-class city h&ases. He bas bought bis goods DIRECT FROM TBE FACTORIES, at lowest prices to be had and proposes to give his customers the full benefit of bis bargains, PARLOR SUITES, Wood and Marble-Top Bed Room Su i ?es, Bedsteads, Mattresses, Spring Beds, Chairs, Sideboards, Sofas. Lounges, S'afes, Bureaus. Washstands. Pictures, Picture F-ames. Window Shades, and all other articles supplied by the furniture trade. -ALSO, WINDOW GLASS AND PUTTY. Call at bis store and be convinced by a per? sonal examination of good3 and prices that these assertions are true. He takes pleasure in showing customers around. THE UNDERTAKING DEPARTMENT, Is complete with a large number of styles of Coffins and Caskets, from thc smallest io the largest sizes made, and at as reasonable prices as tbesame can be bought anywhere. Calls promptly attended to. day or night. J. D. CRAIG. Oct 5 _ Info M?i^fenatthe NTowsjK*i.*r Adver. ?SSSm I -"fi-imr AiTr?ry of Messrs, m? W? AYER & $QH^ouj:3JX>x>d2*<iagent? EEPLY TO GRAY'S ELEGY* No ocean "gera of purest ray serene" Is planted io the deep to perish there ; No flower on earth "is born to blush unseen,'' "And waste its sweetness on the deser air." The eye of man may ne'er behold that gem "The dark, unfathomed caves of ocean hear j" His keenest sense ne'er note the sweet per fume That rose distils upon "the desert air j" Still not one sparkle of that gem is lost, And cot one breath of fragrance from the rose, For round about them area countless hort Who in their splendor revel or repose. Those "dark, unfathomed caves" of ocean deep j Are not so dark as poets" sometimes write ; j There myriads moving, mingling monsters creep, And doubtless to them all that "gem" is bright. Within the caverns of the grains of sand That lie around that desert rose's feet A thousand living things, fed by God's hand, Find joyous home3. To them that rose is sweet. And still, if not a creature wandered where That rose Ls blooming or that gem is laid, The great Creator God, who placed them there, Would take delight in works his hands had made, Think not thy worth and work are all un? known Because no partial penmen paint thy praise ; Man may not see nor mind, but God will own Thy worth and work and thoughts and ways. The desert rose, though never seen by man, I3 nurtured with a care divinely good ; The ocean gem, though 'neath the rolling main, Is ever brilliant io the eyes of God. -By Needham Bryan Cobb. The King of Stage Robbers. Daring Exploits of a Consumptive Bandit With, a Game Leg. From the Denver Republican The Republican of yesterday morn? ing contained a special from Pueblo which announced that 'the lawyers have made use of the Supreme Court decision on the invalidity of criminal convictions by information, to obtain the release of Hamilton White, alias Burton, from the Federal Penitentiary at Albany, N. Y., where he was serv? ing a life sentence for stage and,mail robbery iii Conrado.' The crime of White, although it occurred at a time when stage robberies and hold-ups were of common occurrence th Colo? rado, was so bold and daring in char? acter that it occasioned' great excite? ment and comment all over the coun? try. The whole career of the robber shows him io be a desperado of the most pronounced type. On the 23th of June, 1831, the stage running between Lake City and Alamosa was making the trip to the latter place with fourteen passengers, including one lady. About midnight the stage had reached a point about nine miles, west of Alamosa. Sud? denly -Halt !' was heard. 'For God's sake don't shoot V ex? claimed the driver. Out of the darkness appeared the form of a mah with masked face and cocked revolver. In courteous tones ; he requested the passengers to alight and be relieved of any superfluities on their persons. Across the road a heavy branch had been placed and on this hung a large piece of canvas. From behind the canvas a number of dark objects strongly resembling riile barrels were pointed at the coach. 'Don't shoot, boys,7 the highway? man called out to the darkness behind the canvas; 'these people are all right/ He then proceeded to blindfold the passengers and to reap a rich har- ' vest of about ?2,000, including the | mail sack containing several register? ed letters, calling every now and then to the supposed force behind the can? vas. His work done, he bade the passengers 'good night* and disap? peared. The news of the robbery ? caused great excitement, particularly after it was discovered that the man had been entirely unaided in his at? tack on the fourteen passengers, an investigation showing that the sup? posed rifle barrels behind the canvas were only a collection of dried and blackened sticks. To show more plainly yet the daring of the man, he was of slight build and a consump? tive. His right hand was crippled and he was lame in one leg. Yet lie had overpowered thirteen male pas? sengers, including a number of freighters, by his consummate cool? ness and daring in carrying out his ruse. By his description thc robber was arrested in Pueblo on the day following the hold-up by City Mar? shall Desmond. The latter i ut med i ately telegraphed the fact of the ar? rest to the Post ??ice officials in Den? ver, and was instructed to bringf ihe prisoner to this city. On July 1 the Marshal with his charge started for Denver. Realizing that he had in custody a desperate man, Mr. Des? mond did not leave his side until the train was speeding down this side of the Divide south of Castle Kock. He then rose for a glass of water. White made a rush for the door. The train was moving at the rate of twenty-five miles per hour. Desmond made a clutch at the escaping prisoner, but was too late. Burton plunged on his shoulder on to the ties, his head fall? ing but a few inches from the rails. Ile rose and made off over the prai? rie. Desmond and a number of the passengers followed in hot pursuit, but it was not until Desmond fired a shot which grazed the robber's head that the latter came to a halt. It was then found that in his flight ho had taken Desmond's valise with him, ex? pecting, as he afterward explained, to find a revolver in it. Ile had i;i some way managed to draw one hand out of his manacles. White was then taken to the coun? ty jail in Denver. While there ho had a conversation with L. C. Carpen? ter, Special Post Office agent, regard? ing lu's trial. Mr. Carpenter told him that if he would confess he would be tried in Denver before Judge Hallett. He told him that that would probably mean a life sentence. If he did not confess he would be taken to the vi? cinity of his crime and probably bc lynched by the citizens. The pris? oner refused to confess, saying that he would in any event prefer a dan? ger of being lynched to a surety of life imprisonment. Meantime, stones of his past life began to be circulated. It appeared that he was, at the lime of his arrest, under indictment for murder in Tex? as ; also, for robbir.g stage coaches. Five years previous he had been sent to the penitentiary for robbing a stage coach, and about six months previous to his advent into Colorado had been pardoned out by President Hayes. Between the time of his pardon and the stage robbery in this State, he had been putting in his time commit? ting a murder and robbing three or four Btage coaches. He had fixed methods in his ex? ploits similar to those used in his Colorado feat. Ile always went alone, and usually employed the ruse of pre? tending that he had a force of armed accomplices in the background. Hs was noted for his chivalry, never rob? bing the ladies, and treating all the passengers with courtesy and polite- j ness. While he was robbing the Al- j amosa coach, one of the passengers begged for money to buy a drink when he reached Alamosa. With grim humor the robber handed him $2 50. During his trial there he was con- ! fined in the city jail, and made him? self again notorious by another dar? ing and desperate attempt to escape. He had in some manner got hold of some tinfoil. Tkis he shaped in his hands to the form of a revolver. One evening, while Cantrill was alone with him in the cell, he suddenly pro? duced the tinfoil pistol and cried out to Cantrill to hold up his hands. Can? trill did not detect the ruse, and prob? ably supposed that that moment would be his last ; but, nevertheless, he made a rush on White, seized him, and threw him to the floor, and then, for the first time, discovered that the prisoner's weapon was not a genuine one. His trial occasioned much interest throughout the country. It resulted in his being sentenced to life impris? onment. Then came the question, Where cuuld he be confined with safety ? His desperate character was well known, and it was understood that the strongest of prisons must be used for his safe keeping. There was talk at first of confining him in the United States prison at Fort Laramie, but it was decided that this was not strong enough. Finally it was de? cided io take him to Detroit. United States Marshal Wiicox was the man on whom fell the pleasant duty of ac? companying White to his future home. When the two started on the ? journey the Marshal took every pre- j caution to insure the safe keeping ol White, and during most of the jour? ney ail went well. At a point about fifty-miles this side of Detroit, as the two were sit- j ting side by side, White suddenly rose in his seat, raised his manacled hands and struck Wilcox in the face. Wilcox reached to his pocket fur his I gun, but the desperado was too quick for him. White in some way obtain? ed a hold on the gun and pointed it toward Wilcox; but in the struggle thc latter had succeeded in getting his finger behind the trigger, so that it could not be pulled. Meantime the wildest tumult arose among the passengers in the car, and all ran cut except one woman. While the two combatants were in the in? teresting position described, this wo? man ran behind White, jumped on him, and forced him down, thereby enabling Wilcox to extricate himself and overpower the prisoner. The latter was on his arrival in Detroit put under strong guards and hurried to the prison. He was con? fined there for some time and was af? terward removed to Albany, where he has remained up to the time of his release. Unless his years of confine? ment have operated materially cn his character, his being set at large will hardly prove conducive to the wel? fare of such communities as he may take up bis abode in. -- i ? ? i ca? Editor Henry Watterson's Picture of Mr. Cleveland. Philadelphia Record. Dem. Editor Watterson thus writes from Washington to the Louisville Courier Journal : I look upon the Democratic situation which prevails in the National Capital ut this time with a kind of sor? rowing amazement. On every hand I encouoter among the Senators, among the Representatives, among the people, but one sentiment, and that is discon? tent aud foreboding. Thc Republicans are jubilant. The Democrats arc dis? couraged. The President sits with his back upon the scene, and but yesterday said to a friend, who thinks just as I do: '? believe { have done pretty well con? sidering.' lie is thc one man in Washiugtou who is blind to the truth and deaf to counsels. Even the Secretary of State, who has lived most of his life in a peach blow vase three thousand miles beyond the moon, is not, I am told, wholly lost to the real state of the case. But there seems no help for it. A man as inca? pable of receiving impressions as of re? turning warmth, and sensible of criti? cism only to the po'iDt of resenting it, the President sits in the White House like a wooden image that was made to be worshipped, and not to be loved. To thc weaker members of his Cabinet he has imparted his dull self-sufficiency and cold stolidity. Thc most servile as well ;is tho sincerest form of flattery is imitation : and tho hewars on horse? back whom Mr. Cleveland, sacking to discover a raw political planet and to DCOi>le it. with creatures of Iiis own, brought into toing and mounted, have caught the tick of their chief and arc equally industrious and successful in neglecting great for little thiogs, and in seeing nothiug clearly except the regulations of the civil service. They, too, take more joy in one Republicau who has rcDcnied and turned Mug? wump than in ninety and niue Demo? crats who have never gone astray. Thc other evening, after a dinner where thc President met a select party of Democrats, it was proposed to hold a mock Cabinet meeting. Oddly, this Man of Destiny, who has as little humor as acumen, aud had no thought of the trap which-was set to catch Inca, agreed to this. Therefore each mem? ber of the company turned loose upon him, and in a serio-comic way, gave him the sort of talk the Courier-Jour? nal has been giving him the last two months. He listened with complacency. Finally when the last speaker, one of his own political family, had put in a metaphorical knock-down right between the executive eyes, he closed them, and leaning back in his chair and playing a tattoo upon his ample shirt front with his thumbs, he said, with a touch of offended dignity : 'Really, gentlemen, I cannot see how I ara to blame for all this, or bow I can tuend it.' He then went OL to say that he would be glad to consult with the Democrats of the House and Senate, but that when they carne to the White House to introduce a stranger or to endorse an applicant they immediately weot away again. They, he proceeded to explain, had their work to do, as he had bis? and so there was' no time for consultation. There was not the least doubt that he was perfectly honest in this, as he is, I believe, in all things else. Is it not most melancholy ? and almost astounding, that one who is by no means destitute of common sense and native craft should be so dense? j A near and old friend of hts said to me not long ago : 'Of all the arid na- j tures I ever encountered his is the most arid; He sympathizes with nobody, makes common cause with nobody, and in the most serious affairs trusts solely j to fortune or caprice.' The author of' this description nursed no disappoint? ment, was far beyond the reach ot* Pres? idential fear or favor, and simply spoke in the spirit of an historian and philos? opher. ? - i i -a Is Brigham Young Alive? j His Alleged Death Declared to Have Been Fraudulent-Ile Intends to Pose as One Risen f rom the Dead. j LINCOLN. Neb , Jan. 30.-Two miles south of this city stands a handsome ; residence, which is owned by an Eng [ lish gentleman long since identified j with the Mormon Church. The resi? dence has been untenanted for two ! years, save by au old servant named White, who at one time was connected 1 with the JezreU of London, a sect j similar to the Mormons. White says he was defrauded by the Jezrcls out of hts property, and latterly he became converted to the Mormon faith. He says : 'Two months ago there arrived at the mansion an old gentleman bearing letters from my master in London, the purport of which was to obey his every wish and to keep his presence a secret to ail except those to whom lie saw fit to reveal himself. Within a week per? sons began to arrive a; the house in twos and threes. They were from Salt Lake City, and held long consul? tations with my guest. At first I did net care who or what he was, until lit? tle by little I gathered from stray re? marks that he was a person of note, and soon after the truth burst upon me that he is none other than Brigham Young, the former head of our church, who is apparently to be Resurrected and to preach to the peopi^of Zion as one having returned from the grave to tell what lies beyond. That his death and burial were a deception will soon be seen by the whole world, while thou? sands of his ignorant believers will bow at his feet and he will dictate to them their ways of life. .My guest's visitors are men of high standing, as their appearance indicates. One told me that Brigham Young had risen from his grave it Salt Lake City and was instructing his disciples here in order to prepare the people for the great event of his coming. My only reason for telling these facts is that I am an old man, with but little to gain in this world, and I do not want to see people deluded as t have been. The Jezrels absorbed my competence, and now the Mormons have broken my faith.' The old man told the story with a sincerity that warranted further investi? gation, and a merchant who formerly did business in Salt Lake City drove out to the mansion yesterday, and rap? ped at the door. Receiving no re? sponse, he started around the house to a^ply at thc rear, when through a bay window he saw the form and features of an old man who was sitting inside. As the old man was unaware of his presence, the merchant approached to within a few feet of thc window, scan? ning the old man's face closely, and, stepping back, immediately pronounced the man to be Brigham Young, whose marked features he had often studied in Salt Lake City, and which once seen, he says, can never be forgotten. For a few moments ?the man sat silently, then raised his hand to his brow, reveal? ing a scar about the wrist that still further established his identity. It is a well-known fact that thc ciders of the Mormon Church throughout Utah and Arizona have of late been preaching the return of thc prophet. This, together with thc fact that it was asserted by a Sc. Louis man some months ago that YOUL- had been seen and recognized in London ; that a num? ber of prominent Mormons from Salt Lake City have lately been seen upon the streets of Lincoln ; that important legislation is about to be enacted to the detriment of the Mormon Church;, and considering further the veil of mystery in which the prophet's death has always been shrouded, my ko it quite ceri ai n that thc Mormon banners throughout Utah will ?ooo be unfurlc-i, announcing that *??o k risen.' I never saw a wan tLat did not be? lieve in hell, but ho was heading that way, right straight. A fellow or.co s.T'd to mc, 'Science is about to demoss?raie that there is no hell.' I said, 'How long before thc cxploriug party will be back to reportV [Laughter,] 'Don't know.' I said, 'Whcu they come back let mc know; I want tobe on hand when they make their report."-Sam Jones. - ie- .???. Ti Randall thinks that a depraved ap? petite would rather have free apple jack and free "chaws'' than free shoes, free cotton ties and free blankets, and per? haps the Pennsylvanian Protectionist is no bad judge of Amcricau nature. A Brilliant Woman's ? Mme. Soims-Ratazzi-de But aparte Gets Six Monti Flees. 5 Mme. de Rute, better known t Ratazzi, left Paris in a great h few days ago, in order to avoid going the sentence of six mon! prisonment to which she ha condemned by the French police for having libelled the family Marquis el Rente. She is still as fearless and ali beautiful now at the age of 56 wa3 at 19, when turning to the de Solms, a German nobleman, dance at a ball she said : .Do you want a wife ? I shou a husband ! Shall we try to mab other miserable as most married do V Turning herself around for his i tion. she added : 'Do you not find me beautiful The question was justifiable, that rime Marie Bonaparte Wy noted for her loveliness. M de was naturally pleased to have mi impression on a girl whose boas childhood had been that she never marry. Like any other rr. the same circumstance, he replied 'We will be married to-morrow ing.' 'For this next dance T am engt said the beauty. 'At 10 o'clock to-morrow mor Au revoire.7' They were married and happy M. de Solms discovered that his was being used as a cover to some questionable flirtations. A separ resulted, after which the Cou styled herself Princess dc Solms, a which was not rightfully hers, although the granddaughter of P Lucien Bonaparte, the elder brotfc Napoleon I, she was the daught Mr. Thomas Wyse, the British E to the Court of Athens. She was in London, and often said that it \ mistake not to have consulted he thc most important event ia her namely the choice of a birthplace, ideas of marriage are not very ex; and her writings are full of sente of this kind : .For the woman who has long be wife, death has no terrorp. The b est idea we have of heaven comes : the thought that there is neither i riage nor giving in marriage.' It is strange that a woman profes 'these opinions should have married only once, but three times. Her of power was great, and she real that in Europe a woman may bc r ? beautiful and accomplished, but if is without the protection of a hush: she can hold GO definite position. When Napoleon I?? became En ror, 'Princess' Marie lost no time claiming relationship to the Lupe family. Her conduct, however, at time-was such that the Emperor not venture to include ber in the Hs his acknowledged relatives, and in ( sequence of the great scandal can in Paris by her flagrant liaison with ! Marquis de Pommeraye, he caused ! to be expelled from French territory It is related of her that one day was found weeping over an open bo and when curiosity was expressed know its name, it proved to be thc lal Paris city directory. Her sorrow 1 due to the fact that the book contaii so many names of people who 1 never been ia love with her. While the North of Italy numerous duels ? suicides are reported to have been c to ber wonderful fascinations, WI King Victor Emanuel transferred capital from Turio to Florence, 'Pr cess' Marie made the latter place 1 headquarters, as at the time a questic able reputation was but a slight obsta in the way of admission to Itali society. This woman, whose fame an intrigante had travelled from o end of Europe to the other, was inti duced to all the dignitaries of t realm, and made up her mind to mar the Prime Minister Urbain Rataz, who was then at the zenith of I power. The dignified and otherwi wonderfully clever statesman beear soon deeply icfatuated in 'Prioce.1 Marie's charms, and when thc engag ment of the latter was announced Ratazzi, who was old euougb to be h father, both the King and his court co sidered that the powerful Minister h; lost his reason. It should he sid* that a short time previously Count < Solms had considerately enough d parted from this world for a better on so that there was no obstacle to hi union to the husband of her choie Ratazzi's friends, in their iudignatic at tho marriage, lost no time io rabin up and publishing the sc?odals coonee cd with her name at Paris, Nice, Ai; I l?s-Bai us, etc., but Madame was u( } thc kind of woman to tamely submit t j censure. Sarcastic descriptions of tb cs tale-bearers fiil her numerous hooks J and the descriptions arc so vivid tba 'he who rues may read' for whom thc arc intended. Until Ra?azFs death which occurred about ten years after th marriage, his wife was considered to b a chanced wor?an indeed, their hom was a happy one, and certainly th great literary work of Mme. Ratazzi* lifo is 'Ratazzi and his Times.' j After the fail of thc Empire ir [France, Mme. Ratazzi returned t< j France and took up her residence in : ? magnificent mansion in the Avenue di ! Bois de Boulogne. She quickly re? sumed her old habits and customs, ano : lier scandalous intimacy with Tony { Re vii loa, her revolutionary deputy, ? became notorious. Uer house which I commenced hy beiu^ thc rendezvous <.! j litterateurs ats! prominent men, both in i statesmanship, diplomacy and s<-;< ere, soon uegcnerateM into a i;tnd ppr hurling ground of all thc iVeheu?t7ihs i and pirates Cf the peu it: Paris. Noih ! jog was more extraordinary than her j banquets, where, with Tony Rc vii lion ? .seated on the right hand of lu? n os tess, j thc guests dined olf magnificent pOiyc I lain emblazoned with the Bonaparte j arm?, a dinner provided by thc ue'gh j boring restaurateur at so a:ach a head. On several occas?omi certain of i;er ! rruosts wore convicted hy the police Io' ? . i j courts of carrying away tuc epoons and forks in their Dockets. Thanks to her connection with italian govert: tu e?t ! circles, she was always invited to ail ; thc oiiicia! receptions at Puris, but at no time Lave I ever met her at any of thc private bouses either of the old cr new aristocracy. Intensely witty, al? though afflicted with deafness, her entry into the saloons at the official receptions always created a sensation. Still very beautiful, notwithstanding her mature age, invariably exquisitely dressed, and wearing the most magnificent jewels in Paris, with the Grand Cordon and Star of the Spanish order of Marie Louise on her corsage,she was always very entour?e by the guests of the evening. There is a curious story anent these wonder? ful jewels. They were collected by her former 'bel ami/ the Marquis de Pom meraye, and when he died he bequeath? ed to ber not only the jewels but the whole of his enormous fortune. Of course his disappointed relatives imme? diately began a lawsuit to upset his will on the ground that he had been unduly influenced. Fearing the scandal of a trial and possibility of losing the case, Mme. Ratazzi effected a compromise with his relations whereby she surren? dered to them the major portion of the fortune, retaining only a small part thereof and the jewels, of which latter the enormous black pearls are simply priceless. When King Alfonso XII, was crown? ed Spain became a new field for con? quests. Thither she went and gained not only the friendship of the King, who was vastly amused at her interest? ing and racy talk, but also the esteem of Senor Sagasta, the chief of the Li? beral party and the present Prime Min? ister. Several times she presided at that statesman's receptions, but he re? alized that even with the name of Ratazzi, and as thc widow of his old friendj society would not accept an un? protected woman as mistress of his house. Sagasta, therefore, advised her to marry again, and to choose for her husband either M. Camaoho, the late Minister of Finance, or Don Luis De Rute, one of the under Secretaries of State. The first was much too old, but the second, about ten years her junior pleased Mme. Ratazzi. The marriage was arranged and she became Mme. de Rute posessing great influence at the Spanish court. Until the other day it was quite on the cards that M. De Rute would be? come Spanish'Ambassador at Paris, which would have been an immense tri? umph for bis wife. However, the latter's condemnation to a six months' imprisonment by the French tribunals for the offense of criminal libel will, I fear, knock ail these plans on the head. Mme. De Rute has four children. One, the Count do Solms, is a young man well known in American circles. Mlle. Isabella Pioma Ratazzi is about 20 years of agc and inherits her moth? er's grace and brilliancy. There are, however, two little de Rutes, children by her present marriage, the elder of whom is about four years of age and the younger eighteen months old. Current Comment. New York Sur,. Our puissant contemporary, the World attacks Mr. Cleveland in a manly manner, and says in effect that it will not support him again for President. This is all very well. We live in a free country, and one of the rights which our sires fought and bled for is the right of every newspaper to support or oppose a candidate for office as it may deem advisable. But who is the man the World holds in reserve ia preference to Mr. Cleveland ? Of course it is Roscoe Conkling. Quite recently our contemporary urged the Democrats inHhe Legisla? ture to unite on him as their candi? date for Senator. The advice was impassioned, but it was not adopted. He was reserved for a greater occa? sion. Roscoe Conkiing as a Democratic candidate for President would un? doubtedly carry terror to the whole Republican camp. New Orleans States,- Deni. George Frisbie Hoar, the wrinkled and frosty old woman of the United States Senate, no doubt feels very much hurt, because he was not ap? pointed one of the Sonate committee to investigate the alleged political outrages in Washington county, Texas. George yearns for work of this kind and in the past he and the bilious Frye have done the Republi? can party good service by dipping the bloody shirt in fresh Republican gore. When tho Copiah county kill? ing was investigated Hoar would not have exchanged his place on the committee for that of an angel, and I the hatred which the old sectional I fossil exhibited for the South on that ! occasion disgusted the country, and his efforts to make political ca?ital failed. Kansas City Time*. Why is Mr. Watterson so despon? dent ? Does he believe down in his heart that Democracy, including Mr. Watterson, does not dare to repu? diate Grover Cleveland in 13S8 ? Charleston News and Courier. A correspondent of the Augusta Chronicle ppoaks of Protection as "the light platform for every true American to stand on." But Pro? tection is not au American system. Freedom of trade is part of the Amer? ican principle of freedom. Free trade was not adopted hy England until long after the American Revolution. Protection was fully ;ieve!f>ped in litirope before the American colonies ! were planted, and the irritation pro? duced ov restrict ive regulations was I tin; :naiu cause of tin; involution. ]\'Umir,-yton Star. Wc are glad the Senate rejected Matthews, the New Yolk negro. He had been rejected before, lt was an insult to the people of Washing? ton Oily to go to New York State for a negro to fill an office for them when they had so many worthy and capable Democrats asking for it. The best comment we have seen is the following, which wc find in the Wadcsboro Time*: "Th:s is a white man's govern-! ment, and us au oflice-bolder the ! negro is e'ri?i-ely out of place. We hope the Seriate will continue to re? ject 'Mr.' Matthews or any other negro who is nominated by Cleve? land, the chief cf the Independents. As we said before, if President Cleve? land is infatuated with this negro Matthews beyond redemption then he should make him his private sec? retary." Now do the clean thing, Mr, Pres? ident, and discharge "Kurnel" La? mont and install Matthews. Courier Journal. This is a queer sort of world. Less than two months ago thc St. Louis Woman's Christian Tempe? rance Union was sending resolutions to Mrs. Cleveland because she had. attended a dinner where wine was set before the lady guests. Now \ the Alexandria W. C. T. U. is pass ing resolutions^thanking her for set ting the example of total abstinence. There is no keeping up with the women when they get started, no mat? ter what the direction taken. Our State Contemporaries. CoUelon Press. Mr. B. R. Tillman in a letter to Col. R. S. Bedon states positively that he will attend the meeting of farmers of Coller?n at Mt. Carmel campground, to be had on the 10th instant, .and, in his own terse and expressive words, "will address the farmers in an offhand, short talk." Walterboro has at last obtained a railroad. Yes ; finally, one of the un? mistakable evidences of thrift and prog? ress has reached us and we are a happy people. Spartanburg Herald. Mrs. Padgett, living near Early Branch was stunned by lightning last week, and remained unconscious for thirty hours. She was standing in a current of air, between two doors, when struck, the electric flash passing through the house and shattering a tree in the yard. Prosperity Press and Reporter. The following important information, which we have succeeded in obtaining from a reliable source, will no doubt be read with interest and alarm : The negroes have Knights of Labor Lodges organized all over Newberry County and State of South Carolina but few colored people in this County who are not members-and the members pay 25 cents per week to the Treas? urers of each Lodge, the purpose of said dues being to create a fund to be used when the Order is* ready for a strike. When they strike, the Treas? urers wiil be ordered to buy supplies to keep members from want while they are waiting for their demands to be granted. This explains why the ne? groes are so anxious to work for wages and by the day. Lodge No. 20 is near the Matthew Hall old place, about three miles from Prosperity. Lodge No. ll is in the upper part of the County. Of course, our farmers will take the necessary steps to prevent the Knights of Labor from accomplishing their ends. Aiken Journal and Review. County Auditor Wise requests us to state for the benefit of our readers and the tax-payers generally, that he has been in correspondence with Comp? troller-General Stoney in regard to tax? ing corn and produce with the result that tax payers who have made their re? turns of corn and produce io amounts less than $100, will have said amounts so returned cancelled, and those who here? after send in their returns are not re? quired to return coro and produce where they have less than ?100 worth, but all amounting to over ?100 must be returned. Pdgefield Advertiser. Mr. J. B. Daniels writes us as fol? lows from Birmingham, Ala: Weare looking for the Knights of Labor and all other workmen to strike at any time. Thc town is full of all kinds of laborers, and hundreds of them have nothing to do and have to go back home. It is a sad sight to see some of them begging for something to eat. Some are ar? rested every day and put to work on thc streets. Barnwell People. Editor Marray, of thc Andersen In? telligencer, is having a good time. His constituents of Slabtown have held an indignation meeting, denounced his new road law, resolved not to obey it and expressed sorrow and penitence for their mistake in placing their suffrages in thc last election, to all of which Mr. Mur ray replies, good humoredly and tri? umphantly, in substance : 'you prayed for a king and I sent you a stork, and of vour 128 vot?e I received 19 in the ?rst primary election and not man} more in the second.' Up to date the County Treasurer has collected, in round uumbcrs the sum of ?60,S85, distributed as follows : State, ?24,353; County, $14,844; Special, to pay jurors and witnesses, ?7,442 : Schools, ?9,277 ; Poll Taxes, $4,685. Auditor Riley tells us that fifteen hundred bales of cotton have been re? turned as in the hands of the farmers on the first of January. Thirty-one negroes left Appleton on Saturday, for Little Rock, Ark. Seven hundred and three liens were filed in thc Clerk's oiuce last month. Pori Royal Poet. Considerable stir luis been made j down here. The occasion was taking of testimony by Mr. ll. G. Judd, no? tary, in the case of Smalls vs Elliott, j contesting the late election. Every voter has been summoned to appear. W. t). Whipper, Esq., represents Con? gressman Smalls. J. B. Howe, Esq., represents Col. Elliott. Many of the parties summoned refused to give tes? timony unless paid the fee allowed by law. It appears that in tackling Port Royal, Smalls has bitten off more than he can possibly chaw. Greenville Xacs. Last week a dog belonging to L. T. j Addington, who lives in Piekeos ecua- ? ty, was bitten by a mad cog. The bit tan dog showed va symptoms until last Thursday, when very- suddenly he be? came extremely rabid, frothing at the mouth, and before the inmates of the boase could escape three girls of Mr. Paddington were badly bitten. ThV dog then left the house and grabbed a" cow by the nose where he held on with' a grip until he was shot. Paddington, the father of tue children, was in P?ck sns jail at the time, awaiting trial, charged with a breach of trust with fraudulent intent. Temperance Worker. Save the Boys. We clip the following : "The educa? tion most needed by the youth of our fair land is one tb?t shall teach them not only to decline a Latin substantive, but also to decline a drink." This is a wise suggestion. The boys of our country should be taught to do better in that respect than our fathers . have done. One of the most deplora? ble features of the liquor traffic is the debauching of the tender youth of *>ar land. If the saloon was only open to the sin-scared and whisky-puffed old sinners, h"alf our contempt for the, business would be overcome. But this is not the case. Only recently have: we seen those who should be bowing at their mothers knee whispering their childish prayers, standing in saloons ' hearing the Lord's name profaned and seeing decency outraged by prostitutes. In view of these facts why should men think it an incredible thing for an hon? est man to declare against this ruining process. If we could carefully search the record hardly one of mature years ' could be found unpolluted by such as? sociations. Give over the young to such" influences and the laud will natu? rally and necessarily abound with drunkard?. There is 3 'provision hr* our Statue Book prohibiting the sale of : intoxicants to minors which is timely and wise, but this does not meet all the., emergencies. Young boys must be kept away from such influences or they will become disgraceful drunkards be? fore they reach their majority. It is a lamentable fact that some of these boys come from christian homes, homes where Sunday School magazines and lesson papers with many other evi? dences of moral training are found. But the. boys are in those inf?meos dens. Why are those boys there? If we were to file an ^honest reply to this question how many parents would be saddened and humiliated over their con? duct in this, department. Too much elasticity in parental affection is one of the prime causes of this state cf things. . Parents suffer their children to be ex? posed to pernicious influences*on ac? count of a supposed tendency on the part of their children to resist tempta? tion. But what consummate folly for ... grown people to suppose that an idle curiosity-seeking boy will turn a deaf ear to the sound of banjos and fiddles that are so conspicuous tn small town saloons. They are drawn by those diversions and there become iniated into crime and disgrace. When this is done, how willing are those men who. are now mn* willing to speed a word of godly admo? nition, to hurl a volley of anathemas at the unfortunate youth while the. indol-. gent father and the covetous and. con? scienceless, barkeeper go free. This t ought not to be. An eye of tender af? fection should be kept upon them as they ' come in contact with this mighty evil.- - Give them line upon lice and precept."; upon precept in this important subject.:. Furman's Compost The Southern Cultivator gives. the ; following formula for a femora ferti? lizer in the cotton. States. The materials of Furman's compost ar?" barnyard manure, cotten seed, acid phosphate, kainit. The proportions : are thirty bushels each of the first , two, 400 pounds of phosphate and . 200 pounds of kainit. These may be intimately mixed at first, or put in \ alternate layers of cotton seed, phos-' phate and kainit, and manure, and so on. The whole to be well moistened and the mixing, in the latter case, effected by cutting down the mass clearthrough from top to bottom. Yon * could add to a heap from time to-: time, using always the same propor- ) tions, but it is usual to make all ; of a given heap at one time If the heap is made in pens, as it should be, with perpendicular sides at least four feet high, and the compost covered ; on top with a layer of rich earth six * inches thick, there is no necessity for a roof; rain, unless very exc?s-' sive, will not more than keep the mass, as moist as it should be. The com? post should be put up at least three . weeks before it is to be applied ; it is usually done six to eight weeks ia advance. The "experimental Stations. . Specking of the Act to create two experimental Stations, in this State, the Lour en s ville Urrala speaks as fol? lows : Aa Act was passed establishing two' Experimental Stations and Farms, and the sum of ?10,000 was appropriated for their suppert. One of these Sta? tions is to be established ia the Pied? mont section of the State and one in the lower tier of Counties. This was not in accordance with the original design, only one station being con? templated as a nucleus. But it was perhaps the best that could then be done. It is a sort of compromise be? tween the 'np-cop.ntry and low-country.' This is all that was done for the Agri? cultura; interest of the State. Little as it is. it seemed to be done gruding lv, and with an air which seemed to say. 'Take it. d-n you, and go.7 But r.noihcr day is sure to come, and a better reckoning may come later on. Mother: 'Did you pray in your Sunday-school to-day, Johnny?" John-, ny: -Yes, mamma' Mother: 'That's a good boy, always pray in Sunday school." Father: *But what did you pray for V Johnny : *I prayed for it to let out."-Texas Siftings. The New York Central and Hudson River Kail way Company has forbidden the sale of liquor in any restaurant on its lines.