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BUILDING- THE CiTF. I DR. TALMAGc ON NSHEMiAH o KiUt j IN WRECKED JERvTALEM. Th.a EnclxaatmsPt of the nad s >C?liemXi?Q*? SesoIve-X.ave of zizo Clitircli j or God?Kain and Redemption?Tlie I Great Good That Comes From Trouble, Washington, April 4.?From txiC i weird and midnight e^oeriences o? one j of ancient times Dr. Tairnage in his j sermon draws lessons startiingiy ap-1 propriate. His text was Nehemiah ii, ! 15, "Then went I up in the night oy i f>io. Kmnlr <ir>r} vifiXM the TT3.il and I turned back and entered by the gate of j the valley, and so returned." A dead city is more suggestive than j a'iiving city?past Home than present ] Some?ruins rather than newly fres- j coed cathedral. But the best time to j visit a ruin is by moonlight. The Co-1 iiseum is far more fascinating to the traveler after sundown than before. You may stand by daylight amid the * "? r _ 1" ov,.-3 monastic rums 01 i?.eiruse study shafted oriel and rosettsd stone and mulliori, but they throw their strongest witchery by moonlight. Some of you remember whit the enchanter of Scotland sail in the "Lay of the Last Minstrel Wouldst thou view fair Melrose aright, Go visit it by the pale moonlight, Washington Irving descr ifces the Andalusian moonlight upon the Alhambra ruin as amounting to an enchantment My test presents you Je rusaiem m rums. me cower uuwii. The gates down. The walls down. Everything down. Nehemiah on horseback by moonlight looking upon the ruins. While he rides there are some friends on foot going with him, for they do not want the many horses to disturb the suspicions of the people. These people do not know the secret of Nehemiah's heart, but they are going as a sort of bodyguard. I hear the clicking hoofs of tue horse on which Xehemiah rides as he guides it this Tray and that, into this gate and out oi tha's winding througa that arate amid the debris cf once great Jerusalem. Now the horse cDines to dead halt at the tumbled masonry where he cannot pass. Now he shies off at the charred timbers. Now he comes along where the water under ibe moonlight Hashes from the mouth of the brazen dragon after which the gate was named. Heavy hearted Nehemiah! Riding in and out, now by his old home desolated. now bv the defaced temple, now amid the scars of the city that had gone down under battering ram and conflagration. The escorting party knows not what Nehemiah means. Is he getting crazy ? Have his own personal sorrows, added to the sorrows of the nation, unbalanced his intellect? Still the midnight exploration goes on. Nehemiah on horseback rides through the fish gate, by the tower of the furnaces, by the king's pool, by the dragon well, in and out, in and out, until the midnight ride is completed, and Nehemiah dismounts from his horse, and to the amazad and confounded and incredulous bodyguard declares the dead secret of his heart when he savs. "Ctamp. new us build. Jerusalem." "What, Neheraiah, have you any money?" "No." "Have you any kingly authority?" "No." "Have you any eloquence?" "No." Yet that midnight, moonlight ride of Nehemiah resulted in the glorious rebuilding of the city of Jerusalem. The people knew not how the thing was to be dene, but with great enthusiasm they cried out, "Let us rise up now and build the city." Some people laughed and said it ccuJd not t>e done. Some people were infuriated and offered physical violence, saying the thing should not be done. But the "WOrkniftTlWPTlf r'ffhtrtn nn .. ??. ??? Vi* W"v wall, trowel in one hand, sword in the other, until the work was gloriously completed. At that very time in Greece Xenophcn was writing a history, and Plato was making philosophy, and Demosthenes was rattiing his rhetorical thunder. Bat all of them together did not do so much for the world as this midnight, moonlight ride of praying* courageous, homesick, close mouth Nehemiah. TWtt cmik-icrtt. "Srsf. l'mwMMt ?na the idea, what an intense thing is church affection. Seize the oridle of that horse and stop N&hemiah. Why are you risking your life here in the night? Your horse will stumble over these ruins and fall on you. Stop this useless exposure of your life. No. Nenemlah will not stop. He at last tells us the whole story. He lets us know he was an exile in a far distant land, and he was a servant, a cupbearer in the palace of Ariaxerxes Longimanus, and one day, while he was j handing the cup of wine to the king! the king said to him: "What is the mauerwitn you; You are not sick. I know iyou must have some great trouble. What is the matter with you?" Then he told the king how that beloved Jerusalem was broken down; how that his father's tomb had been desecrated; how that the temple had been dishonored and defaced; how that the walls were scattered and brok en. ''Well," says King A^t&xerxes. "wha-;do you want?" "Well," said the cupbearer Xekemiah, "I want to go heme. I want to fix up the grave of my father. I want to restore the beauty of the temple, I want to rebuild the masonry of the city wallBesides I want passports so that I shall not be hindered in my journey. And besides that," as ycu wili find in the context, "I want an order on the j man who keess vour forest fnr iust? so much, timber as I may need for the rebuilding of the city." "IIctv long shall you be goneT said the king. The time of absence is arranged. In hot haste this seeming adventurer comes J to Jerusalem, and in my test we find 1 him on horseback in the midnight J riding around the ruins. It is through! the spectacles of this scene ttat "we j discover the ardent attachment of Xe- j nemiah for sacred Jerusalem, vrhich s in all ages has been the type of the | ynf T.-?v.n -?/%1?"U , < ~vlu ^viu.:aivm vvijuv;u we love just as much as Xehemiah loved his Jerusalem. The fact is that you love the church of God so much that there is no spot on earth so sacred, unless it be jour ovrn fireside. The church has been to you so much comfort and illumination that there is nothing that makes you so irate as to have it talked against. If there have been times when you have been carried into captivity by sickness, you longed for the church, cur holy Jerusalem, just as much as Nekemiah 1 _ 1 * 1 V * iongea ior nis Jerusalem, ana ins nrsi day you come out you came to the house of the Lord. When the temple was in ruins, like >7ehemiah, you walked around and looked at it, and in the moonlight you stood listening if you could not hear the voice of the dead organ, the p?aim of the expired Sabbaths. What Jerusalem was to Nehemiah, the church of God is to you. Skeptics and infidels may ScoiT at the church as ar<. obsolete alTair, as a relic of the dark asres. as a convention o: goody goody people, but all the impression they have ever made on your mind against the church of God is absolutely nothing. You would make more sacrifices for it today than any other institution, and if it were needful you would die in lis defense. You , ,, . . , . . , I \TrA-.?-ic r.x x -,icmsriv T503S i as Ue said, ''if I forg-l taes, 0 Jerusalem, let rav right nana forget her cunning." You understand in jour own experience the pathos, the home- : sickness, the curagc. the holy enthusiasm. of Xeherniah in his midnight, moonlight ride around the ruias of this beloved Jerusalem. Again, raj text impresses me -.vita the fact that before reconstruction there must bean exploration, of ruins. Why was not Xehemiah asleep under | the covers? Why was not his horse ! stabled in the miuaight? Lit the poj lice of the city arrest this midnight rider,, out on some mischief. No. ; Xehemiah is going to rebuild the city, and he is making the preliminary exploration. In ihis gate, out that gate, east, west, nor.h, soutn. All through the ruins. The ruins must be explored before the w^rk of reconstruction can begin. The reason that so many people in this day, apparently converted, do not stay converted is because they did not drat explore the ruins of their own heart. Tne reason that there are so rnasy professed Christians who in this clay he and forge and steal, and oo.l crr\ *rk rhft ! penitentiary, is because they first do | j not; learn the ruin o: their o<vn heart, j They have not found out that '-the heart is deceitful above aii things, anu desperate:y wicked." Tney had an idea that ihsy were almost right, and they built religion as a sort of exten oa ornamental cupola. There | ZLV^Xy ?? >vas a superstructure of religion built J on a substratum or unrepealed, sins. I The trouble v?itha good ueai of modern theology is that instead of building on the right foundation, it builds oil the debris of an uaregener&tsd nature. Tney attempt to rebuild Jerusalem before, in the midnight of conviction, they ha?e seen the ghastliaess of the ruin. They have such a poor foundation tor their religion that the first northeast storm of temptation | blows ihem down. I have no faith in ,f In is not COU-! ! a man S C'viiivcioiWM ... ? . } veiled in the old fashioned waj?John | Banyan's way, John Wesley's way, j John Calvin's way, Paul's way, God's way. A demist said to me, "Does fiat hurt?"' Said I: "Of coarse it hurts, it is ia your business as in my profession- _ We have to hurt b3jfore'wecan help." You will never understand redemption until you unj derstand ruin. | A man telis me that some one is a j member of the church, It makes no ! impression on my mind at all. I j simply want to know whether he was t q/3 iv) rhonlr? T?sh?f}*ifid wav, OT j I AJJk V.-V* - w, w j whether he was converted m the new i fashioned way. If he was converted in the old fashioned way, he will j stand. If he was converted in the ne x ! fashioned way, he will not stand. That | is all there is about it- A man comes ! to me to talk about religion. Th3 first i | question I ask him is, "Do you feel j .'yourself to be a sinner?" If he say,! 3 "Well, I?yes," the hesitancy makes I 1 me feel that that man wants a ride on j i XAbemiah's horse by midnight through j I the ruins?in by the gate of his afFections; out by the gate of his will?ana i! before he has got through with that midnight ride he will drop the reias on the horse's neck, and will take his I' right hand and smite on his heart and j saj. t;Grod be merciful, to ma a sin-: ner," and before he has stabled his j ( horse he will take his feet out of the! J stirrups, and he will slide down on j | the ground, and he will kneel, cry- j jing: "Have mercy on me, 0 Gcd,! ! according to thy loving kindness, ac- i 1. -fii i. i ! cording unto trie multitude or lay lcu- ; ] der mercies. Slot cut my iransges- j sicns. for I acknowledge my trans-! I gressicns, and my sins are ever bef^re | } thee." Aii, my friends, you see this I I is not a complimentary gospel. That \ | is what makes some people so mad. It; j comes to a man of a million dollars,: j ard impenitent in his sins, and says,! {"You're a pauper." It comes to aj j woman cf fairest cheek, who has never i repented, and says,4'You're a sinner." j Ti - ~ ~ nri I J JLt COHltS iU H jJJ.au> mvvaj. w ? | his independence. andsajs, "You're s bound hand and foot by the devil." | It comes to our entire race, and says, |1'You're a ruin, a g-nastly ruin, an ?illimitable ram." Satan sometimes I says to me: "Why do you preach | that truth? Why don't you preach a gospel vrith no repentence in it? Why \ don't pou flatter men's hearts so that i | you make them feel all right? Why} \ vr.u nr?sch a humanitarin gos- j pel, with no repentence in it, saying nothing about the ruin, talking all the time about the Redemption ?*' I say, "Get thee behind me, satan." I would rather lead five souls into safety than 20.000 in perdition. The redemption of the gospel is la perfect; I fare3 if there is no ruin. "The whole j j need not a physician, but they that I j are sick." "If any one, though he be j | an angel from heaven, preach any j I Dike'' gospel inan ZhlS, says me Xjjoatie, 4fcIet hid be accursed." There | must be the midnight ride over the ! ruins before Jerusalem can be built. | These must be the clicking of the hoofs j before there c:n be the ring of the j trowels. j _ Again. My subject gives me a specI imen of busy and triumphant sadness. ; If there was any man in the world I who had a right to mope and give up ! everything as lost, it was Nehemiah. ! You say, "He was a cupbearer in the [ ! palace of Shushan, and it was a grand j j place. ' So it was. The hall of that j i palace was 200 feet square, and the j ! roof hovered over 3G marble pillars, | each pillar 'JO feet high, and the in- \ | tense blue of the sky, and the deep | green of the forest foliage, and the j - - a - - f 4 U /v ^ cv, r\:rr oil Vi 17-n rr ! | WLLILw Ui LUC UnV^u UAI , | trembling in the upholstery. Butt, j my friends, ycu know very well that j Sue architecture will not put down [ homesickness. Yet Nehemiah did not gi 78 up. Then when you see him going auicug these desolated streets, ! and by these dismantled_ towers, and by the torn up grave of his father, you would suppose that he would have * ? ' .1 * _ _ -? ? been disheartened, ana iname wouia have dismounted from his horse and gone to his room and said: "Woe is me! My father's grave is torn up. The temple is dishonored. The walls are broken dovrn. I have no money with which to rebuild, I wish I had never been born. I wish I were j dead." 2sot so sajs Nenemiah. Al-j though he had a grief so intense that: it excited the commentary of his king, yet that penniless, expatriated Nehemiah rouses himself up to repuild the city. Ho gets his permission of absence. lie gets his passports. Ke " Tfc 1.x hastens away to erusaiem, z>y mgui on hcrseoack he rides through the ruins. He overcomes the most ferocious opposition- He arouses the piety and patriotism of the people, and in less than two months?namely, 52 days?Jerusalem was rebuilt. That's what I call busy and triumphant sad ness. 3Iy friends, the whole temptation is j xmVn TCii! -TC-hpn -cm hsvo trrsuhlft tn I do just the opposite 10 trie behaviour of Xehemiah, and that is to give up. You say, ' I have lost ay child and can never smile again." You say, k'I have loir my property, and I never can retain my fortunes.'" l"ou say, "i have lost ail in ii;e and I never can start again for a new life."' If : saian can make you form thai resolu lion and make you keep it. he nas ruined you. Trouble is not sent to cra?h you, but to arouse you to animation, to propel you. The locksmith, does not insert the iron into the forge and then biow avray vrith the beliovrs and i then bria? the hot iron oat on. the anvil and be*; with stroke after stroke to rain the iron, bat to prepire it t'or a better usr:. Oh. thai; the Lord Gid of Nehemiah would rouse up all broken hearted people to rebuild! Whipped, betrayed, shipwrecked, imprisoned, Paul went rigin on. The Italian martyr Algerius sits in his duagr^on writing a letter, aad he.dales it, "From the delectable o:chard oi the Lsonine prison." Tnat is what I call triumphant sadness. I knew a mother who buried her babe on Fri- j day aud on Sabbath appeared in the house of God and said: "Give ma a class. Givs me a Sabbath school classs. I have no child now left me, and I tvould like to have a class of liitie children. Give me a class oil ihe back street." That, I say, is beautiful. That is triumphant sadness. 3 o'clock erery Sabbath afternoon , :or years in a beautiful parlor iu Philadelphia?a parlor pictured aad slatuetted?there were from 10 Lo 20 des titute children of the sir jet. Those destitute children received religious instruction, concluding with cakts ana sana wienes. jliovv ao i iiaossr that that was going on for i(j years? Ikao/7 ii in this way: Tint was the Urst home in Philadelphia where I was called to comfort a great sorrow. Tney had a splendid boy, aad he had been dro wned at Long Branch. The father and mother almost idolized the boy, and the sob aad shriek of that father and mother as they hung over tiie coilin resound in my ears today. Taere seemed to be no use of praying, fnv? when T !rnf?It: (inwn fn nrarr the* outcry in the room drowned out all the prayer. But the Lord comforted that sorrow. Tney did not forget their trouble. If you should go any afternoon into Laurel Hill, you would had a monument with the word *Walter" inscribed upoa it and a wreath of fresh flowers arouad the name. I think there was not as hour in 20 year, winter or summer, when tiiere was not a wreath of fresh 11 ;>wers around Waller'^ name. Bat the Christian mother who sent those liowers there, having no chiia left, Sabbath afternoons mothered 10 or 20 of the lost on3S of the street. That is beautiful. That is what I call busy and triumphant sadness. Here is a man who has lost his property. He does not go to hard drinking. He dees not destroy his own life. He c:>mes and says: "Harness me for Christian work. My money's gone. I have no treasure on earth. I want I treasures in heaven. I ha re a voice and a heart to serve God." You say I tnat teat man nas tailed. rLe nas noi | failed?hie has triumphed. Oh, I wish I could persuade all the ! people who have any kind of trouble | never to give up! I wish they would | look at the midnight rider of the text, and that the four hoofs of that beast on which Nehemiah rode might cut to pieces all your discouragements o Y-? M Vi o >*/3 oV? onrl fiirro iir\? I UALUOLllMJ UUW U iC.XO. , | Who is going to give up when on the bosom of God he can have all his [troubles hushed? Give up! Never I think of giving ud. Are you borne down with poverty? A little child was found holding her dead mother's hand in the darkness of a tenement house, and some one coming in the little girl looked up, while holding her dead mother's hand, and said, "Oh, I do wish that God had-made [more light for poor folks?" My dear, i God wiil be your light, God will be j your shelter, God wiil be your home, j Are you'borne down with the bereavements of life? Is the house lone j ly now that the child is gone? Do j nQt give up. Think of what the old sexton said when the minister asked him why he put so much care on the little graves in the cemetery?so much more care than on the larger graves i ?and the old sexton said, "Sir, you i know that of such is the kingdom of heaven, and I think :he Saviour is pleased when he sees so much white clover growing arouiid these little graves." ( rr-r K V? <% Tvi I ? ? ^nwoocri/^ f nD JLJU.I. VY XJ.GU. JJUHUiOL^i. ^iV/>M^U UUV old sexton for a more satisfactory answer the eld sexton said, 15Sir, about these larger graves, I don't know -who are the Lord's saints and who are not, | but you know sir, it is clean different i with the bairns." Oh, if you have | had that keen, tender, indescribable | sorrow that comes irom the loss of a | child, do not give up. The old sexton was right. It is all well witb the bairns. Or, if you have sinned, if you have sinned previously?sinned until you have been cast out by the church, sinned until you have been r.ast nnhr s<VMPt.Tr?not five UC. Perhaps there may bs in this house one that could truthfully utter the lamentation of another: Oacc I was pure as the snow, but I fell? Fell like a snowllake, from heaven to hell? Fell to be trampled as filth in the street? Fell to be scoffed at, spit on and beat, Praying, cursing, wishing to die, Selling my soul to whoever would buy, Dealing in shame for a morsel of bread, Hating the living and fearing the dead, Do not give up. One like unto the Son of God comes to you today, say mg, "(to ana sm 110 more," wane ne cries out to your assailant;;, ''Let him that is without sin casr the first stone at her." Oh, there is no reason why any one in this house by reason cf any trouble or sin should give up. A.re you a foreigner and in a strange land? Neherniah was an exile. Are j you penniless? Nehemiah was poor. ; Are "you homesick ? Nehemiah was j homesick. Are you broken hearted? I Nehemiah was broken hearted. But | just see him in the text, riding along the sacrileged grave of his father and by the dragon well and through the fish gate and by the king's pool, in and out, in and out, the moonlight falling on the broken masonry, which throws a long shadow, at which the horse shies, and at the same time that moonlight kindling up the features of this man till you soe not only the mark of sad reminiscence, but the courage and hope, the enthusiasm of a man who knows that Jerusalem will be rebuiidea. I pick you up today, oui or your sins ana out 01 pour ijUrrow, and I put you against the warm heart of Christ. ':The eternal God is thy refuge, and underneath are the everlasting arms.-' Xioss o* Life and Property. Memphis, April 7.?The following table closely estimates to date the loss of life and property occasioned by the present great iiooci along the Mississippi : Total number of lives lost 200 Total number of people made homeless-.... 150,000 Total number of refugees reported 50,000 Unaccounted for, but probably res cued 100,000 Total nuaiber of farm animals drown ed . ,10,000 Total square miles of land submerged ?...?10,000 Total damage to property. .$100,000,000 Number of men fighting the ilood20,000 A rviodem Bluebeard. Lewisburg, W. Va., April 0.?The i body of Mrs. Z?naSchue, who died j suddenly at Richlands, January 23, vras disinterred and it was found that j her neck was broken. The coroner's jury charged Sehu2 with killing her and he was arrested here. It is said that she was Schue's fourth wife and that each of the other three died suddenly. ' j at r par 4 s;ORRm[. \ RP i J ix Li Li L O L\* >J vj Ll i\ Li i-ji.LIiLii j A D1SPJ 7e A3 TO TrIE OWNERSHIP WILL 3E CARRIED TO COURT. Mr. B&raari 2 vim Says Governor Ellcrbe >14*14 an Election lie: With Him nidging His Titocdid >Iari< jally.'" Whlcli Xii'3 Governor Dcniss. Colujibij., April 7.?There is a beautiful chestnut sorrel mare that is seen very often on the streets of Columbia. She is a neat and spry animal, and knows how to make a mile in quick time*. There is a bit of history back of this mire that is not generally knoTvn, although it has besn. whispered about the city for ssverai months. The mare, Sally, by name, is the occasion of a lawsuit that promises to be quite interesting, both from the facts ihat are to be brought out, as '-veil az the personnel of those who make up the principal parlies to the suit. It is not a usual thing for the Governor c? a State and the brother of a former Governor to go to law about the possession of a horse, but such is the case ia this instance?i: is more usual for the contests to be for oinces. t* * _ _ r * r _ ts 3 T> x>y way oi prsiase, in:. iiAriiy.ru u. Evans, now of Columbia, is driving and claiming ownership of the mare Silly. Governor Eiler'oe contends most emphatically that the mare belongs to him, and that Mir. Evans has no claim whatever 02 the aforesaid mare. Tnis morning about 9 o'clock Governor EUerbe was seea at the executive orSce relative to the matter, and asked for his side of the litigation. He j promptly said that the matter was in the courts, and that he did not think that it was ri?ht for him to havo any- < thiog to say about the matter as lcs? as the issue was pending in the courts of the State. He said that there were others.who were familiar with his side of the case. When asked the point mk question whether he had made a bet with Mr. Barnard 3. Evans, on which the horse is contended to have bean won, he most distinctly and unequivocally said that Mr. Evaas-and he had never made a bet iavcMn? this or any other horse, and that Mr. E 7ans had no right, title or claim whatever | on the mare, and that this he expected 1 tr> l'n t.'nA rtiurts 2.t the "DrODSr time, and that was just as soon as it was possible to do so. The contention on which Governor EHerbs claims absolute possession of Sally is, hewever, given from entirely satisfactory sources. It appears that Governor Ellerbe bought the mare "Sally," from the stock farm at Pendleton, with which Major Augustine T. Smythe, of O.i-ic^loct/vn ic <v>nnA<>fp.d_ The msre ^as of fine stock, with a record of 2.22 Mr. George W. Haight, a horse trainer, who Las had charge of the trainiag of horses for people in this State, was here and Governor Etlerbe turned "Sally" over to Mr. Haight for the purpose of haviag her trained. Mr. Haight also had for the purpose of training a brother of "Sally," named "Eiy," belonging to Major Smythe, of Charleston. It was suggested to Mr. Ellerbe, after Mr. Haight had had his mare for some time, that he might have trouble in getting his mare oack from Mr. Haight, and Mr. Ellerbe understood that Major Smythe had experienced considerable trouble in gettingback his horse "Ely," that Mr. { Haight had put up one of his horses, i and that when Mr. Smythe wanted his | horse there were heavv charges for i 1660. ana lil*t iiixCj uuu ^I1? UUJJ iu^ jlijll' i ally managed to get his horse back, s Mr. Ellerbe then became worried about his animal and kept a lock out for her. Mr. Eilerbe found that Mr. Kaight had taken his racing stable to Savannah, and among the hsrses taken was "Sally." About this time Gov. Ellerbe was in Columbia, and he says that he met Mr. Evans at the State House, and the two got to talking about the mare. Mr. E?ans told Gov1 ^ 1 .1.:, j ernor Hiueroe, so ine story ui cu.u> aiuo j goes, that he tos going to Savannah | on a free pass. Governor Ellerbe re I marked that he might get ';Sally" while he was down there. Mr. Evans suggested that he be given an order on Mr. Haight for the mare. They went into the Comptroller General's office, and the order was duly given ior Mr. Evaus to get the horse. Governor Ellerbe did not think that Mr. E^ans would be able to get the mare, as he j feared that Mr. Haight would have all I kinds of charges for feed and the like for the mare, but to his surprise Mr. Evans get the mare, and had her brought to Columbia. Governor Ellerbe, it is said, promised Mr. Erans that he could drive the mare for a month or two, or until he wanted her, if he succeeded in getting her from j Mr. Haight, and on this conditio a, and this alone, Governor Eiierbe is said to have given the order. Governor Ellerbe, it is understood, J contends that he never heard that tae h&2se was to be regarded as a wager until after he came to Columbia and made claim for it. After Mr. Evaas had the horse for a while he thought he might as well let him hold on to her until he came over as Governor. Governor Elltrbe will swear whin the case comes to trial that he did r ot make any bet with Mr. Evans, aid! thai the horse was never given ?o Mr. I TT.trsn-j fnr anv consideration whatev- J er, and that the distinct understanding was that he was to get the horse as scon as he wanted her. Governor Elierbe will say that he may have jokingly made a wager with Mr. Evans that he would do this or that, bat that he has never in his life made a wager with Mr. Evans or anyone else. There ' is even the intimation that Mr. Evans had an iuea that the case would 1 j not go to court, as Governor ?ilerbe ; i did not want even the suggestion that [ he wagered on elections. Governor : Eilerbe, however, it appears, has put the case in the hands of his counsel, . r t1 Rn-wn fit' thiseitv. and has i lU-i . V. J.. ?'.V*- - ?, ? ? , I instructed him 10 push the case to the j end and to recover the horse at any j cost, and that he will bring suit for j damages to cover the use of the horse j under the protest of Governor Ellerbe. j Governor Ellerbe, when he came to Columbia asked for the horse to drive with the full sister of "Sally," bat the return was refused apparently much to his surprise. Under an arrangement, which seems to be in dispute, Governor Ellerbe obtained possession of the mare. Governor Ellerbe says that as bis buggy had not arrived, and he had obtained the one to which the J mare had been driven he told Mr. Evans that he would lend him the j mare whenever he wanted to use her out of courtesy for the use of the bug-} gy. Mr. Evans sent for the mare to j tcL-o o A,-? mile trip in the country. { t* i_L # _ ^ and Governor Kilcrbe sent him word j that he could have tlie sister to "Sally" j' as "Sally11 was being treated for her lees, ana that he did not like ner to be J driven for so Ion? a distance, un iae follovvicg Saturday Governor Eilerbe drove dovmto the barber shop vath . 1 'Sally," and while he was in the shop ; Hr. Evans went up to the negro in i the buggy, and it is stated, took pos- ' session"of the turnout, and carried it ; to the stables where it was put up. i i Governor Eilerbe then brougnt ac- ' tion for claim and delivery, as it is i called. Mr. Evans gave bond for $300 i for the horse, and it is over this that ? the suit is being brought. The case 1 has not yet come to inal, and it is not 5 . iin'liwAJ "inrwii >w iji??n it fwvi'irw kaown when it will come up. It is understood that Governor El-J lerbe says that Mr. Evans has as much : r. gill LvJ dlij Hi U;? WiwX-U wft viV-r u go be has :o tee mare "Sally,,: arid that he is very much, outraged at the turn the case bas taken, and the contention of Mr. Evans, in which there is he contends absolutely no foundation in fact. Now 'or the other side of the mat ter, and jus* here it is to be said that the very best sources of information were used and the facts here given as best they could be derived and without any favor whatever. Mr. Barnard" B. Evans was seen at his insurance office early this morning, and asked about the case, p'o coi.-l that >1^ tcotilr? nnt. an7 thing to say about the case, as it was in the courts, and he did not think it right for nim to come out and say anything at this time, but added that he would be heard from when the J case came to trial, and that he expected to hold on to the horse and that it \v3S his property by every right and ! title. He, however, referred to a ] friend who could and would give all j the information that was solicited. J It was learned that Mr. Evans's side j of the matter is like this: la the campaign of 1891, when Mr. EUerbe and Mr. John Gary Evans ran for Governor ia the State primary, Mr. John Gary Erans mapped out his plan of i campaign, and toid his brother, Mr. Barney Eyans, that he wanted him (Mr. B. B. Evans) to look after An dersori Uounty, and see that everything possible was done to have the county go for him. On Saturday when the campaign party was at Lexington court house, the Gubernatorial candidates did not attend the meeting. Mr. Barnard B. Erans was on the train going to Florence, and Go ye r nor Eilerbe was on the same train going 10 Marion, his ho;nx They got to talking about the near approaching primary, and Governor Eilerb*, the contention is pulled out an envelops on wtiich he had a list o: counties \ wnicii he said ne wouia carry m ine primary. Mr. Evans questioned his carrying these counties, and went on to say that he noted that Anderson was on the list, and that he was cer- j tain that his brother, Governor Evans, would carry the county. Mr. Ellerbs d-d not agree with his idea, and Mr. Evans will cDntend that before the discussion closed Governor Eilerbe said: '"I will give you a fine chestnut sorrel mare, against $5 if I don't carry Anderson County." .Mr. Evans i will hold that he asked Governor Elleroe if he was in earnest, and he replied by saying. 'VI won't make a bet with you, but I will give ycu that line mare against 50 it jl ao ayi carry \ Anderson County. Mr. Evans proposed that tney ''shake'' on that. Governor Ellerbe agreed to this, and they, it is said, shook hands. Mr. i Evans contends that this was a bona i fide agreement and as such he pro posed to keep the * horse, which was given him under the terms named. They aie breakfast together at Florence. Mr. Evans, it is said, cut his visit short so as to return to Anderson County and see that all possible work was done for the carrying of the county for his brother and the winning of the mare. The primary was held, and Anderson County weni for Mr. John Gary Evans. Subsequently, Mr. Evaps will contend, he met Governor Ellerbe in the city and asked him "What about that horse5" Governor Ellerbe gave him an order for "Sally" in due form, he went to Savannah and * i* tvt a , gUb IliO IU.CLL lie VYUU \JiJL < sou County, and under this, Mr. Evans says, he has a perfect right to hold and keep the mare, and will Sght! the case to the end. Governor Eilerbe when he came to J Columbia asked for the return of the mare. Mr. Evans refused to return j her. Then, it is said by Mr. Evans's j side, that Governor Eilerbe asked Mr. j Evans to come up to the Mansion to ] see him about the matter. Mr. Evans j went there with his friend, Mr. Bones. | Mr. Evans refused to "lend" Governor Eilerbe the horse, as be requested, so it goes, unless he had something in writing. Governor Eilerbe refused to give anything in writing to show that he had borrowed the horse, hisconten? 'i - i- v - 1 1- -1 ~ J i ~ tiou oemg mac me norse Deiucgtu lu j him. ''You can have her whenever j you want her, on the word of the Governor of the Slate," was the state-! ment of Governor Eilerbe, is ihe coa- j tention, and on such a plane Mr. Evans, it is stated, gave the use of the 1 mare to Governor Eilerbe. A fewj days afterwards Mr. Erans wanted j the :rare to take a trip in the country, | and sent for the mare. Governor Elleroe seat back word that he was having ' Sally" treated, and offered the us3 cf 1 "Sally V' sister. Mr. E vans declined, and toois this as a refusal to return his horse or let him use his own property. A few days after this Mr. Erans saw the mare and took ? ?- ? ? ? 1* * ? ' i ;U i I? 1-* uAK V"i? V? 4- /\YI pOSS'.'SoiUiL U?. ilCi". J.U1A wrougilL uu j the proceedings for claim and delivery, the bond for the mare and the proceedings in the courts for the pos- J session of the mare. Mr. B. L. Abney, of this bar. has j been employed U represent Mr, Erans j in the litigation, and Mr. Erans also j expects to see the fighi through to the j finish, and contends that Governor j ? ' - .. . ,(i iiiieroe wiii never irorn me lacts 01 : tbe case get possession of the mare. I It is said by Governor Eileroe's side ; that Mr. Erans has oifered, since the litigation began, to buy ihe mare and : other compromises. All of these | Governor EUerbe has dsclined to en- { teriain in any way, as he wishes the ] matter settled once for ail as a ques- j: lion has been raised, and on the other j hand the representatives of Sir. Evans ] contend that they have made absolute- j1 lync overtures to purcnese cany or any other kind of advances, 'out are anxious for the case to be tried. Mr. D. C. Biy, of the firm of Barron & Ray. said today that the papers ; have been filed, and the case docketed for trial.?Charleston News and Courier. Want at tlis Doors of Thousands. Greenville, Miss., April 8.?The I condition of affairs in this section of the Mississippi river continues serious. ; Want is today at the door of many laborers. The Yazo, Miss., delta em'oracSvS ten counties with a popula- J; tion of nearly 400,000, people, 70 per r.ftnt. of which are farm laborers. The j secretary of war has kept himself is I telegraphic communication with the j! governor of Mississippi seeking information concerning the needs of the j Hooded districts. Governor McLaurin i in tarn has kept in telegraphic com- : munication with the representative men of the delta, and yet he has ad- : vised that assistance was not needed. Today's advices gave a more extended report of the prevailing condition, and leading nianters and business men. of Washington, county sent a dispatch lo the governor appealing for government aid. Leaving Law I^ancta, Leave>:stvorth. April S.?The river is within five feet of the iiood of 1SS1 ind still rising steadily, having come up two inches since jesterday. The stage is 15 feet above the low water mark and fast approaching the danger Line. Several families in the bottoms j *re moving out, and farm ianas are j, Deing iiooded. Tne Burlington roaci 3' las a large gang of men laying new ( .rack at Barns Lake, live mites, south j j .vhere the river is cutting under large j ? sections of the road bed. * | VANCE WAS ELECTED State L'cji'jr Conamlssloa^r bj State Columbia., 3. C , April 9 ?The State board of or;n:roi was ia session nearly all day yesterday, but it was net until abou: midaight iast night that the results of ttie day's work could be ascertained. During the day, at nooo, the members of the board i.- . u-r. visiiea me uluxluuci uj iuvitation of Gov. Ellerbe and a conference was held in regard to the matter of the ^ractiaz of hotel and beer privileges. Gov. Eilsrbe frankly told the board that he did not consider that the Constitution and the act gave the bi-ard or any oi.e else the right to grant such sptciil privileges. Kis position was that the law sbou-d apply to every citizen of the State equally. The conferenee was a pleasant one. Last night the boird announced that it had decided, in viev of the governor's attitude, lo grant no more such ? ?- - ' -- ~ ? * U fVA-w 1 1 Vl TTA UAAVI 1 Viit'giiS, y.'Vviai uayc ucc;j. i applying for them, until the matter cm be definitely settled. A case will be arracged at once and carried before the State supreme court, the object being to have the question judicially determined forthwith. In the meantime all privileges heretofore granted will stand as the7 are. It is expected taat the case can be heard next weekList night the board went into the much-taiked-of elections. Practically ail of them were disposed of save that for clerk of the board. In the meantime Mr. Scruggs, who has been the clerk of the board since its formation, will continue to discharge me amies of that office for a month, and his two assistants wul remain in their respective positions. One ballot was taken for the chairraahship of the board no ,v held by Col. Wilie Jones. Tas ballot resulted as follows: Jones 2, Williams 1, Doath.it 1, blank 1- Tiie last vote was cast by Col. Jones. Tnere was no election, and the board decided to let this matter go over to the next meetin.;. itlr. Samuel W. Vance, of Laurens, the efficient assistant clerk of the house of representatives for several CltrtlA llAIIAM I years, was citu^cu owns missioner. On the streets this*selection met with general approval. Mr. Vance is a popular man and is weil qualified for the duties of the office. There were numerous candidates for the position. Mr. Gaston, who has been acting commissioner, ii; is said, did not receive a single vote. Mr. D. A. G. Outz, who has been the shipping clerk of the dispensary since its establishment, was re-elected to that position. Mr. R. E. Blakeley was likewise reelected clerk to the commissioner. The ffice of superintendent formerly helu by Mr. Gaston under Col. Mir.son's administration, was abolished and the position of foreman created in its stead. Mr. T. E. Dickson, of Oconee, was elected to fill the new po" 4 TtTrtf of Q OiliUi-U J-JU3 VY wg Ab V* v ?* month. Mr. John B. Bora, of Edgefield, was elecled as head drayman of the dispensary, succeeded Mr. Ward, who has held the position for several years. The usual "purchases of liquors were made, but no information as to the amounts purchased or from whom purchased was made public. It was stated on the streets yesterday that Messrs. Dosher and Mantoue, two well-known wholesale liquordealers, were ready to make a proposition to the board to have them turn the entire business over to them, guaranteeing to pay the State ?250,000 cash annually and give a bond of ?500,000 for complying with the law. This oixer was not officially made to the board, and had it been it would not have been within the power of the ooara io uucsiuer io, sugu a tion being a miller for the legislature alone.?State. THE TARHEEL WAR TALK. Gov. Russell latlmates; That Hs Would Iteaist tlxe.Court'a Irj auction. Greensboro, N. C., April 7.?Tne injunction case of the Southern rail way against Governor RasselJ, A.ttor-} aey General Walser and the North Carolina railroad, was continued to June S:h. at Ashsviiie. The case is to decide who are the directors of the road, those appointed by Governor Carr before he went out, or those appointed by Governor Russell since he came in. The trial was continued in order to allow the new directors to organize and become a party to the suit. Hon. John G. Carlisle, ex Secretary of the treasury, is one of the attorneys for the Southern Railvrav Company. Es Judge A. C. Avery and McRse~& Day are counsels for the State. Jud^e Simonton granted the temporary injunction. Governor Russell has intimated that he would not pay, any attention to the court's injunction if it did not please him to do so. In their brief, the Governor and Attorney General, answering the Southern rail way, say: "If it is true, as contented for the respondents, that the effect of the restraining order it so prohibit the Governor and Attorney General of Nortti Carolina from bringing, or threatening to bring suits that the law either vests tbem Willi UilUICliOil Vlliig, ui aiu iu j bringing, or make it imperative duty to bring, will the court enforce its mandate? If not, the order is mere fruten fulmen. Suppose these oiIic2is disobey the order, where will the court get its dcsse comitatus to compel obedience? If neither the Governor nor the legislature should call for troops, can the court declare the State to be in rebellion and call for the army to enforce its decrees? Will it imprison and depose ihe Governor without a trial? If the court proposes to yield in case of refusal to obey, on the ground that it has exhausted its power, why drive matters to such an CAtfeuiiuy. "If it is proposed to use the federal army to force a Governor to abdicate, then the government vriil be revolutionized to prevent the depreciation of a block of bonds." The Idolatry of Gold. New York, April 6.?Ksv. Dr. W. 3. Riinsford, in a recent sermon, said: ''Sympathizing men and women look with consternation and dismay on the coercion oT a Christian people in the interest of the Turk by the Christian powers of Europe. What is the exiv:. TI. ?*1,^ pxanauoa ga mis. it cAcuifjuuca tuc ? unspeakable selfishness and greed of the world. The powers have Turkish bonds which must be paid. But this tendency does not flourish with East- i ern civilization alone. It stalks acnong us, the sin of our day, the ?reat overwhelming threat against our civilization. Tnis mad idolatry of gold transforms, not only our so cia), but our moral ana political life. In. former times the merchant sold his ?oods and was content with the profits made in the simple process of exchange. Now he knocks at the doors :>f Congress and demands special legislation." Dr. Runs ford adied that :he idea of politics is used for xioney making, and that good m?n jeep out of politics. Tais is not as it should be. If a man is too good to jo into politics, he is too good to'serve 3-od. ! THE CAROLINA MIDLAND RAILROAD. J The SoaiJh Carolina acd Georgia Railroad "Waats It. A gentleman who professed to know what he was talking about told a reporter of the Augusta Chronicle that negotiations were in progress loosing to the control of the Carolina Midland 1 railroad by the South Carolina and ; Georgia company. He said that the papers had already been drawn up and signed by some of the interested par-1 ties, and tiiat if no hitch in the pro-1 ceedings came about that the transfer in the management of the line would j take place at no very distant date. It I will be remembered that some time j ago when the Security Construction company had just been organized, and when it seemed certain that the Charleston and Macon line was to be built, the Carolina Midland was expected to become an important part of the new system of roads. The property had been leased to the Greenwood, Anderson and Western company, the rc-ad projected to the upper part of the state and contracted by Col. Mike Brown. Then came the troubles in I that concern resulting in a receiver ship and a final termination of the lease of the Carolina Midland. The property then went back into the j hands of its original owners, and there it remains today. The receivership had appeared to put an end to the Charleston and Macon enterprise so ! fa-r. of lo.jcr a>: the Cjirnlina Midland was concerned. And now comes the gentlemen, who was referred to above with the statement that the road is to be absorbed by the South Carolina and Georgia road, and thus become a part of the system which the Messrs. Parsons are building for this city and section. The Carolina Midland has for the greater part of many years maintained close traffic relations with the Carolina and Georgia. Having no natural outlet of its own, it has in * ?- J J a iarge measure oeen uepeuutui, uj;uu \ its counections. The South Carolina and Georgia road being the most available and prominent of these the relations between it and the Carolina Midland have, in the nature of the case, been very close. It is true that for seme time, and in the last year or so especially, the business msn of Charleston have been taught to look to the Carolina Midland as an availa bie link in a new system to the west Many of them had hoped to sse the line extended to the up-country. In this way they had thought to see Charleston the water terminus of two great lines, one that referred to, and the other the South Carolina and Georgia road, working in conjunction with the Louisville and Nashville system. Barring the possibility of the Carolina Midland being extended to Charleston, there is, however, no way in which it could be rendered of " 1 i.? 1 J more dirtc; ana practical am lu Charleston than as a part of the South Carolina and Georgia road. The new management of that company has but recently acqquired control of the Augusta Southern, and in other ways it has evinced a desire to build up a stronger railroad combination tban she has possessed in many years, stronger, probably, than any system ever before operated in the exclusive interest of Charleston port In the construction of such a system as that which is aoparently contemplated by President Parsons the Carolina Midland ot/miIH cnnoa-r tn thA ordinarv 1UUU II VM^V? "V- -? ? ? a, observer to be a natural link. The gentleman who gave the information to the reporter said that, as he understood it, the South Carolina and Georgia road would a bsorb the Carolina Midland, issuing new securities on the property and guaranteeing them. No direei confirmation of x'-is could be obtained yesierdy, but is based upon authority which is deemed worthy of credit. The Piano for a Lifetime, The Piano of the South, The Piano Sold Most Seasonably. 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