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VOL. V. .MANNING, CLARENDON COUNTY, S. C., WEDNESDAY, JULY 10, 1889. NO. 31. BAD COMPANY. Sermon by Rev. T. De Witt Tal mage, D. D. Young Men Shord Beware of Skeptics, Idlers and Pleasure Seekers - The Ways in Which They Seek to Lead the Upright Astray. In his recent sermon at the Brooklyn Tab ernacle Dr. Talmage chose forhis text'Prov erbs xiii, 20: "A companion of fools shall be destroyed." The eloquent preacher spoke as follows: "fay it please the court," said a con victed criminal, when asked if he had any thing to say before sentence of death was passed upon him, "may it please the court, bad company has been my ruin. I received the blessings of good parents, and, in re turn, promised to avoid all evil associations. Had I kept my promise I should have bon saved this shame. and been free from the load of guilt that hangs round me like avul ture, threatening to drag me to justice for crimes yet unrevealed. I. who once moved in the first circles of society, and have been the guests of distinguished public men, am lost, and all through bad company." This is but one of the thousand proofs that the companion of fools shall be destroyed. It is the invariable rule. There is a well man in the wards of a hospital, where there are a hundred people sick with ship fever, and he will not be so apt to take the disease as a good man would be apt to be smitten with moral distemper, if shut up with in iquitous companions. In olden times prisoners were herded to gether in the same cell. but each one learned the vices of all the culprits, so that, instead of being reformed by incarceration, the day of liberation turned them out upon society beasts, not men. We may, in our places of business, be compelled to talk and to mingle with bad men, but he who deliberately chooses to as sociate himself with vicious people is en gaged in carrying on a courtship with a Delilah, whose shears will clip off all the locks of his strenght, and he will be tripped into perdition. Sin is catching, is infectious, is epidemic. I will let you look over the millions of people now inhabiting the earth, and I challenge you to show me a good man, who, after one year, has made a choice and consorted with the wicked. A thou sand dollars reward for one such instance. I care not how strong your character may be. Associate with gamblers. and you will become a gambler. Clan with burglars, and you will become a burglar. Go among the unclean, and you will become unclean. Not appreciating the truth of my text, many a young man has been destroyed. He wakes up some morning in the great city, and knows no one except the persons into whose employ he has entered. As he goes into the store all the clerks mark him, measure him, and discuss him. The upright young men of the store wish him well, but perhaps wait for a formal in troduction, and even then have some deli cacy about inviting him into their associa tions. But the bad young men of the store at the first opportunity approach and offer their services. They patronize him. They profess to know all about the town. They will take him anywhere he wants to go-if he will pay the expenses. For if a good young man and a bad young man go to some place where they ought not. the good young man has invariably to pay the charges. At the mo Ia ' 'd o e -y - e settled for, the bag , feels around in his pockets and says: "I have forgotten my pocket book." In forty eight hours after the young man has en tered the store the bad fellows of the estab lishment slap him on the shoulder familiar ly, and, at his stupidity in taking certain il lusions, say: ?31y young friend, you will have to be broken in.;" and they immediately proceed to break him in. Young man, in the name of God I warn you to beware how you let a bad man talk familiarly with you. If such -an one slap you on the shoulder familiarly, -turn round and give him a withering look, until the wretch crouches in your presence. There is no monstrosity of wickedness that can stand unabashed under the glance of purity and honor. God keeps the lightnings of heaven in his own scabbard, and no human arm can wield them; but God gives toevery young man a lightning that he may use, and that is the lightningof an honest eye. Those who havd been close observers will not wonder why I give warning to young men and say, "Beware ef bad company." First-I warn you to shun the skeptic the young man who puts his fingers in his vest and laughs at your old-fashioned re ligion, and turns over to some mystery of the Bible and says: "Explain that, my pious friend; explain that." And who says: "No body shall scare me: I am not afraid of the future; I used to believe in such things, and so did my father and mother, but I have got over it." Yes, he has got over it; and if you sit in his company a little longer, you will get over it too. Without presenting one argument against the Christian religion, such men will, by their seers and scofrs and earicatures, destroy your respect for that re legion which was the strength of your father in his declining years, and .the pillow of your old mother when she lay a-dying. AlasI a time will come whenthat bluster ing young infidel will have to die, and then his diamond ring will flash no splendor in the eyes of death, as he stands over the couch, waiting for his soul. Those beauti ful locks will be uncombed upon the .pillow, and the dying man will say: "I can not die-I can not die." Death standing ready beside the couch, says: "You must die; you have only half a minute to live; let me have it right away-your soul." "No," says the young infidel, "here are my gold rings, and these pictures; tike them all." "No," says death, "what do I care for pictures!-your soul." "Stand back," says the dying infidel. "-I will not stand back," says iDeath, -'for you have only ten seconds now to live: 1 want your soul." The dying man says: '-Don't breathe that cold air into my face. You crowd me too hard. It is get ting dark in the room. 0 God!" "Hush," says Death, "you said there was no God." 'Pray for me," exclaims the expiring infi del. "Too late to pray," says Death, "but three more seconds to live, and I will count them off-one-two-three." He has gone:I Where! Where? Carry him out-out. and bury him beside his father and mother, who diedi while holding fast the Christian relig ion. They died singing; but the young in fidel only said: -'Don't breathe that cold air into my face. You crowd me too hard. It is getting dark in the room." Agamin u.arge you to shun the companion ship of idlers. There are men hanging around every store, and office, and shop, who have nothing to do, or act as if the? had not. They are apt to come in when the firm are away, and wish to engage you in conversation w hile you are engaged in your regular employment. Politely suggest to such persons that you have no time to give them during business hours. Nothegi would please themi so well as to havo you renounce your occupation and associate with them. Much of the ti:ine they lounge arot'~nd the club rooms, or the doors of en gine houses, or after the din ig hour stand upon the steps of a fashionabh- hateJ or an clegant restaurant, wishing te' give you the idea thai, that is th8 place where they dine. But they do not dine there. They are sinking down lower and lower, da~y by day. Neither by day nor by night have any thing to do with the idlers. Before you admit a man into your acquaintance, ask him politely: '-What 20 you do for a living!" If he says "Noth ing; I am a gentleman." look out for him. He may have a very soft hand a very fault less apparel, and have a high-sounding fain ily name, but his touch is death. Before you know it you will in his presence be ashamed of you work dress. Business will be-ome to you a drudgery, and after a while you will lose your place, and afterwards your respectability, and last of all your soul. Idleness is next door villainy. Therse gamblers, burglars, shop lift ers and assassins are made fror the class who have .nothing to do When the police go to hunt up and arrest culprit they seldom go to look in among busy clerks or in the busy carriage fackory, bu1 they go among the groups of idlers. The play is going on at the theater, when sud denly there is r. scuffle in the top gallery. What is it? A policeman has come in. and, leaning over, has tapped on the shoulder o: a young man, saying: "I want you, sir.' He has not worked during the day, but some. how has raked together a shilling or two tc get into the top gallery. He is an idler. The man on his right hand is an idler and the man on his left hand is an idler. Shrink back from idleness in yourself anc in others if you would maintain a right po sition. Good old Ashbel Green, at more that eighty years of age, was found busy writing, and some young man said to him: "Whydc you keep busy? It is time for you to rest.' He answered: "I keep busy to keep out of mischief." No man is strong enough to be idle. Are you fond of pictures? If so I will show you one of the works of an old master. Here it is: "I went by the field of the sloth ful, and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding, and lo! it was all grown over with thorns, and nettles had covered the face thereof, and the stone wall wa broken down. Then I saw and considered well. I looked npon it and received instruc tion. Yet a little sleep, a little slumber. a little folding of the hands to sleep. Sc shall thy poverty come as one that traveleth and thy want as an armed man." I don't know of another sentence in the Bible more explosive than that. It first hisses softly, like the fuse of a cannon, and at last bursts likea fift.y-foutr pounder. The old proverb was right: "The devil tempts most men, but idlers tempt the devil." A young man came to a man of ninety years of age and said to him; "How have you made out to live so long and be so well t" The old man took the youngster to an orchard. and. pointing to some large trees full of apples, said: "I planted these trees when I was a boy, and do you wonder that now I am permitted to gather the fruit of them?" We gather in ou~r old age what we plant in our youth. Sow to the wind, and we reap the whirlwind. Plant in early life the right kind of Christian character, and you will eat lucious fruit in old age, and gather these harvest apples in eternity. Again: I urge you to avoid the perpetual pleasure seeker. I believe in recreation and amusement. I need it as much as I need bread, and go.to my daily exercise with as conscientious a purpose as I go to tisp Lord's Supper; and all persons of sanguine temper ament must have amusement and recreation. God would not have made us with the ca pacity to laugh if he had not intended as sometimes to indulge it. God hath hung in sky, and set in wave, and printed on grass many a roundelay; but ie who chooses pleasure seeking for his life work does not understand for what od made him. Our amusements are in. tended to help us in some earnest mission. the thunder cloud hath an edge exquisitely purpled, but, with voice that jars the earth. it declares: "I go to water the green fields." the wild flowers under the fence are gay. >ut they say: "We stand here to make a >eautiful edge for the wheat field, and to refresh the husbandmen in their nooning." The stream sparkles and foams, and frolics, and says: "I go to baptize the moss. I lave ,he spots on the trout. I slake the thirst of ,he bird. I turn the wheel of the mill. I ?ock in my crystal cradle muckshaw and ater lily." And so, while the world plays, t works. Look out for the man who always asand w o s glr busin a y a ,ate. v, co a-boating. All these sports are grand in heir places. I never derived so much ad -antage fr'm any ministerial association as rom a ministerial club that went out to lay ball every Saturday afternoon in the )utskirts of Philadelphia. These recrea ions are grand to give us muscle and pirits for our regular toil. I believe in nuscular Christianity. A man is. often ot so near God with a weak stomach as rhen he has a strong digestion. But ~hun those who make it their life occu ation to sport. There are young men~whose ndustry and usefulness have fallen over oard from the yacht on the Hudson or the schulkill. There are men whose business Fell tihrough the ice of the skating pond, and as never since been heard of. There is a eauty in the gliding of a boat, in the song f skastes, in the soaring of a well struck all, and I never seen one fly but I involun ~arily throw up my hands to catch it; and, o far from laying an injunction upon ball ~laying, or any other innocent sport, I claim 1ll as belonging of right to those of us who oil mn the grand industries of church and ~tate. But the life business of pleasure seeking lways makes in the end a criminal or a sot. eorge Brummell was smiled upon by all ngland. and his life was given to pleasure. o danced with peeresses, and swung a ound of mirth, and wealth, and applause, ntil exhausted of purse, and worn out of ody, and bankrupt of reputation, and ru ned of soul, he begged a biscuit from a ~rocer, and declared that he thought a dog-s ife was better than a man's. Such men winl crowd around your desk. r counter, or work bench, or seek to decoy ou off. They will want you to break out n the midst of your busy day to take a ride with them to Coney Island or to Central ark. They will tell you of some people you must see; of some excursion that you ust take; of some Sabbath day that you ought to dishonor. They will tell you f exquisite wines that you must take; f costly operas that you mnst hear; f wonderful dancers that you must e; but before you accept their onvoy or their companionship, remember that while at the end of a useful life you ay be able to look back to the kindness is done, to honorable work accomplished, to overty helped, to a good name earned, to :hristian influence exerted, to a Saviour's ause advanced-these pleasure seekers on heicdeath bed have nothiug better to re view than a torn playbill, a ticket for the races, an empty tankard, and the cast oil rinds of a carousal: and as in the delirium f their awful death they clutch the goblet nd press it to their lips, the dregs of the cup falling upon their tongue will begin to hiss and uncoil with the adders of an eternal oson. Cast out these men from your company. Do not be intimate with them. Always be polite. 'There is no demand that you ever merifice politeness. A young man accosted a Christian Quaker with: "Old chap, how do you make all your money?" The Quaker repied: "By dealing mn an article that thou aest deal in if thou wiltr-civility." Al as be courteous, but at the same times firm. Say no as if you meant it. Have it nderstood in store and shop and street that you will not stand in the convtanionship of the skeptic, the idle, the pleasure seeker. Rather than enter the companioniship) of such, accept the invitation to a better feast. 'he promises of God are the fruits. The harps of Heaven are the miusie. Clusters from the vineyards of God have beeni pressed into the tankards. The sons and daughters of the Lord Almighty are the guests. While standing at the banquet to till the cups and divide tile elusters, and commuand the harps, aid welcomew the gue-sts, is a daughwri of God on who'se brow are thec blossom!ls of paradise, and in who'se cheek is the flush of celestial summner. Her name is R-eligion. Her ways are ways of pleasantness, And all her paths are peace Decide this soon, oh, young man, what di rection will you take. There comes such a moment of final decision-why not thisi One night I saw a young man at the street corner evidently doubting as to which di. rection he had better take. his hat lifted high enough to see an intelligent forehead, an~ he had a stout chest and a robust develop ment. Splendid young man. .Cultured young man. Honored young mitn. Why did he stop there while so many were gomng up and down? The fact is that every mai has a good angel and a bad angel con tending for the mastery of his spirit. and there was a good angel anda bad angel struggling with that young an's soul at the corner of the Street. "Come with me," said the good angel; "I will take you home ; I will spread my wing over your pillow; 1 will lovingly escort you all through life under supernatural protec tion; I will bless every cup you drink out of; every couch you rest on: every doorway you enter; I will consecrate your tears when you..vill weep, your sweat when you toil, and at the last I will hand over your grave to the bright angel of a Christian resurrection. In answer to your fath er's petition and your mother's prayer, I have been sent of the Lord out of heaven to be your guardian spirit. Come with me," said the good angel, in a voice of unearthly symphony. It was music like that which drops from a lute of Heaven when a seraph breathes on it. "No, no," said the bad angel, "come with me; I have something better to offer: the wines I pour are from chalices of bewitching carousal; the dance I lead is over floor tes selated with unrestrained indulgences; there is no God to frown on the temples of sin where I worship. The skies are Italian. The paths I tread are through meadows, daisied and primrosed. Come with me." The young man hesitated at a time when hesitation was ruin, and the bad angel smote the good angel until it departed, spreading wings through the starlight upward and I away, until a door flashed open in the sky, and forever the wings vanished. That was the turning point in that young man's history; for, the good angel flown, he hesi tated no longer, but started on a pathway which is beautiful at the opening, but blasted at the last. The bad angel, leading the way, opened gate after gate, and at each gate the road became rougher and the sky more lurid, and what was peculiar, as the gate slammed shut it came to with a jar that 1 indicated that it would never open. Passed each portSL there was agrindingoflocks and a slioving of bolts; and he scenery on cither side the road changed from gardens to des - erts, and the June air became a cutting De cember blast, and the bright wings of the bad angel turned to sackcloth, and the eyes of light became hollow with hopeless grief, and the fountains, that at the starthad i tossed with wine, poured fgrth bubbling ] tears and foaming blood, and on the right side the road there was a serpent, and the man said to the bad angel: "What is that serpent?" and the answer was: "That is the serpent of stinging remorse." On the left side the road there was a lion, and the man asked the bad angel: "What is that lion?" and the answer was: "That is the lion of all devouring t despair." A vulture flew through the sky, r and the man asked the bad angel: "What 4 is that vulture:" and the answer was: "That is the vulture waiting for the car casses of the slain." And then the man be gan to try to pull off of him the folds of r something that had wound him round and round, and he said to the bad angel: "What n is it that twists me in this awful convolu tion?" and the answer was: "That is the : worm that never dies!" And then the man . said to the bad angel: "What does all this a mean! I trusted in what you said at the n corner of thd street that night; I trusted 1 it all, and why have you thus de I ceived met" Then the last deception e fell off the charmer, and it said: "I was sent forth from the pit to destroy your r soul; I watched my chance for many a long year; when you hesitated that night on the t street, I gained my triumph; now you are t here. Ha! ha 1 You are here. Come, now, tI let us fill these two chalices of fire. and t drink together to darkness and woe and death. Mail! Hail! 0, young man, will the tl good angel sent forth by Christ or the bad l angel sent forth by sin get the victory over your aoul? Their winG .no intorlenta mhin eve -u, contending for your I destin;, a 4 -t aE Iness and condor fight U1J-sky. This hour may de cide your des ' God help you. To hesi tate is to die! c PRET SACHET CASES. One Whose Cqnstruction Requires But Little Expense and Labor. 0 One of the prettiest seen this season was o of the simplest construction, requiring 1 neither artistic skill with the brush nor any vast amount of labor. F'irst, seven pieces e of differen colored ribbon, chosen with at1 view to a pleasant blendin:: or virid con- a trast, as desired. Each pice should be t seven inches long and two wide, e and fringed out at both ends. Then il fold in half and sew the edges firnmly k over and over with fine silk to match each d separate ribbon. This makes seven sad' bags. Take cotton batting, cut to just slip. in each bag and come up to the neck of each, where they are to be tied. Fold into ~ each piece of batting whole spices, rose o leaves, violet or heliotrope powder; each h may have a separate perfumie if. desired. a Gatherup the neck of each bag about a third d or half an inch below the narrow fringe: t( gather firmly with a strong threa'i and fasten securely. Have a ball of gold-tinsel cord and cut seven pieces of unequal length' and each long enough to double; the short est should be at least a yard long. Fold in the middle and take the two ends and tie ~ .around .thie neck of a bag. This leaves the loop to hang up by. Gather all these loops anid fasten on a button ring, andI hang over a the corner of the dressing-case nmirror. A X quarter yard difference in the length of el each piece of tinsel cord will give a mleasing a inequality in the position of each bag. These nachet cases can be made eqiually pleasimg. on the same principle out of scraps of bro cade, plaid or changeable silks or satins, or1 even of velvet and plush. It is a mere ques- i tion of taste in combining colors-N. Y. Observer.o -All true work is sacred; in all true work, were it but true hand-labor, there is smething of divineness.-Car'lyle. k -While you have time amass for yourself incorruptible riches.-Thomas a Kempis. s A New Fad in Buttons. To collect ''button sets" is beeoming the fashion. Young ~wonien whos4e o beauty, cash or American chlie getsthiemi f. into the London swim, have been I writing~ home wvonderfuil stories withiin the last two months of valuable old sets of'Florentine miosaie butto'ns and hut tons with crests andu moogam m -- pousse work and brilliant paste buttonsL which go back to Cromwell, and pear~l y and topaz buttons of a periodi even t4 earier. These atre old family butto ns, prized as highily as jewels and kept in ases of velvet and satin. A y (ou1ng F woman who is traveling with Mlrs. Frank Leslie is authority for the statement that g that lady is picking ill ab~road a but ton set which shall rival her dianmonids. F ine c old Louis XV buttons in silver, pointed ~ after the designs of Fragonard, are the objects of is. Leslie's desire, an objiect not eas~ily attained. The beautiful Mfiss Camberlain, whom the international gossips married offhand before her en gaement was announced faiily, wil have an - et.exiitisitc se ofDupm but tons in paste in her trousseau. A plretty - American girl who has seen thieni writes that thier air very valuable, beimg tun doul~i~eaily genuinie andi~ exquisitely n' imoiited in silve-r. -'errpo'rt Lrlt/e. 'They Will Continue the Strike. f< BRAZIL,- Id., Jtuly :3-The regular semi-weekly meeting of the Miners' Ceni- r tral Relict' Company was held yesterday. v The number of dependents was reported E at 5,377, an increase of 63 since Friday. V The vote takcn at the different mines ont V Mfonday was officially annotunced to be in favor of rejecting the operators' otfer and continuing the strike. The miners o arc expecting aid from Illinois, Ohio and f? Pennsylvania. which,- since they are tun- V organized, is slow about coining in. One ~ of the number says they must soon go r to work unless more help comes. The a operators still offer work suhlicient to r amfor support at 70 and 75 cents a ton. RAN INTO A WASHOUT. FEARFUL WRECK ON THE NORFOLK AND WESTERN RAIROAD. Forty Persons Reported Killed and a Number Injured-Several Burned to Death-The President of the Road Thinks the Reports are Exaggerated. LYNCHBURG, Va., July 2.-A special from Liberty to the Adance says: "A fearful catastrophe occurred about a mile West of Thacton's, about thirty miles above this city, at 1 o'clock this morning, on the Norfolk and Western Railroad, by which forty passengers were killed. '1 he accident was caused yy a wash-out on a high filling. It is aid that there were only about seven of he crew and passengers saved. All of he cars were burned. Capt. Rowland ohnston was in charge of the train, md is , mortally p wounded. Bag age master Ford is said 0 be very badly hurt. fajor J. C. Cassell, superintendent of lie Lynchburg division, was on the rain and was seriously injured. L. B. Summers of Abingdon. postal clerk, was >ruised up considerably. The other )ostal clerk, J.J. Rose of Abingdon, was illed. All of the physicians and many >f the citizens of Liberty went to- the reck as soon as information reached sere and did all they could for the vounded. Pat Donovan, the engineer, vas burned up, as was also a fireman mined Bruce. The train dispatcher was lso burned. Several of the wounded were brought here and taken to a sani arium. W. C. Head of Cleveland, cmi., is anoug the dead. These are 11 the particulars obtainable as yet. 'resident Kimball's Report of the Disas ter. PHILADELPHIA, July 2.-President F. Kimball of the Norfolk and Western railroad, who has headquarters in this it v, when seen this afternoon in relation o the accident on his road this morn og said that while the wreck is a serious ne and has resulted in loss of life, the eport telegraphed from Lynchburg that 0 persons were killed is exaggerated. fr. Kimball is in direct telegraphic ommunication with the general mana er of the road. The information fur ished him up to one o'clock this after oon is that five persons were killed, early all of whom were train bands, nd quite a number of persons were in ured. The train wrecked was known s No 2, which left Roanoke a few Jinutes before midnight. A eavy rainstorm had prevailed broughout Virginia for about forty ight hours, and the train was moving lowly and behind schedule time when it an into a wash-out about 1:30 this iorning, near Thacton's. The locomo ve and several cars were thrown into :ie ditch, but the sleeper remained on i track. The cars caught fire after falling into le ditch, and quite a number of pas gers were severely burned, in addi on to those injured by the wreck. elegrams were at ont ice aunt T i goKt it ss (I ri spe al train arrived from that city, bearing fire company and a number of physi ans. Killed and Burned. LYNCHBURG, Va., July 3.-The scene f the terrible disaster near Thacton's n the Norfolk and Western Railroad, beyond description. There is hardly nough left of the train of eight cars at took the leap to the bottom of the wful pit to make one car. As soon as e boiler of the engine exploded the t ire mass of debris took fire, and ose who went down who were not illed otutright were- burned to eath. Portiens of eight bodies ae been taken out, and is believed that fully fifteen others ere entirely consunied. A survivor the wreck says cries for help couild be ard from all portions of the wreck, ud those unhurt were powecrless to ren er assistance. Women who managed escape lay about on the damp ground, ffering from their injuries until day reak, and many walked long distances >farm houses. The few passengers it uninjured did all in their power for ie .fortunates. KILLED AND WoUNDED. Te following is a list of the killed nd wounded thus far obtainable: Capt. mi. H. Ford, baggage master, severely t on back of head, much bruised adt supposed to be injured internally; ommers Newly, United States mail gent, slightly cut about the head; Ex ress M1essenger Ashmore. badly hurt, ad will probably not survive. The dead are: Engineer Pat Donovan f Lynchburg, killed and burned; a -aveng engineer, A. M. James [Roanoke, killed and burned; ireman J. Edgar Bruce, Roanoke, illed and burned; Mail Agent Rose of bingdon, killed and burned; Mes mger John Kirkpatrick, Lynchburg, iposed to have been killed and urned; a passenger, Nathan Cohen, *oanoke, supposed to he killed. Conductor Roland P. John son f Roanoke, badly cut in the ice and airoud the head; rakeman W. C. Glass of Lynchburg, rm broken, head cut and scalded; pas :nger Frank Tanner of Lynchbumrg, ightly cut about arm; Bishop A. Wil mi i lf~alton, Ga., badly cut on head; usenger Temple, badly bruised; J. W. ifsey, train (dispatcher, of Hicksford, a.'killed and body burned; Mr. Pey m, stenographer for Superintendent shrne of the Western -division of the >ad, wife and child, killed and burned; .L. Dubarry, Superintendent of the astern division, slightly hurt. Mr. teed of Cleveland, Tenn., and John arwick and Will Marshall of the saaie v were killed and burned; Mrs. Judge .P. Thompson of Staunton, Va., badly urt; Mrs. Patrick Carrington of Balti ore, cut on wrist and badly bruised; nseph Goldburg of New York, hurt on -ad shoulder; T. F. Deeter of everly, Mass., seriously injured; Mrs. B. Powell of Marshall, Texas, shoulder ad back hurt; Mrs. Inez Spananman of [arshall, Texas. hurt internally; H. W. artini of Chattanooga, seriously hurt; . . Tetmple of Chicago. hurt seriotusly bou t ack: J1. A. Yonne, d ispat chier of ed fords. Va., head badlyv hurt: Robert . Goodfellow of Roanoke, hat d and )ot injured. The charred remains of what w e sup oed to be eight bodies were found in ery minute particles. The body of ngineer P'at Donovan was dug out ally mutilated, and identified by his -atch. ALL MAIL MATTER BURNED. WAsHINGTON, July 3.-Superintendent f Railway Mail Service has received in rmation from Postal Clerk Summers, -ho was on the train wrecked on the orfolk and Western Railroad yesterday torning, that the postal ear was burned d all mail matter, including three 'gistered pouches, destroyed. Mr. Rose, . bo was a mstn Summers was killed. He was not an employee of the govern ment. Summers was severely injured. OFFICIAL LIST OF THE CASUALTIES. ROANOKE, Va., July 3.-The debris at the wreck on the Norfolk and Western Railroad has been removed and a num ber of charred bodies have been found. The names of seventeen persons who were killed have been ascertained. The list of killed, which is official and accu rate, is as follows: Pat Donovan, en gineer; J. E. Bruce, fireman; Alvin M. James, road foreman of engines; M. S. Bruce, mail agent; S. W. Lipsey, train dispatcher, Roanoke, Va.; Will Hop kins, express messenger. Pasengers Dennis Mellon of Roanoke, Va.; Wi. D. Stevenson, Cleveland, Tenn.; L. A. Moore of Chattanooga, Tenn.; C. W. Steeds of Cleveland, Tenn.; Will F. Marshall of Cleveland, Tenn.; John M. Hardwick of Cleveland, Tenn.; (the last named three were bound for the Paris Exposition); Nathan Cohen of Roan'ke, bound for Germany; James J. Rose of Abingdon, Va.; Patie Carring ton of Texas, aged nine years; John Kirkpatrick of Lynchburg, Va. There were about thirty people who escaped with only slight injuries, and ten who are seriously injured. The list of dead will be increased as friends of miss ing people come forward in search of them. There is no way at present to ascertain the exact number of dead, owing t- the fact that the train was de- i stroyed by fire. THE PLANETS IN JULY. Some of the Features of the Heavens to be Observed During This Month. Jupiter, the planet that most closely 1 resembes the sun, will be an evening star. His course lies through the richest portion of the milky way, and he made his meridian passage at 11:30 last night, setting a: 3-45 this morning. The South ern declination which he attains makes him most clearly discernible in the South, where his regal splendors may . this month be seen at their best; but, t as he will move steadily Westward, he will at no time on clear evenings be lost to Northern eyes. Venus, the subject of a million songs and legends, will take her place as mo.niug star. Until the 10th she will increase her West ern elongation, but c from then she will retrace her course toward the rising sun. Her path runs through a lovely portion of the heavens, bringing her in conjunction with Al- e yone, the brightest of the Pleiades, on the 4th, and very close to Aldebaran on the 16th. Mercury is also a morning star. He will rise about two hours later than Ve- d nus, and travel swiftly, under favorable conditions, toward elongation, which he c will reach on the 12th at 5 a. m. To e persons who care to see him be will be t plainly visible without a glass, espe cially for a few (lays before and after n elongation. 0 Saturn and Uranus are also evening d stars. The former may seen early in t the Western sky, but he is fast being e dimmed by the sun, toward which he isd raidly traveling. Uranus rose at 11:48 t s .~ n1~t '2 n . - _: ..: JZ the 3is'when e wi abTi'ar at .:. The sun rose - Saturday morning at :14 and will grow steadily later, yester lay being the longest July day, 15 hours c' and 10 minutes. The 31st instant will c' be 44 minutes shorter, the decrease in 0 the morning being 24 minutes; in the r evening 20. On the 12th the moon will be full and her brilliancy will then be equal to that of any other summer a month. On the 23d and 24th she will a mcounter the fair Venus, with whoseb right rays her waning light will blend ith beauteous effect. There will be a 0 artial eclipse on the 12th, ending aboutP wo hours before sunset, but it is expectedb o be visible only on the Eastern conti- S 1en, astrnSouth America and to ariners en the Atlantic. In many othert ,ays the month will be a delightful one o students of the heavens.-Phiiladel-d hija Inqu irer. l Disgusted Colored Republicans. h WASHINGTON. July 1.-Many of the il olored Republicans who came to Wash- F ngton with the Harrison administration a nd have remained here since. hoping to e e rewarded for their services, are in- ir :ined to give up in disgust and go b ome. A colored Republican, one of he leaders of his race in the South. had u a very spirited exchange of words with tl meinber of the Cabinet a few days ago tl n the color question. The former re- o marked that he had been here since the E ourth of March, trying to obtain some a reogniion for the representative men n f his iace, but he had reached the con- a lusion, after consulting the President p ad the various members of the Cabinet, a hat the colored man statids .no show o uder the present administration. He b ad repeatedly suggested reputable col- a red inen for Federal offices in his State, a nd invariably he has been met with the b uggestion from Cabinet officers: "Can't E ou name a white man who will ac- B eptably' fill that office? If vou do, n here need be no further delay in E aking the appointment." The colored h, en from the South are not slow toq ondemn the Harrison administration ti for its apparent neglect, and there are ci any of them who solemnly declare n, that they must have bread and butter. ti n cannot afford to exist on friendly ~xressions from "New England dough aces." They have followed the Repub icnparty blindly and willingly sine mancipation Day, and the time has ar ivedl for them to throw aside sentiment md follow the examplle of their white, rethren in the struggle for food and ta aiment. The Cabinet officer was obliged o: o listen to these utterances. and he C simply urged his visitor to thinik well vi before advising his p~eople to do any- a thing rasle The latter said lie intended w o go home andl tell his people the facts og s thev' exist. in Washington, and tell p them to find out who their real friends al are, and treat them accordingly on elec- ri tion day, It is said that many of the d olored'Republicans who are most clam- w rous for recognition by the President a are known to have been active partici- ft ants in the "Alger job-lot transaction" T t Chicago. President Harrison has a themi all spotted, hence lie does not take hi kindly to them. t CUL)N'T MEET ITS OBLIGATIONS. The Mobile Insurance Company Makes an Assignment. u MoBILE. July 3.-At a late hour last F night the Mobile Insurance Company qt ade a general assignment to D. R. E Burgess and Elliott Toxey. No state- ti ent of the company's condition is n ade, but there are 1,100 outstanding f policies, mostly held by Alabamians and b ississippians. Obligations were found aturing faster than could be met, and an assignment was the consequence. hbis is the .last of 18 life insurance com- y panics wvhich were startedl in the South n about 1870 and 1871. and their extinc- 1t: tion is said to be caused by the, great IC gorthern companies who have grad uall y sallowerd up the life insurance business. o THE GOLDEN MEAN. A Sensible View of the Necessities of the Jury System. (From the GreenvWe Daly .Seis.) We always sympathize with a strong and earnest man who undertakes to lead a movement for a change of old customs or the reform of old abuses. The in stinct of conservatism is so deeply planted and widely spread; it meets and baffles him everywhere; it forms a safe and strong wall from which shallow scoffers can shoot gibes and stronger foes can beat back and hinder the as sailant. Judge Hudson has undertaken work of that kind. Following the lead of men eminent in his profession, he is conducting, almost single-handed so far, a crusade against the unanimity rule for the verdict of juries. Judge ludson's position as a lawyer and a man demands respectful consideration for his sugges -ions, and the high authorities he quotes nd the strona reasoning he presents 3ombine to support that demand. Like he other Judges who have discussed he subject, he passes over the lawyers is parties biased and interested in the naintenance of the present system an: ippeals directly to the people, from vhom the change, if change there is to )e, must come. It appears to us that in this matter, as n most others. there is a safe and >roper middle course which has much to ommend it-a compromise ground be ween the abolition of the unanimity rule n all cases on one side and the retention of it in all cases on the other. We think there is a difference in the rinciple of the jury system as applied o criminal and civil cases. In the riminal court the jury is the country to vhich the defendant appeals to stand etween himself and the prosecuting overnment, and to pass upon his guilt ,r innocence, to establish or destroy his haracter, to take his life or liberty into is keeping. In the civil court the urors act simply as arbitrators to ( ermine differences between parties and o settle property rights. In one case the jury has in keeping he man himself, the highest and most , ighly regarded of created things, whose afety and happiness are the purpose t f all laws and forms of society. In the ther there is only a question of some hing belonging or attaching to man. The law itself recognizes the differ- V nee of principle; for while to convict an t cused man the accuser must establish uilt beyond a reasonable doubt, the ecision in a civil case is governed by a sere preponderance of testimony. There appears to be a somewhat finer istinction between different classes of a riminal cases-between the graver ac asations involving life and liberty, and ie lesser ones for which the law im- a oses a fine, with alternative imprison tent. The jury charged with the duty f saying whether a man shall be put to - a ath or deprived of his liberty for a rm of years, and of his civil rights for rer, appears to us to be in a position iffering from that of the jury that has say whether or not a man shall pay R n- /ial ars to the State for having - We think the great majority of those b; ho consider the subject carefully wills mnclude that the determination of civil l tses by a three-fourths or a two-thirds, even a majority, of the jury would move hindrances from the progress of u )urts and promote substantial justice. - 'hen nine of twelve impartial men of erage intelligence are of one mind in dispute involving property it ought to Senough to determine the result. It may be the same rule for the ti-ial 1 petty" criminal cases might be ap- si roved by the public. But we do not F lieve any people of Anglo-Saxon F ock will ever approve any change of r w which will hang a man or imprison L m for a long term unless the State es-n blihes his guilt beyond a reasonable ubt in the minds of twelve men. r in South Carolina we will be thme st of all to favor any such change. I he people are not likely to forget that I three instances-their own citizens andn meir State have been protected in tihe d ederal Courts by cue juror holding out he ainst eleven. In any one ot those ises a verdict of guilty andl the result gsentence would have been a fearful tow to our peace and security. It is argued that the unanimity rule is seless now: that it is merely a relic of te time when the jury stood between e crown, controlling all the machinery , the courts, and the accused subject. ut the jury now stands between the eused and a mightier and mnore tyran ical ruler than any potentate who ever ore a crown. It stands between the .i risoner at the bar and public sentiment ~ d the people who make it-who not CO ly control the machinery of the courts.t at' who control and sway men's minds t id consciences. When the seven bishops ere tried the King controlled the Judges, 2t public sentiment ruled the jury, and ing and Judges wvere alike powerless. ut if it had been a republican govern ent and public feeling had been as ing James's feeling was, there would ive been conviction instead of ae-q ittal. For the promotion of sub)stan a justice and the protection of the 0. tizen the unanimity rule is more tI cessary with our form of government r Lan with any other.h A BATTLE IN THE SOUDAN. er n Egyptian Force. Under a British Off- a~ eer, Defeat a Body of Dervishes With .~ reat Slaughter. I CAIRo, July 3. -An engagement has ' ken place at Arquin betweeti a force I Egyptian troops, under coimmandl of i lonel Wadehouse, and a body of der- r shes. The dervishes were defeated V. d fled. Their loss was 500 killed or ounded. Seventy Egyptians were killed h -wounded. Colonel Wadehouse is t irsuing the dervishes. The dervishes a tempted to effect a lodgement on the " ver bank. Colonel Wadehouse imme- h ately advanced and attacked themb ith a field force. The dlervishes made ~ stubborn resistance, but were finally li reed to retire, fighting as th.:y went. b bey were driven Northmward seven ties, but every foot of ground~ was iV >tly contested. Two guns be'longing P t'he enemy were captuiredl by the al ritish. Further fighting is; expeted. 11 a Revenge Upon a Mother-in-Law. w. One of the worst cases of revenge pon a mother-in-law is reported from uenos Ayvres. The young man had arreled wvith the woman and left her. " .e then advertised in the papers that at S 1 house where she was living - a do- ~ esticated crocodile" was for sale, and rdays the poor 01(1 lady was besieged 0 hundreds of bidders for the curiosity. ti The Goodyear Rubber Company Fails. PROvIDENCE, R. I., July 5.-The Good tar Rubber Boot and Shoe Company ade an assignment to-day. An at- V chment placed on them by the Sears V. omercial ('ompany on Saturday was m >lowed up) to-day until 876,0 ~orWIth he antacments sanod thetm., TIlE BOYS IN GREY. 0JDIENCE31 tT ENEIMISES OF SOUT Il CAtROLINA 1lI1.lTTAR Y ACAI)E3IY. An Interesting Military and Literary Programme-Some Important Changes Probable in the Disposition of the Bene &ciary Cadetships. CHautLSsToN, July 2.-[Special to The Register.]-The city is filling up with I visitors, who come to attend the con mencement exercises of the Citadel Acadeiny. The battalion was inspected yesterday afternoon by the Board of c Visitors. This evening the comnmence nent exercises of the Calliopean and Polytechnic Literary Societies took place e it Hibernian Hall. You may be sure n :hat the hail we crowded, for the "Boys .n Crev' are very dear to the hearts of Ale people of Charleston. The follow ng was the admirahle and interesting 1 rogramme: Salutatory address-S. B. Platt (Poly echnic).c Anniversary address-R. S. Clarkson Calliopean). Valedictory-W. 11. Dial, Jr., (Callie >eau).a Orations-W. C. Davis (Calliopean). E. Jolnson (Polytechie). Dehatants query: Resolved, That the eneral current of national afairs point :o an advance in civilization. Affirma ive. W. H1. Rose (Calliopean); negative. d f. L. Smith (Polytechhnie). 1 Marshals-R. B. Cunningham, T. B. laynesworth, D. McQ. Fraser. c Committee of arranements-A. G. I ingietary, John Ball, T. M Hunter. f All of the handsome, bright, intelli rent orators were complimented with loral tributes, and they deserved them t oo. The regular commencement exer- u isis will take place to-morrow at 10:30 a . in. at the Hibernian Hall. This will B Ie followed in the evening by the meet- s ng and banquet of the Association of graduates, at which Hon. J. J. Hemp- y ill, who is now in the city, will deliver ' .n address. a It is no violation of confidence to state y hat at the meeting of the association P ome very important changes will be ecommended to the Board as to the a isposition of the beneficiary cadetships P hich it is hoped will open the door of ai he academy to many youths in Carolina ai ho are now debarred from the excel mnt privileges. Of course the State a holarships will remain the same, but t: teir award will be so arranged as to f dmit some very deserving youths who tl: t present cannot get in. Among other c rrangements will be the establishment f( f what may be termed half scholarships F1 nd which will admit boys who cannot '1 (ford to pay the full tuition fee. The tr [an will be published in THE REGISTER Ci soon as it shalt have been perfected. it. The corps expect to start for their et immer encampment at Greenville on .onday next. CHARLESTON, July 3.-[Special to The egister.]-The commence-nent exer- PR au - .tom, . W right young Carolinians have been mtt out into the world to make thir Sr ay in life. The day was not peculiarly th teasant for going out, but Hibernian at all was well filled, and the young grad- cu tes started out in life over a pathway th hich, in the commencement, at least, it as strewn with roses.- The follow- vi ig is a list of the graduating class: W1 S. B. Platt, Aiken; R. S. Clarkson, ex ichland; W. C. Davis, Clarendon; W. 16 .Rose, Charleston; M. L. Smith, Ker iaw; C. E. Johnson, Union; W. IH. Dial, w lorida; W. W. Lewis, Chester; D. McQ. Bi raser, Sumter; D. D. Haynsworth, hi arlington; W. M. Smith, Spartanburg; fc .W. Haskell, Abbeville: R. B. Cunl- ci: ingham, Kershaw. th The- oration was delivered by Hion. J. in .Hemphill, and essays were read by gi adets Ilaskell and Lewis, the two first it, anor graduates. ei The rain~ fell in such torrents that tihe Ce sual commencement parade had to be w ispensed with. The -bat talion will at ave here at 8 a. mn. to-mnorro-: for the ul immner camp at Greenvil e. ci: HOOVER IN GREENVILLE. Im o' :e Narrates His Sufferings in Behalf of Se the Poor Negroes. m GREEN~iLLE, S. C., July 1.-lH. F. tc oover, the renowned labor agitator, Il ho created so muchi excitement in ~ corgia somne time ago, and who was eC ot there during one of his meetings. rc is turn~ied up in this city. The follow- hi notice w-as distributed among the ti lored peole yesterday: "CAL MEETIsa.-All old members of gi i C. W. of A., and their friends are WJ ruestly requested to uget me at the W imaritan Hall, Friday night. June ni th, at half-past 8 o'clock, sharp, to p1 seuss eause of failure and future pos- at bilities of the order. Most respect- w: tly, H. F. HloovER." er A crowd gathered at t~e hall, as re- SO isted, anti before the meeting 'begun b~ r. Hoover got up and said t~bat only iS d members and friends of the organi- j tionf were wantied in the hall. and if Itl ~ere were any others presenit lie woul sti spectfully request thiem to leave-that had been informed that Tonm Brier as a traitor to the co-operative work -s. also connected~uvith thle ku-klux. and. 14, I enemyil to the colored people. Brh:,b ho was presenlt, arose aiid denounced i mn as a liar aad thesing that ihe0 as onl trig to work on theC p)oor~l oples feelings and rob them of their b ird -earned savings. Brier was inter- sg iped several times b~y Hoover,.r 1ho said that lie bad been through qr bell"' for the colored people: that lie id been dragged through the woods sh enty one times in twventy-six days vs. 1( had been shot six times. and not- t ithstanding that several hundred shot e id been put into his head, lie still stood ru Sthem. anid said: "When I was here- p ~fore I had two good eyes, but nowv Ij lve oiily one,2 the other was shot out s a mob ini Georgia, while I was die- p nding your enuse." lie was bitter st tainst the D~emocratic party andit white ople. llis remarks were often mtet by - >proval by the prest-nt. IDurin.. Il s' eting great excatemen2It pretod,~I andk :one time it was feared that a tuot oldl ensue. Too Many Lawyers. Thec census of 15880 showed that there to ee 70,000) lawvyers in the Eniited th ates. or onie to eacn 715 pe ple', in- M udinlg woen and children. In w ranee the same year the proportioni was m ue lawyer to each 6.667 of the p~opulat- ah on. The qulestion to) se'ttle is whether a e have too mnany or too few.o Asiatic Chole -a. s U CCc. July 2.-Aidi spatch from t 'averly, Ohio, says: A~n unknown man as taken suiddenily sick on Friday last II Sseioto Couinty anti expired ini a few sur I. Two doctor~s proniountced it a -uiu ea.e o Asiatic cholsea. ' A VARIETY SHOW IN CHURCH. . Performance That Created a Sensa tion. NEwARK, N. J., June 2.--Bethel and 4t. John's Methodist Churches of this :itv are in a state of great indignation >ver a first-class sensation in the latter )hurch last week, the particulars of vhieh have just leaked out. About wo weeks ago the R ev. dir. Diggs of ,ethel Church. who is raising funds for ;uilding a new church. asked Rev. Mr. lalmer of St. John's for the use of his hurch for a classical '"entertainment." . circular announced that the troupe ngaged was the Theo. Drury Operatic :o., and composed of sonic of the great st talent in the country. Finally per nission was given to use St. John's 'hurch, and on Wednesday evening the milding was crowded to the doors. The pening number on the progra'mme mazed the audience, andlalmost took .way the breath of Pastor Palmer.and he officers of the church. As the classical ent ertainment" proceeded the pd-headed men in the audience were vitnessing* a genuine variety show. astors Diggs and Palmer did not know xuctly how to classify it, but the latter bon concluded that it was not the sort f entertainment that ought to be given a a church, and rung down the curtain, s theatre men would say. A leading member of $t. John's Church aid to-day: -There were no programmes, Id we were entirely unprepared for hat took place. The women presented hemselves on the platform in short resses that allowed a free display of nbs.'' "The gorgeous toilets' consisted of hea) dresses of tarlatan. ' After they ad sung a bacchanalian song. which in luded kicking of legs on the part of the romen and a clinking of glasses by the ien. there was a murmur of surprisein e church. Pastor Palmer, who was i a rear seat, hastily wrote a few lines ad sent them to the manager, a Mr. arnet, asking him to. avoid any more ich acts. The few pieces that followed 'ere but slightly better, and more of the ariety order, except a piano solo, that as very- fine. Then the troupe presented sort of wild West scene, which *as cry poor; and when the cowboy of-the iee began smoking on the platform, :r. Palmer went to Mr. Barnet and ;ked him to avoid such acts or end, the 2rformance. Then came a banjo-sol6 id dancing by a girl in a short frock, Ad a drunken song by one of the troupe. This was too much for the pastor,"and number of the disgusted audience left te hall. Mr. Palmer stepped to the ont and said he regretted very much Lat be had given his consent to: the >mpany using the church, as the. per rmance was not fnt for such an edifice. is remarks created much applause. r. Barnet answered by .saying thai the oupe had given the same show in many ties and no fault had been found - with The entertainment soon came to an id. BURNING CRATERS. coomise of an Eruption in California-A SAN FRANCISCO, June s fro isanville., in the Sierra Nevada, says at slight earthquike shocks continue, td that the people have become so ac stomed to the constant trembling of .e earth that they pay no attention to Those shocks, however, have re ved recollections of the old settlers, bo predict volcanic disturbances in the :tinct craters, such as took place in ;0. Susanville lies in a high mountain alled valley, directly east of Lassen itte, an extinct volcano 10,500 feet gh. From this summit no less than rty extinct craters can be seen. 'The ader cone, which rises 600 feet above e level of the plateau, was in eruption 1850. The flames darted up -to a -at height. Two prospectore visited and they found a lake of saltpetre ~hr niiles south of Cinder cone, a uer of the volcanic forces. This lake as a mass of burning water and mud. id from it vast columns of flames shot at intervals. The timber in the vi nity was on fire. The region- was so Lgerous the prospectors beat a retregt which for several miles they passd -er rocks so hot that their boots were orhed. They lost a horse and pa'ck tle, and thought themselves fortunate escape wvithout injury. This ke has an elevatior -- of any 6,000 feet a4bove sea level, and ver-s an area of four acres. It is snue unded by a rim one hundred feet h, but the hot water finds egress rough a fissure. Its borders are marked small. puffing mud cones. .Jets of s shoot from the hot, creamy water, iich, no doubt, issues from a ec.ater. ithin two years there has seemed re wed activityv in the internal fires and the esent shockis point to the possib lity of other great volcanic outburst, which 11 find vent through some of the old ters. Springs in the neighborhood ar~e churned by the shoeks thbat the water -d eins to lookclike milk, and Eagle;Lake assuming a similar hue. .At- Big ndows the big springs are drying n'p, oughi tfleir flow has always been- con-/ tt. Feat of a Billy Goat. -f A flock of goats were browsing an4 king for straf' oyster cans, sardi e xes and the lige in North Dallas,'whpn at once there was a commioron ong the foremost ones, which .beat a sty retreat. An old Billy, who had er~ fetching upJ the i-ear with 'te lemnitv of a (deacon. walkcd to the mt, paused, and cegan to strike the ound right hard in an odd sort of way h his fore feet, and at thesametimecto . ake his head as if going through some rt of superstitious incantation. He en valked back in the direction he . come for a few yards, and, taking a nnig start, ma'di a~ long jump, alight . with his' leg"- b)''ched,( anid immc ltely on hitting th?e groundi made a c-nd long lullr far out todene side. ic entlemn who w itnessed this r'ne perfrm~iane. prompted by curi ity, went up to) see whnat the trouble '. ad there ay 'a big rlesnake cut "rly in t wo, writhing~ in the throes of t hDalas,1 uTeas StarJ. Joe Mackin Pardoned. - Ce~c'AG. July 2.-A special dispatch the /hu/ly Mrs" firom Spring1ield says at Go'ernoar Fu er has1 pard~onedl Joe ekin, the Chicago political fine rkr. now ,-erving a term of imprison 't in thle peitentiairy for crimes a:ainst popular sulfrage. The Governor copanied the pardon with a review tih' papers in the case, in which he ited thiat the application hlad stronger pprt thanx had ever been p)resenited a Glovernor in a like case before. ore strength and power lies in a sing~e dose . 13. 3. i3'ta ,i Boodl 13alu thin in a hun d I dl'e~c '. '';'.trari extrat t a (Jothe in othr perts Li our iuaper.