The Fairfield news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1881-1900, October 07, 1891, Image 1

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voXL VI. WINNS1JOUO, S. C.. WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 7, 1891. XO. 8. 'ii.k SA "f> ihi is Willi US. i.R. "7 AlMAG-- PLEACHES ON THE CONTINUED MISSION OF CHRIST. I TJtr S? ? >! )f> !> < ( . .t\ 11.).:.1 y ? 'l lit- OUCH- ! iiosiini: ? ; tin- iim (?>rs m t <?? T?*u>i>Ie?! T<.f TriiJj 'alM i, C. TuMil, Ctucltfxton Ki ll MiSM'xl j' Bkookian, l'7.?Tills is Sacra* meni Sum!-- at ?!; J>f?K.klyi: Tabernacle. Tin* > rv'-.i s :;s usual cu these occasion* wcrv-. :y s?.*linm aud impressive. The inoiu'.iij; service opened with the iimi ix elrc <l? x<)h>u'y. The yrand oil'ertoire !>} Cr:???n was exquisitely reu-1 de-ret! h\ Prviessiir Henry Kyr? Brown. | ami lhe service ?!o.-e?; with the majestic coronation hymn. I>:-. Talnsasie's tils- j <? - -?>> nvtiv'i (it ("lirist throu-h tic eonlurks." and his text] Revelation xix; l:i. ' On his head svere many crowr:*.'' May cars 1-e a'.ert and your thoughts c>nccuira*e<i, and all the ers ol'your->;ul ar<>used, while I speak t<> y-iU ot t! ruarch of Christ through the u-iuuri?-*.v Yousav. '^ive us then ; a nood sta::. in rut ins of vermillion and j on !:<?or of mosaic and uuid corridors of i p?>ri?ii>ry and under canopies dyed in all i tlie spit nd'. ;.s < ( ihi: Kiting >un." You | car. r.< via;: >;:?riinir place. At the I tune <>ur C'l.iei 'an w:is horn, there were' casta- <>ii the Kaih of Galilee, audi pahais ut ileni, and ir periai bath-1 ri-< n:.- ::t J. icW". and obelisks at Cairo and tin- i'a-itlKnon at Rome, with its Corinthian portico and sixteen granite! columns; and the Parthenon at Athens witii i > g -^tuiug coronet of temples, a;:<: i .i :*: v ie mountains of line architecui: c in i'v.u; parts of he world. But iK'tif ? ?' ih? in '.vi re to he thj starting ^ place <?: the Chiettiau 1 celebrate. [ A o ^'? -ui I. a winter mouth, an atr nn >j l<rc .';i v iiich are the moan of L caim-i* and the baaing of sheep and the * Inukinj .;! :'<^s uud the rough banter of i l.cstitiics. IP: takes his first journey bcl.'if he couhi walk. Aimed desperaciots with hands oi blood were ready to snatch bin- dov. u iuto butchery. Rev. William U. Thompson, the veteran &*id ! beloved iu,.>sIor.ary whom I saw last month in .1 envoi-. :n his 80th 3ear. has <U:-ci:b? d. 1T. -iume entitled "The i and ?:!;:) e ;h>ok.?' iiethlehem as he saw it. V. :;iK r before last 1 walked up k am! liown t-ie gray hills of Jura limestone on v hah the village now rests. The lact it;;.'. K:ng David had been bom J there. had ruri.ng ages elevated the village ii;t<- :?:?> sp cial at, Leu lion. The other tact that i\-as the birthplace of Ch;ei:a:i id uot keep the place in uiu-r \t-ar- ho.n -trial dishonor, for Hadrian L v it : ere the grove of Adonis and Jor ye;. s "fit; religion the?.e observed wa.-s :ht mo: t abhor: eut debauchtn the wo. id is ivtr seen. Our Chieftain was c nsi ,-re i dangerous irom the start. Ti wrrlii had put suspicious oyt-s i.pon bin; because at the time of liis bin!;, :he ..sir-Jogers had seen stellar c ? >n;n:< ? world out of its place and srboot. .4 :i nva toward a caravansary. Su:;^:v :.ati?>u was a science. As- late as the igl.teenih century it had votaries. At the Court of Catharine de ^Jtdiei : w: ? honored. Kepler, one *'i tl:e v. sot philosophers that the world <ver saw, ?.ecl :.cd it .vas a true science. As late as the ^igu of Charles II, Lilly, jBfr a;: astrolo;-r v> ;.s culled before the house lf? {>1 ;< niinoii> m England to give his opinjui: ;;s to hitUT;' C'-'eii is. For ages the | PfobrL-ht Hi-i.t trance of Mars meant war; mk-\ .Itipiu r. <neatU power, of the Pleiades, i P^Mc.i.t >tor:\is {.t sea. And as history Mr i-vis in (. I do not know b it that W a 'aIi .0 it nay be found that as the V ?:j liit.j liie tide of the sea and the I \ulkct- the growth or blasting of ' A othtr w>rl.is besides those two 'j^^may l.s:ve something to do with llll'?mnv ot irnhviiluals and nations ,:i this > i t , (it, that Hit commotions in tU U*a\#E? "fcil,fcd,Lht IK^ 00 'he ni-'ht ?ut*'"- c "u was b?ru. As , l.Ue..p7c h - \i\aUul^tr world and after ih;ii%-U.rJ'* \vi!^ ?8*agai?s 1" exchange \\( iid-i it iV>l 5,t eiu $ trainee to me t 3k<,u;^ have leit the el-i L ;('J,'And instead or beit! in^riU viti-i ub-iiN the one slur that K ] wus:d?r U:=V ail the worlds in sffl Ll;t. 'l.i'iiviv? <l ii"t\ tl'JU Christmas ii:;!:!. t- - me sp&cial demonstraI \\ ii". 'Ui'.l ilievy leave to oue '.vrrld rv rrscU-;' * ti e heari^*: of lht tit-ws ' t lilt' l;UIi::lliVati<'U (.1 (_Tf,r:st? WLer* ' v5!; .Mais i.;;! Vi^wL that it A'-'d m>l indic>ii.e liit- '.vur> thai wvre to come U-iwit-i, : ^lK.-vusness at.'t\ inWiuiu? Whtie wa- Ju: i'.erthat iiiyhi CJiuL il did not ; ( ]( ? : iiu ? nuiii.otence iuettrnult d? U fi(:ie w i!ic 1'iciadcS IfiaL'Vi&StL, thai thcx i : ! <.!, announce the sT-orms ' * { ?:><.i '. it.;i ihat would assail >,our t -.ifiUt.!;.' Vr^ in r-iui: tl.is niaivh of (.'lirisr 'tiL'l: i:i t\! 1 ui.C'> wc mu>t not walk : t i'ii- rj.ii r : >. >i?!e !iim. f.>r that would i:?'t l.e iw- j.;i iial >:* worshiphil. we u;;ik i.' i 1; in. We tollow hliliwti.lt; not \tt .i: . :s < Lh-, up a Jerusalem ter.'a*.v. t.*? ,i i ?:! :-:nr " V" leei leny and GOO !< ft wifir. lit: i nut-r the hover.ny splen- j < < r <ii Lai ??;. s aid b\ a pillar crowm d j with v': i . Mm a-<; into t!.e shape ot ;ij. . ir- w-, ami aloisi: by vralia ? !'!* Villi-! v and near a marrjie i:. . i u.onp ui wh:te-hairtd i - and theologians valuer p.r-'Uiid h:.- . il.e ho\ bevrihttrs, ill ii ?. <>!: 1?n ii fA'er'A'ia lms these >cl.oJ-.n iy pf^i ; tartans with questions i:.cy i iuv-.vrr. and under his quick \s and i- !:_>.-trs and hows aud w.'.ens. | ti.e\ j nil heir w:.i;e beards with em1 ;.t tar .-mv. t. and :ui>lheir wtii.kled !i?r}.?:: !* a: i<>nvsi?u, and putting iluir Mali arii down on I lie niaible lluur as t!.. \ arts* lo lie liny rnuM Ie?-1 like i huhti^ in- bo! .in -s that allocs twelve .Mars (. ; :v.c i < a-K seventy-live >e:?rs aye .sue!: pu:v.U*^. ('at <>t" -111? hu'ld:'.!^ we ioliow him i:<* o the (.j.'.ar ntania. the mountain ol Utnplalii-... ;ts sir?e to this day bl&ik vitlj robot Look! Up the side ui ihis in- ::ntn a. -ome all the forces u! p< tuition :) ei:'vCl our Clue'tam's capture. jju. alir.ouub weakened by tony da>s ar.d "'"it* niaht* ot abstinence, he l.nis ail ] aac incuiuoi down the rocks. >t.v. o! ; ->w he can hurl into hely!t?nos s-:. oh; temptations. Aud now w?- climb : ati? r him. up the totijh .-i<.? > i.-t ii *v-'ou: t ot Beatitudes," and u ii.-- hi^l.'-t! pu!,>ii of rocks, !he Yali": 11 at t *??r?- him. th>. lake of Gal'iit i" iIn oi lam; the Mediterranean >*.a ' t'.c -t.it i>: him. and he : reach's a mciuou liiat yet will trans ti:?* vm-iv \\ ;i:> tis appiicu seui> i nai.'.. N?-w ' ' ! ?:! ?vv (,-ui Chieftain on J,;;kr 11 ;i. it:. W e mim keep to the I ! i iiv'i. ."i our ivt-l are Hot .-shod with the j rii iiu;'i . ; !i>J we it-member what piu>; 5' :?'i maiie o: i; when he irui to the water. Christ our; U u;t-: is?*. it < to:> 'A the tossing waves, u is a'-cut o.o<.? ;.'.i the morning, and ; i> the i trk' n time just beiore da)*ii-iu. 3h:i f.'V !he flashed of liijlitnio^ j | v.e see him pulling his feet on the cre>t ' of the waves, stepping Irom .-rest to! I crest, walking tiie whitt sun. solid as j ! though it were frozen snow. The sailors think ai;ho.st Is striding trie tempest, i i but he cheers them iuto j.lacidity. show-; l ing himself to be a yreat Christ !or sail or6. Au<l he walks the Atlantic and j I'aoldc aud .Mediterranean aud Adriatic j now. and ii' exhausted and alrighted j voya.ers will listen for hi* voice at halt; past 3 o'clock in the worniu^ on auy : Isea, indeed at any hour, they will hear! his voice of compassion aud encourage- ; meut. We continue to follow our Chieftain ! anil here is a blind man by the wayside. ' It is not from catarac* of the eve or from, ! ophthalmia, the eye-extin?jui?h?>r of the > East; but he *as born blind, "lie ] opened!' he cries, aud tirsv there is i* j smarting of the eye-lids, and then a twil-1 light, aud then a mid-noon, and then a ; shout. "1 see!" Tell it to all the blind, ; i and they at least, can appreciate it. And i here is the widow's dead son. aud here is the expired damsel, and here Is La^arous! ''Live!' our Chiefuuu cries, and they live. Tell it through all the bereft fall if amAtiir tKo irrovna i IIUU3CUVIUO, C.^11 AC uiuv;i% wuv ? vv . And here around him gather the 'leaf and j , the dumb and tlie sick, and at his word ! they turn ou their couches, and blush j from awful pallor of helpless illness to j rubicund health, aud the swollen foot oi j : the dropsi;al suiferer becomes llret us a j j roe?>11 tne mountains. The music of the grove aud household weakens the deaf ear, and luuaUc aud man ac return into I bright intelligence, and the leper's breath becomes as sweet as the breath of a | child, aud the flesh as roseate. Tell it to 'all the sick, through rdl the homes, [ though all the hospitals. Tell it at 12 ! o'clock at night; tell It at 2 oclock in the morning; tell it at 3.30, and in the lust watch of the night, that .Jesus walks the tempest. Still wo follow our Chieftain until the j government that gave him no protection, ! insists that he pay tax and too poor 10 raise the requisite $2.75, he orders Peter to catch a fish that has in its mouth a Roman stater, which is a bright coin (and youkno v that fish naturally bite at anything bright), but it was a miracle that Peter should have caught it at the tirst haul. Xow vrp. follow our Chieftain unii: for the paltry sum 01 $15, J mas sells Him to His pursuers. Tell it to all the betrayed! If for $10,000, or for 851)0, or for $100 your interests were sold out, considerjlor how much cheaper a sum the Lord' of earth and heaven was surrendered to humiliation and death. But here while fallowing him on a ppring ni^ht between lland 12 o'clock, we see the tlash of torches and lanterns, and we hear the j cry of a mob ot Nihilists. They ar? breaking in on the quietude of Geth- j I semane wiih clubs?like a mob with sticks chasing a mad do?:. It is a herd of Jerusr.'om. "roughs'' led on by.Ju ;asto arrest Christ and punish him for beiiii: the lovelist and best bamg that ever lived. But rioters are liable t ^ assail the wrong man. How w -re the j to be sure which one was Jesusl' "I will kiss him." says Judas, "and by that signal you will kuow on whom to lay your hands of arrest." So the kiss which ihrougtuout the human race and for all time God intended as the most sacred demonstration of alfection, for Paul writes to the Ilomaus aud the Corinthians and the Thessalonians concerning the "holy kiss," and I'eter celebrates the kiss ot charity, and with that c?njunction of lips Laban met Jacob, and Joseph met his brethren, and Aaron met Moses and Samuel met Saul and Jonathan met Larid and Orpah parted from Naomi and l'aul separated from his friends at Ephesus and the father in the parable greeted the returning prodigal, and when the millennium shall c)ine we are told righteousness and peace will kiss each other, and all the world is Invited to ^reet Christ as inspiration cries out "Kiss the Son, lest IT n Ka ontrv on/1 t ?> rtoriult rr?m t htf* I J. A. N? au^ij 14UV4 J V/ <1 V"? "**V \ra?" that most sacred demonstration of reunion and atlectioa' was desecrated as the tilthy lips of Judas touched the pure cheek ot Christ, and the horrid s ^.ackof that kiss lias its echo m t!ie treachery and debasement and hjocrisy ot all ages. As in December. 18*9, I vralkeu on 'he waj irom Bethany, aud at the foot of Mount Olivet, a hall-mile from the wali of-Jerusalem, through the GardeD ol Getfisemane, -ud under the eight venerable olive tr?es now stauding, their pomologieal ancestors having been witnesses ol th? occurrence spoken of. the scene of horror aud of crime came back to me, until I shuddered with the historical reminiscence. In further lollowit.j our great Chieftain's march through t')e centuries, I rind run sell iu a crowd iu Iront ot Herod's palace iu Jerusa'am, and on a movable platform pi need uponateMelaied paremeut, I'ouiius I'ilate sits. t^fnu as once a year a condemned crimmal is pard->n%d. IVate lets vlie people choose whether it shait r>? an a>-sassaiu <<r our (J .ieftain, and they all car out tor th? liberaLion ot Liu assasain, thus declariuu they preh r a murderer lo the salvatiou of ihe world. Pilate took a bas:u of water in trout of these people aud tried to wash oil'the blood ot tliis murder from hits hands, but he could not. Thfy are ><iill liUe-J and I see them looming up through ali the ayes, eight angers aud two thumb* <>tao<l'.Uir oul red with the carnage. Still following own Chieftain, I ascend thy hi 1 which General Gordon, the ur<.at Enjjluh explorer and arbiter first made a clay model of. It is hard climbing f?>r our (Jhi*i'.ain, for he has u??t onl> two heavy th- bers to carry ou i his back, ti.e up-ri-jht and horizontal pieces of the cross, but he is sutler)n^ troin exhaustion caused bv lack ot food, mountain chill*. de?crt heats, whippings with elm-wood rods, and years ot maltreatment. It look our parit ;n 1880only tifteen minutes to cli ub lo the top of tbe lull and reach that liuie-stone rock in yonder wall, wtiich 1 rolled down from the apex oi Mount Lai vary. But I thiuk our Chiettain must have taken a long lime for the asceut, -or tie had all earth aud heaven, aud ail heli on his back, a-> he climbed fro n base to summit, and there endured what Wdham Copper, and Jutm Milton, and Charles Wesley. and Isaac Watts and .Tamts Montgomery, and all the othur sacred poets have attempted to put in Torse; and Ausjello, and Raphael, anil Titian, and Leonardo da Vinci, and ail the steal It&liau, aud German, and Spanish, and French artists hare attempted to paint; and Bos."UPt, aud Massillon, aq<i George White lie hi, and Thomas Chalmers hare attempted to preach. Something oi' ita overwhelming awiulueus you may estimate lroin the fact that tiie suu which shines in the h^aveus a>uiJ not end ire U the sua which unflinchingly looked upon the delude that drowned th? world, which without blinking looked upon | the rums of earthquakes which swal- 1 lowed Lisbou aud Caracea*, and has , looked unbiauc'ned on the battle-fields of Trbelu. lilenhciin, Megiddo, and all the sctues d\ carnage that have ever scalded and drenched the earth with human gore?that sun could not look upon the sceue. The sun dropped over its lace a veil of cloud. It withdrew. It hid itself. 11 said to the midnight,"! resign to thee this spectacle upon which I hive no strenyht 10 iraze; thou art blind, Ob. Midnight! and for tnat reason I commit to thee this tmgecy!" Then the uiirhiuawk and ihe bat tlew by, the jackal howled in the ravines. Now we follow our Chieftain as they carry his limp and lacerated form amid the flowers and trees of a garden, the gladioluses, the oleanders, the lilhes, the geraniums, the mandrakes, down lire or six steps to an aisle of granite wher he sleeps. But only a liltle while he sleeps there, for there is an earthquake in all that region, leaving the rocks to this day iu their aslant and ruptured state declarative of ihe tact th it something extraordinary theie happened. Andwesceour Chieftain arouse from kin brief slumber and wrcsllc down the ruflian Death who would keep him imprisoned in tint cavern and put both heels on ihe monster. and coniimr lorth with a err that will nut i ease to be echoed until on the great resu.reotiou day the door of tlie lust sepulchre shali be uuhlnged and ilung clangiug into the debris of demoliali-d cemeteries. Xow we follow our Chieftain to t .e shoulder of Mount Olivet, and without wings \ e rises, the disciples clutching fur ills r<>bes too late to reach then), ami across the great quit's :?f space with one bound he gams that world whuh for thirty-three yeais hail been denied his companionship, and all heaven lifted a shout of welcome as he entered, and of coroation as up the mediatorial throne he mounted. It wai the greatest day heaven had ever seen. Tliey had hi-11 back a^ain from tears, trom wounds, from ills, from a world that neter appreciated him, lo a world in which he was the chief deliuht. In all the libretto ot celestial music, il was hard to and an anthem enough coujubilant to celebrate the joy saintly, seraphic, arch-angelic, deilic. 13ut still we follow our Chieltiau in his march through the centuries, lor invisibly he still walks the earth, and by the eye of faith we siill follow him. You can tell whore he walks by the churches, and hospital, and reformatory institutions, aud houses of morcy thai spring up alonsj the way. I hear his tread in the eick room, and in the abodes ot bereavement. He marches on and the. nations are gathering around j him. The islands of the sea are hearing hi? voice. The continents arc feeling his power America will be his! Europe will be his! Asia will be his! Africa j will be his! Australia will be his! New Zealand will :.<e his! All the earth will be his! Do you realize that until now ; it was impossible lor the world t") be converted? Not uutil very recently has i the world been tound. The .Bible talks about "the ends ot the earth" and the "uttermost parts of the world" as be mt,' saved, out not uuiu aow nive me ends of the earth" been discovered, and not until now have the "uttermost parts of the worid" been revealed. The navigator did his work, the explorer d d his work, the scientist did his work, and now lor the first time ?inoe the world has been created 1ms the world been known, measured ofT, and geographized, the last hiddeu, and unknown tract has been mapped out and now the work ot evangelization will be begun with an earnestness and velocity as jet unimagined. The steamships are ready; the lightning express trains are read,): the printing-press are ready; too telegraphjaud telephoue are ready; million* of Christians are reudy and now see Chi ist marching on thrt u^h the centuries. Marching on! Marching on!! One by one governments will tall into liue and constitutions and literatures will adore his name. More honored and worshipped is he in this year ot'lt<(Jl than at any time since the year one, audtheday hastens wheu ail nauons will join one procession "following the Lamb whithersoever lie goeth." Marching on. marchmi: on!! This dear old world whose r>aok has !>e?'ti scourged, whose e.\es have been bliuded. whose heart has been wrung, will yet rivai heaven. This planet's torn robe ot pa'.n aud crime and demen tia will come on aud the white ami spotless and *htier:nc robe <>i holiness aad happiness will come un. The last wound will havtj strung lor ilie lust tim*; the last iirief will have wiped its last tear; the last cii initial will iiave repented ol his last crime and our world that has been a straggler amou^ worlds, a lost star, a wavward planet, a rebellious! Liiobe. a miscreant satellite, will hear i the voice Unit uttered childish plaint in IJethlehem. and agonized prayer in <itthseniaue and dyhri j;roan on Gol^ottiA, aud as this vo:ce cries "Come,*' our world will return from iu wauuer;ny never a^aiu to stray. Marcbiuir on, marching on!! TliCn this wo' ld'i joj will be so ^reat that other world's beside heaven may be glad to rejoice with us. By the aid ol povserlul telescopes. Year by year becoming more powerful, mountains in other stars have been discovered and chasms and volcano* aad canals, and the tvle oi atmosphere, aud this will ?oon, and mightier aud miyhlicr telescopes rtili be invented until I should not wonder il we will not be able to exchange si^n iis with other planets. And as I have no uoubl other worlds are inhabited, f>?r God would not have built such ma^niticeut world-houses to have them staud w:thout teuauts or occupants, iu the i-uai joy of em lira reuerupuou an astronomy I think will Like p >rt, we signalling other worlds and they iu turu signalling their stellar neighbors. Oh what a 'lay iu heaven that will be when thismarch of Christ 13 finished! 1 know that 011 the cross Christ said, "It is finished," but he meant his sacrificial work was finished. All earth and all heaven knows that evangelization is not finished, but there will come a day iu heaven most rapturous. It may be after our world which is thought to have about 1.500,000,(100 people shall have on i-.s decks twice its present population, namely 3.UOO.000.000.000 and all rudcemed, and it will be after this world shall be so damaged bv conflagration that no human fuouaa tread its surface and no human btiu^ cau; breathe its air, hut most certainly the day will come when heaven will be finished aud the last of the twelve yates ul the eternal pit v \.wm / luii it tn 1 e l.i if nufwr open except ior the admission except of some ctlesiial e:ul>ashagt; returning from some other world, ami Christ may strike his scarred but huaied baud la emphasis on the arm ot the amethystine throne ami say iu substance: "Ail tur ransomed ones are gathered; the ??ork is done; I have riuishe^ my march through the ceuturies." When in 1813, after the battle ol Leipsic. which decided the fate of the nineteenth century, in some respects the i mo>t Ironic: dous battle e^vr It-Ujiit. tin:! j bridge down, the river ii.rarnudinfrd, lh<- j | street choked with the woundod, the j | lields for miles arouud sirewn with u j j dead soldiery from whom all truces of j humanity had heen dashed out, there | met in the public square of that ciiv of l.eipsic the allied conquerors, and !;inu> j who !md i:aiued the victory?tin; King i >l I'russia. the Km per or ot Ku*?ia. the Crown Prince 01 >vvtden?followed by j the chiefs ol their armies. With drawn : swords these moaarchs saluted each ] ! other and cheered lor the continental i ! victory thev had together gaiued. llis-j ; Uwv lnw mailp lhj> Il'dliornlilp. i ? ? -- . I Greater and more thrilling will bo the i i spectacle when the world is all conquer-1 ed tor the truth aud in Iron tot the palace j of heaven the kings and conquerors of i all the allied powers 01 Christian usefulness shall salute each other, aud recount the struggle by which tlicy named the triumph, and then hand over their swords to him who h ne Chief of the conquerora, crying: "Thine, oh Christ, is the Kingdom; ;ake the crown ofvici lory; the crown of dominion; the crown j ! of grace; the crown of glory." "On his i j head were many crowns." j SHARP EARTHQUAKE IN THE WEST. | .St. Lrfiuls ami other Cltle* Srvorclv j Slinkeu. I St. Lot'is, Sept. 2G.?At p. m. three almost continous vibrations of an earthquake, oscillating from East to West, *\vre distinctly felt lien;, liuildmgs facing the North arm South were visibly affected by the shock. Waich! men in sere;al of the tall buildings s;iy they became alarmed and made ;di nastf to reach the ground. At the Star Sayings the compositors, who occupy tiie ! fifth lloor. left ?heir cases, and rushed i panic-stricken dow a the stairways and Into the streets. At the opara house the audience rose as if to rush irom the house, but only a few left. Throughout the whole city the police report that the people rushed from their houies in great alarm, in scant attire. No damage to buildings has, as yet, been reported. Tekke Haute,Ind.,Sept. 20.-?A distinct shock of eaithquake was felt here about 10:50 tonight, lastiog six seconds. Windows rattled, chandeliers swayed aud many persons were nauseated by the uiidulatioas. The movement appeared to be from north to sc uth. VlNCENXKU, Jed., Sept. 26.?A very peictrptible shock of earthquake was felt ] here at 11 o clook tonight, lasting near- j ly thirty seconds and aromung people J from their slumber. The shock "was tii30 j felt at Olney, Washington ai.d various other piaces in this vicinity. St. Louis, Sept. 2G?A special from j Xoromis, 111. sass an earthquake shock I wi s felt there at 10:54, ami was ol forty seconds duration. Another dispatch Iron: M;.r.coat-.hills states that three shocks were it It "her* at 10:i>S p. ui. Mr. Veiison, 111., Sept. 20.? An earthquake shock w'astelt her<; at 10:50 p. nr lasting ten seconds. Many emmueys were shaken down and thrown on the roofs of resi'iencvs. The coiling and side of the Methodistchurch were badly damaged. Chicago. Sept. 20.?Dispatcher from Jacksonville, Springfield, Du Quoin, Greenvill? and Smbyville, 111, state that the shock of earthquake whs felt there to-night. It lasted about thirty seconds. 2i'o damage was done to proI pertv. Tk* Ohih riutnuulirtt Columbus, Ohio, September 22.? Representative Roger (2. Mills, of Texas, addressed about live thousand Columbus voters tonigh'. There was quite a number of republicans in thy audience, and the closest attention was given to the speaker during (he entire two hours of his address. The Thurman and Jackson clubs escorted Mr. Mills from the Governor's residence and made a litie appearance The speaker was introduced by Governor Campbell, who was at his best, and was warmly greeted hy al! present. Since the opening o! the democratic campaign la-?t week there has bren a wondertul bracing up of the people, and Governor Campbeil is now regarded quite as favorably in the pools as the "'Littie Major," who was a prime favorite at odds U n days ago The democrats ^re now bringing some of their strongest, and ablest speakers into the state, and from now until the close of the contest the republicans will be forced to tight every inch of grounu fur the right of way. Cuairman Neal, together with the reu! of the state campaign 0:'0iinittyt\ is giving the closest attention to all j tht- minor details of the work, am: it is | Hit* Slilrtll <IU*1 tnr Ijcur-I tuir I that will ligure largely in the .summing I up of the result on the night of the election Commencing October ('?, Con^resaiiiaii Springer, of Illinois. will (it-vote nearly all of his time to the (Kiio campaign until the election. C?nv;rcns of Faroi*rr*. CoLt'Mr.iA, S. C., Sept. 21.?The g?;vemor has received a communication from J?. F. Clayton, secretary of the National Farmers' congress of the 1'nited .States, staling that the eleventh annual session will convene atSedalla, Missouri. Nov. 10 next. It is composed of two delegates and alternates at larg<- trom tach state ami one delegate anil alternate from each congressional district. The governor is ask?-tl to appoint de-legates lor two j^ars and t<> name one c?r more good men to be placid on the programme. The trov. rnor has m:-i(le the following appointments: .Slate at large? K. T. St.tckhouse, Marion: Jos. L Keitt, Sondley's; Alter- | nat-s, L>. K. Norris, Hickory Fiat; W.I 1>. Kvans, Marlboro. First District?F. R. Walter, Orange- i burg; II. J.Seibles, Sandy Kun. Second District?F. M. nan; berg, Bamberg; Harry Hammond, Beech Island. Third District?John R Blake, Abbeville: D. H. Russell, Anderson. Fourt District? H. B. Buitrf, (inrnville: T. C. Duncan. Unioo. Fifth District? \V. X. Elder, <iuthrieville: Ilaynr MoMeekin, \V;nn-b>ro. j Sixth District?J. 1'. Durham. i'owellsville; Lucus Mcintosh, Darlington. Seventh District?John .1 Dargan. Sumter; J., II. Detvens, Georgetown. | Horrnrj of Kallronil Wr?ck. London, September 25.?A dispatch i to the Standard from Sau Sebastian I says that it is reported that Seymour j Lucas and Maurice Long, the latter; British vice consul at Malaga, were! killed in the railroad collision between j UUI^US (tliu OUU ?Jf*U??UUU. CU- j tire families perished, including the; Judge of Victoria with his wife and j daughter, Jjome English tourist.* were | also killed. Most of the passenger* j were asleep at the Lime of the collision, i Twenty were killed and tneuty-three j injured, four of whom h*ve since died, i were extricated frum the debris. Many ! children were killed. When the Queen i received the news of the disaster s.'ie ! stopped the fetes in honor of her! daughter's birthday and requested the minister of justice to send her all the details. FAMISHING MILLIONS. | PEASANTS RISE UP IN DESPAIR AND! CESPOILTHE GRANARIES. 1 rooi?s o' fetiMKiits Crying: and How Mug J fur l!rcai!-.('hllc!rei! Submitted to Cun- | laclouH IflnttAHttti to stare thun irora j Dauth by lluu?rr. St I'kteksijuik;, Sept. 30.?Extremely unfavorable reports are received here regarding crop prospects throughoat the Empire. Six provinces reports a probable failure of crops, while in severe! others they will be much below the average. Moscow advices say that a destructive worm has made Its appearance in that province. Unless these accounts are exasperated there is every rtrrihnhilt! v of m rfct.urn of famin? rieit year. Uur Mi. Petersburg correspondent writes: While tho horizon of the Empire is black with war clouds, a more subtle and persistent foe has entered th? Czar's kingdom and is making sad havoc vvith his fpeoplc. Th? failure, of the crops is every day increasing the distress of the poorer classes; and many arc the harassing tales which arc told of the miserv tiicy are forced to endure. The Zemstyos (local legislatures) of mure than twenty provinces have appealed lo the relief fund ot the Empire, but ihe txibwer has not been one to Suspire hope. Their demands were placed at die lowest possible amount, but not in one single instance were they complied with. In some cases but a tenth ot the sum asked vva-t given, though in others the d'.abursers of the fund were a ; little more generous, ijtill the sums gran Led are so utterly at variance with the rcqu-emeuts the destress people the Zemstvos rinds it a diflioult matter to discriminate as to the most needy. The peasants in the stricken districts are grouped so closely that it is impossible to relieve the wants of all on the limited supply ol money allowed, l'lie j relief faud is already exhausted and the (.overnment refuse? to render further assistance. The uku.->u which came into force ou August 27, and which was promulgated to prevent the export of 1 )'e, instead of betteriug the condition of the peasantry only tended to increase their misery. The price of rye haj since that date risen rapidly. In a fort-nighl the prioc rose from ('?!.' to 140 kopecks per pood. Tin; Russ.i.in people coin j-iaiu that in issuing the edict sufficient time v/a>; permitted to elapse to enable the spicuiators to fuliil their contracts, and that when August 27 dawned all the rye which had been on the market had been exported. This <vas a cruel in usti<;e. and it has been lollowed by the most serious consequences. outbreaks of thi-: peasantry. Numerous outbreaks have occurrc d in several <*f the provinces. In the town of Shavli, which is the corn mart o. the province of Kovuo. the maddened populate took possession of the railway station, w'niie others formed themselves hiio hands ami went out on the lighwava to intercept aii r-.arts containing corn. The police attempted to a. rest tiic ringleaders, hut the crowd interfered and rescued their * companions. The chief of police then calied upon the Military to assist him in restoring order. Through the ellorts of the latter the riot v. as suppressed, but we have not been informed if violence was resorted to. Nearly all of the proviencea l ave passed through a similar experience. On the isth of August a town in the province 01 V uiiil was ine suenc ?? a wild outburst o! fury on the part the populace. A crowd, headed by a number of Jews, took possession ofuquutititv o! corn stored at the station ready for export and emptied it into a field a:ou* line of rail w ay. The crowd watched over the precious commodity until iii^ht dosed about the scene. In this latter riot the women were the most active participants. After the arrival of the pohce tha railroad officials attempted to start a train, but the peopie prostrated themselves on the rails, : slioutm'.': "We would rather die is .Siberia than starve herr!" The people in tlx provinces of Great Ku^ia bear their suiierli i' with greater i fortitude than those of thr western part : o! the Kmpire. but w hen riots do oceur thf-v as.Htmie more serious proportions. < The people arc <d a ranre phiegmatic t :mperanient, but when once aroused < they are mure violent. In several places < the irrain depositories were raided and i deprived of their coveted store. In each ; case the peasantry not only overpowered the police, but also the military in their mad .-wriiiiiile for the life-sustainingyram. In the Kuban Province the otllcials or- i dert-.d the cattle to be destroyed. in*; as an exeuse that they *erc dis- ; eased. This the people denied, saying i that the animal*. like themselves, -.rere I slowly starving. The ?niliiarT >ere | called out to enforce the order, bit: the ; peasants attacked th?-in and liun r of ihe < riours were killed. i I)KKAJ?FUI? SCKXKS CIIKONKT.KO. < In some of the fiimmc-atricker dis- i tricts the scenes witnessed are bevond < description. Troops o* peasants \tm\~ <!( r from villa-re to villase. be^m-.: ' \ iteousl v and cryiuc. "Give us brc?o! < Bread. lor Chrits's sake." The appeal i ii always a vain ou<\ for the cond t i-:i ? f one peasant is no better than that of his follow, ami the applicant turns a war hiuttennir, ""It isalwa\s the same?110 1 bread." " 1 In smiie of the villages a ?>ruaii <juan- ! litv of tlour is doled out to each family. I U is of the poorest quality, aud i:.c bread made irom it is> scan?-1 y fitto*at. In : many of the homos no food ha* beeu rooked since Easter, the people subsi?tin?,' on the small p>rt:on of bread which 1 has been supplied to them though i har- < ity. < In some instances mothers. crazc<I by < siarvation. have subjected their children '< contagious diseases, hoping thertbv ] lo hasten the end, believing thai death I ! >y that means would be preferable t" the I I'.ne^rini one of starvation. T!.o.-o of j tlie peasants who are able 10 m.tkc heir I way in il.o lar-^e cities do so in the :ope ; of eamiiii; a Jew rubles to send to '.heir i ^uiieriuiT oues. 1 In one of the villages a few jear.- a^o ] a peasant family of twelve pernoni" ?a* ] i'ljiairly yood circumstances. o*niDg < sever.tl horses and a mi tuber of cou-s !n addition to a larire ?ck of sheep. Xow I hey have but otie cow. ail the rest of the j !?lock having been sold to enabl* the j ouce prosperous family to obtain sufii- j dent to'.wj upon which tosuhaiat. When i thev art; at la* I tor ceil to part with their l ( nlv cow the subject of exi&tance will 1 tl.en become a serious matter to them, t especial]} as some of the members of ! the household arc both old aad feeble J and "3iilk is their only diet. j HntSTIN(} Ol'EN* THKOKANAKIKS. \ in the Konstautinova district the peas- i ants, driven to desperation, burst .>pcn 1 ibe i?rauary doois, aud the leaders of the raid dealt the corn out to the starving people, rich and poor receiving share and share alike. The spring corn, which proved t-uch a disastrous failure, has been sown a second time; but, as before, mother earth refuses to yield up her fruits, and, as a consequence, despair has sprtd over all the land. The r>e crop has fallen far below the average, and the wheat which has been raised is of the most inferior quality. The sun's ravs beat down pitilessly on the starving people, scorching the meadows aud drying up the fodder for the cattle, which are dyin* in ?reat numbers. 2so rain has fallen In montfcs. The rivers are running dry, while the brooks bare long since dried up, and the scene presented is wretched beyond description. In the Caucasus matters are even worae, and it is no longer ?a!e for a stranger to trayel its byway* and highwavs. for iht neasanta in their desDair attack those who pass that way in hope of securing monej with which to bay food. Many villages are the scene of the wildest excitement, and the Gear's oflicials are said to hare become so terrorized as to hare lost entire control of the people. Curses, great and small, are being hurled at the "White Czar," whom they hold responsible a* the author of their misery. It is feared in some quarters that the famine and the callousness ot the Gov- j crnment to the existing conditions will precipitate a revolution. It is believed that the uaivinsr people will utop at nothing to secure some recognition of their r'jjhts. The Holy sjnod proposes, ns a means of preventing an outbreak, to contribute money and precious stones from a number of the rich monasteries to relieve the needa ot the most serious cases. Many of the villages are more than half depopulated through this dread'u! sconnre, but where it will end aud what the rosult will be no one can tell. THE CAUSES OF THE DISTRESS. The present condition of the Iiuaaian Empire is not attributable alone to the failure ot the crops. Various causes have conspired to j>roduce existiu<: results. .Since the emancipation of the serfs in 1 .SGI the a;- irian question has been a matter o) great import to the peo |ile. It is a vexed question and one very difficult oi' solution. To a iud?nt of the evolution of the empire th? preseal difficulty is not altogether a surprise. No other result could be expected from the system of land tenure which to-day obluins in Russia. The liberation of the sens was eflected not so much frora a hunianitarnn feeling as from economic considerations. That emancipation has atterly tailed to realize the expectations of both parlies to the transaction, no one can deny. The so-called liberation of the peasant ?-as not brought him either prosperity or happiness, fur at preseni he is virtually under as ^reat a bondage as ha wait in tha time of Nicholas. In 18'32, when a division of the land took place, but a small portion was allotted to facli peasant?scarcely sufficient for his needs at the time; but no provision was made for the probable increase of population. As time passed the peasant found himself with a lar?e family on his hands, but with no extra land to till whereby they could be maintained. As a consequence, the surplus population drifted to the larij? eities, and in time formed an immense proletariat which represented nearly all of the vices and but few of the virtues of the nation. It is this e eraentof the Czar's domain which causes the Government the greatest uneasiness, but as yet no remedy has been devised for its prevention. People must lire, and if the land will not yield them adequate support?or, rather, if insutlLient laud is given them ou which to maintain an existence?the only alternative left them is to seek the more bu*y haunts of men and cast their lot with the struggling crowd. Siuce their liberation the great bulk of the peasantry have been in a condition not many removes from actual starvation. Even the official press is forced to acknowledge the fact that th? people are !n a far worse condition than they were be tore their emancipation. THE KVBR-IXCREASiya MISEKT. The terrible and ever-increasing misery of the millions of the Russian peasantry ifc a blot on the escutcheon of the Government which time can never wipe out, and which, to a great extent, justifies the discontent H' d rebellious nature of ih'i people. Then, again, when a 1 crisis like the present arises and no adequate provision Is made for the emergency the people would be liule less than human did they not take the law into their owu hands, as mr.ny of the poor creatures whom T have just described have done. The burden of taxation is alio very .rreat. and to meet it the poor peasant is compelled to t;iv<i two-thirds of his Lime to labor outside of his own little [)lot of land. This he is nhliged to do, ** Mis j?>rtion of the soil doe* not vield lutfio'.ent to enable him to exist and at the same time meet the demands of the Czar's oHLials. Irstead of serving one master, as formerly, they have now botKfl nr?v stf* tvrsnf.t It no! infrequently happens that this *7*tem oi taxation i? carried to such an eAtmt rhal the poor j>ra!?ant. unable to meet the demands ot these humau vul? Lures, see* the humble home which his patient toil has reared gradually slip froin his irrasp. first liis horse, if h? one, will be sei/ed for payment of taxes, then one by one his household . ondrt will diaapixjar until finally the tiome it^elfis taken. These tchouorniks (officials) having no tear ot punishment, systematically carry ?n their work of spoliation. As I have said elsewhere: "Each Uovernor is an autocrat in hi3 province; ?ach chief of police is an autocrat in his district; each police is an autocrat in his ;anton. and cach Cossack lieutenant is in autocrat in his Tillage." The poor peasant lives, sutlers and dies under this terrible regime, and the world never >arns of his misery. It i? only when >ucn conditions as at present obtain is i ilussia, and when the a?;ret can no lonier b? k>pt, that ihe other nations leara nto whai -iepih of human sutlerinj and '' sorrow the peasant is at all times [ tunned. .Jud^e, then, of hi? lot in the ' prroem ssaio w armri.?j.um ivc-j :onlcr. ' Thf K#ntucfcy Alllaa** L)tTi<1e4. Louisville, Ky., Sept. 25.?The Furriers' Home Journal, for nearly a year ;he ofTieiai organ of the Farmers' Alllmce In this State, has given np lta connection with that organization. Th? vasori assigUfd is tr?at the Alllaoc* iriahw to gc into politics. Ther* a<*? ;wo factions In the Alliance In Ken;uokr upon this qu*?tlon of joining th# ['eople'a Party, and at Ihe Sute meeting tt Eliznbethtown on >"orerpbt*r 10 ' here will be a sharp cont#?t between i' ;he two for the tiection of State o/ficerg ;rho are opposed !o political action by 1 ,he Alliance. : SERIOUS BUSINESS FOR CHILE. A Military Guard Placrd A round the United States location. New Yokk, Sept. 28.?The Herald's Valparaiso special this morning says news of serious import reached here j Irom Santiago yesterday. It is to the j efi'tct that the leaders of the J unta have) for the last few days adopted a course which has had the result of harassing Minister Egan. The Junta has been trying for some time to Induce Mr. Egan to give up all those who have sought refuge in the United States legation. The Junta has gone even further than this, [t has put forth the claim th&t it has the right to arrest any oae, bo matter of what nationality, who may b? found on thestreet or anywhere else outside of the walls of the legation. In keeping with Itg claim, a number of foreigners have been placed , under arrest, \mong them are three Americans. The matter went so far that every person having occasion to visit the legation vras ordered to obtain permits which allowed them to go to the plaoe. To enforce tbis rule a force of police was put on guard outside the legation. This lasted until last Friday, when Minister Egan entered a must vigorous protest to the whole proceeding. Ills* manner was so earnest that the police were withdrawn. It is sa'.d iliac he referred the whole matter to the authorities at Washington. a l/astily called cabinet council. Washington, Sept. 28.?Diplomatic complications have arisen between the United State* and Chile?how serious Oiiiniit f,/,v? hj )(iif *n fKr?if*nt lv VHUUVV iiv?. ^ ^ ^ grave to eause a hurriedly called consultation at the executive mansion this morning between the President am! his chief advisers in the State and .N avy Departments. The consultation lasted until aft?r 12 o'clock, Secretary Tracy remaining with the President until I o'clock. Acting Secretary What ton alto had official papers. lie said, in answer to a question as to whether matters haJ assumed a seiious phase in Chile, that he could not say anything on the subject. in official circles the news from Chile that a cordon of soldiers had beeu placed around the house of the American minister, that eutrauce could only be obtained to it by passport furnished by the Junta, and that American citizens were being arrested on the streets of Valparaiso, was considered serious business, and while no official confirmation of the news can be obtained, it is generally credited. It is known that as far back as last Friday a long cipher cablegram was received at tne Navy Department from Capt. Schley, in command of the United States steamer Baltimore, in Chilean waters. A copy of this was sent to the State Department. Since then cablegrams between the State and Navy Departments have been passing with increased rapidity, but the content* or none or tne^e communications have bten furnished the public. G*i. Boalnujcer Commits SnieMe. Brussels, Sept. 30 ?Gen. Boulanger commuted suicide to-day by the grave of Madame De Bonnemaln, who dird recently !n this city. Madame De Bonnemaln has been Known as the mistress of the dead general. She accompanied him to England aftar his flight from France. The general had been gloomy and nervous recently, but the tragedy was wholly unexpected. This morning he drove, as usual, to the cemetery with his niece and secretary. LeaTliif them outside, he tntered and after standing pome time at the tomb he shot himself. Some workmen who heard the shot summoned the keeper, who recognized the corpse, and informed the generil's niece, who was so overcome that she fainted. The body was taken In the carriage to police headquarters and then to the residence of the general. The French minister was notified <md telephoned the news to Paris. A large crowd quickly surrounded the house where the body lay. One of the men working in the cemetery says the general waa pale and sad as he entered, but his manner did not attract attention. The mem were hidden from the general's view where he stood. After about three quarters of an hour they heard a pistol shot and rushed to the spot where they found the general dea<l with the revolver in his hand. *\rel?c F1 rfmti Cra.-.h*d. Minneapolis, Minn., Sept. 25.?At z:au in is altera oon are uro^e urn iu me fire-story frame building of Moore <? Co.'s machine shops located on Tenth avenue, South and Third struts and iu a few minutes the building was enveloped la (lames. Half an hour later a terrific explosion took place, and the flames shot high shore thr. top story. Twenty employes In the third story had a very narrow escape, barely reaching the stair In time to descend to the ground. The flames were communicated to the elevator, and the immense structure seemed to burn like tinder. At 3:20 p. in. the walls of the elevator fell with a tremendous crash. Twelve firemen were on ladders against the wall, and all were precipitated into the debris. All were rescued alive, but nine were seriously and three fatally hurt. Iaceortlarr .'Wilier. Chicago, Sept. 22.?Emancipation day was celebrated today by the colored people with a mass meeting and picnic at Oigood grove. Thomas E. Miller, of Beaufort county, South Carolina, was the orator of the day. He eulogized Abraham Lincoln, and speaking of the South said: "The new South is a fact. The child, is howeTer, Ill-formed. It's blood is tainted; It is strong, but lacks endurance. It is as much your duty today to assist the nation In training and developing this partly spoiled youth, as It was your duty late in the fifties to educate through your patron saint, the .??v e ~ ~ I 9 Iwi nauiuu up iu uic ui uiu riuauw pation or the slave ana the prestation of the Union. Ornjt it, ar:d the work will have to be done over a^ain la the same way aa it was finished at Appomattox." fVe^hlj Cotton .Statistic*. Liverpool, Jjept. 24 ?The follown^ are the weekly statistics: Total sales of the week 47,000 balet\ American 000. Trade taklnjrs, Including forwarded from shipslde 30.000: actual export 5,000; total Import 29,000, American 14,iXX). Total stock 711,000, American 516,000. Tot*l afloat iO.UOO, American 80,000. speculators 4.0UJ; exporters took 1, 5CO. 0*anlb?U*m la ICgmIa. London. Sept. 26.?Thr; horrible story of Cannibalism anions the Russian peasautrr i? more than confirmed, for in some ol the afflicted provinces it is said that starving families, giving up *11 hope of rescue, are prolonging life by devouring their helpless infant*. Flat Fight* ? th< Tlour. Clitbla^d, Sept. 20.?The Republic** coonty contention to-dar was one r>f the most turbaUnt iu the history of Lhe party iu this county. The ilele^ates quarreled on the floor, and two fist lights added excitement to the proceedings. COTTON PAST REDEMPTION REPORT OF THE WEATHER BUREAU FOR LAST WEEK. >'?;arly All tho Cotton Will be Harvested v by Novell) l>'.-r l?I;iterost(n^ Report# from the Various Counties. H Columbia,S. C., Sept. 28?Followingis the weather-crop bulletin of the South Carolina Weather Bureau for the ' w "n- # . week ending Saturday: 4 The total amount of rainfali during the wetk was apparently below the normal and badiy distributed;temperature and sunshine above the avervge, and very favorable for the opening and picking of cojetoD, and harvesting ot hay and nea'^fe. , ? The following are extracts from a number of crop correspondents, most of whom fully corroborate my last report as to my statement that the condition of the cotton crop was 25 per cent, below that of an average: Clareudon County?"! have seen this week several farmers from as many various sections and it io estimated that the corn crop is unusually line. Cotton crops nave generally succumbed to the eftVcts uf the excessive rains, and it is believed that fully 33 per cent, has been destro} ed. It is almost s ife to say that nearly all the cotton will be harvested before .November." York County?"So far is we can tell the cotton crop is about 25 per cent, short ul last year." Kershaw County?"The excels of moisture uniformly throughout the crop season(growth)causedaluxuriant weed. The high temperature during the past week, with continuous sunshine, has cauatsd 'scalding*?the leaves mm yellow and bolls open permaturely." Edgefield County?"Cotton on low grounds have been uenelitted by the dry ii-unthur T'rvuml-i h;->pn ininrA/i n good deal, and the cotton has lost from sheading and the force J opening of immature bolls. Late cotton will make a pour yield. Crop lust .-iuee hist report 2U per cent." Fairfield County?"1 he warm, dry weather bas been bentlicial to cotton, which is opening in line condition." Fairlield County?"iDe condition of the cotton crop is very unfavorable. I usually make u\ei>e bales to the plow. I shall not make over eight, ana mv crop is better tnan many of my neighbors." Chester County?" l'he List seven da\s have been favorable in every way to all crops, especially cotton.". Union County?"l'he past wetk has been an unusual week for the larmers, allowing them to save much line forage. Cotton crop will not be what many had supposed, below ihe average." Cmon County?"Hare Dad an opportunity of seeing many crops. Cotton seriously injured, ana will be at least 25 per cent, beiow an average." Aiken County?"Excessive warm weather has opened toe boils of youn^r cotton before taey were lull} mat urea, and caused the plant to shed its leaves badly." Barnwell County?"The cotton is past redemption. The stalk is universally dead, and no top crop at all. Seventyj live per cent, is opeu, picking is progressing rapidly, and is oeiug market**! as fast as ginneu. With good weather, crop will be gathered by 1st .November." AVnliamsburg County?"Xo top on cotton, audit is at least 25 percent. "***""" snort 011 the average. Corn has not beeu injured, ptase gocd, potatoes good. The past ten days lias been wry favorable lor gathering cotton, and good progress lias been made." Hampton Count}?"Corn 25 per cent. increase over lS'JO, cotton 30 per cent. decrease, potatoes 30 per cent, and pease 10 per cent." Orangeburg County?"Tee cotton crop on cl&y lands is short at least 30 per cent, and on sandy lands 50 p?r cent., l'rotn continuous and excessive rains during August and the first part of this month." Lancaster County?"The cotton crop has been injured by too much rain dur ing August and 1st September, also by cool weather. There cannot be more than GO per cent, of an average crop. There Is no 'top cotton,' and t lie bolls are few am! wiae apart on body of stalk. Corn good" Marlboro County?"Th* heavy rai-as in August and eight days in September 5>hd eijjht and one-halt' inches of rain, which put a linale on cotton on sanoy lands. The fa\ orable weather of September ur an early frost will make but little difference, as there are no young cotton bells to make." Darlington County?"Weather for past week hai been, except a local shower Wednesday aiteruoou, all that could be desired. The rain on Wednesday only slightly damaged the color of open cotton^ but benefited turnips and did not a fleet other crops." Darlington County?'The hot, dry weather of the past ten days has caused cotton to open rapidly, and increased the port receipts abnormaliy. In many fields the cotton is nearly all open. The staple per cent, short of Ja~t year. Corn Is as good ?s tne land v. ih produce." Xewherrv County?"Tim corn .rop do? s not need rain. Our cotton crops are much poorer than lias been report ed. All the top crop was sludded off after the rains in August and the tlrst week in September, and I do uot trunk it possible lor tf:i.-> county to make o\vr 75 per cent, of a full crop." Berkeley County?"We have h*d too much rain for all crops, it has oeeu ^ dry for a week, favoring cotton opening and picking, drying out prov&out Vsand favorable to hay making." Itichland County?-"The cotton crop is badly injured." The young cotton has little or no fruit on it. With the most favorable season and late frost it will not be over (SO per cent, of an average crop." "litculacd County?"It is ditlicult to say how much tne cotton crop has beta damaged. 1 made last year 7u3 bales of cotton. 1 am almost sure that mj crop will not yield over 300 bales. My coru crop is line." a. P. Butler, Observer Weather Bureau. Aniinuncea Ills Conversion. 13kkmx, Sspr. 23.?Professor Winschird. of Lripsi'-, who brlongs to one of the most noted Catholic families of that city, has announced his conversion to Protestantism, couplrd with the statement that the proiessor attribute ?he change in his religious views to his disbeliet In the authenticity of the g%rDwit known as tiie Holy Co-it, which Is now on exhibition in rhe cathedral ai 1 reves, ana ms cyascicutious scruples against supporting a church that would lend its sanction to sucu an ex hibition. Four Ainerlcnn* Mnrdfrod. Panama, Sf-pt. 25.?Advices !rom Peru report the murder of four Ameircan explorers on the river Marauou. They wrreCaliforuians prospecting tor gold. The party consisted of tiv^, but one, owing to illness, had to return. The othersVere murdered in cold blood by the natives, who mistook them l'or ecclesiastical emissaries and spies.