The Fairfield news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1881-1900, February 24, 1892, Image 1

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^^LYL1'^ a WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1892. ' NO. 28. ||F DR. T ALII AGE'S CREED, j A SERMON SUGGESTED BY CURRENT; i , THEOLOGICAL DISCUSSION. ' >'o Matter Hov L'nteriula I* il>o IJeiivf j ^ ol the So CaUr<t At; Cl?-r;;v, I>r. Titlaaart's I nith is SvjC:;re Jtud K:t.?!iy Inderstood by All. Brooklyn. Feb. 14.?Al the Taber-J nacle service ihis mciniui:, after the j usual reading oi tho Scriptures, the cou- j ? gregation sacs? Jesus shall reisn where'er the sun roth his successive journeys run. The sermon which followed was apparently suggested by the slorm of Lite- J ologicai controversy bow ratiin^ in the | churches. In tbc-se times, v,*h?n it is quite uncertain what many of the clergy really do believe, thin sermon makes it very plain what Die pastor of the IJiooklyn Tabernacle believe a. His text was taken lrom Luke ri, IT, '"And he came down with them aud stood In the plain." Christ on the mouutaias is a frequent study. We hare seen Ihe on the Mount of Olives, Mount of Beatitudes. Mount Moriah, Mount Calvary, Mount o! As-; cention, and it is glorious 10 study him i _ on tliese meat natural elevatU^M^itiK S^BQPtetYgKlBIBlBllTr ?) i'II '''' H?SpS^nt now, at early uoruiog dovrn with some esHy^^^ffaTtriends. stepmug from shelving to ^ shelving, here and there a loosened stone roiling down the steep side* ahead of him. until he gets in a level place, so that he can be approached without climb& ing from ail sides. He is on the level, i ^ My text sajs, "He came down with! them atid stood in the plain." Now that is what the world wants today more th m any tbing else?a Christ on the level, easy to get at, no ascending. no descending, approachable from j all sides?Christ on the plain. The question among all consecrated people today is. What is the matter with the ministers'? Many of them are engaged jlBr m picking holts in the I3ible ana apologizing for this and apologizing for that, i ^ la an s^e when tiie whole tendency is i to pay too little reverence to the Bible, V they are hshting ajainst Bibliolatry, or too much revc ence lor '.he Bible. They are building a fence on the wrong side Is ?f l*ie roac'' ao^ 011 s wbers precipice is and oil'which multitudes are falling, but on the upper side of the road, j so that people will not fail up hill, of which there is no danger. (What a spectacle we have :n our de___ nominations today: committees trying to paLch up an old creed made two or three hundred years ago so that it will fit on the Nineteenth century. Why do not our millinery establishments take B> out or tbe garrets the coal scuttle hats which your great-grandmothers wore lit and try to fit them on the head oi the modem maitieuy You cannot fix up a m three-hundred-year-cld creed so us to fit" our time, i'rincctcu will sew on a little piece, and Union seminary w!il sew on a little piece, and Alleghany se uiS| nary and Danville seminary will sev7 on Eg other pieces, and by the time the creed ||f is done it will b? as variegated as Joseph's coat of many colors. Think of bavin:: to change an olJ creed to make p| it clear that all infants eying go to heavare now in process of chang 'raarl on/! rA i.riP knows. e expccted to believe, or will tvro j ee years hence be expecieu to be-1 ? could not wait, and so I Lave j fccrecd of my own which I intend ||ye the rest of my life. 1 wrote pjjgn my memorandum book some S?|;s airo. and ;t reads as follows: 8Bcd: The glorious Lord. To j II love him anil obey him is ail quired. To that creed I invite bd. T. De Witt Talmage." [son Chris tiaaiy has not made i |1 advance is because the peofced to believe to many things, j SI believe, to^ay millions of! tians who have never joined j land are not counted among j tiends because they cannot j tilings that they are rcHfceve. One-half the things Bated to believe in order to: fl&h and reach heaven have j gwjwith his salvation than! Row many volcanoes are i R. How far apart from | jwhe rings ot Saturnv or, | wA there were in the jaw- | damson smoie me [ Hbelieve ten thousand Hot iheni have anything ; ?&lvation, except these J gjtf^SwScr and Christ came to j e. fciacs tell us thai the octave con-; k' of live tones and two fetrai- j a all the Kandels and lla)dns | jwrts and W agners and Schu-; ^kll aires must do their work j S||range of those live tones and jM&fs. tjo I have to tell you ? ' ' "L.? _.:n I Uiywu^j LU?L Will vJli Ui , in our world is made out 1 its of human siu!ulne?s aud ( [eat. Withio that octave ! pcug of Closes and the Christmas chant above j m.the Halleluiah of all the ; sea? of glass. gfcme mode oi'getting out j M III ss^nlin;-. \\-cm divergencies from the 'I ;ere Liot sonae way of j eh dowri our. or' the! roversy Vaud convcn-! tpui it op the j)laiu . The prescui atti-1 mi this: Uu a famiae ' ha? be?u t>?ovi-.kd Bpod earn^irh fj.r all.' Bleats^ 11 thcx air. ? i n.i.11: s ar? The bask- j Huot k-t the L Veb but j i blocking 3NiiSr""''"r :c BB\js too; there, i'op-. |BSa- and; HH xo w. great, H the mm. B::cJ: Bffia are BH3E88m>- ;|^HAiUe j HUH:;' HTC?d 1 @?d: ? flRe CLacL'e its tack, or k v. iil run on the rocks of demolition. The "world's population annually increases 15,000.0u0. Xo o::c preiends that half that number of pc-ople are converted to Hod. There are more than twice as many UuddhisU as Protestants: more than twice as many Buddhists us Roman Catholics. Proiestants. 13-3,000,000: Catholic, 10-3.000.000; Budduisis, 400,000.000. There are 17-5,000,000 Mohammedans and j 220,000.000 Brahmins. Meanwhile,! many ot the churches are only religious | clubhouses, where a few people i;o on ] .Sunday morninq, avera.dug one person j to a pew or one person to a half dozen j pews, and leaving the minister at nl^ht! to sweat through a sermon with here I and there a lone traveler, unless, bv u ! Sunday evening sacred concert, he can i gel oui an audience of respectable size. \ The vasi maj ority of the church mem- j bersbrp around the world puts forth no \ direct ell'ort lor the salvation of men. j Did 1 say there would have u r-e a j change? I correc: that and say. There j wi-l be a change, if there be fifteen J million persons added every year to the i world's population, then there will be thirty million added to the church and forty million and tifiy million and sixty million. How will it be done-? it wm i be done when the. church will meet Christ on the plain. Come down out ot the mountain of ojiis;veucss^. Come Astronomers have been busy measuring worlds, and they have told us how great is the circumference of this world and how great is its diameter. Yea, they have kept on until they have weighed our planet and found its weight to be six sextillion tons. Lut by no science has the weight of this world's trouble been weighed. Xcw, Christ standing on the level of our humanity stands in sympathy with every trouble. There are so many aching heads. His ^ A rt TK A\?A nvA t f~S aCUCJ uuuci ti:c muiuo, a?w ov many weary feet. His were worn with the long journey up and down the land that received him not. There are so tnaoy persecuted souls. Every hour ol his life was under human outrage. The world had no better place to receive him than a cattle pen, acd its farewell was a slap on his cheek and a spear in bis side. So intensely human was he that there has uot been in all our race a ^rriefur infirmity or exhaustion or pang that did not touch h'.m once acd that does not touch him now. The lepers, the pa alytica, the imbecile, the maniac, the courtesan, the repentant brigand?which one did he turn ofl', which one did he not pity, which one did he net help? me universal irouD;2 c: me worm is bereavement. One may escape all the other troubles, but that ro soul escape. Out of that bitter cup every one must take a drink. For instance. Iu order that all might know hov,- ho sympathies with those who have lost a daughter, Christ comes to the house of Jairus. There is such a bis crowd around the door he and his disciples have to push their way in. From the throng of people I conclude thai this girl must have been very popular; she was one of those children whom everybody likes. Only twelve year}* of age! Si :air. so promising, so full 01" life a low day* ago, and now so still! Oh. what it is to have a daughter dead! Ti.e room is lull ol t'.ill-c hnr. -rnndpr t.hft ro.im where the young s!eeper;is. The crowd cannot L'o iu there. Only six persons enter?five besides Christ?three irlsnds, and of course the lather and mother. They have the first right to go in. The heaviest part of the grief was theirs. All eyes :n that room are on the lace of this girl. There la}* the beautiful hand, w hue ami finely shapen, but it was not lifted in greeting to any of the group. Christ sleppet forward and took hold of that hand and said, with a tone and accentuation charged with tenderness and command, "Damsel, I say unto thee, arise!" And without a moment's delay she arose, her eyes v.-ide open, her cheeks turning from white lily to red rose, and the parents cry, "She lives! She lives!" and in the next room they take up the sound. "She lives! She lives!" and the throng in trout of the doorway repeat it, "She lives! She lives!" Will not all those who have lost a daughter leel thai such a Christ as that can sympathize? Od another occasion he showed how he felt about the loss of a son. Here are :he obsequies. A long pocession, a widowed mother following her only son. I know not how long the husband and iatner naa dccii gone, out upoo tms sui;, who had now come to be a young man, ihe leadership of that household had fallen. I think he had got to be the breadwinner. He was proud of his mother, and she should never lack anything as long as he lived. And there is no grander spectacle on earth than a young man standing between want and a widowed mother. Uul that vouug man had fallen lifeless under accident or disaster, an I he was being carried out. Oniy a verr few hours in that land are allowed to pass between decease and burial. It is the same day or the next. And there they move on. Christ meets the procession. His eye picks out the chiel mourner. lie puts his hand on the .bier as much as to to the pall hearers; "Sioj:! There will be no j buna! today. That broken heart mustj be healed. That mother must have her j home rebuilt.'* And thou looking into j the lace o;' the joursg man ;(?or in those I lands the 1'u ?' is always exposed such a processiv;<). Christ speaks one seutence, beit'te which Deaih fell prostrate under the bier, "'Yoani; man, Lsay unto Can any one who has ever lost a son dou!-t that Christ sympathies with such woe? And how many there are who need that particular ccmtort. It .was not hollow sentiment when, after bidmund Iiurke, the greatest orator of his time, had lost his son, and the bereaved father, ccossiug the pasture lirlu. me: the horsr that had belonged to that dtceased son. that the orator threw his arms aroun i the horse's neck ScrHcfssed the dumb bnue. It was not hollow sentiment when I) at id. the psalmist, cried out at ihe news of his | son's death, nit^oiigft ne iiaci oeen a s d^perateiy bail bo>: "()h, Absalom. ary i>oal nlyson.' Would to God I had* uied for thve. Oh, Absalom, ray son! my ?oe!" Uutfor sue): and all other bereavement ttier<- is divine condolence. Ckrist on li:e plain. I care not from what side you approach him yea cin touch nim ami get his help. Is it mental depression you buffer V Ifemeuiber iilm who said, "My God. my God, why has thou forsaken me?" Is it ?. struggle for bread? Ilemembernim who fed Ui? :ire thousand ?viih t'*o minnows *nu live biscuits, neither of the biscuits j iargtr than voor list. "Is it caronic aii-1 ^ ? ~ ; .Rememoer ;ne womaa wuu n,-; i ?-ght?ea years was bent almost double,! *&d lifted her face until she could loolri mto the blue sky. Ar~ ~ou a saiior andJ t spend your iife"battlr.w with the temfl j.estsi llemember. him who Hung the tempest oi' Genesureth ilat on the crystal pavement oi' fie quiet sea. That Christ is ia sympathy with all: who have trouble - with their eyes, and ! that is becoming an almost universal i trouble through fcuc'n reading in rail! cars and the ovi rpresstire of study in j c.';f,n!tn'huri f?h5!rmi arpexnfifttfcd ! to be philosophtrs at ten, boys anil giris j a:, fourteen with spectacles. I say with j all 3'.ich trouble Christ is in sympathy. I "Witnessblind Bartimrus. Witness the | two blind men in the house. Witness : ihe two blind jAc-n near ,J<?ricbo. Wit- j ness the man *orn blind. Did he not j ti;rn their perpetual midnight into i midnoon till they ran up and down! clapping their hands and saying, "I i sec'. I see!" That Christ is in sympathy i nith those who stammer or have sil-! cnced ears, notice how promptly he j came to that man with impediment of speech p.n-.I gave him command of the tOiiKUC so that he could speak with f::?,e, and putting his lingers Into the 4-..v.n,1 + 1,,, i^UlilSU ut tuu^auuui. Is there a lack cf circulation in your arm, ibink o; him wno cured the def?'Ctive circulation anil the inactive muscles or' a patient who had lest the use of hauil and arm by saying, "Stretch forth thy hand!" and the veins and muscles" resumed their cilices, and though in doing so the joints may have cracked from long disuse, and there may have been a siraDge sensation from elbow to linger tip, he stretched And nothing is the matter M^tyou may appeal to a sym to tha^BMBg Magdalen, while with I a scaldin^^Kkljni he dashed her hypocritical pursuers. " And see how he made a~nS^inortal liturgy out of the publican's crVJ^gg be merciful to me a sinner," a pra>? so short that the most overwhelmed offender can utter it, and yet long enough to win ceiestial dominions. It was well put by a man who had been converted, and who remembered that in his dissolute days he found it hard to get occupation, because he could not present a certificate of good character. In commending Christ to the people he said, "Bless God, I have found out that Jesus will take a man without a character!" Christ on a ievel with suffering humanity. My text says, "He came down with them and stood in the plain." \"o nlimhino- nn through attributes VOU csnnot understand. Xo ascending of the heights of beautiful rhetoric of prayer. No stramiag after elevations you cannot reach. No hunting for a God that you cannot find. But going right straight to him and looking into his face and taking his hand and asking for his pardon, his comfort, his grace, his heaven. Christ on the level. When during the siege of Sebastopol an officer had commanded a private soldier to stand 0:1 the v/all exposed to the enemy and receive the ammunition as it was handed up, while he, the ollicer, stood in a place sheltered from the enemy's guns, General Gordon leaped upon the wall to help, and commanded the ollicer to follow him. and then closed with the words, "Never order a man to do anything that you are afraid to do yourself." Glory be to God, the captain of our salvation has himself gone through ail the exDOsures in which he commands us to be courageou.3. lie has been through it ail, and now oilers hij sympathy in similar struggles. One of the king3 of England one night in disguise walked the streets of London and not jriving account of himself, was arrested and put in a miserable prison. When released and getting back to the palace, he ordered thirty tens of coal and a large supply of food for the night prisoners of London. Out of his own experiences that night he did this. And our Lord the king aforetime enduugeoned and sick and hungry aad persecuted and slain, out of his own experiences is ready to help ail and pardon and comfort all and rescue all. Oh, join him in the plain. As long as you stay up in the mountaiu of your pride you will get no help. That is the reason so many never find the salvation of the Gospel. They sit high up in the Mont Wane of their opinionativeness, and they have their opinion about God, and their opinion about the soul, and their opinion about eternity. Have you any idea that your opinion will have any effect upon the two tremendous facts, that you are a sinner, and t hat Christ is ready at your earnest prayer to save you V In the final day of accounts how nmch win your opinion oe worm? Your opinion will not be of much importance before the blast of the archangel^ trumpet. When the life of this placet shall be thrashed out with the Hail of thunderbolts nobody will ask about your opinions. Come down out of the mountain of opinionativeness and meet Christ on the plain, where you must meet him or never meet him at all. exceot as vou meet him on the judgment throne. A Christ easy to get at! No armed sentinel to cha'leng# you. No ruthless oiiicer to scrutinize the papers you present. Immediate response. Immediate forgiveness. Immediate solace. Through what struggle people must go to get a pardon from worldly authority! I3y what petition, by what hindrance, by what nervous strain of anxietv, by what adroitness. A count of Italy was condemned to be put to death at Milan. The countess, hearing of the sentence, hastened to Vienna to seek his pardon. The death warrant was al^ if? vo r- fPh?k nounhfloc? o rrixT vu ito >? wuuitoo, aii.i ing in Vienna in the night, hastened to the palace gates. The attendants forbade her entrance at all, and especially at night, but she overcame them with her entreaties, and the empress was awakened, and the countess pleaded before hev tor the life cf her husband, and then the emperor was awakened to hear the same plea. Cam mutation of toe sentence was granted, but how could she overtake the ollicer who had started with the death warrant, and would- she be too late to save the life of her husband? i>v four re-ays of horses and stopping not a moment for food she reached the ci'y of Milan as her husband wan on the way to the scaffold. Just in time io save him, and not a minute to spare, she came up. You see there were two Gi:':iculties in the way. The one *vas to the pardon signed and the other to bring" it to the right place in time. Glory be to God, we'n^ed go through no such exigency. Xo long road to travel. Xo pitiless beating at a palace gale. P.irdon here. Pardon nor/. Fardon for the asking. Pardon forever. A Savior e^Sy to get at. A Christ on the pi*ia! I ncend:ar!?s Ljac5??<l. Iili:MfNoirAM, Ala., Feb. 12.?i.-ast Monday night at IJomulus, Tuscaloosa Counts" two negroes broke open D. S. Kor-ert.>on'o store, robbed and burned it to the ground. Th6V were arrested and tried before a Justice and committed t? ja; I. On then- way to Tuscaloosa n body of masked and armed men took the negroes from the guards and swung iltem to the nearest tree. The bodies were left hanging until yesterday, d'ublic sentiment has become aroused jtf the frequent occurrence"ltf"ji^^ar Dunes in that neighborhood.^?ffl|^fc HOLDING THE FORT. AGRICULTURAL HALL NOW GUARDED BY A CONSTABLE. Its Purchaser Tenders Blue Ridge Bonds i>i Payment of the Two-Thirds of the Colt, Treasurer Bates Kefaaes the Te*der~Th? Governor Acts Promptly. Columbia,S. C., Feb. 18?A bombshell was burst Tuesday by the purchasers of the Agricultural Hall, which was recently sold by the State. Governor Tillman was equal to the emergency and put forth the strong arm of the State. Shortly afternoon Tuesday J. W. Alexander, through his attorneys, W. II. Lyles, Esq., gave the State Treasurer a check for one-third of the amount of the purchase price of Agricultural Ilall, which was SI6.1G5. It was accepted and the title deeds of the building turned over to tne purcnaser with :tn order for the parties occupying the building to vacate the premises. As soon as the deeds had been obtained the attorneys of the purchaser tendered I31ue lltdge bonds or revenue bond scrip to the amount of ?10,810 in payment of the balance of tbe amount due on the building. This was of course refused and Attorney Havnesworth then served the following notice on Treasurer Bates: The undersigned, J. W. Alexander, ha\Mng executed and delivered to you as Treasurer 01 trie state or ooutn uarolina his bond, dated February 2,1892, conditioned for SiO,776.6j^witMuterest from said date, and his mortgage of the reaqPBHHB?p> iumbia on whj^Tsituated the buildt^-fe3ownas the Agricultural Hall to secure said bond, and having the privilege under the terms of sale in compliance with which he executed said boud and mortgage, and also under the terms of the bond itself, to anticipate the maturity of said bond and to pay same at any time before maturity, elects now to pay the same, and herewith tenders to you as said Treasurer in payment of said bond and satisfaction of said mortgage Treasurer's certificates of indebtedness of the State of South Caro1 * ^^ %?vAmn o m ATr?n ri ?x IILlii, ULUCIW15C f.liunu cko Bond Scrip," issued under the Act of March 2,1892,15 Statute? at Large, p. 79, to the amount of. 310,810, and should you decline or fall to accept said tender, the said J. W. Alexander hereby gives you notice that he will keep said tender good and gives notice to you and the State of South Carolina through you that by said tender he is advised and claims that the lien on said mortgage is liquidated and the running of interest on said debt is suspended. Treasurer Bates referred the matter to Governor Tillman and he acted with his usual promptness. Attorney General McLaurin was absent at his home in Marlboro and the Assistant Attorney General was absent on State business. In this emergency the Governor obtained the counsel of J udge Melton? and after receiving his advice on the situation. Governor Tillman appointed Mr. Coullette Special State Constable and put him in charge of Agricultural Hall with orders to admit no one. The Governor also rescinded the notice for the parties occupying the hall to vacate the premises. POSSESSION REFUSED. This pnripd the matter until vester day, when Mr. Lyles, as attorney for Mr. Alexander, went to Agricultural Hall and demanded possession, which was refused. Thereupon he opened the battle by sending to Governor Tillman the following, which explains itself: To His Excellency 13.11. Tillman, Governor State of South Carolina: Snt?On yesterday, as attorney for J. W. Alexander of Lincolnton, K. 0., I completed the purchase or the building and lot adjoining, situate on the west side of Ilichardson street In this city, between Gervais and Lady streets, known as the "Agricultural Hall," and to-day I called at the building, still acting for Mr. Alexander, and found it locked. Upon knocking at the door Mr. G. W. Coullette opened it from within, and, upon stating that I had come to take possession of the building, informed me that he had orders from you to prerent my entering and to refuse to surrender possession of the building to me. I demanded to see his authority, it it was in writing. lie handed me a commission executed by yourself as Governor of the State to him to hold durlDg your pleasure, but It did not state for what purpose, and I now write to you to know If he was correct in his statement that you had Instructed him to refuse the possession of the building to me. About the close of the conversation between Mr. Coullette and myself, Mr.' David C. Means, the clerk of the board of commissioners of the sinking fund, came up, and, upon my exhibiting to Mr. Coullette the orders given me on vest-.erdav to the occuDants of the build ing to recognize me as the representative of Mr. Alexander as their landlord, ke (Mr. Means) Informed m? that in pursuance of Instructions from you he had revoked the orders. I beg to know if he was correct in making this statement. ! Respectfully, Wm. H. Lyles. Attorney for J. "W. Alexander. governor tillman's reply. About 2 o'clock Mr. Lyles received the following reply from Governor Tillman: State of South Carolina, J JC.Ji.JC.UL i I> .111 i Columbia, Feb. 17,1892. Vv. II. Lyles, Esq., attorney, Columbia,1 S.C.: In reply to your letter of this date, asking whether or not Mr. Coullette had been instructed by me to refuse possession of the building known as Agricultural Ilall, to you, I reply: Yes, I he is instructed to hold possession for the State against anyone claiming the property, and Mr. Means wa> also in-1 ? * 4- V* /\ f A f fcuuuueu IU 1CYUJVC LUC UiUCU ULf tenants in the building to recognize you, or anyone, as owner, except the, State. " llespectfully, 13.11. Tillman, Governor. says tiie governor is liable. Mr. Lyles in reply to the foregoing wrote the Governor as follows: h:. T-? o T"> T"> .tiis j^.\ueueut:j, u. 11. jliiimau, vjuvcanor of South Carolina. , Sir: Your letter of this date stating that Mr. Coullttte and Mr. Means were acting under your Instructions in the matter referred to ii my letter of this date has been handed t? me. On behalf of Mr. Alexander, I desire to notify you that he considers your action unwarranted by your official position and will consider you individually liable for any damages he may suffer thereby, and will proceed accordingly Kespectfully, "William H. Lyles. some plain english. About 6 :>'clock yesterday afternoon: the Governor sent the following to Mr. | JLyles, wherein he acknowledges his individual responsibility in the matter: Wm. II. Lyles, Esq., Attorney: Sir:?Your letter of this date informing me that you consider my action in ricultural Hall" unwarrent-ed by ray official position, and will consider me "individually liable for damages," received. j I desire to notify you that I, as Gov ernor, am chairman of the sinking fund commission, and that acting for the commission, I have refused to consumate the sale of the property or deliver it to you in my dual capacity. I am resisting an attempt to swindle j the State out of 810,000 of deferred payments; and to prevent litigation, .No one knows better than yourself that the Revenue Bond Scrip, which you tendered for the balance due, is worthless; and if my action in resisting this initiatory step to bring in question the settlement of the State's debt by the bond court, and saddle several millions of illegal Radical bonds on the taxpayers, is "uuwarrented" by my official position. I cheerfully assume the responsibility and all individual liability' and will laavA thA nnpqt.lnn to be decided bv the courts. Respectfully, 13. II. Tillman, Governor. further official action. The following, filed at the clerk's office yesterday morning, explains itself: Mr. Edward R. Arthur, Clerk of Court, Richland county: Dear Sir?Please return me, by Mr. D. Means mortgage left with you jes/lav nnr? nhliorp vrmrs resnectfullv. 1 W. T. C. Bates, State Treasurer. Later Mr. Arthur received the following, with which he complied: Mr. E. R. Arthur, Register Mense Conveyance, Columbia, S. C., Dear Sir:?You are hereby notiiled that a deed issued by the Sinking Fund Commission to J. W. Alexander for Agricultural Hall and premises, situate injhe_citv 75 rendered ^nvalidTand the delivery of possesion will be refused. The validity of the title will be contested in the courts, and you are hereby notified not to record the deed. Respectfully, B. R. Tillman, Governor. to the auditor, too. The following is a copy of the instructions received by County Auditor Marshall during the morning, which shows what the Governor Intends to do: Mr. L. R. Marshall, county auditor, Richland: , Dear Sir?You are hereby notified that the deed given by the Sinking Fund Commission to J. W. Alexander for the building and lot known as Agricultural Hall, in the city of Columbia 1 is considered invalid and delivery ot the property will tie resisted. Motion will be made in the courts to annul the deed, and you are hereby ordered not to certify the transfer for record by the clerk. Respectfully, 13. R. Tillman, Gov. and Ch'rm'n. Sink. Fund. Com'n. A Komance of Two Continents. "Washington, February 17.?There has been a rather romantic marriage in the family of Chief Justice Melville W. Fuller, of the Supreme Court of the United States. He has eight daughters and four of them have married either contrary to his wishes, or in such a way as to create the impression that all of the Misses Fuller are extremely self willed in love affairs. Miss Mary, tne eldest daughter, Is the latest victim of that sly rogue Cupid, and the happy bridegroom Is Mr. Colin C. Manning, a son of Ex-Governor Manning, of South Carolina. Young Manning came to Washington several years ago to act as private secretary to Senator M. C. IJiltler, of South Carolina, and at the same time take the law course at Georgetown University. He at once became popular in social circles, and, at the Instance of the Breckinridge family of Kentucky, was introduced to the daughters of Chief Justice Fuller. It was soon apparent to all who knew him in Wash melon that he was deeply in love with Miss Mary Fuller. This affection v/as reciprocated and they made no attempt to conceal the fact. For reasons not known Chief Justice and Mrs. Fuller did not look with entire favor upon the young Manning as a prospective son-in-law. They knew him to be a member of an estimable South Carolina family, but they probably thought he had not made sufficient progress up the ladder of fame and prosperty. They also recalled the fact that one of their daughters, who participated in an elopement, might have made a more desirable choice in selecting a husband. In spite of the mild but determined opposition on the part of the young lady's parents young Manning continued his attentions to Miss Mary until it was thought best for all concerned that she should be sent to Berlin to finish her musical education. All of the Chief Justice's daughters are more or less accomplished in musical or literary affairs. It was thought absence might make the heart of the young lady grow fonder of some one else. So she went abroad to take a musical course at one of the famous conser*" tories at Berlin. In the meantime she kept _ . stant correspondence with Manning and never for a moment allowed their love to grow cold. Several weeks ago Mr. Manning went abroad and joined Miss Fuller. About the same time Mrs. Fuller learned that her daughter's health was not good, so she also went to Berlin with the intention of bringing her home. While travelling in Italy, so tne storygoes, Mr. Manning met Mrs. Puller and her daughter and without delay induced the young lady to marry him. When Mrs. Fuller learned what occurred she expressed her surprise and disappointment, but finally gave him her blessing and after attending the wedding immediately started homeward, leaving the young couple to spend their honeymoon in Europe and come back to America at their own sweet will.?Xews and Courier. The Speaker Not In the War. Washington, Feb. 17.?The leaders *-hm nnntiof- in tho TTntlQft fnr 10 frPP coinage of silver have receive- from Speaker Crisp assurances that a special order will be brought in the House in favor of the free coinage bill. The Spaaker told them that as sooa as Mr. | Catchings, who is at present in New York on business, returns to Washington, the rules committee will meet and will take prompt action on the i3land resolution, making the silver bill a special order. The Speaker has assured them that he is in favor of the consideration of the bill and of its being finally disposed of in the House within a reasonable time. One of the most earnest supporters of free coinage in the House said this afternoon that he believed that next week a special order would be brought in fixing the time for the consideration of the silver bill, and it was his opinion that by the middle of March the fiee coinage quesirrrvtiM liovo haan tvjocor? nnnn hv Liua ivum uai v ksi/wia v#? the House. That, he stated, however, was merely his opinion. So far as can be learned nothing was said by the Speaker to the silver men to indicate whether or not the rules committee would recommend that silver be given priority in consideration over tariff bills, and Mr. Crisp himsel f said to-day that no determination had been reached as to this matter. A TILT IN THE HOUSE. Hartei's Method of Opp.oslaz the Silver BUI Denounced. Washington, Feb. IS.?After the transaction of some minor business today, the House went into the committee of the whole on the free coinage bill. Bland sent to the Clerk's *'esk and had read a circular letter wiitten by Harter of Ohio to various Grand Army posts in denunciation of the free silver bill and advising members of the posts to urge their Congressman to vote against it as it would prove detrimental to the interests of pensioners. This circular Bland characterized as a build ozing document. It was an effort to intimidate and was a part of the bulldozing of the millionaires, tactics which had always been carried oa in opposition to measures which would give free silver to the country. He denounced it as unfair and unbecoming the dignity of a member to practice. The silver question was one that would not down. The House was compelled to settle it. and the sooner it was done the better. The majority of the unterrified Democracy of the House was in favor of a free coinage bill and ; no bulldozing could swerve it from its purpose. MAft/v fA wAfi?Ar?/l Knf QnrtiMi A? J.JLOI LCI lOOC uV itojjuuu uuu KJU.libii v/i Arizona claimed the floor and was re- : cognized by the Chair. Harter, however, appealed to the Chairman that it was but fair to him that he should be allowed to reply to a personal attack. The committee was in great confusion and Harter's appeal was in vain until i rOutilwaue -Tfrtojns jejief | with the declaration that never "before " In his experience had a gentleman been i denied an opportunity to reply to a personal attack. After a good deal of | skirmishing between the gentleman who desired to talk on silver and those who I wished to Droceed with the business in hand, Harier was granted ten minutes in which to speak and Bland five minutes in which to reply. Harter admitted the authorship of the circular letter. The gentleman from Missouri had spoken of it as a oulldozing circular. To men who were afraid to have the expression of their opinions made public such a circular might seem to be bulldozing, but to men who entertained opinions which they were willing to maintain under all circumstances, he could not see how the epithet was applicable. It was fair and proper that the people ol the country, who were not familiar with the legislation that was "Ktt (rrrooc cfiAlll/1 rO^PlTTA I IV^Vg^V^ KJJ i. VVV/? T V | information. The gentleman from Missouri had referred to him as a millionaire. He was not a millionaire nor was he the owner of any national bank. He was more of a farmer than was the gentleman from Missouri. He was as good a Democrat as the gentleman. He was opposed to class legislation whether it camo under the head of a protective tariff or under the head of protection to silver producers, at the expense of the whole country. He was as much opposed to giving silver bullion producers the earnings of the people as he was to giving them to manufacturers. The measure which the gentlemaa advocated would, it was claimed, furnish more money to the country. On the contrary, it wo"ld contract the currency ruinously a-d cruelly. If the bill were passed it vrould elect Benjamin Harrison for a second term, and this would be done by a Democratic House UDder the leadership of the gentleman from Missouri. Of course the Republicans wanted the Democrats to pass the free coinage bill. Why wouldn't they? It would elect a Republican President. He had sent the circular the so-called Democrat from Missouri had referred to [laughter] in order to inform pensioners that the passage of a free coinage bill would eatai: upon them a loss of 30 cents on every dollar tbey received, lie wouici liKe to pay members of Congress with a seventy cent dollar and see how they would like it, If anything should be made a legal tender it should be the corn of Kansas and not the silver of Colorado. Bland, rising to respond, sent to the Clerk's desk and had read Harter's biography as published in the Congressional Directory in order to show that his business life had been spent as a banker and manufacturer. That gena w-i #in *vs 4 a V> a / P1 a n ^ CiCiJJa.il OCCU1CU LU LCilii.. wUctu UC ^IttWU; ; was not a Democrat. He. had voted , the Democratic ticket a his lite. He believed that the gentlt jan had once i been a follower ot John Stierman and in i some matters still held to him. [Laugh- : ter] "Joha Sherman holds to me," replied 1 Ilarter, and the laughter was continued. It was not proper, resumed Bland, ] for a membeL of the House to prompt , Grand Army men to send telegrams to their Congressman in order to intlmi date them and induce them to vote . against a free silver bill. ( Harter (who was again granted a few moments) said that he believed in good ; m*nej for the farmer. F?r his part he i did not care a picayune for either sold ] or silver, he had no preference. "This," said he, "Is all the gold I possess," and with these words he drew from bi3 pock- , et a large gold watch. i Bland, who was seated beside him, i was not to be outdone a id dandled bv 1 its chain his silver watch offering an ex- ; nVionrr/i Ttnf TTorf-?r r.rnforror? frnlf? to the silver time-piece, and as the gen tlemen compared watches Buchanan of ' 2sew Jersey interjected the query: ( "When did you get them out?" The , House thoroughly enjoyed the scene and much laughter was indulged in. Harter then laid down the proposition that the value of a coined piece should not exceed the value of the bullion con- i tained therein. ] Silver wae then laid aside for the nonce and consideration of the Indian : bill vras resumed, smith of Arizona crit- : icisiDg som* of the features, especially 1 appropriations for the Carlisle school. After further debate, but without action on the bill, the committee rose and the House adjourned. < He Had the T7hole Car. j Indianapolis, Feb. 18.?Several ' weeks a :0 the friends of William llojse, : a well-known attorney of this city, no- ' tic?d that his mind was failing, and he ; was sent to a private hospital at Oxford, ' (i tr>r trpa'ripnt- I .oaf niohf hp p><*. ' cap?d and boarded a Cincinnati, Ilamil- ; ton and Dayton train for home. Just I betore t -e train reached Hamilton, Iteyse went into the sleeping car and, flourishing a revolver, drove the port er and passengers out. The conductor and ^ trainmen made an effort to capture the maniac, but were deterred by his threats to kill the first person that advanced | upon him. The police of this city were notified of the state of affairs by wire, and Royse was depot. This afto? insane and^4| A TRAGEDY IN HIGH LIFE. An Injured Husband's Just and Prompt Ven?oaace. Paris, Feb. 18.?The American colony in this city, Cannes and Europe generally has been started by a terrible tragedy which occurned at Cannes yesterday" evening. It appears that Mr. "Edward Parker Dec^n. a citizen of the United States and a m^ber of an important banking firm in this city, returned unexpectedly in the evening, to the Hotel Splendide at Cannes, where he hadibeen stopping during the winter with his wile. Without giving any explanation to the hotel people for his sudden leturn from Paris, where he was expected to stay for a few days at least, Mr. Deacon ran up-stairs to" his wife's bedroom, burst in the door and found her in a compromising position with H. Emile Abeille, a French gentleman who is said to have been a friend of Mr. Deacon. The latter, afterward exchanging a few hot words with M. Abeille, drew a pistol from his pocket and fired at the latter, who iell to the floor, mortally wounded. Deacon has been arrested. Mr. and Mrs. Deacon have been leaders in the highest society of the Riviera. Mrs. Deacon is still at the hotel, with her four young children. Both Mr. and Mrs. Deacon are connected with some of the best families In the United Stales, were highly respected in the Amencan colony, and have been frequent visitors at the United States legation. Americans here express much sympathy with the injured husband, and openly applaud and support the action he has taken. Mrs. Deacon is said to be utterly prostrated with grief and shame and to have announced her intention of taking her own life. * ii tojaajLine_the sensation i'--~ *?-J- i?- nmnno cms tra^cuy uao uiuo^u, uuu j. ? => Americans abroad, but among aiV&e. foreigners travaling in Europe. Mr. and Mrs. Deacon, leading in the highest class of continental society, were leaders at all the balls, fetes, recepfions, races, charitable meetings and other social gatherings frequented by the very best people on the continent. They were received by everybody and wers known to thounands ef houses of the best circles. They had always been admired by their friends and were looked upon as being a most happy, devoted couple, .proud of their lour young children, and satisfied in every way with their condition In life. M. Abeille was a prominent man, about-town, an exattache of one of the French legations, and a bachelor. The Deacons, or at least Mr. Deacon, came from Boston, where they are said to have wealthy and influential relations. Mr. Deacon has lived abroad for about fifteen years, ofl' and on. His wife is a daughter of the late .Admiral Baldwin, and is said to be a wealthy woman in her own right. She is a very nanckome woman, and her husband recently is said to have become excitable and jealous owing Lo the excessive attention which she received from the many gentlemen friends of the family. In Boston, Xew York, Newport, Saratoga and other fashionable places in the United States, Mr. and Mrs Deacon are said to have moved in the best circles and to have counted members of the very best American families among their friends. Blown Up by Gaopewder, COLUiiBiA, S. C., Feb. 17.?Quite a commotion was occasioned this afterter noon in Main street by the explosion of a keg of gunpowder. It was shortly after o o'clock when Cnarles Beck, a drayman, waiked into the store of W. T. Martin. He went up to a counter by which Wm. lladcliffe, a clerk, was sitting. His cigar having gone out, Beck took a match from his pocket and drew it across the counter. Instantly a tremendous explosion followed. Beck was thrown on the floor, his clothing on tire and himself badly buried. He managed to get outside and pull off his overcoat, which was burning. An alarm was sounded, but before the engines arrived the fire had been extinguished by the employees of the store. The window glasses, both on the front and side, wtr? blown out. Uver Halt ot tne piasteriug il. me store i was knocked down and the groceries in the store was damaged. A number oi pictures and some plastering in the rooms above were knocued down. The upper rooms are occupied by Mrs. Allen, who owns the property. The damage to the stock is estimated at $200, covered by insurance. The damage to the building small. Both Messrs. JBeck and RadclifTe were badly burned. Their hair was badly scorched, their faces burned, their hands bruised and burned. Their injuries are 3erious but not fatal, and were given immediate medieal attention. During the excitement a suaall boy, J -flTJll.. TT_11 J m,or Lameu wiiiit; nuuiuiu, mpycu uivi the hose and fell into a ditch which was tilled, with pieces of glass, and he was badly cut. The cause of the explosion Is not exactly clear. A twenty-five-pound keg of powder was under the counter, but there was only about five pounds of powder in it. A pice of the match head is thought to nave ignited loose powder near the keg. A Mlsqolto's Bite Fatal. Baltimore, Feb. 18.?Harry Randolph Daley, aged 9 years, died last night at the Johns Hopkins Hospital from the effects of a misquito bite. He was bitten on the foot by a mosquito last 3ummer while in Talbot County. The bite caused a slight swelling but no 3pecial inconvience at the time. About a week aftewards the boy complained of a pain In his foot. This was followed bv a swelling- which extended uo the leg. Soon the groin became affected and a swelling made its appearance, which grow slowly but surely. Three weeks ago the boy's parents brought him to the hospital, and the surgeon in charge concluded that an operation was necessary. It was too late, however. The boy weakened with pain, could uot withstand the shock and died im mediately afterwards. It Is the first case of the kind ever reported here. Did >'ot Want It. Atchison, Kan., Peb. 18?Robt. It. Rose, a poor man of Tatan, Mo., who tell through a hole in a sidewalk in this city and sustained permanent injuries, ?ot a verdict against the city for $2,500. The money was paid to the plaintiff's attorneys last week, and when they notified their client of his gocd fortune tie surrendered himself to the Sheriff, saying that he was a perjurer. He aeniea tnat ne naa receives any injuries and said he planned the accident to defraud the city. lie is undoubtedly Insane. Burned to Death. Welfokd, S. C., Feb. 11.?Today while Mrs. Gregory, who lives one mile south of this place, was engaged in making soap her clothing caught fire and she was burned to death on the spot. H-jr sister in attempting to extinguish the flames was also burned so badly that there is no hope of her re?&Bga^gBng|^^01ack were to power A CONVENTION CALLED. AN OLD LINE REPUBLICAN RALLY IN MAY. The Official Call for the 3Iachice Politicians of the G. O. P. to Come Together and Sine Their Tale of Woe and Elect Delegates. Columbia, S. C., Feb. 15.?The politi- ^ cal pot of the Republicans, the regular H "grand old party" men, has begun to ^ simmer, and in a short time, now, it ^ will be boiling. The Republican party of South Carolina has, in short, issued its manifesto. Ever since the meeting of the Fxecutive committee, about six weeks ago, the address, or whatever it may be, has been anxiously awaited by the Brayton and Clayton factions of the g. o. p., but nothing being forthcoming,- it was thought that it had fallen into innocuous desuetude. The following, however, is the document, which was issued last Saturday, and was secured in the form of a proof by The State yesterday: Headquarters .Republicax / State Executive Committee. > columbia, S. C., Feb. 13,1892. A call is hereby maae for a convention of the Repuolican party of South Carolina, to be held at the city of Col umbia on Tuesday, the 19oh day of Aprial, 1892, at 12 o'clock m., for the purpose of electing four delegates at large and four alternate delegates at large to represent the Republican party of aaid State in the National .Republican convention to be held at Minneapolis, Minn., on 7th day of June 1892. The Republicans of the various counties and all voters, without regai d to past political affiliations, who believe in Republican principles and endorse the Republican policy are cordially incited to unite under" ttie call of iheir respeciye jxmaty chairmen in. Uie selection of delegates to said State conven f.i An . The convention will be Uifsposedof ^ one hundred and twenty-five (?23/usg^tiplH*. gates, apportioned among the several counties or the State as toilows, viz: iPfSI Abbeville 5, Aiken 4, Anderson 4, Barnwell 5, Beaufort 4, Berkeley 6, * , Charleston 7, Chester 3, Chesterfield 2, I ? K T\Q?lTn?tnri ? viareuuuii o, vA^iiciuu x/aiuu^wu v, . _ JEdgeiiela 5, Fairfield 3, Florence 2, Georgetown 2, Greenville 5, Hampton 2f Horry 2, Kersnaw 3, Lancaster 2, Laurens 4, Lexington 2, Marion 3, Marlboro 3, .NewDerry 3, Oconee 2,Orangeburg 5, Pickens 2, iiichiand 4, Spartanburg 5, Sumter 5, Union 3, Williamsburg 3, York 4. 5 At least ten days' notice shall be given of county or county Congressional conventions by advertising tne same in one ? or more newspapers published in the jggs county, or by notices posted at each precinct in the county, and such notice shall state the time and place of meet ing, and the purpose of such comen- I tion. A copy of the call of each conven- 1 tion, as soon as tne sameJ^gnaip^' ^ ^ should be sent to the secietary oitnis s? committee, who should also be: ; -d 7. Ui IlUC UClC^atCO cictvtu <J\J uj?uwkv ? vention. ' M Each Congressional district isenti- <' ^ tied to two delegates and two alternate \ AH delegates elected to the National convention, who shall be chosen at conven- i tions called by the Congressional com- J mittee of eacn such district in the same 1 manner as the nomination for Kepre- ? J sentative in Congress is made in said? be^nf^Sjessional conventions shall ?e constituted as follows: JHB ('bar WIST?AC E~~25 DELEGATES. ? J ' Berkeley 1, Colleton 4, S?? ,0ransebur?6. ColSS)n;DlS:?ICT~28 DELEGATES. m VzJie%$$0a4- BamWeU8- JHB district-27 belegaIi^^BHBIH ^ Abbeviile S, dewberry 5, Ande^jj H vuonee 6, ncKens i. FOURTH DISTRICT?35 DELEGATES. > M Greenville 9, Laurens 6, Fairfield 5, Spartanburg 7, Union 4, Richland 4. M FIFTH DISTRICT?25 DELEGATES. York 7, Chester 5, Lancaster 3, Spartanburg 2, Chesterfield 3, Kershaw 4, M Union 1. six TvrsTRTnT?27 tyrtjegates. Clarendon 4, Darlington 5, Florence 4, I Marlboro 4, Marion b, Horry 3, Williamsburg 2. seventh district?39 delegates. Georgetown 4, Beaufort 6, Sumter 7, I Orangeburg 6, Williamsburg 3, Colleton fl 3, Charleston 1, BersJev 10, Richland 2. E. A. Webster, .Chairman. S J. H. Johnson, Secretary.H A Big Swindle la Texas. dit t i? totsq "pov* 17 tv>o ful lever of curiosty, excited to the high- V est pitch by sensation, is prying deeper 9 and deeper into the crooked transaction and sudden mysterious flight of Col. S. Simpson, who for years has been rt? A garded as one of the solid pillars & Dallas. He was president of the Foartfr JBj National Bank Dallas, and tried to a mortgage that ct ern, Jint was vented oy the dire -s. His real es*"* deals were on a mar. Mi scale, asdP^fl H pie to whom he sold^ erty onlyapo^H his word of perfect J* a, began^fcal vestigate and find tha. were mortgaged. ~ r 2H The only operation upon whioh di- ..-J rect evidence of forgery has been traced JH is in a transaction upon which he reawss^ i ized S36,000 on a duplicate note, of*"""^ 4 V which the original had. been paid. One of the losers is the Weir Plough Company, of Monouth, Ills., They sold ^9 him a stock of carriages on time with- ? out security, which he sold for something like 320,000. Attachments are piling up in the county clerk's office by the dozen. Two of the heaviest losers are the Edinburg-American Land and Mortgage Company $51,584 ana the fl Scottish-American Land and Mortgage <^ompany, cou.uw.iana otner claims or thousands. When Simpson was last H heard of he was in Kansas City, where it is supposed he was visiting E. P. fl Co wen. From letters received, he, is trying to create the impresslonjfc^>e H has committed suicide, but not believe _it. A Thrjlllnc Story of the SgH HALIFAX, JN. o, Jr eD. 10.? story comes from St. John's,* the rescue of the crew of the iKjBj ward Island schooner AventtK was driven on the rocks twaH frnm ?- T?"\Vi?'o in o KlinHilH lAVi.LA KJVm J Vii* U i.U U storm. While she was pouWBj pieces, the boat was launched andiEWB mediately swamped. Murdock Gilli undertook to swim shore with a life line. He was carried ashore on a big wave, but could not land, ? the coast being so precipitious. He was drawn back on beard the vessel, where he rested an hour, and ^ then tried again, and successfully. He drew himself up from one point of rock to another until he reached a place where he could fasten a line. Then he drew ashore a larger line, by means cf which the captain and crew all got safely to shore. Tariff Redaction. Washington, Feb, 17.?The bills placing wool, binding twine and cotton ties and bagging on the free list and reducing duties on manufactured goods wer^jreed to to-day by a majority of jMGs&Sfe&ee on ways and means.