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VOL.
XLVI. WIXN'SBORO. S. W^ESDAY,^^ ur., 18S9. ^ ^ ^ v ' NO. 22.. ' t |
OUR LAWMAKERS.
HOW THEY PROGRESS IN' LAWMAKING.
Some Account of the Work cl'llic *?e??ate
uuu iar nuiinn ?"?vi
Oflicer* Elected.
Below will be found some account of
the important proceedings of the Legislature
sinct; our last report:
THE CLEM SON COLLEGE.
The passage of the Clemsjn bill to its
third reading did not end the discus
lion of its provisions. ludeed, the
warmest debate of the session arose upon
the question of it3 final passage. The
Columbia correspondent of the News
and Courier reports as follows:
Mr. Haskell, who, with Messrs O'Brien
and McKissick, ha J- gone to New Or
leans to represent the State at the funeral
of Mr. Davis, was agaiu with bis
colleagues in.the hall whau the Cleiuson
College bill came up for its final reading.
He took the opportunity, which
was thus afforded, for placii g himself
upon record in regard to t be bill, aod for
expressing his opinion as to the manner in
which it had been pressed during his
absence.
When the question was put as to
^^?^jether_the _bill should be passed and
sent to the Senate -Co). Haskell said that
he had hoped at the opeaing-al^the ses
sloo tnai suca a ui:j woum pa-s as ise |
could vote for.* He must saj1 a few v
words now to show why be-could not
YOte for the bill ic its present shape. ,
Last week when he, with two other j
members, was seut to another State to
perform a sacred duty, he felt so certain j
that the managers of the bill would |
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by postponing the consideration of the
bill for a day, that he did not even t
pair upon it. Having been denied the ,
privilege of being present to discuss j
rits provisions as they came np [amendments
are not allowed on the final read- '
ing] he must take this opportunity io J
place himself upon the record.
He was willing to appropriate not j
only $98,000, but $19$,000 for the College,
but be would not consent to free it ^
from responsibility to the people whose j
money it would use. He would demon- t
Strate tnat aunouga iae appropnaucms s
were indirect, they were nevertheless "
paid out of the pockets of the people.
He would ask this ?eelf-appointed ^
Moses of the farmers, who advocated ?
this bill against those who were born in ^
this State and fought and bled for it ^
1 before he bad even heard*of it, why he,
with his knowledge of the law, put pro- (
visiors in this bill which would prevent
the State's regaining control of its
funds! *
With a great deal of irony Co'. Haskell
read from the News and Courier ?
Mr. Benet's reply to Gen. McCrady, a j
lawver of thirtv wears' exoerience. that
in regard to tbe rights of Miss Lee in j;
the Clemson estate "he was satisfied.'- ^
He defied auy lawyer to gainsay Gen.
McCrady's declaration that Miss Lec bad
uot lost her rights to a part of tbe
estate. It was unanswerable. t
- Col. UftsSeTI" aissectecT the bill and [
- made objections to it in detail. j
Mr. Irby apologized to Col. Haskell r
for daring to consider the bill during the s
absence of that gentleman. <
Every face was turned toward Mr. (
Benet as he rose to reply. f
Mr. Benet said that ne was sorry the
gentleman from Kicnland had not been \
present during the debate, for be would s
then have learned how gentlemeu could ]
conduct a debate without personality. c
It was a mean thing to taunt him with f
not being a native-born Carolinian, and ^
with not having been in that noble 'L
army which, when be was a student at
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buuuui, fcuai tucu uuu tu ucicuu mc j
rights of the South. He hud lived in t
South Carolina for twenty-one years, a e
time long enough to have enabled him s
to be born again here and become a ,
oter. 5
The gentleman knew well that the j
ones who were dearest to him on earth j
were South Carolinians born. I* was r
true that be had found Abbeville a t
pleasanter home than the gentleman t
from Richland seemed to have done, t
[Col- Haskell was raised in Abbeville.?
Kep.,] and that he had been elected to ?
this House by the good people of that
county, vr'no had given him the largest {
vote ever cast in Abbeville ror a candidate.
The gentleman from_fj|jpMonH
would have been proud te^Tjathe leader
of the farmers' if he had not j
been on tftfc wj^trg side. :
He wastry sarcastic in his apology {
for thet-action of the House in not sus- ?
pending all business while the gentleman \
from Richland was absent. His lieu- .
tenants should never have consented to
S go on with the bill without him.
/ He made farther explanation of-.his i
discussion with Gen. AlcCr&dy on the
legal points involved in the Clemson
bequest. Iu conclusion he begged pardon
of the House for siving way to natural inA:gnation
at the "unmanly taunts'' of the
gentleman from Richland.
Col. Haskell said that the gentleman
from Abbeville had misunderstood a
pait of bis remarks and misstated the
remainder. He bad not taunted the
gentlemen from Abbeville with being
born in Scotland. That was absnru.
Scotland was a good country to be born
in. ism ne oojeciea 10 xoe lone ne nau
assumed toward men who ventured to
oppose him?men of proved devotion to
the State. Anything for the good of
this State he would work for in the
future as in the past. He had net
charged the House with discourtesy.
He bad bten told that the other side hsd
been asked to wait because. three gen
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tiemen wiw wouiu imvu upuuseu me
bill were absent in New Orleans, but
they had peremptorily refused. The
votes of those three members would
have changcd the result of several of the
amendments offered to this bill.
Mr. O'Brien, ere of the returned dele
gate?, said tnat ne Daa ne&ra do one
offer to apologize to him for goinq; on
with the Dill in bis absence, but that
was all right. He ventured to assure
the gentleman from Abbeville that he
had made a mistake ia attempting to
"dry nurse" the horny-handed sons of
toil, lie would tind himself in error as
to tbeir wants, lie did not teel called
upon to apologize for not having been
born in Ireland, and found it a good
place to get away from. <
As to this bill, it was not the fair,
open, honest bill to support the farmers'
college which he had expectei, and
would have voted for. He represented
a countv of farmers, but he could ODnise
this bill and be returned to the Legislature
with the approbation of the farmers
of Colleton. And he would defy any
member to stump Colleton on that issue
against birr.. He had as much right, to
feel interest in this college a? the gentleman
from Abbeville, but the people
ought to have the right to pass upon it.
31r. Bvcct thanked Mr. O'Brien for
his pleasantry, and said that he proudly
I accepted the position of dry nurse to the
farmers' movement. He had a healthy
charge and a full grrwn one. He
declared to the gentleman from Richland
that he k jew nothing of any appeal
for deiay on account of the absencc of
the gentleman- at New Orleans. He
heard nothing of any such request, and
asked the gentleman to state his authority
for the assertion. [Mr. Haskell was
at this moment entering the hall.]
| Mr. Brawley said that be was responI
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eration of the bill bad been prematurely
forced last week. Lie had gone into the
conference with an earnest effort to
reach an agreement on the bill which
would be satisfactory to all parties. The
conferences were interrupted, he was
UDable tc say why, but not broken up,
and on Friday, before any agreement had
been reached, the gentleman from Abbeviije,
to his surprise, had carted up the
bill. He had objected .to its immediate
consideration^ not on account of the
absence of the gentleman from Richlaod
but rn order to obtain time lor iurtner
thorgbt on the subject. That delay had
been refused.
Mr. Bean saw, in what he c illed the
*" itter opposition" to this bill, an attempt
to prevent the farmers from getting
their college without bu dening the
State with taxes. A slip of the toogue
by woich Mr. Bean alluded to the
"horoy-heaied son8 of toil," set the
House in a lauch, which lasted during 1
4.u- _ J?xl u:?
IUC rtruiHiuuex vruj> icuuaixvs.
Mr. O'Brien was perfectly willing to :
admit that the gentleman from EdgeH
Id fuily represented the variety of
farter he had happily described as t
"horD^iieaded," but h % Mr. O'Brien,,
undertook^ to speak for the "horry- i
banced." \ " !
Mr. Bean expT&i^ed lie was very I j
aoarse, and hadjnot*Ssed the term attributed
to him, He was sure the reporters ]
jad put him down c rrectly. * i
Mr. McKissick felt it due that he
shruid make some short remcrks. Had i
je been here ?e would have voted for a <
^lemson College, but not for all of th3?e j 1
provisions. He begged to remind some j
gentlemen in tbis House thac he had
)cen a ploughman wh n they had bee^
sucKmg tneir nngers m miancy, ana nar.
lejwas not going to be put oat of sympa- ^
by with the farmers. He cautioned the
arrrers agaist selecting poor lawyer
eaders. He did not expect to re'urn <
iere, but some one would who would ! ,
;ee thousands of dollars ea zn up by this ,
;cliege ia its present shape ^
Mr. Beaet expla:.ned that the bill had ;
)een called up not becauso the gentle- nen
were absent, but uecause it would
iave jeopardized its passage to have
va'ted any longer. c
Mr. Brawisy said that he did not
:narge unfairness. s
Tie bill then passed its final reading, ?
ts opponents not calling for the yeas r
ma nays.
The contrnversy had been a hot and s
tloquent one, and for a time it looked as
f trouble would come of it. But the I
iisputants had beeu Gloved to laughter
>y the mishaps of Mr. Bean, aod the t
var cloud floated away. ?
MIOHIBITION DEFEATED. C
The bill, with an anfavorably report. \
a., prohibit the sale of intoxicating ]
iquors, introduced by Mr. Childs, of
ftthland,.was called for by that gentlenan
when it was reached on the calendar, ?
md he made a gallant but u-availing (
ight for it. Mr. Childs said t~at South j
Carolina had always been found in the
ront rank of advancement against anv ,
:neruy threatening its rights, its liberties, c
ts peace or its -welfare, the empty f
leeves of many of the members of the
louse attesting their devotion ':o their
:ountry's cause. To-day she vras conronted
by an enemy that checked her i
jrosperity. retarded her advancement and
licdered the progress of Christianity. t
PKil/lo oil a n r/>n f
vuiiuo c Li v u an Li-io ai^u- w
nents for and against the prohibition of
he liquor traffic, and said that it was (
svidcnt that the fiowiog tide was on the
ide of temperance reform, and that it
vas the next great question that must be
ettled by this country. The bill be had 1
ntroduced did not affect the question of
ndividual abstinence, but was openlj *
neant to check the evils resulting from 1
he liquor traffic. High license, he con- 1
ended, could not check or control the c
,hing.
He then appealed to the Christianity ;
md moral sentiment of the Legislature ^
o throw the weight of their influence on
he side of the bill, and let the State J
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RIGHTS OF MARRIED WOMEN.
Sweral hours were consumed in de- 1
>atin<f-tbe question of the rights of mar- 1
led woraeti, a9 develo^sg-m two bills to ,
imend a certaia"section of tbe General ,
Statutes, and to declare the law relating
to the separate estates of married \
women. J
Tbe substance of tbe bills is in relation 1
to the right of married women to acquire .
by purchase anv species of property in ;
her owu name and to take proper legal '
conveyances therejor, and to contract
and be contracted with in the same manner
as if sbe were uDmarried, and that all
uuuuuu u&e jyrmai
instruments of writing, executed by a '
married woman, shall be effectual to
convey or charge her separate estate, 1
whenever the intention so to convey, or
charge such separate estate is declared in
such conveyances, mortgages or other
instruments of writing. The bill was
umavoraoiy reportea. a general aeoate
ensued on the motion to indefinitely
postpone, and the bill was finally rejected
by a vote of 23 to 9.
The bill to limit the right of dower
was rejected by a vote of 20 to 10, after
a spirited debate.
funds kok controlling diseases.
The memorial of the executive committee
of the State board of health, relating
to the control of contagious and
infectious diseases, was favorably reported,
and the committee recommended
that the aid asked for be granted and
that the amount of $500 be appropriated
for the purposes mentioned in the memorial.
The report was adopted.
lilt, .Ml lCUl JtlAXIU^so.
Tbe Legislative appropriation bill was
taken up,, and passed a second reading
with but little amendment.
The contingent fuDd of the House was
! raised to *2,500.
The pny of Mr. R. M. Anderson as
Reading Clerk of the House was raised
from S2ofi to $350.
The sum of ?250 was added for such
extra clerical services as might be needed
. 1 .3 ^ . . . *
>n ine engrossing ueparimenr.
The general appropriation bill was then 1
taken up.
Section 9 of the bill was amended" by
adding at the end of it an appr? priation
of $:>,000 to carry out the provisi >ns of
| the Act to quarantine the State against.
: infectious diseaees.
An amendci' nt offered by Mr. I1.;an,
I appropriating $300 to aid the Clariosoi
nbic Society of the S >ufh Carolina Uui
? vcrsitv,
whs v^ted (Jowd.
Mr. II iz ird moved to increase the appropriation
for the mechanical depart
ment of the University from $2,000 to
$5,000.
Mr. Whitlock moved to lay on the
table. Lost.
Mr. O'Brien moved to substitute $4,000
for ?5,000. Mr. Hazard accepted the
amendment; and, in this shape, the increased
appropriation was granted by a
voie oj u.) ?? tv.
Mr. John Gary Evans, of Aiken, moved J
to strike out the appropriation of $5,000
to Chifiin University. Lost?99 to 9.
Mr. Gary then moved to reduce the appropriation
to$1,000. Tabled?80 to 19.
Mr. Peurifpy, of Edgefieid, moved to
strikeout ?32,500 from the appropriation
for the schools of the University, and
substitute ?20,000 in place thereof.
Tabled?80 to 19.
Mr. W. D.Evans moved to strike out
the $15,000 appropriated for the brick
building for the colored insane, stating
that he did so in order to raake the bill
conform to.the action of the-House in
passing the joint resolution providing for
a commission to seject a suitable site for
said building. The ameudment was
adopted.
Mr. Hazard offered an amendment
which was adopted, appropriating $5,000
from the penitentiary earnings to erect a
hospital within the walls of the penitentiary.
An amendment was also passed providing
for the payment of salary due Lieutenant
Governor Mauldin for the month
of November, 1SS8.
The bill was then passed without any
further material changes.
Senate.
"When the bill to provide the method
:>f voting in stockholders' meetings. J
which had already caused such a bard j
5ght cme up for a second reading,
Senator Ferguson moved to indefinitely j
postpone.
The year and nays were demanded and
resulted: Yeas23, nays 9; so the bill 1
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ivas rejecieu.
' [This bill sought to "scale" the voting
n corporate bodies, so tb&t one person j
>r body controlling a bare majority of j
ihe shares could not also have the man- ,
igement of the concern. j
THE USURT LAW.
Quite a stubborn fight was made over *
i bill to amend the statutes regulating (
;he rate of interest.
An nmpndmpnt hv Senator Edwards 1
;hat the provision should not apply to 1
:ontracts or arrangements prior to March 1
L, 1890, was adopted. t
The yeas and nays were called on the ^
;hird reading and resulted: Yeas 18. jays
16.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES j
Among the important bills which be-- ;
:&me Acts upon their third reading were* j
Bill to provide for the payment of a ,
alary to be paid to the Sheriff of Fafr- i
i<:ld County, and to provide for the man- ^
icr in which the same shall be paid. '
Among those which passed and were n-nt
in thp TTrmQA wprp
Bill to charter the Chesterfield and (
vershaw Railroad Company. j
Bill to prevent the killing and destruc- ,
ion of fish in the fresh waters of this .
>tate by the use of dynamite, giant powler,
or other explosive material. ?
liill to amend an Act in relation to for'eitedlj^nds,
delinquent -lands, and col- (
eotion of taxes. j
The following bills were rejected: t
Joint resolution providing for a sub-- ]
icription by the State to the Annotated ]
3ode of South Carolina, prepared and
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Bill to secure rent to landlord in case t
>f neglect, abandonment of crop, or <
ieath of tenant, and providing manner *
br proceedings thereunder. <
. ACTS RATIFIED.
Among the Acts ratified are the fol- J
owing: .
Relating to the opening and closing of .
be polls for municipal elections in the ,
own of Ridge way, in Fairfield County. '
To recharter Davies Ferry, across
Intflwha Rivpr. in f!hf>9tprfifild Ooiintv.
THE CLEMSON COLLEGE. j
The Clemson College bill came up in !
he Senate on Thursday night. <
Mr. Kennedy, of Chesterfield, moved <
,o indefinitely postpone the bill. He
lrged tb^t the separate college -was un- '
lecessary, and that the people did not f
lesire it.
The motion to indefinitely postpone j
vas opposed by Senators Pope, Smylbe, <
3uist and Donaldson.
Senators Kennedy, McMaster, So- 1
;oumer and Smith spoke in favor of the '<
jostponement.
The yeas and nays were calied on a
notion to table the motion to postpone,
ind were as foljows:
Yea?Messrs. Bell,Buist,Howell,Moore,
[)onaldsoD, Magill, Munro, Elwards, ;
ilason, Patterson, Ferguson, McCall, 1
Pope, Fields, Meetze, Ready, Moise, R. '<
M. Smitb, bmytbe,- Soujourner, Wilson, ]
[21). i
Nav?Messrs. Bjrd, Dozier, Erwin, 1
Kennedy, McMaster, Moody, Rbame, Sinkler,
Jeremih Smith, Vsrdier, Wood- J
ward.
Senator Hemphill was paired, on the
bill generally, with Senator Murray. 1
Mr. Kennedy moved to strike out sec
tion three, appropriating the privilege
tax. Mr. Smythe moved to amend by
appropriating ten thousand dollars, '
which would be equivalent, he declared,
to the sum obtained from the sinking
fund from the pa3t year's collection. 1
Mr. Patterson offered an amendment
appropriating fifty thousand dollars in- i
stead of the sinking fund and tag tax 1
funds appropriated in sections three and
four. Lost?22 to 10.
Mr. Smythe's amendment appropriating
$10,000 directly in lieu of the sinking
fund funds was adopted by a vote of
17 tn 1fi
Mr. Kennedy next moved to strike oat
section five giving all the property of the
Department of Agriculture to the Clemson
College and authorizing tbe .sale of
the two farms. The motion was carried
by a vote of 18 to 14 and the section \>'is
stricken out. " 1
A motion to strike out section four,
nrSvinrr thref-fifths nf thr.tficr tav tn fhr*
college was killed?19 to 12. An attempt
to strike out that part of the section
giving the three-fifths Tor future
years was defeated by a majority of one
vote. -5
After further amendments the bill was
passed to its third reading by a vote of
20 to 32. The bill as thus passed had
the section appropriating the sinking
fund proceeds is stricken out and the.
words"$l0,000 be appropriated"inserted.
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proceeds, was so changed as to appropriate
three fifths of such moneys as are
now on hand and three-fifths of what
will be coliccted for the fiscal year ending
October 31, 1S00. The entire, fifth
section, appropriating all the property'
j of the Agricultural Department, was
j stricsen our.
j The bill came up on its third reading.
j u whs amecaea ry gniu^ tne v;oue<je, i
; instead of a three fifths of the fertilizer]
! tax, $10,000 from the cash now on hand, j
j and $15,000 tioai the collections of the
I next ymr. The House refused to conI
cur. A committee of conference was
appointed, and they recommended that
the House concur in all the Senate amendments,
and that the direct appropriation
be raised from ?10,000 to $15,000. This
was adopted by both House and Senate.
The bill, as thus completed, gives the
Clemson College about $47,000 to begin
with.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES.
Among the bills passped to a second
reading are the following: To prohibit
members of the General Assembly from
accepting free posses from any railroad
in the State or doing.business within the
State; to extend tbfe jurisdiction of trial
justices for Hampton and Beaufort Counties
resident at or near Y?:massee and
Ridgeland; to amend an Act in relation
to forfeited land, delinquent land and i
?a1Iaa*a? ei Oith T^PPPm,
v;vjici;iasj ui iuacc, a|/piw*vw
ber, 1887, and the amendments of 24tb
December, 18^; to provida for the prvision,
digest and arrangement of the
staiute Ihws of this Slate; to pay certainj
expenses of elections in t'uis Sraie.
Bill to prohibit the sale or furnishing
or giviog or providing to minors of
cigarettcs, tobacco or cigarette paper, or
any substitute therefor,, and to provide
penalties for thu same, was passed.
Joint resolution to authorize and direct
the comptroller general of this--State to
drawn his warrant on the State treasurer
to pay the Rev. John Johnson the sum
of four hundred dollars for .one hundred
full bound conies of his recently pub>:.
i a ?: ? i ?:? ~r
libufu jjisiunuui uniiauvi: ui uc4?.ucv
of Charleston harbor, .including F^>rt
Sumter and adjacent islands, to become
the property of ihis State, and to be
placed in the libraries ?>nd other public
institutions of this State, was passed.
Seoator Pope secured the passage of an
amendment to this bill requiring these
oooks to be distributed to the libraries
)f all the colleges in this State, both
male and female.
Joint AMScmbly.
The Senate and House of Representatives
assembled in joint .session iu the
aall of the House at eleven o'clock Wedjesday
morning. "Lieutenant Governor
tfauldin presided."
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*ae urst eiewon? wcrc iui juugco
;he First, Second, Fourth and Sixth Cirroits.
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Eugene B. Gary, of Abbeville,' nomilated
Gen. James F.-Izlar for judge of
,he First -Circuit. E. G! Gravdoa,. of
Abbeville, nominated .J. F! Fickftn,. The
>allot resulted: Total vote cast 143:
1 rt1 -"Pi/vlron A.(\- Aahpr T) flnhpn
i. Genera! Izlar was declared elected.
The Jballot came next for the judge of
he Second Circuit in which there had
>een an exciting triangular ract between
rames Aldrich," General J. TV7 Moore
ind Judge J. J. Maher. General Moore
ieas nominated by Senator Y. J. Pope,
Hr. Aldrich by John Gary Evans and
Judge Maher by Col. J. G. McKissick.
Fhe result of the vote was as follows:
rotal vote cast 145; Aldrich'75; Moore
LI: Maher 25; George Croft 1. ' Mr. Al
irich was declared elected. Judge
EIudsoD and Judge Witherspoon were
jnanimously re-elected for tbe v Fourth
ind Sixth Circuits.
A. P. Butler was re-clected Commissioner
of Agriculture with no opposition.
Five vacancies in the Board of Agri:ulture
were filled by the election of the
"ollowiog. incumbents without oppo&i;ion:
General Johnson, Hagood, Johu
jawton, H. L. Buck, R. A. Love and B.
?. Crayton.
E. R. Mclver was elected Staf.e Treasiror
anr? Phflrlps ITprrigon. Jr.. "Rpwis?
rar'of Mense Conveyance for Charleston
bounty, neither having any opposition.
For directors of the penitentiary T. 0.
Sanders and J. J. Sarratt were elected.
The last and most tedious ballotting
va9 for six members of the board of
.rustees of the Clemson Agricultural
College. The ticket agreed on in the
""lwiMcnn rinllAorp nanmis was nominated
Mr. Brawley, of Charleston, who said:
'An era of good feeling having arrived,
! beg leave to place in nomination the
ollowing: B. W. Edwards, of Darlingion:
J. L. Orr, Greenville; E? T? Stacklouse,
Marion; T. H. Harden, Chester;
Ulan Johnstone, Newberry; J. E. Tiniall,
Clarendon."
Harrv Hammond, of Aiken, was n?miaated
by John Gary, Evans, and J. L.
Shonklin. of Oconee, bv Senator Mason.
rhe regular ticket was eleteed. though
Messrs. Hammond and Shanklin both received
good -votes.
This completed the - elections set for
the day and the joint assembly, a little
ifter three o'clock, adjourned.
Notes of the Senwion.
Mr. D.antzler, for the committcc on
battle flags, submitted a report, which
was unanimously adopted, and which
provides that the battle flag presented
by the First South Carolina Volunteers,
md all others which may he hereafter
presented to the; State, sball be placed
in charge of the Secre'tdjy.of State, and
kept by him in glaiss cases in the State
Library, The . resolution further instructs
the Adjutant General to corres-.
pond with surviving officer^ of regiments
in the Confederate .service.-from South
Carolina, and if .p09aiblef father up al
the battle flags, to be kept .as above stated.
The sum of $200 is by tbe resolution
appropriated for tbe purchase
of the glass cases. Tbe Senate afterwards
concurred.
Both houses^iave passed the joint resolution
for the ^appointment of ? com
mission to inquire info "and' import upon
suitable localities for the establishment
of an asylum for the colored insane, and
also to call tor donations of land for such
purpose. Thecommission is to consist
of one Senator, appointed l?'y the President
of the Senate, one member of the
House,'appointed'by the Speaker, and
the president of the board of regents.
They are to call for oilers of land, nut
less than 300 acres, on which to erect
the necessary buildings, and* in the absence
of such offers, to ascertain the
cost of such land,r together with such
building?; : '
' ' * " "
V-A Remedy l*r 1}H>lirlierin.
Tba?: malignant enemy of children?
the diphtheria?is again prevalent in
various localities. Dr. Field, a cele.-:
brated physician of England, when the
disease raged ja that cdui>tr^,''several
years ago, was very succcssful va treating
it. by.the .application of a simple
remedy". He used nothing but common
.flour of sulphur? a teaspoouful mixed
with the finger in a winegl&ssful of
water, glyen as a gargle. In'ten. minutes
the patient wis outrof danger, and
the doctor never lost a case ot the disease.
In extreme cases, where a
gargle was not practicable,dryisulphur
was blown-down the throat through a
quill, and was' eq.iallv elective.?
Chicago Journal.
The Icaninr tower of Ptsa-fa'-lifcing of
fered as t^>e prize 'of a monster lottery.
Pisa is so poor that rpoDey must. Be raised
at once, ana tae municipal auiiiyrmcs
expect tbtir famous tower *to realize :i
:hit;hir"pVice than any-otherlhe city
monuments.
?. /
THE DEATH OF DAVIS.
BILL ARP WRITES OF THE LE ADER
OF THE CONFEDERACY. *
Wliai Dtiiiit'I VVebwter Snid of.lolm (!, ('?!
hotii? Could Willi !*ropri?*iy In* Said of
Uzvih.
Old Father Time is a wonderful doctor.
]t i?a real comfort to the South
to rear! the kind words of tna Northern
p-<\ss toti.:hin^ the death of JeO'erson
Davis. My faith is that the spirit j
oi tne illustrious aeaa is reading tnem j
too, and is comforted. Kow sweet and !
tender are ihe benedictions upon the |
dead.. This is right, and it is Christi-}
anity- for when a man has gone before j
;;his -ilakcrit becomes all earthly jud- !
grsta be-silent if they connot begen
erous.. "Kow would we. be if Ufe," who |
is the top of judgment, should but j
judge us as we are?" The New York
Sun dares to say: 'There is now-no
one revile and th^re are many to hon.
r <rT i
or ana respect ins memory, ne nas j
outlived sectional enmity and pers >nal j
detraction."
Is tlfat so? I wish that I could be
licve it. The Sun says: ''Many years
of peace have been required to couvincethe
men who fought and sufiered
for the Union that Jefferson Davis was j
entirely sincere and. was poweriuuy ;
fortified by teaching arid esainple, and j
the ill starred president of the South- i
ern Confederacy Ujd but carry to their ,
conclusion tbe doctrines formulated j
by John C. Calhoun and avowed by !
such representatives of New Eng- j
land as Timothy Pickering and Josiah i
Quincy." * . '
Yes, and he might-have nnmed scores
of other Northern men who were of
the same Slate's right faith, and then
include the Hartford convention which
made the first secession irom the un
ion. New England never produced a
nobler, grander man than Quincy, and
he was in all respects of the faith and
principlesof Calhoun and Davis. Young
men of the South, listen for a moment
to what the greut Webster said about
Mr. Calhoun:
"He had the indispensable bacis of
all high character, and that was uti ;
spotted irtegrity and unimpeached
honor. There was nothing grovelling
or low cr meanly selsfisli that came
near the head or the heart of Mr. Cal- !
lioun. Whether bis political opinions
were right or wrong, they will descend
to posterity under the sanction of a
great name. He is now an historical ;
character. We shall indulge in it as a
grateful recollection that we have lived
in his age?that we haye been his con, <
temporaries?that we hav reen himlieard
him. known him? we shall deliglftr
to speak of him to those who are 1
rising up to fill our places. And when (
onf;aiier anotner we snaii go w our
graves we shall carry with us a deep ,
of his honor aud integrity?the '
purity ot'his private life and of his ex-,
alted patriotism." Isn't that splendid,
and'yet every word >f it fits Jetferson '
Davis. You might substitute his name
for Mr. Calhoun with the utmost propriety,
and Webster would be it if he
were here. Daniel Webster had no
prejudices, and his great regret was :
that his people had not couquered
theirs. T-Tr?H' we all do love and honor
a great man?a pure man?men like
Webster and Olay and Calhoun and
Jefferson Davis. It used to be a triumvirate,
but another name has now to be
added and Mr. Davis will go down in*
to history as the peer of those historic
names- He wa* their equal in everything
that makes a man a statesman
and a patriot. He was their superior
in one thing, for he was a great soldier,
and illustialed his patriotism on
the field as in the forum.
"Papa, what did Mr. Davis do that
makes everybody talk about him so?"
"My boy, I will tell you in a few
mi ,V 1 ^ 1- J n T -3
words, xne ^onn.aua jne couin xiau
been quarrelling lor fifty years about
the negroes and the tariir and the
rights of the States. At last they concluded
to-fight it out and JeSerson
Davis was chosen as our leader. He
did not seek the place, for he was a
mcdest man, but we made him take it.
He believed- that the States were
<rreater than the government at Wash
ington, for the States created that
government as their agent. But the
government at Washington soon became
very bold and powerful and began
to control th'e States. It wras a
question whether the dog should wag
the tail or .the tail wag the dog. Mr,
Calhoun and VIr. Davis and most allof
us down South were for the rights of
the states, but the people up North
thought th'e.gcvcrnme'nt at Washington
was1 a bigger thing and ought to
control anri-so the quarrelling- weut on
for years and years and at last it broke
out in a war. . We left the union and
^ wanted to gc back where we were be
fore we went into the union, but they
whipped us and so we are in the union
still.. It was much like little children
who gather together to play and'
s: me of them get mad and say,'I'm
going to take up things and go home
?you don't play -'air and I shan't play
with you'any more.' Then the others
get mad, too, and say: 'We do play
fair and you.shan't go home,' and so
they take hold of them and keep them
and make them stay whether tbey
wish to or not. And so the States had
to give it up and now the tail is wagging
the dog."
The. Ohio river is before me while I
write. This is a part of Mason's and
Dixon's line that I nevr saw until
yesterday and I wondered how a river
could make such a dllferenee in peo
pie "Do your people in Maysville
mix and mingle with those across the
I liVCi au ^1.1/tmvtu. cm?v?. jl. ?j
I not at all. They never have and they
lucver will. They don't like us and
WB^fon't like them. We pass-and repass
like the fellow did his Jersy bull
but we don't affiliate noi associate nor j
assiniilate nor amalgamate. The fact;
is our negroes won't mix: with them, j
There are not a dozen negroes over
there, but there are 2,000 here in Majg'
villei' When our negroes cut up and
misbehave we threaten to run then
across the river and it has a good effect
upon them. Now in Cincinnati you
' * -1?1! -Ir/J ' 1\ Af
can't narmy ten uie uiuereucc
a yankee and a Xf-nluckian, but out in
the country there is a b>? difference."
"But I don't understand," ?aid i, ;jwhat
you mean by the difference. In -what
respect do those peopieorer the river
differ from you Kemuck-iass? are they
not good citizens?;' "Oh, yes." said
ir.y Jrieud, "tht-y are peaceable ejcuah,
but \ hey are as cold as an ieebci'jr,
Tbi-y are selfish audstiojry and pickayu.
ish. Tb*y live close and work
their wives an.i daufjht. rs for all they
are wortn. They don't like us because
the UK.-s.ru does like us, and because we
# -
make the negro do what they have to
do for themselves. Oh, I can't 1 ell you
exactly what is the matter hut we want
them to shinny ou their own side of
the river?
"I do not like thee, Dr. Fell;
The reason why I cannot te'l."
! "Are the negroes giving you any
! trouble?" said I. ">'ot a bit?not at
; all. The negroes never gives a gen!
tiom#n anv trniihlft. He resnectt him
j and loves to live with him, but just
! let a man level himself with the nejiro
and then comes the trouble. The race
problem will never bother old Kentucky.
The lines are drawn and they
will stav^rawn." "Well, what abo'it
the negroes voting heie? I see that
Mr. Harrison is still harping upon the
suppression of his vote." ".Not a word
of it true, sir?not a word of it so for
as this portion of Kentucky is concerned.
We thought that Harrison
was hittihg at you people down iu
Georgia." "Maybe he was," said X,
"hnr, T lidvft been dilicent-Iv hunting
for the place where the negro vote is
suppressed, nod I have not yet found
it. Mr. Harrison'-smessage upon that
siihiAnt. h.i? lor. him rir?o,*n at, the South
and vVanamaker' appointment of negro
postmasters has widened the
breach. The admisistration have
wantonly insulted our people and
hence theSouth w.ll remain solid. If a
negro was appointed postmaster in my
town the Republicans then: would mob
him. Many of our b*st citizens are
Republicans, but the negro question is
not a political one. It is a social one
and there is roi i. white man in the
town who would submit to it, and
there is not a nerso who would dare to
ask for it. The rights of the States are
fast fading away under the piwer of
federal domination, but the social
status of the people will fye maintained
at all hazards.-'
A DEBATE OF THE NEGRO QUESTION
IN THE SENATE.
Tlie Race Problem Will Set the S?tate*iaen
S?peuki;ig?Senator Butler's Views---A
Republican Senator Favors Wholesale
Colonization of Negroes.
Washington Letter to The Baltimore Sun.
The speeches of Mr. Cleveland and
Jlr.Grady at Boston, but more particularly
the speech of Mr. Grady, have
excited wide and interesting comment
'PI^a xtms r? lor.YA flm
LICi C. JL VYao til uW'iuauu X\ja. tuv
Sun, which printed a more complete
report of .Mr. Grad y's speech than any
of the New York papers. Since the
assembling of Congress there have
been evidence of awakening conservatism
in the midst of Northern Congressmen
and remarks of Southern
men couched in such terms as those of
Mr. Grady will inevitably strengthen
3uch tendency.
Of all the Southern men who spoke
on the subject there was not one who
did not heartily echo his assertion of
the impossibility of devising any
scheme which can throw the Commonwealths
of the South back into the control
of vice, vii^any and ignorance
ThePena;)-. Representatives of
the North are fast finding that their
people appreciate the situation at the
South better than they do, and are not
to be cajoled into any endorsement of
schemes which have no other than poli
final nurnose. The propositions of this
character already submitted will be
followed by various others of equal
or perhaps greater enormity, but it
will be a long day before any of them
are passed.
Democrats in the Senate and Democra
s in the House are in the minority,
but it is a minority powerful in numbers,
and, on this question certainly,
strong in conviction, solid as a rock,
earnest in aggression and invincible
in defence. Any and every force will
be resisted inch by inch. The House
Republicans have put in the Chair
their best debater and their best fighter.
They have really no men on the
floor capable af copiag in debate with
any one of a dozen who might be
named on the other side. The Democrats
have no fear of locking horns
with the majority on election bills, ior
they are not only conscious of their
own power for resistance, but are assured
they will have public sentiment
behind them, not only in the South
but in the North.
It is noticed that petitions have already
been presented from Louisiana
and other Southern States io favor of
a new national election law. Of course
every one can see that this is the old
dodge renewed. These, petitions can
be easily manufactured by the bushel,
just as those of like cuaracler have
been in the past. Mr. Ingalls has presented
some of them in the Senate.
He is now preparing a speech on the
Southern question which may. be
loosed for with interest". Privately the
Kansas Senator freely admits the difficulties
which surround the South in
dealing with the negro race, but
mKotVioi. Vi o will (?TnrA?K t.hft SfeS.TIlfi
>Y JU LU^/i . jLk\j if *.*.+
views publicly may be a matter of
doubt.
A memorable debate on this whole
subject, lasting for weeks in the Senate,
is now plainly foreshadowed, and
continuously crowded galleries, such
as have not been seen for years,
may be anticipated, in tne iignt 01
facts and by the force of reason it is
not an impossibility that division in
the Republican ranks may be developed
before the debate is ended. The
large majority of the Southern- Senators
will inevitably be drawn into it,
and their views on tie material aspects
of the problem must be ot value as
coining from those whose information
and deductions are based on association
and experience.
Senators B.utler, of South Carolina,
<""5 flihcon nf Louisiana, are stanch
advocates of at least partial deportation.
It is settled beyond any dispute
that white labor will not go where
there is a preponderance of biack, and
the blacks are increasing so rapidly in
many sections of the South as to cause
absolutely a glut in the labor market.
Senator Butler said that it would be
an absolute relief to South Carolina if
250,000 of its negro population could
be withdrawn: that with this diminu*
I tion there would be the greatest abun- |
I dance of labor left. Ke said in the I
! black districts of South Carolina, I
! wbgj^the negroes have cot the benefit
I of contact with the sunerior civiliza-'
| xion of the whites, ihelr condition is j
- pitiable ir its destitution and its dei
T-I a ATr Trio-alls if
l-iivyx v ^
j his Stale would not like to have some
j of the b'ack surplus of Soutq Carolina,
! a lid 2Ir. Ingalls quick!}- replied they
i had enough in Kansas no^* nnd 'lid
! not want eny more. Another Western
! Republican Senator said he would he
; willing to vote tor any appropriation,
i however .large, to transport and coloi
nize the- entire negro race in the
j United States.
' \
A CHRISTMAS JMMJSK.
' SHOWING THE STRAITS AND
DEVICES OF WAR TIMES.
A CoulTaxt Bfiwcpn Iho Krtnlar Cbiiat?
n:nM Stylo and Iho War-T?jne Dlnlco
Ilomc* antl Farm.In
the Old Dominion, as well as in
the "Mother Country," Christmas Las
alwa\s bten the f-eason devoted to
feasting-and good cheer. Since "the
good old colony times," plum puddings
and mince pies have made the frosty
December air fragrant with their
spicy odors: hut, though the knightly
sirloin of beef is_ever welcome on the
board, yet the crowning honors in Virginia,
are allotted tc the lordly" turkey
r~.as.trd tr> n brown rAi?n>(?ni;
of the onions and sage liberally mixed
in the stuffing.
For weeks before, his majesty has
been fed, morning, noon and night, to
bring him to a proper state of fatness,
and of all that summer has allowed us
to store away for winter, the best ;s
chosen to add to theCnristmas dinner,
while the winter hog-killing furnishes
o cQiicon-o on/3 nffAn tVio
c* VilOil V/1 >7MiVA?U^Vj tt?4U VAVVM VMV
and ?parerib3 Sgure on tbis occasion,
as, it overlooked by the "white folks,";
they are warmly appreciated by .the i
expectant group that, swarm in
the kitchen? Last of all, a mighty
bowl of foaming egg-nog-finishes the
repast, aud. if used in moderation,
assists the overburdened stomach to
digest its contents.
With the memories of such dinners,
reneated vear afitr \:ear, can you won
tier that 1 keenly felt the hardship of
the experience I am going to relate.
I belonged to the Fourth Virginia
Cavalry, under Gen. Wickham's com.
maud, statiou in the Valley of Vir-.
ginia, in the winter of 1864, though
really it was scarcely - a stationary
condition, as we were constantly sent
OUO Oil LUC majui.
At 2 o'clock on Christmas morning
we received orders to mount and march
rapidly eastward'to intercept a party
of raiders, reported to be advancing
up the eastern slope of the Blue Ridge
section of the country., We were not
allowed time either to eat or to pack
up any food to carry with us, but were
com lor ted by the assurance that wef
would lind rations awaiting us at Ivy
Depot, more than thirty miles distant.
As I mounted my horse in the dim,
cold starlight, many a thought passed
through my mind of the days gone by,;
when I thought it. a great hardship to
be awakened so early on the night-of
Chri3tmas Eve t y the impatient little
ones, rushing long before daylight to
examine the hanging stockings, while '
outside the explosion of the Cnristmas
toy, the firing of the Christmas gun*
.1 s\P '^nvicfrv*oo * i
U.UU t'UC U.\J.-.Oy V.JI J.C.3 Ul vuiiowiiiMo i^iiu . I
Christmas gii'tP heralded the approach t
of Christmas morning long before the.
first rosy tinge of dawn. But then, I'
could turn over, in my luxurious
feather-bed and take another- nap
after the hubbub ceahed, secure that
on rising I would take my place at a
breakfast table loaded with all the
good things one could desire, while at
each plate the "grown lolks" were
sure to find their Christmas gifts.
How different now! I even envied
the infantry fellows, snug in winter
quarters and rejoicing in Chrismas
boxes from home, while the cavalrymen
we left in camp were sure to forage
around and add something like
good cheer to the scanty rations which,
then, were all our bankrupt government
could bestow On we rode, however,
through the cold and the dark,
making up our minds to bear it bravely ;
and make no complaint. Some oF the
boys were jolly enough to brighten the
passing hours with singing, and the
wild, romantic clifts of liock Fish Gap
re-echoed with "Lorena" and "When
This Cruel War is Over."
When morning broke we halted,
and rations of corn were distributed
to our horses, hut nothing could be',
given to the poor, hungry men, as
there was no time to stop to lorage in
the neighborhood; and an appeal to
the generosity of the residents, who
would doubtless have given us what
they could, though after nearly four
years of waj* the homesteads of Virginia
could no longer spare much to
the soldier for fighting her battles. .
Still, but little ceremony was observed
when we had time^ and the .
henyards aud cornfields were made to
pay tribute to our needs, whether theowners
were willing or not.'* I think;-!
however, they were generally willing
We bore patiently enough the absence
of any breakfast, for such bad
been our.iuck many a time before
though to the regular old Virginian, a
good breakfast on Christmas day seems
as much one of the inalienable rights
of man as a good dinner, neither.of
which rights we could hope to enforce,
on that day.
At noon, we halted again to feed our
weary horses, and by this time the
gnawings of hunger were not to be resisted,
so we parched a portion of the
horses' corn and satisfied ourselves
we:l as we couldin that way.
Such was my (Jbnstmas dinner tnat .
year, but I had the most delicious feast
that I ever tested.
When we had reached our place of
destination, we learned that the raiding
party bad returned, so that our long,
lorccd ri<Te was unnecessary after all.Neither
were the rations on hand* so
parties of us were sent out on detail to
forage for man and beast, as wen trie
com had given out. '
I went to a neighboring farm house
and received a kindly response to my
request for corn, after which I put in
mv own claiml' The farmer's wife
handed me a cold hog's head, yet
untouched, and a huge pone of corn-,
bread, but it was sojate and dark T
could not eat much thcnr, so I threw
my bag of shelled c">srn on my ioxse's
back and filled my haversack with my ;
treasures. I lost my way and ha4 t<>,!
swim * creek. I was wet. and cola? .
too, when I entered camp afoeprJ#
o'clock. The men were sleepingj*aicefully,
but a. glorious fire was burning,
and after I had tied my horse and j
given her a liberal feed of cora/1
' seated myself against a tree ne^r the
j tire, and as I basked in its general,
I ii-drmfti artfl rlripr] mv wpt. nrwl frnron J
garments, I miihchcd away on my cold j.
hogshead a c <1 ; corn bread, thinking]
that surely no food was ever go de-j
'licious. I cau recall now most vividly!
my sensations of p-rlect bliss, as 1 re-'
chned lazily against my tree, and:
1 listened to the crackling flsmes and i
1 the peiCeM breathing (I migh', say J
snoring)-of my comrades.
At length it was all eaten up. I had
' devoured at one meal what would
uave oeon consiaerert a sufficient ;B
j share of n;eat for our whole family at fl|
j home for a dinner, and a goocflyr^part 'm
! would I ave been sent out jo the
kitchen, too. *' - H
Sleep now began to assert its claims,
and I rose, and scraping away some of
the show from a convenient hollow
chosen by some ol my companions, I
i ]\r ^AU'n 1?
, ?J V.VT** IA1.M VVI?lbU lUJOCit Ellllgiy
with lay blanket, with my feet turned
toward the lire, which was near enough
to give oat a kindly warmth to the
j sleeping group. At-various intervals
j during the night some one would
: arise and heap on more wood, and woe
to ! he farmers' fences if our resting
I places at night chance to be near. >
! An axe, however, was the regular
j equipment, of the soldiers on march to
provide himself with camp.fire3 at
short notice. The noble forests, the
growth of centuries, which were felled
by both- friend and foe, are not the
least of the losses thatTirginia has to
mourn, . *_ j
Next morning we again had parched'
corn for hrp^Vfacf- h?r.
moas- supper,-f could .better end are
cue meagre J are and I hope that" nay
comrades were equally as fortunafie in
the expedition of the preceding night.
Ai.no04.we reached - the point
wbere.our. rations awaifed us* and. to. =
each mess was. '/or one day,, attached.- oae
pound of flour an<j a half pouact of
meat. Wt- Tinft^A lln * Via"
nukes, with soda, salt and water,- and
cooked it .in the ashes, grieving much
over the quantity ot bread we had to
lose, when we washed off the coatiDg
that stuck to it. But no French rolls
or fancy bread of any kind c^n ever.
taste so welf, as we ate with the keen
relish of of: men whose appetites were
sharpened by exercise and a life in the
open air. ' * '
1 n?.re are many happy hours in such f
a career. The hardships and fatigues
only make ret?f more ^delicious, and
when gathered around the camp-fires
afcer a long march, the jeets and songs
are as bright and gay as if at a festal
scene in times of peace; and I doubt
if the well-fed, well-clothed Federal
soldiers had any jollier times than wc
"Johnny Rebs" over pur ash-cakes
and scanty allowance of ;meat. Hunger
is the best sauce after all, as we found
out.
> :? r ' ? ' ' 1 *
THRASHED IN OPEN COUKT. '
A P?DB8rlrania Justice Glr^a a Wll>
Dc?er<er a (iood Dentins:. ^ /
WiLtESBA-Ea^PA.t-Decembfr Injustice
Donohue of this city hates
wiie "beaters and deserters as much as.
he does snakes, and woe be to the man.
who comes before him
vu VA1W AUV> O S
charge.. x . V ~ '
Yesterday George Shiner, a boiler- w
maker, was unfortunate enough to fall
into the hands of-.the Justice. He wa3
charged with deserting his wife and
six children! The -justice;/v?as very
angry, and, after hearing thp evidence,
said*: "There is no'use'Of my seeding
you to jail, because while incarcerated
your family will suffer.; But' I'll tell
you what I propose to do, I intend to -?:
give you a good'thrashing right here, '> _ :\
so pull off y.OU'f coat/' v.
fchiner':was dumbfounded, bat the
justice insisted that he must get ready.
The alderman
. u 11VUI
judicial bench, rolltd up his slee^eS^
And, after counting three, waded into
his prisoner.
Shiner, however, showed more skill
as a pugilist than was expected, and
at first it looked as though he would
knock out the justice. The latter is a
1 - *'
n?a,vy nmn wicn a true aLdermanic
corporation,.but he finally managed to
get bis man in a corner, where he
pummeled him in great shape.
The justice let go bis right and left
in quick succession, and would not let
up until Shriner cried "enough." Then
the justice straightened himself ap for
breath, and said.: "Now, you scoundrel,
will you go home and support
your wife and Httle clhee
SVirir.oi* ^^ " 'A ?" v 11
oaiuj in iiuiuuiC - DOQ6S} IDS!
he yrojild.
. "All right, then," replied jb.e justice,
as he resumed bis seat. "This, case-is
dismissed."
This evening Shriner brought suit
againstr Donohue.for assault and battery.
He says he suffered terrible
punishment at the justice's hands and
cannot work. '/
Xn Esrptian Qseeo.
- The Khedive of Egypt-is not 10 an altogether
eoviable position. He Js a
subject of. the Sultan of Turkey, to
whom he pays an enormous tribute. His
country is enormously in debt, and he
b-? to.iev.y . enormous taxes on the nen
,pi ..-Iq consequence, he is" ubout the*
most bated man in the world. But to .
bis credit btr is' a monogamist, and to
bim-more Than"any one "else, is due tbe
partial emancipation of -native women
from tbe thraldom of ancient customs.
Neyertbeless women/still ;occupy a very
restricted sphere in Esypt, and many of
tbe old habits and Customs are still vo
vogue. Tbecurious dress of centuries
ago is still worn. The -Khedive is much
in . love with bis. wife, who/wears a
modem cosiumc, while their children
dress like Amv?ri/>onc c??J-?*
lug. -ixumivcD,
as -she is culled, has her harem, or
womea-servaDts,-by scores.- She is ac-.
companied-. whenever she poes out to
ride or drive by some of her. numerous
eunuchs, and she keeps up a big establishment
separate from that of the King.
When she sits down' to dinner or breakfast
it4s not with the-King, hut with
her ow.n Jadies. The King eats with
his own officers, according to Mohammedari
etiquette, and "his apartments, or
.the salumlik, arc: separate" from here.
Both. 9he and her husband have done
much to break down tbe rigidity of
Mob.'im'tned.m social customs. Their
rove ior esca other and the example of
-the Kbeuw-in*having bill one wife is
cat citing, ariii many* of-tbe other noble
Arjtb,gentlemen are following it.
- ?Mr.-Brower, of North Carolina, has Jfe
.introduced in the House "a bill provid>??
ing for th?> rep^.t of the inte'imf "revenue
t jx.-upon fybacco. Ee' claims, that
tuciurberof Democrats from Yixginia, |
rfMatfssoe and h'.s own State propose to ]
t<#pport this measure." "
?Robert. Browsing, the eccentric
p'-ct. <?.ied in England dou ..Thursday
aicht. A site", in. Waatmi??tpr Ahh*? *
has b?ea .tendered for his remains- but it
iVbdicved the family prefer him- to be
pliccd beside his wife. ' v :
i '
: - ?YeHowstone Kit;- a stylish "vendor
of patent medicines, has had trouble io
Mobile. lie hud some'sort "of. exhibition 4
eaca ticKcis lo.wmca entitled tbe bold-'
er t > :i chance in a gift---distribution-.
Kit was thereupon charged ' with ' running
a lottery, -and was tiHei 51.^00,"
?Col. J. H: Rathbone, founder of the
order of Knights PVtiiias,*died atljimt,
O., on Monday.
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