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HIS ?TNAFW??L. Ino Surr?nd?rof th? State Home by tho Radicals to ?um?CuA i xi. How Chst? be ri?lh and .his 8t a' e Offley Vi? we'di Mattara When Their Lutes* ,Hqpe Waa Actually Distroyed. A fow wools ?go Tho Columbia Stoto niado an oditorial oonrnont upon a ro oont artlolo o( ExGovornor D. H. Chamberlain's in tho Atlantic Month ly, in which tho former Republican ohiof oxodutivo of South' Carolina do uounood tho reoonstiuetion measures that wero inaugurated by Ins party in this Stato just af tor tho war. This ar , tiolo of Gov. Ohamborlain has aroused no littlo interests in this Stato on ac ?ount of tho faot that tho writer was ono of tho prominont figures in tho ro oonstruotion ora and although claiming to bo a oonservativo llepulioan ho wan novortholoss a participant in tho work whioh tho Hopublican party did during tho 10 years following tho oloso of tho war. In connection with that artiolo it will bo intorcsting to road Qov, Ohs m berlain's farowoll proclamation to tbo Republic air party of Carolina, whioh was issued as ho was turning over tho ornoo to Wado Hampton. This address was published in tho Columbia Regis ter of April ll, 1877, and is ire prod hoed from that paper along with tho artiolo of whioh it was apart. It isas fol lows: A miserable drizzling rain foll yestor doy morning, and tho tun rofused to sbino, as if ashamed of tho part the national army and its gallant offioors and men had beon bom polled, in tho lino of duty, to tako in depriving tho peoplo of a sovereign Stato to their rights and libortics as guaranteed to thom by tho constitution of tho United States and. tho . constitution ot' this State. Tho shoots, notwithstanding tho muiky atmosphere and tho "Lon don fog" whioh hung ovor tho oity liko a pall, lcoko.d -.a trillo lively, for tho bright green, half-matured loaves from tho scattering Bhado tro?s whioh boro and there groot tho eyo along Rich ardson street, rolieved tho sombre landsoapo boypnd, as each anxious oyo lookodtoward thooapitol. Thoroshono, too, from tho eve of i vory hu'oost man in the oommunity, 'RS they passed o;.oh Other upon tho main thoroughfare, a peculiarly bright and trumphant light -a light whioh ban only gladden tho hearts and oheor tho souls of mon who feel that truth, and justioo, and right havo in their behalf at last ttiumphod ovor wrong, oppression aud guilt. Prooisoly at 12 o'olook-just as tho sleepy sontinol who tolls tho oily hall bell struck tho boll tho tonth timo in making up bis BOOTO of twolvo-tho south door of tho capitol building opened wido, and a oaptain of tho united States army, commanding about thirty mon, filod out tho building. As tho order "Column loft, marohT" (whioh order turned tho faooB of tbo "boys in bluo" towards tho bairaokt) was given, ? smile might havo boon r?oon upon tho faoo of overy man in tho command. If the pooplo were joyous over tho event, for various masons tho troops had ^cession to bo glad also. . Thore was no demonstration of any kind upon tho part of tho pooplo, About ono hundred and fifty mon, a majority of whom wore colored, wero standing around tho building, who wit nessed tho doparturo of tho troops. Beyond this thore was no indication that anything moro than tho usual guard had boon relioved from duty for the day? Thus ends oarpot-bag roign in South Carolina, and tho aoono wo have do Boribod was tho closing ono in tho vilo, unnatural and ungodly stato of affairs which has' existod in this State for tho last sovon yoars-a stale of afhirs whioh has brought ruin, dosolation and misery upon a bravo pooplo. Lator in tho day tho bunoombo faro woll addroBS of ox-Govornor. Chamber lain, announcing his abdiotion, was promulgated. Tho following oorroapondonoo, whioh explains V itself, was also had botwoon Mr. Chamberlain and Gov. Hampton. ?J? State of South Carolina, Exooutivo Chambor, T^:'^Qojumbia, S. C., April 10, 1877. Iv ' lishec7*Dg l?arnod that you uuw with n ovor to mo th0 (:*oou" ?Tu4iber, with tho rcoorda and "aUlonging to tho executive offioo at}} your possession, I bog to in l$bu that I will send a propor ^ $to reooivo tho Bamoat aDy hour ?mayindioato as roost oonvoniont S^eursolf. I am, vorv rospeotfully, ;i-obediont servant, (Signed) Wado Hampton, Sv -Qevornor. Hon, D. Kidiamborlain.. Stato of South Carolina,. Exooutivo Chambor, Columbia, S. C., April 10,1877. Sir: Replying to your noto of this dato, I havo to Bay that my privato soorotary will meet suoh offioer as you may designate at 12 meridian tomor . row, at tho exooutivo chamber, for tho purpose indicated in your noto. Very rospeotfully, / (Signed) I). H. Chamberlain, Govornor of South Carolina, Hon. Wado Hampton. Hollowing tho oorrospondonoo aro tho views of tho Radical claimants to tho State offieos, whioh are presented in tho following doouraont: Columbia, S. C" April 10, 1877. His Exoollonoy I). H. GhaniboiUin, Governor of South Carolina, Colum bia, S. C., Doar Sir: Roourring to tho viows sovorally expressed by us during tho Sersonal oonforonoo, which wo had tho onor to hold with you yestorday, in regard to tho politioal complications whioh havci. grown but of tho lato can vass in this Stato. wo bog leavo to ap pris* you formally of tito conclusions we havo roaohbd, aftor maturo delib eration and tho gravest rofleotion Whioh WO havo boen ablo to bestow upon tho subjeot. Whilst wo aro no iocs inspired with admiration for tho dignified and reso luto mannor in whioh you havo oin sistenly maintained-your claims to tho Gubernatorial ohair, by virtuo of tho oleotion hold in November last, than wo are solomnly impressed with'tho validity ofyourtitlo of tho.. ofiTo?,;Ve aro unanimous in .tho holiof that to prolong tho content, in tho obernoo of that moral ?id to which wo fool our Hol vos ahd our party justly o ti ti tl ed at tho hands of a national administration, installed, in;large inoaauro, through tho samo ngonoio ir which aro ' now hold to bo insuff?oiont for our malnlonanoo, Will bo to incur tho responsibility of keeping alivo partlflan projudlt'oawbjfek aro in tko lai?t dooroo dotrlmontai to tho beet intorcots o? tho pooplo of tho Stato, and porhaps of pr?oipitftting a physical ooniliot that oould havo hut ono rofiult to our dofonsoloBa constl tucuoy. Wo eannot afforod to oontrib* uto, howovcr indirectly, to Buob a oMastrop^ho, ovoui in thoadvooaoy of whwt wu know io bo our rights. Wo aro agreod, tborofore, in oounsol ing you to discontinuo tho struggle for tho ocoupauoy of tho Gubernatorial ohair, convinucd an wo aro that, in view of tho disastrous odds to whioh its m?intobaooo has been fuljeotod by the notion cf tho national administration, your retirement will involyo no eur render of principio, nor its motivo bo misapprehended by tho great body of that political party to whiob, in com mon with ourselves, you are attaohod, and whoso tuoooBS iu the past in this Stato has boon onnob?od by your in telligent and usoful porvioes. Wo havo tho honor to bo, vory rosrootfully, yours, Kobi rt B. Elliott, Attornoy Gonoral. Thomas 0. Dunn, Oomptrollor Gr noval F, Ii. Cardoso, Treasurer, II. E. Hayno, Soorotary of Stato. John lt. Tolbort, - Suporintondont of Education. Jamos Konnody, Adjutant and Iusrootor Gonoral. Tho iollowing is tho address of Mr. Chamberlain: To tho Republican of South Carolina: By your will I was mado govornor of this Stato in 1874 At tbo olcolion on tho 7th of November last I wai again by your votos, olootod to tho same offioo. My tillo to tho offioo, upon every legal and moral ?round, is today olear and pcrfoot. ? By tho rooout de cision and ootion of tho - prc?'dont of tho U jived States 1 find mysolf unable longer to maintain my offioial righto with tho prospeots of final BUOOCBS, and 1 hereby aucounoo to you that I am unwilling to | rolong a struggle whiob can only briug further suffering upon those who engage in it. In announcing this conclusion, it ie my duty to say for you that tho Itopub Heans of South Carolina cntarod upon thoir rocont politioal strugglo for thc maintenance of their political and civil rightp. Constituting," beyond question, a laren majority of tho lawful voters ol tho Stato, you allied youraolvoB with that politioal party whoso control and inspiring prinoiplos has hithorto boor tho civil and politioal froedom of al! mon under tim constitution and law* of our country. By horoio efforts auc uaori ii una whioh tho just vordiot of his tory will roBOUo from tho.oowardlj soorn now oast upon thom by politioa plaoomon and tradors, you sooured tin olootoral voto of South Carolina fo Hayes and Wheolor, In aaodmpliBhinj this rosult you beoamo tho viotims o ovory form of porsooution and injury From authentic ovidonoo it is showi that not loas than ono hundred of you numbor wero murdered because tho: wero faithful to thoir prinoiplos am oxoroisod rights solemnly guarantee' to thom by tho nation. You woro dc nicd employment, driven from yon homos, robbod of the earnings of yoar of bon ont industry, hunted for you lives liko wild boasts, your familio outraged and acattored, for no offons oxoopt your peaceful and firm dctoi ruination to oxoroiso your politioi rights. You trusted, as you had right to fruit, that if bv suoh c ff arl you established tho lawful aupromao of your politioal party in thc nation, tb goyorumout of tho Unitod States, i tho disohargo of its constitutional dut] would protect tho lawful govorcmont < the Hiato from overthrow at tho bane of your politioal onomics. From oausoi patent to all mon and questioned t nono who regard truth, you havo boc unable to overcome the unlawful con bination and obstados whioh havo 0] posed tho praotioal supromaoy of tl government whioh your votes hal established. For many weary monti you have waited for your dolivorano Whilo tho long strugglo for tho pros douoy was in progress you woro cxhor od by cvory representativo and organ < tho national Republican party to kot your allegiance truo to that party i order that your dolivoranoo from tl hands of your oppressors might bo bo tain and oomplcto. Not tho fainto whisper of tho possibility of disappoin mont iu thoso hopes and promiuos ev rcaohod you whilo tho strugglo w ponding. Today, April 10, 1877, I tho ordor of tho president whom yoi votes alono rosoucd from ovorwholmii dofoat, tho government of tho Unite Huton abandons you; doliboratoly wit draws from you its support, with tl full knowlcdgo that tho lawful govor mont of tho SUto will bo spoodilyove thrown. By a now intcrnrotation of tho oo stitution of tho United H tatos, at vai anoo aliko with tho provious prjoti of tho government and with tho doe; ions'of tho supreme court, tho oxoo tivo.oftho United*" States evades t duty of ascertaining whioh of two riv Stato governments is tho lawful o and by tho withdrawal of troops n< protootiug tho Stato from domes viol once abandons tho lawful State ge ornmont to a strugglo with insurn ^iionary forces too powerful to bo : oiaicd. Tho grounds of policy up whioh x.Huoh action is dofondod t startling. It is said that tho north ia woafy tho long southon* troubles. It v woary, too, of tho long troubles whi sprung from tho stupondoui erimo obattol slavoiy and longod for ropo It sought to oovor thom from sight wi oked oom promises with tho wro whioh disturbed itspoaoo, but Gol hi it to its duty, until through a coull whioh rookod and agonizod tho nali< tho great orimo was put away and fr dom was ordainod for all. It is said that if a majority of I pooplo of a Stato aro unable by phy oal foroo to maintain their rights, tl must bo loft to politioal servitude, this a doctrino ovor boforo hoard in c history? If it shall pro vail, its oi sequonoos will not long bo oontinod South Carolina or Louisiana. It is said that a Democratic houso roprosontativos will rofuso an app priation for tho army of tho Uni States if tho lawful govornmont South Carolina is maintained by 1 military forces. Submission to BI cooroion marks tho dogonoraoy of I politioal party or pooplo whioh ondu it. A govornmmont worth tho name politioal party fit to wiold power, no boforo blanched at suoh a throat. . But tho odiot has gono forth, arguments or consideration whioh yi frionds could prosont havo suffiood avert thd disafltor. No effootive mci Of r.osistarioo to tho consummation th<i Wj???k aro loft. Tho strugglo < bo prolonged. My striot legal rig aro of oourso wholly unaffeotod by aotion of tho p/osidont. , No court the Stato has jurisdiction to pass u] tho titlo to my oflho. No IRV, ful lei laturo oan bo convouod oxoopt upon dall. If tho uso of thoso pow promised ult?malo SUCCORS to our oan I should not shrink from any saorifl whioh might oonfront mo. It is a os iliiil y ?.??W<M.tt?ix^>v.g<-n -ak** s -Ai Dr. Tal?iage Urges AU t? ?ry Ita Upliftlug Power* tte Clinrnotcritea Rollston ttb GOODIE Daughter .- Hermon from the Toxt, ?Hor Way? Ato Way? of Vlenaantuc**." ?Copyrlght, 1901, by Louis Klopseh, N.T.] Washington, April 14, In this discourse Br. Talrauge sots forth religion ns un exhilaration, and urges all pooplo to try its uplifting power; text, Proverb*' 8, 17: "lier ways aro ways of pleasantness." You have all heard of Clod's only bogott?n Son. Havo you heard of God's daughter? She was boru in Heaven? She came down over tho hills of our world. Sho had queenly step. On her brow was celestial radiance. Her volco was music. Uer ?amo ls Religion. My toxt intro duces her. "lier ways are Ways of pleasantness, ?nd all hor paths are peace." But what is religion? Tho fact ls that theological study has had a different effnot upon mo from tho effect sometimes produced. Every'| year I tear out another leaf from my theology, until I have only three or four leaves left-in other words, a very brief and plain statement of Christian belief. An aged Christian minister said: "When I was a young man, I knew everything. When I got to bo 85 years of age, In my creed I had only a hundred doctrines of religion. When I got to be CO years of ago, I had only 60 doctrines of religion. When I got to be CO years of ago I ,had only ten dootrlnes of religion, and now I nm dying at 75 years of ngo, and there is only ono tiling I know, and that ls that Christ Jesus carno Into tho world to savo sinners." And BO I have noticed in tho study of God'n word and In my contemplation of tho character of God and of tho eternal world that lt 4s necessary for mo to drop this part of my belief and that part of my belief as being nonessen tial, while I cling to tho ono great doc trine that man ls a sinner and Christ is his Almighty and Divino Saviour. Now I tako these three or four leaves of my theology, and I find that in the first placo and dominant above all others is tho sunshine of religion. When I go into a room, I havo a pas sion for throwing" open all tho shut ters. That is what I want to do this morning. We aro apt to throw BO muoh of tho sepulchral into our re ligion and to close tho shutters and to pull down tho blinds that it is only through hero and tboro a crovico that tho light ntreauiB. The religion of the Lord Jesus Christ is a religion of joy indescribable and unutterable. Wherever I can find a bell I mean to ring it. If there are any In this house this morning who aro disposed to hold on to their melancholy and gloom, let them depart this servlco boforo tho fairest and the brightest and tho most radiant being of all the universe comes In. God's Son has left our world, but God's daughter is hore. Give her room. Hail, princess of Heaven l Hail, daugh ter of tho Lord Almighty! Como In and mako this house thy throneroom. In setting forth this idea tho domi nant thoory of religion is ono of sun shine. I hardly know where to begin, for there aro so many thoughts that rush upon my soul. A mother saw her little child seated on tho floor in tho sunshine and with a spoon in her hand. She said: "My darling, what aro you doing there?" "Oh," replied thc child, 'I am getting a spoonful of this sun shine." Would God that to-day I might pr?sent you with a gleaming chalico of this glorious, everlasting Gospel sunshine! IHrst of nil, I find a great deal of sunshine in Christian society. I do not know of anything moro doleful than tho companionship of tho mero funmakers of tho world-tho Thomas Hoods, tho Charles Lambs, t? Charles Ma the waes of tho world-tho men whose cntiro bxisiness it is to make sport. They make others laugh, but if you will examine their auto biography or biography you will find that down in their soul thoro was o texTi?lo disquietude. Laughter is no sign of happiness. Tho mantao' laughs. The hyena laughs. Thc loon among the Adirondacks laughs. Tho drunkard, dashing his docanter against tho wall, laughs. There is a terrible renotion from all sinful amusomcut and sinful merri mefnt. Such men aro cross the next day. They snap at you on exchange or they pass you, not recognizing you. Long ago I qtiit mero worldly Boclety foT the reason it was so dull, so inano and so stupid. My nature is voracious of joy. I must have it. * I always walk on the sunny side of the street, nndifor that reason I havo crossed over Into Christian society. I like their modo of repartee better. I like their stylo of amusement better. They livo longer. Christian people, l sometimes notice, live on when by all natural law they ought to have died. I have known persons who have con tinued in their existonco when tho docto: said they ought to have been dead ten years. Every day of their existence wns n defiance of the laws of anatomy and physiology, but they had this supernatural vivacity of tho Gospel in their soul, and that kept them alive. Tut 10 or V? Christian people in a room for Christian conversation, and you will from eight to ten o'clock hear moro resounding glee, see moro bright strokes of wit nnd find moro thought nyul profound satisfaction than in rt/iy merely worldly party. Now, whem I sny a "worldly party" I mean thatj to which you arc invited becauso Under all tho circumstances of the casie it is the best for yo\i to be invited, and to which you go be in whioh, by tho light of reason and oonsoionco, a man might woll lay down his lifo. Jiu \ to my mind, my pro Kout responsibility invoivon tho oonoidor.v lion of tho effoot of my notion upon' thoso whoso representativo I am. I havo hitborto boen willing to ask you, llopublioans of SoutlbOarolina, to risk all dangora and enduro all hardships until roliof should oomo from tho gov ernment Of tho United ?tatos. That; roliof will nevor como. I cannot ask you to follow mo farthor. In my bost judgmont, I oan no longer sorvo vou by furthor rosistanoo to tho imponding calamity. Whoo gratitudo to God for tho mon? < uro of endurance with whioh. Ho has hithorto inspired mo, with gratitudo to you for your boundloss eonnonoo in ino, with profound admiration for your matoblofls fidelity to tho causo in whioh wo havo struggled, I now announoo to you and to tho pooplo of tho State that I shall no longer aotivoly assert my right to tho ornoo ol governor of, South Carolina. Tho motives and purposes r of tho piosidontof the U ai tod States in the polioy whioh corop ol? me to my presont! ooarso are unquestionable honorario Um tiftdef ft?i oiMtittjit&fit? ?i ih? ?aso H lo bitter that you go, and, leaving the ahawJa on th? second floor, you go to the parlor to give ?or inal aalutatlon to tho hont rind the hostess and then move around, ?pond ing tho whole evening- in the dUoun ?ion of the weather an? in anotar* xor treading on leng train? und In effort to keep the corner? of the mouth up to the sign of pleasure, and going around with an idiot io ho-ho about nothing until the eollatlon is served, and then, after the collation is served, going baofc into the parlor to resume tho weather, and tbeu at tho close going at a very late hour to the host and hostess and assuring them that you have had a most de? lightful evening, and then, passing down off tho front steps, the slam of tho door the only satisfaction of the evening. I know thero ls a great deal of talk about tho self-denials of tho Chris tian. I have to tell you that whore tho Christian has one self-denial the man of tho world has a thousand self-denials. The Christian is not commanded to surrendor anything that is worth keeping. But what dfes a man deny himself who de nies himself the religion of Christ? Ho denies himself pardon for sin, ho denies himself peace of oonsaienoe, ho denies himself the joy of tho Holy Ghost, he denlos himself a . comfort able doath pillow, ho denies himself tho glory of Heaven. Do not talle to mo about tho self-denial of tho Christian life. Where thero is. one in tho Christian lifo thero is a thou sand in tho life of tho world. "Hor wnys^oro ways of pleasantness." Again, I And a great deal of re ligious sunshiuo in Christian and di vine oxplanation. To a great many peoplo lifo is an inexplicable tangle. Things turn out differently from what was supposed. Thero 'ia a use less woman in perfect health. Thero is an Industrious and consecrated woman a complete invalid. Explain that. Thero is a bad man with $30, 000 of income. Thero ls a good man with $800 of Income. Why is that?. There is a foo of society who lives on, doing all tho damage he can, to 75 years of age, and hero is a Christian father, faithful in every department of lifo, at 35 years of ago taken away by death, his family left helpless. Explain that. Oh, there i? no n<m tenco that oftener drops from your lips than this: "I cannot understand lt. I cannot understand it." Well, now religion comes in just at that point with its illumination and its explanation. Thero is a business mari who has lost his entiro fortune. Tho week before he lost his fortune thero wero 20 carriages that stopped nt tho door of his mansion. Tho week after ho lost hia fortuno all tho carriages you eould count on ono finger. Tho weok before flnanoial troublo began people all took off their hats to him os ho passed down the street. Tho week his financial prospects wero under discussion peo ple just touched their hats without nnywiso bending tho rin?1. The week that ho was pronounced insolvent peoplo just jolted their heads as they passed, not tipping their hats at all, and tho week tho sheriff sold him out nil his friends were looking in tho store windows as they went down past him. ' Now, while tho world goes away1 from a man whilo ho is in flnanoial distress, tho religion of Christ comes to him and says: "You aro slok, and your sickness is to bo moral pufifl cation; you aro bereaved. ^^A' wanted in HOI nu way to ' toke 'yourO family to Heaven, and He must begin somewhere, and so Ho took tho ono, that was most benutiful and was. most ready to go." I do not say, that religion explains .everything lri'i this life, but I do say it lays down: certain principios whioh are grandly; consolatory. You know business mon often telegraph in cipher. Tho mer-! chant in San Francisco telegraphs to tho merchant in Now York oortain information in cipher which no other man in that Uno of business can un derstand, but tho merchant in San Francisco has the key to tho cipher, and tho merchant in Now York has tho key to tho cipher, and on that i information transmitted- there aro enterprises involving hundreds of thousands of dollars. Now, tho provi dences of Ufo somotimes ?oem to be a senseless rigmarole, a mysterious cipher; but God has a key to that cipher and tho Christian a key to that cipher, and, though ho moy hardly bo able to spell out tho mean ing, he gets enough of the meaning to understand that it is for tho best. Now, is thero not sunshine in that? Is thero not pleasure in that? Far beyond laughter, it is nearer tho fountain of tears than boisterous demonstration. Havo you never cried for joy? There are tears which are otcrnal rapture in distillation. Thero aro hundred? of peoplo who aro walking day by day in tho sub lime satisfaction that all is for tho best, all things working together for good for their soul. How a man eau get along through this Ufo without the explanation is to mo a mystery. What! Is that child gone forever? Aro you never to get it back? Ia your property gone forever? Have you no explanation, no Christian^.ex planation, and yet not a naanlao? But when you havo tho religion of Jesus Christ in your soul it explains everything so far as it is best for you to understand. You look off in life, and your soul is full of thanks giving to God that you aro so much better off than you might be. A man passed down the street without any Bhoes and said: "I havo no shoes. Isn't it a hardship that I havo no shoes? Other peoplo havo shoes!" until he saw a man who had no feet. Then he learned a lesson. You ought to thank God for what Ho does in stead of grumbling for what Ho doss not. God arranges all the weather in this world-the spiritual woathtr? and patriotio I dovontly pray that ovonts may viadioato tho wisdom of his notion, and that poaoo, justino, freo dom and pronporlty may horeaftcr be rho portion of evory oitison of South Oarolina. D. H. Ohamporlain, Govornor of South Oarolina. l?ditoiially Tho Rogi9tor commented as follows on tho proclamation: HtO JA.0K?. Ohamborlain published an add rons to his follow Republicans, whioh ls a com pound of bitter malodiotions leveled at tho hoad of Proaident Hayna, and of malioious libol upon tho good peoplo of South Oarolina. lt is a Parthian arrow, stoopod in vonom to the very feather. Happily, however, it can bo termed "Ohamborlain's farewoll liol" It will bo answored hereafter by an ablor pon, than.ours, with inoontontlble proofs by showing np Ohamborlain's entire or i minni record since his ad vont in Idouth Oarolina politics, and expos ing tho dark ways by whioh this polish ed interloper in tho ranke of honorablo mon hus acquired tho vast wealth whioh llb holds today, wrong during tho past eight years from tho sad contributions of tho publio oalamity? tho ift?ffct Weather, ai welt ea ?li? saturai weather. "What kind ci weather will lt bo to-day?" naid lorne ono to a former? Tho fariner replied : "It will bo suoh WOB thor is I like." "What do you mean by that?" asked tho other. "Well/1 said vii? itt??15?i "?t ",?... bc 5U0u V-vouLhcr fto pleases the Lord, and what pleases the Lord pleases me." Oh, the sunshine, the sunshine of Christian explanation! Here is some one bending over the grave of the dead. What is going to be the consola tion? The flowers you strew upon tho tomb? Oh, no. The services read at tho gravo? Oh, no. Tho chief consola tion on that grave is what falls from the throne of Qod. Sunshine, glorious sunshine I Resurrection sunshine I Sometimes you W?BII you oould mako tho tour of tho wholo earth, going iround as others havo gone, but you , have not the means. You will make the tour yet, during one musloal pauso in tho eternal anthem. I eay these things for the oomfort of those people who aro abridged lu their opportuni ties, those people to whom life is hum drum, who toll and work and aspiro after knowledge, but have no timo to pot it, o,nd say: "If I had tho oppor tunities which other peoplo have, how I would lill my mind and soul with grand thoughts ! " Bo not discouraged, my friends. You aro going to tho uni versity yet. Death will only matricu late you into tho royal college of tire universe. Besides that, we shall have all the pleasures of association. Wo will go right up in tho front of Qod without any fright. All our sins gone, there will be nothing to be frightened about. Thero our old Christian friends will troop around us. Just as now ono of your sick friends goes away to Florida, ?he land of flowers, or tho south of France, and you will not see him for a long while, and after awhile you meot him, and tho hollows under tho eyos are all Ailed and tho appetite has como back and tho crutch has been thrown away, and ho is so changed you hardly know him. You say: "Why, I never saw you look so well." He says: "T couldn't help but be well. I have been sailing these rivers and climbing theso mountains; and that's how I got this elasticity. I novor was BO well." Oh, my friends, your departed loved ones are only away for their health in a bette climate, und When you meet them they will be so changed, and after awhilo, when you aro assured that they are your friends, your de parted friends, you will nayt "Why, whore is that cough? W re ia that paralysis? Where is that? eumonla? Where is that consumption ." And he will say: "Oh, I am entirely well. There aro no sick ones in this country. I Have been ranging these hills, and hence this elasticity. I have been here now 20 yoars, and not one sick one have I seen. We are all well in this cli mate." And then I stand at the gate of tho Celestial city to seo the processions come out, and I see a long procession of little children, with their arms full of flowers, and then I see a procession of kings and priests moving In Celes tial pageantry-a long procession, but no black tasseled vehicle, no mourning group, and I say: "How strange it ist Where is your Qreenwoorl? Whore ia your Laurel Hill? Where is your West minster abbey?" And they shall cryt "There aro no graves here." And then listen for the tolling of tho old bolf rles of Heaven, tho old belfries of eternity. I listen to hear thom toll for the dead. They only strike up a silvery chime, tower to tower, east gato to west gate, 'aa-thny ring out: "They shall hunger no morb, neither thirst any more, ii?ither shall the sun light on them nor any heat, for the Lamb whloh ia in the midst of the throne shall lead them ^o living fountains of water, and Qod .hall wipe away all tears from their ayes." Oh, unglove your hand and give It to mo in congratulation on that scenet I feel as if I oould shout. I will shout. Dear Lord, forgive mo that I over com plained about anything. If all this is beforo us, who cares for anything but God and Heaven and oternal brother hood? Take tho orapo off tho door bell. Your loved ones aro only away for their health in a land ambrosial. Como, Lowell Masoni como, Isaao Watts. Qlvo us your best hymn about joy celestial. What is the use of postponing our Heaven any longer? Let lt bogin now, and whosoever hath a harp let him thrum lt, and whosoever hath a trum pet let him blow it, and whosoever hath an organ let him give us a full diapason. They crowd down the air, spirits blessed, moving in cavalcade of triumph. Their chariot wheels whirl In the Sabbath sunlight. They como I Halt, armies of God! Halt uutil we are ready to join the battalion of pleas ures that never diet Oh, my friends, it would take a ser mon as long as eternity to tell the joys that are coming to us. I just set open the sunshiny door. Come in, all j'e dis ciples of tho world who havo found tho world a mookery. Come in, all ye dis ciples of the dance, and see the bound ing feet of this Heavenly gladness. Como In, ye disciples of worldly amuse ment, and see the stage where kings are the actors and burning words the footlights and thrones the spectacular. Arise, yo dead in sin, for this is the, morning of resurrection. The joya of Heaven submerge our soul. I pull out the trumpet stop. In thy presenco there is a fullness of joy; at thy right hand there are pleasures forevermore. Blest are the na In ti bslovcrt of God ; Washed ore their robos in Jesus' blood, . Brighter than angels, lo, they Rhino, Their glories splendid and sublime 1 My nooi anticipates the day, Would stretch her Wings and soar away; To aid th? song, the palm to bear, And bow, tho chief of sinners, there. Oh, the sunshine, the glorious sun shine, the everlasting sunshine! CRWUOIIM Xian, "What a secretive fellow your book keeper isl" "Yes,his own wife has never learned bia middle name."-Chicago Record. Tho Insurance Business. Tho official Btatomont of tho business dono in South Carolina during tho yoar 1900 by tho lifo insurance companion liconsod to do business in tho Stato was Wednesday completed in tho ornoo of tho comptroller gonoral. the state ment is a vory oomploto ono, mado up from tho roports flied by tho companion as rcquirod by law. Tho statomont shows that tho companies roooivod in promlums the sum of 1)1,510,419,33, and tho Mutual Lifo of Now York hoads tho Hst in thin respect, having oolleotod $299,823 91; tho Now York ?.lfo ooraine next with 1219,808.61, Md'tho Edult ablo taking third plaoo with $187,172. 98. Tho statement as to premiums shows a surprising inoreaso in tho busi ness of small lifo oompsnio?. Tho total of tho losaos sustained by all tho companion doing business in tho Stato was $520,016,89. Tho heaviest losses wore sustained by tho Kqultablo, tho amount boin? $99,371. Tho total of tho new poliolos issuod during tho yoar |8 $12,428,818 25, and tho total" of all policios oarriod in this Stato on Doo. 31 is $03,504,399.90. do not advertise th? their medicine if y< Iron and Quinine pi form. Thc Iron malaria out of t.hc Grove's is the Or? Chill Tonics are in that Grove's is si are not cxperinieni and excellence hi only Chill Cure se thc United States. DIVINE HEALING. Dr. Brimoi Holds to His View?. Pres bytery's Action. Tho Charleston rresbytcry, whioh. has bcon in eossion at Waller boro, has been having moro troublo about tho viows it Dr. Brimm ot Columbia on tho lubjoctof divino hoaling. It will bo reoallcd tbnV Dr. Brimin resignod bis ohair at tho thoologioal sovninary bo oau&e of hiu viows on this subjoot, and thcro woro other proceedings in tbo mattor by tho rrc&bytory. Tho oorros pondent of Tho Nows and Courier at Waitorboro thus rolates what took plaoo at tho presbytery's session about tho case : "Tho most important matter whioh pamo boforo tl o presbytery for con sideration was tho oaso of Dr. Brimin, who, on account of his poouliar viows with roicrenoo to tho doottino of divino healing, bas become unaeooptab.'o as a ministor to tho presbytery. Dr. Drimuj auncunood his position last year. His viows not being iu soaord with tho Presbyterian idoap, ho resignod tho ohair whioh he hold in tho thoologioal sominaryat Columbia and addressed a letter to tho fail mooting of tho pros hy tory BBB?ag that his namo bedroppod from tho roll of mewbors of that body. Tho matter was very gent rally di?oussod at that mcotiog, as tho roadors of Tho Nows and Courier will remember. The result waa that Dr. Brinna's requost was refusod and bowns ot joined from promulgating his rcouliai viows. "Upon assembling this week, tho "presbytery was put in possossion of another lottor addresfod to it by Dr. Brimm, dated April 4, in whioh ho again Btated his position atd informed that body that te wculd refueo altor April 12 to oboy tbo ir junction placed upon him. Tho lot tens avery warm ono,'and would tnako very interesting reading, but the presbytery refusod to permit this correspondent to havo a copy for publication. ' * "Practically two days woro oon sumod in discussing tho cape, (finally tho following resolution, offered by Dr. Smith, waa adopted: . "Resolved, That tho presbytery re grets very sinoerely and doeply tho view that Dr. Brimm takes ot tho no tion of tho body at its mcoting laht fall; that (ho presbytery regards tho terms whioh Dr. Brimm has allowed himself to uso in tho lotter of April 4, 1901, now boforo this body, entirely unwarranted by anything in tbo rola tiona between tho writor and this pres bytery, or in tho course pursued by thin body in thoir doali?ga with him. ' "rho presbytery dosiros to remind Dr. Brimm that Charleston.prosbytory is not less sinooro in its convictions of truth than is ho himself, aud that tboEO oonviotions aro just mt decided and just as unalterable as aro Iii?.own. Tho prosbytory therefore solomnly and earnestly roitorates its provious de liverance as to the uasoriptnral and unconstitutional obaraotor of those views. With this conviction of tho obarotor of tho viows maintained and dofonded hy Dr, Brimm, tho presby tery, with ali kindnoso, but with equal candor, informs Dr. Birram that itoan not consent that a minister undor its jurisdiction slall teach or publish thom in any way; tho presbytery thcrofore reposts willi emphasis tho inlunotion it felt obliged to placo upon him at tho fall mooting, with tho hopo and cx-pco ? talion that Dr Brimm will iospoot tho oonviotions and authority of this oourfc so long as ho romains a member of it in accordance with sootion 4 of his or dination vow. "Tho sootion to. whioh rcforenoo is hero made is to tho i Afoot that ho Bhall romain in subjeotioh to his brothorn in tho Lord." -^J GROSS CORRUPTION. The Glorious Spread of An^lo Saxon Civilization iu Manila. A dispatoh from Manila says tho trial of oommistary 8orgcapt John Meston ohatged with oomplioity in tho com missary frauds is finished. No vo'rdiot was announced, and Mouton's con viction is unoortain. Othor trials of thofjo implioated will follow. Capt. Jamos 0. Recd, formerly depot coin mlssary at Manila has been arron tod. lt is allogcd that onttios upon tho books of Evans & Co., govornmont contractors, indioato that tho commis oionary oifloera rcooivod tho following ?urns: Mal, Goorgo B, Dovioa up wards of $1,000; Capt. Jamos 0. Head. $1,000; Capt. tfrank H. Lawton, $750; Mr. B. Tromaino, Col. Woodruff's Ohiof clerk, $700. It also apnoars that Evana <& Co fumiohod the handaomo residonoo tf Col. Woodruff. Harold M. Pitt, manager of Evana & Co. ; who is now undor arrest was no toriously laviah in entertaining com missary and othor officers v/hilo tho de pot oommiflsary a* frequenter of tho Tonderlion district," occasionally apont dayl at Pitt's house in-questionable iiooioty. Pitt's house is a baoohanalian rendezvous, and prominent oifioora fro quontly visited it, drinking ohnmpagno anet playing cards. Womon of doubt ful reputation havo often boon known to bo there' It is alway? alleged that Pitt had the inside track in armouring government oontraets a-.id it ia ??so?s serted that ho was primo . mover in th? aohemo to reestablish cookpits in Manila. Mrs. Latia being aubaldUod in Hoouving a oookpit. It is assorted that the eommiasary dopartmout unauthori/. ed purchases of quantities of oham ? -S'- ? ' ' ': v '.. ' H^' I asteless uh! s plainly printed on every ii (ire taking when you take cir formula knowing that yo JU knew what it contained. U up in correct ?proportions ai acts as a tonic while thc system. Any reliable druggist ?ffinai and that all other , litations. An analysis of'othe iperior to. all others in cv ting when you take Grov< iving long been establishe< >ld throughout the entire r .. No Cure, No Pay. Price pigro. Pitt sold loroo. Tn addition to what ?ho transports brought, tho ooni UJ i H - nw imported 200; gallons in February and a liko amount in Maroh. Tho commissary and tho commissary sergeant kept pnvito onrriagos and in dulged in other oxUavaganaos. TH? COlUfllBlA MAY tfE&TIVAL. Further Facto About the Coming : Mu Bical Event. Columbia, April 20 - Spooial: Tho arrangements for tho entertainments of tho Columbia Festival Association aro now completo in all detail J. Thero will bo throb eoQOort?-one. in tho evening of ?May 6, one iu tho afternoon of M'.v 7 and Ono in tho evening Of May 7. Tho list' of soloists liss already boen givon in this ooirespondono?,' but' is repeated bore: Sig. Guisoppo Companani, Bar?tono. M iv. Mario Kunkel Z.mmorman, Sopianr*. Miss Fioldiug Roselle, Contralto. Miss Mario Nichole, dolo Violinist. , Mr. Glenn Hali, Tonor.. Mr. ? vi ly m Milos, B Ari tono. \ Thero aro other rino voiops that will bo heard.'' The names abovo aro of artists OAoh of whom comes from the Metropolitan Opora House, Now York. Fach ranks high in tb? mu ioal pro fession, and oaobi may ba oxpebted to sustain tho reputation already achieved. Tho Boston .Festival Orchestra,' oom tirising 50 musicians, undor Emil Mel on bauer as conductor, will furnish mut ic of a olasa never yet hoard in Oolumbia-T-tho only bands thus far visiting our city, of a sizj to comparo at all with this great orchestra from Boston, having boon on thc order of strictly military bands. Of course tho mut i 3 of the orchestra Mill present altogether differont featurot-as oiijoy ablo surely as they will bo novol. The grand chorus of 200 voices io rapidly approaohins tho idago wb'tf?'j will mako itf musio attractive^-in -??iv-, hilliest pofisiblo dogroo. Those singoro, residents of Columbia, ' aro. under tho training of Prof. Geo. S. Ktttredgo, director of muftio in tho Presbyterian Collogo for Women, this oity-an in stitution, by Ibo way, whioh has dono niu'h indeed to oultiyate and broadon tho musical taste - of : tho community. Tho prices of season tiokots to tho festival atc as follows: For/two per sons $5,00; for ono porson $3.00. Singl? tickots will bo sold at $1 50 each. Tho railroads havo-agtou'd. to make, a rate of ono faro for tho round trip.* Tho concerts will bo givon in Colum bia's now tho?tro whioh is conceded to -bo in all lospoo.ts ope of tho vory bott ?in tho entire South, ??..i'll is go'norally expeotbd that a largo' .?number, bf pooplo will' ?bmo from Vlff fcreii.t parts ot douth Carolina. Any ?f?rther. information may to j obtainolon application to tho Colum bia Fettival Association, this city. '-?ri-m+-i-p-.1 Robbors Robber^ . Two men, with drawn revolvers rob bed1 Ben Marsh's gambling house at Me-mpljis VYednesday. Thoy . spont threo minutes in the placo- and:secured, over $3,000. No'ohio bas bcon secured as to their idontity; Marsh and .his' assistants wore balancing tho cash after tbo night's play vvhon th?robbers tush ed' i a to tho roora. A puree ont ho table contained $2,500 while Marsh ho.kt?500 ] in his hands. Tho foiir*'-mein, in tho room wero ordered to lie on^th^flopr or bo killed. Thoy quiokly ob?yeet, and tho robbers si niched tho money in sight.' Thon the robbers ordored Marah and tho o thors to stand up. and wont through their pookots. Thc gamblers made no resistance as they wero threat ened with instant death. Only ? &ma|l amount was ; found in the i oekots of tho victima and, oo vor in g tho i inn ?ton with io vol vers, . the I robbers backed from, tho room and cEoapod. So far tho police havo found no duo to tho 'robbers. ... . :''-j Thoro is moro Catarrh in this wootton' of the country than'all other diseases put together, and until tho last few! yearn was supposed to bo . inourablo. For a great many year? doctors pro nounced it a looaldisoaso, and prosorib od looal rom cd ie a, and by constantly failing to ouro with looa! treatment, pronounced it i non rabio. Soionoo hart provo a catarrh to bo a constitutional disenso,.and th orofore rehuiros constitu tional treatment, Hall's Catarrh Cure, manufaoturod by If. J. Cheney & 6o.. Tolodo, Ohio., is ?ho ottly constitutional [ ouro on tho market, tt is.takon inter nally in doses from 10 drops to a teas* p?onful. lt acta dirootly on tho blood and muocus' ?urfaoo's of tho nyiitom. Thoy offer ono hundrod dollars for any .ease it fails to puro. u Send for circular s and tos ti moni alu. ' Address, F. J. CHENEX &.CO., Toledo, 0., Sold by Druggists, 75o. , Hall's Family mila aro tho boat. An Act of Justice. * A pension of $8 ti morith today was granted to Mrsi John 0;' Breoklnrldgo, widow of th?'form?? vi?a president of tho Unlttd Statcel Mr, Bre?kintjdgo was maj jr of tho Third Kontuoky yolun toors in tho Moxiosn war. Tho pension curios arrtra amounting &o', *f1,360. Mrs, Brookinrldgo ls TjjjiOMg old* A' ?sfww ^??^yo?inij' man was | tatfoii to tho asylum tho ?tl?r? *d?? "Vv'H? is, buffering from Nioj delusion thatv o vory p rot ty -wg man h6.pfBoii is inlovo with hii\? 'Orangoburg county has a callow youths who aro suffc ! from tho samo complaint. / i ? li',..- -?>.? ffl ll Tonic bottle-hence you Grove's. Imitators ?vi would not buy Grove*? contains >d^U in a Tasteless (Quinine drives the : will tell you that so-called Tasteless r chill tonics shows cry respect. You ?*3,-tts superiority d. Grove's is thc nalarial ' sections o? M . '50c. . " . "! - : A Young Man in Trouble. y.' Mr. John W. Powoll, nt ono well known and popular in Florehoci,-' ; hoing in tbo; BOTV?OO of th? ?outhorbi .;.<?. Express eompaoy has .been wrested in ; Choraw ohjaigcd, with attofppting to wrtck a Scab/aid train. Ho ia hoing - held on $300 bend. A uogroman, who : had also boon airostcd has oonfessed it is Bald, .telling a story of how Mr. Powell di reo ted him lo plaoo obstrue?; tions on tho traok. A freight train - first hit tho obstruction, a trco and a . < orosstio, but no great damage wasdono. Tho obstructions wero again placod, btit. , tho pas'sengor tiaia coming on later has :f'yr'\ boon warned by wiro. " Mr., Powell was ;>;' * former cmp'oys of, luo.S?vooa'rd? lio ;/:.../';' baa splondid family co&wotioKH, end ' his airest in.Ohoraw oamod .?omotbjng of a Eoosatioo. Ho ban roany friends 1 " who doploro the mattor.-rI?lorenoo Timos, .. Saw Mills, Corn Milk* W???M? Cane^ Mills, Rice Hullers* Pea Hullers* Boilers, aiiers ai Matchers, and all other kinds of wood working machinery. My 8er ge?nt Log B?ani Sa\y mill is the heaviest, strongest, and most offioient .. mill foi* the money on th,e,\ marget, quick, acourate. S tat$/$ge'?it f pr \ H. B. Smith Machine Company, wo'od working machinery. For high grade engines, plain slide . valve-'Automatic, and Corliss,. write mei Atlas, Watertown, and -Strathern and Wellst V. 0. BADHAM, 1906 Main M., Columbia, S. ?. Ginning Machinery^ Saw Mil Machinery, Haning Mill Machinery, Brick Machinery,. Engines; all Types; H i BqUerjs, all Kinds* .^hiese arbour ?po?ia lties and w? 'hav? the most complete and liest lines to offer. . . . - j .ii wi H. aita & co., I MACHINERY and MILL 8UPPL?K8 OF EYBIRV: DKsommoN. COLUMBIA, 8. a. -_--?: ?;} ?? WM . QROT0NDUG3. ?PIDERe/FXlB^.n^A?, W D?ath hii?t is *?t for sile by your. da?l?r, **:Min, upon *woipt. <$ 26 cCn?f? ?end4 you tit? largo package ty mall post paid.1 AprlMo. 8t. Positional! No oataiojne, Aq^eaa, A C^?iUM?IA? S..0. . % H.. Newborry, President Tho address ot > fow INTlilLi^ ?SSNT wm?,mkQwm ^T<< 'sbhooli havas ol?aod fot tho ??aflon. Add?CM, IJ. W? G?ftBiNOwa, ?loxl0&f ?pattanburg, 9. 0.