The Manning times. (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, April 03, 1901, Image 4
RELIGIOUS RtV1VALS
Dr. Talmage, in a Timely Discourse,
Declares His Belief in Them.
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Sermon Adapted from the Story of
Simon and the Fishers-Greatest
Obstacle to Revivals Is an
Unconverted Ministry.
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[Copyright, 1901. by Louis Klopsch, N. T.j
Washington. March 24.
This discourse of Dr. Talmage is(
most pertinent at this time when a
widespread effort for religious awak- o
ening is being made; text, Luke, verse c
6: "They inclosed a great multitude 1
of fishes and their net brake." 1
Simon and his oomrades had experi
.ned the night before what fishermen J
pall "poor luck." Christ steps on board x
the fishing smack and tells the sailors r
to pull away from the beach and di- }
reets them again to sink the net. Sure t
enough, very soon the net is full of t
ishes, and the sailors begin to haul in.
So large a school of fishes was taken
that the hardy men began to look red E
in the face as they pull, and hardly c
have they begun to rejoice at their suc- a
seas when snap goes a threal of the I
net, and snap goes another thread, so c
there is danger not only of losing the t
fish, but of losing the net.
Without much care as to how much E
the boat tilts or how much water is
splashed on deck the fishermen rush
about, gathering up the broken meshes C
of the net. Out yonder there is a ship 1
dancing on the wave, and they hail it: I
"Ship ahoy! Bear down this way!"
The ship comes, and both boats, both t
fishing smacks, are filled with the
ibundering treasures.
"Ah," says sopne one, "how much f
better it would -have been if they had d
staid on shore and fished with a hook t
and line and taken one at a time in- r
stead of having this great excitement f
and the boat almost upset and the net I
broken and having to call for help and f
getting sopping wet with the sea!"
The church is the boat, the Gospel =
is the net, society is the sea, and a =
great revival is a whole school brought t
in at one sweep of the net. I have ad- I
miration for that man who goes out I
with a hook and ling to fish. I admire '
the way he unwinds the reel and ad- t
justa the bait and drops the hook in a
quiet place on a still afternoon and l
here catches one and there one, but I t
like also a big boat-and a large crew t
and a net a mile long and swift oars a
and stout sails and a stiff breeze and a a
great multitude of souls brought-so ?
great a multitude that you have got
to get help to draw it ashore, straining E
the net to the utmost until it breaks i
here and there, letting a few escape,
but bringing the great multitude into I
sternal safety.
In other words, I believe in revivals.
The great work of saving men began a
with 8,o0O people joining the church in a
one day, and it will close with 40 or a c
hundred million people saved in 24 t
hours when nations shall be born in a I
day. But there are objections to re
vivals. People are opposed to them i
because the net might get broken, and
Lf by the pressure of souls It does not a
get broken, then they take their own a
penknives and slit the net. "They in- t
elosed a great multitude of fishes, and 3
the net brake."3
It is sometimes opposed to revivals I
of religion that those who come into 2
the church at such times do not hold I
out. As long as there is a gale of bless
tng they have their sails up. But as I
soon as strong winds stop blowing 2
then they drop into a dead calm. But t
what are the facts in the case? In all I
lour churches the vast majority of the r
uiseful people are those who are
brought in under great awakenings, c
and they hold out. Who are the prom- i;
inent men In the United States in t
ehurches, in prayer meetings, in Sab- a
bath schools? For the most part they c
are the product of great awakenings. c
I have noticed that those who are r
brought into the Kingdom of God a
through revivals have more per- I
sistence and more determination in the e
Christian life than those who come
in under a low state of religion. Peo-1
ple born in an icehouse may live, but
|they will never get over the cold they 1
baught in the icehouse. A cannon ball
depends upon the Impulse with which
It starts for how farit shall go and I
-how swiftly, and the greater the re- 1
vival force with which a soul is started
themore far-reaching and far-resound
ing will be the execution.t
Bue ie is sometimes objected to re- i
vivals that there is so much excitementc
that people mistake hysteria for relig- -t
Ion. We admit that In every revival of I
religion there is either a suppressed or i
a demonstrated excitement. Indeed, i
If a man can go out of astate ofecon- 1
demnation into a state of acceptance 4
with God or see others go without any
agitation of soul he is in an unhealthy, <
morbid state and Is as repulsive and
absurd as a man who should boast he
maw a child snatched out from under a
horse's hoofs and felt no agitation, or
saw a man rescued from the fourth<
story of a house on fire and felt no ac
celeration of the pulses.1
Salvation from sin and death and
hell into life and peace and Heaven for
ever is such a tremendous thing that
if a man tells me he can look on it
without any agitation I doubt his I
Christianity. The fact Is that some
times excitement Is the most Impor
tant possible thing. In case of resus
citation from drowning or freezing]
the one Idea is to excite animation.
Before conversion we are dead. It is
the business of the church to revive,1
arouse, awaken, resuscitate, startle
Into life. Excitement is bad or good
aooording to what It makes us do. If
It make us do that which Is bad, it is
bad excitement, but if it make us agi
tated about our eternal welfare, if
It make us pray, if it make us attend
upon Christian service, If it make us
cry unto God for mercy, then it is a
good excitement.
A Wrecked Life.
Corporal Harry K. Yeakley, aged 30,
of the Forty-third company of coast ar
tillery, stationed at Fort Terry, Purn
island, died Thursday from the ef ect a
of a dose of wood Alcohol self adminis
tered. Corporal Yeakley was a physician
having earned his degree at the Uni
versity of Virginia, and had been in the
enlisted service only a short time, his
object in entering the army having been
to put himself under restrains of mili
tary discipline, which he believed would '
be beneficial for habits he had acquired.a
His body will be shipped to the family
home in Winchester, Va., for burial.
Name Changed.
The name of the village of Sing Sing d
has been changed to 03sing. The re- a
sidents found that when they went 5
away from home and told that they c
came from Sing Sing people suspected t
they were ex convicte, because the lo- fi
cation of the New York State prison v
at that place has been Sing Sing's only n
claim to fame So they petitioned for a a
change. There's somehting in a name &
after all when the name is that of a d
it is Sometimes said that during re
ivals of religion great multitudes of
hildren and young people are brought
ato the church, and they do not know
that they are about. It has been my
bservation that the earlier people
ome into the kingdom of Godthe more
seful they are. Robert Hall, the
prince of preachers, was converted at
2 years of age. It is likely he knew
that he was about. Matthew Henry,
he commentator, who did more than
.ny man of his century for increasing
he interest in the study of the Scrip
ures, was converted at 11 years of
,z;_ Isab.lla Graham, immortal in the
hrist.ian church, was converted at ten
ears of age; Dr. Watts, whose hymns
vill be sung all down the ages, was
onverted at nine years of age. Jona
han Edwards, perhaps the mightiest
ntellect that the American pulpit
ver produced, was converted at seven
ears of ag;e. and that father and
nother take an aiwful responsibility
:hen they tell their child at seven
ears of age: "You are too young to
e a Christian," or "You are too young
o connteci yourself with the church."
:hat is a mistake as long as eternity.
If during a revival two persons pre
ent themselves as candidates for the
hurch and the one is ten years of age
nd the other is 40 years of age. I will
Lave more confidence in the profession
f religion of the one ten years of age
han the one 40 years of age. Why?
Che one who professes at 40 years of
,ge has 40 years of impulse in the
rrong direction to correct, and the
hild has only ten years in the wrong
irection to correct. Four times ten
.re 40. Four times the religious pros
iect for the lad that comes into the
:ingdom of God and into the church at
en years of age than the man at 40.
I am very apt to look upon revivals
s connected with certain men who
ostered them. People who in this
av do not like revivals nevertheless
are not words to express their admi
ation for the revivalists of the past,
or they were revivalists-Jonathan
dwards, John Wesley, George Whit
eld, Fletcher, Griffin, Davies, Os
orne, Knapp, Nettleton, Moody and
aany others whose nafes come to
ay mind. The strength of their in
ellect and the holiness of their lives
hake me think they would not have
ad anything to do with that which
ras ephemeral. Oh, it is easy to
alk against revivals!
A man said to Mr. Dawson: "I
ke your sermons very much, but
he after meetings I despise. When
he prayer meeting begins. I always
o up into the gallery and look down,
.nd I am disgusted." "Well," said
fr. Dawson, "the reason is you go
>n the top of your neighbor's house
,nd look down his chimney to exam
e his fire, and of course you get
only smoke in your eyes. Why don't
c'u come in the door and sit down
.nd warm?" .
Oh, I am afraid to say anything
gainst revivals of religion or against
,ything that looks like them, be
ause I think it may be a sin against
he Holy Ghost, and you know the
Sible says that a sin against the Holy
host shall never be forgiven, neither
a this world nor the world- to come.
'ow, If you are a painter and I speak
,gainst your pictures, do I not speak
gainst you? If you are an archi
et, and I speak against a building
ou put up, do I not speak against
ou? If a revival be the work of the
oly Ghost, and I speak against that
evival, do I not speak against the
[oly Ghost? And whoso speaketh
gainst the Holy Ghost, says the
ible, he shall never be forgiven,
either in this world nor in the world
o come. I think sometimes people
tave made a fatal mistake in this di
ection.
Now I come to the real, genuine
ause of objection to revivals. That
the coldness of the objector. It is
he secret and hidden but unmistak
ble cause in every case, a low state
religion in the heart. Wide awake.
onsecrated, useful Christians are
Lever afraid of revivals. It is the
piritually dead who are afraid of
Laing their sepulcher molested. The
hief agents of the devil during a
Teat awakening are always uncon
erted professors of religion. As soon
s Christ's work begins they begin
o gossip against it and take a pail
>f water and try to put out this
park of religious influence, and they
ry to put out another spark. Do
hey succeed? As well when Chicago
vas on fire might somie one have
one out with a garden water pot
ying to extinguish it. The difflulty
that when a reviv'al begins In a
hurch it begins at so many points
hat while you have dos sed one anx
ous soul with a pail of cold water
here are 500 other anxous souls on
re. Oh, how much better it would
e to lay hold of the chariot of
hrist's Gospel and help pull It en
ather than to fling ourselves in front
> the wheels, trying to bicek their
rogress. We will 'et stop the
hariot, but we ourselves will be
ground to powder.
But I think, after all, the greatest
bstacle to revivals throughout
hristendom is an unconverted minis
;ry. We must believe that the vast
najority of those who officiate at
sacred altars are regenerated, but I
5uppose there may float Into the
ninistry of all the denominations of
hristans men whose hearts have
ever been changed by grace. They
re all antagonistic to revivals. How
id they get into the ministry? Per
aaps some of thern chose It as a re
~pectable profession. Perhaps some
af them were sincere, but were mis
:aken. As Thomas Chalmers said, he
tad been many years preaching the
ospel before his heart had been
:hanged, and as many ministers of
he Gospel declare they were preach
.g and had been ordained to sacred
rders years and years before their
earts were regenerated. Gracious
od, what a solemn thought for those
of us who minister at the altar!
With the present ministry in the
Sergt. Jasper's Company.
The Columbia State says in the valu
be "rubbish" at the State house there
Las recently been found the original
'ompany roll of the company of which
~ergt. Jasper of Fort Moultrie fame was
member. The roll not only gives the
ane of each commissioned officer but
each private in the company. It also
ives the date of enlistment and dis
harge, and has complete marginal notes.
'his is regarded as one of the most valu
ble finds among the State's revolution
ry records yet made.
A Good Suggestion.
The Atlanta Journal says in Rhode
sland there is an average of one di
orce for every eight marriages. A good
eal of useless formality and expense
ight be saved by merely adopting a
Drt of probationary sy stem whereby
uples can take each other, not for bet
sr or for worse, but until they can
nd out the difference-on trial, as it
ere-without calling for thle sacra
cnt of marriage until they are sure
bout it. Certainly the percentage of
sticks" could not be any less than un
pregent temperatur of piey. thun
land will never be enveloped with re
vivals. While the pews on one side
the altar cry for mercy, the pulpits
on the other side of the altar must
cry for mercy. Ministers quarreling.
Ministers trying to pull each other
down. Ministers struggling for eccle
siastice.l place. Ministers, lethargic
with whole congregations dying on
their hands. What a spectacle!
During our civil war the president
of the United States made proclama
tion for 75,000 troops. Some of you
remember the big stir. But the King
of the universe to-day a.sks for
1,200,000,000 more troops than are en
listed, and we want it done softly.
imperceptibly, no excitement, one by
one. You are a dry goods nerchant
on a large scale, and I am a merchant
on a small scale, and I come to you
and want to b-y 1,000 yards o. cloth.
Do you say: "Thank you. I'll sell
you 1,000 yards of cloth, but I'll sell
you 20 yards to-day and 20 to-morrow
and 20 the ne:ct day, and if it takes
me six months I'll sell you the whole
thousand yards. You will want as
long as that to examine the goods,
and I'll want as long as that to exam
ine the credit, and besides :hat 1,000
yards of cloth is too much to sell all
at once?" No; you do not say that.
You take me into the counting-room,
and in ten minutes the whole transac
tion is consummated. The fact is we
cannot afford to be fools in anything
but religion.
That very merchant who on Satur
day afterno6n sold me the thousand
yards of cloth at one stroke the next
Sabbath in church will stroke his
beard and wonder whether it would
not be better for a thousand souls to
come straggling along for ten years
instead of bol:ing in at one service.
It seems to me as if God is prepar
ing the world for some quick and
universal movement. A celebrated
electrician gave me a telegraph chart
of the world. On that chart the wires
crossingthe continents and the cables
under the sea looked like veins red
with blood. On that chart [ see that
the headquarters of the lightnings are
in Great Britain and the United
States. In :London and New York
the lightnings are stabled, waiting
to be harnessed for some quick dis
patch. That shows you that the tel
egraph is in the possession of Chris
tianity.
It is a signifcant fact that the man
who invented the telegraph was an
old-fashioned Christian, Prof. Morse,
and that the man who put the tele
graph under 'he sea was an old-fash
ioned .hristlan, Cyrus W. 'Field, and
that the president of the most fa
mous of the telegraph companies of
this country was an old-fashioned
Christian, William Orton, going from
the communion table on earth
straight to his home :in Heaven. What
does all that mean?
I do not suppose that the telegraph
was invented merely to let us know
whether flour is up or down or which
horse won the race at the Derby or
which marksman beat at the latest
contest. I suppose the telegraph was
invented and built to call the world
to God.
In some of the attributes of the
Lord we seem to share on a small
scale. For instance, In His love and
His kindness. But until of late fore
knowledge, omniscience, omnipres
ence, omnipotence, seem to have been
exclusively God's possession. God, de
siring to make the race like Himself,
gives us a species of forekriowledge
in the weath'er probabilities, gives us
a species of omniscience in telegraphy,
gives us a species of omnipresence mn
the telephone, gives us a species of
omipotence In the steam power. Dis
coveries and inventions all around
abost us, people are asking~ what next ?
I will tell you what next. Next, a
stupendous religious movement. Next,
the end of war. Next, the crash of
despotism. Next, the world's -expurga
tion. Next, the Christlike dominion.
Next, the judgment. What becomes
of the world after that I care not.
It will have suffered and achieved
enough for one world. Lay it up in
the drydocks of eternity, like an old
man of war gone out of service, or fit
it up like a Constellation to carry
bread of relief to some other suffering
planet or let it be demolished. Fare
well, dear old world, that began with
paradise and ended with judgment
confagration.
Last summer I stood on theIsle of
Wight, and I had pointed out to me
the place where the Eurydice sank
witi 200 or 300 young men who were
in training for the British navy. You
remember when that training ship
went down there was a thrill of horror
all over the world. Since then there
was another training ship missing.
The Atalanta, gone down with all on
board. By order of her majesty's gov
ernment vessels went cruising up and
down the Atlantic trying to find that
lost training ship in which there were
so many young men preparing for
the British navy. Alas, for the lost
Atalanta! Oh, my friends, this world
is only a training ship! On it we are
training for Heaven. The old .hlp
sails up and down the ocean of im
mensity, now through the dark we.ves
of midnight, now through the golden
creted wave of the morn, but sails
on and sails on. After awhile her
work will be done, and the inhabitants
of Heaven will look out and find a
world missing. The cry will be:
"Where is that earth where Christ
died and the human race was emanci
pated? Send, out fleets of angels to
ind the missing craft." Let them sail
up and down, cruise up anid down the
oean of eternity, and they will catch
not one glimpse of her mountain masts
or her topgallants of floating cloud.
Gone down! The training ship of a
worm perished in the last tornado.
Oh, let It not be that she goes down
'with all on board, but rather may it be
said of her passengers, As it was said
of the drenched passengers of the Al
exandrian corn ship that crashed into
the breakers 'of Melita: "They all es
capd safe to landl"
A Horrible Crime.
A horrible crime came to the light
Thursday when John Favalona and his
daughter, Annie, were diEcovered cold
in death in their home on Perdito
street, New Orleans. Both had been
murdered by burglars dcring Wednes
day night. The burglars ransacked the
premises after killing their victims.
Favalona kept a grocery and fruit stand
and closed up his place about 10 o'clock
Wednesday night. When he did not
open Thursday morning neighbors
forced their way in and discovered the
crime.
A True Girl.
Dollie IE. Wilkins, the adopted
daughter of Mrs. 9arah E. Wilkins, a
rich and eccentric widow living near
Athison, KanSas, loses an estate
valued at $75,000 because she married
the man she loved. She was married a
few days ago to George Woods, the son
of James Woods, a- farmer, against the
wishes of Mrs. Wilkins, and the widow
now announces -that her adopted
daughter, who was her sole heir, will
not receive a penny of her fortune. The
girl is 20 and her husband is 20 years
her senior
SOME PAST HISTORY D
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Brought to Memory by the Death I
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AN EXCITING PERIOD. buy
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The Stirring Events of 1876 Rem- Ha
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Inescerces of the Wallace bei
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House Hampton's Trib- bre
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ute to WailIce. int
The Columbia State says no tribute br
to the memory of Gen. Wallace could die
be more gratifying to his loved ones lai
than the kind expressions from Gen. W1
Wade Hampton, who watched Gen.
Wallace's career in the war and who his
was Governor at the time that Judge dre
Wallace was leader of the Democratic net
Houe of Representatives in 1876 To the
a representative of The State Gen. t
Hampton exp:ressed his regret at the eai
death of Gen. Wallace. He said that t
"Gen Walla-e's great soldierly quali- the
ties were tcstified to by his rapid and alit
deserved promotion; that his eminence
as a legislator is a matter of history adl
and that his broad judicial mind quali era
fled him to preside in the dignified, go
able manner which characte:rized his bac
long, true and faithful service on the io
bench. I sincerely regret his death," cot
concluded Get'. Hampton. fee
Gen. Robert; R Hemphill, of Abbe pet
ville, who was a member.of the Wal- n
It c) House, spoke thus of Judge Wal
lace: "My first acquaintance with a c
Judge Wallace was in 1876 when hew
tecame Speaker of the historic lar
House of itepresentatives which has eta
since that time been known as the Wal- ha]
lace Hou o He was the right man for tht
that critical time. His courage, judg- Ge
ment and diseretion saved the State no,
from many (vela. If he had not been Q
perft etly st l'-possessed when the State no
Hcuse was first entered a oot.fiet would
have ensued and all our people would bit
have become inv leed. The same is bit
true of the time when the Hcuse was lay
compsiled to quit the State House. no
He was an excellent presiding cfcer, die
impartial in his rulings and quick in of,
his decisions. Those who served with Dr
him will hear of his death with pro- pi
found sorrow. He was a brave and aft
patriotic soldier, a learned lawyer, an ma
honorable counsellor and a just judge. th
The State has lost one of her noblest ext
sons.' me
The death of Gen. Wa lace r. calls b
vivi~ly to the minds of not a few the fro
exciting scenes enaoed while South
Carolina was in the hands of a dual Th
government. Mr. John S. Verner, R'
master of Richland County, was a
member of the Wallace House, repro- 00
senting Oconee County. He p: ys a be
high tribute to the character of Judge dr
Wallace. "That gentlman, he says So
was one of the most even tempered a
men this State produced in the closing b
years of the last century. In all thed*
xoi'ement, when tragedy brooded idi
over the law-making assemblies, Gen.
Wallace was cool, determined and in ex
full possession of the situation." Refer- "P
ring to the insidents of that time, Mr. we
Verner gave a running statement as to M
the principal happenings.
In the general election of 1876 the e
Demcrats electea a large number of gr4
representatives t o the General Assem- b
bly, which had formerly been over
whelmingly Republican. The election rej
of the delegations from E<'gefield and *a:
Laurens ocunties was contested, how
ever. The State Dleme cratic executive ret
committee urged the Democratic mem-G
bers elect to report to Columbia prompt- I'
ly. This - was done and the night be- Li
fore the as sembling of the Legisla'ure Si
the Demooratic representatives met in Si:
Clark's hall at d in caucus nominated G(
the following ticket: W. H. Wallace, tiC
Union, Speaker; Jno.T. Sloan,Sr. ,Rioh- to
land, clerk; W. B. Williams, of York, efi
reading cleark; and John Brown, Barn- me
well, sergeant at-arms.
The negro secretary of State, Hayne, ti
had in the meantime refused to grant so:
certificates of election to the Demo- so.
ractic con testees from Edgefield and by
Laurens. The Republicans gathered a r
in the State capitol the day the G*en- ne
ral Assembly was called to order and so:
eleted .E W. Mackey, of Charleston,
Seaker. The D..mccrats in a body, tic
headed by the E igefield and Laurens Je
delegations marched to the State capi- Ge
tal, kut were refused admission. in1
Whereupon John C. Sheppard, of Ut
Edgfeld, delivered a protest. The sid
apitol building was in charge of Fed- to
eral troops cemmanded by Gen. Ruger. Sh
The Democrats then marched back to wil
the Carolins hall, which is now stand- ti
ing, in the rear of Richland County me
cour t heuse and behind the stores on :
Main street. This building is historic me
in many ways, having been built of an
brick still hot from the smoking ruins g
of Columhia in 1865. In this hall the 18
Democratic members, constituting a del
quorum (though not a mi jority) of the
General Assembly, proceeded to elect
the ticket nominated in caucus the
night before. The Senate, which was
conceded to be Republican, was noti- g
lcd of the organization at Carolina
hal, but took no notice of the body ou
and recognized the Republican House, pal
whieh was in session at .the State capi- wa
tel. of
Fromn this the Democratic House to
brought action in the State supreme Mi
eurt to mandamus Hayne, the secre
tory of State, to issue election certifi- sp
cates to the Democrats from lEdgefield his
and liaurens. The Democrats won ne,
ther point- Then at the suggestion of G
the State Democratic executive commit
tee the Wallace House decided to get pr
ontrol of the hall of the House of Rep- th~
resentatives. f,
Gen. Ruger agreed to interpose no d
martial interference if the lDemocra' s m
would conduct themselves peaceably. o
However, although admission to the p
building was obtained, it was neces- t
sary to pass the portals of the legisla- w
tive hail. Strategy and force were both H
brought into play. lt
The Radical House was to assembletu
at noon on Thursday. The Democrats, of
singly and by back streets, made their rel
way to the State capitol and obtained we
admission. The Radicals were not ex vo
pecting this movement.- However, theth
negro sergeant at-arms, a burly fellow, ter
attempted to prevent entrance at the
swinging doors of green baize. Col. en
James L. Orr, of Anderson, thrust
him to one side. In the scuffe Mr su
John S. Verner scrambled through the an
legs of the combatants and snatched the dh
door open. The Democrats then filed oh
in and Gen. Wallace took the speake r's c*
chair G
This was a few minutes before 12 P0
o'clok. When the hour of noon ar- *
rived the Republican House offiials
attempted to get their seats, but were
refused. They obtained chairs, how
ever, and rat beside the Democratic offi- Cl
ers. From Thursday until Monday at kil
noon the dual government continued an
thus, two Speakers, two clerks, two of ca~
every oafce Do ing that time no Ha
mecrat left the hall for fear that he
ild not gain resemission. Food was
ught by friends, and the Demo
tic legislators slept in the hall.
[f a Demoorat would rise to ad dress
Baker Wallace a Radical would ad
es Speaker Mackey, and both mem
a would speak at the same time,
h trying to drown out the other. No
iness was transaoted or attemrted. I
n the meantime four negroes came
r to the Democratic standard,
milton and Myers, of Beanfort;
stberry, of Sumter; Boston, of New
ry, and another from Fairfield.
3amilton was the first to make a
ak. He is said to have been a negro
intelligence and means. He walked
o the hall faultlessly attired in
adoloth. Laying his beaver bat
I gold-headed cane on his desk, and
playing his revolver, which he also
i close at hand. he addressed Judge
illace as "Mr. Speaker." The ne
yes crowded around him enraged.
e white men also surged up towards
deEk. "Whom did be mean to ad- f
ss as 'Mr. Sp( aker?' " Telling the (
roes to stand back, Hamilton kept
m at bay with his pistol and said
ht as soon as quiet was restored he
'd explain whom he meant. The I
;er crowd fell back and the negro v
in proclaimed why he would uphold r
decent political party and would
ga himself with the Democrats.
L'he following Monday at noon on the c
rice of Judge Wallace the Demo- a
tic House abandoned the hall of the v
use of Representatives and went i
sk to Carolina hall. This was done
a reason that no good could be ae
nplished by remaining and it was I
red ti at the terrible strain on the a
ple would be followed by disaster ,
less the tension be relaxed.
gaving now, with the negro recruits,
lar majority as well as a quorum, the I
llace Rouse elected Gen. M. C. But
to be United States Senator. A
nd was built in front of Carolina (
ll, there being no buildings between
at rot and Main Street, and there
n. Hampton was inaugurated Gover
, the oath being administered by J.
Marshall, a Democratic trial justice,
w Senator from Richland county.
'he Republicans elected D. T. Cor
i to the United S:ates Senate. Cor
r was an alien, but a very capable
ryer. No business was transacted,
laws enacted. Resolutions were
cussed by the three several branches
the General Assembly meeting daily.
James Woodrow voluntarily did the
ting of the Wallace Hause, but was
erwards repaid. Just before Christ
a the Radical Hcuse adjourned and
Wallace House followed suit. The I
penses of the Wallace House were
t by voluntary services of the mem
rs and by voluntary contributions
!m patriots.
The next spring affairs were chaotic.
e Democrats refused to pay taxes to
dical county officials, but made a
tribution to the Hampton govern
t. When Rutherford B. Hayts
game President March 4th, he with
aw the United States troops from
ath Carolina and the backbone of the
,dical party was gone. D. H. Cham
rlai-, Ri pablican Governor, abdicAt
and Wade Hampton, the hero and
iof the Democrats, occupied the
sutive offie at the State eapitol- A
cial Se ssion of the General A-sembly
s clled, and as there wir. no funds
the expenses of the Radicals, the
ikey House aai dissipated, Hoe
i, there were many Republican ne
ies who sat in the Legi-lature after
SWallace House gained full control,
ause the c.unties which they
>resented were undoabtedly Republi
W. D Simpson, of L direns, had al-4
bdy been sworn in as Lieutenant
vernon. When Crhamberlain gave
y to Ham rton. Greaves, the negro
utenant G-nvernor, gave way to Mr.
npson. Greaves tried to force Gov.
npon to to take the oath of c~ee.
v. Samnpson, s welling with indigna
, replied: "Thre Senate will come
order. I have taken the ca-h of
ce once, and no power on earth can
ske me take it again."
here was no dramatic scene after
a announcement, but quiet was after
ne diulty restored and Gov. Simp
did not take the oath as proposed
the negro. Gen. Mart W. Gary was,
nember of the Senate and defied the
gre Senators to dispute Gov. Simp
as right to the em::~e.
ov. &rmpson was elected chief j us
e of the State supreme court and
ter, of Union, became Lieutenant
vernor. Gen. Wallace, the presid
officer of the Houee, was also from
ion. When Gen. Wallace the pre
ing offcer of the House, was elevated
the circuit bench in 1877, John C.
eppard, after an interesting contest
th Jas. L. Orr, became Speaker of
aHouse. Mr. Sheppard afterwards
rried Gen. Wallane's daughter.
~one but a man of highest attain
ns. delicate tact, supreme courage
I indomitable will could have been
eker of the Democratie House of,
6 and such a man W. H. Wallace is
lared by all who served with him.
Committed Suicide.
dispatch from St. Georges to The
ite says "a tragedy has occurred in
- midst, and one which, under the
ticular circumstances by which it
occsioned, causes the sympathy
the entire community to ba extended,
the bereaved ones. It was a suicide,
-Carney Gaskins, an old and re
eoted citizen, precipitated the end of
existence of his own v alition Wed
3day af ternoon about 5 o'clcck. Mr.
skins was just c nvalescent from a
tracted spell of severe illness. On
afternoon of the suicide was the
it time that he dared venture out of
rs for months. He managed to
he his way to a store nearby his pla
resideteCe, and from its proprietor
:ured a pistol under the pretense
it e desired to kill a dog or cat
ich was annoying him at his home.
a wife, becoming alarmed at hisi
gthy abser cm from the house, insti
ed a search and found him in one
the uthouses in the rear of their
ideoa., with life extinct, with a
und in the head, iunficited by a re
ver, which was grasped tightly in
left hand. The ball entered en the
side of the face, a little above the
aple, passing through the head and
bedding itself in a bundle of fodder
ch was beneath his head. It is pre
med that he was driven to the daring
rash ict from despondency, pro
ed by protracted suffering from a
ton'c disease. The unexpected cce
ererie has proved almost fatal to
skin's wife, and she has been at the
int of death from nervous prostration
i since.
Murdered a Little Boy.
ear Six Mile, W. Va., Thursday
aries Core, 20 years old, shot and
led a 7-year-old son of John Hagarn
I seriously wounded the father be
se some one had stoned his horse.
escape to Kentucky.
"THOU LAMB OF CALVARY."
How a Great Hymn Was Made by a TI
Young Man of Yale.
One day during the winter of 1830 a
young man, a graduate from Yale, sat
down in his room in the city of New .
Yerkand with e3 es filed with tears wrote tic
in his pocket memorandum-book four be
simple stanzas, which, he said, "were ne
born of my own soul." Two years ia- Si
ter, Dr. Lowell Mason composed for
these staLzas the beautiful tune Olivet e
to which the hymn is still sung, and it W
is certainly one of the moat p'ecious til
contributions which American genius 01
has made to the hymnology of the ti
Christian church. It reads thus: t
"My faith looks to Thee, s
Thou Lamb of Calvary,
Saviour Divine: $t
New hear me while I pray, tb
Take all my guilt away, g
0 let n e from this day
B: wholly Thine." B
B
This hymn of redemption, which 1c
sprung from a devout soul, begins in
penitence, but ends in praise, and er
with a glorious assurance of hcpe; and pt
how many a penitent, while hearing or
uttering those words, has found pardon f'
and peace in believing! Bowing before Ix
a eruc'fied Savicur and look to Him 5
alone, his cry is:
ti,
"Ttke all my s'ns away," IT
and
"U let me from this day ,
Be wholly Thine." 2
d
The earnestness of that cry of faith tt
finds a respone: in the bosom of iLfinite E
mercy, and the praying soul obtains J
strength. He is inspired with a pure, 9
warm, a-d changeless )ove for the R: N
deemer-'a living-fire." n
Then, looking forward. he sees that se
Gethsemane hours are before him, when ac
the .up t.f bitterness ma,t be pressed
to his lips, and while surounded wit'a
clouds of di~curagement and tempta- tt
tion he prays: b
"Be Thou my guide;
Bid darkness turn t day,
Wipe sorrow's tears away,
Nor let me ever stray - a
From Thee aside." P1
et
Yet there is one more valley, da:ker to
than any passed before. It ii the one t
in which ends life's transient dream,
and through which rolls death's cold,.
sullen stream; and as his little baique'
is born swiftly toward the "white calm 2
eternity," Lis last triumphant words U
are:
p
"B'esed Saviour, then, in love, . P
Fear and distrust remove; A
0 bear me safe above- b
A ransamed sc1l!"
The Governor's staff
The adjutant general bi direction of
the givarnor. who is e-immander-in- ti
chief of the State militia Friday issued S,
the following order announcing the per- b:
scnnel of the governor's staff for the
term o' G. v McSweeney now just a
begun; the staff as now consti'u ed has ct
three new memt e's-Cols. Aull, Martin il
and Dnsvis, representir'g rerectively the
counties of Nab~rry, L'aurers and -hi
Greenville. t
General- Order No. 10.e
By direction c f the governor the fol- d4
lowing appointments are heresy an- .
nounced for the info'rmation and guid- b'
ance of all conecrued:
Gosernor and Commander-in Cheif
Miles B. McSweeney.
S-aff of the commander-in chief:.
Adjutant and Irsiector Gener!- LM
Brig Gen. J W. Floid, Columbia, S C
C A'sistant Adjutant anid Inspector si
General-Col. John D. Frost, Colum- -a
bia. S. C. -'
- Quart-rmy ter G-n'ra- Jol. W. C
Mauldin, H ampton, 8. 0.
Comms ary Genera!-Col. W. B.
Wilson, Charleston S. C..
Engineer in Chit f-Col. J. F Folk. s]
Bamberg, 8 C
Surg on Ge: er 1-PeI. E. J. Wanna 0:
maker, Columbia, S C. 1
Paymaster General-Col. George D.p
Tillman, Jr., Clark's Hill, S C.
Judge Advooate General-~-Col. U. X
Gunter, Jr., Spartanburg, S C
Chief of Ordnac-Coi. Thiocas F.
Brantley, Oravgeturg, S. C. e
Aides to the Commander-in Chie-'
Lieut. Col. A. R Moss, Orangeburg, 8. e
C ; L'eu' C:1I. August K ahn, Colun- F
bia S C ; Licut. - Col. E J. Watson, a
Columbia, S. C ; Lieut. Col. W. C. p
Rough, Lancaster, S C ; Lieut. Col G. t:
H Greene, R ,ck Hi I, S. C ; Lient, Col, ii
F A. Tripp. Blacksburg, S. U ; Lieut.
Col. G C. Sullivan, Anderson, S. 0.; -j
Lieut. Col. Thomas C Hamer, Ben
nettaville. S. U.; Lieut. Col. C. J. Red. b
ding, Charleston, 8. C.; Lieut. Col. s:
D) A Spivey, Conway, 8. C.; Lieut. a:
Col E. H. Aull, Neuberry, S. C., Lie-ut ui
Col. W. H. Martin, Lasurens, S. C.; s)
Lieut. Col. T. W. DAVis, Jr., Green- ir
ville, 5. C; Capt. S B Hyatt, Colsun- fi
bis. S. C ; Cajst. J. D. Beli, Columbia, a
8.0.
By order of the governor and corn-e
manider in-chief. r
(Offiial ) J. W. Floyd.
Adjutant and Inspector General. ~
Jno. D. F10oiti
Assistant Ad jutat and Inspeitor Gen- n
eral.
After Seventy Centuries. ~
Rav. Dr. William C. Winslow, vice a
president of the Egypt exploration 'y
fund , has j ast received < ffiial word A
tbat Proffketrie has un. artiled at
Aby odos the records of -kings befora ~
Mena, the founder of the first dynasty, t~
nearly 4800 B. C. "We have found" d:
writes Prof. Petrie, '-the names 'of se
N .rma Ka, and a king named by a fish"
t-igns, peihaps also cf two kings, Deb s1
and Sam, of Mena, and those earlier ri
kings. Tfh- r are abiout thirty inscrip- se
tiens and a heavy strip of gold with d
the name Aha (W'eua.) In the tombno
Kbasekhemni were found stone vabse
each with a gold clasp tied on witht
gold wire. Alto two broad bangles b
of gold, and a dinner service of 13
a dczen pans and dishes, with 160 y
models of tools in sheet copper. The
frequent use of ivory then.is witnessed
by the discovery of forty inscribed
ivories and stones and two lions cut in
ivory,A
A Heroes Death.
The navy departmentearly this morn
ing received a cablegram from Admiral w
Remey, commander in-chief of the Asi ~
atic station, giving a brief account of a k
fire in the sail room of the gunboat Pe- fa
trel, and of the death of the commading rc
offier, L'eut. Commander Jesse Roper, fs
as a result of an heroic effort to reseue o
the men below. This dispatch also 04
shows that 22 other cffiaers and men ci
were prostrated but all are recovering. tr
The farmers of the South, says the cf
Columbus Enqgiirer, have their destiny n
in their own banns, and no one else se
can work is out for them. The im- ve
mediate question confronting them just ti
now is whether to raise nine million bi
bales of cotton at a handsome profit, or be
twelve millions at a loss. Settling such fe
TBE BAP IST YOUIZOPLEL
Leo Coining s ate Convention in
Charleston.
Below is given the e n plete pro
imme of the coming annual conven
in of the B. Y. P. U. of,tii s State to
held in Charleston April 4 to 7
xt Thursday, Friday, Saturday,
rday and Monday. Of course this
aunty which hat a stror g B. Y. P. U.
11 be well represented at the conven
n. This is one of the largest religi
is organizations in S.uth C ,rolina and
.e gatheri. g will be a moet representa
re one. -
Here is the detailed programme as is
ed:
Thursday, April 4 8:30 p. m.-i.
ng service 2 Addr, as, 'M sasion of
e B. Y. P. U,,' Rev. L 1 Roper,
partanburg, S C. 3 Organization of
nvention and election of iffiers. 4.
eception to delegates in church par
rs.
Friday, 10 a m -1. Devotional ex
vises. 3 Welcone by president and
istor of Charleston B. Y. P. U. 3.
esponse by Rtv P. P. Blalock, Edge
,ld, 8. C. 4 Address, "How t.igetthe
at retults from the social meeting,"
ev A. T- Jamison, Greenwoed, 8. C.
Address, ''How to make the dzvo
enat meetings i ost conducive to the
iritnal good of the n ewbers,'' H. L.
rckman, Charleston, S C.
Friday, 8:15 p. m 1. Song 'ervic..
Five minute talks from several presi
rnts a .noerning the manner in which
ley conduct their u iors, Geo. 8.
ing, Columbia; Prof: W. U. Holland,
)hz s-on; Walter Caruedge, Batesburg;.=
eo. Seout, Bdgefield. 3 Junior.work,
yrs. J. L Mime. 4. Address, "The.
ission of the B. Y. P. U in training
ivice," Dr. J. D. Chapman, Ander
n, S. C.
Saturday, 10 a. m.-1. Devotional:
c ris s. 2 ' H w to organ-z t a eul
ire class," Prof. J. J. Owvens, Ourangle
rg, S. C. 3. "How to keep up the,
terest and attendance," R v. Geo.:
rhite, Langley, S. C 4 -The Bible
Faders' course a stimulus to Bible
udy in the homes," Rev. T. M Gal-c
in, Orangeburg, 8 C. 5 . Confer-'
tes on the courses. Five minuW
lks from a number who are trying
pursue them in their unions. 6 "The
Y. P. U. in country churches,"
ev. J. T. Littl j A,. Parksville, 8.-O.
Saturday, 8:15 a m -1 Song servies.
Address, 'Mission of the B. Y. P.2
s imulating Christian growth," Rev.
E Burts, Blackvitle. 3 "What
irt o'd people Phculd take in young:
tople's work?' Rev. Henry Miller
iken, S. 0. 4 Annual reportf
>ard of managers.
Sunday, 11 a. m -Szrmon by Rey. d..
AS era, Denmark. S. C.
Sunday, 8 p. m -1 Sur g service. 2
The B Y. P. U. of the next genera
on," Dr. Lee Davis Ldge, Gaffney,
0.3. Farewell .x rcisea, conducted=
F the president.
Oa Monday, the 8 h th delegates
4tvisit-)ra will be trated to an ex.
tre on on the water and will be showu:
te places of interees abruti the city.
Acting Pae'idenr Bail- y says-- be
>pes that all who attend the conven
on will be pre ent at the'eesn ex
eises and will remain throu'gh Mon
Special round trip rates will be made
r all railroads ini South Carotihaa.
Some Plain Traths.
The New York Evening Post
Sone of the newspapers which
annot be deterred from expres
ng its convictions as to the
isdom and justice of our new
olicy of conquest in .the Phi-.
>pines. As the Post says the
merican bosom used to heave
ith anger and pity at the
>ectacle of Cuban reconcen
~ados; what will it do at sight
Efour own in the Philippiites?
othing at all. Really, our sym
athy was so drawn upon by
pain's victims that we have
oneto devote to our own. There
, in fact, a growing indiffer
ace and callousness observable
r this country in respect to.
verything that goes on in the
bilippines, as well as in Cuba
atd Porto Rieo. The newspa
re are tired of the whole thing,
ie people will not talk about
, anybody who still calls atten
on to the cruelties committed
i the name of liberty is voted a
ore, or that-awful being, a pes
mist. The American people
re optimistic, we are given to
nderstand. So they are, as re
pects all this business, but it is
ithe sense of Candide's
unous definition of optiraism
mania for maintaining that
erything is well when it is
~ally ill. Our invincible optim
ts do not want to be bothered
ith tales of wrong from our
r-away possessions. Every
an is busy with his farm or
erchandise, and will not listen
hen you tell him that we are
w doing what we raved
gainst the Spaniards for doing.
)h, nonsense; I don't believe it!
nyhow, it's different. This is
at the reconcentrado policy;
is is pacification. Besides,
m't you see that the dispatch
sys that the inhabitants favor a
frastic policy".towards the in
irgents? That makes it all
glt. Yes, that's what Weyler
id in Cuba. He did what he
id at the special request of the
bans. We know however,
tat the truth was not in him;
it if you say we ourselves are:
ring about our reconcentracion
au are not a good Americans
Startling Frauds.
Intrest in the capture and fate of
gumaldo is well nigh overshadowed
Manila by sensational developments,
esent and prospective, of frauds in
Le rmmissary department- How
idely these externd has not yet been
eertained, but enough is already
aown to justify the belief that they arc
r raching. Capt. Frederick J. Bar
we of the Thirteenth volunteer an
try, quartermaster of the departmnent
Southern Luzon; together withseven
mmissary sergeaute, several civilian
erks, a prominent government con
ator. the assistant manager of the.
otel Oriente, the propietora of three
the largest bakeries in Manila, a
mber of storekeepers and other per
ns, have been arrested. The in- -
stigation has scarecly begun, but
ousands of sacks of flour, a quantity of
on and wagon loads of goods all
srnug government seals have beoa.
und in the possession of unauthori
BEAUTIFUL POEM.
B;v-uac of the Deacd," Oreatest
Martial Eulcgy Ever Written.
TS ADAPTION WORLD-WIDE.
ritten by Theodore O'Hara In
Commemoration of the Gal
lar.try of the Ken
tucky Soldiery.
[Ltke Providence, La , Banner-Democrat.]
Having lately seen a beautiful trib
.e to Theodore O'Hara, author of the
cimortal poem, "The Bivouac of the
)ead," and as O'Hara was my personal
riend and assistant in the Adjutant
lentral's cffice of the Kentucky di
-ision, commanded by Mt jor G'eneral
ireckerridge, I take pleasure in send
og you an extract from the article.
rith the full poem, which I have car,
ied in my notebook ever since the war.
It is worthy of record that this son
f .the south produced the one perfect
nd universal martial eulogy that the
orld hts known and that the south
as been absolutely unmindful of this
act. The first of these statements is
roven by the fact that without any
dvertisement or exploitations, the
ronderful words have, in the fifty
ears since they were written, per
mested the whole world, and been laid
Lold on by English-speaking people
verywhere, to c.lebrate their honored
ead who passed away in battle. Upon
rimean battlefields, the resting place
f English heroes is marked by a great
monument, on which shines O'Hara'e
atchless words, and yet England did
Lot know from whom she borrowed
hen she wrote them:
'On fame's eternal camping ground
Their silent tents are spread,
in d glory guards, with so'emn round,
The bivouac of the dead."
Perhaps the anonymous character of
he poem was a blessing, since. it is
ik ubtful if the Federal government of
he United States would have used the
ines in such lavish fashion in im
nortalizing the dead of the Union
rmy, had they been recogn:z3d as the
>roduct of the genius of a soldier and
fficer of the other side. In any ose,
hey did not know, and every national
emetery in America has gained .there
ty, since they are not only the most
pprolriate but the only appropriate
ines for such a purpose.
Over the gateway of the national
emetery at Washington the famous
irs stanza is engraved, and there, as
t Antietam and other national ceme
eries the entire poem is reproduced,
tanza by stanza, on slabs placed along
he driveway.
O'Hara lies in the burying ground al
ranksfort, Ky., with only the rrmo-ip
ion on a simple slab of marble whick
ays:
Theodore 0 Hara,
Mojor A.D C.
Died June 6, 1,867
B~law is a copy of his poem in full,
rittea on occasion of the re moval ol
he Kentucky dead from Mexico tc
heir native 8tate afrA r the war with
hat country. John A. Buckner.
THE BIVOUAO Oli THE DEAD
Written by Theodore O'Hara in 1847
rhe muffled drum's sad roll has beit
The soldier's last tattoo;
lo more on lifes parade shall meet
That brave and fallen few
D)n fame's e ernal camping ground
Their silent teats are spreali,
and glory guarees, with solemn round,
The bivouac of the dead.
Io rumor of the foes a-ivauce,
Now swells upon the wind:
lo troubled thought at midnight haunts
Of loved ones left behind;
lo vision of the morro 's strife
The warrior's dream alarms:
1o braying horn nor screaming fife
At dawn sh. 11 call to arms.
'heir shivered swords are red with rust,
Their plumed heads are bowed;
Ceir haughty banner, trailed in dust,
Is now their martial shroud,
nd plenteous funeral tears have washed
The red stains from each brow,
Lnd the proud forms, by batte gashed,
Are free from anguish now.
rhe neighing troop, the iisabing blade,
The bugle's stirring blast;
[he charge, the dreadful cannonade,
The din and shout, are passed;
fr war's wild note nor glory's peal
e-hall thrill with fierce delight
th se breasts that nevermore may feel
The rapture of the fight.
ike the fierce northern-hurricane
That sweeps his great plateau,
ushed with the triumph yet to gain,
Came down the seried foe.
ho heard the thunder of the fray
Break o'er the field beneath,
~new well the wahaword of that day
Was "victory or death.''
cng had the doubtful conflict raged
0 er all the stricken plain,
~or never fiercer fight had waged
The vengeful blood of Spain;
nd still the storm of battle blew,
Still swelled the gory tide;
lot long our stout old chieftain knew
Such cdds his strength could bide.
Twas in that hour this stern command
Called to a martyr's grave
lhe flower of his beloved land,
The nation's flag to save.
3y rivers of their f'athers' gore
Hi. first born laurels gre w,
tnd well he deemed the sons would pour
Their lives for glory, too.
ull many a norther's breath has swept
O'er Anigostura's plain
~nd long the pitying sky has wept
Above its mouldered slain.
he raven's scream or eagle's flight,
Or shepherd's pensive lay
lone awakes each sullen height
That frowned o'er that dread frayful.
ons of the dark and bloody ground,
Ye must not siumber there,
rhere stranger steps and tonguee resound
Along the heedless air.
our own proud land's heroic soil
Shall be your fitter grave;
he claims from war his richest spoil
The ashes of her brave.
hus 'neath their parent turf they rest,
Far from the gory field,
one to a Spartan mother's breast
On many a bloody shield;
he sunshine of their native sky
Smiles sadly on them here,
Ld kindred eyes and heirts watch by
The heroes' sepulchre.
est on; embalmed and sainted dead I
Dear as the blood we gave;
lo impious footsteps here shall tread
The herbage of your grave;
or shall your glory be forgot
While fame her record keeps;
Ir honor paint the hallowed spot
Where valor proudly sleeps.
on marble minstrel's voiceless stone
In deathhass song shall tell,
rhen many a vanished age hath flown,
The story how ye fell.
or wreck, nor change, nor winter's blight,
Nor time's remorseless doom,
hal dim one ray of glory's light