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A REFLEX OF POPULAR EVENTS. Dnrotrir ic poogvcoo, tljc liiQljts of fljc Sautl), onto tljc LKttuoicin of Useful Unowlctogc nntong oil Classes of ll'pvhiiig fttcn. VOLUME III GREEN VILLI", SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 19, 18."?7. ^NUMBER 41. jlt (Bnttvyrisr IS ISSUED EVERT THURSDAY MORNING, B7 PRICE & McJUNKIN. WILLIAM P. PRICE, KDITOll AND I'UOrUIETOK. C. M. M'JUNKIN, PBINTXR. TERMS. One Dole\* and Fim (Jests in mlvntice; Two Dou.ark if delayed. CLUliS of FIVK nnd upwards, One Dollar, the money in every instance to ftccompnny the order. ADVERTISEMENTS inserted conspicuously at fhr rates of 75 cent# per square of 2 3 line# for the first insertion, and 371 cunt* for each subsequent insertion. Contracts for vearlv ad vertisinir made reason able. AOENTS. R W. Cars, N. W. cor. of Walnut ami Third-st, Philadelphia, is our authorized Agent. W. W. Walkkr, Jr., Columbia, S. C. I'ktku Stkaui.ky, K?q., Flat Uock, N. C. A. M. Puns*, Fairview 1*. O., Greenville Pis!. William C. Hailky, Plenxnnt Grove, Greenville Cast. It. Anobka-jx, Cedar Falls, Greenville. ftlcrtrb ^nctri]. Home end Priends. On 1 there's power to make each hour A# sweet ns heaven designed it: Nor need we roiun to bring it home, Though few there be that find it. We seek too high for things close by, And Iooac what nature found us: For life hath here no chann so dear As home and friends around us. Wo oft destroy tlio present joy For future hopes?and praise thetn ; While flowers as sweet bloom at our feet If we'd but sloop to raise thorn. For tilings afar still sweeter are When youth's blight spell hath hound us ; Hut soon we're taught the earth has naught Like home and ftiends around us. The friends that speed in lime of need, When hope'* last reed is shaken, Will ell/Ill' Itu Otlll tll'lt oomo u liut Will We are not quite forsaken ; Though nil were night if but tlie light From friendship's alt hi crown'd us, T won Id provo tlie bliss of earth was this, Our home and friends around us. Jtiisrrlliwemts lUniriug. Christ no Writer. One of the most remarkable facts in tlie history of Christ is, that lie left no writings behiud him, and the only record there is of his writing anything i?> in the case where 44 he stooped down and with his linger wrote upon the ground." What he wrote then and there uo one knows; (hough perhaps the most plausible conjecture is that be wrote the answer to the question, whether the woman taken in the act of adultery should be stoned ? " lie that is without sin nniong you, let liim cast a stone at her." Hearer, did this strange fact ever occur to you, that the greatest reformer that over lived?pro+ Jl- J!-.!-- a 1 a _/ n I . lOMeuiy uio uiviiiq u'uciicr m-ut ui vjiuu io repeal his truth to the world?whoso teachings have survived the wreck of ages, and now command the credence, the respect And the most profound admiration of the enlightened world, and who is claimed as the " author and finisher M of a great system of faith and practice, has left behind him no sentence of his writing, and those unknown diaraclers written with his finger in the sand constitute the stun total of all his writings of which thero is any account of? I Is there, or has there been, since the invention "of letters, or even rude hieroglyphice, any such thing as a system of religion, whoee founder did not take special pains to reduce his teachings to writing, and thus Jrivo them the most exact and permanent ortn! The Brahmins have their Vedas, their Pouranns, their Rnmayan, and their laws and institutes of Menu, and these are all written and preserved with the utmost care. Hie Chinese have their books of Folii, their founder, as opened and expounded by their great Confucius. The Persians have their /endevosta, attributed to their leader, Zoroaster, containing the doctrine and laws of tlielr religion. Tho Jews had their sacred books; and Mom* and the prophets, and David, and Solomon, put Uioii- teachings in writing that they might he preserved. Plato and Pythagoras, and Cicero and Demosthenes, wrote much. Mahomot wrote the Koran, end gave it to the faithful at their guide. The writings of Swedenbor^ Are voluminous; and in our day, even tin Mormon impostor wrote his book of Mor | nron. Put here comes one who claims pro cedetioe even to Moves and Abraham, and especially claims that a greater than Solo moo.ie in bis own peiaon, and announcing himself as a herald of a now dispensation from God, which is to cast Moses and tlx prophets in the shade, and prevail over a! other systems, and subdue our entire race sad yet this great teacher wrote nover r word, save only the charmers iu the sand ' o which the next breath of wind might oblit crttie. Who oan account for this strange proecednre 1 Will it comport at all with the idea that he was an impostor? Did ever nu impostor pursuo a conrso like this ? Nover. And it seems to us that in the single fact to which wo have alluded, thero is the impress of truth, aud proof that his mission is all divine, lie stands out before us as one who knows that his mission is from God, and that it can stand upon its own 1 merits. So conlident is he of its power, that he is content to breathe it out upon God's air, and leave it to live by its own inherent land self perpetuating immortality, or live ] not at all. And so he goes about doing I good, now teaching in tlie synagogue and j temple, now talking to his disciples as lie sits on Olivet or by the sea of tialilce, and now dropping n word as ho walks by the' way. And there is not manifested the slightest apprehension tlmt what lie says j will be lost. lie writes it not on stono or , parchment. Nay, he wiites it not at all. j lie seeks only to give it a lodgment in the i hearts of the few disciples that followed him ' ?to make them comprehend it, and feel its' power, and love it; and is willing to leave it j there to produce its fruits, and to be written by the band of affection, if it should bo writ-, ten at nil. And on those hearts lie did iin- 1 press himself; and they, for the love they I bore him, wrote the meagre sketch we have j of his life and teachings. [ Rev. D. WUliatnfon. | The Devil's Wagons. Render, contemplate, for a moment, this picture from real life. In the streets of a I thriving village stands n wagon, to which four horses are harnessed. A few loose! boards extend from one axle to the other.! A little boy, of four or live years old, is placed upon tlicsc boards. The driver has I i turned n*iu?, and is talking to some one tip- j on the sidowjtlk. The horses take flight and run fuiiouslv through the street. The! alarm of tho noise and the outcry spread ' like lightning. Hundreds rush to their doors. Consternation and terror are in ev-! ery countenance. One warm-heated, im-1 pulsive woman?a mother?seeing the awful peril of the child, clasped her hands in j agony, and with the full power of her voice called out : " Stop that wagon and nave that ehi d ! Stop that wagon?stop ii?stop it !*1 An old icicle in human shape, that stood by her, coldly and snoeringly replied : " Silly woman ! don't fret yourself, it's not yoc child f" " I know it," said she, " hut it is somebody3 child! Stop-that wagon, O, stop that wagon !" Reader, the devil has his wagons?thou* i ands of litem?full teams in?myriads of[ " somebody's children " aboard?himself the J driver?reins and whip in haud?and ho is carrying them full*8wcep to destruction ! j Stop those wagons, and save those children.] O, stop those wagons ! Header, the Sabbath School is a great, benevolent, and most efficient organization, formed expressly for preventing that feaiful destruction. Its object is to gather up all the children ; even the outcasts of " the highways and hedges lead them to places of safety ; keep them from getting into the Devil's wagons; and thus save them from his power ! And they are all " somebody's children !" IIo, all ye, then, that have human sympathy in your breasts, come forward and | lake a part, however humble, in this glorious work. Let us M stop those wagons," j and that quickly ! It can bo done?either , stop them, or compel theui to run without passengers! I Let not nn old icicle dissaude you. Your children may be in safety; but " somebody V are going to ruin! Up, and save them. There are glorious rewards promised to those who " turn many to righteousness." The 25th of Matthew tenches us, that the smallest favor done to the smallest peo pie, will come in remembrance and draw down blessings from the Great Judge; but they are daninod who neglect and despite even little duties. The" one taUnt" must bo improved as well as the " ten I" N. II.?Somebody will have a fearful account to render for "somebody's children !" Bbttrii Late than Never.?Win. Godfi-flV. R?n? rncrivAil on Insf 'I'liinsuliiv /.Etli inst.,) k letter which was mailed to iiitn on the 18th Jrnuiiry, A. 1). 1838, nt tho Post Office culled Clio, in Mnrlboiough Distiict. Tho distance is 20 mile*, mid the letter hits been nineteen yearn and tventy-four days on the way, and contained u vwenty dollar i bill on tl '3 Mere': .r.'_ * ?k, ut this place, with tho request that Mr. Godfrey would rei turn twenty dollars in United Slates Bank Bills. Just think of it, twenty miles in nineteen years, it beats the telegraph. To ! those of our subscribers who do not rcceiro ? our papers regularly, we say be patient, your * grand-children will receive the henclit of j your subscription.?J'ee Dee Herald. Wir* or- All tub ihibsi meters.?One of ( the female lunatics in New York Asylum, i the Syracuse Courier savs, has the delusion > that she has been the wife of each suoccsI sire Presldont. Sho is now Mrs. Pierce, , and her nuptials with Mr. Buchanan are i anticipated by her about the time of his in* , auguration, The Daughter of Yellow Smoke?A Story of the Omaha*. Many years ago, the Omaha Indians were a great and warlike tribe. The beautiful prairies of Nebraska, which lay north of the IMultu Kiver, belonged to them, and far north and west, they followed (he war path and the game without fear, ntid with brave hearts. Yellow Sinoke, now an old man, was then in the prime of life; a sagacious hunter, and a brave warrior, he became the head .chief of his nation. His daughter, Necomah, was the flower of the tribe, and many of the young braves sought her hand and wooed her beauty. But all failed to gain her affections except Tanugah, the hunter, who never returned without game, ami tho warrior who never came from tho war path without scalps, lie alone loved Necoinah, ami he alone was loved in return. They were betrothed, the day had arrived for the solemnization of their mairiage, and the presents of lobes and horses were already gathered around tho lodge of her father, while within the feast of corn and venison was boiling over the fire. hut among tho Indians, as among the pale faces, " the course of true love never did run smooth," and just at the auspicious , moment, a scout caine in and reported a hostilo band of the Sioux encamped not far distant. In a moment tho. voting men and . braves were arrayed in tlieir war dress, and ' the war paint glowed upon tlieir faces. Tanugali bade his bride farewell, ami bis darkfoim was lost sight of far over the prairie. A tierce and sanguinary bat tie* w as fought, ami many of the Uinahas were sent untimely to tho spiiit land, and among others, in the thickest of the fight, feli the bravo Tanugali. The news soon came home to the village of the Oinahas, ami the squaws wept and wailed for the departed. 1 tut there was one who look no part in the. mournful ceremonies?one who wept not. mourned not?it was Necomali. ller blight eyo was i lifrhted tin with an imomil.tv ii?--? ?i.~ O . . illctliciiio men of the tribe said 'she was mad, and that her spirit had left the body and gone to the good hunting grounds to join that of her lover. | Time passed on, and tlu conjurors told \ ellow Smoke that his daughter must be I taken to Ilie great Sulphur Springs, near th-j old Council lilutt; and that its waters, which j wore a great inedieiue, would call back (inspirit, and restore the reason of Neeomali. And so the chief started, but on tlie way j bis daughter died of a broken heart. Uul [ still believing in the efficency of the Spring i waters to " minister to a mind diseased," he i bore her remains to (lie high bluff over the I White Sulphur Spring, and theie buiicd ! them. And now at this day the grave of Xecomah is visible, ar.d (he rude fence about it I still stands, the big wigwams of the pale-fai ccs are thick around it. And every moon , the aged Yellow Smoke revisits the resting place of bis daughter, and leaves upon the i grave a cup of the medicine waters that the j troubled .-pirit of Necomah may drink therefrom and he healed. l>ul now even the medicine men of the pale-faces send patients to tho new Sarntogo to regain health, and a wealthy company has begun the erection of a magnificent hotel near the Spring, while a thriving town, | called Saratoga, is grown up near tho grave oi 1:1c uusKy maiden, nn?l the tramp of civ[ ilization in its westward march has hushed into silence the rustle of the mocassin in the lung prairie grnss.? Xcbraska City News. A Goon Hit.?A Methodist divine of j this city, on Sunday, administered a most ' severe rebuke to a common custom in those ! days, of reading advertisements from the 1 pulpit. A paper was handed to him giving ; n >lieo that" the introductory lecture of the I annual course would ho delivered on Monday night," ike., at a certain medical insti- i i tulion in this city. The proacher said ho i had consciencious scruples against cheating i | the printer, b)' making such announcements from the pulpit; that he never heard such ! advertisements read in church without re-. j minding him of tho old deacon in Alexandria, who, on a certain occasion, exhorted in | most earnest and vehement language the sinners in his congregation to repent, or | they would all go to hell as sure as there i was flour for sale at Alexandria, and he was sure there was flour there, for he had received, just tho day beforo, a fine assortment, I which he would sell as cheap as any man in the city. ? Ohio fitu teauian. Dro Out.?Tho Danville fVircrinia^ liec > tr>t / r? ister stales that a family consisting of an old man, his wife and daughter, were dug out of n snow drift around their cabin, on tho opposito side of the river from that place, on Monday morning week. When the snow was removed, and an entrance to the cal>in affected, tho old man was found sitting on a stool, venting his execrations on snow storms and laudlords. When interrogated as to the creature comforta within bis immediate reach, he said bo had no tire uor wood, and no provision*; but that was a small matter when compared with his to tai destitution of " spirits /" Tiik Kikht Snow Stoum in tiik City ok Mkxico.?Lh Nacion, a newspaper of ilic City of .Mexico, speaks in its number of the 21st nit. of the snow storm thorn lltns: " Last night at half past 9 o'clock, a heavy snow storm began, which lasted several hours. Never liavo wo seen this phenomenon, so common in altitudes higher than ours, in Mexico before. It also excited to a high degree, the cuiiosity of the inhabitants of the capital. The thermometer of Keaumer was one degree above zero, and maintained itself there during the whole night.? The Hat roofs of the houses, the streets, the hills which surround the city of the lakes, and give her so beautiful and aspect, the public walks, all reminds us this morning of the first snow storm wo evor witnessed, which was last full, in the United States and in Europe. Mexico city presented this morning a truly picturesque sight, for the green leaves of our eternal spiing foimcd u lively contrast with the fieaks of snow, which dressed them in an attiro to which they were not accustomed. ? Ai nrnoN the great naturalist was on the lookout for red headed woodpeckers, and was very anxious to obtain a specimen. Seeing one fly into a hole in a tree a long way up, he pulled off his coat, and climbed with tliat energy of his that never failed him. Puffing and sweating, ho reached it at last, and, putting his hand to seize the I bird, to his own dismay a snake, stuck his I head out of the hole and hissed in his face. [This was so unexpected and frightful that Audubon let go his hold, and tumbled to the ground, more dead than alive. His ] companion canto running to him, and seeing that the naturalist was not hurt but was | dreadfully alatiucd, said to him ; " Ah ! you are very much frightened, Doctor !"' "No, salt !*' replied t*".o Doctor, quite offended, " no, salt !'' but if you want to see von tarn scared snake, just go up dare !" j (T rttrprrmtrr. Proooedine-s of tha ftrnnrl TH-fri eion Sons of Temporanco, of South Carolina. Knurr Qi'autkki.y Session*, 1857. 1 ?ii anciivii.i.k, January, 28th. I Pursuant to resolution, the (Jrnnd Divisior ' met 111i< >lay, in tlie llaliof Pranchville 1 >i vision, No. 40, at 2 o'clock. P. M. Present? IIKNIIY SUMMKII, O. W. P. S. COUI.KV, <?. S. JOHN COIIPKKO, O. C. Absent ? K. TIIAYKU. O. W. A. (1. S 1?()\\ Kit, (?. T. (iKO. W. KINO, O. Sent, ltev. II. II. prUANT.O. Chan. W. T. CASTOX, P. (J. W. P. CI. NV. P. fille?l vacancies as follows : Pro iJolui May, O. NY. A.; Pro. A. Ott, O. T. Pro. .1. llolman, O. Sent.; Pro. J. P. llerrv I O. Chap.; ami Pro. O. II. Ott, 1'. (J. NY. P. Opened with singing and prayer. Minutes of last meeting having I teen ptih lishod, tho reading of the same was dispensed with. The following I >i\ isions were represented : ' Taylor, No. 8.?John Uordero, P. NV. P. Iliggaion, No. 11.?S. Corley, P. NY. P. | St. George's, No. 10.?Dr. John May, 1'. NY. P. Newherrv, No. 17.?Maj. Ilenry Summer, ! P. NV. P. [ Plackville, No. 22.?Joseph Ilolman, P. 1 W. P. I Orangeburg, No. 38.?15. A. Carson, 1 >r. T. A. Klliolt, G. II. Klliott, and G. O. Ay res, P. W. P's. Pranohville, No. 40.?Co!. A. Ott, J. ]{. I Bcrrv, Maj. P. I!. Barton, Win. Bvrd, and I Dr. O. II. Oil, 1'. W. P*. j G, W. P. appointed Pros. May, Ott and j Perry, the Coimnittcc on Credentials, who i reported favorably, and the following Brotners, viz: P.D.Clark, W. P. of No. 38, and J. 11. Murphy, Lewi* M. Ott, and J. W. i P. Perrv, P. W. PV, and N. A. Bvrd, W. I P. of No. 40, were introduced and duly ob I igat ed. The following lUport of the G. \V. P. was submitted : REPORT OF THE GRAND WORTHY PATRIARCH OF SOUTH CAROLINA, J To tiik l'mst qrawtfcnlt Mntrixn at Biunvuvii.i.k, Janimiiv <8, 1857. I>. ,'orrtf ttrrthrcn:?It is not to be expected that | any great "food news us to the sprcaii and progress iif the principles of the Temperance !?eforin could be given to a meeting of our Order within the short space of two months after the Annual Meeting in Columbia. 1 have scarcely | lutd time to take a general survey of the field | of operations, ami make tip my mind ns to the I recommendations that are spontaneously sugI gcatod, anil that have so often and so uldy been J presented to our order ; but still there ore some i topics wbieh cannot bo too often, nor too urgently insisted upon for the promotion of the principles wo udvocnte. The grand object, of all our efforts js, to spread the principles of Temperance under the form we now advocate the same?total n&ttl?*nre frotn all that intoxieaiet? embodied ill idea of thu prohibition bylaw of the I.irpior Traffic. This is the great fountain of the evil ol which wo complain, and for the extirpation ot I which we hnvo united aa a hand of brothers. It is woll ksowu that during the last year we hod tlm pleasure of bearing that gifted man, I Gen. Gawky, on tliis great subject, nnd it i? I known Hint wherever he went, he received n patient lien ling, nnd many who could not he prevailed upon to lionr the arguments from other*, were completely fascinated by the force of his f argument, niuf the charm of liis eloquence. ' Many old Divisions were revived; nnd mnny new "ones formed. Most of those formed nnd re1 vived, I nm led to believe, continue faithful in . the good work. It in well nt the quarterly meetings of this j body, tlint the members present should not only ' look to the report of the (?. W. 1*., ns furnishing the topics which will be discussed by the Grand ! 1 >i vision, but each member should regard himself j ns n wntchinun on the walls of our citadel to 1 warn of the approach of dnngcr, nnd to propose such measures as may be conducive to the advancement of our principles. It is the duty of ' your presiding oflicer, ns the head of the order, to make such suggestions ns he may think proper, nnd submit them to the consideration of those associated with him in the good work of roforI iiiation. The punctual attendance of the members of ! subordinate Divisions to their weekly meetings j is a matter of great importance, kvery man knows that the neglect of any duty, no matter | llow small it may lie, licgots a habit of negligence. which is sure to increase to the injury of ! the individual, and of carelessness in the discharge of the dill v itself. Dv keen!ii!/eonslnut ly l><-fore the miii<l the obligations of the pledge, the individual who is endeavoring to escape from the meshes <?f thespiiler, is enabled more ! successfully to resist the temptation. 1 have no i ilonht that the weekly meetings of the Rubordi. nate Divisions have often kept, tip the spirit oi ! Temperance, when otherwise, had |t not heon 1 for the existence of our order, it would have Idi.d out. In this connection there is a subject of whirl 1 have thought n good deal. It is the importanci of some public medium by which we can he in 1 j formed of what is doing in the work of the Tom I |>ornncc Reform. 1 mean a Temperance News i paper. The order in this State now needs sucl ,1 an organ. It. is absolutely necessary that wt have a hold and independent paper, edited by ? man who will not hesitate to speak out on the propriety and importance of a law prohibiting j the sale of ardent spirits. 1 am not so fnr pre' possessed in favor of such a law as to sup|Kts< 1 thai the use of intoxicating drinks would ho en j tirely abandoned, if such a law were passed 1 but. it would go far to the suppression of tin evil of public drinking. When vice is forced t< j resort to secrecy to carry on its work, somegoo< 1 is accomplished. It no longer stalks abroad it j open day to the disgust ami reproach of the or i derly and sober portion of the community, Tki same reasons that are applicable to the forbid ding of gambling, nml making it a penal offend by law, is equally applicable to the dramshop, liquor house, or the splendid drinking saloon.? 1 Whatever is injurious to society, society has tin | right to prevent. To the Tract Enterprise I would most respect j fully invito the attention of this body. 1 hnv< ; no suggestions to make, but I would say tha j these silent messengers can he distributed by an; ! man who loves Temperance, and their circulatioi ( ' in connection with a newspaper would contrib I III., vi.i*i* mm.It iii III., .iiiiiii... 1 now bring to the Attention of this body i i matter, the importance of which line fully 1111 j (trefoil mo since our nnnunl meeting. It in th< | bringing up ami the publication of the Minute of the Grand Division of this iStntc. It is verj | ib-wimble that they should be published in n forn I to they can he preserved. In the ephemera I newspaper they are soon lost. To be preserved ' thev must he ill pauiphlet form. Of the nccessitt | iiiii( importance of this suggestion, I have beet I fully satisfied, by the short experience I havi had as the hcud of the order. It would be well if a suitable And convenion , 1 Digest of the ltulcs and Principles of tliisGrnm ' Division and of the National Division, could h< | made nnd printed in pamphlet form, nnd jmli | lishod with the proceedings of this Grand Divi j sion, as above suggested. This was done soui I vears ago by Iiro. .lames Tnjipcr, of Charleston , j llis Digest is very valuable, litis should he re . vised, nud amendment* and alteration! added so ns to bring it down to the present time. The following Deputy Grand Worthy 1'atri nrehs have made their reports, viz: Juines 11 Smith, Dr J. A. Walker, Henry W. Gardner, A i M. Kennedy, lion. 1). It. Barton, J. 0. Knloe, .1 j It. I .en veil. Dr. Isaiah Cnuglitnnn, H Thayer, T. J i Ln.Motte, nnd Dr. John May. These reports are herewith submitted. Tlu-j t represent the order, generally, n? being in i j healthy condition. The paucity of the rcturni i is, I think, to ho accounted for, from the fact i that from the scarcity of blanks to make theap ! point aunts it was late in December, and f ?r tin larger portion of the Deputies, it was not uiiti ! this month llint appointments were made ant | instruction!* sent. It is ho|>e<I tlinl by the ncxi I meeting of the Grand Division, in April, then j may besach a showing of the increase aij<J pow j er of the Temperance Reform as will iiar-o tin hands niui strengthen the hearts of the friends ol the Reformation, to go forward, and having pul ] their hands to the plough, never to look back. To tin- kindness and partiality of I'ahnetto Di ' vision, I am indebted for n copy of the i'rocccdj iiigs of the National Division from its inception { ami organization up to the twedfth session ol I that body in Charleston, 1855, inclusive, and also for the l'rooeodinga of our Grand Division up to the period when the publication of the journal of this latter body erased; for which 1 re turn my heartfelt thanks. In connootlon with a Temperance paper in tlu State, under the auspices of the Grand Divis ion, some arrange lients ought to he made to secure the services of efficient correspondents in I different sections of the State. This would givt I variety to the columns of the paper, and inferj matioii as to the condition ami prospects of th< ' cause throughout, the State, ami thus we shoule j be furnished with the menus by which more ef . tieient action could be had amongst oiirselv*' ; ami all the friends of Temperance, j We should never anticipate i oo large Miccesi j from any efforts wo may put forth. We must discipline ourselves to oattie with reverses, n> Well its to onjoy tlio pleasures of success. let iis hold before ourselves. And the people, the importance of a law prohibiting the sals ol ardent spirits. Let us not waste our energies ir any side issues and contests amongst ourselves but keeping in view the suppression, by law, o the liquor traffic, marsh l?olaly, and without di vision in our ranks, to the accomplishment o 1 this object, as if none other presented itself b our consideration. In this, as in all things else union is strength, division Is weakness. I submit this rei?ort to your consideration ii > L IN A F. UU3UY SVMMLK, C, w, i\ Kvferrt&l to a Committee of lilvne. consisting of tiros. 0. II. Ott, 13, D. Clark and .1. Holman. Business was here sus??ended. and Bro. J, 13. Walling, P. W. P. of Itraiuhville Division, No. 40, was introduced and obligated. The Grand Sciibe submitted the following: QUARTERLY REPORT OF THE GRAND SCRIBE, For the Quarter ending January let, 185?. Okkickks axi? lIuoTiiuns?Another year has commenced its round, and we are peamittcd to assemble, once more, to discbarge the duties of another Session of this Grand Division. As usual, the Divisions have been somewhat tardy in making their returns, notwithstanding some improvement, in this respect, is readily discerned when compared with the first quarterly session of last year. Thirty Divisions have made returns up to date, showing tho follow-in# result of their i?u ti - i? inuui.1. iiiuimcu, 1-1 i i?y dispensation, 13 j by card, 8 ; connection dissolved, 57 ; with drawn to join other Divisions, 32 ; broke the plcdgo, 04 ; signed over, 22 ; expelled, 54 ; suspended, 30 ; deaths, 1 ; number of members, 1454; receipts of ilie quarter, $ 1,005 19; percentage to Grand Division, $72 70 ; beni efits and relief, $20; current expenses, $821. 55 ; amount in treasury, $2,053 91. r It is a matter of regret that many of the returns are very incorrectly and slovenly filled out, nud the seal of the Division of tea i omitted. s Fivo Divisions havo been orgnntad daring the quarter, and one re-organixed. 'Hie new Divisions are Beth Shilob, No. 20, i Centre, No. 30, Rock Hill, No. 34, ami ? Bethel, No. 37, in York District, and Tim1 monsville, No. 25, at Timinonsville, Dwrlington District. Single Star, No. 98, at Conwayboro', has been revived, i A compailson between the present returns and those of the first quarter of tat year, ; shows a decided difference iu favor of tho \ present, but when instituted between the ] present and two last quarters shows that wo > have lost ground, numerically in the older Divisions. This is but the beginning of ? that reaction which always follows, in a , greater or loss degree, tho efforts of our lec, turers, and warns us to place ethers in tho field before we have lost any of tho ground s already occupied. Since my tat report, tho charter and ? books of Horrv lllvi?inn ^o ! ...? ? - - j ?w*if *?V? *??! IVII^ Olllto 11 defunct, have been placed in ?ny hands, by f D. G. W. 1?., J. Kichwood. 1 It is, perhaps, a matter worthy of notico, as exhibiting a rapid change in sentiment n and action, that, during the past quarter, only one Division, among the thirty which 0 have made returns, has appropriated any benefits, whatever. This is, in my opinion, , a change decidedly for the bolter. 1 Knowing well the unreasonable length of . our reports, generally, and believing that tbe G. \V. 1?., will make all necessary sug. , gestions as to our course of action the cur? rent year, I forbear to inflict a series of r?-? t commendations, which might be otherwisQ ' offered, tf Respectfully submitted in L. 1?. A: F. i. S. CORLKY, G. a e Branchville, S. C., January 28, 1857. ' Referred to a committee, consisting of Bros. A. Olt, J. B. Bdrry and J. H. Murphy. The fallowing Report of the Grand Treas. urer was read and referred to the committee on the Grand Scribe's Repoit : REPORT OF G. S. BOWER, TREASURER OF Q. 0. j For the Quarter ending 28th Jan'y, 1857. DR.?Balanoo on hand last Quarter, . $216.83 ' Clt.?I'aid K. Thayer's account, $14.00 urauu rcriuc s " 81.91.--95.21 Jan. 28.?Balance each on hand, . . $121.61 Respectfully eulnniVcd in L 1'. <1 F. G. S. BOWER, G.Tpoaa, Brother J. B. Berry extended an invitation to the Grand Division to join the Branchviile Division, No. 40, iu procession, <n to-mo. row morning, at 11 o'clock, and also to attend the banquet, to be prepared by the ladle* of Branchviile and vicinity, oq Friday, at 12 o'clock, M. On motion, Grand Division adjourned, to meet on to-morrow morning, at 0^ o'clock, Tltl'rsday, O.J O'ci.ock, A. M. Grand Division met. Officers fame as yesterday, except G. W. A. and 1\ G. W. 1*. Bro. Win. Byrd was appointed G. \V. A. and Bro. Barton, P. G. \V. P. pro km. Opened with singing and prayer, Minutes of yesterday were road and api I nrnVftd. ! liro. Ott, Chairman of tlic Committee on | the report* of the Grand Scribe ami Grand I Treasurer, submitted the following report, - which concurred io . The Committee to whom was referred tiro , roporu of the Grand Scribo and Grand l Treasurer bog leave to submit tha following ' REPORT: They have examined the reports of the f above officers, and find thein correct, and i are pleased to see such aii exhibit of the healthy condition of the Order as tlioy cor. tain. f Your Committee regret that the taidlnesa i and slovenly manner in making the ?jn*r. ? terly returns are still mailers of complaint, and would respectfully, but imperatively urge 1 upon Deputies, under whose jurisdiction such delii"iuol,t;i** e*ist, to sue tv it, Unit