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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.