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Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-04-13
WISH THE SENTENCE COMPUTED

Petition to the Governor BsinE Circu
lated.
Special to the Gazette.
HUNTSVILLE, TEX, April PA petit
ton has been circulated in Grimes county
the past few days by relatives of q
prisoner addressed to Governor Ross
asking csmmutation Of the sentence OF
W. B. Roe, who was sentenced lsst Sat-
urday to be hanged, from capital punish
ment to life Imprisonment. 1t is said to
have received a considerable number Of
signers in that county including the
signatures Of ten Of the jurymen finding
the verdict. 1t is now being circulated
in this county but it is thought will not
receive many signers here where the deed
was committed, Deing gotten up, it is
learned, by citizens in this county, but
many think it will not be necessary to
send such to the Governor.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-04-13
COMMERCIAL RESUME.

COMMERCIAL RESUME.
.sscGl to the Gazette,
sS %rw YORK. April l2.-Railway bonds
closed as follows: Fort Worth and
LO,uve City at 79s; Texas and Pacific
D sa at As; consols 6's 104; ST. Louis,
lnT S.rs.s and Texas rs at los; 2's at
az. Kspsss and Texas rs 983; SIS ct 633;
~ - IA; Missouri, Kansas and Texas
y,sst Sc; 6's at 64t'
Governments lower.
Money ga d per cent.
Silver 925.
Sterling quiet.
Wnsst active and frmeT.
cation barely steady.
Oh closed 79t
C,fee steady.
,ovERnNIENTs, STOCKS AND BONDS.
WV YORK, April l2.-The first ssles
8, the stock market were made at ad-
- over last evenings figures OF from
w ! ner cent, but the bears began to
,i " the list. and Missouri Pacific dropped
Sra- ner cent. The general market,
SoWeyer, was sluggish with very narrow
g1ctustlons but with 3 weak tone, which
Lasted until well llIO Lue nItSIAOOnI Wien
the course of prices changed snd
everything began to recover previous
losses. After delivery hour the
.iysnce gained force, and before the
close last evenings prices we're surpsssec
IN almost every case, recovery OF Mis-
s1nri Pacific being very remarkable. The
Close was sctive and strong at best price;
NJ the day. The entire list is higher this
evening, though the advances are con
fned TO fractions only.
Transactions in railroad bonds were
larger than usual OF late, aggregating
alb, 600, though the increase is due
principally to marked activity in Burling-
ION and Quincy Nebraska As which con-
trjbuted 1855, 600, and Rock Island sos,
o0O. The tone of dealing was firm u
strong. though as in shares there wa
very little motion 10 the general list
Texas Pacific copsuls trust receipts ros
Government bonds were dull an
sfp6dV
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-04-13
A TRIPLE LYNCHING.

Three Men Strung Up in the Nation by a
Mob OF Citizens.
Special to the Gazette.
GAINESVILLE, TEX, April ia re-
port reached the city last night that three
men living in the vicinity of Healdton,
l. T., had been arrested py mob of citi-
2ans and hanged within short distance
Oh that place. The parties hanged were
accused OF being connec led with gang
Oh horsethieves who have been stealing
horses IN tha. part Of the Territory for
seVersl months. The gentleman who
brought this information learned CT the
incident while on the way TO Gainesville,
having met with two United States deputy
narshals having man under arrest
charged with being one of the
moo who die the hanging. These
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-04-13
The Cohee Market.

GALVESTON, TEX, April 12.-Cofea-
Unchanged Wholesale grocers quote:
Good ordinary, 16Kc; fair. lie; prime, Ike
choice. lSc; Peaberry. l9c; old government
Java. 24c.
NEW YORK, April l2.-Coffee- Spot fair; Rio
steady at 14hc; options % 10 50 points lower,
closing steady; GALES So, $50 bags; April II 100
II 20 Nav IL OOSll 10; June ~ IOGlO 50; July
Q10 October 9 950l0 60 Sugar firm bat quiet
with fair refining quoted at - 10; molasses
graoes 464s Pernambuco, sS-iest, AZ; refined
firm centri'ug quiaI, q; q IA; white extra
@ so; yellow 5-16G5 q; off SIC ill: :
mould A Il s audard Ga cnnfet TONERS
A 65S; powdered I; granulated 6I{ cubes /.
Molasses Gull; 20 test l9r. Cotton seed OIL quiet
and quote1 st 33c for crude AID 3S1s GS91I for
refined.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-04-13

2ALVGaroR, cBx.. April u Cg;tcs s;is I
Cloged easy and unchanged
:. GlUss TeUsipte, lJ6.
Sales, IS
Exports, none.
Shipments coueswtbe, 23S.
stock S0jS baisa.
Rail sni 7ments,
Low ordinary, 5. Ice; ordinary. 5-l6c: Scoo
nralnsIy, sHc; Low middliDg, Sc, Eitdling
93.c good middlinS, CSC; m!dcl!as fslr, lOhc'
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-04-13
Failure at Henrietta.

Special to the Gazette.
HBNRIErTA, TEX, April 12.-J. 7.
Johns, a highly respectable grocery mer-
chant of this place. made an assignment
to A. V. Winter yesterday for the benefit
of his creditors. His liabilities are about
$3.50, assets close to the same amount.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-04-13
UOTgOa ziAKyaTs
ke ,eipts at All United sts.ss Forts
Few OrIeang.

new oaLEANs. La. April r. Cotton .-spot
closed steady and unchanged.
Sales $3.50 bales.
Stock PIG 2s2.
Low ordinsrg 714c; orGiKsrT, 7Hci food ordi
nary, SIC; low middling &c. ptddlinS 97Ic;
1910
Futures opened steady at 2 to points lower.
and closed Gull a! q decline from 10 points
from yeatariav's uuOta.iOns,
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-04-13
ASTRANGE ACTION.
An AIIinnce that is Opposed to ImmiGra
too TO Texas.
Speclal to tina Gazette.

too TO Texas.
Special to ths Gazstte.
PALESTINE, TEX, April 12.-Anderson
County Alliance consisting of tnirty-eight
delegates, representing sixteen pre- cinct
alliances, me- here on April 5. In the
published resolutions to day tne alliance
declared that lands ana rents are already
too high for the poor msu ard announce
themselves as opposed 10 the effort now
being made as they say by the RAILROADS.,
land egents, lawyers, doctors and noIiti-
cis0s to bring great food Of immigra-
ton from other states to Texas.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-04-13

Texas muIn., - 20 lsL< ksnaa IlFrN b-~ka. JFH 90
Sl5O 90; American dratt horr es. is 10 l6H nan 3
h,g: 6Toas; sle0sl1 o.. e., IRON .toc !. " 81 -"
HIDES AND sRIEG- Dry butchers hide,
S, per D; dry fallen &c; light damaged, 5ci
Dry sailed 6,l hrEr hile, G.: ereec ssl.od a.;
butc6er,' grse2 sc 50; shesrlinss 2eci reita
l0saTFc.
MOL asags-Farcy rshcne' 43@FOc; choice
reboiled SSG i2c: nTlm6 reboilad 50 a 700; fair
car triiugNle 2S@30c; common Ce1tr!fugsls "a
'3lc.
nuts rczruic. 5a6.; paetae. 4}z@3
slm5T.d:: 1871 3,ezL 9dts, i2e Pc. 2 ''.oart'
MARIE Is per Eegr bAEiE 1901 harden
hor16.-Ica paI key S6i Perkins. oanne, IS so
Walker. ssrc. 81 50; burden n1ih $ti noEth
Western toE5ughOs f;3'is, No. < 5Ici Nc. ), 9c:
No, s, 2co: Nc. T. 10; No. 3. &c; "Lake'a' -.
ass; No (. &c; Ec PC; 10 Z. ZGc: No, S. IJc :
AUEabis, snIae, No. l. 45ci Hc !, sja; Ro. g. alei
FRotYiaIONs1V quote o. III, baaIF CT o.,
LOIS:
Fish--.lscke-al. 10 3 Kits Nc. !. 81 90; No. g..
81 IS; half bbls 40. !, IS &c; No.s. a So Goa
spice6 p:oEieG bcz.1ngs, PSI bucket. 81 So.
Holland hef-ings-Angs. g 6cGl 40.
Drisd her-tlgs-PeT BOX, CSC.
Bologna sausage, 78G.
Mast-suEaI cG1sa n.ns lI5!Gl2c; suSsg-
cured Urasktast bacon Ia YslAc; short oi"a1
| hscop GG9l4J: eh Irt rlea- dry SAT- '5sGS4c;
Silver Shield hams IKE; do breakfast bacon
dry salt meat SIC.
Lard-Rehned tlercs. 740I25a; 5O-S c1nsr
| 77k1 Sc; A. cana S@Si50i Ie-H CONS Sl4dS3{o;
: = cans S2SGS &C. . "snt sH6S5io
! Hlu!nJ, por Uul., 81 40; griyr, per bbl,S 81 30.
| Oatmeal. new-Per hal2-bpl, 100 lbs. 81 90.
| Cracked Thsat-Per D. &c.
| Orackers--A soda. SC: Xxx coda, SIC; CREAM
| exc; ginger snaps, &C; lemcn creams. Sc.
! sugsr-Ftre poWaered, pbis, el4GS2sci 90
| half pbls, SsGS5so; eat lost b5ls, "a nSac; do
half hhls 6ss6S8c; sts0dssG granuiateo, bbls,
| 7&675lc; LDuin,ans grsnulGtsd, bbls, n
| Tazc: r.EnGayd !, 7's@71<c; choice whtSe, ia q
| 73sc; t0nls'snE ,. Gee choice, GhG6sc; 10
sUnirsas-Staroh, pearl. 3ssa3Xi lump, $40
&c: Candles. tu!i puxsa ca . oci sIick oSnoyI sH
a9o; fancy, iOElGci Topo. sisal, y Inch basil
| a i6oi 60 cosson, 4 inch,l7c; herring, Imported
| 81 % par ke0; raisins, California loose musca
tells g 26; do 4 boxes, S. 10, do = boxes, g
cider. crag spple, <O9; hts51ar!s Sp.; ", Sssf
JOG per gal: crooks glaze (. lee pst gni: 'ndiE>
| lie pag Is; blatrG 30caSl % psr Dozen Cole
mars Faas ,rd,e n5 81 70 per ems4i
macon ma 81 H., m9 90T 6netst, 1o bo6p, 55e
60 par dozen; brilliant oils, BILE. l2c; lDl2r:
hbl,, go; CO. % cases, IS l0i brilliant,
caseG. e 10: 90. 12-l casac, y ga BAKING pow
deYs. bniE, 1loi Ii cans, s. so; mscsrc Il
email box, $50; vsEmiceui, 6nsu box. Goc
| sauce in bull par gaI'on = IL Mired rioFlss
per < mol Sc 81; dried apples, as, 61<@7c
sliced, 73f07Ho; choice evaporated, 9H0lOc
Rlce-Prtme 6a6kc; choice 81 06Ssc.
POULTRY-YTe quote: Young trying chicken
81 20 per doz; old hens 81 70 per dozi turkey
+WEisKE~Rao.ihed s. 'Oal 50, 81 pr proof
sour mash, .w5 year, old. 81 6Oal 20; thre'
yesrs old s. s0e2 20; fancy extra old whisky
! nNsnS o.
WOOL-Aight medinm, 160lsc.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-04-13

LIVERPOOL, April 12-Cotton-Spot closed
offerings free, revision quotations unchanged.
Ordinary 47&d; good ordinary 30; low mid
ding 5J<d: midcling upIanda 16d: middling
Orleans $50.
Total eaiee 10 coo; America" 1870.
Imports u 900; America, $3.50.
Futures closed quiet but steady at define of
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-04-13
r ew TorH,

NEW YoRS. April 12.-Coston - Spot closed
quiet at decline of l-l6c.
Sales, lsl.
stock, 256 326.
Ordinary =. good -ordinAry. &c: low
rl'tdIinG, 3 s. l65; TiddllrQ SIC, gOu1 mid
dl rc luc: nj 'srInR tsir lG5si.
Futures opened 10 pOint' lower and closed
dull at decline of to ) points from yester-
days quotations.
CoIn AZ
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-04-13
ON WALL STREET.
sfock Market Opens with DeWn-
L H' ,rord Tendency, but tue Losses
were ALI Recovered.

Eyerything on tho List is Higher
considerable Activity IN hsl.oau .
Ronds-G0vernment Bonds Dull.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-04-13
HENRY CLEWS eco

BANKERS, Is & IL SSoaDsT., ~.
-MEaIBEHs OF THE
NEW YORK. STOCK EXCHANGE.
NEWYORK PRODUCE EXCHANGE.
NV YORK COTTON EXCHANGE.
NEW YORK COFFEE EXCHANGE.
CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE.
Transactions made az any of the above Ex-
changes and carried on margin for customers
when esired.
Interest allowed on deposit accounts.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-04-13
The Wool Mzrket.

ct. LOUIS. Mo-. April 12-Wool- Market
quiet but steady and unchanged unwashed and
low sandy I06lsc; nne light 1899; fine heavy
lO6l7c; tub washed, choice, IS; inferior 3OG5Sc'
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-04-13
Frsights

GALVESTON, TEX, April 12.-Fre'ghts by
s.ea I ship from galveston TO Liverpool l6d;
TO New York C per 100 lbs.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-04-13
FINANCIAL.


LONDON, April l2.-Consols closed st 100 3-lG
for money; silver ESD.
MONEY.
NKw YoRg, April l2.-Money on call easy 1T
13z62& rer cent; last loan at 2 per cent
closed offered at 2 zpei celt; prime mer-
camille paper al sal.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-04-13

Sales ll,l00 bkles.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-04-13

s.ss
saass
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1888-06-21

to track a stag, he win follow him until
he has bayed him, and will leave the
victim unframed until the arrival Of the
hunter, Trained to track man, he will
do the same thing exactly. Hence, as
sherifTs do not desire the death but the
capture of criminals, it will easily he
seen how far superior the Texas hound is
TO his Cuban cousin, and how much
better adapted to the needs of a humane
and civilized people.
1t my be taken as an absolute fact
that no fugitive need fear harm from a
Texas bloodhound If, when brought to a
stand, he will remain quiet until his
captors ome II he offers resistance,
continues his flight or wounds the hound,
why, then the hound will do just as his
master would do under similar circum-
stances, and resort to extreme measures
10 defend himself. Galveston Cor. Globe
Democrat.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1888-06-21
The Axioms Are Few.

In speaking TO his daughter of his early
struggles for an education, the late Judge
Jere Black told her that in his youth ne
considered the multitude Of law books
and despaired of learning law. Recover.
ing himself, he set 10 work manfully and
became one of the greatest lawyers Of the
country, not, as he tells us, by learning
all the books contained, but by learning
that all right law rests on a few plain
principles. The mastery Of these and the
ability to apply them makes the great
lawyer to whom the world looks as tc
n "who speaks with authority"
1t is SO in every department of human
knowledge. The axioms are few. The
difficulty is in reaching them, hidden as
they are under a vast multitude of con
illusions, legitimate and illegitimate, true
and false. Ability to go straight TO the
first principles is the highest gift Of right
education. a trained memory is a most
valuable mental faculty if it results in
this faculty Of penetration. Without il
the trained memory has little value eX-
cept for display. Or, we might say more
correctly, that it has no result reaching
value. st. Louis Republican.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1888-06-21

A city hall official who has owned q
bay horse for the last seven years has
been talking of buying another to match
him, and the other day some Of the boys
went up to the barn and brought his
equine down and hitched him in front Of
the building, and then had the owner
come out and look at him.
THAT beast" he said, as he looked
into his mouth, lis all Of 90 years old. !
also notice that he is spawned and weak
in the back"
''Oh, you are mistaken, sir" replied
the seller. II warrant him as sound as
q dollar"
Don't attempt to jockey meT' said
the owner. Il wouldn't give you S7J
Cor him. Talk about a matchl Why,
hes three shades lighter, 200 pounds
heavier, and looks like an old COW beside
wy horse! You'd better make a dicker
sits some expressman. Detroit Free
Press.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1888-06-21
Tho Manufacture of Clutches.

There are but three factories in the
United States in which crutchcs are ex.
clusively manufactured, n each in Boz
ton, Philadelphia and New York. The
crutches which meet with the readiesi
sale are those with elastic tops, which are
generally made OF rosewood, lancewood
or rock maple, with a patent rubber
cushioned bottom. They sell for Sl2 Q
pair. The ''cow horn crutch is made
Of Q, cheap grade Of maple with nickeI
plated ferrules. The handles are securely
fastened by a wire rivet running through
both sides Of the crutch and handles,
This is light, tasty and durable. The
arm pieces and handles are made of black
cherry. This crutch brings $40 at retail
Many crutches are made 10 order, theil
price depending upon the material en-
ployed in their construction. Some cOst
as high as 500 a pair.-Detroit Free
Press.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1888-06-21
Thursday, June a., 1888.

THE president does not always veto
a bill because he disspproves it, says
the New York Herald. There have
been q number OF acts passed this con-
gress which he has allowed to become
laws without his approval. He simply
puts such legislation as he is unWlll-
ing to sign to one side and in the
course Of q few days the state depart
ment receives the copy of such bills
and sends them to the printer wlIhth
following appended: Mote by the
Department OF State: "The foregoing
act having been presented to the pres
ident of the United States for his APP
proval, and not having been returned
by him to the house Of congress in
which it originated within the time
prescribed by the constitution of the
United States has become q law with
out his aprr' al" The particular leg
islation viii IN comes under this disap
probation .sc~tsgranting to railroads
the right Of say through Indian reser.
lions. One exception President Cleve-
land made, and that was the bill
recently passed to grant the Billings,
Clark's Fork and Cooke City railroad
the right-of-way through the reserva
ton of the Crow Indians. The il.
terror departmet recommended it's APP
proval on the ground that the con
~struction Of the road would enable the
company TO develop an inexhsustible
supply of coal in a section Of the terri
tories where such supply would not
only be a great benefit TO the settlers
but a protection to the forests OF Mon
tana, Idaho and Dakota, where the
mining camps are annually compelled
TO use wood for fuel in all their opera.
tions.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1888-06-21

expedition, said that canned apples,
peaches, pears, rhubarb, green peas,
green corn. onions, potatoce and tomatoes
were all subjected to the temperature OF
60 dogs. below zero. They were solid for
many months at a time, the second sum-
mer they thawed, and the following
winter they were frozen solid again.
When these articles were eaten they pre-
sented the same appearance as though
freshly canned. and their favor was as
good when the last can was opened as
during the first month.
Canned goods have proved a great boon
TO the housekeeper. In cities, at any
rate, the goods preserved are cheaper
than if bought IN the fresh condition.
This arises from the fact that they are
always packed where the material is
cheapest and most abundant. y great
economy is exercised, too, by the whole
sale preparation of meat and fish.
The popular idea that canned goods
are injurious to health is a mistake. Tin,
which forms the coating of the thin iron
plates of which the ans are made, is not
acted on at all by any ordinary acids or
by the gases of decomposition. Certain
firms in this city have followed up every
case of alleged poisoning from canned
goods without finding a single m of
them authentic. The ordinary precau-
tons of taste and smell as applied to
fresh goods are a sufficient protection
against danger in similar goods when
canned, and, judging by the progress OF
the past decade in this method of food
preservation. it seems likely to have a
still larger future before it.-New York
Co.,
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1888-06-21
rHEoFFIcIAL PAPER OF ULSTER COUNTY

No bills against THK YELLOWSTONE JOURNAL
PUBLISHING Co, contracted by any Of the employees
Of said paper o. Others, will be recognized unless
accompanied by a written order signed by the pub
Usher or business manager.
The editor Of THE YELLOWSTONE JOURNAL
Is not responsible for any 81 the opin-
ions or utteranees of It's correspondents.
Notice is hereby given 10 all concerned that
The YELLOWSTONE JOURNAL PUBLISHING Co.
holds the contract 10 do all printing and adj
vertising, Of whatever nature chaTgeAble 10 Gus
ter county, and Is also the designated and only paper
in Custer county in which services by publication
can be legally made. Legal notices published 10
ether papeps Of Custer county, are void and
worthless, as has been decided BY the courts OF
Montana.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1888-06-21
Railroad Building In New south Wales

Railroad Building In New south Wales.
There was nothing else for it, so / took
a pick and shovel and went to work on
the railway embankment, yea, even as a
sub-contractor; that is to say, the land
was just Icing cleared and burnt OFF and
my undertaking was to take so many
claims, according TO the nature of the
ground, at a price varying from ten
pence to fourteen pence per cubic yard;
the mullock was TO be dug and wheeled
to form the embankment. In some
cases we met with rocks and other i'm
pediments, and then we didn't dig at all.
We, my mates and myself, went to work
about sunrise in the summer, say a. m,
and knocked off at sunset. We lived in
our own camp, a calico tent, cooked
our own tucker, when we had any,
drank water that you wouldn't drown q
dog in at homo and had altogether a san-
culinary jolly time of it. However. we
stuck ON with the work and eventually
got 70 within sixteen miles Of Bomke,
when the water, feed and everything
else gave out.
The weather was Ms hot as tophct thrice
heated, and the work for the time was
abandoned. And a very lively trip we
had of it down the iifty-iive miles of
back line. We had 10 carry water in
our canvas water bags. Out If nine dogs
we had with us, six died from the heat.
and we ourselves were not too much
alive Mt the finish. ] may here say that
during the eighteen months ! was work
ing ON the line the only vegetables |
tasted were dried apples, rice and bread;
the rest Of our bill Of fare was made up
Of corncd mutton, very occasionally;
canned fish, preserved mutton and beef.
and very rarely fresh beef. We also
consumed kangaroo when we could get
il. Sometimes we would poach a couple
of jumbucks Sheep, and TO show 70
what a state they were reduced, / have
often carried two in n sack, and they
didn't weigh more than twenty pounds
together Australia Letter
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1888-06-21
Almost "A Dissertation.

What more melancholy sight than an
old person so far down the I'LL that the
mmult and din of the struggle upon its
crest is already dull upon the cara dear
old lady, with dim eyes and luttering
footsteps and blunted hearing, condemned
to the crowd. the glare, the manifold
e~xigencies of n hotell Does it not seem
a dissertation OF the solemn quiet Of Old
age, the gentle peace that should enshrine
the last years of a well spent life3-Mrs.
Frank Leslie in Philadelphia Times.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1888-02-02
For ti.c Herald and News.
\ HISTORY OF SOUTH CAROLINA.
\ Letter from Col. John Z. Thomas.
Two Historians Suggested.

Courtesy demands that l should ac-
knowledge your nomination Of me to
write History IF South Carolina.
The honor thus placed on me is appre-
ciatrd. A. | have said before IN my
editorial capacity, / full and symmetri-
cal history Of this State from first to last
is certainly called for. Ample materials
there are, aud histories COOL in mary
respects we have-cNcrEent in their re-
s;rictcd scope. But there i. doubtless,
needed an ample, philosophical statement
OF the whole story of this common
wealth's kvroicl lie. Its HAL remains to
be written in full; and | am anxious for
the work to be done by some patriotic
pen racv OF the soil and to 1.-The manner
form" But as for myself, having other
work i. hand, and young enough TO as
pire to making rather than writing his
tory for our new Troy, must respect
fully decline your complimentary call,
and weld the field OF Heroditus or Ho-
mrr to some wiser and more experienced
son of South Carolina.
And since nominations are in order,
allow me to propose two persons, either
of whom would, believe, give becom-
ing history Of our State, and both OF
whom have already done historical work
of acknowledged value and intrinsic
worth.
The reference is 70 Mr.. Vim. J. Rivers,
President of Washington College, Md,
and Mr.. james Wood Davidson, now OF
Washington. D. G. | have great CONN.,
dence in the warm devotion OF these
scholars TO South Carolina; and to eith-
er Iwould gladly turn over such mute
rialS As possess bearing upon the an
mails of the State. Both are writers OF
conceded ability, and are fully equipped
tor the high role of historian. Hence
my suggestion.
l lam, yours truly,
JOHN P. THOMAS.
Columbia, S. c., February 30, 1883.