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ryr . ?gM?? I he Press and Banner.! Ilj Hujh Wilson an! II. T. Wardlarr. Wednesday, July 13, 1881. ! ^ " . . . . . . - mT Patriotic Editors Yttllni? to Sacrifice tkcmsclvos for tlic Fnl?lic Good, a*d l for Principle. Just aft^r reading a refresfiine article In the Aikcr, Journal and Review, explaining how bold, and how honest, and ho^' self-sacrificing the editor of that paper is, and who stated how inexpressibly Tmnly resolved he was to supervise the buildin? of a "$13,000 Court Hou^e" alone lor the public welfare, and without fee or Gerard, we ilncl tho following touchin? lines in the Greenville Newx, which nl most move us to tear*, as we, in our im-agi nation, see the editor of that paper bid fan well to his "last subKt'dber,'' lock the offlcc door, talct up! his lino of m irch until his manly form J is lost to view as he disappears "over the J hills to the p?iOr house." And this for principle! A country with such patriotic editors is safe, and its citizens may J Bleep tho sleep of the blessed. The Green- j "villc Sacs says"Wo take this opportunity to say that the Daily Xttc* will certainly adhere t<> all the principles and opinions it lias an-1 imunccd in th$ past, although a majority j of its best Had most valuable friends op- j po3e It jest now on the prohibiton question. .Savins more than was intended at j the beginning of this, there have been I flints that this nowspaper will injure itself by opposing the prohibition movement. In answer, once for all, we reitor- j ate that the Daily Sews will lose everv subscriber on its books and every advertisement from its columns and no under tie hammer before it will give back an inch from a position it believes to be the right one. That may as well bo understood. Jts proprietor could afford to walk i Vrotn the city penniless and friendless bet-! *ter than he could to support or acquiesce in any movement that he believes to be| 'wrohg and ill advised. If any object tO| aiding a jouniiil opposing tlicn* views, n is th(?ir affair, but if any have the idea that tbev can influence the action of lliej Daily AWj by bestowal or withholding of business tiioy are mistaken and the thought is a slander." Gentlemen, a word in kindness. We t think editors, like the average citizen, 'should let others speak their praises. There is an old adage to the effect that "solf-praise is hail scandal," but wo presume it does not apply to the country editor. True to principle J Good words, gentlerQ'??rt. But when a man ndnifts that "a majority^ of his best and most valued frien is entertain views differing from his own," is it not just grounds for him to "qnestioh himself as to the correctness of his position ? Sometimes our inflexibility tfdrAGs from pride of self-will more than from an intelligent conviction. And when an editor goes directly against the judgment of the best informed citizens of his town, the public are more likely to attribute a mistake of judgment to him tfcah to them. Another matter to be thought of is, to what extent is an editor called upon to make himself a martyr. The GrcenviUe 2?ew3 is printed f >r the people of the town of Greenville, an 1 ;h;editor iti our opinion Khonkl rf*snect everv nortion of its constituency. The Newx can, very pro*perly if it choses tn do so, announce its Own convk-iious, but it is not called upon to press its own peculiar views on its j subscribers v bo may dissent from it in j opinion. The prohibitory qucvjtirtn "is i oce upoR"Which tho best poople of South J 'Carolina are divided, and for the News to j go so far as to siy it would lose its "last! subscriber" for the glorious privilege ofj taking sides in a question upon which public opinion is about equally divided,' in our opinion exhibits more indiscretion ! *? than principle. Recently in Greenville thero was an | ?" - election as to whether the property of the | ' ' county should be taxed for a Railroad toj Laurens Court House, au me newspapers of the town, except one, and all the people, except seven, said "yes." Now, with that state of feeling was it not bad Judgment in the editor of the objecting paper to array himself against the feeling of his own people? On the same principle, it is wrong for the editor of the Newts to array one half of Greenville against it. If there was in it what is generally j ? understood as "principle." we should en?... dorse the action of the News, but there is j not a particle of principle in it, any morel than there would be, if that paper should! take a notion lo announce his own pe- J culiar religious ueuci, ana uivn uiiuur- > . take to stuir it down the throats of bis readers, whether they would or not. Ev-! ery.-body knows that the Press and Ban-' ner favors prohibition, and we believe no , body blames us for our cobviction, any j v, more than wo blame those who differ rorn us. We have good rcspcct for those Vfbo difl'cr from us. Among that number f n:ay be found as true and as'good men as; * _ can be found anywhere. While wo d>i not propose to bo offensive to any body i in reference to this matter, wo can stiM ; cling to our convictions?without letting' . any feeling enter. Wo are in favor of the j unnexation of Mexico to this countrvj and wo think wo 6oniptomt>e no' principle" in being respectful to those who oppose sueb a move; neither do wo com'** promise our "pi inciplc" in remaining silent on the question, A Monument to Dr. Bonner. In another part of this issue of the Press and Banner, may he found "An Appeal to the Alumnae of the Due WesC -Female College." The Impulse which prompted the suggestion contained therein is a good one. ana to oe commcnuea uy every goou '^r- ""citizen, but we think there is a mistaken notion and a misguided judgment in the tnatter. The College itself is the finest monument winch stands to the memory Of any man in Abbeville County. It was chiefly through Dr. Bonner's instrumen* tallty that thie magnificent structure was erected and it is not to be denied that this fine school was established as the iesult of his effort in behalf of education. Now that Dr. Bonner is dead, let him not be denied the honor of the monument which he himself erected. The monument Standing there needs only an inscription. . i?et the young ladlos sccuro a marble tablet and then let it bo placed in the walls of the building itself. It might be placed rear the entrance to the building, in the Chapel, or in any other place deemed more appropriate. Such a course Would toe eminently just and propor, but to deprive the deceased of the nohle monument already there, atjd to substitute for it a little pile of granite or marble would be an Injustice to tho dead. In some of the city churches may be found memorial Windows dedicated to tho memory of the ? iJlstifJgl'ished dead of their congregations. In tho Society Hal's of Erskine College the pictures of various of the Professors may do found, then why not pu>. marble tablets iu the balls of the Colleges ? We make these surgestlons for what they are wortbi A pile of granite as big as the ancient pyramids of Egypt would not be so noble a monument as the College building itself. ^ ? Tbe Difference. Two years ago when Governor Hampton was wounded, and when the whole State felt a deep anxiety as to his condition, evey word of information regarding his condition was carefully concealed ffom the public?the public being treated as If they were impertinent inquirers? bat when tbe President of the ITuited States is woundod, the public get hourly full and acaurate statements of bis condition. The President to the whole country, is not more than Governor Hampton was to the State of South Carolina. Instead of politeness in recognition of friendly interest, the treatment wbicb tbe Governor's friends received was anything else "wilkes couSTl refused to adopt the stock law. So great is the popular prejudice against progress, that we have very little hope of any county getting the benefits of the law, so long as non-property holders are called on to vote away their fight to pasture their cattle on other people's crops. Bead tha rotice of the proceedings of tbe Convention of lbs Stockholders of the Savannah Valley Kailroad Company. Ife Si . ' . . M - I "* ?? The A. & F. B. V. R. R. I.lsewlioro may be found a communication taketi from the columns of tlie News arid Courier, giving some interest lug facts ami strong arguments in oonuu of our proposed now PaHroad. The work seems io be progressing finely, and our people are more determined than ever. Captain Kirk has been busy survoy'n^ the route, and in recent conversation I with him, lie said that the grading from Ik11 toil to Trickeni Woetd bo very light, that the grading of twenty miles of the route would be a meretrifle, Tholmporj tance of establishing a great through line from the sea to the West cannot be estij mated, and we hope to see the work progress stead'ily. The communication of j "Abbeville" was put in typo last week, 'but owing to a lack of apace, wo were I compelled to defer its publication. By an oversight wo failed to see in the Chester llull< tin the following notice | which we find in the Xeicberry News, credited to that paper. No kindlier notice I than this wax ever made of an editor, and j no editor ever more highlv appreciated a friendly recognition of humble elForts. We make our grand salaam to our friend j in Chester. That paper says : The Abbeville Prevtt and linnner is the most ir:uern:uiy irumriiiti |js|>ci imhhi-.iiecl in South Carolina. It never misses an j opportunity to Kay a kind and cheering word to thiso nf its contemporaries who are deserving. Its remarks arc not sycophantic either, and are never made unless I commendation is merited. There is no "tickle-me-and - I'll tieklc-you" style (about it, but its tributes are always paid to mcliu ?4t?? THE KOPEFCL CONDITION OF TIIE PRESIDENT. I The Physicians Entirely Satisfied with the Progress of their Distinguished Patient. Washington, July 10. ? Midnight. ? The condition 01 mo rrcsnicri is 11:1j proving, and the chances for his recovery are verj' favorable. He is strong Ami I cheerful, and the attending physicians are ! greatly encouraged. j The following bulletins have been is sued to-day: j Executive Mansion, July 10.?1 P. M% j?The Pre si dent's symptoms coiitimie to i bo favorable. Pulso 102, temperature I loO 5-10, respiration 22. ) Executive Mansion?7 P. M.?(Ollli cial Bulletin.) ? The President's symptoms continue to make favorable projgress. Pulse 10S, temperature 101.9, resI pi ration 24. Executive Mansion, 11.15 P. M.? i The President is sleeping quietly. All : his symptoms are favorable, and the doei tors are preparing for a night's rest for j themselves. j Dr. Bliss says : "We are entirely satis! tied with the* manner in which matters ; are going." [What Dr. Blis* Snv*"Prayers in the Catholic Churches. Washington, July 10?Dr. Bliss stated ; this evening that the President was doing as well as could be expected, and that he | was highly gratified with the manner in j which thepatient was progressing. The | President's diet consists principally of j milk, which he appears to relish, "lie ' sutlers no internal pain from the wounds, ! but experiences considerable soreness oi ! muscle. ! In all the Catholic churches here to-day | prayers were ottered during Mass, and the Litany of the Saints was said ut the conoi-nrir \r?ss. fur the recoverv of ' J , . the President* THE GROWING COTTO* CROP. Report of the Charleston Exchange for the Month of June. Ohakucston*, July 1, 1881. Thecommitteedelegated to tabulate replies sent, as answers to questions touch* ing the growing cotton crop to 30th June report: As to character of weather, whether more or less favorable, if any land planted abandonad, how are the stands of cotton, is the plant blooming and forming well, present condition of tho crop, how will the crop compare with last year. From fifty-nine replies from twentyseven counties we ootain tho following result: Weather dry and hot from twenty-seven. drv from thirty, and unfavorable from two; weather less favorable from tliirtysix. more favorable from nine, samo us last year Irom one, fail to answer this question, twelve. I Forty-flvo reply no land abandoned, seven report same area, four varying from 1 to 23 per cent. | Stands reported good from thirty, fair, eleven, early planting good, late planting, bad seven, not good eight, perfect one, lire bad, one. j Plant blooming arid forming well from forty-four, not well from twelve, just commenced blooming three. Present condition?Crop favorable in twenty-one, less favorable in ton, clean and well worked in twenty-one, clean and small in four, clean and backward in three. As compared <vitli last year, not as good twenty-eight; later, varying front liyeto twetuV-onedavs, eight; samo as last year, ' " II I...V ht.nl I six; better, eigiu; pnmi. smmi uun ?ni fruited, five; clean but backward, four. Variable and un favorable eircuinstances not covered by above questions: Plant small owing to weather, six ; growth retnrtod by drought, twelve; blooming pre. maturely, six; sutiering for rain, seven ; iujured by lice, one. A. Louden, r. D. Mure, E. C. wlllams, E. Willis, Committeci THE COKESBt'RY CONFERENCE. Proceedings of the Annnal Session of this Body?A Formal Letter of Syin* path} to Mrs. Garfield. [.Wim and Courier.] The members of the body, in common with their-countrymen, wero throughoug^Reisession burdenod with anxiety ffrr tho recovery of tho President | of the United States, and on the first day the session a special hour was set auart for prayer to God tointerposo His almighty iskiii for his restoration, and the secretary j was instructed to communicate to his wife and family the sympathies of the Conference, which he did in the following corn| munication; greenwood. S. oi. July 0, 1881. ! To Mrs. President Garfield, Executive i Mansion, Washington, 1). C.: Dear ! Madam ? We, with the whole nation, j mourn on account of th<5 atrocious crime committed upon tho person of our osj teemed Chief Magistrate, your husband. I We are held in distressing suspense, on 'account of tho serious condition of his {wounds; and lam instructed to inform Jyou that to-day tho Cokesburv District Conference of tho Methodist Episcopal Church, Mouth, in session In this town, set apHtian hour for special prayer for the feeovery of our President! and for the comforts of Divine grace for his family in this their great trial"; and to say that you have our earnest sympathies and continued prayers in the "trying ordeal through which you aro passing. a. j. stokes, ? * 1 1ni.twh.1 . oecruiary ^uiuvi^ucu* THE CONFEDERATE CHIEFTAIN. i Patriotic TYordsof Sympathy from Jefferson Davis. Louisville, Ky., July 9.?The Coui-i' er Jonrnul prints the following : I lieauvoir, Harrison Count}, Miss., July 5.?Mr. Findley S. Collins. Dear Sir; I have receeved yours of the 4th instant, and thank you for the kind expression)! it contained. The evil influence to which you reteras causing the bitterness felt towards Southern metl, it may fairly bo ex> pei-ted, will give way to the sober seust of the people if they shall, like yourself, detect the sordid motive for which slim'j ulants are administered. I will not, like j the telegram you cite in regard to the atj tempted assassination of the President, ! say 1 ain thankful the assassin was not s Southern man, but I will say I regret he is an American. A crime black enough in itself has a deeper dye from the mercenary motive which * seems to have prompted it. I sincerely trust the President may recover, and that the startling i event will arouse the people to a consid: ertttion of the remedy for the demoraliza I tion which a wild hunt after otlice iscrea i ting. With the best wishes for your wol I fare, I am very truly yours. Jefferson Davis. Keep Cool, Clean and IltALTHT.Theoretically, everybody knows how tc keep cool; the dithcnlty is to put theo I ries into practice such "weather as this ; To wear light clothing; to eat very l:ttl< j meat; to j^eep up the perspiratiou; ti ! open the pores by frequent baths; tr ! avoid heating drinks and too much ic< I water; to bewaro of unripe fruits; t< I move slowly; to shun the direct rays o j the sun, and not to get out of temperthose are among the rules laid down foi us every Summer. Happy is the mar j whose work and wliose patience will per ' mit him to conform to them strictly j Temperance iu all things is a motto es < uecially applicable to the Summer. Th( President now linds the reward of a ternj perate life in a constitution which ena^ i bles him to defy the shork of the assas' i sin's bullets. Hi* example at this time ! is worth a thousand precepts. The doctors, who disagree about almost every' thing else, agree that if the President hac been in the habit of drinking spirits in temperately, no care or skill would have "suthced to save bis life. The best torn . pcrance sermon to which the people have ever listened is being preached Iroiu the sick-bed in the Whito Hou&o. What Ben. Hill Tirrfflcs i j ABOUT CONFEDERATE HISTORY. j An IntorTlow "Willi JcfT. Davis' Confl] cleiittal Friend in the Confederate I Senate, in Which Receully Raised Issues are Discussed?The Atlanta j Campaign. Philadelphia /Vtr?. I A .#?? i wr < luttA ) > A ?* a I'fnc T rrtn/>Vi. j OUUl,... ...... ; ed Atlanta litis morning I sought the houseof I Mr. lllil, and found its proprietor lit his co7,y j olliee. lie whs lounging in un vasy chair, i with his couloir, Intently reading General Joe j Johnston's story of the war, as told the readj ers of the J'rett one week two. J Senator lien Hill looked up as I approachcd, and cordially welcomed me to his home. For a time the chat was of a personal character but It finally drifted to the object of my visit. I "I see Mr. DavU docs not agree with year view of the war the Southern question . generally " | "i.Vriainly not. Mr. DnvTs and me neverdld ] agree us to the character of our government. I lit* looks now. And always did, tipon John O. Calhoun as tin- g; cut light of the .South upon these iiivblems, I was a Whig and never iratl ; nny u<efors\>.eh doc:l ines as Calhoun taught and Davis adhered to before the war and still , maintains, and 1 have inlliiitely lels now." I "What ellcct will Mr. L'avis' book have up! on the South?" I "Mono whatever. The number of people in the South who agree with the view of the war | and Its results as expt essed in .Air. i>aviB ; work, is too limited to have the slightest Intlucnce. it was very proper for Mr. Davis to j write the book. Our people thought it due to ! himself us well as to them and the cattse he j represented to put on record his view of the (war. He has done it ably and honestly, but I the hook treaiflof a theory of 66r?overuinent I wiiieli has passed away. It will be re al us { would be any other account of iv great histoiij cal event, but its theories can nevefcgain have !a practical place In our pndtics. Mr. Davis Is j an eminently pure man, brave and generous. ; The view of the war and of the causes which [created it.ns expressed by Mr. Davis, aie nat; urully'tempered with his idea that the wardid 1 hot settle thequestlon provoking it. We have ; ft few others in the South who talk, about our I com ending for the principles which Lee and J Jackson lought, but most of them unlik'c Mr. I Davis do not know the signilica:iCe of their j words. "As I have said, the principles for which the South fought have been settled, and no people 011 earth recognize that liiet mors decidedly than our own people, and no section of tills laud Is so thankful that they have been sct| tied as the .South. Much as they abhor the | methods by which these questions have been settled, they would prefer to have had the war settle the.m than to have bad thetn still pendj lng without the war. In other words, w'o j should preter the war without slavery than i slavery without the war." j "As you do not agree with Mr. Davis' view SiiR to secession, and his constitutional dlscus! si.>11 of It In his work, docs the historical any j more marly meet your views ?" j "I have not yet rcml the historical portions I of Mr. Da vis'work. I have never taken any part whatever in these controversies between ditn-rent military commanders, and do not Intend to between Mr. Davis and them."' "I see Mr. Davis quotes you in ids cdntroversv with General Johnston." "Yes, I see he does. And I tilso s-ee In Genjeml Johnston's interview printed in th'e press i Uiat he says I was a witness for Davis. This j l> a very uncalled-for remark, iM-cauSs I have | never been a witness for Mr. Davis ornny othI er man. I suppose the petulent statement was called out by the liict that General JohnJston regarded mea-s In some way responsible ; for his removal from ills command alter our j intervievrat Marietta, ncftr Atlanta." ! "What were the circumstances of that lfiteri view?" "General Johnston, Governor Drown and Senator Wigfnli had bad a conference, I think i on tl?e 27th of J une, l*Ut, In relation to the impending crisis before Atlanta. A messenger eaine to me from these uentlemen, as he said ! urg.ng rliat 1 write a letter to Jeff Davis aslcj ing that Morgan or Forrest be sent With some cavalry into Sherman's rear to cut Oil his !communications and harass tils flanks. 1 ! thought if the fact* were as stated tome there j was no necessity for influence upon Mr. Davis. a mere statement of facts by any one | would gain his hearty co-operation. Therefore, I determined to visit General Johnston at his headquarters and place mysell at his disposal. I went, I think, on the30th day of IJ une, and found him at Marietta, and for I mor.. ihivn half a dav conversed with him up | on the situation. Almost all the time General Hood and General Hardee wore present. The conference wa*; live mid full, and even the j deUtlis of it have never cseai>cd my memory. I began my remarks to General Johnston hy saying that. I regarded the fate of the Confed' erucy as In his hands; that 1 thought the fall of Atlanta wou.d virtually he tlicdeath of the Confederacy. I fald that I regarded it as of more importance to hold \llanta tiian Kiclimniid. 1 gave him my reasons in great detail, which weie. In snort, that the loss of Atlanta vould cnatdo .Sherman to eut oil' the Biipplles to L""'S army as we;l as his own. General Johns, hi acknowledge I the gravity of the situation, but, thought tliere was no necessity for concern. He said Sherman could never take Atlanta byassa'.UK I replied (and It was the tirst and last military opinion I ever gave that lie would not take it hy lissuuit, but that he would move his forces aroun.! to the south Jof Atlanta across the two Hues of railroads wmcti were tnt-ii iunisniii? supines m-. ? ?>,> to Johnston's but to Lee's army. "General Johnston replied, "1 hardly thin!' he will do so; but, If he should attempt that plan of attack, there will be a very bloody battle before he succeeds." "This expression of General Johnston's Indicated to ine that helntended to tight to hold A tin n(a, al though there has been a good deal of talk to the contrary, As soon as this conference win ended, I repaired at once to Richmond and laid all tUcse facts before the president in great detail I believe that Johnston wi<s mistaken as to the len<th of time lie could hold the Chattolwoches rlwr. He was holding the line of the Keni;e>aw when we had tills Interview, and thought he could bold Sherman north of the Chattahoochee river nearly sixty days, but when I arrived 111 Rich| inond he was already crossing the (JhatUiliooI chee. "After my Interview with Davis there wasa great deal of discussion in the cabinet us to what should be done, the majority favoring the removal of Johnston. Finally it was decided to send Johnston a categorical question : " Will you surrender Atlanta without a fight?" 'General Johnston replied: .Shall garrison Atlanta with State troops und attack Sherman on his flanks." "This answer was not satisfactory to the Cabinet, although I never snld It was not satisfactory tome, or that it was evasive. Mr Davis was very much averse to removing I Johnston, and was the last member of the Executive Department of the government to consent to it." "Were you consulted ns to his removal?" ' Yes; sir. Mr. Davis e irnc-tly asked ine for my opinion, hut I declined to give It. I said I Was not a miliiaiy mail and under nocircumstoncesshould assume the responsibility of recommending the removal of n military olllcor I did say that I regarded it asu very serious inatti'r to remove u military commander like Cion. Johnston, who had both the confidence ol the people and of the army, as I knew Genernl Johnston had. 1 have understood that General Johnston thought I was responsible for lis removal, but I give you the facts." " id General Lee recommend Johnston's removal ?" "No, sir; General f/ee's opinion was asked, but lie made no answer. Lee was a man who never assumed any responsibility outside of his own command. Ue never Hesitated* however. when It was asked about any matLr affecting that." ' How did Hood happen to succeed Johnston ?" "When It was decided to remove Johnston there was a great deal of discussion as to who should succeed him, and again both Gen. Lee I anil myself refused an opinion. Gen. Hardee j ranked Hood, and when Bragg resigned as j commander of the army of Tennessee at Dalton he refused the command of the unity and | told Mr. Davis thathehad noambltlonsabove a corps commander, and that tils military capacity, in his opinion, did not extend to the Command of an army. Gen. Johnston was then appointed, and when he was relieved jtien. llood was chosen 10 succeou mm. although Hardee ranked liim because of (Sen. Hardee's refusal to take tlie command at Dallon." "Did Hood follow Johnston's plan of battle wlili Sherman?" "That I do not know. General Sherman undertook to carry At'anta by assauit from the north, as General Johnston had anticipated. This resulted in the battle of ihe?2d of July, In which .McPberson was killed, froin which j Held Sherman whs obliged to retire." "Why did Hood evacuate Atlanta then?" "Because .Sherman moved his army around ! to the south ami crossed the two raiiroadsover whidh both Hood " and Lee's army received i thrlr supplies, and be vvasobllvcd to evacuate. ] Althougn Hood mado ttie effort, lie was not ; strong enough to prevent .Sherman from tak| inj; posesslon of these two road*, as the battle i of JonestMiro demonst:ated.'' "How was it that Hood.come to inaugurate thf Tennessee campaign ?" "After the bait e of Jonesboro, President [Davis notltied uie that lie wag to meet (Jen. i Hood in eonicrencc at Palmetto,and a?ked me I to meet liim. I went up from LaGrange and [ was present at tlie conference. At that time It became manifest that Gen. Hardee was very much disturbed because Hood, his Junior. had been placed in command over him, although It had been done, as Mr, Davis supposed, at Har.iee'smvn request. To quiet any unpleasantness, BeaUrt gartl, who ranked both Hood and Hardee, was i.lueed 111 command of ?1.? .1 I.I Inland of the army if bo-hart no willed, although Hood still commanded the active operations of the army. I "During this interview between General j Hood and Mr. Davis a plan of campaign was ; agreed upon. It was that Hood should move jto tiie north and take possession of the state Hoatl,over which all the supplies lor Slierman's artny had to he brought. This would force Sherman to come out of his rntronchI meats and fight to keep his army from starving. In fact it was turning bis own tactics , upou him. The trouble was from tbe begin* ' mug of Sherman's march to the sea that lie i could not be engaged in an open Held,an I cur i commanders always felt tliut if lie could be forced to conic oiitand give bailie loour army , hocuuldbe whipped, and p ol>a'>ly crushed. That was why the plan was to lake possesseon of the foad over wosch be not his supplies, fortify some good strong position ami force , him tocomeoutand give?>attle. Inpisuftnce . of this plan General Hood marched h.s armv , from Marietta In the direction of Atlanta, the fiolut selected fur fortification. Sherman hav? UK evidently anticipated somosucb move tiad , a small lorce stationed at Altoona, which 11 Hood attacked, and before be couid capture it .Sherman had moved a largo force to its sui>port and the assault failed. It Is said that this 'attack upon Altoona funlsb?d tbe (list two i lines of the popular air of "Hold the fort." It )| Is stated that when the attack was kEown . Sherman,8 word to the cominanderat Altoona r was 'Hold the lort, for I am coming. " "Why din t Hood make an attempt upon some other point alter lulling at Altoona? "That 1 do not know. It Is claimed that his . falliues at Altoona showed that the morale and spirit of bis forces bad not sufficiently Impioved alter tiio serious revorscs through which they had passed to make another successful attempt. Therefore Beauregard and himself planned thetampaign Into Tennessee with the expectation that Snerfnan would follow them, and ibat tills would get him out ol his entrenched position, and would a.so inj crease tbe spirit of bis troops and tnelropporjtunllies for success. Sherman did not peri form bis part of the programme, and the re: suit is familiar history.* I "I see that Goueral Johnston thinks that Mr. Da Ms was responsible for Hood's action." "That is a most unjust accusation. I have ' given you tho facts in considerable detail to show exactly what part President Davis played in that whole transaction after General ; Johnston was removed. Tho difficulty with I General Johnston Is that he Is suspicious, selfwilled and overbearing. Davis never hadany ! IH-wlli towards Johnston, and removed hltn I w 1th great regret. He regarded Johnston as a | good General and one of the best fighters In ; the army, if lie would only lluht. He often I said that if Johnston would make battle there 1 would be no fault to find with his plans or tliel execution. Johnston is very unjust to ! Davis." j "For what reason ?" "That I could hardly tell, unless it was the dispute about the dltterenee in rank between lilmsilfai.d General Lee wnlch took place early ill the war. Tho bitterest tight lever saw'ln an execuilve session of theCoi. federate Senate wus Introduced by General Jo'.irstou's Mends over this question or rank between himself and General Lee. Genera! Lee had no part or lot In the contcoveisy. lie was the most unselfish man I ever knew. He would i have come to Richmond ond been a night polioemau If the good of the Confederacy nad rej quired. Technically, I suppose, General Jobn ston would have ranked Lee and been entitle* to thcoomniiiiid under the law to encoura^i resignations from tlio United Stateaarmy, bu tho Majority of Senate thought I hat l.a should rank Johnston notwithstanding Unit aud ti wuh kodecided niter this terribly bltte: light provoked by Jfr. Johnston's friends." 'Do you know anything about the dilfer : en cos of Leu and Iiuvls us to the surrender o the army ?" "Yes, sir. I have read with a grout deal o amusement much of the rtutt' that has heei printed. In January, IXtij, the two Houses o the Confederate Comjier.s created a Joint com mlttec to Inquire as to the condition of tin army and the menus for continuing the war 1 wuh on tlie committee on the part ol tfc Senate. The committee lield secret sessions IUIIU t'AlUllllK-U HI Ilium C'tlJ ..... I In the Confederacy from .letl". Davis do**n I When General I.oc was upon the stand I ox jandued liiin myself, and In threat detail When usked about Ills holuiug Richmond, In *ald thai he couid do so until General Gran could eel the men and tlictlmeto push aroum upon his flanks so as to threaten Ills eomitiu mention with theSouth. Ho explained tha : Grant's forces wereconstantly Increasing, aiu that he had unlimited supplies of men am munitions, both of which General lxie lacked lie said that his army was being eonstuiitl} : weakened by desertions and other causes. ! 'After General L6e had explained the sltua i tlon a built Richmond, 1 put the question dl rectly to hi in : I " 'Will the tall of Richmond end the war?' I "The old hero raised himself in his chair and, with a ureatdeal of teeling, s.ild: ! " 'i!y no means; by no means, InamlUla i ry point of view I would be stronger after thai | before such an event, because it would enablt jtnefoinake my owii plan of campaign am : battle. Kroni a moral and political point o view the abandonment or loss of Klchinom would be a f-'crious calamity, but when It ha ! fallen I believe I can prolong the war i<?r twi 1 years upon Virginia soil. Ever since the con ' diet began I have been obliged to permit tin I enemy to make plans f<Sr inc. because obllgei 1 toiteleV'd the capital. When Rlcl'inon falls i ; Mill!) be aOIC ID lliaKC 11:1m mr iuy?uii. I "No, (?ei>. I.c'c never thouuhtof surrendrlm until lie found that he could not get hhi arm,' I out. and was obliged to."' "Wits I in vl> iinijry at Lee's surrender?'' I "Not that I know of. I have t-illied wit! : Mr. Davis, fully anil freely, once only sitoei I the war. Not more than two yearsa^o I speii a whole day with him, and 1 never liear.l liln say an unkind word 01 utter a disparauemeii of Gen. Lee In my life. I believe the relation between himself and Gen, Lee were not oul> harmonious but cordial to tlio last," F. A. R. THE ASSASSINATION OF LINCOLN A Remliiiseriicc of tlic Critnc or J TVilkes Booth, Sixteen Years AffO. The Washington morning papers of Friday April U, I8d5, announced that the Pic.>ideii and Gen. Grant Would that even!n? uttem ! the performance Of "Uur Amerlc.tn Cousin' at Ford's Theatre, Gen. Grunt <1 lit not. kcu| his engagement with the President, but tel with his wife th it afternoon fir liuilinutou Ttie President, knowing that nlarucnuinbo of friends would be pnsent, and not wlshln: to disappoint llit'in, reluctantly determined U keep his engagement. When ihe party?con I sidered of the President., Mrs. Lincoln, Majo I Knthhoneand Miss Harris?entered their box the whole assemblage. having In mind the rc cent Union victories and the return of pence aro^e, cheered, waved hats and kerchiefs, am could scarcely be qulted.so intense was ih enthusiasm. The box was twelve feet abov the stage. The President took a ehnlr at th j eorncr nearer the aiidicnc", Mrs. Lincoln oc eupled a seat in the middle, and Miss llarri tliecorneroppo-ltc Mr. Lincoln. Major Until tione was sealed behind Mis. Lincoln. Th ! curtain had just nrls'Ti on the third act whet J. Wilkes B001I1 wa ked up to the door of th box and attempted to enter. When sloppei by the nttendant, he overpowered hltn wltl his itran J air and tlio words, "I am a Senntoi the President has sent lor me." As ho enter ed, Major itnthbone arose. "Are you nwart 1 sir," he said courteously, "upon whom yoi are Intruding. This I* the President s box and 110 one is admitted.'' Hooth uttered 110 a word, either of explanation or npolouy Fastening tils eyes upon Mr. Lincoln, \vh had half turned his head to ascertain th cause of the disturbance, he stepped quick!.' backwards out of the box and out of sight partly closing the door. Drawing a Derrlnce pistol, and taking by mean* of some alums miraculous calculation a deadly aim If It em be so called, he tired through the closed dooi the bullet entering the President's brain. Th movements of the assassin from this momcn were panther-like In their rapidity. Flingin: .1 ? I... uniHinu Inln Ilin hiK In opun i uwvi i?v oj#> ? ...v,. ~? . . . . the effect of his sh it lireil ho blindly. I)ro| 'pine his pistol upon the floor he drew a liowu ! knife unit struck one blow lit Major Kalhhunc wiio h.-ul attempted to oppose lum, lnlllt-tin ti severe flesh wound. Glancing once at th !Ifelesr, torm of the President, as ir lie m-IrIici to be eerialn that his work was fully done, h stepped upon the velvet-covered baluslradea the front of Iho t>ox, between Mrs. l.incolt and Miss Harris, and parting with both hand the flags that drooped on either -ide leaped t tlie siage beneath, ills spur catching in th drapery made hlin lose his balance, and h fell, spraininir ills ankle. He seemed to b unaware of the fact. Rising and turning fill upon the audience, with tlie knife lilted in hi right hand nbove his head, he shouted "Sic tcrn/tir (prannis?Virginia Is avenged. Another Instant, and lie had fled across th stage, behind the scenes and to the stag door, knocking down one man who atteinp t'-rt to Inlercipt him mid on actress wl: who accidentally came in his way Leaping upon the fleet. Utile mare held l>, Sprangler in total iincn-clonsncss of the im portant part he was playing in the great dn ifi, the assassin rode r??pit!!y .-?? ?} unpui sued. His horse's hoofs might alinoKt hav been heard amiil the silencethat for a few set ondM dwelt in tlie Inferior of the theatre. H <111 Ickly had it n!l passed that only one mm in tlie vast audience understood what h.t happened or what the Ktran.'e interruptio! meant. A scream from Mrs. Lincoln, a ca for wafer from Miss Harris, and the gliusil; truth broke upon all?"The President is mui dered I" The sconce that ensued was as til mult nous and terrible us one of Dante's pic tures of hell. Women shrieked, fainted o went. Into hysterics; men rushed hither an thither, shouting, crying for vengeance. Mis l.aurc Kcene advanced to the loot lights am entreated the audience to be calm; then as lending the stair tii (tli" box and taking th dying President'* head upon her lap liegii bulbing It with the water she hud hrouch1 I Hapldly his clothing wns stri| ed from hi neck and breast to find the wmimi. mm i was only after some moments of vftin searc! that the dross of Mis* Kcene stained wit blood revealed where the ball had penetrated j Not a movement betrayed consciousness fror I the moment the bu.let entered the brain nil ill 1 il'c passed away, at 7 o'clock the ne.\ | morning. Carefully removed him from th I tneair'c to u dw e.ling across the street, all tiiH I medical skill could do was done without aval and all through me night, while the horroi stricken crowds outside swept and gnthcre along the stiCeiR, Willie the ^military and p< lice were patr>ling und weavingji cordoi about the city, whi?e men were aiming an asking, "What \ loll ill next?" while the te egrapn was sending uiene-vs front city to clt> and while the at-sasiin was speeding la> away?his chosen friends wutclied at his bet side theslowly ebbing life. The attempt to assassinate Secretary S< ward; ihe dea!li of liooth iu a barn by a she flied through the closed dcor by hergean Uoston t orbot; the nrrc-t, trial and eouvi< tion by u c.uirt martial of Payne, Atzcrod1 llnrrotd and Mrs. Surralt for "constructlv treason/'(lie enormous "rewards offered fe the arrest of Sanders, Tucker and other leail ingSoutherners, who promptly surrendore thfinseives, produced a perfect lntoxicatio of the public mind, and the wildest and inoabsurd stories of conspiracy and of guilt wer believed even in the highest oflicial circle.' It is only now, afier the claps of sixteen year that the truth has begun to crystalize and tli facts attending to ussusslnulion brought to gethcr. GARFIELI) OX ASSASSINATION. Ills Remarks on the Murder of Prcsi dent Lincoln. j The official report in the Congressional /f< curd ol Saturd y, Apiil II, iMli, recites thn ; Mr. Uurlield, In tiieiiouseof llepresentative: alter prayer by Chaplain boynion, moved t i disoense with the reading of the Journal, nn j said: "Mr. Speaker, I desire to move tint this House do now adjourn. And beiore th I vote upon that motion is taken, I desire t ] say a lew words. This day, Mr. Speaker, wl be S'tdly memorable so long as this nitlo j shall endure, which God giant may be 'till th last syllabic ol r? corded nine,' when the vo : umc of human history shall be sealed up an delivered to the omnipotent Judge. In all li Iture tiiue, on the recurrence 01 this day. {doubt not that the citizens of this repuhli | wiil meet in solemnassemuly to reflect on th j life and character of Abraham Lincoln, an j the awful tragic event of April 11, a event unparalleled in the history of uatioui ! certainly unparalleled in our own. It Is em i tlchlly proper that this House should this da place upon its records a memorial of th: I ? ? ?.,.|?r 1.,.1/IOV ||,A I.. I | Oliu. aim <V ? ?> President, and a pathetic allusion totheci eunisUineex of his death, Mr, Gartleid col eluded: "It was no one man who killed Abn ham Lincoln: It was the embodied spirit< treason and slavery, Inspired with fearinlan despiring iiute, that struck liim dowu In til moment of the nation s supreniest Joy. Ai I sir, there are times in the history of men an | nations where they stand so near I he veil tlm | separates mortals from the Immortals, tiui i from eternity and men from iheirGod;thi they can almost hear the beatings and fei tho pulsations of the heart of the lnfinit' Through such a time lias tills nation passci WhenStO.'M)braveaplrl.s passed from Iho nel of honor through that thin veil to the pre: ence ol God, and when at last its parting fold admitted the martyr President lo the couipj ny of the dead heroes 0/ the Uepubllc, the m tion stood so near the veil that the wliispei of God were heard by the chldren of met Awv-stricken by His voice, the American pe< pie kne.t in tearful reverence and made a so emu covenant with 111m and with coco ??tl?< | that tl>l>* nation should be saved from Its en I mies; that ail lis glories should he restore! 1 and on the ruins of s.a\cry and treason tli I temples of lieedonmud Justice should be bul and should survive forever. It remains for u | co n see rated by that great event, and under covenant with God, to keep that faith, to g ! forward in the great woik until it shall I j completed. Following the lead of that gre* I man, and obeying tho high behest of God, It ! us remember that l He has sounded forth a trumpet that sha never call retreat; 1 IIo is silting out the hearts of men beforo II Judgment seal. Bo swift, my soul, to answerhlm; bejubllan my feet, For God Is marching on.' " At the conclusion of this peroration tli House silently adjourned. Arrangement for the Apiary. 1 J. IS. Johnson In the Hee Keeper's Hayazh j gives tho following plan; After trying seven 1 plans 1 have hit upon tho following, which ; think Isorlglnal and the most convenient, r economizing ground room, shelter and obvii tlug the necessity of manipulating bees i jfrontoi any hive; llalsosavesstcpsandtinH set two rows 01 posts about sevcu feet a par aud at>oat six fe"t apart In tho rows, or the 1 may go lurilier apart and stand soven fet il above a Irtel eurloce. 1-astcn to the pos j "kneis," lor the bench or &eat to rest 01 ' about sixteen Inches high. Plaeo stoi twe!?o feet board*. sixteen lnche* wide then on, and natl them down. With bolts c thongs fasten poles nt the top of the posi lenKtbwlse aud make a shade of willows, c you may make a lumber roof. Setyourhivt . on thesoat, back towards hack,auu you hav I between the two rows of hives nil avetit 1 four feet wide, where you may pa>-8 along it observation, unmolested, und work both sld< ; behind the hives. This also gives room f?, a two-foot table. Tho hives, irpalnted diffei j ent colors, may be set within six Indies ( each other without detriment. I have nea two hundred colonics In Just this style, on! the hives are set closo together, wliere tli bees work regularly without disorder. Aftt I tiylng this plan for Hvo years, 1 pronounce I a decided improvement upon tho old plum J Interesting Ficrnresi I Tho cchshB returnii show that Soutn Carol I na has now 4)178,354 acres of Improved lan< ; being 40(1,000 less than In 1800, Dtft a mlllio more than In 1871). Her farm lands are no : valued at *K?00 <X)0, aga-nst ?139,<lV>,<V):i in 1KC , and about SJ8,000,000 iu 1870. She p^ys two ml , lions less in wages; and produces j?7.MK) inoi than In 1870. f?lie raised In 1880 5l(l,4#0 bales < ' cotton, against 224,500 in 1870 and 353.412m ISC She raises more oalts now I ban In lh60" or 1H7 ; more corn than In 1870, but less than In 18ti 1 and her production 6f rleo is 62.MS.537 pound i being C7i000,000 less tbixti In 1SG0, buttWlco c ' much as In ISTt). I ? ? Plymouth Pulpit I 0 r THE DimiTY OF CHKIST. ji j I f Sertmn bj Henry Word Iilecclier. !i (Christian Union ] 1 f "Hut h'sciliz ns hated him, and M-nt n nwwice at<-r -j him, say inc. We will Hot have this mail tu ieign over 2 us>."?Luke xlx.. 14. ; I Anil it came tit p.ifs. while he blessed them, he we* 2 i |tmIt'll frutn I hem, and carried li.tu heaven. Ami they i womhlpped him, ami u-turned to Jerusalem with gnat i ! Joy."?Luto xxiv., 61, ,Y2. i There me I wo plans on which one may dl? cuss the divinity of Jesus, the Christ?iiie purely theoretical and physical, or the prai-ti ciil and dynnstlc; Rtul which of these Is choseii t will dcicrmine very largely the coinlbrt and - . prolitot all looking into thin profound theme. "I in so far as theologians arc concerned, to a H very large extent the philosophical meihod 1 has been pursued. ! 1 i Let me before I >to Into th it, lu order to pre | vent all misapprehension, say that lu every ' j dense that man can undersland 1 believe In | i the divinity oi' ChrKt. li is fundamental to - ! my system of thought, to my conccptlou of i puwrr, and to the whole of my ministry, and | li.is been, without variableness or shadow of I n ... i, ' burning, ironi mu unj , mmi.?, .h.i.jj , ?.?<o ,v,. . .' when 1 learned to pi each with auj success. I 1 j believe that Jesus holds to matiKind ihcsame I *: relations which God does; tnul lie Is pcricct 11 by Ills very nature ; that has nil power; that ] I 51 he has supreme authority; that a I that Iiii-;' J niun reason can conceive of divinity reside*! I I In hltn; tint he Is the object of the highest! < I love in heaven, and should be on earth; I hat i s the most, absolute obedience Is due to h11n ;; ' and that now and forever "every knee should 1 * bow," "and every tongue contos that Jesus; I 0 Christ Is Lord, lo the glory of God the l*'a* j1 1 thcr.*' ! ( lj X accept, then, In the fullest sense, without ' equivocation or mystery, everything tlial! I ' tends to disclose the reality of the divinity of j1 ' Christ. I accept the l'riuity; 1 iicceja the!| i statement of It. out the notation of It Is too ,1 I large for me. I do not alLempt it; 'nor do I ' t i1 admire the wls lotn of tho>c who attempt it. 11 21 The tenor of the New testament .^cripturj If t j and the general analogiesot nature aie inure 11 i' nearly satisfied by the general statemou t that |1 t God exists in a three fold Person,composed of i s s ' the Father, the Son and the HoJy Ghost; but | if beyond that statement I do not venture to go. I | What aie the Inllnitc contents of the i'rinity, ' I or What stI C US CXIICI. reiauoilsiiip*, I umiiv Ik j | is audacious ignorance (or any man to under- < ! take to point out. I accept the general state- 1 iniunt that the divine niiliy exists in three i | personalitics; but in so far as the relation ot I I tioJ to Christ Jesus 1? concerned, I accept a < . great deal more than tiiat; ami in every inte!- I I ilgent sense in which we are able to construct ! any adequate notion of divinity, i hold to the 1 ,! divinity 01 the Lord Jesus Christ. 1 11 Now, that statement I mean to bo Inclusive J | and conclusive; and It'any man bays that Ij< " j ilo not beiieve In the divinity of I hrisl he is ; I i)! talking about what lie does not understand? i! I t > put it In niilde-t phrase. r i. j i ho force of reasoning sincc the advent litis ' i r 1 been largely directed to the interior or psy-1j g) c-iologiCiii ijUistions both of the Trinity unil!; [i; of the divinity ot Jesus; and It is along the j I .; lines of tills discussion that 1 say, "1 uo not- i r J know; it tuny be so, and it tut y not be so." i , i It is along the arid lines of this debate thai 1 j >. ibink there has been morcdivlsi >u, \e.\atioii ; < . and dlscomfo.t t.ii'ti along any other. In rc- J j Hard to wuat con>UIucs divinity, how Christ j! e siands in the Trinity, the relative olllces of < is i the Father, the .Son and the Holy Ghost, I e j tomes on tomes, libraries full, have been writ- i .[ten; and they miuhtju-t as well liave been j s ' hum ritten for auyt hiuu >h it we know, There- < I i.j lore, without Impairing my absolute and rc-|i c jjoiciug faith in Jesus as divine, J yet decline ] 1 i to enter the empty ?irele of these reasonings. 11 e do not-understand even human minds. I t 1 We understand a good dt-al about tlietn; we Ii i understand Iniijment.iry tiuths respecting |, ; them; but do we uiiiierstund their connection 11 -.1 Willi the ilesliy body? wo understand i J that interior sympathy between faculty and [ j | laeulty which unquestionably exists, siml Ik 11 uctive in the proiluctiou of conduct and cbart ncter? Do we understand thfe subtie ami se-n i act wavesot influence wnieii without ques- |i i) i tion are propagated in human I lie? We can-: e! not analyze nor synthesize the human mind, Ii , How much less can we lise up into the realm ji , of the i ii tini ti*, and undertake to analyze | r | and synthesize tne mind of the eUrual and; t Inellable <jod ! Anil yet this is the very prov-ji j ] luce where most discussion has been had. . That we know something aboutUod is uue! questionable, or our lalth were vain; but we 11 h"id it all as the apostle said he did, when lie 21 declared that the sum of knowledge ab.-.oiutc ! c i In this world was ulmo.it nothing. j ' Kmnvlodg.-, It shall vanish hwu)." * Wlit-n I was a '* child, 1 8|'?ku ns ^ child ; tut when 1 buciinc u uiaii 1 | jmtuwiiy childish tilings." In Oliver wordn, "I superseded childish ideas j ! by la' Kef view* vf truih." e| In respect to our Knowledge of God, lie sny? > ,jthat it is like the knowledge of childhood, j . j an that when wo come to the other una h;gh- : H'er we shall have gi own larger, and ail ujr | ? i statements ?>f tl; is I lie we shutl have toeoriect i ..j by a more transcendent mbMutice. ? I The apostle who had be?*a caught lip Into ,,; tlie seventh himveii, confesses the translentj nes-n and unsatisfying nat-.re of knowledge. s j "I know," he says,''In paitil knowoniy in spots and fragment#.; i know merely single ! i'i i i-oluted faets; I know relationships here and j c ! there simflly;) l-ut when that which is j er? | feet is come, men slia.l 1 know o-.en us I am j known" (then my knowledge of God will be j Q| wh.it God's kuowiciige of me 1?.) \\*<; shall ~: Know nun imaMiramy, us jic ivmnt* u^, uuu y | if lied^sTnot Know us w ln> iloe.-t 'he tlicol.igiati Kiys thill God Is n Person. L. I If that is u mere term of convenience, say so. .. j Jf it is meant to lie understood as being absog lutcly correct, you have no business to say so. j. All th.it is niatle kn<>" n to us?anil Hint but j,; Indirectly?Is that the divine existence is tri? i personal,and that tiie three Persons coiisti,1 j tute unity; and the moment you bring H i ,, i d jwii to arithinetie It Is more ridiculous still.! II! Astf there were not thirty-two different tan-1 ,. | ulties in thciolnd. which together make the! .. | one man ! As if there were not innumerable I ; organs that make the one body! As it unity ! throughout creation was not the result of rt- j ricovery! And ?et there aie men who say, j j "How can one he three, and three one?" a s j great piece of knowledge Unit is to some folks, j i When you perceive what is the intrinsicdlf| Acuity and the absolute imposslmlity of coin- i t. prciiemling God from the ground on winch ? I the human mind stands, it is not to he wonI dered at that, In the sense of subtle dispel -ij|; tion, as it respects the relation of atl ribuie to | attribute, as u respects the peisonallty of I lull Trinity, as It respects the relations of each of I, | the Persons to tiie Trinity, as It respoc'.s ihe r I , origin, as "create." or "uncreaie," or "pro,j! ceeding," and all that kind of phrnseo.ogy j. | which you win umi in uicoiu ciocus??ncn i t, i you perceive these things it is not to lie woiiI tiered at that, they load to infinite lmir sj> Uti ling; to distinctions witlioutany proper l.a-is; [l JIo liic 11 miest cobwebs ol thought, and oi ^thought as useless as cobwebs, it Is not j strange that they have led toendless dispute*, I and tilled the church will) the racket of c.nin ; troversy throtmh lintidicds and hundreds of) (I I years. Men, with nil sell-satisfled arrogance, i j. I w eie doal<iig w lt.li suhjeels ol which they had j . ! no know I -tine whatever, llioy were blow-Inn i ?lsnnp hubb es, and lighting each other with 1 | Hoap buohies. it is not surprising that in this i conflict Seriptuic it-elf has been rent anil wI torn. It Is not strang-j that many of the i a>;,! sane* in the Word ol' (Jod that are most i'u.i ol' tl meek .esshave been rained down upon liy tl.e ,.! artillery of controversy, have been tired ai, [" until to the man that reads comlovcrsiaily "ithov have lost their su\or wholly. t?V?T .. Christ's in-t discourses; over the very subi (lest elements of suffering In the Inst estate of the Getlisemane period; over thequestion .. of his nscendei.cy in heaven; over the subjcci , of the supremacy of the divinespiiit or the Holy (Jhost?over nil these things there hits . t been controversy without end. hole Mocks * of geese have l>een slaughtered for the pelts , wiio whieh have heen wiltlen the infinite L j f/mios of? nothing; and simply because the human nilnd has addressed it-clt with j.erI feci confidence to the task whieh is out of the reach of (lie human mind, and is higher than revelation?for in its very nature revelation is limited to thecal aclty of the human mind to receive. Now, I do not doubt thai when we sec Jesus as he Is he will be glorious In the full pamipiy of divinity; and I believe this none the le.-s because I do not know what that estate of .. glory shall be. When he thall come In his *1 Father's glory, and all the holy angels with $ I him, when he shall sit unon the throne of his 0' j glory, whr.t he shall be I know not; but 1 beneve in my very soul Hint I shall see him as he is. and thnt I shall be satisfied. I shall lie e I tilled with wonder, love, adoration ami gratl0 tilde, lie Is there to my thinking, though I ,1 may not know what robes he wears, and n though I may not know the meaning of the e crown, the sceptre and the harp. These lire ll figures of something that Is transcendent in ,j beauty and glory; and as when one sees in tiic early morning the growing brightness In 1 the east tie knows that the mu Is coining, so, c! when 1 look away In the brightness of the c heavens as far as l.ncy are illiinilnid by rcve,1 lailon, I know that the King is there, and i, that lie is coming to me in that I am going to | < him. The attempt, to enter into divinity, to ! j' ascertain accurately Its nature unit inmle ol ] v existence, to formulate It, and to establish a! ^ scale by which we can measure God and all | c beings that aspire to the level of divinity?; r. i thnt Is to squander Ingenuity, and to gain, as | ?i product, confusion, con Let ion and bitterness. This tsonoway ia which wc can disclose the ,f\ dlvlnityof Jesus from a psychological stand(| I point; and it is empty and mischievous. I 'fin.,, i,, t|?. iiiiu'MimI view of f.inc. Ion , I al divinity, und its relations to men in this | j worM. Christ regarded himself as divine. It ^ I is said in 1 lie description of that remarkable! c. scene which is so closely drawn as bc.ng part; lt I and parcel or I he general meeting at the Li.st jl Supper, ill j washing of Ihe disciples' feel. I 1 | thai knowing that his hour was come, anil! j* | that having come from God he was to retm n JI to God?in other words, have a sudden inspi-1 <. | ration and consciousness ol his plenary illvin- j Is! '?y-he proceeded 1?> wash the disciple-' feet, j t". j He had the consciousness of divinity. He bo- i t. ! Ileved himself to be eternal. "Jteing In the | MI form of God, he thought It not rohhery to he ( , ) equal w ith God "?whatever that may mean, i j. j I cannot undertake to say that Ihe equal.ty | 1.1 stands In this, that, or the other thing; but In; ,r j regard to his own consciousness In tils illumi- ' filiated hours I feel peisuaded (not persuaded j j cnouul) to chastise men who do not iielieve as > [{| 11 doconceriiluu ii,; hut enough peisuaded to j lt satisfy myself) that he believed himself to tie ; s divine. I regard him as sustaining a dynastic ! and governing relation to the whole human ! ,, fumlly; and lie believed that of himself. In; ,e littering the words, "Ve that labor, nml are j u ] heavy laden, conies to me and I will give you \ ^ i rest," ho spoke us one who had In himself a I sustaining, inspiring and life giving power. ] When he stood it tlio last stages of hlseuitli-; " | ly career, and the very question between him i . arid the schools r>f theologians was whether' 18 ! or not he claimed for himself too much divin-. 11 ty. he declared that he was the Light, that he j W I was the Dread of life, and that lie was the | Way to the human soul: and the arrogance ot I such claims can le Justified only by a theory ' ie of Insanity unless it. be admitted that he whs divine: lor there is nothing left to assumption in retard to his assertions respecting his i plenary relation to the huninn family. Ilcj, believed himself to be, and taught that he f , was, a proper person f'ir love, reverence and I! absolute obedience?and that In a sense which , can be predicated of no mere human being. . i Whatever, then, he may tie In hi* relation to j J* j the Father and to the .Spirit, whatever may J". 1)0 Ihu sphere or cycle of the actual divine ? ' mind, whatever may be the modeot existence! - I in God, and between the Father, the Son and j ; I the IJoly Spirit, and however these things' f. ! may bo hidden from our knowledge. It is to be 'j; I held, and taught, and rested upon, that Jesus lh i has universal empire. All power is given to if I h,lnJt Is held that, to men, to you and to me. Je^ ; sus Is divine in such a sense Hint it is right, JT | that it is safo. and I hat It is a sacred duty that ^ we should givo to him all the love that we J1. can give to any being; all the obedience that, I it isln our power to give to nny being; all tho: J? i worship that we are able to give to any being. [?; When the soul, In full contemplation, beholds j j the Lord Jesus Christ, the anointed, and con-; ! nects all its know ledge with bis iliearing, all . ; its virtues with his Inspiration, and all its! _lj hopes With his promises; when the soul,! }' i through the over creative beauty of the Imag " | (nation, comes to have faith In tho aspect of y Jesus, so that to our conception he Ml In the ? l heaven, ami our personal history Is connectf | ed with him, and the soul says. ''Whom bavo 'l; I in heaven but thee? and there Is none upon earth that I desire besides tlioe," jou may be | sure that there is no Jealousy any wherein the universe, as If you had defrauded one person of the God-bend by giving to another that tp I- which he had a hotter right. YoU may give i, to Christ as much love, as much obedience, as n much reverence and worship as you can give iv to anybody, and there Is no being higher than (j, he that will lie .tealousof him. I?[ Som-times when I hear people talking on e 'this subject I think that men who have the .f linage of God have gone Into the very meanf?. est sloughs of creation to get their Ideas. 0, Men say. "What! pray to Jesus 7" Why not? 0, They suppose t hat It is only the Father that s, allows himself >:o bo prayed to. Well, do you is suppose tho Father, tho Son and tbo Spirit aro j i like three ouarrollDg families In a neighbor-' t . 7 %f )ood, watching each other to see if there 1h I to 1 he lea^t pnrtlclc morciciven to one than to but mother? is that your idea <>f Und ? j not A iPttrr comcs tomyhou.se. It is from aiiiiu iii k child, pouringout petition* for help. it I s directed lo my xu-xt-uoor neighbor: but by pro nlstake I open it, ami raid it; and then I nod land ith\ at tiie nextdoor. Now do you sup- Is," H)se that liils neighbor and I are going to hoi junrrel hccuuMe I received this letter, though the t was directed to him, and not to me? Any- gi v i.ing like u generous man, nay, the meanest the 1..,^...^ ?...r?a,.hw I Hi* f If* la ||f>r.<ntl I Mill JIM IJ MI'MII |?IIVVwv ? v . . . .. .. ,,v ids In such a case according totlieli^ht ofhis! not jest knowledge no harm is going to loliow. | to e \ml when you exalt u tnim ontof his lower, yot omliiiniis to a higher sphere, If, though lie eon iecs with greater clarity, he In still liable to tin I iil-take, ns the best of us are, and slnceccly a C nays to Christ Jesus, Instead of fie Father, I 10 you suppose the Lord God Is going to tb%g- yoi Hate ti I in ? Are there not amicable relations the . nough between the Father, the Son and the da.\ <l?lrlt lo prevent any jealousy on the part of Kl'i iither ? You n^ed not be afraid on that score, hoi i'ou may be ufrald of not giving enough love uid ruverence God ward; hut you need not be p ifrald of giving too much love or reverence to Ills, that or the other membersoi the Godleau. If It Is easier for you to come to God ihrough the ministrations of the visible Sav- " lour historically delineated by the lour Gos- r,"':l lets; If It is easier tor you to enter into per- .f,1}" onal relations of syinnaty with God thrnu^h .he manifestations of Jesus Christ, do not be *j"' i fin Id to pray to him, to reverence him, to iVorshlp him. L It is aaiil that when thcdlselplesparteil from 'te Fesus Christ tlioy worshiped him: and from ,n ' Jiat time 'o this there has not been a day .w'" ivhen there have not been disciples to worship 11 in. If it is easier for ymi to worship him. | ' .iod willing. Ami if wc were competent to v*: ind< rstatul the very Godhead, if we could ills- | ?ect it and ree instruct it. and if wo were so ,mv cnowledgcabie as to understand human na- l'l<! ure in all Its elements and relationships, it I'1"' would nut make one particle of ditference or '''5 diaimc the matter in the least. l,'r Men have formed thelreoneeptlnn of Oodln Jiis respect from the old dynastic importance i "J"1'1 ivhicli wnsgiven to sovereignty when human 'tt' rovcrnmcnts weic regarded us aivino insum tions, when it wafc supposed that Gotl hreatli- 'I'" ;d ? special divinity Into the bnsom of kiogs, l>?" ind when It was claimed tluit the legitimate t.ivert lmi had a sanctity wliicn did not belong i !''"1 o any other man. We ran understand how, i,tuwhen those ideas prevailed, men might have l<t': iiild, "God the Father will demand tout nil '->? l>roper worship shall be rendered to him;" ClS int we have upset kingly governments. * There is no king to us except a historic anil i **1'** lioetleone. Wehavcinfititutcd a government j "-I; >t' tlie common people. 'J"h"c oiil loot of rclgn-, ?rv tng sovereignty and absolute sanctity is uone I vrc is the last summer's mist Is co e, though we ^ keep on yet using the phraseology of the me-, I1" Jieval age, wiiieh represents the dynasties of 111,1 that age. I w" It is time, for us to understand the T.onl's' Prayer. It is time for us to understand that i c*.-n the cel.terttf the universe Is the love center, io'" It is time for us to understand that of all io-J|,'ri Jiant love there is none likethat which is rep-j ie-cniid in the eternal Father, the eternal -Mil),and the eternal Holy Ghost. And llmuuh : '{"i we cannot, understand this divine plirnseolo-j t!?i try, we know Hint tliry dwell in sweet, inter- i "l 1 worse of absolute love. So you may ecnd up | l|a y our W IMH l* >> 111 J Jill IJ V 11 11(1 mvu il II U It ? in prityrr without any concern as to which I hue ime you should add reus. No matter which ;|,,r one you pnay to, y? u pray to tlie right- one. tax Voii pray to thecenterof divinity whichever imp you pmy lo. If' He that enters into the now Jerusalem by | dii the first gate, or by the second, orby tlie third, i am [ir by the tenth, or hy the twelfth?if there lire; anIwelVe gates?enters In; and whoever wor-ibi ships the eternal Hod by the Lord JesusC'lust, i hi' liy the Ilo^y Ghost, or by the Father, need not! tl? be afraid that the Godhead will not be satis-1 m' lied. That Is no part of your business; your j un< business is to love, to revcrcnce and towor-jevt uliip. I n-i And first, in closing, let me ask you, will nit you have tills Jesus to reign over you? Will anyou permit liiin to he divine In you, in tlie irui nnly sense In which.wo can understand dl- t>n vlnlty? Will you take li slumliiouR example, his disposition. his nfTcciioiiR, and theactious ! which are born out of thorn, his patience his ; c?i familhirlty, his love to the least and the low-i rim e?t and the most, needy, his suffeilng, hishhl death, the whole order ol his mnjestic facui- stc ties and Ills life?will you tnkoUhesc as your rc? i*ui<le?|I)o you say, * IJnecept Christ as my Kx-1 noi cmp'ar. both of character aivl for conduct; sir he has a rlglit to make himself an example II"'1 for me, as my Savior and n y God; and I re- j t"< celve him as my model"? Are not his tench i tbl lugs authoritative to you ? Ought they not to[?s l e? Have you any theory of human disposl-j w?i tlon and human conduct which overthrows a j Wi single statement of his? Around about every ; nn psychologies! question there has been the: tla whirling hurrhaiio of Infinite discussion; J |n>i but is there one ethical truth that was taught i? t ..-.i r?l?. let i.v^p Imnn i IS* i) v (lie liin u .1 c.Min \>n? in i >1 i\ in*.-. . vv> - - uiii'ie t,l;c subject. of deltaic ? Take the whole ! u i working order of the human faculLios. the | tci hour! tiring the inspiring conter, ihe under-j ?<1' Blinding being the servant ol it, and the Itn- j ligination being the interpreter of the higher ?ai ranges of truth : take the building up of n j n*| man's self, not by knowlcdde, but. through j pm knowledge, In disposition, In | owcr of heart. la Is that the rlizht idcn.or is It not tlie right ?>tl ideaof human life? Do you acec[t it? Andjii" has not Christ, by his teaehing of the subject j erf levealcd law and order ill the case of nature ; t?y us much iih in every oilier ense? I iiflirm tliutjaii lie whole teaehing of ChiiM on every ethical! ?'ii and moral principle runs down ami "roots it- j Tr self in nature. 1 hold that the system ofi I I'hri-tliiuily Is the most suh'irue system ofi'l'l naiurall'-in thuL?hascvcrcxl>lcd. Naturalism ' r>l> is a word in disrepuie among theologians, 'n? who think that going to nature is going away j i'*1 from (tod; but I iillirm thattheie liasuoibeen : one single command of Christ In relation to,?-m feeling or conduct which has not been ba^ed!" i Htion Ih-condition t int that line of conduct i If or feeling was in exact accordance with the; ??i nil I u rill law nj our coiuiu h it; unci mt;.e is* not a precept in ti c New T-stament v. Iilcli I <loo not run down until it strikes the gtour.d c?i and rcot* Itself in tlie soil *of naturalism.' t?> Christ taught m?'ii how to live so as to lie in | agreement with tiie natural iuwh of their |t*t" ownsoii'R. He taught tItem to use natural i In iaws so ns to live in agreement with * their fV*l- ] iri low men in soektv. He taught them to he In 1 "k agreement with the unseen world white liv-:ll lug In the seen, the actual, the practical. ; The Gospel, so far as man In tills world is | ?l coneerneil, is a necklace or bracelet of ltes:uti-; ?"X Till mechanisms'. You may not tuke them till , ?<t out of the New Testaiim nt; but the.New Tes-: in lament undertakes to leil u man how heshall1 So live so that, in the everlasting battle hetwi en j ?!? the spirit and the llesh, the spirit siniil punfici the ascendancy. The whole system of the tie- M; velnpment of iitimun life l.s laid down in the1 8" New Te.-t.'inlent. I lb* Now. do yon accrpl it in that sense? Arej'ii you willing to follow t'hrist, and lake him as | tn? your Lea'ier. your Teacher and your Cittiile ? j Are you willing to accept him iisthe Interpre- *'i tcrot (foil's nature, so far as we can under-[ II" vtnnd that nature??for human incapacity is: mi the limiti>l :i!l tnlrat ulotis Inspiration: tils!y<only so much as h limn l?y tils nature can take m: In that he can uinicrsiand. Arc you willing! * '. t<> iakc Christ nsym.r Teacher of what is the: be rL-ht way of lift' in yourself nn?l what Is the j <i" ritht way ol' life In s iciHy? / . r you willing iii< to take 11iin us your (juli.c as lo \\ lint Is rJjiIit j t?'i in conduct and character anil impulse? Are) th you willing to have lilin teach you in matteis nf It'ipu ami love, as the atniophern of tin;; ml soul? Arcyou willing to accept him as the ' Interpreter to you of your duty to men? Aid ve y?hi willing to take t'hil-t and let hint rule| ?-tf i<ver you in Ihrsc respects? I call you a\iayi"f from your frivolous thoughts of dynastic dif-j iC I'errnees bet wci n tlie Father the son at d the i?l> Holy Gho-t, and 11.sit ynu Is Jc-us Christ (of sueh iv representation of <iod to you as that > yi}on enn accept, him, and take his comniiuids j wi us legitimateimd authorized, and as that you ' en can accept .his conception of the endsot life! and of (lie methods of attaining those ends? ?f If you can, then lie Is to you all thatlie can lie! lat 10any one. Then he is your Kinir. lie Is to: th* you divine In every propersenseof that term. 15 It I limy not love hint who lias loved me, j ?ii and who has given fornieeve'y thought and i mi every action that ever cNcltcs aiimiinilon, i tic or love, or fealty ; If I may not *ove Christ, up then 1 have been defrauded. The most, beau- in? HIul picture that J e\er knew has been Jif-'ve closed iii his life. I havealways been taught qa Hint he anil I were I* some sense one. I tlnd! Initial there Is Hint in him which Inspires love] mi and adtniraiion in me. Tin re is nolhlmr In Ian my life that has not been touched by some i in* correspondency between him and trie. I have [ pn been taught that lie emancipates me from the | tul sleep iilni lethargy of my lower nature. 11 have been taught that he has poured hlsown | wl vitality Into my moral nature, anu given me i?i strengih for victory over flesh. I am toldjsu that lie watches over me, and that it Is in his i loi h ood and sutlcring that my icilcinptlun In stands And when my soul comes to a coil-1 |il? sc'oiisnesK of these tremendrous truths my{i>f soul breaks out. like a choir that will not be; tin ch> eked in llilr praiscaudadoratlon. Andain | nc I to lie rebuked because I have been sent to j be the wronjtone? Then why was thitf snare ofiCi-l love put befoie me? Is there such a thing as , sli heavenly eoiHiuettisliness? And atn I en-|6? shrouded In all the-e elements which touch I mi sympathy and admiration and love only to! nil t>o told that wlien my heart responds to them n;i it is all wroiu: ? If It is wrong for Ihc vine to 1 clasp the trellis, then why do you plant thc.yi vine by trellis? And If II il wrong for me to; ou come to Christ, why is lie so near tome? Why j tin Ho I hear tils voice sayInii, "Come unto me"? j I' i Why do I innr him praying for me? Why | does he summon me, saying that where he Is i Bi there I may be also? j th Now, will you have tills man to rule over an *-/.u o I >lnnslr whether von will go through a w evolutionary process of reasoning; I ?! ? i 01 in ask y<u wbatyi u tlilnk ol 11:?? until re of I lie B> Uodhi-ad; here is Jesus Christ revealed in tils' b" relations to you, and I ask ll' j on will talie n t) 1 111. Mill Do you ltnovv who I tlilnk are the word in-1 b, fldeis? The men who flulit for Die Bible, hut by never use it. Do you know who I think to he | the uttermostdisbelievers In Die divinity ol'!n ( lil ist ? J he men who would go to the slake etl i<>r Hit-doctrine of divinity, hut will have ; Hi nothlnu to do with Christ, and whoaro utter-j ly unlike iilni in temper and disposition.1 hn i liey quarrel for him. hut they will not suf- j |<h (> r iiiin to enter into them. Who do tielieve at In the divinity of Christ ? The men that love i inl him; the men that take their law from him;l the men that accept him iik their .Model and,nr Exemplar; the men who say to him, Thou ; an art my Hope, my Trust,Jtny Life, my Objeet on of worship; (? r all that belongs lo me, within ; o and without, for the present, and for f line to: comtf, thou, Lord Jesus, art mine." The ear-! ui liest name that we learn to ll?p Is the name of J cli the Lord, and the last syllable that should ; ' come from our lips when the earih urows'tli dim to our si;jlit, and our strength fills, lbshould be, "Lord Jesus, come?come quick-1 $1 ly." [in I preach Christ's divinity to you, yo disci-1 nc pies of Christ. 1 preach It not in the Infer- $9 est of any denomination or church 1 preach 1 th It in the interest of your souls. You need nn such a uuule. such a Teacher. You need him Ji for your School-master. Yon need him lor. your hxemplar. You nerd him for your en- E thuslasm and love. You need him lor your fealty, as tho heroic Leader of men who are're striving lor heiolsm. You need him in llfe,tli aiul In death. You need him in the eternal th Bpehreabove, Wiilyou accept talm? Wlllyi u th accept him now? W ill you say, within your- so self, while you sit here to-day, "Henceforth I will deliberately take Jesus as my I.aw-^iver Pr and Head; ami by the help of (Jod I will, to tlieutmost, endeavor to conform myself to 1 pn his wishes" ? lie who says that is ( hrist's eri disciple. No matter how feeble he may be, I 1 no matter how hard it may be for hi in tLcar-1 ry it out, lie who sincerely accepts Christ,'ml and adopts his teaching as the ruleaml culde ini or his life, within and without, lias become i Christ's. i of Is not the tltne passed sufficient? Have you roi not for many years been determining in yourjfo self, from time to time, that there must come ! | ? a period when you shall endeavor to lie a ' #'t Christian? Has not that time conn*? Look: back over your existence, look through tho i k<! long years that have past, look into the rein- I ap tlous of time ar.d providence, aud tell me it Ra| is likely that there ever will be a time and jy place when you will he better prepared lhan| j now and hereto say, "I will be un obedient: cnl child of love,and Jesus Christ shall beniyire( Teacher, my Exemplar and my Leader?" j to, And If you come lo that conclusion, why i tin should you not unite with those who are! B[? Christ's ? Why should you hide your lltrlit ? ! del Why should you not give your testimony to pr other men? Why should you not come into ! th( the communion of tho clinch? You may siiy ' np that the Church cannot help you; hut you can J 8m help the church. Is It your business to stand j ( oat and perfect yourself alone, with no con- ,,f siderailon for the welfare of the community mi, in which you II ve? Your llfb as a Chilstian ; rt will be easier In the church than out of it. j pj. It must lie a rare and extraordinary condition ffr of things whore a man is kept out of the]Wft church for conscience sake, such finances! j are very rare. On the other hau l, tliere are! very few men who me not greatly helped In a life patier.'icd alter Christ's life among tli&.tll, dlsclpies of Christ. Though you yourself have j sirenglh and culture enough to deve.ope a 11|? Christian life without the church, are you KO-i?f in* to withhold yourseif from those that aro Wt aker than you are? Are you v'olng to refuse <] your companionship to'those that arc less knowledgeable thttn you are? Are you going to deny your smy pa thy to those that uro less t fortunate than you are? nl There are a great many men who, from day to day, uttcrsluccro prayers, and arc eceklng j i vcnccoruniK 10 me oruinance* oi ur.risii who arc outside of tho Church. You do lei jour light shine. You arc putting it lcr u bushel. hear women say, ".My husband Is not a Tensor of religion; but I do not ineet anyly who I think Isa better Christian than he ]s thiit testimony 10 be confined to tlic tsehoid? Shall not oi her men kuow where oil t omes from that tills your lamp, and es light to yon ? Have you a right to shake tree of lif?!,nnd pick up its golden fruit, t.Imparl* strength and comfort to yon. and , give of it to otheiR? Js it following Christ iepa rate you i self from yonrMlows? Ou:ht i not-, with g;*nerous sympathy.'.and with flihrnep.to begin a Christian Jme, and to te with those that arc attempting to live hiistian lite? pray you, think of these tilings. I pray i. not only think of them, but think ol m as matters to be decided. Chooso this whether you will have <. hrl-t for your isr, and his heavenly kingdom fur your ue. ureYilIon of the Stockholders of th? S. V. R. R. Company. ursnnntton cull of the President nml IVwrd of Di lorn, a convention of tliu stockholders of the Sa null Valley Ilnllrn.nl nut in Lotrmlesviile 01 trsday, JJ'itli June. anil was orginized by tne flee i o> Mt-j K. B. Murray President, Mid John t azeflle, ?sq., Secretary. I locales in-ni all the t <wnkIiipd that suhf?erilx-tl ti capital st'.ek of the Coinp >nv, except (Jintrevilli Vndcrsnn County, worn enrolled us deleitater, nfie iell tin- report of the President of thv Couipanj i re (I, h# fi llowu: 'i> TMK CO.SVKSTION Of ST0rKII0t.DF.R8 OX THE Sa >NAM V.VU.KY It AIMlOA!) Comi'.?kv: tin the I2tl ot November. I&79,the representatives of tin nships tli.it had i-ul>scribcd to the capital stoek o Savannah Valley Kailioad I'ninpaiiy met ut till 2i\ n-'<?pied a lift of by-laws for the iMVori.inont o Company, and elected a President and B?nrd fl ectors. I he by-laws tixed the time ot tli- allium tlnifof the stockholders for Wednesday after tli ufid Monday in November, and by a resolution o t'onv ntion, Anderson C. >1. wu< named ns tin so lor the next annual tneetli jr. The to?"n.-hi|> t hil l subscribed *o the capital stock of the Coin iy failed to eleet delegates to the annual meeting ti I), and the t tne parsed without? convention f th I'kholders. In eoi sequence of tiii.i failure to boli animal meeting and to elect a new l'rcs"'eiit an ird of Dhectiors. the present Hoard, tin 'er tli rter and by.laws. Iinvu held over until tlulr sue Mll-a COUHI IM> t-la cteu. 'our t>y laws give tn the Board the power to cr>l ial meetings of the stoekholilcis whenever the; ;lit deem it neccssiry toilo so, a |m\ver whfcli, Io ml r- nsons, they luvc not thought it proper to ex ise uiitil now. it your last meeting (In November, 1S79) yon rf .sti d the l're.-ldent liy resolution to procure a rinlim-nt to ihe Charter authorizing a connect* h Ki!?cHeld,iuid thence \vlt;> Aiken. Owing to III lire to get the bill through the Leglsl >ti?re In l>? iiIhT, !Si9. this was not iiecoii pllshed until Ihu hision, (Ueceinht r. ISsi) It was also consul' red <1ihlo in the Inception of our enU rpriac that \v mid. ir p"s ii'lu. procure convict latior io do Ih ding. Having failed lo procure convicts from th nr<l entrusted with ilie hiring of tbein on applies us made In IS-4'*, ri>oi t ?a- had to the Lcgislatur ihe lust fe-Rioa with no letter result. And mor ,n all. in thecal I > Inilol la-tjvar certain taxpayer idetits of the dilferent townships In Anderson the I Mihscrllicd to the capital stock of ihe Compimj rued an org nlz. dopposition to the p .yiin-nt o th es, mid threitii tied to instltii'e a suit or suits In tli mis io test the validity of the tax. Such suit wf mint nt duilng the time of holding the Courts * Circuit, and have been more or less so ever since I nut only checked bv iu influence, the general pay lit of taxes for ibe time, but lend red it cxpcdleli the judgment of the Hoard. to encounter its fore the jir mary meeting# preliminary to the C nvci li of st'H'kliuKlcrs. iney nesiinien 10 can mri i-tlngs In the fact* o( po il termined an I having In the meantime iiridrr Mod themwelve* I ry legitimate cxp' (llclit to qtil-l iini!, If possil) i iiovc it. they an- gratified to be ulili* t>> my tin itrli of It has been overcome. and ihat, in their"jnd i t, n better and ih"r<* hojjefu feeling prevails In ri il to the future of the pud. No >tl!t lm? bee tightly the. taxpayers in Andersm ; and tbe Boat ? entertain the i.ope th-it none w ill In-. d'Tcovor, tin- lioa-d having in the summer <>f ISf mm-need the work of Mi*eying and locating tl id.deHred to be able to report the completion i f part ol the work of th? next Convention of tli ckholdeift. The enrvev and final location has bee ently completed, but the Buurd regret thnt It hi t been neco'nplMted without creating IWsntia'acthi ong certain Ui.xptyers in t'ulhouu township, in At 1-ille county, n? to the line ail pted through thi vn.ihip. Upon the prellinli ary purvey made < i? part of therond in the summer of ISSO.'ns man three mutes were sniveled intersecting tne Greet od and Augusta Uallromi at different points?tl: stern or Mount Cat met route, the middle or Ket ly route, and the hw-tern loiite. When Mnj. Le CotnpanyV Engineer, was ready to submit his r< rt of i he survey, a full meeting of the Hoard of I) tors wa? held at Anderson nil the 23rd day of Jul; >0. when, by previous notice and Invitation, sever itleitien from t alhoun and Bnideiuix tnwr.slrps II 'e.?t?d in these Different routts,were pieSellt I locale the cbiiris and advantages of each, tfte KlliC lU"ir v lews iniiv, ami uiicr c- iismeiii'c iuv ih lit'U-eS (if eiicll of these three route*, butll Upon U iiirt of tlic kncltl -er ntiil 11(1011 free fhqiiiry of ll rties present, the Hoard naclnd the conclusion tin Western line cottll>iU< d more uilvnnLn^i s than tl ier two line-, and Dually adopted il; making I never, n condition nt Its adoption that the tnS|ia; or citizens of IS01 ileiitlX towns..Ip to 1 e beneflk the line should securu to tbe l'oin|?any uu iiildltioi tuhscnplion of $.">.11110. which tb>y dill by a Wcl ? red bond, one-third of which bus been paid to tl emiiier of Ihe Company. [11 viuw of the opp-e.tion which thelulni-lion 1 h line hrs developed aiiiobs the advocate* ar lids of the middle .ine, coinineHcinf; ill local niei :s olsapprovlnj: ihe lociiiiun of I e road, mid eillfi. Ilna ill 'he Institution of .1 lllW ?llll,lpleSlloi | tl 11I iv of the or.'aidzn'ion of the Umipuiiy. the lit a neMly "oiiiinei d tl eir acton In this matt- rto tl iot.s and Instant consideration of the Coliveiltio yell n|ipiovc the location, it should be piomptl iilirniod. I'lie Hoard take phasnre in testifying to thenMlit eijjv and full lie-H w iih which the surveys have bin minded i>y M:ij. Tnos. U.le-e. Chief Kturinecr, an the w.ohlng (jtiall'.ii * o| hi? Corps of 1111:0. Mieriid [itiiij the mute, (leteruili.iiif the locatlo tl use. rti iniiif: that convict labor was not to he h:. response to the dilliamlAof the fiielids of the. e pnse upon the line thai the work of grvHin: tl Ill SUnlllU Of OMIlllK'HSUl, mill >11 ?o "t ill* ....... 1,0**0 ?>f tMXiB [mill in, ilic Uiwrtl Vuan t*< cvn-ld S lt-Hhil.ility of C'.IIUII. UCinji till- IIfill : mt inanuer it slinn'd Ims coi.diict. d. Kindin:.* it i |n-<:i?-iit t'. coiiduot the w?r- themeelvc-. nn-i aft vet'ilslng inr i ids, they succeeded In *'et.ruaiy la letting h ciiiiiinct f"T trr.-.nl <: the ilis. twenty mil iitii i t Aiiderson ti) Mrssl*. Jones & WiUii of A i?i>ii c.iilitr, on what :ln y regard as v. ry favo.ab ins. The e iti iitli ineo went to work* tin l ot ncli Willi commendable eanie?titcf?tanil t.otwitl Hiding tin' d.lllonlly of hiring lab r at that nt-umri is year. have iioi'ii' lair progress srinlinit u|> to lli lie nil ip ilvt ltii<et> road, and showing i.o abat nt cil tl.t-ii z-hl and di ti-rinli-ailoii to work o t the Mrnci. Tin- iStlHialvd co-t of tliis con ti net inethni.' over $14,1*011. and tin* con! motors expect ish ii b> tin- llim of November mxt. The esl jfes for trailing thi- remainder ot the line has n t been handed in. t.nt finni approximate egtiiuat tile upon the preliminary survey, the Board ''a' i?on to lii'pe that the amount subscribed, if ii c husbanded loi this purpose, wl.l lie nearly, II n ite, blitlicietlt to crade the entire line, i Sp-cli ly reinailidei ol thi giadinpcan be let on a> fiivo - b nun an ihat tinw utidercoiiirnci. They have with > la's' nti-nili invited pinp. salsnrbids ;or tin-grailii the balam-e of the line but up to (In- time of Ml Itlns thin re|?>tt no deflHte bids have lu en reo ive The Hoard 'eel that they can Congratulate ib>- Co in inn in.oo the success which have aticnded tin iris in s. coring rluht *>1* vav lor tin* ri-ad. Licit way linvc h en cmnted l-y deeit without comp. lis n lor the in lire distune, wit', the exception > fj-.w : or seven ia (low ner? along the It.ami from mhi these hop* * are eiitei tallied that riirhts of way w t Ik- grunted; and .hup an ol'-tai le often altenilt ill vexatious litigation und delay bus Lwh ajmu tirely it'iiiovi il Allusion has already been made to the nm n-'mei ilit- charter passed at the la?t session i*f t'te Lit' un, authoi Izini; a connection of our road via Id:: Id with tin-Sou lb taro lim road at Aiken. XI aril ol Directors bave well understood fr III ibe fc wtng tli.it they IiiiiI no mitliiirity lo a cept tli ii'iidiin nt to the charter, and they have taken no? ial ai'li-'U li'ukiiiif to that end. And ill vi. w of tl position ex stiiisr in Andeition county o tbe pa nt of tbe tuxes, and of tin- recent disaffection d loped in Abbeville County, the Hoard serious cation the pr prietv of itsad'ption bv the s'ocl i ierr at |'reS'-nt. There is no doubt, however. I r ju'ljtnoiit, that a laige majority of the tnxpayei d er|? cia,ly of those withholding their taxi s, ea ptly desire this conn ctinu. and the time may, ar nimbly nil! conn.', in the not distant future, wbt Is matter will claim yourearni st attention. It may not be nmlss In this eom.ecii -n lo say, th Idle the Hoard h>ve not fi It nuiiiorized t" have tl ate tnutb of the Greetiwood and Augusta l-aiirot veyed, or to expend the money ol tbot'oni an this purpose. f'niii interviews and correspot.diw Id wi h individual members of the Boaid, the pe of Edgellcld feel a lively int- test in the extetigu our road to their villi ge. there to conmct wii i* r raiiri'ad to iik* n. and have exp'f ifed a wlilit: >s to have the necrs-ary survey made. To th'MW added Individual meiiii eiaof the Board have r ived :nl'irmaii' ti that Induced Ibem lo belli ve th oiiid the jhirtii b intciest d iu the securities of il lull Caro Ilia Lallioad effect the purchase of th id on tbe 2Sth of duly next, as now contemplate era of material aid will be made by th m lor the I 1 completion of our road.if extended to Aiken,!?, i But as already Intimated, tin s ?vid be questions f ur consii'eration, after the existing dissensions rown ranks are bealed, and tbe waj ia opened fi e acceptance of the amendment to our cliai ter sect; ; this exti-nsion. In refi-retice to the finances of the company, tl lard . ubiiiit her.with the report of the Treasurer < e Conn a'-y, W. S. t.i^on Ksq., wli'ch shows tl louiit received into the T'l-asniv. and f-om wb in c- s. and what amounts have (wend sbursed ai what way. Mr. I.ig n was elected Treasurer of I aid i ll 'be 7th d .y ol May. lS-0, gj.Ve an n-Cepttib lid In tin- pen .1 sum of to secure tin petfort Ce of his Ulitiov anil has proved a tit ft acceptab ? ?*t l ... . m Lfio *.. ?.vi..rw?itinli httA llt'i'fl fl.V( (I fill inn 'iiiv i. >? >?! lh>' Board nt 1 i percent. on all m> ii.-yn riCelvi liim,anil 11 |'i'i cent ii|'un nil moneys paid out. Mr. John H Brenzeaie lots iiImi bri ll rli cted >ecret ill' tile Company, iii.il has been equally diligent at iclont In ili<- discharge of tli>> duties of Ins i ftio iii salary lias lii'vii Usui at t"5 per annum* Muj.Thiiii.il. I.ee Chief Engineer ol the Com pan s mil yet siibmliteil bis repot t of bis tllial ?urv?y :?tlni: the line of the mail, but in expected to do i this nieetini;, that It may be before you for yoi Toi tnation ami consideration. In conclusion, as the Board of Dlri ctors have he er, ill cot grquencn of the lailuiv to hold the annu i-etii'p the question of the election of a Preside d Ilonrd ol D.rectors will be belore you for vim nsiderutlon Tim President's r port was referred to the a coi ittee -feljcht, or which Cupt. A. T. lSroyles w li man. Tke Treasurer nf the Company, Mr. W. S. Uz<> en onbioftled bis report, phoning thai hi en paid Into tin- in asury ol the Company, ol uitii .yC'J.fi'2 hud been paid "tit to Messrs. J' ncs it Wil r griding the road bed. and 1'J tor >10 Ve_\ii d other coii'inseiicle*, leaving a btlaneeon hand .344.^9. In iiil'Hl on to this lltu the Treasurerea re Ip in the hands ot the Tri a- ureis of the tow d enmity oi Anderson aWont $1,1 IS. making abo tl,4t 0 available to the Company at this time. '1 he report was referred to a committee consisting .1. harle. II. II. Ilaiperand l'. K. McCuMy. MnJ. T. II l.ee. Chief Engineer, ihen submitted h port, glvins Information corcernltK the toca i?-n e roul, wbieh ha* been carried within two miles e (J & A. If 1*. The b cation was not carried fu er be nu*e of 'he uncertainty as to the best place -ike the G. A A. K. I{. The report was icferred to fiuno committee on tl ' sldefit's lepiut. The committee on the Trenstirei's report then r rted that th'-y had examined his report and vouc! s and found them correct. Adopted. The Convention tlii-n inok r recess. Upon the reaeseinliilng of the Convention the cot Ittee on I he Pieslib til's report submitted the folio* which was unanimously adopted: Havln hi-nrd ti e report oi the esldent and Boai Dm ctors touching the tinal ) cation i f the line i lite of the Savannah Vally Ilaiboad from Andersi nirt Ilou-e to Miiruiiiu's, in Abbeville County, v iwrndi-svllte, ."al> mi < hutch and MountCarniel, ar er mature dehberatlpn th-r?of? tiesolvrd. That the uc ion f the President ar mril of Directors in th.-premises is endorsed an pmved by thisC- nveiition, and the locution of tl d Savannah Valley Callroud by them is hereby fu adopted ami continued. Haolrrd. That this Convention do api rove ar iflrm the action of the President and Board of I) Mors In the general management of th- rffairs i , Company, and that it is the sens- of this Convei n that It is unnecessary and inexpedient at th . clal meeting to enter tnto an eh cti n of a Pros lit and Board ot Din ctors, but that the pres- r L'Sldent and B"ard do continue to hold over tin '< i Charter and by-laws of the Company until th it animal meeting, and until the election .of the :CeSSorS In nlBce. } -n. Humphreys offered an amen Jiuci't to Utile the Bv-Laws. chancing the time for the.a:,nil; ' tiiis from November o May. Adop'ed. I'lie lollowlni; re-oiutioii, adopted by the Ib ard i rectors at their meeting on th 4th of May, and rt red hy tne Board to the Convention (of endorstneR s then ado,.ted: flexnlued. That the penalty collected by the Cnur Tc easuerer ol Andei.soti County be re.'ut.ded o dilution of the taxpayer a; d presentation of hi ; receipt to the in usurer of ihe Compaiy. on ih *k ot which ri-Ci-lpt an endorsement shall be ma'' .t the penally h is been lefunde-l. ai d the Treastu th' Company pliall tak- receipt from each tas i-er to whom he retiinds the penalty. The Convention then adjourned. in?E peoplo who nre now rending th est and Banner \r\U cense to doso In a llttl ille?unless tbey pay lip. .J--"., ' j " - r Flanking the Blue Ridge. | j A PRACTICABLE BOUTE FEOM ( CHABLESTOX TO THE WEST. Atlantic and French Broad Valley lUilroad?Cheap Transportation of Western Products to the South Atlantic Ports. i [Newt and Courier.J AnBKViu.it, June 21?Tina in pre-eminently lhe (fay of lOilroad*. Seaicely i newspaper couies to n> wh'ch does not contain i?ome account of the doings <?f railroadmen. Powerful moneyed combination liuVe I b.-cn aid nre beinit foruieil nit over tile country for the ' i (interne of geltliibcontrol ol the railroad lines now It. ixi tence and of building* others. Every city, town and village in the smith is now prepared to favor nny scheme having for Its obj-ct an increose of rmlrood ; facilities. Ai.d very n:itu:A ly, because ad.litlolinl ruilroads Mgnlfy enhancement of the vala.< of properly, a more wilisfaetory development ot industries ami gi'uvtli io population and wealth. Progress and prost peritv citiuot now bo looked lor without the aid of rallroids. T 'l lie >onth C.-.rollui Railroad If advertised for sale J| on the 2(5'h piox. Whoever may be the purcnasers of ' that road will reasonably |.>ok to thead-p'ion ol moms ( by which and early connection can be etfe'e et! tvi.il th? , greu. West and No thwei>t. As yet but little has ap" p nrcfi in Ih<* pnidie prints conccriilng the \tlanttc . and Frenrh Bfcmd Vuliey Kailmad. This letter Is ' wi|:t. It With llio vie w ul aitraetins the notlc.- of the j pubtlc to this road as offering such it connection witli'i! ih" great VVeft and Northwest as Isdeslra'de nwlaajl1 jinsaes iugadvantaeps which cannoi huchiimd b uiiy : M I other r me that ha-t been priijectpil. The Anantlc t s ami Kreiich IJiou'I Va'ky i:?ilr->a<l beinz comparative* | P f ly a new enterprise. doubtless many f your intelH-j v (C g lit reailers neither know where 1)10 mute Ilea nor j" I what is designed bj It. 'I h<* grand utm of the enter- J '! pi t-0 8 iho connection of Knoxvllle. Ten., with thej * f! South Atlantic purls, by whlcu a near anil direct ?ui* I " | lot through these jMirtu can b-- secured lor ite teeming j 11 I product* m' tin- \S'e.?t and Northwest. j s Friitn Knoxvil e to A>lieville, N. (J., by way of Morrlstown ami WolfCrn-k tin* distance la JIM miles.,' I Nearly all ?f this linn baa be. n completed anil the re j? I j inuiixlcr win !? II i.-bnl in a verj short tlti.c. From | C ,j I Asheviite to Helton, (!., <icni?i tilt* mountains at Has- j I lato.- <-ap, and crossing the Air Line Kallroail at Kus- ' _ i ley's Station It Is V6 miles; Irom Helton to Abbovl le, C i via 1)1111 Went, 'it mill s; from Abbeville lo Triekem. ii I a point on the Ausu*ta and Hreenwood Kail road, 16 . t iinili*; fr ni Triekem to KilgcMeld Court House 24 C ' ! miles, and .mm kdgelield to Al en "21 mil's. making I he eii tire dixiance fro 111 Knoxvllle to Aiken 6^8 mib s. ? 1' is 121 mill s from Aiken to Charleston Thus ihe c _ distance from Knoxvllle to Chailedton would lie UO ( 8 ' mile*. '1 his Is probably about ten or twelve miles 11 further thun th- ro .te would l?- by the Blue KM<? * Itond, but the A lends of the en'erprls" claim that j | i nuricM-in una hnoxvli e cm be c^ntieeted by the A'-1 j I boric .ml Kr- ncli lit Valley llftHmnd at * out j which would mit exceed ..ne-b ilf the auiodnt thut i 0 j would lit- required tn c-oiii- ct the two cities by way of j e ilie Bin.-lililge Kailroud. The mountains can be c- ora eil al ivis'iit c (lap with a grade r.ot exceed ilia m v?-n- I * ty-ftve leet t > the Mile. Tills m.iy se'-m an l?i?;*????l- [ K bi.it) to ill.ne iuia>'i|uainled with the passu e through I } r I the tiHiunlttiiiN but It i.? tiy no mean* r.tii?-lfiii or tm- j ' I practicable. The suiVey Iihs Wen maile already '.y ]1 ltj two competent engineers, Major Lee und Cap'. Kirk, |1 ami b"th tb.-.r n-potls Were in accordance with the fuels atatell alH.ve. ^ t. The r>.?d too. is most advantageously located, and | ! from K>'pi ft Id to the iiiniiiilnlim there ?re no formula-1; ^ l<ie beirhrslo ihe construction ol a rnilnnxl. Forai1 . iliS al.eeol iie>.rl) on?- lnin..reil nilu s tlieie is nu water , p' of any coniuqueuce to he croes'-d. Thus the road can 4 . bo. railed a a Co ni partitive It small cost. Be?id 8, the ' portion o b'.nih C.ioiln.i tlnoiich wbitb thoioau Is to ' pass is one of t e best cotton beitn in the State, and ' tile, cectloii of North Car Una and TeMiei-8 e to be penetrated by this r ad ciuinot be surpassed. The (|! pi ospect of gradim: the road at an arly day is e'lcoure lacing. Nearly iblr-y-flvit thousand dol.ars have been , , siibscribt d by the people living idonir the hneofthe j roml.alxiui thirteen miles have Weil already gr ded. 'm | Now the surveyors urr busily engaged loc-it i>r the , the line Irom lie.ton to Trirkem, and In a few d ivsthe . : work of grudug wl I be begun alTrlckelll extending towaids Al.b. villu C. il. Toe people all along tin* line i0 I nre in earnest, und willing to assist in the construction j of the p ad t" the extent of thei-i ability .j Let Cwir'estoii take liu>d of ih.s entcrpilse vlsforfi j ously und she will tb> n s<>on have a contributor to ber "! gp.win uii<i clearness. whien will be to b< r what tb? { lialiun and Ohio tinllmad h >s been to Bahtlmore. By the Atlantic and French Bioad Valley l.allroad, . I C'lmr.estiiii will not oniy lie put In communication i Willi the tipi-er imrtlon of the State hy a linefr>>m flity .! to sixty miles horter than that now existing, I.tit she ' j will be placed in easy leaeb o| Western produ ts, am) wi l th- aide to extend her trade into a section ol cu'in_ try with which sue has hitherto had but little dialihe prtlre State is interested In icr-nrinz a cnnn^c* tlon with the West. We ure compelled t> h ve her i* t'rain ai d incut, and It b. hooves u? to secure them by ' as c eaji Irelidits an p"eelM-. 'Ihe stu-ci &>ful onetalion hi die Atlantic and rrench Broad V.il-y Kttliroad I would ucconipli-h nil wv could wi>h In this d'tvc-lon. It is hoped that t harleston, the hlst-rlc "C ty ly tho i ' Sea," the metropolis or itear old South < aro.in i, upon | whose linpMVi in ell t mid advancement 'lie ctzens of ' tile entiie State would look w lib pl-i 8 ire and pride, i j will not Call to s -e that iur true intenst lies in lend t Inir favor -.nil aid to this m-und nii rond mteiprise lfl With increased facilities of trailc deiivtd fnun a itlreci , WeBUtn eoiinecti'in, noil with such nn improvement ol hec li.rbor as ihe fettieo will no doubt accoiriplisb. ;(j who does ii. t see tbi-t In ft very few years Cbarh ston jj. won d become one of the most Important pai 8 oil the ... Atia t'c const. With such advantages her forel. ii ,* ColllltlerCr Would be lllMglilfl. il to an ex'en- never before known, and she woiilo to steadily forward in the i uf mitrch of progress and prosperity Abbeville. < t- A I)pnl Prohahlo. ! if [Kcnwcc Cbun'er.) i ' Messrs. Editors The Abbrvl'le Preis and { '? Banner h:is the following, which is i> part of ' " an editorial o. "A New bent Probable:" I)'; "The Indication* arc as plain as possible : 'that we a:e to iiavc a new deal at the next .vi Stale election anil those who have been In , " i power for the past six years will have to stand ' J | aside In I.SHi Whether the change will be ol I benefit to South fato ina remains to he >een. n<! hut the change is certain to come. The De'1.1 inocracy is strongly committed a:rainst'third ? | terms,' and being pre-eminently a parly fait* vot ing rotation In ottiee, any combination* or lt engineering which may be done by limividr' uals or coi lories to keep the same men in pi>w111 er forever wilt no longer be effectual, bnt will " j have the effect of disintegrating the party a> ,-r j certain as the effort Is attempted." "t i I am g'ad to see that tlie Press nntl D inner is ' Ion the iLht track, loaceitan extern, but ? 1 wiiiic mis i? ine ca-e i cannoi. auree ?1.11 11 in ' *i Its conclusion*. Beyond a doubt, ther^ will he "' anew iWal tni8S2ai.il It Is high time t at we 3 should have one. In 1*70 certain pa ii? k were 'ft, entrusted wlih the mnnarcm-nt of the Sta:? government and slncc that time they have *' I t-een claiming tho righi thereof, as if by 1 nir hcrltance. and tl.c whole thing li-'.s dwindled i* I down to a family arrangeint ill. Those partie s '"'have had undisputed sway since IS7H, and 11 !' j 1 hey have any patriotism at nil about them j thej oii'/ht to be perfectly wiling to stand >*? j aside ? hen they find out that llielr refusal to ro ; submit to the will of ilic majority of lh<> item'ii 1 ocratle purty would cn<*anucr that party. A 1,1 j holt on their part would show too p'ainiya 'f | greed for otlice and an a-sumptlon of power If land authority which would 111 no degree be 'n commendable to them. It Is not so much the as! "third term" idea that Is influencing the d*1t>-! mand for a new deal as il Is the parlia'lty ?l. I shown to certain persons and localises. The I whole arrangement of our State government lr . is entirely too one sided and what Is asked for ts is a straightening o it and a dividing of oik i?* j common inheritance more sen rally anion:: ?e j the chlldivn of .South Caro lna, in order I ha I 1 the interests of the whole State limy b ' erter 1'1' looked after and to show lo the tvorM thai all 'I [ the talent of tho State Is not eent'Cd In ;i few ?t counties. This Is nothing but Justice and It if us: lie admitted by every lair minded cl.lit' zen of the Sia'o. s outh Carolinians have s- ever been known to be sclf-sacriinMw ! r tne i'- | good of their St sue. and as I rcma- ked In your if columns some time since this seclo.i, >hat is ? *! the up country, has iiccn espeei.il.y pa: eat island when cal ed on has gone up witnou a 'f- murmur 'o the ballot box and cast 1 * \ntrs " for these !? s-cs. They did this not tlirou: to y-1 fear, not because tluy acknowledge any supe >-1 rloilty of talent or anything else, hut slnip.y ly ! because they were williiu 10 do anything to >-j first got the Mate from the hands of Itadi.al I" I plunderers: and second this being done, to ?.! keep the Demo' ratio |_a: ty In power. Now as r I soon as w? feel safe and ask the bo-ses for a i*l | share In that for which we have given our ^11; whole strength, a cry is mode that It will not be submitted to by these nos-es, to whom 11 ' t majority of the citizens do not ascribe all if j power, glory und majesty. "! A change will not be detrimental to the In* y | terests of the Slate, but on the contrary I w, think It would be greatly bcneflcial to them. ? : There Is no danger that I can sec of a split In nithe Democratic ranks, except as regards the i*. r -l-nin. thut iiaw rminiiiir our ifovernnionl. ?-'Tliis c.l.iue will be >cattered to the four conly tiersof tiic enrlli and the people will assert ? I their righl to nominate state officers. When at | the State ('on vein Ion does meet the Prm mid i'- limnier wi I ttnd its theory correct hut, iisconnt ] elusions wtons. We have heen been dictated <1. to lous en-nuli and we Intend In the future to ll-, act as freemen and not as staves. I!.! I stated above that a bull on the part of our it bosses would show trreed for olllce. Ac., on l? | their part. I put It this way because the other ir. side belnjf In a mnjority will not bolt, as the r- j /-rear* ami Manner seems to think. The antlI Hampton men. as they arc erronlously styled, i<-; have too much s maelty and patriotism to nf I think of bolting. They will do nothing to enit* j danger the lntcrlsts of the State. W. 1'. C. ;tl | -- Canning Corn. le j |From the Cultivator.] '.'"j In the-vicinity of Boston there are nimerJ' ous esial'lishm. nts devoted to the cunning! , iofgieeiie in,ami. as the | r ?ces? is similar | :U | to that to w.icii ail i.r ides of j reserved f?Mid i | are subjected, a description of the method V wills, rvcasan cxunple for the rest. Thel ' corn Is planted e.\| ressly for this purpose,and e*! when it is in condition to can, It Is stripped! I of Its l.usks, alter which it is thoroughly j | wiped t<> remove the silks. It Is then po>seu In along to nnotlie;* set of hands, who with knives macte mr ihls j urnose, cut oil" the Jrj kernels froin the cob. This work Is done I over a lanie wooden hoprer, there being gen, | eraily lour hands at woik at one macblne, 1,11 and the corn isal owed todrcp through into nl 'a tub. When tills is lull, it Is taken to anl""! other room, wheie It is weighed out in small ! quantities,each amount just sufllcent to till "* i n can. the corn being forced into the can by u8 | means of a powcifui automatic pie-s, which operates very r.-?pidly The cans arc tlun! n; I biken to the soldering room, where each is , I carefully wiped and the top soldered on a :l1! small hole being made In tfie cover to ailow j the escape of air. 'J he next step Is the cook-1 "f! lug, which is done I y i lacing the cans lull wooden vats, filled with wau r and kept at! at the hoilltig point by steam heat. Alter: ,n being cooked a wile, the canti are taken out,| 111 j the air holes newly opened, ami they met. subjected to a thorough shaking to force out'i ?': the air. which operation is most Important. |i ! After this the com is again cooked, the cans j 1 sea:?<iair tight, and they ure then rmdy for < "I market. All articles are treated in a similar !1 "r! manner, with the exception of preparing i r" i tin-in for the cooking process, and when fih-jl to i |nhed they are practically imperishable, us j i 1 they will keep for >cars In any climate. ie | * j i e-1 The lVay 1 lie Lair Is Enforced. ' k" I The following will show the danger of car-'l : rylng concealed weapons ill South Carolina t j ' The State vs. John Friday, cairyitig a dead- j n"! ly weapon concealed about his person Vef- j. v" I diet guilty. Sentence,?- fin p. Hon. T. .f. i .! Mackey, Presiding Judge at June Term, Al- j "rt ken. S. i'. iri Allen Smiley, carrying concealed weapons. J Verdict,guilty, sentence,Siiand costs or 3! , | month* in Jail. Tom Hi oadnax, carrying con- i I cenled weapons. Verdict, guilty. .Sentence, . 1 year in the penitentiary. Andrew l'osey.j '"!! carrying concealed weapons. Verdict, gui.ty. ; lrt ; Sentence. $10 line and costs of Court, or six j months In Jail. Andrew Mutler, carry I tig con-,, Icealed weapons. Verdict, guilty Sentence,,, . | $-50 tine and costs or 6 months In Jail. Hon.-1 B. C. 1'iessley. Presiding Judge at June Term, j ' . Edgefield, s. C. " tieorge Purdcrvls, carrying concealed weap-' ?" ons. Sentence, three months In the peniten-j , ; tlary. Tom 8peer, carrying concealed weap- ] '" ons. Three months in the penitentiary. 111 Hon. J. II. Hudson, Presiding Judge at Junei ,r Term, Anderson, S. C. r m I We will print two weeks heneo a number of I the Cuuri r devoted In a measure to ilie local ?l! advantages of Oconee couuly^lor gratuitous | distribution at the Atlanti Kxpo.-iiion and . if i el>ew lieip by those Interested in the devoioji-1 ment, welfare and prosperity of our county, t.' speda: ..tti'titlon will be ulven to the water I | powers, mlm rals, metals, timbers, climate, i. soil, scenery, productions of all kinds. Ac., as 1 n well as the railroad facilities of the same.?, ix j Kcouec Courier. " i k.wk Votn Sugar.?F.very housekeeper; e j should know that sugar boiled with anaeid, if 'r j it tie t u: three miiiutcs.will be convened Intoa i > I glucose, which is the form of sugar found In j sweet apples, one pound of sugar has as ( much sweetening power as two and nt|uarlcr , | pounds of glue-ore. In other woids, one-, pound of susar stirred Into fruit alter It Is e cooked, and while yet warm, will make the! e fruit as swi ot as two and a quarter pounds! j added while the fruit is boiling. 101 Mill CONGAREE WORKS. ^ 7 Coumbia.S. C. Agent for CHAPMAN'S 'ERPETUAL EVAPORATOR IUIE8E WORKS WERE ESTABLISHED I in 1S47 by Messrs. Gen. Sinclair and Jmnert kmlcrson and purchased by me In the year S.W, nml from that tlmo till now carried on ucccssfully by myself. My friends and cu*^ tuners will boar witness of the large and stalendouHjobs executed by me. It was at my rorks where tri? largest and almost only Job f Its clnsseverexecnted in tills city wasdone, \z.: the making of the pipes for the Cltjr Vnter Works In the year 1*58. In the branch if BELL FOUNDING. I can say that I hnvo uade the lamest bells ever cast" In the StatCj ticli a* tIvc boll for the City Hall in Oulumbia. My stock of patterns for ARCHITECTS lALi WORK, COLUMNS for Store front*. In iirirennd various, and in RAILINGS for Bh)> ohlcs, Gardens and Cemeteries I have the aruest vuriety and most modern patterns; nany of thwre are patented and I have puriliased tlio riKht f'?r tills State. In the maclitnc line I can furnish my pawns with STEAM ENGINES and BOILERS v if any slzeand description. My CIRCULAR lAW MILLS have carried off the prize at eviry Stnte Fair held In this city, and In their ^instruction I have taken pain* to combine Inlpiiclty Wirh the most useful modern imiroVements, and may flatter myself that my CIRCULAR SAW MILLS And fuvor with ev>ry sawyer wiio understands his business. ? Tiie many orders I am steadily reeelrlnjtfor SUGAR CANE MILLS prove that the publli ippreclate the mills of my make, and so it 1a vith my GEARING for HORSE POWERS; JIN WHEELS, GRIST MILLS and other MACHINERY. I have the rtlfinufncturlnjc rinht of many PATENTS,sncli as castings.for ROCK COTrON AND HAY PHF-sS and thr?*o or fottr ilfferunt FEED CUTTERS and other Imptis ncnts. I will be pleased to send my Cifcalar*to any ippllrant, together with price ll*t of estimate: ily prices arc moderate, and I assure the'pab-. icthat they are lower even than those S'oithern manufacturers,end that toy work vill compare favorably with that of any oth:r maker. Address *_1 Al 4 ? uuiiu Alexander, Cosoakee Iron Works, Colombia, 8. C. KTE3W -INGREENWOOD! MRS.). P. STEPHENS BEOS knvo to Inform tbe citizen* or (Jreenwood nnd surrounding country tlmtsbe bus tills wfcek opened a full line of MILLINERY, -ANDFANCY GOODS. * it her residence, next door to 8. B. Hodsrex & Lin. Her HtoCk comprises LADIES' IIATw AND bonnkl's In all the lnt?-!<t style* and ixiveltlcH, trimmed to order. TOILET ARTICLES AND FANCY NOTIONS, of every style and variety. LACKS AND LACK woods,SWlsf AND HAMBURG FRINGES antique. Caroline and languedoc laces. children lace- CUPS AND bibs, ,lin en cuffs. collars, Ac. In fact every thin:; Ucpt in h flrst-elas* establlnhmenl. Goods all fresh and stylish. Price* to suit the times. be sure to give her a call bo* fore |>ar?'hii*lng elsewhere. Greenwood. S. March 30,1881. New illlMH Lawson & Wardlaw" ABBEVILLE, S. C. HAVE opened n new*toclt of FURNITURE over the store of A. M. Hill & Hon, and will be i>Uas4il to rccelvc a tall from their ? friends; Their stock consists of every variety of FUUN1TUHK usually kept in aflrst-cloM store. All or wliicu 1h ottered at pricca to suit the times. Feb. 2J. 1881. tf RAILROAD NOTICE. SUBSCRIBERS to the capital *toek of Ihfl Atlantic and French IJrond Valley IUilM rond are hereby notified that tt?c lin>t Instalment Is now ctiled lor. Prompt payment Is reqnlred, a* the work it _ _ to be begun at once and will be pushed vigorously. . By order of \V. K. Bradley, President A.and 1- . 1). v . 11; tt. J. W. PEIIRIN, Treasurer. Treasurer's Office, Abbeville. M?y 10,1881. T. L. CALHOUN. MTD,. Surgeon and Physician, ABBEVILLE* S. C. Office?In renrof O. T. Caltioun'slaw office* March 23,1 Nil, 12m ? Slate of South Carolina, County of Abbeville. IN TIIE PROBATE COURT. In the matter of the Estate of A. A. Noble; deceased. Petition for Final Discharge. NOTICE Is hereby L'ivcn Hint J< hn F. Calhoun, Executor of A. A. Nobie^deecajed, has made application to this Court ior a discliame from his trust, Ordered, thai Friday, the 8th of July, 1881. be appointed as tlio di.y for the settlement or the estate, and discharge of the Executor/ All persons Interested will take duo notice. J. FULLER LYON. June S,1 Ml, si juage 01 ituuuic. CIGARS. T11E following popular brunds of 5-CENT? 1 SEGARS, Solon Shingle) Our Firm, Live Oak, Eureka, AND THE CELEBRATED Calhonn Chewing Tobacco, and Little Joker Smokinf Tobacco-} . -ATOunningham & Templeton's. April 3J, 1880, tf Tfe f iiliaitoi Female Collep REMPFCTFt'i.i.Y offers Its services to those parent* who de-Ire to secure for their dauchters. the thorough and symmetrical cultivation of their physical, lntellcctu.il. and niornl powars. It 1* conducted on what Is called the "01tc-3TtfD7" PLAK. with a 8kmi-An?<ttal Coukse of Study ; and, by a sjsiom of Tultlonal Premiums, Its Low Rates are made still lower (or ALL who average 85 per cent4 No l'til>Ilc Exercises. No "Receptions." Ltiadu iiloii, which is always private, may oc* cur ci^ht times a year. For tUll information, write for an Illustrc ted Catalogue. Address, REV. 8. LANDER, President, Oct 27,80,ly W'lllianiston, y. C." Notice. ALL persons having demandsaumlnst thd estate of the 'ate J. W. R0HERT80N ,vill present them duly attested, and an tho*? ndehtc<l to the same will make Immediate! laymetit to BENJ. S. BARNWELL, my duly lutliorUcd agent. AGNES B. ROBERTSON, Administratrix, March 16,1881, tf DKIED BEEF, At 13 2-3 Cents a Pound, [s Cheaper thazi Fresh Beef &t Half the Money. FOR lunch or for tea It has no superior. It Is always ready fi>r use. It needs n<? :oo!?lng tliorgh when shaved and stewed with potatoes or scrambled with eggs it makes au legunt breakfast dinh. A. W. JONES, June'22.1<*1, tf