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VOL. XXI NESBAlf MORNING; SUlit 27. DEVOTED TO LITERATURE, MORALITY AND GENERAL The Sunter Watchman {ESTABLISHED IN ISM.) ie rDiiiiiii VBBV W??WB??A.V K***IW?l AT flUMTIB, D, O.t ?x* GI li BB RT ?* FiiOWgRg* Term?. Bis meath?........~.?.**. } .? Throe monika.M*M.* " ADVBRTI8RMBNTS Inserted al Mg rate of ONS DOLLAR AW1> flW Of"*? J?? ?quer, for th. flu?, OM? IWLLAE -fer the .eeoad, ?a? FIFTY 0BNTS fer each> f?WaMI losertloa, fer ?07 period ^J^^^f^l end alli1 eo?B?eaIe??IOB? which subaarve private inureeu, will be geld lor as advertisements. [Fer the Sumter Watebma?.] , COLUMBIA DlirT?IOTOOrr STK?BNCK OF TUB M. B. CtiUBCR ?OHTH. MB. EDITOR:-By your permission I proposa briefly to sketch the doing? of this body, whioh convened io Camden OD th? 7th inst., after an introductory germon by Re?. J. W. Murray, de livered the previous evening. About fifteen minister? ?ad thirty laymen wore io attendance M members from the va? rious pastorate? in Riohlaod, Fairfield, Chester, Kershaw and Sumter counties. Th? ?mall number of laymen present ia mainly, if not exclusively, attributable., to the pressure of th? farming interest at thia season of tbe year. The time appointed waa selected for the conve oieooe of our beloved Biahop W. M. Wightman, whonrwe were all anxious te have with us, and who eould not attend at any other time, in oonaequenoe of indispensable engagements elsewhere. The writer is hopful that the repart of a brief synopsis, as above, and tho publication of a few of the several pa pera, adopted by the body, while it will not infringe upon any principle of public and impartial journalism upon your part, nor impose upon your readers matters in whioh they can feel no in? terest, nor provoke any unkind feeling or spirit of controversy with our sister churohes in this territory, will, never? theless, stimulate to a wholesome reli? gious inquiry and emulation. Indeed, sir, is it not possible that religious bodies err in restricting the publica tion * of their transactions to. their respective organs ? Publio opinion ia moulded by the ministry of religion and the publio is reaohed mainly through the secular press. If these oould but aot in concert on all the great moral interests of humanity-the ministry ignoring party politios and the press eschewing seoular issues, knowledge and virtue eould not fail of an early triumph over ignorance and superstition. But I shall not intrude into your columns a detail of the proceedings of -, the District Conference held at Camden. What was done is all I propose to report, aud that in a brief synopsis. And what was done by this body does not possess the weight of a legislative enaotment or judioial deoision. It is only an advisory body, exoept that as a delegated and re? presentative" assembly, it elects lay delegates to the next Annual Confer? ence. Its other duties ara simply to confer and reoommeod by resolution or otherwise to the higher authorities of the churoh. This is generally done at the suggestion ol Committees upon the various interests involved. The hearing of verbal reports from the various pasto? rates ocoupiedthe time of this Confer ? ence to near the dose of the secona day, after whioh the following resolutions wore discussed and passed in relation 1 to V M THE COLORED MEMBERSHIP OF TffE CHURCH. 1. Thot in our judgment, the plan for the organization of a colored Me tho dist Episcopal Churoh South, adopted by tho General Conference in I860, and rc-affirmed in 1870, is the best that oould have been devised for our colored membership, under the ciroumetanoes/ 2. That we approve the proposition of our Bishops to organize in December next, a General Conference for the or? ganization of a oolored M. E. Church, South, in accordance with the above plan. . 8. That we heartily approve the coo templated organization of a oolored South Carolina Conference of the M. E. Churoh, Sooth, by Bishop Wightmao, io August next, io order that those of our oolored membership io this State who have so nobly stood by their true mother churoh io th? trials aud tempta tioos of the last few years, may be represented io the Geoeral Conference io December. 4. That we will give to our colored members ?od friends all necessary in formation and such other assistance as may be praotioable in aid of this move ment. 5. That we still feel a deep interest in th? spiritual welfare of the colored people of this country, and that we will continue to render them suoh ministerial or other religious assistance as they may desire at our hands-limited only by the diotatos of prudenoe and ability. 6. That we reoommond brethren in charge ef circuits, stations and missions within the bounds of this Distriot to give their personal attention to th? religious interests of the colored people whenever it is manifest that they desire it. The following oxtract is from report No. 1, of the committee on j . EDUCATION. *' EdaeatiOn-religions education-has, from the beginning of the Gospel dis Iiensation, been on? of the greatest pil? ara of the Christian Church ; and no denomination can hope for muoh suc? cess, either in a material or spiritual sense, without npeoial attention to its claims. This fait has so impressed it? self upon tb? religions world, that Romanist and Protestant have vied with each other in affording educational facilities for the yoong. Romanism is wide swak? on this subjeot, and her schools ar? scattered all over oar coun? try, in our large cities and towns - wJ??i et nominal prices, Protestant children aro invited to be educated. The time has ooma when the ohuroh should know her danger, her duty ?od her obligations. "We ar? persuaded that the Metho? dist ohuroh should interest herself more deeply on the snbjeot of denomi tional education. Sh? has th? resources, in material wealth, intellectual capabili? ties and influence to sooesed io any ?ell directed effort ; and we hope ?he Will ?van Herself or tb? facilities whioh the present forma tire condition of society affords, to renew her effort? in thia remunerative field. "We Aright ednoate onr ohildren out? side the oburoh, and commit to un* sanctified bands this delicate and im? portant interest, bnt tho risk is fearful. It is Hke arming and .equiping a giant with bow, spear and battle-axe, end challenging him to meet Us in single combat. The odds will be agaiost us. Not let tbe whole process of education be ?o conducted that the truths of science, ?ll illustrated, sanctified and made radient bj the holier truths of the re? ligion of the Gospel shall, while thej impress the mind sanctify the heart. Let the troths of literature, science and art, intertwined, interlarded and ornamented by the blossoms and fruits of a sound piety, shed a holy perfume all around, sxoiting taste, appetite and habit to that which is pure, holy and of good report. With education, separated from Christianity, we hold no fellowship:, 'unto their assembly, mina honor, be not thou united." Let others talk ot Pierian Springs and Castillan Orores, be it oura my countrymen, to draw over sur ohildren the shield of Omnipotence, ind proteot their interests with the thick darkness in whioh Jehovah dwells. Le xis teseh them that tbeir only secu? rity is in God, and that the rioheBt lowers and most lusoious fruits are those of faith, hope and lore, whioh bsog in inviting dusters from the jrosa." The report speaks hopefully of the prospect for the re-opening of Columbia female College at an early day, ami illudea with pleasure to the brightening prospects of Spartanburg Female Col? lege. . Report No. of the same Committee refers mainly to the interests and im? portance to the ehuroh of Wofford College-than whioh no institution in the Sodth is more deserving of patronage >r better culpable of returning its pupils 'thoroughly furnished unto every good *ork" or high position. CHURCH FINANCE. The sentiments and piinoiples enun riated in this report are of euch in crest to the general church of Christ, hat, if you oan find room, other than Methodist? will no doubt be edified by ts perusal. REPORT OF COMMITTEE. Your Committee feel to commend the Conference, and the Church throughout ts bounds, to most devout thanksgiving o Almighty God for the blessings ex? perienced during another year-for the divine outpourings-the lioh dews of Heavenly graoe, that have deaoended ipon many of the fields of labor, orowo ng the faithful efforts of a zealous and levoUd Ministry with rich rewards; md for the temporal blessings, io in ireased measure, ??which have been vouchsafed. Oar loved soil, under the )enignant hand of our meroiful God, tas given to us more freely of its fruits, tending more vigorous currents of aotion hroughout the industrial interests of he country, and affording more ample seana from which to draw for the sup jort of the Church. We feel, too, that he Ministry and the Church, should give thanks and take fresh courage and leterminstion, in view of the increasing nteresfc and attention which is being nanifesteri in behalf of a more adequate naiotainance of the v. hurch, and for he marked improvement in this respeot, n many seotions, aa indioated by the noreaae of conferenoo connections and he more favorable reports in connexion vith ministerial support. The intro luotion of the laity into the represen ation-our district Conferences, bring og together intelligent members from he several parts of the body of the Jhuroh, for consultation and aotion, vhose spirits are quickened and hearts nore throughly enlisted in this great ?nd good work, is doing muoh, we bo? ieve, to rouse up latent energies, to nform the uninformed, and creates more idequato sense of duty in this eonnexion, o encourage the heart of the ministry, md to deviso and develop new means br advanoing, in this connexion, the nterests of the Kingdom of our blessed Redeemer. But, easting our eyes over the field >efore us, we find thst there is muoh o be done ; sod we would here exhort mr burthen of the laity-tho official nembersbip, throughout the bounds of he Conference--to enter with increased teal upon the work before them. Upon hem the burthen of the responsibility 'or the adequate support ot the Church esta, \yhat is probably most needed, s a more effioientstewardship. Systems, is perfeot as human wisdom oan devise, nay be wrought out, and yet they must ?rove ioeffioent, it there be not the I ?roper power of notion brought to bear tpoo them-if there he not the zealous tod efficient worker to put them into ?peration, and carry them forward to luoeess. Tho maohioery of the Metho list Church is more comprehensive and tower ful, in its construction, than that if any other branch; and were this naobinery, in all its parts, put in mo? tion to the extent of its legitimate oap* >ity, Methodism would send forth its resistible power throughout all the lountry-would move forth asa mighty giant against the legions of the Prince >f Darkness. But, if the Church, in her great busi* tess and mission prosper, it munt be, loder the Divine blessing, by tho earn? est attention of those who, in tho Pto-, ridenoe of God, are charged with ber in? crests. If private, temporal interests toro subjected to the negleot and ir egul'rity whioh has attended thb aonetary affairs of tb? Church, beggary md ruin would ensue ; and in looking o the history of the Church, within tho >Mt few decades more especially, we iee more olesrly the impres of its divine ireation and establishment, sines, had it ?eeu, of merely human institution, it would Ung sine? have . teased to ex? ist. - ? V The Stewards' meeting should be held with unvarying regularity/ and the financial and other business of. the Churoh receire that degree of system? atic attenlion, to ita tum, sod at the time set apart for it, wbioh is bestowed upon other interests, public or private, about wbioh real oonoero is felt, but which weigh so little io the great bal aooes of inmortal interests, sod eome so far short of a counterpoise when oom? pared to this. Loren of the Church oauuot. fail to see, especially under the great ohanges which have come over the county, that the great interests she represents must languish, unless, auder the moving inspiration of th* Divine spirit, they thus como up tp r-or help. Every offi? cial member of the Church should set spart, speoifioially and regularly, so muoh of bis time and energies as shall be sufficient to enable him to disoharge properly the duties of his position, and in a spirit of ohristian justice end love for the Churoh, and the building up and extention, through her influence, if our Redeemer's Kingdom on earth, it is urged thai our Boards of Stewards should be filled only by members who will thus give attention to the work of their Lord and Master. The preaohor should be so provided for, as to leave him free from aotual anxiety or eare in connexion with the support of himself and family. He should feel an abiding confidence that the amount determined upon as his allowance will be fully paid-entirely discharged previous to his departure for oonforenoe and realized by him all along during the year, to the extent sufficient to meet his wants. This, it is easily seen, oan only bo accomplished by regular col? loorions from the membership, and regular meetings of the Boards of Stew? ards. And these regular meetings will be found to infuse a healthful vigor into the energies of the official member? ship, and aggregating, at the olose of the year, an amount of systematically accomplished financial and other busi? ness, which, under the irregular, spas? modic and disjointed praotioe of the past, it were idle to hope for the attain ment of. And here your Committee foel oalled upon to make allusion, direot and poin? ted, to a praotioe into which Boards of Stewards have fallon, in too many instances, whioh is not ?only an ovil whioh cries aloud for Reform, but whioh, when viewed deliberately, and in the light of truth and fairness, amounts to a roproaeh. The allusion is to tho habit of specifying and fixing an amount Tor the support of the preaoher and his family, and afterwards refusing or neg lectiog to moot that amount-pledging the faith and promise of the Churoh and violating that faith and promise. A moral delinquency, the remedy for which is found in clearly defined and easily accessible rules of law and praotioe, in referonoo to all secular iflnira, but whioh, in tho relation here alluded to, is practiced with impunity, because the Churoh, in her high and holy mission, whioh is not of the world, leeks not the ways and contrivances of the world for the enforcement of her mandatos and the proseoution of her great business' This praotioe, wore it brought to bear in the ordinary business ifiairs if life, would break down and root ?ut all confidence, and bring disrepute. And how is it that a Board of the Stew irds of the Churoh of our Lord Jesus Christ, may do that, in connexion with her interests, when dealiug with her ministers, with impunity, whioh they would not, and it may be could not, or dare not do, in their oonnexion with the world ? Is it because the injured and wronged servant of God has no means of redress except that whioh is to be found in the oorrcotive power of tho princi? ples and sentiment of the Churoh ? If this be so, then let the Churoh speedily lift her voioe, and create a sentiment on this subject, whioh shall at once ap? ply the remedy May God give to the stewardship of the Churoh, eyes to see the moral deformity of a practico Uko this, and His grace lead them into higher and purer and better ways. A proper disoharge of duty on tho part of the stewardship in connexion with the body of the membership, will go far to relieve the premises of the evil of wbioh we complain. And a part of that duty is, by "line upon line ind precept upon precept," to impress the truth that the obligation to support the Church rests alike upon all her members, aooordiog to tho means whioh ?od has given thom-that from this none may olaim exemption. In the Bnanoial system of English Methodism sven those whose indigenoe enables them to draw from the charities of the Churoh, are expected or required to rast baok into the treasury a penny or more a week, in order that the princi? ple of which we speak may bo fully applied. And our Churoh, in hor finan? cial interests, oannot bo placed upo" ftu easy and safe basis, until this principle is brought into operation. And it ie believed, that in the administration ol discipline, looking to her spiritual vital? ity snd progress, ss involved in thc temporal means for her support, she ihould resort to some praotioe, founded and executed in tho spirit and teach? ings of our b'ossed religion, by whioh a just proportion shall be roa I i zed from oaoh and every member. It is difficult to see how it is, thal soy mao or woman, may regard hersell yr himself as a member of a Church, ot inffer themselves to be thus rogarded by the Churoh, and yet withold all means for the support of that Church. Members whose names thus appear apon the books-who from time tc time-from year to year-nogloct ot refuse, to pay towards its support, it is Do?ered, in their silent influence, il aothing more, retard rather than advanct ber interests > and, as dead branohes, 01 as fruitless vines, pr?sent an uncomely sight io the midst of the vigorous ever? green boughs and clustering fruit of tho vineyard of oar Lord. The application of a principle like thia, while just before the eyes of Heaved and mao, it ia believed would place the ohuroh upon a more solid and reliable basis, financially, whilst bringiog new seal and devotion in com. mon with her great spiritual interests, And here, too, is involved a principle which, in its operation, looks to the avoidanoe of the necessity for the Ministry to seek or pursue other employment than that oonneoted with the sacred office. The dangers whioh beset a secularized Ministry have been previously touohed upon, but it is believed that they have not been pre? sented with that prominence and force whioh their great importance demands, or, it may be, realised to the extent to whioh they exist. They who preaoh the Gospel of our Blessed Redemer must live of the Gospel, and wherever there has been departure from this Divine injunction, on the part of those who have eooseorated themselves apooifioally and entirely to the work', there has been loss ot influence and spirituality to the one, and, as a consequence, neg leot and suffering to the other. The Conference Plan, as published in our last annual Minutes, is indioated, specifically, as a xystem whioh has been found to work successfully, wherever applied, in raising the amounts necessa? ry for the support of the Churoh in her soveral interests. It will be observed thal it proceeds upon the voluntary system-it being left to eaoh member, in the presence of his conscience and his Qou, to determino what amount he will appropriate, quarterly and monthly -quarterly on the Circuits, and month? ly at the Stations-for the support of the Churoh. Wherever this system has been employed, it has been found that larger amounts have been realized, and more prompt payments scoured, than under the system of assessment by the stewards. The plan, therefore, is ear? nestly reoommended, and when under? stood, will be found to embrace all dotails of application whioh a report like this may not embrace. In looking to tko several olairas. The Bishops, our educational interests, the superannuated preaohes and tho widows and orphans of preachers, and tho cause af missions-all of them are alike urged -none of them should be neglooted. And it should be borne in mind that the faith of the Conferenoe is solemnly pledged to the realization of the full amount of all these several claims. And if a word is here said, particularly, in behalf of our educational interests, it is because of the fact that, in some in? itanoes, there has been exhibited a Imposition to discriminate against it. Methodism, if she keep peaoe with the nardi of intellectual progress, and with the advancement of other branches of the Church of Christ, must turn hor atten? tion more directly and earnestly to tho sause of sanctified education. An iducated ministry is a requirement which cannot be dispensed with, if the Jliurch is sustainod, whilst an oduoated nombership will go hand in hand u furtherance of tho great interost nvolved. And it is for those who snow and appreciate its incalculable blessings and its irresistible power in :he world, when accompanied by the ipirit of God, to throw themselves to the front, and, by dooidod action, and earnest words of truth, to overthrow tod oblitorate every vestige of prejudioo which would hinder or retard its pro? ;ress. The Churoh, within all the sounds of our Conferenoe, should rally to the support of Wofford College. Its influence for good, and its value to the Church within our limits are inestima? ble. Close up its olassio halls-where he youth of tho ohuroh and of the country are educated alike in head and in heart, and you inflict a damaging blow jpon the Churoh, and extinguish one of the brightest lights that shines around is, in tho midst of the darkness and iiffioulties of the present day. The following resolutions are respect fully submitted. Resolved, That the spirit and purposes )f the Churoh, require that the Min stry, as far as possible, should be freed [rom all complications and anxious care in connexion with support and that, io >rder to aooomplish this, itboobmes the luty of tho stewardship to aotc promptly ind efficiently, and to hold their meet? ings regularly throughout the year laving made an honest effort to oollool ?rom the membership, in the intervals tho amounts they may have agreed tc give. 2. Resolved, That with unitod voici wo appeal to the membership of thc ohuroh, and more especially tho officia membership, to come up, with nen interest and zoal to her support, in hoi several interests. 8. Resolved, That tho duty of ead ind every member to appropriate ao sording as God has blessed them, o their means, for the support of thi Churoh, in her several interests, ii enjoined as a sacred and solomo obligo Lion, laid upon us by the great head o the Ohuroh himself, aid that we maj not have sustaining faith in the provi ienoes of God, whilst living in negleo ?f this fundamental principio of chris? tian obligation. 4. Resolved, That tho contribution required for tho support of the Chu roi in all its effioienoy ovg?t not to b regarded as eleemosynary, but as a deb tot inestimablo benefit, whioh dob ought to be paid in his or her just an? pquitable proportion by eaoh and ever individual who participates ir. th benefits of Divine service, whether h or she be an enrolled member of th Ohuroh or not. 5. Resolved, That effioient stowardshi is tho great vital principio of any soho m for the cropper advancement of th financial interests of tho Churoh, and i* consequence, it ia urged that io tho reorganisation of our Board? of Stow arda, referen ea should be had mainly to the christian leal and faithfulness of I those who may bo chosen as members. 6. Resolved, That ?towards of the Churoh, under ea?h charge, ought, at the expense of the Ohuroh; to prooure a book of the sise and form ot a merchant's ledger, and to enter therein all amounts contributed to the support of the ohuroh, the names of the persons by whom they hare been contributed, together with all other things connected with the finan? cial records of the ohuroh under that oharge, and carefully transmit suoh book io their successors in office, for preservation as a ohuroh-record. 7. Resolved, That we oan but view, with eootinued apprehension, anything within our bounds which may tend towards a secularized Ministry, and we present this matter, as one worthy the most serious consideration, both of the Ministry and membership of the Church. 8. Resolved, That we heartily endorse the provision whioh is made, in the financial economy of the Churoh, for the assistance of Wofford College, and earnestly and affectionately urge that this provision be carried out to its full intent and meaning, and that all Meth? odists throughout our bounds, whose means admit of it, are warmly recom? mended to send their sons to this noble institution of christian learning. CHUR0II LITERATURE. The report upon this subject sets forth the difficulties in getting a supply of our own publioations from the dis? tance of the publishing house and laok of a depository or book store at whioh they can be had in the State. It also recommends the organization of joint stock company to meet the above de? mand, a plan for whioh was submitted and ordered for publication in the Advocate and tho Neighbor. The Sunday School Visitor, published at Nashville, is recommended. Also Burke's Weekly, published at Macon. Ga., for boys and girls. The Christian Advocate, Macon, Ga., is the organ of the South Carolina Conference. The Christian Neighbor, Columbia, is a favorite in many families. L. WOOD. LOTHAlft. BY D'ISRAELI. The best novels of the present age, excel in morals, as much as they do in style and power, those which delighted our fathers and mothers. The works of Scott, Bulwer, Thaokcry, Dickens and D'Israeli, are, with rare exceptions, as chaste in thought as they are vigorous in manner. Wo give them to our daughters to read without fear that their innocent natures will be shock? ed by tho vulgarity of Fielding or tho license of Smollot. Of the work now under review, we may safely say that there is not in it a lino whioh might not be read with perfeet propriety by tho purest person iu the world. Wc mako this remark in advance, because we have heard the morality of the work impugned. In order that our readers may judge of the purity of the story, we will give a brief account of tho'plot. Lothair, tho hero of tho book, is a wealthy patrician just about to reach his majority. Boing without parents, he is under tho guardianship of his unole, a Scotch Laird, and Cardinal Grandison, an English Catholic. Nei? ther, however, appears to havo exercised any influence over him. Satisfied with their conscientions devotion to his world? ly affairs, they seem to have thought their duty completed, when they suc? cessfully invested his immense incomo and kept his wide domains in first rate condition. Lothair possesses a fine in* telleot and a good heart, and is natural ly of o'religious turn of mind. Coming, at tho age of twenty, into the refined and elegant sooicty of th? English aristocracy, he is charmed with all he secs, and his heart and mind ready for strong impressions. It so hap? pens that his most intimate friends aro of opposite religious opinions. Ont family ore strict and ardent Catholics, tho other pious and earnest members of tho Angclioan Churoh. This puzzles our hero beyond conception, and he is kept in a continual stoto of excitement rod unrest by the absorbing study of this moral problem, aided by tho power? ful influeuee of a dawning love. Both families are wealthy and distinguished, and each has a bouutiful and acoom - plishod heiress worthy of tho devotion oi Lothair. To strengthen tho Catholic interest, Cardinal Grandison a??J sevoral priests of Home usc^ ?very art and argument, that highly cultivated Intellect and elegant manners can bring to bear upon a naturo gentle and impressible.' Just whon we think that Lothair is about to become tr Catholic, there appears wo? the soeno the real horoine of tho book, Theodora, an Italian patriot, mart'^ t0 an American Colonel, (not ij/xookeo but a Southorn gcntlemo>> as tn0 author remarks) This>% ?fl 8'fted with every charm, ph/0*1 ?nd ioto1" leotual, that can re/?r woman lovely. Lotharr immodiayy f<>rra? ? friendship for her, whioh >ouJdebi? futuro life. Aa Theodora ia actively engaged in the cause of Italian Independence* ah? ia naturally an anti-papist, and tho' not a member of any Protestant communion, she oses all her powerful influenoe to prevent Lothair from beoomtng a Oath* olio. At her husband's London house, be meets a cultivated and pleasing society, different from any he hai known before, and spends most of bis time there. It is this friendship, which .seems to us as pure as the love of sisters for eaoh other, that, has given rise to the oarpings of some ill humoured oritios We cannot understand' why a marriod woman of great intelligence, high culti? vation and unimpeachable virtue, may Dot be sincerely loved and respected by an unmarried mao, without a thought or idea of impurity. . The op iso Je of the pearls ought to convince any one, not biassed by preju? dice, that Theodora, like Caesar's wife, is above suspicion. A more beautiful inoident, we have never read. And the mind that conceived it, must be noble and chaste. Theodora joins the Italian insurgents under Garabaldi, her husband holding a high rank in the patriot army. Lothair, after eolebrating his majority in true old English style, unites his for? tunes to tho cause so dear to his dearest friend. The patriots are defeated, The odora is killed by a stray ahot, and Lo? thair severely wounded. In this condi? tion ho is oarried to Rome and tenderly nursed by his Catholio friends from England. He is thus again thrown under Popish influences. Cardinal G rand ison and his priests lend their aid ?to his attempted conversion. The whole plan rails because of the dying injunction of Theodora, and the discovery by Lo? thair of a base and groundless sohemo to sntrap him into the Church of Rome i>y means of a pretended miraole. This naturally disgusts his cundid and high toned nature, and he breaks away from his wiley friends and aftor many idventurcs returns to England and marries the protestant heiress. The jesuitioal sohemo appears to us the great fault of the book. It seems un fair to the Protestant cause to make the hero unable to resist Catholio alure monts, until he discovers that a fraud indji protended miraole are being used for his conversion. It is also an injustice to the Catholio Religion to assume that it cannot suoooed without falsehood and Joccption: This is the only weak point n a work of remarkable power and in? terest. At a timo when so mnoh that is un? worthy finds its way into. the domestic iirclo undor tho guise of Fiction, it is 'efreshiog to read a Novel so pure and loble-so beautiful in style, concise and rigorous in description, and so full of thought and information. C. II. 3V?. ?OSH BILLING'S ANSWERS TO COURBSPON DUNTS. FRED.-Yew oio't obliged to ask the girl's mother-you may go homo with lier from a party ? get the girl's en lorsemeut, and go in ; it is proper enough to ask hor to take your arm, but rou have no right to put your arm around her waist unless you meet a bear in the road j and then you are sup? posed to relinquish your hold as soon is the bear gets safely by. WHIP--You are right-mules do live to a lonely oge ; I havo known them myself to live one hundred years, and dot half try. You are also right about their being surefooted ; I have known them to kick a boy twice in a second, ton feet off. GERTRUDE.-Your inquiry stumps mo. The more I think about it tho more I can't tell. As near as 1 can recollect now, I think I don't know. Much might bc said both ways; neither may be right. Upon tho whole, I think that I would or wouldn't, just as I think best or otherwise. PLUTARCH.-You'ro mi&tukeu ; th Shakers don't marry. If tho youn/J Shakers foll in love they aro set ? I weedin' onions, which cures them if . iv i th ly I can't tell you how ra/T, " takes to join tho Shakers, but jooheve thc expenso used tobe, includ^o having, your hair cut and lenrnin/ *? dance, ?bout sixty fivo dollars. . ? SPORTSMAN.-Your inquiry is not ixnotly in my line, bat/1 hasU to reply is follows, to wit / TIJO right length to ?ut off n dor?'*' hfls ??vor "ften ly discovered, but it is undoubtedly somewhere back ol tho cars, provided you tfrt thc dorg's consent. N. B.- lt isn't necessary to have thc dorg's con? tent in writing. KITTY,-To my own personal vie.w in the premises, ituppenrs that tb' rat-and mico exterminator > 'a wcll .cgulatcd Thongs cat : , ^^T(s of "?sc initstion?; sold hr tl,c respectable lrugg><3. NEV-R forsake a friend. When ene nies gutlior around, when sickness fulls n tho heart, when tho world is dark nd ohcorlcs*, is tho timo to try true riondship. They who turn from tho cone of distress botray their hypocrisy, nd prove that intcrost only moves hem. If you haVo a friend who loves you, rho has studied your interest and happi icss, be suro to sustain him in adversity, jct hun feel .that hi? former kindness s appreciated, and that his love was not brown away. r**v#BP ! SPEECH OP HON. H. ?, OABPBNTEtt, BEFORE WW fat ASS HUTTING AT CTR A ?l LU? TO If, JTfJl/r SO. From tb? Charleston JVetet of the 2lat, we extract the following allusion to the greet Mass Meeting at Charleston on tho 20th, ?od the speech of Jud ga Car pouter. . Agreeably to the publishe d announce fneot, thousands of. our oitis ens assem? bled last evening in front of the Char? leston Hotel for the purpose of attending the mooting called to ratify tho nomi? nations of the Union llefrom Conven? tion. Por more than two hours the clouds had been lowering and the elements every moment threatened a deluge. Notwithstanding these adverse oiroumstauoes, the spacious corridors and piazzas of the hotel were throng?d with ladies and gentlemen untif there was soaroely standing room left, while the broad street io front of the uland was packed with an eager multitude. At the hour appointer) for tho com? mencement of the proceedings, tho lightnings flashed and the thunder roared, to a degree well oalculatod to excite the liveliest desire to retreat from a threatened inundation j but even after a heavy rain begen to fall, not more than two or three hundred of tho immenso audienoo retreated from the scene. Prom beginning to end the interest manifested by the meeting was a con? vincing proof of the abiding faith of the people of Charleston in tho prospects of the campaign, and in the enlarged principies of truth and right which gov? ern, aud direct, tho mighty movement, whose sole obloot is tho redemption of the State from a rulo of ignoranae and corruption. SPEECH OP JUDGE CARACTER. My Fellow-citizens :-If anybody sup- I poses that a shower of rain like this is n unpropitious, he is mistakon. On the i contrary, I look upon it as ono of tho f; blessings whioh Providence reserves in t store for South Carolina. As the earth a responds with its abundant orop and all q nature smiles more sweetly, so will the f career upon whioh wo of the Uuion Kc- p form party have started-a career in ti which we can, even now, anticipate the vt renewing and fruotifioation of our grand tl old Stato. If these were tho only ele* j menta with which we had to contend, I p should feel that God himself was speak- b ing to us with His lightning, and bid n us speed forward in the language of His ti thunder heads. (Great cheering.) p Gentlemen of Charleston, that patti? tl otic body of men, representing the d integrity, industry and capital of tho fi State, who met in Columbia, on the 15th h ofjast month, honored me with a nom- p ?nation for tho distinguished office of w Governor of South Carolina. While I h am fully sensible of the great distinction thus conferred, and of the dignity and b magnitude of the office itself, I have neither directly nor indirootly sought al that exalted position, because, in my A judgment, it might moro properly have p been tendered to somo one of thc many b gallant native sons of tho State, those I who in the past wore, and in tho future b must be, her representative men. Conn tl Adorations of a personal character n bushed tho strong voieo of ambition, p ind inclined ute, not, indeed, to sloth- U f.ilness, but to peaceful and oongonial n labor. The scene of my life, before my lt locationPin this generous hospitable and tl plundered city, was in tho mighty West tl amidst its mujestio rivers, broad valleys b and grand, old forests ; its notion, ioy jessant combat; its results, little moy{*?.D perhaps, than true friends and fuiphr ?" bio enemies. ? /.. At the time of my nora i nay,.0 , , this had changed. I occupied o/xaltc? ,or station, had discharged its /fI0f and mn responsibilities in ?mon/ '?1,1? but tho opproval of tho hon/und loleHi; dt?< ?eot If [ missed thoAT1 ?ra8P of m.e the tried friends of y/? \ ,,ad n? ?"? h" mies, save those of/iv and ord?r M* an hours of relaxatio^y5 "P?ot io aooial ho intercourse w?tl/pc<>ple remarkable for . wu their intclle/T*' urbla.nl7 ft,,d rc; tlu finement Xo' 'tavc tn,s honor and po; luunch ii/"nrk uPon tno *tormy ?* ol Der on"j?on?l?ct nnd politiotil commotion rcqiilr~*''l'10101'1'1'11*0 which I poscss- oas cd./Tccra-) /iodides all this, 1 knew tho foes with sui 'hom we havo to contend-not honest cv ion, nor open and manly adversaries, it rtned with truth, meeting reu- on with th rgument, and buttling (pt a fuir field nu jr tho honor and prosperity of the Stato wo ut the debris of penitentiaries, fugi- un ives from justico, and ravcuous wolvi s mi rho have como to claim tho last drop of lood Iroin the Palmetto State. Thejr to rcapons aro in harmony with thoir dc otestable diameter. Their averment* ftc ?alignnnt falsehoods ; their proofs, toi eijury. To this general statement on here arc a fow exceptions, nnd they ar? op nore remarkable*'1*0 *h? fule, for ho.w I .ny honest ,,n'' intelligent mah cutt ,ct with ?* body who are well known to til )(. t-rtivc thieves ami publie robbers, re rfu os t beggars human credulity. 1 have h\ ecu charged with a violation of almost ol very command in the "Deoalogue. liy qt rhum ure these charge* made, and whut di ? tho proof to sustain them ? They arc th nude hy tho Governor, Lieutenaot. Gov- to t nor, Treasurer and Comptroller Goner na I through their infamous tools nnd'f) iurohnsod slaves, tho editors of tho. N lydra-headcd orgun of tho Fcott King, cl )iihlished herc j (loud chocri.ng.; ) men di vlui drive thc soft ombraco of slumber nt ron) thoir eyelids to study tho delight- I ul sojpnoo of libel, mid med?talo upon if he sweets of falsehood, omi early risc to md inako "most hclish meals of good a.? ncn'h names." This sewer of calumny 'o lud'oaespool of dotraclion is owned in 0 treat part and ooutrnllod entirely by u| he corrupt liing who now rulo thia . StatQ to ila lasting detriment und their ti CJh>h om The Sumtej Highest Style of &|fctetJ OWD enormous profit! ?2$uJI plauso J ~'jjr&^^^^^^L^Kj?**- ) Do j?*?*ik why lh*t sheOt tf^rlydra- j hesiod an 1 ?ot entitled to bUitfT*^ Beende it ?4 itself a representative ct yt the swindling pertinacity of ita owoarV'-j tt is because it publishes IQ th** city $f ? Charles ton thr?e ' papers, one dubbed "t with the nanto of thia city, ono 'with % that of Beaufort, and one with that of ; Columbia. And hy thus triplicating Itt ? Issues it commands from the State three *4 prices for every advertisement, each '. > price being, I undertake to.aay, double that which is paid to any other paper . fi in the State. This is tho precious sam. pie of honesty and public deoenoy from which emanate the charges t li?t I bare bribed the 'Legislature)-oh arge?, wy q fellow -oitisens, which ara-hot made' so uuch against me aa ?gain?t you, tho )coplo, that those who are in-power hod V rho own this infamous organ, whioh leeks to control public sentiment, may I ceep themselves out of tho penitentiary. V ^Prolonged cheering.] ' It has been said in the columns of that ?aper that I bribed the Legislature? ?Voil, Heaven knows, that was not much o do ! [Laughter ] And tho charge ia Dade by the noting Lieutenant Govor- \ tor, the Codifier of the Laws, the City \ Vttorney, the Phosphate Attorney, tho Jnited States District Attorney. If I 1 tare Ibrgotton any of his titles I beg hil ?ardon. And that ho, the owner of the lonors aforesaid, actually did bribe a udge of tho State to render suoh a : lecision as best would suit his interest. iVhat ! that immaculate speoimon of nortality bribe a judge ? [Laughter.] 3entlomcn, the confession only illite? rates tho weakness to whioh these j momios of honesty and political deoenoy ro reduced io order that thoy may ! urti fy themselves in tho offices they told and thus bo enabled to continue . .; heir depredations upon the treasury of ho Stat o and the purses of the poor. Great applause.] Up to the present timo have paid no attention whatever to these negations, and I do not propose to do ao ? n the future, because they emanate rom a source whioh it would defile a man 0 handle; but here and at all times . I m prepared to answer any respectful 1 ueetion that maybe asked py an honest ellow citizen. When thieves and ublio robbers interrogate me, I plead s the jurisdiction. [Applause.] It ' rould be a very pleasant thing for nieves, no doubt, if they could aoouse ? udge, or take thoir place on a jury, or lay the part of the solicitor; but I have eeo taught to know that criminals lust stand in the dook, be arraigned, ried, found guilty, and sent to tho' enitentiary for punishment. It is for. Iiis reason that I plead to the juris-: iotion, and refuse to be tried by. those ho have assumed tho lion's skin to ido their ignominious identity. . I re eat, therefore, that if any gentleman ?shes to ask tue any question, I am ore to answer it frankly and truthfully. A voice. Tell us about the Phosphato ill. Ju Ige Carpenter. I am glad you have (Forded me the opportunity of daping HO? j LS a shareholder I was intep**ted in a hosphate company, ab o ut,-?T ich tu ooh as been written j but, ?Verstand me, did not'sell my voteX a legislator to * eeome a shareholder^* did not imitate ie example of aojr0* those who have lade these oha/^fl- J- wa? simply a ' rivato indivioV1"? an<i? U8'?g my pr i FI-' 'go as suoh/11111110 an investment of ' ty moans/11 W?8 a ri8ht which be >?SedP^as Tuoh M to any man in i "^theso interests woutai*ipTO6SWy ^?iie matters pf litigation,^'occupying 1 offioial position whioh I did, as a iu of honfcr,' I. felt in duty bound to pose of thoVo, interests, and I accord ;ly disposcd^otf them, lt was a personal nsaotion, and what I thus cb tai nod abona ?debusiness interest, legiti .tcly acquired, is no man's business t my own. I moreover emphatically ihiro that I havo never approached a ni ber of tho Legisla turo and asked u to vote for tho Phosphate bill, or y other bill. The truth is, I Ratlin neut man oould have done veiy HitleC th tho Legislature, and about that ne I was personally anything but pular with the members of the Gencr Asscmbly. A voice. How about the Orongolurg tc? Judge Carpenter. I have simply to f that I decided that case as 1 havo ery oilier, according to tho .law ; and is not for this audience to iuipugU c motives of a man who, until ho was initiated us a candidate for Oovcroor LS not suspected of doing aught that honest, upright and a just judgo ight not do in tho'performance ul thu L*red functions of hi? office. I wish it ,' bc understood also that I make tkie ?fol nial, not because tho ehargo ^'HtfM? >ui a sourco fo> which I feel .'<'ii^^P ii.pt, but because jit originates with ot*f tho people-*o sovoroi^n whoso inion I respect aud to whoso integrity pin my fuith. . * 1 desire no higher endorsement than . at which orovvned^ny of?aial labors.on,/^ j tiling fiome^oJPIrich of this'oitfyil^SjpJ >r two ycarjUprcsidbd over tho ' registrar jwvaokruptoy, ?ml .KMpre icm ly, for two yeats, I perforaton tho il ie* of a Jungo, And whcn.l.rcNijihod 0 iattcr pos lion, tho Bar of Charles? ti, ns astuto, high, toned omi dUciiuM; itirrg a body of gentlemen as eau no und tn America, pre mL<J over hy tho ?stor Of tho Ba*. of tho *?|i>l?^ LChiot Justice Ihuikiil-ouMBiy iclarod that I hud proved a. fafli?rViL~ id un upright kftMgij. [Apjih'J^i.'fl? dohir'u no higher c?iiimendation ; uii'TjP tho pcnplo of South'Carolina clinn.-nj* 1 bolK'VC tho slanders of such a ?ling I CXis 8 in Columbia, With h paid agc Ut ! ri'presoiit their vilifications i-i liarlt slon, j4ct ?hem do it. [' ?n .>t t opUuse.] . >?lr This is not roy fight. I; is not "MIIO ley arc striking down ; it ls the po?jiTO