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YOL. XLVI. WINNSBORO, S. C., WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1892. NO. 27. . If ? - ~ - AT THE TABERNACLE, DR. TALMAGE ON THE -BESTIAL PROPENSITIES OF A SINFUL NATURE. Science acd Archaeology Have Vs jew JL'.sac on me ?iory 01 J?OUCR?Knezzar and Showu Its Agreement -with HJntory and Natural Law. Brooklyn, Feb. 7.?With a tnighty acclaim the long rooter doxology rose at the beginning of thy service. The inestimable value of Christianity as an elevating and ennobling influence on the nature of mau formed the subject or Dr. V Talmage's sermon this morning. The I brilliant and original preacher chose as his text the humiliation of the Babylon Lisn King, wno, ceius aesutuc-' 01 reunion, sank to the level ;>f the biute. Daniel iv, 28- "All this came upon ihe King Nebuci idnezzar." Colonel Kawlinson, the oriental traveler, says that the exhumed brick?, not only of Babylon, but of a hundred towns in on orpo nfrtnr hno#?. ?>/] *n ]r>rwr*h and thirty iu breadth, are inscribed with the name of Nebuchadnezzar. lie was a great warrior, and at the glance of his sword nations prostrated themselves. He was a great king and built a city reservoir ninety miles in circuml'erenM and one hundred and twenty feet dee? and constructed a hanging garden louB hundred feet square y^^eve^^m^ feet high, some say his wite, who hacjy^P^^ornamong the hills, and otj40^ay to get a pleasure grpaBtKHre from mosquitoes which atI think, irom hlschaiacter, the latter reason may have impelled him as much as the former. When he couquered King Zedekiah, so as to have uo more & trouble with him, he put his eyes out? a most barbarous way of incapacitating an enemy. But Babylon was a ureal place; the house* surrounded by gardens and the housetous were connected with each other by bridges, and om; day Nebuchadnezzar walked out on those suspension bridges aud showed, perhaps te a royal visitor, the vastness of his I realm as the sua kindles the domes withglistenings almost insuperable, and the great streets thunder up their pomp into the ear of the monarch, and a:med towers stand around adorned with spoils of conquered empires. Nebuchadnezzar waves his hand above the stupendous scene and exclains, "Is not this great Babylon that I have built ior the house of the kingdom by the mi?ht of mv nower and for f.hp lionnr of my majesty5' la other Avon's: "What a great man I am. Babylon was not, anything until I adorned it. See those water works; see those gardens; see those torts. 1 did all this. I shall never be forgotten. Why, my name is on every brick in all those walls. Just look at me. I am more than a man." T>?4- _11 iL.L 1 J JJUU in <2U lULSUiLUJC It J A llilit bpituuui is gene from his vision, lor a voice falls rem the heavens, saying, "0 King Nebuchadnezzar, to thee it is spoken, the kingdom is departed from thee, aud they shall Jrive thee irommen and thy dwelling shall be ttita the beasts ol the lield; k they shall - make ihee to eat grass as |a oxen, and seven times shall pass over thee, until thou know that the Most Bt Hish ruleth in the kingdom of men -:nd M giveth it to whomsoever he will." One la hour from the time he made the boast ffla he is on his way to the fie'ds a maniac, and rushing into the forests he becomes g9?& as one of the beasts aud is after awhile |j| covered with eagles' feathers lor proltc Ition from the cokl, and bis nails grow to look like birds' claws, in order t'-jat he may dig the earth for roots aDd climb the trees lor nuts. The mental disaster Ithat seized him was what the Greeks died Ijcactbropr^bv which a mauimHfces himself a beast and prefers 10 go Baud mingle with brutes. '*A beast!" Rn. }ears pass, when suddenly his I? li comes back to on a humble worshiper of the God ven. at must have been the excitement royal court as Ibis restored maubperor walk* into Lhe palace, k time they had ia cutting his lad his hair, which had gronn tor years without being interfered k auy shears. What a scrubbing ghst have taken place in tbo iinByaths. What a transformation HBrV A!?/] U V 1 IA ?'V?A Ko/I Ij AU. wuat v n i;v uau pth camels and yoats and swine bade lit to associate with prium.t a change from sty to throne ijtelkin:: from this Babylonian a to the pasture titiu and g||isture field ba :k to the palHt tiling that impresses ;ne is gmcougruous thiug it is for a gjjjffiuatg grass. It is g<?.Hl for Hot lit for man. Aud then reter it to a royal ta;,le ty bounty the orchards ami sUearns *nd vineyards in ight, contribute?what an A.ud yet the scene is a? dayiiuht. iought that presses iiiio Ihe contemplation of ! his conviction is not couver|iis monarch thai mak. s |L Babylon? The very at he revelation of dream* uvui uuaveu, v?bile he confessed of Gods and Lord of that that humbling h he before felt did calchange. stake more frequent I conviction a svnofcion. Conviction is lin; conversion is a ftonviotion is merely ? confidence. Con Hiing awa? Iron it. Bgsiti wound; coavevCouTictioD is t'-ie a^Mrsicp is ihe ilak Conviction (is the medii-ine that have experienced ^experienced "Tte tades who ihiuk Rs serious he is K)n' |||miT think seri Ht; would that V hat il a man Klj of bernsT-a ^Kim a lawyer? SSt'v think set Jgp. would that gralix wat' conThe j?iikr jar. out ot bsd. nth.' adrice ol 9^HR|H^ra. Arc 1 tell you SHBl mind |?? away a Egce ueeu, Bkre you Mfeinmis i sioaer ol deeds i<j present to witness, i Ycu have your pen iu ha'id. There is j ink io the pes. There is only one.thin^ j for you to do, and that is to sign your j name. Suppose you Piop now without signing your name, whit does it all amount to? Xo thing. So you have resolved to <rive vourselt ud to God. You propose to sign ofl" to him your body, 3 our miud, your soul. You have all | things necessary for the transfer. The | angels of God are here to witness the j eternal transfer. Why do jou not now with your will complete the work? Halt where you are, and all goes for nothing. J Sign your name to this spiritual transjfer. Professor Arago, the mathematician, {got woefully discouraged in his work j and was about to give up when he safv o/woa tr?r\T?yicj r\n flm \vhtr>h ! 0</llAv ?TVi.40 \JLJ. jVU.J-'Vi. ?? lHv? i been used to stiffen the cover ofhis book, I and the words being indistinct he dampened the cover until he could take it off and see the words plainly, auu he found they were words of advice eivec by D'Alembert to a student, and the words were, "Go on, sir, go on!" 0 ye who ?re ;convicted "Go on!" You must take one more step, or all the steps rou have taken will amount to nothing. Go on! ^ \ Again learn from j the king I thiugis^^^^^^ BHI^?venbelo\vinenMMl ofaorTO. In this world of sad sights, the saddest is the idiot's stare. - In this world of awlul sounds, the mo3t awful is the maniac's laugh. A vessel on the rocks, when hundreds go down never to rise, and other hundreds drag their maagled and shivering bodies up the wintry beach, is nothing compared to K/"v r\ f .h'Iaa* O full *\ r xmot* tU'O lUUUUCUU^ Ui lU^litLLO 1UU V/i. TU.OW hopes and attainments and capacities. Christ's heart went out to those who were epileptic, falling into the fire, or maniacs cutting themselves among the tombs. We are accustomed to be more grateful lor physical health than for the proper working of our mind. We are apt to take it for granted that the intellect which has served us so well will always be faithful. We forget that an engine with such tremendous power, when the wheels have sach vastness of circle and such swiftness of motion and the* !?>ocf miorht" TMlf". if Attfc nf* J WW* ' l"-UWV*i*UVU?, * w w year, could only be kept iu proper balJ ance by a diviue hand. Xo human power could engineer this train of immortal faculties. How stance it is that cur memory, on whose shoulders all the successes and misfortunes and occurrences of a lifetime are placed, should oftener break down, and that the scales cf judgemo*'. which have been weighing so much and so long, should not lose their adjustment and that fancy, which holds a dangerous wand, should not sometimes maliciously wave it, bringing into the heart forebodiugs and hallucinations the most appalling. Is it not strange that the expectations of this intellect should not be clashed to pieces on Its disappointments? Though so delicately attuned, this Instrument of untold harmonies plays on, though fear shocks it, and vexations- r?ck it, and sorrow and joy and loss and gain in qu:ck succession beat out of it their dirge, or draw from it their anthem. At morning and at night, when in your prayer you rehearse the objects of your thanksgiving, next to your salvation by Jesus Christ, praise the Lord lor the preservation of your renson. TTaw monv fine arft hpfner destroyed by anodynes and amesthetics, winch were jjiven by Providence for occasional use in alleviation of pain or insomnia, but by beinj: employed continuously after awhile capture and destroy. Chloral, cocaine, bromide oi potassium, opium and whole shelves of seductive etceteras that help turn Xebuchadnezzars into imbecility or madness. Do not trifle *ith opiates that bennmb the brain, it you cannot live without the perpetual and enslavin; use of them, ycu bad better die. iJetter cue a sane man than live a fool. What right have you to kill your braia and put in will jangle your nervous system? But rum is the. cause of more insanity than anythiug else. There is nothing like rum to ]>uta man like Xebuohndnezzar down on all fours. Learn also from my subject the comefortinir truth that afflictions are arrested as soon as they have accomplished their mission. For seven years did Nebuchadnezzar dvrell among the beasts of the lieid. but at the expiration of that time his reason returned, and as soon as with prooer humility he acknowledged - the God of heave n he was brought back to his palace and reinstated in'his former alluence and power. Now, it does seem that wntu heavy trials come upon us it is as though ther had no limit. \? e exclaim, "All t'?y waves and thy billows ba-ve <jone over mc." but forget that the depth of that sea and the po>ver of that billon- are definitely determined. <iod sees ho'.v much our pride is and be seeds just enough adversity to humhie it. lie sees just horr worldly minded we are and pulls us just hard enough to detach ns from our Jollies. He sees how hard our heart is and smites just ! rr! pnri7i?li to break it. He sees how oar eje$ have bee i blinded and he cuts only just enough to remove the scales from our spiritual vision. - As soon as Abraham's faith ;is sufficientlr tried the lamb is provided. As soon as Pharaoh nrnoont* trv'7r>< /' Hil/lron r?F Tcr?,ipl rip. j part, the plagues pause. As soon as i ihs Israelites have been sufficiently disi ciplmeri by their wanderings, they lied j theit way into Canaan. But to some I the limit is not set in this life. Their i whole pilgrimage is through the wilder! ness aud the world is to them a valley [ of tears. j 13u; perhaps God has a special throne io hcaveu that no ordina: v saint can occupy. and by extraordinary trials he has ;>.-?-]iared that Christian soul for extraordinary glory. God will not keep tou in the furnace cue moment too lon^. Just as soon as Paul had met with -^nvu^h imprisonment aud scougings he n; -.eiied up aod nlucked his eternal cr.'-vu. GoJ will keep us no l->nj:er under the hammer aud on the stccks than is necessarry 10 m us u>r cuuawc iutv the heaven of eternal rest. Glorj be to the divioe grace that, as soon as our aflictions have accomplished their missiot\ they are arrested. The defeats and sorrows oi life have sometimes been the greatest advantage. It wu* because Dante failed as a statesman that he ^ave up pohtics and .rrote his immortal '-Divina Commedia." It was a violent thunderstorm that first set M.u't'.n Luther seriously thinking and the thunder ot this world's disaster has started many a reformation. James : Y. Simpson went from a surgeon's opj eratioi; table to experiment aud see if j he cotfiU cot liad something that would j alleviate human pain; ani he kej.t on i until he had discovered chloroform as an aesthetic, and the story of distress has almost always bee a followed by the story of rescue. Formany years after Shakespear's death liis work was so little appreciated that in IG60 there was only one edition of bis works, and that of only three hundred copies in existence, and that edition was neany ail Durnea in me great London fire. Bat forty-eight copies had been sold out of the city, and those forty-eight copies saved Shakespeare for all nations and all time. Your suppression on ,a smaller'scale may last a good while, but lor all you are worth you will yet shine out on earth or in heaven. Again, learn from my subject that conuected with the most distressing judgments of God there are displays or divine mercy. God might justly have left Nebuchadnezzar in the field, but infinite compassion brought him back to the palace. Xo sooner was Eden blasted than a blessing followed on the heels of the curse promising the com iDg or one who wouia destroy sin ana make the whole world a paradise. The deluge descends, but not until Xoah had invited the people Into the ark. The destroying angel comes upon Egypt for the smiting of the first born, tut left unmolested e~v^yv house whose the blood of Rown upon Sowarj angels have MRTmiiy to flee from TT?C Titter. ud(MV/iu iioti ? ationsi *0n the darkthere is a rainbow of 1 in his prophetic visariots, symbolical of God's government. The first chariot was draen by red horses. They indicated theBfe^ that were coming. The second chariot w^s drawn by black horses. They indicated* the coming of a famine and pestilence/ Tho third chariot was drawn by white horses. They indicated the spotless purity of his conquests. But mark well that the fourth chariot was drawn by horses "grizzled and bay," denoting that mercy was mixed with all the desolating judgments of God. Sinai cannot thunder so loud as to drown the invitations of Cavalry. The Lord utters the admonition "The wages of sin ie death," butexhaustless mercy resporcs, Deliver him from going down to u.e pit for I have found a ransom." Hide thee quick in the rock, Christ Jesus Let not this insignificant "now" absorb thee more than the great hereafter. The path leading to this side of the grave is only a few furlongs, but the no + Vi ntrVn/Vh nrvmmof tho nt"hc?r cir?P of it is without e 1. The powers of darkness gather aoout your soul and the temptations of an evil heart and the allurments of the world I know are trying to drown the voice of the preacher; but taking hold of the silver trumpet of the Gospel which made Felix tremble, and at the Pentecost brought three thousand souls out of their sepulcher, I would blow one long, loud blast, crjing, "Whosoever will, let him come." Take this goodly religion which has done so much for me that I can commend it to all. Without it I should have gone the whole downward career. Stolid and phlegmatic natures going astray do not go so far, but natures like mine, sanguine,intense, emotional, optimistic, social to the last degree, and echoing to all the heights and depths of mirth, if they get off track, they go with one wild leap to hell. As to the restraining power of this religion upon a mercurial temperament, I testify. This is not abstraction or something gotten from books. I speak of what I know. Go out and ask all who have tried this religion and ask them how it works. Three young men In a factory came out on the Lord's side, but two of them, overcomce by the jeers of their comrades, went back aud joined the scoffers. The one held on to his Christian hope, and one day when tbey pressed him hard, and were tellirg how much infidelity had done for the world, and that Christianity had done nothing, the persecuted Christian turned upon them, ana pointing to Henry ana Oeorge, who had for a little while followed Christ and then turned back, he said: "You have tried your principles on them, and know what they have done for them. When they tried to serve Christ they were civil, good tempered, kind husbands and fathers. They were cheerful, industrious and ready to oblige. What have ycu made them? Look and see. They are cast down and cross; their mouths are full of cursing and hlthiness; they are drunk every week; their children half clothed, their wives broken hearted, their homes wretched. That is what your principles hare done. Xow I have tried Christ and his religion, and what has it done for me? You know well what I used to be. There was none of you that conld drink so much, swear so desperately and fight so masterly. I had no money and nobody would trust me. My wife was ill used, I was ill humored. hateful and hating. What has religion done for me? Thank God lam not afraid to put it to you. Am I not a happier man than I was ? Am I not a better workman and a kinder companion ? Would I once have put up with what I now bear from, you? 1 could heat anv of von ar, easilv now as evpr. Why don't I? - Do jou ever hear a foul word from my mouth? Do you catch me at a public house? Has anybody a score against me? Go and ask my neighbors if I am not altered for the better. Go and ask my wife. Let my honsfi bear witnpss. God be Draised. here is what Christianity has dune for me; there is what infidelity has done for Henry and George." Out of this audience I could gather a thousand men and women who could tell you as thrilling a story as that as to what relicrion has done for them. Yea, if times of persecution should come as of old, and they may come, there are a thousand here who would tor ChrssVs sake as cheerfully walk into the furn :ce of fire as though it were an a-bor of thyme and honeysuckle, and face the lions as though they were lambs frisking on the hillside, and wade down into the deep waters which are to submerge them s.s happily as ever as Xarragansett beach they took the surf at a summer bathing. (X-rne up and join those on the way to a palace. What an absurd thing for a king to be eating grass. Instead of I living on the poor fodder that the world affords, come up and sit among the nrtoc of f ha rATTol lief. U1 UVW o?W liu^ 1 KJj ua Wv*iiV^uuv and hpar the bands play: "Eat, 0, friends! Drink, 0 beloved!" Here is a crown, wear it. Here is a scepter, sway it. Here is a throne, mount it. This is your hour, improve it. The Memphis Tragedy. Memphis, Tenn., Feb. 5.?Miss Alice | Mitchell, the slayer of Freda Ward, when informed by her lawyer that she I would escape the gallows, became franj tic, and saic! that' she looked forward I to the day when she should be hanged as the happiest of all, as beyond the sallows she would once more meet Freda Ward. She became terribly despondent. and fears are entertained that she will commit suicide. Last night she was watched in her^ell by one of her relatives. BOOM FOR FREE COIN AGE. I A BILL FOR THE FREE COINAGE OF; GOLD AND SILVER. Imported by the House Committee oil j Coinage?The Matter Decided hr a Vote j of Five :o Eight?Tha Full Text of the J Bill. Washington, Feb. 10.?The House committee on coinage, weights and measures today disposed of the silver question, so faras the committee is concerned, bv voting to report favorably to the House the bill introduced by Mr. Bland of Missouri for the free coinage of gold and silver and for the issue of coin notes. The vote on the bill was | eight to hve. As the committee was called to order, the consideration of the Bland bill, as previously ordered, was begun. The bill wis read section by section, and discussed seriatim. Mr. Taylor moved to amend by striking out that part of section 1 providing for free coinage of silver bullion or the i3sue, to the depositor of bullion legal tender notes covering the amoaut of his deposit. Tlv^-'tJ'oa-' was defeated by a v...te of elghna " JJJLL T? iiiiciLLio v uicu moved to strike ova -Sie words "That the standard gold and silver coins of the United Slates shall be legal lender In payment of all debts, public and private," in section 1. His motion was defeated ?yeas 5, nays 7. Mr. Williams then moved an amendment increasing the anount ui silver in the dollar. Mr. Tracy .moved an amendment to ^this, which Mr. Williams accepted, increasing the silver in the dollar to 533 J grains of pure silver. The amendment was voled downyeas 5, nays 8. Mr. Stone of Pennsylvania moved to insert in section 1 the following: "Provided, that whenever gold and silver coins of the same denominations cease to exchange freely ac lace value, and either metal falls below or raises above par, then the mints shall be closed to the weaker metal, until parity shall have been restored." The amendment was defeated by a vote of 9 to 4. Mr. Stone moved to insert in section 1 an amendment restricting free coinage to the product o! the mines of the TJnitsd btaies. rms proposition was uereatea by a vole of 11 to 2?Mr. Stone and Mr. Johnson of North Dakota voting in its favor, and Messrs. Bland, Tracy, Williams, Kilgore, Robertson, Fierce, Epes, Williams, McKeighan, Bar line and Taylor against it. Mr. Bartine moved to amend section 1, increasing from $500 to 81,000 the highest denomination of notes to be issued. The amendment was unanimously adopted. Mr. Williams of Massachusetts moved to strike out section 2, and Mr. Tracy moved to strike out section 0, and both motions were voted down without division. A motion Dy Mr. Tracy to lay tae Dili oa the table was also defeated. Mr. Bartine moved that the bill, as amended, be reported favorably to the House. Mr. Taylor moved to amend the motion, so as to provide for an unfavorable report. Mr. Tajlor's motion was defeated by a vote of 8 to 5, and Mr. Bartine's motion agreed to by tae same vote. Those voting for the favorable rep?rt were: Bland of Missouri, Williams of Illinois, Kilgore of Texas, Robertson of Louisiana, Pierce of Tennessee, Epes of Virginia, McKeiehan of Nebraska and Bartine of Nevada. Those against a favorable report were: Tracy ol .New York, Williams ofMassachasetts, Taylor of Illinois. Stone of Pennsylvania and Johnson of North Dakota. Mr. Bland, chairman of the committee, wa3 instructed to report the bill favorably and 3raw up a report advocating its passage. The minority reserved the right to oppose the measure, and will lile a report against it. FULL TEXT OF THE BILL. The lull text of the free coinage bill adopted by the House committee on coinage, weights and measures today is as follows: That the unit of value in the Uniied States shall be the standard silver dollar as now coined, consisting of412? grains standard sliver, or the gold dollar of 25.8 grains standard gold; that the standard gold and silver coins of the United States shall be a legal tender in pay ruent of all debts, public and private. Ai:j bolder of gold or silver bullion of the value of $100 or more,, of standard fineness, shall be entitled to have the same struck iuto any authorized standard coins of the United States, free of charge, at tbe mints of the United States, or the owner of the bullion may deposit the same at such mints and rece've therefor coin notes equal in amount to tbe coinage value of the bullion deposited, anil the bullion thereupon shall become the property of the Government. That the coin notes so issued sball be in denominations of not less than si nor more than 31.000. and shall be a legal tender in like manner and invested with the same monetary uses as the standard gold and silver coins, of .he United States. Sec. 2. That after the passage of this act, it shall not be lawful to issue or reissue cold or silver certilicates or treasnnffiO r\i*AV?/io?l f*Ar in < nF 1 ill v UIJ UVtOO piVTlUVU X\Sl Itx \jU\j> UVb Ui y UiJ 14, 1890, entitled :'An act directing the purchase of silver bullion and the issue of treasury notes thereon, and for other purposes." That all such certificates and treasury notes when received in the treasury shall be caucelled and des LIUJCU, auu tuiu LiKjtwo j^iuviur.u iyji ILL the first section shall be issued in lieu of the certiti cates and treasury notes so cancelled and destroyed. Provided, that nothing herein shall be construed to change, modily or alter the legal tender character of such certificate or notes now issued. Sec. 3. The coin notrs herein authorized may be reissued, but the amount at any ume ouisiancnn^ snau not De greater or less than the value ol the coin and the bullion at comins value held in the Treasury. That the said coin notes shall be redeemed in coin on demand at the Treasury or any sub-treasury of the United States, and the bullion deposited shall be coined as fast as may be necessary for such redemption. Sec. 4. That any holder of full le^al tender sold or silver coins of the United States to the amount of $10 or more may deposit the same at the Treasury or any sub-treasury of the United Slates and receive therefor coin notes herein authorized. Sec. 5. That the act of July 5, 1890, hereinbefore cited, be, and the sa?e is hereby, repealed. ^ Sec. 6. That so soon as France shall open her mints to the fre^ and unrestricted coinage of silver at her present ratio, namely, fifteen and one-half pounds of silver to be worth one pound of :*old, troy, it shall be the duty of the President of the United Slates to itnme diately make public proclamation ol that fact, whereupon the said ratio shull be the legal ratio in the United States, and thereatter the standard silver dollar shall consist cf 400 chains of st&udarcT stiver, and the laws relatiDg to the standard silver dollar of 412J grains standard silver shall be applicable to tht dollai' of 400 grains standard silver. That the silver dollars of 412J grains then in the treasury or thereatter coming into the treasury shall immediately, and as fast as practicable, be coined into dollars of 400 grains standard silver. Any gain or seigniorage arising therefrom shall be accounted for and pa:u iuio ii:e treasury. Sec. 7. That the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized and requi: cd to make such rule3 and regulations as may be necessary to carry into effect the provisions of this act. lirlKhtvr Outlook for Clvnisoa. Columbia, S. C.s Feb. 10?There is a prospect that before very long wor? on Clemson College will be resumed. Tbe sale of Agricultural Hall enabled thn Tmofaao nf PlfimoAn f a lir? nirla t.& t ha l/UU Xi UOLIA .J VI ViVUiNJVU vw uiuuv\/ wuv debt that they incurred in running1 the work on after tfieir funds gave out. The sale of privilege tax tags goes steadily on, and before long there will be quite an accumulation from that, source. Now the Morrill fund matter is about to be decided by Congress. "It will be remembered that4he'State Legislature decided to evenly divide the portion of the fund that fell fo this State between Clemson College and Claflin University. This division did not suit Secretary of the Interior Rusk and a spicy correspondence ensued between' him and Governor Tillman on the subject. The Governor showed conclusively that the division made by t he General Assembly was the true and proper one, and refused to receive the money with any conditions as to its being expended in any other way. The consequence has been that the money has lain idle and the work on Clemson has been delayed for lack of it. Yesterday Superintendent of Educe.-1 tioa. May held received the following letter: "I am requested by the South Carolina delegation to request you to prepare a statement showing tbe distribution of the school fund in the State as between white and colored children, the actual school attendance or wnne and colored children, the State appropriation for Clemson College and Cla.flin University, and any other information that will enable the delegation to present properly the justice of the Legislature giving Clemson College onehalf of the Morrill fund. "Please do this officially under your seal of office. Governor Tillman might offer valuable suggestions as he has argued the question with the Secretary. I am, very truly your obedient servant, "E. T. Stackiiouse." The Superintendent 01 i^aucaiioa will furnish the information asked for and the delegation will immediately press the matter and try to get Congress to endorse the division proposed by the General Assembly .?Kegister. Drasrsed to Death. Atlanta, Feb. 11.?One of the most horrible deaths that has ever occurred in this city was met by Mr. Alexander Brown, an employee on the farm of Mr. Joseph Thompson. Mr. Brown was driving up Peachtree street in a one-horse wagon, and, when near the corner of Broad street, the horse became frightened ana uroiie into a run. iur. .Brown arose to his feet and began trying to check his horse, when he lost his balance and fell over the side of the wagon, his foot catching in the spokes of the front wheel, and, with the horse dashing on a mad run, the poor fellow was literally torn to pieces against the rough stone paving. * "When the horse "had run about three blocks, and just as he was opposite the governor's mansion he was stopped, and the injured man, more dead than alive, was taken from his unfortunate position. Medical aid was at once procured, and he was carried to Providence infirmary, where an examination of his injuries was made. He proved to be beyond all ?- ? 3- 1 ~ l in IlOpC 01 ineUiCcU USSlStaiJUC, auu Uiw iu about two hours. Brown was about 80 years old, and was unmarried. Batch of Pardons. Columbia, S. C., Feb. 10.?Acting on t.hp recommendation of the Board of Directors of the Penitentiary, Governor Tillman issued pardons to the following colored convicts yesterday: John Williams, convicted of burglary before Judge Thompson at the February term, 1880, at Anderson, and sentenced for life. Drayton Bridges, convicted of arson at the October term, 1877, at Edgefield, and sentenced for life by Judge C. P. TowLsend. Henry Collins, convicted of burglary before Judge Tc'mpson, at the October term, 1878, at Darlington, and sentenced for life. Charles Jackson, convicted of arson before Judge Hudson at the May term, 1879, at Hampton, and sentenced for 1t T-^ rs nri cf fl r JLXX^> i LC^iOL^-i Dyins: in tha Scre?t. New York, Feb. 5?Capt. Yarker, of the steamship Jiuffon, which arrived today from Brazilian ports, says that the health of Santos and other seaports is terrible. It is impossible to estimate the number of deaths from yellow fever there. People-drop down in the streets and lie where they fall until they die. Every eemetary is overcrowded and neighboring fields are being utilized for the purpose of burial. The coast section of the country is in a general state of demoralization. It is a common sight, the captain says, in the streets of Santo. anil Bahaia, to see a dozen of dead or dying men or women lying in the roads in one square. The Poor Kaiiroada. Columbia, 6. C., Feb. 0.?Secretary Uartlett, of the State railroad commission, yesterday received the last of the delayed annual reports of the railroads, and he at oner made up his report of the totals, which is to be printed. The total" net earning of all the roads in the State for the year ending Jl'_3 30,1S91, amount to 82,439,392.40. The net earnings for the preceding year were 82,072,0-10,50. and the net increase is therefore 8307,345.90. or very nearly half of a million dollars. This is indeed a handsome showing and one of the nncf crrntifxrino' of rpppnt VfarS. A Family. Aftllctlon. Philadelphia, Feb. 11.?A special to the Times from Fasten, Fa., says: ' .Mrs. James Froad, residing near Ackerwanville, two weeks ago admitted to hpr house a relative who complained of being- ill. The- patient was 'proved to be suffering from scarlet fever. First Mr. IJroad contracted the disease, and soon their children, five in number, fell ill, and died within a few days. The blow has almost bereft Mrs. Broad of her reason. The relative is convalescing." JUSTICE AT LAST. GOVERNOR BOYD, OF NEBRASKA, TAKES POSSESSION OF HIS OFFICE. The Usurper Thayer Finally Surrenders ?Governor Boyd Declines to Shake the .Extended tiana or tne usurper?a. .uramatic Scene. Omaha, Neb., Feb. 8?Governor James E. i3oyd, in response to the letter of John M. Thayer, notifying him of his (Thayer's) desire to tarn over the reins of office to him, departed for the .State capital at 1 o'clock this morning. A Lincoln special says that there was a sreat commotion in the Stat9 House when the appointive officers of the Thayer regime learned of the flunk of the hold-over governor. They tiled into the executive ofiice and tendered their resignations and invoices of State property in their possession preliminary to a grand exodus. A large growd of Democrats and leading citizens of Lincoln assembled at the depot to welcome Governor Boyd and his family, and he was escorted in triumph to his hotel and established in his old quarters. At 2:10 o'clock the door of the official apartments of the Governor were opened by Gen. Vifiquain, who announced: "Ladies and gentlemen, the finvprnnr nf Vphraska " "Rverv nr-A in the room rose and stood uncovered. Governor Boyd entered, followed by the ladies that had accompanied him from Omaha. Governor Boyd walked dignifiedly to the centre of the room. Governor Thayer cam? out at once from nis private office, with his hand extended", ana exclaimed: -'How do you do,Governor?" Governor^Boyd made no reply, nor offered to take liis hand. Thayer spoke to him in a low tone, and seemed to be pleading with him for at least recognition, but he received none. Governor Thayer then said: "Very well, if you will not shake hands, it Is as weli. The clerk will furnish you with an invoice of the property." Governor Boyd answered- "I want no invoice. I am h$re to take possession of the office to which I was e! cted." Ex-Governor Thayer then left, and at the end of the public reception the several State officers entered the private office m a body and paid their respects to the new Governor and were presented to his family. Auditor Benton announced that a body of janitors would at once bring in the "Samoset" chair. The chair was immediately brought in and Governor Boyd was seated in triumph. STICK TO THE PARTYCongressman Stackhousc'd Advice to tfae Sooth Carolina Alliance. Washington, Feb. 10.?A representative of The Register requested Col. Stackhouse to state for publication his v-'ews as to the attitude of the Alliance toward the Democracy in South Carolina and received the following letter: Dear Sir.: The Democratic State Convention to be convened in me city of Columbia In May next for Ibe purpose of electing delegates to the National Democratic Convention to be convened in the city of Chicago to nominate candidates for President and Yice President of the United States is a subject of greatest importance, not alone to Alliance men but to every man who believes in the necessity for financial reform, namely, an increase in the money volume of this country. On the necessity for tariff reform nearly all Democrats are agreed; they demand, lower taxes on the necessaries of life,' such supplies as are necessary to the wealth producers of the country. But on the equally or more important subject of financial reform Democrats are as wide apart as the poles; the free coinage of silver or any increase in the volume of money whether by the subtreasury plan, the land loan scheme or bv anv other Dlan or scheme, will in this Congress develop as fierce opposition on the Democratic side of the Senate and House as on. the Republican side. The opposition on the Democratic side will be less unanimous but none the less fierce and intolerant. Financial reform if obtained at all through or by reforming one or both the old parties or by the organization of a new party pledged to the success of such reform is a question I wiil not now discuss because it would make my answer too long and because the argument I made at Waco, Texas, last April on that subject was largely published by the State press. 2Jy judgment is still the same as to which is now tne wiser course, except to say that financial reform is to be an 'issue in the Fifty-second Congress and that the attitude of the old parties on that question will determine the fealty of Alliance men and others who believe injthe necessity of financial reform. My judgment is that the Democrats in South Carolina who favor financial reform and desire to aid it in a practical way can best do so at this time by going into the Democratic primaries and sending to the County conventions only such delegates as do favor it; then the County conventions should send to the State convention delegates who are known to favor such reform, and then the State convention should in turn send delegates to the national conven tion com mitted to ^uch reform. It tne Democrats in South Carolina who favor such reform think it wise to adopt tbe course suggested and each man attend his club or township meeting in tbe interest of such reform, South Carolina will take her position in the national Democratic convention pledged alike to iinancial and tariff reform. I would urge the importance of early and earnest attention in this matter in order to secure unity of action by the friends of financial reform and in carrying the suggestion into practice. In the election of delegates no distinction should be made between members of the Alliance and outside re formers by either the township, County or State convention. Very truly, your obedient servant, E. T. Stackiiouse. Bloody Work of a Mob. ; Nashville, Tenn., Feb. 4.?Another bloody chaper is added to the Berry barn burning matter near Hendersonville. Two of the negroes tried last fall at Gallatin were acquitted. They were the two Martin negroe3 and were warned ?11 < ViAT? \\r\A Vkrt f r Ci iYof QXX7QT7 uy mi Luaii iiau Mvwuti. MrvMj from the County. They returned on Christmas and were again warned. Last ni^ht a mob of men, names unknown, heard they were in the cabin of their mother and went there and called them to come out which they refused to do. The mob then shot thnugh the windows, and horrible to say their old mother was shot and killed instantly. The Martin negroes remained in the cabin until about daybreak when they tied. The excitement is great. I'ortr Jfersons jltottiicu. Berlin, Feb. 5.?A fearful accident is reported from near Breslau, owing to the lloods and dritting ice. The Kiver Order has been running high, and in the rush of waters yesterday thirty barges were unmoored and carried down the stream, and not less than forty persons were drowned. / 7 HE STARVING RUSSIANSA StirriDj; Appeal to the Clergymen of America for Aid. Washington, Feb. 10.?The Russian famine relief committee of the United States havin: appealed to all the State executives, to the mayors of the leading cities, and to boards 01 traae, have addressed a stirring letter to l,The Clersy oi America'7 entreating t^eir immediate and earnest co-operation. The appeal is signed by ex-Governor John VV. Hoyt, as chairman, in behalf of a very influential committee, including eminent clergymen of different denominations. bishops of the Protestant and Melodist Episcopal churches, a number of distinguished ladies, His Eminence Cardinal Gibbons, representatives of the Houses of Congress in the p?rsonsof Senator Sherman ai-d Col. Breckinridge, Mr. Chief Justice Fuller and Hon. Levi P. Morton, Vice President of the United States. The committee says: "The pressing demand of the hour is for money to pay the cost of ocean transportation and lor the purchase of further supplies. The authorities of Boston, Xew York, Philadelphia aDd Baltimore, are moving, but there is need of help from all who can give. Will not the churches of America, with their millions of members and yet wider circle of innn the cause and make it triumphant'? "Public meetings for inspiration and canvassing committees for systematic work should be the order of the day throughout this Christian land of peace and plenty until the wolf is driven from every starving Russian's door." Pointing to the Red Cross as a very proper consignor, either by Miss Clara JBarton, president, or the banking house of Riggs & Co., treasurer, the committee conclude as follows: "On this head we advise nothing. Choose your own financial agents or employ those already in use, but in the name of the Master and ot that humanity He so divinely represented, do at once all that can be done in this terrible crisis of a starving, dying people across the sea." The appeal will go under seal not only to the religious press of the country, but also t# the lea ling clergy of every denomination, and it. is believed t iat the churches will universally respond with cntributions that will early aggregate a handsome sum. ' food eor the starving. Baltimore, Feb. 10.?The Atlantic Transport Line steamer Missouri will sail from New York, March 12, on a mission of mercy to Libau, on the Baltic Sea, in Northern Russia. B. JN. Baker, president of the Atlantic Transport Line, ottered tbe steamer to-aay to \y . C. Edgar, manager of the Xorthwettern Mills, to carry two thousand tons of food which have been collected for the famine-stricken peasants of Russia. Late in the afternoon Baker received a telegram from Mr. Edgar accepting the offer, which is equivalent to a contribution of $20,000. A successful effort had been made in Philadelphia by a namber of public officials to raise $20,000 to charter a steamer to carry food to Russia. The offer to do this was not accepted by Edgar, as part of tbe supplies were then on their way to New J orif. iie asKea x>aKer cu cua.i icr mm a ship to sail from that port. Baker refused to do this, but after a little coil-' ferenje with the directors of the com- j pany?the line being owned in Balti-1 more?he offered the use of the Missouri free. The Missouri is due in New York about the time the ship will be wanted. She will he commanded by Capt. Gates, who was her chief officer at the time of the Denmark rescue. Everything in connection with the Missouri irip will be free. Thomas Hogan & Sons, stevedores, applied for permission to load the ship at their own expense. The Berwind-White Coal Mining Company, of New York, have of+/\ <->ao1 IliooMn f/lr hf>r tmv "Vp.W AViVU KV WU>4 UUV 4Ui|/ IWt. UV*. V ?. Yor c ware houses will store the supplies until ready for shipment; no wharfage charges will be made; the Xew York Central Railroad will collect the food and deliver it in New York, and underwriters are now consulting whether they can insure it without cost. Two thousand tons of flour will not much more than half fill tli? Miss ouri, as she has a carrying capacity of 3.500 tons. All that may be received up to the time she sails, ia addition to that already on hand, will De sent over in her. Coming to their Sansc8. Chicago, February 10.?A special dispatch from New Orleans says: ExGovernor McEnery has written to Col. A. "VV. Crandall suggesting that, as the condition of the Democratic party in Louisiana is critical, an offer be made to the Poster-Alliance combine to join the McEneryites in withdrawing all present candidates for State officers and begin over again for the sake of unity and to defeat the Piepublicans, although he knows his faction is in the majority. Crandall has addressed a letter to the chairman of the FosterAlliance combine suggesting that a committee meet the McEneryites in a joint State executive committee and arrange for new white primaries, no later than March 15, to elect delegates to a fresh Stale Democratic Convention. The Foster side has declined to recognize Crandall as "chairman of the executive committee of the Democratic party," as he signed himself. A Horrible Spectacle. Madrid. Feb. 10.?The four con demned Anarchists were garroted this morning, at Xeres, in the plaza in front of the prison. A formidable force of troops was massed in the plaza and kept the crowd at a distance from the spot at which the execution took place. The condemned Anarchists accepted the ministrations of the clergy. The spectacle was a horrible one. As the screw of the garrote entered the spine, their heads fell forward, the faces turning purple and toDgues protruding. A cry of horror went up from many in the crowd. The condemned men were leaders in the attack upon and the plundering of Xeres, on January oth, by a band of raiders, said to be Anarchists and belonging to an organization for arousing a rebellion m Spain. There was no disorder, however, duriDg the executions. Barned to Death. Welford, S. C.f Feb. 11.?Special. This afternoon about 1 o'clock Mrs. StarliDg Gregory aDd her sister-in-law, Mrs. William Gregory, were making soap. \v nne ine iormer was stirring the fire her clothing accidentally caught on fire. Her sister-in-law ran to ner assistance, but before the flames could be extinguished Mrs. Starling Gregory was burned to death and Mrs. William Gregory seriously burned. Drs. Yernon and Black, two of ouz best physicians, were immediately summoned, and gave the suffering woman all the relief that the science of medicine offered, but they say she cannot live until morning. The ladies were the wives of two wellto-do and highly respected farmers. WHO WILL IT BE? r.':3S A CONVENTION TO BE HELD BY GOV. TILLMAN'S OPPONENTS. At Which a Candidate Will be Suggested. to itun Ajfainsi tne uovercor-A vomereuce Reported to Have Been Recently He . , Columbia, S. C ,Feb. 7?The political Dot is si mmeriQg,and singing and sooi it will begin to boil tirecely. There is much talk in the city over the approaching municipal election, and there jM is still more talk about the struggle . jfl for the State officers next Fall. The 48 chances of the Straightouts making a light and the manner of fight they will make are freely and frequently discussed. It has been rumored and believed for some time that the Siraightouts would make a move on the political checker-board very shortly. That this / belief was not unfounded was proved by the consummation. Yesterday two of the "three blind mice" were in town, and so were a number of otner gentlemen of Straightout proclivities. It cannot be said that any one of these gentlemen attended * conference of Stralghtout leaders, but the fact that they were in the city lends ' ( strength to the statement made to a Register reporter yesterday that such a conference had been held. The reporter's informant was unable or unwilling to state vrho was at the conference, but he was positive that one had oeen held. He said that the policy of those who were at the conference was to keep verv qutet at present until their plans are tulIjK matured. Thesoutcome of the conference will be that a adwill be issued for a convention of aj^^pponents of the present IB Governor to n^et in Columbia somerirr.p in Mflrr>h iJ^9>t^ij<!/>n??a nlans for rtfi. SI f eating his re-election/Stris ^^dthat they are willing to throw thexraBtaffih M to any candidate who gives promSMjj^^K strength enough to defeat the re-elSM tion of the present incumbent of t-hfl| gubernatorial chair. It is possible th? the convention may nominate a candfl date, but then it" is realized that rfl Straightout can be elected and that i? r. 9 a. ? larmers movemeno man is uuimuain by a iStraightout convention it willgiM him a blacK eye with the rank and fl of the movement and from this he coin not recover; it would be said that? was in cahoot with the StraightoutsB had sold out to them and this woiM steal his strength with the farmH away and leave him without any sfl port from the main army of the refoM wing of the Democracy, and unlesffl candidate receives the support of tJH wing he cannot be elected. B It is said that these, views, or ic?l similar thereto, were presented at a conference and that they had due irfl ence, that as a result the StraighB^^^^^W leaders will be very careful and inspect the political horizon yery carefully hefore they issue a call for a convention B or outline the work to be done by said convention. Something may be expected to drop very shortly. ? The above we clip from the Colum- A bia Register and in the Record of the. H n? J it.. same vihy we uuu me iuuvmiug, uaicu ,, Charleston, S. C., Feb. 8: There does not seem to be much doubt m now about the re-election of Governor > Tillman, It is learned that the oppon- H ents of Tillman recently sent out a circular calling a conference to meet at Columbia. The conference somehow failed to materialize, not more than a handful being present. The anti-Till manites talk of holding a convention early in the spring, but the trouble seems to be that they can't unite on a candi- 9 date to run against the present gover- fl nor, who, if he is oppo^ejL will oeopposed by his own people ~iaside_j^fi ranks of the Alliance. The suceess'^M of Tillmanism means the election of V dn+i-fMovolorM tn +hp UUM VAV I WUMU UViVgt4IA.O WV W**v convention. The Tillman idea is toward Governor Hill. The Alliance has allfl the machinery of the Democratic party* in its power in this state, and will elect? its own candidates. Kofi's Strange Story. A Atlanta, Feb. 5.?Three years ?goH Rudolph Xoff, with 32,000 in his poses? sion, left Atlanta for liussia. He wafl not again heard from until today, when he returned with a curious story. Hfl| stated that as soon as he arrived in Bu? sia he was arrested, because his namH was on the list of those who had srivefli information to George Kennan aboufB the atrocities of Siberia. He was trie? and sentenced to a term of eight year* In this time he was transferred to pen* work in the navy, and thus came to bH on board the Russian flagship SebastxJ pol, which passed off Tybee some dajW ago. As Koff. was the only man whfl could speak English, he.was sent ashoiB to consult with a pilot. As soon as hS touched ground he bade adieu to hiH companions and set out for Atlanta* Koff had become an American citizen^ LTCiuie ins uepati.uxc iU( j^usaio. Compensation for Ex-SIayes. Baleigh, X. C. Feb. "IlO.?5T newspaper, the Gazette, published, here, gk Editor John H. Williamson, colored,announces himself as a candidate for jM v^ougress. ne inwiuaieu utat ixovcmber that he would be a candidate. He says his platform will be compensation M for ex-slaves as proposed by President M Lincoln, who at the time he 222adeiiis__M I famous proposition admitted that they fl were lawful property of those claiming tn hp t.hpir masters and T>rnrww>d tn pay ?300 each for them, liberate them \ fl and stop the war. "Williamson declared fl tnat letters from all parts of the conn- 9 try commend his views. ? S Out of Politics. [ Columbia, S. C., Feb. 3.?The State [publishes a special dispatch from fl Greenville which says: "Joseph if. Earle has received many letters asking him to run for Governor this yeaiv and assurances of increased popularity fl with the people, fie will not, how- B ever, enter the political arena this year, fl and may be not again. In one letter fl he is t.nlH that, in Tillman's tnwnshrn. JM in EdgeOeld, nearly every voter is now JB against Tillman." Draseed to Death, orristown, Pa., Feb. 5.?Maurice* Farrell, a well knona^gMM^Lower a uicu vviiu an night. He was drfl| horses along Gulf fl fright and ran A thrown out, hisfl spring under dragged two^B when released? gled. _M Cjffl Boanoi* key.pMm TV I; arr' in$o? early jfl covei? am ojM co^m ra