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f ?? SUBsT/W* WATCHMAN, Kstftbl Lh?d Coqm>..dated Au?. 2,1881. Cbc <E$:*tcbm;w aiti ^outbron PiiWiahsd Irarr Wsdaaaday, -Bf KT. Gr. Osteen, 80MTER, 8. C. torus : $1.50 per aooom?in advance. \ Oso Square first insertion.$1 00 ?eery eubeequsnt insertion. 50 Coo tracts for throe month*, or longer wil ho sad* ot red need roteo. All cooinionieationi which subserve private tater ests ?III heebargod for as advertiemeote. Obituaries aad trlbu'e* of rospocU will he tharged for. COTTON CROP NOT OVER NINE MILLION. Ottotal Ettlmate Places it Under That Figure. WsehiagtoowNov 14 ?The etatte liaiaa of tho depertmeot of agriculture to a report >eot to tho praaa today, aaja that the faol that tho preliminary ofsetal eetimeto of the ootton crops eeveral i tea to baa taraod oat to bo ao oadoreetioiate, aad haa been dao io ?tor? iootaoeo lo a failure to keep pooo ?Ith tho rapid oxpeacioe of tho prodao live area. Whoa, thoroforo the very largo orop of ladt year made it roam foot that tho aoroago had iooreeeed beyond both official aad almost oik commerced ostiosstes, it wss deterujio sd to isotitate a special a od Tory thoroagh iaveetigetion iato tho entire erop^eit nation this yoar. Tho prodao lag area lost year to foaad to hate been 35.000,000 asree, aad that for tho prasset yoar to bo aboot 28.500.000 astse. with a probability; that tbo fiasl rotaros will show the present aorsage j tw have bota below rather tbaa above tie asnoaot ttated. Tho investigation disslotce ooe of Iba smallest overage yields aar core ie maoy yeere, andyio sstimeiteg tbo total arop at a maxima ? of 9,600.000 bales, a sabetoatial aad saoet ample . llowaoee baa been made fat ooy toadoooy lo toka a too pessimis? tic riosi of tbo sitaatioo. tho attoal isdtoatioss at Iba preeoat moment poiot iag ta a atop of lata tbaa 9 000.000 baloo Tho rsport farther ssj: : "lo bio oapssity as cotton export to tba Uoitod States ocmmission, tho otatietieiaa baa had tbs preparation of tbo Uaiiod States sottoo exhibit for the Peris exposition, aod hie dattee io that ooaaoottoo have afforded him additional (anilines for eeoerteioiog the actual ooadtlioa of the orop io every part of the aoastry. The unimpeachable evi d*aoo tba) hat sons to him ia that capacity is io every wey oonfirmstory af lbs ssoot oofavorable offioial re? ports " THE CONSTITUTION'S E^Tl MATE Atlaala.Oa.. Nov. 14 ? The Ooo e'itolioo. which bss sll lbs seasoo beeo advoaatiag bighar prices for ootto". will psbltsh tomorrow estimations of lbs srap frosa proaitasat men io tho ootton growtog States Arkaaass aad Alabama plaoe tbo ecatmstioaa at 8,600,000 bales; Tea asasaa plsae* tbs figure st 8,800 000 ; Mississippi at 8,750 000, while Texas aad Sooth Caroliaa give tbsir estime liaao at 8,000.00 ssob North Carolina aad Loaieaaa do not give any Agares, bell say lbs orop will bs vsrj mach red seed Dtipeosary War Will be Re newed Afior a brief seaeoo of quietude the diapeatary fight will break not afresh tomorrow at the meeting nf the state board of eelbtrol Mr. Doathit has beeo summoned to appeor before the board aod answer the charges Tho first ia ebaogiog X ooro whiskey labels to XXX ooro aod the other ie selliog oootrabood liquor after tbs alleged astioa of the boara iostraot log him sot to do so II ia uoderstood that Mr. Doathit will be ready to saswsr tn the two shargee aod thai he will appear prompt* ly oa tbs boor, accompanied by his attorneys?Messrs Pat ton, Prince and Johaotoas. There haa beeo considers bis tslb snoot aol allowing attorneys lo epp?cr aad some opposition will be oodoohtedly msde aocordiog to tbo stetimeet of a member of the board Issi week Soould this oppositioa provesffeotivs. lbs whols hasiaese will bo tskeo bsok to lbs sown sod s fresh legsl fight will be starred. It has beeo stated tbet three members fsvor the appearance of attofaeye. Mr. Robineoo oomrniutd himeelf to that at the meetiog wheo Mr Djo'bit wee discharged, and if he snots to it, thso there will bo oo trou? ble aboot attoroeye. There ie a matter of prime import? ance aod the public iwairs with interest tbs action of the bosrd ?Columbia Rsecrd. Nov 14 ?0/ Writing Tablets, Pencils aod Paper at April, 1860. "Be Ju SUMTI Gallant Work of | The Thirty-Third. One Officer and Six Men Kill? ed Near San Fabian. Manila. Nov 14, 8 p m ?The Thirty third imantry, in one of the abarpeat two boaro' engagements of the war, with so equal force of in surgenta, five miles from Sau Fabian, Saturday, lost one officer and aix men killed and one officer and twelve wounded. The Americana captured 29 Filipinos and 100 rifles and found 81 inaurgenta dead lying, In the trenches and rioe fields Many more Filippiooo, doubtless, were killed or wounded Gen. Wbeston wss informed that the ?nemy waa gathering at J ?ein to for tbe purpose of preventing the Americans from controlling the rosd from Dsgopan north, whereby Agni oaldo might retreat. The Tbirty thircL, Col Howe commanding, and a detatohment of the Thirteenth, with a Galling gun, Howlaod com? manding, were aent to disperse them The troops encountered the worst road ever found in the island of Luzon. There waa a aupceeaion of creeks whose bridges tbe Arnericsns bad to atop and repair, and miry ditches, and st certsin places men sod horses struggled waist deep in quagmires A hundred .oldiere bad to drag tbe Galling gun pa-1 of the way, the horaes being uselosa The insurgents opened the fight two miles from S*sn Jaointo, while the leading American battalion waa passing s clump of houses, in the midst of a oocoanut grove, knee deep in mud. Tbe Filipino iharpsbooters, bidden in trees, houses sod a small trsnoh soross tbe road, held their fire until tbe Americana were close to them When they began firing other Fill pinos opened fire from thickets right and left, further away The insur? gent sharpshooters pioked off the officers first. Five of ths Americans wbo fell wore shoulder strsps or chevrons Bat the Thirty third nev? er wavered. Its oraek marksmen knocked tbe Filipinos fron; tbe treee like squirrels, sod tbe Americana ruabsd tbe trench, lesving four deed insurgents there The regiment then deployed under fire, with Maj. John A. Logan's battalion in tbe centre, Maj. Oronic's on the right snd Maj. Marsh's on the left The aknmish line, which was a mile long, advanc? ed rapidly, keeping op a constant fire The Filipinos msde sn unex? pectedly good stand, many of them remaining under cover until tbe Americans were within 20 feet of them Maj Marsh fianked a small trench fail of insurgents, surprising them snd sisugbtering nearly sll of them before entering tbe town. The Galling kiUed five of tbe force bold ing the bridge and awept tbe country beyond tbe town, driving about 150 Filipinos into the billa Marsh's battalion, eutering the town first, captured a big battle flag, which was flying over a coovent. Tbe ioaorgsnts are supposed to bsve retreated towsrd towsrd Dsgu psu It wss impossible to pursue them, ss the American troopa were exhauated and their aupply of ammu? nition waa low the outposts killed five Filipinos during the night The body of the Filipino lieutenant colonel commanding was found among the killed. The regiment returned to San Fabian Sunday, it being impossible to get supplies over the roads Guerrilla Warfare in Philippines. Aguinaldo'n Latest Orders to His Followers. Manila. Not 15, 11 p ra ?Geo Hagbss, with part a of tbe Nineteenth aod Tweoty aisth regiments, moved from Uoilo Thursday, No?. 9, toOitoo, six miles wait, for the purpoao of oap* luring Hanta Bubara, ths rshsl strong hold 10 miles north of lloilo. Hsavy raios preoeded ths movement, aod ths roads wars, in piasss, impassable. Ths sans night Col Carpenter, with ths Eighteenth reg orient sad Battery O of ths rfutb artiilsry movsd westerly from Jaro oo aooooot of ths roads, aod ths eotirs movement was hampered by kok of propsr transportation Co. C of the Twenty sixth regiment had the ooly fighting Wbeo three miles out of Jaro this company charged tbe rebol trenebes and threo of tbe eneuiy were killed One Amerioao was wounded Gen Hughes, Nov. Iii, nooupird Tagabau ai d Guimbal, on tbe sou^h ero ooast and also Cordova in the interior The enemy did not oppose Gen llugh'V advance Hooeot orders from Agoinaldo found in tbe tr i ohe* said : 1 Do not oppose tbo American*' adviooo. Boro ths villages us they srs evacuated. Divide iiiiBB^yi i -?~ st and Fear not?Let all the Ends thou a SR. S. c WEDNESDj the forces into band? of 40 Harrass the Americans oo every occasion " Araneta. the rebel leader of the island of Pansy, was captured at Tag baoan whilo attempting to pass tbe lines into Iioiio It is reported that an expedition, evading tbe navy, reoently landed arms and ammunition oo (be Antique ooast, and that the rebels threaten opposition with an armed force of 3,000 men. Theso stories are not believed. All ports of the Sulu islands outside of tbe Amerioan possessions have been ordered eloied to commerce Ladies of Amerious Refuse Vaoclonation. Americus, Gs., Nov. 10 ?Nearly tbe entire membership of the Chris tain Science church in Americus were in the mayor's court today to answer charges of refusioo to submit to vaccination. Among the defen? dants were 20 ladies, many of them prominent in tne community, besides a number of boya and girls Tbe court room was crowded with well dressed men and women. Attorneys for defense obtained a continuance of the cases until tomorrow. Tbe scien? tists will be given the alternative of being quarantined at their residences or going to prison, and many of them* it is eaid, will choose tbe latter. Tbe sentence of Mrs. Raines, who was sentenced yesterday to 30 days in barracks or to leave tbe city for refusing to be viccinnated, baa been suspended until the other cases have been disposed of Tbe affair has caused a tremendous sensation here and little else is talked of. Ladies of Amerious are Sent to Prison. Amerious, Qa.. Nov. 17 ?The eases of tbe Chrietaio Scientists who refused to be vaooiooated were settled today so far as the mayor's court can sottle them by the sentencing of E J MeMatb to imprisonment at tbo city ball for 30 days aod a fine of $15 Five ladies of ths congregation were sontenoed to 15 days' confinement at some plaoe to be designated by ths ehief of police aod to pay a fioe of $3 each. The same sen? tences of fioe aod imprisonment will be assessed against auob other members of of the ocagregatioo an may refuse to obey tbe vaooioatioo ordioaooo. Mr. MoMath is a loading tnerohaot of Americus end tbe ladies in solved be? long to tbo best families in the oity Counsel has been employed to repre? sent tbe Cbristaio Scientists tod their oases will be oertnraried to tbo superior oourt and will ultimately be carried to the supreme ocurt of tbe State, if eeo essary The cases have caused a great desl of talk throughout this immediate section and there has been no rmall amount of feeling aroused by the vigor ous enforcement of tbe law. ??amBS* ??>??-???????? A Merry Railroad War Columbia S C Nov. 17.?The Sea board aod Coast Line people seem to have bad their rob over in Cheraw, aod today bad it here. Today at 2 o'clock Chief Daly stopped the Coast Line people from laying a piece of track which would have crossed Lin coin street at Tobacco street Mr. Newman, in charge of tbe work, has been arrested charged with violatiog city ordinances relative to railroads oo the charge that he laid track with? out permission of council in city limits The Seaboard people seem to think that the Coast Line people ran the side track across Lincoln street so as t > make?the epan ro wide for the trestle that a steel epan would have been necessary, and that to get the steel span would have forced a delay of completing the line, and that it was a return compliment for crossing the Atlantic Coas1; Line track at night near Cheraw Tbe Coast Line people in charge of the work say the side track was necessary, and that they did not know or think it necessary to secure special permission for such work as the spur track ran on their right of way aud against their main line or near to It. The city claims tbe street and that permission has been explicitly given tbe Seaboard Air Line to use Lincoln street for its entire length for the Seaboard Air Lioo to get out from the psrk Mr. Newman put up a deposit and his os.se will be argued before tbe mayor next Monday. The case promises to be one of unusual interest ?Cor News and Courier. London, Nov. .16 ?In Russia the leonids display oaused a panio in many plaoos. It was believed tbat thu end of the world had oome. ChurohcR wen open all night long and hund'rds ( thousands spent throo nights in tb< open air. tearing earthquakes >nd gsaaral sataoliisa, Tbsrs aro rumors that in soti.e willa^o^ Russian parsetl murdered their children to relieve them from sn eip*oted worse fate Tbsrs wss rather s brilliant meteoric display between 2 and 5 o'clock Thursday morning at Bei Aims't at, be thy Country's, thy God's t kY. NOVEMBER 22, Change of System In Island of Cuba. Brooke to be Recalled Jan I, and Wood Made Civil Gov? ernor. New York Evening Post. The president's programme with regard to Cuba is now known. It contemplates the retirement of Gen. Brooke from the military government with Gen. Leonard Wood at its head. The first of January is likely to be a red-letter day in Cuban history. On that day in 1898 Spain played her last card in the effort to hold the island by setting up an autonomous government On the first of January, 1S99, the Spanish flag came down and the American went up over Cuba. On the coming first of January, if the president can carry out the plans he has now in mind, lie existing miii tary government iu the island will give way to a civil government, and Cuba will have taken her first long stride on the road toward indepen? dence Such is the information your cor I respondent has obtained from a source above question It is not a new plan of the president but one be has had i o mind for several months. Tbo compla nts from all sides about Gen Brook's inadequacy for his present duties have been incessant, and it has been obvious that some remedy must be applied soon, or half the labor spent in putting the island into a. better morai and sanitary condition would have been thrown away. By the beat unprejudiced judges, the so called cabinet with which Brooke has surrounded himself has proved a dend failure or worse It has retarded rather than helped the work of regeneration. The general baa allowed himself to be "steered" by this hstidful of ambitious men, instead of listening to their advice snd then weighing it for himself The president has been reluctant to take any steps which could be con strued as humiliating to Gen Brooke, but the latter has done as well as his natural limitations of mind and tern per would permit, so it was decided efter mature deliberation to let Brooko be undisturbed until the time came for dispensing with military rule, and then to quietly let him pass out simultaneously with the order of things which he represents As has been said, Gen Wood is marked for the civil governorship. It was a hint from the president that higher honors were in store for him which induced him to turn bis back upon the offers made him a while ago to return to the United States and enter private business He made plain to the president at that time that difficulties beset him in the gov? ernment of Santiago province with the government of the whole island in its present bands, but was advised to bear the annoyance patiently a while longer The programme mapped out by the president bad no sooner been sus? pected in offioial circles in Cuba than obstacles to its execution began to present themselves Three men would be affected in status by the proposed change : Gens James II Wilson, Fitzhugh Lee and William Ludlow. All these were brigadier generals of volunteers like Gen. Wood, and his senior in their own grade. In addition, Gen. Ludlow is a colonel of engineers in the regular army, and would, therefore, always remain the military superior of a captain and assistant surgeon, which rank Gen. Wood holds in the regu lars It is not known that cither of the trio had any criticism to psss upon Gen. Wood's ability as an exe cutive, but all had decided objections to beiug subordinated to hfm by bis elevation to the governorship Gen. Lee recently came home on a leave of absence, and Gen Ludlow hsa taken the same course Both have in view, it is understood, the full discussion of the subject with a presi? dent before he takes final action. Hers is where the president's well knowo "taot" is oomiog to the froot The necessity for dissipating the threat? ened storm instead of letting it break is taxiog bis ingenuity to the utmost As far as oao be learned, he ilprepared to appeal first to the patriotic impulses of the three generals to let him take the course he has in mind for the good of Cuba, and to sink any personal considerations If that will not pro duoe tbo desired effect, there aro other oourscn open to him The entire Miami of Cuba need* the work of an expert military engineer. The fortifieatioos will require OVerbsoliog, especially an Cuba, even if independent, will bt ander ouj protection and remain a military ootpost of the country and tbo chief base for operations iu defence of our southern ?oinIb in the event of another foreign war Thore will be harbor improvements also of great extent tod importance md Truth's." THE ' 1899 New AM these could be assigned to Qeo Ludiow io pursuance ot hir) regular professional career, and us his reports would be made to the chiet of engi? neers of tbe army, wholly independent of the civil government of Cuba, this would end all controversies a* to rank and authority As for Geoa Wilson and Lee, the president's tecticai oppor? tunities are somewhat lessened. In any civil station to which they could be assigned in Cuba they would 03 subor dinate to tbe oivii governor. But there are openings in the higher ranks of the regular army, which have not yet been filled, and io army circles where tbo president's Cuban pro? gramme is known it is suspected that, as a last reeojt, be may make use of Wilson and Lee. Ali that the law says is that the*e ranks shall be filled by selection, and if the senate consents the president oan make suoh appoint? ments from outside the regular army. It would create a tremendous sensation, and not a pleasant one. in the regular servioe to have outsiders brought in and pushed ahead of men wbo have waited long aod worked hard ; but if tbo ooming oongress should yield to the wishes of the administration end in? crease the regular establishment largely, there would still be "room for all V It is a tioklish task to wbioh the president has addressed himself, but he is firm in his purpose to give Cuba a civil government with Wood at it & head, aod those who are most io bis ooo?deace believe that he has sufficient ingenuity in devising means, as well a9 sufficient persuasive tact in hsndling men, to accomplish the end desired without stiring up any bad feeling ? ^gfmmgm ? Plenty, of Fighting to Defend Mafeking. Interesting Accounts of As? saults by the Boers. * London, Nov. 16 ?A dispatch to the Daily Mali from Mafekiog, sent by way of Magalapye because the runners seut southward were unable to traverse the Boer lines, gives an interesting account of the fighting during the last week in October. The dispatch describes Gen. Cron je's great attack of Monday, the details of which have already been cabled from Col Baden Powell's offi cial dispatches ??The end came," says the Corres pondent, "after five hours fighting The enemy retired, being heavily beaten for all time as far as Mafeking is concerned It was the hottest day of the siege and the firing was terrific, the Boers evidently recog nizing that the way into Mafeking, if any, is by a kopje, which was gal? lantly defeuded by Col Walford's men. Tbe garrison is jubilant, while the Boers have been hurled back in disorder on their laager, and will have to content themselves with a long range bombardment unless they are strongly reinforced. "The enemy lost heavily. For hours after their fighting line had been rolled back two wagons went slowly along their position, picking up tbe dead and wounded "All the men were killed by bullets or shells. The lookout tower was shot to pieces, while even the aiddles of the horses were fearfully battered about. Tbe whole place was simply smashed up by the con centrated fire of seven guns and a thousand rill .-s "The Boers ut first held on to their advance plnckily, but they could not live when they came to short range, tbe men being noot down at 300 yards "The enemy ie expected to draw off early in order to defend Pretoria. There is still no news from tbe south. As 1 send this message off, 600 Boers have gone south with wagous and have commenced shelling " Ladystnith Encircled. Pretoria Thursday, Nov. 9.?The following dispatch has been received from the Boer camp at Klaodslaate, under today's date : "Ladysojiih has been completely en? circled by the Boer forces Our second big gun was successfully placed in front of Ladysmitb. The firing of heavy guns commenced early this morning with no oasulties to the burghers up to tbe present "Botha bas heliographed from tbe south of Lailysmith that tbe British batteries opened a heavy fire with big guns aod continuously dropped shells into the works around Ladysmitb. The RoYA Absolutely t Makes the food more del ROVAl BAKINO POW[ ? l'KCE SOUTHRON, Batabllahed Jane 1 50,6 ' Series?Vol. XIX. No. 17 Pretoria force was it a tight place, hiving taken up a position commanded by the British fire, which was ko bot that the positioo became untenable. The big gun, however, saved toe sit? uation " BOERS REPORT BATTLE. London, Nov. 17 ?The following censored dispatch fom Pretoria gives details of tbo engagement referred to in tbo Associated Press dispatch from Pretoria of Wednesday, Nov. 15 : "The Free Staters bad taken up a position on a small bill when an Eng? lish battery advanoed and attacked them, sending a hail of shells on the hill for a boor, wbeo the Transvaal cannon put some shells right in the midst of the battery, sending the English to cover behind the hill. Two burghers were killed and six wouod ed. When the British fell baek back on Lidysmith several shells exploded among them, but the execution done ooold not be seen. At midnight all the Afrikander oannon oo the bills surrounding tbe towo opeoed fire simultaneously on Ladysmith, turniog tbe quiet aod darkness of night into -a lurid ioferoo ot whistling, shrieking shells, speeding from ail points of the compass to the doomed city. Several buildings on fire were seen from Buiwao bill. Daring the day tbe troops left 'he oity deserted and sought shelter oo tbe tdge of ths hill to escape the death-dealing shells." The dispatch from Pretoria also says that the prhooers at that place include tbe Eighteenth Hussars, four offiosrs and 91 non commissioned officers and men ; the Dublin Fusiliers, four officers and 12 noo commissioned oj&oers and men; the'Irish Fusiliers, 10 officers and 533 non-eommissioned officers aod men ; the Qlouoesters, 14 offioere aod 305 non-commissioned officers and men; the artillery, five officers and 60 non commissioned offioere and men ; tbe Rifles, two effloers and 89 non-commissioned officers aod men; the Leicester*, no officers, six non? commissioned officers aod men ; tbt Dragoons, one man ; tbe Natal Polios, one man ; political, 62 moo ; sick, 38 meo. The dispatch adds; "Trains are working exelleotly from Pretoria to Ladysmith. Tbe Boers have ample food, but are short of clothes, boots aod mackintoshes BRITISH REINFORCEMENTS. London, Nov. 17 ?The admiralty announced this eveoiog the arrival at Cape Town today of tbe troopship Arcana with a battalion of the Argyll and Sutherland llighlaeders (tfce Princess Lottes regiment), bringing tr^. reinforcements up to 29,600, of wnieb 7,290 bave already diseinDarfred at Durban, with 18 field goes, a oum ber of machine guns, engineers aod hospital troops, as well as 700 mules. This force, with that already between Estcourt and Durban, i* considered suf? ficient to enable Qeo. Hildy&rd to advai ee and to take tbe aggressive aotiou against tbe Boers sonth of Ladysmith. According to the latest advices Ladysmith is holdiog oot satisfactorily, overytbicg having been well up to Wednesday. In view of the Boer destruction of bridges, tbe war office has issued orders for tbe shipment of a quaotity of bridge work between this and the end of tbe ?tar. Mayor Smith Reelected. / Charleston, Nov. 15?The Demo? cratic primary election passed off quietly today, reeultion in a complete victory for the regular or administra? tion puny. Mayor Smyth and almost every administration alderman and school commissioner have been elect? ed Tbe polls did not close until 7 o'clock and the count is progressing j so slowiy that official figures cannot be given at the time of filing of this report. Unofficially, it is stated that about 2,600 votes were polled in the mayoralty contest and Mayor >myth is reelected over Mr. Jsmes M. Siegnious by about 900 majority. The aldermanic candidates who were not opposed run considerably ahead of the May oral i ty vote Washington, Nov. 16.?Chief Sur? geon Woodboll, at Maoila, und t date of Oot. 12, ieads Surgeon General Sternberg the following : "A sharp aod quite geoeral epidemio of^dc&gue has prevailed io Lusoo for 0)me months past, aod it appears to be spreading to tbe south There have boen few really severe cases, but a large number that interdicted duty for some days." &akin6 Powder fcJMK licious and wholesome men co., new york._