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THE PEOPLE'S JOURN OL 12-NO. 16. PICKENS. S. C-, THURSDAY, MAY 15, 1o2. ONE DOLLAR A YEAR FROM A FEDERAL SOLDIER. "II AMPTON, TI'll PiCIR LHISSS A Splek(li Tribute Fron n Nortliern Eklitor - Inteict aing; P'ersonini Reniniscenices. Col. A. K. % cilure in Philadelphia Record. The recent death of Wade Hampton, of South Carolina, removes one of the notable characters of the last half century. I n the fierce sectional discussions which were precipitated for some years before the civil war Hampton took no part. While he loved the South and had all the pride of its noblest blood, he was not an ngitatur, and earnestly and sincerely deplored secessions and civil war. Ile was reared in the school that knew only obedience to the sov ereiguty of the State. The pride of the South Carolinian had taught him that his was the noblest and grandest of all the Comnonwealths-an empire by courtesy called a State. The scv- I ereignty of the State had been taught I in his mother's lap, in every school lie I entered, from overy pulpit from which he heard a minister of the Gospel, and I the great, siatesmen, such as Ca'houn, McDuflie and Ilayne, had advocated it I sincerely and ably. ie saw the im- r posing walls and pillars of the Colum- i bia capitol slowly growing up year ( after year to be completed in the great- C est splendor as the future capitol of a the Southern Republic, if the sectional ( issue should ever lead to" dismenimber ment of the Union, and he little d dreamed that this magnificent struc- . ture would within his lifetime be 4 hastily and rudely completed for ia meeting ini which his own Nlaves woul(l be his lawmakers ; but even when this L bitter humiliation came to him he had 11 the courage to bow to the inevitable, n and only one year after the war had si ended he pltaded the cause of the ne- a gro, saying: " As a slave he was faith- n ful to us ; as a free man let us treat : hini as a friend; debl with him frankly, d justly and kindly." Had the Southern 81 men generally shared the broad and sensible views of IHampton the prob lein of reconstruction would have been an easy one, and the South would aN have been spared- unspeakable suffer- t. ing ated sorrow. ai IS WAR It CORD. L When the war came it is needless to fi say that Hampton was one of the first t< to offer his services, and he volunteer- IV ed as a private, but before the company " he had joined had been organized he 8< was appealed to by many hundreds to d accept the command of a special bri- w gade, composed ,f infantry, cavalry t! and artillery, and to be known as the w "Hampton Legion." He commanded C( the Legion at Bull Itun, the first battle 'l of the war, and theic, as in all the sub. a sequent battles in which it was engag- 0 ed, it bore a distinguished part. In (l the battle of Seven Pines, on the Pen- it insula, Hampton's command lost near- C ly half its members in killed, wounded ( and missing, and Hampton was se. 4l verely wounded. After the Peninsula c( campaign Hampton was promoted and tC assigned to a brigade of cavalry under C4 Stuart, and in nearly every impoitant C raid made by the Confederate cavalry W with Lee's army during the war Hamp- t( ton had an important part. Ile was I regarded as one of the best cavalry I officers for detached service, and was it second ini command with Stuart when tE the most audacious raid of the war was a madle through Mercersburg and Chain- a bersburg and around McClellan's army soon after the battle of Antietam. At, 1, the battle of Gettysburg IHampton re- (. ceivod three wounds, and the majority ni of the officers of his command were I either killed or wound~edl. Perhaps the 1 most important special service ho ren- in deredl as a cavalry commander was c when he checked Sheridan at, Trevil- bi lian's Station, in 18tM', and broke up f Hunter's campaign in the valley by V p)reventoig the junction of Sheridan V and1 hunteor at Lynchhurg. Ie was ai made lieutenant generail and comman- c der of Lee's cavalry in August, and lie f made a number of successful raids, v capturing many prisoners and( at one 1: time Rome twenty-four hundred beef I cattle1 from the Union army. In one)0 of those raids his son, a gallant oflicer C iund~er him, was killed in action. THllE I~iTININGl OF COL.U MI'A. When Johnston organizedl his army 1 in North Carolina to oppose5 the ad1- I vance of Shiermani northward from I South Carolina ll ampton was assigned 1 to that army t~o command the cavalry. I lIe was ini possessioni of his home city of Columbia, the capital of the State, when Sherman aldvancedl upon0 it, and retreated north ward as Sheormani's army enteredl. Before retiring lie had1( firedl a om-iderale amiounit, of cotton that was stored in the outskirts of the city and this gave some color of plausibility to the charge that lie was resplonsile for the burning of Columbia. A somne what heated con trover'sy occumrrod be tween IHampton and Sherman after the war as to who was resp~onsible for the destruction of the beautiful capital of the Palmetto State, but the weight of testimony certainly acq uitted I lamp toii. le surrendered with .Johnston's army to Sherman in North Carolina and returned to huis home with the 1hop) of gathering upl some remnant of his broken fort,une. From the (lay that the war ended0( no expression of bitter ness (,r resentment, ever came from W ade llampt, .n. On the contrary, lhe not, only earnestly urged the restora tion of peace and fraternal brothter. hood, ,1iut was one0 of the fuw men ma the S.M kh who aippreciatedt thie fact, that, the negro was not onily a freeman, but a cittzen, and was entitled to be treated and respectoed as such. AT eIIaguxuIsniIno(, 1802. My first acquaintance with Ilampllton was in October, 1862, when Stuart made his celebratod raid arouund Mc C!ellan's ai my, then in Maryland. I was then on duty at Ilarrisburg as as sistant Adjutant General of the United States, but always spent one or two days with Sunday at my home at Cham. bersburg. v hen I arrived at the Chambersburg depot oil one of my home visits for a brief rest I was sum moned by the telegraph operator to his private oflice. le had jubt received several dispatches from Mercersburg stating that a Confederate cavalry force was then in possession of that town end was moving in the direction of Chambersburg. It was startling intel ligence, indeed, and it seemed incredi ble that a Confederate force would at tempt to raid Chambersburg, only an hour's distance from I lagerstown , where there was a large Union force, with amlIple time and equipment to brintg it to any point in the Cumber and Valley. I waited for an hour and ,as advised of the progress of the (1o1 !ederato force as it moved steadily to vard Chambersburg. I telegraphed to he Union commander at Hlagerstown, Iot knowing who lie was, stating the acts and suggesting as a matter of pre- i autIon that a small force of infantry i Lnd artillery should be hurried to the j efence of the town. In charity I will I lot give the name of the Union com. I riander, who answered that the sug- I :estion nf a Confederte foi ce entering hambersburg was too absurd to be t onsidered. Halt an hour later the I dvancintg ConfederaI tes had reached i 'hambersburg turnpike, and were mov- i ag directly upon us and only tei miles c istant. I then repeated an appeal to f ie Union commander at Hagerstown, V lating the facts and urging him to 1 nd a firc( to in te' cept the enemy, as r iere was ) et amiiIuile tome to do so, but i le only reply was an1 intimation that ( rilitary com maiders had no time to I aste on lunatics. Finding it inipos- t ble to get any relief from the Inion r rmy, as I could n1)t hopefully com- il itnicate with anly ollicer beyond Iag- 0 e:stown, I went to my ofhice and sat C )wn- t1o await eveits and accept the o tuation as philosophically as poss5i)le. t FiRST MIErINu WiTH I IAM'to\. Soon after dark several Confederates 4 ?peared at the western part of thie h 1wn with a white rag tied on a stick, a id announced to the first citizens I iey met that they bore a flag of truce v om the Cnifcdeate armny and desired a be conducted to the Unioon com- t1 ander of the town. As there woie 3 > troops in Clombersburg they wcre ti informed, and they asked to be con- it 'cted to some citizens of the town si ith whom they could colmmiiunicate ti le wishes of their conimiuer. They al ere brought to my office, where they n ourteously announced that they were Lere by orders of their coranander to b k for the surrender of the city. I c ld them that there wera no troops to E >posc them, and that there was noth- d g to hinder them from entering s hambersburg whenever they chose to f > so, but as this first inivasioi of the c iemy naturally produced the wildest 1b masternation in the community I said a > the bearers of the truce that I wish- ti I to know what assurance of safety I mld be given to the people. I asked ti ho their commander was and was il ld that his name could not he given. h then asked where he was and that d iformation was also refused. I then c Iequiredl whether they couldl take min >their comnmandler and assure my , ife return. T1hiey said they would, ad, accomipaiiiedl by Col. Thomas 11. a enniedy, then a prominent lawyer of ( )e town and( now president, of the ~ umberland Valley Itailroad, we a tounted horses and rode to the front,.t ,was pitch dark, andl when we had ddl~en out beyond the suburbs we were i ow in the presence of the Confederate t ammander. It was only barely piossi- v le to see that, a body of mien were ini , ront, of us, but what thbey looked like re could form no concepltion. W hen re sioppe~d an oflicer rode up to its andj nnounced that, he wvas Gen. Ilamtptoni, omimnaning part of the Confederate orce, andl that, lie dlesiredl to know rhiether they could enter Chanibers urg. Weo assuredl hiim that there was o force to opp~ose hiin, and that we esired1 simply to learn from him what aurance could be given to qJuiet, the ceople of the town 1when the ~onfederates entered, ie p~romptly nswered that they made no war p~ion private citizens and non-comn atants; that the people should be dvisedl to remaini ini ther hioumes, as hey wouild not be disturbed, and that 10 prpet would be taken from aniy meeC except such as was needecd by the irmny. le thben directed Mr. Kennimedy md1( myse If to lead his forces int~o Thambhersburg, and in a very short .ie the town was pracl~icalhly filled ,vithi them. The people were it, once issuiredl that, they had niot hig t.o aip urehend andi~ there was no0 tendtency to lian ic. A P'ERSONALI, IN(t EN'T. In ciossilig the (CntIre squmare a sot tune alter hlamuptoni's f oi ce had en tecred I was familiarly slapuped on the sholdler, anid, turning around, re (ogniized~ IIugh I ogantI, then ai cLaptain mn the Conifdera~t e army and the gnide of thbe raid, as lie had beeni horn and grownl up oni the South Moutaini, in Franklin Couttly, antd I had on1ce sue cessfutlly defended him whieni chiart'ed with kidnapping. ie waus one of the ruiggedl mouintainecers whose fidelity is eqlually ruggedt, and he iniformueu tie that I was one of a iiiumber of citizens of Franklin County whose iiames had been selected and given to (hion, Stuart who commanded the raid, to be taken asm prisoners to IRichmond to hbe held as hostages for Pope's arrest of civilians in Virginia. I told him that I had met Ilamptoni, although lie dhid not 8urance that oilicrs would be roled, and that i was all ami1y ficer. Ie answered in) at characterisi terse manner: "1 Well, llampton' gentleman, and if yout are taken a get to him he'll discharge you, but ,1 (Stuart) wantsL you damin had."' Sev citizens hand been arrested and we taken to Libby, one of whom died L fore his release. I asked Logan wl lie thought it best that I should do, which he answered: "(io out to yo home. We're in a hell of a hurry a you probably won't be disturbed, b if you are taken I'll put you out I morrow nightt." If I had been tak( he would have fulfilled his promi even at the peril of his life. I went my home on a farm some distalice o side the town, and founi my ten h)ors had already been conscripted into ti Confederate army. I was not di turbed, and thus escaped alt unpleasai journey to Libby prison and the nece sity of anl appoal to Gel. Ilamptoni f< my diellarge. -ln ICll:NT M1EWTINfl1. I did not again leet llamiipton uni ifter his election to the (governmhipi .n 1876. At our first meeting we hi 1 pleasant evenimg, recalling the il .creating incidents of the Chlitlber; mrg raid. From then until the lis ew yelr I met him i allny tiies i Naslngton and was always de ighte o enjoy his genial and kindly con manionislip. lie had been a candlidal or (Governor immediately after th var and before the Congressional rt onstruction of the South, but w as d cated by Governor Orr. In 1871 vhe(n the 0) people were goaded to del ocration by the licentious carpet-ba ule of tile State, lampton was force to the campaign for (Governor againe lovernor Chamberlain, who was great the best of all the carpet-baggers o ie Stat e, and who would have m1a( putable, Republican goverllnm1ent h<111 , been possible. The contest was on I ur usual desperation, but with al lie power and machinery inl tile hand f the State authorities, iustailed b lie army and by a State constabilar liat permeated every precinct, Iamp 1 was elected by 1,1:31 majority. tate return board in South Carolin ad the authority to revise the return ndll it bodily threw out the counties 0 ;dgelieI(d and I,aurens, the first, blich gave :,000 )emocratic majorit nd the second 1,100, by which it re irned a majority for Chamberlain o ,4::. The Senators and Representa ves elected onl the Democratic ticke i those counties were refused admis oil to their seats and the result wa ie organlizationi of two Legislature: ild the titgurationi of two (Gover ors. Chamberlain had the advantage o eing in possession, and I doubt wheth r Hampton rendered more heroi -rvice ll the llaie of battle than h( id ill restraining his friends from re >rting to violence, when tle electioi alnd was perpetrated, and driving th arrupt carpet-baggers from the State lit lie held his people steadily to las md order, feeling assured that in tim le right would triimphi. Presideni layes's assuranice had been givel thi le )eiocrattic State olicers of I 111s ma, Florida and South (C'arol ilna woul c given their places, as they ware tilt oubltedly elected, and after severa Onferences between Ioth the dispit ig parties and~ the P rCesiet, notic ras5 iinally given that theC Fedierail ti oop: rould~ be withdrawnl from Columbia nd( that, at once enldedI the contest :hamlber'laint (quietly gave upj the oflic f Governor, and1( thle Deolcraltic Stat nd( Legislative ollicers were admnitt~e ii their seats withtout further disputt Laving assured hon~est governmnenti is State, hiis friend~s niatiurally dlesire ) confer upjoni himt tile highest honor0 lthlin their g.ift , anid he0 was so->n1 thlen fter chioseniL United States SenlatC ractically withott a conitest, and (1 he end( of his first term was re-electt ni lik'e mannter. 11.\Ml'TIIN IN TilE si;NATji. D urmng his twelve years' servicei le Seniate h~e was always one0 of ti nost, coniser a~ttivye and1( ptrtiotic iouthiernt lawmakers. lie exhauisti uis elforts to suppress sectional strif Not only3 by examiple, but, by every d iverance lie ever mnade, he pllealded fi he suippression (If sectiontal bitternie 11d( the restorationt of fraterntal reil tions betweeni the Northl and the Soit Ilhe was one of the mlost dehghltful dl the Senators to mieet Inl social inmto ioldierly bearmng andl honest face coi mnand~ed the adir~~uation (If all who ciar within t.he range of hlis acquiaintanc At the end~ of his twelve years' servi ill tihe Senate lhe was overwhelmed 1 the agrarian Populbst element, th swept the Soulth. ie couki havei sympathy withl those who wouIld deCstr he G overnmentl criedit, that is the Ii (If thenI Republic, and hie had nIoue~ he arts of the dlemagogue to paci the masses80 by promisinig them impos bjilities. lIe ciould~ have retained I pIositioni mi theC Senate unitil his den if 110 had( joined0( in the t.empest of pi sion, bult 110 was hoinst ini all l.hi ng and( lhe bowed toI it, pre01 (rring' to muai tain is conllvictionsl, his ilntIegrit~y ali his patlriotie maniiho.d to conttinuanii ini oflice. Presliden~lt Clevelanld cognliz/ed lalamtona's chlimi upon01 t counttry bly aippoinlting imi as8 commll .MionIer (of Pacific iailwvays, where sel ved with his usual fidelity until change of adm~tinisatration dheposed hi and siince thenl lie has qitly hiv~ amonig the 1)eop)1 who so dfevote< and11 entthusiastically cheered ht throuoightout his long career, and finn whten he had faced the storms (of winters lhe was borne to his finial r< ino jlace by the profouindly sorro~w of- G N It A L CON FE, It ICNCE. ei QuaTireniiii Session in 1allas, eb Texus, Will Contille ifo a ell Monlth. re The (General ('onjfer'enice of the e- Alethodist, FIpiscopal Church, South, iLL the legislative body of the denomina to ion, begun its ljuadronnial mee ting in ill Dallas Texas, on Wednesd.y, May I7th. The essions ire held inl tle au ut ditorum at the Fair Grounds, where 0 the (onfederliate reunion Was recently m11 held. e, Judging from the calibre of the dele gates this year and the important - questiois which1 will be ipl for settle "s inleit tile conference will be a distinl ie uiiiled one. The ession will con - sume from three weeks to a month i and will be fraught with the greatest 3 interest to Southern Methodisi. Each r conference so1nds one clerical delegate for each fifty preachers it has within its bounds, and one lay delegate for each clerical. Besidesi these, how ever, large numbers of ministers and I laymen attend as visitors. The ex d penses of ill delegates will be defray - ed by the Conference. The sessions of the conference are t resided over by tle bishops. The f first (lay, the semor Bishop, who this ' time is Bishop Keener, of New Or alans, will occupy the chair. Fromi e day to day the other bishops, anong e them Bishops Wilson, ( Granbery, liar grove, Duncan, (adloway, ilendrix, Key, Fitzgerald, Candler and Morri S8011, will preside. Bishop Keener is now eighty- four years of age. Ile ha1s i held the episcopal office for thirty-two . years and has been for twelve yeirs L senior bishop. - The conference is tile supreme gov erning authority in the church. It is legislative, judicial, and elective, tmakes laws, levies taxes, appropriates I 111011y and transacts various other mattiers of imvortance. It meets every four years, inspects the history of tile church during the period since its preceding session and reviews the A decisions of the bishops. At this i ieeting the boards of the G eneral Conference may be changed if desirei. Two matters of iterest which will come up under thei regular order of I businles., will be the question of estab hashig an order of deaconesses and the question of making the length of ile ipast'orate indefinite. The order of deaconesses will doubtless be estab isheda, but the other proposition will - i all probability be turned down. In addition to these two matters thore will be, as usual, a vast number of memorials f'rom different conferences. 1 On all sides, however, it is recog r nized that the great, alsorbing topic at the conference will be the questionl of the publishing house Claim. A great variety of Olilols eXists m i'eference to this matter, and it will bi exceed ingly diflicult to settle it ini a nianner satisfactory to all. The history of the claim is known to all MethlodistS. The publishing house received from Congress $288 F U00 for damage done by tii Federal troops durinig the civil will'. No question was raised as to the fact that tie Moniey was (lie, but many Coil gressmen objected when Mr. Stallall, the attorney for tile agents of the pub fishing houe, received as his share $100,000 or more oh' the money. The Senate dfepreentedI the (Iiver'sion of so large a p ,rtion of' the money friom the church and dleclaredl that it, had1 been dsIceived. T1heni begani the troubie. A number Iof mimiiters wanted and still want to have the money(33 retliuned to the Unite~d Stts others think the book agents should b~e censulred, and the matter Sleft as it, stanlds; 'itill others blelieve thalt, ini addition to cenisuinig 1the aigents, they ought to be rti'uiredC~ to restore the $10(0,000 Ipaid Mr'. Stahlhnanl, tihe amunit, to be1 ulsed iln providling foir suiper'annulat ed mlinister's. Th'lis latteir class does nlot thin1k anyl of the monley shiouhIi be ni reCturne d to Congr ess, believ ing that e that body wouhdI be perfectly satisfied '>f if' the entil e' amiouni, were used by the (I chlurch, It, is be(liCeed that, thle uipsh't -of the whole miatter will b~e that the -' presen1t agents will b~e ousted but, 1no r mlonedy return'ied to Congress. )ine oIf the aet, Dr'. ,ire, ha dready d-(eclinied ire election, and the other, -. Mri. Smiith, though a canldidhate, has1 'If stirong oppositionl. r- Th'Ie election (If t wO (r more11 ne4w bishl e, ops' will a15ls be a matter1 of' the gr'eatest, i- initerest, at the conference, It is gen E erally believed thlat I )r. IC. 1. I I oss, edi e- tor of the( Nashville (Chr'istian Adlvocat~O, De will be one of these bishlops, and1( Dr. )V A. Coke Smlith, (If Norfolk, the other. ait loth Dra. Smith and Dri. Iloss are in m~ the very front, ranik in Methkodist fe tioned in conn~eetion n ith the bishops of aire those of Dr. John T1. T1iger't, editor fyof the Metfhodist Rteview; JDr. Jamines 'Atkins, lSanday school edihtor', anid Dr)i. ISW. It. L ambluthi, mlissionlary secretary. Thihe first, sess5ioi of the fourtecent~h H " The.Wo Greatest * ure for Maiarla X a) hralfomJf aai oison ht alueBldndcnsanure. ngaailpioin.Teatdt quadrennial conference wts called I order by Bishop Wilson, of Baltimor in tho old auditorium of the Fa Grroullds. )istinguisaed churchme and laymen were present from all parl of the So-ah. All the bishops with dh exceptitn of Blishop Keeneor, of Neo 0.leans, an(d lihop Fitzgerald, c Aliemphis, ar ill attendance. After the singing of a hymn Blisho IlIargrove, of Nashville, prayed to " unity, moderation and conservatism' m the delihiriation of the conferene, and hearty 11 amens" pulnctuate hi words. Passages of Scripture were read b, Ilishopi lendrix, of Kansas, and W A. Oa dier, of Georgia. Atiotho prayer by lDr. Alnon West, of tll North Alaiania conference, wat followed by the addresse. of velcolma of (iovtrnor Sayers, Mnyor Cabell Judge N. 11. ''rk ins and Rev. (#. C, llankin, all of' which were enthusias tically received. The confereunce theu settled dowii to actual vork. The rol calf developed the absence of mian1 hllegates. By unianimous vote D r. .) Ahn .1. T'igert, of Nashville, Wias eloted see. retary of the conference. lie nomn. tted for his assistalits Rev. A. . WatkiniS of the NI siSsip)l)i ConfIreice Id .1. hi. Imrcus, of the Northwest l'exas conference. Governor Sayers was presented to ,he con]ference by Bishop Wilson to nike the address of welcome, Itad the telegates rose to welcome him. The sovernor was listened to very atten 'ively. Ile devoted most of his sL-echI .o the history of Methodism. Bishop C. I. Galloway, of .Jackson, fiss., replied to the addresses of wel !omue. Ile saidi all were glad to be wre. He knew Texas was a great tate andi had a great people, because lie best people of a I the old Mtates had Olme here. )r. E'. E. floss, of Nashville, moved hat the conference send its sympathy o Blishop Keener on accoutit of his in irmity and to Bishop 'itzgerald on ceounit of the death of his daughter, irs. lanks, a few days ago. The notion was carried tiianimously. The rules of tihe last Gieneral Con erence were adopted. A committee of Ive to revise the rules were authorized Ad it, is to be appointed. Rev. Horace Bishop, of the North vest Texas Conference, maoved that he sypathies of the conference be vired to l)r. I. AI. Palner, t1- cele )rated 'resbyterian ivine, of New )rLeans, who Was ijured by a street ar recently. The motion was aidopted. A comm'tmtee of six on ercdentials vas authorized and the reading of the Cpiscopal alddress, signed by the col ,ge of bishops, wits begun by Bishop V. W. I)uncan, of SpaLrtanbury, S. C. The address was a lengthy one and wvo hours were consumed ill its read - ag. It recites that only 38,185 ad. itiolns to the church have been made ilce the last con ferenice and says omiethmig is railically wrong. 'Tihe ishops also appeal for it heter equip ed ministry. Politics inl the church ulblicatios is strongly conildemned. 'he bishops say the ollice of deaconess fill be applied for and they entreat ble con ference to act wisely and well. All earnest, recommendiatioi is made or the better suppo t of the superan uated preachers, widows and orphanas f deceased preachers, and that a plan 0 adopted whereby a fund of 3.I1, 00 he securedl for thlis purpose. Th'le iatter of local preachers working as vangelhsts wats toucheid oni. T'he work f the nmissioni boards, church exten iOll, Epworth League lad Sun day chicols and the literatture of thei chiurchi ias commlenited upjon). ILarge space vas devotedi to the schiools andI col 'ges of thbe chu irch. It was shoiwn that lie pub1liig hiousei duaring the past our years did a businaess of s I ,500,000O, ir. ala inacrease of $1I86l,t000l. Th'le pubblshaing house wiar claim was eviewed , showing that the cliuirch was i-ce from .any blame in the mattter. A lopl wats expressedl that this conifer mece would filially settle this iiooted :ase. Th'le el :ctioni of two new bishops wvas atsked for. Immediately after the leadling of the tddriess lBishop Candliler, of (Georgia read a letter from Senators A.O I tacon and A . S. Clay, which hie hat( received in replly to a letter relative t< the course which shouald he pursued b: the MIethiodist church ill reguard to th1 C.ongress in settlement, Thle lettei was, signeid by eighty-four Seniatori TIhe last, clause reaid as follows: "TLh report, of thae commilittet and14 the rn lolutioni both adopted by the Senate explieit terms exonierates thle chunre from all blame or groiundi for criticisi for aniythaing which occiured in conne' tion with the passage of the hill and a clear express5ion of opiniona that tlietu 1s no0 obligation Onl the par t of ti church to pay the money to the govera meiit or' to umake further offer to do so. Rlev. TIhomals B . IlydIe, of (iCicint urges womenC~ to take inito t heir ow hatndls the matter- of propos5ing matr monly, holding that manyli maore ma riages would result, from suhl a coursa "' Some men,"' says NMr. ilydle, " a too batshful to prop~ose, and wouhll I grateful if womeni wotul help th' out. I egml immediately, ladles. Ma riage is a solemn mlat~ter, hbut, single Ii: i i much(1 more so.'' CASTOR IA For infantha and Children. The Kind You Have Always Dougi hRears tha e '0 i The World's Grea For all forms of fever take JOHNN 8 UIt is 100 times better than quinine ai nine cannot do In 10 days. It's sple feeble cures made by quinine. f COSTS 50 CEl r TIl1,LMAN IS SENSATIONAL4 lie Makes anl Onslauglht UpoM Repuiblicans for Savagery In wnr. Tihe di cussion of the Philippine bil: in the Senate during the past week has been waxing veiy warm, and it took a very sensational turn when Sen aor Tillman made a red-hot reply to Senator McComas, of Maryland, who made an attack upon the South. Air. McComas, of Maryland, re ferring to the alleged cruelties of American solders in the Phillippines, crutelties which lie deeply deplored, told of smte of the cruelties which had occurred on both sides duriug the civil war. Neither side, he held, was to be held responsible for those regrettable oceurrences, a1s neither side approved of them. leferring to olections inl the South, Air. MCoias said that the Senators from South Carolina and Mississippi (Tiliman and Moley) cried out against the small percentage of voters in the early elections ill the I'hilippines. Altr liscussing the election inethods inl those States le Said: " We behold Senators from the two Stiates where there is less popular lib erty thai in any others, shouting loud. est for constittutional liberty on the other side of the globe." These remarks drew a sensational reply from Mr. Tillman, of South Caro lina. Ile charged that McComas had ptssged over with coiplaconey the " outraiges an11d iniluities and barbari ties" which had been, he said , "1 coim mitted by Aierican soldiers." lie de clared that when the light had been turned on in full upon the Philippine situation the Aiericia people would see to it next November that the ia jority inl one branch of (ongress would not be "1 coimiitted to this infamom; poley."' "If I can have imy way," lie de claredl, " you a111111 not pass 1this bill until full light haiis been turned oil the Philippine sitiation." lie declared that it was no loiger )0s8ible to sneer away the resiponsibiliy for the cruel tie.s aund iifanies cointntted by the Aitericini 1441ohliers) ill t lit ' I'l i ippiles. lieferrin-g to the situiltioi of the coi ored people in the South Mr. Tillan declared the Senators fron those States were prepared to net ainy legislation which might, be brought into 'onigress upoin that question. lie discussed file situatioin in the Southl during atid sibsequont to the civil war and declared that, if it had b en known ptior to thle conclusion of the wir tha in the South the reins of governient were to be turned over to t,he negroes, there wauld have been inaugurated a guerrilla warfare in the swaitipsi of the South that, would have been kept, up indefinitely. As lie elisctsed the luestion, lie said he was se- rcely able to conitrol hiitmself whten lie recalled the intdignities and hiuitililations to which the people of his State were sutbjected (luring thte recoinstrutctioin periodl, fromt 1868 to 1871,. it his own State, he said, there were 200,000 more negroes thant whtites and1( in Mississippi there wer-e 300o,000 more colored thant while people. In order to matintain their self respect the whitesa, lie declatred, were obliged to take thte reits of government, in the Soutit by whatever meants they could, usitng thte shtotgutn as one of the means. lieferrintg to the inauguration of white suprematicy in South CJarolinia, hie said the whites had secured! a maitjority of of 3 , i00. It might just as easily have beeni, lhe said, 30i,000O, or i9 ,ti00. They simpt~ly got such a majority as was tnecessary, lie tefer'red to0 the oui.tages in the I P'lipphmes, and then said lie had heard ti ly of the aptphieationa of "'sand cure"' Sini the Southl. lie thoutght the sand ,cure as described was mild. 'X lhen ,"' lie declared,"' we get r eady to putt a f negro's fact' in the sand, we put his r* body therie too."' 110 ill isted thbat thie Iteptubi cans5 e contentIion was thtat tkhe tiegroes of the p outh were litted to governt in this a counitry, but that tlte Filipinos were hi ntot litted to governt thtemtst Ives ini the ua Pii ppiines it the itnited States', lie ..mintainuied, ai seriouls prbe conl a frontted the government, the negi o e problem, and we might better try to e solve that, thant to hunt for trouble ini e the Philippines. ""Thtroughtotit the Southi,"' lie said(, "there is a htorror hiauiging over every htousehioldh for tis awful fear of rapino. iin yet, you t un your back upon01 it nI and1 mtarchi to thte East, where you i- mutrdIer anid butcher anid toiture the r- oor Fil ipinosi. Andt you)i areO dlomg tall .this mi the inme of Chtristniity and -e hum ianity anid liberty. I cant see the e hypocrisy oozinig out of you all ovr. r-. " As c onfederates,"' the Senator 0 said, " we canntlot thmkil it right, to go into the Paiiil~iines and~ desolate the islandts with lire amid sword.'' Adverting further along to the situ ation' in the South, Mr. Tillmatn as.. sel ted: " We will not submit, to negro dominailtionl and tite soouer you under. 5tandl( that the better." He urged thai J discutsslon of the Southern rae qjues tiout ahould ceaIse. "1 You are taunting * s, said hte, 4 about Our treatment oi the negroes of the South, hoping at the samte time that. we wri nt :int..rt.. 'est Fever Medicine. ON'S ILL aud i'FEVJR TONIC. id oes in a single day what slow qul Mild cures are in striking contrast to e 4TS IF IT CURES. with your game of deviltry in the Philippine.. We hope vou will help us of the South to get ril of the threat of negro domination which hangs over us like the sword of Damocles. Lynch ing" will continue as long as those fiends rape our wives and daughters." While Mr. Tillman was speaking many of the Democratic Senators left the chamber, his audience on the floor being largely on the Republican side. Mr. Burton, of Kansas, vigorously arraigned Mr. Tillman for his utter ances. He asserted that the Senator who could defend slavery and govern ment by the shotgun could not be ex pected to think well of Senators who were trying to carry good government to the Phtilippines. He was astonished that a Senator in one breath should make an appeal for unsullied govern. (ment in the Philippines and in the next boast of crimes almost unparalleled in :uistory. Mr. Burton followed with a warmi defense of the government's policy in the Philippines and became involved in a heated collcquy with Mr. Itawlins, of Utah, because he. had de lounced some of Mr. Rawlins' state ments as false. He paid a brilliant trrbute to Gen. FIUnston as one of the great heroes of the army. Mr. Mclaurin, of Mississippi, quoted thgures concerning Mississippi elections im, response to statements made by Mr. McComas. lie said lie thought the time was pust for the waving of the "bloody shirt" or for the making of Invidious remarks concerning States of the Union. -IKEK-NS RAILROAD 1. 14. Unanis. President. 'iIi TABILE No. 2. AtY-Supersedes Tine T'I'able No. 1. Ef. '('tiVe 12:il A. Al.. Feb. 1st, 1901. IRemi Down. - Read Up. No. Ill. STATIONS. No. 9. Mixed- Mixed. lo:40 a m ..iickens Ar......2:55 p m 0:45a .. * erguso .........2:45 p m 10:5, a m .*P n'..........2:30 p m I I:00 a in ........... 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