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WE ' V- \ THE WEEKLY 0B DHOi TIMES. ? -s+.-.Lsir-'** Devoted lo.Agrltyilturo, Horticulture, Domestfe ?nd the Current. New ?f th? D*y> XXI.?NEW SERIES. UNION U. II., SOUTH CAROLINA, JULY 4, 18?0. NUMBER 27. _ 4 * & CENSUS LEGISLATION. A REVIEW OF THE ACTION OF THE is STATE SENATE. to ill Tim So ii a tor* From Cliftrloaton Giro ft Illelory of tlio I'rucrrdlngs In Tltftt Body and ^ lit llio Hnuiw of Ki>|>rea??nt?tlvt k. ^ , To tlio Ed: lor of the News and cj Courier: C??pt. Tillmau lias on several occasions seen lit to denounce ja those members of tlio State Senate 111 who voted against the census and di reapportionment bills. We have waited to see whether any one, other than ourselves, would give the reasons Co for such action. We are unwilling w] longer to have such reasons unstated, especially in view of the recent at- ^ tack on that. * upright soldier and jn gentleman, Judge Izlar, whoso* position necessarily forces him to keep _ silence. THE TACTS HRE AS FOLLOWS. The General Statutes of the State y< contained nnd now contain the gen- ne oral provisions for taking the census, n k About two or three days beforo the " close of the session of 1884 a bill came over from the House to the jQ Senate, amending in certain particu lars the general law, on the subject of the census?principally as to the rate per capita to bo paid and in rtl 1 tII uiiii^A luiiiui |naiun. niii-,inmt4>er, in left the duty on the Governor of !u' having an enumeration made, neither "n thin bill nor the general law appro- }v< f>riatedany money to enable him to uive tho work done. The bill, therefore, as it panned tho Houne, wan incomplete, and would have effected no ? . result. On inquiry it was ascertained that ^ Hm prol>^l>lo qxi*cum) of a State cenJM would amount to some $50,000 ot$C>0,009. This was the estimate co made by careful men, who wore nti supposed to be in a position to ini know. no Tho majority of tho Senators, nearly st all of whose counties were unaffected- fo by the result, did not feel justified in putting upon the people this heavy eri expense. And as tho House, which Ai was the body whose membership was wi in question, had not deemed it prop- A. er to take the responsibility of mak- tli ing the appropriation necessary for St: xt- 1 J i me woric, inesc rtenators, acting on I dr tho hill sent them by the House, rejected it. \y The counties whose representation 35, would be affected by the census by were about equally divided. Tho pc very largo majority of the Senators Ei wore entirely disinterested, as it Sit\, ?ei not affect their counties in any way. iy A majority of these disinterested Senator's voted against the bill, and 4^ by their votes it was defeated. In 1885 the amendmont of the Constitution was proposed allowing reapportionment on the basis of the United States census of 1890 and thereafter. This was adopted by the rote of ovory Senator present except jm one, Mr. Reynolds, of Beaufort. It ^1; was proposed?aid passed as a fulfilment of the requirement of the Constitution providing for reapportionment, but as saving tho taxpayers of ne tho Stato the hoavy expenses of tak- ftu iug tho census by the State. aa At tho same session, 1885, tho of Houho again sent over a bill for tak- fiY ing tho census by the State authorities. But as the amendment to tho H1* to tho Constitution had been passed providing tho other mothod for reapportionment, as u measure of "u economy to the State, the Senate did not feel called on to pass this "c bill. There was another serious objec- Tj tion, to wit: "Whether an extra ses- fal sion of tho Legislature could legally yo be called to reapportion in time for ro the election in the fall of 188G. This an had duo consideration. But that T1 which determined tho matter was that hL another method of reapportionment st< had roeen provided, by which tho fo taxpayers were saved some $50,000 or sk #r.n non im The matter then came before the di< people of the State at the general j election in 1880, when this amendment was submitted for their decis- , . ion. It was adopted by an overwhelming popular vote. The people 1 of the State thereby ratified and upproved the action of the Legislature J, in substituting this means of reapportionment, and saving them tho . ' heavy tax and expense of taking the census by tho State. And the peo- ?? pie themselves having thus acted . on the question, it was settled finally. f During tho session of 1886 tho' bill to ratify this constitutional amend- ,U1 inent came beforo the Senate. It was passed by tho vote of every Senator X, ^Vexcept one. :r In 1887 and ngain in 1888 billswcre -1' introduced into the Senate to reap- jft ]M)i tion on the basis of the oensus of H* 1880. These were opposed as not being within tho scope of the amend- ^ meut, which, provided that the first , reapportionment should be made under the census of 1890. There wero also practical difficulties, as for in stance with Charleston county, which had been divided since that census into Charleston and Berkeley. This prevented any accurate or proper re- 34 apportionment on tho basis of the th census of 1880. The Senate, there- w] fore, by a decided majority, rejected ro tho bills. pi ThiH is a simple statement of the i8 ^^ousc. Who do not propose to inHBMMk^nintcniperate language or to fij peration or recrime 1 y to give the tr the Senate m gi SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS. ?Col. Robert Aldricli of Barnwell 11 out in an interview in the Cliarlesn World, squarely favoring Tillan. ^ ?A commission has been issued to n ,e Capital City Guards, colored, of olumbin. The company comprises rj glity-threo members. ^ ?Alexander Noisette, colored, is in F il at Charleston charged with the \ urder of John Worthy, colored, by i, iving an iron pin ito his head. o ?Preparations are being mado to S ?gin the work of erecting the cotton v impress at Sumter, the stock for 1 liich was subscribed a month ago. ft ?Napoleon Levelle, who killed his c ife and nearlv nmrd?r?d Viih nnirln a Charleston on Febunry 17 th, wns 1 nvicted of murder, and sentenced | bo hung September 5. ' ?One of the census enumerators f1 pointed for Catawba township, irk county, claims to linvo found a ^ igro woman who gave in her ago as ^ 4, and is still light spry. ?Steel McLeos,tho only son of the v ,dow MoLees, living ten miles be- j vv Anderson, was drowned in Bur- u Pond on Saturday afternoon. He c is caught in a suck hole. c ?Work on tho new Cathedral in t' larleston is progressing. The 1: ched windows on the west wall v ,ve been about finished, and the t irk is pushing forward all over the lilding. "S ?Newberry has boon selected as f. o place of this year's encampment b tho Citadel Cadets. Tho corps n 11 use the grounds of Newberry li liege?these havir.tr l*o?m offorod p i* the purpose. p ?Mr, L. L. Harris, of Chesterfield h unty, saw a peculiar looking old h imp tho other day, and after close k spection concluded tliero nguist bo o mething in it. Ho turned the ti ump over, and in the bottom of it ti uud 93 leather-wing bats. tl ?The new aftd handsome building a Beted by tho Masonic fraternity of J. iderson was dedicated on Tuesday th imposing ceremonies. Col. J. Hoyt, a Past Master of the lodge j* ero and a Past Grand Master of tho } ate, delivered tho dedicatory ad- y ess. J1 ?The meeting at Lexington on V ednesday was attended by about ^ pWDUUO. WflU IUUUU , , Capt. Tillman, Gen. Brat tcau .Gen. , >pe, Col. Marshall, and Col. Clary. (1 rery thing passed off uuiotly. Tho P atiment of the meeting was strong- u with Mr. Tillman. ?Judges Bond and Simon ton, in * b United States Court, at Charles1 on Wednesday, decided the townip railroad bond cases in South ii xolina. The suit was brought by H] o Charleston, Cincinnati and Chica- j( Railroad against tho Boston Trust ^ (inpany. The validity of the bonds ^ d been attacked by tho townships ^ at issued them, but their validity is _ held. * ?Tho Charleston World of Wed- n sday says: "Soon after tho rain Hi d thunder and lightning yesterday, p d especially after tho severe clap j thunder, thousands of dead fish e mo to tho surfaco on Ashley river, v, ley were of all kinds, large aud r( lull, aud lined the shore and float- t< it.? t.? :,i I.I? ui fcuu nkirum iui it ^unniuuiiiuit; JJ stance. The tugs and vessels which d to run up and down the river countered them in every direc>n." ?On Sunday morning, Mr. It. E. der, of Aiken county, met with a tal accident. Aftor harnessing a t: iung pony for the first time to a n ad cart, he attempted to get in, t d got his foot hung in the spring, n 10 pony dashed off and dragged t m for some distance. After it was li jpped and ho was released it was h und that he was fatally injured, his s ull being fractured, with numerous c ternal and external bruises. Ho o ed on Monday morning. b V Move Against Chairman Brice. || New York, June 25.?Thero are nts that some inlluential persons j ink that Senator Calvin S. Brice ^ >uld do well to rosign his office of -j lairman of the Democratic National ^ immittee, and that such a move j juld be of considerable advantage ^ the party at large. His railroad v id other financial connections and s lukewarm tariff sentiments are v ven as the reason for making a . .1 i.i? rni,? :i: ?/ fc ireiigu vicnunuir. iiiu |h^?iuuu ui ^ sad of the committee in no sinecure, v id it may bo rather difficult to yet r sy ono to fill Mr. Brice's place. r rhilo nominally favorable to Mr. (ievelond's renomination and ro-oloc- m, he lias been accused of really ^ voring the nomination of ex-Secre- ^ 17 William C. Whitney, although < sat gentleman has over and over ' jain stated his refusal to be a candate. Taken with other early iudiitions of tho campaign, such a con- . overoy would seem ripe to add a new ( >mplication the many now surround- i g the Democratic situation here. An Eminent Young Georgian. c Pat Calhoun of Atlanta, though but * , years of age, is general counsel for ? e great Richmond Terminal system, N bich stretches over 8,(MX) miles of j ad. He was strongly talked of for i efficient 01 tno Byntom. air. uai- ? a grandeon of .John C. Calhoun id of General Duff Green who fured in Wanhington journalism iring Preaident Jackson's adminisation. Both his ancestors were roarkable men, and young CAlhoun iH the ch araeteristics of both. His Ivance has been extraordinary. Ten >ars ago ho was poor and just benning his law practice. To-day he a lawyer and railroad attorney of ie tirst rank, and wealthy, with a Af.ivo buHinoHB capacity of the r REPUBLICANS SNUBBEDlow Kx-Congre**iiiAn Small*, Miller and Cunningham Were Treated by lVanamakcr. Washington, June26.?Postmaster leneral Wanamaker is said not to be inking many friends for the adminitrntion nmoug the colored people, 'be colored politicians who come ere from the Southern States are larticularly displeased with Vanamaker and accuse him of gross ncivility towards them on inun^'ous ccasions. A few days ago u... e Iouth Carolian Republicans, one diito and two colored, called at the 'ostoftice Department to consult Ir. Wanamaker on the subject of hauging the Democratic postmaster t. Charleston in favor of a colored tepublican. The South Carolina rio consisted of ex-Congressman lob Smalls, now Collector of Cusoms at Beaufort; Tom Miller, conL'stant for Congressman Elliott's eat in Congress from the Seventh iouth Carolina District, mid United itates Marshal Cunningham, one of he wealthiest and most popular rhite Republicans in South Carolina. Iiller was a little shy about calling pon the Postmaster General boause of former experiences. Howver, Smalls insisted it was desirable hat they should make an effort in ichalf of their colored brother, Crum r'ho is an applicant for the Charlcson postmasterslup. Arriving at the door leading to Mr. \r? ,.,i. ? r auaiuunt'i n umuCj iiirj wi'io ill">rmed thoy must send in their cards of ore obtaining admission to the incr chamber. This was resented in vely terms by Smalls. In spite of rotests, however, he and his comanions were obliged to cool their eels in the hallway for moro than alf an hour. Finally Mr. Wanamaer appeared at the doorway of his flice, and tho South Carolina coningont arose, expecting to be invited o "walk into my parlor." In this liey were disappointed, for Mr. Wanmaker stood directly in the doorray, and informed his callers that liey might unburden themselves Lien and there. Miller promptly rei&rkcd that ho had no business with Lie Postmaster-General, and was lierc simply to accommodate his riond Smalls. Tho latter managed o stammer out something about the Lharlcston postoffice, but was chokd oft* with an emphatic declaration Liat tho present postmaster is conucting tho affairs of that ofHco in a lannor highly satisfactory to tho lusiness people of Charleston, and a hange at this time is not deemed dvisable. Smalls was disposed to rguo'the question, but Mr. Wnnnlaker cut him short by intimating Liat if he did not like tlio ruling of Lie Postoffice Department on this ubject he might appeal to the Preslent. Overcomo with race and mor fieation, Smalls and his companions rithdrew, tlio former vowing1 that he ould go directly to tlio President nd complain of Wanamakcr's treatlent. Miller who is more tliplomtic becauso of his pending contest uggested that tho President would robably sustain tho action of the 'ostmaster-General, and in that vent a trip to tho White House rould simply be a double-barreled ebufl". TVliller therefore declined, [> eall upon the President.?Baltiloro Sun. A DELUCE AT DUBUQUE. i City Smitten l>y an Klectrlcal Storm ? UhIu at tlio ltate of an Inch an Hour. Dubuql'k,Iowa., June 2G.?An elecrical storm struck Dubuque Tuesday fiorning two inches of rain fell in wo hours and the wind blew forty dies per hour down town and on ho hills with greater velocity. Tho glitning and thunder were terriio and incessant. Many families ought refuge in cellars, fearing a yclone. In ltoekdale Valley, south f the city, the Hood carried away iridges and drove the people to the lills for safoty. At Thompson's Mill Irrtwnnd puffin mwl linrunu worn wept through the first story win lows of Mr. Titzig's residence and ho family sought refuge on tho hills, .'he bridge at Washington Mills, on he Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul vailway, went down with a crash. )n tho Illinois Central two bridges tore washed away between Dubuque ,nd Julien and 600 feet of track were cashed out near Farley. The Chica;o, St. Paul <fe Kansas City Kailcay was washed out for forty miles cest and north of Dubuque and the oad has not been in operation except ast of Dubuque. In the city the lamago done was great. Many houses n the upper part of the city are Looded with water. Tho damage done u this county is estimated at over 11100,000. Transflxetl by a Piece ofWooil. Nkw Yoke, Juno '26.?John Hillor, 10 years old, met a strango death tolay in the planing mill at 806-810 fllovetiiii avenue, ivlicrn lie Yvnu em. iloyed at work. Ho wuh near a cirsular Haw which wa? in operation. A iliver of wood wuh whirled off the law. It had a sharp point find the vood passed through Hiller's neck ike an arrow,completely severing the ugular vein. Hiller only lived ft few ninutes. Tobacco Culture In North Carolina. Ah fin ovidence of how the culture >f tobacco hfiH increased in Nasli ;ounty, N. C., where the culture wa* ntroduced in 1884, ft local papei itates that one thousand tobaccc Dams havo filrofidy been erected ir that county, and that mfiny more wil L>e erected before the crop mntures Many of tho ffirmers of that sectioi lifive cleared from $800 to $400 ar icro on their tobacco, figures whirl iro rfiroly ovor equaled Anywhere. 4 ORPAirS, STRUGGLE. A LESSON FROM THE STORY OF NAOMI'S DAUGHTER-IN-LAW l?r. Tannage'* Striking Sermon on a Striking ( li?pt?r In lllblo History. Dr. Talmngc took for his text ou Sunday ltuth i, 12: "And they lifted up their voice and wept, an Orpah kissed her motli"r-in-law, but Ruth clave'unto her."' i1 oil .nving is the sermon; Moab nas a heathen land. Naomi is about to leave it and go into the land of Bethlehem. -Slio has two drtffgbters-in-lftw, ltuth and Orpah, who conclude to go with her. Naomi tells them they had better not leave their native land and undertake the hardship of the journey, hut they will not be persuaded. They all three started out on their journey. After awhile, Naomi, although she inguiy pnzcd the company 01 her two (laughtors-in law, attempted again to persuade them to go back because of the hardship and self-denial through which they would bo obliged to go. Ruth responds in tho words from which I once discoursed to you: "Entreat me not to leave thee, or to return from following after thee, for where thou goest I will go, and where thou lodgest I will lodge, thy people shall be my people and thy God my God, where thou diest will I die and there will I lie buried, tho Lord do so to me and more also if aught but but death part thee and me." Not so with her sister Orpali. Her determination had already been shaken. The length and peril of tho journey began to appeal her, and sho had worshipped the gods of Moab so long that it was hard to give them up. From that point Orpah turned baek, tho parting described in the words of my text: And they lifted up tht voices and wept ngain, and Orpah kissed her mother in law, but Buth clave unto her. Learn from this story of Orpah that some of those who do not leave the Moab of their iniquities are jiersons of tine susceptibility. It was compassion for Naomi in her widowhood and sorrow that led Orpah to start with her toward Bethlehem. It was not because of any lack of affection for her that she turned back. We know this from the grief exhibited at parting. I do not know "but that sho bad as much warmth and ardor of nature as llutb, but slio ItmKod tiio courage and persistence of her sister. That thero are many with as fine susceptibility as Orpah who will not take up their cross and follow Christ, is a truth which needs but little de luuiintuuiuii. iiiajij ui imnr lmve become the followers of Jesus lmve but very little natural impressibility. Grace often takes hold of the hardest hoart and the most unlovely character and tarrsforms it. It is a hammer that breaks rocks. In this Christ often shows His powers. It wants but little generalship to conquer a flat country, but might of artillery and heroism to take a fort manned and ready for raking canonnade. The great Captain of our salvation has forced his way into many an armed castle. I doubt not that Christ could havo found many a fisherman naturally more noblehearted than Simon, Peter, but there was no one by whoso conversion He could more gloriously have mugniged His grace. The conversion of a score of Johns would not have illustrated the power of the Holy Ghost as much as the conversion of one Peter. It would have been easier to drive twenty lambs like John into tint fold than to tame one lion like Peter. God has often made some of His most efficient servants out of men naturally unimpressionable. As men take stiff and unwieldy timbers, and under huge handed machinery bend tlicm into the hulk of great ships, thus God has often shaped anil bent into His service the most unwieldly natures, while those naturally impressionable arc still in their unchanged state. Oh, liow many, like Orpah, liavo warm affections and yet never become Christians! Liko Orpah, they know how to weep, hut they do not know how to pray. Their iinenoss of feeling leads them into the friendships of the world, but not in communion with God. They can love everybody but Him, who is altogether lovely. All other sorrow rends their heart, but they are untouched by the woes of a , dying Christ. Good news fills them with excitement, but the glad tidings i of great joy and salvation stir not i their soul. Anxious to do what is right, yet they rob God. Grateful for the slightest favors, they make no return to Him who wrung out the last drop of blood from His heart to deliver them from going down to the , pit. They would weep at tlio door of a prison at the sight of a wicked capi tivo in chains, but no compassion for their own souls, over which satan, like a grim jailer, holds the lock and . key. When repulsive, graspiug, un i sympathetic natures resist the story i of a Saviour's love, it does not excite uiu Hur|Hinu; uuti it in uiiiuuk nit ? greatest of wonders that so mftiij ivho exhibit Orpali's susceptibility also exhibit Orpah's impenitoncy. Wc Are not surprised that there is bar renness in a desert, but a strong* tiling is it that sometimes the llose oi Sharon will not grow in a garden On a summer morning we aro nol surprised to and a rock without any dew on it but if, going among a llocl 1 of lilies, we saw in them no glitter ! ing drops, would say, "What fou sprite has l>een robbing theso vasest1 We are not surprised that Herod die not bocomo a Christian, but hov strange that the young man Jesui loved for his sweetness of tempei should not liavo loved tho Redeemer. Hard-hearted Felix trembled, proud Nebuchadnezzar repented, and cruel Maunsseh turned unto the Lord, but many a nature, affectionate and gen tie, has fought successfully against divine influences. Many a dove lias refused to come in the window of the ark although finding no rest for tho sole of her foot. Again, the history of Orpali impresses upon mo the truth that there are many who make a good starting, but after awhile change their minds and turn back. When these three mourners start front then1 home in Moub there is as much probability that Orpali will reach Bethlehem as that her sister Ruth and her mother-in law, Naomi, will arrive there. But while these continue in the journey they commenced, Orpali after awhile gets discouraged and turns back This is the history of many a soul. Perhaps it was during a revival of religion they resolved upon a Christian life, and made preparations to leave Moab. Before that they were indifferent to the sanctuary, churches were necessary evils. The minister almost, always preached poor sermons, because they had not the heart to hear them. They thought tho bread was not good because their appetite was poor. Religion did very well for invalids and the aged, but they luul no desire for it. Suddenly a ehauge came upon their soul. They fouml that something must be doue. Every night there was a thorn in their pillow. There was a gall in their wine. They found that their pleasures were only false lights of a swamp that rise out of decay and death. Losing their self-control they were startled by their own prayer, "(tod be merciful to me a sinner."' They did not suspect it, but the Holy (thost was in their soul. Without thinking what they were doing they brushed the dust olY their family Bible. The ground did not feel as firm under them nor did the air seeui as bright. They tried to dam back the Hood of their emotions, but the attempt failed, and they confessed their anguish of soul before they meant to. The secret was out. They wanted to know what they must do to be saved. Alas! Alas! Starting out for heaven is a very different thing from arriving there. Remember Lot's wife. She looked back with longing to the placo from which she came, and was destroyed. Half way between Sodom and the City of ltefuge that strange -atorni eomeW iTJJPn her, and its salt and brimstono gather on her garments until they are so stiffened she cannot proceed, nor can she lie down, because of this dreadful wrapping around her garments and limbs; and lmi<> ivff AV lior lifo liftti -"--O "V* mv xiao fllltJ Mill stands there so cvereil up by the strange storm that she is culled a pillar of salt as some sailor on ships in the wiutry icmpost stands covered with a mail of ice. Ten thousand times ten thousand men have been destroyed half way between Sodom and the City of Refuge. Orpali might as well never have started as afterwards to turn back. Yet multitudes have walked in her footsteps. Go among those the least interested in sacred things and you willlind that they were once out of the laud of Moab. Every 0110 of theirt prayed right heartily and studied their Bibles; and frequented the sanctuary, but Lot's wife looked back wistfully to Sodom, and Orpali retreated from the company of Ruth and Naomi. It is an impressive thought that after Orpali had gone so far as ac tually to look over into the land of Bethlehem she turned back ami died in Moab. We talk about taking up the cross and following Je.-us, but that cross is not half so heavy as the burden which the sinner carries. It is a very solemn thing to be a Christian, but it is a more solemn t hing not to be a Christian. There are multitudes who, afraid of the self denials of the Christian, rush into the harder selfdenials of the unbeliever. No yoke but Christ's, however tight and galling! Orpali goes back to her idola n lcs, mil sue returns weeping; and all who folic'V lirr will lind the same sorrow. Just iu proportion as gospel advantages have been numerous will be the disturbance of the heart that will not come to Christ. Again: This subject tenches that a religious choice and the want of it frequently divide families. Kuthaiul Orpuli and Naomi were tenderly attached. They were all widows, and their life had been consecrated by a baptism of tears. In the tiro of trial their affections had been forged. Together they were so pleasantly united, you can hardly imagine them ' separated. Yet a fatal line iH drawn i dividing them from each other, per > haps forever. Naomi cannot live in a heathen country. She must go into Bethlehem, that there among the pious she may worship the true God, lluth makes a similar choice, bul Ornn.li rnlinla "And tlinv i their voico ami wept again, and Or pali kissed her iiiothor-in-law, hul ' ltuth clave unto her." The history i of this famUy of Elimclcch ih the > history of many families of this day ' How often it is that in a circle of re r latives, while they look alike, am ) walk alike, and talk alike, there is t tremendous difference. Outwardly ) united in tho affectioual relations o f this life, they are separated in tin . most important respect. Some nov t are the children of the light, and oth r ers the children of darkness. Thes< i are alive in Christ, and those are deac * in sin. Kutli in tho land of Betlile 1 hem, Orpah in Moab. Of tho saim ' family are David and Solomon, wor I shippers of tho most High God, am f Adonijah ami Absalom, who live am ? die tho enemies of all righteousness r Belonging to the same family wa tlio holy mid dovout Eli, and tho reckless Phineas, and Hopkiti. Jonathmi Edwards, the good, and Pierrepoint Edwards, tlio bad, belong to the same family. Aaron Burr, the dissolute, had a Most excellent father. Dying, yet immortal hearer, by the solemnity of the parental, and filial, and conjugal relation, by the sacredness of the family hearth, by the honor of the family name, by the memory of departed kindred, I point out this parting of lluth and Orpah. Again: This subject suggests to me two of the prominent reasons why people refuse the kingdom of Christ. There may have been many other reasons why Orpah left her sister and mother-in-law end wont back home, but there were two reasons which I think were more prominent than the rest. She had been brought up in idolatries. She loved the heathen gods which her ancestars had worshiped, [and, though these blocks of wood and stone could not, hear, sho thought they could hear, and, though they could not see, she thought they could see, and though they could not feel, she thought they could feel. A new religion had been brought to her at ten tion. She had married a godly man. She must often have heard her mother-in-law talk of the Cod of Isreal. She was so much shaken in her origi mil belief that sue concluded to leave lier idolatries, but, coming to the margin of the lmul of Bethlehem, her determination failed her, and speedily she returned to her gods. This is the very reason why multitudes of persons never become Christians. They cannot bear to give up thengods. Business is the American Juggernaut that crushes mare men than the great car of the Hindoos. To it they say their morning and evening prayers. A little of Christ's religion may creep into the Sabbath, but Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday,Thursday, Friday and Saturday are the days devoted to this American idol. Every hour there is a sacrifice on the altar. Home duties, health of body, manly strength and immortal afteetions must all luirn in this holocaust. Men act as though they could take thnir bonds and mortgages, and saws, and trowels, and axes, and daybooks, with them into the kingdom of lioaven. There are men who have no usrio ly thirst for gold, yet who are devoting themselves to their worldly occupations with a ruinous intensity. Men of the stock exchange, men oJ the yardstick, men of tho saw, men of tho trowel, men of tho day-book, what will become of you if unforgiven, in tho great day when there are no houses to build, and no ..rood- .1 sell, and 110 bargains to make' J: possible to devote oneself evt . . . a lawful calling until it becomes sum.i. There is no excuse on earth or under the earth for the neglect of our deathless spirit. Jjydia was a seller of purplo, yet she did not allow her extensive occupation to keep her from becoming a Christian. Daniel was secretary of state an ) attorney general in the empire of Babylon, and vet three times a day he found time to pray with his face towards Jerusalem. The man who has no time to attend to religion will have no rime to enter heaven. But there are others who, while their worldly oeeupatio* lias 110 particular fascination over them, are entirely absorbed in the gains that eome to that occupation. This is the worship of Mammon. The ring of dollars and cents is the only litany they ever utter. Though in the last day the earth itself will not he worth a farthing, a heap of ashes scattered in (lie whirlwind, tlicy are now giving their time and eternity for the acquisition of so much of it as you might at last hold in the hollow of one hand. The American Indian who gave enough land to make a state out of for a string of beads, made a princely bargan compared with the speculation of that man who gains the whole world ami loses his own soul. How much comfort do the men take who died unforgiveii ten years ago, leaving large fortunes to their heirs? Do they ever come up to count the gold they hoarded or walk through the mansions they built? Though they could have bought an empire, they have not now as much money as you have this moment in your pocket. Solomon looked upon his palace and the grounds surrounding it, pools rimmed with gold, and circling roads along which, at times, rushed his fourteen liun dred chariots, while under the outbrauehing sycamores and cedarsil.? ........ .....1 1? ?e:.i. 1 -- 11.. in*-? nun jnururnn, which iiy tilt navy of Hiram had boon brought from Tarshish, and from the window carta.us with embroidered gold ami purple through which came out tlu t thrill of harps and psalteries ming ? ling with the Hong of the waters ' When Solomon saw that all thesi , luxuries or sight and sound hat ; been purchased by his wealth, In broke forth in the exclamation "Money answereth all things." Bui > wo cannot receive it as literal. Il r cannot still the voice of conscience * It. cannot drown the soitowh of tin . soul. It cannot put a bribe in tin hand of death. It cannot unlock tin I gate of Heaven, The tower of Si i loam fell and killed eighteen of it r* admirers, but this idol to whoso wot f ship the exchanges and banks am B custom houses of tlin world Wv v been dedicated, will fall and crush t - death its thousands. But I canno enumerate tho idolatries to whic 1 men givo themselves, They ar - kept by tliom from a religious life d "Ye cannot serve God and Mammon, - and tho first thing that Christ doe 1 when Ho comes into tho temple c 1 the soul is to drive out the exchan i. ges. s But it was not only tho gods c Moab tlmt. wade Orpah leavo her Bister and mother in-law. She doubtless had a dread of the hardship to which they would be exposed on the journey to Bethlehem; and Orpuh was not alone in the fear. Doubtless some of yon have been appalled and driven baek by the self denials of the christian life. The aunt of the world the charge of hypocrisy which they would sometimes be obliged to eon front, has kept many away from the land of Bethlehem. They spend their life in couutiug the cost and, because a christian life demands so much courage and faith, they dare not begin to build. Perhaps tinware courageous in every other respect. They are not timid in presence of any danger except that of trusting in the infinite mercy of Christ. The sheep are more afraid of th > shepherd thau of the wolves. They shrink away from the presence of Christ as though lie were a tryant rather than a friend who sticketh closer than a brother. They feel more safe in the ranks of the enemy, where they must sutler infinite defeat, than in the army of Christ, which shall be more tlmn conquerors, through him that hath loved them. Men shiver and ?i i .........V, ........ .. ..H1WJI (.r-. tliov wore commanded to throw tlioir lifo away, as though it wore a sur render of honor and manliness, and reason and self-respect, and all that, is worth keeping. "What, has God ever done that His merey should he doubted.' Was there ever a sorrow of His frailest child that He did u?>t. pity'? Was there ever a soul that He leftuuhelp ed in the darkness? Was there ever a martyi tuat He did not strengthen in the Humes' Was there ever a dy ino man to whose relief lie did not come at the cry of "Lord Jesus receive my spirit?" Aye, my soul, what has God done that, so basely . thou hast doubted him? Did He make the whole earth a desert? Are all the skies dark and storm swept? Is life all sickness? Is the air all plague? Are then nothing but rods and scorpions and furnaces? Clod knew how many suspicions mid un beliefs men would entertain in regard to him ami therefore, after making a multitude of plain and precious promises, He places His hand on His own heart and swears l?y liiH own existence: "As I live, saitli the Lord God, I have no pleasure in thy death." Why then light, against (' #d? Thin day the battle rages, i 'Uhou art armed with thy sins. 4,?ingratitude, thy neglects, and Ch ; is armed against thee, but His v. ?p ons are tears, are calls to mercy, and the hattleery which He thist d.;\ sends over thy soul as he rushes 1j wards the is save thee from goiie: i down to the pit for I have found a ransom." I would not envy thy victory. O hearer, if thou dost conquer for what wilt thou do with the weapons thou has snatched from the arm ,?1 1?...!..^ I.* ?:ai 'i v? J.I .IU IIHI, mini Willi I Hi' I.ears, what with his dying agonies, wiiat with His calls for merey? Wonhl God that Orpah would get tired of Moab! Would God that Orpah would go lo Be'hlehem. THE STATE EXECUTIVE COMMIT T; EImportant Action of On- Hotly, Touching llit- I'rmlliig Cimip.iIgn. At the meeting of the Democratic State Kxeeutivo Oomiiiitt.ee, held in Columbia on Wednesday night, the following resolutions were adopted: "Resolved, That a convention of the Democratic party of South Carolina is hereby called to meet in the hall of the House of Representatives in the city of Columbia on Wednes day, the 13th day of August, at 12 m., for the sole and exclusive purpose of determining whether delegates to the State nominating convention to lie held on the 20th day of September thereafter, shall be eleeted by a primary election to be held on a day certain throughout the State, and for no other purpose whatsoever; ami the mumu r 01 UfiegaU's to Do elected l>y each Comity shall In* equal to double the 11 umber of representatives in each branch of the General Assembly to whicli each l Otml.. i.-. entitled." ' Resolved, Thai the call for a State nominating convent ion heretofore ordered to meet in Columbia on September 10th, be and t he same is hereby confirmed." "Resolved, That the sevoral counties of the State bo earnestly request cc not to elect delegates to the September convention until the question of electing by primary election is determined." 1 A sub-committee was api>oiiitcd to ' prepare and distribute "such printed ' matter as t.hey may consider wise j and proper." The sub-committee ' | comprises Colonel Hoyt, Secretary ' j Jones, and Messrs. C. S. McCall, John u. iiasKcii ana <) is. uoggs. > ...? Mhotlng Affray in ('olmnhia. ' Columbia, S. C., June 10.?At ten ' minutes after six o'clock this evoningflovcn or eight pistol shots were lived in quick succession in front of the Opera House in Main Street, ami 3 then two men were seen grappling. ' They were l)r. \V. \V. liny, of Congaree, this county, and Trial Justice F. H. Weston, recently appointed. H The men are cousins and l?oth are young. Weston was shot in the loft sido and left thigh. Hay got a scalp ^ tMoo. el xnu in uig mt ibtj III* vaw?** ? range, the combatants boing almost '}' within arm's length. The trouble is ^ reported to l>e ovor a private matter. ?. * " ?Professor F. N. Crouch, the coms poser of Kathleen Mavoumeen, is ?f nearly 90 years of age, but was able i- to inarch in the procession at the unveiling of the Lee monument nt >f Richmond.