VOL. XXI PICKENS, S. C., TIUlZSiDAY1 ICARY 18, 1892. NO22.
AT T1ll. TA"Ii N AUL1j
DR. TALMAGE ON THE iBESTIAL PRO
PENSITIES OF A SINFUL NATURE.
Science ani Arimawologv itove G;iven Us
New Liaht ois the Story of Nebrachad
nezzar anud Showni Its Agreemiin. itih
Hiltory and NIturAl I,aw.
BROOKLYN, Feb. 7.-With a mighty
acclaim the long meter (oxology roC
at the beginning of the setvice. The
inestimable value of Christianilty as an
elevating and ennobling influence on the.
nature of man formed the subct of Dr.
Talmage's sermou this nornin!. Tilo
brilliant and original preacher chose as
his text the humiliation oflthe Babylon
i8h king, who, being deSLtitult - o1relL!
ion, sank to the level of the bru!e.
Daniel iv, 28. "All this caine upon the
King Nebuchadnezzar."
Colonel Rawlinson, the oriental tr.av
eler, says that, the exhumted oricks, not,
only of Babylon, )utofa !undred towis
in an areaof one hundied miles in length
and thirty in breadth, arc 't:scribe,I with
the name of Nebuchadnezzar. lie was
a great warrior, and at the glance of, his
sword nations prostrated theiselves.
le was a great king and )uilt a city re
servoir ninety miles in circuilerence
and one hundred and twenty leet deep,
and constructed a hanging garden lor
hundred feet square an<i seventy-live
feet high, somec say to please A mulila,
his wile, who had been born aiong the
hills, and others say to get a pleaI surc
ground 1ree froni mosquitoes which it
Ilict the levels.
I think, from his chaiacter. the latter
reason may have impelled hhn as much
as the former. When he conquered
King Zedekiah, so as to have i,o more
trouble with hi, he put his eyes out
a most barbarous way of itncapacitating
an enemy. But Bahylon was a Lreat
place; the housei surroundetd by gur
dens and the housetops were cotiected
with each other by bridges,and one day
Nebuchadnezz%ir walked out on tho.;e
suspension bridges and Showed, perhaps
to a royal visitor, the vastness of his
realn as the stia kindles thie duies
witiglistenings almostinsulerablhe, and
the great streets thunder up their pomp
into the ear of the monirch, anl at med
towers stand aroitid adorned witih o1ils
of conquered em pires.
Nebuchadnezzar waves his hand above
the stupendous se''oe and exclains. "Is
not this great Bab. *on that 1 have built,
for the house of thle kingdom by tihe
might of my power wid for the ionor of
my majesty:'! In other iYw!rdF: "What
a great man I ati. Jab3lon was not
anything until 1 adorned it. se those
water works; see those gardlns; see
those forts. I did all this. 1 shall never
be forgotten. Why. my nanw is on
every brick in all those walls. ,just,
look at me. I am more than a man.''
But in an instance ail that -plcidor
is gor Io.ja hivioil, for a voice tal1i
irum the heavens, sal ing, "0 King -
buchadnezzar, to thee it is spoken, trie
kingdom is departed from thee, and they
shall tzrive thee from men and thv dwel
ling shall be Wit the beasts of the field;
they shall make thee to eat grass as
oxen, and seven times shall pass over
thee, until thou know that the Most
High ruletli in the kiingdoin of teen aid
giveth It to whomsoever lie will.'' One
hour Irom the time he made the beast,
he is on his way to the lields a 1maniae,
and rushing into the iorests le becomes
as one of the be.stt and is alter awhile
covered with eagles' tealers for prot< -
tion from I he cold. .4t his lails grow to
look like birds' elayvs, in ordler ti at lie
may dig tite car'ta for roots and climb
the trees for nuts. The metal disaster
that seized hitm wats what the Greeks
called lycanthropv, b)y which a man im
agines himself a beast and prelers to co
out and mingle with brutes. "A hcast!"
Seven years pass, whetn suddenly his
reason returns anid lie comes back to
Babylon a humble worshiper' of thle God
of heaven.
.What must have been the exitmett
in the royal court as t his r'estored nman
lac emperor walks into the palace.
What a time they had in cuttimg Is
nails and his hair, wvhich hat'1 grownt tcr
seven years without bejin. interlered
with by any shears. What a scruittfll
down must have taken place in the im
perial baths. What a transformnationi
necessary in ordier that lie wh Io luul een
herding with camtels and goats asi swmne
may be made lit to associate with 1rin
cesn. What a ch,ang'e fr omti sty to thlrotne
room.
While walkin. fromt this f alh. iodnn
palace down to the piasture field andt'
Irom the l.asture iel ha:k to the paul
ace the first thing that impresss tie isu
what an incOngruus thing it is for a
king to be eating grass. It is good) for
cattle, but not fit for matn. Atid thien
for one to prefer it to a royal table tin
ward whose boutnty the orcha: k ttul
paddocks and sticams anzd viine-.itds in
all the earth might conltriute-..... n hati
amazement! And yet the scene ~isa
* common as the datylight.
The next thought that presses into
my mind frotm the contemplautiot n of t his
Incident is that eenviction is not, con1ver
sion. Who is this motnrct th:9' mnakes
the boast about, lHabylon? The my
man who, uude r the rev~elationi of dhrem i
that Daniel muade front heaven, d reep'ly
humbled himself, wile lie cii, edo
that God is a God of Godts atnd I,r of I1)
Lords, yet behold that that inun~ihn:
Sand arousing which lie het 're in it lal
not result, in a radical chzatwe.
There is nto mistake niore llret ine:
than of suppolsiing conviction a syno
nym for cotversioni. CJotnvion is
merely a sight of sitn; conversinis a
view of pardon. Convict,ion is mierely
alarm; conversion is coinfidenice. Coni
viction is dissatisfatction wit,h dleprav it y;
conversion is a turnmng away hrm it.
Conviction is a swvordl wouht); conver
siaon is the healing. Convictiotn is the
fever of thirst; conversion is ie -lak
lng of that thirst. Convictiotn is the
pain; conversion is the mledicitno that
cures it. Thousands have expeincedl
the former and never experIenced the
latter. There are muLitudes who think
that as soon as a man is serIous lie is
fit for profession of religion.
What it a tman should only thmtk ser
ously of being a merchait;..tWouhl that
make him a merchant? What it a man
shoul I only think seriously of being s
lawyer; would that make him a lawyer?
What it' a man should only think ser
iously of being a Christian; would that
make him a Christian? Felix was con
victed but not, converted. The jailer
was convicted before he got out of bed,
but, wit converted until at the advice of
Paul he believed in Christ. Are you
convicted but not converted? I tell you
what you miake me think of.
You have made up your mind fOr
propwr consideration to deed away a
Properly. You have drawn the deed.
The seal is tilixed opposite where you
are to write your name. The commis
sioner of deeds Is present to witness.
You have lour pctL in hand. There is
ink in the pen. There is only one thing
for you to do, and that is to sign your
naime. Suppose you stop now without
si4iing sour name, whAt does it all
amount to? Nothin . So you have re
solved to g(ivc 3 ourselt up to God. You
10:)OSe to Sign ol' to him your body,
your mind, your soul. You have all
things necessary for the transfer. The
angels of Godt are here to witness the
eternal transier. Why do you not now
with your will complete the work? Halt
where you are, and all goes for nothing.
Sign your name to this spiritual trans
fer.
'rotessor Arago, the mathematician,
got woel'lly discouraged in his work
and was about to give up when lie saw
some words on the paper which had
been used to stiffen the cover of his book,
and tbe words being indistincthe dampen
ed the cover until lie could take it off and
see tihe words plainly, and lie found they
were words of advice given by D'Al
bert, to a student, and the words were,
"Go on, sir, g on!" O ye who are
convicted "Go on!" You must, take
one more ste1), or all the steps you
have taken will amount to nothing. Go
oii!
Again learn from the misfortune of
the k;ng of' Babylon what a terrible
thing is the loss of reason. There is no
calamity that can possibly befiall us in
this w%trld so great as the derangement
of intellect-to have the body of a man
anid yet, to fill even below the instinct
of' a brute. In this world of sad sights,
the saddest is the idiot's stare. In this
world of awful sounds, the most awful
is the maniac's laugh. A vessel on the
rocks. when hundreds go (Iowa never to
rise. and other hundreds drag their
imniigled and shivering bodies up the
wintry beach, is nothing compared to
tihe f,omudering of intellects full of vast
hopes and attainments and capacities.
12hust's heart went out to those who
were eiileptic, falling into the fire, or
maniacs cutting t,hemselves among the
tomifbl:. We are accustomed to be more
(rateil for physical health than fVor the
proper . working of' our mind. We are
apt to take it for granted that tihe in.
tellect which has served us so well wil
alwas be faithful. We forget, that an
enligine withl such tremendous power,
when the wheels have s,ch vastness of
e'rcle and such swiftness of motion am
the least lopediment might pu, it out o
gear, could only be kept, in proper bal
ance by a diviue hand.
No human power could engineer this
train of immortal ffaculties. How stange
it is that our memory, on whose should.
els all tile Successes and misfortunes and
occurrences of a lif-tine are placed,
shOUl oftener break down, and that
the scales . f1 judgement, which have
been weighinjg so much and so long,
should not lose their adjustment and
that lhnuy, which holds a dangerous
wand, should 11ot sometimes maliciously
wave it, bringing into the heart forebod
in. and halluciations the most appall.
18 it not strange that the expectat,ions
of this intellect, shiouldl not be dashed to
plieces o4 Its disapp)ointmen ts? Though
so dlelicately attuned, this instrtument
of untold haimonies plays oni, though
lear shocks it, and vexations rack it,
andl sorrowv andl joy and loss and gain
inl qju'k saccesslon beat out of it, their
dirge, or dIraw from it their anthem. At
morning and at, night, when in your
priayer you rehearse tihe objects of youm
thaniiksgivmig, next to your salvation by
Jlesus Christ, praise tile Lord for tile
preservation of' your renson.
I low many line mntellects are beIng
dhestr'oyedh by anodynes anud aimusthietics,
wich weire given by P'rovielnce for oc
t:asionial uise ini allev iatioin of' pain or in
somiai, hut by bieingr employed cont,in
mously after awhile capture and (destroy,
C.hloial, coeninle, bideli(i of pot1asstmm.
opium and whole .shelv'es of seductivt
eiteeteras that help1 turii Nebuchadne'z
zarms into imibecilit,y or madness. D<
mot, t rifle w' ith opiates that benumlb thui
b)ramn. I U y ou cannot live without, t,h(
lier'petual mind enslaving use of them,
.iou had better die. Retter die a sanm
man than live a fool. Wh fat right have
.you to kill .vour brain and Put, in wil.
Jantgle 30our nervous0L1 syst.em? .z5ut runt
is thle caluse of more insanit,y than any
tholmg m lse. 'There is nothing like rurr
to0 put a man11 hike NebuThadnezzar dowr
on all boars.
L earn al.'o I rom ny subject, the come
fortinig truth ii nillictions are arrestet
us soon as they 1 a~v lie aiccomlplished theiu
adnhiezza.:r d vt Il aflmng t,he beast,s of the
ti'ld, but at the expiirationl of' that, time
lIs reason returnedlC(, anid as soon as withi
IiPoner huiimjilit,y hei ackniowledged thec
.od of hieaivein he was brought, back tc
hi palace anid reins taitd in his for'mem
iitilence~ amnd 1powerm. Now, it doe
seem1 that whieni heavy tials come upon
us it. I as thoug h t hey had 110 limit. We(
(xi'huml, "All ily waves and thy billows
hive cone over me' but for'get, that
it hefdepth iii hat sea andl the power of
thma t, h iilmv ai'e definmitely determined.
riand es hoiny muc(h our pride is and
hie sends just entouigh adversity to hum.
le it. Ihe Css just, how wvorldly mind.
ed we aie and pulis us just, hard enougli
to de aeb us from our lollies. ic sect
how hard our' hea rt is and smites just
humid enIouL'h to break it,. iIe sees how
ouir e3es have bee i blinded and lie cute
'nly just, eno0u.gh to remove t,he scalei
from our spiritual vision. As soon at
Abraham's faith is su fliciently tried tIhE
himb is providle(.' As soon as Pharaol:
cuinsents to let t,me chIldren of Israel de.
part, the plagues pause. As soon at
thle Israelites have been sufllciently dis,
cfplmOed by their wanderings. t,hey tini
their why into Canaan. .lut to 0m
the limit is nt se In thi h. T li
whole pilgrimage is through the wilder
ness and tlie world is to them a valley
of tears.
But perhaps God has a special throne
in heaven that no ordinat y saint can oc
cupy, and by extraordinary trials ho has
prepare(d that Christian soul for extra
ordinary glory. God will not keep you
in the furnace one moment too long.
Just as soon as Paul had met with
enough imprisonment and scougings lie
reached up and nlucked his eterial
crown. Go, will keep us no l-nger un
der the hammer and on the stocks than
is necessarry to lit us for entrance into
the heaven of eternal rest. Glory be to
the divine grace that, as soon as our
aflictions have accomplished their mis
sion, they are arrested.
The defeats and sorrows of life have
sometimes been the greatest advantage.
It was because Dante failed as a states
man that he gave up politics and wrote
his immortal "Divlna Commedia.1' It
was a vi,lent thunderstorm that first
set Martin Luther serionsly thinking
and the thunder of this world's disaster
has started many a reformation. James
Y..Simpson went from a surgeon's op
erating table to experiment and see if
he could not find something that would
alleviate human pain, an I he kel.t on
uutil he had discovered chloroform as
an atesthetic, and the story of distress
has almost always beea followed by the
story of rescue.
For many years after Shakespear'8
death his work was so little appreciated]
that in 1666 there was only one edition
of his works, and that of only thre
hundred copies in existence, and that
edition was nearly all burned in the
great London fire. But forty-eight
copies had been sold out of the city,
and those forty-eight copies saved
Shakespeare for all nations and all ti me,
Your suppression on :a smaller :scal,
may last a good while, but for all you
are worth you will yet shine out on
earth or in heaven.
Again, learn from my subject that
connected with the most distressing
judgments of God there are displays of
divine mercy. God might justly have
left Nebuchadnezzar in the field, but
infinite compassion brought him back
to the palace. No sooner was Eden
blasted than a blessing followed on the
heels of the curse promising the com
ing of one who would destroy sin and
make the whole world a paradise. The
deluge d(scends, but not until Noah
had invited the people into the ark.
The destroying angel comes upoi
Egypt for the smiting of the first horn,
but left unmolested every house whosl
door was sprinkled with the blood of
sacrifice.
Fiery teinpests bear down upon So
dom, but not until two angels hav(
warned Lot and his family to flee froim
the destruction. Jerusalem was utter.
ly destroyed, but not until Jerimiah ha(
sounded an alarm bidding them turr
from their abominations. On the dark
est cloud of wrath there is a rainbo w o:
mercy. Zechariah in his prophetic vs
on beheld four chariots, symbolical o
God's government.
The first chariot was drawn by ret
horses. They indicated the wars tha
were coming. The second chariot wa
drawn by black horses. They indicate(
the coming of a famine and pestilence
The third chariot was drawn by whit(
horses. They indicated the spotles.
purity of his conquests. But inari
well that the fourth chariot was draw
by horses "grizzled and bay," denoting
that mercy was mixed with all the des.
olating judgments of God. Sinai can,
not thunder so loud as to drown the in.
vitations of Cavalry. The Lord utterE
the admonition "The wages of sin ih
death," but exhaustless mercy responds.
Deliver him from going down to the
pit for I have found a ransom."
IIide thee quick in the rock, Christ
Jesus Let not this insignificant "nlow'
absorb thee more than the great hereaf
ter. The path leading to this Bide of the
grave is only a few furlongs, but the
path .which commences at the other sidev
of it is without end. The powers oi
darkness gather about your soul andi
the temptations of an evil heart and
the allurmnents of the world I know are
trying to drown the voice of the preach
er; but taking hold of the silver t.rumi.
pet of the Gospel which made Felix
tremble, and at the Pentecost brought
three thousand souls out of their sepul
cher, I would blow one long, loud blast
crying, "Whosoever will, lot him
come."
Take this goodly religion which has
done so much for me that I can com
mend ft to all. Without it I should have
gone the whole downward career
Stolid and phlegmatic natures going
astray do not go so far, but natuires
like, mine, sanguine, intense, emotional.
optimistic, social to the last degree, and
echoing to all the heights and de~pths
of mirth, if they get oil track, they gc
with one wild leap to hell. As to the
restraining power of this religion ulpon
a mercurial temperament, I testify
This is not ab)straction or something~
gotten from books. I speak of whatJ
Iknow. Go out and ask all who havt
tried tis religion and ask them how i(
works.
|Three young men in a factory came
out on the Lord's side, but two of them
overcomce by the jeers of their corn
rades, wvent back and joined the scoffers
The one held on to his Christian hope
and one day when they pressed hini
hard, and were telling how much iniil
delity had done for the world, and tha
Christianity had (don e noth)ing, the per
secuted Christiani turned uplon themi
and pointing to IIenry and George
who had for a little while followet
Christ and then turned back, 1h0 sai:
"You have tried your principles o;
them, andl know what they have (dom
for them. When they tried to serve
Christ they were civil, good temp leredi
kind husbands and fathers. They wert
cheerful, industrious and readly t(
oblige. WVhat have ycu made thei
Look and see. They are cast dhowni andi
cross; their mouths are full of cursing
and filthiness; they are drunk every
week; their children half clothed, theli
wives broken hearted, their homes
wretched. That is what your princi.
pies have done. Now I have tried
Chis t and his religion, and wvhat has it
done for me? You know well what
used to be. There was none of you that
conid drink so mueh, swear so desper
ately and fight so masterly. I had nc
money and nobody would trust me
My wife was Ill used, I was Ill humored
hateful and hiatinge. What has religion
done for me? 'Ihank God I am 1not
afraid to put It to you. Am I not ai
happier man than I was? Am I not ai
b'etter workman and a kinder compan.
ion? Would I once have put up with
wha' I now bear from youn I could
beat any of' you as easil o as ever.
Why don't I? Do you ver hear a "Il
word from my mout,h I )o \ ou catch
me at a public house ? Lva; iybody a
score against ie ? (;o Ind Iask my
neighbors if* I am inout alred for the
better. Go and isk my wile. L,et twy
house bear %%itnvsz. God he prised,
here iN what Cbi isl i:nily Iha! d,nn f'or
me; there I wl.at iniuieity his (ione
for H1enry and (e,rge.
Out ot this audiviece IC m: iM ather a
thousaiid nt and wonienl who coultd
tell yot as 1 I illing a st,ry :i, that ,s
to what relii,on has tdonle for' tilvii.
Yea, it time's ul ple(r ttion shoiuli
come as of old, and they may cm,
there are a thov.saud h r% who woutld
t'or Chrsst's sake a:is iet rll.y walk int o
the furn ice of' fire ts though it were
an a-bor of thylie ad honivy'ysuckle,
and fae the lions - though they were'
lainbs frisking on ihIIv hillside, atl
wade (.-w into t I dep watvrs whi( h
are to sibim-t-rge I iin a h:typil,. is ev *r
at Na rr'agnt i.'ttbah they took ti
surt at a sim.t.r hat hin-g.
Comte Ill) andu joir. t ih st on the wz,y
to a palawe. \What an a:b7rd thing tmr
a king to be va'i gri I. I Istead 1of
living oi t he poor facdtir I hat I tie % orld
affords, eome up ald sit :iuong the
princes o'f* G6d at the royal inamIti-4,
and heliar ti. hnl i:i 't, Wy0,
friends! )rInk, () beloved": 11re is
a crown, wear it. !-re ik aI sc! vI,
sway it. II ire is a : Irone, Immoulit it.
This is your hour, ipilr-oive i.
STICK TO THE PARTY.
Co11UrCSPainiM StehlotmW.4a Atlvic(lo to tlae
Smiti Canrolitti UInie-.v.
W ASIINWTON, Ile. lF.---A represei
tative of '.h lI,,tgist er r< quested Col.
stackiouse to state fun rItblication his
views as to the attit utde of th > Allianwe
toward the )emuracy in Sonth Caro
lina and reec ived the following letter:
1-:A. Sin: ''h1e Demiecr:0 Slate
Convention to ho conven t ii Ihe city
of Colimbia in Mlav li(,t fori the pulr
pose of electing dlltes t- ti Nat ion
al ])emocratc (onV-klition ti, b onl
venied ini the city -tf Chito nomni
nate caudidates ;coPr I'. (%itit , and \ ie
President of the I'n!. I ;A.t . I b-ole.
jc't ol groval ust 11liCLht.I', IT Mj110
to Allialicet inen ltil to k . 1'. ian Who
believes in the i ''ccessit h aiwial
retorin, l'i n-ly, u : ! )i the
money voiiimi tyt ,h's ennr.()n
the nvcessit y pior Izz-.ilT reio miii nearly
all )emociniram gira 4 1it <N 0"ient
htwer taxe s wn I e iwe .m, of lite,
sit': supplies as arv nuc, a:. to 1 ho
n% ealth plroducetr oft, h I:,,- C I . IhIlt
o'l the e(Ju;lly 01' lu1 :' li: l
jit-ct of l lli(i;i! '--o i: I) . ts 1;1!
a w wide apart _- i ep l : t li I-o
cliage cl silvor or a y- invr,;a in tho
0.!t 11l of i ionvy wit b t hke . e.
treasury l :i, tl!(- I,;.-ne i'jt[ (-n b i
by aiy oti er pl;o or !.;. winl.. wviii, i I
this oUngr.- Aw- , nlp a s Iri, oppo1"
ton ol thl -tic i ! 11h
SLine md IiIol'.- t. ihe '. e p
ofn side. Thch e tr i}m !1:111 o1i D-it nt
ocraticsSil. Ill ', h .1 u ;ilo . IoIs i
noLne the lts !ien and1M:lvrni.
Finllnciai r'vk.rill itf' .;t: ;t:!
throigl o i t 1 t) r . ii!e kitl.: or ! io'
the ol partie or 1,y th io gmiiz !,:i:
of a liew p;trly l'i3.to!<sg
of such Weorm is < <v: I titm 1 \w ! ot
110W discuss bI!us i,, ould ;;.ak(- "ly
anSwer ion long :!(d hea: t!. I' Iarg-i
Ment I iatd! At W"Vo. T,An, im:d A pi if
on that subj ee.(- i. rg( l oubIt ,(lied
by the State p Ms. ay si ne
still the same :s tI , !-hch is ntowj!.
wiser course, vxt-vI, it) say that Iim.;
cial reformn is to I: uti isstw in the
Fifty-second Congr-.ss 4l(t tht,'. the
attitido toi thi odl I,artivs ona tat
tlestion will (it teimini, the talty ofI,
Alliance muen and othwrs whom b,,lie\-t
inithe iect ssity i f L iin-iiA r-eforiii.
Mly judgm-ent is that tIlt' e ')eiocr.d s
in S.ut Carohn hi l.avo ...iail
ref ormn and titesim to aid it in a LIpra'cti
cal waiy cLan best tde so at. this t imie bv
goinug Iintto the D enmI cra'Ltic 11 primiecs
anfd send(fingi. to the C'oiun;ty con enit. ionsi
only sutch tihelegaite ts do falihveor it ;the
the Coiunty conIvenIt ions should send( iii
the StLate con veniti ila dee gates w' Vho LIre
knO1w il to favor I suc eeiletIi'nii, andl thetu
the StaIte conivet'in ieishoiiihl ini tiirni
send delIegaitesi ito t onaionl icon1vein
D)emnocrats 10 Stout hi Caieilina who favorul
such ieform thiii.k it wise to:Lulopt It
cours isu lggestted Land ea'Lch i :in Lat teist
his club (ir toiwnshipj mneting in the inl
tere'st, of such reor m, So iti h. Caroltina
will take hier p)Oitioni in t het naLtionai:l
I )emoncrat I ie onventionii elt'dgeidLI hkit
urnge the iitlrtan(c ofi ( Uly atal earnIL
est atItentitin Iin it his iat I ir'in orderc t.o
s'ciure unity ofi Laction by Ite iriendis ofi
suggestiLon in t o erat ice.
in thet tie etini ot de-le'2at ix nio ci:
tiinctioni slu>uhll bie madIce bL wen Lit'm
bersi ot the Allain:o an;d ei'i,-ie re.
01' StaIte conl'. i'nt ioni. \'ery i'i!y, ymur
thal>u (i'ow FIeb. i 18c. T ac bmr scn
dLd Ahc ht marcis i we 'I 'oi 'I is
nlcolienne, atners-I lh pla/, ti i'' rah
of ii ite'prisl:. Ac h -. c !: ;ibb ;cgeo
- t,e row aiS a1I: im; u.' a m ihes
-Iat,LI w ihthe ici:a'l2 0-'e t:o 'I N Ii'. Th
- cle~Vi 'was a 'hoirih - ill . e. h:'trew
er i the i.r t.ie-ex iela .l i e cn.-, llu
crf owd.e'8 ThIei c c i o Ie .ire l.i
ieraL i'he attklon andit neI~c pl.di
I g a1 rehe)'l'i n lo - '.nI-' .c - ,. V e Ii;:
cutions.
er bloodjy ite 'c '- '. I - I' I eriry~
v ille. TIwo ofcheic ne arc--I cc b; i hl
the0 two Mar'tjin i'~ic. neara 1'and wi rW arned
by all thiat, they' ha it htic r "et awaye'i
CIIhiitmas1ma) wof ao: warn, uitcth iitiI,ast
heard't they w1ere ini the tainL of thir
imothier andh wvent there andit calletd thiemi
d I os, andt horrei1cy'--oc to thech
mother wax shoi t Lind killedi ~instatly.
Theo Martin niegres' remaIinedlt in theO
cabin until aboeut t in brieak w beni thcey
tind, The exciniuiiwn- to-.
BOOM FORt FIREE COINAG E.1
A BILL FOR THE FREE COINAGE OF t
GOLD AND SILVER.
R, .-I rtc d by tho, I1o1i C41jijiiItte mo l
C(i1g14--The Matter Denciled I;y N Vqo' t
(if 1V( I1i t l lit ---The Fi.4 'I ext of tho!
Utn.
WAS111NUTON, Feb. 10.-The lious :-LI
committee on coinage, wei'-lits and i
measures today disposed of the sil vcr
question, so far as the coimliittce Is c n- i
ccrimd, by voting to reportlitivorab!v I
tie House the bill introduced by Mr.
Blilid of Missouri for the free coin e
o, gold and silver andl(! for the issue f)[j
(oinl notes. The vote on the bill N.s I
eitit to live.
As the committee was called to order,
ie consideration of tile .lIlanid bIll, is
p eviouisly ordered, was be --un. The!
hill v is read section by section. -ul I
di.;cussed seriatiml.
Ailr. Ta110ylor moved to amend h.,v strik
iW-' out that part (i s'ectIon ti il rovidi
for 1ree coinage of silver bullion or tho
is ,C. to the depositor of Il!ioI leal
tender notes covering the ainnt()I of h;s
di posit. The motion was defeated I v
a vote of eIght to three.
Air. Willianims o MaSSAIsetIS then
MoveT to strike out the woids "Tmtt
t?.e standard gold and silver coiis ol he
Uiited States shall i he legal telder In
p1)3 m(enl, (if all debts, public and
vte," ill section 1.
is motion was deieated -yea
i ;vs 7.
Air. Williamus then movedi all ani d
nilt inervasing tile a-Dolint of silve ';n
th-e dollar.
Alr. Tracy moved an amendm nt to
ti;s, which Mr. Williams accepted la
cieasing (lhe silver ill the ( dolhi to)
'rains of pure silver.
The amendlmelit was voted i(:l
'el a a, itys s.
ir. Stone of Pentit-;j Ivania move.:
iiisit i!i section I the ollo%win-,: k P ,
V7.1ed, that whenever gI(l and ii r
4os l ie sale denolminaition. k,
t(I (-X4AlhInge 1rcly al, lace valueC. ihlI
cbdiur inLtal falls below or ruais-es abhe
1'1, then the mints shall be closed.,!
th!e weaker InWtal. ul1. 1 aity 11
ha.ve beel rest.ored.
'Thlie allilIIUeI t d'a e ele h d b a
vot o 'i to 4.
Alr. Stone moved to iunstrt ill in
I an aniendment restrictinlg 1rec coile
it 11h pIroult(et of the nlines) of thic. Unittl (
-iaes. This proposition was dule.-d
hv a vote of' II to 2--Mr. 4Stn ini Iir
-11tsoni (I North akota voti
iorand 'Mesqrs. BI-and, Tr.Iev. I l
Iallis, Ki)-ore. Iliobertsilill, l'ivrct,e I.
Williams, Ale keian1, JIartille anI ll
lor nlaintA it.
Mrt. I".1r-fble mo>ved to ainvild sm o; 1
1. if1c ai.,ill" from $500 %,( gIlqw .
S:hesdt dlonination ol n14tes to bo.
QU:!d. Thel( amendment w as un:aniic;
I.,. adoled.
Mir. Williams o Alassaclmsvet F ml vel
to strike outll. 9ection 2, and Ar. Tr-wy
Imoved to strike out section ol, andi l-.]
Ill,iti(3n-4 were voled down whitt m 1 i.
A Ilotioll by \[r. TraNe to) 1,13' the It
mi the(, table was also def"eatrid.
.\r. EJhitie m1OVed! that th(! hiihH '0
1II1!VIldwnd, be reporled livoi>W, ? I'le
louse.
Mr. TaYlor ioved to allild lic m
nonl, go as to provide Imir ill unif,vrl
ble report.
Ar. Ta.llor's tiO.ol was dli-ated by 4
a vote of 8 to 5, and AIr. wirinle's om
Lion a1 greedl to by tIle siine vulie.
T1hose Voting for tIhe lavorablIe reort
werle: JBland of Alissouiri, Willim. eof
II I.(.18, Kil..ore of Texais, I I{brsonl of
lluisianad, li'ire o)1 Tetunnesse4, 1.11C5 44
V'irginia, AleKeUit.laI if Nebriask.a mll
Jiatrtine of1 Nev'liaa Those5 aginM1i1 a
fatvorable repiort were:,' Triae'v ilf Newv
York, Williamls of Alassae'liilnt: s Tarv
lor of Illhnois, Shoine 411 i>eIis Ilon
a1114 Johinson of Ni)rthl I akola
Mrt. 1Blan1l, chl'iirillall of the cotnut..l
Lee, wa is instru'IcLed to repior1I t hill1
favor:ly~ and i;raw til a rel4i:'i aIvE)-y
tinlg its palssage.
Th'le minIority re'(servedl the ehit to) iep.
10ose theO incaisulre, auiil will lih-' a r(eort
iit2aOllst it.
'T10htll text of the~ lree loinali'e hill1
adoipltedl hv the 11louse9 cornlmitte on01
i'ouilage . WeightIs andI measusi 4S lta is
as fol lowls:
Ilit, thie unit of' vallue inl the l'o 4d
Si itesi shatlli be the ICstandiard silver doI!bir
standard)silver, (Oi thgb olIor e.
1!'nun11 stanidard gold; that the stoin'ul'
'hi and1( silver coills of1 the I-nated
S! ites shall be ia le'al Leender in 'a..
A ny hlolder of goii or silver hul!o of
lI.e v'alna of' $100I or noe. ol Stid
f'l44-nlss, shatll 1he ent.jild( t ave th
51: le stiurtk into any) auithr.ed ti.
ar ins of.50 the Ilnitedl Stales, iree ii
St at es, iir the owner of the ic ilion IIy
dep I osit the saine at such muiu 1:n at .
eilVe theirefo)r ('olIin rut's 4aa n11
moonul,t Lio the (o0)inget value 41 11m
1114on1 shltl become ie priopIerl n
(.overninenet. Thalit the1 coin 114,1
Iu- g al141 be II in denominai 'uI a 4 it
s hale it legal lender iii Ib!;e Wliaii
mlolI ivietedl with the sanu- neine I; r
e nIsMo4 he tnitedl Staties.
iet, it. shal not, lie laiwful to in.u':r e
In .51 old(14 or silver certiliite's or I rI
lIi'(rchas of silver bullionl and~ the Ian
ol treasury notes thereon, andi 101ori ote
l'urpos4es."' Th'at all such cerIilUisres
atoil t reasury notes whleni rived(111 in I he
troyed, andcinl notes pro4'vided( for):n'
thei fiirst secltionl shall be issued in liu
of the certiFientes and treatsumry note1 4>- o
cancel ledl and dlestrioy'ed. I 'rov ided.41
that no011hig he(re,n shaillI be consLtu d
to) i:bange, muodify or' ater* theO legal 1(en..
der' clmr iactLer of Suchl certihient e or not) us
noiw issued.
Sec. .l. '[hle coin nXot('a herein athor~~
i',d maily beC reit~e(le, b)ut the aimounlt at,
ainy time outtandding shall1 not be0 great
er or less thian tile valun 0 ntl oin .t.
he bullion at Co1nin1.4 value held in the
L'reasury. That the said coin notes
hlall be redecined inl coin on demand at
he l'reasury or any sub-treasury of the
7nited States, and the bullion deposited
hall he coined as last as may be ucces
ary lor such redenption.
Se.1. .That any hobler of full lelal
eider gold or silver coins of, the United
Wates to the amount of A.in or more
n:y deposit the sao at the Treasury
or any sth-treasury of the United Slates
1)(1 receive therefor coin notes herein
othorized.
See. 5. That tie act of .ily 5, is90,
Werinlhelore Cited, be, and the same is
lo-reby, roll"aled.
S . I. That so soon a, France shall
it h lwr nunt; to the freu, and unre
trick (I c(inuillZV_' of iIver at heWr presen t
atii, timnw:ly, filteen and one-half
0111114 ti Osilver to he worth onnl pouni
iW ::hl. triy. it siill 1. the dnt.y of' the
rCsh4',tt11 (1 the I'lite States to imme
Iit".y 1111L'. IlIC proclamation of
hat V- 1,L whwreunli the tl ratio shall
le tlle .' -it rat ti;) ill twle U ti Pl4t;te,
11i th l r hic sti:nhrd Silver dollar
uill t (o t i b io rains ofI stmid ard
-lr, ilild i laws 'ctit .1 to t,le I
utat! it. 0i l-il il' 112 1 alt is I
stInt'awd silver shall be.11)I alk"Iable to
he dt !hi t t -1 rais standard 4ilver.
That, the silvur dolars ()1' -11i 2Aerains
A lIii ilthe i rt,:ul\ry or Ie'cuti. comli
litt ) t it t 1vile l141 i: it fIlVilltely ,
Ail vs falt", lw practiLe:'l:, he colled
nt) i fulPlla-_, .it' (' lsiti a n; U ' ttd ,*eIt
t r. A 1y id l 4or 1-.i.1lOl',it ,u 10ofI i1titi'
f n 0 lla ll he it' ( .ite( fori. Oted 6
publ ilnto thet, trvnt r .
reuI:iiat tihl ecretary of the
F;vastiur ,i hiereby v authorized and re
111110d to makll such rulesi atia, reutla
'ostili aS may be n 1 e1CCOS aY to carry ito
tfect te tht i i i s et;wk A t.
t rtit t er to 'utto thr clmson.lts
C<ml, \ 1,.. I-' 1 I t b. 1().--T'here k
proe;t th tt Vi Ie t n , o% r
1 t ' I i 11 C will li. restitti ...d
I - o : u . I ( I I I i l den ledte
t.t uT lush Ls i' I) h-nu i(t,1i ('blidte h
ht h :at I1t h i.wti i l 1in1 1ru 11n the
i..'(-k on all! v !1., A:W' I :ve . ont,
I he sh'of dvi'ge tax 1;&g:- goes3
tdi oi t. w:ol wi'tio long I hir will
bi quit0 al :xeuinab,tio.I Front C'att
it IrV( . Now tih Almrrill fitn(l iwoter
Is ,lunI!( I,,t to b! 0dkchh d byv C'onu ress. tIt,
%%ill be Iw m121 f h l tIb tatt gar
4 .4lit ' L<id lk to 1 v'.vi-li" divid ti
1 4ii: 1 1: ' .161 1 hat fie ll to t hI Iis
1:h tt lo t I o:;, (' i S C'O(lge ar
1t1! li i iv i t
I i vIg a i I t iu'ui
' i i s 'd iv ii, oi 5 did nJ -it ecrt:arY
of the, li vite ir litl!'% aitd at, tpicy C iort'
SI)lqnt'C '! i: I len d b,-1 wv'n y ll t and
(;oernor eu Tihn:ion d 1 he s retsh
vrnor (' ov c n:thist ly that the
divh"no n:) l i.- b y ie A oenera l istlebly
wap thlo r ; plol., r* ise, andI rviefs
V(l to r Ce\ o e with1" an cn
(I I Ier wI' W h ;'otly it 41i-.ice m;ig b"I'n
! 1ht, Ihe lipnn Y It ; ai1 ile and the
wourk mni Leo as bovvn delay.- tfor.
hik of it.
Vf:l't or bit . Oen t o t of o e l i -
then oa\ r1 011 iveI the followiwr
"I ,ni rc:;il :d by thw -outh Car)
lina <'hm Ho 1() riqe -t youl to pre
P.!!V :1 :0t.d enwavt, -.% ing tilh! di.str ;i -
t ion of th li, c:htw! l ; ': I inl thel %.It v t !S
b 1-w 1 v.whilk. a.11 olr,< children,
thll actird school at1indanici of, white
aad .oooredl chibdirt-1, Ihe statO,ppo
priatijonl Ifo CIlision Coilego alnd li
)ill ['linvol,ify, and ally other iniforma
I ionl that will (.11:1b1h the delegation to
presentl, properly thltji!stic.t of' the Leg
v8-01 tiving Ch-Illson College one-_
hlf1 of thc Muorrillfnd
"P'lease (th> t his oflicially under yoiir
WHO WILL IT BE!
A CONVENTION TO BE HELD BY GOV.
TILLMAN'S OPPONENTS.
At WlhCa Cani(atc Will be Suggested
to Itunl Against the Governor-A Confer
ence Itported to iHave Ieen Recenti
CoL DuiaA, S. C., Feb. 7.-The politi
"a not is simmering and singing and
oo1 it will begin to boil lirecely. There
s much talk in the city over the ap
:)roaching municipal election, and there
s still more talk about the struggle
or the State ollicers next Fall. The
liances of the Straightouts making a
ight and the manner of light they will
nake are freely and frequently discuss
.d. It has been rumorcd and believed
'or some time that tne Straightouts
vould make a move on the political
*hvcker-boar(d very shortly. That this
)elief was not unfounde: was proved
)Y the consummation.
Vesterdiy two of the "three blind
nice" were in town, and so were a
itimber of other gentlemen of Straight
)it proclivities. It cannot l,e said that
m1y one of these gentlemen attended a
.onference of Stralghtout leaders, but
le fact that they were in thecity lends
It rength to the statement made to a
legister reporter yesterday that such a
.oniference had been held. The report
rs informant was unable or unwilling
Lo state who was at the conference, but
bit wvas positive that one had been held.
lie said that the policy of those who
were at the conference was to keep very
iuiet at present until their plans are
Iilly matured.
The outcome of the conference will be
t hat a call will be issued for a conven
ion of all opponents of the present
Governor to meet in Columbia some
time in March and (liscuss plans for do
Ieating his re-election. It is stated that
they are willing to throw their strength
to ny candidate who gives promise of
strength enough to defeat the re-elec
tion of the present incumbent of the
gubernatorial chair. It, is possible that
the convention may nominate a candi
date. but then it is realized that no
Straight out can be electe:1 and that if a
iarmwrs' inovement man is nominated
by a Straightout convention it will give
th.m a black eye with the rank and file
of the movementand from this hecould
iot, recover; it woul be said that he
was in caboot, with the Straightouts or
had sold out to them and this would
steal his strength with the farmers
away and leavehim without any sup
port from the main army of the reform
wing oi the J)einocracy, and unless a
caiidate receives the support of that
wilf he cannot. be elected.
It is sai'l that these views, or ideas
siniular thereto, were presented at the
c onterence and that they had due influ
emce, that as a result the Straighout
leaders will be very careful and inspect
the political horizon very carefully be
fore they issue a call for a convention
or otitlime the work to be done by said
conveition. Something may be ex
pectea to drop very shortly.
'The albove we clip from the Colum
bia legister and in the Record of the
same city we hid the following, dated
Charleston, S. C., Feb. 8:
There does not seem to be much doubt
now about the re-election of Governor
'I'illitan, If1 is learned that the oppon
ents of Tillman recently sent out a cir
vilar calling a conference to meet at
Coluimbia. The conference somehow
failed to materialize, not more than a
hiand(ftul be ig present. The anti-Till
mianites talk of holding a convention
i'arly in thle spring, biut the trouble seems
to be that they can't unite on a candi
tle to run against the present gover
nror, who, if lie is opposed, will ne op
posid by Is owvn people inside the
rais of the Alliance. The suceess
)t ' I lmism mneanis the election of
int u-Cleveiamdt delegates to the Chicago
-onivenition. Tlhie Tilman idea is toward
overnoir I jill. Th'le Alliance has all
Lhte maiuniiery of the D)emocratic party
ii its power in this state, and will elect
ts own candidates.
K(oflf Strange story.
A'T LA NTiA, Feb. .-T'hree years ago,
Iudoiphf Koif, with $2000J in his poses
iuonm, lef t Atlanta for hiussia. iIe was
mit again heard from util today, when
te returned with a curious story. iIe
dated that as soon as he arrived in Ruis
sia lie was arrested, because his name
as on the list of those who had given
n uhiiation to George Kennan about
lie atrocities of Siberia. lie was tried
mrd senitenucedl to a term of eight years.
lIi hi ls time lie was transferred to penal
work in the navy, and thus camne to be
mi board t.he RusianIi flagship Sebasto
itol, which passed off Tybee some days
igo. As Koff was the only man who
souild sp)eak lyniglish, he was sent ashore
0 !onisit,4 with a pilot. As soon as he
ouchued ground lhe bade adieu to his
'otmupaniions amid set out for Atlanta.
kotf hail become an American citizen
Jelore his depart,ure for Russia.
Out. of P'oiitics.
C)Lt)SimHa, S. C., Feb. 3.-The State
iblshe aspecial dispatch fo
reenvilte whiuch says: "Joseph ii.
aurie lhas received many letters asking
umiu to ritn for (Governor this year,
itid assuiranices of increased popularity
vith the people.-t i will not, how
-ver, ('nter the political arena this year,
indl may he niot again. in one letter'
ic is toldi that ini 'I'llman's township,
ii JAdgefieldh,nearly every voter is now
'gainust Tlillman."
D)raggeti to Death,
N u i STn'wN, I.A., Feb. 5.-Maurice
V arrell, a well known driver of Lower
Ierion, met with a horrible Jiath to
light, iIe wvas driving a eAr of young
lorses along G ulf IHoad, w lien they took
Eright aunt ran awvay. Farrell was
Lhrown out, his foot catching in the
sp)ring under the wagon, and he was
traggedl two miles. JIe was dead
when released andl was horribly mant
gledh.
Charged with Arson,
BOA Nou;-: Va., F'eb. 3.-A, BI. Las
key, who has been conducting a .,ewel
ry business here for some time, was
irrested to-day and admitted to bal
n $5,000 on charge of firing his store
t.rhy this morning. 'The lire was dis
vo'ered about 1 o'clock and a large
imount of excelsior saturated with
x>al oil was scattered about the room.
I'he stock was insured for $7,500 and
Aaskey is charged with attempting to
lefraud the insurance compnyn.