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STONES THAT SPEAK. I DR.TALMAGE PREACHES IN THE NEW TABERNACLE. The Law. Sacrifice and Gospel Symbolized by Rocku F:->m Sinai, Calvar> and Mars Hill?An Karthly House for -Taomc?TTKot: thft Ph'.iri h M 3Sf? Brooklyn*, April 20.?Sermon oi Rev. T. De Witt Talmage in the Xew Brooklyn Tabernacle on Clinton avenue this evening, the building having been dedicated in the morning at 10.30. A great union meeting in which clergymen of all denominations of Christians participated was held in the afternoon. Sis thousand persons were present at each of the services and many thousands were turned away. Text: kiWhat means yt by these stones?" Joshua iv, 6. The Jordan, like the Mississippi, has * * ? ? ?j (ko Dions on tae one siuc auu uau uu tug other. Here and there a sycamore shadows it. Here and there a willow dips into it. It was only a little over waistdeep in December as I waded thro;igh it, but in the months of April and May the snows on Mousl Lebanon thaw and flow down into the valley, and then the Jordan overflows its banks. Then it is wide, deep, raging, and impetuous. At this season of the year I hear the tramp of 40,000 armea men coming down to ?. cross the river. 1 ou say, why do they not go up near'", tho nse of the river at the old camel ford.! Ah! my friends, it is because it is not safe to go around when the Lord te"s u? to go ahead. The Israelites had been going around forty ?- ? ??,,?k t yCSTS, SHU U1CJ U-.tu vLi^u^u vi xu? jl. v*w not know how It is v/ith you, my brethren, bat I have always got into trouble when I went around, but always got iO'O safety when I went aheod. There spreads out the Jordan, a raging torrent, much of it snow-water just ? come down from the mountain top; and I see some of the Israelites shivering at the idea of plunging in, and one soldier says to his comrade, "Joseph can you swim*" And another says: "If we get across this stream we will get there with wet clothes and with damaged armor, and the Cananites win siasn us 10 pieces with their swords before we get up the other bank." But it is no time to halt. The great host marches onward. The priests carrying the ark go ahead, the people follow. I hear the tramp of the great multitude. The priest's have now come within a stone's throw of the water. Yet still there is no abatement of the floed. Xow they have come within four or five teet of the stream; but there is no abatement 'of the flood. Bad prospect! It seems that if these Israelites that crossed the desert aro now going to be drowned in sight of Canaan. But 'Torward!" is the' cry. The command rings all along the line of the host. "Forward!" Xow the priests have come within one step of the river. This time they lift their feet from the solid ground and place them down into the raging stream. No sooner are their feet there than Jordan flies. On the right hand God piles up a great mountain of floods; on the left, the water flows off toward the sea. The great river, tor hours, halts and rears. The back waters not being able to flow over the passing Iraelites, pile wave on wave, umu peraaps a seabird would find some dimcluty in scaling the water cliff. Now the priests and ah the people have gone over on dry land. The water on the left hand side by this time has reached the sea; and now that the miraculous passage has been made, stand back and see t'lis stupendous pile of water leap. God takes his hand from that wall of floods, and like a hundred cataracts they plunge and roar in thunderous triumph to the sea. How are they to celebrate this passage? Shall it be with music? I suppose the trumpet and cymbals were all worn oat before this. Shall it be with banners """"o5 OM nn. +Viat? are oil fllfjpr? nrilf nayiux. wu. ^v/, ? . torn. Joshua cries out: "I will tell you how to celebrate this; build a monument here to commemorate the event;" and every priest puts a heavy stone on his shoulder, and marches out and drops that stoue in the divinely-appointed place. I see that pile growing in height, in breadth, in significance; and, in after years, men went by that spot and saw this monument, and cried out one to another, in fulfilment of the prophecy of the text: "What mean ye by these stones?" ^ Blessed be God, he did not leave our church in the wilderness! We have been wanderiDg about for a year and a half worshipping in the Academy of music, BrDokljn, and Academy or Music, ^ew York. And some thought we would never reach the promised land. Some said we had better take this route and others that. Some said we had better go back, and some said there were sons ' of Anak in the way that would eat us up; and before the smoke had cleared away from the sky after our Tabernacle had been consumed people stood on the very site of the place and said: "This church will never again be built." We came down to the bank of Jordan; we looked oft' upon |the w^Lers. Some of the sympathy that was expressed turned out to be snow-water melted from the top of Lebanon. Some said: "You had better not go in; you will get your feet wet." But we waded on/1 noAnlp further ami fnr XU? j_JUC lUi. UUV4 - ther. and in some way, the Lord only knows how, we got through; and to-night I go all around about this great house erected by your prayers, and sympathies, and sacrifices, and cry out in the words of my text: ''What mean ye by these stones'?" It is an outrage to build a house like this so vast and so magnificent unless there "be some tremendous reasons for doing it; and so, friends, I pursue you to-night with the question of my test, and 1 demand of these trustees and of these elders and of all who have contributed in the building of this structure, "\V"nat mean ye by these stones'r" But before I get you answer to my question you point to the memorial wall at the side of this pulpit, and say to me. ''Ex plam thai; unusual sroup of memorials, What mean you by those stones?" By permission of the." people of my beloved charge I receatly visited the Holy Lands, and having in mind by day and night during my absence this rising house of prayer, I bethought myself, "What can.I do to make that place significant and glorious." On the morning of December the third we were at the foot of : the most sacred mountain of all the earth, Mount Calvarv. There is no more : doubt of the locality than of Mount < Washington or Mount Blanc. On the bluff of this mountain, which is the exact shape of the human skuil, and so called in the Bible, "The place ot a skull," < there is room for three crosses. There I saw a stone so suggestive that I rolled it dovru ihe hill, and transported it. It is at the top of this wall, a white stone, with /.pimann vein<5 mnnincr through it. ) the white typical of purity, the crimson suggestive oi the blood that paid the ! price of our redemption. We place it at the top of the memorial wall, for : above all in this church for -ill time, in i sermon, and song, and pra\er, shall be : Sacrifice ot Mount Calvary. Look at it. That stone was one of the rocks rent at : the crucifixion. That heard the cry; "It is finished." Was any church on earth honored with such a memorials Beneath it are two tables of stone which I had brought from Mount Sanai where the Law was given. Three camels were three weeks crossing the desert to fetch them. When at Cairo, Egypt, I proposed to the Christian Arab that he bring one stone from Morat Sinai, he i t Krincf twa r<vk.> I '? W vu.i VM the i oa.? for we must balance them on the back- of the camel," and I did not third- uutil the day of their arrival bow miKu :i;ore suj^estive would be the two bfecau--t: the la -v was written on two tables stone. Those stones marked with the words '-Mount Sinai." !eJi the eartho'iake taat shook the mountains ; when ibe Law was iriyen. The lower stone oi the wall is fro Mars Hill, the j place where Paul stood when he preached that famous sermon on the brotherhood of the human race, declaring, "God hath made of one blood all nations." Since Lord Elgin took trie iamou3 statuary from the Acropolis, the hill adjoining Mars Hill, the Greek government makes if impossible to transport to other lands any Egptian antiquities, and armed soldiery guard not only the Acropolis but Mars Hill. That stone I obtained by special permission from the Queen of Greece, a most gracious and brilliant woman, who received us as though we had been old acquaintances, and through Mr. Tricoupis, the prime minister of Greece, and Mr. Suowdeu, our American minister plenipotentiary, and Dr. M> natt, our American consul, that suggestive tablet was sawed from the pulpit of rock on which Paul preached. Xow jou understand why we have marked it r^ncnpl " T oner after mv liDS shall utter in this church their last message, these lips of stone will tell of the Law, and the Sacrifice and the Gospel. This day I present them to this church and to all who shall gaze upon them. Thus you have my answer to the question, "What mean you by these stones?" But you must not divert me from the question of the text as I first put it. I have interpreted these lour memorials on my right hand but there are hundreds of stones in these surrounding! walls and underneath us, in the foundations, and rising above us in the towers.' The quarries ot this and transatlantic countries at the call of crowbar and chisel have contributed toward this structure. "What mean ye by these stones?" Van*-* ^hinCTQ t.liof. JL UU 1-ucaii uuivu^ ctwwt ?wMw they shall be an earthly residence for Christ. Christ did not have much of a ! home when lie was here. Who and where is that child crying? It is Jesus, J born iu an out-house. Where is that hard breathing? It is Jesus, asleep ou a I rock. "Who is that in the back part ot the fishing-smack, with a sailor's rough i over-coat thrown over him? It is Jesus j the worn-out voyager. 0 Jesus! Is it | not time-that thou "hadst a house? We j give Thee this. Thou didst give it to us first, but we give it back to Thee. It is I too good for us, but not half good enough for The*.'. Oh! come in and take the best seat here. Walk up and down all these aisles. i>peak tbrougti taese organ pipes. Throw Thine arm over us in these arches. Id the Iteming of 4hese brackets of fire speak to us saying '*1 am the light of the world." 0 Kin^! make this Thine audience-chamber. Uere proclaim righteousness and make treaties. Wc clap our hands, we uncover our he ds, we Hit our ensigns, we cry with multitudinous acclamation uutil the place rings and the heavens listen: ,lO King! live for ever!" Is it not time that he who was born in asiranger's uuusu emu uuncu m <x suauger's grave should have an earthly house? Come in, 0 Jesus! not the corpse ot a buried Christ, but a radiant an 1 triumphant Jesus, conqueror or" earth, and heaven and hell. He lives, all glory to his name, He lives, my Jesus, still the same. Oh, the sweet joy this sentence gives? I know that my Redeemer lives. Blessed be His glorious name forever! Again, if any one asks the question of the text: "What mean ve bv these stones'?" the reply is, we mean the communion of saints. Do you know that there is not a denomination of Christians in Brooklyn th.it has not contributed something toward the building of this house? And if ever, standing in this place, there shall be a man who shall try by anything he says, to stir up bitterness between different denominations of Christians, may his tongue falter and his cheek blanch, and his heart stop! My friends, if there is any church on earth where there is a mingling of all denominations, it is our church. I just wish that John Calvin and Arminius, if they were not too busy, would come out on the battlements and see us. Sometimes in our prayer meetings I have heard the brethren use the phrases ot a beautiful liturgy and we know where they came from; and in the same prayer meetings I have heard brethren make audible ejaculation, "Amen!" ''Praise ye the Lord!" atd we did not have to fiiocc tu.'5f?A whorp lhf>v fnmft from. When a man knocks at our church door, if he comes from a sect where they will not cive him a certificate we say: "Come in l_* confession of faith." While Adcniram Judson, the Baptist and John Wesley, the ilothodist, and John Knox, the glorious old Scotch Presbyterian, are shaking hands in heaven, all churches on earth can afford to come into close communication: *'One Lord, oue faith, one baptism." Oh my brethren?we have had enough of Big Bethel Sghts?the Fourteenth Xew York regiment fighting the Fifteenth Massachusetts regiment. Now let all those who are for Christ, and stand on the same side. ?ro shoulder to shoulder, and this church, instead of having a sprinkling of the Divine blessing, go clean under the wave in one glorious immersion in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. 1 saw a little child once, in Us dying hour, put one arm around its father's neck, and the other arm around its mother's neck, and bring them close down to its dying lips and give a la it kiss. Oh, I said those two pciouuo 1T1U O OCii-iCt ? V/i. J uv^i wv VM.V** J other always after such an interlocking. The dying Christ puts one arm around this denomination of christians, and the other arm around that denomination of Christians, and he brings them do..'a to his dying lips, while he gives them this partii g kiss: "My peace I leave with you. My peace I give unto you." How swift the heavenly course they run. Whose hearts, and faitli, and hopes are one. I heard a Baptist minister once say that he thought iu the. millennium it would be all one great Baptist church, and I heard a Methodist minister sa}* thac he thought in the great Millennial day it would be all one great Methodist chvrch; and I have known a Presbyterian ?h/i thmnrlir. flint, in l.hp Millpn LHH-liOl.*. ' UV wnv'~_^nw v**w*v v^v . Dial day it would be all one great Presbyterian clmrch. Xow X think they arc all mistaken. I thing the Millennial church will be a composite church; and just as you may take the best parts of five or six tunes, and under the skilltul hands of a Ilandel. Mozart or Beethoven entwine them into one grand aud overpowering symphony, so I suppose, in the latter days ot the world, God will take the best parts of all denominations of Christians, and weave them into one great ecclesiastical harmony, broad as the earth and high as the heavens, and that will be the church of the future. Or, as mosaic is made up of jasper and agate, and man}- precious stones cement- j ed together?mosaic a thousand leet i square in St. Marks, or mosaic hoisted j in coliossal seraphim in St. Sophia?so I suppose God will make, alter awhile, one'great blending of all creeds, and all faiths, and all Christian sentiments, the omotiiMt am-} rhp ?*<;r>pr_ and the ckal www w.v -> I cedony of all ditlerent experiences and belief, cemented side bv side in the great mosaic oi the ages; and while the nations look upon the colums and architraves of that stupendous church of the future, and cry out: "What mean ye by these stones?" there shall be innumerable j voices to resound?"Vr? mean tbe Lord I God emnipoteut reiirneth." Still futihur you mean by these nones | the salvation of tbe people. We did not | build this c'-urch for mere worldly rej foi tus. or for an educational institution, I or us a platform on which to read essay* i and philosophical disquisitions; but a place for tbe tremendous work of soulSHvinir. Oh, I bad rather be the means in this church of havinsr one soul prepared for a joyful eternity than live thousands souls prepared for a mere worldly success. All churches are in I two classes; all communities in two classes, all the race in two classes?be| lie vers and unbelievers. To augment the number of the one and substract from the number of the other, we build this church; and toward that supreme and eternal laea we dedicate all our sermons, all our sougs. all our prayers, all our Sabbath hand-shakings. We want to throw defection into the enemy's ranks. We want to make them either surrender unconditional^* to Christ or else fly in rout, scattering the way with canteens, blankets, and knapsacks. Want to popularize Christ. We would like 10 tell the story of his 1 ~ * ? r-? f i 1 r-?-> An fonl fllCtf t.VlAV IUVC IJCiC Ulltli iai^ii II vuivi ivvi. vuvj had rather die than live another hour without his sympathy, and love, and mercy. We want to arouse up an enthusiasm for him greater than was felt tor Nathaniel Lyon when he rode along the ranks?greater than was exhibited for Wellington when he came back from Waterloo?greater than was expressed for Xapoleoa when he stepped ashore from Elba. We really believe in this place Christ will euact the same scenes that were enacted by him when he landed iu the Orient; and there will be such an opening of blind eyes, and unstopping of deaf ears, aud casting out of unclean spirits?such silencing bestormed Gennesarets as shall make this house memorable five hundred years after you and I are dead and forgotteu. Oh, my friends, we want but one revival in this church, that beginning now and running on to the day when the chisel of time, that brings down even St. Paul's and the Pyramids, shall brin<j this house into the dust. Oh, that this day of dedic ition might be the day of emancipation of all imprisoned souls. My friends, uo not make the blunder of the ship carpenters in Noah's time, who helped to build the j ark; but did not get into it. God forbid | that you who have been so generous in building this church, should not <jet un [ aer its suvmij muucutt. uivu | and all thy house into the ark.'7 Do you think a man is safe out of Christ:- Xot one day, not one hour, not one minute, not one second. Three or four years ago, you remember, a rail train broke down a bridge on the way to Albany, and after | the catastrope, they were looking around among the timbers of the crushed bridge and the fallen train, aud found the conductor. lie was dying, and had only strength to say one thing, and that was. ''Hoist the flag for the next train." So there come to us to-night, from the eternal work, voices of God, voices of angels, voices of departed spirits, crying: "Lilt the warning. Blow the trumpet, give the alarm. Hoist the flag for the next train." Oh! that to-ni^ht my Lord Jesus would sweep his arm around this great audience, and take you all to his holy heart. You will never see so good a time for personal conseciation as now. "What mean ye by these stones:-" We mean your redemption from sin, and death, and hell, by the power of an omnipotent Gospel." Well, the Brooklyn Tabernacle is j erected again. We came hereto-night not to dedicate it. That was done tiiis morning. To-night we dedicate ourselves. In the Episcopal and Methodist churches they have a railing around the altar, and the people come and kneel down at that railing and get the sacremental blessing. Well, my friends, it would take more than a night to gather vnn in rirdes around this altar. Then just bow where you are for this blessing. | Aged men, this is trie last church that you will ever dedicate. May the God who comforted Jacob the Patriarch ami Paul the aged make this house to you the gate of heaven; and when, in your old .-lays, you put on your old spectacles to read the hymn or the Scripture lesson may you get preparation lor that land where you shall no more see through a glass darkly. May the warm sunshine of heaven thaw the snow off your foreheads! Men in raid-life, do you know that this is the place where you are going to get your fatigues rested, and your sorrows appeased, and your souls saved? Do you know that at this altar your sons and daughters will take upon themselves the vows of the christian, and from this place you will carry out, some of you, AanrVi P/ltlvOOn fhl<4 hflTI yUUL |UCUVUO utau. vw.w tism font and this communion table, you will have some o: the tenderest of life's experiences. God bless you, old, and young, and middle-aged. The money you have given to this church to-day will be. I hope, the best financial investment you have ever made. Your worldly investment may depend upon the whims of the money market, or the honesty of business associates; but the money you have given to the house of the Lord shall yield you a large percentage and declare eternal dividends long after the noon day sun shall have gone out .like a spark from a smitten ^nvil nnH ali f.hr> sfnrs are dead. The Alliance of the South. New Yoi:k, April 26.?Geo. W. Shell Congressman from South Carolina, was at the Xew York Hotel Thursday, accompanied by Captain Dial, a prominent banker of his State. Mr. Shell succeeds Congressman Perry of the Fourth District. lie was chairman of the committee which conducted Tillman's campaign last Fall and is a member of the Farmers' Alliance. He has been prominent in State politics for many years, and for several terms has been Clerk of the f-ourt in Laurens County. He told a Xew York Times reporter that he was a Democrat, notwithstanding he was a member of the Farmers' Alliance. "The Alliance is strong and is growing steadily," he said, -but when it comes to politics there are but two parties in South Carolina, Democrats and Republicans. The whites are Democrats, the colored men Republicans. I am a farmer, and 1 was elected as such over another Democrat who was a lawyer and so not eligible to membership. But I shall vote as a Democrat. I do not endorse all the principles of the Oeala platform. "Senator Irby of South Carolina is a member of the Alliance, but he will vote with the Democrats. He wouldn't vote for his brother for anything if he were not a Democrat. This rule will hold all through South Carolina, and, I believe, in Georgia and elsen-here in the South. The Alliance will not break from the t^vo great parties. It will grow and be of great advantage to its members. As between two candidates in the same party, one an Alliance man and the other not, it would support its own man Drobabiv. but that is the ex tent to which it will go into politics. Its members are Democrats and they will remain so. The South is Democratic from necessity. The Kansas Alliance is a different thing from the Southern Alliance. I think." Joe Muliiattox, the famous inventor of sensational newspaper lies and the drummers' candidate for president in the last general election, is reported to have been carried to an insane asylum. As the Greenville News says the trouble about the story is that it may have come from Mr. Mulhatton. i - V. ... I . "T i ... i ? 3J:LD!^G ON B-.0CX3 Or FIVE. | The Fouctlutlou of The Hopes of the Kelmblioan Party. Washington, April -9.?Democratic leaders are admonished to keep iiie:r eve on Gen (Jiarkson, who has just i>eeu elected president of the Association ofitepubi^an Clubs at Cincinnati. He hus> the reputation of being one of the shrewdest organizers in his party, and according to a Democratic Senator, who has had long and successfull experience in politics, C'larkson is in close touch 'lio irormnefavni-Pil infprpftts whir'h supply ttie funds for the Republican campaigns. It is whispered around in Republican circles that the next campaign will be fought out on the same line of policy pursued in the Harrison canvass, and the supply ot' "boodle" will be abundant. The prominence which Gen Clarkson's elevation to the presidency of the Republican League gives him, together with certain occurrences at the Capitol 1 -i i ?? i uuni;AM ciunng uie ciusmii uuuis ui uic uiiiiuudollar Congress," strengthens the suspicion that there is going to be a desperate struggle on the part of the liepublicans to retain control of the Government, and millions of dollars, if necessary, will be spent to obtain that end. While the big appropriation bill were pending between tne House and Senate last winter Clarks^n and Dudley were constantly in and out of the appropria| tion committee rooms. It is also said that Dudley was retained as counsel in almost all of the bis claim cases, and his influence was most potent. There is an impression Lbat a large percentage of the "back-numbers'' claims which were provided fur last Congress will lind its way into the Republican campaign treasury, r.s an understanding to that efi'ect is said to have been agreed upon hetnre nc.tion was had. It is well known that many claimants had abandoned all hope of receiving Congressional recognition, end they cheerfully signed away a goodly share of their claim upon the assurance that they would at least get a portion ot it in cash. Clarkson and Dudley are close friends, and both of them are organizers of "Class A." They known the power of gold in a close election, and they also know what it can accomplish when judiciously used. They do not wait until election day to make their bargains, nor do they wait until the first shot of the battle has been iired before they begin to organize. Already Clarkson aud" h'.s associates are preparing to orgauize the Republican party on the "blocks ofiive" system, which worked SO SUCCCSSiliiiy iwu .years a^u. it is preUy well understood that Clarkson and Dudley are not favorably inclined to the idea of giving Ilarrisou a second term, because he has on several occasions oifeuded them. However, if the party managers insist .that Hariison shall lead the party again Clarkson and Dudley will work just as industriously for him as they would for any other man who may be nominated. Success to the Republican party is their battle cry. la spite of Dudley's unfriendly relations with the President, he is to-day ones of the most influential men in the part}' with Cabinet otiioers and members of Congress. He does not have to seek clients to keep up his practice, nor does he con One his talents to any particular channel. Contested elections, patents, pensions claims, or any class of business coming before the Government department are thrust upon him becaused it is generally believed that he has "remarkable success" in pleading before Congressman or Government officials. Clarkson is ambitious to occupy a position of political prominence rather | than to accumulate a fortune. He is in I comfortable circumstances, ana is thoroughly devoted to the game of politics. lie is a believer in strict party discipline and thorough organization, and to him has been assigned the task ol' getting the k*boys" in line. Won't Kccocnixe the Committee. Charleston, April 24..?A very breezy meeting of the Municipal Democratic Executive Committee was held tonight, at which the managers for the comiDg primary election for delegates to the Democratic Municipal Convention were appointed. At the last meeting nf tlio r>r?mmir.tpft t.hft n residents nf the recently organized Democratic ward clubs were invited to nominate two managers of elections for each ward. At the meeting to-night replies were received from the ward presidents. Those who represent the alleged reform clubs decline to recognize the Executive Committee. Among other letters received was the following from exMayor W. A. Courteaay, who is now a ward president: "Charleston, April 23,1891.?Dear Mr. 31 cHugh: With all personal regards I must decline receiving your official communication of the 22d, as unauthorized. The same issue was presented in 1879, when Mr. Sales's friends claimed the old Executive Committee ' ' "? "> XI ? 15..4. as 'stanaaru auuioruy, etc. x>uu yuu i know some of the very gentlemen now claiming everything, in the political situation of 1891, turned down these pretensions, and your predecessors got left. Excuse my writing you, but the fact is there are so many good fellows gone astray with you 1 am sorry, and so i invite all my 'bailiwick' to'join ray club right off. Yours, Courtenay." This letter, which will be published to-morrow, will doubtless create a sensation as it recalls the revolutionary tactics adopted by the Courtenay party in 1879 when they side-tracked the regular Municipal Democratic Executive Committee and ran the campaign themselves. The difference uow, however, is that the party which elected Mr. Courtenay in 1879 now constitutes the Municipal Democratic Executive Comm i t J-U 1 \s tvv? State Press Association. Georgetown, S. C., April 30?The State Press Association to-ciay, alter the discussion of a number of questions of interest to the profession, elected the following officers: President, \V. II. Wallace, Newberry Observer. First Vice-President, A. G. Kollock, Cheraw Reporter. <.cknn-nrl if* .i. Prosit Ant. .Trtsiah T)r>?r Georgetown Times. Secretary, C. II. Prince, Florence Times. Treasurer. Franz Melcher, Deutsche Zeitung. Chaplain, Rev. Sidi II. Brown, Christian Neighbor. M. 13. McSweeney, J. A. Iloyt and J. C. Hemphill were elected delegates to the St. raid meeting of the National Editorial Association. Franz Melchers and li. T. Janes were elected alternates. Anderson was selected as the place of UCAL V Cell O The banquet tendered the association to-night by the Board of Trade in the Winyah Indigo Society hall was a most elaborate spread. Over one hundred guest were presided over by Senator Richard Dozier. The association ad journed sine die, after voting thanks to the hosts of tonigbt. The Grant Monument. Xew York, April 27?Ground was broken to-day at Riverside Park for the monument which is to be raised at the tomb of Gen. Grant. The ceremonies were in charge of the Grand Army of the Republic and were very impressive. When th3 sod was broken by Commander Freeman, of the G. A. R. the United States steamer Yantic, anchored in the Hudson River oli'tbe park, fired twentyone guns at intervals of thirty seconds. The feature of the occasion was the mus-g ic ot the Marine JLJand and a large cnorus i of chi drew> Gen. Horace Porter was the orator of the day. f J t The Onsaa ?' Soath Carolina The latest bulletin of the census of-1 ftce gives, among others, a complete j and final statement of the population | of South Carolina by races and coun- | ties. As the figures are of general and j permanent interest we print them today for the public information and for future reference The total white acti I - -1 - -j ionn I colored pupuisiiiuii ui me owner iu iostv, I as enumerated, was 1,150,957. of whom 458,454 were white and 69*2.503 were colored. The total population of the several counties, and the increase since 1880, were as follows: Total Population. Increase. Abbeville 46,847 6.032 Aiken 31,820 3,708 And erson 43,(596 JO,084 Barn well 44,612 4,755 Beaufort 34,116 3,940 Berkeley 55,427 ) Charleston 59,837 J 12,464 Chester 26,660 , 2,507 Chesterfield 18,437 ' 2,122 -a no noo A a AO uiarenaon ^o.^oo o Colleton 40,280 3,894 Darlineton 29,133 (dec) 5,352 Edgefield 49,258 3 414 Fairfield 28,599 834 Florence 25,027 Georgetown 20,857 1.244 Greenville 44,307 6,811 Hampton 20,544 1.803 Horrv 19.256 3,682 Kershaw 22,361 823 Lancaster 20.760 3,857 Laurens 31,610 2,163 Lexington 22.180 3,616 \Tarinn 2ft 958 (df>Cl 4.149 Marlboro 23,500 2,962 Newberry 26,434 (de^) 63 Oconee. 18,687 2,430 Orangeburg 49,393 7.998 Pickens 16.389 2,000 Richland 36,819 8,246 SDartanburg 55,381 14,972 Sumter 43,601 6,564 Union 25,363 6,283 Williamsburg.. ..27,775 3,665 York 38,771 8,058 The white population in 1890, and the inpr.onsp rlnrintr thp flpfiadft. were as fol lows: Population. Increase. Abbeville 15,120 1,948 Aiken 13,576 640 Anderson 25,174 6,327 Barnwell 14,010 157 Beaufort 2,563 121 Berkeley 7,661) Charleston 24,637 \ 1,306 Chester 8.443 808 Chesterfield 10,902 1,404 Clarendon 6,915 633 Colleton 13,870 1,686 Darlington 11^59 (dec) 1,270 Edgefield 17,055 1,037 Fairfield 7,051 163 Florence 10,400 . .:y Georgetown 4,020 554 Greenville 27,371 4,338 Hampton 6,807 521 Horry 13,639 3,007 Kershaw 8,440 548 Lancaster 10,338 2,403 Laurens 13,072 1,316 Lexington 13,705 2,609 Marion 14,334 (dec) 1,447 Marlboro 8,859 833 Newberry 8,880 644 Oconee 13.641 1,686 Orangeburg 15,585 2,643 Pickens 12,194 1,521 Richland 11,825 2,640 n/t '"ftn 1A OSTT Sparianourg to.izv Sumter 11,717 1,738 Union 10,874 358 Williamsburg.. .. 9,250 1,492 York 18,038 4,005 The colored population in 1890, and the increase during the decade were as follows: Population. Increase. Abbeville 31,727 4.090 Aiken 18,244 3,074 Anderson 18,522 3,657 Barnwell 30,602 4,599 Beaufort 31,553 3,821 Berkeley 47,766 ? 1l0qfi Charleston 35,200) li.we Chester 18,217 1,700 Chesterfield 7,565 718 j? i?5io i^iareuuuu i.u,ciio Colleton 26,410 2,229 Darlington 17,474 (dec) 4,083 Edgefield 32,203 1,377 Fairfield 11,548 668 Florence 14,627 ..... Georgeto w n 16,887 691 Greenville 16,933 2.425 Hampton 137,37 1,284 Horry 5,617 675 Kershaw 13,921 275 Lancaster 10,422 1.465 Laurens 18,588 8o0 Lexington 8,475 1,008 Marion 15,524 (dec) 2,<0j Marlboro 14,641 2.070 Newberry 17,554 (dec) ^07 Oconee.... 5,045 _ 744 Orangeburg 33,808 5,355 Pickens 4,195 479 Richland 24,994 5,606 Spartanburg 18.652 4,617 Sumter 31,884 4,826 ... ii A on 000 union jLV*osj Williamsburg 18,525 2,173 York 20,733 4,113 The News and Courier, from which journal we get the above, says that "according to these tables, as compared with those of previous censuses, there have been some remarkable variations in the increase of the population of the several counties, and in the relative increase of the two races in some of the counties, since 1860; but without going so deeply into the subject at present, it is interesting to note some of the curious features exhibited by the first table alone. "Let us compare adjoining counties. Abbeville had in 1880 a population of ir\ OAA ntlrvlViill'O OT">/4 "KM fTofi ?I H iU.OUU, 1U 1UU.UU uuwutiAxuu its next door neighbor, had 45,800. Abbeville increased its population during the decade about 14 percent, and Edgefield increased its population only about 7 per cent. Spartanburg had in 1880, 40,400 and Greenville, 37,400. The increase in Spartanburg was 37 per cent, and in Greenville 18 percent Laurens, which had in 1880, 29,400, and which borders on Abbeville, Greenville and Spartanburg, increased only about 7 per cent. Union had in 1880. 24,000, and York its next door neighbor, 30,700. Union increased about 5 per cent, and York about 26 per cent. Fairfield lies between Richland and Lancaster. Richland in 1880 had 28,500; Fairfield, 27,700, and Lancaster. 19,900. Richland increased in the decade about 2y per cent, Lancaster about 23 per cent, and Fairfield, the intermediate county, 3 per ah prtnntim lis in the ud per and middle parts of the State. The 1 lower tier of counties exhibit like va- ( riations. Hampton was formerly a . part of Beaufort. In 1880 Beaufort < had a population of 30,600 and Hamp- . ton had 18,700.- Beaufort increased 13 . per cent and Hampton about 9.5 per j cent in the decade. Orangeburg had in 18S0, 41,300 and Barnwell 39,8U0. Orangeburg increased about 19 per cent and Barnwell about 12 per cent. Horry and Georgetown lie side by side on the coast. Horry had in 1880, 15,500 ; and Georgetown 16,600. Horry in- i 3 - 1 ?4 n.AAT?rpo. , creaseu ctuuut pci ucuo auu ? town 6 per cent in the decade. i "These examples are enough, for the : present, to show how "scattering" has been the increase in the last decade. The variations are, of course, inexplicable on any known grounds, but they ' are exhibited in the official record, and ' are interesting for that reason. C ' er 1 examples will be given hereafter, in ! carefully prepared tables of percentages, which will present the whole sub- * ject in the plainest light. Our readers J who are interested in the showing, for any reason, should preserve the foregoing tables for the purposes of com- ; parison and for future reference." Saielde of a Prospective Bridegroom. Knoxville, Tenn., April 27.?M. J 0. Meredith, a young man thirty years ' old, committed suicide this evenins by shooting bimseii. ne was to uave uccu < married Wednesday night to promi- ] nent young lady of this city. Meredith j came here from Baltimore three years ago and lately has been agent of the New South Building and Loan Asso- \ ciation. His aged mother is now a I resident of Baltimore. A LYNCH.EO 3Y SOLDIERS. The Towa of Walla Walla In the Hands of j a Moh- 1 Walla Walla, Wash , April 25.? 1 D. J. Hunt, i be slujvr of Private Miller ; TTT'JO ]rnnhor? Inct vu ?? ruucoua^ xii^uuj ??***? 4. M- V j | evening by soldiers from the garrison, j j His body fell in the Court. House yard | < riddled with sixteen bullets, four of i which entered his head. Early in the ' evening Sheriff McFarland received intelligence that an attempt would be , made to lynch Hunt, and In companv j with Prosecuting Attorney Blandford i he repaired to the garrison and told < Col. Compton what was feared and ' a^ked him to assist in protecting the ] prisoner. This he promised to do by having check rolls called after taps. 1 The sheriff returned and engaged an j extra number of guards. But all had 1 not arrived when the crowd, probably ^ seventy soldiers appeared and demanded that the officers opeu the doors of < the jail, and when the demand was re- i fused the soldiers began work on the i door with hammers and chisels. Find- i ing this slow work they threatened to , use dynamite. Further resistence then i being useless, the doors were opened . and thirty or forty cocked revolvers were levelled at the heads of all inside. The keys of the cells were demanded and these were given the crowd, and when Hunt's cell was shown them they quickly took him out to the Court House yard and shot him. The excitement was intense and the crowd of two thousand people surged about the street in front o*"' the jail until after midnight. Immediately after the shooting the soldiers went to their quarters and it will be difficult to identify those concerned in the snooting, though many were not masked. The soldiers actually took charge of the town and allowed no one to pass along the streets in the vicinity of the jail. They compelled merchants to put out lights. Hunt, who was a gambler, met Miller last Wednesday night in a saloon. The two began drinking and soon became involved in a quarrel. Hunt drew his revolver and fatally shot the soldier. The Weather and the Crops. The following weekly weather crop bulletin of the South Carolina weather service, in co-operation with the United States signal service, was issued Saturday: The temperature and sunshine have been above the normal and very beneficial to all crops. The amount of rainfall has been below the normal and badly distributed, but local rains have fallen in many sections within the last two days and will prove of great bene42*. 4.^ 4-K/* nontc urorQ ?11/ LU (JX'Upa VY UCi C ?? w. v beeinning to look gloomy. The planting of cotton and, in fact, all "farm work has been very much retarded by dry weather. In man^ in-itances there has been so little mou.?ure in the soil that the seed planted several day3 have not germinated. But where the cotton was planted early it is looking remarkably well, but this condition is confined to a small area compared to the entire crop. On stiff, clay lands it has been verv difficult to plow and to prepare the soil for reception of the seed. Corn is generally vigorous and growing, but complaints are being made of imperfect stands, causing an unusual amount of replanting. The entire corn crop is not yet planted. Rice in low lands is being planted and replanted where it was injured by floods a few weeks ago. The acreage in wheat and oats has- been reduced considerably below an average. But from every part of the State trie reports show that both crops are in fine condition. The early sowing, as usual, is in a much better condition than that sown late. The truck farmers are cheerful and their prospects for full crops are very encour iging. Large shipments of strawberries and vegetables are daily being sent to the Northern markets. The condition of the farms just at this time, while a little unfavorable, 1 are not at all discouraging. The farm- , era are hard at work and a buoyant feeling permeates nearly every indus- ; try, justifying the hope of a successful veiir an 1 a cenerai industrial develop m?nt throughout the State. 1 Yellow Fever In Brazil. Washington, April 27.?Dr. Hamilton has received a report, dated March 16, from Dr. Cleary, United States sanitary inspector at Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Dr. Cleary says that for the week ending March 14 there were in the city 56(3 deaths, of which 231 were from yellow ' fever. The yellow fever epidemic, the inspector says, has Increased since his last report. The greatest mortality from the disease was on the 14th, when fcrtythree persons died. Dr. Hamilton in speakiD2 about the yellow fever, said he thought it could be kept out of the southern slates this year. The authorities were In a better condition tha.i usual, this being especially due to the increased efficiency of the ?-1c A offt of Phonrlo <uu uai.auliut; omuvuw aw vuuu%.v.vMk island and at Dry Tortugas and the establishment of the new station at c Mullet Key, Tampa Bay, Fla., which ^ was erected by the 9tate, and will soon 5 be opened. The greatest danger point, Dr. Hamilton sa d, was from Rio, where the fever rages fiercely. Pianos and Organs. N. W. Trump, 134 Main Street, Columbia, S. C., sells .Pianos and Organs, direct from factory. No agents' commissions. The celebrated Chickering Piano. Mathushek Piano, celebrated for its clearness of tone, lightness of touch and lasting qualities. Mason & Hamlin Upright Piano. Sterling Upright Pianos, from ?225 up. Mason & _ Hamlin Organs surpassed by none. Sterling Organs, S50 up. Every Instrument guaranteed for six years. Fifteen days' tri-ji ovnon?ps hnth wavs. if not satis factory/ Sold oil instalments. A Good Scheme. Lansing, Mich., April 30.?The bill providing for the election of Presidential electors by Congressional Districts with two delegates at large, one from the Eastern, and the other from the Western District, has passed the Senate. This is a Democratic measure to divide the vote of the State on the President, and it has already passed the House. The Senate also passed a Congressional apportionment bill which, as calculated, will give seven of the twelve districts to the Democrats. The importancs of purifying the blood cannot be over-estimated, for m'thrtiit. rmrf> hiond vou cannot enjoy good healh. P. P. P. (Prickly Ash, Poke Koot and Pottassium) is a miraculous blood purifier, performing more :ures in six months than all the sarsa- -= panlias and so-called blood purifiers put together. Rheumatism.?James Paxton, of Savannah, Ga., says he had Rheumatism so bad that he could not move from the bed or dress without help, and that tie tried many remedies, but received ao relief until he began the use of P. P. P. (Prickly Ash, Poke Koot and Potas- s sium;, and two bottles restored him to j Health. j Rheumatism is cured by P. P. P. Pains and aches in the back, shoulders, fcnees, ankles, hips, and wrists are all attacked and conquered by P. P. P. This great medicine, by its blood:leansing properties, builds up and strengthens the whole body. Gen. Yan Moltke, the great German soldier, is dead. He was ninety-one years of age, aud was one of the most prominent figures in Europe for years. A complete JBedroom Suit for S16.50 i freight paid to your depot. Send for | 3atalos:ue. Address L. F. Padgett, Augusta, Ga. Fl.iridn Pho-.n^srw I-m?- ?>rv. Baltimore. April >25.?-Thft Maun facturers' Record oi thi-> week publishes* the full history of the devvlopm^ai of the I phosphate minim: interest of Florid t| ind South Caroiiua. Since 1SS0. when one company coiunenced to mine phosphate rock iu Flor- j .da on a small scale, this industry ha> j developed with wonderful rapidity, and | nvestments in phosphate lauds haw j been on an enormous scale. TI-.0 "VfonnfoMnrrtrc' kVfnvl'* list of companies now operating there shows i.hatover$12.000has been invested withn two years, and that these companies iow baye a daily capacity of 2,00*0 tons )f phosphate rock, whijh will be in^reased shortly Vj 3.000 tons by the completion of mining plants now under con- j 3tructiou. In addition to these companies, fifty-one others, with an aggregate capital stock of over $21,000,000, have j jeen incorpoiated to deveh p phosphate j ands, but are not yet at work. In South Carohua there are twentysight phosphate mining companies, with in aggregate capital of $0,510,000, and :he production last year was 537.149 xms. There are also ehrnteeii leruiizer nanufacturing companies in that state, laving a capital of nearly $5,000,000 NOTICE"! Before assuring your life, or investing your money, examine the TwentyYear Tontine Policies of THE EQUITABLE LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY OF THE United States. Policies maturing in 1891 realize casli returns to the owners, of amounts varying from 120 to 17G per cent, of the money paid in, besides the advantages of the Assurance during the whole period of twenty years. The following is one of the manv actual cases maturing this year: Endowment Policy No. G4.923. Issued in 1871, at a^e 27. Amount, ?3,000. Premium, ?239.90. Total Premiums Paid, 54,798. ResultS at end of Tontine Period in 1891: CASH SURRENDER VALUE, 58,449.45, (Equal to ?17G-10 for each ?100 paid in premiums, which is equivalent to a return of all premiums paid, with interest at 1\i per cent, per annum.) Or, in lieuo cash, A PAID-UP LIFE POLICY FOIl ?19,470. (Equal to ?405.80 for eacli ?100 paid in premiums.) OR, A LIFE ANNUITY of ?633.55 One fact is worth a thousand theories There is no Assurance extant in any company which compares with this. The Equitable is the strongest company ia the *x>rld and transacts the largest business. For further information address or apply to the nearest agent of the Society, or write lirectto W. J. ROBDEY, GI^KKAL AGC.\T, April 8-3m ROCK HILL, S. C. rHE LARGEST STOCK, MOST SKILLED WORKMEN", LOWEST PRICES M Carolina lie Mi F. E. HYATT, PSOPKIKTOU. Is the best place in South Carolina 01 toutbern States to secure satisfaction in American and Italian Marble \\roik. All :iuds of Cemetery Work , speciality. TABLETS, HEADSTONES, MONUMENTS, &c. Send for prices and full information. F. H. HYATT, April Sly COLUMBIA, S. C. CHILD BIRTH - MADE EASY! " Mothers' Friend " is a scientifically prepared Liniment, every ingre^i^nt nf rpmrrniv*ihu? ymi in constant use by the medical profession. These ingredients are combined in a manner hitherto unknown "MOTHERS' FRIEND" : WILL DO all that is chimed for I it AND MORE. It Shortens Labor, Lessens Pain3 Diminishes Danger to .Life of Mother and Child. Book to " Mothers " mailed FREE, containing valua'c'.c information and voluntary testimonials. Sent by express on reccipt of price $1.00 per bottls oninrin r> ocpilt ITflO pn fin. DnHUntLU ntUULmvn w? SOLD BY ALL DRi'GOTST.S. J ^ES^Ask ior catalogu?^H FERRY M'F'G CO. :JashvS , ?."TV.- -j. -j-. 1^. '"'-i-y ?'Sil8P!t filS ftp Mftf ? i. 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YOUR GOODS. | j I will send you a nice plush Parlor suit,^ Swalnut frame, either in combination o." ? sbanded, the most stylish colors for 33.50,^ |to your iailroad station, freight paid. \ y X will also sell you a nice Bedroinos uai jjconsisting of Bureau with glass, 1 high j < Shead Bedstead, 1 Washstand, 1 Centre? Jj itable, 4 cane seat chairs, l cane seat and ? tj back rocker all for 16.50, and pay freight.; * to your depot. i Or I will send you an elegant Bedroom s { 1 suit with large glass, full marble top, ror ^1 $30, and pay freight. \ jm Nice window shade on spring roller ? 4C; ??legant Jarge walnut 8 day clock, 4.00 g Walnut lounge, 7.00' SLace curtains per window, 1.00] 1 I cannot describe everything in a small' ^advertisement, but have an immense store ^containing 22,600 feet of floor room, with 11 ware houses and factory buildings in others Sparts of Augusta, making in all the lar-1 i ggest business of this kind under one man-S gagement in the Southern States. Theseg Istoresand warehouses are crowded, witna the ch&icest productions of the best facto-? . ries. My catalogue containing illustrations.| of goods will be mailed if you will kind!) say where you saw this advertisement. 1 pay freight. Address, L. F. PADGETT, Proprietor Padgett's Furniture, Stove and Garnet Store, 1110-1112 Broad Street, AUGUSTA, GA. a Mm Mciue I ; : ';'H ? MEO . I J f iv. &8D WOMAN. ^ r" :' ? :!: purify a*i<i vitalize your " ' "i. :iv.i- ; a croud *pivt:Mand give your ! ' *> ::(- streustb. j < A pr..uni nr. riilmad sv.^-rintendentat K " ..s:;.Tiag with Dv<rpep- a i:. Hiiiiisia sa* <n& j , r felt so well in hi-i>f<- +.' >' .. V Li? vXi'iW iivefC~--.'<;7, ' ' . :ire?l oat fr ,0.? . 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Distributor and Cleaner exhibited by W. H. Gibbes, Jr., & Co. The system operates most efficiently, and much improvesthe sample, facilitates the sinning of wet cotton^ and saves largely in labor and cost of handling. The Committee recommend to the farmers of the State an investigation into the merits of these devices. I [Signed.] D. P. DUNCAN, for Committee. W. H. G1BBES, Jr.. & CO? Columbians. C. State Agents and Dealers in first class Machinery, Buggies, Wagons, &c. Special ?To test the advertising value of The State, we will sell to any farmer . referring to that paper one of the best Dow Law Cotton Planters made for 4L25, cash. \ . Ihe usual price is ?5.00. W. H. GIBBES, Jr., & CO. WHY NOT USE OURS ? MURRAY'S IRON MIXTURE J IS A -t GENUINE BLOOD TONIC! MURRAY'S SABSAPARILLA is a Blood Purifier and Spring Medicine! jfl We are the Manufactures and Sole Pro- ? prietors of both. . Jw Tu;.. /vf A cvcf flTTl JLUID Id LllO LI LUC VL LUC JT C?LJ? 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