North Carolina Newspapers

V 1 r 1 eai IMEB H G. K. GRANTHAM, Editor Render Unto Oaesar the Things that are Caesar's, Unto God, God's. 1.00 Per Annum, in Advano VOL. II. DUNN, HART CO., THURSDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1892. NO. 43 Gent SAGE, v a President Harrison on tn State of the Nation. HOBK OF FOUR YEARS. Fniiir.ir uiscussion of Important Public Questions, Van -i.-'.n Elections and tho Treas . im v Xew Mail Subsitlfe3 UrgeO. .Mo Continued "Work ou.the Neav" N ivy Chiei Acnomplishinents of I'. r i'enart merits. TV ! r;.'K a net IIo.sz of Representatives i: -: : riilct-n jay annual message to Con- r-r -- I ?1 lVt T.'.lt Sltl'st'tir-tinn in kainx U - - - xlx KJ m avjio T r!l , ti.it. tho general conditions affecting ti ... . -.. i.meivial an 1 industrial interests of th - 1 States are in the highe3t degree i. A comparison of - : t.&iouu ..-.'hi hnons with thosa of the most favored i f f i t Til historv of tha o-mnt-rTr 411 T tha existing j... . j J T 1.1, l . ... ii if ihif c v. ; --v. n a jiiu" lun ui;u n nrgrtJtJ Ot pTOS" ( rity ;m i & generala diffusion of the com- lite were never before enioved bv Th't total wealth of the country in I860 n i- c I.VJ.116,06S. In 1890 it amounted to ?,';:',' f'M'lO, ap increase of 2S7 per cent. Ti.e total miieage of railways in the T i;i,v States in ISo'J was 33,623; in 1800 it hs !' s7ll, an increase of 413 per cent.; fin i f is estimated that there will be about 4 ') ni'Ies of track added by the close of the r CENSUS FIGURES. Tli? i frk-ial returns of" the Eleventh Cen ui a:i 1 those of the Tenth Census for 75 'a :in cities furnish tho basis for the fol k'.vin;r'eomparisons: In r.0 the capital invested in manufac tui in- was 1,'J3'2,830.670. In IN ) the capital invested in manufac ir:ng was S'i, 900, 735,884. )a lS) tho number of employes was In 1S'J) the number of employes was 2.151,134. In 18:0 the wages earnel were $501,965, 77s. in ISO) the wages earned were $1,221,170, 4" I. In 18) the value of the proJuct wa3 $2, 711,379.9 J. In 1S90 the value of the product was $4,- w:m27. . v : 1 am informed by the Superintendent of the Census that the omission of certain in di:tries in 18S0, which were incluied in 1S9. i, accounts in part for the remarkable increase thus sho.vn. But, after making luil allowance for diiTerences of njethod and deducting the returns for all interests not included in the Census of 1SS , theVa remain in the reports irom these sevouty-uve cities nn incr.-a.ie in the cinital etnoloved o not only show an increased az'zregatt?, but nn increase p:-r capita from f 3S6 in 18S0 to J54?inlt9) or 41.71 p.n cant. The new industrial plants established since October , 1'K and up to October 22, 1S9?, as partially reported in the American Econo mist number -145, and t'le extension of ex isting plants, lf'S; the new capital invested m ;unts to i"49,449,05-. fnd the numbei of a -iditional 'employes to 37,235. The Tektile'AVorld. for July, 1892, states that during the firt six months of the pres-f-nt calendar year 135 new factories were built, wbicU 40 are cotton mills, 48 knit tnz mil!-, 2H woolen mills, 15 silk mills, p ush nulls and 2 linen mills. Ot the 40 cotton nulls 21 have been built in the South ?rn States. Mr. A. E. Shepperson, of the New v..i k Cotton Exchange, estimates the num l er oi working spindles in the United tat s on S.pte nber 1, 1SJ3, at 15,200,000, bii increase of Ij60.K0 over tha year 1831. The consumption of cotton by American m'ilis in 1 :: was 2.:iJ),OJ0 bales, and in 1893 'J..4',O0U bales, aa increase of 183,000 bales. Kinin the year 180 to 1892, inclusive, lln re has baeil aa increase in the consump tion of cotton in Europe of 93 per' cent., while during the same period tha increased consumption in tho United States has been shout 15 ) p?r cent. i Tne report of Ira Aver, special agent of the Treasury Department, shows that at the .'lata of Septenbcr 30, , ISO 3, there were thirt-:vo cimpanies manufacturing tin sndtcrno plate in the United States and fourteen companies building new works for such manufacture. The estimated invest ment in buildings and plants at the close of the tical year, June 31, 1893, if existing con ditions w'ere to be c mtiaued, was $5,000,000, and the estimate i rate of production 200, liCO.OuO pounds per annum. The actual pro duction lor the quarter ending September 3' IS!".', was 10,9 2,7.'5 pounds. The report of Eabor Commissioner Peck, nf New Yor-c. shows that during the year lsl 1, in about six thousaui manufacturing '"establishments iu that State embraced w ithin the sprc al inquiry made by him, and representing 67 diiferent mlustries, there was' n net increase over the year lSaJ of 31,3i5,13).6Sin the va.us of the proiuot, snd of ?t ?.77,'?l ).?9 iii the amount of wages paid. The report of the commissioner of labor for the State of Massachusetts showa that S745 industries iu that State pail MS 9. 4 6, i4S in wazes during the year 1891, igainst 12.03).3J3 in 1S9 , an increase of 13,335.93. and that there was an increase Df $y,V3'3.490 in the amount of capital and of . T346 in the number of persons employed in the same perio 1. . -. J Dui iiu: the last six months of the year 191 an f the first six months oCthe to tal proiuction of pig jron was 9, 10,819 tons, s a ;ainst 9,203,703 tons in the year 1S90 which was the largest annual production fver attained. For the same twelve months of 1891-92 the pro iuction of Bessemer ingots was 3,878,531 tons, an increase of l89'1 rrn tnne nwrtia nrpvimis unDrOCedented yearly production of 3,683.871 gross tons m 1890. The productian of Bessemer steel rails for the first six months of 1892 was ri-2,43d gross tons, as against 702,0a0 gross tons during the last six months of the year 1591. EXPORTS AND IMPORTS. The total value of our foreign trade (ex ports and imports of merchandise) ' during the last fiscal year was 1,857, 689,610 an m rrease.of $123,233,604 over the previous fis cal year. The value of our exports during the fiscal ' rear W reachel the highest figure in the history of the Government, amounting to 11,030273, 148, exceeding by 145,797,3S8 the exports of 1S91 and esc?eding the value of the imports by $202,875,686. COASTWISE AND INTERNAL TRADE. In our coastwise traie a most encourag ing develoDment is in progress, there having , be?n in the last four years an increase olio per cent. In internal commerce the statistics show that no such period of prosperity has ever be. ore ex sted. The freight carried in the coastwise trade o; the Great Lakes in 1S90 a?gregat5 28,295,959 ton?. On the Mississippi. Missouri and Ohio Rivers ana tritutiriis in the same year the traffic ag pi e ate 1 -P,405,C43 tons, and the total ves sel tonnage passing through the Detroit River iuring that vear was 21,m,00U tons. The vessel tonnage entered and cleared to the foreign trade of Lon Ion during lyj amcunted to 13,480,767 tons, and of Liver pool 1.941,800 tons, a total for these two great shippmg ports of 24,42,568 tons, onlj l, j. i, 4 ,i .H; in too vaiu-3 ot the pro luce of 24,2:Ji;,lfi6; in wages earnad of 5677,-943,9-1', an 1 in the number of wae -earners lligbtly in excess of the vessel tonnage pass- msr thrcurh th Flat S1VIXGS OF THE PEOPLE. Another indication o the general pros perity of the country is found in the fact mat tne number of depositors in savings banks increas 3d from 693,870 in 1860 to 4, 258.893 in 1890, an increase of 513 per cent, and the amount of deposits from 149 277 504 in I860 to $1,524,811,506 iQ 18, aa in crease of 931 per cent In 1891 the amount of deposits in savings banks was $1,623,079, 749. It is estimated that 90 p?r cent of these deposits represent the savings of wage earners. The bank clearances for nine months ending September 30, 1831, amounted to 141, 049,390,808. For the same months In 1892 they amounted to $15,189,601,947, an ex cess for the nine months of H, 149,211,139. There has never been a time in oar his tory when work was so abundant or when wages wire as high, whether measured by" the currency in which they are paid or by their power to supply the necessaries and comforts of life. It is true that tha market prices of cotton and wheat have been low. It is One of the unfavorable incidents of ag riculture that tho farmer cannot produce upon order?. He must sow and reap in ig norance of the agzrejate production of the year, and i psculiarly subject to the depre- uiuliuu wjica iowows overprouuunoa. VALUE OF FARM PRODUCTS." Tho value of our total farm products has increased from n.3S3,C4aS63 in 1SG0 to J4. 500.000,000 ia 189!, as estimated by statis ticians, an increase of 230 ner cent. The number of hos January 1, 1811, was 50, 625, r.ifi and their vilue $210,193,25; on January 1. 1S92. the number was 52,393,019 and the value $241,031,415. On January 1, 1891 the number ot cattle was 3B,875,6t3 and the value $544,127,908; on January 1, 1893. the rnimner was o,ooi,4oy ana. me vaiue o(v, 749,155. If any are discontented with this state here; if any believe that waajes or prices, the returns for honest toil , are inadequate, they should not fail to remerabar that there is no other country in ths world where the conditions that seem to them hard would not be accepted as highly prosperous. The English agriculturist would be glal to ex change the returns of his labor for those of the American farmer, and the Man chester workmen their wages for those of their fellows at Fall River. . A WORD FOR PROTECTION. I believe that the protective system, whic has now for something mora th in thirty years continuously prevailed in our legisla tion, has been a mighty instrument for the development of our national wealth and a most powerful agency in protecting the homes of our workingmen from the inva sion of want I have felt a most solicitous interest to preserve to our working people rates of wages that would not only give daily bread but supply a comfortable mar gin for those home attractions and family comforts and enjoyments without which life is neither hopst'ul nor sweet. They are American citizens a part of the great people for whom our Constitution and Government were framed and instituted i- nonnnf ha n nprvcrRi'nn of that Con- nn' aw " r - . stitution to so legislate as to preserve m their homes the comfort, independence, loyalty and sense of interest in the (5overn ment which are essential to good citizsnship in peace, and which will bring this stalwart thronr, as in 1861, to the defense ot the flaj when it is assailed. It is not my purpose to renew here the argument in favor of a protective tariff. The result of the recent election mast ba ac cepted as having introduced a new policy. We must assume that the present tariff, constructed upon the lines of protection, is to be repealed, and that there is to be sub stituted for it a tariff law constructed solely with reference to revenue; that no duty is to be higher because the increase will keep open an American mill or keep up the wages of an American workman, but that in every case sue a a rate of duty ii to be imposed as will bring to the Treasury of the United States the largest returns of revenue. The contention has not been between schedules, but between principles, and it would be offensive to suggest that the pre vailing party will not carry into legislation the principles advocated by it snl the pledges given to the people. The tariff bills passed by the House of Representatives at the last session were, as I supposeeven in the opinion of their promotors inadequate, and justified only by the fact that the Senate and House of Representatives were not in accord and that a general revision could not, therefore, be undertaken. I recommend that the whole subject of tariff revision be left to the incoming Con gress It is matter of regret that this work must be delayed for at least three months; for the threat of great tariff changes intro duces so much uncartainty that an amount, not easily estimated, of business inactioa and of diminished reduction will necessarily result. It is possible also that this uncer tainty may result in decreased revenues from customs duties, for our merchants will make cautious orders for foreign goods m view of the prospect of tariff reductions ana the uncertainty as to when they will take Those who have advocated a protective tariff can well afford ta have their disas t. f,Mt(c rif a oh an era of DOllCV dlsaD- pointe. If a-system of customs duties can be framed that will set the idle wheels and looms of Europe in motion and crowd our warehouses with foreign-made goods, and at the same time keep oar own mills busy; that will give us an increased participation in the "market of the world" of greater value than the home market we surren-ler; that will give increased work to foreign workmen upon products to bs consumed by our people without diminishing the amount of work to be done K here; that will enable the American manufacturer to pay to his workmen from fifty to a hundred per cent more la wages than is paid in the foreign mill and yet to compete in our market and foreign markets with the foreign proiucer; that will further reduce the cost of articles of wear and food without reducing the wages of those who produce them; that can be celebrated, after its effects have been realized, as its expecta tions havebeen, in; Europ2an as well as In American cities, the authors and promoters of it will be entitled to the highest praise. We have had in our history several ex periences of the contrasted, effects of a FeTenueandthatot a protecUve tariff: but this generation nasnos ieiu experience of one generation is not highly instructive to the next The friends of the protective system, tt,UQd;mm,sheiA fiience in the principles thay haTe ad voSteti, wai await the results of the new experiment. LABOR AND THE TARIFF. The strained and too often disturbs! rela tions existing between ths employes and the employers in our great manufacturing establishments hava not bean favorable to a calm consideration by the waje earner of the effect upon wares of the protective sys tem. The facts that his wage3 were the highest paid in li'te callings in the world and that a maintenauc3 of this rate of watrep. in the absence of protective duties upon the product of his labor, was impossible. were obscured by the passion evoked by these contests. He may now be able to review the qusstion in the light of his personal experiouv the operation of a tariff for revenue only. If that experience shall demonstrate that pres ent rates of wages are thereby maintained or increased, either absolutely or in their purchasing power, and that the aggregate volume of work to be done in this country is to be increased, or even maintained, so that there are more or as many days'. work in a year at as good or better wages for the American workmen as has been the case under the protective system, every one will reAeeneral process of wage re Iuction can not be contemplated by any patriot eitisen without the gravest apprehension. It may be indeed I believe it is, possible for the Am rican manufacturer to compete snccess fu ly with his foreign rival in many branches of production without the defense of crotective duties, if the pay rolls are tweea the producer and that result and the distress of our working people when it is at The Society of the Unemployed, now hold- . m B .1 a- J ing lis irequens ana inreat suing parages m the streets of foreign cities, should not be FOREIGN RELATIONS. ' Our relations with foreign nations are now Tha mmnlicafiil n n rl t.hratnin T differences with Uermany and Eagland relatlngj to the seal fisheries in the Bering Sea, and fith Cbile growing out or tae uauimore aaair, Tkani hAtrafwtrt ne-Tlt in t Jind concluded under section 3 of the tariff law, commer oiai oirrAomontt r1atin-T to raoinrocal trade with the following countries: Brazil, Do minican Republic, Spam for Cuba ana .Puerto Rico, Guatemala, Salvador, the Oerman Auipire, ureiii orivnu mi uaioiu West Indian Colonies and British Guiana, Nicaragua, rioniuras ana a.u3iria-n.uugarjr. Tii. timui ntfnfTon nF mir "EnroDsan competitors for the South American mar- Ket nas Deen aicra.cceu i j ima uw ixixio-u policy and to our acquisition ana ineir ion . r-. .1 . I oi ooutn Amsricau tra'ao. THE BEREfa SEV TREATY". A treaty providing for the arbitration of tlianin.ntihst'nsin rirant. Rritfl ill BTlT the United State?, as to the killing of seals in the x . AA 4.1 . - Bering Sea was conciuaea on me mm u February last. This treaty was accompanied by an agreement promoting peiagm aoaiur pending the arDitranon, aua vioiuu f AlI 4,- 1 vr AirAMf VhS FT'r" r'ntr I.pi .mm mm IJI .wr out all poactiins sealers from the Bering and ons vessel from toe Fish Commission. all under the command of Commander Evan?, of the Navy, were sent into the seas, which was systematically patrolled. Some coTnro? rvctra m i rl o a n rl if. ia HAliAVAd t.hfth the catch in the berina: Sea by poachers mnnnnfofl f-n loci than KflO uata ft it t.rilO however, that in the North Pacific, while tne saai nerds were on tueir way n ine rasses between the Aleutian Islands,) a very laroo mimlier nrnhahlu ?.." 000 WAra takll. The existing statutes of the United States do not re-train our citizens from taking seals in the Pacific Oeaan, and perhapf should not, an!e?s the prohibition can be extended to the citizsns of other nations I recom mend that power be given to the Presi- Lnf Kv' nroflamat.ion to nrohibit the taking of seals in the North Pacific by American vessels, in case either as the result of the findings of the tHhnnnl of nrhitration. or otherwise, the re straints can be aoplie 1 to the vessels of . n m a t vr - i 1 OI A a nil countries, xne case ot tne unuea oi-ats for the tribunal of arbitration has baen pre pared with great cara and industry by th9 Hon. John VV. Foster, and the counsel who represent this Government express confi rionra fhnf rMult f,ubstantiallv establish ing our claims and preserving this great industry tor the oenenc ot an nations wiu be attained. CANADA AND THE UTEO STATES. The controversy as to tolls upon the Wei ion I f!an.i) whir;;i was nresented to Con eress at the last session by spicial message, having lauai oi aajust neni, a xeii wu pin ina'l t rt oTJI'ku t.Hn All thoritv conferre i i v.-x ri- t.iItt 9 isj ana to nrociana n siisneusion of the free U39 of St. Marys Fa! Is Canal to caroas in transit to ports in Canada. The Secretary ot tne areasurjr -i.-i.t:u-j --vll3 os worn thought to be tauivalent to tho exactions unjustly levied u jon our commerce m mo uauau - " I ... must, eimnnv t.hft nOIltlCal Tela- tions of Canada and the disposition o the unffornmont are to remain uu- changed, a somewhat radical revision ot our trade relations snouiu, x wmu. Our relations must continue to be intimate, and they should be friendly. I regret to say, i thotin mini of the controversies. notably those as to the fisheries on the At- r.linr inforfists On the PaClftC. lauiu. wo otunu& . j . u , 1 tnlli, rmr nacrotl&tlOnS Wltn f ) RritQm hiva continuouslv been. thwnrtd or retarded by unreasonable and unfrienily objections and protasts from in h matter of the canal tolls. .T ;ht wer flarantlv disre- earded. It is hardly too much to say that the Canadian Facinc ana oiaer i.majf i: u;k rarniiAi mir northern boundary either its are susiaiuoa . .7 rT;f q j origin or terminus, or both, in the United Sr-ates. Canadian railroads compete with those of the United States for our traffic, j i-actrointa of our inters tate- Bnawiiuuuu iusnioi..-.- commerce act. Their cars pass almost with j -l ;nfn onri out; of our territory There is no disposition on the part ot the people or Government of the United States to interfere in the smallest degree with the political relations of Canada. That quastion is wholly with her own p-ople. It time i...ap frt itinsi.Ai whattter. it tne present state of things and trend of things is to continue, our interchanges upon lines of land transportation should not bp put up cia n i our entire in te- E3ndence o: Canadian canals and of the c awrenceasan outlet to the sea secured by the construction of nn American canal, around the Falls of Niagai a and the open ing of ship communication betwesnthe Greit Lakes and one of our own seaports We should not hesitate to avail ourselves of our great natural trade advantages. We should withdraw the support which " given ' to the railroads and steamship hues of Can ada by a traffic that properly belongs to us, and no longer furnish the earnings which lighten the otherwise crushing weight of the enormous public subsidies that have been civan to them . The subject of the power of the Treasury to deal with this matter with out further legislation has been under con sideration, but circumstances have post poned a conclusion. It is probable that a consideration of tha propriety of a modifica tion or abrogation of the article of the Trptv of VVashinzton relating to trans or goods in bond is involved in any compVte solution of the quastion. THE CHILEAN TROUBLE. Congress at the last session was kept ad vised ot the progress of the serious and for a time threatening differences between the Unitd States and Chile. It gives me now great satisfaction to report that the Chilean Governmant ia a most friendly and honor able spirit has tenderel anl paid as an in demnity to the families of the sailors of the Baltimore who were killed and to those who were injured in the outbreak in th9 city of Valparaiso the sum ot $75,090. This has been accepted, not only as aa indemnity for a wrong done, but as a most gratifyin g evi dence that the Governmant of Chile rightly appreciates the disposition ot thi3 Govern ment to act in a spirit of the most absolute fairness and friendlinass in our intercouse with that brave people. A f urthar a nd con clusive evidenca of the mutu U raspac t and confidenca now existing is furnishel by the to arbitra tion the mutual claims of the citizans of the respective Governoaaats nas oeen agreei upon. THE ITALIAN AFFAIR. Tha Tii-n v noh nf this Government in expressing to -the Government of Italy its reprobation and abhorrence of the lynching of Italian subjects in New Orleans, by the navmentoi l'-iiouo irancs, or ;,ojj.57a t accepted Dy tne Ji-ing oi xmij " manifestation ot gracious appreciation, and the incident has been highly promotive ot mutual respect ana gooa win. HELP THE NICARAGUA CANAL. I roeat with trreat earnestness the recom- oH.n whinh I hv made in several IXA Q.l " previous messages that prompt and adequate support be given to the American Co npany engaged in the contructioo of the Nicaragua uma Hinni It is imnossi de to overstate the uuiu r value from every standpoint of this great enterprise, and I hope that there may ba mman in thin CiiTr&SK to ?ive to it an impetus taat will insure tai earlv c impletion of the canal ani secure to the Unitad States its proper relation to it when complete!. HOPiFUL FOR SILViR. The Congress has baan already advised u v, milNti.tna ft ' thii (rover .i usnt for lull u - the assembling of an Intern ational Monetary Conference to consider tha qaastioa of an m Z I . - x 1 enlarges us9 os suvsr v ere accjpwx oy tao nations to which the v were ad ires sad. The conference assembled at Brussals on the Tixoz iMovemoar an nas eucjraa upon tua . : - , t. : aw: - r K M w. not doubted, and navi, not taken occasion to express that boiaf, as well in the invitations issue 1 for this conference as in my public massages, that the free coinage of s.lvjr uooa an agreai international ratio would greatly promote the interest of our maple an l equally those of other nations. It :s too early to predict; what results may ba accouiplishad by ths m T m! - a . contereaca. xt any temporary uitti ui delay inter ven2s. I bsaeva that very soon commercial conditions will compel the now reluctant; vxovei nments 10 umie wuu us ia this movement to secura the enlargement of ot the volumo of ccinr-d money needed foi the transaction of the business of th'i world THE TP.T ilUST, The report of the Secretary of th9 Treas ury will attract espacif. interest in view ol the many misieaaing ssite nats tnac ive been made as to tb.9 state of ta3 public rev enues. Three preliminary facts should! not only be state J, but eruohasizi l, bafora look- ing into details: r irsc, tnai; tne puouc debt has been reduaad siaca JIarc'a 4, 1SS9. $259,074,231 aul th9 annual interest charge $11,654,463; second, that there have baeu paid out for pen sions during this administration up tc November 1, 1S93, i 43 2, 534,173. 7 J, an excass of $114,466 336.09 over the sum expended during the o.rioi from March J, 13bo, to March 1. 1339. and ttiird. tnai unaer me ex isting tariff uo to Damber 1 about $93,- 000,000 of revenue, wuica wouia nave D?en couecteaupon lraportJ i su?rs it i w uuty had baen maintained, has eone into the pockets of the people and not into the pub lie treasury, as before. If there are any who still think that the surplus should have bean kap t out of circa lation by hoaramg it in tna .treasury, oi deposited in tavorea oanns wicnouc intereai nhila fVia fi-fwprnmnfct continued to 1MIV tC these very banks interest upon the bonis -. ii .1 : a depositea as security ior iua uepojitts, ur who think that the extenled pansioa legis lation was a public robbery, or that the duties upon sugar should have been main tained, I am content to leave tne argument where it now rest-, while we wait to see whether these criticisms will tate tne lorno of legislation. The revenues for the fiscal year enamf June 30. 1892. from all source were $42o, 668 260.22, and the exoenditures for all pur poses were $415,953,806.56. leaving a balance of 9.914, 453.60. There were paid during the 'year upon the public debt 40,57U,- 467.93. The surplus in the Treasury ana the bank redemotion fund, passed by the act ot July 14, 1S90, to the general fund, fur nished in large part the cash available and usee for the payments maae uuou lie ci ebt. Comoared with the year 1891, our reef ipts from customs duties fell off $42, O0V341.C8, while our receiDts from internal revenue increased 53, 334, ia, isavms iu net loss of revenue from these principal sourc?s ?33,7o4,4l7.yo. me, nee i revenue from all sources was Sd3,bro,yf-s.oi. The revenues, estimated ana actun, K-nl TTaaf on nr .Tnri4 iH). lod. are placed by the Sacretary at $463,335,350.44 anl hue ex o ami cures at jl,ojj,w '- sho.vihir a surpHis of recemts over exoana.- tures Of $2,0 "0,000 . The cash balance m the Treasurv at the ent or ma nscai yoai u estimated win De ru, ' ti, otiimifa i rocoinft for th fiscal vaac endim Juae. 3). 1S94, are 1 49 1,121, 3o5. 33, ana the estunatea appropn?ciLias This does not mciuae any pajruiuu w sin King tuna. nv.iin rnr H lonfo in t.hs numose anl ability of the Government to mamtam the purity of all our money issues, waeiuw .in.jnoi- miut- rsmnin unshaken. The de- mand for gold in Europe and the consequent uc ira n considerable detrea t.tXl 13 KJL UU.l ' c. w - tne result oi tne enons oi suuw w nci-nmant-a tn increase their SOid i eserve. and thesa efforts should ba met by nrmiii hicr u 9tmn on our Dart, xutj .!,.; fhof Vinva (tsi ted this dram ot CUUUWU113 ' - . 7 . . J .. T.....,rr rmij an) in nn i moor cant ue- not coir.tnercial. view rtf t ha tarr. mar, h P"rnHiai lotiaiwa v. ,;A ira in thanaqr fut lira saem to te probable, it would be better that any caanges shoulAue a part oi iuiucihw'"'"'"- of a temporary nature. SILVER BOUGHT AND COINED. t n, last. fU:vl viar the Secretary mirohased under the act of July 14, 1890, kA 7i nnnoM of silver, and issued in rrr.0nt. thrpfor 54! 1U6.603 mnotes. Tne total purchases sinca the passage ot th9 act v. 191 A.7Q '4S1 onnoes. and the az XV:. 'i., U6 783.590. The average prica paid for silver during the year was 94 cents per ounce, ius""" F . A ; si a-M Julv 1. 1891. anl the lowest $0.33 March 21, 1892. In view of the fact that the vj-i-mkt-ovTr rrr toranrn i now milliuz au t uuiu no conclusion has yet baen reach ad, Ivith- 1,11 omrrawnmanditioi a3 to leeislatlOU rr m " : upon iai4 suujiiui. AMY REORGANIZATION DEMANDED. 1 of t.hi Sacretarv . of War bring? again to the attention of Congress 6ome important suggesuous as lj A.n;Hnn n? th infant,rv and ar tiller v arms of the service, which his predeces- enn liavn before urentlv Dresentea. uar nrmv is small. DUE 113 oriiauitwuu .t,r,M oil tin mArfl ha nut nma the most OUUU4A v. - - r- X . unnroved modern basis. The conditions nmn tv hat we nave caxieu -luo iiuuwci rr .i. . -1 1 j . tip : n have heretofore tenance of many reauirei the main- small posts. Dut now the policy of coocan mt.inii Is obvioualv the ri-rfc. a Th4 reoforanizition and enlarge ment of the Bureau of Military Information whici the Secretary has effected is a work the usefulness of wnica win Decorae every rir more anoarent. The work ot building i, a ii 1 tha onnstrnction of coast defenses has been well begun and should be carried on without check, f CLAIMS AGAINST THE GOVERNMENT. Tha a-ycrra-rntft of olaima nendin? against the Government in tha Court of Claims is .n,M.mini nsi:iKt.ithaiMtnr nearly $4' 0,000,000 for tha takiag of , or injury to the property CI persons ciaimin .o uo iiysi d"rmr the war are now Daiora tnat court ior examination. Whan to taese are added tha Inlian depredation claims and the French spoliation claims an aggregata is reacaei k-.- ia inrS.-l startling. In th dnfensa of all these casas the Governmaat is at great UK.U their evidenca, whereas the agents of taw nTTrtF.r.monT- art it into the flld to rum mage for what they can find. The difflsultj is peculiarly great wnere me laui, wj ubbswu- lisnea is tne uisiyjiwi'j vii ins wwiuu v- ihg the war. it mis great inroad a;uai. Am rawanriaa 1 Q ti hnv no other checi c?r- taioly Congress shoul I supply the Dapart-,An- nf Jni.tin with an-tr.inriatioas suffi- ciently liberal to secure the best legal talent in tb9 cerense ot toese ciaims am w puuuo its vague searca roreviienca euecwvei jr. i POSTAL AFFAIRS. Tha n.-,st.al rvnu23 have increas9d durinf: thA last Tr nearlv 3. 003.00). The deficit lor tna vear en liii z j uaa oj, i-, t 341 less than the defi ilea; of tha preceding vear. 1 h9 denciency or taa present meat - - . - . : 1 TIT I. . I J ! year, liisesuraitrjj, mu j uiui . j i. kk A.0A wiS will nnt onlv bi extinamlshel Hnpinr tho riprt fiicil vear. but a surplus of nearly one million dollars should then be shown. In th9se calculations the payments to be made under the contracts for ocaan mail servica hava not been incluied. There hava beea added 159) new mail routes daring the year, wita a mileage of 8563 miles; anl the total number of new miles of mail trips aided during the year i noiri c7AntM,i millio.is. The number ot miles of mail joarneys aided during the VVi. AHiriri hin twpntv-ATft million of miles more than were in operation in th9 wnoie country in isoi. Th nnnhr rtf nrmt. ifTl - hi hvn in- MdcA.4 h 273) dnrin? t as var: aa i luria r the past four years an 1 up to 6 tober 23 last the total increase in the numbar of of fice has been nearly nine . thousand. Tha number of frea-delivary offlcas has baen nearly doublad in tha last four yaars, and the number of money-order offices more than double 1 within that time. For the three years ending Jane 3). 1832, the postal revenua amounted to $197,744,359, which was an increase of $52,263, 15 ) over tha revenue for the three years en ling Jane 30, 1S33, the increase during the last three years being more than three an I a half times as great a the increase during the tare a years ending June 30, 1SSS. A who.esomi caanja o" policy anl one having in it much promise, 03 it seems to me, was begun by the law of March 3, 1831. Under this Taw contracts have been mada by the Postmastar-Ganaral for eleven mail routes. The expenditure involved by thesa cantracts for the next fiscal year approxi mates $915,123.33. As one ot tha results al ready reached 16 American staamships of an asgregate tonnage of 57,4 )0 tons, costin? $7,400,000, have been built or contracted to be built in American shipyard?. No subject X think, mora nearly touches the pride, the power and tha prosDantz ot our country than this ot the development of our merchant marina upon the saa. If we could enter into conference with other com petitors and all would agraa to withhold Government aid wo cauld perhaps take our chances with all the rest bat our great com petitors have established aad maintainad their lines by Governmant subsidies until they now have practically exclu lei U3 from farticipation. Ia my opinion no choice is eft to us but to pursue, moderately at least, the same lines. OUR NAVAL PROGRESS. The report ot the Sacretary of the Navy exhibits great progress in tha construction Wlwn tha present Sacra tary entered upon hi3 duties only three modern steel vessels were in . commission. The vessels since put in commission and to be put iu commission during the winter will make a total of 19 during hi3 administra tion of the Dapartment. Daring the cur rent year 10 war vessels aad 3 navy tuajs have been launched, and during the four years 25 vessels will hava beea launched' Two otuer large ships anl a torpedo boat are under contract and the work uoon tham well advanced, and tha four monitors ara awaiting only the arrival of their armor, which has been unexpectedly delayed, or they would have bean before this in com mission. Contracts have been let daring this ad ministration, under the appropriations for the increase of the Navy, including new ves sels arid their appurtenancas, to tae amount of $35,000,000, and there has been expmded during the same i psrio i for labor at navy yards upon simiSar work $8,OOJ,000 without the smallest scandal or charge of fraud or partialitv. It is believed that as tae result of new procases in the construction of armor plate our later ships will ba clothed with defen sive plates of higher resisting power than are tound in any war vessals afloat. We were without torpedoes. Test3 have been moHA ti Acwrl-Ain the relative efficiency or different constructions, a torpedo has been adopted, and the work of construc tion is now being carried on suc cessfully. We were' without armor piercing shells and without a shop in structed and equipped for the construction ot them. We are now making what is be lioiro'i in Va a nroiectile sunerior to anv be fore in use. A smokeless powder has been developed and a slow burning powder ior guns of larare calibre. A his;h explosive, , . . . , . i , cipaoia oi nse in large snens nreu uum wi found, anl the manu fan! lira rf pun cotton has been develooad so th?.t the question of supply is no longer in dou';t. THE NAVAL MILITIA. Th3 development of a naval militia, which has beau organized in eight States and br.mjht into cordial and co-operative rela tions with the Navy, is another important nnhiiiTi-nant TIiprA a m now enlisted in thse organizations 18)0 men, and they are liiteiy to os greatly excenaeo. x reuoai--iiur. suca legislation ana appropriations as wiu encaurageand develop this movement. WORK IN THE INTERIOR DEPARTMENT. Th wnri of tha Interioir Danartment. al wave TrorT htirdnnsom a 1 has lfn lrAT th in venbafora durinar the ai ministration o: Secretary iMooie. ine msaointy pension law. the tak ng of the Eleventh Census the opening of the vast areas of Indian lands to settlement, tae organization or umanoma, and the negotiations for the cassion of In dian lands turnish sons of the particulars of me increasea wors, ana tae resu ts auuievBu testify to tha ability, fidelity and industry of the head of the Department and his. effi cient assistants. ' The work in the Indian Bureau, in the exe cution of the policy of recant legislation, has been largely directed to two chief purposes: First the allotment of lands in severalty, to At- - T j- . ; 1 IT.U.J tae xaaians an i tie cessiua iu iu9 'j uiwa States of the surplus lands-and, secondly, to the work of educating the Indian for his own protection in his closer contact with the white man and tor the intelligent exercise oi hio now Mf-.iAnchirk T hnVA Qnvprn 1 t,im been called upon to remove Indian agents appoiateu uy me, anix uava uuuo au promptly upon every sustained complaint of unncness or mtsconaucc. 1 De.ieve, uow ever, that the Indian service at the agencies has been improved aud is now administered on the whole with a good decree of effic iency. If any legislation is possible by wholly remove from all partisan sugges-. tirma nr AAnei loipat-irhna Tom curA it. Would baa great relief to the Executive and a great benent to tne service. j THE SUBJECT O PENStCNS. Th a raivirt, rf tho OimmissionAr rif Pensions, to which extended notice is given by the Secretary of the Interior ia his report, wiil attract 1 great attention. Judged by th9 aggregate amount o: wont done the last year bas baen tha greatest in th history of the orBr!?. I believa that tha organization of the office is efficient, aud tnat tae wort nas Deen aone wica aaeuty. ThA rtfiQaiirA of what, in known as tha disabil ity bill has, as was foreseen, very largely mcreasea tne annual aisoursaments to the disabled veterans of the civil war. The estimate for this flscil year was $144, K56.000, and that amount was appro nriate'i. A ! deficiency amounting to 5 10.- 508,611 must! be provided for at rhis se3iion. The estimate for pensions ror tne n3cai year ending June 3), 1334, ia $165,O00,CO0. Tte Commissioner of Pensions beii3Ve3 that if present legislation am memo as are maintained and futhar sdiitioas to the pen sion laws are. not ma'e, tae maximum ex nan litnr-A fnr nBrminrn will be reached Jane 3). 18)4. and will be at tha highest point f i5UJJ.wu per annuo. 1 adhere to tne views xpre3saa in previous that th car of the disabled sol diers of the war of the releHion is a matter of national concern and duty, f ernap3 no tnonAr than that of trratitu le. but I cannot balieve that thi3 process has yet reached a point with our people that would sustain the pol.cr of remitting the care of these disable i veterans to the inade quate agencies, provide i by looal laws. Tae parade on tne njtu 01 oapteraoer xast upju the streets of this capital of sixty thousand of the survivmg Union vaterans ot tne war of the rebellion was a most touching ani thrill ing episode, and the nca aaa gracioa3 wei c me extended to tnem by the District of Columbia and the applause that greeted tceir progress irom tens 01 uouaawu u. yvj- from all tne ocates oi 1 muca to rajive trinm rAroli actions of the 2T4nd review. wbea these men and many thousand others now in thair graves were welcomed with Rratarul joy as victors in a su-uigie a waicu the national unity, honor aad wealth were all at issue. AGRICULTURAL DEPARTMENT WORK. T 1 ranirt of tha Secratarv of Azricul- tn.-a contains not on!v a most interesting -statement of the progressive ani valuable woric aone unier tne aa nmiscrxtiou oc Secretary Rusk, tot many suggestioas for . 1 I S P. 1 XL.' 1 .a av ine en sivici uiuiass ot va$ iupi uut. . ( . I ft -m m. a. u.5pirtmen . in tne eucass.ui etiort io br-ik down the restrictions to the frea in- trodnHioa of our inaat products in the countries of Ear ops, the Secretary has been j nntirin? from the first stimulating and aid- luz an otner uoverum-'uii ouisra. uamo , j nt . and abroad, whosa official duties enabled them to participate in the work. ine total traie ia no; products wita E'jron in Mav. ISOi amounte.1 to 81000. 00) pounds, against 4190). 000 in tha same month of 1S9I; in Juue. 1S31 tha exports aggregated 85,700,003 pounds, against 46.- 5M10 OO I Tiniinrla in th.A simA month of t.h previous year; in J uly there was an increase or 41 per cent, ana m August oi o oer cent. over tne corresnonainz montU3oi isvi. uver .,wo,vatu pounas ot inspeii porK uyu been exported since the law was pat into oparanon, ana a comparison ot tne tour ,Tvrtnrh or Mv Jiinn -liiiiT in.-1 AtiomsrL 1S J. with the same months of 1S9 1, show an increase in tne numoer oi pounas ot our ex port of pork product o! 62 per cent, and an the exports of dressed beef increased from 137.903.0J0 pounds in 189 to 223.530.000 pounds in IJ-U-J, or about bo per cent Uur- in' tha ivitl: Tr thora hVA han rnnrtl 394,6)7 head of live cattle a3 against 203,785 t i iocn ti.: - i exoortsa iu aojj. xuxs mutauo-j cuurwi- tion has been largely promote i by the in- er-u3.4tin a n t hrrr: y kxr l.anr unit tha fit.hfnl efforjts of tne Secretary ani his efficient sub ordinates to mane mat inspaction tnorougn ana to carefully exeiule rrom all cargoes diseasel or suspectel cattle. The requirement of- the English regula tion3 that live cattle arriving from the United Stites must be slaughtered at the docks had its origin in the claim that pleuro pneumonia existed among American cattle, and that the existenca of the disease could only cartaialy be determined by a post-mor The Department of Agriculture has labored wiia great energy ana laitatuiness to extir- pate tni3 oisease; ana, on tne iotn aay o September last, a public announcement wa ma le by he Secretary that the disease n: lnnirAP PTKtAl nnvorhivra wit.hln tho ITnifA States. The value to the cattie industry of . I T J . - 1 . - - . a.:. 1. 1 . . tun j uii.ua oiiius ui v ns auuitsreiuDuii caa hardly be estimated. Wo cannot parhaps, at once insist that this evidence shall be ac cepted as satisfactory by other countries; 1 mf if t.tia Til" ?oit f- arn-ilnftrtn vfr.lT t.li Hie. ease ia maintaine 1 aud the inspaction of our . . . i f . - came arriving at loreign ports, in wnicn our own veterinarians oarticipata, condrms it we may justly expect ithat tha require ment that our cattle shall be slaughtered at the doc is will be revoked, as the sanitary restrictions upon our pork pro Justs have be?n. If our cattle can ba taken alive to the interior tha trade will be enormously increasea. Agricultural products constitutad 78.1 par ceat. of our unprecedented export for the fiscal year which closed Juaa 30. 1892, the total exDorts being $1,030,278,030, and the value of the argricuitural products $7J3, 717.676, which excaeis by more than $150, 030,(X0 the shipment of. agricultural pro ducts in any previous year. An interesting and a promising work for the benefit of the American farmer has been begun through a?eats of the Agri cultural Dapartmant in Europa, and con sists in efforts to introduca the various products of ' Indian corn as articles of human food. The hi?h price of rva offArai a favorable oDDortunitv for the experiment in Germany of f.-imhininc corn meal with rve to produce a cheaper bread. A lair degrae of success has been attained, and some mills for grinding for food hava been intro luced . The si.ir-ret.arir ia of tha oninion that this ne usa of tne products of corn has alreaiy stimulated exportations, aad that if dili ortntie riArsAcnted lar?a and im nor bant mar kets can presently oeopenel for this great aiuuiiau ui uxuvi'. X 1 I . ' ML . I .1. - II it may, x tninir, do saia witnout caaiieuge that in no corresponding period has so much been done as during the last four ywars for the benefit of American agriculture. NEED OF NATIONAL QUARANTINE. The subject of quarantina regulations, in spection and control was Lrought suddenly to my attention by the arrival at our ports in August last of vesse s infected with, cholera. Quarantine regulations should be uniform at all our port. tinder the Con stitution thev are plainlv within the ex- 1nnvA "FVrlorfll -inrislintion when and so far as Congress shall legislate. In my opinion V o. nrVtta MiKiortf ohMilrl Ka talTAn 1 n tn V U". U LA w National control and adeauate power elven to the Executive to proteot our people asrainst nlasrue invasions. On the 1st of September last I approved regula tions establishing a twentv-dav auaran tine for all vessels bringing immigrants from foreiem ports. This order will be con- tinnArl in t nrrat. Snmn loss and mifferim? have resulted to passengers, but a due care for the homes ot the people justifies in such cases the utmost precaution There is dan ger that with the coming of spring cholera tion should be made at this session to enable our anarantine and port officers to exclude the deadly plagae. . We are peculiarly subject in our great ports to the spread of infectious diseases by reason of the fact that unrestricted emigra tion brings to us out of European citie?, in the overcrowded steerages of great steam ships, a large number of persons whose surroundings make them tha easy victims of the plague. This consideration, as well as those affecting the po- litical, moral, and industrial interests of our country, lead me to renew the sug gestion that admission to our country and to the high privileges of Its citizmship should be more restricted and more careful. We have, 1 think, a right and owe a duty to our own people, and especially to our work ing people, not only to keep out the vicious, the ignorant the evil disturber, the pauper, and the contract laborer, but to check the too great flow of immigration now coming by lurtner limitations WORLD'S FAIR PROGRESS. , ThA ran-pt.nf tha Worl i' Columbian Ex- nnsition haa not vet beea submitted. ' That of the Board of Management of the Govern ment exhibit has been received and Is here with transmitted. The work of construction and of preparation for the opening of the Exoosition in May next has progressed most satisfactorily and upon a scale of liberality an 1 magnificence that will worthily sustain the honor of the United States. 1 PROTECTION FOR RAILWAY VM.Tl.O't ES. In renewing the recommendation which 1 bare made in threa prccaling an nual messages . that Congress I should legislate for the protection of railroad cmplove3 against the danzera incident to the old and inadequate metaods of bra Ic ing and coapling which are still in uva uoon freight train-, I do so with the hopa that this Congress may take action upon the FTi'aject Statistics furnished by the In tersttt' Commerce Commission snow that durinr the vear ending Juue 30. 1591, there were 47 different styies of car couplers re ported to be in use, and that during the same r.Arin 1 there were 2650 eroo ores killed an l 26,14) in jure J. Nearly-16 per cent, of the deaths occurred in the c-iupiing and uncoup ling of cars, and over 36 p?r cent of the in juries had tpe same origin. ELECTl(0XS AND APPORTIONMENTS. I have, in eich of tha three annnal mes sage wnica it has bean my duty to submit totongress, called attention to the evils and dangers connected with our ejection methods and pr icticas as they are related to the cboicj " of officer of the National Uoverameot. In mv last annual nessage I endeavored to in voke seriou s attention to the evils of unfair apportionments for Congress. I cannot closa this messige without again calling attention to these grave and threatening evils. I had hoped that it was possible to secure a noa artiaan innairv.bv means o a commission; into evi s tu existenca of waich is known to all and that out of tnis might grow legisla tion from whica all thought of partisan ad vantage should be eliminate 1 and only the higher thought appear of maintaining the freedom and purity of the bailot and the f quality of the elector, without toe guaranty, o? which the Government eouil naver have teeln formed and without the continuance of which it cannot continua to exist m peace anil tro?p:Tity. Itistimatiat raatuaUaargaa of un.alr nessani frzul bet.v;ia fie great pirtias bouli cease, ani that the sincerity of those who profess a desire for pure and honest eiecuons snouiu uw orouav w iw v- Hf wilHiiynaM iv trm,C .Tr lArUlvtLOU and yU3X4 ww uyM w - our election method from everthinoj that tends to impair tuo announced result The necessity for an in- n9 ! nm lAfrislntion bv Coil?ra3S. upon this subject ia emphasissa by the lacs tuat tne tea joocjt w. - wuw tion ia some States in recent yean has in some important particulars been away irom ana nos towara iree ana ibh nwuu anl equal apportioumen w . ai is cos urns v... wa hinlrl n-tn-iA t.r fAthAr nnaa tha htffh - plane of pattiotism white we devise methods - that snail secure toe rixnt ot evorjr uau , qualified bylaw to cast a free ballot an I gi,ve t n avapv -cnrH hallot &n enaal valua in ohoos- ing our publio officers ani in directing t policy 01 tne uovernmnir AOAINST LTKCH LAW. T lucnaaa im Ttnt. iAJM inch, bnt mora. where it usurps the t unctions of the peace AmAv anrl nf tha eourts. Th f remnant lynching of colored pooole accused o crime WIVUOUv tUQ " utvu wv w w. . . bean urged by moos for a failure to puriasu the appointed methods for the punish neut ot crime, that - the accused hava an undue influence over courts ana juries. Suoh acts are a - reproach to the community where they occur, ani so far as they can be male the subject ot r elerai jurisaiction toe Birousest-reprcxuiw legislation is demanded. A ouolto senti ment that will sustain tha officers ot the law in resisting mobs ana in protecting, &c? cased persons in their custody should be pro-, rooted by every possible means. The of ficer who gives hi3 life in tae brave dis-r charge 01 tnis auiy is wonuj ui vycviai honor. Noies30nj nee is to b to urgently impressed upon our people as this, that nw wormy enaor cauo cu us wuivum j. lawlessness. LA8T WORDS. This a-rhihlt tha work nf tha FlzACubivA Departments is submitted to Congress an 1 to the publio in tha hope that there Will be lound in it a aue sense ot responsiDiaty ana an earnest purpose to maintain the national honor and to promote the happiness and . . . . T . I A a LI. U . A prosperity 01 au our peopi. au i iuu unei exhibit of the growth and pros.erityj of the country will give us a level lr6 n which to . note the increase or aecaaence taat new legislative policies may brin to u. Thera is no reason why the national influence. power, ana prosperity snoui 1 not oust- the same rate 01 increase mat navo cnaras ter ze-i the past thirty years. We carry tin f;reat impulse ana increase 01 m?sj yearn nto the future. There is uo reason why in many lines of production wa shoul I uot sur pass all other nations as wj have alretdy UUU'9 UI 9UUlO AUClO cat " it 7 aa oai iiuui:i to our possible development. Retrogression would be a crime. - Benjamin Harrison, f Executive Mansion, Dceraoer 6. 1892. a A TEMPERANCE SQUALL. The Battle in the L?gielature Over' Prohibition Haa; Opened. Columbia, S. C The prohibition j-lru.le is on. Tlic consideration of thy majority icpoit r. commending tUe w-ri-j! of-the i.hilds bill, a lenghty meas ure providing for the appointment of county agents to dispense liquor only for sacrament al, -.medical and scientific put nos.es came u) in t ic House. Mr Rlcase. of Newbcrrv. moved to strike out all Ithat bill after the ex cliDg uonls and insert his bill which in a low rla uroliihitfl the sale of liouor under penalty of a fine of from $300 to $1,0 10, nr lrapr souuieut iu me jiinfc uhwj '" iiv( to ten vears for each offence. Tin amendments was tabled by a vote of ninety o ie to twenty-five. , The debate tnen continuea several hours. The speech of the day was made lv Renre-cn'ative Johu P. fhoraas, of Kichlan 1, who ttiowca mat wun a license law South C:i olini now had fewer num ber of taxed retailed liquordea'ers per capita ci population tjan any State in the Union except A'a arna and Arkansas and the pr hibition S ate of Vermont has thirty-three per cent, mote saloon in proportion to population than. South Carolina. Argument on the Prohibition bill was resumed at uight with vigor in the House of Representatives Lwrenco opened the fight ag dnst the measure, and as serted that if the bill were passed it would entail an additional tax levy of o e mill in Richmond bounty, and two mjlls in the city of Columbia. The opponents of the bill su ceeded in impeding acti n for a time by requiring th- reading in full of the very volumi nous bill an d the many amendments to it. PREFERREDDR0WNIN0, So He Jumped Off the . Brooklyn Bridge, But the Biver Patrol Would Not Let Him Drown. New Y .hk Daniel McClusky eged 37, of . Roanoke, Va , jumped of! the Brooklyn Bridge th s afternoon into the river. He was picked up living by th? river patrol' and taken to the Chambers Street Hespitd He brae here froa Vir--,iaia last Fridsv. This afternooi while h was on the passenger walk of the btidge, about 200 feet from the Brooklyn ecd he suddenly climbed down into th carriage wav. Then he clambered oa tha rails and jumped far out into the an Polireincn Feony, Daily aud Holan, of ihg river patrol, were In a boat near where McCiusky struck the water. They rowed lapldlv to the spot and whn be came to the surface, grabbed sul pulled him into the boat. When asked why he jumped from the bridge h pal "They were goin to haug me. I saw the scaffold they had built for mo on the bridge. I don't kuow what they wnnt to hang me for. I have done not iiir wrong," One of tho policemen askert him if he wanted to outdo Brodle. VYea, ' answered McClusky. A Bridge for the Miaaieaippij Wasiiisoton. D. (' 'est, Dem- crat, of Mi sj i- 1 commute on coram rce, lepuiicU iayoiauiy h Sscnat-s bill authorizing the Southern Bndee and Rilroad Company of New Orleans, to construct and maintain a bridge over the , Mississippi riv r above New Orlean?, of three unbroken spans, lo be fct 1 ast 1,0 0 feet in length and with but two piers in the r ver and the hi hest to be not less than 83 f et above higi water; this bridge to be constructed under the direction of the Secretary of War, and to be available for any of the railroads desiring its use to crow the Mississippi river, and also for postroasand t-degrapb and other pur poses. The bridge is to be completed within five sears of Ibe passage of the act. The bill was unanimously passed.,. Murray Will Keep Hia font. CHAiiLESToar, 8. C General E. w. Moise announces that be M under no t ircumstances contest the eat of E . Murray, the neko elected to Congrees frem the SeTeath district. I