Missionary record. (Charleston, S.C.) 1868-1879, July 05, 1873, Image 1

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Devoted Ta ?Mstiaa Srac?, literature, Arts, ^citn Therefore All T?iings 'Whateoever Ye - Would That Men Should Do To You, Do Ye Even So To Them?,-Bmmanael, VOT,. G. ISO 8 SATURO AY JULY 5 1873 &2 per annum In advance RECORD PU L I SH ED WE EKLY Ki)!T? HI ? Viii mil KT(>11 ? >>.-. ? All eonmiuiiieations should ho w ri11? :?, c ir-'Hiliv in a plain readable lia M!. Tin' editors cannot assume to re \vi*;ie ar; i eos, sent lo tue paper. The Iv I i tors do not return, nor pre S'-J V;- the nmnuseripts whieh chev are tin :i?>!e to ou Wish, ami all e<?mmunieat'ions unist hear ll ie.real name of the writer; fur I lu? Kdliors use, whatever non de plume 1 li ev may iissumc\ Terms of Subscripto! ii two Dollars a Year in advance. tilt* ?? -*> t? i ? ?\< 'il ?\ TT? V <? * ?\? f ? ?*.???.? * #*>* *l* * t & S.ju:;rcs j ino. j - UtoS Ono i vv ? ?' ...ir .1 ? is ii? I s lo ? I 3 lijos. ? T?-inos I 1 y ^s f ?J2 j >-J'> l.'i ! 1^1 :;;) is j :i0 j 4", ri.) 4"> I GO 4-) -~>0 45 j 00 I sO SO l?0 I 120 .Ml- .'nivertisyments e:i<h. Business ?utv<*r i>- tiiOM?s ceiuS|>er ! hie euch insert?'.?i?. These ?<;V:J:S uro s? riet Ty adhered to. except by C HARLESTON S. C ; J ULV ? j sj:] ON Ei>l:0ATI<;N. THE lMIoKTANfK OF EDUCATION'. 'i no subplot uf education is only second in importance Lo thai ot iiodiiikess, ultu -I?> members <>i inc despisedraee, so loug shut ea: fr.?m the benign and ennobling iiiflu ?r?vos ut H reline J culture, we ough : io have :i deeper sen e o' tts neeo*tty io us .-ind our iili|^;,[iw? ri? those depon lour upon u- for its aeo n Wi*iou, than ii i> possible for those to have who are members uf the mest favo red chis ? <?f mankind. The history ot our fallers will show that iu the days vyhen dark in *s brooded over our race tad lian.; us a m:^htv r? ii I uf>fm the very sp .r?t and asp ranon ot: those ear lier tiniest they Were not un mi nd fu l that education Wa? a pv iee less Lroon. to be reoair ed ut the risk of kio in the waning hours o?' ni:;-;;-by iavj ii ir ht ed pine knot torch, on the avine, e.?bers, OM iii J mansions h earth st*).i?\ anti i? tts iiuportaiice was taus reeog niz ? hy our fathers, and t e intensity o?' heir thir>t for knoWiediro m atv decree * eeo :r.oismiued to us, what then i- our dure ia th i work, -ot* eduear iou? Wo are areouut.tble beings aad each one i< r.-so maible io: ths-?surv of the t?lea s 1 v out rus'ed to his keeping by the Master o?' us al!; ;;iid LU the Work ol education we owe a d ey first to ourselves, and secondly to t tiOSe around us. 1 It is en cumbo it u&un us, that we should , ..Mea one for rnmselij do ail in our power to cultivate oar own ??tcliect?. to look upon and stadv the great work o? education as both a science and an art. That is to say on tao one huud we should Hi vestiente as tar us human reason can. i The deep tilings of God/? VVe should ruminate IJI the won ders lie has made, and as ministers of the Oospel of Je^s Christ, we should know ali that is useful and good.' and should be t??oro?irhiy establlslied ia every ^ood word and work, and for the reason that our call ing is more varied and difficult in its appli eat ion than aay other in the WorL. This getting", and being stored with use fa! knowledge, this studying all useful b? ^.especially die Book o?' all books the B b;-\ and those bo. ks lard dowu for tiie guide of candidates for, and the more mature student ia this ministry, in our book of discipline, is w nat we mean by studying edueat iou as a seieuc \ i >.> the other hand, as an art, we advise that every mun should strive to possess him >eif with the happy faeuky of applying this knowledge ?o me work of the ministry, in oilier v/wids. we need working me? rather than intellieeMial mon-mitn wji(J h^viiv^ j been funneled wi * h knowledge, will give ! the people the benefit of it. not only in ser inions and lectures, but in buildi ig up the ; waste places of Zion both spiritually and i temora'Iv-men who have ideas above and will labor for else than thc " loaves and fishes n supposed to be contained in this j Gospel of Christ-men. good--men who will j seek to infuse light and life and Christian j culture into their people wherever they go. railier thrill be seeking after the G olden I Fleece ' of Argonautic fame. This then is the duty in education, fir^t j to prepare, second to make good usc ol'our preparation. Our connection ! laving an eye to this great necessity, has established j for the formation of these objects. W rL H Ell F( > RCE JIN IVEltSJ TY. This institution appeals to us to day, in the first place because it is ours; it is the child of our own creation, ai id if we forsake our own, the world may well call in question the existaneeof any paternal feeling in us. lt appeals to'our sympathy tor money, in thc second place, because it is in grntt ,W of finnis. S:??,0??j)? annually is less than any college in America or Europe* } could live on, of tho same grade os our own Wi beribive I niyersitv, and yet our In I st i ? ut ion has Been com [jelled to exist, we ] dare noe say live, oil a sum muco 'less than j this, and utterly inadequate to its demands. Another reason still comes why we should s tn ii* ?rt W?be*?bm^ 'ri^that steamier :are iii. ' ^ ^ _ _ I becoming more interested iii the Wehiare ? o?'the instit inion and consequently of us. I than we a iv ourselves. I Latch*the I mited fetales Government aran? ? ed us ?25,- 00,00 and still more recently, the j lau* j Lai Salmon P. (."hase. I 'Jo Of con'?n tied. ^ I rm: Derril OF UMK OCEAJS. I i The ocean is not a bottomless deep,;x I except to the poets and to young ladies, neither of whom are familiar willi the mod ern improvements in taking soundings. Not j only have skilful seamen known h#w to j reach the bottom and fetch parts of it lt]) j to tlie top from great depths, but mathema i tieiaas have ?riven themselves the trouble to ? calculate theoretically its average depth. ! ?aiion gave this at 21'.) fa'homs. or 144.0 j feet ; Laca i ile gives tiona 2 7 H fathoms ; j Laplace, erroneously estimating the mean j elevation of the land at o2S0 feet-three j times the height now allowed by physical geographers-thought the waters of thc sea* must be of about equal depth.* Young as signed a depth of 27?>5 lathoins to the Atlantic, and about ;>800 fathoms to the ? great South Sea. According to this esti ! mate, other mathematicians adel, the Pacific I must be at its deepest point fifteen and a i half miles in depth, which is scarcely proba : ble But though little is known of t!:e j greatest depths of the oceans, we do know j'that their bottoms are of unequal depth, I and that they contain mo LUI tains as well as vast rolling plains; and 31r. Reclus takes advantage of such soundings as bsve been made to illustratnite in a striking manner j the in?i|uaities of the bottom. ' If. he* re l marks, the waters of the Mediterranean were sudden 1 v lowered about 110 tat horns, it would be divided into three distinct sheets of water ; Italy would be joined to Sicily, Sicily would be united by an isthmus to Africa, the i>,nuanciles and the Bosphowis would be dosed, but the outlet of GilbraJtar j would remain in free communication with j the Atlantic Ocean., if the level were I lowered by about 550 fathoms, the ??geau, the EuxiuG, and tlie Adriatic would wholly disappear, or omy leave in their beets unim portant pools; the remainder of the M edit ! erraiiean would be devid?d into several seas* I like the Caspian, either isolated, or eouiniu i ni?ating with each other by narrow chan ! nels, and the terminal promontory of Europe j would be joined by the isthmus of Gibraltar I to the mount nus of Africa A depression 0 of about Hot) fathoms would leave nothing but three inland lakes ; - to the west, a trian guiar basin occupying the ceutre of the j depression, bet weeli"France and Algeria; ? iu the middle a long cavity extending from. j Crete to Sicily ; and eastward, a hollow j lying m frost Of the Egyptian coast. The ^?greatest deptn of the Mediterranean, ex j ceediug 2200 fathoms, lies to the north ci' 1 the SyrieSj iUmost HI the georuetrieal centre ot the basin.-Harpers Aiagazim*. Eating Without an Appetite. Ii is wrong to cat without and appetite, for it shows there is no gastric juice in thesttfm adi, and that nature does not need, and not needing it, there being no fluid to receive and act upon it. it remains there only to pu tri iy. tlie very though of which should be sufficient to deter an y man from eating with out au appetite it is a mistaken course, for irs only result is to cause one to eat more; when already an amount lias been eaten bc youd what the gastric juice is able to prc parc. Tho object to be obdamcd is a largeer sup piy of gastric juice, not a large supply ot food; and whatever fails to h : ve any eifici er.ey toward the care of dyopeptfe diseases. The format ioq of gastric juice is directly proportioned to the wear and tear o? th . system which is to be the means of supply ing, and this wear and tear can only bethe result of exercise. The (Efficient remedy for dyspepsia is work-out doa* work-benefi cial .tod successful in direct pioportiou as it is agreeable, interesting and profitable. [fairs JoftnuU cf UH a I th m Punctuality. We admire punctuality, and we can have but little patience with those persons wh< are so regardless of it, even in little things as to continually break their word, under the impression that "lt is of no consequence, i will all be understood, and amount t) the same thing in the end.;' as many often say j to excuse their everlasting habit ofbei ag false to their word. There are some people-wini seldom or never do as they promise: Thev habituate themselves to promise am"thing and everything without ti?e least thought of ful fillment We could nam? some persons ol t his sort, who in other respects are worth) people: but they can not commend confidence because their word is not regarded \V-e can mention young men of .promise who are eo: slant ly'iosi??g ground -w*th their acquaintan ces, solely By beiiig ina fctentiya to their obi g?tions ??nd promises in little tilings. Amar will soon ru u him, self in this war. in all bu lu iss ora:is. .c ions in all intercourse wit! fiivud-, in ail engagements, let all do exact lj as they sa v-be punctual at the minute. Thai is the way to make other people so, and tu make them trust us PUVSIOGNOM?. There is no science in their pretensions to which nia a kind are mire apt to com ! mit grevions mistakes, than in the sup posed very obvious one of-physiognomy. 1 quarrel t.ot with the principies o? thi? science, as they are laid down by the learned professors; much less am 1 dis j po&d, with some people, to deny its exis i te nee altogether as au inlet of knowledge : that can be depended upon. I believe that there is, or may be, au art to -'read j the intnd's construction in the face.'.1 But then, in every species of reading, so much depends upon the eyes-*of the reader; if they! are blear, or apt to dazzie, or mat tentive, or strained with too much atten tion, the optic power will infallibly bring home false reports of what it reads- How often do wre say, upon a cursory glance at a stranger, what a fine, open*countenance he has, who, upon second inspection, proVcsHo have the exact features of a knaqe. Nay, on much more intimate ocqiKii n tance, how a delusion of this kind sli d! continue for months, years, and then break up all at once. Ask the married man, wlio has been so but for a short space of time, if those blue eyes, where, during so many years of anxious courtship, trujh; sweetness, sere nitv, seemed to be Witten in eharaters which cou kl not be misunderstood-ask him if the characters '-which they now convey be exactly the samc$ if for truth he does not read a duli .virtue ((he mimic of constancy), which changes not, only because it wants the judgment to make a preference; if for sweetness lie does not read animal tranquility, the dead pool of the heart, which no breeze of passion can stir into health? Alas! what is this book of the countenance good for, which, wfcen wv?iave read so lon?:, and thought that we understood \ts contents, gives its a countless list of heart b eakins errata at the end-Charles Low h. Mv friends, if there is anv man whom, from the bottom of my heart, I pity, It is the man who believes that all mankind are cheats and swindler, aiid who considers life merely a game of grasping and gri ping. If there is any young man for whom I feel a deep regret, as for a man suri to fail, sure to live and die wretched j ly, & is the vounj, maa who goes fov?i intoj,th? world, believing that the only motives in^this world aro selfish ?motives. D?pend up?? it, that selfishness is not the jpnly motive imtnis world-nav, % is not leven the strongest motive.-Pfesuleni Andre ic D. Wit* f<\ t i ' THAT is a spurious goo <lnes3Avhich good for the stj^e of the reward. The chiifl that speaks the tn^h for ^ie sake of the praise of truth Ls not .fruthfuL The maa who is honest because honesty is the be<H ?>p?i?y l?as not integrity ia hi.? h?art. He'who?ndeav?rs io be humbly. $nd hojy an| perfeet, tm order to win heaven, has 01ik. ? ?o?n^rfeit irelipon.^Go^^ibx^ o\m sa??, goodness oecause it is good, truth because it is lovely-this is the Christian's aim. The prize is only an incentive, inseparable from success, but not the aim itself.-F.. W. liolertson. AMERICAN MORALS. THE grand evils which menace the peer j51e of America now are not to be found in ene conuptious of municipal or national rule. The reign of the rings is broken, or tottering to its foll, and vile men are hast ening to relieve themselves o?. the odium which attaches to it. Even l hose who seek to form new combinations for personal pow er sad profit Jmd it uphill, work, and fail to make their hftrigucs fruitful. The wrong which no^ront us, and wait with despera tionj or tr?Sb?irtg io be rigVed, are "connee tedi wi th tee great Railroad corporations amt their?ieombiuatio% and J^oaopulies. The people by .whose consent, and tor whose benefit, these railroad, vv*eie built-railroad to which have been dt#$$ed enrgg^tfisareas of public lands and stupendons^trcrogatives and privileges-are determined io lin ve something to say abone their niau igemeiit, and deteruii ued .that^la^rx^f^^^hai? b * curtailed Tue ??>rp#atior>*^ wluch have built them and *rt^ a^u^isterfhg -"their aifairs are man i puk ting or controlling leg islatures, and superfluously e inching ?ll connected with them,{while tae armer can not get a paying return for his wheat at his doos, and the cjnsuuier buys his bread at:an exorbitant price. Thefig&t of the pe ople widi these monstrous powers is begun, and is to be 1113 great tight of the next t.ven ty yews. The issue is not doubtful, though it aiay be long delayed. Little Vermont fiuds to her surpise I hat she has been impo sed upon, and havens to d ) her people jus tice; and it is safe to predict that in five years the railroad kings, and the overbear ing monopolies, and the cor po ?tions which run railroads for the benefit ol' their maua i gor?, will be s J thoroughly 4 iuvesti^a ed'' j that they will lind it fm* tueir interest to conduct ?hoir operations with a degree ol' deferential reference to ilie interest or the people whom they have cheated* and op pressed. It seems to us thal there is at this time a very healthy public sentiment. No public iniquity lives without protest. No wrong doer sits easy aud unconcerned in his place Th> old apithy under wrong and misrule is j passed away. The od elements in society j aud politics aro fall o. hope and courage; j and we believe it to be useeptioie of proof ! that uo European country is less dominated j by corrupt* m eu th II ours, or m ?re willing ; aud efficient in the demolition of all forms j of wrong. If there is an apparent difference i agunst us, it is simply because we advertise ! our sins more widely than our sister nations lin order that the people may take inteli^enc j action against them.-rl)r. t\ 6r. Uoftn/id, I Scribner $fi*r Juli/ A NKW PARTY. Since thc advent into Fjouisianna of Sen ator Mutt. li. Carpenter, we observe symp toms ol'a movement having for its endsand objects the formation of a new .party The basis of'his organization, at this time, is rather vague! Iis beginning is heralded by "Roundabout" of the Time in a supposed interview with a prominent colored and ff bite man. Taking it from his standpoint of view, and from his trving to write down one class of colored men. and fraternizing >vith another, his plan ison?y tikflrvide the -colored voters, j^o?- .make su^jj$e,leQfcions from them asare not obnoxious^ ul-behave4 troublesome, or "pestiferous ' &his kind of politicians. 8 > Now it may be that the ti inf *fys arrived when a political union of the tVo races in j this State can bcveUfisuimnated, but we*! must b.^a38ow ii to state oar gppans why ?re ?io uot believe it will succeed at this time. First We are satisfied th irt^Pj attempt, as 4>r,?p ^sed hy -'Rounda&O?t^^??^fe T?*i for oue element of the co?orW ^jfeopl?rpj|? depreciate the rem itcwkr WrU HBfciy*: JiMt with disaster and d feat. h- f-J ' ^ It wiif be impossible for AirtHfe^myfeth er manaor party c# their/of ei^^?olor?r political creed to limit? this' Si9Mfi^it'-to auy select crrete or class^feit???? Hfetor* To greater aroa than even New '"wwR?f W'irs little coterie. Neither can it be maniduia ted or controlled by those who have bat little experience in such great and impor tant matters. Second This movemegt must include the who.'e State and uot s'inpiy New Orleans True, there if might start, but it must'not be confined to its limits nor to its ceoizens alone. The whola State'must be included aud the people-nor fifty-aius?; be consul te!. We see it stated that a .committee of fif ty (whitey citizens propose to meet fifty co lored citizens, and together, propose some pian for a political union Now it strikes as that this is a curious way to start this movement Where will the fifty white citizens derive any author itv to i art for so large a voting populado i as is in | Louisiana? Again. How will fifty white citizens pave the way for the fifty colored citizens to meet with them? We heard whi st we were in New O rica us lately, that certa ii: prominent white gentlemen were about to give a spfcndid dinner at .Vi?reau s to someeeruun colored gentlemen of acer I tain persuasion. At this dinner the matter ? woiihl be broached, and steps taken to put the plans into execution. Again we iiave been informed personally by certain white gen? icm m in Xew Orleaiu, thar, there will be an ope? recognition of our civil rights accorded to us That we ?viii have access to ail places of amusement, cafes, theatres, steamboats, soloonsj public houses and in fact every civil T?glvt windi ts now enjoyed by the G ia eas lian.s This is the written, public pian nf the authors of thc ucw party. What the unwritten and secret part of the programme is, ruts not yet been dcvelop&l, | but we w mu? here remark that in our opin ion neither the dinner not; the acknowledge ment, ofour civil rights will be accepted by tiie colored men, unless it be in the full let ter ?nd spirit nf the law, a?d untrammell ed with any degrading contingencies. For inst.mee, of the cofo?? 1 man is asked to ig no.v au i Form o ;b uatbusagainst men born in the North, to curse and revile some of his own race to u*o for certa iu me ,* and mea au res, to havj held up to him t ie ackuowl edgeai mc of his vii rights only rf he wi!1 give up Ins adhesion to Republic i ism and its pr inciples, and follow blindly the course of his uew allies, without hesitation or full enquiry. No, if civil rights is be accord ed to thi colored men of Louis ian r, let it to them as free ts the air ot i eav?u untram melled as the * rab ste ;d "upon his native desert, and wi h the fui'est acknowledge ment of the Constitutional Amendments, striking dow j aa<i ignoring a 1 disti jetions on account of race, color, or previous condt :i rn, Haswell acknowledgement should be feed tfpon aud enliglitenend sense nf jus- j I .ice, patriotism, and love of humanity and ? a not for the sole purpose of party pdicy. ja ? will be pet*teeUy useie?3 for our ;J>?mo- t eratic. Fusion, ur Liberal friends to under- c tak:auy intriguing in th's matter Every- t diing mus?, bo dear to the most careless ob server. There are several rocks ou which tha new party ship wi'l undoubledly prccipkate itself upon. Fairly speaking. Democracy depends a good deal upou latitude for its degree. Ic olten agrees to try all plaus be fore il does the only safe one,and generally goes through the whole catalogue of blund ers Jtiefore it will accept the only feasible and reasonable method of setting a difficult pro blem. We have observed lately that thera ia a contemplation of fl ittering one portion ot the colored people, and an evident in ten tiou of gottiug alon? with them only in the* nw rsrrtypra^^ the pre?s iuuirviewers, orat?sw, -fee, speak in- in thei hi^heff terms Qi ^u^gfaft* they have designs, and using fte most coarse, .md repu.sive e$*(^f ^7%^ portions of thc same, who^ft^^^4o%ose t > ignore This loot* more lik?dU'iding the ctlored Deople thanmakingapolitc.il lunion. ?ueii pians wil* never succeed. Seither one par ty act for ?ll There must fe \ a ftir, open un4etmq$lin^ e^Qkrtiy to tba^?e^fthe colored m^/?^^^^k'^v(ieri \yV\ h ive -?"t Pr$i 1 VjH0^ ff?l mc? nor will tire ta^?/fnfe ?eleeifed\ e<pi\*? the senti Ae?te oP?k&fr rsk?'1 Lef the wl?te nun .S? iim?mm represeat*tive*, aad the e<dore<i ii^^Uuiirs,j^4^eja ihe sea^imet?^aad ?pini?us of each will ^ the wetter ^rnved at anet expressed/ Let snek a s^mi' pre dom inate h<*t?&ijf*9\q uar?fe, 4 trify,.cor ? if union can be ofeted. f4*ee it upon a more secu e basis than for |>axty policy, or by producing Ou. !*?S <A people aga?nsu the orher, or appealing toan$ diss by din ners, or acknowledgements of rights upou contingencies. All the ceinred people of thU country ask for is a fair chadee in the race^f life, a fair imparti d administration of wis? and equitable fciw^ a full and unrestricted enjoyment of their religious.edueatrmial an J. politiealiemi ri?hU When these arc at tained', it matter not how, peace, nrosj&urity, and harmony will prevail, where &ow it is: conhinou, strife, and fialmo.it chaos. THE ANTHONY VERDICT. Jud<re Hunt i?4 Iiis decision against Mis.* Anthon vT\s riirht to vote, has set at rest th * f olish claim of these crazy women who claim the right to vote under the I Ith Amendai JUG The Judge very properly decided that tho State and not the United States has th? power to decide who are voters. After re hearsing the power con ferrexl by the 1 Uh A m intiment the Judge says: The righto ot citizens of the States as such are not under c msiderat ion ia the 14th Amendment. They stand as before theadop tion of the 14th Amendment, and are fully guaranteed by other providions. The right of privilege of voting i* a rljht orpt'ic?ttg (irtsiit'j'uii'ler th\ Co?i$f?t'tt?<jri of the SU e and not of the ll. S. if the right belongs to any particu at persons, it is becaus ; suc^>eJ?fcus is entitled to it . as a citizen of the State w^ere he offers to exer cise it and not because of citbmsnrp of the U S. If the State of Sew York should provide that nj perron should vote until he had reached the age of 31 years or after he h id reached the age o?f)0 or that no person hav ng gray hair, or wp had nor. the possession if all his limbs, shofld be entitle I to vote ? io not see how it could be held to be a vb. latiuHofany rightderived or held u der th LWtitutioii of th? U S. He might say that mch regulations were unjust, tyr?iauieal; un it for the re:tu?Hti ?n o?an l?telfig?Mt State; )ut if rights of a citizen are thereby violated hey are ofthat fundamental Cias.4 % derived rom hts position as a ci two of the State md not tho.se limited rights belonging to lim as a citizen of the United S ates, and men was the decision in Corfield vs, Carrye*!, f the Legislature et New York shon d re piire. a higher (piilifiettioa in a voter for a .iepresmtative in Congress than is require i br a voter for a member of the Assembly, his would, ? conceive, be a violation of a ight Ix?ongtng to one as citizen of the Uni ed States. That right is in relation to a ?ederal suojeet or interest, and can bi guar nte d hythe Federal (Jsnsti^u'im. The tn bility of a Slate to abridge the right ofvo ing ot?account of a race, e>b>r or previous ondit ion ol servitude is a Federal gaarau