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CHURCH ATTENDANCE. A STRONG SE1tRMON ON AN IMPOlt TANr UBJI,';T. A Dincourse Recently Preached by the I Rev. J. I. 1tokem. 01 the South Caro lina Conference. Tix'r :-"Not forsaking.the assembling of ourselves together."--IIMB. x, 25. We have but a small congregation at this place. Yru remind me that our membership is small. But we have eighty-eight names on our roll, which is a pretty fair showing. Nor is this a mere;list of names, unrevised and ut. reliable. The roll was careful.y revised last year, and there are not, I suppose, a half dozen m.mtueson 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 doubtif we could expect so much in our city churches, where the congrega tion is made up almost exclusively of those of our own perbIsiso1. IIerf it is different. Our Biptist brethren regu-' larly worship with us; we have. or should have, all the chiurch-goers in the community. So that, while many of our members are providentially kept from church from time to time, there ought to be as bufliclent number of visi tors to make tip 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 the fact that our church is not centrally located. I know that, and am willing to discount my estimate somewhat on that account, It iF, I know, not as convenient for sonie 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 tant it is. You are not willing to sicritice a little; to put duty above mere convenience, you have not made the a, tendence upon church services a matter of-course. That would solve the prob lem. You farmers have a long. heavy drive of it to B-imberg. It is a very in convenient trip. But you make up your minds to it; it comes as a marter-of course, and you do !jot mind it. Just so here. So I have thought it my duty, as your pastor, to Dreach you a sermon bringing home to you the dereliction you ire guilty of, and showing you the God-giveu reasons for the duty of church attendence. But I hasten to say that these remark4 are not intended, in their primary appli cation at least, for a goodly number of those present. I have not found any where butter examples of constant at tendance on the services of the sanctu ary. I nt-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 be at home. Sometimes they are here if all suits, or the fancy is on them. SJme times they arc at home, walking over the crop); or they a're out visiting, wa\k ing over somebody else's crop, or discus sing politics or what not. So that it happened, I am most credible informed, several years ago that 'i brother respect ed and loved by you all preached at this church, and his audience was not as largc as the *omnpany that assembled that very day at a neighbor's house. Yes, I come to you, as your pastor, with a message of serious imp)ort to-day. I call you to most earnest, prayerful study of the demand of God, and your duty in this matter. I sound my text in your ears as the word of 'he Lord. It must be that you have lost sight of this serious aspect of the ease. You surely hove not felt the authority of a divine command behind you here. Othecrwise good men and women could not be so negligent. Let us notice some of the reasons that may be given for this "assembly of our selves together." .1. The first, in our discussion, and in importauce, is the fact that God has commanded it, as we have seen. This, indeed, should be the end of all contro v,.rsy with us. A "thus saith the Lord" should settle it. "Give me the book, chapter anid verse' my pastor, and that is enough for me." That should be your word. A minister was once trav eling on the cars, and sat immediately in front of the brilliant Gen. Isobert Toombs, who was engaged in an earnest discussion with a fellow-traveller. IIe noticed that the proposition for which the General contended antagonized the plain teaching of the Scriptures. Fi nally deciding,to enter the debate, lie turned abruptly upon his seat and said "Gene al Toombs, do you know that your positio% is opposed to the Word of God ?" Trho General was greatly surprised, but aDswered pleasantly: "Good evening, Professor S. I had no idea I was irn earshot of a preacher! WVill you he kind enough to give mc your Scripture?" The passage was quoted, and clearly contradicted his argument. lie at once arose--the man who had swayed Senates and stirred the thought of a nation lifted his hat, and with that courtly manner for which he was nioted, said: "I bow, sir, to the Word of God." So, brethren, let us bow to its majestic nau thority. But this command of God is rnot arbitrary. None of his command ments is so. T1hey are grounded in reason. They rest upon stiflcient foun dation. This command1 rests upon man's social constitution. We see this social ten dency in the humble orders of animal life. We see it as3 we cat ch a view of the cattlo upon the hills; or as we "con sidler the ants" plying busily at our feet. This social disposition is quite mani feet in man. We find it in the size or great eities; in the neighborhood gath erings; and most touchingly in the longIngs after home common to us all. But the wisdom of this world has tatight us the power of united effort. What mean these "Farmers' Alliances" all over the land? D)o they not mean that the husbandmen are at, last re'aliz ing that they can accomplish na a body I what they,could never do as individuals? Putting their llttles together, ur iting thotight and effort, massing their capital< they become mighty when before they s were utterly powerless. So here. A :r great work is to be done. The world is y to be converted. The isolated individual e here and 'there can not accomplish it. It o needs a union of all effort, an aggrega tion of all means to bring it about. Like t: the million drops that make the shower, or the hundred rivulets that make the S majestIc river. 8' Or, to chnan the figure te ch..ch e m a a grand at my moving on to the con luest of the world. Gallantly our Cap a.u leads the way: but victory must o*e to the untrokeil columu that fol ows where he leads. Of what use if the ,amp follower far in the rear? Of what munishment shall he be found worthy Nho bkulka in his tent? Again we will notice and answer some ,xcused men maku for not attending ,he stated services of the sanctuary: 1. One says, "I am so tired when Bunday comes, I am obliged to stay at home and rest." But is that, in the first place a 8incere plea? Is it not rather a mere pretence? When absent from church are you really at home resting? Ate you not out visiting your relatives or frieuds, sometimes farther oil than the house of God? Or, if at home, are you not walk ing over the crop, or planningthe 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. I say understandingly trying to rest. For you have not caught the idea of rest iei its highest and truest sense. You have not learned what the Sabbath-rest was in tended in the Divine Providence to be. Fit t3 po is it of the rest of the redtemed in heaven, But the rest of heaven is tar from being a season of inactivity. So with its earthly type, the Sibuitti- rest I It is not an idle, aimless inaction. Truc rest is rather a chaitze of occupation--a diversion-a changing of the thoughts and activities into new channels. Indeed it is olny thus that we can be saved from eunui. So the French call it. It means, practically, that we are tired of rest. Yes, actually, we often find inactivity the most tiresome thing in the world. The normal state of man is action, ac tion. True rest is but .he relief that comes from a change of activity. The Sabbath was given us that into new and better channels the thought and action of the soul should be turned. That for a day the business of eternity should take the place of the businm ss of time. That we should turn from the thought of the trials and cares of earth to the beckoning giorias of the better laud. Brother, you are not, refreshed by your Sunday's rest because it was not rest. If you had just let go everything Saturday night you would have gone back to your work Monday morning with new zest and spring. But you keep harp ing on the old string. You staid at home, and your mind was tilled with plans for the next day. So Monday found you unfreshed. Brother, the Sabbath is made for man, as well as for God ; for time a well as for eternity. Try its pre cious rest. Turn from Eh-1ughts of earth to thoughts of heaven. it w ill pay here and hereafter. 2. But you tell me, "Even admitting that, I used not go to church. I can d just as well at home. I can meet witl God. I can receive a blessing at home a well as at church." But granting what claim, that 5ou might do as well let ut ask, do youl You tell me that you Can read a much better sermon th.tu you could hear at church; that you havL weekly one of Dr. Talmage's sernion ii your "Sunny South," or Constituti.' But lot me ask, do yot really read ti sermon But granting that you do; doet the printed column speak to you like the living voice of your pastor? Certainl) the sermon in itself may be better, bu does it have the same effect?l Besides do0 you couple this reading with p)rayer: It was my great privil ge for three years, lie last of his life, to be fhie pasoe that saintly men, Rev. David D)errick of the South Carolina Conference. Often he was unable to filt his place. But it wai his custom when thus kept away to .spend the hours of service in Bible readiog ande p)rayer. Brother do you fill the ser vice hour with devotions? Dou you jain prayer to your sermon reading? And do 3ou not miss this in your suibstitte fur atten dance upon~ the Word?i No, nothing can take the place of the. preacher's hiviog voice, the insoiratioun of the holy sor,g, the united prayer, atnd all the sacred influences of the house of God'. 31. Yet you p)leadl, "W~ell, it is no't conl venient for me to go to church." hut, brother, sister, duty does not wait uo convenience. Many :and many a unme sacuifices mtust be made. Indeed thet Christian life is but one great sacr-iice, A thousand thing are not convenient. however desirable, but we must nay the price. Others do it; so rnay you. 4. ''Ye.,'" you say, "bhut it is well- nigh imapossible for a1; of us to go." Tlhen, beloved, take it by reguMrj turns. Parents, let the children have their timne Children, give the old folks a chance. But to conclude: 1. Brother, I miss you when your scat is vacant. I need your presence, yotir symplathy, your prayers. It is much easier to pireachi to you in your p)lace than to your vacant seat. Then I am beating the air, and the spirit feels the sad lack of your help ft presence. 2. Sister, you are losing ground, as you stay away from the house of God. Certainly, if providentially kept it is different. Your heart is here with us. But if this be yotur choice, there is no heart in the matter, and quickly you will find yourself slipping, drifting far from God. 3. I exhort you, dear brethren obey God; inherit the promises iIe gives us; use this precious means of grace; put yourselves in the way of receiving the blessing iIe is waiting to bestow!I We see it in the reciprocal influences we exert over each other. One of thne subtlest, and yet one of the mnost' rea1 thing., in life is this influence noted in man's social nature. By it men arc con stantly led up)ward or downward. bj it men are saved or ruined. Ilow many testimonies confirm this. "I was led t o Christ by the example and Influence of a dear friend." "I was brought to this night of sin and despair through ungod ly associations." Yes, God, man's maker-, knowing the possibilities, knowing his needs, organ izes the church upon a social basis. And the faithful of the ages have ever justified the Divine wisdom here. WVe have felt the elbow touch of symipathiy. IIeart has answered1 to heart, and hand has joinedl with hand to mal<e us strong. Deep has called to deep in our enjoy. nent of the communion of saints- It bas become a very type'of heaven. 2. Trhe second reason for this "as uembling" is the Divine p)romnise. Cer ~ainly God -has promised to meet mith the individual soul. Hie has said, 'Enter into thy closet, and * * *' ray to thy Father which is in Secret; nad thy Father which seethi in secret hall reward thee openly." Bt there are hose additional and especial p)romTises to hose who meet together: "Again I say into you, that If two of you shall agree an earth as touching any thing that they hall ask, it shall he done for them of 3y Father which is in heaven. For there two or three are gathered togeth r in my name, thero ami I in the midst I them." 2. Thete is also, a third reason hiere 1 10 example of otir Lord. Says one:r * * * "And straightway on the abbath day Jesus entered into the !aagogue." Luke on a similar occasion e ysw Jesusma weno te ..ggu 'as hi custom was." Thiii vustoi of JeEus has more than a tuero sugg.tiou, or advice, for us. It may well lavo O fi-.co of a law. vLat was to him a pMv111go may I be WOll ConbideeTd our duty. Ihis i~s the more signitie:t when we reuiember that in those days there was much of T form aud mechanical routine in the sj agoguo services. There was Imluell that was utititisfactory and even repulbive to A the mind and heart of Jesus, yet his custom was to attend tho s.pngogue. He did not forsake the assemblies of it Isreal on the Sabbath days." si 4. We have, besides, the example of ti the little band of ot.c hundred and twen ty disciples in thoir tenl days' prayer meeting preceding Pentecost. It was a it crucial petiod with them, a time of d great ueed, a time of expectancy. They I might have scattered themselvts to their homes or the homes of tlwivr iiends, and singly plead with God. But no. The 1 urgent need, the one desire, tne fellow- ih ship of loving hearts brouglt theni to gether. They needed each other. They helped each other. In sone mysterious way faith touching faith went out in a grander sweep. 'Tie answer came. rhe Holy Mhost descended. The chuitch f, was annointed for the great work. t 5. As well might be nil uced the p constant practice of the early chumch. p Acting undoubtedly tiunder )ivinc guid- I ance, the fist Christ ntlcl5 t oil tle r Lords day cvtiry wiei . And toe biatory e of the church's progieas is largely a s record of those once-.- cek gatherings. Indeed, nothing *takvs is place more t naturally as a part of the settled order I of the church than the stated assemblies ' for worship. 6. But a reason th1t mu1tist nlot be ( overlooked for these niuembiilL. --a bell t evident reason-is tih ilIstruction in Divine truth which is th-eir necessary accompaniment. livre is Gais app)int ed school for tle ihcuic;teti of tle truth. I[ere the ministry- a )ivine order --is to < pour out fPr t lie bent it of t ie w hole I church that treasure of knowldue it li-s I been enable to acquire. Here tie bu:,y man of the world may have given him i what he has not leisure to acquire for himself. Ilere the ignorant are pit up on the same footing its the wii-e. TIe plain practical truth is set before all. For this the ministry has been set aprt -men chosen of (od, given leisure for this very thing-that they may be v%ell instructed scribes, rightly dividing the word of truth. And it neied not be contended t hat they are wiser than other mnen. In thcir lines niiy m in their e. ogregations may be their superiors. it it does stand to reason th:t tli:t (Gine shoild be best qualiflied to teach here-or, indeed, in any department--who hlai "drawn all his attilies that way." 7. It follows from wNhat we have al ready seen that thes- assemibltica are a means of grace. A ieaiis i- a eliainel or vehicle for the conveyance to us of good or evil. A ineans of grace is a channel along which spiritu:il (_ood flows into our solc. The inztitictions we re ceive in Divine truth at church i sich a means of grace. So is the fellowsiop of purpose, prayer and faith in the con greg.iti of God's sainus. Mighty waves of influence break over us . In1sen."ibly we find ourselves stroger. Mv broth er's arm invisibly encvicle1 ni. My pen. itential tearo iniw_!le with his. I am borne along with rapturoutii Song Alid the glad hiallelojah: I ask you if it is not so? II[ave yon not found i' so in your own exper ienice? II[ave you niot proved it tiiie bit hi in the usc, and ag'aini in the neglect of this means of grace. 8. lUmi the hin:dh reason we adduce is that otur stated gatheri ngs are a necessity to the prsenion of tihe work of thbe church. lBrot her, pierih thle thiough lt, that the pireciotus t reasuire, t hi ''pearl of great price,'' is to lbe la id up, as it wet e in a niwp kin and hiiddeni away. It is to bring in, r.ther, largze.returns to the Lord of whom we are stewards in the salva tion of souls. GRIEV ANCK-. OF T H E: NE E;1o. A n A cliree.,- I menee.dl'Frn W a Alh inn, in, n i tihe (noloired (ans,.lnng. Ihie colored cotiven ftion, ini se-slo at Wanshingit n, [h itd ei x-( soy-. P ; Pineeback , p'reside'r ol' toe iiat ionah organ izat ioni, andl i nuted aiin mldrl which , after - reenin in ithIle u.-utaI mannier the grievan*es oIf the nace,I '"The prioposition noS 1w ietid ing in Conigress looking to the deportation of1 or emiimigration oif (eoh>re d Aun t rican citizenis of this country to any ot her country, or eveni to itny 0other- part ol our own cotuntry, t hroughzl governrnentI aid, also meet with otir nost eniphiatic: condemntion1 and disapphrJv$ ; lotr we I caninot, exile ourselves fr'or -1 : s coun try as a necutralizing maovenent againist( ottr growing numiIbe-rs asi als excuse for< the inatioii doing its (lity to wardis< Amnericain citizens. Whliie we reco'g mz-e the right of coloredi Ameiricaii citi 'zens to go to aniy }outiy they may (desire or to any part of'ouri own couni try, yet we do not believe thiat it,1 i ay hart of the dutly of the General (ov.. ernmenit to rendeler aid oir assitancrte I frotm the Fe'deratl t reasury for that r putrpose, and we (do not ask it. All I we ask is justice, equtal rights and( faird play. If utnder' such ci rcumst nces r we cannot stiivive we will have nlone r to blame bult ouIrse(lves. WVe r'ecoimendl s thie adoption of the following resoli tions: "'Resol vedI. 'That thie national or- a ganizaitioni creattedl by thi i con ventioni ts be authori zedJ and( inst rutted to A uphon :the President of the Uniitedl y, States andl present him withI a copy of this addlress, and also to t hatnk hiim ini o the nlame eI the convention for his w~ kindl allusaions to coloredi Atiiericanis in tI his addl(ress to con1gre~sn; also~ to apipear befoire the dif(rn t coin mittees of Congres<s havitng juisicition of the subhject maltters rererr-ed to in this ad dlress for thle putrpose~ of itiging uponl the sid commlittees the niece.ssit y for th.e sa i proposed It-gislatIion ando to -i give t-he reason ia dIetadi for the A mnovemntt is on foot ini Austria amtI l[ungary jus5t noiw to do away with the i form of salutationi custonnirv amonoll' I men-- that oif taking ol' the 'ht At I t (Graz Ia comimit t(-e hias been fornmedi whichat passed a re.solutioniand4 itentId upIon liiat civil andI mnilli tary G overors, Ib riii, Kiuebeck anid Couinlt Wurmblraitd, as alsot in tIle maiiyor oif the city, beguiung thlei ro ho the millitary salute fr m thiir inferiors. 1he three gintIlemnt bid ly give t hi' a 3nnsent. 'Thie wish heas also been 01.G >ressedl that, te dlange-rous customi oif to incoverinrg t. head for a Ic-ngth I of Ime: at fuirneralIs houlId be dio'ne a way1 vith. It is poitited out that the mailita y saluiite muNt necessairi ly iminply lit leas~t th< s inuchi respiec as lifting lie hatt, inace hill common soldie-r t hu .saluiates thic high- 'Te st command ill the army. In the Middle Ca ges the hat no , ca - .was nfe. B - A DARING DEED. OW'rlJETOWN OF ST. ALBANS WAS TAKEN. wIsly-six Voisfedernteo Euen pe frons pris pit Rmd Clipisiret a erniont Town--The itanks sacket.-Trini in (nndtily. IlintIA ContHtlIlonl. Sketches innumerable, have appeared newEpapers and magazines, on both des of Mason and Dixon's linte. purpor ng to be "the most daring CAploit of .e war." I have, however, seen no al ision to what I claim, was the most ,tring, viz. the capture of St. Albans, errout, by twenty-Bix confederates in ic latter days of December '04, or early i January '65. This audacious episode i so lit'l kuown in Atlanta, that a brief ecount by one who was almost (not uite) a part of the capturing force, may ot bo uninteresting. in the summer of 1804 about 120 con Lderato prisoners of war. who had con r.ved to escape from different northern risons mado their way to Canada in lefcenct to taking the risk of recap ure in the endeavor to pierce the milita y lue,, and perhaps have to answer tht harge, so lacely iade againstsuspiciouN trangers, of bemeg spies. Rock Island, ,amip Chase, Camp I)ouglas, Camp Mor on and other prisons of lesser note eacL urnished its quota of this contingent. qow, such a body of men, who had tht hrewdr.ess and energy to effect their es. ape, were not likely to be inactive in he stirring events which so much con erned them. Consequently a movemeni vas set on foot looking to the liberatioi >f 1he prisoners on Johnson's Island, l'his ended i-i the (aIpt ure and executior )f Major Heal, of IlulTalo, N. Y. Fo owirg on the heels of their bclcvec eader's death, it soon becarne apparen hat Sherman was about to abandon tl, iword of the soldier for the torch of tb( ncendiary. As the mothers, wives on( it-l sisters of these exiled patiets weri posed to insult and pillage, naturall, their rage knew no bounds. Said Cap in , of Alabama, to the writer '"'There are enough of us here to drav all 10,000 cutthroats form our belovet hones, if we but hang together an( strike in the nost tender spot, as thes vandals have been striking us." As a result of mature doliberatioi like a clap of thunder in a clear sk news flashed over the wires that "arebe horde had captired St. Albans, Vt. Subs(quent events developed the fac that "thn. horde" consisted of twenty-sxi men, who quietly entered the town anc tLhi owing oil their outer wraps, appeare in the garb of confederate soldiers, arm Ld to lie teeth, and enforced an immedi iurrender. Although the place con Lained 5,000 inhabitants, the mayor aw uity ofheers counseled submission. Tb intire nale population was corraled ii the public Equare and held for hourF twemt,y buing detailed as a guare fu the, while the other six went throug the public buildings, both local and fed eial, and the national banks. Five mIl lions in gecenbacks, bonds and fecuritic com plenlsaitedl the captors. oa returning to Canada, a dernani was mai1de from Washington for their ex traiion. The case was taken before a judlge in Toront o on a writ, of habea cori:us, and postponed for ten dayst e'nait>lie iprisoners to procure evidence Now, as much courage and greate shrewvdness was necessary to p)rove thes men were soldiers- not mere robbert Five scouts were immedliately dispatches for ltichmond, each commissioned oi the siune errand, so if one or more fel inito the hands of the enemy some c them might get through. On the nigh one of lhe couriers retuirned, and o: the tent h morning, just before cour convened, two others came in with certilied copy of Lieutenant Younis comm1iiission, and( certi 'ied copies of t enlistment p)apers of each and every (on oft lhe other t wentIy-flive. The trial pro creded ; the court decided the partie wt re beligerents, and they were acquit ted aLccot olngly. Ss strong a piressure, however, wa brought to bear on thle Donminion guy zr nment that parlIiamen t was con venc< ni session ext raordinoary, and the alliei eChti on act paiSed under tho govern nient whip and spur. TIhis act may b brictly epitomized as follows: "T h ~overnaal general is empowered to sus send the habeas cor pus b)y proclarLatiot ni the domiinion within forty-eigh Lut lit tle remains to be told. Al hough only twenty-six took part in the .Al banis raid there were uabout ona aund red and twenty distributed througi aie cities oif Montreal, Toronto, St. .athterinies andl liamil ton. A portiot onlcived the idea (If going to Europe, flering their services on a blockadi unner, and1 gaining entrance to som( out ho.rn port. '.fhis was deemedl the nmost feiisible plant, as it would he mad oess to attempt ret urning through the ortheorn states. Wel they founid hemislves, in course of time, in Edin unrgh, Scotland, with all arrangements riade to aman a vessel, prepared iar the urpiose ont the Clyde, about forty milet istant, whzen news came of Le's sur enider and as a consequence they sur endleredl their blockade running re >lvyes. flaw many of these ex-escap)ed priso ers are lef t ini twenty-years? As I write coincidence presents itself to me senty-six men psarticipated in the St. Ibans raid, and it is just twenty-six mars since it occuredl. If this should catch the eve of any ic who was in Canada at ~that time il he confer vwith the writer oif this rough the Constitution. G~'eneri iHonianrn',s Nnrrow I/sena,g On tho 5th Inst ant Adjutant Goneral .L. hlonham, Jr., of this elily had a irrow.esc.ape ft.om death by asp)hylxIa on at, Washingtona, 'where he was In tndance on the meetIngs of the Na mnal Gutard Association of the United ates. Hie was stopping at the Met politatn Hl-ol, and1( when lie retired iotught, ho hiad turnied out the gasn. lie fixtures, however, beIng very old, is probable that t.he weight of his 11nd, as 110 wit,hd(rewv it, opened tho :>pcock andl t.he gas escaped. General >il~na went to slcep almost irnmedi ely, antd had it not been for the night itchamatn, who dletectedl the odor in e hall and1( forcedI his Way into the oma, it is probable the el'et of the a would have been fatal. Au it was hind only lbeeni asleep a short while, d when the windows were thrown en lie 30oon becamtei all right.. A doc was called iui, but1, his services were t nieeded.-.-Co)tumbia Register. Aeography.--T'each,er (to dutll d]oy of class)---Which New Englainb State i t wo esp,itals? J3(y--New hlampshire. achier- -Indeed Name them. Boy pital N andl capital II.--Harper's Tiea Awful Fao of a Woakeasu in a Treutou Mi. "The Ilunted Mill" is t te title giv en by woikingueu to the new Chutol street annex to Roebling's wire and roll itg mill in Trenton, New Jersey. The men have some cause for thi name, too, for, although the mill b41 been operation but a few months, nearl, a dozen of of their fellow workmen bav been stricken there with death in thi most shocking manner possible. Indeed so superstitious are thw men becominj that they go to their labor very reluc tautly. Tilb. PLILaOUS PlCoCKSH, The drawing of wie under the pro ceases used at Itoebling's is extremel dangerous, although the firm is rapidi replacing the old machine.ly by the pip guide system. - A number of large bars of heavy iro several inches in diametcr are now plac ed In a furnace, and when at white h.a they are rushed over to the chain c twelv(> rollers with grooves, aud it i while they pass through these rolleu that the danger arises. Two men on either side of the roller take charge of the iron in its heaview stath, and from then on to the finishe who is statioieJ at the end of the Ion line of rollers, are boys. DANVERO'S WonK. The iron passes through the fu tt Lriot in the heAvy state very rapidly, and I the Oj)ppbie side of the rolls stands buy with a pair of' tongs, who mul catch this rod of red hot iron, going at rate of about a rod a minute, twist about his head in a snake like wrigg and pass the end into another oroove 4 it holesmaller thun the one throup which it has just passed. If the boy mnismes the hole or guide it to which he should pass the hot irt in an instant the iron bends, tle el shoots upl) and if the lad is not nimb enough toget out of its way it goo through his body. Ttis was the position held by Clharl, Cheattle,and, although lie was coiider( a first class workman, he w.,4 iot 1lic enough to ebeape the swiftly rolling irt and it pierced his b.ody through i at through. HOTCHIIKSS' AWFUL VA.'T A few days ago Thomas Iluteliki one of the most expert "rouglhers," men who handle the hot iron when first passes through the rollers, was ki ed inl this mill in an even more horritI nanner than was young ChLeattle. lotchkiss was standing before ti furnace with his tongs wI hen an accide I happer.ed. A fellow wi kman stoolp over to repair the damage, and at t same iistan a large !,1iu"re rol of ir( caie rushing fron the furnace and os ing to the dibarrani:ement of the furna llutchkis codid neither stop the irou D turn it from its c>turse. Nor could move out of his tracks. Ile bent over, thinkins.g it might pa over his head, but in this he wais' mista - CLiAR TiloToll HIM. a The end of the red hot rod enteredil lower part of his abdomen and pas I through the body, coming out at I - neck and burnirig out his entrails. :' Not one drop of blood wa.s shed, b s hIotchkiss wvas (dead be fot e the iron cou >~ be extricated. .rThe Hungarian w ho was inju red r the wire dlepartment on Tuesday nig a lies in a precarious condition. .The Rtoeblings employ abe I men. COL. 11UCK'S MA. f Georainun, fItckIinr A bout tian Ams.. l'oelita.lastrii, A pp'uimgi,. WAsl!INGTVON, F'eb., 7.--A aey named DudlIey was noinOlhatedi yeste day as p)ostmaster at Ameieius, Gi the hom11e of' Reresentative Crisp. T1 .dythe Georgia senators an ao repi senitat ives received diptce,sign -by whiite and-- colored men(1 of hot parties, protesting agai nst thle uin. Mion. Dudley' is saidl to be not only igno ant, and1 il literate, but of lhad charai ter. U e was a delegat t o t he 'hmicap convent ion and1( vot ed for Ia rri-oi and t his seenms to have been what cured his nomi0)3nat in. Col. Buck, the (ib'orgia Reptublien boss, at. first denied that, I.e emlorse( Dud les, but at terward1s adin11ittedl I had signedl the man'sC papers'1'. TI Georgia senators exp)ect. to secure an ple0 evidence, fromn hot hi Repulicai and D emuocrats, of Dutdiev's untitne. for oflice. Theim reputation of at manl1 is 1nade1 h of what people say of him. In lii miann ter the reputtatio of1 i a mnedicin dIepend(s on what. they who have use if. say. No remedy ini existenlce I s,o good a repuattion as a blOood r'eed as B. B. 1B. (Botanic Blood( Balm).I 1is a successfuli physicians' preeiplt io and1( <luickly cures both1 mild and tel rible cast s 'A had blood. Dr. L. A. (s uild , Atl antIa, (Ga.; writ e "\Vm. Sealock , livimg on my plaec hIad an1 uigly rtuniu.g ulcer ou his arn which 01 dinary remjedies failed to cor t,rol. As a last resort I pilaed( him 0 to heal att 0nce, and1 effected an enl (eure. It s a remnedy well worth conflideonce." Dr. J. E. Hall, D)ruggist at. A me cuis, (Ga., wi ites. "'A planter n3ear place hmad several of his~ best labo' eflected with1 Syphilis. lie got i B. B. B. iand prioounces t.hemii wvell. A gang of' A. P'. & I2. Hailr hands~ use B. B. B. with great bei to counteract the cifects of swi mlalaria."' Postmaster Giener'al Wanamiakeir submhiitted to the Congressionial c. mittee on P'ostollices the dIraft of a providing for the establishmnent piostal telegraph oflices at ('eery dlelivery oifflce in thle counit ry. Un the lill it is providled that thme t. graph tolls in any one0 State shall exceed temn cenxts for mrssanges of WOrd1s or less, cotunting addl(ress signature, nor over 2~> eents for distance undI(er 150) iniles, nor1 ove cents for atny greater dlistance; the i and r'ule.s to be pr1escribedl by the I master General. When Nellie lIly started on her around the worb(l, thle New YIork W orneied a gtuessinrg department arnd (i <d a trip to Europe, withI amll e.xp paidI, and $250 in pocket money toi persoi nnkiM lie closest gut-ss as the time that would be consumfled, Met b(' Ily's trip. F. W. S'tevens, ef New York, wais the winner of the prize. TIh,e time actuallIy con0sLme as'1 (i annotuced by the time keepers, was 72 days, ( hours, 11 minutes and 14 scconds. Mr. Stevens' gtiess was 72 days, ti hiourd, 11 mi utes tPIand 1.4 2. li sndns. BRtICE PUTS 111S FOOT IN IT. I Ohio sRDIou,we to .11tft.s l1tu n floi' ib laisu1 of iliziajlilp. oM, 0., Feb.4--There will be a 1 hearing at, the t4lice of the Auditor of - Allen county next week in the mobt itu portant civil sit ever brought in north western Ohio. The issue involvett is the I outcoue of the questioll of tho citizen f ship of Senator-elect Calvin S. Brice. 3 %ho for the past five ycars has evaded payment of taxes in this city, because of claiming citizenship in New Yor k, on I all personal property, under which head the law includes stocks and bonds. Mr. Brice's Senatorial tight has forced the location of his citizenuship at Lima, and - as a constluence he has at once made y himsell liable for nearly $70,000 back y taxes and penalty. e Mr. II. W. blorganthaler, Special Tax Collector for Allen County, has in his Spo:.sesion an immense amount of papers, each paper making a link in a chain of t evidense that is entirely complete. It f has been calculated that the amount of a Mr. Brice's personal property sulbject to s taxation in Lima by reason ot his citi venshi p, is somew hat over *2,800,000, in a vested in the fUlluwing corporatio'is: t East enneshee, Virginia & Ocorgia It,iilway, Hichniond & Danville Railway, L,ke Eie & Western Rtailway, Dativille Terminal Railway Company, Duluth, South Shore & Atlantic Railway, the A thison, Toprka & Santa Fe and the It United States Express Company. On this amount theie is due about five years' I taxation at a rate varying from 3! 20 to it :3.30 per cent. per 3ear, to which will be dded at5 per cent. penaihy. eIt is not known what 31r. BrIce's de >r fense will be, but it is likely a desperate r iturt will be made to compromise. As the officials of the country are ILD political ,upporters of Air Brice, and as one If then is said to have received a I ten-thou,and-dollar check for his servi ces in the late canvat.i, the auditor's ac le tiotn h'as been kept quiet. Ti.e hearing will be with boited doors. As Special Collector llorgauithaler receives percent age on the collection of back taxes, it i1 hard!y tiought he will Consent to Ia coin pronise. i i it-N' I lie . i gl Ui f I). s I i i l an Iti 1 to %v il v Pii -e n cla,i e ) i 1. rNHM,Fb 10 --DW)Icka"bInS, who )Ai udcr scactic e to( death fir iLe e tildi r of his f l Y tit. ,%(.h te , II "ff", lols nIId ;Iolein Ib 1.a11ifed -jo!n W'ylie s tle rnli d, if 1.4f h ,inmil t and ncknonv.1v gs biiing hiln lo do it. d A tleut:tin sa%s W yloe ha., II.r-u Sresti-d inl Athivta. and that beU w%IIllib l re jh' ee. W i denle- *11 k-owl edge of the crime. Bradlield's eintle Regulator will cure all irregularities or derangements Cpectiliar to womnlv. Tlo!e sullering should ue it. Sould by al druggist, K- RMeadV, the ImIa who so brutal11Y mur1iAdered the negro in Barnwell wIile the poolr feilow was tnilder arrest, for s .:-flg, ha,t been airrested in F;orida I 1r ;. de:peralet resistance. If a11Ny le <runl ever deserved ha:ging it i (.vi I C. Rendv. ut-- - i i N in For, Et imaites on lil CO iiIe t ito~irs. ro r Wewill also furnish everything ineeded(I in th li ine of s1 ul ies: Belt .ing, Oil-, PipIing, Fi ttings, Valves, In. iraoi Injectors, IPumpi, &c, &c. WV. if. (GIBBE>4, J1 i, & CO. r.- Columbia, s. c. ECE I,- *iL .c. IE e i x I, NY KNO THY N,ver 1 u Ii . , ii C. -y -'. 1 -t' e A ~ / LIFE'/ r2~* at ude '. 1-:, 1~NOW-HY:[FA 1k~ SCENCE F L b FOC lluM-, nr sHow <ii THE TERY MAN' Pin etoat and O S .U r -o. -.W '"I? .s-M . t134 3,.iSt'o utnbhi, se b -Iz, P. - 4 V a:. aw, dir, ot froU fact r%. N. 4ge, . o 'r'le eeho)atqm:(ChIcICe r Pa hlatbujuk Plan,u. ec.orated for itt clearness f tone, lightness of toutch 1au. lastirg qualitius. hlasou- & {ali IrUliht Plano. Sterlil'g Uprigbt Vinuu, from $'/ up. Arion PiaDos, from $200 up. Mason & llamlin Organs. snrpase, by nome. Sterling Organs, $50 up. Every Istrument guaranteed fr r si years. Fif,een days' trial, epeuses boti ways, if not satiefaclory. FOR SIXTY DAYS. NVE10FFEA OU No 2IIAND-MADR (()%~I) CAMtI(4) resi,ie 11;lrtiv. 014 SIXTY DAYS' time fo4 1. It1:1. bem hicko,ry whevIs a1i1 tlialts, It I tireq 1s 14 I IXIt culhionl4 m.:t w-.ld 1,6nt 44i ly. 'Not .t -ee m zl . c urt, but i., tirst A la l tr1 o ghiout. W e Asl :illerkturour N . to in t-it, yn f ski riII , st XTy I 'sA time to, t oinllamunZo-1-5.Ml. It ha;1. Iet pttt ) wheels, .eel tires niti ml;s. Tr imilemd p .1d i'llj e l ili goolI style. Noit;by io i nemis i che(o wie tc/, ut is very submIt itilta t ijA is mir ranted, 'Eor aireultrs and generul deseriptieo. :tddres 1111,1iAIt & ANDE)I.SON. i mitg leas mntion th l -uer. 11.(1.B I ll.iii i Il, c JERSEY FLATS 'h I In&Ia I ill' V ' kM at Ltg bottles hoJcent.. and cuaratit:-ml to) euro tiny case,of Chills and Fever, ml, intermittont and 1temittent Fevers. hV TIlE IBAlti,TT DIRUO CO, T ItY .1 MItS PY 1,A*'4 -1e A Ir m A1 LuvMrlI i, STOCK AND POULTRY FARMi HORSES, CATTLE, SWINE AND POUL TRY FOR SALEJ Gold Medal Butter Herd of Jersey CattI. The Imported Percheron Stallic 1 C1 E, (lt'E 7.1k-o will iwike the ieaison itt es).CIiice ) (uti Jersey I ie, ItAcI tIl. mwine,' Light Dlithms. W%midots, Langshains. Brown Ltlhorns. Plyioutih Iel.:s ind Oait 'owls fvr ale. Eg in %e.isoti. 'itiL-, I ON 1'. M Ti.l:; N, -,. '1riiWN r. C lumbii. S. C. . . IA LIV I N. Ah.i;ter. uILDER'S LIVER PILLS, Reuove the bile fron, the syste,,m, curo al biliotis troubles, 1and p,revent ma1ilarin i diseasm, For Ale by vll drtuggist md increlimits at 2. cents at box. or mailed on rec-eipt of:.riec by TL4 E NA I it ETT AD it CO.. AUuUSTA, OA. rA I t l 11 F's l 1(. s I,S I The ToZer Elgine Works JOHN A. WILLIS PROPRIETOR. 117 WE:S'T CiElSvms STr.ET NEAlt --.AN !' FACUlm I?1 IO F T IE Tozerl Steami Engines ANDI Al.,SI% OF:801 l tTIl L 'eOMOTIVE A ND Ili' It N T IUL lAi1 1t0112::11s. FOUNDRIY WOit)R IN Ilt0N AND lIIUAS2 RIEPAIIIINII P'RO.\ulPTLY MXFCUTElDj. .luly:2M-em Lan gley Brotilers, 74 h. INU S'l.., ('Il l.:l5.:'P() S. ( ilANIIFACTlI'R1',bs if LUiIE-s' ANL Sl 'Nit Ir"nrr. Vine D)res " Is onie - aii ialty. )i ri etij lo'r antaurW - i'en oni ap4 3'a ""-i 4 s.0-im-Ii PLTTS' CARMVINlATIVE (It 40'( )lUilCTNG~ NA USI;\, I)yg., ble mnerit in the home:v it-Ih- fir htil or otdolt. It is pophi r,p,atalal.jl 43 it eiIciet,l til'rul t lu t h 'rl' fimt-l. It .s' lt .t:o ttan hen isthet intu lous i :3ene.4 rui'iI.- 3hecks Itd ihowels. Thel-t mut..u-t d ir'arge fro In.le ( yttln am ure n::'. , aml hi do esi II mdah ile Ch -rit i 'l pr iod hot iiie. thin hi ren sil 51afI: -ai rles.. icti hyMEni I0rR r sl y\ nmNak ale by 1llowardtk SU \\ iett,L A VOusa. Ga . imA.A PeF/ tD alE I MaTial ./tuLAs. PrA. lI (-,4'A'.pFor I-ale by i lru iss nti' m r COTNahil H le ETetUrC.