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OHtJROH ATTENDANE. A StRONG BER ION ON AN IMPOR TANT BUBJ;UOT. A Discourse Recently Preached bs the Rev. J. L. bt.kes. of She touth Care Ima. Conference. TEXT :-"Not forsaking the <wisemibling of ourselves together."--IIEn. x, 25. We have but a small congregation at this place. Ycu remind me that our memberebip is small. But we have eighty-eight namns on our roll, which is a pretty fair showing. Nor is this a mere;list of names, unrevised and ur. reliable. The roll was careful:y revised last year, and there are not, I suppose, a half dozen ni-meson it of persons out of reach of the church. You tell me the country is thinly populated. But not so much so but that eighty-eight names of members are now enrolled. And we ought to have, as a rule, in our country places as many at service as we have names on our church books. I doubt if we could expect so much in our city churches, where the congrega tion is made up almost exclusivety of those of our own persuasion. llerc it is different. Our U-tptist brethren regu.' larly worship with us; we have, or should have, all the church-goers in the community. So that, while many of our members are providentially kept from church from time to time, there ought to be a sufliclent number of visi tors to make up for their absence. No, it.is a failure on the part of many of our members to attend regularly that gives us these vacant seats. I know this to be true, indeed. I have looked out for you. I have missed you. You say the explanation is in thae fact that our church is not centrally located. I know that, and am willing to discount my estimate somewhat on that account, It is, I know, not as convenient for some of you to come as it would be if the church were nearer. But is not this the more pertinent fact here, that you have allowed the inconvenience of com ing to get you into a stay-at-home habit? I fear that it is. You are not willing to stcrifice a little; to put duty abovo mere convenience, you have not made the at tendence upon church services a matter of-course. That would solve the prob Icm. You farmers have a long, heavy drive of it to lmherg. It is a very in convenient trip. But you make up your minds to it; it comes as a mar ter-of course, and you do not mind it. Just so here. So I have thought it my duty, as your pastor, to preach you a sermon bringing home to you the dereliction you are guilty of, and showing you the God-given reasons for the duty of church attendence. But I hasten to say that these remark-i are not intended, in their primary appli cation at least, for a goodly number of those present. I have not found any where better examples of constant at tendance on the services of the sanctu iAry. I ni;ed not name those who are al ways in their places. You have them before your eyes. You know who they are. WYhile on the other hand your pas tor could mentioned those who are but visitors here where they ought to he at home. Sometimes they arc here if all suits, or the fancy is on thom. S>me times they aroat home, walking o,ver the crop); or they are out visiting, walk ing over somebody else's crop, or discus sing p)olitics or what not. So that it happened, I am most credible informed, several years ago that b>rothr' respect ed and loved by you all preaceid at this church, and his audience was niot as large as the *ompanyi that assembled that very day at a neighbor's house. Yes, 1 come to you, as your pastor, with a message of serious impIort to-day. I call you to most earnest, prayerful study of the demamnd of God, and your duty in this matter. I sound my text in your ears as the word of the Lord. It must be that you have lost sight of this -ase-,serious aspect of the case. You surely hove not felt the authority of a divine command behind you here. OLherwise good men and women could not be 80 negligent. Let us notice some of the reasons that may be given for this "assembully of our selves together." 1. Trho first, in our discussion, and in importance, is the fact that God has commanded it, as we have seen. This, indeed, should be the end of all contro versy with us. A '"thussramth the Lord" should settle it. "'Give me the hook, chiapter and verse' my pastor, and that is enough for me." That should be your word. A minister was once t rav eling on the cars, and sat immediately in front of the brillianit Ge-n. Rtobert Toombs, who was engaged in an earnest .discuss-en with a fellow-traveller, IIe noticed that the propositioni for wLich the General contended antagonized the plain teaching of the Scriptures. Fi nally deciding.to enter the debate, lhe turned abruiptly upon his scat andl said "Genejal Toombs, do you know that your position is opposed to the WVord of God ?" Trho General was greatly surprised, but answered pleasantly: "Good evening, Professor S. I had no idea I was irn eatsbot of a preachecr! WVill you lie kind enough to give me your Scripture?" The passage was quoted, and clearly contradlicted his argument. ie at once arose-the man who had swsyed Senates and stirred the thought of a nation - lifted his hat, and with that courtly manner for which he was noted, said: " I bow, sir, to the WVord of God." So, brethren, let uis bow to Its majestic au-. thority. But this command of God is not arbitrary. None of his command menta is so. TIhey are grounded in reason. They rest upon stutlicient foun dation. This command rests upon man's social: constitution. We see this social ten. dency in the huruible orders of animal life. We see it as we catch a view of the cattle upon the hills; or as we "con sider the ants" plying busily at our feet. This socini disposition is quite mani- : lest in man. We find it in the size or great cities; in the neighborhood gath erings; and most touchingly in the longings after home common to us all.t But the wisdom of this world hass taught us thre power of united effort, What mean these "Farmers' Alliances" all over the land? D)o they not meana that the hiusbandmen arc at, last realiz- a lng that they can accomplish as a body t what they.could never do as individuils? t Putting their littles together, uniting u thought and effort, massing their capital o they become mighty when before they al were utterly powerless. So here. A rr great wor'k is to be done. The world is a to be con ierted. The isolated individual ei here and there cannot accomplish It. It oi needs a inion of all effort, an aggrega tion of all means to bring it about. Like ti the mi lion drops that make the shower, or the hundred rivulets that make the si majestic river. s Or, to change the fgure, te ct..ch.. a a grand arty moving on to the eon uest of the world. Gallantly our Cap. ain leads the way: but victory must ,ome to the unbroken column that fol owe where he leads. Of what use is the amp follower far in the rear? Of what punishment shall he be found worthy who skulks in his tent? Again we will notice aud answer som excuses men make for not attending the stattd services of the sanctuary: 1. One saye, "I am so tired when Bunday comes, I am obliged to stay at home and rest." But is that, in the first place a sincere plea? Is it not rather a mere pretence? When absent from church are you really at home resting? Are you not out visiting your relatives or friends, sometimes farther oil than the house of God? Or, if at home, are you not walk ing over the crop, or planning,the work of the coming week, or even arrangiog everything for an early start Monday morning? Brother, how is it? But if you are really at home trying to do what you profess, you are still in error 1 say understandingly trying to rest. For you have not caught the idea of rest i' its highest and truest sense. You have not learned what the Sabbath-rest was in tended in the Divine Providence to be. Fit 131 0 is it of the rest of the redeemed in heaven, But the rest of heaven is far fror being a season of inactivity. So with its earthly type, the S.buath- rest I It is not an idle, to .less inaction. True rest is rather a change of occupation--a diversion-a changing of the thoughte and activities into new channels. Indeed it is olny thus that we can be saved from ennui. So the French call it. It means, practically, that. we are tired of rest. Yes, actually, we often find inaetivity the most tiresome thing in the world. The normal state of man is action, ac tion. True rest is but the relief that comes from a change of activity. The Sabbath was given us that. int new and better channels the though and action of the soul should be turned That for a day the business of eternit: should take the place of the busin as o time. ''hat we should turn from th thought of the trials and cares of eartl to the beckoning glories of the bette laud. Brother, you are not. refreshed t your Sunday's rest because it was no rest. If you had just let go everythin1 Saturday night you would have gun back to your work Monday morning wit new zest and spring. But you keep harp ing on the old string. You staid a home, and your mind was filled witi plans for the next day. So Monda.y fount you unfreshed. Brother, the Sabbtia i made for man, as well as for God ; fo time a3 well as for eternity. Try its pre cious rest. Turn from thiughts 01 earth to thoughts of heaven. It will pa here and hereafter. 2. But you tell me, "Even ad mittin; that, I need not go to church. I can dt just as well at. home. I can meet witl God. I can rec ive a blessing at home a: well as at church." But granting who claim, that you might do as well let nit ask, do you? You tell me tiiat you ca read a much better sermon thiu you could hear at church; that you havt weekly one of )r. Talmage's sermon it your ''Sunny South," or (onstitutioe.' But let me ask, do you really read tlht sermon? But granting that you do; doe: the printed column speak to you like tIt living voice of your prastor? Certainlj the sermon in itself may be bettor, bui does it have the same effect? Blesid ., lo you couple this reading with p ryer It was my great privilt ge ftr three yter.s, he last of hi'j life, to be (lhe pa'r oi that saintly man, Rev. 1).rvid D)errick of the South Carolina Conference. Often het was unable to fill his lacne. But it wan his custom when thins kept away to sptend th]e hours of service in Hithe reading antd prayer. Brother do ytu fill the ser-vice hour with devotions? Dou you join riprayer to your sermon read ing? Anti do you not miss this in your substitute for atten dance upon the Wor d? No, nothing can take the pla)ce of the pireacher's liviag voice, the insni ratiton o)f the holy sorng, the united prayer, and all the sacred influences oif the house of 3. Yet you pleadt, ''Well, It is not con venient for mue to g. to church."' Ibut, brother, sister, duty tdtce riot wait upo convenience. Many an rd many ia ume sacniices must be made. Indeced thli Christian life is but one great sacrifice, A thousand thinrg are not con venien t. however desirab-le, but we must nay the price. Others do It; so may you. .4. '"Yes,'" you say, "bhut it ms well.nigI impossible'for al: of uis tt go.'" Then belovetd, take it by regulay turns, Parents, let the chiildlren have their time, Children, give the oltd folks a chance. But to coinclutde: 1. Brother, I mii s you whlen youir seat is vacant, f. need your presence, younr sympathy, your pirayers. It is muclh easier tt preach to you in your place than to your vacant scat. Then I am beatinrg the air, arnd the spirit feels t ho sad lack of your hlp fuI piresence. 2. Sister, youa are losinmg ground, as you stay away from thehtouise of Gotd. Certainly, if pirovitdentially kept it is different. Your heart is here withI us. But if this lie your choice, there is no heart in the matter, and quickly you will find yourself slipping, driftinug far from God. 3. I exhort you, dear brethren obey God; inherit the promises lIe gives us; use this precious mens of grate; pt yoturselves in the way of receiving the blessIng iIe is waiting to bestow I We see it in the reci proc-al influences we exert over each other. One. of Itine subtlest, antd yet one of thle most re-tal things, in life is t his influence not etd iu man's social nature. By it men tire con - stantly led uplward or downwvard. I1. it men are saved or ruined, I low many testimonies confirm t his. "'I wan letd t o Christ by the examplle arnd influence oif i dear friend." "I was brought to this night of sin and despair through ungodi ly associaitions." Yes, (Gad, man's maker, knowing the possibilities, knowing hisa needs, organ izes the church upon01 a social basis. And thme faithful of the ages have ever justified the Divine wisdom here. We -ave felt the elbow touch of sympilathy. [cart.has answered to heart, tantd hantd ias joinedI with hand to mlake us at rong. )eep has called to deep in outr enjoy nent of the communion of saints. - it ias become a very type'of heaven. 2. The second reaisorn for this ''as - embling" is the D)ivine promise. Cer ainly God has pronmised to beet vith the individuial soul. iIe htrs stid, 'Enter into thy closet, and * >ray to thy Father which is in secret nd thy Ftathecr which seethm in seem et hall reward thee tpen ly. " But there are bese additional antd especial promtises to hose who meet together: '"Again I say nto you, that If two of youi shtill aigree n earth as touching any thing that they ball ask, it shall he dlone for them otf y Father whIch is in heaven. For here two or three are gathered togethi in my name, there am I in the midst them." 2. There is also, a thirdl reason here, te example of our Lordh. Says one: * * "And straightway on t,he ubbath day Jesus entered into the nagogue." Luke on a simIlar occasion ye Jens etttesna gogue as h. custom was." This euatom of Jesus has more than a tuero suggestiou, or advice, for us. It may well havo the fe:co of a law. What. was to him a privitgo may IIC be wcll conbidered our duty. This is the wore signitleUa:t when we nurember that, in thosu days there was much of term and mechanical routine in the aju agogue services. There was much that n was unsatisfactory and even repulsive to At] the mind and heart of Jesus, yet his custom was to attend tho synagogue. He did not forsake the assemblies of In Isreal on the Sabbath days." ai 4. We have, besidei, the exam pie of ti the little band of oie hundred and twen ty disciples in their ten dnys' prayer meeting )receding Pcntecost. It was a tu crucial pheriod with Ihem, a time of d> great need, a time of expectancy. ''hey V wight have scattered themselvc.s to their homes or the homes of thir r Ii lends, and b singly plead with God. But no. Tthe tn urgent need, the one desire, the fellow- is ship of loving hearts brought them to- ac gether. They needed each other. They helped each other. In some mysterious (it way faith touching faiti went out in a n grander sweep. The answer cane. The Holy Ghost deiccnded. 'fthe church fe was annointed for the great work. tr 5. As well might be atd!uced the pr constant practice of the early chucl. pi Acting undoubtedly under Divine guil- tr ance, the fir at ChiIstiaiis met ou the ry Lords day every whrt. And the biatory el of the church's progIesd is largely a at record of those oncc-.i- week gatherings. C Indeed, nothing takt's ts place more t< naturally as a part of the settled order ft of the church than the stated assemblies N for worship. si 6. But a reason iat must not be ci overlooked for these a-seimiblics-a self ti evident reaison-is the inst.ruction in c< 1)ivine truth which is their necessary w accompaniment. hi re is G"'s alplpint. o ed school for the ih,culcation of the truth. 'I' IIere the ministry-- a )i vine erder --is to o pour out fir the bencfit of lie whole t churcb that treasure of knowl! dge it has Ic I been enable to acquire. 1 eiro the busy ti man of the world may have given him s what he has not leisure to ncqtilre for it himeelf. I[cre the ignorant are put up- a ion the same footing as the wite. The c olaln practical truth is act before all. ti For this the ministry has been set apart ti --men chosen of (od, given leisure for ' this very tlhing--tlit they m;y be v,el- o instructed scribes, rightly dividing the h word of truth, t And it nieed not be coin ttended that v, I they are wiser thaai other imen. In their lines nany mnc in their e -ngregitiins 1i ' may be their superior:. lit it does ri stand to reason th111 ihat one shluhn bI Ie i best qualilied to teach here - --or, in deed, S in any department- wIto hau " drawn all tI his stutlies that way.'' an 7. It, follows from what we have al- ti ready seen that thes, assemies!i are a iu rtans of gtace. A mianis iS a ciannel ct or vehiclc for the eonv(yance to us of si good or evil. A means of grace is a t: cian neI along which spirite af iod flows Cl into our soul-. The nstiuctions we re- t9 ccive in I)iviine truth at church i; such th a means of grace. Si is the fello wship t of purpose, prayer and faith in the Con- tI gregatumu of Giod's s,inta. Mlighly waves t1 of inflcuece break over us . Iusensily C we find or.,elves stroit'er. [v broth- li er's armn in visibly enc irces m eu. iy vpe. t e< itenti:a teara ringl with his. I an borne along with ripturous song aut l the glad hiallelijah' tr I ask you if it is not so' [ave you i not found it si) in yiour own expertiecie? 0< IIave you not proved it Htue bothI in the ti use, and11 agini ini the nieglte oL(f this "N IieanIs of grace. 'I 8. Une the final reason we adduce is n that our staited gtherings are a necessity " to tho prosecutlion oif tile work (if thle f< chiu rch. Brot her, pierish i le thought li, Il that tile pirecio us t reasuire, Ite -'pearl of ii great price,'' is toi he blailp. ias it weei in a nipkain and hidden away. It is to 01 bring ini, ratheur, largre.return)s to the Lord ti of whom we are stewarals in the siaiva- c< Lion of souls. ci An Ailstren,- in nel Fi "ron WashV iii.nine,n I- w the' a'uiaa-ed (onl. entio.a. 'The co) (lod 1 convention , ini sssio i at W ahintonui, elciteal ex_t ioy. I'. 8. hb P'inchia(ck, Ires,idte of tie national Ci organ iz-ation, atndl ied ani iaddrm'-s, it wvhich, after rehiening ini the unniii a mnannier thle g'riev ances of thle In11c, mi Cougress luoki ng to th le ideporlttion~i of P 01r (clmmiigrait1in oh voleored Ame (rican ini citizens oft t:is co((1nt ry to anyv othlier hi our1 own coutry *, t hrotiijh goverlnenit ti aid, ialso meet withI ou r most emplhat ic SI coltndnat ion andh disappriioval; for we it ('anniot. exile sotirselve's from this couitn- I. tr a3' a'ti letutra'l izing mo~vernen'iit againist Ci oltt growiing nliumbe'rs as an t'euse for c< the n)atioii doinig is ditty towards (1 A meICricani v ci tens. Wh ile 1we ricoig- ri nize the right of colored A miericani citi - zeins to go to aniy country t hey maly im desiro or to any part ofouitr ownI etun- It try, yet we do nost believe tha~t. it is any1 iii part of the (duty oif the Geineral (ov- tii ermentCil to r'ender infid or assiistanie lit fromi thle I''edecral trienaeuiry for that mn pu1rpose, arn i we do not as k It. All pli we ask iu Jus-tice, e<pual rights and fair i play'. if1(1nder such (ccumstanii(cs re weC (annhot surive 1Viwe will have iloil re to lamiie bt t ouslves. We recomtendi so tho adopt,ioni of thle fol lowinhg reso)lt t ims-: rje "ltUesol ved . TIhat the liationaIl or- a t ganizat iont created1 by thi il onvention Lw he.5111 litorized andii insitriited t'IIo A I upon01 1the Il'residhenlt of thIie tit ed ye St ates atnd piresent hi m withI a& copy of' tIs addhress, and1( also to thanik hinm in 011 thle nlamo of the contVeintIion for his w i kind al lusions. to (oloredi Amriicansa in t hlis address to congross; La) to appicr befoire *he diilOr'ent I comi i111ttees oif (Con gress. hav in ju ilrisd ict ion of the stubjdct inatters referreid to in this! ad drec:s f'or It! pu)rpiose of' ur gi g utPOl the 50 sid ('oinnit Lts fthe n'ces sitfy for thlesi ip ropo'sed legisla t ion andit to -ai give Ih liealson ini dettl for the o Same."'at \ieninia liisjatchf to the I.iiaie N,- i A~ movei.Cment ias oin foit ini Autia anod Ifitgary just-, now~ to doi awaoy wlithl li'ite formi of s:tlatitonii Custotiiry iannmlo 111 mien---thait of iin o ff th lie fel - sto (Griz a oeli tt - e h bee fortimi wlneh Bts pa:ssed it re-olueiaiton and l nii upone the t (civil and Imillitariy (iiver-u-r, f iroin ti Kumebieek and Couniitt Wunrbrand, as atls th (in tile ma) yor if thei city, hesi g I i-mi ro(i toi sanctioni the rec-olutien b)y aiceptiri h the mihlitatry salute fr-im) thelir infi-riio 11( The three genitlenia.i adIl give thei and (consent. The wi,h lhts also leei cop pressedl t hat the dangierous eni,ioml of 10r uncovering the. head for a lentgthI ofno titte at furnerals shouhll be lo. awa with. It is painted oult that thle mlilita- C ry salute muti-t ncceasciaily imlp' at lt the ts munch respect as lifting lihe hat, since le Icoinmon soldier I lhus .saliiates the highl- 'Ten stL commiiand inl tihe army. In the M bddle Ce p tges the hast or ca wa - no (hof.( . Ba e A DAR[NU DEED. )W TIlE TOWN OF ST, ALUANS WAS TAKEN. enty-ix Confederutea EKcnpe fron pris m amid Vnptured a Yermnt Tewn--The ak Mucked--Trial In Cnanndy, antu Con,stitution,. sketches innumerable, have appeared newspapers and magazines, on both lea of Mason and Dixon's line. purpor Ig to be "the most daring ehploit of e war." I have, however, seen no al ion to what I claim, was the most ring, viz, the capture of St. Albans, :rmont, by twenty-aix confederates in e latter days of Decemiber '04, or early January '05. This audacious episode so lit'l, known in Atlanta, that a brief count by one who was almost (not ite) a part of the capturing force, may t be uninteresting. In the summer of 1804 about 120 con dcrate prisoners of war, who had con .ved to escape from different northern anns rmade their way to Canada in efereuce to taking the risk of recap re in the endeavor to pierce the milita hues, and perhaps have to answer the mirge, so freely made against auspicious rangers, of being spies. Hock Island, ump Chase, Camp J)ouglas, Camp Mor n and other prisons of lesser note each rnished its quota of this contingent. ow, such a body of men, who had the rewdn:ess and energy to effect their es pe, were not likely to be inactive in e stirring events which so much con rned them. Consequently a movement as set on foot looking to the liberation tihe prisoners on .Johnson's Island. his ended i-i the capture and execution Major Heal, of Buffalo, N. Y. Fol wing on the heels of their beloved uder's death, it soon became apparent iat Sherman was about to abandon the vord of the soldier for the torch of the icendiary. As the mothers, wives and ;d sisters of these exiled patiots were posed to insult and pillage, naturally icir rage knew no bounds. Said Cap on - , of Alabama, to the writer: lhere arc enough of us here to draw IT 10,000 cutthroats form our beloved inmea, if we but hang together and rike in the most tender spot, as these nndals have been striking us." As a result of mature deliberation ke a clap of thunder in a clear ski iws flashed over the wires that "arele'l rrde had captured St. Albans, Vt., ibsequent events developed the fact mat ''the horde" consisted of twenty-six en, who quietly entered the town and irowing oil their outer wraps, appeared the garb of confederate soldiers, arm I to the teeth, and enforced an imnmedi irrender. Although the place con ined 5,000 inhabitants, the mayor and t y ollicers counseled submission. The It ire male population was corraled in Ic public square and held for hours, veuty being detailed as a guard fio ci, while the other six went through ie public buildings, both local and fed al, and the national banks. Five minl ,ns imn gieenbatcks, bonds and securities an:pensated the captors. t)n returning to Canada, a demand as made from Washington for their ex aditiu, The case was taken before a judge in Toronto on a writ of habeas mli us, and postponed for ten days to able thme prisoners to p)rocure evidence. ow, as much courage and greater rewvdness was necessary to prove these en were soldiers- not mere robbers. ye scouts were immedit tely dispatched r Richmnond, each con-?Tissioned on C same errand, so if onme om more felt to time bands of the eneamy some of em mmighit get, through. 0mn the night me of time couriers returned, and on e tenth inorninig, jumet before courit uvened, two others cameo ini with a rtiied cop)y of Lieutenant Young's m nission, andmc certi'ied co pies of time listment papers of eachm and every (mie the other twenty-five. Tme trial pro cdtd ; time court decided the parties ere bel igerents, and they were' acquuit dl accorm gly. Ma strong a pressure, however, was ought to bear on time D)ominion gov mmment thaimt parlmmen t was convenmed session ext raordlinary, and the allien ditIion aict passed undmer the govern - (-mt whipj andl spur. This act may be -icily epitomiz/ed as follows: '"' he >vernaml getneral is em powered to sus 'd thme habeas cot pus b)y p)roclar,.ation li dominion withini forty-eight liut little remains to be told. Al ouigh only twventy-six took part in time A Albans raid there were about one~ imd(red iand twenity distributed through e Cities of Montreal, Torotnto, St. Iterinies and( 1 lammilIton. A portion neteived time idea of goinig to Europe, ferinmg timeir services omi ma blockaude mnner, aind gaining entrance to some uit herim poirt. '.1 his was deemed tihe meit feaible plan0, ims it would be mad ss to attemp lt ret urning through time rtbern states. Well, they founud mmselves, in course of time, imn Edini rghi, ScotImd , withI all arraungemnents oie to rmamn a vessel, prep)aredl for time rpose oni the Clyde, about forty miles I sait, whmen news emime of Leem's stir mder mind as a consequence they stir mIderedl thein blockadie rtunning re yes. I Iw nmny of these ex-escaupedl priso rs are left inm twenty-yearms? As I write uinmcidlence presents itself to mae emity-six meni participated1 in thme Mt. mnis raid, and( it is just twenty-six mrs since it oiccured1. fthis should catchm the eye oif anmy who was mn Canamda at that tinme I lie :on fer with time writer (if this (oigh thle Consti tiution. Ex-CoN'-m-mrmtATm'. Geifnern-mi iHonhnm',. Narrow Esenupe. )im limo 5th instm~anmt Adjutan'. Genmeral Li. Bonhiiam, Jr., of this elly had a -row.escapeO Itoma death by asBphy xla.. a at \Vashmingtoa, where he was In 'indancee on the meetings of thme Na mial Guai~rd Assoclation of the United tes, lie wai stopping ait the Met olitan l-oteh, amid whmenihie retired light, hie hadl turmied omit the gas. fixitires, however, bieing very old, liprobable t,hmat thme weight of lis 'I, as lie wvithidrew it, opened thmo eock amid the gas escauped. General ham went tom sIle almost immeii y, manmd hasd it, not been for thme unighmt .chmanmi, who detected thtueiodor in hall and( forcedl his way inito thme mi, it is pirobmablei time effect, of the would have beeni fatal. As it was mad onily been aleep m short while, wVheni thme wvindows werei thtrownm mm lie soons bcailmO mall right. A doc was called i, but his services were I mmeeded.-Colmbiia Register. ographiy. Te-acher (to dull (Icy of y chiss) -W hichl Ne:w Englanb State 'I t n~ (i (capitals? lt'y--New hlampshire. -her- -lindeed Name them. Boy-- h tumi N andl capuital II.--arper's PIERCED BY RED ItoT WIRE. fCieu Awful Fate of a Vork,uau ln in Trentou Mili. "The Haunted Mill" is t ie title giv a by workingmen to the new Clinton treet annex to Ioebling's wire and roll og mill in Trenton, New .Jersey. The men have some cause for the ame, too, for, although the mill has een operation but a few months, nearly a dozen of of their fellow workmen have been stricken there with death in the [noat shocking manner possible. Indeed, io superstitious are thu men becoming that they go to their labor very reluc tantly. TilS PEI4ILoUs PtOCEss. The drawing of wire under the pro; ceeses used at Rtoebling's is extremely dangerous, although the firm is rapidly replacing the old machine.ty by the pipe guide system. A number of large bars of heavy iron several inches in diameter are now plac ed in a furnace, and when at white beat they are rushed over to the chain of twelve rollers with grooves, aud it is while they pass through these rollers that the danger arises, Two men on either side of the rollers take charge of the iron in its heavie4t stat-r, and from then on to the finisher, who is stationed at the end of the lung line of rollers, are boys. DANO,ROCs WoRK. The iron passes through the lust aroove in the heavy state very rapidly, and at the opposire side of the rolls stands a boy with a pair of tongs, who must catch this rod of red hot iron, going at a rate of about a rod a minute, twist it about his head in a snake like wriggle and pass the end into another groove or a hole smaller than the one through which it has just passed. If the boy misses the hole or guide in to which he should pass the hot iron in an instant the iron bends, the end shoots up and if the lad is not nimble enough to get out of its way it goes through his body. This was the position held by Charles Cheattle,and, although he was considered a first class workman, he was not quick enough to escape the swiftly rolling iron and it pierced his body through and through. IIOTcIIKIss' AWFI. ATlE. A few days ago Thomas Ilotchkiss, one of the most expert "roughers," or men who haadle the hot iron when it first passes through the rollers, was kill. ed in this mill in an even more horrible wanner than was young Cheattle. IIotehkiss was standing before the furnace with his tongs when an accident happened. A fellow workman stooped over to repair the damage, and at the same instant a large square rod of iron came rushing from the furnace and ow ing to the dlsarrangcmeut of the furnace Ilotchkis codid neither stop the iron nor turn it from its cJurse. Nor could he move out of his tracks. Ie bent over, thinking it might pass over his head, but in this he was mistaK on. Cl.EAit Tit'utH HIM. The end of the red hot rod entered the lower part of his abdomen and passed through the body, coning out at the neck and burning out his entrails. Not one drop of blood was shed, but Ilotchkis9 was dead before the iron could be extricated. The Ilungarian who was injured in the wire department on Tuesday nigrht lies in a precarious condition. ~--- '' The Rloeblings emloy ab( men. G.eorginuN ickinar A bout thei Ans . un l'eu n taste rship A ippulat. ci WVASHIN(rON, Feb., 7.-A negro namedi Dudley was nominated yester (lay as postmaster ait. A mer ictus, Gia., the home of Representative Crisp. To day the Georgia senators aind repro .Sentatives received dispatchles, signled by white an~d- coloredl men of bot h parties, protesting against I lie t eminal: tion. Dudley is said1 to be not, only ignour ant andi illiterate, but of had chiarac ter. Hie was a delegatte to t he Chicago convention andi voted1 for IIarrison andl this seems to have beena what, se - cured his nomination. Col. Btuck, t he Georgia Republican boss, at. first denied that Ie endorsed DudleIc, b ut afterwvards admiiit,ted lie had s'gned the man's papers. TIhe Georgia senators expect to secure am ple evidence, from b)0! h Republicans andi Demaoe:-,ts, of Dutdlecy's uinfitness for ollice. lIeusat~uion. Theli reputation of a man is mia.de up of what people say of him. In like manner the rep)utationl of a medicine depends on what they who have used it, say. No remedy in existence has so good a reputtationl as a blood( r'emnedy as B. B. B. (Botanic Blood Balm). It 1s at successftil p)hysicians' prescription and( quickly cures both mild and ter rible cases of had blood. Dri. L. A. G uild, Atlanita, Gai.; writes: "'Wm. Sealock , living on my place, had an ugly runnir.g ulcer on his arm which or dinary remiedlis failed to cou trol. As a last resort [ placed him o a use of B. B. B. and t he tilcer be to heal at once, and( e1VTected an en cure. It 1s a remedy wyell worth' Dr. J. E. Hall, lDruggist at, Aime cus, (Ga., wr ites. "A planter near place had several of his best labor effected withI Syphilis. He got tI I3. II. B. and1( pronoun ices themi well. A gang of A. P. & L~. ItaiIr bandis use B. B. B. with great her to counteract the effects of swo rnalaria." Postmaster General Wanamnaker' mubmittedl to the C-ongressionaul c. milttee on P'ostoflices the dlraft of a providinig for the~ establlishmrent )oRtal telegriaph ollices ait every lelivery office in the countriy. Un he b)ill it is provided that tho t. ;raph tolls in any one State shall uxced ten cents for maissages of vordls or less, counting address ignature, nor over 25 centsn for listance tinder 150 iiles, nor ove 'ent.s for aniy greauter distance; thme r .nd rules to be8 preribedl by the I naster General. When Nellie lUly started on her round the worl, the New York WV pezied a guessinzg depa rtmaent andI 0 d a trip) to Europe, with all e'xpe aid, and $250 in pocket money to erson maikig the closest guess na me time that wvoul Ibe consu med D Telhie- lly's trip. F. W. Stevens, ef few York, waus the iinnecr of th( p)rize. lie time actually consm. na'd as ainnouiced y the time keepers, was 72 days, 0 ours, 11 minutcs andt 14 scea:ndIs. Mr. tevens' guess was 72 days, U hourr, 11 iutes and 1.1 econ.d,s. BRICE PUTS HIS FOOT IN IT. 'hlo Proporen to Uake llts I ny for. fib ClaIs of CUiIznahip. LIMA, O., Feb.4-Thore will be a learing at the oflice of the Auditor of lIen county next week in the moat im p)ortant civil suit ever brought in north western Ohio. Thu issue involved is the )utCome of the question of the citizun thip of Senator-elect Calvin S. Brice, who for the past five years has evaded payment of taxes in this city, because of claiming citizenship in New York, on all personal property, under which head the law includes stocks and bonds. Mr. Brice's Senatorial ilght has forced the location of his citizenship at Lima, and as a consequence ho has at once made himaelt liable for nearly $70,000 back taxes and penalty. Mr. II. W. Morganthaler, Special 't'ax Collector for Allen County, has in his po:session an immense amount of papers, each paper snaking a link in a chain of evidense that is entirely complete. It has been calculated that the amount of Mr. 13rice's personal property sut ject to taxation in Lima by reason of his citi zenship, is somewhat over $2,800,000, in v.sted in the following corporations: East Tennessee, Virginia & Georgia Rt iI way, Richmond & I)anville Railway, Lake Erie & Western Railway, Danville Terminal lailway Company, Duluth, South Shore & Atlantic Railway, the Atchison, Topcka & Santa Fe and the United States Express Company. On tis amount there is due about five years' taxation at a rate varying from 3.20 to 3.30 per cent, per 3ear, to which will be added a 50 per cent. penalty. It is not known what Mr. Br;ce's de fense will be, but it is likely a desperate etiort will be made to compromise. As the oflicials of the country are all political supporters of Mr Brice, and as one of theta is said to have received a ten-thousand-dollar check for his servi ces in the late canvass, the auditor's acu tion has been kcpt quiet. The hearing will be with bolted doors. As Special Collector Morganthaler receives percent age on the collection of back taxes, it is hard!v t bought he will consent to a compromise. TI!E 1iAWVES MU1IDERt. Dickc Ilinwe"6 :1111 111 10( Iir John V, l (s 14111 II,iotFanil,. lllic'a:INeHAM, Feb. 10 -- l)ick hlaes, who is under sentect of detth fur t bt ruurder of his family let er a n ' ago, his maude a cu,les"ion. lie naed John WVvlie as the emurd1ter of his lantly, and acknowledges hiring ,im+ to lu it. A tel eg ,an sui s Wy)Ie lhas bu-en ar restedi in Atlanta, antd t hat he will t)a Atro u g h r. h e r e . W y lie d e n i S a ll k n w l - edge of the crime. Bradileld's Fenuule Regulator will cure all irregularities or dlerangements l'eculiar to women. T1hose suff1ering should use it. Sold by ail druggists Reanscdy. the inans who so brutally murdered the negro in Barnwell whilti theo poor fel'-'w was undei arrest foi stealintg, hia beent arrested in Florida after a desperate resistance. If any c riminal ever leserved hanging it is D)avi i C. HItdy. rI\() L't.ANTEs ANt Di.t. a N. F'or EIstimnates oni comnpet ito rs. WVe waill also furnish everything needled in th li ina of supplies: Belt .ing, Oil', Piping, Fittings, Valves, In, spiratoi s Injectors, P'umps, &c, &c. W. Hf. (UI3BUE, Ja, & Co. Coluimbin, S. C. , n r e.o r , -or 'Pitn an n airenr 9o DNUMTIVE PAR K'?.R'S C O E R TOtt'O. it has care,! Never Fd Re1ticrec Gray~ Hair t h fulIaa Coloar. TH SCiENCEO ii- i inj. laby JIns. , r Tit THE TERRY MAN'FG PInnu and Or anu, N. W. TZtUMP, 184 3 uls ege,G umbia, se la Pixaos au; (rgant, dir ot from fact ry. N.. agen comnaisslo is. The cels brateo (hlcie t g Plauo. Mathusuek Piano, celebrated for itr clearness of tone, lightnuea of touch any lastirg qualities. Mason & Hamliu Upright Piano, Sturliag Upright Pianos, from $22/ up. Arion Pianos, from $200 up. Mason & Iamlin Organs, snrpasse, by none. Sterling Organs, $50 up. Every Iostrument guaranteed ft r sia - years. Fif.en daya' trial, expenses both ways, if not satiefaclory. Nuld tan iratalments FORl SIXTY DAYS. WA1 Oir''NER OUR NO. 2 IIAND-MADB V RO4 D CARI' to resosbe>rties o SIXTY DAYS' tiAno far onlyt>I8.0s. It hasbest hickory wheels and shafts, stetl tires and ixl, cushioned sont nudi painted nticly. Not a cheal. onado cart, but is tirst class throntIhout. Ve also oiler our our N . lu band-naimn Iu yg, hut up or, any kind ol spring, on SINTY DA S' time fot the simali annount of 45.ts. It has best patent wheels, steel tires and axles. Triunied up and painted in good style. Not by any moans a che,j, vchic/,", but is very substantial and is war ranted, For circulars and general description. address IIOLI.1R & AN)EflSON. P. U.13ux110.IIwanufact.urors, 1P. . Box 110. ROUK luLL, b. C. In writing 'leaso mention this paper. JERSEY FLATS botl1e a(n1 1 Fe(,vor' Cure. Large bottles 60J cents, and guaranteed to cure any case of Chills and Fever, Ma;,,ial, Intermittent and 'teniltent Fevers. hy TIlE BARtTT DRUG CO. rltY i k:t81rAUUSTA, QA -- l_ . .EY F LA'F. 'eb 15av I ARiIAM VILLIE STOCK AND POULTRY FARM' HORSES, CATTLE, SWINE AND POUL TRY FOR SALE. Gold Medal Butter Herd of Jersey Cattle. The Imported Perheronl Stallie 1011E, K o.- t;3 7.%o will rnake the season at 2o>. Cbico youngJersey Cartc. ::l taH I t1S bwine, Liight Brahuinas, Wvandota, Langahans, 13rown Leghorns I'lyiiouth Rtoeks and (Mie l'owls for sale. Legs in so.ason. l'RI:l.''N L. MELTON, -l H. 5a.PAoLDWitr. Columabia, 8. 0. .111 ,I S IIALD)WIN. Manageroltba. .Q UlLDER'S LIVER PILLS, RIemove the bile fron the system, cure al bilious troubles, and prevent malarial diseases. For sale by all druggists and merchants st 2" Centi a box, or mailod on receipt of price by TLIE BAR RETT DRUG CO.. AUGt.rA, (IA. TAK E 1 Il.1) S I J... i' t The Tozer Engine Works ,ucor uo l;iil 14w.;re Works.i JOHN A. WILLIS PROPR11TOR~ 117 WEST GERVAIS STREET NEAR -M . IFACTUl HEHS OF TIIIE Tozer Steam Engines AND AiL, SIZES OF 11OTi LOCOMO0TIVE ANDI RET'URN~ TL;IULAR 1101LER:is. F'OUNDRY WORK IN IRON AND) IRAS2 REPAI[RI NG PROM PTLY IMXECUTFI. .1 uly 23-em, Langley Brotilers onao a mIu n. asen PITTS' CARMINATIVE nitery, D iarrIin aInd51(1(h idera In. fan t trn. A pileasiat micine(i of i nealcula .itidult ItO xpular, ikt:'sant awl eicientt. 'I ruly at ht rIn 's fiendi . It oothe and iut hetals te mu cous miembrne i and it ebtecks the muticouls dtischar ge fioma hea-d, stomach andui bowels. Th'le mucoueets discha01rge fromt thle hieadt an d luongs ar e as promptly re lhov~ed Iby it as thle nii icus d1ischatrge fronm the hl)Is. It is imadeI to relieve the: inuit- us systemi anid cuare nauiisea, and It dIoes it. 1t. inikes iihe ciil leit-od of tee*thlIing clhilren sate :and tey. It its. yigor'alts tud buiis tup Ithe s',.stem whuile it is rieinitg andi( cinig thle waSted tissue. It i. r-conuinendIed ad usetd hargoly b, ihiysieianis. I'ti.r:1 alivb WainonakeiIr iS. 'iu:rray Co., Coilumia, S. C., andI wvhole aIt- biylloward( &.~ Willett, .Aiugusta, Gan. 8.ek ileadacho and Constiipation in a shtort~ time . P'revets alt Mbialariat troubles. Pricet lift er>. F"or sate by druggigts and se' a m harionnfactredt & 'Ti tE IARRI iET1T DRUIO CO, I '~iS"AeuiUvr, .A .BIRADFItD~s 15A3AHc R EC i MOR /ME ISTRUATION .acJO/c TO"WOMAN'sA,roFss IA'AD/ElD REGWI AtuR C'. ATrLANTA GA. sQinni'ymAnU.DUars INTI(I(-MTATi'I HE~AY FS itINTS, [?urrFnu, s. C A SES CO., Nashville Ten.