The Fairfield news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1881-1900, November 11, 1891, Image 1
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VOL. XLVI. W1NNSBORO, S. G, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 1891. NO. 13.
Bi'ilKS Wi TilOl i SiitAW.
??-.V,0.^ PnSAi'/HcD BY THE REV.
T. Dc WITT ALT/AGE.
Alth'.ofcJi tJtc SVpuJar i>:Tlnft HH*
ri tacticil TwcsiT >-f ?t?r Y-ars'u :ira>?klj
?, Hi* W.rt- Xctor I.trjc* r?
**vh? Hard**(<' H :rp:'' fit* l\xt.
Brooklyn, N^v i ?Ths Tabernacle
was ihronsrcrf a* nvial this morning.
Th? vasi edirke lidcd ir> iu inmost
cai-aviij wilt: e-ncer i'uliiners shows how
the p : ulhr pitaciiO* rtiaius his p?;vvcr
ov^-r the ptop!?. A :!h<.-i;j*h he has been
preaching la Jirc-slvn for more than
twentj-Jour }e?r?, !.i> audiences were
never so its now, and although the
largest i'rotesfn;, c:?un:n u: ?uu*-i .ca
ha? been built f<-r him, there Lever rva;
a time when ?o ntacy persons were
turned away for lack of room. The subject
of tins turning's s-ermua -us
"Brick* Without S'r^r."' a continuation
? of the ifrits on tU confirmation ofiloly
| Scripture whi ;h I*r. Talma;:? found in
J his journey rroru the Pyramid? to the
Acropolis, His text was Isaiah xix, 1,
"The burden of j-^Tpt."
What is all this rxtitemenl about in
the streets. ' Cah??. this December
morning it ."land buck! >Ve
he r oud v??;c - m:U >ee the crowds of
pe"j>'0 renr-a: the tide* of !lie
feii c-ci. 'J !:o : xcilont-'i^ of others be(cor!:e.>
oor (.xim1/nient. Fooimen
co:-:t' :ii Mi:'.!. Thv. have a rod in the
ha: (i oi;(i n^sei-d cap oa head, and their
arr-:.-> and U-ct arc tare. Titeir inrb is
bi-v.'k t<> the exix-ni as threaded
wi!.i k'v-'ld. ai.d t::?- rest is while. They
ar?- . :tr.rii;-! * ho way for an official
hi a ci.u;cr carriage. They
arc fev. i'ii, *nu oil;oiinies run thirty or
tori-y is.'iiCt? ul a sirct -h in front of an
equipage. w;tv: lnev sue >:?.
ilfcoief-L i'"olcu -:-tu isu earth, but soon
die, U r the Lurid- Ir.itue iras not made
lor sue!: c::dornucc.
i askcj i'i. around iue who the man in
the carriage v.-as. bul nc one seemed 10
know. Yd I lell back with the rest
to the wail i sud. This is ihr. old custom
iCund u!i u:> ar.d down the Bible,
iboittii-u ruunitii; before the rulers, dercnn'diiiv
v'.<is i:.vo. i;s in Genesis before
Joseph"* ci he people wore command*;-.'.
**JJ ??" 'a!; knee;"7 5?nci us I sec
the swift fci-t .-i the men followed by
the swift kc' of ii?e horses, ho*? those
old, won:s < i Jeremiah rushed through
my* mind. Lf ihou hast run with the |
foeimcn and itiey have wearied thee,
how canst t'av.u . neiid with horses?"
he sekvss as a footman.
2s cw. my 1>< ar?'i-. in this coursa of sermons
l am only reiving you as footman,
and clearing the wav Ibr your coming
into the wonders of Egyptology, a subject
that I would have jou study far beyond
anything that <;an be said in the
brevity of puipit utterance. Two hundred
and eighty-nine times does the J
Bible refer to Egypt and the Egjptii'ns. j
Xo wonder, i'or Egypt was the mother j
of nations. Egypt, the mother of
Greece; Grcsce, the mother of Rome;
Taw0*t )"i 1 1 i ~~Pii 1 mil England, j
~ v ' ?? A r-onr/1.
ll'.t? Ul V. Iti v u ?auu. %* j
ing to thai. l&ypt is our great-great
graadmother.
On other Sabbaths 1 left you study-,
ng what they must have been iu their
glory; the Ilrpostyle hall of Karuac.
the architectural miracles at Luxor, the
Colonnade of Horetaheb, the cemeteries
of Memphis, the value of a kingdom in
one monument, the Sphinx, which with
lip-? of stone speaks loud enough to be
heard across the centuries, Heliopoiis
and Zcan, the conundrum of archaeologists.
But ail that extravagance of
palace and temple and monument was
the cause of aii oppression high a* hcav-1
en and deep r.* hell. The weight of
' ' 1 - * ~A t. ^ Anw
IHCSC DiOCKS 01 SlUI'tJ liCJIViCi ui?u auj
modern machineri could hit, come down ,
upon the Hebrew ?laves, and their blood
mixed the mortar for the trowels.
We saw acain and on and along
the Nile a bo?? workman roughly smite
a subordinate -^ho did not please him.
It is v.o rare occurrence to sec loDg line
of men under heavy burdens passing by
taskmasters at short distances, lasliihg
them as thev go by into greater speed,
and then there workmen, exhausted
with the blasting heats of the day. Wing
down upon the. bare ground, sunddeniy
chilled with :be m-hi air, crying out in
prayer: "Ya. Allah!" uYa. Allh!"
which means 0 Go-..:! ( ?Jccs! But what
must have been the o'deti times cruelty
si ?!. by the i i sii^ :ov>ard their
It TicI'tisJi ii" nd.eated !>r a i-ictu:
-:u ih;.' j;n tcml;s. vfhere a
m..11 be *.! c; n vu hi* iacc by tv.-o
n- n nod *: >.. ids up the victim's
feci ::!]:* ihc? Akibeatthe nare buck
o: victim. ?vt-ry j-iruk'o, I have no
d"?ibt. fetchbiii *i.f' bl.-'-ii.
i'l.-V-' i.MLY COl'LI) A?"FOKI> IT.
Xo-. ' u t';e I'i araohs cuid
al 'T<: ; ! l.i'd sU' h co.-i'v w? rks. It
c; t :iic:ri I i:.. "->r wai:es? uothmg j
hiJl i-- .-rid uii-od ei l';o toiit-r?,
ar b ci-oap iTiiik !>.?r d^viN.
1:..;, c n <. i -iiiiv\ >:;;i , !iM
s^->t w?u kito* i
that iht: " r.v'l--} 0 li-.ualiy made ?::!)
'crushed J'^atr." straw TU?h-J h* il.e
i?ct \. .*! 'i: 'Le j'ue&sUUtiZ. and.
this crushed -.v ? vtuitC : ? ?u? v. hvrkro'/u.
ihe - .:c [ < iu; heiv aad tb.re
aj-iecc v. ? ulM?- <-r iuuher rushes
thy - '?'* :> s?lory or li.c. j>tb!e
* is cociiirf:*.m br:i o feet thai inyn* u.
the bilcK vv;.Jls o! have on ihe
lower made wuh straw, but
' t-'ic hiiher ams ; !'hrick mad? out ol
rouyr'r eir.:^ < r rushes 'rum the river
j bank, iht* ,ru'J: i'l the ljtiok of Exodus
thus wiMei; ;a War a vvHiis ducovvred
by the i: ode::: rxj-.lows.
n?::l i;i v< r!:a eauil ou-ra-jr ha* always
i-cc-p a c;*ar::c:e:ivi;c <>i" K-jyt-tiau
ru trr?. Taxation io the of s-iar*>
vn was t??c iCjvp^itu rule in the I>i
% ? .
bit- li ces as well :? i- in ,vur o*u
tinic. A luodt-rn trsiveier 5 ires Use ;i^ur.'
S (.f-r.ctilie cuiuv<4u<>n < : st-rajtecu
acres, tl:-- value < !' the _>icU! <>!' i.'<e
fie.-d stated -u piaster?:
Produce 1,802
Expenses
4-: Cle sr iiro'.IUvC Si-sj
? Taxe>..*. 4'JU
S^~'
s? Amouai c'? ' > u;e'arratr * I"?j
?>'. Or, ss my ay :*oriij ?->c!ares. sevcaty
|sb-p?r cent, o? w! ;?i the Egyptian farmer
makes is't)uU? : r taxes lu jhe govern5fe'
2St lit. }s?w, cl'.r.: ;? >i(?t ?or??oh inzs
(-a- tiou as as&hchiaaaion. \t hat tftins you
|^of that. you *>ho ?:r"un uuder heavy
taxes in America? 1 hare heard thai in
Egypt the working poopa- hare a sou?
like this, "Tii'-r >iarve us, they starve
us. tl-ey bea< us. they beat us: but there's
some one al-ove. there's some >>ne aboYe,
^ wi o will puniiii them > *,!!, win- will puu?
ish them wtll.'* s*veuty per cent.
!/ ^ of government tax ;n L'i.vpt is a mercy
as compared to * hat the Hebrew slaves
suffered there in times. They<;ot
-aotain? but lovd hardly lh lor a dog. aud
their clothing tvas oi' oue ran, aud their
pi '1 a iuintUc.' >k} t-y da> a.id the stars
i;i !;< :< vi ii by r:;j?iit.
Y >? sav, *' .V!iy did they siaud ii'r"
Ikonu-c the * had to stand it. You ace
ali'L;^ back iu the world's twilight there
wr.s n lamxe ia Canaan, and old Jacob
ami iiift sons came to 3^3 p". lor bread.
T!jc old icau'? boy, Joseph, was prime
: miniver. :.t:d Joseph?I suppose the
father aud the brothers called h'.m Joe.
! for it dues not wake any difference how
much a boj is adracced in worldly success,
his father and brothers and sisters
always call him by the same name that
' ne was called by when two yeais old?
I Joseph, by Pharaoh's permission ?<ve
11'.- his fa nily. who had just, arrived, the
: r: chest part of Dsrypt, the Westchester
; farms or the Lancaster farms oi the an
cleats. Jacob's descendants rapidly
multiplied.
\'i cr awhile Iv-vot took a turn at
; famine. and those descendants of Jacob,
j i.':e Israelites. came to a great store
house which Joseph had provided, and
' paid iu money for corn. But afigr awhile
j the money gave out and then they paid
! iu cattle. After awhile the cattle were
; all in possession ot the goverumeut and
j then the Hebrews bought corn from the
> iroverument by surrendering themselTes
' as slates.
|
j KKGIXXING OF SLA VJKUY IX KGYPT.
Then began slavery in Egypt. The
| government owned all the Hebrews.
! And let modem lunatics who, in Amer*
ji<a. propose handing over telegraph
j companies and railroads ana other things
| to be iuu i>y government see the folly ot
j letting: government get its hand on every ;
thing. I wouiu rather trust the people
I than any government the United States
| ever had or will have. Woe worth the
day when legislators and congresses and
| administrations gei possession ofany|
thing more than it is necessary for them
; to have.
That would be the revival in this land
|ot that old Egyptian tyranny for which
God has uoer had anything but red hot
thunderbolts. But through such unwise
processes Israel was enslaved ;n Egypt,
and the long line or agonies began ail
up and down the !XiIe. Heavier and
f-.l 1 <1.A IrtaU 1 mnrtr-Av a
I 5-iittIpCt ICil UIC iaail, auu KUU>}|.j
lier grew the work 'en, louder and longer
went up the prayer, until three mii|
lions of the euslaved were erring: "Ya,
| Allali! Ya, Allah!" 0 God! 0 God!
| Where was help to come from? Not
j the throne, Pharaoh sat upon that. Not
: the army. Pharaoh'.* oxlicers commanded
| that. Not surrounding nations, Pharaoh's
threat made them all tremble.
Not the gods Ammon and Osiris or the
goddess Is is, for Pharaoh built their
temples out of the groans of this diabolical
servitude. But one hot day the
princess Thonoris, the daughter of Pharaoh.
while in her bathing house on the
( banks of the Nile, has word brought her
j that there is a baby afloat on the river
j in a cradie made out ?f big leaves.
Of course there is excitement all up
I and down the banks, for an ordinary
baby iu an ordinary cradle attracts smiling
attention, but an infant in a cradle
ot papyrus rocking on a river arouses
nnr /*? %! r? Q.-imifOttz-iTl Pint r>n-iA?itv
| Who made that boat? Who made it
? afer light with bitumen? Who launched
j ii? Reckless of the crocodile?, who lay
I basking themselves in the sun, the maidens
wade in and snatch up the child, and
tlrst one carries him and then another
carries him, aud all the way up the bank
he runs a gantlet of caresses, till Thoncris
rushes out of the bathing house and
sujs: "Beautiful foundling, 1 will adopt
you as my own. You shall yet vrear
the Egyptian crcwn and sit on the Egyptian
throne."
Xo! No! Xo! He is to bo the
emancipator of the Hebrews. Tell it in
all the brick kilns. Tell it among all
those who are writhing under the lash,
tell It among all the castles of Memphis
aud Heliopolis and Zoan and Thebes.
Before him a sea will part. On a mountain
top, alone, this one will receive
from the Almighty a law that is to be
. p ?-I-.*-- i ?i.:u
i:ie louuuauou 01 au goou uitt wune iuc
^torld lasts. When he is dead, God will
come down on 2\"ebo and alone bnry
him, no man or woman or angel worthy
to attend the obsequies.
The child ?ro*s up and joes out and
studies the horrors of Egyptian oppression
and suppresses his indignation, for
the right tiine has not come, although
ouee i'or a naiaute he let llr, and when
he saw a taskmaster put the whip on the
back of a workman who was doing his
best, and heard the poor follow cry aud
saw the blood spurt. Moses doubled up
his list a.vd struck him on the temple
i nil the cruel villain rolled over in the
!.s.ind exanimate and never swung the
lash <igu:u. Reived him right!
<".OL> WAS OX Ills SIDE.
lint, are you going to underthe
iuipo>sibilities? You feel
s licit v.. u j-e goin to free the llebre ws
from bondage. But whvre is jour
army? Vv'hwv is your navy? Sol a
^.n.rd have you, not a sp^ar, not a
ciiariot, rot a horse. Ah! God was on
h.'Sside, and hi- has an .iriuy of his cwr..
the snowstorms are on God's side;
witness the snowbanks in which the
French *rmy of invasion were, buried
or: th'-ir v?;:y hack rr->r:i .Moscow. The
lain is .>n his side; witness l!;e lSth of
June. t ? . >.ierioo. when tiie tempests
so satu-..?:eu the road th?r the attack
couid not le made on vVeliington's
forces until eleven o'clock, and he was
~ ?. ? . i
Miuiijj ni'iu^ii c-.'v?t< until ig-ur
JoiCeiufi:*. > arrived.
Had tii.it battle been opened at five
o'clock iu the morning instead of at
deven the destiny of Europe would
have been turned the wrong way. The
heavy rain d< cided everything, bo also
are tiie winds and the waves >n God's
hide. Witnesi the* Artn?da with one
hundred and lii'ty ships and twenty-six
hundrei: a:ai fifty guns and eight thousand
sailors and twenty thousand solders
atnt out by Pniiip II of Spain to
conquer England.
\T nat became of those men and that
shipping? Ask t:;e wind and the
w??\v> ail alon^ the ?nglisb and Irish
coasts. Tiit* men and the ships ail
wrecked or drowned or scattered. So
I expect that Mos?s will be helped in
rtsctiiujf thu Israelites by a special
weaponry. T<> the Egyptians the Nile
?vas a dt.i;y. lis uaters were then as
now very delicious. It was the finest
natural beverage of all the earth. We
have no such love for the Hudson, and
Germans ha^e no such love for the
llhine, and Russians have no such love
:or the Volga as the Egyptians hare
love tor the Nile.
*"?ut one day. when Pharaoh comes
aown to this river, Moses takes a stick
ian.l u-hirs the wafers *nd theV turn
1 into the "gore of a slaughter house, and
through the slaices and fishpondi the
incarnadined liquid b*cks up Into the
i-vjul and the mtiodor whelms everything
irom mud hovpi to throne room.
! hcii cHiiiri the frog?, with horrible
rexk, all over ?verthing. Then this
people, cleanly almost to fastidiousness,
were infested" with inaectt that belong
to the filthy uad unkrmpr., and the air
buzzed a:iu buxzed with tlits, and then
the distemper started cotts to bellowing
and horses to neighing, an-J camels to
gf)auing, <<s tney rolled over and expired.
| A.iii then boils, cne of which will pur.
it iu<ta in wretdiednew, came in clusters
| from the tup of the hea<l to the sole of
| the toot. Aud then the clouds dropped
! lmil and lightnifig. And then locusts
] came in. swarms of them, worse than
j the ?ra?shoppers ever were In Kansas, i
!and then darkne?3 dropped for throe
j days so that the people ?ould not see
I their hand before their face, great
(surges of midnight covering them,
i And last of a 1, on the night of the 18th.
j of April, about eighteen hundred years
| before Christ, the Destroying Ang?l
j sweeps past; and hear It all night long,
the flap! flap! Hap! of his wings until
j Egypt rolled on a great hearse, the j
! eldest child dead in everv Egyptian |
! home, The eldest son of Pharaoh ex>
pired that night tn the palace and all
J along the streets of Memphis and Hej
liopolis, and all up and down the Nile
J there was a funeral wall that would
j have rent the fold of the unnatural
I darkness If it had not been impenetraj
ble.
NOW IS ISRAEL S CHANCE.
The Isrealitish homes, however, were*:
untouched. ]>ut these homes nerefull I
of preparation, for now is your chance,'
0 ye wronged Hebrews! Snatch up j
what pieces of food you can and te the
desrrt! Its simeoms are better than
the bondage you h*ve sufltired. Its
scorpions will not sting so sharply as
the wrongs that have stung you all
your lives. Away! The man who was
cradled in the basket of papyrus on the
Nile will lead you. Up! Up! This is
the nirht of your rescue. They gather
together at* a signal. Alexander's
armies and all the armies of olden time
wei e led by torches on high poles, great
crests of lire; and the Lord Almighty
| kindles a torch not held by human
hands but by omnipotent hand.
Not made out of straw or oil, but
kindled out of the atmosphere, such a
torch as the world never saw before
and never will see again. It reached
from the earth unto the heaven, a pillar
of lire, that pillar practically spying
"l'his way! March this way!" On that
supernatural llambeau more than a
millioa refugees set their eyes. Moses
and Aaron lead on. Then come the
herds and flocks moving on across the
sands to what is the beach of waters
I now cailed Bahr-el-Kulzum, but called
j in the Bible the lied sea. And when I
I dipped my hands in its blue waters, the
heroics of the Mosaic passage rolled
over me.
ON THE RED SBA'S SUOKE.
After three davs march the Israelfor
tVia Tiiorht
ill 311 tiiUiiu ?S<r;v* lUi. WUV w
un the banks of the Red sea. A* the
shadows begin to fall, in the distance
is seen the host of Pharaoh io pursuit.
There were six hundred finest war
chariots, followed by common chariots,
rolling at full speed And the glittering:
of the wheels and the curse of infuriated
Egyptians came down with
the darkness. But the Lord opened
the crystal gates of Bahr-el-Kulzum
and the enslaved Israelites passed into
liberty, and then the crystal gates of
the sea roiled shut against the Egyptian
pursuers.
it was about two o'clock in the morning
when the Interlocked axle trees of
the Egyptian chariots could not move
an inch either way. But the R?d sea
unhitched the horses and unhelmeted
the warriors, and left the proud host a
wreck on the Arabian sands. Then
two choruses arose, and Moses led the
men in one, and Miriam led the women
in the other, and the women beat time
with their feet. The record says: "All
the women went out after her with
timbrels and with danc?s. And Miriam
answered them, Sing ye to the Lord,
for he hath triumphed gloriously; the
horse and his rider hath he thrown iuto
the sea." What a thrilling story of endurance
and victory.
The geatest triumph of Handel's
genius was shown in his immortal dramatic
oratorio, "Israel in Egypt." lie
had civpn to the world the oratorio of
"Esther and JDeborrah," and Athallah,
but reserved for his mlehtiest exertion
at the full height of his powers the
marshaling of all musical instruments
to the description in harmoDj of the
scenes on which we this morning dwell.
He gave twenty-seven days to this production,
with its twenty-eight choruses,
enthralling his own time and all aftertime
with his "Israel in Egypt."
So the burden of oppression was lifted,
bat another burden of Egypt Is
made up of deserts. Indeed, Africa is
a great continent for deserts, Libyan
desert, Sahara desert, deserts here and
there and yonder, condemning vast regions
of Africa to barrenness, one of
the deserts three thousand miles long
and a thousand miles wide. But all
those deserts will yet be Hooded, and so
made fertile. De Lesseps says It can be
done, and he who planned the Suez canal,
which marries the Red sea, and
the Mediterranean, knows what he is
talking about.
The human race is so multiplied that
it must have more cultivated laud, and
' ?' If-.
U1H WOriU IL1U3L >IUUU3U 103 unci 10.
Eight hundred millions of the human
raoe are now livio^r on lands not blessed
with r;>ins, but dependent on irrigation.
and we want by irrigation to
make room for eight hundred millions
more. By irrigation the prophecy will
be fulfilled, and "the desert will blossom
as the rose." So from Egypt the burden
of s*nd will be lifted.
TIIE BURDEN OF MOHAMMEDANISM.
Another burden of Egypt to lie lifted
is the burden of Mohammedism, although
taere are seme good things
about that religion. A commendable
grace is cleanliness. Strong drink is
positively forbidden by Mohammedanism,
and though some may have seen
a drunken Mohammedan, I never saw
one. It is a religl-n of sobriety. Then
they are not ashamed of their devotions.
When the call for prayers !s
soiiDdfd from the minarets the Mohammedan
immediately unrolls the rug
on the ground and falls on his
knees, and crowds of spectators are to
him no embarrassment?reproof to
many a Christian who omits his prayer*
if people are looking.
But Mohammedanism, with its poly
gamy, blights everything it touches,
Mohammed, its founder, had four
wives, and his followers are the enemies
of good womanhood. Mohammedanism
puts its curse on all Egypt,
and by setting up a sinful Arab higher
than the immaculate Christ, is an overwhelming
blasphemy. May God holp
the brave and consecrated missionaries
who are spending their lives In combating
it
But before I forget it I must put
more emphasis upon the fact that the
last outrage that resulted in the liberation
of the Hebrews was their being
compelled to make bricks without
! straw. That was the last straw that
broke the camel's back. Go j would allow
the despotism against h :s people to
go no farther. Making bricks without
straw!
TIIE OPPRESSION STILL GOES ON.
That oppression still goes on. Demand
of your wife appropriate ward
robe and bountiful table without pro-1
vidiny tbe means necessary?bricka
without straw. Cities demanding in
the pubiic ?chool faitkful and successful
instruction without giving the
teachers competent livelihood?brieks
without straw. United State's^vern:uent
demanding of senators^-and con
gressmen at Washin;/T<3tl uTll atttndance
to the interests c t the people, but
on compensation which may have done
In many parts of the land churches
! demanding of pastors vigorous sermons j
and sympathetic service on starvation
salary; sanctifinl Ciceros on four dollar*
a year. Bricks without straw.
That is one reason why there are so
many poor bricks. In all departments,
bricks are not bricks at all. Work adequately
paid for is worth more than
work not paid for. More straw and
then better bricks.
But in all departments there are;
Pharaohs; sometime* Capital a Pharaoh
sometimes Labor a Paraoh. When
Capital prospers, and makes large percentage
on its investment, and declines
to consider the needs of the operatives,
and treats them as so many human machines?their
nerves no more than the
bands on the lactory wheel?then Capital
is a Pharaoh. On the other hand,
when workmen, not regarding the anxieties
and business struggles of the firm
Amninvinrr t.hpm. and at a time when
the firm are doing their best to meet an
important contract and need all hands
busy to accomplish it, at such a ttme to
have his employees make a strike and
put their employers into extreme perplexity
and severe loss?then Labor becomes
a Pharaoh of the worst nppes?icn,
and must look out for the Judgments
of God.
THERE ARE STILL PIIAEAOILS.
When in Deccmbor of 1889, at the
Musium at Boulac, Egypt, I looked at
the mummies of the old Pharaohs, the
very miscreants who dinbolized centuries,
and I saw th?ir teeth and hair and
finder nails and the llrsft drawn tight
over their cheek bones, the sarcophagi
of these dead monarchs side by side,
and I was so fascluated 1 could only
with dllliculty get away from the spot,
I was not looking upon the last of the
Pharaohs. AU over the world old merchants
playing the Pharaoh over young
merchants, old lawyers playing Pharaoh
over young lawysrs, old doctois
playing the Pharaoh over young doctors,
old artists playing the Pharaoh
over young artists, old ministers play 1
ing the Pharaoh over young ministers. I
Let- all oppressors whether in homes
in churches, in stores, in oiilcej, in factories,
in social iife or political life, in
private life or public life know that God
nates oppressors, and they will come to
grief here or hereafter. Pharaoh
thought he did a fine thing, a cunning
thing, a decisive thing when for the
complete extention of the Hebrews in
Egypt he ordered ah the Hebrew boys
massacred, but he did not tind it so fine
a thing whc.. his own lirst born that
night of the destroying angel dropped
dead on the mosaic iloor at the foot of
the porphyry pillar of the palace. Let
all the Pharaohs take warning. Some
of the worst of them are on a small scale
in households, as when a man. because
his arm is strong and his voice loud dominates
his poor wife into a domestic
slavery.
There are thousands of such cases
where the wife is a lifetime serf, bf-r
opinion disregarded, her tastes insulted,
and her existence a wretchedness,
though the world may not know it. It
is a Pharaoh that sits at the head of
that table, and a Pharaoh that tyrannizes
that home. There is no more abhorrent
Pharaoh than a dumestic Pharoah.
There are thousand.?or women to
whom death is passage from Egypt to
Canaan, because they get rid of a cruel
taskmaster. What an accursed monster
is that man who keeps his wife in
dread about family expanse? and must
be cautious how she introduces an article
of milmery or womanly wardrobe
without humiiiating consultation or
apology.
Who is that nun acting so? For six I
months?In order to win that woman's
heart?he sent her every few days a bouquet
wound with white ribbon and an
endearing couplet, and took her to concerts
and theaters, and helped her into
carriages as though she were a princess,
and ran across the room to pick up her
handkerchief with the speed of an antelope,
and on the marriage day promised
all that the liturgy required, saying
"I will!" with an emphasis that excited
the admiration of all spectators. But
now he begrudges her two cents for a
postage stamp, and wonders why she
rides across Brooklyn bridge when the
foot passage costs nothing.
He thinks now she is awful plain,
and he acts like the devil, while he
thunders out: "Where did jou get that
new hat from ? That's where my money
goes. Where's my breakfast? "Do you
call that coffee? Didn't 1 tell you to
sew on that button ? Want to see your
well enough A'hen twenty-fivo cents
went as far as a dollar how, but in
these times not sufficient to preserve
their influence and respectabilitybricks
without straw.
mother, do you? You are always going'
to see your mother! What are you
whimpering about! Hurry up now and
get my slippers! Where's the newspaper?"
The tone, the iook, the impatience?the
cruelty of a Pharaoh. That
is what gives so many women a cowed
dovrn look. Pharaoh! you had better
take your iron heel oil that woman's
neck or God will help you remove your
heel.
She says nothing. For the sake of
avoiding a scandal she keeps silent, but
her tears and wrongs have gone into a
re^ird that you will have to meet *s
certainly as Pharaoh had to meet hail
and lightning and darkness and tiie
death angel. God never yet gave to
any man the rigiitto tyrannize a woman
and what a sneak you are to take advantage
of the marriage vow, and because
she cannot help herself, and under
the shelter of your own home out
Pharoah the Egrtian oppressor. There
is something awfully wrong In a household
where the woman Is not considered
of as much importance as the man.
No room in this world for any more
Pharaohs!
SIX IIAS BEEN* OUR TASKMASTER.
But It rolls orer on me with great
nftn-pr t.he t.honcht that we have ail
been slaves down in Egypt, and sin ha?
been our taskmaster, and again and
again we have felt its lash. But Cbrist
has ueen our Moses to lead us out of
bondage, and Me are forever fiee. The
Red sea of a Saviour's sacrifice roils
deep and wide between us and our
aforetime bondage, and though thrre
may be deserts yet for us to cross, we
are on the way "to the Promised Land.
Thanks he unto God for this emancipating
Gospel!
Come up out of Egypt all ye who are
vet enslaved. What Christ did for us
he will do for you. "Exodus!" is the
word. Exodus! Inttead of the brick
kilns o'Egypt come into the empurpled
vineyards o"f God, where one cluster of
grapes is bigger than the one that the
spies brought to the Israelites by the
Brook of Eshcol, though tha: cluster
was so large that it was borne' between
two upon a staff."
Welcome all Dy sin oppressed,
Welcome to his sacred rest;
t Nothing bromght him from abore,
Vnthlncr hnt milpftminf lore.
Trial ?f a Cottou Pickcr.
j Atlanta, Ga., Oct. 30.?Quite a >eaI
satiou was created today over the work
I ing of Willis Lipscomb's cotton picker.
Id a large cotton field near Atlanta the
| picker was put to work under the diri
ection of Lispenard, the inventor, and
[performed its work to the satisfaction
| of hundreds of planters, who had come
| to Atlanta to witness the test. Everybody
pronounced the machine a sue-!
i ceas. A bale of cotton was picked in a :
| few minutes, the leaves and green pods
i of the stalk being uninjured.
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! LAST WEEK'S ELECTIONS.
A DRAWN BATTLE BETWEEN THE
TWO GREAT PARTUS.
New York Glyrs a Handsome Democratic
Majority, but Ohio Goes K?publleaa.
The Result la MwssacbuselU, Pennsylvania
and other States.
! new york all right.
New York, Nov. 4.- In last Tuesday's
election the Democrats swept the
Stale, their majority being between
forty and fifty thousand,
j Ex-Preaident Grover Cleveland gave
his opinion of the results of Tuesday's
election as follows: "Of course every
oup. has the right to put his own construction
upon the results, and I am
not anxious to obtrude my icdeas, but
it seem-; to me some things ought to be
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no longer uouuuui. j.\.uyuuo wuu own
thinks that tarifT reform Is a settled
and obsolete issue, or that the Importance
of sound and safe moi>ey is a
question upon whl?h the peoplt can be
blinded, is either wilfully wrong or
dangerously dull. It seems to me, too,'
that Democrats ought to be satisfied
that a staunch adharence to the principles
of their party does not require the
abuse of those who show an lnolinatioi
to help us. 1 very much regret the defeat,
of Governor Campbell. He has
been a brave and honest official. This
and the splendid canvass he made entitled
h im to success. While the election
of Flower, llussell and Boies ought
to cause the utmost rejoicing among
Democrats, they should not forget that
with these things comes the obligation
to be true to the party, honest in the
advocacy of our principles, aod decent
in all things.
Watkrtown, X. Y., Nov. 4.?Governor
elect Flower returned this evei.ing
from New York, and was received
jy thousands of citizens who tendered
him a grand ovation. A carriage
drawn by six white h<rses was in wait
ing, which the Governor-elect entered.
A parade was thou formed, and Mr.
Flower was then escorted to his home,
where Mayor Porter made a few remarks
of welcome, Mr. Flower responding
in a feeling manner.
tiie protectionists capture ohio.
Columbus, Ohio, Nov. 4.?The Hepublicans
carried tbis State In Tuesday's
election by a majority of twentythousand,
electing all of their State
officers and capturing both branches of
the Legislature.
The feature of the result is the complete
drop of the People's party. Thsir
vote in the State wllfnot exceed 11,500,
and they claimed before the election
at least 75,000. They probably will lose
7.000 votes from last year, falling probably
16,000. This loss is traced to the
Republican Counties and partially accounts
for their gains in strength.
Governor Campbell takes the situation
philosophically and says that the
Democratic party was laboring under
tnn <7rp.at a handleaoin Ohio because of
the lack of funds to pay the legitimate
expenses of the campaign. He says
they have made the best fight tbey could
in the face of the Republican majority
of 11.000 to start ou and the combined
opposition of the mannfaciurers and
capitalists. Besides all this It was a
life and death struggle with the Republican
party. To defeat McKinley,
one of its national leaders and the rep
resentative of its chosen idea of protection,
meant the downfall and disintegration
of the party itself. Party
lines were closely drawn.
iowa remains democratic.
Pes Moines, Nov. 4.?The latest returns
indicates that Boies, the Democratic
candidate, has been elected Governor
by about eight thousand pluralitv.
Ei^htv-eieht counties give him
12 SOO, and"the"other eleven two years
ago went 3,084 Republican, reducing
the first figures to 9,722. 13ut proportional
e gams in these eleven should increase
the plurality to 10,000. The
Democrats claim the election of their
whole State ticket, as it runs well up
with Boies. The Senate stands: 25
Democrats, 24 Republicans and 1 Independent.
The Republicans have a majority
of 2 in the house.
The Democrats are having a regular
old-fashioned jubilee to-night over the
success of Boies. Fires are burning all <
over the State, and Democrats are
marching the streets with brass bands
celebrating their victory. Governor
Boles arrived to-night from Waterloo,
and his carriage was drawn through 1
the streets by a great crowd of Democrats.
A great jollification meeting
will be held here Saturday. 1
massachusetts elects a democratic
governor.
Boston, 2s ov. 4.?The plurality received
by Governor Russell, Democrat,
is not yet accurately known, but ail 1
but three small towns have been heard
from. Without these towns, Russell's
plurality is 6,913. The missing towns
will r y lower these figures more than
a score, if at all. The Republicans have
elected the rest of their State ticket, by
about the same plurality, showing that
Governor Russell ran fully 14,000 vetes
a: ead of hii tioket. The Republicans
captured both branches of the Legislature.
Governor Russell this morning
claims his flection by about 0,000. ile
sr.ys: "If tueams that Massachusett* is
earnestly for tariff reform on the line
of free raw material, which has been
the chief issue in this State. It also '
means that, she is firmly and aggressively
for sound currency."
maryland more democratic than
ever.
Baltimore, Nov. 4.?Frank Brown,
Democrat, for governor, carried the
sta'e by somethiog over 30,000 plurality
in yesterday's election. The legislature
will stand on joint ballot. 103 Democrats,
14 opposition. The senate will
have only four Republicans, who are ,
hold-orer senators. J;i the house of
delegates there are seven Republicans
and three Fusioniats.
In the last senate there were eighteen
Democrats and eight Republicans, and
in the house fifty-nine Democrats and
thirty-two Republicans. In the next
senate there will be four and perhaps
fiye Republicans, and in th# house
about twelve, giving the Democrats a
mninnt.v nn inint-. hallnt nf ?ij?ht,V-flV6.
the republican's recapture kansas.
Topeka, Kan. Xov. 4.?The result of
the lo?ai elecLion in Kansas yesterday
was a great surprise to all parties. The
Republicans carried eighty-five out of
the 106 counties m the State. The result
is a great victory for the Republican.
Ten out of the eleven Peoples
party candidates for district judge
were defeated. Lastytar the People's
party elected nearly four-fifths of the
county officers of the scate. Yesterday
ihe figures were reversed. The People s
party elected only one district judge
out of nine. The Republicans claim a
great victory over the People's party,
and that calamity and repudation as
preached by Peffer and Simpson are
dead.
the democracy solid in virginia.
RiciiMoND, Va., Nov. 4.?Later returns
from the election in Virginia confirm
the claims that the Democrats have
sn-ept all sections of the State. In the
senate, the Democrats, with the hold
oyer senators, have thirty-nine or forty
members of that body." In the house,
}
the Democrats are almost certain to
have over eighty-five of the 100 members.
These figures are conservative.
For the first time since their enfranchisement
the negroes will not have representatives
In either branch of the Virginia
Legislature. The Republicans
made no showing in yesterday's election.
The Alliance and Independents
were the chief opponents of ttie Democrats,
and neither of these cut much of
a figure.
all one wat in *mississ1ppl
Jackson, Miss.,Xov. 4.?The election
^ ofn *T?ncj vtolh fAr ?oilmo
ill IJLLLD OiatC TTOO i_l ^AV_i 1KJA. AOiliVUU
commissioners, the entire legislature
and district attorneys. "W. S. Laurins,
J. B. Askew and J. F. Sessions were the
Democratic nominees for railroad commissioners,
and nad no opposition. The
general legislature will be overwhelmingly
Democratic, with most of the
members pledged for the return of
Messrs. George and Waltbal to the
United States senate.
pennsylvania joined to her idols.
Philadelphia, Fa., Nov. 4?Complete
figures from fifty-three of the sixty-seven
Counties In the State, including
Philadelphia and Allegheny Counties,
and a careful estimate for the other
fourteen Counties, show a plurality of
56,608 for Gregg (Republican) for Auditor
General. The proposition for a
constitutional convention was overwhelmingly
defeated.
colorado's contest.
Denver, Col. Nov. 4.?Chairman Coe,
of the Republican County Central Committee,
claims the election of tne entire
ticket by 2,500. No complete returns
from outside towns nave been received,
but Helm's election as chief justice of
tne Supreme Courtis claimed by the
State Republican committee bv over
5,000.
good for new jersey.
Trenton, N. J., Nov. 4.?Returns up
to 1 o'clock indicate the election of the
Democratic Senatorial ticket in New
Jersey and forty-one out of sixty Assemblymen.
This will give the Democrats
a majority of thirty-three on joint
ballot, probably the largest majority
ever held by either party in the Legislature.
LAST WEEK'S ELECTION.
What i? Thaajht of the in Washington.
Washington, November 4?Democrats
in this vicinity are very well
pleased with the outcome of yesterday's
elections, while the Republicans are
slad that it was no worse. A member
of the Cabinet, who object? to being
quoted, said to-day that the Republican
managers in New York completely ignored
the Administration during the
recent fight in spite of the fact that
they were warned against the AntiTammaay
issue in the rural districts.
Republicans in Northern New York
appealed to Piatt and his lieutenants to
send some speakers into that section
who could tell the farmers something
about the effect of the McKinly bill on
eggs, barley and similar products which
come into competition with Canadian
productions. The President is alleged
to hav? suggested that, It would be better
to inject national issues into the
campaign with a view t? arousing the
interest of the voters in the counties
outside ot New York and Brooklyn.
IIi3 ideas were repeated to Mr. Piatt,
but he paid no attention to the friendly
suggestions. Hence there appears to
be but little sympathy for the downfall
of Fassett in Administration circles.
un me oilier nana,ine.uemocrais are
not cast down because Campbell was
defeated la Ohio. While they wanted
the ceurageous Governor to win they
realized that he had remarkable odds
against him. Coegressman McKinney,
of New Hampshire, who took
an active part in the recent campaign,
says that the whole weight of
the Administration was thrown into
Ohio to help McKinley. The returns
show a falling off in the Republican
vote in the manufacturing centres,
while tbey gained in the agricultural
districts, thus showing the people were
affected by the course of events since
the passage of the McKinley bill. The
operatives in the mills voted against
McKinley because his bill did not increase
their wages, and the farmers
were disposed to favor it because they
are getting better prices for their crops,
and imagine the bill has something to
do with that pleasant fact.
Congressman Mills expressed hi3 regrets
that Governor Campbell was not
re-elected, but, said he, yesterday's fight
settled beyond dispute that the" Democrats
must throw aside all other issues
and make a sqaare contest with the
Republicans on the tariff question. To
do that they should select Cleveland as
their standard-bearer, and it is probable
that the Republicans will nominate
McKinley. In that event there would
be no room to drag in the silver or any
other outside issues, but confine the
fight to the tariff alone.?Xews and
Courier.
Kow In Arkansas.
Chicago, Oct. 29.?A special from
Little Rock. Ark., savs: 'News reached
here last night of a terrible hand-to
hand encounter at Bucksport, twenty
miles from Eldorado, Union County, at
a Farmers' Alliance mass meeting: last
night. State Lecturer Bryan, of the
Alliance, was the principal speaker of
the evening. Shortly after he had concluded
his speech a quarrel took place
among several spectator?, which was
soon taken up by many others in the
audience. Winchester Ritles, shotgun*
and pistols were used with deadly effect.
Burt Manning, J. II. Town and three
others, whose names could not be
learned, were killed. Several were
slightly wounded. Sheriff Dunn, of
Eldorado, left to-day fer the scene of
the trouble. Red-hot politics was the
only and sole cause of the trouble."
Mnrdered In Their Bed.
Birminghan, Ala., Nov. 2.?Five assasinations
within ninety days is the record
of Georgiana, a smalltown In Butler
county. This morning the dead and
mangled body of Tom Shepard and his
wife were found in bed at that place.
During the night both had been brained
with an axe, which was found beside
the bed, clotted with blood. No cause
for the deed is kncwn.but it is believed
that the murder was committed because
the aged couple were against moonshiners
a desperate gang who operate
in this vicinity of Georgiana and are
already responsible for two previous
murders. The sheriff and a posse are
scoureng the country, and if caught the
murderers will be lynched. Great ex
citement prevails.
Bridal Tonr ia a Bulloen.
Birmingham, Ala., Oct. 29.?At}
midnight great amxiety is felt ia Birmingham
over the fate of the yo*ng
couplo who were married at the State
Fair grounds early this afternoon and
went on a bridal tour in a balloon.
The party in the basket consisted of
Aerenant Baldwin, H. S. C. Hutchinson,
the young groom and his bride who
was Miss Minnie Coasson. The balloon
shot up like a rockat to a great height,
and then slowly drifted almost due
north. It was last seen high up in the
air, passing over Newcastle, thirteen
miles north of Birmingham, On the
Louisville and Nashville Railroad. The
balloon was going steadily toward the
remote mountain regious of North Ala
bama, end directly away from railroad
and telegraph lines.
A MUSS IN BARNWELL I;
I'
ALLEGED ATTEMPT TO DEFRAUD
THE STATE. ;
Kevrard Claimed for the Arrest of a Mur- (
derer, who Voluntarily Surrendered to
1
the Sheriff, and Wants the Money to Pay
a Lawyer to Defend him.
Columbia, S. C., Xov. 4.?It will
be remembered that during the early :
part of last summer E. C. Burpee, town ,
marshal of the town of Midway, Barn- ,
well County, was shot aDd killed by one ;
Wm. L. McFail, a fall account of which ,
was publishsd in The Register at the ;
time it occurred.
McFail "skipped." so to speak, and
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wa3 not neara 01 irom ine time oi iuu
killing until last Sunday when his appearance
at Barnwell Court House gave
no little surprise. Besides this there is
considerable difference of opinion as to
the cause of his appearance, it being
claimed by gome that he \ras captured,
and by othera that he voluntarily surrendered
himself. These differences of
opinion assumed definite shape yesterday
morning when officer II. H. Hill
called upon Governor Tillman and
claimcd the reward ofl'ered for McFail's
capture.
Previous to Mr. Hill's arrival, however,
Governor Tiliman had received
communications from Robert Aldrich,
Esq., one of McFail's counsel, and Mr.
H. C, Folk, acquainting him with the
fket that McFail had "surrendered"
voluntarily, and also hinting that there
was some" collusion between Hill and
McFail to the end that the reward monev
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would De uscci ior me purpose ui utfense.
The first of these communication#
is from Robert Aldricb, Esq.. of
date November 2, and is as follows:
Barnwell, C. H., Nov. 2. 1891.
To His Excellency Governor B. R. Tillman,
Columbia, S. C.
Dear Sir:?William L. McFail surreadered
voluntarily to the Sherili' of
th:s County to-day. Should any claim
be made for the reward it will be a fraud
upon the State and should be disregarded.
Yours very truly,
Robert Aldrich.
The next is from Mr. H. C. Folk of
Bamberg cf date November 3:
Bamberg, Nov. 3.
Hon. B. R. Tillman, Governor of South
Carolina, Columbia, S. C.
My Dear Sir:?McFail, the slayer
of Burpee, has surrendered to the Sheriff
through his friend H. H. Hill. This
is done to get the reward offered by you
for his arrest, or at least Vnis Ls the general
impression here. Can you not withhold
the reward and investigate the matter?
Our State should not pay for the defense
of her criminals if it can be avoided.
I have written the above with the hope
that you may be able to do something
to step this business.
Yoare very truly, H. C.Folk.
?? iiOLl XU.1. i-JLlil tgll-lCU VU UVIWUWI
Tillman yesterday morning he was
aimed with the certificate of Sherifi Lancaster
of Barnwell County acknowledging
the receipt of McFail at the Conntj
jail, but of eonrse in the face of the information
received In the matter Gov- ,
ernor Tillman refused to pay the reward ,
offered. The following Is the certificate |
of Sheriff Lancaster:
State of South Carolina, }
County of Barnwell, j .
This is to certify that H. H. Hili lias j
thig day delivered to me the person of
W. L. McFail, charged with the murder
ot E. C. Burpee, at Midway, in this
County and State, and that the said W.
L. McFail is now confined in the Coun- ,
ty jail. J. W. Lancaster,
Sherifi Barnwell County. j
November 1st, 1891. ,
Witness: W. Gikmobe Mmms. C. j
C. P. and G. S.
Upon the payment of the reward be- ,
ing refused Mr. Hill called upon G. W. (
M. Williams, E?q., of this city, one of
McFail's counsel, and explained the (
matter to him, whereupon Mr. Williams
wrote the following letter to Governor J
Tillman: ,
Columbia, Xov. 4, 1891.
To His Excellency B. R. Tillman, Governor
of South Carolina: j
Having been Informed by Mr. H. A. j
Trill r\f nai-rom pnmmnnifotinn? tn vnn
.* KL11 Vi V/Vi ^C*iU vvuaidUuL4*VMV*v^v wv j vv4^ j
I hare read the communication ot Ro'ot. |,
Aldrich, dated Nor. 2d, and addressed
to jou, in which he states that Wm. L. j
McFail surrendered voluntarily to the 1
Sheriff of this County to-day, and I wish
to say that while I make no charges oi .
wilfblly mistaking things against Mr. j
Aldrich, he is very seriously mistaken. ]
I am the legal adviser of Mr. McFail in ,
the case he now stands charged with j
having committed against the law. (
Colonel Aldrich was by some means j
brought into the case to assist me in the ]
defending of MeFaii. I further wish
to state that Colonel Aldrich is defend- (
ing a party chargcd with arson, against 1
whom Mr. McFail is an important (
witness, and in whose behalt Mr. a\1- (
drich i?of course quite solicitous. I <
further wish it known to you that I was J
iu Barnwell on the 2d, (the date ot
Colonel Aldrich's letter.) aud he did not \
iatimat* to me any intemtion of writing .
you, or asked me anything concerning j
this anomalous correspondence. 1 saw j
Colonel Aldrich early In the morning of
the 2d, and asked him for a consultation,
and after leaving him at the front gate
of his residence, saw no more of him. j
In regard to H. C. Folk's communica- ,
J- J o/i r u {
uun 10 you, uateu ou .^vvciuuei, jl widu ,
to say to you that, although he is a re- '
presentative from Barnwell, he would net
dare tell the Sheriff that McFail sur- j
rendered to him. Though Folk has the :
honorable attached to his name as the
representative of the people, he has ex- ]
hibited to my mind a partisan feeling un- <
founded in fact except as suits his own <
peculiar notions. I would not write ]
this to j?u, Governor, except for the ]
language used in Folk's letter which I '
hope the public will see and appreciate, .
and for the backing the enormous report ]
seems to have from one of MeFail's law- '
yers, so considered. Very respectfully, \
your obedient servant, ]
G. W. M. Williams. 1
And thus the matter stands, and so it 1
will stand ?ntil Governor Tillman has 1
had time and opportunity to make a ;
thorough investigation of the whole ,
matter.?Register.
Thursday Governor Tillman received j
the following additional letter in regard to
the alleged fraudulent capture of W. <
L. McFail by H. II. Hill in Barnwell <
County: 1
"Babnwell C. H., Not. 3d, 1891.
"To His Excellency, Gov. 13. K. Tillman,
Columbia, S. C.:
"Dear Sir:?I wrote you last nl?;ht ,
that Wm. L. McFail had voluntarily
surrendered to the sheriff, and any claim '
for the reward offered would be an at- i
tempted fraud upon tbe State arid should \
be disregarded. I was moved to writ? j
yoa aa I did without any knowledge ot i
the fact, or ev;n any r-.imor havicg
reached me of such an attempt being in -contemplation
by any one, but simply i
iiom certain suspicious circumstances
attending the surrender. It has come
to my hearing today that one Hill obtained
from Sheriff Lancaster a certificate
that he had arrested MeFail and
that he had delivered him up, and that
upon the next train Hill left, presumably
for Columbia. My suspicions are
cow confirmed, and I hope my letter
reached you in time to frustrate this
swindle. I am one of McFaU's attor
ceys, and know that he has fully intend'
ed, all the time, to surrender upon the
eve of the court, which begins here next
Monday, and only avoided arrest because
he feared he would not be able to
2:et bail, and naturally preferred to stay
but of jail than in it.
"I know also that Hill could no more
have arrested McFail, without ;his consent,
than could apt infant have captured
an armed warrior and brought him to
prison, and the farce of Hill capturing
McFail is only surpassed by the audacity
of the fraud attempted or may "be consummated,
on you and the State. If he
has succeeded, I am clearly of the opinion,
and can furnish the proof, that it ia
a case of obtaining money under false
pretences. As a citizen, this swindling
operation upon the State excites my ire,
and, being perpetrated in a case with
which I am connected, arouses my Indignation.
I shall be at your service
and at that of the attorney general when
required.
"I beg to remain very respectfully
yours, Robt. Aldrtch."
Governor Tillman again states that
he will take no action in this matter '
without a full investigation, which will
be undertaken at once. . - I
MARRIES HIS 5I5T?K. ^
Queer Legal Tangle That is Vexing the
>'ew York Barge Official*.
New Yoke, >"ov. 5.?-General
O'Beirne is in a quandary. As acting
Superintendent of Immigration at the
Barge office in the absence of Colonel
Weber, who has gone home to Buffalo
to vote, the General is required to pass
upon a case presenting some very peculiar
and unprecedented features. A
family by the name of Muller arrived
Saturday from Mecklenburg, on
the steamer Fuerst Bismarck. The
family consisted of a mother, a daughter,
a son and a son-in-law. All had
tickets for Elgin, 111. The daughter,
Marguerite Muller, was detained ?t the
Barge office because of her condition.
According to the custom which obtains
at the port of entry in such cases
some one must marry her or bonds must
be given for her support. It ai?pears
that the knowledge of this requir ment
came to the family on shipboard, and
the brother, John Muller, agreed to marry
his sister.
After the brother-in-law had gone
West yesterday, and in the temporary
absenoe of Mrs. Muller, John and Mar
guente were married dj castor aeyi, 01
the Lutheran Mission in State street, in
the presence oi General O'Beirne.
Upon the mother's rsturn the discovery
of the Iraud was made, and both brother
and sister were detahaed at the Barge
office for further action.
General O'Beirne said this morning
that he had been grossly imposed upon
aad that he would have the deceiving S.
couple on board ship in less than twenty-four
hours, and would see thai they
were tent back to Europe.
4'It was a deliberate fraul," he said, "perpetrated
for the sake o; getting the
^irl out of the Barge office. I told the
young man that he was not compelled to
marry the girl and had Pastor Keyl
tell him the same thing. They insisted,
liowever, upon the marriage ceremony
being performed and went through it
with all aparent reverence. The discovery
of the actual relations of the pair
*as an astounding revalation. I shall
consult with the United States District
Attorney's office to-day and learn what
must be done, if anything, to have the
marriage annulled."
At the office of the United States
District Attorney it was said this morning
that the case had not been brooght
formally to their attention, and that until
it was no opinion could be passed
jpon it.
? ? > ' l i it.. n
Mr. 1 reaencs it. couaerc, me wen
known international lawyer, was asked
to give an opinion upon the case. / ' 'yZW?
"I chink," said Mr. Coudert, "that
*reat leniency should be exercised. The
brother undoubtedly acted from a worthy
motive and under extreme pressure. He
saw no other way of getting his aester
;o her destination ?and saving her from
jpen disgrace, and to send her back in
Lhe streerage at this season of the year
night possibly result in her deati.
"As to the law in the case: If the
couple, as I understand it, were, at the
:ime of the alleged marriage, which, of
course, was no marriage at all, still unler
United States jurisdiction, then no
states law has been violated, and I know
)f no Federal law which covers the case.
[t seems to me that the best way is to
Irop the whole business and let the people
proceed to their destination. 1 cer.ainiy
would never take part in the
prosecution of such a case."
Chileans Preparing for War.
London, Xov. 4.?The latest advices
from Valparaiso state that there is no - ^
iiminution of the popular animosity
igainst Americans, and that no real effort
is being made to bring Chileans to
justice for the killing cf the American
ailors.
\\ Mile tne American negotiations arts
pending, the Junta has ordered the Chilian
war vessels to be ready for service,
md the forts defending Valparaiso haroot
are being strengthened. These steps
ire being taken very quietly, as if with
i view to avoid attracting attention.
The Baltimore maintains great vigilance,
and Capt. Schley is evidently on
:he lookout for a treacherous attack4
Ihe opinion is expressed that, should
:he situation not culminate before the
13th. instant, the new president, probably
George Montt, may bring matters
:o a settlement. Montt is believed to oe
the best disposed to Americans of
my of the revolutionary leaders.
The correspondent of the .London
limes at Valparaiso is said to be a
writer who has been noted in the past
['or his hostility to the United States.
l'he Times articles continue to be the
subject of unfavorable comment in Loninn
ac to sf.ir no had blood
between the United States and England.
Horrible Death.
St. Paul. Minn., Oct. 31.?Mrs. Lucy
Todd Gilbert, mother of Bishop Gilbert,
Lvas found early this morning lying in
a pool of blood in front of the Bishop's
residence. It is supposed that she arose
in the night, and not being accustomed
to the houss-??he had just arrived from
Sherburg, X. \ .,T?eH out of the window.
She was 78, and feeble,.
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