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euarvwm watchman. Batabiiehed Ctralfdated Au?. 2f 1881. Cbt 88lattbin;m anb ?Soutbron 8?MTBR, 8. C. Y1RMB : i 1.60 per annum?in adveooe. Oes toj?w tret insertion.................,$1 00 Wvery eabeeaeist lesertioe.- so OnHiHi ter three months, or longer wil 00 nil ol red need raiec All ?oesnaaaicatlons which inbeerre pr irate maaresW wltl he charged for aa adrertiements. ? Obiteartee aad tributes of respect* will be tot. TBE CORNERSTONE LAID ON TUESDAY. Ao? 8outb Carolina Exposi? tion la Undor Way. Special to Tho 9t ate. Oberteetoo, Dec II ?The ooroer etooe of too textile building or oottoo palavw. ike ?-in boildtog of the Sooth Ceroliae Ir.teretete tod Weet Indito Oipoeitioo, woe leid thie oftenioon with appropriate ceremonfee. Two exeroieee were of oo interest lag sod eUborele cherecter end iveie etieoded by eeverel iboaoeud pople Two groaode hod been cleared, a epeaaora' auod aod a triumphal arch ewootod The eta od aod arch were beeetimlly decorated The weather oleer, bright aod cool aod waa eaepieiooe for the aoooeaa of the irpriee wbioh Oharleitoo The parade of tie troops wne a foot are of the day s'a exeroieee The famalty, eeval reeervee aod the Ger? ate* Artillery aod two military baoda were la Hoe, aoder oommaod of Maj Howry dobaohte. The militia pasaed ia rwwrow of the diatingoiebed goeete la> Iba oarriages, wbioh fell into lioe be a i ad toe troops The parade n?ov ed eat from tho Fourth Brigade plaxa at t o'clock, aod io leae thao ao boor too oalamo wheeled ioto the expoei lioe growodo and the exercieoe vere bewao. Oa the etaad were W A Hemp till, of Atlanta. representing Oov Geedler ; Ose tte8wceney, Mayor 8mytb. Qratd Meefcr Orlaado Sbepperd, of iba Grand L?dfe 4 F M , a number nf umoeisof the Gtaed L>dgo, Oeo r'loyd. Prasi deat P W Wagener, the architect, Bradley Gilbert end hie apeoial paly, a ad dtraetore of the eipositioa. ioelud ieg CM Wilie Jone? ; a number of member* of the Lsagoe of Aworioao Meeieapalitiei aod uiaoy other promt aeei people President Wageoer called tbo sts?nu blage io order aod make a britf addi eaa eo the ptaae and purpose* of the etpoti tioa aod iatrodoeod Mayor Smyth, who presided The mayor epoke briefly io teiieg tbe gavel. Oov MeSweeoey | aeai spoke. He waa followed by Mr j W A Hemphill aod other*. Tbe | epeeehes ware iotertperaed with roosie by tee Pint Artillery bae J. Tbe M aeon to oeremoous followed tbe eddreeoee. The oeremooic were of a* iotetestieg aod tmpreaaive obaraorer Tbe Greed Lodge appeared io tbe ieeigaia of tbe order wearing white glares aed aprooa "When Earth's Peeodetion Wae First Laid" wee eoog by 60 ablest voteea A player was offered by tbe graod obaplain aod then a number of artielee were depoattei in tbe ooraeretooe box. Grand Master Sbsppsrd theo applied the plomh, aqaare aed iavel to tbe etooe, aod eflrr it bad beeo properly plaoed, be pro ooaeeed it re be "well farmed true aed trusty Tbe ceremony of sprioklr.g tbe e'oae wito eoro. wine aod oil wbo?o sigoiflsaoee is pteoty wan tb*n perform Tbe graod master tbeo. atruok tbo eloee ibtee times wub bis hiram aod eeotb r eel e too by th oboir an 1 beaedietioo eoooieied f :> ? eieroises Tb? trowel wbiob w is u*ed by Irr.od Metlr Sbepperd ie too same whioh waH esed at ihr ay ng of ihe coroers^ooo of Geo DsKelb? m ouufo: at Camdtu, ?*??'. by Marqai* de LiUyette After tbe exMonee s ipeetai tram wee roe to Sommert tilt' and the di* tiegaiabd gaosu wem cLtertaiaeJ win a diauer at the Pine Forest fnn Th<* etore? ol i4id shortly efter noon a?d bssioee* waa generally noapended, givieg tbe eity the appearance of a Io I f PHOSPHATE ROYALTY. It has before been mentioned tlint the pboepbate royally would likoty be very mooh less this year than last Thie eooditton it eeeme ie duo to the ioatility of the companies to secure bottoms for shipping the rock Th'< records at tbe cepilol ehow that tip to Deo I, tbe State has received in pboepbate royalty tbe earn of $21,. 270 73 If tbe same ahowing for tbe last month of the year as wso made laet December reeulta tbe totsl for the year will be at least $10,000 less tbaa last year Up to Deo 1, last year, tbe reoeipte were #31,946 23 an 1 the foil yeere reeeipts were $39 379 29 -The State April, I860. "Be Ju STJMT The State Pensioners. THE RULE8 TO BE FOL LOWED UNDER THE NEW ACT. The Stete, December 12th. Tbie year there ere e oumber of oheogee io the pootioo depertmeot of the Stete government which sboold receive the oerefal ottootioo of ell mem? ber* of county board? aod applicsots as well Io the first plaoe eaoh pen? sioner hae to make on entirely oew application In order that the peosioo ere or tho*e intending to get on tbe list may folly ooderataod tbe requirements j the State board bae prepared and issued | the following * ru\es for too guidance | of oouoty boards of panaiooe, ax author tsod bj tbe not approved Feb 19, 1900," wbieh are given for the informa? tion of tbe veterans: (1) Toe county r. enorm boards will meet as required by law in January at the oouoty seers, for the purpose of eismioiog the applioations of tbe various ez Coatedereto soldiere and sailors and! widows wOo are enpliomts for pensions under aet approved Feb 19 h, 1900. Said applioations most have the approval of the oouaty hoard b?(oro tbe State board will approve. (2) The attention of tbe oouoty peotioo boarde is directed to tbe oertifi oato of tbe two witnesses, wbioh requires that they shall oot be oo the pension roll This is a obaoge- from th| old form and too mueh atteotioo oaooot bo given to it (8) Do oot aeod to this office ditap proved applications for pensions (4) Do oot ose old blank?, bot thoss prepared under aet of 1900 They will be draignated by "Application, under sot 1900 N (5) It will be oeeeeaery for every old p'osiooer to make oew application oiaotly as if thsy were applying for the first time (tt) The oouoty boards srs oaottooed to provide the spplloanta with blanks suitable to his or her iodividual oaae. The State board will oot ooosider applioations where this role has oot bsen observed (7) Oleae A.?Thoee who aa a resolt of wooods received io tbe wsr are phystoally helpless, or who while in sseh device lost both arms, or both tegs or eight ; or who are disabled by paralyats aod are unable to mako a living, and whose inoome does out eseeed $150 Tbie does not toolode soldiers ?hose disabilitiea artue from diseases and oauses sinoe tbo war. Olaea B.?Those who have lost one arm or ooo leg aod whoae inoome does oot exceed $150 Glass C. No 1 ?-Too** soldiers and ?ailors disabled by wounds duriog the ? r, whose inoome does oot exo?ed $150 Class 0 No 2 ?Those who have rcooned the age ot 60 year* aod whose ioeome dooe oot exceed $75 Class C No 8.?Widows of those who lost their lives while io the servioe of tbe State or the confederate, Statea, and whose ioeomo does* oo ezoeed $100. Class C No 4 ?Widows above tbe ago of 60 years whose inoome does oot ezoeed $100 Coooty Boards oaooot be two earefol io these metiers of ?'moorne'* and "pby sioal cooi'on " He is a very poor man whose cross inoome from labor, reot sod other sources does oot ezoeed $75, or poor laods, tf soy that will not pro duoe this amount gross Property sufficient io produce $75 in applicant's or hia wife'* nasie debars him. Whore scldtera or widows dispose of their prop? erty by giving o* selling to tbeir oh11 ?Iren tho? era debarred Widows of pensioners who remarry are nor ootijled aoy longer to pensions. PeWtMOfS who have moved to ao oih<r ate are no longer entitled to a pension Thoao who btvo moved to another oouoty must have their names transferred and draw ?huir peosiors from thai ooonty Please note vory careful I y the fol? lowing : Let oounty board* act promptly and fairly, giving tho State board full in forme'tnn with oomplnto reports by townships for ertoh Snfjnti and writing th? ??UNI alpbabetioally, full anr* olenr, at il b'ginniog with olass 1 a->d giving th?ir reasons for approving Ip making reports to ihe State board the reports should be signed by each member of tit" county pension board. J P Derham, Comptroller General, Chairman. W. D Startling, W. I, J.mes, W H llardiu Robbesl the Grave. A iturtling ncilent of which Mr John OttVOf of Philadelphia, wan the nuhject. in nsr rsted by hiiu as follows : "I wan in a roost wfSndlwl condition My akin wit* almmt yol low. eyss sanken. t'>ngas coated, pain continu? ally in bsrk sad ?dies no sppstite? gradually growinc wesksr dir by day. Three ihyai oten? hi I given me op Fortunately, a friend elvi?ed trying 'Klectric Hitters,' sr.d to my <rsat Joy end ?urprine, th? flrnt bottls rnsde a deei led iaiproTemsnt I continued their u*o for thrss week*, and sm now a well man. I know they aavsd my life, and robbed the grave of another victim." No SSM should fail to try them. Only 50 cents per bottle st J. F W DsLome's Drag Store. I st and Fear not?Let all the Ends thou ER. S. C. WEDNESI OTHER SIDE OF THE PICTURE. Liberals Paint a Gloomy Pic? ture of Conditions Liodoo Deo 12 ?The bouse of com moos, after a flood of recriminations, today agreed to tbe report of eopply for goreromeot. During subsequent die* ooseioo io committee of ways and means, tbe ohanoellor of the exchequer, Sir Michael Hioks Beach, promised that a considerable proportion of tbe ooet of tbe war ebould be obtained from (be* traoHvaai He added that the treasury committee was about to proceed to tbe traoevaal to asoertoin its assets and their taxable oapaoity. Sir David Miller Barbour, K. C. M. G., has beeo seleotod for this task. Sir David was a member ot tbe ooonetl of tbe governor general of India in 1887 1893. was royal ooaimissiooer to ioqoiro into tbe conditions and pros? pects of sugar growing colonies, 1896, aod latterly, oommissiooer to inquire ioto tbe fiiuccea of Jamaica. In tho hous.\ Sir Robert T. Raid, Q 0 , liberal painted a gloomy picture ot tbe o')uditi jns io South Afrioa. He eaid that after 14 months of war coating ?5.000,000 permontb, anarchy vcas prevalent aod famine threatened, and this may bo followed a native rift* log. An attempt to place tbe colonies ooder military rele, be eaid, would imperil the very existence of tbe em pire. He thought tbe time bad arrived for offering tbe Boers terms not inooo eieteot with their dominion. All ideas of ooooodttional surrender ehould be diersgarded James Bryoe, liberal, followed oo similar lioee He eaggeeted granting geoeral amnesty to tbe Boere oow io arms aa legitimate eombataots. Tbe government, be held, bed no right to treat the Boers as rebels. The oego tint ions' Mr Bryee also eaid. eboold oo be entrusted to Sir Alfred Mtloer, who was tbe object of almost uoiversal dietroet, inoludiog at loaet half tbe queeo's subjects in South Africa. Mr Broderiek, tbe eeoretary of war, hotly oballeoged tbia etatemeot He declared that whatever elee it might do tbe government woald oevor weaken the power of tbe reeponeibilty possessed by Sir Alfred Miloer. Sir Albert Reid'e s^peeob, Mr Rrod oriok asserted, was impraotioable, un wise and mieobeviou?. He went out of bis way to gratify the queen's ooemie9 Tbe government was perfectly williog to offer terms of enrreod t. ao loog as it oould not bo interpreted as proof of weakness, and thereby oauso a pro ioogatioo of tbe guerilla warfare. ? ?mw> *meaa? How Many Asses Were Sent to South Afrioa. ? Londoo, Deo 13.?Powell William, tbe former fioaitoial eeoretary of the war offico. answering a question, said 182,460 horses and moles had been landed in South Afrioa 'luring the war. Timothy M. (lealey'a interpellation as to tbe oomoor of asses sent to South Afrioa was not answered. Lord Craobero, reverting to tbe sub? ject of tbe oootraote for the Ugaode railroad bridges going to Amerioaoe, eaid tbe Amerioan Bridge company would build 30 bridges, usiog 7,000 tone of steel. The oontraots aggregate 135,000 tone He said it was oot fair to tbe lowest bidder to invite other tenders to revise their bids Daring tbe second reading today of tie war loan bill Sir Wm Vornoo Har oourt oritioised in detail tbe govern moot's finaooial makeshifts. He said tbe ministers would have trctnotidous support io makiog tho Transvaal share tbe ooet of the war. But, be pointed cat, tho gold nuioos were the only s luroe of revenuo and tho mine owing capitalists would no; pay for the war except on oompuUion. aod tho capital iHts were masters of South Afr.iou, con trolled ite polioten and would bo supreme in tbe oolonies. He o intended that tbe cost of British rulo in bo Transvaal and the Orange River oniony would be far greater than Boer rulo bad been He estimated that Gen Bodes* Powell's polico would oo<it 4*4,000,000 a year, a turn equal to lbs I w Transvaal budget. Sir Michael Hioks Be a ob said that possibly tbe now colonies could not bear any part of tho ooit of tbe war for a year or two after the war ended, hut he had io mind tbo future development of tbe Transvaal's vnst wealth and had tuado the falling in of ibe fariosi lo tils at suoh periods as would enable the government >o sen whit burden m<ght be imposed on tho Transvaal. In any < v<*nr, no unreasonable demand w )uld b" made. Mr Bfodriek, eeoretary of state for war, aeooonoed that tho policy of the war oflioe was not to give commands to Homo of those who had not succeed id with communis in tho finld. The supplem utary war loan and appro pnation bills were then piss-id to a neeorid rending Naw Orleeoe, Dee 13 ?Tue *outh b-und Illinois Central "Fast Mail." doe ht re at 7 15 p. m. held up and robbed by a lone train robber about ooe mile outside the city tonight j l Aims't at, be thy Country's, thy God's )A Y.DECEMBER 19 SIXTY MILES THRO?GHTHE AIR. Wireless Telegraphy Between Belgium and England. Coosul Roosevelt writes tbe State department from Brussels : "There has been reoeotly established at La Paooe. Belgium a station for the ex? change of wireless telegraphio messages between Belgium aod England. The reoeiviog apparatus to be used on the Eoglish coast was taken across a few days sgo from Ostends on board tbe Dover Ostende mail boat Prm 0088 Clementine, which is also fitted up with temporary apparatus to bo used in the experimental trials, La Paono has been seleoted on account of its being tbe point on the Belgian littoral nearest tho English coast. The mast of tho Maroont station at La Panne h 130 feet oigb. To tbe foremast of tbe steamship Princess Clementine is affixed ao additional mast, which increases its original height about 60 feet. From this extremity tbe telegraphio waves will be projeoted towards each ooast A speoial room has been fitted up oo board tbe steamer for the instruments and from this room the cable will bo oarried to tbe top of the exteoded mast. It is confidently expected to obtaio communication between ship and shore for at least thirty miles, wbiob is about halfway across. With stations at La Panne aod Dover those oo board tbe vessel woold be able to keep io touch with the laod during the entire cross? ing. "Oo November 3 experiments began about 5 P M. Telegrams were ex? changed between the boat, theo moored ot Osteode wharf, ood the station at La Paooe. Later ir the evening several of the Marconi men weot oo board the vessel aod oommuoioated with the laod station throughout the crossing, exoep* wheo they arrived io Eoglish waters. Communication was theo discontinued as the Belgiso Goveromeot has oot yet received from the Eoglish Goveromeot authority totelsgrapb from Dover by this oew system. This week?probably Wednesday or Friday?tbe official trial under tho supervision of the Govero? meot delegates will be msdo. "The experiments showed that re? plies arrived with tbe same regularity 1 aod celerity as ordinary telegrams. When about 40 miles from Opcode tbe captain of tbe vessel was able to telegraph to (he station master at Oitendn the probable hour of his arri? val Various telegrams were scot from the vessel to Ostoodo, Brussels, Djver, London aod to tbe officers of the chief bureau aod branch offioes of tbe Maroooi Company. The reception of eaob messago was acknowledged promptly, tbe first and last letters beiog given io each iostaooe." ALL THE POWERS AGREE London, Deo 12.?The negotiations of the Powers io regard to tbe joint China note were concluded satisfactorily yesterday, all agreeing to theeou ..one identically as outlined b- Couot vc?j Buelow. tbe imperial chancellor of Ger? many, November 9, with tbe exception of tbe introductory olause saying the demands are irrevooablo, which is eiimi nated. London, Deo 12 ?The Pekin oorre spoodent of the Daily Mail firing on Tuesday and confirming the reports o the agreement as to the oolleotivo note, says that a committee of representatives of the Powers baa been chosen to regulate tho conferences with tLe Chimse plenipotentiaries Berlin, Deo 12.?Tbe Lokal An zoiger has a special dispatch from Pck'n saying that fire bas destroyed |he quar? ters of a number of nffioers about a thousand paces from Count von Wal derseo's A QUESTION OP ANNEX? ATION. New York. Deo 12?The case of William II Cro^sman & Bro against the United Staus was argued in tbe Unite i States oircuit court today. Decision was reserved. ' ? Tos oase involvos tho question as to whether tho Hawaiian Islands came under tho constitution anr1 ! .ws of tho United States immediately oo tbe pas sago ot tho joint resolution of annexa? tion of July G 1898, end before the aot of April <10. 1900 Orossmso & Bro imported OJOroboodtSS from Hono? lulu into tho port of New York on April 20. 1900 Tho collector of tho port assessed duty under tho Tariff art of 1887 The importers claimed the Hawaiian Inlands wero then a part of the Uuitod States aod thoir goods were not, therefore, sutjeot to any duty ? ii? ? ? Manila, Deo It ?A detachment rf the.Fifh oavalfy had a fight with 100 insuigents south of Santa Cruse. Sunday The insurgents were chased for four miles Fourteen of them weie found dead There were no \merioan casualties. In addition to this engage? ment there hud hern s? veral minor encounters between troops and the insurrectionists landlTruth's. THE ? 1900. Xey The Unconquered Boers. De Wet Seems to be Holding His Own. London, Deo 12.?Lord Kitobeoer cables tbe war office from Pretoria under date of Deo 12tb, that Qen Knox reports from Helvia that be ie engaged in a running fight with Gen De Wet and that the enemy ie moving toward Red dereburg, where there is a column ready to cooperate with tbe other British forces. Lord Kitchener in another diepateb reports that the Boers attaobcd tbe post near Baborton The British casualties wero three killed, fivo wounded and 13 taken prisoners. The oaptored meo have sinee been released The Boers raided the Rivertoo Road station, Dao 11. They arc being fol lowed up. Qp? Kitchener's message indicates that De Wet has again evaded Knox. After the Utter had foiled the Boer general at Coomassiednfr, tbe Boers seem to have doubled hack, crossed the Caiedon river elsewhere, and turned thence northwest, in the direction of Reddersburg, the memora? ble soene of tbe British disaster in April when De Wet captured the Irish Riflae. Thought That DeLary Has Captured Four Companies. Johannesburg, Deo 14, 3 25 p m ? Tbe battle still continues in tbe hills a few miles from Kragcredorp. Gen Clomeote has asked for reinforcements, 1 and mounted men ooder Gen French have already gooe. There have been many casualties oo both sides. It if estimated that the Boers Dam? ber 2,800 Stsoderton, Transvaal, Thursday, Deo 12.?Gen Louis Botha is reported to be 20 miles from hare with 1,500 meo and one goo. He has ealled a meeting of tbe burghers for Saturday. Loareoio, Marques, Deo 14.?Tbe British troope at Koomatipoort are staodiog to arms io the expeotation of an attaek by a Boer force of 1,500, which is in that vicinity. It is believed to be tbe intention of this force to make a dash upon the town. Tbe situation is regarded as perious. A foroo of 150 iofantry. a squadron of oavalry and two^gaos were dispatch? ed to the frontier today London, Deo 14.?Lord Kitchener reports that after severe fighting at Nooitgodaobt, Goo Clements' forces were compelled to retire by Command? ant DcLuy with a foroe of 2,500 men Four British obioers wero killed. The other casualties were not reported Lord Kitchener'* official dispatch to { the war office is as follows : ?Pretoria, Dee 13, 1900. "Clements' foroe at Nooitgodaobt on tbe Magaliesburg was attacked et dawn tode: by DeLary, ruicforoed by Beyers* oommand from Warmbatb making a force estimated at 2,500. Though the first attack was repulsed the Boers managed to get on top of the Magaliee burg. which was held by four compa? nies of tbe Northumberland Fusiliers, aid were thus able to command 0lem?ntf8 oamp. He retired on Hckpoort and took up a position oo a hill in tbe oontro of the valley. ''The casualties have not been com? pletely reported, but the fighting was very severe, and I deeply regret that Col L*ggc, of the Twentieth Hussars, and Capts MaoBeio, Murdoch acd Atkins were killed Reinforcements have left hero v Lord Kitchener also report that the Boers made an attaok aod were repulsed at Lichtenburg, and that Gen Lotmer was killed Attacks upon Bethlehem ond Vrodo were also repulsed, the Bjers losing ton kilkd and 14 wounded. Vryboid was attacked Ded 11th. Soipiog continued when the message was dispatched. OMINOUSLY CLOSE. The soeue of the fight is ominously close to Pretoria. Nooitgedact is oniy 22 miles northwest of Pretoria. It is reported that Gen Knox, cooperating with the British column at Rodders burg, has stopped Gen DaWet aod that a battle is prooeodinp. Tho report adds that many of Gen De Wet's follow? ers hero been captured. Tho scenes at the war office today reeall those witoeered in the early stapes of tho war. A constant stream of excited and anxious p.^ple filled the lobbies Tho abseeoo of tho names of any of the officers of th*? Northumber? land Foniliers in Gen Kitchener's dis? patch loads to the foreboding that the four oompani(B of the Fusiliers mentioned are in the bands of tr< Boers Tli" war offioe officials evidently eg peat a heavy casualty list, but they aro hopeful frem tho fac that the die? pateh doei to|n:ention the capture of be NorthumberUnds ; that such a great catastrophe has been escaped Orders were i?suod at Aldersbot, Malta and other military centres to dispatoh all tho available mounted infantry to South Afriea. TRUE SOUTHRONi Eetabllthed June 1?66 7 Series-VoL XX. So. 21 TOO EXTRAVAGANT. The manner in which one default? ing caebier wae detected wae rather peculiar. It was all due to the curiosity of the women of bis neigh* borbood. He went to no expense in the way of dressing; they never heard of his gambling cr drinking to Any extent; he was a model boa* band, bot be loved a good table. There was nothing unusual in this, but one day, when the ladies of the vicinity wera discussing the best method of cooking meats, the wife of the cashier declared very innocently that her husband doted on bam, but be would not eat it unless it bad been boiled in champagne. "Boiled in champagne !" exclaimed the listen era "Heavens, bow expensive ; wo couldn't afford to have bam on our table often if we cooked it that way.1' It was 6oon noised ail around the neighborhood that Cashier Blank was a high liver, indeed, and the men began telling of bis uplifted i?eas cf cookery This soon reached the ears of the directors of the bank and they ooncluded it might be wise to tnveeti* gate the accounts of such an epicure. Plain water was all they could afford for their haras, so the champagne lover was called up snd subsequently relegated to the pen, where he had to forego his pet dish for many, many 'eary years.?Louisville Times UNION'S SEWERAGE. Union, Dec. 12 ?The city council mot this evening, Mayor Yooug presiding, to accept bids on thirty- i five tboussod dollars worth of coupon b rinds The swsrd was made to J. A Sawyer, acting attorney for Robt. Robinioo, Atlanta, Ga , at four per oent Tbey were sold at a premium of three hundred and seventy dollars and fifty cents These bonds were for the building of a sewerage system, and Union can consider herself lucky as she had rine bidders, and bonds sold st a piemium DEATH FROM BITE OF A RAT. Beaufort, Dec 11 ?Edward Alston, colored, of Keane Neck, came here last night to bri.ig his son, eighteen months old to a physician. The man stated that two creeks since a huge rat bad bitten his five children, who had ail apparently re? covered except the boy whom he brought here The child showed sigi;e of impiove tnent also, until yesterday afternoon when he bled profusely from the end of the middle finger of his left hand, and appeared to b? suffering intense agony. The father hitched up his buggy and drove fifteen miles to this place where be arrived shortly after dark and took his child to a friend's house and immediately summoned Dr. C M Griffin The doctor could do nothing but allay the intense agony and the boy died about an hour after reaching town Dr .Griffin stated that there was not so ounce of blood in the child's body, and that death was literally due to hemmorage which could have been checked had medi* cat aid been obtained earlier. Alston killed the rat and stated that it was fully as large as a half grown cat The other four victims appear to be doing well. DESPERATE FIGHTING. New York, Dec 12 ?Advices re? ceived today from various parts of Colombia and coufirmed by passen? gers who arrived from Panama, tell of desperate fighting The government troops are in a poor physical condition and suffer? ing from several forms of tropical fevers ^enor Brigard, Colombian consul genera! in Ibis city, has been ordered oy his government do purchase nud ship immediately a Urge quantity of quinine for uso of the army. The most desperate fighting is bow goiug on in the department of Bolivia In a battlo fought at Tolfl Viejo, on No? 25. lbs revolutionists lost, among one hundred killed and wounded, two able ofiicrs, (fan P. Camacho and Col. Enriqne Pmedo. The rebels took two hundred prison? ers besides which the government force lost one hundred in killed Five cannon were also taken by the rebels. From tho departmeut of Magdalena came the news that Oeu Sautes, president of the revolutionary govern? ment with his force, had arrived at the poit of Rio Macha and establish? ed his government there Hampton. Dec 13 ?Henry Young, the negro who murdered Tom Rubi? con, colored, on the afternoon of Nov 17, near Luray, and for whom a eward was recently offered by the governor, was captured in Georgia reaterday by Mr M 0 Youmans, of juray, and brought here this after iood.