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The Press and Banner I ABBEVILLE. S.C. jSBf-Published every Wednesday at $2 a year in advance. Wednesday, Oct. 22,1890. Twelve Pa^es. the right way Or the Gospel Applied to Intercourse Between Individuals and K&lons. BY REV. JOSEPH A. COLLIER. evils of war?continued. , IV. Look at the Personal sufferings of tiie rattle-field. These are beyond the power of imagination to conceive, or pen to describe. The effort to portray them has fequently been made, and the page of history is blackened with narrations of them which seem enough to dissolve the most hardened in tears. But no pen has ever painted a hundredth part of the sufferings that have been thus inflicted. We read the story of an engagement, of the number killed and wounded, and of the subsequent appearance of the field of conflict, and we perhaps drop a tear over the pathetic narrative, and turn from it shuddering with horror. Yet after all we haye only a general view of the scene. The mind does not tane in each particular pang of the sufferers, nor can it. By a merciful provision of our Creator, we cannot conceive of a tithe of that woe which, if vividly realized, would overwhelm us with unavailing sorrow. Yet we should by no means close our eyes to it. It is one of the desigus of Providence in forming our hearts tender and sympathizing, that they shall, by feeling for misery, be impelled to its alleviation. Visit in imagination the field of battle. The chosen spot is perhaps one teeming with the fruits of successful industry. The calm stillness?the i of ?ll nature?the culti uapjjj aspcvi v. ? . vated fields?the waving harvests?the abounding thrift and plenty?the lowing herds?the shouts of husbandmen ?the songs of birds and children? and the smiling cottages and gardens ?all indicate the presence of love aud peace. Presently the Sabbath-like quiet is broken by distant sounds of music. Upon either side it advances, and you soon hear the steady tramp of armies approaching in opposite directions. The flaunting plumes and banners, the forest of glistening bayonets, and the brilliant uniforms of a hundred thousand men, form an imposing spectacle, and the eye is dazzled by the serried array of splendors. A pause, and then they meet with a tremendous shock, and amid the roaring of cannon, aud the rattling of musketry, fulfil the purpose which has brought them there. Balls and bombshells pass each other in the air with incredible rapidity. Some lose their heads, other their limbs, and at every exchange of shots hundreds are mangled and mutilated. As the foremost columns fall, others press on over their heaped-up bodies. Galloping war horses trample upon the wounded, or stumble over them and crush out their lingering lives. Ever and anon a shell explodes in the midst of a closely packed mass of human beings, and scatters them about in bloody fragments. Frenzied shrieks and groans fill the oir, the discordant chorus being} every moment augmented by the! voices of new sufferers. And still on, ?nfi on. for hour after hour, rages the infernal work, with a power which is I only limited by the deathful capacity! of their weapons, or by the loss of' hands to wield them. At length one army or the other is I victorious, and hostilities are for a! while suspended. The smoke lifts it self slowly from the field?as if reluc-; taut to unveil such carnage to the view j ^ of heaven?and you once more gazej upon the scene. How changed! In-! stead of the life-sustaining harvest, i there is a harvest of death. The cot-; tages are burned, their inmates niur-l dered, and sweet, innocent children lie weltering in their blood, or else cling, terrified and sobbing, to the lifoiooa farms of their parents. You' go through the battle-field. Groans! and outcries and mad blasphemies sa-j lute the ear on every side. Here lies one whose distorted features and pleading eye express the agony his lips re-j fuse to utter. Here is a moving mass! of beings, whom you would scarcely recognize as human, vainly endeavor i 1 c . 4-U^ ing to extricate ineiuseivf? uum mu jiile or trench which has received theia while yet living. Here is an unhappy wretch, clasping to his breast the picture of a loved wife or mother whom lie will never behold again ; another, frantic with agony, calling upon God to save his soul; another endI ing his tortures, now grown beyond endurance, by suicide ; another, more timid, begging you to end them folium; another appealing piteously for water; another for help to move. There lies one whom pain has bereft of reason, and whose clinched hands, ring eye, aaud gland raving words proclaim him a maniac. Everywhere r you behold men writhing under their sufferings of body and distractions of mind, aud crying out, with frantic vehemence, to God and man for relief. But with most of them in vain. The hot sun beats upon them, or the cold storm pelts them, and thus they will lie, bleeding and helpless, until they die of their wounds or their exposure, or else of starvation. And who are these visitors, picking their way among fallen bodies and scanning so eagerlj' their features? They are parents searching for their sons, wives for their husbands, and friends for friends. Ever aud anon a nra? 1 nnnnnnnuQ fhot anniP I UJVUIIIIUX trail uuuuuuvwo vumv u??.v one has found the object of his search. Others are thieves and robbers, who unfeelingly strip the dying of their property, aud only answer their entreaties and remonstrances with abuse or death. Birds of prey hover greedily about, and like many who swarm the field in human form, seize indiscriminately upon the living and the dead. What a concentration of unmitigated woe meets in the compass of a single battle-field! Is there any scene that so nearly resembles a hell on earth ? Perhaps we cannot better gain an idea of its Bufferings than by glancing at those of one individual wounded in battle, and then multiplying them by ten, twenty, or fifty thousand. As an instance, take the statement of Sergeant Milton, who was wounded in the battle of Resaca de la Palma. Speaking of the celebrated charge of May's dragoons, he says, "At that moment a ball passed through my horse on the left side, and shattered my right leg. The shot killed the horse instantly, and he fell upon my left nio liio woiorht. flip I ICj^, lttOlVlillJ5 AUV VJ *-?iW ? viguv vv V..v earth. There I lay, right in the midst of the action, where carnage was riding riot, and every moment the shot, from our own and the Mexican guns, was tearing up the earth around me. I tried to raise my horse so as to extricate my leg, but I had already grown so weak with my wound that I was unable, and, from the mere attempt, I fell back exhausted. To add to my horror, a horse who was careering about riderless, within a few yards of me, received a wound, and commenced struggling and rearing with pain. Two or three times he came near falling on me, but at length, with a scream of agony and a bound, he fell j dead, his body touching my own fall-1 en steed. What I had been in ino-| montnrv rirpiirl of now ow.urred?mvl wounded limb, which was lying across the horse, received another ball in the ankle. I now felt disposed to give up; and, exhausted through pain and excitement, a film gathered over my eyes, which I thought was the precurser of dissolution. . . . The tide of action now rolled away from me, and hope again sprung up. . . . While I was thus nursing the prospect of escape, I beheld, not far from me, a villainous-looking ranchero, armed with an American sergeant's short sword, despatching a wounded American soldier, whose body he robbed. The next he came to was a Mexican, whom he served the same way; and thus I looked on while he murderously slew four. I drew an undischarged pistol from my holsters, and laying myself along my horse's neck, watched him, expecting to be the next victim ; but something frightened him from his vulture-like business, and he fled in another direction. . . . Two hours after, I had the pleasure of shaking some of my comrades by the hand, who were picking up the wounded." Those who fancy that the B ook of Nature contains all the instruction necessary to their happiness, should consider what they will do when that book is closed.?Dillwyn's "Reflections." It allwus takes two to keep up a quarrel, and it keeps them both bizzy. The Roumanian Government has offered prizes to the architects of all nations for the best plans for its new assembly and senate chambers. The first prize for each building is $3000 the second, $1500; third, $000. The Executive Committee of the different Methodist bodies have been called to meet in Philadelphia November 19, 1890, to arrange for the Ecumenical Methodist Conference to meet in this country next year. ; One Howard confined in Greenville jail for murder escaped recently disguised in his wife's clothes. Mrs. Booth, wife of the commanderin-chief of the Salvation Army, is dead. The Dupont Powder Works, Wilmington, Del., were blown up Oct. 7, killing twelve or more workmen and . injuring many more. Others are missing, . supposed to be blown to pieces. . Fifty houses were wrecked. The ex'nlosionwas felt thirty-five miles dis tant. Mr. O. W. Muse, Orangeburg County, died Oct. r>, JSiW. aged j Samuel F. Miller, Associate Justice of tlie | Fnlted States Supreme Court, died iu Washi ington, (Jet. l.'t, aged 71. j (Jeneral W. W. Iielknap, Kx-Seerefnry of I War under President Grant's administration, 'died Oct. 12, aged 7J. The Daily Cross. BY MRS. M. E. SAJfGSTKR. Wbo fain would follow Jesus, A dally cross must bear . With never-ceasing patience, 1 With watchfulness and prayer; And, morning alter morning. Must tread the upward way, That leads through pain and conflict To love's eternal day. Who fain would follow Jesus, The Master's life must heed: Must spend himself for others, And hear when others plead; ( Must lift the little children , In arms of blessing up. And oft to sorrow's pallid lip 1 * Hold sweet compassion's cup. < Who fain would follow Jesus, He cannot step aside I In scorn of weakness tempted, . In loftiness of pride. ' For who would follow Jesus < Must mingle in the throng, I And aid when hunger waileth, i Ana tiioop 10 rigni ine wrung. Who fain would follow Jesus, Through strife and shame and death, Will nit with him at length on high, And this Messiah saltb. The dally crosn, ray brothers, And then the crown and palm; Here, loss and many a trial; There, heaven's unending psalm. Brooklyn, N. Y. GRAINS. To win, work and wait-^-but work a good deal more than you wait. The devil loves a stingy man. God loves a cheerful giver. Which are you? You cannot repent too soon, because you do not know how soon it may be too late. If you cannot (jet what you want, about the only way to be happy is to quit wanting it. Men who cover theraselveB with glory sometimes find that they are, after all, very thinly clad. He who lets considerations of business or society hold him back from Christ is unworthy of him. Never take away from a man even the shadow of a spiritual truth, unless you can give him substance in return. Domestic life presents many opportunities for the exercise of virtue, as well as the more exalted stations of honor and ambition. Strive for more and more willine ness to endure the baptisms and sutler- 1 ings needful to remove from thy heart all that remains opposed to the Divine a will. 1 e Were half the power that Alls the world with t terror, 8 Were half the wealth bestowed on camps r and courts a Given to redeem the human mind from error, There were no need of arsenals nor forts. J What we are afraid to do before 1 men, we should be afraid to think be- ? fore God. He is the best Christian, not who talks mo9t of God, but who walks most with God. t We are too fond of our own will. ^ We want to be doing what we fancy f mighty things ; but the great point is 1 to do small things, when called to ? them, in a right spirit. It is almost impossible to stop an [ evil course when once it is under way. We should, therefore, he exceedingly t careful to watch the trend of every t habit to which we commit ourselves. | Look for good in every life instead < of evil, and you will be surprised to t light on much of it where least ex- t pected. An expression of happiness over the discovery will lead to its cul- I tivation. Remember, vou are not bidden to be t successful, but to he faithful. The 1 Christian who worries much about re- < suits, will probably see hut little fruit. ' Only he who loses his life for Christ's < sake, really finds it. A i.. 4 c A ~ t /vp II nas uteu saiu luui/ 11 ? dcivhiiv ui Got!, who may be slandered, drives fast, lie will soon get out of the dust of the devil's wagons. It i* a good plan to get as far off as possible from all < who show an evil disposition. ( Yielding utterly to the inner im- i pulse of conscience gives an intelligent i power, a moral insight, a capacity of I expression, a freshness, an incisiveness I of phrase entirely unobtainable by I mere will, or any method of intellect- i ual prudence. t A single case of hydrophobia will ' stir up the authorities to kill every un- ' muzzled dog in the streets. But deli- 1 rium tremens may kill scores of men 1 iu brown-stone fronts and in huts of poverty, and the same authorities will j hold inquests aud sigh over "the mys- ' terious waysef Providence." He that would sound the depths of ' Scripture truths by the plummet of ] human reason, will Hud his line too short. The humble Christian, like the seraphim, covers his face before the Infinite Majesty of Heaven, and exclaims, O the depths of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! I Let no one think that he may live for himself alone. Each individual has a sphere of usefulness to occupy; and his happiness is closely connected with the performance of his duty. Our Divine Redeemer has left us an example that we should tread in His ; steps. May we daily study the conduct of Him whose life was one continued exercise of unwearied benevolence?"who went about doing good." In spite of the many vain regrets we hear for wasted time and opportunities, it is not certain that the days you ! have wasted are entirely unfruitful for your good. The recognition of past errors is in itself an invaluable possesI 1 ....I.. u I I SlOIl, UI1U OU1J HJlUliyil UlllCl CA|ICI|-| |ence is such knowledge attainable for ; some natures. So the divinity which j shapes the ends of all men may eonI vert even your own follies into the Machinery Just meant T<> give thy soul it* bent, Try thee, ami turn tliee fortli sufllclently ins pressed. i i ! aii authority on dairyin?; says: "A | healthy milch cow, in full How ofj< i milk, will drink and requires sixty toj lone hundred pounds of water per di! em. It is utterly imposssble to get one ' t<> take one half or either one-quart of i this amount of ice-water, nor will f( i they drink 1110 ice-water or cold water . ! with any regularity." 1 Trying to abolish or diminish the jevils of the 'liquor tratlic by making ! the whiskey seller pay liigli license is 1 .like muzzling mad dog's tail to pro-1 i vent hydrophobia. The bite is on the other end. The only sure remedy is 1 to kill the dog. T i ?? INDEPE1ENTISM. EDITORIAL REMARKS BY THE ABBEVILLE MEDIUM. The Lesson of Virginia. At this crisis in (he political history f our fckate the fate of Virginia and he rise and downfall of Mahoue it* !ull of instruction and of warning to jur people. Thai shameful record r?egauju3t as :heBolt iu thisbtate has beeu evolved. \fahr?no w?s ft "Democrat of Dem crats," and no ODe stood higher iu he party than he did or eijoyed more iilly the confidence of ali Virginians 3e aspired to the Governorship, w?9, udeed, the leading candidate hut was lefeated in the Convention. He then Maimed to be a "straightout" and appealed to the negro to uveuge his vroDgs, claimiug ali the time that he ivas within the liuea of "pure democracy" and that his object was to purify .he party. He succeeded iu eiectiug Jamerou Governor, himself Uuiteu Staits Senator, aDd afterwards Kiddle merger, not as Republicans but as Btraightout Democrat*." Even ater he was seated in the tienaie, when aunted with treachery by Beu Mill he 'epudiated the charge and declared lat be was a "better Democrat thau dill." What was the result? Mahone and lis white allies, who had used the negroes to defeat the regular democracy, bund the negroes stronger thau theinelves. They could not maintain heir own suptemacy except through he machinery of the Republican )arty ami by tub manipulation of he Republican federal patronage. 5o they were forced against their will nto the Republican party, from which he more decent of them, such as Cam rou and Moseby, are now seeking to iscape, besmirched and degraded by heir humiliating association. Aud it last the uetjro has become stronger 'veu tbau Mahone himself lor tne Jasi nooth theuegro Langstou was seated a Congress agaiust bis opposition and )rotest. Speaking of the return of hese misguided men to the Democrat ic party the Richmond Dispatch o ast Friday, says; "Thousands of our white men some years x ,go drifted iuto the liopublican party before bey were aware of it. Often have they wish d to come back to their first love?back into be old family ciicle, back iuto the compauiou bip of the hue fellows who were their com ades in battle and bivouac, in weary marches .ud starving times, and in the ecstacy of victo y, and the sorrow of defeat. Many of these, >e rejoice to nay, are now with as pgain. Iu Richmond city nut less than sixty have renoun ed Republicauism forever and taken their for r pidcas iu the Democratic Hue." What were the consequences to Virginia of that unholy alliance? Ten rears of degradation and shame! Malio >ized, Xepuhlicanized, Africanized, i*r debt we!.-nigh repudiated, her sredit weakened, her ueveiopement ttarded, her people divided aud her jroud name dragged through the nud! Wnat must be the consequences to ofa like coalitio. ? Cau it be that be Indepdndents expect to permanent y controi the negro vote? Having >uce invited ,them to the suffrage do bey expect to exclude them hereaf-er? Itis a piece of monumental fol-y. A child might see the issne but these nen see nothing except their own bounded and arrogant pride?their >wn seuseless and lvckless .ambition. With ihem it is "rule or ruiu"?aut - * I/..A sccuar am jiuuue. The Evil ol' It. The Haskell bolt is utterly without jxcuse or justification. No sophistry ;?o disguise its real character and ihe ;nost iguorant cau predict its result if it is uot stamped out of existauce by ;be Democrats of the 8tate who are irue to the principles of the great parti* which has doue t?o much for libert> and good government. No man out~ jide of an insane asylum does nor know that there is no chauce for the success for the wicked scheme unless the negro vote is appealed to. In every conference of the disaffected in the par ly an overwhelming majority has op posed the disruption of the Democratic party. But these bold and designing men, blinded by passion, thirsting for vengance and reckless of couse* quences have turned their backs on their friends, scorned the counsels ol the patriotic and the wise and made themselves enemies of good goyernment, peace, progress and prosperity. The spirit to I'rule or ruiu" animat~.i tiiut/ hnvfl nut, in ieoDar CU 111CULJ ?uu I.UVJ ?' - I y * ijy the creditof theState, the existence of our institutions of Itarniug, the peace of hundreds ofhappy homes anU the security of the dear women and innocent children of the whole State. They have done more than this for their defection perpetuates the rule of the Republican party in the Nation til government with its iniquitous tariff measures and despotic force bills. The bolters may deuy this but such will be the logical uut-come of sucn a wicked andshamefull coalition. ^ A Fight lor Cougress. All the democrats in this Congressional District who supported Is orris will vote for Johnstone to a man. They know their duty and will perform it. They feel that, they are bound in morals and in law to do so and iu addition to tnese considerations they must do so to defeat the dreadful purpose of the independents who have always been denounced by Wade Hamptou as "worse than JRadiuals." j We do not give the rumors a? author j utive bill there is talk of danger to our | Democratic Congressional nominees, j It is said that the unholy coalition means to leave out live of our Congress men and give tlieir places to pronounced Republicans. The scheme is to swap votes for these places and for the State ticket of the bolters. En tliisi way the control of the State govern-l ment will be wrested from the Democratic party and representation in Washington will be turned over to1 i> -j... ?e isn. LL1C JlUiiy U1 pillljinjl. Are our people willing to give up I Hemphill, Johustoue, Stuckhousre, Ei liott. Brawley. Shell or George *). Till mauand b6 disgraced by Smalls Wbipper, Dea* and such like? The very thought is abhorrent. Lut every man then iny aside his business and stand as oue man against all enemies of the Democratic party aDd all the people. An Independent in politics is like a free-thinker in relitf ion: An Independent in politic* sfts his judgment up against the combined wisdom of the party of which he has beon presumed to have been a mem ber:?.Speech of Senator M. C. Butler, October 31st 1878. Melons tram the Christian Neighbor The Snpreme Power. In the Coronation, Jesus Christ, the Son of God was of right invested with all power in heaven and in earth, thereby being made King of kingsLord of lords?the blessed and only rotentate?tiie srince of peacc. According to the ceremony of coronation as declared by the Father?"Sit tbou at my right hand until I make thine enemies thy footstool"?the Son is to remain in possession of that power until first by mercy and last by judgment, "he shall have put down all rule, and all authority and power. For he must reign, till he hath put all enemies under his feet. The last enemy that shall be destroyed is death." Between the coronation and the subjugation of all things unto the Son will be the end of the reign of grace? the gospel dispensation?and the immediate beginning of the reign of judgment by which the Son will accomplish by power what the disobedient would permit him to do by grace. During the reign of grace?the probation of the world?men will be permitted, as moral agents, to do as they elect; in the judgment those who, under the reign of grace, "would not have this man to tfeign over them," will be forced to bow their knees to Tuana fMiriot- and p.nnfess with their tongues that he is Lord to the glory of God the Father. All rules, authorities or powers which men may adopt during their probation will be subjected to test by laws of the King, and whatever is contrary to the principles of the gospel of Christ will be destroyed and the authors and abettors of such rules, authorities and powers will be judged and punished even aa their works shall deserve. What will be done with war and its abettors ? From Josiali >V. Leeds. Rocouncey, Oct. 3rd, 1890. Sidi H. Browne: My dear friend: I am apprized that the time of your Peace Society's anniversary is near at hand. You have never gathered together in large numbers. The matter to be considered is of the non-popular sort, and the "big guns" are not there. Perhaps it is better that it is so, as I have known those large pieces of artillery to fire of! some very unhappy deliverances, aud (it seems to me) to deal death and destruction to the sacred cause which it had been supposed they came forward to defend. Tht peace reform wilL invite disaster through any effort to "popularize" it, ?that is, in the sense in which the terua is generally understood, as a lowering of the moral tone and of the truth. I would therefore encourage thee, dear friend, to press forward, - * -* ?-'it- i ? 1J and to cneerny ana wun nope uuiu aloft the ensign given ihee, I do believe, by the Prince himself. The people of South Carolina are said to be J chivalrous, and it may be that those who are believers will yet flock to the support of the forlorn hope." As my mind has at times recurred to a wellknown Revolutionary incident which marked the defence of Charleston, I have thought that it were easier amid the tumult and roar of contending forces, and the frenzied excitement accompanying, to leap upon the exposed ramparts and wave the shattered flag cf one's country, than it would be in the quiet-ways of life?exposed to a cross-fire of epithets and uncomplimentary adjectives from foes and friends (the latter hitting the hardest] ?undauntedly to display the untarnished white standard of truth. So it milv harm thee not. as coming from a Quaker (who have been helped by :t cheering word, but who has no love for tlattery), if I say that I like to think of thee?with thy banner?the I Neighbor, bravely flying?as the Serjgeant Jasper of the Peace cause in , South Carolina. May the few who art' : openly with thee, not slacken in their i zeal and faith, remembering that it is I (i high charge to be entrusted with a \ living testimony, and that, having regard to the recfimpen.se of the reward, 1 it should not be lightly cast down or laid aside. Sincerely and affectionately thy friend, Josi.ui W. Leeds. FROM \V. SMITH 3IA11TIX. What the Poacc Sentiment is, and WlriU It Docs. Well, Mr. Editor, October, 7th being the anniversary of the Peace Society, let me rejoice with you in the fact that you,|its President, lmvc lived to see it, ^HH|KflRSQp and that you are still able to advocate its principles, both with tongue and pen. There are many topics that might be agitated, vast in importance and fraught with interest, but there is none more so than the one with which you continuously deal, i. e. "Peace on earth, good will toward men." It is the loftiest sentimeut of the age ?the grandest theme of our civilization. It is the great subject which fastens itself upon every progressive movement, and it is only through it we can intelligently and safely predict as to the future. ' Peace on earth, good will toward men" is the great Koupel center. It is practically the ultimatum of all embraced in it. Call it an ideal, or the play of a sanguine imagination, or humanity's unattainable standard, or call it what you please, but after all it is the sentiment which develops, it is the spirit which encourages, it is the truth which enlightens, aDd the foundation upon which we stand to predict as to our future out-come and destiny. It is the principle which inspires every thing that adds strength and hope to our race. It is the ground-work of education, the life of religion and the foretaste of heaven. It is only the cultivation of this sentiment that guarantees or makes permanent human government. Peace and good will toward men refines, elevates, and saves. If you want to know what it has done, and is doing for the world, trace the progress of Christianity and you will find that where even peace prevails, there humanity is to be found in its best and safest estate. Were you to ask me what is earth's greatest boon, I would say, peace. Were you to ask me its greatest need, I would say peace. Were you to ask me what subject should be agitated above and beyond all others, 1 would anv tier/on Tt i? flip hnnn t.hp nppfl. and should be the theme of our age. To advocate peace is to brighten the world, to enrich human character, and elevate human hopes. It brings out the beauties of a Savior's life, and thereby reflects it into the lives and hearts of men. It is a qualification for divine service, and a preparation for an intensely earnest effort to encourage and save humanity. There is nothing higher and better, nobler and truer, within | the range of human life, than to promulgate "peace on earth, yood will toward men I love your cause, I admire your courage, and I p?ay for your success. May you live long to adorn the cause, advocate its worth, and realize its growing triumph among men. Enroll my name if you haven't it already. Mrs. Wimple, of Rome, Georgia, was poisoned by her friend and next door neighbor, Mrs. McKee. The latter had borrowed money from h^r friend, and the note becoming due she stole the note and then poisoned the one who had held it, Mrs. Wimple. Both are soid to be in "high life." South Carolina Peace Society?Eighteenth Annlrerstty. Columbia, S. C,, Oct 7. 189(7. At 8 o'clock, P. M., in the new of ficeof the Christian Nkighbok, the ? Kir fl\?> IIJUCLIJlg wajj wntu iv v/i uti wj ?*jv President. Rev. R. C. Oliver was requested to lead in the opening devotional exercises and in doing so to dedicate the house with all things pertaining to the Christian Neighbor to the God of Pcace. This was done by singing a suitable hymn and a fervent | and appropriate prayer. Though the numbers and visitors' present was not large yet it wus about twice that of last year. C. D. Stanley was elected secretary of the meeting. After a free and rath1 er informal exchange of views by several of thoce present, a letter from ' Rev. W. Smith Martin and one from ;.J. AV. Leeds were read. [See letters in another place.] The reading of the 1 letters was followed by further short and encouraging expressions relative ' to the importance of maintaining peace in communities, churches and families. A lady who joined the Society at 1 the last anniversary testified that her remembrance since then that she was a member of the Peace Society had ' been of personal benefit in her daily ' life. Four new members were added to the Society, viz: It. C. Oliver, Mrs. 1 F. M. Oliver, W. Smith Martin and P. D. Garret. For the ensueing year S. IT. llrowne was re-elected President; K. {'.Oliver was elected Vice-President and P. Stanley was elected Secretary and Treasurer. The good and pleasant iKva-Mim so diverted attention from other things that the usual time for adjournment lvul before sonic were aware of it. The meeting was an occasion of edification and encouragement. The Poxology was sung and the benediction pronounced by li. Oliver. (J. I). Stanley. London, Oct. 7.?Horrible account* come from the lied Sea of the condition of cholera victims.