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lU'.l The Press and Banner. I By IIujjli Wilson. ? I Wednesday, Aug. 15, 1883. j Houcsl, and Deserve Consideration.; At a time when it is treason for an editor to express any opinion which may not be it) accord with any great wave, which rimy be at that time sweeping a < ountry.it is truly gratifying to find an: expression like the following, which wej tune rrom me lasi issue 01 ino .\eiruerr>/ Herald. It is such an unusual occur-' renco for an editor to do anything else! than to join in the chorus of. ah'dse-#tnchf the malicious ind narrow-minded may -4n;t in?motion, that wo are really surprised that anybody should have the manhood to face the tire which in now directed toward another, and which may j so easily drawn to him. The Herald. says: "Sometime ago the Abbeville Pres.*; <ind Banner opposed the erection ofacot-j ton factory at Abbeville, ahd its views,! besides beim sharply criticised by the! press, drew t .rth a letter full of lads and : argument, from Mr. Hammctt, President j of the Piedmont Manufacturing Com pa- j iiy. The rre.su and Banner of last week j contains a long and forcible editorial in reply to its critics and reviewers, from I which we publish the followiiu;.s*rrtfl<fj defining our conteinrcinry's "position. | The views expressed are hot popular per- j haps: I in i we believe them to be honest; and they deserve consideration. \Ve| think that they are not very unlike the; views once held on the subject by Jno. C. | Calhoun." Just so. And some of tho little souls j Who refuse to give the subject considera- , tion, may be surprised to learn that j George McDuflie was strongly opposed to I the erection of factories, not only in Ah-! beville, but in any part of the State, and j in one case particularly his best energies! were used in an effort to defeat the build-1 ing ol- a factory in one of the lower eoun-' While we take no man for a tile leader.! Him wiiiu' wt; ?viuiu not "u. | own convictions at anytime to echo the | Jscntiincuts of the most renowned ofi Earth's citizens, yet it is assuring to. know that such men as George McDuffie and John C. Calhoun on^e held views not tinlike our own. ? ; Question. Now that there is nothing of special in- j 1 crest agitating the mind of the South! Carolina press, we would be glad to a?k judgment as to the rule which should! govern its in our controversies. For in-j stance, if any editor concludes to combat the opinions expressed by another,! should he take garbled extracts from the; * article to be demolished; or, should he; made a prejudicial and unfair statement I cf his adversaries position? or. should| he copy the article in full, and then re-; fdv? or, should we misinterpret and mis-j construe the plain intent and meaning of: the article, and then proceed to reply ac-1 cordinglv? Which of these courses j might we reasonably expect the highest; standard of journalism to prompt ? Recently our friend of tlie Aiken lie-' border published an article in reference i to us, whose style and matter was, in our; opinion, unworthy to be seen in the col- j Amnu t\f n rnvrwvfnblp nnwsnancr in South Carolina,also besides this there appeared in the Recorder a respectful and' forcible letter from Colonel Ilamnictt on the same subject. These articles were supplemented by comments by the editor?f the Recorder, and all on one sido of j the question, without even a fair statement of any position held by us. While we care not a cent about the matter, wej are surprised that tho Recorder should : act toward any brother editor in a way' which seems to us to be so unfair. We have hoard it said by outsiders that I tho plan of excluding an opponents views i from the columns of the newspaper com-j bating them, was prompted by a fear of| tho result of a fair showing?of a doubt; in their own ability to win in a fair con- i test. But we know that tho Recorder, was uot prompted to its course by any j such fear, as it is fully able to give anvj opponent a fair tilt. ? Lnnds for Sale. The attention of the public, and es-| jpeciallv of Mr. Ilnmtnctt of the Picd-j n:ont Factory, is directed to the advertisement of the sale of lands by Mr. John A. Devlin, which appears else-, -where. These tracts, in the airsrrcgatc,j make about one thousand acres of vain-1 able land, divided and improved in a ! manner so as to command the highest; rents. The Davis Place particularly is a beautiful homestead in first rate repair.! As the lands are good, and the terms are. easy, purchasers are ottered a rare chance: ? to buy lands and homes. The reason we ask Mr. Hammett'sespecial attention to! the advertisement is because of hisj recent doleful account of the hard fate of | the Abbeville "renter." Mr. Devlin had : not a dollar at the close of the war. He; rented land, went to work, lived cheap.) and ?vhcn not busy on the farm, used his j 4nam f.ir hnilinr, II,, ,,,...1,, .nr.r.nv i-i.rl.f ' ftraight along, and is now a ri?-li man. | Besides the valuable property enumerated ! in tlie advertisement, he has a building; in Abbeville for which he paid ?14,000, to! ?hv nothing of town property at Due! West. This, with money enough at interest to more than settle any little! current bills, Is the result of one poor, "renter's" efforts in Abbeville since the j var. Another Chance for Country Printers to Get Rich. "We are in receipt of an offer from an | advertising agency of $4.0<) gross to pub-1 Jish a two inch advertisement of the i S. 0. Military Academy for four weeks, I (with the deduction of twenty-five pnrj ?>cnt for agent's commission.) Ourregu-i lar prlce'for that advertisement is five dollars, arid that is the amount which we will receive if we publfsli it. According to the proposition of the advertising ' agent, he wants a deduction of twentyl1 percent, from our regular price, which;] wouki niHKe tue gross cuarire tour dollars. Then deduct twenty-five percent.; form the four dollars offered, and wc I would receive only three dollars for a five dollar advertisement. Senator Hampton. "We rfeeifc stated in tho newspapers that! Senator Hampttot speaks of withdrawing! from the Senate, to pursuo some private I business or enterpsise. We trust that he will do no such thing, and we believe the: voice of Abbevillo county will be a unit) for his re-elcction. Our people arc grate- j \ fill to Hampton for past services, and'still! believe that no man could be sent to th<r! Senate who would better serve us at, Washington. He brought us victory in \ 3876, and served his country faithfully in' times of war, and his large experience! and good judgment are still worth much J to us. The Sews and Courier. I, 1 The rmrt Courier is out in a ' beautiful new suit of type on itn eightieth I birth day. Long may it live in its' beauty, 1 and its freshness, in its strength and its ' power. May it ever stand in the front'!! rank of honorable journalism, and may p its wisdom and ita fairness cvrr com-; round the respect and support of the pco- 1 pie of South Carolina. I Thh Greenwood and Angnsta Railroad t Hhsbeen purchased by tbe Georgia Cen- J tral Railroad. ' Mhs. S. M. W. Smith and her son t Oils, left for Caesar's Head yesterday. j There was a big meeting at Liberty s Church last Sunday. r Jcdok CoTHRAjf and family are at 0 Cffisar's Head. r Mrs. Lee is visiting relativos in Bor- ' % n treaux. c Mrs Reece is off on a visit to Pickens. ? Rev. J. L. Martin is off on a months v vacation. K Mr. Eugene H. Prather went to see {.J Ids mother at WiUiainston last Friday. r, He says he also saw his sweet heart, and e is now very happy. P No rain has fallen at Williamston In tl seven weeks and all regetatien, and brops a are parched. d The Monnt Bethel camp meeting irt ? Laurens Comity, come off last Sunduy. p! It was a big time. * tt Mr. Benet returned from Greenville tfc yesterday' evening. pi Oar Public Highways. SENATOR BUTLER'S FIFTH LETTER ON THIS IMPORTANT SUBJECT. An lilt crrstin:; Itcviru' of (lie I*litn for Uuiidins Hun (Ik in Ohio by Judge l.awrenre ol ihc Treasury Department. [ .Y< us Ufa/ (' <!(? / ? .] EDGKVIKJ.1>, .III IV -r.xperjriire u;i> shown thai the ro/uiitvfr system of road workinir, kucIi as we have tf<>r it Is liitie more) has not been satisfactory inadequate to the establishment of such hl^hwiij s every civilized community otitiht to l.sivc, nnd that n!j successful m-'th'.(|s have been l>y tuisim. money and tiopiimj well regulated ?y>t?*mat ized plans to which can he Imparted mote of V4ic<Sr and practical indiinieiit. I liave correspond'd with ?|Uite a num'??*r of persons in oilier States. I have e.\:tmi:ic.l the statutes of many of the leading States, and have held personal eonferenees with many intelligent men. Atuonst others I had an extended interview with Judge I.mvrence. tlrst comptroller of the treasury at Washington, and finding he had eiveil the subject much reflection, I re inested him to communicate to me in writing the substance of what lie had said. and lie kindly put himself to the trouble to write me the fo'lowlng letter touching tiie ltoud law In Ohio. 1'iasr f'oMI'TIIOI.I.KK'S OrKtCK. ? Washt\oto>c, I). <", May st, ISs.!. ) Hon M. I'. Cutter. Kd.'etield. S. I'.?Dear Sir: I Imvi! the honor to a-knowlcdg^ the receipt of your letter of the isth Inst, asking me t?? give >ou the working of the ohio sv!;ui of public roads, and what I uo >d roads have hud on the of real estate near them as o'U.p;i'ed with the value when the not Rood, and also whether the law in Ohio works satisfactorily. It affords me pleasure to answer your inquiries. I have resided for forty years at Hellefontalne, Ohio, and have for many year* owned large tracts of land in Hardin count v. so that I have taken a p.-rsonal interest in 'he construction of roads and the general improvements of the state. The prim-lp.il loads of theSta'e nr<- divided into two general classes, whicii I will describe separately. The lir-'t class, which are popularly called "mud roads." are of three kinds, as follows: 1. State roads; County roads; '!. Township roads. I will allude to each of thc.se classes se; a nil ci.v. 1. Stutr li'i'tth ?Thc-c urf roads exfendiiii: intoat least t wo com;tics, and as many mo.e as may be desired. The County Ciiminlcsinii'T'i of each county Interested, on volition ol freeholders, appoint one commissioner, ami tiie commissioners tnus appointed cause the road to lie surveyed, after which the necessary proceedings arc taken to secure a rislit of \Vay and finally establish n road, i'liis whole subject is regulated l?y ttie Revised Statutes of'Ohio In force January 1, lvO, vol. 1, Sections 4,til-i to !,?> '(<>. inclusive. U. Omiity H-ifulx.?A county rc.net is one located in a county. They are established under the authority of the County Commissioners, on petition of Ireeholders interested. The proceedings are authorized by Sections l.lwlT an 14.670 of the Revised Statutes. 't. 'Jbw>i.i'iii> HtKuh ?These arc? local roads for local conveniences, and are uenerally. but not nlwi.vs, located within one township. They are established under the authority of the township trustees, as authorized by Sections 4,'?7l to -l.iiSt;, inclusive, of the Revised Stilt u tes. As to the?e three classes of roads provision is made for an) eais from tiie action of County Commissioners and township trustees to the courts by Sections -|,i:S7 to 1,711, inclusive, of the Revised Slatutes. Thc-o tliree classes of roails are made and kept In repair by reqtiirinuevery able bodied .....u ?r* luttnApin Ju'n Hnvv' lulinr sill inun' JM J.^wii i?? I'vnui . .... nually on (lie roads within local districts, and by ri a l taxes levied oil property and expended under the direction of road supervisors. This whole subject is regulated hy Sections t.71.> to 4,7>s, inclusive, of the Revised Stat1111'S. The roads ot these three classes constitute hy fir th>"! larger part of the roads in the State, mid they are generally merely earth r' .iiIs, Improved with bridges over streams, wood or s:onc cnlveils where needed, and tilled In with stone or timhPr in marshy places. They are generally made hy ploughing along each side of the roads, and then hy throwing the earth thus ploughed up into the centre of the road. The extent of this form of improvement depends necessarily on the time a ro.id has h en established, and the labor applied to it. On many of the roads the Improvements in these modes is only to a limited eStent. 1 luring a considerable portion of each year the?e roads are quite good, and answer every purpose very well. In the spring of the year, and someti'iiesat other periods in unusually talny seasons, the roads Jbecotne muddy, unpleasant for travel with buggies or carriages, and teams can only haul comparatively small loads. Where the land is somewhat sandy, the roads readily dry out.,and soon become good ; in the blacl: loam lands the mud occasionally becomes deep; on the clay lands they do not become so readily muddy, but alter long rains, and especially with winter and spring freezing and thawing, thev occasionally become bad for travel or for lianlii e lxad*. !5ul every heavy min is liab'e to make Mii'h roads somewhat nuiddy lor si day or two, and unpleasant for u-h\ This I hope will give von a fair idea or our "mud roads." The second general class or road* includes three different kind: 1,'iVli pik s; 2, i>l inkroads; :t, free turnpikes. I. The Toll Picommenced many years ag . Amor.g the first was the Xatio'ii'i or Cumberland Road. Tills was made under the authority of Congress, commencing nt Cumberland. Sid., via Wheeling, and was compleled to Springfield. Ohio. It wasa magnificent work for the early period when it was mu.le. It was mad** mostly of broken lime stone?macadamized?ami was a to'l road. Congress subsequently surrendered the road to the States in which it was located, and that part of it In Ohio was afterwards maintained hy the S'ate as a toil road.and was subsequently given by the State to the control or the counties in which it was located, and in most of them it Is now made fr< e. th?? l oi'klnttirf Iuiil' jii/o nut iiorizcd many corporations to make macadaml/ed or turiipiUe ri ads, especially In the countics having cities, and in the older parts of the State. These companies made many roads, and they are supported by tolls collected, at gates us ually tlve miles apart. There is a general law now au'horlzln:; such corporations where roads an? needed, but few roads have been made under it ot in e years. These are good roads, ami the o' j-ctlon is that they tax all who use them except ftotmcn. They are not popular, ami they arc in some of the countics bcimr bought out under the authority of laws which permit the county authorities to purchase and make them free. 2. I'lank lionth.? .Many |>1anU road corporations were created, commencing probably thirty years ago. and theconstrucMon of these ri-aJs continued some ten or fifteen years The roads were made with mud sills laid lengthwise of the roads and with plank? generally oak?about e'ght feet lout: and four inahes thick spiked across the sills, thus making a roadway eisrht tect wide. The.roadbed was prepared :>y making ditches on each side and by throwing up the earth In the centre. The roads wete private corporate property. The corporations eh a rued tolls; they were neither profitable nor durable, and have ircnenilly gone out of u-c. It was difficult to keep the plank from warping. With thepine and cypress timber of South Carolina plankronds would probably do better than with our oak timber of Ohio. The plank roads of Ohio were mostly In the northwestern part of the State, a level and In many place* alluvial region, with abundant timber, but. with no snivel, and In most places but few stone quarries. .'{. Thr y. er Theso are made tin to roads, rcspeetivoiy. as (I) Free turnpike*. '2i One mile assessment pikes, and ('( Two mill* assessment pikes. I will refer bilcfly to ea.'li of those: M The free turnpikes are authorized by sections 4,~">S to -1,77ft. Inclusive,of the Revised ?ta:utos. Those authorize a Vote of the electors of any county on the question whether a general tax shall be levied on the taxable [ property of the eo'.tnty toeonstruct free turnp'kes and if the vote be In tavor of the t:tx. j the County Commissioners locate, tax and lei i out the work oi m.fkiiiff hv contract to the I lowest bidder. The law iuUliorl".es the Issue of county bond* payable 111 equal amounts in one, two. three, four and live years, to ho sold at par to raise money to pay contractois : it authorizes the collection of taxes on all property of tin- county for five years to meet the interest ami princij i-.l of the bonds. The 'aw permits the County Commissioners to eotlect only half the amount by a general tax If th??y so prefer, and to assess the other ball | for five years on the taxable property within i two miles of the road. Those roads are goner ' ally opened from forty to fifty feet wide, turn-' fik'-cl with earth twenty feet wide to as to drain freely to side ditches, and raised with j broken stone or gravi-l not 'c-s than ten nor ! more than sixteen feet In width, norlrss than ! twlve inches thick in the centre, and c'glit ; inches at least sit the outer edges of the roadbed of stone or grave!. Hut the law provides thai the roads may he consirueted ' wholly of | snrth when store or pruvel is not aeeessiblo." : The roads are provided with culverts and bridges where necessary. 2d. The one-mile assessment pikes are made i in the Kiino mode; they are authorized by sections 1,771 to l,S2s, inclusive, of the Rcvis?d Statutes; they are constructed by the two | lays'Inbor each year of men residing within] me mile of the road; by the ordinary road j axes; by a special assessment generally for 1vo years on all property within one mile of :he road, and by general t;ixes levied on all property of the county. County bonds are Is-1 mcd, sold, and the interest and principal paid ' "roni taxes. 3 The two-mile assessment pikes are an- j thorized by Sections l.svit to 4.si;i. inclusive. of i he Revised Statutes. The expenses ofinak-1 ng these pike* are paid by assessments for ive years on i"?* properly u uinii i wo nines 01 ho road; comity bonds are issued payable rom the n?scs!-ments, ami the mode ot uuikn-? the road Is as other pikes. Al! the pikes are free. When it wis tlrst proposed the pikes in these three forms In < lhio lure was mueli opposition and a l.irue iinount of litigation, lint the roads were btind so desirable aed convenient that oppoiltion M?on died out. and nn ohjeetion Is rarey ever heard of except from some locality vhere men lull to secure a location to suit , heir wishes. In shout twenty counties of the eighty- ! (iuht in Ohio there Is an abundance of gravel bund :it nearly all points, generally only a lttle below the surface of the earth, and free likes can he made here at very much less cost I han in counties' where they must he made of j, roken stone. Asa specimen of these Connies witli travel, I give you the following siat- j sties for 1879: XiUHty. .V?. t,f ni 'fi'X r.f Cost, j I-Vrr yntrvl pike. >ake .vts Sl.dT'J.ftnn | Ilintou ...a :>' "> i 'ayette ,t;2 N.V',iMWi Inrdin iVv">.(iO(i j .ogun ?>::! 7ft7.'CJ2 tladlson -j:;'.! ./is.naf'' diaml |-.?l 5t?,'HHi 'ciotO |.v_> -I1,0'W' j Shelby "itl.Mtl ITt?ioit :l<iir 7(hi imhi ' barren :,!/ m'l.oiw i In most of the?e counties there have liven ' nany miles made since IsT'.t. \ou will observe the law authorizes free' >ikes without the bed of gravel or stone. In > til the counties where gravel is found gravel ias been used. In quitea uumlier of counties t here are pikes made of broken stone, but his Is expensive. Tn sonic counties free; likes are made of earth only. I can say that the free turnpike law :,T Ohio j las worked.ami is working, satisfactorily. I ! lelleve it will work well In South Carolina, n many parts of your State you have such a andy soil that good, very ?ood roads, can he I nude u|ion the free turniilke plan, even with>111 the coat of srravel or broken stone. The pood roods secured In Ohio under our ' ree turnpike laws have lidded immensely u?. 1 he comfort nnd convenience of the people, ! nd laiirely enhanced the vwlue of farms, nnd jj Ity and village, and all property. I think it j J i?fe to say that in the portion of Ohio where I * eslde full Zi per cent. has been added to the!' alue ot farms by the free pikes. With these < ood road* farmers can take their products to | narket with a less number of horses than if >rmerly, and In this way their expenses are:1 Bduced. The demand for horses has, howver, largely Increased, because many more' 1' eople In cities and villages and in the conn- t ry now own carriages and buggies thnn in t' iie days of poor roads. In my part of Ohio, I all seasons of the year. In wet weather and 2 ry, our people drive In buggies six and eight ' illee an hour with ease and comfort to them- h Ives, and without injury to horses. Good ? Ikes are a source of wealth, by diminishing le cost of carrying products to market, and P ' receiving products in return, by adding to gl le convenience and speed of travel for all 1 ivuteand public purposes, iucludiug mall tc i' V facilities, and by adding to the value of nil I J property. (iood roads induce Immigration. I ? Before we had pikes In my part of Ohio, peo- i pie would eo'i'o to find farms to purchase, or | places to locate In business, and go uwa.v with ' their capital, because we had no roads which , v. | were good nt all seasons of the year. Now they are leaving older counties, and? those! ! evt n with good land where ivord roads arc! n< i. or cannot be nuule, to tf.akc homes with ,T I us. i * I Kree pi!:e* have n social run! moral elicct, by | ! enabling people.*.,)"! ravel and vl*-it nei.Mil.ors I ;?ind filends tiffin it near who would not olh-! crwisc t?c visited so frequently. If at nil. YuU_i?fl(Ve in South Carolina a genial cli! tnate, n wlile extent < f fertile soil lull of capa- t i bill ties, water power which never freezes up with which Immense manuta^inres can be successfully conducted, and nround which exist Ins: cities will Increase and new tines sprlne np.'addinsi to your wealth and resources already mi area I. Yon have mihi'rn! resource! of i;ivat value, and you should add t?? all these ** hi d 1 <> the beauty and comfort of your hospit \ I able homes, and for the convenience of your , brave enterprising and generous people, good fr*'e pikes. :l In the confident! hope and sincere belief i> that the pco.de of all the States will hence, forth cohtinueto cultivate the arts of peace ' ; and to strengthen the bonds of a fraternal un- h Ion. and that every state ncy proiit t>y study-: lilt: the laws and institutions of all others. | j I Ijhvo the honor to be. very respectfully, j AC.. WI l.t.t A M l.AWCKNi it. jO | II will be observed the free turnpikes in j v i lliio u'liii-b stiiiif*:it* to bp tlit* most, mvciitablc i roads lii tlmt State, arc made by contract. and \ tin* money is raised cut county bonds to run ! fur five years. t?? he paid, into rest- and prinei-1 i pal. by taxation. Chlo seems to have bad no Iditlii'tilty in tills regard, but many otlu'i ! , ! states have bad a sad experience. In thi* !-'" State, where comity bond" lr". >; b"cn author- j i ized in ?id of railroads she results bnvc tiecn inos* and those counties thai , '..avc a vailed tbcuis- Ives of this form of credit for their internal improvement, are in a I healthy financial condition and rather more j i prosperous than other coun'les where rail-11 I roads have not been attracted by .similar: 11 I means. i Vj I I must say. however, that I am notrecon-J" ei'ed to this method of raising money for pnb-| : lie pni p >scs. It is very liable to abuse and toi*, I h ad to litis-ation and controversies which bail! * better he avoided. This is a matter ? lilch each ''' ; county should be a'lowed to determine for It-! ' self by a vote of Its people. I have not felt *'1 | ineliueii to recommend it for the reasons, and a think my plans of taxation. as sunph incut- " ary to the three day labor provision of llie" [ road I tw. if it shotcd be s*i amended, much ' preferab'e. (iliio seeins t<> act upon the same " I tbeo' v tint obtains in cities, where any spe-| j ei:li illtproveineiits are made Oil the streets orj" sidewalk* tiie property adjaevnt likely to re-t {! jeeive the uie.itcst bevefit is taxed spcially to j '' ; pay lor them. Tin* one and two mill tax is '' : evidently I'',iiiul.id on this princi pic. j I'pon "the whole I feel Justified in nskinc '! i you t" publish this letter. it is from a very ' int. llfeeut man who has studied the subject.. The Ohio statutes arc in my possession, and '' embody a very thorough and complete sys- J" tcm for road-making. M. C. IlCTi.r.ic. a * ' ? "" f| "Bovloy Bros" 'Without Hie Apostro- j r pile. |o flAturcmville I fervid. \ Messrs Editors: j!' Dear Sirs. I I was not aware, until after the i??tte of yonrj; last |taper, that there had been any discussion i ' -imont: the learned men of the town us to the 1, propriety of said apostrophe. | Indeed I am sorry the impression should 20 beyond the confines of the comity that the) learned men did not know, Intuitively and i" without discusslon.it was an error to place]'. I the apostrophe there. ! ' Yon mistake the office of the apostrophe, \ 'which marks the elision or omission of let' 1 j ters> for that of the abbreviation mark, whirl) | " is of the sune form as the period, but is to he; placed after the silihrevlated word. In use. it' . is a nice distinction, hut i.ot so nice as Web- i. ster's distinction between Sahbatli and Sun- J day which yon failed to see. 11 If your rule wee adopted then tobeconsist- ^ cut. vou would have to write Mr. or Mrs. thus j' M'ror M r s, Now that the question Ik el lei I in? some ills- J cusslon and you convinced Mr. Uewlcy that I ] I was in error In my eiitlcism after I had con-1 j vinced him thatthc apostrophe was not thcj'i proper abbreviation mark in the place referred | : to. I propose that you shall select, three com- ] , potent men to decide the question. If that committee shall decide n era Inst me. then Ij'' further pro| o*c that Charley shall receive ' marehing orders from Compton and Klcltcl-1: berster to wend Itis way on next Friday after- j : noun at:! oClock to the Herald otliee witli one j , saucer of Ice-cream for each attache ofthe|L ollice, two apiece for the members of the committee and three for the Sen. Kdltor. f Yrs truly , J. It. ANDERSON. .lr Laurens, S. ('. Aug 7th, IKS-'i. ' ? p i Itcply of the Editor of the Liurens-it villi: Herald. jt { The good-humored article of Prof. Ander-,s j son. in another column, may serve to while; " lawayadull moment. In theahsenceof sonic-j' thin-.: more exciting perhapsn little discus-11 I sion i>n subject of punctuation niuy be turned t to real profit. It may be well to explain the j origin of this discussion: A few days sine.* i c I we printed some hand-bills for the .Messrs. S ! Hewicy Druthers of this place. The printer j? I printed the lirni name thus: "Drewlcy:c hro's." Prof. Anderson criticised the apostro- i c ph" in the word Urol hers. From this arose1" rather an animated little di-cu<-sion. Ijunek-n eiibos' Khctorlc was hunted upand consulted,: v ami perhaps other antho:ity. So in a vein of h playfulness last week, we wroteasqulh head-' i1 ed " I lew ley Dro's," Just as the firm name ap- j h pcand on the hand-hills, maklmin little play P i upon the word "apostrophe."' This is the orl-j o I gin of the apostrophic war. '! ] i'rof. Anderson says: "Yon mistake the of- ? j lice of the apostrophe, (which marks the V elision or omission of letters,") Ac. That was! ? precisely tlie use made of the apostrophe. It | tl was used to supply the omitted letters t-h-e r " in I he word Brothers. i b It is ditlicu't to lay down any fixed rules for this important branch of education. Onjn I this subject (inackenbos, in Ills "Composition j I' land Hhetoric," says: ^ "it Is frequently objected the study of' c Punctuation that {/owl usage differs widely in I v this respect, and it Is therefore Impossible t<? Say down any fixed rules on thesubjcct. To a b certain extent it is true that usage differs. ;r Punctuation is an art In which there Is great [ v room for the exercise of tnsfc; and fasten till tu'found to vary in this us well as in everything \ *' else." if' So, as a matter of taslr, the apostrophe was ," I used in the ease in question. Wedon t think, V j however, we mlsloolc "the ofliee of the apos- j n iropne. u line we say lilts we kiiow very; well, and have known for many a day, that j Jliros. Is tlie usual way of abbreviating the, I word Brothers. Still we think, under certain , j circunistar.eo, and as a mere mutter of tnste. i in priming a hand-bill, for instance, Unit j "Urn's"' for Urot hers is admissible. ! | To write Mr. mid Mrs. thus: M'r orM'r's,' j would of eoii' se b<" contrary to a rule as old as: j printing itself. Indeed, we doubt that l'rof. j Anderson ever saw such abbreviations. Uut ' I the word Urol hers Is .sometimes abbreviated ; as in the case referred to. thus : IJro's. I s j There Is nothing easier than to criticise ' punctuation, and do so successfully, especially If common usage is to be taken as the stand ard of correct 11 ess. I-'or Instance, we nmy: criticise Prof. Anderson's punctuation of his own article, (we followed "copy" strictly) tot wit: the very first word he writes thus: Messrs?lea vine oil'the period In the abbreviation of the French word Messieurs-?sirs; gentlemen. Again, he writes editors thus; i Kdllors: placing a colon after the word.?After the words Dear Sirs, be puts simply a comma. Now, according common usaj:eaiid good usage, here are thrcr errors be has made,: t>y omission anil commission, in writing only i './our words. According to good usuge the. j punctuation should have been" thus: '. Messrs. Kdiiors?l)cnr Sirs: "I was," &c. It ' Still another deviatIon from usage is where | jthe Professor abbreviates Senior thus: Sen. i I The word Senior is sometimes written as tlie f I Professor has it, but It is usually printed Sr.,1 j which we prefer, as the word Senator isabbre- a' i vlated in the same way. Sen. Suppose you tr I had occasion to refer to your Senior Senator, how would it look to write It thus: "Mr.i Hampton, our Sen. Sen. In Congress." The -r Professor lias occasion to refer to the time of, day, and w iiles it thus: 'at.'lot.'lock"?omit-! ting that important point, the apostrophe, 1 and usinsr a capital C. Tills is something new j tons. We have no recollection of ever h.iv I ing seen It so written, or printed. Finally, {?' [tin- Professor writ oh "Yrs truly"?forgetting! 'the offlee of the apostrophe." 1 J| ]>urlng an experience of nearly thirty-four J1' ! years anions the types, we have seen but few 1'! men, regardless of their position in life.? I 1 whether of the learned professions or In hum- ai bier walks?who hail more than a mere Binat-j teiing of punetuation. The common request,! J* I when handing In a pleee of manuscript for; publication, Is, for theauthor tosay : "I'iease, " correct the punctuation?I wrote In a hurry.'', > The fact of the matter is, it is about as nntur-j"1 il for a man who understands punctuation to11" use the proper points, as it is to spell ashe'!" writes. There is perhaps sreater deficiency i in this branch of education, punetuation,!"' tlian in any other. The reason is obvious; ii | is not studied, as other branches are. I ^ We think Professor Anderson erred in. tj writing "Sen. Editor," and "Vrs" truly. In w each ease these words should have been spell.! " cd out? the former without capitals. If we, were going to say ''Mr. Hampton, our senior j es Senator," we should not write "Sen. Sen." nor i J" would we write "Sr." Senator, but should I ^ spell the word senior, commencing with a w small s. O'clock being an abbreviation ""f;,.| the clock," the apostrophe should appear g, to show the omission of letters. The l/mild ] at quotes "Qunckentios" 1'hetoii#." Should i j" there not liave been an s after the aposlrophe ?',,, our mind is not clear on that point. Asa!\V matter of taste, we think the llcrchl should write "rrofessor" Anderson, and not "Prof." > ^Vl Anderson. i re hi 1 1)1 SaMiimali Valley Kailroad. jm {. iHri'T.ion Journal) j A series ol inei-t'ncs were held last, wet ki ' at various points In Abbeville county Inter- 1 u, L-sted in the building of the Savannah Valley j1(, Uailroad. The meetings were well attended t(, by the people a*rd tv great deal of eneour- |,v iiuement was given us to their abidiui; Inter- ,,{ est in the enterprise. The meetings were all'pr il'enued oy presnioni \\. \v. Humphreys und Messrs. I\ K. Mct.'itlly and It. L. Moor- \v| head, of Anderson, mid by ox-President I.nil- j KO liter, of Low ndesville, mid others of t lie lb- un rert iry. At every meeting canvassing eotnmittccs were appointed, and tiny egress1 Mll I'onlldcnee Iimt iirivate subscriptions to the j), lunounl. of Sl.'i.oK) or &20.00U will he raised with- |i,i in the near future. It is ntcessary to raise \y with which to supplement a like .?umjtC( dtbscribed by tin: city of Anderson before the ,,v latter becomes uvtt.'hthle, ami nuiny of the m, people In Abbeville eouniy express a deter- fet1 mination. In ease they should fall to raise the j \ ilcsiied aiiiount hy private subscription, to ' ,501 petition the legislature for another election tin on the (|uestion of tax subscript ion, as they \y, reel that the load isof such vital importance ci, 1 hat they must secure U one way or the oth-' cn| it. Withs50.umavailable the complcilon of,('h lite road would be Insured beyond peritd-, fn. venture, and then our portion of the Sta 0;|i|c ivould be independent of the niamnioth Seny ' j|0 monopoly, which has secured control ol the en-' orN lire Kicl.tnond and Danville system wild the ||1? |)inpo>cof "ntakiui! money <iutol it." Let the ,n, savannah Valley ltaliruad be completed i?y til means, un<l if it should pass at once into c|); I he hands ol the Georgia Central system, to- \ {etlier with the Augusta and Knoxville road, tin it will silll be of untold advantage to our ii,i Muutry. ^ ! flu ftornionisnt. |i?i (Kcrahnw OuzcW.) j Kril Several apostles of Mormouisin are at work up in Chester and are scattering their literature the tbroad throughout that connlry. We have c*e loted the Inroiiils belni; made recently, in the sur Tpper portion of the State, by these teiichers fea >f Mormon ism; and with no little concern. 11 v rhey seek hy their teachings to destroy the tlui lanctlty of the domestic hearthstone, and the erider virtue a thing wanting upon the part I'rc >f tlie followers of this hellish doctrine. eon There is. perln ps, hut one way in which to ded :et rid of these vicious and licentious crea- till ures. A "vii'i ance committee" would not be for lutofplaee. Let them know that they must Ha eave. If they do not obey this Injunction, lug lien let the people sec that they are fn-Joined sen 0 the branches of the nearest trees. in r Speaking upon this subject, the Cheater lt? | lulletin says: "Ills a shame that such vaga- the onds as these are allowed to preach their thle elllsn doctrines In civilized and moral com- thy utilities, and we sugeest to all sections of deei hester county to oruanize and firmly but let-1 cacefullv inform these so-called Elders to on Ive the'ir neighborhood a wide berth. If and icy staud upon the order of their going, then Rer\ ach a lesson for tLelr dlBobcdleucc." dwe i L Beautiful New Temple. OXSECRATEI) TO THE WORSHIP 0F THE LOUD OUR COD. he Presbyterian Clitirch at Coiios- j bury?It's History?It's Erection? It's Dedication. tevont W'oritliipur* Assemble in Holy Itevcrencc to Sol Apart their Iiousc for Christian IVvr?hi|>. The new Presbyterian Clnireh iitCokesbury, . was dedicated to the service of <iod on Liisrust."?th, IsS''. Jt isa beautiful structure ml isa living moiiiitnent to the good ta>t < nil industry of the noble little band of Presyterians in that community. Attheai* ointcd hour?1) o'clock?for service, incj ousc was comfortably lilh cl. The Melhodisls j indl.v closed * 111-ir church utul worshipped i jlli the Presbytei iaus. Wcgivw below si rce-1 nl of the most important purls of theser-j ices: Peforc the reading of the following paper, lie hundredth Psalm was sung, commencing "l.eforc Jehovah's awful throne," etc. i Succinct History of the Cobcsbnry Presbyterian Church.--Uy Hot . I). Wyatt Aiken. Anterior to 1R7-I, there was no organ</.cd j liurch in Cokeshury. s. ('. Kev. Jan. 1 el'yand Kev. John Mel.ees, of (ireemvond,! :ieh had occasionally held divine services in I lie chapel of the Masonic Female College. j Pursuant to appointment the lievs. John IcLcesand II. A. Fair organized the present j liurch on .Saturday.I'lst February, 1871, with iifhtcen members. Kflorts were immediate- J V made to secure a pastor, hut without, me- j ess. 1 Mirihit the year Uevs. John Mel.cosj ml It. A. stonully visited this little oclc, and uilministeied the tlrs! eomtnunfon ! n thc$>ih Aui;list. At the organization one uling elder, 1). Wyatt Aiken, was elected, ho attended Presbytery at. <irivn wo il in eptember. 1ST 1. and secured the promise by rder of Presbytery of a ?crnion each lrom | lews..). L.Martin and John Hiley during the a'l. on the Sunday before and the Sunday I Iter Christ inns religious services were held ii the Chapel by Rev. Mr. Ray. a student in lie Seminary, who presented the conzrega|i?i? with a handsome liiblc for the pulpit. The Trustees of the Feina'e Sciiool assented i the selection of a teacher by the Presbyte ?.i ii.~ ,.r u iiw iHinmnin^ rcvunu u?v ?-v:i ? ? v.-? ??. i lie llev. Fedinand Jacobs. I). IX. who became Iso pastor ol the Church, and preached his rst sermon on t!ie fourth Sunday In Junuuy, 1>7">, and continued to preach-regularly for] wo years on t he second and fourth Sundays f each month. Up to this time no regular collection had ecn taken up hy the congregation, for they i'cre taxed to their utmost limit lo pay for reaching: but now it was resolved that reckly collections should he made for the va-1 Ions charitable purposes of the Church, and I r> this day there has been 110 omission of this j ellgious duty. i A mortgage and a judgment were hanging j vcrthe Masonic building In which religious] erviecs were regularly held, and the Presbycrlans determined to buy iliem. Presbytery . cas appealed to for aid, and generously loan I I he Church $202. Ki 011 live years time \v it I'll t Interest, two-thirds ot which amount they uhsequcntly gave the Church, provided onebird should be paid, which was done. I'ria!e parties loaned various amounts on sltni-1 nr terms, all of which were returned. Other j iiirtles made generous donations to the liurcli, notably Kev. John (?. Law. SlUO; Mr. inmuel lt.Todd. of Laurens. S-V); Mr. Alex, iimpson. of Laurens, $25; Presbyterlal Com-1 itittee of Suslentatlon at Columbia, Slot!; and lie congregation held a festival 011 tlie 11th | lay, 1X75, In which they were greatly assisted y the generous people of Cokesnury and its ieinlty, and netted .<1-11.92. From time to line the young ladles of the Church gave conerts, ice ereini festivals. (Sc., and on all such caMons were liberally patronized by their 1 ft tux 11st friends, to whom tin. I'rcsbyteilan j 'liurch atCokesbury feels deeply Indebted for heir encouragement and <'bristlan sympathy hrough tiiese many years of labor and anxity to secure 11 suitable house of worship. The mortgage and judgment alluded to hove were held in Cokesbury and New York "Hy. The face of the former was S700 with wo years interest, and was purchased for $B5N. 'lie latter was an ante bcUum claim ol $218 rlth many years Interest accruing, but it was inrchascd for $100 cash. These papers enabled he Presbyterians to control large!v the Muonic building, which was jointly the nronery of the Methodist (Conference ami the Maonic fralertiily. Frotn these owners a propsiilon was made to exchange clean titles to ... t...u,ii.,? ...111, J1U V tHllLT' lirc: r??-1!?/?/? uunuiiifj, mui 'rofessnr's house nml right acres of land, for he mortgage find Judgment. The prnposllon was accepted, and tlic Presbyterians atne in possession of a desirable property. kl. once three acres of lam) were sold for $100, nd the Professor's house for 8?") cash. A onverslon of I lie school building into a hurch edifice wits then determined upon and o opportunity was ever last to secure the eccssary means. Parti?*sat home and abroad ere appealed to for pecuniary aid, and many | ceded our appeals. Mr. Wanna maker, of; 'hlladelphla, the head ol the largest clothing | onse In the United States gave us a neat pul-1 it. TliN was secured through the kindness: I' a Mr. ltaird.of Baltimore, who suhsei)uent? sent us sj.i. Mr. Win. K. Dodge, of New i 'ork, recently <lece:>scd, sent us $25. Mr. I rait on, of New York, generously gp.ve us llHi. Kind friendsat home in Cokcshury con- \ Inucil to aid us, and finally the work of re-1 lodeling began, and was pushed when once' cL-nn till completed. On the 10th Auuust, 1874. the Church lost two | lemb'Ts by renioval from ("okesbury. On , tth August, 1ST."), tlio first female member,' liss K. M. Aiken, was received into the: iiurch; and the first male member, Mr. Da- ; id Aiken, on Uth April, 1S77. On the tilth prll, 1*75, the first infant, Nannie Aiken, was; aptisei). On '.' itb July. 1<70. an additional tiling1 elder, W. U lticliey, and a dcacon, Du- j til Aiken, w?-rc elected. Rev. Dr. Jacobs remained pnstor of this: hurch but two years, and during the next; >nr years the pulpit was tilled by various linlsters. chiefly Kev. John Mcl.ees anil Hev. I V. F. Pearson, tlionuh tiie Coin mil tee on l)o-' icstle Missions were Instructed by I'resby-' fry to supply the pulpit whenever Miotiav-j ling cxix-nyes ol the minister would be paid, tn] lie paid flvedollars for his service11. Thus' pgtilur services were held twice ft month. On ivo occasions the pulpit whs Ailed by Kev. >r. (Jrl'T of the Associate Hefornicd Church. On the Kith September, South Carolina: 'rcsbytery met In Cokesbnry, pursuant to In-, llation, and its sessions were well attended ml highly appreciated by the citizens. In the Spring of lxsi Rev. W. (}. Neville was ivlted to supply the C'okcsbury pulpit for Ix months.and preached his tlrstsermon on lie third Sunday in May of that year, and in iie Full was called to he the pastor of the hureh; accepting tl.ecnll, he was Installed! astor of the Church on .-'aturdny hefore the; tiird Sunday In July, 1SSU. lie is to-day their inch beloved pastor. i Since it* organization sixteen females have , een added to the membership of the Church, i nd six male*. Nine females have been ills- , ilssed by letter, three of whom were taken I way by murriage, to wit: Miss Jlessie Culd-1 ell, now Mr<. Norris; Ml>s Corinne Waldron ow Mrs. Hodu'cs; and Miss Nannie God bold, ow Mrs. Mct'raiey. Two members were lo-t y death. One male, to wit, I?r. M. C. Hives, nd one female, to wit, Mrs. Nancy Caldwell.; lie present membership of the Church is lirty. | liefore the following snppllcntlon to the! hrotie of (iraee was said, I lie five hundred j nd sixty-seventh hytnu was sung, coin-i lenclng "Dear Shepherd of thy people hear," etc. J I lie Dedicatory Prayer by the Pas-! tor, Itcv, Win. C. Neville. I "Who Ik like unto thee, O Lord, among the! >ls? v\ ho is like thi'c. glorious in holiness.! 'iirful in praises, doing wonders? Thou in 1 ly mercy hast led forlh the people which! iou hnst redec med ; thou hast guided them | i thy strength unto thy holy habitation." lion art the God of Abraham, and or Isaac. | ml of Jneoh: thou art the God and Father of j ur I.ord a.id Savior Jesus Christ: thou art ip God and I-'a!her of all the disciples oft hrist; thou art our God, and thou art our cither. We worship thee this day as the on- j true and iivingGod. We worship thee this! *y as a Being of infinite love, wisdom and | mvcr. Wo worship thee as n Being possess- j ig the very embodiment of all that is excel-1 nt and perfect. We worship thee as a Being I r infinite goodness and wonderful works to | >c children of men. We worship thee for hat thoU art and for what thou hast done. ,*e worship thee for the matchless perfeeons of thy character and for the marvelous ; orks of thy hand. We worship thee through ; i.v Son .Testis Christ, our Savior, who Is thej :iiy Mediator between God and man. O: ord. help thou our infirmities and weakness-! i. Ilelp us to worship thee in the beauty of [illness. Help us to worship thee with the j uart and with the understanding. Lei our o''shlp rise before thee as sweet incense, 11idi shall be well pleasing in thy sight. We rccogfrlw? thee as the great (lead of the liurch. Thou art (lie intellectual Power; tiding and controlling the. Church* and thou i t the spiritual Power redeeming and purifyg the Chureh. Thou art the Strenglh and | le Glory of /Ion. All of her beauty and her j i ceellerfce anrl her power flow from thee, j1 'e thniik then, O r.oru, that, thou hast insti-P ituted the Church in Hie world.- We thank ice that thou hast sent thy Son Into thej nrld, who has infinite power and unliiulted (J sources. We thank thee that thou hast sent'1 m into the world to execute the wonderful j an of salvation which had been agreed up-j i In the councils of eternity. We thank 11 ''I* Iw It?ll?* * III !.->(* V> IJUIH UNUU Uiinii IllilUU I f?ad of the Church. 11 We ihank llice thnt thou hast perpetuated J1 is Church in (he world. Thou hast. fought < r buttles fi?r her; thou hast sained her vie- j < ries. Thou hast led thy people In the day j 1 a cloudy plllar and In the niulit by a pillaV [' fire. Thou hast been their Light and their M oteclion. Thou liast led IlicChnreii through ; ' I the bloody scenes of persecution throii'.'ii ' itch she has passed. Thou liast always i' ne on before preparing the way for her tri-1 ' inhal march. Thou hast caused even the! 1 Mniisot the Church to contribute to her i 1 fee-s and prosperity. Thou hast crowned i 1 y Church with honor and glory. Thou ba>-t!' red the Church with an everlastlnir love.; 1 [ thank thee that thou ha>t never permit-j* 1 the enemies of tlieCliurch to triumph * er lior. In all of bvr atHiclions and con- I ts thou liast been tier Hutueu and her I>o- " ice. |1 ,Ve thank thee. O T,ord, for the power for ' rwt which thou hast wielded in the world j J1 ry.t'.'h |be Instrumentality of the Church, i ' L- thank ihee that thou lia-t been in thcjl1 ureh from ilstiist organization to the pros- j i1 L time. We thank thee. 0 <?od, for tlie ^ " ureh. This Church comes to us to-day!" igliied with priceless and innumerable | ssings. We thank thee for the organ I za- > P n of the Church in the world, for her pres-l" ration, and for her great blessings. We j t ink thee for all of her institutions and or-!}' lances. We thank thro for the influence |'' > has exerted over us in transforming our;" imeters and In reforming our lives-. d V*e thank thee. () Lord, lor the existence of j e > Church In this community. We thank a e for the organization of tills particular! tl ireli aiul for the success which has attend- P this church. Thou hast led us by tliy Splr- I' iiid by thy Providence. Tlitoh'hrut protect- ei us by thy power and sustained us by thy b .ec. When we were almost ready to give tl In despair because of our own weakness, iu didst whisper In our ears, "Your stifllL In flrwl " Thnn hnvt. ntuihlitf] ii? fni 11 vivo nil of our diseouragcmoiits and do- i'1 ts. Wo bless thee for thrsplrltuul prosper- | and for the temporal prosperity which tc in hast, ulvenus as a Church. Wo thank | e, o Cod, that thou hast enabled us In thy | w >vulencc to bring our chinch building to ?' iplellon. We come before thee to-day to f d< Icate it to thy service. O Lord, we are ne and our church Is thine. We pray theo te Jesus' sake to ncoept the gift we brine, tli ve we not erected this house for thy dwell- t': place? We this day consecrate It to thy sc 'lee. We give tin's edifice to thee. O God, "n t formal manner; and we would write over m portals and upon Its wi?lls, "This house Is t' LoTd's." May the offering which we make or i day be acceptable and well pleasing In sight, O Lord, our Strength and our lie- fif mer. We would ask thee now. O God, to co thy richest and choicest blessings rest up- ns tills church which our hands hn.vo built pr which we have Just consecrated to thy tli flee. Come and make this house thy Gc Ming place. Wo know, 0 Lord, that the th heaven nnd henvcn of heavenscnnnot contain line; huw much lens I his house which | we have built ? Yet we ihnnk thee thnt thou I dost condescend Indwell in houses made with I human hands. We beseech thee, tin refore,! that thou wilt hnvc respect unto the prayer of thy servants and unto our supplications, that thine eyes may be o; en lowa'.ds Mils house nljrht nmlday. I.ei thy i nme dwell here; and let thy ulory i!ll this house. We would pray /or the future prosperity of this church. Lit the pulpit of this el ill rcli be occupied by divinely railed, divinely (nullified, and divinely commissioned men, who ;h:tli p:e;uih a ourc. simple, complete jtospel. I,et. the e! dership of IhisC.'hurch be tilled witli men who shall indeed <>c sj ij i(i::i: guides In the tlucU over whom the IJoiy tihost linth made thein overseer*; und may they be devoted tn the spiritual Interests of 1 lie Church l:i cuvy way. lift the dcacouship of IS:Im i-httr<-li l?>* tilled with nu n Itili of tin* Iloly Ghost and wisdom, who shall look well to all the temporalities of the church. I .el the private membership of I his ell in eh i.e Composed of li>011 ami women p.isscs-im: the real spii it of iT.rhl ?real branches in the true vim*. And we would ask thceloadd unto thischitrch many precious. immortal souls wlio-e names arc written in the I.anih's l!ook of l.ife. <> (Jod, l>l.:ss our churcii out of thine infinite fullness I,el. Ili.v spirit lieseeiid upon us in eonst inl and refreshing shower* oi grace. Make u* a consecrated people. As we have dedicated our church building to tli.v service to day, let us dedicate ourselves also to thy seivice. Make this church a p >wi-r for good in this e, "tnnuinify. I.et her cords lie leimthencdaiid her sialics strengthened until her lutlu'-nce shall be felt by every person in Ibis community. Make her a fountain from which shall issue many s:reams of usefulness lo make ulad the city of our (iod. May many come here to behold the beauty of fie Lord and to iu(|Uit'ein his temple. And may their desires and spiritual necessities be satisfied with the wholesome doctrine which shall lie proclaimed from this sacred place. Let the strength and the b.-auiy and the glory atld the savlny po.vi r of onr (iod dwell hi this house so lomr us It sh di lie used as thy house. I.et this cliiireh he founded upon a rock, even upon the everlasliiiLCtruthoi (toil; so that the uales of hell shall not prevail a-jainst it. May Ibis church go forth upon her mission of loveaml redemption, lair as the moon, clear as the sun .m.i loi-fiiii? jw no nriiiv with banners. O Lord, hear us in this our piayer; ami unto thee, the great Ileail <>f the t'hiii'ch. Father, Son. nod Holy Ohost, "the King eternal, iinmortal, invisltite. the only wise (Sod. Lie honor and glory for evcrand ever. Amen." At the conclusion of the prayer by Mr. Neville, and before the delivery of tho scrmon hy the Rev. I?r. Mullally, the one huudred and nineteenth Psalm, 7th part, was sung: "Let nil the heathen." etc. The Sermon by Itev. Francis P. Mulhilly, D. L). Text: This Isa faithful saylnc and worthy of all acceptation, that Christ Jesus came into the world to mve sinners. 1 Timothy 1: 15. This edifice is n testimony. Hy if. you declare your faith in the uo?pcl. find your urate1'ul remeinhinnce of the pious parentage, the godly ministry, and the earnest teachers, who have transmitted the precious boon. This house bus not been built for its own sake?not to enclose a certain amount of space, or to make a disp'rry ot architectural symmetry, nor Is It designed f>r your convenience In your secular assemblages. No. This beautiful structure is a word, expressing the deepest meaning and the. profoundest thought. Not only, when, from Its pulpit, the beloved pastor preaches to you, solemnly attentive in those seals, but when silent and empty it. will declare through the organ of sight, not only, that (Sod Is, but also, that, faithful Is the saying.and worthy of all acceptation,that Christ Jesus came Into the world to save sinners. To believe this saying, to the truth of which and the worthiness, to be we corned hy nil our I overs of understanding and emotion, the Apostle here testifies from his own experiI ence, to be a Cht 1st inn. To lead men to give an unstinted reception to nil. Unit 1m contain| cd in the words Christ Jesus came into the I world to save sinners is the great end of the I gospel ministry.and of the Hoi}* Spirit whose Instrument the gospel Is. To this end your Church has been devoted, and If ever It Is turned aside to any other, then the fervent ' dedicatory prnj er. which has Ju>-t tieen ottered by you. through the heart and lips of jour beloved pastor, will prove to have been false. The Apostle Paul's own history atlords a noble continuation of the truth of his testimony. This allirniative cannot he the result, of a | deception, ot which St. Paul was himself the subject. The whole character ot the learned disciple of Gamaliel precludes the possibility of ?ucha supposition being true. I-or tnegospel consists of statements purportimr to declare factsappertaining to the external world, and to give the explanation of these tense : cognitions. I Neither can It. be accounted for on the ! ground, that he willfully endeavored to mislead others. For it is contrary to all reason, j that a man should pursue a course of Imposture, not only without the hope of gain, bul [ with the certainty of loss and sutlering, and under the constant threatening of death in some mo-it. terrible form. Besides, the total change In the Apostle's life from the tunc he I "met Jesus in tlie way" can be accounted for only on the ground (hat it "Is a faithful saying worthy of all acceptation that Christ ! Jesus came into the world to save sinners." j But whatever other evidence may be presented in favor of the gospel,? whatever attainments men may have made in relation to the trust-worthiness of the Apostle's testimony,and the reality of the ml rack-sol' Christ, they will not give an Intelligent and cordial reception to the word of life, 'till they see its self-consistency, its accordance with the character of God, and Its adaptation to the wants of man, I therefore propose on the present occasion to be allowed to urge you to the sincere adoption of the languagcot the text, by an argument drawn from the great, saying Itsell,? that "Christ Jesus came into the woild to save sinners." II Is unnecessary, before tit is congregation, and for the purpose we have in view, to give a (list I not. statement of nil that is implicit in our brief text. Suftiee it to say that the^fonlprchensive expression atllrms without <iua!!tieation, that all which Is taught in the New Testament, anil if so in the Old also, rein tiny to tlie mission of ('hrist to this world, Is not only credible. hut siinuld be most nikIoiil>t 1 Duly and cordially welcomed, by all the powers of the humnn soul. My object Is toshow, that in it sell considered, all that is tauuht in the liible, as Interpreted by the orthodox Churches, in relation to the coming of Chi 1st for the salvation of sin nets, most fully commends Itself to the head ami heart of man. As the first step in this argument, I presort the proposition, that looking at what Cod Is upon the one hand, and on what man is on the oilier, It is .'evil lo be in I he highest degri e probable, that the Infinite Creator should In some way undertake the salvation of tins miserable creature. There is nothing more evident than that mau n present stale is one or vanity,sin and misery. Kvldently neither himself, nor his surround inns are what they ought, to he, or what they were norma!!y designed to be. All have In them the elements of dccay and death. Some havestiU'cml more than others,but all have siifJVrel from the hand of altliction, euttinz with its ruthless knife, the tender chords of a lied Ion. How few are provided with the comforts of life? How many lack even it* necessaries? What scenes of toil and bloodshed and sickness and carnage and death does this earth present! Why those Jails, and whipping Hosts and pit) bets? I see yonder, a being who rouses Into action in my heartthe highest kind of respect dne to a creature, because >he is a woman. and belongs to the best division of ourduallstli; ruoe. Mill, why does thai other daughterol Kvc, as she approaches this slslcr, gather aside licr skirt, and shrink from her contact, as from 111" foulest plague? Ah! tint woman now an object of abhorrence, was once an angel in the paradise of home, bill decrit in the person of a man. whose duly It wa< to honor, and If need be, protect the mother's darling and father's pride, yet dragged her. as ii were, down from heaven, and sent an angel of light on a mission of shaine through tin* world. ]5ut I need not dwell on the proof that man's condition even in tills world isoneot sin and misery. I cannot however but ndd. that conscience makes him tremble by threatening a still worse statebeyoiul the grave. Ho great N the fear tlins produced that hardly any amount of present pain can obliterate it, and (hat hardly any coroner's Jury convened in the case of a suicide, ever fails to at tribute the net of sell destruction to insanity. Think further, that nearly all the misery of tills world proceeds from the passions of men.and that these bad passions must strengthen w ith age. Apart then from Divine interposition, the more man's existence Is prolonged, the more wretched he must become in himself, and the more prolific a source of evil to others. Now let us turn (o find. That He is a being of infinite goodness, all nature testifies. Man Is unhappy,only because man is a sinner. The tendency of ail the divine works Is to promote happiness. His love Is seen in the structures of nature, the constitution of our own beings, In the adaptation of the faculties; and the objects by which they are at once cx-j erclsed and gratified in the beauty which de-l lights the eye, the music which charms the j ear,In theatoucc refresh inn and invigorating air, and the nourishing food, in the powers of I obtaining knowledge, in th?* regularity of tin* j sun and the moon. Finally go where you j will, the kindness of fiod appears; alt nature ucurs witness to us 00:111 ly, me can 11 is 11111 01 | its riches, Then, (!otl is good as well 11s great. i His benevolence is ns vast as Ills wisdom;! mid our wcllheinc is matter ot His concern,] 0von as our being Itself was derived from His will. Is it 1101 then In perfect keeping with the characlcr of God. as manifested in His works of creation and providence. Unit He should in some way interpose to deliver us from our misery, and Its one ureal, cause, our sin ? So far then as the mere declaration of a j divine interposition goes we are as reed t tint j the gospel is a "laithful saying ami worthy oft nil acceptation." For the end for which it 1 Nays Jesus Christ came into the world is to re-; deem mnn, so Unit, lie may realize the t nd of ( his creation and enjoy the bounty of ('nd. Lot no one say that the argument which liasj lust been indicated would If fully followed; out to its legitimate teiidenciesabollsh hell it- j self. The condition of man in the present life,! Is very ditlercnt from that of lost spirits in j hell. All the elements of the former are evi-1 lently not the award ?f penal Justice, Kurlli, has never been given up to the utter black-i ness of darkness, and has never been utterly leprived of every beam ot God's favor. Hut [ verythtng in theolrcumstancesof thedamn- ' >d tends only to convince them that God's leart ts eternally steeled airalnst them. If; iod had changed every channel and means of. mppiness in this world, into a conveyance) ind instrument of torture, and had with-' Irawn all the restraining int.'urnees of Ills lo'y Spirit from human passions, then, there night be some plausibility in saying, a lov-i !!?' IlHTriflll I n f nrno! It I inn /if* C/wl Imfuwon lis own J list Ice and limn. Hip sinner. Is a hingnnlecedcntly hopeless, lo tin* ulternio-it. j f love hail utterly withdrawn from the scene j vc might Inter It would never return. lint: vlicn we see love lingering and working in } he world and dispensing lis rleli bounties in l thousand ways, ami when Hits love is 0111ilpotent?can do anything which Is not eon-!1 rary to justice and truth?wo may reasona- i i >ly hope, that it will undertulccoiir salvation. I 'he attitude of Orid towards this fallen world i las ever heen like that of the father In tlicl arable towards his prodigal son,?averted, it i nay he in anger,and yet not wholly turned ' way heea use of love. j I Hut It Is to the way, In which find has Inter* I loscd,?according to Hie teaching of Christ i nd Ills apostles, as they are understood by I he orthodox. Church.?for the salvation <if < nan, that the great, majority of the unheiiev- 1 i)g. object. That He should interpose, they I dmlt. is in the highest degree reasonable and 1 esltable, but that he should interpose by tie- ' Dining man, living in poverty and sull'ering. t nd dying upon the eross, they brand with < lie stamp of absurdity. Now in order to ' rove the history of Christ's mission as told i l the New Testament, unworthy of being r radially received as having been Instituted ^ y (Jod for man's redemption, one of three si lings must he proved: i fc 1st.. That this mission Is unnecessary, or v 2d. That as an expenditure of tncans.it Is 1 ot instilled in the eye of wisdom, by Hie end s Unified, or < .Id. That It Is inconsistent with thecharuc- e r of God In Itaelf. o If it Is in the highest desrree probable, or s lilch Is the Ksunc llilnu. morally certain,and <1 so most desirable, I hat God should conn-to 1! [ liver ns, and ll' the way. In v hich we undei- ri mid the serlplnres to leach that lie has in- n rposed in our behalf, is in aeeordanee witli iv ic divine altrihules and Is Just what meets ti le necessities of the ease then, the naylrn: It- n If, "that Christ Jesus eame into the world to it ve sinners," taken in the full latitude of ll eariinc. which It acquires, liy cominc from o e pen and the heart of St. Paul, is credible It autopisjlc and worthy of all acceptation. n First, then us to the necessity of the saeii- e> e of ClrWsjt. It Is evident, that If the soul t< uld be RiiVed without so areata redemption It the bloouVif God's own son, then we must I1' onounee the kokiicI plan Inconsistent Willi bi e character of the all-wlscand nlMovlng ('< >d. 1 cannot now take time to say any- M iiig to tliube \vhu Lasc tliJs ol j ctlou oil Ihc, v< ...... -V*.;* ground that man Is not a Rlnner. Such men I are monsters. Tlioy lilfl'er from nmti us man, us some abnormal birth or growth In the lower world does from Ihc genus to which we are .vet obliged to assign It, as for liiKtHr.ee, a cow with two heads, or a horse with six legs. The human race In all ages, nations,and times has | asserted of Itself nothing so emphatically as that the indi\ ldtutis composing it,are sinners, l'.ut this class Is not I am *ure represented In the congregation. Much more numerous are Ihose who object that liod < asi pardon sin without anything at ! all having been ottered by wuy of satisfaction j to His immaculate lusticc Now to these I answer, that to say, 1 am a sinner, U to say I have violated the law of God, and Incurred its i penalty. The penalty Is essential to the law, ; without it, there may be counsel or valri threatening, but no law. The question ihen I as to whether find can accept the sinner without an atonement. Is simply, can God set aside UN own law? Oftentimes criminals are par' doned by human judges.?absolutely released 1 from the penalty demanded by the law. but whenever (tils is done by any executive without blame, It must, be J untitled by the fact . UIHI I.IIU 11 < 11 * 111 i l I IIJI, J/I VHU. ; fallible men, is nut. perfect, ami thai hiiuiii'i evidence uiiii human knowledge 'lo not adi mil of absolute c<m Utility, Then if God forbear lo execute Hi* law lie confessses In the 'sight of Ills intelligent ereatures thntli. is 'not perfect. Tills would lie to give tip His> J claim to Infinite wisdom. Xo. the law of God j tnust he perfect, it can demand nothing in any ease, hut what or.glit to lie demanded, it can threaten nothing but what ought to he iullictod. For the most part a ciianpe in (Sod's j law would imply a change in His nature.: There Is then tio absolute pnidon known ini j God's own government of His creatures. | lint sume think they are reasonable, when they say nothing more than repenlance is j : necessary. If by repentancc they tnean n 1 mere reformation of life, prompted by selfish ' hope, or sellish fear, (and at the root they are the same.) nothing is more absurd, than to ; hope by ihls.to propitiate thcolfcuded Judge. ; Imagine a- disobedient son saying to his outraged lather, I am afraid you will disinherit tne, antL theieforc I will, although I do not love, yiftf or delight In your service, try to obey you. Now such is the obedience or rci jicniance wherewith many hope lo satisfy our ; oU'endcd Judge; in Heaven, and to secure exj eruption from deserved punishment at His : hands, and also perhaps a large Inheritance of joy from Ills bounty 15ut is not sucha frame of mind a most aggravated insult to God 1 It ; Is virtually saying I see nothing in God Himself for which I ought to refrain from disobedience, and Insult towards Him. lint I can ! see much In the creature which Is worthy of ! my highest eflorts to secure, that, to obtain ; which, f am willing to forego the present joy of Indulging my sinful nature. It Is therej fore to prefer the creature to the Creator, to regard God only as the medium through winch benefits may aceruc to us, or evils may he prevented from befalling us. It is lo deny the excellency of the Most High, and to turn Ills perfections Into a means, while we regard created good as our chief end. Hut if by repentance you mean sorrow for sin, simply be cause, you love (4od. and sin Is an Insult and I an Injury to lllm, tliett I freely udmit that j this repentance Is indissolubly connected ] with salvation It is however because of ;hls. indissoluble connection that the atonement of; Joans Is necessary. Ilo Is exalted a I'll.ice: find n Saviour to uive repentance and remission of sins. The cross Is at once the motive, to this holy obedience of heiirt, and, Its procuring cause. The spiritof Christ alone can produce ll in the soul. When you show me a case of genuine repentance, disconnected from faith In Christ Jesus, ttie crucified, then I will show you a problem which the wisdom of God could not solve, a contention between Justice and holiness utterly irreconcilable. What could be done with such a soul? It is utility and Justice would demand it to suffer j the infinite penalty of violated law; it is holy and therefore the holiness of God would claim it. as Its own. No such case can ever exist. The water and the blood must ever no together. This Is beautifully tauuht by the Apostle John when he says 'This is lie that came by water and by blood; not by water only, but by water and by blood." Thus it may be seen that the cross, is the procuring cau?-e of that icpentancc which is really the holiness of a sinner. It Is easy to see that It is also the motive used in implanting and perfecting that same Heavenly grace, it is only when we see Mod In Jesus Christ, no longer a relentless .Judge, but now a pardoning father, that our heart melts into filial sorrow for sin. We hasten to assert, that every perfection of the Divine Being, makes on atonement necessary, in order to our salvation. Take His infinite Majesty. He is the great Lord God. He Is the ultimate authority, and source of every eight, the centre, and (tic foundation of all order. Now all sin Is a direct insult oll'ered to tiiis greatest of beings, the origin and preserver of the universe. Nay the tendency of sin in Itself considered is to destroy tills Supreme Majesty ami produce universal disorder and despair. Can sin then viewed In relation to I he majesty of God be pardoned, without satisfaction ? be committed with Impunity? expose to no hazard. Involve no forfeiture of safety? Would not this unhinge the whole moral constitution of things, and tempt to universal revolt? God's truth 110 less Imperj atlvely calls for such a provision. The moral I nature or (io<t s rational creatures woum ."imply bo :i lie If no penalty were Invariably attached lo the commission of sin. Xuy even the very goodness of God makes nn atonement necessary, for It requires that sin, the origin of all evil, must be exterminated. Rut we have seen that in order to be exterminated i It must lie punished. The guilt must t?c borno in order that the life may be imparted. Hut granting that a man could not be saved without an atoning -sacrifice, It may still be objected, that, something less valuable than the blood of the Son of God, would have suf! flceil. I answer the very same argument j which proves a sat'sfaction to divine Justice ] necessary, proves a perfect satisfaction necessary. An Imperfect satisfaction involves a contradiction in terms. Hut of the many other arguments to show that nothing but the sacrll'ce of Jesus would meet the demands of the case, we content ourselves witn one. A I satisfaction of Infinite value was demanded, land only In Jesus Christ could it be found. The sinner has Incurred Inflnife guilt, and | must, render an infinite penalty. This can be 1 mado plain to the feeblest mind, which can I comprehend at all. If is simply a dictate of {common sense, that the penalty due to nnyi j Injury,increases In proportion to the dignity of the Otijtict of the evil act. Wantonly to kick a doz destrvos blame, and would Incur | ! flu; frown oi a passer-by, to Inflict the same blow on the vilest human helm: i that ever lay drunk and filthy In thegUller. j would deserve greater punishment, to Inflict the same blow on a faithful minister of tlie | j gospel, still greater punishment. If an nngel i I show appear In your streets, and some son of j Hclial were to maltreat the messenger of the' | skies. Iil.s ill desert could hardly b? measured. ; SI s Is an Injury to ail creation because its cfj feet Is disorder and Its tendency utter anarchy.and thcruleof selfishness,yet its olijpct is above the brne creation, the human family the hosts of angels, the cherubim and seraphim. It aims Its foul insult and its mallclous blow at. the Kingof Kings, and the Lord of Lords, Is It not plain then that the ill de-' sert of sin Is Inllnltc? Jesus Christ, and very : [ plainly no other can, meet this infinite de-j ; main!, lie is one divine person having two natures, that of God, and that of man. Hlsj 1 human nature never had any personality and jus history belongs to the history of the one i person, who is the son of God. Of this one! ! person, thlnes the most apparently contrmiiej lory are affirmed, as that lie ever livcth;, ; His life i< eternal: lie* is God, and cannot suf-; : fer. and on the other hand that Ik- was born of a woman. lived in poverty nnil suirerlns was mucked, scourged, crowned with thorns.: and subjected to wlmt delicacy dure not name. ; Jesus Christ being man could obey and sutler' 111 man's stead, and hcinir (Sod a divine per-j son. his obedience and sufferings were of In-, I finite value. It Is as plain, that Jesus Christ, I being eijual to the Father, could oiler an i atonement as Infinite In worth, as the Injury ; I done to the Father was lntlnlte in III desert.! I The same principle applies In both cases. The! atonement of Jesus then cannot be objected, to, on the ground, that It was not absolutely ' necessary. We have seen on the contrary< J that nothln? less would do, and tlint none,; i hut one who is flod and man,ami one Hlvlue ! person could di?-c''arire the debt we owed. j I Second, It l? not enough however to render j i the gospel self-evidencing to show that Christ i and His cross were necessary in order that j man may he saved. We may grant this and j I yet ask, is the salvation of the human soul i j ?uch an end as the all-wise (lod would make, i such an expenditure lo secure? When we be-1 | Kin lo contemplate I he grandeur of t he end to I ' I.,. ..........I... II.O ,,.l<i.lnn ,.r ('lirlwt ii'ti I ; fool in our feebleness of Intellectual grsisp. si* I ! one standing upon theshore looking upon the j : mighty ocean! Only n short wny do we see for-1 j ward. Only a few points in the mighty theme !come within our range, and even those serve) ! to overpower the mind by the Immensity of I the tield they Indicate for the application of | the hcuclit-i and the vastness of the interests Involved. Under this light c-arth looses Its In significance in the immense system of creft ition and assumes the Importance ot being; I the selected theatre of events highly affecting j I the interests and happine.-s of the moral uni-| ; verse. Think, my brethren, of the native; worth ot that which was to he saved. When I: ! consider the capacity of n human soul, all I j that It can sutler or enjoy in ft single moment, j | and then of Its Immortality and its prog res-j j slve nature, whether in a state of misery or j happiness, I feel that God, being Infinitely! good and wise, would net In perfect accord-j since with His character in saving that onei sou] by the mission of Christ. Think of the i soul of man, that undying spirit, which here-i ceived directly from the Inspiration of the A I- I mighty, which alone gives nohlllty to the; wonderful frame wherein it dwells.and who?e. abandonment of the curiously wrought tab-j ernacle, Is the slgnsil for its breaking down to j a mass of corruption,?which the Creator has I' ilignilted with powers of intelligence so vast, I and imbued with aspirations after knowledge,! and perfection, so unbounded, which exclu-l sively of all Ills works helow, bears or can' bear, the Irr.age of Ood. to which lie gave a1 value, a grandeur, a glory surpassing those of1 all mntcrisil tilings, In conferring upon it that: liumoriailly which mocks the stroke of death and enables it to hel-old the sun or the moon i and stars as they shine, and to say The stars shall ftulc away, the sun himself (Jrnw dim with age, and nature sink In years;1! Hut I shall flourish In immorisil youth, i Unhurt, amid the war of elements. The wreck of matter, and the crash of worlds. I Then consider the salvation Itself which I was to be effected, it Is no mere temporal deli verance,affecting alone one present happi-j ness, or liberty, or power. The evils if re-* moves sire nothing less than the everlasting I' misery and degradation of the soul.?its con- ' sigument to woe Immense, and endless, and ' its exile evermore from the face and favor of,! Ood, away among the outcasts in endless ret-;' rogri ssion. The blessings it bestows are res to- 1 ration to ihedivineacceplance.and the enjoy- J niiMif <if flu* tlivinn h?vi??ivili'iimtIon true freedom of inornl beintss, to our lost puri- . ty.and rectitude?all Ihe hltsh hopes a ml priv-|1 I i esses of the sons of God?:i place anion's tho?c * who stand in 11 is i in media I r presence, an I in- s morialiiy of liicoiieelvable, find yet over ad- <' vaneinss hlcst-edncss. What tlic.m til may he- j' come, no anssel can declare. <>od alone can ; J fathom eternity, and hence lie alone can tell i ' the value of the human soul. Hut if the soul j ' is |>r?jjre?-st v<; in lis lull lire, t III' time must J1 mine when every soul in Heaven must pi is-1" sessall the Imppiness. now enjoyed hy all the holy bcimss below the throne of <?od; and j' whet) each lost soul, must stiller in Itself all 11 Ihe pain now sit/Iercd by all the inhabitants | f if hell. Then consider the vast multitude of ' souls, whose salvation the mission of t.'hrlstij' Is to secure gathered out of Jill nations, and j J' from all aises of time. For to Hie faithful of J " ill periods and of all kindreds and tontsues j. Ihe salvation extends. Hack over all antece- i {* lent atses?forward to the close of time?and , ividely as the circle of Ihe earth, to all who)" lavt! believed, anil to all who shall yet be-j'A ieve. extend the iicnetits of the cross of.Je-i { ais t'hrisr. How immense ihcrctore the,, looms of immortal souls whom the work of;!'.' 'tirist shall exalt to the courts of hcitvcu ! !11 'I beheld" says St. John,"and lo! a jsreat . nultitud" which no man could number, of all lations. ami kindled, and people. and ton- ,u! [lies, si nod before the (hrone, and cried with i, i IoikI voice, Salvation toourliod." Considr further that the salutary influence of the ' M" roiks of Christ, felt directly hy man, extends f" leyond earlh and him. In his happiness is ceil, by myriads of beings, the goodness of J rl. iod.and thus their own happiness is increas-i" d. Revelation only confirms the conjectures j M' f reason, in making known to us. myriads of, "j piritual beings of lofller condition and en-1. owmem than man previous to the resnrrec-j j!1 Ion, alld occupying with their aS"e!)ding links ilie vast interval betwixt him and the: enresl point of approach to the (Sodhead,yet Pl II possessing the sum" moral and Inlllblc naure and owning the same eternal laws of| uiral obligation. Here then Is opened un | 1 (intense Held, for the possible influence, of i tei le salvation of which, we are the itmnedlu'e m bjeets. We cannot now discuss the Indirect lr? lliuence of the mission of Christ, on those .In la.fcsilcbeings in the way of confirming and pli dablishihg them in theirnlleglnnceand love er; i I lie coiniiion Lord of all. but that such an ou ifluence exists the IJlble clearly intimates, cu or It speaKs of the elect angels. Not only so. ag Jt in the first chapters of the epistle to the dr ;?iossians. and many other scriptures, our Sn esslah, Christ Jesus, Is represented as the an :ry ibuudallou of the whole uulversc. This of :''<r ' world then Is but the point In the grout morol lake of the universe, first moved by the cross of Christ, yet the clrcll- g Wiive? of blessing extend to Its utmost shores. There is Joy over every slnnrr Mint repenteth. There l? ^lory to Oo.l in the IiIkIk st. a* often us the birth ?f Christ Is repented In the regeneration of sinners There Is Jov to every intelligent fiunlly of beings when they see Je>us Christ wielding the sceptre of the universe, and realize the truth (hat they arc Hot under the law,but Under grace. Tne most Important consideration however la showing that the end and the means of the gospel mre not in the eyes of true wisdom unworthy of each other, is. that through the Christ of thegospcl only, Could (iod manifest Ills attribute of mercy. That adorable perfection could never be dxercl?ed and much less could It ever be displayed had not (iod (liven "Ills only begotten Son, that whomsoever believeth in Ilim, should not perish, but have everlasting life, ' And besides, It Is in displaying tills hitherto unknown attribute, that God displays, in their ffreatcstglory.all His other attributes. Here shine, a< they no wnere eme simie, ins mvi- ami \m-hwih ilihi power. It Is plain then, tlint the c?'l lustifles the means In tlie gospe! plan, and that no oilier woi'K of God renders llim tin equal tribute of glory. Hilt in the third place, It Is objected, that what the gospel teaches touching the mission of Christ, Is itselI', derogatory to the divine character. II Is deemed unreasonable that <?od should become man, and suffer as Christ suffered, tind lie subjected to foul insult, and to a shameful death, as ]Ie was. In reply I ask, how. apart from revelation, could we reach any true knowledge of the altributeH of tind? Is it not by uttrl but I nts to Him In Infinite perfection, ail the good qualities wnlcli we tind belonging to human naluro? We go on the principle underlying the words of the Prophet when he said?"He that created the eye slwill He not see? lie lliat formed the ear. shall He not hear? He that teaoheth tr.an knowledge shall He not understand?" Now surely there Is that in our nature, which prompts us to admire sufferings and seif-saerlllce. submitted to. to relieve the needy and deliver the distressed. In our admiration of true patriotism, philanthropy, and benevolence, especially In their highest manifestations, we give tbe homage of our hearts to the very same principle, essentially, which In Its infinite perfectiou Is manifested in the humiliation ot Christ. So far then, from being Inconsistent with the character of Him who Is absolutely perfect, the God who made us. the gospel history of our divine Saviour, Is the highest exhibition of the CreaAir's goodness, and teaches us us no other exhibition could thal"(Jod Is Love." True condescension and true nobility arc anything but incompatible. Tills argument l? far from being completed, however soon we may be compelled to close its flood-gales. Ono of the remaining thoughts, is the perfect articulation of the glorious plan, by which as the scriptures tell us, "Mercy and truth meet together, righteousness arid ponce kiss each other." Then there is the Saviour, God and man. In one person, acting In both natures in public and tn private for three years and yet displaying perfect consistency, and unity of character, throughout the whole record of tho uospels. No man can take In the historical Idea, Christ Jesus ami say It Is not divine. We have to leave much unsaid, but must signali/.e, before we close this memorable dlscourse.the wonderful adaptation of the salvation ot the gospel tn human wants. From the very fact that you were made to glorify God, It in Cfrident you never can be happy, till you find bliss In the ! service alid enjoyment of your great Creator. The whole machinery of yortr nature was made to exeicise Itself upon Him, nnd to draw Joy from Illm by llvlnsr according tn His laws, and walking in His Ilgrrt. Therefore It Is only they, who make His service ! their delight, that have any delight worthy ol ! the name, Hut In order to do this, you nrui^t | be placed In such a relation to God. that Hr ! can consistently with His Justice, visit yon In love, and receive your person and services, nnd that you can approach Him, can look t< Illm as tho chief cood.and present to Hiui your petitions and your worship. Is man In "this relation to God? Reason says No?Con science savs. No?I'agan altars unit sacrifice? say. No?A mined world says.No. All things tell tin that we are sinners, rebels against Got] and objects of Illsjuxt Indignation. We need to have the barriers between us and God casl (town,and holy dlsposlilons Implanted in us I This need Is met in Christ Jesus. Our gulll I must be removed. It Is removed by tin j atonement of Jesus Christ. Our relation o: j servants, which keeps God from visiting us freely with His favor, must be removed, and I tho relation of sons be substituted. Thlsb | done In the adoption we have In the blessec ! Redeemer. Man If only pardoned would b< i likely to 11(11 analn under condemnation, hul In adoption we not only become heirs of n I grand external Inheritance, but also ft<-suret j of the work of the Holy Ghost within us, tf mnkc us llfto enjoy all that Is given to us, tc 'make sure our perfect regeneration tfnd tri ] umphant holiness. Our Saviour, only preaches the comnlemeni ! of our doctrine, when He snys, "If any mat | wills to do His (God's) will, he shall know o ; the doctrine, whether it. be of God or whethei II speak of myself." It Is here Implied thnt I a man's heart were conformed to tho will o j God, (if he were willing to do the divlnewlll, he would perceive In gospel truth Itself th< I evidence of Its ulvlnlty. The unbeFievei I therefore, must admit, that the reason he see< no evidence of the divine authority of tin ! scriptures, lies in himself, and can be nooilr I er than blindness l?y sin to the glory of lho>< i doctrine.**. "If they believe not Moses. Aft' I the Prophets, neit her will they believe thouul ; one rose from the dead." Which belnir inlet ! preted means, that the same disposition o I heart, which caused those spoken of, to reslsi | the evidence of the scriptures themselves would cause them to continue in the same i state of unbelief, although the mo?t sttrpen ! dous miracle were wrought before their eyeI in proof of tne divine authority of scripture i Our conclusion delivers the minister from ; the charge of unreasonableness, In demand ;ing faith from his hean-rs, when the simple ! compel has been preached. The divine message lias, in the very doctrines it Inculcates land i lie system It tenches, inherent evidence I of divinity which would, if candidly heard [and meditated upon, produce infallibleassur lance. We are reminded too, of our need ol the Holy Ghost. The evidence of divinity fain the gospel, but tlie spirit of God alone can ere ; ate In the sinner's heart,the principle of holy taste, that is necessary in order to Its perception. I,ct orthodox and earnest preaching Ir tills hoilse he always accompanied by IVrvenl prayer for the powrand demonstration of tin spirit. Finally, let the sinner know thai faith is not the reward of great learning or vlui'aut srttiehlP? in the archives of history Faith cometh by heariiiiT, and hearing by the word of God. For it Ik a faltlilii! saying, ami worthv of all acceptation, that Christ Jt'Sli* came into the world to save sinners. ? "The Negro in tlie CIwrch.w [Columbia IlcgUter.] FpiTor Rkoistku: I hope I will find symnnlhv wifli me In tin* hpurlv nT nil SJ/wMl'infn people. Yesterday's newspapers startled me with the announcement, of the notion of the convention of the Protestant Kpisconal ehureli met.tit Sewannce. Tenn., with regard to tin1 granting to negroes (nlios "colored people") "equal riirliIs and power in nil chinch councils; that they he uliowed seats in our conventions." &c. AC. This. I feel, is an out race upon us ail?men. women anil children of the South?and I trust the whole Southern church will meet the Issue unflinchingly. Let us rise ch vianne and light the battle at once and have the question .settled now for all time In our Southern church. This is the first step to niiscegnatlon. God forbid that we permit i'. Let us leave our beloved children srenre from such a curse when we art* called hence to return no mora. Let us secure our posterity from such intrusion In the sanctity of our church. We would deny the negroes no righ ts?far from It. We would have our bisnops ordain I hem bishops and priests of their own race. Let them have their own churches and ministry as they chose to do as soon as they were emancipated and as they prefer to do now. They abandoned our places of worship a? soon as they were nt liberty. Lctitbeso. Let their church be distinct from our. For Cod's sake let us have our own church!).". Disturb not our hearts on tills vital subject. Let us worship undisturbed. I suircest that all the congrctlons in the South call meetings of all their members and vote on the question: then publish their resolutions. Let our people be heard. Our bishops and eleargy should be advised of tlie true state of feeling on the subject. Tills should be done nt once, and let their action be deprecated and nullified at Oil CO. May God protcct lis Ik the prayer of A True Southki:n Woman. We hes to say Hint we do not recognize the so-called convention as any proper ecclesiastical body of the Protestant Episcopal Church. It Is very surely no uenornl convention of the cluiren and It Is no Diocesan Convention. We may he mistaken, hut we hold that this was no more than a meeting of certain clergy and laymen, who are entitled to their opinions on this subject as well as those ditrering with them. After all. the question must ltd decided by each Plocesc tor itself. This Ploiese has not found it convenient, necessary and proper, nil, thlnus considered, thus far to grant representation to the colored parishes. We think any excited feeling on this subject Is most deprecahle. The Ploecse Convention. If It chooses to entertain it. must determine this question with due deliberation, or It may refuse to entertain any further discussion at this Juncture and decide to leave the question Just where H now stands. As this is a question for the ecclesiastical authority of the church In which It arises, it hardly becomes a secular Journal to Interfere. This much may be said, however: That we have much conlldence In the good discretion of those who usually constitute the convention of the Episcopal Church In this State, consisting as It has ever done of some of theablpst laymen in the countrv. We may. therefore, feel sal lsil*d that no dlsturbine question will be permitted to dislocate our sod-ecclesiastical church pol-j lly. That we mu-t prow tin to till." question Isj doubtless true. lint any effort to force It to an ! Issue, situated as wo arc here, niu-t be unfor-j lunate for the best interests of all concerned.! Sensible Advice. There Is nothing like their own home for; married people, and especially for young| married people, even if the wile shall have to j ook.and sweep the floor.iilid clean the wlll-l lows, ir slip Is a healthy e'ri the exercise, ivill do her aood?and noyonnenian who hnsi o labor for his living should marry a girl that s not healthy,stroneand willinetodo herown cork while thpy arc too poor to hire a servant. This thine of marryinea girl that yon have o hire another girl to take care of is not a i vise tiling for a poor young man to do. He houlil look out foragirl that Is broad should-: red. strong in muscle, ha vim:, of course, oth r virtues. The ideal girl, the consumptive, . Iirlit hired, party eolne. piano playing,) 'rciich-talkInc. fashionable girl, can be no iroper wife for iilm. This language thealrls: nay think unkiml, out it Is not. It Is better ir pirlK tbnl are not tltteil to be poor men's i'ives to remnhi with their parents than beonic such. It will be better for their lovers,; no, and belter for society. 1 A girl then that does not know how to cook ; lirl.v. or who would not, when necessary,!1 heerfuily cook for her husband, ouelit not ( :> inarry any but a rich man?and 1:0 poor ' 11111 should marry her. It. then, girls without a dowry are content 1 > marry you tie men who have only their fond 1 carts, their good name, their strong arms,;1 iclr ambition to make their wives happy,' 1 ad their hope to work up to a competence J iroueli frugality and industry, these girls!' ionlil know bow to cook?and they ought to >f p ashamed to marry any such man until ! ley have learned (heart of cooking. For such a girl to marry such a man would ,s ! neither more nor less than a social fiaud. ' nlessshe shall, before engagement. Inform'1 Im lully 011 thissubject. It. is well. then, to ' ive these schools of cookery to which girls ' hose mothers have not taught them the art 11 >11 goand learn?and we hope the day is at ! ind when eirls that are eandiii.'tteu for m?i. monywlll pride themselves more on their i illlty to cook ft dinner tlmn on their ability ! dance, slutr, play, or fool away precious ! r meon less useful thlncs. ? Then the world will be better nnd the people : ,, It will lie happier than they are now, and t e youth Ihnt shall be born in the land will j of l> renter boue, tougher sinew, and of, ,| irer blood, j a - - _ j v m * " I b While South Carolina and Georgia plan- ii rsare discussing what hurts them, they $ Iglit learn something from this paragraph " iin the Athena Ilminer-Watchman: Hon. j n mes M. Smith, of Oglethorpe, the largest inter In Georgia, is worth fully $100,two. <-v- : y rent of which he has made since the war! t of the ground. A farmer in moderatecir-; tl instances told us yesterday that a few years | e i) lie had hired Mr. Smith by ttie day to ; w Ivp a wagon and oxen lor him. Mr.. ii llth's industry, sound sense, determination tl d line Judgment aro the foundation stones j? Ills success, ft . ,. , .... x-^6 - >v. " -J | THE LEXIXGTOJf OUTRAGES. ! Five of the Anti-Stock"Lnw Deftfiferai does Onpturcd ? Details of Their. | Doings. I LiThifi'on Dispatch.] I On Saturday morning, the27th nit., at about i j l o'clock, a party of stock law opponent*. : with their faces blackened und wearing ; masks, vlslte-l tho resilience of Mr. Charles riutto. In Bull SwampTownship. and?t*tllie I to and burned Ills barn, crib and fodder house, ! with contents, and also his fencing. While : the burning was In progress the parly fired Into the dwelling and wounded Mrs. Huttoin I the leg with Miinll shot. They then turne<] out his horses nnd entile npon his growing corn crop, which Is sal?l to have been the flni cut he has had for years, telling Mr. Hutto .that that was the place for his stock. They ! went lo Mr. Jehu 0 Tfutto's the saine night, and. taking him nnt of his hou'e, put sacks j over hN head and arms, fired pUtols over his I head and punched him In the ribs as they ! fired, gave him a severe whipping, extorting promises rroin lilm to tear down his pasture ! fences and to fence his crop. It seems that 11lie only grievance thnt these desperadoes I claimed was thnt these two citizen* were run! nlng I heir farm* in accordance with the stock ! law In regard to fences, On Friday, the 3d I Inst, n delegation of the law-abiding citizens jot that part of the country called on Governi or Thompson In Columbia, and. repres?nting the alarming stateof affaire prevailing In that section, and that they nnd other law-abiding citizens were at the mercy of these rioters who used the torch and Intimidated by threats of shooting. and petitioned the Governor to take such steps as would promptly secure their protection against these incendiary and murderous desperadoes whet openly detled arre*t. Governor Thompson Instructed the delegation to make proper affidavit upon which warrants could be' Iss; ed and arrests made. These affidavits having been made, the Sheriff, under Instructions from the Governor. summoned a posse and left here Monday night. The Hherltl's posse returned Inst night, having Under arrest Pleasant Bnsby, Hen Williams. John Williams, Burdelte Klri?landntid Emanuel Berry, who are now In Jail awaiting trial. Others for whom tHcSheriff had warrants were absent from their home*. In Justice to nultc a numl>er of citizens In that section who were opposed to the passage of the stock law, we state that they have expressed their disapproval of such lawlessness and their entire willingness to shoulder their guns, If necessary, to suppress It. Governor Thompson Is entitled to the thanks of the entire county for his prompt action f.ir the arrest of these desperadoes and we trust that it will result In the preveutlou of any such criminal repetition. The Lexington Outlaws, [Columbia Rcgltler.] In addition to the Information contained i In the extract from the feezing/on Disixitch.l published In another column, In reference to! the capture o." the outlaws, we learn that seven of the band of Incendiaries have escaped arrest for the present, among them being Emory Williams, captain of the mob, and ; several men named Spires, but that the Shorifl" has determined to capture them, as the Governor has Instructed him to effect their , arrest, nt whatever cost. The outlwswho Imve been secured state that tiiey had received notification of the intended raid of the , Sheriff at 4 o'clock in the morning, ami the officer and his posse started on their mission . at dark of the same day. This Is proof of the | thorough organization of the hand and the , existence of miserable sympathizers. Lawabiding citizens In the terrorized section of , Lexim'ton have determined to secure the r fugitives If they retnm, which they will do, as they have families there. ! THE WINSTON EXCURSION. ' The Railroad Pocket 8600 of the Colored People's Money, and Gives [ no Train?Have lluilroads the I IJight to Bob Negroes? _ __ > Why the Colored Fxrursionists Exf peeled Here Last Monday Failed | to Put in Their Appearance. , (Qilumbia licgtiter.) I A colored church in Winston, N, C.. pro" jeetedabiy excursion to Colnmbia. and the I train was scheduled for Monday last. The i promoters ol I he alfair failed to ral-e the necI essary money outside, whereupon two of the i Trustees of tin; church borrowed ffiJOfrom a ) Winston finftclerand capitalist, giving their notes for SMf) and mortgaging the church ns security lor the payment of ihe notes. The I contract price of the excursion trulii was *1,i 2D0. As soon as the Richmond and Danville f Railroad Company was noillled thatjfWXJol r the amount had been deposited In the bank f to the credit of the railro.id, the train was dlsf patched from Richmond and arrived In Wlni siott on time. TheTruatees scratched around < Industriously torsoine hours trying to tiilse r ilie other SiiOi), and finally failed. The rails road pocketed the d-posited and steamed hack to Richmond amid the lamentations of those - who had purchased tickets and had supplied ? themselves with grab for a three days' trip. I The interesting legal question now arises lo i the validity of the mortgage: that the eon tract Is usurious; that excursions to columt bia are not In the line of serving God; that I finally "de mortgage am no count no way. boss." There Is a considerable feeling In Winston over the matter. Railroad Meeting-. [ .-J iken Journal and Itcvic ? .] The Board of Directors of the Carolina Cum' bei land (iap and Chicago Railroad met in Aiken on last Wednesday, the 1st Instant. The chief question of interest belore them was a proposition from the city of Greenville lo have the main line of the road diverge so soastotnke In that flourishing city. Delegates from all localities interested were present and were called before the Boerd and attentively listened to. We understand that the result arrived at was a resolution of the Board which in substance is about as follows: That under existing circumstances it was impracticable at this time toai-eept the proposition made by the people of Greenville." Other matters of business were transacted, ami much interest manifested hy nil present its to progress already madfi and as to the final success of this grand railroad enterprise. We are informed that the annual meeting of fft<?stockholders of the road will be held In Aiken In Xovetnb' r next. The Tennessee..Directors of the rond were unavoidably absent iifr?Uils meeting. We presume that on this aceoilfH no final action was taken at thN time in re'/flid to the propositions of our good friends front -.Greeiivlllj. The following gentlemen wert* J)recent at 1 this meeting: General Johnson flngood. President ol the roud from Barnwell II.; Judge .1. .S. Cothran, Abbeville; Messrs..I no. Keren' son, J. L. Orr, II. P. liammett and S. S. CrIU tenden, of Greenvilie,S. C.; Messrs. R. E. Bowen and D. F. Bradley. Pickens ('. HL, C. f i Messrs. John Gossett and Isaac Williams, of I Mas ley; and Messrs. W. P. Wldeman. E. C. 1 Simkins, Thos. P. Thomson, It. W. Lites.J. X. Deudy and J. E. Bradley, of Troy, S. C. The New Professor. {Associate Reform Presbyterian.\ The meeting ol the Board of Trustees ofj ri vl.-lnn r'..llu..u nUl.t ....... ??^l | , ...ivtew.. "'b'l' ?? one. The following members wcro present: l'ev. J X. Young. Temporary Chairman; Kcv. "VV. L. Prcmiey. I>r. J. L. Miller, Hon. J. C. Maxwell, Preiwont Kennedy. Kev. it. F. Bradley, Mr. J. A. Bilce, Mr. T. S. Brlcn. Gen. P. II. Bradley, Mr. A. J. Hunter and Prof. J. F. Lee, Secretary, A number of names were presented for the vacant Professorship. After several ballots, Itev. J. McC. Todd wa? elected. The Board were aware that tills action would be a surprise to him. and hence a committee was n]>-' pointed at once to wait upon him and ascertain wbeineror not be would accept the position to which lie had been chosen. Ills reply, after profound hesitation, was satisfactory. This choice will bchcartily cndoised by the whole church, and by all others who know the abilities of the brother. Mr. Todd's college course was one of marked success. lie wasnn exceptional student. By nature and I by habit he is still a student. He will devote | all his cnercles and attainments to his work. ! With Ms M-liolaiy tastes and Intense conclenI tiousncss, tnat work will be a tabor of love. The college Is to be congratulated on the happy choice of tlu Board. Let the church throughout all her borders rally to Iho support of Its cherished Institution, and let us make the next year one of marked prosperity | In Its history. It should be stated that while the brother clcct is one of the editors of this paper, he lias not. the slightest Intimation ot what 1st In the above. W. M. G. | Our New Party. [Marathon Independent.) The day Is excessively devoid of caloric; that we do not receive some Intoxicating pro-i I posal from somesewlng machine foundry or! wagon mill out West to buy tin Implement ofl then), pay I flit thoni as much money as the' thing Is worth, and the balance fifty per cent. { In advertising. These advertising sharks: think an editor has nothing to do hut to live! on dried apples and liver, and invest receipts i I from cord woo I and subscriptions In sewing I ] machines and vehicles. If we could pay oft?| : the l>?ysSaturday nights in sewing machines! I or buy paper with wagons, the racket might; work, but when a printer goes into a store I and buys ten pounds of sugar, or a piece of | I sheeting, he don't f^el like t-ikl. * out hlsi I pocket book and, reaching into its luxuriant ! folds, and take out a sewing machine and i laying it on the eountcrand tell the merchant ! to take his change out of that. If the I'res! Ident would recommend in his message that, sewing machines I.e made a legal tender and ? that Ohio wagons be placed on a par with gold, he would make himsclt strong with the country press for a renomlnation. brethren of the press, let us not falter In our dnty, hut organize a party of our own on this Issue, with "sewing machines for revenue only," and "civil service reform in wagons" as our mottoes, and we will sweep the country with such a victory as will make the heads of politicians snap, and save the country. Such a party as that would till a long felt want and would Indefinitely benefit the oppressed nnd down trodden country editors. Nominations now In order. The Jailer Jailed. f.-1 nderson Journal.] A serio-comic occurrence took places last' week in Walhalla. which Is well worthy of a'r place in the record. Among the prisoners In t ( til ,v,.o ? I, ...I I. ;n, I ?t I he Inst term of Court on a charge of assault and battery. tic., hut hail liecn granted a new trial hy the presldine Judge, and was hold In durance awaiting another term of Court. On liixt Friday, sberirt' Robins went into the prison to look alter the prisoners, to take them their food, or something of the kind. ;ind Inadvertently left a door open behind him. The sight ot this open door aroused an, ungovernable desire for freedom in the bosom a :)f this sable hero of the lust Court, and tin me-, I iliately tin Improvised foot, raee was entered ! I Into by him and the Sheriff. TheSheriir was! [lie swiftest man but the negro was the sirobust, and though the Sheriff reached the door, Irst the prisoner was the man that got h rough It He then very sagaciously locked :ho door behind hltn, Just what the Sheriff lad failed to do, and then, having the Jailer 1 infely Jailed, he quietly took Ills departure I mil sought some sylvan shade, some sweet !C! sequestered spot. In the course of tln>e the ? <heritr succeeded In escaping through the aid i}' ?f another prisoner, and now he Is a free * nnu, yet still he don't was happy. One case i viII probably be called at the next term of ? ourt in which llie defendant will decline to' L inswcr. ?? i Complimenting a Worthy Man. i Nk.w Oki.kans. Ann. Major A. E. Burke,j nana-jerof tin- Timcx-Dcmocrnt, was appointed 1 ml confirmed, Inst nlsrlit, as director general! if the World's Industrial and Cotton Cen-j Mitil)iI K.\|>< sltlon, which will open In New " Irleans liecember, l.ssi. Major Hurko had , eclliicd the appointment although tendered : salary of >2",0U0, hut finally deferred to the ( 'islics of the public. I'pon his suggestion i is salary was reduced to SI0,IKN> per year and i ii accepting the appointment he subscribed I'i.IHK) to the stock of the Kxpositlon and dooted the stock to the Agricultural and Coinlutclal College of Louisiana. On a farm near Cnlhoun. Georgia, there are lirce famines of white people, consisting of W Ight adults and three children, not one of,| hom c:>" read or write, nor Is there a lilble: i any o; ihelr houses, yet the good people of! r. lis village yearly subscribe quite a suin of j I loney to buy Bibles for the poor heathen iu J relgu lauds, 1 The 5efro Qnwtton. [Palmetto Yeoman.] Our neighbor of the Rtyiner U exerd*#d this question, and talked sensibly of lt.vcut day. in tlic staiMlciil part ofiU article combuts the a?ertlon thnfc the netrroes outmo\vli:(f the winte?, and shows that In | the white population of tills country wan 1L1VV!7. nnu colored 4,MI,K30; whilst Id !8W population wit# 4.'},J02.970 while, to 6,M colored. In lv-0ij the population wncaboul colored to seven white. Iu the coUorv'SU the llgures stuud thus: White*. Coir* 1800 m,M 207 1820 1.300,722 878 WW 2.570.109 1.763 I860 1459.HOO 3.101 1880 fl.74I.085 4JW It thus appears that ?h relative fncream the last twenty years Is considerably In fit or I lie whites, even In the Cotton States, wuirn, in inese years, mere DUDV0I1KW Immigration of colored people from the b dcr slave States. The Tariff Issue. [Union Time*.] So strong are our conviction* upon the t lft question and so Important do we boiler to be to the Item. Interests of the people targe, that If we had a father or any near n tl ves or irlertd who wished to be a candid for Congress and was In favor of contlnu the present Iniquitous system of "tariff protection," we ahoald feel it oar boanc duty to oppose hlin with nil our power. We hope to see a. wise but empha "Tarltr Keforin" blank In the democn platform of WM. The longer that qufsllot kept from the decision of the people, stronger will the protectionist* fortify the selves, nt nil points In the government, agai the people; Dnrable "Whitewash. Will you do me the kindness to^Jvea celpi for making a whitewash that wc crumble and wash off by ruins. I want white whitewash my yard fence, etc.?A J., St. Maurice, Louisiana. Answer.?Take eighteen pounds qui lime, slake by keeping It covered with t> Ink Water. Add one and half pounds of s pbate of zinc or white vitriol, and one poc of aK m?stir until It is well slaked and has the consistency of cream. Dilate w water to proper consistency and apply w brush.? Southern Cultivator. ? ? Education.?If you can afford nothlngd give your children an education. A tr* mind goe? through life, cannot be stolet^ Is not convertible. Good schools,goodm and general reading matter, get them If tl have to do without other things; and to cure a right direction to the educated mf give them, by word and example, good pr| pies, Let them grow up with the Idea tbl is not neearui to to be rich, famous orlofli tl?l. bat thnt it Is essential to do what Is/W ?Lawrence Time*. ' 1 fc? 150 Bushels Rust Proof seed outs sale, by Miller Bro's. PaintH and oils! Paints and oils! Pali and oils! just received at Miller Broe. j Paint brushes, full line, at Miller Broc Are you going to paint? Miller B will mix any shade, tint or color you m desire, out ?f pure lead and oil. G them a call. v t The Town Council have bought n of theTise Well fixture#, fox the pat well, which were brought down fr Greenville by Mr. Adams. It woi satisfactorily, and i* one of the beat ventions ever offered to the public, empties its buckets, without spilling * splashing the water. Is safe becaus has a self-noting break. Andiseoay draw, having two buckets. Mr. M. Bon ha m, Jr.. will explain its workin and take orders for fixtures. St My patrons will lake notice that 11 be absent for aoine tiino from August and give me their orders for macbiiM for September delivery by that date. W. Cannon. White piques and lawns at coat Wardlaw & Edwards. ^ ii urn J co js" garee IKON WORnj Conmbia, S. C. W Agent for 1 CHAPMAN'S I PERPETUAL EYAPORATOI MlHERE WORKS WERE E8TARLT8iJ 1 In 1847 by Messrs. Geo. Sinclair and JnS Anderson and purchased by me in the 1856, and from that time till now carried! successfully by myself. My friend* and em tomcrs will bear witness or the large and pendousJobs executed by ine. It wa? at> works where tne largest nudulmoot otily m of Its class ever executed In thlocity wapmMw viz.: the making of the pipes for thd Cl Water Works in theyear 1858. In the Anita of BELL FOUNDING, I can say that Iflai I inaue mo luruesi oeirs ever cast id ineciwh such as the bell for the City Hall in Coining I My stock of patterns for ARt.'IIITJmCfl !RAL WORK. COLUMNS for Store froiBtlJ | lnrj:e and various, and Id RAILIN08 fo*B I conies, Gardens and Cemeteries I bav8l ; largest variety and most modorn patten ; many of these are patented and I bare p l chased the right for this State. i In the nmchlne line I an furn Uh my l ! irons with STEAM ENGINES and BOILE I of uny size and description. My CIRCUIT S A W MILLS have carried off til? prlte at ery State Fair he'd in this city, and in tlJ j constructIon I have taken pains to comb! | simplicity with the moi?t useful modern 1 provements, and may flntter myself that i ! CIRCULAR SAW MILLS And favor with .cry sawyer who understands his business. \The many orders 1 am steadily receiving StfC'AR CANE MILLS prove that the pub annrei'late tbe mills of my make, and so It with Ay GEARING for HORSE POWEI (4IN W'HEELS, GRIST MILLS and oU MACHINERY. I have N*p mnnu factoring right of ma; PATENTS, Such as castings for R0CK4M TON AND JLVy PRESS and three oj^H different FEED ctflT?Kg"aW-Q*&e|^^H ments. I will be pleased to send my circular* | applicant, together with price listorestiimH My prices are moderate, and I assure tbe pfl lie that they are lower even than those^ Northern manufacturers,end that my wofl will compare favorably with that of any otl er maker. Address I John Alexander, I Conoakek Ikon Works, Colombia, 8. Cl Notice. DURING a few weoli* absence, I will le*< my business here in charge of Mr. H. McILWAIiV, who will hp pleased to wait? auy one wanting anything in my line. THOS. BE6QS. August 1,1SS3, tf TISEWELLFIXTURE THE TISE WELL FIXTURE is by far tl most perfect and complete Invonllon f< its purpose thai has ever been marie >o danger of children belux hurt by it. Anybody can draw water with it? from an deptli. It is safe, reliable and convenien Sold by J. J. ADAMS, Greenville, S. C. Mr. M. L. BONHAM. JR., at ABBEVILLI will inkc orders for tlie proprietor. August 1,13S3, 3m DUE WEST ml EAFRCISK-S BENIN Of.TOnKK 1ST. M| of board and regular ttilllon for the |H Post fitcillties for music find painting. For catalogue apply to the President. J. P. KENNEDY^ August 1,1883, If ANDERSON MILITARY SCHOUL, ANDERSON, S. C. PHE CHEAPEST FIRST-CLASS SCIIOOE 1 li? the South. ( For circulars uddrcss I W. J. Lit; ON, ' II. G. REED, Principals. Angust 1,1SS3,2m H. D. REESE, ABBEVILLE, S. C., 3 EPA IRS WATCHES, CLOCKS, AND A, Jewelry in tlie beMmnnner at the lowit prlccs. Long experience and dose appll* it ion to buxlne** merit consideration from lose Imvinu work to be done In hi* line. He et'ps Jewelry and Silverware for sale, l-'eb, U, iss-i, l'Jiu . w. Pehiux, t. p.Cotiibah' 'EBRIN & COTHRAN, .Attorneys at Law, ABBISVILI.E, H. C. F. Knox & Go. ? r - -AGENTS FOR? MR. TOM YOUNG'S URE CORN WHISKEY HIIE host and purest CORN WilisL KEY brought to tbls market. , Juno 2-', lbSI, tf I ' ?.