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I - ' THE JSLE OF PAL31S. j&j. Xew \ork. oi hi WORK OF CHRISTIAN MISSIONARIES j The Hindoo p i ' " !N CEYLON. a small scale s dC01sm cun d< ?? . ? I Christian proc Xatnre'sIttKuriance Adds Weight to the gmall Scale SO! Belief that It Is the Site of the Garden tianitV CUD CIO ? ' . two nrocessio! of Eden?Christianity Must Triumph 0f t^0 jrreat p *">rer Hindoo Superstition. illg" ad'OSS 0U1' ['# _ _ blasted of sup Brooklyn. Jan. 13.?In continuing sjon blessed o y^is series of round the world sermons them in one ^^^^ough the press the Rev. Dr. Tal- They are to b< today choosef or his subject "Cey- Xothino- is < p^?l|lffolie Isle of Palms," the text se- est than the C being1, "The ships of Tarshish this land. T1 Ix, 9.) here fie natio awSSSgHSSSSm Tiwliicli nf m\- f AV"t Kv mflRV 1,oc. Rffi?ijiniators is supposed to be the }[r Grladstoni |||?jr of Ceylon, upon which the fact jn 1330 a] fjipth. sermon of the round the equal platfoi ||pd series lands us. Ceylon was mi<rhtv work. Jped by the Romans Taprobane. no other natio ohxi Milton called it "Golden Cher- for Ceylon. ?enese.v Moderns have called Ceylon her relVious; "the isle of palms," "the isle of flow- jns"uia Jf qcv' ers," lithe pearl drop on the brow of Howlands. th India,"'"the isle of jewels," '"the is- and others ju land of spice." "the show place of the have been fi?universe," '"the land of hyacinth and superstition a ruby. In my eyes, for scenerv it ap- anv ?]iat ever peared to be a mixture of Yosemite e4'in the iun 1 and Yellowstone park. All Christian -phe Amerii ' +/-V 1" SWT* YY\ f\Y?CfT\ r A;"> 1 1 % VV IA/ ivnv.' H '/C, \jx v/vj av4*^ XO-Ii Ilcl w | ? for they have aJeng while been con- me(lical iifst Ns^^t^bmill^Tor-iis evangelization. As wonders in d: our ship from Australia approached }ieathen su rutins island there hovered over it clouds u-cre formed thick and black as the superstitions worshiphers; which have hovered here for centu- e<j mav 110 ft ries, but the morning: sun was break- tient was"trar ji ins: through like the gospel light lnedicai atten :-4 r which is to scatter the last cloud of mercv that t ^^" mora^^m. The sea lay along the jn Qevlon. < coast"CSlm as Ike eternal purposes of needs" doctor r; God toward all islands and continents. 0f native stu< We swing into the harbor of Uoiomoo. those who fo which is made by n breakwater built late Samuel] at vast expense. floated into t^enT, so that it the water is black with boats of all kindlv minis sizes and manned by people of all col- II^en {'iiat ca^ . ors, but chiefly Tamils and Cingalese. anj English ilany scholars have supposed that Qevfon. this island of Ceylon was the original ericansehool garden of Eden where the snake first schools. 234 appeared on reptilian mission. There Roman Cat are reasons for belief that this was the schools decid site where the first homestead was " jjow su^e opened and destroyed. It is so near came t0 ufc?j the equator that there are not more under ho car than 12 degrees of Fahrenheit differ- twobovswer ence ail tue year rouna. rerpeiiau j were t0 jjC 5 foilage, perpetual fruit and all styles Buadisi bov of animal life prosper. What luxuri- allthebovs'c ance and abundance and superabund- i^art of c' /anceoflife! What styles of plumage on Christ's si do not the birds sport! What styles the room " *i>f scale do not the fishes reveal What Went on Bud sfrres^Lsong do not the groves have tvro * in their libretto: ? scoffed at am Here on the roadside and clear out Yielded and ] on the beach of the sea stands the But after\var< cocoanut tree saying: "Take mv that he had a leaves for shade. Take the juice of ail(i-ivlion th my fruit for delecable drink. Take stood up besi ^ ^ mv saccharine for sugar,? Take my firm' Some I fiber for the cordage o? your ships. |ia^ vacillat I Take my oil to kinclle your lamps. Buddha and < L_ - Take my wood to fashion your cups anti not ?+ f0 and pitchers. Take my leaves to piie(j -j ^vas thatch your roofs. Take my smooth but I repent^ > surface on which to print your books, ^he bovs wer (Take my 30,00G,00U trees covering time t[ie j^nc 500,000 acres, and with the exporta- moreand~mo tion enrich the world. I will wave in fans and spread _ abroad in y?ur^ palm-tree,* saying-: "I ^ ? ^^^^^^fcyour disposal. With these arms 3 owsof SlplS your ancestors 150 rears ago, and , A, iililf&iiS^these same arms I feed your des- ? \ SgBBBKk!* 150 years from now": I defy 1 !?l|||uriesr Here also stands the ^ i mmmk^ ?&* . -i . *? to &??&&? beverages ana enrich vour ' r- %, ^dmth my sweet "dust ^f^nd fol! ^^^pHere^^o stands the' eotiee plant, 5antan(^[)l gBRfcpng, "With the liquid boiled from teachl1nf ^lK Hl^fmy berry I stimulate the nations uPon, \ morning bv morning-." Here stands ?n a P^T^e> ^HthetSplait, sajisf. "With the li?$fl~jlquid boiled from mv leaf I soothe the , , P ~ < Sjifeorld's serves ami stimulate the SfeJ'-jr ^rrorld'S conversation evening- by even- p^cka^e 0f jy >*% nwAct >+&> |f|l||?|| Here stands the cinchona, saying: dents read. ~ ^^101 am tie foe of malaria. In all eh- med younir r reflates my bitterness is the slaughter of rounded tlie 1 I$ressJ:. - last word of e { What miracles of productiveness cn There was in j these islands! Enough sugar to sweet- nestness wh 1 en all the world's beverages. Enough able to under > bananas to pile all the world's fruit said, there is \ baskets. Enough rice to mix all the intonation th j worlas nuddings. Enough cocoanut races. That I to powder all the world's cakes. fSith in thei j - Enough flowers to garland all the doubt. That ||{||s world's beauty. way to heave: Lj But in the evening, riding through to the Mohan a cinnamon grove, i first tasted the is to the Chri H ' leaves and bark of that condiment so Buddhist. V -valuable and delicate that, transport- the recitation Ba % ed on ships, the aroma of the cinna- our thanks, r B men is dispelled if placed near a rival Near by is g|| b^rk. Of such great vflne is the cin- the altar of w gg na^non shrub that ycara^ ago those Buddha are ( p@l $^ath. buT that wh^"nce was^^^KSwiempj iflpKjungle of cinnamon is now u park of ited going f; gentlemen's residences. The long, steps, but we \ white dwelling houses are bounded til we could I with this shrub, and all other styles inside. Tiie > of growth congregated there make a obeisance. rI v botanical garden. Doves called cin- beaten, and s mon doves hop among the branches, and several 01 and crows, more poetically styled full bang anc ravens, which never could sing, but indescribable think they can, fly across the road laborious sty giving' full test of their vocables, seen or near< Birds which learned their chanting: the jargon. : under the very eaves of heaven over- Hitting-figure power all with their grand march of ajhorror whi< the tropics. The hibiscus dapples the oft'. All thi: scene with- its ?carlet clusters. All what would 1 L^sha4esT)i and emerald and saf- toilers of the < ?l||$n and brilliance: melons, limes, had time to a ^^^^agnosteens, custard apples, guavas. such things ^^^pineapples,jasmine so laden with aro- please the Lo P^^na they have to hold fast to the wall, console or he pgjliy and begonias, gloriosas on lire and another myst llllll orchids so delicate other lands must teries. But v keen them under ^onservatorv. but with the spe I here defiant of all weather, and jiow- did not leave ers more or less akin to azales. and place where honeysuckles and fioxes and fuchsias, ^*as preachin: and chrysanthemums and rhododen- of natives, (irons and foxgloves and pansies. I had thai kvhich dye the plains and mountains wish to witnc bf Ceylon with heaven. it was. Stan J Two processions I saw in Celon good man wa Kritnin one hour, the first led by a All was atteu Hindoo priest, a huge pot of ilowers erenco. A n IULL& ueau.? Ilii> UiiUgUlW \>itu \vas OClllg CO? ly lacerations and his unwashed fol- faces were il vers beating as many discords from ments of pac tat^tpe supposed to be musical instru- ment. It Va ^cs as at one time can be induced to ter walking-at kt the human ear. The procession morning li'gh Bed at the door of the huts. The oc- it was the gos f^nts came out and made obeisance But passing jbresented small contributions. In of Ceylon vox gin therefor the prie-t sprinkled within fiveni pa upoxi the children i?*;- Portugur.- * K this evidently a form of bened- lish, iscotch. . |jj&. Then the procession, led on ses, all dialec pH?e priest, started again?more toms. all styl aS ashes, more noise genu- interesting Ih gam. However keen one's race, and spe llplpf the ludicrous, he could find it confront yc ! haperoned on their underneath Ceylon. Yonder is an ex- j ? through Centaral park, huined city which was founded ;>t'U r Hyde park, London, years before Christ, standing in pomp rocession illustrated on and splendor for 1.200 years. Stair- H ;o:nething of what Hin- ways up which ">0 men might pass > for the world. The side by side: carved pillars, some of nn a iVipm f.-illnn some of them aslant, A mething of what Chris- some of them erect: Pkidiases and for the world.But those Christopher Wrens never heard of us were only fragments here performed the marvels of sculprocessions ever march- ture and architecture; aisles through. world?the procession which royal processions marched: erstition and the proces arches under which kings were carried: f gospel light. I saw city with reservoir 20 miles in circum- i1 afternoon in Ceylon, ference: extemporized lakes that did l5 seen in all nations. their cooling and refreshing for 12 ?? of more thrilling inter- centuries; ruins more suggestive than * hristian achievements in Melrose and Kenilworth; Ceylonian le Episcopal church was Karnaks and Luxors: ruins retaining V nal church, but disestab- much of .grandeur, though wars bom- v o-rnl Iv^rrlfd them and time nut his chisel -1 j's accomplish of that on every block, and. more than all. e .1 denotations are on vegetation put its anchors and pries m, and all are doing and wrenches in all the crevices. America i.s second to Dagobas. or places where relics of 11 n in what has been done saints or deities are kept?dagobas 400 Since ltflG she has had feei high, and their fallen material agents in the Jaffna pen- burying precious iliings for the sight Ion. The Spauldings, the of which modern curiosity has digged ^ e Drs. Poor, the Saunders and blasted in vain. Procession of st as good and strong elephants in imitation, wrought ir.to a hting back monsters of lustrous marble. Troops of horses in e nd cruelty greater than fall run. Shrines, chapels, cathedrals i swung the tusk or roar- wrecked in the mountain side. Stairs t jles. of moonstone. Exquisite scrolls roll;an missionaries in Cey- ing up more mysteries than will ever c ven special attention to be unrolled. Over 10 square miles, L ;ruction and are doing the ruins of one city strewn. Throne- < riving back the horrors of rooms on which at different times sat 1 ery. Cases of sufferiug 105 kings, reigning in authority they t v given over to the devil inherited. Walls that witnessed coro- 1 md such trotures inflict- nations, assassinations, subjugations, 1 t be described. The pa- triumphs. Altars at which millions t imled bv the feet of the bowed ages before the orchestras celes- t .dauts. It is only of God's tial woke the shepherds with midnight t here is a living mother overture. s Dh, how much Ceylon W.lien Lieuteuant Skinner in 1S^>2 c s and the medical classes discovered the site of some of these ci- t ients under the care of ties, he found congregated in them u>: } How the example of the disturbed assemblages of leopards, 1 nsh Green are providing porcupines, flamingoes and pelicans: i all tue alleviations, and reptiles sunning themselves on the al- i tries, and scientific acu- tars: prima donnas rendering ornitho- 1 . be found in American logical chant from deserted music i hospitals will soon bless halls. One king restored much of the 1 In that island are32 Am grandeur: rebuilt 1,500 residences, but 1 s. 210 Church of England ruin soon resumed its scepter. But all s Wesleyau schools. 234 is down, the spires uown. me piiiars i holic schools. Ah. the down, the tablets down, the glory of I e most everything i splendid arches down. What killed :stive the incident that those cities? Who slew the Xew York i n Ceylon! In a school and London of the year 500 B. C. 1 e of the Episcopal chur.ch Was it unhealthed with a host of ' e converted to Christ and plagues? Was it foreign armies lay- i abtized. An intelligent ingseige? Was it whole generations s said in the school. "Let weakened by their own vices? Mys- c >n Ruddlia's side come to tery its amid the monoliths and brick 1 lie room and all the boys dust, finger on lip in eternal silence, < tie go to the other part of while the centuries guess and guess I All the boys except two in vain. We simply know that gen- s dha s side, and when the ius planned those cities, and immense t 0 were to be bapized were populations inhabited them. An em- i :1 derided one of them inent writer estimates that a pile of etired to Buddha's side, bricks in one ruin of Ceylon would be ? 1 that boy was very sorry enough to build a wall ten feet high t "iekled to the prosecution, from Edinburgh to London. Sixteen i e day of baptism came thousand pillars, with carved capitals t de the boy who remained are standing sentinel for ten miles, t one said to the boy who You can judge somewhat of the size < eel in his choice between of the cities by the reservoirs tmiy ^ Christ. "You area coward were required to slake their thiu^S^. >r either side." but lie re- judging the size of the city fron^g|$3 ; overcome of temptation, size of the cup out of whichJtjrzthk. j ] and believe." Then both Cities crowded^ with inhabitants, not J1 e baptized, and from that like Arae^cCTi or English cities. but j <; 'lican mission moved onjjacked" together as only barbaric : re vigorously., I :loi tribes can pack them. But their knell 1 ^^gfe?2*T7xnmations of was sounded. Tlieir light went out. i Eig the most for the Giant trees are the only royal family i ? that island, but now occupying those palaces. The c n will be taken for growl of wild beasts where once the I X liislipp Heber's hymn: gulf aw of wassail ascended. Anura- f ough the spicy breezes jahpura and Pollonarna will never be j T ' -?iv. , 'x over Ce> Joa's isle. rebuiicieti. i.ei au uiu CiUO I i ! first places I visited was the earth take warning. Cities are liu- 1 college, about 100 men r?an- having a time to be born and a i become priests, gathered time to die. Xo more certainly have J teachers. Stepping into they a cradle than a grave. A last s where the high priest was judgment is appointed for individuals, 1 le class, we were apolo- but cities have their last judgment in i 1 them we were Ameri- this world. _ They bless, they curse, ( ild like to see hismodeof they worship, they blaspheme, they i ) had no objections, where suffer, they are rewarded, they are ? in. doubled up as he was overthrown. ( with his right hand play- Preposterous, says some one. to s oot. In his left hand he think that any of our American or t je of bamboo leaves, on European cities which have stood so ^ rritten the words of the long can ever come through vice to s student holding a similar extinction. But New York and Lon- ? ' nnt stood as 1 on<? as.those T irnboo leaves, xiie nign V4V/ai ll(At v AAV %/ ^ ^ v id, and then one his stu- Ceylonese cities sbvxl. "Where is the t A. group of as finely for- throne outside of Ceylon on which 105 ' nen as "I ever saw" sur- successive kings reigned for alitetime? c venerable instructor. The Cities and nations that have lived far t ach senience was intoned, longer tnan our present cities or na- 1 the whole scene an ear- ^ou have been sepulchered. Let all < ich impressed me. Not ^e great municipalities of this and s stand a word of what was ?^ier lands ponder. It is as true now ? a look of language and as when the psalmist wrote it and as I at is the same^among all true of cities and nations as of individ- i the Buddhists have?full uals, / "The Lord knoweth the way of i r religion no one can tiie righteous, but the way of the"un- c is. in their opinion, the godly shall perish." " r --* ?? -!- ] a. vv imi i>ioiiarnmeu 15 j imedan and what Christ A Proi>het's Prediction. stian Buddha is to the New York, Jan. 15.?For a num- I ^ e "waited for a pause in ber of years past, Samuel Bennes has j , and then, expressing issued annuallv a proplieev in regard etired. . . : a Buddhist temple, on to various markets dunngtneensuing 1 hich before the image of 7ear- His prophecies have been right t )lf'erino3 of flowers \s 1Q a sufficient number of cases to have ning on ^came up to a cre;^d curiosity yearly as to what lie c ie. First we were prohiix -would say. c arther than the outside , ^ forecast for ISOi, declared that c gradual I v advanced un- there would be couunucden^rassed ]: 11 business, bankruptcies, unemployed * see uu uiul was jroinu uui, , , . ,, worshipers werema&ng labor ami nmiedfarm?-.s. 'he tomtoms were wildlv . lor 189?Jie says: There is no prom- 1 shrill pipes were blown", *e or sign of better times fonlic com- i ther instruments were in InS -vear' V *"*? i0ok 111 " fo!' ' t blare, and there was an anv permanent improvement in gen- r Imbbub and the most eral business. ' le of worship I had ever ^ heat at cents a bushel at Chi-1: I. The dim lights, and eago: eotton uJ centsperpour.dat vin- f li!d the glooms and the g""f :al\t! P'? iron at *10 a ton at t s mingled for eve and ear f'ttsburg denote impoverishment for < ill it is difficult to shake farmers cotton planters and furnace men. The increase last year of *100,- t the'*-" transpire "after the 000-000 in the bonded debt of tbe Zov- 1 dav had celsed work and ernmcnt, does vot signify that the peo- s tu* w,v.i* ru?f pie are contented, keeping out oi debt, s IhOTU'brVupposerto and making money rdor have anv bower to ,^?^s,n?c \ alucs ha\e oe. n lp the worshiper? is onlv slnanbngm consequence of the esuiberviu this world of mvs"- lament of the single gold steward ro came away saddened and no one can fathom the depths to t ctaele. a sadness which "!,lch P"ce?-nill fan. c > ns until we arrived at a An "?P of. f . 1,1 thls I * a Christian missionarv country t.iis year with fair crops c rr in *1,-% er,.QQt +? , * abroad. Will SCP.U tilC pi'lCC Ol Wheat at I ' gm the street to a group Chicago afterthcne.xtliavvestdownto , 40 cents per bushel. Prices for corn i . morning- expressed a next fall will decline to 25 cents s ;ss such a scene, and here bushel. 1 diti? on an elevation, the Fat ho?s will be per hundred s :S addressing the crowd, pounds gross for next winter's packiug i lion and silence and rev- season. Prices for wool, cotton, iron, i shgion. ot relief and joy cattle and horses will be on the down c nmended and tiie dusky grade during the present year. Com- I Iummed with the senti- mon sheep after the wool is taken o!f a t heat ion and re-enforce- next year will sell lor what the pelt s s tne Rose of Sharon af- will then bring, 23 cents. t nongnettles. It was the To the anxious inquirer. 180.". wi.'i t t after a ^thick darkness. be the proper time to make inves!- ; >pei after Hinctooisin. nients in property or to engage exton- \ r up and down the streets sivelv in enterprises. 1 i find all styles of people * c mutes?Afghans, Kaffirs. stubbed to Death. I ] .r^nvmen. Dutch, Eng- Rome, Jan. 17.?Signer Celil. at tor-1 i LI 1J?I. llJ.1 iJ^v ^Vitviai \'L vuv J- AV?A?A^V V* is. all manners and cus- was stabbed to death in his ofiice to- c es of salaam. The most day. The assassin, who was captured ingon earth is the human by a policeman on guard at the door, <. cimens of all branches of is an anarchist. The doorkeeper says t >u in Ceylon. The island that lie gained admission by professing ^ isa quiet andinconspicu- to have legal business with the attor- \ upared with what it once r.ey general. The motive of th* assas- I ad cities of Ceylon were sination is clear. This whole district s >re imposing than are the has been for a year a hot bed of anar- 1. On this island are dead chistic and socialist conspiracy, and e and dead Pekings. and there has been no end of trials for rghs, and dead Londons. sedition. Many revolutionists are r on at the stroke of the i.ow awaiting trial. Among the agita- t s hammer the tomb of tors, Celliii Known as the "Anarchist- r. municipality llies_ open, t M f f W \ PI? OPM ITT to regard ssi^ai- as one of the necessi JillAd A liiULiiLi., ^ |.ties and comforts 0f life, and thev ! want it as cheat) a.s possible. Let the OW HE READ THE POLITICAL STARS tariff be retained c-n those articles IN JULY 18S3 which come in competition with oui own workmen if it is necessary to se Forecast of Ciin.iidvntMe Merit Given in Cure ffiOl'e l'e\ eilUC. These are my views hastily express :i Private Letter to Clark Howell Weak and; of COUrSe. always Subject tC on state Hank Tax ii. pcai. modification after consultation witl . T . ? . partv friends. While I like to adhere ^New lORK.Jan. 10. -hcAevr lork to mv own views as well as anyone iccorder and oilier papers will pub- party affairs, I l>elieve in the ok sh tomorrow a letter from Senator doctrme: "In essentials, unity: ir )avid I>. Hill, of .Sew j-ork. written non-essentials, liberty: and in al pari v two years ago to Mr._ Clark things, charitv.*' I remain, verv truh lowell. 01 the Atlanta Constitution. vours - ;DaVID B Hill. * o wnom Senator Hill authorized its To Mr. CI ark Ho well, Atlanta, G; ublication some time ago. xlie letter ? .-as written just prior to the assem- THE WOMAN'S COLLEGE. ling of the extra session of the pres lit Congress in the summer of 189o, How Supt. N'eal Intends to Complete till sid bearing directly upon the next ijuiidin?. National campaign and tlie develop- T i-t.tiiients of the past two vears.becomesa CoLumu. Jan. l,.--Lvciybody u ocument of rational interest. It is as State* now very nuch >"tere5tec ollovs m the completion of the vvmthro] Albany. X. Y? July IS. 1883. ?nd Iadu?trkl.Collegeat Eocl _? - Hill, and are anxious to see its door ly Dear Howell: _ thrown open to the voung women o Absence trom home and profession- the State bv next September. As al .1 engagements have prevented an knov- at tfie. last session of the Legis arijer reply to your recent letter, ask- ]ature an act was passed providing fo; ?? nil cor- +i nf thohnihl llp V-V/Uliuvuwunj, "r llic C?-UiiUUli^CU V4 w*AV am questions. J ings. Only a short time ago the boarc r irst: As to the approaching1 session , cleeidecl to liave the work compietet ?f Congress. I was one of those who bv Superintendent Xeai of the penit tellevod that the extra session of Con- entiary with convict labor. And 01 rrcss should have been called in April ;-([ondav last the trustees formal!] ast and j. so ad vised the I resident 111 turned over the buildings and all mat he filml and onlv interview I have erials on hand to Col. Neal. A brie md wii.i him. He seemed bent on report of this meeting was publishec laving one in bept ember which I vesterday. However, the following bought was a mistake, x believed 'details of Col. Neal's plans taken fron hen that whatever policy m regard to the Hock Hill Herald, will be rea< .10 currency and traih that was cle- AVith interest, and indicates that Col ;ired to be adoptee., could better be Xeal is starting out witii the determina lone in the spring, beiorc tne patrcn- |;on t0 complete the buildings or ige had been distributed and before time The Kock Hill Herald says: Jarty tiiifereiices siiouiu augment j -AVe had some difficulty m ascer [ho x resident taougnt differently. but j taining what the committee did during las finally yielded to outside pressure. tll3 day and it seems that it reany di( aid .ia.s called tue session for August, nothing but go ove:.* the grounds ant . tear that it is a mistake. I fear that buildings on an inspecting lour witl ,ve s.iall be in session until Jece.n- Superintendent Neal of the peniten >er. l do not luce the prospect of tiary, who, under the law, if he under iavin<r a Democratic Congress 111 ses- takes to complete tlie buildings, is re son during tlie fall elections. I an- qUjrcd to assure the State Treasure lcipate man v differences and much that he can finish the work now i; >nterness will be developed. All of haru^ i_ e., the mai l building, tin vhicii will lend to distract the party ^ orth side dormitory, ::he power house aid give us a set back in tlie fall. I kitchen aud laundry, with the *20,00 lope I am mistaken mail this but fear appropriated for that purpose, before . may not lie. bo _h>ng as Congress anv -part 0f <jic appro priation will b nust meet. 1 hope it will only be in 'aVaifable. session thirty days and adjourn._ xlie "From information in his possess >xt"eme silver men can prevent it: the ion Col Xeal felt tha'; he could mak "iWMif, it: and <ren- o tho TWnsmf* .' I - - ? c, OUtU <.1 j:UlUl .UH.VlU ?,HV< K/mwv - * - ^ >val cuosedncss can prevent it. All au(j s0 ^trxtecJ to the committee, whei he chances are tnat we shall be in the work of completion was turne< ession until Deecmoer. I would not over tQ }jim and he is now in control akc up anv other Legislation than fi- q0] Xeal was I before the commits lancial, if I could have my way for several hours. Second?As to the repeal of the * * * * Sherman law, I favor the uncondi- "After the adjournment o^thecom .>onal repeal of that law. 1 have al- mittee at 11:30 o'clocl: Moiidav nigh vavs been opposed to it._ The _ true wehurriedly interviewed Col.Xeal a rienc-s of silver ma.ee a mistake in at- to p]ans. He infai-med us that h emptmgio defend it. It should be aban- had appointed Messrs. W. H. Stewar loned by general consent. My views ;!1U] s:r^TrfT to t.-dce charge of th vcrc partially expressed in my recent work and h^drfven thcin instruction laimnany letter which you imdoiibt- ,vluit to do. He also stated that ai ^^^^^ei-sonahy, I should effort would he made to resume worl irefer not to rep<\1^*%^^a\._unti, jm nexti^eek. and preparatory to this h iccepcab.e substitute was provided trs, vo"u]cj send up Saturday from the pen >rder to renaer more probable the jtentiarv 22 convict carpenters. bricl idop?ion of such substitute and not masoils_ and plasterers, some of whon jecause I approve at all of the Sher- are excellent workma n. At the sam nan siiver law but from a party time he would remove 45 of the presen joint of view, the wisest course is un- convict force to Columbia and lcav< :onditional repeal. The country ex- at t]]C stockade. Mr. Mendenlial >ects it and. the party will be fonnd and his force of guards. will be con ;url\ well umted m- favor of it. tinned here. The convict force wil therefore it is unwise while agreeing ]-,e boarded and the guards paid out o ipon a substitute pending the repeal, penitentiarv savings. That has no -et the repeal be made at once and let been heretofore. * + .I.IKah A.I 4-1 -11 s?14t I t : 1 -\ ?- 11 "| fl 1 . LU "Vi".1 {jol. ^\eai Deiieres jie win oe auu am 3U, Y05 01 "n'\e,a' 1.sm as , 1is" to complete the bu iJdings designed, b; ;?e of thefuture. _ A e should-seel: to September, but in order to do this h vcop that issue to the front ;we should will employ a small force of skillet lot stri\e for temporary* .< 'ccess or workmen, at grea .lv reduced wages compromise measures. \\ e ,..oult. be }10wever. Mr H. A. Brown is to b< Or tree coinage under an internal on- Continued .as heretofore. d agreement it it is possible to procure "Col. Neal's plans do not look t< me and for which every exertion the continuance ol'Mr.T. C. Thomsoi ihould be made and if not possiole, as superintendent nor Mr. AV. W me.n. ^Vr dependent bimetalism. Dun]ap.as secretary and treasurer?ii Cms is the great goal for which we fact none of the present ' "bosses'' ex Ii/vm Isl efvnrrnrln If hp. rl.'vnp j. -vr r? J t?_ ^"U i ? cepc iviessr:;. omna auu dw?u, \>m it once. Our friends must.not be im- will have charge of the brick worl jatient. The country must be educa- and painting, respectively, as we un ed. The unexpected action oflnaia derstand the arrangements. The worl md general sentiment of the money- 0f Mr. Dunlap's office will be done it >d Classes conspire against us at this the office of the penitentiary atColum ime. I do not believe in the Bland bia. whence all orders -will come. >ill, or any other measure which 4 4Mr. Thompson who has had charg< guarantees an\ thing less than unre- of construc tion, claims a contract wit! itricted coinage for gold and si..ver the board until the first of March auc dike, as pledged in the Democratic is not disposed to permit Col. -Seal oi National platform. Let lis prepare, the committee to annul that contract lot for resent victory, but for victorv report for work everyday un ipon that issue m 1896 The repeal til the first of March, and if his ser v i? Sherman ^ . wf ,n0r '? vices are not accepted, lie will then at eliei which is anticipated. It will aid tempt to collect his salarv, nevcrthe jusiness temporarily, but m a year, iess imes v ill be hard and the demand for number of skilled carpenters lermaneiit financial relief will be ir- plasterers and bricklayers who cann csistable. \ e should continue to ]iere from other States and have beet 1 old out free coinage as the goal at work on the buildings for months \hich the country must ultimately after waiting two weeks for work t( ""*""4'" <JL 0110 Jiiuuu!ut be resumed, ieit Jast mgnt ior uiei i v" temP?rary homes, as thev saw no prospect fo: Third?As to the repeal of the 10 per further employment.'-State. rent, tax on State banks. That tax . _ :annot be well defended. It is an un- Share of the South. lemocratic tax. Ostensibly it is im- Washington. Jan. 15.?The sundr; >osed for revenue, but it does not, in civil appropriation bill, as reported t< :ict, bring in any revenue and was the House, carries an aggregate o lever intended for that purpose. *3S,540.721. being ?7.843.793 less thai Yom a Democratic standpoint its im- the estimates on which it is based- am josition is an abuse of the taxing $4,280,245 above the amount carrie< T clini!lcl Tini +n <rr> liiimi i hv t.ho bill for thf: vear 1S35. amon< ceoi-cl i:i favor of such a tax, nor do I the few public buildings which an iesire to refuse a repeal of it. I re- authorized to be placed in port or ii jard the tax question as an independ- whole under contract within the pro 'nt one. which 1ms little bearing upon scribed limit of cost is the court hous he main great question of the free at Savannah, Ga. ,oinagc of silver, and they should be Among tlie appropriations for public cept apart as much as possible. While buiMings in the South carried in tin hat tax cannot be approved from a bill are the following: Clarksville democratic standpoint. I fear the con- Tenn., $15,000: Fort Worth. Tex.. ?-10. ;equences of a repeal. As I under- 000: Little Hock. Ark., addition t< itand it, it has been held that Con- courthouse, soS.000; Norfolk, Va. -ress has not power, directly to pro- 860,000; Savannah. Ga., ?100,000 libit Suite banks from issuing their For additional lights in Mobile shi] xotes which circulate as money, al- channel $30,000 is provided. hough they cannot be made legal River and harbor improvements un endcr and are not nioncv. in fact. I der the contract svstem: lo not like such wild cat currency Galveston harbor, Texas?Continu i.nd never did. T do not think, we ing improvement, ?1,100,000. of wliicl >ught to become the champions of it. $100,000 may be used for dredging. .Viiile perhaps we should take the Charleston, S. C.?Contiuuing im ground that the Senate should be at provement, $300,000. iberly.to issue such notes if they de- Savannah. Ga.?To complete im iredtodoso, yet such issue should provements, $850,250. ;ot be encouraged. AVe should not be Mobile.Ala.?To complete improve .witched oil' from the gold and silver meuts, $291,300. ssue upon any such sidetrack. T fear Under Mississippi river commission he experiment of wild cat State bank Mississippi river, from the head of tin urrency will not be a relief. It may passes to the Oh.o river, $2.005.000 >e a temporary relief, but in the end Mississippi river from the Ohio rive vill be disastrous. The bank notes of Jo the Missouri river. $758,333: Iron o many States would be so worthless the Missouri river to Minneapolis $^Gt; hat while in New York or Georgia GOO. hey might be perfectly good always. The bill appropriates $75.00:; for tin *ei in so many omcr mates I'icy v^niCKamauga aim taauauw^.i . >&. vould be so bad that the whole circu- tional Park. $1.4SO.000 for tin; life ation would be discredited. You will saving service ?2.004.000 for trie ligh ibserve from what I have stated that house establishment and $125.0!?0 for advise we should move cautiously the quarantine service. n regard to the State bank tax and No proposition was made to incorpo lot mix it up with the legal tender rate in the bill the ?'5,000,000 askec urrency question. for by the Louisiana delegation for th< Fourth: As to the tariff reform. I payment of bounty on the crop ol to not apprehend any serious diflicul- 181)4. y in this matter. There will be a general unanimity as to the bills i,vfauitor :m<! suicide. vhich passed tlie last Democratic Dover, X. II.. Jan. li.?Cashiei louse and which were refused con- Isaac F. Abbott, of the Dover nationa [deration in the Senate. Whatever bunk, comrnmec^uTcid^tm^auer 'ills the Treasury department may re- noon, thereby confirming' the rumor; omniend. I think tire likely to be "which have been circulating- all da v assed. AVe must make a little tariff that a very serious defalcation in hi: r40r^ rnp TUP 'N\f! lar rights to selfish pur (tUIjO iUIi lilL | j,?>t ti10se who believ ' ?nrM<? I obtained without an . ^ONjR-SSMAN MCLAURI.; OP- ^ t tliemselvcs no longer THE CAMPAIGN. never been puecliased \ I t/-V CA/MlVAltc VJoCC He Writes a Letter In Which lie Riddles "iourSTCSn Jxo. L ) the Rinjjsters, unci Says they Must be 1 Wiippert- He Kxj>resses Some Manly HAPPILY REL Sentiments. ; The Pleasant Experience.I Washington*, D. C., Jan. 13,1395. , , 1 Tn TT.IUnv nf ll,o Pomc+Av cucd from Two 1 Deai* Sir: As there seems to be a lull j \y Whipple awe - in State politics, and without a posi- arrmanofst Louis.tive knowledge of-what is doing or 1 going to be done, 1 submit herewith 0* whiskey my own peculiar opinions of the sit- habit writes as follows uation. A well-known iiterar B The time for action, it seems to me. cured of both morphi has arri\ ed, and thus believing, I writes on tlie thirteent shall not longer stifle my convictions, , . 1 but shall speak frankly and unreserv- ?* "1S mama=e * edly as I think the necessities of the It is m many respect 3 situation require, and abide the conse- ment on its preceding j quences. whatever they mav be: _ that is a correct wav ? * jine general povertv and depression . . . , ; , f in the country at large is intensified V72-s 111 bonds of ph 1 by local conditions. mem to a great am. *Xo one expected the "movement" mental iniquities. wh r of 1S90 to divide our people into two an(i repressed mv bet " absolutely hostile camps. And the . 1 , " >1 whole thing can be largely traced to an(*truer n re' i ^ the abandonment of the primary elec- renewed and regencr; * tion principles last summer to pro- brain, and exult, as a 1 1 mote the interests of certain individ- er his bride, in a full 7 uuls. _ _ the dominion of those The Constitutional convention is embittered my own lifi f upon us, and, with it and our inter- of those I loved. 1 necine strife, the "nigger in the wood To Dr. Leslie E. Kee! i pile" is reviving. _ than any mortal man c - "Not dead, but sleepeth," is written though he lived to the 1 over the attenuated corpse of the De- diluvian forefathers, ar mocratic party north of ilasc. and yield to him, and to raj " Dixon's line, and even in our own sician. Dr. R. Brought? 1 section and among our own people tered to me so faithf signs of decay are visible" Our old with my faults so patie " allies will not help us and can no ful andloving homage ? longer be relied upon. _ heart and life. ] Let us help ourse lves. The interests j And so to-day, altlioi i of ninety-nine out of every one liun-_ bridegroom of thirteen 1 dred of our ci> izens at e identical. * and with a larger supp A convention of a faction, no mat- baked meats'" than w< " ter how able its membership or good my possession. X still rc " its work, will be disastrous and drive forward with hope to ] r us farther apart. Everyone admits come. 1 that, but unfortunately we have be- Thirteen is an unus e come such astute politicians that each number, anyhow, and of us is afraid to "move fo." fear of in- presides over such thin: U juring his chances of securing some world seems to have^g ' ollice. from that of county coroner to me in a most Q President of the United States. We manner. jfi are breeding tyrants and political Ncven^^^it, 53^ - cowards in South Carolina. Too much liquor ' C PnnmWi of an( " \\ xiy, mV 11T1 'came within anTbear it no especial mali * acc of ruining my flattering political spirit of manly resigna 1 prospects last summer by a few inno- plainingly take the I ..-Stint and kind observations made to sweet. &" "My Dear Appelt." But whatever the To those now in lin( result. I have the satisfaction of heart and keep up cour knowing that I coined at least one or that I am somewhat , two apt words and phrases, which, if suming to speak so enc t they did not enrich the English lan- have been completely c s guage, will live for some time aes- was. perhaps, as difticu e criptio personae. one now at Dwight, t Ever since I wrote that letter (in Very few at Dwight e which. God knows. I was honest) I as they do before goin s have been magnified, misrepresented me it* was different, 1 and misquoted. Eve:, time j opened but it was not all the ft Z T TT"OC? ? ?*1 ' 1T r I WMflr Z\/l A" <-\y* + c iu league with "Butle but that can If any of you, my fr - be done 110 longer, * Jen Butler is nights, and for the da; v out of politics and wi.i soon be a pri- in chains of worse tha 1 vate citizen; while we differ on some ber that others too hav e things politically, he will carry with that not so long ago._ t him my undying friendship and les- If at night the pity e pect. Had it not been for the miscon- down and glisten in d 1 struction which true friends, whose and the murmuring - opinion I value, would have placed sweeping gently by, se< 1 upon my conduct, I would have died seen "to known eyes, f a thousand political deaths before sub- sound of sobs all unh< t mitting to what I did. The people ears, remember that t have honored me. I love them, and such sights and heard s ! have studied hard and tried to give fore, and that not so lo r rlifm vfllnp vp^pivpfl 1 A if ;it times some e I have come to the conclusion that weary and despairing. 1 I do not care whether I ever hold an- tude o? their room to 1 other office or not,* if it involves the bedside and weep like e least sacrifice of dignity, honor or remember that others h principle, 'and I do not propose to oc- fore in those same rc ~> cupv any equivocal or uncertain posi- not so long- ago. i tion. I am in favor or harmonizing But those who so lat the factions, if such a thing be possible weep no more, and tho i but in order to do that we must destroy now laugh a merry la" - a "Ring' more autocratic, more un- will be with you, my 5 scrupulous than ever dominated the will but be true and fai v State or controlled the destinies of a at a time .that is not so - free people?I defy them! Let them The Keeley Institute c take the office I hold, if they can. S. C., is still in succes i They cannot muzzle my tongue nor - stifle my manhood or independence. a Deplorable Tr They are now making prepration to Baltimore, Md.. Jar 5 control the Constitutional convention Whitridge and his yoi i and thereby perpetuate themselves in almost instantly killec 1 power, and if necessary to accomplish at their home in West r tins, wmte men, as well as tne negro, -while fleein^ from flai will be ruthlessly disfranchised. The vploned the structure - "Antis/ one part are cowed and awakened about 4 oclo - whipped, the other part too mad to raan wh0 discovered fi - have any sense, and while a part of part 0f t]ie house. 3 - the "Reformers" who want fair play \Vhitrid?-e were on the have been silent, an arrogant minority j orJ] triptfto esoanebvt] , held together by the cohesive power of smoke and flames drov e spoils, runs rough-shod over all. Of- With flames approachi: i fices are multiplied by the thousand awfui rapiditv thev sto< . to urevent '"kicking." while the hands window- wat^'bino-the c 3 of the executive are 1 strengthened by man to raise'a laSder f< r unlimited patronage and the towns in- Their cries could be lit i* timidated by the threat of depriving hidden most of the tiu them of the"precious heritage of local volume of smoke that r self-government. The Alliance has window. A fireman wc been destroyed or simply coverted into jv unci run Up the ladd< '' an adjunct of the political machine by began to stretch rope n . methods that would make the stripes sidewalk. Scorched of the Tammany tiger pale with envy. Whitrido-e caught his a | Men are afraid to speak, or speak with -waist, "rasped* the la< bated breath. Pretended salary reduc- other'hand before the I tions. 011 the principle of cutting every- mount to the window. ? body else s salary except their own. In his excitement, c ; While the patient, toiling masses are could not sustain the co in debt and straining everv nerve to nf hoth Wlr'torirW rpl ' keep the "wolf from the door," their on the ladder and t 5 attention is led away and centered up- phmged to the paveme: on personal and local issues, that no hrdmv etvildno- on I matter which way they are decided Whiteridge was inslanl ? will benefit no one except a few in- Whiterid^e died half dividuals. What in the name of heav. v?'ithout ? re^ainm^ en can the people expect from such AVhiterid^e was a son 1 purblind statesmanship? Where do Whiterid^e and was a > they come in? Everv man, woman his father?iii the bangi :iml child m Soutn Carolina knows \fvc Wln'to ) thai I am telling the truth and many j nierly Sliss'^essie- Sho. good Reformers see in the ugly picture ! were'married* notouitc the finale to the beautiful dream of Whiterid^e -was C 1800. _ and Vice Consul of Den Our only hope is to get together in He was a member of 1 this convention, and if possible, pre- Club and one of the m vent the "Rinpr" from controlling it. and popular men in Ba and frame a Constitution which will He was a governor of t command the respect and confidence Cotillion Club. of the whole people, thereby uniting --- ? and placing us in a position in 1806 ti>? i>os shoui where we can avail ourselves of the Savannah. Ga. .Jan. most favorable opportunity that Na- ing Xews special from . ^ tional politics may then otfer. It is says: Yesterday at Bucl useless to temporize: if we be men. let niiles south of here. ' us acf, and. at least purchase an l-.on- white, shot and l'afc , orable defeat. George Hardy, coloi For what I have already said ana charges villi a ennui: ' done along this line 1 have been the his seven-year-old daug s subject of vituperation, slander and surrender. Hardy is " abuse and I shrink (no one knows will die. how much) fronx olf'ering myself as a t further target to the foul pen of hire- Ex-Skcretary of Si , lings and slaves. hiswav to China to a< If doing my duty manfully and con- )iese asv to the best wav scientiously relegates me to private tj,ejr perch before it j life. X welcome it. Let the phalanx them, is reallv the atto % put all of its spears into my body, if jn this country: so CI : thereby the cause of liberty is con- ?100.000 supporting Ik served. crv was more or less It was the expressed hope of many coarse. It is none the that the "Forty" ere this would have handsomest fees ever r - taken such action as would have made American lawyer. Hi L their influence felt on the line indi- advance payment befoi - eated by them, which met with such China. ; general approval throughout the State. I hope and believe the matter will Judge Watts has th ? /inflnlto oil tin* ctirlrlivn :vnflte -S,Nl^YER otfort deceive Peace has vitliout a stern im-.. nus A Yim ectfully, JL/.tJi-SL/XA. X lj is .. McLaurin". EASED. . \ ? of a Man lies- 1 lukno! liter- PAYMENT. . ' ivho was cured and morphine "\TT^"\7"T^ O A ?j V hi it v man who was rrleir; compromised s an improvepredecessor, if put it. Then I rsical enslave- -? d in the gall of T AT jV/J ich controlled i- a J. iTJ. c ter and nobler v. I rejoice in a ?ed body and jridegroom ovfreedom from things which eand the lives Jg ? J} > * ley I owe more *" :an repay, eveii .; age of our ante- ^ ? ully and bore Tj.AWMlTJT I ntlv. the ?vate- IS 11 , jgii an eiaeriy \y- wh years" standing Such is lbs record of the |i| adding- cakej^ 2i{r)ler^J^k srAUNT0N" LIFS INSURANCE ^ll^Lky COMPANY. j? ^ijfwxnon who! { ^Pin the nether Numbers of Beaeficiaries Testify to its ^ .oodooed" it for | and scientific Promptness aa-j Soundness. me cured of the habits perfectly ;; 1 altogether I Natural Premium Insurance on the mos ce. and, with a ' i tion. I uncom- j Approved Fiacs. > jitter with the J , . j | Tfaa hC\v "Conpon Policy" of the 3:aun \ j i ^ ? TXpK? ton Life is a model of simplicity. In addi- v * age. and 1 feel ^ justified in as- ^0!r to a!*t!ie ^est features of modern life ouraginglv. I iasuracce it provides for the payment ot 11 ured. and mine th :cou?on" iiiiJEDIA-TJELY after M It a case as an v iriimiT death, without notice or the formalist! fi'er as much ty of proofs. The "coupon" covers 10 per Jp 11 = ^}er f jth cent, of the face of the policv, and is in ad- ?B unfortunately. ... ?M lult of tlie rem- dition thereto. "'^^8 A.^nts wanted. Liberal Co;nmissloa. [ends, walk the L^ve mea eaa make bif? money. > ir rfwnhnAH ^ * fire, remem- Address J 0 (loiitf so. unci ?p ^ -iM ? < , , Jaa. 8, Rsjaolds, y mg- stars look 5 Irojjping tears. Gsaeral Agent, - j night winds I e sights all un- C., . . Jj and hear the * .fa sard by mortal w jj Biddle street. nes which euckW poHce- Ms Handsome Rattan BOCKEE, re in the rear worth the world over $5.00, will be 9 Ir- an(l ^1>s- seat to any person who will-send me Pfi second iioor & , qw jjtfBBg ie stairway but $i*oo. e them back. Six Cane Seat CHAIRS, finished Sfat th? front worth $L00> at 65c- each. 1 :ft'orts_ of lire- 40 yards of Straw Matting $3.90. I >i* meir rescue. ^ i -n a t> ??!? :ard. although SlO.oO for an Oak Bed, Bureau, ae by a dense and Wash Stand to match. Irked franticaf- Send for Catalogue of Furniimre, M er while others Cooking Stoves, Baby Carriages, Sew- g| ant1 aC'blfrdec|e Machines, Buggies, Lamps,Crock- -JH vife about the ?7> dder with the a _ _ . _ J9 firemen could JL Fo PADC ETT, ^ ... i Kfojji? Strpftt. An<mstflv.fi*. fl )l MJCUauotJ J1U ^ vv.~ ^ jr mbined weight Jl lie two forms gp *?g Jm ssrs | 4e.9 COTTON 19H an our later, jjj Makes 4c. PXtlCES, even on 5j jfl consciousness. ? ir/y E 1 :JdSl?4 | PIANOS & ORGANS g.fng us: and broker In i ru |B ridge was for- in pv/^VM'T be discouraged, but g 9 eniaker. They L-/vylN i write for our great |2 ggj i a year ajro. g bargain list and Wonderfully jjj ngn Consul of Chili jjj Easy Installment Terms. in Jgj EfffiSS I 4c. PHICES. i ost prominent H K ffl Itirmvp s<vi?^'- A new Xatiusfcelc Piano S50 lee tbas ? 11 MOi c sOwit v... _j ever before Lrj <M .lie bachelors H S40 Saved on a Sterling Piano. [}j gS jQ Twenty Nearly New Square Pianos ??? - 1= at New Yorfc give away Prices. ?? il Oic. pi Fifty New Uprlgits?Irom Best Hal:- jjj yffg Y Vorn- jy era at Cut-Prices. [}j J|| klesMiils. live 3 SAVE MONEY by buying.from the E| (reoi'fe Hav. ! [(] Greatest Southern Music House. g f|g Sf x;;;t | M?DH & bates, g 1 tal assaults on j ? e Savanaafe, Ga, ? MrlnTi liter. Hay will g f" M still alive, 'nut G 8ieln<wfiy iMapos at ru H j qj ifca- ^ factory Jt-i WHM | ^252iiH52525H52S2525Z5H5252E3l M [ate Fostc-i*. on ? ||| pf' coining oft Irvl/oJLi^ i ^ >rney ot China ?> ? "*>*<~-h1 y*T*^t? r"?"ypl2 ricft H una s otior ot ?>.<: * opp-*."* :" [ ' cut fijjlf! )v Macedonian , .*? : <~.{ '10Jisftrewy ?t 2X| as a matter of b o * }'?c'r-'-re csrs 5jfi opsrstfd Jim less one of tlie -or-;? jsc^r and 'sill c'G^n J|>?!f8HBBH9 <woV#vl liv si!i !ft1 nf rmi'jh rfpp n$r w Or the jaJ-est.dosis^s, vertical and^l c sympathy of *'?>.!, double ssd single gea^aB rribie bereave- c'!-r MiUs rtf e is passing" by _ JSk er of the late _gg^gH nd. was about three girls.