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r The Press and Banner. G l!y Hugh Wilson and H. T. lVarillftw.! Wednesday, March 9, 1881. I fL'iil.lo Or<'ntll7:lf inn. i This week we present many Interesting 'nets in ivfYror.ce to one of Hie oldest. if not or the very oldest, organizations in the State? ^ ?l;e L*i?i?or Long I'aue Society. The columns are set in wide measure from the f;?of thut we sli t-liall use tin- t \ pe in printing the same in j11 )>,iinphl.'t l.'.rm. i g'-'. As far back as 179;'!, eighty-two years ago, the j good citizens of Abbeville county formed this; society for tiie purpose of providing a permanent fund "lor the support of the tiospel In J ' their congregation, ami for works of benevo- <in lenee among themst Ives, so as to place these1,,, urea, objects above the difficulties and vicissl"ra tudes vLic!> the fluctuation in society anil the' "} . ! nt lncoiiNcnlenccs of ;> new country then occn- jf loned." The annual meetings of that Jjocic-, sf ty has been held regularly ever since. From a 1 very small beginning, less than a hundred ' ,)< dollars, the funds of this Society had in j re March, l?-'S.>. increased toSS.'.MW.si. Itetwecn 1<>2, and 1S3. when the records were destroyed by fire, the Society had distributed over *- I. .... ??? nc <!Anfoni? I Mt'.WJ lO nil; IH.-UI UIH.-IH III'JO l? IH- vv?>v... I plated by the constitution, and the pcrnm-j ,;| nent fnnd had increased to nearly $17,000. j tl: From 1S58 to 1ST I, owing to ioftsr-s by the war j '> which reduced the capital of the Society be- j ^ low fs.O(0 no appropriation was made for! of benevolent purpose* between tho^e years, i Since 1ST I, the Society has appropriated for tho purposes for whicii it was organized,: tv *;,*>?. |?; This wonderful work has been the result of |(] ncciimniau-d interest, as the Society has had I si ......... ... ... | ,|,? 01 lio IH'.UIWMII lO lis IUI1U-. . t.v lation of interest anil theannual contribution i CJ l>y members for filty years, except contributions ot each by William l.esly. Sr., and .] hn H. Wilson,and a contribution of So from .".imes II. rta>kin. As the citizen of Abbeville county recalls, te the fact that this Society was organized only j j'j a few years after we had achieved our national Independence, and while the country was) lb very sparsely settled, and before the Court House was moved from Cambridge, and when (js there were only three buildings on the ground ill included within the corporate limits of what is now known as the town of Abbeville, and when he reads the names of those who have ?s been members and officers 1.is mind will in- hi voluntarily turn to the things of the pas), 011 and he will not fail to fli:d occasion for serious thought, and profitable reflection. In the history of the Society six members have held the office of President, six have P* tilled the office of Vice-President, seven have jj?1 ..rt-n.1 TcTrraioin.r jinil most remarkable ofj po nil. in that long roll of years, only two inen j have acted a< Secretary?James Ware.!law, the i gj father, and Robert II. Wardlaw, the son. Dur. | m ing the long period of half a century Uncle >'c Robert has failed to be present at but one annual meeting, and of all those who were members In 1<W or Joined before lHiti, he alone ] is preserved?a solitary sentinel on the dlstant outposts of time, whose cheery voice in or the seizes and struggles of the past has acted ki jis the beacon light that infuses new hope and ^ leads us to greater efforts and nobler deeds. a j The influence which this organization has he cxertc for good in forming the character of i Abbeville county cannot be computed, and if ?hf> citizens of other communities desire to | fa: organize In a similar way, they may icarn! re. something from tlic reading of the Constitu- 0jtion and By-Lawsof Hie Upper Long Cane So- wl ciety, which corporation luis been perpetuat- jV' ed for nearly a century?even during that tu time when the country was involved In a war th which swept away a majority of the estates ^ that were held in trust. Abbeville County has always been distinguished for its endowed institutions. Besides the Long Cane .Society, we have hud ' what was called tiie "Eoiso Fund," the proceeds of which were to be expended in hav- :n lng the gospel preached to the poor, but this J*1 fund is now veiy near extinct; for more than ?r fifty years the Abbeville District JJlble SoeU-1 au i f y organiTCu, una during all that ' se timeu has never failed to hold an annual meeting, and no year has passed without its de Laving made contributions for the ilissemlna- ^1 tion of the Holy Scriptures; the I)e La Howe estate of perhaps $25,000, besides the farm, but which has of late been reduced to about ttif? nrocrrKls of whieh were for the maintenance, support and education of twen- jj{ ty-four boj s and girls, has been a pride to the jo county for more than fifty years; and now J ErsUine College, at Due West, Is the richest , and most powerful of them all. Besides of owning a most valuable tract or lot of ground In the town of Due West, on which there are four elegant brick structures, tlio College au- te thorities have an endowment lund, which is ! available to au amount exceeding SS0,000. The McKcttrick Case. of We print elsewhere in our columns tho do- 3;( cislon of the Supreme Court In the case ofiCn The State t-.t. George McD. McKettrick. This]11' case cxciled a good deal of Interest at the trial (jj h -re in September, 1S7!?,1.11J we hope our read ers will And the opinion of the Court inter- jj csting. McKettrlciv's couusel, Mr. \V. C. Benet, appealed from the order and rulings of Judge Pressley, the main ground of appeal being that the Circuit Court had no jurisdiction to try simple assault and buttery, ana that unless the offense is one of a high and U j aggravated nature it must be tried in theTrial jn Justice's Court. The Supreme Court hassus- ea tallied Mr. Beliefs position. The decision is one of great interest and importance, espe- ar chilly to Trial Justices and Solicitors. It is su an able decisiou and has the honor of being the first opinion written by Chief Justice ox Simpson. And as such it is a sure prool that fv His Honor, the ( hlef Justice, is the right man in the right place. Hi w The Iuanariiration of President Garfield ^ Owing to the fact that we expoct a full report of the inauguration of Mr. Garfield to be bi published on our patent outside we have Ja made but little report of the a (fair in any way. n* The inauguration, despite the ice and snow th which lay on the ground to the depth of three inches, was the grandest which has ever tak- q, en place, and the accounts of the splendor sounds something like royalty. There were twenty-five thousand militia troops in attendance, while the city was full of spectators ^ from every quarter of the Union. The Presl- fo dent's address seems to have been acceptable ?'j alike to all. North and South, and the press u] seem hopeful that he will mako a ?ood Presi-] c< dent for the whole country. He speaks of the! ^ country as a nation, to which we have not as { Vi serious objection as have somcof our contem- w poraries. The nation is indissoluble and we " might Just as well accept iu rhetoric, that tl which is an accomplished fact. t< CJ fc Thanks. (J Many of our friends have been very kind In ] their expressions of appreciation of the fact] ij that we published In last week's issue of the ri J*t-e*s and Banner the full particulars of Stol- ^ brand's investigation. Expressions of ap- ii proval are always gratifying, whether deserved or not, and the Pressand Banner is 13 glad to know that our efforts have been so pleasing to the public. \\ Hand-Shaking:. {j A correspondent of the Vnion Timrs writes jljl a very sensible article for that paper on the i subject of the hand, and closes with a few re-1 Si marks on hand-shaklntr. We all know the al pleusurcof receiving a cordial grasp of the u hand of him whose heart is warm and true, st while we are not less impressed by the dlsa- bI grecable touch of ttie cold hand of another which is merely extended that you may grasp It. There are men whoso hands we love to take, while there are other men whose hand* | tj we involuntarily avoid, wheu the proprieties ai of the occasion admit of our doing so. The ! ,r correspondent of the Timet closes his article ! jC with these remarks: j j] Each faculty, sentiment and propensil v,of1 cf the human mind has its natural language In b< action. There isasls;niflcance In thedillerent modes of shaking hands, which indicates, so far as a single act can do, the character of the person. How much do we learn of a man or ,? a woman by the shake of the hand ? Is the grasp warm, ardent and vigorous? to is the ! X disposition. Is it cool, formal and without; L emotion ? so is the character, is it magnetic, ? electrical and animating? the disposition is| " the same. As we shake hands so we ieel, and i so wc arc. Much of our true character is re-!,) vcaled in shaking hands. 15ut why dowci!; shake handsat all ? It is a very old-fashioned ,' way of indicating frie ndshid. We read in the' lJible that "Jehu said tojehonadab: Is thy . heart ritfht a* ?*?>* heart is with thine heart? If it be, give me thine hand." Time was, in ? the old country, when aristocracy deigned toi ] extend a single tinker, or, at most two, to be shaken by humble democracy. Kven now we * lioar of insiaucesin which the oflenso is re- f. peatcd. It is an indignity which no true man i or woman will eitheroT^r or receive, ireiinemejit and true geftilily <slve th?* wliHe hand ami re?pond co'dialiy, ii at ail. This ls> equivalent to saying, you are welcome; or j when parting,-Vdiee.! God bo with you." Hon. K. 15. Carpenter, one of (he ex-Judges ! of the Fifth Circuit in thisState, but now a citizen of Colorado, ison a short visit to Soatli Carolina. The Judge is look 1112 remarkably ! ti well, and seems to be in excellent spiiits. He ci is actively engaged in the mining husiness, t< and looks hopefully forward to great results, w He gives a glowing account of the new coun- h trvand its vast resources. We trust that his r< juo.-t ardent anticipations may be fully real- ? ucd - Camden JjurncU. t h I ARFIELD'S INAUGURAL ADDRESS! ] >1110 Opinions From the Press of the r Country. Richmond Diipatch. We would pronounce the Inaugural an ex-|r llent one. speaking of itas it will strike tlie: > Lirihi'rn people, for whom of course it was i eeiajiv intended. It lius as llitle Northern id anti-southern sentiment in It as we tild have expected to find in a document iglnated in the Ashtahula District of Ohio, e csinnot :i!rree with the President as to the j netici:il etl'cct of making voters of the ne-| oes, I.ut we can admit thr.t the abolition or | t very was a blessing, a>id concede that ' states his on so forcibly when he says there! in this country no middle ground between .' nvcry and full citizenship. I ( i! Savannah Morning Xctr.i. This nrldress will be rend with interest and I tisfnetlon hy the patriotic and eonsei vative ! asses of the American people of all parties j id of all sections of the I'lilon. It is admi,lde alike for its statesmanlike candor and! odcnitloii and for the fraternal and concllioiy spirit which pervades it throughout. I j we may regard it as nn indication of the,< ilril and policy which is t<> govern President: < arfieid's administration, it is safe to say j int while he was not our choice for Presi-', ?nt, and wliilo wc may diner with him in j paid to measures, lie will encounter no II-1 beral or factious opposition from the South-, n Democracy. I Galveston yews. I j It is something more than a clever preson-!, ition of decent platitudes. Ill summing up , le centennial history of the republic lie lair- , signifies that, however much lie may re- j, >ect the proper autonomy of the Slates, and', >wever much he may esteem the blesslnus . j ' Incnl self.goucriiiiieiit, he Jeans eatm-suy i ul decidedly to the extreme nationalistic j icory of the present union known as the,, nitod States. Ills allusfon to the relation be-1. veen tlio Whiles ami the emancipated tie- j | oos is, on tin,' whole, ns statesmanlike and ; Hisiderate as could be expected from a I'rcs-! 1 lent representing the traditions and profes* I, Otis of the Republican party. Hlsuttcrance i ( 1 the subject of universal education and the I, itlrage arc emphatic and Wortny of theoc-l isiun. i ? : Chattanooga Daily Timet. j ( Tne Inaugural speeches and letters accept- i ig the party nominations arc generally giit- ( ling collections (it words so si rune togeihor :. i most effectually to conceal the specific < eas and intents ot the wi iters and speakers, i iirfleld's speech at the East front of the t ap-, I ol yesterday w??s not an exception in kind i this rule, "it may be regarded as good or ! j her wise by partisan or other critics, but Itji only relatively rood or bad, being neither it e one nor the other in any positive sense. Montgomery Advertiser. Tt. is more elaborate than such documents J nally are,and with a few exceptions it is I ghly creditable and conservative through- j frj ! i A ugusta C/i ron iele. The Inaugural address is worthy of careful ' rusal by every one interested in the wil- J re of the Kapubiic. It is one of the ablest ' cuments of the kind ever presented to the opie of the United states. Temperate and u.siderativo In its utterances, with a vein of <>d common sen>e running through it all. It j ves promise of a wise and patriotic a Imin- ! nation of the government lor the next four j ars. j I' M I/niisvillc Courier-Journal. I President Garfield's inaugural address pre- , nts astriking contrast to thatof Mr. lleyes's , iir years agf?. It abounds in strong and vis-. ( otis thought. It comes as from a man who . lows where lie stands, knows what Ills duty , and means to do It though the heavens fall. < lerc isau absense of partisan coloring ami < plausible consciousness that the grail office > i holds must not he prostituted to base party, I r poses. There is evidence than the man , ( lows that the country wants rent from sec- , >nal unrest, scctional bitterness, and that as r as In him lies will labor to that end. 11 is ! j lerence to the South will hardly satisfy theji tretnc men of Ills party. Ills asseveration j tlie permanent supremacy of the Union t [11 meet with general acquiescence as will so his assertion of the autonomy of the , utes and the binding nature of the Consti tlon und laws made in pursuance thereof. < Is is Democratic doctrine, and on that I ound every Democrat must sincerely desire' | at Uarllcld will continue to stand. I Wilmington Star. j [f President Garfield will do as well tin he;' omises?if bis administration shall correa l md with the declaration of Ills pronuocia- < onto?bo will retire from oW"" howling a i gher place In the regards ?/ ' the whole peo- 1 e than he now possesses, when enlering uj>- j i hi* iv;. identlal term. Jle has very high i 111 ties; let ills stability and patriotism and1 use of responsibility he equal to the rp- . ilrcments of hss high office and he will i in permanent fame. Let him be the Presl-, i nt not of a mere party or section, but of the r i lion and she whole people, and he will'I ove a blessing to bis genciali^ii and ills < untry. i (inrfleld's Cabinet. Washington. March 5.?President Gar- j Id this afternoon sent to the Senate the fol-:, iving nominations : fames G. Biaine, of Maine, Secretary of!i ate. William Windom, of Minnesota, Secretary i the Treasury. Wayne McVeagh, of Pennsylvania, Attorly General. 1'homas L. James, of New York, Postmasr General. ( Samuel J. Kirk wood, of Iowa, Secretary of e Interior. Kobcrt T. Lincoln, of Illinois, Secretary of ar. William II. Hunt, of Louisiana, Secretary , tlie Navy. The Senate received the>-c nominations at'j 15 P. M. and immediately, on motion of, imOron, of Pennsylvania, went into execu- j, to session. The senate, in executive session, confirmed |, e notnination of all the Cabinet. lie Towering Rage of the Conkliu?- ( Cameron Clan?Senator Paddock ; and the Treasury Girls. Sews and Courier. Washington. March 7.?When tho name MacVeajfh was read in the Senate on Hat- ; day. It is reported that Cameron broke < to a passion and used language not lit for < ,rs polite. Both Conk ling anil Cameron at i dinnerparty on Saturday night damned H e new administration In a very pointed! id profane style. As Conkling rarely usesn eh language it is Inferred that Garfield lias 1 some way trifled with his feelint;*. i The fact is the more Conkling thinks it nil er the more enraged he becomes. Thedil- ( renee between his position now ami former- i Is that his displeasure only excites rldlile. Senators Logan, Cameron and Conk- i :ic had n long conlerence with Grant at i illard's to-nlglit. The call Is said to have i ten of a friendly Stalwart nature, but it ex- , les considerable curiosity. i Senator I'addock. of Nebraska, was this cuing made the recipient of a magnificent mquet at the hands of thirteen hundred dies of the Government printing office, as a j Mimonlal of his services in the passage of a i solutlou giving them pay lor the holiday >e same as the Government clcrks. anenssin; Over the Senate Committees?Both Parties Bidding for Mahone. The Republican Senators held a caucus i wlay to discuss the Democratic movement r the Immediate organization of the Senate unmlttecH. The universal opinion of those i resent was that if the Democrats insist ; Hon attempting the organization of the i iinruittces wiiih-four Republican seats are 1 ?cnnt the efl'oit should ue strenuously re- ' sted as an endeavor to hike an unlair adtntnge of the incoming Senators whose Ishcs in regatd to the committee assignlentsshouid be consulted before the lists are tmplcted. The Democrats take the ground tat the business of the special session ought' ) he disposed of as rapidly as possible; that it', in not be transacted properly without the irrnatlonof the regular committees, and that 1 , Is therefore their duty to p oceed with the ork of organization forthwith. The Democi&tlc caucus committee has held jveral meetings and expect to complete their ibors In time to report to the caucus to-nior:>w. Senator Mahone received an invitation oth from the Democrats and the Republicans ) participate in their respective caucuses, but e has not attended either. tusincss Blockaded With Snow [and Railroads Unable to More. Chicago, March 7.? The trains arc still! eather bound in nearly every part of Wis- j jnsln, M innesota and Iowa. In northern II-! nois even the milk trains from the neigh-! urlnu dairy towns are storped and there is ota little trouble in consequence at the ho ;ls and privato housos and restaurants.! now ploughs are running In every direction ! id large gangs of shovellers are busy aiding icm. in the city the snow ih still so piled p that^penple will king on one side o' the I reet cannot s?e those on theother side. The j low, however, Is slowly melting. m m The Earthquake in Italy. London, Mnrch 7.?Rome dispatches state lut three hundred houses have fallen at Cns-i nuccioia. The earthquake opened Assures, i the n reels twenty inches wide. Many per-, ins tied from town and camped In the fields.; lie Government Is sending relief. A Naples ! ispatch says that lorty corpses have been re- j >vered, and that sixty-seven wounded have 3cu sent to the hospital. Mkn, "Women, and Suicide.?Men are ev-' ywhere becoming more weary of the bur-j ens of life. Authorities on sanitation and' ital statistics tell us that of late years life,] ie average human life, has been considera-1 ly prolonged by greater attention to thel leans of preserving health ; yet, concurrent! ith this improvement, there are a greater i npatlenceof life itself and a greater desire!! > escape Its burden. Women are less prone I > commit suicide In Europe thpn men. and] xtenslve investigation on the subject has onvinccd Hignor Morselli thai the tendency | o suicide increases with ago more strongly; motig the unmarried and widowed than j mong the married of both sexes. The folnving table curiously illustrates this fact:!; itnong a million of persons of each class In ; Europe, generally, in so far as the returns cnbled him to coinpnre tl.etn, tho following umber* cotnmiiiid ' ulc.de: Matri.d men with children Married men without children 470 Widowers with children oai Widowers without children I,o01 Married women with children 4"? Married women without children.. 1-V? Widows with children 104 Widows without children 2!8 Women cling to life much more strongly urn men, and that und.T the most wretched :>nditlons. A childless widow would appear > he far more desolate in the world than a idower similarly situated ; yet she bears erloullr.es belie: ? do lhtlcss fiom religh us. 'straintx, or from possessing a larger measreof that hope which springs eternal in tho uiuau breast,?Cjnlvmiiurary Muittv. I ?M???????C3?P?P? [mportant Court Decision. * ii niE SUPREME COURT'S DECISION ? IS THE M'KETTIilCK CASE. j flic Duties of Trial Jiistim In Assault: I! and Battery Cases Clearly Stated? ' J.1 A Trial Justice cannot fix indispnta-; k bly the tirade of the Offense. L Thefollowingdecislon of the Supreme Court"' c Eileen from the columns of tlie Colunxbi't Jlfff- i !.iter, asad'ecting ths powers and duties ofTrt-: c il Justices in exercising discretion as to the j, ;rudc ot the otten?e, will be found of import- j 1 tiice to those interested : ',j ritE STATE OF Sor ril CATtOT.INA, \ t In TilK SL'l'ltKME COUKT. J November Term. 1SS0. a The Stale, Respondent, vs. George McD. Mc-I' KettricK, Defendant, Appellant. j x Opinion by Si mi-son, V. J. In this case, the appellant was put upon tri- i il at the September Term, 1S7!), oi the Court of, < General Sessions for Abbeville County, under d . barge of assault and battery. a The indictment was as follows: e rut State of South Cakoi,ina. 1 County ok Auukvili.e. i Toml: At n Court of Sessions, begun to be holtlen , in, and for the County of Abbeville, In (he J, State of South Carolina, at Abbeville Court i J House, in the County and State aforesaid, on ! J the first. Monday of September, in the year of; j: air Lord one tbousa ml eight hundred andsev-j " snty-nlne, the Jurors of, and for the County |h (foresaid, in the State aforesaid, upon their ? M.-tl Mi-tv'i-lfrick. )n the fourth day of June, in the yrar or our * Lord out* thousand eteht hundivii and srvrjn tynine, with force and arms, at Abbeville Court' f House, in the county and .State aforesaid, in !| iml upon one Amanda McKettrick, in iliei peace ofliod ami of wild stale, then ami there. ? being, did make an assault, and Ilio said 11 tYnianda McKettrick then and there did beat, ; ivound and Ill-treat, and other wrongs niul i! . norniitics to tl>e said Amanda McKettrick j! Lhen and lliere did, against the peace and dig- . uity of the same SUUe aforesaid. ; And t lie jurors aforesaid, upon their oaths ('J (foresaid, do finther present, that the said'J, Lieorge Mel). McKettrick, on the ">lh day oi'lf Fune, in the year of our Lord one thousand ^ ijiiit hundred and seventy-nine, with force i* md arms, at Abbeville Court House, in the , Jounty and State aforesaid, In and upon \manda McKettrick, ill the peace of <;o;l and y( this State, then and there being, did make in assault, and I lie said Amanda .McKettrick ? .hen and there did beat, wound and ill-treat, i mil other wrongs and enormities to the said , \inanda McKettrick then and there did. , igainst the peace and dignity of the same! . state aforesaid. j ' J. S. Cotiiuan, Solicitor. I J Truo Bill. iJ -- ' ? i-.._ I a n .u. ?** -m. vj ii r?r.. i um iiuhi, ? Upon this indictment the defendant was!* "onn<1 guilty with recommendation by then, ury " to the mercy of th?? Court: " thercupini, i ,| i motion was made in his beluilf in arrot or (i moment, upon grounds substantially which ipiirur in the crounds of appeal herein. This motion In arrest Judgment was refused < L?y the Circuit Judge, and tlie defendant, has It ippenled lo this Court upon the following}! 'rounds: ij 1. lli-aiu-'e simple assault and battery, i. e. ] n issault and battery without aggravation, be-! (! in? a statutory offense under the General Mat-11 ulesof South Carolina, it is p:ain on the face i K ;?f the imlletmcnt that botheounts thereof are , i ratally defective In that they fail to allege that the offense charged was committed contrary ] i to "the form of the Statute in such case made i ind nrovided." 2. l.ecause the Court of General Sessions has not jurisdiction in cases of assault and buttery except in such as are of si high ami aggravate d nature, requiring greater puuishmcnt than that pre-cribed by tlie Statutes, madnand provided in cases of simple assault and battery; ind because the General statutes of south I'arollua vest Courts ol'Trial Jus'iccs with exclusive jurisdiction in cases of common or sim- j pic assault and battery. j :!. IJccause if the olk nsc charged were one of, issaultand battery of a blub and aggravated 1 nature in which the Court of General Sessions' would have Jurisdiction, the said indictment! Is fatally defective in that It does not set out the aggravation. The grounds of appeal raise the questions: 1. As to the eonclu.iion of the Indictment. 2. As to the jurisdiction of the Court of Gen- ' :ral Sessions in cases of assault and battery, j ;i. As to the allegation.? necessary in an in-. lletment for assault ami baltorv. The Constitution, Art. IV, See. SI, requires! that " all Indictments shall conclude nguliihtj : the peace and dignity of the State." And ill* well settled law, that In all statu-; lory oflcu.-fs the Indictment should conclude ; : 'against the form 01 the Act," etc. This was |J held In the recent case of the Stat** t'.v. Sirlek-1 * land, 10 S. C., I'd; and Is found In a1! the books [ r jn criminal practice and pleadings, and a fall- J lire In this re<pcct renders the Indictment la- I! tally defective. The Slate v.*. Strickland, ora. Is the olfense charged in this indictment x statutory or common law offense? i All assaults and batteries previous to the | Act of is;i> (Gen. Stat., 105) were punishable I *t common law, and hence, up to ilie passage j t af that Act, they were nil common law of-. Fences. The Act of lh7<>, however, conferred :. ujhjii Trial J ustlcesj urlsdicf Ion in cases of as- i suult and battery where the ollense Is " not of | u high ana aggravated nature," and fixed the punishment forsuch assaults and batteries by tine not exceeding one hundred dollars or im- , prlsonment not exceeding thirty days; and : since li:e passage of this Act, this class of as-1 saults and batteries has been punishable uu-! tier its provisions, the common law punish-! tuent haling been repealed thereby.?[StJite I vs. ltlpley, 2 lJrev.,300; .state vs. Gray. 14 Rich,,: 174 J " The common law is superseded h.vn statute, In so far as it is repugnant to the latter." -II Hlk.Cum..8?.J First?Those " of a high and agsravato.l na-' ture;" and,I'd, Those below that gr:><ie.Juris-1 diction as to the latter being conferred by the i Act upOD Trial Justices with authority to in-1 illct punishment by line not exceeding one hundred dollars or Imprisonment not excecd-1 in thirty days. The first ehiss was left to the common law until 1878, when the (joneral Aj-1 sembly passed "An Act entitled 'An Act *? iimend tiie law respecting the punishment for j crime.'"?[XVI .Stat., -lit.] This Act altered! und changed the common law punis'unents, In which Imprisonment had been provided as I a punishment in who.e or In part, mid subjected offenders in such cases to imprisonment In the penitentiary with or with' lit haid i labor, or in the county jail with ot v.itnuuii hard labor, at the discretion of the ( ircult: Judge. This Included assaults and batteries 1 i)f the second class, and under the operation of 1 the principle referred to above, th.s class by 1 that Act and immediately upon its passage ) became statutory offenses; so that now all as- 1 vaults and batteries are punishable by statute, ^ and consequently all are statutory offenses. " such being tiie fact, whether the offense J charged in this indictment be assault and bat- i J tery of a high and aggravated nature or one ; below that grade, the law absolutely requires j1 that the Indictment upon which a party is put upon his trial in such cased must conclude { "ugalnst the form of the Act," etc., etc.?[State j tu. Strickland, supra.] The indictment In this case In neither of lis; f pounts thus concludes. It follows, therefore, j that In this respect it is fatally defective. Next: As to the jurisdiction of the Court of General Sessions in cases of assault and battery. Article IV, Section 18, of the t'onstitu-| s lion provides " that the Court of General St s- (I ilous shall have exclusive Jurisdiction over f [i,l criminal cases which shall not be other- j .< wise provided ior uy i?\v, Article I, Section l!?,of the name 'mtrument provides " Hint ull otfenses less than felony I' itnd in which the punishment does not exceed i1 a Alio of one hundred dollars or Imprisonment for thirty days, shall be tried sumniari- j c ly before a justice of the peace or other officer i authorized by law," etc. ; \ The Ju.?tlce of the Peace Court has never t been established, but a Trial Justice Court has j t been, by Act of j?7?,and Us jurisdiction therein delined almost in the same language as!, that of Article I, Section 19, above the of (.'on-! stltution. conferring Jurisdiction upon Jus-1* ticesoftne Peace or otln*r officer authorized |( bylaw. In the ease of the State vs. Kiilebrown }f (2 s. (\, 404i, it was held that the (ieneral As-t ( sembly mliht conter on an inferior tiibun-il, created by Itself, the same powers which the |, Constitution intended for Justices of the Peace. { The Trial Justice Court Is, therefore, a consti-i, tutional Court, or rather its creation was ini-1, ihorized by tlieConstltution, and It is entitled 1, to exercise tlie powers which the Act creating < i it has conferred upon it. This Act,as we have j seen, has given tills Courtjurisdiction in cases; a< of assault and battery ot grade b. low tiiat ol",' a high and aggravated nature, and where the | Cunislnnent does not exceed a line of S100 or < y imprisonment of thirty days; and it has if conferred thin jurisdiction in language wiiieli11 indicates that it was tlie Intention of theGeri-1 < enil Assembly that it should bo exclusive. | ? The Jurisdiction is conferred upon the Trial! Justice, as the other officer than the Justice of " the Peuce referred to in Article I. Section 10. | There can be no doubt that had the Justice ' of the Peace Court been established and the nnirnrt onilimnwl InNpClloll lit had dcVOiVed upon that Court, as would have been the cu.sc i by vlrtucoftheScctlon Itself, t lint Court would j have had exclnsivejurlsdlction In all offenses i < less than felony where the punishment did not exceed ?100 or the Imprisonment thirty days. i This conclusion Is reached by the very j strong language of the section ltscl.', and is i j sustained by the principle upon which theli State w. Williams (not yet reported) overruled ; j the case of the State i?. Harper, 6 S. C., 461. In the cast? of the State r?. Harper the Court hail decided that Trial Justices had exclusive ! j jurisdiction in cases ol petit lnrcc-ny. Thisdi-, | cision was overruled in the ease of the state j v*. Williams on the ground that the punish-j j ment in petit larceny had not been limited to j SlOOflnoand thirty days' Imprisonment.which ! was required to make exclusive Jurisdiction jJ attach to Trial Justice Courts under Article I,! i Section I!', of the Constitution. The punishment of assault and battery,; j however, below the grade "of a high and an- i gravated nature" Is thus limited. This fact i distinguishes assaults and batteries of that j] class from petit larceny, and Is the fact on ac- j count of which the Trial Justice is entitled to' J exclnsivejurlsdlction in such cases. j j It follows, from the construction thus given j to Section I!', Article I. and to Section J8, Article IV, of ttie Constitution, construed In the'] light of the case ot the Stale t\?. Williams, and I . the Act of ltflO in reference to Trial Justices,! i that Trial Justices have cxcluslvejurisdiction ; i in eases of assault and battery not of a " high ', and aggravated nature," and that the Court j of General Sessions lias cxcluslvejurisdiction ] \ in cases of "a high and aggravated nature." . Now there Is nothing on the face of this in- j , dlctmcnt which marks It as a case of a high ; j and aggravated nature, and In tho absence of . some distinguishing feature of that kind the Court of General Sessions was without Juris- ' diction In the case. We coine now to the third ground of appeal, ( which involves an examination into the lie- 2 cessary allegations in an indictment for as- j sault and battery in the Court of General Ses- i slons. An Indictment Is the complaint of the j State against the accused. Upon this tho accused Is put upon his trial. It should charge ; | some offense covnlzabie l.y the i 'oarI, and I his ( olHlls", whatever it may in- should bec iiifij m.d dl: tincily Si't ior'i;. Pe crime char. ? ! ] should be described with ceitainiy. for " no i latitude of intention will be allowed to Include anything more than is expressed."?,] [Ch. Cr. Law, 171.] "Every crime must appear on the face of'' tluyecord with scrupulous certainty."?[Idem j * And in this respect it is needless to say that j' greater strictness is required in criminal than j In civil proceedings. This is due to that ten- j > di rness which, as Lord Manstield observes.; e should always prevail In criminal cases; and j this is necessary to the end that the accused ' ' may be lully informed of the ollense which !' lie is called to answer and that the record! may protect hlrn In future. An iudietmiut I rhleh fulls to conform to theRe requisites Dtally delect!ve. Now we have seen Uml-ji nulls ami batteries have have been ill villi y the Act of 1S70 into two ellipses: fir; those of a high and aggravated nature," an eeoml, " those below that grade.'' The tli ln*s being exclusively cognizable by a Tri usi Ice, and the sec nu exclusively cognizalj 11 the Court of (icneral Sessions. Where 'arty then Is charged with assault and bat If lefore the ('ourt of (Jcncral Sessions the i lictment should show on Its face that the i unit ami battery charged is of a hiuli and a ruvated nature. This is neces-ary touive tl .'ourt jurisdiction and to put the accused .nswer in that <'onrt. JMM'.S liu 1 J HI It. I I Mill I I.I IIIIO tll^UUIIIUIUI harsje ??i" assault and battery of that kiinl < ts lace? There is notliiiij; in the descripli< if the otlcnse which would distinguish it lVo 11 ordinary simple as.-auit mid haitery. It lot albped, even In general terms, chut It w ilijli and aggravated, nor arc there any sp ial circumstances of aggravation state beat, wound and iil-t>eat" are the wor ised descriptive of the otlcnse. '1 hose are sutlleient to show that an as<ati ,iul battery Is charged, hut 1 hey no not liu alo Us character? whether the hoatiii rounding and ill-trealment was inild.coi nralively so, or high and ajifrava'.cil iloes n ppcar. Tills is left to conjecture and yet tl s the esse ice of the offense hi the Court ienornl Session5, in the absence in the i lietineut of something showing ttie cliaraet ml grade of the oU'ense, how can it he sal veil after conviction, tliat the accused li leett convleled of an assault and battery ol ligh and aggravated nature, and how con he Court graduate the| unlslimcnt ? The il criptiou in tills indictment would he prop n a charge of the lowest grade, hut whcii ijjsh and aggravated offense is intended son liing more is necessary. .Serious bodily ban ntent to kill, intent to commit a felony, t ise ofa stick or deadly weapon, or some, nil howinz aggravation should appear, Did the'jury in this case know that th i-erc passing upon the' question whether t tl'en-e was lii^li and aggravated ? Tills tb hould have known, because the puiiishinc if that ollense Is very diil'erenr. from the < ens? below that tirade, being the d I Heron ic;ween the penitentiary, for years perhu| ,ud a small punishmen t by tine and liotmu ban thirty (lays in the county Jail. It is true that the Act of INTO dellningthc j lsuicuon 01 iiiui.iuMKT.'i in criminal mi* ti reference to assaults ami batteries loav t to the (IIteration of Trial Justice in the til nslancc when a parly is hrciixht befri iitn to determine win t ler he will taltcjur liction or l>itt<l the accuse! over; hut the A ertainly never Intended that hisjndgme 11 this matter should lie tlnai and that liould have the power lo fix indisputably I haractcr of the oflense m hen it eamcbcfc he higher Court. Thebd'ensc in the hicher Court consists wo ingredients: First, That it should t>e : ssanltand battery. Second, That It sliou icofa high and aj-'prnnated nature. If t "rial Justice's judgment, as to the lust infii Kent when hesendji theease up, Is cimdusl' hen this strange result would follow:?th if the two ingredients which make up the < i-nse before the Court of Sessions, the Tr! notice has already tried one without Jti nd without opportunity to th? accused toe end, and the Jury In the Court of Sc-slons o try the other, and which perhaps Is t ca^t important. Two tribunals adjudlcati lilfercnl ingredients of the same oll'ensi ....I. ... .1,1.1 ,w.r l,m-? Imr.n llw> Inli.nf i.f I Vet. of ls7<". Ttic indictmcnt In tlilsca.sc. In the Judgnir >f the Court, Is fatally defective on ft.s face, he fact t.hut It does not ulmrsie nn assault ii mttery of n hljih and aggravated nature eltl 11 general terms or til words descriptive uch an olJense. The assault and batte liaised, being upon the wife of thenccuM ic is certainly entitled to no sympathy inllty, but he is entitled to be tried and pu shed according to law. The order of tiie Circuit Judge made on t notion in arrest of judgment is reversed. We concur : IIknky MCIVEB, A. J. S. .MCli'OWAN, A.J, Filed Vcccntbcr 7,ISfc'O. A Sfalrrart Snub, [ Xcw York Tribune. \ It is to be hoped that the Southern Rcpul ans, wiio arc holding meetings in Vaslilt on, have some method to suggest for bull nj{ up llielr parly at the South oilier than t ippointmcut of iheinsolves and their frien j otllee. We doubt whether tlie object whi hey li.ivc in view Is to be accomplished ueh detnonstnilions at the National Cap! s they held the other day. The new l're lent Is unquestionably greatly impress eitli the gravity ot the problem of how to tire freedom of politUnl action ami a pi cillot in the .Southern States, ills letter icceptancc and Ills speeches during '.lie ea ass showed this, and his record as a meml >1 Congress Is elenr and emphatic on tl >olnt. Why not pive him a little time vUdy the problem from the point of view he Kxeeutive ollli-e, before hiring hulls a aislnga din of oratory about hisears? (i Southern Kepublican friends miKhtti keltl ranted Hint he knows >onielhin^about t ubjeet, and is just as desirous of ending t ntolerunt, one-parly ret,luie in the fcoulli lay themselves are. The Lord's Prajcr Revise!. The changes made in the revised version lie New Testament have already been noti >ut the following comparison will be of i crest: I KEVISED VEKHIrtN". ! common VEItSION I Matthew (i: 0-i:{? Matthew fl: M3 )ur Father wliloh art (Mir Father wliieli : n heaven. Hallowed In heaven, llallow >c thy name. Thy be- thy mime. T tingiloni come. Thy kingdom come. '1 ivlll bo done, ns In w .< 11 be done In earl lenven so on earth. asr7i*in heaven. <Ji iiveus this day our us this day our da lally bread. And for- bread. And forgive slve us our debts, as our debt", as we f< vcal>ohavc forgiven Rive our debtors, n mi-ili'lilnrs ami lend lead ns not into len is not into tcinplat ion tanon, but deliver jut deliver us from the from evil ivil one. I There Is a nuin in our town, Anil he is wondrous wise. Whenever he h:>th goods to sell He straight doth advertise. And when he finds his goods nre gone, Willi all his might and main lie hurries In another lot To advertise again. Kill Stock.?Seal & Mellwaine have Ji 'Cfived hy the earload, Cincinnati IJuggl i'haetons and Ilouble Spring Wagons, will hey will sell low down lor I lie money. Tin follicles are built of llie best material, and hD latest styles. They arc cheap, durah :ond, and worth more than the money lli vlll buy them. No sueh bargains in this li vere ever otl'ered to the Abbeville public ! ore. Come quick, before they nre taken, my iudgc of good work and material will b >u sight. tf We have a good many names on our boo >f subscribers who have prmiise I to pay, h lave not done so. We have waited on the h ee months. From this issue ail unpi mbscriptions will be discontinued, and c iubscrlption list hroughldown to a cash ba<: -Darlington yews. Ton.vcro and Cksars.?Mr. James M. I,n :on has Just received a In nre supply of t >est cigarsan<l tobacco, which he Is retaill t Irnv nrlrns. lit? kot>iis tli<? hcailou:irtL?rs J ,uch coods. " tf Messrs. \V. .loo) Smith A Son, have n qun lty of acid, which they uro ottering on i sominodating terms. If you want to makeabig cropof cotton c >11 Messrs. \V. Joel Smith Son, and get si )iicd with acid, Which snould be compost vitli an equal in weight of cotton seed, his and make farming profitable. Dou't i lie acid without composting. A sensible writer, who knows hotv It is,sn 'How often Is it the 'wet spell* and the'd ipeir get the credit of bringing iiboul slw rops ; when the'lazy spell'and the Vxtrr igant spell' had as much to do with the sin irop as the weather did."' increasing rircfl.atxon, ?Within t] mst two weeks, thirty new subscribers ha )een entered on our mail books. Wo t ,-ery hard to please o.ir patrons, and If eve nan In Greenville county will take our paj md pay for it, the increased patronage the >y brought will enable us to asnire for t cadership in the weekly Journalism of t state.?Greenville Enterprise and MounUiine Four at a Burnt.?It Is stated that la c >rcd,'woman living near Piedmont Faetf rave birth on last Friday to four childri hreeof wlioin were living at last account me having been born dctul or died very so' iftcr birtli.?Greenville Mounluinccr. Columbia anil Greenville lliilroi passenger department. Columbia, S. t\, Jan.31,18SI On and after January 2ii, 1S81, Passeni Trains will run as herewith indicated up his Koad and its branches. DAILY, EXCK1T SUNDAYS. no. 22. up passenger. Leave Columbia A 11 30 a Leave Alston 3 1 "2 |> Leave Newberry 1 .r>S p Leave Hodges 4 SI p Leave Helton !ip Vrrlveat Greenville 7 IT p no. i:t. down passenger. Leave Greenville at 10 35 a Leave Helton 12 01 p Leave llodges ? 1 ID p Leave Newberry 4 03 ] [.cave Alston E 5 01 P Vrrlve at Columbia K 0 10 p i.ac 11 ens r ailroa 1). Leave Newberry 4 10 p \rrlve at Laurens C. JI 7 00 p Leave Laurens C. II 10 30 a \rrivc at New berry 1 30 p abbeville bkancii. Leave Hodges -J 40 p Vrrlve at Abbeville 5 30 p [.cave Abbeville 12 2G a Vrrlveat Hodges 1 10 p jlle riugk railroad and anpeks branch. Leave Belton - 5 .r>3 p Leavo Anderson 6 ."1 p Leave Pendleton 7 11 p Leave Perryvllle 7 41 p Leave Seneca O ' 5-i p Vrrlveat Walhalla 8 2o j? Leave Walhalla 9 0* a Leave Sen eta L> " ",:111 Leave Perry vlilu 0 r?fl a Leave Pendleton 10 2! a Leave Anderson 11 Oil a Vrrlveat Helton 11 4'J p connections. A. Willi South Carolina Hailrond frr Charleston. With Wilmington,Columbian \uj;ustH Uallroad from Wilmington anil joints North thereor. With Charlotte, C lmhia and Aucusta 1 tall road from Charlo uul all points North thereof. H. Wi th Spartanburg, Union and Colli >ia Uallroad for Spartanburg and all poii >n the Spartanburg and Aslievllle Itallroad ( \ \\ lilt Atlanta, and Charlotte Alr-LI ta.iway for Atlanta and all points South a iVe>t. ]}. Willi Atlanta and Charlotte Alr-'LI {a::.vny from Atlanta mid beyond. K. With Spartanburg. Union and Colin >ia Uallroad from Spartanburg and points Spartanburg and Ashcville ltailroail. ]<'. With South Carolina Itallroad ] 'harlcston. With Wilmington, Columbia a Vugiisui Uallroad for Wilmington and t S'orth. With Charlotte, Columbia anil /\ ;usta Uallroad for Charlotte and the North. Standard time used is Washington, I), vliich is tlfteen minutes last or than Colli da. J. W. FItY, General Superintendent A. l'ori:, General Passenger Agent. s! .Constitution ani By-Laws of i (i. | St lie! OF ABBEVILLE DISTRICT, W r>- ITS ORGAN] IIIS lic h\ On" 10 Jrr.y, lfv">8, n disast >n Inge of Abbeville, consuming a 11 >n buildings destroyed by the tiro \va in law, Secretary ol" the Upper Long _'*j tricV, in which nil the records and i i to his koopin^r were consumed witi a; I of this casualty, the Society is d?i (island many of the pleasant ixicmori j torv. jM i In 1?S32 tlie Society remodeled i her of copies printed. Manyofthci a-1 others lost, so that but few copies v ot ing in January, 1870, it was deemoi ll!ij the Constitution, embracing all th< list of all who have been members, er tho Board of Officer*. By virtue o nl, effort, this publication is made, us Owing to the circumstances " Members, between tho dates 1832, i rnorly printed, and January, 1 830, ,er | being made out entirely from met ; ii J rate, especially as regards the date: >o I Over and above the appropriat 1"' | support of the Gospel and other plated in tho Constitution, amoui dollars (tho exact amount cannot oy Society had increased to between si dollars; but owing to the losses re ^ war, and the scaling of debts ndop ?C. the Society finds its funds reduce co tho amount specified. Tno airioun >*, staled until the settlement and adj ii'C i....... to nn,??ini? j IJUJJIin IIUU 111 I liWUIJMUlt IU I Wo rogret tlmt the benevolent iCs for a while, bo stayod; as bv the I ok stri??to?l that it cannot niafce appi interest is less than ten thousand < January, 1870. ct': nt lie he The foregoing was prepared n ?rc determined to have a reprint of the . financial difficulties of tho Snciet Iho intention to reprint was rot < [id ing in 1881 it was ordered that llie lie and that the Secretory have repri c-1 at least fifty copies of tho Coustiti: in the resolution of 1870, together ,',f j thine the history of the Society np l:il Many bonds of tho Society hi ry mul abatement of at least a porti ' j* j bonds still remain unadjusted, so . with pprtnintv what thn Sociofv i< ujyr eers think that they are gradually >? into such a stato ofadjustment tiii lie know just how wo stand and wha , nring, the Society rejoices in the fi in f-ider questions of benevolence acc ml their execution. ior Since 1874 the appropriations ir (id to $C>,:'00?no appropriations bei !;J So far as memory serves, since if ditinu to its funds licyond the a< in- annual contributions of members i liam Loslj*, Sr., a donation from lic commissions due him asTrcasurci a donation of $.">.00 from James II. January 31, 1S81. LIST OF O As a matter of some interest tl as derived from information renei' recollection the lollo',ving list of O ','J* PRKStD 'k Major JOHN" HO by Hon. A LEX AND lot Hon. l'ATUICTv si- HON. DAVID LE i'1 HON. THOMAS t ,;e 1879?Hon. THOMAS 'J of ?- VICE-HRKS is WILLIAM LEST t(> WILLIAM LESI hi ....... .. . ...... ...i JtMIJN I'. 1A \ mr Iflfift?JOHN II. W1LSI for 1870?THOMAS TIIOM 187'J-J. WAHULAW 1 he t,s SECRET JAMKS WAItDL 110131*; UT H. WA X TREASl TIUGII MOKUAI JAM US S. IJOWI JOHN II. WILIi WILLIAM HOW - ItOllKllT A. FA I \n. 18i>2? 11KNJ A M IN I*. 1 liy I lMJti-UKOKOK Mt l). ? hy ! 1S74-ANDUEW 15. W. in,! ve lly! 0 us! tui TIIJG UPPER LONC 1jv 1 OF ABBEYILI This Society was formed in then belonging to the Upper Lon? i icriaus, in inc ncigiiooriioou <>i .mj j themselves to provide a perinam Mtospcl in their Congregation, and j theniselvps, so as to place these i;r ; and vicissitudes which the lluctu i venieuces of a new country then r j The Society was incorporated ; .V> members, and in a low years is! 'number was soon reduced by wit os. so that For tlio hist twenty years it ch which it now stands. In this com "j1? | lion of ?<>?> has, from the payinon I,.1 i and from the accumulation bye mt creased, so that (including a legaiM no and various other small donatiom it amounted, on the 2 day of Mai yy terest from that day, over and ab< j support of a clergy man, and all ot I Most of the members of tho Co '{j* have neglected to join, the Societ i? 1 been a wholly distinct body from I till tion, is noiv connected with it oiip >}ir of tho 11101 nbers of the Society are iis* tion, although compos.ng a minor The preNcnt members of the S w- the great benefit of the plan hereto l,e ami finding themselves iiov>r bocoi P* i ble fund, t<? be faithfully lnisbain jects of their association, have nev | present condition of the country i in* them to lie published with tho ma! c" March 2, 1832. nil u\- ooil Do CONSTI'l ARTIC ry >rt Tho Society shnll bo known 1 lv"jUi?rKU LONU-Vanic Sociuty OK j ,r consist of.an iuiletinite number of exist while live members remain., Iio :J? ARTICT r>' Tho regular bounds of the Soc }rc^ of ten miles lrom the Upper Long .he ARTICL <r*| An anniversary meeting shall ol-j majority of the otlicers shall find ,>ry | of business other meetings may ti k? published from the pulpit of tho on ' som<3 Sabbath when Divine Service m a monui nexi |>receumg mu uu __ jof being personally givun to nil t "" | regular bounds. But no meeting i j shall tako into consideration any 'and less than a majority of all t I. j bounds, shall not form, at any inc ?e jtion of any business. on I ARTICI | The officers shall bo a Preside] m and a Treasurer, to be elected at e , a sufficient number of members m | the next anniversary meeting, and m and to oxerciso all the powers ai m ciallv delegated to them, or eithe j tion to tho general powers and duti i and tho By-Laws. m! ARTIC] ! In caso of the vacancy of any i | refusal to servo, or removal fron m remaining officers shall appoint a [ remainder of tho term of office, i m shall be had, in which caso an elec i the remainder of the term. Jf tlio m i President, tho Vico-Presiclent shal m , stitute becomo Vice-President. m J." ARTIC I Temporary appointments by e m ' place of any officer who may bo al nlaco of President, which shall bo m ho be present, and a Vicc-Presidei in in ARTICL m All elections shall be by ballot in tho members present shall be nccc ... I JJJ I ARTICL1 Tlio President, or in case of vai JJIj' idont becomo President, shall pros .,11 ty and of tho board of officers ; p: I?l- j tees ; supervise the minutes and ttoisign all orders on tho Treasurer, n ral superintendence over tho iulc I between its meetings. ue ARTICT. Tho Treasurer shall receive an nc | all the cash, bonds, notes, title-pa I other property of tho Society; lee in"j ceipts and expenditures, and muIhi versary meeting a report of tho 1 inr taken place since the last annivci ml! tho funds, evidences of debt and i he i remarks concerning them as ho m .11-1 rJ ARTIC] Dl" Tho Treasurer shall, as soon proved security to the Society, in t i all the moneys, builds and uthcr j Upper Lonii Caie Society ITli A SHORT SKETCH OF lIAJiUJ* rous fire occurred in tho vilumber of houses. Among tho s tlio store of Robert II. Ward-C'atio .Society of Abbeville Disuapors of the Society committed 1 the building. In consequence iprlved of all previous records, ies connected with its early hists Constitution, and had a nunise wero destroyed by the tire and cmaiii extant; and at the meet1 expedient to have a roprint of ;rein contained, with a complete and other matters approved bv f tho order of the Society to thfs above mentioned, the List of when the Constitution was fortho next meeting after tho fire, ? t uiuj ina uu lauv/1 ij nv;vus of their election. ions made by the Society for tho benevolent "objects as con tenanting to about thirty thousand be ascertained), the funds of the eventcon and eighteen thousand suiting from tho lato disastrous ted by tho juries of the country, d to probably less than half of t on hand cannot bo specifically ustment of the debts duo on old d. . operations of tho Society must, Constitution tlio Society is so reropriations while tho capital at Jollars. us a Trefacc in 1870, when it was i Constitution ; but owing to tho y and other satisfactory reasons ;?W 1 IfU 1IJLU UllUUU At UIU lUCflresolution of 1870 be carried out, nted under his superintendence ition and all matters mentioned with such additions as will con to tho present time. id to be settled by compromise on of the amount due, and snmo that it is impossible now to state i worth, liut tho Board of Ofllr getting these matters brought :it we hope that ore long we will t wo are worth. Steadily recoviiet that it now not only can conording to its charter, but aid in l aid of tho Gospel have amounting made between 1858 and 1874. i 1832 tho Society lias had no adrcuinulatioii by"interest and the except a legacy of $50.00 by WiiJohn It. Willson of one "year's r, amounting to about $50.00, and iiaskin, Esq. FFICERS. io Secretary gives from memory veil from his father and his own fliccrs of the Society : ENTS. >\VIE. Ell BOWIE. vniu.i.1. wis wardlaw. !. pick 11 in. 1'iiomson. 51 DENTS. ,y, sr. ,y, jk. oston. son. 'eltltln. ARIES. 0 aw. 11 ola w. JHERS. i:. SON. ik. It. 11'g 11 ics. iillkk. \ltl) law". 5- cane society je district. i 1703, by most of Iho members I-Cuna CongregAtion of l'resbyliuville Court-Mouse, associating I'nt fund for tho support of llio for works of hcncvolenco among eat objects above the rii faculties ation in society and tho incon ccasioncd. in ITiKK It nt first consisted of ineroased to about fiO; but the hdrawaln, removals and deaths, has been generally below .'12, at so of time the original eontribut by cach member of ?1 a year, oinpoiind interest, gradually in/ of tf.V) from Major John llowio, ? amounting to about $.30 more) rch, 18*2, to ?8,909.82, bearing iri?ve $000 expended in aiding the her expenditures. mgregation, for many years past, y, and the latter, having always Lho Upper Lontf-Cane Congregair by the circumstance that most also members of the Congrcgaity in it. ociety having fully experienced fore pursued in its management, ne tlio stewards of a eonsideraled and expended upon tho ob,--modeled their rules to suit the ind of the Society, and directed ;tors heroin accompanying them. ?UTION. LE I. oy Its corporate nanio of "Tiie \MBKViiji.fi DisTBH'T." It may moiibers, and shall uot cease to ,E II. icty shall oxtend to lho distance Cano Church. ,E III. . bo held onco a year; and if a it necessary for the transaction e eallod, by notice thereof being i Upper Long-Cane Church, on s shall bo performed there, with iu uppmuiuu; ur uy nuwiu wiuruhe moaibers residing within tho besides an anniversary mooting ' alteration of tho Constitution ; iio members, living within the iotiug, a quorum for tho transac.E IV. nt, a Vieo-President, a .Secretary very anniversary meeting when shall bo present, to sorve until until successors shall be chosen, id to perform all tho duties sper of thorn respectively, in addi10s contained in this Constitution LE V. office, by tho death, resignation, a tho bounds of any officer, tho . substitute, who shall servo the mless an intermediate meeting tion shall be held to provide for vacancy shall be in the office of L assume that offico, and the sub,E VI. lection shall bo made to fill tho jsent at any meeting, except the taken by "the Vice-President, if it be temporarily elected. E VII. , and a majority of tho votes of issary to a choice. a viu. cancy or abscncc, tho Vice-Prcsido at tho meetings of tho Socioreservo order ; appoint committho accounts 01 die Treasurer; iiid charge himself with a gonerests of tho Society at all times .E IX. d pay out all moneys ; preserve pors, mortgages, securities and sop an exact account of his roiiit to tho Society at every aniiimoney transactions which havo rsary meeting, and a schedule of iroporty in his hands, with such :iy deem proper. iE X. as elocted, givo bond with apIto penalty ol twice tho value of [iroporty then delivered into his hands, conditioned that ho shall bo i deliver them, with all other moneys Society that may come to his lianas tinuo in office (liro and other inovita next succeeding Treasuror, or to th< bond shall bo kept by the President Society shall so order; and if tlio Ti the bond before given by him, havi the purpose, shall continue without i dered by the Society. ARTICLE All orders upon the Treasurer shi and countersigned by the Secretary be mude, by loan or otherwise, withe ARTICLE The Secretary shall record the r every meeting; keep a regular listoj with each one ; keep all the books an ed to be kept by ihe Treasurer and I on the Treasurer, keep an oxact act | and other receipts by the Treasure ! grow due by interest; of all expendi of all loans directed by the board of | may be necessary to prevent or det doing which he shall have a right t any information requisite, and the afford it. v ARTICLE Every membor residing within t each anniversary meeting, one dolla Provided, that any member by pay in charged from all liability for l'uturo < ARTICLE : No person shall bo ndmilted to reside, at the time of bis application, ARTICLE Application for membership aha ciety, at an anniversary meeting, ai mission of any applicant shall be tat more of tho members present shouk applicant shall be rejected, ami uhu two years. If a second time rejcctec lotcd for. If tho question should bo cant, by two-thirds or inoro of the bt be entitled to tho privileges of mem nnd Bv-Laws. and Dav for entrance t I every livo hundred dollars which slu Provided, that the son or son-in-law shall have been a member shall be r lor entrance, alter the arrears of the shall have been discharged; and j members may, during their widowl 1 the pecuniary privileges of member sums which would have been due lived?except the sons, sons-in-law bers who shall have been expelled o voluntarily withdrawn from the Soc ARTICLE For grossly immoral conduct, 1 the Society, a member may be exf thirds of the ballots of all the mcml ARTICLE : A failure by 0110 residing within butions for live years shall amount in the Society; and thereupon his at shall be excluded from further me: ted without tne concurrence of twi ent at any anniversary meeting (tin and the payment of the regular coi from his iirst failure, and one dollar ARTICLE : A member now residing, or whe out the bounds, may preservo to membership (except those expressl tho bounds) by paying his regular c< lars in lieu thereof, fie shall, of coi contribution alter his removal, and 1 and maintain his privileges by pa) he shall be considered to have aurre ciety and right of membership co longer regarded as a member ; but i in tho bound* ho may, upon appli two-thirda of the ballots at an anui mitted upon his paying tho arrearag and the lirst contribution afterward and also tho contribution next prooi tributiou for the meeting at which 1j ARTICLE A member may voluntarily will of Ilia intention to do so, paying h shall be cousidcrcd as one excluded. ARTICLE All contributions, entrance mom moneys or property accruing to the ! soever shall be carried to tho genei factors shall all be preserved, and p by the Secretary for any donation ri ARTICLE When tho funds shall amount t that sum shall bo always preserve touched for the production of inter Society: and the whole or any par tho directions of the Society at an applied toward the salary ot a mini and education of poor children; t< members, or the distressed families ward any other pious work or ben< within tiio hounds, which shall app I l~ .Inn ,1 ll,.;, ucra IU Utlliuiiu tuvu uooioiu ARTICLE The amount to bo, nt any time, of a minister may bo fixed for the tlii) members present at ail annivo j tivo hit ml red dollars in one j'oar; ; made toward tlie salary of any mini i byterian minister olHciating in the | j Church, or somo other Church wit 1 ncceptablc to two-thirds of tho i; bounds. j ARTICLE The funds not appropriated shal i kept at interest, and the interest call | propriated, put to interest, so that shall be an accumulation by annual ARTICLE : The four officers shall constitu shall be charged with the execution especially directed to one of tho ol | This board shall transact all the bti I committed) in relation to the lend i loans, and taking steps necessary fo : the funds ami property of the Soci j tlio Hy-Laws and resolutions and or nant to tuo Constitutiou. ARTICLE o 11 cm nor 01 inis nociwiy snai ! borrower, or the security for a born ! to tho Society; nor shall any mem I ! the loans by borrowing from any bo Serson to borrow for him, under tl ocioty llfty per cent, on every sum borrowed. ARTICLE : At every anniversary meeting n state of the funds and books shall shall be to examine carefully all th eiety, inquire into tho proceedings o officers, and into the solvency of the stato of all tho property belonging t< Society at tho next anniversary tho papers wore found, carefully noting unskilltulness, and thu situation of u such suggestions as they may think curity of the funds, or for tho better of the Socioty, or tho more ell'ectual ARTICLE : All questions in the Society, wh ion for tho concurrence of a greater o rr. t tia nliOutSmi hnilKV fjl I UJ ? ? ? I bors shall require, and if tho votes i shall be lost. ARTICLE X Tho Society will hold every ofh< j damage which may result from his committed to him, and may, in nddii vide, by By-Laws, fines not excoedi or broach of duty, or any violation or orders of the Society?any of wl any meeting after the member liabli called on for his excuse and have fai or shall have been warned that he w time and have failed to attend or sei [and when imposed, tho line snail i ! quont, nn<l if it should not bo paid i be oxeluded from tho Socioty. ARTICLE : No alteration of this Constitutioi teration shall have been passed an three several anniversary meetings, thirds of the whole number of n bounds shall have concurred in it. may be made, if tho alteration shall ity of tho members present, and en several anniversary meetings. An sistent with tho Constitution or B; pealed by a majority of tho quorum' o? BY-LA 1. Tho anniversary meetings sh : in January of every }*ear, at tho Up] I 2. A momber refusing to serve ii j mitteo to which he may have been lined in tho discretion of tho Soeici except any member who shall have otlices for tho full torm of oflice, u sent) bo required to serve in any olll 3. An officer for absenco at any Board, or for neglect of any duty a? bcr for neglecting to attend a mec which ho may havo been appointei committed to him, may bo lined in uot exceeding two dollars, over and i ages which accrue from his neglect. 4. No member, except in commil j mlttod to speak more than twice to t day, unless with the consent of a | Every member spoaking shall addr | lino himself to tho subject under d , ties and oll'ciisivo expressions, and I chair. f>. Tho Secretary shall inform e^ who may not havo boon present at mittoe of his appointment, of tho na the subject referred to them. Tho c 1 shall appoint the time and placu for jmitlcc, and summon the other uicm accountable for the same, and and effects bolonging to the during the time ho shall con- ? ble accidents excepted) to the 3 ordor of the Society, which ?r, after being recorded, if the uo1 easurer should be ro-elected ng been properly dra wn for renewal, unless otherwiso orXL nil bo signed by the President ; and 110 disbursement shall >ut such order. me soo XII. sue ninutcs of the proceedings of st)e f the members, and an account h?m id papers, except those direct- a.nc ^resident; and as a chock up- ^'iel :ount of all tho contributions ')e r; of all sums which should Trt tures ordered by the Society ; otlicerx, and of whatever else pai ect any mismanagement. In HUc 0 call upon the Treasurer for (\at Treasurer shall bo bound to be> m XIII. fix he bounds shall contribute, at au, r to the funds of the Society I nnr ig fifteen dollars shall be (lis- Rh0 .-ontributions. int Hot XIV. act, become a member who may r<jq , without the regular bouuds. ma XV. am 11 bo made by letter to the So- sha id the question upon the ad- uoi con by ballot. If one-third or or' 1 be against his admission the .11 not again bo presented for (]e< I, ho shall never again be bill- ani decided in favor of the appli- im illots, he shall, before ho shall bership, sign the Constitution . o the Treasurer one dollar for u!c ill then belong to tbe Society: 01 of any person who may bo or *" equirad to pay only one dollar father or father-in-law, if any. mo that the widows of deceased uxxl, entitle themselves to all s by paying to the Society tho from tlieir husbands had they and widows of former memr excluded, or who shall have iety. XVI. or contumacious contempt of >elied by concurrence of two- ?\ iers present at any meeting. XVII. ch pa' the bounds to pay his contri- sti' to a forfeiture'of his interest icount shall be credited and he tnbership, nor be again udmit>-thirds of the members nres- Jo 3 vote being taken by ballot), \V ltributions tor the whole time Sa for new entrance. Hi Jo KVIII. > shall remove to resido withhimself all the privileges of . y contined to members within "|0 antributions, or the fifteen dol- ^1" urse, bo charged with the first unless he express the contrary "j0 r'ing subsequent contributions ndered his interests in the So- y1 nditionally, and shall not bo j!? ipon his return to resido with- J;'1 cation, by the concurrence of versary meeting, be again ad ;es prior to his removal, if aHy, J charged as above, if yet due, sding his return, and the con- j 10 makes his application. XIX W idraw by giving written notice Sa is arrearages, after which ho \v JSj Tl XX. Ja oy fines, gifts, legacies, and all *c Society in any otlier way whatill fund. Tho names of beneroper letters of thanks drawn Vs jceivcd. iar )\ XXI. d ten thousand dollars, at loast "*c id as a capital, to remain uncst to answer tho ends of tho W t of the interest, according to lb anniversary meeting, may be Ja ister: toward tho maintenance Ja iward tho relief of distressed Ez i of deceased members; or to- Sa ivolent purposo to be effected I)i car to two-thirds of tho mem- W nee. Jo Ja XXII. lt< nmifrihuffvl t/iwflril thn salarv > ensuing year by a majority of iy r?ary meeting, not exceedingj j(1 but no contribution shall bo .... ster other than a regular Pros- j' >ulpit of the Upper Long-Cano hin the bounds, who shall be netnbers ro.iding xvithiu the R< Jo XXIII. T1 1, an constantly as possibly, bo y led in annually, and, it not ap- Jc as nearly as practicable there nt' intorPst A1 ?XIV. to a Hoard of Officers, which Ai of all order* of the Society not floor*, or to some committee, siness (not otherwise specially j ing of the inouev, securing of r the increase inul security of ety, and shall lie governed by dors of the Society not repugCt XXV. Nl I bo permitted to become tho K( )wer, of any money belonging ier make himself interested in j( rrower, or procuring any other !je penalty of forfeiting* to the so borrowed or procured to be XXVI. 1? Sa i committee of three upon the \v bo appointed, whoso duty it I Ni o books and papers of the*So-j f the Hoard, and of the several \ p obligors to tho bonds, and the I > the Society, and report to the I order in which tho books and i any inaccuracy, negligence or II the funds anil property, with Ja proper for tho increase and se management of the interests promotion ot its views. CXVII. en thero is no special provisnumber, shall be determined ken by ballot if any t.vo morn- *r should be equal the question ya XVIII. jor and member liable for any neglect or breach of any duty tion to this responsibility, prong five dollars for anv neglect! of the Constitution, by-Laws j Inch fines may be imposed at| a to such fine shall have been W led to render a sutlicient one ; ill 1)0 called on at a particular Ja [id an excuse for his absence; jo charged against the del in ? .i 1.?- n i " II 11YU vuura luu iutuiuci auau V SXIX. [i shall bo mnde unless tlio al- j id entered 011 the minutes at at one of which meetings two-! members residing within the An alteration of the By-Laws have been passed by a major-1 sj itered on the minutes, at two| y occasional ordor, not inconp-Laws, may bo mado or re- ? at any meeting. sta j hii WS. IJio ;pe j for i dci all bo held on the last Friday tja per Long-Cane Church. j c.|] r? any office, or upon any comelected or appointed, snail bo P' 13* not exceeding two dollars ' faithfully served i ; any of tho J* ho shall not (agai:.st iii.s con-1 , co for tho next term. 1 meeting of tho Society or tho | J'f isigned to him, or any mctu- , ',KH ting of any committee upon(,K)l 1, or for neglecting any duty Pfl the discretion of tho Society v,p above his liability for all dam- m' ! tO I (tee of :ne whole, shall be per- j he samo question on tho same 'j majority to explain himself. \yj ess himself to the chair, con-'jj. iscussion, avoid all personali- cjj'( io silent when ordered by the j10| ! aii( very chairman of a committee'of tho appointment of the com- J fro ines of the committee, and oflkn hairman of every committeo'prf tho first meeting of the com-} wil beta to attend. jNo . ' *. [Additional, adopted in 1881.] 0. Any member failing to attend any annual meeting of thfs ittv, without rendering at that or tho next annual meeting a afaetory oxcuse for absence, shall be liable to bo lined two lars. 0 n ^ r- r\ m X^UICO 1UI tuu XJWUA iA U1 <v 1. The cash on hand at tho adjournment of an anniversary eting not appropriated shall, that evening if practicable, or ?? 11 afterward as possible, be lent to such applicants for loans, in hsums and upon such security (not loss than what is below ciiiod) as to a majority of the Board, upon private consultation, 11 seem proper. All sums coming in at any time afterward, I before tho next anniversary meeting (not directed by tho So?;y to bo reserved and not appropriated), shall in like manner lent as soon as possible; the Board in all cases giving to the iasurer an order directing tho loan, which shall be his voucher. 2. All loans shall be secured by joint and several penal bond, fable to the Upper Lone-Cane Society of Abbeville District, it? ^ icessors or assigns, with condition to become due ten days after e, signed and sealed by at least two solvent personal securities lides tho borrower; and other securities may be taken by mort;e or otherwise, if the Board shall think proper. 3. Payment of the interest due upon every bond at ?very day cd for* anniversary meeting, shall be required to be punctu-' y made at the day in cash; and in case of default, puits shall be limenced the next day without distinction of persons, which ill not be discontinued*without the paymont of the compound erest and all costs, besides such portions of the principal as the ,-iety may direct, or tho Board may think expedient, to be ex- * ed, and such additional security as the Society or tho Board saay [Uiro. 4. Whenever any borrower, or any security of a borrower, y die or remove out of the State, the bond shall bo renewed 1 other solvent parties substituted, or in defamt thereof suits ill be commenced against all persons who can be sued on the id, after tlie expiration of a notice for renewal from the Board, after the next anniversary meeting. 5. Whenever the Board at any time between the meetings may mi any bond insecure, they shall require additional securityr 1 if it should not be given to their satisfaction, proceed to inako mediate collection. 6. Whenever tho Society or the Board shall direct payment of > whole or any part of tho principal to be made unoti all or any the bonds, suits shull be immediately commoncea in default of ^ uient after the expiration of the day appointed for payment. *7 Tti oil wi ArA n Hiaorotinn ia n 1 Iawa^ tr\ t.ha U/mrd .11 y bo controlled by the special order of the Society. ROLL OF MEMBERSHIP. A List of all who have ever been members, with the dato* of >ir oiection. Those who were meunbera in 1832 marked thus ( ; i these only ono remains. The names of ali now members are intod in small capitals. The exact date of the joining of thoso irked thus (f) cannot be ascertained. Each of those marked ex-' ided have forfeited their interest in the Society by a failure to v his contribution for live years. [See Article xVll of the Cou lllllUII.j January 31,1881. May, 1793. ]*William Losly dead lin Bowie dead illiam Lwly dead ?Robert Gilmer....'. deadl imiel Watt dead 1m S^ZI==de2d Slmeon S- Bcmhaii removed ^ [atthew Wilson dead 1826, j Ames Wardlavv dead EbonozerMiller..removed; dead ndrow Hamilton dead 1827. tin Quay removed ?David Losly ..dead hn 11 airs ton dead jjggg illiaini Baskin dead csamuel w. Bowie ..removed *ep|> Gaston dead xiaugdon Bowie, removed, rehn Wilson. dead turned and ro-olected in 18o5t i ti\f n 1?o l!ca^ an(i removed. hn McCord, Sen - dead *Samuel Reid ........dead iarles \\ lison dead C. Gordon..............dead innel Armstrong dead _ / illiam Cunningham...removed _ TT * ohn McCord, Jun. [now Sen.] BERT H.Wabdi^aw ............ dead * Thomas C. Perrin....... ..dead el Thacker dead *Jus-s- Bovvie removed; dead . aoc Tliaeker dead 1831. tnnel Strain removed *John Rlchardaon ..dead ivid Strain dead fAllen T. Miller dead illiam Strain dead fliobort Crawford dead v? nuu'l McMurtray dead tFranklin Branch...rem'd; dead in \r .^i 4 J. T T U7?./1Iah. . /tn?4 lniain iuciuunray exciuuuu TTmum ...?toui u , ucwi sokiel Evans....excluded; dead j Hamilton T. Miller............dead lorr.as Joft'rie9 dead January, 1840. mea McConl withdrawn Wm. A. Wardlaw...rem'd; dead ilix Hughes excluded chibald Hamilton-withdrawn r?_j ? -1 . ivid Brown withdrawn Beid, lomoved^-elect^'ThSnSfn1'witii(lnwn^?i^ fJonies T. Liddell .'..dead i Ilia inShaw).! ,deid fSamuel Barr removed; dead 1842. i r> 1<93, . , John R. Willson ...dead hu Brackenrutge dead February, 1794. John F. I/ivingston dead ?illiam G:irret removed Robert Richey, B. S dead >bort McCrone oxcludod William Barr removed: dead mm Kussell dead ,044 SSni'ju'n S J<*? Kllhey --- **? * frnie! lVoT.1 Jo"" B- Kicl>cy...remov?i; dead ivid Robinson dead 1W5. illiau) Callahan dead Jas. F. Crawford..removed; doad >iiti Strain dead ISM. mos Bradley dead John T. Miller. - " >bert Thornton withdrawn injatnin Uunnion dead Benjamiu P. Hughes dead lex under lleid dead J " VMUiaui Crawford dead . _ i8''u* ilius Nichols dead if?1** ? '.okiel Pickens dead j A. H ler excluded tmes Stevenson, elected, never ?*!.0.HN * rT?1* entered; dead T^warti J>ome .. exciuueu . , 1852. _ , l1?."?,' * . LEROY C. Wxxjjon 3iV' n 11 rem?v0<j Samuel McGowan excluded ihn Caldwell..... dead j0|,u jf> Wilson dead 1<m,SLS XeonW ^Ieaj John Mel 1 wain ..dead atthew Donaldson dead ^ hu Fouler, elected, never en- _ _ 18j4? . . tered; dead J. William Lyon .......dead James A. Riohev ..deed November, 1794. Geo. McDnttie Mil]er...removed lexanuer Fil'o excluded James A. Lyon...removed ; dead February, 1705. A'.puku.s ?. Lksly iidrew Bowio..:. dead H.Thompson Lyon excluded I ugh Morrah dead Ihomson ... ? Mnv 171)5. 185o? mes Harris....'. dead R?bert A. Fair.. removed A 4 1~n~ JUlllt'S A? liaiUlilVT .... ' ?* , , R. Wesley Crawford? llliam liaddeu dead , ?v}\n uy' 1,0<h?, i . Jambs Wardlaw Perrik, relarlea Caldwell withdrawn moved, returned and re-elected May, 179(5. fj. Fraser Livinostox........... ?than Kirkwood doad jg^ 3v. George Iioid dead Augustus j. Lytbgoo......~...dead ~ February, 1797. Jamks S. Cothran ? imes Oilmev, &cn., elected, nev- Ja?. A. Norwood-excluded ;dead /.M A n f/\ vn 11 . vi uiucicu , uvau joou. May, 1797. David Crawford excluded lorge Bowie removed; dead Daniel J. Jordan.. hit Bowie, Jun dead 1880 mnel Houston dead Saraael Gilmer....! -..dead illiamPau dead Thomnfl E.Owen dead itliati 1 hacker deud John T. Owen removed February, 1804. John McBryde dead ancls Walker removed James M. Perrin dead May, 1804. 1864. muel Feemster removed Robert J. McBryde -removed May, 1805. 1865. mes Lesly dead Isaac Branch dead November, 1806. ?aTid R- Sondley dead loses Taggart .......dead Edward M. Jordan Mav, 1807. 1868- _ niliain Bowie, removed, re- Matthew Edward Willson, ;urned, and re-elected in 1830: excluded, re-elected 1881 dead James A. Reid May, 1810. John A. Thomson, dead ;ev. W. II. Barr, D. D John L. Fair dead m. Armstrong, Jr dead William Tullt Branch Mav 1811 William C. Wardlaw removed amuel L. Watt dead I860. iubert II. Lesly dead Lewis W. Perrin .. Afoir Robert E. Bowiw ?removed lex. Bowie . .'..removed; dead J- Wesley Keller. --.xdaded November, 1813. xj??? n atrick Noble -dead 1874. Andrew B. Wardlaw ?llliam Tcnnent dead jainw yv. Liddell removed March, 181<j. nes Liddell dead Jolm g Thompson removed March, 1S17. iobertWilaon dead } J. LlddoU. removed Tin. t a^a B. Dale Barksdale iTilliam Lomax dead Jamks A Bowie it?1. jg?f) ?. L. Wardlaw dead Thomas P. Thomson 1S22. Thomas P. Cothbax !li S. Davis removed; dead 1}^ ohn W ier dead Harvey Wilson 1823. is3i ohn Bowie, Jr...removed ; dead I w T VT q.fTTt, [arshall Weath*rell...removed jW' J0EL bMITH Uneasy Preachcrs. Hardly a month passes without some religious sect being irtled by the announcement that one of its ministers has founu nsolf unable to remain longer in accord with the particular inula of faith to which ho has hitherto subscribed. Sometimes goes into mother communion, frequently he starts an indendent church, occasionally ho abandons the clerical profession some other, but whatever his course he goes temporarily unr a cloud and is regarded doubtfully by sinners as well as Chrisns. Even the people who aro most liberal in matters theologiaro inclined to regard such a man's conduct as mistaken, and >ir reasons are worthy of the thoughtful consideration of nneasy acliers. Even in the churches whoso creeds aro most rigid and iictiug the great majority of tho members attach moro imporico to practice than to belief; preachers themselves are juaged >re by what they do than what they say. A communicant is t judged so much by his faith as by his life, and tho member to stands highest in the regard of his brother communicants and those of other sects is not the mau who is stoutest in defence of i faith, but ho who proves his faith by his works. The artist is t judged by his brush but by tho picture he paints with it, and a arbor's creed is never questioned while in his sermons hemarfes e hideous and virtue lovable. There are hundreds of great rids who every Sunday expound the philosophy of their creeds L'mptypews; their neighbors who preach the morality that is thout scltiishness are tho men who crowd churches. It is im- ? -? vsible for a man of intellectual nature to cousider his abstract nciples: but a tree is proved by its fruits, not by its seed. lien a minister's creed troubles him let him stop talking about noDody will ntiss what he leaves unsaid. If ho cannot rocon) grinciples that aro in his best moments far above his comprolsion ho can always find ease in being moro attentive to the poor I tho troubled, in moro earnest work to keep tho young peoplo his congregation out of mischief and in turning older peoplo m the errors of their daily life. Even if he doubts whether ho ows all about tho next world he can find so much to do inj im>vmg tho present moral condition of his parishioners that ho II have no time to trouble his mind about the world ^to come,?? \v York JIcrahL