Edgefield advertiser. (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, June 07, 1848, Image 1
We will cling to the Pillars of the Temple of our Libert es aft ust fall, we will Perish amidst the Ruins."
VoIiIE XIII. MI I09 'O. 20.
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07 The following gentlemen are announced
by their friends as candidates for the Olice of
Tax Collector. at the ensuing election:
Col. JOHN QUATTLEBU3I,
GEORGE J. SHEPPARD,
EDMUND MORRIS.
SAMPSON B. MAYS,
Maj. S. C. SCO'T,
LEVI R. WiLSON.
JAMES SPANN.
07 The friends of PETER QUATTLE-'
BlUM, Esqr.. announce him-as a candidate for
the Office of Clerk of the Court of Common
Pleas, of this District, at the ensuing election
January 14 - f 50
TThe friends of;WESLEY BODIE, Esqr.,
announce him as a candidate for the Office of
Sheriff'of this District. at the ensuing election.
january.14 tf 51
07WE are uthorised to announce DAN
IEL HOLLAND, Esq.. as a candidate for re
election to a seat in the House of Delegates.
{l7PWe are authorised to announce B.
C. YANCEY, Esqr., as a candidate for a
seat in the [louse of Representatives, at
the ensuing election.
March '29 to 10
The friends of Col. .R. -B. BouxNiour,
an'nounce him its a Candidate for a seat in
thp House of Represeuatives, anlhe eosu
in 1ectiong
HARRIS, Esqr.. as a catdidate So a seat in
the-House of Representatives,at thenext elec
tion.
february 9 - tf 3
The friends of Maj. JOHN TOMKINS an
nounce him as a candidate for- a seat in the
house of Representatives at the ensuing elec
lion. May 3
The friends of Dr. JOHN LAKE, announce
him as a Candidate for a seat in the House of
Representatives, at the ensuing election.
March 1.1 - i
E7The friends of Mzij. ABRAHAM JONES
announce him as a candidate for re-election to
the Legislature.
Sons of Temprance -The following
table shows the rise, progress, and present
condiliun of this Order, yet an infant in
deys but a giant in strengh. The. left.
hand figure shows 'be order of precedence
in organization of the grand Divisions of
the several States, and . those on the right
hand give the number of Divisions in each
State at the present data;
1. New York has 363 20. S. Carolina 16
2 N. Jersey 85 21. N. Hainpshire 18
3 N. Caroltna 15 22. Mississippi 26
4. .,Iary land. 60 23. Wisconsin 64
5.-Dist. Coltirubia 13 24. R. bland 9.
6. Pennsylvania 3'25 35. Louisiana 22
7. Connecticut 5.1 26. M ichigaan 64
8. Virginia 1201 27. Iowa 16
9 Massachusetts 102 28. Florida 3
10. Ohio 456 29. Vermont 2
11. Maine i04 30. Arkansas 2
12. Delaware 48 31. Canada East 1
13. Missouri 34 32. N. Brunswick 28
14. Indiana 100 33. California I
15. Kentucky - 138 34. Mexico -2
16. Illinois 69t :35. Texas 2
17. Georgia 24 36. London, Eng. 4
18. Tennessee -110
19. Alaba.ua 70 Whlole No. Div. 2493
'The Neto PosL OJice Bill.-T he pro
visions of the hill are, briefly, as follows:
1. All newspaper not exceeding 1900
square inches in size, (sent by the editors
or publishers thereof,"-) to go free for 30
miles; for any distance beyond 30 and tnot
exceeding 100 miles,-or within the limits
-of the State-i cent: for more thain 100
miles (except within the State) 1 cent.
Paipe exceeding 1000 square inches are
to be charged by weight, like magazines
and pamrphlets. ,
2. .Papers of a less size than .500 square
tinies for 30 miles free,-and for all dlis
tancies exceeding 30 miles, a uniform
rate of j cemt.
- 3. Printed and lithographed cireulars,
ith and bill., &c. on single sheet not excee
4ig single cap size, unsealed, for all dis
tances,.l cent per sheet.
4. Pamiihlets, Magazines, periodicals.
&c., 2 cents per copy, if ntot exceeding 1
ounce,-and i cent additional for every
addlitional ounce-for all dist ancies.
.5. Publishers'. exchange copies, free.
6- Ne'wspapers, hand bills end circulars
(of on& sheet) "not sent from the oflice of
publication,"-2 dents, prepaid.
-Very Good.--Thie editor-of the Indiana
Register givesi his readers -good advice.
Hie says, "if you wvant to buy goods cheap,
- go where they advertise them. Mer.ehauts
who ar~e too 'stingy to advertise, are too
-t1.ht t ve ot a fair bargain."
From the Daily Telegraph.
BAD LUCK.
We often hear individuals complain of
bad luck-they can't got along; every
thing.goes wrong; nothing prospers. Says
one : Every business t hat I undertake falls
through, and all my plans prove of no a- i
vail-and he comes to the conclusion that
he was born to misfortuue,and gives up of t
tentines to despair.
In my opinion, the true secret of most I
men's misfortunes, are attributable. in nine t
cases out of ten, bad comILpany. bad habits.
or bad management ; and that their had s
luck is more the result of their cwn con- tl
duct, than of surrounding circumstances ; f
and it is generally the case that, " those a
who grumble most at t he favors of dame c
Fortune," are those very individuals who n
do the least to merit her smiles. n
Now can it be asserted that those per. s
sons who neglect their business. and loiter fI
their time in idleness, spending their stii
lings at a grogshop, and their dollars at a
cock pit. gambling table. or brothels, can \
ever hope to be prosperous, or succeed in
any business, or uudertakina? So far
from getting ahead in the world, and nak
ing money. they would squander the for- l
tune of a Girard !
Says a practical writer of much expe- S
rience in the world, - 1 never knew a hard n
working early rising, pruder.t nan, careful k
of his earnin;s, and strictly honest, who it
complained of bad luck. A goo-l charac- c
ter, temperate habits, and iton industry, t
are impregnable to the assaults of -11 the
bad luck that fools ever dreamed of." g
But. says one, would you htave me delyve
from day to day. like a swine, without re g
laxation or pleasure of any kind ? Would it
you have me a niggard. and never expend u
a cent, save fur the necessaries of life? rr
By no means! fl
Relaxation, and seasons of leisure, de- III
voted to pleasurable pursuits, are not in
compatible with systematic and untiring t
industry ; but let them be a rational char
acter, -not calculated to airect injuriously S
health, character or forLune; nor is a rea- n'
sonable or even liberal expenditure of tao- .g
uey inconsistent with thritt. u
But how much better to spend one's Sj
money in charity, in the amelioration of
the condition of our fellow -men, the ad
ancement of the cause of religion, science,
and the noble enterprises of the (lay, than
in ministering to the worst passions of the h
human heartefteriog.t grossland sensual. g
struenvetotiothers.- FERGUSON. ti7
Curefor Hydrophobia.-We have been it
requested to publish the following, said to a
be a preventive of hydrophobia. as discov
ered by a French physician, M. Cossar:
'-Take t wo tablespoonfuls of fresh chlo
ride of lime. in powder-mix it with half a ti
pint of water, and with this wash keep c
the wound constantly bathed, and frequent- a
ly renewed. The chlorine of gas pos- si
sesses the power of decomposing this tre
mendous poison, and r enders mild and
harmless that venom against whose resistr
less attacks the artillery of medical science
has been so long directed in vain. It is 0
necessary to add that this wash should be a
applied as soon as possible after the inflic- fE
ion of the bite. The following are the re- c
subtsofthistreatment: From 1810to1821, il
the number of persons admitted into lires- c
lah Ilopital was 181; of whom only two
died, From 1793 to 1824. the number ad
mited into the Hospital of Zurich was
223 persons who were bitten by diFferent
animals, (by dogs.) of whom only four
died."
Marriages.-An eastern paper gives a
out the following notice to "all whom it v
may concern:"
"All notices of marriages, whero no\
ride cake is sent, will be set up in small
type. and placed into some outlandish cor- I
ner of thte page. Where a hanelsotme
piece of cake ia sent, it will be placed con
spicuously in large betters-but when
gloves or other favors are added, a piece of a
illustrative poery will he given i-1 addition.
When htowever, the editor attendls the
ceremotny in propria persona and kisses
the bride, it will have special notice-ev'ery,
type, and the most appropriate poetry that.
catn be begged. borrowed, stolen or cumned
fromt the brain editorial.
Revolutionar'y Octogenarian Gone.
Jtdge James Mdarshall, son of Col. Thomn
as Marshall, commtander of thte 3d Virgin
ia regiment in the war of indepenbence, t
& eldest surviving brother of ChieflJustice i
Marshall, (lied at his residence in Fa;rquier f,
county, Va., on the 26th ult., uged S5 (
years. At 17 ho 'entered the army, re-a
ainng in it until the close or the revolu
tionary struggle, when he embratced the r
legal profession. He was comamissioned
by John Adams a judge of the U. S. Cir- -
ettit Court for the District of Columbia.- c
He served but a brief term on the bench.-d
- - 5
FILING NEWsPAPERs.g-One of the ma
ny things which I have to regret, when I ~
revewv my past life is, that I did not, from r
earliest youtl', at least as soorn as I w~as
able to do i!, take and preserve-I hto- I
lieve the technical word is '-fle"-some
go -d newspaper-. Howv interesting woul
it ho now to a sexagenarian to look into c
tte papers which he read when he was a
twelve or sixteen, or t wenty years old !
How nmany events would this call to mmnd
w hich he has entirely forgotten! . HowI
many interesting associations~ and feelings
would it revive! What a vtew would it
give of past years! W~hat know'ledge'
would it preserve by asststing the metmo-I
ry ! And howv many valutablo purposes of l
a ttrary kindt even might it be render-t
ed subservient to! How much do I wish
that I could look into such a record when
:omposing this short article! But news
papers are quite different things now from
what they were sixty, or even twenty
rears ago. They are unspeakably mnre
nteresting and valuable; in this respect,
it least, (I believe in many others,) these
imos are better than the former. For
nerly the editors of newspapers were ob
iged to strain their wits and exhaust their
neans in order to obtain matter to fill their
saxes. Now the great difficulty is, to in
ert all the valuable interesting materials
hat are poured upon them from every
'art of the world, and from every grade
nd phase of society. Now, netwspapers
ontain many of the best thoughts of the
Most highly gifted men, on the most mo
ientous subjects and their reports and
tatements ate far more accurate than they
)rmerly were, or could be.-Correspon
'ence of the British. Banner.
VIIY FARMERS SHOULD TAKE
A NEWSPAPER.
First.-From policy, and a due re
ard to their own interest. As the culti
atorsof the soil, it is but rtght that they
hould reap the benefit, when from the
umerous causes of fluctuation in mar
ets, the price of produce is raised above
s ordinary value. But is this often the
se? D+ those who, by the swet of
iwir biow, have sowed and reaped and
atheted in the golden harvest, profit
y the increased price of flour or other
rains? On the contrary, is it not, in
in cases out of ten, the for tunate spec
later, who, by watching the foreign
arkets, and by his knowledge of af
irs at home, steps in before the far,
per, and coolly pockets all the gains?
'he latter, at home by his fireside, des
t'te of the important iniformation which
small a sum as one or two dollars
light procure for him if expended on a
od newspaper, sells his wheat at the
;ual price, little dreaming how much lo
ng by the bargain, while the wiser
)eculator makes a snug little fortune of
),000 or $15,000 in a day. Year af
r year has -this been the case, and yet
)w few of the farmers,- in -ur wheat
-oyi qt nies proflt td li tif
emselves of thp haiges.Wbichmro fie
enly occur.' We reiterate-the warn
ig aid advie, . but both re regarde'd
the voic of interest, and a newspa
r is loked upon as an article ,f ui
eessary expense in a farm-louse, y
rse who if they regarded their opyn.pe&
niary interest, would subscribe for.one
on:e, even if obliged to cuttail in
)me other quartet
Serondly.-A farmer should take a
ewspaper, for the sake of his children.
She, would have them grow in ignorence
what is passing around them at hone
nd abroad-if.'ie would prepare them
ir a proper discharge of their duties as
itizens, he owes it to them to give them
te benefit of this weekly instructor,
omting into the family without a hustle
r pretence, and performing its effect
rithout failure or delay.
There is a vast amount of general in
iigence condensed in the narrow lim
:s of a well conducted paper. Much
f itis can be obtained in no other way;
nd for the remainder, the student must
ale through ponderous volume, or
rtste his 1oth ovetr tlte midniglit lamp.
Vhat ever ma~y be thoughtt of it by our
rentds in thte country, we knowv that ta
.ing a goiod ntewspap~er is a cheoap wvay
fdilusing inufortmationt through a fandily
irce; and know too, that it will, as a
eneratl rule, put ten dullars in the pook
tof then fartmer for' every cite it draws
ut.-New York Sun.
Vav Gioon.-We like the following
xtact fraom a repos t read before anj
gricutural Society not only becatuse
tis well spiced witth httmo,, but also
ecause that humor nmakes the hog teach
ten a very useful lesson:
Again. Some folks accuso pigs of be
g filthy in their habits and negligent in
1eir personal appearance. But whlethter
od is best eaten off the ground or from
hina plates is', it seems to me, merely
matter of taste and convenience, about
hiic pigs and men may honestly differ
hey ought thten to be judged charitably.
Lt any rate pigs are not fi!thy enought to
ev tobacco, nor to poison their breath
rinking whiskey. And, as to their per.
onal appearance, yotu dnnt catch a pig
laying the dandy, nor the females
miong thomn picking their way up this
iddy village, after a rain, im kid ship
Notw~ithstanding their lheterodox no
ions, hogs.have some excellent tmaits of
haraicter. If one chantces to wallow
little deeper in some mire hole than his
sllows, and so. carries off and 'comes in
mossession of ntore of this earth than his
rethren,. lhe never assumes an extra
rportancc on that account ; neither are
is brethren stupid enough to worshi'
inm for it. Their only questiont seems
o be " is he sill a lsog?" If hio is, they
eat htm na such,
4,
And en a hog has no merit of his
own he ver puts on aristocratic airs,
or clai any particular respect on
accunt ihis family connections, and
yet so.m gs have descended from very
andenien ilies. They understand full
-well the --mmon sense maxim, "every
tub must !d upon its own bottom."
Laurens le Herald.
WEAL -In glancing out eye recen
tly overtatistical volume of Pennsyl
vania, pA ished, we believe, last year,
we perce Ad that ONE THOUSAND
DISTI 4.iERIES were enumerated as
constitut items of wealth! Wealth,
:ruy! T MILLIONS of gallons of
alcohol a nually! flow much wealth of!
this kjig - ould it require to make the
peopl: ese United States prosper
ous,-cd ed, and happy?-How much
of weal! ike this to steep a nation in
the ve regs of poverty and crime?
And w nes the consumer get for his
money :disease and death, when he
make a" chase of alcohol? What does
he obtai r his money when he makes
a pucha bread and meat for himself
and faugi Nourishnient, life, comlort,
joyaody ength, which enable him to
labor an' id'w tich. Is it not bettei,thsen
to have rain that produced it, than
the ten' lions gallons of whiskey to
brandy ich vegetate as the seed of a
thouseo iders, a thousand suicides,
ten thoz adulteries, twenty thousand
thefts,'a !lion of slanders, a million of
assaults ,batteries, innumerable de
sert Ahundred duels, premature
tridw -prenitature or phanage, do
omeuti d us, family ruptures, libels,
obseent oind falschood-=the breach
of a nnaudments, desolation to
the amily and impiety towards
Gods?. Jiuitful source of all these
direr l must be an item of wealth
ind erance Ada.
loody Tradigy.-The
rrns, of Saturday, gives
amne.
A ma , named
years of,age, by oc%
penter, with asharp
aptated his ife an,
oldest child:about t w..- .... ...,r
leaving theiwetds hanging to the bodies
only by a.small' pot ion of the neck, and
then-cut his dwn throat most effectually
with a razoh The father and two sons
were in a hd' in one room, and the
mother anditwo daughters in the same
situation insanother room, The awful
deed was. uit discovered until sometime
on Fridav-ehen the mother of the man,
having occasion to visit the house, found
the inmates in the horrible situation de
scribed" not-a soul being left to tell the
tale of blood: But the mangled victims
of a father's madness,-the fatal axe, the
marks of blood upon the floor, the fa.
ther's throat and the open razor, dis
closed an awful tale while a paper,
found on the premises, in the joint hand
writing of the parents, revealed a con
dition of mind which shows how fear
fully appalling are the fruits of religious
error. The Times says:
It appears that Mr. and Mrs Pinck
ham had bepen victims of the Miller de
lusions; but ihe full for ce of its crushing
influence upon their spirits seen's not to
have been suspected by others. The
paper to which we have referrredl, an
exact copy of which seen by our infor
mant, contained a statement in thie hand
wriling of Mrs. P. followed by a nother
by her husband, setting forth that -' they
had become tired of life-that there was
nothing in prospect for them worth liv
ing for, andtibat they hard mutually a
greed upon the destruction of themselves
and children;' requesting that their ho
dies might be deposited in a stone tonmb.
The wife- when found was in bed par
ially undressed, the eyes as open as
though awvake at thse moment of decapi
probably sleeping uncoricious of any
danger.
Hirrs To -LamnES.-Stair carpets
should never be - put down wistout hav
ing a slip ofpi per put under them,at and
over the edge gf.every stair which is the
part where, they first wvear out, in order
to lssena thes fristion of thre carpets a
gninst the boards beneath. The strips
should be wvithin an inch or two as long
as the carpet .gid and about four '
five inches.in readth, so as'to lie a dis
tancefrom eachi stair. This simple plan
so easy of e ecitign, will, we knowvipre
iere a stair cppet half as long' again as
it .would last .(thout th e strips of paper.
-Si.:Amer.
Irsibil jD' emper.-The great-.
es plague inIf is a bad' temper, 'It is
a retit diaste of time to complain of
sthe pafdI tebesf thing is to amend
our own; and the next best quality is to
learn to bear with what we meet in
others. A bad temper will always tire
itself out, if it find no one to resent it: I
and this very knowledge is worth a 1
trifle.-Irascibility is very injurious to t
health; and so, in fact, is every morbid I
indulgence of our inferior nature-low
spirits, melancholy, diffidence, disincli
nation for ordinary duties, discontent, .
fretfulness, even down to mental lassi, -
tude, indolence, or despair-are all very t
inimical to the enjoyment of life; and
every possible effort should he made to
cast them all to the winds, and look
unblunhing in the iruth of the fact. It is t
astonishing what a little reflection will I
do--the fears are mostly imaginary and I
with one dash of resolution way all be
overcome.
From the Columbia Telegrapl; r
To TrE PRESIDENT of the Commercial
Association of Columbia:
The undersigned, believing there 1
ought to be a uniform rate of stuage fir
Cotton in Columbia, and considering e
your body as being fully authorized to
establish such rates, you will confer a
favor by calling a special meeting of the
Association, at as early a day as praci- (
cable, to take this matter into consider- i:
ation ; as at this time there are no esta- d
blished Fates of storage, and for the want s
of them, the charges for storage have I
almost bacnme obsolete. (Signed by) i
J. M. Blakely, J. J. Chambers & Co. E
Jas. A. Kennedy & Co. Mickle & Ulm, 1
David Ewart, Wells & Anderson. Law i
& Drennan, Pou & Senn, Jesse Drafts, s
Richard O'Neale, James Martin, Mc- t
Cully & Simpson, P. & R. Bryce; a
Wingard & Muller, Hunt & Walker. 3
Mloses II. Mobly, John McCully, J. M.
Feasts r, W. McGunnis, Mathew Craw- e
ford, G. B. Nunamaker, R. Cathcart & (
Co. Caldwell & Coleman, John Ewari, g
John S. James, B. Reilly, Bradley & r
Goodwyn, A. Neely.
James Martin, Joseph Vv tagara, Jonn l
J. James, John W. Bradley, and A Nee
ly, to report on the special business be
fore the Association ; who, after retir
ing for a short time, returned and re
ported a rate of storage, etc. for thr
consideration of the association-when,
after some discussion, it was, on motion
of Mr. John McCully.
Resolved, That the subject be refer
red back to the committee, to report to
an adjourned meeting, to be held on
Wednesday, the 24th inst. and
That the president ha requested to
enlarge the committee so as to consist
of nine;
Upon which the President added 1
Messrs. J. McCnily, Peter Bryce, E.
Coleman, and R. D. Senn. The asso
eiation then adjourned.
On Wednesday, tie 24th inst. the as
sociation met according to adjournment,
the pi esident in the chair ; when the
committee of nine, throulgh their chair
man, Mr. James Martin, miade the fol
lowing report:
Ritron-r,-The Committee to whom
was referred the subtject of estsblishing
a uniform system of prices for Storage
on Cotton, Flour, and other produce, as
well as Commissions for selling and re
ceiving arid forwarding such Cotton,
Flour, Produce and Goods, have had the
sao under consideration, unid.beg leave
to make the following Report, , I
That iln all well regulated commercial
cities and townas, a system of tariff of I
prices chargeable on produce and amer- I
chandize, lies been established, either
by a Chamber of Commet ce, Board ofi
Trade, or Commercial Board or Asso
ciation, and mande putblic for the benefit
of all concerned. They therefore pro-.
pose, that on andI after the first day of
July ensuing, the adoption of the, fol
loving prices for storage, commissions,c
&c. &c.
Fr storing cotton, 5 cents per bale
fur he first and hiust week, and 2 centse
per balte for each intervening week.
For foarwarding cotton, 10 cents peri
Cmmissions for selling cotton, 1 pet
For storage on flour, 10 cents per
barrel per moulthI.c
Commissions for forwsardinlg flour, 10r
ceitts per barrel -
Commissions'for selling flout & grain,r
2j per cent.
Commissions for storing and sellbng
bacon and-lard, 5 per cent.
Commisions for receiving and for
wardig all goods and met chiandize, 25
ents ,w,. naekae. -
All of which is respectfully submitted
,y your Committee.
After reading of the report, and a
ree discussion, in which the members of
he Association in general participated,
he report and resolutions were unanie
nously adopted.
On motion of Mr. John McCully,
Resolved, That 500 copies of the
lesolutions with the names of all the
nembers of the Commercial Associa=
ion, be printed and furnished to mem
,ers for distribution and use.
Resolved, That all our merchaiits
rho may be members of this Associa{
ion, be most respectfully requested to
ive their sanction and support to these
roceerlings.
Rcsolced, That Ed.itors of Newspa
ers throughout the State who take an
aterest in the welfare of our Town is
equested to publish these proceedings.
Resolvced, That the thanks of the
tssociation be tendered Mr. D. Cald
ell for the use of his rooms, &-.
On motion, the Association adjourn'
d. JAMES CATHCART, Pres't.
A STIRRING PREACHER.
The New York correspondent of thei
lhronoty pe, in reviewing some of the
roceedings of anniversary week, intro.
uces a preacher who appears to have
nme of the gifts of the apostles of old.
le says: One of the best things in all
hose anniversaries was the speech oft
tev. Mr. Magoon, of Cincinnati, at the
Saptist Bible Society on Friday. lie
a live man, and must have made it
ir among the fixed and skeletonic geuf
lemen with whom he was app.trently
cling. Just make room for a paragraph;
our readers will like it:
"It seems strange to me that we scrape.
very cent we can reach to send the
ospel to our very antipodes, and for=
et those w"ho come to our own land to
nake their homes. Do the Catholics
uild schools and colleges? We may do
a Lar us m-.ethem. in kinda
ce might. have gone (diili.-ic.
iave told how a man rosei:Pris-nr
)attled nobly and successfully for their
:ause, and that man was.a foreigiser.
ry where-it was Cremiex, the Je-'2
ubeequently called in the Providence.
>f God, to be Minister of Justice. It
s our privilege to give all men freedoa
o worship God. If they are in error,
vu may pity them, but we should never
abuse. But the greatest obstacle' tdbe
emoved is defunct Protestantism:
Evangelism congealed. Some men came.
o the West who had the odor of sancti
y, who had perhaps been active class
eaders on this side :fho mountains, but
he.y had left all the Christian heat they
ever had behind them-they were iol
-anoes burnt out. They would stop in
nome devoted place and settle down, the
elect wheat of God's harvest, predesti
anted from all eternity to sit in their in
ernal laziness while the world was per
shing around them. They are the fos
il rrmamins of Phmaroah's lean kind ;pose
essed of a vis inertia almost sufficient to
top the wheels of the Almighty's cha
iot of Mercy, and banish every ray of
'Iis glory from man,
Let me give yon one more. lie if
peaking of the sort of preachers neod
~d at the W'est
" The education soaked in from t116
rmiside, like a Thompsonian bath, is
iseless there. There is no field for
uch preachers. Black-board know%
edge and Latin root% emptiness in the
ead, green glasses over the eyes, dy
pepsia in the smomash, and a dipulotna
n his hand, do not suit the people
hey wanmt whmat the Scotdh call 'grnp
ion'-tlhey want men like Ringgold's
ling artillery, who know how to load
nd fire in the hottest of the fight.
rhere is no need to wvait for a church to
all a pastor in the W~est ; he can call
is church himself. With a log cabin
ur a vestmy, he can have around him a
athedral whose arches were wroueht
ndl wreathed, whose roof was adorned
n the way thme temples of Greece never
new-the blue sky is irisiHe through
is dome, tho setting sun streams in be
ween its pillars, and there, in a garb as
;haple as the sublime truth he tells, he
an preach the Word of Life; there is
o need of fine linen in double quantity
.linen under- and lineh over his gar
et-lhe will not want two shirts."
A Mr. Dexter has broached a new'
heom y of astronomy, foundation of whichr
s that the earth is the only visible con
lerable matter, and that the sun and all
mavnly hodies nre optiecalsin