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T * % The Press and Banner BY HUG 11 WILSON AlUiiDK.M:, <> HEROISM 1J!7 SA\I DAVIS JL&JL4 J.*V/ WA V < ts. 4AMA HE PREFERRED DEATH RATHERTHAN THE BETRAYAL OF A FRIEND. 8py Could Hav?Ssved Ki? Llf* With Oae Word, Bat Ktfu<?fri tt? Fpestk If When Stnafllag ?c lhr Foot of rhe Ci?l Iowa. The bu3t of Sam 1 avis, the Oonfcd erate htro who met death on the scaffold at Pulaski, Term., to save the life of a comrade, is one ?f the best pieces of sculoture in the Nashville par'he ^on. It is tho fork of Julian Z")lnay, is heroic in size, coble in cori ceptioa and absolutely true to the original. Joshua Brown, now of New York city, who belonged to the Second Kentucky cavalry of the Confederate army and was a feilow scout with Samuel Davis, t?l Is the thriliii- g and awful story of nis far.e in an article in th<? VetfraD: I (Jen. Bra,eeh3d sent us, a few men ^ho knew the country, into middle Tennessee, to set all the information possible concerning the movements of the Federal armv. to find out if it was moving from Nashville and Cor inth to reinforce Chattanooga. We were to report to Col. Shaw or Capt Coleman, who commanded Colman's w ? ? i.u i.. scouts, we wer.i to go suuiu iu uscatur and send our reports by courier line to Gen. Bragg at Missionary Ridge. Whf n we received our orders we were told that the duty was very dangerous, acd that they did not ex . peet but few of us to re'.urn; that we would probably ba captured or killed, .and we wore ciutioned sgiinst exposiug ourselves unnecessarily. After wo had been in Tennessee about ten dijs, we watched the S;x teenth army corp.?, commanded bv Gen Dodge, move up from Corinth to PulHski We agreed that we would leave for the south on Friday, the 19th of November, 1863. A number had been captured and several killed. We were to stare that night, *>ach man for himself; each man had his own information, but I did not write it down or make any memorandum of it for fear UAI'M.A AnnfuMA/l T V* Qrl OslllTiW Q1 ui uciu^ a ii?v* vMUkVM ?? most every regiment arid all the artil lery in the Sixteenth corps, and found out that they were moving on Chatta ncoga. Later in the afternoon we started nut, and ran into the Sevech Kansas cavalry, known as the "Kansas Jayhawkers," and when we were told that regiment bad cap tured us we thought our time had come. We were taken to Pulaski, about fifteen miles away, and put into jail, where several otber prisoners had betn sent, and among them was Sam Davis, I talked with him over our prospects of imprisonment and escape, which were very gloomy. Davis said they had searched him that day and found some pipers upon him, and i that he had been taken to Gen. Dodge's headquarters. They also found in his saddle seat maps and descriptions of the fortifications at Nashville and i others points, and an exact report of the Federal army in Tennessee. They < found in his bcot a letter, with other i papers, which was intended for Gen. 1 1 Davis was takeD to Gen. Dodge's headquarters, and fcbis is what took nlace between them which Gen. Dodge told me recently: "I took him to ray private office," said General Dodge, "and I told him it was a very serious charge brought i against him; that he was a spy, and from what I found upon his person, he had accurate information in regard to my army, and I most know where he obtained it. I toll him be was a young man and did not seem to realize the dangc-r he was ic. Up to tbattime he said nothing, but then he replied in a most respectful manner: " 'General Dodge, I know the danger of my situatiou uL.d I am willing to take the consequences.' 1 11 aikfd him tnen to pi ;e the name of iiie parson from whom ho got the information: that I knew it must be some one near headquarters who had 1 given him the plans c? the federal army. He replied: '"I know that I will have t.o die, but I will not tell where I got the in 1 formation, and tbera is no nower on 1 eavth that can make mo tell. You are doiDg your duty ss a soldier, and I am doing miae. If I have to die, I do so'eeline that I am doing my duty to God and my country ' "I pleaded with him and urged him with all the power I possessed 10 give me seme chance to save his life, for I , discovered that he was a most adrair- ! able young fellow, with the highest character and strictest integrity. He , then said: "It is useless to talk to me. I do not intend to do it. You can court rnurlial me, but I will not betray the tru^t reposed in me.' l "He thanked mo for the interest I f hf.d taken in him, and I sent bim beck to prison. I immediately calied a court martial to try him." The night before he was harged he wrote the following letter to his moth er and father: t ?.* >_ i i_: n m A_ in xr u i aSai, irnes \jQauiv, xenu.. Nov. 20, 18G3 ?Dear Mother: Ob. how painful it is to write to jou. I have got to cie tomorrow morning? to be hanged bv th* {>. derftls. Mother, do rot grieve for me. I must bid you pood bye for evermore. Mother. I do not fear to die. Gwr rr>y love to all. Your Sou, Samuel Davis. '"Mother, tell tit? children all to be good. I wi>h J could s? e yea all onemore, but I \%ill j.ivi-r any more. Mother und father, do :? t. forget tie. Thirik of me wheu I hw dead, bat do not grippe for rr.e It will not do at.y good. Fattier, ^ou cao sent; alier my remains, if yt u want to do so. ^ They wiJ 1 be at Pulaski, Te..n. I wili h:j?ve Foroe things, mo, with she hotel keep *r f>">r yox. l'u'i' !?' is iu u-iies c.uuty, Ten a., Sou in i.t Columbia. 8. D." After his he "^as pat ?nto a ct li in lhe ji:l und we dies noisee anything of him until S'hursday morniritr, the djy befoio the execution. We wi ie oidered in rendy, as we were ^ poirn: io bs jomoved i?> lhe court house ou the public squ ire, about oi:e W hundred ftel from the jail. D-ivis was ^ handoutl^d and was brought io j ist as we wt-re ea.iit.tf breakfast. I uave him a piece -if moat that 1 h^d been cooking, and he, beinjr handcuffed, was com pel led to eat it with both hands. Ho thanked me and we all bade him gocd-bje and were sent to the court house, and the guard was aouoitu. Th*? r.Pxt rrominrr. Friday, Nove 27, at 10 (('clock, we heard t tbucis Rr.ti a re?iment of ir-fanl rrisrcbingf down to the j ?il, ?nd a \ pnn with a ccUir in it was driven i and the provost; t/'orsbsl went into t j:ii! and brought Davis out. He t into the warron air.a ?1<'C.d up a looked around at the court house, a s?? ;?i? us at the window, bowed to his last farewell. He whs dressed a dark brown overcoat, with a caps it, which had been a blue Fed* coat, such as many of us had capti ?' J *!?'? ? ???? . T 4 I rA\ 2&UU kliCU HJCU VJUny. * uvuu y because it has been stated thr?t he * dre.?sed in citz'en's clothes. I do r remember exactly, but I think he b on a eray jacket underneath. ] ihen sat down upon his coffin, a 1)1* regiment moved off to the subui of the town, where the gallons k bu'lt. Upon reaching the pallors he g out of the wagon and took his seat a bench under a tree. He asked Ca Armstrong ho^- long he had to li< He replied: Fifteen minutes." ] th# n asked Cant. Armstrong th? nev He Told him of the battle of Missic ary Ridge and t^at our army h been defeated. txoresred mu regret and said: "The boys will have to fight wi! out me." Armstrong said: 4,I regret ve much having to do this: I feel tha would almost rather die myself tb to do what I have to do." Davis replied: "I do not think bard of you; y are doing your dutv." Geu. Dodye still had hopes lb Davis would recant when he s* thai death was staring him in t face, and that he wculd reveal t name of|the traitor in bis cam o. Hese Capt. Chickasaw) of his stuff to Da1 Hu rapidly approached the scafFo! jumped bis borse and went directly Davis, and asked if it would not better for him to spe?k the> name the one from whom he had receiv tbecontec.ts of the documehts foui upon him, adding: "It is not t lata yet." And then, in bis last tremity, Davis turned upon bim a: said: 4If I had a thousand livs I wou lose them all here before I would t tray my friends or the confidence mr i n fnrrr pi* " He then requested Hm to thai Gen. Dodge for his efforts to sa him, but to repeat that he could n accept the terms. Turnicig to t chaplain, he gave him a few koeps?k to send 10 nis mother. He ihen sa to the provost marshal, "I am read} and ascended the scaffold and stepp upon the trap Thus pass-d away 020 o? the su limest and noble?t characters knov in history, aud in future ajjes bis ? will be pointed to as worthy of ernuj tion. The bust in the partheron by tl Eculplor, George Julian Zolany, is heroic figures, and one of ttie mcst a mired works of art in the buildin Mr. ZDlany has given the work a n bleness, a firmness that while it a peals to the masses ou account of i strength, also has a softness that ii presses every visitor. It is one Mr. Zolany's best productions. A number of leading Oonfederat are now raising a fund to erect a mo ument over the spot where he was e ecuted. A large amount has alrea< been contributed for the purpo'se. Courier-Journal. A DESPERADO KILLED. His Jkull Was CVuBlied HU(1 a Stab In t Xtck. A special to The Times and Dam crat from RowesviUe under date August 30 says Thomas Stuart, negro of that section who delighted refer to himself as a desperado. *1 who was a member of the noloiio Davis gang of cut-throats ana tfciev< was waylaid Sunday night, about tv miles from R^evesville and aR?assin> ed by unknown parties His dt; bndy wasfcutid lying across thoro Monday morning with his *ki crushtd f*t;d au utgly stab in i ihrost. Near the body were two lar, clubs. It is said that several pist phots were heaid in that directii 3unday night by people who live the neighborhood where the bo< was fcur?d. About a month ago Stua was suspected of killing another c\ ored man, who was shot from ambu and so hadlv wounded that hft die There is no clue as to who killed Sluai and as he was a notoriously bad chs acter no one r.-grets his taking o iraeic as it was. A ccldont la the Alps. Advices from La Saale, near Mou Pleureur, show that the reports of t accident to a party of Alpine tourii >n that vicinty were not exaggerate Eight persons, it appears, started fro Sion. capital of tne conton of Yala with the intention of ascandin Mount Pleureur. The latter is 12,1 feet high and is a very difficult asee from Mauvoisin by the Gietrox, eig hours being generally occupied in i task. The tourists were led by Past Gonin, of Sion, and they made the i cent divided into two parties of fo each. The first of these parties reach the summit, and the. second was on a short distance behind when the fo persons composing it were swept 1 an avalanche into a crevasse u thoi and feet deep. It is still hoped sor of the bodies may be recovered. T unfortunate party was c imposed Pastor Oomn, two scacol coys ire Lausanne and a young Euglishoi uaa.'ed iiernard. A euide who w 3-nt cut to stareu for the bodies of t four tuuris's has rciurned tie repoi toat from the height the victims we sA-eptonly a le? and jacket protrudi from the snow were visible. Waaitiimksr oti AdvoitiatnK. 'I never ia my life used sue": thing ?>s a pokier or dodger, or ha: bill. My p!aa lor twenty years h been to buy space in a newspaper a fil' it up as I wanted. I would c give an advertisement iu a newspaj. o' hve hundred circulation for ti thousand dodgers or poaera !?' wanted to sell cheap jewelry or rur camblinj' ^caema I nn^ht iii? doslhi but 1 would not insult a uecetit ret iu? public v^ith baud biJJs. Thee!; of people who read them are too pu to look 10 fir support in tre niercj tile ailairy. Ideal directly wnii t purchaser. I lay aside th* profits a particular line of ^oods for advert io? purpes-s At first X Jatd asi three thousand dollars; las:year I L aside and spent forty thousand dol J a L have done bettor this year and sh; increase that sum as the profits w; raut it. I owe my success to newsj pers, and to them I freely give a c tain profit of my yearly business." H THE TOTAL VOTE. \ry pa- SENATOR MCLAUR1N HAS A COM PLETE WALK OVER. he cot J j Carried Eveiy County In the State Excop nd Six -Kvuns mid I rby Makes a l'oor Show US j lnc In the Bscs-Thay are Piping Mad. to Thursday the several county execu r8* tive committees met in tho varicu [J-g counties and tabulated the returns it those counties. As a result official re loj turns have bten received from nearh n(j e^ery county in the State, and com ?{e plefe returns from every one. Then ncj nro about three or four precincts h ,|jC the entire State that have not yet beei heard from but they will hardly ri< more than to run the total vote to 46, 000 or s little over, without affectini the majority for Senator McLaurn j1 uuless they serve to increase it a little The figures as tabulated place Mc ^ Liurin's majority at 12,792 out of a to 7? tal vote of 45.8G0 of which McLaurir has29>326, Evansll,375and Irby 5,15? acj The table of majorities given belo/ shows that Irby and Evans to^ethei only succeeded in securing majorities pu over MoLaurin's vote in six counties? Aiken 306, Greenville 8S, Laurens 419 rv Newberrv 4. Spartanburg 628, anc t'j Union 267. Evans has only gotten s an majority over all in his home counts and the same thing can be said of Irby With only four boxes out of thi ou entire Stato unreported and "official' returns from all the counties but eigh iat which are reported completed with thi excention of the three boxes referrec he to, the voto is as follows: he Mc' . Laurin. Evans. Irby . Abbeville 692 406 21 ris Aiken 024 898 3: Anderson 1,106 (521 24 Bamberg 300 110 ( fc? Barnwell 803 397 6 ?f Beaufort 138 109 2 ed Berkeley 337 121 2 ud Charleston 1,304 103 ,2 oo Cherokeo 400 229 3 IX Chester 585 340 6 cd Chesterfield 537 245 1 Clarendon 952 59 3 [J(j Colleton 399 307 2 )fJ. Darlington 948 208 3i nt Dorchester 251 170 1 Edgefield 508 207 3 i Fairfield 482 282 5 Vinson/.* 1.155 143 2 ve Georgetown 213 13 Greenville 702 478 31 k? Greenwood 492 167 11 :fs Hampton 45)7 157 lid Horry 913 88 7 p," Kershaw 471 378 0 ed Lancaster 730 210 2 Laurens 808 74 1,15' b Lexington 083 387 5 Marion 1,562 280 6 LCf Marlboro 980 109 8 io Newberry 001 510 9 Oconee 041 257 3i h(a Orangeburg ? 1,610 772 Pickens 404 190 15 5,a Richland 1,144 :i8o 0 Saluda 030 292 2 Spartanburg 1,328 432 1,52' l?" Sumter 933 2'J8 3 P" Union 351 392 22i its Williamsburg 016 230 3 n York 1,194 399 2 of Totals 29,326 11,375 5,15 ,es TOTAL VOTE AND MAJORITIES. ?J. McT.oiirin Ant; ]y Abbeville 1,309 75 _ Aiken 1,554 30 Anderson 1,972 240 Bamberg 410 184 Barnwell 1,321 405 Beaufort 270 7 Berkeley 470 188 he Charleston 1,404 1,234 ... Cherokee 720 203 Chester 985 185 10- Chesterfield 790 278 of Clarendon 1,045 859 _ Colleton 725 71 Darlington 1,188 787 to Dorchester 430 . 60 nd Edgefield 807 209 IS Fairfield 821 145 ?S, Florence 1,325 985 Vq Georgetown 233 193 j*, Greenville 1,492 8 a(i Greenwood 771 223 j Hampton 072 322 Horry 1,088 758 *'* Kershaw 90S) -'W ie Lancaster 11(38 491 S? Laurens 2,035 41 Lexington 1,120 210 3n Marion 1,894 1,231 io Marlboro 1,218 721 ... ly Newoerry 1,200 trt Oconee 934 347 jl- Orangeburg 2,405 81!) sh l'ickcns 817 111 id, Itichland 1,491 797 Saluda 945 315 n.'_ Spartanburg 3,284 02 Sumter 1,205 001 ' Union 9-19 20 Williamsburg '875 355 \ ork 1,557 831 nt The State Democratic Executive he Committee met Friday night and can its vassed the vote and announced th d. figures given in the two tables abov ,m as the result of the primarv. Thecoun is, ties of Union, Cherokee, Beaufort am g. Colleton, it was discovered, had faile< 55 to make any olQcial returns of thei at respective votes. ht At the close of the counting Mr he Montgomery moved that the vote a; or declared by the tellers be accented b; 1 xk i. if.. iir_T :! is- me committee ana mat oxtr. incut uru ur oo declared the nominee of the Demo ed cratic party for United Slates senator ly which was adopted. ur Mr. McSweeney moved it be enter by ed on the record that four countie; la. had faiied to send their returns am ne that the vote be declared, withou these returns. of Mr. Barnwell moved as an amend (m ment that such b*? declared, none o an the candidates objecting to the declar i-s ation v7ithout the votes from thes he counties. The aciendtnent was ac PiS cepted. (re Mr. McSw^eney offered the follow aa in?.: _ In view of the fac:, that two of th candidates quit t.he race before th eltcuon, arm 111 view of ine fact tiia i a tlia State executive committee was no "d put 10 any expense for printing ticket ias for said candidates, it is moved tha nd Mtssrs. Mavlieki a,nd Duncan be re io; heved ot their assessment. Adopted ;er Too following: weie declared as tn< v* otlicial returns Irom thoidixtiicongres 1 sional district: 1 a Norton. Johuson. Ellcrbc r>; Florence JJltf lit I 25 tii Horry 641) ' 'too 7 ijiS Williamsburg 272 12() 12 l0r Darlington Yll <?12 25 iU. Marion 7ltf 4tfli 57 r (t Clarendon H:; 27!' <>8 ou Marlboro 210 obi 2'.( Totals 2,63o 2,S5<; 2,25 Mcll" l'.ighani. Bryant. Laurii: rs- I'lorcncc 220 5 1 Horry 5 11U tir- Williamsburg 22 2 3a- Darlington ? N er- Marion 7 7'.? 10 JUareuuon i u Marlboro 11 14 llf Totals 208 1l8 24! It was declared that Johnson and Norton having: received the high est number of votes, hut neither hav inpr received a majority, vrould hav( 1 to run over in a second primary or . September 14. EVANS SCORES TILLMAN. He Ssyn the Scnatoi'j Tariff Views Art 5 Wrong. Ex Governor John Gary Evans wa; 7 in Columbia Wednesday and he ap a peared to ba in good spirits. Hedidn' i look as though he had lost any sleej J ever the result of the recent primary a election, and when asked as to an ex predion of opinion about the genera ? result, he said: i "I entered this race reluctantly af ter being assured by my friends tha lhe chances for winning were remote, - but I decided, after hearing Mr. Mc ' Laurin's speech at Sumter, and upoi tbe defiance of my enemies, to.makes t fieht, not on any factional or sectiora r lines, but upon the platform of th< 3 Democratic party, and to fight fo: - those principles which have alwayi , been dear to every South Carolinian I and upon which alone rest our pros i perity. I have bsen much gratilif< 7 by the manner in which my speeches . have been received throughout th< ? State, and I have received tbe com ' mendation of many of my bitteresi t political enemies. ? "The great majority of the peoplt 1 of South Carolina believe in the pri:i ciplea advocated by me and are cp posed to the attitude of both Tillmar and McLauria in tbe United Statei } Senate. Under the lash of the conser , vative press, their followers hav< 1 ?A 1 ? i J i :?:-i 1 |. voieu wnuuui rcgaru iu (jnui/ipicn, uc iDg actuated more by a dfsire, as thej 3 termed it, to destroy factionalism ir y local politics. An inspection of th< 7 vote shows Lhat not 25 per cent, of th< 4 farmers of the State have voted, arc [) not half of i,he Democratic vote of th< i State. The cause of this was the dis 1 gust on the part cf the reformers wit! 1 the present State administration ac< 3 its deals and dickerings with mer 5 who have always beon their enemies "j Added to this, was Senator Tillmati'i 2 advocacy of McLaurin's tariff viewi I and his assertion that McLaurin wai 1 '"with him" and the defeat of the on* _ meant the repudiation of the other g Naturally, our friends were at sea,an< - they remained at home, refusing t< 0 vote against their honest convictions 1 but at the same time fearing that a: 5 injury may be done Senator Tillman 0 who has posed as a reform leader, bu 1 has never led in a crisis. 9 "I had expected an honest and hoa 5 oiable fight, but I regret to say tha $ such was not the case. During tJ:i< last four days of the campaign, slan J dereous circulars were issued to pcisoi ^ the minds of the people without giv ing us a chance to reply. The sick * ness of my chief opponent while fc< B lay in bed writing manifestos and en q dorsing circulars containing persona 4 attacks on me, but more of this here _ after. 0 "I have no regrets to make for th campaign, and no apologies to offer I shall continue the fight along th same lines and shall not sulk, bu take my defeat philcsopnically, as ! have an abiding faith that the neo^li of the state will yet see the iDjustice which has been done the Democrats party by endorsing a man who hai repudiated the underlying principle; of the parly platform." Governor Evans left the city in th< afternoon for Aiken, his former home where he intends to practice law. Fcko Money Orders. A man giving the name of John E Ford, and claimiog to be from Ohio was arrested at Wilmington, Del. Wednesday night, after he had passet an alleged fraudulent money order ox .. William T. Mearns, a Maricei siree 8 mercnant, in payment for a hat. To day he was turned over to the Federa authories. In Ford's possession wa: found a set of rubber stamps like thosi used in the postcffices for filling ou (* money orders. Tue order that wa; passed on Mearns was dated Belmore " Ooio, and a number of other bianl money orders were found on him 4 Ford, it is said has confessed that hi was a member of a gang that had beer ,* operating with these money orderi . throughout the country. Theauthori . ties learned tonight that the postoffici . at Belmore, Ohio, was robbed of j 8 book containing $30,000 in blaut money orders, acd it is supposed tha " the members of the gang filled ou these ordrs and worked them ofl in various cities. Secret servici e detectives from Washington ar< at work on the case. It is said tha 0 another arrest of the leading membei 0 of the gang has buen made, but th< authorities refuse to tell who he is oi j where he was arrested. r Moat Excellent Advice. Lat every man and woman profess ing holiness resolve by the grace o s God to pay their debts as speedily a; 7 possible. If they cannot pay at present see that a definite settlement is made There is a lack of faithfulness along '? these lines. Certainly the Goldei Rule should be the controlling prin ciple among people professing holi 5 ntss. Brethren, sisters, suffer i.h? 1 word of exortation; be a3 straight as i t perfect Southern pine in your finan cial dealings. Be as prompt as '<.h< hour of noon in your obligations. Bi f acruDuIoudy honest. Tne above i! from the Way of Faith a holines: e paper, published at Columbia, S. C The Norta Columbia Baptist empiia s:zes what our holiness contemporary ' sajs, in the following way: "Than are ?eadeis cf the Baptist who profes! 15 loudly, wlio need some of the abov< u advice. The slacktwisted way ii 1 which some chuicti folk look at lin m 1 cial obligations slump ihein as tnie/ei 8 rather man Christians. Stealing 1 from the grocer, from the drygood; '* man, the preacher aud the newspapei is Jar ioo common among iouu mou'.n 3 ed professors. "J'hcu shalt not stu>.l,' " covcrs the ground well enough." !. Curious Facts ?Tnere ara som< - curious lucis about the calendar. Nt 2 century can be^in on Wednesday s Fiiday or Sunday. Tiie aame oaien j dars can be used every twenty yet.rs - October always begins on the same 1 day of the wetkss January, Apri.. ai J J uly, .September as December, .bob viu.wtr IVI .1 hah orv/1 MniriiitihitH K^/yin f\r ^ i UU1 J | XUHibU auu ilWTWIUUWl V*the same days, May, June and Au u gust always begin on ditl'erent ay: j from each other and every otuei y mouth in the year. The first and J as! ;j clays of the year are always the same, 7 These rules do not apply to leap ytsar 1 when comparison is between days be l fore and after February 29. ! MCLAURIN SPEAKS. [ HE IS SERENADED BY AN ENTHUSI- * AQTIO fiRnwD. s Ha Says Ho Stands as the K preaontatlve . t( ' of no Faction, but of the Ronulted White ^ Democracy of Sooth Carolina, A large crowd of the admirers of Senator McLaurin from the town and * 3 county serenaded him at his residence ^ in Bennettsville Wednesday evening ^ amid great entnusiasm and rejoicing, x 3 The Senator, on account of his health. could only express hid appreciation of * t the support and confidence reposed in him by his neighbors and the people of the State; pledged himself to 7 try to prove worthy of the trust and r * predicted the dawn of a ne?7 era in the * State. Marlboro feels honored in honoring b^r worthy son. " Col. Knox. Livingston was called g t upon and made a short speech to the c > large crowd present, after which re- ^ * freshments were served by the ladies * of the house. ' 1 The ladies of Clarendon county ? 1 have sent Senator McLaurin a large E 3 basket of pretty flowers. s r Your correspondent interviewed 3 Senator McLaurin for the State as fol- ? ? lows- -i Senator McLaurin was found at his e * home pvepariDg to go to Mount Airy i 3 White Sulphur Springs. The Senator g 3 was asked about his health, and re- ^ ' plied that he was nearly well and was t satisfied that a few weeks in the ^ mountains would restore him to his 5 accustomed good heolth. r "What about the election?" * "We 11, it is not as large a vote as * 1 usual, but I attribute much of that to ^ 3 the supreme confidence of my friends c " that I was bound to win any way. I g 3 am not surprised at the result, for up E " to the time of my illness there was t 7 hardly an audience that we addressed t 1 where it was not clearly apparent that ^ 3 I had a majority. My election, so far j. * as I am concerned, is the culmination ? * of four years of work upon the lines j 5 of 'peace and unity,' Ever since I 8 " wrote the 'Appelt letter,' and inaugu- f J rated what is known as the 'Forty ^ ' movement' I have been looked upon j 1 as peculiarly representative upon the f Reform side the same ideas and prin- ^ 3 cip]es that Earle did upon the Conser- . 3 vative side. An attempt was made 3 this year to draw factioual lines, but g 3 it utteriy failed. Reformers and Con- t * servativts worked side by side for my j 1 election and today I statid as the rep- g 3 resentative of no faction, but of tbe e ? reunited white Democracy of South t 1 Carolina" c ? "What have you to say about the T 1 campaign methods of your oppo- J nents?" e 4'Well, I do not care, in the hour of r ' triumph, while they are drinking the a 3 bitter dregs of defeat, to be so ungen- j " erous as to refer to them in unkind c 1 terms. The people have turned their t " 4 pictures to the wall' and politicians ^ of the Irby-Evans strive are done in r 3 South Carolina, let us hope, forever, j : From henceforth it will take brains, ^ 1 character and attainments to win dis- j ' tinction in this State. No future cam- t paign will ever be conducted upon a c B vulgar and low plane. I do not think g that the tomato-fig syrup variety of g 6 of statesmanship will long obtain, but r t men of more ability, more informal ticn and greater usefulness will be se9 lected for public office and each 'tub 9 will have to stand on its own bottom.' - "mere is one feature of this cam- c 3 paign that was peculiarly exaspera8 titg to me, to wit: the attacks which were made upon Gov. Ellerbe. I felt 3 that he was made the victim merely > because of his appointment of me. I defended him as best I could, and my \ opponents soon found that Ellerbe I needed no defense. I never witnessed j - a handsomer thing than the rebuke ^ > given Colonel lrby at Walhalla for ' hi:3 attack upon Ellerbe. These at1 tacks make my triumphant election a t J vindication of Ellerbe as much so as f t of me, and I rejoice in it, because I j ' -believe he has made a conscientious * and true chief executive." j. s "What about your tariff views?" ^ 3 "The election is a vindication of my t 1 course and 1 want to say that there ^ 5 were several splendid editorials in the ^ ' News and Courier on the tariff ques- 0 c tion, which I have no doubt contnbut- j * ed largely to my success. The News ^ 3 and Courier of last Monday was a fine t * campaign paper, and the editorial in ? 3 the State running the Greenville r News 'into a hole,' was the finest _ 9 thing of the sort that I ever read. 1 "I want to say this: that so far as j : my ambition is concerned, it is com- t J pletelj satisfied. My only desire now ^ P is to worthily wear the honors the ? [ people have heaped upon me. I am v 9 very proud of my vote in Charleston. c 9 I love the old city for its brave, gen- ^ 1 erous people, its historic memories a r and the trials which she has borne so t 9 bravely. I want to see every discrim- ^ r ination against Charleston wiped out. ^ She has put herself in touch with the ^ progressive thought of the balance of t the State and she ought to be 'fed out s of the same spoon' the balance are. u * "I wish to thank the people all over a the State for their generous confidence ' and I say to each and every one that j * no man shall ever blush because he t( ' cast his ballot fcr me. I have re- t 1 ce:ived hundreds of telegrams and let- ^ ters and just as rapidly as-tcanlin- s " tend to acknowledge personally the ^ 3 receipt of each. _ " "TV* rv?l Npnl Mi? Rlracft anrl * others, who, when I was stricken at ^ Yorkville, look charge of the fight t s and carried it on to victory, I am uo- t able to find language to express the profound gratitude that I feel. They | did their work intelligently and ell'dc- j tively and much of the credit is due to 3 their superb .management." 0 S Xhlrtecu Fo.sounl. f i A special from L'aducah, Ky., says: 1 Thirteen members of ttie fawiiy and D people liviug on toe farm of Heary f 5 Miller near Metropolis, Illinois, were L ' poisoned yesterday aud threo are dead. 0 s i'Jae suffering of the other victims is H r said to oe terrible to witness. It is " thought at least sight of them will die. l'ae names of tne victims are not I given. A nil el girl, who is insane, threw a package of rough on rats in tLe vvell. Her name could not be , learned, but stie admits her crime. ^ lu.tl Oust ICxploded. 3 At 5 c'olcck Friday evening a terri- v j bla explosion ol c )al du-t occurred in a 3 the old tiuushine mine, owned by the ii Colorado Fuel and Irou company, 12 h i milt-s from Glenwcod, Col. Thelve f( ot.uies iiavu o.*ci; rcuuvcicu, auu au 3 great is the excitctneut that it cannot r ue learned wiieiher there are arts any ll I more in the mine or not. Rescuing fj . parties are still exploiing ttie mine e , aad a great crowd surrounds the en- I trance. The bodies taken out are in a a horribly mutilated condition. d HIS PATRIOTIC WORQS. IcLaurln Wtltfi a Letter In Which Hi Interprets the Vote. Senator John L. McLaurin has writ en the following letter to the Uonsti utinn: 4*In rPRoonse to your request I wiL ay that I am, of course, deeply grate ul to the people of South Carolins or this marked evidence of their con idence and esteem. No man coulc tave ihis feeliDg more sincerely thai] . The result is particularly gratify ng in view of the character of th< ight that has been made upon me and if the serious illness which has pre rented my participating in the cam laigning during the past three weeks, t is needless for me to add that in ny f uture service in the Senate, as in ay six years of service in the lowei louse of congres3, my entire energies hall be devoted to the welfare of m\ Itate, for God knows every throb ol ay heart has been for South Carolim >na for that which I believe to be the ;ood of her people. "As to the meaning of my endorse dent at the hands of the people I car ay that during this campaign my ap >eal has been to the intelligence, thi ionor and the reason of the people Vhile my opponents have appealed t< verything in human nature that i; ow and base and mean, the resul hows that there is more intelligence rirtue and honesty in South Carolim ban there is of ignorance and preju [ice. It is, too, an indorsement by tb< >eople of the State of the Democratic trinciple of tariff for revenue. Th< tforts on the part of my opponents tr nisrepresent my position on the tarif [uestion miy have been successful it ome individual instances, but for th< ost part the people have understock hat my stand has been squarely upoi he Democratic platform and that m] rotes in trying to amend the Dingle] ill were cast in defense of the peopli vhom I represent and to compel th< lepublican party to p]ace the Soutl s nearly as possible upon an cqua ooting witn tne oaiance or ine coua ry. They have indorsed my recon n so voting, as I knew they would or the principle which inspired thosi rotes was the trua Democratic princi >ie of equality. "With regard to internal affairs ii South Carolina I regard the result o his primary as meaning pre-eminent y the end of factional feeling in th< Hate. A new political era has dawn id on the State. Up to this time fo he past six years the elections, State :ounty, municipal, from county coro ter up, have only been a question a o the man who could shout the loud ist for the reform faction and for Till nan. I do not mean to. say anything igainst Senator Tillman or to impugi be motives of the men who have beei jailing for reform, but I believe thi ime has come when something els< s required of public men and aspi ants for office generally. The decis on of trie people from this time for rard is going to be based on the abil ty and the character of the man an< he doctrine and principles he advo ates. That is one meaning of the re ult of this primary and so far a louth Carolina is concerned it is b: lo means the least. John L. McLaurin. ASKS FOR A NEW ELECTION. tan, Klcbboarg States That Great Irre gnlarltlea Occurred. Brigadier General R. N. Richbourj tas forwarded the following letter fhich speaks for itself, to Governo: Slier be: lead quarters 2d S. C. V. T., Sept. 1. ?o His Excellency, W. H. Ellerbe / < j n J -Li.l governor ana uommanuer muiiiei Sir: I beg to call your attention t< he following facts in reference to thi ecent election for Colonel of the Firs legiment, 8outh Carolina Volunteers It appears to this office that grea regularities existed in the same, no o mention the fact that the vote ol he Edgefield Rifles and Saluda Rifle iy instruction of the Ad j utant Genera rere thrown out entirely, while in nr ipinion they are a part of the Firs legiment, and their votes should havi ieen counted. But even throwing ou he vote of the two companies jus lamed, Col. CJaffy did not receive i najority of the votes cast which wa lecessary to elect. Such has been thi nvariable custom and unbroken ruli n all military elections. In this iden ical regiment two years ago a ma ority vote was required of Col. Hal ,nd Major Sally bafore commission! ?ere issued to them. Lieut. Col. Till can being the only held officer wh< ras elected on the first ballot. I wa .bsent from Columbia when the elec ion returns were forwarded to mj leadquarters. Major Newnham, m] Ldjuiant General, was left in charge nd before he reported the result o he election he consulted with the As istant Attorney General, and it wa; ipon advice he there received that hi cted. To avoid the expense of a court o nquiry at the urgent request of Lieu enant Colonel Tillman all who signet he protest, which was duly filed ii his office, have withdrawn tnei ignatures although the withdrawal! lid not come through the proper chan lei. Now in order that justica may be lone to all parties ana no dissatisfac ion exist among the companies o he regiment I respectfully reeom aend that the office of colonel oe de lared vacant, and a new election or .ered. My authority for such recom oendation is based upon Section 4L if the Revised Statutes which read a: olio ws: "All commissioned officers of the ailitia may be removed from oflice bj be commander-in-chief, ou recom uendation of tne commanding oiliceri >! their respactive batallions, re?i [ients, brigades and divisions." Respectfully submitted. R. N. Ricubouro, Jrig. Gen'l. Com. 21 Brig. fc>. C. V. T Henry L&uman, of Baltimore, sho t a Pluck snake while hunting in th< Slue Ridge mountains near Bueot ^ista. and missing it, ran away. Tn< nake pursued him. He tripped on i ine and fell. The snake coilec rcuud his body and was tquetziDf im when a wood chopper rescue, iii and killed tern snake. It was sh tct seven inches long. The Kansas City Star gives noticf lat 'anything mat ine country wauls, rom mules to peacbes, can be furnish ii by Kansas City." "And," theSc, (Ouis Star says, "it might justly adc nd a whole lot of things the countrj oesn't want.'" = GOLD BY THE BUCKET. ? WONDERS OF THE KLONDIKE REGION NOT HALF TOLD. ijvaiy ? * uuiuifo uiuo ui uum? Scorc-B of Men Weigh Their Gold bj the I BncketfuU?Likened Unto a Lottery. The San Francisco Bulletin has leceived a letter from Charles Haines, dated Dawson City, July 26th. Mr. Haines is a well known newspaper writer and his letter is the first written by a trained newspaper man to come out of the Klondike gold region. He says: "The rich diggings have been comparatively idle during the summer, although the output from Eldorado and Bonanza Creeks was famous and there is plenty of gold in sight. There is every prospect of an immense output r of gold from this district next spring. x f The total output this season is, as near i as I can judge, about $7,000,000, but 5 verj little ground bas been worked, and the dumps will, like some of the . tailings of old California placers, nan i out thousands of dollars wnen worked . with improved machinery. The plac3 ers are tne most puzzling and deceiv. ing I bave ever seen. Imagine a man ) working on good 'color' and finding 3 the ground worth only a few dollars t per day, and then turning to a waste t of mud and moss with no surface ini dications and unearthing a bonanza. i . That is the situation here and all over Alaska. The man who comes here to 3 mine moss at the expense of health < and happiness, and it is with him a 3 question of making a fortune with > equal caances with death. About me [ are scores of men who can weigh their i gold bv the bucketful! and who value 3 their claims at millions. i j Jl 1 1-1- 3* i r our nunarea vaiuaoie diggers are ! stretched aloDg creeks and every digj ging is a fabulous mine of gold, yet j there are weary men who have gone 3 and returned to Dawson after search3 ing the great country hereabouts and i never a nugget do they show for their 1 toil and their long tramp over broken . ground and into a country whose disi advantages are exceeded by no other place on earth. a "This Alaskan Northwest Territory . is an old priza drawing proposition that I can liken to nothing that ad* j mits of a better comparison than a lotf tery. A number of spots are selected on the creeks and rivers, and for one . e year the miner labors. The year . closes, the water iuns, and the sear son's output pays expenses. Not two miles away from the unfortunate one ! works a man who has taken from an B unviting bit of earth a sack full of . gold. The lucky one did not strike the . pocket because of his ability as a mir ner; chance favored him and that was i all. In short, the miner puesses at it 1 and locates any and everywhere. In q nineteen cases out of twenty he misses V 3 and has to wait another year for a . new trail. "Dawson is merely a collection of >. log huis, saloons and a mass of tents, . about six hundred in number. When j the long nights come and the glass . goes down to 65 degrees below zero h there will be intense suffering here, s and I shudder to think of the results. 7 Provisions are going to be very scarce, and there is little reason to doubt that the entire town will have to go on short rations during the winter and that scurvy will be rampant. The goid that will go down the river for ? San Francisco will amount to $2,000,000. There is a lot of gold that will remain in camp, for it is used as an t equivalent of money and is legal tender at $17 per ounce. Of the 3,000 or ' 4,000 inhabitants, only a couple of r hundred at the most have made big strikes. "There is a plenty of work at from $15 to $20 per day and many men ' nave paid $2 50 or less for living and j saved the balance. B "Reports of other strikes are cont stantly received here, and many are . authentic as far as Stewart and Poly t rivers are concerned, but nothing like t so rich as the Klondike has been ref ported. s "Quite a number of people are pre2 paring to leave here for Juneau. In 7 case the steamers cannot get through t with provisions,the outlook for a good 3 grub supply is not encouraging. tha A1 aalra anH 1U kUUV/lUJlUU, aus . . t Northwest Territory gold fields will j, be developed slowly. Ten thousand 8 men may come here, but they will be 3 lost in the vast country when they 9 spread out to prospsct. Not more . than 500 of them will strike a mine. . When they do strike pay gravel, their I fortunes will be made. In years to j come, when at the sacrifice of human w . life and energy the treasures of this } great land are located, the wealth of s the north will be something beyond comprehension." 7 Cotton Crop Report. r Secretary Hester's report shows rej ceipts of cotton at all United States 1 porta for the year of 6,829,100 bales. against 5,420,246 last year; overland 8 940,482 against 873,465; southern con3 sumntion taken direct, 988,382 against . 863,635, making the cottencrop of the 1 United States for 1896 97 amount to * 8,757,964 bales, against 7,157,346 last 1 year and 9,901,251 the year before. 1 Altogether the southern mills took f 1,042,671 bales, and increase of 133,: 000. Mr. Hester makes the actual cotton crop of Texas, including Indian territory 2,247.554. His report on the 5 crop of the different States is given as ? ? ?AA AAA " follows. INorth uaronna ouu.uw, 1 South Carolina 800,000. Georgia gia 1,300,000, Alabama l,019,000.Florlda GO,000, Mississippi 1,226,000,Louisiana 573,000, Arkansas 700,000, Ten" nesseo 330,000, Texas 2,248,000. Total 1 crop 8,758,000. North Carolina above i ineiudcs Kentucky and Virginia; Tenncssea includes Oklahoma; Missouri 1 includes Kansas and Utah; Texas in7 eludes Indian territory. S Hale ol a Uuaband by a Wife. A husband was sold by his wife in Now York recently, and the transaction was formally witnessed by a notary. The husband submitted to it, . and obligingly took up his abode with his purchaser. Taen the party of the ' first part spent ihe money, repented 3 and demanded her husband back, and * it is not altogether discreditable to 3 him that he refused to return. Then | the bereaved wife appealed to the law, 1 and the whole business is now to be > aired in the divorce courts there. I Whiskey In the Gotten. TVn salnnns in Kansas CitV, Kail., were raided by the police last night 5 and $3,(J00 worth of liquor seized and , poured into the gutter*. Saloon fur niture, filling ten big drays was carted , to police headquarters, where it will i ba burned, Similar action will be r taken against about seventy other taloons.