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% M?RMy & CO. ANDERSON, S. C, THURSDAY, MARCH 7, 1878. VOL. Xffl-JTO. 34. FUT?BE FUKIS.flHEST.. . , | Senaooa Fi?achad by Kov. TV. H. StrIcUaad, Pastor oZ the Anderson Baptist Church, .Februar/ 17th, 1878. i'. ."Depart from me, ye carsonY. lrj.to,ev?r lasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels. ? * * And these shall go away; into everlasting punishment: but the righ . teousinto life eternal."?Math, xn 41?46." While I am not expected.to discuss all - the Sssues of the subject of Future Pun- ' ishn:cnt in one sermon, yetVe may take the""maiu features and give a pretty-gon-r era! outline at this time. Just, here, 1 will say: This question, so: generally discussed now, is no nsu qbes-* tion. It baa been_ic, ail ages of christi-/ anity a questiouupeu which-men differed. Nor is t ie preteutpkaee o?th&,anestion ? new. Crimen, in the first, part of the third century after Christ, maintained abou;the same views that Canon Farrar and Rev. Washington Gladden, et al, have recently promulged. From tlii) days of the Fathers, some calling themselves Christians, have stood without tho pale of orthodoxy upon this subject of the future punishment of the wickrd. ? Tho "TJaiversalism of to-day does not teach 'the same doctrine that it taught ouo hundred yean ago. Then TJmrersaliits taught that there was no ?unishment beyond the, grave.; for all le alas committed, here they would suf? fer here; hence, all?good and bad alike ?would go to Heaven together at death. Such is nut the question at issne with them now. They have abandoned that line of attack upon orthodoxy,, and now assail us from another quarter. Now, in common with all others who believe the -Bible, Uni-'ersalists believe in the future punishmen i of those who die in their .' sins; but tiey make that'punishment to be j-r/ormilory and limited, rather than everlasting, and that at some future time these sufie:-ings will ceasethat from ' hell men will emerge and unter Heaven; - that "Final Restoration" means the ulti? mate salration .< of all men, or if some, after ages: of punish ment remain incor? rigible, the/ will be annihilated, and that God will hi ve no schism in the universe. I wish to make a Jair statement of this ' floctrine. 3Jev. Mr. Merriam, when re ? citing his ci-eed recently before the Coun? cil at Indian Orchard, said : "I cannot bring mywlf to believe that the punish? ment inflicted by God on men m their, future existence wi" be an everlasting, conscious, sensible punishment." Be thinks the punishment will cease with aoniCj when they have reformed and are. jui ined and taken lo Eea-en; of others, af they will not amend their ways, they will cease to tuffer after a while, through xiu oonsriousness, sinking lower and lower iu lin until so embruted they will be in? nen aible to^pain, and conscience will ^ cease to Bting. ? L I will notice some of-the arguments that they advance. ? la) The doctrine of a limited duration to future punishment accords with the fe< lings of "men.' \ Men wish this wsre so; men would be. gl; id to know that if wer; so; men be lifveit irio. "Thew?A is father to the 'thought." You who .read Mr. Farraris . sermor. vill agree with, me* that it was ?". li' tlo more than an appeal to feeling. Be could not feel that Gad would damit ti se^nn ex forever, &c.~ ? Ljsft- toour sym pithic-f for our fellow-men, w^ would p refer to believe that oar friends who diu . 111 their ?ins could have another proba? tion, and that in the ages to come they, would en-erge through taeiApurgatien to m ? world of light and gli?. But what, lave cur feelings to do winff the doctrine ? - J mpressif.'as and feelings are unsafe guides ia affairs of daily concern. How much nore cnaafe, m a matter utterly beyond our splieirel . (6) Men argue, from the character, of ' l?oa*. They cannot conceive that a being of . infinite mercy, love and compassion can inflict everlasting torment on the crea? tures of . his band. What right, I ask, .'oave ve so-claim infalb^iUty forourcoa oeptioas'1 Is not the subject entirely be? yond our Comprehension ? It is God that decido ibis whole question. .Hare we scales with which to weigh God? We cannot reach to His thoughts and mo? tives, and we are impious when we at? tempt to give metes and' bounds to that wbich the Almighty and All-wise has re? served for Hii; own decision. It is oaid that Augustine/was once greatly perplexed trying to fathom the doctrine cf-the Trinity. Walking upon the sea-shore he was ask'ng himself the question, "How can on<3 God .be, three Gods, and bow can. three Gods be one V He was attracted by a little girl who, with a little shell, was scraping a hole in ?. the sand, and pouring in ? o it water froth ' the sea. "My daughter," said he, "what are you .JoingZ" "I am pouring the sea into this hole,0 she replied. "Ah I" said the great mar, "just what I am trying to do. I am trying to pour the sea of God's Infinitude into my poor, shallow, finite mind ., and I can succeed about, as well as the little girl.".. The doctrines of man's f?ll ard proba-' tion, and rejection of the Saviour, and ultimate dcon are not submitted to us for adjudication. The only question for us is this:- Do the Scriptures teach the doc? trine of the endless punishment of tSe wicked I If so, we may, we-raust, accept it; otherwise,we must reject lb. ~ H. The Bible can be our only guide here. .. la out discussion we assume that the Bi ""^ble is true. All agree in this. Beeclier, Gladden, Merffam, Farrar, all accept the inspiration of the Scriptures of the Old ana- St\r Testaments. , Reason, logic, mathematics all 'fail .here. No man can. decide hov-kng or how much the wicked ought to suffer in a future world for sins . committed bece. To man's reason the question is, insoluble. We must listen to God's Word and believe its declarations. It is not as ire choose to believe. Who knows bow heinous sjn is? When a parer t has lost self-control he is not fit to pnnbh bis child for, having fallen into a passion. Physicians Sell us that owiug to tl:o artery iu the lihumb we cannot safely calculated the -pulsations of the wrist with that thumb. Who wonld sub mit exquisite paintings to a man pur '? blind? So none but God can properly estimate sic.' He has not sinned; He has no! been infected by evil; His vision alone L perfect. He is above sin, out aide of sin, and can decide impartially. * Who knows how far-reaching sin is in its consequences? To-day the sin is com? mitted) : and-centuries to come it is still bearinp; frnit. /To-day you plant an acorua hundred years hence that tree will bat be reaching its prime. It has been said that "the lifting of the hand sends a wave-current- to the remotest star." So sin may be everlasting and boundless in its consequences. The real questions that disturb the minds of men to-day are these: "How long do wicked men suffer after death?' What is the nature of that suffering? In the xxvth chapter of Matthew, from which my text is taken, we have the last public discourse of our Lord. The sei ruon is all solemn and impressive. The Earabl* of the Virgins and the Talents oth declare the doctrine of a final re? ward and punishment to men, when their probation shall have ended. The closing' verses, giving a description of the "Last Judgment," are awfully graud and terri? bly sublime. With all the congregated . millions of men of all the ages before Him, the angels having separated the righteous from the wicked!, the Judge shall pronounce the doom of the wicked: "Depart from me, ye cursed, into ever? lasting fire, prepared for the devil and Iiis angels." And when the sentence of tbe one part and the reward of the other part had been spoken, He- concludes: **And these shall go away into everlast? ing punishment, but the righteous into life .?ternal." I take these words of our Lord to prove that tbe sufferings of lost men in perdition will be endless, and most keenly tormenting; that that state of mherv will be?xei and zhaUfctiie. J ^^Mk/jQ^??~ III. -WhiTelregard tbetextitself asset tliog^forev?r.tQU question, jet there are oth;r airgurnents vhieb, may he noticed as corroborate. * , (a) We may derive an argument from the traditional belief of men of ;all ages, savage and cirilized. In ill systems of religion the doctrine of future' punishment has bad a place. The .ancient Greeks bad. their. Tadanu, the; ;L^tins. their Inferno?, the North" American Indian consigned his foes to a dreary waste, where no coding streams' and peasant hunting grounds were known. Oar wore mil is an Anglo Saxon and Danish word, meaning the abode of evil spirits after death. Ask a Chinuman, "Where'will you go when Jon die?" He answers, "I shall 'go to ell to receive the punishment for my sins." (This on tho authority of Dr. J. B. Hartwell, our Missionary to China. This belief is universal; it is' worthy 'of consideration in the argument [b] We have what I will callprcsump Hve evidence in favor of my position. All denominations of Christians, in all the ages, since Peter and* Paul to the pres? ent time, have head the doctrine that the future punishmen; of the wicked would be.endless, ?.nd meu who have rejected this dogma have been - regarded, as u n - sound, and have been expellee from the Churches. To thin rule I know of no ?exception. This belief,- coming down from the days of Christ?; 'acceptea by-the Christian world as the teachings of Scrip-, tare, a. long chain, all connected, with no" link: wanting, the consensus of the Chris-. tian Churchesi and of a-large majority-of Biblical critics is very strong evidence in favo.r of the common interpretation of the* text. ? .' ' (c) -Coming to the Scripture, I oner you what Twill call incidental, testimony. (1) Of Judas Iscnriot, oar Lord said: "It had been good for that man if he had. not been born."?Matthew 26 :24. All who believe in future punishment believe that Judas was lost. This I take .for grantecL But if from that lost estate the Betraver could cscape-and go to Heaven, then ?M'blessedness would be complete; h:ia life would be holy and happy, and if in the far distant future he snaliascend to HeAyehj tht n the words of Jesus'can? not be understood, for no life of sufferings can be so extreme'in duration or degree as to. outweigh an eternity of bliss which he shall-ultimately enjoy. (2) Again,. Jesus said: ? "Whosoever speaketh a word against the Son of Man it; shall be fo:g ive:i him; but whosoever socakcth agair.st the Holy Ghost it shall not be forgiven him, neither in this world, ncithcr in v\eicorld'o come."?Math. 12:32. Maty we not infer- that men bad commit? ted this dreadful sin, that they were then ia danger of committing; it? or why these warnings of Jesus? We have one sin, i e.,' against the Holy Ghost, for which taere is no forgiveness,' not in the future world. We have one man, Judas, whose misery is so extreme that his Master said of him: "It were better for him that bo had not been bord." The case is made oat. One apple growing and ripening on a tree is proof conclusive that the tree toat bears it is an apple tree. Here are tno proofs to the same effect. These are "iut "aide-light"-proofs, however. Who can say that these are exceptional cases? Does an exceptional Vpple grow" and r:perf*ion a fig tree ? (d) Let us consider the direct teach? ings of God's Word. It plainly declares t Da; the conditions of men are forever fixed at death. In the texf^he worda "everlasting," as applied to the punishment of the wicked, and "eternal," as applied to the happi? ness of the righteous, mean the very same thing. In the Greek, in which our Lord- spake, the same word is used to describe punishment and the happiness. It is aionios and means end has in dura tiun. If "everlaating" here has a limit, then does not "eternal" have the same limit? If this text does not teach the endless punishment, of the wicked, then it does not teach the endless happiness of the righteous. When one state censes, the other will cease, too. If happiness to good men beyond the'grave is cease? less, then misery to bad men must be forever, too. This text, if it proves any? thing for the Universalist, proves too toucn: i". e., that Heaven and hell will both havo an end in the future ages. Greek scholars tell* us that j^is word cionios is the most expressive word for endless durntio.ii in the Greek language, "hey further tell us that if this word does not mean .endless duration in the most absolute sense, then there is no word in that 'language to express the idea of endless duration. Dr. G. W. Clarke, in his-notes on Matthew 25:46 says: "The misery of the wicked will be as enduring i.nd endless as the blessedness of the righteous." He goes on to say the word t:aionio?" translated everlasting here, is used in the New Testament seventy-one times, as follows: Three times it is ap? plied to the long, indefinite past, twice to completed eternity without beginning or <nd, fifty-one times to the future happi? ness of the righteous, seven times to the future misery of the wicked, and in the fight remaining instances it involves the idea of an unending future. In scripture language the abode of the lo3t is called "a place of torment," "hell fire;" "where their worm dieth not, and their fire is not quenched"?Mark 9:44. "The. lake that burneth with fire and brimstone."?Rev. 21:8. "The bottom? less pit."?Rev. 9:2. "A place of outer darkness, where there is weeping and gnashipg of teeth."?Math. 8:12. "A furnace of fire."?Math. 13:42. "The wrath of God," "the secondUdeath," "un? quenchable fire."?Luke 23:17. "Black? ness of darkness."?Jude 13. "Tormen? ted in fire and brimstone."?Rev. 14:10. "I am tormented in this flame."?Luke 16:24. "The smoke of their torment ascendeth up for ever and ever: and they have no rest, day nor night."?Rev. 14:11. Consider all these descriptive terms. Do they not prove?if words can prove any? thing?that the punishment of the wicked will list forever? Jesus and his Apostles knew the sig? nificance of these words; they knew what force they carried with them, and knowingly applied them to the condition of misery to which wicked men will be banished. Take all of these expressions. Could our Lord and ftis Apostles misrep? resent the case? With all this awful imagery and terrible descriptions, how ?an we doubt the reality? The argu? ments from Scripture seem to my mind overwhelming. But there are other argu? ments to meet the views of rationalists .and scientific men, who give not to God's 'Word the weight that the Christian gives. I will notice some of these. I-V. Arguments from reason, science and history. (a) Conscience tells us of retribution? not educated, enlightened conscience alone, but the consciences of all men tell them th:?? there will be a reckoning. If not, why do men blush and start at the remembrance of their midnight crimes? Then I Bay, what all men in all ages and states of' culture and unculture feel through consciousness to be true is a strong argument in itself. (b) I argue from the permanence of char? acter. We have cons: an*, illustrations of this. Habit in man, becomes "second nature" ?character solidifies and crystalizes, and .becomes more and more permanent as men grov older. The ratio of evil in man as he grows older is as an ascending series," they "become set in their ways. Wut reason have we 'o believe that they will ever change ? jc) Will men have new motives, strong? er influences in the regions of the damned to win them to the right way,.than they have here? Here they have the Bible, invitations of Christ, wooings of t he Holy Spirit, influence of Church and good men. What new motives-will be used to incline them to repentance in hell? "If they bear not -Moses and the Prophets, neither will they be persuaded, though one rose from tbe dead."?Luke 16:31. (d) There is a proverb of this kind: "It is never too late to amend." This, like many other proverbs, is true and false. It is false in its application to tie condi? tion of the lost It is false as a scientific declaration. Canon Farraris words were an elaboration of this saying?that the man who had some desire for salvation, who was somewhat awakened to tbe knowledge of his sins, and yet died un? repentant, might die in hope of a proba? tion beyond the grave, and in hell lift np Iiis eyes.in hope of final salvation. In the material world this proverb is false, as I will proceed to show. . . There, are three kinds of natural laws, viz: Physical, Organic and Moral. - (1) Take as an illustration., gravitation in physical law. A ship careens from right ; to left, but regains her position. T&s may answer a good purpose. It makes sailors bold and skillful; but that j ship, careening more and more capsizes and. goes' to the bottom, and if it be made of iron, it will remain in that condition forever. "Will ages of sufferings under that penalty help to brine it back to its proper position? When the ship is sunk' it is too late to mend 1 May it not be so I as regards the indulgence in long con? tinued sin, and the formation of perma? nent character in the sinner 7 May it not be so Jr God's Word says it is so. .(2) Take an illustration from organic I law. The Caoutchouc, or India Rubber, tree may be gashed at a certai n point and made to throw forth its gums; by judi? cious incisions the ' tree mar become stronger than before, and made to yield a greater amount of gum. But cut be Jond a certain* limit, gashed through the eart, it fall., and prostrate iit will forever lie! A-thousand years of penalty-will do nothing toward remedying the evil. Jt is too late to mend. Illustrations may be taken from man. When he has abused himself and wasted his constitution, and brought nufiering on himself, although he suffer much and long, the sufferings are aiot remedial. "It is too late to mend. I There it penalty in natural law that is not remedial. 'Bishop Butler and Sir Isaac Newton call: "analogy" tbe supreme rule in science. We are arguing from analo S. Suppose you discover *5n some geo jical depcsit a strange animal petrified. One foot you extricate, and find it pos? sesses ten toes, all ending in claws, all bending downward toward the foot; you get the other foot out. it has nine toes, all ending in claws, all bending down? ward toward the foot. There is a tenth toe imbedded in the strata; you see av little of it; you Bee the piace on the foot where it was joined; you can't get it out, however. Now, is it not likely tha t that toe terminates in a claw, as did the nine? teen ? Would you suppose that it bent downward or upward ? Would you be? lieve that it terminated in a horn or hoof? No. Why ? You argue from the ten toes on the first foot that you -got out they all bad claws and bent downward; ybu argue from the nine toes od the foot from which thin last one has been broken off; you say: "Nineteen of them have such and such form and shape and ter-1 mi'aal parts; surely, the other one has these formations and parts." That is arguing from analogy?a strong argu? ment Let us go back, then. We saw in na? tural physical law, that the capsized ship would remain capsized forever. It was too late to mend. In organic natural law we saw that the wasted constitution j of the inebriate, though suffering in tensely, produced for itself no remedy. We saw that the tree gashed beyond a I certain point would not recover itself? the sufferings were not remediaL It was too late to mend. . I We areriu tbe domain of science. There is moral law in nature, too. Arguing from analogy, may not a time come to man when his mdral nature, so badly warped, and damaged, and wasted, ca mot recover itself? When he has gashed himself through the heart with tin and fallen from God's favor and gone to perdition, what reason is ;hero to hope for reformation? We cannot trace all the course of ?oral law, bnt what .we see of it points in this direction, and we see a good deal. Let us pause and pon? der before we shut our eyes to our own safety. All this is scientific argument to meet scientific men. We have the Bible, whose uttterances, ss I have shown, are as the brightness of Ibe me? ridian sun, to out-shine all the ignet fatui of science. V. I want to notice some objections to the doctrine of the endless nature of future punishment (1) It is said: The language of Scrip? ture that teaches this doctrine is figura? tive. Yes, figurative; but the reality is not opposed to the figure. When we say "Peace spreads her balmy wings o'er the land," we do not mean that Peace liter? ally has wing's, nor do we mean that war and carnage, and devastation mn riot. That would be?contrary to all interpreta? tion. You may call the descriptive terms applied to perdition draper; if yo r choose, but the central truth is there. It stands out to all beholders. That central truth is the doom of nngodly men irreversibly pronouneed; the-fixing forever ofcharacter/. a condition of in tensest misery. It is the 'bringing together of all the unholy and unbelieving men and wom.ee. and devils of all names and ages, the shutting of these up to the companionship of one another, beyond tbe restraints of moral influences, outside the circle of good ex? amples and holy counselj?away from light, from Heaven, from God I In this wretched state of existence memory still lives. Conscience, like a whip of scor? pions, lacerates the soul. Memory and conscience 1 Great God, what unwelcome companions! But it is so. "Son, re? member. &c." To my mind, the saddest knell in the doom of the "rich man" is those w?rds: "Son, remember." The man can't escape from himself?his sins, like ghosts, follow him, haunt him, up? braid him, leer at him, torment him! "I'll tell thee what is hell?thv memory, Still mountaincd up with records of the past, Heap over heap, all accents and all forms, Telling the tale of joy and innocence, And hope and peace and lo ve; recording, too, Witii stern fidelity, the thousand wrongs Worked upon weakness and defenselessness; The blest occasions trifled o'er and spurned; All that hath been that ought not to have been, That might have been so different, that now Cannot but be irrevocably past! . Thy gangfeencd heart, Stripped of its self-worn mask and spread at last Bare, in its horrible anatomy, Before thine own excruciating gaze." [Sturkey. Remorse will burn hotter and more keenly than fire. To the man wh o said, "There is not enough brimstone to keep up the fires for so great a number,""the old negress. truly replied: "You take your own brimstone along with you." Hell will be self-generating. f2.) It iB8aid that overlasting punish meat is out of proportion to the sins of a few years here. We do not know?wo cannot know. Who can properly esti? mate sin^ Where does its influence, cease ? A man leads a fellow-being from the path of virtue, and launches him on a career of vico. From that wrong start he never returns?he dies in his sins. Is not the evil of th; seducer endlessly fastened on the seduced? But forthat bad influence he might have been brought into harmony with God, and have been saved. Shall they not both suffer for? ever for their crimes 1 A man dies in his sins?dies in rebellion to God and hatred ? of holiuesa?Death fixes his condition. The Bible lays so. 'In the place where ths tree falleth, thtre it shall be."?Ecc. 11:3. "He that is unjust, let him be unjust s'till; and he which is filthy, let him be filthy still; t.nc he that is righ? teous, let him be righteous still; and he that is holy, let him be holy, still."?Bev. 22:11. Sin becomes endless; punish? ment is made endless?there is no want of proportion between them. (3) It is said that endless punishment is in disharmony with God's goodness. Hc?v do we know that? God^i justice and righteousness are attributes of bis nature, as are love snd mercy. One will not be exercised at the expense of the other. Is God good ? Then He will be !;ood to his childrm?His obedient fol owers, who bear Bis image and adore His name. Would it be justice to them for God to take uosanctified men into Heaven ? Would the unholy, unsancti fied nature enjoy the pure, holy bliss of Heaven? Take brd men into the holy society of God ard Christ, and pure angels and blood-washed souls, and they would be out of place?would feel unen? durable misery, would escape if they could, would iretire to some secluded nook or corner, away froin light and love and purity, and would id up a hell of their own! It is a mercifurdispensation of the great Gcd to assign the hopelessly bad, the reprobates, Ehe irremediably vile, to quarters. by themselves. Among the requests of ths "rich man," in Luke 16th, he does not a sk to be taken up to "Abra? ham's bosom." He did not want td*go there. Water in hell would afford him some relief, but transference of self and. sin to the anode of perfect love would have aggrava ted his misery 1 The obverse of this is true also. The soul purified by the blootl of Christ, sublimated by long and earnest conflicts with sin, by long pantings afte: holiness; thus by'constant approximations having e'floresced into the image of the pure and holy God, would not find hell a place of torment. Character mikes the difference. ' Would Paul, or McCheyne, or Summerfield groan and writhe if thrust down into perdition? No. They would carry Heaven, and holiness and Jesus with them. . , (4) It is urged that hell is a reform measure. The text denies fit when it says "everlastingpunishment." Bead the par able of the .Pep Virgins: "And the aoor was shut. Afterwards came also the other Virgins, saying, 'Lord, Lord, open to us;' but he answeredand said, 'Verily, 1 say unto you, Ikiow you not.' "?Math. 25:11?12. Read the overthrow of Sod? om and Gomorrah. Does it Bound like a reform measure t See the destruction that overtook Ananias and Sapphia. Does that look like a reform measure t If future punishment is remedial, then when the lost are all expurgated and transferred to Heaven, ax annihilated, Satan and his angels will he left alone. Will Satan be reformed and taken hack to God, too? * The old Adversary, the. Father of lies, the Deceiver of -.nen /? Can you conceive of his Reformation i' If this d octrine of the final restoration of all things to God's favor be true, I cannot sc; the need for an atonement. It supercedes the necessity of Christ's death. In conclusion, God sends no man to hell, iT ie bible no where teaches such a doctrine. No orthodox minister preach? es it; but il: is just as true that God will not by physical force put men into Heaven. He desires their sal vation. "He is not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance."? 2 Pet. 3:9.- "As I live,' salth the Lord God, I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked ; but that the wiked turn from his way and live: turn ye, turn ye from your evil ways: for why will yo die ?"? Ezek. 33:11. Men choose perdition; Men make their own destfuctwn. He who hates God and. holiness has a germinal hell with? in him now. Milton makes Satan to say: "Which way I fly is hell: myself am hell." i An unholy man has in his heart the fires of perdition, which in due time" will burst, I out and consume him. trie can't get I away from himself, and unless he turns to God for help and seeks salvation through Jesus' blood, God cannot help him. "Every man will go where, in his deepest nature, he desires to go."?Mc Arthnr. He who is lost is a moral suicide. My brethren, what an awful reflection! Half the people of this town?our neigh? bors, our it tbers, oar husbands, our wives, our children?are on the road to endless woe! "I- any m^n love not the Lord Jesus Christ, let him be Anathema Mar anatha,"?1 Con. .16:22. 0, my friends, how will you meet the "wrath of the Lamb?" By the happiness of Heaven, by the horrors of perdition, by the Love of" God, by the Blood of Christ, by the shortness of time, by the value of your souls, I beseech you, turn to. God and live. It is related tha; some years ago, before the Union Pacific Railroad had bound the East and California together, when travel to tee Pacific coast was made by Stage-Coaches, an old stage driver lay dying. In a miserable shanty, lit up by a dun, tallow candle, the old man was called to contend with the Grim Monster. He had been an ungodly man, had neg? lected religion; now the film of death had gathered over his eyes, and the clam? my sweat was damping his brow; there had been no prayer, no lifting of the heart to God; as his breathing became more labored, he was seen to put one foot out of bed rind swing it back and forth. His attendant drew near and said: "Tom, what is the matter?" He said: "lam on the down-grade, and I can't get my foot onthetrake f" Dear bearer, it may be so with you. On the "down-grade" to hell, and not able to get your foot on -.he brake i Come to Christ now. "Behold I stand at the door and knoclc: if any man hear my voice and open the door, I will come in to him, and will; up with him and he with me." ?Rev. 3:20. But "Because I have called, and ye refused; I have stretched out my hand, and no man regarded; / But ye have set at naught all my counsel, and would none of my reproof: I also will laugh at your calamity: I will mock when y?ur fear coracth ; When your fear contcth as desolation, ' And your destruction cometh as a whirl? wind ; When distress and anguish comcth upon you. Then shall ye call upon nie, but I will not answer: Ye shall neck me earnestly, but ye shall not fiulmc." Prov. 1: IM?28. "God (ailing yet: shall I not hear? Earth's pleasures ?hall I still hold dear? Shall life's swift passing years all fly ? And stilLmy soul in slumber lie? "God calling yet! shall I not rise? Can I his loving voice despise? And baselj his kind care repay ? He calls me still; can I delay ? "God calling yet 1 and shall he knock, And I my heart the closer lock ? He still is waiting to receive; And shall I dare his Spirit grieve ? "God calling yet! and shall I give No heed, but still in bondage live? I wait, bat he does not forsake; He calls me still! my heart awake ! "God calling yet I I cannot stay; My heart I yield without delay; Vain world farewell: from thee I part; The voice of God hath reached my heart." [Tertteegeii. PRINTING FRAUDS. TUE ENORMOUS SWINDLES OF THE PRINTING RING. The Legislative Alllos of the Republican Printing Company?Another Installment of the Investigating Committee's Report. The following additional report was submitted by the joint investigating committee yesterday, and exhibits the inner history of the "circle of friends," who defamed the art preservative by using it as a cloak for robbing and plun? dering tbe State. The story forms a striking chapter in tbe volume of cor? ruption and profligacy: After having reported on other matters referred to them, your committee has now to consider the matter of public printing. Before entering into the de? tails of a system of fraud by which, under this guise, the- State Treasury was de? pleted more effectually than by any other scheme (unless it be through the issuing of pay certificates) the committee desire to engage in advance tbe public indul? gence. Whilst fraud, bribery and cor? ruption were rife in every department of the State ? government/; nothing has equalled the magnitude and infamy at tending the management of tbe public printing. So much of comment is ne? cessary, even though each statement we shall make is verified by reliable testi? mony. The corruption was every where prev? alent, and the division of the spoils ex? tended from the highest official to tbe humblest members of the General As? sembly ; indeed it embraced a majority of the State officials and two-thirds of the members of the General Assembly. In addition to the amount expended for the benefit of those persons, the fund obtained was devoted to tbe establish? ment and support of various Republican journals, daily and weekly, but princi pajly to aid the Charleston Daily Repub? lican, the Columbia Daily Union and Columbia Union-Herald. A large amount of money was expended annually for the support of these and kindred papers without any legal authority, and bills purporting to pe presented under, or by virtue of Taw illegally and fraudulently increased in amounts to many thousands of dollars, were paid year after year from tbe Stale Treasury. At first, as will an Eear from tho testimony, under Mr. Penny's contract, tbe spoils were con? fined to a few oft he leading members of the General Assembly; but a majority did not like Denny's close manner of conducting business. Hence tbe Caro? lina PHHing Company was formed, composed of certain .State ilicials and the editors of tbe Columbia Union and Charleston Rqniblican. After this the system of issuing pay certificates tor ?public printing for division become al? most universal, resulting in many thou? sands of dollars worth of printing, pay certificates being issued annually with? out any considerations, to pe paid "out .of any money not otherwise appro? priated," unless the taking of it by the officials and members can be construed as an appropriation, which it literally was; not content with this, claims wheu paid by the Treasurer for permanent and current printing were in several in: stances raised to three times the original amounts and thus paid and divided; these payments thus raised were added to the printing accounts in order that this ring should not lose thereby. Tbe checks and evidences show that the Clerk of the Senate (Woodruff) was to take care of tbe "circle of friends" in the Senate, and Clerk Jones of "tbe friends in tho House," and tbey were jointly to take care of State officials. Your committee experienced great dif? ficulty in arriving at the amounts actual? ly paid for public printing, as the sum was largely in excess of that charged on the books of the State Treasurer. We ascertained that large payments 'had been ostensibly for printing which were charged to other convenient accounts, and hence we were obliged to examine and go through all the vouchers from 1868 to 1876, at the expense of much time and labor. Tbe amount appropri? ated and paid during this time, includ? ing the publication of the general laws, and claims for printing, was $1,326,589 a sum largley in excess of the cost of public printing, from the establishment of the State government up to 1868, in? cluding nil payments made during the war in Confederate currency. In this connection, we respectfully invite atten? tion to paper marked exhibit E. Q. G., in further illustration of the extravagant and enormous cost of public printing during these flush times Of the so-called printing ring; also to tbe appropriations made at tbe sessions ^1872-73, when ap? propriations ' for public printing 'and amounts paid newspapers for printing acts reached $45,000, or $171,759 more than the printing cost tbe State for twenty years; commencing at 1840-41 and ending 1865-66, including $42 141.63, paid during tbe war in 1864 in Confederate currency for one year's printing. This statement includes pay- j ments made throughout the war, when the due value of labor and materials ascended in ratio with the depreciation of Confederate currency; and included also the amounts paid for printing at tbe sessions of 1365-66, when owing to the destruction of our railroads, the freights upon printing material alone, cost more than material and freighes combined in 1872-3. The public printing in this State, cost $-150,000 for one year, exceed? ing the cost of like work in Massachu? setts, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Maryland and New York by ?122,935.13, embracing as they do, five of the largest and most populous of the Northern, Eastern, Western and Sonthern States. A comparison between the cost of printing during tbe same year in Ohio and South Carolina, with regard to population and wealth will prove how enormous were the inroadsmade on the Treasury- by the printing ring of this State. Wealth of Ohio.$1,167,731,697 00 Wealth of South Caro? lina, under extrava? gant assessment. 183,913,337 00 Population of Ohio.2,695,260 Population of South Carolina... 705,606 Amount appropriated for printing in Ohio.$63,000,00 Amount appropriated for printing in South Carolina. 450,000 GO Cost of printing per capita in Ohio about.02J Cost of printing per capita in South Carolina about. 63} Ohio, with nearly four times the pop? ulation of South Carolina, and over nine times the capacity to pay, obtained her printing for $63,000, whilst it cost in free South Carolina $450,000. In addi? tion to this, our comparison of the class of printing paid for in Ohio, we find that $27,000 of the expenses charged was for a kind of printing not required in this State. For a further comparison ne re? fer to paper in the evidence marked ex? hibit "A. H. D.," in wliich it is shown that there was appropriated during the session of 1872-73, by this State, $178, 094 more than the cost of printing in all the thirteen Southern States for the last fiscal, year. It will also be seen that there was. appropriated $335,000 at the sessions of 1874-75 for printing in South Carolina, making a total of $835,000 within two years, or an average of $145, 594 per annum over and above the cost of printing in all the Southern States for the past fiscal year. In proof of these statements we append letters from offi? cials in the other Southern States, and derive grim satisfaction from the. appall? ing figures presented from Louisiana, rivaling her sister in calamity and put? ting to the deepest blush, even to the ' shame, of Radicalism in South Carolina. Your committee herewith submit a Eonion of Mr. Woodruffs testimony eariag.upon this subject, so that some idea may be had of the system and re sultn of this stupendous plundering of the treasury of lit State. Mr. Woodruff swears that he uas elected Clerk of the ' Senate in 1868.- J. W. Denny was then State printer. "Senators composing the circle of friends" became dissatisfied with Mr. Denny's close manner of conducting business, and his failure to meet their expectations in the division of the profits arising from the public printing. In the fall or winter of 1870 the Carolina Print? ing Company was organiiced by Messrs. J. W. Denny, R. K. Scott, N. G. Parker, D. H. Chamberlain, J. W. Morris and L. Cass Carpenter. This company owned the Daily Union, of Columbia, and the Charleston Republican. Senator Leslie told him (Woodruff) that the "friends" in the Senate thought that as this was a matter of Senate patronage they should have a percentage of the profits from the printing. In order to carry out,, the wishes of the "friends," Mr. Leslie pro? pose! that pay certificates for various amounts, ranging from three to five thousand dollars, for current printing, be dirawn, and one-third cr one-fourth of the amount realized be given to the chairman of tbe Committee on Printing foe, division among the friends, includ? ing some fifteen or sixteen Senators. This system was carried out as long as moneys could be paid out of any sums in the treasury not otherwise appropri? ated, and was only checked and stopped when the law for specific appropriations and payments was enacted. 'Besides this, Woodruff testifies that a vast deal of unofficial and dead-head work was done by' tbe company for outsiders, friends and members of ths General As? sembly ; that certificates were usually discounted at the South Carolina Bank aud Trust Company, of which ban i: Go v. R. K. Scott, Treasurer Niles G. Parker and Attorney General Chamberlain were stockholders. The checks in the bands of the committee are but a portion of the amounts paid during the lime of the above arrangement. The money was deposited to tbe credit of the Printing Company, and sometimes, according, to the witness, division or "gratification" checks were drawn against deposit in the Carolina National Bank, which checks he supposes are still hejd by these banks. The testimony of Woodruff, corrobor? ated by the checks in the hands of your committee, show that the following named persons received severally the amounts annexed to their names, under said arrangements: Senator Y. J. P. Owens"; 5 checks, $1,000 each. Senator Y. J. P. Owens, 1 check, $2,000. Senator James M. Allen, 2 checks, $500 each, $1,000. Senator James M. Allen, 1 check, $200. Senator L. Wircbush, 1 check, $300. Senator L. Wimbush, 1 check, $200. Senator L. Wimbusb, 1 check, $250. Representative B. A. Rj-nsemon, 1 check, $250. RepresentativeB. A. Boscmon, 1 check, $100. Senator ?. E. Dickson, 2 checks, $300 each, $600. Senator B. F. WhitLemore, 5 checks, $1,510. Repressntative James N. Hayne, 4 checks, $700. ? Senator J. Hollinshead, 1 check, $80. Senator W. B. Nash, 2 checks, "$750. Senator H. W. Duncan, 3 checks, $150. Senator R. Smalls, 2 checks, $250.. Senator J. L. Jamison, 4 checks, $375. Senator John Wilson, I check, $74. Lieutenant Governor A. J. Ransier, 1 check, $227.80. Representative J. B. Dennis, 3 checks, $350. Representative W. H. Jones, 2 checks, $350. Representative T. A. Davis, 1 check, $50. Senator J, A. Green, 1 check, $100. Senator S. A. Swails, 3 checks, $200. Representative A. L. Singleton,l check, $50. Representative W. J. Whipper, 1 check, $200. Senator C. P. Leslie, 1 check, $200. Senator J. F. Beckman, 1 check, $25. Thus, before the organization of the Republican Printing Company, fifteen Senators and seven Representatives re- i ceived the above sums under this "di? vision and silence" printing arrangement. Your committee also call your atten? tion to the evidence of Woodruff, wherein he reveals tbe combination of Governor Scott, Treasurer N. G. Parker and Comptroller General Neagle, whereby $45,000 printing accounts were sold to Neagle, afterwards raised and re? ceipted for on Treasurer's books at $90, 000! thus defrauding the State out of $45,000 at one stroke I The accounts when exhibited, contained charges for discount on former bills, as if a State should pay a discount on raised and fraudulent bills. Woodruff is corrobo? rated by Clerk Jones, who swears that the company did not receive any of this money, except tbe $20,000 paid by Neagle, but Wocdraff says that it is fair to suppose that Parker and Scott knew who received the money, as by law, the Treasurer's check required the counter signature of the Governor before pay? ment. An examination of the Treasu? rer's stub check book shows that checks were drawn to pay the raised $45,000 claim, in three equal amounts, confirming Woodruff's inference as to tbe division of the spoils between Scott, Parker and Neaglo. Woodruff also swears, that "he was not only compelled to satisfy Sen? ators, but had to buy off the Opposition of members of the House of Representa? tives, who were dissatisfied with the pay? ments made by Clerk Jones." "That State officials, Judges, lawyers., editors, reporters, lobbyists, male and female, white and black, all from tbe highest to the lowest, manifested deep interest in the passage of the Republican Printing Company's bills, and were paid, accord? ing to the supposed value of their servi? ces and influence." In reference to the appropriation for $250,000, approved December 21, 1872, Woodruff says that he can enumerate but a portion of the amounts paid, which are as follows: Gov. F. J. Moses.$20,000 F. L. Cardozo, Treasurer. 12,500 Senator B. F. Wbittemore. 5,000 Senator Y. J. P. Owens. 5,000 Senator W. B. Nash. 5,000 Senator S. A. Swails. 2,500 Senator S. E. Gaillard. 500 Senator W. R. Jervey. 300 Senator J. L. Jamison. 200 fenator J. L. Jamison. 160 enator E. E. Dickson. 200 Senator H. J. Maxwell. 1,000 Senator C. D. Ha'yne.i. 500 Senator W. H. Jones. 500 Senator J. W. White. 150 Senator J. M. Smith. 300 Senator W. E. Holcombe. 250 Senator W. E. Johnston. 500 Ex-Lt. Gov. A. J. Ransier. 500 Lt. Gov. R. H. Gleaves. 300 Senator H.'C. Corwin. 300 Senator G. F. Mclntyre. 200 Senator C. Smith. 500 Senator John Lee.'.. 100 Senators. Ford. 50 Senator J. Lee..... 100 Woodruffs testimony, and checks as turned in by him in this transaction, show that several high State officials and twenty-two Senators out- of thirty-three (twenty-one of whom were Republicans and one Democrat,) were paid, and by adding the amount paid by Clerk Jones of the House of Representatives as grat? ification checks to the sums paid by Woodruff, including checks noi; endor? sed and other payments, the startling fact will appear that not less than $98, 500 was paid at one session on the pas? sage of one bill for printing, as bribes, and gratification. This bare statement would be weakened by any further com? ment on its enormity. But this is far from being all. It further appears from the testimony of Woodruff, corroborated by the books of the Republican Printing Company, also by LeGrand Benedict, business manager of said company, that the following additional sums were paid out to secure the appropriation of $231, 000 and interest, approved December 19, 1873: Lieut. Gov. R. H. Gleaves.$2,500 Senator T. C. Andrews. 5,000 Senator H. Cardozo (statistician)... 500 Senator F. A. Clinton. 1,200 Senator L. Cain. 1,000 Senator H. C. Corwin. 1,500 Senator E. E. Dickson (statisticia n) 300 Senator T. C. Dunn. 1,000 Senator S. IS. Gaillard.2,000 Set/ator C. D. Hayne. 1,000 Senator W. E. Holcombe..1,000 Senator J. Hollinshead. 1,000 Senator W. R. Jervey.1,200 Senator W. E. Johnston. 1,000 Senator W. H. Jones. 1,500 Senator J. Lee. 1,000 Senator Moses Martin. 1,000 Senator G. F. Mclntyre. 2,000 Senator H. J. Maxwell. 2,500 Senator W. B. Nash.5,000 Senator Y. J. P. Owens.5,000 Senator R. 8malls.5,000 Senator C. Smith.1,000 Senator S.*M. Smith..... 1,000 Senator S. A. Swails.5,000 Senator John Wilson. 500 Senator J. H. White.1,000 ?cn?f?r B. F. Wbittemore. 5,000 Aggregating the' large amount of $57,200, paid to twenty-seven Senators out of thirty-three, and to Lieutenant; Governor Gleaves as President of the j Senate. Woodruff explains, as due to Senators Cardozo and Dickson, that they furnished statistics for the immigration report, and to Andrews that he regarded the amount paid him as a subscription to his paper, the Columbia Union-Herald; and . also that Senator Dickson never asked or received from him (Woodruff) any valuable consideration for any vote he gave as Senator. The committee, therefore, conclude that whatever was given to Dickson bf Woodruff was only as a gratuity. Of course none of these sums could nave been paid withoutnhe appropriation. In addition to the above, Woodruff aod Jones swear that the fol? lowing amounts, which appear on the; books of the company, were paid State officials on the passage of the bill: Gov. F. J. Moses.$10,500 F. L. Cardozo, Treasurer. 12,500 S. L. H?ge, Comptroller General. 5,000 Bo the amount paid by Jones, Clerk of the House, added to that paid by Wood? ruff, sums up $124,969 expended for' bribes and "commissions" on the above measure alone. Woodruff's testimony; and the books of the printing company, show the enormous sum of ?835,866.90 was paid out to State officers, Senators, members of the House, and by way "of forced contributions .to Republican newspapers. Woodruff says: "With Cardozo, Treasurer, we made an arrange? ment at first to pay him ten per cent, tor prompt payments, but iu consideration of the heavy payments made to the Gen? eral Assembly, he agreed to reduce it to five per cent. The payments made to Cardozo were always in currency, with one or two exceptions, when he received pay certificates belonging to the com? pany." He farther says that the com-, pany,was severely black-mailed for the Union-Herald whilst that paper waa owned by Governor Chamberlain and Treasurer Cardozo; that the books of the Republican Printing Company were kept by W. H. Jackson. The amounts paid to state officers and Senators appear on said books, in most instances, with the initials of their names reversed?indi? cating an attempt on the part of said company and its bookkeeper to conceal and deceive, whilst they themselves un? derstood and thus kept record of the real parties. The testimony of LeGrauc. Benedict, business manager of said company, is well worth attention as. corroborating Woodruff. He says the term "S. S. Fund," on the books of the ccmpany, originated, he thinks, with W. H. Jack? son, the bookkeeper, and denoted gra? tuities to legislators and public officials in aid of the passage of the bili and col? lection of the claims of tha company against the Stato; that it was a standing agreement between the company and Treasurer Cardozo that be was to receive ten per cent, on all sums paid the com? pany by the State, and it comes within my (his) knowledge that under said agreement Cr.rdozo did receive ten per cent, on certain sums paid by him to the company; thr.t in some instances he re? ceipted for larger sums than were paid bim (witness.) Witness also paid very considerable amounts to Senators on the order of Woodruff. The witness entrained his Woodruff's account and found it in the same condition as that of Clerk 'A. O. Jones. He says that be h.u no doubt that the entries made on page 24 of pay? ments made to certain State officers were correct, and that they were in the hand? writing of W. H. Jackson. Mr. Wood? ruff is sustained in his chuges by the confessions of Senators thenselves (see testimony of Senator Caiu and others admitting the receipt of he money.) Pursuing the testimony of Woodruff, he produced a check payable to ''gratifica? tion or bearer," for $500, which he says was given to Mr. Jacobs, cashier of the South Carolina Bank and Trust Com Eany, for Go v. B. K. Scott, to induce im, while be was Governor, to sign a check for $11,000,, given by Treasurer ?Parker to the printing company.. Wood? ruff produced his bank book,' which showed that the check had been paid, and opposite the credit, in Jacobs' band writing, the word "Scott." Tbe books of the Bank and Trust Company also show that this amount was placed to the credit of Gov. Scott on the same day it was received from Woodruff, and on the same day the 511,000 was carried to the credit of the company. We here insert a few extracts from the diary of Mr. Woodruff, confirmatory of his testimony, which will show that in most cases when he paid out money, or gave a check, it was entered, with 4he name of the party and date of payment. We refer you to exhibit "W," attached to Woodruffs evidence, containing a large number of extracts from his diary, bearing on the subject of public printing principally: Saturday, January 4,1878. Received a dispatch from LeGrand relative to rumors about injunction on payment of printing bills. Mr. Arnold was present, and I exhibited temper which I should not have done. God grant that I may be saved from swearing. Sent reply to the dispatch, telling Le? Grand that I would leave for Columbia to-morrow morning, and to keep the buffers quiet until my return. Sunday, January 5,1873.?Arrived in Columbia at 5:30 p. m. Neagle* and Mi nort came to see me. Promised to take care of Minoft's note and to endorse it. Monday, January 6,1873.r-Endorsed a note for Minort for*$500, sixty days. That I consider a company affair. Tuesday, January 7, 1873.?Bowley proposed to take printing bills for his pay. Promised to consider tbe matter. That will not do. Tuesday, January 7, 1873.?Nash, Gleaves, Jones, &c, stayed late this even? ing. This Legislature has a hard set I expect to be the most unpopular-man going now. To disburse money and not be able to save any as it goes through is pretty rough to Joseph us. Wednesday, January 8,1873.?.Tack son is a fraud, and don't know how to make out printing bills. Feiday, January 10, 1873.?Whilst waiting breakfast, was called upon to go down stairs to Mr. Cardozo. He desired to say to me that he wished to have us take back some bills payable and war? rant for. Supreme Court decisions from Governor Moses, and he would give us a check for $50,000?$20,000 of which was to be paid to Moses. This was done. Gave $500 to Gaillard; $300 to Jervey. Feiday, January 10,1873.?Chamber? lain informs me that Melton is very apt to make us shew our hands. Well, I am ready to do it. They are all a set of frauds. Trust LeGrand will make Sper ry's note sixty days. It is a big fraud. Stayed up until 1 o'clock. Gleaves, Nash, Smalls and myself had an oyster supper. Smalls paid for it, and Nash eat it; and so it goes. ' Sunday, January 12, 1878.?This evening I had a talk with Chamberlain, and he agreed to bring about a reconcilia? tion, which was effected in a very nice way. Jones and I called on Governor Moses and spoke to him about effecting a settlement. It was a hard day for Sun? day, and I trust God will forgive us- for our actions, as we could not help it Monday, January 13, 1873.?After breakfast, went-over to Benedict's, and made further arrangements relative to printing affairs.' Ordered him to make out two checks for our salaries as Presi? dent and Treasurer of the company? $10,000 to Jones and $10,000 to myself. (This was small pay for two years' serv? ices.) Also a check for $3,000 for Car? dozo. He did so, and gave each a <!heck for $10.000. I paid $3,000 to Cardozo. Visited Berry's with Cain and asked him to let Cain have what he wanted. Wednesday, January 15, 1873.?IRe ceived three boxes of champagne from Cooper & Taylor; also one basket. Or? dered some cigars, also. Nash called early this morning. Well, we will have to take care of his friends. Paid Einard an account of C. D. Hayne $200. Yes? terday drew checks for John Lee, $100; J. H. White, $100; -H. J. Maxwell, $1,000; C. D. Hayne, $200; W. H. Jones, Jr., $500. Arranged with Smalls. Thubsday, January 16.?Paid Berry, Sulzbacher, Duffie and several others. Promised Mr. Gleaves $300. Drew check for Ransier for $500; Holeon-be $250; ' Hollinshead $100; Robert Smalls $5,000; Johnston $500. This has been a day of much excitement to me. Thubsday, January 16.?Cardozo gave us check for $100,000. I propose to give Cardozo $12,000 out of this. That will be a big thing for him. If we hac. Parker we woula probably have had to pay half of it and then not get it. Jonen and self will come out clear about $30, ? 000 between us, or $15,000 each. Friday, Jaauary 17, 1873 ?Drev checks for B. F. Whittemore $5,000; S. A. Swails $2,500; C. Brookbanks $100 ; R. H. Gleaves $300. Friday, January 17, 1873.?Well. I think I have made "Whittemore, Smalls, Nash, Stephens. Swails and some other! my friends, or they should be if they ar; not;. .But I wonder if I will ever get o:i a healthy basis from the wolves. 1 hats Neagle. Saturday, January 18, 1873.?GavB J. M. Smith a check for $300; Naah i check for $3,000; White a check for $5('. Now, I think that is enough for th; wolves. Monday, January 20,1873.?Drew t check for Corwin for $300; Mclntyrs $200. Had a conversation with Tin Hurley to-day. I thought we had quit him, but he is still very pressing. Tita has money enough, and why he should keep our nose to the grind stone is very strange indeed. Had a consultation with Bowley, and he promised to do what we wanted. He told me he was willir g to let everything else go by the board, if be did not get that appropriation through for printing. / .Friday, January 24, -1873.?Ga' e John Lee check for $100, and protnisi d to give C. Smith. The per diem bill whh $50,000 for current printing went through second reading to-day without a dissenting voice. This shows the justice of our claims. I think this is as it shou d be. Drew check for C. Smith for $50). Must give Cain and Jervey some more and old Ford $50. Friday, January 24, 1873.?Paid Car-. dozo $5,000 to-day. He ought to fed gold. ' Tuesday, January 28, 1873.?Settled bills of Mr. Stanley, Fagan Bros, acd others. Taylor sent some liquor, for which I suppose he must receive pay cer? tificates. Am sick of this liquor busi? ness. Must give Cardozo $5,000 more is soon as possible. Ten per cent, gets him every time. That is better than to let it remain ' idle in the State Treasury. Agreed with Jones that Hurley should get $2,500. Thubsday, January 30.?Neagle has beaten us all through, and I am still afraid of him. He is a perfect night? mare to us. Jones gave Tim a check far $2,500 to-day. I think that is enough for Tim. He is another sharper. Thursday, January 30.?Suppose jy tbe time the Legislature adjourns the wolves of the executive departments will scent more keenly for Jones and Woe d ruff. Thubsday, January 30.?Cardozo', I must admit did very well, he has tried to save us from the crowd, and does not want to allow them to make so much out of the appropriation!. They are all a damned set of wolves any how. I sup Soee they will unite against us for blood, f.clntyre is hot after me. \ Fbiday, January 31,1873.?Gave Mc {Ooneludfd on Fourth Page.) r