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SETTLEMENT OF THE CLEMSON DIFFICULTY. Cadet Thornwell Reinstated-The Sophomore Class Allowed to Return. Anderson, May IO.- The investiga? tion of the rceent trouble in the col? lege has been concluded and the trustees have adjourned rg and one nome. The net rsults of the investi? gation are these: Cadet Thornwell has been reinstated. The sophomore - class will be allowed to return and resume their studies on the condtion t&at they will be ready to stand their examination in September for entrance to the junior class. The charges which were preferred by the committee of students against President Hartzog were withdrawn. President Hartzog has tendered his resingation, to take .affect at the pleasure of the trustees. The resignation will not be considered or acted on until the renglar "meeting of the board in June, at commence jnent. President Hartzog's resignation "was placed in the hands of the board -several days ago. He said he tendered it^so the trustees might not feel any embarrassment or hesitancy on his ac? count in making the most rigid and thorough investigation. When the trustees met this morning Cadet Claude Douthit, chairman of the student committee which preferred the charges against the president 'sub? mitted the following signed statement : Whereas, the students of Clemson College have preferred charges against President Hartzog, and these charges have developed sufficiently to show to the board of trustees that there, is a widespread dissatisfaction against President Hartzog on the part of the students, we aie, therefore, willing to leave the rurther. investigation of this satter in the hands of the trustees. Pending this investigation we will not press our charges. Sign?e: Claude Douthit, M. E. Zeigler, T. J. Robertson, ?Tr., S. M. Ward, Jr, David Kohn, E. B. Boyki?, W. E. G. Black, B. H. Gardner, Newton D. Walker. "Do I understand,*' asked Senator Tillman, "that the committee proposes tb drop these charges and leave this whole matter now to the trustees, willing to accept and abide by our decision?" Cadet Douthit said that was the intention. "Then," said Senator Tillman, "there is nothing for the board to do hct to go into executive session and ake up its decision regarding youngm Thornwell and the sophomores, that is, unless President Hartzog wants to go on with the investigation of the charges. What do yon say, Mr. Hart? aos?"' President Hartzog replied that he seas ready and willing now, as he had ?3?en all along, to go into a full and complete investigation as to his con? duct and administration of the Col? lege. "The comm!tee have withdrawn their charges on their own volition, sot in any way at my suggestion or request," he said, "and it is no com? promise on my part. I am willing to go on with an open investigation, or I am willing to leave it all in the hands cf the trustees. I believe they will do justice and that is a>.l I * want. The matter rests entirely with them" "I would like to say,' said Cadet Douthit, "that our committee has ?taken this step only after mature con? sideration and with the good of Clem? son College the sole purpose in view. * * Then, ' ' said Senator Tillman, ''1 move that the board now go into ex -ccutive session" ' -This was carried and the board re? tired. They were in session over two hours. Finally, when it was stated c/"fiiat the trustees were ready to an? nounce their decision, the faculty and students reassembled in the chapel. The decisions were read by Senator Tillman. He read them in a very impressive manner. The stu? dents cheered roundly the decisions in regard to Cadet Thornwell and to the sophomore class, but there was no disorder or unseemly demonstration. The decisions are as follows : "The board, after a most searching investigation into the causes which led to the suspension of Cadet Thornwell, ?nd the action of the faculty in refus? ing the petition of the class for rein? statement, find as follows: First, that the offence was not of such magnitude and seriousenss as to warrant the sen? tence imposed, and that the punish? ment was entirely disproportionate to tibe seriousness of the offence. The evidence shows that the faculty was never in possession of all the facts in tho case, and while there was some grounds for its action, we feel that the trial was not conducted with that seriousness and thoroughness which should obtain in any case which involves the character and good name -of a cadet. The meagreness of the minutes, and inability of the faculty to present to the board, in written form, a record of the proceedings, is censurable, and we shall expect it never to occur again. We can under? stand how there might be a difference of opinion, as appears to have existed ia the faculty, on account of the in? complete evidence before it. The faculty divided evidently on the ques? tion of intent. On the one hand, there was a belief that the students understood their obligation in regard to this propertv. On the other, the contention of the cadets, tha's custom had led them to believe they had the right to take these tubes, influenced the judgment of some membe rs of the faculty to the extent that the vote for suspension was fifteen, while those -who voted against such punishment were thirteen, and the error was in Mot giving the benefit of the doubt to the boy. It is also an extenuating circumstance as to the severity of punishment that at the last meeting of the board it laid great stress, by resolution, upon the lax discipline sad somewhat loose way in which the College was being run, and ordered a strenuous effort to remedy it The ae? on of the faculty upon the first se oiis case that had come before it was ibly the result of its desire to ply with the expressed demands of board. It is therefore ordered t Cadet Thornwell be reinstated to rights and privileges as a cadet in liege. e action of the sopliomore class ving the College, without ex ng all remedies and m iking an? the board for a redress of is one of great serious coUege can be -successfully j ! run at which discipline is not strictly ! maintained, least of all an institution j with such a large number of students j as we have here, and situated as ! Clemson Colige is, in the country. It is the purpose and intention of the j board to require from any student who may avail himself of the oppor I trinities"that we offer here implicit I obedience' to all authority. Any com? binations having ::or their object the ! destruction of discipline and subversion j of good order will be punished to the ? extent of our power. Understand, we ? want it distinctly understood that the idea which seems to prevail to some extent among the cadets, that they have the right "to assemble in mass meeting or clas& meeting and legis? late on.College affairs, cannot be too strongly condemned. The faculty is clothed" with authority to govern the College under rules and regulations which are accessible to the students, and there is no excuse for the claim of ignorance of theright of appeal to the trustees in any case involving their rights. This board has on several _ oc ! casions previously shown its ^ willing ! ness and purpose to give a patient hearing to the studeents and to re-1 dress grievances. "We want to stress, j [ with all due.solemnity, the feeling of j the trustees,* that rather than submit to mob law taking control of Clemson and having^ the students attempt to coerce the faculty, or to resist the Col? lege authorities, we will lay it down as a general principle of the College government here that we will in fu? ture, if necessary, dismiss the entire student body and begin anew before we will tolerate the continuance of any such spirit, lin the case before us/ it is the first that has come before the board in the history of the College, we , find that the sophomores did not appeal to the trustees, which they should have done, but they left the College without that 'due considera? tion which they should have given such a serious step. It may be stated in extenuation of their offence that their sense of justice had been out? raged and their hot and impulsive young blood had led them to resort to this revoluionary action because they were sensible of the wrong done their classmate and unwilling to subject themselves to similar treatment. "We sympathise with the chivalrous feel? ing which led them to do this. We have sons of our c wn, some of us, and were boys ourselves once. Therefore we are ready to make due allowances for this blunder of youth, and pemrit such of the class as desire to do so to resume their studies immediately or at the beginning of j(the next session as they may elect. Such students as avail themselves of this privilege will be recieved in the College upon the fol? lowing conditions: First. They must present a petition to the president of the College asking reinstatment. Second. They most make good, by extia labor, the t ime lost and the work that is reqiured in the course, and examinations which are customary must be passed as though nothing had occurred. In view, however, of the time already lost and of the nearness of the end of this term, such examina? tions will not be required until the opening of the nest session." It was nearly 1 o'clock when Sena? tor Tillman finished reading and, as all the trustees ware in a hurry to get away to catch a train to Greenville a motion to adjourn was quickly put and carried. There was no speech making, nothing but the simple read? ing of the board's, decision. In a few minutes the trustees had all left the College grounds and. the show was over. The members of the sophomore class, who came here to attend the investiga? tion, have decided to accept the terms laid down by the trusees and will re? main until the end of the session Not only are they doing'this, but they are telegraphing to their classmates to come back. - mm ? ?aw Peace in South Africa. Lisbon. May 10.-A dispatch receiv? ed here from Delagoa Bay, Portuguese East Africa, says that peace in South Africa is certain to result from t he conference of the Boer leaders to be held at Vereeniging, Transvaal, May 15. It is said, the dispatch contin? ues, that peace will be officially pro? claimed on- May 20. Preparations are afoot for general rejoicings. Fatal Drunken Quarrel Near Greftleyville. Special to The State. Kingstree, May 12.-Hillary Hollo man was shot this evening about four miles from town on his way to Greeley - ville. The bail entered his left side, ranged upwards, touching his heart and death resultad immediately. Hol? loman and his brother-in-law," Brown, had been to Kingstree and had a good supply of liquor-and a dead man re suited. Brown says Holloman had shot the pistol, was breaching it and accidentally shot himself. A negro woman says they were quarreling in the wagon, Holloman had Brown down and was beating him when Brown shot him. Brown left the dead man in the road, drove eight miles to Greeleyville and then returned. The coroner's inquest was held and decided that Hillary Holloman came this death from a smnshot wound at the hands of H. H. Brown. Brown was arrested and is in the county jail. Holloman was a watchman for the Mallard Lumber Company at Greeley? ville. Paris, May 1*2.- King Edward has sent 25,000 francs as his contribution to the fund being raised for the relief of the sufferers from the Martinique disaster. The Czar has telegraphed to President Loubtt expressing the sin? cere sympathy of himself and the Czarina, who share with France the sorrow caused by the terrible West Indian catastrophe. Washington, May 12.-The Senate committee on Philippines today decided to call asa witness before that committee Miss. Clemencia Lopez, a sister of Sixto Lopez. Senators Lodg.e Hale and Burrows voted with the Dem? ocratic members to ask her attendance. Th9 committee also discsused the prob? abilities as to securing a vote on the Philippine Government bill and the Dmeocratic rmxembers all gave assur? ance that they had no desire to prolong the debate beyond legitimate bounds. The opinion was generally expressed that the vote could be taken by the middle of next week. THE MARTINIQUE HORROR. More Than Thirty Thousand Killed -American and British Con? suls and Families Perish. Fort de France, Island of Martini? que, May LL-Advices received here today from the vicinity of St. Pierre (ten'miles from here), contain further details of the terrible volcanic upheav? al which resutled in the utter destruc? tion of that town and the death of nearly all its inhabitants. The crater of Mont Pelee has been wearing its "smoke cap" since May 3, but there was nothing until last Monday to indicate that there was the slightest danger. On that day a stream of boiling lava burst through the top of the crater and plunged into the valley of the Elver Blance, over? whelming the Guerin sugar works, and killing 23 working people and the son of the proprietor. A commission was appointed by the governor to investigate the outbreak and it returned a reassuring reportr'on Wednesday evening. But about 8 o'clock on Thursday morning a shower of fire rushed upon St. Pierre and the ; coast from Le Carbet, which had a population of 8,000, to Le Pr?cheur, which had a population of 4,000, burn? ing up everything in its path. The heat in the vicinity of St. Pierre was so intense and the stream of flowing lava was so unremitting that it was impossible to approach the town during the early part of the day. i As evening approached the French cruiser Suchet, after a heroic battle ! with the heat, suffocation and sulphur i fumes, succeeded in taking a dash to? ward the shore, nearing the land enough for her to take off the sur? vivors of the disaster, half of whom were horribly burned and mutilated. St. Pierre at that time was an abso? lute smoking waste, concealing 30,000 corpses, whose rapid decomposition necessitated in some cases instantly completing their cremation, which was only partially accomplished by the lava. The inhabitants of Fort de France were panic stricken the morning of the disaster when the sky suddenly black? ened, until it was as dark as at mid? night. The sea shrank back 30 yards and hot rain began to fall while gravel, the size of walnuts, poured down on the town This lasted about 15 minutes. The 450 survivors who were brought here ysterday from the vicinity of St Pierre by he French cable repair ship Pouyer Gueattier came from the town of Le Prechour where, surrounded by flowing lava, they were nearly roasted to death and expected momentarily to be engulfed. The work of * relief is progressing here on the most extensive scale possi? ble, but in anticipation of disturb? ances the treasury building and the warehouses are guarded by troo?s. The latest reports received here showed that lava continues to pour down the slopes of the mountain, slow? ly engulfing the whole north side of the island, while fresh crevasses are continually opening. DIRE NECESSITY NOW REIGNS AT MARTINIQUE. An American Consul Gives a De? scription of the Awful Scenes at St. Pierre. Fort de France, Island of Martin? ique, May 12.-It now seems to be generally*admitted that about 30,000 persons lost their lives as a result of the outbreak of the Mont Pelee vol? cano, at St. Pierre, on Thursday last. Careful investigation by competent government officials show the earlier reports of the Associated Press were accurate. Briefly put, last Thursday morning the city of St. Pierre disappeared within five minutes in a whirlwind, fire vomiting from Mont Pelee; 30,000 persons were instantly and horribly killed and the volcano, whose crater for more than 50 years had been occu? pied by a quiet lake in which picnic parties bathed, suddenly discharged a torrent of fiery mud, which rolled to? wards the sea, engulfing everything before it. Then the last of cable com muniction was broken, and the doom? ed city was isolated from the world. The repair ship Grappler was lost with all on bord, as was the French vessel Tamya. There were 18 or 20 vessels in the roadstead at the time of the disaster. The British steamer Roddam had anchored but Capt. Freedmn, although horribly burned, managed to keep on the bridge of his vessel. Everybody on the Roddam's deck was killed instantly, but with the assistance of his third engineer and fireman, who were wounded, the cap? tain brought his vessel to St. Lucia. Many persons tried to reach the Rod dam, but in vain. The United States vice consul at St. Pierre, Amadee Tes? tart, . reached the deck of the Roddam only to fall back in the sea dead. Three hours exploration of the ruins of St. Pierre resulted in the finding of no trace of the American consulate. Consul Thomas T. Prentiss, his wife and two daughters, are undoubtedly dead. That quarter of the city is still a vast mass of blazing ruins. Nor has any trace been found of James Ja pp, the British consul. Mr. Japp had a large family at St. Pierre. CONSUL AYMES' STOR?. The American consul at Guadeloupe, Louis H. Ayme, has reached the deso? late spot where St. Pierre stood and confirms the awful story in all its es? sential details. Thirty thousand corpses are strewn about, buried in the ruins of St. Pierre, or else floating, gnawed by sharks, in the surrounding seas. The whole north end of the island was covered with a silver gray coating of ashes resembling dirty snow. Furious blasts of fire, ashes and mud swept over the steamer but finally St. Perre was reached. The city of St. Pierre stretched near? ly two miles along the water front and half a mile back to a cliff at the base of the volcano. The houses of the richer French families were built of stone. The still smoking volcano cowered above the ash-covered hills. The ruins were burning in many places and frightful odors of burned "flesh fill? ed the air. With great dfficulty a landing was effected. Not one house was left intact. Viscid heaps of mud, of brighter ashes or piles of volcano stones, were seen on every side The streets could hardly be traced. Here and there amid the ruins were heaps of corpses. Almost all the faces were downward. In one corner 22 bodies of men, women and children were mingled in one awful mass, arms and legs protrud? ing as the hapless beings fell in the last struggles of death's agony. Through the middle of the old Place Berlin ran a tiny stream, the remains of the river Gayave. Great trees, with roots upward and scorched by fire, were strewn in every direction. Huge blocks and still hot stones were scat? tered about. From under one large stone the arm of a white woman pro? truded. Most notable was the utter silence and the awful, overpowering stench from the thousands of dead. DEATH FROM SUFFOCATION. Careful inspection showed that the fiery stream which so completely de? stroyed St. Pierre must have been composed of poisonous gases, which instantly suffocated every one who in? haled them, and of other gases burn-, ing furiously, for nearly all the vic? tims bad their hands covering their mouths or were in some other attitude, showing that they had sought relief from suffoction. All the bodies are carbonized or roasted. GOVERNOR OF MARTINIQUE RE? PORTED TO HAVE SURVIVED. Washington, May 12.-Secretary Hay has received the following' cable? gram, dated May ll, from Consul Ayme, at Guadeloupe, who went to Fort de France, Martinique, by in? structions from this government : " The disaster is complete. The city wiped out. Consul Prentiss and his family are dead. Governor says 30,000 have per? ished, 50,000 are homeless and hun? gry. He suggests that the Red Cross be asked to send codfish, flour, beans, rice, salt meats and biscnts as quick? ly as possible. Visits of war vessels valuable." An important feature of Consul Ayme's cablegram is the reference by him to the governor as an authority for the estimate of the loss of life. Preceding dispatches, including the official messages received at the French colonial office in Paris, reported that there was no doubt that Gov. Mouttet, as well as Col. Dain, the' military commander at St. Pierre, had perish? ed. OUR GOVERNMENT'S ACTION. Washington, May 12.-The presi? dent himself turned his attention to? day to the extension of relief to the sufferers from the terrible catastrophe in the Lesser Antilles. To this end he called in Secretary Hay. That official had with him the dispatch from United States Consul Ayme which served as official confirmation of the worst reports of the extent of the dis? aster, and, in the opinion of the pres? ident, fully justified emergency meas? ures. So Secretary Hay was request? ed to acquaint Secretary Root and Secretary Moody with the president's wishes and they were charegd to carry out the details of the arrangements. The treasury department also was in? structed to cooperate. The war department was placed in charge of the supply work, and the navy department was asked for a ship. Secretary Moody immediately tele? graphed orders to Capt. Berry, the commander of the Dixie, now at New York, to take on the army supplies and sail at the earliest possible moment for Martinique. The naviga? tion bureau officers estimated that she can be gotten under way by Wednesday evening. The scier tifie departments will avail of the opportunity to send on the Dixie as passengers or observ? ers, two professors from the geological survey, while a Harvard volcano spe? cialist also will be given passage. The U. S. S. Buffalo, also a con? verted merchant freighter, will be used as a relief ship if the Dixie does not suffice. HELP FOB VOLCANO'S VICTIMS. i - Congress Appropriates $200,000 for Relief of Destitute. Washington, May 12.-The house to? day passed by an overwhelming vote a bill granting $200,000 for the relief of the sufferers in the great calamity in the West Indies. The bill was a sub? stitute to the relief measure passed by the senate, which carried $100,000, the increase having followed the receipt of a message from the president setting forth the magnitude of the calamity and urging an appropriation of $500, 000. A special meeting of the appro? priation committee was held to facil? itate action on the bill and it was re? ported to the house within a short time after the receipt of the presi? dent's message. In presenting the measure, Mr. Hemenway, the acting chairman of the appropriation com? mittee, explained that the amount was limited to $200,000, owing to the fact that large private contributions were being made The discussion was brief. Mr. Underwood of Alabama being the only one to speak in opposi? tion, and by a vote of"129 to 9 the bill was passed.* Mr. Underwood stated that he was opposed to the measure and would vote against it. Members were not here, he said, to legislate on the impulse of their heartstrings. Mr. McRae of Arkansas made an appeal for prompt and unanimous action in the interest of humanity, and Mr. Livingston of Georgia added the hope the country would not turn back upon its record for succoring those in distress without reference to nationality or locality. Those voting in the negative were Messrs. Burgess of Texas, Clayton of Alabama, Gaines of Tennessee, Lan? ham of Texas, Moon of Tennessee, Snodgrass of Tennessee, Tate of Geor? gia, Underwood of Alabama and Wil? liams of Mississippi. THE PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE. " "?The president today sent the follow? ing message to congress : To the Senate and House of Represen? tatives : One of the greatest calamities in history has fallen upon our neighbor? ing island of Martinique. The consul of the United States at Guadeloupe has telegrahed from Fort de France, under date of yesterday, that the dis? aster is complete ; that the city of St. Pierre has ceased to exist, and that the American consul and his family have perished. He is informed that 30,000 people have lost their lives, and that 50,000 are homeless and hungry; that there is urgent need of all kinds of provisions, and the visit of vessels for the work of supply and rescue is imperatively required. The government of France, while expressing their thanks for the marks of sympathy which have reached them from America, informs us that Fort de F rance and the entire island of Mar? tinique are still threatened. They, therefore, request that, for the pur? pose of rescuing the people who are in such deadly peril and threatened with starvation, the government of the United States may send as soon as ; possible the means of transporting them from the stricken island. The island of St. Vincent, and perhaps others in that region, are also serious? ly menaced by the calamity which has taken so appalling a form in Mar? tinique. I have directed the departments of the treasury, of war and of the navy to take such measures for the relief of these stricken people as lies within the executive discretion, and I earnest? ly commend this case of unexampled disaster to the generous consideration of congress. For this purpose I rec? ommend that an appropriation of 8500,000 be made, to be immediately available. Theodore Roosevelt, jg White House, Washington, May 12. Incidental Fees Illegal. 2 Columbia, May 10.- The Supreme Court has just rendered an important and far reaching decision in school matters. The Court has decided that the free common schools have abso? lutely no right to charge any incident? al or special fee, and that they have to be run entirely by the funds raised by common taxes. This decision does not in any way affect schools in spe? cial districts, where special privileges and rights have been grantee! by the General Assembly and sustained by the Supreme Court. The decision clearly defines that it applies only to common schools re? ceiving their support from general taxation. The decision was written by Associate Justice Pope. McLaurin Won't Get Federal Judgeship. Special to The State. Washington, May 12.- Senator Mc Laurin will not land a seat on the bench of the United States court of claims as his friends here expected. The president has decided to appoint Representative Alexander of Buffalo to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Justice John Davis. A former gov? ernor of West Virginia was among the other candidates for the office. 2 Senator McLaurin's chance for the plum were considered excellent and his visit by request of the president to the White House on Saturday started the report that he was a certain winner. Senator Platt of New York, a personal friend of Alexander, has made a strong fight for his candidate and it is understood the president acceded to his request because it involved some New York politics. Senator McLaurin's friends say he has been promised something "just as good," and that the president will land him comfortably before his sena? torial term expires. A Santee River Boat Line. Columbia, May 12.-The announce? ment is made that arrangements have been perfected whereby a line of steam? boats will be established between Co? lumbia and Georgetown, thereby giv? ing Columbia the benefit of water rates. This has been a dream for a generation or longer, and four or five years ago a steamboat company was about organized, but the idea was abandoned. The present project, it is stated, bas considerable financial backing and the arrangements have gone so far as to have the boats that will be used at the Georgetown end of the line ready to make the trips as soon as the ware houses are put up at this end and the other arrangements are perfected. Mr. Wm. E. Fowler, of Baltimore, is the moving spirit in the enterprise, and he has arrived here to consult with the business men, electric street railway company and others relative to the plan, and has found the greatest encouragement. He did not expect to find such a hearty welcome for the proposed line, as so many business people are lukewarm in many matters, but in Columbia he found the busi? ness interests generally ready to make agreements to ship certain freights over the Ocean-Congaree route, and in addition to show their good-will by taking stock in the enterprise. Mr. T. D. Love, of Wilmington, N. C., who is a practical and experienc? ed manager and boat man, has gone carefully over the entire route,, and finds that at a small expense the river can bo used by a steamer of small draught, as has repeatedly been shown by the Santee and other boats that have come up the river. The company will not be able to bring its boats up to Columbia at once, but just as soon as the work that the Government is ^ doing on the Congaree River dam is com? pleted, the expectation is that the boats can readily make their landings about Gervais street, which will put the company's ware nouses within the city limits. For the present the com? pany will effect landings about Granby, some two or three miles below the city, but the frieghts can readily be handled from there, either by elec? tric cars or drays. Pensacola, Fla., May 12.-The exten? sive planing mills, lumber sheds and dry kilns of the Southern States Lumber Company at Muscogee, Fla., with about six hundred thousand feet lumber, were burned last night. The Soath Carolina State DentalJAs sociation will hold its thirty-second annual Convention in Charleston, be? ginning this afternoon, at i o'clock, at the Charleston, Hotel, which hos? telry will be the headquarters of the visiting dentists during their stay. After transacting the regular business matters incident to the annual gather? ing the visitors will give themselves up to jollification and sight-seeing. Thursday, May 15, has been set apart as Dentists' Day at the Exposition. News and Courier, May 13th. THE CAMPAIGN CIRCUS. Probability of the People Being Pestered with Two Campaign Parties. Columbia, May ll.-Unfortunately it now begins to look as if the two ring campaign circus idea is to pre? vail. It is quito true that it is al? most a necessity, if all the candi? dates are to be given a hearing, but the chief strength of the plan just now is that it was advocated at Manning by Senator Tillman. It is a humbug and is going to be so denominated long before the campaign closes, but it looks very much as if it cannot be avoided. One of the campaign sections will include the candidates for United States Senators and possibly some few other candidates, and the second divis? ion will include candidates for Gov? ernor and perhaps the other candidates for State offices. One of the aggrega? tions will start at Orangeburg or some other point below Columbia, and "the other will begin its troubles in "the up-country, and wander around the State for three long and weary months telling why they want office and why some one else should not get it. It may be interesting to some of the candidates to know that there is far more glory than money in- holding State offices. The average State offi? cer-especially the Governor-although enjoying a pretty good salary, has "to spend fully as much as his income, and there have been precious few Gov? ernors in recent years who have ever saved a cent out of their salary. It is said that in Georgia there is a constitutional provision that requires State officers, of all kinds, to live at the Capital. Now that an entirely new set of candidates are going io run for the various offices that are to be filled, and no possible reflection can be meant upon any present officers, or those of previous administrations, every candidate for a State office ought to be made to declare that he would live in Columbia, the place of his office and his work, during the en? tire time of his office. It is high time that some of the public officers of the State, who are expected to be here to attend to their work, do so, and nat? urally, when their families are not in Columbia, their inclinations and de? sires are to be away from Columbia just as much as possible, and they likely stretch the ease ' with which they leave their work here and min? imize the importance of their remain? ing here. It would therefore be well for all-candidates in makitfg their cal? culations to figure on establishing their homes in Columbia during their terms of office, and bj living here and giving close attention to their work they are likely to give more satisfaction and to do themselves and their State more justice as public servants.-News and Courier. SOUFRIERE1N~ACTION. Roseau, Island of Dominicia, B. W. I., Sunday, May ll.-The Soufri?re volcano on the island of St. Vicent has been in full eruption since Wednesday last. Several plantations have been destroyed. Earthquakes and loud reports accompanied the eruption, and stones and ashes fell at Kingston. Many persons are wounded and the bodies of 500 dead are unburied. Barabos, 96 miles off, was in total darkness for a time. Pebbles and gritty substances have fallen there. Canoes crowded with refugees' are arriving at Domini ci a, and their oc? cupants are most hospitably recceived. Sunday morning. Jackson Sharpe, a ? young man born and raised in Colum? bia took morphine, after he had writ? ten a ?eries of letters telling why he did not want to live any longer. He was found in a bad condition, but Drs. Pope and Derrick managed to nullify all of the last letters he had writteen, and now Sharpe is glad that the doc? tors knew their business.-Corres? pondent News and Courier. Port-Au-Prince, Hayti, May 12.-At the meeting of Congress today, called to elect a President of the Republic, the minister of the interior formally handed the resignation of President. Sam to the House. The meeting had hardly heard the words of the President of the"House declaring that a President of the Republic was to be elected, when Deputy Jeannot declared that Congress did not have the confidence of the people. This was followed by cries of "Vive la Revolution!" and 'Aux Armes!" and a scene of .great disorder followed, during which Con? gress was practically dissolved. Shoot? ing in the streets began soon after? wards. Roanoke, Va., May 12.-A special from Bristol says that, following the killing of Jeff Robertson Saturday by the Wright band of outlaws in Scott county, Virginia, a trio of Lee County men today shot John Templeton, one of Wright's leaders, from ambush, near Maness, Scott County, Virginia. Templeton's body is believed to have been consigned to the river by his comrades. Sheriff Broadwater traced the Wright gang to the river's edge by a trail of blood and found en route two guns and small bits of flesh and bone. A Reids ville dispatch to the Char? lotte Observer says that the Southern railway is preparing to double-track its line from Lynchburg to Charlotte. This innovation in southern railroad? ing is rendered expedient and even necessarv by the heavy traffic on that important section of the south's great? est railroad. It will not be so very long before double tracks ar?_ the rule on all our great southern systems, > if this section continues to advance in- > dustriallv and commercially as it has been doing of late. What strides the railroads of the south have made in a few vears! It seems only yesterday that the old Richmond and Danville with its unballasted single tracks and incomplete equipment was the model railroad in this territory. The Rich? mond and Danville became the South? ern and the Southern l?as become one ? .f the great systems of the country great in mileage, in the excellence of its roadbed and the elegance of its equipment. And now double tracks! Then it will be only a short time be? fore the Southern has a double track from Washington'to Atlanta and S?-,/ vannah, and the other systems will have to follow suit. The south's day has passed the dawn.-State.