The Marlboro democrat. (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, April 05, 1901, Image 5
i)r. Tali?ag*, la a Tiraoly Discourse,
j Declares Hie Bollef lu Thom.
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Sermon AOnptcd from tho Storr of
: Simon and tho VlnUexn-Greatest
Obntiuilo to llov?vnl? In ?n
[Copyright, 1001, by Louis Klopsob, N. T.l
Washington, March H.
! Tbl? discourse of Dr. Talmage i?
l?i08t pertinent at thia time when a
(widespread of?ort for religious awak
ening ls being made; text, Luko, vera?
.bi "They inolosrd a great inultltudo j
?of flshCB and 'their not bl ake."
: Simon ?nd bis ooinrades bad expert- i
encsd tho night beforo what fishermen
icall "poor luck." Christ steps on board :
(ths fishing smaok and tells tho Bailors
?to poll ?way from the heaoh and dl
reote thom again to sink tho net. Sure
enough, very soon tho net is full ol
fishes, and tha sailors begin to haul in.
Bo large a school of fishes was taken
jthat th* hardy men began to look red
jin the faoo as they pull, and hardly
havo they begun to rejoice at their suo
toss when, snap goeB a threal of the
net, and snap goes another throed, so
thor o is danger not only of losing tho
fish, hut of losing tho net.
. Without much caro as to howmuoh
?the boat tilts or how much water ,is
splashed on dook the fishermen rush
?bout, gathering up tho broken nieBk?s
Of tho net. Out yonder there is a ship
dancing on tho wave, and thoy hail itt
"Bhip ahoy I Bear down this way I"
The ship comes, and both boats, both
fishing smaokB, aro filled with tho
floundering treasures.
Y ''Ab/' says somo one, "how much
bettor it would havo boen Jf they had
staid on shore and fished with a hook
and line and taken ono at a time in
stead of having this great excitement
and the boat almost upset and the not
broken and having to call for help and
getting sopping wet with the seal"
Tho church is tho boat, the Gospel
ls the net, society is the sea, anti a
frr eat revival is a whole school brought
n at ono sweep of tho not. I have ad
miration for that mau who goes out
with a hook and lino to fish. I admiro
the way he unwinds the reel and ad
justs the bait and drops tho hook in a
quiet plaoo on a still afternoon and
hero e?tohoB ono and thore one, but I
?ike al?o a big boat end a largo crew
Mid a net a milo long and swift oars
and stout nail? and a stiff brcozo and a
great multitude of souls brought-so
great a multitude that you have got
to get holp to draw it ashore, straining
the not to tho ut mont until it breaks
here and there, letting a few esonpe,
but bringing the great multitude into
Sternal safety.
In other words, I beliove in revivals.
The groot work of Saving men began
With 3,000 peoplo joining tho ohurch in
ono day, and lt will close with 40 or a
hundred million peoplo saved in 84
hourn when nations shall bo born in a
day. But there are objections to re
vivals. Peoplo ore opposed to them
booauso the net might get broken, and
If by tho pressure of souls it docs not
got broken, then they take their own
penknives and slit tho net. "They in
closed a great multitude of fishes, and
the net brake."
It ls sometimes opposed to revivals
of religion that those who come into
- ?ho church at such times do not hold
out. As long as there ls a gale of bless
ing they haye their sails up. .But as
.--IBpOn''aS"~fitrong:wtnd8' Stop blowing
then they drop into a dead calm. But
what aro the fact H in the oaBe? In all
our ohurohes tho vast majority of tho
. useful people aro tho?o who are
! brought in under great awakenings,
End they hold out. Who are thc pfom
aeht mon in the United States in
ehurohes, in prayer meetings, in Sab
bath sch?ols? For the most part they
are the produot of great awakenings.
. I have noticed that those who are
brought into tho Kingdom of Qod
through revivals have moro per
sistence and more determination in tho
'Christian life than those who como
In under n low state of religion. Peo
ple born in an icehouse may live, but
?hey will, never get over the oold they
feaught in the ioehouse. A cannon ball
depends upon the impulse with which
lt starts for how far it shall go and
how swiftly, and the greater the re
vival force with which a soul is started
.-thcm?rS far-reaching and far-resound
ing will be the execution.
But it is sometimes objected to re
vivals that there is BO much oxoitement
that people mistake hysteria for relig
ion. We admit that in every revival of
religion there is either a suppressed or
& demonstrated excitement. Indeed,
If a man oan go out of a nt at c of con
demnation into a state of nceeptanoe
with God or see others go without any
agitation of soul he ls in an unhealthy,
morbid ?tate and is as repulsive and
absurd as a man who should boast he
saw 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.
Salvation from sin and death and
hell into life and peace and Heaven for
ever is ouch a tremendous thing that
If ft man tells me he can look on lt
Without any agitation I doubt his
Christianity. The fact is that some
times exoltement ls 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 aro dead. It is
the business of the ohurch to revive,
arouse, awaken, resuscitate, startlo
Into life. Excitement is bad or good
according to what lt makeB us do. If
It make us do that which is bad, it is
bad oxoitement, but if it make us agi
tated about o?r eternal welfare, if
lt make us pray, if it make us attend
upon Christian service, if it make ua
ory unto God for mercy, then it is n
good excitement.
Wrecked Life.
Optoral Harry K. Yoakloy. ?god 30,
i"tno Forty-third company of count ar
tillery, atntionod nt Fort Torry, Plum
island, dio/l Thursday from tho offoots
of A dono of wood Alcohol solf adminia
torod, Corporal Yoakloy wan a physioian
having, oar nod hid dogroo at tho Uni
voroity of "Virginia, and had hoon in tho
onlintod Borvioo only a short timo, his
objoot inontoring tho army having boon
to put himsolf under restrains of mili
tary disciplino, whioh ho believod would
bo honofioinl for habits ho had acquired.
His body will bo shippod to tho family
homo in Win ohos tor, Va., for burial.
<. Name Changed.
Tho nomo of tho villago of Sing Sing
hm boon changed to Oflsing. Tho re
sidents found that whon thoy wont
away from homo and told that thoy
carno from Sing" Hing pooplo suapeoted
Ihoy woro ox oonviots, booaupo tho lo
cation of tho Now York Stato prison
,. nt that plapo hus boon Sing Sing's only
claim to farno. So thoy portioned for a
ohango. TK0?0V; somchtitig' In a name
after aU wKoh tho narno io that of A
jpenitontinry sitOr?Clolumbia Stato.
t? i? RoiA?tlmoa fcat? that ?turto* tb
vlval* ot religion groat multitude? ol
children Ci?a young people oro brought
Into tho ohuroh, and they do not know
what they oro about, lt hos been my
observation that the earlier peoplo
come Into tho kingdom of God tho moro
useful they are. ?lobert Hall, the
prince of prisoners, was converted at
13 years of age. lt ls likoly ho knew
.what ho was about. Matth?w Henry,
the commentator, who did moro than
any issn n* his century for Increasing
the Interest In the study of the ?orlp
tures, was convorted at ll years of
tige; Isabella Qraham, Immortal In tho
Christian ohuroh, was converted ot ten
years of age} Dr. Watts, whoso hymns
will be sung all down tho ages, waa
converted at niuo years of ago. Jona
than Edwards, perhaps the mightiest
intellect that tho American pulpit
over produced, was convorted at seven
years of age, and that father and
mother take on avrful responsibility
when they tell their child nt seven
years of age: "You are too young/ to
bc a Christian," or "You are too young
to connect! yourself with the ohuroh."
That is a mistake as long as eternity.
If during a revival two persons pre
sent themselves as candidates for the
church and tho one ls ten years of ago
and tho other is 40 years of age, I will
havo moro confidence in the profession
of religion of tho ono ten years of ago
than tho ono 40 years of ago. Why?
Tho ono who pi*of cunen at 40 years of
ago has 4Q years of Impulse in tho
wrong direction to correct, and the
child has only ten years In the wrong
direction to correct. Pour times ten
aro 40. Four times the religious pros
pect for tho lad that comes into tho
kingdom of Qod and into tho church at
ton years of ago than the man at 40.
I am very apt to look upon revl-rals
as connected with certain m'en who
fostered them. Peoplo who in this
day do not like revivals nevertheless
have not words to express their adml
x-ntlon for the revivalists of the past,
for they wero revivalists-Jonathan
Edwards, John Wesley, George Whit
field, Fletcher, Griffin, Davies, Os
borne, Knapp, Nettleton, Moody and
many others whoso natnes como to
my mind. Tho strength of their in
tellect and tho holiness of their lives
mako mo think they would not have
had anything to do with that whioh
was ephemeral. Oh, it is easy to
talk against revivals l
A man sold to Mr. Dawson: "I
like your sermons very much, but
tho after meetings I dosplso. When
tho prayer meeting begins,I always
g-o up Into the gallery und look ?krwn,
and I am disgusted." "Well," said
Mr. Dawson, "tho reason is you go
on tho top of your neighbor's houso
and look down his chimney to exam
ino his fire, and of courso yqu get
only smoko in your eyes. Why don't
you come in the door and sit down
and warm?"
Oh, ,1 am afraid to say anything
against revivals of religion or against
anything that looks Uko them, be
cause I think it may bo a sin against
tho Holy Ghost, and you know tho
Bible says that a sin against tho Holy
Ghost shall never be forgiven, neither
in this world nor tho world to come.
Now, if you aro a painter and J. speak
against your piotures, do I not speak
against you? If you aro an archi
tect, and I speak against a building
you put up, do I TI ot speak against
you? If a revival be the work of the
Holy Ghost, and I speak against that
revival, do I not speak against the
Holy Ghost? And whoso speakoth
against tho Holy Ghost, says the
Biblo, ho shall never be forgiven,
neither in this world nor In the world
to eomc. I think sometimes peoplo
have made a fatal mistake In this di
rection.
Now I come to tho real, genuino
cause of objection to revivals. That
ls the coldness of the objector. It is
the secret and hidden but unmistak
able cause In every case, a low state
of religion in tho heart. Wide awake,
consecrated, useful Christians aro
never afraid of revivals. It is the
spiritually dead who ar? afraid of
having their sepulcher molested. The
chief agents of the devil during A
great awakening are always uncon
verted professors of rejiglon. As soon
as Christ's work begins thoy begin
to gossip against it and take a pall
of water and try to put ont this
spark of religious influence, and they
try to put out another spark. Do
they succeed? As well when Chicago
was on fire might some one havo
gone out with a garden water pot
trying to extinguish it. The difficulty
ls that when a revival begins in a
church it begins at so many points
that whilo you have doused one anx
ious soul with a pail of. cold water
thero aro 600 other anxious souls on
fire. Oh, how much better it would
be to lay hold of tho charlot of
Christ's Gospel and help pull lt on
rather than to fling ourr.elves in front
of the wheels, trying to block their
progress. Wo will not stop the
charlot, but wo ourselves will be
ground to powder.
But I think, after all, the greatest
obstnelo to revivals throughout
Christendom is an unconverted minis
try. We must believe that the vast
majority of those who offlolats at
sacred altars are regenerated, but I
suppose there may float into the
ministry of all tho denominations of
Christians men whoso hearts have
never been changed by grace. They
aro all antagonistic to revivals. How
did they get into tho ministry? Per
haps some of them chose lt as a re
spectable profession. Perhaps some
of them were sincere, but were mis
taken. As Thomas Chalmers said, he
had been many years preaching the
Gospel before his heart had boen
changed, and as many ministers of
the Gospel declare they were preach
ing and had been ordained to shored
orders years and years before their
hearts were regenerated. Graoious
Qod, what a solemn thought for those
of us 'who minister at the altart
With the present ministry in the
Sorgt. Jasper's Company.
Tho Columbia Stato says in tho valu
able "rubbish" at tho State houso thoro
has rooently boon found tho original
company roll of tho. company of whioh
Sergt. Jaspor of Fort Moultrie fame was
a member. Tho roll not only gives tho
namo of oaoh oommissionod offioor but
of oaoh privato in tho oompany. It also
givos tho dato of onlistmont and dis
oharge, and has completo marginal notos.
This is rogardod as ono of tho most valu
able finds among tho Stato'e revolution
ary reoords yet mado.
A Good Suggestion.
Tho Atlanta Journal says in Ithodo
Island thero is an avorago of ono di
voroo for ovory eight marriages. A good
doal of usoloss formality and expenso
might bo Hftvod hy moroly adopting a
sort of probationary system whereby
couples oan tako each other, not for bot
tor or for worse, but until they can
find out tho difforonoo-on trial, aa lt
were-without oalling for tho sacra
mont of m arr iago until thoy aro sure
about it. Certainly tho poroontngo of
"sticks" could not be any less than un
der tho prcsont como-easy-go easy sys
tem* 1
iJfCient ^?mp?rattif?Hof pjetjr, this
land will noveivbe enveloped .with,"'?re
v?vala. While the pews "on ono ?Ide
the altar oryfor mcroy, the pulpit?
ou tho othes- aldo of tho nl^nr must
evy for inoroyv Minister a <piarre;iing.
Ministers trying to pull oaoh othor
down. Ministers strugglingfor etiole
slastlcal place. Ministers, lothurglo
with wholo congregations dying on
the(r hands. What a spectacle!
During our civil war tho president
of tho United States mado proclama*
Hon for 75,ouu troops. Sum? of you
remember the big stir. But tho King
of tho universe to-day asks for
1,200,000,000 moro tr", ps than aro en
listed, and we want it dope softly,
imperceptibly, no excitement, ono by
one. You aro a dry goods merchant
on a largo scale, and I nm a raorchant
on a small scale, and I como to you
and want to buy 1,000 yards ot cloth.
Do you say: ''Thank you. I'll sell
you 1,000 yards of cloth, hut I'll sell
you 20 yards to-day and 20 to-morrow
and 20 the next day, and If lt takes
me six months I'll sell you tho whole
thousand yard?. You will want a*
long as that to examino tho goods,
and I'll want as long as that to exam
ine the orcdlt, and besides that 1,000
yards of doth ls too much to sell all
at onco?" Nb; you do not say that.
You toko mo Into the counting-room,
and In ton minutes the whole transac
tion is consummated. Tho fact is wo
cannot afford to bo fools in anything
hut religion.
That very merchant who on Satur
day afternoon sold mo the thousand
yards of cloth at one stroke the next
Sabbath lu church will stroke ? his
beard and wonder whether it wO?ld
not bo better for a thousand souls to
como straggling along for ten years
Instead of bolting in at one service.
It seems to me as if God is prepar
ing tho world for some quick ?nd
universal movement. A colobrnted
electrician gnvo mo a telegraph chart
of the world. On that chart the wires
crossing the continents and tho cables
under tho sea looked Uko veins red
with blood. On that chart I seo' that
tho headquarters of the lightnings aro
in Great Britain and the United
States. In London and New York
tho lightnings aro stabled, waiting
to bo harnessed for some quick- dis
patch. That shows you that the tel
egraph is in tho possession of Chris
tlanity.
It ls a significant fact that the man
who invented tho telegraph was an
old-fashioned Christian, Prof. Morse,
and that the mau who put tho tele
graph under tho Bea was nu old-fash
ion?d Christian, Cyrus W.'Field, and
that tho president of tho most fa
mous of the telegraph companies of
this country was an old-fashioned
Christian, William Orton, going from
tho communion table on earth
straight t.0 his homo in Heaven. VT hut
does ali that mean?
I do not supposo that the telegraph
was invented morely to let us know
whether flour is up or down or which
horse won tho race at the Derby or
which marksman beat at the latest
contest. I BUpposo tho telegraph was
Invented and built to call tho world
to God.
In some of the attributes of the
Lord wo seem to shara on a small
scalo. For instance, in His lovo and
His kindness. But until of late fore
knowledgo, omniscience, omnipres
enc?, omnipotence, seem to have been
.exclusively God's possession. God', do
siring to mako tho raco Bice Himself,
gives us a species of foreknowledge
in tho weather probabilities, gives us
a species of omniscience in telegraphy,
gives us a species of omnipresence in
the telephone, gives us a species of
omnipotence in tho steam power. Din
coverlea and inventions all around
about us, people aro asking what next?
I will tell you what next. Next,
Stupendous religious movement. Next
the end of war. Next, the crash of
despotism. Next, the world's expurga
tion. Next, the Christlike dominion
Next, tho judgmont. What becomes
of tho world after that I care not
It will have suffered and achieved
enough for one world. Lay lt up in
the dryd?cks of eternity, like an old
man of war gono out of service, or flt
it up Uko a Constellation to carry
bread of relief to some other suffering
planet or lert it be demolished. Fare
well, dear old world, that bogan with
paradise and ended with judgment
conflagration..
Last summer I stood on tho Islo of
Wight, and I hnd pointed out to me
the place where the Eurydlco sank
wltlf 200 or 300 young men who wore
in training for tho British navy. You
remember when that training ship
went down there was a thrill of horror
all over the world. Since then thero
was another training ship missing.
Tho Atalanta, gono down with all on
board. By order of hor majesty's gov
ernment vossols wont cruising up and
down tho Atlantio trying to And that
lost training ship in which thero were
so many young men preparing for
the British navy. Alas, for the lost
Atalantal Oh, my friends, this world
is only a training ship! On it we aro
tmining for Heaven. Tho old ship
sails up and down the ocean of im
menslty, now through the dark waves
of midnight, now through the golden
crested wavo .pf the morn," but ? sails
on and sails on. After awhile hor
work will be done, and the inhabitants
of Heaven will look out and And
world missing. The cry will be
"Whore is that earth where Christ
died and the human race was emanci
pated? Send, out fleets of angels to
find the missing craft." Let them sail
up and down, eruise up abd down the
ocean of eternity, and they will catch
not one glimpse of her mountain masts
or her topgallants of floating cloud.
Gone down I The training ship of a
world perished in tho last tornado.
Oh, let it not be that sho goes down
with all on board, but rather may it be
?aid of her passengers, As it was said
of the drenohed passengers of tho Al
exandrian, corn fihtpthat 'crashed into
the breakers of Melitat "They all es
caped safe to land!"
A Horrible Crime.
A horrihlo orimo carno to tho light
Thursday whan John Favnlonn and his
daughter, Annie, woro disoovered oold
in death in thoir homo on Pordito
Btroot, New Orloans. Both had boen
murdered by burglars during Wednes
day night, Tho Burglars rnwiaokod tho
Srominon after killing thoir viotimfl.
avalons kopt a grocery and fruit stand
[ and olosod up his plaoo about 10 o'olook
Wodnosday night. Whon ho did not
opon Thursday morning noighborn
forood thoir way in and dlsoovored tho
orimo.
A True Girl.
Dolllo IO. Wilkins, tho adopted
d aught or of Mrs. 'Jar nh E. Wilkins,, a
rioh and oooontrio widow living near
Atohison, Kansan, loses an enlato
valued at $75,000 booauso sho married
tho man sho loved, She waa married a
fow days ago to Ocorgo Woods, tho (?on
of Jamos Woods, a fartnor, ?gain?t tho
wish ca of Mrs. Wilkins, and tho widow
now announocs ?that hor adopted
daughter, who wan her solo heir, will
not roooivo a penny of hor fortune,- Tho
girl ls 20 and hor husband is 20 years
er senior,
I
SOME PAST HISTORY
Brought to Memory by tho Death
of Judge Walls o
AN EXOITINQ PERIOD.
The Stirring Events of 1876 Rem
InosconcoB of tho Wallace
House Hampton's Trib
ute to Wall POO.
Tho Columbia State saya no tribute
to the memory of Gon. Wallaoo could
bo moro gratifying to his loved onos
than tho kind expressions from Gen.
Wado Hampton, who wat ohed GcjaV
Wall ooo's oarcor in tho war and who
was G overnor at tho timo that Jud go
Wallaoo was teador of tho Domooratio
Houeo of Representativos in 1876. To
a roprcooutativo of Tho State Gon.
Hampton expressed his regret at tho |
death of Gen. Wallace. Ho said that
''Gen Wallace's groat soldierly quali
ties wcro tcBiifiod to by his rapid and
deserved promotion; that his cminonoo
as a legislator is a mattor of history
and that his broad judioial unod quali
Med him to presido in tho digni?od,
ablo manner whioh oharaotorizod his
long, truo and faithful sotvioo oh tho
bonoh. I sincerely rcgrot his death,"
concluded Gon. Hampton.
Gon. Bobe rt ll Horaphill, of Ahbo
ville, who vas a mombor of tho Wal
hosHouoo, ?peko thud of Judye Wal
laoo. "My firct acquaintanoo with
Judgo Wallao<? was in 187G wron ho
booamo Spoakcr of tho historio
HOUBO of Itcprosontativon whioh has
since that timo boon known as tho Wal
laoo Hou o Ho was tho right man for
that critical (imo. His oourago, jud g
mont nod dicorctiou eavod tho State
from many evils. If ho had not boen
porn olly Sel'-poBBOBSod whon tho Btato
HOUBO was first entered a oOL?liot would
havo ensued and all our pooplo would
havo bo?oino itv lvcd. Tho samo is
tiuo of tho limo whon tho Houso was
compelled to quit tho Btato HOUBO.
Ho was an excellent presiding officer,
impartial in his rulings and quick in
his decisions, ?hoso who sorvod with
him will hoar of his death .. with pro
lound sorrow. Ho was a bravo and
patriotic soldier, a learned lawyer. *r?
honorablo counsellor and a Just judgo'.
Tho Stato has lost ono of hor noblest
sons."
Tho death of Gon. Wa laco r.oalls
vividly to tho minds of not af ow tho
oxoiting eoonos enaotod whilo South
Carolina was in tho bands of a dual
government. Mr. Johu S. Vernor,
mastor of Biohland County, was a
mtmbor of tho Wallaco Houso, ropro
sooting Ooonee County. Ho ph yd a
high tributo to tho oharaotor of Judgo
Wallaco. "That gentleman, ho Bays,
was eno of-tho most oven temperoa
mon this State produced in tho dosing
years of tho last contury. Io all tho
<xoi'.emont, when tragedy broodod
over tho law-making asstmhlies, Gon.
Wallaco wa? ooo), determined and in
full possession of tho situation." Bofor
ringtotho incidents of that tinie, Air.
Vorner gavo a running statomont as to
tho pnnoipal happenings.
In tho general e loot tort of 1876 tho
Demoorata oleoted a largo numbor of
representatives to tho Go?oral ASE om
bly, whioh had formerly boon ovor-^
whelroingly Bopublioan. Tho election t
of tho delegations from Ec'ge?eld and |
Laurens counties waa contested, how
ever. Tho Stato Dome oratio oxeoutivo
oommitteo urged tho Domooratio mom
bors ole ot to report to Columbia prompt
ly. This was dono and tho night bo- |
foro tho arsombliog of tho Legislature
tho Demooratio representatives met io
Clark's hall ard ia oauoui nominated
tho following tiokot: W. H. Wallaco,
Union, Spoakcr; Jno.T. Sloan, Sr, Rich
land, derk; W. B. Williams, of Yolk,
reading olearle; and John Brown, Barn
well, sorgcant at-arms.
Tho negro soorotary of Stato, Hayno,
had in tho moantimo refused to grant
certificates of oleotion to tho Domo
oractio COD test?es from Ed gt field and
Laurons. Tho Republicans gathorod
in tho Stato capitol tho day tho Gen
eral Assembly was called to order and
oltoled E W. Maokoy, of Charleston,
Spoakcr. The Dunc ora ts in a body,
bonded by tho Elgcfiold and Lau rons
d?l?gation? m?rohod to tho Stato capi
tal, but woro refused admission.
Whoroupon John C. Sheppard, of
Edgefiold, delivered a protest. Tho
oapitol building waa in ohargo of F?d
eral troops oommandod by Gen, Huger.
Tho Dooioorata then marched baok to
tho Carolina hall, whioh ia now stand
ing, in tho roar of Kiohland County
oouit houso ?nd behind tho stores on
Main streot. This building is historic
in many ways, having boon built of
briok still hot from tho smoking rains
of Colombia in 1865. In thia hall the
Demooratio mombors, constituting
Quorum (though not a majority) of tho
Icnoral Assembly, prooooded to elect
tho tickot nominated in oauous tho
night hoforo. Tho Sonato, whioh was
oonoedod to bo Bopublioan, was noti
fied of tho organisation at Carolina
hall, bat took no notioo of tho body
and reoognized th? Itopublioan HOUBO,
which was in sossion at tho State oapi
tol.
From this tho Demooratio House
brought aotion in the 8tato supremo
oourt to mandamus Hayno, tue sooro
trtry of Stato, to in imo oleotion certifi
cates to tho Domoorats from Edgofiold
and Laurens. The Domoorats won
their point. Thon at tho suggestion of
tho Stato Domooratio oxeoutivo.oommit
toe tho Wallaco House deoided to got
control of the hall of tho Houso of Rep
resentativos?
Gon. Buger agreed to interpose no
martial intorforonoo if tho Domoorats
would conduct thomnolvcs poaooably.
Howover, although admission to tho
building was obtained, it was nooos
sary to pass tho portals of tho legisla
tivo hall. Strategy and foroo woro both
brought into play.
Tho lladioal Houso was to assomblo
at noon on Thursday. Tho Domoorats,
singly and by baok atreots, mado their
way to tho Stato oapitol and obtained
admission. Tho Bndioala woro not ex
pecting thia movome*t. However, tho
negro sorgoant at-arma, a burly fellow,
attomptod to provont on tran co at the
swinging doors of groen baizo. Col.
Jamos L. Orr, of Anderson, thrust
him to one side. In tho souiUo Mr.
John 0. Vernor sorambled through tho
logs of tho combatants and snatohod tho
door opon. Tho Domoorata thon filed
in and Gon. Wallace took tho spoaker'a
ohalr ,
Thia was s few minut?s b of or?, 12
o'olook. Whon tho hour of noon ar?
rlvod tho Itopublioan House officials
attomptod to get their ?ofttn, but woro
rofusod. They obtained chairs, how
ever, and eat bosido thu Domooratio offi
cers. Krom Thursday vin til Monday at
noon tho dual government continued
thus, two Speakers, two dorks, two of
?vory offteo.. Dailng tHt timo no
bomoorftt loft tho hall fot fear that ho
pbuld not gain roaomlsslon. Food was
brought by friends, and tho Demo*
oratio legislators eloptin tho hall.
V If a Domoorat would rho to address
Speaker Wallaoo a Radical would ad
dress Spoakor Mnokoy, and both mom*
bera would speak at tbo samo timo,
each trying to drown out tho other. No
business was iraneaotod or attempted.
Din tho mcantimo four nogroos carno
over to tho Democratic standard,
Hamilton and Myers, of Beaufort;
Wos'vbony, cf Sumter; Boston, cf Nev?
berry, and anothor from Fairfield.
Hamilton was tho first to roako a
break. Ho is said to havo boon a negro
Of intolligenoo and means. Ho walked
into tho hall fruitlessly attired in
broadcloth. Laying his beaver hat
and gold'hoadcd oano on his dosk, and
displaying his revolvor, which ho aleo
laid OIOBO at band, ho addroBsed Judgo
Wallaco as "Mr. Speaker," Tho no
groos orowded ?round him enraged.
Tho whito men also surged up towards
his dcek. "Whom did bo moan to ad
dross as 'Mr. Spcakor?' " Tolling tho
negroes to stand baok, Hamilton kopt
them at bay with bis pistol and said
that as soon as quiet was restored ho
would explain vrhom ho moant. Tho
oager crowd foll baok and tho negro
tbon proolaimcd why ho would uphold
tho dc cont political party and would
align himsolf with tho Democrats.
Tho following Monday at noon on tho
advioo of riuugo Wallaco tho Domo
oratio Houso abandonod tko hall of tho
Houso of Representatives and wont
baok to Carolina hall. This was dono
for a roason that no good oould bo ac
complishcd by remaining and it was
fcarod tl at tho torriblo strain on tho
pooplo would bo followed by disaster
unless tho tension bo rolaxed.
Having now, with thonegrorooruits,
a oh ar majority as well as a quorum, tho
'Wallaoo Houeo olootedGon. M.O. But
lar to bo United Huton Sonator. A
stand waa built in front of Carolina
hall, thoro being nj buildings between
that spot and Main Stroit, and thoro
Gen. Hampton Was iuaugurated Govcr
nor, tho oath bomg administered by J.
Q Marshall, a Demooratio trial justice,
now Senator from Riohland oounty.
Tho Republicans oleotod D. T. Cor
bin to tho United Slates Sonato. Cor
bin was an alion, but a vory oapablo
lawyer. No business was transaoted,
no laws onaotad. Resolutions woro
.discussed by tho three several branohos
of tho Gonoral Assombly meeting daily.
[De. Jamos Woodrow voluntarily did tho
printing of tho Wallaoo Hauso, but was
afterwards repaid, Just boforo Christ
mas tho ltadioai Houso adjourned and
tho Wallaoo Houso followed suit. Tho
exponeos of tho Wallaoo Houso woro
mot by voluntary sorvioos of tho mem
born and by vol un t tu y contributions
from patriots.
I The next spring affairs wero ohaotio.
Tho Doinoorats refused lo pay taxoo to
It&dioal county ofiioials, but mado a
contribution to tho Hampton govern
mont. Wbon Rutherford B. Hayes
bojimo President Maroh 4th, ho with
drew tho United States troops from
South Carolina and the b&okbono of tho
lladioal party waa gone. D. H. Cham
berlain, R( publican Governor, abdio.it
ed, and Wade Hampton, tho bero and
idol of tho Democrats, oooupied tho
exooutivo oAioo at tho Stato capitol. A
special HI H don of tho Goncral A'sembly
twas oalled, and as thcro wc r J no funds
for tho expenses of tho Radicals, tho
.Maokoy Houso wai dissipated, Hoff
ovor, thoro woro many Republican no
groes who sat in tho Logi-daturo after
tho Wallaoo Houso gained full oontrol,
b.coauso tho oountica whioh they
represented woro undoubtedly Republi
can,.
, W. 1). Simpson, of Lumms, had al
ready boon sworn in as Lieutenant
Govornor. Whon Chamberlain gave
way to Hampton. Greaves, tho nogro
Lieutenant Govornor, gavo way to Mr.
Simpson. Greaves tried to foroo Gov.
Simpson to to tako tho oath of offioo.
Gov. Simpson, a veiling with indigna
tion, replied: "Tho Sonato will oomo
to order. I havo takon tho oath of
iffioo onoo, and no power on oarth oan
mako mo tako it again."
Thoro was no dramatic soono after
this announcement, but quiot was nf tor
oomo dilUoulty restored and Gov. Simp
son did not tako tho oath as proposod
by tho nogro. Gon. Mart W. Gary was
a member of tho Sonato and defied tho
nogro Sonators to disputo Gov. Simp
son's rlgbt to tho office
Gov. Simpson wan oleotod ohief jun
tico of tho Stat? supremo court and
Jotor, of Union, beoamo Lieutenant
Govornor. Gon. Wallaoo, tho presid
ing officer of tho House, was also from
Union. When Gon. wallaoo tho pre
siding officorof the Homo, was olevatod
to tho oirouit bonoh in 1877, John ?.
Shoppard, after an intorosting content
with Jas. L. Orr, beoamo Speaker of
tho House. Mr. Shoppard afterwards
marriod Gon. Wallaco'a daughtor.
Nono but a man of highest attain
ments, doiioato tact, supromo courage
and indomitablo will oould havo boon
Speaker of tho D?mocratie Houso of
1876 and suoh a man W. H. Wallaoo is
deolared by all who ?erved with him.
Committed Suicide.
A dispatoh from St. Goorgos to Tho
Stato says "a tragedy bas ooourrod in
our midst, and ono whioh, undor tho
particular circumstances by whioh it
was occasioned, causon tho sympathy
of tho ontiro oommunity to bo extend od
to tho boroavod ones, lt was a suioido,
Mr. Carney Gaskins, an old and ro
spootod citizen, prooipitatod tho ond of
his existonoo of his own volition Wed
nesday afternoon about 5 o'clock. Mr.
Gaakins was juit onvaloseont from a
protracted spoil of sovoro lllnoBS. On
the afternoon of tho suicido was tho
first timo that ho dared vonturo out of
doors for months. Ho managod to
mako his way to a store nearby his plaoo
of resido too, and from its proprietor
prcourod a pistol undor tho protonso
that ho desired to kill a dog or oat
whioh was annoying him at his homo.
His wifo, becoming alarmed at his
longthy absotoj from tho houso, insti
tuted a aoaroh and found him in ono
of tho outhouses in tho roar of thoir
residenoa, with lifo extinct, with a
wound in tbo head, infloitod by a re*
volver, * whioh was grasped tightly in
tho loft hand. Tho ball ontorod on tho
loft side of tho faoo, a little abovo tho
templo, passing through tho hoad and
embedding itsolf in a bundlo of fodder
wh'oh was beneath his hoad. It is pre
sumed that ho was drivon to tho daring
and rash ?ot from dospondonoy, pro*
duood by protracted suitering from a
chronic disease Tho unoxpootod co*
ourronoo has proved almost fatal to
Gaskin's wifo, and ?ho has boon at tho
point of doath from nor voua prostration
ovor slnoo. ' .. '
Murdered'a Little Boy,
Near,Six Mile. W. Va.. Thursday
Charles' Coro, 20 yoars old, shot and
killed a 7*yoar*01d son Of John Hagar
and seriously wounded tho fathor bo*
oauao some ono bad stoned hi? horno.
Ho osoapod to Kontuokv. ,
? -BEA?TI??E POEST
'Bivouac of tho Dont1,0 Oreatfd*
Martial Eulogy Ever Written.
ITS ADAPTION WORLD WIDE.
Written by Theodore O'Hara In
Commemoration of the Qal*
lartry of ihoy Ken
tucky Soldiery.
[Like Prov id en co, La , Ban nor-Dei noorat.]
Having latoly soon a beautiful trib
uto to Thcodoro O'Hara, author of tho
itntnorfal poona, "Tho Bivouac of tho
Dead," and as O Hara was my personal
friend and assistant in the Adjutant
General's effioo of tho Kontaoky di
vision, commanded by M>jor General
Brookerridgo, I toko pleasure in send
ing you an extract from tho article
with tho full poom, whioh I havo car,
ried iii my notebook ovor nineo tho WAT.
lt is worthy of rooord that this son
of tho BOU th produood tho ono perfect
and universal martial eulogy that tho
world hts known and that tho south
has boen absolutely unmindful of this
faot. Tho first of thoso a tate mo ut H is
proven by tho faot that without any
advortisomont or exploitations, tho
wondorful words have, in tho fifty
years sinoo thoy wero winton, per
meated tho wi. iio world, and boon laid
hold on by EogliBh-spoaking pooplo
everywhere, to oelebrato thoir honored
doitd who paBsrd away in battle Upon
Crimean battlefield?, tho. renting pUoo
of EoglWh heroes is marked by a great
monument, on whioh shinos O'Hara's
matchless words, and yot England did
not know from whom abo borrowed
when sho wroto them:
"On famo'? eternal camping ground
Their silent tents aro eproad,
And glory guarde, with eo'omn round,
The bivouac of the dead."
Perhaps tho anonymous oharaotor of
tho poom was a blossiog, sinoo it is
doubtful if tho Federal gove rem mt of
tho United States would have usod tho
lines in fcuoh lavish fashion in im
mortalizing tho dead of tho Union
Artsy, had they boen rooogniznd as tho
product of tho genius of a soldier and
offioer of tho othor sido. In any paso,
thoy did not know, and evory national
oomotory in Amorioa has gainod -there
by, sinoo thoy aro not only tho most
appropriato but tho only appropriate
linos for suoh a purposo.
Over tho gatoaay of tho national
oomotory at Washington tho famous
first stanza is engravod, and thero, as
at Antietam and other national oomo
torics tho cntiro poem io roproduocd,
stanza by stanza, on slabs plaocd along
tho dtiveway.
O'Hara lies in tho burying ground at
Franksfort, Ky., with only tho nu o-ip
tion on a himplo slab of roarblo whioh
say s:
Thoodoro O Hara,
Mojor A. D 0.
Died Juno 6, 1867
Ut low is a oopy of his poem in full,
writton on oooasion of tho removal of
tho Kentucky doad from Mexioo to
their nativo 8t ato af ti t tho war with
that country. John A. Huck nor.
THK DtVOUAO OF TUB DEAD
(Written by Thoodoro O'Hara in 1847.)
Tho mn ill rd drum's ead roll has boat
Tho uoldier'B last tattoo;
No moro on lifo's parado uhalt moot
Thal brave and fallon few
On fame's o ornai camping ground
Their silent tents aro sp rt a J,
And glory guaros, with sole nm round,
Tho bivouao of tho dead.
No rumor of tho foe's aivanco,
Now swells upon tho wind:
No troubled thought at midnight haunt-)
Of loved ones left behind;
No vision of the morrow's strife
Tho warrior's dream alarms:
No braying horn nor soroaming fifo
At dawn shill call to arms.
Thoir nliivorod swords aro red with tatt,
Their plumed hoads are bowed;
Thoir haughty banner, trailed in duBt,
ls now iboir martial shroud,
And plenteous funeral tears havo washod
Tho rod btains from eaoh brow,
And the proud forms, by batUo gushed,
Aro freo from anguish now.
Tho neighing troop, tho flashing blade,
Tho bugle's stirring blast;
Tho oharge, the dreadful cannonade,
The diu and shout, aro panned; '
Nor war's wild note nor glory's peal
tr hall thrill with norco delight
Thc DO breasts that nevermore may feel
Tho rapluro of tho fight.
Liko tho ficrco northern .hurricane
That sweeps his groat plntOMi,
Flushed with tho triumph yt to gain,
Carno down the sorried foe.
Who hoard tho thunder of the fray
Break o'er tho field beneath,
Knew well the watchword of that day
Was "victory or death."
Lcng had tho doubtful coniliot raged
0 or all the * trick on plain,
For nover fioroor fight had waged
The vengeful blood of Spain;
And still tho etona of battle blew, ?
Still swolled the gory tide;
Not long our stout old ohlofialn knew
Suoh odds his strength could bide.
'Twas in that hour this Btern command
Called to n mart r n grave
Tho flower of his beloved land,
Tho nation'? flag to save.
By rivera of their fat li ora' gore
Hi? first born laurels grew,
And well ho deemed tho sons would pour
Thoir lives for glory, too.
Full many a north or's breath has swept
Cor Angostura's plain
And long tho pitying sky has wept
Abovo its mouldered slain,
Tho ravon'n. scream or eagle's (light,
Or shepherd's pensive Tay
Alono awakes oaoh aullen height
That frowned o'er that dread frayful.
Sons of tho dark and bloody ground,
Yo must not slumbor there,
Where stranger stops and tonguos resound
Along tho hoedloss air.
Your own proud land's horoio soil
Shall bo your fitter grave;
She claims from war hts richest spoil
Tho ashes of her brave.
Thus 'neath their paront turf thoy rost,
Far from the gory field,
Borne to a Spartan mother's broast
On many a bloody shiddi
The sunshine of thoir nativo sky
Smiloi sadly on them hore,
And klndrod eyes and howls watoh by
Tho h oro cn' sepulchre.
I Best on, ombatmod and sainted dead I
Bear as the blood we gave;
No Impious footsteps hero shall tread
The horbago ef your gravo;
Nor shall your glory be forgot
Waite fatno her reoovd koopa;
Or honor paint the hallowed spot
Where valor proudly sloops.
Yon marble minstrel's volooless ?lone
In deathless song shall tell,
When many a vanished ago hath flown,
j Tho story how ye foll. .
Nor wreck, nor ohange, nor winter's bf
I Nor time's remorseless' doom,
Shall dim brio ray of glory's light
That glides your doathloaa lomb.
" "TH?? I?MB OP OALVARYr
How A Groat Hymn Wa? Made by a
YOUD pr Man of Yale,
Ono d?y during tho winter'of 1830 a
young min, a grad?alo from Yalo, sat
down in his room in tho oity of New
Yvrkandwitb ojes'fi'.lcd with toars wro'o
in birt pookot nu m nandum-book four
idmplo stanzas, which, ho said, "woro
born . of my own soul." Two years la
tor, Dr/Lowoll . Mason^ composed ?? for
ihoso stanzas tho boauti?ui tuno Oiivvt
to which the hymn is still sung, and it
is ! certainly ono of tho mo st prooious
contributions which Ani'rloan genius
luv:i made to tho hymnolog? of tho
Christian church, lt reads thus:
"My f*llh looks to Theo,
Thou I/amb of Calvary,
Saviour Divine:
Now hoar mo whllo I pray,
Tako all my guilt away,
0 let n o from thia day
Bo wholly Thino."
This hymn of redemption, which
Sprung from a devout soul, begins in
1 ponitoDco, but ends in praise, and
I with a glorious nsaurs&oo of hep;; and
how many a penitent, while hearing or
uttering tboao word*, has found pardon
and poaoo in believing! Bowing boforc
a oruc'iiod Saviour and look to Him
alono, his ory is:
"Take all my B'us away,"
and
"0 let mo from (hit day
Bo wholly rhino."
Tho earnestness of that ory of faith
finds aresponfcu in thc bosom of ir.fluito
merov, and tho praying soul obtains
BtroDgih. Ho is inspired with a pure,
warm, a od chang cl eau love for tho ll)
dermot-"a living Aro."
Thon, looking forward, ho sees that
Gotherinane hours aro boforo him, when
tho cup of bitterness mast bo pressed
(o his lips, and while ni rounded with
clouds of dito mrageinont and tempta
tion ho praya:
'.Bo Thou my guMe;
Bid darkness turu t day,
Wi po sorrow's tears away,
Nor let mo over stray
From Theo asido."
Yet thoro is ono moro valloy, darker
than any pasaod before, lt it tho one
in which ends lifo'a traosiont dream,
and through whioh rolls death's cold,
sullon stream; and as his little barque
is born swiftly toward tho "white calm
*. . .? .... ? *'. 1 ' I, I . , 1 _ * K fr ? , ,
UtOlUlvjr, Ula laau Ullliujpunuv ii vi. v. ii
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Fear and dlslrust remove;
O boar mo safo above
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