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BOUND FOR RUSSIA. CR. TALMAGE IS ON THE BROAD ATLANTIC. le Dictatts a Sernion on the Ttxt. "or the Time of My Departure Is at llaud,. 8ignificance of the Word "Departure." BROoicLYN, June 19-11ev. Dr. Tai mage is now on the Atlantic, having sailed from New York on the 15th inst. for Liverpool for a preaching tour in England, Scotland, Ireland and Swe-len. Before visiting Sweden Dr. Taliage will go to Russia, there to witness the reception and disposition of the cargo of breadstu's on board The Christian Hearld relief steamship Leo, which sailed last week for St. Petersburg. Previous to his departure he dictated to his stenographer the following farewell ser mon, to be read by the vast and widely scattered audiences whom It is his week ly privilege to address through the me dium of the newspaper piess. le took his text, from 11 Timothy iv, G, "The time of my departure is at hand." Departure! That is a word used only twice in all the Bible. But it is a word often used in the courtroom, and means the desertion of one course of pleading for another. It is used in navigation to describe the distance between two meridians passing through the extremi ties of a course. It is a word I have re cently heard applhed to my departure from America to Europe for a preaching tour to last until September. In a smaller and less significant sense than that implied in the text, I can say. "The time of my departure is at hand." Throughi the printing press I address this sermon to my readers all the world over, and when they read it I will be in niidocean, and unless something niew happens in my marineexperiences I will be in no condition to preach. But how unimportant the word departure when applhed to exchange of continents as when applied to exchange of' worlds as when Paul wrote, "The time of my departure is at hand.'' Now departure implies a starting place and a place ot destination. When Paul left this world, what was the start ing point? It was a scene of great physical distress. It was toe Tullianum, the lower dungeon of the Mamertie prison, Itome, Italy. The top dungeon was bad enough, it having no means of ingress or egress, but through an open ing in the top. Through that the ri soner was lowered, and through that came all the food and air and hight re ceived. It was a terrible place, that upper dungeon, but the Tullianun was the lower dungeon, and that was still more wretched, the only light and the only air coming through the roof, and that roof the floor of the upper dungeon. That was Paul's last earthly residence. I was in that lower dungeon in No yember, 1889. it is made of volcanic stone. I measured It, and from wall to wall it was fifteen feet. The lishies'. roof was seven feet from the floor, and the lowest roof five feet seven iniclies. The opening in the roof through which Paul was let down was three feet wide. The dungeon has a seat of rock two and a half feet high and a shelf of rock four feet high. It was there that Paul spent his lust day on earth, and it is there that I see him nt,w, in the fearfuil dunigeonl, shivering, blue with cold, wvating for that old Overcoat which lie had sent fihr upj to TJ.roa4, and which the had not yet, sentdlown, notwithstanuding lhe ,had writ ten for it. If' sonme skillful surgeon should go into that dungeon were Paul is incarcerated, we aight find out what, are the pr-os pects of Paul's living through the rough imprisonment. Ini the first place lie is an 01(1 man, only two years short of seventy. At, that very time when lhe mostneeds the warmth, anid the sunlight, and the fresh air, lie is shut out [mom the sni. What arc those scars on his ankles? Why, those were gotten when lie was faist, his feet in thme stocks. Every time lie turnied, then ilesh on his inkles started. Whlat are thioe scars on his backy Ycn know lie was whip lied five timles, getting thiirty-nine st rokes -one hundr-ed andi( ninlety-l ive bruises on the back (count them) made by the Jews with rods of elm wood. each one of thme one hundred and1( ninety- five strokes bringing the blood. Look at Paul's face and look at his arm is. Where did lie get thlose bruisesy I think it was when lie was strugglinig ashore aid the shivered timbers of the shipwreck. I see a gash ini Paul's side. Where did lie get that? I think lie got that in the tussle with highwaymen. tor lie had been in per-il of robbers, and lie had1( money of his own. le was a mle chanic as well as an apostle, and I think the teats lie inadie were as8 good as his sermons. TIhiere is a wanmess about, Paul's looks. What makes thai? I thinlk a part of' that caime from the imaet than lie was for twentyfour hiouts on a plank in the Mediterranean sea, suthering teriibly, before lie was i escuedl, f or lhe say s posi tively. "I was a nighit and it day in the deep.'' Oh, worin out, enuaciated old manm! surely you must lie muelauchmolv; no0 constitution could endure this and l>e cheerlul. But I press my way through the prison until I come up close to w here lie is, and by the faint light that stireams through the opelng I see on his faice a supernatural joy, and I bow before him, and I say, "Aeed man, how can you keel) cheerful amid all this gloom?" ilis voice startles the darkness 01 thec place as he cries out, "I am now ready to be offered, and the time of my dleparture is at hand." IIark! What is that shmullhng ot feet, in the upper dungeon? Why, Paul hias ani invitation to a banquet, and lie is going to dime today with the king. TJhose shufiling feet are the feet of the exeu tioners. They come and they cry dloWn1 through the hole of the dungeon: "hlur ry up, o1:1 man. Come, now; get your seli ready." Why, Paal was ready. Hie had nothing to pack up. IIe had nn baggage to take, iIe had been ready a good while. I see him rising up, and astraightening out his stiffened limbs, and pushing back his white hair from his creviced forehead, and see him looking up through the hole in the roof of the dungeon Into the face of his execution ers, and hear him say, "I am now ready to be offered, and he time of my de parture is at hand." Then they lift hIm out of the dungeon, and they start with him to the place of execution. They say: "Hurry along, old man, or you will feel the weIght of our spear. Hurry along." "Ho0w far .* is It," says Paul, "we have to travel?" "Three miles." Three miles is a good way for an old masn to travel after he has been whIpped and crippled wit,h maltreatment. But they soon get to the place of execution-Acqu3 Sahlva and be is fastened to thepillar ot mar tyrdom. It does not take any strength *"9 m'= ,o tie him fast. He makes no resist, f me' e. a 0 Paull why not now strike for your I iWe You have a great many friends S iere. With that withered hand just C aunch the thu!erbolt of the people " ipon thote infamous soldiera. No! i I'taul was not going to interfere with his )wt coronattou. ie was too glad to go. I see him looking up in the face of his r txecutioner, aud as the grim oilicial e Iraws the sword, Paul calily says, "I c un now ready to be offered, and the r iim of my departure is at hand." But L put my hand over my eyes. I want lot to see that last struggle. One liarp, ceu stroke, and Paul does go to the banquet, and Paul does dine with the k;ig. W hat a transition it was! From the malaria of Rome to the finest climate in all the universe-the zone of eternal beauty and health. His ashes were put in the catacombs of Rome, but in one moment the air of iteaven bathed from hii soul the last ache. From shipwrcck, from dungeon, from the biting pai of the elnwood rods, from the sharp sword of the headsman, he goes into the most brilliant assemblage of heaven, a king atnonm- kings, multitudes of tIe saint hood rushing out and stretchinig forth hands of welcome, for I do r3ally think that, as on the right hand of God is ('hrist, so on the right hand of Christ is Paul, the second gceat in heaven. l[e changed kings likewise. Before the hour of death, and up to the last miloment, he was under Nero, the thick neCked, the cruel eyed, the filthy lipped, the sculptured features of that imaa bringimg (own to us to this very (lay the horrible possibilities of his nature -- seatceI as lie was amid pictured marbles of Egypt, under a roof adorned with mother-of-pearl, in a dining room which, by machinery, was kept. whirling day and might with mos, bewitching magnili cence, his horses standing in stalls of solid gold, and the grounds around his palaice lighted at night by its victims, M ho had been bedaubed with tar and 1pitch ind then set on fire to illumine th! darkness. That was Paul's king. But the next moment lie goes ito ,the realm ofr him 'A hose reign is love, and whose courts are pave-d With love, and whose throne is set on pillars of love, and whose scepter is adorned with jewels of love, and whose palace is lighted with love, amd whose lifetime is an eternity of love. W henl Pautil was leavin- so much on this side the pillar of' martyrdom to giain so imuch on the other side, (o you wonder lit the cheerful va!edictory of tie text, "The time of may departure is lit hand?" Now, why cannot all tie old people live the same holy glee as that aged man had' Clharles 1, when ie was colibinlg his head, found a gray hair, and lie st-it it to the queen as at great,ioke, blt old ige is realy no joke at all. 1or tile last forty years you have been dread imu that, which ought to have been an uxhilaration. You say you most fear tle sti twgle at t,ie moment the soul and boly part. Ilut millions have endured that, momnCut, alid may not we as well? l'hev .got through with it and so can ne, i"t;l-es this, till medlical men agi ee in sa.N mii that there is probably no strug glh it the last moment-not so munAh pAiii a the prick of a pin, the seeming signs (r distress being altogether invol utiary. But you say, "it is the uncer tainty ot' the fulture."' Now, child of (l.d do not play the infidel. Aft.er God hiai tillu(1 the Bible till It, canr hold4 noi more with stories o1 the good t,hings ahieadl, better not talk ab)out unicertain-. ties. But you say, "I cannot bear to think of partinig from frIends hlere."' If you are old, oui have more friends inl heaven tlhn herie, .Just take the census. Take wmile hurge sheet of papler and hegini to rcoIrd the1 namesiij of those who have emLiigratedl to tile other01 shore; the comf-1 l'at1(1ons of yotur school days, your early 14 iness5 assolciates, tile frinds of' mid-t. hii, at1a( those whlo mlore recently wenlt away. Canur it he0 that11 they% have been1 gone so long you (do not care alny more about them, and you (do not warilt their sor:et~()1iO, 110. There have been thiyva wheni you ha1ve felt thatt .you could not1 enthire aniothier moment away from thleir lessed coinaim)ilship. They haive gone. Yotu say 3011 would not,1 hkew to b)rintg thleml back to this worldl oft ti oule, evenf if y'ou had the power. 1It woubil not1 (1o to trust you. God wouIld nlot give youl resurrection power. c Bef>re tomlorrow morning you wouild( lhe r attling at the gates of the cemetery,t er3 iog to the departed: '"Come back to( tile cradle whlere you slept! Come backC toi thle ha.ll where you used( to pla11! .iie bauck to tihe tab)le where you used( 1 to sit!"' AmId there would be a great ' butrghiry ill heaven. No, , o. God will ~ ilot tiiit yott~ with resurrection power. e tbut he compii roisrs the nmatter an<1( ~ sa1 ', "You1 (tiniot brinlg them where 3' u are, buit .you can go where they ar. flhey nie Cuore1 lovely niow thian ever. t Were they beautiful hre, thley are more d beatutjil1ere .t Besides thait, it is more healthy there E for y oui thanil here, agedl maan; bett1er cli mIte herei than Ihese hIot summers and1( eoihl wmteitsi'ard la hte s plrings; better hii ainel; better eieCslight; more tonic in ithe air; more perfume ini the bloom; miore swee'tness8 in tile onig. I)o 3 ou not feel, aL ed mani, somnetims asd11 thlough y'ou would like to get, youtr am andl foot t free? D)o You not feel ias thouitgh you ts would like to throw away spiectacles o and1( canils and1( cruitcee? Would you not hi like to feel tile spring aiid elastidity anld hb mirthl ot an (etel nal boyhoodl? Whlen the 1 pomtat wih you start from this worldt iS oldt age. anid thle point to which you go) is eternal juvenesmcence, algedl man, clap your batads aut the aticipation, and1( say, in perfect rtapture of' soul, ''The timle (of imy dlepar ture is at hand."'' I remai.rk again, all those ought to v fee-l this joy of the text whlo have a holy f cutriosity to know wvhat Is beyond this e earthly terminus. And who hats not i an.y cnriosity about it ? Paul, I suppose, t, hai I the~ miost satisfactory view of heav- I, (en, anid hIe says, "It dothl not yet appealr ii what we shlli be." It is like looking through a broken telescope. "Now we see through a glass darkly." Can you tell me any tiling about that hleavenIly place ? You I ask mel a thousalid quest,ions ab)out it j that I cannot answer. 1 ask you a 1 thiousiand qluest,ions about ft that you I cannot answer. And do you wonder h that Paul w as so glad w hen martyrdom h save him a chance to go ov'er and make ~ iscoveri es in that blessed country ? 1 hope some day, by the grace ot God, to go ever and see for myself; but not now. No well man, no prospered mIan, I think, wanti' to go now. But the time will come, 1 think, when 1 shall go over. 1 want to see what they do thlere, and aI want to see ho0w they do f*it I do not want to be looking through 1 the gates ajar forever. 1 want them to awing wi de open. There are ten thous. and things [ want explained- about you, about myself, about the govern anent of this world, about G1od~, about every thing. We start in a plamn path of what we now, and in a minute come up against high wall of wbat we do not know. wonder how it looks over there. omebody tells me it is like a paved ty-paved with gold; and another an tells mne it is like a fountain, and 0 is like a tree, and it is like a triumph- tt procession; and the next man I meet !l1s me it is all figurative. I really a rant to know, after the body is resur Dcted, what they wear and what they b at, and I have an immeasurable curi sity to know what it is, and how it is nd where it is. I C Columbus risked his life to find this e ontinent, and shall we shudder to go h mt on a voyage of discovery which t hall reveal a vaster an-1 more brilliant U ,ountry? John Franklin risked his ife to Mud a passage between icebergs, tid shall we dread to find a passage to ,ternal summer? Men in Switzerland ,ravel tip the heights of the Matterhorn ith alpenstock and guides and rockets tnd ropes and, getting half way up, ituimble and fall down in a horrible massacre. They just wantcd to say they had been on the tops of those high peaks. And shall we fear to go out for the ascent of the eternal hills which start a thousand miles beyond where stop the highest peaks of the Alps, when in that ascent there is no peril? A man doomed to die stepped on the sciflfold and said inl joy, "Now, in ten minutes I will know the great secret." One iminut.e after the vital function ceased the little child that died last night knew more than Jonathan Ed wards, or St. Paul himself, before he died. Friends, the exit from this world, or death, if you please to call it. to the Christian is glorieus explanation. It is demonstration. It is iuillitation. It is sunburst. It is the opening of 1d the windows. It is shutting up the catechism of doubt and the mnrolling of all the scrolls of positive and accur al intorination. Instead of standing at ti.e foot of thie ladder and looking up1), it is standing at the top of the lad. der and looking down. It is the last mystery taken out of botany and geolo gy and astronomy and theology. Oh, will it not, he grand to have all questions answert d? The perpetually recurring interrogation point changed for the mark of uxclamation. All rid. dies solved. Who will fear to go out oi that discovery when all the ques tions are to be decided which we have been discussing all our lives? Who shall not clap his hands in the anticipa tion of that blessed ountry, it it be no better than through holy curiosity cry- i ing, "The time of my departure is at hand ?" I remark again we otight to have Ihe I ijy (if the text, becaise, leaving this i world, we move into the best society of< ,he universe. You see a great crowI )f people in some strvet, and you say: I 'Who is passing there? Whatgeneral, I what prinlce is going up I here?' Well, I see a great throng in heaven. I say: 'Vho is I le hocus of all that admira ion ? Who is the center of that ghit- I ering company ?" IL is Jesus, the i -hampion of all worlds, the favorite of ( ill ages. ( Do you know wli;at is the first <iuis- ( ion the soul will ask when it comes e .hrough the gate of heaven ? I think C .he first (Iuestion will be, "Wvhere ia t .estis, the Saviour that pardoned my % ii; that carried my sorrows; that c oight iny battles; that. won my victo. c les?" 0 radiant one! how I would I ike to see thee! thou of the tuanger, c nut without its humiliations; thou of & Lhe cross, but without, it.s pangs; thou Af the grave. but without its darkness. The lible inti mates that we w ill talk t with Jensu in heaven jst as a brot her talks wvithi a brother. Now wvhat will I you ask him first? I do rnot know. I t can think what I would ask Paul lirst if I saw him in heaveni. I think I I wvould like t.o hoar hIim describe the stc'rm that came uponi the ship when there were t.wo huindred and seventy- I ive souls on the vessel, IPaid being t.he 1 nly man on b)oard cool enough to des. 3ribe the storm. There is a facinaution thou)tt a ship anid the sea t.hat, I never d rhall get over, and I th ink I would like. o hear h.mi talk about that lirst. hIut when I meet roy Lont dIesuis bTrlst, of what shalil I Ii rst i Ielighit to 0 iear him i speak ? Now I think wheat it s. I shall lirst want, to liear the tr:ag d 'dv of hris Last, hours, arid t.hein Luike's a recoluit of the c.'uiciiixion, :iii Mar k's| iccoitt o the crucalIiXioni, and .J')hii'sI Lecounft of the crucifixion will lbe noth- Il ng, while f rom) the Ii ving lips of ('hrist C he story shall be told of the aloomi tf iti elf, arid the devils that arose, uniil I lie n act that upon his endurancre depended t' he rescue of a race, anid t here was ii larkness in the sky, and t here wais" harkness in the soul, and the pain be " aine more sharp, and the bu rdenrs hie.t ame lmore heavy, until the i) begani o swimii away from the (lying visioni ot & hrnist, and the cursing of thle mob *" aiiie to his ears miore faint ly, anid his b lands were fastened to the horri'tontal n iece of the cross, andl his feet were fast. n niedm to the p)erpedicu lar pie~e oft the C ross, iad hIs head fell for ward ini a woon as lie tittered the last nioani and ried, "I t is lintished !'" All! heaven will 0 top to listen unotil theii story is done ~ nid every harl) will be pult dowii, andb very lip closed, anid all eyes fixed 'upon n he divine narrator tuntil the story Is one; and then, at the tap of the baton, ' he eternal orchestra will rouse tip; uin- ci er on st.ring ot harp, and lips to th 1i1 lotih of truimpet,th~ere shall roll fort.h ii hie oratorio of the MeI(ssiah, " Worthy gi a the Laiinb that was slain to receive w lessing andi riches and honor and glory 3t rid power, world without, end! What lie endured oh, who can teli, o T1o save our soulIs from death anid hell I W,hen t here waIs bet weeni PaulI mid hiat mnagn:ihieiit P ersonage only the .a hinnless of the sharp edge of the sword hi f the execuitioner, :lo you wvonder that ti e wanted to go? (O miy Lord Jesus., h -t one wave of that glory roll over us! o lark. I hear the weddiing bells of heav- w n rimg now. The marriage of the i ,ammb has come, and the bide hat h hi ade herself ready. Aiid now. for a ttle wvhile goodbje I have no mer Id feelings about the future. hint if nythaing shiould happen that we never i leet again in this world, let us mneet , thiere there are nio partings. Ourg rienidshipst h ave bet ni delightf al on r Irthl, but they will be more delight ful c a heaven. And now I co:nmiend yoi( f~ (lGod and t1 he word of his grace, which able to build us up anid give us an in- el eritance amnong all them that are imettiled. Apipeaied to, the iighr CUrg. A NDFH:SON, S. C., .June 19,-Y. 11, 'rior, au white man, aiged 42 3eurs, in all here uiider chiarge of obtaimiog ioods n y false pretences, comamit.ted s uicidle mst night, in his cell in the j: ill. lie usedh t is undIergarmenits as a rope to hang imself with, atid in the dead hours of g he nighit, while his four cell mates were sleep, lie took his8 own life, and thus ni .l.pealed 1118 trial to the Court, thiit tiakes no mistakes. No reasons are ei nown for the deed, lie leaves a wite n mud several children. Coriier Nance aeld an inquest to-day, and a verdict, inl iccordanice with the faict,s statedi WAS endered. Supposed suitoid.. WIrLLISTON. S. C., June 20.-J, P. Niatthews died hero at 5:30 o'clock. LIbs death was caused by an overdose c of morphine that he took intentionally, c It la thought. TIIE MAN OF DESTINY. t [Continued from First page.1 e i the pl itform ai said: "In view of ie statement just made. I willsay that represent the minority of tho 'Com ittee oil Resolut iovs, and I desire to Itiounce that the minority expect to 3 heard to present its report before the revious quest ion shall be put." Quick ieers followed this annoicement. Theu ex-Secretary Vilas commenced > read the resolutions at6:28, but when e reached the phrase, "fromn Madison L Cleveland," thcre was a quick shout r one voice near the platform. It was ot lost, however, for it seemed that as hough with one impulse the entire 0,000 people leaped upon their chairs aid wit h hats and handkerchiefs in he aIr, 20,000 throats let loose yells and creams that shook the heavy air and L1iost made the barracks (luiver. In a lash a white satin b4nl'eir, neavy with rold fringe, was shot afloat and was noved to the centre aisle. It was the msign of Michigan, and on one side vas the picture of Cleveland. H1ad the birong shouted before ? Oh, no! The irst outbreak had been bitt a murmur eside the savagery of noise and din that rose then and swept and rolled from side to side of th great wigwam mnd alrotmnd the amlphitteatre. A man in the rear of the delegates 4oisted a picture of David It. 11111. tuick as liiman impilse moves a hos tile hand ripped it trom the standard ind tore it up, while hisses for and lIgainst the act s wept in a wave around the hall. Then came into the arena a hanner DC IOf;L A sturdy l'oi,s man hore it loft and waved it constantly while the mass of swelling people swelled the Aiin and storm of sound. The tcinpest ebed air I flowed until 1:47, when Don )ickinson of Michigan caused tihe lichigan batnner to be car ried trom view tin order that business might be resumed. There were hisses from the crowd that, the guidon and baton (if its applause should be re moved. Through all this the 'Tam many inca in the centre aisle sat grim id silent, n)either hissing Cleveland aor cheering Ill. Its thunderless dis ipproval challenged admiration even I rom those who opposed the \lanhatten Indians. Finally at 6:48 Vilas again esumed the reading of the platform vhich will be found published in full u another column. At the conchsion of the reading of .he platform, the chairman annoic-d ,hat the next order of business was tile ioniinat.ion of candidates for president >f the United States. The roll call of ;tates was coinmencud and when Ar ansas was reached she yielded her lace to New Jersey and ux-Governor Ubbott of that State caie forward, ac ornpanied by enthusiastic cheers from lie Cleveland wing of the convention, I being understood that he was to oininate the Ex-[Presilent When or er was r(stored the Governor ad ressed t1e bo dy fori ally placing trover Cleveland in nomination. Gov rnor Abbott proceeded without re eiving nore than mild applaiuse until e reached that portion of his address here he said: "If thsre uas any oubt, existing in my mind of the result I this national contest I would not irge on behalf of my State the views f its )emnocracy in favor of Grover Ileveland. The mention of the name of the sage f luzzard's Bay was the sigual for a huier of cheers. Men and women vho thronged tie great galleries waved ans, umbrellas and banners. Many ofr he great State delegat.es rose, and taanding on their chair-m joined in the ~reat volume of enthusiasm which Cfe(e to possess the multitude. Th'le t.abatma delegat ion hoist.ed a Cleve inde portrait, on t,he end of an umbrel r, which was thle signal for applauise. . boot thIis time M ichigan's bannmer liih Clevelanmd's portrait, was.carrried ownm to the New York delegat'ion antd as angmraiy p)ushedL awavy by thle delec. Ltes8. I his little incidlent, created( mncch onl sion. hit te meanti me theC cheer ig for levye-land c'onitinuned. ..t about IOen o'clock a heavy thun i-r andl rin .stormn paissed over thle cit,y oil thle buailudig ini which thle C2onveni iin wa's amssembled l-aked very badly, >whn i)Mwillm, if Ne-w York, took se st:u.d to prumeent 11 iii' namne, the iniventionm hiled td) excuse him for a Ciw inuti es as thle geentlecman could ot. stanid on thme pauthoram without get. og wuet. lImhe tele'graphl and press of.. Los uniderrneath thle si age was flooded ithi water' whcich intrr ered very arc uch ich the working of the wires. When te storm sucbsitled l)ewitt. againi took te st.iand anid presenited thle nrmie oft '.nato,r 1). 11. 1h1ll, which was greeted it.h great aipph.icse. l ie said I1fill cain 'art I airrisoam in New York by a lairger rijority than Ihe carried it for Gover )r last t.ime. When I ewitt niention I IIlill's arphorism "1 aim a D)emocrat." F'ellows took thle latformi aind sec iuded lIIill's nomination. lIe said t.he .ite of New York fronm the Westerni >uinthliry to thet oiceaui demand(s thre )Inina:tionm of I). iB. I ill. lie claimed that thre v'ote of Newi ork wars arhbsohtutely essential to D)emo 'atic suaccess inr Novemiber ndn that ill had maide New York Democratic I every r(spec:t and fun mctionms, and ye lim a four yearrs as 1'residenit, he cmu hi make t nce teat ionial ars thoroughlyI . Fellow ms liaishred. A. W . Greeni, of I lilios,.and lTnglishm, : nemcana, andi( many o1thers s. condert ce miinatiton of (leve-land. Durnrcomb I, of lowa, took the stand jel presenited the naaim of Iloies. In s speech Duni icom b said for the lirst me ai main would be present ed for the ghi oflice of Pre sidenit who lives West the Mississippi tver. Bles' namae as enthusiast.ically cheered, aind plc ires of his were carried all over the til. F'enton, of Krrnsas, seconded les mei1natin, as did( also Illeinry W~atter mn, of Kent,ucky. A t. ten rminuates to thbree this morn-1 ig the roll crall of Stat es for a brallot as ordered. At this time there was rent excitement, ini the hall, rind a otion to ad(jouirn wras lost. The roll ill of States t hen proceeded wi ith the elowing result: Tiotal voite, 909). N ueeary to ra roice, 599t , or tmvo-thirds. Cheve-landl received 6I16%, Hill 1 12, oles 103, G ormanu 36%, St.evensoni 167, orrison t, Carlisle h5, Carmbell 2, Pat sonl 1, Whitney 1, Rlussell 1. Ohio imoves rules hbe suspend(d rind levehanid be miade nominee by accha-I at.ion. D)aniel of Virginia seconds the mo on Checeriing all over thce hail and the illeries still crowded. lFlower seconided motiont to m:ike rminartion unaninmous. Motionr to surspendl the rules and do. rare Cleveland the nominee iby accla ation carried. Tihe Convention then adjouirned to &'o o'clock to-day, wIhenm it rerassem led amnd proceeded to the noiniartion l'ra caindidater or Vice iic5dent. The ection resrulte d in the choice of the ton. A. 10. 8tevenmsonr, of illinois. Tihe nominations for the pstin rere Giray, nf InidIina, Stevenson, of ~ Llnois, a John L. Mitchell, of Wis-' ansin. ( thme completion of thre roll I till it w found that the vote stood as ? )llows: itevn.ono 40, ..a 83 r1orse 80, Mitchell 45, Watterson 26, lockran 5 and Tree 1. The rules were hen suspended and Stevenson was lected by acclamation. South Caro ina cast her solid vote for Stevenson. After the passage of the usual reso utions of thanks to the officers, the .onvention adjourned sine die at ten ninut,es pant tive o'clock this after 10011. The Officlal Vote. The following Is the vote for Presidant: State. Cleveland. Hill. Boles. klabama .................. 14 2 1 krkasas.................. 16 ... ... Jalifornia............... 18 Colorado .................. ...5 Uonneetleut............ 12 ... ... Delaware ........... ... .. Florida......... ............ 5 ... ... Georgia - ...... ......... 17 5 Idaho . ......... ............ ... . .... Illinois............... 48 ... ... Indiana.................... 30 ... .. Iowa .......... ................ ... 2 Kansas................... 20 Kentucky................. 18 ..2 Louisiana................. :t 11 M aine .......... .......... i. Maryland........... ....... Massachusetts . ......... 24 4 1 b ichigan............... 28 Minnesota............ 18 .. Mississippi........... 8 3 3 M issouri................ .. 34 ... M ontana .................. Nebraska................ 5 Nevada................... ... ... .I New llampshire.......8 New Jersey............ 2 . New Mexico............. 4 1 1 New Iork.............. ... .72 North Carolina.........,:j 1 1 North Dakota........... 6 Ohio..................... . 14 ; it Oregon ............... .. .; Penmylvania....... 64 ... Rhode sland........... 8 South Carolina.........2 3 South Dakota...........7 1 Tennessee ................24 Texas ......................2 o 1 Vermont ......... .........8 Virginia.................12 W ashington ............. 8 West Virginia..........7 W isconsin. ......... ......24 Wyomng.lig.............. Alaska..................2 Arizona ........... District of Columbia. 2 Indian Territory.......2 Oklahoma....... .... 2 Utah........ ......2 Total official vote...617% 115 103 THE SCATTERIN(i VOTE. Morrison-Alabama 2. Campbell-Alabama 2. Gornan-Alabaina 1. Georgia 4, Louis'. ana 1, Maryland 9%, Mississippi 4, Nebras. ka 1, Nevada 2, New Hampshire 2, Ohio 5, Virginia 1. West Virginia 3, Wyoming 3, .krizona 1. Total, 361. Carlisle-F,orida 3, Kentucky 6, CHo 5. Total, 14. 1-tevenson-North Charolina, 1i? . Pattison--West Virginia 1. RusselI--Massachusetts 1. Whitney- Maine 1. COL. STACKHOUSE DEAD. Ile Ui01 Suddenly at His H11tel In WRah ington. WASIINGTON, June 15.-Represen tative Eli T. Stackhouse, of the Sixth District of South Caroli-ia, died sudden ly, at his residence ii this city, aiortly ,ifter 2 o'clock this morning, of lart lisease. Mr. Stackhouse uas in his ieat in the House yesterday, and u swered to the roll call, but, cciplaluiing M1 the itense heat, left the House and returned to his residence. Later ini the aftLernoon he was mnuch better, and had his8 son readl the p-apers to him. When about to ret.ire, the son otlered to sit up with him, but Mr. Stackhouse dleenmed it, unnecessary. About 1:30 a. mn. young Mr. Stackhouse heard his f.ither breath ing laboriously, and cal 'ed to him but lhe dlid not resnond. iIe never rallied and blhed short,ly afterward. The immediate anse of his death is thouhit, to have been heart, dliseaise. Th'le South Carolina leleg~af 1)1n l'eld a meetiang this morn.nig mrd adopted the customary resoluti on >t* reg4ret,. Eli Th'lomas Stackhouse, of Little Ro)ck, S. C., was born in Marion county, 4.C,i 84, was educated ini the couni yschsools; was a school teacher in his ozrly life, and ha 1861 entered the Con ederate army in Lonigstreet,'s corps8, whaere lhe became a col.meil; served his muni(ty in the State L gaslature and has evotedl amuch of his tinie t.o agricultural >ursuits. IIe was elected president, of heo Farmers' Alliance as long as the -ules oh the Ahliance permit, a re-eles ion; served his State as a trustee of the lenmson Agricult.ural College, and was :dected1 to the Fifty-secotLd Congress, there he was serving his first, term at, lhe time of his death. TIliE H[OUSE TAiKEs ACTION. W AssiamNN'Tow, .June 14.-When the 1ousei was called to ordler the diplomatic mud consular bill was sent to conference, Lmd t,beni Mr. Tillman of South Carolin'i imnounced the sudden 'leath in this city act, evenimg of' his collegue, lHon. E. 1. trckhiouse. T1hie customary resolutions >free pect, were adopt,ed, and the Speaker binounced the appointment, of the f01 OA wing Iiieral committee to accompany le rem.iins t.> Little Rock, S. C.: dessrs. TrilIlman of South Carolina, Lan aum of'Texas, Cate of Arkansas, Lewis >f Missisbippi, Shell of Sout,h Carol ina, h>lly o: Sout,h Dakota andl W aushIof in hiana. Th'le IIouse then, as a fuardher taak of respect a(.journed unt,il t,omor 'ow. ACTION OF- TIlE SENATE. WASH INOlTON, June 14.--in lis peniing prayer today Chaplain Butler emnindIed the Senate, apropos of the leath of Itep)resent ative Stackhouse, of he uncertainl y of lile, and made aippro >riate reference to those aflhected by his 1em iso. After the transaction of some rout,ine >usinesis, Chief Clerk TIowles of t,he JIouse notified the Senate of the death >f' Mr. Stackhouse, and appropriate reso ut,ions, offered by Mr. Butler, of South jiaolina, were adopted. in accordance with the resolutions, lie Vice P'residenit appointed Messrs. Blut,ler oif South Carolhna, K) le of Nort.h D)akotat, White of Louisiana, Gallinger >f' New hi apshire and Allen of Wash ngton ias a committee to attend( the uneral 03 the Senate. The Senate then, at 12:20 p. mn., as a urthier mark of' respect to the memaory >i the dleceasedl Representative, ad o)urnaed unt,il tomorrow. A Sensation Iu Columibia. COtUMInIA, S. C., .June 19.--Some lays aigo a young lady dlied in this city romn mia-treatmient, andl the jury em >anineuedl to investigate the case charge no J. Hi. Morrow, a horse dealer of Vashiington, D. C., who oc<.asionally iaits t,olumibia, with being the party vhc brought about the girls dleath by iducing her to take certain medicine to roduLce abortion. The young lady was aimed Colle Fowler, and is said to have een very pretty, Morrow, who Is barged with her seduction and death is Id enough to be her father. The feel. rig h re Is intense against him and hould he come here things would be un omf'nrtable for. h. 0olored Denmocrata In Ltu'. CurCA0O, June 22.---A meet ing ws held at the Democrat ic headq uarter:i to day by colored 1),mocrats froa aill parts of the country undes th:i auspiews of a nerro -.antoiml D) mocrul Io coin. mittee Many of those pre.ent claint ed to be ltputblicanuv but said thai. t he treatment of the culored race by 1'resi dent Ila-rison did not meet their views of justice. They said they it sired hence forth to enter the ),nocratic fold. Be. fore the permanent organization was effected addresses on the tariff and President 11arrison's alleged ill-treat ment of the coloreti people were made by several delegate.. The following: is an extract friom one of the speeches "We are here to day because we be lieve the Republican party has out lived its usefulness, a', least so far as it re lates to the negro, and it ik our duty to cast about for a safe and iore sure an chorage. We believe that (rover Cleve land, when 'resident of the United States, gave the b. st aesurance possible that under Denocrakic rule a Iree American's best interbsts, his liberty and happiness were fully conserved. I know by ex ptriece a.-jd personal observation that the civil, pablic and political rights of my race were never conserved by any executive thati they were by David lHill, when he was Governor of the great Empire State of New York. The political parties of tie day are not the parties of the last d cade. .Their names are the same, but new men represent them both. The great Dem ocratic party hias gained wisdom by ex perience. .t deals with great national questions on findamental principles. It is forgetting the past unpleasant. ness, it is living ind Ilourishing in the grand and real present. The Reptibli can party of today, which we turn away froi in sorrow, stands as a see tional party as a.political necessity. It is dictatorial, overbearing, atitourat ic." The roll of tielegates showed sev enteen States represented. CHILD BIRTH '- -MADE EASY! " MOTHRs' IFRIENn " is a scientific. ally prepalred Liniment, every ingre dient of recolgniied v.lue and in constant use i 1v the mil pr fession T , i: r bined in a mannc hifii to unknown "MOTH ERS' FRI'END" WiLI. DO all thit is clhimed for it AND1MOR1U. ItShortcn% L.abor, Lessens Pain, Diminishes ).nger to Life of Mother and Child. Book to " Mo rli:-Rs " mailed FR I, coi t,iining valualble informn and voluntary testimnoniak. Sent by exilress sil rece-vt prie -t it.rO ps N BRADFIELD REGULATOR CO.. AlIra.ta. Ga bOLD PY A IA 1AOMn A Talbot & Sons, ENGINES. .1OI.LRs, lBRICK MACJIlN!ERV MAClllNERY, (Ginneri es o tun lst iprovedt planIs. Otur Th'lomlas direct acting St eamn t'res anid Elevator systemi is hI'. Oltd iluettion Th'ie bes't ever iniveted.Pt 'Talbott's Engines and Saw Mills. Vani, Winkle anid ILinunuts Gins. Double Screw 1'resses anid Sietion1 Eieva tor at lowest plossib!P p1 ice's.I V. C. BADHAMY, (Gi EJ B A L AG. .NT1, FebCI 19i-v. R U~ALL SK1N a r er seve n a e i soaa vs , o l Chrsonic Ulcers that have resIsted all trenta ent, Cataryb, PP PCUR ES Pre. IOODDPOlSOI p*~~~~ n.. .a,sitral n, aenellnt a. ue PP PCURES ORM~ALAMA LIPPKAN~ B., Proprietor, Druggist., i4ppmnan's Block. SAVAUEALi& r 9 - - IO C-i Al ~e $15.00 for the aiove Bed Room Suit. A Plush Parlor Suit 5 pieces 125.00. I Good Flat Top Stove ,10.00. Window Shades with Fringe 50 cents. Organs - ....... .................. 39.00 Rocking Chairs......... ............. J1.00. 8 Day Clocks......................... $3.50. Nicklo Round C.ocks ............. 75 ets. Carpets ........................... 25 cts up. Rugs .................................50 cts up. Lace Curtaln4 .....................1.00 up, 44 PIece Tea Set ........................85.00 10 Piece Chamber Set ...............13.00 Send for Catalogue, "PADGETT TdE HOUSE FURNISHER," Me - - - -BROAMb SW. AAUUNT'A, GEORUGKA. THE LARGEBT STOUK. lOST SK(IILLEl WORKMEN, IOWEST PRIUEM, Sonth Carolina larble Worh F. H. HYATT, A :',ucoP'RnETOR., Is the best place in South Carolina ot Southern States to secure satisfaction in American and Italian Marble Work. Al' kincs of Cemetery Work a spe'cliity. TABLECTS. I j AMMSTO NES,. 5l ON U h1.N'i8, & c Send for prices and:' uli Information, F-. H. HYATT~ April81y UOLU1MBIA. 8. C. hnoeu n-rz, Stu.. EX C HA N G.ED. AGE NTJS PAID LIIBEIlALLY. Gonzales & Withers, 00)IIM BIA. 8. C. EfAW MILLS TO SUIT. 100 IN STOCK. lOMBARD & CO., Augusta, Ga UIPPMAN BROS., Proprielors, O'ui@oiets. Llaaman's Black. SAVANNAH. GA. A:B:TT EA ST Ab R