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N 4 ___ ____________________ VOL. Vii. MANNING, S. C., WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 7. 1891. A CHRISTMAS SERMON PREACHED BY DR. TALMAGE ON SUN DAY, DEC. 28. An Intensely Interesting Discourse by the Brooklyn Divine-The Text Luke 11, 15: "Let Us kow Go Even Unto Beth lehem"-The Sermon in Full. BnooELYN. Dec. 28.-Dr. Talmage s sermon to-day was appropriate to the season. Its subject was the Christmas Jubilee. His text was Luke ii, 15: "Let us now go even unto .3ethlehem." Amid a thousand mercies we give each other holiday congratulations. By long established custom we exhort each other to healthful merriment. By gift. by Christmas trees which blossom and fruit in one night, by early morn ing surprise, by clusters of lighted candles, by children's processions, by sound of instruments sometimes more blatant than musical, we wake up the night and prolong the day. The event commemorated is the gladdest of the centuries. Christ's cradle was as won derful as his cross. Persuade me of the first and I am not surprised at the last. The door by which he entered was as tremendous as the door by which he went out. WHERE JESUS WAS IN EGYPT. 1 was last winter at the house where Jesus lived while he was in Africa. It was in Cairo, Egypt, the terminus of that terrible journey which he took when Joseph and Mary fled with him from Bethlehem to Egypt to esccpe the massacre of Herod. All tradition, as well as all history, points out this house in Cairo as the one- in which these three fugitives lived while in Africa. The room is nine steps down from the level of the street. 1 meas ured the room and found it 20 feet long and 7% feet high. There are three shelvings of rock, one of which I think was the cradle of our Lord. There is no window, and all the light must have come from lantern or candle. The three arrived here from Bethle hem, having crossed the awful desert. On the Mediterranean steamer going from Athens to Alexandria I met the eminent scholar and theologian, Dr. Lansing, who for thirty-five years has been a resident of Cairo, and he told me that he had been all over the road that the three fugitives took from Bethlehem to Egypt. He says it is a desert way, and that the forced journey of the infant Christ must have been a terrible journey. Going up from Egypt Dr. Lansing met people from Bethlehem, their tongues swollen and hanging out from the inflammation of thirst, and although his party had but one goatskin of water left, and that was important for themselves, he was so moved with the spectacle of thirst in these poor pilgrims that, though it excited the indignation of his fellow travelers, he gave water to the stran gers. Over this dreadful route Joseph and Mary started for this land of Egypt. No time to make much prepa ration. Herod was after them, and what were these peasants before an irate king? Joseph, the husband and father, one night sprang up from his mattiess in great alarm, the beads of sweat on his forehead apd his whole frame quaking. He had dreamed of massacres of his wife and babe. They must be off, that night, right away. Mary put up a few \..- things hastily. and Joseph brought to 'thedoor the beast of burden, and helped his wife and child to mo t. Why, those loaves of bread are n enough, those bottles of water will klast tor such a long way. Bughere ~_i time to get anything more. '4on. Good-by to the dear home th never again to see. Their heart ea-. It does not need that ours be a big house in order to make us sorry to -leave it. A TERIB]LE WAY. Over the hills and down through the deep gorge they urge their way. B Hebron, by Gaza. through hot sand, under a blistering sun, the babe crying, the mother taint, the father exhausted. How slowly the days and weeks piss! Will the weary three ever reach the banks of the Yile ? Will they ever see Cairo? Will the desert ever end? When at last they cross the line beyond whc old Herod has no right to pursue their joy is unbounded. Free at last! Let them dismount and rest. Now they resume their way with less anx iety. They will find a place some where for shelter and the earning of their bread. Here they are at Cairo, Egypt. They wind through the crooked streets, which are about ten feet wide, and enter the humble house where 1 have been to-day. But the terminus of the journey of these three fugitives was not as 'humble as their starting point at Bethlehem. If that journey across the desert ended in a cellar it started from a barn. Everything humble around that Den but every thing glorious ovye rh ea d. Christ's advent was in the hostelry called the house of Chim Ham; the night with diamonded finger point ing down to the place; the door of heaven set wide open to look out; from orchestral batons of light drip ping the oratorios of the Messiah; on lowest doorstep of heaven the min strels of God dist-oursinw of' glory and good will. Soon after the white beard ed astrologists kneel, and from jeathern pouch chink the shekels and from open sacks exhale the frankincense and rustle out the bundles of myrrh. The! loosened st ar; the escaped doxology of celestials; the chill December night aflush with May morn; our world a lost star, and another star rushing down the sky that night to beckon the war.r-I derer home again, shall yet make all nations keep Christmas. NEW UNHIACENEYE.S LEssoNS. Are there no new lessons from the story not yet hackneyed by ott re peatal? h, yes! Know in the first pc-Kwas a side-real appearance - atled the way. Why not a black' cloud in the shape of a hand or finger pointing down to the sacred birth place? A cloud means trouble, and the world had had trouble enough. Why not a shaft of lightning quivering and flashing and striking down to the sacred birth place? Lightning means destruction, a shattering and consum ing power, and the world wanted no more destruction. But it was a star, and that means joy. that means hope, that means godI cheer, that means ascendency. A star! That means c-reative power, for did not the morning stars sing together when the portfolio of the worlds was opened ? A star! That means defense. for did not the stars tight in their courses against Sisera and for the Lord's people? A star! That means brilliant continuance, for are not the righteous to shine as the stars forever and ever? A star! That means the opening of eternal joy. The day star in the heart. The morning star of thej Redeemer. WHAT WAs THE sTARY The unusual appearance that night may have been a strange conjunction! of worlds. As the transit of Venus in our time was foretold many years ago by astronomers, and astronomers can tell what will be the conjunctions of worlds a thousand years from now, so they can calculate backward; and even infidel astronomers have been com pelled to testify that about the year 1 there was a very unusual appearance in the heavens. The Chinese record. of course entirely independent of the Word of God, gives as a matter of his tory that about the year 1 there was a strange and unaccountable appearance in the heavens. But it may have been a meteor such as you and I have seen flash to the horizon. I saw a few years ago in the northern sky a star shoot and fall with such brilliancy and precision that if I had been on a hill as high as that of Bethlehem, on which the shepherds 1 stood, I could have marked within a short distance the place of the alight mg. The University of Iowa and the I British museum have specimens of,< meteoric stones picked up in the fields, fragments flung off from other worlds, < leaving a fiery trail on the sky. So i that it is not to me at all improbable 1 the stellar or the meteoric appearance I on that night of which we speak. I t only care to know that it was bright, that it was silvery, that it flashed and swayed and swung and halted with Z joy celestial, as tnough Christ in haste a to save our world had rushed down c without his coronet, and the angels of I God had hurled it after him! f CHRISTIANITY A STAR OF HOPE. I Not a black cloud of threat, but a I gleaming star of hope, is our glorious I Christianity. One glimpse of that r steller appearance kindled up the soul of the sick and dying college student until the words flashed from his pale t fingers and the star seemed to pour its t light from his white lips as Kirke f White wrote these immortal words: 1 When marshaled on the nightly plain I The glittering hosts bestud the sky, 1 One star alone of all the train Can fix the sinner's wandering eye. 1 Hark, hark to God! the chorus breaks I From every host, from every gem; t But one alone, the Saviour, speaks- C It is the Star of IBethlehem. Once on the raging seas I rode. The storm was loud, the night was dark, I And rudely blow the wind that tossed my t foundering bark. Deep horror then my vitals froze. t Death struck, 1 ceased the tide to stem, . When suddenly a star arose It was the Star of Bethlehem. t Notice also in this scene that other c worlds seemed to honor our Lord and master. Bright star of the night, wheel on in thine orbit. "No," said the star, "I must come nearer, and I must bend and I must watch and see what s you do with n y Jesus." Another world that night joined our world in worship. That star made a bow of obeisance. I sometimes hear people talk of Christ's dominion as though it s were to be merely the few thousand C miles of the world's circumference; but 1 believe the millions and the bil lions and the quadrillions of worlds are all inhabited-if not by such creatures as we are, still such creatures as God designed to make, and that all these t worlds are apart of Christ's dominion. Isaac Newton and Kepler and Herschel only went on Columbus voyage to find these continents of our king's domain. TIIEY WERE WISE MEN OF TIIE EAST. But this scene also impresses me with t the fact tnat the wise men of the east v ame to Christ. They were not fools, c they were not imbeciles. The record f distinctly says that the wise men came to Christ. We say they were the magi, a r they were the alchemists, or they a were the astrologists, and we say it 0 with depreciating accentuation. Why, r they wer. the most splendid and mag- C aiicent men of the century. They C were the naturalists and the scientists. 0 They knew all that was known. You must remember that astrology was the mother of astronomy, and that alchem' was the mother of chemistry, and be :ause childrel2 are brighter than the ~ ~entergendo not despise the mother. g It was lifelong business of these as trologers to study the stars. T wenty two hundred and fifty years before ~ Christ was born the wise Inen knew c the precession of the equinoxes, and 1; they had calculated the orbit and the ~ return of the comets. Professor Smith ~ declares that he thinks they under- g stood the distance of the sun from the a sarth. We find in the book of Job ~ that the men of olden time did not sup-a pose the world was flat, as some have t said, but that he knew, and the men of his time knew, the world was globular. The pyramids were built for astrolog ical and astronomical study. Then, the alchemists spent their lives in the 0 study of metals and gases and liquidsC and "solids, and in filling the world's t library with their wonderful discover ies. They were vastly wise men whoh came from the east, and tradition says the three wisest came-Caspar, a young man; Balthazar, a man in mid-life, andh Melchior, an octogenarian. The three wisest men of all the century. They came to the manger. CRIST WILL HELP' IN STORMYT TIM1ES. g It was closing December that he was c born to show that this is a Christ of t: people in sharp blast, for people under t louded sky, for people with frosted boDes, for people with thermometer be lo zero. That is the reason he is so n often found among the destitute. Yout can find him on any night 'coming off he moors. You can see him any nightg coing through the dark lanes of the d city. You can see him putting his a hand under the fainting bead in the pauper's cabin, lie remembers how P the wind whistled around the caravan-ie sary in Bethlehem that December nig ~ and he is in symrpathy with all~those a who in their poverty hear the shutters y, clatter on a cold night. f It was this December Christ thatt Wa ~shington and his army worshiped s at alley Forge, when without blank ets they layv down in the Decembert snow. It was this Christ that the Pil gim Faithers appealed to when the Mallower wharfed at Plymouth Rock, and in the years that went by the graves digged were more in number e thain the houses built. Oh, I tell you, we want a December Christ, not a Christ for fair weather, but a Christ for dark days clouded with sickness, and e chilling with disappointment and suf focating with bereavement, and terrific C with wide open graves. Not a spring- 1 time Christ, not a summer Christ, not ] an autumnal Christ, but a winter C Christ. Oh, this suffering and struggling ~ world needs to be hushed and soothed r and rocked and lullabied in the arms of symathetic Omnipotence' No moth- 1 er ever with more tenderness put her ~ foot on the rocker of the cradle of a sick child than Christ comes dow to us, to the invalid wvorld, and he rocks it in- C to placidity and quietness as he says C Sly peace I give unto you; not as thte a wrld giveth give I unto you."( ALL THlE wORLD Is Is. C But notice also in this account the three Christmas presents that are brought to the manger-gold, frankin-c cense and myrrh. Gold to Christ-C that means all'the ailluence of the world C surrendered to him. For lack of money no more asylums limping on their way like the cripples whom they helpedI feeling their siow way like the blind peole whom they sheltered. Millions o dollars for Christ where there are, now thousands for Christ. Railroads owned by Christian sykkholders, and governed by Christian directors, and'< carrying passengers and freight at Christian prices p9eorge Peabodys and 4 Abbott Lawrence:s and James Lenoxes no rarity. Bank'of England, Bourse of< France,~United States treasury, all the moneyed instituytions of the world for i 'hrist. The gold for Christ. Gold not ierely paid the way of Joseph and MIary and the divine fugitive into Egypt, but it was typical of the fact hfat Christ's way shall be paid all iround the world. The gold for Christ. Ihe silver for Christ, the jewels for 'hrist. Australia, Nevada and Golcon la or Christ. L'he bright, round, beau iful jewel of a world set like a solitaire )m the bosom of Christ. But I notice that these wise men also hook out from the sacks the myrrh. 'he cattle came and they snuffed at it. 'hey did not eat it because it was bit er. The pungent gum resin of Abys iana called myrrh brought to the feet )f Christ. That means bitterness. Bit er betrayal, bitter persecution, bitter lays of suffering, bitter nights of woe. dyrrh. That is what they put into his up when he was dying. Myrrh. That s what they put under his head in the vilderness. That is what they strewed is path with all the way from the cat le pen in Bethlehem to the mausoleum t Joseph's country seat. Myrrh. Yea, ays the Psalmist, "All thy garments mell of myrrh." That is what the vise men wrapped in the swaddling lothes of the babe. That is what the larys twisted in the shroud of a cruci ed Christ. The myrrh. Oh, the eight, the depth, the length, the readth of the Saviour's sorrow! Well aight the wise man shake out the ayrrh. FRANKINCENSE MEANS WORSHIP. But I notice also from another sack hey shake out the frankincense. Clear p to the rafters of the barn the air is lled with perfume, and the hostlers nd the camel drivers in the farthest art of the building inhale it, and it oats out upon the air until passersby onder who in that rough place could ave by accident dropped a box of ala-. aster. Frankincense. That is what bey burned in the censer in the an ient temple. Frankincense. That aeans worship. Frankincense. That ; to fill all the homes, and all the hurches, and all the capitals, and all be nitions from cellar of stalactited ave clear -up to the silvery rafters of he starlit dome. Frankincense. That ;what we shake out Irom our hearts D-day, so that the nostrils of Christ nce crimsoned with the hemorrhage f the cross shall be flooded with the erfume of a world's adoration. Irankincense. Frankincense in song nd sermon and offertory and hand haking and decoration. Praise him, mountains and hills, val sys end seas, and skies and earth and eaven-cyclone with your trumpets, orthern lights with your flaming en ign, morning with your castles of loud, and evening with your billow ig clouds of sunset. Do you know ow they used to hold the censer in the den time, and what it was made of ? [ere is a metal pan and the handle by hich it was held. In the inside of is metal pan were put living coals, a the top of them a perforated cover. a a square box the frankincense was rought to the temples. This frankin mnse was taken out and sprinkled over 2e living coals, and then the perfora d cover was put on, and when they rere all ready for worship, then the ver was lifted from the censer and :om all the other censers. and the per imed smoke arose until it hung amid li the folds and dropped amid all the [tars, and then rose in great columns f praise outside oa above the temple, sing clear up toward the throne of .od. So we have two censers to-day of hristmas frankincense. Here is the e censer of earthly frankincense. On that we put our thanks for the ercies of the past year, the mercies of LI our past lives, individual mercies, imily mercies, social mercies, national ueri-es, and our hearts burning with ratitude send aloft the incense of raise toward the throne 'of Christ. ring on more incense, and higher and igher let the columns of praise as ad. Let them wreathe all these pil trs and hover amid all these arches, nd then soar to the throne. But here the other censer of heavenly thanks iving and worship. Let them bring I their frankincense-the cherubim ring theirs, and the seraphim theirs nd the one hundred and forty-four 1ousand theirs, and all the eternities eirs, and let themi smoke with per ime on this heavenly censer until the loud canopies the throne of God. 'hen I take these two censers-the nser of earthiv frankincense and the nses of heavenly frankincense-and swing them before the throne, and aeen I clash them together in one great allelujah uato him to whom the wise xen of the east brought gold and the yrrh and the frankincense. Blessed e his glorious name forever! The Farmers Home. The farmer's home must not be for otten this winter. It is too much the astom of the agricultural journals to ~eat of subjects pertaining absolutely >the farm and ignr're the home as if were a separate institution entirely. 'his is an error which is liable to do uuch harm and the policy should be >create in the minds of the boys and irls of the farm a love for home and arning. For music and painting, for rawing and fine needlework, as well r for the heavier tasks that must be erformed. Every farmer should pro ide for his family amusemngfoQ(.Mbg anin~Ig andi o~-et days that will at ract their attention to the home and way from the low, loafing places that till create within them a morbid love :r the things that will lead them as ra. Then tathers and mothers should peed part of the time in the compan >nship of their children and teach dem many things that have passed nder their own observation during .fe and not bury themselves in news apers or knittings. Improve the farm rs home and you improve the future f the nation. A Convict's Christmas. COLrUMBA, S. C., Dec. 31.-It is rath r unusual for a convict to spera his hristmas at home with his family, ut there is nowv one case on record. )r. Sloan, the secretary of the Clemson ollege board, is authority for the story, nd hie vouches for its absolute cor ectness. H ere it is: One night shortly efore Ch ristrilas a negro convict work ag in the squad at Clemson college, nd seeing no prospects of a pleasant :hristmas at the college, was missed. earch wvas made for him, but no trace ould be found. The authorities de ided that he had made good his escape nd thought no more of it. As soon as ihrstmas was passed, however, he ame to the stockade anid knocked at he door. When the guard opened it' te was surprised to see the escape. he fellowv said: "'se come back. I nly went home to spend the Christmas olidays and l'se had a good time. I'se ome back now you see." The guard aw but he was too much astonished to ay much. and he quietly took the rev Ir in. Ie is now working as usual. ecord.__________ A 5100,000 Fire Ia Augusta, Ga. AUGrsTA, Gfl., Dec. 31.-Augusta nd a $100,000 fire this morning at 6 'clock. L. A. R. Read, dealer in vhiskies, loss $30,000; insured for SiO, 00. .James J. Baile, carpets, $14200; nsurance S8.000. Nicholas Kahrs, gre eries, $37,000; insurance $16,000. D). ancken, groceries, $14,000. Damage n the Roberts'hnuildingr $2,000 NIHILIST STEPNIAK, HE TALKS ENTERTAININGLY ON RUS SIAN AFFAIRS. A Great Revolution is Imminent There, He Says, and the Czar's Life Is In Dan gcr-Sergius Stepulak Is an Assumed Name. NEW Y ORK, Jan. 5.-Sergius Step niak, the famous Russian revolution ist, exile and writer, arrived in New York Tuesday on the Umbria and is occupying apartments at the Everett House. Mrs. Stepniak accompanies him. He has come to this country to deliver fifty or more lectures, and, in view of the great Interest which Ameri cans feel in Russian affairs, and the particular interest which they must necessarily take in a man who has been a co-worker with the most noted lead ers of the popular movement against the Czar, it seems probable that he will address large audiences. It was a mild-mannered Nihilist who sat in a room at the Everett House at 4 o'clock and answered questions from newspaper men. Anybody, taking a good look at him, would say: "There's a man overflowing with good nature, a warm-hearted, sympathetic fellow. He cannot be a Nihilist." But that is the very sort of man to make a good Nihilist, according to the definition whick Stepniak himself gives, for, as he puts it, the Nihilist is a man who, touched by the sufferings of his people, feels impelled to espouse their cause and to make a martyr of himself, if needs be, to right their wrongs. He may do very bad things, but he does them because he is a very good man. Stepniak must measure 5 feet 11 in height and weigh 190 pounds. The losely-fitting tweed suit which he wears makes him look an even heavier man. He is well proportioned, with erect body, full chest, magnificent shoulders, and a well-balanced head. He has full, black whiskers and bushy black hair. His eyes are black, and are full of life and intelligence, and his face is altogether a pleasing one, show ing great animation as he talks and ex pressive of dignity and character in repose. "The Nihilist as a party," said he, "believe that certain things should be given to the people of Russia. They want a National Parliament. universal suffrage, local autonomy, and nation alization of land. They do not believe in a State Church, but in absolute free dom in religious matters. For the present they are fighting for but one thing, and that is for the substitution of a free government in the place of autocracy. They ask no more than this, willing to leave the rest to be set tled afterward, and willing to take their chances with other parties in the determination of what institutions are best suited to a free people. They do not ask for a republic, although they are individually Republicans. They would be willing that the reigning Csar should be the President for life. But they do insist that autocratic pow er shall be done away with." "What are you here for, to make some money?" Was the next question. "Oh, no," answered Stepniak to this rather abrupt inquiry. "I come as the representative of the paper which is published in England-Free Russia-a paper which has for Its object the awakening in the civilized nations of the world of a sentiment of disapproval of the course of the Russian govern ment toward the people of Russia. We have no popular semtiment to which we may appeal in our own land in the hope that it may lead to a modi'lcation of the rigorous treatment of his sub jects administered by the Czar. But we realize that foreign opinion of our country has a tremendous induence. In the sentiments of other people than our own we have fonnd a lever which we may use to great advantage in our work. "For example, we realize that what has come from the work of George Kennan has made an epoch in Russian history. I do not me~an that the senti ment whizh he has aroused has had its greatest effect direct upon the Czar, it has operated perhaps more strongly upon others, upon the great body of oficials surrounding the Czar, and it has certainly produced a great impres sion upon the entire body of Russian liberals. The paper of which I speak was founded by some of the leading men of England, and our committee of management is composed of noted men of both parties. I wish to create in this country an interest in our cause similar to that which is felt in England. That is what I am here for, and if I do it I shall consider that I have made a very successful journey." "Do you indorse tbe practices of the Russian terrorists?" was the next in terrogatory which was submitted. To this question Stepniak responded with the counter question, "If any one of you should have your sister flogged. what would be your feelings-what step would you stop at to overturn the government that authorized such a punishment?" [hen he went on to describe the relations prevailing in gir-gttea people_ aidsoergn The conditions were so severe h~ld that they could not be tolerated. "We ti-ied the propaganda first," he continued. "but we got nothing from it except the most cruel and barbarous treatment of all who took part in it. There is no other way than by the use of force to get what we want and must have, and I believe that in the end it will be better for humanity if force shall be used than it would be if wie should continue to endure. "I had my first trouble with the gov ern ment," said Stepnlak, "in 1873, when I was making propaganda among the peasants. I was ordered into exile. But I didn't leave the country. Ij changed my name and residence some what and still kept on with my work. I was probably the first of what are known as the 'illegal people.' That phrase covers persons who, having been ordered to leave the country, stay in it under assumed names, liable, if apprehended, to undergo severe punish ment. I went to Switzerland in 1875, and there wrote for a leatlet publica tion which was circulated in Russia. Later I returned to Russia, still an 'illegal' person, and published a paper called Land and Liberty." "What would they do with you if they should find you in the country; send you to Siberia?" "WVorse than that," answered Step niak, with a smile. "It might be that horrible prison at Schusselbourg, which is far worse than Siberia. There's many a Russian, I can tell you, who would be very happy to be sent to Liberia rather than to Schusselbourg. Really I should consider that I had done very little for my country if 1 should only be sent to Siberia." "Stepniak is not your name; what is your name? They call you by five or six names in this counery; which is the right one?" The Russian laughed at this ques tion and then he answered : "My name is Stepniak. That is the name that I will be known by. I was born 'Step niak' when I wrote my book, 'Under mrond "Russian doAwn In Italy, I coe to conceal my real name. Let the Rus sian government know me as 'Step niak.' I have never done aught that . am ashamed of or regret, but I do no wish to give my name and it is m, right to withhold it." "Have you ever killed anybody T mildly inquired one of the journalists Stepniak openfd his eyes at thi: question, as well he might, but hi answered it promptly in the negative The last question put to Stepnial was whether or not he considered tha the reigning Czar's life was in danger "Yes, I do," was the answer tha came with emphasis. "A great revo lution is impending in Russia, and un less some concessions are speedily mad< to the people it will soon come upoi the country, and, depend upon it rivers of blood will flow." A SENSATION IN THE SENATE. The Republican Schism Ilecomes Mon Patent. WASHINGTON. December 30.-Th scene in the Senate this afternoon was memorable in many respects, but th4 chief interest lay in the fact that the Re publicans held a caucus in the open Sen ate. The day had not been propitiou for the friends of the force bill in th morninz and an hoar had been wastei in the effort to obtain a quorum. Ther Senator Wolcott made an eloquent an earnest speech against the bill ; then th( measure had been laid aside while Sen ators Stewart and Reagan discussed the financial question. Finally the climax was reached whet Senator Teller began to abuse his col leagues for not bringing the measure tc a vote, and charging that it was being delayed by Eastern Senators in ordei that a Senate financial measure mighi not be passed. As Mr Teller proceed. ed with increasing emphasis, despite the Ict that his voice trembled with weak. ness due to a recent illness, the Sena tors on both sides began to regard him with the closest interest. The cloa rooms were speedily emptied and Sen ators hurried from their committee rooms. When Mr Teller had concluded, after attacking the proposed closure bill, Mr Hoar rose to reply. He twirled a book on his desk in a nervous manner. and in an apologetic speech threw the blame of non-action on Senator Allison. whose absence, lie said, had prevented the con sideration of amendments to the bill in committee. Senator Hale then arraigned Senator Hoar for his management of the bill, and Senator Hoar retorted by denouncing all the Senators who had paired with the Democrats. 'Senator Mitchell, with a smile on his brown-bearded face, suggested that his Republican colleagues had better hold a caucus. Finally, when nearly the whole Republicsn side was in the snarl, Sena tor Hawley moved that the Senate go into executive session, and this brought the debate to a close. During the whole time not a Demo cratic Senator opened his mouth to speak, although all of them enjoyed to the utmost tile display of lack of harmo ny in the enemy's ranks. The Demo crats are jubilant to-night over the out burst of bad feeling, and are encouraged, especially as Senator Teller openly ad vised them to leave the chamber and break a quorum if such action would de feat the bill. The action of Senator Aldrica in offer ing the closure resolution yesterday had caused the Democrats to seriously con sider the necessity for united resistance, but to-night they are more hopeful of the .iuture of the country.-News and Courier. THE MISSISSIPPI VENDET TA. Attempt to Mtake Poltcal Capital out of a Private Feud. W ASH INGToN, December 31.-Presi dent H-arriso'n, with the assistance of Postmaster General Wannamaker and Gen Whitfield, first assistant postmaster goneral, is miakmng an investigation into the recent killing of J. P. Matthe ws, postmerter at Carroliton, Miss. Matthews was the third appointment to the postmastership of that town. R. . Hansbrough was appointed, but the :ommission was withheld, and another HIansbrough, the former's son, was then appointed and took charge of the office. Soon after, however, his bondsmen withdrew and lie was unable to give bond again. He accordingly surrendered the office on August 20th last. J1. P. Mat thews was appointed and took posses sion of the oflice in the followving Octo ber. Records in the postoflice department show that in 1875 one F. A. Doss was appointed postmaster at Carrollton. Sonme time later the office became vacant, in what manner that records do not show, but among the applicants was Mrs. V. A. E. Doss. who in her appli ation states that her brother was at one time postmaster at Carrollton, and "died for his Republicanism." Senator George, of Mississippi. hts re eeved a number of letters relating to the ihog of Postmaster Matthews. at Carrollton, Senator George,s home. The foliwing epistle, given to the Star reporter by -the Senator this afternoon, is trom a B3aptist 3imniter in that town: A t the request of some of our best citi ens I write to give yothe particulars of the recent unfortunate 'eicrrence in our town. 3.30 P. M. On tile Mth inst. J. P. Matthews. our postmaster; -Was shot and ins taatly killed by W. S. MW Bride, our druggist. We wish to inform you, and through you [the postoflice de p.rtment, that there is not the slightest political importance to the unfortunate killing. It was simply and purely a per onal difliculty between two young men.. Mr. Matthews has been drinking much of late, lie and Mc~lride were warm personal friends, but on the night of the 24th Matthews was in McBride's store making some Christmas purchases. and they fell out and had an altercation about a 'plush dressing case worth $8. Mat thews became exasperated and struck McBride on the head with his pistol. in licting an uaiy flesh wound. On the morning of the 25th Matthews was drinking and walking up and down [le streets with a Winchester rifle. lHe was arrested by Sheritf McCain and put up a forfeit of $100 for his appearance at te Mayor's Court next day and was en joined to stay in his store. He had just a short time before passed McBride's store and stopped at the door and looked in, and in loud words said .he was wait ing for him. Upon his putting up his forfeit lie went to his store. the postollice, but in a few minutes seIzed his gun and came out on [le streets, and with gun in hand pro ceeded toward [the drug store. When lie reached the south corner of the hotel gallery, at the north corner of Jackson's grocery, McBride stepped outof [lie dlrug store on thie pavement and shot him in the brest with a load of buckshot, killing him iratonthy, IN THE LEAD. The Rapid Strides Made in the Southern States. BALTDIORE, Dec. 31.-The Manufac turer's Record publishes in this week's issue its annual review of the industrial progress of the south for 1890, showing great activity and prosperity throughout that sectoion. The total assessed value of property for 1890 is nearly 94,500,000,000, a gain - of'8270,000,000 over 1889 and of $1,600, 000,000 over 1880. The number of national banks in the south is 590, with an aggreate capitol of $200,763,705, an increase during the year of 104 banks and $10,635,000 capi tal. Ten years ago the south had 220 national banks with a total capital of $45,408,985. According to the report of the United States comptroller of cur rency, the net earnings of all southern national banks for the twelve months ended Nov. 30, 1890, were $10,523,793, or an average 11% per cent. on the total capital. Only two southern national banks failed during the year, and both of these failures were due to dishonesty in management, according to govern ment reports. During the year 2,499 miles of railroad were built in the south. against 2,296 miles in 1889. Gross earnings of all southern railroads for the first eleven months of 1890 were $100,894,517 against .90,290,470 for the same time in 1889, an increase of $10,604,047. The total value of foreign exports from all southern ports for the first eleven months of 1890, was $268,293,000, an in crease of $24,141,010 over the correspond ing months of 1889, while the increase in the balance of the country was only $4,834,477, the increase at southern ports being five times as great as the combined gain at all other United States ports. The production of pig iron for the year foots up to about 1,960,000 tons, a gain of 39*,000 tons over 1889, of 830,000 tons over 1888, and of more than 1,000,000 tons over 1887. The total prodaction of cotton for the last six years has been 42,000,000 bales, worth, including the value of seed sold about $2,300,000,000, or an average oi nearly $400,000,000 a year. The consumption of cottonbysouth ern mills was 549,487 bales last year against 266,000 bales in 1885, a gain of over 100 per cent. During the year 3, 917 new manufacturing enterprises, cov ering every variety of industry from tack works to steel works, were organ ized in the south, making a total during the last five years of over 17,000 new en terprises. Commenting upon the statistics of the south's progress, The Manufacturers' Record says: The past twelve months have been a period of unprecedented activity in every department of industrial and commerci al enterprise in the south. Every factor in business reflects general activity. The railroads have been crowded with freight beyond their capacity. The banks have transacted an enormously increased vol ume of business and have earned hand some returns upon their capital; agri cultural and manufacturing products have been put forth in great quanity and there has been a tremendous flow o1 capital from every direction to the south seeking investment. The past year has not been one of booming nor abnormal developement, but it has been essential ly a period of steady growth upon a solid foundation. The south has been put to severe tests during the past year. but it has stood them all without strain or in jury, and stands better in the eyes of the world than ever before. An abundance of everything that fields or factories yield, has given the south ample re sources with which to stand all strains and to meet all demands. Fight for Political Life. TO PEKA, Kan., Dec. 31.-Senator In galls came to T opeka to-day for the pur pose of holding a consultation witb his managers. To-day is also the fifty-sev entli anniversary or his birth. but this fact was not kno wn when the date for the conference was set by Chairman Buchan, of the Republican Central Com mittee. The conference was extensively advertised and the city is full of Repub lcan politicians. Senator ingalls 'has engaged a suite oi rooms at the Cope land Hotel until after the Legislature has adjourned. Neither Senator Ingalls nor Mr. Buchan, who is managina his campaign, would give any statement for publicantion to-day. "You see I have made quite a reputa tion for discretion within the past two weeks and do no't wish to blast it," Mr. Ingalls will remain in Topeka t-rorrow, returning to Atchison on an evening train. He will return to this city after taie Legislature convenes, to remain until after the Senaatorial elec tion. The Allhance leaders are consider ably disconcerted by the confidence which Senator Ingalls's managers are displaying. Frank McGrath. president of the Alliance, said to-day : '-The only hing we have to fear is that some of our representatives may be suddenly called upon to leave the Capitol." State Senator W. J. Buchan, Kansas City, Chairman of the Republican State Cetral committee, is reported as hav ing said to-day to a supposed supporter of Senator Ingalls that the great work before the friends of Ingalls now is to prevent, if possible, the Alliance members of the Legislature from going into a cancus. If a caucus can be pre vented, he holds there is a fair proba bility of re- electing Ingalls. But if the Alliance members go into a caucus there is no possible hope ; the man they nomi nate will be elected on the first ballot. Many Skaters Drowned. f-LONDON, Dec. 31.-A-terrible accident Iis p- 'd from Warwick-on-the-Avon. Wh' -eral thousand skaters were dispo hemselves on the river at that p1 -e suddenly and without a word o cracked in the middle of the rive mense fissure opened, through w 3. hundred of the skaters were p into the icy waters. A cry of horro from the specta tors, while the fo " skakers lost no Itime in reaching th banks. When the first shock was a number of people hurried to the ue of the drowning skaters and a n er of them were pulled out, but it is feired many were drowned, as a large nulnber are missing. The latest reports s'tie that seventeen bodies have been reco%'ed, among them several women. An Indiana Tragedy. FcnT WAYNE, December 26.-WeSley Tullis, a prominent young business man. 'of New Corrydon, a town forty miles south of here, shot and instantly killed Miss Verona IE. Travel this morning, and then committed suicide. Tullis has' for a long time been paying attention to' the girl. Her mother objected to the match. This morning he entered a grocery kept by Mrs. Travel and asked the girl to marry him. She referred him to her mother, who ordered him out of the house. Hie drew a revolver and shot Verona through the heart. He then. turned upon her mother, firing at her twice without effect. Tullis then blew out his brains, and fell lifeless upon the ['ad body of the girl. THE INDIAN BATTLE. The Report of the Fight and the Death of Captain Wallace Confirmed. OMAHA, Dec. 30.-Col. Forsythe reached Pine Ridge Agency this morn ing with the Seventh Cavalry and the surviving prisoners. le reports twen ty-five of his men killed and thirty - four wounded in the fight at Porcelain Creek yesterday. Gen. Brooke has since the 6ght revoked his orders for trains to carry prisoners South under guard. There is only a remnant left. A special to the Bee from Rushville, says: "At daybreak this morning thirty Indians belonging to Two Strike's band tried to capture a pro vision train of the Seventh Cavalry two miles from Pine Ridge. The Indians were all killed. "The remains of Captain Wallace ar rived here at noon to-day, and the body will be sent to Fort Robinson. The people are flocking into town by the hundreds from the territory bordering on the reservation." WASHINGTON, Dec. 30.-The Com missioner of Indian Affairs this morn ing received the following dispatch from Agent D. F. Roger, dated Pine Ridge, Indian Agency, December 29: "On Wounded Knee Creek this morn ing while the soldiers were di:sarming Big Foot and his band, after their sur render, a fight took place which result ed in the killing of about 300 Indians and several of the soldiers, including Captain Wallace, with a number wounded. Two Strike and his partv, who are camped on White Clay Creek. just below Red Cloud's house, opened fire on the agency from the hill tops opposite the boarding school, wound ing two soldiers. The police returned the fire, killing two of Two Strike's Indians and wounding two others. Two Strike ana his band have retreat ed in a Northwesterly direction and it is supposed is trying to make his way back to Bad Lands. "Thus far the Pine Ridge Indians have taken no ac tive part in the war, but Big Foot, Slow Bear, Kicking Bear and Two Strike have been and are still making disturbances." GONE FOR THE BODY. COLUMBIA, S. C., Dec. 31.-Among the passengers who changed trains at the union depot this morning was Col. R. M. Wallace, of Sumter, and he went north. He is bound for the Pine Ridge Indian agency, some distance from Omaha, Nebraska. He is going on a sad mission which is no less than to bring back to South Carolina the body of his brother, Capt. Wallace, of company K of the Seventh United States cavalry. Last night he received a telegram from the agency stating that couriers from the Bad Lands had arrived there stating that a desperate conflict had occurred on Porcelian creek between the United States troops and Big Foot's band of indians. The Indians had been captured and were being disarmed by Col. Forsythe's troops, when they revolted and pounced upon the troops. Then Capt. Wallace was killed and Lieut. Garlington, also a native of this State, was wounded in the arm. Several s6ldiers wtqr kiilld before the troops could repel the at tack. Many Indians were also killed. Great excitement prevailed, and fears were entertained th at the friendly tribe would rise and destroy the agency. CHANGED HANDS. The Agricultural Department Transfer red to Clemson College. COLUMBIA, S. C., Dec. 31.-The agri ultural department has at last chang ed hands. A very long session of the board of trustees of Clemson College was held last night in Governor Till man's office, Governor Tillman being present. Definite action was taken on the following matters: Governor Tillman, Secretary of State Tindal and Mr. J. E. Wannamaker were appointed a sub-committee of the board, with powers to look after the State's interests in the department of agriculture until the property is flially in possession of Clemson College. They have also duties to perform in relation to Clemson College, being, in fact, the representatives of the trus tees. Mr. J. P. Smith, of Anderson, was elected chief clerk of the department, vice Mr. A. E. Gonzales, who resigned. Mr. Smith will probably report for duty to-morrow. Mr. Withers, who was assistant clerk uinder Col. Butler, has been retained by the sub-commit tee. It is undersood that Mr. Withers's salary has been raised from S50 per month to $125 per month, the rate at which the chief clerk was paid. The following gentlemen were se lected as guano samplers: Messrs. Crossland, from the northeast section, Shanklin, of Pendleton, Hlardin. of Greenville. A fourth member will be appointed by Governor Tillmnan and Mr. J. E. Wannamaker. It was determined to go on with the work at Clem son College as far as the available funds will permit Prof. Hardin, of Clemson College, was placed in charge of the departmnent of chemistry. Hie wvas at work in his new office to-day. lHe saidl that it would be several days yet before he would be able to faniliarize himself with the matters of detail. There are two assistants in his department who come over from the old regime. Prof. Hardin was instructed to continue the analyses of fertilizers. Secretary Sloan was instructed to take charge of the experiment. station here. He visited the place this morn ing and received the books, other pro perty, etc. Prof. Hlardin will probably receipt for the chemical property at the experiment station to-morrow. The department building will be sold by the sinking fund commission and all of the removable property except the museum will be transferred to the Clemson College some time in March. Governor Tillman. Mr. .J. E. Wanna maker and Secretary Sloan pushed things to-day in order to relieve the situation with regard to the shipment of fertilizers. There are now on iile with the chief clerk of the trustees about a dozen applications for tags, which applications include a great number of tags. By the construction of the Act tor the abolition of the department it is held to be the rule that the applications fr tags accompanied by the cash must be sent to State Treasurer Bates, who will notify the clerk of the trustees of the applications and instruct h/im tc issue the tags. The business will run along smoothly wvhen this information is read.-News and Courier. CapsIzed at sea. PHILADELl'IiiA, December 31.-The schooner A. D). Lamson, which arrived here to-day, has on board the body o1 *Capt. Evans, of the schooner Lucimdr . Potter, from Boston for Norfolk 'The captain of the Lamson states that the Potter capsized at sea on December o3, about twenty-eight miles off Fort Zarnegat, N. .J The captain and one -seaman were ta en off the capsized yes ~elby the Lamson by 4 A. M., but thet aptain died soon afterwards. The re mainder of the Potter's crew wert Arwed THE INDIAN WAR. INFORMATION OF THE BATTLE WITH THE TROOPS. Twelve Indians Deliberately Attack Five Hundred Soldiers-The Friendly Bucks Join the Hostiles--No Doubts of Farthe; Fighting-Camp Lights Plainly Visible. OMANA. Dec. 31.-The ree correspon dent at Pine Ridge telegraphs: "Gen. Brooke has just received news from the scene of the fight at the Catholic mission on Clay Creek which states that six men of the Seventh Cavahy were killed and many wounded. rur ther particulars have not yet been re ceived. "Firs, intimation of the.tronble at the mission was bought lat'-yesterday' afternoon, by a courier who'ushed in with the startling news that the mis sion building, where there are a num ber of Catholic priests and sisteis and hundreds of children, were surrounded by hostiles and had been set onfire The cavalrymen, who had scarcely a any rest for four days, were instantl in the saddle, and with a couple of Hotchkiss guns started on a gallop for the mission. As the dispatch wasbe ing written the roar of guns coull be heard, indicating that a 1ight was in progress. "Two Strike, Little Wounded, Short Bull and other chiefs ran away from 3 the agency Monday night, after hear ing of the Wounded Knee Fight. tak in, with them a hundred warriors. They also compelled the old chief Red Cloud to accompany them tinder the threat of death. -It is these Indians who attacked the supply train and raided the Catholic mission." The Ninth Cavalry was an hour be hind the Seventh in reaching the spot and they found the Seventh in a tight place surrounded by the Indians. The latter disappeared, however, when they. saw reinforcement arrive for the caval ry; The infantry were also orlered, but were not needed. The damage done to the troops is small, Lieutenant Mann of Company- E. Seventh Cavalry, was wounded through the side. The first . Sergeant of Company K. was also wounded. TREACIIEROUS ACTIONS OF TE FRIENDLIES. OMIAA, Neb, Dec. 31.-A special to, the Bee from Rushville says: "A blinding snow storm, which is fast as-' suming the proportions of a blizzard, began falling here and at the agency. at 9 o'clock this morning. Advices are that the fight was kept up nearly a night at thi late battle ground within a few miles of the agency. By reasons of the suspicious actiong of the alleged Friendly Indians in the camp near the agency, troops were call ed in from the field. It transpired late yesterday evening that the large camp of Friendlies, located Sauth of the agency, is made up almost entirely of old men, squaws and children. The question is what has become of the supposed large number of FriendlyZ bucks located there until yesterday. A half breed couiier who was through that camp last night reports that nearly every ahle bodied Indian in this Friendly outfit had slipped, away after dusk and joined the hosti The Frien~~dly~Idians i now, he says, are principally squaws, and those not able to fight. Up to 11 3 o'clock this morning, however, every thing is reported to be quiet, both sides resting on their arms and each waiting for some move from the opposing forces. That further fighting will oc cur there seems no doubt. If the Indians should make an onslaught during the storm, they would undoubt edly have a great advantage. The danger is that they will now brea away to strongholds in Bad Lands and be reinforced by the Rosebud, Stand-" ing Rock and other Indians. Indian signal lights were again plain-.' ly visible last night in the rough coun try twenty miles North. PARTICULARS OF THE FIGHT. WOUNDED KNEE CREEK, Dec. 29. Bright and early were the troops up this morning. At 8 o'clock they were ordered to be in readiness to move. At that hour the cavalry and dismounted troops were massed about the Indian village, the fIotchkiss guns overlook- - ing the camp not many yards away. Colonel Forsythe ordered all the In dians to come forward from the tents, They came and sat in a half-circle un til counted. 'foe dismounted troops-'~ were then thrown around them, Corn pany K. Captain Wallace, and Comn pany B. Captain Varnum. The order was then 'iven to twenty Indians to go and get their guns. Up on returning it was seen that only two of them had guns. A detachment at once began to search the villagg e-~ sulting in thJrty-eight guns be~ found. As the search was about com pleted the Indians, surrounded by Cam panics K and 1B, began to move. All of a sudden they threw their hands to the ground and began to fire rapidly at the troops not twenty feet away. The troops were at a great disadvantage, fearing that they would shoot their own comrades. The Indian men, wo men and children then ran to the South battery, firing rapidly as t-hey ran. Soon the mounted troops were after them shooting them down on every side. The engagement lasted fu!ly an hour and a half. To the South many took refuge in a ravine from which it was ditlicult to dislodge them. It is esti mated that the soldiers killed and wounded number about fifty. Just now it is impossible to state the exact number of dead Indians. There are many more thun fifty, however, killed out right. The soldiers are shooting the Indians down wherever found, no quarter be ing given by any one. Captain Wal lace, K Troop, Seventh Cavalry, was killed and Lieutenant Garlington, of Arctic fame, was shot throug the arm at the elbow. The troops are still firing from the camp) and pursuing the enemy in every direction, To say that it was a most daring feat, tw.elve Indians attacking 500 cavalry, expresses the situation buA faintly. It could only have been in sanity' which prompted such at dee It is dioubtfuli that if before ni either a buck or a squaw out of a1 Big Foot's baud will zoe left to tell the tale of this day's treachery. 'The membei-s of the Seventh Cavalry have once more shown themselves to Ibe heroes in deeds of daring. Single handed conilicts were seen all over the ield. The death of Captain Wallace causes much regret. The poor fellow met his death by a biow on the head from a war clb. Found Frozen to Death. W HEELING, Ra., 1)ee. .31.-The irst loss of lfe in this section from the great snow is jartreporale from I1am i, Lincoln county. ,James Yest,-~ school teacher, was found frozen to death near there. lIe was buried in a 'snow drift on a road leading across the mountains from Six Mile creek to Mud river, and was evidently on his way home to spead New Year's. IIorxIN5vIL LE, Ky., Dec. :31.-.J. E. Beck, a farmer residing west of this city, was found lying in the highway, not far from his home, mn the morning, frozen tO deith. Ie had been to a neighbor's 5testerday, and returning home intoxicated after night lost his way and fanling down froze to death.