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AH. awtntlletad jt>N*Mrtlaaied Am. 2.1881. Cjtt ISattrjinan ani> Soutbron. Um STATEMENT TO THE PEOPLE. tat Amendment Tfettt It to Be Voted On. frost Tet Suit. Ott lOtk. Ii let tost ?4 let tasamttt ?a let t&wj ttettit matt? es to be MB| io let Migitemi is ttt ottu IPIlni team ? et t ll it % sttJMr of let f rsai tt let ttoelt af Coltm t?tet in Oily Got toil Oktaktr. OaJambia, 8. 6 . Oti9.1900. lee aUktv of Bir : Tet tttstitiiiotal tf 1896 was composed of tt ift t body tf ate tt tttr e) let Situ oaptttl. Breite, j^etfeeed deliberation of tttk sub? ita* et it erttt. Tit debates arising riet ttrkti proeteiote adopted by Atfttt body trill ft down it Sit repUto witk ?Udo? atd fere Ell Tt tttt tf Iks proviaioos tf Bet uettstojiist lett adopted eta mors Jen ttetrtetitti be gits ibtt to the efeettei ameedmeet tf ttttitt 7 tf Aftitto Till eetlifyiti ibt limitation et le taetltital kotdod iadtttodtttt tt SB tttiitt 6 tf Artitlt IV. Tt tatty tf Ibt people of he ikk) tf stated ameodmeot is od? si. ttd it ll it bare inserted for i be ftfpsss tf informitg lbs ptblit gatir stilly, ttd of tetoortgitg (per?ieulerly perl of let si embers of ibt ttetmbiy) a diso use too of its tU it let eottty papere throughout Btttb Caroltaa, to tbs std tbtl tl stt et loullig eotty foUd opoo it Ibt et teitg gtttrtl eleotioo Tis proposed tsatodsistl is as fol Wars : Add to let ttd tf Seoiioo 7, ArtitU VIII tbis proviso: "Provided ?eta lit lissittiiot isspostd by this stattet ttd Seeitoo 6. Artiele IV, of totsiMttiot sball toi apply to itlibtsltata i a ear red by ibt tf Colamaie, Rook Hill. Cherlat ttsj ttd Floret so. where lit proeeede tf art spplitd solely for let soaattielmaat. mtittotttet et fJtitf etrks pistils, stwt r eft tjsiisjt, get ttd tltttrit light tswatts (where tke at lira reveooe arising srtst lit tftrttitt of tsjtk pleats ?yatimi sball tt devoted solely and tittetittly to let ss si tit tatst aid tf set tatst, sad wbere ilio af leoBttitf stab iadebudieie it eebetlited it Ikt freeholders aid eealsisi vstars tf stab mtaierpelUr tt pros teed it) Ikt totsilitttot epoe tit qtjtotiot tf tlbtr bottdad itdebUd eern" Tbis proposed ernste met I it Ikt ton ttttatttt it tf vktl isnportttts to lit tiiy tf Coltpibia vboao population frost el es o#t every oototy it lbs Qrewitg witb t rapidity thi it wit bot t t parallel it tbs stttislits o Skis 8taU, bar teem tog strtstt aol lety starts trt Ikt wonder atd edmi eeiiea of all Tks State at largo skarsi ?fill bsr titilsts it lbs pride engender ad by Iba growlk sod promise of tb atpital of Booth Otrolioa. Tbsrs tr lei two 'S.ogs vitally esseotial to lb sttatragessttl ttd tottering tf tbin wetdsrftl growtb?t stwsraga svsteu std a waterworks plttl wbieb together it is stiistatod, will soat oar maoioipsl ily t half million of dollars. To raits tbst sum. so oeeessary Ibe well baitg of til Iba people, wt mtet appeal to the intelligent voters ol Ibis eolire 8tate to vote solidly for thi* proposed amendment, for the reasoo Ibal Colombia is already eneomhered wttb a debt far io eioess of the oonsti lottooal debt-limit Heoee opoo fail* ort to sarry the proposed ameodmeot tl tbs polls, oar ooly recourse to pre serve sod foster too msgoifieent on? ward march of our oity will be to plaoe ibese systems io tbs haods of private parti s. atd tbat soars* is eoodemoed by every sooaomio authority, based ? poo Ibe eloaest study of results. If lbs people of tbe state drivs as to ibis tlUrtstive, we mtet accept it eveo si tbs risk of its beoomiog dissstrots to * otr well being tod sdvaooement; for Coltmbit satool keep paes witb bur growtb std lbs ioereeeed detsity of bar ntftlttrot, so as U> properly guard ber katltl ttd tot. fori, wiiboti tbt build tad woatlofsjst! tf ibsts systsm to April. It SO. "Be Ja SUM them every boar Her waste places, ?ileot reminders that the was made to eipiate tba alleged sio of seocisioo, are fast filling op with hsodsome buildings whioh are being ereetsd by people from ibe different sections ot oar State? people who are eomiog into oar midst io reeogoitioo of the feet that the ?aited patriot is as of tbe good people of Soath Carolina will provide tbe means for tbia municipality to work oat to its owe way its aspiration to beoocoe tbe pride, aa wall aa ibe capital, of tbe 8lato. Tbat end. so devoutly to be wished for, eao be eeeosapHsbed iif yonr paper, ?od the otbar papere of tbe State, will editorially adveoate tbia measure. Re aa sa bar tbat oot only does tbo legis latare saeet bare aoooally. bat that tbe boepitel for tbo iosaoe ia bare, beeidet tbo 8Ute paoiteatiary. aa ?all ae otber Stele tostltotioes all of wliieb will be direally beeelUed by th?se proposed iss prove moots. We ere seeding tbia strsolar letter to eeeb ef tbe papers in two State witb tbe ?ereeetty ei pressed bepe tbat it wilt bo paetabed and eomasoted oe bj all tbe aerosoles aod sapper ten of prosreso tb reef boat ibe eotjmoo wealth. Very respect folly. P. 8 Karle, Mayor. T. H Oibbee, ObaeO Stanley, la a State of Turmoil. Manila, Oot 11 ?Tbe weet ooaat of Leyte le io e atato of tarmoil, the rebel ltdronee ere actively plunder? ing*, tbe dittorbere following worry? ing teotice, raiding and attacking end tbeo returning to tbe townt while tbe Americana pt rtoe ie tbe moentaina. Gee Mojtas's offloert ere surren deriog eod bit soldiers attempting to eeoepe to Samar io boete, ere being eaptared eod bio orgeoiittfoo brokeo op Tbe ceptnred goerrillea eod lad rooee wbeo questioned tteled tbet on Ibe 5th lot! 30 Amerioana attacked 45 rebele, rifled their ttronghold in the Gamerine province end rooted then, killing 10 Two Americans were killed eod three woooded. Twenty men of tbe Twenty third regiment, Io en engagement on the 12th inetent, in Baton province, bed one men killed end four woooded. The Philippine oommiteion, of which Judge Taft it the preeident. today pateed eight billet including one for eo iooreeee of civil ealarlee of several of the municipal departments Gen Wheeler to tbe Soldiers. New York. Oot 10 ?The now Y M 0. A. shelter on Governor'? island was dedicated today. Speech ee were made by Gent Brooke eod Wheeler Gee Wheeler io the oooree of hie remarks eeid : "Oar ooantry it tow one of the world powert A few oenlaries ago tbe Mediterranean wee the oentro of the world's commerce. Vow that the Nicaragua canal It ea assured foot it teems so set of Providence, that tbe Amerioso chriliattion, Chris tieolty end liberty ie not be oonfioed to oot owo land. "Tbe American soldier onder our flog meet be taught that when be lande oo thoae stetere thoret Ameri oeo civilisation, Christianity and liberty are to be eoteblished io that far of load sooorcKng as he beert himself He it the gesge of our oivilitttion to the etttern Dative " -??????-?????????????? Trouble In Mataosai Habaoa, Oet 11 ?At Mataetat yes? terday a Cuban policeman ioterferred witb two members of tbe Seoood Uoi led 8tatee cavalry Tbe quarrel cul? minated is a general fight beiweeo the police aod soldier*, who arrived opoo tbe aeeoe simultaneously After tbe poliee had abot Trooper Turry of D troop, one other soldier aod ooe eivi liao. a oomber of troopers of D troop tried to break into tbe gan room to get their weapoos ; bot the quiek action of Oapl Fred K?ln of D troop, in form io2 troops L aod M io skirmish order made it impossible for the netted oav alrymeo to pass Lieut Willard is said in have been slightly hurt while endeavoring to quiet tbe meo. Tbe troopers dsolare that they will have reveoge aod Col Henry K Noye* bas ordered all confined to barracks Tbe feeling is ntrong between the Cubans and oavalry.-neo Kruger's Old Hatbox Sold for $125 London Oo: 9.? A silk hatbos pur ehased io London about ten years ago by Pk-ul Kruger, was sold at auotion today. There was keen oompetitioo for poeseaeijn of tbe batboi, whioh finally retlittd ?26. A pise at ooe time us* a uy Mr. ftisyf sswfb* ?8, lOi. st and Fear not?Let all the Ends thou t TER. S. C. WEDNEE NEWS FROM CHINA. Will Hardly Be Complied With Washington, Oet 9 ?The Chinese minister said today that if the powere regarded it ss essential that the emperor tod emprese dowager should retnro to Pekin, he was q%ite confident tbie eonld be brought about, first by giving posi? tive aeeoraooee for the personal aafety of their majesties, and theo, aa plain evideooe of this aaaoranoe. direetiag that the balk of the allied foroee sow at Pekin be withdrawn to Tieo Taio, Yangs ton, or aome other point, learing ooly e few hundred troops at Pekin as a guard THE DOWAGER EMPRESS ILL. Pekio. Sunday, Oat 7. ria Tieo Tsin, Oet 8, sod Shanghai, Oet 9 ? Trostwortby Obioeas reports ssy that the dowsgsr empress is seriously ill at Tai Yuan Pa (provisos of 8bso Si) sod tbs frse hood of the emperor io affairs of slate of lata Is rsgirdsd as confirmatory of tbsss reports A response to the German demaod bbs been transmitted to Li Hoog Obaog. Thia aaya that Yiog Nieo, president of the eeoeorate, Yang Li, assistant grand secretary sod president of the oivil board, sod Csao Shu Chiao, prssidsot of tho board of punishment, will be decapitated, that Prince Obwaog, Daks Tssi Lao and Priooe Yib will bo eeoteooed to lifo imprison meot sod tbst Priooe Tuen will be ban? ished to tho imperial military post roods oo tbo 8iberieo frostier, as a further punishment for siding tbs Boxers. THE CONTROL OP THE ROADS. Berlin, Oet 9?The Pest says an agreement stilts between Germany end Rossis by wbiob Gsrmsoy is to oootrol tbo rsiirosd from Pekio to Yaogtsoo aod Russia is to oootrol the road from Yeogtsao to Toogka. Tbs Post also denies tbst Gsrmsoy will send so expeditioo to 8ito Pa. EXPEDITION WAITING ON THE GERMANS. Pekio, Oot 4, Thursday ?The Pao Ttog Fa expedition ie waiting for the Germans, who are oot ready to start. It is reported tbst tbsre ore 12,000 Chinese imperial troops st Pao Ting Pa. Geo Chaffee baa returoed here. EMPEROR 8AYS WILL RETURN TO PEKIN ! Pekio, Oet Prineo Ohiog baa reoeived an ediot from the emperor, dstsd Oot 1, io rsply to a oote sent at the request of the legation*, atyieg be will remrn to Pekio se sooo ss the oegotialiooa take a favorable turn. Murdered MlMiooarlei. New York, Oot 9 ?A complete ' Hot of protestsnt missioosries known to hove been killed from the begin? ning of the Boxer movement to Sept 6, hot been reoeived by the American Bible tociety from Rev John R Hykes, D D , its egeot io Shaogusi. The litt oooteint the names of 178 people, very few if toy of whom wilt escspe Of these 66 ere meo, 78 women (41 morrled tod 82 single), end 89 children Io the above total there ere the following Ameriotnt: Twenty five men, 24 women (16 mtrried tod 8 tingle) and HO children ; total, 69 Ameriotnt Totti killed tbout whote dettb there otnnot be eny quettion : Elev? en men, 6 morried women, 13 single women, 18 children ; total, 43 ? Of those killed the following were Ameriotno: Three meo, 1 morried women, 6 tingle women, 3 children ; total 1J Of those in Tai Yuen Fu who were uoquestionsbly msssscred July 9, IO men, 9 married women, 4 single wo men, 7 children ; totsl 30, oil British. There are still some missionaries in the provinces of Kansuh and Kwoichow who have not been heard from for some time, but thero are good reason to hope that they will get to places of safety. Atooo? the oonoefi?ionn offered by the operators to the Mriking minors is tho reduction of ihe price of blastiog p>wder from $'2 75 to ?1 5h por keg ? a reduction of nearly fitry per cent. It is by such revelations an thn tbut the pubho i? brought to sympathize with tho miners. Plague id India. Lmdon, Oot 10 ?"Hubooio plaoue," Kays a dispatoh to tho Daily Mail from Bombay, "is becoming epidemic in many dtstriots of the Bombay orosi donoy. Alarming increases are report? ed from Poona and Belgaum, while the ooe?t posts are infeoted. The cotton erops have withered io Abmednagar Bijapur dial riots io oon ?rqaeose of tbs droagtb. ?wims't at, be thy Country's, thy God'sJ JDAY. OCTOBER 17, Hunting Trouble in China. Useless and Unwise Mili? tary Operations Against Chinese Cities Washington, Oot 15?Rsosot hap peoioga in Chios, and especially io the province of Chile, have so far eet back peaoe negotiations that it may be a matter of weeks or even months before the peaoe commissioners will be able to get to work. Ill considered military operations io Chile nod elsewhere ore said to be responsible for the ebeek whieh diplo meey hss met io reaohiog o settlement. Through the efforts of the stste depart? ment, seconder, by the more moderate powere, a ateady ood eyttematio pressoro bad beeo brought to beer upon the Cbioose emperor to briog about hie returo to Pekia. The represeotatious from ths grsat southern vieeroye to It emperor setting; out the impossibility o ?applytog the ooort with money tod food if it petsieted to rotreotiog to Tetota Fo, in Shsosi, was but ooe of the meant which hod been resorted to ot the iostaooo of this govaroment to seoore the reium of the ooort. All efforts were noutreliied, however, by the spasmodio i od unnecessary oetivity of the allied military forest There was oo otoeastty whatever for the Pso Ting Fu exped lion, io the judgmeot of the officials hers, tod tbtt vtuttrt was tht straw whiel determioed the imperial ooort to flat to (he weetert mono tains Li Hung Chaoji tod the viotroys of the tooth htve pledged themselves to mtiotaio order sod guarauteeproteetioo for foreigners tod property io theh respeotive provioees. This was mado t ooodittoo president by the Uotted States governunnt to the establishment of relations wi h them looking to the initiation of negotiations for t final settlement Aooording to til reports that htvt reached Wathiogtoo, the viotroys had lived loyally op to their promises, io epitt of irritating military expeditions tod movements of various kinds set op tgi.iost thtir protests ; tod thtrtfort it is rcgtrded te ptrtioultrly unfortunate tbtt the allied foroes should persist now io the expedition tgaitst Pao Tiog Fu It is oot koowo here whtther or oot the Germans ore the moving force io this project, tod a contrary conclusion ie drawn from the mot tbtt the Waldersse ie oot the direotiog head. Eaob nationality ap? pears to be moviog at tbo will of its military commander, tod military affairs io Chios, ts viewed io Washing? ton, appear to be io hopeless oonfusion. Io this sttts of affairs satisfaction is felt io the foot tbtt the American troops ore oot io toy manner iovolved io the totivities of allied foroes, tod it is said tbtt tht movement looking to their withdrawal will proceed ooioterroptly. , The reply of t he Uotted States gov erotnsot to the latest note from Frtooe offering suggestions as to the settlement of the troubles io Chios was completed late today tod delivered to M. Thie baot, charge d'affaires tf tht Freueh embassy By him it was forwarded to his government. No official state? ment of the too Mots of tot tos wer wts obtainable. Foliowiog its indexible role, the title Department deelioed to make pubtio the > ext of tht communi? cation or to moke aoy stttemtot of the nature of its content!, until opportunity had beeo afforded for its reception by the French foreign office. It is believed, however, te take a favorable view of the soggestioot sub? mitted by the Frsnoh govcromcot io t geoersl way/, slthoogh it does oot com? mit this government to all of them. As to the first of the proposed French terms of settlement, the punishment of the priooipai oolprits, this govcroment has already deolared itself in to mis takable terme. Ae to the eeooni, the maintcnatoe of the inhibition against the import of arms, this government will oot deolare iteelf to the point of making it an ab solute prerequisite to further negotia tions. As to the third aod fourth prop ositioos providing for equitable itiom nities to States, societies and indivi I duals, and the formation of a porma I nent guard for the legations io Pektn, I a cordial assent will be given As to the fifth, which requires the dismantle? ment of the Tabu ratifications, this government is not disposed fo go quite to the length of making it no iodispen Bthln condition as does the Frenob note Tho sixth of the French condition** reads as follows : "Military occupation of two of three points on the roads from Tien Tain to Pekio, whL'h would be thus always open to tho legation* wi*hing to go to tho sea or foroos proceeding to Pekio from the eea " This paragraph would sccrn to make it obligatory upon tho powers to main? tain garriflius at these points, and while the conditiooa are such as to make their present oooopation necessary for the safety of the members of the legations and other* desiring to travel between Pckin and Tiso Tsin, this government is disposed to make the demand as a matte vf right, to be exorcised by any or all of tbe powers tt will. tandlTruth's." THE ' 1900. Xe* Cotton Again is King; I Expert Says It's Scarce. A. B Shepperson Returns From a Tour in Europe and Gives Interesting VIEWS ON THfi WORLD'S COT? TON SITUATION. The cotton men of Sonth Carolina end the eooth will be deeply intereeted in what A. B S'aeppereon. the famous cotton statistician has to say in last week's issue of the Manufac? turers' Reoord about the scarcity of cotton. He has just returned from s trip to Europe where he studied the world's cotton eitustion. He ssys : "On the 18th instant middling cotton sold in New York et 11 cents per pound end 7} pence in Liverpool, being the highest prioe here since August, 18t0. Quotations ere now V ceot lower here sod 7-16 of s I cony lower in Liverpool, bot this . only s nstursl resctioo after the 6, p advance since Sept 1 of If col ' in New York end 1} pence in Liverpool. The upward movement in its pronounced development wee ?tsrted end simply followed in the wske of the grester merket The sdvsnoe in Liverpool in so brief s time wss unprecedented bot when ell the circumstances are considered it cannot be said to have been on wsrrsnted The Liverpool msrket for 'cotton futures' wss largely over? sold, snd while the ectusl stock of ootton of grsdes tbst could be de? livered upon 'future contracts' wss ridiculously small, the light stocks in this country, the lateness of the new 'crop and the interruption of shipments by the Oslveston storm prevented sny relief from America 'Futures' for the nesr months ad? vanced at first snd most sharply. Then there came s good demand from spinners for actual cotton, and this demand incressed when it wss fully reslised how very little cotton there wss in Liverpool such ss spin? ners required. "The greatest part of the unsold cotton was of grsdes lower than spinners wished te use, and of very fancy grades, of which the spinners buy only small quantities at a time English spinners held very small stocks of cotton, and when they tried to buy they found the ware? houses of the markets ss bsre of desirable cotton ss the storehouses of the mills The supply being ex? tremely limited and the demand large from speculators snd spinners, the advance which occurred wss in? evitable. "On Sept 13 the stock of Ameri? can cotton in Liverpool wss only 110,000 bales. On the 20th this instgnificent stock wss reduced to 105,000, sgsinst 700,000 bsles st corresponding dste last yesr. Of the 105,000 bales ef American cotton probably not over 40,000 bales of the gredes desired by spinners ooold hsve been tecored snd, ss the British mills now coasume about 65,000 bsles of cotton per week, there wss less tbsn s week's supply of Ameri oso cottoo in Liverpool available for them. It is not strenge tbst some of the Lsncsshire mills purpose to suspend work wholly or partially until cotton is more plentiful .Inas muoh ss they can't spin yarns out of 'futures' or crop estimates (even if for 12,000,000 bsles). there wss nothing else to be done. I fully realized this situation when in Liver pool and Manchester several weeka ago While the English mills with out cotton will have to suspend work until they can get it, those having a fair supply will most proba bly continue at work in spite of all talk to the contrary, as idle mills can't make money The 'pinch' for cotton is more acutely felt in Eng? land than elsewhere, ss I wrote last December it would be While the visible supply there is now only oue seventh of what it was a year ago, the visible supply of American cot? ton throughout all Europe and America is about one-third of the quantity at this time last year, being in round figures 700,000, against 2,200,000 bales "After several year3 of depression, caused by ovrrprodnction of cotton, the consumption of the world has in the sesson just ended not only over taken the production, but so trench ed upon the reserves that the visible supply of nil kinds is now equal to only about four weeks' consumption of* the mills of Europe und America Cotton is again king it heads the list of our exports, and the wealth whioh it has brought and will con? tinue to bring to the south will also inoresss the prosperity of every sec? tion o.p the country, j "In * recently issued circular Mr Henry M Neill of New Orleans, esti? mated that the mills of the world bad consumed 11,226,000 bales of Ameri? can cotton last sesson. Perhaps I may not be able to make it that much i when I finish investigating the mat con. rRCB 80DTHRON, Betabliehed Jane 1 S< ?? v Series?Vol. XX. No. 12 terf but, as the tendency of this gentleman's mind ie to estimate as conservatively on the consumption of cotton as he estimates libercMy on its production, it would probably be safe to assume lost season's consumption of American cotton as 11.000,000 to 11,200,000 baleo It would, doubtless have been more had there been a larger supply. Daring the season there hue been an addition of about ,000,000 spindles to the European end American mills Mr Neill thinks the conaomptioo of American cotton during the new aeeaon will be only 10,000,000 bales, while he esti? mates that the American crop now coming in, will not exceed 9,750,000 bales or not enough for, the world's requirements by at least .250,000 bales Tho consumption of lu.000, 000 bales wae reached when the spindles were several millions less then now. "It io undoubtedly true that the troubles io China, if prolonged, will deprive the world of tier markets, whiob have recently taken tbe equi? valent of about one million bales of cotton per annum. It io ajso true that tbe end of tho ?*r ?4 Sooth Africa (now practically over) wilt soon open op tnat territory to com? merce, and the assurance now of foir cropo of oereals and cotton ip India will canoe a greatly improved de mood for cotton manpfaetore? from thot country Shoo Id the Chinese difficulties be satisfactorily adjusted, it is probable thot trotfo with that country would be largely increased. Tbe continent exports no cotton goods to China and io unaffected by the wor there "The season may really prove to be a very active one for cotton manu? facturers, especially when it is re? membered that, as a role, great pros? perity boo prevailed tho past year throughont Europe and tbe United States, and that tbe same conditions exist now. Wages are fairly good, and bot few people are unemployed. Home trade ie therefore good " -easj ? s > - Stole Fifty Thousand. New York, Oot 9?P. H. Gilholy, counsel for the Eliiabetbport, N J., banking oompaoy, announced today tbtt Wm Sohriber, a missing olerk of tbe bank, was a defaulter to the amount of $50,000, and that tbe bank direotore had made good the amount of tbe shortage. Among the directors is United 8tates Senator Jobo Keace. Sohriber, who had beer, io the employ of the banking oompaoy siooe its iooorporatioo about 10 years ago, started from Elisabeth on August 2, and was supposed to bo on his vaoatioo. While he was away bis eooouote were examined and the ehortage was dis? covered. Will Cotton Seed Rise. Jacksco, Mist, Oot 11 ?Numerous eooforeooss are being held by th 3 cot? ton oil maoafsetorsrs of Mississippi wijh a view to controlling priees to be paid for seed. Tbe mills are oow pay tog $10 par too sad as tie erop is 50 per oeot short, it is the general belief that the priee will advance to at leaat $18 within the next few weski. Tbe manufacturers gay, however, they csooot afford to pay more thao the present price sod that they arc loosing money oo eeed products at tbe prevail? ing Agare. Maoy of tbe mills sre hold their oil io tbe expeetatioo of to advance It is thoagnt two thirds of the mills will be oloeed dewo by Christ* mas oo account of the eeed ehortage. OVER A GOLD MINE Yorkville, Oat 10 ?A negro man was in town yesterday showing some old English gold corns that be had found on tbe premises of Mr R. L. Wallace io tbe King's crock election, nine miles west of this place. The negro had built a hog pen oo his lot, and the hog in ''rooting around" un? earthed an old iron pot, and under it was a lot of gild ooins nhioh had brn buried there It is not known bow much the man got, hut it is supposed ho made a pretty good find. Mr Wal? lace was here with him, bur hai tat man "coached" in regard to keeping his mouth shut Tbe ooins were all gold and of English make. They rr,n(;r*d in 8:zi from a fivo dollar piece to a *']0. Undoubtedly this money w.is bvried during tho ll?volutionary war. ns tho dates on them were of a number of years previous to that war. It is thought that perhaps Maj Ferguson buried them whilst on his way to King's mountain, as this point is on a lino with his routo to that battle ground. - ??|fc ???>? 4M?? (lalveston ie confronted by a ser? ious, problem. The city ie virtually bankrupt. There ie no money on hand to maintain the BMMtioi] d gov? ernment, and something must be done if the city is to be saved, aid done quickly. Tbe calling of a special session of tbe legislature to appro? priate $100,000 to carry on tbe city government io advocated.