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KKOWK J (' QU I! 1 Kl{. ROB'T. A. THOMFSON, Editor. TKIIMS.?per tinhorn.in lylvnnco. If pay ir.ent be delayed until after texpiration ot'tlu year. *-'J. For six month*, 7.*> cents, in ndvanci Advertisements inverted at the usual rates. PICKENS C. II., S. C. : ?? Saturday Morning, July 11, 1857. New Post Office. A r*. w pojst ofliet*, by tbo nnnio of '"George's Crock," has been established in I his district, and K. E. 0'ossf.it appointed I'ostniMtor. Saleday. There wcro fewer persons liero on saleday limn wo rccollect ever to have seen beforo. NQtlilug of any value was sold. The Sheriff had some valuable property advertised, but creditors stepped in and shielded the poor debtor. However, wo believe the money maiket was not so ''tight" as some other things wo saw. At least, we trust better times will prevail for the future. Correspondents and Temperanco. The article of " Yindox," in ont present number, is very lengbfY. Hereafter, two columns (about eight pages foolscap) is as much space as wo can allow for an article. This will be as just to one as ano'lter. Hut while on thesnbjuot, without an intention of espousing the cause of either, we may as well Jvfuie our position. In the first place, however, we think we may safely conclude, that the discussion between " Yindex" and **Veritas*" will bo in a man* " ner profit loss. Wl.il* WO nrn Jltl nilvn^nln ?\f Inmi.nKonAn wo can see no necessity for a coercive law, such as has been enacted in Maine ami other Northern Slates. As to its constitutionality, we do not fuel competent to give an opinion for the proper guidance of others. It is a difficult question, and none but the best legal minds can fathom it. II< re in South Carolina wo have a stringent liquor lav already. Is it enforced ? we think not. If this law was enforced (and we see it violated constantly) and example followed prerept more closely, the evils complained of would not perhaps exist. 'J'licro is much lo be done here in this way, beforo the " Maine liquor law" should be prayed for. There is one oilier matter, not the less important, but more difficult of solution. And this is the manner in which our elections for office arc conducted. Heretofore, electionoci ingnnd "treating" have been the older of the day. For this we h >v? remedy, but the latter is especially to be censured. Public opinion may effect a great deal, and it is in tliis way that wo would have the disease cu/ed. Let us discuss and think tlie matter over before another election term is upon us; then, it would only bo adding fuel to the flame. The Fourth of July. Independence day, much to the discredit of our citizens, was suffered to pass off with out celebration in any way. This should not he. It is a glorious day, and hallowed by recollections that should ever bo fresh in the hearts of Americans. Let us resolve that wo wil! never ignore another. Independence day : it sneaks badly for public spirit and patriotism. At Walhalla, the German Riflemen paraded early in the morning, with full ranks. The Agricultural Society was in session, but no business of importance was transacted. In the afternoon, thero fell a couppie of refreshing showers. The day passed ufF quietly. We were pleased t*< loam that fhiLlcritirr progress is making on tho Railroad. The Walhalla depot lias buen located a few hun<1 red yards en?t of West Union, and Mr. L. J. Scott, an enterpising contractor, is grading the silo. The Weather. Since our last, wo have been blessed with several light showers ; and, although the weather continues cool, corn is now growing off finely. Gardens are also recovering from the effects of the drought. Death of Hon. W. L. Marcy. Death loves a shining mark ! A telegraphic despatch lo tho Columbia papers advise of tho death of Hon. W. L. Mau'cy, Sucrftllirv 6f Slillii Iinili.p Pi,n!.l/in( l'ltrtinui J - 4,VW.ViV..Wi. l??V?. Ho died at Ballston, N. V., suddenly on tho 4th of July, lie was found in Ij'is room, having died nlono?perhaps of apoplexy. Howell Cobb's Successor. The convention '!>nt niei at G.tir.ssvrMf, (in., recently, nominated .1 udge J ackson for congress. Mucli partisan feeling has been exhibited in the contest thus fur, and we observe that Col. .Simmons is nnnounc?d as n4% % ? a.... 1 - r . 1 _ nil irjjjiusiliuij U.HIUIU.IIl'. yj III I I I < -1111 Ul lilt' Mountain Signal makes merry over the troubles of the Democracy, but expresses his preference for Judge Jacknon, who will probably bo electcd. ? ? Sl'VKKRIN'O.?THh Commitiiionora of the Poor for Kerslmw district hnve Inkefi mc-as tires to supply tht destitute of that <]istiict with the staff of life. Com is furnished to them who are ftbie to pay for i{, ?l cost, and 4li||i^vho arc not nbl?, receive it gratis. Kansas again. Tlu course of Gov. NVai.kkr, in Katisns, lias very naturally provoked llio hostility of the South. Not so much by the doctrine ho advocates, (the submission of the const i1 tion to tho people for tlu-ir confirmation or I rejection) as by a total departure from i tho lion intei volition principlo as laid down in (lie Nebraska-Kaiijus bill. It has amazed boih his friends and enemies, and neither now appear willing to trust him. Truly, thu fate of the traitor is a terrible and just j one. From what wo can learn, however, i even Gov. W.u.kkk cannot now chancre the. I ? . -1 pro-slnvery prosttgo thoro. The convention , j just olcctotl, to frame a constitution, is nl- ' most entirely made up of Southern mot). Hoar, too, what tho Kansas J/erahl says: i " Kansas a Slavk Statu,?S'tme few j of our fiicnd*, who are a little faint heaited, ' M-em disposed to despond as to tho prosi pccts of making Iv'.n>as a Slave State. But those men aro not well posted, and do not i understand the mhntcuvrings of our oppo? nentw. There are r set of men in our Territorv, v. ho, regardless of tho re d interest j of the people, are working for political enpi- j | t?l ai tlu' North. To accomplish this they ( would ruin the Territory, and keep up ag- j ' itaiion, excitement, and bring about civil i ' 'IM _ .. .. -C 1 ... . ll - ?<ii. mi l niv iisui hi yini iivs, nun nave | already driven many good conservative Fiee j State men from their ranks. No good N?| tional Democrat can vote nnd act will) this I Rubiiwun jmvty in tlie Territory. This par! ty have refused (o go into the election of I Delegates to form a State Constiiution.? i Their organ here?the Times?gives up the I question, byrtrtying that Kansas cannot long I remain a Slave State. We are willing to t risk i iiis. Kansas being once made a Slave j State, it will not be so easy to change it. | The population now coming into the Terri I tor)-, is decidedly favorable lo our cause.?They are from the Western, Middle and 81 ?v<: Stales. They nrc men who are not disposed to intoifer with slavery where it exists. flie prospects for making Kansas a Slave State, are bright and promising?The Black Republicans at lcat, will be politically crushed out." Recent letters from Gen. Atchison and i v>oi. n.vKKuaiso express ilie netiet that Kan- | sas will bo a slave State. Tinio alone, how' ever, can develops the result. New Advertisements. Messrs. Alexander, of Pickensvillo, lmve i received n general assortment of New i 3 I Goods, which tliey are selling cheap foreash; See their advertisement and give them a call. Tlie Sheriff and Commissioner advertiso several valuable tracts of land for sale. Dr. Lawpencb is adding fresh supplies I to bis stod. of Goods. See advertisementi Thero are oilier notices in our advertising columns to which wo would direct the attention of the public. Another P.iot. | Another riot has taken place in N. York ; _ 1 j city. To add lo their lawlessness, the 4th of July was selected as a suitable day. The row was between tlic Bowery l?oys" and 1 the " Fire Pointers," but, as our account of ! the affair is rather meagre, we are unable to name tho successful party. Eight per| sons were killed and thirty wounded. Minor j riots also occurred, of which we have no particulars. To what am nnr 11 \'i>rilii?i-t? bicllnon" toiulin?jj ? Cotton. Tlie cotton ma'iket is buoynnl will) nn upward tendency. In Charleston, on Kri- j day last it was quoted at 11 1-2 to 15 ctfi. per pound. With the .present cotton prospetit, before ns, we think wo may safely say it will go still higher. New Publication?. J] lock wood's Afuf/ouhic for Juno, Crude?/'s I.at/i/'s Look for July, hikI llio London Quar Icrhj licriiio fur April, liavc been received. Notices horenfror. ? 'I'trii court of Equity, which has been in session at L'ineaster, adjourned on Friday last. The Ledger notices a somewhat nov el case which cauie up. An old gentleman living in Kershaw District, married, in 1S55, his brother's daughter, lie died soon after, leaving property valued at about 000. The bill was filed for the partition of ihl! f'stlllp lli* ellilitri.M >!...? , - viini ; their father's last murriagc was illegal and void, while the widow claimed her thir'd.? Chancellor Dunkin decided in favor of the widow ?as the Law Court had decided in (he same way, in a similar case, and as there is no law in Slate which renders a marriage belweor. an uncle and niece void. The Ledge*' ler.ins that the cn*u will be taken to the Court of Appeals. PoKTI?Ayj>. J Ulie .30.?The Demnnrnlin Stale Convention, which met here to-day, unanimously nominated H. Smith, of War* ren for Governor. Resolutions \\c\p then nrfop'."*1 extolling the Democratic parly, sustaining its course in regard to Kansas, expressing submission to the Supremo Court decision in the Dred Scott cast), complimentary to President Buchanan, opposing the liquor law, and favoting annexation when it shall be legally cairicd out. Thk Slprkmi: Oociit not Siavriioi.dKits.?The Washington Union says, the ma I jorn v 01 iijc supreme i;ourl are not owners of slaves, as has been repeatedly asserted. I Four of the Justices reside in free State?, j and the Chief Justice bus not owned a slave i for thirty years. They enme to hint by -iu- i ! ln?r?lance, but lie Voluntarily gavo them ' llieir freedom. and two, who.'were loo old I to triKfce cure of themselves, ho provided for | during their lives. ' ** ^ Pcnnings and Clipping-!. Pkujcationv?The now Churob just crc ted in this district?Fairviow?will be de iuntcd on tlio 3J Saturday in this month. Extiia Cui'iir.? An extrn court for A dorson disldol will be he'd by Judge O'Nei on Tuesday next. SkDL'CTIOX.?'l'lin Onrroll ponntv fniii - ? j \y,m Press gives the particulars of a trial for ? duclion, in which a young girl of sevenlei is the plaintiff, and a llov. Mr. Barclay d foii'lanl. The jury gave all the damng required?$>5,000, and would havo givi much more hud it been asked. Exkccted.?James A. Price, who mu dered Mr. Joseph Hughes, sen., in Uni< District, four years ago, was executed < tho 2Gth ult., near Unionville, in presen of an immense concourse. Goon Dividend.?Tho bank of Qeorg town lias just declared n dividend upon i stock of 10 per cent, pnrnnnum. What iie was Looking Foh.?At concert in Wisconsin, nt the conclusion of tl song, "There's a sjood time n coming," counlrj farmer got up and exclaimed, "Mi ter, couldn't you fix the date, that is win we want?just give u* the date, Mister." Grain.?The grain crops of tho counti ? nor11), east, west, south?are better Ihf ever known before. Important ikTiuf..?The Atlanta (Go IiiW'lligenccr is informed by Dr. J. K. Ale; ander, of il\al city, that during a late "smn pox panic," he had vaccinated over 2G children, and that ho has found vacoinatir a certain ari l speedy curc for the hoopiti cough. . G Exfcnoi'8 DoNAribN. ? A gentlem? who does not wish his name known, hi given to Princeton, (N. .1.) Theological Sen inary, ten thousand dollars, the interest i %\ hich is to bo nnnronriated to sustiiinir poor young nn'ii during their course of sti dy in that Institution. Sai.e ok Fritsn i ki:.?The furniture < Col. Jno. ( . Fremont was sold in New Yoi Friday. The prices brought wore not gooi si pair of duelling pistols bringing only The great "path-finder" is about going 1 Europe to join his wife for a long tour. A Gaowiso City.?The city of Pedri on the Illinois river, in 18o0 contained on tix tbousnnd inhabitants, and was wilhoi a railroad. It has now eighteen thousai: i I ? I -- .......... I.i || tU I.IIIIUIUJb tUlllJIIUll'U, Jin two in progress. Tiik Smiths in Nkw York.? A No York letter says tliis groat family in tin cily number only 1702; the Browns 8*71 The ljrowns are pushed very close by tl Johnstons without the "i," and I hoy, turn, are beset by the Murphy#, who nun hoi 674. A Titanic Fiockk.?The groat oxioi of our country is only vaguely portrayed fc thu strong figure used by Thomas F. Ma hlinll, in his lemaiks ?t the Cincinnati cc I'bration. wltcn he referred to tho Mississij pi Valley hs reclining with her head in tl lakes, her feet in tho Gulf of Mexico, an her hands grasping the Alleghany an Rocky mountains. Niew Wjibat.-?Wheat is selling in S Louis, Mo., at $2 20 a bushel, and in Free crick-lung, Vn? at $1.50 n bushel. Hot were extra ai tides. Vioti.ance Committer in Tkxas.?. notorious desperado named.Craig, was hun by I he Vigilance Ccniraitlee ?t San Ai lonio, Texas, for murder and horse stealinj on the ni^'lit of the 10th inst. Others i custody had been doomed to the same sua m??ry punishment. A Man stung to death dy Beks.?W learn through a letter, that on Tuesday ev< ning, while n farmer, named Havs, residin near Knoxville, in Frederick county, Man hind, was nbo\it to hive a swnrm of bees, great portion ol them swarmed upon h head, and stung him in such a terrible mai ner, lliat lie died on the following day. Dkatii ok " Wii.d Cat."?From a lct(? in the Sao Antonio Texan, dated Loredi Texas, May 25th, wo learn that " Wil Cat," the celebrated Snminole Chief, wli gave the United Stales so much troublo i Florida during the Seminole wnr, is deni he, with forty of his followers huving fallc victims to the nmall pox. Capital Idka.?Some genius lias coi cuived llio brilliant iden to press nil tl lawyer# into military service in c?se of wi ?-liccnuso their "charges" are so great ill no one could stand thorn. Pnoo EJatkiis.?People in the vicinity Albnny, V. Y., ftro turning their wttenti' to raising froge. The frequenters of a si gle rcsthurnnl consume two hundred p weeK. j noso who r?ivo visited Albnny m the effect is perceptible in the people the ?they nrc amphibious aud lonp on ail foui m Akkaik ok Uonou.-? Wo are iuformed (> (says the Charleston Evening New}) tlint Messrs. June? Oonnnr and T. M..Stuart, have had a meeting at or near Fair U!nfT, on the Wilmington llond, in North Caroli n- na, nnd that afier an exchungo of shot?, the ( \ll I affair lei minuted. I i A TIahd Stohy.?The Albany New York ' o) j Statesman, *>pins an almost incredible yarn ( c- | i\bout 4he discovery of pearls in muscles | en . found in groat quantities in a certain mud ( e- bottomed creek near Albany. It snysthat I Oft mill individual liao nnlfanlinl r * ?'? >" ???"'? - ?? L'li thai $40,000 were advanced (o him on their ^ deposit with 11 New \ oik firm. ( ir Junk Snows.--It snowed nt Mountain , >n Oily (Wis.) on the 19ih ult., sufficient to in whiten the tops of the steamboats. 1 ce ? ?? IIkavv Loss.?The Ithaca, N. Y. Jour- f nal, soys the damage* to that place hy the ? flood is estimated variously at from $ 100,is 000 to a quarter of u million of dollars. | v Foi'n young Laoiks Dkonvnkd.?Misses a Ivate Farrcll, Kllon Itntlleburn, and Julia 1 ?e and Ann lirogan, wehlout with three young 1 a men in a sail boat, Friday evening at Web- 1 ? stcr, N. V. The hoat capsized in a flaw of { ?l wind, and all four of the young ladies were i drowned. r y Cosstitutioxai..?The Supremo Court \ in of Now York has dccid>;d that the Metro- i politan police bill is constitutional. <i ) ; Pki/.e Vioht in England.?The grand n x. prize fijjhl for the championship of England, JI an event which excited considerable alien- n 10 tion, took place on the 10th ult., and result- I )ii ed in Tom Saycrs defeating the famous Tip- ' it, ton Slasher in eleven stoutly contested ) " } ' 1 I I roun l?. The fight lasted one hour and for- t ty minutes, and was witnessed by an im- '| m inense concourse of people. t *s , i- Poi'i'tATioN ok Sr. Louis.?The official t [>f returns of the cen^a-i of St. L >uis, Mo., I ig show a population of 120,270 souls, of 1 J whom 2,824 are colored, 1 ,f>32 being slaves. : There are GG,7 10 white males; and 58,- t 252 while females, a curious excess of the n , i former. rk I V " Ai.i.'s wem.tiiat knus Wei.i,."?"When 1 we tice a pretty female foo', we naturally '? conclude that it bolongs ton pre It}' woman, i on the principle " that all's well that ends ,, well." v f a . . r ly Had.?A young man, a student in the I 1,1 Theological Semn.ary in Fait fax, Virginia, ? l(' shot and killed with a revolver another 1 young man on Sunday hist in a fracas at a ( Sunday-School. t w EautiiqI'Akk in Tjaukkns.?Mr. J. II. it Mnitin, a reliable gentleman, informs us, 1 g that on the night of ihe 2 1st of June, he ft-h, ' very sensibly, the eiideneea of an earth- ' quake, at the residence of Mr. John Robin-. 1 in ^ son, near L'opiar spring, in the upper pari i- of this district. It occurred between nine and ten o'clock, and was n'so fell by his sistor. Mr. John Pucket, living near Knight'* it Bridge, nlso stales that I ho shock was so >y great tl)?t il awoke him, and on " making a j.. ; light in the room, he could see the house . ! shaking." Mr. Martin, fearing he migh' bo deceived, was reluctant to disclose the fact. P* until ho found many other persons had fell le ihe same shock.?Luurensville Herald. ?? ? ! Romaxtio Wbuuixg,-- A ptirof MissisI(1 sippi fov'ers, living in tho vicinity of Friar's Creek, a few days since betrothed themselves of getting married. Having pro' cured a license, they sot out on horseback. ! They soon came up to a parson "selling" f r ? ? ? ? I, mi ii iciicu?u seems nc uui something occasionally at farming, and requested him c "to solemnize tlic sacred lights of matrimo- J \ ny at once.'' The parson finally consented, r t and he, 'silting" on the fence, and tliey on L ? tlicV Jjfirs^s, the sacred rite was " solern- j. *' niz-.d," nfier which, they went on their way t] i, rejoicing. t 1*iik dkad ok tub Hivkr.?During the | '* monih ending yesterday, there wan dragged from the river at this oity, and from the ( r ponds of standing water in the suburbs, ^ c nineteen dead bodies! The greater number e" ( whs from the river, only one or two having a ig ! been taken from the pond*. These bodies | fr are fouud floating in the wn'er wmonjj ttenmbonls. If the corps which lie fit the ( n bottom of the river, prevented from rising t ls by Accumulated mud, or, perhaps, by 1* weights attached to them, could be drawn ' J up also, the whole number would, no doubt, c j be thirty, or ona n day.?St. Louis News, , >r ' ... . r?. I T?,.... xi..v. rv.._ "? J 'I 1-1 > nr .11 KN VHUW.1ED. 1 dp Ol. jonn 1 d TV) Lender stall's that as six men were pus- | l0 sing down the fulls on the 22d ult.', the 1 boat was capsized and Henry Mcllugh, Al- \ , 1 bert Bclyea, Robert Collins, John Kelly, ' ' j and n man, name unknown, wore drowned. !n The catastrophe was occasioned by v'.jo ' boat's crew attempting to pa*s the falls an c hour sooner than the state of the tide would 1 rc- warrant such an attempt. 1 io ? [ir Gkn. Cash.?Gen. Cass returned to , j Washington on Saturday morning, in fine t ftt health. He made the trip from Detroit in , | I thirty eight houra. In former years, when J < ' railroads were unknown, unci A voynge down J 0 ,'lhe Ohio, and Mississippi wntj regarded as < >? j no ordinary undertaking, trips between De- ? n- ! troit and Washington wne txken on horse- 1 C1.! brick, nnd were rarely accomplished under t r iwenty-five d.iys. Gen. C. has often mad* 1 i the trip between the two cities on horse- < re [ bach, the journey then occupying nturly as ' fB. many d<if 6us It nOw lakes hours. ? \ ?. >OK T1IIS KEOWlCK OOUHIKH. Constitutionality of tho Maine LiquorLaW RltlM.Y TO " VKHITA8."? CONCI.L'DKl). " Veritas" next says wo nflirmed ninety iut of every hundred modern to drinkers jccome drunkards. No/yis to what ho understood us losay u c do not know. Hut wo most e?iphu/i ally declare wo meant no such thing. Wo lid use tho phraso "uinoty nino in every Kindred" twice, but each time we had ref ronco exclusively to iho drunkard afior laving becomc confirmed in tlic habit that ' nlbety-nine in ?very bundled" never roormcd. But supposo; ivo had intended the oader to understand tiio phrase as "Verias" does and then wo conceive thnt wo vould not Jiave made a much greater exaggeration titan lie lias. 11o says: " I can count scores of men in my ncpiaintauce from GO to 80 years of ago tt'lio lave used spirits all their lives, and who ire not drunkards." Now, we would remark that we suppose 10 has a very extensive acqtf'dntanoo in omo country which is more favorable to lciilth and conducive to longevity than even he mountain regions of South Carolina. But the unite spoken of in the Bible is 1 ahv rlron^ imtil oc %? ?o ^11 lw**?o ,-vt . - - ??.! '? I1 wmvio VI iko stamp. Now, Joes 14 Veritas" or nrvy itlior sane nwiri who toads thor scriptures villi an unbiased mind reasonably suppose he wine spoken of with approbation ami hat spoken of with disapprobation were >no and the same wine, if so ho must boievo the l>iblo contradicts itself, and if so, vhy doca he quote it as authority. "FoV if i ( m bo proved that any two passages clash ho-.u is its authenticity invalidated, and it ill falls to tho ground and is n*> moro than i ounuiugly devised fable. Now. the Biblje ells us that the Lord promised to bless the vine of tho Jews, Here it is spoken of with ipprobalion, unci as a blessing. Tbtf same iible tells ns that iho Lord told the sfutto lews not t^ look upon iho wine, that wine vas n mocker, Now, do those seemugly contradictor^ passago* have reference 0 the wine, or to Inequalities of tho wine. I'hoy evidently bavo ref rence to .tbo qualiies of two different wines. For would it lot b.* a singular blessing, nn article <f food hat the nil-wise God would give to a peo>lu and then toll them it was a mocker, and bat whosoever was deceived thereby was lot wise. That it was so pernicious and langerous in its qualities that tliov Khmild iot oven so much as look upon it. Quite 1 singular blessing indeed. In the 3 1st Chapter of l'rovorbs tho rea IC*r will find l.li/* ?i?* Inn^iirt^A - ?- - - o .""b""bu ,vn" >ectmg the use of wine. It is not for kings, 0 Lomuol, it is not for cinpjs to drink winC ; nor for princes strong irink, lest tliey drink and forget tho law nd pervert the judgment of any of lite aflietcd. Give' strong drink to him that i? eady to perish, nnd wine unto those that ,>e of heavy hearts. Lot him drink and fnrjet his poverty and remember his misery 10 more. Now, docs not every one perceive at a fiance that it is not only the ubuse but the tsc of the wino thai is forbidden here. But 'Veritas" contends that tlie use is rccomnended here, for he quotes the 6th verse to >rov<v that the liihlo recommends the temperate uso of alcohol. "Give strong drink o him that is ready to polish, and wine uno those that be of heavy hearts." We adnit that the uso is recommended here, but vo deny its being the temperate use or the ise which "Veritas" attributes to it. Its iso is also forbidden, nnd the two classes of >ersons who should use it named. And the jcrsons to whom its uso was rccommtiuli'l -- * iictivni.iivvn, so as loftuow more cicariy tne lornicioiis quantities of this wine audita eniro unfitncss fur any other persona than hoao to whom it waa recommended. "Give irong drink \o him that is ready.to persh." This doubtless has reference to tno traclico of the Jews, giving stupefying and leadening potations to malefactors who vore going to perish on the Cross. These Iranghts were given to ihcm to render the >ains of death less acute. Now, if any one has his douhts respecting mr notions being corrcc as respects the ews having two kinds of wino, we recotnnend him to peruse a work on this subject ... 11.? i>... i.'.-*t - - ty iihj jxy v. l^Ll I'll A LKT i\ OTT, It. 1). WllK'Il >erhnps may somewhat dissipate those loubts. Dr. Ncrrr tells us that ihe most of he wines of the Jews were drunk in an unurmented state, and con*cquently were desitnte of any alcoholic properties, and thai liese wines were known to the Jews hy a litferent nanrie from tlint used to designate ermcntcd wines. Tlmt the wines in those lays which wore esteemed the host wore ilways iinfuruiuiiU'd. Tiiis 'learned divine !?s made a critical investigation of every >assage in the l>il>le where wine is mentidn d, and has found without any exception lull u'lii>r?vi)r iu!n? !? - M.fvvvi Miuu in rjA/H!ll Ul Willi iip* uobation tlmt tlio word which is rendered vin<5 in our English version'that it is in the irignal, tho word which signifies the unfurnented juice of iho grapo, and that on tho ?thor hand wherever wino is spoken of will) lisapprobation tho original signifies the fornented juice tho grapo, and that, the word n the original which signifies tho 'infernented wine is used to dosignate the grape (self. Now, if we believe what 'his eminent and tamed divino has said, wo can at ouqo nC:ount for thoso seemingly contradictory mssagos of scripture. It m very clearly and inequivocrdly brought to view in tho lliUlv i..< ? ? - - ! unt H>u {^in|iu lurmvu no lflCOnftlUGrAble' >orlion of tlio Jcwh dietetic regimen^lhat s its unforincnted juice. Con*equentiy/wo >arcoive lhat the Uiblo speaks of Iwo kinds >f wiuc?one the juioe of the grape in it* >iira, natural, or unformented stato, the otli)t in its impure, unnatural or fermonted itato. llie unferihgnted wai denominated 'the blessing of God," " that innkeih tflad ho heart* of man." The other wfts denoftf' natod " a mockeV ?n engt-ndcrer of "woe" ,f iiuxi:..."-'!! T- ? ** unyumitt", Ml ? Oil iitiR \yIWIOtU Oftllse,' mil uf)O0 which tho Jew.? were forbid<|on & loolj-j-y**, Oiey (WL?ul4?n eiw <0, v* " * v.. c -*?*'/ ?.r f* % % * * look ii)ion if. " ^ook tftit upon (lie wino, dfc'. Th?<l t!t!9 UiifbtbiiMtfn win? had been, tohen in its puro state tlio blcssiogof (?od, Wo rite ready 10 admit, tut it bad been by ovil men ro'nvfeiMod into a curao. Tlio samo as the uistjfleif of tho present (Iny converts tlio stall' pf litV, " tlio Ulessfng of God" into a curao?aii instrument of death kntwural and eternal. Tills " Veritas'' Is our ophiiort respecting that (rttliilean wino which ("Lrist tnado of water, that it oontaincd no iutoxi i outing properties. You charge us with ; nccusing Christ of practicingan imposition upon the Governor nod guests because >vo' 8 iv the wine would not mnko them di links Would it not have been ns Complete n mirnolu ty havochanged water into tlie vinfornienti'd'jnieoof thegrnpe us to have changed it into the fermented. Or <li<i the miracle consist entirely hi producing alcohol. Our referenao fur ?acred thing* arc too strong to beliavo this. Hut tvhy argue tliis point farther. 41 Vi rjtas" has admitted himself (lint the wtno of the Jews which they used ns an article at suppu" was destitute of alcoholic properties although his Ignorance of the liible has caused him to cite this very custom, to prove that j their wine contained alcohol. I . It is evident,"he remarks " thpt wlno was a I I'dininoitnriictu ju supper, oven among tliu Disciple?, clsC how could tne Savior have taken lbt> enn mid given thuln,<fcc." Now. w'c diifiic the rfnder to give |>nr(icnTnr nttentiou to wtnU he srtvs nfler having settled this point according to hi? own notions. # " l'linve no reference," says he to the wine usoc) ns the sncrmnents lilxiut which possibly, I have.an serious thoughts us " Yindcx'' lUul some others ; hut I poy refer tojlmt which was evidently acorn inou article ut supper." Now, " Veritas" wb wish you to info) ill lis when and wh.uro, ami with what wine the t-acrftineiit was instituted if not at the time, and at She iila<et and with t/,o vcri/ wttir to which you refer to provo tlnit the win*' used hy tlie Jews at supper contained rtlcohul. tfow, wc tire no theologian, nor the son of a theologian, but wu~W.ilI Venture tlm | ii-snrtion that if this Sacranu-nt was nut iimtitutf.il I .it the time and place. nrnl with the very wine to | which von refer tiiiil then thoGhurch of t.hrist has | no authority from the New TVsl.u.v nt lor nny such ao ordinance. U *' Veritas" so v no more that Christ and JiU Apostlea sanctioned the tlho of alcohol \Vhen your reference for Oud and things snored causes you to doubt whether the wine (Jjirint sot forth as an emblem of His shed blood contained n pvopertv as diameterieally opposed * to every principle of Godliness, as you know alcohol is. Hut when Veritas" comes to notice the application wo inndu of Paul's advice to the Corinthians respecting the meat which the heathens offered lo their idols in which thu Apostle said ho would oa^.no more meat to the end of tin) world, rather than by so doing cause his trother to offend. he cannot any longer command Ids vieibilij ty but pn.nounofs it " jMtaUivuljr ridiculous" b?, cause he can neithor see, taste nor email ni.y alcohol front the first to the last verse of the Uiiap .. ter. Now, sir. we intend to show you?if ) ou aro valuable of understanding a principle vheu applied?that although, this passage of vcriptmo does not savor very strongly of hIcoIioI, yet it has an appropriate and direct hearing upon this alcoholic controversy. We learn from the Mythology.of ??;% heathens Unit they had a god orgodde-.-i for almost or?pn*o every propmiiity. 'Chore was JinrrJniH, or the god of win.*, Wrr.t, or the goddosu of corn and of hnrvc^t, J V/nr?, or tho goddess of J b.mulvni..l tl..? ?. - > , ..I ?> v. U-t. UtC. 1)111 Wll.1t kind of puis were they I Why they \v re nil siinlar to " Veritas," jrod of alcohol creatures of their own evil imagination*, miulo to pander to their own porvurled nppetiies.and devilish inclinations. They were unquestionably nothing more nor less thun their own evfl desires deified, aii'i consequent ly, in the worship of which the most consuimitcd j service was rendered to the devil. Now, sir, it : was to one of thosiKgndi of human invention that j tliin meat spoken of l>y I'aul was offered. Hut I you may argue that n* the devotees of alcohol at i the piutfciit do not deify him that they are not : idolators. lint what dilloreiice do^s this inako 1 their service is rendered to the devil, and so was that of the idolatrous heathen* whether tliey'ofI fered their gifs and rendered th 'ir services to Al> imeiitivem-cs, A mati veneris, Acquisitiveness or any other of the propensilies it was all the same. It wiii tohliing (}Oil of the glory, and was to all intents and purposes worshipping the devil. Consequently, vo perceive that theie is no essential dillereiice between ca.ting meat to the devjl ami drinking alcohol to the devil. Now, sir, to niako the application, snnnojo for the snko of jirgUinent that alcohol is a blessing of (Jod as whs this i moat oflerijU to jdol.?, ami that you can diink it ' without doing homage to Bacchus or to Alimcntiveness or todivoat iiof ulI Mythological iny*ti?hiii to tlio devil, na l'tuil could oat this meat without doing homago to Alimentivcncss or tho , devil, i.'ul then, *>ir, accord'"^ !<> this same Apostle Paul, wu are fovKuden to < rnk it not for your '*:?.V!5 sake,, but- ?.tio sake oft how. For you do i know if you know anything dull the drinking of alcohol never in 0:1c instance,!!, matters not how 1 mo.Jerately taken make" a man pious, but tin1 con ! trary whenever used eo an to product) intoxica| tion it renders him profane, remual and devilish. j Who arc as a-class the most profane men in our land ? you know tho drunkards. Thin you know and dare hot tloiiv; and you also know that by your taking ttloofiol as a ^basing of Hod, (admitting it to ho such) without doing homage to tho devil, that therp am tlu-nsands in our beloved Carolina who, in drinking it give all their fcrvico ! totha devil, Thisiyon cannot, youdare not deny. I " Yerjtas" swells, puffs and vapors about our manufacturing scraps of Constitution to suit our j own views, as if the Constitution did in cn/iVv I guarantee an v "???? np """ ??1"* 41 ! ' j it. ikjuii mo priv> lege of engaging in, nnd carrying un nn occupation or Inwines* which will endanger the welfurc of tl>o community or intercuts of their fellow ciliI zflns. Ia it portudo " Veritas" tli.it this is your position? lift* your enthusia*m for th'u monster of integrity brought you to tliUt Docs not tl.o Oonstitution-gunrantuo us " the protection of our persons nnd property 1" And does not tho 9th nrticlo of the Constitution of South Carolina euy that: " All power in originally routed in the pooplo, und'all freo government* r.ro foundodoti thuir authority and aie instituted for tlitir jitucf, Mj'cly nnd hutivintsn." Ma ~ , .... > ..ii |>ii-iuiui io nrgue mat tlio Uon< atitution ?f the 'Jnited States, or that of South, Carolina docs m. t nlfor.l protection against tlio iiujoitiee of one mi<|) or any {jau.ofmiih'ii carry rnjf on ft husineafc which eiulangcr# tlio welfare of (Uu community or the Interests of thoir follow citii zens. Does not tho articlc of the Constitution of | South Carolina just citeil, toll ns that free govmrn^ menta nr? instituted for the peace, m/ety anil hap- ? pineh* of thopeo.de ? Where i.< tlio pen'*';,safety: and liuppinoei afforded when one claw of! men arc making war upon the righta of nnotbon by teri??g oroiwl cast, as it were a liquid poiaoft vrfitelt, changes the moral nn,l industrious id/mi into ft vU Qions, w jckeii, indolent vagabond; xeducca his wifo iuid children from n eomfortnbfc house of pence, and plenty to a wretched Imvol of ttrifc, copfu I sion and atnrvat ion. la tlustho liberty fur \VVM? tour forefathers fought, bled nntl died, that onto, cbwu of men should, for the pake r.f & sm.dkprfiiit,' make indolent vnuabondn ??<l ?>' - I follow citiectfti for another eliwe vhat roapnoni1 <if, | the profits to imuntain, or h?lp s?niu(?iij, Hut yoQ &y Outt *there ate tlvntSiMifty of gentU'iiien who wish fcpfrH* to u?\f Ifceiu.scl te? nna for tht.ir faff 'Iwi*. RiKl who hnvu a Cni^titotionnl right to'upcnd ihtiv tuoiwy for v#h<it tltjoy pjoaac, Ac. > . NM, si(, It U <Mtfk5od<)<Vrwf&, mjtUcr ofpcrsonnl ri^ht (tiRttho?rt wIjq km ftbTo ?>>#?<! tot j h.jtrty rtpoivthoir a**ighU>ry-?tnlul^o tonny fxtint in th? t?r> luxuries. tfl> #)?lt?r how pxpAiibke to thwiuiwlr**: principle 1K1 \ >409 \*eU. afWM g?v?rata$p, oug i ' ? ? #