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* VOL. XX. PICKENS, S. C., TH1UItSDAY, MAY 28, 1891. NO. 36; GRIFFIN AND TILLMAN. A TART CORRESPONDENCE BETWEEN TWO OFFICIALS. Governor Tilimatis iie Sti,erliatenl ent of the State Limanti, Asylum to Accoutit, nd te Lalti-' iofueoi Min se]f witit Soao. Acorbity. CoU.N1mA, S. C, May 18.-The fol lowing correspondence between Gov ernor Tillman and Dr. Grilin, which concludes with a request for the resig nation of Dr. Grillin, will be read with great interest. The letter relerred to by Governor Tillman in his opening note was published inl the News and Courier: CoL..Nr1i1A, S..C., May 5, 1891. Dr. 1'. E. Grillin, Columnbia, '. C. Dear Sir: In your letter to the regents, a copy of which was handed me last, week, you complain of unfair treat ment and an ex-parLe exaitmination of witnesses by the commit tee. I beg to remind you that when the investigation hegun no cha rges had been preferred agai'1st anyone, and the com inittee, including inyself, looked to gettin)g at the truth only-linding out if anything was wrong with the insti tution or its management. Ti'he devel opments were of such a nature as to provoke a more thorough inquiry along certain lies, and you were promised an opportunity to crossquestion wit nesses or bring in testinony in rebuttal. - As soon as the testimony was reduced to writing a copy was furnished to the regents for their ml your use, and you hatt the oppoitunit y you asked. tut, instead ol loiing this, you entere. on a discussion of the old and new methods of treat ing th - insane. Th Gonstitution io poses on me the responsibility for the litt:ess and elli ciency o1 the oflicers and the employees of the Asylum. I must perform my duty, however disagreable it may lie, and )et I will give you the full oppor tunity to exonerate yourself if you can. I write to ask whether you still wish to crossexamine the witnesses whose tes timony condemns you, or to attempt to ipeachi their veracity. Yours respectfully, 1'. H. Tillman, Governor. Otti'i: S. C. Li*NA'irw AsvLum, .May 5, 1891. To his Excellency, B. It. Tillman, Governor--Sir: Ii reply to your letter just received, I beg to state that I shall have the honor to communicate with your Excellency some time this after noon or evening, either personally or by letter. -.J have thel honor to be very respect fully your obedient servant. 1'. -'. Grillin. Superintendent. On the same day Dr. G riffin wrote the following: OFFICn' S. C. LUNA'I'(T AsY i*M, MaV 5. 1891. T.ro his Excellency. 1. It. Tillman, Governor--Sir: After more mature consideration of the suiject matter of your letter of this morning, I am con strained to recall my hasty promise to reply this evening, and I therefore beg your Excellency's inidulgence for a day or two longer. I have tle honor to be very respect fully. 1'. E. irillin, Siperintcndent. Oo1' IE S. C. 1 rm NAT1 As'ii , M-ay 8, 1891. 'l'o His '.1xcellency, I. R. Tillman, Governor-'.-Sir: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt. of your letter of the 51t of May, instant., in which, referring to my answer and report to the board of regents of the Lunatic Asylum, of date 28th April last, and to the recent investigation miade by the legislative commnittee, you inqiire whether 1 "still wish to cross-examine the witnesses (whose testimony, as you are pleased to assert condemnifs me,) 01 to impeach their veracity." Ini miy report to the hoard I :'ssertedl that by the secret andl ex p)arte inquisi t ion "justice had been dlenied me; that I had been condemrned without oppor tunity of plea '-md of defence, without semblance of trial, without knowledge of the charge and specifications lire, ferred against me, without place foi confronting the accusing witnesses and1 without thme tight of test imioniy in m.3 behalf." In your lei,ter you concede that I was 'promised ati opportunit,y to cros: question the wiit nesses or bring ini tes tiAmonty in rebuttal." but you pireceet to say that "as soon as the te stienion' was reduced to writing a coiiy was fair nishedl to thle regents for their ant your use, andl vou had the oppoirt.unit.' you asked. Butt arst(ead of dloing thi you ent.eredl ont a discussion of' thle 014 and new net hods of treatinag the in sane." This prom isa'. as I staied int my rte port, was madi(e o tme biy you, specakii for the conuiiaitte'e as well as f or your self, while 1 was before the co~mm1itt( undergoing exam iniat ion, andi cert ain ly if given in good faith, authorized moe expect that. before thet iiuisi ion1) wa concluded I should have the occa':sioi tendered to mue by you and thei commiit tee of presentinig my dhefence. .Nowv your Excellency does not. r.et' to be int oromed that so soon as ihe cotr -mittee had conacludedl the exami nat jo of riachi witnuss as they choose to sele( without notice to me, without th it.4 slightest initi mation of their readmren to hoar me, they with swift t sentemIi on that same (lay p)roceedled to 1 intl an publish their verdict by which I wm "condem ned," as you termi it, uipon moi serious i mpiitations of naegligence-, i: feasance and( Incapacity in the condu<(i of my office affecting my personal, o idcal and professionial re'putation. I the face of' this statement of fact, whic * is not denied, you saty that as soon the testimony was redluced to writi that a copy was furinished to theu r gents "and that I hadt the tappoirttnil asked!" hlow ? When? Where? I my report to the board I stateu that haud "access to somae eighty pages 5 matnuscript contamrinig portionis of II testimony of some of those w itneuss such as the legislative committece chia to select, while, as I am informed, il - larger portion of the testimony taku during the investigatloon has not bet furnished the, board, including whu ever may havoeheen given by any of t) witnesses tendling to excuIlpate mte iro the charges." This has not been ai cannot truthfully be denied. Such c portunity as has been afforded me very like the opportunity in other tim accorded to the victim who stood chains before the Spanish Inquisit.i S and yet was anmetI traen nlloweto inpRe Ihefore jtdgment; or more aptly like that of the ctilprit condetnined unheard tI liinder the tyrannical procedure of the Iv itar Chamber of England. p The inquiry now directed to me by % your Excellency gives no assurance U that the legisla ive committee will si igain convene, will set aside the sen- a ,ence of condennation, will open the s judgment against me, will try me anew it with open (toors and without prejlidice, p earing witnesses upon examination o mnd cross-examination, aMewing me p the olices of counsel and hoMting them- i selves clear to the attainment of im partial judguent. The investigation under your guid- I ice has heretofore proceeded wholly 1 in the spirit of fault finding before a t Court which, for whatever purpose, in a defiance of justice, and in breach of c their faith, have prejudiced my case. 1 in view of all these circumstances, t however anxious I may be to vindicate a myself from the unjust and untruthful I ceasures they have denounced against tme, I am not willing to engage in such trilling procedure before such a tribun al, and it is left to me to submit to the consequences which your letter in ad vance threatens against me to invite you in your own phrase "to perform your duty" whatever it may be. That as you intimate, this may be a disa greeable duty is to mie the subject of profound regret. I have the honor to be very respect ftilly your obedient servant. P. -, G riflin, Superintendent. Coi.1-imma, May 9, 1891. Dr. 1'. E. G rillin, Columbia, S. C.-Sir: I lind your letter of yesterday awaiting me onl imy return from Pendleton. I beg once more to impress on your mind the following faCt. : 1. Tne ciotittee appointed by the General Assembly were charged with the duty not of investi4ating the su perintendent of the Asylum but of the iistit Itiont as a whole. 2. Their prelinimary report called to my attention certain facts ii reference to the management of the institution upon which I alone as Governor have the power to act, for I alone tinder the Constitution aim given the power to ap point its ollicers and employees, and even the Legislat tre c,nnot remove such persons as are thus appointed. :. This being so, I alone am the judge to decide wlhether the charges contained in the report of the investigating com mittee are trie and, ii so, what is my duty. There is no need to bring the ini vestigating cotmmittee back here to hear . our defence, if yotu desire to mnake any, for 1 can hear the testimiony of your witnesses and have offered to ae cord you the privilege of cross-exaini nation of those witnesses who testilied before the committee, and this can be had ill public and with couilsel if you wish it. The witnesses are all either in the asylum or in the city, and the tcsti mony already given by thei cal tie read in their and your presence. 4. The examination by the commit tee was made in secret to prevent col lusion amiong witnesses an'14 to guard against itimidation. All of the emIt po3ees of the asylumt had been ap pointed by yourself or the regents with out color of' law, and many witnesses testified uttwillingly, seeming to fear the ILss of place. 5. All your line wr ting about "the Spanish .Inquisition" ad( the "Star Chamber of England" may appeal to the s3 mpathy of certain people, but you ire mistaken% when you say "the i-ives tigation iunder your (iy) guiilance has bejetofore proceeded (lonly in the spirit of fault-linding before a Cotirt which, for whatever puipose in defiance of jus tice and in breach of their faith, have prej udged my case in Court." In jtw tice to investigating committee ani to myself it must, be stated that we tried to arrive at the exact truth and nothing more. T1here has nIot been and is not itow the least animus or pIersonal feeh ing. The comimittee acting as a grandl jury, have framed an indictmtent and sent in the testiimoniy. i50thI were fturn ished yotu andl 1 naturally exp)ected you svot ask an opportunity to d ispr-ove the charges, but instead you wrote a labored defence add(ressedl to t he r gent s, but initended solely to in Iitiuce ptubbie op)ini on. 'Thle regents ha:] noth ing to dlo with the matter, aind their Ilatteringr end(orsemtent of your olhicial cond utt canntot disprove facts and( mtay prove a boomerang for themselves. Ii. With ou t toiucliintg onl othietr mat tetrs bro'ight out iin the test inmony, numerCoits witnes~ses testify3 t hat the inan, Ai inte, w hom i you (-hatracterizec as a "cratnk" and whIo Dr. Corb-ett says is "miorall insanel,"' byV whiich I utnderstand lhe has a dlepraved( nature which woutld - niot, hetsitate to grat ity' anly passionl or I appetit.e, tils mtan, tor' itoths, has b>eenl perinitted to have a key whichl wvould I opent thle do(ors of any ofl tile femla I wards or any room int those wardis. lIe - had such a key before lie was allowed to go to North Carolina last year, how -long is not, known, an1(1lihe obitainied tianother which lie says you gave him n - when lie retutrnied last, fall, It was s: tinotorious that lie had these keys, wvhi Ic ,lhe haud a si milar key to the male wVaril >11am1 thuis go mi andl out of aniy wiard fin .i the building att anty itime, bitt none ol a he ol emtployees seemined to thin k ii - worth w~hileI to tell you: as they al] thought you1 knew' it, andu per-mitted it .1I 1. hese w itntessesi have~ ttst' led the -t ruthI, to say tnothin g oif the tes imtoi ai about, itthle inifrequ netncy of yourf visfits tt t oIlier wardls, ft, shows your kniowlediu e of whatt was goitng on ini the instiltu s tioni to be v'ery shiliht. It. proved th1s e you have bi en g r'ossily inegl igent tin d culipably carteless itt wastchitng over flit s tinlotutnate I itmle patientts enitriuste< it to y'ourt carte. 'Thlere is nothitng to shiov u- thatt Mline eve set d or511(t autsed his op ~t portutnittes, bitt thle ifmi revolts a f- and1( the iimaginiationi is siekened by thi ni thouenghlt of wha tt could Itave happene< ht aind what tmay havi e hlaperntied. 18 Wtithouit taking these thinigs fo I-stubittedi the testimtotiy to thbe ttegit y andt to yourtself. You didt nlot aisl mi ni t,o redeem miy promlise, hbut addre txss I youir rephly to the regents; tande when'i ii ohferedl again to givt- you a hearing yo) eC acctused ime of "fault-lnding"' amni um .a fairness; chtargedl thte conmmittee wit ie havning prejutdiced your case, andi ad( to "It, Is only left for ime to submit to tI mt consequences which your letter in at mn vance threatened atgainst me." Trhis t- mere- trilling, and you know It. itt I promisedl yout a fair trial and at mu ready to give it to you, when, how art 1(1 where yott will, provided it is speed p- TIle law, as I have already said, allov is me no opti on In judging your ease mn es self, and, while you may feel a coi in tempt for "such a tribunal," the peopi n, whose servant I am, must judge b tr turenn nu. I beg to remind you in conclusion mt I was informed by a mutual friend st December "that it was your pur ose to resign in the spring, but if you 'ere to be liustled out yon would do so len." My reply wias 1. knew no rea )m why you should be removeil at all nd certainly no discourtesy would be lown you or your friends, and some ewspapers c;arge that you are being ersecuted, and that the investigation r the Asylum was instituted for the urpose of making room for some of y political adherents. I canl only rvgret, as things have mrnel out, that for your own sake you ave not resigned before the storm urst. I shall be glad if you can prove hat these things are not true, and will (Id that vhile I have necessarily been ii the lookout for vour successor 1 have ot found a man~to my liking. It. is lie most important oflice in the State, nd I woild be the last man to allow% olitical motives to inifluence my choice. Yours respect fully, it. I. Tillman, Governor. Co.u.i lI.k, May 18, 1891. Dr. 1. E. (Grillin, Superintendent. 'oluimbia. S. C.-Sir: I have waited atiently to see whether you woul nake any reply to my letter of May ItLI, or ask for a trial. None has come nd I am forced to conclude that you di iot wish such a trial. 1, therefore vrite to ask that you send in your resig iation as superintendent of the Luna ic Asyluim. Iespectfully, i.. lt. Tillman, Governor. 'I'he toll owing is Dr. Grillin's reply: OFFICE-:SOU1 CAnOL,INA LU:NATI: Asy L.ii1. Coixmm18.\, 1-. C., 'May 20th, 1I9. l'o 1His Excellency', 1. It'. Tillian, Gov rnior: Siu: I have the honlor to acknowl tdge the receipt of your letter of thi L8th inst., in which you ask me to teil .er my resignation of the office of Su Ierintenlent of the South Carolina Li itic Asylum. This came to me while I was engage( ill preparation of iny reply to your com munication of the 9th inst., which hal been ditly receiv ed. It contained no in Limation of any public exigency requit ing aiy espucial haste, while the urgen indi extraoidinary demands upon ill at the asylum during the Centelmi: week made it impossible for me to giv to this matter (ue and adetiuate con sideration. With this explanation I trust you 'xcellency will acquit me of .liay in putation of discourtesy to you o1. c aiy indifference to the statenents pr( sented in your letter of the 9th inst. reply in dttail to all the statement wi be.only a reite ration of what has alread been presenu ud to you and to the pul lie, but there is one assertion to whic I deiem it my dut.y to call special attei tion. In see,on I of your letter it stated that "all of the employes at th asyluim had been appointud either I yourself or by the Regents without cc or of law." Now, your Excellency must sure know that section 1685 of the Gener Statutes enacts that "The legents . the Lunatic Asyluin shall form a bot corporate in deed and in law, for all ti pu rposes of the said institution, wit all the powers incident to coporatioln and that they are hereby atthoriA and enpowered to make and establi. all rules, regulations and by-laws I' the government of the institution The by-laws now in force, of which yo have a copy. distinctly gives to the su pel intelident the right to appUinLt a to discharge, with the conselit of th iegents,all employt-es and subordinat officers, with the single exceptioni I treasurer. I f it be t rue that under strict construction of the Constitutic all the otlicers and employees of t1 luatic asylum should ibe selected ar appointed and subject to removal I tRie Gloernor, at his own w-ill al pleasure, it only furnishes another re son why tile fnmdamental law tund whlich we have been forced to live by convientioni alien to the people shou be reformied; for it is olut of the qum tionl that this institution cani be su] cessf ully conldluctedl by agencies ov which the lioard of liegents and t. superintendent have no conitrol. InI your commlllunication 01 the~ i inIst., there is onily 0one other point th I deemi it niecessary to consider. TI charges aigainIst 1me seem to~ he re?duc t.o two specilications. l"irst,th Iiil quent-Icy (of lmy visits to (ertain wai and second, my permitting one of t male patienits to have a key whlic-h ga aIccess to the feiale departmlent. replly to) the irst I can only repeat wI has I eln alreatdy pulblisheUd, that I ceive early every iorninIg written ports from seven wvatchies whichl sh1 the condtition of every wvardl at e[ hlouir of th1e night ; tha~t thle iintr'( and supler'visers iinakeu daily written a verbal r-eports of their respective pamrtments; thlat my assistant, p)hysici after tihe morning inispect,ionl gives written and verbal renorts of the eF (ditionl of the platients ; that I am11 daLilyv conlsultathonl withi themil ini reg] t.o the treatiiieiit, of I lie patientis, v a Iiig I hose that mi5 ed 1special atteinti' and that, the by-laws wvisely leave to) 1 discretion ofi tRhe smperint,eiitent frequency or times o)f his visits of lin referrinmg to the second charge 3 state that "thit manli Mitln1, whomli 3 chmaraicteriz/edl as a 'cranlik," and w-ho C'orbett says 'is mnorally insante,' w Ihi I understatad that he ha;s a plravedI natuire whtichl wldi( not hi tate to graitif1y ally passion or apptI tils muan was pe:rmlittedI for mionl to havtue a key wihilch wvoultd open'l doolurs to [any of the female wardis." repuly to this I bog to) repeat my der(t' that M liine was plermnit.ted to have key, orF that 11e is morally insanet im meianling of having nio sense of ri and( wrong, or (If yielding to) the li imipul1seI of briutal palSsion. On) theO e r tratry, duirinmg hiis coniiineme'nt here, 2 unliformly p3' lroper, respOctful anrd de et nial. It hlas bieen pbroven that it pint11 of f act lie wa &s never oni time wa I exicept wihen 01 employted in paint ig, .u lihn al waiy:+ ill the presen'lce2 oft tie - tendat I or of anot.her paint.er hiret bi assist. It is [aso well knlown that :exterior dloors are secured by imn e boIls which no0 key can~ operate. I I- conli idenit th1 at a calm and ilmpar .s conlsidlerat ion would show that I were really no0 "opplortunmities" i ni would cause "the imind to revolt or d imagination to sicken." As this ci ~. Is miainly suppIlortedl by3 1Dr. C2orbi a chiaract.eri-zation of Milme I heg to f- your Excellency's attenion cl to the 1- comnpanying lt,t.er to show how far e, misunderstood or mnisco)nstrultd i- meaning. In your letter requesting my resit tion it is stated that you are "forc( conclude that you do not wish sil trial." The only trial offered i one by the Governor. The by-law the Institution give the Regents right to elect the Superint,ender hold his olice at the pleasure of Board. The Constitution gives Governor the power to ap)oint fill perintendent "with the advice and sent of the Smnate. I hold that t are the only two courts competei try me. By the first I have been u erated after thorough examimuitio the testimony; a trial by the Senati not been offered. After mature consideration of whole matter I feel constrained tt cline to tender my resignation i there are charges against me. I trust your Excellency Vill pa the suggestion that there remnainl three solutions of this unpleasant troversy: A withdrawal of thecip or impeachment before the Seial the State, or suinary dismissal ollice by the Governor. I have the honor to be, very rvs fully, your obedient servant, u. . -i.II-iN, Slperilltend( Ti: MILN: (.\s!-. Enclosed in the letter was the fo ing: 01-I-C: SF -uTir CA n 0I.1NA LUNA A sy i o ,oi u\iIi.\, S. C., May 20t1, lY I Dr. P. E'. Gritlin, -;tipt. S.C. L. As3 Coluibia, S. C. DI-An Sin: I regret to note ii puiblished correspondlence between ernor Tillman and yourself th; Excellency, in quoting ine as t Imoral insanity of Mr. liine, mak . application which I think will n1 Sustained by tIy t estiliony -- evi' not by what I Ieaut to cionvev explanation may not be amiss, fo due the Gt;overnor that he be pre\ . under a misapprehension, from . injustice to any one; it is dite to ii that my position be not inisconsl I Moral insanity is (Ilite a d i Il condition from moral deiavity I tle oie cannot be inferred fron other. I L is well, also, to considu . there are various degrees and tv t cies of this aillictionl. 0 I still hold my exIressVd Op)illi , Mr. Alilne, and it is not inlcoms a with these views to say that in no and at no time has the safety of t male patients been endangered b r liberty you allowed him. Thert nothin 4 inl his history or repm f that would havo caused the sh uneasiness inl that part icular. I truly yours, L. t. Coull] THEi, (oV EINOnI's AC ION. y The above was received by the h ernor at his oillce at 1.52 o'clock. .- ernor Tilliman rceived It fro S hand of his orderly, and, aft.r 0 glancing over it, saw that his T . had not been complied with, aid, it aside, he turned to his desk, y u1p his pen and wiote the followi Dr. P. E. G,rilin, Supiriiitilen lumIII-bia,'S. C. ly Sin: Your letter of t.o-daiy is re, i As 3ou leave Im! 11o alteria' i ve, by notify you t hat youi are reIIo s Superintmident of the State L ksyluiim, and order you to turm the ollice, etc., to Dr. Thoipson will assume temporary cont rol ( institution. Yours respectfilly, u l. It. Ti 1LM.AN, GaoveI Upon completing this letter thi ernor then wrote the followin a after having them copied, uI them in envulopes and ordered tl be taken to the Asylum: )r. .1. L. Thompson Sir- Dr. Griflin has been removed as si tenldent-of the Lunatic Asylutm, will take charge of the ollice a saie the duties of superinteridei hLIiis siuccessor' has beien a pipoini ted. respectfully, l. 11. Ti iu.al a (Gove 1(1 An Exciting Sceno. S- TI airi,.uA ssm.:: Fla., M ay 13.. r~ seventy-seventh ballot last nig 10vot' was: Call 52, Mays -It, lIl e2. When the name of Saulsl; LiCitrus County was called he sent ( lerk's desk and had readl a co Spetition from1 1 l'iernandol Con dlressed toLi A. S. Miann, liepresel hromn that County, askintg himin i e- f'or Call. Ie said that this pet iti 1s bieen stt to M\hann 1by registere<d yeando thiat Mannl had refused to ofIernando Coun11.3' had aske'd att have thie petitioni readl in thle r-Senator Kirk of I lerniando r'el r-Sanulsbuiiry, and, be'com ing e'xciI linounced a nm bcr of ('all's fIec n'h sulppor't-ers', diiirecting his epiit.itt ns ly at Frank Clarke of l'olk Clairkte replied to him, andl Kir le taking thle floor and atdvaniingt the cenitrte of the hallI, enalied( -liar. Clarke jumiipedt I romi hi irushed at Kirk mat dealt himu a m~ huh blow behinid t hei ear, wInch s ri sprawling ovter thle prues~s ti abb-. )ti~ kirk down withI his left h:ucn: m-dealingc him some hiardl blows ', h righti, whe thi le two werec separi a r eporteri. Cotnsitderatb' isor stied. I"'i nal!ly quII i was resit) rotllI call concilded an d t he cat by 't.\'TTA NomtH.A, Tlennt., Mlay I .lbent Moore, a niegro, 21 yearis< h! langedl to-day at TIretion, Ga ite p. 9., tor' the ni tmdetr of Iliuty ths coloired cotmIpatni on at I i simi Pa hie on .1 uly 11, 100Ii. Tte hanrtgi li public and( was5 viewedi by 2301 ia it was well advttisedh ainh i te LIi was located so) as to pirov ide gon he of obse5rvat ion for theit crowdl. hlt gro miade a long rauinibltig :ibl rid vising the risintg geinerat ioin I (ii- craps and whliskey, andh to oh his piaren'ts. lie hltd thet nioosi' ini I 'eti while spkigadsvrltm er- (ed it LI) thle crowdi, say ing" in brought me to this.'' lie aijit rdls rop around his neck atiil withI mdi "'Oh, I4ordh, take care of mny son at,- lips, lhe was dropped through tIe ~o tighnt fee:.. HIis nCck( was n thie and deatcuth resuiltedo frotm str'at. nilt i ten miinutes after the dlrolp It tial struck by a Stone icad tnit< lre CINCINNAT! Mlay 20.- --tr ich I Iamiilton, of I Iomeistr'ad, Il'enn the gate to the Baptist Conve'nt o ,rgo is being held in this city, was la ett's juredh about two o'clock ths I call While passing a buikthu g itt C ac- erection near the corner oil Wa y'ou F"ourth streets, a large stonle I his the third story, striking himn on the head. iIe was remcovo rna. city hospital wrhere ho (iCOtI A NOiL INSTITT 0.N. .is - S 01 PROGRESS OF WORK ON THE CLEM tht' t. to SON COLLEGE: BUILDINGS. The Ervetioll 4f 1111lldtii;s Cotiuntucedl oli- Whi-n (on1plett-d lil- In1titiootnmution W'ill A 1't maot 5t si I I ttUitired Sitttide tik - t to XMI. whecti thte Cornier Stone -w hw .tla4. hf, S. C., May 18. It may Ihl, written down as an assured laet that the the life-long desire of the late Thoinas d G- G Cleison will ineet with i an enlarged ftillillent'. r-dol ' The applieation of scientilie knowl butd ge to practical agricuiltulre was with lI hini a subject, of deep stuly for many rges years. A fter retiring from ptiblic life rges o n aking his hotie at Fort Hll, lie rom iturned Iis t tentit to farming. Ieing on ii st0inud to miake whatever lie utn pt- dertook a sub.ject of thought and re st-arch, lie was natim ally led to iniuire ,nt. bY what ineans the agrictilture of the mIonty' coilIl lie inmproved. As the ye "till of hils stidy aid investigation he debibertat cly :iliolinced the 1conleusioln that thn rouill bt- no permaient, im ,1' provvint in itulture witlhout a - kiiowleize t those sciences which per t;kinl par1tivilar11ly theret.0. This coniclu Sion wai frequeit ly uxpres-;ed by him, boith in pubuli and private, long years the beI ort. hi i death. Si bll(einlg the fixed ov- helitf of his lilhei deleriined to de t his v(otv the bulk of his estate to the foun ) the dation to an ist ittilto designed to in s i pait too t lie h.irmir boys I ti h ei State l e that, in"truction which would bf-St lit ainily ieii ,or thelir hard an practical lilt, A n i The devise coV1Veyed to the Stat e for r it is this purpo.,e the Pl-ort ill p iantation - 'ed, I lhe lriestead of .lhn C. Callion ditr loiLT inig his hlng arn4 distingruishtd carer 1sel on1taiing over X00 ;cres arnd some ruted.-, 88,o00 in valitd st ocks and bondios. A 1. (IerenIt ivr payillg i ltegay tt- 5,av to Miss San Id Vloil I we and t lie expenses invideit, I the ito the lit igat iI i, the nt-I :aonti t irned r that 4ve t.o t w Sttlt by Il xeiitor was lIdUen- tn1reIlnl0,00 Thoe oret I ioil t1h buildings has been Al off legiui Iy the litord of'' Trnstev-s with istent. tIe i'lid4 appropriialed by tit' lIst two sense s-;ss is oil the Legislature, blut I lhir lt t -o lolilet ion o l d i linil pr"J.-coe'l will re the quire a lurther apprpriation by tlie wIS Iiext session. ation 'I'e granlill 'oindationl of tilt iiiuin httost (olII(rte butilling is nIw beinilg IIlid. This \ery' will be a very hadiisouinc builing, thrv storie. in litighIt. Th'e lirst storv is lit ltvn feet. high In the clear. ()in the (lo'- lirst Ih>or will be t lie Presidenit's olliet w ith all ple cltiset s at Iaied; I reasuirer'. ()I1iCV, wVIth large1 0alt 1ha,1a1se1, it the lV ntomo, t qchiool roonis. In ti biarilv front is a t ile vistibule, .)0x2->x2() feet e(lt the stcoid str01y is ooi'tin feet, inl ti eliar. ( in t 'is Iloor will b tl- librarl ltiig anol threv school rooiis. I in the thiri piCk(d lloor will hbe the a1i1(lit-oritinin with al ir. anitt--rooit, i.he Y. I. C. A. lall and tih t Co- two literary societ y halls. lie dorin tory and iess hall will lie a iaia1nniotl .Vived. building. At lirt it was intended t Ie- nake this building to accolinniodate 3(1 st udents, hilt t ie applicat ions are coi tatie Ing so i.iidly and iii such large rmin ebrs t hia, the Ihmad of t rustecs at. thei lihori'eting lIatt w(-(k dotibled thilt capacit3 it e ad it, will lit' iiiade tt oiiilodate 1;(x lol ismn in conil'ort.a1ble style. It vil star ild thite stories liigi, eiitain orm Go iitr' i aind liftv roollis, diiing ooln aid h;ll oii every 11<ir anid a kitelil. Th (.,l iain hodv ol t lie hoisi is 23x-1 feet k s while thc wo (ls are 11146 feet. 'TI' vu-ldililttionl is leiv-ect, thert. being two wil idlows ill eaih rooiii antI t t ransoi abiove all the doors. iit It will Ie ovided with All inoderr N. o(iftlil 1 I >b 'is- e IlIN'Viienices, ieated ly steam anc it t taint il .ig d it t Iy electricity. e'li excavation. Yors loor the floitlt ion tl' t his bilding ar bein g iniade aiinl t lie explectat joln is thial S it, too, wvill bte coinpldeteod by ie lirs l ay of netxE t. Flbrtuitry. TIhe laboratory is 1neari~ ing r completionr )n thie I t is a lar'ge t.1w't story blindirg, gi vi in ht t lie ariie space ini whib to lt upI al Inod ern111 appl iancies Ion' chemiceal anid arn uir~ oil alytica w; ~or k altoI for lecturre r'ootui to Thi e tr'e is a base'iet,l iuider'neathi tel fee1 lt deep''l. Thiiis is a hiaritnsoi buliiild in lg, the lintishinig totichos of' which wvil be,t ~ho i nade by thle laist, of this we..ek. Itt l' Itotitlations oh' the iintrhanaiie' halio I ll haive bueen laid aiuol the w1alIls hav lit gone rip atboutt ten feet. 'This is I100x I tal e it lti t,ot n1 I stol ies high, wit.h an i'll 100 x-I iz/s Iit etoes r high. It is ini the shutp hini to h t'tojt ltEEr TI. 'lt'- innanl h lop~s wjillibe til theo lirst itoor, whiil >il I t o' .l ill ot aini I le I< undroly alt to, lorgo'. 'lihe boa ler rtooini will be :sx2 bsaolro-. 'ITo' stit'k I rott the booilerl wvi land - 'i l Iftett high. 'Th r'oool'of tIre ha uort ill lbe so'lI-suiot ing, Itias ina;kintg at t ho' lori suri;trt availalIe for woOt rds wearl king 1001rposets. lLil-r at I' wo lproolssors' hiouses ha:vo bet s sea;t to 0npleutettd. 'I hioy are lin' I riek it. 1 -)1'0'' dlenit's, t wo stIorie's h igh. 'f't'l oil e'nt. bino o'ide'rto's lor' tht' I;lal.~tyaro ye't to I but.o'llvrt;iil ()a 'iIi tuho' ten0 wtill1o Iinbu ( speror~ Iily forithei ly' i ient donloo' thlsIh' ler iih v. n esue.Ih 't.d byio '.Iutingtenio!tu fohr tro' a'Iolridyibu 51t1 at in istcoiinopl'tt'ed. 'l'h i is an tliegal oneit-sto'y I' lraii- hioiise, i icely pai inte and( pre'tsenIts an at' rative appeao,ratio I1'- Al1 the' granitite' ruoil inI thet buril oo,l05inig is being oloottried'on 0 th1 Ito lor, II ptIilaiirattion uraler'' t' supeorvisionl "'th a~ Alri. Ilo'ri' A\. l'owlell is lrori'ont;i. :1 ~ li'r. .hnoh at1-'.('atlbtoani tof luoe West, t rig wa-s "hIie'st living r'ephr'tsenrtativ of th Q popiIo. bcooni laoity, wals tloctedl ly the 'Tro gllol i too to'k charge* oil theo garden'i, itn I pooints al, eI,otc'., oof t' (Colle'go when't it '[le 1o-00' Poi01. re ild- TuidayoIt, Ithe 28Sth <by of .1lily, h 0 'avooi lo htt Ii xed by thle ioa0 d Ior hlyinig tJ -v M-i etoo niir Aoione wIit Ih In pressive y corolinol ,i' h'il o - 'It nre' rait lois havle hii en seleeledl ,s sh0' oh <-iI ei' inIlr~S'se on t hat, occaisic t he0 or y *- i I lo""- (. I :trolb uist tot Charl toll li' tori ando ('ol. I,. l,. 'o)k, I*ro'sidenit o1 tl "se1h00h0 \ at ronral A lianio'o' 'Ii he iito'ntion lo roke01 to ha.v' it Coliplted'o lby tie Iirst da~y gula1tionl I o'hr ituary, 169i.2, thue tIay) ixed for' opo On .I tiy 2thi, thle day after tIe layic 'oi. o to Ihte cer sttne, tIe Board of tri .II. Il iteets will ineet for the putrposeu of ele<o .a dele- Iing a fuill crops of' professor's for t ni wh'iichi Coillegoe. TI'hiere. wIill be ten depoartinel tally' ini-, to lie ltl. i(orniing. Thle length tof Stessionl will be3 t oulrse of monltths, boeginnIin g oin thre lirst of' 1" Inut antd ruary each year. Th'Ie vacations will ell frolin taken during thet winiter months inste sqintrely of' the suitniter. d1 to thte T1he applicatioons 01 students are cc Singr in ranlorv_y At tihn nresent rati nit, 6), will soon be reached, -and all tpplications thereafter will probably inve to be rejeted. Hence the import nce of filing an application at once by j din who desires to become a student at Alemson. The total amount expended in the 'rection of buildings up to date is h'le Calhotui residence has been re aiited this Spring and such repairs mado as are necessary for its preserva Lion. As orovided in the will of Mr, (lemsmn, the resideence and the library of N r. Calhotin will be sacredly preserY ed, without. chango or alteration, just as i they were during the days when South t Carolina's greatest statesman walked and talked, read and wrote within those walls. The parlor and sitting room, c with the pictures and furniture, are t kept intact as they were ween occupiel by the Calhoun family. These room are open to all visitors. -Wallialla Courier. THE THIRD PARTY CONVENTION. I)etormincti fwommiton to the urnintimn of at Third l'arty. CINCINNATI, May 18.- The arrival to day of delegates to the Natioual t'nioin Convention were numerotis. Between toutr or live hundred came in 1'ron Kan sas, 100 from Kentucky and a good sized contingent from Illinois, low;a, Wiscon sin and ''ennessee. Fully J,W0o mnin bers of various Alliances and labor or ganizations are here, ana every traii adds its qIuota to the throng. Five of the eight. representatives in Congress from Kansas, Messrs. Otis, clover.Simp son, Bhaker and D.avis are here. 'llT e lorin Il'ress Associatilon held a meet ing at the E'mory llotel for thlie pir psle of forming a national organ izat ion, and arranging for ai interchanie of news service. A conference was held between de gates fronu New York and Boston, and those of the Southern States lookine toward the reaching of an underst and ing that will enable the Northern andI Sumithern wings to woric harimioniously onl the floor of the convent ion. h'liost opposed to the formation of a thi ii ar ty, however, are determined to carry their poinlt. WIllthr the representatives oI* tie grNlgilr "Mii .abor or-gmniztions thatt'are gathered here are to bring int o exist en(i a third poliical party, or whether dti nate aet ion is to be postpoInedtli util exit-X spring, when the policies of the two old parties sall have been more fully de veloped, are issues that will have to be fought out, oil the floor of t.he conven tion when it assembles t omorrow. There is 1no (Iuestionl bit that tonlight the thl of party men are uinning things to suit themselves. The Illinois, Iowa, Ne braska, Minnesota and several ot,her delegations, however, will niot get here until the morning, and while they are counted upon to support, the third party iovement, the delegates of tht latter aro averse to counting their chickens before they are hatched. -s goes hainsas, so will go the coivention, has been a popular exlpression ever since the first contintgent of delegates pit in an appearence,and the representatives of the (trasshopper State, after a catucis that. lasted several houirs, lecieed late tonight to support the organiz:l ion of a third party through thick antI thin. A Chip of I t Old Itlowk. WasAS11NtTWl(N, Nlay I5.---fireen I1. ltim,, r., son of the Comtissioner of 'ensios, and assistant. chief clerk in ti I'eision iureaui has etesigied aind Ills resIgnaltionl has been accepted. For Soilnle tinie Ipast tr11nuors aflectinlg tle of fieal collnuct of Itatin, ,Ir., have' found their way to Secretary Noble, tit not nitil just before his departure for St. l'oulis, about a week ago, did he comlie into the possessiotn of fact,s t hat woiulId wvarr-ant hiin in iking oflicial aict ion in thte miattt-r. lIe then learnedl tha.t I aum i, .1ir.. had beeni a p)arty tt eertIalin r rregula r and unitlawfu11li)roceedinugs ini contnectiont with thre-e ap)poinltmlents to iniinor p)osit.ions in the l'en.iuon liherea.L - Temtpiorary applroplriationl t.o his Sown -uses of 87 helonging to the govern aient is also chiarged against5 him.in Y oun itiatn was ntot I incl indted tt meet, thiedeanid for Ihis re-sigitat,ioin, bult his father, the comm issiotner, r-eqiest Iedl it of himii and thie f ather hi insel I t.ook hiis ston's resignationi to the I uteri or I )e partmtet . 'The story ptublishied is to t he ellectt hat a Sout,h (Carolitian niamteti LSmith adIvertisedI in then daily piapers Shere offerintg to pay 8200J to aniy persont Ia place ini the governmint serv~-ice at, salary of $Tut0 iothtly. Y onutg It iin, uising a -oltoretal man whlo had foirmi erlyI btent ai serivant ini t he Itatuni fanntly, bt wasi tt.in- empoyedl in thet treasur y the pa Irtt ment, secuared Smuit It's appotinltmet1 tt) alplace ini the I'enls-inI litreaua atd Srtceivetd hiis rewardi less a bonus t) the ntegro. Lamter 4)on t.11 l (amn connive-I al Sn iittl's proIiot.it)n to a S I,200c) lerksh~ij by hiavintg a pension elerak umonedt .Iack It so ptersonate Stmith fin a civil serv~ite 41exllaiinationi. F'or this lhima is alst --h-arigt d witI h1rec1 vinig pauy. Thel .-out I Ca.(Xrtti;ma. l'iensiont (Clerk .lt-kson: amt I he' negro 'i erineI al.ory umva- ;also4 heel dlisissed54, also antidhitr penIsitnalhit clerk mi stomel way c tnnetedt with lui itabtovt di-scribedt tranasact iani. tI, wnTe 1.eaIve us.it aal l-Ni w: \ oi:I. .\lay- h;.-The exports o 4 ;,i, was inl guol. ad S lti,7tt) in silvye ote 4) thie total -8776i;.91 in go:ld andt $9I 1- in tm silvir wvent to IEurope, ando $t0. s- (195 ini gobd antd Sli),tx)Oin silvet.o Sti ~)t. :s .\itirica. Tihet tiports of speti I isinttiit loSTlI,ti4, of which 811 I1 waet%. ini gtold and1( $i, ,tx)8 in silver. TI'm 'is st,-ametr lEtruina, which sailed to-da) ti ttook s:;i,J(0.x in gold colin, of w hic I1- 5 SI5hxyKK was conisigned to ,ivierpou 1o and $ I,500).tXK to L onidon. -'lh ste;unei Hn. ,-a (h.tutnpagne totok 8500)tKX ini gol it coin, tnsi gnetd to l 'aris, and $1 9,750 a, silveri to I lav re. Fusriouiit F:r,tt F"irent. is S.\ ' LT ST1'E. M1 Atni-, hiich., \l ay 20. ofi Tlo-day somen sett lers arrived by a sai ni- boat fromi Sugar Island an I reperti that terrible forest lires tare raging at ig dlevasttating the island. Miore thant ts- dlozen families have been burned o :t- and had to leave all thtey possessed he order to save their lives. Tlhe smio its ando lire can b)e seen from here, and to noon there was no cessation in tl en fury of the flames. It is reported th 31b- several settlers have been burned be death. The residents of Sugar Isla ad are dependent upon the cordlwood c in wint.er for their living, and as ti mn- has been destroyed much destituti ha must follo. SWEPT BY TMIE FLAMES. GREAT FIRE IN THE CITY OF MUSKE GON, MICHIGAN. ift00en Illocks, of Hulein irned Many Dweljj;in4i.:1 StoreS ani the Coniaty Coturt Ilotsw 11te P.'nl forl the Flasne. Mu1LJsln(i-N., \lwat, 'iay 1I7.- eer A thle history.) ofl'skgn excepting lie severe con1i'1r:tion of IS74, has here been such a 1:lai1tiolls visitation 1' lire as tha" which s%wooped down on his city Jesterday. Fire broke out at .3o '. N1. in La "IPelS livery barn, on ay avenue. I'he obl framc structure vas sooll ill 111111cs , anidl livmt sparks Lili biitil-f. shin1-leS carried by a strolls lortih willd aliiost :It once sut lire to the -01ls of a1 swore of old I inder boxes Iml the mm11ediate vicil ilv. S14ii> the distance wtween. l'inle :1111 Sprin. streets had >eli traver'seId, auil 11ti the lire settled lown to a sout i e,1 cl1rsp :u1ld con Linied lietwevn ilpri2 :ll-i ';t Streets to eat evurythi0ll1'.! th;ai I;1y '111j[s path ''he( 1t11is 1-1111oiuti to York their w.ay il a tfsoutht-l.V <hcir-i hlmt dii ilot e ss ver s.r a ' ' ey le.ed to the wes i dbl.- .t I'i' r1'. t (levollrel Ni'llf. blefck :1111il 1le ;t.1joillill' stores, thenl tile -c6dlwo inl -'rcd I w exilills at the corner o' Phic lrv'i ret atid Mtikot Matthew WVilson' hltue, lt ivas cke< 4m th:if h- <i ie street. al the people brc.thled :1-ivr, 1.1 Ilhey w:Iv that the solbd hu,ine,.s par! of the i city was ilt illut li.er. 'Il e lir., liMe4,h4 r 4.,0n1tinned its way 11p 1i10e npl Sii I t reels, lickiti. u) Inatll sh,ires :1111 4Iw4ihif\\ willh a terTi ble roarilv 11h;11 liv:rkl .i-ve Ithe people fi-aittie. A\llcri. a ie lea.W to 1i1tise, t l-, li ' jiic (oIl L:t W I '11e Street I !iuse, burnil th:m:i I'. .Outwaitelt flne rvs;dl k.t. .111d l!!ali its courise oill Ilh wes: %ido * .. P 1 ,11.t. , destroy 1ll- :ver\ sfiis on i it .s bi ofl the street alil al hro hou- sin Waitonl street, li I1t V hieie Ille tii' wa1 ;ir;th0 checked fron s prearitig weircely story brick huill \in - ; seenl to be on fire.. TIhu shviiil inmunii1tvlv took pos sessioln of' tic :ri ii -: I wvlve ill 1111111 hter, iiil chlivisi .elfill 14i the t- haill lock-lip. Tiwe re ;is :t .iltl stalpetle a lpi rs were .illIc k. bilt fu-' cit into the 11u1-C-ir -lit' V.1uil . .\ll the. papers ',aret iuf)se I- bI * i'. .h l _e Dicker Ilall lwit -.sili I1:;11''til lhs linle librl-y and otler- ab i.j a sfleaf in a personill wav. .. 1 ltilli i11.tnls ol the larve C our( (t j- u Is ,!!,. ha;re walls. 'I'le fire it: hil jlillipt11 ;lcross MIyrtle strct andI fisk 1in sts and <hwell in"'?s o)il the. \, ", es il: l lj) treet all)( aloill one fit' I w-if :iroundli I<o Ter Aie strevt. .\ 1'' 11 h liiier, isimaller tl%wellIil-s and0 lptlild!112 wer'e qguickly hlineld. anel thell lhe re 14 l liek the I[ol hkit ('i1'11'h p rsi anit e ld tlt, brick school hioulse bll>.i to the saine dlilinatioll, I:xT'NTIV-'' l.: E :l'1NI-:Io D>S'R ICT'. Ill the 11litI 111 1 i ei ni'o c0 tiillLil to hlin everytIii l.etwetin lI ille.tid Spwing steets, :il wai nl~ cii-eked. at, I sabella stef, a ilistilihTi ii! Ill1 lshicks. 0l 'Territt'e slrcct d lie ltilbliu'.s burnted .(1o\'ered a1 spat. (,I li%ve hh>cks, aInd thle wlole nuilliler iff Id,ks hiirtied is over twent.y. Tie tota iilU br of <Vellings hiurlieul is iirobably .Ei. Ily '.1 i'clock'l thie tire hash reache<d the solithneail iIistnie f. ii le .ity, whIeire there wams miore spIace let w.-e th htsli ues ai the Iiireinenl suI It' l in conside'rabliy re tilinig I tie biil ' I rogr14 ~ ess 4 l' the Thle bil la't will noti falIl inuch below *$t11,flfif, mimI illi itlli erlii fili last t11!. it estiinnted tl it th I.t'isniicle willI coille0 lp tI u.'i(il),14144. At MA I i INt' ii aiINT. cionnIectedl with Ihe flit' was. thifle ileathi of' Ilii'iy Stevenls, av.tiallt hi issinigster, aul ii li (of l's istiisii' S1iev'Ils. I tI WIlS lilae it fleet''s;ury tr ri' i\e himti to a erashi of then lhn i:eI hOu-t wble bein. retino)Vedl. atut ie h i it.0< i leipit ' iii i11 ii.s lt|uviing }Wel shiei in Ifhe thune14". Kilt b II hs' .iilll. N I:w V in: \Imay I'. .\ly ies from give<det ails of t.he ntlidetr of at faLmily of' jur1 byv iordier iof I ie NIltin. lhey were llili NI .\llil, Ils wife aind two sonls. -'Tii-y fail IuC'tenrilte 4'lunity of h)igi > Zoherz7I i heeus I hey didl not enfcoutratge li hif at i t ins f i I aiuulata Sf aei, a niece I'rels, Ilit[li i lshi'uiry Nhoiu:ii'i r'eelvei at h fut' s,i,'iedi "hitit I'itaneoiii, I1resi tIilli, of' Ihle NI ailbl,''e isluliihuting him to give' l'oniora 14) Z'o5luz/.i untder penaltty Iof (leafthi. .\ ?aini hei refiusedf Zoluz'zi's tldellatid lor' te giirl. While the family slept, six mniskted lotn, with knives, en was5 stambbe i andii1( killed'i. Th le tniso aroillued it Of hersi, :11d ini the fight that moreiie weroe kiled'u. I .ttiiora escaiped by. hiding. Th'le Nlatliten pult the bodies Sin saicks anid thnrewv tem ini ihe river, but th ey aftterwamrds f!ioated and were f 1ound. I )ocemnts ont Z/oiluzzi's bodly bi shiowed that Ihe -ind his 'omopanlionis w,ere mietnbers ofti 44 Al a tia. n lihn3iNuliA3I, Nitty 1:>. -Th'le coping of the new I lenley school building fell this morninig ont the schtitl children as thety were eniterinig thle (11( building ad joining and killed two of them and I- wouhiedi fouri theirs, stomet oIf whom dt miay die. Tlhte dteatd child reni are named (d Alyers andt (Odomn. IIt is supposedl the a~ wotrkmanh leaned over the wall to look att at the children betlo w antd the bricks li gave way. se lit.ooalIxNTVIOx, liI., Mlay 15.-At af, Stant ordl, in this county, J1. A. ad Sam to L. Ituley of that plae and( flerry Fowv ad ler of Monticello took (rinks from a ut bottle which they supIposed contained uis whiskey, but whuch w.'s filled with nn aconite. In a short timo .1. A. Riley wam dead and the nther two wml die