The Manning times. (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, March 25, 1891, Image 5
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DR. TALMAGE ON THE WOEFUL EF
FECTSOFT HEMODER'N DRAMA.
ItDistorts Rea1Lifb With Crtatior, of
Diseased Imagiinations-Stage Hieroes
and Heroines Unifittin:: the Youth of
Our Land for Honest Latbor.
BRooKLyN, March 15.-Dr. Talmage
irepched the fourth of his series of ser
:Lous on the Plagues of the Cities" thi:
morning. The sermon to-day is on Bale
ful Amusements." The text A as 11
Samuel ii, 14: "Let the young men now
srise and play before us."
The follo:ning is substantially the ser
Mron:
There are two armies encamped by
tLe pool of Gibeon. The time hangs
heavily on their hands. One army pro
poses a zame ot sword-fencing. Noth
ig could be more healthful and inno
cent. The other army accepts the chal
lenge. Twelve men against twelve men,
the sport opens. But sometiing went
adversely. Perhaps one of the swords
men got an unlucky clip, or in some
way had his ire aroused, and that which
openly in sportfulness ended in vio
lence, each one taking his contestant ioy
the hair, and then with the sword
thrusting him in the side; so that that
which opened in innocent fun ended in
the massacre of all the twenty-four
sportsmen. Was there ever a better
illustration of what was true then, and
is true now, that that which is mnocent
may he made destructive? What of a
cworldly nature is ir ore important and
.strengthening and innocent t'an amuse
men,. and jet what has counted more
victims? I have no sympathy with a
straight-jacket religion. This is a very
bright world to me, and I propose to do
all Ican to make It bright for others.
I never could keep step to a dead
march. A book issaed years ago says
that a Christan man has a right to some
amusements; for instance, if he comes
home at night weaiy frora his work, and
feeling the need of recreation, puts on
his 'slippers, and goes into his garret.
and walks lively around the floor several
times, there can be no harm in it. I be
heve the Chutch of God has made a tre
mendous mistake in trying to suppress
the sportfulness of youth and drive out
from men their love of amusement. If
God ever implanted anything in us, he
unplanted this desnte. But instead of
providing for this demand of our nature,
the.Church of God has, for the main part,
kiored it. As in a iiot, the mayor
plants a battery at the end of the street,
and has it fired off, so that eve-ything is
cut down th:; happens to stand in the
, range, the good as well as the bad, so
htere are men in the Church who plant
their batteries of condemnation, and fire
away indiscriminately. Everything is
g ondemued. Bu. uy Bible commends
those who use the world without abusing
it and in the natural world, God has
done everything to please and amuse us.
In poetic figure we sometimes speak of
naural objects as being in pain, but it is
-a mere fancy. Poets say the clouds
weep, but they never yet shed a tep -;
and that the winds sigh, but they never
S dhave any troable; and that the storm
Zbowls, but it never lost its temper. The
-world is a rose, and the unal erse a gar
aahnd.
And I am glad to know that in all our
cities there are plenty of places where
e may find elevated moral entertaiment.
-E Bt all honest nmen and good women
'ill agree with me in t'ee state.nent that
one of the worst plagues of these cities
3-s corrupt amusement. Multitudes have
'gone down under the blasting influence
nver to rise. If we may judge of what
~~oing on in many of the places of
-ma~iieent by the Sodomic pictures on
ee-d-fences and in many of the show
dSadows, there is not a much lower
a hof profligacy to reach. At Nap'eb,
? tay, they keep such pictures locked rp
reindiscriminate insecaion. Those
piictures were exhumed frora Pompein,
~aadare not fit for pabhic gaze. If the
peeontery of bad places of amusement
2azgmg out Improper advertisement of
Osbat they are doing night by night glows
itere in the same proportion, in fifty
ears N~ew York and Brook~vn will beat
Emotonly Pompeii, but Sodom. To help
tay the plague now raging, I project
~etain princp'es b; which you may
juein regard to any amusement or re
ereation, finding out for yourself whether
-ii right or whether it is wrong.
e Iremark, in the first place, that you
Ma'cn judge of the moral character of any
isnansement by its healthful ies alt, or by
Stit baleful reaction. There are people
9thwo seem made up of hard facts. Theyv
~are a combination of multiplicat'on
W-ales and statistics. Ifyou show th' m
Es exquisite picture, they will begin to
biscuss the pigments involved in the
9:hc~ering, If you show them a beautiful
diose, they will submit it to a botanical
selaysis, which is only the post-mortem
MaIain tnof a flower. They have no
gre'bound in their na.are. They never do
-aething more than smile. There are
aogreat tides of feeling su.ging up from
h'badepths of their soul, in billow after
biow of reverberating laughter. They
Saeem as if nature had built them by con
tinci, and made a bungling job out of
nieL But blesaed be God, there are peo
S ple in the world who have bright faces,
.- and whose life is a song, an anthem, a
pcan of victory. Even their troubles
are like the vines that crawl up the side
,f a great tower, on the top of which the
sunlight sits, and the soft airs of suui
mer hold perpetual carnival. They are
he people you like to haie come to your
house; they are people I like to have
ome to my house. If you but toach
the hem of their garments, you are
--healed.
N. ow it is these exhilarant and sympa
Shetic and warm hearted people that are
mosttempted to pernicious amusements.
In proportion as a ship is swift, it wants
a strong helmsman; in proportion as a
horse is gay, it wants a stout driver; and
these people of exuberant nature will do
well to look at the reaction of all their
amusements. If an amusement sends
you home at night nervous, so that y oa
cannot sleep, and you rise up in the
morning, not because you are slept out.
but because your duty draas you from
\your s uxtbers, you have been where yca
oght not to haye been. There ate
amusements that send a man next day
toG his work bloodshot, yawning, stupid,
-nauseated; and they are worng kinds oI
~musement.
There are entertainments that give ai
man disgust with the drudgery of life:;
-.with tools because they are not swords;
with working aprons because they are
not robes; with cattle because they are
not infuriated balls of the arena. If any
.amusement sends you home longing t'or
a life of romance and thrilling adventure.
-love that takes poison at d shoots itself.
-moonlight adventv-es and hair-breadth
*escapes, you may depend upon it that
you are the sacrificed victim of unsane
-'tified pleasure. Our recreations are in-~
-tended to build us up; and if they pull us
down, as to our moral or as to our phy
sical strength, you may come to the con
lusion that they are obno.:ious.
There is nothing more dep~aving than
attendance upon amuseraients that are
full of innuendo and low suggestion.
The young man enters. At first lie sits
far back, with his hat on and his co't
-collar up, fearful that somebody there
--may know him. Several nights pass on.
-He takes ofl'his hat earlier, and puts his
cocoltclar down. The blush that nrst
--came mnto his cheek when anything inde'
cent was enacted comes no more to his
cheek. Farewell, young man! Y~ou
w!,cn ends iQ consiaiiate destru-tion.
The stars of hope wIll go out one by one,
until vou will !)e lift in utter darkness.
Hear 3 (u not the rush ol the maelstrom,
inl whose omter circle your boat now
dances. makirg merry with the n% hirling
waters But you are bem drawn in,
and the gentle motion will become ter
rific agitation. You cry for help. In
vain You pull at the oar to put back.
but the struggle will rot avai ! You
will be tossed, and dashed. and ship
wrecked. and swallowed in the whirlpool
that has already crushed in its wrath ten
thousand hulks.
I saw a beautiful home where the bell
rang violently late at nig4ht. The son
had been ofl in sinful indulgences. His
comrades were bringing him home.
They carried him to the door. They
rang the bell at one o'clock in the morn
in. Father and mother came down.
They were waiting for the wandering
son, and then the comrades, as soon as
the door was opened, threw the prodi
gal headlong into the door-way, cryimg,
-There he is, drunk as a fool. Ha, ha!"
When men go into amusements that
they cannot afford, they first borrow
what they cannot ea-n, and then they
steal what they cannot borrow. First
they g into embarrassment, and then
into lying, and then into theft; and when
a man gets as far on as that, he does
not stop short of the penitentiary. There
is not a Drison in the land where there
are not victims of unsanctilled amuse
ments.
How brightly the path of unrestrained
amusement opens. The young man
says, "Now I am off for a good time.
Never mind economy. I'll get money
somehow. What a fine road! What a
beautiful day for a ride! Crack the
whip, and over the turnpike ! Come,
boys, fill high your glasses. Drink
Long life. health, plenty of rides just
like this !" Hard-working men hear the
clatter of the hoofs, and look up and
say, -Why, I wonder where those fel
lows get their money from! We have
to toil and drudge. They do nothing!"
To these gay men life is a thrill and an
excitement. They stare at other peo
ple, and in turn are stared at. The
watchchain jingles. The cup foatr,.
The cheeks lush. The eyes flash. The
midnight hears their guffaw. They
swagir. They jostle decent men oil
tile sidewalk. They take the name of
God in vain. They parody the hymn
they learned at their mother's knee ; ad
to all pictures of coming disaster they
cry out, --Who cares !" and to the coun
sel of some Christian friend, "Who are
you" Passing along the street some
night. you hear a shriek in a grog-shop,
the rattle of the watchman.s club, the
rush of the police. What is the matter
now ' Oh, this reukless young man has
'aen killed in a grog-shop light. Carry
him home to his father's house. Pa
rents will come and wash his wounds,
and close his eyes in death. They for
ive him all he ever .did, althougzh 'ie
cannot in his silence ask it. The prodi
gal has got home at last. Mother will
go to her little garden, and get the
sweetest flowers, and twist them into a
chaplet for the sileirt heart of the way
ward boy, and pusu back from the
bloated brow the long locks that were
once her pride. And the air will be rent
with the agony. The great dramatist
says. "How sharper than a serpent's
tooth it is to have a thankless child."
I go further, and say those are un
christian amusements which become the
chief' busess of' a ma's life. Life is
an earnest thing. Whether we were
born in a palace or hovel; whether we
are affluent or pinched, we have to wolk.
If you do not sweat with toil, you will
sweat with disease. You have a soul
that is to be transfigured amidst the
pomp) of a judgment day; and after the'
sea has sung its last chant, and the
trountain shall have come down in an
avalanche of rock, you will live and think
and act, high on a throne where seraphs
sing, or deep in a dungeon where demons
howl. In a world where there is so
much to do for yourselves, and so much
to do for others. God pity that man who
has nothing to do.
Your sports are merely means to an
end. They are alleviations and helps.
The arm of toil is the only arm strong
enough to bring up the bucket out of the
deep well of pleasure. Amusement is
only the bower where business and phi
lanthropy rest while on their way to
stirring achievements. Amusements
are merely the vines that grow about the
anvil of toil, and the blossoming of the
hammers. Alas ! for the man who
spe'ids bis lhfe in laboriously doing noth
ing, his days in hunting up lounging
places and loungers, his nights in seek
ing out some gaslighted foolery ! The
man who always has on his sporting
j cket. ready to hunt for game -in the
mountain or fish in the brook, with no
time to pray, or work, or read, is not so
well off' as the greyhound that runs by
his side, or the fly bait with which he
whips the stream.
A man who does not work, does not
know how to pray. If God had inten
ded us to do nothing but laugh, he would
not have given us shoulders with which
to lift, and hands with which to work,
and bramns with which to think. The
amusements of life are merely the or
chestra playing while th'e great tragedy
of live plunges through its five ates-mn
fancy. childhood, manhood, old age, and
death. Then exit the last earthly op
portunity. Enter the overwhelming re
alities of' an eternal world !
I go further, and say that all those
amusements are wrong which lead into
bad company. It you go to any place
where you have to associate with the
inteperte, with the unclean, with the
abandoned, however well they may be
dressed, in the name of God quit it.
They will despoil your nature. They
will undermine your moral character.
They will drop you when you are de
stroyed. They will give not one cent
to support your children when you are
dead. They will w eep not one tear at
your bur a1. They will chuckle over
your damnation.
I had a friend at the West-a rare
friend, IIe was one of the first to wvel
come mue to my new home. To fine
persoial appearance, lie added a gener
osity, frankness, and ardor of nature
that made me love him like a brother.
But 1 saw evil people gathering around
him. They came up f ronm the saloons,
from the gambling-hells. They plied
him with a thousand arts. They seized
upon his social nature, and he could not
stand the charm. They drove him on
the rocks. like a ship lull-winged, shiv
ering on the breakers. I used to admon
ishi him, I would say. "Now I wish you
woukl quit these bad habits, and become
a Christian." "Oh," he wouldl reply.
"I would like to; I would like, to; but I
have gone so far I don't think there is
any way back." In his mements of re
pentance, lie would go home and take
his little girl of eight years, and embrace
her convulsively, and cover her with
adornments and strew around her pic
tures and toys, and everyuhing that
could make her happy; and then, as
though hounded by an evil spirit, he
would go out to tihe enflamingr cup and
and tile house of shame, like a f.ol to
the correction of' the stocks.
I was summoned to his death-bed. I
hastened. I entered the room. I found
him, to my surprise, lying in full every
day dress on the couch. I put out my
hand, Ie grasped it excitedly. and
said, "Sit down, Mi. Talmage; right
there." I sat down. ie said. "Last
night I saw my mother, who has been
Ced twenty years, and she sat just
where you sit rnow. It was no dream.
I was wide awake. There was no delu
sion in the matter. I saw her just as
painly1 as r see yn_._Wife, I wish you
would take these strings oil of me. There
are strings spun all around my body. r
wish you would take them otf of me."
I saw it was delirium. "Oh," replied
his wife, "my dear, theic is nothing
there." Ile went on and said. -Just
where you sit now, Mr. Tahnage. my
mother sat. She said to me: -lleury.
I do wish vou would do better.' I ;:ot
out of bed~, put my arms around her, and
said, 'Mother, I want to do better. I
have been trying to do better. Won't
you heap me to do better? You usedto
help me.' No mistake a)out it. no de
lusion. I saw her-the cap and tie
apron and the spectacles, just as she
used to took twenty years ago;-but L
do wisli vou would take these strins
awav. fhey annoy me so. I can hard
ly talk. Won't you take them away."
I inelt down and prayed, conscious ot
the fact that he did not realize what I
was saying. I got up. Isaid. "Good
bye; I hope you will be better soon."
He said. *-Good-hye, good-bye."
That niuit his soul went to the God
who gave !t- Arrangements were made
for the obsequies. Some said, "Don't
bring him in the church; lie was too dis
solute." "Oh." I said, "bring- him..
He was a good friend of mine while he
was alive, and I shall stand by him now
that he is dead. Bring him to the
church."
As I sat in the pulpit and saw his body
coming up through the aisle, I felt as if
I could weep tears of blood. I told the
people that day, "This man had his vir
tures, and a good many of them. le
had his faults and a good many of them.
Batif there is any man in this audience
who is without sin, let him cast the first
stone at this coffin-lid." On one side
the pulpit sat that little child, rosy,
sweet-faced. as-beautiful ais any little
child that sat at your table this morning.
I warrant you. She looked up wistfully,
not knowing the full sorrows of an or
phan child. Oh, her countenance haunts
rae to-day. like some sweet face looking
upon us through a horrid dream. On
the other side of the pulpit were the men
wh) had destroyed him. There they sat.
hard-visaged, soae of them pale from
exhausting disease, some of them flush
ed until it seemed as if the fires of i
quity flamed through the cheek and
crackled the lips. They were the men
who had done the work. They were the
t-en who had bound him hand and foot.
They had kindled the tires. They had
poared the wormwood and gall into that
orphan's cup. Did they weep? No.
Did they sigh repentinglv? -No. Did
they say, -What a pity that such a brave
man should be slain ?" No, no; not one
bloated hand was lifted to wipe a tear
from a bloated cheek. They sat and
looked at the coffin like vultures gazong
at the carcass of a lamb whose heart
they had ripped out! I cried in their
ears as plainly as I could "There is a
God and a judgment-day !" Did they
tremble? Oh no. ro. 't hey went back
from the house of God, and that night.
though their victim lay in Oak vood
ceme.ery, I was told that they blas
phemed, and they drank, and they gam
bled, and there was not one less custom
er in all the houses of iniquity. This
destroyed man was a Samson in physi
cal strength. but Delilah sheared him.
and the Philistines of evil companionship
dug his eyes out and threw him into the
prison of evil habits. But in the hour
of his death he rose up and took hold of
the two pillared curses of God against
drunkenness and uncleanness, and threw
himself forward, until town uvon' him
and his co~npanions there came the
thunders of an eternal catastrophe.
Again: any amusement that gives you
a distastie for domestic life is bad. IHow
many bright domestic circles have been
broken up by sinful amusements! The
faTher went off, the mother went ofl'.
the child went oftf. There are to-day
the fragments before roe of blasted
households. Oh, if you have wandered
away, I would like to charm you back
by the sound of that one word "Home."
Do you not know that you have but
little more time to give to domestic
welfare? Do you not see, father, that
you children are soon to go out into
the world, and all the influence ior gooui
yo are to have over them you must
have now? Death will break in on your
conjugal relations, and, alas, if you have
to stand over the grave of one who per
ished from your neglect!
I saw a wayward husband standing
at the deathbed of his Christian wife,
and I saw her pomnt to a ring on her
finger. and heard her say to her husband.
"Do you see that ring?" Ie replied,
"Yes: I see it." Well" said she. "do
you remember who put it there?" "Yee,"
said be, "I put it there," and all the
past seemed to rush upon hem. By the
memory of that day when, in the pres
ence of men and augels, you promised
to be faithful in joy and so -row, and in
sickness and in health; by the memory
of those pleasant hours when you sat
together in your new home talking of a
bright future; by the cradle and the
joyful hour when one life was spared
and another given; by that sick-bed
when the little one lifted up the hands
and called for help, and you knew lie
must die, and he put one arm around
each of your necks and brought you very
near together in that dying kiss; by the
Uttle grave ia Greenwood that you never
think of without a rush of tears; by the
family Bible, where amidst stories of
heavenly love, is the brief but expres -
sive record of births and deaths; by the
neglects of the past, and by the agonies
f the future: by a judgment day. when
husbands and wives, parents and chil
dren, in immortal groups. will stand
to be caught up in shining array', oir to
shrink down into darkness; by all that.
I beg you give to hone your best atfee
tions.
Ah, my friends, there in an hour com
ing when our past life will probably
pass before us in rev'iew. It will be our
last hour. If from our death-pillow we
have to look back and see a h~fe spent
in sinful amusement, there will be a
dart that will strike through our soul
sharper than tihe dagzger with whieb
Virginius slew his child. The memory
of the past will make us quake lhe
Macbeth. The iniquities and rioting
through which we have passed will
come upon us, w elrd andl skeleton as
Meg Merrilies. Death, the old Shylock,
will demand, and take, the remaining
pound of flesh, and the remaining drop
of blood; and upon our last opportu
nit for repentance, and otur last chance
or heaven, the curta:n will C ore'. er
drop.__ _ _ _ _ _
Folk on1Palmier's Election'.
WASING roN, March 12. -1President
Polk of the National Alhiance dheclined
this morning to express his views on
the election in Illinois of Palmer to the
Senate, and the position of the three
Alliancemen in the recent contest in
Illinois, further than to say that it :ap
peared to him to have been a light be
tween the Republican and Democratic
parties rather than a contest between
those two parties and the Alliance.
The Alliancemen, lie thought, had
fought manfully for their principles,
and though they had not been victori
ous in sending a Farmers' Allianceman
to the Senate he believed that Palmer's
election would generally be regarded
with more favor than that of any other
candidate. Polk said, further, thnt he
knew of no promises being mad. by
Palmer as to his policy in the Senate on
any question whatever.
ratal Contact With a Dynamo.
NEW YoRK, March 12.-John Free
man, aged 18, a clerk in the employ of
Melville, Strong & Co., was instantly
killed by electricity at the factory of
the firm this afternoon. Ile reacd
over to turn off the current of the djyn
amo which rau the machinery of the
place, and his body came in contact
with the machine.
A j1tjio K E LM D.
OUTRA3ED JUSTICE VINDICATED BY
INDIGNANT CITIZENS.
Ki 1et i a h i. vEz 01 the Iioody
31tfiCa :-cultd-A Clamorous Mob
Fotred. thie Ga.tes-T, e Terror strickcen
mn e;;;et for W:ps
NE-' -w )ni..\Ns, M-.rCh 14. --New Or
leaus str kth:. M;Iia a death blow to
day. I r in its miahzt almo;st at
i :zld w'reaked a terrible venge
ace u t'I hIe S:eh as aSsin.s w.ho
re s le.x I.id 3. C. llennesev.
and thouh th er' ar :'Ieven men dead
to-nigh i who were happy yesterdav over
their v: t-orv in !he greatest criminal
trial tl eity has ever witnessed, the
work 0: blod ws accomplisihed with
out utn: e*Csiary disorder, without riot
ing, ithout pillaging and without the
inlieti:.r of suffering upon any inno
cent m. :, s ive one. :m1d he was only
slightle hurt. It. was not an mruly,
midnight mob. it was simply a sullen,
determientd body of citizrs, who took
into .wir own hauls what justice had
gon i r ol.v f aild to do.
Cn f Volic I I e:I;iessy was slain on
Oct ob 15th, and that very night evi
dece m tro a;ccunulate showing
that 1.; .a'..ha been deliberately
plann:, bN- secret trj bunal and carried
out b i All suc'ecessfully by the tools
of (he, u r s f he tr al lasted
twenty-five d iiys, and hough the evi
dence I emed conclusive, the jury, Cur
re-ntlx 'h.rzed wita having been tam
e i failed to convict. Last
nght a body of codolheded men, law
vers. Wetors, imerchints and political
leaders, all persons of inilueno and
social standing qietly met and decidtd
th:it se- me action inmuist be taken, anid
the ia'- justice. swift and sure,
visito upon those whoa the jury had
to punish. This morning a
call or a moasS meeting at the Clay
moiinument on Canal street. appeared
in the palpers which editorially depre
catej violence. A signilicant closing
sentence cf the call was: "Come pre
pared for actilon."
Down in a large room on Bienville
anl llovai streets. there was an arsenal
which had . been prepared by a body of
eitzens. .'ho cali was ar.swered by the
r. ulace. At 10 o'clock there was a
-rOwm Iif sev'ral thousand anxious peo
ple congreg led o and around the Clay
ST au1'. They hardly knew what was
g -o:ng to happr, but they seemed ready
to o Io :y length, and while there
were, f course , n:aiy of the lower ele
ment in 'i throng, a large propo.tion
%% ere led people of thetown. There
were three aduresses, short and pithy
an: 1.,usiness like, and t he assemblage,
not wawisigly, was soon keyed up to
a igh pich, ndI emostrative in its
dennciation of the as:-assins. Each
of the said tire had been a
tret imass meeting months before
vhI cith had met qut-itly and dispersed
r"'cefl-lly so that the law might take
its coir-e. The law id failed, and the
tim-.e t; a'Cr had comle.
WV. S. Parkcrson, the leader, is a
prominent 1-wyer here, President of
the -"('utlierii Ahletic Club and the
in w v.ho l-d a vigorous city reform
moven.ent three years ago. Walter D.
Deneger, another of the speakers, is one
of the leadlers of the NeVw Orleans bar.
John C. Wickliffe is also a prominent
attorney, and .1ames 1). Houston, one
of the foremost men of the State. Af
ter denouncing Detective 0'Iallay,
who is tupposed to have tampered with
the jury, the speakers announced that
theyv old lead the way to the parish
prison. Wieklilffe concluded with these
wor ds: 'Whall the execrable Malia be
allowed to ilouirish in this city? Shall
the Maria be allowed to cut down our
citizens on the public streets by foul
means of assassination? Shall the
Maia be allowed to bribe jurors to let
murderers go free ?"
By this time the crowd had swelled to
3,000) or rmore. and before any one could
realze what had happened, the great
tbrong. gaining recruits at every step.
was tramping down the street toward
the neighborhood of the prison, stop'
~ing only once, and that was at the
arsenal wvhere doub'.e artillery, shot
uns, W incherter rities and pistols
ere' handed out to responsible and re
snectible citizens in the party. Start
inut oif the crowd hadI an electric etect
on the city. Soon the streets were aliv'e
with people running from all directions
anl iaing the main body, which
moved sullenly down Rampart street
to the jail, inear Congo square. Doors
and wx indows were thrown open and
mn, women and children crowded on
the galleries to encourage those who
wIere taking part and to witness the
scenes.
When the main crowd from Canal
street reached the prison there hiad
already collected there a dense throng,
all eager to take hand in whatever
might happen. When the vanguard 01
armed citizens reached the prison,
which is many sqanres from Canal
street that grn old building was sur
rouided on all sides. Sheriff Villere,
wen he heard that a mox'ement was
on foot to take the prisoners, armed his
deputies and then started on a hunt
for Mayor Spakspeare. The Italian
Consul and Attorney General Rogers
joined in the pursuit, but his honor
does not reach his oflice until noon and
lie was not to be found at any of his
r gular haunt s.
The Governor had not heard of the
uprsing andI he had no time to act,and
the polie- force was too small to offer
much resistance to the army of aven*
ers. Sup~- rinte~ndient (Gaster had or
de: i':n exi' det:.di of othecers to be
sen to the~ j .d anid the small crowdi
pttesewlkls around the oldbuild
ing ('i.:r until the great multitude
swllie a:dlr h ite like a mnighty
roami "'drem su.r~ed- around the door
"'nd crowje Ith e Lil baud of blue'
-o1t awayv. Captain Lemn Davis was
on ;;uar:i et the miain entrance with 'a
s*n foirc of d'-puties. They were
spt awayv like cenaff before the wvind,
an iin an stanit the ante-room was
ja1uw w'ith e u xcitel men.
Meantiine t pris~one.rs wxerestrick?L
ti tir.r for they cold hear dis
tir etly thoutsi' If the people with
out in ily di 'i' ng their b lood. In
c" an aity :.l.ke were rmightene(
out )jt to 2ir senses. and~ prisoners, wh'o
werei c-r 'd ith . Lrims otneir than
'oic. in i urer of' the Chief,
Itio. -''ae i the bave ones, a rep
resnd-n the2.:3, rtey i oul rio
l -t:.:frthir li, : , '. mmj U i'i tierod
theage. n iwha he thal ot
the11 t .d depata'i, ie threo thc
m"':-: it iilians rerole iintero
u1tu the romen an the~ doors
woul r ei t tril he iai ngryt rni of th
tta ~ in 'ai refused bo'rn request
open' 'N nrion 'm th cro w ba
btihe .. .ok h. itter .g. i lthe ors,
"" o OlieA"'s otr thee wa a
h ine wooden ~2' doo m, whi le bee
seurl barein xAnticipatifon of OC
co itd of the"( areninc fors thi
tril r od'eect' rs teir was to chanc
read'(-'';"niled a s ande bttexvring
ram i-'-m." o ing hands wrrent 'to turn
toefor5 a ox'ra'ri nd Theskeys ntak
poen ft di.ibni takto the theeblite
uti pteri'ani throxg. oon wth rei
tacaninstnt amedolit'iensh were dor
thawa ndglr aclto mtidnd. tn
enen thim. leaer ihatside the ecisone
p)Ssessl-n of the keys, -ie insi- gate
vas proanptly unlocked anA the depu
ties in the lobby rapidly got out of
harm's way. The avengers pressed
into the yard of the white prisoners.
The door of the first cell was open
and groips ef trembling prisoners
stood initde. The\- w're not he men
who wero wanteld and the crowd very
quietly, thoug- With arkable co
ness, burst into the %rd. Pering
through the bars f the- cooklo-uned cell
was a terror-strick-nt 1 u -i some
olle miiistook for Se G-'C.1' !-* . A vollev
wais Iired at the u.ma i :ma' ie droppe.T.
but none of the shot struck him. It
was sibsequently fou1nd out that he
was not one of the assassins. The in
mnates of the jail were ready to direct
the way to where the Italiais were.
"Go to the female department!' some
one yelled, and thither the men with
their Winchesters ran. -ut the! door
was locked. In a moment ti t key was
produced. Then the leader called for
some one who knew the right men and
volunteers responded and the door
was thrown open. The gallery was de
serted, but an old woman speaking as
fast as she could, said the men were up
stairs. A party of seven or eight quick
ly ascended the stair case, and as they
reached the landing the assassins lied
down at the other end. A half dozan
followed them. Searcely a wor. was
spoken. It was time for actionP. When
pursueJ anad their pursuers reachel the
stone court yard ths former dartel to
ward the Orleans side of the gedhery
and crouched down besde the cells.
Their faces blanched, and being un
armed they w ere absolutely defenseless:
In fear and trembling they screamed
for mercy, but the aveugers were nr
ciless. Bang! bang' bang! bang! Re
ports of murderous weapons and a
deadly rain of bullets poured into the
cronching figures.
Gerachi, the closest m,, was struck
in the back of the hear and his body
pitched forward and lay immovable on
the stone p.vement. Romero fell to
nis knees, with his face in his hands,
and in that position was shot to death.
Monastaro and James Carusa fell to
gether, under the Gre of half a dozen
guns, the leaden pellets entering their
bodies and heads and the blood gush
ing from their wounds. The bloody
executioners did their work well, and
eneath the continuing fire Cometez
and Frahina, two of the men who had
not. been tried. but who were charged
jointly with the other accused, fell to
gether. Their bodies were literally rid
died with buckshot and they were
stone dead almost before the tusilade
was over. When Graupe, one of the
assassins, wqs discover-d oi the gallery,
Macheca, scaffedi and old man Mar
chesi separated irom the other six and
ran up stairs. Ihither a half dozen
men followed them, and as the terror
stricken assassins ran into their cells
they were slain. Joe Macheca, who
was charged with being the arch c n
spirator, was a short. fat man, and was
summarily dealt with. le had his
back turnled when the shot struck him
immediately behind the ear and his
death wits instantaneous.
Politz. the crazy man, was locked up
in a cell up stairs. The doors xere
flung open, and one of the avengers,
taking aim, shot him through the body.
Ile was not killed outright, and in or
der to satisfy the people on the oitside
who were crazy to know what was
going on within, he was dragged down
stairs, and through the doorway by
which the crowd had entered. Hlalf
carrit;d, half dragged, he was taken to
the corner. A rope was provided and
tied around his neck, and the people
pulled him up to a crossbar. Not sat
isfied that he was dead a score of men
poured a volley of shot into his body,
and for several hours his body was left
dangling in the air.
Just as soon as the work was done
Parkerson addressed the crowd and
asked them to disperse. This they con
sented to do with ringing shouts, but
irst they made a rush for Parkerson
and lifted him bodily and supported
him on their shoulders while they
marched up the street. The avengers
came baack in a boby to Clay etreet
where they dispersed- Immense crowds
rushed from all directions to the reigh
borhood of -the tragedy, while the
street iin front of the newspaper olhi
ces were blocked~ with people anxious
to see the latest bulletins.
There was intense suppresse.l excite
ment, but from one end of the city to
the other the action of the citizens was
applauded. O'Malley, the detective,
who would have shared the fate of the
assassins i f he had been cauaht has dis
appeared and is not expected to return,
and the members of the jury are in hid
mg. The atmosphere has ueen consid
erably purged, and though there is a
big crowd on Canal street to night the
trouble seems now over.
The prisn was surrounded until
dark with a motly multitude, but the
police found no dilliculty in maintain
ing good order. The bodies of some of
the slain were removed this evening.
Caruso was married, but had no chil
dren, Roimero has a wife anal children,
and Macheca a wife and fammily. Conmi
tez leaves a wife.
The stock exchange met to-day and
discussed the action of foreman Selig
an of the llennessey jury. As a re
sult of the discussion Seligman was ex
peled. Selleman has also been ex
p~elled from the Young Men's Gym nas
tic Club.
A meeting ot the Cotton Exchange
was called to order at 1.30 o'clock this
evening by President Chal~ee who
stated that he had been called upon by
a large committee of members with a
request that he convene the institution
i a general meeting for the purpose of
adoptng suitable resolutions endorsing
the acnion of citizens of New Orleans
in tihe deplorable event of the morn
A Deiaieted Navy.
Wasarso-roxN, Miarch 17.-An order
as ber sent to yam-ous receiving ships
of the navv to discontinue all enlist
ments for the present. This is because
the legal limit of 8d50 men and boys
has been nearly reached.
It was discove-rcd last week that the
number in service is within lirty-two of
te limit, and in order to priovide for
continuous-serviee men, whom it is
always (desirable to re-euist. it was
leeed advisable to call a haljt before
there was no romil ICltfor these mnen.
In ordier to make more room, it was
d lecidedl to dilschiarge a numiiber of menc
whol0.C term of enlistment had inarly ex
pired. TIhe crew oaf the Galena. about
ity me101, wrre to have beeni (dicharged
upln the narrival of the shi at Ports
mau'hi, lbut is 1s proababka that they will
be reinued nlow unil the ewal of their
term. :s they have laost all their clothinu.
It is expected that if there should be
Po re~lii aorded byX the leg..isltio
duin the next Congress it wilbei
possbis to properly man the vessels
that have been oi-dered by name tao ar
ticipate mU the tnvy revie w in 18, in
conelton with tile WorldI's hiir. In
oter u-ordls. the vessels that hiave beenc
ii the olicial announcements will need
morei' mlen thanlf ar-e now all)owed tihe en
tre navy without reckoning ships that it
Iis absolutely essenitial to keepou f~~orelinr
stations.
The annual appalsd of the secr-etary
o the navy' to Con.:ress for i-lief froml
Ithils canaui~itly growin;; difliculty have
been icunored until it has become a di
lemafl with which tihe navy aiepairtnment
is now face to lace. The granvity of the
siutan ayl be~l realizedl when it is
stated that it is now impossible to izive
the vessels in comisiion thleir l ull com
plnient of menm. Thc new cruiser New
ark is about- one hundred mna short,
and them-e is scarcely a vessel iu thec
navy that has its full comp11liet of
A ecmpicte Bedroom &uit for .965
freight paid( to your depot. send for
Catalogue. Address L. F. Padgett,
Augsta, Ga.
Breaks on the Mississ1ppi
NEW ORLEANS, March 12.-A Picay
uno's Vicksburg special says there are
no material developments in the break
in the levee at Sunflower landing sInce
the telegram of this morning. Dis
pathes received here from above stato
that trains on the North end of the
Riverside division of the Valley Road
Lave been abondoned, but trains on the
mam line ire still runnmu. The break in
the levee is one mile below Sunflower.
At a point above the levee crosses a low
flat iw amnp out of which flows Bucks
Bayon which empties into Hushpuckana,
cne mile from the levee. The water
rnom thiLs break will extend no further
N3rth than Bobo Sation on the Valley
Road which is about eight miles South
of Clarksdale. The embankment on the
main line of the Louisvllie, New Orleans
and Texas Railroad will no doubt direct
a large quantity of this water in a
Southerly direction.
M]~N'ris, Tenn., March 1.5.-A dis
patch from Hill House, Miss., in Coaho
nia County. says a levee on the Missis
s'ppi River broke at 12:30 this morning
Great damage will likely result.
\FW ORLEANS. La.., March 12.-A
Natchez special says: A steady rain has
fallen all (lay and it will have a bad
effect on the levees, as it will soften
them and stop work on the embank
ment.
N1E3IPHIS. March 12.-The levee at
Conley's Lake, thirty miles South of Lhis
city gave way late last night and water
poured into the little village. completely
flooding everything. The tracks of the
Louisville, New Orleans and Texas
road are completely submerged and the
water is reported to be rising.
VIcKsBURG, March 12.-News was
received here to-day of a break in the
levee near Sunflower Landing in Coa
hcnia County, three miles North of
Bolivar County line at 8 o'clock this
morning. The break was 150 feet wide.
The water from this break will go into
the Hushpuckana and thence into the
Sunflower River. It will overflow the
Bolivar Loop Railroad and the trains on
that line are expected to stop to-day.
A Levee Blown Up.
M1E3PiIIS, Tenn., March 1.-Major D.
F. Gourney, chief engineer of the levee
board of the district in which the new
Robinson levee, which gave way yester
day is situated, was in the city last night
having come direct trom the crevasse
to 1emphis. le said to a reporter:
"The break is seventeen feet wide and
water is running through it about six
feet deep, or was when I left there. The
levee was cut or blown up without
doubt. It was one of the finest and
most substancia. in the district. Thirty
or forty laborers on contract were turned
loose without their pay recently, and
they were heard to make threats of get
ting even. It is rumored that some of
these placed a dynamite cartridge where
it would do damage.
Gold Brick Dealer Released.
AUGUSTA. Ga.. March 12.-Parker,
the gold bar fakir, who played a slick
game on Messrs. Weathersbee and Ken
nedy, of Williston, S. C., and robbed
them of 55,000 several weeks ago, who
was caught in Atlanta several days
afterward by Sergt. Ozburn, has been
brought here from Aiken, and released.
Suirm party from Chicago, claiming to
be Parker's brother-in-law, met him
here. It is sa:d the Caicago party paid
the officer the amount of money that
x'arker had faked from the Williston
merchants, and Parker was then turned
loose and went his way meedly.
JOSEPH F. RHAME,
ATTORNEY AT L AW,
MANNING, S. C.
JOHN S. WILSON,
Attorney and Counselor at Law,
MANNING, S. C.
A. LEVI AW
MANNING, S. C.
pf Notary Public with seal.
~1ALL4EN HUGGINS, D. D. S.,
eJ CHJER AW, S. (.
grVisits Manning every month or two
professionally.
BRUNSON HOUSE,
SUMTER, S. C.
First class accommodations and excellen
table. Convenient to the business portion
of the town. 25 cents for dinner.
J. H. DINON, Proprietor.
JOB PRINTING.
T HE TIES OFFICE IS FITTED UP IN
a manner that warrants it in soliciting
your patronage for job printing. Send us
your orders which shall have prompt atten
tion. Prices as low as the cities. Satisfac
tion guaranteed. Keep us in mind.
Manning Shaving Parlor.
H AIR CUTTING ARTISTICALLY EX.
ecuted, and shaving done with best
razors. Special attention paid to shampoo
ing ladies' heads. I have had considerable
experence in several large cities, and guar
antee satisfaction to my customers. Parlor
next door to Manning Times.
E. D. HAMILTO'N.
A. s. J. PERRYl. E. P.. sioNS. P.. A. PRIN~GLE.
Johnston, Crews & Co.,
-WHOLESALE
JOBBERS OF DRY GOODS,
Not|onS and Small Wares,
Nos. 49 Hayne & 112 Market Streets,
CHARLESTON, S. C.
- a 28 UNIONSQUARE.NY.'~i~
sIi.ouis.MO. DALLA5.TEX.
W. E. BROW N & CO. Manning, S. C.
FORESTON DRUG STORE,
FORESTON, S. C.
I keep always on hand a full line of
Pure Drugs and Medicines,
FANCY AND TOILET ARTICLES, TOILET
SOAPS, PERFUMERY, STATION
ERtY, CIGARS, GARDEN SEEDS,
and such articles as are usually kept in a
firs: class drug store.
I have just added to my stock ai line of
PAINTS AND OILS,
and amu prepared to sell PAINTS, OILS
LE AD, VARNISHES, BRUSHES,
in quantities to suit purchasers.
L. WT. NETTLES, M.LD.,
Foreston. S. C.
ADGER SMYTH. F .3. PELZER, Specil aa"w
SMYTH & ADGER,
Factors and commission Merchants,
Ncrtb. A..tlanatiC ~VWharf
CHARLESTON, S. C.
OTTO F. WIETERS,
WHOLESALE GROCER,
Wholesale Dealer in Wines, Lituors and Cigars,
No. 121 East Bay, Charleston, S. C.
OTTO TIEDEMAN & SONS,
Wholesale Grocers and Provision Dealers,
172, 174, and 176 East Bay Street,
ESTABLISHED 1844.
Charleston Iron Works,
Manufacturers and Dealers in
Marine Stationary and Portable Engines and Boilers, Saw
Mill Machinery. Cotton Presses, Gins, Railroad, Steam
boat, Machinists', Engineers' and Mill Supplies.
Si*Repairs executed with promptness and Dispatch. Sendfor price list&
East Bay, Cor. Pritchard St.,
Charleston, S. C.
PERCIV.A.L 1mFGr. CO.
S L
~'CRO
S ICC'ES AND BLINDS 478 to 486 Meeting St., CHARLESTON,$. C.
THE BEST AND THE CHEAPEST.
All goods guaranteed. Estimates furnished by return mail. Large stock, promp;
shipments. Our goods do not shrink or warp.
Geo. E. Toale & Company,
MINUrFACTUrES oF AND WIOLESALE DEALEBS IN
Doors, Sash, Blinds, Moulding, and General Building Material
Office and Salesrooms, 10 and 12 Hayne St., CHARLESTON, S. C.
OLD CLOTHES MADE NEW.
SEND YOUR DYEING TO THE
CHARLESTON STEAM DYE WORKS,
All work guaranteed. 310 King St., CHARLESTON, S. C.
SMOKE HENO CIGARiHE BEST NICKLE CIGAR SOLD.
B. A. JOHNSON, Sole Agent, Manning, S. C.
SOL ISEMAN, Wholesale Grocer, State Agent,
158 East Bay, Ch~a'lestori.. S. C.
M. Drake & Son, BOLLMLANN BROTHERS,
-WHOLESALE
BOOTS, SHOES, &TRUNKS. Wholesale
235 Meeting St., CHARLESTON, S. C.
Lrgest stock, best assortmient, lowest prices. GroCers,
S. THOMAS, JR. J. M. THOMAS.
Stepen Toma, Jr &, ro. 157 and 169, East Bay,
W.&TCI~SCHARLESTON, S. C.
JouN F. WERNER. L. H. QUI~oLMo
JEWELRY, SILVER & PLATED WARE, JH .WRE '
Spectacles, Eye Glasses & Fancy Goods. UI
.r#Watches and Jewel-y repaired by Wholesale Grocers
competent workmen.
257 KING STREET,
CH ARL ESTON, S. C. Provision DealerS,
ESTABLISHED 1830- 164 & 166 East Bay and 29 & 31
Carrington, Thomas & Co., Vendue Range,
-DE ALE RS IN- CHA RLES TON, S. .
W.&ToI-ES. A. Mc COBB, Jr.
JEWELRY, SILERWARE AND FANCY GOODS, General Conunission Merchant
No. 251 King Street, AND DEALER In
CHARLESTON, S. C. LIME, CEMENT, PLASTER PARIS, HAIR, FIRE
CH A RLES C. L ESLIE BRICKS, AND FiRE CLAY, LAND PAS
Wholsal&Retil~mmisionDealrinAgenis for White's English Portland Cement
F' ISI- 1 9& & 190 G Charleston, S. O
malm aNMY PHILADErman SINGER.s
Consignments of poultry, eggs, andalA'EA3
kinds of country produce are respectfully $28,.20
solicited.
Ofice Nos. 18 & 20 Market St., E. of East Day
CHARLESTON, S. C.
SEINES, NETS, TENTS, AND SPORTING COODSi
Double Barre' BreechLoading shot Guns9,
choke bored, SS to $100. Single Breech Lead
ig Shot Gunns, s to $25. Evetry kind of
Breech Loading and Repeating itles, 83 to
$40. Muzzle Loading Double Sh1ot Ous,
$I etol e3. Slingle hot Gns. $2.0 to $
Cockers, $2.50 to $10. All kinds of Cr
tridges, Shells, Cips, Wads. Tool-:, Powdler FITE DA STR L
ens forhIllsrte Cataloue. Addres
J. H. JOHNSTON. GREAT WESTERN TEC .WO
GUN WORKS, Pittsburg, Pa.
r. -. couu.A. s. Drnows. torEr. r. ETANS GRAND CENTRAL. HOTEL,
COLUMBIA, S. C.
M cGAHAN, BROWN & EVANS, bs the largest hoteliin the city, and has,
during the patst year, been thoroughly reno
JOBBERS OF aed r*oeld andaete ywital mod
offers inducements for the accommodation
Dry Goods, Notions, oit atos Hse 6pciought, a
BOOIS Shoes an Clothing, Mr c. ot lateofLokout Poin Bote
Lookout Mountain, Tenn. The proprietor
Nos. 220, 228 &230 Meeting Street, hope bstit attention? totep nSo i