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VOL.RSAY JULY'3 #180 1 CENSUS LEGISLATioN. A REVIEW OF THE ACTION OF THI STATE SENATE. The Senatori From Charleston Give a l1ix tory of the Proceedings in That Unidy an in the Ii-ae of Itepresentativcm. To the Editor of the News an< Courier: Capf. Tillman has on sev cral occasions seen fit- denounc those members of the itato Seiate who voted against the census am reapportionment bills. We hav< wiited to see whether any one, othei than ourselves, would give the reasof for such action. WNe are unwillin longer to have such reasons unstated especially in view of the recent at tack on that uprighC soldier am gentleman, Judge Izar, whoso po sition necessarily forces him to keel silence. THE FACTS HiE As FOLLOWS. The General Statutes of the Stat< contained and now contain the gen eral provisions for taking the census About two or three days before th< close of the session of 1884 a bil came over from the House to th( Senate, amending in certain particu lars the general law, on the subjecl of the census--principally as to ti< rate per capita to be paid and it other minor points. While,however, is left tie duty on the Governor o: haviing an enumeration made, neitheli this bill nor t4e general law appro priated any money to enable him t< iave the work done. The bill, there fore, as it passed the Hous3e, was in complete, anpd would have effectedn< result. On iiquhy it warrasoertained tha1 the probable expense of a State cen sus would amount ,to some $50,0( or $60,009. This tras the estimat< made by careful men, who wer< supposed to be in a position t know. The majority of the Senators, nearl3 all of whose counties were unaffect6' by the result, did not feel justified ir puttingupon the people this heav3 expense. And as the House, whiel was the body whose membership wat inl questiol, had not deemed it prop er to take the responsibility of mak ing the appropriation necessary foi the work, these Senators, acting or the bill sent them by the House, re jcted it. The counties whose representatioi would be affected by the censu were about equally divided. Th very large majority of the Senator were entirely disinterested, as it di< not atect their counties in any way A majority 6f. these disintereste Senators voted against the bill, an< by their votes it was defeated. i 1885 the amendment of thi Constitution was proposed allowini reapportioumnent on the basis of th< United States census of 1890 al( thereafter. This was adopted by the vote of every Senator present excep one, Mr. Reynolds, of Beatufort. I was proposed and passed as a fulfil ment of the requirement of the Con stitution providing for reapportion ment, but as saving the taxpayers ol the State the heavy expenses of tak ing the consus by the S-tate. At the samo session, 185, th< House again sent over a bill for tak inig the census by the State authori ties. But as the amendment to th<( to the Constitution had b)een passet pIroviding the other method for ire apportionment, aLs ai men~1sure 01 economy to the State, the Senat< .did not feel called on to pass thiu bill. There was another serious objec lion, to wit: Whether an extra ses sion of the Legislaturo could legall be called to reapportion in time foi * the election in the fall of 1880. Thi: had duie consideration. But tha which determined the matter was tha ainother method of reapportionmnen had been provided1, by which th taxpayers were savedl some $50,000 o $6i0,000. The matter then camne before thm people of the State at the genera election in 1826, when this amend * ment was submitted for their deciF ion1. It was adopted by an over wvhelming pop)ulatr vote. The peopi< of the State thereby ratified and ai Proved thme action of the Legislatur<~. in subistitutinig this means of reap portionment, andl saving them th< heavy tax and expense of taking tie -census by the State. And the peo lo themselves having thus actoi on the question, it w~as settled fin ally. Duiring the Ression of 1 886 the bil to ratify this constitutional amend ment came before the Senato. It wa passed by the vote of every Senato except one. In 1887 and again in 1888 bills wer intrgduced into the Senate to real' portion on the b,asis of the census c 1880. '4 These were opposed as no beimg within the scopeO of the anmend~ mont, which provided that the fi~ reapp1ortionmenit should( be0 madle i (der the census of 1890. There wver also practical difficulties, as for it stance with. Charleston county, whic: had been divded since that consu into Charleston and1 Berkeley. Thi p)rovented any accurate or p)roper rt I apportionment on the basis of th enmsus of 1880. The Senate, ther< fore, by a decided majority, rejecte< the bills. This'is a simple statement of thm ease. .Who do not propose to ir dulgo in iteninprato language or t be drawn into vituperation or recrin mnation. We desire Solely to give th ,reasions whichi governed the Senate i Augustino T. Smythe, Geemao.s Lamb Buist ' SeaosfromA Charleston Countj (-Dr. J. B. Patrick, a promineE d tist of Rock Hill,died oin Mona H a nativn e hi SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS. -Col. Robert Aldrich of Barnwell is out in an interview in the Charles ton World, squarely favoring Till DIan. -A conunission has been issued to the Capital City Guards, colored, of Colhunbia. The company comprises eighty-three members. -Alexander Noisette, colored, is in jail at Charleston charged with the nurder of John Worthy, colored, by I driving an iron pin ito his hcad. -Preparations are being made to begin the work of erecting the cotton compress at Sunter, the stock for which was subscribed a month ago. -Napoleon Levelle, who killed his wife and nearly murdered his uncle in Charleston on Febuary 17th, was convicted of murder, and sentenced to be hung September 5. -One of the census enumerators appointed for Catawba township, York county, claims to have found a negro woman who gave in her age as 114, and is still right spry. -Steel McLeos, the only son of the widow' McLees, living ten miles be low Anderson, was drowned in Bar ris' Pond on Saturday afternoon. le was caught in a suck hole. -Work on the new Cathedral in Charleston is progressing. The arched windows on the west wall have been about finished, and the '%work is pushing forward all over the building. -Newberry has beent selected as the place of this year's encaiplment of the Citadel Cadets. The corps will use the grounds of Newberry College-these havir g been offered for the purpose. --Mr, L. L. Harris, of Chesterfield county, saw a peculiar looking old stump the other day, and after close inspection concluded there i,ist be something in it. He turned the stump over, and in the bottom of it found 93 leather-wing bats. -The new awl handsome building erected by the Masonic fraternity of Anderson was dedicated on Tuesday with imposing ceremonies. Col. J. A. Hoyt, a Past Master of the lodge - there and a Past Grand Master of the State, delivered the dedicatory ad dress. -Tle meeting at. Lexington on Wednesday was attended by about 1 350 persons. Spevches were iad( by Capt. Tillnan, Gen. Bratton, Gen Pope, Col. Marshall, and Col. Gary a Every thing passed off quietly. Th( sentiment of the meeting was strong - ly with Mr. Tillman. -Judges Bond and Simonton, ir ithe United States Court, at Charles ton on Wednesday, decided the t own ship railroad bond cases in Soutfl Carolina. The suit was brought by the Charleston, Cincinnati and Chica go Railroad against the Boston Trust Company. Thevalidity of the bonds had been attacked by the townships. that issued them, but their valility is uplheld. -The Charleston World of Wed nesday says: "Soon after the rain and thunder and lightning yesterday, and especially after the severe clap of thunder, thousands of dead fish came to the surface on Ashley river. They were of all kinds, large and small, and lined tihe shore and float ed in the stream for a considerable -distance. Th'le tugs and vessels which .had to run up and down 1the river encountered themi in every direc , tion." -On Sunday morning, Mir. 1R. K Tyler, of Aiken county, met with a fatal accident. After harnessing ni young pony for tile first time to ai road cart, he at-tempted to get in, and got his foot hung in the spring. The pony dashed off and dragged him for sonme distance. Aft-er it was b, stopped and he wvas released it was found that he was fatally injured, hmis e~ skull being fractured, withl numuerous~ internal and external bruises. H<c 3 (lied on Monday morning. A Move Against Chalirimn Br'Ie. NEW YORK, June 25.-There art hiits that some influential pe(rsomi thuink that Senator Calvin S. Bric< would (10 well to resign his oflice oj Chairman of the Democratic National SCommittee, aind that such a mov< would be of considerable advantag to the party at large. His raihrona -and other financial connections ani is lukewarm tariff sentiments ar< given as the reason for making e change dlesirable. The position oj head of the committee is no sinecure -andl it may be rather (liflicult to gel Sany one to fill Mr. Brice's place *While nlominally favorable to Mr Cleveland's renomination and re-ee Stion, he has been accused of really -favoring the nomination of ex-Secre Stary William C. Whitney, although t that gentleman has over and over -again stated his refusal to be a enn-. didlate. Tiakeni with othier early indi c ations of thle camplaigni, such a eon troversy wvould seem ipie to add a new . comuplication time many now surround Sinug th e Deimoratic sit uation her~e. B An Emiunent Young GecorgIan. " Pat Calhoun of Atlanta,though bu -34 years of age, is general counsel fom a thme great Richmnond Terinaliii systemu which stretches over 8,000 miles o :1 roadl. He was strongly talked of fo: president of thme system. Mr. Cal e is a grandson of John C. Calhom -and of General Duff Green wh< a figured in Washinugton journalimn during Preeident Jackson's admiinis 0 tration. Both his ancestors were rc ' markable men, and young Calhiom has the characteristics of bot-h. Hi advance has been extraordinary. Tem years ago lie was poor and just be -gmnin~g his law practice. To-day h< Sis a lawyer and railroad1 attorneo the first rank, and wealthy, with -. creative business capacity of th< REPUBLICANS SNUBBED. How Ex-Cosgreamnimn Smalls, Miller m1i Cusningias, WOere 'Trented by WanIamu1a ker. WASHINo-roN, JuneM.-Postiastei General Wainaaker i isaid not to bc making many friends for the admin istration amoig the colored people. The colored politicians who comc here from the Southern States arc particularly displeased with Mr. Wanamaker and accus< '.* of grosi incivility towards them on :.. im. 0o occasions. A few days ago thu South Car-oliul Republicans, ont white and two colored, called at th< Postoffice Department to consult Mr. Wanamaker on the subject ol changing the Democratic postiastei at Charleston in favor of a colore( Republican. The South Carolinu trio eonsisted of ex-Congressnaur 1301) Smalls, now Collector of Cus tons at Beaufort; Tom Mtiller, coil testant for Coigressman Elliott' seat, in Congress from the Seventl South Carolina District. and United States Marshal CWminghain, one o the wealthiest and miost populai white Republicans in South Carolina Miller was a little shy iLbout callin upon the Postmaster General be cause of former experiences. How ever, Smalls insisted it was desirabli that they should make al etfort ir behalf of their colored brother,Crun who is an applicant for the Charles ton postilastership. Arriviig at the door leadilg tol r Wanamaker's office, they were in f"rm1ed they must send iii their eard before obtaining admission to the in ner chamber. This wias resented ii lively terms by Smalls. In spite o protelts, however, he and his com panions were obliged to cool theil heels in the hallway f -r more thai half an hour. Finally Mr. Wanama ker appeared at the doorway of hi office, and the South Carolina con tingent arose, expecting to be ilvite( to "walk into my parlor." In thi: they were disappointed, for Mr. Wan anaker stood directly in the door way, and informed his callers tha they might unburden themselve: then and there. Miller promptly re marked that he had no business witl the Postmaster-General, and wai there simply to accouuodate hi friend Smalls. Th latter manage to stammer out something about thl Charleston postoffice, but was chol ed off with an emphatic declaratio that the present postmaster is coi ducting the affairs of that office in manner highly satisfactory to ti business people of Charleston, and change at this time is not deemne advisable. Smalls wis disposed t argue the question, but lir. Waiii maker cut himli short by intimnat-inl that if he did not like the ruling c the Postoflive Department on thi subject he might appeal to the Pre ident. Overcomle with rage and moi tification, Smalls and his companion withdrew, the former vowing that Ii would go directly to the Presidenl and complain of WVituaniaker's treat ment. Miller who is more diplu iatic because of hi- pending contes suggested that the President woult probably sustain the action of thi, Postmaster-General, and in tha event a trip to the White H1ous, would simply be a double-barrele< rebu 11. Miller therefore declined to call upon the President.-B.Ialti moro Sun. A DELUGE AT DUBUQUE. A City SmiStten by ans Elostrical1 storm-5 nain sit thei~ nte oif anE luist ans Hour. DUnIUQUE, IOWA., June 26.-An ec trical st oram struck D)ub uque Tuesda; morning two inches of rain fell i. two hours and( the wind bl1ew fort; miles per hour down town and 0] the hills with greater veloeit y. Tb lightning and thunder were teri ble and incessant. Many faumilic sought refuge in cellars, fearing cyclone. In lto(kdlale Vailley, sot] of the city. thme flood1 carried awau bridges anid drlove t.he( people to th] hills for safety. At TIhompison's Mi drowned cat the and horses wer swep)t through the .first story (wib dows of Mr. Tit zig's residence ant the family sought refug.e on thiehill: Thme bridge at Washingtonm Mills, o the Chicago, Milwauke~e & St. .Pma Ibaiway, went down wvith a crasl On the Illinmois Central two bridg< woro0 washied away b)etweenl Dubuqr and .Julieni and 600) feet of track wer washed out near F'arley. The Chic] go, St. Paul & Kansas Cit y IRai way wais washed out for forty miku1 west and north of Dub)uque anmd til road has not been ill op)erationi excel east of Dubuque. In the city tia damage donle was great. Many hous< in the upper part of the city at flooded with water. The damiage don in thus county is estimated at ov< $100,000. Trransfixetl b)', a Piccs,O or0ood Nr.wv Yongo, tJunie 2C.-Johni Hille: 40 years old, imest ai strange deOath t< (lay in thme laning mill at 306 31 Eleventh aveue, whero hie was en llye(d ait work. Hie was near a cii (c1u lar sa which wVas ini operation. sliver of wood was whirled oil th: saw. Ithad a sharp point and th wood passed through Hliller's nec like an arrTow,(oml uetely severing L,h jugular v'ein. Hliller only lived a fe' - i mites. Tobmacco (Ciiusre In Nor hs C aroullisa. As anm (vide(nce of how the cultur -of toha i co has increased in Nas -county, N. (., where thle culture wa introducedi in 1884, a local par Sstates that one thousand tolbacc barns have alreadly beeni erectedi that county, and that miany umore wi be0 orectedl before the crop) muature: Many of thme farmers of that sectio have cleared from $301) to $14) a ac.ro on their tobacco, figures whic arn rarely nom. eamim nywh-r,. ORPAIll'S STRU E(.( IA'J* A LESSON FROM THE STORY OF NAOMI'S DAUGHTER-IN-LAW I)r. Tailmagc',q St rikiig Sorimton ni a Strik - Ing ( 1atpler In Bible H istory. Dr. Tanlage took for his text on Sun1d1day Iti'h i, 12: "And they lifted up i eir voice and 'Wept, [t an Orpah kissed her Ioth f-r-inl-law, but lRuth cliave unt.o her.." 1'ollmwinlg is t1e svi-Ion: Moab iwas ai hiittliv. hunl. Naoii is about to leavv it11 and go into the land of Bellilleil. She has two daui'ghters-in law, Ruth and OrpIh, Who cc)IClude to 'o with ler. Naoii tells them they had better not leave their native hind and undvi-takv the hardship of the journey, but they will not be persuaded. They all thire it-i.tedl out oil their journey. I Aft.r awhilv, Naomi. although she highly prized the company of her two daughters-in-law, attempted again to persuade themi to go back because of thel hardship aild self-denlial through Which they Would he obliged to go. Ruth responds in the words from which I onice discoursed to you: "En treat, me not to leave thee, or to re turn from followhig after thee, for where thou goest, I will go, and where thoul lodgest I will lodge, thy people shall be imy people and thy God ily Ood, whern thou diest will I die anild there vill 1 be burit-d, the' Lord do so to Imeo and more :dso if aught but I blit death part, thee lalid mv. Not f so with her sister Orpah. IHer do - teriimination had already bevin shakenl. The length and peril of tl, journey I begaln to appeal her, and nie had - wvorshipped the gods of Moab so long i that, it was hard to give them up. - From that pont (rpah turned back, I the parting described in the words of i my text: And they lifted up their - voices and wept again, and Orpah kissed her mother-in-aw, but Ruth t clave unto her. i Learn from this story of Orpah - that some of those who do not leave i the Moab of their iniquities. are per i Sonls of fine susceptibility. It was 4 compassioii for Naomi in her widow l hood and sorrow that. led Orpah to I. start With her toward Bethlehem. 1, wias not because of any laek of afice ii tion for her that sho turned back. I- We know this from the grief exhibited a at parting. I do not know but that e she had as miuch Nvalrmth aln 1 ardor a of nature iis Ruth, but she hacked the d courage anld persistelce of her sister. o That there are many with as tine L- sluSceptibility as O)rpaIh wo110 Will not g take up their cross and follow Christ. If is a truth which needs but little Ie s m1onstration. Many of those who have become the followers of Jesus have but very little natural impressi 4 bility. Grace often takes hold of the hardest heart. anild the most unlovely t character and farelsforms it. It, is a hiannner that I breaks rocks. Inl this - Christ often shows His powers. It. t wants but, little generlship to con 1 quer iL flat country, but, might of Ir a tillery and ' heroismli to take at fort t m1aild and ready for raking cln So1na1de. The great Captain of our I salvationI has forced his way into man,111y ani arIIed castle. I doubt. not - that Christ could have found niumy a fisherman naturally more noble heaLrted Luian Simon, Peter, but there was no0 one by wh' vose conveirsin lHe couild more gloriously haLve mnag - niged His grace. I'he coniversioni of aL score of Johns wvoul not have il -lustrated thie poe of the Hol)y v (Ghost as much aLs the conlversion of one' Peter. It would have been easier y to drive twenty lambs like JIohni into ithe fold than to tamet 01n0 lion like e Peter. God has often miade suome of - His most (t1tiei(nt servants out (of s mien nat urally unilimpressionabLhle. As i men take stifl'and unwieldy timbers, Li a1nuder huLge-hanLlded miachinery' y bend themu into the hul1k .of great C ships, thnus God has oft.en shapLled Ll and bent inito His service the miost 0 uniwieldly nlat ures, while those natur ally impressionable are still iln their 1 unchanged staLte. .Oh, how nmany, like O rpah, have n wIum affections1 and yet never Ibiecomie il Christians? Like O ripah, t hey know I. how to weep. but t hey d1( niot kno1w s how~ t.o pray. 'Their lineneiiss of feeling te leads them into the friendhshipls of the e wvorld, but not, iln (onuniiion wit.h u- God. They cani love ovefrybodly but 1- Htim, who is altogether lovely. All s other sorrow rendos their heart, hut 0 they' are unutoucedi 1by tihe woes of a >t (lying Christ. Good news fills thuemi je with excitement, but the glad tidings sa of great joy and saLivationl stir not oe their soul. Anxious to do0 what is .e right, yet they rob God. Orateful r for the slightest favors, they mauke no return to Hhimi who wrung out thle last (d1op of blood frgn His hieart to deliver them fronm gomng dlown to the r, pit. They would weep at thle door of >- prison at the sight of a wicked caLp (i tive inl chiniLs, but nlo comp)assionl for their own souls, ever which satan, like a grim jailer, holds thle lock and i key. WVhen repbullsive, grasp)ing, uni e s.ympathetic natures resist the story e of a Saviour's love, it does not excite k our surprise; bult it is among the o greautest of wonders that so manLJy v vhio exhibit Orpah's susceptibility also e~xhib)it Orpah's impheniitenlcy. We aro not sulrpr'isedl that thiere is bar rennuuess ill a de(sert, but a strange e thing is it that sometimes the Rose of Ii Sharon will not growV inl a garden. s On a summner morning we are not 'r Hsurpr'ised to anld a rock without any o) (1(w oni it bult if, going aimong a tiock ni of lilies, we sawv in thuemu no glitter h1 ing drops, would say, "What foll 3. ap)rite hias beeni rob)bing these vases?" nu We are( niot sutrprisedl that Hierol dlidl ni not beCcomel a Christian, b)ut howv hI, strange, that the young man Jesus 1alved for hisa nwoeticss of temper should not have loved the Redeemer. iird-iearted Felix treibled, proud Nebuchadnezzar repented, and cruel Manlassel turned unto th1le Lord, but imy a nature, atffectionitte anild gen tie, has fought successfuilly against (livile iiiflu(eIce. Many a dove has refused to comuein the Window of the ark although finldilg no rest, for the 'olf' of her foot. Again. thlehistory of Orpah impres K(- 11ponl ue the truth that there arvE muanly who0 m1ake a good starting, but after awhile c1an,1gC t'heir miIds and turn back. When these three iourni ers start, from their liomie in Moil thore is as much probability that Orpah will reach Bethilehiemn as that her sister Ruth and her nothier-in haw, Naomi, will arrive there. Btil while these continue inl the journIey they CoIIIeIIced, Orpah after awiklil( gets discouiraged and turns bacli This is the ihistory of many a soul. lnhaps it was during a revival 01 religion they resolved upon a Chris tianl life, an(d ma111de preparations tc leave Moab. Before that they wer< iidiffereit to t lie sanctuary, chiurchei wer(e nievessarY evils. Tle miiistvt ah1imst always preaclhedl poor serIions bucaulse they had iot the heart to lar them. They thought, the brea1l was not, good becallse their appetitt was poor. leligionl did very Well for invalids ind the Iaged, but thtey limd no dsirv for it. Suduleily a chanige Camte upon their Sold. The-N found that soliethil.g must be done. 1lvery nighlt ther wi a itt thornl in t hel1 pillow. 'Tlhere was it gall in thei winle. They found that their pilis Iles we1 (' only false lights of a swilil that rise out of deciy and(I daitti Losing their self cointrol they wer< startled byf their own 1 prayer. "(1ok be niervifil to me a sinler." The ) lid] not, suspect. it. but the Holb Ghost, was in their sou. Witlloui thinking whallt they( w YNere doing thle.) brusled the dust, off their faiih Bible. The ground did not feel ai firm under th( i nor did the air seei as bright. They tried to dain hal the flood of their ellot.ionls, bit til at teilipt failed, aId theV confss,( theiir iglish of souil efore tie mueltut to. Thesecret wits wmt. Tle wianted to know what, tlieyv must, di to bi. saved. Alas! Alas! Starting outt for leaivei is a very diflereit, thing from arrh ing there. Ifemrieihe i i L lJot s wif< She lookWd back Widh longiig to ti place froii Whicb she enlie, itIl wit destroyed. Half way 1t weei 1odo1 and tie City of lftIge t l It strun storm111 comles upon her. :du its sa :LIld brimlstonlo gather on he-r wia Ilent's Iitil tihey are so stiffnent! .4 cann,11ot1t proceed, nor can she lie tdom 1wentse of this I'ead I wrappinl aromllild her gtrmlleni s amd limbs: an long after hier. life its gole she st stands there so covered iup by tl strange stormiI that she is callvi pillar of salt as so1e sa0ilor oI ship in the wintry teipest, stands covere with a mail of ice. TVenl Ilholisanl, tilles ten thoisand men havv beel destroyed lialf way between Sodo and the Cit.y of -ilfu.ge. Opal Imlight is well never. have startedl a af erwards to turn bak. Yet. muiiii1 tUdes have walked inl her footstep, O amllolg those the least inlterestel inl sacrud things ant you will illd t they were once out of the itland c right hie-urtily and1( sItudliedl iheir I but. Lot.'s wvife loo(kedl back wist fll to Sodom, awil O rpahi rEtreate0 from the comipan~y of' Ihtt lmd4 Naonii It is ani jt pressive thoughit, that al ter Orpah hiadi gone so far 2a5 21 tuially to look over inito4 the 1ai1141 BItl(hle- she turn~ied back and die and10 followinig Jeus bu15 llt thait cro'E is nott hailf so havy as5 thle burde whlich the 5inner' c'arri(-s. It is a ver' solemni thiung to bIe a C~hristiani, h)1 it is a more'( solemnii thing noti to be Chr1i istian. ThIier'e are muli ft iude who,e aid oi4l(f the 14elf41 denia o115(f Ih ChriiistIian, rtush iinito th Imrder1121 stel dentials of the unlite(ver'. No voIk but. Ch11rist's, h14owever iiphht :a I gal ing! (Orpah goe(s bac1(k tol i-r idoh1 triesi, but slhe re tun ls E'' weipin;n a~242 whoi( follow her will Iihil I ie. s;uni s4t'ro. I alst.it 411 roilt i i as ''41 j)tl ad4vattages have been1 numeron(Ii will bs' the dhisturbanIce' (If thei4 hi(ru that will not corn 1 to4 Chr(~l isf. Agauin: Tihiis subl j ct. teahs i li aL re ligioust5 chice and41 ihe want 451 fre(quen'itly dlividle families. RubthI ani O)rpah and14 Naioini wiere' tElilerly it taclbed. They were' all wVidow111s, an) their life hod 1b(e E consecra't ed by~ bapt ism (If t(-ars. lItn ie ir'e (If Ii: their a1ffectionis had14 beeni forged. T< g('ther the(y wer-1e so1 plealsanltly uni 1(ed, you cani haritdly imagine thle: sep~araIted. Yet ia fatal line is drawll divihiing thiem fron (-achi other, pIe. imps forever. Na(omli cannmot livei aL11S heath1n (eeunhtry. She4 inuast g into Bet bzlehiemi, that I ihere- amnong Ib l)ious1 she0 may worsMhipi the4 true( (Got O)rpah r''Ieel. "A.iul they li fteE u thei.r voice and14 wep4t atgin, anid (: phl kissed hier mot11her- in law, b1i (If this famidy (of Elimleh is t1: history oIf many1i famuilies of t his da, How oIftenl it is thait ini a circole oIf r' Jlatives, while the'y look alike. an: waulk alike, andic talkL alikE, there is tromendous40l1 diTferenice'. Outward: iuted ini the alffectionald relat ions< this life, they are sepIart.ed in 11 most imiportant resHpect. Some no are( thle. chiildrenC of the light, aund ot eris the chlildren (If dar'kne(ss. The are alivec in Christ, and1( thiose are dei in sin. Ruth in the land of Beth1 hem, Orpah in Moah. Of the sar family are Davidl and1 Solomion, w< shippers (If the most High G*od, al Adonijah and Absalomn, wvho live al die the enemies of all righteo.usno nelinning to the same fa-n....~ the holy and devout Eli, and tho rockless Phineas, and Hophni. Jona thanl Edwards, the good, and Pierre poit. ElWardsm, the bad, belong to the same family. Aaron Burr, the dissolute, had a Most excellent father. Dying, yet inimortal hearer, by the solemiity of tho parental, and filial, atId conjugal relation, by the sacred ness of the family hearth, by the hon or of the family name, by the menio ry of departed kindred, I point out Ihis parting of Ituth and Orpah. Agiiiii: This subject suggests to me Iwo of thv prominent reasons wly people refuse the kingdom of Christ. There may have beeni many other rvasons why Orpah left her sister and Imlot-her-iin law anld went back home, but there werev two rea sons which I think were more promi nent tianl the rest.. She ha1d beenl brought ip in idolatries. She loved th lie heathei gods whic her nIc1s Cars had worshiped, 11and, though these blocks of wood and stone could not, lear, she thought they could hear, and, though they could not see, she thought they couhl see, and though they could not feel, she thought they could fe'el. A new reli gionl lad bei'en1 Irought to) her atten tion. She haid mii'rried a godly Ialn. Shle msIt often have hiard hii. IIotIh er-in-law talk of the (,od of 1:real. She was so much shiaken in her (rigi nal bwel, thalt she c1icluded toleave her idolatrics, but. coinilg to tile nargin of the land (o 1tIIIhAlem, her deterinalltionl failed heur, alld Spced ily sihe r4etin1-nel to her-I gods. 'I'lis is ile very reasoll why Imiltitldeit's of TrsoS ni e ttVrT e bV P Christiauis. They vaillot. hear to give iu) t heir ods. Buisinlesm is the Aiericanl Jug geriaut that. cruslies mre ikenl thia tle great, car 4f the Hinldoos. To it tlcy say thieir morning and evening praiyevrs. A little of Christ's religion inay creep into the Sabbath, but -l1lmlilay,T leitay, N tVedesday.Tiurs day, Friday and Saturday are the days diet1vt,d to thiK Anterican itdtl. -lA-ry llour hiere is it Sacrilice on tile altar. 1ilme thuties, health of body. i1iilly Streligth R,1141 iinmortal afTec tiOl., IMtISt Itll l1111-t ill this it 1'calist. Mel ati, aI og totgllhey coili take 01(l. holiIs lldi 11ort gages,II ld Haws, .t1114l tl,(AwvlS, a111l LaXVS, liull d lay hooks, vith then, into the kiigdom of TherveII'(' ilIei H witlhl,Ve lt l110 ly thirst for golt, yet. vhoA are dvo S inlg I Ihemiselves to their worldly te 1, ctipattiols with a lllnls vienit y v \lii of the kitm-k ex1hnge, ien 0 it tIe yAsiick,4 l men of thie( saw, ilt'l of the I It wel, ItienI of thIe day V k N.)II V whalit, vill ho.eeoile of you if inforgiv , ('n, inl Ile great thy when Ilhere al 110 11ses to blild, aid no gOOds Oi i possiblv if) devov oneelf even to 1 v lawfil calling Itifl it, hevonic-s siifil it Thvrv is no excuse <(I card.h or undv1 s the eaurth for the neglect of mir Sdeathiless Spirit. Lydia was a seliei 1 of pirple, yet shv did nlot, atllow)V hi. I extesive occupttio1 Ito keep hevi, 1:froml hvemlniing a ChrIi.Alanl. Daniel I wai secretary of Mitte lin 1 aftorney g geld ill the i mpire of btylm, anId vet. 0hree fimeis at day he( found tiIie it) Ial'iy 'With his face tO\Loward h.'1-ersalvenk. The mnanl whIo lhas no I ilive to at ttid to religion will have i no hnt to 'itr 11aven. -IheIir woldly occu pation has no 41ar ilar I fasc(inIation 41otveri them11, are'( t'n I irely abs 4('i orbed ini the gainus that 1te wvorshipi (of MammounIt. PTe r.ingi oft Odlar mail (cen1ts is 11he only litarn tey (evter ut,t ter. Though iln the las d ayL te eatIh itsoehf will t not he wot] aL far'ithig, a. hea'tp of as~hes seaLt t'eo ini te .hlir'lwind, they areo niowgivi1l s their time and e'trntity for' thet ne s tjuiisitiont of so mucht'i of it as yoi in mtighit at last hoh11 iln thit hollow 0: V onte louLl. The1( Amertieic.I Indiari I. whio gave enloulgh landito h maIfke i ia statilt tllt of for' a sting of b)eadts, I' his otwn soul1. 1 low mtucht tcomtfoi tilo tt' liI-' taLke whlo died unlforgiver lii-n yearsit a1go, litntg latrgte fortunle II to teir' hieirs' Do they te'etncom Ior wal1k 1i'roght thte luit5onsl 11hc3 Sbuilt IiToughi they'3 'ouihi haLv( -tbughlt ani emp1ire1', they3 haveo ntt no0w as8 mucih money10 as8 you hlave' this~ mit .t tut ini ytour poc'ket. Soiloimon look I! idipont his palae antl theIt groundtO td surroudini t i g it, 1pools' riuedl wvithi LIiat timeits, rushed('t his four'tteen hun .1tliret 1ebairuiots, whiile uinder the out il 1branching sycaiilOlme taiil e'edarl' >- 1te aps1 andit peaScocks, w',hic(h by th<( n1 fromi TarhishtSl, andio fr'om the window nt curitaIins with ('mbrot0idIered gold aufo 1)1 purpl through whtic'h ('amo1 out th<( ii thrilil of llmrps and1( psalteries mhing 0 Iling with thei~ song (of the wvaters e W'4hten Solomon0 saw that all thies 1. luxutries or sight antd sound hato I been!P1 ipurchased by his wealth, h, 1broke forthi ini the (exclamiator "'Mtoy ans1weretth all thingsi." Wu it we entntnot rec'(ei ve it as4 literal.1 y cannot10 still Ithe voice, of consocone (' 1t cannollt dro'(wn '.0 sorr'ows of th, 8141ou1. It cainnot puit a bribe in th hand of deth. it canunot unlock thi dl gate of Hteaveni, The towver of S a loami fell and killed eighteen of il *y admilirersl, but this idol to whose wo ->f ship the e'xchanlges -and bamnks an ue cust.om houses of the world ham wV beenl dedicated, wvill fall anid crush1 I h-~ death its thousands. But I cans~ 4e (numerate the idolatries to wvhic adl men give themselves, They am e- kept by themi fr'om a religious lif< tie "Ye canmnot serve Glod andl Mammion >r'- andi the thiet thing that Christ doE 1(d when He comes into the temple < d the soul is to drive out thte exchta 4$. ges. -aa But. it. was not. only the gods ( Moab that made Orpab leave her sis ter and mother-in-law. She doubt less had a dread of the hardship to which they would be exposed on the journey to Bethlehem; and Orpah was not alone in the fear. Doubtless some of you have been appalled and driven back by the self-denials of the christian life. The aunt of the world the charge of hypocrisy which they would sometimes be obliged to con front, has kept, mlany away from the land of Bethleheiim. They spend their life in counting the cost and, because i christian life doiands so much courage and faith, they dare not begin to build. Perhaps they are courageous in every other res pect. They aro not timid in presence of any danger oxcj)t that of trusting in the infinite mercy of Christ. The sheep are mdro afraid of the shop herd than of the wolves. They shrink away froim the presence of Christ aR though le were a tryant rather than a friend who sticketh closer than a brother. They feel more safe in the ranks of the enemy, where they Imust sutler infinite defeat, than in the army of Christ, which shall be more thanl conquerors, through himl that hatih lold them. Men shiver and treml. bvfore religio<m as though they werev coniiaded tothrow their life awaIy., 3A though it Vel'e a sur ren<h rof honor ant manliness, and rIIasonI aId self-r-spect, and all that is worth keeping. W .hat has (od eve*r dlone thatt His ilerey 1hiolhil be doubtedt Was there ever a soir-ow of His frailest child that Ite didi not )ity? Was t'here (e i soul that He left iihelp ed inl the darkie? Was there ever a martyi that H1e did not sti-engthien in the flaimes' WVas there ever a dy inu an to whose relief Ie did not come at. the cry of -Lord Jesus re evive ily ii' :"' Aye, my soul, what has (1od done that so bXasely thou hast dollbted himl? Did He make the wholo earth a desert'! Are all the skies dark anld storm-swept? Is life 1.1l sickness! 1 tle air all plalgu(v Are tOhee nothing but rods and1 scor-pionls fiwl furnaces? (",>d knew how ially 4kusp)iCion1s and un behefs iIen would OlItert aii in regard to himt and therefore, after imalking a multituide of plain and precious promises, He places His hand on His MyIW hIeIrt, IIit SwaL'RI'S by His ovi existence: "As I live, saith the Lord Grod, I have Ilo peasIre inl thy death."N WIhy thenl tight agaiinst (isd! Thi; day tihe ibattl r-lages. .Thou art IrmIledI with thy sinls, thy ingratitude, thy neglects, and Christ is ,uiiamd a'gainst thee, hut ons are t ea is it n:Jo ie'rey, and the Nittleer.y whieh He this day seis Over Iby s 'oIl as; le' rushes to wards the is " s-ve thee from going down to Ile pit. for I hIave foun1d a ranlsomil." I w oult t l n y11, v thy vie t Ory. ( ) hearer, it' t holl dost, coliquer for what wilt thou do vithi the wea ols thou hils s1athhed from ih ariml ed ideemer, whIrtt with the tears, what. with his dying agonties, what vith His cnlls for mervy? Would (I,od th1t, Orpalh w bl gei fired of Mouh! WVol ( Iod that. Or-pah1 would go to 1e'b"llehei). THE STATE LXECUTIVE COMMITT"E. I mnpemicrtut Arth,ne or te IIody, 'r'ouchlng the l'tenting (Cmpr.igne. At. the' muer~ig of th l DLemuocratic Stat( E~xecu2t,ive' CJoimmit.tee, held in Coluimbia on W\ednesdiay ntight, the followinug resoh itionis were aLdopted: "Rtesolved(, That ia convyention1 ot the D)einoratic party of South Care lina, is hereby called to meet in thme hall of the Hiouse of ltopresentatives -in the city of Cohunhin on Wednes day, thei 13th (day3 of August, at, 12 mi., for the sole and1( tuelusive purpose -iof deterimiing whether delegates to ihle Stale niominating 'oniventionI to b)e held on thie 20th d1ay of September thereafter, shall be elected by a pr1iinmry electionm to be held on a day c(ertatin throiughout the State, and for noe other pur)pose 0( whaitsoiver; and the numbei) r of delegates to be elected by ech1*l Coutnty shall het equtal to double the numbel r of representatives in each bran-h of the General Assembly to which ea~ch counaty is entit,led." "I hsolved, Thai, the catll for a Si ait nioinaiiting convyention hereto fore ordereud to meet i,n Columbia on Sept ember I tth, he and the sanmo is hiereby3 conifirmied."' "ilesolved, T1hat the several coun ties of the State be earnestly request te not to eleict delegates to the Sep (emmb er conv~enition until the question of electing by primary election is do ternimned." A sub-conmmittee was appointed to pre'(pare and distributo "su ch printed mmatter as they umay consider wiso anmd proper." The sub -connumitteo conmiprises Colonel Hoyt, Secretary Jlones, and Messrse. C. S. McCall, John C. Haskell and J. E. Boggs. Shoting Affray int CJolumiia. ' CoLUMBIA, N. C., Junei 19.-At toin lumiutes after six o'clock this even inmgseveni or eight pistol shots wore fired ini gick succession in fronet of the Opera H[oumso in Main Street, and then t wo mecn were seenI grappling. e Tlhmey were D)r. W. W. Ray, of Con garee, this countyj, and Trial Justice F. HiI. Weston, recently ap)pointed. 'The meni areO cousinis and b'oth are y'ounig. We'stoni was shot in the loft d' - de and left thigh. Ray got a scalp C Wound. Tho firing was at close 0 range, the combatants being almost t within arm's length. The trouble is hi rep)orteid to be over a private matter. -P~rofessor F. N. Crouch, the comn s poser of Kathleen Mavourneen, is f nearly 90 years of age, but was able -to march in the procession at the unveiling of the Lee monument at f -ichmond.