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ami excusing Lynch Law. (Judge | l'ressly hud duly brought to their no-j 'ol tice the recent lynching of Moore. He [V l?a<! shown the danger of condoning < such barbarity. lit had suid that peo-1 ])le must rely on the luwand thedecis- t ions of the court for the redress of all j their wrongs. He had reminded the tin grand jury of the solemn duty they,1"1 had to perform, and had called onja them on their oath to leave none un-i lia presented for feur, favor or affection. j1,11 ' I an And the grand jury in their present-ion nientsaid: "In putting this murderer *tfl to (hath those citizens noted in obedi-j^|! cnce to the dictates of justice, and at merely anticipated the sentence of t/iejr11 late of the land." We make no com-; {"j meut. Are the people of South Caro-J uji lina blind to the horrible and danger- j "jj ous fallacy .herein involved? Thej ' grand jury asked a question: "Has; any injustice been done thi^j offender pC by such summary punishment?"!^' * mnto no comment. Is there sic y\gmu >? ^ ?? - not intelligence enough ill South Car- en olina to see how blind the grand jury . was?narrowing their views to "this ] offender" (who was untried, unde- 0,1 fended, unconvicted), and shutting j)V their eyes to the shameful injustice tm done to the Commonwealth in the person of even "this offender?" If; < there in not, then Northern men may i truly speak of us as "barbarians." Will those who are learned in law and j wi well-read in history inform us if ever,!*1 I IV since the establishment of trial byt,?, jury, any grand jury iu Britain or! Mi America uttered such sentiments and ^ did such an act? Has any other grand jury connived at the illegal kill- m ingeven of a most brutal murderer by an enraged crowd, and then said to!on Tndrrc. "His blood be on us andj^j on our children?" en To the Spartanburg grand jury be- ^ longs the merit of adding a new species to the genus homicide. Other ] grand juries might present the perpetrators of such an act as murderers. f The Spartanburg grand jury informs wthe Judge that "in putting this- mur- ni] derer to death, those citizens' actcd in ed obcdicnce to the dictates of justice." There is the definition of the new species j of Commendable Homicide?putting rir to death in obcdicnce to the dictates of p justice. PI ? ? no Ashnrst. The Charleston News and Courier, 011 not content with being the best news- m' paper in the South, has sought fresh es fields for its enterprise, and now as- f>e, pires to be the nursing-mother of K0; * . Southern literature. To its faithful- sti ]y performed office of recording fact it or. has recently added that of pub- ed lishipg fiction ? and of paying j for It, too. Its first venture te, has just been completed in the elc Weekly News?Ashurst, the successful prize novel, and a very good novel it un is. Its authoress is a South Carolin-jpr ian and the scene is laid in this State, It is evidently the work of one new to Ml the trade, but it gives, especially in de its opening chapters, a very pleasant W? and faithful picture of life at the sin South. The typical South Carolinian sej might prefer a little less murdering 0u aud might think the villainous Mas- pc well plot quite unnecessary to the in- ^ terest of the tale, but on the whole it frc gives one a pleasant Summer dny's (,a reading, and we advise all who have not read it to buy?not borrow?a copy ch of Ashunst. It has been re-i^sued in , J book form at 25 cents, and can be had T1 at the office of the Neton and Courier. The second novel of the series, "The ^ Bloom o' the Peach," has just been Ca begun in the Weekly News, and inj1^ our humble opiuion it promises to be! ur better than Ashurxt. It is the produc- de tion of Mrs. C. D. McLean, of York, J1" s. e. hu Commencements. For this week we shut ore eye to the w] outside world of politics and general 461 news, and follow the multitude to do honor to the various College Com- < mencements and school exhibition, Due West, Greenwood, Walhalla nc claim our attention and apace this ed week, and we give them as gladly as we are sure our readers will read the K interesting accounts and speeches we publish. All honor to our schools and cl) colleges. st: . Jas. H. Rice, Esq., at Due West. ^ Our readers will find the anniversary speech delivered by Mr. Rice at Due to "West today in this morning's columns. It is a vital subject which the speaker sj, handles wisely and well. "The com- ai /*f Qnilf li f'upnli. _ iiJUli"UVUVt/l UJ 3U IU V/4 Iv'V'MW. vu*v?? na" lie discusses thoroughly. We commend it to the careful and thought- ? ' ful perusal of our people. q] " ?w.~- - St Cedar Spring Centennial. ^ Til We publish to-day the admirable CI Centennial address delivered by Rev. "* 8. Leard. Those who heard it will and those who didn't should read it carefully. It is a valuable contribution toiA the history of Abbeville County. Greenwood Notes and Comments. Cj bv ?i:m nunc. J< J. R. Milford had ])lcntyof cotton blossoms on tho 21st June. Bi A predatory cow was the cause of a pretty sharp fisticuff between two farmers in an adjacent neighborhood. dt W. C. Yerrell laid off his cotton rows straight, but they have been so badly w warped by the hot sun that in plowing lie finds himself each time at the same end F, he started at?something that the horse don't quit? understand. tli Mr. Joe Henry sowed 3 pints of rust ei: proof wheat, sent out from the Patent office on 13i square yards of soil trom ul which he obtained one bushel and 3 pints in of grain, large and well developed. m The (passenger train Tuesday morning le brought down from Greenville 2 coaches ti< crowded with colored excursionists, to fri .witness the terminating exercises ol' re Brewer's Normal school, (colored) situa- in ted in lower Greenwood. se The exhibition of Piny Grove High di School has been postponed on account of ge sickness in the family of Mr. J. R. Blake, wi principal. * th Mr. Win. Verrell of Bueklovcl 70 years w< .. 1<l vatira nAVAr miwnrl UUlt (liu>ua nui^u 4V JVU?o ..w.w. connection, turned over nor had aruna-Jhc way, and now plows the tinest mule in ch Abbeville county. W) Kev. Mr. Porter *on of present incnni- pr bent and former minister on this circuit, | f is in town. [22, Walter Bailey who has been attending I el college at Walhalla, has returned. Mr. Joo Ligon of Augusta is now in town. Miss Sriplcv, daughter of Row Mr. eu Sclpley presiding eldor on this circuit, has I returned from college. mi Miss A. Sliedrnek, recently from college, is vow at Mr. Elinor's. wll ,# Mr. M.igce killed a yiad dog on liis| . 1 . * The Press and Banner, ji" Br HUGH WILSON & W.C.BENET cr Wednesday, Juty 2, 1879. j"1' . v I*.(l,,, Ciitl..(VimmcTl<l? A. 1 Uiug t-iiuvi uiv imiii Vv... able Homicide??A Grand Jury Justifies fynoh tiaw. m On Monday 16th June Anno Domini.cn 1S79, in Spartanburg 'Jourt House there j C(] was seen a new tliilij? under the sun? | to a grand jury justifiying lawlessness11*? etnisss a few days ago?a bull clog o: rrible size and feiocitv. Mr. J. N. Sehenks from the Pbcenis tighborhood reports the oat and wheal o| h better than f<>r ma y years. Misses Sprolles and luirdin both o lioiii have been sick for several days art ile to be out. There is some talk of an effort beiuj ude to erect a commodious town hall e present one being too small and iuacv ssible. Kdgefield was largely represented ni?ng those attending the recent school tertainmcnts. L'rops have been unusually well workand only plenty of rain is neeessarv insure a bounteous yield of corn anci ttoll. The work on the (Jreenwood and Auista ltailroad is being pushed rapidlj rward. and (Jreenwood is looking forird with brilliant hopes to its new rth. !)ats bring30 to ."Wets cash and ,40cts in ynient of accounts. l-'KMAI.K ACADEMY EXHIBITION. The events of the past week form s Dud and interesting epoch in our aniid village history. A generous recog:ion of the claims of education, a thorgh identity with its advancement and dctefm (nation of liberal maintenance ve been Btronglvevidenced by thoeagcr terest manifested by patrons, friends <1 the general public in the closing excises of the Male and Female schools at nhirfv Tllr> rnncnrt frivnn liv tlie I<'e ;iio school, Miwes Bright, principals, me oil' Tuesday evening commencing s ;50 p. in. Long before the hour the 11 was densely packed* not oven ?tandj; room lor a single individual being t. Buggies and carriages were drawn itothe windows commanding a view d every inch of sittihg room was oceu>d. l'ho stage was elegantly draped and defully embellished with paintings, le motto "ad astha" in gilt letters apa rod above the stage,' in beautiful relief, i the right side of the stage were seated 3 Greenwood band whose .splendid tnu: contributed greatly to the rare fund ol tcrtainment. rite concert was opened by a brilliant crture by the band. [u the grand entree the Anthem by the tire school was loudly encored, doming Step March, instrumental trio, Misses Merriman, Coleman and ReyIds elicitcd rounds of applause. Bird Beauty sung by Miss Carrie Cobb was wrnntlv vr?nilnri?/1 Tlio concert recitation by the primary iss demonstrated thorough instruction that branch. l'hc Maternal Association, burlesque, is naturally and effectively rendered, to respective roles and castes being fulup to the standard. Miss Bell Yoc, Mrs. Nervous and Miss W. l'arks, as iss Fidget, the leading characters wero mirably maintained, the support being [questionably good. Qui Vive (iallop, duett, Misses ]Rcv>lds and MiOsiel, won many compll;nts. Market Daj\ chorus, music class, was t husiastical ly received. Kra Diavolo Quickstep, (inst. duet), isscs Blake, evinced culture ami talt, Cousins and Cousins, dialogue, Misses cKollar and Keynolds, afforded a vast lount of fund to the audience* Music and her Sisters, song, voeal duet isses Bailey uud Cobb, showed dceided tistic power. Spotsville Musical Club, burlesque, us one of the most unique features ol a programme. The rendition of seveI of the characters indicated undoubthistrionic ability. Miss Bond as Mrs. own, was entirely up to life, whilo all d roles wero elogantly sustained. Home, Sweet Home, song, Miss Mornan, evoked lively and contiuued ap 1USP. When Night Comes Floating over the ain, none, Misses Merriman and Rovlds, was sung with pathos and effect* Listen to the Mocking Bird, inst. trio, isses Bailey, Cobb and Merriman, was e ol' the most splendid ovations of the usical class. Fra DiavoloOverture, Inst- duct, MissBailey and Merriman, wus a sparkliug m. Fairy Footsteps Gently Falling, instr, lo, Miss Reynolds, not only denion ated careful training but talont of high der. lorn O'Shanter was splendidiy render* by Miss Carrie Cobb. Hie Doom of Marie Antoinette, tabui and Recitation, was a triumphant 'mination of one of tho most unique, igant entertainments over given in eenwood. L'apt. C. A. C. Waller was tho medii chosc a for tho presentation of the izes. which occurred at the close of the ncert. The contest for tho prize before } musical class was so close between isses Merriman and Bailey that it was termined to award one to each of them deed we believo the entire audience ire of the opinion, considering the art i*?riod of tuition, that every onede ves nonorable mention. Miss M. Bright, music teacher, is thorghly qualified and posseses a high and miliar taetof imparting and advancing. ie award of prizes in the literary dopart;nt was based upon an average obtainun monthly reports of the graded stanrd of each'student. submitted by the incipal to a eoinmittee, who mado their ards through Capt. C. A. C. Waller, airman, as follows: Prize for the highest stand in general idies for the year?Miss W. Parks. 10 second best?Miss A. Bond. Seven >od above 'JO, the highest being 100. Kor best and neatest map drawing? iss Nina Isaacs, Second?Miss C. A. llioun. Otber map drawing was mourned with commendation. ? I'he efforts of Misses Bright to build ) a school of sufficiently high order tc serve the support of tho most liberal trons of education have been generous seconded, and the grand measure o: icress achieved has been flatteringly atited by tho presence, cordial support d unqualifieu commendation of the ene public 011 tho interesting occasior tiioli has just concluded tho scholastii rm. MALE ACADEMY EXHIBITION. On Wednesday evening the exhibitior Prof. Khigh's male school took plac< the same hall. Neither the fnteresl ?r the crowd was in the least diminish . Some disorderly conduct by a few oughtless boys the night before evoket very caustic reprimand from Prof [ugh operating to put a quietus 01 alcontents, insuring the strictest order ic services of the band were again se red, adding largely with its enlivening rains, to the attractive programme. Tho following is the programme?anc e feel assured that wo utter the setiti ent of every one present when wo say at each and every participant acquitted mself with credit to himself and honoi the very able and efficient principal o e school. The exorcises were interspersed bvrou .- al selections of h cjh order by the* banc id Miss Bright anu music class. A Casual Meeting?A. B. Stewart anc nbert Crawford. No Excellence without Labor, origina J. F. Watson. Pursuits in Life?Wyley Smith, Fraul .dham, Robert Tarrant' H. Smart anley Bond and Eugene Bailey. Some Choice Rulcs?Gilliam Aiken , McNiel, Tornmlo Riley, Willie Smith harlie Crews, Hertford Parks, ll.Smar Arnold, Ji Oldham and J. Crews. The Bonnie Blue Flag?James Tag irt. Lamar to his Soldiers?\<aw Blake. Grattan's Invegtive against Canning. McNlel. The Color Bearer?Hugh Aiken. Modern CJreece?Hertford Parks. Tho Thing that's Right?'J. Tolbert, R dhoun. The Way to Windham?J. F. Watson >hn Mil Twee. Ieolinsouthe Death of Virginia?M, iiiley. The Song of the Camp?G. Aiken. Stubbing' Stump Speech?J. A. An jrscn. Ellis on tho Army Bill?A. B. Stal orth. The Conjugating Germans-J. Lake , L. Bailey, R. MeLeese. This school has been well supporter lis session and tbo principal baa giver itire satisfaction, Greenwood has great cause to eongratate itself on the success und high stand' g of it? schools which are due in a large easure to the wisdom shown in tho section of teachers. A delightful recep>11 was held by the two schools an<] iendn Thursday night. The affair was ndered doubly enjoyable by the delicus ice cream and other refreshment' rved by the energetic Presbyterian lacs. The numerous visitors and stranrs went away pleased and delighted ith the entertainments and lavished eir expressions of praise of Greenjod's hospitality. A Sunday school mass meeting was Id Sunday evening in the Presbyteriai: urch, at "which appropriate addresses >i-n moiln Rpv. M r. Porter and other* ese lit. A.n entertainment will be given on tlx 3 of July at tlio old Presbyterian chapfor tbo Lenelit of tho band. A Afl all ijiixji wi icvirui Htnra Prrxx and Uimiw , 11 tny short nccoinit of the I>iivli>on Com neeinent, I notice that the types I. 'ike me r that there were twenty-eight students in South Carolina. Instead of thirty-eight, Jch Is the true miiuber. L'OKKKSi'ONDEJ-". fj Commencement in Ad;:er College. I Another Commencement occasion has been : | celebrated In Adger College. It Was fully up j t j to the standard of any Commencement in tho1 ( I land. .Seldom on any one occasion Is it tho e privilege of a people to listen to Mich an ar! ray of ajlclr?sses,orations ifce., replvtc With so much learning. 11ACCAI.AUKEATE HEKMON. The exercises opened grandly on Sabbath . morning, 2"Jd Inst, with a sermon from Dr. J. C. Furman, of Greenville. The day was favorable and the church thronged, The entire [ building, galleries, aisles and every place tliut could accommodate a hearer was occupi1 ed and numbers wunt nwar unable to Mud a seatin the house. The umlter of the sermon . | was simnle but weighty and the manner 1111-1 . ostentatious. No oratorical tlaslies, no artis-l tic etl'ort, no dazzling flourishes, but the) i | speaker demonstrated the oneness of his pur- i pose was to win the heart ana leave an iin. I press! on therewith the stamp of truth. His , j text was John, 2 : 5, "Whatsoever lie sal 111 un-1 to you, do it." The appropriateness of the i text and tlie subject drawn therefrmn need ' not he mentioned as they are evident in the very reading of the text. 1 am:.mm address. The honor of delivering tiie first Alumni | address was conferred upon Mr. W. ti. | Heard who graduuted one year ago with first | l ! honor, ilis theme was "English Literature." i . j ile criticised the corruption which lias taken ! , | place In the lunguugc and so changed It that j the children can scarcely recognize'and un-1 derstand the language of their fathers. The I j making of many books which were both ! aimless and valueless was Justly condemned, I Such books written for the pcpulucc would . please the multitude but perish with it while those condemned at present because notappreciated or understood would live in the future. He reviewed the ileld of English Literature and demonstrated that the ideas and thoughts preserved asucms in literature 1 made it valuable. His review of the various 1 systems of philosophy exhibited how wrong ! idvas and opinions hud corrupted literature, morality and religion. It was rather a ; stranpe subject for a young man but .Mr. Buaru showed himself equal to ills task. His etl'ort was characterized more by research and thought than by elegance of diction or eloquence of delivery. Adger College will never be ashamed of the mark -Mr. Heard will make for.himself and his alma Muter. , commkncemsn't day ix tjik fkmalk colj.kgk. Thursduy WfiR Commencement day In the j Female College, of which Dr. Smeltzcr is President. The procession of more than a hutu'red ulrlK all arrayed in white wan aii ini i posing sijjht. The essay of .Miss lladle j Thompson on the subject "We hold ourdestl- j ny liijour io\vn hands" was rend by .Major .S. . l'? DenUy. The essay of Miss Maltie Verner . on "The Ktudy of the Classics," was read by 1 ItcV. 8. I* -Morris. The essay of Miss Mln- , nleMCUrcgor on "The Jleautllul," by J)r. J. J'. ( Smeltzer. The essay on the "The Study of , ' j the Classics" brought J)r. Furnian to his feet, , who shouted approbation for the young lady who could plead for a classical education in > preference to a utilitarian. Next followed the Anniversary oration by < Ex-Gov. B. F. Perry, who began by saying | . this county Is "my own my native land." i His subject was tiie"Kdi)cation of Woman." i It Inust have been oho ol the happiest addres- < ses of his lile. It was full of wisdom and < plain practical advice, and abounded in the i keenest satire nnd most humorous illustra- , lions. Frequent and continued applause ] ' showed tbc appreciation and delight of the j ' audience. Many parties have demanded its < ! publication in full. These exercises were in- ( ; tersper*cd with charming and sweetest mu- ?, sic, both vocal and instrumental, by the i young ladles of the Female Col lege. j juNioh KXil mrrioj*. j Tuesday night, the 24tii Inst., again the ] , larce audience assembled to hear the ora- , ' Hons of the Junior cluss. The following pro- s gramme shows the subjects discussed, with j which the audience was favored, "The Intellect, it* Pleasures when cultivate ? ed."?J. F. Cooper, Klngstrec, S. (J. "Ijltcra. ture,"?J. L. Mcl.ces, Greenwood, .S. C. "Am- ? bltton,"?D. F. simltli, Walhalla, s. C. "For- c mation of Character,"?T. K. Stribllncr, Wal. | nalla, S. C. "Decision of Character,"?.!. P. t Carey, Pickens, S. C. , Between the dill'erent orntlons, the Circenvl lie band, which hud Just arrived, discoursed { most delightful music, which added very ? much to the enjoyment of the occasion. The j ' band remained during all the days following ( and irave abundantly the best music we are i accustumcd to hearing on such occasions. j COL. J. V. TnOMAS'S ADDIIKSS HKFOItK TIIK f PIEDMONT AND CAItllLl.NA SOCIETIES. On Wednesday morning Col. Tliotnas, of Charlotte, X. I'., was Introduced as the orator selected by the two societies of Adger College. He announced his subjoet, "Our Government, as it was, as It is,as it may be." It i was no political harangue but an unpartlsan, statesman-like view of the situation. The dlilicultics of a federated system of government were tlrst discussed. What- the feudal system attempted and tailed in doing, the hei roes of the revolution tried and accomplished. The units of our Kovermnont were not units of individuals but of sovereign Suites. Our governmentof governments has no analogy! on earth, an analogy only eun be found in the solar system. The general government Is represented by thescin, the center of the sys-! tun. Each plunet revolving around that j suV, and forming a part of the solarjsystem Is a State. Two forces are at work. The centri1 fugal force represents the tendency to disintegration, secession. Independency. The centripetal force represents the tendency to consolidation, centralization. So long as these two forces check each other the government is safe. This was the principle pervading the government of our fathers. What, is its con-i* ultionnow? Changed, subverted and upon j the eve of consolidation. "States rights" Is mi exploded theory. Tho Until question Is, "What next ?" Dangerous to attempt to he a political prophet. Political question is, "What shall wedo to he saved?" Nulllflca-j tion and secession ?re not the remedies. It | can be accomplished only by true statesmanship. l,et the country in the persons of tlie| States meet lit solemn conclave and demand back the slaughtered principle of State rights and once more give us the government of our . fathers. What a grand spectacle it would be to the nations! 1 Want of space alone prevents our giving a 1 full outline of this adnilruble address. CONTEST BETWEEN T1IK LITERARY SOCIETIES!' The Piedmont and Carolina Literary Socle-j ties brought forward on Wednesday night 1 their select orators and debaters in a contest, < which would exhibit their gcuerous rivalry 1 and Its fruitful reward. * The-questlon of discussion was, "Whether < the late war was beneficial to the South 1" > 1 The atBrinative was maintained by R. H. Ii Sti'lbbllng, of Westminster, in behalf of the JI Piedmont Society. The negative was sup-ji ported by J. F. Cooper, of Kingstree, for the 11 Carolina Society. ? W L'nl.tmnn nf Wflllll.lh TVfl C t ll? 1>l ,?|1. I I mont Onitor and spoke on "Procrastination." I J. 1'. Carey was tin? Carolina Orator, and his I! subject "Know thyself." C\ mpetcnt Judges pronounced tills contest one of tne finest spec* j lmens ever witnessed on a commencement 1 occasion. COM M KSC'E M KNT DAY IN A DO Kit COLLKfSK. Thursday *2tith was commencement day. If [ possible more people crowded Into the house , than on any previous day. Only one coini posed the graduating chiss.it this eommenee1 ment as some ot the last year's Junior Class ' failed to rise Into the Senior. I' T. F. BooBer addressed the audience on "The . Retrospective View of the Progress of Na. Hons," ' The Anniversary Orator was Introduced. ' Prof. Ji H.Carlisle of WofTonx College. Ills t effort Indicated that he had not come to daz: zle the audience but to do a work, and a noble work he did. Kternlty alone will reveal what will be the harvest. lie began by saylng a learned German at the foundation of a German University ndj dressed the students as follows; "We i 3 want fruit, young gentleman, fruit In . the soundness of men." This was hi " subject. "We want fruit." Says'he, a college brings money into acommunlty among other ' things, tinancial advantages, but these are ou| ly the crumbs which fall from the royal banquet spread In a community by education. ' He advertised for three fruits, which he ex1 peeted to find as the product oft Ills College. | The first Is "Truthfulness of Character." Use - of the word "truthful" frequent, but never r j "truthless." This Is because we shrink from ' the thought of any one being so corrupt as to .[lieutterly devoid of truth. Our respect for J j truth further evident, by always saying the -| truth and a falsehood. Infamy and disgrace | (if lying consist not In being called a liar, but, . I 4._l? II.. _ It tint I I Ill-Ill* H lllll, iluvw.l. .. .n .....w.uvu No damage to a man if culled a liar, but the U injury consists in being one. There is a dlsII ti net foil between cbaracter and reputation. Want of truthfulness makes a man notsim. I ply devoid of one limb but poisons the whole i body. It is dangerous In the extreme to enI gage In any profession, where there Is the I | least temptntlon.to compromise the truth. Not 1 j possible for all to be learned but there Is no i excuse for not being truthful. "Hard times" l ( means something more than financial stringency, it. means that It-is hard to stand upright and fight the Hglit of manhood. Always c bellevo there Is one honest truthful man In , I the country; it Is very demoralizing to utter such sentiments that there Is not a truthful | man. If you are truthful you know there Is on*', and If one probably others. Not only tell the truth but do the truth. Imitate tlie t only man who in addition to being truthful could say. "I am the truth." Second fruit . wanted Is "Humility." Pronoun "I" always a single letter in Kngllsh, nnd a capital, therefore looks down with contempt upon the small letters in the sentence. Tills may ex plain our egotism. His description of the "Freshman" who needed his stock ofscifimnortance reduced was extremely ludicrous, and It Would perhaps have been a hard matter 10 nn<i anyone in uun hhipd ? <? nUUUI im,v admitted they were "freshmen." tlio' that ,vas the largest class In college this year. The third fruit wanted is "Earnestness." In nil ' probability speaking extracts In collegr tends to make nier 'i- incere, as they nre only act ingji part, Mat?* < 'rtlsans lrtivc no real sincerity. King Bint*. ibe was born in North Carolina, but now reigns overthewholeeonn. try. No man fails In any profession of life without our being able to point out the muses of failure. Earnestness above all things is " wanted In the sphere of religion, that klngdom which tho unseen is not unfelt. We could but feel as we looked at that sea of upturned forces, (those students that scarcely I moved n muscle, so Intent was thclrnttcntlon) that such seed sown in such soil cannot fait J 1 to bring forth the fruit. PRESENTATION OE MEDALS. A ten dollar gold medal was ottered In t he I . Junior. Sophomore and Freshman classes or j , an equivalent for tho best student in each j ' class. In the Junior Mr..I. P. Carey carried oil'tho prize. The contest, in the Sophomore was very close between two brothers, but 11-I | nally decided In favor of the elder, M. S. Strlbhllng. |< S, K. ICIley won the Freshman medal, tho' | ' it was nnnotiDced that K. F. Morris, of Abbe-1 I vlllealmost tied with him, his standing being fli/, and that of Morris being 9'4. This gave i . tho latter "honorable mention." DEGItEES CONKEICUED. I 1 T^nwt-no ftf A 11 w'nu onufrii'rnd nnnn flip fin. ' nlor class, and Unit of D. 1). upon iiev. Donal Frascr, of Decutur, Oa. v prospects of another yka h. . The Hoard of Trustees elected two new Pro- 1 fesKors additional. Mr. S. P. Doo/.er of tireen- ' 1 wood Is to have charge of the Preparatory ' Department. Prof. W. w. Legare, who grad- H i uated with honor in South Carolina College I was elected Professor of Natural Sciences, 1 , comprising Geology, Chemistry. Mineralogy, ' ' &v. Prof. Legare comes to us endorsed tiy the 1 ' University of Virginia former faculty of ' South Carolina and many others, and for < eight years past has been professor in S, \V. ' Pres. University in Tennessee. The friends 1 of the col lege are highly elated at so valuable > an accession to the faculty as Prof. Legare. 1 For the past two years the college has aver- f aged ahout 150 studen's each year, and bids > fair to exceed that In the future. Long may j * such a noble institution exert and wide may i < she extend her influence, till the wave rolls it I from the mountains to the sea. 11 reporter ok press and ijanner. ? THE CHRONICLES OF A CENTURY. SS Men SprI cedar springs church during The last one hundred years. Fsto , t k som I t.jip fi Historical Address of Bev. Samuel\ l uib Leard, ?/ the Methodist Church. At the Centennial at Cedar day Springs, June 1S70. bridi iicroi From well authenticated document* wo learn I that.ill tnat portion ol' upper .South Carolina, %vnv" lying between Keoweo and Long Cane, was wn|J ceded by the Cherokee jndlans. In 17.71. to Gov. j tj,e' j uienn lor uie use 01 uie coiony. ny nils ireaiy ' rrsjr. the Colonial Government claimed to come iu possession of the Districts of Abbeville, Edge- Diev Held, Laurens, Union, Spartanburg, Newberry, ^.hif Chester, Fairfield. Richland and York. Tills <Ml ,j was an exceedingly liberal construction of the | ufter treaty in favor of the English: but such things j a were done before, and have been since that time. | "fmr As a matter of historic Interest we record I lie j sonv names of the witnesses to this treaty. On the been part of the English, we find Hayinond Demere, j lames McKay, White Outerbridse, Thomas t?iaj Lilctui, James Francis, Ludwlck Grant. James jt', Ueaitier atid John Eiliotte. On the part of the t<icc Indians, the treaty was signed by Oorane, the tiiel Raven of Toxawa; Canncaugh, the great coiN ^nl]| iurur of Keowee; Sinimwa the Hawk's Mead warrior of Toxawa; Nellewagalahe of Toxnwa;. scoii i'ahomaof Keowee; CnasaitaofKeowee; Yor- "Whl" imlehaof Toxawa; and Owasta, ilic head beloved man of Toxawa. It may be some slight j 'atisfaction to the owners of tho soil In Abbe-1 This vim:, iu n.uvi? uit: uuau r?|Ji iiuiii \> iiwiii [hey have derived their tltlos. Our authority trow "or these statements is "Logan's Hlslory of up- e?l in [>er South Carolina," vol. 1?pages 4'jfj and -11)7. ousl as to the nat ionality of the original settlers of Ther Abbeville District, it will be ditlieuit to deter- of CI mine much with accuracy beyond certain local- vena ties. The name Itself indicates the French the i irlgin, of at lei'cta portion of its early settlers, cy w liutwe will step buck a little Into the tradition- land il period of the history of Abbeville tloni It Isaflirmed, that, when first visited by the tabli n-bltes, this entire region from the mountains luigi :o the |)lnv woods, was covered with Brass, ca.ie, prop rod the wild pea; that? there was but little tin- tho" lecgrowth, the timber being larsje and scatter- In ;d over hill and dale. It was like a vast park, was i jfl'ordlng the finest pasturage for animals and curn Jirds. Men roamed over it at will, and madejcong no uncertain gains by trapping and shooting preai :lie game which abounded everywhere. These Ing. SlmroUs were men of courage, tact, and great dlstl independence of character. They easily allll- with a'eu with tiie savages around ibem, and be- ingp ;atne, of course, the earliest pioneers of the the f country. Pres! Following close in the rear of the hunt?rs qeui ivere the stock raisers. who were a little more Anti lomestlcin their habits than their produces- nnlti <ors; but not much their superiors iu point of chur morals. carrn STOCKRAISINO AND TRADING. Pros Next to the stock-raisers came the Traders, n?n, y whom, we shall say only this: that their ?n<j presence was followed by the utter demorall/a- /yf w ion of the Indians, and paved the way for an indiscriminate slaughter of men, women and children. The nnoceutas well as the guilt* hytf jndured the terrible retribution of the wrongs Ulljt' nttlcted by the white man upon the Indians, ^SjjS \s a statement of general Interest we add, that Sorth aud south Carolina were originally one * jjr Province and named "Carolina"' in iionor p^i >f Charles the second of Kngland, who grant- suc|, idthecharter. The separation into two 1'rovln- sino . es took place in 172!), and the first s-et- ji01-'i lenient. in' South Carolina was made [1U in it Port lioyal in 1670. In 175(1 Patrick xh ind William Calhoun, with four families, came Ht0(u rom the Waxhaws in Lancaster, and settled j nmi n Abbeville. They found but two families | mU(. if whites bpforo them. Patrick Calhoun was a j in] iurveyor. From 1750 to 17(11 great numbers <>!" tue f ?u,?n Iti fmm Ihi. V/.rHi nf li-lolwl .' * IIUUl|;inilin isciiuv- iia mv?u t'tjw \/i iiviiuiu j q| jji -Pennsylvania. Maryland and Virginia and | (.uy ,C tiled on bounty hind. er,:n We have Hon the authority of ynur Pastor, j he itcv. H. T.Sloun,"thiit the original elements j >.f CetiarSprings, nod Long Cane, beinm to K?-t-1 ;!e here in 17M:" and thai a part of Dr. Clark's , over :harget who came over with him from Hall- i m'1" lhiiy, JrttlUnd settled here In 17eu. {regn l>r. Tholhas Clark, M. I), was horn In .Scotland >1 pious pc rents, date of hirth tin know*. After i1 'IS| i thorough tViurse of study ho graduated at the | w Jnlverslty of tilusgow.and received the degree .tl,ls >f M. D. IJurlng the war against the 1'retender ',e11K' n 17-1-5, he rilil faithful service in the army. ; Mentioned In connection with the Burgher i i'vt;r Synod at Stirling, Scotland in 1717; and taken j l?*ti under the care of the Presbytery at (ilas.ow,! i,envltli two others on tilrtl for license. He pur-)*?110" med his studies at Stirling under the care of!Jjiml lie Rev. Lbenczer Ersklne.and whs licensed to j )reach In April, 174 s. He was ordered to Ire-1 'J and and set out for that field of labor iinme- i dreiw liately. and preached his Hrst sermon in 11aila- ] tlieir my.July 3d, of the same year, irom Acts 17 i.'h.! tnd If! verse. He ac epted a call from the i 5 lV , jhtirch at Hull I bay, and was ordained to tliei ittice of the holy ministry and Installed Pastor,. 1 jy a commission from the Presbytery July li'M, ' ?'.lC c L>. 1731. His character is summed up by an ; liis n ippreclutlvc friend In these words, viz: Dr.j H< Jlark was a zealous and Indefatigable Minister. j tian i tie reau nis liiuie on ijik kiiuci*, unit r*jjtrnt ? cliuli arge. portion of his ikiie in prayer, lie preach-1 u: d Tils sermons to Ills own heart before lie de-lf . lvered hein from tlie pulpit. 111m zeal nu<l,Iasl" Mirnestne-8 marked him as an espee al object; a?Pri )f peibv utlon, by 'lie enemies of civil and re- j nmel lgloiis iberty in the North of Ireland. He was On irreste i. and cast Into Monaghan Jail, for his Eibk eligious opinions. From thence Hue minyaii, ] j,,H v le wrote letters to his people?preactied to i hem, when they visited him: baptized l.Schil- j lrn.caud married at leust one couple, John liar-1l, .0 Is to a Miss Konnld. > olaiu His relea-e ftom prison Is said to have been al- i:i hi nostmiraculous,although detailsareuot givtii, his ii Jail after call came to iiim from America, He , askii ipenea a correspondence with the Hon. Rob- j rt0iui :rt Harper of Columbia college In the city Of i. ? S'ew York, and furnished him with 1 lie names ! { . 1 )f one hundred families In the .North of Ire-JO'"1 aud, who were desirous to em Urate to! prov \merica. Nov. Md, A. D. 1703, Air. Hart.cr ob- j youii allied a j mon WARRANT FROM THE GOVERN3IENT ! :o survey a tract of land of 10,000 acres, for their! 1 oeatlon. Dr. Clark* received a new comnils-jIUC sion to go to America, and sailed Irom Ni wry, i1VCCU n*!th nearly three hundred people, May loth, j r.ge. I7(M and landed safe in New York July 2Mb. you I I'hc Immigrants seem not to have been pleased I \\e n with the land granted them, and removed to a j eal.jj oeatlon, near where MiUni now stands: ive presume a portion ofthem found their way, i !li?illy into ilie ne.gnborhood of Cedarspriags. ] anj I'hehistory what followed I*given elsewhere, liy ! . ompanug this statement with another, made ) r "v ,othe writer by Dr. Ep> ralm Calhoun, ofGrceu-! ,"nt' rt-ood, we shall arrive at some Interesting his-;M'3ri lorical facts. L?r Caihoun writes: "First suit lei * ; <>f tl if Abbeville county were Ibe Calhoun families; J Furi ind tlie next were French, who were so much > nien more numerous than the former, that as a compliment to them the county was called Ah- t ' lievlHe lu 17K5 alter the place of their nativity ). 'J In France." In addition to the above item from ll'"r I)r. Calhoun, we willingly add the following | wtt facts, furnished by a frlond concerning, tneI c'ain Freuch settlement In Abbeville county. "In 1 whic 17W ihimultaneously with the arrival of thejj{uo Scotch Irish In Cedar springs aud Coug Cane i11K i neighborhood,) ! , A COLONY OF HCGCEKOTS j " oprlv/trl frnm I. rnnee iind Kf'filed In Abbeville! 'SiV county. After th revocation of the Edict ofi Name* (IGnj) the persecutions of the French m<sn Protestants were so urent, that many wereltatM persuaded, by a'popular preacher, by the name! tlicii of Jean Louis Uibert to emigrate to South Car- Fi ollna. He llrst went to England in no- t]u.r gotiated with the English Government to fur- j nish iransportatlon ior his colony?obuiincii a j' ' grant of land lying on Savannah river in the extreme Southwestern extremity of the eoun-1 l'rea ty and on the Western side of Little U1 ver. 212 tracl peisons sailed from Plymouth, England,on tt.e Join 25th of January, 17cil. After a rough voyage 011 sett] t" days they came in sight of Charleston, here i that their vessel was stranded, and tney had to ! tlirow overboard nearly alj their ell'vcU. un , the Hth of April. 17(11, they landed in Charlo-1 f* ., ton, and were detained until th" middle ofj J'nti July, and after three weeks journey they arrived j Aril at their destination. A town named "isew Jain Bordeaux" was laid out in a rich valley west of! tor. Little ltivcr, each emigrant having a town lot | of one half an acre, four acres ior a vineyard j ?ilfl, and one hundred acres for a fa m assigned to| i iilm. Here they built, a Fort named "Bonne," ranul built houses, cleared farm*, preserved for a time fnd their own language, were prosperous and hap-1 in II py. Their Pastor. Jean Louis Glbert died In'seat August, 1773,an irreparable loss. They cultlvat- j neat ed the grape, llax, Indian corn, Ac. Miss | on? Louise Glbert, daughter of the Pastor was mar-1 lm1m, rledtoWm. Pettigru, the fatlicr of tiie late ! . ! James L. Pettigru. Of this stock, we presume, ^ll" came the Perrins, De La Howes and othe *s.' The colony was gradually absorbed Into the[bricl Presbyterian church, and have left beliind t trae I III'111 il mime ui?uii?uiaiivu iui jj virtue. j ].v ? Many of the Calhouns were massacred l>y the rIniliiuis, while at ciimp on Long Cane Creek, " near Cedar springs church, la Abbeville coun- oa ty, and among them 'Iho HKBECCA CALHOUN "Tlt the grandmother of John C'., William, James and Patrick Calhoun. All Ihese families (he' , adds) were of the Presbyterian belief, and their'antl first places of public worship at Hopewell, and i tlio at Willlngton, both churehes being under, sma the Pastorate of Itev. Doctor Waddeil." ] the > From these statements we learn the interest-' the ing fact that, the ground near tlie site of Cedar : Springs church was consecrated by the } * BLOOD OF MARTYRS to thi! cause of political and religious freedom,! and that among these martyrs was a woman. I mad whose gnatest earthly glory is the fact, thatshe | the was the ancestor of the most distinguished! T< politician and patriot .-oulh Carolina, or the!cam Unted states has ever produced. i .. j We also learn that the section of country ly-11] lng between Little and Savannah III vers, and | . extending up to Willlngton. was occupied oy|lM>81 the French Protestants called Huguenot*. They ; ered were Caivinistlc in doctrine, and Presbyterian, j and in their form of church government. Indeed that all their other titles among them were soon ! lost in the distinctive one, Presbyterian. Such : *i,0 names as Pe La Howe, filbert, I'ettlgru, and I others not only mark their French extraction 11 but have shed an imperishable halo of glory I around their adopted State, by their deeds of) Ales beneficence and patriotism. , dear But to return again to Cedar Springs, it would ! 28th seem, that the original Scotch Irish immi- tnat grants, came by tlie way of New York, where J they separated from their Pastor the ltev. Dr. j ,. Clark, and came to Abbeville, (how. whether Jvlllc directly by land or by the way of Charleston " Wl we are not informed) whilst "he staid with tlie ' grat rest as Pastor of Salem church. New Yock, fofjtlie sixteen years.'' We are led to Infer frrtin all Bprii this, that their coming was an experiment, and | i.L ? that they had probably made up their minds to! f ,? return to tiieir loved Pastor, and the other j branch of their congregat ion nlSalem, provided 1 nh they werenot pleased with their home In south , *reui Carolina. They did not return, and tradition I then connects the names of two of his old parlshl n-! durii ers, in Ireland, viz. Itobert Foster, and John j Jot-n Cochran,sometime* called Cowhorn orCawhurn ; with those o1 Elljali Sinclair, and a Mr. Patter- i Pf. Hon, in an Invitation to Dr. (.'lark to come and J."8* preach to them. He accepted the invitation,1 Nort and paid them a?t many as three visits, before | Hi his final settlement, among them. | er, a Think for a moment, what is implied in a noao visit from New York, to South Carolina, when ntr ' Ihere were no steamboats or railroads, and T.f.t certainly noteven a line of stages, through an 11 most wilderness, still the lurking place of ? ,8 <avages?rivers to ford or swim?wild heists to M encounter, aud the still more ! ??" , FKAUKIJL VKJ.L OK Til K SAVAGE 1 rndlan, with his rifle, tomahawk, and scalping knife, no roads but trails, and no resting places {:" sut log cabins. Indeed we imagine, thea* must !'e;s;c lave been as much heroism, in the preach- ' , :r, as there was pluck and courage . J"1' n his congregation. On the authority of the i '1 Ui.v n 'IV slmui wbd derived his infor- le'f nation mainly from Miss Ann McCrackln, n 1 inlf sister of Mr. Wm. Robinson, we make the : Allowing statements, viz. L)r. Clarke's first at Ce ,'isit to tsouth Carolina was made, as nearly as i cern, inn be ascertained In 1T7!? or 1780. Just, one bun- s forln Ired years ago. that he then organized, simul- sllch aneously two churches, both "Associate Re* ? i.,r, brmed," one at lx>ng Cane, on tiio west bank ?p\J if tho creek of tbo samo name, aud six miles! 0i)t;ji v i Cedar Springs, and another two mil heast of the present site, and near the r< ce of Mr. Samuel Morris, and called "Ced tigs" from a large cedar tree, which gr< the spring. Both buildings were of rut (|Ulto in keeping with the times. Iter houses or worsh.p were built at bol es, during the ministry of Dr. C arte tin say previous to 1702 In which year he die eitams of Interest are given In relation econd church built at Long C.'ano viz. t < used In building the church, (the same ir Hprlngs) were ull "wrought"?one of tl rons at Long Cane, carried the dinner eve to the men engaged in building It, at ied the large cr elc without the aid i;es or foot logs, in other words she wad S8. The worthy Pastor, Dr. Clarke was t! person burled In the new cemetery at (J springs. In death, as In life, he led tl #ai? ttic nnnnln fVillnW HII t. ! AIflf? PlLl oestlned to meet some sad reverses. < 5lh or September ltfitt, ilic Kev. Mr. Port ned tlie Pastoral chiirge of that e.tinrc ;glng that his charge was too large." The p fere dissatlslle I, and asked for a certtrtca h whs granted. They had only occasion lies or preaching from the Presbytery, ai a time from Mr. Porter, they could n l Pastor, and the Hock was scattered. Tl Ch was vacant ror more than twenty yew n tuwlvn fii-iiillcs Inlned at Hooewell. no a part, of t he Pastoral charge under I Prcssley, Feb. 2>th, IfCW. and ha sustain* re'allon ever since, and has ))rospered. nay not t><; amiss at this point to advert irluln of the "Associate Reformed Chun' listory of one of whose Pastoral charges It Carolina, weare this day reviewim/, v r sprint's and Long Cane. "In 15S8 t Mi Protestants entered Into an associate h they DKNOMTNATKD THE "COVENANT." was to protect themselves against an e id invasion from Spain. The union of tl us of Scotland and England ill IWM re?u a Iiienirehy, which was deemed dangc n the last degree to Presbyterian Interes t followed a new covenant. In the rei( taries the 1st. the "solemn ieigueand coi nt" was formed with parliament to nrott Presbyterian clturches. In 1UH!) Eplscop as established In law in England and It ,anil Presbyterian ism in Scotland. A pc [>f the Scottish kirk protested against an t shed church, tis contrary to the "solen le and covenant," and coniilcling with t er headship of the Kedeemer. So much I 'Reformed'' branch. rr 12, the doctrine of the right of patrona revived in Scotland. About 17.T2, a case i ?d In which a jMinister was forced on relation against their will. In a scrim shed before t?e Synod of Pert it and Stei i,lie Itev. Ebeneser Erskine a minister ngulxhcd ability and intluenc \ denounc great freedom the act of Assembly alio' atrnnage. He wascensured.and hence arc lecesrlon and oigan station of the Assocli bytery of Scotland Nov. 17th 1733. A sub! it division of this body Into Burghers a burghers took place. They were again i u/i in,.lor ihn ininiHat"Tlinunited seeessl cli. The Kev. Messrs. Gellutly und Arn 2 to America. TUey reached the Provln nnsylvanla and organized the Assocln bytery In November of 17/V1. In 177(5, tl bcr or Ministers had increase'l to thlrtee the Presbytery of New York was set c hleh most likely Dr. Clarke was a ei In June 17.SJ, large portions of the H led Presbyterian, and iho Associate Pn rlan churches, (the latter called secedt d at Pequa Pennsylvania and formed t oelate Itefor'ned Presbyterian church rlca. . rinrke enment last and settl?d here or about 178-1, or 17.W. and surrounded l men lor Elders, as llobert Foster, lOliji la r, Mr. Patterson, James MeHride, Artli row. Kobert Gibson, and William Kobersc ibored untii his death, Dcc. i'litli I7U3. e writer, when a mere child, has oft I by the ?rave, In Cedar springs cemetei in childish ignorance, wondered, not h at the self-denial, and courage of t ister (fo.-of these h -Knew nothing), as act Unit his was the only Horizontal si arbie in that, even then thickly populut of the dead, and ndinl-ed with loving re ee, the beautiful gr#re of Cedars which HELD PEliPKTUAL WATCH. his ashes. The writer, as he grew up hood, learned more of his charactcr, a ids it to this hour with increasing revi . It was In l&ij tiiat a printed copy of 1 oral letter, to the congregation in Ire a hich lie iiiid clia ge before ills removal country, fell into his hands, and from tthered a clearer Insight. Into the uu hi ious and ministerial character than lie ii had before. The Pastoral add re s was t .'li'ort of his life. Whtii lie laid aside l he also breathed Ills last, and ceased to work and live, lie was f und by I l.v in dying c mditlon with that address i him. [e being dead^'ot speaketh". In that a i, lie reminds his former congregation, early zeal for the cause of Clu-i.it, and tin >iml piety. Ho speaks of the uuiltteral ivliicli tilled tlie heart of an elderly tuenil e church, who had made many r-acrilices I auso of religion and contributed, largely leans to repair the House of God. i reminds tiietn of the case of a young cht man, among them who having cousin ded ge his condition in life, by getting iiiiusel religiously determined t > spend a day ng and prayer, in order to secure the Divi libation and guidance, iy a matter of 1 consequence to himself. i the day selected, he retired early with 1 !. into a neighboring grove, and cnminenc ,-ork of reading, meditation and prayer, rred to hiui (^as stated by the Pastor,) il ihurch and lier prosperity had paramoy is upon hint, and should bo remembered ti s prayers. He became so much absorbed liferent, that the tvlioie time was spent ig God's blessing, on His people and lie c ;ely forgot, the primary object for which net apart the day. This may sound strati] the cars of the present generation, and n: oke a smile of contempt on. the part g ladies and gentlemen who regard mal y as a frolic and all serious religi m as fan i. Hucii was not the character of your t irs, and such will not lie your v;e\vs, imc iressure of the stern realities of life, and t initiated and accumulating iiitirmiues of i But a truce to moralizing.? We have giv Llie substance of Dr. Clarke's instances i liineinber then,) of personal piety auioug I er followers of the ERSKINKli IX IRELAND. you are at liberty to receive or reject the itial tiacliiugs as may suit your tastes, y. It has become fashionable to deride I i inflexible principles and practices of so: le Eiigli.-h and Scotch reformers. The titan, and Puritanical are liippnutlv applied and customs of a former generation win s they arc not worthy to unloose. We clu exemption from the common weakness ? mities which encompass humanity for a if men, even the widest and best, but wo n that the world owes a debt of gratitu rh has never been paid, to .such men as Ji. x the Engines, and even to Cromwell a ironside followers, of a former geneiati the Chalmers's, Whitetields and Wesley's i day. Those are names which the wo uot'williiigly let die; and yet these are i that tlippunt and ungodly critics call Pi . Their impress isontne nations of earth ? r record with God on high. om Die. 2(ith 17i)9('to Jan. 1st. A. D. -l e was a vacancy in the Pastorate at Cei ngs when the licv. Alexander Porter n raised over Liltlcjor Parsons Mount began eh here as a licentiate. The following i t from the sessional records kei>t by Est i Devlin is made viz: In 1707, Mr. A. Por ed among us as a constant supply, and fr instant his salary began He was ordaii installed Pastor April 2d A. D. 1793. 'J irs associated with him,- were James j e, Alex Smith, Robert Foster, Samuel Fosl uir Morrow, Andrew Jones, llobert Gibs es Cochran, William Tressluy and James I rter the removal of Cedar Springs church present site it was soon found to be ll for the constantly increasing congregat the first addition made to the building i 301. The money was raised by assessing rt. The assessment amounted to $5.80 ,. Wo may as well state, just here, (olthoi of the order of events) that the pre.-t ling at Cedar Springs was erected in er and spring of 1853 by General P. Hey and Cant.. J. W. Frasier, who did li work and J)r. George W. Pressley, who c ted for the carpentering. ic present building at Long Cane was put . Mr. Jones in 185G and dedicated to the w of God by the present Pastor, ltev. H. n, preaching (July 20th,) from Heb. 2 : church building as remembered by or, (the wooden building altered,) wan a k jed house with the appearance of lnv i added to. at the side opposite the pul] the addition extending the whole length Imildiug. There were no galleries, but 11 part at one end appropriated to the use colored people. The pulpit stood at ab centre of the side of the chinch northwest est Mr. Frasicrs residence. It was a inted by what we called a socnnrui hoard, lo hexagonallv, for the purpose of throw voice of the preacher down. d our young uiiud that sounding board e the type, of all that was good, and gre wise, for had it not heard, and rellected cars of the congregation, all the prayers tions and sermons that had ever been del . in tliat church ? The days of Phonogra] telegraphs had not the arrived, but surely sounding board wo had a practical exeni| Ion of the principles of acoustics, long bef science was reduced to its present state ection. it to return to the Pastorato of the R under Porter. It extended over a period iy fifteen years from Jan. 1st 1797 to Se 1813. It was not however until August 1! he removed to Ohio. This Pastorate t most successful in point of numbeis of c ih marks the history of Cedar Springs churi as probably the period of tlic largest iun ion especially from Ireland into the limits congregations of Long Cane and Get iigs. The writer has recently learned fri iged and afflicted mother, that his grai er married by the Baileys, McBrides a y others came into Abbeville, direct fn ,nd about A. D. 171)0. It is very likely th j was a continuous stream of imnngrai ag the last decade of the pant and the li do of the present century. The write dfather Samuel Leard was married to Gibson, and all his children were born in t h of Ireland. .. 1,: . f.l n umi u.i awu limb ui air, k, iiuumumvi , iui unt anil a brotlier, lien sleeping iu calin i , in the adjoining graveyard awn hetrumpets signal in the resurrection moi 100, Feb. 21th liis grandfather Samuel Lea elected an Klderln this church in comy 'ilh Mtssrs. William McUaw, John Haiti John Young, Archibald Thompson hi li McBride, According tothereturn^ma ;neral hynod in A. I). lrt"2, there were i:ongret:atlon Two hundred und sixty fun embracing, according to the unsual esi ! of Jive persons to a family, thirteen hundr 1. Of this large number, five hundred we nunicants; and at one time as many hundred and sixty persons communed line. This was the ci.imaxgp prosperity darSprings, so far oa numbers are co ;d. Of the state of piety we are not 1 ed. It is a fair presumption, linwever.th remarkable external prosperity, indicati ge share of mental aud spiritual uctivit it the Pastoral work, at this time, hi own Uie utreugth of uuu iuuii is fartb m mmmmmmmmmmmmmammmmmmmmmttammmmmmmamamm lesi Indicated by the fact, that the following j s- A. D. 1S03. Mr. Porter re-lgned the Long 0 nr portion of his charge and devoted himself ;w cl naively to the congregation at Cedar 8prli le Thin in the end proved, as we have seen,a gi calamity to Long Cane church. It? Intel ,h harmony and unity were shaken, and at ii at twelve amUles were drawh orfinto a slater id* i nomination. Mr. Porter rendered them w to ministerial service, a?did other ministers he pointed by the Presbytery. Finally the puis at ate of I he Rev. J. T. Preusley wa extended c tie It, and it has prospered ever since, ry ISO I, or shortly after, the Eldership at Ce id Springs was strengthened by the clec Ion of Messrs. John Devlin, Esq., John Preasley, Ii I'd (fatner of tlio late Samuel P. Hresslny the lie tlngulshed Presbvterlan preacher) wm. D le- sen., and Joseph Mccreary, Esq. Throe of tl tie gentlemen nre Intimately issoclnted with ne earliest dawn of memory on the part of Hi writer, viz: Wra. Dale, Esq., at whoso sprln or near It the wr>ter flrstsaw the Inside of a sol :h, houscand where at.flveyears of age heliarne eo read. John Devllii, Esq., whose tall, sler te form, thoughtful ountcnanee, and quick ul lirin and decisive step, are Indelibly stam id upon his memory, 'squire Devlin, as we oa ot him, wan no ordinary man. He possesse lie commanding Influence In the church rs. neighborhood, and transmitted some of It. finest traits of Ills character to Ills sons, the )r. Dr. Kobert and James Devlin, Esqs. The tl ed was Joseph AlcCrcary, Esq., with whoso ? John and Joseph, the writer spent, at sch to some of the happiest years ot Ills chlldtn :li, There wns a type of character common am in these Scotch Irish immigrants and their lz mediate descendants, worthy of all praise, he to which we may recur again beforo clo: jn this lecture. The audience will pardon the writer for at alluding to his own family, as for a few y at least, it is intimately Interwoven, with ? *" may be called the domestic, and personal tory of some at least of the members of Ci i/iiuivu uuiiiifj uig pnoiuiaiu Ul 1 !r* Alexander Porter. t?* In A. IX 1813 his maternal grandmother, < J11 Marsh, removed from Northumberland cou >* Virginia to Abbeville district, South Carol set and tlnully settled near the residence of Di 'u- Pressley, Esq., and not far from the home ol e- Rev. Mr. Porter, a pince subsequently o? >r" by t!ie P nnels. Durlmr the ?hon. term ol '?* unmarried life, my mother as a girl full of i'1 became Intimately accquai .tt;d w.th lie daughters of the Rev. Mr. Porter and Di or Prevtley, Ksq. According t>> her recollect of Mr. Porter he was a fine looking m^nse ol life and innocent mlrthfu'nesH?he mar >c- a sister of t 'ol. Cochruu's, by her bad " daughters. Betsy and SaTly, near my motl >n age, and abounding In Joyous young life ri- gaiety. He (Mr. Porter) allowed "old Da ?J the tiddler,to come at times into the house, ed play for the ainu einent of the girls, una kV* iiiris to dtincc, provided always that they dai we (j// Uieiwu-lvex. No one of the mascu.ine gei llc was ai'owed to intrude uporvthe privacy of domestic enjoyment. Hewaaa re. PPltlTAN OF THE OLD STAMP; on but a Puritan relaxing at times from the i ot rules of propriety observed by his ra e. ce all It was only a romp to the sound of mi to and In no wise partaking of the characte lie the modern ami more dangerous indulgenc u. the promiscuous and fashionable dlssipal His doctrine was that "men should dance n- gether," and women In like manner. Redi c- to this analysis any one with half an eye is- see that this much loved indulgence would i 5rs fau |nto ilixrcpulc unit dLicnnti uunc.n. he HuL a truce to moralising. Let ur returi in the thread of our history. Perhaps one of most engrossing events which occurred du ,lp the pastorate of the Rev. Mr. Porter, was by Theological Controversy with the Rev. .In !l'1 K Glenn of the Methodist Episcopal churcl ur this controversy of course we can say but II m, Tliisevcntoccurred before the birth of the w and of its merits he can say not hing from en I sonal knowledge. In the minds of a few of ry, older members of this congregation, th re I be a shadowy recollection of the cireumsta he connected with It. Their dissertations < at published at. the time, but they have crum al> into the dust olonst with the bodies of c'd champions themselves. It is doubtful If a i iv- of either pamphlet remains unconsumcri the looth of time. It would hardly be pos; not/.-to renew (he clash of intellectual i which turn so deeply Interested both nilnii to and members. Good men, if not wiser nu than t>irn are morutolerunt of opposition, er- i are moro.wlllinj: to extend to each other lis right to an honest difference of opinion, iid this grace of Ood, let us be truly and hun to thankful. it On sept. 28th A. D., 1813, the Rev. Mr. P< irs was released from his pastor 1 charge but ad not remove finally from the district u he August, 1814, lis His removal from the congregation and ut Slate may be regarded as a great cabin lis There was not only th? loss of his valu >o- services us minister and friend, but it ut tied the minds of many of his congretrai ,d- They were strongly drawn to follow him to ()p ureal Northwest. Mr. Potter whs horn reared in Abncvllle county, west of Far , Mount?tradition says that Ills father was 1 jle | ed in the Indian war?the time of his birth ?? '" known?primary education received at hot for his literary training at Dickinson Col of Pennsylvania?and his theological under Nesbit.. Ho was the tlrst. native born nnrr of the Presbytery, and among the 11 rs t of Synod?commenced preaching ntCVdnrSpr ? and Ijong (Jane January 1st, 171)7?removec '.a Ohio in Mill, and becalm* a member of the A in elate Reformed Presi-yfery of Kentuckyiue tallied bett'-r health and laboured most fi ku fnlly.doingmuch forth?advancempnt.otV'lw Kingdom in the Northwest, until 1*15, wlie fell asleep in Jesus, lie had been an a< ? , minister oft eilospe for about thlrty-e years.?1K / (tcl/rom Church Jiccorda kcjii It U- n. /'. II. lintdley. J lat To some o the causes which led to the g int exodus of the members of tliisehiirch, ten y later wc will recur asrain. The vacancy li pastorate which ensm d until July, A. D. 1 I } about four years?was another great ? , jwhlcii led to the disintegration of t he eh l,i" ! and final emigration of large numbers of he | people to the northwest. We may as wel'! 40-1 the result Just here. From about IHSi to 1S:| my period of/Ice years, the collective record of Long Cane and 0 dar Springs, together, s a roducilon of families from 2tli) I" isoi to i; j IS-W, and of members from .VM to 341. and \ a*~ is remarkable this falling away occurred 11 ui- the ministry of, perhaps, the most act ler piishod minister and pastor ihc church ;lie ever had up to that time. Thlsmlnistcrwa ild 1 te retl KKV AND DIt. JOHN TAYLOtt I'KESSLEY, (as of whom and his distinguished family, we :iiu have a ew things to say. At what time the Fressley family emigr to South Carolina Is unknown to the pr< wilier, and also the precise relatlonsin j in- tween the elder William Fressley and Di .... John and Kenhen, who were brothers, Is 1. Known. It hi with David Fressley, Esq., 1 0 his Immediate descendants tuat sve have I me <jn this occasion. rut The writer's grandmothers,Mrs.Marsh,C :i to /Ibbevllleoiswe have stated/with hlsmothe I I'hilil mill il yi.iMwiu'hiif n n mnrmm fir jm oi children beside-, in lKl:{,urid soon found j ! self sett led mar to Mr.Davld Pressley, who occupied the only brick house in ttie cr u and which afU?rward became the property : the home of t he Yarboroughs, A warm df, mu'ual friendship soon sprang up between liti Virginia widow and hcrchlldr?n,aud theP ind ?he found in them a protector and un Fressley confided .so entirely in her intfj j ' and miod management that when lie first i t,, I an experimental residence in Ohio, lie left 'r'"! house and plantation in her care. He ret u the [again apparently dissatislled with his cii iri-, and his remains are now covered with the imT I of his cherished south Carolina. j This gentleman,David Fressley.wasthefi 7,,7 I of th? Kev. Jolin J ., Drs. Hamuel and Ge 1 j and the Kevs. James and William Pro , I Greatly honored of God was he, In ha "? | three sons in the ministry and two oiheri 1 to j speetable practitionersoi medicine. Dr. G ex- I're.-sley was the life long,and greatly estee ? friend of the writer, and of him we shall tor somethi' g more par icular losay after aw ' TSie daughters Betsey and Alary, were mar , I the (lrst, lie sey to Dr. Urowne and the set 'fu Mary, to Kev. Mr. Lowry. The three brot Lhe itev. J. T? Dr. Samuel and Dr. G. \V. Pres He- all married daughters of Joseph Hurst, Esq ter, the three other daughters of Mr. Hurst ( on j were six in all) were married respeetivel \m- 1 follows, viz: Mary, or Molly as she was ci 08 tr. Tlu.r.liw I'hllllu l.\n Vtfir.il, r. . Ho H , ISonar or Bonner and %largaret, or Pegg *? Hard Labor John Hurst, Ksq. too John Pressley, brother of David Pressley, ion the father of the greatly admired and mile ,vjtrt loved Revs, wainuei P. and Ebenezer Pre.ti;e both eminent In ihelr profession, and Do . of Divinity. Judge Pressley, now of the H ' %' Carolina Bench,Is also,adescendantot the: distinguished family (perhaps of Reuben unt, younger brother.) tlio Alter this some A'lmt gossiping sketch o H. Pre-slcy family, allow the writer to retur the the g; eat central figure (at least in his J ou. ment) of the whole group, viz.- the Rev. JOHN TAYLOR 1'KKS.SLEY. up He received his literary Klucatlon at or- Transylvania University, and his theolo X. tnilnlng under the late celebrated Dr. . 2o' M. Mason of New York. He seems to have ' xessed talents of a high order and these 10 develope by the most careful study, and ?US best helps our country atlbrded. lie qui ing took a i.igh position in the church ot w pit, lie was a minister and exercised great i nil u of over the cougr. gallon of which he w.is pti ? As well us the writer can remember, he 'f singularly free from all eccentricities of 1 \ ner, and crude undigested matter In the pt out As a child-the writer, of o urse, could lorn t ?r estimate ot the character of Mr. Press mr- preaching, he > an only remember the p and thoughtful face, the measured cadenc his voice which was agreeable and pleusai the ear, and the marked propriety and sole ing 1 ty <>f his bearing in the house of God. In earlier years he was slender 111 person j,c_ straight as an arrow. ? For 11 long time the writer had supposed ' lie reoeiveu me ordinance ?>i uapusm at ou hands, both of his parents being raembei ex- Cedar springs church at the time; but. liv-1 mother's recollection'Is not. clear on that p ihs j He may have been baptised by Mr.. J'resslc ju some visiting minister lim ing the vacanc, ..j!. the pastorate from iid.'l to 1S17 when Mr. 1": " ley was ordained and installed. , My father, Andrew Le*rd died In 1S22, on the Sabbath following Ills burial the w heard or rather Im/i-ncit U) the lhst seimoi cv. his life. It was preached t>y the pastor, of every word seemed to be addressed to the I ?t aching broken heart beforo him. The pj i. a i never knew how eagerly the orphaued boy , | tuned to his message of sympathy and I vas That sermon was preached nearly Hfty j my ago, but the general impression is Just as % ch. as bo day it was uttered, 'i'ho text and th ni- rnngement of Ideas, Is ot course, obliter of I irom the memory of a child Just seveu j iai. old, but not the race, voice, and teudernes: the preacher. For that sermon the writer always cherished the most reverential ,cl" gurd ft rthe preacher. tid There was another occasion on which jni person and manner of the late Dr. J. T. P at ley, were most vividly Impressed on the ni its ory of t he writer, aye burnt into his c?nscl ; ness, by flames of life. Text?"The wagei _ sin is death. " -IS There may be n very few persons 8tIU 11' a In Abbeville county who remember that b he | lngday lu August 1S2< when thousands of I women unci children, both white and cob: ;h-' assembled together In an old field not re_ | from the residence of Mr. Donald to wit | the execution of a beastly criminal by u I BUKNING AL.IVK AT THE fjTAKK. r(l I The crime committed cannot with propr "v* be numed?t he name and memory of the cr r- nal ought to be consigned to eternal obliv ldiBut theresat theprisoner, the waiting impat j ? crowd, the immense pile of pitch nine logs |j. | kindling wood scattered around, the sheriff H_ I his posse, the temporary platform for the prea rf! I that preacher the He v. J. 1', Pressley. fo re j was determined tliat the fiendish eriti u-s ' should hear his own funeral sermon pronoun ut The sermon was appropriate, solemn, and < tender; the prisoner sat immediately in front the stand and covered his faco during the w n- service. At the close Mr. Pressley descended n- j taking the wretch by the hand spoke word* ,l[ j council and sympathy to him. Mr. Prc> ! wept. The writer had never seen him so m? , betoro. Ho was not used to tho molting n: cr in public, aud seemed rather to deprecate t 'ear indulge in outward expression of feeling. As ane the poor doomed man ascended the pile he began to pray audibly and this was kupt up continuous- 1 rent ^ during the process of chaining him' to the 1 nnl stako. and until the mounting llames deprived J eu.st him of a wretched life. This was the last execu- ] de- tion by flro ?(Ver seen in Sonth Carolina. t >rae Among the Hubstantial men of tho congrega- ] ap- tiou when Dr. J. T. Pressley entered on the pas- i t(jr" torate in Jtilv 1816, we find the folio whig who { In were Pre"cmment for piety and usefulness, viz: 1 >dar "ie Fosters who were.numerous and very influ- ? , of ential. There were James W., comtronly called j :sq? "toaster" Foster because ho was a school teacher; j dls- James Foster, junior. Robert Foster, from a fam- * ily of the name name, and contemporary with my ( 1teJJu mother, were Eliza and Katie FosUt the first j J|j? (Eliza) was married to Dr. Hamtiol Marshall and j ? or became the mother of Col. J. Foster Marshall, so , tool well known in the district and so distinguished d to for patriotic services. The other Katie was mar- \ lder ried to Andrew McComb of Long Cane, au hon- 1 b?! ored name in the annuls of Abbeville. And then 1 Hell ^ere wero "ie McBrides, tbo Devlitis, (already j tt mentioned) the Drennans, tho Pattersons, the nn,l Jordans, tho Kennedys, the Pattons, tlic Pressthe loys and last but not leant, my fathors friend and lute neighbor, Samuel Morris, Esq. With auch corned manding ability in tho pulpit and such an array of strength and character in the session and Kid C0"Pr?oati?u it might seem strange that corresl)ni; ponding success and enlargement of boundary 1m. did not follow. We have seen that the ?nd PALMIEST DAYS OK CEDAB 8PBRTO8 ' and Long Cane chnrches, were in 1802 and for a ;ain few succeeding years. Wo have already hinted curs at some of the causes of decline. Let us look at hat them a little more closely. And first of all let us 'y8* devoutly remember that "'God is judge. He setteth up one and putteth down another.'" All ' agencies are His aud worked by Divine appointors. nient or permission. Tho tide of immigration nty, ceased so far as Abbevillo is concerned, early in In a, the present century, and tho tido of emigration jvid was at full flood from 1825. to 1830 and this bore ; ' S away in the ond pastors and people. Death was tl(,r also busy and hundreds succumbed to the malaUftf ria engendered by the rich lands and sluggish tlie waters of Long Cane creek aud its tributaries. *vid The great Northwest was onotiing up with its Ions healthy climate (or supposed so to be) and broad full and beautiful prairies,with their fabulous product wo t'on ?' neCe,tt!a 8 of life aud our ier'8 People! naturally restless since their removal from atul their beloved Irclaud, were ju.it in that frame of ve," mind to seek always for a better home than they und possessed here. Another and very influential Uit. cause of this exodus to the West, was the introlccd duction of negro slavery, and the constant aud Llils HU'ad-v increawe tho-black population. They ' (the Scotch Irish) inherited an instinctive love of freedom forthemselves and their children, and although drawn into tho purchase and use of 'IkI'1 slavo labor tbey did not like it. The writer's Lficr pother remembers to this day the unconquerable r or prejudice of some tho first ladies in this congro,e of gation since the year 1800 to be served _ in the Jon. Eitchen and at the table by black cooks and waitto ers. One iu particular who would on no account iced suffer a negro to wash her clothing. She did it ean herself wheu unable to employ wlute labor. Ah j00tl an evidence of the independent of character, 1 tQ and vigorous health enjoyed by the ladies of that the Jay v!0 state the fact that a Virginia widow with ring a family of five children, the eldest, a daughter his of fourteen years, and a young cousin just iu hia inies young manhood in 1813 undertook the journey ' Of "from the shores of Chesapeako Bay to Long Cane "iVp Abbeville county. Of course this was done by per- P"vata "conveyance and that conveyance of tl,e the simplest and rudest construction. .She sought iimy an only brother and tho advantages of a freshtices er country than that which she had left behind, were That energetic irrepressiblo woman wax tho blpcl writer's grandmother. On the authority of tra dition we state that Mrs David Pressley the l' '|,y mother of ilev. J. T. and Dr. G. W. Pressley, did *11,le not hesitate to mount her horse and all alone irms make a visit to her daughter Mrs. Lowry, then sters i living somewhere in Georgia or Alabama, and. now | returning le&ve Augusta iu the morning and a"'1 j reach her homo near Cedar Spring church by For u'tfht. Later still, after tho death of Mr. Press t I lot* wViA rnHo nn hnruphonlr anrl alnno frnni A). noiy '' ** ?? v.. ? " I ?? ? bevillo to Olno on a visit to ber relatives there )rter and b;ick pgain ax it pleased her inclination or did pleasure. On one of these trips, tradition hath 111111 it, that when neariug the end of her jouruoy ' in Ohio she called at dusk, at a home on the road side and asked foi lodgings. She wa? inutile formed that there was to bo a wedding there that iset- night and for that reason there wonld be no room Hon. for travellers. She insisted and western hospi'th" talitv could not turn away a lady. She, alighted and and "awaited the appearance of the groom. Yon clU- ' 0111 *ma" 'nli 'ier nut-prise and joy when he provnot ] ed to bo ker sou, William (wo think) who had no? emigrate* to that State pome years before. I lege; lint to return to negro labor we can apeak of Dr. i these things now freely, and. without reproach 8ler j since the institution itself has passed away. We t"(e j are not making an argument, but stating facts, at least as tlioy come up before our mind. I3olsso sides, after the insurrection at San Doiditigo -ol>- with its cruel slaughter of men, women and ilt.li- childreu, and the attempted insurrections in Vir 1st."* ^inia. there was an apprehension o coming can i lamity. Our people wished to get away from the ight ( DANOEJW OF ANOTHER SERVILE ISHCBUECTION. -rent we 'iavft HO mnc^> historic trulii ro:enrs (ln'res that we should add that the negro was i the treated with the utmost kindness and consideraSl"? 1 tion by the great majority of those who owned iusc, I them. They wero well fed. clothed, kindly cared ii reh j for in sickness and not over-worked. Gonera'ly ''ie they wore considered as members of the family, j], ^ I only they lived in separate houses and ate at a s' ?f | dliferent tablo. The clothing and food wore tho i.rvn- i Hdim? in oualitv and onantitv. Dnriii?r the Das i~> In torate of Dr. Pressley great interest was tnkeu at vhftt one time in the instruction of the negro in the j nUer Word of God. Throughout ono summerat least ; hud Feat uutlJberK them might he seen in classes s the 6rove wonud the old church, all taught by white men and women. It was church work and rigbt earnestly did both pastor and people eugage in it. This continued uutil a cruel edict wits I panned by our Legislature that the negro should ated not he ta'ught to read. .'Kent I ANOTHER CAUSE OF DISQVIKTU OF. ' t>e." I was the rumbling thunders of tlie NulllfleaiVld> | tion excitement. A conlllet with the ("ieneral un* Government was Imminent. The chief leadanu ers n( the movement in Mouth Carolina were do 0f Irish extinction. 'J'lie clear-headed, and far-seeing Calhoun, the eugle-eyed and inn, 0 domltftblo McNulfie, the cultivated and encr,?r getic Hamilton, were certainly the patriotic mtly |L.,uiers of the cause of States' Rights in up,,cr" perCaroliim. The great body of the Irifch of ll,en Abbeville, were patriotic to the core. They lUtry <vor<> tiin cockade and other insignia. of the 11111 cause, both moil and women. They were, ami ,.0il(jy ut a moment's notice to take the' l tlio ^ej,|( -viid defend, wii.li their fortunes and their lives, what they conceived to he their ,lr- Inalienable birth-right, the right to be free, urity This contest was kept up, wltii more or less iiaue virulence from about IviS to LSi'i. It assumed , lUgreatest violence in. l&B and WW, when rned president Jackson issued his famous Procla- | ll"K? mation, which left 10 the fcjouth Carol 1118011 lans, the alternative of * ither st'"mission to congkkss, ok tiie hai.tku. orge, The result is known but need not be com>sley. men ted on. It is a singular lact, however, ving that the leading spirits in this great struggle i re- were South Carolinians, and all of Scotch. W. Irish extraction. The parentage of John C. mod Calhoun has beefj alluded to: and we state have here a fact In relation to Andrew Jackson, lille. which may not be generally known, viz, that Tied: he was born in South Carolina?that his pasoud, rents came from the north of Ireland?and hers, that his early training, so far as he received sley, any, was probably in the Seeeder, and If not .and there, certainly in the Presbyterian church. her?- A vigorous writer thus sums up his character: y as Behind thj! proclamation, and the- threat, illed, .stood the Iron man, who knew no fcirr, and > Mr. no relenting, as immovable as a mountain, y, to and as Inexorable as 'death. (Jen. Jackson was as firm as a rock. He was not a compro, was mining man," &c. When Gre^k meets Greek, h be- then comes the tug of war. We have introisley, duced these two great historical characters ctors here, as embodying the highest traits of the louth Intellectual and moral character of the same Scotch-Irish immigrants. It has been a thco, the ry of the writer, all through life, that John C. Calhoun was, (under God; Indebted to the f thej strictly moral and religious training he re n to | ceived from ills mother, who was the daught udg. or of ? Presbyterian minister, for that irreproachable, moral purity, which distinguished him from the mass of his political associates, quitehs much as hlsgrcat mental supe, the riorltv elevated him ahove the masses of gieui mankind. I'tye sjime Is true of Jackson. John Whatever may be said ol* the political strug pns rjie, it was disastrous to religion, as nil civil were revolutions are. Then occurred the resigimthe tlon, during tills conflict, of Dr. J. T. Pressiekly ley, and ills release from his pastoral charge, hicli November, 10, A. D. 18.11, This was soon follence lowed by his removal to Alleghany, Pa., and istor. the consequent disintegration and disperwas 8({)U 0f the ilock. Already reduced in 183U to nan- 172lamiliesand ?il communicants; the conilpit. ijregatlon was in great danger of being entire* i no jy absorbed by surrounding denominations ley's of Christians. Prominent anionc ilii?iu? ivi>b> ;rave the Baptists, and Methodists, wTio were alio of ways aggressive unil zealous in tnclr religit to luus character. inill- DL'HINO THE INTKlt-KEGNUM OK FIVE ills YEARS which followed, the writer. In lfStt, bethat came a member of the Methodist Kplsco1,1* pal church at Asbury Chapel, aud under the itinerant pastorate of Uov. \\ . M., now ilishhi? ?P? Wlghtman, of the SI. K. Church, South. ..I.., in 1 *:! >, he entered the ministry of that ... 1 church, and by the help of God, through Christ, has continued to this day. * Tills external separation from the church of his fathers, (allow him to say), has never ftn i obliterated the tender recollections of his rlter childhood and youth, nor diminished aught i of ?f reverenee and respect for all that Is pure, md wise, and good, In the Church of his fathers, little These recollections are hallowed by time, 1 ,Kt.and all discordant notes are mellowed, ami ! ils softened as they fall upon the heart, through I ...' the inediuiiiof intervening years. ; In closing this imperfect sketch of the perdvld sons and events of the past, allow the writer , to refer to some of the personal friendships, iiii'ii which existed between himself and members ears o{ this congregation, in one instance at least, 'r | through a long series of years. Among his 'has I friends he numbers Mrs. Charity Krasler, anil herson James, who. although not members of Cedar Springs, were by position, and ussoelation, very closely identified with It. She rhs(r was like a mother, and James was his school" mate and friend. Squire John Devlin, and ous- l?ls brother James, and Dr. Robert, were all a of personal friends. Bartholomew (called ltar5 iy) Jordan and his aged father, and his ,ix,.ir? cedent wife, always treated the orphan boy, ur'? with tenderness and kindness. Samuel Jorn ~ dan, and his sister, commonly called widow I ired Wardlaw, on Reedy Branch, were intimate j fi friends and neighbors. Samuel Morris and n' | Ills venerable widow, now .ss years old, were the nearest m-lghbors and most intimate friends of his father and mother. Ills manly form and upright character, stand as a laiuli?tv mark of tho noble Christian men of sixty I inf. years ago. As an infant, the writer has been inn often borne in the arms of his aged widow, God bless her. She was the intimate, per. haps bosom friend of his mother, In the years nn(* of her earliest womanhood. The Campbells, and who went ilfly years ago to Illinois to wither i cher away and die In that unhealthy climate, r it cannot be forgotten. linal William 1'atton, the energello, successful | _nfi business man, who set us all to raising cotton,and bought our crops, In tho seed, and I r -yu" I paid us In goods, who lived near tlio foot of ;i of I Parson's Mount, find who was slain by an j\ hole j assassin and a robber at. the loot of the Cum- t and berland Mountains, whilst on a Journey M \ i 0f the West, deserves a place in our warmest if islev admiration. !<. , Many others might be mentioned but the e , j writer has reserved fof the lusl, his life-long c] ioou unalterable friend g JiftU | 1 ? DR. GEORGE W. PBESBLET. rlc was a brother of the Rev. J. T. Presslcj mil thoy had uiurrled slBtcm. The Doctc vasa married man, nnd a practitioner < nedlclne, whilst the writer was still a boj ess than eighteen year# of age. We wer hen living on Curl Tall Creek, and so wan ht le whs our family physician, and there grc1 ip a friendship between us. which never cnc ;d during his long and nserul life. Tho Do< or was a small, wiry man?quick and impn live In all his mental and moral traits. H vns w<?ii educated nnd intelligent. In thn >ortlon of Ills life, he was not remarkable fc >lety, though he maintained his connectior vlth the church, and seemed possess th lecpest reverence for Ood, and His woinhij :n 181? we parteil , he to pursue successful! lie path which led to wealth honorand intli wee, the writer to devote himself to th vork of an Itinerant prenchqr. Our pursuits were dissimilar; perhaps w vert-as dissimilar In leading mental an )hyslcal traits. We differed <on points ( jhurehgovernmentand Christian rioetrinc mil yet we were one in heart. The writ* ioon found that he was not forgotten by hi 'rlend. He followed him up in his varlou ippointments, wrote to him occasionally, en xnimged him, always met him kindly, whe lie would return lioine.on short visits to hi mother. And so the yearn rolled on. The aun? the crushing, terrlblecivil war, with It rearful results- At the.close of It the wrlU was living In Chester, and had gone a fe< miles down the Railroad to assist a brothc minister In a meeting. Ono evening nbot lusk we were together nt Corn well's Tur Out to send off letters by the Charlotte trail W hen the cars moved off the writer saw small, feeble, old gentleman and a yonng It Jvwlth two heavy trunks standlngrnear liln \V'e heard the old gentleman cal Ing to two negro men, who were loatln nbout, and trylngto hirtf them to convey Hi trunks a mile down the Kailroad, and to th house of a friend. Tho writer thought he rt cognized the voice, and advancing said, "] this Dr. George Fressly 1" "Yea!" he rep I lei "and whoiucyou?". "Lenrd," was tho ni Hwer. "What, my old friend Samuel Leard! Iieasked. "Yes,'; and the next Instant hi nrrns were around him, and he was embrace with all the tenderness and affection of brother. The whole programme was now changct The negroes were dismissed. The young lml and her trunks were placed In the buifgy, b the side of the other clerical frlond ; the Do tor and writer walked together down I Boyd's, talking of the past and present. E said that he had lost all. Wife dead, propc ty swallowed up in useless bond that he had recently returned from Illlnol whither he had cone to visit his younw brother; that he had a lurxe sum of mon< on his person; mvnuyyent by persons in 11! nols to their friends In Chester, to help the In distress,and the object of his visit the was to distribute thut money amoug thoi to whom it was *ent, Ac. On the lollowlng Monday the Doctor din* with iih In l!hf?vtj?rvlllo. ttortn nff/?r rllrtn ho said, "Mr. Leard I take the train thin n ternoon for Philadelphia. I am a self-o pointed colporteur. I um golngttguln Into tl great West to distribute religious books. V may never meet again, and I desire that \ pray together, before we part," "Certain Doctor.'" The family wa-s called together. 1 drst he refused to lead the worship, but tint ly consented. The writer will leave his a dicnce to Judge with what feelings, he iiea the dear old doctor, rend that Psalm, and he he listened to the earnest pleading pray< which was watered with many tears, as ascended to the throne ot God. The writ saw him but once afterward, and that wi when in company with UK. ISAAC BRAXCII of Abbeville, he came to the South Carolli Conference as a delegate, from the "Circles Prayer" then so Influential, for good in i this region of country. Oh, what a ehan; for the better. Divine grace, acting tlirouj age, and misfortune had made, upon the on largely careless, and worldly young mcrab of the Church of Christ. It may not be Improper, to sum up, a few the lending characteristics of the people "Cedar.Springs Church," and nolghborhoc as they existed FIFTY YEARS AGO. First. Great simplicity of manners. Tin were poor, generally, or at most In very mo e rate circumstances. The blandishments wealth, mid affectation of cultivated soclel had not Invaded these quiet Irish home Kven those who had acquired property, ai some of the advantages of a superior edue (ion, were not pufl'et^up, but wisely retaint the openness, and frankness of their less f< tunnta neighbors. The men, and women gc oral ly rode to church on horseback, or we on fAot. There were few carriages In the days. The minister (as we called liimt aiwa drove his own open barouche, contain!) himself and family. Not many others enjoyed so distinguish a privilege. Some walked barefooted un they got near the church, and then sllpn on their Sunday shoes And stockings. Tl men wore homespun invarliiuly. The w men also generally, petticoat and sho gowns. T1 e minister and the Doctor wo broad cloth and possibly a few others. Secondly. The men were frank, outspoki and Industrious. Tho women domestic, ergetle mkI kind-hearted. Idleness, son times (railed "idle-say" and hypocrisy we considered great crimes against U?k1, ai society. Wo waited on oursvlves and expe* I'd every body else to do die .same. What > thought. w? said both of men and things, i might be mistaken of course, but we wc honest, not only In the expression of o opinions, but also in the payment of o debts If we did wrong we confessed it. others Injured us, they were certain to hes not only of It, but from thellps of the Injur party. We were not all saints, (far from 1 Imit we hud no cloak for our sins; and shutr mortification mid repentance, were the ft of all wrong doers. Public sentiment w right, however, wrong private conduct mig be. In politics our people were Incorruptib No man could gclotllce, only on the presum Hon of capability and Integrity. No man i talliedolllce only, 011 the score of incorrup blllty. Old Moses Taggartiamongothers) w a line example of what wo mean. Thlsge tleman was Judge Ordlnary and held the n poliitinent from the Legislature for Hie. I had been a school master for some years aft his Immigration to Abbeville. Amongoflit the writers father had been his pupil. The f ercise of discipline, under his administratis was severe, having the promptness of milil ry rule. Not only the switch, butsoinetlm the list was culled Into requisition. Mo boys than one had felt the weight of hisari It was si doctrine generally held In that car day, that boys and girls, must be governe peaceably If possible, but forcibly If nec< sury, A complaint made to the parents cruel treat men t on the part of the Mast was generally followed by an additional a tlgatloii at home. That was probably an e trcnic measure, but It established tlio auth( Ity of the teacher, who ruled as an autocri In his little domain. He was literally a ran arch, and punishment, swift and certain ft lowed every Infraction of the lavs of the 1 Lie kingdom. TheseScotcli-Iriuh people I lleved in the necessity and value of cducatli in all Its various grades Trom the Old Fit Kt'liool lo the colleire. and seinlnarv. Col mon .schools wore established, in every neln borhood, and it wan considered a disgrace r lo be able to read, write und cipher. Thirdly. Flity years ago, our people he were distinguished, for their reverenco I God. His Word, and His Sabbaths. Th< may have been men among us there, w swore profanoly under strong provocatlo but they condemned It In themselves ai others. Ills Word, the IMule was TO BE FOUND IS EVEBY HOUSE, and wnK the final arbiter on every question doctrine and morals. A "Thus sallh t liord," did not adinlt of any nppeal. Xext the lilhle came "Hie Westminster Confess I of Faith," the Assembly's Larger and Short Catechism, Uos ton's l-'onrfold State, llnrvej Medltatlous und Huck's Theological Dictlo ary. Along with these y6u might find oc< slonally liunyan's Pilgrims Progress, and i old copy of Burns's Poems. Of course son libraries might contain more cooks thi these. The writer hus simply given fru memory, an Inventory of the books found the house of his uncle John Lcard. Kev< encc for, and a strict observance of the Sn bath, with a particularity, which the prose age would brand as puritanical, was a disti gulshed trait In the character of the old til Seceders. If they pushed It to an extreme, was infinitely better, than the loose way observing it which unhappily has grown In general use. Under God the proper obsci unce of the Sabbath Is TUB SHEET ANCHOR OF OCR RELIGIO HOPES, and the palladium of our civil liberty, those days there were no public sabba schools for the children, but every house w a sanctuary, and every father and moth were teachers. We were reluctant scholu sometimes, and often longed for the freudc of the Saturday Just passed, and the mouda so slowly approaching, but we were compelli to read a Bible we could not always und( stand and to commit to memory a ca tech is which we hated ; and who will now say alt a lapse of fitly years that werejmttthe enfoi ed lessons and discipline? Surely the writ docs not. Our picture would not be complete If ^ failed to describe, the usual routine of Sa bath services, as it existed tlfty years ago. this church. Takeasabbath In June, Jul or August for example. Breakfast ovc speedy preparations were made to reaclr tl cliurch. By ten o'clock the larger part of tl i-ongre^atlgn had assembled, and might I secil sitting in groups, on all sides of tl church and under the shudc of the Hue o grove of trees which surrounded the bulldii on all sides but one. viz, next to the gravi yard. The minister and his elders were I the little session house which stood on tli side nearest Mr. Fraster's. As soon as tl minister and eiders adjourned and walked li to the church there was a general inovetuei all around. The congregation in and settle the minister arose and said "let us pray Then lollowed tlio Invocation from live 1 ten minutes. Then came the reading of tl Psalm, and the explanation, or expos!Hot Tills occupied from thirty to forty-five mil utes. Then the clerk lined out the l'salm, an ?l..? ...U/iln /.AmvMuviHitlan Ltiniwi in thf? ci.se. There wit* 110 organ or bass viol nor al of any sort, but the voice of the precento The tunes (amounting to about twelve 1 number) were an importation frbm Irelam i'hen followed the Ions prayer, nay half a hour. Then the singing of another Psaln Then came the sermon of uncertaiu lcugtl mother prayer very short, another Psalm an then the benediction. Two such services ii the hands of sonic ministers would with tli intermissions, pretty well till up the da: Home a little before the going down of tli sun, dinner, Hiblc readings and catechism ut: until bed-time. Such was with some variations our mode < spending the sabbath day at Cedar Harltjgi tlfly years ago. We omit purposely, tueerj Ing babies, pallets, biscuit eaten, pitchers < ivater, dosing hearers, and other little mattei ncldcnt lo shell occasions. Allow the writer bjj way of closing to refc :p a little Incident, which occurred In Ills ow joyhood and which like many other appar ?ntly small things had much to do in the loi nation of life long character. Whilst still a mere child, ills old Irish unci fob 11 I.eard, hired him by the promsse of >a?r of new shoes' to commit to memory th Assembly's shorter Catechism. Amongst th ??uny good tilings contained in tlmt littl j(K>k, there Is one <iuest.ion and answoi viiich through a somewhat extended life ha brined the sheet anchor eft ail Ills'religlou lope. It Is the first, viz,- "What Is the cliii >nd of man ?" answer. "To glorify God an tnjoy him forever." Tl>e>c is a world of prac ieal and experimental teaching contained ii hut question, ami answer. It i.s A COMPI-ETB SUMMARY >f nil experimental a?d practical religior t contains In the compass of a nut shell, th vbole of duty anil prl'Mtege for time and etei ilty. Our duty; "U> gtorify (iod." by ou vatehfulness. carefulness, self-denial, prayci ulness, obedience. iXitfv, hope and cliaritj jur privilege: "to enjoy Him forever," lr hullng our regeneration, sanctillcalion, ri IcmpMun, the Joy of reconciliation, .the bl? educes of pardon, st-rcHgth in wculiucs: ... 1 light in darkness, deliverance from the world tho flesh. the devil, triumph over our easily r, besetting sin*, victory in dnutli, the power of t the resurrection, and infinite and eternal glo?f ry at bin right hand in heaven. f. And now will you allow the lecturer to say '? tbatultbough he is a Metliodlst from oonvlo ' tion and choice, and expect* to ooatinue ono ;v until life'* latent hour, that he haw never ceaned to remember old Cedar Hpringi with J- something of the affection lie bear* to his I- mother and desires to acknowledge in this e public manner, the great religious benefits. Which, In early life he derived from the tcwchir ings and associations, of the Associate Kelt formed Presbyterian church. Honestly and Q sincerely be thinks be can Join Churles WosIcy in singing; i- "Jesus lover of my sonl e I/et me to thy bosom fly While the nearer watersroll e While the tempest still is high, d Hide me oh my saviour bide. >f Till the storm of life b?? pout, w Safe Into lhe haven guide J ;r Oh, receive my soul at last." is And with no ies* sincerity, can we Join i- with Mr. Topludy, Mr, Wesley's most waru- . A n est opponent and sing; Is n "Rfluk of A/re?, cleft for me :s Let mo hide myself In thee ? \ sr -Let the water, and the blood iv From thy wounded side which flowed >r He of slu the double cure, ? it Have from wrath and make me pore. ii i. Could my tears forever flow a Could my tea I no languor know i- These tot sin could not attone i, Thou must save and thoa atone 1* In my band no price I bring g Simply tothy crow I cling. le ie ? While I draw this fleeting breath f- When my eyes shall clone in death l* When I rise to worlds aoknown J, And behold thee on thy throne ?- Itock of Ages cleft for me * ' Let me hide myself iu tbee." is \ STATE WwmmOk ? Abbeville County. IN COURT OF PROBATE, r- * *; f s 1 sr Thomas W. Smith, by hts guardian, ad Went >y E. F. Martin, Plaintiff, [I. agrtintt m Horry O. Pinckney its Executor of the will of ru Mrs. Fannie J. Smith, dnccused. Fannlo CV 3e Pinckney, William S. Marshall, Jennie E. Marshall, Samuel 8. Marshall, Samuel A.- rl xl Kmlth, Mury E. Dantzler and Jennie F. j> 3 er Smith, Defendants. f- .Summons for Account and Settlement of \ P- ' Estate. 'J? To Pwrnpa??T8: Harry O. Pinckney u* ' ? ' Executorof the wlllof Mrs. FannleJ.Hmlth } ? deceased, Fannie C. Pinckney, William S. 1 !? Marshall, Jennie E. Marshall, Bamael H. V Marshall. Samuel A Smith, Mary E. Dantz- 1 ler and Jennie F. Spilth: rd TAKE NOTICE that the above Plaintiff, a iw I legatee, under the will of the ?>?ld Mrs. jr, Fannie J. Smith, deceased, has filed Ms petl- ?j It tion In this Court praying that the defendant jH er Harry O. Pinckney may bo required to acts, count as Executor of the* estate of the said .39 Mrs. Hmlth for the asset* of naid estate which fl| have come to his bands or shoald have come H o his hands as soch Executor In due course of r administration, and to distribute the sumo .,} amongst the legatees. . a ' You are hereby notified and summoned to i be and appear in the Coort of Probate for Abbevllle County to be liolden on the 6th day of < 1 rz Aueust 1879. when the said Executor Harry G. Pluckncy Is ordered unci required to render .* 1 f nn Account of hla acting* and doings a* Kx- "i nf ocutor of the raid Fannie J. Smith, deceased, . and show cause why distribution of tho es tnto should not be made amongst the leg* atees. Given nnaer my hand and seal of office, jy this 16th day of .Tnne INTO, d- -J. FULLER LYON. fL. 8.1 of J. Pro. A. C. ty, Edward Noble, Plnlntlfl'? Attorney. id To "William 8. ifarthall, Defendant. ai- Take notice that the petltlott in this ease, id, together with tho summons of wblch thn ir- foroynlna'lH a copy, was flled In my office at n. Abbeville Court House on the Ittb day of nt June 1879. J *e J. FULLBB LYON. . vs Judge of Probate A. C. Sg Jane 16, lH76t.,9 . s STATE OF SOUTH CiBOLQfA. County of Abbeville. ft P TUB PROBATB CpCRT, re Ex parte W*. M. Tajnrarl, Petitioner. I'etltIon for ftettlement and Discharge, n- VTOTfCE Is hereby Riven that W. M. T*gie Li gnrt, Adinlnlntretor of J. W. Orlfllu, deire conned, lias applied to this Court, (or a dlv > id charge from his irust. :l. It Is ohkred, that Saturday the 24th of July ?re be appointed as the day for the settlement of ve the wild defeased, and the discharge of tho? * re Administrator. Creditors will present their ur demands on or before that daWs. h ur J. FULLER LYON, $ If J. Pro. A. C. ir, June 18, 1879, St. w s STATE OF SOOTH CARCLSNI. f fit County of Abbeville. . li IX T1IK PKOltATR COUKT. re- Ez Parte. Julia F? Peak, Petitioner. Mr Petition for Homestead. iw \f OTICE Is hereby given that Julia F. Peak. i il widow of W. H. i'eak pet-eased, bus ap^ pllod 10 idih uouri m nave nommeaa net on . \ and laid oat to her, In the real and personal ,1N property of tho raid W. H. Peak, deceased. It U ordered thut Friday the l*th day of Juin ly next be fixed for the appointment of Comu?* uilssloners to set off the homestead prayed r" ?r' J. FULLER LYON, J. Pro? A. C, 5 jp Jnne 18, 1879, iU - w s STATYOF SOUTH GABtJLINl?^ t County of Abbeville. >r- Probata Court?Citation for Letters of Admin* ft, Istratlon. j "* By J. Fclleb Lrox, Esq., Probate Jcd?e. it- 1I/HEREA.S, Edwin Parker baa madefcuit to >c- W me, to grant him Letters of Attminlntmi>n tion of the E*t*te and effects of Ellen L. Par ld kcr fcto ol Abbeville County, deceased. rn- The*e are thenforr to rite and admonish ail ;h- ond singular the kindred and creditor* of the iot *aid Kllen L. Parker, deceaxeri, that they be andappuir, before me, in the Court of Probate, re to be held at Abbeville C. H., on Wednesday, ror the 2nd day of July, after publication hereof, iro i at it o'clock in the forenoon, to t>how chum>. If * ho any they have, why the said Administration n; should not be granted. lid Given under my hand and Ma], thU Uth day of Juee, In the year of our Lord one % thousand eight hundred and twenty- . nine, and In the lU3rd year of America* of Independence. he Published on the LSth day of June, 1879, In to the ITat* and Hannrr and on the Court Houno i>n door for the time required by lav. er J. FUIJjKR LYON, ,-'g Judge of Probate. n- June. 18,18.9,3t. vr jjjj State of South Carolina.g County of Abbeville !r. Pjobate Court?Citation for Letters ot? ^ Administration. * n- By J. fcllkfe Lyox, Esq., Probate "it JUDOB. . of "TTTHEREAS, Martin G. Zeigler, , _to yy Clerk of Court Common Pleas has ? "v* made suit to me, to grant him Letter** ? of Administration of the Estate and ef- ? L'8 fects of Joshua R. McCall late of Ab bevillo County, deceased. . ^ *!' These are therefore to cite nnd admon- ^ ^ i?h all and singular the kindred and credcr itors of the said Joshua R. McCall dera ceased, that they be and appear, before ? me, in the Courf of Probate,- to be held at Abbeville C.' H., on Wednesday 25 day of >r. June, 1379 after publication hereof, at . in 11 o'clock in the forenoon, to show cause t er if amy they have, why the said Adininistration should not begranted. er Given under my hand and seal, this , ve * 12th day of May, in the year of our b- Lord one thousand eight hundred and seventy-nine and in the ono * , hundred and tiiird year of lc: American Independence. * ^ ic Published on the lt4h day of May Bf 1879, in the Prctxand Banner and on tho Court House door for the time required ,L, by law. [h J. FULLER LYON, in Probate Judge. '? ' Mav 14, 1879. 1- * d r<1 r. npiIE township of Lowndesvillo havinjr ? X petitioned to subscribe six thousand * live hundred and twenty-live dollars. " Magnolia township four thousand two 1' huudred and twelve dollars. Calhouns J township live thousand five hundred u and fifty dollars to the capital stock of r 'c the Savannah Valley Railroad, there will \1 bo an election held on Thorsday the 31st i- of July next at which nil legal voters in said townships villi vote subscription or ,r 110 subscription : ?I For Lowndesville township at Lown,"f desville. s For Magnolia township at Riley's school house. For Calhouns township at Monnt Car. inel.. p. The following are appointed managers * . of said election viz : c Lowndesville.?G, T. Burdott, J. D. " McDill and J. T. I-ntiiner. c For Magnolia township nt Riley's c School house.?S/ V. Link, Edwin Calls honn and S. C. K-i'tfy. * For Calhouns township at Mount Car?f mel.?VV. I>. Mters, M. M. Tarrand and J. a K. Caldwell. > The polls will be opened at each plaeo 11 at 9 o'clock a. m., ana closed at" 4 o'clock p. m. The managers will at the closo of tho pollscount the votes and report the 1. result to the chairman of the board of e county Commissioners of Abbeville ? county at his otlice 011 Monday tho 4th r. day of August following by 1*2 o'clock. * BV order of tho Board, >- 4 ' G. M. M ATTISON, CHalrtnau'of Board, ^ J. J Juuo IS,-1879, Ct. w , i