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t ^ ^ WINNSBORO, S. C., WEDNESDAY, JULY 2, 1890. ^ ^ NO. 40. Ipsus LEGISLATION. tEVIEW OF THE ACTION OF THE STATE SENATE. Senators From Charleston Give a His" " - ? ? .*- nnJ,.,* oiwl I Fry ox int? rrwccumga *** *?<**? ??? i the House of Representatives. Do tlie Editor of the News and' lion ; C.; pt. Tillman lias on scvloccaiii^u.s seen nt to denounce Be meija.'.vis of the State Senate j & votefi against the census arid PP0rti<pLmeut bills. We have ted to (see whether any one, other a ourselves, would give the reasons snnh We are unwilling I;er to have such reasons unstated, >cially in view of the recent at; on that upright soldier and Fenian;, Judge Izlar, whose pool necessarily forces him to keep |CO. : "TH? FACTS HEE AS FOLLOWS. ae,<J?aeral St at utes of the State ained and now contain the genprovispns for taking the census, ut twoj or three days before the ? of the session of 1884 a bill 1 * '1 - TT Ike over jirom me jnouse tu mc ate, amending in certain particuIthe general law. on the subject pe censhis- -principally as to the [ per capita to be paid and in minor points. While, however, ft the (fluty on the Governor of ing an enumeration made, neither bill ncr the general law approtod an\ money to enable him to i the w ork done. The bill, there, as it i assed the House, was inplete, Jind would have effected no it. i * .1 A 7. _ 2. I in inquiry it was ascertained mat brobable expense of a State cenKvould Amount to some $50,000 60,009. i This was the estimate ie by eyeful men, who were posed t??>e in a position to he majorjHE the Senators, nearly ? whose ^^ftties were unaffected he resulflBK not feel justified in ingupoiJHr people this heavy anse. And as the House, which the body whose membership was uestion, had not deemed it prop> take the responsibility of makthe appropriation necessary for work, these Senators, acting on n J. J.1 i XT.-. TT HOLU sent uiern oy uue jauuse, xeHhe counties whose representation Bid be affected by the census k about equally divided. The large majority of the Senators entirely disinterested, as it did affect their counties in any way. H BHajority of these disinterested Bitors voted against the bill, and Bheir votes it was defeated. Hi 1S85 the amendment of the Hsiitution was proposed allowing H Bportion nent oaAfc-frasis of the . B^^t^tes j^^^iof 1890 and , ^^BWplr. Keynolds, of :5eaufort. It i ? proposed and passed as a fulfil- . ?r merit of the requirement of the Constitution providing for reapportionment, but as saving the taxpayers of ; the State the heavy expenses of tak- 1 iitg the census* by the State. ; At the same session, 1385, the ' House again sent over a bill for tak- ! ing the census by the State authorities. But as the amendment to the : to the Constitution had been passed * providing the other method for re- ' apportionment, as a measure of j economy to the State, th9 Senate ' did not feel called on to pass this u:n urn. There was another serious objection, to wit: "Whether an extra session of the Legislature could legally be called to reapportion in time for the election in the fall of 18S6.. This j had due consideration. But that ' which determined the matter "was that another method of reapportionment had been provided, by which the : taxpayers were saved some ?50,000 or ! ?An nnn i The matter then came before the ' people of the State at the general el^ion in 1SS6, when this amendujM^yas submitted for their decis^Ht was adopted by an over ^kng popular vote. The people H Btate thereby ratified and apHfche action of the Legislature 1 Ktituting this means of reap Bment, and saving. them the Bpax' and expense of taking the K by the State. And the peo- : Mmemselves having thus acted Re question, it was settled finBring the session of 1886 the bill Kify this constitutional amendcamc before the Senate. It was j ftu by the vote of every Senator rvno vnv? " 1S87 and again in 1888 bills were m Bduced into "the Senate to reap- : ion on the basis of tlie census of B B. These were opposed as not Kg within the scope of the kniend0 Bit, which provided'that the first Bpportionment shoidd be made Tins' the census of 1890. There were Ho practical difficulties, as for inBnce with Chaiieston county, which Bd been divided since that census Bto Chaiieston and Berkeley. This Bevented any accurate or proper reBportionment on the basis of the Bensus of 1S80. The Senate, thereB>re, by a decided majority, rejected Byie bills. B This is a simple statement of the ^SBise. Who do not propose to inJftulge in intemperate language or to Fbe drawn into vituperation or recrimination. V.'c desire solely to give the reasons vrliieh governed the Senate in Augustine T. Smythe, Geo. Lamb Buist Senators from Charleston County. ?Carpenters in Greenville have struck for a ten hour day with the . same pay tliey have been receiving for eleven and a quarter hours. ?While Senator Tom Woodward of Fairfield, and Mr. John Howie of this city, were sitting in front of the Hotel Jerome Monday evening, some remarks of the latter about the State crm-primi put and its officers crave the Senator sucli offense that lie struck Mr. Howie. Bystanders prevented further humilities, and in a few minutes the senator and Mr. Howie made up their differences and peace reigned again. So quietly did the affair take place tliat some of those looking at it did not realize tiiat it was more tnan ] a little rough play.?Register, 24th. - . J*, i u SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS. ?Col. Robert Aldrich of Barnwell is out in ail interview in the Charleston "World, squarely favoring Tillman. ?A commission has been issued to j the Capital City Guards, colored, of ? 1 mi * r, n r. L/'Oiumoia. xne company cuiuiu-iaca eighty-three members. ?Alexander Noisette, colored, is in jail at Charleston charged with the murder of John Worthy, colored, by driving an iron pin ito his head. ?Preparations are being made to begin the work of erecting the cotton compress at Sumter, the stock for which was subscribed a month ago. ?Napoleon Levelle, who killed his ii-J-Pz* mnwlovoi^ VliC TlTtf-lp ruiu cuiu uicaiij .lu.w*v*vavv?, v.? ? ^ in Charleston on Febuarv 17tli, was convicted of murder, and sentenced to be hung September 5. ?One of the census enumerators appointed for Catawba township, York county, claims to have found a negro woman who gave in her age as 114, and is still right spry. ?Steel McLees, the only son of the widow McLees, living ten miles bei j , ? T>,?. I low -cmuersoii, ?as u;u?>iicu u_i ris' Pond on Saturday afternoon. He was caught in a suck hole. ?"Work on the new Cathedral in Charleston is progressing. The arched windows on the west wall have been about finished, and the work is pushing forward all over the building. ?Newberry has been selected as the place of this year's encampment of the Citadel Cadets. The corps will use the grounds of Newberry College?these liavirg been offered for the purpose. ?\fV> T. T, TTflin'a cvf P.Tipsf prfiplrl county, saw a peculiar looking old stump the other day, and after close inspection concluded there must be something in it. He turned the stump over, and in the bottom of it found 93 leather-wing bats. ?The new and handsome building erected by the Masonic fraternity of Anderson was dedicated on Tuesday with imposing ceremonies. -Col. J. A. Hoyt, a Past Master of the lodge there and a Past Grand Master of the State, delivered the dedicatory address. ?TVio mr>ofir>or at. T i a Yin firm on I "Wednesday was attended by about 350 parsons. Speeches were made by Capt. Tillman, Gen. Bratton, Gen. Pope, Col. Marshall, and Col. Gary. Everything passed off quietly. The sentiment of the meeting was strongly with Mi*. Tillman. ?Judges Bond and Simonton, in the United States Court, at Charleston on Wednesday, decided the township railroad bond cases in South Carolina. The suit was brought by fche_Chaiieston, Cincinnati and Chica ?0 Kaiiroad against tne uoston xrusc Company. The validity of the bonds had been attacked by the townships that issued them, but their vali- lity is upheld. ?The Charleston World of Wednesday says: "Soon after the rain and thunder and lightning yesterday, Emd especially after the severe clap of thunder, thousands of dead fish came to the surface on Ashley river. They were of all kinds, large and small, and lined the shore and floated in the stream for a considerable ctistance. The tugs and vessels which had to run up and down the river encountered them in every direction." ?On "Sunday morning, Mr. R. E. Tyler, of Aiten county, met -with a fatal. accident. After harnessing a young pony for the first time to a road cart, he attempted to get in, and got his foot hung in the spring. Ihe pony dashed off and dragged him for some distance. After it was stopped and he was released it was Pound that he was fatally injured, his skull being fractured, with numerous internal and external bruises. He died on Monday morning. A Move Against Chairman Brice. New York, June 25.?There are hints that some influential persons think that Senator Calvin S. Brice would do well to resign his office of Chairman of the Democratic National Committee, and that such a- move would be of considerable advantage to the partj* at large. His railroad and other financial connections and his lukewarm tariff sentiments are given as the reason for making a change desirable. The position of head of the committee is no sinecure, and it may be rather difficult to get any one to fill Mr. Brice's place. While nominally favorable to Mr. Cleveland's renomination and re-election, he has been accused of really favoring the nomination of ex-Secretary William C. WTiitney, although that gentleman has over and over again stated his refusal to be a candidate. Taken with other early indications of the campaign, such a controversy would seem ripe to add a new complication the many now surrounding the Democratic situation here. An Eminent Yonng Georgian. Pof fVilVim-m r\f Aflar>f f.hmlfrh but 34 years of age, is general counsel for the great Richmond Terminal system, which stretches over S,0O0 miles of road. Ee was strongly talked of for president of the system. Mr. Calis a grandson of John C. Calhoun and of General Duff Green who figured m Wasmugion journalism during President Jackson's administration. Both his ancestors were remarkable men, and young Calhoun has the characteristics of both. His advance has been extraordinary. Ten years ago he was poor and just beginning lis law practice. To-day he is a lawyer and railroad attorney 01 tlie first rank, and wealthy, with a creative business capacity of the highest order. ?Dr. J. B. Patrick, a prominent dentist of Rock Hill,died on Monday. He was a native of Charleston. Taking Pleasure in theFuture. Briggsf' "What au eloquent sermon Longwood preached in favor of a belief in a future life. There can be no 4oubt that he is a firm believer in pj/eternity." Bfaggs: "Yes: he thinks that when eternity begins he will have chance to preach as long a sermon as he likes."?Terre Haute Express. s \ 5 . ' rv OKPAII'S STRUGGLE. /> LESSON FROM THE STORY OF NAOMI'S DAUGHTER-IN-LAW JJr. Talmage'ii Striking Sermon on ? Striking Chapter in Bible History. Dr. Talraage took for Lis text on Sunday Ruth, i, 12: "And they lifted up tlieir voice and r.-ept, an Orpah kissed lier mother-in-law, but Ruth cla\*e unto her." Following is the sermon: [ -uoao was a neamen nrnu. - >Tru | is about to leave it and go into tuo land of Bethlehem. She has two daughters-in-law, Ruth and Orpah, who conclude to go with her. Naomi tells them they had better not leave their native land and undertake the hardship of the journey, but they will not be persuaded. They all three started out on their journey. After awhile, Naomi, although she highly prized the company of her two daughters-in-law, attempted again to 4-/% oa IAOIwonco nf pel k>UttU.C tJJLCJUU LKJ &V/ V/J. the hardship and self-denial through which thev would be obliged to go. Ruth responds in the words from which I once discoursed to you: "Entreat me not to leave thee, or to return from following after thee, for where thougoest I will go,.and where thou lodgest I will lodge, thy people shall be my people and thy God my God, where thou diest will I die and there will I be buried, the Lord do so to me and more also if aught but but death part thee and me." Not -j.i. i.?. n?Ti/v.. ,1^ SU VY i LJU uer SIS LCI vi^au. jljlcj. v?.ttemiinatio* had already been shaken. The length and peril of the journey began to appeal her. and she had worshipped the gods of Moab so long that it was hard to give them up. From that point Orpah turned back, the parting described in the words of my text: And they lifted up their voices and wept again, and Orpah kissed her mother-in-law, but Buth clave unto her. $ Learn from this story of Orpah that some of those who do not leave the Moab of their iniquities are persons of fine susceptibility. It was CUiJ-LJJIi&bXUJJ. iUi X^AVUXl. i-LL iltx ! 1.1.1V/ II hood and sorrow that led Orpah to start with her toward Bethlehem. It was not because of any lack of affection for her that she turned back. "We know this from the grief exhibited at parting. I do not know but that she had as much warmth and ardor of nature as Ruth, but she lacked the courage and persistence of her sister. That there are many with as fine susceptibility as Orpah who will not take up their cross and follow Christ, is a truth which need^ but little demonstration. Man}- of those who have become the followers of Jesus have but very little natural impressibility. Grace often takes hold of the hardest heart and the most unlovely character and tarrsforms it. It is a hammer that breaks rocks. In this OVmsf, often shows His uowers. It I wants but little generalship to conquer a flat country, but might of artillery and heroism to take a fort manned and ready for raking cancniiade. The great Captain- of our salvation has forced his way into many an armed castle. I doubt not that Christ could have found many a fisherman naturally more noblehearted than Simon, Peter, but there was no one by whose conversion He could more gloriously have mag niged His grace. The conversion of a score of Johns would not have illustrated the power of the Holy Ghost as much as the conversion of one Peter. It would have been easier to drive twenty lambs like John into the fold than to tame one lion like Peter. God has often made some of His most efficient servants out of men naturally unimpressionable. As men take stiff and unwieldy timbers, and under husre-handed machinery bend them into the hulk of great ships, thus God has often shaped and bent into His service the most unwieldly natures, while those naturally impressionable are still in their unchanged state. Oh, how many, like Orpah, have warm affections and yet never become Christians? Like Orpah, they know how to weep, but they do not know how to pray. Their fineness of feeling leads them into the friendships of the world, but not in communion with God. They can love everybody but Him, who is altogether lovely. All other sorrow rends their heart, but they are untouched by the woes of a -1*- ?*noirB -fills; \.l\ Vili V?WVI livnw w^v^-^s-. with excitement, but the glad tidings of great joy and salvation stir not their soul. Anxious to do what is right, yet they rob God. Grateful for the slightest favors, they make no return to Him who wrung out the last drop of blood from His heart to deliver them from going down to the pit. They would weep at the door of " 4-1-w rx *-* ? o Tti/.lrArl />on. ZL j^Jl'ldUJUL clL L11U ?3J?JUU Vi <* >y Avjok^v*. k/vu^j tire in chains, but no compassion for their own souls, over which satan, like a grim jailer, holds the lock and key. "When repulsive, grasping, unsympathetic natures resist the story rvf ft S? L-innr'si 1nvf>_ if, floes not excite our surprise; but it is among the greatest of wonders that so many firho exhibit Orpah's susceptibility also exhibit Orpah's impenitenc.y. We are not surprised that there is barrenness in a desert, but a strange thing is it that sometimes the Rose of Sharon will- not grow in a garden. On a summer morning we are not surprised to and a rock without any dew on it but if, going among a flock of lilies, we saw in them no glittering drops, would say, "What foul sprite has been robbing these vases?*' We are not surprised that Herod did not become a Christian, but how strange that the young man Jesus loved for his sweetness ^of temper clinnlr! i-iof VmvA Invprl f lip Tiedeemer. Hard-hearted Felix trembled, proud Nebuchadnezzar repented, and cruel Manasseh turned unto tlie Lord, but many a nature, affectionate and gentle, has fought successfully against divine influences. Many a dove has refused to come in the window of the ovl- olfVirmcrV. finrH710 nn rpfif. for flip sole of her foot. Again, the history of Orpah irapres- i ses upon me the truth that there arc ! many who make a good starting, but after awhile change their minds and turn back. When these three mourners start from their htffhe in Moab there is as much probability tliat Orpah will reach Bethlehem as that her sister liuth and her mother-inlaw, Naomi, will arrive there. But while these continue in the journey they commenced, Orpah after awhilegets discouraged and turns back This is the history of many a soul. Perhaps it was during a revival of religion they resolved upon a Christian life, and made preparations to leave Moab. Before that tliey were indifferent to the sanctuary, churches were necessary evils. The minister ahnost always preached poor sermons, because they had not the heart to hear them. They thought the bread iv,'is not good because then appetite was poor, llelig'on did very well for invalids and the aged, but they had no desire for it. Suddenly a change came upon tlieir soul. They JLUUlill LJJLUb Ill US b ijss LlWIiU. Every night there was a thorn in their pillow. There was a gall in their wine. They found that their pleasures were only false lights of a swamp that rise out of decay and death. Losing their self-control they were startled by their own prayer, "God be merciful to me a sinner.v They rli/I nr?f. onennfl if Ivtif +V10 TTril-c V4AW XAW AVJ ?s/UU IIUV -LLV4J Ghost was in their soul. Without thinking what they were doing they brushed the dust off their family Bible. The ground did not feel as firm under them nor did the air seem as bright. They tried to dam back the flood of their emotions, but the attempt failed, and' they confessed then' anguish of soul before they meant to. The secret was out. They wanted to know what they mast do ' to be saved. Alas! Alas! Starting out for heaven is a very different tiling from arriv- | ing there. Remember Lot's wife. ( She looked back with longing to the . place from which she came, and was 1 destroyed. Half way between Sodom , and the City of Refuge that strange ! storm comes upon her, and its salt ! and brimstone gather on her garments until they are so stiffened she ! cannot proceed, nor can she he down, . because of this dreadful wrapping around her garments and limbs; and long after her life has gone she still ' stands there so covered up by the ' strange storm that she is called a ' pillar of salt as some sailor on ships ( "in irrinf vrr tfimruief o+Q-n/^o I 1 AAA tUV I f i.U UJL J U *-> tULUVAO WIViV/U with a mail of ice. Ten thousand 1 times ten thousand men have been ' destroyed half way between Sodom < and the City of Refuge. Orpah \ might as well never have started as i afterwards to turn back. Yet multi- ' tudes have walked in her footsteps. < Go among those the least interested j in sacred things and you will find that < they were once out of the land of ' Moab. Every one of them prayed : right heartily and studied their Bi- i Dies; arid irequenteu tne sanctuary, but Lot's wife looked back wistfully 1 to Sodom, and Orpah retreated ] from the company of Ruth, and Naomi. ( it is an impressive thought that af- 1 ter Orpali had gone so far as ac- 1 tually to look over into the land of 1 Bethlehem she.tumed back and died < in Moab. 1 We talk about taking up the cross ' and following Jesus, but that cross ! is not half so heavy as the burden 1 which the sinner carries. It is a very * solemn thing to be a Christian, but 1 it is a more solemn thing not to be a ? Christian. There are multitudes : who, afraid of the self-denials of the < Christian, rush into the harder self- ' denials of the unbeliever. No voke 1 but Christ's, however tight and gall- 1 ing! Orpah goes back to her idola- ^ tries, but she returns weeping; and all 1 who follow her will find the same 1 sorrow. Just in proportion as gos- j pel advantages have been numerous } will be the disturbance of the heart that will not come to Christ. Again: This subject teaches that a religious choice and the want of it ' frequently divide families. Ruth and ' Orpah. and Naomi were tenderly attached. They were all widows, and ! their life had been consecrated by a Krt Tn A A^ A! ! Ua.ptlOUJL KJX LCOd O. JLI i l/JLLC ULJ. C UJL IUXOl their affections had been forged. To- gether they were so pleasantly uni- | ted, you can hardly imagine them ^ separated. Yet a fatal line is drawn 1 dividing them from each other, per- 1 haps forever. Naoini cannot live in ! a heathen country. She must go into Bethlehem, that there among the ' pious she may worship the true God. 1 Rutli makes a similar choice, but Orpah rebels. ''And they lifted up their voice and wept a train, and Or pah kissed lier mother-in-law, but ; Ruth clave unto her." The history of this family of Elimelech is the 1 history of many families of this day. How often it is that in a circle of relatives, while they look alike, and walk alike, and talk alike, there is a tremendous difference. Outwardly united in the affectional relations of this life, they are separated in the most important respect. Some now are the children of the light, and oth ers the children ol darimess. These are alive in Christ, and those are dead in sin. Ruth in the land of Bethlehem, Orpah in Moab. Of the same family are David and Solomon, worshippers of the most High God, and Adonijah and Absalom, who live and die the enemies cf all righteousness. Belonging to the same family was the holy and devout Eli, and the reckless Phineas, and Hophni. Jonathan Edwards, the good, and Pierrepoint Edwards, the bad, belong- to tlie same family. Aaron Burr, the dissolute, had a Most excellent, father. Dying, yet immortal hearer, by the solemnity of the parental, and filial, and conjugal relation, by the sacredness of the family hearth, by the honor of the family name, by the memory of departed kindred, I point out this parting of Kuth and Orpah. Again: This subject suggests to me two of the prominent reasons why people refuse the kingdom of Christ. There may have been many other reasons why Orpali left her sister and mother-in-law and went 1 7- ? XI ? UltUA. JLLUJLU^ UUL LL1CIV ?C4.C L?U ICtt' sons which I think were more prominent than the rest. She had been brought up in idolatries. She loved the heathen gods which her ancestars had worsliiped, [and, though these blocks of wood and stone could not. hear, she thought they could hear. and. thoush thev could not see. she thought they could see, and j though they could not feel, she thought they could feel. -A new reli- i gion had been brought tcj her attention. She had married ^jgodly man.f She must often have heard her mother-in-law talk of the God of Isreal. She was so much shaken iii her original belief that she concluded to leave her idolatries, but, coming to the margin of the land of Bethlehem, her determination failed her, and speedily she returned to her gods. This is the very reason vrhy multitudes of pCliMJJUd JULCVC1 UCCUiJLlt; They cannot bear to give up their gods. Bnsiness is the American Juggernaut that crushes mare men than the great car of the Hindoos. To it they say their morning and evening prayers. A little of Christ's religion may creep into tlie Sabbath, but Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday are tie days devoted to this American idol. Every hour there is a sacrifice on the altar. Home duties, health of body, manly strength and immortal affections must all bum in this holocaust. Men aci as though they could take their bonds and mortgages,and saws, and trowels, and axes, and day DooKs, Witn them mto the kingdom of heaven. There are men who have no unholy thirst for gold, yet who are devoting themselves to their worldly occupations with a ruinous intensity. Men of the stock exchange, men of the yardstick, men of the saw, men of tlie trowel, men of the day-book, what will become of you if unf or given, in the great day when there are no houses to build, and no goods to sell, and no bargains to make? It is possible to devote oneself even to a lawful calling until it becomes sinful. There is no excuse on earth or under the earth for the neglect of our deathless spirit. Lydia was a seller of purple, yet she did not allow her extensive occupation to keep her from becoming a Christian. Daniel was secretary of state and attorneygeneral in the -empire of Babylon, and yet three times a day he found i* 1 _ * _ _ . j _ a: nine to pray wun ms iace tow ards Jerusalem. The man who has no time to attend to religion will have do !}ime to enter heaven. But there are others who, while their worldly pccupatioi has no particular fascination over them, are entirely absorbed in the gains that come to that occupation. This is the worship of Mammon. The ring of dollars and cents is the only litany they ever utter. Though in the last day the earth itself will not be worth r> -Poy+Vn-ncr o T?cor\ /vP oallc>a ffor-orl a i.u>i cm vj. uuntvvivu in the Aihirlwind, they are now giving their time and eternity for the acquisition of so much of it as you might at last hold in the hollow of Dne hand. The American Indian who gava enough land to make a state out of for a string of beads, made a princely bargan compared with the speculation of that man who gains the whole world and loses bis own soul. How much comfort do the men take who died unforeiven ben years ago, leaving large fortunes to their heirs'? Do they ever come up to count the gold they hoarded or walk through the mansion's they built"? Though they could have bought an empire, they have not now is much money as you have this moment in your pocket. Solomon looked upon his palace and the grounds surrounding it, pools rimmed with jold, and circling roads along which, it times, rushed his fourteen hundred chariots, while under the outbranching sycamores and cedars the apes and peacocks, which by the navy of Hiram had been brought from Tarshish, and from the window mn4o*!"no nrnlrl on/1 L/UJL 1/CULUO Ml UJLL CUlk/i ?V1U CW-H.4. purple through which came out the thrill of harps and psalteries mingling with the song of the waters. When Solomon saw that all these luxuries or sight and sound had been purchased by his wealth, he broke forth in the exclamation, ^^rnnciT imctrovptli nil fln'noQ "Rnf. sre cannot receive it as literal. It sannot still the voice of conscience, [t cannot drown the sorrows of the soul. It cannot put a bribe in the laand. of death. It cannot unlock the jate of Heaven, The tower of SiLoam fell and killed eighteen of its admirers, but this idol to whose worship the exchanges and banks and custom houses of the world have been dedicated, will fall and crush to death its thousands. But I cannot enumerate the idolatries to which men give themselves, They are kept by them from a religious life. "Ye cannot serve God and Mammon," tmd the first thing that Christ does when He comes into the temple of the soul is to drive out the exchanges. But it was not only the gods of Moab that made Orpah leave her sister and mother-in-law. She doubtless had a dread of the hardship to which, they would be exposed on the journey to Bethlehem; and Orpah was not alone in the fear. Doubtless some of you have been appalled and driven back by the self-denials of the christian life. The aunt of the world the charge of hypocrisy which they would sometimes be obliged to confront, has kept many away from the land of Bethlehem. They spend their life in counting the cost and, A /I ATA11 /I O OA & UJJULID1/ittJLL JLJLL^ UCULULLLliO OV much courage and faith, they dare not begin to build. Perhaps they are courageous in every other respect. They are not timid in presence of any danger except that of trusting -1. - ? rcu.rriu? m tue limmie umivy ui villus u. xiiu sheep are more afraid of the shepherd than of tlie wolves. They shrink away from the presence of Christ as though He were a tryant rather than a friend who sticketh closer than a brother. They feel more safe in the j ranks of the enemy, where they must suffer infinite defeat, than in the j army of Christ, which shall be more than conquerors, through him that Vinf.Vi Invprl fVipm HTgti shiver and tremble before religion as though they were commanded to throw their life away, as though it were a surrender of honor and manliness, and reason and self-respect, and all that is worth keeping. What lias God ever done that His mercy should be doubted? Was there ever a sorrow of His frailest child that He did not pity? Was there ever a soul that He leftunhelped in the darkness? Was there ever a martyr that He did not strengthen in the flanes? Was there ever a dyine man to whose-relief He did not come at the cry of -'Lord Jesus receive my spirit?" Aye, my soul, : \ . . r ?* -ft. ^ what has God done that so basely thou hast doubted him? Did He make the whole earth a desert"? Are all the skies dark and storm-swept? Is life all sickness? Is the air .all plague? Are there nothing but rods and scorpions and. furnaces? God knew how many suspicions and unbeliefs men would entertain in regard to him and therefore, after making a multitude of plain and precious promises, He -places His hand on His own hesrt and swears by His own existence: "As I live, saith the Lord God, I have no pleasure in thy death." "Why then fight against G?d? This day the battle rages. Thou art armed with thj sins, thy ingratitude, thy neglects, and Christ is armed against thee, but His weapons are tears, are calls to mercy, and the battlecry which He this day sends over thy soul as he rushes towards the is " save thee from going down to the pit for I nave iound a ransom." I would not envy thy victory. 0 hearer, if thou dost conquer for what wilt thou do with the weapons thou has snatched from the armed Redeemer, what with the tears, what with his dying agonies, what with His calls for mercy? Would V" VVA VUUll M VUXVl gvt UUVU Vi Moab! Would God that Orpah would go to Bethlehem. THE STATE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEEImportant Action of the Body, Touching the Pending: Campaign. At the meeiing of the Democratic State Executive Committee, lield in Columbia on Wednesday night, the following resolutions were adopted: "Resolved, That a convention of the Democratic party of South Carolina is hereby called to meet in the i hall of the House of Representatives i in the city of Columbia oil Wednes- i day, tlie 13th day of August, at 12 < m., for the sole and exclusive purpose of determining whether delegates to ; the State nominating convention to : be held on the 20th day of September : thereafter, shall be elected by a primary election to be held on a day certain throughout the State, and for no other purpose whatsoever; and the ] number of delegates to be elected by each County shall be equal to double ; the number of representatives in each ; branch of the General Assembly to which each county is entitled." ' Resolved, That the call for a State nominating convention hereto- , fore ordered to meet in Columbia on September 10th, be and the same is ' hereby confirmed." . "Resolved, That the several conn- ; ties of the State be earnestly request- ; ec not to elect delegates to the Sep tember convention until the question , of electing by primary election is determined." A sub-committee was appointed to j prepare and distribute "such printed matter as they may consider wise and proper." The sub-committee ; comprises. Colonel Hoyt, Secretary Jones, and Messrs. C. S. McCall, John C. Haskell and J. E. Boggs. Shoting Affray in Colombia. Columbia, S. C., June 19.?At ten minutes after six o'clock this even ingseven or eight pistol shots were ; fired in qoick succession in front of the Opera House in Main Street, and then two men were seen grappling. : They were Dr. W. W. Ray, of Con- ' garee, this county, and Trial Justice ; F. H. Weston, recently appointed. ; The men are cousins and both are J young. Weston was shot in the left side and left thigh. Ray got a scalp ; wound. The firing was at close 1 J."L ' i JLdJLlfcje, LiitJ CUiiJ.UilLciiJ.Lo UtMJJJ^ gUUlUMi within aim's length. The trouble is : reported to be over a private matter. ; ?Professor F. N. Crouch, the composer of Kathleen Mavouraeen, is ' nearly 90 years of age, but was able to march in the procession at the ; unveiling of the Lee monument at Richmond. THE PALMETTO FIBREA Possibly Xew Indnstry for the Palmetto State?What the Government is Doing to Encouragc New Invention#. Some clays ago an interview was published in tlie News and Courier with Mr. Charles Richards Dodge, a special agent of the Government in : the Agricultural Department. Mr. Dodge lias been making a study of fibre, ramie, jute, palmetto, etc. While here he called on Dr. Panknin, who, as is well-known, is the inventor of the only ' perfect decorticating method known. "Some questions have been asked as to what is the use of palmetto fibre. This fibre is about to be manufactured in Florida in numerous places. Two uses are made of the fibres. From the tree is made a long ligheous product which is used instead of hair in compounding the ordinary plastering for walls. It is said to have the special advantage over hair that it cn.-n hn p&silvwTnlfi used on tlie wall and it will not stick to the trowel and fall out in whole sections of plaster. The other fibre is made from the 'boots' of the tree, the sl umps of the old leaves. This fibre : is short and is made into door mats, etc., etc. There is plenty of palmetto in South Carolina if one wants to make a trial." There are a great many other things which have been suggested in the News and Courier for the manufacture of bagging, okra stalks, etc. Dr. Panknin said yesterday that he understood that a bill would be passed by Congress in aid of discov-! I < 111 "IT erers ana inventors 01 vaiuaDie auditions to the commercial fibres. It is not unlikely that the ramie cultivators and inventors will get, and "will; deserve, the consideration and assistance of the Government. Everybody in South Carolina who discovers something in this line will doubtless receive encouragement from Congress. Mr. Dodsre said when he was here that the United States paid out at least $25,000,000 annually for things that could be produced in the United States, and that it was within the scope of his work to see how best that ?25,000.000 could be saved to the consumers.?News and Courier. ?John Russell Young has resumed the managing editorship of the New ? Yerk Herald. HURRAH FOR HEMPHILL HE STANDS UP IN CONCRESS AND DOES STRAIGHT TALKINGLodge Makes a Labored Effort in Behalf of His Infamous Scheme?Hemphill's Splendid Argument?Other Speeches. Tlie debate in the Lodge election V?ill /?/YmiYt?vn/>a<3 in flio TTnnco nn'Threi' day. Lodge made the opening' speech, urging the measure as necessary, just, wise and constitutional.' Hemphill, of South Carolina, fol lowed, beginning witli an' argument to demonstrate the unconstitutional nature of the bill, that Congress should not interfere with the returns. He read of the legislative declarations in the past by the States of New York, Ohio and New Jersey against congressional usurpation of ths right to conduct elections. He declared that this was not a national bilL It was sectional. Under the provisions of the first section some portions of the United States would be under the supervision of from two to five supervisors according to the respective size of the congressional and judicial districts. He could conccive of no honest purpose for such provision. It could have no effect but to place the people of some districts between the .upper and nether millstones. As to the terms under which the law was to go into effect (petition' of a limited number of . persons,) why was it so limited' if it was a good thing'? The law should be universally applied. Why was it that this very complicated and unsatisfactory provision was put in unless there was an intention'to put the yoke on some portions of the people of this country and allow others to do as they saw fit"? He called for an explanation, of that provision. Now suppose the United States Courts were corrupted and from the amount of corruption reported by the gentleman from Massachusetts it might safely be inferred that one-half of the people were unworthy of trust, that they were to be watched as criminals or ticket of leave men. Suppose that the supervisor were to turn to a Democrat. H3 bad a life tenure and could not be removed. That hadn't occurred to the gentleman from 'Massachusetts. This was a measure.to rob them of their dearest rights. He had marched before the glittering bayonets of United States soldiers to cast his ballot. Troops of soldiers had been sent to his town, and every soldier had cawi. a ballot for Greeley, i The result was that the party had a bigger majority than it had ever had in any Presidential election. Under this system^which it was proposed to revive, the people of the South had been robbed by picked villains of the North, backed up by the bayonets of the United States army. The South didn't want to be caught m t&at position . again. "We," Hemphill continued, ".know that we must either rule that country or leave it. Now for myself, before the people of the United States and' before God, in all reverence, I swear we will not leave it. (Applause.) It is the home of our fathers. There their bones lie buried. They bought it with their blood when Concord and Lexington were the battle fields of this country. They have handed if flown fcn ns rmimraired and. sren tlemen, are we not our fathers' sons? Shall the blood first turn back in our veins? Shall we transmit to the coming generations a great and noble State which has been overruled and down trodden by those who God never intended should rule over us? I don't hesitate to say the colored man has as many rights as I have, but he can't have his rights and mine too, and this law is intended to pat him again in control of the Southern States?intended to waken their prejudices which are fast dying out?intended to bring about again that (wnxtrinf, irritation and clash between tlie two colors in the South which will retard its growth and which will be the destruction of the joys of human life."1 Hemphill then read from a recent address by ex-Governor Chamberlain of South Carolina. Republican, in Boston to show what a former Governor and Republican thought of the negro situation in the South. He knew it was useless to reason with certain men in the North. They did not want to and would net believe anything the South might say. But there were many people in the country who * 1* 1 A? - 1- _ T .3 j_ loeiieve in nonesiy ana ne iiau noi doubted that "when we pass back of pohtics and get to the great body of the American people and have stated to them honestly and fairly the truth as to the Southern country and the black man in it; when they have understood the whole facts and have come to a conclusion, I have no doubt they will render an honest and righteous verdict, and whatever that verdict may be, as common citizen of a common country I pledge the people of the South to accent it as the final ?-i-il i ii.;. vli aXUlU'HIUUHb Ul UUS piUUitrill, and relying upon Kim who is the God of Justice we will go forward in the great work of life before us and endeavor to perform our whole duty to this country honestly, patriotically. J faithfully.". Hemphill was loudly applauded'by the Democrats as he sat down and all oi tnem pressea I or war a tocongraiulate him. Rowell, of Illinois, said after the presentation of the case by Lodge the Republican side might well affordto rest the debateand after the eloquent closing of the speech of Hemphill both sides of the House ought to cry aloud for the passage of the bill, .but lie proceeded to speau: at length, asserting that the necessity for the bill arose chiefly from the condition of affairs in the South, and upon being challenged for specification by Southern members he gave instances in Alabama, Georgia, Mississippi and Arkansas. His assertions were^ disputed by gentlemen from tiiese states so constantly ana stubbornly that at times two or more members would be speaking at once. T> 11 1 L ,1 1 i. U - A xwweii. uuwever, neiu tut: iiuui ujliu abated nothing of the sweeping nature of his charges. Lehlbach, of Xc>v ,T-.rsey, Republican, said Ke could not favor the legislation. He admitted the condil Si - j tion of elections in many parts of the country would seem to justify the passage of such a measure. He had no doubt frauds were perpetrated to a certain extent both North and South. It would,, however, in his opinion be worse not to let the people of the several States regulate their own elections. [Loud Democratic applause.] The moral sentiment of 4*V> /~i wahI/5 CJU.^ J clJULVJl CUUVaWVU TYVUAU bring about tlie same results, and relief then would be permanent The bill was not general and uniform. He questioned the right to make a law applicable in some States 2nd not in others. It should be uniformly applicable and.not dependent upon the petition of any number of citizens. United States supervisors were to be ; appointed and supervisors, experience had shown, were liable, like others. to seek to influence elections ih?ir own way. He thought the law would bring about a conflict of authority between election officers chosen by the people and those appointed by the "United States Judge and this might bring about a deplorable state of affairs. The law could not be enforced when' moral sentiment was so low as to favor corrupt elections and when that sentiment was elevated the law would be unnecessary. / ^ Tucker, of Virginia, opposed the j bill specifically and generally. He claimed that it gave supervisors the / l i j.j. x"L. - t i_: iiKxiL lu uerenmue me quaimcauujus of electors, a right reserved by the I Constitution to the States. REPUBLICANS SNUBBEDHow Ex-Congressman Smalls, Miller and. Cunningham Were Treated by Wanamaker. Washington, June26.?Postmaster General Wanamaker is said not to be making many friends for the administration among the colored people. The colored politicians wno come here from the Southern States are particularly displeased with-Mr. Wanamaker and aocuse him of gross incivility towards them on numerous " occasions. A few days ago three South , Caroliau. Republicans, one white and two colored, called at Ihc Postoffice Department to consult ilr. Wanamakex on the subject *of changing the Democratic postmaster at Charleston in favor of a colored Republican. The South Carolinatrio consistel of oi-C>Dgrcssman Bob Smalls, now Collector of Cus- p toms at Beaufort; Tom Miller, contestant for Congressman Elliott's seat in Congress from the Seventh South Carolina District, and United Oi-i? i /i : ouues i?xarsiuu. yiuiui.jiyiin.LLL, uuc ut tho wealthiest aud most popular white Republicans in Soatii Carolina. ? Miller was a little shy about calling / 31 upon the i&stmster General because of former experiences. However, Smalls insisted it was desirable that they should make an effort in behalf of their colored brother, Crum who is an applicant for the Charleston postmastership. Arriving at the door leading to Mr. Wanamaker's office, they were informed they must send in their cards . before obtaining admission to the innai> T'hiQ WSQ lively terms Ti>y Smalls. In spite .of protests, however, he jand-fiis^ompanions wei;e obliged to cool their , <m heels in the Saifway for more than. half an hour. ^Finally Mr. Wanama- ^... . % ter appeared at the doorway of his X*^ office, and the South Carolina contingent arose, expecting to be invited to "walk into my parlor.1' In this they were disappointed, for Mr.Wanamaker stood directly in the door- ^ way, and informed his callers that they might unburden themselves then and there. Miller promptly remarked that he had no business with the Postmaster-General, and was there simply to accommodate his r 1 ^ mi.. 1 menu ottihi is. jLiit; latter uuaogcu to stammer out something about the ' Charleston postoffice, but was choked off with an emphatic declaration that the present postmaster is con- ? r"? ducting the affairs of that office in a ~ manner highly. satisfactory to the business people of Charleston, and a change at this time is not. deemed advisable. Smalls was disposed to argue the question, but Mr. "Wanamaker cut him short by intimating : that if he did not like the ruling of the Postoffice Department on this subject lie migilt appeal to tiie ?Tesident. Overcome with rage and mortification, Smalls and bis companions withdrew, the former vowing that he would go directly to the President and complain of Wan a maker's treatment. Miller who is more diplomatic because of his pending contest . suggested that the President would probably sustain the action of the Postmaster-General. and in that event a trip to the "White House would simply be a double-barreled rebuff. . Miller therefore declined, to call upon the President.?Baltimore Sun. A DELUCE AT DUBUQUE. A City Smitten by an Electrical Storm ? Rain at the K^te of az Inch an Hoar. Dubuque, Iowa., June 26.?An electrical storm struck Dubuque Tuesday morning two inches of rain fell in two hours and the wind blew forty miles per hour down town and on the hills with greater velocity. The lightning and thunder were terrible and incessant. Many families sought refuge in cellars, fearing a l/J ClUilC. -UJ. XVVA/AUlUVy T WVM.WM of the city, the flood carried away bridges and drove the people to the hills for safety. At Thompson's Mill drowned cattle and horses were swept through the first story .windows of Mr. Titzigs residence and the family sougM refuge on the hills. The bridge at Washington Mills, on the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Kailway, went down with a crash. x On the Illinois Central two bridges were washed away between Dubuque ^ TnKnn on/1 AHA -f/mf /vf fMot*TrOPO tu-i-U. ouiicu oujlv4. uvv avw va mwvu tivi.v washed out near Farley. The Chicago, St. Paul & Kansas City Railway was washed out for forty miles west and north of Dubuque and the road has not been in operation except east of Dubuque. In the city the damase done was great. Many houses in the upper part of the city are flooded with water. The damage done in this county is estimated at over A ?100.000. ,/f - . ^ ' ajM