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SOUTlIPpUT, X. a, THUKSIIAY. JUXE 18; 1801.
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WASHlHOtOH HEWS
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GATHEEED BY THE MTKADKTl,Sw
SPECIAL C0EEESP0NDE2IT.
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Wash ixorox P. C' June 1 Jt Mr.
Harrison is said to be deeply concerned j
on die silver quc&ion and very anxious
to acquamt Jiin8clf-vhhcieirtinient
of the people in all sections of the
country upon, this very, important
question. According to ray info rma-
tion, which is unquestionably reliable,
uo wtn'ot prominence calls upon Mr..
Hirrisou without having bis opinion
aked about silver ami being ques
tioned about the sentiment 'of the peo
ple in the section from which becomes.
Jt is supposed that this active interest
is caused by recent statements of those
who will have inuch to do with the
hliaping of legislation in the next Con
gress that a free coinage bill would bo
among the first passed after the Fifty -second
Congress meets. J Joth republi
cans and democrats would like to get
this silver question decided before the
Presidential campaign, and it may be.
although it'i extremely doubtful, that
Mr. Harris m intends springing a sur
prise on the country by signing the bill
after it i passed.- 1'
If there has been a single adverse
criticism ujon any one of the judges
named by Mr. Harrison ;o sit upon the
bench of the new private land claims
court, it has not been .made public
here. They are all lawyers of high
landing in their own States, and every
one of them has been upon tlie bench
of their ??tate courts. The fact that
two oiit of the live are democrats has
alo served to prevent criticism. The
new judges are: J. M. llccd, of Iowa;
T. C. Fuller, of North Carolina; AY. F.
Stone, ot Colorado; V. W. M array, ot
.-''Tennessee; II. C. Sluss, of Kansas.
The way to reform abuses is to put
nu end to them, Such evidently was
the opinion of Commissioner of Patents
.Mitchch, when he issued his-recent
order umeinliug the rules of the Patent
i liico so as to absolutely prohibit an v
attorney or agent, who had been an
employe of that office, apjeariug in be
half of any application upon -which he
had in any way acted while a Govern
ment emplove. The full sigui'Jcance
of this reform may be 'better' under
stood when it is known that for many
car.s ICxaiuincrs in: the Patent OUice
have rejected thousands of applications,
jiiiticularly those from "parties who
they had reaaou to suppose could not
afford to put up suflicieut cash to poal
Irom the Examiner's decision, for no
other reason ' ihan that they ' might
the same aliqujhu jiot
only robb'ng the inventor to the ex
tent of the additional fee, but keeping
him out df . his piteiit ciftilinhany
caves, it had become , worthless on ac
count of later inventions.
Secretary Foster has ; by no means
lost interestTin. Ohio politics since he
entered the Cabinet, and he has gone
to Ohio to assist tin nominating a re
publican candidate for Governor, and
he will also probably take advantage
of the gathering of tnen fromall sec
tions of the State at the convention to
put iu some licks for '92, and to find
out how much danger tliere U for the
republican party! in the growth ot a
third party. in the State.
Col. W. W.. Dudley, who is usually
classed as au anti-Harrison man,- hasn't
a high opinion of the recent auti-Jiarri-
soti fratherins? at Indianapolis. He
nivs of it: Thev are acting like a lot
of fools. Tho idea of their tryiug to
do anything like that eighleeu ninths
before the convention. The thing is
not important orgnificauLlt is
simply a more of some oiUresbam's
ineuas 10 onusr aipi om aa canumaic
There is! always oppiositton ;kt Mr.
Harrison' m; Indiana.1 Wbether that
oppositiou!isvstrongenoa
time to prercnt hU getting the delega
tion no uian caa t.niiiieinoeratic
view of the roovemeatVai expressed
by .;KepreselaU vo - Stocksjager, of
Indiana, now bertC ' lie iayjs:"; Tbcr
always has been considerable "opposi
tion to Mr. Harrison in 'Indiana, but
the Harrison people have thomachiue,
tJid you know what' tlwU n:eajis in
politick Regardless of the- popular
sentiment, having the machine is apt
to girer 31r.?Harnson control of the
State delegation, but if he is nominated
I do not thing he can carry the State
in '92."
v It is on the cards for the friends of
Senator Gorman to make open war
upon Mr. Cleveland, should lie show
anyigns of crawling out of the -soui
wljere he riorwan jpjepple claim lie
Rcpruscd Uti ve Mills 1 is in town Xo
remam auite awhile.' and he has
Kivairely inmned' on thewsmtier
whohave been prmtmg interviews !
men
with him, and says he has not been
iuterviefved for months.!
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NOUTH JUABOLINA.
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New Clipped, from ,yrtWM"'Klinge
v Frm' tHcOld Nrlh 8tat. .
hacbidaugcdw of 6ats cut.
Wheat still framscfceliifer oats
are good and spring oats are very poor, j
Landmark
y Wheat -is in - the main gixxl and is
rijiening. A little will be cut J this
week, a gonxl deal next week and by
the week, afteri haVVest nill be full
iijioiv Qsljenolr Topic- ? M I
Cleveland county went' for prohibi
tion by about 5U0 majority. --The
reports of crops are generally very
gloomy, although, some of our. farmers
have splendid jrpspect;.-rMt.11 Holly
News, i .-. v. I i : ) :':.'
Mr. William Dunn dug 580 bushels
of potatoes from less than fivo acres of
ground, and tlMy ,w.'re, not his Uist
ones either, lie has commenced on
digging some that are yielding at the
rate of , 140; barrels to the acre.-4New
Heme Journal.
The corn crop is generally good but
the cotton crop is; not an average in
this section of the State. The steamer
IJeaufurt look about seven hundred
barrels of potatoes, from the Old
Dominion wharf on Saturday , last.
Washington Progress.
Launnburg had another incendiary
lire last Sunday morning. The CL.C.
lepot was entirely consumed, ' but
learly all the freight it contained, was
av(nl. -The election on the wet
aiid dry. question al Albemarle Stanly
i-ounfy, resulted iti4avictory for pro-
iiibition by 1 H majoriry. Messenger
intelligencer.
A local option election was hehl ai
Magnolia Tuesday. Tli town went
drv lv a vote of 4 to 0. ' AH the other
votes cast ; were illegal, being Prohi
bition" "and "no l'rohition," They
should have beeu "License" and "no
Lieen!o.n 4f allele Vetesihad iieen
counted it . would have gone wet by
one majority. -Mt. Olive Telegram.
During iho Storm Sunday evening
lightning struck the electric light
wires and swept down upon the
dynaino station wnth sVclt force as to
disrupt the machinery, and in a jiffy
every light in the city was slam out,
and their sudden departure rendered
the darkness more intense. Golds
boro Argus.
The storms of the latter tart of last
week weie quite severe flliroughout
the county. Considerable damage was
done to forests in the western part of
the countv. Hundred of trea were
blown down. The f growing crop,
however, did, pot, suffer much. A
large portion of the roof of the Hanner
Warehouse was torn off. North State.
' Tlierc wasviio little excitement in
tSreenville, last Friday eveningr when
it was learned that on the night pre
vious some one: had fired the barn of
Mr. Joel Gardner, f wealthy farmer,
and while his family were out at the
fire stohj a trunk from U;e house which
contained $b,000 In money and $7,000
iu notes and " papera.Greenvdle Re
flector. ... ..
Ten thousand dollars worth of uew
stock has recently been taken in the
Scotland Nck Cotton Mills. The
enterprise begins to look like we said
about two fkxuljbpltjeiLTS ago it
would a paying investment. A few
more such enterprises in Scotland
Xeck will give us a move that can uot
be disregarded by pertwi lookius lor
i a live town.T-Scoilat(d recK jemocri.
;THE STAT5 CAPITAL.
LEADING TOPICS . OP. THE Wi
. AT BALEIGIL
Ha leigii, X. U. Jane 1C. The dul
lest part of the season is now at hand.
All the schools have closed, and those
who liave the means and time to spare
have taken' "refuge, or will do bo, at
tlie sea bliore or riiot'tTTtaias.' - Bosibeas
is at a comparative stand-still, as well
with the merchants, as at the depart-
iTO1: JA11 t,,e ".T from Gover
nor. down m tp bere8ting;oB
their oara,".
' The Exposition is the all absorbing.
topic among bar people, and spoeula-
topi
Hons conferring its snccess are themes
of general conversation. "Nearly all,
except the chronic few, agree that it
promises to ' bo a grand success. If
elaborate preparations, coupled with
extensive advertisement ''and enthusi
asm generally can render it a success,
then it will aunsIy'.Go achicved. That
there will 1x3 a grand outpouring of
people,, not onlyv from the South, but
from all sections of the .Union, must
be conceded, judging from the corres
londeiice of the officials. . It will be a
notable event for the 'K)ld North
State," and the entire South as well,
and promises to rescue us finally from
the not complimentary title of "Hip
Van Winkle.' Preparations in the
way of additions to the buildings and
improvements to the : grounds are
leing rapidly pushed and nothing will
be left undone to meet the highest
expectations of the pt;ople.
It is not safe to predict with cer
tainty, that President Harrison will
pay us a visit during the Exposition,
but the indications are that he will
come. The . gentlemen' from this city
who were on the invitation committee
are inclined to this opinion. They
think the President tild not fully com
mit himself, out of abundant caution,
but all agree that he exhibited unusual
interest in the matter, and that he will
make ah earnest endeavor to so
arrange public business as to" pass at
least (6ne day witir lis. i ; I
1 he initiatory preparations arc near
ly ' completed, ami there is reason
to think that the lists of those who
paid the direct taxes iu 18G., will be
sent to the - clerk of the .Superior
Courts .of - the -several couqtisa;; ncoct
week. Tlie work has been arduous,
and somewhat; expensive, but this is
more than covered by the accrued
interest qn the amount received which
was invested in Ipef ceht.Btate bonds.
r There. ia a complete lull in political
matters here, and one can rarely Jiear
an, allUjSiou to ij.. , he third, paty
movement i lias WarcelyCproduccd- a
riffle, certain it is, that,. allegiance to
the two old parties has not been weak
ened to any perceptible extent. CoL
Jx L. Polk spentdast. Sunday auu yes
terdav in the city, but was exceedingly
reticent, even to the extent of being
noncommittal. He left yesterday
afternoon to fill engagements in Miss
issippi. It is understood that during
his visit bereh heranaoged for ; the
transfer o this editoriaLdepartinent'of
the Progressive Farmer to Mr; Duffy.
The commencement exercises of the
Agricultural and Mechanical College
will take place to-morrow, and will be
IfffgeP attehdcrrThe exhibit bf the
department of mechanics is specially
interesting knxl shows. woudrful pro
ficiency. Tlie address will be deliv
ered by ltev. Baylus Cade.
The Sunday jTv?-bol excursions of
the season woundup, to-day, with an
excursion of the E&oton street M. E.
Sunday School to ? iyettevilkfc A
farge crowd pwipatcllj x
The condition of HocuC. M. Busbee
to-day is consided qu:te critical and ;
hts friends" fear the wpro. lie ts par
tially paralyzed in one side, brought
about, it is thought UtverworJte
The Uailroad pom minion ha after
a short ad jaam merit, !Ttassenibleil for
the purpusbof irrangnig to increase
the coffers of the Statcin the matter
of a fair and just system of assessment.
The onus of this' r special business has
been very properly shifted to the lm
luisiioiK-rs, who are exjiectiil to
rene-i th umiit -vih h-r- J.fer-?
The feoseatfuieufof Corpora
tions hasiorjuy 'nVted in the
Cliairmeu ofthc Yards ' of County
Commissioners in.tlie several-coup ties
tliryogh, which the, roals mo. With
no proper .data at commands, the work
has been rather imperfectly performed
involving much , pecuniary loss to the
State, , We mav now expect deasjoas
equitable alike, to the roads, and the
State. .Careful consideration will be
given in each case, . and the reports of
the different roads will be thoroughly
ventilated so that a proper valuation
of the road beds, rolling stock &c,
can be obtained. Thus the State will
receive its full measure of taxes, and
full julct, be done the Coriiorations
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FOREIUN XEW8.
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Orief XrBtlMtaa or Ike Doings la the
The press and ' especially !thd Tory
press are bitter in their denunciations !
of the Prince of Wales tor his connec
tion with the Uaccarat scandal . Sir
William Gordon humming was mar
rieil at 10 o'clock last Weiluesdav
morning to Miss Florence (Jarner,
daughter of the late Commodore' Wm.
Garner of New "York; " t
' A serious riot t k place at Bremen
last Thursday on - the jtart of the
striking: firemen of the North German
Lloyd steamship company. The police
reinforced -by the fire brigade finally
managed to restore order. A number
of strikers were: injured and several
arrests made ' 1 r
Gold closed on June 10th. at lluenos
Ay res, at- 30 P per cent, premium
Tho Senate has passed a bill suspend
ing gold payments for six months. ;
Complaint has Ireen filed at Paris by
sixty shareholders against the officers
6f the Panama, Canal Company and
DeLesseps, ' his son and two other
directors will be placed on trial.
A recent hurricane in Eastern
'Galicia 'uprooted au entire forest, and
destroyeI many buildings in the town
ot Podkamin and Pruillma. A num
ber of people were killed and wounded
by flying debris.
The Marquis of Londonderry has
offered his tenants the option of ac
quiring their holdings upon reasonable
terms. . - -
. A requiem was snug, in Westmin
ster Abbey Friday morning in honor
of; tjie late Canadian, Premier; Sir
John A. MacdoAald. Mauv distin
uishel personages were present.
Hon.. Win. E. Gladstone is again
confine! to his, bed, but his illness is
considered trifling.
Mount Vesuvius is in a 'state of
eruptiuu. The principal ' crater is
throwing out showers of ashes and
flowing lava threatens to reach the
observatory;
The cargo of the Inman steamer
City of Richmoud, which left New
York June 6th Was discovered to be
on fire the following Tuesday. The
British steamer Counsellorcaine along
side on Wednesday and rendered val
uable assistance. The City of Rich
mond in company with the steamship
Servia arrived safely at Queenstown
on Sunday morning. The fire origi
nated in the cotton of which there
were '2, 000 bales.
A cable from Lisbon says: The
Minister of the Interior, Senor Vaze,
is preparing a bill to prevent Portu
guese emigration to America.
A terrible accident occurred Sunday
on the railroad neai the village of
Bale, Switzerland. The iron bridge
gave away precipitating two engines
and three carriages into the stream.
120 people lost their lives and hun
dreds of others are injured.
Prince Bismarck has been confined
to his bed for . three days, suffering
acutely, from rheumatism of the spine.
After the lecture on Monday night,
at Carnovon, Wales, by Henry M.
Stanley, the band played HJod bkas
the Prince of Wales. The maUc waa
nearly drowned in the ttonu of his&os
which the Welshmen raisod.
LaUr reports from the scene of tin
terrible railroad accident in Switzer.
land, go to show that 130 people lost
their live- and about 300 oibra were
ijnreJ.
existing.
WEEKLY HBWS SU1I2IAEY.
HAjppcnuGs in this couotey
FOE THE PAST .VeSuL
Tkrrsdar.Jcaa.il.
.- McCrystaX one of the New Orleans
jnry bribers was convicted jestcrday
on one count, that pi offering a bribe
of . $500 to '.pnn; Mc(!abe, CI4iles
Granger, another &Ueed briber, was
tried, the jury, which disagreed, stand
ing 9 to 3 in favor of acquittal. -
: ; Six young ministers of tlie Kefonned
-Presby teriau C'hurrb at l'ituburg. 1 'a
were expelled iruui tlio Church yester
day by he Synod. . The vole stood
85 to 37, -i,-. - .
Duriag tlie street car strike at ( jnutd
Itapids, i Mich-V yesterday, a collision
took place letweeir police olTKers and
a mob of strikers. Bricks and clicks
wre thrown and revolvers . used
Thirteen of the rioters were arrested.
A. Campbell A: (Vs cotton mill at
Mana-unk, Pa., suflered a serious fiix
yesterday which. 'did'. 'damage to the
amount of $2500011. Crenshaw k Co.,
weavers, ,wJiPj' occupied part of 4 the
mill, lost $73,000. . The .insurance
amounU to 1,000.
Friday, June 12.
. dispatch from Gainesville, Texas,
says the rise in Red .river is unprece
dented. Thousands of acres of corn,
cotton and small urain have been
destroyed and houses swept away.
Several persons have beeu drowned
iu the flood.
.In tlie case of John McStay, Mike
Bismou, and twenty eight others, at
LJniontown, Pa., charged with con
spiracy and riot at the Fnck Co's
Ieisennng No t'2, the jury found
McStay and Dismon guilty and acquit
ted the rest.
The' gquadron of evolution now at
Norfolk will go early in July to Boston
where it will spend ten days in fleet
exercises, thence to New York where
a similar program will be carried out.
Ilolloway & Gardes, dealers in
hardware at New Orleans, have sus
pended, owing to stringency . of the
mouev market and dull trade. Liabili
ties unknown.
Tlie Grand Consistory of. Scottish
Rite of Masons have purchased a site
at Louisville, Kv., and will erect a
cathedral at that place.
Saturday, June 13.
R. G. Dun k Co's weekly review of
trade says: Within thirty days, the
largest crop of wheat ever grown, it is
probable, will be moving to market.
In all part of the country the money
markets show surprising strength and
reports from nearly all the cities show
that nobody is suffering except jqecu-
lators. r allures for the week 244
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against 212 for the corresonding
week last year.
The conference report, on the
World s Fair bill recommending an
appropriation of $800,000 has been
adopted by the Illinois House and
passed. As the bill has already passed
the Senate it goes to tlie Governor for
his signature.
Gov. Winan's veto of the bill appro
priating $30,000 of the State's money
for the entertainment of the Grand
Army of the Republic at Detroit in
August next, has been sustained in
the Michigan legislature.
H. IT. Yard, a former partner of
the late President Lucas of the Key-
stone Bank, Philadelphia, has been j and 40,000 pjunds of twine, was en
arrested in Trenton, X. J. Hewas-iirelr detrorel by fire yesterday
closely connected with President Marsh morning. U $50,000; insurance
of the Keystone Rank and left the
city soon after Marsh disappeared.
Caaday. Jans 14.
At noon yesterday the last rail wa
Utd and the Iat spike was driven in
tlie Pigeon Mountain tunnel, on tlie
Chattanooga Southern railroad which
runs from Chattanooga, Tenn., to
Gadstlen, Ala. It is jrrpj?fl U
extend to Columbus, (I a.
An original j-ackage agent in Topka
Kan , natned Carl Jock hock w as fined
yeaterday, $1,500 and iiti4y days in
f the county jail. A niii4itr vi oiLvr
agent will be tried shortly anil it is
believed wiU receird sevwre . punish
ment. ; - . -
A collision in tlie Big Four' road,
near LittlcGcld, III., yetcrily morn
ing" betrreeu a freight and a passenger
train, fatally injured three men and
iujunxl twenty passengers more of
less serioiudy. ' , ,
A resolution presnttl in the Boston
Typgcaphicai ;.Uiiion;Jjxiug ,a day's
work in all nwtpaper; o&ces .at six
hours was defealet - .-,' . ,
TJe exports of specie dating hut
week ainbuntetl to $533,071thn gold .'.
17,673 in silvrr- V
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'Monday, Jona 15.
About 1.200 architectural metal
workers in Chicago struck this niora
iu for a reduction to eight hours for
a' day's, work and an increase in rpay
to thirlv Cents ier hour. - ' 1 5 '
.'Twenty. fivo sub' Alliances in. Kansas "
have repudtatil the Third Parly move
ment in " tin; following resolutions,
adupCteliD lbiCkndsitty AIM
ancv: "Whereas, the South ' was nt
represented in tbe CTnctnnati Convcn
tKrti'aiHrwhicas ive -beliete n UTrird
party will disrupt the -'Republican
parly to lhe-bncfit of the Democratic
m W therefrr4W U-4tiulvod that
we aWndoii tiA?thml?pafty ml! retdni
to our past affiliation.
Chancellor Summcrfield ' A. Ke
died to-day at his homo in t httahoga
Teiiii. He served in tlie Con fedcracv
during the war 'as' Adjutant of the
Forty third Tennesiv Regiment, and
was a brother of United States Judge
Key, Postmaster General during IVesi
dent Haves' administration.
Tlie will of the late llishoji Knight,
of the Protestant Kpicopal Diocese of
MtlwaukiH,' has ju!t been, made public.
Ifo entire proprty is vahunl at $1 00,.
00 Q and goes to his wife.
Tuesday, Jane 16.
JoM'ph K. Kminett, the well-known
German coined ian,died at Cornwall on
the Ilud.'oii, yestenlay of pneumonia.
The first .shipment of block tin, con
sisting of seven tons from the Teines
cal tin mines of San Da rnardi no countv,
Cal., ha been received at San Fran
cisce. . - ' ;
Hie tu F. W. Devoe ran intd and
sunk theyacht Rmelia, alxut midnight
vesterdav in the Hudson river. Two
persons wore drowned but all theothem
were savel. The tu boat pilot, Tlios
Walsh, was arrested.
The weather yesterday throughout
New York, MassachuMtts, and other
New Knjslaud States was - the hottest
June weather on record. Tlie thenuo
meter at New York registered 07
degrees; at I Wton, from 94 to 98; at '
Providence, I07r and at other points,
all the way from 90 to 100 degrvcj,,
. Sevill Schofield, Son k Co., woollen
manufacturers of Manayunk, Penn.,
assigned yestenlay to J. Dobson Schu-
neld. Difiiculty of nigoiuUing tstr
and reduced commercial rating are the
alleged causes of assignment. Liabili.
ties and assets unknown. Tlie senior
partfer is said to be worth ovr a
million dollars. . " ' .
Wadassday. Jans 17.
Cashier Span Id nig s defslcatiori, ac
cording Ut tlwbank examiner at Aytr,
Mass., is 2.000.
The hemp hackling establishment of
Cogar, Paas k Co., at Danville, Ky
together with C5.000 pounds of hemp
$34,000.
Tlc weather yesrday, In the North,
was ' again very mL New York, 97
degrees; lltxUm, 100; Riddleford, Me.,
102; Conoord, X. IL, 100; lianliury,
fnnMover I0O; Merideu, (onn., 100.
Many cas(4 of prostration are rejrtiij
in New York and Brooklyn, f Hher
Xortheru cities report a similar condi
tion. A rluud-IatrU at Newman vtlle.Tenn.
last Saturday, did immrnse damage,
-.wtn-jMug away' hmt and destroying
crop. IVitsidrral-b stock was citLot
inar-I ordi-uTrued.
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