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I I GRAND JURY PRESENTMENT. \ gTATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, COUNTY OF ABBEVILLE. COUKTOF OKNERAI, SESSION. To his Honor J. B. Kershaw, Prcsibinrj Judge. The Grand Jury would herewith re epeet fully submit their preseuUuent: They have examined hII the public! buildings an?t suggest ?the lollowing:) _ i -:i ?., r..n,iPj >iml vvm reeom I 1 lie );in ir-tna ? ...^ mend that tlie County Commissioner* | atteu.l to it immediately. The poor house is in good condition. The contract seems to have beeu oolu ! plied with in all Darticulars The public olli'*fs are all regularly! and systematically attended t?? and j DOthin^ iu'/h -m we find of special noiel exceptth* following Treasurer's Report. Tkeasi;rek's Office, ar.nkville County. j February 8th, 1881. j County Treasurer's. Report to the Grand ' Jury, February Term, 1881. Gentlemen?Owing to the fact that the; tax executions against defaulters for the j fiscal year, commencing November 1 j 1879, and ending October 31st, 1880, are j in many instances still in the hands of? the deputies, and to the furtlu r fact that j by order of the Comptroller General, the time for the sale of delinquent, lands J has, in accordance with a resolution of; the Legislature, been postponed until after the 31st day of May, the Treasun r; cannot make a lull report of the collections of the taxes for the last fiscal year, J The following, however, is a report up: to ttie present time, and very nearly covers the whole collections, there I?e ' ing very little still to be accounted for: i * lovou for State $21,202 48: AUl b Vt/xvv. Ain't paid State Treasurer as per his receipts 21.186.S5 Bal. due the State $ lo.G Ji Arn't collected for theCouuty for current expenses $ 13.3S4 01 i Aiu't reed froiu Clerk of Court aud from trial justices 250 00 J Total received.. $ 13 634 01J Aoi't paid Co. Corn'rs orders.. 13,503.07 : Bal. due this fund $ 53 94j Arn't collected for Couuty for special purposes 6,718 21 Ou haud tor special purposes at settlem't with Comp.Gen 013.57 __ ! Total for special purposes...$ 7,631.7S^ Arn't paid out for specal pur TJa r,-! poses v,..j Bal on hand spec'] purposesS 1 ,&S5 23! The balance left on hand of tins fuud i was by joint resolution of the L^gisla | ture transferred to the fund for the cJr-) reutexpeuses of the County for the tis ! cal year 1S79 ISM), and the County; Treasurer is now payingthis upon the! orders of the new Board of County | Commissioners. Am't collected for schools $ 8,917 50! Arn't polls collected 5,429.00! Am't on hand for schools from last year 1.222 SO ' Total for schools $ J5.569.30; Am't paid on School Commissioner's orders 15,645.55 ' Am't over-paid for schools $ 76.25 It is proper to state that in the above j report no account is made of the com-l missions due to the Couuty Treasurer ! for collecting the taxes, but the penal J ties collected for non-uaynieut will j ?hnut r>flFUpf. thft commissions. quor iu the town of AbbeviJ in accordance with recent le?. glution. -5 50000 From Trial Jus'uees 20.(>0 it," Tl* . I - a ll ^ ~ , 529.601 .. ,y Am't paid on Co. Com rs order8 240 50 Balance on hand for present fiscal .\ear~ S 2S9 10 Respectfully submitted, J. W. PER KIN. County Trea^,er Probate JutI2c^jRoport STATE OF 8f)Ul#gXKOL1NA; t_^ydsT\' OK \BH&VILLE. vuuf '?pr-jroin tne rrouaic luuh (V| VjZnd Jury. ! SfijfrLEMEN :?I have a very short re ? port to uiAke to your body, there being no chauge of importance since my last report. Amount of mouey iu the Pre bate Court at this date $1,286 39 Amouut ou deposit iu the Aii>? derson Nation il Hank, as per statement ree'd, Feb, 8tb, 1881 $1,287 101 J. .FULLER LYON, J. I'. A. C. The Sheriff reports $3,000 cash in the: National Bank of Audersou awaiting ; the order of the Court. Clerk tourtV^Report, The Clerk of Court reports as having \ turued over to Treasurer for county pur-| pose since bis last report in the way of I licenses and tines one hundred and live dollars, which is shown by Treasurer's books and corresponding receipts filed J in his office. i He reports as placed in his hauds by ! , order of court awaiting a future order for disposition $6W) 59. Funds iu par -1 tition one hundred dollars derelict estate funds awaiting settlement one hundred i and seventy dollars, making totul on hand $930,59* We flncl that there are only $500 paid for liquor Jicetises and we recommend ! that steps be takeu by the County Com-! nrssioners to enforce the collection of the remainder that is due. It is the opiuion of the body thfct the I jurisdiction in tue luiuu *,..w tioo of Estates be restored to the Pro-' bate Court as exercised since the crea-; tion of said court until the year 187ft, aud | we asb Your Honor to give such direc j tion to this recommendation as will t bring the matter before the proper au thunties for their action without delay, i J.H.LATIMER, Foreman. THROUGH A TRESTLE. I Serious Accident on the Charleston and i Sarannah Railroad. The Sawinrwh News, of Ihc I21h ?nvs: The' freluht train. No. 6. <??? the Charleston "and Sa-1 vnnnali Kallroad, whloh left. .Savannah at hall- ! ,,n ThnrvHnv iii.-ht nipt I yu-v Mi'V.. vv? ? v , v 1th a very serious accident near Hurdceville. While passing over the Savannah river trestle i and within three hundred yards of the abut-1 ment of the bridge on the ."South Carolina side,' the trestle gave way and the engine and twen-! ty cars went to the bottom und were very imich damaged. Some two miles or more ol ! the trestle were knocked down, and the wreck was serious. The wood-passer on the freight; train bad his hack very badly hurt, possibly ' a fracture of the spine, and the engineer and j fireman wereseriously injured. Information! was at once sent to the city, and at 2 o'clock, yesterday morning. Mr. Felix S. Prendergast J left cn a special train for the scene of disaster. He made a thorough inspection of the damage and reported by telegraph to Col. H. 8. I Haines the extent of thedainage. During the. morning, Col. Haines, with a large lorce of' workmen, proceeded to tlie wreck, and It isj hoped that the damage will be repaired in a few days, so us to enable the transfer of pasen-! gcrs and mails at lea?t, which Is impossible! Jn?t now. When toe damage will be repaired ' It Is difficult to say. but every effort will be devoted to opening communicator as soon as I possible. A notice has been issued that there will be no trains for Charleston over the road until further notice. The Charleston Newt and (Yrurirr says: "The' accident is supposed to have been caused by j the breaking of an axle of one of the freight' cars, which knocked one of the benches of the j trestlework outot its place. Tills weakened! the connecting benches and caused the eol-j lapse of about two miles of trcstling, which tank quietly Into the swamp with the engine and train of cars sMi upon the track. No one was hurl, and the cars escaped with little inJury. Thetialn whs in charge of Conductor C. C. Murphy, and the englne(Ko. llhwasdriven by Mr. .lames Wilkinson. There were twenty loaded freight cars attached to the engine. At the p!aee of accident '.here are altogether four an?l ne-lhtid mile* of trestltjn-. obout two-third of which Is on the south Carolina side of the river. Where the train feil In the height of the trcstling was about ten f-etfrom tlieground. The train washouttwo hundred yards from the solid ground when the crash came, and it Is said tlmt the engineer saw the track elvlug way behind liiin. but too late to save his train. "Thetrestllng which fell in was built aboui the year I860. It was well put tog.-tlier, ol kood pine timber, and was constructed of benches he!d together by long wood stringers or sills, the whole braced with cio-s-ties. This superstructure was supported by piles well driven Into the marshy ground below, and f irming a substantial and steady foundation. The connecting timbers were s> strung that when ore bench of the trestllnggavc way it pulled with great force upon the other benched and. destroytng their perpendicular, caused tnt two miles to giveaway.' r-wcr^rcn?.'.7^L'i Jm>.Ol3L1: Flie Press and Banner . Br Hush Wilson and H. T. TYnrdlaw. . 1 "_ J. ! J -L'.I1*. ... _ Wednesday, Feb. 16. 1881. Tiic Public Schools. Thenia'terof puMic schools ili-mands tin (honchtful consideration of every cltlzcn. and tlie administration of the law anil the expenditure of the public money make no less a detnandun tlia'c governing the schools l'cir tlie exercise of a i Intelligent Judgment <if the facts, ami an adoption of tho-e nieasnro which will host subserve the puhllc gond while complying with the letter and the in tent of the law. We write in no spirit of fault finding, but with the hope of ottering s-tint suggestions which, though they inny be considered trivial in themselves, may give birtli to other und better suggestions In the minds of those who nrc more directly Interested in schools than we are. The school system oi this State Is new|to us,and while we are gr<-at ly Indebted to the State Superintendent foi his noble work in this line, we are no less Indebted to the County Hoard of Examiners lot their very able and efficient services In the past; yet It Is possible ev?*n with all the commendable efforts of the-o mo<t excellent otli cers in the administration of a new system that they may not have reduced the schoo svstom to that degree of perfection which w< hope yet to attain. Even If succeed inn ofll ccrs and trustees should be inferior to thos< who have already done so well, we shall ex pcct the new officers to do even better thai they did, because we shall have the ad van tag) of their experience. We will profit by thcii wisdom, and from their errors we cannot i'ai to learn valuable lessons. While we do not claim to know as mucl about schools, as does the County Hoard o Examiners, yet, on the principle that we liki to hear suggestions from subscribers win know but little about publishing a newspa per, the School Commissioner no doubt wli thank us for reviewing sonic of the law: which have been promulgated over his olll cial signature, which are as follows: KUI.ES AND KKCUTI.ATIOXS FOR THE BETTIU roNDferiNO OK THE l'l'llLtO SCHOOL SYS TEM IN ABBEVILLE COl-NTY DCUINtt Till YEAR ISM. 1st. The public schools rot* white pupils am Colored pupils res| eetl vely shall not bo near it than Imi miles. Provided, that when there are aire uly established separate schoo'a for mules and females, in such ease or easei the School Trustees muy eon I in ue the same at pub.icschools. Provided further, that when there a,-e *chool-hou?es nearer Io each othei than four miles which in th>- Judgment of tlx Trustees would subserve the public Rood i used as public schools, in such case or eases t!i< Trusters may place the schools nearer eact: other than four utiles, after consultation will and gaining consent of the County Hoard o Examiners. N. 15. It Is recommended by the Count) Board that the Trustees should place the pub lie schools not nearer than two miles to tin boundary line m the respective School i>is tricts: So as to prevent as much us possible the transference of pupils from one Schoo District to another. 2nd. The pay of teachers in public school; according to grade of certificate shall be l'?r Fir*! Grade?Thirty dollars per month. Second tirade-Twenty dollars per month. Third Grade?Tweive and a half dollars pel month. N. H. The above rates must be neither in creased nor diminished. Sid. The public schools shall open on tlx first Monday in February Ksl. 4ih. The public schools shall be continued ut least three months; hut it shall be iheduty 01 ttie Trustees to keep tile schools open ai much longer as possible. 5th. The minimum average number of pu plls in actual attendance that Khali entitle t teacher to draw lull pay shall be?for the rura districts. Flttcen?for incorporate towns am villages. Twenty. In cases where the muuuei falls short of minimum, the Trustees shul pay ii per capita share of the full pay. X. li. The attention of Trustees andTesch crs is called to the faet that tnc legal scholas tic age Is six-to-six teen years. BDi. Each teacher shall he required to cntei into a contract signed t>y hlmscti ami all or I majority of t lie Trustees of hisSeliool District ami nopiy certificates shall he approved uu less sueii contract shall have been uunle. It is recommended that the Sehooi Trustees of the respective s>eho<>l JWsiriets hoi J a meet lug of their Board at least five days before lli< ousiu!igi?i their schools, at which they shal Tna-'C aud designate the schools, and e:eet th< teuvners. K. Cowan, School Commissioner. We object first to the rules as n who e on the ground that they attempt to govern.01 do govern, too much. And in the seeoni place, because the School Commissioner 01 the County Boa id, by the adoption of thesi rules, infringe upon the duties and preroga tlvesof the Township Trustees. The Town ship Trustees who are appointed uecausc o their actual or supposed Illness for the place and being on tlie ground, familiar with thi roads, the school houses, (lie distances, thede inands and needs of tlie people, certainly ought to he able to act bi tier for the interest: of their respective neighborhoods than c.u the County Board of Examiners who li\e a Abbeville Court House, and who know littii personally <>1 the needs and wants of a dis tant neighborhood. If the Trustees of ani Township do not better understand tlie want of their communities than any body of men however learned and practical, but who nr strangers, we suggest that they are unfit fo the position?and wo are leii to Inquire wh; men knowing so much of a neighborhood would make the mismkeof appointing Trus tees incapable of discharging their duty For another reason, we object to rules, as i trhnio heenuse the same regulations and rule will not apply to any two townships, or asfo that matter, lo any two schools, Having sui< this much in a pea era! way, wc will givesom special objections to the "rules," in question 1. "Publicschools shall not be nearer thar "four miles." A law like this is arbitrary and damaging to the public interest if rlgidl, enforced, and If not enforced is no law at all The above "four mile rule" Is one made b; the Board of Examiners or the School Com missiouer. Now read what the law enactei by the Legislature says on that subject: "I'll "Hoards of Trustees shall have authority am "It shall be their duty to provide sultabl "school houses in their districts and to male "? ? I, UlC 7-UI1IV WKUUi MIU1C, I'OJ UlQ UMV IV^u?U v "any school hou<-e already built, or site pr<j "cured, as well as to all other circumstance "proper to be considered so as to best }>romot "the educational interests of the district." Noth lug is here said about "fsur miles." '?. "Trustees may place the schools noare "than four miles, after consultation with am "gaining consent of the Hoard of County lix "aminere." The true rule, In our opinion should be to place schools where they ari most needed, irrespective of the location o other schools. A Trustee from Ninety-Six for instance, it seems to us, would be very uu profitably employed In riding to Abbevilli Court House to seek a meeting of the Count} Hoard of Examiners in order to get their con sent to establish a school in Ms own townshlj ?a matter in which the Trustees themselvci should be competent to determine. Again, s< far as we are able to learn, there is no wanan of law for this requirement by the Hoard o Examiners. The Hoard 1? not required by law to meet oflcner than twice a year, and tiiei only "at such places and times as the County School Commissioner shall appoint." 3. The recommendation that the Trustee: "should place the public schools not neare than two miles to the boundary line of there spective townships" is without sullicient re.? son and discriminates unfairly against per sons on the line. The only possible objeclioi to children attending school in another town ship. Is, that the .School Commissioner wouli tie put to the additional trouble of inakiu; the necessary calculation as to a proper divis ion of the money. For this work, liowevci he is puid. Even if he were not so paid, nel ther the statute or the Constitution gives th Hoard of Examiners or the School Trustee the right to enact ajlaw.a rule, or u regulatioi totheefleet that tioinnn living on the town ship line should have a school nearer thai two miles to him. This wv believe, is an un warranted discrimination against the farine and one which is not attempted against th towns of Abbeville, Ninety-Six, New Marke* Cokesbury, Donulds, or Due West, and all e which towns it appears from the map of th county, are loeated nearer than two miles *'ti "the boundary lines of tl el r respective Schoo "Districts." Wo say, establish the schools, a nearly as possible, where they will best sub serve the Interests for which they should b< established?even if that location should bi exactly ou the township or comity line. Sec tion 39 of the school law now in foicc In Soutl Carolina.ls of geuerul Interest, and we here with present It: "SEC. .'Ml. That when It shall so happen tha persons are so situated as to be better aceoin modatedat the school of any adjoining sclioo district, or whenever it may be desirm-le to ex tablish a school composed ot parts of two o more school districts, it shall he the duty o ; the respective l!oaid- of Trustees of Hie velioo districts in whleh sueh persons reside or ii j which sueh schools may be situated, or of th< I school districts or the parts of which th' school Is to be composed, to transfer sueh pei sons lor education to the school district ii which sucl, school hoc.sc i?m may h<-located Ixit ;hc cuimicr.itlon of sehoiiuNi.hi.lt lie ink ' en in each district as if no such transfer hat ' been made; and sueh si-ho >\ when so composed, shall be- supported from ilicschool fumfc the respective school districts from whieli Hi scholars may have been transferred: Vr< I vitl&l. That children shall not be transferrn from a school district In one county to a s; h>i?< district In an adjoining county without th consent of the lSonuboi Examiners of the ri 'spectlve counties In which the transfers 1 made." j It will be seen from the above that the re< ! ommendation against the location of sclioc I houses "nearer than two miles to the bounds j rv line of the respective townships" is in d | reel conflict with the lawof the State. Th j reader will no doubt be able to come to hi j concluMOUi ac tv thtr jr.sticc of di:;criuiiu;:tiu 'against rooplo who happen to live on towni ship linos. i. As to the propriety of the rule establishing the salaries of teachers, except to fix a limit beyond whli-li the Trustees shall not go, j we have our doubts. Tile Tiustccs, noting forj i the children, should make the best disposition j . 'of the money, and secure the services of a ; teacher wlio will render the best service for ! the least, money. >i f>. "N. IJ. The above rates must be neither i (Increased nor diminished." Unices we arc very much mistaken tills rule is not observed j by nil <>f the Trustees, and if not byai!, why by any? We are under the Impression that 1 ! the Trustees in some of the townships strike i tin- host bargain they can with the teacher? ,! In some instances paying a teacher S150, to others Slyo. lo others &V', and to others again ; the princely sum ol' SW has been otlered. ; 6. The roeomiiieinlalion to hold a meetingof the Board of Trustees "at least live days bei j fore tiie opening of tiieir schools, at which > tiiey siiail designate the schools, and elect the i j teacher*," seems to be about as little observed i r as tho other "rules," and of course are no j "rules" at all, except perhaps, when it may ot.il II l. ir 111 :iniilli-!ints \vlio?e I CQUests i they propose to deny. Is It not a fuel that j many of the public schools have been opened J M before the Boards of Trustees have heid the< ! meeting to which reference is here made ? | We know that the duties of the members of j ,' the Hoard of County Examiners, as well as j I | those of the members of the Hoard of School [ :' Trustees are perplexing, and at best, the most j ' faithful officer gets very little LhanUs for hisi J; most meritorious eil'orts, and for this reason j -jwc do not write of these officers in a com- | i plaining manner, but that we may, If errors; ;j exist, help to correct them, nnd at the same ' i" j time set aside any misapprehension on the' 1 j part of the public as to the actual facts. From j i the meager information which wc have, wc! ?' are led to the opinion that the present Trus- j f j tees of one of the townships in this county err : sj in giving so large an amount to the schools j'which have heretofore received liberal sup j port, and in denying to new schools a proportionate allowance of public money. While s wc know that the Trustees of the township, j -j to which special reference Is made, would not | for a moment entertain an unfair proposition I l their denial of "a per capita .share of the full' I n-.iv" of 11 li'iinlier. Is vcrv pimllv mlsundor-1 *|kio3iI, and tli-n-e sec-king the benefits of tbe j 1! school fund lo which they arc legally and eq-' - uital/ly entitled arc not without a fancied, if j not a real, cause of complaint, s To assume that a parent of children! s has no right to demand from the treasury j ( morn money for the education of his children ; ; than he pays, is improper, and not in accord- ] f itnire with his rights. In the natural course of1 ' j things, he is entitled to a much iargcramount i i than he pays into tlie treasury. The taxes of j Iju county like tills are mainly paid by old j . I men and corporations who have no children, j . J The largest tax payers of the county draw not I ' j a cent of the school fund to which they con, j tribute so much. The (j. & C. Railroad pay* | ii into the treasury for educational purposes! j Colonel James K. Calhoun, Judge: j Samuel McCjowun, Judge Thos. Thomson, Mr. j I Guilford Cade, Mr. Frank Arnold and others! ! whom we could mention, pay a very large j proportion of the school tax of the county, I i and draw perhaps nothing at all from the j ! fund which is to educate all the children] ' I alike, and not in proportion to the amount: I [which their ] arents contribute to it. | I HUM1 (Villi UIIIJ II1IJJJJVM IU IIVU 111 lUIIIUkC LUI - j tiers or on tho line of the township* cannot be | justly denied the benerttof the school, an I he [ who deprives them of it violates tha spirit of; 1 the lav* and commits an offence against the j r people lor whom the bencllccnt provision? J" 1 the statutes arc intended. *. Upper Long: Cane Cemetery. pi Recently w?^ad occasion to visit Upper i j Long Con^M^clery, and wc were plcnscd to | ; see thw^ronds in much better condition than ; we had ever before seen them. We were im-( pressed \vi;h one fact, however to which wei would now refer, and that is, the very crowd- ; I ed condition of the grounds. The graves are ; so close that there is scarcely room between j I them on which to walk. A funeral procession | going in at the gate would And it difficult to I r| make their way any great distance without j 1 walking over graves, ami as for driving! ? through the cemetery wllh a vehicle, that is j j| entirely outol the question. As we under-' . i stand it, the church, or the congregation as a ; .! corporale body. Is the owner of perhaps sev-1 f en ty-five acres of ground. Th is being true we t see no good reason for crowding many bun-j f dred bodies Into the narrow limits now as-: _ signed for the Internu-nt of the dead. The! i cenictcry will no doubt be used as a buryln; j SJ ground for ages 13come, and It occurs to us. j , i that we might as well lay off the grounds j t j with a view to that end. Within ourreeollecc|tIon additional ground has been talten In,and j r although this additional ground was appro-! f printed for the burh.i of the dead only a few j s years ago, it Is now nearly full of closely-made j , graves with very few narrow walks, and no j InrtFO rtfiiiuictuu'tiv for n h/?iirvp or nth*?r voliIf?lr> ! r I of any kind. y This condition of this snored place, in] J our opinion, should not longer exist. Largcr g-ounds should be appropriated, and wide ?i walks, and roads or passage-ways for vehicles ! n J should be kept open. Although the lands; s I about the cities are of much value, while the j r | land about Upper Long Cane church has been ! j ! rating at four or five dollars an acre, If we vlse it any of the cemeteries In the large cities it i, will be seen that the graves are not nearly so j much crowded as they are at Upper Long Cane. It seems to us, where we have so much y land, that we might slve the dead sufficient . room to allow friends and strangers a path to y visit their last resting place. The majority i. of our country cemeteries, with their hun-j j dreds of crowded graves, marked by nionu-1 e ments and marble slabs, resemble more the! j appearance of huge marble yards, where i e such marbles are kept for sale. t. Let twenty, thirty or even forty acres be set u aside for grave yards I ike Long Cane, and then layoff the ground in some system, leaving j s roads and walks at proper intervals in "tli?j e city of the dead." Then those who may feci] . disposed to do so, will have room to beautify ; the grounds. r The first thing to lie done in the work which j we have proposed is to organize a board ot j . i trustees or other guardians; then have the j i I.,1.1 ,.<r Int.. nnmnx .1 Ivlulm.u hllVo! ^ I KIVUHU3 HUM UU ' e a diagram or map showing such divisions,! (! and the names of the owners of the separate i lots. When this is done, the whole should be 11 putln charge of a sexton. Such a person ; j could be secured almost without cost to the r j authorities. A house should be erecied Im-j . j mediately on the grounds so laid ofl", In which i , i the person In charge should live,and he roady , . at all times to furnish such Information and! j assistance as might be needed. The peiqui-j t sites of the office would be sufficient remun-! i cratlon for a competent person. , ? ?>? i The Progress of Taking1 Testimony. * General Stolbrand has served Colonel Eu ! gene B. Gary with a notice to the eOect that; 8! he will take testimony at Laurens Court r; House on the 17.18 and 10 instant, and at Ab | bevllle Court House on tIicJl,~, 113 and 21 in-1 slant. From this it Is fair to presume that he - j will not go to Greenwood at the time hcreto1 fore advertised. Our whole people are * titer-1 jested In the woik which may be diricted! I j against any one of ourcitizens.and we slio;iId J ? I ue on the atari. The /Yew ami Jluniier will J publish tlie testimony in full, so that there- j fore, whatever ye have spoken in darkness | I- shall be heard 111 the light; and that which ye e j have spoken In the ear in closets shall be pro?j claimed upon the housetops." 'n Whither are we Drifting? When religious newspapers cease to publish r the disreputable advertisements that uro, as a e j rule excluded from the better class of the sec(: ular papers, ve shall look for the coining ol iff the millenlum. We receive a goodly nuiii0 \ berof religious papers, each of which excopt u! the Jinptisl Courier, and the Southern PresbyII terian endorse and publish as reading 110s j tlccs, advertisements which could not find a . place on the hcnie-prlnted side of the Proa 1 und llanncr. CI We congratulate our brethren on t!ie high 1.1 stand which they lake, and hope that they 1 | may never lose money by excluding the ad-' h| vertisem en Is of cheats from their columns. | J Our Congressmen. j | We learn that Republicans high in political j r j circles say that Aiken and Evins will be seit- ( rjed, but that the scats of O'C'onner, Tillman, and Kichardson, will lie given to their Radical j ,! contestants. We arc inclined to accept tills I ['' statement as the true solution of the difficultly ics now btsuUing the South Carolina C0111 (jressnien-elect. A Kepulitican llouce of Itep: resvntatives will tloulitlossly give plnco to I j many of the defeated Kadleals. Ily unseating .. Tillman. ()'< 'onnor and Richardson South Car'l olina will again ha ea Republican majority of representatives at Washington. 'I The Stock Law Case. -- In the Court prnccedingk will be seen the np- j s : peal from Trial Justice Tolman's court to the! 1 Court ol General Sessions, testing the validity j "" or constitutionality of the stock law as we 1 (1 have It I11 t his county. The presiding Judge ' l* affirmed the Judgment of the Court below, j I- which imposed a line upon the owner of; e stock, for allowing tliein to goat large. Mr. ' Montcith gave notice of appeal to the .-?.s nreine Court, where we presume the ease will 1 L-c takcu before iijis ended, i Editorial Courtesies. Wo present some editorials from the columns of !he Columbia linjUter and the A ndrrson Journal. It Is agalmt our custom to publish the sentlmcntsand expressions contained in either artlclc but as they have created some talk, and as we desire to express ourdls , .u.,4 ....r ...... I..,...,.tln.v nn. Itppruvui l_M lU.liat JJi.-wi vwiii.i?/.vi>.vi ..4. I? rtr in the columns (if the Press mid Ilnnntr. We have taken the liberty of omitting the heading of the ItvgUtc.r's article, which was perhaps, from its eonspicio'.isness. more oC. Tensive than anything contained in the body of the artie'e. The parties to this quarri-1 are excellent gentlemen and brethren who are held in high esteem by the Journalists of the State, and It Is to be regretted that either should have felt called upon to publish so abusive u.ti artlclc in reference to the other, We know that the expressions referred to are the promptings of temper, and not the convictions of Justice. Ai far as we have heard any expression from outsiders, they have, without exception, condemned it. and one old gentleman, having read the proof of the article In question, said, " It is a disgrace to the craft.'' Until editors learn that personal feeding, expressed In vulgar English, Is not true Journalism, we may expect occasional tilts ot this kind. [ Columbia Register. J The insolence of the Anilerxun Journal in persisting to attach to us ignorance anil attributing to us plausibility In our statement is of a piece with the rest of the billingsgate our upstart accuser indulges in. Unfortunately lor his case, our at tenti in vvps ? ii,wi i-??t tiui! t)i? tnlsar iire bended by some witling." who might suppose we were really Ignorant of the fact, oursel ves, and we told i his -entleman Uint It was a trap we had set and to what use we proposed to put it. He and ourselves had previously searched the matter up in the Encyclopedia at hand and there was the skeleton head Just as we had oft"n kicked them over In thellelds. Now that this wiseacre who attempted to hold our ignorance up to scorn finds that he put his foot in our trap, he attempts to got out by "plausible" on us. There Is one oilier f:ict we will furnish the Anderxon Journal?not. from I'eck'.s Sun this lime.- It Is this: Puppies have front tecih In the uppfer jaw, but there are ? >me small curs willed prefer to use their Jaw In a malignant bark at the heels of those who heed them ihj more than the moon does w hen bayed. f A nderson Journal.] It is plain I hat the Rrpister Itches and smnrtf considerably under the thought that it Is nol regarded as inscrulibie and omniscient<with the Kneyclcpicdia near at hand1, although II loudly proclaims that "there are some small curs which prefer to use their jaw in a malic nant bark ai tlx1 heels of those who heed them no more than the moon does when bayed.' Vow. us we are classed as an "upstart aeeu ser," we desire to quote, as an ample warrant for our course, the words of Klihu in the (itli 7th, Sih, Oth, lutli and lltli verses oi the .'I2n<l chapter of the book of Job : "I am young, and ye nrevery olil; wherefore I was afraid, anil durst- not shew you mine opinion. I said Days should speak, and multitude of year* should tench wisdom. Hut there is a spirit in man: and the inspiration of the Aimlnhtj givelh Ihem understanding. Great men nri not always wise: neither do the aged undi-rstand judgment. Therefore I said, HCarker unty me; I also will shew mine opinion. He hold, I waited for your words; 1 gave ear It your reason-i. whilst je searched out what ti say." The invective and contumely of thr Jiet/is/rr doesn't hurt us in the least, and although it uses such epithets as "puppy" ami "cur." wc have not retaliated by compirinu its editor to an old Hop-eared hound, that yelp* a pica of defence upon the seeming intimation of a blow. We take no delight in thai kind of controversy, and if the lifginter desires to persist in sinking out liic Individuality of the editor, rt g.irdless of the dignity of n newspaper.and the fact that HiCv/OTtrnn/ is a old as the II?'/inter, it is at liBerty to go ahead in the privacy of soiitU'le and rehearse to its own .satisfaction Just how it could light. The Inauguration of 3Ir. Garfield. The authorities at Washington are making great preparations for a grand Inauguration on the 4th March, at Washington "*' { ''r"- Us are c .erins cx^'t-,. n rates from all inc important lines. '<lie price Tom Green villc and Columbia, wo believe Issiil.oo. Bui so fur as we have heard no Inducement is of fercd on the Columbia and Greenville Rail I'qiiU. We mjuik li is to ue regicucu mui uui Railroad authorities <lo not join in ottering excursion rates. Tin.' occasion will nodoubl be of much interest m nil who niuygo, and we think that nil who c;in nflord it, will make this a paying trip. A Washington corrcs pondeiil, among oilier thing* says: "With the exception ol aboutSo.OOO whlcl! was to tie expended for tire-works, I ho tnonej neccs-ary ljyr carrying out the pluns of the In augural committee has all been subscribed. Fr?>m advices received l?y the coiniiiiitee, tin inaugiua! ball promises to be a grand success and every ettort is being set forth to make ii the most elaborate ullair of the kind In tlx history of the country. The new Nationa Museum, in which the ball is to be given, is u building ol one ro >m, but a little le?s in sizi than the National Capitol, covering two anc three-eighths acres of ground. A drrs.-ed pini tlooring is now beinsf laid throughout the hail which is now being waxed. The limit of tin number of tickets of admission?pro VIUUN IW1 nwwuv r?iA r?? j %i?? v# tvv w %*, v Kv.. which will prevent the hall from being over crowded. The cloak room is being systematl cully arranged in order t.i meet all requires incuts and avoid annoyance. The room I: heated with steam and lighted with gas. Tin music will tie the best that e in be s 'cured. band of l-'iO musicians from the Kast has al ready been contracted for. In view of the ex pense attending the preparations, no com pi I meutary tickets will be issued, excepting t< Prcsldcnt-elcet Uarticld and bis family. Tin work on the decoration of Pennsylvania ave nue wilt be b.'Kun at once, 81","00 havingbe-i uiveu lor that purpose. The escort of tl:i< Presldcnt-clect will consist of about ?),ix;0mi litla audit companion of re/ular troops am marine:''. Previous to the ball a reception wll be held in the Museum building by Genera and Mm. Gartlo'd, President and Mrs. Iln.ve and General and Mrs. Grant. General Han cock has also been Invited to take part in tin reception, and it Is thought from assurance reel veil by the committee Unit hewlll acce| I General Sherman will be urand inarsha o the pamde, and will make the presentation at the reception. Beautiful Tribute. The Kershaw Oaze.'tc, in t he Court proceed lugs of last week, publishes the followlni beautiful tribute, by Judge Aldrlch, to tin memory of the lamented William M. Shan non, who was slain in a duel with t'olone Cash. At inc cioso 01 nis cnargeto me gram Jury the Judge said : "Uefore sending yon to your room, pcrml me to pay a le-'blc tribute to the memory <1 my life-long friend. It makes me very sad t< miss the genial liice and the hearty welcomi of the good, the brave, the gentle .Shannon, knew lilin from our early manhood. A true friend, a more patriotic citizen, u nobler gen tleman, never adorned society. As a cltizcn, he wr.severali ve to the well be ingof the community; earnest and energetic In every good worn, whether to rroinote It! moral, intollectual or material advancement As a legislator, wa'cliful, alert and ulway faithfui and punctual in the discharge of bi duties to his constituency and the state. Asa lawyer, able, learned,conscicnilousani pains-taking. As a soldier, gallant, mindful of his duty preserving discipline without harshness, care ful of his command, and devoted to the causi in which he periled Ills 11 ie. I need not tell you. who met him continual ly in your daily walks, what a gentleman In was, 80 kind and courtly,soaccomplinbedam dignified, so mindful of all the amenities o Jit?. Ah me! no one could have been taker from your social circle who Is so generally mourned and leaves so great avoid. I dare not speak of him as Husband and Fa ther. Voice and words would both fail medii I venture across that sacred threshold. He lias left you, gentlemen, a bright exnm pie, which it will be well for you to teach you children to follow; for. no matter what th< chunges and chalices to arise in the future Kershaw county will hardly ever produce i citizen whose example is more worthy to bi emulated than the blameless career of the la meiitcd Win. M. Shannon, in all the relation of life?a man whose memory will be lovei and revered when we are forgotten in thi dust. The Republicans and the South. jyashviUe Ame>~ican. Mr. Aiken, ot South Carolina, spoke wordi ol soberness mid truth when, alter turning i point neatly upon the Republicans, he salt the South would never again submit to sue! governments as came near destroying thel Interests in 1S72. Republicans will tlnd It hai i to answer Ills charge that the white vote wn.i as much suppressed In 187:!. us the negro vot appeared to be after that time. Hut the mos Important statement made was when he win the Northern Republicans might again cm broil the South, but whatever fate bef.Ml, how over hard the burden to bear, however lonj the contest, however painful and destructive the stronger would o me out of It in the en< successful and the weaker the real and tin greatest sufferers. If the American peopli leave their race problem where it i?, to tin people it most concerns, to those who best un uer.stand it, the two races will slowly work i out, and the result will be right and the resul just. We are glad Mr. Aiken made the e re marks, because they are stiletly the truth and it is now time that we have no such pru dcnceas requires suppression of the truth 01 silence concerning great interests. We hav< for somo time argued, as Mr. Aiken areue l that the South can and >vill take care of itsell and in doing so the South Will beguardinj the best interests of the whole country, 1 will wage no war, engage in no secession,seel no forcible settlement, but it will go straight forward on the path of lawlul resistance, grow Ing In wealth, in population, finding dailj new allies among ttie capitalists and buslnes classes of the world, Instructing the Northeri people In thclrown interests and saving then fiom their own Ignorance of this issue?i learned Ignorance more dangerous and tie structivc than all the illiteracy of the South In tills way, embroil the South as they will they will only clog, while they will not will all their clogging retard the w heels of maieri al, Intellectual and moral progress in tin South, The Christ inn Union. This Is the paper edited and published b) Jlenry Ward ISeeehcr nixt I.viiiiin Aliliott and Ik one ot the tiesj weekly papers pnMish ed in this country. For the lumily it Is om of die most desirahli; with which we havi any acquaintance. Ttie sermons of thegrea pulpit orator is a mere fractional part of eael ls<-ue. Send ?t.OO to the Chrixliitn Union, Nev York, and if you are not satisfied at the out of the >ear, you can then subscribe lor anoth er paper, and say that we know nothing abou newspapers. Valentine's Pay. Quite a number of valentines passed Ihrongl the otlice at this ph. ? on the Nth, and sus eoptlbleyoung hearts were made happy, whi:< it is lair to nresunie that there were a muei greaternumber of hungering hearts that wer< not met by the responsive yearnings. M us, I>. I'". Jonf>, of New Orleans, Is sick Mas. b. Ca'.o;; is f-ic!.. COURT OF GENERAL SESSIONS. Jr(1 tni an The Constitutionality of the Stock Law Law Questioned?Sentence of Death nn Pronounced on Abram Martin. Our record of Court 1'rocordlriBM last woek wu.1 iij) iu iinu inciuomg luesuay evening. or We resume from thai date. disposition of minor cases: f(f Wkonksday, February 9th. } The first case called was that of llifc ?ttfte vs: tor Henry Ililey,Jr., indicted lor assault mid bat- de tery with in tout t kill. Continued on motion pi' of .Mi. Gary for the defence. spi I Next in order was the State vs. John Felt, lili j indicted for maliciously defacing and miitila- J nng building. Mr. Magill represented the tie- wl: I fondant, and madsunaolcami zealous defence < o l>i:L to no purpose. The juiy found him l?ei guilty. of Then came I lie ease of tUe State vs. Geo. A. an Hamilton, indicted for riijMibtous tie.-pass. .Messrs. DcBruhl, Crsoii nmi G*n*y for the detence. The proof on the part ot' the State was that the defendant- entered on land which lie knew had h-en leased to another, and refused Til to leave when ordered to do so. Un the part of the defence it was shown that the defendant believed that he had lea>ed the land in qtiev ] tioii, and was acting in pursuance of what he xii believed to be his rigiit. Thejury fouud linn t,r< not guilty. cei The last ease on the docket wns one against sti Hichard S imple, Enoch Matthews and Oliver Re Mays, indicted for conspiracy to drive away *o laborers, and als for conspiracy to entice |n away laborers. Only Hichard sample had 11 been arrested, but the defence being a inlsde- cli uicanor the other two were put upon their nn trial in the absence. Mr. Bon ham represent- ha ed Ulcliurd Sample. The htat't undertoyK to sc prove a conspiracy between these parties to tru drive, by threat* of vloknceanl bodily harm, be one John Adams from fuilllliug his contract 11m< to labor with Thos. N. Sliadraek for the pre.*- w< ent year. The evidence for the dcfenco went; ca to prove that there wiw noconnectlon between ! pu these parties, and introduced testimony tore-! toi hut anil explain the evidence on the part of nc the state. 'J'he jury brought In a verdict of di< not guilty. en TIIE UTOCK IAff HELD TO RE VALID,' AliD AN ? j AI'PKAL TAKEN. j,e Thursday, Fchrunry 10th. Tl Appeals from Trial Justices were taken Up. Tli The llrstcase called was the State vs. Samuel It 1 J. ilesier. This was an indictment under the In 1 stock law ft'-t. Mr. Montelih for appellant, j wi Thlsvra- heard on the papers as sent up, the in ; ju.ies havliii; been excused till the next fues- nu day. ' Subjoined is the rccord of tho Trial Justice's Court: The State vs. Samuel J. Hester. In Trial . ( Justice Couri. Trespass by stock. STATE OK SOUTH CAROLINA, I on AllRKVlLLK I'Ol'NTY. J WJ Personally appeared before me, M. O. Tol- p,. I man, a Trial Justice of said State, I'hares C. u, Martin, who. being duly sworn, says: That (), II on the ??>th day of Jam ary A. D. I8S1, in the n, 'I county and state a'orcsaid, uno Samuel J. Hj | llestor did maliciously, unlawfully and nojill- ?|" : gently permit certain of his stock, to wit, two re . I he ad nf cattle to ko upon I lie lan.ls of tills de- w'i i p'Micnt and that Hugh K. Gibert and Willis jj, I Heard are material witnesses to prove the j,r I facts above stated. tlr PlIAKKS C. martin. i Sworn to before mo ill is the 3ith nay of Jan- ^ i uary a. I>. i Nil M. O. Toi.man, T. J. A. C. j.t State of south Carolina, 1 co AlUIKVII.le county. j fi ' By M. 0. Tolman, Trial Justice in and for the hi 1 said State. To the Slierlll or any lawful i hi constable of said county : |wi 1 Whereas, complaint, upon oath, has been , si I ' made unto me by i'hares C. Martin that.In the 1 pn county and Slate aforesaid, on the 'iolli day of! If [ January A. 1>. IrtSl.one Suinuel J. liestor d.d sy 1 maliciously, umawiully and negligently per-! H ; niit eertaln ol his stock, to wit, two beau of, c; ! cattle to go upon the lands of the said I'hares j c.l C. Martin. '?< ^ These are therefore to command you to ap-1 ei " prebend the said Samuel J. llrstcr, and bring , a i ' him befoie wie to be dealt with according to m 1 law. In Given under my hand and ( eal this the COtli bj [ d;r?y of January, In the year of our Lord one "i ' thousuud eight hundred and eighty-one. in M. O. Toi.man, 11,. S.] nr Trial Justice, Abbeville county. p< Pharos 0. Martin belngsworn,says: Onthe 4'ith day ?>f January, he found two otfen j "r > In lils.wheat Held; he knew the oxen to he the]"' i property ol Samuel J. UuMefc; witness drove : f , ,' to Ills lot ant' them u(?; tliey remained In" -*.c V?-n Bonut tin hour; a negro man named | J" ' John Dun vior came to the hotf-e anil 1 n-jti 1 r ed for the oxen; said he was in the employ- *" men tot''Hester; nave up the oxen, but sent word 11 Hester that lie would prosecute him ' lor trespass hy stock ; witness ha< seen lies ter's talves running at large, on one occasion last fill; saw Geo. Ab.e drive to Hester's house six calves which he had found In his ' j held; on tilts occasion Hester told Ai>le"not : to drive up his calves again, th it he would 11 turn out his eattle whenever lie pleased.*' I'll AUKS C. .MaunN. t)| ! Hugh R. CJibert being sworn, fay*: Ilehasjlo ' heard the defendant Samuel J. Hester afterward say, In the last tweive months, that he la I 1 WOUUi Luril Oil L II MIHIH U1JU LIlUl* H1C.V m i! go where lhey pleaded ; never heard litis said "i .1 with particular reference to .Mr. Martin's la , 11 tnd, hut in a general way. since the he^in- li< mm; of this action, hei.rd Hester say he sup- In posed his oxen hail been In Martin's field, but It l tlial he did not eare. H. it. Uiukkt. tl . llefore me I st. I M. 0. Toi.man, T. J. i jit * Defendant offered to prove that at an nice-' - tlon held underthe fence law the town-hip io-j I Jeeted the sust by a largo majority. Ruled out i ' - as irrelevant. )1,1 ? On hearing the testimony In this raso, the I " i defendant Samuel J. Hester was sentenced to | 81 * pay a tin'! of one dollar and costs, or be Im. prisoned tlve days. Whereupon he served up- Jl * on me the notice Of appeal hereto attached. ** Mj 0. ioi.M AN, Trial .1 ustiee. 11 I fiTATK ok SoCTII CAttOt.INA, I ,1, ' Altti.KVII.LK COUNTY. | ' The State vs. Samuel J Hester. Indictment |>< _ trespass by stock. j, ~ Tltc defendant Samuel J. Hester appeals;Cl I from the Judgment and sentence In the above staled cas"} on tim foliowlnu grounds: j C( ,1 1st. I'.ceause the Act of Assembly under st ,, which this prosecution Is brought Is uneoustl- Cl tntlonal, being In conflict with Section 20, Ar-! ft . llcle II of the Constitution of South Carolina. (| _ 'id. Because tlie said Act of Assembly is con- a, \ tlict with Section 10, Article 1, of the Cou?tltu- j, I tlon of the United SUites. ol I \V. S. Monteitii, Defendant's Attorney. hi s At the Judge's request Mr. Montelth read I fr -! the above named act. I g< b Ills Honor did not desire to hear the Sollcl-j e< s' tor In reply, and decided that the lirst ground j < I of appeal was untenable. That Section 7 was Jn f germane "o the title of the act, iiut that even ol s J If the act were unconstitutional In that para* si 1 graph, in all other respects it might bo const Ij tutlon. That stock being driven on land ? | might well be determined to be a trespass tin-, " | der the net. 2. Thai the stock law was not a contract be* tween the Legislature and the people, heg I cause It had been allowed to the people to vote c j on the question There was no consideration, j el I hence tin rj was no contrae', I y * 8. That the third ground isequal'y untena-l w I hie. The Judgment sentence of the x'rial Jus- a| 1! tlec Is contlrmed. I ul The order was suiimltied by the SoMcitor,! ni and Mr. Montelth gave notice of appeal. tc t A nol her ease against William 11. Murllu was f called an J continued. w TltK CASK OK ABRAM MARTIN. el j | The prisoners were then brought In for sen- R1 r (once. First, Ahrain Martin was sentenced. :f , ! His Honor spoke with much feeling, as tol- j V lows: 2 h I It becomes my duty as the organ of the law " (.! to p iss tl: t sentence Imposed bj law for crlmea ! ' j I committed. You have been convicted of an j I offence the most atrocious of which any hu- 11 U| man being would be guilty?the taking of hu- '' sjman life?tne life of your aged wife, tin* wife of your bosom with whom you have lived for r? I! many years, the mother of grown children P1 I bound to you by all the tcndcrest ties. Your [*' | counsel conducted your defence with great H' 1 j zeal and ability, and the humanity of the law **. [, after your tirst conviction yielded yon a second trial. Both Juries found you guilty. You ;I . said to .Mr. Cothran that you did not. know V* B what made you do the deed. I am sure that j none can know except yourself and O'od. It " f | was oneof those unaccountable crimes wrapt , , up In mystery. There was no evidence ol a !: . brtach of harmony between you and your ,, wife?nothing to indicate the thoughtol so . terrible a crime. You went guletly to rest at ] Highland In the morning before daylight you ! J! summoned, by your cries, the whole neigh-1 . borhood to wiluess the dee! you had done.! H r The fatal blow was stricken behind I lie garden I fence, thirty yards from where the body was [ . I found. The b"ads and lltt o trinkets which j I ? I she wore upon her person?perhaps your own | ? ] girt in some moment of afl'ccilon, were found j . scattered alonu ihe ground with t:nces oi l s ] blood marking the path along which liei body j ? j was borne through the gale to where It lay " e under the trei>. Along tlie path you laid P* limbs of trees to btilM up a story of a false de-' aJ fence so that It would appear that she was killed by a falliug limb. Unhappily for you ! ?' the limbs were not ilinbsof the tree under! "t which she lav, bill of another tree. The very | " effort to coueeal your eriinoonly fixed your i1,1 s guilt more clearly upon you. By your pica of al i Insanity you claim exe t ptIon from punish- ri j I ment for the crime, because of insufficient ea- rt 11 parity, it is si'.id .vou arc of weak mind, that r you have weak-minded relatives, thai your e: i ] head lacks development: that for sometime 1,1 s before the commission of thecrimeyou maul- al e felted dijcction. Mr. Lothrun said that youitc ? I uhU< r/ll?l nnl ulloiwi Vttlll* hilsU ! ^ J J ness as you had been accustomed to do. You j 01 | lmd a good character. You were employed by 1 c -1 Mr. Co Lb ran to - live yours and he spoke well! r* ; of yon. All these circumstance* makes the {" ! Int nt more mysterious, and incline one lo " II doubt wliethet you are the fiend your atro- 1,1 el clous crime would indicate you lobe or you 81 b 1 were led on by your poor brain by some moru i bid Impulse to do evil. Yout crime Is wholly u' - j unexplained. A cilme like this Is not easily ! " t explained. pi t ! rom this time I trust you will seek to en- " -1 ter upon a better life and be comforted by the ,JI , j hope that cheers. Crimes like these are not i ?' -1 easily repented of. The stain of human blood bl r 1 is a dark spot on your conscience. Your only ; hope is in Divine mercy. I will el ve you time , for consultation with those whose peculiar duty islo enter prison walls and whisper hope j! where there is no hope. I commend you to t j these people. Make a full confession of why n ; I you committed this d<-ed. You can not ex-! n -, pert pardon without confession. This Is a J gi patntul moment both lor you as well as my-It,: f sell and 1 will not further delay thcsentcnceof i b' s1 the law. u ' TO BK HASOKD. *t JI The Judgment and sentence of the Court Is,;' .! that the said Abrum Martin, prisoner at the! n j bar, be taken hcr.ce to the Jail of Abbeville j ' I county, and there kept in close confinement .. 11 until Friday, .'2d day of April next ensuing,' . and llicn be taken to the place of lawlirt exe- Jn( j eulion. and then fend there, between the hours ; r | of twelve o'clock M. and three o'clock In Die I ' alter noon on the day aforesaid, that he bej^ hung by the neck until his body lie dead, and j i, may (iod have mercy upon his soul. . J. H. Kkksiiaw, !... ' February II. ISftt. Presiding Judge, j cl Til K OTIIKIt I'RISOXRltS lUSI'OSKU OK. "< I" I vt 9 Albert Y'arborough, convicted of sell- M< t! Ini; eollou under lien, was Ilr.sl called 11]). M r. 111 1 K. Noble, Jr., made a motion lor a new trial, Hi r which was overruled, lie then submitted a 1 tfi I 1 petition from the prosecutor, Mr. Douglass a 1 . | that he (Mr. Douglass, was convinced that ly t Yarborough had had 110 in lent ion of commit-j pi I ting a crime, and praying his Honor to he m lenient in hiv sentence. The .sol ic. tor alsoj added a word in favor of the prisoner, and i llis Honor sentenced the prisoner to pay a 1 j line of <*10, or f o lo Jail for JJO dnj s. The line ! - was paid. | A j't John 1-ell wiis called up for scnlenco. }11 h ) sc? 1 Honor said : You have been convicted of a hj ) grave i.ml serious ollcnce?one calling forse-!th ; veie punlshni -nt, and it is n pr seiited that! tli .. you Imvea wile and family, ai.d good people j wi 1 to 1 relation?. On their account I am soitj for 1 of u. If I fi*nd you to tli? penltetitlary It will nict a path on tliem I would like 10 avoid, d It would be an indelllne stain on you; e under which it. would be bnrd to reinstate lira? If In tbe good opinion of the people 101112 whom you live: perhaps you had best veawuy from i lie memory "of your wrong Ing. B"t I will not send yoil lo ihe pen|itlnry. The sentence of the i.ou-t Is, that II be confined In tliecounly Jail lor the splice six iiidntlm. V the Solictor's sngirestloli the Judgeaddihealternatlveof a tineofSlOO and tnecosis the prosecution. ilairshall I)nvisconvietcd of kgsault and baly. Mr. Maglll submitted in behalf of the Tentlant prlsor.er n siatement that he rfas a rson of very weak ml ml ami hardly reinslblc for his acts. The Judge sentenced III > pay a tine of ;sM or iro to Jail for $Jdnys. Co further business in the Sessions l.'ourt. lich was then adjourned, and the Court of minon Pleas convened. The Juries had en dismissed until Tuesday and the ha lance Thursday was spent In calling calenders 2 d U and 1. DEMOCRATIC DESERTERS, trilling: Invective Delivered ib the TO T !?1.i icnnussce lA-ifisiuiuie. ?herc was a long deadlock on the election of lited Slates Senator, which, having been >ken, was followed by another on State otn 8. After eighteen ballots fur Secretary of ite two or Ihrec Democrats voted for the publican candidate, and elected him. This moved an old gentleman tliat. he broke out the lollowlng burst of eloquence: 'Mr. President?I am an old man and have mbed the hill of time, crossed Its apex, and 1 hastening down the western slope. But I ve never seen and never expected to sco the i ne presented here to-day. I have heard of litors, but never dreamed that there could a Democratic traitor. Behold the slekfe'u% scene before us. The gen I us of Democracy teps at the sickening sight; The Itepublins applaud the deserter. I.know these Kcbllcuns. They are hieh-sirung and lifghtied gentlemen, and while they accept the t they will turn upon the traitor as Cocur 1 In the Gallic war upon the deserter that me Into ills eamp and exposed the position the opposing army, and say to them : udio qoii (hris *cd covtennio clenertoi vm.' i I nr what you say, but I despise the traitor.) ic Anger of scorn Is pointing at them now. ley wtil belaid down In In In my so deep that will taint their blood and become a leprosy their families. I vote for Mr. Snodgrass. lose Democracy is a? pure as the limpid rains that leap from crag to crag among his itivc mountains." mi. _ t It . ... Hie jjuru'.i rruyer. When (ho elder Booth was residing in flnlnore, a pious,urbane old gentleman of that ly, hearing of hlsiticnt i owerof elocution, ie day invited him I<> dinner, although allys deprecating th^ stage and all theatrical i'ioi malices. A large company sat down at e table, and on returning to drawing-room icof thema-ked iioolh, as a special favor to em all, to repeat the Lord's prayer. Me .nified his willingness to gratify them, and l c} es were tixed upon hi in. lie slowly and verentlv ar<>se from ills chair, trembling ith the burden of two great conceptions. 3 had to rcalizethe diameter, attributes and esenee ot tiie Alinlgtv being he whs to adess. lie was to transform hlrmelf into" a tor sinning, stumbling, benighted, needy pplicant, ofleriug homage, asking bread, irdou, light and guidance. Says one of the mpuny who was present: "It was wonder1 to watch the play of emotions convulsed s countennce. lie became deadly pale, and s eyes turned trembling upward, were wet ith tears. As yet he had not spoken. The lencecnuld be f.;lt; It had become absolutely linful, until at last the spell was broken by an electric shock, as "Is rich toned voice lli',hl::d f ?rth. " Our Father, which art in uaven," etc., with a pathos and fervid solunity which thrilled all hearts, ile tlnisni; Ih*silence continued; not a voiee was <ard. not a muscle moved In his rapt audiice, until, from a remote corner of t ie room, subdued sob was heard, and the old gentlean, (the host) stepped forward with streamg eves and toMcrmg frame and seized iiootli t he hand. ".Sir," said lie in broken aecunta, o:i have aTo de 1 me a ple.isurs for which y whole future life will feel grateful. I am i old man. andevery d ty from b:i.vh'KKl to the escnttiine, 1 have repi utcd the Lord's pray: but I n .-ver h>-ard it beiore, never!" "Von eri rht.' r -plied B tot.i; to re id that player It siiould be r.^id, ?*a i*ed me the scve-cst u ly and labor f->i- thirty year-, and I am far iin satlsiied with my rendering of that won sri'ul production." Hardly one person Ir n thousand comprehends how mucli iieduty nderness and grandeur win he condensed in ififtoe so simple. 'J'hut pruycr ot Itself sutll t-rnly illustrates the truth of the Bible, and :unps upon it the seal of divinity.?Alii wc. Lynch Law. Rev. Dr. Grler, one of the editorial rontrlh ors in the Amocltite Jtrfurm>-d I'rcxb'i/terianU e Inst Issue of that paper, publishes the fol wing article: "A Siito.vo 1'lea for Lynch Law.?In f te Issue of this paper we stated that, a resort i Lynch law In old settled eoinniiinitie narked a radical defect cither In th" Judic ry system or public sentiment." \V? beeve Unit the former cause Is nio-t generally i vol veil. '1 he recent acquittal of Col. Tom ulord, of Kentucky, Is a good Illustration ol 10 fact referred to. It Is just on.-of those in awes. so constantly occurring, which shake abllc eontlden'ee in the established method' "vindicating Justice and punishing crime lir facts of this celebrated ease are briellj iese : Uuford had it case In litigation invoiv ig about jJJO.ikm. The case went aeainst hlni i every court. A rehearing of the case wa> anted. It wax argued with the same result i the I?7th of March Ih79. As one "f th? iid^es of the Court, of Appeals, Judge Ell'ott as returning to iiis Hoiei from the sittlngo te Court, he was met by Uuford as he enter I the door. Buford asked him to take t rink, and. before he could reply, he empllci DC u:irrei 01 h snoi nun into ine .iuu^n jJy, killing lifrn lns:antly. All theevldenei i tiic case showe I thai 't was a d'llheratc )U1 blooded brutal murder. Hcdellvered him If up, m.d In u lew muni lis lie was tried mvlck'd of murd> r In Hie second degree am inlcnced lo the Penitentiary for life. III.' >unsel appealed, h new trial wo*grunted aw verdict of "not guilty," was rendered, ot le ground of insanity. This is the old stnrj id it will, no doubt, repent, itself in a:l ?t stalls. In a few weeks, Ituford will lie on the Asylum i If heroes thereat nil) and wll s ready to ?.*ttle, a* before, the Mippr.sed ill onls ol his neighbors. Is i; any wonder tha tod el i kens, In'the li^ht of such tria'a. loo* ?)lly on when certain guilt is dealt with Ir ie most summary way, without Judge o iry? Such examples furnish the advocate! ; Lynch law with all the argument* tliey de re. it is hard to answer them. arimell Court House Sixteen Yean Ajro. [n-irnicr.ll Sentinel.] On Inst Saturday, sixteen years aso.thcFed 'ill army, under command of the notorious en. Kilpntrick, entered the town of Rain ell. after a skirmish at .Sulkehatchie will joiit forty or tifty men of Ocii. W heeler'sciiv ry. It wasjusi at our dinner hmr when'tin lain body, ten thousand men entered th< itvn, depopulated of all its mule citizens ex pt about a dozen old gentleincn. House; erf- ransacked, stock slaughtered, horses tak i, and carriage*and other vehicles tilled wltl ro'.lslonsand rolled away; ineals tukt-n fron ie fire partly cooked, i<-nces t nil down, am le tiery torch applied to some of our lines itilding-t. Women and children were terrf i?d. and looked to he turned ou! honieless, U idure the bitter weather then prevailing tid when nigiit came the sky in every direc on was reddened by I he giare, and the at osphere tilled with the fumes of stolen ha >n being prepared for the thousand enemlei i the little group of liclplesschildren, tliou^l rave yet at tiie mercy of tne army. The fol iwIuk morning Kllpairick and his staff rodi ;>mpously to the court House, and sat ot lelr horses while the torch was applied. nftei lilch the march onward was resumed. Or ie tith day of thesame month, about 2 o'clock en. Davis' corps of 25,0U0 men entered tin iwn, and by 1 o'clock the following d.iy, hue iduccd every buliding of Importance to ash i, ftnd cleaned every smoke house and pautrj i town of the Inst dust of tneai. Jt was or lie. day that the Henlinel office was fired, by i Irly little Pennsylvania villain, and consum 1, with a huge quantity of type, a magnlfl nt press, and oilier material. That week o ebrnary, IWj, tested the nerve of our conn y, and has left a sad impression with all sur Ivors. ailurc to Establish a Bureau of Agrriculture. A dispatch ironi Washington to the Bostoi crad, dat' d 7 ill says; " 'i he bill creatlm; tti< ureaii of Hgriculture Into an executive de irtment, and its he:id into a secretary o jriculiure, was defeated in tiie House to day r. Aiken, of south Carolina, a member o le agricultural committee, whose pet measur was, moved its passage under suspensioi r the rules. He secured without trouble t!n lajorlty required to second his motion, but ter the half hour's debute allowed by tin lies, he was unable to muster the two-third qnlslte to a suspension of the rules." " The speeches made on the bill, with tin Kception of one by ('hnlrmiiu Covert of tin iricultural committee, a sensible Long Isl tid lawyer, the only member of the commit e. who signed the adverse minority report ere stronuiy in favor of the passage, b'o i.e half liour tiieiigrieiiltural Interests of (hi >untry were uppermost In the minds ?>f tin spresentatives of the people. In short, tw< ilnute speeches, Messrs. Allien, Aieuoru unncl and other grangers urged the Impor nice of the farmers and the propriety ofcon Ituting their peculiar division of tin* cx<* Hive go Vermont n department eo-equnl wit) I other departments. Mr. DunncI went fur ier than the others, and urged the erentloi Fa department of Industry, which wouU ave supervision not only of agricultural lit of all other industrial Interests of thi juntry. Despite all the talk, however, tin ill failed to receive enough votes and is dead. The Peaceful Press, (Greenville IA'euv.) Our esteemed contemporaries, lhoCbh/m6& 'eaister and the Anderxon Journal are still "a . The latter replies to the Insinuation re irdin^ "a puppy*'with somegeneral remark! (uching "a flop-eared old hound." preface* <i an elaborate and appropriate quotiitior om the .Scriptures. Let us keep this thint might and see exactly how the South Caro na press stand : The Itegixter and the AV>i\ i<i Courier hate each other devoutly; th? roister and the Daily yews nre temporarily , peace ; the JVcws ami Cornier has b'ockadei ic Daily AVmw, and the lattergtHis you-pleusi urnal dc:ighN to prod H.? esteemed con ternary in the ribs at every opportunity; there open war between the It'nuxhnro .Xeini anil 'rrahl and the Abbeville Medium: also bei-een the Medium and the Daily Xeu.i; the 'eilium and the HeijUVr arc not on speaking rms, anil there Is not that warm affection 'tween It ami theAViw and Owner that 1araeterl7.es other birdlimrs In their little wlittc-wInijt:<l peace In the slmjioof Ihc tihevitle I*rex? and Runner has lied from Ihc ild of camnge, and the Andvrxon J^urna\and ie Itrgixtcr are exchanging canine epithets, rcthren, it Is time to call a halt. iSoine ol ie language that lias recently been flying ound lo?vers the formerly high tone not onof the journals themselves but of I he peoe. II ali other means fall, we shall start a oveinent to repeal the anti-duelling law. Ready for the Day of Judgment. We take the following from the Kdg Jteld (Ivertiser : "Mr. J. It. Mart'n. of Kdgetield, venty yearsof age, was recently presented r his wife with twins. We copy this from e Abbeville ]*re.i.<t and Iianncr. and we hear at Mrs. Martin Isalsoa-. ed seventy. Sonow [ are ready for Mother ijhiptou and the day judgineul." Plymouth Pulpit j - t RELIGIOUS DOI?BT AS DEFINED BY c THE BEVi Mil. BEECHEB. { 1 fc Hnnlif line Pnllnw>rt tliA FnnffltAns nf f the Saviour Through all Ages Down t to the Present Way - Religion a* i Large as the Universe of God?The Word of God Stands Sure. ? [C/irtiMan Union.] "Ard when tin y saw him ihey worshiped lilm; but , sonic dutihu-d."?Malt, xxvili: 17. , I his was a qii'-hlli'n ol personal Identity; abont , which one would suppose there nbedoubt. he&illOtt , It drpeiidud upon the lowest form of evidence, which , UMiaily I* the most rlc.ir>.us. It huh a eroup of thtiso , who h:sd lollowcd Christ fu his llfc. who ml belli-Ved in his teaching, who had mourned bis c uclflxion. Who ( limited lor his return, aritl who doubt ess would be ( unx.ons that It should bn he. Those who wer? uicrcu- . rial, those whuae understandings moved more quickly j to their moral aspiration and sense, the moment they , saw liiin broko out into Worship; but otheri-. either ol ' a MukrIsIi temperament <>r Very caution*, it may be \ fi nin tho ascendency of lore that cannot afford to mako j : a mistake and ti"Ur Itsi If out unworthily, doilb'edl . Hiid doubt has folio Weil t hp footsteps of "the Saviour , I th oneh all ages down to tin- present dav. I am going | I t-i discourse, not on tft'e subject of t)ie (llvlnltr <-f | j Christ, In which I very heartily believe, baton thesnb' j j-ct of religious doubt, its nature. lis causes and its remedies. The subject Is so Urge thru I shall be | obliged to depart from my usual cust.im. and make a double sermon. This morning and this evenlnir, therefore, I shall cause your atientl n to the natu e, the eaus> s nod the remedies of rel.glons doubt. I To u derstand what we mean bv doubtlt is necessary i that we s'hoiild lirst ask what is meant by Iteliel or < conviction. They bear ihe same relation to e'ich other that the light of day Hoes to the darkne?s of niaht; or tliat cold does to b?at. One is the negation of the other, simply. DOt'BT 18 XKRliLY XOT BKL1KVIJCO. What, then, Is lielieVlnef What is convlcilonf It is the conscious acceptance, InwHrdly, of any state! m> nt. Bny truth or any principle, on any evidence I wnittv>cvcr " which there is the feeling that that statement or 'ruth or principle Is a f cL What we understand to be a conviction of truth Is the mlnd'sconI sent to that tiuih. The Hjv.-eft form Is that <f the I truth of things?what the sena?s perceive, and what the pereeptive intellect judges and accepts *s trut I'nder this form come all mathematical facts ann stitements. No argument is required to prove that two and two are four, that four and fonr ore eight, or that eight and eitrht are sixteen. There Is nothing to be said in regard to these statements. They are theiefnre called axiomatic irutlis. truths of the sense*, or truths that overvbody ncceprs. Truths of the senses, or truth* In the sphere In which the seo?e* act, are received by tne understanding ol men with more certainty, perhaps, than any other elas- of truths?atany rate by the linedttcoled n.;.ld. !l(1? 8 not at all follow thai a thing is a truth b- cause yon believe ft is tin*. It do s not follow because you h?ve the testimony of your a- nseB thnta thing Is true :hat Is so: for the sen?cs on- just as apt to be deceived. they are just ns fallible, as tbc intellectual philosophic reasoning of men. Then there are the results of Intel'CCtuH] perception, or reasoning in regrtrd to truths ol relation. On this ground stand arguments of logical cevicioti, or such presentation* as are supp -sed to compel the purely thinking par: of men?the Intellect?to assent to given results which are thought to be true; and often Imes they are so. b t oftentimes they are not so. Nevertheless, <! the argument or logic produces in the mind o' man n reuse of satlrfact'on as to the revelation ot any truth, to him It Is evidence That which is evidence to a mun of any given truth drpendssnhj ctiV'ly upon his nature; so tb-it an evidence that perfectly | s'ltlstlesone na?, may not even face the suifice of an1 other mail's conviction. A FAR LAKGKR .MERE Or TRUTH EXISTS, however, than that of the senses, or that of purely I thinking reason. Truths that have tli-'tr <i< reloptnctii . in iht* sphere of social inte conse. of love, of trust, ol . benevolence, of piety, of simpnthy: nil t;uilis that i In their Very nature r quire the liiterapherlog of , iniiol with mind; truths which rising higlirr, take i old ( on the (tr- lit W'>rai elements of rlirht mill wrong, puri:! ty and Inipnilty. fnltli mill hope. r. vercnce and nrever, ence?these uiv ti uths that iii..vc in the sphere of feel I log. Now, iii rega'd to ull ni 'ial truths i?" this higher kind. It Is not In the power ol reus<>n t? c-?i.vlct or eonvjnce any man i and ml truths (and nineteen out of ! twenty of wha arec lled religious filth* consist of ? th. Se) In whlc* the evidence is addiessed purely and . i simply to the tna heiutitical reason, t" Ihe intellect, or to tile l"gl at reason. Coine short of pr-'dncinif tncrnl conviction. They may produce a ! 'tjic.il conviction J bill they cannot produce a iui>ri| c'fivlctlon; for tn this > sphere I>: iriith the intellect must have iori s auxllia. ry some emotion. Mural truth must have the adjunct i of m-Tttl feoliny. Well, It does not Hop with moral truth alone. No i man can he mole hi belle v., in ihefcrlpinregeiisi.aiid . | in the proper sense,In .1 truth of a high m-ial naliiie. | unless :l<ere is somewhere Iii his constitution a mora! . 1 leelliig that vibialff to the evidence that presents It to his iiiftii]; lor conviction In this case c?m. s from ti.e operation ?f intilligenci and morul sense working to. grt-er. The same Is true In regard to a great many natures that are art's'lc. Th?re are some men wh"S' wty of thinking is so penetrated with artisiiceiementx with a sense of the fd -nl nd the beautiful, tb t truths 1 which leave out tbenvrnl element, or leave out the element of the beautiful and ideal, (to not Come bi>me to theoi, 1 '1 he same la triic In regard to 1 ho poetic tempera t> j mei t, or the plav ol the in.agination. There are a 1 j great m:?ny men who, like Loeke, believe that TIIB IMAGINATION IS A 7HUITKUL CAl'SE OF fllCIF; Tiox. ! I So it Is; and the^e Is nothing in the human economy I that Is n-.t a fruitful eausc of deception. There is inn . one ("fallible lilt,II; und be lives nt Kome; but Ule > imagination Is no more likely to stumble lnt? error * 1 hau I gic. Tingle rn-kes believe that it is infallible: but It Is ?ot< Since the world began there have no} where been tMore ways of error than In w'lut Is culled . the exact philosophical demonstration of moral , I themes. , 1 On the other hand I hold that t>er has been no | guide so saf-, on the *h#l , ns that which ?eaves morJ1 al argiitn nt with the element of Imagination. There , I is a large class of people who are so constituted that f! the conscience inside of them will nevrr respond to . | t'at which Is true tin'esH the truth comes to them in L j some sucli shape that it is gilded or made b< autiful by I the power of the imagination. 5 THAT 18 THE 8ECRKT OF I1TMKS. J Take b chapter In Calvin on any one of the great themes of Christian experience, nnd y?u may rend It a liunttred timcs'over, and you will he like nuii that .' ikatcon Ice. The statement Is philosophically pcrhct; ' luit it innkeA no Impression ti| on ymi. If you 'ake I precisely tlie 'atue sntiinent In one of Charles Wes: lei's Hymns, nnd present It to men. they snv, ' That 1 Is mi ; that Is trus." There are hundreds i.f men that ' do not know, when they are slnginir, whether they are , ('u.vmiRts i>r Arnilnlans. All toe chi.rche* tha' ever I IIveil In the world'ire to be found In the hymn b o.. . I Tho proof nf any truth may he :i fuel, *'i intellectual " statement, itti emotion, or a poetic conviction. A fart 1 r^'iy he Ifne; nnd the prih.f of It may he uhsolutely [ false; but to a man who recelv. a lu itan-wer* Its emi. ' All that we waul Is to bring the minds of men into truth that Is true to thorn. If It fr-mes through the ' p'irt of the senses.and satisfies them: if It comi s through the |Miri ot rclliCtiVe reason, and sitittl-e them; if It cotiieB through the port of foim. of color, of the idenl, or of the mystic and obscure, and satisfies ^ them, nothing more Is required. No matier in what way the truth comes to a man. if he settles down, and says, ' [ believe It; that is trde to me; I accept It," th t is enough. This differs from tho ordinary popular id. n of thought as wlileivas the whole ttiib'd differs - from iiny sipcle lunc'ion of the mind. " Ills plalrt". then, tbatalihoiivhingeneral Intellectual - argument and'locic fill a certain sphere in the prodnci ti"n of conviction, moral and ?>thetlc feeling'are rr * quired in the higher range of truth; and no man who J dot s not bellpre this can read ih New Testament with J profit. ! rom beginning to and the crest fuct is devel-1 oped manhood. The one thing wbieb tbe whole Bible j " TilF nUII-DINO CP OK A NOBLE 80 PltnNAI. MAN. i The Ins ruments b.v which this manhood ft to he j built ii|> are -ec'iid tj; namely, the modes ofpresentI ing lact truth. In the New Ttsiain ni ai>tl especial! . in lit*- life ??f C':rt?n and Ilia teaching, and r.ised to j doiihlepower in the Ospelo: Jnhn. y>>ushaii iind that ; ?rvery where inniai and uncial intuitions are recognlz- d 1 tta Ihe highest evidence of conviction?not thecon. vlctionof the reasoning power, hut the conviction of . the emotional power In men. When ChrUt came Into * ihe temple to di.-pute with his adve^arles. his ar. i gumont was "Youareof jour father, the devl-! and . tb t Is the reason you do not believe in mo; for I am > ol my K t er, Uou: and imiHttnlty ?iii?iiot untie1 stand I benevolence, n?r can imputltv understand piiri'y." r Ifyo i st ii-l b'iure one of Tit'an'a p etu.es and say, i " Oh! wbat gorgetffli colors!" and a in n, hear! it yoii, : saya, ** I do not see any col?>r," you cannot help your; self. You cannot demonstrate color to a man who I does not see It. An ifyuusayioa man . * Honesty . is beautiful," and h<- say-, ' I cIh not thmk it Is; I tie; lone to the school of those who do not see any beauty II in honesty, noi bc'.irve in It. " there Is n- th tig mine i! to he satd undvr the circutnsta crs. The convlctionof -I any truth implies a certain adnptation of It* presenta-1 lion to tne wants of the nutur- to which it is presenf | ted. helore that nature can clasp it and make it food * tor ItSeli. This view explains why so many are ci-rUin ol their fail h who can give no reason for It. A man fays, * I kn-w, I know." "Hut," it is mild. "why do >0.1 , know? We are exhorted in :-criplure to as tar asp 'sslMe give a reason lor the faith that Is in us to eveiy man that asks." ) A THOUSAND TIMES MEN UAVE BEEN TUltNED H from darkness to light, and from wickedne-s to hoii/ liet-s, by an electric shock;and 'hey say. I have b en of the fplrit. and these thing* are true to me; but 1 1 cannot leil you how nor why the change that 1 have undergone was wrought." Tin n a great many say, " It Is doubtful whether ills genuine or not." It may , Iw doubtful, and it may lint he doubtlul To some ' f..Iks it is not; for u man may bare the moral feeling ? wnicli gives eonvietion, and v?t may not be to explain the philosophy of it. It is not necessary that a man should understand ihe philorophy l>y which vinegar , tasles sour und sugar tastes sweel, In order to be ant, Isilrd of the fact tliat one does ta>ie sweet and the ; ; other sour. He inav no know how to look at the I papil ie of ihe tongue and see how they work. ?o it is olten, with the presentation of truth. '"He ' that believetb with the ht art, " ic is said, "t'clieTi th ; unto salvation." Although 1 would not sirain the pusi snge, I suppose that when it was written it was ineai.: i to discriminate between Int. llect and emotion, and to I imply that a man does not rightly believe truths until ,* he believes them with the heart. ^ This shows, also, why men may be absolutely at * | one, though the sources of tbeirconvlction may utterly " I differ. 'I IT II A FOUNDATION TOR CJIABITY. i ; It furnishes a conception of peaceable unity with j i unavoidable ami Innermost differences. Ifa man has , holiness for his aim in life, and ii he with all his heart 51 and soul desires to serve GimI, you may call him Brabi> | mln, or Buddhist, or Catholic, or Protestant, or socin1 Ian, or Arminian, but tbe one great polntof hisortbo- | I/in*" " Mrli KiAniln ^^ntrfti tn i*vprvth1mr else, as the trunk of u tree is centre] to nil tbe diversity of lUj brand es, is tbe purpose to bebuili up into a perfect I nun by the divine influence. That is one grand thing > { In all the earth. t NOW AS TO THE METHODS OF BE I NO BUILT UP. " One inny be built up by 01? thing, and another by : another thing, Instruments may vary through u long ' range. Sotnr are more generally applicable, and some < | are more specially applicable; but that is the one point J \ that unites Christen oin. The universal religious in '' stinct of the human race in days gone by bas been. , < ninl the univeiiSHul religions instinct of the human race ; in day? t-> come will be, that centerraost desire to I make the largest, purest, truest manhood by the In - j , | lor urn live tiowerof the divine nature. All other ques' I linnsjai - dv.flif. d in coinpniiron with that. , J This view explains, also, men's doufr.g enncerning j; certain doctrines Men come ti? ine and say, " 1 aiu j _ j an unbeliever; 1 cannot acecpt the doetrino I the dl- | [ villltv of Christ, and as to the ?l?cti! <? of total de-1 , ' praviiy and regeneration, th?*y are all as mist to me." . My reply to th> in Is, - !> > o.. want to get "Ut of some ! . thing,or do you Want to get into Millie thing? Do you j r ' want to get rid of these doctrines, or do you want to , [ j live a notile life f " They say, " 1 want to live a nolile j ;' illc " Wry good ; I m?ihI tiu-in > ijrlit awuy to work among the |"?ir and l);n->riiiii; and 1 say to them, 1 " Here is :i noble lile; and it does not reqjuie doctrine, pj Succor the lost; help the sink; t?ach the ignorant.'* | 1 They go to work; mid what is tliccftVci ot thai work ? | It 11- to develop in iheio the love element, patience,, (i long-suffering, kindness nr seif-sacrtier. And th?-1 moment they pnar out these elements they go i ack to j | the lilble and see that ihat is just exactly what cubist nn>; , and they come to look upon the Woril ol (Jod as a book ' lhat had its origin in the necvsslt) of in.n that were; , trying to rescue their felinw-ineU; nini before they know it they are more orthodox than th r minister. Kmotion produced by practice in often ten thousand times mine converting and t hristiaciieiiig to n man than llie clearest intellectual Statement? nil that Without any discord between it and the intellectual slate- . ; meet. It merely indicates that (Jud iu His sovereign-1 >'*: - -h\ v* r* ' ? ? g? ??? v nspsall the various faculties of men's minds, and ; or h it one of theui producing argument In as really richt a i ,s unother tlml |>r>duceB feeling. Nirm* theologians wl iltb.rto, fur tl:e want of a philosophy of bninan na- bu uio. havu undertaken to demonstrate that truth must a i ?mu ilowa In the shape In which It has been given ih mm church to church You mluht Just as well f-ay ? h it we ou^ht to fl/btwlth the Ini-trumenu which c? re formerly used?bows nnd arrows. 811 long a.? you tb III a man it does not muke any diffurciicns wbat you . to lyht Mm with. ' b> This doctrine of corvlctlon as the result of mere th motion acting with the rca.vih Is likewise j di fvt or Till KXl'LANATIoXS OK THE PARADOXES OF r, CUBIST n ?np taw Christ ssvs, uHe that Is not for Us is | gainst its;" unci In another c.s?* He *aVS. " ite thnt Is sr lot against lis Is for s." 'Ih>- two pat--w 8 are point* I * ilank apstrlst carb other; and a ?r> at many men and | vuinen say, ' Vyh.it sort of a r^veNllon is that which | ?li ui directly Contradict* iti**-lf ?" Bat if tou tuke those i in ient?-nces and apply them to different parts of the tb nliid, yon will find that they are both trnei Neither in >r them Is any the less true thin the statrmeUta that sn iweet In sweet aiul sour Is sour. Apply the sayin?i CI 'He that is not fur us U against us," U) the Iow.r class- til ;s of inijQ, and it *s perfi nlv true. He that is sensu- tb ..... - - A.. ?11.1 A r. A .hJ l.n. r,.? ,,f .?m- ft* vatlijr wlili the poor nml needy, nnt being for n? on bt : he better side of his nature. Is aenlint us Now ap- si ply It to the very opposite side of human ootur . If pin look at irii-n who are really following their nobler ct tsplralons, ami are every day tiylng to find oat wbnt y< is right, and what la nobler rectitude, t- en you per- ? teive that It Is true that he ibat Is not against as to for ' as. One of those trntbs Is perfectly trae at the hot- I torn of the bmln-oniJ the other Is perfectly true at the 1 top of the lifalb ; only ui-n who huVe no brain do bot know how t* manage them. Well, from this general view I think It Is fairly plain Lnat UNBELIEF IS NOT 5ICESSAKILY COKDMNABLS. J It hns h. en taught In the churches that a mKn most believe so and so. Here Is the Roman Church, that lays, "These things an! to be received, or the tnan la condemned n?-or damned. There ?ee a great many persons who do not mind my snyliig co'ndt mned; bat If I Buy damned thev ate shocked. Just as ifd:itiined and conoimned Were any different! They ah: also . lately tbe Mine The cbuches, fh>ra apt- tli age, bare | laid down a lonif line of |>ro|x?ltloiis and statements; " and they require "the laltbful," "8 Christians on-called, y to lielievr those propositions and statements on penally of damnation?whatever that may mean. Now I liver?ar.d In thla I join a multitude ol men i who have ?upjio-cd themselves to he skeptics and InBdela--tl at a toon may doubt thousand* ot th tigs whlcb are presented to liim. and wblcb it I* said that be mast believe, and yet bfl ROT OWLT 1!?50C*J?T, BUT PliIBIWOaTHT XVtit, / jere are things staled In charcb doctrines In wiys | such that self-respect should keep a man from bellev- j lug In tbein. , lturinga revival which took place In Boston, at an 1 Inquiry meeting ol more than four hundred people, my rather, in conducting tbe conversation, was assist f ed l.y a great many persons, among whom was ?tu- c dent Irom Aridover; and my fatbrr beard tb's young thcologue, who was talking with a young woman who professed that she Relieved, and whom be desired to test, which was ail right enough, profound to her, Anally, TDK OLD I10MIH80H QUESTION, "Do you think, madam. thai you would be willing to be damned for the glory </f God?" She wu? somewhat startled; and my fatb r. who Was In tne feat be II1IIU iliruif 111 MIO |TUIII[H '?IIU III U3'J Ul ? ) , NliU, " W I,at nre you asking that woman T tie, with a a meek cunKclousneas of rectitude, said, " I was asking her. Doctor, whether she would be willing to be damned for th? glory of G??d." Said my father, "Would you. slrt" "I hope so, sli." "Then you ought 10 lie damn>d t" fecondly, let us consider the natar? and source of doiibL The lowest and inoat vnlgar forin is perhaps the most prevalent. It is that which mines froui ine repugnance of the p Melons, in the M-lMndulgenc-- of | lb* Soul, to the sway of self derylnp inor.it truth. It I !s simply the rising up of the at;:uial thnt is In men ! 8K*1n.-t the rpiiituai that is in tbetu. Where a man's life lies In physical | ha-nre, * here he lives day by day for mere -eciilar, unitnal enjoyment, under h in- . lluenccot ti e appel>tes mid passions, wMch in n eU-r ihereto, If the command comes to him. "Deny ihy , s.lf. take up thy cmrt, ai.d follow uie,H he niTo ia against the men, the Institutions and ihe influence* that tend tu enfi.rce it; and that is un unbeliet thnt Is damnable. It cooies undir the category of thus- 1 things lo whlih our Master referred wb-n h? aal'l, "The llubt shineih in darkness,and the doikuucn com prelieiidcth It not." 1 111al answers ejaclly to the Mntement of Christ, when reasoning with the covetous aud uioblll. Usi ulers of the Jews, thnt imr would not acckpt tiii tboth becnu'e tbeli deeds were evP, bec>n6? they bated the i Itk'ht, and liecauoe th> > loved darkness. Of any mull w ho is u ma of pleasure in the oidlnary sense of that term.and who, like a i>ebetO"tb, is pasturing the great Atldxot human life, and mwav. browai g downward, a,v rtndiiij lils fond in the mud?ol any such man li may be raid that his uubeilef Is damnable. It is the exhalation of the mm ass, It is the miasma that comes no truin the tl ihv stv in ? btch the* live. that c.onds the irulb i.ml |inis out beaten to tbelr eyes. 1 hen u Variation, or perhaps an extension of this i? found where men are i ol wallowing In the uiad, but are given over to i-elflsb passions?to sinblllon, without reprint to moral piiuciple; to riches, ui only another lorui of covrtousness and ambition) tosell-aggra<idi*euiei;l o! every foim. without any restriction of tbe higher element*. Ti.ere la many a man "ho thinks that nligion is nothing bat u vurnleb that cni> us well be put on at tbe met asat the first. There li> many a limn who s. " I will get riches ?ud pleasure when 1 um young; anil alter 1 HAYS SKCUHED TBE ORlAT EIM OF THIS Llfl I will turn the Corner cmldenly some day, and repent, and go to braven > ? all tbe w.-?y tb.ou^b lite they fbield themselves by fiiiili g lault with 'he truth because Inty perceive th <i If they ncc. pt it, and und>r- . take to conform ibelr lives to tbe nolilrs' ideal* i f a true Christian manhood, tbe.v mi.at cat <>ff tbtlr right hand and pluck out their right eye; and that tbey will not do. Tbi-y lortily ibeuis Ives in uiiIh-X. vlng simply because It Interfere* with their relflsunese) and ibul la culpable. HOW THAT IS TOCI CASK. It is Just the ponralt of many s man tbst is here, Tou :ire iloltig what y?u know la wrong. You are organizing wrong ci.ndijct_ Tou know Hint your heart is a catru ol unclean beusti*. You knuw that the rea on why you resist Chilsilan preaching on theAubbalb day ts mat 11 yon give In lo the vnw# that a. e presented you have Kill ti change t very purt of your III*. A d yel, if jrou could be bought lo the stiloushour cf choice it won.d be the liiiur which would decide In your life between glory and honor and Immortality, and sliamo aud everlasting confusion. Then tb. rc is the uiieettling lorco of tbe conduct of men who proftss to be Christians, which com<s lu u, on different minds i>< different Wavs. As It' jit" a-ld In ttcripiure, "iiy reason of whom the way of truib'shall br i v,| rp. heii o^-' so It iffuy be 8 >id that til' dtrr?t and Worst a.gliment of Infiiellty la the church uf ClirUt In the world at large. Of all the crimes thai were ever commit ed in ?urope, the most heinous w?-ro thote which were commute ! In the name of ibiisiiunity by Christian emperors and' t h istipn popes. Uf all IDe things thai hare bceti'eppresslVe ihe most Ofptesslve has bees tiii LK.tucr. or ouricii akd statb to hold men down In igno.anc.- ami bondage. Of all the br^KTies that ever w?-re attempted In ibis wor.d the worst has been thu bruin* oi uiu.> with fiddle and dance, with pictures and with hoi.day?, lest they should ?Miert their liberty and manhood. Ol all tlie thu ib(i-uB that have been instituted to turn back the march of muahood, to keep men in the loVer siruta ol life, undeveloped and undevelopable, walking with black banner amidst tbe whole light of Christianity? ol all these things thfoiog) and iliiirch ii.fluent# have been tbe muster and leader in times gone b>. How can we expect tnal men will bnve raith in the Christianity of thu pulpit when they associate wt.fc their fellow men who eland high in their church rwla-' ilon?, and find them to be not only less inofjl, biu a itreat deal further down In the line el morality,'.ban many who make no profession of leligioii? Christ euys, **Yoa are tbe light of the world; you are tbe salt or the earth ; let luen see your good works so tlial they fhall glorify j our Father which iitahearen;' but when Christians produce snch fruit as many mi, lliei IfBll Mien tu h.'llcve that there la no tru? rliilrih and no God. i Then there arc other* who may be said to bare bad a Dnnitl paial^sl? by it.ismi uf thedlthcdltles that tbi-y raise. 1 here are A GKEAT HANY PKKBO.XB WHO CAN BAIBI DIITICULTI1 J' | l>ut cannot net tit them. It is ei?y f..r a m..n to bait- Id tbe bunt of a am a hole uh cb. whei; the etr ani baa started and 'he water bn? got t<> going tbromrh the Mississippi levee, be cannot fill up nvnin. Many a man hut gunt to ?ra w.thout a rudder, nod found that In aplte ui him bit bkitr towed up and down on tbr nuVrB. Now. religion In Its whole institution, la a* lance rs the univeseo. God; and aniline n veri e aliy ibiow bltiise J nut of a cetl'rd rt Hu'loM belief Uuil'has ci.ihdoW) through the ages fflthorit bring able to throw himself in (i.-an. 1 could put iu> ahou tier uiitul joint, 1 tIii: k, ii 1 were rijebt y pitched ; t>ai 1 could not ,<ut it in atMin. An-I hew are these philosopher- of una chief, Ibese men tbui, like pi rsoi.g w lio know how to create d>*peps a, but do not fcnow bow to get rid ot it, are aide tu throw awuy ifce taltb of tb lr .'athi re. but catiiiot put another faith In Kb p uce. Tbey have not the d scJp'itie or dispottiiion to practice Ii; tbey prow weary of it; ihey becmn. dii-gusted with It; they reboiiDd tium it; and at last tbey lo llitu unbelief, una theirs Is an unbel et wbieb, If it Is rfot so obnoxious a? some oihe s, lacks the eiement of manliness. AN0TIIIR CI/AB8 OF t> BILIIVIliS wb.:, if ihey are not to be honored, ate yet to be very gnutly pyinjiaihized wl<b, is Composed if uien who abmlutcli huni'er and thirai after riehteouanea*. but who are dlspos- d to reject the cbuiches because I he c- lit- |>tlo uf life ana duty in tfaem Is a great deal lower than theirs. I recollect a m a?be I* To heaven now?.who gave n.e an ac?ount of his relictou* experk-nee. He liud been studying the Condition of met) ; ami be hail sveii tbe po. erty in (ir>at cities, tti# abundance of the lew and the lack of tbe many, and the want of that sympathy wblcb draws man to man nltnjilyaomou. it uiude him so sick that be lelt gulky when h sut down ul his oh a table and ate good Io<nl, and when he clothed bimsell in comfortable garments, t? think that tboutaiids were suffering for want of those things. When he want mmi church do-r to I church dour he found one talKlng about the butidlngof I the urk, some discoursing on original sin, some consider eg ouu abstract subjt ct and soro.- another; and he oor no coxroRT. Tht re Is still another class of tuen who are untieK..v.>ia ulifi. fLi-v liwik at. rha rrei'iU nf thfl I etiurche? they are satisfied thai philosophy and science J' | ure overturning Ihem. We are living at ? (line when ; the world is to lock up, us It H ere, and go en a higher . I level, letting L'o of old things, and not knotting where ' I to hold of uew things. '1 his church It lull ol It. Mlu- |, at r* und congregations are full of It. Men resent it; I und I have no d ubt that 1 shall get iplstln ujton epistle lor suying ihut men hare isigely let go ?*f o:d beliefs; but it Is a lact. It ist? be so, and it i> ust be so, 011 the same principle that a tree sheds the bark ol the lust year to give place to the new bark of this year. ur.s akh lhtti.no go or man* tjiikos, bat they are not yilal things; they ore not the mari row : they are instruments. Consider lor one single moment what the creeds of . 1 Christendom have undertaken to do. They have undertaken to put into an intellectnul fonfl things that never existed is Intellectual verities. lheyhoveun- | demken to state In words truths that luve their ex- ' istence only as emotions or f< elllgs. But can a man put an emotion into a picture* Can a man represent feelings by i Iguients and fo'rasf _ He can suggest them, but he cannot make them. Emotion is one ot those tilings which are inexpressible by paint and ! brash. And there are multitudes of things that lie ; very close to the In art of Christianity which can never | buve an intellectual expression; which can be testified * to, but which cun nerer be put into language. Let a man rich In love and in the power of lore, and winged with imagination, have the sua of righteousness pouring down its influence upon biLti, und kindling everything in bis tropical soul, and let him undertake to put nit* language the central circuit of bis ?Ipetfence through wnicli THAT SOUL SWINGS 1M BtJOII A GLORIOUS LATtTUDX, und do you suppose there is any language in any tongue,or in all tongues, that can express itf Thor;(b 1 -i 1 wer to speak ulth the tongues of men and of an-1 J gels, 1 should not syllable even the tnefuef of it. Alia ! yet, what is religion} It is the holiness or perfection j; ol ideal character. It Is the application of mental phi- t i<>iw>j>Iiy, ius ?terlve?l fioiii our exjierh-ne*, to lien <irt> of f Uod himself. It is the attempt to put In fine lines the history ot the eternal In the days gone by. h Is the ! attempt, with the vision of lo^jie, to m-cure the whole ; view of eternity it is the framework of that great! moral government which God carries on upi n the ler- j raqueous globe, in human life, by society, by industry, 1 by all uvocations. Tne infltilte. the sovereign and the I etetual Uod shut up ill a catechism! Can any man ex- * press the Inexprcestbie? aia.swmr.c the w-ord or god stands scrx. ( Uod knows Ills own In that they hunger and thirst after righteousness. Let no man count himself an in- lid. I wiio believes thai lighteousii. ss is the great end ot human life, unit wuo longs lor a *.ore perlect reduction ol his will to obeillencr to his moru> sense, for a ^ cleaicr revelation ol divine sympathy, and for the eun , J of lovo to shine more purely ovtr all his life. Let any J e who want* to be a nobler mm, and it wlllloc to be ^ 'oblermxn. mid hanger* lor nobility of soul, and U lllnc to opt-n hit aoui IoOimI. bsv, " I know thre n<it; it tb'>u knowest me: make me fK-tter." 1 will *uarte? ia hi man. He U on ti-s rrry enter [*atb of e Cb'HIun life. Wborv.T call* on God. wbo Is hi* ithor. t<i U?Vf hitn as a child, and to hrlp him to ov?r? nit) thr auimal In blin. bU |.iuwl'ii,ii and a[>p?-tlUa| e a. ductlona of the world, and to g re htm luimor? Hit, and make htm wortbv of thai Immortality, not ' wurk* ??f righteousness which he (hull do, hat by om! fruits which he shall produce Id blui?whoever tes i hat, nod longs for holiness, sod for Ood that he ny be holy, aeed not be afraid uf what men aajr of m. rr is Hrrritk to >r oallxo an ikfidm. id be with Qod than to be called orthodox and train ith tbe drvll. Do not he afraid of what yon may be called; but< tore everything else, be afraid that, because you art the chuicb. and jou have never rebelled against any eology. and are regnlar In all yoar devotions, you ny therefore ftel that you are a Christian, andare f.-; for Cbiist'anlty It a living thin v. There is n? tirtstianlty tn bookRi<>rcreeda,ore?t<-c Isms. Chrininlly Is in the heart 6t mam It cons sts In loving le LopI ihy God with all thy heart, and thy neighbor i thyself. Build your whole life on Christ, and lie in s very Wom, nnd for you will wait (lory and honor ill immortality. To till- II e in the sonl?cot to tbe saints nor to thi lurches, but to this lif>?I bill eytry man. Count Jllrself hot Unworthy Of sufch a life. lid Milt Will Hare a Limited Snpplr of 8apenor I niTk ?TTAOT*TT*mn null/ ravoraaiA COMBINED WITH POTASH, FOR <J composting with COTTON SEED ,'hicli I ain offering on liberal terms for Jash, or on Credit Till Next Fall Payable in Cotton. 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