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The Press and Banner. 1 Br HUOU W1L80N & W. f. BESET \ '-_rrnry i T-r^rxra. c Wednesday, May 14, 1879. [ ' ' a Tbe Dancing Qneatlont?TheDlsoussion t Between Dr. Adper and Dr. Dabnej. { We print this morning the second half t of the article pnblished in the Southern t Prtsbpterian Revipe by the Rev. John B. t Adster, D. D. on "The Question of Dan- n ?ing, from another point of view." Our 3 readers will reittoinber that in onr last a week's issue we laid before them the first t half of the article which was tak?n up 1 with a refutation of the argument's ad- o duced by Prof. t)abn6y of Virginia to o prove the sinfulness of dancing. Judi- u cially, calmly and CArtiestly Dr. Adger c considered Prof, bftbney's proofs and a assertions that d&tlcing was sinful, and r most sueoeasfully refuted them. That I nortlob of the poview article which we r publish to-day is devoted to the sccond r great division ot Prof. Dtbney's paper? a the disciplthablenesa of dancing. Dr. s Adger reaches a different conclusion on j this bead too. Ho rightly considers that c dancing is not to bo formally dlsciplinod. e Dr. Adger does not come forward as an c advooate of dancing, nor does he encour- a ago dancing, but ho occupies the much c higher grcund of saying that dancing i ptr tt is Hot sinful; and dancing per ae is t t not disciplinable. This is philosophic, e scholarly^ and Christian, the true position e to bo taken by a minister of the Gospel and a metnber of society. Great interest r was aroused by our publication of the 1 first half of the article, and that interest will maintained and deepened when I our readers peruse the second half. Dr. p Adger's paper is logical, exhaustive, a complete* and worthy to be filed by in- t telligent people for future reference. a Some ot Prof. Dabney's statements e and arguments are astonishing, as when ii with the air of great scholarship ho t brings fotWard the ancient Jews, Greeks, s and Romans, as having opposed dancing s of women on moral grounds. This is h casuistryi It is true that those people e did forbid their women to danco in pub- d lie or with men, but they also forbade e their women to appear in public unveil- h ed, and even to sit at table with their ti husband's guests. And then what sort si of dartClng was that which those ancients y acoouhted immoral ? Dr. Dabnev must v knoW that it was no more like the so-call- I; ed hiodcrn social dance than are tho can- t< fcttft. the revellings of the jardin mabile, li br the fantastic gyrations to bo seen in li "The Black Crook." Similarly be refers tl to the dancing of the daughter of Hero- 1( dias. Now, ? young lady waltzing with oi her partner at an evening party or at a at well-condncted ball is no more likely to ec dance as did the daughter of Herodias, than she is, like her, to ask for tho head r] ~ ~ ? T>/vm* ^4 Df jonn tne JtJapust, or even 01 iuu i?jy. uj Dr. DabneyI and Dr. Dabney know# no this. And be knows, as every scholar tl knows, that bis companion of tbe comos ta bf the Greeks and tbe comxasatu of the a Romans with modern social dancing is ni tin fair, on just and absurd. For decen- tfc by's sake, we cannot go into particulars I3 to explain the injustice and absurdity, r< but Dr. Dabney knows very well that the w tomisiatu should not be placed alongside t\ of modern dancing. . ol He condemns dancing because of its levity, for in bis estimation no amuse- E tnent is commondable that has not the at- h! traction of gravity. He and bis iik ti Would banish all joyousness and merry- w mob-imrr frnm >ha f??< of fchfl (fflrth. bO- I T lieving with tho Puritans that all picas- pi Urei* sinful ;>er?e except the puritanic at pleasure of depriving other people of fe their pleasures. No doubt i( would be 81 great levity on tho part of the Rev. Prof. R. L. Dabney D. D., L. L. D., if we were to go whirling around in the mazy waltz with the Rev. Dr. Leftwich, or even a p chair for a partner. But this world is not Ul entirely filled up by Doctors of Divinity, s( and there is a time to danco, and to be a joyous and to be merry in the lives of cj ordinary mortals who can indulge in ol levity without sinfulness. qt In hia objection to dancing on the score te Of tho mode of dress encouraged by dau- 0j Wng, be rerers to tne "mooesi apparei" Spoken of by St. Paul, and to the veiling: ^ of women in ancient times. Dr. Adger at overthrows his arguments on this head, Dl bet we would add that if the style of dress in one age is to be the standard of morals for another, how would Dr. Dab- tjney himself stand the test of an ago much later than the Greek or the Ro- si man T He ought to read Chanccr's Par- 8C ton's Tale and be will there find that five hundred yean ago the trousers or pants, nt Usually called unmentionables, now uni- ce Versally worn by civilized man, and, for &ught we know to the contrary, by Dr. jt jDabnoy too, were then considered as a 1) shameful, immoral, and sinful kind of "J male attire. Had Dr. Dabney appeared on the streets of ancient Rome, or Athens, in bis pants, he would have been considered by his favorite Romans and ft Greeks as very indecent. Not to go so fc far back, let him travel through some oriental countries to-day, he would find 8j 'it advisable to don a Geneva gown as a decent covering Tar bis pants. We migbt write on this subject ad in.fir.itum, for Dr. Dabne.y has supplied us p with misstatements and mistakes enough tj to furnish texts for codctless homilies, but we have as great a horror of gravity as he has of levity, and we forbear. The j| conclusion of the whole matter is that i dancing la a much-abused pastime? j abused by learned Doctors of Divinity and puritanic ministers much more than i by th* young men aud maidens who indulge in it? As to dancing per te, it is ? not more sinful than are eating, drinkingi s< walking, talking, singing, playing cards, ^ smoking, shaking hands, goiug to churchj 11 marrying. driving in a buggy, or a thou* b sand other actsi Like all of these acts it ? may be abttsed and make sinful, but the n evils is lb the heart of the sinner and not j? in the dance itself. A well-condbcted c dance, and snch alone are we discussing, lu is much leas likely to injure the. morals h and manner of society thail some prac- ft tices in which Dr? Dabney probably sees u no eviL This singling out of ono from j -1-^- -.r A I! the many reoognizea practices qi guuu j aociety shows that we still have with Us n that class of people who ? Ootowrtlnd for cins they are inclined to r Bjr dam Ding thou they have no mind to. a S The trial of Cox for the murder of Col. I Alston has just been held iu Atlanta. !! Great interest wm manifested in the case, i not only ib the crowded court room and * the excited city, bdt all through the c South and North. We ptibliah the de- tails of the last day in another column. j* The Jury found Co* guilty or murder, t but ' took advantage of a hevr Georgia ? law which gives juries the right to tCcom- j mend to mercy. Under this law, Which Jj his victim, Alston, was maliily iristru- b mental in passing, Cox's life is spared f and he will be confined for life at hard la- 1 bor in the penitentiary* 1 "Pfetb/terN and "Ktfmawha." By request of ftev, |J. L. Martin and flocording to oQr promise to him we print o from the News and Courier the letter of * "Presbyter." And to make the matter ? more interesting, wc append to it the rc- u d fcly made by '-Keunavrha," the AODeviue % correspondent of that journal. a Too Late for this Week. I ' M E5QUiB2K'i" reply to the Rev, J. ?( L. Martin's letter bos been received, but it is impossible to publish it this week. It ahail appear next week. Look out for jj * . I \ lussia, Assassination and Nihilism. ' Political and social movements among ho nations of the earth, civilized and uncivilized and uncivilized, are as extraor- * iinary, sporadic, and unforeseen as the ippoarance of small-pox, cholera, or the neasles. Silently, unnoticed, secretly as . i thief in the night, these movements do hoir work, grow strong, and become a >art of history. Nothing in modern imes has startled the civilized, conserva jyo worm so much as trio numerous aiempts on the lives of the reigning mon* j rchs of Europe. Ono year ago, just last ilay, the German Emperor Wilhelm was < hot at by Hoedel while driving along he most fashlonftble thoroughfare tif Ber- [ in. A few Weeks later the same Emperr camo hear his death at the hands of an- ^ ther asJtiwsih. Then In October, Alphon- t o, the youngSpanish King, narrowly 08- jj aped death at the hftiids of the ttvould-be a asassin. MarcaSi; and In the succeeding [ nonth of November, king Humbert of " taly was attacked by Passanate and al- ~ nost cut down; Scarcely has tho excite- a uent caused by that ev'dlit subsided when j i series of assassinations b'dgitts in Rus- ? ia, the victims of which ftiroth'o chiefs of o olice, the governors of proVihces, and ? onspicuous representatives of ihe gov^ e irnment,?a Redes and a systfehi which } Eliminated last mouth in tho desjiehite s itteinp by one Solovicff to take th6 life g >f the Emperer Alexander. Taking his t isual morning walk in the public g'drderis r be Czar was tact by a respactably dress- c id man Who dtewa pistol from his pock- r it and fired at the Czar four Or fiVe times -not with the accuracy ot l^exan marks- v nanship, certainly, for tho Emperor was * inhurti , ' What is the tateaning ot all this shoot- [ ng, stabbing and aisassination ? It sitn- s >ly a wonderful coincidfence that so many h ttcinpta on the lives of sovereigns have jj ieen made in ?o short a time? Are those t ttempted assassinations to be excused or ? xplained by the character and shortcom- fi tigs of the intended royal victims ? Cer- [( ?inlv not in the ease of the Czar of Rus- t: in. If any monarch of modern times de- ? erves the gratitude of his people and j> lis cotemporaries, it is the Emperor Alxander. No monarch of this age has t one more to ameliorate and remove the 8 vils in the national government which ? e inh. rited from his forefathers. His e .ties to the devotion and gratitude of his g ubjects are neither few nor small. And n et, three times has he been marked as a "t ictim of the assassin's pistol or dagger, d 1866, Karakazow fired at him as he en- n jred his carriage at St. Petersburg. In 367, Bertzowski, a Pole tried to take his r< fe as ho rode by the side of Napoleon * io Third in Paris. And now again in ii J79, this Emperor, who personally is ? tie of the most lovable of men, is fired di but fo: tunatoly for Russia is not kill- * 1. ?( v There seems to be concert of ftctiott in ir 1 these frequent attempts on the lives r royal personagesit is a species of w tadness, but there is method in it. In ? lis republic we have no king or horedi- h ,ry ruling power, so that the killing of ^ president would be simply the assassi-, Ik ition of a private citizen. But are not ^ te same causes at work here that near- P r compassed the death of four of the it ligning monarchs of Europe? What *j ere the Pittsburg and Baltimore riots of n vo years ago but the republican phase * T the same system ? ? There is most assuredly growing up in n urope and America a society, call it Ni- n ilist, Socialist, Communist, or Interna- b on ale, whose creed is revolution and hose aim is Communistic levelling. b< he next few years will disclose their ?( urpoees and achievements more fully, b id among the countries which will suf- 8) r from their schemes, these United n li Lates will not be found absent. Q tl The Acquittal of Talmagc. a! For the last seven weeks tii9 Brooklyn resbytery have been trying Dr. Talmage ** nder charges of falsehood and deceit in \ jme of his business transactions. When 11 ... . . .. a vote was taKen 10 votea to sustain me ci larges, 4 voted that the charges had been * ily partly proved, and 25 [voted for ac- d! iiittal. The New York Sun says that the n stimony would have convicted a man r the world of conduct "deceitful and ^ ishonest, and that he had made state- Jjj ients if not downright falsehoods, were n . least very unsuccessful and unfortu- jj, it? attempts at truth-speaking." p While that paper says this for Talmage pays its respects to the Presbytery in r< lis wise: {Jj "While this so-called court was in ses- bc on, its daily proceedings were a daily bl andal. Now that it has got through its " lemory is an aouiniiiauon. its juug- (>] ient is of a piece with its deliberations, hi id both are condemned by every pre- a spt of the religion thus burlesqued in P' le house of Its professed friends. Whatrer may be laid at the door of Christian- v< Yi it is not responsible for these Brook- <x "n antics even though they were comlitted in its name. But we tender our " ocerft condolence to the Presbyterian dl lurch." la The Netv York Hera Id says: "It is strange that a body of men pro- w issing to believe in a higher law that in- P1 irms all else with sweetness and light lould have to be told that its proceed- h have been marked by a narrower w Jlrit than those of police courts." c< o< w Another Yeto; 11 The President has vetoed the "Act to e] rohibit military interference at elecons.1' u ia $ m ai The Register is still, rccklessly hurl- d! ig around its two-oolumn paragraphs. " 'his week one went for the head of the t ledium, ? - T l Pleasant Pic-Nic on the SaTannah. ? The long-talkod-of May fishing party came p fi ou Saturday, 3d May, on tne Savannah w Iver. uwir Fort Charlotte. The morning had iB :rcely dawned, ere the sound of many vebl- , les and happy voices mingled with tne iner- v F Bougs ?ji uiBiituu wnruicis. ai icii u uwn (j; inny bright and cheerful faces met on the fC Irer bunk. C'apt. fcj. y. Mciiride with his w oat was waiting to greet the party. We soon ^ mbarkodund sailed a little distance up the e] avannuh. SSomo young gentleman were Igorant of the art of rowing boat, but expert- tt ess in regaining their leet, after a sudden j, ill because of the unsteady movement of the u raft, afforded no little amusement and was w bo source of much merriment. There were G| io cotton ties for Mr. Lucien to catch at, but 01 ie found a fish hook to unswer every pur- fc o?e. Mr. John Morrah slighted not the ^ 100k but was a willing bait. Only one fish rj nd one eel was catight during the day. One ? if the young gentlemen said that he thought j t would be very romantic to have a marriage oremony performed ott Vile water. A young w Bdy misunderstanding blm, thinking he 0 aid that he was mad.suggefttsd that it would ie very easy to oool him by throwing him C| iverboard. Twool our purty, who being ^ ather tardy, were lfefl by us; af*?rwards got .board another boat, and noon reached us in ?, afety. It being the dinner hour, wb glided si lown th river, und finding a beautiful grove, .? vlth Its craggy and moss-covered rocks over- a] pending the waters aud the muscle-sbells ?i cattcred here and there on tho bank, wti all ,greed mat nere huouju ue our AiaDama? Here we rest," While some Of tbe older s nembers, who bad come to chrtperone the h purty, were arranglug the tabic, the younger irere grouped about uuder the veneraole ouks onverslng.-while others were rambling o'er u i111 and rale In search of wild flowers, and P> fathering shells from the shore." After r, nner we reembarked and sailed up to Fort J Charlotte. Many flowers were gathered from " be Old Fort, As we glided down tbe river at ?. he close of tho day we halted at "Patternon's r :reek," where three of our company left us. i, I little later and we wero lunded on tbe ? ianks of dear old Carolina. Mr. J. F. Cal- ? iouu returned thanks to CapL McDride In i. iehalf of our company for his kindness In tl Aiding so much to our pleasure, to which the , 'aplain in turn replied In a happy manner. " 'he orowd dispersed with fond memories of he day which had been so pleasantly^ s^ent. si - P Liverpool Cotton Circular. ^ [Columbia licgittcr.] tl Liverpool, May, 9.?This week's circular f th? r.fvarnnnl Pntton Brokers' Association ays: "Tbe cotton market was autmated R< hfouehout the week willi a Jarge business, ? nd although quieter on Thursday quotations ? markedly advanced. American was In large b emand, and tbe current qualities advauced 'X j. Sea island was In gooa general demand *] nd with a limited suppjy and advanced * H. Futurtfs -tre'r?J strong and active until ? uesday, and advanced On Wednesday 11 nd Thursday, w.ith considerable desire to a all, they declined 3-16. Tho final rates tHow f advance of8-ld. ? n: "Tbub to the Last," Is an InteresMne w ttle story, written by one of Abbeville's t> lost charming young Indies who has Just en* a rred u*ae. Esad It In t nother column. | w t riie Dancing Questio: ro DANCE OR NOT TO DANCE,. THAT IS THE QUESTION, a Danoing a Sin ??Is it Disc] linable ? DOCTORS~DIFFER: Rcr. R. L. Dnbney, D> D., says, Y lev. Jonn B. Adtrer, D. D. says, N L'ouclosion or the Able Argument 1 Dr. Adgcr on the Negative Side. From the April ?Vo. of the Southern Pretbyte an Iteview.J So much for the first position maintain* 'lz., that dancing is sinful. Let us pass he other: thai It is an ofleuce to be formal lisclpllncd. Of course, however, this eanii tand If there has really been, as we suppoi , failure to make good the flrut position, bis be so, then all falls to tho ground will s said about some forms of dancing havii every mark by which disciplinable sins a iiscrlmluated from undisciplinable; they ? tubllcsins; their commission is overt; t cts may be clearly detlned; they are noto msly attended by scandal; they have reg ar tendencies to.other sins." Indeed, he ould it possibly do true that some forms lancing are as here described, and yet son ither forms of the same amusement be inn ent? Admit that it is tho circumstanc yhich make the criminality, and then y< ...... ,iiunri,niunf4> h?r.wi?<!ii dancinsand dau hg. Hut If certain forms of dancing are, 8 declared, "never per tc indltfereut, but t entlally contrary to tbo permanent precep if Scripture," than it pusses our comprehe Ion how there can be any Innocent forms be name act. There may be innocent forti >f killing, but not of murder, nor of stealin lord! lylug, nor of adultery, nor of any ot r act which Is essentially sinful. We are, therefore, not a little surprised ne?t at the outset of the second part of th llscusslon the udmission distinctly ma< [Jape 323), that "there are forms of danch tltlch are lnuocent." So far as observe Ills has not been admitted till now. A lojig we have understood It to be held tli he ni'OUern dance? thutls, thcdancing of tl exes together in any form?is always slnfi hough more or less so according to circut tunces. The first point made under this sccoi end of the discussion, is, that there Is i eoson to deny that dancing is a disclDlIn le offence rrbiu the fact that there are grad ions In dari'clug?some kinds being adinltu a be,innoceHt, and the sinful kinds ahadli ff nicely from the other; and the furtb ict, that the lilble has notdrawn the line b ween the ttilerated and the discipllnab irms of the practice; because the lesser at he groatcr breaches of all commandmen hade otf Into each Other, and because such lea for not discipline bertaln dances wou rove that no breach df any commandmei < disciplinable. Now, the first remark fte have to offer I hat we do not know of any greater breach l any of the commandtheuts which do i bade off into lesser breaches as that the ?tter become innocent: Tberb are somesli reater than others, but no brettbhes bf ui ommandmentaro innocent: And our second observation 19; Inat tl radatlon plea isond we would ildt think taking. A far moro obvloUS as toell i tronger plea Is, that tho Bible docs not, i ir as proved, make any form of dancing si ll; and therefore the Church can only wai nd cannot discipline. If rioting and l-fev< ng, or any other sinful thing.be mixed t lth any dance, that may of course be disc lined. But the simple uanclng, wheth aund or sqare, we have uot had demonstra 1 Ka A/>n/lamn<id nIfhftK ri- V [xxi and necessary consequence In the Bibl , is not, therefore, in Itself a dlsclpllnab fleuce. And yet in evtry age, the Churc as looked upon it as a questionable an angerous thing, and therefore has remo ,rated and exhorted against it. and to thei timings and remonstrances nil rightrinim i church members should pay great respec r'hat is so well urged about lu being a divl ig line, in the apprehension of many, b veeu the peuitent and the ungodly, de#brvi ic highent consideration. For our own pa e cordially accept the statement that it on tier ground between the kingdom hrist and that of Satan. There is, ami i us been well said, there always must bo, fit of territory between rival kingdoms, ar j between the Church and the world, whic ; the "debateable land." And this is alwaj 4 is well said, a region full o! perils, and tt ian or woman who desires to pay proper r !*rd to his or her own safetv will not dwe enr this dangerous boundary, eveivtboui, may be honestly believed that It belongs le King. The actual peril of this contest* srritory is well nigh as great as of the en iy's acknoivledgeu soil. And the Christiu ho is successfully assaulted by Satan wl Bually be, as is well urged, the very one wt iusclessly ventures near his boundary lin ;is true, as Insisted on, that usually men t ot backslide by suddenly falling into son lonstrouH crime, Satan does not attempt ' ind a soul from Christ by inserting tirst tl lunt edge of his wedge between, but its thl Jge, and that because It is thin. And fi lis reason Christians ought to guard ther lives most against the smaller, sins lyit ext to the debatable zone; aud for thlB re )n, those who watch for souls are bound I 0 most wakeful and strict tit the same po.'n All this is exactly to our inind, only tt irlct watchfulness of pastors and Scssloi lust not take the form of technlchal disci] ne, but that of parental, loving, aft'ectlona versight and care. Wo do not beleve thi je testimony of pastors and elders, who a ius tenderly watchful, will be found to b 5 is said on page 328, that "the milder raea res of instruction and remonstrance fall i jstraln" our youthfnl church members. Ce linly we have had contrary testimony. J ew Orleans, two pastors, one of Rlchmon irglnla, the other of St. Louis, each havlr 1 charge a large ohurch in a rich and ga immunity, told us they never had any difl jlty on this subjcct. Ihey found the powi ud Influence of a loving pastorate amp! jflicient in every case, and they held formi Isciullne for dancing to be incongrnous au eedless. The next point which we deem it necessai ) take up is, whether rights of conscten< in bo Involved in this question. It appca > bo considered quite donbtful. There is atement made of the grounds on wlilc ich au idea, inay be entertained, but we c nt consider the statement altogether ad< uate. Some, it is stated, hold that nothir in be Justly disclplinc<l except what Is e; ressly condemned by God: others, onl hat are mala per ac; and yet others, tbi hencver a church court exceeds these tw istrictions, the individual who so thinl ixdut Its action Is not onlyatliberty toasse: ut bound to assert, his freedom of coi :ience by doing by doing Just what court fo Ids. Now, as to the. ilr.it of these point lrely nobody would say that the express pr Ibltlon Is necessary where the thing is fo Iddcn deductively. And as to the secon irely nobody would say that a church cou lav not discipline where an act, not malu -r ?e, becomes unquestionably sinful throug le circumstances of its commiKslon. The s to the third point, clearly it Involves 2ry nice and ditlicult question, and nobod )uld be so foolish as to iny gown the inipe Live rule stated. Wisdom is profitable to d set. It may be ones duty under such ci tmstaiices quietly to submit. It may be h uty to refuse a higher court until a declsio i reached In the highest court. And shoul le decision then be adverse to his conscici ous convictions of what Scripture and ot institution maintain, as miglit be the cac erhaps he would be bound (see Coufessioi hap. XX., J 2) to hold his membership < Is ministerial position und agitato?of couri owever, In a constitutional and Chrls(,la ay?for the reform of what he may Jus^l insider corruption and abuse; for "all syi is aud councils since the Apostles' time hether general 6r particular, may err, an my have erred/' and "to obey" their coe landments is sohietimts "to betray true III rtv of fionneleiicfl." >ow we do nOt think It can be Justly malt lined that any professed believer who 01 ;red our communion when Wo became a Be; rate Presbyterian Church, whether metnb* r office-bearer, found any such rule as mat ancing a disciplinable offence. There wi 0 such term or communion amongst us the nd there is no such term of communion no\ he Assembly of 1865 called on .Sessions I isclpline such as "love the world and coi >rmlty thereto rather than the law of Christ he Assembly of 186# enjoined the dlsclplit f "promiscuous dancings." Thoso who wei uxious for the formal discipline ol' the dam reused the Assembly in 1S77 U> Interpret th ord "promiscuous." and say It all dantilu 1 forbidden by our Church. Afcd the iltiswi robably surprised them, for the Aesembl cry wisely discountenanced all forms unclng. but referred tho whom busfftess i >rmal discipline to the only body Vhich ca institutionally exercise it, arid recommen 1 that body to be very patient with otfen :s. It is therefore, we conceive, rather premi ire to urge that our Church haS a rule bin* iK ftCRslons to uiscipnne an aancing, ar lat whoever Is not able to approve thi icthod of dealing with It must either go 01 r the Church or quietly KubrqJt; as tnoug tir Church policy were settled in favor < irmally disciplining the dance. If we are i ave a new constitutional rule, tho Presbyti cs must first agree to adopt It. And light be well for those who favor the formi Isclpllne of dancing not to bo too sure thi ic majority, when such a question shn >mo to be proposed, will certainly be fouri n their side, who are to wear the name dissentients," It will be time enough to d dc when the question really comes up f< oclslon and Is decided. It is paid that whoro a majority make ;rm of communion though notsluful yettc rlct, and Insist on thv observance of it t le body, it cannot be alleged that thorq ny Popery in' their proceeding so long i aey do not coerce by civil pains, nor dec la ibmisslon necessary to Hnlvatlon. But .'ems to us, with doferencc, that, notwrtl landing what is saw, mere may oe a erai r Popery In such a proceeding, Inasmuch j God alone is Lord of the conscience, ar 3th left It free from the doctrlDes and ctfr landmentsof men which are In anylhlr HHtrary to his word or beside It In matter tltli and worship; so that to believe srt< ofctrihes, or to obey such commandmen ut of,conscience, is to betray true liberty i onstience; and the requiring an lmplli ilth, and an absolute and blind obedience, i destr6tr.llberfy of consclenco and reasc lso.'1 The great Assembly which wro icse vitffHk, and the many and various Pre yterlan Assemblies which havo adopt* icm (oufbwn Included), have all considerc aatapanfrora enforcement by civil paii nd from limiting salvation to obedience, i a Poplsh'thfng to make any rule that Is b de Ooti't u-drd. thnt Is additional to Qoc wrd. The whole counsel of God is either e rcssly set down lrt Scripture or deduclb y necessary consequence, and we may n< ler take Away from hpr add to it. And iere be added any ruffe, whether to be e >rced by civil or by spiritual and etern treats, our devotion to true liberty of coi ieiicc may require ns to resist and not bey, lest we become betrayers of that pr lous inheritance. An hfere we must renier er whut was raid above in connection wit nother point about "the thin edge." uere Is a thin edge of sinful compliance wil 'Orldly enticements which Satan usos to se] fate the dlsclp'e from his Lord, so there is hiedgeof human Inventions in rellgic fed In morals which the devil 6ften lntrodi it to corrupt the faith and the worship an y destroy the liberty, purity and peuce < Church. The Apostle bids us "stand fa; hd not bo entangled." We do not kno hereunto would grow our yielding thnt an; iln<r may b? "considered by any Judlcator (dtajipllnable) offence or admitted as mat trot aocuBfttton, -which: cannot be privi from Scripture or from the regulations y. practice of the Churchfounded on Script There are, aa we said in the outset, a ncoi two ol questionable things, as many i th?m, which the Cliurcn may dlscountem but cannot lawfully discipline, because iiot clear from Scripture to the general ?p henslon that they are sluful. And If we gin by allowing Kenions todiiclpllnedan at dancing, If the thin edge lsonce Introdi In this way, our Church liberty may be?p ID- lly destroyed, and with It will go our Chi unity and alto our Church purity. Beo It W Popish, let what will be said to tho i trary, to make any rule beside the W The Chuch is. an Calvin well said, closely tricted to the Word." In ull free government* the ruler may es take the life nor abridge the liberty^ nor c despoil the property of the aubjoct or cltl ?? except In certain cases plainly provided ; tho provisions which are mado to pre the private individual from the Unlawful by erelse of governmental authority over are very numerous. very ingenious, uu the utmoNt value to liberty. And so In i ri- freo Christian commonwealth which Church of Jesus Christ constltues, the lib , of the private Christian and of the Indlvli . office-bearer Israrefully guarded. Presb i ? rlans have always been great on liberty, '* representative government find* Its c model and bulwark"* Hi the provisions of heavcn-doscended constitution. The q tlou. then,of the formaldlsclpllne of dao( or of any other merely questionable til goes down to the foandntlons of our syst 1? for thut requires that every Christian be 'tz free from doctrines and comnmndment tnen that are beside the word. And there wc are very strongly of opinion that wba iw er cannot he clearly nnd Indisputably pre from scripture to be forbidden by the Mat "J his Church can well afford to have passed without formal discipline. Ourstnndards ?* ducing clearly from the word, say that ?., provocations to uncleanness" and "all modest apparel" and "all light behavior" violations of the .Seventh Comniandm and on the same ground they condemn as ful all "lascivious dancings." If we car make out to the general conviction that particular form of amusement comes uj 01 this description, we arc neci"S*arlly estop UK r , ?,i.. What ,\n ? nwui iuiuiuiij ui.>vii|/iitiiu^ iv. ?? , K. want to condemn In any worldly amusen " except what Ik certainly sinful? And vt can any church court touch that the % ?? does not unquestionably condemn ? }8 The discussion of the law of love and of J? unquestionable facts that actions may ur JJ? certain circuinsiances become truly sin !<J> both intcrestingand instructive, lucludlrij ''' ltdocsan elaborate ex position of theprdc' at Ings of the first Presbyterian General Am ,e bly described In the fifteenth chapter of A "t Ah to the law of love. It Is well said, that n* obligations never can upset Christian llbi ?each freeman In Christ mu*t Judge in 1(1 fear of God when ho should forego any r! 10 of his for the sake ol his weak brethren ; tt" thai no church court can require of him surrender-on pain of discipline, because ^ would be to give tliem power to make till sinful which God has not made so. Ther cr to neutral acts becoming sinful by circ '?* stances, which undoubtedly they may in tain cases, It is also well said on the oi ia hand, that for a Christian to claim the r 18 to do such acts, which have thus become J ful, would be license not liberty. And so likewise well said that no church court tit noiinmA tr\ rlnnlnpo flint olronmsfiinr?Ps 1 make 601110 act sinful which Christ or '8. Apostles hud left allowable. Ever^tl es which Christ or his apostles. In othor no which the word, leave* allowable, mo; Be dono wlthoutgullt. Let it be hore repei ,1K by us that the perfect word of God antlclp O" to condemn every conceivable sin. Tl never can arise any new sins which thatv ie will not be l'ound to have prohibited. . of so it is here (page330) correctly stated: " us a Church may Justly prohibit a prnctib so evil by reason of newly arlsingcircumstai it must be able to prove from Scrlpturb n by express declaration or good and neccsi ^ consequence) that God regards the prac P thus clrcumstanccd as evil."' Hence it is i ed, "our Assemblies, while scrlpturally 1 er demning drunkenness, have scripturally t- fused to make temperate drinking sin >3' fence." All this appears to us exactly e. and Just, and moreover quite con flnnalOr; bur position in this argument. But the il sb tration here given we are not prepatfel id adopt.. That a Presby teriau minister 8ht teVergo habitually to drink in a drltik hell anil in thai way encourage drunken; *' is a V*iry unsupposable cose. Some stranj Jt. powerful and sustaining rou*on for sue d1 course taouid be necessary or it could noi 6- taken, apd this reason must needs be sue! 2s would Justify the act before Presbytery, ft can aatiiSllv suppose such a reason as wo is suppose such an act. If the act were d of without sortie such reason, of course it wc m be censurablbtu an evil act. Butwhatis a thing Presbytery would censure? Not 'd drinking, biit Bis setting a scandalous ex sh pie by his drinking publicly. And he wi be told to use hlilliberty of drinking in ?\ ic which possibly would constitute a gre; c- scandal in the eybs of many than what Jl ill designed to rertifedy: On the whole, we ;h forced to say that the Illustration Is both \ u> unsupposable, and also avails llltle if su -d case bould be supposed. Let us pass to v fc- is very properly said to bo "a better Instar in ?that which occasioned the first General ill sembly at Jerusalem; Wo And nothing Ui ?o Ject to. but much to admire, in thb expli ei tion or the decrecs here.plven. It is conf lo ed by Calvin's exposition pf tbb same. great Genevan aims to prevent Romhil to other councils from claiming the right f this example of the apostles and elder 'u make new moral laws: He meets the q ur tion : If lawful for that AsseijlUly to do t u- why not lawful for their successors as ofte if? occusion requires ? uuvin snows uiui mi a- rusnlem Council dccreed flothlHe new W to ever. For If Peter declares thatGdu 13 tef it. ed if n yoke is laid on the necks tif disci] >e he could not ailcrwards agree to the ifnj is Hon of such a yoke. So then, C'filvlri con p- ues: "The tirst thing in order ami the c te thing in Importance is that the Gentiles ^ at to retain their liberty, which was not tt ro disturbed; fttid that they were not to be e, noyed by thn observances of the lato. f the reservation which follows touching 1 to and blood is not u new law enacted by >r- apostles, but a divine and eternal conim ^t of Cod against the violation of charily, wl d, does not detract one iota from liberty.'* C >8 (he says) the Gentiles were not to abuse t y liberty?in other words they were to; use l- innoxious liberty, giving no offence to er brethren." "J*i removing grounds of offc ly the apostles would simply enforce thedii iii law which prohibits offence, as if they id said : The Lord hath commanded you no hurt a weak brother; but meats offere< y idols, things strangled and blood ye cur :e eat without offending weak brethren ; rs therefore require you by thecommand of a Ix>rd uot to eat with offence." ? W*e have therefore here, as !s properly i '? an unquestionable Instance of a church a "* under the plain and sure guidance of 'B Spirit, declaring that the moral character r? concrete act had become under clrcums *. ccs and for a time ut least, sinful; while " permit was Indifferent. cs Now how does this bear on the question rt are discussing ? All that bus been prove Q. that circumstances may make a thing si r- which is per *c indifferent. And if the tl ? becomes sinful, then It Is a proper subjeo ol discipline if circumitlanccs render it suit r. and u^ixe tm to deal with it. Liberty Is a gi j and precious right, but charity is a great rt holy duty, and liberty must not violate cl m ity. The law of love Is to be obeyed. Rej h for the opinions and prejudices of others n I! intlueuce our conduct unless a ffreatcr i - ihix nn/? Tt IL itIpvoiik thin* y wound the weak brother, fie who doe* I r- sumesahcavy responstblllly. Yotsometi |. this very thing has been done. Charity,sv r. and heavenly as It Is, must not be allowei |8 Invade or overthrow liberty. When the w ,n brother geta so strong that he demands Id sacrlllceof my Ireedom, the tlino hascoinc a. me to resist him and to refuse his demand, ,r Now It Is very difficult sometimes to dei between the conflicting claims.of charity liberty. It Is given up In the article wo jr reviewing that. Paul would not have dis se lined a well-informed believer who persii i, in eating idol's meat and clnimcd that v liberty wnt not to be Judged by another mi f. conscience. Only In case he was not def< s ing his own liberty, but noting selfishly 'J mischievously of del I beraia purpose,only n. wantonly dolnn mischief, .-ml not merely 3. eating, it is said could such a man be die lined. This is distinctly admitted. So fai j_ good. Let us go just one step farther, nnd ij. If it be not perfectly clear and certain 1 p. such a believer was deliberately and wan ly set on doing injury to his weak brothe le were evidently better not to attempt thb w mul discipline of him, but merely to rca ,n with and exhort and persuade him. v. The conclusion reached by this eiabtr to discussion of "The Dancing Question'' is I 11- our Assembly at LoulBVille ou($ht categori ly to order the formal discipline by our le slons of all round dances and public and ] re mlsctious balls. We should very much pr :e that the Sessions should be left accordln Is the New Orleans deliverance to apply ig law of God in their own wisdom and ralth er ness. Let Assemblies, Synods, and Presb; ly rles declare and oxpound the teachings of of word on this subject as occasion shall reqi of but let our Sessions determine what rem 11 is suitable In each particular case as ft ari d- and let pastors also be left to deaf tend* d- and prudently but earnestly with this mat You cannot trust the Sessions befcause i- timid? Far better trust them to afct as n J- he right and wise in each separate case tl id lfnDose on them the sweoDlnsr order nroDoi i?t which tliev would not, could not/ ought at 16'carry out. because It transcends tlie w< ;h Lot the Louisville Assembly dollver it of zealously but Scripturnlly on this subl to and then let our pastors preach and teach e- people. We want no preaching of a crus it aefilnstdnnclng. Vastly more shoftld we c al fide in the preaching of Christ and: the p at crS of the world to come, in the setting fc ill ot oar duty to the Head of his CtfnJcn. ' id refnedy of AuguHtin and of Calvin Is the i of We wish to see tried?"not rough, harsh, e- perious measures, more teaching ihan cc jr euanding, more ndinonlshlng ;tl>at threat Ing." But If there must be special ddtlon a ken ngalnst special evils, let us at least .k x> our action within constitutional bout iv Wo may not discipline but we piny tec Only three of our Assemblies hnVe ?6t t iij ken", Let them utter their voice; If need ro from year to year, and let 8ynods gjid' Pre! it teries toko up the testimony, and tet all th 1). bodies Bpe?k. 11may be fairly safdT that tli in has been no speaking adequately yet. as all church courtK, If It l>e necessary, thun id against the evil in question, and let the ] n. pTt thunder also. We have done nothing' ie The power of teaching is immense. Whai $ er It cannot overthrow, no human power c ?Let this remedy be tried. Let there bi rcast a fair begin nine made of trying it bel af wo rnsh to our highest Judicatory and wea 3t beg it to do what it has no authority to iR We insist upon it. the remedy is by doctr ,n and not by discipline: and as yet we ne tc have indoctrinated adequately on this e g.- Ject; The remedy is teaching, exhorting, i wi shading, by tlie church courts ns tliey clearly empowered to make dellvcrance Strue doctrine, mid by the ministers who hi jally are called to teach. This In the rem e. for the evil, and this remedy faithfully i prudently empioyedjwe cannot doubt wil j. found sufficient; if uot, then there Is retec le Stir6 We are that what 1b urged to be done >1. the Assembly would be no remedy, 'if W6 tTtiBt we shall never see our Assefn n. by any sii6h categorical order has been i al upsed undertaking to deal with lAdlvia a. chrtrdhes and persons, nor Inanymannerc ?0 erwlbe than In one of the four way* tbat e. prbvidcd. We trust we shall never see n. Assembly giving forth, in thctf. dellveram h nor sumptuary regulations, nor sweeping jf qnirenieiits touching concrete cases. E. h case must needs be left to be decided by jw Session concerned ; for the circumstances a each case moke the caso. This was what ,n last Assembly said, which spoke of this n u_ ter; and what it said was true and wise t ,1 Scriptural, and moreover was Pretbyleri ar Ourj'ystein requires the formal discipline , churches and individuals to remain w - courts of first resort. In cxtrame cases, da ?. Ing may come to rioting and revelling. v such cases our parochial presbyteries may I safely trusted to proceed to formal dlsclpllr Jj JOHN B. AUGEI / ???-2?m-mmmmm?mjgmmm On Jordan's Stormy Banks re or ? / irlew uu i. LETTER FROM A PRESBYTER. pre be- _ clnz He Complain* of the Inenntiona a?< ieed' of Technical Terra., in a Vernacajrob iurSeme, in the Report of the Weel< iut>e |og of the Month Carolina Preabytei conr.rH tV. "tui Newt and Courier. Allow mo, as a member of the South Cart >VCQ Una Presbytery, to correct a few mlsUkeM Ih Veu to which your correspondent. "Keunawha,1 an(i 'cl1 ln your issue of the 17th. They luaj >tect uot nPPe?ir to you of great Importance cx. and yet your Presbyterian readers. I know hint would prefer to be always correctly represent d ol that First, then, we repudiate tbe terms lay an< the clerical na applied to the meiubersof our bod; nrty Our ruling elders are not laymen but churcJ lunl ojjlcer*, and their membership ln presbytery iytc>. synod and assembly as full and complete a ;ind that of ministers. In fact, we hold tha hicf the Presbytery is always a body of ruling el ' ilb ucri, aincc luimaierii go mere, mm 10 ?u uui uen. other church courts, lu the capacity simply o ,|n)r rulers. As to the other term, clerical, we con lngi Hitler that, in all Its forms, it involves a gravi *ni. error; to call ministers clergy is to signify tha left they arc tbe Lord's lot or portion; but wi ji of Presbyterians bold tcnoclausiy and earuestlj f0re that the Lord's lot or portion is Ills people tev- ills church and not the ministers of it. "Ken ,ved nawha" tborofore could not taslly have fount itCh words more offensive to the truel'resby terlar by ear than the words lay and clerical as he usd do* them. '"all Secondly. Our retiring moderator does no: lin- "deliver a valedlolory address," and our inure coming moderator is not "elected for the en cnL suing year," and ?ur stated clerk was noi gin- "elected" at Abbeville, because be Is a perniamot ueiit officer. any Thirdly. As to the Rev. John G. Law, h? ) to asked no permission to act as "pastor" of i >ped Congregational church, but only toconsidei you an application from such a church for hisser tent vices in the relation of a stated supply, which hHt does not belong to the Presbyterian system rord nor did Mr. Law "plead his cause fervently,' for be did not present any cause of bis owr the nor did he "obtain bis demit from the PreB< ider by tery, no that he is now free.asa mlnlstei H Is at large to aceept the call given him by th< i as Charleston Congregationalism." He was dls Bed* missed to the Charleston Presbytery, and li leni- now under their go vornmentand control, am Lets, can accent no call which they shall not ai> , its prove. erly I quite agree with your correspondent tha the the Rev. Mr. Riley of the WalLalla Collegi Iglit "preached a magnificent sormon on the one and ness of Christ's Church in spite of and in tin this multiplicity of denominations and sects.' that As to the infrequency of so much "liberality ngs of Christian sentiment emanating from thi i as pulpit," I must pleadthat the statement doei urn- great Injustice to Presbyterians, We ac cer- knowledge all churches which hold the Hea< Lher which is Christ. We hold fellowsbl] ight with all Christians who niuintali sin- the essentials of Christianity It Is Que Protetftant church denies the validity o can our ordination, but wo acknowledge its urdl now nation to be valid. Anotuer denies our bap his tisin. but we acknowledge Its baptism to b< i!h< valid. Aft to the "disinfectant" virtues of tin ards sermon "purifying" the air of "bigotry" ant Y be nurrow-mlndedness." we do not know whetli ited er "Keunawha" means to imply that he per ates ceived uny "spiritual mustlnes# and stale sere ness" in the air of thatllttle Abbeville churcl rord where Presbytery mot, but this we know tha And Mr. Ill ley's sermon having been heard ono that boforc by a minister present, the repetition o e as it was by iiim earnestly requested because hi loos ho much admired tho catholic sentiments o (el- that discourse; and that there was not om -ary of those opposing Mr. Law's being given uj stice to our Congregatlonallst brethren who din xdd- played more earnestness of opposition thai con- tho minister who solicited the- reprtltlui re- and procured the treat which all enjoyed s< of- much. true The refusal ot tho South Carolina Presby y of tery to allow one of Its moat cherished aw ilus- valuablo ministers to devote his services t< 1 to another denomination bus been iu more thai juld one quarter already censured as savoring o Ing- bigotry and narrow-mindedness. Latitudlna bCss rlanB always condemn in this way all strlc rely adherence to principle. 1 am reminded o h a an eurnest debate many years ago in the ol< l be Charleston Presbytery respecting precisely a us tills very question of Presbyterian minister We serving independent churches, when tin can celebrated Dr. Thorn well earnestly maintAin lone edtbut ministers and churches should really >uld bo whatever they professed to bo. "If yoi the wlt-b to be independents," said he, (addrcsslni his some of that persuasion present who wer am- desirous to got Presbyterian ministers to serv JuId them,) then he independents and let us whi tret wish to be Presbyterians maintain steadfast); titer our principle, and let ns not try to make i was mongrol breed that lq neither one thing no are the other." One illustration of his point h 'cry drew from the prohibition in the Law ngalns >-?? ? (JIUUKIllllU Willi UU Oi UUU 1U1 UHH lOgCMiei .hut Col. w. M. Hutson arose and said all lio want icc" ed to know was which side did the Doctor cou Ah- slder to be the as?. iob- Now I think tht answer very patent. Ii ma- every attempted union between a body of fix Irm- cdand dcflniteand nnotlierof alack view*, i The is the formor that loses every time. Th ? or Mouth Carolina Presbytery are not bigots, bu roin they wish to he what they profess to be, am a to tohave their ministers maintain their owi ucs- system, which they hold to be derived fron his, the scriptures. The Presbyterian system I il iva the representative systom?aelt-govcrnmen b>" the people, but not exercised dlrectlyllat not by the uncertain crowd, but chosen rep opt- resentaiives. Ills not possible to mix till Jica, system with Congregationalism any rnor >HSI- than with Prelacy. It stands in the mlddl On- between the one man power and the dlrec hlef government by the masses. There let It sUvix vc,Ie where mankind may look at and consider II ' The nations now aro Infatuated with rcprc Nt sentatlvo government. It la a beaven-de scended Idea, held forth In the Hcrlptures o " J18 the Old and New Testaments. We Pre* byte rlans bwlleve the church to be a free from al nn* hybrid mixture. Huch honest adherence t ? i principle Is not to be stigmatized as blfcotry PResbytek. "an ! the "Presbyter" versus "KenaaTvha"-< "(jfe A Lively Defence, had Newt and Courier. ? Abbeville, May 2.?Thl? is the day foi writing my customary newa-l?tter, but ai thesis lack of local politics nnd drurth o tT,p county news, I should be obliged to flail bad on the weather and the May-day picnics fo something to pad out my epistle, were It no wld. that a correspondent In tnc AVirf and Court*, ourt of the26|h ull., signing himself "Presbyter,' the ha* furnished me with a subject Not havlni of a nnytlilnj: felse to write about, I shall maki tan- w>me brief remarks on "Presbyter's'' letter yet wherein he subjects me to some criticism which Mrn5 Intended to bo severe and whlcl we ccrtttlnly s very amusing, d I? "Presbyter" writes "as a member of tlx uful Soutb Crtrdltna Presbytery to correct a lew ilng mintages, Into which your correspondent t of "Kcnltatvhri.'.fell" In tho report of the pro able ceedlngs of Presbytery furnished to the Ivewi reat null Courier by "yourcorrespondent." Where and In have I offended? It seems that I had spo Ijnr- ken of the. delegates to the Presbytery ai rard "lav" and "clerical." This is tho head anil liist front of my offending. This Is. it would iutv Kppeflr, th& unpardonable sin in tho eyes o: ' to "Prehbvtcr." lie that hath cars to hear lei r, ?is- liim hear what "Presbyter'saith eonccroiue mch the transgression of "your correspondent, kect "Kenrmwha,' could not easily havo found I to word* more oflenulve to the true Presbyterian enk enr thnn the words lay nnd clerical as he used the them." You say well, in the heading you pu1 .for on his letter, tlmt he complains of the Incautious use of technical leimslna vcrnaeului jlde sefiso." I should go fan her and say that lilt and criticism of my use of lay nnd clerical win are rldiculoQs hair-splitting and hypercritical dp- word-refining, worthy of a certain other sted ''Presbyter" of whom Hudlbras says: his He could distinguish nnd divide an's A hair 'twixt south and southwest side. No Judge of good English, as such, would Pnl tondemn my application or the terms lay and v". clerical to the delegates who attended Prcsby'in! tory,some of wnom were ministers and som? ! DOt ministers. The terms lay and clerical, ?nv 'nWyand clergy nre uRed by the very purest r*'. writers, and even by Presbyterian writers nai wjth reference toall forms of church govern?OIl" Mnnt InAlii/linar PfouKi'foflnnlcni Vorv fun fj.i Presbyterians are possessed of "the true ?nn Presbyterian ear" evidently, and I doubt il more than three members or the South Carolina Presbytery found our words "offensive rhtf! indeed, I question If there Is more than one solitary so-called "true Presbyterian ear" In fcal- the State. The words are not offensive in We#- themselves, nor In the meaning they coupro vcyed. cfer At the risk of seeming to be a hair-splitter g to myself, I would ask why "Presbyter" states the ^at "to call ministers clergy is to signify that ful- they are the Lord's lot or portion ?" an idea yte- which "Presbyter" "repudiates." No doubt the he would answer that It Is a word derived from clerot, a lot Or portion; for ho may be edy able, like bis Hudlbrastlc brother, "ft To speak Greek As naturally ns pigs squeak, too But It Is fanciful to say that It is to signify lay ."the Lord's lot." Lexicographers and philohan loglsts have two better derivations thftn that sed, for clergy as coming from cleroa. 1st: A class not or (jailing of men set apart as it wefo by lot. >rd. 2d: A class of men so-called becatrse, for their self uss as ecclesiastical preachors. tfr ministers, ect, or clergy, there were set apart.is their propthe erty certain allotments of Iff/id. "Presbyter" ado blmsolf must know that tfik Scotch Prcsbyteon flan clergy of the present day have the usuow fruct of the allotted manse and glebe; and irth' perhaps hewouldagree with methat itwould rho ue a good thlngfor thoPresbyterlan ministers sne of 8outb Carolina If they had this additional lm- reason and right; this property quallflca>m tn lm mln (".Irrav. Ro much for mv ?u- "grave error" lii aslntj the word clerical. tn- As tA'the othcf term, lay, I need say notheep lftg, 11 cltrgij and laity do not mean eccleslaslds. tl'cAllly mlrtiifcr* and people, whether Prcsbyich, terlan, Episcopalian,or Itoman Catholic, what (Do- do thcy.meaft ? What it meant by "the true xul, Presbyterltfn ear" I cannot imagine, but I am iby- ?ure that.Uip words lay and clerical as I used ieso them were nor "WTfcnslve" to the ears of true ere Presbytcj'mns.' . Let My ne3rt,ofiencc, a smaller sin, wns In sayder ing that tne retiring moderator "delivered a >ul- valedictory addres.f,". Which he did not.; he pet. enly preachod,', as hTS fiirewell, last official ev- act, the bbeninff.iernrou before the Presby!an, tery. N6w mafic, H was not a Maledictory ad> at dress, lttfasan opearag eermph and' a farefore *oll seraion, whW^h},, the .difference you'll kly see 'twlxt tweedlcou^ ftndt^rtedledee. do. Another of the "rtrn' mrttdkes ofKer.na1ne wha',' is that according "Presbyter" the rvcr incopnlng moderator is n6t "ilecjod for the >ub- ensuing year." it seems mat, nc presides >?r- otcr two sessions of tfm PrcsbVWry. which are rhcqt* seml-aDiiuar.y, Whfch short's tot dlfs ft fer&rce between six and ha|f a d6zen'.. >ec As to the next mistake corrected by "Jrr.?s? frdy byWr" I cry "PecetM" and promts^ nevir to md do so any more, Ittalbbcking that! should I b? havesotormlsliea thi ppbllc as to suppose dy.- that the "stated cl^rK" was "elcctea" at Ab i by bcvllle. flfear It, all yo nations, he 16 "a permanent officer." But,- Jast here, ts not the bry clerk "offensive to the troo Presbyterian ear?" to- it ought Jto.be, for it Is "own brother" to ual clergy and cliricat, and ,to-day is the legal )tb- term by \?hlch a minister or clftrgyman Is are known Tp tft,e English law courw. otrr "Prcsbyfcr" 1b a (front stfckljr about words. no nWM npi/ HWiy, w imo uio nwu j/imhv, c*n TP- applied to the Rev. Mr. Law In fay report. I acb have heard noiens a person than the Rev. Dr. the Adger use the word as I did,and surely "Presi 1 of bytor" will take him an good authority, and the as having, If any man has, "the true Presbylatr terlnn ear." . .. md Into the merits of the Law case, ofcoureej an. I shall not. be enticed any further than to re-1 ' of fer to my use of the word "demit," which i 1th "Presbyter." still carrying on his logomachy: nc- changes Into dlmiittaL Demit Is a good Ma-j In Bonio word, and it may be that "Presbyter" be has as great an aversion to tho Masons as he i ie. I has to tho clergy. "Presbyter" dlscutses the ^ }Law caso at length, but I bav? nothing-to do with It; It Is new matter oP'Presbyter's" own , Introduction, and too subtle for "Kennawha." Such knowledge la too strange for me, Too bigh to understand. Bis notions about latltudlaarians, his anecdote about the ox and the ass, bis definition > of Preabyterlonlsm, and eoloplum thereon, I pass them all by, his ox and his ass and any Uilne that Is his. and I shall only write & few , words about the Rev. Mr. Riley's sermon. . ''Presbyter" agrees with me that it waa a "majrnlflrpnt crmon.11 Rnt *hmt uiri it showed "a liberality of Christian sentiment seldom emanating from tbe pulpit," he had no business and no right to say tbat I did i- "great injustice to Presbyterians." "Presbv ter" does not know Kennawha,' else he would ' know that I have as high a regard fos Presbyr terlans as "Presbyter" Himself,and It wasnot i, fair In him to twlut my words so as to make , them appear to reflect Severely on Presbylo< rlans. As to the "certain minister" who ftsked Mr. Riley, to preach ihesald sermon, with1 out professing to have a true Presbyterian 1 cyo or a true Presbyterian ear. I tnink I i could truly say to "Presbyter," "Thou , nrt tho man ?" We both liked the sermon s and for the same reasons, why quarrol about t It, then? To show tbat I am in a charitable mood, I will not. sorely tempted through r Tain, I will not use the adage about "whom f the cap flu," and apply It to "Presbyter" - when he speaks or bigotry and narrowb mlndedness. And. further. I will refrain from t badgering our purist "Presbyter" about bis b odd use of "are?Jhfatuatea," and his still r odder u?e or tne word "treat," And I pro, mlse that when next I essay to report the pro ceedlngs of Presbytery I shall make such use 1 of the Longer and Shorter Catechism, the i Westminster Confession of Faith, and the I Book of Discipline that my words will not be "offensive to the trua Presbyterian," ear t but will be like a sweet-smell I njr savor even unto "Presbyten" . KENNAWHA. A LIFE IMPRISONMENT. The Jnry Find Cox Guilty of the Murder of Colonel Alston. Mrs. Cox on Hearing the Yerdict Attempts to Throw Herself from a Window. [New York Herald.] Atlanta, Ga., May 7, 1679. This has been an anxion* day in Atlanta. The many conventions in session here and the consequent bustle and hurry could not take the public attention from the hung jury at the Court House. Never has an issue beeu tried in this city in which such absorbing curlosty was manifested. Th? interest extended all over the country, and despatches asking the result were received during tho day. The morning was filled with all sorts of rumors. It was reported that all kinds of verdicts hod been found from an acquittal to murder. The last thing authentic from the Jnry was the statement mfede last night that it soetned to be Impossible for them ever to come to an agreement. The bulllff in attendance was diligently pumped, but the ouly - Impression he bad wus that tnere would be a e mistrial. At eleven o'clock this morning the e Jury notified the Judge that they had acorn1 munlcatlon to mukc. The room was speedily i- filled. Tne prisoner, looking more anxious - than ever, was brought up, uccompanicd by - iiIn wife and sister. When the Itirv filed in it i transpired that they simply wanted to hear I the charge of the Judge once more. This wan e redelivered without comment, and the Jury f was sent back to the room. This Inquiry of e the Jury broke for the tirst time Into the alf most universal opinion that a mistrial must u result, it wus thought that they were seek[> Ing for some ground on which they could ef feet a compromise. All sorts of surmises i were Indulged In. At about half-past three l o'clock the vast crowd In the Court House 3 and ite adjacencies wits startled by the information thut a verdict had been reached. The news spread rapidly over the city, and u 1 large undlcnce was collected before the pris:> oner and Jury were fnclng each other. It was l evident that the prisoner had nerved himself f for tbe worst and bo sat pule and steadfast as _ a m it n a t elAnn Mia u i d I ur ?nn m url Ia ihurn t hi* composure but his wife was more uervf ous. 1 THE VERDICT "GUILTY." J, The Jury filed In solemnly and slowly. Afu they were seated and the preliminary ques. tloushad been a*ked, the foreman rose and , said In a steady hut low tone, "We And the j accused guilty, and recommend him to the U mercy or the Court." e A 3TAUTLINO 8CESK. e At this announcement the prisoner's wlfb, 0 as if under some uncontrollable impulse, *>' sprang from her neat and run toward a win1 dow. Her husband lollowed her, caught her r by the waist and tried to comfort her. She 1 nobbed violently, her lamentations breaking 1 into shrieks. At Intervals she crlcd "My darling! my darling! oh, my darling! anil " with all that evidence too, and with all that " evidence!" For a time the poor Indy was beside herself with grief, and many a strong 1 man's hat Went before his face. Her husband. " with wonderful control of himself, soothed 1 and comforted her. and at last so quieted her. ? that the Court could proceed. As she sat at J his side, crouching, pal# anu heart-broken, 1 she moaned over una over again the name of J Judge Hopkins, who made tnc closing speech 1 for the State, and to whose ellbrt tliv coiivlc* Hon was largely due. * _ . THE PEJfALTT. The verdict means Imprisonment for life. * The law of punishment for murder In Geore gia wns so hmended that a recommendation e For mercy should commute the death *ent teuca to Imprisonment for life. The bill by i which this amendment was made wan pre, pnred by Colonel Alston nnd pressed through i- the Legislature by his personal pcrsuuslon . and work. It Is a remarkable circumstance f that the man whose life Is saved under tills >- law?issued after such a struggle and against 1 such odds? Is tho murderer of the man In a whose gentle heart it was conceived. MOTION *0R A SfW TRIAL. At the announcement of the sentence the counsel for ibe prisoner arose and asked the . Judge to stspend the sentence fortwenty days that thoy might have time to prepare a motion for a new trial. Upon this request Judge Hlllyer issued an order suspending the sentenco for tho time asked. General Gartrell, " leading counsel fer the defendant, stated to ' your correspondent that he felt little doubt r that the verdict would be immensely reduced ? and he was very hoperul of a full acqultal. [ COX ASTONISHED. r The prisoner himself was shocked at the ' verdict una protested to ftc very much aston: islicd. lie would make no statement to the f public, saying Hint his statement to the Jury , contained nil he htul to say. He Knve all his i time to comforting bis wife, whose grief was i heart-rending. It may be noted 1i<tc the prlsouur Is financially ruined. He was very ! much embarrassed when the killing oc' currcd, and since that time all his property . has been seized and sold. Helms five little - children and is about forty-one years of age. ' THE JOKY. " Foreman Bogon. of thejury, gave your cor* ^ respondent the following us to the status of I thejury'"Wlieu wo first went into the room I we took u vote Just to see how things stood, r The vote was 8 lor murder, 2 for voluntary , manslaughter and 2 for acqultal. The two ; who voted lor acquittal, though Just voted s "No," because they had riot made up their I minds as to wbut grade the ottence should have. On the nest vote, taken shortly after i we stood 10 for murder, 2 for voluntary man* . slaughter. At this point the Jury stuck until ' ten o'clock last night, when we reported to . me juogu ijihu we cuuiu nui agree. w i* siepi 011 It ull night, though soma of tho Jurors , kept talking fill night through. Tho next I morning we of the ten who voted for murder . usked the two manslaughter men if they would vote for murder If we would recommend to mercy, which would save the prisoner's neck. After a short discussion they agreed. It then took nearly all clay to get the I ten men who voted for murder lo agree to re[ commend morcy. At lust this wan done, however, tbo compromise effected and the i verdict announced." "If it hud not been." said Mr. Bogan. "for , the law that the mercy recommendation ; would save his neck there could have been nothing . bnt guilty. It will bo very hard for a Jury to hang any man while that saving provision holds its " temptation over the Jurors' hearts." He lurther said that the ten men who voted for murder, weje very fully convinced that it was murder and simply took advantage of the legal alternative to n mistrial. NO MORE HANGING IN GEORGIA. Sold Solicitor General Hill:?"You may say that Cox is punished to the utmost extent of the law as It exists in Georgia. The ameuumcilb w< uui inn uu HIS (JuuiDiiiuciit Ul murder has practically abolished hanging In this State. It Is probable that poor Alston intended that It should do this. At any rate it has done it. I do not expect to see a man hanged hero for many a year. This opinion is very generally shared by the public, sew trial not expected. The motion for a new trial will bo heard In a few days. The best opinion Is that no ground exists for the motion, and that it will be disregarded. The case will then go to the Supreme Court on exceptions. It will be heard about August, and will come back to the Superior Court for new trial or sentence about September. Thedefenco claim to be able to very much strengthen their case, but it Is believed that the case of Edward Cox will never again bo pleaded before a Jury. Judge Hillyer's rulings have been wonderfully careful, and he is esteemed ono of our best Judges, so that there is little room for oxceptlon. THE COST OF KILLING ALSTON. Cox Sentenced to tbe Penitentiary for Life?Hit Wife's Wild GriefMotion for a New Trial. Atlanta, Ga., May 7.?The Jury In the Cox case were out all night and came in at noon to-day to be rc-chnrged in full. At a quarter to 4 p. m. they came In and announced tliat they had agreed upon n verdict. It was detained to correct an Informality, and was then read as follows: "We, the Jury, And the prisoner guilty and recommend that he be punished by Imprisonment far life." Cox received the verdict with calmncss and stoicism,-having evidently nerved himself for the worst His wlfo.on hearing the words so fatal to her hopes, sat for a moment trembling, and then rushed for the open window near by for tho purpose ol throwing herself to the ground below. She was wild with grlof. As she reached tho wlnflow sho was caught by Cox, who hold her ffwft. She threw her arms around his neck and 6)6ng to him wildly/exclaiming: "Oh, my God! Oh my Door dafling!" Iier shrieks were heart-rend- , fng.artd tne occupant* of the crowded room : could fcot restrain their tenrsorplty. Cox nsed sill his power to calW her and Anally . oottrW her grief until only her deep moani brtfSA upon the solemn stlllrifcjto. JtrrtgiHHlyer sentenced Cox to be confined in the penitentiary or such other place as the Governor may direct* at hard labor for and during his natural life. GeD. Gartrell gave notlefc thai the dcfcnce woCrld make a motion for a new trial and > proving a writ ol tupersedcat: The execution , of (he sentence, therefore, was" Stayed twenty 8 penalty i$ virtually tlta extreme of the ; ra^.,in tills Sta'?e m the law pussed with nInt thA nf t.hn T.rHrlshi. . tS&d/giving lurow thp right to recommend J thd pie imprisonment; tri all oases of murder us Cn?y see fit. tfi effect ftbollsJiCH the death pontfty. Cox Is" the flrst! .man convicted of mlirder who receives the benefit of that law. Th6 verdict Is received with1 general approval.' ??<*. aHx manner of repifring done by T. C. ' Seal;, at pricea to suit tW times. / / - ... / |J ' " -. ' < ' * After the Three Days. THE HCBDEBEB FEEEMA5 DISJ POINTED THAT HIS DAUGHTE1 DID NOT BI8E FROM THE DEAD. Willing to Die if hit Faith in God x ' not Answered?Hit brother Wat lng Night Ueside the Little On Grave* Lett the Fanatics aho Steal the Body and Claim that vai Translated?Aa Extraoidim Sceneatjthe Burial?The Second< ventiata Preparing to Defend Fr man by Pleading the Story of Ab ham and Iaaac. New York Sun. Babitstablk, Mem., May 6.-rubHo a? ment throughout eastern Massachusetts let very strongly, not only agalnatCbarlei Freeman und his wife, but also agalnat members of the rel.'gioaa sect who bel leve v Freeman tbat the marder of bla daugl Edith waa a aacriflrlal act demanded of 1 by tbe Supreme Being to ahow to the w< bla and their faith. The matter la regftrde so Important tbat the Attorncy-ueneral of State will be here to-morrow toglvelthlsj aonal attention, and theDlatrict-Attomey been here to-day. Meanwhile the belter c of people at Poeaaset, the village where F man lived, have determined that not o Freeman and wife, bnt alao the other Adv lata must be punlahed.and took organized tlon to-day." The scenes At tbo burial of II Editb on Hundny greatly aggravated the ] pie. Freeman had asserted with great ct deuce that God would raise Edith to lift Sunday. His wife, at her preliminary hea: here lust Friday, fixed hor great blue eyes Justice Hopkins and said, as be expresse with an almost scraphlc expression on face, that ihe was ccrtaln that God woulc veal hlmseir. Their belief was firmly aht by the other Second Adventlsts. Mr. Dt the undertaker at Pocasset, Into whosechi the medical examiner gave the body of El Is one of the number. He believed that E< would be raised from thodead or else tram ed. So did the others. They were certain i there was to be a physical manlfestatloi some kind, and rather inclined to the opii that she would arise from her coffln while funeral services were going on. Freeman his wife are In the bam which Is tempore used for a Jail In Barnstable, eighteen n from Pocasset. Freeman's cell fcppear have been the stall of a horse. It is ooai up and iron bars are nailed to the wine His wife was placed in a room that has I partitioned off in the loft. These with othor so-called cell constitute the Jail act modatlons at present. Freeman paced his all day on Sunday. He wan without ques expecting assurance that the girl had beei stored. He asked for a Bible, but was that it would be better lor him to desist f reading the Scriptures. Ills wife sat qui In her colt all day. She manifested no o tlon. Once in a while the poered through little hole In the door out upoij Massacliui Buy. She asked for nothing to read, and s< ed quite contented pnd entirely rntlonal. talked freely about her older daughter, Be and begged thatthe little Rlrl might not be of the act of the lather because she would understand It, The day passed, and Freeman retire night confessedly a little disappointed tbi had not received assurances that his daug had been raised from tne dead. He wen bed and slept soundly, as did Mrs. Freer The Second Advent people at Pocajnwt, hoi er, were more or less disturbed because promised resurrection did not take pi They attended the funeral, which the liev. Williams conducted until he was interru by Mr. Davis, the undertaker, Mr. Davit the coffin was opened at the grave, and w the face of little Edith wns exgoscd to v began a defence, not so much of Mr. I nmn'a act as of his motive. He said he k that Freeman was actuated by the highest purest motives. "He Is a murderer," said one of the sp< tors. No, he Is no murderer; he is proving fnlth In God." reDllrd DhvIs. "Oh. til Is mart stop," tlioRev. Mr. Willi said, and Davis replied that he had the r to speak because the body was put In chnrgc ty the medical examiner, and < force could stop him. Thereupon the brother of Freeman, ai telligent shoemaker of Natlck, who c here as soon aa he heard of the murder, f d forward. Ills eyes were bloodshot, fc I not slept for two nights, and he waa gard, because he had eaten nothing exce piece of bread and drank a cup ol' tea du the came time. "J shall use force if docn not 8top. It Is awful. Permit the c to be burled in peace." Davis saw that 1 man was determined, and, ^tamllng ovoi open coffin, he quietly announced that Hecong Adventlsts would hold a camp n inglu June. Then he shut the lid, and coffin was lowered into a very shallow gr Mr. Freeman had heard that there mlgt an attempt to take the bodp from the g at night, eo that It might be announced u uuu uccu truimmiuu, uuu uo wubciici the t'rave all ulght. Dhvih, who seems to have taken the lcr ship of the sect since Freemau's arrest, ply says about the expected but non-full resurrection that God has chostfi to nioi some other way. The others look upon : the same way; not one of them Is read admit that Uicy have made a grievous luke. Freeman was told this morning his daughter hud been hurled. Ue paced cell a few minutes, and then said that If did not manliest hlmseif speedily he sh be ready to admit thnt he hud done wt If he had dune wrong ho should bo dlsp to lake his own life, because he could bear the thought of living after ho had ] faith In Qod which was uot unswttred. Is all that he would say, and he refuse see any ono except his brother. Ho asko brother whether It could be po*sible tha hud misplaced his ftilth. Mrs. Free wept, ror inn nrsi tune mi* morning, would see no one except Mrs. ttwlil, Die man who had Agreed to take Bowie tc lioufc. "If we have done wrong," she said, dtd It because God commanded it, tbul world might nee our faith 1m Him." "You havedone wrong," replied Mr?. 8 "God would not command his worshlppc take human life." "But dun'tyou see that In tills case it to show our supreme faith In God unci pro ail ecs ? Wc thought so hImII events, ?and here Mr*. Freemen wepi^-"lf we wrong don't you think God will forgive i Dr. Muusell of Hnrvlch Iind a couverw yesterday with Freeman und hi* wife, came away with the conviction that the Is more marvolouK than any of a sin kind recorded In the medical l?ood?. Ho that neither Freeman nor his wife is iue They are perfectly ra Lionel J in every res They arc, however, in a morbid mental * und havo one delusion?that God cau does speak directly to human beings. 1 man said, and bis wife also, that what coarse was taken with them, they did want any plea of Insanity entered. Head icu mm iiu unuenoojt iiicuct wuu n iun dersUtudlug of what- he was doing. lie k thai he was violating the law. lie knew people would look upon it usa horribleer and he knew that it would he agony for to take the llfeof his little daughtoj. "W he'suid to I)r. Munacll, "sho waa pin; around with me while I was at work nil week"?and herfe he flrxt seemed to show natural sorrow of a father?"and do you tl 1 could do such a thing uuless-somothing n powerful lhan Insanity commanded ui To test him still further Dr. Munsell ne him if lie would lose his faith unless got a ranees from on high that he had worked the divine will, and he ut once said thai could not concclvc tliut he had been d< anything but obeying the command of ( but it he hud made u nils take ho hIiouIU h to die rather than live tinv longer. When asked by a gentleman whether did not think It u delusion to believe that' put things into the hcarU of men to do, h once responded : "Do you think it a dclu: when your minister tells you that God pu into his heart to preach the Gospel, or I God directed him to beeonio a missiona Now, 1 Just as llriuly believed thut God pi into my heart?that is spoke to me?todot act that the world might see that thero faith even as greatus Abraham's, I did th that he would stay my hand before I str the blow. J can't see>?ny difference betw my firm belief that God spoke to me and lirin belief of others that they have beeD personal communion with God." This conversation was repeated to Dlst Attorney Knowlton, "What answer ' i the gentleman to the Attorney, "could I mi to such an argument ?" To another perfton Kreoman said that he not understand why the other Advent were blamed by Christians, for all Christ! believe that Abraham was commanded sacrifice Isaae. "If they can believe that.' said "why ars my religious follow worsh ?- C.xw knllaifft.1. rvia fhn T 1 commanded to sacrifice my daughter In th latter days? I believe, with a perfect at lng faith, that I whs so commanded tosh my fulth. The District Attorney said this afterm that the case legally was clear enough. H are a man ana woman who with complete! perfect knowledge of what they are dol with abundant opportunity to reflect, and mlttlng that they understood the responsl lty they were meeting, kill a child. Tl must be Indicted for murderin thefirstdegi Medical testimony will be Introduced. 'J question Is to whatextentsuch adeclslon v affect the verdict. Is It such a delusion should lead toacaultal? But If the rnitl tlon plea of delusion beallowed in the cast Kreoman and his wife, public sentiment, least at presant, will not sustain it In tho c es of the other Adventists. Sentiment 1 gone so far that I learn of several Uiiltarl pulpits hereabouts where the crime was verted to yesterday as the natural oulcomt mif-9 lencinngiioi tao ocripiureo, hiiu tuv lief In the necessity of accepting all of I Bible literally. J hear every where In tbli clulty the expression of opinion that an i ample must l>e made of people who Woi tolerate such a religion. Yet the Adventi are .on the dfcfcnslvo. An orthodox deac upbraided one of them soundly this ino in?. "Deacon," he replied, "If you sincerely n conscientiously belle>'e that God for rayst< otis purposes 6f his own, commanded you take your wift's life, what would you do?" "Such a thing would not be possible: I tuppose It win, I suppose I should kill hei was the re^ly. lltVii nil/ uu j'uu uittiiio us. n c uciit that Freeman was commanded to do this a test of faith. Believing, we lived up as he c to our belief." Dr. Munsell, Dr. Smith, Justico Hopkii and Sheriff Harris have no doubt of the s cerlty of these people, and the attention several eminent physicians in Boston t been called to the developments as offer! most temarkable opportunltp for the study religious delusion. To the peoprfc of Focasiet ft Is no delusk rhey have bc'6n getting ready for agercssl steps, and the action of Mr. Davis and of t Dther Advent.'sts on 8undAv at the funei has carried thi indignation fca point almi beyond control. There wero demands ma of the Selectmen to proceed at once, a therefore a pnbile meeting wascalled for tl morning at 11 o'clock. The flail was packi rhose who had counselled moderation. w? using violent language. There was dans that a mob would proceed ap onco to lyri Davis. It only needed a leader to carry o some violent proposals; but Selectman was able to control the people. He said th ustice and example required that punii ment should be meted out, but it was best proceed legally. Means must be provided leal with these fanatics and lunatics. If yon want a good custom-made bu ?v, call on T. C. Seal, old stdnd of Seal 5'ign; * Winter 1b reluctant to abdicate.-' ...tfjQKy. .V. v t->iV + < 4 The Temperance Colon ip. ~~ ?j Edited br REV. J. L. MARTIN, REV. D. J. HIMMONS, REV. R. N. PRATT* ra? REV. 8. H. JEE PERSON. . ch- t e'? An Anyel in a Saloon* uld One afternoon in the month of June IS1 . lady in deep mourning, followed by a cl 11 entered one ot the fashionable saloon ary N . The writer happened to be pax at the time, and. Impelled .by cariosity, *a- lowed ber to see wbat would ensue. step] ee_ up to tbe bar and addressing the proprl< who happened to bo present, she said: fa* "Sir,can you assist met 1 have no b< no friends, and am not able to work." He glanced at Iter, and then at tba cl with a mingled look of curiosity and ] mt|. Evidently he was much surprised to s has woman In such a p)ace;begglng, but wltl i p, asklug any questions, gave her t>ome cha the turning to those present, said: pith "QentleSicn, here is a lady in distress. C ? wmi holn hor a aim They all cheerfully acceded to tbo reqi orld and aoon a parte of two dollars was raited das put In her hand. the "Madam," salt! the gentleman who gave per. the money, "why do you comc to a talc has It Isn't a proper place for a lady, and why loss you driven to such a step ?" . ree. "Sir, 1 know it Isn't a proper place for k inly be in; and you ask why I am driven to t cnt. a step. I will tell you in one short 1frt ac. pointing to a bottle behind the counter la Ittle fed "whiskey:" that is what brought me I jeo. ?Whiskey r >nfl- "I was once happy and surrounded bj , on the luxuries that wenlth could procure, wl r|nc fond and Indulgent husband. But in an i 0n hour he was tempted, and not possessing g it will to resist temptation, fell, and in ones bcr year my dream of happiness was over, I re. home was forever desolated, and the 1 ired husband, and the wealth some called ir lvj8 lost, never to return.and ail |by the actu jr-e wine-cup. Ilth "You see before you only a %rtek of mj iliUi mcr sell; homeless and frlendlem, and < ilat- nothing left me In this world but this 1 that childand weeping bitterly, sheaffectioi a of ly caressed the golden curls tnatsbadeda lion of exquisite lovellnest. Regaining her <: i the poHure. and turning to the proprietor oi und saloou, she continued: ,rily "Sir, the reason I occasionally enter a j illes Nk? tills Is to Implore those who denl in s to deadly poison to desist, to stop a business rded spreads desolation, ruin, poverty, and sU low. lion. Thin* one momen of your own li jeen ones, and then imagine them in the sltut one I in. I appeal to your better nature, I cm- to your heart, tor I know you possi ceil kind one, to retire from a business so ruli tion to y mr patrons. , re- "Do you know that the money you rw told KCruil hub uui ? wjc nnuic as mvaiij^ v roiu from out of the months of the famished w etiy and children of your customers? thatlU nio- the clothes from their backs, deprives t the of the comforts of life, and throws un setts piness, misery, crime, and desolation >em- once happy homes ? Oh, sir, I imp beseech, and pray you, to retire from a 8gje neas you blush to own you are engaged i: told fore your fellow men, and enter one that not not only be profitable to yourself, but to fellow-creatures also. Yon will excuse i d at I have spoken too plainly, but 1 could it he '>elP ^ when I thought of tne misery ant liter happiness it has caused me." t to 'fMadam, I am not ott'ended," be ansn nan. in a voice bosky with emotion, "but tl rev you from my heart for what yon have s the "Mamma, said the child, who, meanl [ace. had been spoken to by some of the gentU Mr. present, taklug bold of her mother's 1 pted "these gentlemen wish me to sing -Little ?, as for them. Shall I dosot" 'fille "Yes, darling, If they wish you to." lew, They all Joined in the request, and pit free- her In a chair, she sang in a sweet child new voted the following beautiful song: ,arnl "Out In tbe gloomy nlgbt sadly I roam, 1 buve no mother dear, unpleasant horn seta- No one cares for me. no due would cry, Even If poor little Bessie should die, : bis Weary and tired I've been wanderiugall Asking lor work, but I'm too small Inms 8ay; lglit On the damp ground I most now la; nil head? jnly Father's a drunkard and mother Is deiad h "We wero so happy till father drank rur um? Then all our sorrow and trofoble begun / i?Jr? MoH>?r grow pale; aud wept every dayr ?.p and I were too hungry to play; h.i tt'owly they faded till one summer night nt n Found their dead faces all silent and a hi Then with big tours slowly dropping I su t'hlK Father's a druukard and mother Is dead hlld "Oh, if the temperance men only could 1 ?*ree- Poor wretched father, and talk very kin r the If thay would ?top him from drluklug, ti , the I should be very happy again. icet* Is It too laic, temperance men ? Picas* the Or poor little Bessie must soon starve ave. die; i it be All the dar long I've been begg)nf rave breadthat Father's a drunkard aud mother is dead 1 by T>t? ramMnf hllllttrilN ?f>ra loft nnflnl , , and the curds vrcre thrown aside. nnd tli im I enipted glass reniuinrd on the oouute had pressed near,some. with curiosity. : , with sadness, and some with pity beaml :f !" their eyes, entranced with the muclcal 11 and beauty of the child who seemed 1 y , tltted to be with angels above tbau ,1a r place. ti,i? The scene I shall never forget "to my < diiy, nnd the sweet cadence of ner mi volce still rings in ray ears, and every ,ou,a oi the song, us it dropped from her lips, ol,|>; deep in the hearts of tliose gathered at ?r.T, her. ? With the golden balr falling care , around her shoulders, her face of almost 4"1* real beauty, and looking so trustingly r.1.0 comfortingly opon tliu men around, h? beautiful eyes illuminated with a llgbi .no., ceemed not of earth, she formed a pictu '"f' purity and Innocence worthy the genl ?i~ poet or painter. hor At theclose of the song many were wee \P men who had not sncd u tear for years ' ?r.A weP* like children. One young man luc had resisted with scorn the pleading of i lug mother and the entreaties of frlen r? in strive to lend a better life, to desist fr rs 10 cynnje tjmt wni wasting his fortune and 'n>{ his health, now approached thechllc i , , taking both her little hauds In tils, 1 i " tears streamed down his palp cheeks, exc ,. ed with deep einotiot). * "God bless you, my llttlo angel! You iinn eav<?d me from ruln and dlsgracc, from p S ty and a drunkard's grave. If there won angels on earth, you ureone; God bless nH p O*** *>less you J" nnd putting a bill li hands of the mother, said: "Please a this trifle as a token or my regard and e? *"*' for your little girl has done me a klndr t To can never repay. And remember, whoi n f you are In want you will ever And in ,u'~ true friend," at the same time giving he v?r n*me an(1 address. c , Tuklng her child by the hand, sheturr mi, go. but pausing at the door, said : mu- <'Qod bless you gentlemen! Accept au- heartfelt thanks of a poor, frieqdless w< for the kindness and courtesy y<*i have at uiai her" Before any one could reply abe l/lnl K01'0i A ? A silence of several minutes ensued, m 'Y was at length broken by the proprietor > "'* exclnlmi.-d: "(ientleinen, that lady Is right, and I sold my last glass of whiskey ; if any of unit wnnt, more, you will have to go clr.cwhcr J., "And] have drank my last glass of wblf ? !. said the young man who had long been g IKCU tip as utterly beyond the roach of those had a deep interest In hU welfare?ussunl ?.U1, low ever to roform. "Thero Is a temper c organlnatlou In thlsclty called Temp '.'"P Honor,' and at their next meeting I i send up my name to be admitted, who ?*"i go with mo?" . "I?I?I, and I," several exclaimed in a ' JJ? rus, nnd fifteen hames were added to bis. uoa True to his word, the owner of the sa e.al where this strange scene was enacted, dIt sflo.~ ed of his entire stock tho nextday, and is * '* engaged In nn honorable business. Wou UHJ heaven that lady with her little one c ry.; have gone into every hamlet, town, and \l 7 throughout the country and met with Ilk ,nat suits! Therearo many such beggared !va1" ows, bot few who are able to speak to e? ively.?Laramie Sentinel. uck COIi the MODERATE DRINKERS. i in rl Meeting of the Busines* Men** T< mid perance Society at Checkering t ?Speeches* by Dr. Crosby, O. did Frothington, Peter Cooper, . Thnrber and Mr. Headley. to New York Herald. ' he The Business Men's Society for the Ene 'P- agoment of Moderation in the use of Int vas eating Drinks was h?jld on Friday In Chic] Int; Hall. There was a very large attendai iid- including a number of ladies. Mr. F. ow Thurber presided, and among tnose on platform were Mr. Thurlow weed, Mr. Pi Jon Cooper. Walt Whitman, Dr. Crosby and J ere o. a. Frothlnghoin. The proceedings w ind opened by the singing by a quartet of la< ng, and gentlemen of the songs. "It Pays to aa- Right," "Lend a Hand' and "The I bll- Pledge." from the new moslc book of the Jcy clety, "The Golden Mean." ee. Mr. Thurber then said Ladles and gen ?lie mnn. this meeting has been called for the t clll pose of announcing and forwarding the Jectt ot the "Business Men's Socleiy for go* Encouragement of Moderation in tno uso s of intoxicating liquors, Rccegnlzing the gi at evils proceeding from Intemperance, and? ??- tne iact that extreme abstinence views ^ iae not bo entertained by a large claas whose >fcn stlncts and habits entitle to era to the nam ad- good citizens. we seek to utilize the influei -of of this class in mitigating these evils, be- are fighting the same enemy that the m the extreme total abstinence advocate* are c vi- tending against, but wo choose rather to fls cx- the enemy than to uselessly hurl our for aid againsthrostrongly intrenched position t rts have them reprrfucd in ? gallant, but vain, ?n tempt to storm tire tforks. We aim to s rn- tain tho steps Of those *'ho are feeble, to i a friondly wortf tOstrch as would, perhaps, nd fuse to listen to more fadlcal councellors, sri- strengthen the resofutfons of tho?e who to weak, by a serlei of pltdges, among whicl one which discourage?thri absard custom >ut "treating," so common with, Americans- e r." by cultivating a taste for lighter and m wholesome beverages, do a work of true tc ive pernnce which all good citfiens 6an cc ? a mend. 11(1 HOW THE SOCIETY PROTEOSE TO WOR1*. ns, Mr. Henry Hadley, the secretary, Stated! ODJCClH ui tuo rwiui/, mill, uucr i uichiu^ of the terriblo effects of drunkenness any ia8 absolntc necessity of something being dj ng to check the uso of alcoholic stimulants, s of said that the society believed In pleit? There were four pledges proposed. The wfi >n. pledge bound tho signer not to drink durl vc bntilneM hours. By that modified engn he roent the man was r.ot deprived of the g) ral of wjne of ah evening at our social fnstl Mt tlons. The bine pledge promised "not tool de the glass to another, nor todrlukatanothi nd ?fxpcn6e." The next pledge was the r lis tfhlte ana bine. It llmlt? the signer to drl >d. nothing stfonger than wine or beer, ann tli >re only at meals and in moderatfon. The ] ;er gllsh phyHlclans, who had lately wrltt ch about alcohol, differed In many points. 1 nit all were unanimous In this, that alcol ye when It was taken should fce taken w at | meant, JTIU ^ugKuoieu IUKI uuui nunum-i jh-1 should be tried for a specified term, an< to notcouvlnced at tho expiration ofthattli to that It was better to do without anything the fhape of Intoxicating liquor, then urged the adoption, Mth great care and < termination, of one of the moderation pled) ;g- which would be found best suited to their c A cumstances. i Dr. Crosby said that the meeting looi llkebusldesa. and more like bus^noss thqn bad seen for thirty yearn. Now that ptac cal men bad taken np the freat evil of ths 1 ti uw of Intoxicating liquors he had hope* loa1U planted in htm that be had never feit before. The advocates of toUtl abstinence bad made a mi (take in assailing the moderate drinker and oonfoundlng him with the drunkard. Those who did not believe in the doctrine of total kbstlnence had been kept away from fighting rom and Its excesses. He did not believe In the slightest degree that moderation Ud toexceaa. uuiinere ?u no moaerauon In treating, for treating waa drunkennen at the flrat start. The Eev. 0. B. Frothlnghnm aatd that In? temperance was IbK fundamental vice of all civilized people: If the one pr?jodlee or au- ? ... pentltlon of treating waa broken down, a f?( deadly blow ifrdiiid be atrocK at drunfceninld new. If be tort n young man, beginning Ufa * o> anew, he would never loach a drop even of log the very light wine he had drank daring th? fol- many year* of his life. He believed that If ping he baa abablihed he would have been better 'tor, in every reipect, both mentally and physical>me, ^Mr. PeLfr Cooper related se ?**! Instance* of depldrabtftdraakenneeettiatbAdenroean-' iila. der hisdwn personal observation tor the purity. poee of asking the meeting to indulgent to ee a drunkdhlg and never to forget tow powerful loot was that Vlcopvw both xneL- and women, nge, He urged lira exercise of charity toward ' thdfte unfortunate people, and to remember fcn't that the great work of human life was touse the Rifts that God gave u? with moderation; Jest. The meeting adjourned shortly after Ufa and d'cldck. ihttr ' "*"* * *>nf True to the Last. are _BT XUS X. It. HAXXOQfe ie to [MacDufflt JournaliJ be'l- The myrtle veil of night had descended and here silence reigned supreme, while toe moon decorated the neavens with silvery splendor as r all she glided swiftly through the western skiesj 1th a The stars were dimpling the eldsr blue vault evil above the head of sweet Maud Dorchester, a the beautiful, bright-eyed fin of eighteen, with a bort wealtii or golden hair, wno wun me rona ma my tender confidence of first of Wye, ?u leaning ilud upon the arm of Hlr Walter Rsdcliff, Bis line, reflment vu to start fttr tit* far Eaat the rued next day, and be bad COM4 to bid ber goodbye. ' for- "Will you ever be faithM ftod true tome, with Maadf'he asked tcflderfy and earnestly* tttle placing a broad gold riftff ufiofl btr ihapely face llhe timid clasp of btfr and tbe tremor torn- of her downea?t eyes wcrt sufficient answer, r the He stooped and kissed M?r brow and, with ond / Inst tender, passionate adieu, was gone, and )laee before she could realis* the parting, tbe foriri the of tbe one so dear to hfer nfcd disappeared, that Blr Walter rtacbed h!? destination in dae trvH- time, and soon won tbe respect and confidence ove<l of oncers and men by bis soldierly bearing itiun and fearless braveryHe was always found ap- in the thickest of the fight, and sought, rath*! ess a er than shirked, dlfnt'tiudatlCT and posts of qous danger. , Tbe war raged for three long yean, ana seive many abravetoldler went down before Sb4 iread iron hail of tbe ebemy. Bot peace was atlftfC rives declared, and 8ir Walter was at liberty to ,t& trips turn home, He bod gone ont to fight tbectet-* .hem ties of bis eonntry with a brave and.hopeful ihap- heart, but little of wortlly goods. He was reinto turningcrownfed with honors and a rich nun; lore, In hit abterftto the lejracy of an uncle had bu?l- unexpectedly placed him In the rmnMAof that d be- wealthy; nttd be tureturning to lay hU Bar* will tune, bli honors and himself at tbe feet of vour Maud, bin guardian angel, whose Image he me if carried lb bia heart through all toe long, i not weary yfeara of bia absence. i on- The cool *utumn breeze was rustling the leaves of the great shade trees, and the gay rercd throng that crowded the busy street* of Mays' [tank vllle gazed with admiration open the erect, islti." handsome form of Sir Walter, as he stepped (I me. from bis carriage and mounted the step* of (men the Dorchester mansion, his hfeart beating land, with joy in anticipation of meeting Maud Be*- crnte more. But a rad disappointment awaited bim. The stranger who answered hie _ Summon! Informed bim that Maud's pareots icing had died, leavinfc ber penniless, more than Wike two years ago, and thai sbe had left the quiet town of Maysvllle and gone oot Into the nosy world as an actress. Sir Walter turned away almost-ln despair, B} fcnd thoughtfully and aadiy ret/aoed his steps to tbe stree. , "I will And her,if she still iftes!" be extiJJ claimed,with a passionate determination not lu,y altogether hopeless. ? His plans were soon formed, it indeed, we V my that a -plan whieb Waft little else . than a sudden resolve to search tbe wide, 1 wide world nntli be bad foonfl bis lost darln, lng. He was soon on bia way toParia, where be visited every place of public entertainmentand was a censtant attendant at Mi tbe theatres. But bis tireless search, prompted by that love which if known only once In a It* llh ?lm? VM untlml* fmltlMt. Thffe two lid, leng years pasted in careless wfcnderlngs and ! repeated disappointments. ?nj But uow iet us return to Mood. After &,,. ther's death, she had gout to ber cousin's, in iT' London, where she walked, listlessly about the house toro day to day, dreaming ov?f ? trv thcpaiit, with a faint hope of Sir Walter'* reI tnro, ifbeitttt lived. she was sitting in an abor In froaO'df tbe bumble ilttie cottage, one . fnr beautlfni spring day, wrapt tn meditation, 1 when she waa aroused by her eousiu's voice. v / informing her that a gentUrntan bad called ' and wished to se?her. "Whocan It bet" she ?h*a, thought to herself, as she threw aside bersnn e un- bonnet and opfoed the drawing room door, r; all a tall, dark'haired gentlemtin rose to meet some bcr with a low bow. Ue introduced himself nx in tut the manager of a London theatre, and voice wished to employ bcr. With a sofl'tbank letter you," she accepted the position offered, and ucha wastto sing some Scottish aln the suoeeeding nlitht. lying "just five years ago to-night since I left inlctil Maud," Sir Waller munhutOd to himself as word be made his way through the crowd into a *ank London theatre. He was Standing In a dlsound tant corner, looking unconcernedly at the people when a sweet, clear ioicc rang on the lessly cool summer air. He raised bis drooping ethe- lashes to look upon the fcir singer and the and next Instant he bounded forward toward the , her stage. Qe^had recognized bis long kwl lore, . that but before he could reach ber side she saw ire ot and knew him, and with one wild cry of Joy, oi of fell falntingto the floor. He seifed her in his > strong arms and carried her to ble carriage, ping; which was fortunately at hand, and soon bad now her safe in ber eousiu's bdUse. Careful nurs* who ing and attention restored her to copseious-> ? Iov- ness, when she found Sir Walter vending ds to over her, his dark eyes gleaming with Joy; om a His tender word* of love and hfot tomler caruln rcssen soon restored the smiles ana rcees to l,and ber cheeks. while The marriage bells were ringing tnerrfij in I aim- Maysvllle Chapel, and MaOd, iboyouitg bride arrayed in the most elegant attire was led to bave the altar by Sir Walter, who iN? happy in mver- knowing that thetoog seaIt&l warn ended and sever the little actress fonnd-actrass no longer, but you! mlstressof Dorch?Mer mansion, where the n the hrlirnt. ilnrn t\f llurfr rnnnff veddmr lifelenrth.. ccept entil Into yeara of unalloyed b*ppln?M, una iteem that pure, fervent lore, constant through act ics? 1 many trotfoles, *11 "True to tfc4f Lott/' lover lue a 11 iinniMw??nmmmmmmmmm r bis TRY HOME FIRST. irean Jt5 CON GAEEE in win who ance Columbia. S. 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