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The Press and Banner. 5f llugrli Wilson and H. T. Wardlnw. Wednesday, Karck 22, i3S2. Are Tlifv Athtated b>* DiscretHtalile Motivesi Consrw, we think, will net wisely 5n laying the most strict prol.iI-iilve measure nouns', tho* introduction itito this country of Chinese lahoror.?? A' Senator Jones of Nevada wisely said, the Chinese <!;> not assitiill::?:?. and become a part of tire body politic in either sentiment, or reality. Thcv arc aliens on our soil. and fin movable In their prejudices and enmities to our institutions, mir religion, on r system of government. Self-protection being the first law of nature, we Mhonld guard ourselves airninst their approach, ami against their presence, which can result only In evil to our morals and our civilization. The neufo is iu the same category. He is of a distinctive race, and can never assimilate with us in Nouthnent or in feel in ir. There will forever remain in Ids heart jealousies and hatreds to the white man. Such a feelinir i>; bred in his hones, and it cannot he eradicated. While there are honorable exceptions, it is not to lie denied that the instincts of the great mass of that race, measured by the Intelligence of the times, nro low, and that ho from the natural intuition (if inferiority, hates tlie respect ablc or the acknowledged decent white man, while lit! Iisis very little respect for or confidence in Ida pale fared brother who atlilfcites with him in social life or degrades himself by nil attempt to associate with him for p >!i:ieal ends. lie knows perfectly well that no white man ever alhliates with him, except ho he o! doubtful character, and one who has been driven from the friendship and companionship of ids own race. This fact is niso acknowledged by that class of white men who hate the men of their own race possessing moreof characterand a higher respectability than their own; and if am attempt is ever made to bring political reverses to the better educated and tilmore conservative sentiment of the country, the prejudices and ignorances of th negro, and the white man who acknowledges his own inferiority, are sure to be appealed to. Between no strata of tin white man and the negro can there exist env sincere sympathy or oneness of c-m111 en feeling. While every true man in this country desires to see the negro receive exact ami equal justice before the law, yet the man who would express the desire t>? sea him nnd Icorrupt leaders placed in powei lit any State of this Union, is either ignorant of the actual conditions and feelings of the two races, or he is u base one?mv to tiie civilization of his country. If the negro- and the white man eai. never assimilate, then is it not worst than foolish madness to think of allow iug- tlvc t'hiucsc to conn; here. This is 111 !:;ct a white man's government. An* we see nothing but lolly in the introduction of another element of discord. While great principlys and the welfari of tho white race, whose country this is are being placed in jeopardy, we think lK>thof tho great political puties of tin United States phuro themselves in positions which are beneath the contempt o. a civilized world, if they are actuated b\ Ho higher aims, than those which a Washington correspondent of the Xctrs atm Courier would attribute to them in tin following paragraphs: The r:r*??s;je of tho bill with fourteen Republican votes iii the negative is builoU w.tl great joy by the Democrats. The l'iiciiic co ist Senators, and t ho shrewd est Democrats in i lie Senate, tell me thai t invote anil the Republican speeches ninUe Cab forma, Nevada, Oreyan. and probably co.orad>. fal'e for the Democracy hereafter. 'l'hs Republicans mi Miding that the Mi <voald pass a'tempted to uefcju live Deinoerctle amendment prohibit in.: Cfiinese natuadz lion, exs-ecllna to receive the vo.e n they cxti.d be made citizens, but this elfor w.is ,'utde, and then after everything po^bibb was dune to kill it but *vithoiu etlect. Tne Democrats occupy a nuizniiiceiit posi t on both as to the present and future, wi.l. the additional advantage ot* d.s.ntenraun tho Republicans very seiiously an I niakiii. beverai of them upset party principles witnout party advantage. When the civilization of tha country is at stake, can we conceive of no lower instinct* than those which would prom; a Unitel States Sonator to bo governed, in casting his vota, by hi opinion as to the best mode of securing for himself and his party tho greatest number of votes. Save the (wintry SUher party has sufficient patriotism t> preserve our form of Government. Vot? from principle, because it is priiieipb ?nd Dooause it is right. Lot our Senatorand Representatives act honestly, am', not attempt a triek. Let shame and eterpal infamy rest upon tho brow of an\ Sonatororany Representative who cast> his vote on this vital question, from n< fifgher in >tivo thtn tint of tru-.'kling to the prejudices of the members of tin political parties of tho country. A. & K. R. R. Tho iron has been Ui.l to Bradley's, though the passenger train is not expected to run that far for several days. It usually takes several days to make the track lovel and secure enough for the passenger train. Only some thirteen 01 fourteen miles remain to ba finished, and if the spikes do not aive out, we have n*? doubt that the last rail will be laid down by ihe first of May. From Troy to Aurrusta the road is in siood condition, and the time made as fast as could In; exported in the present new state of the road. All along tho line prosperous lookhur towns have sprung up, and the freight trains arc kept busy carrying cotton to Augusta, and bringing back freight to the different stations. The most annoyintr delay is caused from the luck of tanks on the line. As the most convenient watering place on tho road, is generally selected aa a place to bail out water and replenish the boiler, but this, of ours?, will be remedied soon. Tho train is a matter of great curiosity and unlimited pride to those who live near it, and at every station crowds of people gather together to ! see the cars pass. If their curiositv shall i last much longer, and the number of I thoso that gather at the depots is rot di miiiisirca, wo prciici ttiar tliero will up small crops made in those sections From what we could judge, onr impression is, that Troy, Till mans and Mcf'orttiick are destired to become tho most im? , portant way stations, and at thoso points there are already stores em-ted, and enterprising merchants established, who have sold largo quantities of ciianos and ' poods. The bridge over the Savannah is| Jrenlly a handsome structure and does' great credit to the skill and foresight of! those who ere<-ted it. Thev soe>n?d to have realized that it would be a needless > ?nd never endless expense to have eon-' structed an ordinary bridge liore, subfeet j to the continuous pressure of the water and the freshets that are always likely to occur. The bridge is of solid i?on, placed on massive stone piers about forty feet high, nnd appears to he sufficiently strong to resist the best efforts that the Savannah can make, and likely to remain in good condition for many years. The trains are generally crowded with passengers, who go to Augusta to make their purchases, and Augusta is as a matter of course, finding that tho capital that she invested in the road is proving to be a most profitable venture, and she will realire handsomely from it. In fact everybody on the lino of tho road takes the Kreepeni, com;erii m n? siiuuwm, mm imvr tho greatest desire for its prosperity. Evprv one seems to have renewed their energv. and one is impressed with the air of business that this hitherto neglected country has assumed. A spirit of go-aheaditiveness is apparent, and all appear to look forward to bright and prosperous times in the Tutu re. Soprrint?'nilont Fry of tho Columbia and Greenville Railroad nnd (he Superintendent or the A. A K. ft. R. were at Greenwood recently, and arrangements were trade for a union depot. The friends of the A. <& K. R. R. *pe.ak in the highest terms of the manner in which the C. &<*. authorities treated 4ho A. ?? K. representatives. Will lie be Hanged on Snnday ? In the ea*e ,yf J. J- Clyburn, sentenced to be hanged last Friday, the Governor ha** granted a respite for thirty days. It aeeins t > no that "a n-cspite of thirty days," from Murth 17, would be until Sunday, tlv? l^th of April. | Four Deaths in Oae Family. ', Tin* family of Hutlcr Cannighan, n colored tenont on the farm belonging to j Mi*. J. V. Jotiu.H !!?. .?: Katcrprise have been I great hiillVrur.4 v> ii!:iti ti.o i.ust week. A I; *i:t Lt-ii days ago nearly every member ?.f the fa:i.iiy was siok with typhiki! fiwr. Two yf tlic : ron died Friday | ' ;;i:d aiiotiur of tl:c ci:i!d.en, u:ul tiioirj toother died Sunday. The lever was of; such ? malignant type that medical ski!) wan totally inelfectual. This f^arl'ul mortality may be attributed to a pile of decaying cotton seed, and a lillhy pijj pen. They wcro very poor people, ami in consequence had tieen dining tlie Fall and Winter unable to proviileeither an abundance of the best food or the most comfortable clothing?with systems insufficiently nourished, and improperly protected from the weather, they were pliyr-icriily not in n ^ood condition to resist the attack of the fever which resulted as a natural consequence of the plain \i >ia:ion of tlio hygiene. So violent lent was the poison emitted from the cotton seed and the pen in which a hog had been fattened la^t Fall, thai the fowls ; about thevard sickened and died as soon j as the Warm sunshine lilled the air with ; the poisonous srerins, which had lain dor' mant during tlie cold weather. J # ' Mr. Jones is doing everything possible for the afflicted people. IJesidcssecuriny medical attention he has ordered the cau'se-! of disease, to be abated by a heavy : covering of earth thrown over them. To , I remove them at present would be almost; certain death to whoever undertook the | job. Last year it was. otir painful duty to publish tlie sore affliction of a white family of this county in whicli there were j several deaths, from typhoid fever produced by a pigpen. These fact* are warn- j injis which should be heeded by our peo- j pie. When we violate the laws of health ] by keeping well known cause* of disease near our dwellings wo may expect to sutler the consequences, as well as the j blame. We commit an actual sin in exposing ourselves and our families to the | lungers of typhoid fever which dangerous j I disease never visits it family without l>eiug invited. Cellars with their impure air have l?e<?n the cause of much typhoid fever and diptheria. Lot all the cellars lie thoroughly cleaned. Death may rest in a few rotting potatoes. If we neglect to take proper e.ire of om" selves it is idle to lay the blame of sickness and death on tlie Lord. Not a great while ago wo read a very touching story >f the death of a three year old child. It . limbed up on thd Sticks that were supporting an ash bart-cl. Its weight added to that of a barrel, broke the sticks, the barrel fell against the palings, crushing the child to death. The facts and the manner of relating the bereavement of j the parents in this instance could noti have failed to impress the heart of every | reader. At the conclusion of the account niteh was said about the Lord having so willed it or so ordered that these paront* should be thus afflicted, and that they s'.o:d l lay the matter to heart. We take a practical view of the matter, however,! ind say that the death of this child was aused from carelessness. If the ash j barrel had been tnoro carefully set ill would not have fallen and the child would j tot have been killed. We ought not to blame the Lord for our carelessness in | putting up ash barrels, or for the result! I >f keenimr a oiir ncn under our nose.! The probability is, that if Butler Ounnijham hr.d kept his premises clean neither lis wife nor his children would have dk'd of typhoid fever. Wo hopo that the Board of Health of Abbeville will see tha> wo keep no deathproducing causes on our premises. . The Polilical Situation. ! The political outlook in Smith Carolina is not so gloomy as might be supposed. The sore heads, malcontents, and ithcr office-seekers have had their sav, Hiid very much to their astonishment, they have no following worthy of consideration in an anv part of the State. Their bluster and talk of taking pose*<ion of the government we believe has had tho effect of consolidating tlio frag nentory element that may have been disposed to slough off into tho arms of the negroes of this State, and if our leaders itiiinSrowf urtV* nrh \\\ Iwitirl 1 i n rr M?r? eratic hosts, we will be sure to store an*utile' victory in November. Our people need not entertain any thought of look* m;; to any other source than the Derm ? cnitit: party, for anything liko tlie best . possible government for South Carolina. Ottr grievances can be settled within the party lines. And we are fully competent to the task of self-government with- : out the aitl of politicftluspirants forollice, or the concurrence?>f the enemies of gtx>d government. These noisy malcontents i\ill tir.d our ranks closing, and tlieir imimaginary following diminishing as the light waxes hot. Tho Greenville Daily !Ccws marshals the strength of the opposition to Democracy it: this-'manner, and we believe it to i>ea fair statement. One "Party of the people'' club in Kershaw ; The ditto in Aiken ; One Greenback club in Feasterville. J. Ueudrix McLean, ex-? andidato for Congre>s; Mr. Haskins, of Sumter, prospective candidate lor Congress; Col. John Cunnigham, present candidate for Congrss ; Robert l-ishburne. State Seuator and u 111-^iw i: I\ UW \ i/v uki;. Tilliiian K. Uaius, unclassified dissenter. Wb think it would be well forsotno of our candidates to visit foreign cities, St. Petersburg, for instance. This way ol electing backwoodsmen who have not been to t-jwn ought to be stopped. FR05I TEXAS. Interesting Letter from a Former Cit-] izcu of Abbeville?Graphic Descrip-! tiou of the Hard Times and l)epri? rations Experienced in Texas. Walton, Vanzandt Co., Texas, March 10, 1882. I Editors Press and Banner: Four months have passed since I left; home for To tas. 1 arrived in due season | and immediately formed a partnership in j 'Ik) practice of medicine with an old class j mate. As my paituer lelt, for u visit| home shortly alter my arrival I was all once thrown into a large practice. lie returned January 1*1, and since the i we! nave been practicing together and get; .about as much practice as wo can attend ; to. I am doing well and am well satis-j tied. 1 miss your paper very much and ! 1 want you to put :uy name on your sub- j scpplion list. , Texas is a large Slate and it would be' unfair to express an opinion of the whole! State merely from this section. There isi one fatal objection to every section of the! State that 1 have heard from and that is1 a predominance of malaria in the aunos- I phere. It is my opinion, based upon' hiiih authority, that wherever the fresh sod is exposed to the action of the suns| rays malaria will germinate and that is ' being done in almost every portion of this State. I have studied the situation ! well since I have been here aud I have I come to the conclusion that any man (un- j less he is a physician or an undertaker) is a fool to leave South Carolina for Texas, j As an average people are doing a great ileal better in South Carolina than here, j , Of course there are some people doing j I well here and getting rich, but the same j jean be said of more in South Carolina ! tluin here. As a general rule I lie houses jure little better than negro cabinsand'the: I tare is corn bread and tat bacon, and the! \ meal is ground on steam mills iroin vel- i ! low corn and is very poor meal indeed, j j Every family has to do their own work, i {There is no such thing as hiring, li'a I man's wife is sick he has to do his own ' j cooking and washing. Every woman j j dips Miu 11 and tho>e that come here from ' the east learn tlie habit in less than six; ! months. The people are very mueii pivj l udiccd Against anybody that has been j raised on Hour bread and against women ; that don't dip snulf. They gut the idea' that such a person feels above them and ' that is an idea that is hard to eraoieale. Add to the above disadvantages the lact that the country is terriblesirklvand the people generally very poor. 1 Hunk you will see that a" man hus a poor prospect tor making a fortune. There are some advantages, however, that 1 must mention, and the tirst i>, there is u>> "lieu law," and tliut of itsell is no small matter. And iJien almost , any kind of land will make twenty bushels corn to the acre, and hogs fatten m the woods \\ ithout any corn. This is u great game country. Deer aro as pleiitilul as rabbits in Abbeville, and some times are very bad oil crops. {Squirrels, rabbits ami birds'.! all Kind abound. T'tiifrs are haul and money ycane. f i? seed ami i 'd.tcr c:.rmot lie bought m any pi ice. Corn ami bacon scarce ami high. "Yours, Ac., F. J. BROOKS. : i i Tue Religious Press. !j Ji AND WHAT SOME OF AREii TALKING ABOUT. The Standard of t!ib CIn** of Papers j j Higher uon' tlum Rt a:.*}' Oilier | Time. were jo t'.ru.k with tlio true Christian i chtii'iicti r nf the editorials in some of ourreli- ' exchanges lust wet'!; that we reprint | a few or them. It. Is truly grat!f\ Ing to note i this change In tiieir tone, ns we beliove tlic l ies of their papers for several y<nis niter J t!ie war. w(.viM justify the charge that they, < while prufevidng to he followers of the Prince 1 of I'cacc.arsd in the orthodox practice of that ; charity whtcil e'evates and ennobles man- I Uiml, wore in reality more intolerant, more | vituperative, and Iess courteous In tiieir . hearing towards each otlie'\ than aiiyo'her I class of newspapers in existence, and as one ^ result of these malignant utterances In Icecp- < ins? tip sectional ha tied between thejforth < and tin* South, s tmeof the churches, because J of a Mtt rand unch'i-tian feeling thus foster- i ed t?y their religious press, still maintain J their separate organizations, while every oth- j er organization of men have fraternized, and, < atlea*t to a desree. torgotten their old hatreds I and animosities. Itcmembcrlng thepa^trcc- ' oril flf this clft^s of newspapers It is with no < small degree of pleasure that we note so great |' a change in their tone for the better. We can j ] s. ar< cly believe our senses when wo road the i courteous ami Christ-like article of the Dap- 1 list Oturic In reply to I)r Broaddns. Thisartide was presumably written by the preach- | or editor, but we are not sure of the fiiet. In 1 former years it was seemingly to us the rule, j when one preacher ditiered In opinion from i another, that each would enter a tilt to see wiiic'j could put the worst construction on , the other words ami ads, while using some I of the meanest words in the Kni;l i.-h lan- ] guage. But In no controversy have we seen , more of court c?y than In shown in the ! rier't article. The article from the Southern Presbyterian [ ( is calm, fair, dignified, and apparently dictated by a proper appreciation of the matters dlsciu'sod, and deserves to be read by every subset iber of thc Press untl Manner. Wc copy it as much for the true merit to bo found in . it, as to show that that paper, ulthmmh it', sometimes admits bitter contrlbutlous to its jj columns, is turning Us attention to the true work of the religious press Read the article. . It is full of whclesoine suzscstions. Our KOod triend the Christian Xeighbor, devotes Itself t/> the promotion of an anti-war | sentiment. That paper, as a rule, practices i what It preaches?good-will to ail mankind.{' The article this week Is only one of many ar-! tic.cs 011 the same subject, and is in Keeping wltfi the character ol tha* paper. For tiiC evidences of a irne Christian spirit j and the liii-tmts of an elevated manhood, whieli practices the principles of which our Saviour was the great exemplar, read the article of the A-socintc Reformed Presbyterian. Wc Iihnc bo often quoted extracts from this paper, that no introduction of Its urtlclu this week is needed. The {Southern Christian Advocate writes on tlie Negro Question. Its views on the mi-] portance of the religious Instruction of tlie | negro, and the white man too, is In accord-i anee with our own opinions. The publicj; just now seems to bo crazy on the subject of public education, and Congress is at present I deliberating as to the propi Icty of squander.! in; the public lands of tlie United States I Ooverninent in ibis business, and we regret j1 t > see that Senator IUitler is favoring Hint J, policy. What we need is the Instillation of' wholesome moral> into our people. We need 1 morality more than education. We need a religion that enforces the moral law. We have plenty of that religion which Is devoid j of morals, and it we understand the Christian j I Advoentr. aright in giving precedence to the)' fostering of a religion of principle, founded | on loVe and morals, we are in thorough accord i < with It. We would preter to see the public j J money spent In cultivating good diameter, j, rather than in educating and accomplishing 11 unscrupulous citizens tbftt they may be bet-! j ter fitted for the practice of nefarious artlllccs | Inform the Churches. [SouUtcrn Presbyterian ] The lack of Interest felt by the people In the proceed I ii'_'s of our Church Courts Is 110 dotilit due largely t-> a want of information. Most of ihcse indeed arc published, but. tliey a- e not universally, if even generally, read by 1i private inembers They seem to taUe it for j i granted that they are merely matters ol rou- < lltie rep "ited substantially every year, and do i not poises Interest enough to Justify a jead i lug. They seem not to consider that oven j I such matters of routine relate to objects in > I which th'-y oui/ht to fed Intcrested, because ! t (M.-olfA ilpvnlvilil' llthil) ll them and because they arc j?riiiir-? of the I Uio.it King olid l?ls kingdom. Ami It Is to be j) uo'ed that, however often Mich details are 11 published, there are many private menihers t who remain as Ignorant <?f them as they are U of the doings of othe^donotniiiniioiiH. ]( Now nothing so much Interests as in/orma- j I lion. Nothing Is so likely to awaken >yint a- i I thy and call forih co-operation. Indeed, it is J t e*8- ntlal to any wise and Intelligent puriici- t pation in Church work and to any proper iilieiality in sustaining her enterprise. Those j I who know uio"t aiiou'. them, do most and , t xiVj most generously. t it Is the<efore of great Importance to ln-|f form the people fully on all such subjects, c The pre-s is an admirable means of do:tiK " this, ltut faets show It lo be ihsutticivut eVcii c u hen the minutes of our Church courts are I pr'nted in p.tinplilet form and put In the ' hands oi all. It Is necessary that the minis- li try should speak of these things from the pulpit; not indeed that they should make them \ ilie topics of sermons or lectures, but that, in I s nianu.lar way. they re\:i;e what these hoities ] t have done, what lliev propose lo undertake, | s ;ind what share of the work is expected to lie 1 ilone l>y Hie people: and t hereupon urge their i Intelligent and heaity co-operation. c Tills should begin with the Session. There 11 itre maltcis of discipline, of careful Imjulry I nud inspection, which ought to be kepi pri-1 I viite. And there are liilnor details which ! t need no public mention, lint all proceedings 11 which relate to the condition sins, failures, 11 and dutiesol the church, should becotninu-h ideated. Especially should the people he in-| t r<? ine<i wii:?i reports go up u> me rresuyierj- i < in regard to the state of religion, their scrvices, Ittiioih, mill connitiiilinns. Ordinarily these me heard only in the l'reshy lory, except. Ihe statistical reports as published in the appendix to the minutes ot Hie tieneral AsseniUly. The pei>p:e should know what moneys Ihey have given and lor what objects; ami not only the simple Hull res which show the ? n urn bi:r rev-el veil and of the whole member- I ship ami simiWr facts, but also the estimate wnieh tlie Session lias foinied of their spli itual state and prospects. Narratives of religion ou^ht to be lend lo the chinches before tm y go up to Presb> tery. Tnen alt the dom:s of I're^bytciy which ( call lor the co-operation anil support of the j. c lurches ought to be eieariy and tully report- , td to tlieui. That bodj ?an do very little of , itself lor the advancement or the cause. They I, uic the leaders who devlsepiaus a:.il methods |. t?y wliicn the energies and resources of the 1J church are to beeiip o> ed in building up, pti-' j ritjlng, and strengthening the hedeemcr's11 kingdom. Obviously the first stip is to 111- j form the people what tiie<e | lulls and nieth- ( 01U are. A.ci the ministry impress upon their i i congregations that tiie.v are just as truly la- , boierxin the vineyard of tlie Lord as are tho|| preachi rs, miiiig elders, and Chtnc.'i courts; , nave a share in the same responsibility; and | are expected to join in the same work with ; them. Th.; 1'iesbyteiy is a representative J body, in uulmpoituui s.'nse. W hen they it-i , solve. "We wl.l iio tlmsaim sit," they mean , | the people as well as themselves. 'Jlielrdi-j, liveranecs are not oiders which they Issue to j the people as distinct from themselves, but j | declurations of duty and injunctions of scr-:) vie; on which tliey agree and decide, as a | court in which the authority ol the whole | Church is embodied, and for wnieh the whole , Church Is responsible. The people cannot divest themselves ol this responsibility, by leat lug I lie wnoie matter ami even nit kiiohi- ;, edge ot it to tins court. Hence Ihey are miltlvd to lull iulorniatioii of all such proceidiuss. It is ihtir duty to obtain 11, and in their neglect to do so.it is the duty of tin lr ministers to impart it. One of (he most painful things in I lie practical working of our system is tlir ili.yiut i.'y I ictween l'ie?byterinl re-olutionsand inJunt-U tions ami tlic c>-operaiiou of tin; diuretics M and j eople. We must address oat solves cur-1 ' ne-tly to I lie removal of iiii* disparity,and no] 1 longer allow it. lo be u piovcrb tlisit "lJie?by-, i tenai lesolutions ate inert;scn?| s (<f i>nj?t*r. *"(' And we ate to do this, not by assumptions 11 aiitnoiity nor by discipline, but by fuliy and i' caieluliy informing the people of the work | ' propi si d to bedoneand tlie plans which tlicir!1 legitimate spiritual rulers have agreed upon 11 us tlie best Let every pastor as be goo* home j < inun ho ncct In.jof 1'reshytery, make this his . I special b.isli.es-. And let liini do it at once, I* whi.e the subj. cts are fresh in his mind and < his zeal s*ill warm. In tiiis way the ardent I in eiest which ailends the discussions of his ! l'reshvti'ty and tlie enthusiasm which ton- I tact willi /.eaious biethreii has awakened will ; I be carrii d and spread ainoi.g I the churches. 1 All we have said applies io all our Church J' courts. We have iiisanced the 1'resbytery, > because It is tlie most important, and stands j ' In m< st \lial relations willi the p ople. llow i I cnnitnoi! is the exclamation a: lt? nieetiiigs,! < "Would that all our people could have been | present ami sliand the light and tlie feeling!' \t e hav e seen and it it here." The nearest up- j< |M OiK'Il l?? III i> \\ t? I'll J i M'lju ic I > it 'i vti\ ii tntv *w I i titiry thai liyht ami itdlng hoinc with him : > ami diltuse it iiy reproducing ti.e lads, ar.;u-1 < limits, mid motives which have guided and < ' swayed lite Presbytery. jl Rejoinder to l)r. Hronddtts. j< [ Hup tint Courier.) ' J Wo cheerfully ?lve place to theenmmunien- J Hon of Dr. Andrew Broaddus. Wc shall al- i I ways feci honored to have anything from Hie i pen of a writer so clear anil strong and kind. J W e esteem It a misfortune that our views on [ I thesiibj. ct dlseus-ed have failed to meet his-i approval. l'erhttp* he Is light, and wc ate 1 wrong. We feel more and more deeply, the 1 longer we Jive, how liable wc are to err, and 11 we are Increasingly anxious not only to bell right, but lhat others sl.onld noi be led in to i < error l y anything we may write or say or do., I For this reason, the columns of the Courier j I urc always open to those who dlfl'er with ?s, ji when their communications are marked by 11 candor and ability,?until It seems to us lhat I \ enough space has been given to the subject, t treated. In ihe present Instance, there I.* much that we couhl say in renly to brother llroaddiis. but we douht whettier it would l-epioi.table toproioi g the discussion, and will submit ?*uly a few general remark*. We have no ambition t" appear us the champion of the American Bible Society.and should have had nothing to s:iy about the matter In hand, lint- tl at tti? criticisms of (lie recent in tli.n of tne s??- | < cietv by some of our Baptist brethren seemed j t to u's ut'duiy sevete. and even unjust. We do| i not bcllt ve tl.nt ilic Society lias been uill ty j t of ' doubh-dealii'if," or of an attempt to ;! trick" or HioodwInk" the llapti-ls. The ; i conni'ction of liiipti-ts with the Society is not \ pii.flieble to I: pecuniarily.since tire appro-11 prlatUiii-: forl'aptists far exceed the cntribu- j 1 lions ice-ived troin our d<-nomination. lie-ji sblis, it would lie unworthy of us todontit [ the pu' ity and sincerity of all tin- eminent s < hrisllan gentlemen and scholars who const I- i tute the Boatd of Managers of the Bible Socl- t ety. I'' they have wronued the Baptists bj I their action, Ii t us not question the pmlty of' ?< their motives L< t us tin unto others as we iwould have thelil d? tint" US j I' But weeuniiotyet ?ce lhat they have wrong- r edits. 'I Ii-* new- by-law which reunited that v v? sinus i11r<? |< r< i ti innnujig-s should p> ss | t'.e te-t o: 't;?lelit> and c.iiho lctty" was i : tl- i lcI: s ii sub .|;Mile tor tin title. (nr- p1 -Red I originally Iiy in. rruioU Vi'a.< i .tnl), whn h < made the common hn'^lish version the basis 1 of all translations into foieign languages. It j C svsts a couee^slon to Baptists. because thry especially were demanding that the t.ran.-luLions should be made I ruin (lie original He.trcw and Greek. "Hut It did not pr??uil*K>, ?] in.r was It intended to awaken theexpectation, tliet any translation, whether made by I'npllst or lV'Juli:ipiiM, uiiivii rciiili'ieJ 'bupidio' by a word equivalent to ?? 11?* or immerse' would be circulated by the Society. Jtherw?se, the word 'caUiolk-ity" Would 1 Hif.stU3-ure-lly not have Leon inverted In the 11 v-taw. The use of that word wa-a clear lti-1] liniatlon.ns It bo<mi!s to us, of what Bnpi:#ta[i were lo expect. Tin - change was u.jrd l?y Dr.; s Satlsan Bishop, and olio v Baptism. In Clio j 1 hope that It- would u!:>iy ihe hritation tliKii h . xtsting. 't he I'edi baptist members of ilie ; i lioaid had Itiilc hope of such an etl'ect, hut m Lhcy said, virtually, 'If tl.nt will do any < ;ood, we are willing to try It?only remember i ?''catholicity' Mill." How the Society, cnm-n posed of all dcnomln-itlons,?of lie n who do| i not believe that'immerse' in Knulish. or Its ji valent in any other language, properly < represents the original word, of men ul:o ilo'i not. nureo with Dc-in Stanley or t'onyheare < ind Howson. lor in-t nice,?how sueii a Socle- > ly cmiM hold to^eitieroncd.'iy upon any other i !>iatfarm, we cannot conceive. They were ' willing 11 in t Baptists should translate fur the i "Society, but- in-i-ted only that they should < tear in mind, when they came to a certain ( ivord or one of its derivatives, that the prop- j r rendering wa?a point, of seeiarlan contro- i k-crsy, mid should deal with it as it hasbeen I lealt.with in our l-'ntfllsh Hl>dc. When we ) -?id tlicTSociety was rijht In tills position. we I lid not imagine that any one would suspect. < us of mean I nt; more than that It was riyhl)' from its xt'ind/iniiU ax a union Nocietj;; and >ve < listinelty added. by all inenns, if we can af- j lord it, let- us in our mission fields have oar jwii translations, under (lie auspicea of t ho j Publication Society, Or (rf the Hoards of For-1 ?i?n Missions, whife In the circulation of the!, Km.lish Scriptures we continue toco-operate; rt'ilh the Bible Society. "It" we can airord it'* I ive. aid, considering that the renderings eon-1 . leaded f>>r however Ju?t. and desiratde.are not essential to the saving cnlighlenmnnt of ihe heathen, nor even to their correct under-1 j tanding of t'ir? ordinance m naptism. We will only add Mint in our il lusion to Dr. lolin A. Ilroaddus wo lnt<'nd-*d merely J hut ] In i lie Knglish version lie does not favor the, 1-ondering 4,dip," or "immerse," and we In*!' fevreil thai lie would not insist upon a cor re?- j flooding rendering in a foreign version, as, Indispensable to "fidelity and catholicity." Xohody will suppose that we meant to c'a^s , Prof. Hri'ii l'lu-i Willi the u'>heliovers on the uhjeet of the mode of baptism as expressed] l?y the ori'.'ltinl word. Hut we do know llnvt j; liotli he and Dr. curry nave their slgnatnivs I, to the papeP adopted by the '.Madison Ave-! iiue Coiif- renee," commending the American l.ibleSociety on the grouudof "the new by-j law," with its ' fidelity and catholicity" feat- ( lire, ami we have no renson to suppose Unit ( sillier of them has changed ills mind. Shall There be Jllore War? [Christian Neighbor.] Two weelcs ago,an editorial on "The War ' LCpocli' closed with tills (|nest|o:i: What arc [he people <loi?!/ to foi entail a recurrence of the ' fo'lfi. ic.ckernp.ri and evil* of war f We would J, repeat the (|ticsi|'in: What are they doing? ' \Y Hat arc the chtin-lies doing ? What are the pressis and pulpits doing? What arc I ho J week-day or the Sunday schools doing?, Wi at are the higher iiislilutioiis of learning j -the academies, tlieeollcges, the universities, the t-eminarles.?rloiug, specially those tliati, ure profcsse liy under Christian auspices and control? What kind of hooki and pcriodi- , i-iils ha\e in en added to libraries, reading rooms and center or side t iMes since the ! war? W hat is the influence of a class of pic- ' lures luiitg in the houses of the people? What do the School hooks of Hie children read ib iut ? What, is the sphltand aim of the military schools In th^'-ountry?enlarging atid re-opening old ones and establishing ! new ones and incorporating mllltiry manen- ' vers in institutions of learning thai before the war were clear of such things ? What do legislators mean by increasing the lax burden ' an an impoverished and oppiessed people to support military establishments In order that lhe country may tie supplied with a class of ' men who cm understand bow to save the country In future cm nicely as their predcces- ' sors did twenty years ago? What do the ( no-Uwiir monuments of stone here and there ] i?ver the country "menu ?? respect mid a dec- ' tlon for those who fell or dioil In the war"? i?o bo it. if that were I tie true and only mcaniii '. [int. in so doing is It not plainly implied und assonieil tint the b-irlmrinn si/xlem ae coiding to the rules and fortunes of which these nu ll were slain Is or whs right? religion ?Christian? In honoring the memory of the slain shall the untimely bereaved bedeck and wreath the rapacious MolocK of war. who^e |av\k arc red with the iilood of millions who, by the fo ly and tyranny of war-makcr? and army commanders, were led and driven to the slauuiitei ? Let the poop e. in tlie light til' reason, facts and the Christian Scriptures, , ponder these ijuestionsandothers which tiieir own reflections may sugne-t? White it is true that very many men since the war have become anti-war men ami many 1 DiheiH are coining to the frolitof Peace and Uood-will as against War and ill-will, j et what arc tlie educational and rtligious powers of the country doing? Are they Ad lowing t he things that make for peace, or arc they tiirnlm: little by little into the old folly ruts >f w.ir? If there Is no danger of nor desire lor more war why all these preparations? If It be 'aid, "In time of peace prepare for war," ^o let all Irh ndsof peace adopt tliesame motto and do all in their power to "forestall a recurrence of the folly, wickedness and evils of war." Wasted Energies. [Associate Reformed Presbyterian. | What, prodigious energy has been expended ,ipon thedifferences hewcen evangelicalChrisiansl Tne same gie t vital doctrines are :ordialiy believed, and. indeed, there may be ("sulistan'iai agreement on many points ot ninor import-nice. buladltlcrence which only .tie educated nnd practised eye can discover ieeomes the occasion of a protracted and hit :er controversy. There is iuc most. cnuc-aii ind labored exegesis, the most learnel invesigation mid the very best ability of the resicctlve Churches Is laid under contribuiion n magnifying trifles. Tin? zeal and ium-nul.y expenued In the discussion <it the Burgess >ath or on the Form oft'hurclT Government >r on Hie Second Advent, if they could have )ecn turned Into practical channels would uivc tiuide the u ilderness and solitary place o "blo-som as the rose.'' Tiuth, all truth c;?rainiy lias a value, but not equal va!ti?; acd ret one uil-.-htsuppi.se so f.-om theearncstand nlermlnabte discissions which the 111 >sl rauslcntand local issue* elicit. Scarcely a oiinnunity in all Christendom but ha-i at oineilme in its history felt the evil .'fleets ot religouseontrover-y. And so In tense md hitter are th? feelings engendered over 1 loniessed.y lion essentia Is, me<e Shibboleths, hatschisui tails to satisfy the exacting tests ind rigid excluslveness of sectariuu partizUiship. We suppose that denominational dlfTerences vltl exist as long as the Church mil iiautt but uiely as It approaches the day of i:s tlnai i riiiuipli denoma'ional rivalries and Jcaiousie- ' Jiould cease, ceitalnly. at least, they should ose their bitterness. Is the time never coning when a Christian of one- denomination 1 an cordially fellowship with Christian breili en ol another, in all good works, without bcng regarded as lax in his views and unfalt li"u 1 to his denomlnaifonal convictions and preerences? Arc we Christians to ho ever tuning our baiteries upon each other, while the Mieiny is pouring lu shut and slu-ll in Trout i ind liank and rear? Is It a time for Kphruim oenvy Jtidali, and Judnli to vex Kfhn-im vhen the subtlest fronts of untiellcf are assailng the very foundations; when Inspiration t<Oll IS !)0II1 j Morili'.U ny mi'.* mini vnnuut ind toes i'ioiii within; Why go we out iniu lie inouiitaiiis io hunt a Ilea or n | art ridge iVlien tin* I'd 11 lsli ne is In vading the land? is lot thai worse than wasted force which labors i villi so much contention to make go<?l the icveral claims, i am of Paul: and i, of Appolos ; uud I, or Chephas. i A Few Words About the Negro. [Sfcu/ftrm Christian Advocate. Justns the ne.-ro Is lirough l under thesnnc.Ifyingand inehlei.tal advantages of Uiegos>el, is lie proved In all the points ot his charict?'r?made a lietlcr man. a morn contented :itl/.en, a more useful and induct loiis lahorcr. iless pliant tool <>f political adventurers and lropa^andisls. It pays, we feel like enipha- 1 ilsinu this il pays now, as it.did while.the no- 1 To was still a slave. Io give him the'ad Vn tinges of Bible inltruction and uo-pM preachmr. I'.ishop Warren. In a recent letter to the V. yinlhwIM, alluding to this matter of necro iiniiirall'in.says: 4 Where our church has :iven them (the negroes. Ed. S. C. A.)edne?ion, church homes, and a guiding ministry, . cry few leave." And at the late kes<lon of lie South Carolina Conference, (Northern ' Methodist.) the fame lacts were brought, out villi preference to this late Arkansas movenenl. Wecontess we occupy a low piano?at east not the highest, by any manner of neans? and yet on this, we see our way clear o iikk sor ine neiiro? wno is n**ri't ami uefiy -email-. a? il is his right ami our Interest that le should?tnask forhlm sympathy and heli> 11 his crowing di-slre lor the gospel and the icneflts which It directly aud Indirectly be- ' itows. rite Political Situation in Edgefield I County. 1 [E lyflcld Chronicle.1 We notlcc that sonre newspapers and some i >eopie talk about the "Antl slock law parly" I met Iho "(iiTei.back party"and* The People's i itljihis I'arly" and several oilier parties, as : .hough we laid a great variety ot' political < )arli"sln the itc ; but it seems to us that , nl this is very pt-rmalure, not to say erroneni-s. So f.ir as E Igc.leld county Is ciHicurnoJ i here aie > nt two political parties at present? i ;hc Democratic and the Republican. Durini: he year a numher ??1" mass-mei-tincs have I een lie:d on llie stock law i|Ueslio>.?some of i ;tie meetings have favored the stock law and 11 ithers have la-en opposed to it, but no new] I >arty has be -n organized. Indeed all the i ipeakers at tlnse mass-meetings have de-.i d that they do not Intend to dep irt from j I lie Democratic party. We have never re-: I pirded the anil stork law menus being o|?-]j tosed to the Democratic party, ami certainly | ,licy have made no movement that looks like; i treaking oil'from it. Their meetings hava i jeen held to * the purpose of demanding re-M lie-s for supposed grievances, and at all ofj h?'semeetings they have declared their abso- i lite llitciiiy to the Democratic party. It .Ism II'JIIM I IHTCIOIC ll> ic^liru l ill-ill ll? II III-IMIU parly, since llii-y have mude no organization, | mil II is t'lir t<> presume that iliey will make! Liu- light wllhln the lines of thf licmorratlc j parly. We do not believe that any consider-j ililc number ?r white men in hdgeticld! onnly would wlllln.ly break off from the! Ih-inocrol ie party and In that way inak<*it; possible for the colored people to obtain con-1 Li<>l of our alliiirs. The white-people of I his nuiiiy may dlller upon many questions, but j ihoy will all uniiein op| osition to I lie resto alioii of an ignorant nnd corrupt republican i government. No where in tl;e .Slate has; Ihirc been any new parly organized. AI nimiicrol prominent men have denoonced| :ho Democrat ic parly, and a few meetings j iavc been held, in various parts of ihefSt ite.! it which I be Stock law and the Election law ' mve been denounced, bui no new party has1 Imm 11 ori.wni/.i d against tnc licmocracy. Feo 1. in this IVec country have right to assemble | n mass uieelin^ and denounce la vs that they } onceivc to be unjust, and tlicy have a right t loInaugurate measures ml a\c tin t>claws re-1 iO.'lllMI. IMIl Ill-re 111 IVIL'CMIUIU COilll'jr mini- , \e haveso largo a colored i>< ]'u!ution t< con- j I end with, it is tiie imperative duty of the) I vhllc people to remain united and flglit out < ill dltlerences ninong ourselves. ! I ^ __ 1 THOUSANDS OF SUFEERERS. I; } The Flood in Mississippi. Fourteen counties of Mississippi, which pro-' I Itiee itiiimalty over three handled llmii-nml ' iti'cs of coi toil. are now oversowed. Fifteen ' iarishes of Louisiana which produce almost 1 lie same aii'OUnt are sulMiHT.-i d. The secretary of V? ur Is of opl.-.lou ttinl n ',IMI poo- i lie have heen driven from Iheirhoines hy the ^ vu'ers. ami are in need of temporary relief- ' iamp:y, -'im in Illinois, ."i.W In Tennessee, f s,'f il In Mississippi, l"?.uHI in Arkansas. I,.VM) n Mis>oml, .Vn in Kentucky and S/HXi In .onishina. Captain Lee. one of the ollicers en* into M'ssisslj.pi, .stales that the numier N lee-HnnaM theie has heen cleatly UhdcreMI- ' iisde I. It i* also believed lliat ti e nuiiiherof lie destitute In [.ouisiana will lie l iruely In- [ leased as the Hood Is only now reach in tr that ' !tale. As far up as Cairo, lll nois, the river use over fifty-one feel ahove hinh Water, and ' our inches 'higher than the b-voes, which H vollld have hei tl swept away hut for a teni 1 injury Inilkhead two lei t lilvh erected during ' he storm. It is impossible ti narrate the * lal:hre iillh esea| es and thiilluii: adventur s I ir to det dl t he horrors of the situation- Ills I toped that the waters will subside iu theuext J orty uayu. What a prospeot I j1 GARFIELD AM) ROSECRANS. h si The Dead President Accused of Per- y fldy in His Dealings iyit!i His Superior OSlecr in t"?c Western Army. ? It pleased Mr. Blulnens the ouloslst of the J1 ate I'residctH Garfield to wound the seiislb.lt- ?' lus hi Oeuenil Itnaei.T.in-in tho reference In* J.1 nade to the military career of tho subject <>| [' lis oration. Genera. Rosecrans in.idea brief ' iiatcinejit in reply Ihrnnirh the press. On " iV'etnesiiay last the AVw i'n-k Nun published j "I ivhat pui'i orted io be a confidential letter i" 'roni Geneial Garfield to Secretary Chase. M' lated.Iuly 27, ISO'!, in which Generit Rn?e- P :rans was charged over and again wltn hiek-jii lit! both In patriotic zeal ami In solilier.y I P iblllty. Tt seemed Impossible thatsuchalet . " er could be genuine, and for that reason we " efrained from piblMiIng it in our columns. I . 3ur reasons for doubting it were, first, thutj* General Garfield was at the date of letter the I :hlcf of General Rosecrans's stair, and such | ocret assaults upon his chief to a powerful | nemher of the cabinet (or to nny one els-) ivotild have seemed a bre ich of faith ami a vi-1 itatlon of duty; and. second, that General u iarlli ld had. on the 17th of Fchuary, ISiil, 0 'r.mi his place on the floor of the House or ttepreseniatlvcs. made a speech warmly de- n ending General Rosccrans from just su-h re- ft lections as arc contained la tiiealleired letter. I [Jul this letter to Mr. ?'ha?* lias now been tl :hrce days before the public without denial or Hl luestion of Its genuineness from any quarter. c We therefore reproduce It entire, as our read-, ? ;rs have a right to expect: j M Garfield's Letter to Chnse. !11 "[Confidential.] If' ' HEAI>Qt'AKTF.nS i {' 'DEr.YKTMENT OF THK t U51HKHI.AN O, i 0 "Nashvili.b. .in y 'i7, ififfl. '11 "My Dear Goveknor. I have lor a long r lime wanted to write to yon, not only to ae- v knowledge your last kind letter, but also to' 'ay some thing* confidentially on the move- c irftnls in this department; but I have refrain-! v d hitherto lest [ do injustice In a good man i md say to vou tilings which were belter left s unsaid. We have now, however, reached a v |ioint ti'fjon which I feel it proper, and also r tine to that kind opinion which I lielivn you n liave had of me, to acquaint you with tliecou-. v iition of atfalrs here. ' c 'I cannot conceal from yon the fact that 11 v liave bet'n greatly tried find dissatisfied with ? Wie slow progress ({(at wc have made In this " leparlment since the battieof Stone River'. I ivill say in the outset that it would he In the liluhesl degree unjust to say that the one hunIred and sixty-t?o davs which elapsed between the battieof stone River and the next ul vice of this army were spent in idleness or. g irilling lairing that periol was | e- formed : ,, the en minus and highly important, labor, ( which made the Army of the Cumberland ; what tt Is?in many respects t>y far the best jc the country has ever known, lint for many t weeks i?i lor lo our late movement I could not | / but feel tliat there was not that live and earn-; r i?st determination to Ming the great weight of j -j liii?< army mm uie ?<-a e mm oium- n? ^ 'ell in ei tithing the shell of the rebellion. 11 v liiive 110 words to tHl yon Willi how restive s [inil un-alKfied 11 spirit I waited and plead forj ^ striking a s uidy l?lo?\ I could not justly ;ay i . we were in /my proper cinditlon to advance ? till the early days of .May. At that tjme tlie c strings began to draw sharply upon the ivb-la, (l both on the Mississippi and In the K?i?t. Tin1}' , began lo fear for the safety of Vieksburg. anil v before the middle of May they beg in quietly 10 draw away forces to aid Pemberton. 1 plfad for an advance, but not. I ill June bega n Jid General Itosecrnns beginseriously to med- t lta:e aa Immediate movement. The army < uuiLgmwn anxious, with the exception of lt.? | leading Generals, who seemed blind to the ad- v vantages of the hour. In the first week of the i month a council of war was called, and ou* oi i lighten Generals who<e opinion was asked, t seventeen were opposed tonn advance. i "I was the only one who urued upon the n Genera! the imperative necessity of siriklntr \ 11 blow at. once, white Bragg was we iker mid t we stronger than ever before. I wrote a caie- \ fill rex lew of the opinions or the|f,*ncrals.nnd ( exhibited the fact, gathered from ampl.i data. r that we could throw (K.Wiu bayonets and sabres f against Uracil's allowing the mo*t liberal e*tl- i mates of bis force. Till* paper w drawn up ;i on the Xth of June. After Its presentation end | a full canvassing of the situation an advance t whs agreed upon; lint It was del i.ved through t [lays, which seemed like mouths to inc. till n ihe'iltk, when it was begun and ended, with t] what result* you know. The wisdom of the i movement was not only vlndb-aie.l. but ihe <] seventeen dissentliigGaneraN were compelled i to confess tliat It'tnc movement had been f made ten da.vs ernicr, while the weather was i propitious, the army of Dragg would, In all | human probability, no longer exist. I si all << never cease to regret the sad delay which lost j us so great an opportunity to intllcl a mortal blow upon the centre of the rebellion. The work of expelling Bragg from Middle Tennes- n see occupied nine da.vs. and ended July 3, r leaving Ills iroops In a tno-t dishearten *d and ' demorijll/ed condition, while our army, with : ii loss of less than one thousand mi-n, was in a few days fuller of potential tlsjhl than ever before. ' , " n the Mil Instant the bridges were rebuilt mid the cars were in full c iinmunii-ation from J theOumocrland to the Tennessee. I have-luce then urged, with all I he earnestness I possess, | a r.ipld advance while Bragg'sarmy was Miat tcred and under cover, and before Johnson J and he could effect a Junction. Thus far the { General has been singularly disinclined to gtasp the situation wish a strong litin-i anct j make the Advantage Ills own. I write tliiwltli more sorrow than I can tell you, for I love every bone in Ills body. an t. next to my 1 de-Ire to see the rebellion bliistecl, Is mv nnx- , lety to see lilin b!ess?*d. Hut even the breadth of my love is not sufficient to cover litis al- ! most f.itil tl( lay. Mv personal relations with , General Kosecrans are all ti:at I could desire. Officially i <diarc his councils ami responsib.l- j ities even more Iban I desire, but I beg you to J know th it this delay is against my Judgment 1 and my every wish. I'leasant as are my rela* 1 tions here, I would ralltcr command it bnttui* Ion that, would follow and follow and strike und strike than to hang back while such gold- J en momentsarepassing. ButtheOeueraiand myself be leve that I citn do more service io my present place than in command of a division, though I am aware that It Is a position which promi-es better in the way of pniiim* tlon or popular credit. But if this Inaction continues long I shall ask to be relieved an-i sent somewhere where 1 c;.n bo part of n working army. < "But I do hope that you will soon hear that ' tills splendid army Is iU least trying to do it* part In the creat wor-c. If the War Department has not always been Just, II Is certainly been very Indulgent to this army. But I feel [ that the time has now come when It shou!d'al- : low no plea to keep this army back from the s most vigorous activity. I do hope tha no ; hopes of pea'-e or submissive terms on the part | of the rebe s will lead tho government t<? dc- | lay the draft and the vigorous prosecution of | the war. Time-i I) mao* et dona ferrntes. Let 'j the na!lon now display the majesty of Its | power and the work will be speed!.y ended. I hope you will pu'rion this lengthy letter; but t [wanted yon to'know bow the ease stands, t und 1 was unwildng to have you think tne < -atls.'ifd with the UeUys her6. With kindest i regards, I am, as ever your filend. , "J.. A. U.VltKIEJ.D. ( "IJon. S. P. Chase." Gnciield's Speech in Congress in Be- i half oT IlosecrutiH. t On the 17th of Fehuary. IStJI, Garfield made ? ii speech In Congress defending Ids o d com t tnander. The following me extracts: t Joint resolution (S. No. 11) of thanks to | > Major-Ueneral Ui'ur^u 11. i nonius aim uu: Mincers iiml men who?f night under Ills coini:inn I nt the battle of CMckamauga was the next busln. ss taken from the Speaker's table ami read a flr-t ami second time. Mr. (iarrtelii?Is It In nrd^r to move an uhiemJmcnt to (hat resolution ? '1'lie Speaker? it Is. Mr. Gat tieid?Then I mavc to amend by inserting the name of Major-General W. S. Hosecrans before that of General Thomas, so that It will read "to Major-General W. S. Uosecrnns and Major-General George II. Thomas ami to the oHlcers and men under them;" * * ? Mr. Garfield?Mr. Speaker, I regret that this resolution lias come before the house of Hepresell Uit Ives as it Is now presented. * * * i now appeal to your s.ii*c of Justice whether j II be rifiht to single out a subordinate olllecr, plve him the thanks of Congress, and pass his r.liief In silence. Oil what grounds ate you now ready to Ignore the man who ha.s won so many of the proudest victories? 1 do not believe that such la the purpose or wish of this House. This re-olutlon proposes to thnrk MajorGeneral Thomas and the olllcers and men under his command lor ualIant .services in the | battle of Chicltumauga. It meets my hearty | approval for what, it contains, but my protest lor what it docs not contain. I should lie re | cr. ant to my own sense of Ju-tlce did I allow i this omission to puss witnout notice. No man i here is ready to say, and if there be such a i man I am ready to meet him, that the thank* r of this Congress are not due to Major-General t W. s. Koseeraii* for the campaign which cui- .. initiated in the buttle of Chl'?U>imnuga. Ill* not uncommon thmugiiout tho press of the t country and among many people to speak of e that batile usadl<aster to the army of the t United Stales and 10 treat of it as a defeat, ll t that battle was a defeat we may Welcome a \ liundied such deft at*. I should t>c glad It t eieli of our armies would repe-it Chickamau- i ga. Twenty such wou.d destroy the rebel t army and the lonfedeiacy utterly and for- v ever. c What was thnt battle, terminating as It did r [\ gr> at Lampal^n whose object was to drive u the rebel army beyond the Tennessee, and lo ( iibtuiu a foothold on the South bank of thai i river, which should form toe basis of future v uperutions In the Gulf states? We had never ri yet crossed that ilver, except far below iu the j: neighborhood of Corinth. Chattanooga was n Ihe gateway of the Cumberland Mountains, ., t nd until We crossed the river and hell the gateway we could not commence operations >| in Georgia. The army was oidered to cross I he river, 10 cm?p una iinui uiu uui 01 im* Uumb rluucl Mountains. it did cross In the race (if superior numbers, and after two days if lighting, more terrible, I believe, than any f( ilriee this war lie^an, the Armv of llie Cuiuiieriaiid burled back, discomfited.and repulsed 11 the combined power of three rebel arnil-s, c mined the key to the Ciimb.'iland Monnialu, {allied Chattanooga, and held il against every ' issanlt. Jl llicre has becii a more subst intial 1 access against overwhelming odds since this irar beg in 1 bare not heard of it. Ii We have had victories- (jod be thanked ? o ill along the line, but in the history of this j| ivarl know of no such batile against such ti iuinber.>; forty thousand auainst an army ni t1 i a less by a man than seventy-five thousand. q Alter the disaster to the rii/lit wiug in the lasi s iiondy aiiernoon of September 'JO twenty-live e housainl men of the Army of the Cumber- j and stood and met seventy-live thousand n liurled atiniiist tlieni. And they stood in ihelr t jloody tracks Immovable and victorious when s night threw lis maiitic aiMund the n. They ii lail rep- lied the last assail It of the rebel army. f( Who commanded the Army of the Lumber- n land? Who organized, disciplloe'.l and led t t? Who planned Its campaigns?- The (Jen* a ml whose name is omitted in this resolution, | (j Maior-Ueneral W. S. Uosecraiis. v Who took command ot the Army of the n Cumberland, found that army at Bowllig|c Lrreen in November. lMi2, as it lay disorgan- i c i/.ed. disheartened, driven back from Alaliama l ind Tennessee, and led it across the Cumber-' n i < V... K.,|||a uii/I I liniu'ii nil i |l lil IIU, {HUM 1 I'U 11, 111 11IIMMIIIC, nuu , Llic first day of the new year, planted his ban- j i uers nt Murfrecshoro In torrents of blood,and, I} in the moment of our extremes!, peril, throw- ! c ng himself Into Hie bre ?ch. s.iveil, by his per-1 y tonal valor, the Army of the.L'unr bot h nd ami | n the hopes of the Kepubllc? It was General Itosecrnns. From Hie day he assumed the i .'ommaml at Howling Green the history of Lhatarinv may be written in one sentence?it J id vanned and maintained its advanced posi- j llo . and Us last campaign under the General I if loved was the bloodiest and most brilliant, j I'lio fruits of (.'liiekatnauiia were gathered In j S'uvember on the heights of MUmuii Kidge ly liul among the clouds of Lnoxottl Mount du.i That buttle at Clialt.inoo^n Was a glorious one, 1 md every loyal heart Is pioud of it. Hui, sir, I t was won when we hud nearly three tiim-n i lie number of the enemy. It ought to I ave Ii >een won. Thank l')od that it ??s won. I : ivould lake no uuircl from the lnow of the J nan who won It. hul I would remind gent.encti here thai, while the battle ot Chaltunoo- c, :a was fought w ith \a<ily superior numbers m our pari, the halite of Coickuiiiaugu was l< on.-lit with still vaster superiority agamsl us. If there is any man upou earth whom I honir it is the man who is named in tins resolu V ion, (irnvitti George 11. Thoni.is. 1 hud oeeailoii in my remarks ou the conscription hill a k ew d t.isago to r<'ier lo him in such ici'ins ual leli'-liied to use; ami I say 11 geutle:n>*ii hero A lull if tlicru is any imin wh >se heart would be turf by the passage of this resolution a* it F tow stands, that nia.i is Gcnciul George H. 'Iiomas- I know, nnl ii:I know, that he de erves well of lilseountry,and his name oiulit R oheieeoid d in i?-:ters of gold ; iiut I know (jnaliy weli that GeiiO'iil Ko<i eraos di sei ves A tell oi ids Country. : jc-k you, then, not to ain the he.rl oi a noble imin who will he M tiiideiied with the weight of these thanks bat wrong Ills brother otlicer and Ills superior F u comtuuud. All I ask is that you will putj of.1i n.nme* Info tho resolution nnd lot them n and side hy side. J Uut n<>?* comes it still more startling feature. in find the following lu yesterday's Sew 'ork IltrrnUl: ' We luive been hnndcl the following letter, rltten hy General (jarll-ld lti January, 1S.S0, 'hirh contains views <liflorin^ ho wildly fr?>m r io?e cxpresMul Ui-hls famous Chase letter of wJ that the puhlle will ri'iui It with Hiiiazclcnt. not tinminuh-dr with regret. We are miirmed that the uri^hm'of this loiter. in th'-' * nn.lwn tin.: ill OuncraT Uarlleld, is now In le pwsefMon of purlieu of tlie highest, niioet:ihiliiy. W<* have not seen theoriginal, n-l, therefore, lire not prepare I t'? pronounce .genuine. liiil, tscnuln-* or not, it is an iuiortant addition to tlie spicy con trover y now 1 i>rig."C<.s, mid us such \ye lay ii he-'ore the nWlr, rep'ihlishin:: al the same time the tilkiiis Chase letter, tj enable our readers to lake comparisons : .'rtrficld Denies Dint he has been Untrue to Rosecrnns. % "flOUSK OF nEPKK3KNTATIves, "WA.srnN(;roN, D. Jan. i!?, is^n. "My Dear (iKNKitAi.: ,Yours of the as>th leeember camoJn?t lis I was leaving f'orOhio, r it would have heen answered sooner. "I have trie! for some ilmc ^ogethold of the rticle in the ATrm l'irk Hun to which you rc?r, and have not yei been able to do so. ' I have heen told its substance hy two or liree persons who have seen It. I can only u\ In absence of the Article itself, that any Iiarue, whether It rotnes from Dana or any tlicr lirtr, to theetlect Hint 1 was In any sense utrui* to you or unfaithful 10 our friendship lis no pirticlc of truth In It. ' On my way from yotir army to AVashlngi>n I met Mr.Stanton at Louisville, nod when ?denounced you In vlro'oiis lart'iua-je I reused lilin. and earnestly defended you .lalnst. Ills assaults. I <1 id the same, as you i-memher, In the House? of Representatives cry sixin alter I entered that body. "If you will end me Dana's article, or if I nn tlnd 'i copy of It. I will, If you think boot, i rite and publish a reply. ' it Is true Hint I was an occasional correpondent of Secretary Chase. Several times mile I was your chief of .st iff he wrote mein ennrd t<> the progress of the war. and asked ly opinions on various questions connected ?ilh It, i>ut I feiiricssjy eh iilcg? all tne ras als in the world to punlish any such letters rrllien by me. They are welcome to all the anltal tliev can make out of them. With indust regards, I am, as ever, your friend, .1. v. garfield "To general rosecrans." Kvplnining tlie Letter. The article referred to as published In the 'ail was printed in November Ih7i>, after a u-eting of the Grand Army liere, at which line Gen. Gartlcld forwarded Gen. rosccit.iik ' very feeling di-patch, asking him lo be presnt. On this occasion Charles A. Dana was here. The article mentioned was siirn"d "0. i. I).." and held Gen. Garllcld up as the party espo isiuid for Gen. Uosecrans's removal, 'lie latter sent a clipping of the same to Gon. iarrieid in a letter and informed him as lie ras then in the midst of a light for a Senatoriilp.tolet the matt r remain unheeded until iiat was over, when he thought It would be a iroper time for Gartlcld to deny the nnmeritis lies Mint bad been circulated. Iled'ose-i rans, thus showed that he still hud unlimited itith iu liia supposed fried, (iarlleld, and was uiwlliiiii! to embarrass him by even asking a 'indication from the slanderer. what gen. r0secraxs says now. T?clng Interviewed about the letter to Kcere-1, ary t/'liase, (Jen. Itoseeranssays (Jen. Garth-Id j, possibly and probably iliil" write tlie letter j . n ?nie?i iOn. and be regret* that "It was ever 11 rrlt'tin thai anybody could read it" for Gon. I j tosccrans "declares "It does discredit to die ] nemory of a dead man. because It is a mix-., ure of untruths and misrepresentations."' t le further says that for a man win held such \ .position as ihat tilled by Gen. Gariield to | rrite such a letter "Is a piece of tlie blackest) reaehery to one \v!io hud aiways jriven thei, niter the fit!Ic3t pi oofs of his cantMenee." | ?<-n. Ko'-ctans then asserts that Gartic'd;1 icver expressed to him sen:imerits of-lm-;' mtlcnee or dissatisfaction with regard to tlio novcmeiits of t!m Army of the Cumberland,!, md that Garfield knew that he cRoso-ratis) j ial made up ills mind ns to the conduct of* iif openin!; campaign wlihiutrex|ieet t-> wiiat hegemrals nndir lilrn Ihnudit. lie shown ilso tliiit these movements were made as lulckly nnd cN|K'diti?tisly as it was possible to J nuke th'ill. Concluding, Gen. Kosecrans is luotcil as saying: "I had no Idea at the lime tint I was harbnrlnz n pets in eapniile of such iilseness and doubie-ilrHlini: or there would lave been a court-martial at onee. I did not ! ook for such an exhibition of Gen. Garlleld s h (meter as 11:is. a id am sorry ilmt the letter ;1 >ver saw the light." A QCEER STOJIY toes that in lfifil, shortly after Gen. Roseerans iad iiceu removed, the late F. I'. lilair. Sr., , :ave adlnner in Washington to his son, F. I'. llnir, Jr.. then Just, from ilie victorious Held if Vicksbur*. at which were present., nmonu 1 I'.hcrs, Montgomery Blair and General Gnrie!U, then Just elected tn Congre.^s. At this I inner the sullied of Gen. Roseeruns's renmvil was freely discussed, and there was a i/euerii expression of opinion that hi* removal was , i ijriivft mistake. By no one was tlil* expres1'in inure forcibly stilted than by Gen Garb-Id. who was load hi Ills praises of hint as a Military g-nlus and able Geneml. Montf.inier.v IJIiiir was so mueli lni(iie>S'd by Gen. jardeld's statement of the case tliat he went o President Lincoln and u>-ed about the folowinc argument: ''Mr. President, I do ii?t vant to seem otlleioifs, hut I was ho forcibly i mpressed by a c-'invcrsRllon I had last even-, ns with a young member of Congress from llilo, who previous to his c ection was Gen. tosecrans's chief uf stall, that I have come to roll lis 11 m;iuITI ui mil) in s.'ij biini> i iniiiiv Jen. R<isccrans'n removal was a g-ave misuke. Tlic gentleman referred to impressed lie so favorably as to his own military ability mil the p;sltlveneKs of hW declarations. that 'ant fulty convinced of his knowledge and udgment In the matter." "Who is this gentleman ?"' tl'.c President Is pported to have Inquired. I "Gun Gartleld," i eidled Mr. IJlnir. "Gen. Gartleld ? Why, it. was upon his j itatementuf laets and repre-cntulions inoro! han anything else that- his removal was tt*ed," said .Mr. Lincoln, with an expression it surprise. HucSi Tulk and Regret Over That Famous Letter. The publication of the letters of the late' " leddi-nt (iarlleld, relating to Gen. Iiosecrans mil the army of the (Jumbelaod, Is still the ubject of much quiet talk In Washington ktii:>ng public men and oltlclals, The prcva-; cut feeling ts that It is to he iMC.itI.v reurclted ,'iat just at this time tiie letters should lie pub-; ivheil and made tlie subject of controversy, j I'hose personally interested in getting at tiie ruth appe ir to 1m: determined to do so. (Jen. ICoseeransstill clings to the belief that ,he Gartleld letter to Chaw: tntW- he Fpuri-?us, \ nit lie is sorely puzzled, and he I* engaged in icarchlng the archives of the War Depart-! nent and making other Investigations In or-J Icr, If possible, to sel at. rest the charge that! inrlh'ld was untrue to him. The following is related l?y a prominent ex- j Union General as a pieceof unwritten history ; n coruieeiion with the revival <>t thcKose-j Tans Garlleld letters and as a hitherto forgot-; en fact, which will tend t'i slrenuthen Ihe; veil known I':lemlship and alTeellon which' xlsted between the two. It will lie-rein "in-j icred ihat General Garlleld was a deb-gitej 'mm Ohio to.the l5iil:lmore(,'on venthin in I.SGI, i ind iioniliiated President Lincoln for Hip sec-j >nd term. After Lincoln had been nomina-1 ed Garfield te'erraphed to ltosecrans, then in ! ?t. Louis, us follows: "Vice Pre? Ideney going | i hcgulng. Will you accept ?" General !{o'C-l trans, alter consultation with a well known; icneral, now in Washington. con?euiel, and cut an answer to General G irtie d. this aoi ver having, it Is said, been suppressed l?y 'tanton in ine war Department., [Iinm^ii vhose hands sill telegrams nt Hint time went. I Vs a consequence Andrew Johnson received o j lominatlon which (Jenernl Itosenmns would ; inquestlniiaMv have secured, and Lincoln s leatli would h;ive placed him In Ihf* Preslden-l liil chair, which subsequently was filled by I rolmson. Mayor Ilnrrlson. of f'hicniro, writes to thej Vimr.i thai In ISrti. hcin^ Invlt"d by prominent j ;enilcinen of that city to he present at a prl ate reception in honor of General 0'>rlh ld, j ic was .struck by the bl-ih praise aeeoid<'d by i javtleld to O-nernl llos.einns. Krorn a ci.n-1 crsatlon he had with Garfield, he found that te regarded Itosecransasoneol the most skill ! til ol Gcnenilsand as one of the tnoxt worthy I f men ; his commendation was earnest mid j eft no grounds for doubt ns to sincerity. 'i lie [ dayor intimates that lie regards Hie recently ! iiiblished letter atti ibuted t'? Garfield attackiiK Ucner il Uo<ecrans :>s a forgery. A very Interesting story h is tieen clreul-itcd n Chica'.'o a>. to now Garfield's letter to t'liasp ached Mr, Dana for publication In New 1 fork. A gentleman who was familiar with he fact" s'ates that the letter In question w,i< urnlslied to Mr. Conldliiirby Mr.Sprauue. and hat it was a part of the ammunition prepared bv Mr. Conk ling when he contemplated the greatest efl'irt of his life" In the .Senate ?y tn;iklugan out-and-out attack upon Gen- < :raI Garfield. It has been generally supposed [ hat Mr. Dana must h ive obtained a copy of11 Ills li tter when be was Asl.<t:.nt secretin y ol Var. Tills sm:gcMlon was lin.s>'d, upon the! heory that Mr. Chase might hi ve sent the let*} er to the War Department for inforina'ion a I'-;, er lis reception, and Unit Mr Dana In some tray obtained a copy of it. i'hl? the iry, bow ver. mis never mm many nfievur^. u>r mu,, eason that Mr. Oa mi won I it naluriillv have j ised the lett-r during the eami'nhn, when I lew-rat Garfield, In a loiter over his i?wu slgiiituri* addressed to Ho?eerans, chargcd Dana , pith being a liar. Mr. Conk line's brother IxJ, me o'" the stocklio'dcrs of I lie Sun. Mr Dana s a personal friend of Mr. Colliding. and it Is inderstood that the letter only rasne in'o his!, losses* Ion a lew days before Its pabllcallnn. The Words of lllttine Which Gave' O /fence. ! Senator Maine In his memorial oration be- J )ie Congress upon the late James A. Garfield, i nade use of the following word-", which were j onstrued to be a reflection on General It ise-i, rans, whose subordinate officer General Unr-11 leld whs: Knrly In 18IW Garfield was assigned to the' | i-'My Important and re-poiislble (tost of chief [, f stall to General Kn*ecraiis, then nt tlieij icad of the Army of the Cumberland. I*?-r- j, laps in a treat military campaign no Mihordi-1 ale officer requires sounder Judgment and|| ulcker knowledge of men th'?n the chief ofj j latrtothe commanding eeuernl. An Indls- , ......i ...... in vii.at ! tvisli.lon ran sow more i ' Isconl, hrced more jealousy ami <!issei!iln!itii ( uore strife than any oilier officer in llieen-ji Ire organization. When (Jeneral Garfield as. ( ume<t his new duties he round various trou-', i|esalready well developed and seriously af-, j pcling the value ami efficiency of I lit* Arm v j y f I he Cumberland. The energy. I lie Impariailly. and the tact with which he sou .'ht to i May these dissensions, and to discharge tlie' ( utli-s of his new and fylmr position wld al-1. - ays remain one of the most striking proofs J J fhlsgreut versatility. His military duties ) io-ed on the memorable field of ChiekamaiN ( a. a field which however disastrous to the1, 'nion arms gave to him the occasion of win- t dug impei ishahle laurels. The very rare dls-! r i net Ion was aceordeo hi in of a great promo-if ton for his hravery on a field that was lo^t. | 'resident Lincoln appointed him a Major-1| Icieral In the Army of the United States lor s a.lantand meritorious conduct In Hie bat tie, ^ f Chickamaugu. i jj The Hand That Rocks the World, a liesslncs on the lmnd of woman ! ; Angels guard Its strength and grncc, s n the palace, cottaee, hovel? n Oh. no matter where the place : k'ouM that never storms assailed it? c Itulnhows over gently curled; n 'or the tia'i I tint roeks the cradle i a Is tiic hand that rocks the world. j nfaney's the tender fountain. ' f Rimvts niiiy wltti beauty crow-? In Inthi r s tiist toiMihlc tho s'remlct, , o Krom t'lelrx nil's unresting flow? ); row on Til the good or evil, |y Sunshine -tieaim d or darkness hurled; , i or the hand that cocks the cradle I Is th?r hand that rucks the world. ! ii i Ji i'nman ! how divine your mission, v Here upon your natal sod j h 'eep. oh keep the vonmr heart open ! ii Always to the hreath of Cod ! j ri II true trophies of tile ages I |, Aiefrom mother lov-Inspcarled; o orthe hand that rocks the cradle 1 s< Is t lie IiiiikI that rocks the world. ! H testlniT on the hand of woman: il Fiither's sons ami tliuiglilcr^ cry ; j (, nil llu>siutimI Mm;; I* minjj.cil is Willi Hie wnrslii-? in (lie sky : 'lucifs whore no tempest* darken ltiilnhnvvs everinere are l<tirletl : ! o nr the liaiul that roeks the crnd'e ) la the hand that rocks the world, j a . < Plie Plague of Profanity: 1 SERMON BT DR. TALHAGE. )elivcre<l Last Sunday Morning', Dccombcr 18, 1881. L Scries of Cat.i aroplies? A Wife's Advice? Job's Better S^nso?Dliwphpmy a Plague of To-day?A two days' liecord of Trivelling Prof:mitie.s---llmv tlio Swearing Habit Grows?Bv Cliil-j drou Thinking it Manly?By E.x-1 ample of Fathers and Employers? From Infirmity of Temper-?From Profusion of By words? Leads to Perjury? What is ti>? Cure ??Entreat i God to Deliver?Sudden Punishment of the Ilaliit?A Man's Tongue Cut Out in New Jersey?A Scotchman's Remarkable Death?A Blasphemer at Catski 11?The Cave of Dionvsius? Who is Blasphemed?Tho Dark Day in New England. "Cnrne Owl out Jul) 2: 0. A story oriental ami marvelVotis. Job wa? lie richest man in all tlv? Mast. lie Inni amels mid oxen ami asses an I sheep. ami vHiit would have made lilm rich' without inythtng else, seven sons and three dan^li,ers. It was the ha'>51 of these children to rather together for lanitry reunion. Urn-day. I di 1< thinking of his children as uather.id iogether ut a banquet at the elder brother's in'i^e. While the old man 1" seated at Ills tentdoor le sets some on* running, evidently from Ills manner bringing bad news. What is tin* nat'er now ? "Oh." says the ine*<engcr, "a rintging partv of Suheans have fallen upon ,ho oxen and tne asses, and destroyed them. i:id butchered all the servants except iny? Stand aside. Another mce<enger running. What. Is the matter now ? "On." says ilir ninn, "the llshtulni ha?strtick tbo ?h-eo vnil the shenheriU. and all the shepherds are Jestmyed exempt myself." stand aside. Another inweneer run<tIng. Wlmt. In the mailer now ? "Oft,"' he vays, ''thoOhn'deans have aplured til ' camels, iind slain a t the camcldrivers except myself." Stanrl aside. Another me-scng>-r running. "What is the matter now? "Oh." he says, a "hurtIrani; struck Ihe four corners of the tont whern your c.Milam were-assembled at t!io ban juet, and they are all dead. Hut the chapter of calamity has not ended. Inb was.smitten with elephantiasis, or bl ick leprosy. Tumors from head to foot?forehead 11:with tubercles?eyclnshes fall out ? nos'trilsexcTlated?voice de-troye I?Intolernh|e exhalations from the entire ho ly, until with none to dress- hNvo'es, he sits clown In Ihe ashes with nothing I.ut pieres of broken pottery to use in the surgery of his wounds. At this moment, when he n?edecF all encourigemont. and all consolation, Ills wife comes; in. In a fret and a rag", and says: Thin in ut Wcrrtbli\ our property gone, our children slain, and now you covered up with this' loathsome and disgusting disease. Why don't jou answer ? ("ur^e God and dh>!" Ah, Job knew right well that SWF.ARIJfO WOULD NOT CURE me of the tumorsot his agonized body, would not. bring back one of Ills destroyed camels. A'ould not te^tere or.o of his dead children, lie knew that profanity would only make the palji more unbearable, and the poverty more MstresBlng.and the bereavement more exeru iatlng. Hut Judging from thi* profanity ibtotid in otirdav, you mf 'ht c niii* to the onctu^ion that there was some g,eat advantage to be reaped from profanity. JHaxphrmy it on* of Ihe ten p'apiirt which tmvc smitten these great cities. You hear It In every direction.' The dravmni> swearing ut his cart, the sewing girl Imprec it'ng the the tangiel skein, the accountant cu'Sing the longliueof tioublesotncfigures.' Sweating at the store, swearing on the toft, swearing In the cellar, 6vvcai lng on the si reel, swearing In the factory. Children swear. .Men swear Ladles swear! Swearing from th rough eaillngonthe Aimlrhty in the low resta ir.ui', clear u:> lo the reckless ' <> Lord!" of a glltte: lng drawing-room; and the one Is us much blasphemy as the other There are times when we must cry ont to the Lord by reason of our physical a.*ony or oar mental distress, and that is only throwIn? ont our weak Laud toward the s'ron.' urin of a father, it was no profanity when lames A. Garlleld, in the Washington depot, cried out. "My Hod, what does this mean?" There Is no profinlty In calling out upon (iod in t he day of tronbtv. In the day of darkness, In Ihe day of physical anguish, in tin* day of bereavement; nut. I am speaking tuv.v of th<? triviality and of th'* recklessness with U II It'll LJII* Ililill I* III vjwi i^niMiii'biui^ iiiiiiiiig'. vt. The whole land is e.ur-ed with It. A gentleman coming from the far \Ve?t sat In ill"* cur ?l;iy jifter day behind tun persons whc? wereIndulging in profanity.and he-made up his tnind that lie would make <t wurit of their p> o/unitien, and at the end of two day's several sheet* of paper were covered with these imprecations, and at the close of ihe Journey lie handel the manos'-ript to one of the persons, in front of him. ''It Is possible." wild the man, "that we have uttered so many pio'anitics the lust few days?" "It. is,"' replied the contleman. Then." said the man who had taken the manuscript, "1 will never swear again." . I'Ut. it is a compnrrtlvely unimportant lliitig if man makes reeord of our lir. propri'tles of speech. 'i'ho more m-tnoin'ue consideration I* that every improper word, oveiy nalii uttered, lias a record in tiic b>ok of t_5od s iviuemberanee, and that the day will come when all our crimes of speech, if unrepented i>l, will be nnr C'ondemnnilon. I shall not this trmrt.ingdcal in ah-tract ions. I hale abstractions. 1 am going to have a plain talk with you, my brother, about a habit th it you iidniit to he wrong, 'J'lie habit grows In the community in the fa.-t thut young people think it MANIA' TO SWEAR. Little children, hardly side lo walk siralght on t!?estreet, yet having enough distinctness of utterance to let you know that they are dumtilujr their own souls, or damning the K.iulsof others. Il ls mi awful thing the first time the liulc feet art* Hrled to h ivc them set down on the burning i avement of hell! Between sixteen and twenty years of aire, tiierc is apt to come a time when n young man N as much n*hamcd of not being able to swear gmeefnlly as he Isoftiic iliz/.lne>8 of hi* first cigar. lie has his hat, hN l>0'?t, andIds coat of the right pattern, and n >w, if lie only swear without uukurdness, and as well as his comrades, he believes lie Is In the IllSaiOII. i III'IL" III C .1 i iu UK lllfll ? ??!< * Ill an atmosphere of imprecation?oathson tliclr lips, under their tongues. nesting in their shock of hair. Thi*y have no rested fur God, although they hav.? great respect lor ladle*! My young brother, there Is no manliness In that, 'I lie most un^entlemnniy thin;: a man can do Is swear. Fithcvs foster thti crlmr. There are parents who :ir?* very cautious not to swear in the |>rc?ence of th-lr chlidien ; in a moment itf sudden anuer, they look a mind to w-c If I lie- children are present, then they indulge In this hahlt. Do you not know, O, father, that your child is aware of the fact that you swear, lie overheated yon in the next room or some no lias informed him of your habit. He Is practicln; now. In ten years he wLII swear as well us you do. Do not, 0 father, be under the d-.-lusiou that von may swear and your son not know It. It is ah awful tiling to start the liihiMn a family? the lath rio he uro'atnvand tifen h have the echo of his example come hack from oilier generation* ; sotli.t^i'iicraiiotis alter gcuerations cur<ethe Lord. The crime Is also fostered by nia?ter-ni'?cli:mics, boss carpenters those who ate nt the head of men In iiat factories, nnd In dockyards. and at the head ol great business eslabll.-liincnts. When you go dow n io look at the work of the sea Holding, and you Hud Is nut done riicht, ? hat do you sayr It Is not praying. Is it ? The emp oyer swears?his cmpoye i>tenip'c I toswcir. The man say>: "1 dun i know why my euiptover, wonh m:>,U00 i.r?i?).i.tJ i should have any luxury I should be denied simply net-wise I am poor. L'ccaiise I am poor aud dependent oi' a day's wa^rs. htuen'l 1 as much rl-:ht to swear us be has villi his 11rue int u lie." Employees swoir, and tisa: mike* so many einployeis swear. The inibit al-o IVoni infirmity of Icmiicr. There are a go.nl many people who, wlicii they are at pea-c, have rigliteournes.<otspueeh but when angered they blaze with imprecation. l*crlmp*uli the rest ol thi-year they talk In tight language, but now tht*y pi.urout the fury ot a wno e year in one red liot i arakr.ii h uf live minutes. 1 knew of u man who excused aimself fir the habit, saying: "I only swear mice In a great while. 1 must do that just tocicar myself out." The habit comes also from tlie profuse USE OK BYWORDS. The transition fr-m a byword which may he peifeetly bunnies to impremilon and p:or..i.tiv lc ii.it n vi.ri l?ree Liuns.tlon. it is "my stai*!' iin?l "mercy on me!' and "auuil 5 achats !" and "hy G o ge !" ami* hy Jove!" mid you uo 011 Willi thai a 1 tt e while, anil then \on swear, 'lhcse .words. perfectly harmless in themselves,aire the next, door to Imprecation and blasphemy. A profuse use of iiyvvor.l atw >*.* ends in proi miry. 77i*r habit cm-piny vj> Into II.e lilyn< st st> le of soi-i-'ty. Women have 110 pat'ence with ll.it itml unvarnished profanity. They wilt ortl< r a man out of the parlor indulging in hh.sphemy, and yet yoti will sometimes llnd them Willi tairy tan to the 1 p, and under uhatideli'Ts vvhleli brin* no Mush to their ei.eek, taUinsr on llielr tips the holiest of names In utter tiivlality. Why my friends, the l*n::li?ii language Is comprehensive and eapahle of expressing a:l shapes of leclmg aiu* every decree of energy. | Are yon happy. Noah Webster will jjlveyoit ten thousand words with which to expicvs your cxhiltration. Are you iklilcously indfcmuit. there are wh >le armories in i lie vo* inbulary?whole armies of denunciation, and icorn. ami sarcasm,and l.uny, and caricature ind wrath. Yoiiexpre'i?yoiir?clfaj.,aiinslsoine meanness, or li\ poerisy In ail the oaths that t>versino!{ed up Irom the pit. and I will come rlyht on after you an I give a thousandfold more emphasis of dcnunciailon to llie same liypocriey In words aero-s which no slime has Bver trailed, ami into which the tires or hell liave never shot their forked loimues?the l?urp, the innocent God-honored Augio-Saxon* n which Milton sail;, and John Huuvan 1 reamed, and Shakespearedramatize I. There Is no excuse lor profanity ?hen we j tmvs such a magnificent lan^uiue? such h; low of good words, potent words, mi.hty ivords just io suit every crl-isami every oa-e. luillin f?;i llRti of tt. I > l'< > I'll 11 i t i? Oil he the increase. imii if yon iio n>>t k now, it is iccaus-your ear< have been hadciicd l?y Hie; Jin of Imprecations so that you are not stir'cd and moved as you ouibt lo be Ity pioanities in tjiese cities which are enough to ritiji a hurricane of lire like that which conitiineii SoiioniDo you know that tills trivial use of (rod's mine results in pet Jury? Do you' know that' jeopie take Hie name of <?od on their lips in ceklessness and Ih.iujfhtlcssncs? nre fosterns the crime of perjury ? .Maice I lie iiiirne of iod a foot-bail in the eoimnuniiy, unit it liasj to power wnen In court-room anil in lepisia-' Ive assembly It Is employed in solemn adjii-! ation, See ihe way sometime- they uditi in is <-r the oath: "S'help \on God?kiss the" iook !"' Smuggling, which is always a viola-; Ion of tiie oath, becomes in some ciieies a ;:andjolo\ ^ on say ion loan; '"how is it >r*.?ihle for you to sell these poods so very ilieap ? 1 can't understand it." "Ah!" he eplics. with a twinkle of the e.\o, "the Cus-i om House taritl of these poods isn't as much ?s it might be." An oath does not mean as inteh as it would were the name of (iod used n reference and in solemnity. Why is It that o often Jurors render unaccountable verdicts.; .ml Judges give unaccountable charges, and. iseless railroad schemes pass In our State; npltals, and th"rearc most unjust clningt'S naile in tarill's?tnrifT lifted from one tiling ud put uj on another? what is an oath? mythlng solemn ? Anything that onlls up-1 in the Almighty ? Anything lliat marks an Villi iii a mail's history? oh, o ! It i> :is?lhg the linok! Theio Is no Imliit, I loll on plainly?anil I talk t<> luimtieils ami iioujiintls of iiini (his inornin-i who will hitiiU mi- for my iilteranees? I t<il you, my oilier? I talk hi yon not professionally but n>t as one hi other talks to another up mimic erj iiiipoilai:t M-hi'ine?I lell yon there Is no libit that so depletes a man's nature as the alntot prolan Hy. You misht as well try to nise vlncyai'.U anil oiehartls'on tin* siiles of elehlny Mioniholi a* to raise anything koihI ii a heart from wlticli th'-re pours 0111 the I'oriaol proi'aiiity. You may swear yourseli own; you en mint siccnr j/uurw If hj>. \\ hen lie .Mohammedan tlnds a piece ol' pnprr lie iinnot reail. lie puts It aside veiy enntiously >r f>*??r thi- name of tioil may he on ii. That , i one extreme. We go to the oilier. Now what is tilk it uk f this habit? It is a r.ljility habit. Men ave struggled for years to get over it. There re men la tills house of (Jod this niornlny ' i irho would give half t'?>lr for ton* lo set nd >f it. An njfi'd nmn was In the di llrlum of it fevor. He hud fur many years llvt d a nnmt upright life and was honored In all the community; hut when ho came into liio delirium i)t' this fever he wan 'lull <?f Imprera'lun and (j pio'unlty, and they could nut uiuIo<'>iahd it. After Ik* cuint to liU rtirht reason Bo xphiined It. Iletsald: '"When I uai a youii* own I was very profane. I eomiuorea fheitaWt, ? t)iit I lmd to stiugsjle a!i tl?rou ;h li!'o. You ' haven't for forty yearn hi?ard meuay an Improper word, hut it has heen ail awful Struggle. Thr tij/cr tx chained, hut he I* alive yet." If you would act- rid of this ha'dt. Twant yon my friends, to dwell upon the usefulness of It Did a volley of oath* ever start a heavy load? Did they ever extirpate meanness from a customer? DM i h?y ever collect ? a ha-l debt? I)hl the.v ever cu.e a UK?th"?che? DH they ever stop o twinge of the rheuma- \ tlsm? Kill they ever he:p you forward one | htepln the ri.:tit direction? t'oine now. tell > me. ye who have had the ino?t experience In this habit, how much have you made out of it? Five thousand dollars In all you>-life? t N'o. One thousand? No. One liuiidrel? , Mo. Oik* dollar? N'o. One cent? No. If , the habit Im? so utterly useless.away with it. \ Hut you say "I have struggled to overcome , th" habit a Ion? while and I have not t>ecn , suceeHHfol." You struggled In your own t srength, my brother. If ever a man wants j G >d. it Is I i such a crisis of his history. God j alone by Ills grace an emancipate yon from > that trouble. ?'all upon Him day nn i ni.'hi , fiat yci may be delivered from this crime, t Iteme-nher also in the cure of this h ihlt that < It uMirsC'Go'l's indignation. The Hi hie r<du erites from chapter to chapter and verse uft- r 1 verse the fact t' at it Is a cursed for this lile \ and that It makes a man miserable for ete.-i nliy. INSTANCES OF AWFUT, PVNI9HMEXT. I . There Is not a sin In all the catalogue that Is | *o often peremptorily and suddenly punished ( In this world as the sin of profanity. There |* , not a city or a vii aue hut <nn Klvea?ll:Qs- , tratlon or a man struck downat the moment j of Imprecation. At New Hruuswtck. N J.. , Just before I went there as a student, this no.: j currence took p nee In front of thecolleKe. j On the r ill-trnek a man had unered a horrid oath. Fie saw now that tne rail train wa? coming. Tho locomotive Mruck him and in8'antiy dashed his lite ut. The peculiarity "f the circumstance was that the phyKh-laus t examining his body found hardly a bruise ex- < C"nt that hit o-iijue turn cut out.' There was no I mystery ahont It. He cursed God ami died I In Scotland a ctub assembled every week 1 for purpose- of wlckcdtics-j,and there w:i?a I competition as to which could use the most horrid oath, and the man who succeeded was < to he presldcn: of tne club. The competition went on. A man nitercd an oath which con- I founded till his comrade", ami ho whs made i pivMiientof the cinb. His tongue began lo i ^woll.and It protruded from the mouth, and I he could not draw It In. and he died, and the I physicians said: "ThU Is the strangest thing i we ever saw: we never saw any account In the book* like unto it: we ca 't understand 1 It" I understand It. He cursed Hod and died. At Catsklll, X. Y?n ??rnup of m"n stood In >t i blacksmith's shop dnting a violent thunder i storm. There came urnmhof ttiunder and some of the men trembled One man said: j"\Vhy, I don't see what vonnreiifruM of. I I urn not afraid to go.out In front of the shop and defy the Almighty. 1 am not or aid of : the lightning." And he Inld a wuirer on the subject, and he went. o?t, mid he Hhook his i tlst at the henvens.crylm:.,\9,rf&', if you dare! i and Instantly, he fell under a bo.t. wtuvt destroyed him? Any myster> about It? Oh. i no. He cursed God and died. Oh, my brnth'-r.God will not allow this sin to go unpunished. There are styles of wrl > tin:; with manlfiiKI sheet*, so Mint a man wrl- < ! tin/ on one leaf writes clear through t"n, rlf; teen, or twenty sheet*, ari4 so every profanl- ! i ty we ntler goes rlghr' down through the ] leaves of the book of God's remembrance. It 1 . Is no exceptional sin. Do you suppose you 1 could count the profanities of last week?the | profanities of office, store, shop, factory 7 1 ; They euwd <Jod. lh;*y curbed HI* word, they i curscii His ?,nly begotten son i I Yesterday morning,on Fulton Street, no I was passing along. I heard a man swear by lihe name of Jesus. My hair lifted. My j blood run c?>ld. .My breath caught. My fciot halted. Do you uot suppose thot Gou is ng; irravated ? Do you not suppose that God : knows uhout it? Dlonvslus used to have a j ciiV" in w'llch Ills culprits were li careeiatcd, i and h" listened at the top of that cave and he | could hear every groan, lie could hear every nigh, and he could hear every whisper of I those who were Imprisoned. He wasaty; rant. God Is not a tyrant; but He bends over i this world and H* hears everything?every j voice of pralno??*vo"y voice of impiecatlon. He-hears It all. Th" oaths seem to die on the | ii i r, nil l ctvff /iuvi; niv cu<v? a ik / wiuv j back from I tic ages to eoine. LISTEN ! LISTF.Nl I "All blasphemers shall have their place In ! tin- ril?e which burnetii with flrc and brim atone, which Is live second death." Anil If. iico-Uiiit! to tUe theory of some, a man eom' mi's In t?h? next wurM (he. Ins which he comI milled In tills world?Is unpardoned, unio1 jffiifiut d?think of a mare's ifoinj; ou cursing the name of God to all eternity 1 i I ho habit it.o.vs. You start wirti a small ' oath, ,\on will come to the litriro onCti. I saw In nmn die with an o-itli between hlsteeih. ! Voltaire oil y ^r.iclimlTy m>nt? to III* tre-iimidous impre ntloii: hut the habit trrew on him ; miti: Uv the l ist tnomi'iit, snip >sliik CUrist stoodal the b'd. lie t'Xc alme-J. "Christ, thai wretch! Christ. that wietelil" On, my brother, you b-.-^ji 11 to swear and there is noihi In* Impossible for you In the wiongdlretj ti< n. % I Who Is 1 his Od wliove name you are uslnc I In swearing? W'i'o Is He? Is Hen tyrant? Has lie pursue 1 you all your life Ions;? Has I He starved you, frozen jou. tyrHimlzed over you ? No. lit- lias loved you. He has sheltered you,He winched you last nlxlit. He will wuiuli you to niirlir. He want* to love you. wants 10 help you. wants to save you, wantto comfort you. He was your father's God and your mother's God. He has housed them, saved thorn from the bln>t. and He wants to shelter you. WTl you spit In Ills f?ee i>y an linpreea'ion ? Will you ever thrust lllai back by an oath? Who Is this Jesus whefee name I hoard In the Imprecation? Has He purged von all your lll'e loni;? What vile thtmc has He done t? you that you slioud so dishonor His name? Wh/, He was the Lamb whose blood slnimere.1 In the flie> of sacrifice f-r you. He Is tiie bro; lie J that took off Ills crown that ymt might put It on. lie has pursued you all I your life Ions: with mercy. He waivis you to love Him, wants you toscrve Him. He comes ! with streaming eyes mid broken heart and j blistered f<et to mivp you. on mo crau or our doomed L?timm>ity He ptiwlieU out Into tne sea to take you olf Uk> wreck. Where Is the hand that will ever bo lifted In Imprecation again? Let tlint bund, now blood tipped, be lifted Hint I may see It. Not one. Where Is tiie voice thni will ever beutI tered In dishonoring the mime of tlmtl'hi Ut ? | Lei It speak now, Not one. Not one. Oh! I am Kind to know Hint all tin se \ Ices of the | community and the*e crimes or our city will I be roup. Society l? going to be bettered. I The world hy the power of Christ's Go-^po! Is ! going to tie s.ived.nud this crime, this Iniquity, and all tile t>. her iniquities will vanish helore the rising of Hie Sun vT Itlghtcousiies* upon the nation. There was one dat in new kn6land memorable for storm and doi kiies". I hardly ever saw such an evening. The clouds which , hud been leathering a.l day unlimbered thch batteries. The Housatonlc, which Hows j quietly save as lire paddles ol plc.iaure parties I rattle Hie oarlock*, was lashed Into foam, and | the waves hurdiy knew where to lay tl.emi selves. { Oh! what a Umt it wan. The hills Jut rod nilj der the rumbhegof God's chariot*, minding sheets of rain drove the cattle to the bars, or l heat against tin; window pane as though to | dash It In. The grain fields .hrew their I crowns of gold at the feet of Oie.storm king, i When nUlit came in it wns u double night. Its mantle was lorn wl'li the lightning* and into Its lo>*ks we/e twined the l'-n.es i f upi ro"tJd otiks, nnd Hie shreds of canvas torn ! from the mn.*tsof the beaeiied shipping It uuik such a ni^hl a> niitkes you thank God f<>r; I shelter, and open the door to ict In the sp,.n-1 j lei howling outside with tenor. i We went to s.eep under the full blast of . heaven'sgieat orclie Ira, the foiesls Willi np-| 'lilied voices, in etio'in that tilled the im.iin| tains, praising the Lod. We woke not uniii , iiie lingers of Hp* sunny niotn touched ottri .eyelids. We looked out the window ai.d i liousainnlc slept as (|uiot as an lnf:iiit's| : d eain ! 1'illars of cl>u is set against the sky i I looked like ti.c castles of the blest i uiit lor ; heavenly hicinrchs on Hie beach of the azure sea. All the tries sparkled as though there I had been some gre<t grief in heaven.and | each h af Imd heen God-.ipi aimed to < atcli an angel's tear. It seemed as If our Father hud I looked upon the earili, //is wayward child, and | stooped to her teir-wer cheek and kissed It. | So will the darkness of sin and crime leave our w'-rld before the dawn of the iiioi nliig. Th? light shall gild the < lty spire and strike the for<st? of Maine to tne masts of Monlle, undone end resting on the Atlantic coast, the oilier resting on tin* l'acltlcbeach. God will >prlng u gr.'fit ralnb >w arch of peace, in t"ken of everlasting covenant that the world Isl ail never more see a deluge oj crime. God ! stive tlie city : uou frave me uunuu; Ti e Case Of Cljbnrn. i In pncsinu upon the petition of J. J. Clyburn, tiie I'li n den ni.irlerer, f >r commutation 1 of the dentli M'lilcnei* In lite luiprlsoiimeiil. : Governor lia^ood has tiled lite following paper: | On tin* lOlli day of July, IKRI, James J. ClyI.urn. 11 vim; In adultery with > lla Shenrn, Hiiut and ki l>'d Al-x. Slienru, tlie husband oi . Kll.i. t/lyburu Id not yet 21 yens old; Alex, rtneorn was-0 years old, and Ella Sheorii 17 ! or 18. I It is u:mem'ssa-y to rej)ent the det ills of the homicide. A Jury in tin* com t b- low tiei-la' iid li to be murder. Ill hN re.iort of the ease I on appeal tliec n uiI J Igesaid: "Theease wi.s presented lo ihe jury wall conspicuous zeii , i.ml eiiKiueuee i?y the counsel engaged In It, tlie result of a e use which exeled ihe profouudest Interest in the public mind, as announced In the verdict of the Jury, met in the lull'st decree my hearty appiovul." The mipri'iiie Court has d.simssed the appeal, and the prisoner Is sentenced to undergo the extreme penally of I tic* law two days hence. A petition, signed hy tnejury and over 'J00 of the mo>t resj eelnble citizens of Kershaw county Is heloie the l-.xi eutive, that tlie >ent. nee of the Court be commuted to imprisonment lor life, 'the prayer of Ihe petition is ha.-e I Upon the youth of* lyhurn, the services of his lather in tlie late war, and tlie distress oi his u blouid mother. '1 he petition was referred to Ihe pr< seeming solicitor, witli miue-1 lor a .statement oi ia? ts and expression oi opinion, lie was also asked what mitigating circumstances, if any, there were, Inyond tho-o stitedln tiio p.-titlon. lie, in reply, enclosed tlie full testimony taken on thetrla .antlsald: "Th is ease bus attracted utiles plead sit t<*t> lion, and in every a*i eet has b? en thoroughly scrutinized by the i. oulis, the .awyersand laymen, and I have In aril but one verdic.: After a careful rcsurvey of all the incidents atleaditii t.ie tragedj, tlie trial anil ilio appeal, and a reexamination of ihe te-tim iny. I am unalile , to leciill or discover one single mitigating elrcuinsiance, or to regard other tills crime as any oilier than murder." All the papers in the easy wre then submitted to Ihe Judge presiding at the trial,and were j returnC'i with this endorsement: "In reponse io your Kxeellency's rei|ue-t for such [ leinarks and expression of opinion as will aid ] the hjxeeutlve In arriving at a Just conclusion I in this mutter. I have to say that whilst Ij would not in anj' wise obstruct tlie exercise - ? i.. #i?io 1 of clemency so earnestly prajcu n? m m..-| petition ami tin* lelt> rs accompanying it, I am unalilc togivenny reasons. judicially, why the same should be promoted ;%?nd 1 must nsMime | that tlie reference to me is for this and no otU-1 er purpose, The trial of the prisoner was, In | all respects fair, and the verdict of the Jury j< wns fully sustained by the evidence." ! I have enicfiill* examined the otttcial report of the testimony taken on the trial, and have, | attentively heard the earnest appeal of the,, counsel lor tin- prisoner made before me. I j huM" anxiously considered the action ofth? ! ] Jury finding the virdict and in 'signing ttie , I cill ion, as weil as lite respective reports of j i lie solicitor and presiding Jud^e, made upon i IIjHi*r?>p< nsll'iJhy. I am iiuuiiie to.s.eany ground upon which' the piaver of i he petition can he ^ranted. It:' is painful to me personally to cone to this J conclusion. The fal her of I his unfortunate j young man served and fell under my Immediate command in the late war. Among Ihe' IIvlug <>f his name and blood are those also I w ho were then trusted and gallant comrades, i ami who are now honored friends. Of Ills I mother I cm not speak Hod help her! The I Kxeeullve is tested with the prerogative of i mercy, but it is likewise bis duty to sec the 1 law enforced. He cannot exi nnge it 'rom I tie 1 statute book. Till* case, as it is made lo ap- i penr to me. Is unrelieved murder, and the I sentence cannot be commuted unless ilic penalty oi death Is no longer loiittend that crime, i ('onsidci ln?, however, the unavoidable delay i in pa.-sii g upon the prisoner's application for I Kxeeullve clemency, and that less than two I da>s remain before the sentence of the law Is to beexccuted.a respite of thirty days Isgrunt-1 ed. JOHNSON Governor, j An Arkansas Traveller. (LAD TO GET BACK TO DRY LAND IX OLD GEOKGIA. rim Sad Espcrieuce of a Colored Couple who Sold oot their Farm in Georgia nod Moved to the Mississippi Vttlley. "\Atlunta Constitution.T "Whnt wrought the change in all your ilans?" "Well yop see. stranger. aixiut Christmas Inu'li ? llttlexprlnkleol rnln,butwe mdi'orr of got u-cd to tluit. It kept ruining or ti week, mid i hen forn month." "A second" flood, wasn't ft?" "1 shouldsay so. Moon the branches began ,<? ont of fhclr beds and the low land* vere well soaked, and from t tii? the wi.ter be?tn tostiind on thelandsand ?ccould scnrcey go anywhere wlthwW. wailing through ?ntcr. Hi-zher 11 kept rising, un<l coming In nvalternoon after being ont to sec what I snnld do, I found the floor covered several r><-hi>K with water and tne children all standnz on the benches to keep ihelr feet dry. foil chiId fairly wo the water rising every Tilniite; hot still I thought it might go down Wore morning, us the neighbor* told me It iften did." "Oh, ye*," Interrupted the Irrepressible kl'iry."misery love* company ki Arkansasos well ns anywhere else." FLEEING FROM THE flood. "Well, the water kept jrettlnc so hlzh that t dean carried away every tiling Unit would 1->at. There wok nothing left to do but to get jp and leave. and we fe'.t glnd to get away irlth our lives. The people all began to crowd ipio the highlands, but as they all had to cave us wedid. there wax little toentand nowhere to stay: and In a ffwday* even money,, f any one huu It, could not boy whnt wus not o be had." THOCGHTS OF HOME. "Didyon ?aveanything?" ' Nota scrap. Here! have been working hrce years, nnd everything, slock, tool", everything whs Inst carried away. My wlfo l>.> ii.at-A* mil l(b*ihA nlano tttiH alwiil'tf I^pt after me to lcnve??nd when I looked iround an<] snw the destruction all around,-! iiepran tit hint to think a* she did " "You found that there wetemore things to mnsMcrthan soil, then?" "I did that. I thought thaf n half acre of land where I Knew I covld ?? ft all the year round was better than two acres of rich soil nailer water. 1 did not like the idea of having to begin life anew after every flood, and that Is Just what you've got to do In Arkanuts." "How ttMyoo come to make op your mind to rrtum T" "The rnMons did It. You see my wife 1? a very put! nt woman, and I teW you, stranger, that she would do anything in the world for me. When we had to leave oar poor home without a thing she still cbeered me. wheir we foond purxelvex without the next day'* food she unfair "Edward, I will help you to ?voik" but when at last we were told that wo would have tonccept government rations like Yankee Hi>lulers or starve, she lust stood up mid said : "Edward, we will uo neither, let us pohack to Georgia.'" "You had better heed me next time," she said. 0? DRY LAXD AGAIN. "You must feel fafer, then, since yon find youireif on dry land again 7" "Indeed I do. We've got nothing' left hot ourselves, but If I can get a patch of ground In the old county ntrain. and I reckon I can. It'll a good deal more thona plcturendvertUemcnt to get me away. You can Just bet i hat t am planted in (jeorgia this time, and plants ed ta-jrow." Then turning toptrt his family on the ootjoirg train, the repot ter left him ho his task. POLITENESS BETTER THAN PLANTATION MANNERS. The Speaker nt Washington Emi* lates the Example of the Speaker at Columbia in the Maimer or "Re ? m a. ? . uuKing" mcridciii ui iac iivvi} but Afterwards Apologises. HOUSE. Washington, March 10.?Immediately after the reading of the Journal, Mr. McLane. of Maryland roue to a question of prlvllet(c. Tho question be made ?ii? that tne Breaker. In lanjriraire addressed to the- gentleman from MI?Kls*lnpl (Money*. has Invadc-l the \frivlIrue of the lloirwe, and subsequently linden'ert-ilnrdn motion io adjourn before he ho<l responded tl-.e que-tlou of privilege raised hv him fM?r{ nne.) The Speak) r re plied that thegentJeman wn* In erro>-. At Ihetline ihe l{i>u?eadjourned Inst night. the whole matter had (men suspended, and the Chair had made mk)i answer af be desired. Mr. MeLonpwild he wou'd not declare that the ( rnlr had evaded n reply to hi* question. The Chair hart n?>t concluded hi* answer, and would iceok-nlze the fact that he was und-t obligation to salunit tho question to tho House. The .Speaker?"The Chair does not understand that the gentleman rise* to ^ new question." Mr. McLnne?"I do rise to a new question ot prl vlleire. I am avoidlngdlsrespectfol exprc*hIoii when I rsfraln from saying that the fhalr evaded" thopoln tut l**w?. The question T ri*e to now Is that tbe Chair failed in -it* obligation tosnbmlt the question to the House." The Speaker--"The- gentleman will give at> lentlon." Mr. McLane?'"I nm entitled to be heard by the Speaker, and I have that respect for the Chair nn<l for my brMher member* that I am sure that I will he p??mKtcd to state my cake." The Speaker?"The-Chalr desires to state. If he understands the gentleman to make the point that it wa? thetfaty of the Chair to submit the Question of privilege to tbe House, that that Is wl oily a matter ?f discretion." Mr. MeLiuie appeaFed from the decision, hnt subse-iiiently withdrew Uls appeal, and Mr. Kennan. of West Vlrrtnla, rising lonqitf*lion of privilege, ottered thefcHowIng re>olu" tliMis: lirjto'rerl. That the rights mid duties of tho Speaker of this lfiii??e are defined by the rule* of the House and by general parliamentary law not in conflict therewith, and by vlrtuo of said rules, and undersold law. the Speaker enjoys no psivi'eje 10 reprimand and censure a member, except by acl ion of the House or in pursuance of it* Instruction*. Rr>r*'vtd, That any attempt to exercise snch power is a breech of the privileges of the Ho-'S'*: is hereby expressly condemned, and will lie promptly resisted. and otherwise dealt with, as the right", dignity aud-duties of thU House may require. Mr. Kennan, fn ofTerfng these resolntlonp^ said: "I am prompted by a feeling of nochari ncter other than the disposition toassertth* prerogatives of this House and Its memberj ship. In my ludgtnent.n* in the Judgment ol the House, ihe proposition asserted by the Speakerye-itcnlny is an mitenable one, and " ' -'j ? !-- t> ? _? i b.lulnu,! ni lllix Klllf ill nit- nmin, ni ic.'ot, < L'oine on record In repudiation of it. That is all I desloe to say." The Speaker?'The Chair desires to stall thnt It fcof cplirion that- the gentleman fron West Ylnrlnla f* mistaken in regard to all thnt took place vestcrday 0.x u> this mutter.' Mr. Kenna?'"I truet thnt the whole House li In precisely the i:imc attitude." The Speaker then explained that he hat! us' d i he word "reprimand" yesterday In th< sense of "lullln* to order" a member who per slsled in proce?dintr out of order; that he uai In no manner 'ntended to Imply his right 01 Intention to reprimand or punish h membc 'nr past acts; (frit thethis morntnedh him Injustice in not showing that the uentle mm? from Mississippi wm nut of order whei called to order l>y tb?? Chair, and concluded a-' Piilmvs : -'There Is nothing In these proposet ri-so'utt"ns that the Chair would not hlmsel subscribe t?? on the fl ?or and vote fj>r If any t'O'tv assumed the dudes and power* of th Hou?e In the manner of administering a rep rlmand." Mr. Kenna?"If I had so understood th Speaker ysterh , and If this side hud so un derstood Irlm. the resolutions would nothav hern presented. and I ask pcrmis.4iou to with drnw them." Leave was granted amid applaute, and tb matter dropped. School Houses. [Kershaw Gazelle.] Aside from the necessity of competent li structors, school-hoards should he awake t the came they represent. No school can flou Ish without cooperation. Teachers, trustee putions must all f> el the Imp<irtanee of tt cause and put In their best efforts before su cess can be achieved. Thereare ways to build up and ways to pnl down. Allow school buildings to decay, an you will Immediately see a proportionate d< ellneln the school*. Tottering houses are d< scrted by all creatures. even by the rats. . pleas'int exterior and Interior cannot fall t attract patronaee. but leave the school hous* to themselves and the weather, never best yourselves In the matter ot education, blan the teacher for every thlnir that goesawa; never assisting him In any thin?, and you wl see that the best favored Institution will soo decline. Not only will It dec]!:.e but with the ?hnlcnis of pencrul Intelligence. All the labor *?f btrildlng up should not t left to the tcftcher. His legitimate field Is tt school-room. If he does his duty there I shall have done well ? Every man In a coi munlty should constitute himself an Indlvii iiu.1 co-worker, for Is not the school part of tl community, and a very essential part too? Honor to an Abbeville Yonng Man. AVu\t and Courier. Poli.ege of Chahi.eston. ? The flr.al e aminatlon of the senior < lass of ilic Colle was concluded lust week. The papers preset eu Viiry In cliarncler. I>ut us a whole mi challenge comparison with those of any ot er grmlu itlii}; class here or elsewhere. T Mix iiioiiibers ol' theclatsarc W. A. Caldwe i. B. Gadsden. H. P. Lachlcotte. W. H. P> kcr. C. M. .wmlth and S. K. Twohlll. Mess \V. II. Parker and \V. A. Caldwell bear off t honors. The first and second In each depai ment of study during the term were a nounced as follows; In the department physics aid astronomy, 1, W. A. Caldwell ; w. 11. Parker. In mathematics, 1. H. P. I>ac Icotte: 2. W. H. Parker. In the classics, 1. \ H. 1'arki-r; 2. \V. A. Calnwei:. In mode ianuUai:es, I, W. II. Parker; 2, W. A. ChI well. In ethics and phllosophy.l, W. A. Cal w? II; 2, \V. II. Parker. NOTICE TO FARMERS AND OTHER! tkn VJixj tn M'jb-o Mnnatr id trt Suva L UU vi oj uv ui(*au uivuvj *v w ? ^ND THAT YOU CAN DO BY BUYIM The Altman and Taylor I Engines, Saw Mills, H AND THBESHEBSl The engines are of the "STANDARD PoH rABIjK." and TRACTION. ?>R SKLF-I'M PELLINli kinds. The .SAW MILLS are best In An'erlca. The THRESA KRS have^B equal. BH This machinery will be sold at the low^l prices fur cash, or on a credit ranging fri^H ?lx month* to two years. \\\ II. WHITLOCK, Dealer, New Market,s. (mB March 10, 1S82. X The Celebrated CLIMAX REAPERS Self-Hinders, Table Iiukes, andH^ I) nippers. H Farmers, now Is the lime to prepare Bfl lln-se Labor-saving Machines t y taking (iimps, rocks, and sprouts out of yourgr^H tlelds. 1 know those machines to be the iiiymg Implements ever used on the fa^H ind it l> well to tvlapt your land Tor their ( 'imil four vears exnerli-nce wlih the C'fl MAX KKAl'Klt, I ' hullenuc machines my other nuike to meet me In the held :rUl of tlie'r own merit*. , ? I guarantee Ml machines which I sell to Irst-elif-s, and a*k all parties who may w iiiml them, to send iiic their orders by l.it'h of April, so that tbey may be tilled l""e' W. H. WHITLQCK, New Market, 8. < March 10,1882. it