Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Will it tho erring ono restore, Honoofovth to "go and sin no more? They say-oh ! pause and look within ! Soo how tho heart inclines to sin! Watch, lest in dark temptation's hour, Thou, too, shoulJst sink beneath its power ; Pity tho frail-weep o'er their fall ! But speak of good, or not at all. ?WmBHiiiPiliii.in. I in nil ? ???J ?" ? ? ? V"11 ' "-Vi1.015? ^ ^ x T Y . Interview of Bouth Carolinians with Pres ident Grant Among tho visitors who called on thc Presi dent on Tuesday morning last, wore the Hon. J. P. Recd and Hon. W. D. Simpson, of South Carolina, who were presented by tho Hon. Thou)08 L. Jones, of Kentucky. Du ring tho interview Mr. Heed read, for him eolf and Mr. Simpson, tho followiug paper in rolation to tho condition of affairs in that State: " Wo have called, Mr. Prosidont, as mem bers elect from tho Commonwealth of South Carolina to tho Forty-first Congress of the United States, to tender for ourselves and tho people wc have bocu chosen to represent, our congratulations upon your auspicious assump tion of thc oflico of Chief Magistrate of tho American Union. "Wc arc, sir, natives of thc Stato from whence wo come, and olaim, as representativo men of its ancient population, to bo familiar with their political aud m a teri at condition, their sentiments and aspirations for tho futuro. " Politically, in addition to thc loss of near ly all their pecuniary resources, they have by the results of tho war, been practically exclu ded, for moro than three years, from the fam iiy of States, and thc blessings of civil gov o-nmcnt, but having been recently restored to their original position in tho Union, upon thc plan which thc Congress iu its wisdom saw fit to adopt, without eonourring iu thc manner of their restoration, they havo accepted tho ftocomplislied fact in good faith, and arc as ^ loyal to tho Oo7crnme;;t of a common coull jtry as any othor equal number of tho Amcri dan people. *' Their condition sooinlly is, anet has boen, ?ne of profound peaco, and aside from a few Isolated acts of personal violence that havo oo \\ oasionally been committed in different parts ? of tho State, such as aro, unfortunately, of too |Y oonimon occurrence in all sections of tho M Union, good order hos prevailed, aud tho [\ laws, Stato ami Federal, enacted for their government by bodies in which they wero un represented, havo been rcspootod, obeyed and unforced without tho slighest tendency to ta rillt or viole DOO. n Materially tho abuudaut harvests that li bavo bcou vouchsafed to them, and thc high J i 'prices at which their leading staples have Ll .ruled, have rollevcd thom in a great measure Jj from their etnbarwDsojonts, and open up to Pn^hoir imaginations thc dawn of a prosperity so A entfroly unexpected ns [v i0ftVo them to hopo [< Uhnt OVOUts which wero deemed tho most !\ jorushing evils, may turn out to havo boen in O.tfeod * blessings n disguise.' ? a In sentiment, whilst almost tho entire ft nativo white, and a largo number of tho col ??! OYcd population, have aili lia ted and been iden* Ik lifted with tho nntiounl Domocratio party, their |(i fetters aro not of such controlling strength ns to induce, or permit a factious opposition to ^iho party in power, or hinder them from yicld Rl ing a hearty support to all such measures of your administration as will, tu their judgment, j] tend to develop tho resources and promoto tho interests of a oom mon oountry. I li Thoir hopes and aspirations for tho fu ?turo Aro, that their Stato may henceforth oo eppy prcoisoly tho same relations to tho Gov [Ornmant' undor a common Constitution and 'laws that?is oconpicd by the othor States of [ thp XJmoo j and to this ond that the laws im laing burdens-and conforring'bonefits on tho people may bo uniformly enforced, persona Uj-lnof property protcotod; thq. pcaoo presorved viRviolato, tho unity and perpetuity of thc ' Government maintained, nud that uninter i tup tod fraternity, prosperity and happiness, jvmay attend tho whole Amorloan people, East Wost, North and South, without regard t< sir, arc thc sentiments of tho hearts of our selves and our pcoplo." In response to which, tho President re marked : Gentlemen : Tho sentiments expressed iu that paper should meet thc approbation of ev ery law-abiding, Union-loving citizcu of tho country." Planting Prospects An iutolligcut plautor from Red Rivor, who employs alargo number of operatives, in formed us, n few days ?ince, that tho prospects of cotton planters in his region, and, in faot, throughout thc State, aro quito fluttering ; and ho undertakes to predict a future of pros perity to thc South greater than wo havo ovor enjoyed before. We have uo doubt that tho high prico which our royal staple, cotton, commands in thc markets of tho world, has furnished a certaiu foundation for his hopes. When wo aro ourselves prosperous, and reap a rich reward for our labor, wc aro animated with a species of enthusiasm, and encourage the expectation-sometimes delusive-that thc heavens will always smile upon us, and earth tlivo^? Its transiir?iLintf. 'rw .c., KY. Peaohos. Parlor Matches and Confection 1 all kinds. r* Piping Hot! In connection with my Confectioner prepared to furnish Hot Meals at a, , dunn- tho doy. at reasonable prices, ?cucral- N flllk 0vstcrs kept on hand and ? ?.go and Mnrch g. isfiQ_22_ THE ST ATM OP SOUTH ?AUC Ly, frt. Ocowee County. Cynthia Frederick*. Adm'x. of> Estate Of Ooo. ,\V. Frodcucks, !i docoused, Applicant, \ if?j . Q]CS VS. /? JL IOU rate/. Joseph B. Coradine and wife men! Susan B. Carndiuc. J rS' TT anneal ing to my satisfaction that aricty 11 . .r-?v H%lr.?/w.*v.t.J.?-.|l<w< ccy t? utter its oracles in n tone of iuoipicnt triumph. It would bo well for us, however, always to remember what thc wiso man says : "lu tho day of prosperity rejoice I In thc day of adversity consider !" Thc maxim, though uttered somo thousands of years ago, is as true to day as when it wss first enuncia ted. Tho experience of thc past may alsc justify us in somewhat changing thc phrase ology, so as to read : "In thc day of prosper ity consider ! and becauso you have raised rcmuueratiug crops during tho last season, dc not rush madly into thc maelstrom of unccr tum, and often ruinous, speculation." Thc reason assigned by our planter for tint prospcotivo prosperity ia, strarjgo to say, uo tho magnitude of thc hist crop, but tho abo litton of slavery ot the South, and thc inau guration of free labor. A few years ago, a tenet, thia would have been ?traugo doutrini iu the mouth of a planter who looked to hi own interests. We were generally of opiu ion, hero, that the relations of thc two race wero just what they should bc, QB far aa th iutcrcsts, well-being and advancement of bot! races were involved. And so, in many rcs poets, they were. But one great evil, not moral, not a political, but so to speak, a fiuan cial ono, resulted from thc institution of slave ry It iuduccd tho planter to cultivate to much land, iu order to raise larger crops, an to pu rob aso, from year to year, more negroes uuder tho mistaken idea that negroes cona!,' tuted tho most reliable and produetivo oapiU in which money could bo invested. War and thc abolition of slavery hnvo dil 8?patcd that fnllaoy, never to be ontcrtainc again. Wo hnvo now at length di'scovcrc that the continued purohasoof negroes, whet I ever a new crop came in; for wnioh llioro wt a porfeot furore throughout tho South, W? n most exhausting process, and what wit tho fluctuation in thoir vtlluo, oftdn reduce tho plantor to bankruptcy or left bis estnl insolvent. Uuder tho new regime, he mr amass money with every new drop, which 1 may safoly invest, or employ it in tho iu provomcnt of his lands, tho education of h ehi&ircn, and tho inorcaso of his dornest comforts. That a great and beneficial ehnn< is thus to bo effcoted in tho condition of tl plantor, tho state of Irado, in manufnetui railroad enterprises, and all branches of bm ness-in ft word, in tho wholo future of tl South, cannot bo doubled1. Another rcftson for this prospectivo pr< pcrity is to bo found in tmd ladt that wo ha just now-so to speak-turned ovor a ni leaf. Out of this disorganization of socio! wo havo, os it woro, oommonced ft now bistoi nnd tho South, with its vast resources a unconquerable onorgy, is placed auow up itsj-mcttlo. That it will vindicate moro th 1 ita past fmno, and roaoh moro than its for i er boight of prosperity, who that looks nb< 1 him, and oonsidors tho materials with will . wo havo to werk, con doubt ? , [New Orkans Times, ' WISDOM is tho olivo which springs fr > tbO hoftrt.bloo?lS fri tim Imrrr.tn n.uY , Freemasonry A petition from certain citizens of Ohio, was presented to tho Senate of tho United States, thc lattor part of last month, praying Congress to rcfuso charters to any seorot asso ciations, and to ropcal tho law under which tho Masonic Hall Association ol' tho District I of Columbia obtained its charter. Tho petitioners basod their hostility te tho ancient institution of Freemasonry on several serious charges, which, if well founded, would have fully justified their aotion. Our duty os publio journalists, lends us to examino those charges, as tho organization thus assailed extends over all thc world, and claims to havo been established with thc praiseworthy object of inoulating thc prac tice of sociul and moral virtue. A careful study of its history has conviuccd us that it is, what it profosscs to bo, a beauti ful system of morality, veiled in allegory and illustrated by symbols. There are no sccrots as to principles and objects. Thc first of thc charges referred to, ia that "masonic associations arc dangerous to rc' publican government." Notbiug can bo moro vuntruo than thia. Mon archy is a hereditary, Freemasonry an elective institution. Ia tho ono tho sover eign, claiming to rulo by an inherited right divine, is regarded as tho fouutuiu of all hon 'or and power, in the other, thc pcojdc arc ac I kuowlcdgcd to bo tho ouly source of control. ' All offices iu tho mason io fraternity, bciug iu the gift of tho craft, government is strictly elective, aud consequently, republican in its form and character. Freemasonry dangerous to ItopuMican in stitutions ! It might as well be asserted that knowledge was dangerous to Freedom. Thc true model of a well-ordered republio is a just and duly constituted masonio lodge. Our own great Washington, thc memory [of wliogo virtues, valor, and patriotism wil' remain.forever enshrined in thc hearts of his countrymen, was ono of tho greatest orna ments of tho fraternity. Identified, as ho was, with tho institution, if it bad been an tagonistic in its principles or practico to rc" publican government, would ho havo conten" ted himself with a presidential chair when ho might have mounted a royal throne ? Thc wiseacres of Ohio, whose minds it may be impossible to irradiato with the light of ?ruth, also assert, that fora longtime, mason ic societies havo dircctod their efforts, in this country, towards thc support of slavery and thc inception of rebellion in its behalf. In reply to this, suffice it to say that every mason is strictly enjoined "to bo a peaceful and qui et citizen, true to fit's government and just to his country ; not to countenance disloyalty or rebellion, but patiently to submit to legal au thority, and conform with cheerfulness, to tho ! government of the country in which he live?." Tho charge of inciting to rebellion, &c., is, therefore, as fulso as that of '-'psriortiug the nation, and forbidding to givo tributo to Cicsar," which was brought against thc foun der of Christianity. Who docs not know that thc cssontial char acteristic of Masonry, wheu not perverted, is charity, and that Brotherly love, Relief and Truth, are tho corner stones of tho Masonio Temple ? How then can that bc a pro slavory institution, which teach its members to aid tho erection of that universal and eternal tem ple, which will one day, oncloso all humanity within its precincts ?" Tho petitioners say that Frocmasons arc '.bound by barbarous oaths repugnant to law, human and divino." This is another infamous falsehood. Thc solemn obligations which masons voluutarilj assumo havo been entered into by somo ol tho wisest and most virtuous mon of all agcf and countries sinco tho days of Kiug Solo mon. Would they have bound thomsclvcf by "barbarous and unlawful oaths ?" Again, it is ohorgod by tho pntUionon that thc youth of tho couutry aro taught it masonio lodges "tho pernicious prnoticcB o conspiracy," and that theso institutions through tho uso of vague signs and symbols insidiously caloulatcd to decclvo, "habitual tho young and innocent to thc ways of duplic ity and demoralization." Tho allusion to th young and innocent is easily disposed of a no ono iibt of lawful age omi bo made a mt son. As to tho rest, wo havo tho best authorlt for stating that n dosiro of knowlcdgo sn'1 sincero wish of being serviceable to his folio' croaturcs is tho "open sesame" forovory ma to ovory masonio lodge on tho faco of til globe, and if any ovil thing bo disoountouam cd by Freemasonry, moro than (mother, it disloyalty, or conspiracy against, lawful go' or mn ont. Ita signs and symbols, ooostitul a univoreal language understood' by ol! M sons. True, they aro ?coret and incvlolnbl This, howovor,'Ifr a'wanlFost nocoseity, fi wo o it othorwiso, how oould onq mo m kuo another with certainty.. Tho signe a.?d syr hnjs ava uni? ffiatttt? to tWWuliWLJMiA, God and man whish masonry iuculoates, thoy aro full of meaning, truth aud powor. Whcrc cver tho light of knowledge has dispelled tho mists of ignorance, or tho torch of scioncc revealed tho hidden woudors of creation, or an altar beon erected to tho great Architect of tho ?nivcrso, tbero masonry exerts its be nign ioflucnoe uniting mon in an adamantine bond of "brotherly love." "That oncred tio winch virtuous spirits bind, That gobion ohain which link? immortal minda." "Yaguo signs and symbols" do thoy call thom I "Heneo,"-says a well informed masonic author-"many advantages aro derived j thc distant Chinese, tho wild Arab, aud tho Amer ican savngo, will cmbraco a Brother Briton, and know that, besides tho common ties of humanity, thcro is still a stronger obligation to induce him to perform kind and friendly offices. In fiuo, tho sacred tenets of the ordor aro so entirely incompatible with impiety and immorality tnat nono but a truly good man eau bo a GOOD MASON. True Education It is a otrrvont thought that the growth of the mind is aualogous to that of tho body, that education is a gymnastic. Discipline, not truth, is said to bc thc object of study. Tho search for truth is said to bo better than tho possession of it. There ia something in this view pcouliurly fascinating to the young and strong. What college scuior has not held his breath, ns ho has read Sir William Hamilton's absorbing citations of tho oxult tant utterances of tho heroes of literature. "Did thc Almighty," says Lessing "hold ing in his right hand Truth and in his left hand? Search for Truth, deign to tender mo thc ouc I might prefer, in all humility, but without hesitation, I should request Search for Truth." Wo do not always remember that these exulting pinions droop at last, aud that a philosophy of ncsoicuee is thCj this search. Good hunting at ken, isa sorry jest. Tbe^avol is needed to stir us toWP?t.< joy of capturo is needed, thai with ardor to thc nniTillili^ There is, morco?8r?l|BmJl worthy growth, as in all magnanimity,'au om'otionol and mor al clement. A notablo gymnastic cultivation of thc attenli(mjj|^mn^?iuihrinent, gener alization, i nven^f ? ^ :WPWWWPoand other intellectual facuUro^i^^^J^unadc by chess puzzles. But tho LUM BLwkJoni aro tho fruit of attont^ffl^ ^KJovc, and directed by conscience jT^Pk^^ffu^ination, properly so called, proclaims tho activity of the mslhotic emotious. Tho delight of the possession of truth is needed to warm thc soil from which new thoughts are to spring. The limo comes, when old books, old frionds, old truths, thc dear delights of our youth, come to bc thrice dour as tho recoguized root of all tho growth of our manhood. There is, in deed, a plain analogy between thc training of thc special senses aud gymnastics. Tho young scholar should bo practised to seo, as bo is to walk. Particular montai processes which need to be oftcu ropcatod, such as t?o application of tho ground-rules of arithmctio, or of thc rules of grammar, havo an analogy miilx gymnastics, in so' far that prwjticc cua blcs us to perform them moro rapidly, easily, gracefully and noourately. Tho mind needs to bo run in thc right ruts. But the growth of tho mind, tho incubation and development by which it passes from imitation to creation, from ono stago of power to onothei, learns to soc one truth after another, has very little analogy with tho operations of tho body. Those who have studied mau in history, es pecially those who work on his very soul as it is proser ved in its progress by language, onn not holp feeling how completely inade quate aro all tho phrases, commonly used to express this progress, how oompletoly unlike gymnastics is tho conversion of an infant in to a ripo scholar of to day. Thc ablest sav ago, left to train his own powors, is ages bo hind tho dullest head that loaros tb uso an Iudo-Europcan tongue.-Prajcssor March. NOTHING LEAVES US AS ITEOUNI> Us. If a sheet of paper on which a key bas been laid bo exposed for a few minutes to the sun shine, and then viowed instantaneously in tho dark, tho key being romoved, a fading spootro of tho koy will bo visible Let this paper bo put aside for many months, wboro nothing can disturb it, and thon in darkness bo laid on a plato of hot metal, tho spectre of tho koy will again appear. This is equally truo of our mind:). Evory man wo moot, overy book wo read, every picture or land scape wo soe, overy word or tono wo hear, loavos its imago on tho brain. Thcso traeos, which undor ordinary circumstances oro in visible, novor fade, but in tho intonso light of cerebral oxoitouiont, sturt into ptoniinonoo, just ns tho spec tro imago of tho koy Marted into sight on tho application of lion t. It is The Eye of an Eagle Tho oyen of all birds havo a peculiarity of struoturo which cuablo them to soo and hear distant objeots equally well, and this wonder ful powor is carriod to tho greatest perfootion in the bird of proy. When we recollect that an oaglo will asooud moro than a mito in per. pondioular height, and from chat enormous j olovatiou will perooive its unsuspecting proy j and pounco ou it with unorring certainty, and wheu wo seo tho same bird scrutinizing with j microscopic nicety ar> object oloso at hand, wc shall at oucc perceive that bc possesses thc power of accommodating his sight to distance ? in a maimer to which our oyo is unfitted, and ! of which it is totally incapable. If wo tako a printed pago wo shall find that there is some particular distaucc, proba bly ton ?M^?ttft?M?|Qk wc can read thc wordsypjH * I Rwrit ii perfect dis titictnjM ^^Br? thc distance tatii^JH \ Hage to thc distance of TW*^WBWW| PDBnd it impossible to read it at all ; sojjSlfic men would, therefore) call ten inches flM)Ou,s or focid distance of our eyes. Wc cannot alter this focus except by thc aid of spectacles. Eut an caglo has the powor of altering thc focus of his eye as ho pienses ; ho has only to look at an object at thc distance of two feet or two miles in order to sec it with perfect dis tiuctucss. Tho ball of his eye is surrounded by fifteen littlo plates, called sciorotio boney. They form a complete ring and their edges slightly overlap caoh other. Wheu he looks at a distant objoot this lit tle oirolo of bono expands, and thc ball of tho oyo being reliovcd from tho pressure, bo comcs flatter ; and when he looks at a very near object the littlo bqucs press together, and tho ball of tho oyo is thus f-qucozed iuto a rounder or moro convex form. A person with very round eyes is near sighted, and only secs [clearly an obj cot that is close to him; anda yaerson with flat eyes, as in old agc, can seo Broth in.<3 olear except nt a distance. Tho ca dgie, Ly the mere will can make his eye round or flat, and sec with equal clearness at any distance. MR. SPURO EON'S METHODS or USEFUL NESS.-An American travolcr in London has been looking carefully into-Mr. Spurgoon'a methods of operation, by which ho has acorn plished so many useful results. Ile ia partic ularly impressed1 with thc effectiveness of his plans for training men for useful miss in thc ministry. As soon asa man joins thc church he is made to take his part in prayer meetings and other religious gatherings. If ho appears promising, as to talents and piety, he is put through a two-years course of training for thc ministry, and all thc whilo is required to preach iu thc streets, or wherever people can bc collected to hear. Ho conics in contact with sooffovs, iufidols or profligate persons ol every kind, some of whom interrupt him. question or contradict him or try to pu/./.h , him, with their sophistries, and in this wa) i hs acquires freedom of utterances, quickness of reply, a habit of discrimination and* exact t ness of statement and readiness iu thc appli cation of religous truth lo thc cuses of indi viduals. Ile learns thc rudiments of a pastor'; education and aoccss to tho sources of kuowl edge, and is then told to educate himself a? long as ho ?YCS. Ouo of these students frou collego, who was sont to preach in tho tabor naolc during thc pastor's siokoo&'i} is thu .described :. "When he Waa* converted fie Wits quito ig nornhtof Icttors, having novor attended school His young wife taught him his alphabet. TTo entered Mr, Snurgcon's collego and ii two years after took ohargo of a congrogotioi near London, Tho sermon preached tba day lo over (Ive thousand people was market with a divino unction. It was Scriptural spiritual, and powerful, his language good, hi manner devout, humblo, and yet couragcom Il made a good und deep impression on tba inunonsa audionoo, and 1 carno away glad t havo had an opportunity of heiring ono c Mr. Spurgeon's collogo rcad. mont" ? FEDERAL OFFICERS FOR SOUTH CAROLI NA.-Tho "Charleston Nows" publishes despatch from what is regarded a roliabl souroo announcing tho Federal officers fe South Carolina as follows : No change i tho Marshal, Postmastor or Tronsuror, thoe plaoos hoing retained respectively by Messt J. Pi M. Epping, Slanloy 0. Trott aud J. 1 Gedding?. For" Golleotor of Internal Hov nue, G. W. Clark, prosent acting Mayor, I All tho vaosnoy oooasiovod by tho rcsignatic of Senator Sawyer. For Colleotor of tl Port, vice Pr. A. G. Maokoy, L. T. Potto ono of tho prose nt aoting board of Aldormor For Assessor of Internal Itovonue, -- He riok, vice Alexandor Liiitbtootnt --'?-^.??~~. A HloiiLY*dro9ftcd lady ??topped a b< trudging along with a basket, apd oskc A Woman's Friendship. It is n wondrous nd va nt ugo to a man, in cv ory pursuit or vocation, to secure an adviser in a sensible woman. In woman lhere is ni once a subtle delicacy of tact and a plain soundness of judgment, which arc rarely com bined to an equal degree in man A woman, if she bc roally your-friend, will have a sen sitive regard for your character, honor, re pute. She will seldom counsel you to do shabby things, for a woman friend always de sires to bo proud of you. At tho same timo her constitutional timidity makes her moro cautious than your male friend. She, there-' fore, seldom counsels you to an imprudent! thing. A man's best female friend is a wife of good sense and heart, whom he loves, and who loves him. But, supposing thc man to bc without a garden, and there will bo many an unheeded gap, even in its strongest fence. Better and safer, of course, arc such friend ships, where disparity of years, or circum stances, puts the idea of love out of tho qucs. tion. Middle lifo has rarely this advantugo* youth and old ago have. We may have fe male friendships with thoso much older, and" those much younger, than ourselves. Fo urnie friendship is to a man, tho bulwark/ sweetness, ornament, of his existence. WHY A LAUGH AHMY IS MAINTAIN UTI IN Fit A Nri*.--The Farris correspondent of tho I "London Daily News" says that the Moni teur del' Amice, which isa semi-official jour nal patronized by tho Minister of War, pub^ I lishe? an article widely and ominously at vari ance with tho paeifio professions of thc Gov ernment and tho notion that thc result of tho Conference on tho ('rete business is ti serious stop towards thc realization of timk grand du sidcratumr "arbitration instead ol' war." - This military journal, which lieu ou tho table of every military moss and is taken by every onfo frequented by otUccrs, lays down broadly tho fiendish proposition that " war is the nat ural state of nations." Hore in a specimcu of its roasoniug : Without war nations become cffe.minatc and degraded. Where tho soldier is wanting tho j man of money gets thc upporhnud. It is to speculators and Bourse gamblers that war does most harm. Do not civilization, arts and oomiacrcc owe their most precious conquest to war 'i France has no covetous ambition. She docs not want to disturb cither tho or der ortho repose of Furopo. But sho will not disarm. Her nrmmnncnts have now attain ed the highest! degree of perfection. Hcflar scnnls arc full, her reserves drilled, her forti fied places in good condition, and thc Mobile National Guard, which will become n conside rable auxiliary force to tho regular arm, is in course of organization. Frauce knows that J her glory consists in thc eclat sf her arms. She will ?ot forget what she owes to her vali- . j ant troops, nud she will know hov/ to main tain that rank in Kuropc which she owes to ber soldiors. Let us not, therefore, return the sword to tho scabbard. Thc sword ia tho arm of honor and patriotism ; but there is Of j far more dangerous arm, and ono which more than tho sword compromises nations and in dividuals; this aim, gentlemen utopias, is' your pen. THK SOUTHERN BAPTIST CONVENTION. This body, which held its last annual session jiu the city of Baltimore, says the ''Macon I (Ga.) Telegraph," will asscmblo in thc First Baptist Churob, in this city, on Thursday be fore tho second Sabbath iu May. It will be composed of delegates from every Southern State. It is a representativo body, whoso members arc elcctad by tho Conventions of each State, and wo expect sonic of tho best j talent io tho dciioniinatioi to bo present. A few are expected as messengers from the de nomination North. These added much to thc interest of tho last meeting in Baltimore Tliorc is also lo bo a Sunday School Con vention with it, boginnitig two days before tho regular sossiou, to bo composed of tho work ing Sunday School men of tho South. lt is supposed there will ie ht least th roo hundred delegates in attendance on these meetings. It will afford a good opportunity j for our citi/.ons, who have always been "given I to hospitality," to "abound moro and moro" in thc pr??tl?O of this highly commended vir I tuo. No doubt many out of thc d?nomination will cheerfully .throw open their doors und aid in oxtonding a cordial welcome and gen erous entertainment to thoso who .may be in , attendance, lt will be ont; of the most inter esting Sud ?gtcHcet?nl religious bodies that. , ovci- mot in Macon. Let all our people, without respect to their relations, welcome this ecclesiastic hotly with open doors und' with warqi hearts. - - - THK ''?Ful Contributor" thinks thc poem of Fnoob Ardon has encouraged bundi ods of cloud husbands to return ?ucl annoy their I f wnilics w.ho wcmhlot l?uAyiso^av^^^^^aA^