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W~ R A Sl-IiMOX OX i>ABYLOX, Ms nisrniirsr !-rp/ir,h? n ^mnday jam. 25. BY DR. 7ALN1AGE. A t?i 2i)>bi<- i)escri ption oi iiu: "\V? ??:<!? i > <>! this Ancif Tit !*iss:u? City?sosi^ Tlutt Should 1><* lleidcil Jo Drawn fr:ji2i J! *? I'ulU BROOKLYN, .Jan. 25.? I Jr. preach'J d Iho following1 sermon it; is liiU7in;i5: :a u:r -k.cuui;u;j> ui ^ this city, and he repeated it to-night at The Christian Ik-raid service in the jS'ew York Academy ol' Music. I lis text was Jennie!, v. Hi): "In th:it night was I>elsha/.zer. the king of the Chaldeans, slain.'* ? After the site of Habvlon had been selected. two million of men v/ere employed for the construction of the wall and the principal works. The walls of the city were sixty miles in circumference. They were surrounded by a trench, out of which had been dug the material for the construction of the; city. There were twenty-five gates of solid brass on each side of the square j city. Between every two gates a great tower sprang up into the heavens. From each oi the twenty-live gates on j either side a street ran st raight through I to the gate on the other side, so that there were fifty streets, each fifteen miles ion?, which save tothecitvan appearance of wonderful regularity. I The houses did not join each other | on the ground, and between them were gardens ana shrubbery. From housetop to housetop bridges swung, over which the inhabitants were accustomed | to pass. A branch of the Euphrates | went through the city, over which a i bridge of marvelous structure was j thrown, and under wnich a tunnel ran. , To keep the river from overflowing the city in time offresjjet. a great hike i V was arp^Bted the surplus, in i the water kept as in a reservoir 1 nr>1i! rin>p? nf rirnnohf when it. wms ! sent streaming down over the thirsty i land. A palace stood at each end of j the Euphrates bridge: one palace a! mile and three-quarters in compass, and the other palace seven and a half miles in circumference. The wife of Nebuchadnezzar, having: been brought up among the mountains of Media, could not stand it in this Hat country of l?abylon. and so to please her Nebuchadnezzar had a mountain Jour hundred feet high built in the midst of the city. This mountain was surrounded by terraces, for the* support of which great arches were lifed. On the top of ? these arches Hat stones were laid; then a layer of reeds and bitumen; then two rows of bricks, closely cemented; then thick sheets ol lead, upon wnicn the | soil was placed. The earth here de- i posited was so deep that the largest trees had room to anchor their roots. All the glory of the llowery tropics was spread out at that tremendous height, until it must have seemed to ; one below as though the clouds were all in blossom, and the very sky leaned on the shoulder of the cedar. At the top an engine was constructed which drew the water from the Euphrates, far below, and made 11 spout up amid this garden of the skies. All this to please his wife* 1 think she must have been pleased. In the midst of this city stood also the temple of lJelus. One of its towers was one-eighth of a mile high, and on the lop of it an observatory, which] gave the astronomers great advantage, j as, being at so great ;t height, one I pnsiln t.iik with the stars. This j temple was full of cups and statues and [ censers, all of gold. One iigure weighed t a thousand Babvieiiish talents, which [ would be equal to lifty-two million dollars. All this by day: but now niirht was about to come down on Babylon. The shadows of her two hundred anu { titty towers began to lengthen. The Euphrates roiled on, touched by the! lierv splendors of the setting sun. and ! gates of brass, burnished and glittering, opened and shut like doors of tlame. The hanging gardens of iiaby Jen, wet with the heavy dew, begun to pour from starlit flowers and dripping leaf a fragrance for many miles around. The streets and squares were lighted tor dance and frolic and promenade. The theatres and galleries of art invited the wealth and pomp and gran deur of the city to rare entertainments. Scenes of riot and wassail were mingled in every street; godless mirth, and outrageous excess, aud splendid wicked?? ness came to the king's palace to do their mightest deeds of darkness. A royal feast to-night at the king's ! palace!" Hushing up to the gates are chariots, upholstered with precious! cloths frem Deuan and drawn by fire { eyed hors?s from Togarmah, that rear an'd neigh in the grasp of the chariot, eers, while a thousand lords dismountar.d women dressed in all the splendors ot" Syrian emerald, and the color blending of agate, and the chasteness of coral, and the princely embroideries brought from afar by camels across the desert, and by shins from Tarshish across the sea. Onen wide the ffatps and let the guests come in. The chamberlains | and cup bearers are all ready. I lurk to the rustle of the robes and to the carol of the music! Seethe blaze of the jewels! Lift the banners. Fill the cups. Clap the cymbals, ISlow the trumpets. Let the night go by with I song and dance and ovation; and let mat i;aoyionisn tongue ne p.usieu mm ? will not* say. "Oh, King litlshazzar, | Jive forever!" Ah! my friends, it was not any com- > rv.oa banquet to which these great peo-1 pie came. All parts of the earth had j sent t heir richt-st viands to that table. Jiraekots and chandeliers Hashed their light upon tankards of burnished gold. 1 Fruits, ripe r.nd luscions, iu baskets of silver, entwined with leaves, plucked [ from royal conservatories. Vases, inlaid with emerald and ridged with ex-1 quisite traceries, filled with nuts that j were thrashed from forests of distant 1 lands. Wine brought fr?ui the royal j rats, foaming in the decanters and bubbling in the chalices. Tufts of i cassia and frankincense wafting their | sweetness ftum wall and table. Gor-j - geous banners unfolding in the breeze j that came through the opened window, j bewitched with the perfume of hanging gardens. Fountains rising up from inclosures of ivorv in iets of crvs tal, to full in clattering rain of diamonds and pearl?. Statues of' L lnightr men looking down from niches j r 5>: the ^a!l upon croTrr.s aud shields 1'ivujrht from suhdued empire?. Idols I id wonderful work, "danding <>n pedes- j tals of prec.ovis stones. Krul?rcidories drooping about the windows and wrap-; pirjc piliars <. " cedar, and drifting on | door inlaid will, ivory a?:d a,i,ratv. | Mu.'ic. :ni::?r:in'* *!:: Thrniis of hums. I anil the "kiv: of eyiiib.'ils, ir.tl th?* bittsi j of tiuMiit-is In on'.' wave of transport J that vani th:- wall.; am: brtalhing am^Dg the g.triantls, j f!;d pouring ?iowu the corri*i??r>, nn<! j thriila.'g th- of a 11-::T".ii i' 45 voters. Thf- is given. ami thf- lordsj ami h-.uk-s, ilis- mighty men and wu- i men i f i h( come around the t d>le. j I'our out the wine. Let'fonm ami bub- i bit* kiss the rim! Hoist every one his j cup. and drink to the sentiment. "Oh. King JJelshazzar. live forever!" ik'stMrreii JiMisrJ nii?l CMri"in* beauty gleam to the uplifted chalices, its again and again ar.tl again they are emptied. Away with care from the palace! Tear royal dignity to tatters! i'cur out more wine! Give us more Jight, wilder music, sweeter perfume! Lord shouts to lord, captain ogles to captain. Goblets clash, decanters rattle. There comes in the vile song, and the drunken hiccough, and the slavering lip, ard the guffaw of idiotic; laughter, bursting from the lips of princes, flushed, " reeling, bloodshot: while mingling with it rll I hear, ^ v. "Huzza! huzza! for great Beishazzar!" What is that on the plastering of the I wail? Is it a .T-ii'it 'r i it- : j ic?;:i!!.s t '*.? v.'; !i, . ir< ahout ;:s . ; thOi;-"h jf v:c.v;\ ; n > I ll.r-a. v. ilh sliar-j i::- en^ravt-.s on thr-! oia.-t'-ririg Tof ih<t king. Tin; : I music slop j. *ih<*?robi?-t i'alia ?*ro::i t j p.frv'-ieto Lfrusp. 'i'iierv is a lhri'1. I ; Tiiriv is a star?. Tlicrcis a.thousand ; voiced siirick oi'horror. Let ilarlrl j I be brought ia ). ? rea-.! that, writing, j j II-' ;-s in. lie r&ids it. "Weighed j ; tii- balancv and fc;u::d wanliog. * j i M"rinv.h]!e t!^1 Assyrians, who for; j two ' ;::v h:td i. \i*l? rifig" '.< l?:i f city. t'">ok <l?.!v::":l:?Cro of fha- cr.rors<il ! | i:>. : hev.r lift l''-et <-'i the] i co:io':-":"orii oa the stair*'.. Mas- j : sacn* rtsshc:- ir wit :ia thousand giea.M- j i ing knives. I .'cat!1 hursts i:pnr: th!.*? f sccir*, an;! I .ch*!t H;c <ioor of that bar ! hail, i'or I rlo not want to look. Th??ff.- i=? nothing there : t :t ten ban-; ; :u.tx. :?s;d brokt'ri v.-a.n*.r thv: j 1 ?5l:wh i.f nnsef. t^Tiharfls. and thr blood I of murdwd Wvmn:. and the ki viced i [and tumbled cv.rea:?s of a <'<a'! king.! j For that night was lJelshfr/zar. the ! ; king of the Chaldeans, sl-'ii | I go on to learn that when God ! atIit-? anything op fho wn.Il. a man had bettor lvad it- ;is ii: is. l>an!ei cii<i not 1 misinterpret or modify the handwrit[ ing on the wall. It is all foolishness l to expect a minister of the (j'ospcl to i preach always things that the people ; like or the people choose. Young uien : what shall I preach to you to-night? 'Shall I tell you of the r.onders that ' oar raee has accomplished? "Oh, no!" iyou say: "tell me the message that ! came from God." I will. If there is , any handwriting on the wall it is this ; lesson. "Accept of Christ and be ' saved!" I might talk of a xreat many other things, but that is the message, ; and *o I oeclar.*- if.. Jesus never flattered those to wham | he preached. He said to those who did wrong and who were offensive in his sight, "Ye generation of vipers! ye w hi ltd sepelchers! hew can ye escape f the damnation of hell!" Paul the j apostle preached before a man who | was not ready to hwar him preach. "What subject did he take? Did he say, j "Oh! you are a good man, a very fine man, a very noble man?" No: he I preacueu. Oi rigiiu'>ni&urs>? cu <i ;ii<?,u j win) was unrighteous; of temperance } to a man who was the victim of bad | appetites; of theiu igment to come to a man who was unlit for it. .So we must always declare the message that happens to come to us. .Daniel must j read it as it is. Another lesson that comes to us. There is a great difference between the opening of the banquet of sm and its close. Young man. if you had looked in upon the banquet in the first fe*r hours, you w-uld have wished you had been invited t'.ere. and could sit. at the feast. "Oh! the grandeur of lieishazzar's feast!" you would have said; but you look in at the close of the banquet, and your blood curdles with horror. Thp ivinfr of Terrors has there a erhast- ! lier banquet; human blood is the'wine. and dying groaus are the music. ."Sin has made itself a king in the earth. It has crowned itself. It has spread a banquet. It inTites ail the world to come to it. It has hung in its banqueting hali the spoils of all kingdoms and the banners of all nations. It has gathered from all music. It has strewn, from its wealth, the tables and the iloors and arches. And yet how . often is that banquet broken up, and how horrible is 'its end! Ever and anon I there is a handwriting on the wall. A i ki:;g falls. A great culprit is arrest*i. i Tr.- knees of wickedness knock tozeth- ' or. God's judgment. like an armed IiOi~t. breaks in upon the banquet; and that night is IMshazzar. the kins of the Chaldeans, simn. I learn farther from this subject that Death sometimes breaks in upon a banquet. Why did ho not ?0 down to the prisons in ttabvionV There were people there that would like to hrvc died. I suppose there were men and women in torture, in that city who would have welcomed Death. Hut he comes to the palace; and just, at the time when the mirth is dashing1 to the tiptop pitch Death breaks in at *he banquet. We have often sacn the same thin? illustrated. Here is a young mnn" insf. romp from collie. He is kind. lie is loving. lie is'enthusiastic. He is eloquent. I-j one spring1 he may bound to heights toward which many men have ber-n struggling: for years. A profession opens before him. "lie is est ' lished In the law. His friends ch> him. Eminent men encourage him. After a while you may see him standing in the United States Senate, or moving a popular assemblage ;by his eloquence, as trees are moved in a whirlwind. Some night he retires enrly. A fever is on him. Delirium, like a reckless charioteer, seizes the reins of his intellect. Father and mother stand by and see ths tides of his life rrrvfrwr nnf t'of 9rP: if" Thf! banquet is coming to an end. The lights of thought and mirth and eloquence are being extinguished. The garlands are snatched from the brew. The vision is gone. Death at the banquet! I have also to learn from the subject that the destruction of the vicious, and of those who despise God, \riil be very sudden. The wave of mirth had dashed to the highest point when that Assyrian army broke through. It was unexpected. .Suddenly, almost always, rtAr?"> a" 4-V-w. CO LiiC UVUlii V-. '.uwo- iviiv vit.^nvVCod and defy the Jaws oi' men. How was it at the deluge? Do you suppose it came through a long northeast storm, so that people for days before were sure it was coming;? No: I suppose the morning was bright, that calmness brooded 011 the waters; that beauty sat enthroned on the hills, when suddenly the heavens burs*, and the mountains sank like anchors into the sea that dashed clear orer the Andes and the Himalayas. The Ited son. was divided. The Egyptians tried to cross it. There could be no danger. The Israelites had just gone through. Where they had gone, why not the Egyptians? Oh! it was 3tick a beautiful walking place: \ v*rv* An t ?>? t iTioror] ehollc * ml n*CirN and on cither side two great walls of water?solid. There can be no danger. Forward, sreat hosts of the Egyptians. Clap the cymbals. and blow the trumpets of victory! After them! Wa will catch them yet. and they shall he destroyed. I Jut the walls bctrin to trem-1 bio. They rock! They fall. J'he rush- j : in? waters! The shriek of tiroTrninsr j men J The swimming of the war horse? j ; in rain for the shore! The strewin* i i of the great host, en the bottom of the i sea. or pitCiiod by the an^ry on ! the beach?a batter*!. bruised anil : loathsome wreck! ^uiidenly ilrstruci lion came. One-hair hour before Ih^y I con id fi"t iii;V:* f-i'iicvnl Drstroycti. i | aiui e.ithout rciVt^ir. I *m ju.-t >-t I ins" forth a fact., which I von have r.oJi.-'cu as wr!i as !. Ananias i coiJi^s *o ;ij.os:ie. ?h- ap->stle j | says, "!>lvi y:-u h:-li lii;* '.trui !<>r s:>! ' 1 1?i I? *4 T r. c i ? w \ ? ir?u n iwi ? i Dead! as q>:iek :;s thai I Sapphirn, his [ wife. coriu-s m. "Did you scii the kind | i'or so ranch V" "Yes." It a lie; ! aud muck as that she was dead. God's [judgment* arc those who desp;*? him and de;> him. Th.^y come suddenly. The destroyin:r ange! wrp.4. through s 1-JTJl>t. Do you snppu.se thaf any of j the people knew that hf was coming? : Did they hear the iian of his trrcat! iwing? No' no! Suddenly, unexpected, ; he -.Mine. t Skilled sportsmen do not like to shoot u bird standing on a sprig near by. If they are skills: they pride themselves t on inking it on the wing, anJ they wait! | till it starts. Death is an old sports-j f man. and he loves to take men dying [ under the very sun. He loves to take i t them oa the wing. Are there any here who are unprepared :or the eternal world ? Are there ; any here who have been living without hope? Let me say to you that you had I-i ; : Idr-rdy y \:n- char.;**. gosjf. The iMf'ifs \viiI ;>/ lu br-athe. the b-'-art -.V!! 1 < }?. 'Till C >r.te when yy,'. shall :.--i mon-totheolP.ee, or t?> the vXcv\ or t<> the shop. N'oth:;} * will bv htt'i but i >eath and .imljm lit, and j'.iC-iT-ity. {.:h! lie1- to (ioil this hour! 1bo one in this presence who htm wandered far :i\va;* from Christ, th^'-i^h he mv.* not have heard the ;?i ths fcc?pci fci' many a year, i iavils: hint now t owiie and be saved. froru thy sin! Fb-c to thestroujfhoid of !he gospei! Xow is the accepted time, n'jvv in t:>e day of salvation. <. lay r-.ti-jy iripims: .may ; yon have rr -5 siei.p, cr'iai :-* I by aim i v::0 ut'T^r slubbers! Miy yo>; awako j in the nu.-ra!n?: strong and wHl! I>'i' i o!;! :;rf th<~.a a of (iort? Isj this tiiy !ns:. r.ighl on earthJ. Shou.ds*. i thoi: be av.;;keno-tl in tin1 iiiiihl by some- j !h:n?. then knor.vv nut what, and ' there bo shade-rvs In iho room, i a,vl a handwriting f.ftil, :u'.d j von .' " "i yorr las' hour it come.! and tkc-vj bo a fainti:.? the hoart, j an-* a tremor in the 'd'nb, awl catch- j liiar c? lb" breath?then thy -.loom} v;6uM bf! b;;t r.u echo of the words o* i the tr-x'.. "in chat night wan l>s:shajt/.ftr, j thr- kin- of the Chaldean*. slain." Hear t.hu invitation of th<? Gospel! j There may hr- snrr.e o ;r in this house to I \vho:n I -hail never speak again, and j therefore let it be in the words of the i <jOSp3i, and not in my own. ttith tvhich I close: "llo, every one that thirsteth! Come ye to the asters. And let him that hath no money come, buy wine find milk without money, :iud without price." "Come ur.to me, ail ye who arc weary an.! heavy laden, and l will give you rest." <Jh! that my Lord Jesus would now make himself so attractive { to your souls that you cannot resist | him; and that, if you have nercr prayed , before, or h:iro not prayed sines those I days when you knelt "dorm at your! mother's knee, then that to-night you i might pray, say In?: Just as 1 am, without one plen But that thy blood was shed for me. And that thou bid'st me come to thee, O Lamb of God, I come! J Jut if you cannot think of so long a i prayer a? that, 1 will give you a shorter ! prayer that you can say, "God. be merciful to me. x sinner?" Or. if you cannot think of so ioug a prayer as that. I v.'il! fflvr you a still shorter one that you may utter, "Lord, save me, or 1 perish!" Or if that he too Ion? a prayer, you need not utter one word. Just! look and lira! A GENERAL SCALING DOWN. Pro?e?aor*h!p* In the Ufclrarsity Abolish- j sd ami Salaries lieiliiccrf. Columbia, Jan, 29.?A scheme for! the reorganization of the South Carolina j university which will probably be j adoptau under the hctt order of things j has been prepared bv the sub committee | of trustees appointed for that pnrpose, aud their ranort will be considered and actad u,ion tomorrow uijlu by the exacutiTe committee of tha university'* board of trustees. The chicf points :u the proposed t schomo hare bet>n given to the press, j and a3 wili be saen, are chiefly in the | 5ine of the reduction of the appropriation necessary to conduct the institution ou its new basis. Another change, it is understood, is to have tho management of the imirarsity more directly controlled by the trustees instead of as heretofore by !he fa-1 culty. Under the new plan the proposed ex peases of the salaries of the president I and other officers .rill be brought down ; to -S-i,000 annually. while the library and j infirmary fund is to be reduced to S 1.500 | The general expenses for running t*ne } university arc to bo cut down to $u.72U. A saving of $7,150 is tc be expected abolishing the chairs of pedagogics, veterinary science, mechanical engineering, pharmacy, bacterology and doctoring and by doing away with the services of one tutor, foreman of the machane shop, foreman of the blacksmith shop, and foreman ef the wood shop, redaction In the salary of the assistant chemist and that of the secretary. To this saving is to bs added y 1.200 wiped out by reason of abolishing the mechanical department, that sum having been required for running expenses. It is possible a further reduction of $4,500 may be made as follows : Reducing from three to two the chairs of English and moral philosophy and rhetoric and logic; by combining English and rhetoric, and also moral philosophy and logic; also by abolishing the professorship of biology and dividing tue work between the professor of geology and the president; also by combining the chairs of physics and mathamattcs and employing an as.?i?tnnt pro lessor. j Tiiis reorganization contains so much j amputation and liberal blood-letting in the wav of reduction in salaries thai the friends of the institution can scarcely be blamed for 'caring that death or a comatosc state may ensue. Whether the lull committee will adopt so radical a plan remains to be seen, but it is considered very probable that the scheme outlined in the above may be adopted. Sank 1>j a Stsjimor. Lewes. Del.. Jan. ?The British steamer Macedonia, from Philadelphia for Hampton Roads collided with a threemasted schooner last nisht ten miles oil' the Delays-are capes. The schooner sank immediately. Her captain's son was drowned, and the captain was badly in jured. The Macedonia passed up at A. M. to-day for Philadelphia with the survivors on board. The schooner sunk was the >iiniiie and Gussie. from Nerr York for Norfolk, with suano. The steamer Macedonia received damage to trro of her plates on the bow. Fenwick's Island lightship bears southsouthaast, distant twelve miles from the sunken schooner. Capt French had his arm broken and received a bad cut in the leg from a flying splinter. lie may die. The captam's son. Winlicld French, who was second mate of the schooner, was in the cabin at the time of the collisou and was drowned. I)*ma3s* In To^kr. San* Mahcs, Tex.. Jan. i!?.?! (Jeorgs ii. Snyder, one of the wealthiest citizens of this place and agent for the Southern Agricultural works of Atlanta. shot and killed his wife. The following is thy account of the tragedy: Mrs. Snyder had iust returned from church. when hr-r husband shot her three times, killing her almost instantly. No t !!(.* witnessed the shootim: but two childr-'-n of the murdered woman, who was a re:invd lady and well-liked in the com-j mutiity. Snyder whs arrested, and refuses to mi k. 1!^ u'ires no reason for Ills bloody act. Neighbor.- of his >ny hp has often threatened to kill his whole ami'iT. They hare three boys. two ot whem were at home when their father killed their mother, but they iled. and uji t-> isL^t ni^ht they had not !'?cn heard | of. nor can they he found. Snyder and hi- wife are from Rome. (Ja.. and hare been l;viu^ near San Mar- j cos ;i'n= >ut two \ curs. __ ** I ?_>tiarantir.?. j Houston, Tex.. .Jan. -< .?While smallpox i? prevalent here, it, is not epidemic. but the citizens on San Philipi street, between tlic city and the pest house. yesterday inaugurated a shotgun {uaraiitine on their own hook and neither State nor city oliicials can break through except at the risk of life. The matter It serious, and the hot-headed citizens will have to be convinced of the mistake before the blockade can be raised. ' THE 3!AM3!OTIi HOIUtOR. [ OL. ;A:LS OF THE fv'ii.NE DiSASTET; NEAR PITTSBURGOi.r .Hi-.; b??-v?*s? Uncoverm! K*_'vc*?r*ett More Si ill !:i t!;r I'l;.? V.'nc lir.iiiiat in M?un:iu{A SaU I'icturc. Yoiwo wood. I'a., J an. 2$.?One hundred and seven bodies have been taken from the ill-fated mine, Xo l,of Frick & C?j. at Mammoth, up to 10 o'clock this morning. It is estimated that there remain at least seventeen more victims of yest erday'3 explosion stiil in the pit. but it is thought they will be taken out in a lev/ hour?. \'<> body slept at .Mammoth hist night, hi every home in the little iuiiiim: hamlet there was mourning, yet t here was no demonstration. The little one-story house, scatntilv furnished, were illuiiiiii&imvYith tallow candles; mother, wife. sister or sweetheart sobbed in silence. They only knew that a mysterious accident had befallen them. They cannot see the dead and they have little care for the living. Their grief is deep and keen. After the explosion yesterday the news of tiie a'.vim iaie 01 scores ui ium?s .-.i work in the shaft spread rapidly among the mines and miners' homes. Couriers carried the dreadful news hither and thither, and families were dashed from the comforts of home into the depths of grief and despair. The scenes at these miners' c:>tta?res can readily be imagined by those who have know grief in its most formidable forms, but no artist's pen can correctly picture it. timAthopn. >> ltUUl ill! 1I1V1 OHV4 w V11I4W V.. trance to the shaft was swarmed with an eager and anxious crowd of men, women and chirdren, some of whom could only with great ditliculty be kept at a safe disrtance. As the bodies of victims, mangled by t he terrible force of explosion or burned almost out of human semblance, were brought from the yawning deaths, the crowd of watchers pushed forward to the pit for a glimpse of recognition, and the hearts of wives and sisters stood still for fear their loved ones were among the dead. The more disinterested ones quailed before the scene. Tears coursed down the bronzed and beared cheeks and were dashed away by brawny hands that had swung th? pick for many years. The res cuing party proceeded witn tneir.gnm task ?ind the crowd of watchers silently looked o:1. It was one of those scenes which, once witnesed, remains forever impresses I upon the memory of the spectator. This catastrophe, while involving more than live limes the loss of life occasioned by the Dunbar disaster, differs in many respects from the latter. At Dunbar the explosion set lire to the mine and shaft, lor (lay anu weens me rwiuj; nuua^ adding liorror to the great fatality. In yesterday's occurance this was not the case, and by the work of the fan pure air was forced into the mine and the work of rescuing was permitted to begin at once. Fifty coiiins arrived from Pittsburg this morning, and another half hundred will reach here to nifht. -\n additional order for twenty-five more was sent for this morning;. The cause of the explosion has not yet been determined. The coroner is "on the ground and a thorough investigation will be made. Xo arrangements have yet been made for the funerals. The victims will be buried by the company. Many of the unfortunates are Hungarians, and will be sent to Scotdale for interment. The rescuing party is working with i :~ ? Tvrof>lr in flip shaff. jifruiu eiici&j aiivA .11~ is being fast cleared up. An otticial of the Frick Company said this morning. "It may never be known how or why the explosion occurred. The accumulation of tire-damp was probably the cause, but it was never known to exist in any quantity before; in fact it may be said* that "the Mammoth mine has been free from damp. There is a theory that a pocket of natural gas was reached and that the operation of ventilating fans now prevents any accumulation of it. J t is not necessary that every one in the mine be killed when an explosion occurs. The explosive may stay in one particular section and may not permeate the entire mine, unless the volume is so great as to force it to every part of the pit. In this case the gas was confined to one portion and the miners who were In other localities escaped." Never in the history of American coal mining has there been such an unexpected accident with such complete annihilation of all within its reach. The mammoth mine has been notable always as being particularly free from gas. Hun ureas 01 smeij iiuuijq ?civ vided for tlie miners by the company, but they were never used, as they were regarded as unnecessary. In their stead the men wore the familiar little open flame lamps on their hats, those small coffee pot shaped affairs of tin, which are fastened above the forehead in ?he headgear of the workmen. The boss put the night shaft to work and found nothing to arouse his suspicion. Fire l>oss .Smith, a man who had worked in mines in Great Uritian and this country for thirty years, made his usual careful inspeetion of all the rooms and heading at the customary time between 2 and 3 in the morning, and his reports were on file indicating everything safe. Superintendent Keighley says no man living knows the cause of the accident, and it will never be known for certainty, lie said that three hundred feet from the bottom of the shaft the rescuers encountered a fall of rock in the gangway which was caused by the explosion. Empty cars, completely wrecked, were piled up against it. We cut our way through and fell down into the dip where the men were working, and then we were constantly falling over dead bodies. Xot-so many were killed by the explosion, but the dreaded after damp came on the poor fellows and they succumbed to it. This is evident from the fact that only a small porportion of the dead taken out were bruised in any way. aiartire Waritlier !u thp TV?*r. Ciik'auo, Jan. 28?A heavy fog ovarium? this city and the adjacent country last night, and continues this morning. Telegraphic communication in all directions is almost completely paralyzed. Special dispatches from Minnesota. Northern Wisconsin. Northern Iowa and Nebraska report that a serare snow storm rn**d in thoae sections yesterday and continues to-day. Omaha report* trafiic on ail railroads from the West . uspen Jed. The Union Pacific trains from i' e. West are indefinitely behind ;;n:e. The passenger trains for the West are being run in two sections with two engines to each. The Golden Gate express on the Union Facilie is reporteu absolutely blocked at Columbus Xeb. Hastings. Neb., reports the street car traffic suspended on account of the 1 storm >rth a blizzaril further West. Sioux City and Fort Dodge, Iowa, report live inches of snow already {alien and drifting badlv. Over six inches fell ia. the vicinity of Faulaire. Wis. The snow has been general in the pineries, where it T.'lil probably be disastrous* for the br^ !si Kfiajjj. i l'lTTSBUU?, Ta., Jan. 28.?.Senator Cameron's vote to shelve the elections bill has caused the greatest indignation among Republicans in Allegheny City. The Senator was burned in effigy to-night, well known Republicans taking the lead in the ccrsinoni/s. A I brass i>and was engaged and there was ; a short parade previous to the binning. ! After the ceremonies a petiticBBus ! started among the crowd askiJM?;e Legislature to request the resigi^gcn of Senator Cameron. * i -? - m { j vr./1t '?a *"7> fW\* r*!*"*" * ' { A S: SI i . Sinr<(*i''r?:r. [Fn.'.n the XerVny :.? .-rvo-.i i u would that t;,?? most raS.ut -ileforniCf" ought to i sat ir<:u i (Jen. Hampton has h'.r:: ; j There appears lo h* or.*. :?o*vevc-r. who j lis not satisfy. ?ne -fh'? d^iberajwy | j aucls insult to jury; one- ^'h.s thinks j i that Hampton is clown now and every laxly vrho wants to can kick him: om-j ! who fcvidtntir thinks it is the popular I j thins now lo abuse Hampton The following corri-sporuh-n'.v rx- i ] pliias itself: j Office of the Newbehky Ojveuvek, > 1 Nkwkeuky. S. U.. Jauuarv 1?>. 1891. \ j Hon. Wade Hampton, Washington, 1). i C.?D?*ar Sir: Tin- enclosed clipping is an ! editorial article from the Laureusville j Herald of this dxte. i The Observer would be glad to have i | from you, for publication a .statement ewv- j | ering the charge of negletft of duty therein i j made. Very respectfully yours, W. H. Wai,i.ace. 1 The foilowinsf is 'he clipping r:.? | I 1'erred to: "Heretofore Senator Hampton has i been supplying seed* to t.!ie farmers of ; the State ihrough the department of j agriculture, but for snme cause or | j other the Senator has neglected this j ! part of his oflimai duty. Washington, D. C., .January 1* ]8iii. My dear Sir: Your letter enclosing a [ newspaper clipping reached me to-day, and | while the latter displays such ignorance as j to be unworthy of notice, your polite coin- j munication deserves attention. Every member of Congress lias allotted i to him a quota of seeds, which lie can dis- j tribute as he pleases. I made it a rule to | send a portion of my quota, and of my j public.documents, to the department of ay- I rieulture in our State, idid this to aid that i department in the first instance, and be- \ cause I thought that Col. liutler could j reach many of my constituents whom 1; could not.* No "oilicial duty" compelled i this course, and I think that 1 am the <>nly j member of our delegation who adopted it. ' 1 hardly know now where the agricul-: tural department of our State will be estab-j listiea, ror :111s na.s ueen micu ;i ii-wm-, breaking year" that old tilings have been l changed. Whatever seed i may have to j distribute Miall be given to those who apply ' for them, and if the Clemson College i? , authorized to make any distribution, I shall j give to it what I have heretofore sent to our j department of agriculture. 1 iiava already j sent many public documents to this College, : and 1 hope*to be abie to contribute more, j 1 am very truly yours, W.\DK liAMPTOS. j A Uenvj Jail IJalivery, CbLVMniA, S. C., Jan. 28.?The peo- j pie of Columbia were forcibly remind- i ed of the late Leaphart lynching this \ morning when at an early hour it be- j came known that Lexington's jail had been the scene of another alfair of lesser note, however. J'ut it has created a considerable stir, however, and particulars are eagerly awaited. All the prisoners in Lexington's jail at some hour last night walked forth and breathed free air while the sheriff was In Columbia. Sheriff Drafts came to Columbia yesterday and this morning he intended to go up to 1 'eak's station for the purpose of serving some papers, fie remained over i in the city last night 011 a brief visit to J his daughter. Mrs. W. II. lJoozt-r. Before j he had come from his room this mornincr. I I however he received a telegram from Mr. j i r e+Qtinn' tliaf *11 H,u I -TlUUi. u: 1 tVLif viuu .<11 >...v . prisoners in the jail had made their es- j cape last night. That the jail had been found open and all the prisoners gone" I It gave no particulars as to how the de- j livery was effected. Three murderers are among the es-1 capes. One was Julius Wise, a negro who was sentenced to hang on August last. lie has been tried three times, and ! is now awaiting re-sentence. Another is Fred Brown, who recently stabbed another negro to death, and still another is a negro now awaiting his trial for | murder. Keiser, the white man await-1 ing trial for an attempted assault upon j his own daughter at Lewiedale some I time ago. was among the party. An old prisoner, who was once conlined in Lexington jail, says he often heard Wise say he would never hang. This prisoner also said that Wise was allowed | to keep his shoemakers and harness! tools in the jail and work with them.} ?Record. The Clemsou Collose. The Anderson People's Advocate un-! derstands from the Clemson College j authorities that a large number of boys j are already applying for admission into the college next fall ffiFfe opened at that time, and from present indica- j tions it is thought the number or up-! plicants will, before the opening, large- j ]y exceed the capacity of the college. It is presumed from the ages as well a" ' other circumstances surrounding the , applicants that many will come with only such preparation as is afforded by the" common schools of the country. How the authorities of the college wiil meet and overcome this difliculty does not appear. Hut it will be a serious difficulty to them and we have no doubt-some arrangements wiil be made temporarily at least to provide a way by which the hundreds ol boys in the . .^tate who have no other opportunity J for learning than is afforded by our j poorly equipped common schools may receive me benefit of a college ;it cerason. It. would be expecting too much of the Trustees of the college to require them to conduct a college and at the same time to train and prepare the boys to enter college. They can't do this unless unlimited means were'at their disposal. This college is to be a scientific institution of high grade. To maintain it as such the boys entering it will be compelled to have better fa cilities for preparing themselves for college than any they now have. A J'ejicll 111 Hi* Brain .New YoiiK, Jan. 24.?A golden-haired boy lay dead on a cot in the JIarlem hospital. The child was little Patsy McCarthy. the 2-year-old son of Patrick and Mary McCarthy, of Xo. 43'.? one Hundred and Twenty-first street. On Tuesday morning Mrs. McCarthy left Patsy and his 4-year-old sister Xeliie in the kitchen, after giving them a slate and pencil to amuse" themselves with. Then Nellie went into the parlor and Patsy was left alone. He became lonesome* and ran into the room where his mother was, still holding the slate pencil in his chubby little hand. lie tripped oil the threshold of the room and fell with a heartrending scream of agony. (>n picking him up his mother was horrilied to see the pencil sticking out of his j eve. It was so tightly wedged in the j socket, that Mrs. McCarthy could not re- j : move it. She hurried to a drug store at I Pleasant avenue and One Hundred and I Twenty-first street, whore the pencil w:is i removed. Mrs. McCarthy then took the child to the Harlem hospital, which is i only a block away. It was discovered j there that the pencil had entered the eye j above the ball and reached the brain.: The child died at ten minutes alter 10 j o'clock on Wednesday night. (Jen. I'rulox<;. who was on <irnnt> j stafT, ype.it a good many years in Mississippi after the war. "1 have been watching the progress of the force bill : _ ?i- ? -> ' .<? .5 -i -> m(?rri?w. ' I 111 UiC .'HI*. ; <<.n i.. >. .. j er in New York oa Tuesday. "I am i a Republican, but I think tho force bill Ja great mistake. It will do more harm than #ood. One hundred force ? bills could not change the condition of | things in the South. The whites are j the dominant race, and th?j arc bound j I n.io \? hft-wf Pii t.hf whites and! blacks. J. am for the whites every j time." Gen. Furlong: voices the srnti- j menu o* erery intelligent white citizen i in the South, nativa and adopted. | The following written-ddimtion of j the word "bachelor" was handed In by ; { a fifth grade boj: "A bachelor is a man j | who has no wife, nor wants no wife, j [nor can't get no- wife." Who would j j be a bachelor? I ~ n:.o?!>n>?r r.:'Lc 3 ' j "-i:rf?*i*.c. i'i >. . in. If'"..- !i i.i :::: sisr;1 ::: 1 Nenntor AUirieh josdthe Svn-'dors . .fre c<>n'!i:;etc]y ! taken i.y :-;{if2?rise by action >!' the j 1?> a:" in layir.c a.*i?.!e the rlosnre' rcse!ctioi? ;*??t?I taking an the apivntion-; iiifiii IiiU. There was no v-xpeetatkm on i their part that any important vote j would be reached to-day, and at least j - :? ?i i;- 4 *. . uutr jtepuijiicau ociuiuu" wiiu >wta 1:1 lsic ; city was told that Ik might safely le.?ve : the capitol to attend 1o some depart-; mental business. Consequently he was ; not present when the decisive votes were ' laken. and it was with difficulty that a j pair could he arranged lor him. j Stanford is the only i{epublican re- j curried as a 1 >sent and unpaired. I iis vote for tiie motion to table Senator! W'oleotts motion to take uj) the appor- j tioiiment bill would have defeated the ! nmtion as resulting, and would have j calk'd for the casting oi" the vott.- of the i Vice i'resident, without doubt in favor j of the continued consideration of the S closure rule. The same result would j have followed tlie arrangement of a pair by Stanford with a Democratic Senator. The move made to-day by Senator Woleott was thoroughly timely from his point of view, for it was expected that in forty-eight hours at most several /?r* o/Mi + tf-o* fi\ I tCl'lliJJil ?U1 .TiUUVlO 'HI tlVJl | Stanford) who are now absent from the j city, would return, and if they declined j to air the result might have been different. The future course of events, accordnpg to Aldrich, will depend largely on Standforrt, whose positionfin regard to the closure ride, it is expected, will be delinitcly ascertained as soon as he returns. Aldrich says that if Stanford agrees to support life rule he will ask the Senate to resume its consideration immediately. It is probable that the opposing forces in the Senate will maintain the fullest possible attendance of all their members from this time forward ii: order to be prepared to take advantage of any changes in the situation that accident or other cause may bring about. Stokes Strikes liac*. To the- Editor of The Xews and Con ritr: I see an article in your issue of vt-sterday by Col. Keitt which you term a rejoinder. lie makes no pretense to answering my argument. Through three columns ne labors witnoui introducing a oingie new idea, without doing the one thin;/ iieedf-il? -.dducing proofs. lie weakly argues that the Alliance erected itseif into a separate political party?for his position means that if it means anything?when every reading layman, even, knows that "the Third Party idea was utterly routed at Ocala, in spite of some extremists like Col. Keitt. Every member who has the minutes of 'the last State meeting knows that no political issue was made further than was necessary to protect our demands on Congress? /)) />/ tin' itrnni)/l I OfcHttif-tl th. oughout. It may ;ts well i>e understood that the Alliance in South Carolina. by c!eliiserate policy ot its own, is not a sep; arate party, and so long as L have the honor to stand at- the helm no extremist shall turn her upon that tack, while the existing policy,State and national, stands, without a struggle. Those whose political connections are so feasiide as to admit of their running the entire gamut of party creeds in a decade naturally lino no difficulty in accepting <tu>; third party movement. But those of us who are accustomed only to the common way of Ktifkino- t!> our nolitica! faith through a lifetime can only looic on at such acrobatic performances ar.il vender! It is a matter of regret that thenare nut ollices enough to go round so that the public might be spared the public dressing of old sores. But so it is?two into one "won't go," and some must live content with "a shadow"and some in discontent with much less. Yours, waiting for proofs of treason, T U'm- Stokes. President South Carolina State Alliance. Orangeburg, January 23. The Shortage Made Good. Columbia, s. c., Jan. 24.?Today the shortage in the adjutant-general's department, and for which ex-Adjutant General Jionhara was responsible, was settled in full. The amount made' good by General Bonham was '?o.o2S, and it was paid in full. This forenoon Gen. Jionham and Col. Aldrich. his relative, friend and counsel, waited upon Gov. Tillman and informed him that the deliciency liad been raaae gooa oy iiueposiu m uhj jjuuu kuu Exchange bank of a sufficient amount to cover all claims. The governor had the deposit transferred to the Carolina bank. It being represented to Governor Tillman that Gen. Bonham had been telegraphed for to attend a meeting of the board of directors of the Union Central Insurance company at Cincinnati, at Ohio, the governor stated that Gen. J Jonham was at liberty to go whenever he Hi. JUIW lit. Later (lovernor Tillman wrote the following letter to Gen. IJonham: The shortage in your accounts as adjutant and inspector general having been made good, and the state suffered no loss by your | act, you are at liberty to leave the state if you so desire. (Jen. Bonham's deposit is sufficient to | cover all protest fees, and the expense of the expert employed to go over the books and absolutely pays every cent for which he was in'anv wav responsible. (Jen. JSonham took exception to Gov. Tillman's note and wrote him a rather caustic letter. MK. A. .J. wiioiii me uuco Farmers' Association members of the Illinois J legislature have selected as their candidate for United States Senator. was the Union-labor candidate for I'resident in 18SS. lie has been a war Democrat, a 'Jreenbacker and a Unionlabor man, but never a straight Republican, though lie is a Protectionist, and he passively sided in the election of (Jen. Logan as Senator in lv? by abstaining from voting in tf;^ Legislature. to which he had been ejected as a <!re?n!>ack Democrat. Streeter W'.ald i soeiii to ii"- vr?rr pc.or tlmi??r <?<:. oi | vrhich to construe* a ("niir-! S:.j .Senator. Ax open account with tine grocer, butcher ami dry jroods firm is nut the best privilege of a housewife. The temptation to run in debt is dangerous. Del)!, ruins as many housholds and destroys as many line characters ;is rum: it t lie devils mortgage on the sou!, and lie is always ready to foreclose. 1'ay ail your bills, Look every man in the lace, conscious that you owe the world no more than it owes you. i >e indebted for ! nothing but love.jmd even that be sure J yon pay in kind, and tiiat your payments are frequent. Moiiomont to O'cinfcdcrate Privates. IIn:iiM(5.\i). Ya.. Jan. 2!.?The foun-1 dation f??rthe monument to the privates of the Confederate service lias *>een completed. Jt is designed after 1'ornpey's pillar. The great column will be crowned with a figure representing a < V.ri I- urivjltP. I r will I>? in thirteen sections, one for each Southern State. Thousniids Out of Work. Chicago, Jan. 24.?Chief of Police Marsh estimates tiiat there are between i.ouO and o.Ouu men in the city who are unable to obtain work. Most of them are artisans who came here in anticipation that work on the Worlds Fair buildings would begin ere this time. lie i fearsthyir^nany of them will be driven tojrritfc through want. nrin nil u ,mm igi^mMfVi > irn * 'm\ II. U. i i:IO "L i Jo'iii V*. <i i.'cCJiiiU,'; t.. < i a vulu in ;.:y and a lV*v iL;su'.uir;70u m-mtier. j 2 I ; i*:Vv-1C .".lid 11'- . it'. ' Z i\ll I t:ir U.- Oi ]>. II. UttU the j J rujiusuif = ' "ar .soo: cussed and ' | ^ no'.r rr.y hon't!: ir? :;:aeh ; r: proved aad 1 ierl lull of gratilude to : ji God and to tilt- prop-rigors of so good a 1jj remedr." * ! a s. Si. Kliis, writes: "]J. 15 IJ. j * oureti me of most stubborn eczema, j g i had doctered it \. ithout success for R twelve years." || ii". Davis, is-'U Marcos, Texas || writes : "I am rapidiy ri covering from j R blood poison by use of oi' JU. ii. i>. j % Con*ecra\l".s? Xciv OocJs. i S X.\w V?>kk. 28.?-Tftrte brand j 8 lie** (.'hmeHf {f-'i-'is wtre comer rated j g Saturday, and from ::ck henceforth the j g ('hc-i! Sins' TV-ntr. or Chinee Laundry- j | men's Union. Til! fbmrijh and prosper \ g and contusion will m!zk upon all its j H enemies, timid and imposing cere-! ? monies attended t'ie unveiling of the | i;'o!s at the jess-hovse c* t,h^ union at; I No. 4 .\iott street, (ion? runs: -Mo. the j | high priest, ofiiclfted. "nd paid due j | reveronrc to the i-rc.is bv offering up I ? to them a dainty spread of roast m<?ats,! S cxkrs anci (.'hinone wine*. Xwong pj i Gong is the chi?' of the now idols, g Kwong Nourished 400 year* ago, ? j during the rHgn of the Emperor ilow | | Gip Toi. Ktvong w?s a gresi hero. ? ! having done some hard lighting during ? | the Chinese revolution of 1497. | j ^ AVasst.i u Confederate. j j? Toi'KKA, Kan, 2?>.?Mrs. M. E. 11 Lea.se, who slumped the btale duriiuj the ? "inst election m opposition to Mr. Ingalls. '4 and who is acknowlr.dged to have contrib- |t ateii largely to tin: Alliance victory, is j] in this city. Mrs. Lease, in an interview '* ro-day. srid. referring to her preference 1 g among tue Alliance canuuiatcs : **i am j for Harris of Leavenworth. The fact | thai he is a Confedt vale will not hurt hi* % with the I.'nion soldiers in the Alliance. | It is a part of our Alliance faith to unite ? the South and the West, and if wc can cleci a Confederate rom Kansas ^e have j made a long stride in thai direction. Sirs. Jeflarsos Davis's Ilin?8*. Louisville, K'- ., Jan. 28.?A friend f of Mrs. .Jefferson j)avis returned to At- , lama last evening from Xew York city, : where she had left her. In speaking of \ Mrs. Davis, she said that she was in a ?. very critical state o: health. She scarce- \ iy ever leaves her apartment at the ho- ? tei where she is be aiding, and receives s her guests reclining. Heart trouble is * said by her physicians to be the speciSc * cause of her illness. Her daughter, ? Miss Winnie Davis, is with her, and is I assisting in finishing the life of her < father, which Mrs. Davis is writing.? I Journal. '* The Cause of Her Insanity. i IIvntixgtox. W. Va., Jan. 25.? * Four months sgo tliis city and neighborinn community was flooded with lar;? ] amounts of spurious silver coin. Detectives were, put at work, and the coun- ' f ;<> Mr* (iprtrnfle Jlussell. the wife of a prominent bus'.- ; ncss man living iu Ohio, opposite here. ! Mrs?. Iiussell ira? arrested in West Vir- * j sinia and indicted in the T'nited - .States ? court at Parkeraburjj. She vras convict- * od. but was released on a motion for a \ new trial. During the last few weeks c her dis^paec has prcjed upon her mind, ; and >iiie has become a raving maniac. I Many letters are received bj tha P. P.]'. Co., from patients, saving ihey ? had used such and such a blood puriti- \ er and sarsaparilias, mentioning their ? i names and stating they did no grood, \ and Iher did not get well until P. P. P. \ '^Pricklj Asli, Poke Kcot and Potas- ; j aitiTfT>_.vT*3 r.ried. These letters we ? i started to publish, when tits various j; maaufactur^rs rrccirejis rearrui jeuers, i s and we disconttn uecTsaiiC, but P. P. P. P Prickly Ash, Poke lioot anu Pottas- j sium) 13 triumphant on every occasion, * and has made a host of friend? in cures of i>yphillis. Rheumatism, Scrofula, % Jiiooti Poison, Dyspasia, Marlaria and * Female Complaints. ?J:u:c-i yn <1 Orjiiinu. 15. Yf. Tkoip, 134 Main Street, Columbia, S. C., sells Pianos ana Organs, * direct from factory. No agents' commissions. The celebrated Checkering Pi an 9. Mathusbek Piano, celebrated for its clearness of tone, lightness of touch and lasting qualities. Mason & Hamlin Upright Piano. Sterling Up i right Pianos, from up. j.iason ?x * [ Ilamlin Organs surpassed by none.Ster | lip.,? Organs, $50 up. Every "instrument | guaranteed for six rears. Fifteen days' | ; trial, axpenses both" wars, if not satis- i j factorv. Sold on instalments. A >"ins r>l3Rth'3 Sleep. Dix>ox, 111.. Jan. 24.?]SIrs. (?race E. I liidley of A in boy. 111., who went to sleep about nine months ago, awoke yesterday j afternoon for the lirst time. *he wan- j i dered about the house, but did not speak | a word. At tea time she took her accus- j to rued seat at the- table, but could eat nothing, and when some one of the -T 1? , ,7 frt rte-CtH- clio 1 %? j IclllIliV LU <10.7101, 1H.1 OUV | | motioned them away with a sjutteral \ | sound, but no distinct word was utterK ' I'eopie \?onder when they find how rapidly health is restored by taking1 P. r. i\ (Prickly A? a, i'oke Root and fot&3sium.) The reason is simple, as it is a powerful combination of the roots and herbs of the homo woods. 5 A fact worth knowing is that blood 3 ; diseases which all other medicines fails | to cure yield slowly but surely to the ? nlMncivir iirnnoHits (if P P P I UIUVJU ^ ^ . i (Pricklv Ash, Poke Root and Potassi; ,,m-> " f I A complete Bc-dreom Suit for S16.50 d ! freight paid t? your dtpot. Send for 0 : Catalogue. Address L. F. Padgett, i j Angusta, Ga. aa??anac aaea????Bgta ; COLLEGE FOE fOIlff, i , CaO?,g:*S3SA, 2. I fl ! - ?_J? THIS Lo:ie?f? p.sa insilllii* iwr ' and Girls opened October 1 under auspices r ' more farorcblu tlian its most sanguine ] : friends hoped for. Th? grounds, buildings, (J I appoiutments an* furnishings are unequal! lad among boarding schools in the South. G i 'I'lie historic old Hampton or Prestan place i \rasbought, l:i9 mansion repaired and re- 1 : fifed, a larjer and -iner building construct- g [ ed for the chapei, domitories and recitation p [ rooms. A corps <>" teachers unexcelled in i ability and experience is ncc teaching ip. the OHege. From the 1st of .January to lit of February offurs a convenient time for r.evr pupils to enter, who nr<"- charged only ' ! from date of entrance. Far terms, Ac., audres* the President, the : SKV. Y?M. It. ATKINSON, jj Columbia, jj. (j. i __ _____ __ _____ _ _____ _ ___ _ | j j -- "S>; I . 1 I I TERRY WPG CO.:"' '.sxvrtLE. "f =*$> ? ?V?BK 72rSC3^K23&&ttSSi2iilEU& Msest>cs^rsac A Pali Fail lis Irei&iii L j Gkkat Or?ss that may not A?ain*< """* >-k to oo :;ov bsi.ay, 3 "SXHtliK WHH.F.TfiS iKOK iS HOT." ? V? rite K?r Catalogue now, and say what 5 payer ycu jSiv z-iir, advertisement in. ? ivuii-.-r that i sell everything that? ?- > < to iioaw?iuanufactur-3 i:u; M'iiis tilings and buying otliers in thef Inrv^t ior?, vviiich enables me to! wipo ' '.it uii competition. IlEI-iTC AIi2 A FEW 0? MT STARTLING BARGAINS A >ro. 7 Flat top Cooking Stove, full size, 15x17 inch oven, fitted with 21 pieces of ware, delivered at your own depot, all freight charges paid by me, for only Twelve Doilars. Again, 1 will sell you a 5 hole Cooking Kank't* 13x13 inch oven. 18x2tf inch top, fit-3 ted with 21 pieces of wara. for THIR-8 TEEN U OLLARS, and pay the freight to| your depot. DO HOT PAY TWO PRI<JI3 FOR TOUR GOODS. I will send you a nice plush Parlor suit, walnut frame, either In couibinatioa ?r banded, the most stylish colors for 35.5*, to your jailroad station, freight paid. I will also sell yen a nice Bedromos uil consisting of Bureau with glass, 1 highs head Bedstead, 1 Washstand, 1 Centres table, 4 cane scat chairs, 1 cane seat anda back rocker alifor 16.50. and oar freizkS to your depot Or I will send you an elegant Bedroom! suit with large glass, full marble top, for! 530, and pay freight. >*'ce window shade on sDring roller $ 4#j Elegant large walnut8 day clock, 4.10 \7alnut lounge, 7.#(i Lace curtains per wind?w, l.frj I cannot describe everything In a stall advertisement, but hare an immense store containing 22,600 feet of floor room, with ware houses and factory buildings in ?ther parts of Augusta, making in all th? lar-g gest business of thb kind under ?ne man-| agernect in the Southern States. These! store-iand warehouses are crowded with] the choicest productions of the best facto-! lies. My catalogue containing illustrations of goods will be mailed if you will kindlyt say where you saw this advertisement. l| pay freight. Address, L. F. PADGETT. Proprietor fadgett's Furniture, Stove] and Carpet Store, 1110-1112 Jiroad Street, AUGUSTA. GA.J ttssBaKssmaaBBBBammaansMasBsammB -a-? ??MB??I \ k ?$&$ isjje j nagj ! m mo nan. I 2'. ?. ?. *111 fTtrrffr atjd tftafflfe. yaar | 4 blnoS, .r-^&t* a good acpctfe aM gfrrajdof ?? ;= v.-bolfe5\-5Hem tone a*i strength. 1 A prominent railroad rasertntSHESflfc a? 9 -. Savannah. suffering with ICilarw, DvSag> B j' sii), and Rheumatism sa*?% *4?vciSBStbg g i P. J4. P. he never felt so treS ia .iSTSie, and i feels as 1 f he could lire f*wce,K be oMJld fi i fllwavs ret P. P. P." If you are tired otrt 8 i close cocflceaient? fcaie ? j P. P. P. i If jra ere fccftut 1 ' . sad oxs. of sorts, : :.1 n ft ; 3^ r r . e a eft < 4 :f rorr ul.rgff^ I .. *^.Va : P- ?t f. ! t-5 &? fr* ;j B ? S a ? ? 5 If yn suffer with bea'5sjftp, fed^Sate^ | debility and weakness ta.He \ t | p. P. P. \ I"'-' If jot! grrfter with roftdSB t?SflSStei? Si i nerves unatrnEz and o gsoosal *3? down S? g of the systeta, tako " 8& h 8 0 III HIM | 2 . 8 I . ^ 5 For Eloo<l Poison. H ? r.la, OM Sores. jj CompJainis^^^^ 4 TJ^S^ 1 WILL BB IXCrTXr.* A *T> BOII/RRS. SfSCIA.L ESTIMATES OX SAW MILLS. CORN MILLS. PLAXEJ18 AND MACHINERY GENERALLY AT BOTTOM FIGURES. 7. G. Badham, Gen. Agt., COLUMBIA, I. . Buy the Tallwtt 5n*ine: it Is the best, ?KA? THESE Fldlltm Farm Wagons, complete with body etc. 3-4 in Thimble Skin $38.50 in Thimble skin 41.00 ]/i in Thimble Skin 42.00 One Horse Wagons, ?24.50, 385.50 aid 28.50. Warranted second to nene. Write for Circulars. xsuggies, Vyitrnages, ouauvsih, mow., m 0 per cent less than regular prices. Send ov Catalogue. This offer is for only 30 ays in order to reduce stock?so ?rder at nee. 1 OILER & A&DIRSON BUGGY CO.. ROCK HILL. S. 9., In writing mention this paper. COMPLETE GIl^EftlES. rypox tiie most appro ye*^^ U plans, with Suction Fan or S^ik^HH >elt Seed Cotton Elevator furnished atfl nrl/tac T6tT6n GiSS and PRESSES of besdg lakers. Thomas H-at Rakes, Deerin?| fovrer. Corbirs Karrovrs and Planet, Jrjfl Cultivators. A lar.se ?tock o" Portable aad Station* H inning ami 2arr Mill Engines on fcand^H State Agents for C. & G. COOPER Sc GO'S Oorlis ? B ines Lar.e Sa-rr Mills and Liddell <gBL anv's complete line. W. 2. G1BBES, Jr., A CO.351 year Union DflHj _ _i hi i mi mhihmbb