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Devoted to Agriculture, Horticulture, Domestic Eoonot^ Poil^Literaturofpolitics and the Current News of the Day. XXI. --SKW SfilMRNr Til K l'IU)l>lti.\L SON. DR. TALMACE'S DISCOURSE AT THE TABERNACLE. UrTiiki>. III^Tl'X^ Front tho I'liruliln, nntl I'poii IIIh llriirci'K Wlm llit.o Wnn lorrtl Oft front tlio t'linrcli to Krttini. !>i. TalmaKc's Sunday hciiuoh was t n -Tins I'i odi^al Son," and his u-xt. te:ko l.r?, 20: ''When he ''as yet a k*: eat way off his father saw him. and had compassion, and ran, and fell on Iuh neck, and kissed him." Following is the sermon: One of the deeiK'st wa lls that inL situation ever opened iH the well of a 1 wimble which we can never exhaust. A III* piUHlHC, A SlippOKO. WIIH toumicil . on facts. 1 have described to you thp gomgawy^ of this i )i*( >< ligal son BHHR^j^i?QHP^WwniinL rrnpme for iif^ mre^TOneddsort. Rat. ho did not r ibiilwavH stay ill the wilderness; he L came back after a while, Wo do not A read thai his mother como to greet ^ / him. I suppose she wa i dead. The father would have given the second kiss to the returning prodigal; the mother the first .It may have been for the lack of her example and prayers that ii< became a prodigal. Sometimes the father does not know how to man ago the children of the household. The chief work comes upon the mother. Indeed, no one ever gets over the calamity of losing n mother in early life. Still, this young man was not ungrcetcd when he came back. However well apparelled we may bo in the morning when we start out on a journey, before night, what 'Mkwitli the dust and the jostliug, we have lost all eleanliuoss of appearance. Rut this prodigal, when he started from the swine-trough, was ragged and wretched, and his ap jKJiuaiice, after he had gone through days of journeying and exposure, you can more cosily imagine than describe. \s the people s'e this prodigal coming on homeward, they wonder who he is. They say; "I wonder what prison he has broken out of. I won- 1 lor what lazaretto he has escaped from. I wonder with what plague lie 1 will smite the air." Although these jx^ople may have been well acquain- 1 ted with tho family, yet they, do not 1 . imagine that this is the very young 1 little wliijc ? looks as though he was intent upon ] something very impori ant. The i>eo pie stop. They look at him. They wonder where he came from. They , wonder where he is going to. You have heard of a son who went oil' to sae, and never returned. All 1 the people in the neighborhood thought the son would never return, ' but the ])arents came to no such conclusion. They would goby the hour, 1 and day, and sit upon the beech, looking off ui>on the water, expocting ; to see the sail tluvt would bring homo the long-absent boy. And sol think this father of my text sat under the vine looking out toward the road on which his son had departed; but the father has changed very much since wo saw him last. Ilis hair has become white, his cheeks are furrowed, his heart 1h broken. "What is all his bountiful table to him when his son may bo lacking bread? What is all the splendor of the wardrobe of that homestead when the Ron may not have a decent coat? What are all the sheep on the hillside to that fa tlior when lii? pot luinb is gone? Still lie Kits tuul watches, looking out on tho road and one day ho beholds a foot-traveler. He sees hi in rise above the hill; first the head and after awhile the entire body; and as gfcon as he gets a fair glanco nt liim lie knows he is his recreant son. He forgets the crutch, and the cane, and the stillness of the joints,and bounds away. I think the people all around were jmm/.od. They said: "It is only^Wo^tpad. It is only some old tramp of the road. Don't go out to meet him."' Tho father knew botter. ~^Xhe chango in the son's appear^"""""^^jW^obuHlr^ot hide the marks by which the father knew tho boy. You know that i?ersons of a groat deal of iiulejiendonco of character are apt to indicate it in their walk. For that reason the snilor almost always has a peculiar step, not only bocause ho stands much on shipboard am hi tho rooking of the sea, and he has to balance himself, but he has for tho most part an independent character, which would show in his gait, even if lie never went on the sea; and wo know from what transpired afterward, and from what transpired before, that this prodigal son was of an independent and frank nature; and I supjioso that tho characteristics of his mind and heart wore the charac teristios of his walk. And so tho father know him. He puts out his withered arms toward him, ho brings his wrinkled face against tho palo cheek of his son: ho kisses the wan lips; ho thanks God that tho long agony is over. "When he was yet a , great way off, his father saw him and ? 1 - 1 1 #-11 una compnHKion, niia run, turn ieu on hi? nock and kinncd him." Oh, do yon not recognize that Fa thor? Who was it? It in God! I hnvo no nympnthy with thatcantdron theology which reprcBontH God an _ hnrd, Hovcro and vindictive. God in r u Father?kind, loving* loniont, gentle, Ion gauffering, patient and He flies to our immortal rescue. Oh, that we might realize it. sA woalthy lady in one of tho eastern countries wan going oflT for Home lime, and sho asked hor daughtorH for some memento to carry with her. One of her daughters brought a marblo tub lot, bountifully iuscril>e<l; and uuotli cr daughter brought a bouutifu , wrent'i of ilowors. The third daugh , tor camo and said: "Mother, 3 brought neither flowers nor tablet but hero is my heart. I havo inscribe* . it all over with vour namo, and where ' ever you go it will go with you.'* Tin _ mother recognized it ub the best o | all mementoes. Oh, that our souh might go out toward our Fatherthat our hearts might be written al over with the evidences of His loviiif kindness, and that we might novel forsake him. In the first place, I notice in thh text, t he fat he's eyesight; in the see j oud place I notice the father's liuste ' end in the third place, I notice the I r.. 11 i | iuuiri ^ Ts begun the father* eyesight ',|'^1'''' could soo well that which was near by, but I do know he could hoc a great way oft'. "His father saw him." Perhaps he had been looking for tho return of that boy especially that, day. I do not know but that he had been iu prayer, and that God had told him that that day the reereat boy would come home. "Tho father saw him a groat way oil"." I wonder if God's eyesight can descry us when we are coming back to llim? The text pictures our condition?we are n great way oft*. That young man was not farther oft* from his father's house, sin is not farther oft' from holiness, hell is not farther oft' from heaven, than wo have been by our sins away oft" from God; aye, so far oft'that we could not hear His voice, though vehemently He has called us year after year. I do not know what huliits you may have formed, or in what evil places you have been, or what false notions you may lmvc entertained; but you are ready to acknowledge, if your heart has not been changed bj' the grace of God, that you are a grcnt way ofl' aye, so far that you cannot get back of yourselves. You would like to come back. Aye, this moment you would start if it were not for this sin, and that habit, and this disadvantage. But I am to tell you of the Father's eyesight. "He saw him a great way off." lie lias seen nil your fralties, all your stragalM, all your disadvan tages. He ha&b^i longing for your 2ygjyug^j|^ni parent ever i?oa pities you. You snyt^^jh, I bad so many evil surroundings when I started life." Your Father sees it. You say: "I liavo so many bad surroundings now, and it is very difficult for me to break away from evil associations." Your Father sees it, and if you should start heavenward?as I pray you may ?your Father would not sit idly down and allow you to struggle on up toward Him. Oh, no! Seeing you a great way off*, lie would lly to the roscue. How long does it take a father to leap into the middle of a highway if his child be there, and a swift vehicle is coming, and may destroy him? Five hundred times longer than it takes our heavenly Father to spring to tho deliverance of a lost child. "When he was a great way off his Father saw him." And this brings mo to notice tlio father h haate. The Bible says ho rim. No wonder! Ho did not know but that the young man would change hia mind and go back. Ho did not know but that ho would drop Jfrom exhauation. He did not know but that nomething fatal might overtako him before he got to tho door-sill; and ao the father ran. The Bible, for tho moat part, speaks of God as walking. "In tho fourth watch of the night," it says, "Jesus came unto them watching 011 tho sea." "He walkoth upon the wings of tho wind." Our lirat parents hoard tho voice of the Lord, walking in the garden in tho cool of tho daj'; but when a winner starts for God, the Father runs to meet him. Oh! if a man ever wants help, it is when ho tries to bccomo a Christian. Tho world ways to him: "Back with you. # Hiiyo more spirit. Don't be hammered*Srith religion. Time enough yet. Wait'until you get aick. Wait until you get old." Satan says: "Back with you; you are ho bad that God will havo nothing tc do with you;" or "You are good enough and neod no Redeemer. Take tiling ease, eat, drink and be merry.' Ten thousand voices any: "Back wit! you. God is a hard master. The church is a collection of hypocrites Back into your sins; back t? youi evil indulgences; back to your prayer leas pillow, n Tho silliest thing thai a young man ever does is to conn homo after ho has been wandering.' Oh, how much help a man does warn when he tries to bccomo a Christian Indeed, the prodigal cannot find hii way homo to his father's house alone Unless some one comes to moot liin ho had better havo stayed by tin swino troughs. I remark upon tho father's kiss "Ho fell 011 liis neck," my text says "and kissed him." It is not over; father that would havo done that way Some would Have Bcoiaeu nun, iuk said: "Here, you wout off with beau tifnl clothes, but now you are all ii tatters. You went off healthy, ant como back sick and wastod with you dissipations." He did not Bay thai The won, all haggard, and ragged and filthy, and wretched, stood bofon his father.The father charged him witl nono of his wanderings. He just r< coived him. Ho just kissed him. Hi wretchedness was rocoinmondation t that father's love. Oh, that father' j kisH! How sluill I describe tho lov of Gotlf?tho ardor with which ho r< - ccivos ii sinner buck again? Give m - a plummet with which I may futhon 1 thiH son. Give me a ladder witl - which I can scale this height. Givi [ me words with which I can dcscrilx , this love. The apostle says in on< I place, "unsearchable:" in another - "past finding out-" Height overtop i ping all height: depth plunging bo f neatli all ddpth; breadth compassing i all immensely. Oh, this love! God so loved tin 1 world. He loves you. Don't you be r lieve it? Has He not mo evcrylhinj r thing to make you thin,, .v .: He has given you life, health, friends, conn * ?the use of your hand, the sight o - your eye, the hearing of your ear ; He has strewn your path with mer ? cies. Ho has fed you, clothed yoi sheltered you, defended you, lover . you, importuned you,, .all your lih ( long. Don't yov?v - - jle loves you: I Why, if now yitHiin i.uytttrl up Iroii] 1. ? * wT^ t t/(/iri "nrow both arms around you. To make you believe He loves you. lie stooped to manger, and cross, and sepulchre. With all that the passions of His holy nature roused. He stands before you today, and would coax you to happiness and heaven. Oh, this Father's kissl There is so jutich meaning, and love, ami com passion in it; so much pardon in it: so much heaven in it. 1 proclaim him the Lord God, merciful, gracious and long sullerir.g, abundant in good ucss and truth. Lest you would not believe him. ho goes up Golgot ha, and while the rocks are rending, and the graves arc opening, and the snobs are bowling, and the sun is hiding, he dirs for you. See liim on the mount of crucifixion, the sweat on his brow tinged with the blood exuding from his lacerated temples! See his eyes swimming in death! Hear the loud breathing of the sufferer as ho pants with a world on his heart! Hark to the fall of the blood from brow and hand and foot, on the rocks beneath ?drop! drop! drop! Look at the nails! How wide the wounds are! Wider do they gape as his body comes down upon them. Oh! this crucifixion agony! Tears melting into tears! Blood flowing into blood! Darkness dropping on darkness! Hands of men joined with hands of devils to tear apart the quivering heart of the Son of God! Oh! Will He never speak again? Will that crimson face never light up again? Ho will speak again: while the blood is suffusing His brow, and reddening his cheek, and gathering 011 nostril and lip, and you think He js e^}ifli\ptod ajiJ eaiu|^-8peak. w '.'Father t'oigY.4 tl^ what the? do!' Hi tlicro 110 tmVpha-" sis in such a scene as that to make your dry eyes weep, and your hard heart break? . Will you turn your back upon it, and say by your actions what the Jews said by their words: "llis blood be on us, and 011 our children?" What does it all mean, my brother, my sister? Why it means that for our lost race there was a Father's kiss. Love brought Ilim down. Love opened the gate. Lovo led to the sacrifice. Lovo shattered tho grave. Lovo lifted liim up in resurrection. Sovereign love! Omnipotent love! Infinite love! Bleeding lovo! Everlasting love! "Oh, for thlH lovo lot rocKs anil hills Tholr InatliiK alienee hrenk; A nil nil tiarinonloiia tinman Umikuok The Savior's prnlsv** si>enk." Now, will you accept that Father's kiss? The Holy Spirit comes to you with Ilis arousing, melting, alarming, inviting, vivifying influence. Hearer, what creates in tlieo that unrest.' It is the Iloly Ghost. What inllueneo now tells thee that it is time to fly, that tomorrow may be too late; that there is one door, one road, one cross, 0110 sacrifice, one Jesus? It is the Holy Ghost. My most urgent word is to those who. liko the young man of my text, are a great way oil', and they will start for home, and they will trot homo. They will yet preach the Gospel and on communion days carry around the consecrated broad, acceptable to ovcrvbody, because ot their holy life, and their, consecrated behavior. The Lord is going to save you. Your home has got to be rebuilt. Your physical health has got to be restored. Your worldly busi ness has got to be reconstructed ; The Church of God is going to re joico over yourdisciploslnp. You an 1 not Gospel hardened. You have not ? hoard or road many sermons duriuj L t he last few years. You do not weep J but tho shower is not far olT. Ytn sigh, and you have noticed that then 1 is always a sigh in the wind befon ' the rain falls. There are those win would give anything if they eoul< r find relief in tearH. They say: "Oh my wasted life! Oh, tho bittor past 1 'v, .1 - ? 1- - 1- T 1 " VXI1, UXO glUVCH UVIT WI1H-II X HUM J stumbled! Whither shall I fly? Ala for tho futaro! Everything is dark t God help ine! God pity me! Thau! ! tho Lord for that last utterance. Yoi * havo begun to pray, and when a nxai ' begins to petition, that note all hoavoi 1 flying this way, and God steps in am a l>euts back the hounds of temptatioi to their kennel, and around about tlx i. iKxor, woundod soul puts the oovo >, of His pardoning mercy. Hark! Y hear something full. What was that It is tho bars of tho fonco around tlx 1 ulmorv-fALl Tlxrx ali/nxlxoui 1 1/d u 4 li?xti nilUUJF IV/1V4. AUV I7UV|/?1VA \? *\ Vn KU\'I i - down, and tho hunted sheep of tli a mountain ^bounds in; Home of thei 1 their flooco toni with tho <brarablof r Homo of them their feet lame with th ? dogs; but bounding in. Thanlr-Chx l? Savod for time, and Havod for etoi o nity. >- ?Tho Preflbytorians of Lauren s have determined 10 erect a no^ o church building at a co?t of abon h twelve thousand dollars. Moro tha o half of the money han V?een sul y Rcribcd. ' HI I LKK'S KKJOtNIVKIl. >i ii .. A STATEMENT FROM ITHE GOMMIS SIONER OF AGRICULTURE. D III* Ainxcr to tlio Cliin-gcM Muilo Ity liiln Tllliiuip 111 Soitio of lilo IIwii _S|?oroliOH. Col. A. J'. Butler, Commissioner o Agriculture. has sent to the duilj papers of the State a rejoinder to tla statement made by (.'apt. 13. It. Till * man. touching* the Departments a , (Jreenvillo and other places, flurin* i the State canvass now in process. Col. Butler pronounces "kimpb false" Capt. Tillman's statemcit thai I "the Bureau ha-, mad.- 110 honest of fort to protect the furmerf aguinsl ! hciii<; swindled by buvihjz miano be i low the - jriv,,-,uiL"'\ nutl that "ii "ftuf. yiliOilTOU lt^ OWJ? uh tions." "Capt. Tillman's third statement that altogether the law is known t< b?* defective and the lmnislmu nt in adequate, no attempt has been made qy tlie Board, or Commissioners tr have it amended, except that the mat ter was mentioned in one ot the J)e partment re ports several years ajjo. he likewise knows to ho untrue, hut beinjr more speeilic can be met i:i a more positive manner. At mv request several bills were introdueod in th< Le??islat uro at ditlerent times. Two of those may be cited: One by Col. M. 11. Ifelver at the session of lss>~,. j wincn passed tno Mouse and failed in the Senate, (see House Journal, session 1KS">. pages 126. 1 17.", and 840.) and another at. the session of 18S7. introduced by Senator You mans, but failed in the Senate.' Col. Butler then declares that he and the Department have made every eJlbrt to punish tho sale of fraudulent fertilizers, and that he, knowing th< defects in tho law, after consultation with Attorney General Miles, brought the matter to the attention of the Legislature; that in 1886 (ihc year cited by Capt. Tillman) there wort but three defective brands out of over 200 analyzed. He says that in 1882 the makers of the Cuban Bird guano lost between $20,000 and S'l'i, 000 because the Department's analyses showed that article to have been below standard and below guaranty. He cites the case of Mr. C. M. Covington r.f Florence, who accepted onefourth of the price of fertilizers examined by the Department and found deficient He says tlin.t the analyses to Mr. Cannon's stafomenvfeol. Butler says the deficient fertilizer was never called to his attention, nor has the sampler anyrecollection of it. "But Mr. Connor fully and amply justifies the Depaitmcnt and the Legislature in another way. He says: No notice, however, was taken of the same by tlio Department, and Mr. Bopes sent tho guano away, as lie was completely baycotted and could not continue business. Why wan Mr. Copos boycotted? Simply, an Jlr. Connor wntos Cnpt. J lllwan, because tho Department italicized the deficient guano. Wan it no punish mont to Mr. Copes to bo boycotted and have liis business ruined? Was it 110 injury to tho manufacturers tc have their goods returned to them? Capt. Tillman says that "not one farmer in fifty' soes these publications Is Mr. Connor a farmer? If not, win was Mr. Copes boycotted? We know that the operation and tho result ol our method of italicizing deficient brands was as Mr.Connor stated, bul we had no hope of proving it s( clearly by Capt. Tillman or his wit nesses."' Col. Butlor calls attention to tin fact that Mr. Connor was a membei of the Legislature, and yet took in steps to improve the law. rin . - ?/ if.. CJ \\7 / 1 ?l x no case ui iur. d. i>. xiuruiier ! Col. Butler declares, docs not fill within the law touching analyses o fert ilizers. That was a case of "shor weight,"' not of doticioncy. "Thi [ chargo is 011 a par with another mail . some time sineo in the presence o . Mr. J. E. Tiiulal anil Mr. W. A. An ciaun. Captain Tillman then chargci similar failure to discharge my dut, because he had bought cotton hoc< . meal adulterated with rosin and hi: , neighbor had purchased cotton see* t meal adulterated with hulls. At th ? time the charge was made Captaii lf Tillman knew that both lots ha< J been purchased in Cloorgia, and ye D ho endeavored to injure the Depart q ment by a charge that he knew to b j uttorly unjust and untrue!" 1 "So much for tho certificates. I i should bo noticed, however, tha j these aro dated May Hist, June Hi 0 and Juno 8tli,(respectively. All sine H Capt. Tillmtui made his-' charges n : Anderson. Therefore his charge { at Anderson wero not based on thes LJ certificates, and llo has failed beyon n dispute to prove that he had any o? ii donee of any kind upon which t 1 base his original charge of tho tim a he uiade it. This explains, nisi ? win* mv letter has not. been answere r before." I After an nil union to Captain Til ,t man's efforts to reorganize the Boar o of Agriculture, Col. llutlcr says: II "Let us follow Captain Tillman t o his second attempt at specific ehai 11 ges anil answer them in order. i, "Why did not the Attorney Ooi o eral conduct tho phosphate litigi I! tion? Tho laws did not, at tho tin: r- this litigation was begun, mffc the duty of tho Attorney (Icniwal t do this work for the Department < H Agriculture. Tho work was impo iv tant, and the Board employed la\ it yers, and subsequently made tl n parties suod pay them. Was any i: )- justice dono the Htate in that matte If so, where and hcrwf But after tl ! litigation hud boon commenced tin J Attorney General was made the ad viser of the Department, except iL r this litigation, and that was ape cially exempted from the amend I inents to the law." Aff to Capt. Tillman's charge about ( the disbursement of the moneys recovered in the phosphate suits, ami "the insinuation that somebody got f $7,090 who was not entitled to it" .> Col. Butler gives the following state I ment furnished by',Hon.A. T. Smytlie. . leading counsel: Amount received m settle' ment of Pacific case... $01,2-1'.KM Amount receive*! tor dis. burseiuents 011 account , Dacilie case 1,11-1.11 Amount recoiveil in l'inckncy case.. 708,00 Total $59,072.1(1 o?uiim 1 n-i'S r;u-l<ie cilSC.. ? 9.000.00 Counsel fees in Davis and I'irckney ease .. .* 500.00 ? Sundry cash expenses. . 10.05 Turnedover to State Treasury for Side purposes 01.000.79 ? Turnedover to State Trea surer for Department 12.102.25 . Total as above $59,072.10 " If Captain Tillman ean uistort these figures again so as to show ST. 000 or one cent, short, heis welcome 1 to do so ' ' "This phosphate litigation has excited so mueh interest and comment that I may be pardoned for saying that when it was begun it :01s exceedingly doubtful if the State rouhl ever recover anything. The conelusion of the ease was the recovery of properly valued at about $100,000 and cash turned into the Tr. usury s:n.:ii?r,.7!) without the expenditure of one centof the people's money, for every dollar ??xndrd in prose outing the ease was recovered and paid hack into t he Treasury, and a part of it i> now being used to lmild and equip the Chanson College." As to the total cost of the Exporiinent Stations, !?>t),98<>, Col. Butler makes no comment, because, as he saj's, Capt. Tillman made none. So with the Hatch fund of #15.000. As to discrepancies between the Comptroller and the 1 >< pea tment. Col. Butler thinks they may arise from the "lapping" of one Use. 1 year on another, and eh lilonges investigftrtion. Col. Butler says that Capt. Tillman's insinuation that prior to 1887 no vouehI ^^^^e^hawu^^jy^ieamm and base.* riex't refers to Hli'c fact that ft -committee of the Farmers' Convention and one of the "Economic Caucus'' examined the work of the Department and commended it. Col. Butler's letter concluded as follows: "For nearly five years I have submitted to this sort of thing,and when T 1 I I 1 ' T fvri j iki\u liiia iu tip]HUU m prim jl have endeavored to any nothing that would oft end the most sensitive read i or. i "I have conceived it to be my duty to act courteously even when deal ing with a blackguard, but forboar unco has almost ceased to be a virtue, 1 and it is a question whether I can longer submit to abuse without re> taliation. This man Tillman has posed before the people for all this - time as a reformer. Let us-see if his . professions are to be trusted. It is * generally believed that at the tiinejlic professed to bo a supporter of Govf ernor Sheppard's he was eudoavoriny t to get Capt. \V. C. Coker, of Dart lington, to oftor for the same place, > If this is not true, let Capt. Coker - and Mr. Shepaprd say so. It has been stated, and Tillman has never j denied it, that he wrote Capt- Coker. r who of course did not encourage suck ) treachery, a letter promising his sup port if he would enter the race. He , was instructed by his county eonven 1 tion to support Shoppard, yet in the f State convention he endeavored tc t cause a break to Coker, which, if it s had succeeded, would have defeated o the man he was pledged to support f Would such a man do to trust, in otli i- cial position? He would betray hit I brother 11 it prontcu mm tocio ho. y "Again, I ask Dr. Sampson Pope 1 of Newberry, one of ('apt.. Tillmau'f ^ strongest supporters, if ho did nol 1 have good reason to expect all tin 0 support Captain Tillman couhl giv< ii him in his race for Spenkcr|; or th< 1 House, ami if after that hc.recoivoi t it? No more honorable man thai Dr. Pope walks this earth, anil whih 0 we differ widely in some matters, have no doubt of his perfect integri t ty.and therefore appeal to him to sa; t whether or not Captain Tillman bo 1 trayed him. e '.'When Tillman first began his en ,t roer as a public critic, I attribute! s many of his erroneous statements t 0 ignorance. Hut lie is an intclligcn 11 man?not a fool; and I have reluo 1 tantly reached the conclusion that h o is determined to accomplish his pui e poses, if possible, by any means witl in his power, and that Ire believe (1 that 'a lio well stuck to is as good n the truth.' His recent Htatoment 1- can he explained in no other way. d "Captain Tillman, knowing that h cannot justify himself, lacks the mai o liness to make a direct charge of oft r- cial dishonesty against me, but eo^ ertly stabs with the poisoned daggi j. of iimuendo. I can, therefore, mci a- his insidious and unwarranted a to tacks upon ray character only thro in it the public prints.'' /O >f r- ?Tho Louisiana Legislature hi v-! received from an English syndicate 10 : hid of $1,125,000 a year for the lc ti-' tery privilege for which the Loui rt iana Lottery Company has oftennl^: le 000,000. % (m ;P' Till' CAMPAIGN. [f ' PROGRESS OF THE DEMOCRATIC p STATE CANVASS. ^ rr<Mmllii|;i* of the Illffnirnl Mct,lliiK?iCiin<I<<IINC<I From the Orooiivllle Dully News. II The meeting at Abbeville on the 17th inst. wan attended by between p 1.000 ami 1,2(10 people. Good order a and good humor prevailed. Speeches t< were made by Capt. Tillman, Gen. 11 Bratton and Col. Earlc. No new j . pointh were developed. Captain Till- 0 man stated that whilo opposed to the s Citadel he would not, if elected Gov- V ernor, recommend the closing of that . I institution. General Pope. Colonel r Gary. Colonel Farley and General |, , Bonham also spoke. i, J 1 An audience numbering between ' 2.000 and 2,000 people assembled t ? b hear flic speakers. Capt. Tillman's u friends were in the majority. They b wen- very enthusiastie -some of them 't I lifting him from the train t>? the ear d riage, others drawing tlie* mi 1 villain which he voile from lite hotel ai to the speaking ground. The caiuli h dates for Governor went over pretty w much the same ground covered in 4*i t heir remnrlcs nt previous meetings. ut ' About the close of the speeeh I' Captain Tillman siiiil lie hail some thing to say which would doubtless d< surprise them. When he spoke here h< before he hud said eertain things in at referrenee to the situut.on of Col. John J. Dargan. It had been said hi in the heat of debate and he eon ai siderod it liis duty to retract. it. Ill* g< desired to withdraw his charges and tl apologize to the people who heard him and to Colonel Dargan. lie spoke H of Mr. Latimer's letter to Colonel P? Dargan and said that, gentleman had Ju withdrawn what he hail said, and as w Colonel Dargan was present he hoped tc the people would hear him and let 'u him explain his position. C< "Colonel Dargan was not on the m stand and said nothing during the >">< meeting. P< "vjoioiu-i * nir.v spoke hall an hour, ui Ho defended ('apt. Tillman and ox 1" pros.sod the fear that somebody would s'i assassinate him. Ho spoke of rail G roads and banks paying the i'l proper amount of taxes, criticised, to The News and Courier and the w Twenty-One Conference and closed w with an appeal to the farmers to "1 watch close or they would lose their*, ^ t.'onforT'nco*1' He ip'vTf? pealed to Colonel Tindal to substan- " tiate what he said in reference to the 1' cutting down of appropriations by h the Committee of Ways and Means. There was no need to discuss reap " portionmcnt and other dead issues, h lie said. 11c defended the Allien 1 ' ? tural Department and State Govern ment, making u very able speech, and receiving a* very quiet. respectful d hearing. li "General Pope sjioko humorously for twenty minutes. The greater b part of his speech was directed at 111 The News and Courier and its editor. '< Ho eulogized Captain Dawson and fl ridiculed the present editor. He ii said General Karle's explanation of ol why he would not accept the nomi 1> nation for Governor in 1888 was satisfactory. "Captain J. E. Tiiulal made a speech T announcing himself us a candidate for i Secretary of State. "Dr. Orr announced that General u : Donham was a candidate for ro-elec- v non inui uoionci Hugh ! arley made . the announcement for himself. Dr. Oit also road a letter from Edmund * Bacon, announcing his eandidacyfor " Comptroller General." AN El'ISODK. 1 "In the course of his Hjieech Col. | Earle referred to t he Gossett episode at the Anderson meeting;. Captain Tillman told young Gossett, when he was manly enough to disagree with ' him,'you are dyed in the wool and [ j on will die so.' Then some one had said, lie's a Radical.' "Before Colonel Earle had closed ' his lips after this statement, Mr. ' Josh Ashley, who up to that time had seemingly taken little interest in the me(*ting, arose and said ho had ' said what he did on that occasion in a "joking \v\y." Colonel Earle replied that ho should never have said ' so even in jest. ' "Hero Colonel Earle opened a paper which ho held in his hand and 1 proceeded to ask the question of AshI ley if he had not said, in the presence of several gentlemen, that if Tillman was not elected he would go over to * the Radicals and he would carry two hundred votes at Honea Path with him. i Lj Mr. Ashley arose and with the ut- . 1 most emphasis characterized the ] V statement as a lie. Suddenly he was surrounded by a mob, and it was said that pistols and knives were ? ready to resist any ofTorts to sup* press him. "Colonel Earle,Jofter waiting, adB the crowd to 'let Mr. Ashley i iH a statement. This, at first, he s segued determined to do and came upon the stand, hut he seemed to ho 10 persuaded by his friends tosavnoth ! ing. and Dr.Orr made a statement to ' that effect to the crowd. "During the clamor Captain Till ^ man advanced to the front of the ^ stand and said lie wan almost, temptI'd to go home if the people could not treat each other respectably and appealed to them for their decency and self res|K'et to keep better order. Hg Oritner. a The mass meeting for Oconee was >t- held at Walhalla on Thursday the is- tilth inst. I,- General 1 Iratton was the lirst speaker. His speech was brief and em nxlied those points with which he ins endeavored to i in prcms on his liearrs since the begiuuing of the cum iaign. He warned his nudienoo.esiccially of the danger of sacrificing )emocratie principles to political methods. Captain Tillman was the next peaker. He reviewed hriolly the latfonu for the March Convention nd stated his position upon the unit ?r. H<' brought up the reapportionment matter,but omitted the charges f perjury against the State Senators. Ie urged more especially reduction f expenditures for the State Univerity and compared the figures for it lefore the.war and now. He thought he institution might be kept up at uss expense. He spoke of the sulaies of certain State oflicials which ad been iuereased since time incoiuig of the nreu??< ie alluded to the steady increase of xpondituro for funiture and repairs ?r the executive mansion and asked hy it was so 'J'here must have ecu extra vairniict ami if lii-oot ilwrn would bo uoo I enough for liim as is Closing his remarks (.'apt. illnmn said (he party wan undivided id would remain so. A farmer fo? overnor would do no harm am! ould lesson the few burdens that mid ho lessened. If the medicine [ reform ho has given was loo strong ten tin people would not tak" it. A voice eried"\Y"Tl take -lie whole use." When ('apt Tilhnnn finished L> was prosenled with two houipiots id a iiuihIht of jicfieher. lie r talked, if Colom-l Karlo would not ike the dowers he knew he would .it. refuse lb' poaoltesamd they were moiously divided among the gencinoii on t lie stand. Coh Marie followed Cupt. Tillman o touched ujion the division of the. uty and the appeal to class pie dice. The road to iionor. lie said, as open to any man whose oiinraer was pure and uns|?ott"d Undid )t see tile necessity for tin Mm eh du vent ion. lie spoke of Capt. Till A 11 - Itji ? ICJieiUCU UCUUllCiai lOllS ill tllO mators who viitol against renp>rtioninent ami named Bict.iann nl l/.lnr as men. uh??uc chaiaeti r rotofoif uuHinirchcd. Iiad been tiled without reason. He called io apt. Tillman t<i answer mi tjie t:-.r ami when that '.'outiemaii Iiad s-iu d his position said it ( apt. 'l illman cut to the United Slates Senate he ould vote with the Northern man ueliirer and im>iu>t>oli.- ts. Dunu^ i i;e rom - '?1 Coh l-'.aric's lent Capt Tiilliuili had Jcc'iitn-d. te then oiiered to jmy both ami hind declined that. (.'apt. Tillman rose and - aid in did ot charge the bureau with >ii ? oiiestv. He only charged extrava anee in managenn nt The meeting was continued tor >me time and IWessrs. (larv. C'nyon. Pope. Bonham l'arlev ami Mayold all made short speeches. The Walhalhi meeting was decided ' the moat orderly and (loft rent i d of tiy of the campaign The little delonstration that was made was of to moat orderly kind and all were upvoBsod with the general aspect f the meeting. About a thousand eople attended RED HOT ALABAMA POLITICShe KurmenC Alliance StlrrliiK Thlnjj* ?'i> nt n <ireal Kntc. Montoomhuy, Ala., June It).-The oiniiiations by the recent State Conditions have not settled all the poli ieal contests in Alabama for lS'.H) veil in the ranks of the Democracy, die State officers will be elected without opposition, except from the Icpublienns. but the Democrats will lave a lively light among themselves ml the Farmers' Alliance in at least wool the ('ongrissional districts. Villiain Oates. of the Third District, lid Hillary A. Herbert.ot the Second )istrict. will have strong opposition, leaded by the Alliance. They will io opposed by the Alliance because hoy have openly and boldly declined o support the Sub Treasury bill now tending in Congress. A. A. Wiley, J Montffomerv. will oimixise Her ?ort. The op)X)sition to ^ir. Gates ins not decided upon its candidate ,h yet. The Legislature which will assent ?le next full will elect a I'nited States ieuator, and James Ii. l'wgh will lave a strong opitosition to light. He vill be opjKJsed by Governor Seay. >x-Governor Thomas H. Watts and wobably It. E. Kolb, who was reeenty defeated as the Alliance candilate for Governor, lvolb has not entered the race, but it is generally cl>iovod that ho will, and if he does the Alliance will support him. Leading Alliance men say they arc now in politics and will be heard from again. Cohiiu>>iaV Campaign Clnh. Columbia. S. G\. June 17. ?A large meeting was held in the court house here tonight, and a campaign club for IStK) formed. Its objects arc to oppose*Tillman, and refute his charges against the State government. Judge A. C, Haskell, who has not been in politics since INTO, when he did noble work in redeeming the State, was elected president of the club. He addressed the assemblage and aroused the greatest enthusiasm. Colonel John C. Haskell and General Johnson Hagood, ex goTernor of the State, were present, and denounced Tillman's mode of conducting the campaign. The club will attempt to organize the opposition to Tillman in every county in the State - - Atlanta Constitution. ?Five men were drowned on tho Canadian Pacific Tuesday night, iui engine on which they wore riding plunging suddenly into a washout.