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BUILDING THE iNY. DR. TALMAGE ON NEH Ei AH 3 RiDE IN WRECKED JERU ALEM. The Enchantna3rt of the Moonligt and Nehemiah's Reso1ve-Lve of the Church of God-Rain and Redemption-The Great Good That Comes From Trouble. WASHLNGTON, April - --From ti e weird and midaight exoeriences of one of ancient times Dr. Talmsge in his sermon draws lessons startingiy ap propriate. His text was Nehemiah ii. 15, "Then went I up in the ight by the brook and viewed the wall and1 turned back and entered by the gate of the valley, and so returned.". A dead city is more suggestive than a'living city-past Rome than present Rome-ruins rather than newlyt fres coed cathedral. But the best time to visit a ruin is by moonlight. The C liseum is far more fascinating to the traveler after sundown than bsfore. You may stand by daylight amid the monastic ruins of Melrose abbey and study shafted oriel and rosetted stone and mullion, but they throw their strongest witchery by moonlight. Some of you remember what the en chanter of Scotland said in the "Ly of the Last Minstrel:" Wouldst thou view fair MeIr Eght, Go visit it by the pale moonhat. Washin.gton Irving descri Ices the Andalusiaa moonlight apon the Al hambra ruin as amounting to an en chantment. My text presents you Je rusalem in ruins. The cower down. The gates down. The walls down. Everything down. Nehemiah on horseback by moonlight looking upon the ruins. While he rides there are some friends on foot going with him, for they do not want the many horses to disturb the suspicions of the people. These people do not know the secret of Nehemiah's heart, but they are go ing as a sort of bodyguard. I hear the clicking hoofs of the horse on which Nehemiah rides as he guides it this way and that, into this gate and out of that, winding through that rate amid the debris of once great Jerusa lem. Now the horse comes to dead halt at the tumbled masonry where he cannot pas. Now he shies off at the charred timbers, Now he comes along where the water under the moonlight fishes from the month of the brazen dragon after which the gate was named. Heavy hearted Nehemiah! Riding in and out, now by his old home desolat ed, now by the defaced temple, n8w amid the scars of the city that had gone down under battering ram and conflagration. The escorting party knows not what Nehemiah means. 1s he getting crazy? Have his own per sonal sorrows, added to the sorrows of the nation, unbalanced his intellect? Still the midnight exploration goes on. Nehemiah on horseback rides through the fish gate, by the tower of the furnaces, by the king's pool, by the dragon well, in and out, in and out, until the midnight ride is com pleted, and Nehemiah dismounts from his horse, and to the amazad and con 'founded and incredulous bodyguard declares the dead secret of his heart when he says, "Come now, let us build Jerusalem." "What, Nehemi alh, have you any moneyi" "No." "Have you any kingly authority I' 'No." "Have you any eloquence ?' "No." Yet that midnight, moonlight ..ride of Nehemiahi resulted in the glo rious rebuilding of the city of Jerusa, lem. The people knew not how the thing was to be done, but with grpat enthusiasm they cried out, "Let us rise up now and build the city." Some people laughed and said it could not be done. Some people were infuriated and offered physical violence, saying the thing should not be done. But the workmenwentrighton,standing on the wall, trowel in one hand, sword in the other, until the work was gloriously completed. At that very time in Greece Xenophon was writing a histo ry, and Plato was making philosophy, and Demosthenes was rattling his rhe torical thunder. But all ofi them to gether did not do so much for the world as this midnight, moonlight ride of praying, courageous, homesick, close mouth Nehemiahi. My subject first impresses me with the idea, what an intense thing is church affection. Seize the oridle of that horse and stop Nehemiaht. Why are you risking your life here in the night? Your horse will stumble over these ruins and fall on you. Stop this useless exposure of your life. No. Nenemiah will not stop. He at last tells us the whole story. He lets us know he was an exile in a far distant land, and he was a servant, a cupbear er in the palace of Artazeries Longi mnanus, and one day, while he was handing the cup of wine to the king the king said to him. "What is the matter with you? You are not sick. I know myou must have some great trouble. What is the matter with you?" Then he told the king how that beloved Jerusalem was broken down; how that his father's tomb had been desecrated; how that the temple had been dishonored and defaced; how that the walls were scattered and brok en. "Well," says King Artaxerxes, "what do you want?" "Well," said] the cupbearer Nehemiah, "I want to ] go home. I want to fix up the grave1 of my father. I want to restore thea beauty of the temple, I want to re build the masonry of the city wall.1 Besides I want passports so that I shall not be hindered in my journey. And besides that," as you will find in the context, "I want an order on the man who keeps your forest for just so much timber as I may need fot Lhe rebuilding of the city." "How long shall you be gone ?" said the king. The time of absence is arranged. In hot haste this seeming adventurer comes to Jerusalem, and in my text we find him on horseback in the midnight riding around the ruins. It is through the spectacles of this scene that we discover the ardent attachment of Ne nemiaht for sacred Jerusalem, which in all ages has been the type of the church of God, our Jerutsalemn which, we love just as much as Nehemiah loved his Jerusalem. The fact is that you love the church of God so much that there is no spot on eartha so sa cred, unless it be your own fire side. The church has been to you. so much comfort and illumination that there is nothing that makes you so irate as to have it talked against. If there have been times when you have been car ried into captivity by- sickness, you longed for the church, cur holy Jeru salem, just as much as Nehemiah longed for his Jerusalem, and the first day you come out you came to the house of the Lord. When the temple was in ruins, like Nehemiah, you walked around and -looked at it, and in the moonlight you stood lisening if y ou could not hear the voice of thie dead organ, the psalm of the expired Sabbaths. What Jerusaiuin was to Nehemiah, the church of God is to you.j Skeptics and infidels may scofl at :he. church as an obsolete ufair, as a r dec of the dark ages, as a convention of goody goody people, butr allei - pression they have ever maae on vcear I mind against the church of God isab solutely nothing. You woulid miake! more sacrifices for it today than any other institution. andi if it were need fnl you would d~e in its defese. You ant~b tah ' 's V~ I:~~oeL a;e~ 0 Jeru a ,*r a frgetlher .yiaundrstand in your a coe pe, c 11he psth-s, the homne ea raer. the holy enthusi S:n1 Nt:a in Ls mnight, noonli rIde around the rains of his be . Jerust1em. Aga', my text impresses mr With < he fact that before reconst iction here m-ust beisn exploration of ruins. .\hv was not Nehemiih asleep under he covers:. Whv was not his horse tabled in the miangh it L't the p> ce of the c1ty areSL this Mi1dnit ider, oat on some mschicf. No. ~ehemi. is goiug o rebaild the cit,. Lnd he is maaing tiie preliminary ex >loration. In this gate, out that gate, :ast, wes:, nor.h, soutn. AU through i he ruins. The ruins mus; be exolored 1 yfore ta w.rk o refastraeion can yegin. The reason that so many peo )e in this day, apparently cnverted, o not stay converted is bece tuse they i lid not drst explore the ruins of their i wn heart. The reason that there are < ;o many pronIssed Ouristians wh> in i .his lar he and forge and steal, and :om-ui abomninations, and go to :he 1 >enitentiary, is becase they nst do io1 learn the ruin of their ova heart. Chey have not found out that 'the eart is deceitful above all things, and esperately %ioked.", Tney had an dea that they were aunost right, and hey built religion as a sort of ex.en ion, as an ornamental clpola. There vas a superstructure of religion bailt yn a subs'ratuM of unrepented sins. he trouble with a good deal of mod ra theology is that instead of build ng on the right foundation, it builds )n the debris of an unregenerated na :are. They attempt to rebaild Jeru- 1 salem before, in the midnight of con riction. they have seen the ghastliness f the ruin. They have such a poor *oundation for their religion that the irst northeast storm o: temptation >lows them down. I have no faith in man's conversion if he is not con rerted in the old fashioned way-Jahn i Bunyan's way, John Wesley's way, Tohn Calvin's way, ?aut s way, 1 :iad's way. A dentist sai.a to me, D)oes fiat hurt?' Said I: '0 course t hurts. It is in your bu;iess as in ny profession. We have to hurt be ore we can help." You will never inderstand redemption until you un lerstand ruin. A man tells me that so:pe one is a nember of the church, It makes no mpression on my mind at all. I imply want to know whether he was onverted in the old fashioned way, or vheher he was converted in the new ashioned way. If he was converted n the old fashioned way, he will tand. If he was converted in the ne T ashioned way, he will not stand. That s all there is about it. A man comes o me to talk about religion. Tae first uestion I ask him is, "Do you feel rourself to be a sinner" If he say, 'Well, I-yes," the hesitancy makes ne feel that that man wants a ride on sehemiah's horse by midnight through he ruins-in by the gate of his affec ions; out bv the gate of his will-and )efore he has got through with that nidnight ride he will drop the reins )n the horse's neck, and will take his ight hand and smite on his heart and iay. "God be merciful, to me a sin er," and before he has stabled his iorse he will take his feet out of the ;tirrups, and he will slide down on :he ground, and he will kneel, cry .ng: "Have mercy on me, 0 God, ecording to thy loving kindness, ac ~ording unto the multitude of thy ten ler mercies. Blot out my transges ons for I acknowledge my trans ~ressions, and my sins are ever before hee" Ah, my friends, you see this s not a complimentary gospel. Tnat s what makes some people so mad. It ~omes to a man of a millioa dollars, d impenitent in his sins, and says, "ou're a pauper." It cormes to a woman of fairest cheek, who flas never ~enentd, and says, "You're a sinner." [t comes to a man priding himself on is independence, and says, "You're bound hand and foot by the devil." [t comes to our entire race, and says, You're a ruin, a gnastly ruin, an Elimitable ruin." Satan somnetimes says to me: "Why do you preach :hat truth? Why don't you preach a ospel with no repentence in it? Why ion't you .fiatter men's hearts so that you make them feel all right?. Why lon't you preach a humanitarin gos oel, with no repentence in it, saying othing about the ruin, talking all .he time about the Redemption?" I say, "Get thee behind me, satan." would rather lead five souls into afety than 20.000 in perdition. The 'edemption of the gcspel is 'a perfect arce if there is no ruin. "The whole ieed not a physician, but they that tre sick." "If any one, though he be tn angel from heaven, preach any >ther gspel than this," says the apos le, "let him be accursed." Thiere nust e the midnight ride over the ins before Jerusalem can be built. rhere must be the clicking of the hoofs >efore there can be the ring of the rowels. Again. My subject gives me a spec men of busy and triumphant sadness. there was any man in the world ho had a right to mope and give up ~verything as lost, it was Nehemiah. Tou say, "He was a, cupbearer in the alace of Shushan, and it was a grand ,lace." So it was. The nl ~l of that 3alace was 200 feet squame, and the oof hovered over 36 marble pille,~ ach pillar 60 feet high, and the in ense blue of the sky, and the deep treen of the forest foliage, and the vhite of the driven snov, all hung rembling in the upholstery. Bat, y friends, you know very well that ie architecture will not put down onesekness. Yet Nehemiah did not ?ive up. Then when you see him oing among thiese desolated streets, nd by these dismantled towers, and >y the torn up grave of his father, you wvould suppose that he would have >een disheartened, and that he would iave dismounted from his horse and rone to his room and said: "Woe is ne: My father's grave is torn up. Ehe temple is dishonored. The walls tre broken down. I have no money pith which to rebuild, I wish I had sver been born. I wish I were eed." Not so says Nehemniah. Al hough he had a grief so intense that t excited the commentary of his king. ee that penniless, expatriated Nelte iah rouses himself up to repuild the ity. He gets his permission of ab nce. He gets his passports. He hastens away to Jerusalemn, By night > horseack he rides through the muins. He overcomes the most fero :ious opposition. He arouses the pie ty and patriotism of the people, and n less than two months-namely, 52~ lv-Jerusalem was rebuilt. That's wliat I call busy and triumphant sad My frends, the whole temptation is wiith you when you have trouble to lo jusi- the opposite to the behaviou > Nehemiah,~and that is to give u. You say, ''I have lost my child and :an never smile again ." You say, "-I uave lost my property, and I never ~an reta my fortunes." You say, "I have los: all in ite and I never can si'ar' ain for a new life." If ancan Un~e you form that resolu tiand makie v on kep it. he has ru ina you. Trouble is not sent to crush yu, bt to arouse you to animation. to propel you. The locksmith does nt insert the iron into the forge and hen bfin- the hot iroa out on the avtI anid beat with stroke ater stroke ' > rin the iron. but to prep re J For betr u;-,. tha: the L)rd ) A > Nehemia wjaid rouse up al Lr ren heartea pCople to rebuild: Vhip,)ed, btrayed, shipwrec-e:, i - )risoned, Pai went right on. Th? I :talian martyr Algeriu; siLs In 'h lun-eon writing a letter, aul ie d its t, "1rom the delectable orc'1ard of he L'onine Prison." That is what I :all triuaphanat sidnaes. I knew a nother who buried her babe on lei lay and on Sabbath appeared in the iuse of God and said: '"ive me ! class. Girs m! a Sabbath school k :lasss. I have no child n-w left me, Lnd I would like t. have a class of t ittle children. Give me a ciass off a ne back strei."' That, I say, is b3au- t ifal. That is triumpaant sadness. Lt 3 o'cluaI every Sabah afternoon o or years in a beautiful parlor in Phil idelp'ia -a parlor pic:ured and stat- : -etted-there were from 10 to 2) des itute children of the stir:eL. Those o lestitute children received religiou s3 astrution, concluding wit'1 cakes ( Lad sandwiches. Lov do I knox o hat that was going on for 16 years. knoxv it in this way: Tait was the s irst home in Pailadelphia where I n vas called to comfort a great sorro . o rney had a splendid boy, and he had yeen drowned at L-)ng B:anc'1. The I ather and mother a'most idolized the a )ay, and the sob and shriek of that S ather and mother as they huag over a he cofi a resound in my ears today. L Caere seemed to be no use of praying, n or when I kaelt down to pray the n )ut::ry in the room drowned out all he prayer. Bat the Lrd comforted e hat sorrow. Tney did not firget t, heir trouble. If yoa should go any a tfternoon into Liurel Hill, you would p iad a monument with the word t -Wa'ter" inscribsd upon it and a t! vreath of fresh tbwers around the t iame. I think there was not an hour a a 20 year, winter or summer, when c here was not a wreath of fresh Ilv- o rs around Walter's name. 0 Bat the Christian m)ther who sent b hose flowers there, having no child a eft, Sabbath afternoons mothered 10 v )r 2) of the lost ones of the street. b Chat is beautiful. That is what I c il q yuiy and triumphant sadness. Here b s a man who has lost his properu.y. o le does not go to hard drinking. He b loes not destroy his own life. He o :>mes and says: "flarness me for t Juristian work. My money's gone. [ have no treasure on earth. I want v reasures in heaven. I ha re a voice o ud a heart to serve God." You say a hat that man has failed. He has not e aited-he has triumphed. s Oh. I wish I could persuade all the people who have any kind of trouble b 1ever to give up! I wish they would s .ook at the midnight rider of the text, 3 d that the four hoofs of that beast C >n which Nehemiah rode might cat V o pieces all your discouragements 3 nd hardships and trials. Give up! e Who is going to give up when on the i yosom of God he can have all his v ;roubles hushed? Give up! Never ;hink of giving uo. Are you borne ; o10 n with poverty? A little child I ;as found holding her dead mother's t 1and in the darkness of a tenement ' iouse, and some one coming in the C ittle girl looked up, while holding I er dead mother's hand, and said, u "Oh, I do wish that God had made k nore light for poor folks?" My dear, f 3od will be your light, Go:. will be u our shelter, God will be your home. e re you borne down with the be- a reavements of life? Is the house lone- I y now that the child is gone? Do a 20% give up. Think of what the old j exton said when the minister asked f him why he put so much care on the a little graves in the cemetery-so much 3 nore care than on the larger graves a -and the old sexton said, "Sir, you f know that of such is the kingdom of I eaven, and I think the Saviour is y lesed when he sees so much white e lover growing around these little I raves." t But when the minister pressed the I ld sexton for a more satisfactory an- 3 swer the old sexton said, "Sir, about e ;hese larger graves, I don't know who 8 re the Lord's saints and who are not, C >ut you know sir, it is clean different r with the bairns." Oh, if you have ~ nad that keen, tender, indescribable s orrow that comes from the loss of a :hild, do not give up. The old sexton 1 vas right. It is all well witb the ~ sairns. Or, if you have sinned, if I rou have sinned greviously-sinned l mtil you have been cast out by thle ~ :hurch, sinned until you have been f ast out by society-do not give up. I Perhaps there may be in this house ne that could truthfully utter the I amentation of another:1 )ee I was pure as the snow, but I fell- t ell like a snowflake, from heaven to hell- a el to be trampled as filth in the street- i: ~ell to be scoffed at, spit on and beat, raying, cursing, wishing to die. a elling my soul to whoever would buy., ealing in shame for a morsel of bread, htng the living and fearing the dead. Do not give up. One like unto the ~ Bon of God comes to you today, say- ~ ng, "Go and sin no more," while he ~ ~ries out to your assailants, 'Let him 1 hat is without sin cast the first stone t her." Oh, there is no reason why ~ y one in this house by reason cf, ny trouble or sin should give up. t re you a foreigner and in a strange ~ and? Nehemiah was an exile. Are t ~ou penniless? Nehemiah was poor. re you homesick ? Nehemiah was iomesick. A~re you broken hearted? 1 Kehemiah was broken hearted. Butj ust see him in the text, riding along he sacrileged grave of his father and ~ y the dragon well and through the t ish gate and by the king's pool, in nd out, in and out, the moonlight Y alling on the broken masonry, which 1 hrows a long shadow, at which the ~ orse shies, and at the same time that r noonlight kindling up the features ~ >f this man till you see not only the ~ nark of sad reminiscence, but the ~ ourage and hope, the enthusiasm of t Sman who knows that Jerusalem will e rebuilded. I pick you up today, 1 >t of your sins and out of your sor- e 'ow, and I put you against the warm c ieart of Christ. - The eternal God is d hy refuge, and underneath are the U tverlasting arms.( Less of Life and Prop erty, MEuams, April 7.-The folOwing able closely estimates to date the loss f life and property occasioned by theC present great tlood along the Missis aippi:.t otal number of lives lost........00 lotal number of people made home less........... .....-....150,000 otal number of refugees report ed.....................50,000 c Jnaccounted for, but probably res cued..........,..........100,000 otal number of farm animals drown- a ed......................10,000 t otal square miles of land sub-a merged.................10,000 i otal datnage to property. .$100,000,000 d >umber of men Sghting the flood 20,000 d A 31odern Bluebaard. - Lnwisuu Ro, WV. Va., A pril '..-The 3 ody of Mrs. Zona Schue, who died t udenly at 1Rchlands, January 23, s was disinterred and it was found that t' her neck was broken. The coroner's jury charged SChuC with killing her t and he was arrested here. It is said c that she was Schue's fourth wife and f that each of the other three died sud- t LLL F0R A S01tEL N1mRE D;SPJTE AS TO THE ONNERS-11P Wih.L BE CARR'ED TO COURT. Ir Blrn ir ! E. il i SAys G werno r Ell1erb I it vi 3 , iETwc:ion Bat With, Him riedg log Hik Doodid 'lire ''3ly," which th a G.virnar Deniet. CoiZxma April 7.-There is a beau i'ul chestnut sorrel mire that is seen ery often on the streets of Coiumbia. ae is a neat and spry animal, and n.OWs ho- to make a mile in quick me. Tnere is a bit of history back of 1is mare that is not generally known, lthough it has been whispered about 1a city for severa. months. The mare, Sally, by name, is the ccasion of a lawsuit that promises to a qilte interesting, both from the tcts that are to be brought out, as rell a; the personnl of those who iake up the principai parties to the it. It is not a usual thing for the rovernor of a State and the brother f a former Governor to go to law bout the DsSession of a horse, but ich is the cise ia this instance-it is iore usual- fr the c)nte t; to be for ices. By way of preface. Mr. Barnard B. vans, nox of Columbia, is driving nd claiming ownership of the 1iore illv. Gavernor Eleros contends last emphaticilly that the mire be >ngs to him, and th 3t Mr. E raas has o clain wbatevar oa the afo-esaid iare. Tais moraing about 9 o'clock Gov rnor Ellerb- was seen at the execu ve otlice relative to the matter, and ked for his side of the litigation. He romptly said that the matter was in ie courts, and that he did not think ist it was rig'at for him to have any ling to siy about the matter as long s the issue was pending in the courts f the State. He said that there were thers who were familiar with his side f the case. When asked the point lank question whether he had made bet with Mr. Barnard B Evans, on ,hic'a the horse is contended to have een won. he most distinctly and une ivocally said that Mr. E rans and he ad never made a bet involvin- this r any other horse, and that Mr. E 7ans ad no right, title or claim whatever n the mare, and that this he expected ) prove in the courts at the Droper .me, and that WAs just as soon as it ras possible to do so. The contention n which Gveraor Elerba claims bsolute possession of Sally is, hew ver, given from entirely satisfactory urces. It appears that Governor Etlerbe ought the mare "Sally," from the kck farm at Pendleton, with which [ajor Augustine T. Smythe, of ,harleston, is connected. The mare ras of fine stock, with a iecord of 2.22. [r. George W. Haight, a horse train r, who has had charge of the train 2g of horses for people in this State, ras here and Governor Ellerbe turned Slly" over to Mr. Haight for the rpose of having her trained. Mr. [aight also had for the purposa of aiing a brother of "Sally," named Ely," belonging to Major Smythe, f Charleston. It was suggested to Mr. .lerbe, after Mr. Haight had had his are for some time, that he might ave trouble in getting his mare back rm Mr. Haight, and Mr. Ellerbe nderstocd that Major Smythe had xperienced considerable trouble in etting back his horse "Ely," that Mr. aight had put up one of his horses, nd that when Mr. Smythe wanted his orse there were heavy charges for eed and the like, but Mr. Smythe fin. ly managed to get his horse back. [r. Ellerbe then became worried bout his aZnml c.d or a. ]octr a" r her. Mr. Eilerbe found that Mr. aight had taken his racing stable to avannah, and among the hsrses tak n was "Sally?. About this time Gay. fllerbe was in Columbia, and he says at he met Mr. Evans at the State ouse, and the two got to talking bout the mare. Mr. Evans told Gov ror Ellerbe, so the story of this side oes, that he was going to Savannah n a free pass. Governor Ellerbe re iarked that he might get "Sally" hile he was down there. Mr. Evans Lggested that he be given an order on Er. Haight for the mare. They went ito the Comptroller General's office, nd the order was duly given for Mr. vas to get the horse. Governor El rbe did not think that Mr. Evans ould be able to get the mare, as he ared that Mr. Haight would have all inds of charges for feed and the like or the mare, but to his surprise Mir. vans got the mare, and had her rought to Columbia. Governor El rbe, it is said, promised Mr. Evrans iat he could drive the mare for a ionth or t wo, or until he wanted her. he succeeded in getting her from fr. aight, and on this condition, n this alone, Governor Ellerbe is aid to have given the order. Governor Ellerboe, it is understood, ntends that he never heard that the cse was to be regarded at a wager ntil after he came to Columbia and ade claim for it. After Mr. Evans ad the horse for a while he thought e might as well let him hold on to er until he came over as Governor. Govcnor Ellerbe will swear when le case comes to trial that he did not iake any bet with Mr. Evans, and at the horse was never given &o Mr. ;vans for any consideration whatev r, and that the distinct understand og was that he was to get the horse s soon as he wanted her. Governor lerbe will say that he may have jok igly made a wager with Mr. Evans aat he would do this or that, but that e has never in his life made a wager ith Mr. Evans or anyone else. There even the intimation that Mr. vans had an i.iea that the ::ase would ot go to court, as Governor Ellerbe id not want even the suggestion that e wagered on elections. Governor llerbe, however, it appears, has put ae case in the hands of his counsel, Er. J. T. Ihrron, of this clty, and has structed him to push the case to the d and to recover the horse at any ost, and that he will bring suit for amages to cover the use of the horse nder the protest of Governor Eller be. Governor Ellerbe, when he came to olumbia, asked for the horse to drive ith the f all sister of "Sally," bat the eturn was refused apparently much his surprise. UJnder an arrange ent, which seems to be in dispute, iovernor Eilerbe obtained p~ssession f the mare. Governor Elterbe says aat as Pis baggy hadt not arrived, and .e had obtand the one :.o which the ore had been driven he told Mr. :ans that he would lend him the 1are whenever he wanted to use her ut of courtesy f or the use of the bug v. Mr. Evans sent for the mare to ake a ire mite trip in the country. nd Governor E?.lerbe sent him word hat he c ould have the sister to "Saily " s "Sally" was being treated for her gs. and. that he did not like her to be riven for so long a distance. On the >llowing Saturday Governor Ellerbe rove dova to the barber shop with Saly," an d wh ile he was in the shop Er. E .ns went up to the negr ra ae baggy, and it is stated, took pos ession of the turnout, and ecirried it >the stables where it was put up. Governor Elierbe then orougnt ae on for claim and deiiverv, as it is aled. Mr. E vans gave bond for $300 or the hcrse, and it is over this that c suit is being brought. The case known when it rill c'rne ip. It is ur t:,:d inat Giveraor E lerb? ss th' ir. Evans has as inc Shs ' mr'Salk,'- d tr1 be s vry-::n.u raged atihe ir h Le C i U, ad hi Cm tention c.f Mr E-a-s. in which thtei !, ch et.nd3s assla'.ely n) fou-id. tion in feet". Now for the other side of the ma .er, and j'st here it is to be sai that the very best sources of info mation were used and the fac's hei given as best they could be derive and without any favor wha ever. Mr. Barnard B. Evans w. seenat his insuranc) oiice early th morning, and asked about the cis He said that he would not have an, thing to say about the case, as it wc in the curts, and he did not think right for nim to come out and sa anythir. at this time, bit aided thj he would-be heard from when t case came to trial, and t'uat he expec' ed to hold on to the horse and thit was'his property by every right an title. He, however, referred to friend who could and would give a the information that was solicited. It was learned that Mr. Evans's sid of the matter is like this: In .he can paign of 1894, when Mr. Ellerbe an Mr. John Giry Evans ran for Gove nor in the State primary, Mr. Joh Gary Evans mapped out his plan C campaign. and told his brother, Mr Birney Evans, that he wanted hir (\Ir. B. B. Evans) to look after At derson County, and see that every thing possible Was done to have th c)unty go for him. On Saturda when the campaign party was at Les ington court house, the Gubernatorig candidates did not attend the meeting Mr. Barnard B. Evans was on tb train going to Fiorence, and Goyerno E,.ierbe was on the same train goin to Mrioa, his hom.. They got t talking about the near vpproachin primary, and Governor Euerb-, th contention is pulled out an envelop on which he had a list of cuntie which he said he would carry in th primary. Mr. Evans questioned hi carrying these counties, and went o to say that he noted that Anderso: was on the list, and that he was cer tain that his brother, Governor E 7an would carry the county. Mr. Ellerb did not agree with his idea, and Mr Evans will contend that before th discussion closed Governor Ellerb said: "I will give you a fine chesi nut sorrel mare, against $5 if I don carry Anderson County." Mr. Evan will hold that he asked Governo Eilerbe if he was in earnest, and h replied by saying. "I won't make bet with you, but I will give you tha fine mare against $5 if I do dot carr: Anderson County. Mr. Evans pr. posed that they "shake" oa tha Governor Ellerbe agreed to this, at; they, it is said, shook hands. MI Evans contends that this was a boe tide agreement and as such he pr posed to keep the horse, whizh wr. given him under the terms name. They ate breakfast together at Fi ence. Mr. Evans, it is said, cut bM vilit short so as to return to Anders( County and see that aU possible wo:3 was done for the carrying of the cou% ty for his brother and the winning the mare. The primary was held, av Anderson County went for Mr. JolR Gary Evans. Subsequently, A: Evans will contend, he met Governt Etlerbe in the city and asked h:. "What about that horse?" Goverdi Ellerbe gave him an order for "Salt; in due form, he went to Savannah a> got the horse that he won on And6 son County, and under this, 1 Evans says, he has a perfect righat? hold and keep the mare, and will fio the case to the end. Col um'bia as teic r tne return of mare. Mr. Evans ref used to rettd her. Then, it is said by Mr. EvatN side, that Governor Ellerbe asked Evans to come up to the Mansion9 see him about the mat:er. M. Ev@ went there with his friend, Mr. Bon Mr. Evans refused to "Iknd" Govt nor Ellerbe the horse, as he requesta so it goes, unless he had somethingi writing. Governor Ellerbe refuset give anything in writing to snow i he had borro wed the horse, his contt' tion being that the horse belonged& him. "You can have her whenen1 you want her, on the word of 95 Governor of the State," was the stain ment of Governor Elleroe, is the ce tention, and on such a plane XNo Evans, it is stated, gave the use of ti mare to Governor Ellerbe. A fef days afterwards Mr. Evans wanfM the mare to take a trio in the countr2 and rent for the mare. Gover: Ellerbe sent back word that he having '-Sally" treated, and cif. ~ the use cf "Sally's" sister. Mr. EsK0O declined, and took this as a ref usai ti return his horse or let him use hi own property. A few days after thi Mr. Evans saw the mare and tool possession of her. This brought or the proceedings for claim and deliv ery, the bond for the mare and the orccedings in the courts for the pos session of the mare. Mr. B. L. Abney, of this bar, ha been employed ta represent Mr. E van: in the Jitigation, and Mr. E vans als< expects to see the fight through to the finish, and contends that Governo: Ellerbe will never from the facts o: the case get possession of the mare. It is said by Governor Ellerbe's sidi that Mr. E rans has offiered, since the litigation began, to buy the mare amt other compromises. All of thes. Governor Ellerbe has dselined to en tertain in any way, as he wishes th< matter settled once for all as a ques ion has been raised, and on tae othe: hand the represeatativ es of Mr. 13van: sontend that they have made absolute ly no overtures to purchese "dSally' or any other kind of advances, ou are anxious for the case to be tried. Mr. D. C. Riy, of the firm of Bar ron & Ray. said today that the papers 'nave been filed, and the case dockete: for trial.-Charleston Ne vs and Cou rier. Want at the Doord of Thousand'. GREENVILLE, Miss., April 8.--Th condition of affairs in this section o the Mississippi river continues serious Want is today at the door of man' laborers. The Yazo, Miss., delt: embraces ten counties wita a popula tion of nearly 4'00,000, people, 70 pe cent, of which are farm laboorers. Th secretary of war has kept himself ij telegraphic communication with th governor of Mississippi seeking infor muation concerning tue needs of tha :iooded distr:e ts. Governor Mcflaurir in turn has kept in telegraphic comn munication with the representativ, men of the delta, and yet he has ad vised that assistance was not needed Today's advices gave a more extende< report of the prevailing condition, an the lead.ng planters and business mel of Washington county sent a dispatc! to tine gcvernor appealing for govern meat aid. Leaving Low Lands. LEavEN~woRTH. April .-The rive is within rive feet of the flood of 18S and still rising steadily, having comn up two inches since yesterday. 'Th stage is 15 feet aoove the iow wate mark and fast approaching the dange line. S4veral families in the bottom are moving out, and farm lands are being flooded. Tne Burlingtoa roa. has a large gang of men laying ne track at Burns Lake, tive miles, souti where the river is cutting under largi setins of the road bed. VA%3c_ WAS E-LE-C?'cG h <t:.- Li ,: C mm u by. L sh.- 'ate t A 7i 1 i s In e a a r.S. btit s as not u'til ab A . t last ig ht inat the t:e days work Cii be ascert Daring the day, at noon. the memb5rc of the board visited the execulv chamber by in e vitation -f Gov. EIerze and a con ,erence was held ins regard to the mat ter of the graatinz oF hotel and beer privileges. Gov- Ehlet be frankly told the board that be did- not consider ,hat the Constitution and the act gave the b,ard cr any ore cse the right to irant suc'a spci:. privileges. His position was that the law stould ap Ply to every ciLzen of the State Equal ey. The conferenec was a pleasant one. Last n'aht the board announced that it had decided, in vie x of the gover nor s attitude, to grant no more such privileges, tbough several have been applying for them, until the matter e in be definitely settled. A case will be arranged at once and carried before the State supreme court, the object being to have the question judicially determined forthwith. In the mean time all privileges heretofore granted will stand as they are. It is expecte-d tnat the case can be heard next week. List night the board went into the much-talked-of elections. Practically all of them were disposed of save that e for clerk of the board. In the mean time Mr. Scruggs, who has been the clerk of the board since its formation, will continue to discharge the duties of that office for a month, and his e two assistants will remain in their re spective positions. Oae ballot was taken for the chair mahship of the baard nov held by Col. Wilie Jones. Tae ballot resulted as follows: Jones 2, Williams 1, Dou thit 1, blank 1. Tne last vote was cast by Col. Jones. There was no s election, and the board decided to let s this matter go over to the next meet Mr. Simuel W. Vance, of Laurens, the efficient assistant clerk of the hcuse of representatives for several yeArs, was elected State liquor com missoner. On the streets this selee tion met with general approval. Mr. Vance is a popular man and is well , qualiraed for the duties of the office. There were numerous candidates for the position. Mr. Gaston, who has been acting commissioner, it is said, did not receive a single vote. ''as been t spensary sa a : . . otvi le S.1ea: Court twho, if he ecnside rs the- ruasons giveu 3y the applicant suflicient, shal gCant him permission to carry a deally vcapon, The clerk of the cour- wal .Iso supply the said person wiia badge, which shall be worn on the ou ide of the lapel of the coat or in so:ie bther consicuous place. REGISTER IS TO BE SOLD, dcst No :,or In Conmbia Wil Go on leck t:i . Cne OLave .3. T., De . oruncedwh by .tpe'~ Retstr thnae orvtt. aesy oumi, hturcem.~g Vhtethou 00hel on the p. er :. rhetre who wasreeii y ommtt I aid at T1ne Mite oLce h:t Itter course wil inpnI ir hmsAdison of Bhstan, who as for six nionths been mnagaing the aper as the Jiamt a;;ent of the Linden. ieyers and Calvo, will cmtinue as ianage r. The sale will take place in about ten iys. column, 1 Generai coni1. COLvm~ia, S. C., Dec.2-I n >unced nero that B3. L- buer of the 'ma Cf Abaey & Thomnas, this city, has en appointed consl for h 2 roaa, to succeedi Judge J. '. Ct a of Gree'nv:Jie, whIo die( seve eks ago. Mr. Abner is one or t-i ung niemiaers of the bar, but has :en a stan i as a strong lawver Ar eral years he has beeni loc-al ecouns .the bouthern- J. S. Cotran J- fers 1be assistant general conuset on -htlih Ih- eth-v O~n3I 'bilp 90Of tou, dl )m.Jlhe nut. -..a county examinig oairJ. of pensions. Pensioners now applicants for pen sions cannot be elected a member of township pension boards. When old soldiers cannot be found in the town ships, reputable resident citizens may be eeted. If any to waship shall fail or refuse to crganiza as required by this act, then the county board should recommend three good men, not pen sioners, to the State Pension Board, who will apoint such township .oards. All pensioners resident in the to vn ships mus4 appear in person before the township boards. Those already on the pension roll need not prepare and file ne w applications. All nemv appli cants must be presented to and have the auproval or disapproval. of the township boards and county boards before the State Board can approve. Township boards can drop from the roll of pensioners, as now constituted, the name or na'nes of any party or parties which in their judgment are not entitled to a pension under the liws, and add to the roll only such names of new applicants as may tile such applicaitiocs, with proof of ser vice thereon, as indicated by the - blank forms prepared by the State Board. Applications defective or not filled up correctly in each grticular, al though approved by township and county boards, will be disapproved by the State Board. Applications approved or disap prove-p by the State Board ca-inot be returned to the county or township boards after money has been prorated and paid cuat. Township and coutnty boards will notice that the law pro vides three classes, "-A,"' "B" and ". (with tive sub divisions of class "C," as follows: IClass A.-Those who have lost both arms, or both hands, or both legs, or Iboth eyes, or whose absolute disability arising from wouads are equivalent to t ae loss of either. This does not in clude soldiers whose disabiliieis arise from diseases or causes arising since the wvar. Clas B.-Those who have lost one arm or one leg, or whose disabilities fro-n wounds are eouivalent to the loss of an arm or leg. Class C.-(No. 1) -Those soldierst and sailors disabled by wounds,bu not suml :ient to be placed in class B. whose incomes do not exceci $25 ClassC.-(No. 2)- Tuose who have reached the age of sixty years and whose incomes do not exceed S1dJ. IClass C.-(No. 3 )-Wido ws of those who lost their lives in thme service of the State or Confederate States and whose incomes do not exceed $250. Class C.-(No. -4)-Widows above dces c t - eed $i(0 CisC N ) 5 Wdcscipe: rs. This e- , a i ini, ; rir e t~ mt-4 . , but av to act -ppr e, -- eci o 'o i 17 b tie.st e es a d cb-d ':, irm bavue b-en prepared trd n-i'ed Auditers to dhtribute amorg thes boards. Class A gets ;tG per mouth n $72, and wiil b'e pa d in full thi amount; Class B, $4 per month o $48; and class C with each of its sut divisions, $3 per month or $36. Afte class A is paid, the balance will b pro rated between B and C on th basis of $4 to $3. 'This money will b sent to the clerks of Courts as heretc fore provided in the appropriatio2 Acts each year, and will be sent jus as soon as the roll for the State cai be corrected and completed. Township boards cannot be too care ful in the-e matters of "income" an( physical c~nditicn." It is a very pco: man whose gross income from labo: and other sources, does not excee< $100, or poor lands, if any, whic] does not produce this amount. Prop erty in applicant's or his wife's nam< debars them. Where soldiers or wid ows dispose of their property by givinc or selling to their children, they ar debarred from receiving a pension The question of service to the Stat, in connection with the various classes of reserve cirried into the service o; the State just at the close of the war will depend much upon the evidenc submitted to the State Board. Whez real service was rendered, the pensior should be allowed. Any citizen 0 the State over sixty years of age, anc otherwise qualiaed, is as much' enti tied to a pension as that class of hei good citizens who merely met and or ganizd on call, without real service. Let township and county boards ac promptly and fairly, giving the StatA Board full information with comnlett reports by township for each count, writing names full and clear, witi particulars for approving or disap proving each case. Township board: must first approve or disapprove, it writing, esch new application, and then county boards and afterward. the State Board. When old boaris (1806) have acted under laws then of force and approvec or disapproved applications for pen sions, let such applications be sent t( township boards, then to count3 boards to be approved or disapproved under the Act of 1897 amending for mer Acts. Respectfully, D. H. THomPKINS, Secretary of State. W. A. BARBER, Attorney General. JAMiES NoRTON, Comptroller General. State Board of Pensioner's. HELP FOR HELPLESS. President McKinley Asks an Apprepria, ton for Flood Saffarers. WAsHINGToN, April 7.-The Presi dent sent this message to congress to day: "To the Senate and House of Rep resentatives: Information which has recently come to me from the gover nors of Arkansas, Mississippi and Louisiana and from prominent citizens of these States and Tennessee, war rants the conclusion that widesp:-ead distress, involving the destruction of a large amount of property and loss ot human life has resulted from the floods which have submerged that section of the country. Tnese are stated on reliable authority to be the most destructive floods that have eves devastated the Mississippi valley, the water being much higher than the phis, to Greenville, Miss., a distance o more than 350 miles by river, it is reported that there are now at least 5( to'wns anid villages under water and a territory extending from 100 miles nor th of Memphis to 200 miles south and from 5 to 40 miles wide, is sub merged. Hundreds of thousands o: acres of cultivated soil with growing crops are included in the submergec territory, in this section, alone there are from 50,000 to 60,030 people whose property has been destroyed, anc whose business has been suspended. Growing crops have been ruined, thousands of cattle have been drowned and the inhabitants of certain areas threatened with starvation. As a great majority of the sufferers are small farmers, they have thus been left entirely destitute and will be un prepared for work even after the flood have subsided. The entire Mississippi valley in Arkansas is flooded and com munication with many points cut off. In Mississippi a like condition exists. Tne levees in Louisiana, with a single exception, have held, but the water is rising and tbe situation there is re morted as being extremely critical. Under such circumstances, the citizens of thes? States look for the copoerationi and support of the national govern ment in relieving the pressing caseu of destitution for food, clothing and shelter which are beyond the reach of local efforts. The authorities who have communicated with the execu tive recognize that their first and most energetic duty is to provide as far as possible the means of caring for their own citizens, but nearly all of them agree in the option that after these re sources have been exhausted, a sum aggregating at least $150,000 and pos ssbly $200,000 will be required for im mediate use. Precedents are not wanting that in such emergencies as this congress has taken prompt, gener ous and intelligent action, involving the expnditure of casiderable sums of money, with satisfacory results. In 1874 $590,000 .vas ap p- wiate d and in 1882 $350.000 was also a. ,ra pria'ed for relief in the samne direction, be sides large sums in other years. "The citizens relief committ9e ol Memphis, which has taken prom: s ac tion, has already cared for fromk ; 030 to 7,000 refugees from the flooded Ai: tricts and tbey are still arriving in tha; city in large numbers dail.y. Ra plies and pr.,7isions have bee i seL?. LU the various points in Arkansas and Mississippi by the cm-nittee, bat the utmost that can be done by these ef forts is to partly relie ve the mo3t ac ate cases of suffering. No action has 3e been taken for the greit mAjrity of the inhabitants liviu; ai the ia:e:Lor. whose condition has <. -dibeea de. scribed. Under these cuULIiims and having exerted themnselves to ':e fail est extent, the local authori i ve reluctantly cunfessed their i Vinty to further cope with this di . ao situation unaided by the governume t It has therefore, seemel to 'e tfnt the representatives of the peo de -dould be prompaly inforamel os se asrar and exteat of the sad'e:mg a'd nee-is of these stricken people ard I hsave communicated these facts sl he hopn and belief that the legislative branch of the government wil promptly re enforce the work of th local authori ties in the States named. WILLA3 \MCKINLEY." "Executive Mansion, A~ril 7, 1897." PRJRATioN MADE. WAS~imsoN, April 7.-The j lint resouioQnmaki~ng appropriation for the :Lod suffees passed through boths houses of congress with a rasa arnd was sigtel by President. P'ro Tem. Frye of the senate and speaker Reed of the house and lent up to the White House for President McKinley's AKi POWDER Absolutely Pure. Celebrated for Its great -eaventng strength and healthfulness. Assurei the food against alim and all forms of adul teration common to the cheap brands. BoYAL DAKING POWDER CO., NEW YORK. THE CAROLINA MIDLAND RAILROAD The South Carolina and Georgia Railroad Wants It. A gentleman who professed to know what he was talking about told a re p -, Ler ,: the Augusta Chronicle that Sn gotiations were in progress looKing to the control of the Carolina Midland railroad by the South Carolina and Georgia company. He said that the papers had already been drawn up and signed by some of the interested pir ties, and tnat if no hitch in the pro ceedings came about that'the transfer in the management of the line would take place at no vcr,7 distant dite. It will be remembered that some time ago when the Security Construction company had jast been organized, and when it seemed certain that the Charleston and Macon line was to be built, the Carolina Midland was ex pected to become an important part of the new system of roads. The prop erty had been leased to the Greenwoo., Anderson and Western company, the road projected to the upper part of the state and contracted by Col. Mike Brown. Then came the troubles in that concern resulting in a receiver ship and a final termination of the lease of the Carolina Midland. The property then went back into the hands of its original owners, and there it remains today. The receivership had appeared to put an end to the Charleston and lacon enterprise so far at least as the Carolina Midland was concerned. And now comes the gentlemn, who was referred to above with the statement that the road is to be absorbed by the S:uth Carolina and Georgia road, and thus become a part of the system which the Messrs. Parsons are building for this city and section. The Carolina Midland has for the greater part of many years maintained close traffic relations with the Carolina and Georgia. Having no natural outlet of its own, it has in a large measure been dependent upon its connections. The South Carolina and Georgia road being the most avail able and prominent of these the rela tions between it and the Carolina Midland have, in the nature of the case, been very close. It is true that for some time, and in the last year or so especially, the business men of Charleston have been taught to look to the Carolina Midland as an avaiLa ble link in a new system to the west. Many of them had hoped to see the this we diy faa thou5ght' i& Charlestcn the water terminus of two great lines, one that referred to, and the other the South Carolina and Georgia road, working in conjunc'ion with the Louisville and hashville system. Barring the possibility of the Carolhna Midland being extended to Charleston, there is, however, no way in which it could be rendered of more dircet and practical aid to Charleston than as a part of the South Carolina and Georgia road. The ne w management of that company has but recently acqquired control of the Augusta Southern, and in other ways it has evinced a desire to build up a stronger railroad combination than she has possessed in many years, stronger, 'probably, than any system ever before operated in the exclusive interest of Charleston port. In the constructior- of such a system as thai. which is anparently contenpisted by President Parsons the Carolina Mid land would appear to the ordinaryx observer to be a natural link. Tae, gentleman who gave the information,. to the reporter said that, as he mader-. stood it, the South Carolina and, Georgia road would a bsorb thie Caro lina Midland, issuing ne w securities ont the property and guaranteeing them. No direct confirmation of this could be obtained yesterdy, bat is based up on authority which is deemed worthy of credit. THE TARHEEL WAR TALK. Gv. Russeli Intimates. That Ho Wo.id Resist the Court's I~nncti->. GREENSBORo, N. C., April 7 -Tne injunction caso of the Southern rail way against Governor R assell, Attor ney General Waiser and the North Carolina railroad, was continued to June 8th, at Asheville. The case is to decide wh> are t . directors of the ro'ad, thoss appointe.l by Governor Carr before he went out, or those appointed by Governor Rub sell since he came in. The trial was continued in order to allo v the ne w directors to organize and become a party to the suit. Hon. John G. Carlisle, ex Secretsaey of the treasury, is one o f the attorneys for the Southern Railway Comoany. - E r Judge A. C. Avery and McR-ie & Day are counsels for the State. Jadge Simonton granted the temp> rary injunction. Gov'ernor R issell has intimated that he would not pay any attention to the court's injunttoL' if it did not please him to do so. In teir brief, the Governor and Attor ney General, answering the Siuthern railway, say: "If it is true, as con tented for t'ie resplendents, that the eteet of the restraining order it so prohibit the Governcr and Attorney General of N~rtu Carolina from bringing, or threatening to being suits that the law either vests them with discretion to bring, or aid in brining, or make it imperative duty to bring, will the court enforce its andate? If not, the order is mere frtn fulmen. Suppose these officers ~ disobey the order, 'where will the court get its desse co-nitatas to compel obedience? If neither the Gov-ernor nor the legislature should call for troops, can the court declare the State to be in rebellion and call for the army to enforce its decrees? Will it imprson and depose the G )vernor without a trial? If the court proposes to vield in case of refutsal to obey, on the ground that it has exhaausted its po wer, why drive matters to suzh an ~ extrenr ty. If it is proposed to use the federal arny to force a Governor to abdicate, then the government will be revolu tionized to prevent the depreciation of a bloc of bonds."