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Washington Gladden, et al., have recently proinulgcd. From the days of the Fathers, some calling themselves Christians, have stood without the pale of orthodoxy upon this subject of the future punishment of the wicked. The Universalism of to-day does not teach tho same doctrine that it taught ono hundred years ago. Then Universalista taught that there was no punishment beyond tho grave; for all the sins committed hero they would suf fer here; hence, all-good and bad alike -would go to -leaven together at death, t?uch is not the question at issue with them now. They nave i?bandoned that line of attack upon orthodoxy, and now assail us from another quarter. Now, in common with all others who believe tho Bible. Universalista believe in the future punishment of those who die in their sins; bat they make that punishment to be refonvitort/ and Hunted, rather thar, everlasting, ?ad that at some future time these sufferings will cease;, that from hell men will emerge and enter Heaven ; that "Final Restoration" means the ulti mate salvation of all men, or if some, after ages of punishment remain incor rigible, they will be annihilated, and that Qod will have no schism in the universe. I wish to make a fair statement of this doctrine. Rev. Mr. Merriam, wher re * citing his creed recently before the Coun cil at Indian Orchard, said: "I cannot bring myself to believe that the punish ment inflicted by God on men in their, future existence will be au everlasting conscious, sensible punishment." li? .thinks the punishment will cease with .some, when they havo reformed and are purified and taken lo Heaven ; of others, if they will not amend their ways, they will cease to suffer after a while, through unconsciousness, sinking lower and lower in sin until so embrutec? they will be in sensible tofpain, and conscience will . cease to Bting. - I. I will notice some of the arguments that they advance. (a) The doctrine of a limited duration to future punishment accords with the feelings of men. ' \ Men wijh this were so; men would be {;lad to know that it' were so ; men be ieve it ii so. "The tei*A is father to the thought." You who ?read Mr. Farrars sermon will agree with me? that it was little more than an appeal to feeling. He could not feel that God would damn the sinner forever, &cr ? J|eft to oar sym pathies for our fellow-men, we would prefer to believe that our friends who die in their sins could have another proba tion, and that in the ages to come they would emerge through thehlpurgntioh to a world of light and gloa? But what have our feelings to do witrf the doctrine? Impressions ana feelings are Unsafe guides in affairs of daily concern. How much moro unsafe in a matter utterly beyond our sphere 1 (b) of en argue from the character of God. They cannot conceive that a being of infinite mercy, love and compassion can Iinflict everlasting torment on the crea tures of .hip band. What right, I ask, havo wo to claim infallibility for our con ceptions? Ia not the subject entirely be? yond'-ur comprehension? It is God that decides this whole question. .Have wo scales with which to weigh God? We cannot reach to His thoughts and mo tives, and wo are impious when we at tempt to give metes and bound., io ?.Lal which the Almighty n*? All-wise has re served for His own decision. Ic is said that Augustine / was once greatly perplexed trying to fathom the doctrine of tho Trinity. Walking upon the sea-shoro he was asking himself the . question, "How can one God be three Gods, and hov/ can three Gods be one?" Ho was attracted by a. little girl who, with a little shell, was scraping a hole in tho sand, and pouring into it water from the sea. "My daughter," said he, "what are you doing?" "I am pouring ?he sea into this hole",1' sho replied. "Au V' said the great man, "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.".. Tho doctrines of man's fall and proba tion, and rejection of the Saviour, and ultimate doom 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 trie wicked? If so, we may, we-must, accept it; otherwise, we must reject it. II. The Biblo can be our only guide here. In our discussion we mourne that the Bi blo ?a true. Ail agree in this. Beecher, Gladden, Merriam, Farrar, all accept the inspiration of the Scriptures of tho Old anA Jtf?w^estamonta. ..Reason, logic, ntathem?ii?a all fail li ere. No man can d?cid? hot?hn$ br how much tho wicked ought to suffer in a future world for sine committed here. To man's reason thc question ia insoluble. Wo must listen tc God's Word and believe its declarations, It is not aa we choose to believe. Whc knows how heinous ein is? When s parent has lost self-control he is not fit to punish his child.for having fallon inte a passion. Physicians tell us that owing to the artery in tho thumb we cannot safely calculate the pulsations of thc wrist with that thumb. Who wonld Bub mit exquisito paintings to a man pur blind? So" hone but God can properl j estimate sin.' Be has. not shined; H< has not been iufected-oy evil ; His visior alone is perfect. He is above sin, ont aide of sin, and can decide impartially . Who knows how far-reaching 6iu is in it consequences? To-day the sin is com milted, and centuries to como it is etil bearing fruit.. y To-day .You plant at .?wm; n ?unorea years hence that trei will hufh be reaching its prime. It ha b?on aaid: that Vtho lifting of the ham sends a wave-current- to the remotes Mar." So sin may be everlasting am boundless in its consequences. The reel questions that disturb th minds of men to-dsy are these: "Howfon, do wicked men suffer after death? What is tho nature of that suffering? In the xxvth chapter of Matthew, fret which tor text is taken, we have tho las public discourse of our Lord. The eei mon is all solemn and impressive. Th parable ot the Virgins and the Talent Loth declare the doctriuo of ? final rt ward and punishment to tnemwhen thei probation shall hs ve ended. Tho cluain verses, giving a description of tho "Lat Judgment," are awfully graud aht!l terri bly sublime. With all the congregate millions of .Hicu of.all we ages befoi Him, the angels having separated th righteous from the wicked, the Jud? nindi' pronounce thc doom of tho wicked "Depart from UK, yo cursed, into eve histing fire, piep'nred for the devil an his angels." And when the sentence < .the one part and thc reward of tho othi part had beeb spoken. Ho concladoi And these shall go away into everlns lng puimhjncui, but the righteous int lifo eternal." I take these words of ot Lort* tc prove that the sufferines of lo men-hi perdition wijl be endless), an most keon ly tormenting; that that ata) of muery will bojteed and ek&fttW. ?Ul.'wl??ieiregard the text itself ?a set-, tiing foroTer.wU question,, jet (here are ether argumenta which tue/- h* coUct? ss corroborative. .JA) We,??f.derive at .>tt meat from the traditional belief of ?ea pf'sil ages, savage and civilized. In all systems if relirinn the doctrine of future punishment ?os. bad a piacO. The ancient Greeks had their. Tartarus, the' Latina their Infernus, the North American Indian consigned bb foes to, a diearr. waste, where uo cooling stream*'] and pleasspt hunting grounds were known. Our word Heil is cn Apglo Sason and Danish word, meaning the abode of evil spirits after death. Asie a n. Hartwell, our Missionary to China.) This belief is uni????! ; lt is worthy or consid?ration in the argument. (6) We haye what I will call pretump. fire evidence tn favor of my position. AU denominations of Christians; in all the ages since Peler and Paul to the pres ent time, bsvv held the doctrine that ibo Future punishment of the tricked would bo_ eudlc'tfs, and men who have rejected this dogma havo been regarded as uu lound, and have been expolied from the Churches. To this rule I know of no sxception'. Thia belicfy coming down From the days of Christ?, accepted by the Christian world as tbs teachings of Scrip-J ;ure, a long chain, all connected, with no'' ink wanting, the consensus of the Chrin isni Churches and at a large majority of [iibiic.il critics is very strong evidence in avor of the common interpretation of he" text (0) Coming to the Scripture, I offer rou what I will call incidental testimony. (1) Of Judas Iscariot, our Lord said: 'It hod been good for that man if he had mt been born."-Matthew 26:24. All vho believe in futuro punishment believe hst Judas., was lost. This I take for granted. But if from that lost estate the betrayer could escape and go to Heaven, hen nts blessedness would be complete; iis life would be holy and happy, and if n the far distant future he shafr ascend o Heaven,'then tho words of Jesus can lot be understood, for no life of sufferings ?an bo co extreme'in duration or degree .o to outweigh an eternity of bliss which ie shall ultimately enjoy. (21 Again,-Jesus said: . "Whosoever peakelh a word against the Son of Man t shall bo forgiven him ; but whosoever peaketh against the Holy Ghost it shall ot be forgiven him, neilner in this world, \eitherin (?icworldto cowie."-Math. 12:32. lay we not infer that men had commit ed this dreadful sin, that they were then n danger of committing it? or why these rantings of Jesus? We have ode sin, , e., against the Holy Ghost, for which here is no forgiveness, not in the future rorld. We havo one man, Judas, whose ii'sery is so extreme that his Master said f him: 'it ~sre better for h i rn that be ad not been bord." The case is made at. One apple grownand ripening on tree is proof conclusive that tao tre? bat bears it is an apple tree. Here are wo proofs to the same effect. These are ut "side-light" proofs, however. Who an say that these are exceptional case;? >oes an exceptional applo grow and ?perd?n a ?% tree ? (</) Let us consider the direct teach? uga of God's Word. It plainly declares bat the conditions of men are forever xed at death. In the text the words "everlasting," as pplicd to the punishment of the wicked, nd "eternal," as applied to the happi an of the righteous, mean the very imo thing. In the Greek, in which our toni spake, the Gauue word is used to escribe punishment an?i the happiness. t is atonto* And m cnn s endless in dura ion. If "everlasting" hero has a limit, ien docs not ''eternal" have the same mit? If this text does not teach the adless punishment of the wicked, then ; does not teach tho endless happiness of ie righteous. When one state ceases, ie other will cease, too., If happiness > good men beyond the grave is cease !ss, then, misery to bad mon must be >rever, too. This text, If it proves any ling for tho Universalist, proves too uich ; i, e., that Heaven and hell will otb havo in end in tho future ages, ireck scholars tell" us that ?J?is word ionios is the most expressive word for tillea duration in the Greek language, hoy further tell us that if this word oes not mean .endless duration io the mat absolute sense, then there is no word i that 'language to express the idea of lidless duration. Dr. G. W. Clarke, in ?frnotes on Matthew 25:46 says: "The lisery of the wicked will ba as enduring nd endless as the blessedness of th? ighteouB." He goes on U ay the word atonto*," translated everliving here, ia sed in the New Testament seventy-one mos, as follows : Three times it is sp ited to the long, indefinite post, twice to umpleted eternity without beginning or nd, fifty-one times to the future hftppi easof the righteous, se ven times to the iture misery of the wicked, and in the ight remaining instances it involves tho lea of an unending future. In scripture language the ?h - 6 of the >st is called "a place of toi.-r-.nt," "hell re;" "where their worm dicth not. and jeir fire is not quenched"-Mark 9:44. The. lake that burncth with fire and rirastone."-Rev. 21:8. "The bottom 's* pit."-ROT. 9:2. "A place of outer arkness, where there is weeping and nsahing of teeth/'-Math. 8:12. "A imaco of fire."-Moth. 18:42. "The rath of God," "the seconrbdeatV "un ucuchttblo fire,"-Luke 28:17. "Black ess of darkness."-Judo 13. "Torm?n id in fire and brimstone."-Rev. 14:10. I am tormented in this florae."-Ltice 5:24. "Tho smoke of their torment iceodeth up forever and ever: and they aveno rest, day nor night."-Rev. 14: ll. lonsider all these descriptive term*, Tin icy not prove-if words can rrfov? anv iling-that the punishment of the wicked rilllast forever? . Jesus and hts Apostl?s know the sig ificance cf tliese words; they knew rhat f"ce they carried with them, and nowingly applied them to the condition J misery to which wicked men will be wished. Take all of the?? expressions, lould our Lord and wis Apostles miaren esent the case? With all this awful nagery and terrible descriptions, how an wo doubt the reality? The argu lents from Scripture seem to my mind verwhetming. nut there ate other argu ?ents to meet the views of rftupualists nd scientific men..-who give not to God s Void the weight that the Christian gives, will notice some of these. IV. Arguments from reason, science nd history, fd) Conscience tolls us of retribution pt educated,' enlightened conscience lone, but the consciences of all men toll dem that thou will be a reckoning. If ot, why do men blush and start at the er???mbrance of their midnight crimea? 'hen I say, what all men in all sges and tates of' cnlturo and uncult?<re feel brough consciousness to be ?rue is a troDg argument in itself.. (6) I argue Crom the permanence of char We have constant Hluslrktions of this, labit in mau, becomes "second nature ' -character solidifie? and cryetalisea, ana ?ec?ne? more and more permanent ss nea grow older. Th? ratio of evil l? man aa be grow* older is ai an aaccud-og t?ies,,.' they ?.^eeotpe set in tbcir way*.R What reason hare we to bdjevelhat they will ever di kogo? ip) Will men hare new mothree, strong er influences in the regions; of Ute damned to win theiri to the right tweyvthnu they fcavebfere? Here they -bat* the Bible, in vitarions of Christ, wooing* of tho Holy Spirit, influente of Churched 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 oneroso from the dead."-Lube 16:81. (rf) .There is a pro "?rb of this kind : "Ii ia never too late to amend." Thie, like many otb'./ proverbs, is trna and false. : It ls fal? a* ?ta application to the condi tion of tts lost. It is falseas a scientific declaration. Canon Farrar'a words were ah elaboration of this sayt?^-that the man who had some desire for salvation, I who was somewhat awakened to the knowledge of his sips, and yet died un repentant, might die (n hope of a proba tion beyond the grave, and in bell lift up his eya?,ln bone of final sci ration. In the material world this proverb is false, as I will proceed to show. There are three kinds of natural laws, vis: Physical, Organic and Moral. (1) Take aa at?, illustration, gravitation io physical law. ; A ship careens from right to left, bot regains ber position. Trna may answer a good purpose. It makes sailors bold and skillful ; but that 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 bring it back to its proper position? When the ship is sunk' it is too ?ate to mend ! May it not be so as regards the indulgence in long con tinued sin, and the formation of perma nent character in the sinner? May it not be so? God's Word says it is so. (2) Take sn illustration from organic law. The Caoutchouc., or India Rubber, tree may be gashed at a certain point and mado to throw forth its gums; by judi cious incisions the 'tree may become stronger than beforo, and made to yield A greater amount of gum. But cut be yond a certaift limit, gashed through the heart, it falls, and prostrate it will forever lie! A thousand years of penalty will io nothing toward remedying tba ovil. It it* too late to mend. Illustrations may be taken from man. When he has abused himself and wasted 'als ?institution, and brought suffering on him ?If, although he rafler much and long, the sufferings are not remedial. It is too late to mend. There is penally in naturel law that is not remedial. Bishop Butler and Sir Isaac Newton call "analogy" tho supreme rule in science. We are arguing from analo gy. Suppose you discover Sn some geo logical deposit ft strange animal petrified. Dne foot you extricate, and find it pos sesses ten toes, all ending in claws, all mending downward toward tho foot; you ?et the other foot out it bas nine toes, di endicg in claws, all bending down ward toward (he foot. There is a tenth :oo imbedded in tho strata ; you see a" little of it; yo J see the place on the foot .vhcre it was joined; you crn't get it out, however. Now, is it not likw'y that that loo terminates in a claw, os did the nine teen? Would you suppose that it bent downward or upward? Would you be lieve that it terminated in a horn or ioof ? No. Why ? You argue from the ;en toes on the first foot that you ?got out itcy all had claws and bent downward ; rou argue from th j nine toes od the foot "rom which this last oner bas been broken >fT; you say : "Nineteen of them have inch and such form and shape and tw ninai parts ; surely, the other one has ?hese formations and parts." That is irgoiog from analogy-a Btrong argu ment Let us go back, then. We saw in na ural physical law, that the capsized ship voulu remain capsized forever. It was oo late to mend. In organic natural aw wo saw that the wasted constitution >f the inebriate, though suffering in ensely,. produced for itself no remedy. .Ve saw that the tree gashed beyond a sertain point would not recover itself he sufferings were not remedial, lt was oo late to mend. We arerin the domain of science. There is moral law in nature, too. Arguing from analogy, may not a time some to man when his mdtal nature, so >odly warped, and damaged, and wasted, cannot recover itself? When hq has joshed himself through the heart with sin ind fallen from G <c,'s favor and gone to >erdtlion, what reason is there to hope br reformation? We cannot trace all ho course of moral btw, but what .we ce of it points in this direction, and we ce a good deal. Lot us pause and pon ier before we abut our eyes to our own lafety. All this is scientific argument, 0 meet scientific men. We have the liible, whose utterances, as I havo howl], aro as the brightness of tbe me idian s. a, U> out-shine all the ignesfatui if science. V. Iwanttonoticeaomeobjectiopstothe loctrine of the endless nature of future lunishment (1) It is said: Tho language of Scrip ure that teaches thia doctrine is figura ive. Yes, figurative ; but the reality it tot opposed to the figure. When wo say 'Peace spreads her balmy wings o'er thc and." we do not mean tho'. Peace liter illy has wing's, nor do we meas that wai ind carnage, and devastation run riot Chat would bewcontrary to all interpreta ion. You may call the descriptivo tormi ipplicd to perdition drapery if you choose, mt the central truth is there. . It stand; ?ut to aU beholders. That central trott s the doer, of ungodly men irrevertibli ironouneed; ihe-firmg forever of character, 1 condition of intensest misery. It is thc iringing together cf all the unholy and in'ociieving men and .women and do viii if all .names and ages, the shutting o: bese up to the companionship of on? mother, beyond tho restraints of mora nflnences, outside the circle of good ox imples and holy counsel*-away fran ight, from Heaven, from God I In tb.ii vretched state of existence memory still ires. Conscience, like a whip ot seor lions, lacera e> the soul. Memory ant sonBCtence I brest God, what unwelcomi iompanior.s! But it is so. "Son, re neraber, deo." To my mind, .the saddes mell in ins doom of the "rich man" I iwMiA ?arda: "Son, remember." Th, nan can't escape from himself-hi? sins ike ghosts, follow bim, haunt him, up iraicl him, leer at him, torment bim I Til tell thee what is hell-thy memory, Kill mountalned up with records of the pasl leap over heap, all accents and all forms, Palling tho tale of joy and innocence, Ind hope and peace and love; recording, toe With stern fidelity, the thousand wrongs ?Vorked upon weakness and defenselessness The blest occasions trifled o'er and spumed Ul that hath been that ought net to bar been, s That might have been so different that n?i Cannot but be irrevocably past 1 Thy gangrccned heart, {tripped of Its' std-worn mask and spread a last 9?re. in its horrible anatomy, [feforo thine own excruciating gaze " [Stark v Remorse will born botter and i ceenly than fire. To the wiaa who salt 'There is not enough brimstone to kee I tip the tire? for so great ? rmrbber/'tho ! old negrees, truly replied : " You tobi your own brimstone along with you." Heil I will be mcff-?jenerating. j f5.) It is said that everlasting punish ment is out of proportion to the sin? of a i few years here. We do not know-we 1 cannot knowi Who can properly esti mate sin* When? does its innueuce. cease f A mau leads a iel low-being from the path of virtue, and launches him on a career of vice. From that wrong start he never returns-he dies io his sins. .Is not the evil of the seducer endlessly fastened on the seduced? But fortbat bad influence he might have been brought into harmony with God. and have been savod. Shall they not both suffer for ever for their crimes ? Aman dies in his sios^-diee in rebellion to God and hatred ,of holiuese-I)auk fixes his condition. The Bible says so. "JO the place whore thc tree falleth, there it shall be."-Eec. 11:3. J'He that is unjust, let him be unjust still ; and* he which is filthy, let him bo filthy still ; and he that is righ teous, let bim be righteous still ; and he that is holy, 1st him be holy still."-Rev. $52:11. Sm becomes endless; puuisb ment is made endless-there xs nc want of proportion between them. (3) It is said that endless punishment is in disharmony with God's goodness. How do we know that? God's justice and righteousness are attributes cf bis nature, as are love and mercy. One will not be exercised at the expense of the other. Is God good? Then He will be f;ood to his ch?dren-His obedient fol owen, who bear His image and adore H?B name. Would it be justice to them for God to take unsanctified men into Heaven? Would the unholy, unsancti fied nature enjoy the pure, holy bliss of Heaven? Take bad men into the holy society of God and Christ, and pure angels and blood-washed souls, and they "would bo out of place-would feel unen durable misery, would escape if they could, would retire to some secluded nook or corner, away from light and love and purity, and would set up a hell ojt their own I lt is a merciful , dispensation of tho great Ged to assign tho hopelessly bad, the reprobates, the irremediably vile, to quarters by themselves. Among the requests of tho "rich man," in Luke 16th, he does not ask to be taken up to "Abra ham'* bosom." He did not want to*5o '/here. Watti' in hall would afford him some relief, bat transference of self and sin to the abode of perfeot love would have aggravated his misery I The obverse of this is true also. The eoul purified by the blood of Christ, sublimated by long and earnest conflicts with sin, by long pantinga after holiness ; thus by constant approximations having effloresced into tho image of the pure and holy God, would not find hell a place of torment. Character makes the difference. ' Would Paul, or McCheyne, or Summerfield groan and writhe if thrust down into ?erdition? No. They would cayy leaven, and holiness and Jesus with them. (4) It is urged that hell is a reform measure. Tho text denies it when it says "everlastingpunishment." Read tho par able of the fen Virgins : "And tho door was shut. Afterwards came also the other Virgins, saying, 'Lord, Lord, open to us ;' but be answered and said, 'Verily, 1 say unto you, I know you not.' "-Mntb. 25: ll-12. Read the overthrow of Sod om and Gomorrah. Does it sound like a reform measure f Seo the destruction that overtook Anauias and Sapphia. Does that look like a reform measure t Ii future punishment is rem?diai, then when the lo3t aro all expurgated and transferred to Heaven, air annihils t?d, Satan and his angels will be left alone. Will Satan be reformed ahd taken back to God, too? The old Adversary, the Father of lies, the Deceiver of men l\ Can you conceive of his reformation t If this doctrine bf tho final restoration of all things to God's favor bo truo, I cannot see tho need for an atonement. It sup?reedes the necessity of Christ's death. In conclusion, God sends no man to hell. -The bible no where teaches such a doctrine. No orthodox minister preach es it; but it is just aa true that God will not. by phyical force put men into Heaven. He desires their salvation. "H J is not willing that any should periih, " ;t that all should come to. repentant*:*." 2 Pet. 8:9. "Ao I live, saith tho Lord God, I have no pleasure in tho death ol the wicked: but that tho?'triked turn from his way ana live : turn ye. turn ye from your evil wayB : for why will yo die ?" Erek. 33 : ll. Men choose perdition ; Men make their own destruction. He who hate: Qod and holiness has a germi.ialhell with in him now. Milton makes Satan to say ; "Which way I fly is hell : myself am hell" An unholy man has in his heart the fire! of perdition, which in duo time will bural out and consume him. He can't gel away from himself, and unless ho turni to God for help and seeks salvador through Jesus' blood, God cannot hel ium. "Every man will 30 where, in hi: deepest nature, he desires to go."-Mc Arthur. Ho who is lost is a moral suicide My brethren, what an awful reflection Half this people of this town-our neigh bore, our lathers, our husbands, our wives our children-are on the road to endlcs woe! "I-any man iove not the Lort Jesus Christ, let him bo Anathema Mar anatha'."-1 Con. 16:22. O, my "-iends how will you meet the "wratl of th Lamb?" By the happiness of Heaven by the horrors Of perdition, by the Lovi of God, by the Blood of Christ, b\ th< shortness of timo, by tho value of y ra souls, I beseech you, turn to. God ant live. It is related that some years ago, befor the Union'Pacific Railroad had bourn tho East and California together, whet travel to tho Pacific coast was made h; 3tage-Coach.es, an old stage driver la; dying. In a miserable shanty, lit up by : dim, tallow candie, the old man wa i-aiied to contend with the Grim Monstei He had' been an ungodly man, had nea tected religion; now the film of dcat had gathered ov?r h is eyes, and tho clam my sweat was,droping his'brow; thor had been no |?vs ir, no lifting of th heart to God ; as* his breathing becam more labored, he was seen to put ono foe out of .bed and swing it back and fort! His attendant drew near and said: "Ten: what is the matter?" He said: "Tai tm the down-grade, and I can't gel my fot vnthelnrakel" . Dear hearer, it may be so 'with yoi On tho "d^J^i-?radt" iz- hill, ?u? ooi abi lo get your foot on the brake 1 Come 1 Christ ?ow- "Behold I stand at tho doc (tod knock : if any man hear. my vc?' and open the door. I will come in ?~ * " and will sun with him and .he with 1 * -Rev. 8:20. But 'Because I have called, and ye refused ; I have stretched out my hand, and nu ma regarded; / But ye have set at naught all my counsc and would nono of my reproof: I also will laugh at your calamity : I will mock when your fear cometh ; When your fear comet?' aa desolation, And your destruction cometh as a wliii wind; When distress and anguish cometh up< i you. Then ?hall ye call upon me, but I will n answer : Ye shall aeek mc earnestly, but ve shall t fi id me." Prov. 1:24-2?. "God tailing yet: shall I not bear? Earth V, plMjures thal! 1 sill held ?sa? ? mm ? "* {?hall InVa swift passing yon? ?ll fly ? And sUlLmy soul ic slumber lio? "dod callina yet! shall I not rise? Can I his loving voice despise? And basel; his kind cara repay,? fie calls mo still ; cari I delay ? "God calling yet ! and shall he knock, And I tuy hear* the closer lock ? He still Is waiting tc receive; And ?hall I dat* bis Spirit grieve ? . "God calling yet ! and shall I give No heed, bu: still in bondage live? I walt, but he does not forsa'.e: Ho calls me still! my heart aux)JU ! "God calling yet ! I canroc y xy ; My heart I yield wlthou" de^.y ; Vain world farewell: from thee I part ; Tho voice of God hatti reached my heart." ['fertteegtn. PRIFTMG FRAUDS. THE ENOitSfOUS SWINDLES OF THE PRINTING RING. Tb? Legislative Aillo? of Ute Republican Printing Company-Another Installment of the Investigating Committee's He po rt. The folh^iug additional report WM 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 eloak for robbing and plun dering the State. The Gtory forms a striking chapter in the volume of Kor ruption and profligacy : After having reported on other matten referred to thom, your cotsmittee hos now to consider tho matter of public printing! Before entering into tue de tails of asyBtem of fraud by which, under this guise, the- State Treasury waa de pleted more effectually than by any other Boheme (unless it be through the issuing of pay certificates) the committee desire to engage in adv?rc- Ute public'indul gence. Whilst fraud, bribery and cor ruption were rife in evory department of the State . government; nothing hos equalled the magnitude and infamy at tending the management Of the public printing. So much of comment is ne cessary, even though each statement we Bholl make is verified by reliable testi mony. The corruption was every where prev alent, and the division of the spoils or tenden from the highest official to the 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 tho amounts expendedfo? the benefit of those persons, th? fund obtained was devoted to the obtaMish ment and support of various Republican journals, daily and weekly, but princi pally to aid the Charleston Daily Repub lican, th? Columbia Daily Union and Columbia Union-Herald. A largo umonnt of money was expended annually for the support of these and kindred napers without any legal authority, and bills purporting to po presented under, br by virtue of law illegally and fraudulently increased in amount*, to many thousands of dollars, were paid year after year from the State Treasury. Al first, as will ap Eear from the testimony, under Mr. )enny'u contract, the spoils were con fined to a few of-tho leading members of the General Aescmbly ; but a majority did not lik^o Donny's close manner of conducting' business. Hence the Caro lina Printing ' Company wa* , formed, composed c??t?j? plate officiais and the editors of the Columbia Union and Charleston Republican. After this the Bystem of issuing pay certificates for public printing for division become ai 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 priateo," uni?os the taking of it by the officials and members can be construed as an appropriation, whiph it literally was; not content with this, claims when paid by the Treasurer for permanent and current printing were in several ' in stances raised to three times the original amounts and that' paid and divided: these payments thus raised were n??cd to the printing accounts in order that this ring should not lose thereby. The checko and evidences show that the Clerk, af the Senate (Woodruff) was. to take care of tho "circle of friends" In the Senate, and Clerk Jones of "the friends in the House," and they were jointly to toko care of State officials. Your committee experienced great dif ficulty i'd arriving at the amounts actual ly paid for public printing, os the sum was largely in excess of that charged on the becks of the State Treasurer. We ascertained that large payments 'hod been ostensibly for printing which wcro charged to other convenient accounts, and hence wo were obliged to examine and go through all the vouchers from 1868 to 1876, at the expense of much time and labor. Tho amount appropri ated-and paid during this time, ' .elud ing the publication of the general laws, and claims for printing, was $1,826,589 a sum largley in excess of the cost of public printing, from the establishment sf the State government up to 1868, in cludiog all payments made durh;? the war in Confederate currency. In this conncctidn, we respectfully invite atten tion to paper marked exhibit E.'"Q. G., in further illustration of the extravagant md enormous cost of publie printing luring thet>? flush times bf the so-called printing ring , also to the appropriations made at the sessions 1872-73, when ap propriations ' for publio printing 'and amounts paid newspapers for p/Tnting. act? reached $45,000, or $171,759 moro than the printing cost the State for twenty years ; commencing at 1840-41 and ending 1865-66, including $42 isi.o?, pata during tne war in 1884 in Confederate currency for one year's printing. This statement includes pay ments made throughout the war, when the due value of labor and materials ascended in ratio with the depreciation :>f Confederate currency; and included also the amounts paid for printing at the tassions of 1865-66, when owing to '-V e jestruction of our railroads, tho freights upon printing material alone, cost more, than material and frcighes combined in 1872-3. The public printing in this State, cost $460,000 for one year, exceed ?UK ino cost of like work in Massachu letts, Penn?' 'rania, Ohio, Maryland and New York by $122,985.18, embracing as they do, five ' of the largest and meet oopulous of the Northern, Eastern, vVestern and Southern States. A -comparison between the cost of printing during the same year in Ohio and South Carolina, with regard to population and wealth will prove bow enormous were the inroads made on, tho Preasury by the printing ring of this SUte. Wealth of Ohio.....$1,167,731,697 00 Wealth of South Caro ilcft, under extrava gant assessment....... 183,913,837 00 Population of Ohio.2,605,260 Population of South Carolina... 705,606 Amount appropriated for printing in Ohio.$63,000.00 Amount . appropriated . for printing in thuth Carolins. t?OflGO 00 Cost of printing per cepita in Ohio about..02} Coat of printing per capita in Booth Carolina about..63| Ohio, with nearly four tines the pop* elation of South Carolina, and over nine times the capacity to pay, obtained her printing for $63,000, whiut it cost in free South Carolina 1460,000. In addi tion to this, oar comparison of the das* of printing paid for in Ohio, we find that $27,000 of tho expense? charged waa for a kind of printing not required in this State. For a further comparison rte re fer to paper io the evidence marked ex hibit ''A. H. D.," ic which it is. shown that there was appropriated during the session of 1872-78. by this State, $178.* ??4 more than the cost of printing itv all the thirteen Southern States for the last fiscal, year. It will also be seen that I there waa. appropria A $386,000 at the .eastons of 1874-76 for printing in South Carolina, making a total of $835,000 I within two years, or an average bf $145, 694 per annum over and above the cost of printing in all the Southern States for the past fiscal year. Io proof of these statements we append letters from offi cials iu the other Southern States, and derive grim satisfaction from tito, appall ing figures presented from Louisiana, rivaling ber sister in calamity and pat ting to the deepest blunb, even to the shame, of Radicalism iu South Carolina. Your committee herewith submit a Eortion of Mr. Woodruffs testimony earioapupon this subject, so that some idea may be had of tho system and re sults of this stupendous plundering of the tre&ury of the State. Mr. Woodruff swears that he waa 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 expect?tions ju the division of the profits arising from the publio prinimg. in the fall or winter of 1870 tho Carolina Print ing Company was organized by Messrs. J. \V. Donny, R. E. 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 tho Senate thought that as this was a matter of Senate patronage they should have a percentage of the profita from the printing. In order to carry out.' the wishes of the "friende." Mr. Leslie pro posed that pay certificates for various amounts, ranging from three to five thousand dollars, for current printing, bo drawn, and one-third or one-fourth ol tho amount realized bo given to th? chairman of the Committee on Printing for division among the friends, includ ing some fifteen or sixteen Senators Thia -system was Carried out aa long ai moneys could be paid out of any BU tm lu the treasury not otherwise nppropri ated, and was only cheeked and stopp?e when the law for sp?cifie appropriation; and payments was enacted. -Beside! this, Woodruff testifies that a vast desi of unofficial and dea?-head work wai done by the company for outsiders friends and member? of the General As senibly; that certificates wero usual!* discounted at the South Carolina Ban] aud Trust Company, of which bank Gov R. K. Scott, Treasurer Nil?? G. Parke and Attorney General Chamberlain wen stockholders. The checks in the band of the committee aro but a portion of tb amounts paid during Jhjs, lime cf th above arrangement. ' The money wa deposited to the credit of the Printie] Company, and sometimes, according, i the witness, division or "gr?.i!S5st!?u checks ware drawn against deposit ii the Carolina National Bank, wbiol checks he supposes are still hejd by thee banks. Tho testimony of Woodruff, corroboi ated by the checks in tho hands of you committee, show that the followiu named persons received severally th amount? annexed to their eames, undc said Arrangements : Senator IT. J. P. Owens; 5 check $1,000 each. Senator Y. J. P. Owets, 1 check, $2,001 I Senator James M. Allen, 2 checks. $6C each, 000. Senator James M. Allen, 1 check, $20 Senator L. Wirobuah. 1 check, $300. Senator L. Wimbusb', 1 check, ?'?'v0. Senator L. Wimbush, 1 check, $250. Representative B. A. Bpsemon, 1 cbecl $250. Representative B. A. Bosomon, 1 ched $100. Senator E. E. Dickson, 2 checks, $3( each, (600. Senator B. F. Whittemore, 5 cbecl $1,610. Representative James N. Heyne, checks, $700; - Senator J. Hoilinsbead, 1 check, $8 Senator W. B. Nash, 2 checks. t760. Senator H. W. Duncan. 8 checkB, SIS Senator R. Smalls, 2 checks, $250. ? Senator J. L. Jamison, 4 check?, $37 Senator John Wilson, 1 check, $74. Lieutenant Governor A. J. Rnnsler, check, $227.80. Representative J. B. Dennis, 8 caccl $360. Representativo W. H. Jones, 2 ched $850. Representative T. A. Davis, 1 chec $60 8ev.ft.tor J, A. Green, 1 check, $100. Sena'or S. A. .S wails, 8 checks, $200. Representative A. L. Singletou.l chet $60. Representative W. J. Whipper, check, $200. Senator C. P. Leslie, 1 check. $200. Senator J. F. Beckman, 1 check, $! Thus, before the organization cf t Republican Printing Company, fiftc Senators and soven Representatives : ceived the above sums under this " visi?n and silence" printing arrauirerac Tour commuieo also call, your atti tion to the evidence of Woodruff, when he reveals the combination of Goven 8cott, Treasurer N. /O. Parker a Comptroller General Nesgle, where $45,000 printing accounts were si to Nesgle, afterwards raised and ceiptcd for on Treasurer's books at $? 0001 thus defrauding the State out $45,000 at one stroke I The accou when exhibited, contained charges discount on former bills, as if a St should pay a discount on raised i fraudulent bills. Woodruff is corro rated by Clerk Jones, who swears ti tho compsny did not receive any of t money, except tho $20,000 paid Nesgle, bat Woodruff says that it it i to suppose that Parker and Scott ki who received the money, as hy U'w, Treasurer's check required the cour signature of the Governor before p meet. An examination of the Tres rer1? stub check book ?how? that che wera drawn to pay tho raised $46, claim, in three equal amounts, confirm Wc-oorufTs inference ?a to tba dirk of the ?poll? between Scott, Parker i Neagla. Woodruff also ?weirs, that was not only compelled to satisfy fi atora, .but bad to buy off the opposi of members cf the House of Represe; ti ve*, who were dissatisfied arith th oj menu made by Clerk Jones." "1 State officials. Judges, lawyers? edil reporters, lobbyists,, male and fem white and black, ail from the highes the lowest, manifested deep inter?s th? pas?fego of the Republican Printing Company's billa, and wera paid, aecord ipg to the supposed value cf their sarvi ces and influence.", lu r?f?renc? to the appropriation for $250,000, approved December 21, 1872, Woodruff says that he can enumerate but a portion of the amount? paid, which are as follow? : Gov. F. J. Moses...?.,....$20,000 F. L. Cardoso, Treasurer. 12,500 Beuator B. F. Wbittemore. 5,000 Senator Y. J. P. Owens. 5,000 Senator W. B. Nash. 6,000 Senator 8. A. Swalls. 2,600 Senator 3. E, Gaillard. 600 8enator W. E. Jervey...... 1)00 Senator J. L. Jambon. 200 Senator J. L. Ja rn ison. 100 Senator E. E. Dickson. 200 j 8enator H. J. Maxwell. 1,000 1 Senator O. D. Havne.1. 600 oenator W. H. Jones. 600 Senator J. W. White. 160 Senator J. M. Smith. 800 Senator W. E. Holcombe. 250 Senator W. E. Johnston. 600 Ex-Lt. Gov. A. L Renaler. 600 Lt. Gov. R. H. Glcaves. 800 Senator HrO. Corwin. 800 Senator G. F. McIntyre. 200 Senator O. Smith.,.. 600 Senator John Leo...i. 1 .100 Senators. Ford...... 60 Senator J. Lee.,.,,. 100 Woodruff's testimony, and checks aa turned in by him in this transaction, show that several high State ofilcinls and twenty-two Senators out- of thirty-three (twenty-one of whom were EopuDiicans 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 not endor sed and other payments, the startling fact will appear that not less than $98, 600 was paid at one session on ibo pas sage of one bill for printing, as BEIDES, an.i gratification. This bare statement would be weakened by any further com ment on its enormity. But this I? far from being all. It further appears from the testimony of Woodruff, corroborated by thc bookn of the Republican Printing1 Company, also by .LeGrand Benedict, business manager of said company, that the following additional sums wore paid out to secure the appropriation of $281, 000 and interest, approved December If?, 1873: * Lieut. Gov. R. H. Gleaves.$2,600 Senator T. O. Andrews.6,00r Senator H. Cardozo (statistician)... CO 8enator F. A. Clinton,.1,200 Senator L. Cain., 1,000 Senator H. C. Corwin... 1,500 Senator E. E. Dickson (statistician) ' 800 Senator T. C. Dunn. 1,000 tt*n*tr.r s. "E. Gai?ird. y.flOO Serfator C. D. Hayne. 1,000 Senator W. E. Holcombe.. 1,000 Senator J. Hollinshead... 1,000 Sanator W. R. Jervey.1,200 Sonator W. E. Johnston. 1,000 Senator W. H. Jones. 1,600 Senator J. L?e. 1,000 Senator Moses Marti?). 1,000 Senator G. F. McIntyre. 2,000 Senator H. J. Maxwell........ 2,600 Senator W. B. Nash.i.,.5,000 Senator Y. J. P. Owens. 5,000 Ssmrhr R. Smalls.6,000 Senator C. Smith. 1,000! Senator S.*M. Smith.....1,000 Senator 8. A. Swalls.6,000 Sonator John Wilson. 600 SySStc* J. t? uiip.. 1,000 Se?alor B. F, Wbittemore. 5,000 : Aggregating the' large amount. of j $57,200, paid to twenty-seven SeR?.toi,3i out of thiriy-threo, and to Lieutenant Governor Gleaves aa President of thoi Senate. Woodruff explains, as due to Senators Cardozo and Dickson, that they furnished statistics for tho immigration report, and to Andrews that he regarded the amount paid him as a subscription il to his paper, tho Columbia Union-Iferald; ' aud.alao that Senator Dickson never asked or received from him (Woodruff) any valuablo consideration for any vote he gave SB Sanator. The committee, therefore, conclude that whatever was giveu to Dickson bf Woodruff was only il. as a gratuity. Of course none of the*?"! sumo could havo been paid withouMthej ' appropriation. In addition to thc above, - Woodruff and Jones swear that the fol-' lowing amounts, which appear on the! books of the company, were paid State officials on thc passage of the bili : Gov. F. J. Moses.--,.....$10,500 F. L. Cardozo, Treasurer. 12,600 S. L. I logo, Comptroller General. 6,000 So the amount paid by Jones, Clerk of tho HOUBO, added to that paid by Wood ruff, suma up $124,969 expended for bribes and "commissions" on the above measure alono. Woodruffs testimony and tho books of tho printing company show the enormous sum of 5835,866.90 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 ap arrange ment at first to pay him ten por cent, for, prompt payments, but in consideration of the heavy payments made to the Gen-: eral Assembly, ho agreed to reduco it to five per cent. The payment? made to Cardozo were alway? in currency, with one or two exceptions, when he received j pa) certificates belonging to tho com-, nany." He farther say? that tho com-: ?* any,was severely black-mailed for thai Jnian-Hcrald whilst that paper wasj owned by Governor Chamberlain and] Treasurer Cardo*.* ? ?\aot tho booksbf the Republican Printing Company'were kept by W. H. Jackson, The sscsnts paid to state officers and Senators appear on said books, in most instances, with tbej initials of their names levereed-indi cating an attempt on tho part of ?aid company and it? bookkeeper to concesi | ?nA A"izz.: z, -b?Lt -'--j ?iicuinolres un- j derstood and thus kept record of the real parties. The testimony of LeQnjnd Benedict, business manager of said company, is ! well worth attention as corroborating. Woodruff, He say? the term "8. 8. Fund," on tho book? of tho company/ originated, he thinks, with W, TL Jack-: ?on, the bookkeeper, and denoted gra tuities to legislator* ?nd public officiala in aid of the passage of the bill and col lection of the claims ot the company, against the State : that lt z siasd??c agreement between the companv and Treasurer Cardozo that be was to receive ten per cent, on all.suma paid the com pany by tho-State, and it wises within cay (hts) knowledge that under said agreement Cardozo did receive ten per cent. On certain sums paJi by him to the company ; that in some instances he re ceipted for lurgor suma than were paid bim (witness.). Witness also paid very considerable amount? to Senators on the order of Woodruff. Tba witness examined bis Woodruff's account and found it in the ?ame. condition as that of Clerk 'A. O. Jones. He says that he has no doubt that the entries made on pago 24 of pay: menta made to certain State o?j?ecre wore correct, and th a* tba? were in the hand writ^ of w. H. Jackson. Mr. Wood ruff is sustained in hi? charge? by the confessions of Senators themselves-. (*f* testimony of Squalor Cfc!a and others admitting tho receint of tho money.) Pursuing tba testirooay of Woodruff, bs South C^Hoa. 3*Qk Md Trait O&i?i BWiwf?r Gov.. B? ?f? ??eott? ato Indue? hm, while be wa? vrovernpjy to trigo a ohe?k <bri;|tl jopo,, gi cea by. Treasurer barker to the pr?aUng company,.; Wood, ???* produced bia bank hook,' whick snow4d?t?at the check caftan paid? and oppoeite the credit, in Jacob?* hand writing, the word *<Scott.?- The book? Of the 3*nk and .Truiit Company also ?.'./: ?how that this amount waa placd to the credit of Gov.Scott on the ?anti da> was reeolyed from Woodruff, and OK tho samo dar tho $11>000 waa carried to the - credit of the company. WW bsro inssr*,*? few extracto tfoni tin* diary of Mr. Woodruff, confirmatory of bis ttsllmony, whioH will ?how that in most easer wheo hv :pa?d ont money,' or gave a chock, it wes intered, with-?he nome of tits party and date of paynjoufc," We refer yon to exhibit ?'W," attached to WoodruiTa eridcoce, containing a large number of extracts from ki? diary, bearing on the subject of publio printing principally; . SATURDAY, January 4,1873. Beceived a dispstob from LeGrand vi relativo to rumor-: ?,bont iojunc?uu on payment of printing bills. Mr. Arnold was present, and I exhibited tomoer vrhich ? ouuutd not have done. God grant that I may bo saved from swearing. Sont reply to the dispatch, telling Le Grand that I would leave fer Columbia te? morrow morn inc, and to keep the buffers quiet until my return. Su H DAY, January 6,1878.-Arrived in Columbia at 6:30 p. m. Neagl?* and Mi nort came to see me. Promised to take care of MinorVe note sud to endorso it. MONDAY, January 6,1878.?-Endor8ed a note for Minort for-$600, sixty daye. That I consider a company affair. ; TUESDAY, January 7, 1673.-Bowley proposed to take printing bills for hi? fay. Promised to consider the matter, hat will not do. TUESDAY, Jaituary 7, 1873.-Naub, Gleavea. Jones, dee., stayed late this even- . ing. This Legislature hos a bard set. I expect to be the most unpopular-man going now.; To disburse money and not be ania to **ve any ss it guia through is pretty rough to Josephus. WEDNESDAY, January 8,1878.--Jack son isa fraud, and don't know how to make ont printing bills. FRIDAY, January 10, li73.-Whilst waiting breakfast, was called upon to go down stairs to Mr. Cardoso. Ho desired to say to me that he wished to. bavo us take >y\ok some bills payable and war- , rant for. Supreme Court decisions from * Governor Moses, nod be would give us a check for $50,000-$20,000 of which was to be paid to Moses. This waa done. Oa*e $600 to Gaillard; $300 to Jervoy. FRIDAY, January 10,1878.-Chamber-, lain informs mo that Helton is very apt to make us shew our hands. Well, I sm ready to do it. They are all ? set of frauda. Trust LeGrand will make Sper Sr'a note sixty days, It is a big fraud, toyed up until 1 o'clock. Cleaves;Nash, Smalls and myself bad an oyster supper. Smalls paid for it; a^d Nash oat lt; and so it goes, . SUNDAY, January 12, 1873.-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. Jon? and I called on Governor Moses and spoke to him about eflerting a settlement. . It was a bord day for Sun day, and I trust God will forgive us for our actions, as wo could not help it MONDAY, January 18, 1878.-After breakfast, went over to .Benedict's, and mallo further arrangements relativo to printing affairs.' Ordered him to make , out two checks for oar salaries aa Presi- ? dent and Treasurer of the company 110,000 to Jones, and $10,000 to myself. (This was small pay for two years' serv ices.) Also a check for $3,000 for Car ioso. He did so, and gave each A <heck ror$10.0v)0. I paid $3,00Q to Cardoso. VLited Berry's with Cain and asked bim to let Cain nave what ho wanted. BWEDNESDAY, January 16, 1873.-Bo ived ihrco bores of champagne from uooper & Taylor { albo one basket. Or dered some cigars, also. Nash called early this morning Well. t?s ^ill io take care of bia friends..' Paid Kinnrd an account of C. D. Hoyne $200. Yes terday drew checks for John Lee, $100 ; J.- H. White, $100; -H. J,y Maxwoli, D?.000 ; 0.1), Hayne, $20?-- W. II. Jones, Jr., $600. Arranged with Smalls. THURSDAY, January 16.-Paid Berry, 3ulzbacher, Daffie and several others. Promised Mr. Oleares$30C. Drew check For Bansier for $500 ; Holcombe $260 ; Hollinsb?ad?lOO ; Bobert'Smalls $5,000 ; . Johnston $600. This has been a doy of much excitement to me. M ^.THURSDAY, January 16.-Cardnw ?ave us check for $100,060. Ipr0po?s.to jive Uardoso $12,AQOout of this. That ?rill be a big thing, hits.. If ?ye?/bt? Parker we would probably bavo bael to pay half of it and then not get it. Jones and self will come out eic;,? about ?30, fKX) between Us, or $15,000 each'. PE?DA Y, January 17, 1873.-Drew cheers for B, F. Whitemore $5,000 ; 8. A. Swells $2,500 ; C. Brookbank* $100;' B. H. Gleavea $800. FRIDAY, January 17, 187S.-Well, I think I havo made 'Whittemore, Smalls, Nash, Stephens. Swails and some others my friends, or they should bo if tkty are not. ?But I wonder if I will ever get ou s beAUhy b*5la from the wolves. I bato Keafcie. SATURDAY, January 18, ?".73.~Gate J. M, Smith a check for $3uO : Nod?, a check for $3,000 ; White a check fo?f?p.; Now, I think that, ia enough for tho MONDAY, January 20,1873.-Drew a check for Corwin for $300 ; McIntyre '?200. Had a cou?orsaiion . with Aim Hurley to-day. I thought had nuit him, but he is still Very pressing. Tim has money enough, ana why be should keep our nose to tho grind stone is very strang? indeed. .Had a consultation with Bowley, and lie promi^d to do what we wanted. He told me be was willing to let everything else go by tho board, if he did not get that appropriation through for printing. . / FBIDAY, January 24, iil878.-?rGavo John Len check for $100, and promised to give C. Smith. Tho per'diem hill with $50,000 for cui^t printing went through second reading >o-aay without a dissenting voice. Tow shaws the justice of awe ?li?m*. I ?Ktr.tr *ut-x- - itrhi^~ be. Drew check for (X Smith for'$500. Must give Cain and Jervoy soma moro and old Ford $60. 'FBIDAY, January 24,1873.-Paid Car doso $5,000 to-day. He ought to feel good. f ? t TUESDAY, January 28, 187S.-Settled bills, of Mr. Stanley, Fagan Bros. and ?tharsi Taylor seat som? ?nmor, for which I s?ppose he most receive pay cer tificates. Am sick of this liquor busi ness. , Must ?ive Cardoso $5,000 m/frea* BOOn 2; pcisih.e. Tah J?AI- ?ni, gets h::r. every time. That ls better than to let it remain "idle in the 'State'Treasury. Agreed with Jones that Hurley should got $2,600. THURSDAY. January 30.-Neagla 'has beaten tts all through, and I am still afraid vf him. ne is a perfect night mare to us. Jones gars Tim a check for $2,500 to-day. I think that is enough for Tim. Efe ia another sharper. THURSDAY, January 80.-Suppose by tho timo the Legislatoro adjourns tho wolves of the executive departments will scent mote keenly ior Jones and Wood ruff. , THURSDAY, January SO.-Caloso", I must admit did very well, be hos tried to save us Civin tito crowd, and does not wan? to allow thcsa.to m*Ve so mach oat of the appropriations. They are all s damned Bet of woWea fcr>y hew. I sup pose thoy will unite against us for blood, Mcintyre y> ??l aftor me, > Fal DAY, January SI, 1S73.- Gave Mc (abxci>u&& 01* Iburfk