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pmpm? joanak?il,..a ?mu-wu mwiw ,* The Press and Banner. !' Rv IIUGH WILSON & W. t\ BEXET '-'11 i-JK ..Jl..... . .. Is Wednesday, May 7, 1879.j] Long Cane Churchyard and the Corn-;' , etcry. Wo call the attention of the people of; ( Abbeville and the surrounding: country < to the present condition of the church- . yard at Long Cane and the cemetery at s Trinity Church. These two places of ( burial, especially the former, arc not in '? that state which would rolled credit on , nnr lvrmlo .ind show that we venerate!, r"' , and hold dear tho graves of our dead.!, The stranger riding on tho highway! which skirts I?ongCane churchyard can- j not fail to be struck with wonder at the appearance presented by that lonely forest grave-yard, fle sees fences toppling I over or lying flat, he ?res scores of dilap- i idated tombstones, some lying prone and: shattered on tho ground, whilo tho tomb-! stones that stand erect are many of them ' hidden bv rank weeds, Weathcrstained ' and lichen-covcrcd until the liamo and: years and elegy aro undecipherable. ; Should the traveller dismount and enter at the creaking gate, moved by natural de-; sire to know what city of the dead this is! and who lie buried here, he lindsno trim ' walk inviting his feet to wander among) tlie tombs and guarding tho graves from ! the desecration of being trampled on. If; ho is a man of proper feeling and senti-j ment, who thinks with Coleridge, that i To see :i man trend over praves, ' I hold it no good mark ; j 'Tis \cicked in the snti and moon I < And bud luck in the dark. j 1 ?ho will carefully pick liis stops among;} briors, rank woods and unsightly heaps.! of rubbish and red clay : but with all his i v oaro he will find it impossible for him to > keop from trampling over the dead. He, will find the churchyard to be the repos- j itory of the annals o* more than a centu-jj ry?a large portion oi American chronol-j ogy?the annals of the heroic people who j j reclaimed this country from the Rod In-1 j dian, raised an altar in the primeval for-1., est to the God of their fathers, and stamp-. t ed with marks of intelligence, integrity (r and energy the character of the Longj? Cane colony which afterwards became't the county of Abbeville. If versed in ? the history of this State he will recog-L uize on not a few tombstones names of ^ men whose lives were larger part of that; r history. Looking around he will soo in j tho wide expanse of tho graveyard hun-1 dreds on hundreds of gravestones, in) costly marble columns, polished slabs,!, massive sarcopphagi, plain headstones, j uncouth pieces of sandstone rudely mark-1 cd with quaint lettering; and he seesl() that this is no frontier graveyard, no bat- j tie-field burial place, but tho customary i s pluce of sepulture for tho people of a re- L gion long-settled and thickly populated, i ^ ?fresh, red earth telling hint of graves j ^ that were dug but yesterday. j fl Standing thero in tho lonely church-1 [j yard of Long Cane, and judging of thcS( Jiving by their care of the dead, of what! j complexion would bo his meditations L, among the tombs? Would they lead him ' ^ to think highly of the living inhabitants j of Abbeville whose dead lio buried y around him? Judging us by the venera-J tion we entertain for tho graves of our . fathers as shown by the tender caro we j v ;akc of them?a veneration cultivated by j ^ some savage tribes, but still tho especial j ai mark of civilization and piety?how i 0 could wo stand the test??a test, too, injjj every senso just and right. If ho is a,cj man of travel, ho will remember now in J ? far-away China village graveyards arejp cared for with a care that is constant and j f, tender, the tombs kept scrupulously *, clean, and the grounds lovely as a flower- t j garden. Or ho may call to mind the bur- S( jal mound of the untutored Indian which tr though unadorned by "storied urn or an-; p imated bust"' is still kept free from weeds j and is piously visited and tended. If thej j, stranerer eomes on his way into the town : tj and sees the elegant homes of the living, J 0 tho neat fences, the well-kept gardens,' q the trim sand-covered walks, the smooth } j{ clean streets and side-walks,?if he asks; the names of the dwellers In house after ja house, what can he think of our people when ho recognizcs in tho names borne] j by tho living tho very names which hej^ could with difficulty decipher on the | g, monumental slabs in tho deserted church- n yard ? What conld ho think of our civili- ( ration, our refinement, our piety to our 0| ancestors ? j w What do wo think of it onrsolves ? Is; it trne of us that with regard to our dead ! p u is oui ox sigru, out pi rninu: jjuw u*; v all, in town and country, who have kintired dust in Long Cano Churchyard, or 01 who may expect to bury or be buried jd therein, do our utjnost endeavour to im- ci prove the appearance of the sacred place. [ o Trinity Cemetery is a newer burial-placo j ii and not so much in need of care, yet i ft not as well kept as might be. Combined; o effort is all that i3 needed on the part of t! our peoplo. Many of our families dojsj show beauljftil devotion and veneration | v for the graves of their kindred which'g should put others of us to shame, and the; n fruits are seen in neat hedges, plots of' p flowers and clean'tombstoncs : but what S ! are these among no many graves that are; w neglected, trampled on, whose headstones j V are moss-grown and dirty, not to speak j li of the many nameless graves 'where the: F rank grass waves o'er the cheerless |c< mound' ? Wo need united effort, organ-; v ized work, systematic attention. Fitful \ p interest, the fruit of fresh grief and re-1 v cent bereavement, can result only in in- j o termittentwork which not scldvm ceases^ I beforo the garlands laid on the? grave a withpfcrl SJiicli wnrk p:innnt hp fll?- " ponded on. The graveyard is far from j j the town, too far, but it cannot be remov-1 o cd, no one wishes it removed ; only the j f inconvenient distance induces neglect, e AVe appeal to our people to move in P this matter. The grave-yard needs fenc- J ing, it needs extension, forit is too crowd- j t ed and now inadequate as a burying] I ground for the population that uses it. j1 It needs walks laid out and covered with ; j sand or gravel, box-borders and shrubs i planted, and some regular system cstab- j lished as to the position and a: rangement |' of graves. It needs a regular sexton em- ; ployed who should live in tho neighbor-! hood and keep the graveyard in good or- j ( ^ der as a year's work for a year's wages*;; It is not for us to say how all that is nec-1 < essary should be accompnsnca. uui that much should bo accomplished we do!, nay. Let it be done in any commendable } waj', by subscription, or by assessment,1 ? and who that has kinsman or friend J buried in either graveyard would grudge j Jo contribute something of his means? J Let it be, maybe, by charging something j for right of burial?so much for each , grave's space. Let a committee be ap-1 pointed and arrangements made with the!: kirk-session of I ong Cano Church in whoso hands the property is. These or < other means might be tried. We leave | J it with our people in town and country toji act in concert and act at once, and all that I! i i is desirable will be done. j i Wk have received a handsomely print- j j ed invitation to attend the semi-.flinual | celebration of the Euphemian Literary j Society in Ersklne College, Jnne 29. We; i recognize on the invitation two of Abbe- { ville's best young men?Mr. Patterson 11 Wardlaw, President of tlio Society, and i \ Mr. T. C. Perrin, as committeeman. It will afford us much pleasure to attend on i that occasion. |fl Ik yon want h good custom-marie bug- 1? fry, call on T. C. Seal, old stand of Seal <R ! * Sjgn. _ ^ ^ * * Thk Boarders at the Alston House v dined on Engli.Mli peas last Sunday. r . r I rho Dancing-Question. Dr. Adger and|i I*rof. Dabney Thereon. In the April number of the Southern! Presbyterian Review are two noteworthy ' irticlcx on the subject of Dancing. The j tirst, entitled "The Dancing Question," j s by the Rov. l'rof. K. L. Dabney, D. D., | LL. D., of Virginia, and the second^en- ] .itled "The Question of Dancing, from I Another Point of View," is from the pen ' jf the Rev. John ]>. Adger, D. D., of, smith C:\rfiliiin. A nv wriftmi nil my time on any subject by two such;, scholars and divines would at trust atten-j ion, but these articles have a peculiar J significance and importance at the pres-j int time, on the subject of Dancing, and i' ivith the reverend reviewers on opposite <idcs. They may lie regarded in the light ! if campaign documents embodying the kleu of the two contending parties in the I' southern Presbyterian Church who at . ;he <ieneral Assembly which meets this J IMMIKI 111 1JUU I 1 HJ V) iil JU1I1 1\>UU UU kliu; I 'Dancing Question." The famous At- ' anta Block ease will conio before the As-! i tembly on appeal against the decision of, [ he Georgia Synod, and that Supreme t ,'ouit of the Southern Presbyterian j L'hureh will be called on to reverse or xllirin the decision, to say whether or not t lancing is sinful, and disciplinable. As 1 so great prominence has unfortunately < aeon given to the social dance by the j :hurch courts, and as the members of so- s ietv of all denominations will watchfully f " I ' regard tho action of the Assembly, we l llave printeJ in our columns this morn- ' ing one-half of Dr. Adger's admirable ar- t :iclcs and shall print the remainder in ) he next issue of the Press a:ul JUinvcr. i j [t would have afforded us pleasure to lay j t I'rof. Dabney's article also before our * readers, but it is far too long, it is in sev-1 ?ral parts marked by a morbid pruriency r iuggestive of indecency, and itB best " jarts and general drift can be more picas- ? mtly gathered from Dr. Adger's article j J .vhlcli is a reply to and a most successful! i ebuttal of Prof. Dabney's argument. ? Prof. Dabney is a man of learning and \ >icty, but he is an example of that class ('( nnnerous in history, in whom learning ind piety rre found to consist with Puri- | anic fanaticism, and tyranny, and nar- o ow-miiidedness. Two or three centuries! ? igo that class persecuted to tho death; h' ho milder manners, purer laws of this it go restrain them now, but it may be!* afelv said, if you scratch such a man ul ou will find a persecutor. Prof. Dabney j! ej-rcsents the Leftwich wing of tho ad-|'l ersuries of Dancing, tho men who have j xcommunicated and would always ex- c ommuuicate the church member whojn ike Mr. Block of Atlanta dares to allow . dance in his parlour. Such men in their |? nistaken zeal for God, which is too often I V nlv a priestly desiro for power, over- j t ide the tenderest and purest and most { , acred feelings of humanity and sociotyjto 111 ttain their end, to impose their unbeara- jii ile and unnatural yoke. Having once in I r * J() heir own minds pronounced on the sin- 14 ilncss of dancing,?and in cases of men ? ke tho Rev. Mr. Lef'twich. wo cannot ri do how dancing could be otherwise than j [J inful?they search ecclesiastical authori-! 0 Y to prove its disciplinableness and they j Cj icat Satan himself in their ability to |rnote Scripture to servo their purpose. Vorst of all, they inject into the subject t much that suggests laseiviousncss and jst, that the pure minds of thousands of | jj. oung girls and young men are smirched j s nd soiled by those very men who arc j,' fting?save the mark?in the interests j t' f puritj'. Purity in man and woman isi? ke humilitv, a very sensitive plant, so!is - ' - ''In ehcate that it cannot bear even to look ? pen itself, much less to be talked about., ^ urity is a dilF?rent thing altogether I u om prudery. Yet just as hnmili-jj} j,* changes into vanity the moment that a 10 possessor venture to esteem it his, j nnrifv l^oennmu uahniintrAi? it 1 f:i ilks about itself or is much talked of in 's, ublle. To the pure all things are pure: P > the prudo all things arc suggostivo of ? 11 purity. Herein is found tho great evil jl( ?at is done by making Dancing a matter tl r public discussion in the Courts of the liurch, or of private dispute in tho par- n >r. We can imagine nothing moro hurt- {, il to tho moral atmosphere of Atlanta ? rid of Georgia than the discussion of the | ? rcat Block Case. Tho spoechos mado by! ^ icftwich and others like him contain a lore prudish indecenco and impure sug' {J ostions than many prohibited French \ ovels. There is a world of truth and j {lj here is a great moral lesson in the words' b fl?can Swift,--"Nice people aro thosoI ^ ho have nasty ideas." r< We shall not in this issue refer tnoreiji nrticularly to Prof. Dabney's article;I? crhaps in our next we shall recur to it. |() uflico it to sav that ho fills thirtv-six (i 11 ctavo pages with Ins arguments to prove u ancing to be sinful and to assert its dis- r iplinableness by the Church. In spite fsmnr? <*rir>voii,? f;inH? in tnsto in solnr*t. I .1 ig his authorities, as when ho quotes J oio Lord ttyron to provo the sinfulness: f waltzing, and when ho quotes an au-| lority whoso language has for decency's j \ke to be supplied by a blank?it is a j cry able paper, covering the whole | round, and requiring a disputant of not ican scholarship and of tried polemical over to assail his positions successfully.! uch an one is Dr. Adger, as our readers j j ill find when they read his article. I Vitli that fearless regard for individual j berty which is the heritage of tlio true 'resbyterian, with a desire for peace and oncord worthy of apostolic times, and I ith that jealous watchfulness over the J urity of the Church and the family .'hich should characterize tho minister j f tho Gospel and member of society, j )l\ Aflffftr lit. O W<? !u]l'!ini>IH >'n t - n-- ? ? - ? * "" | " nd oilers luittlc to Prof. Dalmey thus: i J' 'Wo shall essay to dispute some of his s lositions, being much impressed with the 'pinion that there is danger both to tho ?> >urity, the liberty and tho penco of our * eclesiastieal household from some of tho iews which he has advanced." L; In the course of his learned paper, a vhich we commend to our readers, heJ] akes up Prof. Dabnev's arguments one!'1 >v one and successfully relates tliein. | \ ?fc establishes two great facts, that the ? linfulnessof dancing has not been proved; v md that it is not an ollcnco to be formally r lisciplined. | ^ Pianos and Organs.?Grand Introduc-jt: tion Sale. L One thousand first-class instruments | from best makers to be placed in South-1 * ;rn homes fi>r introduction and advertise-1, merit. Pianos. 6 Oct. $125. 7i Oct. $150. c Organs, 9 stops, $o7 ; K5 stops, ?71; Mir- ; " rorTop, i;l stops $?(>. Choice instru- ' ments at lowest prices ever known, li1) years written guarantee, lo days test tri-; -j ill. Chickering, Knabe, Mathushek, j\ Weber aiul Southern Gem Pianos, Ma-1? *on & Hamlin ami JPoloubot it Pelton Organs included in" this sale. A clean j sweep; no reserve; new instruments I e frc-sh from Factory. Only sale of the I kind ever carried out in the U. S. For introduction sale circular, address 'Mid-! len A Bates' Southern Music House, Sa- ' irannah, Ga., the Great Wholesale Piano! md Organ Depot of the South. 4t. | COVERED AND USCOVEUEO MANrRE. ? | <01110 years ago. saysanexperienced farmer, 11 lad a lot of sheep wlutercd in u building anil card fenced in with high pa Hues to keep out vorthless curs. In the second story of the ulldlng hay was kept for the sheep, and fed .o them"under the building, which was open it one end,some six or seven feet high, into lie yard where troughs w*-re kept for feeding | rniin. lairing the winter manure acei;inula- j ed unilt-r the building to twelve or fifteen inches In depth and extended gradually ta-j Hjriric* to the giound out into the yard. At i lie edge of the building the manure was! iboiit. twelve inches deep. In the following; lutumn, when i went to haul out the manure | or wheal. J fonndthat immediately outside!. >f the edge of tlie building, where exposed to j he weather, it had rotted and sunk till it. was >niy six inches deep, whilst that immediately I inder the shelter was still about a foot deep.! I took a cart and oxen mid drew the inn- ( lure which was on the outside of the build-j ng, and put it 011 jtstrip across t he Held in-1 Gilded for wheat, then drew out tlw same [iiantity in bulk from nnder the building,! ind put it in like manner on an adjoluing rrip of same size and quality. All was sow-, d with wheat of the same kind and at the aine time. The crop from those two lands esis not measured, bat every one who exam-| f tied the crop before cutting decided there ! * l as about twice the quantity on the land j t nanured by the covered manure.?Exchange. I mwamtmammm a?obi i mwiwewtwgmmbmbbbjbmpo Tlic Dancing Question. ro DANCE OR NOT TO DANCE,~ THAT IS THE QUESTION. [ [s Dancing a Sin?~Is it Discip-j linable ? DOCTORS DIFFER: Iter. R. L. Dabnoy, 1). I)., says, Yes. Ilcv. Joim R. AdgCr, I). I), says, No. j Able Argument by Dr. Adger on the' Negative Side. From the April Xo. of thr Southern 1're.ibytcri- . tin ltevivw.l rm.tr, tc, lias Itnnn n (fllirnnl. 1 llll* * - **?! * , from its beginning, some thirty years since, | :her< has never been unionist even Its editors t eomplele agreement of opinion on nlisnbeets. And so its correspondents and con-l rlbutors liave frequently differed In the sen-! Intents expressed by tlieni. Indeed, ourj ..'hurch is by no means at one upon a variety i jf questions which, though not fundamental, ire yet frequently of treat practical Impor-j ance. Hence the necessity anil (he value of i rce discussion. This journal claims that luring Its whole course it has furnished op-j jortunlty to thoughtful men forgetting forth vithout reserve their varying opinions. In this very number we are furnishing nn ! llnstratioh of the catholic spirit of the lie-! inc. One of our most learned theologians, j ,rho Is at the same time of our editorial; :orpfi, utters freely and forcibly his opinions: >n an important practical question which is liviiling our Church at. the present moment. | Ie may well be reckoned to have made the strongest, fullest and most impressive cxhlbiion possible of that side of the question' vhich he has espoused. If he has notestah-j ished the doctrine which he advocates, it nay he taken for granted that it cannot be I isUiblished. Having no such claims as his to I he attention or respect of the Church fori vhat we have to offer, nevertheless we shall ? lilt nosHioils. being! inn-It impressed with the opinion that there s danger both to tho purily, the liberty, nnd i he peace of our ecclesiastical household from ! miic of Iho views which he 1ms advanced. THE POSITION MAINTAINED BY DARXI2Y. There are two positions maintained: tho inc that dancing is sinful, the other that it Is in offence to he formally disciplined. On lie first point, as well as on the second, the irguincnt Is full, positive, and elaborate; and he ground taken mnkes every fin'in of this imusemcnt to he morally wrong. There Is a ! Ilslinetion drawn between sonic forms mull >ther forms ol it. so that the sinfulness is! :reator in some eases than In others; but ftj nil not be denied that tho first position naintalned is condemnatory in general of .11 dancing as sinful. Now we are not and never have been pa-1 rons of your "dancing disciples." We aroj lot and never have been friends, admirers,. >r apologists of the amusement of dancing in j ,ny of its forms. Hut this Is not because wc ,re able to accept, the first position taken, I rhicli makes all dancing sinful. We are on j ecord as expressing very strong dlsapproba-i ion of all forms of dancing between the| exes, and we still hold the same opinions on i hat subject. Hut tho proposition, thatj lancing, considered generally, is sinful, fol-i owed as it is and must he by the other imposition, viz., that it must be formally; liscipiined, presents the subject in a very! iiircrcnl light. Our ground is, that this is j us! one of those many things which are to be ' ondemned and dissuaded from, but notj nade matters of technical disciple. But It is | ttempted to shew that one has no right to isapprove unless one is so clearly convinced hat Cod's word Is against that which is dis-l pproved,as to be prepared to demand itsdis- j ipllne by the Church. >"o\v, we admit tliati he word is our rule in morals as in faith. KutJ he distinction Is clear and wtirrantablc he-: ween disapprobation and condemnation, nnd jrmal church discipline based on judicial j roceedings. ,An individual Christian may, peak or wrllc against what Is hi his opinion angerous. and a pastor may from the pulpit i eason and exhort, and a Session may warn j r remonstrate, respecting whatever In tlioj enerall aspects of the word seems tobelmiroper or Injurious, ltut when that court umes to acts of technical discipline, the war-j untof the word is icusonahly and rightfully ; squired to be much more explicit. This dis-1 inctlon if\ made l:i chapter first of our pres-| nt Hook of Discipline, and is expressly adi it ted on page flu's of tho argument we criti-j ise. And It hit# been acknowledged uecessa- j y and Just by all authorities on ccclesiasticI discipline. ISTINCTION BETWKE-N SINKITI, AND QUESTION A HI.E ACTIONS. j The distinction Is also clear and warrant-! bio between those actions themselves thatj re to be disapproved on general grounds of' e.rlpture as many persons believe, and other j etions whose condemnation Is either express i Scripture or else necessarily dcduciblo lerefrom. We call the.ie latter sinful. The; >rmer are only questionable, nnd different; linds will view the .1 differently. There j i card-playing, and .ueatre-golng, jincl novel-, jailing, and tobacco-chewing or smoking,! ml all use. even the most moderate, of ajiy i Ind of stimulating drink, and dinner pares, and big suppers, nnd fashionable dress] ndequipage, and the wearlngofa cold watch,1 iumond ring, or other jewelry?yes, and wcj lay go further and say life lnsurancc.and the j larrlage of first cousins; and proceeding anther step, the use of Instrumental music in! ubllc worship in God s house, and of church ' lirs with their many bad accompaniments ; nd going a little further, the use of stated ippliesfora long period Instead of settled! astors : and still further, the establishment j f theological seminaries; and still one step ] lore, the Pan-Presbyterian Alliance itself?j II these, and a score or two more of other] ke things, are questionable with many, and j ley have been and are occasions of earnest j Itlerenccs of opinion amongst honest, contentious, Intelligent Christians, who have j evertheiess all ulike adopted me worn asi icironly rule. And some of these things itve seemed to many to be fully as objeetlon- j ble as any form of dancing. Novel-reading, I >r example, as practised amongst us, Is profi-1 bly in every aspect quite as great an evil asj iiucing. It has lately been said on high an-' liority tliaf'no one sysleniatieally reads t lie j veragc novelette of the day and keeps either j itegrlty or virtue; and Hint there arc a mill-1 >n of men and women in the United State:.) !>-duy reading themselves into hell." And lien the use of tobacco: who can calculate >f! evils of that practice to health and morals oth ? These evils are so manifest, and ihey reus so heavily on the consciences of many, < wt some Churches in these Status have been s*ady to make either chewing or smoking a | isciplinablc otl'ence. For ourselves, haven lousand time wished that we had a scourge f small cords put Into our hands with auliority to go and cleanse our ministry, and | ur membership too, from all this abominable Ith. But. where arc we to Hnd Scripture for. taking the Use of either tobacco or novels a Isciplinable ottcnec ? HE ARGUMENT TO I'tlOVK DANCING SINFUL | A SI ON AI. FA 1 J.t'ItK. Now, the whole argument to prove that ancing is sinful appears to us to be a signal illure, while, nevertheless, it is a very sucessfu I demonstration that dancing, like the thermatters Just named, is questionable, and lay fairly be held in disapprobation by a council tious IJible believer. What is the line of argument to prove danIng to be sinful? The first point made Is, lat classical antiquity eschewed It. Surely lie heathen Greeks and Romans arc hardly > be held up as authority with us Christians s to what our church courts shall condemn s sinful. Surely all thinus wwe not wicked rliieh they held to be such. Thosccniul proof ; drawn from the condemnation af Christian ntiquily ; where again it Is just the opinions f men that are quoted. Then.Jhifdty, we are )ld of modern Christian Judgement ami leg lation, where Calvin, and the Westminster .ssemhly, and the Scotch Kirk, find the ancrican Assemblies (including ottr own), nd John Wesley, and Adam Clarke, nhd the lencral Conference of the Methodist Chlireh, nd a number of Kniscopal bishops (rf flic Ighest character, and various Diocesan (lien t ions of the Kpiscopn! Church, and cer-j tin l'npai Domex anu oisnop in Ainuncu. uic uotcd. SINFUL AMCSKMKN.-S. Now let it lie observed, tli.it In (Calvin's clay, I Geneva, there were enormous excesses re.eti.scd under the guise of popular amusements. Bungener, in his "Life of Calvin," ays : "It innst not he forgotten what, nt that peiod, certain things were, which the refine-1 lent of manners has more or less modified, ivery custom, ami therefore, much more, evry kind of disorder, retained tiio impress of i ireeeding centuries ; hence the passions easiy degenerated into brutish and uncouth cyncisin. Drunkenness and revelling are now rnong the very lowest of the Inferior classes iixt what they were then to many of the ligher ranks. There were seiircely any innoent pleasures. The dances, for instance?do hose who reproach Calvin fen1 having so trictly forbidden tlicin, know what they i'ere ? They may learn it from these same egisters, which shew us that the said dances fere forbidden long before Calvin's time; hey may learn it also from the registers of >iircourts of Justice ; foj they not seldom de-1 enerated Into outrages on decency which no i espectahle government will ever tolerate."! I'. 110.) So, too, (Jui/.ot, in his "Paint Louis and Cal'in" (p. -71). quotes from the "Pieces Justltlat Ives by (jaberel" (i> 21!l) as follows: "A neinoirstill exists whlehk!vc*a detailed ae otint oi" these extraordinary amusements | ihI from this terrible record it appears that ho dances then performed in private houses vould not be tolerated at the present day In he height of the most, disorderly carnival." 'his memorial, addressed to Hie king of Nu arre by"Dancau, is In the library of Genva. CALVIN'S MODERATION. And let it be understood, that no man lias ixpressed himself more scrlpturally, kindly, noderately, and wisely than Calvin on the ulijcet of olfenders by the Ch#vch. lie knew ike bis great teacher Augustln, how to point >nt "the inconsiderate zeal for righteousness j >f even good men," and how to condemn | heir "excessive morosencss" jind their too 'rigorous severity." lie could quote from Vugustin how "the pious and placid should j nerelfully correct what tlicy can In the hureh, but bear patiently what they cannot torrcct, in love lamenting and mourning tmii Ciod either reform and correct, or at the larvestroot up the tares and scatter the shall'." lie could say in his own words: 'Let all the godly study toprovlde themselves ivitli these weapons, lest, while tlicy dcein hemselves strenuous and ardent defenders if righteousness, they rayolt from the kingloin of heaven, which in the only kingdom of, ighteuusness.'' Yes, Calvin strongly sym- j lathised with Augustln when he said that "if! tic contagion of sin lias seized the inulti-l ude, mercy must accompany living disci-! dine."' And so when Augustin, speaking of j 'drunkenness, wlii<rli is so severely condemn-1 >d in Scripture, but was prevalent In Africa villi impunity," called lorn council to profide a remedy, Calvin heartily approves his lecturing, i*verlhcless, "In my opinion such iiiiKTs are not removed by routjlH harsh, and inperioua measures, but by more teaching .ban commanding, more by admonishing .hart threatening. Fori! is thus we are to ici, with tlic multitude of offenders. Sevcris. to be exercised against only the sins of the few." FORMAT, IlISCin.INE NOT TO BK USED. Calvin, therefore, is not to lie pleaded as Inilsting on disciplining the dances at Geneva without explanation ns to the character of ,he amusement then and there. And the Keoroier must ho understood as objecting with -yAugustin to *riy nue whatever of formal dis-1 w dpilne with a whole demoralized church or 8< community. Formal discipline Is not to be w used where the pnbllcsentlnientdoes notsus- ti tain it as wise and good: and this, of course, B cannot be where any abuse is generally n< practised. In cases of that sort, preaching Is et the remedy, according to Augustin and Cnl- w vin; notcointnundiugand not tlneatcnlngi pi but teaching and admonishing must be reli- di ed on. It is only where an oll'cnce Is the Hin n; of the few that they recommend formal dis- *a( clpllne. And we may add, that eveu then pi it should not he resorted to hastily. It Is a ai dangerous remedy In unskilled hands. Otle ta single case mismanaged may split a tlourish- a Ins church Into fragments. ? ACTIIOIUTIK* AGAINST mSCIPLINE. Then, as to the Westminister Assembly, let it be observe that it qualities the dancing It ,j| pronounces sinful with the term "lascivi- j, ous." And then the testimony of our Southern ., Church does not seem to us quite so strong as ,r represented. Ill isiio, for example, the new jt rules of membership ditlerent from those ]? eontalned lii the Constitution, but allowed w that each has power to declare or anirm its sense of what is an ollence; signifying, of course, that an appeal miyhl always betaken fromna judgment on thai point. And that " Assembly said that the "lasciviousduncings'' J*' named In the Larger Catechism are not, in Ins j." belief, those usual in our best society: that it would not say ail tliose wormy amuse- - ments are. In their own nature, sinful. Yet it is correctly stated that that Assembly did jj villi on Sessions to "separate from the church -1' those who love the world and conformity J11 tiiereto rather than the Iuwof (,'hrist." The '} same Was done by the Assembly of lWi9; but * that body qualified the dance* to be discl]>- . lined by the term "promiscuous." Then in , 1S77 the Presbytery of Atlanta asked the As- ? sombly to explain whether nil dancing, oronly pramiaciwux d.unelhg, Is forbidden. And tlsat Assembly answers thatull forms of the dance, whether round or square, and wlietli- JJ" or In public balls or private parlors, tend to J" evil, are evil, and should be discountenanced, i J"! It was very clear as to the teaching and ad- I ' monishlng, but less so as to the commanding j. ' and threatening. For that Assembly very 11 wisely suldthnl the extentof the evil depend |., on circumstances, and that Sessions arc the j ,l 1 only courts competent to Judge what remedy |., to apply and It also recommended great pH-j .1, tienco on the part of Sessions with offenders in the matter of dancing. " POWER Oi' THC SKXSIOW. I u] This language is interpreted to mean tlmtj the Assembly "clothes the Session with the power of judicial discipline." We submit, rr that If the Session did not possess the power 01 of Judicial discipline before, it could not be o clothed with itbyany Assembly. >o Asscm- c< bly can clothe a Session with any power it b docs not get from the Constitution of the b Clturcii. i'his representation of tins matter t< is repeated again and again. The Assembly, ti it is said, "authorises the Sessions to Judge ai what remedy to apply."' We know that the ei New Orleans Assembly expressed the opm pi Ion that only the court most immediately u connected with the peoplecan Judgeiiow best j n to deal with such occurrences amongst them; i but we submit, that it was not by any means n: the same thing to say that Sessions must use ! ti formal discipline. The Sessions who only IT can know all tlie elrcumstances of each ease ei can alone determine-wisely what the remedy 11: can be; but whaieve: remedy they do em- tt ploy, tiiey must exercise great patience In n dealing with those whoottend In this way. ai That is really what tlie Now Orleans Asbciii- ll blysaid; But we submit, that even if it had expressed tlie positive judgment ascribed to j ri it, our Sessions should now have no more atithority in the matter than they hail- before n the Assembly met at New Orleans. It l.s from i si the book and not from the Assembly, they it get all their authority, Moreover, itfstootir si mind quite clear that the Assembly at New | p< Orleans waft not thinking at all of any such st undertakingas "clothing the Sessions," nor n yet of bestowing on them, the grant of any h new "authority." On the contrary what it was aiming at wasjust to free Itself from any A supposed power or obligation to deal with 10 sucii eases, seeing that, as lias.heen well mild H in His article we are considering, the act In In question must be considered In the concrete !vi witii its circumstances and adjuncts. The 1c Assembly said that tlie church Session is the ' w only court competent, to judge what .remedy I ir toapply; in other words, the supreme Judl-jdi eatory cannot determine any such cases ex- j it ccpt. as tliey mav come up from the courts lis- | ii low in one or other of the four constitutional i A ways. This, now. really Is the last deliver- w unco innde by our Southern lienerat Asscm- i u bly. I ir THE CIIUKClt HAS SO OPINIONS. j ^ But U* touching Calvin's opinion mid that I^ of the Westminister anil tho Southern As-jo semblles anil all other Assemblies, and all the j Bishopsand ldoccses, all the Conventions j; and Conferences named?what of them nil, | singly or collectively ? What do they avail in : the Question before us? Kxcelleutly good fr they certainly are, and deserving of mnch re-1 j, respect as evincing that, according to t he best i j, judgment of the most pious and the wise men f,i dancing is to he discountenanced as an im- ft proper and a dangerous thing. Let them be jc quoted again andngafn to frown down this v umusumeut. Let them be used to organize a rf public sentiment which will banish It from i tj refined society. There must be something j j, evil in dancing (as said l)r. Thorn well; wlie.11 j in the Church in all uges has set hop face against I <,] it. But (as he said again; the Church has noljn opinions?she has a faith. That Is to say, the in Church may not act on opinions held by Ji: whom they may he, in or out of her bosom; tl sue can act Only on what is indisputably re- t j vcalcd. Our Confession says well the whole ci counsel of wod is eithor expressly set down 111 j m Scripture, unto whicli nothing Is at any lime L.j to be added. It is thus we get every doctrine (ii ?either It is expressed in tlje word, or it is i,' necessarily dcducible from the word. Ami so \\ our rules ot' discipline must be based on tl principles that are distinctly revealed. If tl the good anil the wise wlio have been ijuoted < ( can shew that dancing Is either expressly or vl by necessary deduction prohibited in the tl word, let thein make that plain, and there ii will be an end of the matter. Hut it Is just wasting words to tell us what men have be h lieved or thought on a subject like this, when ii the question regards formal discipline by the n Church. ? , THINGS atTESTlONAIILK, 1H*T NOT TO BK If KOIOIALL V 1'KOttimTKI). Suppose the lawfulness of Instru- n mentnl music in public worship were under )ti earnest discussion, as we ourselves think li *i ought to be all through our Church, could those who, like ourteivcs, believe that not be tl lug commanded it Is forbidden, claim to an- </, ply that principle so decisively as to make oi the use of an organ an oltencc to be tormally jt disciplined, ana Unit against the holiest and (l| earnest, though, wo think, unfounded, plea u by good men that the organ is a necessity to t( good congregational singing? Suppose the (>j marriage of cousins was to be earnestly pro- n tested against, on the ground that the Scrip- it ture forbids marrying any who are "near of w kin." Could it be fairly maintained that the t< application of that prohibition in this way is r< clearly necessary, so as to make this kind of le marriage sinful ? A great deal is said, and wc ijj think can be justly said, against such mar- pi rlapes; logic and eloquence and zeal'might |y fortify themselves with the testimoniesof the hi highest medicul anthorities and assail this sc practice und seek to bring It under the form- ol al ban of the Church; but is the deduction u ai clear and necessary one, such as would justl- .si fy the claim that the Scriptures condemn the it kind of marriage? Why, even the marriage tl of the wife's sister, which seems to us to b;ijcl far more clearly condemned in the word,in could not. we seriously apprehend, be sue-1 e< eessl'ully maintained to be so unquestionably forbidden in the Scriptures as to lie a proper ,, matter of discipline. That practice is getting l to bo common in our Church, utnl the subject Is one that ought to be discussed amouust us T by way of preventing the further spread of it supposing that such marriages arc Incestuous; but is it not manifest that the formal discij>- Ii line of such marriages in the present suite of public opinion is a somewhat questionable e: remedy for any churen Session to apply? ci 1.1 FK IJJSt'lIANCK ASfl INTKMI'EIt AIICK. |U Suppose, again, that a church Session should ; t. be unanimous in the opinion that life assur-1 anew is based on a wicked distrust of provi-j.-. deuce, and in fact is a species of the sin of! gambling. Would it be right for them to un- j j, dertuke to discipline a church member for t| making that sortof provision for his widow jw and orphans? And so wc might ask whether j j, the most earnest advocate of toial abstinence i u from drink, though he can portray in melting K| terms the grief of broken-hearted wives and | ? the distress of worse than fatherless children, i tj and though he can describe Justly and mov- j |-e ingly the dishonor to religion from drunken-1 ? ness In the very Church, and though ho can i j, demonstrate that no one becomes a drunkard ] () in a day,and that the temperate use of liquor .j is the road to intemperance?yet, wo might ft a*k, can tills pleader for teetotal ism expect lo | prevail with the Church to make all use ofie] stimulus a sin and a disciplinable ofl'encc? a Let hi fn tell us of the tremendous array of j 0 testimony which can be produced to declare the dremi fulness of intemperance; lot iiim;n also set. forth the incontrovertible opinion 0I held by hundreds and thousands of good and ; jj wise men, that if there were no moderate w drinkers there could be no drunkards; let. I n him produce (as lias been done In this question of dancing) "a coitcvrsu* of all religions. r< all aires, all civilizations." auainst drunken-1 & ncssand all the- causes of it; and lcLliini seek by all I his powerful array to make sonic? littie, insignificant, obscure rresbylerian <| church .Session declanJ that moderate drink- ? Ins is a sin: and he will fail, because the ji Church must notussay. to be wiser than her u Lord or better than tho liiblo. t< TilK CIU7UCK CANNOT MAKE l.AWS. Let the Shite adopt the Maine law, which ' forbids all selling of liquor except by the ' apothecary cm the physrclun's prescription ; ' we would hold up both hands for it; It would ' be a mighty bulwark against Intemperance, 1 and In fact might lie the very cure of It; and not only so, >>nt it would be a perfectly legitimate exercise of thelaw-makingpower of the State. Hut the Church cannot make laws. This is tbe Insuperable obstacle in'tlie way ol ,, tiiat exercise of discipline wlifcli Is urged. k. We .are not the Lord's councillors,- but his *er- ji van is. lie makes (he laws; Chfirch r filers ? can only administer them. And therefore, all n that is said about the "sclf-suflicieney and ar- 8, romance which in its Ignorance and inexperi- J ' M.n O'kn f*n/l " rill't' M'l? HSUi il|i (IKIUIIOI' n iimv vuv j-j the good of the ancient and modern world" w have said about dancing, or nnytl^ng eise; jj all this falls to the ground. Tlie plcaof Chris- ,, tlnn liberty is to be assorted over and ofrer ^ ngnin whenever churches or church courts cs- j] say to Invade that liberty In the least degree.- j, DUTY OK ClIltlSTlANS TO l'HOTKST IN li?E g" INTKRE8T OF LUIKIITY. e The Apostle says we must stand fast nnd be not brought under any human yoke. And so. j whatever "tbcoplnlon of the virtuous of nil 'p ages" about dancing, and whether that "opln -iIon be soun^or not," the question before us simply Is, whether, If tho Church undertake -p the formal discipline of any practice not indlsputnbly forbidden In the Scriptures, basing ^ her action solely on the opinions of the virtuous of all ages, it does not become the duty of ^ the humblest member hi all "humility, mod- j |j esty, and docility" to protest, iu the interest.! ff of the liberty and the purity and the peace oi l ci the Church, j w Cut it Is contended, touching the first point. j, ef the argument wc are reviewing, that the w Scriptures do condemn public dancing both ? "fully and expressly"?as much so, at least, j, "as the plan of its revelation made possible / for It." The proof ottered is: (I) that the Hible j r. enjoins sobriety, and the dance is un net of j j, pronounced levity; (2; that the Hible enjoins ,r( strict economy, but the modern'dance isnJ]( wasteful un<l expensive amusement; tluitan thei'ible requires modesty <>t leinaie dro.<H I>ut tlie dance usually an opposite mode; ( 0 I (j that the Scriptures expressly forlild the inod-j w ern dance, in tlmt they enjoin the strictest; ,u purity in the intercourse of the sexes. There j j, is n (IHtli statement of proof, hut let us look j C| for a moment at the argument as thus far pre-1 u sented. i THE CHURCH MUST NOT UNDERTAKK SUMP- K Tl'AKY REGULATIONS. The first remark we have to offer is, that we , n have under the four heads a statement of tlioj rlter's views touching thebearingof certain :riptures on the dance. Tliere arc. many lio ugrcc with him. In mnny of the posi- rVkim uns he takes wengreo with him ourselves. ^W,UI ut there arc many, very many, perhaps, at in his elrclc or sphere of life or oiws, but nei( irtalnly many in other Jsphores. who differ inci..n 1th him entirely as to the Justness of hisap- Kurre c llcutlon of the Scriptures quoted. A great vr%J}jal. of course, depends on our training. Ma- iV'' y things seem to the country people extmvjnnt which city folks consider moderate. 0frCre ersousot the middle class, educated at home DroI)C nd brought up with sirnpio tastes, caunot L1. ilfi> vlou'wu-hlnh nhtftin In tliphlrh. it ranks of life. There must be allowed a ,ie?v Vhslderuble latitude for these necessary dlfronces of taste and habit* and feeling. The eonf.. hurch must not undertake sumptuary reg- ,nin latlons. She cannot construct her rules j i?H iri? iselplltic to suit any one class whether the I Kin . Ighcst or the lowest or the middling. They [ iust t>c such ns will easily and naturally up-1 ,,i.,e.i ly to the different situations In which horiin ??, it'llibers are found. Her rules of discipline, Trnitc is true, irfust not be made of gum-elastic; conu? Lit. on the other hand, they mustnotbe Iron-1 exerc orks which cannot bend without breaking. wm, THE AUGCMKNTUM AD HOMINEM. right! The.second observation we make Is, that the 1' ^acknowledgements quoted from many ad- rnajoi icatesof the round dance are such as we Unite n*c ourselves heard denlrd by honest and their ir witnesses. Here, again, much depends thing ii training and character, and both those and i stlmonlea we have received and those quo- notk id on the other side may be equally true. Xcv ut tliir. much is certain : there are men of mcssi tch vicious disposition and such Immoral adapt ainlng and character that every clrcum- merel jincc is to them a temptation and an induce- tedloi lent. For suety men, not tho dance merely, point at every other form and mode of social life posltl writes evil Inclinations. Moreover, if be- tlal b utscof it by some very badly disposed per- show, >ns, we arc to discipline dancing, It will be neith Dcessary. for the same reason, to make an of- nates nee out of all the amusements which young timid rople can ever liave, however Innocently, to- whicl jther. There is no possible coining together tatiut f the sexes In social intercourse which will the lc i>t be liable to the objection of tempting bad to th< icnto evil. have The third remark which occurs to us Is, that niegsj ic .Scripture injunction to sobriety, as hers mres* i n;i jji iiiiu uuui'iniwuui truuiu upyij iuh JUTUH ; well to the playfulness or our youtli; and ing IJ int what Is said riifoout the requirements of mun tmumy would call lor the discipline of rich cnilcc lurch members who ride In Adc carriages jen e nd dwell In brown stone fronts. Is ths TIIK MKXES WE CANNOT MAKE SHAKERS. OUS ft A forth suggestion Is, that our creator lius casus aide the sexes to Incline towards one anoth- In tin r, and It is right that they should. And ev- Ulcus y attempt that Is made to bar against theso Nei institutional tendencies must not only fail, gress ut remit and work evil. A good deal of what assui as been suid upon thin whole topic appears ulous us prepostcaous; for example, the Idea for tl int. young men and young women in society by tb re required by the Apostle Paul to regard autlii ich other with only such feelings as belong butt roperly to brothers and sisters. We cannot laws lake Shakers of our young people, and must leavi ut try to do II. band Once more: the weakness of all this nrgu- lie se lent from .Scripture, so far, Is, that the deduc* Chi on ls(notof good and neccssury conseouence. has p he application made is not such as will bear vlgoi dm and fair examination, or as will com- of all icud itself to the impartial judgement of In- shall diligent observers oi human life and man- tlnue ers. Discipline would break down under otliei uy attempt of this sort to make out lta Justl- lire." L'atiou. v Phi But let. us recur to an expression quoted al- "A r rndvastothe Hilile's condemning dancing that hk expressly us the plun of Its revelation yeste mile possible lor it." With deference, we hisv iggest that this language is objectionable? furni , seems to signify (\vhnt we know whs not de- of iti Kiied; thfit the word is not as complete und there erfectu rule us might be desired. It would sixth ;ein to have forgotten for the moment that unsu ot only what In expressly written, but wlmt parte necessarily deduciblc therefrom, is revealed gre*s the latter lull as completely as the former, more nd some will be In danger of receiving the ofthi lea from what is said that from the"very na- ting >re of the ease, however sinful dancing may mcnl b, the revelation made long before it was in- that 1-nted could not possibly prohibit it in iiper- him ictiy clear and distinct way by anticipation, prop: hieh position, of course, is not tenable any ure. lore than it Is honorable to the word. Nor himi Des it appear to us that there Is as felicitous able statement as ourauthor usually makes when In Co e sets forth what, is the plan wlopted by the Willi utlior of the Bible, us follows : "This plan asep as so to prohibit sins which were current in Phi tose generations, as to furnish ull honest. new linds parallells and precedents which would and i llely guide them in classing the sins of later for u ivention." Jt is not "parallels und preee- thel [. nth" so much us principles which the Au- ate, i ior of revelation has given us for the guld- ofth lice of our minds and our ways. Accord- repei igly, It seems to us that no Session called on ing I > discipline a man for wantonly butting a cord iegraph wire or displacing a railroad bar in ly pn out of a passenger train, would any more go >e > tiie liiole for a parallel or a precedent than dent' ir an express prohibition of these particular a po irms of sin. Our standards would make the prim irmer of these offences. in several different presi mns of expression, a clear and indisputal)le form iolation of the Klghth Commandment, which a con quiresjustice between man and man; an<l of It. icy would make the second also, clearly and appn idipputably, a violation of the Sixth Corn-led at landmen!. There were no telegraph wires tatlo r railroads when the Decalogue was given, now nt the Sixth and the Klghth Cum mam: incuts j prlat nve unquestionably anticipated the sins menl icutloiied, and no session could pretend that | Atne icrc is any lack of clear scrlpure condemna-1 the v on of these sins. So of all sins: the Bible jk^pt mdemns all possible offences against God or j the I inn, and whatever it does not condemn, e!tii-: mini ; expressly or deductively by good conse-1 ors, uence, is no offenco, and must not be made leglsl y man to be an offence. And Lite dltllculty 'great lilch Sessions tiud as to dancing, and which the I le Westminster Asssemby also found was Derm lat it Cannot be made out to be Indisputably the t rtain that all dancing can bo held to be in the I lolution of the.SevenLh Commandment; so 15o.> iat the Assembly of Divines were obliged to Ilayi isert that qualifying term, "lascivious." ] He h Hut, lift!*, it Is said that scripture virtually bly, I icludes the modern dance in an express pro-1 wing ibition in three placcs, viz., Rom. xiii. l.'J, igard ol. v. 21, and I Peter iv. 3. The llrst passage conti mdemns rioting, and the other two revel!- Ilay< igs. And it is added that tlio Sixth Com- orco landment prohibits suicide, but dancing de- it foil roys both menial and bodily health, which ubor takes It doubly suicidal. This completes the onto *gument from Scripturo to prove dancing pend nful. itidc t We have only to remark, with deference, shift mt tills appears to us to he a thorough brent: calib ? ? u'awI Tln.l twifH/m his fl: ' the argument which relates to .suicide is A sir ist a mere general inference not to lie relied man 11 lorn nioinnit as a basis of Judicial discio- boldl lie. lint what of tlie three texts? Clearly jdeu icy forbid rioting and revelling. And these .\Iari; lences may accompany dancing; hut Is It a co ife toaflirm that they always do accompany whic (.'an wo reason from rioting and revelling hest. hich are clearly forbidden to all dancing? ussu ?even all round dancing? On p.iae HM we claln sad : "We belluvu that round dancing at All ast is a sin of a very grave character and a Cong igrant broach of morals;" and again, on joint igeafl, that round dances arc always ' un- own iWful and disciplinable In Christ's Church; pi act >r they are never per x<: indifferent, but es- on h ntially contrary to the permanent precepts his ? r Scripture, as has been shown," Now, If ecnti ly texts of Scripture have been adduced to dent low that round dancing Is essentially sinful, boun ban only be these three; and toaflirm that tegri icse'doso teach is to affirm that "round dun- a byng" and "'riotIntc and revelling" arc synony-1 The ( ions terms. Surely this will be acknowledge his o I by nil to be going loo fur. i .Juuu ? licc ii OLORED TEACHERS' INSTITUTE. l\\n' SUggl lie Necessity for such an Organization own in Ablicville County. I sent* 'ditor* Prans anil Itanner: I to 1111 I respectfully nsk for this a placc In your] vice] xtensively circulated paper. As I lmvo rc-; to th mtly taken into consideration the great ex-1 woul foncy for u society of thr. colored teachers In Wa ils county, for mutual lin]>roveinent by the conll ^changing of Ideas concerning didactics; emcr icrefore I designate to the colored teachers u | to tin :\v, of the many, advantages of society. I sion i "Twoarc better than one; because they have ave-agood reward for their labor. For If speec liey fall, the one will lift, up his fellow: but llic oe to hint that is alone when hefullelh: for of at e hath not another to help him up." "Two | tlons re better than one." because wc are all short the I ighted, and very often see but one side of ajtorei intter; our views aro not extended to all'has ii inthas a connection withit. From this dc-finani :ct I think no man Is free. We seo but in! Cin art. and wc know but In part, find therefore, j whol . Is no wonder wc conclude not rlttlit from Is wil urpartial views. This might Instruct the tuMo roudest esteemer of Ills own parts how use- confi ii it is to talk and consult with others, even and I .ich as come short, with him incapacity, pen- the d (ration and quickness: lor since noc.ic sees Tre II, and wc generally havedillerentprospects Hon < f the same things, according to our different ] ty In osition to It, It is not Incongruous to think,' conn .... liAnmirh u,iv ti, Iri' M'Iw*t 11fi* iiimt.h.! r may not have notions of things which | aggr< avo escaped lilm, and which his reason | the a ould make use of, if they catnc into his Conf< ilnd. concc I believe wc can ohlnin a good intellectual stltu award for our lahor at present, by being in a satis] oclety of this kind, and of course, after be- eufor uining more worthy thereby, we may obtain [ of th fair pecuniary reward In the future. It isltion .eplorably true of our people, taken as a ] racy Hole, that they possess comparatively a i gome lodicum of pecuniary means and also of cd- <uid t eationul talent, though much less of the lat- sivor er than the former. shoul A great many of our teachers aro lainenta- trlun ly deficient in educational talent, and some the g re said to be grossly Immoral, therefore the bellii pccitlc object of this society would be to And rouse the teachers to assiduity, and to re- all lei uire them to deport exeniplnrlly. This box.' mild bo more euectually accomplished I Xci . een, by trying to Influence them to acquire Presl xempiary luiblts even than by endeavoring leave i compel them to do so. Napoleon learned from > say, "What. I admire most In the world. Is datlo nc powcrlessncssot' force to found any thing." party evcral of our teachers have fallen Into the Ne\ uiigcon of self-conceit, and there Is nothing Hayc tore suitable than this society would bo to sense ft them up out of It. They are Ignorant de- Violc |ilte of experience; because a few of them been ave been trying to teach for the last eight or what ine years, and tho golden opportunities point iilch that precious time brought them have both own awfiy without their adequate Improve-1 terlst lent. I my any teacher who, having seen | phi i?e consequences ot a thoustand errors, con- j Presl nnes still to blunder, and whose age has on-1 of pai y added obstinacy to stupidity, is in the Itwri rentcsi need for a salutary remedy for these phi rils. the F And why? his rc Since time whs given for use, not waste, ly coi njoined to 1U, with tempest, tide, and stars, Chi o keep his speftd, nor ever wait for man. dent line's use fras doomed a pleasure, wasted hya] pain/ iliisdi hat man mipht feel his error, if unseen, i for tl tid feeling, fly to labor for his cure; I done ot blundering, split on fdleness for ease." j The Now cenilenien and ladies of my profession ! warm . should be borne in mind by you what great -of Mi lings a scholastic society did in antiquity | buen >r the whole civilized world. Purine tho {the pi X COIlUiril'S llllll UlltTVUUl'U, llll?u> nnu .-ill ? IJUU hlch Is aptly styled the "f>ark Ages," tlie scrvii itelleciunl light which now Illuminates this hole globe, from dime tocl/mft, WiW very early extinguished by the hands of the lmritrlans, and liad it not been for the Christian An hurell, It would have been completely ;cai j. uencheU. Thlough the Christian Church be- ,o, ig a house built not upon sand, but upon a ' >ck, there were n few sparks of undent ? (r'0< ranting In its recesses which were provider*-1 ons s allycicstinedtosurvivetheloniiandgtooniy ! eians Inter. Therefore, wo may fairly say, that }nv;?j ie Christian Church furnished the muterials y ^ hileihe famous school men, Thomas Aquln- m s, Duns Scotus, Kos'-olln, Ansclin, and I'etcr onibard, constructed the bridge ucjoss the liaos. and linked thetwo periods of modern nd ancient civilization. As we are among tno most versatile, proresslveand energetic people In the world, Fj1Uo\ icre Is no probabiity of our having to share Pier le fate of Roger Bacon and Abbertus Mag- ent h< us, for being in advance of our age. level WM. W, FKAZIEK. ninlie v,. ' >" * ' - -i-".J, -l1^-_1:l THE PfiESIDENT'S TETO. nents of the Press-Every Shade of Opinion Expressed. ivr will be foand extracts from leading endent and party Journals on tbo mes>f President Hayes vetoing the army aplatlon bill. The New York Journal of terie (Independent) nays: e President condemns the measure d for his signature because 'It Is now ised to deny to the United States even pccssary civil authority to protcct the nal elections.' Pray, who proposes to this to the United States? Is it the Presof the United States? The constitution rs upon Congress tho right to make cerregulntlons concerning the election of :mbors. The two houses have passed a pulfffiprl an thnv Kotlnvo tn nrnvont. onV o Interference of tho military at such una. Thlsactlon Is mostcertalnly wlthelr province. It Is not a denial to the d States of the rights conferred by the ltutlou. but, 011 the contrary, It in the l*e by the Congress of the United States, whom the power Is lodged, of tho very < In question. The pretenso thatbecuuse resident Is of one political party and the rlty In Congrtss arc of another he Is the rd States, and thoy by the exercise of legitimate powers are (lenylnfe someto the United States, Is a mostolfenslve inwarrantabio assumption, that ought ) puhs without severe rebuke." v York Herald (Independent): "Tho ige of President Hayes Is skillfully od U) It* purpose, and that purpose being ly political, It Is unnecessary to go Into* us constitutional argument *as to his s. Both parties are skirmishing for a on with reference to the great Prcsldcnattlo of next year. The message clearly n, by a recital oriaws now In force, that er the President nor any of his subordlhas authority to practice military inlatlonatthe pollR. The Interpretnllon ii me jrreaiaeni. puis upon we posse cwnv Hccilou of the army appropriation act of L?t Congress is a veritable "sockdolager" ! shrieking and brainless Democrats who led the party Into this slough. The veto ?ge Is rather plausible than sound In the i It lays on the fact that the vetoed bill Is civil officers ol the government(nieannlted States marshals) to employ armed at any polling place. Cltlzons can be 1 to servo in this capacity only In a sudmergeney, and the natural presumption it they will be unarmed. It Is preH>*ter>r the President to Insist on tho right of il attendants at tho polls to bear arms b *nmii breath that he concedes that It Is il for Federal soldiers to be present." .v York Hun (Independent): "For Conto retreat from the position which It hus ned would be foolish, unpatriotic, rldlei, and probably fatal to those responsible le retreat. The many cannot bo coerced ie few. A man holding the Presidential jrlty through fraud may offer a veto; he proper reply to It Is to re-enact the to which no objects, and to adjourn, ng him to face the responsibility of dlsiug the army and disorganizing the pubrvice. If ho chooses so to do." cago Time* (Independent): Mr. Hayes eriormed his duty with a boldness and thnt will commend him to the applause good citizens. If a/najorlty in Congress now act upon hj*< advice, they may cons to llvo down the damaging effcct of an' stupendous blunder and another falliladelphia LcAgrr (Independent) says: ather unevenly balanced document Is sent to the House of Representatives rday, giving the President's reasons for cto of the urtny bill. It would have had ore forcc If It had omitted three-fourths k contents. When the President states i Is no necessity for the enactment of the i section of the bill, he only expresses an pported opinion, which, being unsupd, could have no weight even upon Cotiwllling to listen to reason. Further', It leads him into an argument In favor : policy of retaining tho clause permittee use of troops at the polls?an argui that commits him against the repeal of portion of the law, whether it comes to In tho form of an amendment to an aprlatlon bill or as an independent measThis Is a fatal error of policy, that puts nt cross purposes with the Intluentialand. section of the Republican membership mgress who had already expressed their niniMB ffjtvnr tho i* r?r??nf?iit#?d In urate net,'' lladelphla Times (Independent): "The attitude of the President Imposes new rrave duties upon Congress. It Is 110 time >asslon or hasty action. We hope to see Sayard hills reported ut once In tho Sen:learly dctltilng the proper employment earmy In cases of violence ut elections, llltlg the test oath for Jurors, and revlslic national election laws In faithful ncwlth justice, and they should be prompts ssed." w York World (Democrat): "The Trests veto opens the way, wide and clear, to pular Democratic victory In 1#<K>. The :iple contended for by Congress should be fntcd to the President again ut. one In a which shall leave him 110 choice between nplete acceptance 01' Hand a Hat rejection The repeals contained in the legislative rtpriatlon bill also should now be presentonce to him separately. Under notempn, under no pvovoentiou, let Congress adjourn without making all the approtons necessary to carry on the governi. Uopreseiiting tho majority of the ncan people, uougrcss must see 10 it initk rheels <?f the public administration nra smoothly and stcurtily til motion, and if 'resident of h faction* and mischievous n lty, under the guidance of evil cnun*elinslsts upon obstructing with his veto nt I ve repeals in harmony with all the precedent!* of the history of freedom, let ssues that he makes he taken hy the ner.itlc party calmly nnd fearlessly 'teforo rihiinni of the people In all the States of itiloii. aon Globe (Democrat): Rutherford B. ?s has bien captured hy the stalwart*, as vetoed the army hill, and, presunialas ".fixed himself solid" with the ultra of his party, which has been wont to rehlm and his administration with utter impt as being too inlld mikI taine. Mr. s has been forced to do this by his party ntinue to have only a final! minority of lowing him. fie is evidently tired of his live attempt to build up a Hayes party (the old whig party, or uny other indeent organization or number of men outihc old parties, and so makes the best possible for a man of his ambition and re, and L'oes over to the stalwart wing of arty and burns th?? bridge* behind him. ong man, u courageous man, au honest in tlie presidential ehalr Would have y signed the bill in obedience to the neond in defiance of the Republican leaders. > ol them In the last Congress ottered, as luprouiise, to vote for this same bill h the President now vetoes at their belt proof that It was not regarded by them eh a "dangerous" bill as Air. Hayes now is It to be. iimy Argux (Democrat): The lecture to reus is ttic height or impertinence. a resolution, telling him iiow to write his messages, would not he more out of ; than his drivel nncl tlrool to Congress ow to pass bl I lis or frame them. So, too, oids about the indcdondciice of the Exve ure rank bosh. An unelected Preslha? no rights an eleetcd Congress Is d to respect. The Independence and Intyof the Executive will he a hissing and word so long ns the Executive Is a fraud. >nly servico he can do to the dignity of dice is to get out ef It, hang himself like s, or at least not call attention to the ofnd himself by narneat the same time. icKlnninguf reform methods of leglslals made criminal when that beginning Is jsted by a thief of tho Presidency. His party passed theso bills as riders, ome of them he voted when ho repre:d Vacuum In Congress. Ills advice how elected Congress Is as impudent as adrrom the inmates of penal institutions, e people to abate abuses In pardons, it tie. shlngton Post. (Democrat): "We have dence there Is a way out of the present geney which shall additionally redound b credit of the party and to tho confui?f Its enemies. In the meantime let us| no unwise or loose talk?In fact no h or talk of any kind." htnoiul State (Democrat): "Tho practice I [aching general provisions to approprla-1 is an old one, and always a bad one. if J >einocratlc party,on this occasion, falls' nedy abuses which no man defends, It [self to blame, since It chose a time and icr o.v no means proper. olnnattl Impure}- (Democrat*; "It ls| ly without precedent in our history. It thout warrant In the spirit of our constln, and the spirit of the veto Is In direct let with the letter of the constitution n shamelessly hostile to the doctriuo of eclaration of Independence." iiton GuzeUc (Republican): "The poslsf the President and the Republican parthls struggle it Is important for the try to keep steadily In mind, is merely j *int and not aggressive. They arc not ssors in the tight. They merely oppose ggrcsslve. revolutionary policy of the! .'derate Congress. So far ns they were I >rned they were content with the conlion and laws as they were. They were tied that under the impartial and honest I cement of existing guarantees the rights | c people of nil classes, colors and condt- I were safe. Hut the Confederate Democ-I were not snt Isfied. They demandetl thai of these guarantees should he abrogated | hat the work of undoing the progrcs-] ichlevements of the past sixteen years Id bcsln. They want to complete their | lph and to secure the entire control of! overnnient they failed to destroy in rein by securing the Presidency next year. I HI lillo Villi Llll j 111*111*11111 I III? n'lllWViU Ul I pi obstacles to frauds upon the ballot ^ .v York Tribune (Republican): "The; dent's message Is unanswerable. It j s the Democratic party no road of escape surrender, and It completes the eonsolin of the united ad eontldent Republican In the support of their official leader." v York Times (Republican): "President :h has taken a position which the eowi of the country will heartily sustain. :nt partisans on both sides would have better pleased had ho assumed somedifferent ground In regard to the main , in dispute. His Judicious avoidance ofj oxtremes constitutes the strong characIcof the message." ladelphln Inquirer (Rcpnbllcnn): "The1 dent's message Is right, anil no amount rtlsan casuistry or invcctlvo can make :>ng." ladelphla J>rr?CRepnbllcRn):"Wethink j resident's position Ih Impregnable and j nsons for sending back the bill absolute-1 Delusive." capo 7Ytbi<n<? (Republican): "Tlio Presihas earned the gratitude of his country arompt nnd courageons performance of J ...111 .. .. I I io Intelligent wanner In which he hns it." Clnclnnnntl Omtmcrcial (Republican) ily supports the veto, and urges the force .Hayes' position that laws havo already passed preventing the uso of troops at ills, and the proposed repeal In this bill 1 prevent the civil authorities from prethe peaec. Abbeville Medical Society. oxtra mooting of the Abbcvillo Mediociety will bo held on Tuesday, the' lay of May, at Abbeville C. II., at II j ik'n, m., for the discussion of variubjeets of importance. The pbysiof Abbeville county aro cordially i?d to attend. By order of J. L. 1'rcs.s- i [. JX, President pro tempore. \ GEO. P. E. WENUK, M. D., Sccretarj'. 4 Advised to Roach his Hair. a Prnts and fianric: ise advise your Pftrk's Creek correspond-1 >fore reporting again to roach his hair, I his head, and then it Is lively he will not J so many mistake?/ CITIZliN. | The Unchristian Parable. IT DOES NOT TEACH ANYTHING ABOUT THE HAPPINESS OF THE SAYED OE THE MISERY OF THE LOST. The Jevrs Believed a Man's Standing in this norm indicated toe lie$rce of his Favor with God. To Corrcct thi* Erroneons Opinion lt> the Trnc Reason why onr Saviour Spake the Parable. Both the Rich Man and Lazams were In Hades, bnt Lazarus Got the Best Place. This Christian Truth in Jewish Raiment, Knocks the Brimstone out of Some of tho Sermons with which we hare been Rcccntiv Favored. [Haplift Courier. 1 My purpose l? to show what I bel levo to be the true meaning of the parable of the rich man nnd LazaruK. In denominating It the unc/iriitianpafable, It 1k not my nlm to Intimate that it Is nnworthy of Christ, but that our lroru in scening uj impart a vniuituie truth to the Pharisees occupied for the while, Jewish ground ns distinct from Christian ana ho clothed a Christian truth with Jewish raiment as to render It necessary for us to be cureful, In Interpreting tho parable, to flurt the point of the story without embodying as n part of the moral some of those Jewish figures used to set It off. I am aware that in what follows I sha* be likely to present views Ht variance with those of a goodly number of brethren, and doubtless,an is commonly the ease, shall be availed forheresy. Hut it Is not my Intention to geuerale a discussion. I only ask a candid study on the part of all?a study unimpeded by the weight of preconceived notions. There are some things commonly derived from Iho parable that I am satisfied It dues not teach. Among them tire tne following: 1* It does not teach anything about the happiness of the saved In heaven or the punishment of the lost In hell: for tho rich man Is not represented (In the Greek) as. being In hell, (gehenna). nor is Lazarus represented as being in heaven, but on Abraham's bosom. Both of them were In Hades, which was the same as Jewish Sheol, the common receptacle of all the dead, both good and bad. 2. It does not teach that a wealthy mttn Is nccessarlly wicked, or a poor man necessarily righteous. 3. We can gather nothing from It as to what becomes of tho spirit immediately after I death. These persons are descrlbable ax being in Hades without the trial of a Judgment. 4. It does not teach that tho rlghteous dead arc carried from earth by angels. 5. It does not assign any reason for the loss of the rich mail or the happy condition of the poor man. B. It does not teach?nor was Intended to teuch?that the dead, both saved and lost, are In sight of each otherln theworld of spirits. What then does It touch? DeWlttc and Strauss, of whom It might have gcen expected, assume the extreme position that our Lord Intended to reprobate riches and extol poverty. They argue this on the ground tliut ho did not assign any cause for the suffering of the rich man, or the happiness of Lazarus, except that one was rich and the other. Dr. Van Oosterzee, in Lange's series,explains the matter by attempting to prove from the parable that the rich man was extremely wicked. One argument he adduces Is, that even In Hades lie folt the superiority and commanded I?azaruB, his Inferior, to bring him waler lo drink, Theearly copyists of the New Testament felt this difficulty, and one of them sought to remove It by adding after the words "desiring to be Jed which fell from the rich man's table," the gloss kal ovdei* edidon anl->? and no man gavo to lilm." This was to show the rich man s diwftcrate meanness. As the parable now stands; the whole evidence cock to show that I<azaruxdid get the crumbs ho doslred.or he would not have been carried to the same place daily. The truth Is, it was not our Lord's aim to say why the rich man was lost, but simply to state the fitct. We have asked, What does the parable teach t Olshansen's answer is, that it lias nothing to do with everlasting i-alvatlon nnd condemnation ; but says he, the prominent point" are tlu-se: 1. Departed souls ussemblo together in one place. I 2. They are separated according to tholr ! fundamental characters. unto good and evil. and arc conscious of the presenco of each I other. I .'I. That after death a transition from the , bad to the good, and the reverse. Is impossiI ble. I From each of these views the writer must dissent, u lth the exception of the last one; which, however. Is merely nn incidental mor* a I and does not constitute a part of the main teaching of the parable. Let the following fact* he taken hold of, and we can then proceed Intelligently. The Jews j believed that a man's standing In this world I indicted his standing with God. Ho far hack ; as Job's time we ttnd this to be their belief, i The argument of Job's friends was that he ; had sinned, ami that his sufferings were a I proof of it. Their words turned monotonously upon this pivot. So of the afflicted man in I tlio New Testament. The Jews asked tlie Saviour whether he hadjdnned or hi*parent*. I thai lie was thus reduced. He replied by telli ing them that neither the man's sin nor his j parents' had brought him to that slate. So, i also the Jews believed that certain Galileans wnom Pilate had slnln were proven by their tragic end to have been the worst or men. Our Lord rebuts the error by asking If they believed the eighteen upon whom the tower In Slloani fell were sinners abovenll men that dwelt In Jerusalem. Said lie: "I tell you, Nay." Yet such was the Jewish belief?a wellto-do man stood high in port's favor, while poverty and affliction, they said, waa a proot of ills disfavor. At this error, and with no other thought In mind, our Lord directed tho parable under consideration. But in doing so he assumed Jewish ground. And notice Tils consummate skill: 1. He describes two men?one rich, the other very poor and afflicted. The Jewish hearers arc to he mistaken in theoutcome of their history ; so he puves his way by using their notions, and avoiding any new antagonism by clothing his story with fumlllnr, though erroneous, statements?statements which he did not expect us to receive as true any more than that we must believe he knew of a certain woman who lost a piece of money. 2. These two men diod. What must he do with them ? Consign them to some condition at variance with the established faith of the Jews. Of course not. or else the minds of his hearers would have been drawn away from the moral of the story to supposed error. So ho Just accepts their theological creed, and says one went to Hades (not hell), tho other was carried by anj:cls to Abraham's bosom; and thorn tliey were In full view of each othpr, one bliss, the other tormented In tlanic; but a great gulf was llxed impassably between them. Nowhere else among the teachings of Jesus or Ills Apostles are any such views advauccd. i ney ure nn jewisn aim iuwmhiiicmi. I 1. Our Lord docs not consign tlic rich man In holl (Gehenna), but to Ha lea, the Greek; for the Jewish Khcal, which was supposed to be the common receptacle of the dead. This place, tlie Rabbins said, received both the : righteous ami the unrighteous. The division between t he two was but a hand's breadth, and It was implied that a tramfltlon from the one state to the other was possible. 2. He does not consign Lazarus to heaven ; but to the bosom of Abruham, the best place in Ilades. This was the Jewish idea of suprcmest felicity, as can be shown from their writings. So, then, we conclude that our Lord borrowed for the time the views of the Jewsconecrning Ilades, tho anpels, and Abraham's bosom, ami u.icd thcui toenforeo the truth that riches was not righteous, nor was poverty a curse from Ood. Beyond this, the parable teaches nothing, either about the dead, their punishment or their pleasure: and Jn the writer's, judgement he errs who seeks to give to the parable a wider application. A. K. W. wADv Ap'frui? e t rrrri; u vna vi i uu vAuvtu* A Plan of Operntions Agreed Upon. [Cblumhia Register.] Washington, May 3.?i ho llouso Democratic caucus committee met this morning and, It Is understood, agreed upon a measure to be submitted to ttie caucus, if concurred in by the Senate committee, which, under a title of "A bill to prevent military Interference at the polls,' consists of theslxth section of the vetoed army appropriation bill, with the words "civil officers'1 stricken out and a proviso added that nothing In the bill shall bo construed as preventing the United States army to enforce the process of tho United States courts or to put down resistance against the United States by armed men. Latkk.?'The Democratic members of the House to-day held another caucus, and, after an honr's deliberation, definitely determined their line of action in regard to the army appropriation bill, and agreed upon the exact terms of the measures to bo separately passed in lieu of the sixth section, It being also agreed that all consideration of the remainder of the bill shall bo deferred until this Independent political measure shall have been acted upon by the President. It will protide, In substance, thatsectlous 2002and 2003 of the revised statutes shall not bo construed ?? authorizing the presence of United State* soltilers at the polls except under orders of the President to repel armed enemies of the United States, or In pursuance of constitutional requirements, upon the application of the Leglslatureof aStutcorof the Governor when the Legislature cannot be convened, toreprewi 'I'hrt It I 1 I ..>111 Kn U?vkmtui. uuuitniiv: > luiiTiitvi 1111 uin rriiicrv ni^wiii?nied by n short preamble of nn argnmontfltlvo nature, to determine tho phrnseolooy of which, und also to ngreo upon art fcUectlvc title, consuniod conniderable time Uxluy. Among the titles suggested were tho following : "lilll to protect the hailot box from military interference;" "Bill to present the army and navy from Interfering with the freedom ol elections;" "Bill to prevent the control of elections in the Ktutes by tho itrfriy and navy of the United States," and a "DM to prevent the uso of the army at the polls and to promote the freedom of elections.-" It Is understood that the title llDally adopted Is a "Bill J to prevent Interference by the army with elections." Tho action taken by the caucus is subtantlally In accordance with an amended report presented to-day by the coinmlttce to whom tho whole project wart re-coinmittod yesterday. Tho proceedings arc said to havo been characterized by a spirit of harmony and good feeling. _ Prof. I)uno?n, of Wo (lord Ciliego, pursuant] to previous announcement, preached to a crowded house Sunday nlchlfrom John. 11th I ctiapte#iuid II 1th verse?"Therforc Ills sisters: sent unto Him,saying, Lord,behold he whom , thou lovest is sick." Almost the first utter-1 anees convinced all of the presence of a mas-1 terly intellect inured to profound and systematic thoughts. Under the impulse of in splration the touching theme became Instinct j with deep, thrilling, tangible Interest. The sermon was pre-eminently practical, abound-1 Ing in chaste niefjiphors, elegnntsiiniles, and ; forcible illustrations complied from tho vol-' ume.of human life. His simple, d I guided and ; facile manner in the pulpit atonce wins to i him all hearts. Mr. William Lyon son of Mrs. Marpnrot Lyon, died last Thursday morning at his| brother-in-law.*, Geo. M. Sibcrt, of typhoid j Sneumonla. was a clever, industrious ard working young man, every 0110 was his friend and sincerely regretted his early demise. Ho leaves a mother, three brothers and four sisters temuuru liib loss. : The Temperance Column. ~ b? i latl Petition to the Legislature Fraying . Them to Enact a Prohibitory Law to Similar to that Known as ver 4I.? WotnA Taw. lcri To the Honorable the StnaU and Houte of RtpretenicUivei 0/ South Carolina, ' The undersigned citizens of South Carolina, ?hc respectfully now to your honorable bodies, pol that tlic use of alcoholic liquors as a beverage ?u, hnaadirecta tendency to destroy domestic tha happiness, corrupt society, encourage crime, <jer and drag men down to poverty, pauperism. degradation and ruin. That this terrible evil ?n fire vails to a fearful extent in this State. That j tt ts direct influence upon those who uro ad- p dieted to Its uso, is but a small port of the M evil resulting from it. That It entail* untold ? loss and suffering on helpless women and fit] children, who look to society and the State as JLJ tlielr rightful guardian and protector from a curse, which tney are powerless to avert, and 1 for which they are In no, way responsible, to J say nothing of the wrong* suffered by those upon whom crimes are committed under Its influence. That your petitioners have had -r; recourse to every conceivable remedy within Jt their power, Moral, Social and llellgious, and v are utterly nnable to suppress or cbeck it. J, That all legal restrictions now of force or heretofore enacted, are unavailing. That such restrlctlons while in effect pobllcly neknowl- *" edging a necessity for Its suppression,^ act- a null v license Its commission, with an Increase X? burden of taxation, as well as adding thereto the dignity of a legitimate business. Your " petitioners therefore, earnestly desire your Honorable bodies, to enact a Prohibitory Law, * that no person shall be allowed, at ?ny time, to give, manufacture, or sell, by himself, bis 'J"1' clerk, servant orugent, directly or Indirectly, ? I any spirituous or Intoxicating liquors, or any mixed liquors, a part of which Is Intoxicating except by an agent or agents appointed by A the Htate, to sell for medical or mechanical ? purpose*, which ngent shall be a salaried of- Qj fleer. Your Petitioners re*peotfully urge, that )Ji a Prohibitory Law 1r the only means of compassing this desolating evil, the existence of which creates an emergency, which calls for the enacting of such prohibition, as the only remedy commensurate with its existence, or that can nt all compass It. and your petltlouere will ever pray. The above petition was endorsed by the xh South Carolina Annual Conference or the i Methodist Episcopal Church South. Held at ti Newberry, South Carolina, December 11?16, 1878. A copy In In the hands of every minister of the Conference for the purpose of obtainIng signatures. The following extract is taken from the T?, published Minutes, page 20: J,l REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON TEM- q PERANE: r The Committee to whom was referred the 2 subject of temperance beg leave to report: J That we have given the matter our careful >] consideration, uiul regard It us one of no ordinary magnitude and importance. There Is no language sufficient to depict the evil of intemperance. It* blighting touch has been neeii and felt in every phase of society. None VI are exempt from its direful consequents. V The Church herself has suffered by the preva- tb> lenceof thlsdegradlng vice. Notwlthstand- vll log the restrictive rule of the church, and the da uutlrlng efforts of societies of reform, this tie ruinous evil still prevails. The combined In- ni< tluence of the pulpit, press, and temperance du societies, has largely abatea the habit of In- thi toxication, but It fs uotextinct. Many homes ha arc rendered gloomy, and the hapless Inmates J endure Indescribable Buffering of both body ed and mind In consequence of the persistent In- Co ebrlatlon of a husband and father. The cry .P'i of the helpless, the wall of the destitute and sh sufl'erluc, and the groan of the Justly punish- tic oft criminal, annnul to ui. to inn uirti rate Rome iO' measure tn rcfieve the country of this (rriev- ] ous and destructive curse. The Church may control those within her pale, tho temperance societies may reform those whom they may ( induce tn sign their pledge, but there are still thousands, whom neither the church,nor the temperance organization* reach; it is still _ sold In the shambles,and drunk on the streets. Homelhlng ought to be done to prevent its promiscuous sale and use. Therefore, llesolvcd, That the South Carolina Confer- j ence Isas much as ever Impressed with the Tr importance of total abstinence from intoxica- re ting drinks Atnongst all daises of society. pr IU solved, further. That we heartily approve mo of, Hiid will ehoerfUlly participate in, the efforts now hciitft made, to secure the enactment of a Prohibitory Law by the Legislature I ofthoHtatc. Respectfully submitted. 8. JP. 1L ELWELL, B Chnimiun. 1 The State to the Rescue. 1 [Our Monthly.] A' Great efforts are being rontstantly put forth for the advancement of our material prosperity. Our growing cities, linked by bands of iron and speaking through electric currents, our broad I'urins, each year white to the harvest are )>oints that the Nation studies with delight. Decennially, the census of population Is taken, and vast industry ami close scruli- n ny are put In play to tubulate the progress of II the Nation and to make evident thecertalnty II of I he development of its resotrrces. All this for things that perish In the using. ' I >ow It Is not Uiepart 01 tivcfsiate 10 ouiia , churches and support the others of reunion. But It has the rinlti ami, In some ways. It exercises it to dwelope the moral culture of It* T people ami to make tliein holiest, true and X virtuous. For thin cause It punishes ruurder, theft, arson, bigamy and the like. Even | where religious scruple* are ad van ml in behalf of liny Sill, OX by the .Mormons, the Slate does not hesitate to assert Its rights. I Yet there are two crying 0VI1* in onr land, j both intimately associated villi the material progress of the nation, and (nth as adverse to JTJ its prosperity, if not more so, than petty I thieving or iformonlsm. Against thieving * each man can defend his .own premises. Against polygamy our liner sensibilities are an argument and a revolt. But what law save that of the State can de fend tut against ssabbath-brMiking. None deny the Sabbath day to be cssentiul to the prosperity of communl'Jes. Working men and employer alike ball it as a blessing. The State therefore should defend it against euI croachmenU, not to the extent of requiring j its observance as u day of religious rest, but 1 j certainly to the exclusion from it of open , stores, clanging machinery, legal prosecution j or military parades. But the other evil Is one that goes deeper ! down to the root of the matter than tbi*. It 1 i iu IiappIKIa triifll/* In tlio unntc nf rrinn An/1 I in their bodies, carried on by the saloons, licensed thereto by towns. cities and county commissioners. That thin Is a matter for the Government to consider, admit* of 110 que*- II tion. For the evil is now regulated (sic) by the Government, or rather carried on, under tho Government's fostering eare. Yet thin M tniftlc Is the cause of hnlf the Ills of the body > politic, because of It, every county in the U land hnsacourt house, a jail and a poor |J house, all maintained at a vast expense. While through Its dire mean*, bllcht, rulo L are the secret legends of countless house*. that otherwise would smile with peace ana J plenty. Let the victims of this dreadful bu- "lslncss, let fathers and mothers standing In dread for their children, let ccummonitles _ whose labor system U corrupted and demoralized by the presence of these centres of evil, all arise and clamor around the halls of the Legislature until the experiment of no license ix tried in South Carolina, and Alcohol, in all its shapes, Is put in the hands of the w# utiit nnnHn?<' Ktf lnu> # A ito 1 iMirt 11 m f I f ft use us ii Mod I cine. tfliiill we over see the day? . Yes! This is an urc of progress. Mighty revolutions are nowadays accomplished between two moons. Work nnd work, ye ' Christian loaders and Temperance Zealots until our beloved land is redeemed from this -* bitter thraldom. THE MAINE LAW IN MAINE. .Veal Dow Defends its Workings and 1 Praises its Results. To the Editor of the Tribune : .sik: I*ust week you suld: "Are we never to know the exact truth, or even the approxi- ^ mate truth respecting the operation of the 3 prohibitory law in liaise? A report has Just been made by Mr. Iugraham of Portland, r which is full of discouraging statements. I * * Mr. Ingraham tells the Legislature in f his report that under the operation or the law, drunkenness lias increased. '' st Will you allow me space In your columns to "1 vp vou something like the aDDroximate SI truth tn relation to tnls mattor? 01 For three years the druggist* of tho State . have been making earnesi etlorta to procure le such a modification of the law as would allow them to sell liquors, which now they are forblddeu to do. By their exertions and those of sr the rum Interests generally, In Portland, Mr. r Ingraliam and a full delegation like htm, fa- 1L vortible to their wishes, have been sent from st this city to the Legislature. Careful and elab- . orate preparation had been made during the til year to assure the success of tho drugghrts' e. plan. Mr. Ingraham and others like him were constituted a committee, packed in the w interest of this project. This committee made a report with but two dissenting votes P* in favor of tne "Druggists' bill," b?t when sc tho vole wns taken in the House on the pre* Ject, it had but 21 out of a membership of ISO. gf The last year with a unanimous reyort of th? 0r committee against it, the druggists lu?rt 2? votes. A member rrom Portland, one 01 Live sa most respectable of all the men on tbe ruu? side of tfic liquor question, this year Intro- in duced n bill to exempt all malt liquors, elder A and domestic: wines from the prohibition of the law. The committee reported against It, at but a minority report was made In lis favor, W( by Mr. Ingraham and three oihers, but they had but 17 votes out of ? total of 121. St; This emphatic voto covered the whole __ ground of prohibition, aud represented fairly J the public opinion of Mxine on that subjcct. tic The original Maine Law was pawed Inltal by a vote of 18 to 10 In the Senate and 86 to 40 in ari the House, while the rote on Mr. Ingrahain's cj? project, after an experience of more than , ' twenty-eight yews of tbe operation of the nC law was more than six to one In opposition to rr. relaxing any o<" it# restrictions?reaffirming the entire policy ami practice of prohibition, ev In 1877 an "act jwkJHlonal." was passed without a dissenting vote in either house of far v greater stringency than any which had pre- ha ceded It. 1 tnlnk it will be conceded that ; this would have been Impossible without an iSt overwhelming public opinion in the .Stale ~ri against the Iiquor traffic; and sueb an oplivion can only be tonnded In the conviction ha that the operation of the law has been good and not bad. Mr. Ingraham In his report said: "Liquor drinking is not done openly to sogreatan extent, but the consumption is as Tarce." In an article In the Doily Prest of this eity over p i niv name. I stigmatized that assertion m "a *. shameful liiJsohood," and said tho whole report was falso in nil Its facta and alleged ,U( faets, In the sense in which Mr. Incraham intended them to bo understood. Htfore the ca: law we had open rum-shops, wholesale and rfr retail, all over theState; now not an open one In all onr territory. Every country gro- ad eery and country tavern were rum-shops; in , all our small towns, villages and rural dlstricts now there are none. The tafflc lingers yet, secretly and on a small scale, in our larger towns and cities?in the hands of our low- as est and vilest foreign population?but it will be expelled by and by under penalties that will reach such people. We formerly had many distilleries, some of " them large ones?seven large ones In this city 1 running nlditand day; now there is not one In the state, nor a brewery. We had former-; ^ ly a great nuantlty of West India rurii lm- Fit ported by tlie cargo?large cargoes?now uotl ' a puncheon ; while liquors brought into the | J .ten cmnmvlnd in smnll nnnnt.1ti>M ftnrt ill ! tuti small packages, generally not larger than Br ten-gallon kegs, concealed In flour-barrels, ] paek(d in saw-dust : but many of these arc seized on sight by tne officers and confiscated I .1(by due process of law. It is not too much to ing siiy that half a minion of dollars will cover fuj| the cost of all Honors smuggled Into the SUtto and sulci in violation of law; but cxUovernor j ^ j L. I L ' >" ' Ji"g?m . ^ if Icy ill 'fcpeech made la thl* city Mid It r not more titan ? million of dollar* *tuh? aide. But for the law oar drink btlt would nbout tWflOOfW la proportion to our oopnoo?*nd we used to ooiisumc oar fall share I mow. Oar vast West Jndla trade was lit* else tbun sending lumber of many kind* the Islands and taking home ram for our a consumption, and moliwscs to be conl*f? Mom Pnvlunil ru111 in Our dlfltll lets, ntoefor Some o?e. a those old mm d?y?*he people were poor 1 unthrifty; now everything .0 the Stale that rwpect 1* reversed, ?* the multof the it i?TinK, direct und indirect, coming from i law wlilch bu driven th? rum trade oat. 'Hand in IMS lost SID/WO,000 in a great eon(ration, bat iU valuation is now greater ,n ever, having galnod H?0,000 last ye*r ui?probibition, while Boston, with free rum tn?e, lo?t f70,000,000, and New York and joklyn with rum enough, have not Mined link. NEAL DOW. okixakd, Ms., March 6,147*. lie Richmond Nurseries, J Represented In Abbeville Courty M BY I. M. JOHNSONi ^ho desires to sny to his numerous friends 1 acquaintances fthat he wilt wait upon tin personally and take their orders Cor any id of FraitTreea desired. l11 Trees Warranted True To ]?Tame I ou can confer a lasting fit tot, which will hiirblv anoreclatcd. by holding Vonr orders nil: come" which wllf be Just u noon m It xjsslble for a man of vnt lone* to arrive. H. M. JOHNSON, Du* Wect, 8. C. .prll 23,1879,1m. , bate of South Carolina, County of Abbeville. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. SUMMONS, to Besf*w Execution. _____ e Trustees of th? Eatat* of Dr. John D* a How*, deceased, Asslgn*?* In & John I. Held and Jane T. tak*r. against Wm. H. Taggart, Plaintiff, again it ne E. Taxgart, Eog*n? Taggart, Ella M. 'ucgart, James E. Taggart, \V m. 8. Taggart, 'boinas O. Togeart, John L. Taggart, H*n- ?L y K. Taggart, Bam well L. Taggart and ilnnleS. Taggart, Heirs at Law of Wm. H. I faggart, deceased, Defendant*. , ro EUGENE TAGGART, absent D*f*nd- V ant. V HERE AS, Jn<Jrroent *u' obtained in b Circuit Court f??r the C? unty of AbbeUc, and State of South Carolina, on the 12 y oCOctober, A. I>. 1B67, In the above enti- j d cause, against Wm". H. Tagjfcart, and re- , ] jved the26 of July, IMC. and execution vai || ly issued thereon, but the active energy ML creof hu now cxplred,anditisdesir<d to. ) ve the mme renewed. 1 s'OW, THEREFORE, Yon are nomnonto appear at the next Term of the Cireait art, to be held for the said Connty, at the ; ace of holding the same and then and there ow cause. If any yon can, why said execti>n should not be renewed according to Dated March 81. A. D. 1879k m McGOWAJf * PARKER. PIolntilT* Attorney. L. 8.) M. G. ZEIOLKR^ Ipril 9, 1870. gt. ANNUAL RETURNST \dm1niKtrntor*. Exwmtort, Guardian*, wtctl, nnrt other fiduciaries, mo*; make tnrna upon thrtr trust* within the time M escribed by law, or be (objected to ? role d coats. J. FULJ,ER I.TOX, f J. P. A. C. Fan wiry 14,187V. fi liilirai 1 Will UKUU U1V1I11 I S0M88, 8. & J R. JAS. L. SHERIDAN I Druggist & Chemist, i 8 OFFERING HIB LARGE AND WELL j ' elected itock of , DRUGS, MEDICINES, - & I, PAINTS, OILS, oilet and Fancy Articles, k. j Low dotrn for CASH. Also, # A lot of floe Cigar* nod Tobacco. Yonr pAtronage U respect folly solicited, JAS. L. SHERIDAN. April If, 1879.3m. uTeThebest . Bnkftiri Sea Poai Yeast J| POWDERS, AT 9 I JOEL SMITH & SON, f Dec 18. teTS | !. M. HAODON & CO. I I AVE the largest amortmcnt of FAN? S, and PARAHOLS?eirr broacM to thi? rxrket, PAKAHOLrt 15c to 13.50, FANS, 5c la W U TT * T\T\AV a. DA t A, m. n fti/i/va ? > uu. ; ii&rs before the Public. THE CENUINE 33. C. McLANE'S CELEBRATED UVER PILLS, FOR THE CURE OF I c pat it is, or Liver Complaint, BYSrUMA AND XCK IIKAUACK. ymptomsofa Diseased Liver. )AIN in the right side, under the cage 01 ine rius, iultc<rc? uii pi?- i ire; sometimes the pain is in the left i U de; the patient is rarely able to lie J i the left side; sometimes the pain is U It under the Moulder blade, and it H equently extends to the top of the1 B loulder, and is sometimes mistaken - H ir rheumatism in the arm. The fl onweh is affected with loss of appe- 9 :e and sickness; the bowels io gen- I al are costive, sometimes alternative ith lax; the head is troubled with I tin, accompanied with a dull, heavy nsation in the back part. There i? I rnerally a considerable loss of men)' 9 y, accompanied with a painful sen- N tion of havine left undone some ing which ought to have been done. I slight, dry cough is sometime* an 9 tendant The patient complains of 1 rariness and debility; ie ? easily mled, his feet are cold or burning, Ij id he complains of a prickly sensa- 1 >n of the skin; his spirits are low; I id although he is satisfied that excr- I >e woold be beneficial to him, yet I r can scarcely summon up fortitude I ough to try it. In fact, he distrusts ery remedy. Several of the above mptoms attend the disease, but cases M ve occurred where few of them ex- fl ed, yet examination of the body, ' fl| ler death, has shown the liver to Jki ve been extensively deranged. AGUE AND FEVER. * Dr. C. McLane's Liver Pills, in ! ses of Ague and Fever, when cen with Quinine, are productive of ' i most happy results. No better thartic can be used, preparatory to, ' after taltiirtg Quinine. We would vise sl-1 Who arc afflicted with this ;ease <o give them a fair trial. Fof all bilious derangements, and as ira^le purgative, they are unequaled. BE WARS- OF ISHATIOXH. rhc genuine are never sugar coated. Svtry box has a red watf seal an the lid, h llic impression Dr. McLatth'S Livkk .LS. rhe genuine McLank's I,rvTR'plils hear : signatures of C. McLan'e aiut Fleming . j os. on the wrappers. j nsist uprtti having the' genuine Dr. C. J Lane's Livek PlLl-s, jJtepardti by.FJcm. i Jlros., of Pittsburgh, Pa'.; tlie mlAkct being 1 [ of imitations of the'name JfcLanfj 1 iled dififci jfttly but sahi* yrtfc'Uocsa.i:.ot?. j