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The Press and Bannei. B v IIl:(3II WILSON & W. V. B K X FT Wednesday, May 28, 1879. (*w>, >V. Williams and the Suspension of "Williams, IJirni;' A; (' >. Our r end its will liiul in our columns this morning lull information ooucvrninn tiio suspension on tho Xew York Cotton Kxohaniio of the linn of Wi'i'uius, JJir nie A* Co.?of especial interest to .South Carolina, seeinj* that A! r. '~?eo. V.". ithums, of Charleston, was tin- senior partner in lite unfortunate linn, ami Mr. I'.irnie is also of < 'harlestou. The announcement in:nje on 'Change on Tuesday, May liit, that the Jinn hud suspended, caused consternation and excitement both in New York and in Charleston, and it was not until positive telegrams from Mr. <?.t \V. Williams himself were published1 that, the country was relieved of tindread that the linn of Ceo. N>". "\\"illiains A C??., and the Carolina Savings J.ank were involved in the downfall. With characteristic promptness, the Charleston linn seut broadcast over thoi country to all mercantile mon who have dealings with them the following reassuring despatch : < 'iiaui.ksto.*, S. May Hi', 1^7!'. ! Williams, Mimic ?V Co., only suspend-; oil on margins in Cotton Exchange tor! luturcs sold for their Southern customers who failed to respond. ) We are not implicated. Wo are solid as a rock. Let all our friends know it. i liko. w. \V 11,1.1 a ms It Co. It seems that the New York linn had, been acting as persistent "bears" all through the last three months, which have seen a wonderful and unlooked-for rise in the price of cotton. This rise had been caused by tlio "bulls" who based, their estimates on a largely increased consumption of the staple. Commercial : depression abroad and an unusually large crop had combined to bring the price; lower than it had be?m since the war. Then began the reign of the "bulls." Up went the price on the horns of theirspceu- j lations and the "bears" dealingin futures had to meet margins with draft after draft, until the advances for future contracts to meet the market ditl'ercnces j were ruinous to tlio''bears," although a gold mine to the "bulls." Mr. Williams ; becoming alarmed at the large and ofticpeated drafts, went to Now York, consulted with Mr. Uirnie, and at onco de-! term mod to suspend and dissolve partnership. Hence the pandemonium which was created oil the Cotton Exchange. Mr. Williams's action deserves the' heartiest commendations, lie, too late! | for his own good, discovered that dealing; in futures is simply cotton-ptiub!ing,' und he like an honest man resolved to p" quit tlie business. The lesson was a good ono, though thb price paid for it was high. JHis "experience is now mh?;i to tho world and all men 111:13* prolit by it. It is high time- that daylight were let in 011 the Gotten Exchange, and the iniquitous system of dealing in futures exposed and condemned. This system, nowgigantic and with ramifications reaching into overv State, began, it seems, a few Avars ago in Savannah ; and dearly lias ] Savannah paid for the unenviable distinction in the loss of her prestige as a cotton market and the transference of all' her cotton business to Xew York. This! system has worked untold mischief in the Cottou States by making gamblers j out of our farmers and merchants, niosti of thorn playing a losing game, too. For, gambling it is, pure and simple. A system in which men play at the game o!' buying and selling cotton, buying and selling in one year Ave or six times the ' nctunl cron. a svstcm in which men deal 1 in fictitious cotton in which they have 1 and never expect to have ownership, in ! which tho only visible property is thei1 margins which fluctuate with t^e market j' quotations,?in what respect does it dif- j' for from gambling on tho speed of a race- ' horse? 80 much is this a gambling bu-;! siness that we doubt if a dubt contracted;'' in it could he legally collected. Such a!' debt has no substantial basis, 110 commercial, no legal basis, it has only a spec- { ulative and a moral basis, and can ortlvj rank with so-called "debts of honor"'! which have no standing in the courts. We never have heard of any suit at law to recover such a debt. The very language of the Cotton Ex-j change is suggestive of the turf and the ? faro bank, and Mr. Williams was right , 111 speaking of the men who do such a' business as cotton gamblers. His loss of ?315,(X?0, heavy though it was to him, ( will we hope prove to be a good invent- < ? /.r lii< ?i?nt linrn JllVillf 4V/i 111V VVIIVlIti V* .. V..^ . .. | J countrymen whojhave been too generally implicated in this practico of cotton-gam-! * bliwg. The Dancing' Ouostion. We give space in to-ilay*$ columns to! "({aery's" letter on dancing .vhich puts' some very sensible and pertinent qucs-j tions; and also to an extract printed at | the request of the Rev. Mr. Simmons, of| this place, on the same subject, winch. gives some extreme views against dan-1 cing, based mi the Greek comos? the "revelling" and "rioting" condemned I by St. Paul, in which condemnation all respectable people of the present day in- j eluding dancers even of waltzes and polkas, will join, for the comos finds its; modern counterpart in the lascivious cancan and like dances. "We should be >;lad j to discuss the subject longer ourselves,! and open our columns for its discussion by others, lint while we have no doubts j as to the right position maintained by j ourselves and others as advocates of dancing, we have fears of doing the very i thing we condemn in I)r. Dabncy, I>r. T .:?u i ?n ...K? ??f IL'Ii iliiu (111 ? iiv aim with them ? namely the hurtful and | blameworthv thin" of associating with' v.j, . , an innocent and ptirasocud amuscmrmt so many ideas that arc harmful and impure. We therefore close for the present our discussion and our columns as regards tlie "dancing question." The Stock Law in Greenville. It is so seldom that a country newspa- j I)er speaks out cm a subject of public in- j terest when there is a division of senti-1 incnt, that the course of the Greenville Sews is necessarily conspicuous. The] SWK'K Ja*\v JS a Iitfcus.-Miv lur iui upper; South Carolina, and when wc see a paper, speak ont for the right, against a prejudice which lias existed and grown for, years, we can but admire the manhood ' of its editor. Abbeville is delighted with the law, and Greenville, and Sp;irtan-i burg, and everj* other county should have it. ? Thi: last London cotton circular w irns, planters against the hope of receiving! high prices for their cotton next Fall, and i ad vises thorn not* to plant too heavily.) The opinion is given that the prices next Fall will range lower than ever before. Tabi.e Ettiqitettk.?1. Do noi keep others I waiting for you. Rush in and get a sc.it at tiie table ahead of everybody in the Iioiim-. 2. In sipping ttic soup be particular and not1 swallow I lie spoon. } a. Keep your plate clean. No matter how j much may be heaped tij>oii it, clean it. 4. In passing your plat* to be reheaped, put; ftin knll'eimd fork ill vour liOi-ket. 5. I.oolc around can Hilly while drinking water to see that nobody puts iiijuur in it. It. Do not <111 with your knile. i.et your knife eat before you?never with it. 7. lireak your bread into Miiall pieces, even : though you have to tiike a sledge hammer to 1 the table to do it with. S. if you find anythingunpleasant in your' food, call the attention of the tabic to it." I;:rni*hing diagrams uLd specifications, if lieces- i wiry. r. Whittle fonie lively tune while chewing ?any tune you c h-ws. il). Do not touch the head while at table? not even the bend waiter. il. l)o not rest the elbow on the table, rest it on your neighbor. 1Z. lie thoughtful and attentive to the wan's t of thrweabotit you. If the parly next to^ou wants choking oil', attend to him. J - '1 T'io (.Ireomille and ('alumina, tMid tliej t SoiitIi Carolina Railroad Cases?A J Satisfactory Adjustment. IV | Muehtotho surprise of all ami contrary to thy expectation of many, :l hap-; S ?y result was reached last Friday by lite counsel in both the irreat South Carolina He railroad eases h> the Cuitod States Court. j L In tiie <ireenvtile an.I Columbia 1 tail road I I easp, Chief .Justieu Waitc announced the | *! ikcisioji of the Court to lio that the suit; \ brought Iiv Freeman < lark c< ?l. against. s that road might 1 >o maintained iit tin* alt-! senceofthe State ol' South Carolina as a' T party, ami that tin? pendency ol* the suits in the State Court set out in tin: hill ami It v relied upon by the defendants i>i their : \\\ demurrer and plea was not a liar to that;"10 .... , , , i i'1!i suit. I he demurrer and plea were there- u?. !o,v over-ruled, 'i'lie Court \va< elearlv !t,u' * ! Vll'il of the opinion that the suits in the Stale !^i\ Court had been instituted in good faith j lor the purpose ol" establishing the prior- sns ily of the statutory lien creditors over | the secoml mortgage bondholders. 1'n-' dor these circumstances the Court was j ^ utiw tiling to grant I he motion in litis ease I tor tin? appointment of receiver. The 'Iceision concluded by saying that if ^ hereafter the suit in the State Court should ! fail, or if that Court should discharge itsj ^ receiver, the application might be re- mc nvwed. Tiiis removes all danger of I conflict of jurisdiction, said virtually j W!l; > - ? I fl'W leaves thy present eonuuioiioi niunrueii-i 1 riii villoand Columbia Kail road undisturb- iK-u l'iI. (iyneral James Conner, the receiver, '",s is left in ollico and as it is not probable L. that the State Court will "discharge its * receiver," lie can go on in hi* work of) improvement. I liut J;i the South Carolina Kail road case, I the Court had announced on Thursday a! i' basis of agreement for the opposing conn- j " t scl upon which an order might bejiai! granted which would elJ'oet a successful j iind satisfactory adjustment. Un Fridav ! tioi * ' t 11 If morning the counsel intimated that they).,,,,, had not come to any agreement, but ask-: 1 ed for further time to do so. Time was',,,,, granted, and that evening when the Court . , ilosl met at i p. in., the counsel announced j era that by mutual concession by the conn- i j"1,5 scl on both sides of the case, four orders j oik had been prepared and consented to which embodied decrees of the Court upon the'tlir j \t. motions submittei for the dissolving ofj the injunctions; the motion for counsel , . ! tlio lees and expenses: the motion lor dis-jHu, tribution of interest; and the petition i "'j' "si; previously filed to extend the road to the r.-n C ioper Kivei*. According to this agree-! ment, which the Court confirmed, it was fewordered that the interest on the first J'/,0 mortgage bonds, including the liypothe-! 1 f-iitfwl lirst niorfiratre bonds. l$r July J^7^; ' ami Januaiv lt$7y, be naid. The Courtly'1 fut i alsoauthorizetl the extension of the South j.no. Carolina Railroad from its present city j terminus to the wharves cm Cooper! ma Itiver,?an improvement of immense importance to Charleston. j but Operations will at oneo be begun for extending the tract ami constructing the j ';\v wharves: and soon Charleston will have j'jV, wluit she should have had tliirty years;1'0" I ! 11; 11 ago,---through freight connection, which ; pro will dispense with the needless and oner-; otts expense of wharfage and drayage". | <*lai Receiver Fisher, like Receiver Conner is J.'",! left in olliee and he will lind himself by an>l this happy decisiou of the Court able to carry out his plans of improvement. j j"1;1 As to the distribution of interest, it is pkv \ understood that no less a sum than i IKJU.UO will bo disbursed according to the: hut: order. The order as to counsel's fees and i c"j" disbursements' will cause the payment f""1 to the fortunate lawyers of over ^t1,(iun. | (Ih,!j'5 Thus ended, for the present at least, the I j|stwo great railroad eases which had occu-, win * ' * t x? j. T.I lhft pieu tue umeanu aiteiuion 01 uie tnuuni Stales Court for a week. Although it)mVi Lsumot be said that herebv litigation is1'"11 ? rwu 3iuletl, it can safely be said that a good j wer work was done by which many causes of; ^",') irritation and obstacles to improvement; "tal ivcre removed, and at the same time great ] j relief was allbrded bv the pavnient ol'! sl"'1 * t il t'U interest. Not on!v the Ibulroads thftm-;uay selves but I lie Slate ol South Carolina! "Jjj md the town of Charleston, have great!lli'' jausc for rejoicing at the happy and un-| ,MllJ expected termination of the two suits. Vor Ileal Estate Transfers. j k"l< i m The following real estate transfers have teen recorded iti tlio Auditor's books since j and \pri 1 2t'>, 1STD to May 22, 1*79: : Amelia Cason to Mildred MeCasIau, 37 acres J 1 15 tow iiKhip, jU-.V. bounded by lands of A. ji., Su? A Mndsay, It. A. Mci'aslan and others. > i Ayness W. Reynolds to ViiKvnt (irilitn, 1-1(1 .teres, s township, bounded by lands of Mrs. s. JI. Li^ott, Gen. P. JI. Jiradley and jt Iters. \V. \\\ Klush to T. IT. JClugh, IKI acres, 2 11 township,Soiji), bounded by lands of Mrs. Jane! iu" II. Suns, Win. ! '. Hod rock and others. le'i It It Itili-y and Mary X Hiiey to S Klmore, i ct'n ;1 acres, 2 township, i'-tM.2->. bounded by lands .w'l( jf .iatnes Kelly, ?>aniel Jones and others. ! ',:"1 Mrs Ella Donald t<> U 0 1 mi Pro, !? interest.; inacres.townsiiip, bounded by \V Jt Jl''" Duncan. Kst A lJunn and others. * j was Martha Wilson to Kannie Howell, U!'acres, I """ 1,"> township, jO(>, bounded bv luudsof J, S. J""1 Rritt, David Morra.'i anil others. I ket W C Martin to T J Kills s acres, 3 township cov Sll<>, bounded by J KHodey, Hubert Duncan \ '\m :xiiil others. j clu? Mrs Mary A Roll to S A Hutchison. 2<is1 acres, 12 or I', township, ">;? bales /-otton j'hc bounded bv lands of .V J Ciinkscalcs, Kli/.a <:,tl Kay and others. i it h S I, Roll to W S Roll, 477'? acres, 2township, j bounded by lands of Mrs Simmons ami1 lj;,s others. sun U K Ilill to 8 Kimna Kellar, (>s:Kacres, 0 township, hounded hv lands of Mrs JCel- ecn hir, Hiram i.'roiner and otiters. j oil; I'ennis Oneiil itsonsto M Antonot; itusscl!j |>al 18X-J feet, Abbeville,Swap, bounded hv Wa-1 ' tor street, land of D Uneill A Sons and | others. "'oj Trustees Del,a Howe to Win 1' Widoman, " ' acres, 15township, SSii'i, bounded by lands of A li C Lindsay, L)r A T Wilinon and "at others. ; t<> I E A and J II Monro to Croon Co'.oman "n 2.V) acres. 1 townsnip, $?.'00, hounded by lauds of <i & t' It It, by the ShuckcU tract, Mrs K A CX1 Nickles and others. up< .1 J Rraeknell to Willie Cox, ">7 aeros, it town- ^ ' ship. SiVi, bounded by lands of 8 McCowan, Mr Cothran ami others. I sto Jas S Cothran to Wade Sloan, S acres 111 ''1' township, t-"t7. >'>, bounded by lauds of Annett ; ''!i llaswell, Alex Young and others. am Mary A K Hod^e to Sain A Hutchison, 2fi*i <:1'(I ? i-.u i.-l.iu s '-" ("I hotiiidcd In- A .! !")! dinkscalcs, Klizu Kay, Alex Hodges ami I >'< others. . i Tin Win M Cladis and Katie AVakli'op to Mar-' "n* t.lia Young, W' i acrts, 13 township, 8:i7i,!tin bounded by land.'- of Mis Kliza I.ockhart and j others. j on Win M (iladis and Katie W'aldrop to Mar-j 'j"; caret Williams, 170',i acres, 1.') township. u, - lii?' bounded liy lauds ot L T Arnold, A .) Specr' and others. jl"? .f K ('Ihil'rc,Klierifl'. to I.ouisa (' l.ink, 77 ! ?'11 acres. 1"< township, $7'iO. bounded !>y lands oi l :lll| Win tiuthrie. Mrs (! T iii'Kcrsand others. j pal <; M Jordan to W A (.'lark, !I7 acres. U town- j be ship, S7.50, hounded by the lands of Tlios J,'nii) Coieinau, Mrs Ann Wliitlock and others. i Snt e sill Peril from the Pulpit., :}l!j! The liabit of perpetually mentioning the , iut theories of uub?lievers when preaching the|a'oi gospel ?iv.'s a mail the appearance of great learning, but also proves his want of com- j ln\ inoii sense. In order to show the value of! hoi wholesonie fnod it is not needful to proH'er j vei your uuest a tiosc of poison, nor would lie;'"" think the better (if your hospitality if you j hw did so. Certain sermons arc more ealeulaUd 1 we to weaken faith than to render men believers; j tin they icsemMc the proccss through which a t\ri poor uniiapj'y <104 is miim-iuii jia^' u.u ?uv tiriiiio <iol v'aiti! ut Nnple*. J it- is thrown i 1 - < Wi tothei,a> which reaches lip !o the spectator's jam kiio s, not with tli?s view of killing liiin, lint i Ills merely as mi exhibition. Lifted out of hisjbel vapory bath. lie is thrown into a pool ol' wa- i be < tor, ami revives in time for another opera-ll'oi lion. such udog is not likely to lie u very el- i . ticiciil watch ilosr or pursuer of piiue; mull** when hearers Siimlay alter Sunday are pltum- ij i*ii iuloa l?ath of skeptical thought, they may . survive llicexperiment, hui they will 'never I become spiritua'Iy strong or practically use- T in I. 11 is never worth while in make rents in olia a garment for the sake of inenilin^ t hem, nor I pus to create doubts in order to show now clever- ' Hilly wis van ?|Uiet them. Should a man set (ire; we! to hi.s house because he lias a patent- csliiic- ' lie; tnir whieli would pill it out in no ti'r o, lie! of would stand a chance of out* day ereatinj; a me eoulIaKiat;onwhii.li ail the patems under 'am heaven could uot easily extinguish. Thou-Jwa; sands of unbelievers have heen horn into the I'? 'h family of skepticism by professed preachers ' slei of I In: gospel, who supposed that they \wre|cau helpingllicm to faith; (lie lire fed upon the al < heaps ot leaves which the foolish, Weil-inlet;- toil I ioucd speaker cast upon it in the hope of ah smothering it. Vouiik men in many install- : of < ces have obtained their lirst notions of hill- has delily from their ministers; they have .stick-1 Tin ed in tiie poison hut refused the antidote.; ''be The de\ il'scateeliisls in doilM hfive been the 'the men w ho were sent to pivaeh "believd and arr live." This i* a soreevil under the sun, and ant it seems i>anl to stay it,and j et ordinary com-, she int.it sense otiuht to teach ministers wisdom sha in sueii mutter.?Spur;; eon. j ma - . ! Kill AVe sec ti bis load of cotton driven into town every now and then, but it is a tare sifhl for;.]' ] this season of the year. It brings about elev- i . en cents, wlilt'li innices the lortunate ow*'U<i*( y' bai'i y. it more of it could l.ave been held uviil now, more ir.rn wouui nav? own nap-.: . j'V, ami tin'< <>11 lily thousands of dollars bet* tCi oil'.? 1!'axhi.tijtwi UuZ' th:. ! U-'i c'ai't. II. - !. johnson and Colonel Jason Simpson trade Inof t-aule. and sewing ma* michinos, wlic-n not o Hi or wise employed. j l-tll Cor.oNi.i. \V. '1'. McHos'Ai.n still cliallcugi'S '< "i? the county on the wheat 1ui-hliun. [tor, Villmms, Birnie & G I AT THE SEW YORK PAl'l IV AIMJirr Til EI U KUSi'ENSIO i\v ?Ir. Williams Cheeked llie > ,'otton Ventures Undertaken byt loiise--The Charleston itlillioiii .i]iiai id ihi: t.mi'i ^1'iu ) ? iiu oil; Hotise Dissolved and all O alions Promptly met. .Vcif.v it ml Cnv.ri r. he New Voi l; |i:ij>ciN <>i' Wednesday 1 irii-iy in stali'iiifiits conccriiiiiK lliq .-ion hi 111? llrni ill Wiliiniris, liirniciV l i!i lii' 111>!ii.'rit that they p-in/rsilly s| ! <* !inil as ;i branch nf the house <> Wiliianis ?: I'd. i.I'Iiarlistnn. hut in IV Ik no t'liinii'i'iioii I ctwci'ii them, ex I Mr. Williams is tin* senior memhi ?'haricsion house :i:ul had :in 1 mere: linn of Willi.mis. Mimic ?V Co, The insol'Mr. Williams published ye-,lei i-ii day's l:it<t iii us hi.hi tin* New ^ iers had,and slimv that Williams, Iti '<i. puy every draft mi them, and iliil pciid for want, of money. lull because itiaiiisrefused tnallow the linn to laki ; nl' any further loss. doming Advance of Fifty 'oints Followed by a Heavy F re--raiulenioniuni in tlie ICxelia Hii11 >*' at the South Enriched iortliein "liears." [From the World of M'rdncsdin/.] he Cotton Kxclianire was strain in a til nl' excitement yesterday,ami theIIn his wen sn vioiein uiai. uir ?im ownlliams, Jtirnie it Co., of Tii Heaver st > foreed into temporary suspension. \ brokers had suspected that the* lioitsn ba missed. ami tin* Kxehnmre bceaine | ionium when the following notice tedall.lo 1'. At.: Nr.w YoitK, May 211. is . ]{. I'.iwcrx, NvpcrintntdviU of (he . Yurk tut"n Krrh'uit/p : r it?Wo be.: y??n to inform tho member Kxehange thai wo arc unable to meet duties lo.day. Yours truly. Wtl.UAMS, ill It NI K & < tiring t!io early umrnimr hours the ma I been rampant ami hadadvauced ."> ? p< loint ik; I.KMof a cent in tlie price per n last ni-jht's quotations. As soon as uiv was nkmounccd it fumbled In poi ntually closing irregular and unsettle mints ndwncc on contracts. The !ran is were almost unprecedented, read enormous total of hales. It eraliy known here that Williams, Hi 'o. had hceonie associated with a pool I beeti short of the market for sev n I Its. though it is i).it clear t lint Air. ' us, the senior partner, who lives in (' on, was advise I of the extent of thesi tions. The advance in future conti been so sudden and large that the d ready money to meet the market di ( swas alarmimr.'and .Mr. Williams soi an explanation ?hofh by letter and ph last week, i The heavy losses catened the linn brought Mr. William iv York. lie arrived Sunday n if lit sulfation was had between the two j s on Monday afternoon. Mr. Willi light the market warranted the closii contracts, hut Mr. Mlrnic was of oph t it would lur wiser to remain on ort" side of the market. Mr. William cd to the rapid tlucluaiions, and d< ted thai if the market should after yei be as wild as it had been for the days lie would notify the Kxchnii!! inability of tho linn to meet its eisjj nts. In- market opened more erratic than < i I he suspension wasitccnriHiigly anno The liabilities are cMinintcd ut&lA.ut leli the ilii'lerenee-on al.out .Vi.'JCi half: .ire contracts that are open amount toi These losses will fall tenijiorarily n larger houses, a? most of the smaller s have cut their margins very close to rket. It was expected that the fai ;hf involve a nuinberof weak brokers [ acted in behalf of Williams, Jiirnie it nil of them weathered the storm, neipal houses which have executed tracts for Williams, l'.irnie it Co, are A it Walker, Charles Mc-sieh and IIi dlhwaite. Some lar.'e houses were yed but arc fully protected. One tlrni iglit some arrival cotton in the Liver r!<et for Williams, Itirnie iV: (.'<?. and titson ihese transactions lullyeountc: e the ditlereaces in this market, viest creditors are I.ehman Urothers i ins of between clt'.'KHand s.Vi,uuo and ! inol Tiie latter said that lie ry conlidance in the stability <if the In , believed that he would eventually I In full'. Another prominent cretl 1 tinit M r. Williams had decided to pay lilities in full, but tha; this would inv (liM)lution of tl:e linn,and thai the n vould come out of the senior partner's i* resources. It is expected that all ci lenient will be made as the firm lift :d .fe-.il,? "liiited States bunds and o vertibie securities. >r I lit! pi'.Sl 11 \ C yi'ill"S Illl'll' Hilt I- IHTil uresol iniy lna^nitiuU: on I he Cotton nge. The Uaily lluetuations have ii| i season been eontineil within narrow Most ill' tile |intilllYifilL lloilso.S have i led the market wilii their capita!, n the visible supply becamc so reili :e nioiilhs ago, a wild "bull" specula started, The Southern houses were to grasp ihe opportunity, and eohi lines are reported to have been made ly. Via* prominent New York ho e mostly caught "short" of the mar luive noeii lighting the advance i e. It is reported that two linns ha ;e a pri valescitlenient witii theireredi week,and that aiiotiier is crippled: nstaiice oi how the cotton speculation ad aii over the country, it is related 1 itton I'aeior of Nivaitunii, (ia., the ol seeing his oJtiee-boy, twelve years old mi he paid a salary of iv>a wee!;, with i .of cloihes on, .tjuest joiicd iiini; "W'l you tret the money V" didn't steal it, hoss," replied the hoy ght one iiuudred bales ul futures In 2 k." \nd what would you have done If tliei liud goneagainst you, iny hoy?'' )h, it was a certainty," replied .lie hoy any large aim,tints of money have I a in.m this market by .New Orleans !i planters hi the South. It is reported i ral operators have netted SxiJ,tKKJ up his season's speculations. ^pension of one of the Lnrj; louses in the Trade?Liabilitit $313,000. the Tinas, of 1 Vfdnrsd'iii,] le excited tiuli movement in cotton, led in yesterday's Tmu\*, continued lay,and further advance of -'>(3 points o t a pound, was recorded lip to 1.1.3 o"ci< mi in tliu midst of the excitement. i n>. 111rilio A Co., of 7ii Heaver street, i jliceto the Cotton i^xcliaimc of their ty to meet their engagements. 'J'iie J ; regarded as one of the wealthiest stable in the business, and the n ic like si thunderbolt, knocking the i oil*:t<t points, but it afterwards partly eri'd when the true state of affairs bcci ?\vii, closing at -i:) points above .Moud .ins; prices. ally last winter!lie ureal bank failure oilier side, superadded to other j_e:i ses, sent cotton down to the lowest p ad reached since the war. 'l'iie roue light with it an active bull specula ed on estimates of a largely Increased iption, which has gradually advanced jo bet ween o and 7 cents per pmin I being a very large advance in a com y which is packed in O'm and (Mi pe es. It is reported that there are per his city whoeount theirprolits during I uvi' inonius u.-> iii;;u ii> CI" V"<!' i II this source. The New York housi Hiatus, lSirnio iV Co. have hcen persis r.sail through this movement. Mr. iis, it seems, was ii.>! ciiiisiii11" 1 in re; hese speculations, which were carried tiiu individual responsibility of .Mr, . At length. unahle to obtain .-albfar donations of the large and repeated di hi iiiin l?ir advances to meet margins, Ilium* crauic to this n! v, arriving hen nday. ilchadit long and, it is rcporti nny interview witli iiis New York par e hull movement did nut culinim'.te t it day, \\ hen, on repot ts of short aer 1 unpromising outlook lor the gro\ p, an upward twist <>!' over ) :, writ .uid was given to the staple. 'Jhisn.iM ;uitati(! matters. Yesterday, when a tiieradvance of y> cent, per pound ide, Mr. Villains lost patience, refused r advances, and ordered a suspension > purpose of clearing up am! closing ou [>tandiiig contracts of tlx-Jinn. Mr. ins said yesterday afternoon Dial all liilit|cs outside of those due on cynti the Kxchangc would he paid l>v hin scntatioi', hehaving brought on with I'.u.si in novcrnmcnt tjonds for tliat pur I that all other diH'orenccs would alst id in full as soon as the contracts sin disposed of under the rules, and ounts determined by the K^chaugc. ilDUlCil, llOWf-Vel*. 1IIUT .Mr. lni'lllC, W ler, it remark which was siitliciciitly ilictl by Hie announcement thai the I taken formal proceedings toward <li ioii; that gentleman retiring. Tlictoti lilies arc >tat? ? 1 at S."I|."V,(VK?, of which is due (in ititl'erencc.s, t he number or li ol ved being about .jtt.icm. 'J'tie sun IM S having dealings with (he firm ke y clo.?c demand ujioii tlieni for man I these were promptly met.. Some of ner houses, relying on the firm's siaml re not so pressing, and the greater jtar sj eruUitive indebtedness will fall \ ?concerns?K..). ]>o>inell and J II Brothers between and s|."i,ei;!i. llii.mss lortnne is estimated at SiOiit I no apprehensions are entertained promises will not In* prompt !y met. ] ieved that the average settling price im the basis of M cents for July, or nls below yesterday's closing i,uotati Flurry in the Cotton Market?-S ciision ol? Williams, ISirniu ?.V From I he Jutiritl <>( Com, of M'ciliirmlnjj liegreat excitement on the (.'niton age which lias prevailed for some t t was intensiiied yesterday arteriioon aiinoiinceiiieiil. o( the laispcusiou of l-l\nown lirm of Williams, ilirnie a- i % iver street. Tilt; formal aiimniiiccii the linn's inability to meet its em?i uts create:! the utmost, nstoiilslin ong the brokers, astiie firm lias been rs considered one of the most wealth' angc,and the luarket, which had 1 idil.v advancing. sharply reacted, se of tile suspension is.said to be the rt if llie .senior partner, Mr. (I. \V. JVillii dvanccadditional margins. The Urn ranch of the firm of \\". Williams ,t 'harlcMon, S. ('., and the business 1 been managed by Mr. William Jiir ? latter operated very heavily on ai(" sitlc of liic* market, il is siuil,a^a wishes of the senior partner. Tim l;i ived here lrom Charleston on Mom I then hcns?;*rta!ned Ilia! Hie linn rl ol" ahoui oJ.OHJ hales of col toil, rp rise 011 Monday earned heavy calls r;;ins lo he made, and ilie advance con s; yesierday. Mr. Williamsdetermine! pond payments ami sell Ic the ontsaiu itracts tinder the rules, 'flic* liabilities (.'olloii Kxehaiu'e amount lo ahout j am! tiie total llahiiiiics l<? r.hoitt -Ml.", . Williams, the senior partner, is ivpt ic worth ahontS.Wl'VM.O.iind he slated ilav that all ihe claims :<in-1 the i I he settled promptly in lull. Iloalso that tiie tirin oi' Williams, ttirnin AII It! he dissolved. and a formal alinou nt toihat el,vet appears in another n. Mr. Williams has the reputation iin^c of helm: a very conservativa op , and il is said that lie was entirely i] ---TCTJ-T-Mgr-T. l^j? m'?ll "l I 'rant of the extensive speculation? of ; Q i ltirnic. There were rumor* on T('hanci' } * , tiTda.v Hiatseverai minor (Irs were In (in; j cial difficulties, l>ut no authentic pnrtleui i could he obtained, nor were any oilier t ]\\S pensions ollieialiy announced. Wilimms, ISirmo tfc Co. Suspend w ' Inabilities 9315,000 and Ass Jlst i Nearly 82.000,000?AI1 Claims tjJL> I be. I'.ud 111 l ull. [?ire I [Fiom the lhrtt\d, of H'etbicstietj/.] . I For the past ! wo days there has been e lt-" | sidcrablc exciteimuii In the cot ton market bli- account ol the enormous sales ol cotton i liiturc deliveries and the advance of tin | fourths of a cent to one cent per pound ! that article, lint the members of tlie Cot i K;;ciiaiigc were thunderstruck; at aiiuarte Hivejii*. M., yolorduy, when a eoiiimunicat sos-1 was received from the llrni ol Williams, i ? Co. j nif ?V Co.. staling that they were unahle ieaU | meet their liabilities, 't he firm is located ' C. j VO lieaver street, and was considered one fact I the most substantial in the city. It l> cej?t! orancli liouse of Iho Jinn of Geo. \V. V r of; Hams A Co., of Charleston, S. (,'. Tlio si; 1 in | men! was made yesterday that some dis? tele-1 sioii existeu between Mr. < ieoivje W. Williii 'lay [the senior member of the lirm, who resi orl; 1 in Charleston, and Mr. William i'lrnie, rnie | manager of the branch in this city. It 1 not | said that the smaller hou.se was colliinili Mr. calling on the Charleston branch, and t > I lie j the latter had borne big margins. This 'creased in such a manner that the mal . j bewail to get serious, considering'the la "SI* j Hurt nations, and Air. Williams came on h jli|. ! to investigate lor himself, lie arrived j Monday, ami had a consultation the sn I'nf11 day with -Mr. lSirnle, who, it is said, desi i kv , to keeji short despite Mr. Williams's prote 'Hie latter, noticing the Unci nation of lial cent on Monday audthe furtiierlluetuatio half a cent yesterday, gave orders that I lirm should suspend. The liabilities fer-1 placed at Sll'i.tiiiu, of which s*Iik?,iniii are on ictu-j Cotton i-.xchange. 'i'he assets amount fi e of; Sl,Vjil,UlHi lo reel i Air. llirnie said yesterday lluil the lirm t ,*ery I all their calls for margins up to the liigl was ! point of Monday, which was within ten lioi pun- uclow llic highest oi yesterday tit i.tiu ll was j they suspended. lie staled that all liabili | ut'the Cotton KxehaiiKC would be paid presentation, ami contracts with the Cot ' Exchange would tic sullied under the ru Aew _<jr_ Williams also said that all liabili would he paid in lull. At the present ti 8 01 there is in the sate of the concern SiSu.lKl 'our Culled Slates bonds, brought here by Williams to straighten up nttairs. o. rk,.t j Suspension in (lie Cotton Trade?V li',ts! limns, Uirnie & Co., Cotton Urol; lb.) 7 the! Suspend Payments?The Linbilit Estimated at $315,000?The lies 1 sue- of Speculations on a ''Short" ill lin"! ki't. was tl'rit ]From the Tribune of M'rihic.ctltti/.] r'ali "Williams,JJirnio & Co., cotton brokers \\*j|. l'cavcr street, sent notice to the Cotton bar-1 chance yesterday of their inability to 11 .1 their mercantile engagements, Great ext 'acts i meiit prevailed among the cotton inereha rain Ii,s I be. iaiiure was entirely union Iced for, Her.1 lirm being one of the mo.-t prominent, in ij-lit I trade. The market, which bad been rising j several days, suddenly received a check 1 that ' f''" "" 'en points, to recover again bctore s to! close, ll is acknowledged thai the firm \ j "short" on the market about .iO,Utw bales, iart-] estimated in money, silj.tuiu. urns It is stated ilia: Mr. liirnie lias been igof gaged in "short." transactions without ] nion I mission from .Mr. Williams, who has b the | absent in Charleston, taking euro of the b isre-i lies* there; and that largo houses have b uter-1 putting up margins for some time. Tl ster-; "short'' transactions began togrow so sori past* thai Mr. Williams came on from Charles e of' on Sunday, and held a long consultation w age- Mr. llirnie. who still believed It best to k "j-liort.'' Mr. Williams protested; lhrcale ver, to suspend, it is said, and carried bis tin une- into execution yesterday. Mr. William: hi, of'said-to be worth more than Sl.UWl.fW'l, i s of1 promises to pay the creditors in lull; but I i.i'i,- j stated that the firm will be dissolved. Mes 1 pou ; Warley and Walker, Charles Mciilcli i bro- Henry lioldthwaite, who have been broli - thei for the lifm, had their margins madeg lure j yesterday. Two oilier brokers, K. L. Hon 11 who j a creditor to the amount of S-'!t),t?.Ml, and 1 : Co. | man IJrothei s for about i l."?,iHH). probably 1 Tiie liave their margins covered to-day. ' the: claims of tin; creditors will be settled, i .Var-isaid, at the average price for .Inly optl nry i which yesterday were about 11 cents a pou ein-1 or live points below the closing ijuolati bad ! Much sympathy was expressed intbetr pool; for the firm. It is stated that two or tl the j other firms were saved from enibsirrassm ijni-; oniy uy me interycuiiou 01 menus. The; Tin.* cotton jiisii'kol h;is been tluclnat ivilli; jrrently for I tie past six months,and since J. I 1st of J'ay there lias been a decided "In hud I movement, a result of the reports of si >use foreign crops, with an expected demand fi he | the I'nitcd States. It has been handled l|U>r | tirelv by a elhjue of New York speeulat< the I Last October cotton fell to It cents, and tl ol ve! the failure of tli^> (iiasgow Hank and the p iion- ii?K of the dividend of the Colonial Tr prl- i'oinptuiy disturbed oxchunjre and unseti nrJy ' the market and it fell to s:;.{ cents. The > s In j York eliipie then be^an to "hull"' the mar! ther'and after advancing the price to K?',._,ee !attempted to break it, but the Southern i no nimt came in and put it up. Within the 1 K::- two itays Auuusl o]itions advanced from > to i : "> to 1-i.lS ceul.s a pound. Crcat exciteni iim-j prevailed on the Kxehanne yesterday, oti-1 "shorts" rushing in to "cover" outhcirt but ' tracts. The sales amounted to iTSO.ii00 ha iced i Cotton has advanced '1 cents a pound In I lion i weeks. isviil The FopIhir in C'liailc.ston. al There was not even a rippleof excilemen uses! Charleston yesterday, every particle of ket,1 easiness heini?removed by Hie publieatloi ver I the telesr.uns of Mr. Williams in the A J to?n<f Courier. Al the Carolina Savings II, tors j about ^SO.iillO was paid out to small deposit As It is not too much to say that tin- 'firm ol lists J W. Williams* Co. and the Carolina Savi lhat i Hank stand hh'lier in nubiie estimation ; Ihcr ' public coulideucclhan before theIIuitv in , to' ton began. "H CKOSSEI) LOYE. slew i The Old SJury of Ineffectual Bolts ; J{;irs. nar| A young man who had Ions and dei: ; loved a beau ti I'll I girl on Warren avenue icon I sotulil ber recently lo name the happy <! mi.s | wliieli she did with such loml. reluctant, i Ilui't i (irons delay that it> would hardly have b ieee i thought that she had made up herinind w 1 thi? ditto was to be more than two months fore, so soon as she saw that he really ine !es* , biz. They at:eordinnly waited upon the | thor of her being, and. going down on tl ! knees, ae<iuaiuted him with the lay of land, and besought of him his blessing, was a practical and economical old man, v ja mind fertile of resource, and Miien rc*| young man had stammered that he loved >;*f i dearer than liis !r!e, and liad a salary ol'il, ' ..-'and that he hoped?llie old man caught j his trusty Toledo {U.j walking stick, and e , , I iug his prospective son-in-law a nioo:i-e, *vnt I candidate for the Presidency, and a did< '."_a* j hinged unvindieatcd nionometaiist, dr : him out of the house; then seizing ins dati and ; tcr |,y her tiny shell-lac ear In? awayed w *'ws: her lo the deepest tied room beneath tlie a l,!'.'"! ro"f and locked her in there. What was rc^!consequence? That very night the yoi iU''t i man came with a rope ladder, and an mm ?y s j cloak, and a double-barreled marriage iiee and stole her away, and they were made i so,jlattl e West Side church. The vonnt: v c'r ! then sMU to her husband: "Algernon, J', : lathe:* behaved toward you as mean as J"" j gel-out: still lie was my mother's husha and \\ < ought to have some deference for h | so let us ?o to iiim and toil him we are we the cd. i.nd a;-lc his blessing, ijesides. i wan ii?l . j,,.[ my lirusli anil L>:iUnit 1 left on mo- j bureau." "Well, I'll n<>." said the young I mill' |,ami; "hut, mind you, Matilda, u' In lays ?""> | hands nn me suvc i ii t In* way of It ii 1111 :'hei inock his two eyes into one. 1 suH'cred ach j ureviousindinni tics because he was I In- ho; ' ol'i la-ad'iI author ofyour hcinu, hut now h< only my hald-headcd old father-in-law, ai ^ i'* | won't stand Ii, if lie is three turn s as old ; i!,n' I am." Accordingly they went home, i on i win-ti they go! there and were excitedly f I'll'-1 inji for the heil-pull, the old man opened ; door and said: "t 'oine i:i, eome in?how's -i'"s I tilnslii!!^ Iiriile. eh? ('.less you, my chilili Mr. i Xow, hy the lime we have partaken of a 1 'I tie ot champagne which Is in 'the ice-hox d, a i will he here to convoy you down to 'n,;r| or to any railroad depot you may he ple:i !"'" | to indicate." They followed the old man I easre 1 the parlor, like people in a dream. "I **'"!? alraiu once,"'ho wiid cheerfully, "when 1 ! VlaiiJda coining ilown that ''iihler that ,! durn tiling would break,?for she's full : still i j,.,,,, ounces to the pound, Matilda Is,?i w:,s j drive all my new rose hushes and tulips I fnr-, u?. .;i*0um|. Why on earth didn't you, wl 1 you were compelled to lice from my wri t the : Hope of the front door, iikc ('lirist lain "'' licit Matilda's duimeoti-celi unlocked an ' he | j,>it the tront door ajar, and 1 went to I lie I "acts , ,,f the stairs and snored at the topofmy vi on | so as to give you every facility." "lio ; him , mean to say, venerable and respecied s" I'ose I said his new niade son-inlaw, "that you h ' '"'and have had no ohjectioiis to my paying r>ii!u I dresses to yourdau^liHT?" Never the leas the I ii,.. iv/.ri.i " f..i.n..,i ii.? ..i.i ....... i ] -I .mill, .Hltlll J'v J blandly on tlicin; "you arc the son-in-bn mild | should have picked out or millions, if I 1 ('x*;bccii permitted lo choose, and oven had I llrni i ijorn satislied of your worth and sobrlcl 1 could not have found it in my licart to ret "* | to do what Matilda desired me to do." "Tl -l|K)- ] sir," exclaimed the young husband, think 'a'l's I that perhaps he. !iad married into a fain : having I tie hereditary taint of Insanity in l.'! a blood; "then,sir,what did yon give the gri ;ins,, ijoulit**- for in such an energetic and iuco.iii m'' tent manner?" "Uccause, my dear boy," s, the good old man, "1 saw thai if I did j 1 <(1 J would instantaneously take out a license ji 'I'""! elope with I In-y ill, a ml get married at an '5, pense of Sli.'il, liorne exclusively by y ! whereas if the mairiage took place in the iJKlt*. J dinary eouise of events I would have hi ! !' stuck for a trousseau, and dresses*, and lb '1 . <ts, and a dijnnirr,-and presents and so oi V;'" the extent of at least ?-2,5lH>. You will 1 " vo | s|,ir,W) in this pocket book for expenses dur ons,: your bridal trip; the remaining; SI,"/HI ] . 'in,'anil they are but" the legitimate rewi j of my ingenuity. You will surely not obj Co. > In paying such a price for four mouths m ,1 I of wedded bliss thnn you would haveotli ! wise enjoyed, and for the chance of beginn J-.x-1 your married life in a romantic niannc lays , pin y couldn't of course. Feared ilicy "Wero all Dead. lent i ,Tudire Maekey was on hand and as interi njje- ! in;; as usual. Tuesday, in the corridor of lent Wheeler House o "struck no'' ah si mi "I* since with a gentleman from Anderson. >' on Die ciinrso of the conversation, the gen cell | umii mentioned the fact that he was a jiriv The j in tin- war. The Judge expressed the great lu.1-'-, pleasure ai having met liiui, shook his li;i n?s [ must CMnllally, ami said: "Sir, 1 am truly 1 .Is! light ml to see you; I have been lnoktugtV: Co. I private in all tnis crowd for twoilays ji iere ] failed to llnd one; I feared they were "ie, i dead.1' .1 net then the dinner hell *?und bo ami the.Iudge escorted the surviving priv ?st into the dining room and secured Tiini "er scat at. llie lirst table, while many < ' lay., cials, Colonels, Majors and Captains iiad was wait for the second. The only other prlv; The thc.Iudgesticcccdcd in llndiug was one nan l?r .1. Ji. Campbell, of .Jalapa.?Xcwbcrrii Jit ri tin- There is one private soldier in AbbeVi to County. I'Icasenote this Mr. Herald. ling. < Im'i'I I The Darien s!c: il scheme is to be c iuh'i sliic red hi a eo. .. in i'uris next stunm iteii '1 seems liltelj u. : > company will be I'oi vis- ed, \?ith Del.esseps, the projector of the Si f,riu Canal, as president. John ilawkshaw, j.;.,. 1 jigluud, who w s a conspicuous advocalt Co. Die Suez en erprlse, Is understood to t?c in) nee- estecl. A l'oule will p'ohably oe eliosei ,.0|. nothing more. oil ' A l.r. liimiiii'r iif r^imii-iinr ilrmo liv T ' Seal, at Alices to sun the times. ??- George W. Wiliiams & Co. Illa is , iUS" NOT A DOLLAR LOST BY THE FIRM iUl OR BY THE CAROLINA BANK. els lo Suspension of Willinms, Birnic & nf Wfflttf Vnrl;?.!V<invilv t*Rhfirt" of Futures lor their Customers-oij. Obligations Promptly Met No Connection With C. \V. Williams & ! M* . I civ Co. ol' Charleston, and the Carolina i 1('j| Savings Ilauk--Tlicsc Institutions; i-to Finn as a Hock, and Sound as tti 'iV"j Dollar.' JYrwtt mid Courier. 0l J There was sonic excitement in thocityon j .Monday evening, caused by Mie announcel*H. I incut Unit tin-linn of Williams, Hiriiie&Co., ,i,.. J of New York, hail suspended on the Cotton i0I1. j Kxt'hauue. 'flu-usual rumors were soon in iui? I circulation, ami the liabilities of the suspen,1,..sided (inn wore said to lie enormous, Vc.s(liei tcrday morning it waseurrcntly reported that ,VJ|s Williams, Hirnle A Co. were "short." 70,Out) j illy bales of "futures," Involving a loss of several I l,..i liuiuired ihousand dollars. Some anxiety was ] i?. fell, as Mr. <?. V.*. Williams, of Charleston. l,(or was known to bo connected, more or less, r..t. u ith Hie New York firm of Williams, Illruic L?.t. ?V Co., and it was feared that the linn of <;. on Williams a Co., of Charleston, and the i ?IC Carolina Savings Hunk, might ho involved. Tiiis is iiot.the case. sis. The Una of Williams, 111 ml e A Co., of New j ,j York, had no connection whatever wiih the a of "rln W. Willimns ft Co. of Charleston, ll1(, I but .Mr. Williams, the senior partner in the :ir., [ < 'harleston House, was a limited partner In (I,' the New York firm. Neither I lie Jinn of G. j W. Williams A Co. nor tlie Carolina Savings j llank loxr.sa dollar hi/ the Xcw York failure. I Mr. Williams was in New York when the lCst | trouble Come on, and with characteristic mis coolness tun! courage Insisted that the New line I York tlrin call a halt, and "make their loss." {|t.s I Tills was done, The linn was dissolved. And (JII every draft made upon Williams, Hirnic & ..... ! Co. b.is been nromntl.v paid. |(l?( | The llria of'fi. W. \\'illinins it Co. lias altil-sI ni,)sf unlimited credit, and yesterday mornl)m,iing the managing partners liere were apII jn j proached by wealthy friends and offered any ; assistance tlicy might need. No help was re" j (julred, but the kindness that nroinpted the j oilers was appreciated and will not he fori'il gotten. At the Carol inn Savings Hunk the experience was the same* A few thousand crs 1 dollars were drawn out- early in the day, but icic j naainst this is set the opening of new nei counts by gentlemen who seized the occasion >ult | to give practical evidence of their conlldcncc .lr | In tlie Hank and Mr. Williams. The story of what was done in New York, and liow the Charleston tlrin stands, is best told perhaps in the following telegrams: TO (i. w. WJM.tAM* it CO. j N EW Voiik, May 21. O. II'. William* ,C- ?... Char Moil: . ,,7. ' Draw on I irexrl, Morgan A Co., and on Park . j Hank as heretofore. Finn of Williams, Hir' lile & Co. dissolved. (f. W. WILLIAMS, tile I To 1'UESiJiEST A. SIMON1M. for New York, May 21. "id .-1 mlrrw Simondx, 1'rcniilcnt Xuttotuil Hank: the (i. W. Willinnis it I'o., are not. implicated In was ; the all'airs of HirnleA Co. They <(i. W. Wilor, j limns & Co.) have one ami a half millions of ; unencumbered assels. 1 irexol, Morgan & Co. en-j will cash their drafts for any amount they |>er- wish to draw. O. W. WILLIAMS. to j'llesidknt a. simonds. con i New Yokk, May 21. ies(. I The draftsof Messrs. (i. W. Williams .t Co. olls on us, to the extent of Sli;i),iM<0, will be honor lUSKXKL, VOHCAN A CO. itil j to tltk news am) coumeit. ,ef.v New Yokk, Mnv21. "y11 JMilor of the Xnr* and Cburicr: C'll- . 111.*.. I.. A'* ('/? .11,1 linl CH.-14..II.I rtll rllfl I'llflnll * Exchange for want of money. ;m. I Their friends olicred tliem s-"?00,00fl, if ills needed. sr";! I was unwillingto put up another dollnrlo aid theeotton gamblers In their demoralizing "^'speculations. ?Vi The prnniid not haven bntf of entton on their 1 , > oica (icroiinl. They 1"'}' every draft drawn on <Cll" | '}.)"! Parties are sending margins freely, ratiier !l'c than lost* Hieir contracts'which otherwise ll's would be forfeited. The friends nil approve <l,ls of my prompt action. <S. W. WIM.lA.MS. 'i'h:s last dispatch discloses the wlioie situation. The Southern customers of Williams, iide }{||-|] ju ^ t 'o. pit on the wrong side of cotton, 1 '?ee and were unable to keep up with the rnpid ; advance in price. Mr, Williams insisted on Mopping at once. This was done, every obligation is met as it matures, mid margins are now com Ins; in freely front customers, i wbieli will, by so much, reduce the losses of "Ml the New Vurl: linn. oiu 'j'lio bouse ol (!. W. Williams A* Co., of Charleston and the <'a:oliua Savings Hank j are as .steady as a rock. 'Ibis flutter in New lien ; Ydi i; ||!IS only demonstrated more clearly the ;,s**; stability and impregnability of their liuan,'st1 cial position. Lied, c a fr ';et. CHURCH GOVERNMENT. ills, A Convincing1 Ar<ielf Against AtfnchJ;| -' hig- Under Importance ty >'on-Esthc scntials. on- Minora J'rctx mid Jlamicr : io view ot recent deliverances In tills enmlwo miinity on the subject of Churchgovcrnuient It may not be uninteresting to consider wiiat is held on this subject by the great and food men of the I'hurcti, who have devoted much ' n tiineand thought to it. There is now, as formerly a tendency in some mlmls to attach an } 'j' 1 undue Importance to matters non-essential. : iiiHi 01 comparatively mm? interest ; w:uip iiilt [iIL, weightier in liters of religion are passed r"/*" l?>?Justice, chat it.valid tin; love of fiod. To , ' hear mhu? men talk, you migiit i without e.\, uminationi conclude that their church polity ''"J*; and standards of doctrine were so dearly rec?t" j vcab-d in the Scriptures, that there could lie | no <lit>M.'iil from iheir views, llut when you make tne examination yon are compelled to ilitler from them. I Then-are some things clearly revealed In I the Scriptures?"'1 In# viwion i.sso plain that lie that rcadelh may run" and in reference to .those there is no dispute anion;; tlifcgroat iri v ' hody of t hristiaus, there can he none. To us lM?_ all there is: ''fine l.ont, or.e faith, one hapi.. tism, one < iod and lat her of all, win# is above tii? * .all, ami In us all." eeii i ' " ere are other tilings not t-o clearly revesilI ed, or in reference to whieh there Is no revo. ,J lati?hi at all, and about which Christian men '"I may and dodiilor. The Form of (.'lunch j?ov iii tomerit, has been and is still an o|.en ipies,j" tion. >.o particular form being prescribed thei -v "!<> ills:>lrod writer-. The t liureh Is lest- to Vie' "s ,Avn discretion and the exigencies of time {and place. llu, j This position is supported by good authorher t ^ * ^()ij Hisliop Kmor.v says: The vexed fjtiesMon ...[ respecting the original form of government ..i,. in the Christian church, though not tinini^ ,'(i i porlant, is certainly of no such consequence ji*" 1 us heated dbputantson any side misled by ..." party prejudices or intemperate zeal, would i?|._ make U. 'I he declaration of St. l'atti, that, .J,j[ 'the Kingdom of (iod is not meat and drink. IIIOl"\" 1 UMiuupm , I'lilVtT ,.im j.l.l Ml ..VIJ tl1(, i < ihost," is applicable ill ike lit everything c x|n,, teniii 1 and circumstantial. Hut It may be |pjp said that. the form of polity Is not a thing exuse 'frna^ ?r circumstantial, luit of the very csune ?-<'n?-.of a t rue Church. No one Ims over yet vife produced, ur enn produce, a single passage of ,nv Scriptur?i which teaches this doctrine ? a (ljl thins most marvelous Indeed, if the doctrine nil in,' Now, that no such thing can lie proved from ,j,|J 'Scn;i.'/oTt ninny of the ablest writers have t to over and over admitted. The celebrated ,llfl! I'odwcll, in the case of noujuring His h of is. il|S^j In thereign of William III. concedes that all l,js the reasoning from which men conclude that 1.1'| i the whole model of ecclesiastical discipline I,I,, may he extracted from the New Tcstuinent irv- "s finite precarious; that there Is no passage , ~J ot any sacred writer which openly professes 1(l | i this design; that there is not one which so ,.s r I treats of ecclesiastical government as if he !(jj I tiie writer, or tiie Holy Spirit, had Intended eel- describe any form of polity as being to retlj* main everywhere and forev.r inviolate, 'i'hat , I.? this is so every one who reaus the JJlble can ,on see for himself. M1jJ KichatM Watson, adopting the language of " I'ishop Tomline. says: ..... As it has not pleased our Almighty Father srd prescribe any particular form of civil govermneiit for the security of temporal contivrsl ^,r's '*'-s rational creatures, so neither has < ' i in: prescribed any particular form of eccleslt'he Mistical polity asabsolulely necessary to the I aitainment of eternal happiness. Thus the iiid u'"s'l"'' only lays down general principles, and nt.i I wives the application of them to men as free lien ;l', nts,1 Wesley says: As to my own Judgment. I still believe the Kpiscopal form of Church '(j . government to be Scriptural anil Apostolical, out ' well agreeing wltli the practice anil ,i writings of the Apostles, lint that it is prek'on w:r"'edthe Scriptures, J do not believe. I(.,, This opinion, which I once Jealously esjiotised, I have hecn heartily ashamed or ever since I read Bishop StillingJlecl's Irenieum. {j" i 1 think he has unanswerably proved that I,.,, | neither (iiri.il nor hi.i tiposllcx prc.srribcd any .. j \jJiirlicuUtr/oriii?/ Church yuvcriiincut. mill 1"'. Woods of Andovcr, declares, J am far , j from internuncio signify that (Christians In l? , | different places, or in t lie same place are abuse 1 *o!ntely hound in duty to adopt the very same ' I forms of ecclesiastical order. The position! i, ? 1 thus supported by good authority, is sustaiu ,? i ed also by sound reason. .j- ' J?r. Abel Stevens, furnishes to our hand the I ... i i following; sjs. I 1. Jt is obvious that there can be no intrin-J ..( 7 sic importance in any one form of Church | oil' P0"ly? rather than another, to justify its ex-j ' . j elusive appointment without respect to times, i i places, or circumstances. Fundamental doc'* trines and morals must from their essential or2 j nature be positive, but not so tho mere eerc" tnonialollices, and economical arrangements ..... ; of the Church. , 1()i The positive authority of such "otlices" I, i: nnd "arrangeinentr.'' would be a formidable lnc Interference with the "weightier matters of| the law" in many Instances. The history of i |ir,l the Church abounds In examples of this re- j t,(.| mark. It has repeatedly been necessary, in i (jre order to maintain the purity ??f doctrines and j morals, for the nnbordinateelergy or the peo- j jjj,,; pie to break away from the control of uum i thorilies, declared lo be essential by the ad j vocates of a positive ecclesiastical system. J Had not Wesley deviated from the govern-1 mcnt of the Anglican Cliurch in his ordination or an American lilshop, tiie Methodist Church in America would have been rent in-1 tin, i to taction, and much evil have ensued, nt. i Ood lias sanctioned that deviation by crown-1 j? jingit with liis blessing, anil foiiowingitwith j tie-1 results uiic<jualcd in the contemporary hisate 1 lory of the Church. i CHtl The doctrine of divine right, in matters! ,,id I of Church polity. attaches to those matters je. Ian importance which Is contrary to the ge-j ,ru nius of Cliristianit.v and is of pernicious! ,n,l tendency. It is the foundation of denoinina ?I1 tional pride and usurpation, and of most c,l | mortifying uncharilablcncss toward ail who ate' dissent from it. Its adherents arrogantly Lj,,, i consider themselves the exclusive Church of cu. j Christ. it lias led toil preposterous estimate lo j of mere ceremonies, and created eontrovernt,, sies, which. area disfjrace to our times and )f,,l | the ridicule of sensible men. f/,/# | In addition to these considerations we have! illo I the decisive fact, that the Holy .Scriptures doj j not contain a single injrn-.vion respecting tli? form of Church govern inent. They state tlioi | general prlneipies of moral discipline, but ! ?!" >' nowhere prescribe the forms and gradairl* j lions of ecclesiastical otlices. 'Hi-1 "To the law and to the testimony: if they ?-z I speak not according to this word. It is he-' (It ' (Allien tliitl*.. i?; IWk I i I r 111 I 1-1 Ihf'lll '' 1 v i i I . L1I. 1 o1i i, 'j""s; | ?r-j ' All Ohio row Inst, week broke a man's ncek I , ? by u kirk. A nnili* that witnessed tin* c-a.su L j ttlty went behind the barn uud we;>t.?A'om'a-1 * [ tvxen Ilo aid. Stranger tlian Fiction. ' A STRANGE STORY OF CRIME I2f THE SOUTH. Tlie Recovery of ft Lost Danghtcr after a Search of Fourteen Years. Xcwt anil CXinrier. * MAiuoN, .nay i/.? we ruau ft grpai ueai in the newspapers about the abduction of ("liarley lloss, ami of t lie hitherto fruitless efforts made toaseerfain Ills whereabouts. Thestory of the loss aucl final reeovery of a daughter 1 after fourteen years of eonstant search has recently enine to our knowledge, which for thrilling Interest exceeds any thing wc have ever read about Charley Hoss. During the laic war there lived at Waynesboro', the county seat of liiirkc County, Georgia, a Mr. and Mrsi Holland, the happy parents of two I'ttle children, a boy and a girl. Mr. Holland was ii practicing lawyer and a man <jf intelligence and standing in the community. Mrs. Holland was of a respectable family, and a lady of education and of good social standing. During the war Mr. Holland volunteered and was a good soldier till the surrender. About the ytyir l.stjl-ii.) a man by the name of Jjaud Hnithcoek appeared in that part of t Georgia. He passed himself oil'as a horse trader and a gentleman of wealth, but in reality was A TIORSK THIEF. | He appeared to have plenty of money, drove I tine horses, smoked line cigars, dressed well,!. and was received Into the best society. I)ur- , ing Mr. Holland'sabsence In the war lie in- | I gratiatcd himself Into the good graces of Mrs. | 'Holland. A criminal Intimacy sprang up bo- ( I twecn them, and when Mr. Holland returned , I lioine In April, 1-Sft), the fruits of tliat inti- , I macy could no longer be concealed. In a few ( days after Mr. Holland's return, and while waiting an opportunity totakcsuiiimiiry veil- , ?eanec osi Iiaitheock, his wile suddenly left i with Haithcoek, carrying with her his little daughter only three years old. I-'rom that time to this they have never been seen in that part of the state. About the time of their sudden departure a horse and bufrgy mysteriously disappeared, which is supposed to . have been stolen by iiaitheock, and with which they made their way to Brownsville, Marlboro' County, in this State, where Haithcoek was born and brought up. From that time till three weeks ago Mr. Holland never heard anything of the whereabouts of his wife and child. He, however, DID HOT DKSl'AIIl. During the past fourteen years lie has been constantly engaged, whenever lie could spare the time from his business, In prosecuting the search for Ills child. He travelled over the | ureater part of Georgia, and portions of Mls-j Mssippi, Alabama, Florida, and thisState, but i could never obtain the slightest clue as to j where she was. He tried advertising in the newspapers,olt'cring large rewards for her, recovery, but nothing cumo of it but heavy j bills and grievous disappointment. He final-; ly concluded to stay at home and write to the i county officials of every county throughout' the country. After pursuing this plan for a j long time he was finally informed by one of the county officials of Marlboro' County that Laud Iiaitheock lived in the Ilrownsvllle section of that county with a woman who answered to the description of Mr. Hollands'wife. That this woman had a young girl witli her, not Halthcock's child, whose auc and general appearance pointed to lur as THE LONG-LOST DAL'fJlITUU. It was first proposed that the girl should run away from her mother aud no to Georgia, hut 1 to iniike assurance doubly sure Mr. Holland ' j was advised to come himself, as he alone > I could identify the mother as his former wife. | lie accordingly came by rail to IVe-Dec ! Hrldtfe, 011 the Wilmington, Columbia and; ! Augusta Kail road. 1,caving the railroad at! Mint point, lit; walked lu Mr. Jits. G. Husel-' > den's. wln? lives a few miles from the station,! arriving there ulKiut dark on the 1th Instant.' lie remained with .Mr. liuzeltleu Unit nigiit. j< Alter making known liis errand, .Mr. llnsel-! den's sympathies were ?.o aroused thut lie ear- i rled li I in in ills buggy the next day, to where j Ilaillieoek lives. Fortunately, perhaps, j lluilheock, who is sn'd to ho dodging from I ; the revenue officers tor retailing whiskey ; i contrary to law, was not at home. On arriv-i ; ing at his cabin, Mr. Holland pushed open < i thedoor, wliich was partly ajar, anil there sat! his former wife surrounded by her three I llalthcock ehildien and his own daughter. | lie spoke to his wife familiarly, sayi.'ig, "IIOWJIY I'Ol.I.V ANN." In great- surprise she replied, "'Why, howdy ; Will," After shaking hands with her lie < asked, pointing to a handsome youg girl, if! I that was Km ma? She answered it was. lie ' Look tiie girl's hand, ami with tears in his; j eyes, told her he was her father; that she had j I been taken from him when she was only three ! i j ears old; that he had been searching for tier ; for the h-.sl lourteen years: that, tnniik <?od! ! he had lound her at last, and that he had' i come to take her to a comfortable home, ami i from the poverty in which she hud been rais-l ! I'd. lie asked her IT she was willing to go Willi liim. She replied she was. I'pon this j i the old woman and the oilier children set' |?1> i A fSKKAT I.AMKN'TATI0N", ! and mill she siionld never go. Tliey seized!1 hold 01 her, but hy some exertion Holland, with her resistance, succeeded in releasing I her and go.tiijg her away from the house.!, j They weiit to the neighbor's where the glrlj' I was'lilriid out as an ordinary tleld hand, and !' 1 got the few artieli* of wealing apparel which |' j she j)0>sosf>ed. Alter purchasing lor liera pair of siiocsand otherartieiesala stole ham . ! hy, they returned that 'night with Mr. ilasei- J j ilen to his house, w here they were cordially i received, and sent lite next morning on their ! way rejoicing to the station at l'ee-llee, and ; we suppose, arrived at home the next day,! [Thegiri had been informed by some sympa- ' ; thizing neighbors who ami what she was,and i ! that her lather was coming for her, which ae- j | counts for the readiness with which she assented to go with him. She wa? seventeen j. j years old the .'til day of April lasr, and is i ( A (SIKL OF tiOM) AnimRSS and Hue appearance, she is of course somewhat sunburnt, with rough hands and larue i feel, having been nccusloincil to labor In the I fields lor her daily bread. She is very Illiterate, never having attended school a clay in her life, she can neither read nor write. Her neighbors ail say she is s clever, virtuous girl, which is no doubt very gratifying to lier ! I lather. Her brother, two years her senior, of 1 I whom she says she liasa laint recollection, Is | a young man of fair education, and is now j engaged in teaching school in tieorgia. Her j I fa'.lier, Mr. Iloliand.isn practicinglawycrnml | j a man of education and relineineiit. lie has j, i been legally divorced from his tirst wife, and i: I is now married ami has a family. Now, Mr. Kditor, these are the facts. If{ jsoinelif the numeroi:* novel-writers, whom ' I lie .Vein mill Courier is endeavoring to ell courage, wniim uuse im-iii uji iiuii sjnn meoi out, a laic might be woven which would lie of. thrilling interest. At any rait1 tin; al?ove de- j: iiionstrates the truth of the old adage that' "truth Is sometimes stranger than liutloii." j Makion. Tor Danccrs and their Apologists. The argument lor dancing has been simply that "it docs no harm"?Unit "there is nothing in the Scriptures against it?that it is not forbidden in the .New 'testament,' etc. To ail this class wo invite special attention to the following catalogue, furnished In our hand iiy j I 1'aul: ".Now tlie works of the tlesii are man- ] | ifest, which are these : Adultery, fornication, i uucluanncss, laseiviousness, Idolatry, wlleh-i, | crafi, variance, eiiiulatioii, wrath, strife, sedi- I 11Ions, heresies, envying, murders, drunken-! * ness, vev<'tliu[/s,amixueh like; of the which 1j. | tell you beifaie, as I have also lold you in', ! times past, that they who dosucb tliingsshnll | ( j not inherit the kingdom of Hod." .See Gal. v. j I is), 2>i, 21. Now, we invite the lovers of pleasI ure to read this catalogue and mature well!. | every word in it; and look carefully tothcji ! consequences?'"then "'ho do such thing* shall , \uotinherit.the kinydtiin of Oud.'' When they ' j have done examining all the words in gener; al. or together, and tue consequence of doing , I any of these things, and consider carefully 1 what is included in the words "such like," we , invite their special attention to the word ' '".leveling.-' What docs this word mean? I The original, from which it conies, Is komos. | The meaning of this word Is, "a jovial feMici-1 . ty, with music and dancing, a revet, carunial, j ! merry-makiny; those entertainments usually ' ' ended in thepnrty panutnigiucsireeiscrown-1 0(l,iiial wiiSi torches, Kinging, dancing, and] I playing all kindsof lollies." sec Liddcll anil ! Scott'?le xicon. | Wore, then, In tho midst of the longest cata- 1 ! logue of sins, I lie darkest and most liorridonc j In like 1 tiI>lc*. we find "kunio.i, n jovial festivity | with imtxictout <tttiu?ing," and tliu declaration II hat "they who do such things shall not inherit , j the kingdom nf O'otl." 1 The (ireok word komos only occurs in two I, other places in the New Testament. Jtoin. I xil. l'l, it is translaied "rioting,"' and isplaced by the side of drunkenness In the following connection : "i.et us walk honestly as In the !j day; not in rioting and drunkenness; not in I chambering and wantonness; not in strife j and envying." We find this word in bad company here?in company with drunken-t ness. The same word occurs ayain, 1 l'cter iv i, .1, and is translated "reveling," in the Jbllow- [ injj connection: "I!ut the time i>ast of our , lile may suflice to have wrought the will of I, the (ientlles, when we walked in lascivious-: [ noss, lusts, excess of wine, reveling* [Jovial fes- j tivitics, with music and dancingj, banquet- , j ings and abominable idolatries." \\'e have heard of its being boasted thnt all , I Churches should iierinit dancing and make ' no ado about it. We cannot tell how widely j It will be permiucu, miu uiiu imug wo jihuw, and that Is, that win-re it is perm it ted a work of tlio ilesh is permitted, and the Church is so far carnalized and ruined. If permitted. It will not be because it is right, but beeausc sin I predominates. Hut we believe no such pre- j 1 dictions; it will not. be permitted except in h some carnal and tlcshly astablisliments, sometimes called Churches. Men who fear ( .the Lord, and are trying to save poor sinful! J men, will not permit dancing and such likcii things. 11 King's Mountain 17.S0-1S80. ' II is time to be thinking about the Centen-|| nlal celebration of the battle of King's Mouu-j ' tain. This must be a national atlair. The L battie-tield Is in .South Carolina, and it be* j J conies our.State to take the initiative in this j , movement. We are sure that onr sister-State North Carolina, will second the move,and wc j. would suggest that the .Mecklenburg cclebra- j lion, the SUth Inst., would be a favorable op-1, portunity tor an expression of opinion, j} South Carolina isanxlousfor thccelebratioii/ , Let us begin lu time so that we may make 5 the occasion worthy botli of 17.SU and isso.J? The descendants of Campbell, Clcavelahtl, I . Shelby, Sevier, .Mcliowell. Lacy, Hawthorn, llill, llambrlle, Williams, Chronicle, Mnt- f locks, Kohb, 15oyd, and many other brave;: men who stormed the mountain peak, will ! rally with rejoicing tlicTth of Uctoucr, i&su,? i Carvlinu Sjiwltm. The Chronicle's Circulation. Purins tlie past few months the circulation ; v of the Chronicle has been increased by the ad- / dition of more tlian one Ihoumntl names to Us \ j. lists <if subscribers. W hen the scarcity of |.] money In thecountry isconsldered.tliis larne ; Increase is a very handsome ami substantial j |j compliment to the manner In which the pa-' ij per lias been conducted. The Chronicle nowlj covers the whole iield of Eastern (ieor^ia and r Western J?outh Carolina. The weekly edition ] I!nds its way into nearly every planter's! house, and the daily is taken at all points! reached by daily mail. Tho jjrittifyiin; results already secured will not Icsien the exertions s of the owners to increase its popularity and 1 extend the sphere of Its iniiuencc. tin tin? * contrary, no labor will be spared to maintain 1 its present hijih standard as a ncwspapitfiiBil ? to tind for it a place in every homo of ibe two!c States.?Avyusta Chronicle and Sentinel* j0 - c -I flttjk\ "fit - - - . t' . ZsSVS; r- v" v vrs;.a :; 7 ' / I'he Tcmperance Column. Edited br REV. J. L. MARTIN, ~r REV. D. J. SIMMONS, V REV. It. N. PRATT, A f REV. S. H. JEEFERSON. A Direct Answer to Prayer. [ Rout hern Christian Advocate.] go 1 In the county of M., North Carolina, a turn tlelhoilUt church liiul lioen established, hint vhere the gospel wax (llsiienseil hy the liiith- . Can il ,milmuvMil>.r of I Mirlwl m./l tl... .-,.<,.11 M.' nany precious souls were converted and 2on catiiercd into the lold. 'lhe community fur; prol idlesuround feltthcbcnignintlucnccsof thej Tl ;ospul. The people were remarkable forj^tru heir quietude mid good order. In connec-' lJlei Ion with the church, a camp ground was es-1 ties, .ablished. The euuse of (,'hrist In that port com )( the vineyard was in u prosperous condl-1 "'Jlc ,lon. lint that highly favored eouimnnlty ] *ne> ,vas destined to pass through iv severe ordeal1 rou,i hat would test the tidolilty and faith of I wlii nany. It was In the year 18i;i, SSatnn moved |wlic icertain man to erect a grog shop In that dj'>" neighborhood, within a few miles of the! disc diurch. where devastation and death were can Icaltout by the half pint. Soon after anoth- u,n.' ;r wont up. and then another, and 1? a short aa^!' line no less than tlvc of these sinks ofInlq- P iiity had been established within a few miles ! >f each other. The evil influence thus gene- verrated, swept over that section like a fearful re.u' ;yclone. Dissipation and all Its attendant ,u.'v [ vlls followed as a natural result, ( ambling ' Ijccame fashionable. The young whose hob* Its were In their formative state were attract- 'V,n ^1 to these places. Special appointments f"Jr( were made, and these dissipated youns men wonkl alternate, make the rounds, vlsltinz c,.' rwch placft in rotation. Many . had entered , r the feurful arena, and were on theii way to ?r J rum. The state of things can better be I mag- ?'nr I i.... I Hi..t. Tt ?L. ......... * Tilt ..wtiiutu, i? in um;, iimilj 5W1JU " " firm and denounced the nefnrious establishmcnts. What more could they do 7 For the C,J{ houses were licensed by law, and the State 1 was actually deriving an incomo trom these "PF pests of society and destroyers of peace and ma| good government, and what could iuw-abid- 1,101 Ing Christians do? <^u" Tiie time was approaching for the camp- **nc meeting. Many of the pious and devout looked forward to the occasion with feel intra s mingled with hope and fear, l'rayfcrs were e*J]l offered up to the Great Head of the Church, that He would'arrest the evil-doers and turn ,na: their feet, to the testimonies of the Lord. The !n?.' appointed day for the meeting to commcnec z."J, had conic. The host of God's Israel had left j J1}*, fielr homes and pitched their tents on the j "i.0 sacred eneampmeiit. The heralds of the <)l ' Cross had left iheirdlfferont ticlds of labor!,, and had come to minister to the people in j holy tilings. I' The host Was marshalled and the battle set J"? in array. Ilut what a sad change had taken j ,? place since the last meeting. Instead of the if. uniform quiet and good order that had iiitli- T r erto prevailed, now rowdyism and disorder1,'1were .manifest. Day after day passed, hut j ^ the ranks of the enemy stood nrin. They seemed to he iuvitliierable to the Influences J,*;] of the gospel.' The meeting was rapidly r!/; drawing to a close. The congregation had as- j sembled for the afternoon service on Monday;, ""-'J one more service, and then the exercises ** woultl close, and the congregatioi?*would dis- Vra perse. A young preacher, now a Presiding Elder In the North Carolina Conference, Wits going to preach ; he asked brother II.. who ^ was then In charge of the circuit, to oifer up the opening prayer, and lie prayed, as broth- ] ur II. tain pruv, when he lias hold of the horns J of theultar. He prayed especially that the wickedness of the wicked might come ttv.au ' end. lie referred to the evil-doers who were | then exerting such a pernicious Influence in j1 i; that community.'lie said, "l)h, Lbrd thy i 1 wisdom Islntlnile; thou knowcstall tilings! If tliou seest that they will ever repent and J Pv. turn to Thee, spare them, oh Lord, spare J ,! them! 15ut if Thou seest that they will nev- *' i r repent and turn from their wickedness, ' cut them down and let them sink into hell; ''' butter lor a few to perish than many." And j '',y . then turning his eyes heavenward he said,' y: 'Oh. Lord, we are In earnest." All present!. ' felt that lie was Inearnest,! as liitteh so as tin- . KC1 vicl, when lie prayed that Ills enemies might i j"**1 go down quick Into liell. Some called tlie propriety of the prayer Into question. Oth* J.1. ers tieeame exasperated and threatened the', man of (Iod. sinners often pray and askj!, ! Cod to <lanm them and send their souls to:;,' hell, and fail to lie affected l>y the prayer, j {j... Hut for a minister or a pious man to o.'l'cr | up such a prayer In reference to them, is very i! exasperating. The meeting closed, the I',., crowd dispersed, all repaired to their homes. | *["] The pious to light the butties of life, and the' ungodly to pursue their course of revelry and ' dissipation. In a short time after, while Mr. j N. II., one of the ringleaders, was sitting ati, ; the gambling table play lac cards, he wassud- j ^ denly seized "with a severe pain in his body,1 'It that deprived him of the power of speech; his case battled the skill of the physicians, tru In a few days his speech returned, and lie spoke, Inil it was to curse?curse, and then lie died. Soon after, while E. C., one of the whiskey sellers, was crossing a creek on'a ? foot-loir, he fell off Into the water and was fa- > j ken out a lifeless corpse; and t.lien Mrs, M. i -? L.. the wife of one of the proprietors, who sold In tUeabsenee of her husband, sickened and died; and then \V. 11., one of- tli? elan. took sick and passed away, to stand tiie fear-' fill test; and soon ufter T. A., another pro- , prietor wsis summoned Into (iod's presence. - * Soon after T. H.. who regularly visited these 1 sinks, was called to liive an account of tils! i..... n... more fearfully Impressed upon the minds (if; " the people III.-til ever, for no less than tlve of; i the evil-doers wore called Into eternity be fori1 the frost of autumn had spread its white j mantle upon the ground.' v Soon every shop was closed, the clans broken tip, order and quiet restored. Now the -T question comes up, was ail this accidental, 4 nr was it answer to thp fearful prayer ott'ereit | up ut tho camp-meeting? If aeeideiitai, it! was indeed a strange couihination of eirenin-1 stances. It is manifest that tin: hand of <iodj was in it, If it was only a permissive provi- ^ ilence. , W. J) Denver, X. C. How England Proposed to Deal with I P the Liquor (Jnestiou. I if] [HosOju Advertiser.] A special coinmittec of the House of Lords ^ has been for two years considering iutcmpcr- oil unee in England, and the possible remedies whieli can he applied by legislation, it has <-" now presented its report, of which we receive ' fp(> nbstiaeis in the English Journals. To readers i ', In this country inc uio>l useful parts of thejShl report will ue its account of the progress in j c~. Sweden of what Is known as the Gothenburg | plan, which has Veen watched with great in-1 stC terest, as a possible escape from some of the ) ilangers evident in our system of licensing tin-saie.of lienors. It appears from the re- err port that, this plan has been introduced in all, _ the laigt-r towns of Sweden?Stockholm, it-j Wll seif the largest, linally determining to adopt ,y. It. of the results oj the pian sonic curious j information is given, which, in some regards, i SCi will prove unexpected by threiilhuslusiicud-1 ( inirersof the i>y stem, and also by those who! e>c (idiculcd it most freely. I or Hi the (Jotbenburgplan, all the rights to li-j ' reuse injuor ucaicrs 11. a ninii in k> i" charitable association, which assumes ilie ihity of lliiuorseliiiij;nsaiiceesslty,bnt promIm-s lo u.-e 110 protlt accruing from the wiles. A Any proiit which may accrueabove the oriliuary per cent, on the invested capital is u paid over to the town treasury. In Ootlieu- v/C tniriih this company, on beginning its i?pora- t lions reduced the number of licenses from 1 is* j 10 >wi. The local authorities, acting hi concur-1 an fcnco with tho company, closed all bars from i . 11 Saturday afternoon lo is Monday morning, i till 1'lie result, In t Jothenhurg, as shown by com-j parison between 1875, was a decrease of-21 per ! ' . rent, in drunkenness brought before the CIS courts, while in other parts of Sweden the | i i-vil of Intemperance was rapidly increasing, j llc I'he capital ot tliecompany was only Slij.tM). I oil I'lie annual prjtits?marvelous to say?were slim,ihjO. These accrued to the town treasury CV ?no sllglitgift to a town of til),WO people. ?..] The popularity of the scheme In Sweden ' seems to result from this handsome bonus to nil the local treasuries. Tim.Swedes likoto drink us well as any people, and do not dislike very '* much lo he drunk. iitit as much as any peo- aft pie they like low taxes, and to have a good ? balance in the treasury, has been suggested na in jjnglaud, hy Mr. Chamberlain, a member r?f l>nrti!iinfiit iiml bvntlier ncr.-ims of Infill enec, that a similar method was practical there, without tliuintervention of a company by simply permitting the town councils to take the whole liquor trade. The plan is the CA same by which, under the .Maine law, each i j_i town kept a liquor agency "for medicinal iai purposes"?only that It is proposed in Knu- th< land that the towns shall sell for all purposes, with theadvantages that ?ff course the towns c" will not disobey their own regulations, and or that absolute oversight of the bars and other , places of sale will lie possible. The town 2C1 council of ilie city of Hirmingham, by a vote us strong us Iti to lit, has expressed its wish to udopt this plan,and the "Hoard of (iuardimis' approved unanimously. The Lords'report, discusses both sides of|as the .Swedish plan and of the Kngllsh with caution and candor. The committee conclude that if Dlrmingham or any other town wants to try the experiment it ought to be permitted. liy a von tequtter somewhat curious, ] they also agree that the "permissive" plan, so .A.jj failed, by which any town council may re-, p I'use to license at all?what we call "Ir-'al op-j * tion"?is out of the question. They propose | proper legislation to enable local town gov-1 tj,{ jrnmcnts to carry on lor themselves, the J ,, whole business of liquor selling. , A Grent Cause of Depression. I | Washington Capital.] j in view 01 uic unnappy coinmion 01 ai-i ralrs in Great Britain u national caucus was j tehl to investigateThesamo with respect to? liseovering Its prime cause. 'J'lie result of this investigation will be of quul interest to America as to the United Kingdom; for our liahits, as our language, are | dike, and the same social mistakes of life are ! T) ommoii to both nations. After careful In-|JL)| juiry anil search, ilie positive fact wasasecrained that a useless luxurious condition ofiT J ictlon was the active agent that tripped up X ,he heels of industry, and alcohol was thel?ni Mine. I a Is It was found to be an astounding fact that -land luring the past four years the amount of S()it noney expended in Great Britain for intoxi-; lating drink amounted to no less than two li I lion seven hundred and seventy-eight mil-j ion one hvindredand sixty thousand dollars, i [ his is but fourmilllons less than the sum to- j 11 all* the foreign trade of the country. In D I s:iO there were but iW.OiH) public houses Iu | 1 Jngland: to-day there are ?un ovl- < /1 lence of the enterprise of the day. , V ' If the amount of money foolIshlyvxpended i n intoxicating drinks was deployed in the egular tine of trade, it would vastly Increase uisiness, and send a tlowltig current through j f\l he now sluggish and stagnant ponds of'\J rade. ' Fi Luxury in its best shape Is biul; In its worst, at r s In tills, destructive, denioniil/.lng and to ! c.\ < ic aboniinated. 1\ Few men who habitually drink will deny! lint their bar expenses are largely in excess >t tiie entire oust*of supporting a family.I inil mi btmn * Except false stimulus, iliiit [ ! > ea -is iu inattention id business, chronic tlys-' ? icpsia and continued ill-health. \Vearc not total abstinence nor puritanical, I nit it is tlu' business of all men, and the of-! Ice of unsensible people, to decry useiessand | ujurioiis excess. And certainly none in tlie ' ecorcls of lolly exceeds the absurd and inju- ^ I ious use of intoxicants. 1 ! S Judpe Thomson lias at Inst decided the ca-| esapiinst the county, which unlocks tho A ir??; amount of money so unnecessarily ;ept out of the handsof its rightful itistriliuees. lie decides that all debts against the, ''' ciurity, passed upon ana approved by tho lounty itommiwilonors, wasi be pald.?Jtfavi- j n Mathanl and farmer. I Mi . .. ?<** '* , . ^ <?... ufpr?rrr. - '"'7""-?; ." " * * i " f rANLEYlN AFRICA! His Own Story of ' Vonderful March.es IROSS THE CONTINENT. XCITIN(i and perilous voyaRcs on the I great Kcjuatorlal lakes and down tlie Con- I (Ivor to tMe wu, aiul of Desperate encounwlth cataracts and CunnlbnU. With a ory of tlie rcccnt explorations of Lieut, icron and others, by Alexander Hyde, A. AUinor 01 "Agriculture," "tue rrozeiii a and lis Kxplorern," &c., Beautifully and 'usoly Illustrated. its book 1? ii record of daring deeds, heroic ggles, sind perseverance and endurance in lace of appalling hardships and dittlcuU , It is the cneapest, and oy fur the bent, iplele hUtory or Mr. Stanley's lncompnr> exploits published, and the only genuauihenttc, and creditable history of Ills ] int expedition published at a low price; le for the large class of intelligent readers > have no time to spend ill studying the and uninteresting details of geographical overlestiud theories with which the Afriexplorers delight to pad ont their two-vol- ' : narratives, lt;wlll prove to be the mo*l i/actory one that can be obtained at auy e. gives In a clear, connected concise, and f Interesting style, a full and authentic i ml of the great traveler's explorations and I enlurcs In Africa, from the tlmo ho startin his ilrst expedition, until, with the half,-ed surviving companions of his tolls and tiers, he emerged from bis Journey nigh the Mystcrious.Cannibnl Lands and Wonderful descent of the Congo, into the lizatlon of the West Coast. Is unneccsjuxry to say anything laudatory I lr. Stanley or the great work he lifts ac- 1 iplished hy his exploratious I In Africa. | : press uirougnoui me civinzea woria nas lounced his spieudhl successes and soundbrlli his fame and distinguished scholars Europe and America have honored him by ircclative testimonials to the value and mitude of liis work. "He Is," said the laited Dr. Pcterman, "tiiC Hisinarck of Afrl- 1 Explorations, who has, by his untiring I rgles. setut rest the thcorlesof a thousand j r?. His work is unparalleled in the whole tory of discovery In the wosld." Of bis lerlences on the Congo, Stanley aays: )ur days of dattle and our days of hunger y tic forgotten as years of peace and rest $ roll over our heads, but our months of anil wild energy in (liecataracts, never; each day of that period hus Itsownterrltaleof narrow escapes, of sevcro injuries, t lcspalr and death. We lived as though we e in a rock tunnel, subject at interval* to thundering crash of passing trains." line publishers have hired people to write j history of Stanley's travels. How much I re Interesting must the story be, if told iu ! own words,as in this book. hobook also con tains, in a condensed form i j ut. Cameron's story of ills three years' ideringsiu Africa. Although hcandStauboth crossed the continent their routes e widely different, and Cameron's liarra} is a charming and picturesque record of vels with strange companions though a v and hitherto unknown region teeming h strange races of people; und for many ders it will be more entertaining than nley's recital of Ills bolder and inure sannary exploits. After rcnchiugtlie Interior lere lie inct Livingstone's dead body on its y home) Cameron marched westward with ib chiefs as far as they aver penetrated, I then Joined a Portuguese slave-hunting avail which escorted him to Hiiie : and he illy reached the Atlantic, iu desperate' ills, about the timo Stauley was starling ir n the Con go. . . his volume in a literary point of view, ' well as In real value, Is vastly *ulor to any other books on the same subhas also more engravings, and morol ding matter In proportion to the price; doj bo deceived by nooks set up in extra-! re type so as to inakcas muuy pages as pos-, < u. ( 1 Its preparation ample tlmo has been t?i for making it a book which wiM clvei <1 satisfaction to buyers. 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