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YOL. XLVI. WINNSBORO, S. C., WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1892. NO. 27. . If
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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;
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in$o?
early jfl
covei?
am ojM
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