The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, January 08, 1891, Image 1
VOL. xxITma-~
VO .X -PICKE4'NS, S. C., TIHURSDAYN J
A'CIIRISTMAS SERMON
PREACHED BY DR. TALMAGE ON SUN
DAY, DEC. 28.
An Intensely Interesting Discourse by
the Brooklyn Divivne-The Text. Luke 1I,
15: "Let Us Now Go Even Unto 13eth
lehemn"--The Sernion In Full.
BROOKLYN, Dec. 28.-Dr. Talmage's
sermon to-day was appropriate to the
season. Its subject was the ChriAinas
Jubilee. Ilis text was Luke ii, 15:
"Let us now go even unto Bethlehem."
Amid a thousand mercies we give
each other holiday congratulations.
By long established custom we exhort
each other to healthful merriment. By
gift, by Christmas trees which blossom
and fruit in one night, by early morn
ing surprise, by clusters of lighted
candles, by children's processions, by
sound of instruments sometimes more
blatant than musical, we wake up the
night and prolong the day. The event
commemorated is the gladdest of the
centuries. Christ's cradle was as won
derful as his cross. Persuade me of
the first and 1 am not surprised at the
last. The door by which he entered
was as tremendous as the door by
which he went out.
WHERE .JESUS WAS IN IGYPT.f
1 was last winter at the house where
Jesus lived while he was in Africa. It
was in Cairo, Egypt, the terlinus of
that terrible journey which he took
when Joseph and Mary fled with him
from Bethlehem to Egypt to esc.-pe
the massacre of Ilerod. All tradition,
as well as all history, points out this
house in Cairo as the one in which
tAese three fugitivus lived while in
Africa. The room is nine steps down
from the level of the street. I ineas
-ured the room and found it 20 feet long
and 7% feet high. There are three
shelvings of rock, one of which I think
was the cradle of our Lord. There is
no window, and all the Aght must
have come from lantern or candle.
The three arrived here from Bethle
hem, having crossed the awful desert.
On the Mediterranean steamer going
from.Athens to Alexandria I met the
eminent scholar and theologian, Dr.
Lansing, who for thirty-five years has
been a resident of Cairo, and he told
me that he had been all over the road
that the three fugitives took from
Bethlehem to Egypt. le says it Is a
desert way, and that the forced journey
of the infant Christ must have been a
terrible journey. Going up from
Egypt Dr. Lansing met people from
Bethlehem, their tongues swollen and
hanging out from the inflammation of
thirst, apd although his party had but
one goacskin of water left, and that
was important for themselves, he was
so moved with the spectacle of thirst
in these poor pilgrims that, though it
excited the indignation of his fellow
travelers, he gave water to the stran.
gers. Over this dreadful route Joseph
and Mary started for this lait of
Egypt. No time to make much prepa
ration. lIerod was after them, and
what were these peasants before an
irate king?
Joseph, the husband and father, one
night sprang up from his mattress in
great alarm, the beads of sweat on his
forehead and his whole frame quaking.
le had dreamed of massacres of his
wife and babe. They must be off, that
night, right away. Mary put up a few
things hastily. and Joseph brought to
the door the beast of burden, and helped
his wife and child to mount. Why,
those loaves of bread are not enough,
those bottles of water will not last for
such a long way. But there is no time
to get anything more. Out and on.
Good-by to the dear home they expect
never again to see. Their hearts break.
It does not needl that ours be a b)ig
house In order to make us sorry to
leave it.
A TIERRIIiLE wAY.
Over the hills and down through the
deep gorge they urge their way. By
Hlebron, by Gaza, through hot sand-,
under a blistering sun, the babe crying,
the mother faint, the father exhausted.
Ho0w slowly the days and wveeks psiss!
WVill the weary three ever reach the
banks of the Nile? Willithey ever see
Cairo? Will the desert ever end ?
When at last they cross t.he line hey ondl
which old IIerod has no right to pursue
their joy is unbounded. Free at last !
Let them dlismuoumt andl rest. Now)~
they resume their way wit,h less anx
lety. They will find a pla0ce some
where for shelter and the earning of
their bread. IIero they are at Cairo,
Egypt.
They wind through tihe crooked
streets, which are about ten feet wide,
.andi enter the humble house where I
have been to-day. Bumt the terminus
of the journey of these three fuigitives
was not as humble as their starting
point at Bethlehem. Jf that journey
across the desert end(edl in a cellar it
started from ai barn. Everything
humble around that barn, but
every thing gloriou 11 y e r h n a d.
Christ's advent was in the hostelry
.called the houso of Chim I1am; tihe
night with diamonded linger point
ing down to the place; the dloor of
heaven set wideo opent to look out;
from orchestral batons of light dIrip
pinag the oratormos of thme M\essiah; ont
lowestd doorstep) of heaven the min
strels of God dhiseotIrsing of glory antd
good will. Soon after the white beard
ed astrologists kneel, and from leathmernm
potuch chink the shekels and from open
sacks exhale the frankincense andl
rustle out the bundles or myrrh. The
loosened star; the escaped doxology of
celestials; the chill .December night
aftush with May morn; our world a lost
*statr, and another star rushing (down
the sky that night to beckon the waln
derer home again, shall yet make all
nations keep Christmas.
NEW UNIIACKNEYED) LEsSONs.
* Are there no new lessens from the
story not yet hackneyed by oft re
peatal? Oh, yes! Know in the first
place, it .was a side-real appearance
that led the way. Why not a black
cloud in the shape of a hand or finger
pointing down to the sacred birt.h
place?1 A cloud means troulble, and
the world had had trouble enough.
.Why not a shaft of lightning quivering
and flashing and striking down to the
g.sacred b)irthl place ? Lightning means
destruction, a shattering and consum
ing power, and the world wanted no
.more destruction.
But it way a star, and that means
.joy, that means hope, that means goid
cheer, that meaku ascenidency. A star!
That means creative power, for did
igot the morning stars sing together
when the portfolio of the worlds was
opened ? A star! That means defense, d
for did not the stars light in their C
courses against Sisera and for the f
Lord's people? A star! That means v
brilliant continuance, for are not the t
righteous to shine as the stars forever a
and ever? A star! That means the (
opening of eternal joy. rThe day star '
in the heart. The morning star of the a
Redeemer. 8
WHAT WAS THE STAR? e
The unusual appearance that night f
may have been a strange conjunction s
of worlds. As the transit of Venus in t
our time was foretold many years ago t
by astronomers, and astronomers can 1
tell what will be the conjunctions of v
worlds a thousand years from now, so
they !an calculate backward; and even
infidel astronomers have been con- t
pelled to testify that about the year 1 b
there was a very unusual appearance c
in the heavens. The Chinese record, t
of course entirely independent of the s
Word of God, gives as a matter of his- n1
tory that about the year 1 there was a l:
strange and unaccountable appearance f
in the heavens. p
But it may have been a meteor such a
as you and I hav. -een flash to the n
horizon. I saw a few years ago in the a
northern sky a star shoot and fall with g
such brilliancy and precision that if I e
had been on a hill as high as that of (
Bethlehem, on which the shepherds i
stood, I could have marked within a r
short distaoce the place of the alight- I
Ing. The University of Iowa and the c
British museum have specimens of (
meteoric stones picked tip in the fields, r
fragients flung off from other worlds, I
leaving a fiery trail on the sky. So ]
that it is not to-me at all improbable t
the stellar or the meteoric appearance a
on that night of which we speak. I t
only care to know that It was bright., (
that it was silvery, that it flashed and d
swayed and swung and halted with t
joy celestial, as though Christ in haste c
to save our world had rushed down
without his coronet, and the angels of a
God had hurled it after him!
CIRISTIANITY A STAR OF HOPE. 'J
Not a black cloud of threat, but a t
gleaming star of hope, is our glorious s
Christianity. One glimpse of that c
steller appearance kindled up the soul t
of the sick and dying college student I
until the words flashed from his pale I
fingers andi the star seemed to pour its c
light from his white lips as Kirke I
White wrote these immortal words: V
Vhen marshaled on the nightly plain 1
The glittering hosts bestud the sky, t
One star alone of all the train
Can fix the sinner's wandering eye.
Hark, hark to God I the chorus breaks 8
From every host, from every gem;
But one alone, the Saviour, speaks
It is the Star of Bethlehem.
Once on the ragiUg seas I rode.
The storm was loud, the night was dark,
And rudely blow the wind that tossed my
foundering bark.
Deep horror then my vitals froze.
Death struck, I ceased the tide to stem,
When suddenly a star arose
It was the Star of Bethlehem.
Notice also in this scene that other
worlds seemed to honor our Lord and
master. Bright star of the night,
wheel on in thine orbit. "No," said the
star, "I must come nearer, and I must
bend and I must watch and see what
you do with n-.y Jesus." Another
world that night joined our world in
worship. That star made a bow of
obeisance. I sometimes hear people
talk of Christ's dominion as though it
were to be merely the few thousand
miles of the world's circumference; but
I believe the millions and the bil
lions and the quadrillions of worlds are
all inhabited-if not by such creatures
as we are, still such creatures as God
designed to make, and that all these
worlds are apart of Christ's dominion.
Isaac Newton and Kepler and Herschel
only went on Columbus voyage to find
these continents of our king's domaiin.
THEY WERIE WISE MEN OF TiHE EAST.
.But this scene also impresses me with
the fact that the wvise men of the east
caine to Christ. TIhey were not fools,
they were not imbeciles. The record
dlistinctly says that the wise men came
to Christ. We say they were the magi,
or they were the alchemists, or they
were the astrologists, andl we say it
with depreciating accentuation. Why,
they wer the miost splendid andl mag
nificent men of the century. They
were the ntaturalists and the scientists.
They knew all Lhat was known. You
mu lst remember that astrology was the
mother of astronomy, andl that alchemy
was the mother of chemistry, and be
cause chiillren are brighter thtan the
mtother youi (do not dlespise the imothier.
It was lifelong business of these as
trologers to study the stars. T1 wenty
two hundred and fifty years before
Christ wa~*s born thie wise tmen kntew
the precessioni of the eqiuintoxes, and(
they had calculated the orbit anid the
return of the comets. P?rofessor Smith
declares that he thinks they under
stoodl the distanice of the sun from the
earth. We findh in the book of Job
that the muen of olden time did ntot sup
pose the world was flat, as some have
saidl, bitt that he knew, andl the men of
htis time kntew, the world was globular.
TIhe pyramnids were built for astrolog
ic.nl andl astronomical study. TIhen,
the alchemists spent their lives in the
stud(y of metals andl gases and liquids
and solids5, andl in filling the worldl's
library with their wondlerful dIscover
hes. Th'iey were vastly wise men who
camte fromt t.he east, and tradition says
the three wisest came-Caspar, a young
man; lialthtazar, a man in mid-lite, and
Mlchuior, an octogenarian. TIhe three
wisest men of all the century. They
came to the manger.
CIIRIST WIL L hElLP IN STORMY TIMICS,
it wiasciosinig D)ecember that he was
born to show that t his is a Christ of
people in sharp blast, for people tinder
clouded sky, for people with frosted
hopes, for people with thermometer he0
low zero. iTat is the reason he Is so
often fountd among the dlestitute. You
can find hhn on any night :coming off
the moors. You can see him any night
coining th rough the (lark lanes of the
city. Youi can see him puitting his
htand uinder the fainting head in the
pauper's cabin, iIe remembers how
the wind wvhfistledl around the caravan
sary in Bethlehem that December night,
andl he is In sympathy wvith all those
who in their poverty hear the shutters
clatter on a Lzid night.
it was this Decernber Christ that
Washington and 'his army worshiped
at Valley Forge, when without blank
ets they Ilay down in the December
snow. It was this Christ that the Ill
grim Fathers appealed to when the
May flower wharfed at Plymouth Itock,
and in the years that went by the
graves digged were more in number
than the houses built. Oh I tell. you,
we want a December Christ not ?
Christ for fair weather, but a Ckrist for
ark days clouded with sickness, and
hilling with disappointment and suf
ocating with bereavement, and terrific
vith wide open graves. Not a spring
ime Christ, not a summer Chri-t. not
n autumnal Christ, but a winter
hrist. Oh. this suffering and struggling
vorld needs to be hushed and soothed
nd rocked and lullabied in the arms of
ympathetic Omnipotence! No moth
r ever with more tenderness put her
oot on the rocker of the cradle of a
ick child than Christ conies dow to us,
o the invalid world, and he rocks it in
o placidity and quietness as he says,
My peace I give unto you; not as the
rorld giveth give I unto you."
ALL TilE WOnLDI 18 1118.
Iut notice also in this account the
hree Christmas presents that are
rought to the ianger--gold, frankin
ense and myrrh. Uold to Christ
hat means all the affluence of the world
urrendered to him. For lack of money
o more asylums limping on their way
ke the cripples whom they helped,
3eling their slow way like the blind
eople whom they sheltered. Milliois
f dollars for Christ where theri are
ow thousands for Christ. Railroads
wned by Christian stockholders, and
overned by Christian directors, and
arryi ng passengers and freight at
hristian prices Gcorge Peabodys and
Lbbott Lawrences and James Lenoxes
o rarity. Bank of England, ]ourse of
rance, United States treasury, all the
ioneyed institutions of the world for
1hrist. The gold for Christ. (,old not
icrely paid the way of ;Josepht and
lary and the divine fuiitive into
;gypt, but it was typical of the fact
hat Christ's way shall be paid all
round the world. The gold for Christ,
lie silver for Christ, the jewels for
'hrist. Australia, Nevada and (solcon
.a for Christ. r'he bright, round, beau
iful jewel of a world set like a solitaire
n the bosom of Christ.
But I notice that these wise men also
hook out from the sacks the myrrh.
'he cattle came and they snuffed at it.
'hey did not eat it because it was hit
er. The ptungent gu in resin of Abys
iana called myrrh brought to the feet
f Christ. That means bitterness. Bit
er betrayal, bitter persecution, bitter
ays of suffering, bitter nights of woe.
Iyrrh. That is what they put into his
up when he was dying. Myrrh. That
; what they put under his head in the
vilderness. That is what they strewed
is path with all the way from the cat
Le pen in Bethlehem to the mausoleum
t Joseph's country seat. Myrrh. Yea,
ays the Psalmist, "All thy garments
mell of myrrh." That is what the
vise men wrapped in the swaddling
lothes of the babe. That is what the
ilarys twisted in the shroud of a cruci
led Christ. The myrrh. Oh, the
ieight, the depth, the length, the
)readth of the Saviour's sorrow! Well
night the wise man shake out the
nyrrh.
FRANKINCENSE MEANS woRiHP.
But I notice also from another sack
,hey shake out tlie-frankincense. Clear
ip to the rafters of the barn the air is
illed with perfume, and the hostlers
md the camel drivers in the farthest
>art of the building inhale it, and it
loats out upon the air until passersby
,vonder who in that rough place could
iave by accident dropped a box of ala
>aster. Frankincense. That is what
'hey burned in the censer in the an
-lent temple. Frankincense. That
neans worship. Frankincense. That
s to fill all the homes, and all the
.hurches, and all the capitals, and all
he nitions from cellar of stalactited
.ave clear up to the silvery rafters of
he starlit domne. Frankincense. That
s what we shake out from our hearts
,o-day, so that the nostrils of Christ
ince crimtsoned with the hemorrhage
>f the cross shall he flooded with the
>erfume of a world's adoration
?rankincense. Frankincense in song
11d( sermon andl offertory and hiandl
hiaking and dlecoration.
Praise hitm, mountains and lills, val
cys e:id seas, and skies and earth andI
eaven-cyclone with your trumpets,
orthernl lights with your ilami ng en
ign, morning with your castles of
loud(, and evening with your billow
ng clouds of sunset. D)o you know
ow they used to hold( the censer in the
Iden time, and what it was made of ?
Iere is a metal pan ando the hanle by
vhich it was held. lIn the insidie of
his metal pan were put Ii ving coals,
in the top) of them a perforated cover.
ni a square box the frankineense was
uroughit to the temples. Tihis frankin
ense wvas taken out and sprinkled over
he living coals, and then tihe perfora
(3t1 cover was pmt on, and when they
yere, all ready for worship, theni tihe
:over was5 lifted from the censer andl
romt all the other eensers. and the per
umedI smoke arose until it hung aid
di the folds and (drop ped amid all the
iltars, and then rose in great coluimns
>f praise outside on above the temple.
-ising clear uip towardl the throne of
od. So We have two censers to-day of
D~hrstmas frankinicenise. IIlere is the
>neO censer of earthly frankinicense.
On that we p)ut our thanks for the
nercies of the past year, tihe mercies of
411 our past lives, individual miercies,
ramily mercies, social umercies, national
nercies, andl our heart.s burnming with
gratitude scnd aloft the inicense of
praise toward tihe throne of Christ.
Biring on more incense, anod higher and
iigher let the jcolumns of praise as
3end. Let them wreathe all these pil
ars and hover amid all these arches,
mndl then soar to the throne. liut here
s the other censor of heavenly thanks
fiving alnd worship. Let them bring
ill their fran kincense--the cherubim
>ring theirs, and the seraphim theirs
11d( the one hundred and forty-four
~housandl theirs, and all the eternities
theirs, and let them smoke with per
fume on this heavenlyv censer until the
aloud( canopies the throne of 0od.
T'hen I take these two censers-thte
senser of earthly frankincense and the
3enses of heavenly frank incense-and
I swing them before the throne, and
then I clash them together ini one great
ballelujah unto him to whom the wise
men of tihe east brought gold and the
myrrh and the frankincense. Blessed
De his glorious name forever!
Capsized at sea.
PHImiLAiELi'TmIA, December 31.-The
schioonier A. D1. L1amson, which arrivedl
here to-dlay, has on board the body of
Unapt. Evans, of thme schooner Lucinda
(. P'otter, frm Boston for Norfolk.
Th'le captain of the LAamson states that
bhe Potter capsized at sea on December
28, about twenty-eight miles off Fort
Blarnegat, N. ,J. Thme captain and one
teaman wore taken off the capsized ves
mel by the Lamson by 4 A. M4., but the
laptain died soon afterwards. The re
rnainder of the Potter's crew were
frowned,
A SENSATION IN THE SENATE.
rIhe Republican Schism Ilecomes More
Patent.
WASIHINUTON. December 30.--The
5cene in the Senate this afternoon was
nemorable in many respecta, but the
:hief interest lay in tie fact that the Re
publicans held a caucis in the olen Sea
ite. The day had not been propitious
[or the friends of Ce force bi!l in the
mornIny and an bioar had been wasted
n the effort to obtain a quorum. Then
senator Wolcott made an eloquent and
,arnest speech against the bill ; then the
leasure had been laid aside while Sen
itors Stewart and llReagan discussed the
inancial question.
Finally the climax was reached when
senator Teller began to abuse his col
leaguez for not bringing the measure to
: vote, and charring that it wias being
:lelayed by Eastern Senators in order
Lth.at a Senate financial measure might
iot lie passed. As Ar Teller proceed
Ad with increasing elphasis, despite the
tict that his voice trembled with weak
,iess due to a recent illness, the Sena
Lors on both sides he,ain to regard him
wvitii the closest interest. The cloak
:ooms were speedily emptied and Sen
itors hurried from their comm1itteC
loOinls.
When AIr Teller 'had concluded, after
,ittacking the proposed closure biil, Mr
Hoar rose to reply. le twirled a book
:n his desk in a nervous maniner. an( in
in apologetic speech threw the blaIme
if non-action oil Senator Allison, whose
absenice, lie said, had prevented the con
iideration of amendments to the bill in
:omm1ittec.
Senator Itale the;i arraigned Senator
Ioar for his m1anm.1yemient of the bill, and
renator lloar retorted by denouncing
Ill the Senators .:ho had paired with the
Democrats.
Senator Atitchell, with a smile on his
brown-bearded face, suggested that his
Rlepublican colleagues had better hold a
Laucus. Fiially, when nearly the whole
Republicsn side was in the snarl, Sena
tor Hawley moved that the Senate go
ito executive session, and this brought
the debate to a close.
During the whole time not a Demo
eratic Senator opened his mouth to
speak, although all of them enjoyed to
the utmost the display of lack of harino
ny in the enemy's ranks. The Deio
crats are jubilant to-night over the out
burst of bad feeling, and are encouraged,
especially as Senator Teller openly ad
vised them to leave the chamber and
break a quorum if such action would de
feat the bill.
The action of Senator Aldrien in ofler
ing the closure resolution yesterday had
caused the Democrats to seriously con
sider the necessity for united resistance,
but to-night they are more hopeful of'
the .uture of the country.-News and
Courier.
A Conylet's Christmas.
CoiLUMn1A, S. C., Dec. 31.-It is rath
er unusual for a convict to spev(a his
Christmas at home with his fainily
but there is now one case on record.
Dr. Sloan, the secretary of the Clemson
college board, is authority for thestory,
andl he vouches for its absolute cor
rectness. Ilere it is: One night shortly
before Ch ristmas a negro con vict work
ing in the squad at Clemson college,
and seeing no prospects of a pleasant
Christmas at the college, was missed.
Search was made for him, but no trace
could be found. The authorities de
cided that he had made good his escape
and thought no more of it. As soon as
Christmas was passed, however, lie
came to the stockade and knocked at
the door. When the gliardl opened it
lie was surprised to see the esca1pe.
The fellow said: "I 'se come hack. I
only went homie t o sp)end the Christmas
holidays andl I'se had a good time. I 'se
come back now .you see."'i'The guard
saw but he was too mIuuclh astonished to
say much, andl he quietly took the rev
eler in. I Ic is now working as usual.
Rlecord.
Poisoned by a Cat.
W\EiA,31AN,. Ia., l)ec. 31.- -A strange
caIse oif poisoning Occurred near lhere th'e
other (day. 11 arry Y oder, agedl three
years, sawv his pe~t cat catch a mouse.
lie took the moulse fromi her and began
playing withI it. An hour afterward lhe
became dethlly sick, his eyes swelled so
that lhe could iot open them and he
suffered terrible agoiiy. Mr. Y oder for
tunately returnred hionie ab out,. t.hat time
ando knew the boy had beeni poisonled.
1I e gave himii a quantity of sweet cream
to drink and1 senit for a phIysiciani. A ft er
twenity hours of dlreadlfuil asuliering thle
boy wasO saved1. Tfhe dloctor explaiined
the c-ase as follows: Tfhe cat in its bat. h e
wit th Ile mouse thirew out a p)oisoniouis
IIhiidh, which the boy afterward got on
hiis hands froim hiandl in g the mlouise,
li ubbing his eyes and putt ing his lingers
mi his mout h carried the poison to hiis
siystem. Thle bite of a cat is niot poison
ouns un ider ordlinarLiy circmst ances, htt
when it is aifter a mouse for 'hiniier it is
as deadlly as a rattflesnake.
Many Skaters i)rownecd,
lOINnlON, I )ec. 31i.- -A terrib)le accidenat
is rep)ortedl from Warwick-on-the- Avon.
While several thousand skaters were
disaportinig thiemiselves on the river at
that place the ice sud(dely3 and( witdOuit
a wvord of' warning cracked ini the mcniddle
of the river. An immeiise fissure op)ened(,
through wh ich five hundred of the
skaters were lunlged into the icy waters.
A cry of horror arose from the specta
tors, while the fortunate skakers lost, no
time in reaching the river banks. Whieni
the first shock was over, a niunber of'
people hurried to the rescue of the
drowvning skaters and a number of them
were pled out, b)ut it is feared many
were dfrowvned, as a large nmnber are
mislsing. TIheo latest reports state t hat
seven teen bodies h,ave been recovered,
among them seveiral women.
A 8100,001) Fire Inl Augusta, (Jua.
AUCI1s-rA, (h., D)ec. 31.- -Augustau
had a $100,000 lire this morning at 6
o'clock. L. A. 11. Rtoad, dealer in
whiskies, loss $30,000; insured for $20,
000. James .J. Balle, carpets, $141,(XK;
insurance 9h8,000. N icholas Kahbrs, gro
ceries, $37,000; insurance $l1,000. D).
Sancken, groceries, $14,000. D)amige
to the Rtoberts' building $2,000.
An Unfortunate Result.
11oc1 IsnJA N, Inn1, D)ecember 31.-A
special election, held in the 21st Sena
torial .district yesterda.y, resulted in the
election of Wmn Payne, lRepublican, by
abont 1,500 majority over W. C. Whl
son. Earmers' AInancen cnndate
IN THE LEAD.
The Rapid Strioes Made in the Southern
states.
BA LrTIMolE, Dec. :l1.-The Mamifac- r
burer's Record publishes in this week's -i
[ssue its annual review of the industrial s
progress of the south for 1890, showing
great activity and prosperity throughout
that sectoion.
The total assessed value of property t
for 18110 is nearly :-1,500,000,000, a gaiii
f $270,000,000 over 1889 and of $l,1i00,..
)00,000 over 1880. t
The number of national b:ik.s inl the
iouth is 510, with an aggreate capitol
>f 6200,73,705, an increase during the
year of 104 banks and :10,635,000 capi
tal. Ten. years ago the south had 220
iiatioial banks with a total capital of.
315,108,985. According to the report of
the U:nited States comptroller of eur
rency, the net earnings of all southern
iational banks for the twelve months
mnded Nov. 30, 1890, were $10,523,7113, or
mi average I P!. per cent. on the total
,apital. Only two southern national
l>anks failed during the year. and both
f these failitres were dte to dishonest,y
ii management, according to govern
ment reports.
During the year 2,199 miles of railroad
Were built in the south. against 2,2961
miles ill 18811. (oss earnings of all
3outhern railroads for the lirst. eleven
monthsof 180 awere $(M .81/>li against
9'l),2 H .-170 for the same time in 1889 an
ilicrease of -141,601.017.
The total value of foreign exports from
ill southern ports for the first elevein
inoliths of 181x), was $*8.26 :,(XH), an in
'rease of 821,1.11,010 over the correspon t
ng moint hs of 1881 , while the increase
n1 the balance of the country was only
4,834,-477, t he increase at southern pirts
being live times as great as Ihe combined
-ain at all other United States ports.
The prodluct ion of pig iron for the year
[oots up to about 11,4111,00) tons, a gain t
A 31,00) tons over 1889. of 8:10.wh) t-ois
)ver 1888, and of more than 1,(".).nK0)
Lons over 1887.
The total prodaction of cotton for the
last six years has been 412,K,M) bales,
worth, including the value of seed sold,
about $2.300,000,000, or an1 average of
nearly -45100,000,0 a year.
The consumption of cotton by sou i h- 1
orn mills was 549,-187 bales last year
against 21A0,X) bales in 1885, a gain of
cver 100 per cent. During the year : ,
Jl17 new inmanuifacturing enterprises, Cov
ering every variety of industry from
tack works to steel works, were organ
ized in the south, making a total durig
the last five years of over 17,0(X) new en
terprises.
Commeiting upon the statistics of the
south's progress, The Maiufacturers'
iecord says:
The past twelve months have Oeen a
period of unprecedented activity in every
departinent of industrial and commerci
al enterprise in the south. Every factor
in business reflects general activity. 'T'le
railroads have been crowded with freight
beyond their capacity. The banks have
transacted an enormously increased vol
ume of business and have earned hand-.
some returns upon their capital; agri
cultural and manufacturing proditts
have been put forth in great q(Iuantit.y
and there has been a tremendous low 0i
capit al from every direction to the sout h
seeking investment. The past year has
not been one of booming nor abnormal
developement, but it has been essential
ly a period of steady growth tupon a solid
foundation. ''lio south has been put to
severe tests during the past year, but it
has stood them all without strain or in
jury, and stands better in the eyes of the
world tlai ever beforo. An abundance
of everything that fields or factories
yield, hias given the south amunplo re
sources with which to stand all st rains
and to meet all (demands.
FightL for Political JLife.
T1oi-i-:ix A, Kan., ])ec. 31 .--Senator I n
gaillscamne to Topcka to-dlay for the pur
p)ose of holding a cousultation with his
maniagers. To-day is also the lifty-sev
enthi anniversary of his birth, but this
fact was not, known when the date for
the conference was set by Chiairmnan
Iluchain, of the hiepubilcan (Central C omu
mit.tee. T1heC confterencc was extensively
advert,ised and1 the city is full of liepub
hieain politicians. Senator Inugalls has
enigaged a suite of rooms att the Cope
land I oeld until after the Legislat.ure
has adjourned. Neither Seriator InugallIs
nor' Mr. lluchan, who is managing his
camlpaignl, would give any stattemuen t for
puiblicanition to-dlay.
"You see 1 1have made quiite a repul a
1.10n for discretion within the~ past, two
weeks and dho not wish to blast it,'"
remarked Senator I ngallIs.
.Mr. Jutgalls will remain in TJopeka
to-miiorrow, ret urinig to A tchilson on anx
evening traiun. 1He will return to this
city alter the L e,gislatuire convenCies, to
reumain unitil afIter the Senaatorial elc'
tion. Tihe Allhance leaders are consider
ably disconcerted by the con tidence
which Senastor Intgalls's managers are
diplaying. F"rank McGrath, president,
of' the Alliance, saidl t,o-day .'"The only
thing we have to fear is that some ofour)1
representatives may be suddl(enly cal led
upon01 to leave the Capitol."'
State Senator WV. J. Bluchian, Kansas
City, Chairman of' the lRepublican State
(Cntral committee, is reported as hav
ing saidl td-day to a supphosedl sulporter
of Senator Ingalls that the groat work
before the friends of Ingalls now is to
pre vent, Itf possile, the Alliance
members of' the L egislatuire from goin'g
inito a caucus. If a (hcucs Cal) be pre
Venited, lie holds there is at fair proba
bility of re-electing Ingalls. But, it' the
A lliance mnembersgo inito a caucus there
is no possible hope ; the man they nom i
nate wuill be elected on the first ballot.
An .uditan,a Tra&gedy.
Fo wr W AYN iC, l)ecember 20.--Wesley
Tlullis, a p)roinent young b)usinesIs mnani
of New C'orrydon, a town forty miles1
south of here, shot and Instantly killed4
Miss Verona E. TJravel this morning
andl then comlmittedl suicide. TIullis has
for a long time been paying attention to
the girl. Hecr mother objected to the
match. Tlhis morning lie entered a
grocery kept by Mrs. T~ravel and asked
thegil o arry him. She referred him
to her mother, who ordered him out of
the house. Hle drew a revolver and shot
Verona through tihe heart, lHe theni
turned uipon her -mother, firing at her
twice without effect. Tullis then blew
out his brains, and fell lifeless upon the
dead- bodyof the gir.
THE INDIAN BATTLE.
'he Repert of the Fight and the Death of
Captain Wallace Confirmed.
OMAhA, Dec. 30.-Col. Forsythe
eached Pine Ridge Agency this m'orn
ig with the Seventh Cavalry and the
urviving prisoners. le reports twen
y-fivo of his men killed and thirty
our wounded in the light at Porcelain
reek yesterday. Gen. Brooke has
imco the light revoked his orders for
rains to carry prisoners South under
uard. There is only a remnant left.
A special to the lieu from Rushville,
ays : "A t laybreak this morning
hirty indians belonging to Two
trike's band tried to capture a pro
ision train of the Seventh Cavalry
wo iniles 'rom ]'ine Ridge. The
ndians were all killed.
.IT remains of Captain Wallnce ar
ivlhere ati noon to-day. antd the b oidy
vill be sent, to Fort Robinson. ''ie
>wople are llocking into town by the
inudreds from the territory bordering
mn the reservition."
.VA-1-AlIrNION, Dec. 30.-'The Comn
nissioner of Indian A ffairs this ImIor.n
ng received the following dispatch
roim Agent 1). F. Roger, <lated Pine
tidge. Indian Agency, )ecenber 29:
On Wouided Knee Creek this niorn
ng while the soldiers wero disarming
lig Foot and his band, after their sur
ender, a light took place which result
d in the killing of about 300 Indianm
A nd several of the soldiers, including
'aPtain1 Wallace, with a inmber
rotinded. Two Strike and his party,
io are cainped on White Clay Creek
ist below led Cloud's house, opened
re on the agency from the hill tops
pposite the boarding school, wound
ig two soldiers. The police returned
he tire, killing two of Two Strike's
ndians and wounding two others.
'wo St,rike anti his hand have retreat
d in a Northwesterly direction and it
i supposed is trying to make his way
ack to lad J'ands. "''lis far the
'in li idge I ndia ns have taken no ac
lve Iart in the war, but Big Foot,
low Bear, Kicking Bear and Two
trike have been and are still making
isturbances."
(OoNE VORt TM.' 11n(my.
COLnnIA,S. C., D)ec. 31.-Among
he passengers who changed trains at
Ie uon depot this morning was Col.
. M. Wallace, of Sumter, and he went
orth. lie is bound for the Pine Ridge
ndlan agency, soie distance from
)maha, Nehraska.
lie is going on a sad mission which
, io less than to bring back to South
,arolina the body of his brother, Capt
Vallace, of company K of the Seventi
Jiiit,ed States cavalry.
Last night he received a telegran
'rom the agency stating that courier,
roi the lBad Lands had arrived therc
stating that a desperate conflict ha(
)cciirred on 'orcelian creek betweei
the United States troops and 1ij
Foot's band of Indianis.
The indians had been captured an
were being disarine(d by Col. Forsythe'
troops, when they revolted and pounce
upon the troops. Then Capt. Wallac
was killed andi Lieut. Garlington, als(
l native of this State, was wounded ir
he ari. Several soldiers were kille<
efore the troops could repel the at
ack. INany Indians were also killed
. reat excitement prevailed, and fear,
vere c entertained that the friendly tribc
vould rise and destroy the agency.
CHANGED HANDS.
'he Agricltural Departmeint Transfer
reI to Ciestumt College.
COLUMTBuIA, S. C., )ec. 31.-The agri.
:ultiral department has at last chang
'd hands. A very long session of thi
>oard of trustees of Clemson Collegg
.as held last night in (Governor Tiill.
nanl's O1110e, G overnor Tfill man being
iresent. )eliiiite actioni was t,aken or
lie f ollowinig matt,ei's:
G overnor' Tlillman, Secret ary of Stat
'indal and Mr. ,1. l-. Wannamake
were appinted a sub-committee of th
eoard, wvith powers to look after th
state's interests in the department o
igricult-ure until the p)roperty is tiniall
in possession of Clemson Collegi
The'y have also duties to petrformi I
relation to ('lemoson Colleg:', being,i
fact, theo representatives or the truie
tees.
Mr.,.1. I'. Smitth, of Anderson, w~a
elected chie e' lerk of the departmeni
vice Mr. A. IC. G onizales, whow resignet
Mr. Sith will probiably report to
dutty to-mior-row. Mr. W\ithiers, wh
was assist ant clerk tinder Col. Bitti
ha ;s b een retai nedh by the sub -commi iiit
tee. It is iitierood that Mir. Wit hlers'
salary hats been raised from $,t0 pe
month to1 $125 per mionthi, th e rat,e a
w hichi the chief clerk was paid.
Thle following gentlenmn were st
lectd a iS gun saUlO mi plers: MIessre
C rossland, t romt the noirttheast section
Shuanklin, of l'enidleton, llardiin, c
Greenvi lie. A fou11rth membtI er will b
appoi ntted by (Goverintr illmI nan an
Mir. J1. I-'. Wannuaiiaker.
it was deterinied tto go cii wit h thi
work at Clena o;i College as far as ti,
av'ailIale funds will permit.
l'of. Iliarin, of Clemisoni Colleg(
was.d placed't in charge of tihe departmeii
of ceinstry. Ile was at work in ii
new tollict toc-day. lIeI said that
would be several (lays yet biefore h
wouldi be ab)le to tam iliarize himnsel
wvith the matters of detail. Tihere ar
two assistants in his department wh
come over froml the old1 regime, Prol
I lardlin was instructed to continue11 th
antalyses of fertilizers.
Secretary Sloan was instructed t
Lake charge of the exp)eriment statioa
bere, lie visited the p)lace this mon
Lug aend reeived the hooks, other pro
perty, etc. Prof. IIardlin will probabi'
receipt for the chemical prop)erty a
hoe experiment station to-morrow.
Tlhie dlepartmlent building will be soli
)y the sinking fund commission ani
1ll of tihe remnovable p)roperty excep
hie mulseum~ will be0 transferred to th
lemsoni College somne time in Marcl
Governor Tlillmnan, Mr. ,J. E. Wanna
naker and Secretary Sloan pushe
hings to-day in order to relieve th
ituation with regard to tihe shipmen
>t fertilizers. There are now on fil
vith the chief clerk of the trustee
hiouit a dozen applications for tag:
,vhich applications include a gres
iumber of tags.
By the conlstruction of the Act fr
he abolition of the department it
meld to be the rule that the applicatior
for tags accompaniedl by the cash mum
bie sent to State TLreasulrer Bates, whb
will notify the clerk of the trustees<
the applications and instruct him t
issue the tags. The business will ru
along smoothly when this informatic
ls ra,el .ATm n an oe.
THE INDIAN WAR.
INFORMATION OF THE BATTLE
WITH THE TROOPS.
Twelve Indians Deliberately Attack Nle
Hiindred Soldiers-The FrIendlypnuou
Join the Hostile*--No Doubts of rarthr
Figltiig-Canp Lights Plainly Visible.
OMAHA, Dec. 31.-The iee correspon.
dent at Pine Ridge telegraphs: "Gen.
Brooke has just received news from
the scene of the fight at the Catholto
mission on Clay Creek which states
that six men of the Seventh Cavaly
were killed and many wounded. Fur
ther particulars have not yet been re
ceived.
"First intimation of the trouble at
the mission was bought late yesterday
afternoon, by a courier who rushed in
with the startling news that the mis.
sion building, where there are a num
ber of Catholic priests and sisters and
hundreds of children, were surrounded
hy hostiles and had been set on Cre.
l'he cavalrymen, who had scarcely had
any rest for fotir (lays, were instantly
in the saddle, and with a couple of
I lotlchiss guns started on a gallop for
the itission. As tle dispatch was be
iig written the roar of gins could be
heard, indicating that a light was in
progress.
"Two Stril;e. Little Wouided, Short
Bull and othwr chief's ran away from
the agency Monday night, after hear
ing of the Wounded Knee Fight. tak
ing with them a huidrod warriors.
I'hey also comilwiled the old chiet Ited
Cloud to accompany them under the
threat of death. It is these Indians
who attacked the supply train and
raided the Catholic mission."
The Ninth Cavalry was an hour be
hind the Seventh in reaching the spot
and they found the Sv(enth in a Light
place surroinded by the Indians. The
latter disappeared, however, when they
saw reinforcement arrive for the caval
ry. The infantry were also or:lered, but
were not needed. The danage done to
the troops is small, Lieutenant 'Mann
of Company E. Seventh Cavalry, was
wounded through the side. The first
Sergeant of Company K. was also
wounded.
TiREACIIIEROUS ACTIONS OF TIE1
ONIAITA, Neb., lec. 31.-A special to
the Bee from Itushville says: "A
blinding snow storm, which is fast as
suming the proportions of a blizzard,
began falling here and at the agency
at 9 o'clock this morning. Advices are
that the light was kept tip nearly all
night at the late battle ground within
a few miles of the agency.
fBy reasons of the suspicious actions
of the alleged Friendly Indians in the
camp near the agency, troops were call
ed in from the field. It transpired late
yesterday evening that the large camp
of Priendlies, loated Suth of the
agency, is inade up almost entirely of
1 old men, squaws and children. The
s question is what has become of the
supposed large number of Friendly
bucks located there until yesterday.
A half breed courier who was
through that camp last night reports
I that nearly every able bodied Indian
in this Friendly outfit had slipped
away after dusk and joined the hostiles.
The Friendly I ndians at Pine Itidge
now, he says, are principally squaws,
and those riot able to light. Up to 11
o'clock this morning, however, every
thing is reported to tw quiet, both sides
resting on their arms and each waiting
for some move from the opposing
forces. That further lighting will oc
cur there seems no doubt. If the
Indians should make an onslaught
during the storm, they would undoubt
edly have a great advantage. The
(lunger is that they will now break
away to stronhgholds iin llad Lands and
le reinfrorced'( by the ltosebud, Stand
ing Ilock aind othe'r Indians.
Indian signal lights were again plain
ly visible last night In the rouigh coun
Stry twenty miles Northi.
l right arnd early were the troops up
.this morning. At 5 o'clock they were
ordeired to bre in rineiIISs to move. At
Sthat hour the cavalry and dlisniiountedi
- troops we~r, inassed abourit the Indian
village, t he ilotchkiss giiuns overlook
a ing the ca1inp niot many yards away.
,. olonel F'orsythle ordered all the In
. dirns to come forward fromi the tents.
rl They e.unn anid -aL ini a h:l I-circle un
>Il counted. The dimoruntecd troops
', werei then'i thrownt aronid them, Comn
- piany K. ('ap1)aiun Waullace, and Comn
a pany H. Captain \'arnum.
r 'The order was thien givyen to twenty
t Indm(ians to go anid get t,hiir guns. Up
oni returig Iit IIwas seenI that only two
- of themin h:' gruns. A detachmnent at
.once began to search t un village, re
,sulting ini thirty-eight guns being
f found. As t he search was about comn
i' plated the Imnilians, surrounded by Comn
I paieis I' anid li, began to move. All
of a suiddlen they threw their hands to
e te gr'oundir andl began to lire rapidly at
e the troops not twenity feet away. The
t.roops w~ere) at a great (disadvantage,
, fearing that they would shoot their
t own comrades. The Indian men, wo
s men and( caildren thiein ran to the South
t battery, firing rap)idly as they. ran.4"'''
e Soon the mounted troops wer~ ~er'
f them shooting thenm down on every side.
ii Tihe engagemient lasted fully an hour
and a half. To the South many took
.refuge in a ravine from wvhich it was
t diflicult to dislodge them. It is esti
mated that the soldiers killed and
> wounded ,number about fifty. Just
now It is impossible to state thne exact
- niumber of (lead Indians. TIhere are
- many more thun fifty, however, killed
out right.
L The soldiers are shooting the Indians
down wherever found, n6 qjuarter be
I ing given by any one. Captain Wal
I lace, K Troop, Seventh Cavalry, was
L killed andi Lieutenant Garlington, of
SArctic tame, was shot throug the arm
.at the elbow. Th'ke troops are still firing
-from the camip and pursuing the
I enemy ini every direction,
a To say that It was a most darn
t feat, twelve Indians attacking
s cavalry, expresses the situation but
s faintly. It could only have been in
r, sanity which prompted such a deed.
t It is doubtful that if before night
either a buck or a squaw Out of all of
r Big Foot's band will be left to tell the
s tale of this day's treachery.
s The members of the Seventh Cavalry
t have once more shown themselves to
o be heroes in deeds of daring. Single
f handed conflicts were seen all over the
o ld. The death of Captain Wallace
ni causes much regret. The poor telow
n met his death by a blow on the ea
from a war club,