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V *\"TWK? j m fflna MBum. TWO DOLLARS PER ANNUM-] *'tiila i>xiioe ox* iiissnT-r is utexii\r al vioiIiAnoib." [PAYABLE IN ADVANCE BY DAVIS ?fc CREWS. ABBEVILLE, S. C.. THURSDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 27, 1859. VOL. XVI No. 27 AV??. //,* Xn..il.~~.. is:.I I 1 r\--.-- t- I 4 .V.'V ?'?v r? I?ctu If'It* A' ITVXUIC, ( JUDGE O NEALL'S NEW WORK- \ "NVo acknowledge, with pleasure, the re- j ception, from the publishers in Charleston, f of several advance sheets of a new work, f by Judge O'Neall, soon to issue from the t press of the Messrs. Courteiiay. I The work will make two volumes of v 500 pages, comprising about one hundred u and fifty biographic sketches of eminent t judicial and professional men of South Carolina. The work is handsomely gotten f up, and will prove a valuable addition t to all professional and private libraries. a We extract from the pages furnished u?, the following sketch of Chancellor ^ Hugh Ilulledge. There are few brighter ! s <11 ituy oiiiio mail Carolina boasts j in her Ilutledges; and The Sou them 1 ^ field and Fireside seizes with alacrity this | i opportunity of holding forth, fui- thy cm- I ulalion of Southern youth, one of the j ,| three brothers who have tnado that name 1 i( illustrious. The three brothers, John, ! t, li lward, and Hugh, ware model gentle-j I men mid patriots. They have made the |t name of llutledgo the synonivm of private p worth and civic virtue. Carolina may I: well be proud of it: I! M Hugh Iliuledge, a younger brother si of Johu llutledgo, in the Spring of *70, oi unuer mo constitution or that year, was j |, appointed a Judge of tlio Court of Admi- ; u rally of South Carolina. After the fall of! ,? Charleston, he, with his brother Edward. I h Governor Gadsden, and many others, were ci sent as prisoners to St Augustine. ? In '77, Hugh Rutled^o was Speaker of .1 the Legislative Council, and so continued p until 17th of October,l778. In 1782, he ;\ became Speaker of the House of Reprcscn i| tatives, and so continued to 1785. R In 1790, the Constitution of the State ^ was adopted. The first section of the thiid )t, article declared, that " the judicial power ;l| shall bo vested in such Miper? ?r and inferior s, Courts of law, and Equity, as the Li'gishi- i ture shall from tiine to time, diicct and es* |j tablish." Under this it may well be |, doubted, wether the term " Chancellor " j sj vTjia miy iuu^t'1 jv jin;|)(sr ?in<l j ?;, whether, in strictness, such ail officer should , ; i not be called, as he was before '2 4, "si -Judge of (lie Court of lvjuity." [ On tins 19ili of Kebunry, 1V91, ami after | n tlio Act to establish a Court of Ivjuitv had vv been passed, and liis brother John had 1 ? been elevated to the ofli e of Chief Justice. ; Hugh Uutledge was ajjp->ivted a Judge ?<f 1 cj the Court of K juity. lie experienced tile i oi Uftg'ect of hi* Court by the Legislature in j ,| not filIingr tliu placcs of Mathews and Hunt, ! i, (who had been elected in the place of j a| llutsou, and who died in a few months,) i ^ for two years?during which time he was a single Judge of h Court, then consisting, ]] according to law, of tl iee members. I , ee it was gravely doubted, wither the ;,| Court had not ceased to exist: bat a match- I) Imss argument of U. W. DeSaUsf.tirc, after- U wards the Chaucellor, showed conclusively that it had not, and perhaps also served E to remind the Legislature of tlair i; dutj'j tl Chancellor liutledge died in January, I] 1611. Ilis talents are said to have not J beeti so "brilliant, tlor of so distinguished a l cast as those of his brothers, John and Kl el ward?but for solid.ty of judgement, and u strong manly sense, he was not inferior to v; either of them." " As a firm intrepid pat- tl riot, he was pre eminenilv distinguished by li the cheerful performance of every duty to li his country.'* li The following account of Chancellor Hut ledge, from the pen of an honored citizen t| of Charleston, does him full justice : p 'ri.A?. o.-. ......... ?... .1 A u\yi V 010 lining iVftnuill) wilj LUC illllllUI n of this sketch should feel embarassed by it* j, preparation : but there are many more why ^ every virtuous man in society should desire w to have justice done to those who have preceded us in good works. n No movement has ever peen made in the . formation of our national character, where ^ the name of Rulledyc is not found. The first Congress, which met at New York in f 1765, has been not improperly, called the ^ "Ovum Iieipublieje." Nine colonies only represented, and South Carolina among ^ them, with Thomas Lynch, Christopher Gadsden, and John Rulledgc fully authorized to pledge their constituents for "weal '' or for woe." In this year Patrick Henry ri earned immortality for himself by that eelebrated speech in Virginia, which put the ball of Revolution in motion. Again we find what was called the Association, assembled at Philadelphia in 1774 ; ll and in the proceedings we see the "Seal'' of our State supporting and sustaining " the ^ cause" with two members of the Rutledge C' family acting for us. And in 1770, when a that great "proclamation" was made to the world, who can ever read the most impor ^ tant document, now extant, without admiring the chaste and graceful, and manly n' signature of"JSUwarU Kiitledge, to the "Declaration of Independence"? And H' perhaps it may bj admissible to mention w here that the biographer of Mr. Jefferson, Kl (of course hostile to the Federal party.) ni speaking of them as the " old train bands ^ of the Treasury Department," and as ' men a' who had been enriched by frauds," with l' other epithets, upon which I do not propose to comment, makes this honorablo offering 111 to South Carolina. Mr. Randall says: "If ai General Charles Cotcswoith Pinckuey ai :ver id public or private life, acted othervise than as a manly, pure and high toned olilician, patriot and gentleman, we have ailed to discover a solitary instance of the act," and then adds in a note, " we think his remark applies fairly to nearly all the eading 'South Carolina Federalists,' * * * vas accn-ed of being one of the greediest >f the 4 Treasury Squad,' but the l'inckncys, he Rullcdt/es, the &c., ?fcc., were men | hove personal suspicion.1' Neither of those ' [unities ever required this certificate, and | hey eertainly do not now ; but the words ! re quoted, as used by a political opponent, | ...i i-:- - * -? ? i " vi <ij ?|'i'ivnijr iu me periou 01 bitterest I . tarty strife. Our purpose, however, is to I t peak of the Chancellor. | t Hugh Ilutledgc was one of those three | t rothers who gave themselves to theircoun- I . ry, when the success of American arms ' ^ ml the achievement of American liberty t-pcnded upon such "////Vs." lie was horn v i Christ Church Parish, District of Chales- | m, about the middle of iho last centurv.? ] s lis widowed mother intended him for (ho j gal profession, and after receiving his ^ reparatory education, he was sent to EugunS, as was usual to "study in the Temple." [e returned in duo time and look bis no ' J lion m tliu H:ir, and upon the authority | f the late Thomas S. Grinke, it is said that (l e " rated as among the very bust coin- ( ion-law lawyers of his day." The Ilev- , luiion soon commenced, and under the cad " Hugh Uutledge," we find by a j niteinporaneous historian these words; As a firm intrepid patriot, be was emicntly distinguished by the cheerful perirmancu of every duty to his country.1' ? nd again, that when the lower part of j le Stale was a conqured province, Mr. utledge having been created Judge of , dmiralty, Imj *' refused the offer of pro- t sction, and bore all the hardships of exile j t St. Augustine, sharing the sufferings o j- j ich men as Arthur Mdlleton, El ward , .utledge, Christopher Gadsden, D.miel ] cSaussuro, and others. Arid that after j is exchange he was called to fill the ( (leaker's chair in the House of Rejiroseu itivcs, ami did so greatly to the satisfac'iii of its members, &c., ?fce., *to. t Mr. Rut ledge married the daughter of ] iios. Smith, ancestor of the llhett family, \ nd by his marriage had a soli, "Hugh," , ho died in early m uihood, and a daughter, Sarah," now the wife of Alfred linger. I , After the dc illiuf the mother of these j \ .ildreu, he inariied " Mary, '* the daughter | t f Major Benjamin Hugei, who was killed I j tiring the war of the revolution ; he left j ( v this inariiage five children, Maria, I j Iterwards wife o!" Dr. Thomas NVaties, cf j miner; Benjamin, who served Juiing the J( ntire war oi 1812 to 1815 : Francis, now | lir>hoji of Florida ; Ann and John, who lied single. Aiuong his mule descendants . re John Watics and IJ. linger Kulledge, ?, otli members of llie Bar. Waties at Co? nnbiaaud Rutledge at Charleston. < According to Chancellor DeSaussure's , iijulty Report, " ujion the erection and es- j iblishuieiit of the Court of Chancery, after le revolution, John Rutledge, Richard ^ [niton, and John Mathews, were elected t ndges of that Court, and served until t 701, at which time John Rutledge was ( ected Ch if Justice of the Court of Comion Pleas and Sessions, and Lo fill the f icaucy thus made, Hugh Rutledge was # ion elected a Judjje of tiit Court of Equity.' j !e continued on this Bench to the day of j is death. How he performed the func- , rni4 nf il?5? ",,m i9 uur giuijiusts j i>w lo speak. so far as is consistent with 10 objects of the present sketch. No do- j iirtment of tlio law affords finer oppor? j initios for the gratification of elevated jdicial aspirations, than that branch of the G eneral science which is known to legal ? a riters as the Law of Equity. Conversant itli the most difficult and complicated ( latters which belong to tho municipal law, t teqniies a largo and comprehensive mind c > embrace the subject in its various tela- ( oily, as well as great patienco of investi- t ation, and nice howers of discrimination i him who undertakes to wield the reme- c ial process of its delicate and refined ma- e liinery, and to adjust the claims of oppo- c te conflicting equities to the purposes of t racucHi me. Moreover, there aro other c ;quisites, especially necessary to the Equi- r r Judge, which arise out of the peculiar t irisdiction of tlio Courts which adminis- ], \r this branch of the law. A sound judgment i:>, taking all things into considura- {, on, the best qualification of every judicial J [ficer. In a Chancellor, it is indispensable. J he Court ovur which he presides, is tl iurged with that portion of the sovereign uthority which exerts itself in behalf of 1 lose who are unable, under the law, to J rotect themselves; The Chancellor thus Bcomes. as it wero. tllA rri'twrul ai.t.aruSun I , , ? b ml custodian of the interest both of person nd property of those classes of individus?orphans, idiots, lunatics, <fec., &c.,? hose unprotected and forlorn condition j .tracts the sympathies of every benevolent c lind. Mere learning, however great, <j dthough very mucb to be desired) is not ) II sufficient to carry him successfully f trough the varied and responsible duties of |, is position. The Chancellor ought to be I loro than a mere book-man. A well bat- j iced judgment, strong practical tvisdom, t id a thorough knowledge of business and ? & L>f life, aro essential characteristics of any jiio who desires to bcoomo an ornament to < the Equity Bench. In short a pood Chan- : :ellor, is one of the rarest, as well as one i >f the most valuable and efficient officers < n tho service of tho state. In estimating '1 lie character of any one who has been en- I 1 jaged in judicial labors, and who has ! c jassod fur some time from the sta^eof life, j ? here arc two ways, chiefly, by which pos? j s ority aro enabled to arrive at just couclu? ! 1 lions. The one is from tho examination | 1 >f his efforts wherever they appear upon i ^ lie records of tho Courts to which he was j c iltached, in the shape of imlirmcnls or do- ; s ? t I reus. The other is fiom the testimony of hose who were liis cotemporaries, and who, ogether with him, in their day ami j?oner? ition, fought through the battle of life in lie same calling." | (The author here incorporates into the i olume two of the judgments of Chancel- j or Hugh Kutledge, extracted from DeSaus- I ure's Kq. lleports. These we omit as un? j ikely to prove of interest to the generality j if our readers. Ed. F. & 1\] " Tiie above cases are enough to illus- ! rate Chancellor liutledge's judicial style-'; .'hey show that although versed in the I earning of the law, he was not so bound ; lowii l?y the force of precedents as to be { iiiahlo to act independently of them when he interests of the country plainly required ' t In conclusion of this part of our subect, we may itnlulge in this general observation : That Chancellor liutledge's mind I vas logical and exact?his styl*. clear and ! >erspicuous?his learning comprehensive 1 1 md accurate?and his judgment sound and * udepeiideut. "We conio now to speak of the second r ioul -je of information above referred to as he means of acquiring knowledge concern- ' ng the characteristics of those who are ( tassed away?the judgments of cotempo? aries. Let. the cotemporaries of Chancel- j or lLiuIcdgc, most of them opposed to him ii politics, declare what opinions they on? t ei tained of him. Tuesday morning, Jan. 22. 1SI1. | " At a full meeting of the gentlemen of j ho Bar, convened in the Equity Court loom, and upon John Julius l'ringl'% ^ icing called to the chair, the following evolutions were unanimously adopted. : The members of the liar in Charleston * s leeply regrctling ihe death of tho late [Ion. llayh llntlvdyc, and bearing in mind ^ he many public and private virtues and mportant services to his country, which 1 listinguished lii.n throughout a long and i loiiorable life; being convened for the pur- t iosc of testifying their respect and ve .er- c ition for his memory, have adopted the fol- j owing preamble and resolutions : , Whtreus, the lion. Ihifjh Rutlidyc, late | md for many years, a chancellor of this . Slate, from early life devoted liiuisclf to the c ervice of his country, during her struggles . or liberty' gallantry fighting in licr ranks, { tnd by his example throughout, animating g lis countrymen in the field, in captivity ? ind in banishment, to meet and sustain villi heroic fortitude all various trials d I be Revolutionary conflict, and after the I stiiblislnnent and consolidation of the in- } lependence of his country, requiting her t veil earned confidence by the able and faith ' ill discharge of the duties of several high | in I important stations, and in his late camcitv of Chancellor, (wherein those who ?ay this tribute were the constant wit- 1 u-sses of his conduct) administering public C ustice during a long course of service, with jreat learning and ability, with unsullied S unity ami lnllexible virtue ; always adorn- " nr? the judgment seat with a deportment *' nild ami dignified, humane and liberal ; | ind in private life uniting all those amiable md valuable qualities which prompt esteem, ? ement friendship, and produce extensive i&efulness : And Whereas the recent death H if this excellent Judge and most worthy itizen, is a public bereavment greatly to be le|?lored, and is deeply regretted by the a nembers of the Bar, they have, therefore, ^ Resolved^ As a testimony of their sense "" ?f the loss sustained by the public, of the 0 steem which they boro to his person, and if the respect and veneration which they 8 herisli for liis memory, that the members v if the Bar, now convened, will put on noiirniiig for him, by wearing a crape on A he left arm for thirty days, from the date n icreof. tl Also, Tliut the Chairman of this meet- ll ng do request the Reverend Mr. Simons, w lector of St. Philips Church, to preach a e uncral sermon on the occasion as soon as e; nay he convenient to him. a That the foregoing preamble and reso? utions, signed l?y the Chairman, be pub- ? ibhed in the Charleston newspapers. TiMf M .Tiff ma l>Dlwnf? ^ C( January 12, 1811 [Charleston Courier ^ Chancellor Rutledge liad lived in the ^ nost tempestuous period of our history ; ^ le had gone through the seven years of in. :$gjK$pt trial aud conflict, and he had en? lured all that such a struggle had to inflict. Yar, with nil the concomitants of war, was otlowed by political division, the most reeutness and bitter. He did not escape, ?ut he met the violence and the fury of tl >arty as he had pr?viou?ly met the com- 1 non enemy of our country ; he put both ?J it defiance, aud )fo did so successfully. f, Chancellor liutiedge c.'iriy adopted ill opinions of Washington ami of Marshall mil with hia two brothers, tho two Pinrk leys ami others, was one of those South Car iliiifi Fjulonilivta t\C i.i? ?*? ^ vsi if iiviii <.iiu uii iij/iicr *? dr. Jefferson has spoken ; ho ?1 ic*<] as li< tad lived, neither changing his creed, no :oiiipromising liis doctrine. Iiut in behal >f such men, let ii here be said, that so fa is I his Slate is concerned, the history o hut j>arty has never been written. An< hat when tlio bugle sounded again ii 1812, they were found standing by thei lountry, seeking no emolument for them elves. I have a distinct recollection of tin liree llutledges, of two l'inckneys, and o >ther men of those days?Moultrie, Davy >uike, William Washington, Issac linger lie., <fcc.,?and I have seen tlio man o vhotn we aro speaking in company will ome of them. His appearance was digni led in tlio extreme?somewhat stern, bu lolished beyond initiate?and his manner poke h?s position and his training.? ligidlv, but courteously polite, and pertaps a little severe iu his deportment, i vas impossible to bo in his presence an< ioi recognize the school to which lie beonged. lie was always llio same mode jf a republican gentleman, affable and ao ics&ible, but never familiar ; always gentle >ut never doubtful, and on questions o linciple, unyielding and immovable with nit reference to policy or circumstances Hie basis of bis whole chnrunier was truth .,,,1 I... -1 - ' ..t.iii u<-|iftnuii iroin iin lighest refinement, yet whcr? Iiis own con ;eptiuiis of integrity and inor.ility weri roneeriicd, lie would neither give nor take lie was inflexible bimself, and not induljonl lo those wliose conduct savored of de inqueticy. All his intelligence and all hi: esearcli, seemed, on this subject, only ti jonfirm his natural disposition. I do not imagine that any one, with tin ordinary knowledge of good breeding, couli lave taken u liberty v/ill* sllch a man ind I am very sure he never would iuten ionally have trespassed on the feelings o mother. lie was charitable and generous le was kind, humane, ail'ectionalo am nave; his friendships wero like his ' will, Hoverbially firm and unchanging. Ili: inly piidu was that which every hones nan has a right to indulge in, the connw* '1 1 *1 w. ....j w.?ll H-l.LlllHIU fill <J lilt (ro::gth of iii:? own resolution, and he iiec :ssaiily commanded ihe respect and cotifi letice nf every virtuous mind. Iti life, Chancellor Kulledge performed lis duty without fear or favor, an>j with at liter contempt for everything like osleiita ation or parade. Believing himself, as i iti/.en, equal to others, he never sought fo >Htronage, but acknowledged the tight! iml prerogatives of all men ; and in deal! iG was calm and tranquil, but still preser ring his peculiar aversion to the vanitie: >f the world. Once when required t< itepare an inscription for the tomb cf i Vie ltd who was prominent in his regard j Ik imply wrote ! ' An honest man's the noblest work of God.' A nd when the lust arrow was hastening lim awjvy, havincr madu his u-M leaven, Iio turned to those who wept a lis siJe, giving tliem comfort and cotisola ion, leaving with tliern this Injunction!? Place ine near iny brother, Eewaid, bu et no stone :nark where I lie.' Literary Men and their Wiues.?I d( naintain that a wife, whether young 01 Id, may pass her evenings most happily ir he presence of her hushand, occupied her elf. and conscious that he is still better oc upied, though lie may but speak with hei ind cast bis eyes upon her from iiinc tc ime; that such evenings may be looked orward to with great desire, and deeply rc' ;retted wlien they are passed away forever iVielaud, whose conjugal felicity lias been ltnost as celebrated as himself, says in n litter written after his wifo's death, that if he >ut knew that slio was in tlio room, or il t times she stepped in and saiJ a word or wo, that was enough to gladden him.? tome of the happiest and most loving oup'es are those who, like Wieland and is wife, are both too fully employed to pend the whoie <{ every evening in conersation.?Sara Coleridge. The Farmer.?What a word for the imerican mind to dwell upon, and, we lay add, w Uli anxiety too, do we look at lie fanner in hia avocation. We behold tie homes of the red man passing away, rhere ho roamed through the forests?first asl of the Alleghauie*, then west to the astern slopes of the Rocky Mountains, nd, we may still add, west of those mountins, do we behold the onward progress f the farmer, felling the forests and tossing je soil up and over tor the purpose of >wing the various seeds or grain to be msutued by man and beast, and then, afjr this comes the harvest?the American irmer's harvest?what a harvest it will e if we faint not, but work wisely and ju> iciously. Brother farmers, wo may then ng with the poet: " I!ow blest the farmer's simple life, llow ^ure the joys it yields Free from the world's tempeatuous strife? Free 'mid the scented fields." Then, farmers, are we not the foundation, 16 prop, the stay of all other pursuits, 'he merchant, the mechanic, the lawyer so., musLall depend aj ou the farmer's eforis for life, U THE PITT 8TBEET CHAPEL LECTURES. | J'UBl.ISMKD 1JV HKQITST. t .. In answer to the question, " Why am I ? . a Churchman," by the Rev. Geo. M. Ran- i j! ilall, D. I>. New York: General Proles- r u taut Episcopal Union, ami Cuhrch Book t r | Society, 762 Broadwav. 1859. - - . - ; - | I l< The above is tins title of >i litllo pamphlet < issued recently which I rind in circulation to t f a certain extent, among our people. And as f I i it contains some incorrect statements, and E , consequently erroneous deductions, it may r be well chough, not to say necessary, to ( . enter a f?nv strictures upon i< in the South , I ern Christian Advocate. ( j. | On p. 12, we liavo" Just before his ascon- . j sion he gave to his Apostles their great com- j ' | missiou to go into world and preach thegos'j. i pel to every creature, baptizing them in the i name of the Holy Trinity. Their authority j j to go, aiid to send others came to them in . t these words which constituted a commis- { sion which can never expiie until iho church , s ... * hits dune its work in the conversion of tho j world. ' As mv Father hath sent me even t ^ bo send I you.' " Did the Apostles receive j power to 6end others ! is the question.? Where is it written ? Christ never did send I any one of his Apostles to call a second 1 person to preach the gospel, and the great commision he gavo to I hem is in the fol- ^ j. lowing term, " (Jo ye into nil the icorld, 1 etc." It does not read go vo, and send ' omers, and nil of you go into all the 1 world ! Dr. Itundall perverts truth, and ( 1 we cannot follow. On |>. 12, lie says, "but \ for wise reasons lie (God) saw (It to have 1 three (orders) and therefore neither one or- ( dcr, nor two orders would have answered ^ I the end of the priesthood." We cannot admit there are three orders 1 merely from the Doctor's statement. We 1 must liave the proof. In matters involv- I ) 1 t i ing so much to his church; he should not , trust his cause to confident statements, but ( j to proofs, strong proofs. And as one state. ment should hold another in check, we state 1 with emphasis, there are bnt two orders, f f Deacons and Presbyters, or Elders. A lit- ' . tie lower down on same page, he says, " All 1 i we know about it is the tact and that is all ' ' I * we need to know." IIow he came to know s tlie fact, he has not informed us, and as ' . such we do not know. We must have 1 j . the proof. ?j On p. 21, we ^liavo, 'Tlie church of . | iv.igiand was founded, probaby in the . Apostolic ages and it is said, by the labors I of the Apostle Paul.' Probably, is entire? ' 1 j ly too weak for ua in the absence of all ' i j evidi_'iice, it is saiil by the Apostle Paul, too , puerile to be mentioned where grave mat- ' ^ I tors arc involved. It is mid'! ! ! On p. r j 30,"The Protestant Episcopal Church in ' j the United States claims to be a brauch of i the church of the living God, tho pillar and - ground of the truth.' " The Protestant s Episcopal Church claims ! and so dees the ) Methodist Episcopal Church claim to be . i a branch of the church of the living God 3 ?tho Methodist Church l>eili? tho older (in tho United Slates,) of the two, Tho ' M. E. Church was organized and its minis ? \ ters consecrated, before the Protestant Epis1 copal Church had an existence. Dr. Coke L arrived in New York, Nov. 1784. Eleven 1 * days before Bishop Seabury was consecra" ted to that office by the nonjuring bishops ( 1 of Scotland. Tho Method ist Episcopal Church was organized Dec. 25, 1784, and ^ tllrt Kuiannnol tlireo years afterwards. The Methodist Church, theti, never catiie from the Episcopal Church, but both from the Church of ^ England, Methodism being the elder, not to say most vigorous !! See Bangs' Original ; Church of Christ, pp. 26, et al. Again, on p. 45, of Dr. Randall's pamphlet, 4 In 1789, two yesfs before his death, he (Wesley) used these words: 41 declare once more, that I live and die a member of the Church of England and that none c who regard my advice with ever separate from it.'" 13ut this was five veara after , Mr. Wesley had ordained Coke, and sent liim to assist in the organization of the M. E. Church in the United Slates, on principles wholly independent of the Church of i England?therefore he must have intended the language quoted, for the English Meth. odists. The cause of his sincere attachment to the Church does not seem to have v been his devotion to its doctrine or economy ; but his obedience to the crown ; he was a strong tory, and the crown was the head of Church and State both. Mr. 0 Wesley was a loyal subject On p. 46, Dr. Randall says,"Those two men soon began to call themselves Bisb- Q ops. When Mr. Wesley heard of this be immediately rebuked their arrogation of an office and title, which he never pretend- 0 ed to have conveyed. In a letter to Ashury be says 4 How can you. how dara ?? _ , , j --- g suffer yourself to be elected Bishop}' " MrWesley's language is " Ilow cad you, how dare you suflVr yourself to be called (not elected) ft Bishop 1n And the ground of A his opposition to the name as will be seen t>y reference to his opinions on that subject, was aversion to the Bishops of the Church <j] of England. We wanted simplicity And not high titles. But Mr. Wesley had himself ordained Coke a superintendent, with 0| instructions to ordiAn Asbury, and organize the Methodists into The Afethodiat Episcopal Church in the United States of hi America. If Dr. RandAll did not know ki auy better thnn to say elected be sbotild w mve been silent, and if ho did know but. er, ho should have kept the command 1 Thou shalt not bear false witness.' Once , * nore, on p. 91, Note L)., p. 47, we have a j 1 evival of the hackneyed objections about j ^ ho power of Methodist Bishops, the op- j " iression of tho laity, etc., which to Melho- j " lists is so wishy-washy, that it needs no ' ' eply. Hard run must be the cause which j ^ u ii. uct:cj*?nry o siari sucii laise issues to j iustnin itself. | V Tlie Methodists are satisfied wiih tlieir ; >wn peculiar way of doing good, and have I 10 disposition to trouble others; why then ' ' ran they not be let alone, to follow God ind the Sctiptures ? and spread scriptural j " toliness over these lands ? j 1 T1 i O hCCI.ESIA. I [In Stevens's Ilistor}' of Methodism, will I ^ )Q found so complete a refuta'ion of the ! vssumption that Mr. Wesley was opposed ' 0 our Episcopal form of government thai i . 1 man asserting it,lifter reading that hook, ! 1 a net worth answering.?Ed. S. C. Advo- | ' nt/e]. ^ ^ | s PARTING INTERVIEW WITH EMMETT. i <i The evening before his death. whiln ilio t workmen were busy with the scaffold, a ' (i young iady was ushered into his dungeon. | ? [t was the giil whom he no fondly loved, ! y ind who had now coino to Lid him her ' li I Jternal farewell. Ho was leaning, in a ! Melancholy mood ngamst the window-frame li >f his hrison. nm! ili? Iimmvm t , .?..J !/ V ?is irons smote dismally on Iter liearl. Tlio g nterview was bitterly affecting, and incited ll jven tho callous soul of the jailer. As for ^ Kinmolt, lie wept and spoke little ; but, as ?S le pressed his beloved ill silence to his bo Ji ibm, his countenance betrayed his cmo- e .ions. In a low voice, half-choked by an- ti juisli, ho besought her not to forget him ; r ic reminded her of their former happiness, * )f the long past days of their childhood, j ind concluded by requesting her sometimes v .0 visit the scenes where their infancy was i spent, and, tlioiigh the world might repeat L lis name with scorn, to cling to his tr.ein? I jrjr with affection. At this very instant, ii .he evening bell pealed from the neigh? 1 joining church. Emmett started at the l >ound ! and as ho felt that this was the last v .ime he should ever hear its dismal echoes he ? folded his beloved still bloser to his heart, t uid bent over her sinking form with eyes y streaming with afTectiu. The turnkey en- i Lered at the moment; ashamed of his weak- t ness, he dashed the rising drop from his a 1 . i* - 3)o, itiiu ii irown again lowered on his a iouutennr.ee. The man, meanwhile, ap- i proached to tear the lady from his etnbra- a :es. Overcomo l?y his feelings, he conhl t inake no resistance; bul, as lie gloomily a released her from his hold, gave her a little |i miniature of himself, and, with this part- ii ng token of attachment, he imprinted the ast kisses af a dying man upon her lips. Dn gaining the door, she turned round, as o f to gazo ouce more on the object of her c .vidowed love. He caught her eye as she 'J stired?it was but for a moment ; the dun- 0 jeon-door swung back upon its hinges ; and H is it closed after her, informed him too 8 turely, that they had met for the last time r >n earth. a ******** c )h! cold is the grave where lie silently slumber?, A Where nrmght but the wild-bird his requiem r sings; |< There sad let the minstrel-boy breathe the wild l( numbers UI grief o'er tiic plaintive harp's sorrowing strings. ^ ?alm, calm is his sleep, and unsullied his glory, ^ In tho shade of the laurels his martyrdom ii won, si ^nd long let his name be emblazcn'd in story? jj Green Isle of the ocean! thy patriot son, >h, sweet be his rest, while in sorrow we wail a him, e And mourn o'er his fato in our tremulous j songs! irecn Erin! oh, soft let thy bards proudly hail him ' tl As the hero who bled for thy desolate wrongs: ^ 'wine, twine the sad harp with cypress and f. willow, ^ That shade, with their foliage, his mouldering urn, y tedewed with the tear-drops that bathe his cold pillow, 111 Where sleep the lone relics of him whom we w mourn. V( 7ith naught but the verdure that dccks his cold boson) And springs through the damp sod that covers 111 his breast, til ir the fragrant perfume of the wild heather m blossom M In the blaze of his glory, oh, there let him t|| rest I , t ft ut his spirit has fled to a happier heaven? Where the bright shades of heroes meet never 3 to part: write not his epitaph?let it be graven, ev By Gratitude deep on each patriot heart. w! I ft' weet harp of my oountry, let thy sorrowing 1 uc uumuers Breathe o'er the cold grave of him whom we ^ul weep, *Slt an nd hallow with musio the spot where he Blum- tli hers, 0f And wake the wild anthem of grief o'er his . 11 in sleep! hen oalmbe his resU*-let him dwell in his glory, 1 In the Bhade of the laurels his martyrdom ev won, th b! long shall his name be recorded in story, ap Green Island of song, as thy patriot son. ni Poor Cnudle said that be dreamed that a had an angel by his side, and upon waing up found jt wm o<>bp<ty but bit 1,1 ?- * t 8T0CK GROWING AT THE SOUTH. Tlie importance of devoting more 9tpillion than lias hitherto been given to liis branch of husbandry in nil tlio cotton rowing region, is dally becoming more and nore appai cut. Intelligent agriculturists t the South are fully alive to the impera* ive necessity of providing in some way jr the reiiovatinn <.f ?? " " " . iiiiLunuiy icriiie, ?t exhausted l?v long coulitiucd cropping /itli cotton. The culture of grasses and lie raising of stock is nature's method of (. novating the fields impoverished by long ill aye, and this mode of treatment will be jiind for the most part efficient and eeor lOiuicai. True, guano and artificial fertiliers may be resorted to, but will they thortighly renovate the soil } Wo think it rill hardly ho claimed that moro cat) bo lone with the aid of these fertilizers than i) maintain a fruitful soil in its present coalition. Other means must be resorted to, i) order to restore to worn out lands their list fertility. The improvement of these by growing lock upon than, instead of being an item f expense, might, in most cases, with iroper management, bu made a source of iiofit. ll is quite a common mistake to upposc that grasses will not flourish upon ;ood cotton land. True, the clover an<l erd grass of the Northern and Middlu tales will not flourish in a climate suited j ihe growth of cotton ; but there aro ihcr grasses, such as ihe Kentucky blue rass, will grow on any good soil, and will ourish on such as are rich in lime; Col. mil lord's wild oat grass, the orchard frnsc. o ' ;c., which wilt furuish excellent abuuilant asturagu upon a great proportion of the xhausted cotton lauds, That sheep, catle, horses Hiid mules, can be profitably nmeu hi me ouutti lias been abundantly Iiowii l>y a vast number of successful ej'eiimciii?i ami il is l>y many claimed that 100I can be grown more profitably hero ban in any other section of the countryr Jut wo hear il said, "The cotton planter's >usiness is to Kill grass, instead of raising L ; that cotton and stock cannot be profita>ly produced upon the same plantation at he same time; that il is more pofitnble to vear out the land and go in search of virgin soil." May not the correctness of liese sayings well be (,ujstioned 1 The [rowers of tobacco and hemp have found l profitable to connect stock raising with lie production of these staples ; and we tie confident the opinion is gaining ground iinong the intelligent cotton planters that t would be to their advantage to pay more ttentinn to the improvement of the soil >y stock growing, thus increasing the mount of cotton grown per acre, and esseiiing the cost per pound of producing L. Most kinds of stock could be grown at . very cheap rate upon n great proportion f the rolling cotton lands which have henine exhausted and are now of liltle value, 'he large sums now paid by the planter to llier States lor mules to work his crop, nd bacon to feed his hands, wonhl ?.? aved ; and while getting these at a cheaper ate, he will be reaping front such a course still greater advantage in the greatly inreased value of his lands. We do not for moment suppose that a single aore of ich cotton lielda, such as lie along the val?v of the Alabama river, are to bo devoted d stock growing so long ns their fertility [. mains; nor do wo wish to see the aggre? ate amount of her cotton crop diminish, >n the contrary, we should prefer to see it icrease, and this we bclievo would be the lire result of judicious stock growing upon lie worn out soils. Is not tliis n subject of great importance, nu worthy the direful consideration of very agriculturalist nt the South??Stock ournol. The Moustache.? In the reign of Loui* ie thirteenth, of France, whiskers (mous* iches) attained the highest degree of ivor nt the e xponse of the expiring cards. In those days of gallantry, not et empoisoned by wit, they became the iver'a favorite occupation. A fine blacl( louBtache, elegantly dyed and turned up, as a powerful recommendation to the far >r of the fair sex. They were still in .the shion in the beginning of Louis XlV.'t iign : and this king, with alt the fifrea| en of his time, took a pride in wearing lem. They were consequently the ornar ent of Turetne, Conde, Colbert, Corneille, *' v.vio, civ, *i vrtin men no uncommon ing for a favorite lover to have bis mousches died, turned up, combed, and dresse4 r bis mistress; and bence a roan of fasb> n took care to be always provided witty pry little necessary article, especially liiskcr wax. Jt ww highly flattering to * dy to have it in her power to prqjse the tauty of her lover's moustache, which, r from being disagreeable, gave bis person i air of vivacity ; and several even thought em an incitement to love. But the levity the. French caused several changes both their form and name; there were $p?u* >, Turkish, guard-dagger whiskers, nay, en royal oues, which were the list worn e smallne* of these prooj#ijping U>tir I m 11 r-t . -- ~ pro^cujng it*Ur?wnqtcivpoMw pa, An Irish paper dwcribing a lute dotf ya tlint one of lite combatants wtt &ho| rough the flealiy part of tl^e tbigfc ? . . ii<0 ... , . i.*. -< m-a